Disclaimer: I do not own either series they belong to their creators.
A/N: This is just a side project for the hell of it. I'm taking an over done and sometimes weakly conceived plot and making it something different. Hope you enjoy, I seem to like writing about family that probably says something. For those that read my other stories, I'm not giving up on Escape, I'm just in the process of editing the hell out of it with a awesomely critical beta. Oh and this isn't beta'ed cause its for the hell of it.1976
A large black shape moved in the shadows cast by objects in the night. The shape seemed to retreat from a towering castle and was headed toward the shadow of a tree line of a forest. Stepping into a clear patch of moonlight between the castle and the forest, the large shape was revealed to be a large dog. The animal took off at a great speed, seeming to melt into a blur as it made its way toward the looming forest.
The large dog slowed its run once it was safe within the trees, and the beast casually stuck its nose into the air to scent the world around it. The animal caught the smell it was looking for and shot off deeper into the creaking forest.
Within a few minutes the creature came to a halt before two figures. A young woman had her arms folded under her bust while her wide green eyes were narrowed at the large dog. Her dark red bangs were clipped to the side while the rest of her hair hung like a long sheet down her back and ended at her hips. A young man had his hands shoved into his pocket while he rested the majority of his weight on his right leg and hip. His black hair was a wild nest that shot out at the back while the front seemed to frame his pale yet aristocratic face.
"About time, Nara" the male drawled, his onyx eyes were narrowed slightly at the dog while the woman humphed.
The dog's glowing eyes looked as if they rolled in its sockets before the dog's body began to shift into that of a young man. His hair was dark and curtained his pointed face in waves while his grey eyes had a playful gleam to them.
"You try to escaping that rat and wolf," the dog-turned-man, known as Nara, mimicked the other's tone while he rolled his head from one side to the other.
"If I can escape Potter in time to make it to our meetings on time, then so should you," the red haired woman grumbled while she took the newcomer's hand roughly. The woman shoved his sleeve up to reveal a small tattoo on the inner part of his wrist. With a sigh, the red head moved her hands together in various forms before touching the small tattoo.
After the touch, Nara's hair lightened to a deep brown and the youth quickly pulled his hair into a high pony-tail, which consequently made his head look like a pineapple. His grey eyes were now a brown hazel, but other than a lowering of his cheekbone, the man remained the same.
"Yes Uzumaki, ma'am," the red head deftly punched Nara in the arm for his sarcasm before whirling on other boy.
"Did it work then, calling me a mood-blood?" Uzumaki snapped; her shining green eyes were narrowed in frustration and anger at the raven haired male.
"Yes it did, Uzumaki. Oh, Nara" the raven haired male called the other male's attention, "Your Regulus is a Death Eater," Uzumaki raised a fine red eyebrow at the reply while Nara shook his head and mumbled "troublesome."
"Thanks Uchiha," the brunette sighed while he leaned back against one of the nearby trees with his hands shoved in his pockets. "Are you ready to see what this life debt thing is about?"
"I suppose," the man identified as Uchiha paused for a moment before narrowing his ebony eyes on the casual dog-man, "are you certain Potter will get me out in time, we can't blow our cover."
"If not, I'll catch the wolf in my shadow possession, which will give you time to pretend you cast a petrificus totalus and get the hell out of Iwa," the Nara explained as if the act of talking was a chore.
"But I wouldn't worry. Potter is a Gyrffindor through and through. He'll jump into battle without a plan, speaking of which, how the hell again are you in Gryffindor?" Uzumaki turned toward the brunette, her amused expression was mimicked by the Uchiha who had now shifted his weight to the left side.
"I always took after my father. He was more hotheaded than our mother," at the blank looks the youth received he continued on, "Shikaku took after our mother, but we both developed her "troublesome" exclamations and laid back attitude,"
"Your mother's a Nara," the redhead and raven haired youths stated in unison.
A light ignited behind those calm hazel eyes and the youth pushed himself off of the tree with his lips pulled back in a snarl, "Are you implying something about my clan?"
"Even Ame knows the Nara clan is full of lazy geniuses who would rather play Go all day than get in a fight," Uchiha replied in an even drawl with a smirk playing on his lips.
"Coming from the prodigal son of traitors, god you even look like Madara!" Nara spat at the ground, his face was scrunched up in disdain.
The Uchiha's ebony eyes flashed red for a moment before both he and Nara found themselves planted in the forest floor with lumps on their heads. "Next time I'm using my sister's chains and tying you two together,"
The red haired girl flipped her hair over her shoulder and frowned at the males now rising to their hands and knees before righting themselves. "We need to write up our report, of what we've learned about this place so far, so stop your bickering. Inuzuka, Aburame, and Hyuuga sent me their report last week and I just got Akemichi and Yamanka's report today,"
"Wait, what about Hatake?" Uchiha was still nursing his head when he spoke, but his onyx eyes narrowed in question. Nara's face was drawn and his muscles were tense.
The red haired teen sighed before sitting down on the mossy ground to withdraw two scrolls from her pocket. "They were compromised by a powerful legilimens in the rainforest. Hatake sacrificed herself to help her teammates flee northward into America. Those wizards down there were going to experiment on them, according to the report. They had to activate the self-destruct seal on Hatake," the two dark haired males grimaced and shook their heads.
"At least the White Fang will be with his sister again," Uchiha whispered while he sunk to the ground. Nara remained standing, his jaw was closed firmly.
"What were they able to gather about the South American wizards before they were compromised?" Uchiha's dark eyes flickered to his talking teammate before focusing back on Uzumaki.
"Those wizards taught them about potions and poison the most; they also have some of the most powerful mediums and fortunetellers, and legilimens…" Uzumaki spoke after a moment, her green eyes were burning, "In addition, they learned to speak to animals mentally and control them. However, to make matters worse, the American wizards were informed about their escape from the South America and will be looking for them now," the two males made noises at the back of their throats, Nara's growl was quite like that of an animal.
"Inuzuka, Abarame, and Hyuuga have learned much from the Chinese and Japanese wizards. They seem to be adept duelers and have invested much time into astronomy and arithmancy. Hyuuga has joined an anti-vampire faction while Abaram has joined an anti-werewolf faction. Inuzuka has been working to become a minister but we will see how they fair,"
The Inuzuka, Abarme, and Hyuuga cell were a few years older than them and were immediately put into school upon their arrival in this world, thus they had completed their wizarding schooling before either of the other cells. They were also did not have to learn a new language as the other cells had to since the Japanese wizarding population was small and combined their school with the Chinese wizards.
"We'll be graduating in another year, what occupations do we have open?" Nara asked, finally seating himself.
"We need to observe their law enforcement system, their commercial system, and also the 'how' of their teaching over the 'what' they teach," the males nodded slowly to the female's words, "One of us will also have become a criminal here to analyze their prison and court system."
"Hn,"
"I'll take up law enforcement, the Headmaster hasn't been very subtle when he's suggested Potter and I take up an internship with the aurors," the two teammates nodded.
"I could try teaching," the raven haired youth was cut off by a chocked laugh from his male teammate. "What?"
"You," the shadow user paused for effect, "teaching? I feel sorry for the blighters," a slow buildup of laughter broke from the brunette genius's lips before it turned into a bark.
"If I was Madara you would be in 72 hours of torture."
Nara scoffed, he was more sober now but a smirk remained on his lips, "Like you've killed anyone to get those eyes,"
"If my charming older brother was here, he'd be dead,"
"Only because of his stupidity,"
Uchiha had his mouth opened for another retort when a testy redhead interjected, "Can you stop acting like children?! We are all prodigies and the rightful heirs of our clans, so knock off this pointless competition.
"Uchiha, you've said countless times that Fugaku was going to get himself killed due to his stupidity," the redhead paused before a sly smile took over her rounded face, "besides, I believe you have to feel something over his death to gain those eyes," she drew out the words in her amusement, thus causing both males to make a choked laugh.
However the Nara sobered quickly when the fiery Uzumaki turned on him, "As for you Nara," the brunette tensed slightly as if he was about to receive a physical blow, "You know as well as I do that Fugaku is the traitorous one, not our Uchiha. That and he" the red heard jerked her head at the now smirking Uchiha, "could kill you before you can blink since you're our support teammate," Nara scowled for a moment before conceding to the girl's words.
"Troublesome, but you're right, I'll need to work on that," the two shook their heads at their third teammate's words and focused back to the matter at hand.
"We should inform the Hokage that I will be learning the more forbidden jutsus of this world," Uzumaki nodded to her dark teammate's words. She took out a fresh scroll from her robes and began scribbling quickly. The characters filled up the page fast as she also recorded the happenings of the others who had been sent on this mission.
"I've learned that animagi in animal form cannot contract the lycanthrope disease, and I also have some of the toxin," the dog youth handed his female teammate the vial which contained a faintly yellow liquid. "Also, the Marauders have come up with a way to make a map that will show where all people are on it, it even gives their names," the Nara then pulled out a worn looking piece of paper that was folded in many ways; on it were moving ink dots.
"Brilliant! How did you make it?" Uzumaki took the paper in her now trembling hands; her green eyes were alight with a delighted fire.
"Here, hand the scroll over, it's too troublesome to say the process," the Uchiha scoffed at his side while Uzumaki sighed and dropped her head.
"One fault Nara," the brunette tilted his head to the side with a cocked eyebrow while he waited for the Uchiha's critique, "Anyone can see it,"
"Only if they know the passwords to activate and deactivate it,"
"Hn," Uchiha looked away, his arms folded over his chest.
Uzumaki blinked a few times before marveling once more at the map in her hands. "This is better than anything I've gained. I just look up jutsus and analysis the political system through the papers,"
"Your work is too troublesome. You have to read all those books and then practice what you learn. You two do the bulk of the work, I'm just lucky those three wizards are inventive," Uzumaki smiled slightly while the Uchiha nodded, showing that he agreed with his now grumbling teammate.
"Besides, you're our fuin expert and our only link to back home."
Uzumaki flushed at the Uchiha's words. "Thank you," she whispered before taking the scroll back from the now reclining Nara. However the young woman gave a low curse when her green eyes caught the map.
"Potter just found out we're both out of bed,"
"Troublesome," the Nara rolled back and propelled himself to his feet. "Can we make you the villain again?" Nara asked his Uchiha teammate who gave a suffering sigh.
"When don't you," the young man rolled his eyes and pulled up his sleeve while offering his tattooed wrist to the red haired female. Said female was hurriedly running through a long series of hand signs.
A small swirling hole appeared near the redhead. Energy shot out of it and the hole cackled like it was filled with electricity. The Uzumaki bit her thumb and ran it over the seam of the scroll before tossing it into the charged hole in the air. Quickly the hole shrunk and the air returned to normal. She then turned to her teammates and ran through more hand signs before touching each of their tattoos.
Nara undid his hair now that it was long and wavy again. He grabbed the map off the forest floor while snickering at the Uchiha, who was tugging at his now long, stringy, and oily hair with a look of disdain. Uzumaki then ran through the signs and touched her own tattoo. Her long hair shortened, lightened, and developed waves now that it was not weighed down. Her face thinned more, losing the roundness of lingering babyfat.
"Shall we?" she asked in a lighter tone than she had spoken all meeting. The two raven haired males nodded curtly. Taking out a stick, Uzumaki and Uchiha quickly whispered something and vanished from sight while the Nara turned back into his dog form.