A/N: Thank you for being so patient and supportive. This chapter took a while to finish. I've been busy and although I had most of this chapter already finished at the beginning of last week I wasn't able to submit it until now. To make it up to you, I tried to make this chapter as long as possible. Well, I hope you enjoy the chapter.
Warning: Spoilers for HP:7. If you haven't read this book, then I suggest you read it 'cause it's awesome. Oh, and it has a part in this chapter and basically the remainder of this plot.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Harry Potter.
Chapter 4- We Come In Peace
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"I would like to skip formalities for the time being, Potter-san, Lovegood-san. I don't particularly care for them and right now I'd rather get straight to the matter if that is fine with you." Both Harry and Luna silently nodded. They stood before the Hokage's desk, flanked by their escorts as they examined the office as inconspicuously as possible. It was very bare, especially compared to many of the offices they'd been in before. Wizards often seemed like pack rats due to the immense amount of objects held within their offices. Often, this assumption was correct. A wizard's life expectancy, if he made it through the dangers of the magical world, was very long. That gave them plenty of years to collect things here and there and then develop enough attachment to the items to never wish them gone.
Harry looked at the sparse furnishing and decoration, getting a feel for who this leader was before him. He had seen similar offices in their years of journey, not many but the few that he did often would leave an impression on him. This was the office of a seasoned fighter, someone who placed more focus on the people of their village rather than surrounding themselves with unnecessary objects. The woman herself was steady, both in her stance and her gaze. Her expression held nothing but seriousness as she looked at them carefully. When she gestured for them to step forward, Harry and Luna swiftly obeyed.
"Genma, you are dismissed. I'd like you to stay, Shizune."
"Yes, Tsunade-sama," Shizune said as she moved to her usual spot beside the Hokage desk. Genma bowed respectfully before exiting the room. When the doors closed, Tsunade looked pointedly at the case by Harry's side.
"I have to thank you for taking the Sword of the Thunder God from that man, Aoi. My great uncle was an admirable man and to see one of his prized weapons in the hands of someone so contemptible was a disgrace to his memory." Harry's interest was piqued by Tsunade's words. He leaned eagerly forward, fixing the blonde leader with inquiring eyes.
"You were related to the Second Hokage?"
"Yes, and the First. He was my grandfather.
"Do you by chance know the story behind the sword then? How did it come into your uncle's possession?" Tsunade shook her head before giving a reply.
"I know very little concerning the history of that sword before Nidaime-sama wielded it. I only know that it was a gift from a man who travelled to this village soon after it was created. My great uncle never wished to speak of the encounter to anyone though."
"It was a gift then," Harry said with a tone of thoughtfulness. After a moment he stepped forward. Both the Hokage and Shizune watched in confusion as he held out the case. Luna merely looked on, seeming only mildly interested with what was occurring.
"I won't ask to keep this in my possession any longer then," He said, tilting his head down slightly as a sign of respect as Tsunade took the offered sword. When it was out of his hands, Harry straightened and then continued. "I only ask that you allow me to study the sword even if you must be present for me to do so. My time here is in you hands, Tsunade-sama."
"You're awfully polite for someone so young," Tsunade said. She half expected them to look surprised by the comment since by appearances she seemed only a few years their senior, but the two only showed amusement.
"We once had a professor with a look like yours. With a single glance she could silence a room of noisy children. We quickly learned that when her gaze looked like that there was no room for nonsense."
"Harry still gets nervous when she gives him that look," Luna chipped in, making Harry look uncomfortable at her words. "He got in trouble a lot in school, you see."
Tsunade couldn't help feel a little taken aback by the sudden change of the atmosphere at those words. It seemed like the formal, man of business she had been speaking with moments before was gone. Instead she had an awkward looking young man standing in front of her desk as if he didn't know what to do next. His companion's eyes clearly told her that the petite blonde was amused at Harry's current state. When Harry noticed Luna's amusement, his embarrassment turned to a mischievous smirk on his face.
"If I recall correctly, that gaze was sent in your direction just as much after your stint as the Quidditch commentator."
"That was quite enjoyable, while it lasted," Luna said, not looking like the reminder embarrassed her at all. Her reaction only managed to make Harry laugh softly before he turned back to Tsunade. His features returned to full seriousness, except for the humor that still lingered in his eyes.
"Will you accept my request, Tsunade-sama?" The Hokage examined the dark haired man before her a moment, moving her gaze to the woman standing behind him to begin her scrutiny once again. After moments of silence between them, Tsunade slowly gave a nod.
"I will accept it, but on one condition. You wish to study the sword in order to learn its history, and I wish to know the history of my two mysterious visitors." The Hokage could practically feel the worry rolling off her assistant as she gave her answer but she didn't look over at Shizune to see if the young woman's misgivings showed on her face. Instead, she leaned forward to steeple her hands in front of her as she gave the two in front of her a more serious gaze. Harry and Luna exchange looks, seeming to have an entire discussion with a glance. When they appeared to have come to a decision, they both faced Tsunade again.
"That sounds reasonable, though I hope you understand that we won't be able to tell you everything," Harry said.
"So long as it's what I need to hear, I'm willing to accept that." The Hokage gave them each a look, revealing her age through the very grandmotherly way in which she expressed her feelings on the matter. If there had been glasses perched on the tip of her nose and the scene had been late at night in a Hogwarts classroom, Harry and Luna would have started hoping she wasn't going to give them detention with Filch.
"Then we have an agreement."
"Thank you. Now if you don't mind," Tsunade let the sentence hang, though the two standing in front of her understood what was left unsaid to be her polite way of giving them a nudge towards starting. Luna leaned forward, making it obvious that she wished to start the explanation as eagerness radiated from her. What came out of her mouth though, wasn't anything the two Konoha women were expecting.
"It's quite simple really. We're wizards from a parallel universe."
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Sasuke sat alone, hidden among the branches of a tree near the training grounds. After his short argument with Naruto he had gone straight there. He had considered at first training to let off some steam, but the emotions boiling in him were too distracting. He didn't know what was going on, why he was so upset that his idiot of a teammate was making friends with those strangers. Naruto always tended to make friends even in the toughest situations. It was like the boy was a magnet for people with weird backgrounds sometimes. It had simply annoyed him before, but now…Sasuke couldn't stand the thought of the hyper blonde finding friendship with what he viewed as a potential enemy, especially one that had showed so much power. Naruto was acting as if the man, Harry, had never grabbed an activated chakra sword with his bare hands. But, it was something Naruto did. He treated the Third Hokage as if he were his grandfather, called Tsunade-sama a granny and referred to Jiraiya-sama as Ero-sennin.
Then why did it bother him so much this time?
A word came to mind, but he didn't want to believe it was the reason for his mood. A voice in the back of his head that sounded like his silver-haired teacher, though, kept pestering him with words of wisdom and more things he didn't want to hear. Finally Sasuke growled, closing his eyes tight.
"I'm not jealous," he told himself, feeling as if it were a lie even as he said it. He was about to jump down from the tree to try and burn his emotions away with training, quite literally as he planned on using a lot of his families' fire jutsus, when he heard someone call his name.
"Sasuke? Sasuke-kun." In the training grounds Sakura stood, searching the area in search of him. Sasuke hesitated, not sure if he was willing to face a fan girl at that moment, but he finally sighed and pushed off from a branch. When he soared over the branches and easily landed a few feet away from Sakura, he set the girl with his usual, steady gaze.
"What is it?"
"S-Sasuke-kun, I came to see if you're all right," Sakura said, looking worried.
"I'm fine," Sasuke replied. He didn't have time for sympathy, he thought. Sakura would simply praise him for something he didn't deserve and then things would just turn out worse. He moved to leave, but what Sakura said next made him stop.
"I guess I'm just not getting anything today," Sakura said, mumbling pitifully. "I don't even understand what's going on with Naruto."
"What's going on with Naruto," Sasuke asked. The question surprised Sakura. She looked up to see Sasuke looking at her attentively and blushed for a moment before she shook her head and started into a quick babble.
"He's taking the foreigners to Ichiraku's after their meeting with Tsunade-sama. Harry-san said that they were going to continue their conversation, but I don't remember them talking about anything other than what Konoha was like. Naruto acted as if it was something more serious though and I can't figure out what it could be… Ah, Susuke-kun?" Sasuke was quickly walking towards the path into town. He stopped for a second as she called his name.
"I'm going to Ichiraku's," he said, and then he was walking again, this time faster.
"Oh… Wait, I'm coming too!" Sasuke didn't slow down though, and Sakura had to run to catch up with him. By the time she had reached his side, Sasuke finally pushed off the ground to jump onto a nearby tree to continue his way towards where the ramen stand was. Sakura did the same and the two members of Team Seven were soon speeding towards their destination.
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"Hokage-sama?" Tsunade stared thoughtfully at the two empty seats in front of her, not answering the anxious voice of her assistant. She had thought she would still be questioning the two foreigners, Harry Potter and Luna Lovegood, skeptical of their claims of magic and parallel worlds. When they each had made a chair appear out of thin air and then proceeded to sit in them as if they'd always been there, the blonde woman had to rethink her skepticism. The whole scene would have been quite comical if it weren't for the fact that she was facing two wizards from an entirely different world. Luna had produced an armchair that could only be described with the word "squishy" in mind. The colors were nearly offensive to the eyes and Tsunade could only stare in amazement as the small woman slowly sank into the cushions further than she'd thought possible for the piece of furniture. Harry seemed to have chosen something more conservative, producing a slightly overstuffed armchair made of a dark wood and a crimson red fabric. Luna had said something about a "Griffin-do pride" upon seeing his chair to which Harry merely replied with a smirk. Then they'd spent the next half hour going over the most bizarre story she'd ever heard. There was something about a war with a man that sounding eerily like Orochimaru, a quest to kill said man, and the final demise of the evil wizard. And that was only the beginning, apparently, according to Harry and Luna.
"The summer after the war we were summoned to hear the official will reading of our school's Headmaster and mentor, Albus Dumbledore…"
Tsunade's mind felt twisted in knots from all the new information it was trying to process. Things that she had first thought impossible, these two strangers were telling her were very possible. It was the reason they could be there in front of her in the first place. Harry and Luna had taken her reaction very smoothly; much like one would react to the actions of a dangerous mental patient. The thought of that made her angry, seeing as if anyone were crazy at that point it would be them. A part of her could feel the truth in their story though. She could tell that they weren't telling her all the truth, but then again they had said from the beginning that they couldn't tell her everything. She reluctantly found herself believing them; not entirely but Tsunade couldn't deny the fact that those two were different. Besides the display of magic, they simply acted in a way that had her instincts telling her one thing. They didn't quite fit in the world she knew. The Fifth Hokage heard her assistant call her name once more, finally moving her head and blinking away her thoughts.
"Tsunade-sama. Is it really okay that they be left on their own in the village?" Shizune looked worried, which was reasonable after the strange meeting they'd just been through. The blonde Hokage gave a nod that seemed to ebb the worry from her assistant's face a little.
"Assign a small squad of ANBU to keep an eye on them to be safe then," Tsunade said. After a moments thought she added, "And get someone to remove these chairs." The bright colored one was starting to get on her nerves and she couldn't be held accountable for her actions if it stayed there a minute longer than it had to.
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"Ichiraku's ramen is the best! You're really going to love it. Ramen is always good for after any mission and no one makes ramen like the Old Man," Naruto said as they grew closer to the small ramen stand. Harry and Luna walked behind the blonde boy, watching with unconcealed amusement on their faces as he seemed to grow more excited with every step.
When they had left their meeting with the Hokage it only took them a minute to spot Naruto returning to meet them. The young teen greeted them with an intense stare and promptly told them to follow him. He'd led the way as if they were going to an important ceremony up until the subject of ramen came up, and then he turned into the ball of energy that they were already growing familiar with once again. His ramblings were becoming faster as he listed all the different kinds of ramen and which ones were his favorites.
"Ah, here we are," Naruto said suddenly. He then grinned widely and hurried to sit on one of the empty stools. Harry and Luna quietly took the empty seats beside him.
"Oh, Naruto. You're back from your mission already," the old man behind the counter said when he turned to see the orange clad genin. Naruto nodded eagerly.
"Yeah. Hey, Old Man, I'll have a miso-pork ramen with an egg."
"Alright, coming right up," the ramen chef then noticed the two silent new comers by the short blonde. He looked a little surprised and curious at their foreign features. "Oh? Who are your friends, Naruto?"
"Eh?" Naruto's expression showed surprise, quickly turning to embarrassment as he waved his hands around as if he was attempting to swat away an invisible pest. "F-Friends? I don't know if you could go as far as that. We've just met so we're probably not at that point yet. Ah, not that I don't want to be friends with them right now…" Naruto scratched the side of his face, looking more turned around in his embarrassment as his speech finally slowed to a stop.
"It's okay if you want to be friends, Naruto-kun," Luna said, making the young shinobi blush even as he stared at her in surprise. "It's always nice to make friends. Don't you agree, Harry?"
"Completely." Their smiles were reassuring and Naruto couldn't help returning the kind expression, looking equally relieved as he was glad that they wanted to be his friends.
"Hey, Old Man. Make something real special for my friends, K? You guys don't mind it being a surprise, do you?" Harry and Luna shook their heads in answer.
"Alright, I'll do my best, but Naruto," the old man fixed the boy with a look, "Aren't you going to introduce me to your friends?"
"Ah, right," Naruto said quickly. "This is Harry Potter-san and Luna met on my last mission."
"Oh, unusual names," the ramen chef said, taking another look at his two new customers. "I guess that makes sense since you're not from around here, eh? Well, three bowls coming right up then!"
When all three had a steaming bowl of ramen placed in front of them, the ramen chef once again turned his attention to Naruto's new friends. They each looked extremely interested in the bowls in front of them, especially the blonde woman. Luna leaned over her bowl, inspecting its contents closely and taking in the delicious scent.
"I've never had ramen before," she said. "This is very exciting." A noise, like a small crash, sounded after she'd said this. They all looked over in Naruto's direction to find the young teen on the ground. Before they could ask him what had happened, Naruto was off the ground with an incredible speed and looking at Luna with a shocked expression.
"You've never had ramen?!" Luna shook her head and Naruto turned his head to look at Harry, as if to ask the same question.
"I've only had instant ramen I'm afraid," Harry said.
"I can't believe you've never had ramen before," Naruto continued, still looking troubled by the news.
"Ramen restaurants aren't exactly common where we come from. I'm really not surprised that Luna has never even had instant ramen. We did grow up in different societies until I was eleven," Harry said.
"Oh, I guess that makes sense," Naruto said, despite still feeling confused. He really couldn't imagine any place without ramen, even if it was just instant ramen. After a moment the blonde shook his head, grabbing his chopsticks.
"Well, you'll really, really like this ramen. Itadakimasu!" The two guests followed the example of their young friend, though with far less gusto and speed. They calmly tried a spoonful of the broth and, finding it to be good, grabbed their own chopsticks to begin their meal. They handled the thin utensils a little awkwardly, but managed to get through their meal successfully. The old ramen chef watched the two as they ate, still seemingly interested in them. Luna was concentrated on the chopsticks in her hand as if her life depended on them successfully lifting the noodles from her bowl into her mouth. Harry appeared more comfortable with the foreign utensils, or simply didn't mind as much as his companion, so when the older man cleared his throat he looked up from his ramen.
"Yes?"
"If you don't mind me asking," the ramen chef asked politely. "Where is it that you two come from?" The question actually drew Naruto's attention. He was working on one of the last noodles in his bowl, but stopped mid-slurp to watch attentively. The forgotten noodle dangled from his mouth, leaving drops of broth on his chin.
"Hogwarts," Harry said, causing the two Konoha natives to look at him oddly. Their expressions made the dark haired man laugh before he explained. "It's the name of the school we went to. It may not be the usual answer, but we like to think of it as the place we come from and return to." Naruto and the man nodded, understanding what he meant as they each thought of similar places in their lives. They were distracted from the moment though as Luna began to hum something, soon picking up the words of a song in a quiet tone.
"Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts, teach us something please. Whether we be old and bald, or young with scabby knees." She stopped suddenly, and they all watched as Luna took the clasp from her hair. She then proceeded to twist her hair up and stick her used chopsticks through the knot to hold it in place. Luna smiled, satisfied with the outcome of her hair and then turned to them all as if nothing had happened.
"My answer used to be Ottery St. Catchpole, where I lived with my father," she said. "The answer hasn't quite fit ever since the house was blown up though."
"Sorry about that," Harry said, mumbling the words. The exchange between these two travelers was almost frightening, simply because those who watched had no idea what was going on. It was like those moments where two people shared an inside joke, but it hardly ever ended and wasn't funny no matter how many times you tried to think about it. Naruto was lost again, not sure whether or not he should be amazed by these two or scared. He went through scenarios in his head that might explain how Harry could have blown up Luna's house. He couldn't think of any that ended with the blonde woman reacting as calmly as she was now to the memory and Harry's quiet apology. The blonde ninja opened his mouth to ask a question about the incident, but was interrupted by someone calling his name. He turned to see his two teammates standing at the opening of the ramen stand. Sasuke's face was frozen in its usual expression while Sakura looked like she was still trying to catch her breath.
"Oh, Sakura-chan, Sasuke. What are you guys doing here?"
"Can't we eat here without you dragging us to this place every time," Sasuke asked as he took a seat on the other side of Luna, leaving a stool empty between them. He looked expectantly back at his pink haired teammate and then at the empty stool. Sakura blushed and quickly took the seat. Naruto growled, both at Sasuke's words and how his teammates were almost acting as if they were on a date. By the dreamy expression on Sakura's face, she was thinking along the same lines.
The two shinobi ordered their bowls of ramen and then there was silence. Sasuke seemed to be ignoring everything around him and Sakura was staring at him with a confused expression on her face. When their bowls were placed in front of them the silence continued, only broken by the quiet slurping of the two as they ate their ramen.
"Would you like one," Luna asked. Sakura turned, surprised by the woman next to her as she held out a familiar plastic bag. The reaction from all of the young shinobi was immediate. Sasuke blanched, Naruto began waving his hands in front of him nervously and Sakura looked equally nervous though for different reasons.
"Uh, n-no thanks," Sakura said. The tense quiet atmosphere from before was broken. Luna looked suspiciously pleased with herself despite none of the young teens taking the offered Bertie Botts Beans. The blonde woman took a green colored bean from the bag, popped it into her mouth and then offered the bag to Harry. He took one of the offered candies as well, though he looked carefully at the jelly bean before eating it. Team seven watched, holding their breath as each chewed, then swallowed the candy. When neither of the foreigners showed any signs of disgust the three Konoha shinobi finally let out their breath in relief. This caught the attention of the two travelers and they looked amused at the three.
"Were you expecting something bad to happen," Harry asked. The three teens quickly went through a jumble of denials. Harry and Luna watched it all with silent amusement, not bothering to interrupt the rush of words. Naruto suddenly froze, mid-sentence looking as if he'd suddenly remembered something.
"Oh yeah," he said, lowering his hands and giving Harry and Luna a serious look. "I've been meaning to ask you something. How did you know that we'd tried those candies when we were on the ship?"
"Naruto," shouted Sakura, looking surprised by what Naruto had said. She didn't seem to realize exactly what he'd said to the two, though Sasuke was now listening intently to the conversation.
"It's just a matter of seeing things differently," Harry answered. "Or something like that." Harry looked suddenly distracted, as did Luna who had tucked away her back of jellybeans and grew still as Harry glanced around the area.
"What kind of answer it that," Naruto asked, looking annoyed and confused.
"Naruto, you shouldn't be so rude," Sakura said in a scolding tone.
"It's alright," Harry said. Sakura turned from Naruto to look at focus on Harry, feeling suddenly embarrassed for almost chewing out Naruto in front of the two strangers. Harry's eyes were focused on her now, his gaze no longer wandering around the ramen stand. The rich, green color of his eyes stunned her for a moment and the young girl nearly melted into a pile of fangirl goo right then. She managed to bring herself back to her senses though, shaking off the urge as she spoke to him.
"I'm sure my teammate has been asking you all sorts of questions since you got here. You might not mind now but he can be very rude so it can't really be excused-"
"Really, it's fine," Harry said, cutting her off. He seemed a little upset by the girl's words, as his gaze had turned a little hard. "I mean no offense, but you assume too much. Naruto isn't being rude. He has every right to be annoyed by my answer. It's completely understandable really."
"Eh, why," asked Naruto. "Did you mean for it to be confusing or something?"
"In a way, yes. It's just that your question required a very long explanation and that's not something I'm prepared to do here and now." Naruto seemed disappointed by Harry's answer, but prodded for more of an explanation.
"Why not," he asked.
"Because the walls have ears that shouldn't be listening," Luna said, smiling in a way that made it seem like she was simply conversing about the weather. Her words made the three genin suddenly wary though and they each discretely glanced around the area as if this would reveal every possible eavesdropper nearby. It was a useless action though, especially in a ninja village where there were skilled spies that could easily hide themselves from genin ranked ninjas. Knowing that though, made the three young Konoha shinobi even more aware of the higher ability levels of Harry and Luna. If Luna's words suggested what they thought, then they somehow were able to detect whoever was listening in on their conversation, if there was anyone. That or the two were simply that much more paranoid. Whichever it was, the three still felt uneasy.
"Well, I think we should find a place to stay," Harry said suddenly, jolting the three genin out of their thoughts. He stood up, reaching for his bag. Luna did the same. "We're going to be here for a while so we'd better find a nice place."
"Does that mean that Tsunade-sama is letting you study the sword," Sakura asked, curious.
"Yes," Harry answered. He pulled out something from his bag, which turned out to be a wallet. He opened it, pulling out more money than would cover his and Luna's meal. Sakura was about to ask more about his meeting with Tsunade, but noticed the amount of money in his hands.
"Ano, Harry-san, that's too much," Sakura said, thinking that he didn't understand their money system. Harry didn't hesitate to place the money on the table though as he waved off the girl's words.
"It's the right amount. We're treating you guys this time," he said. The three tried to protest but Harry silenced them with another wave of his hand. "You did let us accompany you here. Think of it as a thank you."
"Uh, thanks for the meal then," Sakura said, her two teammates expressing their thanks in a similar manner, though Sasuke looked like the words were dragged out of him. Harry and Luna seemed ready to leave, and Sakura was reminded again that they had said they were looking for a place to stay.
"Harry-san, Luna-san, are you going to stay at an inn?" she asked.
"Probably. Why? Is there something wrong?" Sakura shook her head, but still frowned.
"It's just that you said that you'd be staying here for a while and I wondered if maybe you should look for something like an apartment instead," she said.
"Oh," Naruto said. He pounded his fist into his palm as he suddenly realized something. "That's right, there are a few places open at my building. Hey, wouldn't that work, Harry-san, Luna-san?" The eagerness in Naruto's eyes was obvious as he waited for the two travelers to think over the idea. Sasuke looked disgusted by the look in his teammate's eyes but waited for Harry and Luna's answer, feeling as anxious to hear as Naruto did though for a different reason. After the few seconds it took for Harry and Luna to exchange looks, they finally got an answer.
"Alright," Harry said. Naruto cheered loudly, drawing the attention of everyone inside the ramen restaurant and passing by. He quickly grabbed Harry by the arm and pulled the taller man in the direction of his apartment. Harry barely had any time to grab the rest of his things, though he didn't seem to mind the younger boy's energy even as he had to hop awkwardly a few times to keep up. Luna followed after them, taking a moment to wave goodbye to Sakura and Sasuke who were watching the whole scene with wide eyes.
"Have a good time on your date," Luna said, jolting the two's eyes away from the retreating backs of Harry and Naruto. Sakura blushed, looking extremely happy at the words while Sasuke scowled and turned away from his teammate to avoid her happy expression. When Luna had left and Sakura had finally calmed down from her moment of joy, Sasuke hopped off of his stool.
"Ah, where are you going Sasuke-kun," Sakura asked, sounding a little disappointed.
"I have to go do something," he said, not caring to give her a good answer. The look that he sent back at her as she slid off her own stool froze Sakura in place though. His gaze obviously held no desire for her to accompany him, and despite the pink haired girl's wish to spend time with him she didn't move to join him. When Sasuke was out of sight the young kunoichi headed in the opposite direction, leaving the ramen restaurant finally empty of customers. From a roof next to the restaurant a figure wearing a raven mask emerged from the shadows, accompanied by another similarly dressed figure with a cat mask.
"We may have a problem," said the raven ANBU.
"They didn't actually detect us did they," asked the other. The raven ANBU shook their head, unsure of the situation.
"We should report this to Tsunade-sama either way. I'll continue to follow them and see what happens."
"I will go to the Hokage's Tower then. I'll return shortly," The cat ANBU bowed their head and then they were gone in a flash of black and white. The raven ANBU disappeared in a similar manner to follow Harry, Luna and Naruto.
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A/N: Thank you all for the nice reviews. Really, I'm not that clever or anything. Again, sorry for the long wait. I'd like to spend most of my time working on this but I can't. I'll try not to make you guys wait so long for the next chapter. Well, reviews please! They make me happy and are greatly appreciated.