Sage Mode and Magic Chapter 5: A New Wand, a Harry Potter + Naruto Crossover fanfic

OK. Can SOMEBODY tell me why my underlines are disappearing every other time I save chapters?

Thanks for the votes on the poll! In the end, when I started preparing this chapter, it was a tie between three woods. However, only one of those woods was a preference of mine, so I'm using it. The other two woods I wanted that weren't in the top three were English Oak and Vine.

For English Oak: "A wand for good times and bad, this is a friend as loyal as the wizard who deserves it. Wands of English oak demand partners of strength, courage and fidelity. Less well-known is the propensity for owners of English oak wands to have powerful intuition, and, often, an affinity with the magic of the natural world..." I thought this wand matched Naruto really well.

For Vine: "Vine wands are among the less common types, and their owners are nearly always those witches or wizards who seek a greater purpose, who have a vision beyond the ordinary and who frequently astound those who think they know them best. Vine wands seem strongly attracted by personalities with hidden depths... Reliable sources claim that these wands can emit magical effects upon the mere entrance into their room of a suitable owner, and this has been noted to have occured twice within Ollivanders Wand Shop." This wand matches Naruto's unpredictability perfectly, as well as Naruto's high ideals, and I loved the idea of an almost forgotten wand shuddering and producing sparks when Ollivander finally heads further back into his shop.

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When Naruto entered the wand shop, he found... nobody. The main room was very small; most of the shop seemed to be overflowing with the little boxes of wands that made up the back hallways. The small desk near the entrance to the back had nobody behind it.

When the door closed, a chime sounded. Startled, and still looking for the owner of the shop, Naruto spun around and looked at and behind the door. However, nobody was there; only a small bell that was connected to the door frame. Relieved, Naruto turned around to be face to face with a man.

Startled, Naruto jumped back, remembering not to wall-walk since he was in a place with people unused to chakra, and hit the door. He then, out of instinct, reached to his leg pouch, only to realize this must be the shopkeeper.

"I've been wondering if you were going to arrive, mister Uzumaki," the old man said, "I am Ollivander, and I can see that, for a self-taught young boy, you'll need a strong wand." With that, Ollivander started heading to the back of the shop.

"T-thanks Mr. Ollivander. But, how did you know my name?"

"Dumbledore sends me a letter with the names and descriptions of all potential student customers," he replied, running his fingers along some boxes, "You're the boy Harry met in the graveyard, and used accidental magic to distract the Death Eaters long enough to escape."

"Uhhh. Sure, whatever Dumbledore said." At first, Naruto was confused. Why wouldn't Dumbledore tell him I'm from a Ninja world? Wait, that must be it! He must not want people to know about it! I better remember his version of what happened in the graveyard.

"Ah! Here we are." Naruto saw that Ollivander had selected a wand. "Try this one. Blackthorn and Unicorn hair, twelve inches, rather bendy. The wand of a balanced warrior." With that, he handed Naruto a knotted wand. Before Naruto had a chance to flick it, it was snatched out of his hands. "Nope! Not that one. No matter, we'll just keep going."

Half an hour later, Naruto was bored out of his mind. He'd tried what must have been thousands of wands, ranging in length, flexibility, core, wood, and specialties, but none of them worked. However, during this search, Ollivander seemed to freeze at a shelf. "Is it possible..." he muttered to himself. Naruto noticed he was looking at a shelf about his height, about five to seven feet into the back, on the left side. He reached up, and carefully pulled a box out from the bottom. When he returned to the front, Naruto noticed the box seemed old and very dusty. Almost sacredly, Ollivander placed the box on the desk, opened it, and gingerly offered the wand to Naruto.

Before grabbing it, Naruto noticed the fine craftsmanship. The wand was about 10.5 inches, painted onyx black, and had a white cloth wrapped around the grip. Below the grip was a sphere, just a little wider than the handle. The other end, unlike the other wands, was a little more like an oval than a circle, and the long side of the oval was almost double the width of the handle. It almost gave Naruto the impression of a standard Kunai, but thinner and without an edge.

When he grabbed the handle, Naruto immediately felt something, a connection to this wand. Ollivander was shocked at the change. He felt the ambient magic inside the shop move into the wand and from there into Naruto. The boys eyes became golden with a rectangular pupils, and he gained what seemed like an orange mask around his eyes. Naruto was surprised at this as well. He wasn't being perfectly still, but had entered a Perfect Sage Mode! Does that mean that he can use his wand to gather Mana any time he wanted?

"Merlin's beard! This is the strangest reaction I've ever seen come from a wand whose chosen its wizard! But the wand itself is a curiosity."

"Pardon me, but what's curious about it?"

Lost in memory, Ollivander took the wand back and gazed on it. I remember every wand I ever sold, Naruto. I also remember when I made each wand, and how I got the materials. Your wand is one of the few I've ever made that used a thestral's tail hair.

"Thestrals, my dear boy, are skeletal winged horses. However, they can only be seen by those who have seen death, and are considered bad luck to the superstitious." At that point, Naruto remembered his childhood, how he was scorned and left alone because of superstitious people. "It is theorized that only wizards who have seen death can be accepted as the master of a wand with a thestral tail hair core. However, the one wand I've heard about that also has this core was incredibly powerful.

"But the core isn't the only odd thing about your wand. It's wood is made from Yew, ten and a half inches, and is rather rigid. This kind of wood will only accept unusual wizards who are destined for great things. Yew wielders are said to have power over life and death, and the core makes it tied more so with death. Yew wands have a fearsome reputation when it comes to curses and duels.

There are two types of wizards that normally are chosen by Yew wands. Another wand made from the very same log as yours was sold to the one who gave Harry Potter his scar, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. He was destined for greatness, like Yew says, but in the Dark Arts, another sign of the Yew. From what I've seen in you briefly, you must be a fierce protector of others. Treat this wand well, and you will protect those you care for from all harm."

Shocked at not just the qualities of his wand, which matched up to Naruto's past, as well as Kyuubi and his influence, very well, but of the fact that his wand and Voldemort's were cousins, Naruto could do nothing but stare at the wand for a long time. After a good while, Naruto took the wand back from Ollivander and put it in his leg pouch. "... Thank you sir. I promise to use this wand to protect my precious people."

"Now, as for the price, this wand is actually less expensive than many of my other wands. Few have ever paired with a thestral tail hair core here before, and this wand is very old."

After purchasing the wand, along with a book and supplies for how to take care of the wand, Naruto left. After the bell chimed, Ollivander gained a worried face. The only other time I sold a thestral tail hair wand to a student was ages go. That student stored it in a leg pouch as well...

When Naruto got back to his apartment, lunch was already waiting for him. After eating quickly, Naruto looked over at the large stack of books, then turned to look at the booklist again. Well, I might as well start with First Year books. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Surprisingly, it was easier to create Shadow Clones outside the graveyard and Hogwarts. Could it be because Mana is more dense there than in other places? With that jutsu done, the room became almost too crowded with Narutos who quickly picked up various books, or shared books with others, and started reading.

After about half an hour, one of the clones decided to practice one of the spells it read. Pointing his wand at a practice target, the clone did the proper wand movement while uttering the incantation. "Wingardium Leviosa." The target spelled out "Levitation Charm", but didn't move an inch. Confused, the clone tried again. "Wingardium Leviosa." Again, he had the same result. Now focusing with everything he had, the clone yelled out the incantation "WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA!" Finally, the target rose into the air as the spellbook said.

"Can you keep it down please? Some of us are trying to read!" A few other Naruto's said, then punched the offending clone. However, doing so gave all the Narutos memories of what happened. Quickly, the clones scrambled for the remaining spell targets to check their wands using spells they only half-learned. The result for all of them were the same, Naruto had to focus hard and overpower his wand in order to produce the spells he wanted. With that knowledge, Naruto started the most boring and isolated study training of his life.

And that's the wand-gaining ceremony! I would have continued the chapter, but this seems like a good way to do a timeskip.

How did it go, and how do you like Naruto's wand? Weren't expecting thestral hair for the core, were you? I found out that it serves as the core to the Elder Wand while scanning the wikia.

Review Critiques:

If your desired wood didn't make it, that's a personal matter, not a life-or-death problem I must fix. Speaking of life-or-death, doesn't Naruto's current wand have that power?

The reason for Naruto's apparently weak wand will be explained next chapter. Don't give my any problems until you know the full story.

Peace out!

AnonymousGX