Shikamaru looked to Fleur. As did Naruto, Neji, and Gaara. On their faces was confusion at why everyone else was so scared. They then turned to see a group of dark robed wizards walking towards the castle. As they got to the great wooden doors, they all sent a stream of red light, causing it to go up in flames. All of a sudden, the four saw some of the teachers lead the students away, while some teachers stayed to keep the dark robe wizards from getting close to the children. They saw Professor Crouch, the new Dark Arts teacher, Professor McGonagall, Professor Sprout and others that they didn't know; stay behind to wait for the dark wizards. Naruto looked to Fleur again as they began to run towards the students to get them to safety.
" What the hells a Dark Mark? And who the hell are those dark wizards trying to attack Hogwarts?" Naruto yelled to Fleur, who was running next to him. Fleur answered while she was running.
" Ze Dark Mark is ze symbol of You-know-who. The dark wizards are probably Death Eaters, You-know-who's henchmen." she said. Naruto nodded and told the others. It was then that Shikamaru saw Harry running the other way. He immediately cursed and stopped the others.
" Naruto, you're the fastest out of us, and can use the Kage Bunshin (shadow clone). You make sure that the students get into their dormitories safely. Got it?" Naruto nodded. The Nara then looked at Gaara. " Gaara, I want you to go and get you gourd as fast as you can and come back here to back us up. Neji, you and I are going to help the teachers fight against the Death Eaters." The others nodded. " Naruto, after you get the students to safety, I want you to inform Tsunade-sama of the situation we have." Naruto nodded. They then went their separate ways. Naruto formed a hand seal.
" Tajuu Kage Bunshin no jutsu! ( Mass Shadow Replication)" he yelled and one Naruto became hundreds. The original Naruto quickly picked up Fleur and carried her bridal style as the clones herded the students back into their common rooms. After Naruto was done with that, he quickly went to a room occupied by one of Fleur's friends. He knocked on the door and it was opened by a fifth year girl named Brenda Birns. She quickly let them come in as Naruto turned to Fleur.
" Alright Fleur-chan. Stay here, you should all be safe in the dormitory as only Ravenclaws and Teachers. I have to go back and help my friends fight the Death Eaters ok?" he asked. Fleur looked like she was about to protest, when Naruto stopped her. " I'm sorry Fleur-chan, but I need to do this. Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you or your friends." He was about to leave, when Fleur grabbed his arm and kissed him on the lips. Naruto was shocked when he felt her warm lips touch his. When she was done, Naruto was as red as a tomato and couldn't stop grinning.
" Please don't die, Naruto. Please." she said softly. Naruto hugged Fleur and whispered into her ear.
" If this is what I'm coming back to, don't worry, not even death can get Me." he said and ran out of the room, closed the painting door and ran all the way to Dumbledore's office. He saw the Gargoyle and yelled. " Sugar Quills!" The Gargoyle nodded and moved out of the way just as Tsunade, Dumbledore, and Shizune ran out of the stairway. Tsunade looked to Naruto in confusion.
" Naruto, what the hell is happening?!" she asked. Naruto quickly explained what was happening to her as they ran towards the Great Hall.
Gaara
Gaara quickly suna-shunshined toward his dormitory to get his gourd. He was right in front of the picture of wizard in green. The picture looked at Gaara and asked him.
" Password?" It asked.
" Pureblood." Gaara said annoyed. The picture was very annoying with always asking for a password. The picture swung away and Gaara quickly ran toward his room. He opened his door to find Victor sitting on his bed with his wand held firmly in his hand. When he saw Gaara he sighed in relief. Victor was about to speak when Gaara cut him off.
" Stay in the room. Do not leave or open the door, got it?" He didn't wait for an answer as he left and locked the door. Gaara then disappeared in a swirl of sand.
Neji and Shikamaru
Neji and Shikamaru were running along the walls toward the hall. Every now and then, they would dodge a beam of red, purple, or yellow from the Death Eater's when the spells were ricocheted. Shikamaru then spotted Harry stunning some random Death Eaters and a Death Eater aiming their wand at him. Shikamaru nodded to Neji while ran toward Harry. Shikamaru ran to help the other teachers when Neji threw a kunai toward the Death Eater. The kunai lodged itself into the Death Eater's mask, killing him instantly. Neji then looked toward Harry with anger in his eyes.
" Dammit Potter! You were not supposed to be here, you could have died!" He yelled as they ran back to the teachers to see Naruto, Tsunade, Shizune, and Dumbledore run towards them. Shizune started to heal the other teachers while Naruto summoned multiple kage bunshins while Gaara appeared in a swirl of sand. That was when the tide of the battle turned. Naruto's clones easily overwhelmed the Death Eaters, as did Gaara's Sabaku Bakuryu (Desert Requium), Shikamaru's Kage Mane no jutsu (Shadow Bind), and Neji's Rokushuu Yonshuu (Sixty-four Divine Strikes). Shizune healed the entire teacher's while Tsunade summoned a giant slug to shoot acid towards the Death Eaters. The Wizards were amazed at the power of the Shinobi yet again. Who would have known, four children and a women could take down over twenty Death Eaters and not get hit. Now there was only one left. The Death Eater was a woman, as Naruto could see. He was the one that was fighting her. Tsunade ordered the other three to stop while they watched Naruto fight. The Wizards watched in awe.
Naruto glared at the woman in front of him. He had thrown a kunai that had caught her hood, revealing long, oily, brown hair. He snarled at her.
" Just give up lady. You can't win." He said, causing the Death Eater to laugh.
" For the Dark lord, I will kill you!" She said, pointing her wand towards him. She then waved it and yelled, " Crucio!" Sending a blue beam that hit Naruto in the chest. Naruto flew backwards toward a wall. But he quickly stood up, despite the fact that he was in tremendous pain. The Death Eater looked at Naruto in shock.
" H-h-how are you still standing?! That spell is to put you in serious pain!" She screeched. Naruto gave her a laugh that chilled her, and everyone except Gaara to the bone.
" That may have hurt, but still... I didn't scream when my best friend shoved his fist through my chest, so there's no way in hell am I going to scream-hell I won't even fall down just to that!" He yelled as he held out his hand. Chakra began to form in his palm and continued until a perfect ball of chakra was in his hand. He then sent two clones to hold the Death Eater down as he charged. Only the Death Eater noticed the anger in his eyes as he raised his palm.
" Rasengan(Spiral Wind Bullet)!" He yelled as he thrust his hand forward, causing the Rasengan to shred the lady's robe and soon, flesh. A large explosion was created after Naruto's Rasengan had hit the Death Eater's wand causing everyone to fall backwards a few feet. When the smoke cleared, everyone gasped. The Death Eater's body was a mess, but that wasn't what had shocked or disgusted them. There, stuck to the side of the stairways, was Naruto, all bloodied from the Rasengan's impact, with a piece of the hand rail sticking out of his chest, just to the right of the scar he had from Sasuke's Chidori(Thousand Birds). Gaara immediately sent his sand to remove Naruto's body from the rail. Once his unconscious body was taken off of the rail, a waterfall of blood fell from his body. Gaara carefully placed Naruto down, while Tsunade and Shizune ran up to him. They ripped his shirt off, to show his toned body and the gaping hole in his chest. The two medic-nin set their hands on Naruto's chest and began to heal his wound. Once the wound was healed, Shizune collapsed in exhaustion, while Tsunade sighed in relief.
" Thank Kami, I don't know what would have happened if he had died." she said as she took his body to the infirmary. After she put him in the bed, she turned around to see the rest of the shinobi and the wizard teachers. Tsunade was about to speak, when a knock was heard on the door. They opened the door to see Madame Maxime and Karkaroff come inside. Once Madame Maxime saw Naruto's condition, she asked what had happened. Tsunade answered.
" Because you didn't help the professors of Hogwarts, the shinobi had risked their lives against Death Eaters, and Naruto almost lost his life!" she roared. Naruto's body flinched in pain, causing Tsunade to turn to him fearfully. Everyone noticed Tsunade's expression when Naruto flinched, and Madame Maxime asked the question on their minds.
" Excuse me, but you seem close to my Champion's partner. May I ask you vat is your relation to him?" She asked, causing Tsunade to look up to the half-giant woman.
" He's like a little brother to me, he also saved my life." The Hokage said. They talked a little more until Tsunade decided Naruto needed to be left alone for the night.
The Next Day
The students entered the Dining hall for breakfast that morning, all were shocked to see that the Halls were clean and didn't show any signs of a battle the previous night. Fleur came into the hall with her friends and Gabrielle, whom did not leave with their parents because she wanted to see the Tri-Wizard Tournament, even when Fleur objected. The four girls sat down at the Ravenclaw Table, with Fleur looking around for Naruto. She saw Neji berating Harry for something that she didn't know. She saw Gaara just stand around, ignoring Krum. And she saw Shikamaru talking with Cedric, to her, none of the boys knew where Naruto was. She stood up from the table and walked up to the Teachers' Table, ignoring the stares given by the boys of the school. She walked up to Tsunade and gulped nervously.
" Um... Excuse me?" She said, gaining the woman's attention. " Do you know vere Naruto is?" She asked, causing Tsunade to flinch. She looked into Fleur's eyes to see concern for her little brother's where-a-bouts.
" Well, last night, Naruto fought with a Death Eater and was severely injured. He's in the hospital wing right now..." She didn't get to finish her statement since Fleur ran off towards the Hospital Wing.
' Please be ok...Please be ok.' She thought as she ran even faster towards the Wing. She opened the door to see a woman with black hair looking over Naruto with a clip board in her hand. The woman turned around to see Fleur and was about to speak.
" I'm afraid I have to ask you to leave. My patient needs rest." She said to Fleur.
" But I need to be with 'im." She pleaded. Shizune looked to her unsurely. Naruto's body flinched in pain and the black haired woman turned to try to ease his pain.
" This isn't good. His temperature is rising fast." She performed some hand seals and placed her hand on his chest. Naruto's temperature went down, but he was still unconscious.
" Vat happened to 'im?" Fleur asked. Shizune looked to the half-veela girl and sighed.
" He was injured in the battle last night. That's all I can say." She said. Fleur looked down with tears forming in her eyes. Shizune sighed and nodded. " Fine, I'll give you five minutes." She said and left the room. Fleur looked at Naruto's prone form on the bed. She took a chair and sat down next to her friend.
" I thought I told you to be careful." She said, tears rolling down her face. " You promised me that you vould be ok. You even sealed it with a kiss." She looked at his body and was fixated with the bandage on his chest. She was so fixated on it, she didn't see him open his eyes. He watched as the girl in front of him cried silently. " Vhy von't you vake up?" She asked. Naruto tried to move his arm. Fleur jumped in suprise when se felt someone stroke her hair. She turned to see Naruto with his eyes open, she immediately hugged him and cried in joy. Naruto hugged her back and smiled. Until he was slapped by Fleur.
" You jerk! I told you to be careful, and you vind up in ze 'ospital Ving? You promised." She started to cry again, and collapsed in his hands. Naruto patted her back as he tried to find out what to say. A few seconds later Naruto looked to the time. It was five minutes till 12:00.
" Fleur-chan, I'm sorry for scaring you. You know that I wouldn't hurt you on purpose." Naruto said. Fleur nodded but was still crying. Naruto continued to comfort the distraught girl, when Tsunade came in, with Shizune following her. The two teenagers flushed red when they were caught in each other's embrace. Tsunade just raised one brow and Shizune just giggled into her palm at the look on the teens' faces. To make matters worse, Madam Maxime walked into the room, and stopped wide-eyed at what she saw. Both Fleur's and Naruto's eyes were wide and their faces couldn't get redder. Naruto looked to Tsunade, then to Madam Maxime, then back to Tsunade. Fleur was too stunned to move. It was then that Tsunade broke the silence.
" As touching as this moment is, we need to check Naruto's wound and we can't really do that while you two are hugging now can we?" She asked, both being serious and teasing them at the same time. Fleur started to glow red as she hurriedly got out of Naruto's arms with her arms still around his neck. Shizune had to stifle a laugh at this, as did Madam Maxime. After the two teens had gotten loose, Tsunade had asked Fleur and Madam Maxime to leave the room so that she and Shizune could remove Naruto's bandage and replace it. As the two French women left the room. Shizune began to unravel the bandages around Naruto's chest, revealing his developed muscles and the faint remnants of a large scar in the middle of his chest, next to another scar above his heart, the scar Sasuke created. Shizune and Tsunade checked over his body and allowed Naruto to leave the hospital wing.
He went to the dorm room that he and Fleur were sharing to see Gabrielle playing with Naru-chan. The girl waved to him and he sat down next to her and handed her a ball. Gabrielle picked up the ball and showed it to the fox kit. Naru-chan's eyes lit up once she saw the ball and she yipped in joy as Gabrielle threw the ball. The kit became a blur of white as she followed the ball, causing the eight year old to giggle at its antics. Naruto smiled at this and turned to see Fleur come into the room with Madam Maxime.
" Ah, Naruto!" Fleur said as she came over to him.
" Now, now, Fleur," Madame Maxime started. " We don't want to repeat what had happened in the Hospital Wing, now do we?" She asked, causing Naruto and Fleur to blush hard. Gabrielle looked to the two teens in confusion. Naruto tried to desperately change the subject, when a knock was heard on the door. Madame Maxime opened the door to see Shikamaru, Neji, and Gaara come into the room. The four shinobi nodded to each other, while Gaara walked up to Naruto. He handed to the blonde a bloody Hitai Ate, Naruto looked at it closely and noticed it was his.
" We found it after your battle under all of the rubble. Next time, don't lose it, baka." Shikamaru explained.
" Yeah, yeah, yeah," Naruto started, " anything else you wanna say?" Neji smirked as he looked toward the teenage blondes.
" Well... rumors tend to be true in this castle, and we heard a particular rumor about you two. Right Shikamaru?" The Hyuuga looked to Shikamaru, who smirked as he got what Neji was saying. Gabrielle looked to her sister and Naruto then back to Fleur while the two turned red.
" Right Neji." The lazy Nara said. " We heard that there were two people who were caught in each others' arms by Tsunade, Shizune, and Madame Maxime. Do you have any idea who those two people were?" Naruto just blushed and looked to Fleur, who was blushing even harder.
" T-that's not really important right now, is it?" Naruto said. " We still got to help the champions get ready for the second task, it's only two weeks away." Shikamaru snorted.
" Naruto, even you could find out what they have to do." He said.
" Yeah, but I need to help Fleur with what we are going to do about the task. So...bye!" He suddenly grabbed Fleur's hand, and disappeared in a puff of smoke. Shikamaru sighed as he left the room, as did Neji and Gaara. Gabrielle looked at the leaving forms in confusion until she just shrugged and continued to play with the fox kit.
Naruto and Fleur stopped running once they got to the library. Fleur looked through the thick books searching for ways to breathe under water, while Naruto was looking for something to read, and fell asleep once he read the first two pages of Hogwarts, A History.
Tsunade, Shizune, Shikamaru, Neji, Gaara, and Dumbledore
The five shinobi stood in Dumbledore's office, speaking to the old wizard when Shikamaru turned to Tsunade.
" Tsunade-sama, forgive me but I need to say this." He started, " I think Naruto should be taken off this mission." Tsunade raised an eyebrow at him while Neji and Gaara looked at him weirdly.
" And why is that, Shikamaru?" The Hokage asked. Shikamaru looked to the ground as he spoke.
" I just think it's troublesome that by the time this mission is over, Naruto is going to feel more pain in his heart then ever." He then looked into his kage's eyes as he finished his statement. " I don't want one of my friends to go through that kind of pain twice." Tsunade looked to the lazy Chuunin in suprise at what he had said.
" Are you sure that Naruto is getting attached to his target?" She asked them all. All three nodded while Shizune and Dumbledore looked on. Tsunade sighed as she thought of Naruto, claiming his over for Sakura, and hearing from said girl how sorry she was for saying those words to him, and seeing how happy he was now, with Fleur, he was smiling smiles that she had only seen once or twice, and that was when he had gotten Shizune to smile when she was depressed.
Flashback
Naruto and Shizune were in the hospital, with Naruto helping Shizune with some of the patients in the hospital. The two were walking and bonding with each other in a brother to sister way when a drunken doctor got in their way.
" Hey, Shizune-chan." He slurred, " Why don't you ditch the demon-brat and have some fun with me?" Shizune just glared at him while they continued to walk away. Being ignored by the nurse wasn't something that the doctor liked, and he showed that by grabbing Shizune's arm and puling her toward him. Even though she was more powerful then him, she was shocked at what he did.
" Listen you fuckin' slut, if you know what's good for you, you would come with me, or are you the demon's whore?" He slurred are her as he raised his arm to hit her. Before the blow even landed, the doctor looked to where his arm used to be and the bleeding stump of what it used to be. He screamed in pain before he was knocked out by Naruto with a bloody kunai in his hand. The blond looked to Shizune whom had tears in her eyes at the insults given to her by the doctor. Naruto instantly tried to cheer her up, but none of his antics were working.
" C'mon Shizune-neechan. You know that what that jerk said was absolute bull-shit don't you?!" He asked, trying to get her attention. " You're one of the strongest women in Leaf. I know that it was wrong for me to do that to that guy, but I don't care, you were one of the few people that were actually nice to me. You're one of my precious people, nee-chan. I would do almost anything to make you, Tsunade-baachan, Iruka-sensei, and Teuchi-ojijisan." He said. He received a hug from the crying woman, both were unaware that Tsunade had seen the whole thing from her crystal ball.
End Flashback
Naruto had spent a week in the specialized shinobi prison on behalf of the shinobi council after that incident. Tsunade had said that it was because the doctor had done something shameless to a female, her student no less. She fought hard and had reduced it to a week, instead of life. Naruto had done many things to make them happy, it was time for them to make him happy.
" Naruto will not be taken off of this mission. That is final." She said firmly before Shikamaru could say anything. The young Nara nodded and left when the three were dismissed. Shizune then went to Tsunade and looked at her.
" Tsunade-sama, what are we going to do? Naruto-kun deserves to be happy, does he not?" She asked. Tsunade nodded and then looked to Dumbledore.
" Dumbledore-san, can you please contact Madam Maxime? I need to talk to her." She asked toward the elder Wizard.
Naruto
Naruto woke up in a familiar sewer and walked toward a red light. He walked into a red room with a large cage with the word seal on it. Behind the cage was a gigantic red fox with nine tails. The fox grinned at his carrier as he walked closer to the cage.
' Well kit, it seems that you need my help.' Kyuubi stated with a growl. Naruto looked to him with confusion in his eyes.
" What are you talking about Kyuubi?" He asked. The demon fox just looked at him and spoke.
' For the second exam of this tournament, you have to be able to breathe underwater. Or will you use magic to breathe under water?" The fox asked with a sneer at the word magic. ' If you want to learn, then be prepared.' All of a sudden, a burning sensation started into Naruto's lungs. He had trouble breathing. ' This burning sensation is what it would feel if you were drowning. Use your chakra to put air into your lungs. Once the burning is gone, that is when you know you've done it right.' Kyuubi explained. Naruto did just that, and after three tries, had gotten the burning feeling to stop.
" Dammit fox, don't do that without warning me at least." He yelled.
' Well get ready, here's the second try!' The fox warned as Naruto felt the burning sensation once again, this time however, Naruto had gotten the burning sensation out in a minute. ' Good. Now hold it as long as you can.' Kyuubi ordered and Naruto did just that. Naruto lasted ten minutes until he lost control of his chakra. Kyuubi snorted in exasperation. ' Good now that you can do that, we have to talk.'
" About what?" Naruto asked.
' About your feelings for this Fleur girl. If you want her as your mate, then I approve, she's strong and she may be able to bear healthy pups.' Kyuubi said, causing Naruto to turn red.
" She's not my mate you Ero-kitsune!" He yelled.
' Even so, you have feelings for her, am I right?'
" Yeah..." Naruto said.
' Are you going to tell her about me?' Kyuubi asked.
Naruto looked down toward his feet.
' You are going to have to tell her if you want her to love you.'
Naruto looked at the fox in shock.
" I-I-I don't love her." Naruto protested, gaining a snort from the demon fox.
' I know you do. You know you do as well. Even though you have known each other for only a few months, I know you love her. Now leave, your mate is calling you.' With that, Naruto was sent out of his mind to see Fleur shaking him awake.
" Naruto, wake up. I found a spell that could help us with the second task. C'mon we must go eat now." She said as they left the library. Naruto was silent as they walked to the great hall. Before they got to the hall though, Naruto pulled Fleur into an empty room and sat her onto the desk.
" Naruto what's going on?" Fleur asked, a little scared. Naruto looked into her eyes, and she felt that she could drown in his blue eyes.
" Fleur-chan, there's something that I need to say to you." He started. " Fourteen years ago, a nine-tailed demon fox attacked my home. The beast was almost unbeatable. But the most powerful ninja in my village, the Yondaime Hokage defeated it, by sealing it into a newborn baby. That baby was me." Fleur was shocked at what she had just been told. She stayed silent for five minutes until she spoke to him.
" Why are you telling me this Naruto?" she asked. Naruto looked at her and sighed.
" I'm telling you this because even though we've only known each other for only a few months, I love you." He said quietly, causing Fleur to gasp in shock. She was about to say something, but was cut off by the blonde Nin. " I know that you don't love me, but I had to tell you my darkest secret before I let you know. If you don't love me, then I'll understand. But I will protect you until this tournament is over. I just hope we could be friends at least?" Fleur nodded at him, lost for what to say. She looked to him as he turned around and she couldn't stop herself from what was about to happen.
" Naruto..." She said quietly, but Naruto heard her, he turned to see her looking at the ground. " I have a secret to. I'm half Veela. Not many people know about that." She said. Naruto tilted his head in confusion, Fleur immediately knew what was on his mind. " A Veela is a magical creature that is very beautiful. My grandmother was a Veela." Naruto nodded.
" Ok... but why are you telling me?" He asked.
" You told me your secret, I thought it would be fair that I tell you mine." She answered. " But I am sorry Naruto, I like you a lot, but I'm afraid I don't love you." She said sadly. Naruto nodded.
" It's ok." He said. Both jumped in suprise when the door opened suddenly, revealing Gaara with a non existent eyebrow raised. The red head just shook his head and left the room, but before he left, he turned to Naruto.
" I didn't think you would tell her your secret so early in the relationship." He mocked, trying to get Naruto to blush again, but was disappointed when Naruto didn't blush, but looked down with a sad face. Since Naruto was Gaara's first true friend, he quickly grew worried once he saw a look on his friend's face that sad. He quickly sent Naruto a worried glance before he left the room. Naruto looked to Fleur and grinned his fake grins that caused Fleur to grow sad.
" C'mon Fleur-chan, we still have to get ready, the second task is only a week away!" He said, Fleur nodded and the two went to eat, both sad for the same reason.
A Week Later
The four champions and their partners stood outside of the black lake, with spectators and judges watching them. Ludo Bagman had just announced the rules to the task and was about to start it.
" Champions ready...Go!" He said as Fleur used the bubble charm on Naruto and herself, Krum changed himself and Gaara into a half shark, Cedric did the same as Fleur and used a bubble charm on Shikamaru and himself. Harry though, pulled out gillyweed and handed some to Neji. They both chewed on the rubbery substance while the other champions went into the water. Harry then felt pain coming from his neck as his hands and feet turned into webbed feet and hands. They both plunged into the icy water and began to swim toward the bottom when Harry felt a pair of scaly hands latch onto his legs. He turned around to see a grindylow with its green skin and sharp claws and teeth staring at them. Neji immediately struck with a Jyuuken attack straight at the Grindylow's face. The dead Grindylow floated to the surface as more of the creatures came out of the kelp that they were hiding in. The two teens swam as quickly as they could with Harry sending jets of boiling bubbles behind his back. Once they got to the bottom of the lake, they say the merpeople surrounding a rock in the middle. They got closer to the rock to see Ron, Hermione, Cho, and who Harry though was Fleur's sister. He got to the rock ad saw Neji cut the bindings on the rock to cut Ron loose. Harry was about to try to get the ropes off of Hermione when the chief merman stopped him.
" Take your own hostage only." He said.
" But she's my friend two!" Harry tried to yell but only a big bubble came out of his mouth. Neji shook his head and pulled Harry away from the stone, kicking all the way. Neji finally had enough of the fourteen year old hero wannabe he struck three points on his back, disabling his legs. He then continued to swim toward the surface.
Naruto and Fleur
The two were swimming toward the bottom of the lake when a group of angry grindylows attacked them. Naruto immediately summoned some kage bunshin and each pulled out his katana and slashed at the creatures. Fleur tried to do the same with her wand but the scaly creatures all started to attack her. Naruto saw this happening and thought as quickly as he could. He bit his thumb and smeared it onto his palm and did some hand seals.
" Kuichiyose no jutsu!" He called and summoned a blue toad with sharp webbed fingers and powerful webbed feet. The frog understood what needed to be done, so it slashed the grindylows away and pulled Naruto and Fleur toward the rock in the bottom of the lake. Once they were down, they saw Gabrielle and Hermione tied to the rock. Naruto immediately slashed the ropes binding Gabrielle, and Fleur rushed to get to her. Naruto then proceeded to cut Hermione's bindings when the merchief stopped him.
" Your hostage only." He said. Naruto nodded and went back to the toad and they swam to the surface, rocketing past a shocked Shikamaru and Cedric.
Shikamaru and Cedric
The two had gotten lost while they had followed Cedric's idea and had gotten past some grindylows and found the rock at the bottom of the lake and Shikamaru quickly cut the bindings off of Cho. They both began to swim off when a blur of blue past them by. Shikamaru saw a flash of gold hair and already knew what it was. Shikamaru shook his head and continued to swim to the surface.
Gaara and Victor
The two were swimming toward the bottom as fast as they could. The reason for this is because of two reasons. One: Gaara couldn't use his sand underwater. Two: the giant squid was chasing them. After cutting off some of the tentacles so that they could get away, Gaara quickly grew angry toward his Champion as he tried to bite off the ropes that were binding Hermione. Gaara quickly used a kunai to cut the rope, and the two quickly swam up to the surface. Once they broke the surface, Hermione had woken up and they saw everyone else already out of the water, wrapped in towels. Bagman then went to the center of the crowd, next to the judges.
" Ladies and gentlemen. It is time to take the scores!" He said. The four champions and their partners. First were Harry and Neji.
" Mr. Potter and Mr. Hyuuga. They used gillyweed perfectly and had made it to the bottom of the lake first. They also came up to the surface first. Forty-five minutes after the time had started. We award Mr. Potter a 48 out of 50. Next are Ms. Delacour and Mr. Uzumaki. They arrived at the bottom of the lake third, but had somehow gotten to the surface second, just one minute after Mr. Potter. Somehow Mr. Uzumaki had enlisted the aid of a giant blue toad. We award the pair a 45 out of 50. Next are Mr. Diggory and Mr. Nara. They had arrived at the bottom of the lake second but had gotten to the surface third, fifty minutes into the hour. We award the two a 40 out of fifty. And lastly, Mr. Krum and Mr. Sabaku(Gaara twitches) had arrived to the bottom lastly, after being chased by the giant squid(at this, Naruto bursts out laughing) and coming out just one minute before the hour was up. We award the group, a 38 out of 50." The crowd cheered as the shinobi looked to the board to see the scores.
Harry Potter and Neji Hyuuga- 89
Fleur Delacour and Naruto Uzumaki - 83
Cedric Diggory and Shikamaru Nara - 75
Victor Krum and Gaara Sabaku(queue twitching Gaara) - 79
Harry, Ron, and Hermione cheered as Harry found that he was in first place while Neji looked to Naruto, Gaara, and Shikamaru. The three shinobi nodded toward the Hyuuga as he went over to the 'Golden Trio'. Once he was behind Harry, Neji instantly smacked the boy who lived upside the head. Ron immediately yelled at him.
" What the bloody hell is your problem?!" the red headed Weasley bellowed. Neji spoke calmly as he glared at Harry.
" I'm only gong to say this once, and only once." Neji said dangerously low. " The next time you try to play hero, I will make sure that you won't be able to lift your wand again. Do I make myself clear?" Harry didn't answer and Hermione was about to cut in but Neji didn't allow her to. " Even though you are the boy who lived, you are not to act like the star of your own tragic play." With that, Neji walked away leaving an angry Ron, a surprised Hermione, and a confused Harry.
Dumbledore looked to the children as he watched the scene with his eyes.
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