Steve: Well, got another chapter up! (Looks around) Hey, anyone seen Hinata?
Unit-01: She's still upset that there's been no fluff involving her.
Pen-pen: Wark WARRRK. W-waark warkk war wa W-wark waa. (She's PISSED. I would watch out if I were you.)
Steve: Eh? What do you mean by tha- (Hinata appears) -t... There you are.
Hinata: Sorry, I had to... prepare a few things. I'll just thank the reviewers. Thank you:
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Steve: Thanks for reviewing everyone! Now for the disclaimer. Pen-pen?
Pen-pen: (Looks nervously at a smiling Hinata) 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.
Steve: Well, please enjoy... (Notices Hinata with a shock baton from the Artimis Fowl books) Er, what are you going to d- (ZZZAAAAPP) (Hinata gets the author in a VERY unpleasent place.) Whimper...
Hinata: Ten-thousand years of pain: Shock Baton style.
Why me? Shinigami/Demon
'Who?' Thoughts
-YO!- Animal speech
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We open to the sight of both Naruto and Kyubi glaring openly at Harry, who's currently ignoring them while reading the newspaper and eating a sandwich. After a few minutes (and not counting the past hour) Harry looks up before sighing. "You two aren't still mad at me for leaving you there, are you?" His only answer is them glaring at him all the harder. Shaking his head, he smirks. "And don't tell me you are still embarrassed… Are you?" His smirk transforms into a grin seeing their faces turn as red as a tomato while sputtering.
"You… You bastard! Do you have any idea what he put us through! DO YOU!" Naruto shouts indigently. "He actually had pictures and diagrams! PICTURES AND DIAGRAMS!" Then Kyubi takes over.
"Then… then he brought out models and… and… then he started to show us how it worked! As well as how to use protection, AND THIS WAS BEFORE HE GOT INTO THE STI'S! I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE EMBARRASSED IN ALL MY YEARS! AND YOU… AND YOU JUST SIT THERE GRINNING YOU BASTARD! AFTER LEAVING US THERE! WHY YOU…!" And from there she begins to call him names in as many languages as she knows with Naruto helping. Needless to say this lasts quite a while (neither Kyubi or Naruto noticed Hedwig, Sal, and Row taking notes). Finally, they run out of steam as Harry finishes his crossword. (AN: I actually had a Health nurse do the same thing Kyubi described to a class I was in... even scarier was the fact she was over fifty.)
"Are you two quite done yet?" Seeing them beginning to get ready for another explosion, he cuts them off by changing the subject. "Anyways we only have about two hours before our photos are taken, so we should probably get ready. See you in a bit." And with that he walks away smiling, leaving a gob smacked Naruto and Kyubi in his wake. After a bit Kyubi starts ranting.
"Why that no good, twice bitten, damn smug little…" She stops as she hears laughter beside her. Turning she sees a chuckling Naruto. "And what, pray tell, are you laughing at?" Kyubi asks him in a dangerous tone of voice. Her eyebrow starts to twitch as Naruto begins to shake his head.
"Kyubi, haven't you realize what he did?" Seeing the confused look on her face he pats the seat beside him. After she sits down he begins to explain. "Think about it for a second. By getting us to rant at him, he got us to take it out on him instead of someone else." After thinking it over for a bit she sighs.
"Guess you have a point." Suddenly she gets a dark look on her face. "We still need our revenge though." Naruto chuckles darkly beside her.
"Oh, don't worry. I have something in mind." Looking towards Kyubi he suddenly gets an idea.
"Oh, I hope it's a good one, Naruto-kun." Suddenly she feels Naruto scratch behind her ears. "Na-Naruto-kun!" She says while melting into his touch. "That feels so good…" And with that she begins to purr. This continues for a little bit, the two of them enjoying each others company before Kyubi moves and sits in Naruto's lap. "Naruto-kun?" Looking into her eyes he makes a non-commitive sound. "Thanks."
"Thanks? For what?" Naruto asks her, puzzled, while removing his fingers from her ears. Kyubi just smiles though slightly disappointed with the loss of his touch.
"For being there for me… for being you." Kyubi tells him softly before leaning in and giving him a soft kiss. They finally separate for air and just sit there with their arms around each other. And that is part of their relationship. Their's is a comfortable love. It's not that they don't want to have a make-out session, it's just that they don't feel the need to. They both enjoy how their relationship is going and are comfortable with taking it slow, as well as seeing where it will take them. Naruto looks at the girl in his arms and sighs. Feeling the question through their link, he smiles while tightening the hug.
"I was just wondering what I did to deserve a girl like you?" He asks while giving an her an Eskimo kiss causing her to giggle.
"Don't know. I wonder the same thing." After a few second she adds. "Well, except for the girl part." Snuggling in deeper she asks him a question that's been bothering her for a bit. "Naruto-kun?" Seeing that she has his attention she continues. "What do you think would have happened if we never had met when we did? What do you think might have happened." She sees his eyes cloud over while thinking over his answer.
"I don't know." He tells her truefuly. "I think, however, that when we met I might have done something like demand your chakra as rent or something.. Why?" He watches as she scratches her chin in thought.
"Well, I just wanted to know. And thinking about it, if you did do what you just said… I probably would have thought you no better then Madara and tried to take you over and escape. Or failing that, try my best to make your life hell." She begins to chuckle at the thought, which to her is humorous. "Can't see you doing that though." To which Naruto shrugs.
"Who knows? Doesn't matter much though, since I got you." He tells her while patting her tails and smiling at her sighs of enjoyment. "Anyways, remember how I got the next week off until team placements?" Feeling her nod he continues while scratching his whiskers. "I was wondering if you would like to go out on a… well, a date." He claps his hands to his ears at her squeal of happiness. "I take that to be a yes?" He chuckles at how fast she's nodding.
"Uh-huh!" But a thought suddenly hits her. "But how? I mean I can't exactly go out like this." She states while gesturing at her ears and tails. She gets a confused look at Naruto's chuckle.
"Has anyone told you how cute you look when your confused?" Seeing her blush heavily he goes on. "Besides, aren't kitsune known for shape shifting?" A look of dawning comprehension comes across her face. She then slaps herself in the face with the palm of her hand.
"I honestly can't believe that I forgot about that." Looking at Naruto she gets a mischievous twinkle in her eye. "A date sounds amazing Naruto-kun." And with that the two lean in for another soft kiss. A minute into however their disturbed by Harry coughing into his hand.
"As much as I hate to interrupt this, Naruto needs to get ready for his photograph. It is for his ninja ID after all." Harry tells them, while laughing at how they jumped apart. As Naruto walks past, Kyubi knocks Harry one in the head for ruining her time with her boyfriend.
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Both Harry and Naruto are standing in front of the Sandaime who's looking over their pictures. The pictures are identical since they are actually the same picture. It shows Harry and Naruto posed together in black wizarding robes with an ANBU style mask (golden fox: Naruto, black dog: Harry) partially covering their faces. Sighing, Sarutobi looks up at them. "Are you two trying to cause trouble?" Suddenly they gain halo's while the background changes to look like heaven, with harps playing. 'How do they know Gai's genjutsu?' Is all the Hokage can think before they answer.
"Oji-san! How could you say such things!" Naruto exclaims, with a hand over his heart as if struck by some kind of arrow.
"Indeed, we're just two innocent (here the Sandaime snorts), little babes. We wouldn't hurt a fly!" Harry states almost out of breath as if the very thought hurts him.
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Several flies with halo's are glaring down through the clouds. " He lies… HE LIES!" One of the flies shout.
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Harry suddenly sneezes causing the illusion to shatter. 'Wonder what that was about… and why do I suddenly feel the need to pull out a can of bug spray?' Harry's so deep in his thoughts that he almost misses the Sandaime's next words.
"Mainly cause I know you two too well." Leaning back and taking a drag from his pipe, he continues. "Then again this is pretty tame. I was expecting something like face-paint or along those lines." Naruto just shrugs
"Eh! We thought about it… Until Kyubi, Row, and Hedwig smacked us before they threatened what makes us men." Naruto explains causing Sarutobi to wince.
"Anyways, they should be good enough… Or is there something else?" Harry asks with an eyebrow raised.
"Well… there is one thing-" But before he can finish his sentence, he's interrupted by a young boy in a long, blue scarf rushing in with a cardboard shuriken. 'This is the third time today.' Is the thought running though the old Hokage's mind while sweat dropping.
"OJI-SAN! TODAY IS THE DAY I DEFEAT YOU AND BECOME HOKAGE!" The kid shouts while continuing his charge. Harry and Naruto both blink before having the same thought.
'Kids going to trip and then most likely blame us' And sure enough the kid trips. As the kid begins to pick himself up, an Tokubatsu jonin with a pair of sunglasses comes through the door.
"Honourable grandson! Are you ok?" He asks only to be brushed off by the kid.
"HA! Your cunning trap stopped me this time!" The jonin just pushes up his glasses.
"Honourable grandson, there are no traps here." The kid then turns to Naruto, not noticing Harry counting down on his fingers. And when he reaches one…
"AH! You must have been the one who tripped me then! You and your shady partner!" The child states while pointing at Naruto. Harry just scratches his head.
'Wait I'm the shady one? Not Naruto?' Harry thinks to himself confused while watching Naruto pick him up by the scarf and begin to shout at him.
"ME! You were the one who has a scarf that's too long baka!" Naruto shouts in his face only for the jonin to try and stop him.
"Put down the Honourable grandson right this instant! He is the grandchild of Sandaime Hokage-sama! And I'm his elite trainer Ebisu!" Recognizing the person holding the kid Ebisu's eyes grow cold. 'Damn. It's the Kyubi-gaki.'
Seeing the look being given to him, Naruto snarls. 'There it is, that cold look.' Turning to the Hokage as if to ask if this is true he sees him nod.
'Heh. Now he's going to put me down while apologizing just like all the others.' The kid thinks, somewhat sadly. "Well, aren't you going to put me down? I am the Hokage's grandson." His words just cause Sarutobi to pull his hat down since he knows what's about happen. As shown when Naruto just punches him in the head.
"I don't care if you're his grandmother!" Naruto tells him before turning to the Hokage. "Anyways, I'll just talk to you later, Oji-san." Naruto tells him before walking off.
'He's.. he's not like the others…' The kid thinks through a haze of pain and awe.
"Honourable Grandson! How dare that fiend do such a thing!" Ebisu shouts, when he suddenly realizes that his student is no longer around. "Honourable grandson? Where are you?!" He's interrupted in his searching by the Sandaime.
"He's gone after Naruto." He begins to sigh. 'I get the sinking suspicion that somehow I'm going to regret them meeting.' He sighs again at what Ebisu does next knowing that all he's doing is digging himself a hole.
"WHAT! He's gone after that ruffian! I must save him!" Ebisu is about to rush after him when he hears someone coughing behind him. Turning around he sees none other then an unamused Harry.
"May I please know what you mean by calling Naruto those names…?" Harry asks him in a sickly sweet voice causing Ebisu to sweat…
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Naruto is walking around while talking with Kyubi trying to ignore the person following him. 'Kyubi-chan… I don't know how much longer I can take this.' He hears Kyubi mentally sigh.
'I know Naruto-kun, I know. But he's only a kid.' She shakes her head, annoyed as well. Finally Naruto can no longer take it.
"Ok! I know your there! Why have you been following me for the last THREE hours!" Naruto shouts while pointing at a section of fence that's horizontal while the rests vertical. "And that's the worst Kakuremino no jutsu I have ever seen!" The section of fence falls away revealing itself to be a cloak hiding the kid from the office.
"AH HA! So the rumours are true! That's why you're my Oyabun (Boss)!" The kid shouts while pointing at him.
'Oyabun? Did I hear right Kyubi-chan, he did say Oyabun?' Naruto asks her, knowing she's scratching her head as well.
'That's what I heard, Naruto-kun. I'm confused as well.' Kyubi tells him.
"Um, Oyabun? What are you talking about?" Naruto asks still slightly confused.
"Well, I want to be your subordinate. Please take me!" The kid pleads while giving him the puppy dog eyes no jutsu. After a minute he caves in.
"Fine. By the way, what's your name? Can't keep calling you kid can I" Naruto inwardly frowns at how the kids face lights up at the fact someone is asking his name. 'Now why would he be excited about that I wonder?' He shakes his head as the kid introduces himself.
"My name is Konohamaru! By the way, who was that guy with you? You know the one with messy black hair that looks like a bird nest." Konohamaru asks, only to stare as Naruto bursts out laughing.
"Bir… Bird nest! Oh, Merlin I have got to tell him that next time I see him." Flicking away a tear, he smiles at Konohamaru. "Konohamaru, that guy is none other then my cousin, Uzumaki-Potter Harry." He almost bursts out laughing at the look Konohamaru is giving him. Almost.
'Oh no! I just insulted his cousin.' Slightly fearful Konohamaru asks. "He's your cousin…?" He becomes more fearful when Naruto explains that while Harry's his cousin, they treat each other more like brothers He only relaxes when Naruto assures him he did nothing wrong. " Um, Just a question but… Isn't Harry and Potter strange names?" He relaxes more when he sees Naruto nod.
"Mmm-hm. Your right in that it's strange to us but nii-san comes from a far off country named England and their normal there." Naruto explains, before turning to him. "So what did you want? I doubt that you would do go though all this trouble for just this." Konohamaru nods.
"You're right! I want to learn your Oroike no jutsu, so I can defeat Oji-san!" Konohamaru states with a pose.
"So you want the infamous 'Kage-killer'? Ok, then. I owe him for a few things." Naruto tells him, while thinking something a bit less pleasant. 'Keh, this show him! Leave me and kyubi-chan there will he. The floors shall be stained with his blood!'
Konohamaru starts inching away from the manically laughing Naruto. 'I hope this isn't going to end badly.
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Naruto walks over to a relaxing Konohamaru with two cans of juice. Sitting down beside him, Naruto hands over one of the cans. Taking a sip, he decides to ask a question that's been bothering him. "So, Konohamaru?" Seeing that he has his attention, he continues. "Why are you so obsessed with beating Oji-san?" Naruto watches as Konohamaru puts his drink down and gets a serious look on his face.
"Oji-san gave me my name. He named me after the village saying that it would bring me luck." At this he snorts. "But almost everyone calls me Honourable Grandson. I can honestly count the people who call me by my name on one hand." Konohamaru clinches his small fists. "But if I defeat him… if I defeat Oji-san and become Hokage, then everyone will respect me!" He shouts the last bit. Konohamaru smiles as Naruto ruffles his hair.
'Hmm, do you think he heard that Kyubi-chan?" Naruto asks getting a reply as well as a mental smile.
'Yes, I do Naruto-kun. In fact I'm positive.' Kyubi states while giving Naruto a proud smile.
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'Is that truly how the Honourable Gran- I mean Konohamaru feels?' Ebisu thinks to himself before what Harry told him before comes back. 'Ebisu. My brother may not seem like it but he generally knows what he's talking about. In fact, don't be too surprised if he finds out WHY Konohamaru wants to be Hokage so bad…' Ebisu begins to rub his chin. 'Perhaps we have him pegged wrong? It matters not… I still-' The jonin is drawn out of his thoughts by Naruto speaking.
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"Konohamaru…" Naruto states causing said boy to look up. "What your looking for is a shortcut. There are no true shortcuts to Hokage… And the ones that look like they are often come with steep prices." Here Naruto looks at Konohamaru seriously causing him to shiver. "Remember this Konohamaru, and remember well… The shortcuts to power only bring sadness and despair in the end. And the price maybe too heavy to bear." Here Naruto begins to smile. "Besides, in order to become Hokage you have to go through me first, because it's my dream too." Konohamaru just looks at him in awe. Ebisu however chooses now to reveal himself.
"Honourable Grandson! I finally found you! Now come with me. Only under me will you gain enough strength to become Hokage. And not under this trash." Ebisu shouts as he jumps out of the tree. 'Now to see if he learned well.' He gains a almost unnoticeable smirk as Konohamaru begins to defend his new friend.
"HEY! Naruto-nii-san isn't trash! He taught me more then you did! Here take this: Oroike no Jutsu!" And with that he transforms into a nude, brunette with nothing more then wisps of smoke preventing certain parts from being revealed. Ebisu's jaw drops as he successfully prevents his nose from bleeding. Konohamaru's transformation dispels showing him with a shocked face. "What! Why didn't it work?"
"Gah! Honourable Grandson! Such a technique would never work on me! Now come! We must leave before his stupidity catches!" Ebisu orders as he drags away Konohamaru, only to stop as Naruto shouts. "Well, what is it?"
"Leave him alone! He can hang out with whoever he wants!" After Ebisu insults him and his dream Naruto decides to let him be the first victim of his newest pervert destroyer. "Take this! Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" Suddenly thirteen Naruto's appear. Only for Ebisu to scoff at them.
"Hrmp, this technique may have beaten Mizuki, but he was a chunin. I, on the other hand, are a jonin. Such a trick would never work on me!" Ebisu states while not very impressed. Konohamaru on the other hand…
'Sugoi! Nii-san's so cool!' Naruto simply smirks before all of them make a handsign.
"Who said anything about this being the technique? This is only the set up. Henge!" And suddenly all the bushin disappear in clouds of smoke, only to appear in Naruto's Orioke no jutsu form. They promptly latch on Ebisu who soon catapults away is a geyser of blood. "And I call that my Haremu no jutsu." Naruto then turns to Konohamaru. "Well? Come on, if your going to be my subordinate we should probably get out of here now." Only to smile as Konohamaru points at him.
"HA! I'm no longer your subordinate! From now on you're my rival!" Konohamaru shouts with a grin. The grin only widens with what Naruto says next.
"That's the spirit!" Naruto begins walk away, however after a few steps he stops. Turning around he gives Konohamaru a true smile. "Become strong Konohamaru and… when the time is right we'll fight for the title of Hokage!" And with those words he walks away.
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Sarutobi smiles as he watches Naruto walk away. 'Thanks Naruto. Now my Grandson is truly on the path to become strong thanks to you.' The smile fades as he thinks of Naruto's newest jutsu. 'Such a devastating technique. The sad part is it would probably work on me.' He just groans as he realizes that Konohamaru will probably use the Orioke no jutsu the next time he "Sneak attacks'.
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Harry's walking down the street when he suddenly stops. Scratching his head he can't help but say out loud: "Why do I suddenly feel like I've been forgotten…?"
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Pen-pen: (Watching Unit-01 poke a smoking Steve with a stick.) Wa rk wark? (Is he dead?)
Unit-01: Nah, just unconcious. (Turns to Hinata) You DO realize that he was going to have a scene with you and Naruto in a few more chapters, right?
Hinata: Um... Opps?
Unit-01: (Shaking head) Nevermind, let's check out the polls...
Should Naruto have a familier?
Yes: 7
No: 1
If so what?
Fox (Overdone but can't help myself, but I will make it slightly different): 1
Feathered serpent: 0
Hell hound: 6
Other (I will accept ideas): 3 (Cat: 1, Dragon: 1, Frog: 1)
Unit-01: Huh. Looks like Hellhound is far in the lead.
Pen-pen: Wark, aark arkk wark! (Well, until next time!)
Hinata: Please keep reviewing... Hopefully he won't be too mad with me...
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