Chapter 16

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"And you're Arashi's cousin?" the Sandaime asked.

"Yes," Harry replied, "Or at least that's what I've been told.

"I have to admit, I didn't think Kakashi would find you." Harry let out a small laugh. Gaara was still sleeping.

"Even if he hadn't I would have been here within the year anyways," Harry said, as he pulled out the files about his family, and showed them to Sarutobi.

"You collected this?" Sarutobi asked, as he sifted through the files.

"No, my old headmaster did. He was arrested several years ago for treason among other things. He had kept this from me, wanting to keep me with my abusive supposed relatives."

"Anything else I should know?"

"I'm a fully trained mediwizard. I more than likely have the power to blow up a couple buildings at a time if I loose my temper. But I studied Occulomency, so that shouldn't happen. Oh, and I play host to a Death Dragon. Other than that not much….You have no idea what half of that means, do you?" Harry added, seeing Sarutobi and Kakashi's blank faces.

"No."

"Occulomency is when you train your mind to keep intruders out. It also helps me keep a rein on my emotions, so there's less chance of me blowing up stuff. Mediwizard means I am licensed to heal the wizarding way. And a Death Dragon, is a dragon that breaths a certain type of flame that causes death to whatever the fire touches. Don't worry, he can't come out unless I let him." Sarutobi sighed.

"Against my better judgment, I'm going to let you stay. You can adopt Naruto on one condition."

"And that is?"

"Don't spoil him. I don't want him to grow up like one of the Hyuuga family."

"Let me guess, smug bastards even though they probably don't have the power to back it up."

"Yes, except most of them do have the power to back it up."

"Great."

"I also ask that you keep an eye on Uchiha Sasuke. His brother recently killed the rest of the clan, but left him alive."

"And you don't want him to turn into an avenger."

"Correct."

"I'll keep an eye on him. It's late tonight. I think I'll go by a hotel room for the night, and come back here tomorrow."

"Very well. Goodnight."

"Goodnight." Harry left the room with Gaara in his arms.

"So what do you think of him?" Sarutobi asked. Kakashi came out of the shadows.

"He's very much like Arashi in personality. If anyone threatens his family, they'll answer to him. That's amplified by the Death Dragon, which already considers Gaara his drakeling. He'll be a wonderful caretaker for Naruto."

"I hope you're right Kakashi, I hope you're right."

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The next morning, Kakashi knocked on the hotel room door.

"Come in Cyclops," he heard Harry say from inside. His eye twitched as he opened the door.

"Do you have to call me that?"

"Yes, at least for the next three months. Collin paid me to do it," Harry smiled. Kakashi scowled. The next time he saw Collin he wasn't going to resist temptation.

"Gaara, c'mon kiddo, time to get up," Harry said, touching the red head on the shoulder to wake him up.

"Don' wanna," Gaara mumbled sleepily.

"You gotta," Harry replied, "I need to check on Shu again." Gaara whined but got up out of bed, and started getting dressed.

"Shu?" Kakashi asked.

"I'll explain later," Harry said as Gaara finished getting dressed, and sat on the bed. Harry sat in front of him, looked him in the eye, and used Legimency.

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"Hey Shu, how ya doin'?" Harry asked.

"I'VE TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME THAT NINGEN!" Shukaku roared.

"You're doing fine then," Harry smiled. Shukaku eye started twitching.

"Dad, you're insane," Gaara said.

"Yes I am," Harry replied, as he checked over the seal. He wasn't an expert but he could tell if something was wrong with it.

"Look's okay," Harry said, withdrawing from Gaara's mind, "See you later Shu."

"I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME THAT!"

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Be happy, for all chapters after this shall be LONGER! Smiles as reviewers jump for joy. Explanations for that should be next chapter. Also I would like to personally thank clthomas for giving me several ideas on how to deal with the betrayal of Sirius and Remus and thier (well Siri's) possible forgiveness. I would also like to think Saturnblue who gave great arguments of why neither of them should be forgiven. However as I said, that will not happen for a while. As for the Hermione swooning over Gaara thing...At the time I wrote the chapter I had no idea what I was going to do with Hermione and Ron and never went back to change it when I did. To Shinigami: Yes James, and Lily, are pissed. And I totally forgot about Neville and Luna, but don't worry, I'll bring them in somehow. And as for Lily's friends, I'm not good with names, so give me some names of people that would be Lily's friends and I'll fit 'em in somehow. As for Harry's godmother, I went with the whole 'Alice Longbottom as godmother' thing.

Rune