Mission: Hoguwatsu
A Naruto & Harry Potter Crossover
By: GoldenDragonClouds

Chapter 7: Slip-ups

Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto, nor do I own Harry Potter

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Previously in Mission: Hoguwatsu

Taking one last look at the mysterious skeletal creatures, she climbed into the dark interior of the carriage, in which Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Neville already were sitting.

It wasn't until later that night that Tenten slapped her forehead as she was reviewing her notes before the start of classes the next day. Of course! How could she have forgotten Harry Potter, none other than the boy known as the only survivor of the Killing Curse!

She was such an idiot!

Tenten sighed. It had only been a few weeks since the Hogwarts school year had started and already she was getting sick of Cho and Marietta's group of giggling friends.

Cho had, starting from the beginning-of-the-year feast, proclaimed herself Tenten's personal guide for everything - from the castle, the school work, and to the English language (which included correcting Tenten's grammar and pronunciation at every turn). Cho also had seemed slightly disappointed at learning that although Tenten was of Chinese descent she couldn't speak a word in Mandarin(1), but had soon warmed up to the newest Asian presence at the school.

Tenten was quickly introduced to all of Cho's friends, which seemed to include the entire Ravenclaw Tower and many people outside of the House, and had wondered if Cho was anything like Ino or Sakura… popular, that was. Of course, she soon discovered that Cho was popular indeed. After first being introduced to the two other Asians in Ravenclaw, a fourth year girl named Su Li and a third year boy named Shoma Ichikawa(2), Tenten was systematically introduced to anyone that crossed their way, and then to Cho's group of giggling girl friends, which she found included Su. Fan girls, the lot of them.

After the second week of school Tenten had come to the conclusion that although Ravenclaws were smart, that in no way meant that they liked to study. Sure, they were ambitious for grades and liked to learn, but… no, the girls of Ravenclaw House were just normal girls.

Indeed, the girls of Ravenclaw house were more preoccupied with giggling over moving pictures of Quidditch players or celebrities, like Harry Potter, Cedric Diggory, Roger Davies, and… Viktor Krum. The mere mention of that name sent the girls squealing, and Tenten often found herself wondering if this Viktor was anything like Sasuke or Neji. And then she would often wonder if Tsunade would agree to sending over Naruto if he really was like them. Wait. Naruto was away. With Jiraiya-sama. This place was messing with her mind, seriously.

Tenten snorted. Come to think of it, Naruto would probably freak out at the amount of paranormal activity here. Tenten lost herself in her thoughts as she recalled what had happened at the Land of Birds just a little over a year ago...

"Tenten."

Tenten looked up from her Charms essay to find Cho facing her.

"Are you done with your homework?" Cho asked, and Tenten looked down at her essay, textbook, and dictionary nearby. She had been double checking for errors - not that she'd be certain about them but just so she could feel better.

"All most, may be," she answered, curious. "Why?"

Cho's expression morphed into a grin. "Do you want to come out to the Quidditch pitch with me?" The girl was practically brimming with excitement.

"Quidditch?" Tenten asked, scribbling down a word she had just found in the Japanese-English-Japanese dictionary.

"Yes, we have no Quidditch matches this year, but I still want to practice… and none of the others want to come outside with me."

"Okay, I go with you," Tenten said, slamming her dictionary shut and stacking her books back into her bag. "All done homework, any ways."

"Thanks!" Cho smiled, grabbing Tenten's arm. "Grab your robe from the chair and let's go!"

Cho pulled Tenten from the common room in a blink of an eye, racing down to the pitch. Tenten easily kept up with her, and by the time they reached the broom lockers she wasn't even winded.

"This," Cho panted, fumbling with a lock and, becoming frustrated, opening it with a jab of her wand, "Is my beauty, my broom." she grinned proudly, holding a broom out to Tenten.

"I play Seeker on the team," she explained. Tenten eyed the broom warily.

"I never try broom fly," she said, and noted with pleasure that Cho was too busy checking her broom to even think of correcting her grammar. She hadn't been doing that all evening, actually. "I stay land, you fly yourself."

Cho, however, had different ideas.

"Oh no you don't," she grinned, and thrust out another broom that a startled Tenten grabbed in fear of it falling and breaking. "That's Roger's. You, are going to ride it."

Tenten dropped the broom and fled. She was not about to fly using a unstable, breakable, fragile looking gathering of brittle little sticks. Not when she could already fly by herself(3).

The next morning, however, found Tenten avoiding weird looks from the entire Ravenclaw table, not to mention an angered Chaser named Roger Davies. Apparently, refusing to ride a specific type of broom called a Nimbus Two-Thousand was a crime in the wizarding world, and dropping it was one even more heinous.

Great.

Meanwhile, Tenten had decided that although there were many fair teachers at Hogwarts, the best was undoubtedly Professor Vector, with Arithmacy. This was a numerically correct way of telling the future, using dates and names to calculate intricate possibilities and scenarios that was in store. She found herself wondering if this same method would work with Japanese characters. Perhaps the number of strokes would compensate for… No, then she would have to know everyone's names in kanji, not to mention pry out their true names...

Tenten snapped out of her reverie when Professor Babbling rapped the chalkboard with her wand. The class of fifth year students stopped writing and looked up, soon scrambling for new pieces or rolls of parchment to write down their homework; twelve inches describing their initial plans concerning the research paper they would have to write over the course of the next month, the one which had sent them searching through books for the majority of the day's class. They were to design a rune sequence each, and it was supposed to be easy because Professor Babbling had allowed them to choose any purpose for the upcoming sequence, but Tenten found this was much harder. For one, she reasoned, there were too many things she wanted to make do with the kind of magic runes were supposed to be able to do!

There was so much about magic that she had just assumed without really knowing about it, and Tenten found there were many surprises for her at every turn. Her limited amount of knowledge in most of her subjects irritated her and she found herself spending most, if not all, of her free time in the library. Gai would be horrifyingly disappointed in her - she was definitely getting out of shape. But this was for the sake of her mission.

Tenten threw her books, quills, ink, and rolls of parchment into her bag and hurried out of the classroom, determined to get to the library before it got too crowded. It helped that she had secured a "usual spot" with the people who were usually in the library during her free periods, but one of the things she had definitely learned from Gai was that you never knew.

"Come on! We'll miss her!" a voice sounding suspiciously like Cho's sounded through the corridor and Tenten quickened her steps. Why couldn't she run like she normally did in her missions? Oh, right, she was undercover at a school. A magic school. With civilian students who didn't know how to utilize chakra other than through their wands.

Tenten wasn't too surprised when Cho grabbed her arm from behind whirling her around to face another complete stranger. Well, at least this wasn't quite a complete stranger.

"I told you I'd introduce you to her!" Cho said, grinning at the tall boy with her. "Cedric, this is Tenten Long, the exchange student. Tenten, this is Cedric Diggory, the Hufflepuff Quidditch Team's Captain and Seeker."

Tenten nodded at Cedric, who stuck out his hand. "Nice to meet you," he said pleasantly.

"Nice to meet you," Tenten echoed, unsure of what else to say. It seemed that Cho was well acquainted with Quidditch players left and right. First the entire Ravenclaw team and now the Seeker of the Hufflepuff team. If Tenten recalled correctly, this was the one that Kelly had been squealing about the previous night, until Cho had hushed her at least. The girls always listened to Cho.

Oh, wait. If she really recalled correctly…

"You is Cho's boy friend, no?" Tenten asked innocently. Cho's blush answered her question and Tenten smirked. It didn't last however, as Cho soon recovered enough to correct her grammar once more.

"You are, not you is, Tenten." Tenten frowned at her, Cedric merely chuckling at his girlfriend's antics.

"Well, you are, Cho Changu-san, late for Care of Magik Kreature. Bye-bye!"

Cho's eyes widened and she fled, Cedric only laughing harder at Tenten's triumphant expression.

After Cho had fled the corridor, the two of them had quickly discovered that they had the same free periods, for some bizarre reason. Cedric, though, seemed to take this as a sign to try and befriend his girlfriend's new project(4).

And Tenten had to admit, Cedric was boyfriend material, even perhaps worthy of his fangirls. Oh, he wasn't Neji or Sasuke, for that matter, but he was handsome, smart, nice, good at sports, and just so happened to be one of the most popular guys in school. Well, he did happen to be dating one of the most popular girls in school as well.

There was, however, something about him that set her on the edge. Not to mention, the tarot card reading she had done for him once they had reached the library had mysteriously mentioned a life after death. Now that had never happened before. It couldn't be right. Tenten had complained about being out of practice.

Cedric, however, had only laughed good-naturedly and remarked, "so, does this mean I get to go to heaven?"

Their following discussion-turned-argument about the existence of an afterlife got them kicked out of the library.

"You make me get out library," Tenten hissed at Cedric, narrowed eyes still glaring at him. No one messed with her research time.

"Hey, sorry, but I rest my case. Some people do deserve to go to hell. Look at You-Know-Who; who knows how many people he's killed?"

Tenten smiled frostily at him. "Oh? I tell you now, I's killed one… two… four peoples. I go to hell now?"

She turned and ran, pumping chakra into her feet, ignoring Cedric's shouts of protest. Soon she had reached the Ravenclaw Tower and then, her dorm room.

Stupid, stupid, stupid! Gai-sensei had always warned her about being too brash; she'd failed her mission now, she knew it. The rumour grapevine flew fast here at Hogwarts and it'd be a matter of time before Dumbledore knew of her slip-up.

Tenten let out a groan and collapsed onto her bed, head in hands. Why did she have to have accepted this mission? Just this month and a half had worn her out so much. The language didn't make sense, the culture didn't make sense, half the time she wanted to quit and leave because she couldn't understand a quarter of the things that were going on around her - it wasn't fair! She should be helping Neji train for the Jonin exams in Konoha! She should be back home! She should be… "Ah!" Tenten threw up her hands, getting up to pace the length of the room.

Tenten knew she was lucky; as the first exchange student at Hogwarts since 1972, she should have been surrounded by stares, questions and wild rumours like the Fourth Hokage was supposed to have been. This time, however, the student body's attention had been taken away by the presence of Professor Moody, Bartolomus Crouch, and Ludo Bagman at the school. Not to mention, their being here only signified the greater event yet to come - the Triwizard Tournament.

And now she had ruined her cover.

Uttering another cry of frustration, Tenten fell back down onto her bed and fell into a fitful sleep.

When Tenten had finally wondered down to dinner Cho's entire group of friends had stopped their mindless chatter and stared, no doubt at her red and puffy eyes and if worse had come to wear, her identity. But no, it wasn't terror in their eyes, so perhaps Cedric had not told. Yet.

"Hey… are you okay?" Su asked cautiously, and Tenten glanced up from her food.

"Hn?" She absently wondered if she was channeling Neji.

"I mean, your eyes… um, have you been crying?" Su asked, a bit more gently this time.

Yep, definitely channeling Neji, Tenten thought to herself, turning away from Su to scoop more mashed potatoes into her plate. She held back a smirk as she watched the younger girl fume silently, ignoring Cho's concerned look and the others' stares. She would find Cedric after she ate.

Tenten ate quickly, standing up as soon as she saw Cedric leave the Hufflepuff table. The Ravenclaw girls ignored her for once, but Tenten felt another presence following her - from the direction of the Slytherin table, no less. She'd better catch up to Cedric soon or she'd have to…

Tenten groaned inwardly as a sixth year boy at the end of the Ravenclaw table rose to join Cedric as he passed by. She'd have to find another way to talk to him later, but first she needed to rid herself of this fast approaching presence.

Unfortunately, this particular hallway was filled with loitering students here and there and she was unable to use a chakra powered run. Just as she expected, the follower caught up to her as soon as she turned the corner into an empty corridor.

"What you want?" she spat crossly, without turning around. She was in a foul mood and would let whoever her follower was know that. Besides, she had been crying earlier and wasn't as oblivious to her looks as people thought she was.

"Well well well," a male voice said, smirking. "Tenten Long, the exchange student from, what was it? Ah, yes, the Konoha Institute of Magic. Konbanwa(5)."

Tenten turned around as casually as she could to face a Slytherin boy with East-Asian features… Actually, this boy looked familiar. Her eyes narrowed. Had she seen him from somewhere? Perhaps he was in some of her classes? And had he just spoken Japanese?

"What you want?" she said crossly. She knew she still had red puffy eyes and was glaring at him with her best attempt.

"You aren't from the Konoha Institute of Magic, are you?" he said. That self-confident smirk was really getting on her nerves.

"I from Konoha. There no mistake."

"There is no school such as the Konoha Institute of Magic, you moron," the boy said quietly, eying her with a measured gaze. He suddenly stopped, checking himself.

"Where are my manners? My name is Uchi Akimbo(2). I'm in your Arithmancy, Ancient Runes, Divinations, and Herbology classes. I am from an old line of purebloods, and my family comes from Japan." He whipped out his wand to point it at her. "I asked my father about you - the last time Konoha's name was ever mentioned was in 1974, and every respectable Wizarding family in Britain with Japanese ancestry knows that Namikaze was a hired mercenary to act the part of a student for two years. So, who are you?"

Tenten's mind went blank. Had he figured it out? She hadn't counted on there being students from Japan here… Sensing that someone was walking towards the corridor, Tenten stepped up to the boy and, grabbing his arm, she used shunshin to transport them in front of the nearest empty classroom, pushing the boy in.

She locked the door behind them.

"Alright, you say your nae-eem is Uchi Akimbo?"

Uchi, eyes wide, nodded mutely, slightly shell shocked by the sudden change of location. Tenten took out a kunai from her sleeve.

"Do you speak Japanese?" Again he nodded, and Tenten's mouth twisted into a grin.

"Good." She stated, confidence returning now that she knew she could communicate properly. "Now see here, Akimbo-san, I do dearly hope you haven't told anyone else, because if you did, I'd be forced to kill you for the sake of my village." Drawing inspiration from Anko, Tenten licked her kunai for effect and laughed, watching Uchi turn white.

"If you're a Japanese pureblood, I'm sure you've realized what I am by now, correct? I'm sure you've heard of the great Konohagakure among the Elemental Nations… our nice little Special Administrative Region in the South China Sea… ne?"

And dear readers: you've asked for it, now you get it...

OMAKE:

Uchi's eyes grew wide, then suddenly became very sparkly.

"No way!" he exclaimed. "You're from Konoha? My cousins, they're budding Mangakas? One of them wants to eventually write a story about that place… We all think you guys are amazing! Is there anything you might want to tell him or anything?"

Tenten stared, but soon smiled, an idea formulating in her mind. "Well, there's this one kid… his name is Uzumaki Naruto…"

.::..::..::..::And that, dear readers, is how Kishimoto came up with Naruto!::..::..::..::.

Quite an interesting story, ne? I love how these characters are so flexible...

(1) In my imagination, Tenten is truly of Chinese descent - although, I don't imagine she can speak Mandarin, really...
(2) Su Li was in Rowling's original list of Hogwarts students, and Shoma Ichikawa and Uchi Akimbo are Harry Potter videogame characters. I found their names in the Harry Potter wikia site. It'd have been too weird if Cho was really the only student of Asian descent in Hogwarts.
(3) This, of course, indicates her Rising Twin Dragons technique.
(4) I will actually give a prize (oneshot or drawing) to whoever gets this reference right first. I do think it's obscure enough… It is from one of my favorite fandoms, however.
(5) "Good evening" in Japanese (I think.)

Author's Note:

To those of you that hate Twilight I am sorry about the Robert Pattinson reference that I'm sure most of you picked up - I couldn't resist. I also apologize for the amount of angst gracing this chapter… It was necessary, however, for the future chapters I have planned out.
And I am serious about footnote (4). Those of you who know me personally... this does not apply to you.
Thank you all for reading, reviewing, and waiting for the chapters :)
Love you all!

Ja Ne,
~Golden