Summary: Afer a non-disasterous day of classes, Tsunade once again makes an appearance, but she isn't alone. Anko hhas come with her, and will be teaching classes with Itachi in the morning. Those poor, poor, poor students. Naruto once again makes cookies(drools). The Weasley twins learn of the legendary Golden Fox, and Sasuke and Itachi have flashbacks of the horrors of fanclubs. Last but not least, a new horror is introduced to Hogwarts, a matchmaking chibified Naruto. What will happen this chapter? Will things finally start to get interesting? And what's this about missing green spandex?
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, etc.
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
Future Pairings: Naruto(uke) x Sasuke, Kankurou x Shino, Hermione x Ron, Malfoy x Harry, Anko x Itachi, and maybe Gai x Shizune (just have to figure out how it will work, probably won't be a major part of the story, or I'll make their pairing a side story, still thinking on it). I will do Remus x Sirius as was requested, but it won't happen until way later in the story.
A/N: I live. I'll babble at the end of the chapter, so enjoy, even if it is on the shorter side.
'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 Fifteen: Things Just Got Interesting
Tsunade walked over to Dumbledore, handing Naruto to Iruka so she could talk to the Headmaster in relative privacy. "Since Anko is staying here, I've put another in her place in the Order. Maito Gai. Despite his appearance and personality, he can gather information if needed without being caught. He's quite recognizable and will switch with Anko every few weeks so she can gather information herself. I'll warn you now, you made need therapists for the students. He's reletively harmless by himself, but when he and Lee get together, the horrors of the sunset scene are unleashed. You will undoubtedly find the whole thing touching, but it tends to mentally scar children. Just be prepared for an increase in students being sent to the hospital wing from mental trauma." Dumbledore chuckled at the thought of a simple reuniting of teacher and student being able to cause mental trauma.
"I will be sure to take the neceassary precautions. Would you care to stay the rest of the week in the guest wing?" Tsunade smiled as she shook her head. "I would love to, you have no idea how much I would love to stay. But sadly, I have a village to run and can't stay long, only for tonight. I just came to check up on Naruto and possibly torture the person that hurt him, but since I don't know who did it I will have to wait and plot an even more vicious form of torture." Dumbledore smiled at her in amusement, conjuring a chair for her next to his. "Then, sit and talk with me. I'm sure you are hungry and would enjoy the brief break." Tsunade smiled and sat down, the two beginning to talk about a variety of topics, ranging from the going ons of Hogwarts and Konoha to the finer qualities of candies and which were their personal favorites and why. Anko and Itachi were sitting with Kakashi and were trading information, speaking in low voices in their native language, going a step even further and speaking in Anbu code. Umbridge was carefully observing her surroundings, thinking that no one had noticed her scrutiny but not one of the shinobi were fooled and neither was the staff. McGonagall was speaking to Snape and Flitwick about the project ideas and noticed how Umbridge was eavesdropping while pretending not to. It was irritatingly obvious so she decided to speak only about what the first years were doing even though she wanted to discuss what the fifth year project was. She could always speak to them later when the toad wasn't spying on them.
Naruto chatted with Iruka, asking him how he liked his classes and if Kakashi was behaving. Umbridge was listening in on them, even as she pretended not to. It was quite pathetic, but Naruto had a plan on making the ugly toad wanna be pay. And it would begin on Halloween, on the day that he would regain his normal body, not that he wasn't small compared to his friends. "Naruto, you said something about changing back on Halloween." Turning to look at Tsunade, he nodded. "I figured if I brewed an aging potion, I'll get my normal body back." "Ah, I considered having you do that too, but after analyzing the potion, Shizune and I discovered that it should have worn off by now. But, considering the spell that struck you as well, it would probably delay that from happening until at least Halloween. If you haven't changed back by Halloween, we'll try the aging potion, but only as a last resort." "Hai Baa-chan. Are you going to talk to Fudge about the dementors again?" At the mention of the dementors, Umbridge gave a small smirk, drawing the attention of all the shinobi sitting at the staff table.
"I'm going to do more than talk to him. Konoha does not tolerate dementor attacks lightly, especially on the son of a former Hokage." At this, Tsunade hid a viscious smirk as she saw Umbridge pale ever so slightly. It would seem that Fudge wouldn't be able to tell her why the dementors had been out and about, but she wouldn't need to look far for answers, when she really wanted them anyway. No, she would get her revenge on Umbridge after Voldemort and Orochimaru had been handled. Until then, she would slowly set things into motion to make the toad pay. Of course, she would enjoy reading the mission reports from Anko, Iruka, and Itachi on how they chose to torture the toad throughout the year. As dinner came to a close, Tsunade pulled Kakashi aside to speak quietly to him. "Kakashi, Naruto should be changing back around Halloween. When he does, I want you to catch him up completely on any and all information that you have. Anko will fill you, Iruka, and Itachi in on what she has learned in the Order. Gai will do the same when he switches with Anko in two weeks. They'll switch places every two weeks or so. It's the beginning of the school year, so I doubt that Voldemort is up to anything. He will also want to remain in hiding as he prepares. Orochimaru isn't foolish either and won't make a move until he is ready. For now, you, Iruka, Itachi, and Anko can handle the mission as the others settle into their new environment. As much as Voldemort will be a problem, I assigned them this mission as a chance to relax and have fun, especially Naruto. He really needs this."
Turning to look at the small blonde, fond smiles tugged at both of their lips. "Alright. I'll pass the message along to the others. Aside from emergency contact, I'll allow the kids to establish their own way to communicate and share information. I'll also let them work out patrol pairings, shifts, and scheduele amongst them. The four of us can handle patroling at night for now since we're teachers and won't have to worry about being caught out in the halls. Is that all?" "Yes. I want at least weekly reports on the mission and any new information that you discover. Also, send me reports on how Naruto's doing." "Very well. I suggest that you say your good byes to Naruto before he goes to bed." Even though dinner was nearly over, it was still to early for most to turn in for the night. Naruto however, was falling asleep in his bowl of ice cream.
Standing, Tsunade moved to speak with Dumbledore, noting with disgust how Umbridge listened in on her conversation, obviously looking for some dirt that she could report to Fudge. The fool would soon learn that playing with fire was bound to get him burned, badly. "Much as I want to stay, I have a village to run as well as paperwork to see to. I'll be stopping by every month once or twice to check up on Naruto. I can survive a year without his cookies, but I doubt I'd survive a year without seeing him. Don't let anything happen to him, he's worth more than all the gold in the world to me." "Don't worry Tsunade-hime. I met his father once, and knew Sarutobi. For them alone I would watch after Naruto, even if you had not asked me to do so. I think you should say your farewells before he falls asleep." "If you have any problems with my students, don't be afraid to write. Good night Albus, until our next meeting." "Yes, until we meet again Tsunade-hime." Having said her good byes to the headmaster, Tsunade quickly moved to where Naruto was being carried by an annoyed looking Shikamaru. "Naru-chan, I have to leave now." Sleepy blue eyes looked up at her, sadness tinging them. "Bye Baa-chan."
Unable to stand seeing Naruto even slightly sad, Tsunade pulled him into a bone crushing hug, whispering quietly into his ear. "Don't be sad Naru-chan. I want you to have fun while you are here." Feeling the blonde nod his head, Tsunade gave him a kiss on the forehead before handing him back to Shikamaru, who merely mumbled troublesome under his breath. "Be good Gaki and I'll see about bringing you some Ichiraku's ramen for Christmas." Eyes lighting up, Naruto gave her a wide smile as he promised that he would behave himself if she swore to bring him ramen. Swearing, Tsunade ruffled Naruto's hair before saying good bye one more time, disappearing in a poof of smoke, box of cookies held closely to her chest. Murmurs swept through the Great Hall, but were ignored by the shinobi. If Tsunade had wanted to cause an uproar, she would have used an even flashier exit.
"Troublesome. I'll take you around to say your good nights to everyone before Sakura brings you up to bed. I think she has something to give to you and Kiba anyway." A smile twitched at his lips as Naruto just murmured sleepily, his eyes practically closed as he snuggled against him. After bringing Naruto around to give his less than coherent good nights, he handed the blonde off to Sakura who carried him as she walked with Kiba up to the Gryffindor common room. They may have only been at the school for less than a week, but they had noticed the division that the houses had caused amongst the students. This was going to be changed, and had already been put into motion by Naruto's stay in he snake pit and Iruka's less than subtle lessons on the importance of teamwork.
Following Kiba into the Gryffindor common room, the two completely ignored the looks of shock that they were being given. It would soon become a common sight in the various houses in the future, especially if teammates, boyfriends, girlfriends, family, and friends went to visit each other. Given how they had been sorted, someone from each house would visit the other houses. "What's she doing here?" Turning to look at Ron, Sakura rolled her eyes. "I needed to give something to Kiba." "But why are you here?" "I'm putting Naruto to bed. It's not that big a deal. The others will probably stop by to do the same, or to hang out with Kiba. Oh, that reminds me. Kiba, I've been talking with some of the others and they agree with me. Since Kakashi-sensei agreed to supervise us, he's going to let us spar next lesson. We'll all be there during your lesson, since we have a free period then." "Great. Naruto warned me though that Itachi will probably have all of us wearing weights." Sakura gave a small groan. "Knowing Kakashi-sensei, he'll probably make all of us wear them at all times, sadistic pervert that he is."
They were drawn out of their thoughts on weights and spars by Harry speaking. "Can you wake Naruto up? We'll be late for our detention if we don't leave soon." Scowling darkly, Sakura mumbled inventive ideas of what she wanted to do to Umbridge for daring to hurt Naruto. This lasted but a few minutes before she gently woke her sleeping teammate. "Sakura-chan?" Holding back a squeal at the adorable blonde she was holding, she gently set him down. "Harry says that you have to go to detention soon or you'll be late." Nodding, he sleepily rubbed at his eyes before stumbling after Harry and out the portrait hole.
That week of detentions seemed to drag by, but thankfully it was over. Unfortunately for Harry and Naruto, the two found themselves way behind in their homework, forcing the two to give up any thoughts of relaxing or doing what they wanted that wekkend in order to finish homework that was due sometime during the next week. Given how much homework they were getting, neither wanted to fall behind anymore than they already were. There hardwork paid off though since they were completely done with all of their homework ahead of time, a first for both of them as Sakura and Hermione had pointed out in the library after they had finished their last essay.
While things at Hogwarts may have started to settle down, the same could not be said for the Order. While members were taking turns standing guard in the Department of Mysteries, others were out trying to gather information on what Voldemort was doing. One such member would have caused jaws to drop, not only because of his personality, hair cut, and huge eyebrows, but because of the absense of green spandax and orange legwarmers. Maito Gai was wearing, not his usual spandax, but loose black pants and a skin tight long-sleeved black shirt. His outfit would have looked exactly like Kakashi's normal one if he had on a green vest instead of black, a face mask, and wore fingerless gloves with silver platings, as well as white bandages instead of black.
Gai may not have been as suited to stealth as his rival, but he refused to lose without a fight. With his speed, and being dressed in black, the wizards that he planned to spy on would think of him as being nothing more than a shadow that caught their paranoid eye. That was if they even saw him in the first place. At the moment, he was hidden deep in the shadows as he listened to the whispered conversation that was taking place. "Are you sure?" "Fool, I was there when the Dark Lord agreed to team up with the man. He even agreed to share his body." That was all that Gai needed to hear, and he slowly faded into the shadows, disappearing without either knowing he had been there. Things were starting to get interesting, and not in a good way.
A/N: Cookies to all of my faithful readers, lots and lots of them. It is summer again, but this time I've finally managed to get a chapter up. Life is hectic. Last summer I had summer school, six hours of a single class is pure torture, but at least it was air conditioned. School was totally insane, but a blast as well, not to mention moving within the last month. Sadly, I lost the sacred binder that had my nearly finished story in it sometime during the move. I'll just have to work on writing new chapters, if the plot bunnies in my head will stop eating pixie sticks. They're on crack or somethings since I have nearly fifty different fanfics of various lengths typed or written. I'll refrain from posting any other fics until this one is on a roll again. Don't worry, this fic will be finished sometime in the future. Love my reviews. Seriously though, thank you all for having patience. This story will get finished sometime, just have to wait for it. If you see any major mistakes, please tell me since I think I caught everything. I have night class tonight and some homework due for it, so I didn't go over this chapter as carefully as I like. Love all your reviews, they feed the plot bunnies in my mind, still not sure if that's a good or bad thing. XD I live, so this story will go on. I've had sugar, and I have homework to do. Word of the wise, never procrastinate, it comes back to bite you in the arse, hard.