The Shadow Wizard (HP/Naruto Crossover)

Chapter 1: Naruto Touches Scrolls He Shouldn’t Be Touching

Shikamaru Nara had to give it to him, Naruto was surprisingly stealthy when he had a goal in mind. After the Chunin Exams, he tried to steal another sacred scroll from the Third’s office. And he somehow succeeded. After messing around with some of the jutsus (under the Nara’s watchful eye), something went terribly, terribly wrong.

A loud puff of smoke filled the room, and when it receded, only Naruto and the scroll were left in the room.

“Shikamaru?”

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Shikamaru groaned as he sat up from his position on the forest floor. Hold on...forest floor? Naruto must have used a teleportation jutsu on him.

“How troublesome,” Shikamaru complained to himself.

For all he knew, Shikamaru was halfway across the Elemental Nations. This was turning out to be such a drag...Nonetheless, Shikamaru pulled himself up, climbed up a tree, and started scanning his surroundings to see where he had landed. In the distance, he saw something that looked like a giant stone castle. As far as he knew, there weren’t any buildings like that in any of the lands.

With no better ideas in mind, Shikamaru started leaping from tree branch to tree branch, the form of the castle growing larger as he approached. Eventually, he slowed to a stop as he saw the great castle directly in front of him. Cautiously, he knocked on the entrance doors.

The mighty doors swung open with a loud creak. A man with greasy, black hair and a pointed nose eyed the Nara suspiciously. As Shikamaru stood, slightly unnerved by the observing eyes of the man, a question was asked.

“It’s a bit early for the brats to arrive here. What do you think you’re doing here?” The greasy-haired man narrowed his eyes as he spoke.

“What?” Shikamaru could not understand this oddly dressed stranger.

The man groaned and pulled out...a stick? Why in the world would someone pick a stick, of all things, as a weapon? To Shikamaru’s bewilderment, the man muttered some nonsensical phrase, and with a swish of the stick, a small beam of light hit them both.

The Nara tensed. What had just happened to him?

The man spoke, and to Shikamaru’s surprise, he could understand him, “Who. Are. You? You clearly aren’t a student, and you seem rather young to be in league with the Dark Lord.”

Shikamaru hesitated, before mumbling out, “My name is Tsukiya Shoyo,” He fibbed. “I’m...not sure what’s happening.” Well, that part was true. “I can’t remember much other than my name, age, and other basic facts. I think I might have amnesia.” More lies. “This really is troublesome...”

The man looked over him, still suspicious, before finally relenting. “I am Professor Severus Snape, and I will be escorting you to the Headmaster to...sort things out,” He drawled.

With a dramatic turn, Professor Snape’s robes swished as he started walking inside the castle. Shikamaru hurried after him, albeit tentatively. What had he gotten himself into? This was such a drag...