"What are you talking about?" Ed frowned at his younger brother.

"What Barry the Chopper said wasn't true! You're a real human being!" Hinata joined them, anxiously grabbing hold of Al's arm. She looked at Ed pleadingly. "Tell him it's not true!"

"What's not true? What's going on?" Ed remained clueless. "Wait, Barry the Chopper? Didn't he get executed?"

"No! His soul was put into armour!" Al explained.

"Just like you, huh?" said Ed.

"No, not like me! Brother, you don't have to lie to me! Tell me the truth! What really happened?" Al grabbed Ed by the collar. "What am I?"

"That's a stupid question. You're Alphonse Elric! You're a kid who got his soul trapped in a suit of armour. Where have you been for the last fourteen years?" Ed teased.

"You tell me." Al's voice was cold. "Tell me the truth, Edward. What did you want to say before? You wanted to tell me something! What was it?"

"It was nothing! Just drop it!" Ed turned away. "Why are you taking Chopper's word over mine?"

"He made some good points, brother… if you really are my brother." Al's tone spoke of his hurt feelings.

"What is that supposed to mean? Why are you doubting me?" Ed yelled. "Look at all we've been through together! Think about how much we've yet to accomplish! We grew up together, and we might die together in our quest! Have you forgotten?"

"Yes. Until now, I didn't realize how much I'd forgotten. I barely remember our childhood at all. Did everything happen like you said? Or was it all a lie? A lie all of you went along with?" Al glared at everyone in the room. "Right now, there isn't one of me that doesn't feel like crying. But the tears don't come. What kind of human can't cry? Tell me!" Al grabbed Ed by the shoulders and shook him.

"How could you doubt me, Al? Why the hell would I lie to you? I love you, whether you remember or not!" Ed snapped angrily, hitting his brother.

"Of course you love me! It's the sick, twisted love a proud inventor has for his experiments!" Al hit Ed back.

"Stop it, Al! You're real! Barry is a liar!" Hinata screamed, grabbing Al around his waist and pulling him back.

"Listen to the girl. Brothers shouldn't fight." Hohenheim stepped forth and restrained Ed as well. Ed glared at his brother, panting.

"Wait… you're… father?" Al gaped at Hohenheim.

"Alphonse. You're so tall!" Hohenheim smiled warmly at his son. Just then, two figures clad in black dropped in from the window.

"Everyone's here. Good." Lust acknowledged. She had something round wrapped in black cloth tucked under her arm. Scar gasped upon seeing Lust's face. His disguise didn't fool Gluttony, who sniffed the air in the waiting room.

"The scarred man!" he growled at Scar, tackling him.

"What?" Lust raised an eyebrow.

"The scarred man is wearing the appearance of a tasty woman, but he can't fool me! You're the one that hurt my Lust!" Gluttony tackled Scar, who fended him off. Scar's sleeve ripped, showing the tattoo Luna hadn't covered.

"Scar? Father? What's going on?" Al asked.

"It's midnight. I think you should all go home," a doctor who passed by told them.

"We're waiting to see our friends," Al explained, pointing to the door of Sirius and Harry's hospital room.

"Ah, yes. Black, Sirius and Potter, Harry," the doctor read off a clipboard. "They're in critical condition. We are currently not allowing them to have any visitors. Visiting hours is over, anyways."

"Critical condition? They only got bitten a few times," said Lust.

"They were bitten by unknown animals. They were also exposed to some unidentified poisons. Mr. Potter had quite a nasty fall, and Mr. Black has become infected from the bites," the doctor sighed. "I see none of you are going to leave until you see your friends. Like I said, visitors are not allowed. However, we are certain what they were exposed to is not contagious, so family is allowed to stay overnight if they wish. Is anybody here related?"

"I'm Black's wife," said Lust. She pointed at Gluttony. "This is his brother."

"I'm Harry's aunt," fibbed Izumi.

"I'm his cousin," lied Ed. The doctor peered at them suspiciously. She finally nodded, pulling out a ring of keys from her pocket.

"They're sleeping, so try to be quiet," the doctor opened the door and ushered the four in. She turned to the rest of the group. "Please go home."

"See you tomorrow," Naruto waved at them. Ed grabbed hold of Al's arm before he left.

"What?" Al said in an unfriendly voice.

"I never lied to you. I'll explain everything soon. Please don't hate me." Ed pleaded.

"I can't remember my childhood, but I remember everything we've been through together. I could never hate you, brother," Al told Ed. "That's the way you programmed me, isn't it?"

"I'll explain everything soon! Just wait!" Ed implored. "You're my only brother! I love you, Al!"

"I love you, too, brother." Al assured Ed. Gaara watched the exchange with narrowed eyes. Ed gave Al a sad smile before the doctor kicked them out.

"Where are we going to stay?" asked Luna as they exited the hospital.

"There are lots of hotels in Central," said Al.

"The Fuhrer said he's a short kid with blonde hair wearing red," Maria Ross told Denny Brosh. They were sitting on a bench across from the hospital, waiting for Ed and Al.

"There's only one short blonde boy there," said Brosh.

"Well, I guess orange is close enough," shrugged Ross. They approached the group.

"Fullmetal Alchemist, sir!" Ross and Brosh walked in front of Naruto and saluted him.

"I didn't realize you had a sister, Ed," Brosh nodded towards Scar. "Is she younger or older?"

"Wait, me? You think I'm Fullmetal?" Naruto pointed at himself.

"Sure!" said Brosh. "Of course, I thought you'd be fuller, and, uh… more metal, but looks can deceive, right?"

"That's not Edward," Al informed Ross and Brosh.

"But if he's not, who is Fullmetal?" asked Ross.

"He's staying at the hospital," explained Luna.

"Why are you here?" asked Scar.

"The Fuhrer instructed us to guard you," said Ross. "We're going to take you to a hotel." The group consented, and followed Ross and Brosh.

"Al, I was going to tell you this earlier. The Fuhrer's Chakra is the same as Lust and the others. He really is a homunculus!" Hinata hissed to Al.

"Then he must know what's going on in Lab 5. It must be really important, or he wouldn't have made us leave. I'm going to go investigate as soon as I manage to sneak away from Ross and Brosh," decided Al.


Harry woke up. He groaned. His leg was killing him! He slowly opened his eyes.

"Harry! You're up!" Harry painfully turned his head to the side. Ed and Izumi were sitting beside his bed.

"What time is it? How long have I been here?" Harry remembered all the things that had happened before he was put into the hospital.

"It's 3:30 in the morning," Ed told him. "You've been out cold for a pretty long time."

"No kidding. Sirius told you that we went to Lab 5, right?" Harry sat up, rubbing his sore neck. Across the room, Sirius was also sitting up. Lust was at his bedside, peeling him an apple with her nails. Harry's godfather was quite bruised up, and his bites had swollen to a bright purple hue.

"What are we going to do now?" asked Ed.

"I really want to destroy the last two horcruxes," said Harry.

"One of them Pride," Lust reminded him. "He's Dante's absolute joy… a homunculi that can age. He also happens to be the Fuhrer. This one won't be as easy as the others."

"The other one's the snake. It's probably sitting loyally at Voldemort's side right now," said Harry. "I say we go for the Fuhrer first."

"Harry Potter… the Chosen One…"

"What? Who said that?" Harry looked around the room.

"Said what?" asked Sirius.

"I want to kill you right now… but master forbids me to…" the voice became louder.

"Cut it out! It's creepy!" Harry snapped.

"What are you talking about?" Izumi raised her eyebrows.

"I want to rip you apart… feast on your flesh… pick your bones dry…kill… kill…" It was so loud, Harry was mystified as to why the others couldn't hear it. Then, he remembered the ability he had that others didn't. But there was no way another speaker of Parseltongue could be anywhere nearby… right?

Edward suddenly stomped his foot. He changed his automail into the lance, and stabbed something under Harry's bed.

"There's a huge snake curled up under Harry's bed!" Ed announced.

Both Lust and Gluttony left their posts to see.

"Ugh. Disgusting," Lust shuddered.

"Can I eat it?" inquired Gluttony.

"There's a big hole in the floor. It must've gotten in through that!" speculated Izumi.

"Die!" Ed cried, stabbing the snake multiple times. Finally, its head was severed. Its body kept on moving, but that was short-lived, as Ed snapped its spine. There was a whooshing sound. A purple glow escaped from the snake. With a poof, it evaporated above them all.

"That's Voldemort's snake!" Harry recognized when Ed picked up the head for him to see.

"Oh. Right. Nagini. She and Gluttony didn't get along," recalled Lust. Gluttony was happily devouring her remains. "She's another horcrux. Now there's only Pride left."

"What are we waiting for, then? Let's go!" Harry hopped out of bed. He howled in pain, suddenly remembering that he was quite unable to hop right that moment.

"You guys should quiet down, or the doctor's going to think you're torturing Harry," someone said from the open window. Everyone turned to see Luna, Gaara and Naruto sneaking in through it.

"What are you doing here?" asked Sirius.

"It turns out our guards were pretty crummy. We were all able to sneak away," Naruto snickered.

"They'll realize eventually," Lust assured them.

"Wait, all of you? Where's Al?" asked Ed.

"Oh, Al and the others went to check out Lab 5. We thought we'd come visit you," said Luna.

"Does the Fuhrer know what's going on in Lab 5?" Ed asked Lust.

"We all do," replied Lust. "He probably has a nice trap set up for us in there."

"Damn it! I'm going to go help my brother!" Ed yelled. "I'll see you all later." He grabbed his coat and ran out the door.

"Edward! I'd better keep an eye on him," said Izumi, exiting as well.

"I want to go, too!" Harry tried to get up again, yielding no results.

"Wait. Let me see your wounds." Luna quickly fixed up Harry and Sirius' injuries, and they all prepared to leave.

"We should separate into two groups. Sirius, Gluttony and I will pick up where we left off earlier. The rest of you help Harry kill the Fuhrer." Lust tossed the round object she was carrying to Harry. "You'll need this."

"What is it?" asked Harry. He unwrapped the black cloth, revealing a human skull.

"Gluttony and I went down to the Fuhrer's mansion. It was amazingly easy to convince his young son to reveal his greatest treasure," Lust pulled out a small bottle of Veritaserum. "That's a part of the human Pride was created from. Homunculi are not real humans, but an imitation of the truth. Therefore, we are weakened if we are confronted with any part of our original. That skull will help you defeat him." There was sadness in Lust's words that admitted how badly she wanted to rid herself of those characteristics.

"You've kept your end of the bargain. I promise I'll keep mine," Harry pledged. "We'll make you human."

"Why do you want to become human so badly?" asked Gaara. "Right now, you are the closest thing to immortality. You are stronger than a hundred humans, and you can't die!"

"That's not true. Everything dies eventually…" Lust sighed. "I don't know what happens to soulless creatures when they die… I don't know what will happen to me if I died right now… where will I go? Will I just fade away, only leaving the destruction I caused as proof of my existence? Perhaps if I had a soul, I could be sure."


"Be really careful. Pride definitely beefed up security since we were last here," Sirius cautioned Harry.

"We'll take a left, and you go right," Harry decided when they came to a fork.

"There are traps. Watch your step," Lust warned the group. "We'll meet back outside!"

Harry & crew waved at them, and they parted. They walked for several minutes without any major mishaps.

"Do you think he's going to come?" asked Luna.

"He has to! I'm so close to fulfilling my destiny!" replied Harry. He stomped forward. The step he walked on suddenly sunk. An ominous creak sounded.

"AAAAHHHHHH!" everyone (except for Gaara) screamed in an undignified fashion as large axes swung down on them. They all ducked, Naruto nearly getting chopped in half in the process.

"That was a close one!" Naruto yelped, leaning against the wall. The brick sunk. "Oh no…" Naruto's face turned blue.

"What?" asked Harry. The wall flipped over, sending Naruto to the other side. The wall across from it flipped as well. Walls of spikes replaced them. Harry, Luna and Gaara ducked/ magicked the spikes away/ covered himself with a shield of sand to avoid getting impaled. They didn't have time to try and save Naruto. The skull rolled away from Harry. It would've been broken if Luna didn't retrieve it as it rolled by her.

"What do we do now!" Luna demanded when she stepped on another brick that triggered another trap, this time involving blades that shot at them.

"Run!" Harry yelled, and they did exactly that. After a few more traps (including the huge ball), they found themselves in a large room filled with vats of pinkish-red liquid. Someone came up behind them, clapping. They all swerved around to see a dark-haired man wearing a crisp, blue uniform.

"I see you've made it here safe and sound," he was friendly and pleasant, as usual. "Welcome to Amestris."

"Where's the Fuhrer?" Harry demanded.

"You're looking at him," the man pulled up his eye patch. His left eye was slightly scarred. He slowly rolled down his eyeball to reveal a red tattoo upon the white. It was the Ouroborus. "I am Pride."


"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Naruto screamed. He crashed to the floor, only to do a somersault. He flipped over the edge of a very large hole. Someone quickly grabbed him by the collar, stopping his descent. He sighed in relief.

"I can't hold on to you!" the other party informed him. Naruto swiftly grasped them around the waist. He looked around.

They were in what looked like another corridor, swinging over the edge of a large pit. An eerie light emitted from it. The sounds that came from below told Naruto that something very unpleasant was down there. The person who had saved him seemed to be a young girl.

"Thank you!" Naruto called.

"My hands are slipping!" the girl cried. "I can't hold on anymore!"

Indeed, her grip did loosen. It wasn't long before Naruto felt himself tumbling down again. The creatures below grew more excited. Naruto closed his eyes.

He was standing in front of a bunch of bars.

"Kid… come close…" a voice growled from behind it. Naruto cautiously approached. Something swiped at him, and he jumped back. A pair of glowing eyes stared at him from behind the bars. "I want to devour you, but I can't."

"I get it! You're the demon fox!" Naruto cried.

"That's right. I've shared your body for a long time."

"Then do me a favour and pay some rent! Give me your Chakra or I'll die!" Naruto yelled.

"If you die, I'll die too. Very well. Here you go."

Naruto felt power flow from the fox to him. His eyes snapped open. He quickly grabbed the girl with one arm. Holding out his other hand, Naruto sent a stream of Chakra that fixed to the ceiling. He rapidly pulled them out of the pit. Not a moment too soon. He heard the snapping of fangs, and felt the splattering of saliva.

"That was close!" Naruto panted after he and the girl both touched solid ground.

"Xiao-Mei!" the girl cried. A tiny animal bounded up into her arms. "I thought I was a goner for sure!" They hugged and wept.

Naruto was able to get a closer look at the girl. She looked no older than 10. The girl had large eyes and long black hair that was tied into buns on either side of her head. Her appearance and clothes didn't match that of the other Amestrians Naruto had seen. The animal she called Xiao-Mei was a tiny panda.

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki," Naruto introduced himself.

"My name's Mei Chang, and this is Xiao-Mei," the girl smiled at him. "We're from Xing. You don't look like you're from around here either."

"I'm from Konoha," replied Naruto. He gave her a brief summery of what he was doing in Amestris. "Why are you here?"

"Back in Xing, my clan is the most powerless of all," Mei told Naruto sadly. "Xiao-Mei and I decided to journey to Amestris. After we came here, we saved some miners who told us about Edward Elric. We came to Central to look for him!"

"You came all the way to Central to look for Ed?" Naruto made a face. "I can tell you right now that it was a waste of time."

"Do you know him?" Mei asked eagerly. "What's he like? Oh, he must be so tall and handsome and marvellous!" both she and Xiao-Mei sighed dreamily.

"Yeah, right!" Naruto snickered. "More like short, ugly and cranky. Why did you come to Amestris in the first place?"

"We're here to seek immortality," Mei told Naruto seriously.

"Here's someone I can work with," a man walked up the hall and approached them. He was thin with black hair, sunglasses and pointy teeth. There was an Ouroborus tattoo on his hand. He was dragging the body of a boy with white hair, two red dots on his forehead and bones sticking out from his body behind him. "I'm Greed. Let's be friends."

"Don't hurt us! Don't come any closer!" Naruto and Mei begged, inching away from him.

"You smell like demon," Greed smiled at Naruto. "I could use you on my team. This guy was looking for you."

"Who is it?" Naruto asked.

"He called himself Kaguya Kimimaro, who works for some guy named Orochimaru. Appearantly, all the other homunculi are working for him as well. Then, we had a small argument, and I killed him," shrugged Greed. "He was powerful, buthe couldn't defeat the Ultimate Shield!"

"Um… sure… we'll leave you alone now…" Naruto and Mei attempted to sneak around him.

"Wait!" Greed blocked their way. "I'm not called Greed for nothing. I want everything, and immortality's one of them! I think you will benefit from serving me."

"Why would we want to do that?" demanded Naruto.

"I don't kill my allies." Greed's sunglasses glinted menacingly. Mei and Naruto glanced at each other fearfully, and quickly consented.


"Pride! The last horcrux!" Harry fired a hex at him. It merely bounced off and disintegrated.

"I am Pride! I can see everything!" Pride roared. "How can you, a mere mortal, hope to defeat me?" He walked right up to the group. He stopped short when he was a few feet away from them. Pride started to shake.

"We know your weakness!" Luna cried. She pulled off the cloth and held the skull in front of her.

"You…" Pride walked towards her, his steps uneven. Luna slowly backed away, but right into a wall. "Stupid girl!" Pride seized her around the neck and choked her. With his other hand, he reached for his sword. His movements were slowed down by his proximity to the skull.

"Stop it! Let me go!" Luna screamed. Harry hexed Pride again, but to no avail. Luna pressed the skull into Pride's chest. He gagged, his movements slowing down even more. He got his sword and slowly plunged it into Luna's stomach. She yelled out in pain.

"Let her go!" sand gathered around Pride, forming a solid coffin. It restrained his body, preventing him from hurting Luna anymore. Gaara stepped up to them, holding out his hands. Pride's body exploded. Luna staggered away from him, clutching her stomach. Gaara's sand dispersed. Pride's body reformed, and Gaara gathered his sand around him again.

"You… can't kill me…" Pride gasped. "I… can't… die…"

"I'll kill you until you do," Gaara growled. He took the skull from Luna, and held it before him. Pride was exploded again, and he reformed again. It went on for several minutes, until Pride's energy was used up. After Pride died for the last time, the skull simply turned to dust. Pride's body collapsed to the ground. The majority of his organs and body fluids were splattered onto the walls. A wisp of purple smoke burst out of his mouth, dissolving into the air.

"Guys! There you are! What happened?" Sirius, Lust and Gluttony ran into the room. Gluttony was towing the remnants of a large boy with a red mohawk. Much to Sirius' horror and Lust's embarrassment, he was feasting on the boy's arm.

"Gaara killed Pride, but Luna's hurt," Harry told them.

"What is this room?" Al, Hinata and Hohenheim burst in through a wall.

"You're safe!" Harry greeted them happily.

"Harry? Aren't you supposed to be in the hospital?" Al asked in surprise.

"He got better," Ed and Izumi entered. Both were quite injured, and Ed's automail arm was hanging on by a few wires.

"Al!" Ed cried happily, running up to his brother and embracing him.

"What happened to you?" Hohenheim asked of their wounds.

"This weird guy with six arms came out of nowhere and attacked us!" Ed announced.

"We almost lost, too," Izumi confirmed.

"This person with two heads attacked us," said Hohenheim.

"But none of you are injured at all," Sirius observed.

"You're all here." Scar entered the room, still girly. He had some bruises, and his clothes were torn.

"That's Scar, by the way. He's on our side now. Luna transfigurated him," Ed enlightened Harry and Sirius. They gasped, peering at him in disbelief.

"Did you fight, too?" Izumi.

"Yes. It was a girl with a flute." Scar's tone hinted that the girl lost.

"We didn't get the Philosopher's Stone, but we managed to get rid of all of Voldemort's horcruxes," said Harry. "Maybe we should go back?"

"Is everyone here?" asked Izumi.

"No! Naruto-kun's missing!" announced Hinata.

"I'm coming! I'm coming!" Naruto raced into the room. Mei and Greed followed him.

"Oh. You." Lust frowned at him.

"I don't know you. You must be new. I'm Greed," Greed introduced himself. He looked at Gluttony, who continued to eat. "I remember you. Still packing on the pounds, eh?"

The ceiling above them suddenly exploded. Everyone ran out of the way. A lot of people fell through, crashing to the ground. They all wore the uniforms of prisoners. They got to their feet dizzily. One man with long black hair and transmutation circles tattooed onto his palms stood in the middle of them, laughing manically.

"What are they doing here?" demanded Al.

"This is where the government conducted their experiments on Philosopher's Stone," explained Lust. "Basque Gran and Tim Marcoh were both part of it."

"I get it…" Ed realized. "They took the prisoners from next door… the ones who were on death row… and experimented on them!"

"Yes. Those are the ingredients needed for the Stone," Lust indicated to the vats of red liquid stationed around the room.

"Really? What are they made of?" asked Al. Lust and Ed nodded grimly towards the prisoners. Al's eyes flickered. "No… you're not saying…"

"Souls, Al. The prime ingredient used in creating the Philosopher's Stone is lives. That's what I wanted to tell you earlier." Ed shrugged apologetically. "Now you know."

"The ingredients are useless as they are now. There's a circle under the rubble. If you transmute them together with those prisoners, they could still amount to something," said Lust. "You could create a Philosopher's Stone right now."

Ed touched his left hand to his right, and rebuilt the ceiling. Al stood beside him, and they both looked at what was before them. There was indeed a large transmutation circle on the floor. The prisoners who were standing inside looked at them pitifully. The room was filled with the glow of the souls of past prisoners.

"If we move those vats to certain places on the circle…" Edward mused.

"No, Ed. Don't do it." Al placed a hand on his brother's shoulder.

"Al, I want to give you your body back. I want to prove to you that I never lied to you," Ed looked at Al sadly.

"I believe you, Ed. I was wrong to doubt you. I know my body still exists. However, if it means that others will die, I don't want my body back. I'm happy in this armour." Alphonse looked warmly at the people who accompanied them to Amestris. "I have my friends. I have you."

Edward hugged Alphonse. "I'll find some way to get your body back. We're so close, Al… please trust me."

"Nobody move! Reinforcements are on the way! We'll get you out in no time!" Ross and Brosh ran into the room.

"Crud. they found us." Naruto made a face.

"Is that the Fuhrer?" Brosh gasped, pointing at Pride's remains.

"Er… remember when we said that he was evil? Well, we sort of, er… kill evil people," Harry told them sheepishly.

"The Fuhrer died bravely in combat, managing to kill some of the disgraceful experiments conducted in this laboratory before they dealt him a death blow," Maria Ross saluted the group.

"What?" said Brosh.

"Just leave those bodies here," Ross motioned to the bodies Greed and Gluttony brought into the room. "Edward Elric and his friends left for Xing last night. We will clear everything with the military."

"I want to tell them the truth!" said Harry.

"They won't believe you. They'll just hate you for killing their beloved Fuhrer," said Lust.

"The Fuhrer's wife and adopted son are good, caring people. It is better if they believe he died honourably," added Maria. "The others will get here soon. Hurry up and leave."

"How do we get back?" asked Ed.

"We can use a portkey. Sirius, let me borrow your wand," Lust took the wand. She picked up the black cloth used to wrap the skull, and pointed the wand at it. "Portus." The cloth started to glow blue.

"Grab on!" Harry instructed, putting his finger on a corner of it. Everyone else did the same.

"Thanks for letting us go," Ed told Ross and Brosh.

"No problem. Good luck saving the world!" Brosh and Ross saluted them as the portkey transported them out of Amestris.


Three people were sitting around a table in a cold, dimly lit room. One was a bald, serpentine man dressed in black. The other man was also snake-like, but looked younger, and had a full head of luxurious black hair. The final was a young woman with short, brown hair who was coughing furiously.

"Damn! I can't believe they failed!" the bald man cursed. "I thought they ones you sent were your best ninjas, Orochimaru? How could your pride and joy be destroyed by a little boy, Dante?"

"Perhaps…" Dante coughed out a little bit of blood. "We underestimated those children. I never expected them to kill my best homunculus."

"It's not over yet. They can still be defeated. All three of us are immortal, no?" Orochimaru pointed out.

"Without my horcruxes, I am just a man with only a portion of his soul left," Voldemort grumbled.

"Lyra's body is rotting away… I need the Stone." Dante pulled down the collar of her dress to reveal a very ugly rash on her chest. "Your people were supposed to retrieve the ingredients. Every time I get a new body, it costs part of my soul. I need the Stone, or I may not survive the next transaction!"

"Voldemort, you can just make some new horcruxes," Orochimaru told Voldemort.

"Every time I make a horcrux, my soul is split right in half. I don't have one-seventh of a soul, I have 1/64. The amount of soul I have doesn't affect my powers, but it affects my peace of mind!" growled Voldemort. "I clearly cannot trust you dirty, stupid muggles to help protect my soul."

"Dante, we could move you into another body." Orochimaru ignored his cranky ally. "We can create a Philosopher's Stone here… using the inhabitants of Hogwarts."

"I like the way you think," Dante smiled appreciatively at Orochimaru. She fell into another fit of coughing.

"Kabuto. Go get Kin," Orochimaru commanded the silver-haired, bespectacled boy standing near the door. Kabuto bowed, and exited the room. A moment later, he returned with the black-haired girl that attacked Team 7 during the Chuunin Exam.

"You wish to see me, master?" Kin inquired.

"Yessss… come here." Orochimaru beckoned her. Kin suspiciously approached, stopping in front of Dante.

"So long and black." Dante reached out a pale hand and ran in through Kin's hair. She took Kin's face and examined it. "A very pretty, healthy girl. Thank you, Orochimaru. I'll take it."


Note: Mei Chang and Xiao-Mei are characters from the manga. For those that don't read it, just google them if you want to see what they look like. They're my favourite characters, and I really wanted to include them. Xiao-Mei is so awesome, no?

In case I didn't mention it before Jiraiya removed the seal Orochimaru put on Naruto during their stay in the Grimmauld place.

That's all I wanted to say… I hope I didn't miss anything. This was a really long chapter. The end is nearing …yay, I think… :)