The ground was covered by snow Christmas carols carried thru the night air emanating from a nearby church house. The three disguised as an elderly couple and their son, Naruko, who now had the appearance of a middle age man, while Harry and Hermione looked like a much older couple.

"I wonder if my parents would be in there." Harry asked looking at the cemetery, "come on, let go see if we can find them."

Naruko followed her eyes sweeping across the grounds looking for the enemy she knew would be on the lookout for them. She caught sight of an elderly woman and instantly she knew the woman was human just as the woman knew they weren't who they appeared to be.

"We are being watched," Naruko said in a whisper.

"You are just being paranoid Ron," Harry said in a whisper.

"Harry is right Ron, you have been jumpy since we got here," Hermione said, but Naruko kept her eyes on the little old woman. After they found Harry's Parents' graves and left flowers, Naruko asked if they could go already. But they made their way to Harry's old home where not much of the old house was left standing.

It was then when Harry noticed it, there was someone watching them a very small very old someone. "Is that Bathilda Bagshot?" Harry asked.

"The author of A History of magic?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah, Elphias Doge told me she still lived here; do you think Dumbledore told her to wait for me to come?" Harry asked.

"And how would she know who you are one you're under an invisibility cloak and you are under the effects of polyjuice potion," Naruko said coolly.

"Maybe she is live Dumbledore he noticed when I was under the invisibility cloak," Harry shot back.

"Harry it is not too late to leave, let's just go," Naruko said feeling the effects of the potion wearing off.

"She might have the sword," Harry said stepping from under the cloak and made his way up to the ancient woman.

"She doesn't have it!" Naruko practically yelled causing him to stop

"Ron, how do you know if she has the sword or not?" Hermione asked.

"Because I just do, so don't go, mate," Naruko said trying to calm down.

"I have to be sure," Harry said continuing to follow Bathilda. When they entered her home Naruko was instantly hit by the smell of rotting flesh. Naruko watched as the old witch tried to light candles with a match.

"Harry let's go," Naruko said her eyes never leaving Bathilda. But he was already following her up a flight of stairs. Naruko waited for a second before pulling out her wand and ran up the stairs without making a sound.

"Protego!" Naruko cried out knocking the snake back, "Harry let's get out of here now."

But the snake lunged at Harry again; without thinking Naruko pushed Harry out of the way but in doing so she was bitten in the side by the snake. Instantly her body was filled with an intense pain. She noticed that Harry had lost his wand. Panting hard she got to her feet fighting to remain in her henge. She raised her wand blasting the snake back but she fell to her knees from the pain.

She saw Hermione pick up Harry's wand rushing to her side. She didn't hear that Hermione shouted pointing the want at the snake before she grabbed the pair of them and disapparated. They appeared in a forest Hermione quickly put up the defense spells while Harry fell by her side.

"Ron," was all he was able to say. Harry reached down to help her up but she knocked his hand aside stunning both Harry and Hermione.

"Ron," Hermione said.

"Back off," she snapped holding her side, she could feel it healing already but it still hurt like a bitch, this was the most painful thing she had ever experienced, "none of this would have happened if we wouldn't have gone like I said… if we would have left when I said…if you wouldn't have gone to the house like I said… if you would left the house when I said!" her voice was getting weaker but the rage was still evident causing the two to step back."

"Ron get inside you need to rest…" Hermione said her voice full of panic.

"I would rather not trust my well being to the ones responsible for putting me in this position," she said coldly. "Go to be I will take the watch."

"But Ron…" Hermione said on verge of tears.

"I said go," the tone was hushed more terrifying then when the one they believed to be Ron had been shouting. Unsure what to do Naruko got up weakly and walked off vanishing from sight.

"Should we go after him…?" Hermione asked.

"I don't know… we need to get him to the hospital before…" Harry knew that the venom that the snake possessed was beyond even Hermione's skills to deal with.

When Naruko was far enough from others, she wiped some of the blood from her side and summoned a toad, "get me to Sakura…" she said before passing out.

There was a puff and Sakura and Hinata who had been sitting in Naruko's loft while Kakashi and Shikamaru did their rounds, saw a toad appeared before them. It opened its mouth and Naruko fell with light thud to the floor. Sakura rushed to her friend's side quickly began healing her side.

Naruko opened her eyes and said in a weak voice, "snake bite," then she passed out again. Sakura remember the antidote that Tsunade had given her before the start of her mission. She pulled out the vile and poured it down her throat.

Kakashi and Shikamaru arrived in time to see Sakura picking Naruko off the floor, "I know this is going to be troublesome but what happened?" Shikamaru asked talking a deep breath.

"We don't know, her toad appeared and she looked like she had been thru hell and she woke up long enough to say snake bit," Sakura, explained.

"Can you take me to where you found her?" Kakashi asked turning to the Toad.

"Hai, she looked like a red head boy when I found her I don't know if that was important," the toad said.

"Very," Kakashi said transforming to Ron.

"That is the boy," the toad said. Then they were gone. Kakashi didn't know much about what happened but he couldn't let the two go unprotected and Naruko needed to rest. All Kakashi knew about Ron was the little that he had seen and what Naruko had told him.

Kakashi activated his Sharigan to find them but it was necessary the two found him.

"Ron are you alright…you are healed," Hermione said in shock. Kakashi studied their faces and the guilt on them told him it was because of them Naruko was hurt. He didn't want to give away he wasn't Ron and what ever happened the cold shoulder seemed to be in order. Kakashi placed a Genjutsu over them with the two noticing. "Jigyaku No Jutsu," without realizing it the two young wizards were telling him everything that happened in great detail.

They seemed to think that Ron who was really Naruko was angry because she was hurt but he knew the truth. He shook his head, before releasing the Jutsu, and the two continued as if nothing had just happened.