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DISCLAIMER: NARUTO is property of Kishimoto Masashi, Shueisha, and Studio Pierrot in Japan, and translated by VIZ Media and ShoPro Entertainment into English while Harry Potter is the property of J. K. Rowling, Bloomsbury, Scholastic, and Warner Brothers. No copyright infringement intended, these characters are not used to generate money, nor are they used with permission.

WARNING: This fan fiction may contain spoilers on the series mentioned in the disclaimer including the author's note. Read at your own risk.

TIMELINE

HARRY POTTER:This fan fiction occurred after Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book Five) and during the events of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Book Six). Sirius is around thirty six.

NARUTO: After the three year jump. The first few chapters occurred during manga chapter 245 to chapter 280 (as for the NARUTO Shippuden anime episodes, I still have confirm which ones) while the rest of after them. This will an alternate story for the rest of NARUTO's chapter since here the Sasori never gave the information regarding his spy but he is dead and he will be replaced with whoever the creator wants. The characters that appeared after 280 may or may not be included depending on how this story will progress. Sasuke is around fifteen or sixteen years old.

Legend:

"Speaking."

'Thinking.'

SOUND EFFECTS

Flashbacks, Letters, Dream, Memories

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SIRUIS BLACK AND THE EIGHTH SWORD OF THE MIST

By A Writer Wannabee

His death changed everything.

The wizarding world cleared his name.

Harry vowed revenge against Snape.

But those were not the biggest change of all.

Join Sirius Black as he tries to learn the power the Dark Lord knows not.

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CHAPTER EIGHT: YA'LL GONNA LEARN JAPANESE

#Do it again. #

#What! #

#I said 'do it again.' #

#But it's correct! #

#No, you just copied it. #

#What do you mean I just 'copied' it? #

#That you didn't follow the instruction. #

#Impossible, how can you tell that by staring at it! #

#Well, this should be from right to left and this one should be upward not downward. #

#FINE,# Sirius snorted before returning to his work area and repeating his Hiragana[1] lesson.

During his very enjoyable tea session with fresh-from-the-beauty-salon Oro-creep, he was able to convince the very generous leader to allow him to learn Japanese. At first, he had a hard time believing he was permitted to study the language then he remembered that someone would have to teach him.

With Chicken-Rime's injuries, the boy could not possibly teach and the only who could the speak language was ...

#I'll be assigning Kabuto as your personal guard and tutor until Sasuke-kun has recovered fully. #

Sirius was overwhelmed with relief. Anyone would do beside Oro-creep. But if he remembered correctly, Yakushi Kabuto did not know English.

When he attempted to inquire more, the blue guy appeared and greeted the leader and Sirius in English, more precisely in perfect English. The guy spoke the language as if he had been using it all his life.

Fishy, very fishy indeed.

Sirius decided not to show his suspicions to the duo. It would only attract unwanted attention.

So the first week of his Japanese course were administered by Kabuto. He had a very comfortable aura about him. It made Sirius wonder why the guy became Orochimaru's right hand man. But somehow his guts told him to trust Chicken-Rime than four-eyed-blue-boy.

Speaking of his "bodyguard", he had recovered from his injuries yesterday and was already back to torment him. Yup, the lad didn't show any gratitude for Sirius' noble deed. He even confronted the boy.

#So? In case you have forgotten I was the one who found you unconscious and brought you to this village. You only paid your debts when you helped me. #

Sirius grabbed his wand and pointed it at the ungrateful boy and shouted

"RICTUSEMPRA"

Like that was ever going to happen. Boy, he wanted to hex that boy since he first laid eyes on him. Unfortunately, he was unable to. His wand was still missing.

Not to mention that such action would be the equivalent to saying "HEY I'M WIZARD." And the next thing you know he'll be under some interrogation or behind prison bars. Though, he would love to see the boy laugh his heart out as if his going to die. The boy badly needs it too.

'What on Earth possessed me to study this confusing language anyway?' he grimaced as he lifted his brush to his inkbottle once more.

POOF.

#Acccccccckkkkkk! #

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Sasuke smirked when Snape's ink spilled all over his clothes and his parchment.

"Uchiha-sama, Orochimaru-sama requests for your presence immediately."

Sasuke raised his eyebrows. What could the Snake Sannin want now?

His musings were broken by the admittedly colorful words that were coming from the foreigner's mouth. Most of them were directed towards the two messengers who had "accidentally" bumped into the man's table.

Ah, old grudges.

They wouldn't be pleased if they could understand Snape's language like he did. His English had improved quite a lot since he had spent most of his time studying the language during his recovery. Not to mention, how it irritated him when he found out that Kabuto had also studied and mastered the language.

He looked at the man at the table once more. He may not ever admit it but he was grateful that Snape had brought him back. He was surprised to find out that the man was able to sneak out of the village without anyone noticing. This reminded him of the stick and the mirror that he currently had hidden in his closet.

'Maybe using Sharingan on those objects would be worthwhile.'

A grunt broke his reverie.

"Fine. Take the Baka back to his room after he has chosen a book and don't allow him to leave until I return."

The two men nodded.

#Snape-san, return to your room and change your clothes. I have to see Orochimaru-sama now. Tomorrow I want to you to recite a Japanese piece. Any story will do. I suggest you bring the material with you to your room."

POOF.

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Sirius groaned when he heard that he had an "assignment". Man he hasn't done that since when? Since he and James tried to convince Lupin allow them to copy his History of Magic essays, unfortunately Moony always refused.

Sadness crept into Sirius' heart. He really missed the wizarding world despite the fact that he was considered a murderer and a traitor.

'Hang on Harry, I'll be going home in no time.'

Yes, he and his friends will be together once more but for now he needs to chose a piece for his "assignment."

He walked through the hallways of the library. He ignored the two ninja who was watching him like a pair of hungry vultures waiting for their prey to die, (or in some cases just hold still).

Most of the archives were written in scrolls though there were a few scattered books among them. The information encased in these bookshelves was the very reason he wanted to study the language. He wanted to learn this 'wandless' magic that the ninjas use, especially the POOF apparating spell.

The jutsu as they called them will really come in handy. There's a problem though. Asking Orochimaru directly to allow him to learn the art, it would be compare to walking into a lion's den.

He had observed that ninja are very secretive. They didn't think twice about killing the shinobi who betrayed their village. The next best option was to learn the language then self-study. Then he could sneak out some scrolls and study them when he is alone.

'Damn. How am I supposed to choose a piece? I can't understand most of this stuff. I'll make Chicken-Rime pay for giving this stupid homework and for not showing any gratitude for saving his life.'

Then something orange caught his eye.

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Sasuke noticed Snape was in a good mood despite the fact that he had given the older man a task yesterday.

#Have you chosen which piece you will recite? #

#Actually, yes though I found it rather hard to understand. Maybe you could help me out with certain words. #

He was surprised at Snape. The man had never asked for his help before and he never foresaw him to ever do so.

#Did the guards torture you or something? #

#No, what gave you that idea? #

#You're too nice. And you're asking me to help you. #

#So I am not entitled to be nice huh, that was very prejudice of you Chicken-Rime. And you're the only one who could help me since Kabuto-san is on a mission and Orochimaru-san is busy with his duties. # Snape pouted.

#Fine, bring me the piece. #

Okina No baka gave him a book. He didn't bother to look at the title and started reading it.

And that was the biggest mistake of his life.

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Sirius can't hold his laughter anymore. Chicken-Rime's pale face was very red.

#HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA. #

#WHERE ON EARTH DID YOU GET THIS?#

#Well on the shelves yesterday,# he answered between his laughs.

#It's not funny.#

#But your face is so red.#

#Stop.#

#Stop, # a vein began to appear on the boy's forehead.

#I SAID STOP IT#

Sirius almost choked as he tried to stop. The boy was emanating the murderous aura again.

#Don't you have any sense of humor. For Merlin's sake it's just a joke. #

#I don't want you reading this again. #

#You can't tell me not to. #

#This is a perverted book. #

#So? #

#What do you mean so? You're a pervert! #

#The book is good despite the fact is contains… umm… very adult material. And Chicken-Rime, I happen to be very open-minded person and mature enough to handle it. Maybe you're the pervert. You're blushing like there's no tomorrow. I wonder what dirty little thoughts entered that head of yours. So tell me, do you have any plan of doing it with girlfriend? #

#SHUT UP.#

#OH MY GOD! Don't tell me you plan doing it with a guy. I'm never letting you to touch me again. #

Much to say, Sirius Black may not live long enough to see Harry Potter again.

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TO BE CONTINUED

AUTHOR'S NOTE

I'd like to thank MagicalStarlight for adding me to your story alert. Bishie_squee! for her excellent proofreading skills. izumi-17, Fattyaddy-99, Zizzo, Tenshi Aine and Hikagi for reviewing this chapter.