Chapter 29

Harry was waiting in Dumbledore's office patiently. Okay, so not all that patiently. He wanted to just break everything in that room. He shouldn't have ever wanted Voldemort to come to Hogwarts. They got rid of Umbridge, so there wasn't any reason for Harry to want Voldemort to come.

Then, he didn't tell anyone about Shikamaru. He tried to justify it by saying he didn't want to put Sakura and Naruto under anymore stress, but that was a lie. Harry slightly hoped Shikamaru would lead Voldemort right into the school. He wanted to have that confrontation. He wanted to end it, but he wasn't even strong enough to do that.

"Dammit!" Harry picked up an instrument from Dumbledore's desk and threw it as hard as he could towards the closest wall. It shattered into many smaller pieces. "Oh, thank you, I had way too many of those anyway. Feel free to get rid of more, if you wish."

Harry turned around and saw Dumbledore smiling. Harry was sickened that he could still smile after everything that had happened. Dumbledore walked over to his chair and sat down. With the flick of his wand, another chair zoomed in front of his desk. Dumbledore said, "Please, sit. We need to have a talk."

Harry definitely did not sit down. He refused to listen to anything Dumbledore had to say. After nearly ignoring him for the vast majority of the year, he didn't want to have anything to do with him.

Dumbledore sighed and said, "Harry, I understand you are upset and confused. If you want me to explain some things, you really do need to take a seat."

"Why should I listen to anything you have to say? First, you put guards to protect me, though that didn't stay hidden for long! Then you completely disappeared, not saying anything to anybody! You have been pretty much ignoring me all year! Sirius is dead because...because of me." Harry said, his voice faltering at the end. He just wanted to crawl up in a little ball and cry.

"Harry," He started. Harry felt uncontrollable rage invade his body. "I was ignoring you because I was under the impression that distancing myself from you would stop Voldemort from latching onto you as much. The guards were there to protect you in case that didn't work, which it didn't. Though, now there's only one to protect you."

Harry's eyes widened. "Shikamaru and Sakura...didn't make it?"

Dumbledore shook his head. Guilt poured onto Harry like water. Just two more deaths because of him. Instead of feeling sad, anger was shown. He grabbed a silver instrument that had been whirring continuously and chucked it at Dumbledore. He merely dodged his head, making it look easy. Before Harry knew it, he was screaming.

"HOW COULD YOU SIT IDLY BY JUST LETTING ALL OF THIS HAPPEN? HOW COULD YOU LET EVERYONE JUST DIE LIKE THEY DID? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO BE SELFISH AND NOT HELP ME WHEN I NEEDED IT THE MOST? WHY!" Dumbledore said nothing as Harry grabbed and broke more of his instruments. He was no longer smiling, but he understood. He knew he had been acting selfishly. He knew he should have at least tried to help more. Leaving it in the hands of three teenagers to protect him was not going to work.

"Harry, I was acting selfish. I know I was. For a while, I was afraid that Voldemort was potentially possessing you. I didn't want to have to see his eyes in yours." said Dumbledore softly. Harry still didn't calm down.

After throwing yet another instrument, he yelled, "NARUTO IS ALONE BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T TRY TO HELP US! HE HAS TO GO BACK HOME AND LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT THREE OF HIS FRIENDS ARE DEAD AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT! HE SHOULDN'T DESERVE THIS! IF ONLY I HAD told him sooner..."

Harry fell into the chair, the correct emotions finally taking over. He cried, not trying to stop the tears from coming at all. "It's all my fault! I can't believe I could let them die! Sirius... Sirius just wanted to protect Ron. He just wanted to protect all of us no matter what. He shouldn't have died!"

Dumbledore smiled. "It was as much your fault as it was mine. If not more my fault. Don't blame yourself, Harry. Don't take on that burden. You are not yet wise enough nor old enough to do that. Which brings me to one last thing I need to discuss with you, the prophecy."

Harry wiped his eyes and looked at Dumbledore. He looked back, the twinkle just barely visible. Maybe the terribleness of the day got to him too. Dumbledore stood up and went over to a basin. Harry recognized it as the Pensieve he had looked into last year. Dumbledore picked it up and brought it over to his desk.

Dumbledore then brought his wand to his temple and pulled a silvery substance that looked like a lot of fine strings out of his head. He put it into the basin and swirled it around.

A figure rose from the Pensieve, draped in shawls, eyes magnified behind thick glasses. Sibyll Trelawney began talking in harsh, hoarse tones that Harry had only heard her use one before.

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not...and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives... The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies..."

Professor Trelawney sank back into the Pensieve and disappeared. No one spoke. The portraits and Fawkes didn't even make a noise. Dumbledore broke the silence by saying, "This is what Voldemort wanted in the Department of Mysteries. I do believe you have been having dreams about that all year."

Harry blinked a few times. Then, he realized that the door was to the Department of Mysteries. It made sense. Which meant, Mr. Weasley was protecting the prophecy. Harry got a confused look "So...what does it exactly mean?"

"It means that the only person with the power to finally destroy Voldemort would be born at the end of July," Dumbledore said, looking older than he had ever looked. Harry looked Dumbledore square in the eyes, "It means...me?"

"Not exactly. There was one other person born at the end of July. Neville Longbottom," he said.

"So, it might not be me?"

"There is no doubt that it is you, Harry," Dumbledore said slowly. Harry got even more confused and asked, "But, you just said Neville was born at the end of July too."

"Yes, but Voldemort chose you. He marked you as his equal. He gave you the scar that has been a blessing and a curse."

"Well, what if he chose wrong? What if he should've chose Neville?"

"Voldemort chose the boy that was most likely to be a danger to him. Also, notice he chose the half-blood like himself, not the pureblood like you would have expected. He saw himself in you which is why he attacked you that night," Dumbledore said, seeming to have lost any happiness his voice once possessed.

Harry was shattered between many different emotions. He decided to ask one last question, "So, at the end of the prophecy, it said something about..."neither can live...while the other survives". Does that mean...?"

"Yes, it means on of you will have to kill the other in the end."

They sat in silence. Harry wanted nothing more than to curl up in a little ball and sleep. But, of course, that wasn't going to happen. The door opened and Naruto walked in. Harry only glanced at him while Dumbledore drew up another chair. Harry didn't want to look at him, no matter what.

"How are you doing, Naruto? I see Madam Pomfrey healed you up," Dumbledore said, regaining the cheerful nature. Harry glanced over again and saw that all the burns were gone.

Naruto didn't saw anything. Harry stood up abruptly and said, "I'll go now. I...want to check on Ron and Hermione."

He hurried towards the door and went out. He let out a long breath he hadn't realized he had been holding. Then, he heard uncontrollable sobbing. He looked at the door and decided to stay and listen. He didn't know why he wanted to so much, but he did.

Inside Dumbledore's office, Naruto had fallen to the floor, unable to hold back his emotions any longer. Dumbledore lost his cheerfulness within seconds. He understood how hard it must've been for him only to an extent. He had not lost three of his friends in one year, one being his girlfriend.

Naruto couldn't stop his sobbing no matter how hard he tried. Soon, the tears stopped, but he was still crying. He felt dizzy and exhausted. He just wanted it all to end.

"Naruto, I know what you have experienced must be terrible. I will understand if you want to go back to Konoha early. I can have a portkey set up for later today, if you would like," said Dumbledore. Naruto didn't answer. He had yet to move from the position he fell to. After a few more minutes, he finally got up and sat in the chair again.

"I'll stay for the rest of the year."

Dumbledore was surprised, but he smiled understandingly. "Naruto, You don't have to stay and finish. I know they would probably want you to, but you don't need to. I'll let you go. You need to get home."

Naruto merely nodded. He didn't want to have to go back and explain everything to Tsunade, but he had to. It was better to get it all done now, instead of later.

Ten more minutes passed and a house elf came in. Harry had left after they stopped talking. The house elf had a tray of food that it gave to Naruto. Naruto made no movement to eat any of the food. "Until you eat something, you will not be able to leave this room."

A few more minutes passed before Naruto finally picked up a piece of toast and ate it. He felt sick to his stomach afterwards and asked Dumbledore if he could leave.

"Come back at six o'clock tonight. The portkey will be ready. You already know the password." Naruto nodded and left the office.

Dumbledore leaned back in his chair. A portrait above him said, "The kids these days have it way too hard. Especially those foreigners."


Harry was sitting in the Hospital Wing next to Ron's bed. He was still pale, but it had gotten much better since the last time he had seen him. The Hospital Wing was very busy. It seemed like the fight had injured a lot of people. Though, Slytherin students were nowhere to be seen...

"H-Harry? H-Hermione?" Harry whipped his head back to Ron's bed and saw him stirring. His chest loosened slightly. Ron was alright. Hermione started crying and hugged Ron, who was still half asleep. Harry just smiled at him.

"What happened?" he asked, Hermione pulling back from her hug to let him breathe. Harry looked away. He couldn't bear talking about it at this point. Hermione looked at Harry before looking back at Ron. "We'll tell you later, alright?"

What happened next was unexpected. Harry looked at the door to the Hospital Wing and saw Naruto walk in. Harry looked away immediately. Naruto walked right over to them. He looked at Ron and asked, "You alright?"

"Yeah. Where are Sakura and Shikamaru? I haven't seen them around," Ron asked, oblivious to how much Naruto's face fell. Hermione noticed and whispered into Ron's ear. His eyes widened. "O-oh. Sorry, mate."

Naruto nodded, feeling his chest constrict even more. He looked at Harry, who was looking anywhere else but Naruto. Naruto sighed and said,"Harry, I don't blame you for any of it. I was out of line earlier. I was just..."

Naruto straightened out and said, "I have to go."

Naruto walked out of the Hospital Wing, stopping to look back at the three of them. Hermione was smiling weakly at Ron, who looked stunned. Harry was looking at Naruto, though. Harry inclined his head the slightest bit. Naruto did the same. They understood each other.

Naruto wanted desperately to go find where they put Sakura and Shikamaru's body's, but he was dreading the moment he saw them. He'd have to bring them back with him as proof of their death and to bury them. Maybe, just maybe, all of this was a dream and he would wake up to see it never happened...

"Naruto?" Naruto looked up and saw Ginny. She was looking at him with concern. He didn't realize why until she wiped a tear away. Naruto started rubbing away the tears he hadn't even noticed falling. Softly, he said, "Sorry."

"What do you have to be sorry about? Your best friends are gone. You shouldn't be ashamed about mourning them," she said, placing a comforting hand on his back. He let out a shaky breath.

"Yeah."

A few more moments of silence ensued until a rather repulsive voice showed up behind them, saying, "Isn't this cute? Weasley can't find any other guys to take her, so she goes after the foreigners? How pathetic. I heard two of those weaklings died earlier. Good riddance."

Before Malfoy knew what was going on, a knife was at his throat and someone was behind him. Crabbe and Goyle didn't even see him coming.

"Naruto! Don't do it!" Ginny yelled, desperation in her voice. She knew this feeling. She had felt it when her father was killed. Every time anyone put down their family, she would ignore it. The second they brought her father into it, she wanted to rip their faces off. She knew it wouldn't end well if she did, though. She couldn't let Naruto do it.

Naruto was shaking, the blade of the knife cutting a shallow gash into Malfoy's neck. Naruto nearly let his hand slip, to make it look like an accident, but he pulled away. He couldn't have another death on his conscience.

Ginny closed her eyes and let out a breath she hadn't realized she was holding. She hated Malfoy with every particle of her body, but she wouldn't kill him. She especially wouldn't let Naruto kill him.

Naruto walked towards Ginny, gave her a apologetic look, and then walked past her.

Malfoy was touching his throat where a small scratch laid. He brought his hand down and saw a dot of blood on his finger. A scream came from his mouth before he ran away, Crabbe and Goyle following loyally.

Ginny felt sadness invade her senses for a moment before she continued on her way to the Hospital Wing. Seeing Harry might make the horrible feeling of sadness dissipate.


It was five. Dinner had just begun, the Great Hall quieter than usual. Everyone was still shaken about earlier. The Slytherin common room had been repaired soon after the fight stopped. There hadn't been any student casualties, but quite a few injuries, mostly among Gryffindors. The only house unscathed was Slytherin, believe it or not.

Dumbledore was seating, his usual cheerful demeanor radiating off of him as he ate. None of the teachers looked particularly happy at what had taken place. They also didn't look to happy that Dumbledore could be so happy and calm at a time like this.

Harry and Hermione were sitting, playing with their food. Neither of them really felt like eating, but they promised Ron they would. Taking an occasional bite was close enough.

Ginny had informed them of what Naruto did, or almost did. They weren't too surprised, but they were glad he didn't. They knew he could if he really, truly wanted to kill Malfoy, he would've.

"It just makes me feel so bad for him. It's wrong what he's forced to do. What they were all forced to do. It just doesn't seem right," Hermione said, jabbing her fork into a piece of chicken. Harry numbly nodded. He didn't want to think about them. It only caused guilt to well up inside him like a disease.

"Did you see Naruto's face when he came in to see us? It was emotionless. He was holding all of his emotions back. That must've been awful. Loosing so much in less than a year. And being so far away from home doesn't help," she rambled on. Harry cleared his mind, forgetting about everything that had happened that day.

"Naruto!"

Harry opened his eyes and saw Naruto standing on the other side of the table. He sat down and looked at them, eyes without emotion. He opened his mouth and said, "I'm leaving in an hour to go back home. I won't be able to finish my guarding job. Will you be alright, Harry?"

Harry looked at Naruto, a stunned expression taking over his face. He broke out of his daze to say, "Yeah, I'll be fine. Will you be alright?"

That question was lost to Naruto as he stood up to leave. He turned to them only to say, "I'll be in the common room packing."

He walked away quickly, pushing through many people. Harry and Hermione gaped at his back, disbelief holding their faces in place. Only when Ginny and Neville came by did they come out of their stupor.

"Hey, guys, you look like you saw Professor Snape in his underwear," Ginny laughed. Neville started laughing afterwards. Hermione smiled weakly while Harry only looked back at his food. His appetite was gone.

Harry abruptly stood up and muttered something about the bathroom. He took off at a jog. He didn't know why, but he needed to catch up with Naruto.

He was relieved that none of them followed him. By the time he caught up with Naruto, he was nearly at the common room. "Naruto, wait! I need to say something!"

Naruto stopped and turned around. Harry walked over to him, breathing heavily from the number of stairs he ran up. After a moment, Harry looked directly into Naruto's eyes and spilled everything he had been holding back.

"I should have told you earlier about...about what was happening to Shikamaru." Naruto winced. "It was wrong of me to not tell you. I knew we couldn't handle it on our own, but I didn't want to stress you anymore. First, everything with Sakura, then the fact that your village was being attacked while you stayed here to guard me."

"It's my fault they're gone. I feel awful. Ron does too. We both want you to know that we are more than sorry for what we have done. I want you to do whatever to me you feel you need to do to avenge them. It doesn't matter what it is, even if you have to kill me," Harry finished, his breath hitching as he said that.

Naruto held his gaze to Harry's, who was starting to get a bit uncomfortable with the staring. What happened next was the last thing Harry would have expected. Harry felt Naruto wrap his arms around him in a hug. Harry had to blink a few times to figure out it was really happening.

Awkwardly, Harry hugged back. "You know I don't blame you or Ron, right? I should've noticed something was off sooner. But, it's done now. Now, I can go back home. I'll write to you."

Harry felt relief cascade over his body like a waterfall. Soon, they let go and went to the common room. Naruto let Harry into his room to help him pack. Naruto was glad someone could help him pack up their things.

Forty-five minutes later, everything was packed into a scroll. Naruto kept all four wands in his pocket, not entirely sure why. He was forever grateful that Harry was helping him, though. He never could have done it without him.

They walked all the way to Dumbledore's office. Harry smiled and said, "I'm gonna miss my bodyguards, even though by the end, they weren't really protecting me. They had become great friends."

Naruto smiled back, though Harry could see it was forced. Naruto retaliated by saying, "Well, you can take care of yourself. You didn't really need us, did you?"

Some silence ensued before Naruto said, "I gotta go."

Harry nodded and watched as Naruto gave the password and went up the spiral staircase. Harry smiled before walking off to the Hospital Wing where Ron was no doubt groaning about his hunger.

Naruto knocked on the door and entered when a light, "Come in" was issued. Dumbledore was sitting behind his desk, a scroll of parchment in front of him.

"Ahh, just on time." He gestured to the parchment and said, "This is your portkey. It includes the payment and all the mission details. Tsunade will be pleased with the extra amount I'm giving her. Also, their bodies are sealed inside, including Sasuke's."

Naruto nearly gagged. He didn't want to know how Dumbledore got his hands on Sasuke's body, which would still be rotting at this point. Naruto took a particularly deep breath in, willing himself not to show emotion.

"I will activate the portkey. It won't be a portkey when you reach your destination," explained Dumbledore. Naruto nodded and watched as Dumbledore put his wand on the parchment, muttered something, and the parchment glowed a light blue for a moment.

Naruto walked forward and bowed to Dumbledore before grabbing hold of the portkey. For a moment, it looked like a tear trailed down Dumbledore's face, but Naruto fell into an uncontrollable spinning.

He shut his eyes, willing the nausea to subside. He suddenly felt ground beneath him. Disheveled, he stood up and looked around. He was in the Hokage's office, but it was strangely silent. He looked behind the Hokage desk and wasn't surprised to see Tsunade fast asleep, drool spilling out of her mouth.

"Baa-chan!" She jumped up at the noise, wiping the drool off her face. She looked up and a wide smile graced her face.

"Naruto! You're back!" She then stood to give Naruto a big hug. He gave her a halfhearted hug. That gave Tsunade a few questions, but she withheld.

After the brief hug, she sat back down and Naruto put the scroll of parchment on her desk. He then explained, "The payment is in there along with a bit of extra money. There is also a detailed mission statement. And..."

She glanced up at Naruto when the hesitation occurred. Narrowing her eyes, she asked, "Naruto? What happened?"

He swallowed painfully, as his mouth had gone dry. He then cleared his throat to say, "They're...they...Sakura, Sasuke, and Shikamaru...they're gone."

Tsunade got a confused look on her face. Then, she asked, "What do you mean 'gone'? Did they not want to come back?"

He shook his head wildly, pleading her to understand. When she still didn't, he took a deep breath and said, "They're dead."

Shock overtook her features. Her head fell forward. Naruto pushed his emotions further back and said, voice shaking, "Their bodies are sealed inside the scroll."

Tsunade looked up and gave Naruto another confused look, saying, "If they really are dead, then what are they doing in the hall right now?"

Naruto's eyes widened, then narrowed. "I saw them die. We buried...They can't be alive."

The door opened and Naruto heard Sasuke say, "Idiot."

Naruto refused to turn around, knowing it was all some sick joke. Dumbledore probably told Tsunade about all of this earlier. She was now making a sick joke.

"Naruto, you really are troublesome."

His breath hitched as he heard Shikamaru talk. There was absolutely no possible way for them to be talking to him right now.

"Tsunade-sama, this isn't funny. Please stop this. Just open the parchment and unseal the bodies, please," Naruto pleaded, knowing that saying Tsunade-sama would get her to cut it out. Tsunade only shook her head no.

"Naruto, please, you have to believe us. We can all explain everything if you just let us." Naruto felt tears spring to his eyes as he felt Sakura drape her arms around him in a hug. He pushed her arms away only to feel them hang on tighter. Sakura whispered into his ear, "Naruto, please believe us! We can explain everything!"

After a minute more, he finally turned around. All three of them were standing there like nothing had ever happened. Sasuke was standing emotionless. Shikamaru was half smirking. Sakura was smiling.

Naruto stood there for a minute, taking their appearances in. Then, he ran forward and enveloped all three into a hug. They were shocked, but they understood.

A few minutes later, they were all sitting in chairs in front of Tsunade's desk. Tsunade cleared her throat and began the discussion by saying, "Naruto, I'm sure this is all very hard to comprehend. First off, in this...dimension, you only left around four weeks ago. A day after you left, a group called Koyama came and attacked us. They were originally the Yutero clan, a clan that sought violence many years ago."

"That day, something strange happened..."

Tsunade looked over to the man she had killed. "He must have been sent to kill their last big obstacle. Too bad they put all of their trust in this man. He has way to much of an ego."

"Glad you noticed. Too bad he wasn't the one they sent." All three of them whipped around to see another man. He was dressed the same as the other man, but he wore a large necklace. It was completely green, with gems glistening on it. Tsunade narrowed her eyes yet again.

"I'm the strongest man in the Koyama group!" Tsunade had questions rung through her head. "Why are you calling yourselves the Koyama if you are wearing the symbol of the Yutero clan?"

His eyes narrowed. "How do you know of the Yutero clan?" Tsunade laughed. "My grandfather was the one who suggested peace with you people. When you refused, my grandfather and the First Kazekage decided to wipe you off the face of the earth."

"You know nothing of what we had to put up with! For years, my ancestors were attacked by leaf shinobi and sand shinobi! It didn't matter if it was a child or a full grown adult! YOU KILLED THEM ALL!" Tsunade was taken aback. That was not what it said in the history archives.

"That's not true. Your people started attacking us! We never attacked you!" He laughed sickeningly. "Yeah, that's what they wanted you to believe."

Without warning, he disappeared and started doing hand signs. Out of nowhere, a giant wave slammed on top of them. Tsunade was wipped around until she felt her head come in contact with the building. Her vision went fuzzy and dots started dancing in front of her. Her head burst into pain. As the water left, Kakashi and Yamato ran over to help her up. They had dodged the wave by using chakra to hold their feet to the building.

"Hokage-sama, are you alright?" Tsunade gripped her throbbing head and nodded slowly, feeling her head send out another spark of pain. She looked up to see the Yutero shinobi being attacked by another shinobi. Tsunade squinted for a moment before she realized who it was. Her eyes widened.

"How could... but..." Kakashi and Yamato followed her gaze. Their reactions were identical. There was no way that that person was there. They couldn't be there. There was no possible way for them to be there. "It can't really be... Sasuke?"

There was no mistaking it. Sharingan blazing, Sasuke was attacking the supposed strongest man in the Koyama group. However, Sasuke had already sliced the mans arm off. He screamed in pain and tried to escape. Sasuke saw to it that he didn't.

The man's screams ceased and Sasuke fell to his knees. Tsunade, Yamato, and Kakashi ran over to him. Tsunade bombarded him with questions the second she got over to him.

"What are you doing here? You are supposed to be in Hogwarts! What the hell are you doing here?" she screamed. Sasuke looked up at her, then down at his hands. He looked back up to her and said, "I don't know."

Naruto didn't understand what was going on. Sasuke was back at Konoha a day after they left? It made no sense! He voiced his confusion, which Shikamaru answered.

"Naruto, do you remember us talking about the time differences? A day in Konoha could be a month in Hogwarts, approximately," he said. Sasuke then said, "Naruto, the last thing I remember before I was back here was getting ready to kill Evelyn. Someone then must've killed me. By what they told me, they sliced my head off."

Naruto still didn't get it. It just didn't seem at all possible. "But, then, when did they get here? To me, it just happened this morning."

Shikamaru's eyes narrowed. He then said, "That's really strange. I got here a week ago and Sakura came a day later."

Confusion was all that was in their minds at that point. They all jumped when there was a knock on the door. "Come in."

The door opened to reveal Kakashi. He looked at everyone for a minute before saying, "Yo!"

"Kakashi-sensei, what are you doing here?" Naruto asked. Kakashi smiled and replied, "I heard that you just got back. I felt like saying hi to my students after not seeing one of them for four whole weeks."

Naruto smirked, knowing that whole sentence was laced with sarcasm. He didn't mind, though. It had been a long time to him. Tsunade cleared her throat, bringing Naruto's attention back to her.

"Since I have a mission report, I won't need to talk to you guys anymore. Go get rested up, Naruto. You've earned it," said Tsunade with a smile. He nodded and they left.

They decided to go get some ramen, since Naruto hadn't had any in a very long time. When they got to Ichiraku Ramen, Naruto remembered something.

"Oh, I almost forgot!" Naruto said, rummaging through his pocket and pulling out the wands. The other three all widened their eyes before smiling. Naruto handed them out and asked, "So, do you think magic still works here?"

"There's only one way to find out," Sakura said, pointing her wand at the chopsticks. "Accio!"

The chopsticks wobbled slightly before settling down. The shinobi were disappointed, but knew it was for the best. The magic was for the Wizarding world to use, not the Shinobi world.

Naruto looked down at his wand and saw that the words that were forming so long ago had come together. It said, "Murder those who killed them."

Naruto watched as the words faded away slowly. He shook his head before smelling the ramen that had been placed in front of him.

Happily, the shinobi ate their ramen, glad to be alive and together again.


Out of the shadows, Zetsu walked in front of a ornate chair. A man was sitting in the chair, their body covered by darkness. Zetsu bowed before him. The man in the chair nodded and asked, "What happened with Takeru?"

"Naruto-kun killed him when he let the Kyuubi take over, Leader-sama," White Zetsu said. The man in the chair nodded again and said, "Good, good. I was hoping it would come to that. Takeru had served his purpose. And Voldemort? Did he make what Takeru asked him to make?"

Zetsu nodded. The man in chair started to laugh. "Good. It seems the plan can finally begin."


...There it is. The final chapter of Unknown Guardians. Wow. That was a long story. My first multi-chapter story to be finished. And I gave you a long last chapter too. Wow, it's strange that it's over. If you have any last minute questions, please, don't be afraid to ask me.

I am writing another Harry Potter/Naruto crossover that is in no way related to this story. I know, it sounds like there should be some sort of sequel to this, but right now, I need to take a break from this story. One day, I might make a sequel, but for now, this is it.

Thank you all for being such avid readers and giving me all the reviews. I will be making further adjusments to the beginning of the story, since I have realized Naruto was slightly too immature. I was young and stupid back then, not to mention, I had just finished the first part of Naruto and had never read the manga.

Anyway, thank you everyone! Review one more time? Please?