Chapter 23

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Kurenai blinked again, before her eye twitched.

"Just tune him out, works all the time," Sarutobi whispered to her. Kurenai nodded, and then proceeded to try and tune out Gai, who was currently in the middle of one of his "FLAMES OF YOUTH BURNS BRIGHTLY" speeches.

"So what exactly started this?" Kurenai asked, having failed to tune Gai out.

"I said 'hello' to him," Sarutobi replied, sheepishly. Kurenai's eye twitched again.

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'Sorcery School' was off for a week while Harry planned out their "mini-vacation". Naruto was walking home by himself from the academy. Gaara had been invited over to Kiba's house (and Harry had allowed him to go); the two of them had been participating in what Harry called 'dominance fights' for the last few weeks, and Tsume wanted to meet her son's best friend. Gaara had offered to walk home with Naruto before going to Kiba's but Naruto waved him off and told him to go with Kiba.

Kakashi was training Sasuke with his newly-activated Sharingan. Naruto smiled when he remembered how that one happened. Mizuki had tried to kill Naruto during lunch one day.

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"Die Demon!" was all the warning the three boys got before Mizuki charged Naruto. Gaara was the first one to move, or rather his sand was, as it moved to protect Naruto from several kunai thrown by Mizuki. Sasuke moved next, with a kick aimed for Mizuki's head. Mizuki ducked, then punched Sasuke in the stomach, hard enough to knock him away, but not hard enough to give him any permanent damage.

When Sasuke got back up his eyes were red and had one tomoe each, though he didn't know it at the time. What he did know was that it looked as if time had slowed down, allowing him to follow Mizuki's moves more easily. However, even with the Sharingan, Sasuke was still outclassed, him being an academy student versus Mizuki's rank of chunin. Gaara had his sand swirl around Naruto, ready for an attack from Mizuki.

Mizuki punched Sasuke away again, and turned back around towards Naruto, only to come face to face, or rather, waist to face with a glaring Hinata, who then promptly Jyuuken'd his Happy Place. Mizuki hit his knees with a pained expression just as Iruka turned up, finishing the other chunin off with a punch to his face that knocked him out.

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Kakashi and Sasuke also offered to walk home with Naruto but he waved them off as well saying that he was old enough to walk home on his own. Iruka was given the same reason. Unfortunately, Naruto hadn't taken into account just how many of the villagers hated him, and how they only feared Harry when he was actually around.

It only took a few seconds for Naruto to realize that he had a mob following him and take off running. Even after years of being chased around Konoha, Naruto didn't know every nook and cranny of the village, especially since he'd only been in this part of the village for a year, so it was no surprise to him when he ran into a dead end.

"Crud," Naruto said, looking at the brick wall that towered above him, leaving no room for him to jump it. And he didn't know how to climb it with chakra either. He turned around, coming face to face with the mob, "Double Crud."

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"Now Gai," Sarutobi said, "Calm down for a moment, so we can get this meeting over with."

"Hai, Hokage-sama!" Gai said, enthusiastically. Kurenai's eye twitched again.

"Now the reason I called you here…I'm sure you've heard of Potter Harry by know, correct? He's been here for about a year."

"Yes, he's the guardian of the Kyuubi's jailor…Naro…Nara…Nero?" Sarutobi smiled at Kurenai.

"Naruto," he said, causing her to smile sheepishly.

"Yes, Naruto, that's it."

"And yes, he is Naruto's guardian. His cousin, as well, although Naruto calls him uncle."

"I think Anko said something about that," Kurenai said, "She also said he sends 'spells' flying at Kakashi whenever he gets a chance." Kurenai then muttered something that sounded strangely like 'I wonder if he has a castration curse I can use' causing both Gai and Sarutobi to back away slightly.

"Uh…yes, well, then you've probably heard by know that he's currently teaching his sorcery skills to the younger generation?"

"I have heard of this school!" Gai yelled, happily.

"Good…I believe we should return the favor. Gai, I want you to teach him whatever form of taijutsu fits him best when you both have free time. Kurenai, I want you to teach him to at least be able to detect if a genjutsu is on him and dispel it. If you are willing to do this, I will pay you the equivalent of a B-rank mission when your done. Will you do it?" Both ninja nodded. "Excellent."

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"Demon!"

"Now we'll finally be able to finish what Yondaime-sama started!"

"Kill him!"

"Monster!"

Naruto backed into the brick wall, as one of the villagers threw a broken bottle at him, scratching his cheek. Just as Ibiki, who was on the roof of the building next to the alley, was about to interfere, the villagers started screaming in fear. A large shadow seemed to be over the area, and Ibiki and Naruto turned around. Towering over them, on the other side of the brick wall, was a large black dragon with green eyes. The wings on it had so many holes that Ibiki doubted the thing could actually fly.

"Uncle Harry!" Naruto yelled, joyously.

"Uncle?" Ibiki muttered, as the large dragon roared. The roar was terrifying and caused Ibiki as well as the villagers to see their lives end in various painful ways. "Damn." The villagers ran off, and the dragon appeared to crawl over the brick wall and get smaller and smaller until a man sat on top of the wall in place of the dragon. Ibiki recognized that it was most definitely one of Konoha's newest additions - one Potter Harry.

"Uncle Harry…jiji said you weren't supposed to do that!" Naruto said, as Harry jumped down to the ground next to Naruto, "You could get arrested!"

"No…Hokage-sama said I couldn't kill/physically damage the villagers. He never said anything about scaring them shitless or scarring them for life," Harry said grinning widely. Ibiki rolled his eyes, as the two of them left the alley, arguing playfully about what Harry was and was not allowed to do to the villagers.

"I have got to learn to do that."

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At dinner later that night (both Kakashi and Iruka had come over, as well as Kiba, his sister, Hana, and their mother, Tsume), Harry and Naruto told everyone else what happened. Kakashi, Iruka, Sasuke, and Gaara all looked guilty till Harry bopped them all on the head and told them to suck it up and that it wasn't their fault. He did however ask Kakashi to train Naruto to get him faster; Kakashi agreed pretty quickly, causing Harry to bop him on the head again and repeat that it wasn't his fault. Kiba on the other hand wasn't guilty, but rather angry.

"Why would they try to hurt Naruto?" he asked. Tsume and Hana tensed slightly.

"Because their idiots," Gaara muttered.

"That is Naruto's story to tell," Harry said, "Only he can tell you. But if he doesn't want to, you'll leave him alone, or I'll sic Hell on you."

"Hell?" Tsume asked.

"My dragon form. He actually has his own personality…so I guess I technically have Multiple Personality Disorder," Harry said, blinking. Tsume and Hana both snorted.

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Ibiki blinked at the white owl that was currently holding it's leg out to him. He was pretty sure it belonged to Potter. The owl hooted and he shook his head, before untying the scroll. The owl stole a piece of steak off his plate (he was having dinner in his office…again…damn paperwork) before flying out the window. He blinked again, and opened the letter.

I can too fly with those wings…hole-filled or not…all Death Dragon wings are like that. Sealed at the bottom is a book that shows you how to do it…enhanced senses rock, ne? The book will transport itself back to my trunk in three weeks; half an hour if someone I don't like (Read: Danzo, Hiashi, the villagers, and all the other assholes in Konoha) gets a hold of it.

Harry

Ibiki snorted, then looked at the bottom. There was indeed a seal, one activated by blood and chakra.

"Potter Harry is turning out to be more interesting than I thought possible."

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I didn't really want to leave it here, but I couldn't figure out where to go from there. You're choice about whether Kiba finds out about Kyuu and Shu now or later. It will happen eventually, but it doesn't really matter to me when it is. I am definitely loving Hinata right now (and that was my favorite part to write). Anyways, Read and Review (and vote on the Kiba thing), please! Smiles!

Rune