AN: Sorry for the delay, but here is the next chapter of The Wayward Plan. Nothing major happened in this chapter though, but still review and comment please! I'm uploading these in the order my proofreader well proofreads them.

To the person who was talking about the eye color thing in the first chapter: It's more like people in the Wizarding world are illogical. I don't think they even care about science at all. It's more about perception I think. Like Lily had green eyes and James had hazel so their child must have one of those colors or else it won't seem like their child at all. I wonder if this makes sense…

Taullinis: For why her magic reserves are so low. I was working on the premise that she used a lot of magical power to keep herself alive, find a suitable location that would keep her safe, Apparate herself to said location, and assimilate to the culture so that she would be able to survive. So, based on that, her body would naturally want to be able to produce Chakra. Therefore, unconsciously, her magic (which is her yin energy) stayed low so that her spiritual energy (her yang energy) could catch up so that she could make Chakra. I hope that helps.

BaltaineShadow: Actually, if you noticed in chapter 5, Hikari is 5 years old while Naruto is 8. The ninja program in non-war times is 6 years long so he should graduate at age 14.

"Speaking"

'Thinking'

English

Jutsus

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Naruto.

-June 1, 1989-

Konoha

Hikari was more than prepared for the Academy test. After all the extra training her adopted mother made her do, how could she not? Despite her confidence that she would pass, she still couldn't help but feel a little nervous. So, she decided to take a relaxing walk to calm herself and quickly made her way to the park where she first met Naruto. It was the perfect place for her to relax uninterrupted since it had been aptly named the 'Demon Park' due to Naruto's constant visits.

The test didn't start until 11 o'clock, a full 3 hours after the regular Academy day started, so she still had plenty of time. Her mother had prepared an energy boosting breakfast for her that morning so that she would have an excuse not to pass. Both the Slug Sanin and Shizune had wished her luck before heading to the hospital to begin their morning routines.

Hikari sat on her favorite swing and took in the beauty of the park. That was one thing about the Elemental Nations that she loved. Compared to England where the air was filled with pollution, Konoha was natural and refreshing.

She took this time to think about her life thus far. What she was about to do would pretty much mark the end of her childhood. Many people would find it hard to believe that an 8 year old was becoming an adult. Those people were most likely not Shinobi. From the moment that she decided to become a Kunoichi, her mother had drilled into her what the life entailed.

Shinobi were more or less killers: guards at best and assassins at worst. But essentially, the job of a Shinobi was to kill. Kill to protect, kill for the Village, and kill for the Hokage. Sure, there were missions that didn't require anyone to kill, but one was not considered a full-fledged Shinobi until the first life was taken. Shinobi were nothing like Knights that she read about in storybooks or Samurai that she heard worked for the Daimyo. Shinobi had honor, like the 2 of them, but their honor had no place on the battlefield. In battle, anything and everything was acceptable as long as it led to victory. That was the Shinobi way.

The first few years of her life sucked. There was no other way to describe it. Every day was filled with pain. Her years after arriving at Konoha were still filled with pain. But this wasn't bad pain from hunger or beatings; it was the pain associated with getting stronger.

She was snapped out of her thoughts when a figure sat on the swing beside her. She recognized the person immediately. There was only one person in all of Konoha who would purposely wear such a bright orange jumpsuit. "What are you doing here, Naru-nii? Shouldn't you be in class right now?"

Naruto turned to face her and pouted, "What? I thought you would be happy to see me! Since you're not, I guess I'll just throw away your present and head to class."

Hikari perked up at the mention of the word present. "Present? Wait, you don't have to leave yet…"

The boy let out a chuckle. "I dunno… You obviously don't want me here so I think I'll just leave." He made to leave before a hand shot out and grabbed him.

"Stop being mean and hand over the present, Naru-nii!" Before Naruto could tease the girl anymore, she pulled out her deadliest attack: the puppy dog eyes attack.

"Ahh! Anything but that attack! I can feel my manly resolve weakening! Noooooooo!" Naruto dramatically cried out as he clutched his heart and faked his own death. "I can't go on. I can see the light! Is that a room filled with ramen? This must be heaven!"

Hikari giggled at her surrogate brother's antics. "Stop being a baby and give me my gift!" She poked him on his sides and he jumped up with a yelp.

"Well, since the lady commands…" he drawled out before pulling out a scroll seemingly out of nowhere. "Now, time for a show!" he yelled as he threw the scroll up and performed a perfect backflip, kicking the scroll slightly as he finished. The scroll began to unravel itself and Hikari could make out the telltale signs of sealing ink. Naruto bit his thumb to draw blood, stuck it straight out in front of him and let gravity take action as his bloodied thumb met the scroll. A second later, Naruto was surrounded by smoke and disappeared.

The girl rolled her eyes. "Showoff…" she muttered in amusement. She was used to Naruto showing off his skills since she was his only friend. It wasn't like he could show people how strong he was in public. That would be tantamount to painting a big red target sign on him, not that his orange jumpsuit wasn't doing the same….

When the smoke disappeared, Hikari gasped at what was in Naruto's hands.

"You know, I was thinking about getting you a sword. But then I realized that you were too short and small to handle a real sword." the boy teased.

Hikari glared at her brother figure. "Naru-nii…"

The boy gave a surrendering gesture and tossed the weapon to her. The girl spent quite some time inspecting her present. It wasn't too light or too heavy; the perfect size for someone with such a small body. "How did you manage to get this?" she finally asked after she was done admiring her gift. "Weapon stores usually never let you in and when they do, they sell you horrible stuff."

Naruto grinned at his surrogate sister. "I know right? If I didn't have you to buy my equipment for me, all my things would be defective."

"So, how did you do it? You didn't steal it, did you?" It wasn't like he never did it before. Sometimes, when people were extremely mean to him, Naruto would take revenge by pranking. When stores overcharged him by too much, he would take revenge by stealing. At least he only stole what he thought was rightfully his after paying so much.

"Of course not! It was actually really simple. I can't believe you never thought of it before."

Hikari looked indignant at that. "What do you mean 'you'? Don't you mean 'us' instead?"

Naruto shook his head and then grinned. "I'm the village idiot, remember? You're supposed to be the smarter one out of us so it's your job!"

Hikari rolled her eyes. Naruto could be so immature sometimes. "I'm 8 and you're 11. I dunno how you can say that I'm supposed to be smarter than you. Hurry up and tell me how you did it!" She purposefully raised her new weapon in a semi-threatening position.

"Right, right. No need to get so angry jeez. I think your mom's attitude has been rubbing off on you. Next thing you know, you'll be finger flicking people to their deaths. What happened to my sweet and innocent Hika-chan? The one who used to play tag with me." Naruto cried out with crocodile tears. The tears dried up just as quick as they came. "Anyways, I just have to say one word: Henge"

Upon hearing the answer, Hikari face palmed. 'He's right! I should have thought of that!' Instead of saying anything, she lunged at the now laughing Naurto and started one of their many tickle wars. Sometimes, kids just had to be kids.

"You know, it still isn't fair…" Hikari murmured after putting her present away.

Naruto looked at her in confusion. "What isn't?" At the look she gave him, he understood and sighed. "I keep telling you that it doesn't matter. Besides, why would I wanna graduate early? I don't wanna be seen as a prodigy or anything. This way, I can hide all my skills until I need them."

"But I wanted to us to be on the same teams!"

Naruto ruffled Hikari's hair and laughed when she scowled. "Don't worry! We can go on missions together after I graduate."

Hikari looked excited until she remembered that there were still 3 more years until he could officially graduate without upsetting the villagers. She couldn't understand how the villagers could be so stupid and mean to one orphan. Even if he did hold the Kyuubi no Kitsune…it's not like that made him the fox itself.

She had known about the fox for almost 2 years now. Naruto had told her when it was obvious that she wouldn't leave him no matter what the villagers did or said. She had told him point blankly that he was stuck with her so he better get used to it.

Naruto was always an observant child. Who wouldn't be after having multiple assassinations attempts and being chased by mobs frequently? It didn't take a genius to connect the dots. He was born on October 10, the day of the Kyuubi attack. People frequently called him 'Demon Fox' and other fox related insults. A freaking seal appeared on his stomach whenever he channeled Chakra. He had whisker marks on his face. The clues were endless and people actually expected him not to figure it out?

"Who knows? Maybe by the time you graduate, I'll be a Jounin. Then, I can your Jounin teacher and you'll have to call me sensei! Haha." Hikari laughed out. That would be interesting; having a teacher who was younger that you.

"Psh. You? A Jounin? I dunno…it doesn't seem likely." he laughed out.

"Hey!" she yelled indignantly, "I can too be a Jounin sensei! Wasn't there that one Uchiha who became an ANBU captain at that age?"

"Yeah, and he ended up killing off his entire clan." he deadpanned.

"Well, the only person in my clan right now officially is mom and I don't think I could even scratch her right now."

Naruto laughed at that and suddenly tossed something towards Hikari. "A good luck charm. Now, c'mon. I think it's time we head to the Academy. "

Konoha Shinobi Academy

The test had been ridiculously easy. Hikari didn't know if it was due to the lax standards associated with the non-wartime curriculum or if it was because she was just that good. The written test was a breeze. Her mother, the granddaughter of the Shodaime Hokage and the grandniece of the Nidaime, had literally grown up hearing about history straight from the sources. She, in turn, told them to Hikari.

The next test had been about aim. Since the targets had been stationary, it wasn't too hard. Hikari couldn't understand how some of her fellow students could miss 5 out of 10 targets. 'I mean, it isn't like they've been practicing for 6 years…Oh wait, they have been.' she thought at the time.

Taijutsu had been the next part of the test and all she had to do was manage to score a clean hit on the proctor or not be knocked out of bounds for 10 minutes.

The last test was the jutsu test. It wasn't even worth mentioning. All she had to do was perform 1 Academy jutsu of the teacher's choice. Just 1. Hikari thought that it was somewhat retarded to only ask for 1. It's not like performing all 3 took a lot of time or Chakra, so she didn't understand why they didn't bother testing all 3.

So, Hikari stepped into the classroom, perform her required jutsu, and walked out of the classroom with her hitai-ate in her hand. Due to her small size, she couldn't find an appropriate place to tie it to without it falling off. She would have to ask her mom for a solution once she got home.

When she finally exited the Academy, she could see Naruto waiting for her. The minute he saw what she was holding, he let the biggest grin she had ever seen take over his face. He bounded towards her in excitement, not even once caring about the looks of disgust and resentment sent his way by the parents of the other graduates.

"I knew you could do it, Hika-chan! I bet it was my good luck charm, wasn't it?" he rushed out as he gave Hikari a big hug. "C'mon, let's go get some ramen to celebrate!"

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Another school year had just ended for the up and coming wizard and witches of Great Britain. The headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, sat in his office enjoying the start of his 3 month vacation. This would be the only time he had to relax since starting tomorrow, he would have to begin the training of a very important person.

He spared a glance at the many trinkets that lined one of his shelves on the right side of his room and relaxed when he noticed that there was nothing out of the ordinary. The girl seemed to be doing jsut fine. He grabbed a handful of Floo Powder and threw it in his fireplace. "Greenhills Cottage!" he called out before sticking his head inside.

Not a minute later, he saw the face of a familiar redhead a smiled. "Professor Dumbledore! How are you today? Is there anything that you need?" the woman asked.

"I'm doing just fine, dear. I trust that you and your family are doing great as well. I'm calling to confirm the start of young miss Potter's training tomorrow." Dumbledore said with his usual grandfatherly smile in place.

The woman looked worried and asked, "Are you sure it's okay to start so early? I mean, she just a child! Can't we wait a few more years?"

"You know as well as I that Tom is still out there. The sooner we start training, the better it will be. I hate the thought of having to train someone so young for war, but this is the only way. I'm sorry it has come to this, that a child has to fight in a war of adults." the headmaster said with a tired smile.

"Well, if you say so. I trust you, professor. How about you come over tomorrow at 9 and have breakfast with the family? Then, we can finish discussing everything." the woman suggested.

Dumbledore's eyes twinkled in delight at her answer. "9 it is. I'll make sure to bring some lemon drops for young miss Potter. She seems to enjoy them as much as I do." He loved it when everything goes according to plan.

-June 2, 1989-

Team placements.

That was something that Hikari wasn't looking forward to. It wasn't like she abhorred the fact that she had to work in teams. No, it was more like she knew that most of the students in her graduating fact didn't like her simply because she was hailed a prodigy. That and the fact that some random 8 year old that looked like she should be just starting the academy became the Rookie of the Year.

The age difference made it hard for her on teams as well. Because she was younger, she naturally had a smaller body than her peers. It made it hard for the team to properly spar. The older kids had the advantage in strength. Speed alone wouldn't cut it anymore. What good was speed when your strongest punch was like a finger flick to your opponent? Well, a normal person's finger flick anyways. If they were talking about her mom; her finger flicks could break down walls.

The last problem she had about team placements were that there were an uneven amount of graduates this year. Since teams had to be in groups of 3, it left one team incomplete. Normally the ones who didn't make it into teams were ordered to wait until the next batch of graduates. But, those people almost never pass their secondary Genin exams since the extra year of waiting usually dulled their abilities.

The last student had finally settled into his seat and the Chuunin teacher, whose name she never bothered to remember, came in.

"Okay, everyone quiet down please…" The teacher started his speech and Hikari promptly tuned him out. It wasn't her fault that she didn't want to pay attention; the Chuunin's voice was just so monotone and dull. When they reached the team placement announcement part of the speech, she waited with a bated breath, hoping that she would receive a good team.

"…and finally we have our last 2 people. Now, normally we wouldn't allow a team of 2 but the Hokage has determined that this year's batch showed more promise than others and that it would be a waste for 2 students to waste a year of potential training. Because of this, it was determined that this year's top two ranking students would form a 3 man cell including their sensei." the teacher said.

Hikari perked up at that, visibly relieved that she wouldn't have to wait another year for a team.

"So without further ado, team 13 will be Senju Hikari and …"

I want to use this time to ask if anyone wants to make an OC to use as Hikari's teammate. If not, then I'll just use one of mine.

Also, does anyone want to guess who their sensei will be?