A Chance to be Happy

Hey everyone I know it’s been forever and a day since I updated. I’m really sorry! A huge thank you to everyone who’ve stuck by this fic and reviewed it it makes me feel really happy!

Warning: Male x Male, mentions of child abuse, angst!

Disclaimer: I do not own either Harry Potter or Naruto and am not making any money from writing this story!

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“ . . . . and then I poured a cup of water on his head.”

“Is that so?”

“Uh huh . . . he went a really really red colour and said lots of words that old man Hokage said I shouldn’t ever say. Then he chased me all the way through Konoha, but I got away from him by . . .”

Naruto felt like he was in seventh heaven. The stranger that he had bumped into had not only helped him up, but he had also apologized for knocking Naruto over. Naruto was sure that it was actually his fault, but it was very nice of the man to say sorry. He had then asked if he could buy a meal for Naruto to make it up to him.

So here Naruto was happily scoffing down his fifth bowl of extra meat Ramen, happily regaling the man, Harii he had said his name was, of many of the pranks he had pulled on some of the less mean ANBU members.

Harii was listening to his every word and seemed to genuinely enjoy talking to him. Naruto felt something inexplicable swell up in his chest. He hoped Harii would be staying in Konoha for a long time; he sent a silent prayer to anyone who might be listening, promising that he would be very good and not prank anyone for a month if Harii was staying.

Harii’s voice stirred him out of his current thoughts.

“You were very hungry.”

Naruto blushed feeling guilty. Here was one of the nicest people he had ever met and Naruto had taken advantage of his good nature and eaten loads.

He had been so hungry and with no food in sight for the foreseeable future, he had grasped the opportunity to fill his stomach with both hands.

He opened his mouth to apologise, but before he managed Harii was speaking again.

“Well, that’s fine. A growing boy needs food. Hey how about this I’m new to this village, so someone to show me around would be really great. Would you show me around tomorrow? If you do I’ll buy lunch for you in return.”

Naruto felt his eyes go round with shock. This man wanted to see him again . . . even if it was just so he could show him around and he would feed him again as well.

“S-s-sure.” Naruto stuttered.

This was turning out to be his best day ever, even better than the day Ojii-san had given him an apartment away from the orphanage!

“Well that’s sorted then.”

Harii stood up and left pulled an odd looking silver coin from his pocket and turned to the restaurant owner.

“I know this isn’t standard currency but will you take it?”

The man bit into the coin, testing to see if it was genuine silver, and his eyes went wide before nodding vigorously.

“It’s plenty sir. Let me get you some change.”

Harii turned back to Naruto and smile down at him.

“Well it would seem my friends have caught up to me.”

Harii gestured in the direction of an approaching shinobi that Naruto vaguely recognised. Over his shoulder Sasuke Uchiha from Naruto’s academy class glared at him.

Sasuke had been a thorn in Naruto’s side since he had started at the academy three months ago, just after his sixth birthday. Always doing better than Naruto and getting praised, while the teachers, even Iruka-sensei, would glare at Naruto and tell him he’d done the exercise wrong.

Naruto went to stick his tongue out at Sasuke before remembering Harii’s presence. He quickly stopped himself and glanced up at Harii to see if he had seen.

Harii however just gave Naruto a rakish grin.

“I managed to give them the slip this morning, so I don’t think they’re very happy with me.”

Naruto looked up at him in astonishment. Before switching to stare at the dark look on the shinobi’s face.

Harii chuckled and lightly ruffled Naruto’s hair.

“So I’ll see you here tomorrow, bout tenish?”

“Believe it!” Naruto yelled enthusiastically.

Harry laughed again and with a happy wave walked away with Sasuke and his big brother.

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When they were out of earshot Itachi turned to Harry.

“That thing was the child you were looking for.”

Harry’s eyes narrowed and he felt anger rise up inside him.

“That young boy who you are referring to as ‘a thing’ is abused and alone.”

The tone in Harry’s voice was icy enough to make Itachi stop in his tracks. It took him a moment to register that the sweet, gentle, passionate young man he had come to expect was glaring daggers at him.

Itachi inclined his head slightly in recognition to Harry’s statement.

“It was learnt prejudice speaking.”

The sentence was muttered grudgingly, but it was the closest thing to admitting he was wrong that Itachi had said in a long time.

This seemed to placate Harry somewhat. He turned and marched on, in the direction of a park he had seen earlier.

Harry felt a slight knot of tension relax in him. He had managed to place a couple of light protection spells and a tracking spell on Naruto. They weren’t has powerful as he would have like, but would protect Naruto’s main organs from serious damage, and were the best he could do at short notice, without a wand.

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Naruto sat at home, he had successfully managed to get back inside his flat without the landlord realising. He was sitting and trying to do his homework for the academy. It wasn’t due in until Monday, it being Saturday now, but if he was going out to show Harii around tomorrow then he had better get as much done as he could.

Reading and writing weren’t very easy, he had never been properly taught like his school mates. When he was tired or had been reading for a long time the lines making up the words seemed to move and he couldn’t focus properly.

If he was honest normally Naruto wouldn’t have made such an effort with his homework. However he had the feeling that if Harii found out that he had skipped out on his work, that he wouldn’t be very impressed. The idea of disappointing Harii made his chest tighten slightly. So, with a sigh, he squinted his eyes and tried to make sense of the problem in front of him.

He was so caught up in his work, that he didn’t realise that someone else was in the room with him, until the ANBU member had seized him by the scruff of the neck and pushed him none to gently into the wall. A hand tightened round his throat and Naruto brought his own hands up to scrabble uselessly at it.

“You were seen consorting, with an unknown person. Who were they? Where are they staying? What did they want?”

Naruto’s eyes were wide with terror. This man wanted Harii.

“I d-d-d-don’t kn-n-n-ow.” He managed to choke out, the hand restricting his airway mangling the words.

“Liar.” The hand tightened. “Anyone who associates with demon scum like you is bound to be evil. WHERE IS HE?”

“I-I-I . . . . .”

Naruto’s vision went black and he vaguely registered the ANBU member making a sound of disgust before he was dropped unceremoniously to the floor. He let himself drop into unconsciousness, knowing it would hurt less that way.

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Madara Uchiha sat and fumed. Young Itachi had shown such promise, but he had betrayed his plan to the Hokage and now everyone was on high alert, and his presence was known.

Well he mused to himself. It was a set back in his plans. He had initial sought to lay the blame for the massacre of the Uchiha’s on Itachi, hiding his involvement and existence. However it wasn’t the end of the world. By betraying his plans to the Hokage and revealing him, Itachi had unwittingly done away with his need for a scapegoat. After all he could now just as easily kill them himself.

Yes that’s what he would do he decided, he would destroy the Uchiha’s himself. He would take special delight in making Itachi’s younger brother squeal; Itachi would learn that nobody crossed Madara Uchiha.

First though he needed a diversion. Someone to take the ANBU’s attention off the Uchiha compound . . .

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Hey I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I already have the next one planned out in my head. It involves more smushy Itachi Harry action, and the introduction of Kakashi!

I still need to know if you guys want me to make this a threesome. So please leave me a review.

‘Til next time, Lintila x.