A Different World
Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. I hope that you all enjoy the second Battle Chapter. This will be told from Hidan's Perspective and there are no scene breaks in this chapter. Happy reading.
Chapter Notations and Warnings: Oh and there will be warnings before and after any supporting character deaths. Please do skip over those scenes, if you are sensitive to that sort of thing.
Chapter 25
Hidan couldn't believe this. It was possibly the end of the world as they knew it and he was tied up and watching over a bunch of kiddies. Bloody Hell, this was beyond frustrating. Oh and did he mention that he was sitting next to a Basilisk?
Yeah. A Basilisk. A freaking snake that could kill you with one freaking look. The Slytherin couldn't even begin to fathom how his life had gotten so weird, but it had.
"Someone's coming and I don't think that they are friendly." Aoda warns the group and instantly the Protectors surround the children and Hidan.
He should be able to bloody fight with them! Hidan had lots of badass magic. He could totally kick some arse in this damn fight, but nooo. He had to be tied up because that damn bitch had put him under a spell!
"It's the Predators!" Fredrick screams out in terror.
"No really?! What gave you that fucking idea?! Could it be because a bunch of Leprechauns, Giants, Veela, and some alien chick coming straight at us?!" He thunders at the Sorting Hat.
Hidan knew that he shouldn't yell at Fredrick. It wasn't his fault that he was down for the count, but damn it! It was all so frustrating.
"Mmm well look what we have here. So this must be Hogwarts' Daycare." A feminine voice that sent chills up his spine observes in amusement.
It was the alien chick. The freaky alien chick with eyes like Hinata and skin paler than Sasuke's. Her hair was a really light color and super long. The woman also had freakishly long nails and she was wearing some ancient looking robes.
Hidan loved ancient magic. He loved the kind of magic that most people either didn't know about or were too scared to try. That was why he recognized her for what she was instantly. Someone who practiced the Olde Ways.
"I suppose you could say that. I suppose you're the psychotic bitch who is behind all this." Mikoto says as she draws her wand.
Well score for Sasuke's Mum! He always liked it when the older adults swore. It made them seem more human somehow!
"Mmm I suppose that is one interpretation. Though I prefer to think of myself as a visionary. I'm seeing a surprisingly number of Uchihas today. Your family should understand almost better than anyone, why this has to be done. We can not keep hiding from the Muggle World. We must rule it!" She says.
Mikoto apparently didn't care for that idea much, if her next move was anything to go by. Hidan's eyes widen as he sees the Uchiha Witch cast Antonin Dolohov's Curse! The Slytherin didn't even know that people still used that spell. Though it was apparently rather effective.
Once it connects with Kaguya's midsection, she lets out an agonizing scream. That curse was designed to attack a person's internal organs. It was nearly lethal. Obviously, Mikoto was hoping to incapacitate the leader early on.
"Not bad for a kitten, but you severely underestimated me!" Kaguya says through gritted teeth as she opens a vial that was around her neck and drinks some of it.
Unicorn's blood. It could heal almost anything. Apparently, that included even a curse of that level. This wasn't good. As long as she had unicorn blood, she could survive almost anything.
"I'm pretty sure that it's you who underestimated us!" Hidan hisses at Kaguya.
The woman was too incensed though and her fury was focused on Mikoto. Hidan's eyes could only widen in horror as the woman gets out her wand and casts an all too familiar spell. An Unforgivable Curse.
"We shall see about that. CRUCIO!" The woman snarls as she hurls the Pain Curse at Mikoto.
Sasuke jumps in front of his mother and shoves her onto the floor. He falls onto his knees, screaming in pain. Hidan winces. No one should ever make the sounds that the youngest Uchiha was currently making.
"Oh you poor boy. Is that your mother that you just took a Crucio for? How sweet. Well I've always said the family that rebels together, dies together. Let's end this! Avada Kedavra!" She snarls at Sasuke.
Warning Death Scene
The spell never hit though. Well at least not Sasuke. Jugo and Shino jumped in the way of it. Jugo slammed the Slytherin onto the ground, shielding him from the Killing Curse and Shino tries in vain to block it.
Kaguya's wicked spell tears right into the insect lover and the gentle giant. Shino crumbles onto the floor, never to rise again and Jugo's body goes slack against Sasuke's. Hidan could only glare at Kaguya hatefully in response.
End Death Scene
"Sasuke!" Naruto roars out in a furious panic!
"Jugo! Shino!" The raven haired wizard calls out desperately as he wiggles out from underneath Jugo's corpse.
Poor Sasuke. He was in such shock, that Hidan doubted he could even hear his husband calling for him. He could only look on with pity as the Uchiha checks Jugo and Shino for a pulse.
He didn't find any. Sasuke slumps over onto his knees in grief. Tears streaming down his face for the people who had died for him. Hidan knew that the other man would never be the same after this.
"I'm going to fucking kill you!" Naruto thunders at Kaguya.
"You're welcome to try dear boy. Hmm. You've got quite the little party here. My faithful servants, you know what you have to do! Attack!" The witch shouts.
"Oh this will be lots of fun! Deletrius!" One of the Leprechaun's shouts as he aims a spell at some children.
The spell would have disintegrated the children, if it had connected. It never did though. Something blocked it. Well more specifically, two someone's.
Warning Death Scene
Kabuto and Orochimaru had thrown themselves in front of the children in order to protect them. Hidan almost couldn't believe it. They had actually sacrificed themselves.
"Well I'll be damned. They weren't complete bastards, after all." He whispers as he watches their bodies turn into nothing.
End Death Scene
No one had the chance to process Orochimaru's and Kabuto's deaths before two men started screaming. Two grown men. Two grown men that Hidan recognized.
"We're here! We're here! STUPEFY! STUPEFY!" Neville chants over and over again.
The Herbology teacher was trying to stun as many targets as he could. There were simply too many of them though. Hidan winces as he sees one of the Veelas hurl a Severing Charm at Longbottom and the wizard receives a deep gash on his cheek for his efforts.
"Geminio!" Fugaku calls out as he comes into view.
That was a clever move. The wizard's spell was aimed at their group. The spell made hundreds of clones of their fighters and the children. Now the bad guys wouldn't be able to tell the good guys from the clones.
He smirks as he sees more and more of their people coming into the room. Gaara, Neji, Tenten, Madara, Cho, Seamus, Lavender, and Peeves had all snuck in and holy crap. There were even some pets! An Eagle Owl, a cat, a toad, and a bloody phoenix!
"Awe that's no fun. I think that we've had more than enough party crashers for the day." Kaguya says as she uses a room to seal the door shut behind them.
Hidan could hear the screams and shouts of their loved ones on the other side of the door, who didn't make it inside. He could also hear what seemed like hundreds of curses, spells, and hexes being thrown at the door.
Their family and friends were all trying to open it. That or they were trying to blow it up. Unfortunately, it seemed like all their efforts were in vain. The door simply wouldn't budge.
"Don't worry! We've got this!" Lavender assures them as she fights back to back with Cho and Seamus from the Original D.A.
"Yeah! We do! Glacius!" Cho thunders as she transforms some of the leprechauns into solid ice and Seamus sends a Blasting Curse at them, blowing them up.
Warning Death Scene
The D.A. Members probably took out around two or three dozen Leprechauns, before it was all over. Almost before anyone could blink, one of the Dark Witches takes out her wand and sends a spell flying at them. Reducto.
"AHHHH!" The three scream in agony as the curse lands.
It was aimed at their necks. The spell broke them and the three fighters fall over. They fall over and Hidan could only stare in terror as he realized, that they would never get back up again.
End of Death Scene
"Rin! Obito! Are you ready for Operation Kamikaze?!" Kakashi asks.
Hidan could only stare in confusion. What was Operation Kamikaze. That didn't sound good to put it mildly, but clearly the deaths of three D.A. Members were having an impact on the teachers.
"Ready! Lumos Solem!" Rin calls out as a ray of light as bright as the Sun suddenly emits from her wand.
"Lumos Solem!" Kakashi and Obito all shout in unison with the pretty witch.
Warning Death Scene
They direct their Sun Spells at the Army of Giants. Hidan could only smirk. Now he knew what they were trying to do. They were trying to blind them.
The spells worked and it didn't take long for the giants to panic. They began failing around and losing their balance. Some just fell over and others waved their clubs.
"RIN! NOOOO!" Obito says as he rushes over to his wife, who had just gotten struck with a club.
The wizard cradles his wife in his arms. Hidan couldn't make out what he was saying to the witch, but he could only assume that Obito was trying to comfort her. Most likely, they were telling each other, "I love you."
"Obito! Look out!" Kakashi says, but it was too late.
A giant fell on top of Obito and Rin. The two of them were instantly squished to death. Kakashi's eyes darken and he starts hurling a series of Killing Curses at the remaining Giants.
That didn't end well. While the silver haired man definitely took out at least a half dozen of the wretched creatures on his own, one of them finally managed to grab the furious wizard and threw him against the wall.
"Kakashi!" Naruto calls out in horror.
SPLAT! The former Quidditch Player smashes straight into a wall. The impact instantly killed him. The only consolation as far as Hidan could tell was that the three friends went out together and had taken a lot of Giants down with them.
End Death Scene
It was all happening too fast. Yeah. They were kicking some bloody arse, but they were also losing a lot of people. Apparently, Neji and Tenten felt that way as well.
"Tenten, if I don't make it, there's something that I need you to know. I love you." Neji tells the Hufflepuff.
"I love you too. I always have, I always will. Let's not talk about that though." She whispers as she kisses him and Neji returns the kiss.
Any other time, Hidan would have been quite amused by all this. He knew better now though. This was crunch time.
"That's adorable and everything, but we have a war to win! SAND BURIAL!" Gaara reminds the lovers as he conjures sand and hurls it at their enemies.
The sand was going everywhere, but that wasn't the only thing that the Predator's had to content with. Fawkes and Garuda were flying around and literally tearing people's eyes out. Not to be outdone, the Gambunta was attempting trip over more Predators and Sakura's cat was scratching all the bad guys in sight!
"Take this and this!" The Sorting Hat calls out as he tosses out Full
Body-Bind Curses like they were candy.
"Oh yeah? Well INCENDIO!" A Dark Wizard snarls out, only to be blocked by Sasuke's well-placed water charm.
"Ron! I need some help!" Luna says as she cats as spell that caused arrows to be shot out from her wand.
Ron nods and quickly darts over to help her. The two of them were shooting at the Veela. The Veela who just kept charging and were brandishing a flurry of Stupefys.
"Peeves, we need your help!" Naruto shouts out as he issues a barrage of Confundus Charms at everything that he could reach.
The smell of smoke, blood, and sweat hung heavily in the air. Hidan could only watch in growing terror and frustration as the battle raged on and on. More and more of his friends were being taken down and he was helpless.
"Got some of these out the Old Bat's Office. She likes to confiscate them from the naughty students!" Peeves says as he drops some firecrackers down at the army below.
Grunts and hisses of pain could be hurt. Oh for Merlin's Sake, even the bloody ghost was helping out. He had to do something!
"I've had enough of this!" Kaguya says as she cats a spell that Hidan couldn't identify, but an array of colors washes over the room.
Everyone freezes except for him, Sasuke, Naruto, Mikoto, the animals, and the Hat. He'd never seen anything like it. Hundreds of people were stopped, right in their tracks.
"What did you do?!" Mikoto demands.
"Oh it's an ancient spell. Blood Magic, if you will. It allows the caster to immobilize anyone, who doesn't share a bond of blood or magic with you. Though I suppose it doesn't work on animals. Your pet snake is rather annoying, by the way." She cackles.
"I'm not annoying! You're the one who attacks Hatchlings!" Aoda roars in outage.
Throughout the battle, he had been picking up Predators in his jaws and tossing them aside. Hidan wasn't really sure how many had died because of his attacks and how many were injured, but the Basilisk was playing a crucial role for their side.
"I care not. Hmm. I wonder, why didn't Naruto freeze? He's not related to me. Hidan I understand. I cast Imperio on him." She mutters out loud.
"I would be less worried about that and more worried about saying your prayers! RASENGAN!" Naruto snarls as he charges at the woman.
"That's it, brat! The Rasengan is an ancient spell. One that doesn't require a wand, but it requires a lot of power and speed. You can do this! Tear that witch's head clear off of her! The world will be better off." Kurama's voice thunders throughout the room.
Kaguya narrowly avoids getting ripped to shreds by the Rasengan. Unfortunately, she knew a spell to send Naruto's attack flying back at him. It likely would have killed them, if Hidan hadn't broken free of Kaguya's Curse at that precise moment.
"Protego Maxima!" He thunders out as a shield suddenly erects itself around Naruto and protects him.
"You broke out of my curse, but how?!" Kaguya demands.
"It's very hard to shake off that spell, but it can be done. If you have enough willpower, even that distasteful spell can be broken!" Madara informs the woman with a smirk.
He had finally done it! He was free! Free at least! Now, he was going to make this bitch pay. She was going top pay for everything that she had done to him and his friends.
"So long, Kaguya! I would say that it's been nice knowing you, but that would be a lie. Sectumsempra!" Hidan snarls at her as he sends the curse flying at the woman.
It hit's the mark. Kaguya goes down and was bleeding badly. Sadly, she drank from her vile of unicorn blood again and her injuries were now healing, right before his very eyes!
"Naruto, can you do that thing again?" Sasuke whispers to his Mate.
Hidan was damn lucky to overhear it. He was pretty sure that he knew what the Uchiha meant though. The Rasengan.
"I think so. It's Kurama's influence. Why?" Naruto asks his Mate.
"If I can get the unicorn blood away from her, she'll be vulnerable. She'll be like anyone else. At least, that's what I think will happen. It's worth a shot." Sasuke whispers back.
Naruto nods and charges up a Rasengan. Though it didn't look like that was Sasuke's only trick up his sleeve. He was readying his wand for another spell. One that Hidan recognized.
"Fiendfyre!" Sasuke bellows out as great spirits of fire emerge and fly across the room.
"Damn, kid! You sure like to play with fire! You know that's supposed to be impossible to control, right?!" Hidan demands.
It didn't matter though. Naruto was already aiming another Rasengan at Kaguya. Sasuke and Mikoto were working together at the moment and trying to take advantage of the opening created by the fire and Naruto's attack.
Kaguya was too busy trying to dodge to worry about the Accios. Avoiding the fire and the Rasengan were her top priorities at the moment. It was understandable, really.
"Whatever works!" Sasuke shouts back at him.
"This is for scaring the hatchlings!" Aoda hisses out as he slams his tail over towards Kaguya.
The witch was now facing a three-pronged assault. The fire, Rasengan, and now the snake that was trying to crush her. Hidan had a feeling that Aoda would have taken off his glasses, if he wasn't worried about accidentally hitting someone else as well. This was complete and utter madness.
The vial goes flying into Mikoto's hand and she hurls it into the fire. There would be no retrieving it now. Now, they might be able to finally kill this evil witch!
"Ahhhh!" Kaguya screams as the Rasengan tears into her shoulder.
Naruto snarls at her. His eyes were now blood red and his fangs were bared. The markings on his face were now jagged and he was radiating a feral magic. This Naruto was too far gone to be reasoned with.
"She did Crucio Sasuke." Hidan whispers as he stares at the utter carnage in awe.
"Oh screw this!" Sasuke says as he whips out his wand and hurls an Entrail-Expelling Curse.
"That was bloody wicked!" Hidan cries out joyously while Mikoto looks more than a little green around the gills.
That's when Hidan notices that the Sorting Hat and Madara were up to something. He wasn't sure what at first. That was until he saw the green light emit from their wands.
"Avada Kedavra!" Madara and Fredrick bellow out as if they were one entity.
Hidan was pretty sure that between the Entrail-Expelling Curse and Rasengan, Kaguya was already dead. Though it never hurt to be sure. The spells land and perform the grisly deed that the casters intended.
Kaguya falls over and her eyes lull to the back of her head. Her body was surrounded by her blood and internal organs. It was not a pretty sight to put it mildly.
"I think it's over." Mikoto whispers as suddenly the spell that had shut the door ceases and all the combatants were able to move again.
"What the Hell happened?!" Gaara demands.
"We'll explain later! Just Sand Burial the rest of them! Madara! Can you put out my fire?!" Sasuke calls out.
Hidan snorts in amusement. Sasuke had performed quite possibly the strongest fire spell to have ever existed and he didn't know how to put it out. Talk about running before you could walk.
"You really should learn how to dispel what you cast, before you start whipping out lethal curses like this!" Madara growls as he waves his wand and slowly, but surely the fire disappears.
Gaara's sand was making short work of the remaining Predators. Without their leader, they were all panicking. By this time, their friends had all rushed inside the room and were reuniting with their loved ones.
"Sasuke, are you okay?! I won't ever forgive that bitch for what she did to you." Naruto asks as he wraps his arms protectively around his Mate.
"I'm okay. Well I'm as okay as anyone who endured a Crucio can be, anyway. It's alright. I have you. I'll be alright." Sasuke whispers as he returns his Mate's embrace.
That's when Gaara sees Hinata and rushes straight over to her. He grabs her and twirls the shy witch around happily. As much as a badass as Hidan knew that he was, there was something incredibly sweet about that.
Hmm. That was weird. The red head was now slipping something onto the Hyuga woman's hand. Wait. Was that a ring?! A DIAMOND ring?!
"No way! Gaara, did you really propose to Hinata?! That's what you said to her?!" The blonde demands.
"Well it's really not any of your business, but yes. I proposed to her. It just took me a bit of time to find a ring." Gaara says smugly.
"It is a very nice ring." Sasuke says with a smile.
Hidan couldn't help, but laugh. Oh damn. This was priceless. Gaara and Hinata were engaged.
"Wait. You're telling me that everyone's favorite homicidal bastard is marrying the Hyuga Princess?!" Suigetsu asks.
Hidan notices something strange. Hinata subtly slides her wand out and casts a spell at Suigetsu. Though it didn't take long to figure out which one she had used. The Silencing Charm.
"Don't call him that. Gaara is very nice. It's just in an unconventional way!" Hinata stammers out as she cuddles into her fiancé's chest.
"Well damn. Now, I've seen everything. Gaara is cuddling and going to get married. Oh that reminds me, I really do need to get you a ring." Naruto says to Sasuke.
"I don't need a ring. I have your Mating Mark." Sasuke replies.
Hidan chuckles. Oh boy. This was going to be hysterical. There was no way that Naruto was going to react to that well.
"Bastard, you're getting a ring and you're going to like it! It's going to be the most amazing ring ever! Believe it!" Naruto says and Sasuke groans.
"Alright. A ring might be nice, but we a lot of other important stuff to do first. We have to bury our dead and clean up…everything." Sasuke says with a sigh.
Damn it. That was going to take forever. Whatever. They had won the bloody war and that's what mattered most! Kaguya was now about as threatening as burnt toast. That and they could all live happily ever after or some dumb shit like that!