Hello, again!
Plain and simply, here's the other half. More or less.
Bold and Italicized is in a different language to the main language.
Don't own Harry Potter or Naruto.
A taste of true power
"So, would you mind explaining as to what exactly happened?" asked Dumbledore, having already sent Gryffindor House to spend the night in the Great Hall and sojourned with the Heads of Houses and Naruto to his office.
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Already said most of it. Gave Jade the day off, searched for Black, and found him attacking the Fat Lady. Sent him to Amelia right after. Sigh, idiot dog."
"Who's Jade?" asked Professor Sprout, curious as to who Naruto was talking about.
"Harry Potter." said Naruto, knowing that things will be a lot harder if he didn't get the teachers to see his reasoning. "Real name is Jade Yuhi-Potter, daughter of Kurenai Yuhi of Konoha. And one of my students."
That confused the Heads for the most part. Harry was someone else? However, Professor McGonagall realized that was what Harry meant in his request. She still had one question for Naruto, though.
"That's why he asked for a separate dorm, isn't it?" she said, wanting to be sure. At Naruto's nod, she continued. "But what I don't understand is why Harry wanted you to be there with him."
Naruto sighed again. "For her, it's about trust, seeing as I'm the one who revealed it to her. However, I'm also the only boy that wouldn't do anything." He glared pointedly at them. "You know exactly what I mean by that."
Dumbledore, upon learning that Harry knew about his origins, narrowed his gaze, but was interrupted by Naruto saying "I wasn't about to let her die, unlike you so far. How much have you actually done to help her stay alive?"
Those words stopped his response cold. Naruto's next words, however, left the old man with a lot to think about.
"You kidnap her as a newborn, turn her into a boy, send her to live with abusive people, and once she's here, you don't do anything to help her. Not to mention not restraining things like racism, sexism, or bullying of any sort."
While it wasn't directly stated, it was pretty obvious to all of them that his last sentence was directed to all of them, showing his disappointment in their lack of maturity and responsibility as teachers and caretakers. Even Snape didn't dare to disagree, feeling that it would do more harm than good for himself, let alone anyone else.
As Naruto turned to leave, he finished the conversation by saying "Until she is ready to reveal it to the world, tell no one." before heading to the Great Hall to rest.
The school talked of nothing but Sirius Black for the next few days. The theories about how he had entered the castle became wilder and wilder; Hannah Abbott, from Hufflepuff, spent much of their next Herbology class telling anyone who'd listen that Black could turn into a flowering shrub.
However, it was quickly quelled when a news article detailing Black's trial and release, and Naruto saying "Ask Weasley Twins. He and James Potter helped build their map."
Those simple words also resulted in Harry receiving the Marauder's Map from Fred and George, as he was the 'heir of the Marauders,' according to them.
Even so, The Fat Lady's ripped canvas had been taken off the wall and replaced with the portrait of Sir Cadogan and his fat gray pony. Nobody was very happy about this. Sir Cadogan spent half his time challenging people to duels, and the rest thinking up ridiculously complicated passwords, which he changed at least twice a day. It was getting to the point that even Hinata was tempted to have Naruto just burn the portrait and build a door in its place.
"He's a complete lunatic," said Seamus Finnigan angrily to Percy. "Can't we get anyone else?"
"None of the other pictures wanted the job," said Percy. "Frightened of what happened to the Fat Lady. Sir Cadogan was the only one brave enough to volunteer."
"It's pissing Hinata off." said Naruto, a little unnerved at that fact. "Last time that happened, a demon became rag doll fillet."
Sir Cadogan, however, was the least of Harry's worries. He was now being closely watched. Teachers found excuses to walk along corridors with him, and Percy Weasley (acting, Harry suspected, on his mother's orders) was tailing him everywhere like an extremely pompous guard dog. Thankfully, his training had gotten to the point that Naruto taught him the Tree Walking exercise, allowing him to evade Percy's pursuit whenever he could.
He was also not entirely happy when he learned that Naruto had told Dumbledore and the Heads of Houses about his situation, but was at least thankful that he had made sure that they would keep quiet about it.
"Darkness always had the strength of will ensure that people would listen to him and Light." Harry heard in his head from the man that showed up in his dream, after he talked to Naruto.
The weather worsened steadily as the first Quidditch match drew nearer. Undaunted, the Gryffindor team was training harder than ever under the eye of Madam Hooch. Then, at their final training session before Saturday's match, Oliver Wood gave his team some unwelcome news.
"We're not playing Slytherin!" he told them, looking very angry. "Flint's just been to see me. We're playing Hufflepuff instead."
"Why?" chorused the rest of the team.
"They're cowards." said Naruto, showing up behind the team. By now, most of the castle's inhabitants were getting pretty accustomed to his seemingly disappearing/appearing out of thin air and silence. "They don't want to face the weather."
There had been strong winds and heavy rain all day, and as Naruto spoke, they heard a distant rumble of thunder.
"What did they use as an excuse?" asked Harry, groaning in exasperation at Slytherin.
"It doesn't matter right now, since it's too late anyways," said Wood bitterly. "And we've been practicing all those moves assuming we're playing Slytherin, and instead it's Hufflepuff, and their style's quite different They've got a new Captain and Seeker, Cedric Diggory-"
Angelina, Alicia, and Katie suddenly giggled.
"What?" said Wood, frowning at this lighthearted behavior.
"He's that tall, good-looking one, isn't he?" said Angelina.
"Strong and silent," said Katie, and they started to giggle again. Naruto simply made two clones of himself and smacked the three on the backs of their heads, cutting them short.
"He's only silent because he's too thick to string two words together," said Fred impatiently. "I don't know why you're worried, Oliver, Hufflepuff is a pushover. Last time we played them, Harry caught the Snitch in about five minutes, remember?"
"We were playing in completely different conditions!" Wood shouted, his eyes bulging slightly. "Diggory's put a very strong side together! He's an excellent Seeker! I was afraid you'd take it like this! W-"
"Stop right there." Naruto cut him off. "You can't be effective if you obsess, so CALM DOWN!"
Naruto finished his statement with a chop to Oliver's head, forcing him to agree either way.
The day before the match, the winds reached howling point and the rain fell harder than ever. It was so dark inside the corridors and classrooms that extra torches and lanterns were lit.
Harry had no room in his head to worry about anything except the match tomorrow. Oliver Wood kept hurrying up to him between classes and giving him tips. The third time this happened, Naruto intervened and forced Oliver on his way so that Harry wasn't late for Defense Against the Dark Arts.
But it wasn't Professor Lupin who was in the room when they arrived; it was Snape.
"Snape," said Naruto. "either do you're job right, or lose it completely."
Now Snape was starting to get annoyed at Naruto, what with the boy constantly interfering with how he did things. But even he couldn't deny the power the boy wielded.
I just wish he would just stop and let me do my job my way. He thought to himself as he started the class under Naruto's eye.
Afterwards, when the class left the room, Harry and Hermione waited until they were well out of earshot before bursting into a furious tirade about Snape.
"Snape's never been like this with any of our other Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers, even if he did want the job," Harry said to Hermione. "Why's he got it in for Lupin? D'you think this is all because of the boggart?"
"I don't know," said Hermione pensively. "But I really hope Professor Lupin gets better soon..."
"All I'll say is this," said Naruto. "if something was done about his plight, he would be the ultimate Inuzuka."
Hermione was confused about that, not having gotten far enough in her training to learn about the Inuzuka just yet. Harry, in the meantime, was left to wonder just what the connection between the dog-using shinobi and Professor Lupin.
He was certainly thankful that his request for a separate room for him and Naruto was granted, and that it still had a connection to Gryffindor common room. He just had to deal with an increasingly irritating Ron.
I know he was my first friend the same age as me, though Harry, but I'm beginning to think that maybe Naruto was right about not trusting Ron. He's becoming more of a problem than help.
Harry woke even early then usual the next morning; so early even Naruto was still alseep. For a moment he thought the roaring of the wind had woken him. Then he felt a cold breeze on the back of his neck and sat bolt upright – Peeves the Poltergeist had been floating next to him, blowing hard in his ear.
"What did you do that for?" said Harry furiously.
Peeves puffed out his cheeks, blew hard, and zoomed backward out of the room, cackling.
Harry fumbled for his alarm clock and looked at it. It was half past four. Cursing Peeves, and Naruto a bit, he walked over to the room window and released the illusion covering his true form.
Even to this day, I still have some trouble accepting this fully. He thought to himself as he looked his female form over. Although he did have to admit, at least to himself, that he looked good when he compared himself to some of the other girls around the school. Although we don't have quite the size as some of them, Hermione, Luna, and I are definitely up there in looks in my opinion...where did all that come from?
Shaking his head, he reactivated the illusion, thankful that it was set up on a trigger. He didn't have time to think all that much about it. He had a Quidditch match later that day, he needed to be ready.
That is, if nothing happens that forces Naruto to pull me out. He told himself as he got ready for the day.
After Naruto woke up, and they finished their training for the day, Harry revived himself some over a large bowl of porride. And by the time he'd started on toast, the rest of the team had turned up.
"It's going to be a tough one," said Wood, who wasn't eating anything.
"It's all fun and games until someone loses their life," said Naruto, "so focus on safety instead of winning. Smart thing would've been canceling due to weather."
"Stop worrying, you two," said Alicia soothingly, "we don't mind a bit of rain."
But it was considerably more than a bit of rain. Such was the popularity of Quidditch that the whole school turned out to watch the match as usual, but they ran down the lawns toward the Quidditch field, heads bowed against the ferocious wind, umbrellas being whipped out of their hands as they went. Just before he entered the locker room, Harry saw Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, laughing and pointing at him from under an enormous umbrella on their way to the stadium.
The team changed into their scarlet robes and waited for Wood's usual pre-match pep talk, but it didn't come. He tried to speak several times, made an odd gulping noise, then shook his head hopelessly and beckoned them to follow him.
The wind was so strong that they staggered sideways as they walked out onto the field. If the crowd was cheering they couldn't hear it over the fresh rolls of thunder. Rain was splattering over Harry's glasses. How on earth was he going to see the Snitch in this?
The Hufflepuffs were approaching from the opposite side of the field, wearing canary-yellow robes. The Captains walked up to each other and shook hands; Diggory smiled at Wood but Wood now looked as though he had lockjaw and merely nodded. Harry saw Madam Hooch's mouth form the words, "Mount your brooms." He pulled his right foot out of the mud with a squelch and swung it over his Nimbus Two Thousand. Madam Hooch put her whistle to her lips and gave it a blast that sound shrill and distant – they were off.
During the match, Naruto was positioned near Gryffindor, one eye a normal blue, the other a pale lavender that looked blind. While not anyone would have actually noticed, but none of them would know of the truth either way.
"I got to agree with you, Naruto." said Hinata, watching the match through the pale eye. "After what we've been through, Quidditch is boring, dumb, and just plain useless."
Naruto nodded. "I can understand risking your life if the job requires it, but not for an obsession. On a side note, I feel like something's coming. Something...beyond...what we've faced before."
"I know what you mean. Ever since you destroyed that one dementor, it's been feeling a bit like something woke up. Or someo-" Hinata was stopped as they both felt it. The overwhelming presense of dementors closing in on the field. Or, to be more precise, Naruto.
Disabling the change to his eyes, Naruto moved to intercept. He didn't want to risk any of the others, especially Harry and his other students, who all surprised him with how fast they were coming along. He chalked it up to their connection to magic, which just really left a balancing issue to get proper chakra.
However, he wasn't able to get all that far before he encountered a veritable army of dementors, all of which felt exactly like the last one. It left only one option for the two.
"Void Heart." intoned Hinata, her voice now dead yet ethereal. "Destroy."
Those three words seemingly struck Naruto, his back arching as he fell on his hands and feet. His body started to spasm as Void Heart, his inner beast, obeyed Hinata's command, taking control of Naruto's body to form in the physical world.
It was about then that Harry, as well as everyone else at the field noticed that something was wrong. The storm darkened greatly, as purple lightning started flashing dangerously. However, it wasn't directly above them, but rather a little ways off. Even so, Harry recognized what was happening, especially when he heard "CHAOS!" echo over the storm.
"It seems that Chaos decided to use the dementors for the time being." came the voice of the man in her dream from earlier that school year. "You need to get everyone back into the castle. Now!"
"You don't need telling me twice." said Harry, appreciating the fact that Naruto was seemingly unintentionally drawing the storm to him, allowing him to fly over to where Professor Dumbledore and the other teachers were watching the match.
"Professor Dumbledore!" he yelled out, catching the man's attention. "Dementors are attacking! Naruto's gone off to fight them, so we need to get everyone back into the castle now!"
Any retorts were cut off when everyone heard "DESTROY!" ring out, this time shaking the ground beneath them. That was all it took for Dumbledore to take action, sending the teachers out to help ensure that everyone was able to make it back to the castle. The biggest problem came from the playing teams, who attempted to continue the match for a little bit longer.
Harry, by now rather irritated at their seeming obsession with the sport and casual acceptance of possible death, shouted out "GET YOUR SORRY ASSES INTO THE CASTLE, OR I'M GOING TO BECOME AN EVEN BIGGER PROBLEM THAN-"
But even he was cut off when an enormous blast of white and black energy went up into the sky, right where Naruto was. It seemed for ages before the blast died down, and even longer when the storm returned to normal.
Hope you're alright, Naruto. He thought to himself as the minutes rolled by after he finally got the fliers up to the castle.
Naruto himself had yet to return to the castle, and it was starting to worry Harry in particular.
"Harry," said Luna. She just came up with Hermione, Ginny, and Dumbledore. "Naruto may be able to return in time, but he needs to know that he isn't alone here."
"Luna." Harry said, before standing up a little bit later. "You're right. I'm guessing you're okay with this, Professor?"
At Dumbledore's nod, the group went out, eventually finding Naruto on his knees in a barren field. What little remained of the dementor attack faded into dust around him.
Seeing that scene, the old man had to stop and stare at the damage that was wrought. Easily a mile around had no life, no green, and he could see the occasional spark dance here and there over it.
Just what did Naruto go through to do this? He thought to himself, perplexed. He was brought out of his thoughts when Luna and Harry walked up to Naruto, gently stood him up, and walked him back to the castle and Madam Pomfrey. As the two kept a hold of him, Hermione and Ginny were in front and behind respectively, as a form of guard of sorts.
Upon arrival near the Great Hall, where just about everyone else was currently waiting, with the teachers right outside. Snape didn't say anything as they passed Naruto over to Madam Pomfrey's care inside the Hall, equally stuck in his thoughts about what happened. But even he was caught off guard when Harry started berating the players.
"Are you all completely insane or something?! Even before Naruto showed up, I at least had enough sense to know that when an emergency happens, you stop whatever you're doing that instant and get out of dodge! You don't bloody continue!" he said rather angrily, "And that's even if it's already being taken care of, but all you seemed to care about was winning a bloody game! Especially you Oliver, all you seemed to care about this ENTIRE YEAR was Quidditch, so I'm saying right here, right now, that I'm dropping out of the team."
"Are you mental, Harry?!" Ron shouted, not believing what Harry was saying.
"It's called 'Using my brain,' Ron." Harry said, turning towards him. "A concept that the Wizarding World seems unable to understand."
Naruto cut him off before he could continue with his rant. "Harry. I understand what you're doing, but you shouldn't be too strict. Wait until the either year's end or getting a replacement. You've already got your point across."
"Also you were starting to be covered in flames." Luna added, pointing at the small ring of scorch marks on the ground right around Harry.
Naruto shrugged a bit. "That too."
"Why should he listen to you?!" demanded Ron. "Loony's insane, and shouldn't be believed at all. And all you've done is try and take my friends from me, you bloody wanker!"
A crack of thunder sounded out after that as Naruto growled and attempted to stand, only to be stopped by Ginny and Hermione. Harry, on the other hand, had no such problem in setting Ron straight, starting with blurring forward and punching the ginger boy in the stomach.
Ron now bent over, Harry pulled back.
"Never insult my friends again." he said, but he had a unique strength in his words, like a fire was enhancing them.
He will never learn. Naruto thought to himself as he watched that. He then felt Amelia's energy coming up to the hall, causing him to raise an eyebrow. Why is she here?
His answer came when she burst through the doors and demanded from Dumbledore, "You better have a good answer for me, because I could see that in my office in London, and we're going to need something to tell pretty much the entire planet!?"
"...Void Heart's blast was that big?" Naruto asked, a bit incredulous. He knew that Void Heart was stronger than a Biju, but it was still a pretty big stretch between something that can take out a mountain range and something that could be noticed across an entire planet. Either that, or this place is a different size than the Elemental Nations. Potentially.
"I think it's more of the fact that even I somehow saw that blast past the moon." said Hinata, before the two stopped upon realizing just what exactly Hinata said. "...I'll get this to Jiraiya right away."
Amelia scoffed a bit at Naruto's question. "Big? Naruto, I was underground, and I could clearly tell it went up beyond the atmosphere. This is the second time something like this has happened now, and I need something to keep the Wizengamot, let alone the ICW, off of us."
Now Naruto was concerned. Just what exactly is going on, if his pain personified calls soul-suckers a part of someone named 'Chaos,' and gets angry at 'Chaos' enough to outmatch pretty much all Nine Tailed Beasts combined?
Just what the hell is going on?
Now we'll be getting a bit more of the underlying big problem: Naruto's, or rather Void Heart's, reaction to the dementor.
Harry is starting to unconsciously accept his true self, but not all that fast. So now things are starting to build up, and more questions are cropping up. Not to mention that in time, Naruto will have to deal with the non-magical world as well. Not going to be fun for him.
Until next time. Please let me know what you think.