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Chapter 4- Trust the Nose

Later that day Harry, Ron and Hermione found Naruto sat with his arms and legs crossed in the spot they had been the day before at the side of the lake, his eyes closed and a large grin on his face. He made no sign of noticing their approach but Harry had a feeling that he knew they were there, and without a word they sat down on the grass next to him.

Because it was Sunday they didn't have any classes, through there was a rather large essay that Snape had given them to finish before there next lesson that they needed to get done. The greasy haired potion master had not been happy about not being able to catch Naruto out in the lesson and had given then enough homework to make even the Slytherin in the class groan.

After about a minute had passed, Ron couldn't take the silence anymore and turned to address the seemingly sleeping blonde and was just about to place his hand on Naruto's shoulder to wake him up, only to yell in surprise when the whiskered teens hand shot up and grabbed his wrist in a firm grip as his eyes shot wide open.

The moment his realised what he was doing, and after seeing the slightly pained look on Ron's face because of the tight grip he had on his wrist, Naruto let the red headed Weasley go and gave them a sheepish grin while rubbing the back of his head.

"For future reference if you need to wake me up or get my attention while I'm meditating, just tap the leaf on my headband three times, it's like a safety password. Sorry about your wrist."

Still rubbing his wrist in discomfort, Ron nodded in understanding, though he did send a nervous look at the whiskered blonde.

"Yeah no problem..."

For a minute they fell back into silence, Naruto looking at then expectantly as the three Gryffindor's sat there unsure of how to react after what had just happened. After another minute passed Hermione let out a sigh of frustration, sending an annoyed look at her two best friends.

"What exactly was all that about back in the Great Hall, what did you to everyone?"

Raising one of his eyebrows in confusion for a moment, Naruto suddenly got an understanding look on his face before throwing his head back and laughing. It took a few minutes before he was able to bring himself under control again enough for him to answer her question.

"Oh that, that was so fun! I found out where the kitchen is and how to get in from a girl I met from Hufflepuff, nice girl, cute smile, but anyway back to your question. I have a friend in Mist that knows I like pranks and he helped me make a bunch of potions before I left. I slipped a few into the food last night while the elves weren't looking."

"Why!"

The grin he gave them reminded all three of a certain pair of twins.

"Why not?"

After sharing a look with each other that didn't go unnoticed by Naruto, Harry, Ron and Hermione made a silent packed to do all they could to keep the blonde from meeting Fred and George. None of them wanted to think about what would happen if they did, and weren't sure if Hogwarts could survive.

"There was a real reason though..."

Turning their attention back to the blonde, the three Gryffindor's waited for what he was going to say.

"Let me ask you something, what would have happened if I'd used poison instead potions that make you burp bubbles and fart fire?"

This question was met with three looks of shock and, after looking at them for a moment, Naruto couldn't help but laugh.

"Exactly, if someone like me, that doesn't even know my way around Hogwarts that well, can just walk into the kitchens and put something in the food, then what does that say about its security? Who's to say someone else can't do what I did but with something that will cause a lot more damage?"

None of them could argue with that, as much as they would have like to, the blonde was right.

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The next day Harry sat in Transfiguration with Ron and Hermione as McGonagall talked them though the next stage of the Ectus Pasium spell she had taught them over the last week, Naruto stood at the front of the class with her in his role as class assistant.

Since they had started learning the spell the entire class were now able to create a sword using a branch, a spell that would have normally taken them weeks to learn, but with the added help of Naruto, they had all been able to learn it in record time. Something that the usually stern Transfiguration teacher was most pleased with, not that she would show it.

"Right then, I know that you are all very proud of your success in learning the Ectus Pasium spell, but that is still no reason to start slacking off. On the contrary this gives us a chance to proceed with the next stage of the spell. The words are Ectos Pasaum, and we are using branches the same way as before, now that you all have a good grasp of the basics of the spell I will now teach you how to create other weapons using it."

At her words excited whispers could be heard around the class at the idea of what they were about to learn and what they could do with it. At the front of the class Naruto stood with a slightly bored look on his face and they could all see him yawning behind McGonagall's back as he listened to what she was saying. But the moment she turned to look at him he stood up straight and gave her his full attention.

"Mr Uzumaki, as you seem to have a firm grasp on the spell why don't you give us a demonstration? Hopefully it will help keep you awake."

Blushing at being caught, Naruto nodded his head and walked to the desk. Without even taking a moment to compose his thoughts the blonde War Wizard in training pulled out his wand and pointed it at the branch on the table.

"Ectos Pasaum"

They all gasped at what they saw when the spell was complete, even McGonagall seemed impressed with the result. Lying on the table where there had previously been a branch, was a seven foot long pike with serrated edges on the blades. The wood for the shaft was a very dark, almost black brown colour and looked to have been polished to perfection, while the blades were made from an unknown black metal with blood red veins covering it that seemed to be casting a faint glow.

With his face still set in a slightly bored expression, Naruto once again pointed his wand at the spear and without a word flicked it, causing the deadly weapon to raise about a foot into the air, hover for a moment, then shoot across the room as if it had been fired from a canon and imbedded itself into the wall at the back of the room with enough force for it to sink into the stone half way up the shaft.

They all stared wide eyed at the spear, then back at the blonde who looked like he wasn't even paying attention to what he was doing, just staring off into random space. After a moment of silence Naruto realised that they were all staring at him and flashed a grin.

"Hehe, guess that was a bit much, huh?"

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Later that day at lunch, Naruto and the others from his school sat at the Gryffindor table with Harry, Ron and Hermione next to him. When they had first walked into the Great Hall all eyes had moved to them, or more specifically Naruto, and had stayed like that right up until he started eating. After they were sure that nothing would happen to them everything went back to normal and they started to eat.

Unfortunately for Naruto, because of his prank Tsunade had banned him from eating ramen for the foreseeable future, and had convinced the House Elves working in the kitchen not to make it anymore, so he was forced to settle for something different.

Ever since the day before everyone had been afraid to eat, scared that he might have put something in the food again. Fred and George had been fascinated by what had happened, and have been working on a secret project. Something about not being ready to meet the person that had become their new ideal right up there with the Marauders, until they could prove themselves. Needless to say the entire school was worried about what this could mean.

The only people that hadn't been affected by the blondes prank were Harry, Ron, Hermione and Moody, who refused to eat anything he didn't prepare himself. The smug look on his face as he watched them all said a lot about what he thought of the prank, they could hear him talking about it from across the room.

Naruto was half way through a sandwich when several conversations were cut short, something that didn't go unnoticed by the blonde, and when he turned around he was greeted with quite the sight. Standing in front of him was Fleur, with a small, too innocent smile on her face that sent off warning bells in the blonde teens head.

"Hey Fleur…is there something I can help you with?"

Her smile only getting more pleasant by the second, Fleur grabbed his hand and started pulling him out of the Great Hall without a word, Harry, Ron and Hermione quickly following them. It was about ten minutes later that Fleur dragged Naruto into an empty classroom, the others following, and it was only after Hermione came in last that a previously unseen French witch caste a Locking Charm on the door. There were eight of them, including Fleur, all looking to be around the same age, with the same silvery blonde hair and bright blue eye, leaving no doubt in their minds that all of them were Veela.

When they turned to Naruto, muttering and giggling to each other quietly, the small blonde backed up until he was pressing his back against the far wall, staring at the group of girls in front of him with wide eyes. They didn't miss the look he sent to Fleur either, as if accusing her of something. As for Harry and Ron, both Gryffindor's could only star wide eyed at the group of girls, the combined Allure almost enough to knock them out completely at such close rang.

With his hands in the air in a sign of surrender, they all saw Naruto take a big gulp before speaking.

"Look, if this is about the whole prank thing, I'm sor-"

"We wanted to azk you about those 'Zeals' zat you made, and if we could 'ave zome more."

At Fleur's words, Naruto's fear was replaced by surprise, and he took a moment to count just how many girls there were stood before him. Without a word the blonde reached into an inside pocket and pulled out a large role of seals tied together with a piece of string, having made more after he gave one to Fleur, and tossed them to the group.

The moment Fleur caught them, the other girls in the group let out excited squeals and quickly took one and applied it to themselves. They then turned to look at Harry and Ron, who right up until a second ago had glassy looks in their eyes, only to see them blinking rapidly as if waking up from a trance.

He really should have seen what was going to happen next, after all the same thing had happened when he gave the girls at his own school the seals, but honestly no matter how hard he tried there was no preparing for some things. Without warning, seven of the girls, Fleur staying back to watch and laugh, ran forwards and started hugging and kissing him on the cheeks. He couldn't even try and run away, because at some point one of the girls lifted him of the ground and started hugging him from behind, the back of his head nestled between her breasts. Then they did the one thing he always dreaded, and started rubbing his whisker marks, which resulted in him letting out an involuntary purr. This, of course, only made things worse.

Then without warning, the Naruto in the centre of the group of girls exploded in a cloud of white smoke, and when it cleared a log was in his place with a piece of paper nailed to it with a note.

'YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!'

They got over their shook just in time to hear a loud band and, turning to look at the magically locked door, saw that it had been torn off its hinges and a flash of blonde hair disappearing around the doorframe. The group of girls quickly gave chase, shouting things in French that the three Gryffindor's couldn't understand, Fleur staying behind and looking as if she was about to pass out from laughing so hard.

Off to the side of the room Harry, Ron and Hermione stood watching the scene before them, before the red headed Weasley spoke.

"Lucky Bastard."

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BANG! CRASH!

"YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE, BELIEVE IT!"

"…or maybe not…"

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The Great Hall was filled with the sound of exited whispers, and all eyes were fixed on the rather unimpressive wooden cup with the ball of fire floating above it at the front of the hall. The night everyone had been waiting for had come, the choosing of the three champions and everyone, even the professors, were excited to see who would be chosen. There was actually a betting pool among some of the older students about who would be chosen from the Elemental Academy, seeing as they were the smallest group.

The moment Dumbledore stood, the entire hall fell completely silent, everyone holding their breaths as the ball of fire above the cup flared, before spitting out a small piece of parchment that the old headmaster caught with ease.

"The Champion of Durmstrang is…Victor Krum!"

The hall burst into applause, the students from Durmstrang patting the large teen in the back as he made his way to the head table, taking the parchment with his name from Dumbledore, and was directed to a door to his right.

The hall fell silent again, this time for another two minutes before the fire once again flared, spitting out a piece of parchment.

"The Champion of Beauxbaton is…Fleur Delacour!"

Once again, the hall roared with applauses, only for it to get even louder when the male population saw just who she was.

After Fleur collected her name and left, it took another five minutes before the fair spit out the next name.

"The Champion for Hogwarts is…Cedric Diggory!"

This time it was easy to both see and hear the fact that the loudest cheering came from the Hufflepuff table, Cedric practically having to force his way through the crow of students to the front of the room.

When it came to the last name they were waiting to be called, everyone sat in complete silence and just started at the Goblet of Fire, some holding small pieces of paper with their bets on them. This was another moment that everyone had been waiting for, because even though they were all young, the students from the Elemental Academy had proven over the last week or so since they had arrive that there was more to them then met the eye.

So when the fire spit out a small scroll everyone held their breath, waiting for Dumbledore to announce the Champion.

"The Champion for the Elemental Academy is…Naruto Uzumaki!"

When Naruto stood up, letting those who didn't actually know his name see him, several people could be heard groaning while tearing up their betting slips, while those that had won, cheered all the louder. Apparently, Fred and George had been the only ones to actually bet on the small whiskered blonde.

While this was going one Naruto, a large smile on his face, quickly made his way to Dumbledore and took the small scroll with his name on it and ran to the door that the other champions had gone through.

It opened into a narrow set of stairs that lead down into a medium sized room. He saw the other champions stood in different places around the room, none actually talking to each other, while they waited for whoever was supposed to come and explain what would be happening next.

The moment she saw Naruto, Fleur gave him a smile and waved. He also saw Krum sending him a small nod, his face still set in a small frown, while Cedrick just raised an eyebrow at the young blonde, as if not sure what to think.

Naruto made his way to stand next to his French friend and was about to speak, but before he could say anything the sound of the door opening caught all of their attention.

The sight of Harry Potter walking into the room confused them all, but it only took a glance at the young teens pale skin and fearful face for Naruto to realise that something was wrong. Then he saw the piece of parchment in his shaking hand for that something to become clear.

"…Well shit."

The other three champions turned to look at the spikey haired blonde, but before he could say anything the sound of the door once again opening, with enough force to make a sound BANG, followed by raised voices stopped him. They saw Dumbledore, along with Karkaroff, Madame Maxime, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Mr Crouch, Professor McGonagall, Moody and Snape come running into the room.

Both Karkaroff and Madame Maxime were yelling at Dumbledore and Crouch about cheating, though the elderly Headmaster seemed to be ignoring them, as they made their way over to Harry. The only ones that didn't seem to care about what was going on were Tsunade and Jiraiya, who only seemed to frown slightly at everyone.

The moment he was in reach, Dumbledore grabbed Harry by both his shoulder and held him firmly, looking into his eyes intensely.

"Harry, did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire?"

Though seeming to be in shock, Harry was able to answer.

"No sir"

"Did you ask an older student to do it for you?"

"No sir"

"Are you absolutely sure?"

"Yes sir"

Stepping forward, swotting a chandelier hanging from the roof out of her way as she did, Madame Maxime scowled down at Harry as if he were something stuck to the bottom of her shoe.

"Of course 'e iz lying!"

"The hell he is! The Goblet of Fire is an extremely powerful magical artefact, and whoever put Potter's name in it also tricked it into thinking there were five schools instead of four, to make sure he would be chosen! That kind of knowledge is too advanced for a 4th year!"

They all turned to look at Moody, who after speaking took the flask from his hip and took a big gulp.

It was also that point that a certain smell hit Naruto's nose like a hex, one of many smells that he had spent years learning and memorising to recognise, and his eyes suddenly changed from large and playful, to sharp and fierce. Though the only one who seemed to notice this fact was Fleur, who was standing right next to him.

"Tsunade-sama…"

He tried to get his Headmistresses attention, but by this point all of the adults seemed to be shouting over each other, drowning out his voice.

"Tsunade-sama!"

Still nothing, though the other champions seemed to have notice him now.

"HEY, OLD PEOPLE!"

That got their attention, as the room suddenly went completely silent.

Turning to look at the whiskered teen with a frown on her face, Tsunade's eyes turned sharp the second she saw the look on his face.

"What is it brat?"

"Purple, 7, Uppercut, Positive"

While everyone else in the room looked at him as if he had gone insane, both Tsunade's and Jiraiya's eyes widen slightly at his words.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, it is North North East of my current possession, permission to engage."

Still not understanding what was going on, the others in the room watched as the blonde women gave a small nod.

The moment she did this, Naruto pulled out his wand and shot a wordless stunner at Moody who, not having been expecting it, was thrown off his feet, bounced off of a wall, and slumped to the ground.

"What do you think you are doing?!"

This came from a mortified McGonagall, but before she or anyone else could pull out their wands, they were stopped when Jiraiya slammed the butt of his staff on the ground, which sent out a small pulse of magic that seemed to paralyze everyone for a moment. It was in that moment that Naruto, who apparently wasn't affected by the pulse, ran across the room to Moody, grabbed his flask, and then summoned ropes from his wand that bound the unconscious man tight.

He opened the flask, gave a small sniff, then grimaced and turned away from it.

"It's Polyjuice Potion, just like I thought. This stuff sticks so much it's a wonder Kiba didn't smell it while in the Great Hall."

It was at that moment that whatever had them all paralyzed wore off, though the moment the words 'Polyjuice Potion' were said it didn't make a difference as they still seemed to be frozen in place.

Being the first to get over the shock, Dumbledore ran forward and took the bottle that Naruto offered to him and took a sniff for himself, and like the blonde turned away a moment later.

"It's true, this is unmistakably Polyjuice Potion, which brings the question, who is this man…and where is the real Alastair Moody?"

Without a word Tsunade took charge, moving forward and grabbed the unconscious man by the collar, lifting him up with one hand as if he weighed nothing, before turning to the staff wilding man that came with her.

"Jiraiya, get Kiba and Sakura in here now, he should be able to follow the scent and I know she keeps a vile of Veritaserum on hand for emergencies."

With a nod, he quickly left the room.

Then she turned her attention back to Naruto.

"Can you tell if anyone in this room is under any kind of spell?"

Frowning slightly, Naruto took a moment to examine everyone in the room, before walking over to Mr Crouch, who still seemed to be in a daze at everything that was going on, even his eyes seemed a little unfocused. The blonde waved his hand in front of the older wizards face, but didn't get a reaction from him, so, much to the shock of everyone else in the room, bar Tsunade, he reached back his fist and punched him in the face.

They all heard the sound of Mr Crouches noise braking, followed shortly thereafter by a muffled scream of pain as he fell to the floor with a hand over his face to try and stop the blood.

Ignoring the man, Naruto turned back to Tsunade.

"Imperious Curse, he must have been under it for some time if he was still dazed even after I knocked out the caster."

Nodding her head, Tsunade turned her attention to the door when she heard it open again, and everyone watched in silence as Jiraiya returned with the pink haired girl and wild looking boy, both of who turned serious the moment they saw what was going on. Without warning, Tsunade turned back to the fake Moody and, with a flick of her wand both the fake eye and prosthetic leg flew off and towards Jiraiya. He caught them both, before turning to the wild looking boy and held them both up for him to…sniff.

"You know what to do, grab the others on your way and track down the real Alastair Moody, he must be alive somewhere in the castle for this imposter to have been collecting his 'ingredients' for the Polyjuice Potion."

Taking a long sniff of the eye and leg, Kiba stood up straight and gave a solute.

"Understood, should I inform the other Hogwarts Professors about what is going on?"

This time it was Dumbledore who answered, having turned to look at them when he heard what they were saying.

"Please, if you would explain the situation to Professor's Flitwick and Hagrid, along with Madame Pomfrey, I would be most grateful. Also it might be a good idea to take them with you on your search, just in case."

Quickly turning back to Jiraiya and sending him a silent question, Kiba quickly left the room when he saw the small nod the older wizard gave him.

With that done, the pick haired teen quickly moved across the room to stand with Tsunade and without a word handed her a small bottle with a clear liquid inside it, before moving to the still downed form of Mr Crouch. She stopped for a moment, looking towards Naruto and the small amount of blood on his knuckles from where he hit the man.

"I assume from the fact he is still conscious it's safe for me to heal him?"

"Affirmative, I only punched him to knock out the after effects of prolonged exposure to the Imperious curse."

Nodding quickly, the pink haired teen bent down with her wand out and started to heal Mr Crouch's nose.

Throughout the last few minutes the other champions, along with Karkaroff and Madame Maxime could only watch in confusion as everything seemed to be moving at a mile a minute, until Fleur seemed to have had enough of not knowing what was going on.

"What iz going on, I do not undurstand what iz 'appening!"

Turning to the others in the room Naruto, his wand still in hand, decided to answer.

"I was trained to recognise the smell of certain potions. The moment this Fake Moody opened the flask to take a drink I recognised what it was and informed Tsunade-sama using a code we are taught so as not to alert him to the fact I know he was a fake. It is likely, though until he wakes up and we interrogate him I can't say for sure, that he put Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire."

Walking over to stand next to her fellow blonde, Tsunade threw the fake Moody on the ground in the middle of the room, before carrying on from where Naruto left off.

"Normally, we do interrogation with Legilimency, but as this was supposed to be a simple tournament between our schools, we did not bring any of our experts in the field of Mind Magic. Luckily Sakura likes to prepare for any and all situations, and had this vile of Veritaserum on hand."

Holding it up for so that the adults could all see the small bottle, she was about to say more when they were interrupted by the sound of a groan coming from the fake Moody, who was apparently waking up. Turning to Karkaroff and Madame Maxime, Dumbledore cleared his throat to get their attention before the fake was fully awake.

"Perhaps Karkaroff, Madame Maxime, it would be wise to send our champions back to their rooms before anything else happens…?"

Frowning slightly, apparently still not happy with what was going on, Karkaroff nodded and without a word sent Krum out of the room. He was followed by a confused Cedrick and reluctant Fleur a moment later. However, when Harry moved to leave, he was stopped by Naruto, who grabbed him by his shoulder and shook his head, indicating that he should stay.

"…what the bloody hell happened?"

Turning their attention back on the fake Moody, they watched as the moment he started talking again Tsunade took the cork out of the vile and poured the clear liquid into his mouth.

"What the…hell…"

Almost as soon as the liquid passed through his lips, the fake Moody became very still, his eyes seeming to cloud over slightly, and a bit of drool leaking out of the side of his mouth.

Seeing that the potion was working, Tsunade once again picked him up and dragged him over to a chair on the far side of the room.

"Are you Alistair Moody?"

For a moment it didn't look like he was going to answer, his head just rolling around limply as if it was too heavy for him to hold up.

"…no"

"Is the real Alistair Moody alive?"

"…yes"

"Where is he?"

"…he's…in my…trunk…"

"Did you put Harry Potter's name in the Goblet of Fire?"

"…yes"

"Why?"

"B…because I was…told to…"

Turning to look at Dumbledore, Tsunade motioned with her head towards the fake Moody, silently asking if he had any questions before she continued. Nodding in gratitude, the elderly headmaster moved forward so he was now in front of the imposter.

"What is your real name?"

"B…Barty Crouch…Jr…"

That seemed to get a reaction from several people in the room.

"Barty Crouch Jr died in Azkaban several years ago."

"…no…my farther…switched me with…my mother…she was dying…and wanted me…to be free…"

They could all see the frown on his bearded face at the explanation, and without a word Naruto sent more ropes out of the end of his wand to tie themselves around Mr Crouch just as Sakura finished healing him.

Nodding to acknowledge the act, Dumbledore quickly turned his attention back on the now named Barty Crouch Jr.

"Who told you to put Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire?"

"My Master…he is…returning…soon he will…be stronger then…then ever…Lord Voldemort…will rule…the…"

He didn't get to finish the sentence, the Veritaserum apparently wearing off and sending him to sleep, but they had all heard enough.

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