The Chronicles of Power
The Gathering
By: bigo4190
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto, Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling, Stargate belongs to MGM Studios, and finally, Power Rangers belongs to BVS Entertainment
Chapter 2 – The Veil of "Death"
…And he fell. Without being aware of what was happening around him, the man landed somewhere far from his home, in the lair of the most powerful demon ever to exist in the universe.
"Hinata-chan, it looks like he is unconscious. We should wait against the wall, it wouldn't be good to explore the cave and have our backs to him if he turns out to be hostile.
"Hai Naruto-kun." The two ninja leapt back and settled down against one of the cave wall, just far enough away from the figure that should he wake, they would have enough time to react if he attacked them.
The man wakes slowly, groaning, and unsure why he was in pain, 'I was in front of the veil, I should be dead, and I thought spirits felt nothing.' As he sits up, he looks around and finds himself in a cave, surrounded by treasures of all kinds, and there leaning against the nearest wall were two children watching him, almost as if on guard, prepared for some sort of hostile movement. 'They're Harry's age.' Even as this thought goes through his head he attempts to ask them a question, however they look at him confusedly and respond in a completely different language. 'Well that's no good. At least I know a translation spell, the question is: will they attack me before I can get the spell out and tell them I'm friendly? Well, no time like the present.' He quickly flicked the wand that was still in his hand, "Quinnognosco." A quick flash comes from the end of the man's wand startles the two young guards.
"What was that?!? What did you do!?!" Naruto jumps to his feet and begins to rant at the man.
"I made it so we can understand each other." The man's words stop Naruto short, as he had heard the man speaking such weird words earlier, and now he understood him perfectly, just as the man said they would be able to. "Now, I have some questions for the two of you; my most important one: where the hell are we?!?"
"Well, um…you see…"
Hinata seems uncharacteristically impatient with Naruto's confused response. "What my friend here is trying to say is that you are in the lair of the Nine-tailed Demon Fox in the Land of Fire, about one and a half days travel from the Village Hidden in the Leaves."
"Um, excuse me, but, what the hell does that mean?"
Naruto has stopped being so flustered, but now looks at the man with an even more confused expression, "What do you mean, I thought everyone had at least heard of the elemental countries and the five great Shinobi villages."
"Well, sorry to burst your bubble kid, but I haven't. Tell me have you ever heard of Britain, Wizards, or, what are they called again, oh yes, iPods?"
"Uh, no. What about you Hinata-chan? I'm not that good with remembering this kind of stuff, even with those three years traveling with Ero-Sennin."
"No, Naruto-kun, I have never heard of them either."
"Well then, since neither of us seem to know about the things the other believes would be common knowledge, something really strange must be going on, and since you know where we are, I'll just have to trust you. Besides, you remind me of a few of my old friends when we were your age. In fact, Naruto was it, you wouldn't happen to be a prankster would you?"
"Well, I haven't pulled any pranks in about three years, but yeah, I used to be a prankster. How could you tell?"
"You never stop being a prankster Naruto, you just go on an extended vacation. And for how I could tell, well you see, I have had quite the illustrious pranking career myself. Now, we seem to have gotten sidetracked, I don't think we have even introduced ourselves yet, my name is Sirius Black."
"That's a strange name, but you do speak a different language, so it's not surprising. I am Hyuga Hinata."
"And you already know part of my name, but I'm Uzumaki Naruto."
"Well, now I do see a problem, not only are our languages vastly different, but apparently, we construct our names differently as well. You two say your personal names second, and family names first, while my culture says our personal name first and family name second, so call me Sirius. Now, what is this you said about a DEMON FOX living here, how is it we can just be sitting around calmly, it could come back at any moment!?!
"No, it can't. You see the demon was sealed away 15 years ago, into me." Here Naruto flairs a bit more of the demon's Chakra, just enough to begin glowing again.
"OooooKay, that's not weird or anything. How did you make yourself glow like that, I figure from when you did that, that must be the fox's power, but how do you control it."
"Practice. It's a little different from the power of normal people, the chakra we ninjas that I know you have never heard of, use, but I've been practicing to control it just as much as I practice controlling my normal power. Now, what weird stuff can you do? I felt something when you waved that stick earlier, it was familiar but it wasn't chakra."
"Y-yes, I would like to know as well."
"We call the power we use magic, and ourselves wizards, oh and the girls are called witches, but since I'm not, well…. Anyway, this 'stick' as you called it is what we call a wand, and it allows us to use our magic easily. If I didn't have it, I could at the most make a little light, or summon or repel small objects."
"Seems a little inconvenient to me, I mean, what if somebody breaks it."
"Right you are Naruto, it is a problem, especially in combat. Though, as I have learned, that isn't the only thing that can cause a problem in a fight. I got cocky, and look where I ended up. O course, this is sort of better than what I was expecting; everything we thought we knew about what sent me here was that it killed you—then again the last time someone was sent through was over 15 years ago, so they probably died straight away anyhow."
"Excuse me Black-san, but I think we should be preparing to leave sometime soon."
"Ah, but Hinata-chan, we still haven't found the source of…wait, there's that damn energy pulse again. Why does it feel so familiar?"
"You two felt that as well. Then I'm not completely crazy. And I think it came from that stack of boxes over there." The three cautiously moved towards the indicated boxes, though perhaps small ornate chests would be a better description. Each of the three chest was inscribed with a different crest, and when the pulse came again, a small glimmer was visible at the center of each crest. At the same time, Sirius reached for the left-most crate, while Naruto reached for the right. Nothing happened when the touched the chests, but when they opened the lids, the contents of each sparked with a rainbow of colors.
"They almost seem to be calling out for their owners, don't they." Sirius was looking deeply at the small black crystal that lay at the top of the formation of crystals inside his chest.
"Yes." Agreed Naruto and Hinata simultaneously. Each of them was staring at a different orb in the chest that Naruto had lifted. Naruto focused on the slightly Green sphere that seemed to hold the Kanji for Wind, while Hinata was transfixed by the blue gem showing the Kanji for Water.
In silent agreement, the chests were put down, and they reached out for their own powers. Once in hand, they found themselves compelled to speak certain phrases.
"Arise from the Fog of Myth: Black Grim." In a flash, as much a flash as blackness can create, the form of Sirius was clothed in a black combat suit, overlaid with a dark cloak.
As one, Naruto and Hinata spoke: "We Call upon the Elements to Aid us."
"Spirit of the Horse: Wind Ranger."
"Spirit of the Swan: Water Ranger." The two were hidden from view in flashes of green and blue respectively, and the appearance that they showed was far more intimidating than the change of Sirius, for they now found themselves in something approaching ANBU Armor of their respective color.
"This is a nice change. And since we have these, perhaps it is best if we returned to your village. Your leader will want to know of this I'm sure, and perhaps with help we may find a way for me to return.
"Quinnognosco" is a translation spell I created myself. It is a contracted form of the phrase "Quin nos gnosco" which means "Let us understand" in Latin.