Hello, again!

Now we'll be starting to get Harry set up to be a proper ninja by the time he becomes Jade for good. Hope you like what I did for Draco and his ilk.

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.

With new faces, come new experiences and ideas

When the Transfiguration class had finished, they joined the crowd thundering toward the Great Hall for lunch.

"Ron, cheer up," said Hermione, pushing a dish of stew toward him. "You heard what Professor McGonagall said."

Ron spooned stew onto his plate and picked up his fork but didn't start.

"Harry," he said, in a low serious voice, "you haven't seen a great black dog anywhere, have you?"

"Yeah, I have," said Harry. "I saw one the night I left the Dursleys'."

"Omens are either patterns or illusions." said Naruto, right behind them. "Nothing else."

"Bloody hell!" said Ron, startled by him. "How are you doing that?"

Naruto, instead of answering, turned to Harry and said "We need to talk."

"Uh, okay." said Harry, confused and uncertain. He wasn't sure what Naruto would want to talk about, but with all that has happened with Naruto so far, he's easily shown himself as surprisingly straightforward. Although I don't really like what he said about Ron.

"Granger-san can join if she wishes." Naruto told them. "But only her."

"Okay, just what is your problem with me?!" demanded Ron. "First breakfast, and now not being allowed to be with my friends?!"

Naruto merely narrowed his eyes at Ron. "Since when have you ever truly been a friend?"

"Not entirely sure just what the foreigner was talking about," said a another voice with amusement clear in his voice. "But finally someone else decided to put you in your place, Weasel."

"Shut up, Malfoy." Turning, the speaker was revealed to Naruto as a boy their age with slicked back white-blond hair and pale skin. Reading his heart showed Naruto that the boy, Draco Mavoy(? ;)), was just as corrupt as the redhead boy Ron, but didn't have the issue with his eating habits. Instead, Draco was vain and honorless. Even Orochimaru had honor.

Deciding to end the encounter quickly, Naruto said "You're next." and sprinted faster than they could comprehend at Draco. Next moment, all they really knew was Draco suddenly crashing into the table where Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall, among others, were seated. However, what surprised people the most was that he crashed into Professor Snape's seat, without disturbing the rest of the table, while he was on the opposite side of the Head Table.

"Until you discover honor," declared Naruto. "stay out of my sight."

Only a few weren't stunned by what happened. Dumbledore quickly realized that Naruto was definitely going to be a major issue in the world. Harry wasn't sure what he was feeling, except envy at how powerful and confident Naruto was in doing that in the Great Hall during lunch. Whilst Crabbe and Goyle only really understood that Malfoy was attacked, and it was their job to protect him. Unfortunately, that meant they didn't recognize the evident danger signs right in front of them.

Naruto, continuing on instinct, unleashed a donkey kick on the two, before creating a Shadow Clone of himself to split them up for the technique he was using: Leaf Hot Wind*. Thankfully, his instinct kept him and his clone from doing anymore damage than a week in the Hospital Wing. After landing, he dismissed his clone, right before Hinata proceeded to smack his mind hard enough to be visible and then berate him for attacking the three. Even with their personal flaws.

Once she was done, Naruto said to Harry. "I'm afraid our talk will have to wait until tonight. But know that I'll be with your class while here."

Harry would've responded, but he was cut off by an irate Professor McGonagall. "Just what do you think you're doing?! You may be of special circumstances, but that doesn't give you any allowance to attack another student!"

"Sorry, ma'am." said Naruto. "Instinct." He understood what both women were saying. A new land equates to different rules, as well as people that aren't necessarily as resilient as his home people. Granted, his abilities were able to alert him to the resilience of Mavoy and his bodyguards, but he still needs to lay low for the time being. Once he has a solid enough understanding of where he was, and where Konoha was in comparison, then he could start cutting loose.

Quickly turning to Harry, he said "I'll see you at Hagrid-san's." Then headed on out of the Great Hall after grabbing a few apples from one of the tables to snack on.

Harry was pleased to get out of the castle after lunch. Yesterday's rain had cleared; the sky was a clear, pale gray, and the grass was springy and damp underfoot as they set off for their first ever Care of Magical Creatures Class.

After Naruto's show in the Great Hall, Ron and Hermione weren't speaking to each other and he had a lot to think about. Harry walked beside them in contemplative silence as they went down the sloping lawns to Hagrid's hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. It was only when he spotted an only-too-familiar emblem ahead of them that he realized they must be having these lessons with the Slytherins. However, he noticed right afterwards that they seem to clustered a little ways away from Naruto, who had his back to them while talking to Hagrid. Harry was quite sure he knew what they were afraid of.

Somehow noticing their presence, Naruto turned to them and said "Time to begin, Hagrid-san."

Hagrid was waiting for his class at the door of his hut. He stood in his moleskin overcoat, with Fang the boarhound at his heels, looking impatient to start.

"C'mon, now, get a move on!" he called as the class approached. "Got a real treat for yeh today! Great lesson comin' up! Everyone here? Right, follow me!"

For one nasty moment, Harry thought that Hagrid was going to lead them into the forest; Harry had had enough unpleasant experiences in there to last him a lifetime. However, Hagrid strolled off around the edge of the trees and five minutes later, they found themselves outside a kind of paddock. There was nothing in there.

"Everyone gather 'round the fence here!" he called "That's it – make sure yeh can see – now, firs' thing yeh'll want ter do is open yer books-"

"Stroke the spine." said Naruto, then faced Hermione. "May I?"

After Hermione hand her copy over, Naruto ripped off the Spellotape that bound it. The book tried to bite, but Naruto ran a hand down its spine, and the book shivered, and then fell open and lay quiet in his hand.

"Thanks, Naruto." said Hagrid. "Righ' then, yeh've got yer books, an' now yeh need the Magical Creatures. I'll be righ' back. Hang on..."

He strode away from them into the forest and out of sight.

"This is just great!" said a Slytherin girl loudly. "That monster's in our class, and now that oaf is teaching classes. This place is going to the dogs!"

Naruto sighed. "Porki-san. Shut up."

Said girl, Pansy Parkinson, quickly lost any courage she felt after Hagrid left upon hearing Naruto speak to her.

"Oooooooh!" squealed the Gryffindor Lavender Brown, pointing toward the opposite side of the paddock.

Trotting toward them were a dozen of the most bizarre creatures Harry and Naruto ever seen. They had the bodies, hind legs, and tails of horses, but the front legs, wings, and heads of what seemed to be giant eagles, with cruel, steel-colored beaks and large, brilliantly orange eyes. The talons on their front legs were half a foot long and deadly looking. Each of the beasts had a thick leather collar around its neck, which was attached to long chain, and the ends of all of these were held in the vast hands of Hagrid, who came jogging into the paddock behind the creatures.

"The others are going to be sooo jealous!" squealed Hinata, giving Naruto a bit of a start.

"Next time, please let me known in some way that you would be contacting me. I was kind of busy." responded Naruto. "But yeah, I'd have to agree. Hippogriffs are quite majestic, despite their hybrid appearance. Now Hagrid's about to start explaining."

"Gee up, there!" he roared, shaking the chains and urging the creatures toward the fence where the class stood. Everyone drew back slightly as Hagrid reached them and tethered the creatures to the fence.

"Hippogriffs!" Hagrid roared happily, waving a hand at them. "Beau'iful, aren' they?"

Harry could sort of see what Hagrid meant. Once you got over the first shock of seeing something that was half horse, half bird, you started to appreciate the hippogriffs' gleaming coats, changing smoothly from feather to hair, each of them a different color: stormy gray, bronze, pinkish roan, gleaming chestnut, and inky black.

"So," said Hagrid, rubbing his hands together and beaming around, "if yeh wan' ter come a bit nearer-"

Naruto approached wearily, showing how one should universally act around new animals. Harry, Ron, and Hermione weren't far behind.

"Now, firs' thing yeh gotta know abou' hippogriffs is, they're proud," said Hagrid. "Easily offended, hippogriffs are. Don't never insult one, 'cause it might be the last thing yeh do."

Pansy and a boy named Theodore Nott weren't listening; the two were talking in an undertone and Harry had a nasty feeling they were plotting how best to disrupt the lesson. Although he was kind of looking forward to it, wanting to see just what Naruto would end up doing next to them.

"Yeh always wait fer the hippogriff ter make the firs' move," Hagrid continued. "It's polite, see? Yeh walk toward him and ye bow, an' yeh wait. If he bows back, yeh're allowed ter touch him. If he doesn' bow, then get away from him sharpish, 'cause those talons hurt."

"Right – who wants ter go first?"

For some reason, he didn't quite notice Naruto continuing his way forward, hand raised in a placating manner, while the rest of the class backed farther away in anwer to Hagrid's question. The hippogriffs were tossing their fierce heads and flexing their powerful wings; they didn't seem to like being tethered. But as Naruto drew closer, they started calming down before their eyes, as though they knew they could trust Naruto wasn't hostile to them.

"No one?" said Hagrid, with a pleading look.

"Hagrid?" said Harry, pointing at Naruto, who by then was just about to place his hand on one of the hippogriffs without trouble. Somehow, without listening to Hagrid, he was able to get the hippogriffs to allow him to touch them.

"If you can show you are not a threat," said Naruto. "you don't need to bow."

None of them could believe what they were seeing, especially Hermione and Hagrid. What they knew about magical creatures, all of it, had just been tossed on its side by a quiet and somewhat dark-but-not-Dark-themed boy. And all he did was walk up to a hippogriff!

Somewhat hesitant from uncertainty and surprise, Hagrid said. "R-right... right then. Naruto, I reckon he might' let yeh ride him."

Naruto shook his head. "Not much for flying." He understood what people saw in things such as the ability to fly, but he personally wasn't interested.

Harry, on the other hand, was. Even though he didn't think that a hippogriff would be remotely the same as a broomstick, it was still a chance to fly. So, after volunteering and being accepted by the hippogriff that Naruto was focused primarily on, that Hagrid called Buckbeak, he was helped by Hagrid onto Buckbeak's back. But once Buckbeak stood up, he discovered a problem. He had no real idea where exactly to hold onto Buckbeak. Everything in front of him was covered in feathers.

"Go on, then!" roared Hagrid, slapping the hippogriff's hindquarters.

Without warning, twelve-foot wings flapped open on either side of Harry; he just had time to seize the hippogriff around the neck before he was soaring upward. It was nothing like broomstick, and Harry knew which one he preferred; the hippogriff's wings beat uncomfortably on either side of him, catching him under his legs and making him feel he was about to be thrown off; the glossy feathers slipped under his fingers and he didn't dare get a stronger grip; instead of the smooth action of his Nimbus Two Thousand, he now felt himself rocking backward and forward as the hindquarters of the hippogriff rose and fell with its wings.

Buckbeak flew him once around the paddock and then headed back to the ground; this was the bit Harry had been dreading; he leaned back as the smooth neck lowered, feeling he was going to slip off over the beak, then felt a heavy thud as the four ill-assorted feet hit the ground. He just managed to hold on and push himself straight again.

"Good work, Harry!" roared Hagrid as everyone except Naruto, Pansy, and Nott, for various reasons, cheered. "Okay, who else wants a go?"

Emboldened by Harry's success, the rest of the class climbed cautiously into the paddock. Hagrid untied the hippogriffs one by one, and soon people were bowing nervously, all over the paddock. Neville ran repeatedly backward from his, which didn't seem to want to bend its knees. Ron and Hermione practiced on the chestnut, while Harry watched.

Naruto started going around and helping, until he noticed Pansy and Nott having taken over Buckbeak. Before the two could really do anything beyond bow, he came over and grabbed them.

"Hagrid-san!" called Naruto. "These two didn't listen two either of us."

"Oh, really?" answered Hagrid, coming over. "I'll be sure to let the other professors know about this. Also 20 points from Slytherin and a detention each, I believe."

"His class, his rules." said Naruto when Pansy and Nott were about to protest. Deciding to ensure they stayed out of the way, he focused his power, locking their muscles in place long enough for the class to be over. "They won't bother the lesson anymore."

"Thanks' Naruto." said Hagrid, rejuvenated. With what happened, he didn't have to worry about anyone else messing with his first lesson.

Later on, in the Gryffindor common room, Naruto stood leaning by the fireplace holding a conversation with Hinata about the upcoming meeting.

"Do you really think that we'd be able to do this, love?" asked Hinata. "Considering Dumb-door-"

"She may have lived a life here, but Jade is still one of us." said Naruto. "The problem is how much I should bring up at any given time. Can't overload her."

Understanding Naruto's concern, but not wanting to cause problems, Hinata eventually said to Naruto. "For now, just stick with getting Jade up to speed with the ability to utilize chakra. Although, if possible, see if you can find a seemingly legit reason to call him Jade. At least in private."

"That second part will be the easiest part. Some people think her eyes as Harry looked similar to emeralds. For all anyone could really know, they're more jade in color in reality." supplied Naruto. Just then he heard Harry, Hermione, and Ron arrive from their trip to Hagrid after classes. "They're back, although they look a little irritated at something."

Noticing Naruto, Harry remembered what Naruto said during lunch that day. "Hey, Naruto. You wanted to speak to me?"

Naruto nodded. "There is a few things you should be made known of. Granger-san is trustworthy, but some is best kept secret. It has broken hardened men before."

Harry gulped. Even though he didn't like how Naruto hated Ron every time they met, but understood at least a part of why Naruto said Ron wasn't allowed to join them. Out of the three of them, Ron was the least suited for the potential information he has. Ron was always the most reluctant in their adventures while at Hogwarts. He generally focused more on chess, food, and Quidditch. But still, Naruto unnerved Harry a bit.

"Ron," said Harry. "Trust me when I say, you're most likely better off not knowing what we'd be talking about."

A little upset, but mostly confused, Ron headed up for bed. Hermione decided to stay, intrigued at what Naruto was implying. She may not have experienced quite as much as others, such as Harry, but she did read up on some of the possible implications. Her intrigue grew after Naruto started by stating. "To start off, unless I desire time in the hospital, I can't quite lie."

"What do you mean?" asked Hermione. "Are you a really bad liar that people beat you for it or something?"

"No." said Naruto. "I placed myself into a month-long coma the last time I lied. Literally. No outside help."

His two listeners were stunned. He had somehow managed to put himself into the hospital just from a lie. Even more stunning was it was for a month-long coma!

"But that's not the issue here." said Naruto. "My primary focus is the truth about Harry. Such as his mother."

"My mother?" asked Harry, bewildered.

"Your birth mother." explained Naruto. "Blood-adopted by Potters."

Hermione gasped while Harry was back to stunned. "He was blood-adopted? How?"

"Exact details can wait." said Naruto. "But she had no intention on being separated from you. I can assure you of that."

Barely composing himself, Harry stuttered. "W-who was s-she?"

"Her name is Yu- I mean Kurenai Yuhi." said Naruto. "Genjutsu Mistress of Konoha. Let me show you." Balling his fists, he concentrated and before their eyes, took on a different shape. Somewhat wild black hair that came down a bit below the shoulder; crimson red eyes and red shirt without a left sleeve, underneath a unique white dress seemingly made out of some form of medical wrap; white wrappings around her hands, forearms, and upper legs, with black open-toed footwear completing the look.

She's beautiful. Thought Harry and Hermione.

Naruto, still in the form of Kurenai, smiled upon noticing their internal reaction. "If you'd like, I can give you a chance at following her in shinobi art of genjutsu, or illusions. I just need to jump-start you. Questions?"

With that, Naruto returned to his normal form and waited for Harry and Hermione to start asking questions, knowing that they'll most likely bombard him with questions. Surprisingly enough, he noticed that only Hermione had questions waiting to burst out. Harry, on the other hand, only had really one question to ask after he regained his voice from the knowledge he just gained.

"What exactly do I have to do?" asked Harry. If what he heard was true, then he wasn't about to let a chance to be part of a true family go.

Naruto's expression quickly went blank. "Are you sure? No turning back if yes."

"Are you sure, Harry?" asked Hermione, concerned. She didn't want her friend to possibly get hurt from all that was happening. Even with what Naruto had told/showed them.

Sighing, Harry turned and stared pointedly at Hermione. "Tell me this, Hermione. If you had a chance, even a remote one, to reunite with family, without harming others, would you take it?"

With Hermione relenting after that question, Harry steeled himself and said to Naruto. "Yes."

Understanding where he was coming from, Naruto first asked if Hermione was able to direct them to Harry's dorm. After she said she could bring them there, he said "Brace yourself. This will hurt." and then slammed his outstretched hand into Harry's chest. So surprised by this, Hermione could only watch as her closest friend cried out and fell unconscious in Naruto's arms. But she could've sworn that for a moment, Harry looked different, but didn't dwell on it as Naruto asked her where to go.

Whatever happened, she knew that she was going to try her hardest to make Naruto pay for hurting her friend. Even if she didn't really stand a chance.

Sorry if explanations are somewhat lacking, but you got to admit, what they're going through can be pretty trying on a person. Especially if it was multiple big things at once.

Until next time. Please let me know what you think.