A.N. Sorry for the wait, I didn't know college calculus was super hard… and I stumbled upon Legend of Dragoon on the ps store and that added to my nonexistent impulse control. Yep.

Disclaimer: I don't own HP or Naruto.

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First Encounter

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The one thing Naruto missed from his old home… okay one of the MANY things he missed from back home was the colors. Konoha was bright and green and sunny, a big change from the new world he's in. For some reason it was always cloudy or foggy not to mention, the people almost always wore black or grey clothing, a big change of scenery from Sakura's fiery red, Lee's exuberant green or his godly orange. He couldn't help but sigh at the thought that Konoha, a hidden village, had more life and color combined than this odd new world he was thrust in.

Naruto sighed for the second time as he thought about how he got here. He wasn't an idiot, he knew for a fact that there was no way home. He travelled around the magical world for a year with his dad trying to look for clues or ways for him to get back to Konoha and ended up with nothing so instead he adapted to this new world. He learned the ways of magic and of the inevitable war between the forces of good and evil and he figured Kami sent him here to help out some. The only solace he could give himself was the fact that Konoha was safe. With Madara taken care of, there was nothing else left that Konoha couldn't handle without him.

FLASHBACK

Valley of the End

"Man what is it with you Uchiha and fighting in this place?" Naruto joked though his tone and his expression remained stoic, his eyes trained on his opponent.

"The location does not matter. You will never best an Uchiha." Madara smirked at the jinchuuriki, enjoying the way his jaw clenched in annoyance.

"That's what Sasuke said before I beat his sorry ass."

"My power cannot be compared to his. My power is eternal."

"Whatever, let's get wild!" Naruto grinned before activating his Kyuubi mode.

Madara activated his eternal mangekyo sharingan as he stared at the kyuubi container, his eyes widened in disbelief at the fact that he couldn't control and suppress the nine-tails chakra.

"Confused huh? It's 'cause it's not just Kurama's chakra anymore. It's our chakra now."

Naruto charged up a Rasengan, he charged towards Madara only to have his hand caught and thrown away.

"Pathetic. Let me show you real power! Amaterasu."

Black flames made it's way towards Naruto as he sped away from it. He formed a massive rasengan in his hand as well as three smaller rasengans orbiting the larger one in the center. He stopped all of a sudden and faced the black flames, a smirk gracing his lips.

"Planetary Rasengan."

The smaller rasengans spun faster while the larger one spun the opposite way, a huge cone shaped vortex formed and Naruto ran towards the flames. The funnel of wind ate up the flames as it continued on it's way to Madara.

"Tch so you manag-"

Naruto ran around the funnel of wind and decked Madara in the gut launching him up. He jumped up to follow up his punch with a barrage of kicks and punches, he paused when he saw Madara's sadistic grin.

"Goodbye Naruto, Kamui."

'What! I thought only Kakashi-sensei could do this!"

Naruto felt the pull of the portal behind him as he grit his teeth. If he was going down then he's taking Madara with him.

"Goodbye? We were only starting to get to know each other." He replied.

The blond jinchuuriki grabbed Madara's arm in a death grip, his captive's eyes widened when he realized his own jutsu was going to backfire against him. He struggled against Naruto's solid grip, he took out a kunai intent on cutting off Naruto's hand but it was too late. The portal sucked both of them in and it shut with a hiss.

Naruto couldn't even fathom the amount of pain he was in and that was saying something. He's been through a lot in his short life as a shinobi yet never before has he felt pain like this, it was almost worse than having Kurama's chakra burn him alive, this felt like he was burning and being stretched in all directions.

He looked over at Madara to see if he was fairing any better and he was surprised to see his nemesis' skin bubbling and boiling. He managed to throw the ancient ninja a small smirk.

"Heh bet you wish you got a bijuu in you now don't ya?" Naruto grunted out through gritted teeth.

"Sh…ut up y…ou insol…ent fool! Katon-"

Madara's eyes went wide as he felt the incessant burning and stretching go into overload. Before he could even say "housenka" he burst into tiny little particles, spraying blood and tiny bits of him hurtling in all directions.

Naruto looked on in shock, his mind going on overdrive at the thought that this could be how it ended for him. He thought of his life and was disappointed to say that he didn't live it up to the fullest. Sure he learned a ton of high-ranking jutsus and was probably the most powerful ninja in Konoha, but it was the little things that he failed to do that caused his current regret. The little things like falling in love, and making love and all the little things that came in between.

'I guess this is it Kurama… I'd say it's been nice and all but…" Naruto chuckled at the foxe's indignant snort.

'Pathetic ningen you didn't even get to kiss a girl. This is not the end of the great Kyuubi no Youko!'

Naruto laughed at Kurama's weak insult. He must've been really working overdrive from healing him if that was the best he could do at their final moments. His eyes widened as he felt an influx of Kurama's chakra enter his system and the next thing he knew was darkness.

FLASHBACK END

"-ruto, Naruto.. NARUTO!"

Hermione looked at the blond with exasperation, she's been rambling on and on about the difference between having unicorn hair and a dragon heartstring core in a wand only to find that he was paying more attention to the food on his plate than the words coming out of her mouth. Normally she'd be used to it from being friends with Ron but Naruto wasn't even eating, he just stared at his food intensely. The blonde's silence was slightly odd to her for in the few short hours that she's known him she noticed that he babbled about one thing or the other, not really caring if anyone was paying attention or not.

She raised one delicate eyebrow wondering what was so fascinating about his food instead of the wonders of wand cores so she scooted closer to him, straining her neck over his shoulder and placing her cheek closely against his as they both stared at his full plate. She heard someone clear their throat and she looked up to see Harry staring at her.

"What?" Hermione crinkled her nose distastefully as Harry talked with a mouthful of food.

"Crikey Hermione you two seem awfully close." Harry smirked at her as best as he could with half a roll and potatoes in his mouth.

"Honestly Harry you could at least have the decency to swallow before uttering such rubbish." She rolled her eyes at him.

"Wha- What?"

Naruto snapped out of his daze, startled from hearing Hermione's sharp voice so close to him. He turned to her direction sharply, not aware of their close proximity as his lips grazed and planted on her cheek. His eyes widened comically as his mind finally registered what happened.

Both Naruto and Hermione took in a sharp breath and pulled away from each other, putting as much distance as they could in the cramped benches they sat on in the great hall.

"I uh.. um.. ah ahem I mean sorry there was something on your cheek so I er… took it off." Naruto sputtered and winked at her as his cheeks turned a light shade of pink.

"It's um quite alright uh I mean thanks." Hermione replied shyly looking everywhere but at the burly blonde beside her.

Harry, Ron and the handful of Gryffindors surrounding them laughed at the two's flustered state, some even gave catcalls at the fairly innocent accidental gesture.

Ron looked at them, amusement shining in his eyes as he almost choked on his pumpkin juice.

"Oi! So you took it off with your lips?" Ron questioned with mirth.

"Bah! Sod off you lot. I was just helping out a friend." Naruto replied through a mouthful of chicken, he glanced at Hermione slyly, groaning mentally as she bit her lip cutely, that plus the lovely blush on her cheeks made for one sexy image. He wondered briefly if the blush extended all the way to her chest there but dismissed it as he shook his head to get rid of the perverted thoughts.

"Oh well would you look at the time… it's time for my nightly stroll. See you guys at the common room" Naruto hopped off the bench, snagging one more piece of chicken as he munched on it on his way out, ignoring the trio's warnings to not wander around since there were dementors about.

Ovo

Naruto stood in front of the forbidden forest breathing in deeply and evenly as he basked in the intimidating shadows the trees cast against the moon, a reminder of his old life he mused. His lips stretched into a lazy smile as he heard the faint footsteps heading his way. He didn't even have to look back to know who came for him.

"Father."

"Son, I suppose it's that time of the month again?" Remus questioned.

Naruto cringed visibly as he looked back at his Dad. "Must you make it sound so… feminine? Tsk I prefer to call it wilding out."

Remus chuckled heartily; he clasped Naruto's shoulder and offered an apologetic smile.

"I apologize son-"

"Stop it. You know I don't blame you for this, never have and never will. 'Sides it's kinda nice letting loose like this once in awhile, it gives me an out."

Shrugging his father's hand off his shoulder he took off his tie and unbuttoned his crisp oxford shirt, kicking off his shoes at the same time.

Naruto grinned at his dad wildly "Bring my stuff back to my room will ya? Thanks you're the best."

And just like that the unpredictable teenager that Remus claimed as his son was gone before he could utter a single word in reply. The DA professor scoffed and shook his head disapprovingly as he picked up his son's clothes, a small smile present on his lips.

"Worry not Remus, the boy can take care of himself."

Remus inclined his head towards the warm grandfatherly tone of the headmaster as he chuckled softly.

"I'm more worried about the other creatures out there." He quipped as a joke.

Dumbledore's eyes twinkled with mischief as he looked on in the forbidden forest. "We can only hope he stays out of the centaur's way as Magorian may not take too kindly to Naruto's… exuberant curiosity. But come let us discuss your duties in my office. Over some tea and lemon drops of course." With a smile that reminded Remus painfully of his long gone father, Dumbledore ushered him back to the castle with a pat on the back.

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Breakfast – Great Hall

The trio sat at their usual spot at the long table as they picked out various pastries and jams to fill up their empty growling stomachs.

"Where's Naruto?"

The two males of the golden trio looked up at Hermione with bleary eyes as they both yawned simultaneously. Ron shrugged, grunted and went back to his food and Harry would've done the same had Hermione not leveled her patented 'tell me what you know. NOW.' glare at him.

"Well the last time I saw him was about the same time you did. He's not in the same room as me and Ron so I don't know where he is. Why so curious anyways?" Harry's eyebrow lifted teasingly, a smirk tugging at his lips from Hermione's annoyed expression.

Hermione scoffed at the boy "Harry have you forgotten the fact that he's a new student. He doesn't know anyone else other than us and I for one refuse to let anyone feel left out if I can help it."

Harry looked down guiltily, after all he was one of those people that made her feel unwelcome and left out even among her own house back in first year.

"Well don't worry, he's bound to come down for breakfast sometime, we'll wave him over when he does."

As if on cue the doors creaked open to reveal an exhausted looking but laughing Naruto accompanied by the Weasley twins as they conversed about something everyone else was better off not knowing.

Hermione's eyes lit up as she saw the blonde and waved him over to their spot though her eyes narrowed a bit as she heard parts of the boy's conversation.

"How are you.. sneak in Snape's room?"

The blonde scoffed in response. "Please, just give me the.. and see.. that's how we'll do it."

The twins looked at Naruto in awe. "Well."

"Played."

"Mate."

"But we can scheme later,"

"Your girlfriend seems to be."

"Waiting for you." And with that said the Weasley twins made there way next to their usual spot with the rest of the Gryffindor quidditch team.

"!" Naruto sighed dejectedly at the ribbing he got over his and Hermione's non-existent relationship. He shook his head lightly as he walked over to the trio.

"Morning!" He beamed at Hermione and nodded in acknowledgement at the other two wolfing down their breakfasts.

"Morning Naruto. What were you Fred and George talking about?" Hermione gave him 'the look.'

"Nothing, nothing." He smiled at her innocently. "Man this place serves some great food. Hey what's your first class of the day, I got ancient runes." He noticed Hermione stiffen a bit in her seat but chalked it up to first day nerves. "Well?"

"Me and Harry have Divination, s'pposed to be an easy O that class." Ron answered.

"Hm I was gonna take that class but the old man told me ancient runes would be better for me. Can't imagine why but I was too lazy to put up a decent argument."

"Speaking of class I have to go. I'll see you guys at lunch." Hermione took one last bite of her croissant as she dashed off to who knows where.

"A bit excited for class isn't she?" Naruto mused.

Ron and Harry looked at each other and snorted. "You have no idea."

"She never did say what class she had right now."

"Knowing Hermione it's probably some incredibly hard and ridiculous class that none of us of below average intellect would know about." Was the exasperated reply from Ron.

The blonde looked down at his watch and hummed. "She had the right idea though, we only got a couple minutes before class starts. I'll see you fellas later."

Ovo

Naruto carried his ancient runes text in one hand as he walked to class, there were a couple of underclassmen rushing about running or bumping into him only to jump back and give him a wide berth as he growled at them. He smirked at their 'Oh shit' expressions as he prowled down the hallways.

Satisfied with the empty hallway the blonde looked left and right to make sure he was alone. Nodding to himself that the coast was clear he started humming some song by some muggle band he heard on the radio… boys turn men or something like that.

"In the still of the niiiii-"

"Oof!"

"Tsk just when I was starting to get into it." Naruto muttered under his breath. "Cockheaded first-years. Sorry kid." He threw behind his back as he kept walking. He heard what he assumed to be a gasp of outrage and he slowly turned around, eyes widening at the girl sprawled provocatively on the ground.

The girl or rather woman he accidentally toppled over was quite attractive he noted. Her skin was flawless as he took her in, not one visible mark on her face or her over exposed legs. Speaking of legs… okay no. Not going there he thought. He managed to tear his gaze away from her creamy mile long legs and refocused his eyes back to her face. Long blonde locks framed her heart shaped face, her eyes that were a warm amber color glared up at him through long blonde lashes that were a shade or two darker than her hair. Her mouth he observed would've been quite cute if it wasn't scowling at him.

"Stop oggling me and help me up you buffoon!"

Naruto snapped out of his momentary brain malfunction and chuckled sheepishly. He bent down and lifted her by her armpits laughing childishly at her insulted gasp.

"Sorry miss but didn't see you there."

"Of course you didn't you were too busy singing some bloody horrible song instead of looking where you're walking." She hissed.

Naruto had the decency to blush. "Alright wait a second it's not completely my fault that you fell. Do you see me? I'm practically a bloody giant in this place. It's hard to miss me so you should've stayed out of my way." He threw her a smug smile, proud of his counter-argument.

"If you haven't noticed ser nitwit we were walking the same direction hence I wouldn't have seen your fat arse prancing around the hallway singing like a little nancy boy."

Kurama howled in his head at the girl's colorful vocabulary as Naruto stood there and gaped at her. She just insulted him multiple times in one sentence!

He pursed his lips. "Well maybe you should grow eyes in the back of your head then.." He childishly retorted. He was never good at verbal arguments he sighed he was more of a man of action and it was against his morals to hit a girl unless said girl was a murderous kunai wielding kunoichi so he was shit outta luck with this one.

"That's real mature." She rolled her eyes. "Now pick up my book I have a class to get to." She impatiently tapped her foot as she glared at her fellow blonde.

Naruto looked down at the book on the ground. "Ancient runes huh? Looks like we're going the same way."

"Good now you can carry my book for me. Come along." She snapped at him.

He looked at her incredulously and sighed. He never did learn how to say no to pretty girls. I mean look how embarrassingly whipped he was with Sakura. He picked her book up and caught up with her.

"So does the princess have a name?"

Her eyebrows rose comically. "You don't know who I am?"

"Obviously not if I just asked." He deadpanned.

"Ugh you oaf! I'm Daphne Greengrass of the illustrious house of Greengrass." Somehow even with the massive height difference she managed to look down on him even if he was a foot taller than her. "But you may call me mistress Greengrass."

"Shit calm down I'm a new student sue me if I don't know everyone here by first name basis." He said with an eyeroll. "And no I most certainly will not be calling you mistress Greengrass. Hm how about Daffy, you know? Like the duck?"

Naruto laughed at his own joke, he laughed even louder when he noticed the perplexed and irritated face of his female companion.

Daphne's eyebrow ticked dangerously. "Did you just compare me to a duck?"

"Uh moving on, lead the way princess I've been wandering around for ages looking for this class." He held both hands up as surrender when she glared harder.

"Wait now that you mention it if you purse your lips just like that you do kind of look like a duck."

"You insufferable git!" She stomped on his foot. Hard.

He pouted at her. "Hey! That hurt… kiss it better." Naruto laughed like mad as her face flushed.

She sniffed, turned her nose up the way only purebloods could and walked away ignoring the other blonde's exclamations to wait for him, though a small smile slowly curled on her lips. Having him around here might just be what the doctor ordered to break her boring old pureblood routine.

"Hey I just realized you never got my name. Well it's Naruto Uzumaki."

Daphne glanced at him sideways, her face betraying no emotion.

"Hn."

Naruto cried some anime tears "Ah shit not another teme."

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