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."
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"Yelling"
Iloveinuyasha44: I try not to be, I really do.
Dragon Man 180: Hee hee, they would all go squish and make a 'glitchy' sound! That's funny…
Matt and T.K.: Sorry to keep you waiting for Neji/Ten, but I only just got around to it today! I hope you like it!
The Demonic Ninjas 3: The fanclubs are made up of the Hogwarts students. Otherwise, I think they would be too scared of them to even start a fanclub!
On with the story!
Chpt 21: The Calm Before the Storm
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"O-over 2000?" Shikamaru gasped. "Oh no... they can't... they wouldn't!"
"What?" Everyone asked.
"If I thought everything out right, than...I think what they're planning...is a full-scale invasion of Hogwarts..." Nobody spoke, until Ino suddenly stopped moving. "Oh God... I'll bring her to the hospital wing." Shikamaru picked her up bridal-style, and rushed inside, leaving everyone else deep in thought.
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Ten-ten had sent her squad back to the school a while ago, and was only now just starting to go back herself. She stopped when she saw Neji leaning against a tree and mumbling to himself. She walked right up behind him, and stared at him, but he still didn't notice her.
"Uh… Neji? What are you doing?" Ten-ten said, tapping his shoulder.
"Go away…" He said, still not turning around. Ten-ten raised an eyebrow in annoyance.
"Why haven't you gone back to the school yet? It's starting to get late."
"I could ask you the same thing."
"Well, I had to gather up all the weapons left everywhere. What's your excuse?"
"It's that girl… she's a raving lunatic! She just doesn't shut up…"
"You better not be talking about me…" Ten-ten said dangerously.
"It's that Luna Lovegood," Neji turned to face Ten-ten with his Byakugan on. "Does this look like I have the Griddlebacks? Huh?"
"What in the world are Griddlebacks? Neji, are you feeling alright?" Ten-ten said, taking a step back.
"Why do you think I'm asking you? I have no idea what the Griddlebacks are! And then, she has the nerve to talk back to me! Saying I'm suffering from Wheples or some garbage like that! I swear, if this is how she is, I'm not going to survive another week with her!" Neji grabbed his face with his hands. "I'm going to go insane!" He took a step towards her. His foot got caught by a tree root, and he fell right on top of Ten-ten.
"Neji! What the hell is wrong with you?" Ten-ten shouted at him, her face turning a bright crimson as she pushed him off.
"Sorry Ten-ten…" He quickly got up, and tripped over the same tree root, once again, landing on Ten-ten. Quite unexpectedly, and very unfortunately, their faces collided and their mouths connected. (A.N: Hey, I don't call that unfortunate, I call it lucky!)
To make matters even worse, Lee walked into the clearing. He was going to tell them that it was time for dinner, but the words caught in his throat. He stared at them for a few seconds, then rubbed his eyes with his hands, and looked again. He was sure that he wasn't dreaming, well, he thought he wasn't.
"Wow…" he gasped. "Uh… I'm just gonna leave now… and then I'm going to ask someone to smack me back to my senses…" He turned around with a dazed look in his eyes, and headed back the way he came.
When Lee had left, they pulled themselves apart and just kind of stared at each other.
"Oh God… I am so sorry…" Neji muttered, turning his reddened face away. Ten-ten didn't respond as she was so shocked that she couldn't speak at the moment. "It's my fault…" Neji said, his eyes directed at the ground.
Ten-ten slowly sat up, still in somewhat of a daze. She stared at him, not knowing what to say. She raised a hand and brushed away some hair that had fallen across his face.
"D-do you think of me as more than just a friend Neji?" She whispered quietly, staring down at her knees. Neither spoke.
"You know Ten-ten, I don't really know what to think anymore…" His voice trailed off. "I really don't."
"I think so…"
"What?"
"I-I've always liked you Neji… sometimes, as more than just a friend... I've just never had the courage to tell you... 'til now." She closed her eyes and waited for the blow, those crushing words that would tear her heart to peices, but they never came. She nervously opened one eye, and saw Neji smiling at her.
"I'm glad..." He said quietly. "I'm glad you found the courage, because I would have never found it. Well, not enough to tell you that I've liked you too."
"Really?" He nodded, still all red in the face. Ten-ten grabbed his hand and squeezed it tightly. "Thank you. You don't know how much that reallymeans to me."
"Yes I do." They moved closer and embraced each other. They wouldn't let the other see it, but they were both crying silent tears of happyness.
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"She's in a very unstable condition. I'm not sure what's going to happen next. I'm sorry." Madam Promfrey placed her hand on Shikamaru's shoulder. He was sitting in a chair beside Ino's bedside, face completely expressionless. Aparently, that spell she was hit by was very dangerous and almost impossible to remove from the body. The door to her office closed, leaving Shikamaru in there alone.
For almost an hour he just sat there, an unmoving statue. After a long while, he began to talk to himself.
"I know you can't hear me Ino, but I just want you to know... that I'm here for you." He said softly. "I know we don't really get along too much, but that doesn't mean I don't like you. I shoud've been there, with you guys. Because maybe if I had been there, things might have turned out better." He looked down at her face. If he didn't know she was under effects a spell, one might say she was just asleep.
"I won't leave your side until you're well again. I promise."
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Inside Snake Lords HQ
"They got away..." Voldemort said, looking ready to murder. "Oh! We don't need to go after them, they won't get far at all!" Hesaid, doing a cheesy imitation of Orochimaru.
"Well, I thought Sasuke could handle them easily enough." Orochimaru said, looking just as annoyed.
"It's not my fault. You know I only have slight magical resistance. Getting hit with several spells at once really slowed me down bigtime." Sasuke was wrapping a bandage about his bruised arm. "What are we going to do now?"
"Hmm..." Orochimaru began to chuckle evily. "I think it's about time we executed step one; H.I.I."
"Why did you name it 'hii'? It's completely stupid..." Sasuke mumbled.
"It stands for..."
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"AH!" Amanda shook her hand. They were in Herbology gathering seeds from snapping gourds. They looked like normal pumpkins, except when they tried to bite whenever you got near. Amanda hadn't gotten her hand away fast enough and her whole hand was bleeding from deep tooth marks. Blood spattered all over the ground, leaving red stains everywhere.
"Stay still dear. I'll bandage that up for you." Prof. Sprout said, poofing a roll of bandages out of nowhere.She was so busy attending Amanda's wrist, neither noticed that the blood that had landed everywhere, was slowly soaking into the ground, leaving no trace whatsoever.
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Sorry this chapter was so short. Maybe you noticed, but I'm still kind of new at writing romance. I try my best, but it never seems to reach up to my expectations... Well! Maybe they reached up to yours! What does H.I.I. stand for? What are they planning? Stay tuned for the next chapter and see! Till then! (P.S: Next chapter will be a heck of a lot longer than this puny thing!)