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"

Fattyaddy-99: If you don't understand the peeling skin part, it will all be explained in later chapters.

On with the story!

Chpt 13: Completed fusings, and Chakra Training

"Now for the second verse! OOOHHH...!" Instead of letting Lee continue onto his second verse, Naruto pulled a roll of duct-tape from out of nowhere and slapped it all over Lees' mouth.

"You know Naruto, we could've just done the silencio charm instead... now how are we going to get it off?" Naruto shrugged his shoulders.

"WE CAN'T LEAVE HIM LIKE THAT!" Ten-ten yelled.

"Why not?" Ten-ten came over and began to pound Naruto into the ground.

"I'LL SHOW YOU WHY NOT!" Everyone sighed. Since no one really felt like lending a helping hand, they left Naruto to his fate.

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At the moment, Lees' mouth was not the main concern, nor was Narutos' beating.

"Hey Amanda, let me see your arm." Temari came over and gently lifted her arm to eye level. The skin was a pale, white color. Almost like it was coated in a thin layer of white-out.

"Do you even know what you're doing?" Amanda asked.

"Of course I do. Every ninja gets some medical training."

"By 'some medial training', she means she knows how to open up a bandaid. Unless you train to become a medic-nin, they teach only the minimal medical skills. And when I say that, I mean the bare minimum." Shikamaru stated in a statistical tone.

Suddenly, Amanda didn't feel so great. Temari turned back with a smile.

"Don't worry. I've taken more than just the base classes. I'm just going to see if it's working correctly. First off, does it hurt when I do this?" She poked the middle of her forearm near her elbow.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"I mean does it hurt?"

"I didn't feel anything." This time, she saw Temari poke her, but she couldn't feel it.

"I still don't feel anything. Are you actually touching me?" This time, Temari just began whacking her arm over and over.

"Now, don't tell me you didn't feel anything that time." Temari said with an annoyed face.

"Nope. Nothing at all." Then, Temari got a hammer out from under her robes and lifted it high above her head.

"AAAHHHHHH!" Amanda jumped backwards just as the hammer was brought swooshing down. "ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME? AND WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND ACTUALLY CARRIES A HAMMER WITH THEM?"

Temari ignored her and advanced again with the hammer. Just as she was trying to smash her arm again, Hinata, Lee, and Shikamaru grabbed hold of her and restrained her, with some difficulty.

"Give me that!" Shikamaru snatched the hammer out of Temari's hand. Temari suddenly looked very sad.

"You took my hammer…" She had anime tears streaming down her cheeks. "…That wasn't very nice…" Shikamaru sighed.

"I'm not even going to ask why you carry a hammer around. How troublesome…" This time, Shikamaru squatted down next to Amanda and grabbed her arm. Seeing the look on her face, he gave her a reassuring glance.

The moment he touched her arm, he knew something was wrong. It didn't feel like human skin. It felt all cold and stony. He turned the hammer over to the nail-taker-outer part. (A.N: Come on, you gotta know what I'm talking about here. It's that spiky end of a hammer.) He gently tapped her arm and found that it made a dull thud.

He tapped a bit harder. It was somewhat louder than before. Then he brought it down pretty hard. A spiderweb crept outwards along her arm. He set the hammer down and brought her arm up right next to his eyes. He finally noticed that there was a thin white film coating her entire arm.

He suddenly had an idea. What if the force of the energy being fused reacted with the air around it? It was possible that the power of the fusion created a small vacuum around it, and it sucked all the nearby air, inwards. Then, the blast the fusion gave off at the end probably hardened the air, and the condensation, creating a rigid, icy coating that shielded her from most of the impact that blew her off her feet.

This icy film was actually a safety measure that was probably invented by the people who made the sealer in the first place. (A.N: He isn't called a genius for nothing.)

"Don't worry, you won't feel a thing." Amanda closed her eyes and turned away, afraid of what he was going to do. He took the spiky end of the hammer and smashed it straight into the crack he had made earlier. Instead of driving it downwards, he hit at an angle, actually snapping a huge hunk off.

Underneath, her arm was normal, if not somewhat sore. He took the hammer and used it as a lever to snap the rest off the other side of her arm.

"You can look now." Amanda turned back and expected to see something horrible, but was surprised to see her arm, good as new. She saw the fragments that littered the floor around her.

"What's this stuff?" She picked up a small shard and held it up to her eye.

"Well, it's…" Shikamaru bored them all to death with a long, dull explanation about his finding. "And that's what it is." Temari looked back at him with a pout on her face.

"So all you did, was do what I was going to do anyway? Pfft… hypocrite. Can I have my hammer back now?"

"May I ask why you carry something as troublesome as a hammer around with you?" Temari had a scary grin on her face. "You know what, never mind, don't tell me. I don't want to know." Amanda stood up and brushed herself off.

"If that's the only thing that happens, I think I can manage to do the sealing on everyone else pretty quickly."

"If you think you can manage it, go ahead. Just don't push yourself too hard. If you do it too much, the consequences could get worse." Amanda picked up her wand (A.N: It's still in its knife form.) and the sealer. This time she walked over to Chouji, who happened to be closest. By now, Ten-ten had stopped killing Naruto. She went over and placed her hands on Amandas' shoulders. She turned around with a questioning look.

"Well…" Ten-ten said. "We don't want you flying backwards like last time do we?"

"Oh yeah, right." Man, that hurt! Let me tell you, landing on other people is not the most fun thing to do. The exact same thing happened to Chouji as it did with Lee. Only this time, she was prepared for what would happen. Choujis' eyes fluttered open.

"Man, I'm starving! I feel like I haven't eaten in hours." Chouji held his growling stomach.

"Actually, it's been days." Choujis' entire body stiffened.

"DAYS! I HAVEN'T EATEN IN DAYS? I'M WASTING AWAY!" Chouji grabbed Shikamaru shirt and started shaking him. "SHIKAMARU! GET MY EMERGENCY CHIP BAG!" Shikamaru dug out a bag of sour cream and onion chips and handed it to Chouji.

"NOT THE SMALL ONE! THE BIG ONE!" Shikamaru sighed. He put the first bag away and took out one of those giant sized chip bags. Chouji snatched them away and tore open the bag. Crumbs flew everywhere as he stuffed his head in face first.

Everyone turned away to avoid getting all chipified. Shikamaru went over to break away the ice on Amandas' arm, and the procedure started all over again. In time, everyone was awake but Gaara. Amanda had purposely avoided him until last. For some reason, she was hesitant to go near him.

She did all the requirements for the sealing and waited. As usual, the black light came out, followed by the blue. What she wasn't expecting was a third. A tan light rose up next to the others. Then, both black and blue were swallowed by the third energy. And instead of the usual sphere of energy forming, a giant ball of fire erupted. The core was yellow and the tips a shimmering blue.

Oh no… this is gonna hurt way more than the other ones. Sigh… why me? When the flame connected with her arm, both Ten-ten and Amanda were sent flying backwards at approximately 90 miles per hour. Luckily, everyone else was in their way so they got the brunt of the impact.

"Ohhh… mi hed. Nis it broken?" Poor Kankurou had landed face first in the wall.

"No, but your nose is." Kankurou was bleeding profusely all over the floor.

"Agh! By dose! Id's broken! Itai! Itai! Itai!"

"Oh hold still you big baby." Sakura grabbed his head to stop it from moving. Her hand glowed green for a moment, and Kankurous' nose was as good as new.

"Thank you." Kankurou muttered. "Ah! Wait! My puppets! You all took care of them, didn't you?" Everyone sweatdropped. "YOU LEFT THEM ALL ALONE FOR MORE THAN A FEW HOURS? KARASU! I'M COMING!" He ran out the door, leaving flames behind him.

Gaara shakily stepped of the cot he was lying on. His face was covered in shadows. He took one step, but fell down. Temari rushed over and caught him before he hit the ground.

"I have to leave."

"No you don't." Temari sat him down on the cot. "You are obviously not well enough to walk around yet. It's better if you lie down and… hey… WHERE'D HE GO?" While Temari was talking, Gaara had snuck away.

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"Hey… where are you going?" Amanda had followed Gaara when he left the room.

"Away from here." He started to walk again. "Don't worry about me." He added, "I'll be fine."

"I know you didn't hurt me purposely before. And I fixed the energy imbalance, so you'll be fine… now…" He just kept walking. "Geez, you're moody today."

"What?"

"Did I say that out loud?"

"Either that, or I'm imagining things."

"You still didn't tell me where you're going." Gaara turned around.

"I hurt you. Really bad. If I stay here, I could hurt more people just as much. Maybe even kill them." His met her eyes. "That used to be all that mattered to me… killing people. I wouldn't even blink if I did. But now I've changed, and I don't kill or hurt anyone unless there's a reason.

I used to kill, because it made me feel alive. But then, a certain someone showed me there's more to life than just that. He showed me that friends, and family are so much more important. To protect them, and keep them safe. That's what it means to live. And now, I'm getting rid of the biggest threat to them, me."

"If that's what you think is important… then you're not helping them. You're just running away." Amandas' voice was cold. "You're just nothing but a coward."

"No, you don't seem to understand, you…"

"No, you're the one that doesn't understand. What will leaving do? What will turning your back on us accomplish? Nothing. It will only hurt both us, and you. Is that what you want? Because if it is… then I have nothing else to say. You can just keep on walking." On that final note, Amanda turned around and walked back into the room.

He stood there for several minutes, thinking. Then he turned back around, and kept on walking.

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That night at the training grounds

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"Wow… this place is awesome. And it's hidden in a closet? This is just like The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe!" Having been held to their promise, the ninjas had to start teaching Amanda ninjutsu.

"Well it's underground, but yeah, you get to it through a closet… in the woods… almost off of Hogwarts Grounds. God, how did Dumbledore come up with this idea anyway?" Kiba said to no one in particular. Akamaru was still in cat form sitting down near a tree.

"So… what do we do first?" She asked

"MPHFF! MFFPH MM PFT!" Lee still had duct tape covering his mouth. No one had bothered to take it off because they kind of liked the silence.

"First, you climb a tree to build up your stamina!" Naruto shouted. "Like so!" He began to walk vertically up a huge tree. "Tada!" Amandas' mouth fell open.

"Wow… how do I do that?" Sakura walked up the same tree and punched Naruto in the face.

"Baka! She doesn't even know how to use Chakra yet!" She huffily walked down the tree and stood with her hands on her hips. "First, I'll show you the basics of Chakra. Read this." She held up her scroll that shows how Chakra works, what it's used for, how to mold it, etc.

"So to mold Chakra, I have to concentrate as hard as I can, feel my 'inner power', make a hand seal, and try to bring it out?"

"Yup! At least you understood it the first time you read it, unlike Mr. Oblivious." She pointed towards Naruto. "It took him nine times. Now go ahead and try it." Amanda nodded.

She stood like that for a long time, her face screwed up in concentration. She took a deep breath and tried even harder. Nothing happened.

"Hn… this may take a while. Lets go train." Neji and Ten-ten walked off. Lee, well, it looked like he was trying to say something, just kind of started running.

"Ah… time for a nice nap then." Shikamaru lay down on the floor and fell asleep. Ino, feeling annoyed, kicked him awake and dragged him off to train as well.

"Sakura… did anything happen?" Amanda had her eyes squinched shut from trying so hard.

"Umm… no." Sakura sighed. "Well, when you do spells?" Amanda nodded, "Do you get this tingly feeling in your gut?" Amanda nodded again. "Well, think of molding Chakra as taking that feeling and expanding it through your whole body. Then, if you can get it out, you can mold it into whatever jutsu you're doing. In this case, we just want you to mold it so don't worry about the jutsu part."

Amanda took another deep breath and tried it again. She pretended she was doing a spell, and then she felt it. It was a warm, fuzzy feeling that was the core of her being. Taking Sakuras' advice, she grabbed that feeling and commanded it to extend. It did as much good as shouting at a lump of metal, to stretch like a rubber band.

She tried again and again. It just kind of sat there. It was mocking her, wasn't it? Just sitting there, doing nothing. Once more, she told it to move, but instead, she put every fiber of her will into making it extend.

It exploded. That fuzzy feeling reached to every cell in her body. In fact, it felt great! She opened her eyes, but everything looked weird. An odd blue light made everything look, well, blue! Sakura stood nearby watching with a smile on her face.

"Now that… that is astounding for a first try. I don't know anyone who generated that much Chakra on their first try. Oh, and you can stop now."

"Stop what?" Then she realized that the chakra was still swirling around her. "Ok, now that I can mold it, what do I do now?"

"Well, I think we have time to teach you one more thing." Sakura said.

"What do you mean? We just got here a few minutes ago."

"No, you've been trying to mold Chakra for the last 50 minutes."

"50 MINUTES!" Amanda yelled. "Wow… I guess it doesn't feel so long when you're actually doing it."

"I'll show you one of the first jutsu that Academy Students learn. It's very simple, and very useful. The name is 'Henge no jutsu', the transforming jutsu."

"But I'm already good at Transfiguration. I can transform myself and anything else, however I want."

"Yes, but what if you don't have a wand with you?" Ok, so she had a point. "And you can't learn advanced jutsu if you don't study the basics."

"Ok, fine." Sakura showed her the hand seal, and how to cloak Chakra over yourself so you can take on any form. After half an hour of work, she could transform her forearm into a log.

"Well, we've got to start going back to school, unless we want to be caught by Filch. We can come back all day tomorrow since tomorrow's Saturday." Sakura and Amanda went around finding everyone. Amanda pretty much fainted when one of Ten-tens' kunai whizzed right by her nose.

"Alright, everyone here?" Naruto asked. "Lazy cloud-watcher?"

"Do you have to be this troublesome?"

"Check. Fatass?"

"NOBODY CALLS ME A FATASS!" Chouji was just barely restrained by Ino and Shikamaru.

"Check. Blonde pig?"

"EXCUSE ME!" Shikamaru now had his hands full restraining both of them.

"Shino?"

"…"

"Shino?"

"…"

"Yoo hoo! Has anyone seen Shino?"

"…!"

"Hello out there! Shino!" Shino was so sick and tired of this that he sent a swarm of bugs to attack Naruto. Along with some of his new firebugs that Hagrid was nice enough to give him.

"O…ok… bug boy, check." He was burnt to a crisp from the firebugs, and beat up from the swarm of destruction bugs. "Dog-lover?"

"That was a really lame insult Naruto… really…"

"But Kiba has a cat, not a dog." Amanda said.

"Meow mew mew…"

"Hey, it's not my fault that the Hokage transformed you into a cat, baka." Then a meowing/shouting match between Kiba and Akamaru.

"Check. Hinata?"

"Here… Naruto-kun."

"What did you say? I can't hear you. Speak up!"

"Never mind."

"Anyways, check. Sakura-chan?

"I've been standing next to you the whole time, how can you not see me?" Sakura sighed. He just keeps getting stupider and stupider…

"Check. Naruto?" Everyone fell over. "Oh that's right, I'm already here. Check. Mr. Fate?

"Hn…?"

"Check. Ten-ten?" Naruto couldn't think of a nickname for her.

"Here."

"Fuzzy-eyebrows?" Complete silence. "Fuzzy-eyebrows?"

"YOSH! PRESENT!" Lee jumped out of a nearby tree. The skin near Lees' mouth was all red.

"You tore off the duct tape? Didn't that hurt?"

"HAI! OF COURSE IT DID!"

"Ok… never mind." Now that was scary. Not even duct tape can stop Lee from talking. The world is doomed! "Pink kitty pajamas?"

"Oh come on… give it a rest already."

"I've also noticed that you still wear them. Check. Ms. Wind?" Temari sighed

"Yeah yeah, I'm here. Why in the world did you give everyone really stupid names? They weren't even that funny."

"Well… I thought they were hilarious!"

"No, really… they were pretty lame."

"Really?" Naruto looked depressed because no one found his names funny. "Oh well. And Gaara… where is he? Is he even here?"

"No. He left." Everyone turned towards Amanda.

"What do you mean he left?"

"He walked off. He said that he doesn't want to hurt anyone else and that we'd be better off without him." Naruto, Temari, Kankurou, and Lees' faces sagged. Gone? No, he can't be.

"I say we'll be better off without him." Kiba shrugged. "He's really creepy."

"Kiba… just shut up for once." Naruto stared at him. His pupils slowly began to narrow. "You don't know anything." His normally blue eyes had gotten a red gleam. "So don't act like you do."

"Sheesh, you've gotten touchy. Wanna go at it? Or are you too scared?" Naruto began to tremble.

"I've said this again, and again, and again, but you don't seem to get it… don't UNDERESTIMATE ME!" Red chakra burst out from him in all directions. For a second, everyone thought they saw a red fox in the distance.

Before their very eyes, Narutos' whisker marks on his cheeks became thick and bristling. His nails became claw-like and his teeth, pointed. And his skin, it was covered with bristly hair. But the most frightening thing was the red chakra. It bubbled and twisted around his body to form the shape of a fox with a humungous tail.

Deep, maniacal laughter sounded through the trees. Every person took a step back.

"What is this? What are you doing Naruto? Is this some kind of joke?" The laughter kept getting louder and louder until it stopped. Narutos' face gave a twisted grin. Then, with no warning, he launched himself from the ground, with his hand an inch from Kibas' petrified face.

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Oh dear. That is a big cliffie! Anywho, I hop you enjoyed this chapter! A new one will be up sometime this week.

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