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Chapter 35

Kakashi and Itachi stared at each other for several seconds before Itachi stepped back and walked away. Kakashi edged into the room to see Sasuke sitting on a comfortable bed with his eyes closed. "Sasuke, Kakashi is here for you." Itachi called softly and dark eyes blinked open before the boy looked up at his brother and smiled. Itachi smiled slightly in return and reached out to ruffle his hair. "You have to go."

"Come with us." He pleaded and Itachi knelt to be closer to his brothers' height even as Kakashi went against his instincts and turned his back to give some privacy.

"I cannot Sasuke. The Hokage needs what information I can send to keep Konoha and Naruto-kun safe."

"But it's not safe for you."

"And the front lines of a war are not safe for you and yet you fight there." Itachi hated the fact his brother was caught in war but there was nothing he could do about it. He blinked and then wrapped his arms around the lanky body that had wrapped around him.

"Be careful." Sasuke whispered before muttering in a strange language and Itachi felt dizzy before collapsing.

"Sasuke?"

"If he's awake then they'll suspect him." The teen muttered and Kakashi put a hand on his shoulder, squeezing gently before guiding him from the room.

"He'll understand when he wakes. Let's find your other brother and Naruto and get out of here." They locked Itachi in to keep him safe and then took off for the lower levels only to find Harry returning to the entrance with Naruto on his back. "Is he okay?"

"Some sort of seal, I didn't think it was smart to mess with it."

"Good idea, let's move out."

Sakura was relieved when the four appeared and uninjured as well. Once away from the base Harry apparated back to Konoha with Naruto to get the seal removed as soon as possible while the others set out on foot. Harry had barely set Naruto down on the bed before Tsunade and Jiraiya were there looking him over so Harry apparated back to the others. "Naruto?"

"He's with the Hokage and Jiraiya." He assured the girl who nodded. They weren't running full out since it was impossible to cover their tracks at such speed but they were moving very fast and didn't stop to rest until well into the night. Yes, Harry could apparate them all back to the village or even one of the various outposts but it wasn't wise to waste so much power unless necessary and if they could get away on foot then all the better.

Itachi helped dispose of the bodies, hiding his glee at the group taking such a hit and all because of his little brother. He knew why Sasuke had knocked him out and while he had felt rather ill for a few hours there were no lasting effects. And with the group decimated gathering the jinchūriki was being put on hold. It gave him more time to find a way to stop Pain which was good since he still had no idea how to do that. Though maybe he should find a way to speak with Potter since he had taught Sasuke and his brother had immobilised the entire base.

"Naruto!" Sakura called happily as she spotted the blonde waiting at the gate for them. He happily returned her greeting even as Harry and Kakashi checked him over.

"Alright?" Sasuke asked and his friend grinned.

"Thanks to you. Remind me to never piss you off. Ero-sennin got the seal off easy and I've been working on my chakra control since it messed it up a bit. It took you ages to get back!"

"Unlike you we had to run the whole way." Sakura answered.

"Alright you three, off with you, we need to speak to the Hokage and you need to clean up and rest before we get new orders."

"Yes sensei." The three teens left for their homes while Kakashi and Harry headed for the Hokage's office to report what had happened.

Naruto stared in confusion before laughing. "Thanks Haku!" He called even as a heavy mist descended on their enemies proving the teen still travelled with the demon of the Mist. Shimmering mirrors of ice were forming around the battlefield even as Zabuza's voice was heard, throwing off many of the enemy. Haku appeared before Naruto who grinned at him and Haku smiled at him in return even as he hurled a fistful of senbon into a man's' throat. "How have you been?"

"Working to overthrow the Mizukage still. You?"

"Well there was the chuunin exams, training, getting kidnapped, just the normal." Their causal chatting threw their attackers off balance a little which was the whole point.

"Less chatting more killing boys." Zabuza appeared by them briefly and the two teens grinned but nodded and went back to work. Seeing how Naruto and then Kakashi reacted to the newcomers the other Konoha-nin accepted their presence.

Harry smirked as he cornered the man trying to slip away from the battle. "Going somewhere?"

Orochimaru turned to face him and snarled. "You."

"Me. Not the luckiest of men are you?"

"I will kill you this time boy."

"You'll try." Harry snarled and then the fight was one. Orochimaru was determined to kill him once and for all, his plans had been ruined by this one man but no more. Harry meantime was determined to end the threat to his family. The fight was not as one sided as the sannin had expected thanks to the fact he couldn't use his summons, they refused to fight the man before him but would not explain why. They were closely matched and soon most of the fighting around them died down to watch the two battle.

Kakashi watched, heart in his throat, as his lover fought the treacherous sannin. There was nothing he could do, trying to help would only distract the wizard and he did not want to be run through again. It had taken a lot for Harry to save him the first time and there was no way he'd be given the space and time on a battle field. He could stop a certain glasses wearing sidekick from interfering though. He darted in and began fighting Kabuto. Orochimaru's cut off cry as Harry's sword severed his head gave Kakashi the needed distraction to shove a chidori through the younger man's chest as well. He swore when the body simply dissolved and then heard Harry swear. He turned to see him hacking away at some sort of white snake thing. But it finally died and Harry sheathed his blade. "Harry?"

"I'm fine, that was…. disturbing."

"Definitely, Kabuto got away though."

"Saw that. You hurt?"

"No." He moved to his lovers' side even as they watched the enemy, what was left of it, flee. They may have literally cut the head off the snake but that didn't mean the war was over.

TBC….