Harry finds out the big secret

'Merlin, just who is he? He is more terrifying then anyone I have ever known. He is a monster, a food monster. He eats even more than Ron; I didn't think it is even possible. ', Harry thought horrified. In front of him were stack of empty bowls which was getting taller per minute. Beside him was Naruto who was ordering even more ramen. Finally deciding that enough was enough he placed one hand on the chibi's mouth, the other pushing the bowl away.

"Okay squirt enough! Slow down a little or you will choke on your food. Your ramen does not have legs and it is not running anywhere and no one in going to steal it. Understood?"

Naruto pouted before a new bowl of ramen was pushed in front of him. Holding out the bowl was a kind looking man who was scrutinizing Harry carefully.

"Here Naru-chan your miso ramen, piping hot the way you like it."

"And while he is busy why don't you answer some of my questions stranger", he said in a low tone. Harry answered respectfully "I would rather not leave Naruto here alone, so if you don't mind I can answer all your questions here only. See I am a foreigner and Naruto here decided to show me around your wonderful village. Both of us were hungry so decided to show me the place where bestest ramen in the world was made. Do you know his guardian? I want to talk to him."

"Why do you want to talk to his guardian? Did something happen?"

Harry hesitated, 'This man sure seems to care about Naruto but what if I make it worse for Naruto? I do not know about him enough to judge if he will help or if he will make the matter worse'.

Seeing his hesitation Teuchi dropped to a seat beside him. "Did someone hurt him? Did Naruto tell you something?"

A tingle of magic ran through him, he knew he just knew that Teuchi was speaking the truth, that he genuinely cared for Naruto

" I…yes there was a crowd of people surrounding him ready to beat him. A small child! How could they? Is it normal in this place to beat children, call them demon and murderer?" he said angrily.

The same anger was mirrored in Teuchi's eyes as he stood up. "That …idiots.. I am going to report the Hokage enough is enough."

"That's not all, he said the mean lady threw him out of house, he has been living on streets. He is malnourished, neglected and no one except you gives a damn! I know abuse when I see it, so you tell me just who the hell his guardian is."

The air seemed to go out of the chef, "He has no guardian, and he is an orphan. The matron of orphanage must have kicked him out, not that she had the right to do so. I will-"

He was interrupted by a content sigh, "Teuchi-san you make the bestest wamen. I am fullllllllll"

He yawned cutely and turned towards Harry in a universal signal of children to pick-me-up. Harry smiled involuntary as he complied. Smoothing his hair he rocked him to sleep gently.

"You are good to him but you won't be able to take care of him. You are a foreigner, once people know that you are helping Naruto they will either deport you or throw you into torture and interrogation department if you are not anyone important."

"Phew, that's …harsh. What if I get citizenship first and then try to adopt him?"

"You can't adopt him. No one can, many clans have tried but with no result. They won't allow anyone to adopt him or become his guardian."

"Maybe I can run away with him" Harry said in a low voice

Teuchi's voice was sterner when he replied," Don't even think about that. Konaha is his home and will remain his home, you better remember that. If you think that you can kidnap him then you are mistaken because as soon as you are out of these walls you will have the entire elite shinobi population behind you. Sooner or later you will be caught and after that you will be tortured and then killed so cruelly that you would wish that you never saw Naruto. "

Harry replied steadily, "That is pretty cruel for an orphan boy isn't it. What is so special about him that a military village, won't let a no name hated orphan like him leave the village?"

Harry was staring unblinking at the man wishing he could see what was going in his mind. Slowly the world blurred and he was inside his mind. Surprised Harry looked around. The memories were arranged haphazardly, not in any specific way he could find. As he walked around he realized that the memories were arranged by emotions –sad, happy, bored, anger, contentment, love, lust. There seemed to be unusual amount of activity in the 'grief' section as he had named it.

It was there that Harry Potter finally learned the truth about Naruto. The nine tailed fox that was now sealed inside the boy, the sacrifice of the much loved and respected Yoidaime.

'This village has suffered so much. The nine tailed fox is like the Voldemort of this place, but that does not give them the right to treat Naruto like that. I will help you Naruto I promise. These people may be stupid enough to not realize the hero you are but not me.'

As he withdrew from the chef's mind he noticed that the man was looking dazed. Working that to his advantage, Harry quickly shot a confundus charm at the man. Before the man could recover Harry was out of the little stand weaving another overpowered notice-me-not charm around him and Naruto.

'Stop panicking, stop it. I NEED A PLAN ASAP. Where are Ron and Hermione when I need them? Oh Merlin. Ok first thing first, I need to find a place to rest and to hide. I need more information, allies and a way to keep Naruto safe. Lastly I need to find a way to go home. I can disguise myself and Naruto, then find someone to interrogate. A stunner and then a confundus charm would make them susceptible to answer my questions and as a last resort I can use imperious curse.' He quelled his guilt and concentrated on changing his hair color to a boring brown. Then he grew his hair and tied it in a neat ponytail. Next he carefully changed his eye color to a nondescript blue shade. He did the same to Naruto, wondering if it was enough to make them look like brothers. Then he cast glamour on his whisker marks as they were too noticeable.

'Maybe I should try changing my jaw shape, nah that is too complicated magic for me. With my luck, I don't even want to guess what will happen.'

He dismissed the notice-me-not charm marveling once again how easy it was. 'I really need to check up and try to find the cause of my increased wandless magic.'

He walked around casually just content to hold the sleeping Naruto even if the chibi was getting heavier per second. Even in the situation he found himself he was truly content. 'I feel so happy, maybe that little piece of soul had affected me or maybe it's just that the headache called Voldemort is dead.'

"Halt! Show the face of the child and your identification stranger", a voice said. Harry looked up into the eyes of the ninja that had stopped them. As suddenly as before he was violently thrown in the mind of another person. Unprepared and misbalanced, he looked around trying to understand what happened. He no longer held Naruto. He was in another mindscape, a more organized one. It was a long circular room which was full of shelves. The shelves looked neat and properly organized.

"What the hell is happening? I can't even defend my mind properly and now I am randomly entering the mind of people I am having eye-contact with. This is the second time it is happening, it is so damn confusing!"

"Well, his mind is more organized. I wonder if he knows anything about Naruto. He is a ninja so the information I want should also be here. Maybe I should just extract the information from here, it seems safer."

As soon as he said that he was pushed gently towards a shelf that was rather large. Hesitantly he touched a rolled up parchment sitting on the shelf labeled 'ranks'. It felt like a light static shock ran through his hand to brain. Shaking his head he was even more surprised to learn that he knew, he bloody knew the information that was in the parchment.

"That was easier than what I expected, now to find the useful information I need."

He read the other labeled parchments. They looked like general knowledge stuff, so he randomly began to pick up interestingly named stuff. After a few rounds, he realized that there was a stinging pain at the back of his head that was getting more painful.

"Well my brain does have its limits. I should be more careful in choosing the scrolls, I guess."

There was enough general knowledge that he more or less knew what was important to know about. Quickly he collected the knowledge he thought was useful. At the end of it he felt like Buckbeak was chasing a delicious mouse around his head.

"Now I need to figure out how to get out of this place. Wouldn't it be just swell if I got stuck here? Merlin I need to keep my thoughts optimistic.

He closed his eyes and concentrated trying to find the connection to his body. After a moment he was relieved to find the way. He reached out towards the invisible rope and felt another tug. He was a little disjointed to find his eyes already open. The shinobi before him had the same dazed expression as that of the ramen chef. Quickly he shot a wandless confundus straight to his face.

He shifted his grip on the chibi and started walking in the direction of a civilian hotel. It was one of the popular hotels for the rich and famous. 'I can slip in unnoticed; cast some charms and then sort out the information. Merlin's beard did that bastard had to come today only'

There was a village wide search going on due to some high level KI emitted. From what he could gather the level of Killer intent had been quite high and since it was foreign the shinobi were searching for the culprit. Fortunately the hotel was quite close and had just been checked out, so he was quite safe there. He was counting on the fact that rich people of anywhere hate to be checked twice and would most likely throw a tantrum if 'insulted by checking' again.

It was not so easy to slip in unnoticed but with help of a few charms he did it. He laid Naruto down carefully on the luxurious bed still sleeping innocently.

'Now I just have to ward of this room. I can't be too sure that they won't search again. If they find Naruto missing then…' he gulped racking his mind for a charm that could fool the shinobi. He had been underestimating the shinobi's skill. These people were very strong and they had a plethora of skills backing them up. He was not even counting the clans and their specialized techniques.

Then he remembered about an illusionary charm. It was kind of advanced, it created an illusion. The bigger the space more is the power needed. If he cast that on the door of the room anyone looking would just see an empty room. It had not been very practical to use on the run because it could be detected by any magical person with a little talent. Since the only magical thing here was the fox, it was a safe bet. Again casting was much easier than he expected. He breathed a little easier and sat down to meditate. He had to sort those memories.

It was after a few hours that he opened his eyes again. He checked on Naruto to see that he was still sleeping.

'He is still sleeping? It has been three-four hours'.

He shook Naruto but he didn't even stir. Now really worried he tried to wake Naruto by sprinkling little water but he was still unresponsive. He tried to think calmly but there was nothing he could do, except…

He took a deep breath and opened Naruto's eyes gently. As effortlessly as before he was in his landscape which was a ….sewer?

"WHO DARES TO ATTACK ME, THE MIGHTY NINE-TAILS FOX? I WILL KILL YOU PUNNY FLESHBAG!"

He gulped, 'Maybe I should have found another way to wake Naruto.'

Yay cliffhanger! Every author's dream and reader's nightmare. He he he

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