Building the Yellow Brick Road by LittleOne94

Chapter 5 : Training, healing and a little bit more then a curse

"Hey Ryuu-kun…"

He breathed out deeply.

"Ryuu-kun…"

His eyebrow twitched.

"RYUU-KUN!"

"Damn it Pakkun-chan, I was trying to meditate!" Irritated green eyes focussed themselves on the small dog who was grinning sheepishly up at him.

"Sorry about that," the small dog said apologetically. "I thought you were asleep."

Harry looked at him with a deadpanned expression before sighing and standing, stretching and groaning in satisfaction when his spine popped. "Alright, let's hear it."

The week had gone slow and Harry had grown bored of sight seeing. There was only so much to see after all. Naruto had accompanied him everywhere, introducing him too all his friends and the sensei's before the blonde had complained about being bored too and proclaimed (loudly) the need to train. Now Harry and Naruto trained every morning so they had the afternoon to do whatever they wanted. Usually the blonde disappeared to check up on his teammates and sensei and Harry would do some magic training, only to be joined again by the blonde round dinner time.

Harry couldn't help but grow fond of the blonde. The energetic ball of sunshine reminded him of how he had been when he lived with the Dursley's (though he had not been as positive as the blonde). The need for attention, starved from human affection and lack of food. Harry had noticed it the moment he saw Naruto. The orange jumpsuit hid quite a bit, just like his own baggy clothes had done, but they could not hide the loneliness in his eyes.

Iruka, who Harry had grown fond of for being such an open person, had accepted Harry's kind offers to join them for dinner, something the orange loving blonde was very grateful for. Harry soon couldn't do anything wrong in the eyes of the blonde orphan who was almost living with the raven head wizard at his assigned apartment.

"Did you hear me Ryuu-kun?" Pakkun said with a sigh. Harry looked at the small dog with a dazed expression. He blinked and tilted his head slightly. "Sorry got a bit lost," he said apologetically with a sheepish grin and scowled when the small pug growled at him. "What? You interrupted me in my meditation! Be glad I wasn't trying to summon any nature energy. The result would have been quite explosive." The raven head chuckled at a memory of his training.

"Yes, well," Pakkun huffed. "Kakashi asked me to get you. It seems Naruto has been boasting about his training with you, so Kakashi wanted to compare notes."

Harry rolled his eyes. "Alright, where is he?"

The pug stood, wiggling his tail at some reason or another. "He was heading towards the hospital. Sasuke-kun is going to be released today and he wanted to do a team meeting."

"Alright," Harry said, turning to leave for the hospital when he realised he couldn't remember which training ground he was in and which direction the hospital was. "Uhm, lead the way."

Pakkun stared at him for a little bit before rolling on the ground laughing. "Yes, yes, now just lead the way already. I've got a bad feeling."

"Your mischief radar going off again," Pakkun asked, chuckling slightly and starting to run towards the hospital (or what Harry hoped to be the hospital, you never knew with the pug).