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Chapter 35

" You can always let us go alone..." Harry suggested, while shrugging, although he was secretly hoping, that they'd not agree to that. After all, going all alone in the wizarding world now, that he was known as Undesirable №1 and every freaking Ministry employee who was under Voldemort's command was after him wasn't exactly the brightest idea.

" Shut up, Harry!" Sakura hissed and clenched her fists, before looking back to her master, who seemed extremely determined.

" No." she said and the rosette's whole figure tensed. " You can't go alone, Potter. Take Shikamaru and Temari. They should be enough. And all of you lot will stay here until they're back. If all of you go, you'll attract too much attention, besides..."

" Got it, Granny, you can go to your super dooper secret Kage meeting now. Pity you don't want to let me come with you, I would have enjoyed meeting my future co-workers."

" Shut it, Naruto!" the woman hissed, before turning to her elite ANBU shinobi, waving them off to go prepare their travelling technique. She then turned to the wizards and said couple of shinobi. " OFF YOU GO!"

Shikamaru snorted something, Temari muttered about her not being her boss, but fetched Hermione by the hand and dragged her after the guys. Tsunade massaged her temple, before turning to the remainings of the Konoha 13 and Kankuro.

" You should all be aware of the fact, that war's beginning, right?"

" Yes, Gaara was kind enough to inform me." Naruto nodded, before she continued.

" Oh, well, I don't want any of you coming back until second command."

That kind of surprised them. Most of them had suspected, that she'd want them to leave immediately with her.

" Ho-Hokage-sama..." Hinata stuttered. " What about the village?"

" The genins would manage just fine. Your sister's in a genin squad, isn't she? Yeah, yeah...anyway, there's no threat for the village now. The threat is in the smaller villages. And that's why all the Kages are gathering for that meeting...and I'd be late if you all interrupt me so shut up and listen! I know that the situation here is pretty much the same, but with wizards. You lot will help, essentially, if naruto doesn't go destroying stuff again."

" Hokage-sama..." Kakashi interrupted quietly. " What about the problem with Kabuto? He is ressurecting dead Akatsuki members..."

" That bastard..." All of them turned to Orochimaru, who tch-ed. " You go teach 'em so many stuff over the years and then they go with their empty headds and start all the trouble, by searching through your own secret files. I should not have trusted him that much."

" Ah, right." Tsunade nodded. " Kabuto. I remember him - skinny, nerdy, right?"

" Yeah."

" Tch. That's why Orochimaru is here. He will obtain back his powers and stop Kabuto."

She probably noticed the expression on their faces - utter disbelief and concern. Some of them bore even hate. And she smiled. With all her nerve, she SMILED!

" I hae to go now, but don't you all be so skeptic towards him. He's proven himself worthy enough to be called a Leaf Ninja again. But if he gives you any reasons to doubt his loyalty...Sasuke, I give you all rights to kill him."

" Hey, why him! He's already killed him once! I want to kill him!" Naruto complained and engaged in a little, silly fight with Sasuke. The result of it was both of them being burried down to their necks in the ground once again. Tsunade ducked beside them and after she shot them hateful glances, looked at Sakura.

" Must be hard on you with such idiots on the team...Kakashi, when it's all done here send me an owl."

" An...owl?"

" Yes, Einstein, an owl. They are faster and smarter than our eagles. Raido! Is everything ready?"

" yes, Hokage-sama!"

" Well, then...goodbye, all of you! And...don't let me down, OK?"

And with that, the four shinobi left. All glances moved on Orochimaru, who smirked.

" Two news. One is good and one is bad: the good one is, that I know how to stop Kabuto. The bad one is, that Sasuke will have to say goodbye to his perfect eyes."

Harry noticed, that Shikamaru wasn't fond of the idea being all wet. But that dragon definitely wasn't in their calculations, Stupid Griphook! Traitorous little goblin. And after all, he was dead, as well. Voldemort has killed him.

Harry sighed and sat on the edge of the lake and sighed.

" Perfect. We have one more horcrux but we can no longer destroy it."

" Cheer up, mate. We could ask the ninja to do it. Naruto managed to destroy the last one when he was covered in the orange mist, right?"

" Yes, Ronald, but last time Harry managed to open the locket to reveal the soul inside. And that's a ...that's a cup!" Hermione sighed, before burrying her nose back in her book, where she was trying to find a solution. Harry sighed again.

" I've been thinking, Hermione..." he started. " I've been thinking about the Deathly Hallows."

" Oh, no...not again!"

" No, listen...We've already got the cloak and I'm pretty sure that what's in the Snitch is the Ressurection Stone. Which only leaves the wand..."

Before he even finished, his scar started hurting like hell. Like absolute hell. And as soon as he closed his eyes he was elsewhere. he was leaning against an old man, who was laughing.

" Tell me, Gregorovitch! NOW!" he bellowed in his snake-like voice.

" You are too late, boy, too late! The Elder Wand is no longer mine...Dumbledore defeated me years ago...so you should seek in his grave, boy...there you will find it!"

Harry moved away from him and pointed out his hand with the wand towards him. All he could see was the blast of green light, before he felt a pair of hands pushing him, a choir of voices repeating his name.

He inhaled deeply, opened his eyes and met four concerned faces.

" Ok...Ok...I know where the wand is and Vol...I mean, You-Know-Who seems to know, as well. And he's heading there."

" We...We cannot let him have it, Harry!" Ron said, while Hermione nodded against her own will.

" Where would that be?" Shikamaru pressed, while Harry gulped tiredly.

" Dumledore's grave...The Wand is in Hogwarts and we should get there now!"

" YOU JUST CAME BACK!" Fleur protested. " You should rest, 'Arry!"

" I am perfectly fine, Fleur, thanks. Hermione got me glued with dittany. I'm fine, don't worry, but it's urgent!"

Bill frowned, but then again, nodded.

" I just hope you'll all be alright."

" getting sentimental, eh?" Ron teased, while Tenten smiled.

" They won't harm any of them, William, don't worry."

" First. Never call me William. Second, I didn't mean only them. I meant all of you. Take care, OK?"

Neji smirked, but although his pride was huge, he nodded. Team 10 were smiling, Team 9 were nodding, Team 7 was arguing, again...the Sunagakure shinobi were sulking.

" OK. Good. Perfect. We're going, but how can we enter?" Harry muttered, while Bill laughed.

" I reckon you have The Marauders' Map, right?"

" Yeah..."

" Well, you could use the passage from Hogsmeade. Leads right into the castle."

Orochimaru stepped forward, under Kakashi's hawk like eye.

" If we're going in Hogwarts I need to tell you all something. One of the horcruxes is hidden in there."

A lot of stuff happened at once. Shinobi gasped, Hermione fell off the chair, Ron choked on his butterbeer. And Harry smirked.

" I knew it! Let's go, then!"

Eh, not much of a chapter, but a bridge towards the next ones, which would b worth reading, I promise! :)

End of the story is coming soon, so yeah...please review!

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