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As  stated in my previous entry today (found here: http://beboots.livejournal.com/13877.html?view=70965#t70965 ), I've rewritten some fo the ideas that I had typed up before my C drive was deleted. Here is the recontructed version of my Naruto X Harry Potter crossover idea. Remember, it's rough and chaotic and needs a lot of work. It also goes back and forth between point form style, narrative and dialogue. This is mostly for backup purposes. 

Orochimaru is one of Voldemort's horcruxes (or vice-versa), nobody can decide which. The Akatsuki discover this fact through their informant network.

Orochimaru was beginning to become a problem. First of all, he was competition on the "taking over the world" stage. However, the main problem was that he was a former member of the Akatsuki. The Akatsuki didn't have former members. Their agents either died in the field, were killed by each other (usually due to quarrels, but sometimes assassinations), or had tragic "accidents" if they tried to leave the organization. The Akatsuki were very good at arranging "accidents".

But Orochimaru had somehow evaded them all. Not only had he successfully left the Akatsuki, he was even prospering, setting up his own "Hidden Village", or, rather, "secret evil lair for taking over the world".

He just wouldn't die.

Then, one of Sasori's spies in Sound, who most definitely didn't have silver hair, didn't wear glasses, and whose name most certainly did not begin with "K" and end with "abuto", came forth with some very peculiar - and interesting - information. Apparently, during the decades in which Orochimaru had fallen off the radar screen (after he defected from Konoha but before he joined the Akatsuki) he had done extensive travelling. (horcruxes, Voldemort...)

So apparently, unless all of these horcruxes were destroyed first, it was impossible to kill the bastard. Perusing the report, Pein idly thought that perhaps he shouldn't have executed all of those incompetant agents of his so quickly. Oh, well. There was no use crying over spilt milk.

Omake:

Orochimaru" *brutally stabs himself in the stomach while shaving*

That: *has no effect*

Secret Akatsuki member: Damnit!

They also - somehow - learn about the "biggest" (ie, most important) horcrux (his sense of ambition? It had to be split, because Orochimaru and Voldemort are both incredibly ambitious when it comes to power): this Voldemort guy. Pein sends assassins to take him out, but they all have accidents along the way (not that kind of accident; Pein wanted the guy dead, and didn't need anybody sabotaging his people). Many of these errors were due to the ninja's lack of knowledge about magic (as in, breaching magical defenses undetected, deflecting magical attacks, etc.,etc.) On one of these missions, however, the member managed to get back alive (but would never be the same again due to the acquisition of tentacles for legs), and reported that he had heard Voldemort ranting about "Harry Bloody Potter", the "Boy-Who-Lived", who was apparently the only person who could take him down.

Through further inquiries, Pein discovers that there's some sort of prophesy about this kid, and that he's now staying at a place called "Hogwarts". Leader-sama issues a new mission to Sasori and Deidara: infiltrate this "Hogwarts" place.

Mission perogatives are as follows:

1. Learn all you can about magical defenses, magical attacks (to be able to do both, and counter them as well)

2. Learn all you can about this "Boy-Who-Lived"

3. If given the opportunity, take down Voldemort (this may overlap with perogative #2).

So Sasori digs out his most human looking puppet (similar to his "true self"), wraps himself up in wizarding robes, and pays a visit to Dumbledore. He presents himself as a student from Japan who has recently moved to England. He demonstrates his aptitude with a few spells (cast with a stolen wand, and learned through observing people in Hogsmeade over the course of a week or two). Magic is similiar enough to simple chakra manipulation that he has very little trouble. Dumbledore accepts him as a student at Hogwarts. He's in.

Deidara acts as backup (who will probably not be needed). If Sasori's cover is blown, it's because of Deidara, not himself. Sasori is, if nothing else, a good shinobi. He's been on the run for like 40 years, and he knows how to keep a low profile. Deidara, on the other hand... Anyway, Deidara is stationed in the Forbidden Forest, and chillls in Hogsmeade sometimes. He also goes on forays into wizarding London and elsewhere in England, checking out Death Eater activity, foiling the Dark Lord's plans, etc. Perhaps the Order of the Phoenix becomes aware of a mysterious bomber who appears to be on their side...? But they never meet "him/her", only glimpses from afar, if they're lucky.

Deidara also acts as Sasori's legal guardian, and so he filled in Sasori's entrance forms. Sasori was given the name "Sasori Akasuna", which he didn't know about until he was called upon during the sorting. His name was like second or third on the list. The puppeteer vows to kill Deidara later and use him as spare parts for his puppets. Anyway, so Sasori doesn't have time to overthink things, or plan for this contingency. He didn't know that part of the opening ceremony was to wear a mind-reading hat. He wasn't about to have his cover blown by a ragetty piece of cloth. However, he can't think of a way to get out of it, so he has to put it on. The hat, of course, immediately sees that Sasori isn't human. However, the hat sympathises with him, assuming that Sasori is also a bit of soul that someone shed and stuck into an "inanimate" object, then discarded. It's less of a "ZOMG you're an inhuman puppet!" thing than a "Rock on, brother! What house do you want to be in?" thing.

Sasori was sorted into Gryffindor, to be closer to the target.

He was still going to kill Deidara later, though.

Sasori was a good shinobi, one of the best.

Oh, and just because he appears human doesn't mean that the puppet body he's using is anything less than uber-deadly. Sasori likes to challenge himself and see just how many weapons he can jam-pack into a puppet body.

Sasori was at first teased about being a long-lost Weasley, but a few well-placed glares nipped that sort of taunts in the bud.

Sasori always keeps his mission in mind. In transfiguration class, he could be like "I've managed to successfully change a wooden matchstick into a needle. Now how do you counter Avada Kedavra?" (McGonnagal thinks he's joking/it's an omake)

Some of the teachers become concerned about Sasori, due to his less-than-expressive countenance. They suspect child abuse (not too far off the mark, but...). Cue a visit from his loving uncle Deidara?)

The two also exchange letters through owl post, but they are in code. They read as perfectly normal letters between family members ("How was your week?" "What are you learning in Herbology？", etc.), but they're actually reports and orders (orders coming from Sasori, not to him... although Deidara is reporting everything to Pein, and so perhaps is reporting back and transferring commands?)

Sasori is fascinated by the concept of the Imperius curse: the ultimate puppetry. But once he sees it in action, he's disgusted by it. "That's not art."

(Deidara got just a little bit too close to a Death Eater camp, and was captured. He's interrogated, of course, but he's an S-class missing nin, and so he's bound to have had torture resistance training. He manages to hold out against Veritaserum (barely), even when encouraged by the cruciatus. He's also force-fed poison, and offered the antidote if he tells them what they want to know (who he's working for, where his partners are, etc.). He refuses (perhaps because he trusts that Sasori could take care of it, if he gets to his danna in time...?) Then, he's imperio'd. He resists for an admirable amount of time, but can't really throw it off because he's feeling weak because of the poison. He leads the Death Eaters to Sasori, at Hogwarts.

The Death Eaters don't know who in the crowd is "Sasori", so Sasori essentially just charges at the wizards unexpectedly. He manages to actually touch Deidara's sleeve before being driven away by spells (which he dodges). The Death Eaters are surprised to see that such a young child is an agent of the enemy, but are all like "Ha! You can do nothing!" Then, Sasori twitches his hand, and chakra strings appear. He attached them to Deidara earlier, and just pulls his partner from their grasp.

(The unconscious blond man hung limply by half a dozen transluscent blue chakra strings. Safe.)

"You wouldn't be able to heal him."

"I don't know about that, young man." Wordlessly, Sasori turned over one of Deidara's unique hands, palm-up. The tongue lolled out of its mouth. "Oh."

"Oh." Sasori confirmed.

"You can't just make him throw it up - if he was made to swallow something caustic, it could cause more damage coming up than -"

"I can heal a burned throat much more easily than I can massive organ failure."

Sasori's wooden hands looked delicate, but were surprisingly deft and strong.

"Professor Snape, I have every respect for you as a potions master, but I have been mixing poisons since before you were born." Not much before, but he wasn't about to say that. "Back off."

After countering the poison, and getting Deidara's vitals into a "safe zone", Sasori puts the corpse of the Death Eater he managed to kill into a scroll. Later on, he could be seen disembowelling it, preparing it to be transformed into a puppet, like he threatened to do during the fight.

(Deidara's now awake, in the hospital wing - "ennervate"...? or perhaps just waking up on his own, several days later?)

"Oh, come on. You don't seriously still think that he's human, after that display?"

"Shut up, brat."
'Brat...?' Thought Snape with some suspicion.

Sasori's face had the peculiar blankness he adopted whenever he was no longer presenting himself as human. It was a noticible change; he was creepy enough when he wasn't trying to be human.

Comments

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

:D I look forward to what happens. Stopping the Uchiha massacre?--hmmm... ;) Man, the Mizuki incident just keeps popping up all the time. XD As for me, I ended up setting the time-travel point in MWtLS at Tsukuyomi-wake-up for Sasuke b/c technically, his mind barriers would be weak, and I thought it was pretty original. Plus, he would be thrown in a very uncertain situation almost immediately... :P

Fanfic really helps us in more ways than one, doesn't it? We improve writing, and planning, and we get a better idea of how to characterize, and sometimes debate over the internet, and etc... :D

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I agree - your opening time is very original, and fresh. :) It also makes more sense that the perpetual "waking up the day before academy graduation" thing. I mean, what's with the fixation on that day? Why not the week before? I mean, I have Naruto not even knowing the exact date, just that he's "about six" at the beginning. ;)

I love debates. XD

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

I think it's because people want to start off with Naruto making a different first impression on his teammates and Kakashi. Personally, I think it'd be cool if he time-traveled to say, his fight with Neji in the chuunin exams. Or Sakura time-traveling to the time where she's watching over the other two and defending them by herself from the Oto genin in the Forest of Death. :D Precisely, I like how your Naruto doesn't know the exact date--often times the time-traveler just looks at the calendar and is like, "Oh, it's the day of my graduation, what do you know?" and runs off without getting hit with that emotional impact of oh-my-god-it's-the-past. You don't have to do so much of the emotional impact though, since Naruto and Gaara planned to go back and knew full well that they would be in the past. Plus, it's going from a relatively peaceful time to another peaceful time, so the environment change isn't so drastic. :)

[beboots.livejournal.com]

Yep, they're not all like "ZOMG hot showers <3" because, as you said, they're coming from and going to times of peace.
Yep, my Naruto has very little idea of the exact date... or how he's changing things. This shall count against him later on. ;) I like my "hey what?!Naruto". XD

Oooh... but if how would Naruto change things were he to jump right in during the chuunin exams? Decemate the Sounds forces before the could attack, starting a war anyway...?

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

Hot showers <3 XD

Oh, so his lack of specific knowledge on the date might go against him later? Intriguing. :)

I wasn't sure about that. He'd be very suddenly disoriented, then maybe suddenly win against Neji with crazy moves--use the Rasengan? That would cause a stir. XD As for the Sakura situation, I'd thought about her deliberately doing the same knocking-each-other-out during the prelims and using the month off for "training purposes" (going off to look for Tsunade) and bring Tsunade back for the final part of the chuunin exams to help fight against Orochimaru, while she maneuvered things somehow so that the Oto and Suna nin would be easily detected (also, that Orochimaru would be revealed as the Kazekage so the Suna nin would turn against Oto). These were all ideas I'd been tossing around for time-travel along with the plot for MWtLS, because I'd wanted to write one, but ultimately I decided to do Sasuke because I thought that unlike Naruto and Sakura, he'd have that emotional, very visceral internal conflict the entire time, which would be interesting to explore. :)

[beboots.livejournal.com]

SAKURA bringing back Tsunade? Intriguing! :DD (But I'm glad that you picked Sasuke, because it's turning out lovely)

...And have you read chapter 399 of Naruto? :D I actually quite like the young Madara, and how loyal he is to his clan... I loved that line about "what man would willingly hurt his younger brother?" or something like that. :3

... I have to say, though, that I have a sinking suspicion... Remember a-barrell-full-of-Sasuke, from when Sasuke was escaping with the Sound people before the Valley of the End arc? Well, I spotted a suspiciously similar one in the room in which Madara and Sasuke are talking (check out the bottom of page three http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/399/03/ ) I'm almost beginning to suspect that Itachi (or his corpse) is in that bucket. D:

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

I just read it! That line was pretty touching, yes. But I'm still suspicious of what he says, because it seems like he's deliberately playing upon the Uchihas as the ones who were victimized and thus trying to use Sasuke's emotional openness for his purposes. The thing is, he says Kyuubi was simply a natural disaster, but the coincidence of Kyuubi and his ability to control it, on the other hand... I'm currently taking what he says with a huge spoonful of salt. :P

Itachi in that bucket? o__O Wow, I didn't notice that--but man, that would be pretty crazy, if Itachi's in there... *imagines Itachi suddenly popping out like a jack-in-the-box* ... XP If he were, how would that affect the current scene, I wonder...

[beboots.livejournal.com]

Yes, we really do have to be conscious of the fact that he is a VERY biased narrator - "I'm the victim here!"
Yes, a spoonful of salt helps the truth go down. ;)
I'm probably wrong about the Itachi in a bucket thing, but man, if I'm right... that certainly would be intriguing.

...and here I was, thinking that my Uchiha conspiracy theory was all unique. I planned to imply that the Uchiha were trying to take over Konoha, and Itachi stopped them the first time around... and now I find that it's canon!

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

I don't think Sasuke would be all that happy at seeing Itachi in the bucket. Itachi's definitely bigger than pre-timeskip!Sasuke in the barrel, so for him to fit in there... ugh, I just got this mental image of him being dismembered. *scrubs brain*

Haha, now there's no need to worry about it being canon or not! :) Perhaps you are clairvoyant. :P

[beboots.livejournal.com]

Ack, now I have to scrub my brain out with bleach too. D: Thank you for that image.

... but seriously, now my insightful take on the Uchiha massacre is now canon! It's creepy! ... I really should have been faster getting this chapter out. Oh, well, too late now...

[beboots.livejournal.com]

...I'm like, the thousanth monkey on a typewriter, just happening to hit the right random keys. D:

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

It's a pretty good job of hitting the right keys randomly. :P Take your time with the chapter, might as well secure the backstory down. :)

[beboots.livejournal.com]

I'm working on it, slowly but surely... I probably won't get it done before I go to France, though. D: If you want, I could send you what I have before I leave, if you're impatient. ;)

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

When do you go to France again? I know that the Japan Expo's there, but I thought that's late summer. :) Ohh, that would be great!--I'd love to read what you have. :D

[beboots.livejournal.com]

It shall be a very, VERY rough copy, but I'm going to try to work on it very hard...

I'm leaving on the 2nd of June, and the course is like a month long. The Japan Expo is in Paris on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of July, I believe. :)

... so I've been working on my Fujiwarano Sai costume, kind of. I've almost finished the under kimono! ... now I just have to make the hat, the pants and the hakama. D: Must... work... harder...

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it'll turn out great. :D

Ah, so you'll be leaving very soon! :) Are you going to board at the uni dorms there?

Good luck, I hope you finish everything in the costume soon. :)

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Yes, we're staying at the dorms there. :) It's going to be exciting! Three weeks to go!
I could totally send you a postcard from France, if you like. :3
So far, I've almost finished the under kimono (I just need to fix the collar). I already have the socks and sandals, and I can easily acquire the fan... I'm going to try to do the sleeves of the over haori tonight (they're fairly straightforward), and perhaps I'll start on the hakama tomorrow...The hat, I'll do last, as it's simple enough. Perhaps I should post "in-progress" pictures...

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

I'm counting down the days as well, that's around the time I get out of school. :D

I would love to! :DD--although I'm not sure about my parents noticing and being like, "What is this, huh?" Since they don't know about my fandom involvement. >_> I guess not, just in case. But you can blog about France in the lj while you're there. :)

So it's mainly the hakama and hat. I hope the hakama isn't too complicated. :) Pictures would be cool to see!

[beboots.livejournal.com]

I shall definitely take up blogging while I'm there. :D Since I've decided not to bring my laptop, I'm wondering about how I'll be uploading photos, but... it shall be awesome nonetheless. And the posts may end up being halfway bilingual. D: I found myself thinking in French after only four days in Québec - who knows how much my English will deteriorate after a month in France. But then again, I'm going to be hanging out with a bunch of Canadian and American students, who will all be anglophone, so...

Well, I wouldn't want to freak out your parents... but I still love sending postcards. :)

The Hakama is pretty straightforward, especially considering that I'm going to be simplifying it for... simplicity's sake. :)

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

There will be computers at the university, I imagine. :) And being able to switch back between English and French so easily will help you in France. Your English'll come back around the English-speaking students. (One time at summer camp one of my friends was from Great Britain, and after one or two weeks my speaking started to take on a very slight British-y sound. Once the camp ended, it went away. XD)

Simplicity is a beautiful thing. :)

[beboots.livejournal.com]

I love British accents. :3 My mum is British, so I do have some idiosyncracies in my speech from her. For instance, I pronounce "broom" and "room" strangely (I totally didn't notice until a friend pointed it out last year). I say it kind of like you'd say the last part of "brûme" (a cold/the sniffles) in French... kind of like "reum" or something. D: My mum has visited England several times alone, and whenever she comes back, her accent's back in full force... Unfortunately, it fades away very quickly. ;_; I wish I had a British accent...

Yes, I'm quite certain that the University will have computers. The only thing is - will I have time to use them?

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

British accents are lovely. :D It just sounds like the words are enunciated much more clearly than American English--that's something I really like about British English. :)

What classes will you be taking at the University? (And maybe you already mentioned this before, but which university are you going to again?) There hopefully is some free time for you. :)

[beboots.livejournal.com]

I'm going to the Université Catholique de Lille (you don't have to be Catholic to go there), which is fairly prestigious, from what I can tell. I'll be taking French language classes in the morning, and European Poltical History in the afternoon. :) I was going to take the French culture option, but I looked at the syllabus that they provided, and, well... I'd already studied one of the books that they were going to talk about in grade twelve French language arts, and the other books/movies I had little interest in. So politics it was! :D Plus, we get to go to Brussels for four days to visit the European Parliament. :3

... I still want a British accent. D: If I concentrate, I can fake it really well (I fooled this one guy at work for a whole shift, making him think that that was how I talked at home), but it's not the same as actually having an accent...

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is so interesting! I'm sure the French classes will be awesome, and European Political History! :D Is it early Euro politics (like, War of the Three Henries-style Euro politics), or 20th century WWI/II/Cold War Euro politics? That sounds great. :D European Parliament yay! I hope they give you time to browse around Brussels, the Belgian chocolate is always so famous. XD

Neat job making him think you had the British accent. ;) I wish I could pull it off believably, but I think I overcompensate and make it too thick and thus obviously fake. :/

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I think that it's recent European politics (as in, since the EU was formed), but I could be wrong. I love Belgian chocolate - my dad's brought it back a few times, after going there for business trips. :) Do you know the difference between it and milk chocolate?

Oh, and check it out! :D I got a decent Naruto avatar for when I'm talking about RotJ! (Thank you for linking me onigiricons, by the way). I was thrilled to see it - I actually have a bigger version of this picture as my desktop background. :3