December 31st 2012

Happy New Year everyone!

NARUTO/Harry Potter X-over

Disclaimer: I do not own NARUTO or Harry Potter.

Warnings: Contains some bashing, violence, cussing, adult themes, abuse, some spoilers perchance, mild Slash (male/male pairing).

WILL NOT FOLLOW NARUTO WORLD CANON. WILL DIFFER IN OOTP BEFORE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

Summary: In age of 19 Naruto Uzumaki had enough of his life in Konoha where villagers mocked and hated him, and even his supposed teammates were constantly jeering and jibing at him. He resigned from his shinobi career and left Konoha, with Tsunade's permission. 6 years later found him living in Great Britain, in Scotland, in small village called Hogsmeade. In Hogsmeade Naruto is known as Maelstrom, a local Potions Master and Apothecary owner. Fifteen years old Harry Potter comes to him with his troubles with Umbridge and Occlumency, unwittingly changing his and Voldemort's relationship into completely different direction after intruding his mind.

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Stillnight Presents

Heroes of All Sorts

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Naruto's shoulders were hunched and his face devoid of any emotion as he walked slowly through the village to Hokage Tower. He was holding scroll for Godaime Hokage in his hands, to his Tsunade-baachan. It was still relatively early morning so not many were up yet at the early hour of morning. As he walked up the stairs to Tower he reflected silently his years in shinobi career. It had not been pleasant time and it still wasn't, but soon he wouldn't have to bother himself with it any more.

He knocked Tsunade's office door and entered when he heard her voice bark enter the command from inside tho room. "Morning, Tsunade-baachan", he greeted fondness creeping into his voice.

"Good morning, Naruto", Tsunade greeted in surprise. "What I owe you for this early morning visit?", she asked kindly. She put her pen down top of her papers and crossed her fingers under her chin in casual manner.

Naruto simply dropped his scroll to desk and blond Hokage picked it up, undid bindings and unfurled it, starting to read it. Disbelief clearly shown in her face she asked unbelieving. "Resigning from Shinobi Forces, Naruto?" she asked. "Why?"

Naruto swallowed thickly and answered with tired voice. "I can't stand it anymore, baachan. I can't stand my team, missions, this village itself and people in here... I just... I can't... I'm going to relinquish my Konoha citizenship and leave. To the Outer Lands", he said, his voice cracking, wrapping his arms around himself, to ward off cold feeling. "I can't bear to live in his place anymore, baachan. So much hatred, scorn and hostility directed to me. Repeated assassination attempts at my person. Destroying my home and stealing my meager belongings. Constant mocking, jeering and malicious jibing at me from my own teammates...", he said and his voice broke and tear slid down his whiskered cheek. "I just can't stand it anymore, any longer, than I already have. If I stay here much longer... I will end up taking my own life..."

Tsunade sighed sadly and stood up, walked around her desk and pulled Naruto to her chest so that his head was resting in her shoulder and her arms wrapped around young man. "If that is what wish to do, Naruto, then I will not hold you back. Nor will I stop you from leaving. I will get your paper work done myself and cover for your tracks for you. Go, and find some peace and happiness for yourself, Naruto", she said and pressed kiss to trembling young man's forehead.

"Thank you, Tsunade-baachan", mumbled Naruto against woman's shoulder and relishing in her warm embrace. "You won't tell anyone where I have gone?"

"I won't", Tsunade assured him. "Now, go get ready. I will get your paperwork done so that you only need to sign it and then leave."

Naruto nodded and Tsunade wiped his tears from his cheeks. While Godaime tackled paperwork regarding Naruto's resigning and citizenship, Naruto himself returned to his shabby little apartment to get his belongings. He didn't bother with his furniture or even team photo or other his team related things, but left where they were. He packed swiftly with clones help his clothes, weapons, futon and quilt and pillow, scrolls, books and other things. He left his ANBU mask to table, shattering it to pieces by striking kunai middle of it with his full power. It was his way to tell them 'fuck you'. When everything was packed into Sealing scrolls he took off his hitai-ate and hid it in his pocket, and left his apartment for final time.

In mean while Tsunade wrote papers and went through Naruto's mission history for retirement money, which was becoming quite thick stack of ryō. It would be small fortune for him.

Naruto returned swiftly and unseen to Hokage Tower to meet Tsunade, wearing completely black leather clothing and dark cloak, simple bag slung over his shoulder, containing all his sealing scrolls. He had also covered lower portion of his face to cover his whisker marks. He was holding in his hand his flak vest and he put it to Tsunade's desk. He signed papers with his name and bloody thump print.

He pulled his hitai-ate from his pocket, placing it to desk. "I'm giving this back. I am no longer shinobi of this village, thus I have no right to carry it."

But Tsunade refused the hitai-ate. "No, Naruto. It belongs to you. It belonged to Iruka before you so it's dear memory of him", she said picking it up and placing it to Naruto's hand gently, curling his fingers around it. "Keep it safe, for him. As for memento of him and better days with him, okay?"

Naruto nodded somberly. He was going to miss Iruka-sensei and weekly meetings with him at Ichiraku Ramen stand. "I'm going to miss both of you, baachan. You and Iruka-sensei. Please, tell good bye for him from me."

"I will", Tsunade promised, her eyes glistening with tears. "What of old pervert?"

Naruto smiled briefly. "Tell him that He can contact with through Toads. I am still Summoner even though I'm no longer shinobi. I am Gama Sennin, Toad Sage, after all. I will send letters and post cards from Outer Lands, I promise. Toads will deliver them discreetly."

Tsunade sighed deeply and wiped few fallen tears away, and pushed across her desk a very thick envelope. "Your retirement money", she said when Naruto seemed confused about it, and then Naruto nodded. "What I will tell your team?" she asked.

Naruto sneered at the mention of his team. "What ever you want. That I am gone for good. Let them make their own conclusions from it", he said with grim smile. "They won't really care, they hate me, after all", he said with tone of finality in his voice.

They both stared out of window for a moment, at Hokage Monument. Naruto turned to face portraits of past Hokages and saluted solemnly. "I won't become Hokage like you did, Father, but I will become something much greater than that. Even if I leave this accursed village you died for", he said to portrait of Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato. "Good bye and farewell."

"Good bye, Naruto. I hope to see you again one day", Tsunade said and gave one last warm embrace to young man as she saw as her surrogate little brother.

Naruto stood at the gates of Konoha and paid one last look at village behind him. Then he turned and walked away, without looking back even once.

In Hokage Tower Tsunade saluted quietly for Naruto. "I hope you will find your happiness in Outer Lands, little brother."

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TBC.

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SO, this is first chapter, prologue of sorts. This is first time that I ever publish anything... So there might be some mistakes in story, grammar and spellings, but I have - hopefully - gotten rid off most of them. And I am not particularly good at writing, but I hope that someone finds this interesting.

I am currently trying to write next chapter, but I cannot guarantee when I will put it up. And I have not yet any certainty of pairings yet, but I have decided something as for tentatively.

Regards, Stillnight