well have just copy the same thing for the last three i will just say this im sure thought you have read shadow of darkness will see the simaraldy this is the story which shadow of darkness came form you see so they have the same back story but will hopfuly end very differently

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The trio found themselves alone in the common room with Naruto near them who was reading in the corner. He had a small smile on his face.

"What are you reading?" asked Hermione as she came and sat with him, leaving the other two to finish their homework. He looked up with a dazed look in his not quite round pupils that were still a bit dilated. Of course, they were not as bad as they had been when they found him after DADA when he seemed to be really, really happy to see them.

"It a story," he said., "it about a man who has as a choice, he can save the person he has come to love or watch them die," he looked some what sad as he said this.

"Well surely there's only one choice: to save her." Hermione was starting to like this story. She had the idea of a big man running to save her from some evil man playing in her head.

"Yes, but to save her, he has to kill his family and then live as an outcast." This dampened Hermione's spirit a little. "But what is worse is that the person he loves is meant to never know. She will think that he murdered his family for nothing more than fun."

"That's sad. Does she ever find out the truth?" Hermione was now interested in the blonde boy as much as the book. Every time Naruto look at her she saw guilt and self-hatred in his clear, blue eyes.

"Yes, and they meet up soon afterwards, but I haven't written more then that." he said.

"So your writing it yourself?" asked Hermione.

"A hobby I got from my old sensei. Well, off to bed before Shikamaru complains." Naruto said as he got up. He gave a small bow to Hermione and a nod to Harry and Ron then left for the boys dorms. Hermione sat back down with Harry and Ron. "Naruto seems to be a nice boy."

"Yep and yet he is friend with Malfoy, which is just odd." commented Ron.

"Then there's his body, that's odd to." said Harry.

"No mate, that's scary. I don't even know what to think on what could have happened." said Ron.

"What to you mean?" asked Hermione in confusion.

"In one word: scars. In more detail: lots and lots of scars." said Ron.

"Sounds horrible." said Hermione.

"Some of them look quite recent too, along with some bruises." added Harry.

"You don't suppose his parents abuse him?" asked Hermione worry about the smaller boy.

"Maybe, thought you would think the authorities would have found out by now surely." said Ron.

"You be surprised, but didn't he say his parents died when he was born." said Harry.

"True, but what about another adult or foster parent?" said Hermione.

"If I'm right, he never had any, but I think he lives with Shikamaru. I think they're going out and there are abusive boyfriends." assumed Harry.

The weak went by and Harry when to his detentions, coming back with his knew scar getting worse and worse.

Hermione spent her time in the library with an unlikely, but welcome partner in Naruto who seem to like learning an awfully lot. He also spent his time with Hermione to see what they were up to in DADA, though it seemed to Hermione that he knew more about the subject than their knew teacher did away. Ron spent his time teaching Kiba why Quidditch is the best game in the world and have his ass given to him on a silver plater every time he played chess against Shikamaru.

The only odd thing was the knew students' wands. They were, in one word, 'beautiful'. Shikamaru's was just plain black with a little sparkle which shone in the light. Sakura's was pink and had little Sakura petals carved into the thin piece of wood. Shino's had little bugs crawling up his wand. Hinata's was a light shade of lavender and had little flowers of all types carved and painted with expert care. Choji's had different piece of food on his. Kiba's, of course, had dogs on it. Ino's had one big lily pattern on her purple wand.

Naruto's, however. stayed hidden behind his overly long sleeves which cover all 9'" of his wand and keep it hidden, so when he needs it, he can cast a spell effectively.

A weak when by, then two. Before long it was October the ninth and the boys of Gryffindor in the 5th year dorm were awaken by a scream. However they did not see much out of the ordinary, besides Naruto's feet disappearing under the bed he shared with Shikamaru. Shikamaru sighed and roll off his bed so that he was kneeling, he looked up at the rest of the room occupants. "He'll be under there for some time, so you might as well try and sleep." he said and also disappeared under the bed to whisper comforting words to the frightened boy.

The morning after was the tenth and Naruto did not look good. He looked spent and exhausted. It was a Saturday and Naruto and Hermione had finish their work. They were going to the library to research something that Hermione had found. As they sat, Naruto tried to smile, which was hard because of what day it was and the fact he had to sit with books for a long time again. Naruto still didn't like sitting with books, it was boring, but he had promised himself that he and Hermione would be friends and he would do every thing she wanted to do. Why you may asked? Well that was a little secret that hopefully no one will ever know, even Hermione herself mostly Hermione. However nothing was to prepare him for this. Hermione had just put a big pile of book the first pile of which was entitled 'The Nine True Horrors Of The World'. Naruto couldn't help, but gasp at the nine-tailed fox snarling at Hermione. It was definitely Hermione, but not at Naruto. Naruto knew the snarling to be one of a 'back of' tone, used when protecting him or his kin. He had heard it a fair few amount of times when he had asked something the fox would rather not talk about.

"And what do you what to know about the nine tailed demons?" Naruto asked thought he was pretty sure of the answer.

"Well, there mentioned to be nearly unstoppable and indestructible. They're also evil, so I figured if I found out about them, so can V-Voldemort, and he might try to get them under his control." Hermione said as she sat down.

"How powerful do you thing the Dark Lord is?" Naruto asked.

"Well he's the most powerful wizard, besides Dumbledore, of today." said Hermione.

"That may be so, but the one-tailed Raccoon would kill him in second." said Naruto.

"Maybe, but there are many things he could give them for their help." said Hermione.

"You can't give something to someone who could take it more easily. The nine-tailed fox could wipe out the entirety of England in a weak." Naruto said as he started to flick through the first book, looking at the pictures.

"That doesn't even matter because the nine tiled fox is dead. He was kill 15 year ago. I really want to know how since it says that he was kill by only one man. I'm guessing he was a wizard using Avada Kedavra or something similar." said Hermione. who was going through one book with great interest.

After a while, Naruto said off-handedly. "The fox wasn't killed."

"What!" Hermione exclaimed, now looking at him in shock.

"The fox couldn't be killed, so they sealed him away." Naruto explained.

"So where did they seal him away to? Why did they lie?" asked Hermione, wondering how he knew so much, especially since she knew none of this.

"It was necessary to protect the person they sealed it in." responded Naruto.

"And how do you know all this?" Hermione was watching Naruto. Naruto froze as she counted on. He surely told her way too much. Naruto looked up at Hermione and knew he should have watched what he had said. It was too late now though. Hermione saw him freeze and knew immediately how he knew.

"What is it like to live like that?" she asked. Naruto looked up at her, but faced down again with one single tear running down his face. He had never thought about how it was to live his life, he had just lived.

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