Summary: Naruto has another nightmare. While Itachi is holding him, he remembers how he met Naruto for the first time as an Anbu, child, and when he was a genin. Before he leaves the room, he tells a joke then laughs. Creepy. Now, what trouble will Naruto be getting into? (Evil laughter with sounds of destruction in the background) X3
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, the Harry Potter series, or any of the characters. They belong to their respective owners.
Warnings: Out of character, boy x boy relationships, yaoi, language, extreme humor in this chapter
Pairings: Sakura x Lee, Ino x Chouji, Tenten x Neji, Hinata x Kiba, Temari x Shikamaru, Tsunade x Jiraiya, Iruka x Kakashi, Kurenai x Asuma, Zabuza x Ibiki, Haku x Gaara
Possible Future Pairings: Naruto(uke) x Sasuke, Kankurou x Shino, Hermione x Ron, Malfoy x Harry, Anko x Itachi, and maybe Gai x Shizune. I might do Remus x Sirius as was requested, but it probably won't happen until way later in the story.
A/N: I'M SO SORRY!! My parents banned me from my computer because I have a couple of C's on my progress report. Stupid school. As an apology to all of my loyal readers, I made this chapter really long. It has something like nine thousand words. I won't be able to update for another week or two at least since I'm still grounded. There may be a lot of mistakes, but I had to hurry before my parents come back since I snuck onto my computer. I'll go back and fix the mistakes later. Hopefully I can update really soon. Please continue to review. Thank you for your support and once again, I apologize for not updating. School is evil, stupid school. I hope you like the chapter.
'Call me cute and you die.' --Demon talking/usually the Kyuubi, sometimes Shukaku
'Stop reading my mind' --thoughts
"Shut up, stop talking." --speech
"Ohayou. Buenos dias. Bonjour." --different language other than English/usually Japanese
"This is a note, pass it on." --notes, letters, written things, etc...
Chapter Twelve: WTF? Kakashi's Early?
Gaara sat and quietly watched Haku sleeping next to him. Naruto was curled in his arms, his face buried into his shoulder as he snored softly. Sasuke had stayed up a little while after Itachi left, doing some of his homework while he thought. Gaara smiled softly as Haku shifted in his sleep.
There were definite advantages to staying awake all the time. 'If you weren't his boyfriend then you would make one creepy stalker. And please stop with your fantasies otherwise I'll take control so I can get some relief.' '...' Gaara smirked when Shukaku growled viciously. 'It's not my fault that you snoop where you aren't welcomed. I thought we agreed that you would stay out of that part of my mind.' 'Shut up. We need to talk to Kyuubi. If anyone would know how to fix Naruto, than the fur ball should.' Gaara nodded as he looked down at Naruto's sleeping face. For the rest of the night, he sat in silence, the only noises were those of sleep and the occasional bug returning from their midnight exploration.
Naruto woke up before every one else, excluding Gaara who had never went to sleep. He looked around for a moment before snuggling deeper into the warmth that surrounded him. He shuddered as he recalled the memory he had experienced. If Kyu-nee-chan hadn't dragged him into her part of his mind, he would have relived some of his worst memories. But it seems that with the one he remembered, it had triggered something in his mind. He now remembered most of his childhood until just before he started the Academy. He also remembered Temari completely and could recognize at least half of the people he had seen in Dumbledore's office.
"Gaara-nii, where are my clothes?" Gaara gently placed him on the bed next to Haku, who was just waking up, so he could stand. After searching for a few minutes, he found Naruto's shrunken robes. "Here you go Naruto. Can you dress yourself, or do you need help?" Naruto pouted as he took his clothes. "Nii-san, I may have shrunk but I know how to dress myself." Naruto stuck his tongue out before he quickly changed into his robes. Haku chuckled, now fully awake as he climbed out of bed and stretched. "Naruto, did you sleep well?" Haku smiled gently at Naruto, he was so cute with his hair all messed up so that it stuck out at all angles. "I've had better. Haku, did you sleep well?" Haku nearly jumped in excitement, Naruto knew who he was. "Yes I did. Do you want to come with me and get some breakfast?"
Naruto grinned as a mischievous gleam came into his eyes. "I need to wake Teme first." Before Haku or Gaara could stop him, Naruto had jumped onto Sasuke's bed and bellowed into the sleeping boy's ear. "TEME! SOMEONE TOOK A PICTURE OF YOU NAKED AND THEY'RE SELLING IT TO YOUR FAN GIRLS!" Sasuke had shot straight up and was halfway across the room when he stopped. He slowly turned around so he could stare at the laughing heap that was Naruto.
Naruto quickly pulled out a camera and snapped a picture of Sasuke's glaring face, escaping through the door while Sasuke blinked in surprise. He flew down the stairs, crashing into Temari halfway to the exit of the common room. "Temari, save me! Sasuke's trying to kill me!" Naruto turned tear-filled eyes up to Temari who blinked a few times before a dark cloud surrounded her. "Don't worry Naruto-kun, I won't let him hurt you. Do you want to eat breakfast with me?" Naruto wiped away his tears before he nodded.
Temari picked him up and carried him to the Great Hall, her dark aura scaring anyone away. Naruto hid a smile as he looked over her shoulder. Seeing Sasuke, he stuck his tongue out before looking up at Temari. "Ne, will there be ramen?" Temari smiled fondly down at him. "Sorry, but I don't think there will be. Now, you are going to eat. Do you understand?" Naruto nodded, he had seen Temari give Gaara the same look when he had refused to drink his milk. No one messed with Temari if she gave them that look. Instead of sitting at down at the Slytherin table, she sat next to Sakura at the Ravenclaw table.
"Good morning Sakura. I hope you don't mind if we sit here. We're trying to avoid a certain raven-haired person." Sakura smiled, moving over so Naruto could sit down on the bench instead of in Temari's lap. "I know you don't I?" Sakura looked down at Naruto, unable to stop herself from smiling. Inner Sakura was screaming about how cute he was and she had to agree. Naruto looked absolutely adorable. "You do Naruto-kun. But it's okay if you can't remember right now." Nodding at her logic, he pulled himself into her lap and began to stare at the food.
Sakura was slightly surprised, but turned to Temari and mouthed, 'Cute.' Temari nodded in silent agreement. "Troublesome." Naruto turned to look at the newest person to join them. Shikamaru sat down across from Temari, pulling a plate towards him as he yawned again. "Shikamaru, everything is troublesome to you." Shikamaru turned sleepy eyes on Temari before he smirked. "Not everything is troublesome." Temari blushed while Sakura covered Naruto's eyes with her hand. Naruto pushed her hand away and pouted. "I'm not a little kid you know. After all, I managed to trick the lazy genius into asking Temari out so there." Naruto stuck his tongue out before he jumped.
Owls had flown into the hall, dropping off letters and packages. A stunningly silver grey owl landed in front of Naruto, sticking his leg out so he could take the note that was tied to it. Smiling at the bird, he removed the note and fed it a piece of bacon before it flew away. Opening it, he frowned.
Naruto, it seems that I will be unable to accompany you to your morning classes. I need to write lesson plans since it seemed to have slipped Kakashi's mind. I will meet you at lunch. So, can you stay with Gaara during the day?
Itachi
Naruto frowned before he smiled. If Itachi couldn't watch him in the morning, then he would spend it with the people he was supposed to know. Hopefully, he would remember them if he spent time with them. Tucking the note into his robe he looked over at the teacher's table where Itachi was sitting, quietly talking to Kakashi who looked like he was still asleep.
"Ne, Sakura-chan. Do you know what my first class is?" Sakura thought for a moment then shook her head. "I don't, but Kiba will. Why don't we ask him?" Nodding, Naruto jumped out of her lap and ran over to where Kiba was sitting talking to the twins. "Ne, Kiba. What's my first class? Sakura-chan said you would know." Kiba turned to look at Naruto in shock before he nodded. "We have History of Magic with Ravenclaw first. Then it's DADA, Charms, Care of Magical Creatures with Slytherin, then lunch." "Thanks Kiba. Can you get my books for me? I don't remember where the common room is and I don't want to get lost. Besides, I have to do something before class."
Kiba stared after Naruto as he ran off, blinking when Sakura tapped him on the shoulder. "I don't think he actually remembers you, but it does seem that he knows that he knows us. From what I can tell, he's regained some of his memories. He remembers Shikamaru and Temari somewhat. I'll watch him during History; you'll have to watch him during DADA and Charms until you can hand him over to Gaara or Temari. It seems that Itachi can't watch him this morning. I swear, Kakashi-sensei is absolutely hopeless. I doubt we will have any homework in his class, whatever it is. I better follow Naruto before he pulls a prank and gets a detention. From the glares Sasuke's been giving him, he must have done something this morning."
Kiba nodded as Sakura left to chase the hyper-active blonde. "I guess I should get the blonde's things. I'll just have enough time to get there. See you guys. And remember, we still have to draw up the rules for our prank war Fred, George. Until then, no pranks. After all, it makes things more interesting if we catch our targets unaware." The twins grinned evilly as they nodded in agreement. This year was going to be fun, especially if they had competition.
Kiba made it into the classroom just before the bell rang. Sighing, he dumped Naruto's bag on the table in front of him and took a seat next to the blonde. Hermione was sitting next to Sakura talking about a class they had together. Their teacher wasn't here yet. "Hey, Harry. Is this class interesting?" Harry looked up from his drawing to give Kiba an amused look. "If you didn't get enough sleep, then this is the class you can use to catch up on it. I think Hermione is the only one that can stay more than half awake." Ron nodded in agreement. "But it's strange; Binns is usually here by now."
Just then, the door opened and Iruka walked in scratching his noise as he blushed faintly. "Sorry I'm late class. I had a hard time finding my lesson plans. Stupid pervert just wanted to stare at my ass while I looked under the bed." Iruka mumbled the last part under his breath as he glared at the floor. "Anyway, you can call me Iruka-sensei. I will only answer to that. I've been a teacher for the past eight years and all of my students have called me that. Now, we'll start the year off with a project. The whole class will be doing a reenactment of several trials. I'll break you up into three groups today and you can get to know each other if you already don't. Each month, we'll do a project. If the groups work out well, you'll stay in them for the whole year."
At this, Hermione raised her hand. "Iruka-sensei, will the groups be sorted by house, or will it be a mix of both?" Iruka smiled. "Ah, a very good question. Working well with your peers is important. So in this class, there will be no houses, only students. The ability to work with others is essential. Especially during times of unrest. You will have to learn to work with others sooner or later, since when you get a job you will have colleagues to work with. Now, I'll place you in groups so line up over by the wall."
The class stood and did as they were told. Iruka studied how they lined up, friends separating in hopes of being paired together. It took about fifteen minutes for him to sort the class into three groups. Harry was glad that he had been grouped with Ron and Hermione. Neville was also in his group. He looked at the others in his group, wondering if Iruka had sorted them this way on purpose. Neji, Tenten, Sakura, Ino, Shikamaru, Kiba, and Naruto were the other members of his group. Hermione was talking to Sakura about whatever they had been talking about earlier. Ron was goofing off with Kiba and Neville was staring nervously at Naruto.
Harry couldn't observe the group further since Naruto had decided he wanted attention. "Iruka-sensei, did Kakashi-sensei make you late this morning?" Iruka nodded his head without really thinking. "Argh. I warned him. It's bad enough he's always late, but now he's making you late too." Naruto started to mumble under his breath as he pulled out a sketch pad and pencil. Opening to a blank page, he began to draw still mumbling darkly under his breath. Harry was surprised when Iruka paled at the sight of the sketch book. What could be so bad about it?
When the bell rang, Naruto packed his books away and jumped onto Kiba's back. "Hey, Kiba. Carry me. I don't want to get squashed." Kiba sighed. He had spent much of the class talking to Ino, Neji, and Shikamaru about Naruto. Tenten had chatted with Harry, Ron, and Neville, telling them stories about their village. She kept it simple and close to the truth. Kiba made sure to remember some of the things that she had said.
Having experience with the mind through her family's technique, Ino had been questioned by the three boys for the remainder of the class period. She listened to them as they told her what they had learned about Naruto this morning. The only answer she was able to come up with that they all agreed on was that during his sleep, Naruto's memories had surfaced in the form of a dream. Neji agreed to stay behind and speak to Iruka before he headed to his next class.
Kiba shifted his grip so Naruto was sitting on his shoulders, high above the crowd. This was one class that he had not been looking forward to. According to the twins, Umbridge was as mean as she was ugly. His point was proven when Hermione and Harry had been shot down by her. Naruto had been dozing off, but when Umbridge gave Harry a detention, he had stood up with cold eyes. "This class is supposed to prepare us to fight. Do you think an enemy will wait while you try to remember the exact way your suppose to cast a spell, or what it's weakness is suppose to be? It is this kind of naive teaching that can get us killed. I may not have been here last year, but I've heard enough to know that this kind of teaching will get us killed."
"Mr. Uzumaki, you do not know what you are talking about. Please sit down and be quiet unless you would like to join Mr. Potter in detention." Naruto refused to move, his icy stare burning a hole into her eyes. She flinched when his eyes grew so dark they were almost black. "Don't speak of things you know nothing about. Have you ever fought for your life with the odds against you? Did you watch a friend die in front of your eyes? This method of teaching is useless. How would you react if you were caught in a surprise attack? The only way to prepare for these situations is by going through them. You need to teach the body to respond before you train the mind."
Professor Umbridge huffed up in indignation. "Enough. You will be joining Mr. Potter in a detention with me, now come here both of you." Harry reluctantly stood up and walked to the front, Naruto stalking behind him with his arms crossed in defiance. Umbridge wrote something on a piece of paper before handing it to Harry. "Take this to Professor McGonagall, both of you." Naruto stalked out of the room, stopping at the door long enough to turn to look at Umbridge. "Denying the truth will lead to nothing but trouble. I'll be sure to send a letter to your boss. After all, I'm sure he does not want to risk going to war with all the trouble that is going on here." Professor Umbridge opened her mouth to snap back but Naruto and Harry were already gone.
Professor McGonagall sighed when she read the note. "Potter, it would probably be best if you tried to stay out of trouble in her class. Remember who she is working for. And Uzumaki..." "Naruto." "Naruto, telling her that the way she teaches is unrealistic is something you should simply not do." "Professor McGonagall, this is common sense. With Voldemort back, our generation will be caught in the war that will surely follow. Would you send us out to battle ill prepared, just waiting to be killed, or would you rather send us into battle confident that we would be able to at least defend ourselves long enough to escape or for help to arrive?"
That stopped her from speaking. "Honestly, I agree with you Naruto. But the Ministry of Magic refuses to acknowledge the Dark Lord's return. All I can say is that do the best you can and put up with her. Now, you had better go to your next class. I do not want to see either of you again with a note from her. Do you understand?" Naruto and Harry nodded. "Good. And try to stay out of detention. I'm sure you don't want to spend more time with her then you have to. Go to class, if you hurry you shouldn't be late." Smiling, she waved the boys from her office.
In Charms, Ron, Hermione, and Kiba cornered the two boys and began to question and scold them. Naruto had shrugged and wandered off to talk to Professor Flitwick, leaving Harry alone. "I'll tell you guys about it later. For now, can we not talk about it?" Sighing, the three backed off. Harry gave a small sigh of relief, he knew that they would start up again later but for now he was free.
Charms passed by quickly, the most interesting thing that happened was when Naruto accidentally caused all of the furniture in the room to start tap dancing. It took Professor Flitwick nearly half an hour to undo the spell. By then, class was over and they had no homework except to practice their spells.
Kiba was grinning like mad, excited about their next class. Naruto was sitting on his shoulders again as Kiba carried him, following Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Harry was worried when he saw Professor Grubby-Plank waiting for them next to Hagrid's hut. "Okay class, gather round. Today we will be learning about animal familiars. In some parts of the world, they are also known as summon animals. Now, can anyone tell me what animals they might be?" Naruto's hand shot up. And to the surprise of the class, Hermione's stayed down. "Yes little boy."
Naruto pouted. "I'm not a little boy. Stupid potions." "Forgive me. Can you answer the question?" "Hai. A summon animal can be several things. There are frogs, dogs, snakes, raccoons, foxes, gorillas, slugs, weasels, and a whole lot more that I haven't seen. You also need to sign a contract with the summon boss if you want to be able to summon one. And each contract is made with only one group of animals." "Very good. Thirty points to Gryffindor. Now, sadly I have not signed a contract with one of these animals so I can't show you."
The class groaned in disappointment. "Ne, Professor, I can show the class. Or you could ask Kakashi-sensei, Sasuke-teme, or Temari." Sasuke glared at the blonde. They weren't suppose to show any jutsus. Naruto smiled and ignored his glare. "Yeah right. You're probably just saying that to get attention." Sasuke turned to glare at Malfoy. Naruto only pouted before an evil grin slipped onto his face. He ran so he was standing next to the lake, too far out of sight for any of the students to see what he was doing. There was a shout and a large cloud of smoke. When the smoke cleared, Naruto was sitting on top of Gamabunta's head as he watched the class.
"Brat, where are you? I thought I told you not to summon me when I'm sleeping." Gamabunta took a puff off of his pipe before promptly choking on it as he caught sight of the small blonde sitting on his nose. Naruto was flung into the lake as the frog boss jerked forward. Seeing the blonde go flying, Gamabunta shot his tongue out to catch the small child. Once the boy was safely placed on his head again, he hopped over to the class. "Alright, someone had better explain. Raccoon boy or snake boy, I don't care, just start talking."
"You can speak English?" Kiba stared at the huge frog, wondering why he hadn't spoken in Japanese. "Duh mutt. I can speak any language that my summoner knows, and since it's Naruto who summoned me, I can speak about seventy or so if you count the weird ones and the different dialects. Now, can someone tell me why I was summoned by the smaller than normal brat?" By now the whole class was staring in awe, including Malfoy.
Sasuke glared for a moment before he spoke. "The Dobe summoned you because we are learning about summon animals, also known as animal familiars in these lands." "Ah, so I'm at Hogwarts am I? Haven't been here in a long time. Brat, you could of at least warned me that you would be going to Hogwarts." "Nani? Teme, tell the big frog to put me down. He's part of Ero-sennin's evil conspiracy." By now, the class had gotten over their shock and was now flocking around the large frog. He stayed still for a moment before he growled (Can frogs growl?) and disappeared with a pop and a lot of smoke. A few of the girls screamed when Naruto plummeted to the ground.
Gaara suddenly raised his hands, sending a large wave of sand to catch the falling boy. Naruto landed on the sand with a soft thump before he slid down in front of Gaara. His sand disappeared as he picked the small boy up. "Never do that again." Naruto was still too stunned to reply. Apparently by summoning the frog, he had regained several memories of his training with Jiriaya, including when he was thrown off a cliff. "Ah, I'm gonna kill that pervert. Why the hell did he have to throw me off a freakin' cliff? Wait until I get my hands on him." At this point Naruto started to mumble under his breath, a few words were caught by the students. They were somewhere along the lines of kill, torture, stab, sharp and pointy blades, pain, more pain, things being inserted in painful places, castration, and many others.
Most of the students didn't hear what he was saying and the few that were unfortunate enough to hear some of the words made a mental note to never piss off the blonde. "That was quite amazing. To be able to summon the boss at your age. Now, was that Gamabunta?" Naruto was too busy muttering to himself to answer. Sasuke shook his head and decided to answer for the blonde. "Yes, that was Gamabunta. Please ignore Naruto's earlier outburst. I'm going to assume he is remembering the first time he summoned Gamabunta during his training with his teacher." Professor Grubby-Plank nodded.
"You are lucky that you got to see him. Very few have enough magic to summon a boss at your age. Now, for your homework, I want you to write two feet on the different summon animals. You should include facts on at least five and you should know who the boss is for each summon. Okay, you're dismissed." The class was slow to leave since many of the students were crowded around Gaara and Naruto, asking questions. Gaara glared as he felt Naruto shaking in his embrace. It appeared that the blonde still didn't like being surrounded.
"Temari-nee-chan." Naruto whimpered out as he looked at Temari with his large puppy eyes. Gaara would have pouted if Haku hadn't placed a hand on his shoulder. Reluctantly, Gaara handed Naruto over to his sister. As soon as Naruto was in her embrace, Temari began to radiate her evil aura, causing the crowd to quickly disperse. "Naruto, do you want to eat lunch?" Naruto nodded, wrapping his arms around her neck and resting his head on her shoulder.
Temari had barely entered the Great Hall when Itachi approached them. Seeing him, Naruto grinned and started to talk about what had happened to him that morning. When he reached Umbridge's class, he scowled. "She looks like a frog, and that's creepy. Then she has the nerve to tell me that I don't know what I'm talking about and she gives me a detention. I'm gonna get her back so bad she won't know what hit her." Itachi's face grew dark as he listened to Naruto speak about the class that was supposed to teach him to defend himself against the darker side of the magical world.
Naruto was completely oblivious to this as he went on to describe what happened in Charms and Care of Magical Creatures. Itachi scolded Naruto when he learned that he had summoned Gamabunta. Naruto turned watery eyes on Itachi, causing the older Uchiha to sigh and give the small boy a hug. Those eyes really needed to be made illegal. Itachi decided to eat with Naruto at the teacher's table so he could eat in relative peace. "Ne, 'Tachi. What class are you teaching?" Itachi smiled down at Naruto as he said a single word. "Secret." "No fair. Stupid perverts and their conspiracies. I'll make you regret not telling me."
Sticking his tongue out, Naruto crawled under the table and ran over to sit with Sasuke. Itachi chuckled, not believing that Naruto could do anything. Iruka had heard the exchange and cringed inwardly. He had better warn Itachi. "Itachi-san, I don't know how well you know Naruto but I wouldn't take his threats lightly. He's already taken out his prank book for Kakashi. He only ever uses that book if he's thinking up an especially bad prank, usually reserved for revenge." Iruka shuddered as he remembered some of the pranks that had come out of that book.
Itachi stopped chuckling as he stared at Iruka with wide eyes. "You mean that beat up sketchpad with all of those drawings and details for various traps?" Iruka actually laughed. "Traps? If you were to rank them like jutsus, then they would all at least be low S-class. If you were to change the things used in them, then they can be used as traps. But their original purpose was that of pranks, and will always be for that sole purpose that they were made. You have my sympathy; I still remember what he did to me when he pulled out that book." Iruka shuddered at the memory and gave Itachi a sympathetic smile before he left to prepare for his next class.
Itachi lost his appetite as he remembered a few of the things that he had seen in that notebook. It had been written in a code so he hadn't been able to decipher how it was put together and what was used, but the diagrams and pictures made it perfectly clear what it was meant to do. Itachi had a really bad feeling about his future.
Naruto smiled from Sasuke's lap as he saw Itachi's pale face. Iruka must have said something to him to cause the stoic man to let his fear actually show. Smiling to himself, Naruto turned back to the plate in front of him, only to find it empty. Looking up, he saw Sasuke smirk as he ate the last piece of his steak. "Teme. That was mine." Sasuke's smirk grew even wider as Naruto pouted. Sighing, Naruto curled up into a ball and rested his head against Sasuke's chest. His eyes drifted shut as he slipped into a light doze.
Sasuke stared at the sleeping blonde in his lap. He was starting to worry. Naruto had been sleeping a lot before he had been chibi-fied and now he was sleeping even more. He would send a report to Tsunade, even if he had nothing to base his concerns on. Standing up, he cradled Naruto close to his chest as he walked with Temari to Kakashi's class. Temari had been concerned when Naruto had fallen asleep, agreeing with Sasuke that they should send the Hokage a report stating their concerns about the blonde.
Itachi looked around the classroom, surprised that everyone was there ten minutes before class was due to start. Naruto was still asleep in Sasuke's arms and Gaara was busy groping Haku in a dark corner in the back of the room. Naruto slowly woke up, feeling safe and warm. He pushed himself closer to the warmth as he blinked the last of his sleep from his eyes. He had dreamt about his academy days all the way to his first C-rank mission with Team 7. Naruto felt his jaw drop and his eyes grow impossibly wide when he saw Kakashi enter the classroom, rubbing the back of his head.
"Sorry I'm late, but I had to help a suit of armor find its missing helmet and then a black cat crossed my path so I had to take a different route." The class stared at him in disbelief before Hermione finally spoke. "You're not late, you're actually early." Kakashi's visible eye widened in horror before it rolled back in his head and he dropped in a dead faint. Naruto seemed to have recovered from his shock because he screamed at the top of his lungs. "No, the world's really going to end. First Gaara, then Itachi, now Kakashi. No, I'm too young to die. I haven't even pranked the ugly toad Umbridge."
Naruto's loud screaming woke Kakashi up as Sasuke finally recovered from his own shock. Sasuke chuckled as he realized what must have happened, Itachi was his proof. Kakashi had failed to show up for his first couple of classes and he walked into this class thinking he was late for his first class. Sasuke smirked even more as Kakashi rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. Itachi hid his own smirk as he looked down at the papers in his hands. Naruto was hyperventilating as he stared at Kakashi his eyes still wide.
"The enemy must have captured him and sent a spy in his place. Yeah, that's got to be it. There is no way that Kakashi would be early to a class; it has to be an imposter. If it's not an imposter then I must be having a nightmare. Yeah, I'll wake up any minute now." Naruto started to calm down as he thought of how he would wake up not remembering a thing. "Well, let's start class. Today we won't be doing anything since you aren't dressed for the lessons."
"Kakashi-sensei, I think you should introduce yourself and tell us what the class is." Sasuke glared at his teacher as he silently laughed. "Why Sasuke-kun, that's a great idea. You will call me Kakashi-sensei. Do not address me as Professor unless you want to experience a large amount of pain. A man that I respected greatly had the nickname of 'Professor' and I refuse to be address as such in honor of him. Now, in this class Itachi-sensei and I will be teaching you muggle fighting as well as how to use your magic without a wand to defend yourself. You will also be learning tactics, strategies, and a variety of other things. Now, does anyone have any questions?"
Malfoy scoffed as he stared at Kakashi in disdain. "Why should we learn muggle fighting Professor?" Sasuke grinned as Kakashi suddenly disappeared from sight, only to reappear behind Malfoy. He twisted the boy's arm up behind his back, stopping just short of dislocating it. "This is a warning; never call me anything other than sensei if you value your life." Kakashi gave one more twist before he released Malfoy. "How many of you have found yourself in a situation where you had been relieved of your wand?" Several hands went up, including Malfoy's.
"Now, how many of you would have been able to fight if you found yourself without a wand or another type of weapon other than yourself?" At this, only the new students raised their hands. "You guys don't have to raise your hands; I already know that you can. Because I know you know how to fight, you will help me teach the class. I will also have you guys demonstrate for the class. Yes Naruto." "Kakashi-sensei, are you going to help us train? I haven't practiced since we got here." Kakashi sighed as Naruto tilted his head. "Itachi and I will help you to perfect your taijutsu further, but for now you will have to settle for sparring with each other to keep in shape."
Naruto pouted before his eyes suddenly lit up and he pulled out his wand. Jumping out of Sasuke's arms, Naruto quickly waved his wand, transforming his robes into a pair of baggy black shorts and a black shirt with a nine-tailed fox stitched in red on the back. Running over to Itachi, he handed him his wand before turning to Kakashi. "Kakashi-sensei, can we spar? I haven't fought with you for a while." Kakashi's eye turned into the little upside down 'u' that said he was smiling behind his mask. "Okay Naruto, but we'll have to take this outside next to the lake."
Naruto nodded before he jumped onto Kakashi's back. "Sensei let's go." Itachi chuckled as he stood up and beckoned for the class to follow. "Kakashi, why not have this be a demonstration for the class. Have Naruto stick to only Academy moves since that is what his peers will be learning first." "That sounds good. You heard that Naruto, Academy moves only and hold back on your speed." Naruto groaned. "Fine, but I'll need to wear my weights if I'm going to slow down." Itachi suddenly started to laugh, causing Naruto to stiffen and turn terrified eyes onto him. "You wouldn't." More evil laughter was Itachi's answer.
Naruto gave the class a pitying look as he pulled on his wrist and ankle bands, performing a couple of hand seals before tapping each one. He fell over as he realized too late that he had set the weight for his normal body. Kakashi sighed as he looked at Naruto. "Naruto, how much did you set them to?" "I didn't even make them that heavy, I only set each of them at a hundred." The class stared in shock at Naruto as he laid staring at the sky. Even Sasuke looked slightly surprised. "That's what I thought. How much were your weights when you were six?" Naruto thought for a moment before he spoke. "They were each twenty five. I couldn't handle anything heavier since it put too much stress on my body since I was so small."
Kakashi nodded as he tapped Naruto's weights, resetting them for the boy. "I think I'll have you keep your weights on as a reminder of just how strong you actually are. Now, Academy moves only and don't go too fast. I'll stick to the same. And taijutsu only, nothing else. Do you understand?" Naruto nodded, understanding the silent warning. Naruto slipped into the standard stance he had learned in the Academy as Kakashi did the same his eye curved up the whole time. Itachi ushered the students back a little before he gave the signal for the fight to begin.
Naruto moved forward and jumped into the air, trying to strike Kakashi in the head with a round house kick, but he had once again misjudged his size and ended up missing completely. Growling, Naruto quickly back flipped away from Kakashi as he aimed a kick at his open back. Naruto quickly recovered but was put on the defensive as Kakashi lashed out at him without mercy. His punches and kicks were fairly slow and easy to block, but his weights had also slowed him down so Naruto was barely blocking and evading each attack. Naruto was starting to get frustrated, but before he could slip into a different fighting stance, Kakashi had landed a kick on his chest winding him. The kick had also sent him flying back into the lake.
Sasuke had groaned as he watched Naruto fly into the lake. Kakashi had misjudged the power he had placed into his kick. Kakashi sighed as he walked over to the lake to rescue the weighted boy who was struggling to keep his head above the water. Kakashi would have walked along the water's surface if the entire class wasn't watching him so he settled for diving in and swimming over to Naruto who was pretty far out. Reaching the blonde, Kakashi quickly pulled the boy onto his back before he swam back to shore. Haku sighed as he withdrew his wand and waved it, drying both of their wet clothes.
"Now, you will be learning stances next class so come wearing sweats and a t-shirt. Any clothes would work as long as you can move freely in them. Any questions?" Several hands shot up. "Good, you can ask Itachi-sensei then. Later." Kakashi waved before walking off. The class turned to look at Itachi who was smiling evilly, several of them put their hands down. "As Kakashi-sensei said, wear loose and comfortable clothing. You should also wear shoes that you can run in. Now, if you have no questions class is dismissed. Naru-chan, come here for a moment."
Naruto walked over to Itachi, a scowl on his face as he glared at the lake. Itachi suppressed a smirk as he waited for Naruto to look at him. "Naruto, I think you should start sparring in the evenings with someone so you can adjust to your size. You need to know what your limits are exactly. Now scram. Go with Kiba and do your homework. I also don't want to hear about you refusing to eat." "Hai 'Tachi." Waving, Naruto picked up his bag and ran over to Kiba who was talking with Ron and Harry.
"You guys seriously don't know how to fight?" Kiba couldn't keep the shock out of his voice. Harry shook his head as Ron nodded his agreement. "Kiba, of course they don't know how to fight. Hey can you spar with me after dinner? 'Tachi told me that I should learn my limits." "Naruto, don't you have a detention tonight?" Naruto groaned as he remembered. "I do, but I'll have enough time for a quick fight. I didn't even break a sweat with Kakashi-sensei. If Iruka-sensei didn't have his orange book, I bet he would have fought me while reading it." Kiba snorted as he nodded in agreement. He had seen Kakashi reading his book as he sparred with some of the Academy students when he visited Iruka and helped out with their training a few times.
"Do you guys want watch?" Naruto looked up at Ron and Harry, Hermione was reading a book as she walked next to them. "Are you serious?" Ron couldn't contain his excitement. Naruto nodded. "If there's time, we can even show you guys some of the stances you will be learning. Itachi's going to make all of us wear weights. You guys don't have to worry since you're just starting. He'll probably make Kiba and the others wear at least a hundred pounds. Except for Lee, he'll probably just increase his weights a little since they're already pretty heavy."
Harry and Ron looked shocked. A hundred pounds? That was freakin' heavy. Kiba groaned. "Naruto, why did you have to wear your weights in front of Itachi? Man, this is going to suck. Sure a hundred isn't too bad, but that'll slow us down a lot." Naruto nodded his head. "True, but do you remember how fast Lee was when he took his weights off? He's so fast because he trained with weights. This will boost your stamina, strength, and speed. Just think of it as extra training." "Good point. I don't think I'll ever be as fast as Lee, but this could help out in pranks."
Hermione closed her book at this point as she turned to stare at Kiba. "You better not pull any pranks." Kiba laughed as he rubbed the back of his head. "I won't 'Mione." Naruto knew Kiba was lying through his teeth. "Ne, 'Mione. Do you want to learn the stances early? From what I can tell, you have pretty good balance and your movements are graceful." Hermione blushed at the compliment. "But won't you get in trouble?" Naruto smiled as he looked up at her. "Nope. And the extra practice wouldn't hurt. Besides, I have to go through the stances myself since I have to start from scratch. I need to adjust to my new size. I don't have the same range or power in my attacks. Kakashi kicked me into the lake 'cause he misjudged the strength in his kick."
Hermione smiled as she put her book away. "Okay, but you better not be late for your detention." "Yay. Let's do our homework first so we can get it out of the way. We don't have much so we should be able to finish it before dinner." Kiba groaned as he thought about doing homework. "Ano, how do we get to the Gryffindor common room?" Hermione giggled before she took the blonde's hand and led the way.
Kiba, Harry, and Ron were ready to burn their books by the time they finished their homework. Naruto had helped them all with their Care of Magical Creatures homework, describing Gamabunta and giving them some details on some of the other summon creatures that he knew of. They finished and headed down to have an early dinner. Naruto's eyes glowed as he saw steaming bowls of ramen on the table.
Kiba nearly choked on his steak as he watched Naruto run over and tackle Dumbledore as he walked into the Hall. Naruto's smile was so large it was blinding. Dumbledore chuckled as he patted Naruto on the head. "Tsunade said that you liked ramen. She also told me that she would ban ramen from Konoha if you don't send her some cookies soon. I've arranged it with the house elves for you to use the kitchens tomorrow night so you could make her cookies." Naruto gave him one more hug before he ran back and began to devour bowl after bowl of ramen.
Once they had finished eating, Naruto led the way back upstairs. In the boy's dormitory, he stared at his clothes. Sighing, he pulled out a simple pair of loose fitting black pants and a simple, sleeveless red shirt. He shrunk them so they would fit him before he changed into them. He was the first one downstairs and he waited for the others to appear. Hermione came down a few minutes after he did, wearing a similar outfit, only her shirt was a dark green and her hair had been pulled back and braided tightly.
"Since we can't go outside, we can practice here. I'll start teaching you the stances while we wait for the others. I'll show you them first." Hermione sat down and watched closely as Naruto slowly, but gracefully went through the first five basic stances that were taught in the academy. "Each stance has a different style of fighting, so we'll teach you the stances first before we move on. It is important to know the difference in each stance and to find the one you have the hardest time with. If you can master the style you are the worst at, then you will know what you are weak against because you learn to block the attacks of each style you learn. Now, try the first stance. I'll correct anything that's wrong."
Hermione stood up and clumsily positioned herself in the first stance that Naruto had shown her. By now, they had drawn a crowd, many of them interested. Naruto ignored them completely as he repositioned Hermione's foot and adjusted her arm slightly. "Good. Now move into the next one. Don't worry about speed or the correctness too much. You want to focus on the fluidness of your movements. You won't be very good at first, but practice makes it easier. Lots of practice." Naruto smiled as he made a few minor adjustments to Hermione's form.
"You're really good for a beginner. You're movements are pretty smooth and you have good balance like Naruto said. Your movements kinda remind me of water." Hermione could feel herself blush as Kiba praised her. Naruto smiled as he nodded in agreement. "That's good. You're suppose to move like that after all. She's a natural. Now, you correct her as she goes through the stances. I'll show Harry and Ron. If there's enough time, we can show them how to fall without hurting themselves." Kiba nodded as he watched Hermione slowly shift into the next stance. Again, she made a few mistakes, but she was more confident in her movements.
Harry and Ron watched closely as Naruto slowly went through the stances, explaining to them the same thing he did to Hermione about the stances. Once he had shown them, he watched as they both moved from one stance to the next, correcting their footing and arms when needed. "Ron, stop. You're focusing on speed too much. Speed is useless if you don't do the moves correctly and smoothly. Start over, but this time focus on the smoothness and fluidness of your moves. Think of water. Feel the flow of your movements. Watch, but this time I'll do it faster so you can see it." Naruto went through the five stances again, this time moving faster then he had the first time. Hermione gasped in surprise. It looked like Naruto was dancing he was moving so gracefully.
"Now, from the beginning. Go slow. I'll put weights on you if you continue to go too fast. Same for you Harry, you need to slow down a little. You're pretty good with your movements so focus on smoothing them out and keeping yourself in the correct stance. Ron, think of water." Naruto smiled as Ron scowled and slowed down, moving in slow motion. Harry also scowled as he began to slow a little and focused on making his movements more graceful. Naruto smiled as he watched Kiba correct Harry. Naruto ran upstairs and grabbed his extra set of weighted wrist and ankle bands. Quickly performing the jutsus that would allow him to set the weight, he tapped each band and made it weigh a pound each. Really light, but the perfect amount to start Hermione on. He ran downstairs again, a smile on his face.
"Hermione, I want you to wear these. Don't worry, they only weigh a pound each. If you wear these, they should help you to build up your stamina and strength. They'll also keep you from speeding up and force you to focus on the fluidness of your movements. Itachi will also probably start all of the girls with this amount of weight so you might as well get an idea of what it'll be like." Hermione smiled as she pulled on the weights. When she went through the stances again, she was surprised at how much of a difference it made. They really didn't weigh much but they quickly wore her down. She was panting by the time she finished all five.
"This is hard. The weights really make a difference." Naruto smiled as he nodded. "That's true, but that's a good thing. You'll be surprised at how much of a difference they can make. Oh shoot. We have to go. Stupid toad lady. Come on Harry, we better get going. We should change into our robes so she can't complain. You guys keep going for a while. Kiba will tell you when you can stop." Naruto smiled and ran upstairs to change back into his robes. He watched Ron and Hermione while Harry changed. "Ron, you're doing pretty well. Your movements have gotten better, they're less awkward and more graceful. Keep it up. Well see you guys later."
Harry stretched his arms and back as they walked, surprised at how sore he felt. He had only been practicing for a little more than an hour and he felt worse then when he had practiced Quidditch for three hours straight. "Hermione's really good. You and Ron are bad either, especially for beginners. Some advice for Kakashi's class. Practice what you learn there every morning and night. It'll pay off in the long run. He'll probably tell us to practice anyway as homework. Stupid toad shouldn't be a teacher. She's going to get us killed with the naive thinking that knowing how to do something will make us able to do it."
Harry couldn't help but wonder what type of life Naruto had, but he would question it later. Now they were standing in front of Umbridge's classroom. Entering the room, he shuddered as he took in the lace and flowers. It was really ugly. Naruto wanted to light the room on fire, but resisted the urge with Kyuubi's help. "Take a seat and write out the sentence on top of the scroll. I'll tell you when to stop. Use the quills that are on the table." Naruto sat down and picked up the quill, starting to write out the sentence that was written out at the top. He growled as he read what it said. 'I am a child that will listen to what I am told. I do not know what I am talking about.' Harry's said something different, but Naruto didn't really pay attention to what it said.
He focused on the back of his hand, watching in amusement as the sentence was carved into the back of his hand. It really didn't hurt that much, so he decided to pick up the speed at which he wrote. His hand began to fly across the parchment, and after ten minutes of steady writing, he had filled the entire scroll with his sentence. Bored, he pulled out another roll of parchment and began to write the same thing again, this time making it as tiny as he possible could. He glanced up to see Harry gritting his teeth in pain and anger. He really didn't blame him, it probably really did hurt but Naruto had built up a high tolerance for pain.
Harry was pissed. He had to write the stupidest sentence using his own blood as ink. To make it worse, the words were carved into the back of his hand over and over as he continued to write. Gritting his teeth against the pain, he continued to write, wondering how much longer he would have to write.
Naruto watched in amusement as the words were cut deeper and deeper into his hand, he could nearly see some of his bones. 'Kyu-nee, don't heal my hand tonight. I want to show 'Tachi. He won't confront her directly but I'm pretty sure he'll scare her. Now, how much longer do we have to keep writing, I'm starting to get bored.' 'Kit, you do know what you have to do. You have to prank her now. Let's combine some of the ideas you have in that book of yours. Those will just be warm ups.' Naruto smiled as he mentally nodded his head. Really bored, he switched hands and began to write the sentences out with his left hand. He didn't even flinch as the words began to be carved into the back of his left hand. He finished filling his second roll of parchment and pulled out a third one, deciding to practice his cursive on this roll.
After a total hour of writing sentences, Umbridge stood up and walked over to them. She examined the back of Harry's hand before she nodded. "That looks good enough. Only another six nights. You can leave now." Harry was all but happy to flee the room, but he waited for Naruto at the door. He was shocked when he saw the three rolls of parchment he had written on. Umbridge looked shocked when she examined Naruto's hands. She could see some of the bones in both of his hands. "You can go. Come back tomorrow with Mr. Potter. You'll have to finish your week with him." Naruto gave her a smile before he left.
Once he was sure they were out of earshot, he grabbed Harry's hand and began to examine it. "The toad is really mean. Kiba probably has some ointment from Hinata-chan that you can put on this. Let's hurry up and get back, your hand must hurt a lot." Harry nodded, but he grabbed Naruto's hands so he could examine them. He was shocked at how deep both of them had been carved into. "My hand my hurt, but yours must be hell. Why the hell didn't you stop writing?" Harry could feel his anger building.
Naruto sighed as he tugged Harry down the hall. "I have a high tolerance for pain, so don't worry. Besides, I plan on paying her back later. Let's just get through her detentions and not get another one with the ugly toad." Harry nodded as he stepped through the portrait hole. He was surprised to see that nearly half of the Gryffindors were practicing the stances that Naruto had taught him earlier. Kiba grinned as he walke over. "The twins asked if I could teach them and I said I would show anyone that wanted to learn. Didn't expect this many. How was your detention?"
Naruto growled as he held up Harry's hand. "The ugly toad had us write sentences using our blood as ink. I ended up switching hands because I was bored out of my mind." Naruto held up his hands to shoe Kiba, who growled deep in his throat as he bared his teeth. "She'll be paying for that. Wait here, I'll go and grab some of Hinata-chan's ointment. It'll fix your hands up in no time. Naruto, can you correct their stances while I get it?" Naruto nodded as Kiba trotted upstairs. "Harry, go ahead and start practicing yours again. It should help take your mind off of the pain."
Harry nodded as he started to go through his stances, not really caring that he was still wearing his robes. Five minutes later, Kiba came back down with a small jar of ointment and a roll of bandages. He had Harry sit down as he carefully rubbed the cream into the back of his hand. Harry was surprised when his hand immediately stopped hurting. Kiba expertly wrapped his hand, giving the knot one final pull before he patted Harry on the back. "That should stop the pain and help it heal pretty quickly. If you have to do the same thing for the rest of the week then it won't heal fully until probably two days after your last detention." "Thanks Kiba."
"Alright, that's enough. Practice for ten minutes every morning after you get up and before you go to bed. Stretch before you go to sleep or you'll be sore when you wake up." Naruto stood on top of a table as he barked his orders. Most didn't want to stop, but they didn't want to anger the blonde and have him stop teaching them. Hermione smiled as she wiped the sweat from her face. Her limbs felt like jello but she was feeling good. It had been relaxing going through the same motions over and over again.
"Naruto, how was your detention?" Naruto plopped himself down into a chair as he pouted. "It sucked. The toad had us write sentences using our own blood as ink. My hands don't really hurt since I have a high tolerance for pain, but Harry's hand is probably hurting him a lot. Oh, hi 'Tachi." Naruto waved at Itachi who had just walked through the portrait hole. Hermione gasped in shock as she saw the backs of Naruto's hands. "Itachi-sensei, come and look at Naruto's hands." Hermione grabbed one of Naruto's hands to take a closer look, horrified at how deep the words were carved into his flesh.
Itachi walked over to Naruto grabbing his other hand to examine it. His blood started to boil as he read the words that had been carved over and over into his flesh. "Naru-chan, how did this happen?" Itachi kept his voice controlled, but Naruto still heard the anger in it. Naruto merely smiled up at him as he chirped in a happy voice. "I had detention with the ugly toad, Umbridge. She had me and Harry write sentences using our blood for ink. I was really bored so I decided to see how much I could write before she told us we could go. I wrote two whole rolls full and half of a third." Naruto could hear Kyuubi howling with laughter in the back of his mind.
Naruto wanted to laugh too when he saw Itachi's face darken in rage. The ugly toad was really going to get it. Naruto smiled as held up his arms for Itachi to pick him up. Itachi lifted him up before he sat down with him in his lap. Naruto smiled as he curled up and rested his head against Itachi's chest. He didn't know why, but he had been really sleepy lately. Pushing the thought to the back of his mind, Naruto closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.
Itachi growled low in his throat as he gently stroked Naruto's back. "Kiba, can I see those bandages. Naruto would probably get angry if I were to use any of Hinata's ointment." Kiba nodded as he tossed Itachi his roll of bandages. "You better tell Iruka some story as to why his hands are wrapped up. He would probably kill the toad if he saw Naruto's hands." Itachi chuckled darkly as he carefully wrapped both of Naruto's hands. Kyuubi was probably not healing them since she didn't want to draw any more attention to Naruto.
Itachi sat in silence as he contemplated several ways he could torment the DADA teacher without being caught. He would definitely make the woman pay for what she did to Naruto, he would make sure of it. Itachi chuckled again as he imagined the look of fear on her face. He would tell Iruka personally what she had done to Naruto. Sure, Iruka would probably want to kill the woman, but he would talk him out of giving her such a courtesy. Itachi was also sure that Iruka knew several pranks that would make her miserable. He had taught Naruto after all. Itachi fell asleep in his chair with an evil smile on his lips.
A/N: I suck at fight scenes if you can't tell. If I have time, I'll try to look up correct terms and the like. I'll also try to improve the future fight scenes. Pranks will be in the next chapter. Quick question. Should Iruka and Itachi team up to prank (cough traumatize cough) Umbridge? Let me know what you think. I'm really sorry about not updating. I will not abandon this story. Hopefully the next update will be in a week. I'll try to sneek on and update as soon as I can so please be patient.