It would have taken longer to find Harry if…1, Rachel wasn't a psychic; 2, he didn't completely stand out from all of the scar-less, brunette, emerald-eyed children that attended the school; and, 3, they hadn't seen the Malfoy boy with his ear up to a closed compartment (Really, I mean, come on! The boy is always where Harry is! It's not a freakin' coincidence!). So, yeah, it could have taken longer…but it didn't.
"What are you doing?" Naruto asked the Ino-shade-of-blonde boy. Rachel had told him that he was in front of Potter-kun's cart.
"I could ask you the same question…!" Malfoy yelled out of shock. "Why aren't you in your compartment? I'm a prefect, you know, you could be in real trouble if I—"
"I'm sure that's all great," Naruto scratched the back of his head "but I need to get through that door you're guarding."
"I'm not guarding it!"
"Yeah, Naruto, he's not guarding it." Rachel rolled her eyes. "He's eavesdropping."
"Yeah, I'm—no, I'm not…!" Draco turned to the kunoichi. "Wait, who the hell are you? I've never seen you before."
"Maybe you just can't remember seeing her." Naruto argued.
"How the bloody hell would I forget a black girl with white hair!?" Draco asked hysterically "It's not normal!"
"It is where we come from!"
"And where that hell did you come from!?"
"MY MOM!"
"THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT!"
"What in Merlin's beard is going on here?"
"WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW!?" The two blondes screamed together when someone's head popped out of the now open sliding door.
"But I don't think you want to know, Potter." Rachel waved at him dismissively.
"Oh…?" Harry looked at the five people in front of him (Crabb and Goyle didn't speak because Draco told them to be quiet…you know, so he wouldn't be caught eavesdropping). "What are you doing here, Malfoy?"
"Well unlike you, Potter," Malfoy said with his nose held high. "I'm a prefect. I'm just doing my duty." (Heh, heh, he said "duty")
"Outside our compartment?" Ginny asked in a quizzical tone.
"Outside, in general" Rachel defended him. Everyone gave her a weird look. "But he's moving on now, right?" Rachel looked at Malfoy, who scowled back.
"Really, who are you?"
"Rachel; pleased to meet you. Now leave. I have business to take care of and it doesn't involve you."
"Hey, you can't talk to him like that!" Crabb spoke for the first time in this chapter and story. "He's a prefect!"
"What the hell's a 'prefect'?" Naruto threw his hands in the air.
"Do you, like, not read—at all, ever?" Rachel turned on the boy in order to take advantage of the already mass confusion. She grabbed Naruto's arm and Harry's
head and pushed the two back in the compartment before slamming the door.
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"What do you want?" Ginny asked when the two strangers entered.
"To talk."
"About what?" Naruto asked before Rachel elbowed him in the ribs. The rest of the children were quiet until she spoke again.
"Ask me a question."
"Like what?" Not that.
"Anything."
"OK…" Ginny started. "Who are you?"
"Rachel."
"I'm Naruto, believ--!"
"NO!" Rachel screamed and cupped her hand over the boy's mouth. "Don't ever say that again."
"Mmfnphatmrnf!"
"Huh?"
"What was that for?" Naruto asked when Rachel removed her hand.
"That phrase, don't you dare say it in English."
"Why?"
"It kills me a little on the inside when you do…."
"…Can we still ask questions?" A plump kid asked (I actually hate it when people ask you if they can ask a question).
"Oh, yeah."
"What year are you?"
"Fifth."
"You can't be. I mean, you look like fifth years, but…."
"But, like Malfoy said, we've never seen you two. At least, I haven't." Harry turned to Naruto. "And I definitely would remember her. She really does stick out, and being in our year and all…."
"Then I guess that we must ask a new question:" A dreamy-eyed blonde spoke as she lowered her upside-down tabloid "why are you here?"
"Transfer."
"Yeah, we're transfer students."
"From where?"
"Japan."
The compartment door slid open. A frizzy brunette stood in the frame. She looked at the two ninjas. "I refuse to believe that." She plainly stated.
"EVESDROPPER!" Naruto exclaimed.
"I second that, mate." Another flaming red-head entered through the open door. "I'd have to be completely mental to believe either of you were oriental." (Sorry, readers, I couldn't resist; I hope no one is offended).
"Yeah, you're black, right?" Ron asked Rachel.
"Sure."
"And you look like the Nazi definition of an 'Arian'." Hermione added, pointing to Naruto (but really, who else would she be pointing to…Luna?).
"What's a 'Nazi' and what's an 'Arian'?"
"Two German things. But the Nazis were bad people so just forget about that." Rachel informed him. "Basically she's saying you look German."
"I am not German!"
"Well how can you be Japanese?"
"You guys don't even have accents."
"That's because Lord Dumbledore—"
"—Lord Dumbledore?"
"In our country, the word 'sama', an honorific used to for the 'higher up' people, translates into 'lord' with that." Rachel pointed at one of the bracelets Naruto was wearing.
"Yeah, Lord Dumbledore gave us these magic bracelets so that we could speak English."
"OK…" Hermione raised an eyebrow and pointed over to Rachel's bare wrist "but that doesn't--"
"—Doesn't explain my accent; I know. I'm just good at mimicking the people I'm talking to..." Rachel explained. "That, and English was my first language."
"Fine, but, once again, you don't look Japanese."
"Well, sorry, but the last time I checked, this was an English school and not everyone here is white."
"Then why are you here this late!?"
"What school were you at originally?"
"Yeah and why did you leave that school?"
"In order: because this is when we were assigned to come here; a secret, underground, Japanese wizarding school—"
"—I've never--"
"I said it was secret!"
"We left our school because we were asked to." Naruto continued for Rachel.
"And it's not like this is the first time another school has visited Hogwarts, is it?"
"Well, no, but…."
"Any others?"
"What?"
"Are there any others?"
"Yes."
"Who?"
"Well, my brother, his stalker, my boyfriend, his brother and sister, and…" Rachel smirked evilly "my ex…." Now Kashi can't touch (not literally) me without getting weird looks.
"Well I can't wait to meet them." Ron rolled his eyes.
"Oh, Rachel!" Naruto remembered something. "I just realized that I don't know who these people are."
"Oh, well, the red-heads are Ron and Ginny. Ron's the boy, Ginny's the girl. They have two other brothers that go here; they're twins—Fred and George." Everyone was so taken aback by the girl's knowledge that they didn't say anything. "The brunette girl is Hermione; the brunette boy is Neville. The blonde with the magazine is Luna and--"
"—and so the raven-haired guy is Mr. Potter?"
"Yeah."
"…How…?" Harry spoke up first. "How did you?"
"I'm a psychic…." It's best to go ahead and tell them. It might make things easier. "You'd call it 'seer'."
"I don't believe that seer rubbish." Hermione shook her head. "Of course she'd know who you were Harry, everyone does."
"But what about you!? What about us!?" Ron argued. "How would she--"
"—I just realized" Hermione cut him off and opened the door for the ninjas "we're almost at the school. You two better get back to your compartment and change into you proper robes."
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"And then she called me 'Arian'!"
"I see." Sasuke shook his head with false interest as he watched Naruto get dressed (he was really interested in that). "Well, I guess we'll need to stay away from her."
"But Rachel said that she was Mr. Potter's friend. She's always with him."
"Are you sure she's not his girlfriend?"
"No, she's Mr. Ron's."
"Did Rachel tell you that?"
"Yeah, and Mr. Ron called Rachel black."
"Really? She looks brown to me." Sasuke stood up as Naruto finished tying his shoes.
"Naruto, are you done yet?" Sakura asked from outside the door.
"Yeah" The blonde answered as he slid out of the compartment.
"Good, because we're here."
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"Oh, my gods, what the hell are those!?"
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To be continued….
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