so, it's been a while... in all honesty i have been gone for so long due to that thing that hits us all at some point the life of authors... WRITERS BLOCK! yes, i had awful writers block when it came to this fic, while i probably should have put the fic on hold, i didn't want to, i have been going back to it every now and again slowly adding bits to it here and there, and now have finally (while on a train to a convention and ever since) managed to get another chapter out... hope you all had a merry christmas and all the best for the new year =] if you don't celebrate i hope you had a good time anyway
enjoy =]
It was finally time, the time Naruto and Sasuke had been looking forward to, time to start the job they had travelled a long way to do, there had been several more blow outs between the two ninja, the golden trio and friends/family, the favoured argument of 'they are just children' coming up several times, now Naruto had been somewhat more vocal about his dislike of this comparison than his darker haired lover who had shaken his head and sighed, after all his blonde spoke enough for both of them.
There had been two tense weeks since the last blow out, a trip to the ministry of magic, and several thankfully 'normal' days, and now when Naruto and Sasuke found themselves on the scarlet train headed for hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, Naruto was sat currently waving his wand around practising the proper movements required for a spell to work correctly, this was something neither Sasuke or Naruto had found difficult to learn they had quickly figured that the proper wrist movements for working a wand where similar to learning movements for some of the attacks they used back in the ninja world.
Harry, Hermione and the Weasley children where all currently watching this practice going on, they had all been quite put off when Sasuke and Naruto had learned what amounted of 4 years worth of work at hogwarts in less than a week, but they all (incorrectly) figured that the two had been practising during the night, something the two ninja had denied not that they where believed, when this had been pointed out, Naruto had shrugged and said 'well its the truth, you not believing me is the least of my worries' Sasuke hadn't replied at all
"So..." Harry broke the silence, which was almost tangible,
"Who do you think they got in to teach the defence class?" he asked
"I would guess a ministry approved official, it seems the ministry is trying to interfere at hogwarts from what i have seen so far" Sasuke said, everyone stared, several people where sure he had gone mute
"What makes you think that?" Ron asked with a frown
"Well, things don't add up, like those Dementors showing up and getting Harry expelled, then the ministry denying all knowledge of it happening, them holding a full criminal trial for something as small as underage magic, something is off somewhere, so Naruto and I think that maybe the ministry is trying to interfere" Sasuke said, he had spoken quietly and slowly and when he sat back the next thing to go through his head where the words 'ok that's it i have used up all conversation skills for today at least'
"Well that does make sense" Hermione said after a few moments of silence as the others processed what Sasuke had said, Naruto snorted,
"Of course it makes sense, Sasuke figured it all out, there's a reason why he graduated from the academy top of our class for everything" Sasuke's face scrunched up
"you would have came out above me for shadow cloning if your charka worked properly"
Naruto shrugged at this
"naa with the way they rigged my grades i was doomed to fail until they had to pass me after i learned my jutsu." Sasuke nodded he already knew this, and hardly thought it was fair, though he would admit to the fact that when they where graduating from the academy he didn't care less if Naruto graduated or not, in all he thought it had everything to do with the council, they where the ones who wanted to do stupid things, like not allowing Naruto to live a life, and almost having the blonde executed for what he had done, finding out that little bit of information did not sit well with Sasuke and it still wasn't now, Naruto broke away from the conversation he had been having the others to tilt his head at his darker haired boyfriend but Sasuke shook it off not letting Naruto in on what was bothering him.
some time later
After another pile of silences and conversations some of which had been created in an attempt to break the silences the train had almost made it hogwarts as the sky was beginning to darken, Harry was sitting thinking about how this journey had been relatively pleasant despite the often tense silences,
"What's the plan for when we arrive Sasu?" Naruto was the next one to break the silence this time clearly wanting to know schematics for their mission before it started, Sasuke leaned forward joining his hands together and resting his chin on them.
"Well, we need to scope out the castle get to know everything about it, now judging form what we have heard so far that will be a difficult thing to do considering things seem to move for themselves, and rooms tend to appear and disappear of their own accord, so scoping out the castle and area i think would be best left to you and your shadow clones, our job is made easier in several ways, 1. most of the more important parts of the school such as the house rooms, Dumbledore's office and I'm sure several others are password protected, 2. From what i have heard the ghosts will have some pretty good ideas on the castles layout, they are already and dead and therefore a valuable ally, they will be able to help with patrols. and finally 3. the forbidden forest, will most lightly be full of a certain furry animal and maybe a different one" Sasuke gave Naruto a pointed look at this
"that could come in handy to befriend, as they would also be able to help, particularly out in the grounds as they will know if something unusual shows up" Naruto had listened to all of this carefully but didn't respond immediately, he went over all Sasuke had said his head, before slowly nodding.
"OK, when we arrive i will send out my clones to get started on the mapping of the castle and the grounds, also for the final bit, what shall i do, i could always let Kyuu out to go and sort out that bit as for the second one, i could always send out a few more clones to meet with the ghosts" Sasuke nodded in reply.
"Your going to let Kyuu out? is that a good idea?" Naruto smirked,
"Of course besides we are getting unbalanced again letting her out will level us out" Sasuke nodded once in understanding before sitting back in his seat glancing out of the window, he recognized nothing, and this was something that kind of excited him he looked forward to finally being in a place where no one knew who he was, no one would look at him as either a piece of meat like most of the girls did or with barely concealed pity which was the look he got off most of the adults. he also silently hoped for Naruto as well, hoped that here he would have what he clearly needed more than anything... acceptance, it had always disgusted him how the villagers except for a select few treated the blonde ball of sunshine who he now called his boyfriend, that poor boy had no say in what he had been picked for and despite the fourth hockage's wishes the boy had not been treated like the hero he was supposed to be, no rather they had treated him like the demon that he housed.
Sasuke released a frustrated sigh, he wished he could come up with a way to get the villagers to understand, and he felt physically sick every time the memory of what the council had been willing to do on his return to kill his innocent team mates for his wrong doings really showed that the council all needed serious reality checks.
He glanced up when a tanned hand touched his arm, his eyes meeting concerned blue orbs, he shook his head but Naruto who seemed to have an uncanny ability to read him like a book raised an eyebrow
"just thinking about how much i want to impale the whole of the council on the end of my katana for what the wanted to do to you" he mumbled in japanese, Naruto grinned then waved his finger in Sasukes' face
"Now Sasuke that wont help me take grandma's seat will it?" Sasuke rolled his eyes
"Maybe it will... if i do that then there will be a new council" he grumbled, Naruto's grin slipped a little
"Yeah more old people who can hate me for something i had no control over, if the current council goes the new one could be worse, better off to wait until the day when people our age can join the council" he said in response, Sasuke rolled his eyes
"I hate not to sugar coat it here Naruto but there's a chance that most of us wont live to see the day when we will be old enough to join the council" Naruto flinched, at the semi harsh reminder that every mission he went on could be his last. He glanced over at a small cough, his grin returning full force before he stood up and stretched
"Time to get ready we will be there soon right" Hermione nodded slowly her eyes widening slightly at the blonde's sudden change in attitude she hadn't been able to understand a word of what Naruto and Sasuke had been saying but even she could tell that it hadn't necessarily been a fun topic.
Next chapter will begin as they arrive at hogwarts, again i apologise for the stupidly long wait for an update. Also i have to admit that i haven't done a proper read through of this yet so i apologise for any spelling errors or bad grammar. Chances are i will end up re-uploading this chapter at a later date =]
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