AN: So this is the third chapter that will decide whether or not this goes on! If you wish to read more of this story... please review and tell me whether it's good or what I should put in it to make it more interesting to other people.
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As to how Harry got to Japan... it will be explained later (if you want me to...)
The question of whether Harry will be dark or overly cunning, well, it's a toss up. I can't really make a dark Harry because I will more than likely make him emo and we all know that one Sasuke is enough. As to whether or not he will be cunning, let's just say that Snape won't call him James Potter's clone and that several Slytherins will figure out what an Anbu charged genjutsu looks and feels like. (Illusions of horror that make even the most cunning of Slytherins squirm in their black robes...)... Oh and there will be some contracts with demons and the like, and we all know that you have to outsmart them or they'll grab you by the balls and throw you across the room. There will be a lot of controversies with the wizards about the demons and the nin from Konoha can't say anything because only Sasuke and Naruto are going on this adventure.
AN2: Tsunade is OOC... my apologies. It will be more in character later when I explain why she was so cool with letting one of her Anbu go with some foreigners as well as two people the village wouldn't really want to get out of their territory!
Remus looked at the huge span of ocean in front of him and couldn't help but sigh. It had taken them nearly a year for them to find the place to where the hidden islands were and they still didn't know what island Harry was in.
They had agreed on Severus not coming along for this mission due to the fact that he was a teacher and that it would have looked suspicious.
Remus could go because he's a werewolf and many didn't really care what he did as long as he stayed away from them. Lucius was able to come along because he was on vacation and had decided to make Japan his holiday getaway. Sirius was in disguise so no one actually knew who he was; he was an escaped convict so he could go around whenever he felt like it as long as he was not recognized.
"So how are we going to do this?" Sirius asked as he positioned his broom beside Remus' floating broom.
Lucius looked thoughtful as he looked at the span of ocean with no land in sight for miles. He expanded his senses and felt the huge amount of raw magic and a different sort of energy a quarter of a mile in front of them. He saw no way inside of the huge barrier other than to go through it.
"It's about a quarter of a mile ahead of us," Lucius informed them as they continued to float above the blue ocean. "The best way to get through all that magic and raw energy is to force your way in… that will be painful, by the way."
Sirius grumbled as he looked at the man beside him. "Most things in life are painful… should we take a running start?"
"That would be best," Remus said and they all looked at each other. That was the only signal they gave each other before they all shot ahead.
They felt the barrier three minutes later when they very painfully squeezed through it. Once they got to the other side they had to stop to regain their breath. About a mile ahead of them they could see land and they smiled at it in triumph.
That was about two days ago. Now they finally found a village that might have some information as to where Harry was located.
Sirius looked at the blonde woman in front of him and couldn't help but glare at her for what she had just said. They had been in this village for three days now and they finally got to have an appointment with their leader. The only problem was that the leader was not cooperating (as Lucius had expected she wouldn't.)
"I will not give information of my village away so easily to a bunch of foreign travelers," she had said in a superior tone that made him want to tear his hair out.
Remus stepped forward slightly noticing that the young woman beside the blonde woman had tensed for a fight. "We just want to talk to him… you can be there when we talk to him, if you wish."
"Why are you so interested in talking to him?" the blonde woman retorted as she glared at them.
"Because he's my godson and I have the legal rights to see and talk to him whenever the hell I want!" Sirius shrieked finally succeeding and pulling on his hair a bit.
Tsunade, as that is what the woman had introduced herself as, looked over to Shizune, her assistant, and the younger woman walked out of the room for a second before coming back in with a couple of papers.
"You're lucky I have to go see Naruto or else you'd be here dying of old age," Tsunade growled as she stood and Shizune motioned for them to follow.
"So…? What's Harry like?" Sirius asked as they made their way downstairs.
"Quiet…" Tsunade said, but if it was a demand for Sirius to shut up or if that was what Harry was like they never figured out because Remus had hit him over the head to shut him up.
Tsunade looked back at the three men that had come looking for one of her elite ANBU and couldn't help but sigh under her breath. She knew this would happen at some time but she didn't think that it would be so soon after the defeat of Orochimaru. All of the ninja that had gone to the battle with Sound were all either heavily wounded or dead. The elite ANBU, Naruto, and Sasuke were all in the category of heavily wounded and she was not happy.
"So, Ms. Tsunade, why are you a hidden village?" Sirius asked conversationally and Remus smacked him to shut him up, yet again.
"It had always been like that and it will be until the hidden villages are no more," Tsunade growled out.
Lucius looked around him at the children running around and the women in the beautiful kimonos chasing them. "Where are we going?" he asked as he noticed that they were walking away from the populated area of the village.
"The hospital," Shizune answered as she kept on walking beside Tsunade.
"Why?" Sirius asked as he walked faster beside the well endowed woman.
Tsunade looked at him crossly and just kept on walking. They arrived at the hospital five minutes later much to Sirius' relieve. Tsunade spoke to the person in charge and the doctor gave her directions to where to go, but he seemed to be rather pissed off at something or other.
"What crawled up his arse and died?" Sirius grumbled.
Remus looked pretty pissed off and looked at Sirius. "He's mad about a blonde demon child."
"Host," Tsunade corrected looking back at the brown haired man. "Naruto is a demon host not a demon."
Sirius looked confused but Remus growled under his breath. "What does that mean?"
Tsunade knocked on one of the doors in the wide hallway and went inside. The others followed after her with questioning looks. In a corner of the room, next to the large window was a bed and on the bed was a blonde teenage boy covered in bandages, on his head was a black nightcap with two 'front teeth' and 'eyes.' His chest was rising and falling slowly and he seemed to be in the deepest sleep possible at the moment.
"How long has he been asleep?" Tsunade asked as she looked at the small body on the bed.
"He woke up three hours ago to go torture Uchiha and then went straight to sleep after the healers reprimanded him," the small voice came from behind the door and they all looked at the corner to where an ANBU was standing casually. "Considering that his veins are entirely full of sugar he'll wake up in approximately seven seconds."
They all looked from the ANBU to the boy on the bed then back again only to look back when the blonde on the bed started to stir. "That's pretty cool. That guy's a seer or something," Sirius said looking at the ANBU.
"ANBU Ookami, I would like you to meet Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Lucius Malfoy. They wish to talk to you," Tsunade said as she pointed to each one in turn and they all looked confused as to what she was saying. "Gentlemen, this is ANBU Wolf. He is Harry Potter."
The ANBU took off his white/red mask and stared at them all with his bright green eyes. He had on long black gloves; a sleeveless black top that seemed skin tight and that covered his mouth, over that there was a weird white armor looking thing. He had on tight black pants that had holsters attached to it on his thighs and black boots. His arms were covered with the black gloves but on top of that there was the weird white armor thing that looked like it was a weapon. At his waist there was a katana.
"Baa-san…" the blonde teenager looked confusedly at the people around him and then over to the ANBU. "Nii-san?"
"So, let me get this straight… That's Harry?" Sirius asked as he pointed at the ANBU with the bun at the top of his head.
Tsunade looked at her ANBU and then over to the group. "That's right. I'll leave you to speak with him."
Tsunade and Shizune both exited the room without talking to the blonde boy or saying anything else to the ANBU. Tsunade threw a scroll at ANBU Wolf as she stepped through the door. The blonde boy was still a little confused and half asleep. More than likely thought processes were nowhere near his brain at the moment.
"What do you wish to talk to me about?" Wolf said as he stared at them all and motioned to the chairs by the bed.
Sirius shifted slightly and looked at the young man that his godson had turned out to be.
"Shouldn't we talk in private?" Remus asked as he looked at Naruto.
Wolf looked at Naruto who had now started to snuggle into the covers again. "He doesn't speak any English. Thought processes are impossible for him at the moment considering the amount of sugar he inhaled and that Uchiha punched him hard enough to knock a grown man unconscious."
"Okay…" Sirius said as he took a chair and sat down on it. "This is going to sound weird but we came from a really far away place that is not in the Hidden Countries."
Lucius stepped forward and sat down on the chair next to the bed. "We're from England and we've come to warn you about certain things."
Naruto mumbled unintelligible words in his sleep. "What have you come to warn me of?"
"Well, you're sort of wanted dead by one person and his followers," Lucius said off-handedly.
"And then the other person wants to use you as a pawn to destroy the man who wants you dead," Sirius finished for Lucius.
ANBU Wolf looked at them casually, but you really couldn't tell because of the mask he was wearing. "What else is new?"
"What do you mean?" Remus asked confusedly as he looked at the wide-eyed blonde on the bed.
"I'm wanted dead by at least three fourths of all of the hidden countries. My life is that of a pawn and I can't change that," Wolf said casually to them and Naruto nodded even though he didn't understand a word coming out of his masked mouth.
"Wha--?" Sirius' words seemed to not be able to come out and he just opened his mouth to close it seconds later. "What do you mean?" he finally managed to get out.
"I mean exactly what I said," Wolf said as he tilted his head to the side. "I will be more than happy to get rid of this man who wants me dead. All you have to do is direct me to him."
"Are you out of your mind?!" Lucius yelled. "The Dark Lord has killed hundreds of people in one raid. What makes you think that you can kill him just like that?"
Wolf blinked once and then looked at the scroll in his hands. "So, you came all this way for no reason than just to warn me about something that I go through every day of my life?"
"Don't take it like that, Harry," Remus said softly as he looked at him pleadingly. "We just want the best for you is all."
"So, I won't be allowed to go with you guys?" Wolf asked innocently and with big puppy dog eyes.
Sirius looked at Harry and then over to the listening blonde. "You want to come with us?"
"Of course I do. The last time I was out of the Hidden Countries was when I was thirteen," Harry said with a shrug. "I went to France for a couple of months."
"How can you take going through the barrier on so many occasions?" Lucius asked shocked.
Wolf chuckled and looked at the man. "Couldn't you just take the door?"
"What door?" Remus asked confused.
"Eh, nii-san?" the blonde boy on the bed said casually.
"Hmm?" Wolf answered.
Naruto spewed a bunch of words in Japanese that were too fast for Remus to understand. Remus tried to think of what each verb meant and then conjugating them in his mind.
"Hai," Wolf answered softly. He looked over to Remus and his eyes sparkled slightly as if he were smiling under his mask. "Will I be able to come with you guys or not?"
Sirius gave a sigh and Lucius looked like he'd lost a war with himself. Remus just smiled sweetly and shook his head. "We might as well let you come," he mumbled.
Wolf handed the scroll to Remus with a smile. Wolf then turned his attention to the blonde who was looking at him expectantly. Remus read the scroll slowly and then had to read it again to make sure that he was reading it right.
"Who are Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto?" Remus asked as he looked at the scroll again to make sure he read it right.
Naruto's head shot up at the sound of his name. He looked at Remus with his big blue eyes asking him for questions.
"That's Naruto," Wolf said as he cocked his head towards the bed.
Remus looked at the scroll and nodded in understanding. "Why does he have to come with us?"
Wolf shrugged and translated for the confused blonde who jumped out of his bed excitedly. "Sasuke is in the room next to this one."
Naruto shot out of bed and out the door in less than .05 seconds which surprised Sirius beyond anything else. "I suppose they could come along. I mean what harm can come from two teenage boys?" Remus said with a soft smile.
Wolf stared him straight in the eyes. "Naruto never shuts up and Sasuke wants nothing but to kill his brother and if he manages to kill Naruto while doing so would just be a bonus."
"You're not serious, are you?" Sirius asked with big eyes.
"Of course I'm not, you're Sirius," Wolf said as his eyes twinkled in amusement.
"Oh my God! You're not joking," Sirius said as he looked at the open door.
Wolf cocked his head to the side and looked at him. "ANBU aren't taught to joke around I'm afraid."
Lucius stood up and looked at Remus who was still reading the scroll. "You'll have to go under a different name while you're in England because you're name is known all over the place."
The blonde energizer bunny decided that was the right time to come inside and he dashed in with someone else behind him. "This is Sasuke Uchiha," Wolf said pointing at the black haired teenager being dragged around by the smaller blonde.
"When do we leave?" Sirius asked after he gave up on trying convincing himself that his godson was joking when he said those things about Naruto and Sasuke.
"Whenever you're ready," Wolf said sweetly as he tried to keep Sasuke from strangling Naruto who was making funny faces at him.
"We could stay in a hotel for a while, I suppose. We can leave by the end of the week," Remus suggested as he rolled the scroll and put it in a pocket.
Lucius coughed and got everyone's attention. "You do know that the full moon is in four days, right?"
"I wouldn't suggest going into the forest at night… even if you're a werewolf," Wolf said as he easily put Naruto on the bed and Sasuke on a chair. Wolf looked at Sasuke and put his mask down to reveal full pink lips. He said some things in Japanese and the Uchiha boy glared at him and looked pretty pissed off. "Sasuke says that you can crash at his place for your stay."
"Shouldn't he ask his parents first?" Remus asked and he was met with Wolf's cute smile.
"Yeah, I don't think Sasuke's visited his parents' graves since they were set down," Wolf said and Sasuke growled at him.
"Oh…" Remus looked awkwardly at the moody black haired boy as he picked at one of his bandages.
"Thank you for you your offer, Sasuke," Sirius said and the boy just glared at him. "But Lucius here has already reserved a hotel for us."
"You have?" Remus asked as he turned around to address Lucius who nodded. Wolf was busy putting his mouth mask back on and translating for Naruto and Sasuke, who weren't all that pleased that they couldn't understand what the travelers were saying.
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