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: Hmm... good question! I'm guessing that the dementor would really affect Naruto because of his past. Unfortunately, there won't be any dementors in this story, so, we'll never really know...
ZebioLizard2: To be completely honest with you, I didn't even think ofOrochimaru doing that. But, now that you mention it, that would add an interesting twist on everything. If you don't mind, may I please borrow your idea? (Well, not your direct idea, but you just gave me a great brainstorm for one of the later chapters.) If you let me use it, I've will have a surprise up my sleeve: )
Matt and T.K.: Well I'm glad you and your brother enjoy my story!
On with the story!
Chpt 19: Captured Without a Trace, but not Without a Fight
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"Hey, I can walk you know..." Amanda grumbled.
"No, It's quite obvious you can't." He said, walking off.
"Fine. Be that way..." she huffed. In truth, she kind of liked being carried by him. She scooched up closer to him and sighed.
"What are you doing?" He said, whipping his head around. She hadn't realized that she had started to nuzzle his neck.
"Nothing!" She said, jerking her head back. He kind of glared at her and then turned back. What was she thinking! Was she going insane? She began to mentally kick herself for doing something as stupid as that.
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Throughout the day, the classes were strangely silent. Everyone in school jumped at the slightest sound or movement, afraid something was going to jump out to cause death and destruction. Of course, the students who had volunteered were only quiet because they were dead tired.
Sakura had hammered information about the new skills they would be learning into their brains. She hadn't really elaborated, but she said that they would become apprentice ninja. Everyone had questioned her about the term ninja, but all she had said was, "That's what we are, ninja. Our skills are different from spells, and much more varied. The training course you are taking, is to train you in the ninja arts so that you can help defend the school alongside us." and that was it. Riiigght...
Later around nine PM
"Hey Sakura, do you think they'll be ready in case anything happens?" Amanda and Sakura were walking side by side back to the common room.
"To be honest, no…" She sighed. "Since they have no prior knowledge, they just don't understand me! At least you seemed to pick up on everything quickly enough when I showed you how to do things like mold chakra, but," she gulped. "they just don't pick it up fast enough, except for Hermione, but that was expected.
Well, if worst comes to worst, they can always help out with spellwork…" Sakura slumped her shoulders, looking defeated.
"Well, I'm sure once they get split up into separate groups and trained separately, I'm sure they'll get better." Amanda suggested, trying to cheer Sakura up.
"We just don't have the time to get them strong enough Amanda… Why can't they learn as fast as you did?"
"You're right on all of that, except for the fact that you two are already out of time…" A disembodied voice said out of nowhere. Their heads searched frantically for whoever said that, but there was no one there. Sakura and Amanda stood back to back in their fighting stances. "It's no use… neither of you stand any chance against me…" Malfoy came from around the corner wearing all black, a cloth wrapped around his forehead with a white snake in the middle, and rather strange pointy teeth.
"What's with the new look Sakura?" Amanda whispered while whipping out her wand in a defensive position.
"Oh no…" Sakura started to tremble as she remembered what Gaara had said last night/morning.
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"…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."
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"Are you… did you… kill him?" Sakura said weakly, almost falling to the floor.
"Maybe I did… but then again, maybe I didn't." Malfoy said. Amanda watched on with confusion and fear. She remembered all too well what he had done to her, and she hated him for it. However, she was confused about the whole death thing. Had Malfoy killed someone?
Just like when the night Malfoy had attacked her, there was a small corner of his skin peeling on the side of his face. To her surprise, he lifted his hand up to his face, and ripped it off. Amanda took a sharp intake of breath, it was that guy… that guy Gaara had warned her about. Sasuke. Then, it wasn't Malfoy who had attacked her that night, it was... Sasuke.
"It's been awhile, hasn't it?" Aren't you happy to see me Sakura?" Sasuke said, his mouth turned in a mocking sneer. "Or are you mad at me for leaving you all alone?" He whispered into her ear. He had obviously gotten much faster as he hadn't been standing behind them a second ago. Sakura began to shake again.
"If you're not even going to say hello, then I'll just take what I need and leave." He was hurting her, and he was enjoying it immensely. He started to walk towards Amanda who was now edging away down the hallway, fear shining in her eyes.
"I said it the last time, and I'll say it again. Are you going to give it to me? Or do I have to beat the crap out of you until it falls out?" The exact same thing he had said the last time.
"Leave her alone…" Sakura said menacingly. She remembered how close Amanda had been to death, and she wasn't about to let it happen again... even if it meant hurting the one she loved.
"Now, is that any way to talk to an old friend?" He smiled cruelly. "She's got both of the things that we need. She has seal, and she has the blood."
"Wha-guahg!" Sasuke had charged Amanda and punched her in the stomach. She collapsed onto the floor.
"Hn..." He grunted as he slung her over his back. "Oh, that's right. I can't have you blabbing about me being here. Looks like we have our second hostage already." Sasuke said, staring down at Sakura.
He snapped his fingers and a huge snake appeared from nowhere. She had no time to react as it was so sudden and unexpected. Sakura collapsed, paralyzed by the venom flowing through her body. The last thing she saw, well, she thought she saw, was a tiny glint of regret in his cold eyes.
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Neji walked through the halls, doing his regular patrol when heTen-ten kneeling in the middle of the hallway, her fists balled up on her knees. He walked closer and realized she was shaking.
"Ten-ten?" He knealt down beside her and saw she was staring at an open window at the end of the hall. Silent tears dripped from her face to the floor as she ignored him. "Ten-ten, what's wrong?" Her mouth open and closed, but nothing came out. "What happened?"
Her hands started to bleed as she clenched them even tighter. Small sobs came out as she gasped out something incomprehensible. Then she really started to break down. She fell into Neji's arms and started to cry hysterically.
"T-they're g-gone!" She wailed between gasps. "I kn-knew what was h-happening and I-I couldn't m-make it in t-time to s-stop him!" She yelled, now shaking even worse than before, if that was even possible.
"Ten-ten, what are you talking about?" He stared down at the girl in his arms who looked as if the world was ending.
"A-Amanda and S-Sakura are gone. One of my a-alarms went off, a-and," she paused for breath. "It w-was Sasuke..." she started to cry even harder. "I let them fall r-right through my h-hands!" Neji's eyes showed shock and disbelief. He hadn't seen anything, even with Byakugan, and because of both his and Ten-ten's error, Amanda and Sakura were taken off to who knows where.
"Stop it. We both failed... but sitting here crying isn't going to help anyone." He said, his voice edged with malice. "We have to keep moving..."
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"He's late." Voldemort hissed, tapping his fingers in impatience. "Where is he?"
"If I know him well enough, I'd say he ran into something unexpected and decided to fool around a little bit." Orochimaru said patiently.
"And right you are." Sasuke walked through the door and dumped the bodies onto the floor. "I felt like seeing an old face that I haven't seen in a long while. Anyways, she was in the way of the target."
"Then why didn't you kill her? Not getting soft, are we?" Orochimaru asked.
"Why waste such a good oportunity? For one, it'll be one less person to deal with later. Two, she may have some inside information of the school that he might not be able to get." Putting an ever so slight emphasis on 'he'. "And three," He started to smile, not in a good way. "The men bore me with their lack of skill. It's so much more fun to spill blood when you actually have to work for it, don't you agree?"
"Indeed." Vodemort said, approval showing in his face. It seemed that Sasuke like to torture others just as much as he did. "Just as long as she doesn't leave this place alive, have as much fun as you like."
"My thanks..." Sasuke said, picking up the still unconcious Sakura by the collar of her shirt. "I'll try not to make too big a mess when I'm done with her."
"Hey, you'll be the one cleaning up. Not us. Also, make sure you get as much information as you can from her as possible. And if she refuses to tell you anything, you can go straight to the carnage for all we care." Orochimaru said, waving him off with one hand. Sasuke grinned. He was going to have a lot of fun tonight, but first...
Sasuke's body split in two. One half staying in the form of Sasuke, and the other half being Malfoy. Malfoy's bodyfell to the ground, looking as if he was in an uneasy slumber, while Sasuke just cracked his neck a bit.
"Man..." Sasuke groaned, rolling his shoulders a bit. "No matter how useful that jutsu is, I will never get used to it."
"Well, I tell you to use mine, but nooo..." Orochimaru said mockingly. "People would get 'suspicious' if he went missing."
"And that they would." Sasuke said, walking out the door, Sakura carried out along with him.
"Stubborn kid, ain't he?" Voldemort said good humoredly (A.N: When you think about it, 'good humoredly' for Voldemort is really creepy.)
"That he is. He's grown a lot more since when I first set eyes on him." Orochimaru made a face of fake sympothy. "You have to feel a little sorry for that girl don't you?" Voldemort nodded in agreement. "I've seen her before and she was a helpless weakling at the time. She doesn't stand a chance..."
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Sasuke securely chained Sakura to the wall. He stood back and leaned up against a nearby wall, waiting for the venom to wear off. He took a close look at her. She was so different now, so much different from the Sakura he remembered. She had filled out, and her face was more elongated and mature. Her outfit had changed, and suited her very well. All in all, she was much more attractive. Sasuke shook his head clear of such thoughts. After all, he was going to kill her in the end.
Her eyes slowly blinked open, vision still fuzzy from the effect of the venom. She ached from the cold, biting pain that dug into her wrists and ankles. A face several feet away from her quickly came into focus.
"Finally awake, are you?" Sasuke's taunting voice rang out through the chamber. Sakura tried to get up, but realized the pain in her wrists and ankles was from metal chains that bound her to the wall. "Yes yes, don't act all surprised that you're stuck there. What did you think I would do? Let you walk free? Yeah right..."
Sakura ground her teeth as she glared at him. "Now, would you like to tell me all inside information at Hogwarts, info about any of your little friends, and of course, anything you know about the ancient race called, the 'Kentosens'. Sakura turned her head to stare at the floor.
"Listen to me!" He said, wrenching her head back up to look him in the eyes. "Tell me everything you know, or I'll..."
"What, kill me? I'd like to see you try..." Sakura said back defiently.
"Yes, I will kill you..." His eyes swirled to form Sharingan. Sakura bit her lip. What should she do? "You never were useful Sakura.You were a useless piece of garbage that would always get in the way. You haven't changed a bit..." He raised his hand up in a fist and brought it smashing down on Sakura's head, but the scary thing was, she didn't seem to notice it one bit.
Useless... That word echoed through her head. Useless... Was that all she really was? No, she had trained directly under Tsunade-sama. She had gained superhuman strength, advanced medical skills, so that she would never be called that again. But where did that get her? Sasuke had captured both her and Amanda because she wasn't strong enough... she was just in the way.
"Why did I even think that you would be a challenge to me? You're that same little girl from three years ago. You don't even deserve to live. Go to hell..." Sasuke said with disgust, raising his fist again. He started to bring it down, but at that moment, something snapped. Sakura snapped the chains that held her in two, and lunged forwards, tears forming at the corners of her eyes. She smashed her glowing, green fist straight into his stomach.
"Don't. You. Ever. Call. Me. USELESS!" She screamed into his face, as she pinned him to the floor. "You know, maybe Ino was right, you are beyond saving..." She yelled bitterly. Her hands latched onto his shirt and she threw him through the wall. Dust and debris clouded the air as the explosion echoed throughout the compound.
Several men, dressed in black clothes like Sasuke, only they had purple headbands, ran out to see what the commotion was. Seeing Sakura, they charged towards her. (A.N: Oh... that's a great idea...) Quick as lightning, Sakura snapped their spines like toothpicks. She was angry and pissed; nothing could would get in her way and survive. From the cloud of smoke came a faint blue light, along with a sound resembling the chirping of a thousand birds.
"So... Maybe this will be fun after all." Sasuke's twisted face was coated in the first level of his cursed seal. "So you have gotten better over the years... and here I thought you were still just the same..." Blue lightning shot out from his Chidori. He started to laugh evily. "You never have been on the recieving side of the Chidori, have you? Well," He began to run towards her. "...there's always a first time for everything!" Sakura knew that she couldn't dodge it, nor could she block it. So there was only one other option, counter-attack.
Sakura spontaneously shot out a large amount of chakra into her arm. She hadn't quite mastered this jutsu, and it dangerously depleted her chakra, but she had no choice.
"Hi Sa-buru no jutsu..." She muttered. (A.N: Ok, I translated this as well as I could. It means: Sun saber technique. If I'm wrong, oh well...) The chakra in her arm shot out, surrounding her arm in a reddish-pink chakra that formed into the shape of a sword. It was made by compressing a huge amount of chakra into a small space, and hardening it into the shape of a sword that held the heat of the sun itself. It had never once been defeated in battle. Then again, Sakura still hadn't mastered it, and it was also said that Chidori could cut through anything. If this failed, she was a goner.
She also ran towards Sasuke, blazing arm at the ready. The two jumped up and their attacks met with a resounding clash. Both were sent flying backwards from the force of the attacks. Sasuke grabbed his bleeding forearm, as the brunt of his Chidori had been recoiled back into his own arm. So... maybe I did underestimate her too much...hehe... oh well.
Sakura tried standing up, but she had lost most of her energy from trying the Hi Sa-buru. She pulled a soldier pill from her pocket and swallowed it. She just needed strength to be able to stay awake for the next few hours. Her chest rose up and down as she reached into her pocket for her last attempt.
Sasuke came charging out of the smoke, a maniacle gleam in his eye. Yet he had forgotten one thing. Sakura was very bright, and always had more than one way out of things. The thing he had forgotten above all, was that Sakura had been attending Hogwarts for the past year and that she knew spells that could level mountains without using up any chakra at all.
"STUPIFY!" A red light shot from the end of her wand and caught Sasuke offguards. As soon as he hit the ground, Sakura shot off another spell before he could get up. "ENSTERNUM!" The ground on which he lay wrapped around him, engoulfing him in the stony floor. Just as he was about to break it apart with brute strength, Sakura cast one last spell. She stood over him, wand pointed at his face. "Petrificus Totalus!" Sasuke's mouth snapped shut and his entire body became ridgid. Sakura quietly stepped over him and walked down the hall, trying not to cry. She had to find Amanda and get out of this place, but in her weakned state, she didn't know if she could accomplish even that.
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"What?" Gaara said, a certain bite behind his voice. He had just recieved news about Amanda and Sakura being captured.
"Listen, don't you dare go off running after them. I mean it!" Temari said commandingly to him.
"Since when have you ever been the boss of me Temari?" Gaara's face had a single blue lightning bolt drawn across it. Sand began to swirl around him threateningly. "I suggest you mind your own buissness." He shoved her out of the way. "Is anyone else coming with me?"
"I'll come." Ino said, stepping up.
"We're coming too." Naruto and Hinatasaid, stepping up alongside Ino. A four-man squad, perfect.
"We'll find a way to train the students faster while you guys are gone. In fact, I already devised a way to do so." Shikamaru said. "While you're there, get as much information as possible. I'll need it to devise a strategy." Everyone nodded and quickly ran off. If those two were captured, there must have been a reason behind it. The longer they were stuck there, the more danger they would be in.
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There you have it. Chap 19. Hope you liked it because it was a pain to write. If you thought Sasuke was OOC, I know. He's supposed to be like that. There's a special reason behind it. (But if you didn't think he was OOC, then that's fine too.) Also, I think I made Ten-ten a little too OOC in the beginning. Hehe... oops, I'll try not to do that anymore. Till then!