Steve: Hey everybody I'm Back!
Author notices the sounds of pages turning and looks towards the couch and sees Hinata and Pen-pen reading Icha Icha Paradise. Steve clears his throat to catch their attention.
Steve: Uh, guys we're on the air.
Hinata: Eeep! (hides her's in her coat)
Pen-pen:Wa? (So?)
Hinata: Um, Steve-san. Where's Unit-01-san?
Steve: Oh, she had go out for something special (get's slightly perverted smile)
Hinata:(blink)
Pen-pen:(blink)
Together:Don't want to know.
Steve:(Ignores them) Anyways Hinata, please thank the kind reviewers
Hinata: Right. Thanks to the following Reviewers:
Momocolady
A Rainy Day
Kirallie
The PhantomHokage
Jfitzgerald
Talon Phoenix
Susuki-chan
Steve: Now! Pen-pen! Take it away!
Pen-Pen: (Wark Wa WAAK arrk waark)
Hinata: Translation is "The author doesn't own Harry Potter or Naruto". He just owns this story, the plot and his insane plot-bunnies.
Why me? Shinigami/Demon
'Who?' Thoughts
-YO!- Animal speech
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We open to the sight of the a dog masked ANBU rushing towards the hospital with Naruto in his arms followed by Ibiki with Harry in his (both the Hokage and Hiashi had to stay behind to handle the nins arriving on site). When they get to the hospital they get in and have doctors and nurses rushing towards them... well, rushing towards Ibiki once they see who is in the ANBU's arms. "HEY! What about Naruto? He needs immediate medical assistance!"
One of the doctors turns towards him, sneering "Let the Demon-spawn do us all a favor and die."
He suddenly feels a massive release of power before he flung back down the hall as if by a invisible hand screaming in fright. Everyone turns and sees that the boy in Ibiki's arms is barley conscience with a hand pointed towards where the doctor just was. At that moment they all have the same thought 'did he just do...'
" He..help..him..please." is all they hear in a moment of silence following that thought.
"What is happening here?!" another doctor yells as he rushes down the hall towards the group and stops as he sees the two injured children. "Kami-sama!" He turns towards one of the nearby nurses "Get two stretchers down here stat! We need to get both of them into the ER as soon as possible!" he yells as he examines Naruto who has begun to go into seizures "Kami! His temperature is going though the roof! Well! What are you waiting for!"
One of the nurses just looks at him "But, sir. The kyubi-" she doesn't get to finish before the doctor turns on her.
"Where is the Kyubi? All I see is two badly injured children. Now get what I asked for or have you all forgot the oaths you took?"
"Perhaps," begins Ibiki "I should let them know that anyone who doesn't do their duty will be in for a personal visit with me..." The crowd looks even more frightened by that before a new voice speaks up.
"And if they think that won't happen they got another thing coming. Especially since I got most of the Shinobi Clan council behind me." They all look towards the source of the voice and see a pissed off Hokage as well as Hiashi, the InoShikaCho team, Tsume and Shibi. The doctors seeing this rushed off lest they find out why Ibiki is called "The Sadist" personally.
Harry just smiles before his vision goes black...
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Harry opens his eyes to find himself inside a stone hallway. After patting himself down to see if he has any injuries, finding none he does what any little kid would do in this situation "HELLO! IS THERE ANYBODY THERE?!" yell of course."(Grumble) I wish I knew where to go." Suddenly a bright light shines blinding himself, once his eye have adjusted he sees where the light is coming from for above him is a neon sign with an arrow saying "come this way!" Harry just blinks at this before saying what's on his mind "Ya, know what? I think I saw something like this on those Bugs Bunny and Tweety shows(A.N:Don't own it) that Dudley likes to watch. I wonder if I should go in that direction?" The sign changes to "Yes, you should."
"Oh, ya! Why? Give me a reason to do so!" So the sign does "Because" Harry just sweatdrops thinking 'Ugg, am I going crazy and arguing with a sign? I know that weird things happen around me, but this takes the cake!' The sign changes once more to " Yes, yes and tell me about it." Harry rubs his eyes, sighs and says "Might as well do as the sign says." And starts glaring as it now says "I knew you would see the light."
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We find that Harry is staring at a picture before he yells out "I may not be the greatest of art critics but that I like!" As he walks away we see that it is a picture of the Dursley's faces on farm animals(bull, horse and pig).
Harry continues down the hall laughing about what the painting was about not noticing as he walked by three doors marked: Sal, Rowena, and Hedwig. He suddenly stops as he hears the sound of people crying and turns around to find out where the sounds are coming from. Stopping in front of the doors marked with his familiars names he calls out asking if anybody's there. The crying stops as the doors fly open and Harry is tackled by three blurs which shout in his ears. "HARRY! YOU'RE ALL RIGHT!"
As Harry's ears stop ringing he notices three beautiful women hanging on him while sobbing his name. "Um, may I ask who you are?" This however only causes them to sob louder. "Oh, god! I hate it when girls cry." and is about to try to comfort them when the white-haired one answers.
" Harry-wizard, Don't you recognize us? We're your familiars! It's me Hedwig!" She shouts while crying.
"Um," Harry begins "last time I checked my familiars were animals not three very beautiful women."
"What are you talking about Har-" The red-head suddenly stops as she and the other two look at each other then themselves.
The one with the grey hair suddenly gains a shit-eating grin before shouting "ALL RIGHT! WE GOT BOOBS!" She then get's a sad look before pointing at Hedwig "It's no fair! Her's are bigger then mine!" At which the others face fault.
"I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM SAL!" Hedwig shouts at her before turning to Row( who's the red-head) "Why... What happened?"
"Well," Row begins while rubbing her chin "The only thing that I can think of is that we appear human because it's easier for Harry's mind to imagine us as humans to better communicate. Right Harry?(Sees Harry with his hands over his eyes) Um, why do you have your eyes covered Harry?"
Harry just goes bright red and answers "Oh, I don't know. Maybe because YOUR NAKED!"
Looking down at themselves Hedwig and Row blush while Sal smirks "Aww, but Harry I want you to see me." Thus proving that Potter/Saotome foot in mouth is not limited to humans. This is proven when two fists come down on her head.
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After Harry finally get his blush down and his familiars get dressed he finally looks them over.
Hedwig is dressed in a almost skin-tight white shirt and blue jeans and has a very motherly figure (like a mixture between the school nurse from Negima! and Mutsumi from Love Hina ) with golden eyes, pale skin, long white hair with black speckles. Row is clothed in a red dress from the middle ages with gold trim and while she isn't as...developed as Hedwig( similar body type to Dr. Akagi from Eva), she is still above average for a women but her tan skin, long graceful neck, warm dark eyes and long red hair with gold highlights (down to her waist) more then make-up for it. Sal decided to wear a school uniform like in one of Naruto's manga (her body is somewhere between Sakura and Ino's post-timeskip) except in black and blue, she also has shorter hair which is gray with green highlights. Oh, and they all look to be around eighteen and have some animal features that make them look even more exotic (Hedwig and Row have their wings attached to their shoulders,are light weight and have talon-like nails. While Sal has pronounced upper canines/fangs, slit pupils, and a long snake tail coming down from under her skirt eventually coiling around her feet).
Sal seeing Harry stare can't help herself "So, Harry do you like what you see?" She asks him, while bending down with her finger touching her lip and a innocent expression on her face. She is about to tease him some more seeing his face go red, when she is yanked off to the side not noticing a confused expression on Harry's face. Swung around she notices two very annoyed women. Seeing their expressions she asks "What?"
"Ok, Sal Out with it." Rowena tells her with her foot taping the ground.
"Yeah Sal, what's your problem lately? You haven't been acting yourself for the past few days." Hedwig tells her, worried for her friend.
Sal looks extremely uncomfortable for a second or two before answering "Well," she clears her throat "well you see...As of late Harry has been on my mind for a number of reasons. Mainly I have been thinking about what type of mate he would make." At their raised eyebrows she sighs before continuing "It's my time of the year and with Harry as the only male around me all the time..." She doesn't have to continue as the other two finally understand the reason for her behavior.
"Ahhh..." both Row and Hedwig say together.
"Anyways, guys thanks for putting up with me and since I got two arms I can finally do this." As she finishes she goes over and gives the two a hug. They look startled for moment before they reciprocate. "If it wasn't for you two Harry might not have accepted me without your support. Your like the nest-mates I never had. Thank you... my sisters." She finishes with tears coming down all their cheeks, all three feeling the same. After a few minutes they break apart and start walking towards a smiling Harry.
As they walk towards him, Hedwig turns to the other two "By the way Sal," she begins catching the other two's attention "When you said that Harry would make the perfect mate you were voicing what both me and Rowena agreed upon some time ago." She notices Sal giving the sheepishly smiling Row a raised eyebrow and continues "And if we ever get these bodies in real life we can probably share him, if not... Well, now that we know that we can get into his mind there's always his dreams..." She continues walking towards Harry leaving behind two shocked and slightly... excited women.
"I..I can't believe she, Hedwig the proper lady, would suggest..." Sal begins before her voice fails her.
Row, amused, turns to her "Why is that so hard to believe?" She then leans in close to her ear and whispers "And I for one can't wait for when he is legal to have some...fun with you two." she then walks after Hedwig leaving a red-faced and panting Sal behind her swinging her hips the whole way. Before she reaches Harry she turns and yells to Sal "Well? Are you coming or not?" winking.
Sal chuckles before answering "Alright you two, you win." 'By the great Nagas, I can't wait as well Row...'
As they start walking Harry turns to them a starts to talk. At first it's about the usual things but after awhile the three familiars go quite. Using his deductive skills for something besides stopping Voldemort for once he realizes why. "You know," he begins "I don't blame you for what happened."
Sal turns to him her eyes bright with unshed tears as are Hedwig's and Row's "How can you say that?! We were supposed to protect you, and we failed! Because we were too weak you might have died! And all we-" Harry cuts her off right there before she can continue.
"SAL!" Seeing that she's stopped he continues"You guys didn't fail me first of all, secondly I'm not dead. Third, if you think that your too weak then we'll become stronger together. Okay? We'll do it together." He finishes seeing them nod and smile before they glomp him nearly suffocating him between their assets. They each kiss him on the cheek causing him to blush as they giggle.
"By the way Harry-wizard, where are we going?" Hedwig asks cocking her head to one side.
"I guess where ever this place ends." Harry replies shrugging.
" Uh, Harry you do realize that this is YOUR mind right?" Row asks him, they stop as they watch him slap his forehead as he finally realizes.
"Ugh, why didn't someone tell me?" They all just shrug conveying 'We thought you knew' with him glaring at them "So does anybody have an idea of what to do? Or are you just going to stand there?"
"Well as good as that sounds..." Row begins ignoring his glare "You should probably just imagine us going where ever you need to be."
"So, in other words I have to use 'the power of imagination'" He finishes with air quotes, at there nods he sighs before continuing "Fine. After all everything else has gone crazy!" After finishing he closes his eyes and scrunches his face into "concentration mode" which the familiars giggle at thinking it cute. A minute passes before the hallway seems to melt before reforming into a new one with the group standing in front of a stone gargoyle with broken, corroded chains on the ground in front of it. "Um, one that," Harry points at the chains "does not look good. And two... How am I supposed to get passed that?" Pointing towards the statue only for it to jump aside causing everyone to blink "Well, that was awfully convenient... Anyways, ladies first." He finishes, sweeping his hand towards the opening only sweatdrop at the looks the girls are giving him. He starts to mumble "It was worth a shot..."
Hedwig just sighs before crossing her arms across her chest emphasizing certain... features. "How about we all go together?" she states before crossing over to Harry's right side putting her hand on his shoulder followed by Row on the left and Sal taking the rear (a position she seems to enjoy for some reason). Harry smiles feeling safer with their comforting presence there.
They then begin there ascent of the stairs before reaching the door and opening it. As one they step into a large office-like room (imagine the headmasters office with out the different doodads and paintings). They then turn towards the desk and the chair (which is facing away from them) and Harry gathers enough courage to ask if anybody's there when the chair swings around causing the girls to gasp and Harry to yell in surprise for the person in the chair is revealed to be...
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We find ourselves in a office within the hospital with the Hokage, Hiashi, Tsume and the doctor from before.Let's listen in shall we? "So," the Hokage states before puffing out some smoke ignoring the look the doctor is giving him "any idea what is happening to Naruto-kun?"
The doctor just sighs knowing that he not going to stop smoking "Not exactly no..." At their looks he continues "I do however have a theory as to what is going on with him." At this the others interest he goes on "As you should know I was the doctor in charge not only investigating Orochimaru's experiments (scowls), but also his notes on them. And I can't help but see some similarity between his subject's symptoms and Naruto's. The high fever, seizures and chakra coil disruption is identical. I think that what is happening is that the Kyubi's chakra is forcing Naruto's body to absorb and adapt to a bloodline." At there shocked looks he continues "I know that it is sounds crazy, but some medic-nins have theorized that it may be possible for a container to absorb a bloodline due to it's tenant's healing ability."
The Hokage coughs to get over his surprise, while Hiashi turns to the doctor " A few questions please." At the man's nod he goes on "One, is it possible for the child to absorb other bloodlines? Two, Where did the one currently being absorbed come from? And three, what affect is it having on the Kyubi's chakra and the seal?"
The doctor nods and starts the explanation "The answer to your questions are a bit complicated, but I'll answer them to the best of my ability. While it might be possible for Naruto to absorb more bloodlines, it is more likely that this is a one time thing. In this case we determined the vector as being blood transfered between stab wounds by used kunai and shuriken. As to where the other bloodline came from..." He shuffles some papers "Ah, here we go! We believe that it came from the other boy, Harry 'Mumbles' strange name..." At the Hokages cough he starts "It doesn't correspond to any known bloodline though it does resemble some elemental types such as Hyoton from mist, the Sandaime Kazekage's magnetic ability, Nidaime Hokage's use of water, and the Nara clan's shadow ability. However, it also seems to share aspects with some body manipulation bloodlines in that the energy used, while not Chakra, is produced by the body itself somehow."
This time it is Tsume who speaks up "And the seal and Kyubi's chakra?"
At this the doctor starts to chuckle " That is one of the reasons why we believe this to be a one time thing." Answering the unasked question he continues "It seems the Kyubi might have bitten off more then it could chew. The reason for this is that the mysterious energy seems to have some form of protection, possibly in the blood itself, that seems to be burning the evil out of the Kyubi's chakra. And possibly the demon itself." At this the Hokage sits up in his chair and asks the obvious question.
"Are... Are you telling us that the Kyubi is dying" his voice carrying a note of hope.
"Unfortunately, I wish that was the case Hokage-sama. As you well know the Kyubi cannot be killed, so it was sealed instead so that when Naruto dies the Kyubi does as well." The doctor sighs before continuing "However, it seems that if the demon inside of him dies so does Naruto." At this a look of fear and sorrow comes over Sarutobi's face, at which the doctor chuckles " I wouldn't worry however, since the seal seems to be trying to keep both alive. As to how this is effecting the Kyubi... If anything as time goes on it seems that the evil, anger and hate in the chakra is slowly replaced with sorrow, regret and self-loathing. By our calculations one day equals one tail's worth purified and since it has been four days..."
The Hokage finishes for him in awe "That means that four tails are now purified!."
" Exactly." The doctor answers satisfied.
"And what about...Harry. What's wrong with him?" At the questioning looks she replies "Well, he was the one who saved my daughter from a fire viper, so I got a reason to worry. (Whispering) Not to mention how my daughter feels..."
" Well, as far as we can tell he'll make a full recovery. Besides suffering from severe blood loss because of his wounds it seems that the only real problem is some kind of exhaustion. Which his body seems to be healing from." The doctor says patting her arm " So tell your daughter to relax, alright?"
"But doctor-san, What about the youki from the Kyubi? I was there when Minato sealed it away, I remember how nins died due to exposer to the youki. Shouldn't he poisoned as well? His body did absorb a great deal from Uzumaki-san's aura."
"Normally I would agree with you Hiashi-sama, but in this case it would seem his bloodline makes his body more resistant then normal. Quite a bit more resistant in that his body is ignoring the youki for the most part and allowing it to mix with his normal chakra."
"Well," the Hokage states getting up from the chair "thank you for the update Dr. Kanzaki and all you have done for Naruto-kun."
The doctor just chuckles. "It is my pleasure to take care of him. I for one only see the boy, not the beast within. Good-day Hokage-sama, Hiashi-sama, Tsume-sama." He then walks out the door leaving the three alone in the office.
Once the doctor is gone the Hokage shuts the door and his hands flash though several signs. The walls, ceiling and floor glow blue showing that the privacy jutsu is complete. "Now that the good doctor is gone we can get down to business." The Hokage states "We have to decide both how to protect them while their here and also how to weather the political fallout."
Hiashi then clears his throat "If I may Hokage-sama?" At the Sarutobi's nod he continues "The political fallout will most likely not be as severe as you might think. In fact we can spin this to Uzumaki-san's betterment" At the Hokage's questioning look he gives a very un-Hiashi smirk "After all thanks to him not only do we have a new bloodline in the village, but we might be able to steal other one's as well."
"Quite right Hiashi-sama. After all... It's not like the council will want to get rid of such a useful tool..." The Hokage says with a smile that says 'I love screwing over people who piss me off' While Tsume has a shit-eating grin so wide that it might just split her face in two, before it becomes serious once more.
"There is still the matter of guards for them, especially with what has been discovered about Harry. After all he has more scars on his body then some nins." Looking around at the other two she continues "I would like to ask for your support for when they recover, because while I know that they can't be adopted ... I can have temporary custody." At their shocked looks she gives a sad smile "I owe Minato, he was after all the one who got me out of a sticky situation with my Ex." She finishes while rubbing her side.
The Hokage nods "I can do one better Tsume. Both you and Hiashi have been working behind the scenes to protect him. Because of this I think I'll give you joint guardianship over both. This will work in several ways to protect them including giving them a place to stay if need be."
"As to guards Hokage-sama, I already have several requests from female Hyuga as well as from few Uchiha women." At the Hokage's shocked look Hiashi smirks "It would appear that Uzumaki-san has a fan club that includes all the Hyuga women who have met him and more then a few Uchiha." 'Minato, Naruto is already something of a lady killer. Though why does he manage to get all the women to fall for him...? Sob'
"Well," the Hokage states while clapping his hands like workman who's proud of his work "well, I do believe that we are finished for now?" Looking around and seeing no complaint from the other two, he cancels the privacy jutsu. He then opens the door and walks out, followed closely by the other two.
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We find Naruto walking down a sewer-like tunnel following a red-glow. Once he gets closer how ever he hears the sounds of whimpering 'Damn! This place is like a maze! Who knew my mind was so fucked up!' Yes, people Naruto has figured out that he was in his mind (mainly due to the fact that whatever he imagined occurred and the fact that behind some of the doors were his memories).
He suddenly walks into a bright light and finds himself in a massive room with a large gate held shut by a piece of paper with the word seal on it. Then he notices the whimpering is coming from a shape just behind the gate, his walk brings him up to the bars when he sees that the shape is a giant fox with nine tails. "Ky... Kyu... Kyubi!" Naruto slowly falls to his knees remembering all the taunt and insults he's gone through.
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"Demon-spawn!"
"Why don't you do everyone a favor and die you monster!"
"You damn fox! You killed my wife! DIE!"
"Why does the Hokage leave the Kyubi-gaki live?"
"We should have killed you the night you took our families demon!"
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Naruto's eyes dull as he remembers all the unkindness and beatings that's happened to him whispering "So I am a demon...Perhaps I should just give up and die..." Tears running down his face. Unnoticed by him the Kyubi heard everything.
"Da...damn ga..ki.. you..our too we..ak to be..a de..mon..baka! Yar..YAARRGH!" As the Kyubi finishes in it's hoarse voice it roars as the burning sensation spikes and starts to slam itself into the the walls and gate. The Kyubi scapes itself opening great wounds in it's sides to try and scrape off the burns it thinks are there leaving bloody smears behind. Until, finally, it falls to the floor exhausted and unable to continue, it's eyes clouded over with pain plus tears and whimpers coming from it's busted mouth.
The whole time Naruto was watching in terror and some pity. 'It's..it's in pain! But why?' At that point Kyubi let's out a particularly loud whimper and shifts, curling in on itself to try and ward off the pain. It is now that Naruto notices the smoke coming off the fox and his mind flashes back to all the times that he was hurt and ignored. He also remember's the red glow that would heal his wounds realizing that it was the Kyubi's work. Getting a determined look he walks through the bars right up to Kyubi and starts to stroke it's fur to try and comfort it while whispering soothing words. To his amazement the Kyubi responds as the whimpers slow to sobs and it's great body shrinks and changes to that of a teenage girl (A.N: You got your wish PhantomHokage! PS.: I was going to make this Fem!Kyubi anyways. see authors notes for details). Naruto continues to stroke her waist length hair blushing while whispering due to the fact that he has a naked girl clutching on him as if he was a piece of wood in the middle of the ocean. He continues to do so ignoring the tears soaking his shirt.
Slowly, seeming to be an eternity she stops as she falls asleep in his arms with the burning sensation going away. Just before her eyes close she whispers to the boy holding her "Thank-you...for everything." Soon the only sound is that of Naruto's soothing whispers and the constant drip of water...
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We rejoin Harry and gang within a facsimile of the Headmasters office at Hogwarts. Harry is in shock staring at...himself! The man who has revealed himself looks like a twenty year old version of Harry with a few differences. The man has claws, green slit eyes, and a purple stripe on each cheek. Oh, and he has dog ears and two tails. As he steps more into the light we can see that there is a crescent moon-like mark on his forehead whose points touch either end of the lighting bolt scar. But what is most eye catching is his armour which is a mixture of Japanese samurai armour and European with dragon skulls in place of shoulder guards. He starts chuckling at the looks on the other's faces which gets Harry mad thinking he's making fun of them.
"OY! Who're you laughing at! And who the bloody hell are you and why are you in in my mind! And why do you look like me?!" Harry shouts while pointing his finger at him. This however seems to only amuse him which get's Harry even madder. But just when he's about to shout at him again the man decides to answer him.
"Hmmm. Well to answer your question kid I've gone by many names but you may call me by the name my mother gave me...Kuro. And as to who I am? Well, in a sense I'm you." He starts snickering at the look on Harry's face "Tell me kid, what do you know about reincarnation...?
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Steve: Well that's another chapter done! (Is sitting behind a desk Gendo style)
Pen-pen:Wark! (Right!)
Steve: Maybe we should get you a voice synthesizer? (Pen-pen shrugs before Steve notices Hinata trying to ask a question) Yes Hinata?
Hinata: Umm, why did you make Kyubi-san a girl? Isn't a bit over done?
Steve: Well the answer to that is quite simple, Mythology. You see in the original myth about the Kyubi no Kitsune/Yoko, it was a Female not a male. In fact most tales about kitsune are about female kitsune not males. Therefore I'm quite partial to Fem! Kyubi stories. (look up Kitsune legends and see for yourself)
Hinata: Oh! I understand now! thanks.
Steve: Not a problem Hinata! Anyways time for the polls! By the way the Polls will continue to the Graduation arc.
Steve: Well That's all for now! Please R&R! See Ya!
Hinata: Bye for now Reader-san! (could be seen pulling out Icha Icha Paradise vol. 4 before screen fades out)
Omake: Meet Harry's dark side
We find that Harry is staring at a picture before he yells out "I may not be the greatest of art critics but that I like!" As he walks away we see that it is a picture of the Dursley's faces on farm animals(bull, horse and pig). After some more walking he comes across a room with the words 'beware! Harry's dark side inside!' Curious, Harry walks in to find that the lights are out, turning them on Harry sees his dark side who introduces himself as...
"BWA HA HA HA HA! IT IS I! THE DARK LORD CHUCKLES THE SILLY PIGGY!"
Harry just turns around, closes the door and runs away as fast as he can ignoring the pounding on the door.