Hello, again!

Time for Naruto to properly/officially meet with Harry, Hermione, and Hogwarts. Of course, a few people such as Madam Pomfrey will be 'working against him' ('Since when does a nurse like Pomfrey like their patients just getting up and leaving, especially without their permission?') this chapter. Even though he would pretty much already be completely healed.

One thing I should probably mention is about Hinata. Canon has her as having self-confidence issues primarily because of her family. What I'm doing, however, is giving a reason as to why that was possible to such a level. Darkness/Yin represents negative energy and willpower (or just Power), while Light/Yang represents positive energy and morality (or Purpose). When Hinata became the Keeper of Purpose (i.e. the only Keeper that Naruto originally knew of), she had actually ended up with Naruto's Light alongside her own. This severely hindered her willpower, making her vulnerable to her family's belittlement. After that had been fixed, she basically became Naruto's conscious/boss.

Underlined is straight from original for story purposes. NOTHING ELSE! OTHERWISE IT IS STRICTLY MY IDEA! (Not sure if anything else will be underlined, but just in case)

Bold and Italicized is in a different language to the main language.

Don't own Harry Potter or Naruto.

The Heart of the Leaf and the Bolt of the School

"Don't worry," said Hermione "Just don't give up on us, and we'll not have to give up on you."

"...Thank you..." said the boy, before closing his eyes and breathing in a better state, as though he was just sleeping. However, it wasn't too long before Harry and Hermione were sent on their way to the Great Hall for the Welcoming Feast. But not before Professor McGonagall privately gave something to Hermione. To help, Madam Pomfrey and Professor McGonagall set up a few items such as flowers and some sunlight. They then headed for the Great Hall as well, not really able to focus fully on him for the rest of the night. So it wasn't until early the next morning before they checked on him again. Which was right after a voice sounded through the boy's head, waking him up.

"NARUTO, WAKE UP!"

Jolting into a sitting position, the boy, Naruto Uzumaki, cried out in his mind "I'm up!" then noticed just where he was. "Where the hell am I?" It looked like some form of a hospital, but none like he had seen before. Stone made building structure, white cloth covered from his legs down and all of the other beds in the room. Whatever light there was came from the candles scattered around the place and what little of the dawn that could shine through the windows. Then he remembered the wound and his forced battle with his 'blood brother.'

"Hinata! What happened? Where's Sasuke?!" he mentally cried, tensing his body with worry as he quickly got out of the bed he was in. "I don't remember anything after he was forced to stab through my chest, so-"

"If you gave me a chance to talk, I'd be able to explain what I can. Sheesh, for a silent guy that just survive impalment, you sure are chatty all of a sudden." replied Hinata. "All we really know for sure is that somehow, Orochimaru's curse mark on Sasuke made him go nuts and fight you for real instead of as planned. As for what happened that sent you to... wherever you are, all I can really say is maybe Lord Shinigami might know the answer. Because I certainly don't."

However, before Naruto could say anything else, he froze in fear as he heard a door opening. Turning to where the sound came from only confirmed his fear: an older woman that looked like she meant business.

"Just how in the name of Merlin are you up and about so early, child?" exclaimed the woman, surprise evident in her voice. Unfortunately, Naruto's fear was too great to let him answer that, even though he didn't understand what she said. She tried speaking to him again, to which he started shivering.

"Take a look at her heart, idiot!" ordered Hinata, not wanting things to escalate enough for him to run in fear from what looked like a medic of some sort to her. Then the next thing the woman saw was some shadows form around parts of Naruto's head and force his head down from her face, before his eyes seemed to glow with an unnatural piercing light while staring at her chest. After it subsided, Naruto's tension and fear dropped drastically as he saw that she just simply was a medic that actually did her job. But some did return when she put her hand inside her pocket to pull out a stick. Then he remembered another thing he saw when he 'scanned' her, so to speak. That 'stick' was apparently the only weapon of choice in the land he found himself in, called a wand.

"Not today." stated Naruto before he rushed over and kicked her in the stomach, sending the woman flying into the wall. Without waiting, he ran out the door, not entirely caring as to where he was going. Although he did slow down upon arriving at this huge room that had multiple stairways in it. Curious, he leaned over the edge of the rail, and saw pretty much nothing but open halls, stairs, and lots and lots of paintings.

"Just how many paintings does this place need, let alone have already?" He asked himself as he tried to comprehend what he was seeing. His surprise was made even worse when he saw one move and speak to him. "Just who are you, boy?"

"A talking painting?" though Naruto before deciding "Okay, I'm out." and jumping over the railing to the ground a ways below.

"You do realize that there's someone coming towards us from the ground floor, as well as the medic woman, Madam Pomfrey I think her name was, stumbling after you, right? Although you could've gone a bit easier on the kick." said Hinata. "What we got from her heart did make it seem as though they only really cared about using those sticks for everything."

"I didn't want to take any chances with her, even if she is a medic." replied Naruto. "And unless their security is abysmal, I could care less about one person seeing me land."

"Figures you wouldn't nowadays." said Hinata as Naruto finally landed, creating a crater covering the entirety of the stair room. Standing up, he turned to where the person they had sensed was, but had to do a double-take at the person. Or rather, at how big the person was.

"Crikey, you scared me! Are you alrigh' there?" said the man. Easily bigger than anyone either of them have seen before, including Choji's father and Jiraiya, just about his entire head was covered in long, thick black hair, pretty much leaving only his eyes and mouth visible. His clothes looked like a hunter or woodsman of some sort. But the thing that surprised Naruto the most was the pink umbrella that he had in his hand. Further inspection revealed that umbrella to be the man's, Hagrid's, 'wand.' Or at least what was left of it. "You fell quite a ways."

"I really need to do something about that language barrier." thought Naruto. "It's making things harder than they really need to be." Too bad his sight didn't grant him knowledge like languages.

"Well, to be fair," replied Hinata. "No one really expected something like this to happen. So there wouldn't be a need to study another language, since there wasn't any others."

"Try will eye." another voice said "Will with eye."

"Let's hope it works, Void Heart." answered Naruto. Turning back to the big man, he attempted what Void Heart suggested. Eyes and hand focused on his heart, he tried to will the man's language to him. It took a few moments before any results happened. A small trail of black smoke formed in his outstretched hand, and slowly made its way over to Hagrid, who was confused about the whole thing. Part of him felt afraid at the shadows coming from Naruto's hand, but a stronger part felt calm, feeling that he didn't need to worry about it. The fear ultimately proved unfounded by it attaching to him a making him remember his English speaking lessons.

After a few long, tense moments, the shadows detached and went back to Naruto. Once the shadows were fully gone, Naruto's head seemed to twitch before he closed his eyes and shook his head a bit as the new information he obtained integrated into him.

"Looks like it worked." said Hinata. "Might want to go ahead and talk to Hagrid. You did kind of creep him out there."

"Good idea." he replied before trying to actually communicate with the big man in front of him. "...hel...lo..."

"Oh! I ca' understan' ya now." said Hagrid. "Maybe cus' of wha' ya jus' did." Although he honestly didn't have any real idea as to what Naruto just did to him. Then he remembered just what happened a little bit earlier. "Are ya alrigh'? Ya did jus' fall."

"...not fir...st time." said Naruto, quickly adapting to the new language. "Apologies, Hagrid, for scaring you."

"Uh, no problem." said Hagrid, before noticing something. "Now hold on there! How'd ya know me name's Hagrid? Ain't neve' seen ya here befor'."

"Your heart told me." said Naruto. "What is this place?" He learned that the place he was in was apparently a school named 'Hogwarts,' but he was rather skeptical. A school. Realy?

"That's my skepticism, hon." said Hinata.

"Does it really matter, Hinata?" asked Naruto. "It's still ridiculous. Not to mention it's supposed to be for 'magi-" His statement was abruptly cut as he felt Hinata smack his mind while saying "That's enough of that! You, of all people, should know better than to be skeptical."

"Yeah, you're right." said Naruto ashamedly. "Sorry."

"Ya alrigh' there?" asked Hagrid, confused as to why Naruto suddenly moved his head. "And this be Hogwarts, fines' school fer magic in Europe!"

"That remains to be seen." thought Naruto as he looked around. However, any further inspection was halted by Naruto's stomach letting out a rather loud rumble. Realizing how hungry he was, the boy chuckled a bit awkwardly while Hagrid chuckled good-naturally, finally having something he could understand in this situation.

"Well sounds like yer hungry." said Hagrid. "Follow me ter the Great Hall. Nearly time fer breakfas'." He started walking down another hallway, and Naruto, seeing no real other option off-hand, followed. Although part-ways into the journey, Void Heart sensed the full route to the Great Hall and laid it out for Naruto to see with his own eyes. "Thanks, Void, but I think it best to play along at the moment."

"Under radar?" asked Void Heart.

"Unless you got a better option for getting some proper answers without spooking the locals." said Hinata. "Who knows how things work there." Even with Naruto's abilities, one person's heart isn't enough to know anything such as the laws or culture. Hagrid's in particular wasn't helpful, just that the place Naruto was in was a school for magic in the form of a castle, Hagrid was a groundskeeper, and some old man named Dumb-door ("What kind of a name is that, anyway?" "No idea, Hinata.") runs the school. But something about the older man set the boy on edge, without knowing why exactly. He hadn't even met the man yet, and already starting to feel like the man is going to be trouble.

However he didn't think too much into it, wanting to be sure of it for himself before not trusting someone. Let alone someone he hasn't met yet.

"Even Danzo had that privilege, for crying out loud!" thought Naruto.

"Whatever the reason, be careful. Getting a Council-esque feeling from Dumb-door's name alone." said Hinata. However, Naruto's acknowledgment was interrupted by Hagrid stopping by a set of the highest doors he had ever seen and saying "We're her'." Even with already knowing about magic from reading Madam Pomfrey's and Hagrid's hearts, the doors opening by themselves still got Naruto to raise an eyebrow at the display.

"Convenient." said Naruto before following Hagrid inside to a room that was bigger than he personally would consider. "Room lacks practicality, even for a school dining room." "Although the genjutsu on the ceiling could be quite useful."

"Agreed. Now keep me posted, Kurenai needs me for a little something." said Hinata.

"Jus' pick a spo' at one of the tables." said Hagrid. "I'll be lettin' Dumbledore and the kitchens know, so just wai' a mo' n' we kin fill ya righ' up."

"Understood." said Naruto. Hagrid then walked out of the room while Naruto randomly picked a location and sat down to wait. In the meantime, he started reminiscing over he's learned so far.

Okay, let's recap. I was originally fighting a possessed Sasuke at the VotE, and the two of us were about to deliver the finishing blow to end the fight. But then... upon contact... something happened. I don't know what exactly, but some form of strange space-time vortex seemed to open up and swallow me. Pretty sure I managed to get Sasuke out of range, but I could be wrong. Next thing I really know, I'm waking up in the hospital like room. But from the looks of things, Void Heart had managed to get me from where I landed to get me help.

As for all I saw in Hagrid-san's and Pomfrey-san's heart, this place is seriously messed up. Some really old guy named All-bis Dumb-door-san, or something like that, for some reason has more power than even the Daimyo. All pretty much anyone uses, period, is a small, thin stick called a 'wand.' And while this country hasn't gone through 3 Great Wars, they've had to deal with multiple 'Dark Lords' over the years. The supposed worst one yet was someone named Moldy-Volly-WHATEVER! The point is that people were apparently so afraid of him, that the one the 'defeated' him was a 1-year-old baby. A KAMI-DAMNED BABY! I CAN UNDERSTAND A BABY BEING NEEDED TO HELP SEAL SOMETHING LIKE THE KYUBI, BUT THIS... HARI... DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE WITH HIM WHEN HE DELIVERED THAT FINAL BLOW! A powerful crack of thunder broke him from his thoughts. Upon looking up, Naruto saw that a dark thunderstorm started brewing overhead.

Sigh, I did it again. Thought Naruto before focusing on calming himself down. As he did so, the storm slowly starting dying down. Eventually, it was back to the way it was before.

Got to keep my emotions under control. Thought Naruto. Now, where were we? Oh yes, the expectancy of the people of this country for someone else to take care of the problem for them. Granted, some people actually managed to use their heads and take it upon themselves to fight, but everyone else? First sign of trouble and instant 'heads in the sand until the danger passed.' And now that the danger was gone, Hari-san was declared 'The-Boy-Who-Lived.' And ever since, he's been the unwanted target of some major false advertising, if what I saw for Hari-san was correct. To make things even worse, barely any of Dork Lord's minions were properly punished, and our now prominent members of society. Not to mention practically immune to the law. At this, he let his head fall down onto the table. Why am I constantly stuck in situations like this?

Smelling something good appear out of nowhere, he looked up to see a few dishes of food had showed up on the table. Some he recognized, like chicken and beef, but others he didn't, like the noodles that looked similar to ramen, but weren't. But what kept him from eating was the things that came with the apparent plate he was to use.

Are these what they use here? Thought Naruto. They're certainly not chopsticks.

"Hello there." said a elderly voice from the doorway. "I'm surprised you're already completely healed from what I heard. Let alone out of the Hospital Wing. Normally Madam Pomfrey keeps patients a lot longer than just simply one night." Even though that last sentence was softer than the rest, Naruto could still hear it clear as day. Turning to the door, he saw a sight that he could call "utterly ridiculous." Wearing half-moon glasses, the old man that was now in the room with him had periwinkle colored clothes, or something like it, and sported a beard easily touching the floor. It was easy for Naruto to recognize him as Dumb-door. However, despite how he seemed to come across, a bit of the man's tone and the twinkle in his eyes set Naruto a bit on edge.

Something's up. That twinkle isn't natural. Thought Naruto. "Didn't take chances. Left myself."

"Ah." said the man. "That would explain it. Although I do have to wonder, what happened to Madam Pomfrey?" He didn't have wonder for long, because Hagrid and Madam Pomfrey just arrived, with the latter's expression being rather irritated.

"There you are!" exclaimed Madam Pomfrey. "Young man, I don't know what you were doing to garner so much damage, but while here as a patient you're under my authority!" But all that really did was send Naruto jumping into a tense battle stance. Right hand slightly raised behind him, set to use his claws on his potential opponent; left hand in front of him, open for blocking; legs set in a similar position; back and knees hunched a bit, set to move at a moment's notice.

"Tend to be safer out here than in there." said Naruto.

"Why you-" Madam Pomfrey was about to say before Naruto asked "What are these?" while holding up the eating utensils that came with the plate, cutting her off.

"That's a knife, fork and spoon, young man." said Dumbledore. "We use them to eat. I take it you don't have them where you're from?"

"No." said Naruto, not relaxing his posture. "Just really chopsticks."

"Ah." said Dumbledore in recognition. "Thankfully I know what those are." He then took out his own wand, pointed it at the table, and a pair of chopsticks appeared right on the table. Naruto tensed up a bit more while checking the chopsticks, ensuring they weren't a genjutsu.

"I can assure you they are the real thing." said Dumbledore. "For now, just use the spoon and fork to help you put some food on your plate, while leaving your chopsticks for actual eating. In the meantime, would you mind telling us your name, child?"

"Naruto Uzumaki, Dumb-door-san." said Naruto. "Only said it because I already knew yours from Hagrid." Granted, I saw you in Pomfrey-san's heart, but I'm sticking with hearing your actual name from Hagrid-san. I don't trust you enough yet for that.

Upon hearing what Naruto called Dumbledore, both Madam Pomfrey and Hagrid sputtered in rage, while Dumbledore looked a bit surprised. A moment or two later, however, he chuckled and said "Never heard that one before. But I must admit, it's definitely a good one."

"I don't understand what's so special about that boy anyhow." said a grumpy/drowsy voice.

"Ronald, not only did he somehow managed to survive with half of his lung and a piece of his heart gone," said another voice, exasperated. "he had this strange energy around the wound that made it impervious to Madam Pomfrey's help. And yet when Harry held his hand and concentrated, the wound actually started healing!"

"I don't entirely think it was me, you gu-" a third voice said as the door opened, revealing a black-haired boy with glasses, a bushy brown-haired girl, and a red-haired boy in a uniform of sorts. The three had stopped in the open doorway upon seeing said topic of their discussion was about to eat with Professor Dumbledore, Hagrid, and Madam Pomfrey nearby. The black-haired boy and the girl were stunned by the sight. Naruto was already healed and out of the Hospital Wing! Neither of them had heard of anyone getting out of the Hospital Wing after one night!

The girl, Hermione, rushed over and starting unleashing questions in rapid succession. "Who are you? Are you alright? How are you completely healed? Shouldn't you be resting?" were but a few of the questions coming from her. At least until Naruto had enough and promptly held her lips between his fingers, forcing her to stop talking.

"Thanks for the assistance, Granger-san, Potter-san." said Naruto. "I'm Naruto."

"See, he's fine." said the other boy with them, who Naruto learned from Hermione's and Harry's hearts was named Ronald Weasley. However, he also learned a few things that made him rather unwilling to trust the red-haired boy. "Oh, good. Foods already here. Budge up, there."

Naruto, seeing that the boy was attempting to take his own meal for himself, said "No." and shoved Ronald away.

Scowling, he picked himself up after Harry offered to help, and said "What was that for? I'm hungry!"

"You're greedy." answered Naruto. "Even starving animals know more about sharing than you."

Returning to his meal, he said to finish the discussion "Corrupt won't find sympathy from me." Leaving all six of the other people in the room stunned at him. But just when Hermione was about to reprimand him, Ron, cranky and upset, attempted to attack Naruto without his wand. However, a sudden wave of terror washed over them, stopping Ron in his tracks. It was unlike anything any of them felt before, including Dumbledore. Stopping his meal, Naruto turned his head to Ron and said in a dark tone that meant business, enhanced even more by the darkened look of his eyes. "Don't. Try. Me."

Ron, absolutely terrified, but unable to move his body from the fear he felt, could only really nod in agreement. Right afterwards, the oppressing aura lifted from them as Naruto seemingly calmed down and muttered "I could've handled it, Void." before finally finishing his meal. None of the six dared to speak, or even really move, in case it brought that aura back.

After they all saw that Naruto was done, Harry hesitantly asked. "Um... Might I ask, what was that all about? You don't have to say anything if you don't want to though."

"Sorry." said Naruto "But I don't trust any of yo-" He stopped his answer after he saw something inside both Harry's and Dumbledore's hearts. Something that tied them together, alongside a friend of Hinata's. He couldn't stop the lightning strike from happening, but he could hold his anger in enough for him to grit out "Excuse me. I'll be outside." and leave before they could see him angry. Although they wouldn't have noticed his expression, because they were surprised and curious as to how a storm started brewing out of nowhere.

Unfortunately, he barely managed to get a few feet away from the door to the Great Hall before his anger got the best of him and he slammed his fist into the side of wall. The resulting crater, and the sound it made, causing Harry, Hermione, and the others in the Great Hall, as well as a couple of other early risers that happened to be close by to be startled and come to look. As he continued out, he called for Hinata.

"HINATA!" he cried.

"What? What's wrong?" asked Hinata after a little bit "Why are you so upset?"

"I'm currently in a school that is lead by a crib robber!" Naruto angrily told her.

"Dumb-door's a crib robber? I'm missing something here. Let me have a loo- oh shit!" said Hinata

"Yes." stated Naruto. "Because of him, Harry Potter is in reality Jade Yuhi, Kurenai-san's kidnapped daughter! And until we know how to get me back, we can't even remotely tell Kurenai-san about her!"

As he finally made it out of the castle, Hinata's next statement summed up what the two were thinking about the whole fiasco Naruto was stuck in.

"NOT GOOD!"

I may have brought the main issue with both Harry and Ron out into the open a bit early, but as I said, Naruto prefers letting Hinata give him orders. He works more on instinct. So the two needed time to get started on fixing the whole mess.

Please let me know what you think.