The next week passed much faster than the first week. Snape's classes were the most bearable they had ever been, even thou he still was having problems with nonverbal spells. So he was starting to suffer in all his classes but potions which because of the Half blood Prince, was quickly becoming his best subject.

After the last Defense Against the Dark Arts he stopped when he heard someone calling him back, he turned to see his Professor Namikaze standing there with the class essays in her arms, "Harry I have noticed that you have been having problems with nonverbal spells."

"Yeah," he said resentment filled his voice. This was something that Snape loved to point out to the class even thou he wasn't the only one with problems.

"I can help you if you want," she said kindly.

"You would really?" he asked in disbelief.

"Yeah, are you, Ron, and Neville free Saturday night?" she asked. He felt deflated slightly when she said Ron and Neville's names too. He was hoping it would just be him and her.

"I will talk to them," he said trying to keep the disappointment out of his voice. He went off to lunch while he saw Naruko head towards her office. When Harry arrived he sat on Hermione's left and Ron was on her right.

"What's up mate, what did she want?" Ron asked. Harry considered not telling Ron and Neville about her offer but if she asked them about it…how would she react.

"She said that she was going to help me with my nonverbal spells," Harry said.

"Just you?" Hermione asked.

"No she wanted me to tell Ron and Neville also," he said wondering if she already knew that.

"I'm in when?" Ron asked excitedly.

"Saturday night," Harry answered.

"Well Saturday day is going to be very busy for you Quidditch tryouts, World History and private lessons," Hermione said to her two friends.

"We must be the luckiest guys in the school," Ron said a dreamy look coming over his face.

"How so?" Hermione asked with slight hint of bitterness in her tone.

"I mean any guy in this school would give anything to have private lessons with her," Ron said.

"I don't see what is so special about her," Hermione said trying to keep the jealousy out of her tone.

"Well think of it this way, she is our Lockhart…but with skills," Ron said.

"And a brain," Harry said, she had other things that Lockhart didn't but he would rather not bring that up right now. Hermione face had turned slightly red at this. She got up and left the table without a word. She had made her way to Naruko's office, she knocked on the door.

"Come in," a soft voice called. Hermione opened to door, "Miss Granger what can I do for you?" Naruko asked without even looking up.

"I was wondering why…" Hermione started.

"Why I offered classes to just the three Gryffindor boys?" she asked still not looking up as she graded papers.

"Well…yes," Hermione said.

"It is simple, there is Neville who is too afraid of Snape-Senpai to learn anything, Harry refuses to learn anything from him and Ron I haven't quite figured him out yet but my guess would be he doesn't put the proper effort into his work," she said finally looking up.

"What makes you say that?"

"For one it's not hard to see-to put it mildly- that Harry doesn't like Snape. Neville flinches whenever Snape –Senpai gets too close."

"What about Ron?"

"You did very well on your essay, the best actually, and you have a very unique writing style," she said smiling at Hermione.

"Thank you…but that still doesn't answer my question Professor," Hermione said.

"I can detect it in Mr. Weasley's paper, so that leads me to believe that you helped him on this paper or rather he wrote what you told him to, it's the same for Mr. Potter." Hermione looked almost horrified. "You misunderstand me, I think it is great that you want to help your friends, it really is. But sometimes you have to teach people so they can do it on their own…do you understand what I am saying?"

"Yes," Hermione said after a moment. Naruko gave her a warm smile a slight blush crossed Hermione's cheeks; she quickly turned to leave, "so to bother you Professor."

"No bother at all stop by anytime you want to talk," Naruko said. Hermione rushed out of the door.

"Hermione, where have you been?" Ron asked.

"Oh, I went to talk to a Professor about something then I need time to think," Hermione said quickly.

"Which Professor?" Ron asked eyeing her suspiciously.

"Namikaze," Hermione said in an offhand tone.

"Why did you talk to her?" Ron asked.

"Because she doesn't trust her," Harry said remembering what Namikaze had said, no one in the school trusted her.

"That's not true I just wanted to ask her something," Hermione said in a soft voice.

"And what would that have been," Ron asked.

"It is between me and Professor Namikaze," she said sternly before going to bed.

"Couldn't you have waited to piss her off after we finished our homework?" Harry asked.

"How was I supposes to know that would piss her off?" Ron asked indignantly.

"Because you always piss her off when you do that?" Harry answered.

"When I do what?"

"Speak," Harry said simply.

"I am done it is no use without Hermione here," Ron said pushing his work away from him.

It was dark four two people stood in the middle of a clearing, "they are coming," a cold voice said his red eyes scanning the area as four shadowy figures appeared.

"Kakashi Hatake, it took longer for you to find us than I thought it would," an argent voice called out, "unless…you never did want to find us."

"Tell us where Naruto is Sasuke we know you know where he is," Sakura shouted.

"He?" repeated Sasuke as if the word had been foreign to him.

"So you all don't know," Kabuto said sounding amused, "but of course you do, don't you Kakashi."

"What are they talking about?" Sakura said.

"Don't worry about it, we have come to capture them," Kakashi said coolly revealing his Sharingan.

"Is that really what you want?" Kabuto asked smirking, "I would have thought you would want us dead because of what we know."

"You are right I do want you dead but we have been ordered to at you in alive if possible," Kakashi said.

"When will you learn that your lies only get you into more trouble and the Dobe, isn't here to bail you out this time," Sasuke said his eyes moving between the four Konoha Shinobi.

"Kakashi-Sensei what are they talking about?" Hinata asked softly.

"Look we can see you have some issues to work out so just tell us where our little blond friend is and we will be on our way," Kabuto said still smirking.

"I can't do that and besides Naruto will kill you both if you tried anything," Kakashi said.

"No we have something in store for our little blond Jinchuriki," Kabuto said as a twisted smile crossed his lips making him look even more snake like. Without warning Hinata attacked the two missin-nin her strike just missing Kabuto, Sasuke leapt in and his Chidori inches from her chest.

"No not yet, we will break their hero first and when they see all is lost then we will kill them…slowly," Kabuto said. Sasuke pulled his hand back the Chidori faded, then so did the two men.

"I know this is going to be troublesome, but what the hell is going on?"

So far the leader are

Naru shika 16

Naru Hinata 15

Naru Harry 13

Harry Ginny 4

Harry Luna 3

Naru Sakura 3

and a Kakashi in a pair tree :)