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"
Dragon Man 180: Sorry bout Malfoys' reaction. If you look above at the italics, you will see that I'm not sticking to the plots. But you know what, you are completely right! I did do his reaction wrong. Well, I can't undo the past! I'll just keep in consideration what you said from now on.
Fattyaddy-99: Oh… yes indeed… it DOES begin… (laughs manically)
Asuka-SAMAN: Erm… sorry man! I have already forewarned in earlier chapters that there was definitely going to be Sasuke abuse. If you don't like it, then you might want to stop reading… I like Sasuke too! But… he was being such a (insert multiple swears here) to everyone! He hurt Sakura and Naruto so bad! Well, I'll promise you one thing only. In the summary, look at the pairings, you see SakxSas, right? So, it isn't going to be all bad, just 95 percent of it will be.
Freddled Gruntbuggly: Well… ya see, I haven't been able to find a beta reader. (hides face in shame) I'm so pathetic! I can't even find a beta reader! If you could help me find one, I will be forever indebted to you! Anyways, I'm glad you like it so far!
On with the story!
Chpt 17: Hogwarts on High Alert
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"You guys, we have a serious problem on our hands!" He gasped. "He's come back! And he's working for them! It's something huge!"
"Wait a second, define 'problem', 'he', 'them', and 'huge'." Naruto said stupidly.
"It's...!"
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"So, are you going to tell him your name, or do I have to do it for you?"
"Malfoy, listen very closely because I'm only going to say this once." The boy lifted Malfoy off his feet and into the air. "I am the third Snake Lord. Apprentice only to them." He pointed to both Orochimaru and Voldemort who were still sitting upon the raised platform. "And second to no one. My name is," He paused for a dramatic effect, showing off his two pointed, fanglike teeth as he did so, looking all the more like the snake his headband symbolized.
"Uchiha, Sasuke."
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"It's Sasuke!" Gaara gasped.
"Wha…?" Naruto said, scratching the inside of his ear with his finger. "Please say that again. I don't think I heard you right."
"You know exactly what I said." Gaara said back.
"Sorry to sound-ptoo-stupid, but who the heck is Sasuke?" Amanda said spitting out the sand in her mouth. "Isn't that some sort of muggle car company?"
"No. What you're thinking of is 'Suzuki'. Sasuke, is a much bigger problem." Shikamaru said holding his head in his hands. "How troublesome… Let me guess, he's with Orochimaru and that Voldemort guy we've heard so much about, right?" Gaara nodded, and Shikamaru paled.
"I sent my third eye into their hideout, combined with my concealment jutsu, so that they couldn't recognize what it was. But with Sasukes' Sharingan, he saw it anyways. Luckily, I think the concealment jutsu was just barely able to confuse him. And, there was a fourth person with them, but I couldn't get close enough to see him. I didn't see all that much, but," He gulped for air.
"But their hideout, it's huge! From what I saw, it looked bigger than several Great Halls put together! There's no way that it's just those guys using it, there has to be more, way more people there!"
"What do you think it means then?" Neji asked, his mouth turned down in a small frown.
"I dunno, but I'm not getting a feeling good about it." Shikamaru got up off his seat and went up to the boys dorm.
"I'm going to think a while on it." He gave them a serious look. "I'll figure out what they're planning, eventually." With that, he shut the door.
"What do you know about Sasuke, Gaara?" Sakura said from the back of the group. She hadn't made a sound since then. "Well?"
"Uh, from what I saw, he's changed. Really. His attire consists of black jeans, a black shirt with an overjacket, and a black-cloth headband with a coiled white snake in the center."
"Not that, how is he?" Her eyes lifted up. They were rock hard.
"I dunno…" Gaara mumbled. "He's really different than before. For one, he's got fangs, which is really bizarre. His voice is more, dangerous sounding, if you know what I mean. And, that's really all that I could see before he destroyed the eye."
"Sakura, you don't still…" Ino said, "Just give him up! You know he's not the same anymore… If he was given the chance, he would kill you. He'd kill all of us! Without a second thought about it!" Ino sounded a bit desperate. But Sakura just remained silent.
"Ino, just stop it." Naruto grumbled.
"But…!"
"You don't understand, you could never understand." He said with a sad look in his eyes.
"Oh come on! Not you too!" Her face was one of disbelief. "What is wrong with you two? He hurt you both the most out of all of us! And you still haven't given up on him? I can't believe you two…" She said rubbing her forehead.
"I'm going to alert Dumbledore. No one in this school is safe anymore if what you say is true. For all we know, there could be hundreds of them hiding out in the school and grounds." Ten-ten said.
"But how would they get past Dumbledores' defences?" Kankurou asked.
"And Akamaru and I would have smelled them anyways!" Kiba said back.
"You two are reallystupid aren't you? I doubt Dumbledore's defences can keep out ninjas, since they are made to keep out witches and wizards. And if there are any in the school, they can easily hide any trace of themselves with a jutsu or something." Ten-ten explained.
"You know, I still don't get it…" Amanda said scratching her head.
"Listen, I'll explain everything to you in a little bit." Gaara said. "First, alert Dumbledore Ten-ten. Neji, you go with her." The two sprung out of the portrait door and disappeared from sight. "Shino, can you start to spread your bugs around the school? We'll need them to keep watch."
"I'm already ahead of you." Shinos' arms were unfurled, and swarms of bugs were flying outthe sleeves of his robesand buzzing away.
"Eww… so that's why I always heard that buzzy sound when I'm around you." Amanda cringed.
"Lee, I'm going to need you to patrol the halls. Since you are the fastest here, you will be able to patrol the whole school, and be able to rush back with any news. Also, since you are so fast, no one will be able to see you except for a slight blur."
"YOSH! I SHALL DO MY DUTY AS IF MY SPRINGTIME OF YOUTH DEPENDED ON IT!" He saluted.
"You will also, have to keep your voice down to a bare minimum." Lee made a little zipper gesture over his mouth, and he too, rushed out the portrait hole.
"Kankurou, I need you to set up a chakra string network around the school. All the main entrances, hallways, and as many windows as you can get, must be covered. They all need to lead back here so that we can keep a close watch on who goes where, and if anyone who isn't supposed to be here is caught immediately. Temari, you go and help him."
"But! My homework! I'm only half done with it!" Gaara gave her a death glare. "Right, got it!" She rushed after Kankurou.
"Hinata, I want you both you, and Neji when he comes back, to keep watch over the grounds with your Byakugan." She nodded as veins appeared around her eyes. "Ino, and Sakura, I need you two to be on the lookout for anything in the school that looks untrustworthy. Finally, Naruto, Kiba, Chouji, and I, will keep watch over the common room, making sure that nothing and nobody can get in."
After that terribly long list of commands, Gaara was out of breath. He had just made those up on the spot.
"Ok, now, I officially have no idea what's going on. I'm going to bed." Amanda started walking away.
"Not yet you're not. I'm going to explain everything to you right now so that you can be of some help too." He dragged her out to the balcony and carried her up to the roof.
"May I ask, why did we have to up on the roof?" She asked.
"In case any of the students wake up. We don't need them eavesdropping on us."
"Oh… Well, I could've gotten up here myself you know. They've been teaching me chakra control and stuff, and I'm pretty good at it. Except for tree jumping, I'm really not good at that."
"They're teaching you what?" She sighed.
"You see, this is what happens when you run off like that! You miss out on a lot of things! Anyways, please explain what in the world is going on."
"Ok, here's the basics. Voldemort and Orochimaru, you know both of them, right?" She nodded. "Well, they have teamed up to form a rather strong force. With them, is a boy named Uchiha Sasuke. He is a missing-nin, a missing-nin is a traitor who leaves his own country,who left Konoha to join Orochimaru. He has been missing for almost three years now, and he's finally turned up. He seems to have gotten some sort of new ability, because last time we saw him, he didn't have fangs."
"What does he look like?" Amanda asked. Gaara uncorked his mini sand jug from his belt and molded a small face with the sand. "Wow… he has a weird hairdo…" She said with a raised eyebrow.
"If you see him, get as far away as possible, and tell someone. Don't even try to fight him. You stand no chance against him. Unless I'm in my possessed state, I'm not too sure whether even I, can beat him anymore. And it's not just him I'm worried about," He said with a furrowed brow.
"Like I said earlier. It is impossible for just those few people hiding out there. There has to be more of them there. I have no idea what they're trying to do, butit's clearthat it involves both wizards and shinobi." He drew a small picture in a puddle of sand that looked like a music note. "This is the sign on the forehead protectors of hidden Sound. It's also on your little metal plate thing. If you see a glimpse of this, anywhere, run and tell somebody. And don't get near anybody you don't know very well, I don't want anyone endangering themselves.
I gave everyone those tasks tonight because we need to secure the castle against any threat. Now that we know they're here, we have to be prepared for anything they might attempt. And, that's pretty much all there is to it." He finished. After several moments, Amanda broke the silence.
"Hey Gaara, remember that night?" Well of course he remembered, how could he forget? She pulled the metal plate from the pockets of her jeans. "They were after this. They must have needed it for something important, or they wouldn't have attacked me like that. Do you think," He eyes started to zone out a bit. "Do you think that you-know-whoand Orochimaru could beafter this too? There could be some sort of connection." Her voice came outnothing louder than asmall whisper."
"Don't worry about that." Gaara said back. "Nobody will be walking around alone after tonight. We won't let anything happen to anyone. I promise."
"Alright then, that works." She shivered. "Lets go back inside. It's cold out here." Without further warning, she leapt off the roof.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" He ran to the edge to see her balanced on the railing looking up confusedly.
"What?" He sighed, he thought she would end up going splat. "I already told you! The others have been showing me chakra control and a few other jutsu. Maybe later, I could show you what I know so far." She smiled and hopped off the railing into the room.
Awww... Has a certain somebody got a widdle crushy wushy on someone?
Oh shut up Shukaku... I was just worried a bit...
Oh! You do, don't you! Wait till I spread the word!
I thought you were supposed to be an evil, monster racoon who posses people? Not an idiot who loves to gossip.
But, exposing someones personal thoughts and feelings to everyone they respect, is one of the ultimate evils of the world.
...Damn you... Shukaku grinned. He loved torturing the kid like this, it was so fun to do!
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"Come in." Dumbledore said. Neji and Ten-ten burst through the door panting. "And to whom do I owe this delightful visit to?" Dumbledore said, twiddling his fingers.
"Proffesor, we have proof to believe that the school is in extreme danger! Voldemort and Orochimarus' hideout has been found!" They said at the same time.
"What?" Dumbledore said sharply.
"WHAT? YOU GUYS MEAN THAT YOU FOUND WHERE THAT BASTARD HAS BEEN HIDING OUT?" A loud, female voice shouted.
"T-Tsunade-sama! Why are you still here?" Neji exclaimed.
"WELL OF COURSE I'M STILL HERE! AFTER ALL THE STUFF THAT HAS HAPPENED HERE, WHY WOULDN'T I BE?" She bellowed. "NONE OF US HAVE LEFT YET!"
"Since their base is too close for comfort, we have divided ourselves among various tasks around the castle. Several are patroling the building, some are stationed in the Gryffindor common room, others are setting up security devices, and the last few are either setting up probes or watching the grounds." Ten-ten said.
"Thank you for your hard work and giving me this information. Tsunade!"
"Yes Albus?"
"I ask that your ninjas are to be spread and stationed around the school. George!" He barked to one of the paintings of a young man with spectacles precariously balenced upon his nose. "Alert the staff members and the ghosts. The staff is to take a headcount of the students and make sure they are all present. Furthermore, if anyone is missing, they are to be reported straight to me. The ghosts are to search each and every room for anyone or anything that shouldn't be there!"
"Y'yes sir!" he got up from the armchair that he was sitting in and dissappeared, occasionally popping up in a painting or two.
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"Temari! Are you done with your end yet?" Kankurou called from one end of a staircase.
"Almost!" She grunted as she pulled an almost invisable blue line tight around a column. "Ready when you are!" They both began to make rapid handseals when two yellow eyes glinted out from the darkness.
"Well well well, two troublemakers out at this time of night. You're both in a heap of trouble." Filch came out of the shadows, Mrs. Norris following in his footsteps.
"Please be quiet! This is somewhat complicated you know." Temari and Kankurou continued to work. Filchs' face showed a bit of shock and surprise.
"Oh, for saying that, you're both in even more trouble then before!" He walked up closer. "What is this?" He accidentally bumped into Kankurous' shoulder, causing him to mess up the seal he was about to perform. The chakra string that was supposed to flare blue, instead flashed a crimson red.
"You idiot! Now we have to start all over again!" Temari yelled. She grabbed him by his shoulder and pulled himto the floor. "Now, do us all a favor and stay put!" She glared at him. Kankurou and Temari repaired the damaged part of the chakra string, and started the hand seal sequence all over again.
"What is the meaning of this?" Professor McGonnagal said furiously. Like she wasn't even there, the two just continued their work. "If you do not answer me, I will take away 100 points from Gryffindor each!" She threatened. The chakra string they had been working on flashed a blue light, and appeared to melt away into the background. They turned around wearily.
"Listen, we are all on high alert. If you don't mind, we would like to continue our work." Kankurou said.
"Yeah, unless you want your throat to be slit in the dead of night, you might want to let us leave without penalty." Temari added.
"W-what? What kind of rubbish are you spouting out?" Filch gasped. Professor McGonnagal was speachless, after all, she wasn't used to students talking back.
"Well, if you two are going to act like fish out of water, we'll be on our way now." They turned and headed up the stairway, lining more chakra strings along the way. Professor McGonnagal was about to do something as drastic as stupifying them, except her wand seemed to dissappear from her hand.
"I'm sorry Professor, but we can't have anyone endangering the school, or the people in it. Unfortunately, that will call for drastic measures." Lee said, pearched on a railing, holding her wand in his hand. His head snapped to the right, and he seemed to dissappear from sight.
"What?" Professor Snape stood with his wand hand outstretched, except, he didn't seem to be holding anything in particular.
"That goes for everyone in this school. You being no exception Professor Snape." Lee now held two wands and sat on the stairs.
"WHAT IN BLOODY HELL IS GOING ON HERE?" Snape, McGonnagal, and Filch yelled out at once.
"Excuse me! You are all to take a headcount of the students in your house! After that has been done, please report to Professor Dumbledores' office." One of the painting said. Before they could question him, he flicked out of the painting. Lee handed back their wands.
"If you see any of us in the hallways, please do not interfere. We are all extremely busy and have our own tasks to complete. I'm sure you will understand sooner or later." He flickered out of sight again.
While all this ruckus was going on, not one of them noticed a slight flicker darting across the ceiling shadows.
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Professor McGonnagal furiously stomped around a corner leading to the Gryffindor common room. Not looking where she was going, she accidentally ran into someone.
"Oh I'm sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going!" Professor McGonnagal looked up to see a man scratching the back of his head and looking embaressed. He wore a dark blue mask over half his face, and a headband that covered his left eye. His hair was silver and itshot off to the side at an odd angle.
"And who might you be?" She grumbled.
"My name is Hatake Kakashi, I'm helping out Dumbledore with some buissness. Oh, hehe, that's mine!" He said the last part quickly as he snatched something square and yellow up from the ground and hid it behind his back.
"Well Hatake,"
"No, that's my surname. My name is Kakashi."
"Let me guess, you're Japenese too?" He nodded. "Well, I must take a headcount of my house and go to Dumbledore's office."
"I'll come with you then!" He said cheerily.
"No, that's not necessary..."
"Nonsense, It's dangerous to walk around at night! I'm coming with you anyways." She sighed in defeat. She pushed open the portrait hole and saw several students talking in hushed convesation. They stopped and looked up at attention as soon as she stepped into the room.
"Yo, how's it goin?" Kakashi greeted them.
"Why are you still here? We thought you left with Tsunade-sama." Naruto said.
"Oh, we're all still here. No one's left yet."
"What do you mean by 'we're all still here' Mr. Hatake?" Professor McGonnagal asked huffily.
"Oh I'm sure you'll meet them later." He replied. Someone jumped in through the balcony window and froze.
"Oh shit..."Amanda mumbled. "Um, I didn't just come in from the window!" She exclaimed.
"It's alright..." Professor McGonnagal muttered. "I don't even want to know."
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Snape strode briskly down the stairs. He was very aggrivated by the events that had just occurred. Something at the bottom of the flight of stairs moved in the darkness. "Halt, whoever you are!"
"I'm sorry! Is this the way to Ravenclaw house?" An obnoxiously loud voice said from behind him. Snape whipped around, only to have his arm grabbed before it could hit whoever it was in the face. "There there! Don't let your youthfullness get ahold of you!
"Excuse me?" The man who had snuck up behind him had a bowl cut, huge eyebrows, and a blinding smile.
"Do not worry about it! Now, is this the way to Ravenclaw?"
"No it is not... may I ask who you are and why you are here?" He reminded Snape of someone he knew, but the name escaped him.
"I am the green beast, Mito Gai! I am here on buissness with Dumbledore! Now, do you know where Ravenclaw is?" He pointed in Snapes' direction dramatically.
"Up the staircase, take a left.When you reach the North annex, take the next flight of stairs up and take a right. It will be right there."
"Thank you for your time sir!" He yelled. He disappeared in a puff of smoke. I'm sure tonight will just keep getting stranger and stranger... Snape thought moodily.
When the timely interruption from Gai had happened, the figure at the bottom of the staircase had melted away further into the darkness. A small glint had shone when a tiny beam of moonlight had shone down from a highup window. But by the time Gai had poofed away, there was no trace of anything, anywhere.
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Filch was walking down to Dumbledore's office when a voice was heard along with a loud thud.
"I SAID GO HELP OUT! NOT STAND AROUND LIKE YOU HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO!" A lady with blonde hair tied up in two pigtails yelled, throwing a man with long white hair down a nearby staircase. "Oh hello! You must be here to see Dumbledore! Go right on ahead while I take care of this bum." Filch stared at her apprehensively. She was very, very scary.
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"...Pansy Parkinson?" Snape called out. All the Slytherins were gathered around for rolecall.
"Here sir..." She grumbled sleepily. It was after all, only around two in the morning.
"Draco Malfoy?" No answer. "Draco?" Snape called out. Still no answer. "Has anyone seen Draco?" He questioned.
"I'm right here Professor..." Malfoys' face was half hidden in the darkness, half in the moonlight of a window. His eyes glinted with unseen intentions.
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Who dear... that was a terribly long chapter wasn't it? I hope you enjoyed itcause it was a pain to write. Well, the castle's on alert and the ninjas are bracing themselves for the storm. Can you guess how the heck Malfoy can be back in the castle? Hmm... I'll let you figure it out. And if you're too lazy to think on it, just wait for the next few chapters to come out. Till then!