Building the Yellow Brick Road by LittleOne94

Chapter 2 : Entering the Shinobi World

Sometimes it felt like years while at other moments it felt like it had only been a few days. Harry sighed as he stretched in the soft grass, looking up at the sky. "You have become stronger since yesterday little Kisai," Bunta said, resting himself next to the wizard while smoking his kiseru pipe. Harry cleared his throat, sending the frog boss an annoyed glance. "Don't push it Gaki. You might have grown a little since you arrived here a few years ago, but I was commenting on your technique nothing more."

"Fine, fine," Harry said with an amused grin. In all his time being here he had learned how to use all three basic Jutsus and a little extra. Since Harry was a wizard first he had practiced controlling his magic by himself. The wizard turned his head towards his sword. Learning Kenjutsu had been a pain at first, but the young Shinobi had wanted to learn how to use a sword. Thinking back to his second year at Hogwarts when he had used the sword of Gryffindor, Harry would have laughed at his inexperience. That and his Taijutsu was still weak so he had to rely on other weapons other than his magic and chakra abilities. Blaming the Dursleys for his malnourishment in his younger years wasn't getting him anywhere though.

Harry let out a long sigh and closed his eyes. "It makes me wonder if I will ever get home though. Three years I've been in this dimension and we're still as far from knowing as we were then. I've trained everyday and shared in your wisdom. Being a Shinobi suited me better then being a Quidditch player or Auror. If I had stayed behind, I would have probably ended up hating it in the end." The wizard turned Shinobi laughed softly. "And to think that a few years ago I wanted to just have a quiet life."

Bunta remained silent, blowing out a puff of smoke. "You still haven't given up on returning home?" The question hung in the quiet air. Harry was unsure of how to answer. Three years ago he would have said yes without even hesitating. He still felt guilty for leaving his friends to deal with Voldemort, but the Toads talked him out of that. They made him see the darker side of the Wizarding World. Even if he had loved it there, there were so many things wrong in that World that made his early life at the Dursleys seem… how should he call it? Peaceful and simple. The newly trained Shinobi was starting to like this dimension, even if he lived with a bunch of Toads. The boss Toad sends out another puff of smoke and laughed. "I think it's about time we send you down the mountain again. You've been practicing enough and even though you have done a few jobs for us, you are best to return to the humans."

Harry looked up towards his teacher and friend, Bunta had been with him the entire way. Sure he had also trained with Fukasaku in Senjutsu even if it apparently didn't work the same way as with the Shinobi who were originally born here. Bunta had taught him the rest, increasing in stamina and chakra control. The biggest part of the training had existed out of run and hide though. The wizard had been send down the mountain on a few missions to develop his strengths and experience in the real Shinobi world, meeting a few Shinobi from other villages, even if most of them had been observed by him from a distance. His mouth pulled into an amused smile. "You getting tired of me after all this time?" He quickly dodged the playful attack from the giant toad. Rolling to one side taking his sword with him while crouching low, Harry stayed near the grass with a large grin on his face. "Break time over?"

Before they could get started though, Gamakichi showed up. "Yo pops," the little toad shouted, jumping up to land on his father's head. "Hiya Ryuu." Harry nodded at the child of the boss. He had told them about his dealings with magical creatures and a few of the younger ones had immediately dubbed him as Ryuu, refusing to use any other name. The Wizard didn't really mind since he learned that it meant dragon. Sure the older toads often called him Kisai, which Harry had learned meant wizard. Harry had taking his distance from learning magic and favoured Chakra because it was more stable. He still used it when the situation called for it of course, or when he was bored, but mixing his form of magic with his Chakra made things a lot easier. Especially since he learned how to use nature Chakra when Fukasaku taught him Senjutsu. "Pops, the elders asked for you and Jiraiya returned from his trip. Says he's here for training again."