Disclaimer: All HP characters are the property of JKR, the WB, and respective publishing companies and all Naruto characters are the property of Masashi Kishimoto. This is nothing more than a simple FanFiction that I have written. I have made no money from this or any of the other stories I have posted on this or other sites.
Warnings: AU for parts of both worlds (i.e. kiss canon goodbye), mild character bashing, mild to moderate violence (there are shinobi involved after all), and a few others that will be announced as they crop up.
AN: This story is self-beta'd; so there may be occasional grammatical or spelling errors that crop up every now and then and for those I apologize in advance.
Chapter 12: Shifting Priorities
Sunday, August 15, 1999 ~ Friday, December 31, 1999
No. 12 Grimmauld Place, London, England
The next two and a half weeks would be an extremely busy period of time for both Harry and Naruto. It started on the fifteenth, after a full night's sleep, when Harry's shinobi education began with a thorough explanation of chakra theory and a long lecture on the importance of proper physical conditioning. Minato provided both lectures supplemented with a handful of the copied scrolls that Naruto had brought with him (which Harry had translated into English with the spell Hermione had looked up for him) while Naruto provided the physical demonstrations.
From that day forward, Harry would join Naruto for two hours of physical training each morning from five to seven. The rest of his mornings during that time were then spent getting the answers he needed in order to make the right decision in regards to Teddy's future. Naruto would split his mornings between playing with Teddy (something Naruto enjoyed far more than most kids his age due to his lonely childhood) and keeping up with his training and studies. After lunch, Harry would take the two boys with him as he ran a veritable flood of errands in order to take care of those things that would need to be done before he left.
Those errands included; withdrawing his application to join the Auror Academy, making numerous trips to Gringotts to set his affairs in order, swinging by Hogwarts a couple of times to secure training aides that would help him with his training and allow him to continue his magical education on his own, visiting a number of people he considered friends and family, and a hundred other little tasks that needed to be done. Harry also made it a point to take the boys sightseeing every couple of days in order to prevent the children from getting too bored.
Supper every other night would be eaten out at various restaurants to allow Naruto to sample a wide variety of different types of food that were not available in the Elemental Countries (such as Italian, French, and Indian cuisine). In return for willingly trying new dishes, Harry would treat Naruto to ramen twice a week (much to the blond's pleasure, though he would have been happier if he could have whipped up some ramen of his own using the recipes he'd gathered). Eating out frequently also had the benefit of giving Kreacher a break without hurting the aging elf's feelings.
After the evening meal, Harry would spend at least two or three hours bonding with the boys; either playing games or reading stories before he gave Teddy a bath and tucked him into bed. The rest of the evening would then be split between more shinobi lessons (on Konoha's history and laws) and learning how to mold his chakra. Once he got the hang of drawing on his chakra, those nightly lessons would morph into chakra control training in preparation for Harry learning how to create Kage Bunshin (an ability that would have a large impact on his education and training; much as it had on Naruto's education and training).
Towards the end of August, Naruto and Harry received a house guest in the form of Sasaki Naoki (who had taken Harry up on his offer to meet in person). Naoki's arrival heralded a rather large change in Harry's plans for the next two years because the man had both the resources and instructors that Harry would need to prepare himself for life in the Elemental Countries. Sure, Minato was a veritable font of useful information but there was only so much the dead man could teach him before his lack of a physical body became a hindrance. Additionally, Naoki could also help Harry fill in the holes in his muggle education and help him learn to speak, read, and write Japanese fluently on top of providing him with instructors to help him with the physical side of his shinobi education.
Unfortunately, that also meant that he would have to pack up and move to the Elemental District in Japan before the end of the year if he hoped to make the most of the time they had left before they had to pass through the portal.
By the time Naoki left seven days after he arrived, Harry had come to a decision; helped in no small part by a series of unkind articles in the Daily Prophet and several other wizarding publications, Minister Shacklebolt's numerous attempts to change his mind about joining the Auror Department, Andromeda's continued decline in health, and an unexpected request from Dudley and his new fiancée (who surprisingly turned out to be one Eloise Midgen; a young muggleborn Hufflepuff from the same year as Harry who Dudley had met during his year in hiding). Most of Harry's friends were supportive when Harry informed them that he was leaving England and the British wizarding community permanently; those that were close to Harry knew how much he disliked his fame and how important family was to him.
During the month of September, Hermione spent her free time helping Harry start the tedious process of sorting through his many possessions. Most of them were things he had inherited from his godfather, his parents, and a few random magicals that had named him their heir because they had no children of their own. Others were confiscated from those dead Death Eaters that had been related to the House of Black – such as Bellatrix Lestrange. Those items he planned on keeping (books and sentimental keepsakes) were packed into a series of trunks that had been modeled after Mad Eye's multi-compartment trunk. Those items that were dangerous were cleansed any dark magic or curses before being packed, auctioned off to the highest bidder, or sent to the appropriate facilities for disposal. And those things he had no use for (outdated clothing, abandoned properties, and miscellaneous artifacts) were auctioned off, given to charities, or trashed.
At the same time, Harry converted one quarter of his sizable fortune into tradable commodities (such as precious and semi-precious metals, cut and uncut gemstones, and blocks and slabs of marble that could be used as building material or sculptures) and muggle currency (in pounds, yen, and ryō since those were the three currencies he could expect to need in the near future). He also began purchasing those items that he would need once they reached the Elemental Countries that did not have a limited shelf life such as ward stones, more books (both magical and non-magical), and a number of tools and basic equipment that would be difficult to obtain on the other side (cauldrons, crystal potion vials, and bolts of treated dragon hide to name a few). The perishable items he intended to take (such as fresh potion ingredients) would be purchased closer to the day they intended to pass through the portal.
It would be near the end of September when Harry finally learned that the reason why Minato's soul could not pass into the afterlife was because his soul was stilled tied to the half of the Kyuubi's soul that was sealed into Harry; meaning that Minato's ghost would inevitably go wherever Harry went until Harry could find a way to sever the connection. Minato didn't seem to mind since it allowed him to watch over his son and because Harry occasionally called upon Kushina (and other spirits from the Elemental Countries) so that the spirit was also able to spend time with his wife and closest friends that were no longer amongst the living.
Minato's close association with Harry and Harry's connection to the Deathly Hallows would eventually allow Minato to develop the ability to hide himself from anyone and everyone bar Harry. That ability would make things easier on Harry when he left the house since Minato's soul was inevitably forced to tag along with the wizard due to how closely he was connected to the Kyuubi. There was no pain involved for either of them if Harry attempted to leave the ghost behind; the spirit of his cousin would just inevitably be pulled directly to Harry's side the moment one of them moved beyond the bond's limit.
October would be spent getting the necessary paperwork and documentation ready for everyone that would be going with Harry; which included Teddy, Naruto, Dudley, and Eloise. Travel arrangements also needed to be made for the five of them since they would use muggle means to get to Japan while magic would be used to transport their things when the time came. He also solicited Kreacher's help in locating fifteen young house elves that would be willing to accept employment (or a bond) with him since Kreacher had requested to be allowed to remain behind to spend the remainder of his life taking care of Grimmauld Place (which Harry planned to give to Ron and Hermione when he left rather than sell the house as he originally intended).
Harry's busy schedule would be disrupted twice during the month of October; once to celebrate Naruto's ninth birthday and again at the end of the month as tragedy once again struck on Halloween night when Andromeda Tonks passed away in her sleep. Harry would spend the first week of November making arrangements for Andromeda's funeral services, scheduling the reading of her will (Teddy had been named as her sole heir), and filing the paperwork to adopt Teddy (a request that Andromeda had made of Harry in her will). Even though her death was not unexpected (her health had been rapidly declining), her loss still hit Harry fairly hard. He'd grown rather fond of the taciturn witch during the last year because he'd kept in touch with her both before and after she handed over guardianship of Teddy to him.
The rest of November and all of December passed quickly as Harry buried himself in his training and preparing for the imminent move to Japan and the eventual move to Konoha in order to escape his grief. Oddly enough, Dudley and his fiancée made themselves indispensable during that time as they helped with both the preparation and with watching over Naruto and Teddy. It was actually rather surreal for Harry to work side by side with his cousin after their less than cordial childhood together; even more so when Dudley exhibited none of his former discomfort around active magic (the slightly older teen willingly visiting Grimmauld Place and being polite to Kreacher).
December thirty-first saw Harry, Teddy, Naruto, Dudley, Eloise, and an invisible Minato bidding their friends and family (bar the elder Dursleys) goodbye before they boarded their flight; all five of the still living members of their group filled with an even mixture of apprehension and anticipation.
Saturday, January 1, 2000 ~ Saturday, June 30, 2001
Elemental District, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Upon arriving at the Haneda Airport in Tokyo, the second leg of their journey saw the small group traveling to the Asahikawa Airport in Hokkaido through magical transportation after Harry had been greeted by a delegation from the Japanese Ministry of Magic that had been sent to welcome him and his companions to Japan. Sasaki Naoki collected them from the airport just a few minutes later to take them to the Elemental District.
The five immigrants would have exactly twenty-four hours to rest and recover from their journey before they were thrown to the wolves; or rather, introduced to the educational system that was used within the Elemental District. Naruto had the easiest time sliding into the system as he merely picked up from where he'd left off when he had headed to England to hunt down his family. Teddy also had a fairly easy time adjusting to his temporary new home as he was enrolled into the daycare facility in the District where he would be taught Japanese and English alongside the basics. The three adults, on the other hand, would have the hardest time adjusting to their new schedules.
All three of them were given a battery of assessment tests that would determine their current level of education. Dudley actually scored higher on those tests because both Harry and Eloise left the muggle education system at the age of eleven and never bothered keeping up with the curriculum while they had been busy with their magical education. When it came to their physical assessments, all three of them were at roughly the same level; Dudley had kept up with his boxing practice even though he was no longer boxing, Harry had always been fairly active and had spent the last couple months working on his physical conditioning, and Eloise had taken up aerobics while she was in hiding during Voldemort's second reign of terror. Once they received their test results, Naoki sat down with each of them to create individual tutoring schedules.
Dudley ended up with the lightest schedule since he'd had a more thorough non-magical education. He would be taking Japanese, geography and history of the Elemental Countries, business management, economics, accounting, boxing, and kickboxing (the latter two both for self defense and sport); his end goal was to enter the restaurant business once they arrived in Konoha. If there was one thing that Dudley knew better than using his fists to fight his battles, it was food. Harry would front him the money he needed to open the restaurant, arrange for the importation of supplies, and supply the chefs (in the form of house elves) while Dudley would manage the restaurant, hire any human employees they needed to help run the restaurant, and handle any public relation issues that arise (such as promoting their restaurant to draw clientele).
Eloise would also be studying Japanese and the geography and history of the Elemental Countries on top of being tutored in the basic subjects (such as math, science, writing composition, and reading comprehension). Once she finished covering the basics, she would take child care classes, basic first aide (including magical healing through the Japanese Ministry of Magic), and estate management. Eloise fully intended to be a stay at home mother; taking care of the house, raising her and Dudley's future children, and managing their family's finances so that Dudley would be free to run the restaurant. The nineteen year old witch also continued to do aerobics on top of learning basic self defense so that she would not be helpless without her wand.
Harry's schedule, by comparison, was the heaviest as he would be taking Japanese lessons, the basic muggle courses with Eloise, studying the history and geography of the Elemental Countries, and continuing to study those subjects that he would be required to know as a shinobi. On top of that, he worked on his physical conditioning, learned the basics of taijutsu, shurikenjutsu, and kenjutsu, worked to improve his chakra control now that he could consistently mold his chakra, took classes on runes and warding through the Japanese Ministry, studied mind magics, and increased his spell repertoire. He would also attend the occasional therapy sessions to deal with the emotional baggage he was carrying around from both his childhood and the war – though there was not much he could speak about due to the secrecy laws.
That was in addition to taking care of Naruto and Teddy when they weren't in classes (or daycare) and his ongoing preparations for their eventual relocation to Konoha; helping Dudley collect recipes for the restaurant, continuing to purchase non-perishable supplies and equipment, working to establish a reliable way of communicating and transporting supplies without the need to travel through the portal, and compiling a detailed list of everything that would need to be purchased at the very last minute. He also had to plan out the route they would take from the portal to Konoha (which included crossing a desert) and figure out how he was going to transport everything they would be taking with them (through muggle means because he and Eloise would have to hide their magic to avoid drawing unwanted attention).
If not for his ability to utilize the Kage Bunshin (which Naruto had taught to Harry the moment Minato determined that it was safe for Harry to learn) in conjunction with his magic and a time turner loaned to him by the Japanese Ministry, there was no way that Harry could have handled his schedule and remained sane. Harry also had the advantage of being able to use close to three times as many clones as Naruto could safely use which tripled his rate of learning.
There were a several reasons for this. One was because as an adult, Harry's brain was far more developed than Naruto's brain. Another was because Harry's chakra reserves were nearly twice the size of Naruto's (again due to his age as well as due to the shinigami's tinkering). And the most significant reason was because Harry's magic acted a buffer to protect Harry from the memory backlash one received from regularly dispelling higher numbers of clones.
Naruto's education was no where near as rushed as any of the adults; this was because there was less he actually had to learn before returning to the Elemental Countries. He did, however, study higher levels of math, science, and English in order to give himself an edge over the other children in his age group. He also spent quite a bit of time practicing his shinobi skills (most especially chakra control and two of the three basic Academy jutsu). The other thing he did was spend hours listening to his father and the other spirits Harry called upon tell stories about their lives. His parents also took the time to teach him the basic theory for fuuinjutsu to build upon what he'd taught himself when he'd learned to create storage seals.
The rest of the time, Naruto spent playing games with the other children, hanging out with Harry and Dudley when his cousins had the time, and spending time with Teddy (who'd become something of a younger brother to Naruto during the passing months).
Over the course of their first twelve months in Japan, not only did all five members of the transplanted family make impressive advancements in their education, they grew closer as a family. Naruto and Teddy in particular thrived during those first twelve months; the two children flourished physically, mentally, and emotionally under Harry's care despite how little time they spent together. Harry and Dudley's relationship would show a marked improvement after the two of them went through some family counseling sessions together to clear the air between them in regards to their shared childhood. And while they would never see one another as siblings, they could at least say they were close friends now.
At the very end of the first year, Naoki insisted that the four native born Englishmen in the small family needed to chose their new names; their birth names were far too foreign sounding and would therefore draw far too much attention to them in the Elemental Countries (something that they didn't want to happen). Picking their new names now would give them several months to get used to using the new names. Their last names were easy to deal with as they were all entitled to use the Namikaze name. First names were a little more difficult to decide on but Harry eventually settled on Takeshi for his new name and Satoshi for Teddy (both suggestions from Minato) while Eloise went with Eri (a suggestion that Dudley had given her) and Dudley decided on Arata.
The final six months of their educational cram sessions saw Harry adding both fuuinjutsu and ninjutsu training to his schedule once he'd finished covering the basic muggle subjects. He tried his hand at genjutsu as well but quickly learned that he didn't have the chakra control necessary to use genjutsu due to his large chakra reserves thanks to the Kyuubi's presence. The only useful thing he got out of the handful of lessons he took on genjutsu was the ability to recognize and dispel most of the lower level genjutsu. On the magic side of his education, Harry concentrated on elemental spells that could be easily mistaken for elemental ninjutsu attacks which would help him play his magic off as chakra.
His chakra control had improved enough that he was now practicing all three of the basic exercises on a regular basis right alongside of Naruto. Using Ha no Noudo, he could now hold multiple leaves or other small objects to various body parts for up to six hours at a time while attending his other lessons, could hold himself upside down on the ceiling for two hours using Kinobori no Waza, and he'd gotten to the point that he could actually walk across a small pond using Suimen Hokou no Waza. Naruto could actually run and spar on top of the water for hours and Harry always got a real kick out of watching the kid's clones skip the real Naruto across the top of the pond when they threw him during their practice spars.
In his kenjutsu training, Harry was learning how to wield a pair of wakizashi blades now that he could safely (and competently) wield both a katana and a tanto. The style he was learning to use with the dual wielding was one that was heavily based upon the Uzumaki Clan's taijutsu style called the Mizuken Ryuu; which Kushina and Mito's spirits had taught to Harry due to his innate flexibility and grace (and because he lacked the build to use the more offensive styles of taijutsu). Naruto was also learning the Mizuken Ryuu despite the younger boy's natural clumsiness being a slight deterrent to properly using that style since the grace would come with age and practice.
At the same time, Harry was also learning to wield a one-handed English broadsword from a pair of animated suits of armor that Professor Flitwick had charmed for him; this included learning how to fight on horseback. The reason for learning multiple sword fighting styles with different types of blades was to give him a wider range of fighting options depending upon the types of situations he ended up in. Each style also utilized slightly different muscle groups as he was required to use different stances; which meant that he worked all of his muscle groups fully. The sword work also helped him to further develop his sense of spatial and situational awareness (which had already been fairly high due to his life being in near constant danger practically from the moment he was old enough to walk).
Shurikenjutsu training was always a blast for Harry as he learned to treat flying weapons like snitches; meaning he could pluck the flying knives, throwing stars, and large needles out of the air with nary a thought. He wasn't nearly as good at throwing the kunai nor did he particularly like playing around with shuriken or senbon even if he could easily catch or block them. He would improve over time with practice though.
Dudley and Eloise were also both doing well with their studies, even if they didn't have the benefit of using shadow clones to speed up the learning process. Dudley had even sat down and created several viable business plans for opening a restaurant (including creating potential menus) depending on the type of restaurant they ended up opening (buffet, café, take away, pub, family restaurant, or a combination of two or more types). Eloise, in the meantime, had added a few remedial potion classes to her class load in order to polish up on her potion brewing (these classes geared towards the uncomplicated healing potions such as the Boil Cure, Burn Paste, a couple different Pain Relieving Potions, Pepper-Up Potion, assorted low level Sleeping Potions, the Calming Draught, and Blood Replenishing Potion to name a few).
Naruto and Teddy's education over those last six months would continue on much as it had during the first year. Teddy's English and Japanese vocabulary had skyrocketed and his grasp of basic concepts (such as counting up to one hundred) was well above his age level; a possible indication that the young metamorphmagus had inherited his father's photographic memory. Naruto was also well above his age level when it came to his mundane education; if only because of the sheer number of hours he amassed through the closely monitored use of Kage Bunshin.
Sunday, July 1, 2001 ~ Friday, August 31, 2001
Elemental District, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Starting on the first of July, Harry pulled himself away from his education in order to start the final preparations for their journey to Konoha (though he did continue to send Kage Bunshin to his classes in his place).
He started by purchasing a trio of fully enclosed horse drawn delivery wagons and a ledge vardo (a type of horse drawn wagon that doubled as living quarters for the nomadic Romani people of the British Isles). The three delivery wagons would be used to haul their things (one for their personal effects, one to carry the restaurant supplies and equipment, and one to haul all of Harry's hoarded magical supplies and equipment) and the vardo would provide living space for them while they traveled. All four of the wagons would be magically enhanced to protect them against the weather, protect them from would-be thieves, hold two to three times the amount of weight, and expanded internally to give them more space.
Next, Harry used his magical connections to purchase and import seven matched teams of Shire draft horses (a total of fourteen horses that were all roughly the same size and weight so that the teams were interchangeable – there were also an even number of each color represented; black, bay, and gray). That would give them one team to draw each of the delivery wagons, two teams to haul the vardo, and two teams to switch out with the others. Four of the teams were made up of mares while the other three teams were made up of geldings. Additionally, Harry had purchased a young stallion so that he could eventually breed the mares if there was enough interest in the heavy horses since Minato had told him that oxen were more common than horses in the Elemental Countries.
All three adults and Naruto would take a crash course in wagon driving after the decision had been made to purchase the wagons so they all would be able to drive the old-fashioned vehicles once they reached the other side.
He then purchased a pair of Andalusian geldings (one gray and one black) that had been trained for both harness work and saddle work (the latter also including jousting and sword fighting training as they had originally been trained as show horses for medieval fairs). He fully intended to use the pair of smaller horses as war horses to give himself a slight advantage when he inevitably left the village (either to explore the Elemental Countries or on missions that involved escorting clients). He also purchased a yearling Andalusian stallion and a trio of unrelated mares (all four of them gray) ranging in age from one to five years so that he could breed the elegant and popular horses for much the same reason he planned to breed the shires.
After that, he made the decision to purchase a number of magical creatures that could easily pass for their non-magical cousins and offer a measure of protection for their future homes. The creatures he chose included two breeding pairs of crups (their tails cropped), several breeding pairs of kneazles, three breeding pairs of postal owls (a pair of eagle owls, a pair of barn owls, and a pair of snowy owls), and a breeding trio of magical boomslang snakes after learning that he still retained the ability to use parseltongue (which would also provide him with hard to get and highly regulated potion ingredients in the form of boomslang eggs, shed skins, fangs, and venom).
Transportation set, Harry pulled Dudley away from his lessons long enough for his cousin to help him purchase kitchen appliances, furniture, decorations, pots, pans, utensils, cutlery, glasses, mugs, and silverware for the restaurant. The appliances that Harry purchased were those with the fewest technological extras (like digital clocks, timers, and cleaning systems) in order to make them easier to use in conjunction with magic. Harry's logic in purchasing everything now instead of waiting to buy everything once they reached Konoha was to avoid any delays that would prevent them from getting the restaurant up and running in the shortest time possible.
Household appliances, furniture, and necessities (those that weren't waiting to be magically transported to them from England) were dealt with next. Eloise was in charge of picking out styles and colors for the couple's household while Harry got Naruto to help him pick out the styles and colors of furniture for the two of them and Teddy. Since their future living arrangements were still uncertain, Harry purchased additional magical storage trunks (each with at least three compartments) to store all of the household purchases so that they would not have to worry about a lack of storage space when they first arrive.
By the time Harry placed his final household order (for a large shipment of high quality oak planks that would be used to build bookshelves for his rather extensive library), the first of Harry's purchases were being delivered. Harry would then spend three weeks casting the necessary spells and carving the warding runes on the four wagons to add the magical improvements and protections on the four vehicles. Once he was finished preparing the wagons, they were secretly moved to a magically secured campsite the base of Mt. Asahi courtesy of the elves that Harry had hired and bonded over the past two years (this was to avoid drawing too much attention from the public when it came time for them to leave).
The horses and other creatures that Harry had purchased were delivered directly to the camp around the same time as they had been transported from their countries of origin through magical means. Harry left the care of the animals to his elves as he began ordering their perishable supplies in bulk (this would include food, treats, medicine, and other supplies for the animals, travel rations for their journey, foodstuffs for the restaurant, potion ingredients, pre-made potions, and an assortment of seeds, saplings, cuttings, sprouts, and bulbs to start a magical greenhouse). He also made arrangements for the stuff that had been left behind in England to be delivered to the camp so that they could be loaded onto the wagons.
Harry took two small breaks from his preparations at the end of July and during the first week of August; the first one was to celebrate his twenty-first birthday and the second one was for Dudley and Eloise's wedding. Harry's gift to the couple was an all expenses paid two week honeymoon to New Zealand. When Dudley complained that Harry was spending far too much money on him and his new wife (the wizard funding the move to Konoha and the restaurant on top of supporting their small family since arriving in Japan, paying for all of the recent purchases, and paying for half of the wedding), Harry countered by stating that he fully expected Dudley pay him back by making their restaurant a success while he ran off and played ninja.
While the newlyweds were off recouping from the intensive year and a half of studying and celebrating their nuptials, Harry organized the incoming deliveries, oversaw the transfer of their belongings and supplies to the base camp, and worked with Naoki to get the last of their paperwork and documentations in order.
This involved drawing up their new identification papers (basing them off of Naruto's originals); including a new set for Naruto with the Namikaze name (in case he decided to use his father's last name instead of his mother's at some point in the future). All of their important documents (birth certificates, marriage certificates, adoption certificate – for Teddy, immunization records, school certificates, etc.) were then replicated, altered to reflect their chosen names, and translated into Japanese.
The last thing that Harry did in preparation for their departure was to finalize the purchase of a permanent residence within the Elemental District that would be taken care of by an additional two elves that Harry hired (in the hopes that he would be able to use the house as a transfer point for supplies and correspondence between the two dimensions). A local bank account was set up to provide funds for the upkeep of the house (and to pay the two elves that were hired to care for the house).
When the last of their many purchases were finally delivered on August twenty-ninth, Harry doubled checked everything to make certain that everything they had purchased had arrived and that he hadn't forgotten to order anything. The group then packed up the last of their scattered belongings, bid their friends and family one last good bye, and made their way to the camp in order to finish packing the wagons. Naoki traveled with the group; the older man going with them to guide them along the safest route to the portal and as an observer as he had personally never witnessed the opening of the portal. Five year old Kenichi (Naoki's son) had tagged along as well; the young boy had grown very fond of both Naruto and Teddy during their time in the Elemental District.
They would reach the summit of Mt. Asahi and the portal into the Elemental Countries on the afternoon of the thirty-first and the group would camp beside the portal for the night so that they could start their journey with the rising sun.
Translations: Japanese to English
Arata – boy's name that means new or fresh
Eri – girl's name meaning blessed prize
Hi no Kuni – Fire Country
Kaze no Kuni – Wind Country
Satoshi – boy's name meaning wise, fast learner
Takeshi – boy's name that means fierce warrior
Tani no Kuni – Valley Country (random country selected as the country in which Amegakure is located)
Yama no Kuni – Mountain Country
Techniques/Skills:
Ha no Noudo – Leaf Concentration
Kage Bunshin – shadow clone
Kinobori no Waza – Tree climbing
Mizuken Ryuu – Water Fist Style (taijutsu style used by Uzumaki Clan) created by author – this style is very fluid, requires a high level of flexibility, and allows the user to avoid getting hit while landing a steady stream of hits as they flow around their adversary (can be classified as a defensive taijutsu form as opposed to offensive like the gentle fist of the Hyuuga Clan since the user can just use this style to dodge all attacks).
Suimen Hokou no Waza – Water walking
10-24-15: Minor edits made to chapter to fix spelling/grammar mistakes and removed unnecessary author's notes.