Snake Lords

"Takes place around when Naruto comes back with Jiriya. Sasuke is still with Orochimaru. So yeah, they're all around 15 or 16. A Naruto and Harry Potter Crossover. I'm not sticking to the plots of either series."

Thinking

"Yelling"

On with the story!

Chpt 9: Girls and Boys (Somewhat Violent) "sleepover" and Bad News

Shino and Hermione

"You know, it is Ok to talk sometimes."

"…"

"I'm serious you know, if I'm ever forced to share a place with you, I might think I'd gone deaf. Oh, wait. Never mind, I have to sleep next to you. I should probably get my earplugs out so that I can ignore that deafening racket you're making." Hermione pulled out a pair of earplugs and stuck them in her ears, staring at the wall."

"…"

"…"

"…"

"…!"

"…"

"… you're mocking me aren't you?" Shino finally spoke.

"Yup."

"Hey, how come you can hear me with earplugs?"

"Huh?"

"…You know… forget it. I'm going to bed." Shino got under the covers and ignored Hermione completely. After several minutes of silence, Hermione started talking to an already annoyed Shino about random things. Honestly! He couldn't understand how in the world women could talk so much!

After five minutes, he began to wonder if her vocal cords would burn out. And then, sweet silence at last!

Harry and Sakura

These two had nothing to do, so they already fell asleep a long time ago.

Ron and Temari

"Umm…"

"Don't even try talking to me. If you do, I will personally throw you from the from roof of the astronomy tower." Temari was very upset that she had to share a bed with Ron. Ron, well, he could've cared less.

"Sheesh… you're a grouch. You know that?"

"Did you not comprehend the 'no talking to me' thing I just told you?"

"Hey did you notice that I was looking at the pillow when I said that?" Ron stupidly answered back.

"Sure, you might have said the first thing to the pillow, BUT YOU JUST SAID THAT YOU WERE TALKING TO THE PILLOW TO MY FACE!"

"Oh come on! You're really just a slimy git, you know that?" At that even stupider comment, the entire dorm could here the screams of Ron, and the cracking of Temari's fists.

Kiba and Ginny

"Do you think they'll be able to unblock the tower by morning, Kiba? Ginny and Kiba were completely unfazed by having to share a bed with each other, because, well, they were pretty good friends by now.

"GUAHHHHH!"

"Well, for your brothers' sake, I hope so." Kiba and Ginny winced at the horrible screams and crunches that were coming from the bed Temari and Ron were sharing.

"Hey are you laughing at him Kiba?" Kiba was holding his mouth shut with both hands.

"N-no… of course not!"

"It's ok if you are, I think it's pretty funny myself."

"You hate your brother, don't you?"

"Yup!"

"Hmm… family love… Anyways, night Ginny."

"Night."

Gaara and Amanda

"Hey Gaara. Aren't you tired?" His muscles tightened as she spoke in his ear. He had been sitting out on the balcony for quite a long time now. His thoughts were so occupied with trying to figure out what was wrong with everyone, that he hadn't noticed her sneak up behind him.

"No. I don't sleep."

"You know, that's really creepy… Hey, is something wrong?"

"None of your business. Go back to bed." Instead of listening, Amanda just sat stubbornly right down next to him.

"I'm serious Gaara. What's wrong?"

"I said nothing. Go away." He averted his attention back to the sky. Amanda, getting very annoyed, put both hands on top of his head and jerked it away from the sky that was suddenly so interesting, and stared straight into his eyes.

"You know that problems can't be solved by staring into space. Now, spill it." She had gotten a dangerous glint in her eyes.

"Well… I'm just worried about my friends, that's all." He placed his hands on top hers and took a strong grip. "Now, if you would kindly let go of my head, I'd be very grateful." He easily lifted them off his head.

"Oww… that hurt you know." She rubbed her hands furiously.

"Ah! Now look what you did! You cut me, you should cut your nails more often." Sure enough, there was a small crimson streak smeared along the length of her hand.

He softly took her hand and looked at. "Don't worry, nothing serious." He looked up to see her face, which held an expression like O.O "What? Does it hurt that bad?"

"D-did I hurt your head when I grabbed it? Either that, or…" she snatched her hand away. "What have you done with Gaara, you fiend!" Gaara sweatdropped.

"Amanda, I'm fine. I just didn't mean to cut your hand, that's all." She put out a hand and poked his shoulder. Pretty hard too.

"Ow! What was that for?"

"Are you sure you're Gaara?"

"Go back to bed. You're starting to lose it."

"Do I have to?" As an answer to that, Gaara slung her over his shoulder and walked back inside with her pounding his back and yelling curses at him.

"Hey, nice catch Gaara!"

Gaara turned his head over to Naruto. "Two things Naruto. First, never say that ever again. Second, why do you have a black eye and tied to the bed?"

"He he! Long story put short, Hyuuga gone beserk."

"Baka. You know how he can get. Very overprotective sometimes."

"HEY! I HEARD THAT!"

"Enough for one night Neji! I really don't want to get involved with whatever Naruto did."

"Hey Gaara?" Amanda had stopped whacking Gaara on the back and yelling to be put down.

"Yes?" He said wearily.

"What does 'baka' mean?"

"It's Japenese for 'idiot'."

"If it's Japanese, why do you use it?"

"Amanda, have you forgotten that we're all from Japan? We're all Japanese!"

"Oh… OH! I get it!" Sure… you're from Japan, and I live in a shoe. As soon as we can get back into the girls' dorm, I'm gonna see if you are actually from Japan. Sigh… that is if anyone can ever get back in.

"Can you put me down now?" Gaara was still holding her over his shoulder. He gave a small smirk, and instead of putting her down, he simply let go.

THUD! "AGHHHH! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?"

"You did want to go down didn't you? Well, you're down. Like I said before, you should go to bed before you start spouting nonsense like a madman."

"Well, I should let you know that that is impossible."

"And why is it impossible?"

"Because I'm a girl. So technically, I'd be a madwoman beca-whap!" This earned her a rather hard smack on the head with a pillow. Gaara picked her up again and dropped her on the bed.

"Honestly, she is so strange sometimes. Might be because of lack of sleep. Now Naruto, tell me what happened while I was outside."

"Well…"

Naruto and Hinata/ Neji and Ten-ten (a little while ago)

"Move over Neji, you're hogging the bed."

"Hn…"

"I said move!"

"Hnn… stop it Ten-ten, I already gave you most of the bed."

"I said, move it!" Ten-ten roughly shoved Neji over. Unfortunately, she shoved a little too hard and Neji fell out of the bed with a thump.

"Much better… Neji… Neji? Yoohoo? Are you ignoring me on purpose?" She scooched over to the end of the bed and looked down. There was Neji, his Byakugan turned on and blazing in fury. "Um… Neji? What's wrong?"

"Naruto… and… Hinata are… SNUGGLING?"

"Umm, Neji? I think they just moved in their sleep because if Hinata knew they were snuggling, she would have screamed, turned beet red, and passed out by now."

"That's still no excuse." Neji said gritting his teeth.

"Neji, wait!" There was no changing him once his mind was set. He walked over, pulled Naruto off Hinata, and punched him in the eye.

"ITAI! WHAT WAS THAT FOR TEME! Oh, it's you Neji, um… h-hiya… what did I do?" Instead of answering, Neji tied him to one side of the bed with a thick rope.

"Stay… away… from… Hinata. Or I'll give you more than just a black eye!"

Normal Time

"You should've known better than that Naruto."

"You know, it's not like I have any control over what I do when I'm asleep. At least I'm not stuck sleeping on the floor."

"I'm not deaf Naruto!" After Neji had come storming back to his bed, Ten-ten had refused to move over. That left him on the floor. Ah, the luxury of having a selfish girl hog the entire bed.

Shikamaru and Ino

Shikamaru, saying it was troublesome, but having to do it anyways, decided to sleep on the floor for the night so that he wouldn't lose a major amount of blood during the night. Honestly, Ino can be so violent sometimes.

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Black… it's all black. What is this? Where am I? Agh… I'm burning! Oh please, somebody, help me!

"Wha… oh no… SAKURA!"

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They had lost Sakura this morning. Basically, it was the same symptoms as Lee, Kankurou, and Chouji. As soon as they saw what was happening, they brought her straight to Dumbledore. Her grimly poured a subduing potion down her throat and lay her down on another cot right next to the others.

"Professor Dumbledore, please tell us. What's happening?" They all wanted to know why they were dropping like flies.

"I know exactly what is happening, and it's horribly disturbing. Tsunade has sent back a reply letter confirming my suspicions. Right now, your inner energy is in disorder. Your Chakra is not used to the Magic that has only recently surfaced. Both sides are trying to dominate each other, but, instead of anything being decided, they are destroying each other. In other words, you all are being corroded, like metal, from the inside out."

"What…? Y-you mean… we're dying? Every single one of us here, i-is dying? N-no… y-you're wrong!" Temari gasped out while steadying herself against the wall.

Hinata had a look of bewilderment on her face and tears were leaking from her eyes. Gaara's eyes had developed a dull palor, making him look more threatening than ever. Ten-ten had collapsed to her knees, shaking, while Neji was just standing there, reminding one of a statue. Kiba had fallen against the wall and slid down to the floor. Ino was sputtering out meaningless words in Shikamaru's frightened face. And for once, Shinos' face held an expression of surprise and confusion, instead of his normal neutral face.

And Naruto, who everyone thought would take it the worst, screaming and yelling, was completely silent. His normally cheery face was covered in shadows and drooped towards the ground. He slowly turned around and pushed open the door. He walked down the stairs, and left. They let him go. It didn't really make a difference if he was here or not.

"Now isn't the time for moping though." Dumbledore whispered quietly. "Tsunade and I have searched long and hard for an answer to this. All we know so far, is that the ancient energy users almost never had this problem. And if they did, they had an old routine that would combine the two powers together. We don't know how they did it, but you must all spend as much of your time as possible trying to find it. I don't want any of you dying. At least, not for a very, very long time."

Dumbledore stared around at their dismal faces. "I also have more news for you all. We have released Draco, Goyle, and Crabbe." Great, now to make problems worse, there were three suspects of crime turned loose in the school. "Not one of them, has any memory of the event that happened that night. They most certainly did not, do anything to harm Amanda."

"Professor Dumbledore, not to be rude, but I know what my eyes saw. It was them." Gaara had come out of his trance and was staring daggers at Dumbledore. "My eyes do not lie."

"Trust me. It was not them Gaara. Do not even try to argue the point further. I think you should all leave for now. If you don't want to go to classes, I will understand." Everyone left almost instantaneously. Dumbledore looked over to the poor souls being destroyed by their own bodies. He wiped away a silent tear.

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Well… things are looking pretty hopeless now. To see their fate, continue on to the next chapter. Till then.