Sand Wizards

Chapter 5: Diagon Alley

Disclaimer: I own Harry Potter and Naruto. (Random Guy) "Hey! There she is! Get her!" (Me) "…o_O...shit…I don't own it…" *Runs away*

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The last place Gaara expected to be was on the floor of a dirty, dark shop. It wasn't the nicest way to travel, floo powder. Gaara had seen his siblings disappear from his view, and felt his stomach turn over. During the experience, he saw flashes of others in the fireplace. The most noticeable one was the one with gingers. Gaara could swear that everyone in that family had the same hair and freckles. It was like they were all freaking identical. Still, he shouldn't be thinking about them. They were unimportant. Below him. Worthless.

Gaara wiped the dirt from his black shirt. "They better not be too long," Gaara mumbled. He didn't feel like waiting, and he needed to get to the wizard bank. Like, really. He was hungry for food. His mouth watered at the thought of pork ramen and a bottle of sake.

Moments later, Temari appeared in the fire place, coughing and gagging. An instant later Kankuro came along, except he was laughing like a madman. "Hey Temari, guess what I did," he sang. Temari rolled her eyes. "What, baka?" Kankuro grinned. "Just after you left, I got out one of my boxers, and…" He started laughing again. Temari shook her head. "Tell me you didn't rokudenashi." Kankuro snorted. "I chucked the boxers in some guy's fireplace! That loser didn't know what hit him!"

Gaara let some sand slither up Kankuro's arm, and calmly but angrily said, "Shut up and show us the map of Diagon Alley."

Kankuro swallowed. "S-sure thing, G-Gaara," he stuttered, eyeing the sand that was wrapped around his arm. He pulled out an old map from his pants pocket. "So, we're at…ah…"

Temari peeked over Kankuro's shoulder. "We're here, Kankuro. See that sign over there? And we need to go…" she pointed to a random place on the map. "…here. See? It's the biggest building in the whole street. It's either that or where the ka- minister works at. The Ministry of Magic."

Kankuro tilted his head to the side, and pointed to the roof. "Why don't we just go look for ourselves, sis?" he said, shoving the map back inside his pocket. Kankuro jumped lightly. Some dust around him jumped up when he fell back down. Suddenly the dust started to rise once it fell back down. It formed a blob in the air, and the blob became a line, and the line became an arrow. Temari, Kankuro and Gaara watched in amazement as the dust changed shape. "Where's it pointing to?" Temari wondered. As if answering her, the dust created words in the air; Gringotts. "Oh. We should head that way," Kankuro said, pointing in the same direction as the arrow. Temari rolled her eyes. "You think so, navigator?"

The siblings walked outside, and gasped at the sudden cold wind that blew at their faces. Crowds of people around them ran about to do their own business, while other people would press their faces against the windows of random shops. Kankuro whistled. "Just imagine what life would have been like in Sunagakure if it was this busy," he stated. He pointed to a window where around twenty people crowded around. Inside the window there was a broom. "They seem to be excited very easily, if they're fussing over a broom."

Temari peeked at a nearby window. Her eyes widen when she saw what was inside. "Hey! Kankuro, Gaara! Look this shop, it's full of sweets!" Kankuro pressed his face against the glass. He could see that every corner of the shop was filled with mouth-watering treats. Kankuro's stomach rumbled. So…hungry… He thought, clutching his stomach. Gaara suddenly appeared upside down in front of the two siblings. "We need to get to Gringotts, now," he snapped. "Don't keep me waiting any longer."

Kankuro bit his lip, while Temari felt beads of sweat rolling down her face. "Y-yeah, of course," Temari stammered. She breathed in, and then turned to Kankuro. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING YOU BAKA? DROOLING ALL OVER THE WINDOWS AND STARING AT FOOD, WE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO! YOU ASHAME THE KAZEKAGE! YOU ASHAME THE LAND OF WIND! YOU ASHAME THE SHINOBI WORLD! SHAME ON YOU!" she barked. Kankuro suddenly felt extremely small next to his elder sister.

"S-sorry," he squeaked. "How about we just go, yeah?" Several people passing by stared at the siblings. Temari turned to them. "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU STARING AT?" The poor wizards and witches looked away and fell into a state of depression.

Kankuro felt sympathy for the people. He, of course, has been yelled at by Temari at least sixty billion times by Temari. He lost count after the first twenty eight times. "Hey sis, don't take it out on them," he commented. Temari twisted her brother's ear. "Shut up and walk," she threatened quietly.

"Ouch! Owowowowow!" the puppeteer whined. Temari pulled him towards the street. "Quit complaining." Kankuro slipped out of Temari's grasp and rubbed his ear. "That hurts," he cried. "Why don't we just go?"

Temari rolled her eyes. "That's what Gaara and I have been saying, dumbass," she said, punching Kankuro on the head. Gaara walked coldly past them. "You two better take us to the bank, or I'll kill you," he said, glaring daggers at the two of them. Gaara quickly walked down the street while Kankuro and Temari followed.

"So, I think that Gringotts is over there," Kankuro claimed, pointing at the biggest building on the street, that had a large sign saying Gringotts over the arch doors. Temari snorted. "You think, Baka?" Kankuro nodded his head. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure-"

"Shut up and go inside," Gaara growled. His red hair flowed back as he said the emotionless sentence. The oldest brother did as he was told by the younger one. His eyes flew past the gold writing on the silver doors. It said;'Enter, stranger, but take heed Of what awaits the sin of greed, For those who take, but do not earn, Must pay most dearly in their turn. So if you seek beneath our floors A treasure that was never yours, Thief, you have been warned, beware Of finding more than treasure there.'

Kankuro gulped. He nudged Temari. "I…I wouldn't want to steal s-something from here," he whispered. He shifted his eyes back to the silver doors. "I'm worried about the last line in the poem. What if they have a bijuu here?" his eyes darted back and forth. Temari leaned towards her brother. "There's no way they'll have a bijuu here. It's just there could be things almost as dangerous here, like…oh!"

Kankuro tilted his head. "What?" Temari was staring at something over Kankuro's shoulder. "What is it?" Kankuro peeked behind him. "Hey, isn't that…"

Five people were standing next to some midget, each with the standard shinobi shoes and the same head band, which bore the mark of Konoha.

Gaara narrowed his eyes. "Konoha ninjas."

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Shikamaru sat on his dining table. He hadn't told his father of the new mission yet, because he felt that it was too troublesome to say. Shikaku cooked, and he needed an excuse to stop eating the half burnt chicken. Shikamaru sighed. I wish my team wasn't so troublesome. He thought. This mission is such a drag. He placed his fork next to him and coughed, in the attention-seeking way. When Shikaku looked up, he coughed again, but this time louder. Shikaku looked up. "Yes, Shikamaru?" he asked, taking another bite.

Shikamaru gulped. "I'm leaving for a year," he said. Shikaku spat out the food in his mouth. Shikamaru looked in disgust at the saliva on his plate. "YOU'RE WHAT?" Shikaku yelled. Shikamaru put his hands in his pockets. "Look, it's only going to be for a year, and it's an A-ranked mission. It'll help me when it's time for chunin exam. And there's an ANBU there to help us, so we'll be alright."

Shikaku rested his elbow on the table, and took a deep breath in. "Do you have information on this mission?" he questioned. Shikamaru gave a quick nod. He gave his father a scroll that the Hokage gave to each of the five Konoha shinobi going. Shikaku read the scroll, his eyes growing wider and wider as he read downwards. "So you're going to a school in Britain," Shikamaru nodded, "that's for witches and wizards," he nodded again, "and there's three shinobi from Suna that are going there too," Shikamaru gave a quick, "Yes," then let his father carry on, "and you're protecting the school from some dark wizard that wants to kill a boy?"

"Yeah, that's what the ANBU said. He told us that hundreds of lives rest on our shoulders or something like that," Shikamaru replied. "I know that sometimes I seem like I don't want to be the hero of the story, but if there's people who are in danger, I don't want to turn my back on them. I'm not that kind of person." Shikaku stared proudly at his son. He gave Shikamaru a pat on the back. "Spoken like a true leader, son. Good luck."

Shikamaru smiled at his father. "Thanks, dad."

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Sasuke Uchiha wasn't one for talking, or getting girls off him. And Ino Yamanaka was one for talking to boys she likes 24/7 and hugging Sasuke. And hugging Sasuke was exactly was she was doing one hour after she got her new mission.

"Sasuke-kun! Sasuke-kun! I'm going to miss you so much!" Ino cried, leaning on Sasuke's shoulder. Sakura and Naruto watched in anger. Naruto was angry because Ino was so love struck over Sasuke, and Sakura was shaking from head to toe with anger because of the fact that Ino was being so close to Sasuke. Sakura finally snapped.

"GET OFF HIM, INO!" Sakura yelled, pulling Ino away from Sasuke. "And would you get over yourself! We'll be gone for two days! I'm sure that you can miss two days without Sasuke-kun!" Ino turned to Sakura and glared at her. "Now look here, forehead! I am saying goodbye to Sasuke be my team has been given an A-ranked mission, and I'll be gone for a year!"

Sasuke was suddenly very interested in Ino. "A-ranked?" he asked. "How did you get an A-ranked mission?" Ino blushed slightly, and answered back, "An ANBU came when we were training, and gave us the mission. We're going to some boarding school and protecting the students from some ninja called Voldwart or something like that. And I'll be gone for a year. So yes, Sakura, I do have a right to say goodbye to Sasuke!"

Naruto watched in amazement as Ino explained. "An A-ranked mission? Wow! You guys are so lucky!" he exclaimed. "That's it, I'm going to see the old man and ask why the hell you got one and we didn't!" Naruto ran towards the large red building. Sakura followed him. Ino could just hear Sakura screaming, "NO YOU BAKA! DON'T DISTURB HOKAGE-SAMA!"

Sasuke leaned against the wall. Ino paced over to him and gave him a dagger she had in her pocket for a while. "Here, Sasuke, I want you to have this," she said, holding out the dagger. "It's got poison in it, and one cut will kill someone in ten minutes. And here is the poison," Ino gave him a bottle with some purple/red liquid in it. "This is my goodbye present to you."

Sasuke nodded. Ino was just about to walk off, when she heard Sasuke say from behind her back, "Good luck."

Ino smiled. "Good luck to you too, Sasuke-kun."

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The time it took Choji to talk to his parents about the mission was very short. Around ten minutes, but half of that time was spent on choking down food, so literally it took five minutes. And Choji was starving after all the explaining, so he decided to go to the barbeque joint to eat a couple of snacks. Ino and Shikamaru agreed to come along as well, after dinner. Choji grinned as he ate the chips he had in his hand, letting the crumbs go on his shirt.

He got the best table in the house, the one near the window that looked over all of Konoha. Choji was going to miss the place. The people walking up and down the street, the buildings, the academy, his friends, and, most importantly, the Barbeque chips. Choji crossed his fingers hoping that wizards had barbeque flavoured chips, or salt and vinegar will do. Shikamaru and Ino stepped into the restaurant, and sat down next to the big-boned boy. Choji grinned his wide grin.

"I guess this is our last official 'Team 11's Barbeque Meeting' for the year," Ino stated. "But I suppose that this one doesn't count because Asuma-sensei isn't here." Choji shook his head. "Even if Asuma-sensei isn't here right now, it doesn't mean that this isn't the Konoha eleven's meeting. And this is more of a get-together rather than a meeting." Shikamaru nodded his head in agreement. He helped himself to some of the pork on the table. "Besides, we need to talk about other stuff right now, like chunin exams and stuff."

Ino groaned and smacked her head. "That's right! We've got chunin exams coming up after the year! We've got no time to practice our techniques! I'm so screwed," she cried out. The blonde started to smack her head against the window. Shikamaru quickly pulled her back. "Listen, I just heard from my dad, who heard from your dad, who heard from Hokage-sama, that Asuma and Senji are going to be teachers at Hogwarts, and they'll be teaching about shinobi…stuff," Shikamaru assured. "If there's one thing that Asuma won't stand for, it'll be us not getting enough practice for chunin exams. There's nothing to worry about." Ino sighed with relief.

Choji smiled sadly when he looked outside the window. "You guys do realise that this might be the last time we ever eat together here again?" The entire team looked outside, at the view of Konoha, their village, their home. Ino cracked a smile. "Well, we better make it the best damn time of our lives!" she yelled, holding her hand out in front of her. "So, are we a team or not?"

Shikamaru grinned. "Yeah, we are," he said, placing his hand on top of Ino's. The blonde and the brown haired boy glanced at Choji, who was busily wolfing down the pork and bacon. Ino raised her eyebrows. "Choji?" Choji glanced at his two team mates. He shrugged. "I'm eating," he blurted. Ino grabbed his hand and put in on the top of their hands. "So, what are we?" she asked. Shikamaru and Choji chanted at the same time, "Team eleven!"

Ino laughed. "Yep, team eleven! And don't you guys ever forget that!"

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Chapter 5! Well that was a short wait. It would have been longer, but longer= more writing and I did most of this in two hours, so yeah…
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