You guys are Sirius-ly (hehe) awesome! More than 1000 views since this time last week!
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Anyways! Not much going on here on my end, but my next chapter may be a little late, only by a day or so. It's spring break here, and I'm going to be very busy. Relaxing is very taxing on the body, ya know?
I, Silent Kage, do not own Naruto or Harry Potter.
Naruko rested her head on her desk as the 4th years piled out of her classroom and groaned in her mind.
'Now I see why Severus complains about incompetent dunderheads in his class. How the hell does one not know what a pushup is?"
She kept her head down for a few more minutes before she raised her head up, only to let out a small 'Eep!' and jump back in her seat.
"How did you guys get here so quick?"
Her class of 1st years laughed quietly to themselves from where they sat at their stools that lined the walls. Naruko shook her head as she stood up.
"I'm losing my touch, I swear…"
"Anyways!"
Naruko walked out from behind the desk and jumped over the fence, moving towards the center of the mat. When she reached the center she took a look at all of the students.
"Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, huh?"
The students all nodded to themselves.
"I feel sorry for those Ravenclaws, then."
The students laughed again. Naruko's confidence was boosted some more, so she continued on with her speech.
"Well, as you all might remember, my name is Naruko Uzumaki, but you all will call me 'Sensei'. If you're not comfortable with that, I suppose you may call me 'Uzumaki Sensei'."
Looking around at all of the students again, she slowly nodded her head before smiling. Naruko spread her arms out to show off the room, "Let me be the first to welcome you to Physical Education."
A small murmur spread throughout the group of children, which Naruko stopped with a wave of her hand, "Now, I'll be frank with all of you. I hadn't planned for us to do anything today, especially with this being your first day here. Instead, we will be having a Q and A session. You all can ask me a question about either myself or the class, and I will answer it to the best of my ability. BUT! I have the right to deny a question if I don't like it."
Smiling, Naruko went to perch herself on the fence, and when she sat down, she looked over the students, "Who wants to go first?"
Immediately, a bushy haired Gryffindor raised her hand into the air. Before Naruko called on her, she pointed up at the ceiling with her index finger.
"New rule! When you ask a question, you have to state your full name before asking your question. Ok, you're first Gryffindor Girly."
"My name's Hermione Granger. What's the Hidden Continent like?"
Most of the students looked confused, but only a select few seemed to listen closer. Naruko, on the other hand, chuckled.
"It seems that there were a few of you that were in fact listening to the Headmaster's speech… I'm impressed. For those of you who don't remember, or weren't paying attention, I come from a place called the Hidden Continent. It has been hidden from the eyes of this world for over a millennium now, and only under certain circumstances are we ever contacted by you Witches and Wizards. It actually isn't named the Hidden Continent for us; that is merely a name your government gave us. To us, it is known as the Elemental Nations… I'm sorry, it seems I've forgotten what your question was."
"What's it like?"
"Well, that's a fully loaded question. We just recently came out of our own war. All of the Countries united into one in order to defeat a very powerful man who wanted to gain control over the world. Now that the war is over, everything is calmer than it has been in over 50 years. The Elemental Nations is separated into Countries that are named after elements of nature, such as the Land of Fire, my country, or the Sand Village, an ally of my village. There are some countries that don't follow this name rule, like the Land of Noodles or the Land of Bean Jam…. Yes, I'm being quite serious. That is the name of a country."
The students were laughing aloud at the names of some of the countries, so another girl raised her hand. A young badger, by the color of her tie.
Naruko pointed at her once the laughter died down.
"Susan Bones. Earlier, when you were talking about the Elemental Nations, you said 'you Witches and Wizards'. Does that mean you're not a Witch?"
"Exactly. By all technical terms, I am, in fact, not a witch. I'm a shinobi of the Land of Fire, a kunoichi to be specific."
A boy from across the room raised his hand.
"Dean Thomas. What's a shinobi and a kunoichi?"
Naruko smiled, "2 points to Gryffindor for correctly pronouncing those terms. Now, a shinobi is the Japanese word for ninja, while a Kunoichi is the word for a female ninja."
With that said, the room exploded into questions. Hands were waving in the air like it was going out of style, and some people had even stood up from their stools.
Naruko waved her hands in front of her in an X motion.
"Hold on! Quiet down!"
Eventually, the noise level dropped so she didn't have to scream to be heard.
"Thank you. Now, as I was going to say. Yes, I am a ninja. No, I don't have to wear black all of the time. If I did, I'd resemble Snape too much. And for the last part of the question, yes, I will be more than happy to prove to you all that I am what I say I am."
Then she raised her hand and pointed up at the ceiling. It took them a moment to realize what she was doing, but when they all looked up at the large, arching ceiling; they had to hold back a gasp. A replica of their Professor was walking around on the ceiling, upside down. When Ceiling Naruto had all of their attention, she waved at them before exploding into a puff of smoke. They all looked around the classroom, not seeing her anywhere, until Ron let out a girlish screech. The class turned only to see Naruko perched on the edge of Ron's desk. Ron, on the other hand, had paled multiple shades, and Naruko merely patted him on the head.
"Oh, Mr. Weasley, you're just so much fun to scare."
"Hey did anybody lose a toad?"
The class turned back to the front of the class, only to see another replica of Naruko walking out of the back storage room carrying a toad in her hand. A Gryffindor two seats down from Harry stood up.
"Trevor!"
The copy of Naruko walked over to the boy and gave him his toad before disappearing in a cloud of smoke. The real Naruko, who was sitting on Ron's desk, stood up and, with a single leap, leapt across the classroom until she stood on the fence.
"Okay! I'm going to do one more thing before it's time for you leave! Truthfully, I wouldn't have done this, but after seeing umm…. what's your name, kid?"
The boy with the toad, when he realized she was talking to him, spoke up.
"Uh, Neville Longbottom, ma'am."
Naruko nodded, "Well, after seeing Mr. Longbottom's toad, I decided that I would introduce you to one of my friends. But he's-"
She paused for a moment before pulling out her pocket watch from inside her teaching robes.
"Oh. Looks like I'm out of time. We will continue this discussion tomorrow! Have a good rest of the day!"
The class groaned as one before picking up their bags and leaving the classroom to head to lunch. Naruko paced back to her own desk, and when she sat down, she realized that Harry stood in front of her desk.
"Can I help you, Mr. Potter?"
"Can I ask a question?"
Naruko gave a small smile, "Of course you may."
"Why did you promise to help me?"
She seemed taken aback by the question but gave a sigh of resignation.
"I will tell you a story of my past, Mr. Potter, that may or may not make sense to you, but I hope in time it will. 24 years ago a madman unleashed a terrible demon upon my home village. This demon was larger than any mountain in the world, and could cause tsunamis and create earthquakes with only a flick of its tail. Many lives were lost during the battle of this demon, including my parents, but it all ended when the Leader of the village sealed the Demon away. He sealed the demon into the stomach of a newborn at the cost of his own life. This child would grow up without parents, without siblings, and without friends, only because of something that had happened at its birth. Adults would hate this child and call it names. They would refuse to sell food to the child, and the child learned early on that life wasn't fair. The child grew up, and only at the age of 13 did the child finally gain a friend, one that the child considered to be like a brother, only for him to betray and almost kill the child. The child then found two people to be in its life, a Godmother and a Godfather. Life moved on, and so did the child. The child grew and proved to the world that not every person is what they seem to be."
She paused and looked over at Harry, "Can you tell me why I'm telling you this, Mr. Potter?"
"…You're the child…"
She slowly nodded her head, "Indeed I am… It wasn't until I was 18, did I learn who my parents were, and I will not allow you to emotionally suffer as I did growing up. It is the least I could do to help you."
Harry turned his head to stare out the window while she told her story, and when she was done he turned back to stare at her. He looked at her for a moment before nodding.
"Thank you, Professor. No one's ever wanted to help me before."
Naruko smiled and rubbed his head with her hand, "Don't sweat it, Harry. And it's Sensei, not Professor. Just remember that you can come to me if you ever want to talk about anything, alright? I'm never one to judge anyone."
Naruko stood up from behind her desk and walked around to stand by Harry. Patting him on his shoulder, she motioned towards the door with her other hand.
"Let's get you down to the Great Hall before your friends start looking for you, hmm?"
Harry nodded his head and followed Naruko out the classroom door. They walked side by side as they walked through the corridors and when they reached the doors to the Great Hall, she saw Minerva waiting for her. She stopped Harry before he went into the Great Hall.
"Remember, if you need anyone to talk to, I'm here to listen. Stay out of trouble in Snape's class as well, alright?"
Harry nodded and quickly hugged her around her waist before darting into the Great Hall. Naruko then turned to Minerva, who had an eyebrow raised at the scene.
"I'll explain out by the lake. Harry has some part in what I need to talk to you about, anyways."
End