A/N: Yep, still coughing out my lungs. I haven't actually slept in almost... what's today? Sunday? And Tuesday was... 5? Yes, 5 days. OF ALMOST NO SLEEP. -twitching- Oh yeah, I promised you guys a new chapter on Sunday and you know what you guys get! I new chapter! Yes, yes, I know I'm awsome
Some Stuff: No, Sasuke doesn't know about the Kyuubi, to hell with whatever happened in the series, I want Sasuke to find out here. Um... what else is there... Oh yeah, Naruto won't be totally smart and the cuteness was just a mask like in some fics, he will probably be just the tiniest bit more aware then what he shows. (I'm trying to answer the reviews all in one blur cause I know people hate it when they see a new chap. Of something and half of it ends up being replies to the reviewers, well, at least I hate when that happens) The HP gang is in their sixth year, and I said in the second chapter (I hope x.x) that it's the new version of the Firebolt? I really hope I remembered to put that in... Um... I think that's it for questions?
Disclaimer: You know the drill. I don't own anything... thanks for crushing all my hopes and dreams... bastards...
Warnings: Hopefully there will be a bit more hints of slash in this chapter, and I promise my language will soon be in the gutter
Notes:
"Talking- in English"
'Thinking- in English'
"Talking- in Japanese"
'Thinking- in Japanese'
Letters and stuff
Previously:
I'm not sure if I'm allowed to tell you this yet but Hogwarts is getting two guards to guard the school from invaders. They are quite... different... then you'd expect a guard to be. But do be careful around them, if they thought you were a threat they could kill you without beating an eyelash. But that's all I know about them.
I'll see you again at the feast, and please be careful for the rest of the summer.
Moony
Chapter 3
.arrival.
Sasuke yawned, poking at his 'breakfast'. He was muttering to himself in Japanese as he stabbed his eggs, "Disgusting... soggy... stupid European people..." his next few lines were totally inaudible.
He was waiting for Remus to pick them up, it was the day they were suppose to travel to Hogwarts. Naruto had taken a shine to the food they served, much to Sasuke's disgust.
"Hey Sasuke, you going ta eat that?" Naruto asked with puppy dog eyes. He scowled and pushed the plate to Naruto, unable to resist 'the eyes'.
They were in their disguises again, rather then wearing their ANBU uniforms, though Naruto's puppy eyes still effected him even in their henge forms.
'Though his real eyes are much more preferable to the amber...' he absentmindedly thought. A second passed.
'Wait... WHAT!' his thoughts screamed.
'You can't deny that you don't agree, right?' said that same damn voice.
"No! Get out of my head!" he yelled loudly.
"Right..." Naruto stared at him with a worried expression before leaning away from the seemingly insane shinobi.
"Sorry, I just got overwhelmed in my thoughts..." he quietly replied. It wasn't exactly a lie, but not the full truth, "Wow... he's really late isn't he?" Sasuke continued, trying to keep his cool.
"He's almost as bad as Kakashi-sensei..." Naruto nodded at his own statement then attacked the remains on his plate.
There was silence for about thirty seconds before Naruto paused his eating, "He has a very strange aura around him..."
"I've noticed it too... it's almost..." Sasuke searched for the right word, "demonic..." he all but whispered.
"That's what I think..." Naruto pushed the plate away for himself, his thinking face on, "He doesn't seem anything but hu- Oh! Hey Remus-san!" Naruto looked over Sasuke's shoulder, waving madly, then sent a look only Sasuke caught, "That was close..." he mouthed.
"We're all ready to go, Remus..." Sasuke stated, his emotionless mask in place (A/N: Not the literal, anbu one)
"We'll, we have a choice this time," Remus said, walking up to the two, "We can either use the floo network to get there..." he saw their expressions and explained, "You travel by stepping in a fireplace, throwing the floo powder to the ground and yelling the name of where you want to go clearly, then a green flame will start around you and you'll be transported there." There was a look of horror and shock on Naruto's face and Sasuke simply raised an eyebrow, which was clearly saying, 'Yeah, right... Next option please.'
"... Or we could go through another port-key..." The horror on Naruto's face deepened.
'He looks like a frightened puppy...' Sasuke thought affectionately. Then almost beat his head on the table for the thought.
"... Or we could take the teacher's train..." Remus finished. (1)
"TRAIN!" Naruto yelled instantly. Remus looked at Sasuke for his opinion, the shinobi just shrugged.
"Train it is then..." he looked down at his watch, "Good... it won't leave for awhile. Got your things? Good. You wands? Excellent. Let's be off..."
The trip to the station hadn't taken long, soon they stood in front of a brick pillar.
Naruto gave a questioning look to Remus, "It's brick, looks nice and reliable for keeping the roof over our heads, but how else is it suppose to help us?"
"Our train is on Platform 9 and ¾." Remus stated, reaching out to the wall, "So between platforms 9 and 10, there's the portal..." as he said this, he put he hand through the wall and the three watched it vanish.
"It's like a form of Genjutsu" Sasuke commented as Remus walked through the barrier, "Shall We?"
Naruto nodded, walking through the portal first, Sasuke following close behind, "I think we have to get in our ANBU gear now..." Naruto said when they saw Remus waiting on the other side.
He nodded, "All the teachers are already on the train and this is an odd angle, no one will see you..." He told them as they dropped the jutsu with a pop and some smoke.
The smoke cleared, revealing the two ninja in their black Anbu outfits and armor. Naruto pulled his fox mask on and nodded to the others.
Many of the teachers stared out the compartment windows while they were making their way though the halls of the train.
"How long will it take until we get to Hogwarts?" Sasuke asked, annoyed at the looks they were getting.
---------------- Another... TIME SKIP! cause nothing significant happens on the train----------------
The next few hours consisted of nothing that awkward silence, the noise of an ongoing game of Go, and the excuses of a few teachers coming to 'catch up of things' with Remus, but obviously wanting to get a closer look at the guards. Ah yes, we couldn't forget the occasional yell of, "That's not fair! You cheated you bastard!"
But finally, the train ride was was over and they sat in one of the many horse-drawn (though horse-less to some) carriages, starring out the windows at the giant castle that would be their new home (A/N: Gah, that's like, a run on sentence or something. I was trying to fit too many things into one sentence x.x). Naruto was fidgeting in his seat, "This is taking to long..." he complained, "And we've been sitting for HOURS..." with that, he paused for a moment, "Oh yeah!"
Remus and Sasuke were both watching, one with a look of total confusion and the other with silent, though amused, knowing.
Without another word, the blonde stood up, tied his mask tighter, and threw open the door of the carriage.
"What are you-" Remus started as Naruto gave one last wave to them before jumping out of the open door, "WHAT! Boy! We're riding over a LAKE!" He yelled franticly, leaning out of the window.
"Now that you think of it..." Sasuke said, cracking his neck, "We've been sitting for a good couple hours, no? First the train and now this..." Remus nodded helplessly, "I need to stretch my legs as well..." (2)
The werewolf watched as the remaining guard hopped out of the door. He slowly edged to the open door and leaned out, "What do you two think you're-" He stopped short, seeing the two boys walking alongside each other.
'Wait... Walking!' Remus's brain screamed, totally and utterly confused.
"You're... walking ... on the water..." he slowly stated, looking down at the water they were walking on.
"Well thanks, captain obvious!" Naruto yelled.
Sasuke slapped him on the back of the head, "Don't be rude to our guide, Naruto..." then he turned back to said guide, "We were taught how to do..." he motioned to the water, "...this where we're from, though you can't exactly call it 'basic'." he informed the adult.
Remus was still stuck at the fact they were standing on top of the lake.
The silence was broken when Naruto nudged his partner, "I'll race you to the edge of the lake..." he said, pointing in the direction of the castle.
"Whatever..." Sasuke replied simply.
"Oh, you're so going down..." Naruto taunted, getting ready to run.
"You wish, Dobe..." they both looked at each other, "3..."
"2..."
"1..." they both exclaimed together, bolting off at, what Remus thought, impossible speeds.
The poor teacher was left to watch them speed off, having no idea what just happened. He sighed, retreating back into the now-empty carriage.
'The taller one... Sasuke...' he thought, leaning back in his seat, 'He seems so cold. The only person who he'll even smile to is is the other one, the blonde... interesting...' his mind wandered and a knowing smirk rested on his face.
Meanwhile with the shinobi, Naruto was pointing an accusing finger at Sasuke, "You cheated and you know it!" he yelled.
"Dobe, we were running, in a straight line, even. How could I have possibly cheated?" Sasuke asked coolly.
"You had some trick up you're sleeve! I know you did!"
"Maybe you just got distracted by my dashing good looks?" you could almost hear the smirk in his voice.
"You're wearing a mask, remember?" Naruto pointed out blankly.
Naruto: 1
Sasuke: 0
And thank god he was, because if he wasn't, Naruto would have seen Sasuke's jaw drop in surprise.
Sasuke was saved as an man made his way over to them at the edge of the lake. He let out a breathe of relief as Naruto's attention was turned to the man.
"Ah..." the old man began, his eyes twinkling, "I see you two are here earlier then expected. Wonderful, wonderful." he clasped his hands together and looked back and forth between the two masked shinobi, "Though I dread to ask where Professor Lupin is..."
Naruto grinned sheepishly, though it went by unnoticed, "Uh..." but the sheepishness was evident in his voice, "I think we left him in the carriage..." with that, he pointed to the carriages that had barely grazed the horizon.
"They will get here in good time..." the man said with a smile, "Until then... I am Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Come! Come! We have much to discuss..." The headmaster motioned to the teens to follow him, which they did after sharing a hesitant glance. (3)
"Now..." Dumbledore started as he walked, "I should inform you of some... things... at my school that you may not be used to. First of all, you will notice the occasional ghost roaming the hallways. Mind you, almost all of them are quite friendly, always willing to tell a good story from their life..." Naruto and Sasuke were both bewildered.
Sasuke's eyes hardened, "That's impossible, once you're dead you can't come back..." he said with an icy tone.
Naruto watched his friend with worry in his eyes. He knew why Sasuke was reacting so badly, knowing the story of the Uchiha's. He reached out and put a hand on Sasuke's shoulder, silently offering he support.
Sasuke shook his head, letting out a sigh, "Please continue..." he managed to say, though his tone was still quite cold.
Dumbledore was watching the interaction between the two with interest, but cleared his throat and continued, "You should be careful of the staircases, they tend to move..." he gained both their interest at that remark, "Let's see... what else is there... ah yes! If you are ever lost, just turn to one of the paintings for help, they'll direct you in the right directed, you see, most of the paintings in Hogwarts will gladly talk to you"
Dumbledore lectured them on a few points as they were lead into the castle and taken through a maze of corridors, "Many of the paintings are really doors..." he started to explained after awhile of going through the maze, "To get into the room, you must tell the painting the correct password, you're rooms should be up... ah, here we are..." He stopped at one of the paintings.
Painted on the canvas was a long, rolling landscape that was suspiciously similar to Konoha. At the edge of the miles of forest was a sunset bathing the whole picture in golds and pinks.
The whole scene was being viewed from the edge of a cliff where a young woman sat, gazing off into the distance, she seemed sad, but you couldn't see her face from behind her long pink hair.
'She reminds me of Sakura...' Both Naruto and Sasuke were thinking. Then their attention was turned back to the old man. (4)
"Greetings, Emiko-chan" Dumbledore called to the painting in perfect Japanese. The boys were shocked at how well he spook their language but soon forgot all about the headmaster as the girl in the painting swung her head towards them and smiled.
"Dumbledore-sama! I haven't seen you in awhile!" the girl, Emiko, called back, waving. The boys could now see the Konoha headback on her head.
"This is Sasuke and that one is Naruto, they will be staying here for awhile, is that okay, Emiko-chan?" Though the boys didn't show it, they were somewhat scared that the Headmaster knew their names.
"That would be wonderful!" the girl exclaimed happily.
Dumbledore nodded, turning back to the two, "Wonderful, you two can choose the password for your room. I'll see you two in the morning..." With that the old man gave the shinobi one last nod before setting off down the corridor.
Two hours later the boys got ready for bed in their new room. One was grinning in victory while the other was scowling in defeat. It seemed Naruto had won their fight for the password because, now, to gain entrance to their room, you had to tell the painting, 'Ichiraku's Miso Ramen'.
A/N: Well there you go! Another chapter. Um... I promise I'll beta test the next one, I can't at the moment because my email is being screwy and I still need to email the people who volunteered, I suppose I'll have to pick only one of you... um... Whoever offered first, I'll look into it -.-' Huzzah! They meet Snape in the next chapter I was planning to put it in this one but I decided to wait... Soon we'll see who's glare outdoes all others! Sasuke's vs. Snape's
(1)- Is there even a teacher's train?Well there was in a fanfic I read awhile back, so... yeah there's a teacher's train in my fic. I've really given much thought on the teachers, do they go home for the summer? Surely they all can't live in the castle, that'd just be weird and creepy... So... yeah
(2)- Just a comment, this part was so fun to write. I'm so evil, making Remus almost pee his pants in fright.
(3)- Blah blah blah, they're ninja, they shouldn't just believe him and follow his without making sure that's his real identity, blah blah blah, but whatever, this makes the story go faster.
(4)- Okay, this girl is no no way related to Sakura, I just thought it'd be interesting to have her look similar, I dunno why... I just think it'd be strange. Plus, what if they ever met eachother... --ponders...- hm...
Oh! I'll need some suggestions for the Gryffindor and Slytherin House Passwords! Cause I just know I'd pick something stupid.
REVIEW! It's just a little button a little farther down! I spent my time writing this for you people and if you have the time to scroll down and put this on your story alert then you could at least leave a review with it, I don't even care what it says, it can say 'please update' or just 'I like it' and that's it!
Anyway- there should be another update around Thursday or Friday. But just to tell you peeps- this really quick schedule will probably only continue until we get to the more exciting parts of the story, mmkay?