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snakpack - Thanks for the correction. This is going to be a short story so I'm sorry to say that there will be no other characters appearing, although I wanted to have maybe the Akatsuki involved in it with this behind the scenes thing. Unfortunately, this will be a pure alternated ending as the title suggests. As for pairings, I might make it a ShikaTemari, but it'll probably be hints. The first chapter sort of has a hit of it. Sorry if I don't meet your expectations. :(

Silverchild of the winds - Er, basically, yeah. In my opinion, Harry doesn't really do anything worthwhile. I mean, he helps Dumbledore drink that potion and gets him back to Hogwarts, but that's about it. Other than that, he only gets his butt kicked by Snape, so the shinobi are there to make everyone's lives easier.

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Saico and EVERYONE ELSE READING THIS FIC! - I apologize if this story seems rushed and for all those holes in there. It's just that I'm trying to finish this as quickly as possible. I never really wanted to do this in the first place, but it just kept popping into my mind while I was working on Bloodlines and Demons and Arisen so I needed to get it out of my head. I also apologize for the long wait, this fic won't be very long, I think there's only about maybe three or four chapters left. I'll also be posting a sneak preview of Arisen, the HP fic I've been working on with the last chapter! Because of the long wait, the next chapter to this fic will probably be up either tomorrow or the day after. Again, sorry for any inconveniences!

A/N: The part with Dumbledore and Malfoy is the same as how J.K. Rowling wrote it, starting on pages 584, but I worded a few things differently and cut some stuff out because it was getting rather long. If you read the book, you can pretty much scroll past that part, I don't think you'll miss anything major...that is, I THINK. -chairomori

Chapter Three

"How long has the Dark Mark been up there?" Dumbledore inquired.

"Only a few minutes I think, I-" Rosmerta stopped and gasped in surprise when she felt the cold steel edge press against her neck.

"Mr. Hyuuga, what are you doing?" Dumbledore turned sternly to Neji, who had silently crept up and threatened the woman with a kunai.

"Professor Dumbledore-san, there is a strange force inside this woman. We think she may be under another's influence and may be misleading you," Shikamaru drawled.

"The Imperius Curse? Ah, yes. That would explain," Dumbledore drew his wand out and muttered something while swishing his wand around. Rosmerta suddenly collapsed. "That will have freed her from the curse. We must go tot the Astronomy tower now. I'm sure Rosmerta wouldn't mind if we borrowed her brooms."

"Brooms? What do you need them for? I thought you were in a hurry to get to the tower, not clean!" Naruto shouted.

"It's how we fly," Harry explained.

"We'll go another way," Neji bit his thumb. "Kuchiyosei no jutsu." A large, black raven suddenly appeared under them. "Torichii, please fly us to the highest point of the tower."

Harry's eyes widened. "How'd you do that? This bird id gigantic. It appeared out of nowhere!"

"It's a summoning," Shikamaru explained, "we all can summon. I can call bats, and he," he pointed at Naruto, "can summon frogs."

"Wicked, but how come his mask is a fox if he summons toads? I mean, you and Mr. Hyuuga wear masks that match your summons."

"That's...he's just more of a fox person, that's all."

Naruto suddenly remembered something. He forgot his mask in the cave! Tsunade was going to kill him. It was pretty expensive.

"I wish to talk to you four," Dumbledore said. "I want it to appear that I am alone when we arrive at the tower, so if you could stay out of sight unless the situation becomes dire and it seems that I will die...?"

"We will stay away and observe from a distance. If at one point, you are in trouble, we will help." Shikamaru agreed.

"Very well, we are here," Dumbledore stepped into the tower, and the door suddenly flew open.

"Expelliarmus!" Someone shouted.

"Stop right there!" shouted Professor McGonagall.

As they didn't look like they were going to stop, Hermione pointed her wand at the girl. "Locomotor Mortis!"

The girl, Temari, opened her fan and waved it effortlessly. The spell was blown back and hit a painting. The little people inside hurriedly rushed to the neighboring picture. "Gaara, just hurry and get Kankuro to where the trouble is, I'll explain to there two."

He nodded and lifted himself onto the sand.

"Hermione, help me stop him!" McGonagall shouted. "Impedimenta!"

Hermione waved her wand. "Wingardium Leviosa!"

But once again, Temari jumped in the way and deflected the spells with her wand. Gaara sped off to Dumbledore's office where Kankuro was. Temari closed her fan and reappeared behind Hermione and McGonagall, with her fan's sharp edge pressed behind them.

"We were hired by the old man, Dumbledore-san, to guard and protect this castle and its inhabitants," she assured.

"And how do we know you are not lying? Professor Dumbledore didn't say anything about hiring anyone."

"He gave us a letter to give to anyone we encountered. He wanted us to remain out of sight unless something happened. Here," she tossed a letter to McGonagall and pulled her fan back.

Professor McGonagall warily opened the letter and read it thoroughly twice through. "It looks genuine," she sniffed, "Very well. We must assist the others then." They hurried back up the staircase to where they last saw the Death Eaters gathering on the Marauder's Map.

Temari was partly annoyed with the old woman. 'She thinks she can boss me around like she's superior. Please, I could beat her any day.' Nevertheless, she followed her up the stairs. Meanwhile, Gaara was flying toward Kankuro, no longer bothering to hide his presence. Speed mattered now. On the way, he passes a redhead who he thought he'd already passed at least twice previously. Gaara shook his head. This castle was having strange effects on him. He couldn't wait to just finish the annoying mission and go home.

When he finally reached Dumbledore's office, he found Kankuro already engaged in battle, pathetically fumbling around with a child, who was - he was sure - the redhead that should have been at least another floor or two below him.

Kankuro grunted in annoyance. He was only using Karasu to battle the red haired kid because he looked like a student. The kid just didn't back down.

Ron shook with anger at Kankuro. He had arrived through a hidden passageway to find Lupin unconscious and the black, hooded freak shooting something from a hideous puppet at a Death Eater, according to the Marauder's Map. The stake, or whatever it was, impaled the Death Eater straight in the chest and pushed him into a wall.

"You monster! Who are you? Why'd you kill Lupin?" he pointed to the unconscious man on the ground.

"Uh, kid, I didn't kill him, and I don't think he's dead," Kankuro pointed out.

"Well, I won't let you kill him. I'll stop you right here! Petrificus Totalus!"

Kankuro saw the spark heading towards him and had enough sense to stay out of its way. "Look, kid, I didn't touch the guy. It was that man over there!" he reasoned, not wanting to harm th eold man's pupil.

"Yeah, right!" Ron shouted, angry that Kankuro had dodged hid spell. "Stupefy!"

"You don't understand, kid!" Kankuro jumped out of the way. "That old man, Dumbledore-san, sent me here!"

"Hah! And I work for You-Know-Who! Impedimenta!"

"Actually," he rolled away, "I Don't-Know-Who." 'Dang, why did this hallway have to be so narrow? I can't jump up and stop him from behind.'

"Reducto!"

Kankuro ducked as the wall next to him exploded. "Look kid, I have a letter! I'll prove it to - Oh, Gaara! Great, you're here! (He'd never thought he'd say that) Help me with this guy won't you?"

Ron turned around to see who he was talking to and was engulfed in sand. A boy with crimson hair, deeper than himself approached. Ron shuddered when he saw his eyes. 'This is it, I'm going to die.' He closed his eyes and prepared for the worse.

"What Kankuro said was true. The Professor Dumbledore hired us to guard and protect his castle," Gaara unfolded a letter and shoved it in Ron's face while releasing him from the sand. "Read."

Ron quickly skimmed the letter. "Oh, uh, heh. Sorry about the misunderstanding, mate," He grinned meekly at Kankuro. "But then, how'd he end up there? He pointed at Lupin.

"I told you! That guy," Kankuro nodded to the Death Eater, "did something to him, and he fell unconscious! Stubborn brat."

"I said sorry!" Ron went over to Lupin. "Rennervate!"

Lupin started to stir. He opened his eyes and rubbed his head. "That you Ron?"

"Yeah, what happened?"

"I was hit unawares with the Stunning Charm," Lupin got up and continued to massage his temple, "on my head."

"Ouch, that must feel terrible."

"People are attacking the school," Gaara interrupted quietly.

"What!"

"I said people are attacking the school," he repeated through gritted teeth, tired of talking so much in one day.

Lupin turned and saw the impaled Death Eater. "W-who did that?"

"Me. Now, enough chit chat, let's move," Kankuro ran past them and jumped on Gaara's sand, you coming?"

Dumbledore's wand flew away. "Well done, Draco. You managed to disarm me. Is there anyone else her? Or are you acting alone?" he asked the intruder.

Malfoy looked around the room. "There're Death Eaters here. I managed to bring them in. Right under your nose!"

"Ah. Very good. And where are they now, may I ask?"

"They're downstairs fighting with some of your guards. I came ahead. I-I have a job to do."

"Well, then, you must get on and do it my dear boy," Malfoy stared at him. Outside, Harry wondered what it was he had to do. His theory about Malfoy had been right after all. "Draco, Draco, you are not a killer."

"How do you know?" he defended. "You don't know what I'm capable of. You don't know what I've done."

"On the contrary. You almost killed Katie Bell and Ronald Weasley. You have been trying to kill me all year. Forgive me, Draco, but they have been feeble attempts...So feeble, to be honest, that I wonder whether your heart has really been into it."

It had been! And tonight..." his voice drifted as he heard a scream.

"Someone is putting up a good fight, but tell me, how did you manage to introduce Death Eaters into my schoo.?" When he did nothing, Dumbledore continued. "Are you afraid to act until they join you?"

"I'm not afraid! It's you who should be!"

"But why? I do not believe you will kill me. Killing is not as easy as the innocent believe. (Outside, on a black rave, Shikamaru and Neji prevented Naruto from shouting other wise.) But while we wait for your friends, why don't you tell me how you managed to smuggle them in?"

Malfoy took several deep breaths before starting. "I had to mend the Vanishing Cabinet that no one's used for years. There's another in Bogin and Burkes..."

Naruto was struggling against Shikamaru and Neji. "Just promise to keep quite!" he nodded and they let him go. Naruto crossed his arms and fumed. "What's he talking about? I could kill that kid right now, and I'm innocent, aren't I?" No one answered him. "Well?" more silence. "Whatever." He turned his attention to Harry, who was listening intently. Anything new?"

"Yeah, Rosmerta was being controlled, by Malfoy. And Dumbledore told Malfoy off for saying 'Mudblood.' They set off the Dark Mark to get him up there fast and, hold on, someone's...someone's dead!"

Suddenly, a loud shriek was heard

"Now, let us discuss your options, Draco, there is still time," said Dumbledore.

"My options! I'm standing here with a wand - about to kill you!"

"My dear boy, let us have no more pretense of that. If you were going to kill me, you would have done it when you first disarmed me, and wouldn't have stopped for this little chit chat of ways and means."

"I haven't got any options! I've got to do it! He'll kill me! He'll kill my whole family!" he panicked.

"I appreciate the difficulty of your situation. I never confronted you before, because I knew you would have been murdered if Lord Voldemort knew I suspected you. You are lucky your unintentional victims have survived...I can help you, Draco."

Malfoys's wand started to shake. "No you can't. No one can. He told me to do it or he'll kill me. I haven't got a choice."

"He can't kill you if you're dead. We can hide you more completely that you imagine. As for your mother, she can be hidden as well. No one would be surprised if you died. As for your father, he is safe in Azkaban. When the time comes, we'll protect him too. Draco, you are not a killer."

Malfoy didn't say anything. His wand was still trembling, but it slowly dropped a bit.

Temari banged her fists on an invisible barrier. 'Dammit! I run up all this way, only to be blocked!' Below her, a mass of people were fighting. She noticed four of them break loose from the pack and head up towards her. Temari took her fan and swung it at them. "Kamaitachi!" A blast of wind blew towards the four.

"Protego!" The wind was reflected and headed back towards Temari. She recived it full force.

'Uh. Looks like I'll have to defend for now.' she readied her fan. 'Where are Gaara and Kankuro?'

The four all shouted the same spell. "Crucio!" But she waved her fan and sent them all back. They quickly ran out of the way, nodding to each other, and raised their wands again. "Stupefy!" two shouted. A few seconds later, the other two did the same.

Temari waved the two spells away, but was left open as two more appeared and hit her straight in her chest. She screamed as her body flew backwards. Her head crashed into the invisible barrier and she fell unconscious.