"Blah" : Talking
'Blah': Demon speaking/ Inner Sakura
'Blah' : Naruto's Thoughts/other people's thoughts
'Blah' : Harry talking to Naruto
Hey, I'm back! First I would like to point out a few things that were brought up in one of the reviews, this reviewer made a couple of good points I felt should be explained, and I would like to thank them most dearly :)
First, I would like to point out my numerous grammatical errors.
My typing program, unfortunately, DOES NOT have any correction apps, except for Spell Check. Until I can get a better program, I'm sorry but what you see is what you get for now.
Second, my choice in music and the fact that there is music.
I know there was Twilight music in the last chapter. While I don't enjoy the movies or books that much, I do enjoy the music a lot. But I only used the soundtrack score from New Moon, purely, because the film's composer is Alexandre Desplat, who is confirmed by Warner Bros. to be scoring the soundtrack for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. So I thought it was ideal to use his pieces from New Moon, so long as they fit. Who cares if it's from Twilight, it's JUST music. I will also use music from other film score's from Desplat, Danny Elfman, James Newton Howard, James Horner, Harry-Gregson Williams, Elliot Goldenthal, Hans Zimmer and John Williams, so long as it fits in the scene properly. (I'm obviously a HUGE movie score buff. I just didn't like the music used in the Naruto anime that much.) As for why I even have music, is purely because I thought it was pretty cool to add in music that inspired me to write. If anyone doesn't want me to have it up, then I'll put it down if there are enough votes to convince me. I hope it doesn't bother you guys
And lastly, my weak plot structure. EVERYTHING is going to be explained in this chapter. I know this will seem VERY repetitive, re-explaining Harry's story, but you must take into account, that Harry's audience has no knowledge of his world, and must explain his and Voldy's origins (minus the information regarding Ministry of Magic law and disciplines and any Dark Arts info, such as Vanishing Cabinets and Horcruxes).
That's all I have to say. Enjoy!
Reviews are welcome and wanted!
Disclaimer: Naruto is the property of Masashi Kishimoto,
Harry Potter is property of JK Rowling,
Chapter 5: Harry's Story
The chamber fell silent as death. Everyone's attention was pointed directly at the young blonde, with looks of shock or surprise engraved onto their faces. Iruka and Shizune, in particular, had a shared look of shocked, wide-eyed horror at the fact that Harry decided to reveal himself so bluntly. Harry/Naruto sat back down then straightened up and crossed his legs in a very refined manner. He held his hands together with elegance and closed his now beautiful green eyes calmly.
Libra Me by Elliot Goldenthal
"What do you say we get started, eh?" Harry asked with an inviting, alien accent.
No one had the bravery to respond. The civilians were frozen with fright, believing the Kyuubi had possessed the boy's body and invited them into a trap with a pleasant conversation as bait. The shinobi, who had not met Harry personally before, couldn't speak for the same reasons, affixed horror chilled them all to the bone.
The elders, Homura and Koharu clenched their chests in fear, but Danzo suppressed his shock into a face of cold hatred, "The Kyuubi no Kitsune..." he accused again.
Harry called out to him, "No. I am not the damn fox. I informed you of that before."
The shinobi, for some unexplained reason couldn't explain why, but they were strangely put at ease by his assurance.
But then Kakashi stood up, "Then what are you? And what are you doing controlling Naruto?" he demanded, fully concerned about his student.
Harry kept his eyes closed and said, "He went into shock and passed out. I then possessed his body in order to make sense and peace of this whole situation. Please." he explained.
Chouza Akimichi voiced, "This doesn't make sense. How can you be possessing Naruto-kun, and not be the Kyuubi?"
"Nothing else was sealed away into Naruto apart from the Kyuubi. What else could you be?" Shikaku said, supporting his friend.
Harry remained silent before he opened his eyes slowly, mesmerizing everyone who gazed into his twin emeralds, "Perhaps there was a mistake during the Yondiame's sealing ritual, and a lost soul made his way into Naruto's body unintentionally." Harry spoke with an enchanting voice.
His brief words left a very strange impact on the council, the excuse, for some reason, felt a little bit convincing for being such a stretchy speculation. After all, the Shiki Fujin (Dead Demon Consuming Seal) has many unknown powers, for all they know, he could be telling the truth. But others were not genuinely convinced.
Tsume Inuzuka outraged, "B-but that's just impossible, isn't it?"
"I will admit that it's very unlikely. But who is to say that it's impossible?" Harry reasoned calmly, the council perplexed, "Beside, if I were the Kyuubi, then wouldn't I have simply killed you all by now? Why would I waste my time trying to talk to you all, when I could fulfill a thirst for human slaughter that which does not exist?" he questioned everyone, and smiled seeing the realized looks of most of the council, "Because I am not, for the last time, the bloody goddamn Kyuubi." he ended loudly, causing those few to flinch at him.
"Aren't the colour of my eyes proof enough? Do they glow red with blood lust and murdering intent, or do they shine with proof of another being?" He dared the council to question his argument.
No one spoke against him, being pretty much convinced.
Hiashi Hyuga chose to question Harry on something different, "You said earlier that you were a lost soul. Does that mean you were once alive?"
Harry looked at Hiashi, surprised at his reasonable behavior and answered, "Yes... I was once a man like any other... I think it would be best if I were to change my appearance, wouldn't you?" he questioned the confused looking council, "I feel that explaining to you all as Naruto is a little bit strange, wouldn't you say?" Harry suggested, "Allow me to show you all a resemblance to what I once looked like..."
Harry then cupped his hands and brought them to Naruto's face. The council and the Hokage's party stared intently at the young teen and gasped after he slid his hands across his face and through his hair, and revealed a brand new face.
"By kami..." several people gasped.
Naruto's face had been transformed; he now had an even, perfectly shaped nose between his two piercing emerald eyes. Naruto's subtle whisker mark had vanished beneath perfectly sculpted, adult cheekbones. And his golden-yellow spiked hair reformed and turned dark brown and untidy but much neater hair style. The changed color in his hair really contrasted to his now fair skin so much that it almost appeared black. Harry's face looked young and intelligent, but his eyes gave him a very tired look, like an old man in need of a lot of sleep. Overall, the almost everyone in the chamber found Harry to be an unnaturally beautiful man.
Harry relaxed in his chair and held his hands together before he licked his lips and said, "I am aware that several of you were accusing my Naruto of using 'evil powers', as you like to call them. But I am here, possessing his body now in order to claim responsibility for his knowledge in my arts. I taught him the techniques that dickless-Sasuke claimed to witness. I taught Naruto everything he knows about-"
Suddenly, Setsuna Haruno bolted out of her chair and pointed an accusing, bony finger at Harry, "It's true then! He's a witch!"
"QUIET!" thundered Sarutobi, causing everyone in the chamber and beyond to tremble in fear at the terrifying might of the Hokage, "You will be quiet and let him explain himself, Haruno-san. I will not tolerate any more accusations to break out whilst I'm here. That goes for all of you as well." Sarutobi warned the entire council, his voice so terrifyingly angry.
Sarutobi then nodded towards Harry, letting him continue, "Right, I am here because I want to clear Naruto's good name, for he has done nothing evil, of any sort. As crazy as this sounds, he, like myself and many others of our kind, were born the way we are. He and I were born with the ability to use and control a legendary substance called magic."
Everyone in the room, except those who already knew, were shocked to hear this. But Danzo was not amused, nor convinced.
"Magic?" Danzo snorted in response, "What nonsense is this you speak of, demon?"
Harry glared at him with irritated green eyes, sick and tired of dealing with such ignorant superiors, "I am not a demon, you miserable, vomitous mass." he started with ice in his voice, "So you don't believe that magic is real, and yet you accuse Naruto and I of practicing in the devil's art? Pardon me for speaking my mind, but I think you're a crazy, senile moron." Harry insulted with full intent.
This caused the war hawk to rise in his seat in outrage at being insulted. But Harry knew that his comeback would only slow down his entire opportunity, and to solve this, he pointed his finger and aimed directly at Danzo's throat just as he was saying, "What did you just sa-"
"Here's a little taste of what Naruto and I can do: Silencio!" he annunciated.
And instantly, Danzo's voice had been turned mute as if someone with a remote control pressed the button that silenced him. His lips kept on moving and yet no sound came out of him. Danzo noticed quickly that his voice was gone, and held his throat while trying desperately to make a sound. It seemed as if he were raising his voice and questioning what had happened to him, and then it looked as if he began to yell as loud as he possibly could. And yet no matter how hard he tried to reverse the charm that was placed on him, still no sound was ever made audible.
Everyone quickly realized that Harry had cast a spell on Danzo, proving that his 'magic' was real. This also caused the council to freeze and shiver at Harry with fear.
"I think we can do without your spontaneous judgments for a few minutes." the wizard smiled.
Harry looked up at the rest of the council and said, "Please. Do not be alarmed, everyone. I will not harm any of you, I promise. I only silenced him. My jinx will wear off in a few minutes. Please, relax." he reached out to the gathered group calmly, again, causing everyone to feel slightly assured.
The council relaxed and allowed him to continue talking.
Harry carefully collected himself, preparing what he should and should not divulge to everyone.
"Ladies and gentlemen of this council, please worry not. For as long as we are all willing to co-operate and listen to each other fairly, then there will be no problems here today... I feel that it is now time to take this opportunity in order to explain to you all of Naruto and myself... But where do I begin?"
Sarutobi rose his arm to signal that he wished to say something to Harry, and the wizard looked to him to listen.
"I believe it to be wise if you should first explain to us who you are and where you come from, exactly. At least to those who are not up to speed." he suggested.
Harry couldn't help but crack a slight smile at the grandfather of the village, being reminded of his own elderly mentor from a long, long time ago.
He began, "So you wish to learn of who I am; I will tell you now that I am flesh and blood in Naruto's body and appear as many of you do. But, I am not human... I haven't been truly human for over one hundred years... I will allow some of you with questions to ask them, but only when it is most appropriate to ask them and if they are not some pathetic excuse to wrongfully insult somebody. Agreed?" he inquired forcefully, earning nods from almost everyone in the room, except for Danzo who was still screaming despite the charm on his voice box having mute him completely.
Harry, pretending to have just noticed this, said, "Oh, hold on. Let me fix that for you, Danzo. Here."
Harry flicked his wrist, keeping his pointer-finger stuck out and there was a flash of light. While Danzo still had his mouth wide and open he had accidentally yelled at the top of his lungs just as he was facing Homura. The other elder, immediately flew off his chair and cupped his now ringing and bleeding ear. Many people around the room chuckled or snorted in amusement while Harry snorted, satisfied that he accomplished a small dose of payback upon Danzo.
He quickly switched his expression to seem more like he meant to say, 'Oops!'.
"May I begin, now, please?" Harry asked.
Danzo and the hearing damaged Homura dusted themselves off, trying to reassert their dignity, and sat quietly.
"Right. Get comfortable, this is a long story." Harry cleared Naruto's throat and began the story of how he came into being; "Then I shall tell you my story... But first, can get a glass of water, please?"
Sarutobi looked puzzled but quickly had one of his ANBU fetch him one of the coffee pots filled with water and handed him a glassful.
"Thank you." he thanked the ANBU and Sarutobi, and drank the entire glass as if it were the first drink he ever had, droplets spilling on his face as he drank.
"Ahh~! How refreshing it is to actually drink something that's real..." he said with a satisfied sound in his voice, "Oh, I haven't had anything to drink or eat in over a hundred years, just so you know..."
Born to Darkness, Part 1 by Elliot Goldenthal
"Where was I? Oh yes... As you may have already guessed, my life ended over a hundred years ago, or at least it felt that long from my point of view... I was about eighteen years old at the time when I overexerted myself to death... But before I left behind my mortal existence, I lived in a standard sort of society. Only instead of the world being populated of shinobi, my society comprised of wizards."
Almost everyone in the room became wide-eyed at what he had said.
In the shinobi world, wizards and magic were almost considered pure fantasy. It was no wonder that everyone seemed so unbelieving.
"Yes. Wizards, humans born with the ability to use and control supernatural powers." Harry assured, "They existed once, long ago. Everything was simpler back in my time. There; shinobi did not exist, they only lived in the realm of fantasy, just as magic is considered fantasy here. There was no chakra, no missing-nins, kunai were museum antiques, and scrolls were considered an ancient way to reading information."
Harry went on about the basics of the wizarding world, including brief details of how the Ministries of Magic were founded, what Muggles were, and how the wizarding educational system had run (NOT including the age system or any of the restriction laws involving age). Everyone became so engaged and absorbed into what Harry was telling them.
No one could possibly make this stuff up on the spot, with how precise Harry had sounded. And never once stopping or stuttered to show he was making the slightest detail up.
"Magic, wizards, and spells soon became myths and stories in children's books. And while the muggles lived their lives, so did we. We attended school and learned to use and control our abilities to make a living for ourselves or to help contribute to the magical community and help run the underground government. Which is very similar to how this village functions as a society. But while there is good in the world, there is also evil. You all should know that not all wizards are good like me and Naruto. Some can go very bad... Dark wizards and witches came out of our kind, just like missing-nins and traitors do here. They lived their lives as criminals, to help only themselves and cause mayhem and destruction to both the magic and muggle worlds. But there was one wizard, in particular, who went beyond the normal levels of 'ordinary evil'."
The council couldn't help but feel as if slight shadow of dread fall upon them as Harry was describing this mystery person, conveniently just as the storm clouds began to fly over the skies above the building.
"There was one wizard in particular who lived before my own time. He, like any other young wizard, attended Hogwarts school, studied his subjects, and practiced his magic; but he grew up to become a an inhuman murderer... His name was Tom Marvolo Riddle."
No one spoke.
"Riddle did have reasons for hating muggles. His muggle father of the same name abandoned his pregnant mother, after learning that she was a witch. After Riddle started attending school, he soon learned of his linage and sought out his father. When he found him, he murdered him and his entire family without leaving a trace of what he had done behind..."
Everyone was unmoving while hearing this.
"Riddle started to develop this superiority complex many snobbish wizarding families had for centuries; He began to believe that magical learning should only be kept within all-magic families. While those many of our kind came from muggle parentage, were all deemed untrustworthy and considered nothing more than filth. They believed muggles should be completely dominated and ruled by the magical world... After Riddle had graduated, he started to gather followers. He led them all down to the dark side of sorcery. And as they continued to follow him, they progressively grew more and more extreme and numerous."
Everybody raised their eyebrows at learning about the origin of the Death Eaters.
"After several years, Riddle had developed a massive army, consisting of witches, wizards, and a whole matter of dark creatures. They all moved as one, attacking and killing muggles and muggle-borns when they felt like it, kidnapping people for financial gain, even attacking their own kind in order to take over the wizarding world... Riddle underwent many magical transformations as his army continued to grow. He eventually transformed and became so terrifyingly, foul and cruel; he soon became known to the world by another name; the Dark Lord Voldemort. The most powerful dark wizard of all time."
All of those in the chamber, including the most stoic listeners, shivered at the sound of his name. No one could explain why it did so. It just happened. They all sat in their seats attentively listening to Harry's story, several of them wrote on whatever paper they could reach for, to write down what questions they wished to ask him later.
"Riddle made very successful progress with his takeover of the magical world as the years passed by. At one point, it seemed impossible to stop him and his army. Few of us even dared to stand up to him, because anyone who would dare to stand up to him ended up dead. Not even the Ministry of Magic could hope to stop him, he was far too powerful to be matched against... But that didn't stop people from fighting."
Harry mildly explained the Order of the Phoenix and how his parents helped fight against the Dark lord, and caught them up in regards of the prophecy involving him and Voldemort.
"Riddle feared the prophecy coming true, so he tracked me and my parents down for a year and finally found us. He killed my father and my mother who begged him to spare me, offering her life in exchange for mine. He refused, and killed her. He aimed his wand at me and performed the curse to kill me, but somehow, it failed and bounced back at him. He disappeared and wouldn't return for fourteen years. I survived but I didn't live unscratched."
Harry lifted his bangs with one hand and wiped Naruto's sweat from his forehead with the other, revealing a noticeable, lightning-bolt shaped scar. Everyone in the room gazed at it, mesmerized at the unique shape if they hadn't seen it on Naruto face and those that were not within Naruto's old group of secrecy were surprised to see the exact same scar on Harry's face, when they were used to seeing it on Naruto's forehead.
"I lived with this scar my entire life. While I lived my first life, it served as a warning to when Riddle was close by. And it was a mark of proof that the prophecy was true. It was a sign that I had to be the one to kill him in the end."
Harry's story, so far, seemed so unbelievable, everyone wanted to believe it was all a strange dream. But it wasn't. He was telling the absolute truth.
And what was more incredible; was that the entire council now believed him, one-hundred percent.
"After many years of studying and training, I found his weakness and confronted him for one last time, out many different encounters I had with him. All of those, I barely escaped with my life intact... I fought him when I was about eighteen years old, and emerged as the victor and the savior of the magical world."
Those listening attentively, enjoyed listening to this unreal tale, and couldn't help but feel happy to hear this part of the story.
"I had won after eight long years of loss and hardship. I was finally free to live a long and happy life with my best friends and beautiful girlfriend... But if that's how it ended, I wouldn't be here right now would I...?"
Those mentioned earlier began to frown.
"No... I had died shortly after my victory... I died slowly in my lover, Ginny's, arms. I do remember hearing my best mate, Ron, crying as everything went dark and cold. I heard him begging to me, pleading for me to live... I heard the cries and sobs of the people surrounding me, realizing the inevitable... Their best medical experts and healers tried their best to revive me, but I was doomed before they even had a chance. There was nothing they could do to keep me alive... For I was Fate's favored whipping boy..."
To everyone's surprise, Harry began to form tears at the corner of his eyes, and his voice began to strain with a lump that grew in his throat. The weather outside, ironically beginning to reflect his emotions, it steadily began to rain.
"I did not wish to die... I had so much more to live for... I didn't want to leave my family behind..."
Tears began to flow down Harry's cheeks, as he remembered the faces of his best friends and the woman he truly felt to be his soul-mate. He remembered how he despaired when he knew he would never see them again. And was then condemned to the world of the deceased, while his friends remain behind to mourn him.
"Ron... Hermione... Neville... Ginny... Luna... All of my precious friends... Oh, how I miss them all..." he wept, rubbing the tears off his face.
Now the audience and council (most of them), were fully convinced that this entity was not an evil being nor was he a demon. For when does a demon ever weep in sadness?
Homura, still trying to hear out of his left ear again, lifted up his hand to ask Harry a question he had been meaning to ask, "What was it like to die...?"
Harry soon calmed down from his upsetting memories, and pushed them aside for now to answer the elder's question.
"It's very hard to say exactly..." he started, "I can't remember what I experienced to the perfect degree, but I will try my best..."
Everyone leaned forward to hear, no one making a sound. Never again would anyone in the room have another chance to learn the answer to that unanswered question.
"I remember feeling like I was falling asleep, only it was much faster and much easier than trying to sleep. Everything around me began to go black. The darkness that engulfed my vision was far more dense and deeper than anything I ever seen or felt before... Then, I was nowhere... Except I simply existed... I did feel naked though, and I knew pretty well that I was in neither Heaven nor Hell, and I didn't care either way. So long as no one saw me without any clothes on... I had no memory to recall of, and I had no knowledge of any kind to recollect. I did however grow bored of things, being dead and all. And decided I wanted to change things. I wished for the darkness around me to vanish, and with that thought alone the void had turned white to me... Soon, I grew bored of knowing nothing, so I wished to learn. And when I did wish that, books and scrolls filled with information ranging from basic human knowledge to everything related to the magical world, encircled me in endless circles. The information whizzed around me for the next one hundred years, wherein I absorbed all of the knowledge of every single detail of everything like I was some kind of sponge.
After my hundred-year long crash-course, I felt my entire being pulled forward by my navel and became detached from the realm of nothing and thrusted back into the world of the living once again, I'm sure... Only it wasn't the same world I had left behind... It was a new world entirely..."
Everyone must have realized that this must be the part of Harry's story where he comes into the picture of the world of shinobi.
"I remember being in the middle of the battle against the Kyuubi no Kitsune, thirteen years ago. I was not substantial quite yet, though. I was an invisible spirit to the human eye, floating in the middle of the battlefield. Soon my soul felt as if being pulled towards something again, and soon the source of this attraction had become abundantly clear; what had brought me back into the world of the living was none other than the newborn baby Naruto. As my spirit drew close to him, the fox was only just beginning to be sucked into his body by the Yondiame Hokage's sealing jutsu. And instead of my soul overcoming Naruto's completely, I was sucked into his tiny body and I, in a way, became a residing being right next to his own soul. But I was still a separate entity trapped inside of Naruto's body, apart from the fox. And mine and Naruto's souls encircled each other, and in a way we were both one in the same person. You can always refer to me as another half of who Naruto is.
I became a part of him, as he became a part of me. And in our bondage, my genetic traits became infused with his and as a result, Naruto became a wizard. Which makes us spiritually related. In a way, you can consider him as my destined incarnation. Seeing as my soul attached to his body in particular apart every other living being on the face of the earth."
So in truth, Naruto was both a shinobi and a wizard. The council was fascinated.
"My soul rested for several months before I began to explore my new domain. My memories hadn't caught up with me yet, but when they did, I decided to 'redecorate' my portion of the mindscape. After that, I discovered the Kyuubi's chamber down the 'hallway' of Naruto's mind. The Kyuubi was trapped within a massive cage, containing it completely. While the door of said cage was being held by a single paper labeled 'seal'. The cage looked very secure, but just to be one-hundred percent sure, I decided to bind the fox to the floor with magical seal chains and laced the cage's bars with a spell that would burn the fox if it dared to reach past the bars borders.
For the next boring, six years, I laid in my bedroom, wondering what my purpose is to be for an eternity. And I began to wonder if suicide were possible after you've already died, heh, just for laughs. But everything about my existence changed when I was disturbed by several voices yelling, 'demon!' and 'monster!'. I set out to investigate a few minutes later, and retired to my chambers, believing that I had simply imagined it. When I heard another voice coming from the corridor, I heard a voice. It was a child... crying... I noticed, when I left my chamber that the dark hallways, that had no visible ceiling, had began to poor down rain. I found it strange because the chambers never did that before that one particular day happened. I walked down the hall for a few moments when I came across the source of the heartbreaking sobs and weeping.
It was as I expected; a child. It was a boy, a young, blonde boy, who looked no older than four years old, crying. It was there, that I met Naruto Uzumaki for the very first time."
Claudia's Allegro Agitato by Elliot Goldenthal (1:35 to 2:30)
"I saw him hugging his legs as if they were the only source of comfort he had, bawling his eyes out like a baby. My heart grieved and tore to shreds at witnessing such misery inflicted upon someone so young. My eyes even weld up tears upon looking at him... I felt a little fearful as well; Had he died at a young age and had no one to part to the afterlife with? Was he trapped here with me? These were all theories I came up with, not knowing who he was yet. If that were any of those cases, then I chose, either way, to reach out to him and hopefully connect to him.
I calmly made myself known and presented myself to him kindly, so as not to scare him. I then heard him say his name, Naruto, for the first time. I reached out to him, and when I touched him; And from the moment I did, I instantly knew everything about him. Every thought he ever had, every word he ever spoke, every memory he had became mine as well. I pulled him into my arms and he bonded with me instantly. I suppose he must have felt a trust or parental familiarity towards me, since we shared the same body.
I then brought him out of the dark and slightly flooded corridor and into my chambers to rest. When he awoke, I explained everything I have told all of you so far. He was shocked to say the least, that I was a deceased spirit entrapped within his body. But he was very enthusiastic when I promised to teach him magic. And he was even more enthused when he asked me to become his 'Nii-san'. I happily agreed, and from that point on, I raised him as if he were my own. I taught him magic as well as refreshed him on whatever he learned at the Ninja Academy every night while he slept. I told him what he could and could not eat, I taught him the differences between right and wrong, scolded him for when he disobeyed me, and so on. To Naruto, I became what you can call a parent in your pocket."
The shinobi then became confused at this part of the story. If Naruto had Harry to help him learn, then why did he fail in most of his courses while at the Academy?
"While I cared for Naruto, I could only observe the shinobi world through his memories. It took me a while before I could simply view his environment from my bedroom in his mindscape, and observed his environment entirely. Awhile later, we learned to communicate using only our thoughts. These combined abilities allow me to learn in class for him, while he dozed off or was distracted. Heh! That lazy ninja wannabe." he laughed tenderly.
And again, everyone, except for Iruka, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Shizune all wondered and racked their brains. If all of this was true, then why didn't Naruto become rookie of the year if he had a hundred-something-year old wizard war-veteran to guide him?
"While Naruto slept or meditated at home, he would re-entered his mind, and I reviewed him on what was taught in class. The only difference was that I explained the lectures to him into simpler terms for him to understand. Heh! I remember how attentive and fascinated he was when he learned from me. I would normally manipulate objects in the rooms to re-enact battles of the past Ninja World Wars. Naruto always had a fascination for stories and history. He can learn practically anything, so long as he was interested in what he wants to be taught... It was a sad shame that I forbade him from excelling himself in the Academy. He could have done so much more..."
"What do you mean?" Sarutobi asked.
Harry sadly replied, "Naruto was never meant to be labeled as a 'dobe' at all... I had him intentionally sabotage his own grades to appear stupid."
"Why did you have him do that?" Kakashi asked with outrage in his voice.
Harry shot his head to the Jounin's direction, making direct eye contact, "I did it in order to protect him. You see, many of the Ninja Academy teachers, well, let's say that they were more vindictive towards Naruto, because of the Kyuubi being inside of him."
The council looked out of ease at hearing this, for they had no idea that Naruto had any decent degree of intelligence. When the shinobi found out that Naruto was not as big an idiot as they assumed he was, they looked disappointed.
"All of the teachers not including Iruka Umino, of course! Heheh! Sorry, if I hadn't clarified that earlier. Unlike the other teachers, Iruka did all that he could to help Naruto improve his grades." Harry ensured the council, apologizing to Iruka primarily, earning an appreciative smile from the trusted chunin.
"As I was saying, Naruto's previous teachers hardly lifted a finger to help him learn more. So in an act of desperation, I guided Naruto into the Academy's library, and 'borrowed' several scrolls on ninjutsu and shinobi history. We did eventually return all of them once we had them memorized. And in order for no one to suspect Naruto of the literary disappearances, I ordered him to act like the 'dumb student'." the wizard explained, earning shocked looks from the shinobi and outraged and unhappy looks from the civilians and Danzo.
"Then that means you committed theft! You-" Setsuna Haruno began to say to start an argument, but Harry stood from his seat to yell at Sakura's mother for trying to start something again.
"I told you that we returned them! It's not stealing if you return what you took!" he yelled with Gryffindor-like authority, causing the Haruno woman to shut her mouth and sit back down.
Harry sat back down and continued his tale, "Just so you know Naruto was very reluctant to act dumb, because he knew it would only lead him to hurt feelings, embarrassment, and torment from his fellow students. I witnessed the other students bullying him, calling him names and pushing him around as if he were a human punching bag. I'm all too familiar with the pain public school burdens you with. I remember going to muggle primary school, and being tormented and bullied every single day in and out because of my cousin Dudley... I could only watch as Naruto took all the rubbish this village put him through. The only outlet for all his suffering was when he fell asleep and re-entered my chambers. Where he would run into my embrace and sob for almost half an hour after every bad day... I was so amazed at how much self control he had for a wizard; Naruto was gifted with the ability to torment and enslave the entire village if he desired to, and yet he resisted the temptation and came out the better person in the end. Plus, he was too afraid to perform magic unless it were absolutely essential."
One civilian, foolishly said, "Why would such a cry-baby be so afraid to show off?"
Harry grew even more angry with how stupid and unsympathetic this council really was, his anger grew so powerful that it began to thunder outside a little, "If you knew he were a wizard you'd call for his death!"
Everyone, including Sarutobi felt pretty intimidated at Harry's aggression, "Naruto was terrified to expose himself! Don't you understand? I remember after I taught him about the Medieval wizarding history, when muggles (being fearful and hateful toward magic) would hunt down and capture wizards and witches and have them publicly executed. I remember Naruto would wake up, in the middle of the night, screaming himself awake from nightmares of him being tied to a post and being burnt alive in front of hundreds! He had every right to be scared to use magic, when he could have easily used it as payback against his aggressors." he got out, and then sighed trying to calm himself.
After a few minutes, elder Koharu decided to ask a question,
"What about after he graduated? Was he ever caught performing witchcraft? How did any of these people learn of any of this?" she asked pointing towards Jiraiya, Tsunade, Shizune and Iruka.
Harry sighed again, frustrated that no one yet referred to Naruto's wizardry, as wizardry at all, "First of all, Naruto never performed 'witchcraft'. He's a boy not a girl, you idiots. It's just called magic."
The council felt a little awkward, not realizing that there were gender differences when it came to magical categorization.
"Second of all, Naruto usually didn't use magic that much until after he graduated. Not even during the mission with the client bridge-builder Tazuna. He didn't start regularly using magic until he had crafted his wand with my assistance sometime in the middle of last summer"
The ears of the council members perked up at the mention of a magic wand and realized that they already knew this once Sasuke had mentioned having seen Naruto wielding a thin, wooden conductor.
Harry continued, "But for your question on when one of the witnesses learnt of my existence, I do have an answer."
Jiraiya, Tsunade, Iruka, and Shizune looked a little bit nervous as they were now officially being referenced in the meeting. They all accepted the fact that sooner of later they would be caught with what they knew. But cared very little if they were ever punished, for their love for the blonde teen proved that the risk was more than worth it. But they were also nervous because they all swore to secrecy and if they told the truth, they feared that this would have broken the disclosure agreement they each agreed to.
"Naruto was eventually caught talking to me out loud, first by Iruka Umino. It happened shortly after Team 7's mission to the Land of Waves when Iruka thought something was wrong with him."
Kakashi's eyes immediately widened in shock. He was there the day that had happened. Earlier that same day last year, he was told by the Sandiame Hokage to keep an extra eye on Naruto's behavior after Sarutobi was told of his brief Kyuubi-possession incident on the mission during the fight with Haku. Kakashi saw Naruto being chased by Iruka in the forest near the park, and discovered upon Iruka's capture of Naruto, that the blonde was clearly upset about the incident in Wave. But after a few short minutes, the problem was resolved and everything was fine.
'But how? They only talked for, like what, five minutes?' Kakashi asked himself in confusion.
Iruka stood up to help explain what happened that day, "I was looking for Naruto that day to see him after his first C-Ranked mission success and invite him to Ichiraku Ramen to celebrate. I found him going into the woods by himself, making sure he wasn't followed. I got worried, so I followed him. He unknowingly led me into a small open meadow." Iruka hesitated, "I hid behind the forest line and saw him talking to himself. I feared that the Kyuubi was trying to trick him and I panicked. Naruto saw me, and assumed the worst when I took a step back in caution. He tried to run away in fear that I might abandon him. So I chased after him and barely managed to calm him down. Naruto then passed out in stress I suppose, and Kakashi appeared, having noticed me going after Naruto. But before he could explain what happened on the mission, Naruto came to and asked that he and I speak alone. After Kakashi had gone to give us time to talk, Naruto begged for me to trust him when I asked him to open up to me. I agreed, trusting him and, uh... Well, I guess Harry should explain what happened next?"
Harry nodded to Iruka, understanding that he did not want to break his promise to Naruto, to not tell anyone what he saw.
Harry continued for him, "Naruto and I had an argument when he passed out, and after a bit of reasoning, I had no choice but to agree and trust Iruka with our secret. So I had Naruto connect his mind with Iruka's, and literally drew him into my chambers within our mind."
Everyone gasped, surprised at learning that a wizard can be just as powerful as a user of Sharingan like Itachi Uchiha and bring someone within their own head. Danzo, however, looked very threatened and intrigued at the wizard's power.
"When Iruka awoke inside my domain, I introduced myself, and to be totally honest, he... Heh! Let's just say that Iruka reacted quite reasonably when you wake up in the house of a dead young man. Heheh!" the wizard laughed, remembering how freaked out Iruka was.
Flashback
"How do I put this, Umino-san? Uh, welcome to Naruto's mind." Harry smiled
Iruka remained silent and blank faced for a while before, "WHAAAAAAA?"
End Flashback
"First impressions are never usually accurate, heh!" Harry chuckled, "So basically I told him what I just told you all know now. After that, Iruka proved himself to be very trustworthy to me. But I warned him, to never repeat of what he had learned to anyone, in order to protect Naruto. He kept his promise, and he, Naruto and myself grew more close than ever before. Since then, Iruka provided Naruto and I with a small amount of useful tools that contributed to Naruto's career as a shinobi. Including several scrolls about chakra control." Harry winked towards Iruka, earning a small smile from him.
"But everything began to change when the Chunin Exams came to turn several months later. That was the time when Naruto and I began to lose control over our secrecy. In Naruto's First Exam, he used a spell to steal the answers from Ibiki Morino's copy of the test paper during the writing portion of the test. Before that, Naruto caught the scent of the serpent coming from Kabuto Yakushi and the late Otogakure genin team. Naruto was able to smell out this scent, because I used to be a Parselmouth, a person who has or once did have the ability to converse with snakes. At least I did before I first died. Naruto must have inherited a mild trace of my old ability. He wrote his suspicions about Kabuto and the Sound nins down on his exam paper to warn the higher authority I believe, correct?"
Sarutobi's eyes opened wide at this: Ibiki did report this exam to him, and later questioned Naruto about it before the prelims of the Third Exam. The answer he got was that Naruto smelled snakes coming from Kabuto, nothing more, nothing less. What else had Naruto been hiding from him?
"When Naruto and his teammates entered the Forest of Death for their second Exam, is where all this madness began. I believe you are all aware of the assault by Orochimaru, am I right?"
The council nodded. And he turned to Sarutobi with an apologetic look.
"I'm sorry, Hokage-sama, but Naruto lied to you about what happened in the Forest of Death. He told you that he used the Kyuubi's chakra against Orochimaru, resulting in another containment seal being thrown on top of his normal one, and Uchiha being infected with a Curse Mark of Heaven. That part is true, but what was not told to you was that Naruto passed out from Orochimaru's Five-Prong Seal, and in a desperate act, I continued to fight against Orochimaru, using Naruto's body. If I had been fast enough, I could've defeated the snake bastard and prevented the curse mark from forming on Uchiha's neck. Although I failed to destroy him, I didn't leave the bastard unscratched. I managed to put an incredibly powerful Bad-Luck Curse on him. Which I believe, is the reason how you survived in your fight against him later during the invasion. And it would also explain his lack of finesse and physical prowess in your fight. Does that explain things a lot more, Hokage-sama?"
It did make sense. This explained how Orochimaru's resurrected forms of the First and Second Hokage's deteriorated in mid-battle due to Sarutobi always somehow being one step ahead of his one-time pupil. This earned Sarutobi his victory over his old student, but also resulted in Orochimaru managing to injure him severely enough to require Tsunade's help.
"With the Snake Sannin gone, I stunned Sakura Haruno and rewrote both hers and Sasuke's memories of me fighting. I then transported them all to the Tower in the Forest. When we arrived Iruka was there waiting, being Team 7's messenger. He then helped me get the kid's proper help. From there, I relinquished my control over Naruto. Ever since Orochimaru meddled with the seal, Naruto's chakra system was unstable, making the most simple of chakra controls more difficult than what he was capable of. Thus, why he had displayed such unimpressive martial art prowess during the Third Exam's Preliminary match's. But then there was another incident that risked Naruto's delayed exposure to the world. Hayate Gekko, a good past friend of Naruto's had accidentally discovered our secret and became the second person to join the secrecy. For the month that ensued Hayate had Naruto trained in the art of swordsmanship. But unfortunately, he was killed by an assassin from Otogakure no Sato. Naruto was left devastated by his death..."
Kakashi stared unbelievably and berated himself for having been so rude to Naruto at Hayate's funeral, 'How could I not know about this? Kakashi, you idiot!'
"Thankfully, during the month of the Chunin Selection Exams, Hokage-sama was kind enough to call out for Jiraiya to help repair the damage seal. And Jiraiya also took the liberty of training Naruto for the Finals, because a certain someone disappeared without a trace, and didn't bother telling him where he was going and why." Harry reminded rather harshly.
The masked shinobi hung his head in shame as he remembered.
"A little while after the invasion of the village of Suna and Otogakure, Jiraiya took us along to retrieve Lady Tsunade and help heal the wounded Sandiame. When we rested at a hotel somewhere in the town of Pleasure Avenue, we did have a little run-in with Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki, the agents of the Akatsuki."
Everyone blinked at this and Sarutobi shook his head and checked his ear in case he didn't hear correctly, and asked, "I'm sorry, I must not have heard that right. Who did you run into and why?"
Jiraiya suddenly looked terrified and tried to signal Harry to shut up and disregard what he said, making threatening gestures of profane violence with his hands.
Harry ignored this and continued talking, "Kisame and Itachi of the Akatsuki, the organization of S-Ranked criminals on a mission to capture all of the tailed-demon containers, and possibly bring about a total takeover or destruction of the world as we know it... Why? Weren't you all caught up to speed on that?" Harry asked in a pleasant, innocent manner.
Everyone was completely silent until finally saying all together, "NO!"
Jiraiya face palmed himself in the face and the council got back into an argument once again, while Harry sat down in his chair and whistled 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' to himself.
Secrets of the Castle by John Williams
Everything was chaos for the next few minutes as Jiraiya had to explain his knowledge of the Akatsuki, earning several death-glares from Sarutobi for not informing him. The Hokage then decided that they discuss the matter after this meeting was over. And as soon as everyone was calmed down, they allowed Harry continue his story,
"As I was saying; Like any reasonably smart wizard his age, Naruto Disapparated and waited for them to disappear,"
"What does Dis-app-ara-" Chouza Akimichi tried to pronounce correctly.
Harry sighed again, "To Disapparate means to disappear and reappear somewhere else instantaneously, that requires a large amount of mental concentration to accomplish. Try thinking of an even more convenient Shushin no Jutsu and there's Apparation."
The council was even more fascinated at Harry's story by now and wrote down what interesting facts they could look into later.
"When we found Tsunade, we quarreled with Orochimaru and his assistant, Kabuto. Proving our suspicions of Kabuto to be true, that he was working for a serpent. When Naruto defeated Kabuto in the fight, he was briefly distracted by his victory, and Orochimaru took this opportunity to eliminate Naruto with his sword, Kusanagi, by piercing his lung. In order to prevent Naruto from dying I put all of my strength into healing, and thankfully Tsunade unknowingly assisted me. When Naruto's body awoke, it was my conscience that was in control. I must have put too much of my magic into healing Naruto's wound to the point where I accidentally possessed him again. Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Shizune immediately noticed Naruto's eyes were my green ones, and went on alert. I calmed them down in order to explained myself, and for the next several hours. And in time, I gained their trust, and they obtained mine as well. The two Sannin and Shizune, soon grew to care for Naruto as much as Iruka and myself cared for him. And were therefore, more than willing to help protect him by keeping our secret.
Jiraiya, despite the argument earlier, smiled at the memories of him and Naruto as they traveled the entire country together. He also smiled at how proud he felt when he realized that Naruto was so gifted.
"But this soon began to spiral out of our control. We never planned on letting this many people know about us. With more people knowing of our truth only risked our exposure to the world. And now that fear has become a reality. Our shared life had been severely jeopardized by Sasuke, who I've got to say has a pole stuck up so far up his arse, it should come out through his mouth and reach the stars."
Setsuna Haruno became estranged yet again, "Don't you dare insult the Uchiha!"
Kakashi about to shut her up, but Harry beat him to it.
"Or what? It's because of that bastard child, that my baby brother was almost murdered! That power-crazed looney almost cost the lives of other shinobi as well, in case you forgotten!"
Setsuna's husband came to her defense, "You and that demon are-"
"YOU DARE CALL MY NARUTO-CHAN A DEMON?" Harry roared at the couple, frightening them. "You yourself and many others are acting more like monsters by going out of your way to do him in. You also fail to realize that the Uchiha with his curse mark and lust for power literally turned him into demon at the Valley! He called upon the curse mark's power to completely cover him, and turned himself into what you should be calling a demon-child. His skin, hair, and body all turned demonic at the Valley, he even grew wings on his back, which would explain the rips in the back of his shirts lately, huh?" Harry ended with the question, leaving the council speechless when they were reminded of the Curse Marks unholy gifts."
The council turned mute and Harry continued.
"That precious Uchiha of yours was absolutely ruthless to Naruto; He tied him to a rock and tried to burn him alive, thrusted a Chidori through his bloody chest, beat his head into a rock, and you still choose his side?"
The council and others were surprised and repulsed at how detailed Harry explained the fight.
"What shocks me, what truly shocks me is that you can look at Naruto, who has worked since day one to help this village with his good ambitions, bravery and his immeasurable loyalty. And has suffered at the hands of this village, brought on by you fat-arsed civilians... and just not care... It's truly pathetic, that you are this blind and would go, out of your way, to make his life so miserable. All because you think that he's the Kyuubi in human form... Well let me ask you all this; if Naruto were truly the Kyuubi incarnate, wouldn't he have killed you all now, with all the power Kyuubi is said to wield, human or fox...?"
Everyone was left speechless for the umpteenth time after his rant, unable to excuse themselves for what has happened to the blonde after all these years.
"The Yondiame Hokage would be ashamed at what some of you had done and let happen." Harry said grimly.
He waited for a few minutes to let his words sink in, and he sighed, "Well, I suppose that is it. That's everything I can explain to you all... Naruto may be a wizard, but I can assure all of you, that he will not turn his back to this village. Nor will he ever use his powers for any evil intent, whatsoever. That's how I've raised him to be. It is never our abilities that define us for who we truly are, it is our choices."
Harry's words cut deep into the minds of the people around him.
Some few civilians still held true to their beliefs on Naruto. Danzo in particular, still upset at being humiliated by the wizard earlier, did not change his ideals about Naruto or Harry.
Then Sarutobi asked the question everyone had been wanting to ask, "What is it that you want, Potter-san?"
Harry looked at the Hokage, with earnest eyes, "Naruto and I only wish to live, nothing else."
Danzo reserved himself carefully and decided to start what he wanted to do to the Jinchuuriki, and spoke out charismatically, "Very well... Before we do that, we will have to study you and Naruto a little bit further. We will have to schedule an analysis in and chemical testing on you two in Lab-"
"Absolutely not." Harry growled at Danzo threateningly, "There will be no experimentation done on my brother, Danzo-sama."
He spoke out with emphasis on the sama bit. As if he were questioning Danzo's seat of authority. He and Naruto hadn't forgotten about what they heard Danzo say to one of his soldiers. He desired to destroy Naruto.
"What was that?" the old war-hawk questioned.
"There is no need for any analysis, I'm sure." Harry insisted forcefully, leaking a tiny bit of his own killing intent, that made everyone forcefully shiver as if the room had dropped several degrees.
Danzo was strangely unaffected and said with unfitting authority, "It is in the best intentions, for the sake of the village, that a proper investigation should be put into this 'magic' the two of you have."
Harry rebuked his intentions, "I don't think so."
"Why the hell not?" the war hawk demanded.
"If you intend to learn of all of our secrets, you may as well steal the secrets of the other shinobi clans, in order to even the score. Magic is a genetic trait, that is passed down from one generation to the next and has it's own secrets, not very different from how a Kekkei Genkai is used and passed down and kept secret. What else do you think you should know about us?"
Danzo hesitated, unable to make a rebuttal quick enough.
"Beside's, I told you all everything that you need to know. The only reason why I chose to possess Naruto's body, is so I can prove to you all that neither I nor Naruto wish any harm to the village. And I'm doing this to ensure Naruto will be safe from harm from the village. If I hadn't intervened, you all might have done the worst to him."
Harry stood up and looked at everybody in the room.
"Co-existence is my only intention to you all... That is, to all of you with the shared common sense as myself, Iruka, the late Hayate Gekko, Sandiame-sama, and the Sannin here..." Harry reasoned, growing tired of arguing with this megalomaniac.
"Unacceptable." Danzo insisted, refusing to listen to Harry's reasoning.
Then Sarutobi began to get pissed at Danzo's spontaneous meddling, "That is not your decision to make, Danzo! It is my decision, as the Hokage, to determine the fates of Naruto as well as Sasuke. And speaking of Sasuke... I am very sure that he will not be loyal to the village after everything that has happened. Had he been a true friend and comrade, he would not have sold Naruto out to save himself so cowardly. If he were to be granted freedom (which he does not deserve) he will most assuredly betray us all again. The punishment will remain the same as it should."
Another civilian spoke out, regardless of the previous fact that they had no say in shinobi affairs, and voiced Sasuke's importance.
"No! Sasuke Uchiha is the only person in this village who truly possesses the Sharingan. Sending him to prison will not repopulate his clan or the Sharingan healthily!"
"The Uchiha clan is not the most important thing to this village!" Sarutobi said, absolutely tired of hearing the villagers talk about nothing else but the Uchiha clan.
Danzo spoke out to support the civilians, but with actual reason in his argument this time, "The Sharingan is still a very valuable weapon to the village. Beside's Hokage-sama, perhaps maybe we can help Sasuke, instead of punish him. Might I suggest that we send him to the Land of Fire's National Ninja Rehabilitation Clinic?" Danzo presented calmly.
Sarutobi's eye's widened in realization, as Danzo continued, "If we send Sasuke there, he can interact with other attendees from our village that he can relate to. He will be in a very open environment, that is healthy for him. He can let loose his pent up aggression, frustration, and hopefully his blood-lust will be forgotten in the time he spends there. And hopefully he will return to the village more loyal and corrected than ever before."
Everyone except Kakashi, Iruka, Shizune, the Sannin, Harry, and the clan leaders looked accepting to this 'alternative punishment'.
"It's a win-win situation on both ends, Sarutobi. Naruto will be out of harms way (regardless of how much I wouldn't want that) and Sasuke will be away from harm, learning to rejuvenate himself and create a stronger desire to stay here with us and away from Orochimaru... With luck, he could forget his vengeance all together, but that is a stretch to say so soon. Besides, we wouldn't want to give him a reason to hate the village do you, Hiruzen?"
Sarutobi, suddenly, looked remorseful and defeated, thinking of something only the elders had any knowledge about.
"... Perhaps... you might actually be right with this decision..."
Sarutobi shocked the rightful minds of the people of in the chamber as another low boom of thunder was heard, "But we shall discuss Sasuke later... Right now, we must deal with Potter-san and Naruto."
Danzo smiled slightly as he thought, 'If I cannot destroy Uzumaki now, I shall bide my time. So I can help Sasuke learn to control himself well enough, and have him do it for me. Heheh, he and I are so very much alike...'
Sarutobi looked over to Harry in the center chair, ready to decide what he should do for Naruto a long, long time ago. For far too long, has he not done enough to protect the boy during his childhood. Now, he felt he must do what he felt was right, and correct what he had failed to do for the boy he loved as his first grandson.
He cleared his throat and said, "Harry Potter, I understand what it is that you want for your brother and yourself, and after listening to you today, I must agree."
"Hokage-sama, we don't think this is-" one still vindictive civilian tried to stop,
"You will be silent! They have done nothing wrong, and do not intend to do any such thing in the future." Sarutobi insisted.
"Having a sorcerer as an asset to the village would be most wise. Instead of having a Sharingan wielder with a history of treason, we have a loyal and very powerful wielder of an extraordinary art from another world." said Shibi Aburame, speaking for the very first time in the entire meeting.
The other members of the shinobi council could not deny Shibi's logic. And the civilians could not decide on anything, and after seeing how angry Sarutobi got when something was kept from him, they would not even dare to try and work behind his back ever again.
Sarutobi glanced across both ends of the table. Everything had been taken care of to his satisfaction. Everyone knew all they needed to know, and thankfully every shinobi accepted Naruto despite his newly discovered abnormality. Proving that the Will of Fire burned white hot in the hearts of his village shinobi. Though it did not hold true to the civilians or Danzo.
"It is decided," Sarutobi informed, "From this day forth, I am stating a newly enforced law: Naruto Uzumaki and his spiritual companion Harry Potter are now under the protection of Konohagakure no Sato. Should Naruto or Harry or anyone who kept Naruto's secret be harmed or mistreated in any way, shape, or form, including the persons Iruka Umino, Jiraiya, Tsunade, or Shizune, will be punished by means of life imprisonment or execution. Depending on how severe whatever harm is done. And don't think I will not find anyone who breaks this law, I will find any of you, even if you hide, disguise yourself, or even leave the village. You can bet on it." Sarutobi threatened the civilians in particular.
Harry stood up to bid his ague for now, and gave Danzo a present from him personally.
"Before I go for now, I would like to say something." Harry announced, everyone turning his attention to him.
Harry turned to Danzo, "Danzo. I took you're behavior towards my brother with a grain of salt from the moment I had to put up with you," Harry said with a fake tone of kindness in his voice, as he began to rant smartly, "As I had to listen to your irritating remarks and immature indifference's towards us, I have decided to stop dumping the salt onto my attitude towards you, and all together chose an alternative way to deal with you, if I ever have to again. And here it is:"
Harry then flicked his wrist, and suddenly, a zipper appeared, attached to Danzo's mouth, completely zipped up.
Panicking, Danzo tried tugging and pulling the zipper off his face with his only arm. Not having the common sense to pull the zipper open. He struggled in his chair and almost fell off of it and to the floor painfully.
"If you want Cyclops here to shut up, feel free to ask me or Naruto anytime you want."
Sarutobi and the rest of the shinobi in the chamber chuckled and snorted at Harry's jinx, realizing it to be a joke. But the civilians and Danzo were not in the least bit amused, not to mention frustrated beyond belief at the fact that they could no longer do anything. Harry then flicked his wrist again and the zipper vanished. Danzo could breath again, but due to his old age, and being denied from breathing for awhile, found himself too exhausted to roar in outrage. And instead chose to glare at Harry/Naruto with pure hatred for this humiliation.
(A/N: Please don't be too distracted by this, I thought since some of you guys want Danzo to have justice served to him, I decided to force it down his throat.)
Harry now became serious once again as soon as the hilarity of his brief antics died away, "Thank you Hokage-sama. But this cautious, unwelcoming environment might never allow Naruto the freedom you promise. Several of the people in this room, have gone out of their way to condemn this poor child-victim into more suffering and maltreatment. And for what reason? Because he is different? Because he is a Jinchuuriki? Or does it simply give the villagers some sweet satisfaction to inflict harm upon an innocent human being?" He primarily asked the civilians.
"If you all could be so kind as to leave us be, not bother us for magic, we'd greatly appreciate it. And we shall leave you alone, too." he put out, "I'm fully aware at what Naruto and I are capable of doing, but we choose not to abuse our power. For we do not wish to become the monsters, which you so wish to accuse of us of being. Isn't that right?
Harry questioned, getting no answer, "... I would advise you all to not step further than your boundaries given, and we shall not step beyond ours. Danzo and you civilians;"
Harry glared right into Danzo's only good eye and gave him a look that hinted that he knew what he intended to do to his little brother and made the old man open his eye a little bit as if he could read his mind, "I should warn you all that I'm not one to offer second chances..."
Harry faced the rest of the council and then said, "Farewell."
Harry concluded his communications, feeling that his mission was a success and his facial features began to revert back into Naruto's by turning into multi-colored dust and evaporating into nothing. Naruto's blonde hair, blue eyes, and tan skin all returned back to normal. Harry's temporary control over Naruto had ended, causing Naruto to fall back into his seat softly. His eyes turned back into blue, showing the blonde was back in control of his body. Harry's memories of the meeting soon became Naruto's, with the help of one of Harry's spells, as Sarutobi began to finally concluded this agonizingly long meeting that lasted for several hours.
"Huh?" Naruto moaned as the memories flooded into his brain and he returned to reality.
"From this day forth, I shall now declare that magic is an official Kekkei Genkai of our village, Konohagakure no Sato. I myself will fully evaluate Naruto's capabilities as a wizard, and will schedule an appointment to test his levels of prowess and strength in his magic. And it will be fully registered into the shinobi program. Furthermore, no discriminative behavior can be inflicted upon Naruto or anybody that has any relations to him, both alive and deceased. That is my final word on this subject for today. Anyone who wants to say so otherwise, can keep their mouth shut about it and kiss my keister."
Naruto heard all of this, breathing with difficulty at the reality of what had happened. The civilians made their ways out through the side doors of the chamber. While the shinobi were still in their chairs, trying to figure out how to explain this to their friends, family and colleagues. Sarutobi looked over towards Naruto, with caring concern in his face and eyes at seeing his blonde grandson struggling to keep himself on his chair.
"Naruto-kun, will you want some help getting back to the hospital?" he offered kindly.
But Naruto didn't hear him. He could barely even think straight. His secret had just been made known to the council, it was only a matter of minutes before the entire village would find out about him.
The only thing that went through his mind, caused him to react the second he thought it: Run.
Born to Darkness, Part 2 by Elliot Goldenthal
He jumped out of his seat without his much needed crutches and sprinted away from the council and his family.
Iruka, Kakashi, Tsunade, Shizune, Jiraiya and Sarutobi all reached out towards the fleeing blonde and cried in unison, "Naruto, NO! WAIT!"
But the blonde did not listen as the double-door entrance magically slammed open for him. He ran down the halls so quickly, the pictures on the walls all blended together in a single color. The final set of doors opened for him, as he ran outside and into the forests, as a terrible thunderstorm commenced. He ignored Harry's voice, telling for him to stop as he kept running into the forests. He wanted nothing more than to run away from his problems before it could get any worse. And just never stop running.
To Be Continued...
THAT-WAS-LONG! 28 pages on Microsoft Works Word Processor. And took almost a full month to write in my free time when I'm not studying, without my beta reader.
I'm sorry if it seems pretty repetitive at times or anything but there you have it, Chapter 5. Exposition.
Wanna hear something funny? While I wrote some of this, I was actually watching the extended version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on ABC Family, starting at the Quidditch World Cup scenes. Lol! I thought it would help drive me. And it worked, too.
Next Time: Will Naruto's teachers and friends be able to catch him? Who knows?
So until next time, Reviews Please!