Steve: And here we go with the first chapter of the new update!
Yui: About time. More then a few people were pissed at you for the cliffhanger you had at the end of the last chapter.
Steve: Yeah... well... I had to do something! The last update was too long even for me!
Hinata: Will Naruto-kun get better in this one...?
Steve: Yup! Don't worry! Anyways, I just want to say thank you to Dark-Magician-41 for giving me credit for Hedwig's powers and crush on Harry in his story "Harry Potter and the Legacy of the Kamen Riders" It's a good read so check it out!
Pen-pen: War! Waaarrkk ark wark arrk a waaarrrkkk arkk wark. (Huh! Normally you don't make a suggestion like that.)
Steve: Yeah... well, I do think it's a good read. And he did give me credit....
Hinata: True... Um, shouldn't I thank the reviewers? (Steve nods) Ok, thank you:
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Dark-Magician-41
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Steve: Heh! Enjoy the chapter folks! We'll soon be getting into the "Tsunade retrieval arc"!
Yui: I wonder how that will turn out...
Steve: You'll just have to wait and see, now won't you? Anyways... It's disclaimering time!
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/Inner-Sakura
'Who?' Thoughts
-YO!- Animal speech
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"Kuso gaki… What the hell just happened… It's too bad that your dead… WHOA!" He leaps back just as Anko's fist comes down and shatters the part of the roof he was just on. "Oh… shit…" He gulps as Anko moves to bend over Naruto protectively. He looks down and sighs with relief seeing that Naruto's chest is still rising and falling. "Well at least your still alive gaki…" Hearing a growl, he looks back up to see Anko glaring at him. "Now what to do about you…"
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Still staring at the transformed Anko, the ANBU Captain glances out the corner of his eyes as Kakashi, Gai, Kurenai, and Asuma appear. Seeing the dragon-like creature standing over his student, Kakashi growls as lighting starts gathering in his hand. 'No… I WILL NOT LOSE YOU TOO NARUTO!' He's about to charge when the ANBU captain grabs his wrist. "What are you doing?! That… thing is going to kill my student! Judging by the fact that Anko's clothes are scattered around, except for the remains of her trench coat stuck on it's spines, it already killed her…" Beside him, Kurenai gasps and begins to tear up at the thought of her oldest friend being dead when she notices the dragon's eyes.
'It's eyes...' Looking at the dragon, she shakes her head."It didn't kill her… did it." Everyone looks at her as she and the dragon stare at each other before she starts to walk towards it without an ounce of fear. "It's… Anko, isn't it? This thing is somehow Anko…" The ANBU Captain nods slowly, confirming it. Asuma drops his cigarette at this.
"That's Anko… Mitarashi Anko? You're shitting me right? It can't possibly be…" He trails off as Kurenai continues to walk towards Anko, who softly growls as if confused. Watching them both, the ANBU captain shakes his head.
'She won't let us close to them… yet she allows Kurenai-san to walk right up to the two of them… Interesting about the amount of trust there…' Shaking his head, he sighs as he explains. "During the fight with Orochimaru, both of the Uzumaki-Potter's interfered and saved Hokage-sama's life. Anko then distracted the rogue Sannin while some of my men got the Sandaime to safety. Unfortunately, while we doing that, he attempted to kill her by throwing his sword at her while she was incapacitated. Right before it hit her, Naruto-san stepped between it and Anko and took the hit in the chest. Anko then held him while Orochimaru mocked her, we didn't hear what was said however since we were busy fighting his followers. Next thing we knew, she was releasing murderous intent and transformed into the… dragon, you see before you." Kurenai nods as she reaches Anko, who cocks her head to the side.
"You wanted to protect him, didn't you Anko? He's so precious to you that you would give anything to protect him, even your humanity… Oh Anko…" Raising a hand, she lays it on the side of Anko's muzzle, feeling the soft, leathery texture of her scales before Anko bends down and nudges Naruto's body. She whines as he softly groans before she licks his face and looks up into Kurenai's eyes as she bends down to examine him. She smiles as she notices the wound closing and looks up at her transformed friend. "It's okay Anko… it's okay, he's going to be just fine." Anko gives another whine making her smile. "Don't worry, he's going to be all right Anko, I promise to protect him." At that moment, Naruto moans a little as his eyelids flutter.
'Ugh… I feel like crap… did you have to send me into a temporay coma Kyubi-chan?' She sighs before shrugging.
'It was the best that I could do Naruto-kun. Thankfully you've already been exposed to the Kusanagi's venom once in a small concentration. So it was a simple job of first slowing down your metabolism before acting on the venom. Thankfully, your resistance to it now is such that it shouldn't be able to kill you… though I wouldn't test that if I were you.' Naruto gives a mental nod as his eyes finally open, only to stare into a pair of familiar brown eyes but with slited now… and which are now in an unfamiliar draconic muzzle. His eyes widen as they trail down to see the VERY shapely humanoid body of the creature in front of him. A familiar voice snaps him out of it though.
"See Anko? I told you that he would be okay." Naruto glances in the direction of the voice to see a slightly worried Kurenai. Anko gives another whine before she gives Naruto a small lick and nuzzle as she sighs happily. Naruto extends a hand and gently rubs the side of her face making her sigh in pleasure as she seems to shrink, her scales becoming softer and turning into human skin as her wings and tail retract back into her body.
"It's okay Anko-chan. I'm okay…" She sighs again as she's once again human before finally collapsing into Naruto's arms, exhausted. Naruto blushes as he realizes that the only thing she still has on is the tattered remains of her trench coat with her mini skirt barely there, the rest having been mostly torn off during her transformation. He tries to move only to find that she has a steel grip on his body. Gulping, he looks at Kurenai. "Um… Kurenai-san… Could you please give me a hand here?" Shaking her head, Kurenai whips out a camera and takes several pictures while grinning.
"Heh! Got some good blackmail on her now." Hearing Naruto shout her name, she rolls her eyes. "Fine, fine, give me a second." Reaching down, she tries to separate Anko from Naruto only for Anko to snuggle deeper into his warmth with a whimper. Kurenai tries to hold her laughter and let's out a snort while Kakashi is chuckling and Gai is shouting something about their youthful flames. Naruto just groans as she pulls him closer.
"Sometimes, I REALLY hate my life…"
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A Suna Jounin is watching as their forces are routed by Konoha's. 'FUCK! We were never told about this! I thought that Konoha was weak and this would be easy!' Hearing something, he looks at a door built into a small pillar of basalt (actually a volcanic plug/neck) which is opening. 'Is someone coming from inside there…' "UGH!" Looking down at the arrow in his chest in shock, he looks up in time to see what looks like a army of people in armour come marching through the door as he falls to his knees. He doesn't have much more time to think as one of the "People" walks up and decapitates him with a swing of a sword before they continue on towards the rest of the group of Suna/Oto nin he was commanding. They throw several weapons only for the army to ignore them. As one of the Sound nin are stabbed, he manages to look inside and gasps at what he sees.
"Th… There's no one in them! THEY'RE EMPTY!" He dies soon after as the animated armours continue their march through Konoha, killing any Suna nin or Sound nin they find. The Konoha nin watch in stunned amazement as they continue their massacre and follow the retreating forces out the gates. Up on the wall, Jeraiya looks at Sal with a raised eyebrow.
"How long are they going to pursue them? And for how far?" Sal just smirks as she points at the armours turning away from fleeing Suna's forces (All the fight having been taken out of them) before joining the ones marching after the Sound forces.
"Harry and Naruto commanded them to chase the Suna nins as far as the gates. The Sound nin's on the other hand…" A sadistic grin comes to her face as she continues. "In their case, they will continue to chase them until every last one of the armours are destroyed, and not before. Granted, they'll lose mobility in the forests but they also never tire… unlike humans. And while if the Sound nins split up more will survive, we won't let them get away that easily." She points up as Bella and Cissy make a run just over the treetops, blasting the retreating sound forces with barrages of spells before pulling away. "Those two will harass them until they cross the border… This should be a battle they won't soon forget." Jeraiya nods beside her before giving her a sly smile.
"And the fact that Harry and Naruto had a part in creating this plan won't increase their chances of becoming Chunin, hmm?" Sal just smirks before turning away. "Where are you going?" Sal sighs before looking at him.
"I'm heading to the hospital to help out. Row and Hedwig are already there. At the speed of the retreating forces, I would say that Bella and Cissy will also be there in about three to four hours. I got to meet Harry and Naruto as well there… See you soon." Jeraiya nods as Sal starts to jump from roof to roof away from him before he turns back to the Suna forces and snorts.
'Won't soon forget Sal? More like never forget. Suna will never forget how Harry and Naruto took so many out. Even if they were using Bushins to do so, they still defeated a large number of the Suna and Sound Forces…' He shakes his head before chuckling. 'Those two are definitely Bingo Book bound…'
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Over the past week Konoha has begun to recover from the invasion. While many died during it many more lived as thanks to Harry, Naruto, Row, Sal, and Hedwig (and later Bella and Cissy) healing the more moderate injuries like broken bones and such, the Medic-nin's were then able to concentrate on the Critical injuries. And even there Naruto and Harry helped with potions and spells as well as refuelling the chakra pools of the medic-nin with their own. At one point, a tired medic-nin is watching as a equally tired Harry and Naruto are casting healing spells before they refuel a medic-nin and then take off to another part of the hospital. Taking a sip of his coffee, he scowls at the words of a patient in the bed behind him.
"Fucking demon and demon-lover… why the fuck don't they just leave the medic-nin to their work instead of bothering them?!" The patient freezes as the Medic-nin turns to him with a growl and a massive amount of KI.
"Shut you fucking mouth asshole! Those two have been helping out since the invasion. Hell! I don't think I've seen them get more then three or four hours of sleep! If that! And it's because of them performing chakra transfusions on the Medic-nin that the more critical cases survived… Including yourself." The man looks shocked as the medic-nin continues. "Yeah, you owe your LIFE to those two. We had all but given up on you when they came in and cast several healing Mahojutsu on you. And your not the only one since they've been rushing around doing what they can. Thanks to their spells and potions we manage to cut the casualty rate in HALF! And a lot more ninja are on duty providing security since they managed to heal all the minor injuries in record time." The Medic-nin glares at the suddenly cringing nin. "So shut your fucking mouth before I find some extra sutures and sow it shut! Regardless of any reservations I had with them before, I now respect them both and will not have them insulted in my presence!" Throwing the now empty (and crumpled) paper cup into the garbage, the medic-nin stalks off angryly to deal with another injury, not knowing what effect his conversation had as the nin blinks before looking in the direction the two Uzumaki-Potter's took off in.
'They saved me…? And a lot more people?' A smile comes to the nin's face as he lays back down. 'I guess… he isn't such a demon after all…' This conversation is but one of many around the village as more change their views due to Naruto and Harry's actions both before and after the invasion. After Naruto and Harry both collapse several times from exhaustion, even more people find themselves respecting them among the ninja. On the civilian side, Harry's and Naruto's Kage Bushin use various repairing spells to repair the less damaged homes allowing the people to move in as little as a few hours. After this, a lot more people have changed their views as the two continue what they're doing, unknowing of the sea change they've caused due to their actions. A week after the invasion, Jeraiya is standing o the balcony of the Hokage Tower watching the hotspings through his spyglass with a smile.
'Oh yeah… that's what I'm talking about…' Hearing something behind him, he turns to find Homura and Koharu watching him. "Yes?" They then tell him that they want him to be Hokage making him snort in derision as he turns away. "Impossible. I have to keep an eye over my spy network and that would be impossible with me being Hokage." Homura sighs as she shakes her head.
"But you must. With Sarutobi as injured as he is, we need to show that we're still strong and to do that, we need a Hokage who's acknowledged to be strong. In other words, one of the Sannin." Jeraiya just shakes his head again.
"Still can't do it I'm afraid. But I DO know who could…" The two Elder's eyes widen as Jeraiya smirks as they ask if he's serious. "Very. She's the best one for the job since she was trained by a Hokage and was related to two of them. She's practically born into it." Koharu nods as she thinks it over.
"Very well. I suppose your going to find her?" Jeraiya nods. "I think that we can spare some Jounin to accompany you on your trip and-" She gets cut off by Jeraiya's sigh.
"I don't need any Jounin… But I will take one…" A thought occurs to him making him smirk. "Actually, make that two ninja with me. Is that okay with you? I'll personally chose them and we'll leave after the funerals two days from now." The two Elders nod before they walk off. Once they're gone, Jeraiya snorts. 'You two old fools are running scared, aren't you? What with the Civilian Council decimated you've lost a lot of political support and, if I'm hearing correctly, three-quarters of Root were killed when Danzo's mansion went up. And with them so did a lot of your "Secret" military power… Shame that Danzo didn't die though… Oh, well! Guess that's all she wrote!' He turns back to the Hot springs and begins to giggle again, unknowing of a plot across town…
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Now no longer needed at the Hospital, Naruto's walking home for a nice long sleep. As he's walking, he notices a lot of people looking at him with respect and nodding at him making him blink. 'I wonder what that's all about…!' Naruto stiffens as he gets a bad feeling and starts running until he reaches a dark alleyway. Once inside, he pulls out a medallion which as the kanji for Hanabi glowing bright red making him frown. 'Hanabi-chan's in trouble? Big trouble if what I'm seeing is correct… I've got to get there right fucking now!' Pulling on Harry's invisibility cloak (which he had "Burrowed"), Naruto disapparates before silently reappearing in the rafters of the Main Hyuuga Dojo to see Hanabi tied up along with Hiashi and Hitomi making his blood broil. At that moment, Hiashi starts shouting at the Hyuuga Elders.
"What is going on here!? First, you kidnap my youngest daughter and my wife and then used them as hostages to trap me! What do you think your doing!" One of the Hyuuga Elders sneers as he walks up and backhands Hiashi.
"What we're doing is preserving the Hyuuga way of life… a way of life that you're trying to change! Not only have you taken away some of our powers, but you've also engaged the demon brat to our heiresses! We will no longer stand for this travesty!" He then looks at Hitomi with a scowl. "And you… You've influenced Hiashi for FAR too long! But like the matter with Hizashi, that will no longer matter soon anyways…" One of the other Elders steps up and gives him a vial containing something. "You see, you two are going to be attacked and killed by Sound nin that managed to hide in the village hoping to make their escape. Of course, due to Hyuuga law you were cremated within hours of your death. They also used a unknown jutsu that caused Hanabi to age as well as tearing out her tongue before they broke each of her fingers…" All three of the people there look horrified. "Due to rules however, us Elders decided that it would be best if the Caged Bird seal was to be put on Hanabi just in case the Jutsu had any… mental effects." He grins as Hanabi screams at him.
"You teme! You won't get aw-" Before she can get any farther, he pours some of the vial down her throat.
"Heh… we already-URK!" He stiffens as a kunai digs hilt deep into the top of his skull. The other Elders look on in shock as he slumps to the floor, dropping the quarter empty vial to the floor where it shatters. Another Elder is about to say something when he and four other's are killed as Naruto jumps down in front of them and slashes them with a spell.
"Sectumsempra!" Watching as the blood drains from their bodies, Naruto turns to the remaining four as well as the eight main branch members. "You're dead…" A one tailed aura forms around him before he charges them. As he kills them, the rest of the Main branch that were involved rush into the room only to meet the same end at Naruto's enraged claws. Done with them, Naruto spits on their still cooling corpses as he walks over to Hanabi who's softly whimpering. Cleaning the blood off him with a spell, Naruto bends down and cuts the ninja wire holding her before hugging her. "I'm sorry Hanabi-chan… I'm sorry that I wasn't quick enough…" She just whimpers some more making him frown. "Hanabi-chan… what's wrong?" She sobs a little.
"It hurts… it really hurts…" She bites her lip to keep the scream from the pain from leaving her throat making Naruto's eyes widen as he quickly throws a kunai which cuts the wire holding Hiashi who then releases Hitomi before they rush over. As the two examine Hanabi, Naruto runs a diagnostic spell on the spilt potion as he swears.
"Fuck! Hanabi-chan, does it hurt everywhere? Especially your bones and joints?" She quickly nods as tears make their way down her cheeks. "Does it feel like growing pains? But WAY worse?" She gasps as she nods again. "BLOODY FUCKING SHIT!" Hitomi looks at him with tears in her eyes from the obvious pain her youngest daughter is in.
"What's wrong with her Naruto-kun… Please tell me!" Naruto sighs as he shakes his head.
"That fucking asshole gave her Aging Potion. It's designed to physically age someone, but it's only supposed to be taken in small doses to equal a few months. In her case, they gave her enough to age her several Years." The two adults gasp and look down at Hanabi. "The fuckhead didn't know what he was doing. The whole reason for it only aging a person a few months is that that way it won't effect them much physically besides the aging. In Hanabi's case, her body is trying to grow but doesn't have enough… material to do so." Now Hiashi looks up at him.
"So… she's aging and her body doesn't have enough to grow?" Naruto nods as he reaches down to wards Hanabi's shirt and pulls it up some revealing how she seems to be wasting away before their very eyes.
"Yeah… So her body's feeding on itself to do so…" He starts to chant for several minutes before a glow spreads from his hand into Hanabi's body making him nearly fall backwards in exhaustion. "Th… There, that spell… should slow down her metabolism as well as the aging process some." He gives the two parents a tired grin as he starts to sway. "It… was designed for people… with extremely fast metabolisms… so it should work… Though Hanabi-chan will have… an appitite… approaching a Akamichi's… for the next little while…" And with that he falls backwards unconscious from exhaustion as Hanabi's whimpers die away as the pain fades away…
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Waking up in the guest room that Hiashi's set aside for his own personal use, Naruto gasps before jumping out of bed and running out of the room. A minute later he rushes back in with a red face as he realizes that he ran out with out getting dressed. Afterwards, he makes his way to the dinning room to see Hanabi happily munching away on a HUGE plate of food. "Hello Hanabi-chan… you okay?" Swallowing her food, she smiles at him and he notices that she looks to be around nine years old.
"Mmhm! I feel a lot better Naruto-kun!" She starts munching away on a peanut butter sandwich as she continues talking with him. "I'm (Munch!) just feeling REALLY(Munch! Munch!) hungry all of the (Munch!) time. That's (Munch! Munch! Munch!) all." Naruto just nods as she moves onto another piece of food.
'I guess I called it right.' He raises an eyebrow as Hanabi quite literally demolishes a small chicken. 'Okay… maybe I underestimated how fast her metabolism would be…' Grabbing an apple, he starts to eat it as he casts a spell to show him how fast she's aging. 'Hmm… So she's aging a minute per second, an hour per minute… a little more then two days an hour… about thirty days per normal day… Hopefully that's slow enough that no big problems should occur…' He notices Hanabi looking at him. "Yes Hanabi-chan? What is it?" Gulping down the food in her mouth, she nervously smiles.
"Um… any idea how old I will be when this stops?" She grabs a bowl of rice and starts to eat it as she continues her questions. "Because… I'm just wondering…" She blushes allowing Naruto to guess what she's thinking.
"At least two years older. You were eight and a half before the potion, right?." Hanabi nods as she continues to eat. "Now, before I slowed down your metabolism, it aged you several months. And even through it's slowed down, you still have an extremely high metabolism because your body is still growing at an accelerated pace." Hanabi nods as he continues, finding herself interested. "Okay, you now look to be around nine instead of eight and a half, and the aging has barely slowed down while I've been here. So it might be a bit yet before it goes back to normal." Hanabi sighs before she scowls.
"I wish that you hadn't have killed those blasted Elders Naruto-kun… I wanted my shot at them too you know." Naruto just nods as Hanabi gets a strange look on her face before scratching her chest.
"Yeah, well… I'm sorry that I broke my-" Naruto's eyes fly open as Hanabi kisses him before she pulls back with an extremely heavy blush on her face as she realizes what she did before telling him that it wasn't his fault as a confused expression crosses her face as she pats her chest. "Wha.. What?" She suddenly stiffens and runs off towards the nearest washroom making Naruto wonder. 'I'm not that bad of a kisser… am I?' Kyubi just chuckles before shaking her head.
'No you aren't Naruto-kun. Remember: She's aging at an accelerated pace, so her hormones are going ten thousand kilometers a second. Also, high metabolism or no, all that food has to go somewhere.' Naruto screws up his face as he realizes what she means.
'Oh… now that's just gross…' Seeing Hiashi walk in, Naruto looks at him. "Hello Hiashi-sama… how are you this morning?" Hiashi chuckles at him before glancing at the clock.
"It be okay… if it was morning and not the afternoon." Hiashi laughs a little before seeing the plate Hanabi's been eating and shaking his head. "When you said that she was going to have a fast metabolism like an Akamichi, I thought that you meant a normal one, not a starving one!" Naruto just shrugs before scratching the back of his neck in embarrassment.
"Yeah…. Well, I guess that I didn't put enough into the spell." Hiashi's about to say something when Hanabi walks in with a large smile. "Something up Hanabi-chan?" She nods rapidly.
"Yup! Guess what?" She looks between the two who look at each other and back at her before shrugging. "I'M GROWING BOOBIES!" The two males face-fault at that as she walks over and starts eating again. Groaning, Naruto looks up.
"Now that's something that you really shouldn't shout about Hanabi-chan…" Sometime later, Naruto walks towards the Uzumaki-Potter Compound and looks at the outside of it before shaking his head and chuckling. The compound is built underground with a tower of basalt above it (really a small mountain) They had decided to build it inside of it since the basalt would protect it and provide something to build on later if need be. Walking in through the doors, Naruto walks through a sloping entrance hallway before walking into a large room with the Uzumaki Clan symbol done in red tile in the floor with the other tiles being a pitch black.. Looking around, he smiles as he sees the various potted plants as well as the large fountain in the center showing a dragon made of crystal expelling water from it's mouth (it's done up like the entrance to a mansion). 'I've got to admit Kyubi-chan, nii-san knew what he was doing when he designed this.' Kyubi nods before making agreeing noises.
'Yup! I really love the enchantment on the ceiling though.' Naruto looks up and nods as it shows the night sky.
'Yeah, it showing the night sky 24/7 is cool. So are the paintings.' Around on the walls are various wizarding landscape paintings showing various places and times. 'Oh well! Time to check up on the plans for tomorrow I guess.' Seeing Harry walking through the door, Naruto calls him over. "Hey, nii-san! What's up?" Seeing him, Harry chuckles.
"Not much, not much at all." He shrugs before becoming serious. "I heard what happened yesterday… Is Hinabi-Omouto-chan okay?" Naruto nods making him sigh in relief. "That's good. You ready for tomorrow?" Naruto nods as the two continue to walk through the compound.
"Yeah… I asked Hiashi about it and you know what he said?" Harry shakes his head. "He told me that it was a very nice gesture and would be well received. So… You still up for it?" Harry nods as they walk off.
"Yeah… otherwise it would be a shame considering all the work we put into it…"
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All of Konoha is gathered for the funeral of the ninja's who died during the invasion. Looking around, Ino leans over to Sakura. "Psst! Forehead, where's Naruto and Harry?" Sakura shrugs before looking around herself.
"In really don't know Ino-pig. I can't imagine they would miss this for anything. Those two are serious when it comes to showing respect for the dead…" She trails off feeling heavy footsteps through the ground. The Sandaime and several others merely smile as they know what's coming. Through the rain comes the sounds of hoof beats as well as heavy, thundering footsteps. Slowly, two figures become seen and once they get close enough, everyone gasps as Harry and Naruto ride in front of the procession of coffins in plate (Knight) armour (Harry's silver with the Potter clan coat of arms and Naruto's gold with the Uzumaki symbol on the chest and no helms) on a pair of Unicorns. Behind them, pulling the caskets is a dragon (A Chinese Fireball). They pass through the crowd, utterly silent except for their capes cracking in the wind. Reaching the podium, the two ride to either side and dismount before getting down on one knee in a position of fealty facing each other. The Sandaime just nods from the wheelchair he's in as nin begin taking the caskets from the wagons pulled from the dragon and placing them on the podium.
'Very nice you two…' He glances at the dragon and raises an eyebrow as it looks like it's actually BOWING to the coffins. 'The dragon is a very nice touch as well…' Clearing his throat, he begins the funeral as the rain continues to fall, with neither Harry or Naruto moving from where they're kneeling (now shown to be in the direction of the coffins) for the next hour. Once he's done, he sadly smiles as Row appears and starts to sing a mournful tune as the mourners come up to lay flowers at the foot of the caskets. Finally, they're all done and everyone watches as Harry and Naruto get up from the kneeling position before the march to the middle of the caskets and face them before they pull out their swords in a salute as they speak as one.
"You have made the ultimate sacrifice so that we could be here today. We, the living, salute you. May you forever rest in peace as you watch over those of us left behind." They then turn and face the crowd as they continue to speak. "May we never forget the sacrifice made by those we lay to rest today, yesterday, or tomorrow. For it is because of them that we stand here today, free and alive. Honour them always and as long as you remember and keep them close to your hearts they may never truly die. For in them the Will of Fire burns strongly and will never fade for eternity as long as we never forget." The two stop and stand there, as still as statues, never moving for the rest of the funeral…
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The Funeral done and the caskets buried, Naruto and Harry finally relax before looking once more at the freshly made graves and bowing with a thank you passing their lips. Hearing something, they turn to see Jeraiya walking towards them. Naruto gives him a slight smile as he nods. "Jeraiya-sama." Jeraiya's slightly startled at this before a smirk comes to his face.
"Ah! So you've finally decided to show respect to me, eh?" Naruto shakes his head.
"Only for today Jeraiya-sama. Tomorrow, I'll be back to normal. Count on it." Jeraiya just chuckles while shaking his head.
"Yeah well… that's not what I actually wanted to talk to you about." They both look at him before motioning him onwards. "Ah, yes. You see I have to go on a long mission, might be a month or two in fact." They both nods slightly confused before they ask why he's telling them. "Good question. The answer's actually quite simple: I want you two to come with me." They blink making him chuckle as Harry holds out a hand.
"Whoa! Whoa! Wait a bloody minute." He looks at Jeraiya as if he's insane. "Why the hell would you want US on a mission with YOU? What is the mission objective and why should we come?" Jeraiya shrugs non-committaly.
I have my reasons for wanting you on this mission. As to what it is… I can't tell you that right now since the information is currently sensitive." The two nod not being strangers to such things. "As to why you should come… I'll treat this as a training mission and I'll teach you both several things since your no longer competing against each other." Harry and Naruto look at each other for several minutes before they turn back to Jeraiya and nod. "Excellent! Get some sleep tonight gakis, we leave with first light!"
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Hana's groaning as she lays her head down on the sink with the toliet beside her filled with vomit. Watching from the doorway, Tsume frowns as she's really worried now about her daughter. "Are you sure that you haven't had sex with anyone Hana? If you had sex with Harry I'm not going to be angry with you, I promise." Hana just growls at her mother.
"I keep telling you Kaa-san that me and Harry-kun HAVE NOT had sex. I'm still a fucking virgin kuso! And before you say anything I already did the testing jutsu see if I have had sex." She goes through several handsigns and she glows green. "See! IF I've fucking had sex it would show as yellow! And since it showed Kami-kuso green it means that I! AM! A ! FUCKING! VIRGIN! Kaa-san!" She suddenly bursts into tears. "Why the hell do you fucking keep on it Kuso! Why don't you believe me?!" Hana gets angry again and snarls at Tsume. "What?! Do you think I'm some kind of WHORE! WELL?! DO YOU!?" Tsume just holds her hands up as her eyebrows raise.
"Whoa! Whoa! I never said any such thing Hana! And I never will! I believe you, I really do! Okay, so the jutsu showed that you've never had sex. Very well. I was just wondering about it because you've been getting sick every day for the past week and a half. And I also had mood swings like you've been having when I was carrying you and Kiba. That's all." Hana bursts into tears as she watches her mom.
"You… you mean it? You believe me?" Tsume slowly nods as she watches Hana who rushes up and glomps her with a huge grin. "Thank you! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!" Hana suddenly cocks her head to the side as she smiles. "You know what? I'm in the mood for a peanut butter and anchovy sandwich… yup! I think I'll go have one right now!" And with that, she bounces out the room as Tsume stares after her with a massive swatdrop before she shakes her head.
'Ok… I'm going to have to talk with Naruto-kun after all's said and done when he gets back from his mission with Jeraiya and ask if it's actually possible for someone to get pregnate magically somehow…'
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Yui: (Blinks before looking at Steve) Hana's not actually pregnant... is she?
Steve: Not saying. But I would advise you to remember that she swallowed a potion which caused a burning sensation in her abdomen.
Yui: ... I just don't fucking believe you...
Steve: (Shrugs) I'm just saying...
Hinata: So... Hanabi-Omouto-chan is aging? How far?
Steve: Just far enough to be a better match for Naruto. That's all.
Pen-pen: Waaarrrk wark? (Anything else?)
Steve: Yeah, I'm just going to answer some questions. One of them is who is older: Naruto or Harry. Physically, Naruto's older at thirteen while Harry's twelve. However, Harry's more mature mentally and emotionally compared to Naruto, especially now that his memories have been returned. So really, they look up to each other. As to me placing this story in the Harry/Hermione section, I did so because it fit at the time even though it doesn't seem like it. I've also seen stories where Hermione plays a bit part until the very end. She WILL appear soon, that I can promise, then there will be several more chapters before we go to Shippodan since we have a while to go yet. Also, Harry KNOWS that at the moment he's back in time, so he isn't worrying about the Wizarding world since it would serve no real purpose other then to drive him insane.
Yui: Done?
Steve: Yup! Just a two-for-one Omake left! This is for you Lansar 1!
Omake: Sakura Vs. The Black Shinobi!
Sakura, Shikamaru, Naruto, and Pakun are chasing the trail left by Sasuke and the Suna nin when a Sound nin in black armour and a samurai mask/helm steps in their way. Shikamaru looks at the others and sighs. "Troublesome. Okay, guys I'll hold him back and-" The Black Sound-nin interrupts them.
"None shall pass." Sakura tries to reason with him and tells him that they trying to save their friend that they need him to move. He just stands there. "Then you shall die for I move for no man… or woman." Sakura just sighs before taking her word off her back.
"Fine… Looks like I have no choice. Kyaaa!" She charges him and they meet in a clash of swords until Sakura finally gets the upper hand. "Gotcha!" Her broadsword swings out and takes his left arm off. "HA! Take that!" The Black Shinobi just looks at the bleeding stump and then at Sakura.
"'Tis but a scratch." Sakura and the others look at him icluderous. Naruto points at him.
"A Scratch!? What the hell are you talking about?! Sakura just took your arm off!" The Black Shinobi just looks at him and Naruto can't help but feel like he thinks that he's an idiot.
"No it isn't." They all face fault and Shikamaru gets back up and stares at him.
"Well, then what's that?" He points at the arm on the ground. "It sure looks like your arm." He looks at it and shakes his head.
"I've had worse." Sakura just points at him.
"LIAR!" He just charges at her and she cuts off his right arm off. "Whew! Now that-Oof!" The Black Shinobi runs over and kicks her. "What the hell?! Why are you still fighting?! Look you fucking baka! I just took off both your arms! You have none left!" The Black Shinobi looks at her and shakes his head.
"Yes I do. I have two arms." Shikamaru puts his face in his hands before glaring at him and points at the two arms and asks what those are. "Those aren't mine." He runs over and kicks Sakura again.
"Grr! Take this asshole!" She takes off his left leg and nods. "There! Now what are you going to do?" He tells her he's going to get her. "Oh yeah?! And what are you going to do? Get me and bleed on me? HA!" He just glares at her.
"I am Orochimaru-sama's most feared follower, the Black Shinobi! He has made me INVINCIBLE! I CANNOT BE DEFEATED!" Sakura just sighs and takes off his right leg sending him to the ground.
"There!" She turns back to the others and motions them forwards. "Come on guys, let's leave this loony here." They all nod and Naruto and Shikamaru take off with her. The Black Shinobi glares at the departing shinobi with disgust.
"Oh! Oh! I see! You're all cowards running away from my awesomeness! You yellow teme's! Come back here and get what's coming to you! I'll bite you legs off!" He then notices a pug staring at him. "What's this? Yet another foe for the infamous Black Shinobi to defeat?!" Pakkun just stares at him lazly.
"You're a baka and talk too much." Walking around to his front, Pakkun raises a back leg and urinates on him before he takes off after the genin.
"GAH! YOU THINK SUCH A VILE TRICK WILL DEFEAT THE GREATEST OF OROCHIMARU-SAMA'S FOLLOWERS!? COME BACK HERE COWARDS!"
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Omake:The horrifying truth about Haku's rabbit.
A group of Sound nin and Suna nin burst into a apartment looking for people to kill. Spotting a picture, one of the Sound Jounin looks at it. "Huh? Hey! I know who that is! It's Momochi Zabuza, the Demon of the Bloody Mist!" A Suna Chunin sees a cage in the room with a white rabbit in it. Snickering, he walks over and looks at the other's in the group.
"Hey, guys! What do you think of roast rabbit for dinner?" Most of them start laughing at that as he reaches the cage and grabs the door. The only Suna Jounin sighs and rolls his eyes.
"Leave it be baka. I refuse to eat someone's pet rabbit." The Chunin chuckles as he lifts the cage door, though he's a little creeped out by how the rabbit's watching him… Almost as if it's hungry…
"Oh, just put a sock in it! It's just a- ARGH!" The rabbit jumps out of the cage and bites him in the neck. Moments later he falls apart. The rest of the horrified group back up as the rabbit stares at them before leaping at the group. Soon their screams are silenced forever…
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Seeing the door a jar, Haku gasps and rushes inside the apartment. "Miyuki!" Looking around, she takes note of all the blood splatter on the walls. "Miyuki! MIYUKI! Where are you baby! Kaa-san's here!" Moments later, a bloodstained rabbit hops into the room and a relieved Haku scoops it up in her arms and cuddles it. "Oh Miyuki! Kaa-san's so happy that you're okay!" Taking note of the blood on her beloved pet, she bounces off in the direction of the bathroom. "Let's get you all cleaned up, shall we baby?" Zabuza who walks in behind her shivers at the rabbit's slightly red glowing eyes.
'I swear that thing's evil… BUT HAKU JUST WON'T BELIEVE ME!'
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Yui: TWO Monty Python Omakes! Your just insane!
Steve: You got to admit though, the bit about Haku's rabbit makes sense...
Yui: Well... yeah, it does... which is REALLY disturbing...
Steve: Tell me about it... Anyways, onto the next chapter!
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