Harry Potter was an enigma and that was saying something when you considered he lived in a ninja village. He had arrived in the middle of the market of Konoha one day, surprising all who were near. What followed his appearance, was a chase that put all of the great Naruto chases combined to shame. Eventually, after hours of the chase and searches, Harry Potter simply showed up in the Hokage's office. None of the shinobi of the village knew what had been discussed by the odd green-eyed young man, but the search was called off and Harry became a fixture in Konoha. He wasn't a shinobi, although he knew many techniques that had even the hardest of Jonin panting by the end of a brief spar. He also had brought a few strange techniques that cured some of the illnesses that had ruined many shinobi's careers, so although he was a mystery, he was a well-loved and enjoyable mystery.

"Ah, Harry, good of you to come," Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, smiled as the young man entered his office. It had been three years since Harry had arrived in the village and while no one knew how he had arrived, they were grateful of his presence, because of Harry they had found four sleeper agents in fairly high up places. They were also following three suspected spies.

"Of course Hiruzen, I wasn't in the middle of anything. What did you need me for?" Most people wouldn't be able to get away with calling the Lord Hokage by his first name, but most people didn't include Harry and Naruto.

"You told me that once you were a teacher did you not?"

"Yes," Harry replied warily, he had a feeling that he knew where this was going and although he didn't mind teaching, it didn't mean that he necessarily wanted to.

"There was an incident last night, and the class instructors of next year's graduating genin were injured. Unfortunately, even though I could order other Chunin to take over the class, and I have until the next weekend, it takes a certain temperament to teach as I am sure you are aware of." Harry nodded at this as images of Snape and Umbridge flashed through his head. In truth most of his teachers at Hogwarts weren't the best to be teaching kids, but they were the best that could be had in Britain. "As you can see I'm in a bit of a bind and was hoping that I could convince you to teach for as long as you were willing."

"There's something more isn't there?" Harry asked after a moment's thought. He hadn't noticed when he had walked into the office, but Hiruzen had a more tightened look to his face (if that made any sense). Also, instead of his hands being steepled, one hand was clutched in a fist. "Who is in the class that is causing such a bother, because if it's Konohamaru I'm not doing it!"

Sighing Hiruzen answered, "It's Naruto. I'm afraid if you don't take this position he will be even more limited than he already was. I know that most of the Chunin instructors kick him out of class as much as possible and his main instructors were the most tolerant of his burden," Harry had discovered- read a ninja's mind- and quickly uncovered the secret within weeks of arriving in Konoha. "Plus, I know you won't kiss the Uchia's ass."

"So you want me to teach a bunch of kids for at least half a year, a year and a half if you can convince me, the basics of being a ninja, all because I'm not biased." There was a pause before Harry spoke again, "You do know that I'm not a shinobi right? I can barely produce enough chakra to water and tree walk."

"I know this Harry, but the only other one that would be potentially unbiased would be Anko." Harry shivered at the mention of Anko. He was a familiar acquaintance of her and had nothing against the crazy snake lady, but when he spoke snake speech in front of her, she had an interesting reaction. On the plus side, Harry could no longer say he was a virgin and it hadn't been rape the first two days. "I don't think you would want any child to be introduced to her."

"You need to work on your ninja Hiruzen."

"I'll get right on that," He chuckled, "But does that mean that you'll take the position?"

Harry really didn't need to think as the only other things he did around the village was make potions for various departments of the shinobi workforce and seals, in which Harry had found a knack for. Hiruzen thought that he might have a bit of Uzumaki blood in him with the ease that Harry had picked up the seals. Harry was bored, but he could make the hokage sweat it out for another minute.

"Fine," Harry finally spoke and Hiruzen let out a sigh of relief. "But, you'll have to give me a lesson plan on what all I am supposed to teach them as well as allow me to make their graduation test. I've heard too much from my friends about their bemoaning of a lack of competent ninja coming out of the academy."

"That sounds fine Harry," Hiruzen said trying hard not to sound as relieved as he felt. He was not lying when he said that no others were viable to teach. Many Jonin couldn't be bothered to teach and although Kurenai Yuuhi was a born teacher, she had just been promoted and needed to establish herself among her peers now. "I was hoping that you would accept so I have the required lesson plans here already."

Harry took the packet of information and read over the various plans while the hokage used the quiet to finish up a bit of paperwork. Hiruzen saw Harry close the packet and finished up what he was working on before giving Harry his full attention. "I can work with this as long as there are a few lessons I can fully throw out and add my own. This doesn't give many practical lessons that should be a requirement before graduation."

"Well tell me what your plans are and we can work something out Harry."

-Potter Sensei-

Monday morning saw the class with many of the clan heirs full as most eagerly awaited their new teacher. They had had two other teachers the last two days last week, but today was the day that they were getting their new teacher. Some of course didn't care as they either saw the academy as a waste of time or were too lazy to care. One Naruto Uzumaki had a foxy grin on his face as he thought of all the pranks that he could set up to play on his new teacher and the ones that he had already set up.

As the door opened after the bell, the class grew quiet in anticipation. Harry walked in and had the attention of everyone instantly. They all knew the rumors of this strange person who had arrived three years ago and somehow evaded even those with the Hyuga dojutsu. They also knew that he was close friends with the Hokage and many of their parents. Even Shikamaru shook off a little bit of his laziness and sat up to pay attention to Harry.

Harry Potter was dressed in the standard jonin uniform with his forehead protector tied to his left forearm, letting his hair fall to his forehead. He kept his bangs in the same style that they were in while attending Hogwarts, but he had let the back grow a bit and now had it in a small ponytail. He had put on a little muscle mass and had grown another two inches since the final battle so he wasn't shorter than everybody.

He couldn't help but to chuckle in his head at the attention he was given from the wannabe ninja warriors at the moment. That and the simple pranks that had been set up that he disabled with a small wave of his hand. It wasn't actually a bad set up for a prank, but he was a second generation marauders, so little mister Uzumaki would have to try a bit harder to prank him.

"Good morning class," He started, "For those of you who don't know me I am Harry Potter and for the foreseeable future I will be your academy instructor. I do not care if you use my first name or last, but you will address me with respect inside the classroom. If you start cursing my name, at least be out of earshot. Okay?" Getting a choruses of yeses, and a few grins from his small introduction, Harry continued, "I know what it's like to go through school and how boring it can be, but a good 85% of what I have to teach you is important to all that go through the academy. It goes up another 5% for most of you since you are all heirs of your respective clans. Also," Harry moved fast enough that his arm was a blur to those in the room and a piece of chalk hit Kiba and Naruto square in the head, "You all need to pay attention." Those that hadn't been hit laughed and Harry cracked a smile.

"Now, while there were things that were part of the lesson plans before, others have been thrown out as they had no place in a classroom of the shinobi academy and instead should be focused on the civilian side of things. I have also discussed my plans with Lord Hokage and he has allowed me to craft this class' graduation test as a trial run. You do not have to worry about what your graduation test will be at the moment, but I will warn you it will not be as easy as it once was." Harry paused here to look at his students and saw that everybody's attention was on him, even the ones that had been acting up beforehand.

"Now, time for a quiz," The predictable groans came and Harry had to suppress a smirk. "None of that now my young students, this test will be giving orally and no points are assigned. This is for me to determine whether most of you have been listening or if there's something that I need to focus on before moving on with my lessons. To help me in remembering each of you, when I point at you, you will tell me your name and what type of specialization that you wish to focus on when you become ninja. I do not care if it is a type of ninja, your career path, or one of the aspects of being a shinobi, but please keep it below three."

"Alright, first question: What were the two founding clans of Konoha? You miss…" Harry pointed to the blonde haired girl sitting next to the pink haired girl. Harry of course knew who his students were since their parents always talked about them, but he wanted to know his students and not those that had been lauded by their parents.

"I'm Ino Yamanaka, sensei. I want to follow my daddy into the T&I department and if I can get a sensei that knows their stuff, I want to learn a bit about poisons. Also, the two founding clans were the Senju and Uchia," Here, she gained a rather disturbing look that was copied by many of the girls in the class and all were pointed at one Sasuke Uchia. Harry felt for the boy and made a note to keep him back from lunch and help him with his fan girl problem. He knew the pain of preteen girls with crushes and how crazy it could make someone. Couple his problem with his dealing of the massacre and it could be a serious problem down the line.

"Very good, next question: When was our ally, the village hidden in whirlpools, destroyed? Yes, the girl next to Miss Ino."

"I'm Sakura Haruno, sensei and I'm not entirely sure what I would like to do as a ninja," She grew quite near the end as if ashamed.

"Ah, I assume you are from a civilian family, yes? Not to worry, those from civilian families generally take longer to discover their path than those born in a clan. It's never too early to think about these things however and I would recommend looking into either genjutsu or medical ninjutsu because of your background. Now, the answer please?"

"Yes sensei. Whirlpool was destroyed on the eve of the Second Shinobi War when Kumo and Iwa teamed up to take them out. A force of five hundred shinobi defeated a force ten times greater than them, but they were eventually defeated and their sealing expertise lost."

"That was a very good answer Sakura, although more than I asked for," Harry gave a bemused smile at the girl who blushed slightly. "There is nothing wrong with that in the academy and it shows that you are intelligent, however- and this goes for all of you- when you are asked a question out into the field, stick to the facts that your superior requested. Granted, your superior will probably ask you a question that you have to divulge all the facts, but always give them what they want because you might end up talking to air," Getting a few understanding nods, Harry continued his impromptu quiz and learned about the various would be genin.

"Now, this last question will be for the only one that has yet to volunteer to answer and then it will be time for lunch. Now, blondie, what villages are we currently aligned with?"

Naruto Uzumaki was internally panicking as he was called on to answer a question by his new sensei. Besides the chalk incident at the beginning of class, Naruto had actually enjoyed class and had learned lots, but now it was going to be just like the previous years and as soon as he didn't answer this question he would be kicked out. Shakily, Naruto answered, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, and I don't know what kind of ninja I want to be, but I do want to be a kickass one and become Hokage. As far as your question, I don't know."

The other children laughed or smirked, but Harry was quick to put a stop to the cruelty. "I see. You have your books yes?" With a nod, Harry summoned the books leaving behind gaping children at his odd, but awesome powers. Looking at the books, Harry couldn't hold back the disgusted look that appeared on his face. "Well these books are crap," Harry said as he dumped them in the trash can. "I'll have new ones for you tomorrow. To answer the question, we are currently allied with Sand and have a tentative alignment with Kumo. Now, I'm done with this lecture, so you may all leave for lunch. Sasuke if you could stay behind please?"

While many of the girls pouted at the fact that they couldn't get near Sasuke during lunch and the boys thought he was getting preferential treatment, none argued with their new sensei that had already made the academy more exciting than it had been. When Sasuke made it to Harry's desk, Harry slapped down a pamphlet in front of the last Uchia. Sasuke's eyes widened at the title: Harry's guide to diminishing fan girls!

At Sasuke's expression Harry chuckled. "Before I ended up in Konoha, I had a lot of the same problems you had. I was the last of my clan because someone betrayed me and then I was stuck with a title that was truly ridiculous which attracted the fan girls like flies to honey. Follow those instruction and you'll at least have competent girls chasing after you instead of the flighty girls that don't train at all and if you need to stay back and eat in peace every once in a while I'll make up some random excuse for you. Also, if you need someone to talk to or simply vent to, my address is on the back of that pamphlet. I can't say I know exactly what you are going through, but I can say our situations are remarkably similar and it always helps to have someone in your corner and not kissing your ass."

Sasuke let out a genuine smile at his new sensei. This is what he wanted, granted he wanted more power to kill his brother, but to have someone that would actually listen to him instead of giving him empty platitudes or singing his praises. "Thank you sensei!" Sasuke bowed, "Especially for this wonderful gift."

"Don't mention it," Harry waved the boy's thanks away. "Like I said, I was in shoes similar to yours at one point in time, so if I can help someone out, I will. Now, if you wish to eat lunch in here today, go ahead. I'll be watching your classmates." As Harry left the room, Sasuke pulled out his food and began reading his new guide, there was no way he was wasting this gift.

Harry cast a disillusionment charm on him as he watched those of his class interact. He shook his head at the war of the fan girls, but hopefully they would go away or at least tone down their activities. He also noticed that one girl was not a part of the club and instead had taken up position against one of the many trees that littered the yard and was calmly eating her lunch while taking shy glance at Naruto who was with Kiba, Shika, and Choji. The Hyuga were a bunch of assholes in Harry's opinion, but he was able to plaster on a fake smile whenever Hiashi came around, although it was a near thing as he spoke just like his aunt and uncle. However, Hinata seemed to be of a different stock and was far kinder and gentler. Perhaps he could give her a bit of a confidence boost.

"You know," Harry said as he dropped his charm and made Hinata let out a cute little squeak, "Naruto won't return your affections for quite a while. For one, he is a boy and they tend to start thinking about girls that way around thirteen or fourteen." Hinata was blushing a brilliant red now and Harry couldn't keep his smile to himself. "Right now, most boys are more interested in flashy jutsus than pretty girls except Kiba who seems to be a budding pervert. Anyways, I know your family is full of stuck up asses and you seem to have confidence issues because of your relatives, so this is my address," Harry handed her a slip of paper, "And if you ever need to escape from the compound, I have an extra room in my apartment. Also, I'm neighbors with Kurenai and I'm sure she would be happy to come over and talk if need be. She's quite taken with you."

"Thank you sensei," Hinata managed to stutter out while her face was a deep red.

"Don't mention it, now if you'll excuse me, it's time to disappear again." Harry left Hinata who was now clutching the slip of paper tightly. She knew her father spoke well of her sensei and he wouldn't be averse to her visiting him as long as she didn't bring shame to the clan. Hopefully Harry sensei didn't mind if she brought a few flowers and did her flower pressing in his apartment.

Harry watched as his students enjoyed themselves for the thirty minutes that lunch took up and for the most part they were peaceful. That is until Harry overheard an argument with Naruto and Kiba and they got into a fight. Harry quickly broke up the fight and told them to meet him after class, he had plans that would make normal detentions look tame. The afternoon classes was spent inside as well and Harry promised the class that they would go outside to train tomorrow as even he couldn't stand another day like this. With a nod to Sasuke and a wave to Hinata, the only ones left in class were the two troublemakers from lunch. Without a word, Harry bound them and then levitated them behind him.

"Come on Akamaru, it's time to teach these boys a lesson about fighting outside of a spar. You can climb on my head if you want." With a happy yip from Akamaru, Harry walked out of the building with the two boys floating along behind them. Once he was on top of the buildings, he wouldn't embarrass them by going through town this time, he spoke again. "I don't like handing out detentions, so I hope to nip this in the butt before it gets out of hand. I understand arguments and you two not getting along all the time, but fighting is just stupid and should always be your last resort." As he talked/scolded the two boys, the ninja who also used the rooftops as a means for transportation smirked at what they were seeing. This was not the first time Harry had used this method, but using it on jonin and the occasional chunin made it much funnier.

It took a few minutes of travel, but Kiba soon realized the direction they were traveling and started struggling against his bonds with Naruto following his lead. It brought a smile to Harry's face at their worry and he picked up the pace a little. He arrived in front of the compound that he had been aiming for and Kiba stilled and turned deathly white as they entered. The amused face of the Inuzuka matriarch and her companion met the four even though she tried to keep her face stern.

"So what's all this about Harry?" Tsume grinned at the young man. He was a friend of their clan as he had such a way with their ninken that even Kuromaru started acting like a puppy. Another dog came running out of the house and leapt at Harry, barking a happy song as he tried to get to his master.

"Well hello Padfoot," Harry said, scratching his dog's ears. The Inuzuka clan had given him one of their nindogs as a gift two years ago and although they didn't understand his name, they were happy that their friend appreciated their gift. "Well Tsume, it appears that these two like to fight so much, that they would rather fight than relax and eat lunch. I know we have detentions for this sort of thing, but I'm thinking they're a little soft. Since one of these is yours, I was hoping you'd take up their punishment for this afternoon and teach them to follow orders."

"Oh really," Tsume mused her grin coming a bit more feral and both kids were sweating now. "I think I know just the thing. Kuromaru if you would?"

"Of course Tsume," The large dog wolf hybrid spoke and Harry dropped the charm. Kuromaru was on them in an instant and soon had the two in the back yard for their punishment.

"So why are you taking over their punishment, wouldn't it be their sensei's responsibility?" Tsume asked as the two casually strode around the grounds, laughing at the boys' cries of horror.

"Oh yes, I guess I didn't tell anybody the news. Due to some sort of accident, their instructors couldn't teach, at least for a few months, so the old man convinced me to take a hand in their education. I was the only one that had the temperament of a teacher that could also look past Naruto's burden," Harry shrugged casually. "He had to allow me pretty much free reign on what I was going to teach and the graduation exam for this class, but I kind of like being a teacher."

The cries of the two young boys filled the air and Harry and Tsume laughed at the more creative curses they were flinging towards Kuromaru. "So where's Hana? I figured that she would be home by now?"

"Oh ho, trying to get close to my daughter are you? What happened to Anko?"

"Anko is more of a stress reliever than anything, or at least that is what she's told me. Plus, since I'm teaching at the academy, I'm probably going to be roped into having to deal with the CRA and I would honestly like to get a date in with Hana before the council forces me under it. Of course, according to you, the Inuzuka has to ask rather than me getting the courage to ask her out."

"What can I say? It's clan tradition and the more successful relationships in our clan start out that way. Besides here she comes now and perhaps today is the day that she doesn't come up with some lame excuse."

"Hey mom, hey Harry!" Hana called, although she blushed slightly at Harry's smile of greeting. "Why are there sounds of agony that sounds a lot like Kiba and one of his friends?"

"That would be because of me," Harry had an easy smile on his face while talking to Hana, "I've taken over the teaching position for their class and since it was Kiba and his friend that got in trouble, I figured your mom could come up with a more fitting punishment than I could."

"I see," Hana said as her three ninken padded around Harry, each getting their turn at one of Harry's rubs. Her dogs had taken to Harry almost instantly and they seemed to think of him as another owner right under Hana. "Well I can't blame you for that."

The three older ninja sat on the porch for a few minutes going over their day while every now and then they laughed at one of the pain filled howls of the two ninja in training. Finally, Kuromaru came around the building with two very sluggish boys trailing behind them.

"So, I guess you won't be fighting outside of spars again correct?" Harry smiled at the two and all they could do was simply nod. "Well then, I guess I'm off. Thank you for your help Tsume, Kuromaru. And I'll see you around Hana. I have to make sure this one can get home," Harry said as he put his hand on the swaying Naruto.

Before the two non-Inuzukas made their way out of the compound, with Padfoot at Harry's heels, Hana came running up. "Um, Harry?" She asked when she caught up to the two, horribly blushing and not looking like the seventeen year old Inuzuka that was always so confident. "Would you mind going out to dinner one night with me?"

"You mean like a date?" Harry also had a slight reddening of his cheeks. At Hana's tentative nod, Harry couldn't help but to grin, "That sounds good. Is Thursday night good for you?" At Hana's surer nod, they made their plans and once again said their goodbyes. He had to wonder if Tsume did anything to her.

A/N: So there's a lot of crossovers out there that have Harry either teaming up with Naruto as they're close in age or Harry being the soul teacher of Naruto. I want him to have ongoing interactions with all the rookies and I figure this is the best way. Sasuke's going to be an arrogant ass, but he won't be a homicidal maniac. Also, I plan on Harry having a harem, how large who knows?I want to try out writing this. Iruka will come in at the start of the next school year, so you Iruka fans don't need to worry. Harry won't be able to use many jutsus as he'll focus on magic, but I do want him to use Shadow Clones and I'll come up with a good excuse for it.