Snake Lords

"Takes place around when Naruto comes back with Jiraiya. 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"

Demon talking

On with the story!

Chpt 30: Pure of Spirit

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"We have to leave now!" He gasped. "Those two demons are going to destroy everything in there way! We'll be no exception!" He rolled off her, and began to pull her to her feet. "Come on!" With no hesitation, Sasuke started to pull her towards the castle.

Sakura looked up, and saw a giant metal object flying through the air, a limp body grasped in its arms. Upon closer inspection, Sakura was astonished to see Ten-ten sporting a pair of humungous pair of thin, metallic wings, Neji held tightly in a metal arm, and one of her normal ones. Her other arm lay limp at her side, flapping about in the wind.

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"Attention! ATTENTION!" Dumbledore shouted, silencing everyone that stood in the Great Hall. "Is everyone at least accounted for?"

Quickly, Dumbledore scanned the Hall, and saw that everyone that was indeed there. Some worse for the wear, except… "Where in God's name are Harry, Ron, and Hermione?"

The walls of Hogwarts Castle shook, sending several paintings scurrying out of their portraits, and knocking many of the injured to the ground. Dumbledore gritted his teeth in frustration. They had no choice, but to get to the dungeons and wait this out. They couldn't go out and look for anyone now.

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Harry, Ron, and Hermione were having problems of their own. (A.N: No, I haven't forgotten about them.) Well, they were in the forest, with a couple of skyscraper-sized demons fighting above them. Doesn't that sound great?

"HARRY!" Ron grabbed the front of Harry's shirt and started to shake him violently. "WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS? WHY ARE THEY FIGHTING? WE'RE GONNA DIE!" Ron started crying. "I don't wanna die…" He croaked out.

"Ron, shut up!" Hermione covered his mouth with her hand. "Do you really want those things to hear us?"

"B-but they're gonna step on us!" Ron said through Hermione's hand. "Squish us into the ground like bugs! I'm never gonna kill another cockroach again…"

"Ron, what do cockroaches have to do with anything?" Harry asked him.

"We're the cockroaches, and we're going to be stepped on by giant feet…" Ron squeaked. Harry sighed and rubbed his forehead.

"Now is not the time to lose it, Ron." Harry looked about for signs of anything. "All we have to do is… GET DOWN!" Harry jumped on Ron and Hermione, slamming them into the ground as fast as he could. They all screamed as the talons of the red monster landed inches from their faces. But just as fast as it had hit, it rose up into the air again as the monsters continued their rampage.

Ron was the first to get up into a sitting position, and whimpered at the giant pawprint that surrounded them. It was a miracle that kept them from becoming red smears on the ground. Ron forgot to breathe; he was so shocked, that he fell over and passed out. Hermione and Harry were shocked beyond all belief, but at least they didn't stop breathing.

"We have got to get out of here…" Hermione said, her voice trembling.

"Good plan…" Harry replied. Between the two of them, they were able to drag Ron to the edge of the forest, but by then, they were too tired to carry Ron anymore. No matter how they tried, they could only manage to lift his limbs, but his torso was a different story. "What is that?" Harry asked, pointing out towards a small black shape in the darkness. It must have been midnight, because visibility was all the way down around zero.

"I have no idea, and there's no way I'm going to go and find out." Hermione told him stiffly. "Our only priority is to get back to the castle."

"Maybe you haven't noticed, but whatever it is, it's directly in our path to the castle." Harry pointed out. Hermione cursed under her breath.

"Who knows what that is? For all we know, it could jump up and attack us as soon as we get close!" Hermione persisted.

"What will?" Ron had apparently decided breathing was a good thing, and woken up. "You mean that thing?" He pointed out in the darkness at the black shape.

"Yes, that." Hermione bit her lip slightly.

"Since Ron has decided to join the living, shall we make a run for it?" Harry asked, keeping an apprehensive eye on the far-off beasts that could possibly stray over and stomp all over them.

"On the count of three. One, two, three." Neither Ron nor Hermione moved, so Harry smacked his head. "Why are you two just standing there?"

"You said three? Well, it was just so anti-climactic that we didn't really realize that you had wanted us to go." Ron said to Harry.

"Oh, you two are hopeless. But Ron, you're just stupid. Let's just start running!" Harry and Ron were the first two to burst out of the forest, with Hermione closely at their heels. After about 15 seconds, they were almost on the black shape they had seen from the tree edge. The sky was still far too dark to see anything, but at that moment, one of Shukaku's bolts of magic had gone astray and hit right nearby, shedding a bright illumination over the land.

The three gasped as they realized they were running over blood-slick grass, and that the black shape that they were so afraid of, was a mangled corpse, a giant hole ripped from its chest, to the base of its stomach. Naruto's lifelessly gazed up at the sky, reflecting the moon's pearly whiteness in his glazed-over eyes. The deadened shine in his eyes didn't disappear after the light from the magic bolt did. It remained there, two glistening white orbs in the blackness of the night.

"W-was th-that…?" Ron stuttered, pulling out his wand and saying a shaky 'Lumos'. He shone the light down, gagging as he saw Naruto's body again. "He's d-dead… Wh-what kind of b-bastard…" Ron turned around and retched, trying futilely to not throw up the little food that he did have in his stomach.

Hermione pulled out her wand as well, and uttered the light spell. She knelt down next to Naruto's body, and quickly shut his eyes with her forefinger. Hermione placed her hand on his massacred chest, not without cringed, and looked inside the hole in his chest. It went all the way through his torso, as she could see small blades of grass sticking out.

"Wh-what could h-have…" Hermione pulled her hand back and began to shake something terrible. "It looks like he ex-exploded from the i-inside…"

"W-what is that?" Harry pointed at a small glimmering speck coming from his body.

"What are you talking a-about?" Hermione turned about, and saw that indeed, a small white glow came from his sternum. Little by little, the light grew in brightness until it was as bright as a 100 watt light bulb. Then, the light was snuffed out, drained away into nothing.

Spontaneously, the light reappeared, except this time, from every inch of Naruto's body. His eyes snapped open, the white light pouring from his eyes, beacons in the darkness. His mouth opened as well, tendrils of the light flowing out.

"It is my duty…" He rasped, his chest knitting together under the light's influence. "To prevent such evil from walking the Earth. Kyuubi, your soul is mine…"

"Harry! Harry, Naruto's a zombie!" Ron half shrieked, half whispered.

"Death shall die…" Naruto turned about and looked in the direction of the two demons engaged in combat. Ignoring the presence of the three people behind him, Naruto plunged his hands into the ground, deep under the soil, and let out an Earth-shattering yell. The surface split open, a giant ravine splitting Hogwart's grounds in half.

Trees fell over like dominoes into the ever-widening pit, uprooted from the quaking of the Earth. Naruto continued to yell, the air around him increasing dramatically in pressure. More than enough pressure to make your ear's pop.

In the distance, the two demons finally stopped fighting long enough to look over at the disturbance. As soon as they stopped, Naruto rose up on a giant column of stone and held out his hands, completely ridged and facing the night sky. (A.N: Picture when Shino unleashes his bugs from his arms, but make his hands face towards the sky. Make sense?)

WHAT? Kyuubi roared. I KILLED YOU! HOW ARE YOU STILL ALIVE? Naruto didn't answer, but instead, closed his hands into fists. The black clouds that had gathered over the horizon swirled around above him, creating a twisted cyclone above Naruto's stone pinnacle. Naruto then opened his fists, and revealed more of the shimmering white light that was shining from his mouth and eyes. Slowly, he held his hands open in front of him, letting the light shine out in Kyuubi's direction.

"Playtime's over…" The light shot out, forming a giant hand that grabbed Kyuubi's throat tightly. The clawed hand dug out hunks of Kyuubi's fur, making him look terribly ragged around the neck.

That's my jutsu you little bastard… Kyuubi hissed, swiping at the chakra hand with his claws, cutting it off himself. The wispy ends of the white light drew back and gathered back together, forming a hand once again. How are you doing that? Kyuubi's fur bristled dangerously.

"And if I don't feel like telling you?" Naruto asked, his mouth turning up in a taunting grin.

THEN I WILL RIP YOU LIMB FROM LIMB! Kyuubi shouted.

"Oh, so you weren't planning on ripping me limb from limb beforehand?" Kyuubi bellowed in frustration and lifted up his paw. He unleashed an identical arm of chakra except that it was a bloody red-hue, not white.

The two clashed, each of them lashing out at the other with their arms of chakra, neither of them seeming to be able to get an advantage over the other. This continued for several minutes, the arms shooting back and forth, until they locked grips; each of them trying with all their hearts to push the other back.

"What's the matter fox? Have you gotten soft in your days of imprisonment?" Naruto sneered.

HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS? Kyuubi howled. YOU SHOULD BE DEAD!

"It's not a question of what should have happened; it's a question of what is!" Naruto retorted, bracing his arm with his other hand. "Not everything happens the way it should have… LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAVE BROKEN LOOSE!" He yelled. "I have come back to correct that mistake! Thus, what has been done shall be undone!"

BUT HOW, DAMN YOU KIT, HOW? Kyuubi yelled back. WILL YOU NOT IMPART UPON ME SUCH SIMPLE INFORMATION?

"No, but I'll tell you this, my spirit will never be extinguished; Not until my job is finished on this Earth." Naruto told him, breaking off his white arm and rising up into the air. His clothes billowed about him while the cyclone above him increased in velocity, and the stone pillar beneath him crumbled away to dust. "You are going to see Hell Kyuubi."

Been there, done that… Kyuubi crouched down on all fours and sprinted towards him, getting ready to eliminate Naruto like a meaningless bug. It's where I come from.

"No Kyuubi." Naruto didn't even flinch as Kyuubi gained speed. "I mean a Hell on Earth." As Kyuubi leaped into the air, his jaws open to their fullest extent, Naruto brought his arms up in a cross-guard in front of his face. The light that continued to shine from his eyes and mouth exploded from his forearms, creating a shield larger than two of Kyuubi's heads put together. When Kyuubi's paw met shield, a crackling burst of energy discharged from the impact.

Kyuubi pushed down harder, and Naruto was slowly forced down from the air, to the ground, and then down on one knee. Kyuubi laughed manically, and continued to increase the pressure.

Come back from the dead will you? Kyuubi leaned in closer. Then I'll just have to make you stay down for good… His eyes glistened with delight, the delight of inflicting pain. Naruto gritted his teeth and refused to go down any farther.

"You hurt those I love…" Naruto painfully managed a crouching position, lifting his knee off the ground. "You tried to poison my mind…" By now, he had stood up fully. "You ruined my life!" Pushing back with every fiber of his will, Kyuubi could no longer tower over him as he had been able to do before. "THEY ALL HATED ME BECAUSE OF YOU! THEY HATED ME GUTS! THEY HURT ME! LIED TO ME! AND WORST OF ALL!" Naruto took a step forward, forcing Kyuubi back an inch. "THEY IGNORED ME! THE ONLY TIME THEY PAID ATTENTION TO ME, EVER! WAS WHEN MY BACK WAS TURNED! THEY ALWAYS BLAME ME FOR EVERYTHING!" By now, Naruto was all but frothing at the mouth.

"I GAVE THEM EVERYTHING I HAD, AND I DON'T GET SHIT! AND YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT ELSE?" Naruto pushed harder, making Kyuubi's arms tremble. "IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU, I WOULD HAVE A MOTHER, A FATHER, I COULD HAVE HAD A FAMILY! BUT YOU TOOK IT ALL AWAY FROM ME! YOU TOOK EVERYTHING, AND I GOT NOTHING BUT GRIEF FOR ALL THAT YOU DID! MY BEST FRIEND, THE ONLY REAL FRIEND I EVER HAD! HE BETRAYED ME! SOLD US ALL OUT TO GO TO OROCHIMARU! WHY? BECAUSE HE WAS JEALOUS OF ME! JEALOUS OF ME BEING CURSED WITH YOU AND YOUR POWER! I DIDN'T WANT IT! I DIDN'T ASK FOR IT! BUT I GOT STUCK WITH IT ANYWAY! BUT NO MATTER HOW I HATE YOU, YOU ARE MY RESPONSIBILTY, AND I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WILL NEVER BREAK FREE AGAIN! YOU WILL SUFFER FOR ALL! THAT! YOU! DID! TO! ME!" On that last note, Naruto screamed even harder as the white shield about him increased in intensity.

Kyuubi stumbled backwards, his rear legs giving way beneath him. As he fell, he saw Naruto standing there, his spiky hair swept wildly, side to side from the savage winds that whipped about. His fists were clenched at his sides, and his muscles bulged, tendons straining from joints. White spotlights shot out from his eyes and mouth, lighting up his features and giving him the appearance of some supernatural being. But most impressive of all, was the white energy that surrounded his entire body. It seemed to come out from the ground and his feet, and shoot upwards towards the sky, creating a giant tunnel of light over 30 feet in diameter.

Walking over towards the momentarily shocked Kyuubi, Naruto brought his arm up to deliver a palm strike to the demon's chest. However, Kyuubi recovered, and was able to toll away in time. Getting up to his feet, Kyuubi snarled menacingly at Naruto. But, Naruto didn't care. The two ran at each other, killer looks shooting from their eyes.

Meanwhile, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were just standing there that whole time. Watching, and trying not to get killed at the same time. They also seemed to be the only ones to notice that Shukaku had disappeared. Obviously, if they were going to escape from this mess without getting killed, now was the time to get out of there.

The three burst into a sprint, and ran helter-skelter back to Hogwarts, avoiding rocks and other flying debris on the way. They tugged on the doors to the castle, but they were locked, and refused to budge.

"OPEN UP! IT'S US!" They pounded on the door and shouted, because the fight between demon and container was getting dangerously close. "PLEASE! ANYBODY!" At last, they were answered by the doors swinging open. Dumbledore stood at the door, his wand outstretched.

"Might want to get down to the dungeons children; I'm awfully glad you're safe." The terrorized students needed no further beckoning. Dumbledore took one last look out the doors, until he shut them tightly, bolting and locking them with every spell he could think of. Things were going to get out of hand, and there wasn't too much he could do.

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I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while, but my life has been pretty shitty lately. My Grandparent's house went up in flames, my Grandma broke both of her legs, my Grandpa is suffering from some 3rd degree burns and esophagus/lung damage, and my Aunt and cousins are now living at my house for the next 6 months.

Aren't I just the luckiest person alive? (Insert sarcasm here) Well, I plan on wrapping this story up soon! (Please, don't be mad if there is another long interval between updates. My family is pretty screwy for the time being.) Till then!