Forgot to put disclaimer up: Anything you read here is not mine, excluding plot not referencing to events of Naruto and Harry Potter.
Oh and a little note, this takes place in modern times, so expect cellphones, probably an X-box or two, and of course…., the internet.

Chapter 2- Harry's Trip Home

Harry was happy, no excited was the right word, to go home. He'd only need to spend a week at the Dursleys! Hermione had sent Hedwig after they had left Dumbledore's office with a letter asking her parents for permission regarding Harry's visit, and they had said yes! Plus, this ninja was coming with him as his protection. It had seemed that, compared to the movies that Dudley had watched, this blond ninja seemed like a happy-go-lucky guy. There was always a smile at his face and a child-like amazement as they gave Naruto a tour of the castle. He had even made the female population of Hogwarts blush and giggle at his mere presence.

Naruto had joined The Golden Trio plus Ginny and Neville at their cabin when they had boarded the Hogwarts train. There, Hermione had filled in Ginny and Neville about why exactly is there a blond-haired, whisker-cheeked, cloaked man following Harry everywhere. Neville had understood, but Ginny was too busy staring and complimenting Naruto's "cute" cheeks. Naruto himself had other thoughts in mind, particularly a certain pink-haired kunoichi he had left back home almost a year ago. It was at this point that his pocket seemed to vibrate.

"Um, sir? Your pocket is, vibrating?" Neville shyly pointed towards Naruto's vibrating hip.

"Oh! Sorry, just got a lot on my mind…" Naruto said, reaching through his cloak to pull out a miniature mirror. "Sakura-chan! My one and only-!" He was cut off by a yell.

"YOUR ONE AND ONLY WHAT! UZUMAKI NARUTO, HOW DARE YOU LOSE CONTACT FOR MORE THAN TWO MONTHS!" Everybody in the cabin had winced at the sheer volume of the voice. "I WAS WORRIED THAT YOU HAD DIED! YOU AND YOUR STUPID MIRROR!!!! DON"T You love me anymore?" By this time, everyone could hear sniffling.

"Oh, don't cry Sakura-chan, you know how that painful and guilty I feel whenever you cry." Naruto answered. "I mean, I'm sorry, but I broke my mirror fighting some werewolves, and had to repair it. I'm sorry, I'll make it up to you, I promise!" Naruto had shown a thumbs up at the mirror. "And besides, I've told you before, I've loved you since our academy days, you and your beautiful jade eyes, and your cute forehead."

"Oh, you always say the sweetest things. Okay, I forgive you. I could never stay mad at you anyway, you're my idiot."

Ron, Harry, and Neville had gagged at the romantic interactions, while the 2 girls just sighed.

"Who's gagging?" Sakura had asked.

"Oh, meet my new charge, Harry Potter." Naruto showed Sakura the other inhabitants of the cabin and they all waved at Sakura, who waved back.

"Anyway, how's the teme?" Naruto asked, returning Sakura's view to his face.

"Oh, you know, itching to pick a fight. He doesn't want to say it, but he misses you, everyone misses you. We have parties at Ichiraku every now and then to talk about you and share memories of you. Teuchi-san in particular had many stories about your childhood." She said.

"Oh, that's cool! I wish I could be attend, it'll be twice as much fun if I was there. Anyway, it's almost time to get off this train, I wish I can see you soon." Naruto had slightly lost his smile, not quite reaching his eyes at this point.

"I love you Naruto-kun." Sakura said, kissing her mirror.

"I love you Sakura-chan." Naruto kissed his mirror too, then Sakura flickered from view.

Naruto sighed with sadness, and then turned to look at the children who had been staring at him. He only answered with, "What?"

When they got off the train and through the barrier, Ron, as expected was bombarded by a hug from his mom. "Oh look ickle Ronniekins, being smothered by his own mum." One of the twins had commented, followed by a "Oh you two," from their mum. "Have you had a good year dear?" Molly had asked Harry who responded with a, "I've had worse." And a shrug.

"Well, we'll be expecting you at the last week of summer for the Quidditch World Cup that Arthur promised. Have a good summer Harry!" Molly waved as he and his new guardian walked away.

Looking through the crowd, Harry had spotted his fat Uncle looking around with scowl on his face. "Dear Kami, he can match Chouji with that stomach!" Naruto commented while showing Harry a picture of Chouji from his wallet. Harry snickered at the comparison.

"And who is this?" Vernon asked Harry harshly, referring to Naruto.

"I'm his bodyguard…" Naruto said, starring down at Vernon, while letting loose a bit of killing intent. "You got a problem with that?" 'I think I might've overdid it a bit.. .' he thought to himself.

"Um… eh, no, heh, nothing at all…" Vernon responded before turning around quickly and walking towards the parking lot. Harry looked up to Naruto who winked in response. They chuckled at Vernon's reaction.

The drive to Privet Drive was quite different than his previous tense-filled years. Naruto made a lot of jokes that made Harry laugh. He also described a lot of pranks he had done as a child and a teenager. Of course pranking is distinguished art, tools and secrets of the trade passed down from generation to generation, the Marauders Map is a good example. Naruto had even whispered ideas for what would be the Dursley's first hellish week of the summer.

Ah, as you can see, Naruto and Sakura both have those communicating enchanted two-way mirrors that Sirius had given Harry in the 4th book, or was it the 5th book? Anyway, it's to show that yes, Naruto is effective at using magic, but he prefers using Ninjutsu. His cloak is also more than meets the eye as will be shown in far later chapters…..