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Naruto let out a deep grumble as he ducked his head down. Hermione screamed as the ground under Naruto broke and deepened under the pressure of Naruto's chakra. Sakura couldn't help but let the tears roll down her cheeks as she lifted her hand to her forehead. She felt the sticky blood but kept her eyes of Naruto.
Sakura couldn't even begin to imagine the pain that Naruto's body must be experiencing as Naruto's clothes started to shred and the skin peeled away. The air was eerily silent as everyone watched Naruto crumble away.
"What the hell is going on?!" Ron yelled, breaking the silence.
"Ron!" Hermione hissed, her voice strained.
"His skin IS PEELING AWAY!" Ron roared as he got up and ran towards Naruto.
"No! Ron!" Yelled Sakura as Naruto let out another grumbled.
Ron had reached Naruto and brushed his hand against the red chakra when he let out a yelp as there was a sickening sizzle. Ron jumped and fell back on the ground, clutching his hand. The Kyuubi's chakra had burned the skin on Ron's hand when he touched it.
The peeling skin was burned away under the chakra leaving a grotesque looking Naruto.
"Oh my god." Hermione sobbed.
The blood started to leak through the Fox's Cloak where it started to form a thick layer of ash around Naruto, leaving him barely visible. There was another scream from Naruto and an explosion of wind. Everyone covered their faces as the ash blew away. When it cleared away, everyone gave a startled cry.
Naruto was standing on all fours, with his head still ducked down. Five tails were furiously waving around. Naruto no longer looked human, but like a fox. After the skin had peeled off, it hardened and scabbed over and tufts of reddish brown hair was now protruding out. Naruto had fully formed fox ears on top of his transformed face. His mouth resembled jaws with ferocious teeth.
Naruto gave a howl, finally breaking the silence that had engulfed them all.
"IT'S TIME TO FIGHT!" Shouted a Death Eater and the chaos started with Kyuubi right in the middle of it.
Screams and shouted echoed around the school grounds as spells once again lit the sky. Sakura, Ron and Hermione were all standing back to back in a circle. Each of them were busy fighting off any Death Eater or ninja who came to fight them.
"I don't know how much more I can take!" Shouted Ron as he fell to the floor and spit up some blood from a hit he took in the face.
Sakura easily punched the ninja a few yards away. "I feel my chakra draining." Said Sakura.
Kyuubi/Naruto was fighting through the crowd and easily decimating the entire area. A dead body landed at Kyuubi's feet and he looked down at it, only to let out a cruel noise that sounded a lot like laughter.
Sasuke was sitting high up in a tree as he looked down with cold eyes at Naruto. Sasuke felt some remorse about what he was going to do, but it was not enough to make him change his mind. He was pretty sure that the figure below him was no longer the dobe from his childhood.
This was the Kyuubi and Sasuke knew that if it wasn't stopped, he would kill everyone in sight, even the Uchiha prodigy. Sasuke was not about to die before he had revenge against this brother.
Sasuke looked down at the Kyuubi and saw that he was right where he wanted him to be. He pulled his katana out of its sheath and with a battle cry, he leapt off the tree, his katana aimed straight for Kyuubi.
"Chidori Nagashi!"
Sakura heard the crackling sound before she saw Sasuke out of the corner of her eye. She whipped around to see him seconds away from hitting Naruto.
"Naruto!" She screamed.
Suddenly a string of black, barely visible in the night sky, shot towards Sasuke, snatching him out of the sky before he could hit Kyuubi. The ink, as it turned out to be, dripped away under the current of electricity generating out of Sasuke.
Sasuke fell to the ground as Sai knelt before him, holding his scroll in from of him. There was a visible layer of sweat glistening on his forehead.
Sakura breathed a sigh of relief when Sasuke suddenly smirked. All eyes went to Kyuubi to see that Sasuke's katana was stuck in Kyuubi's side, and it still sparked with electricity.
Kyuubi looked at it before grunting. But then, as if it were just a thorn in his side, he reached over and pulled it out and tossed it away.
"Nice try, Uchiha." Said Sai with a smile as he charged to attack Sasuke.
Back in the safety of the Forbidden Forest, Orochimaru and Voldermort were trying to escape the oncoming destruction.
"Look at what you've caused!" Shouted Orochimaru. "I knew it was a mistake when you rashly killed the Kyuubi kid!"
"Maybe if you hadn't kept me in the dark about his origins I wouldn't have been so rash!" Shouted Voldermort, his eyes flashing dangerously.
"It seems to me that this partnership has run its course." Orochimaru mused.
"Yes, perhaps." Agreed Voldermort. "So don't expect me to keep my end of the bargain."
Orochimaru smiled. "Konoha was always mine."
Voldermort frowned. "Let's wager a bit on that, my friend. Because surely you don't stand a chance against the powerful demon out there." Said Voldermort, his eyes flickering to the Kyuubi.
Orochimaru's smiled deepened. "You don't even know what you're dealing with."
Harry was still hiding in the forests when he saw Voldermort and Orochimaru both disappear from the forest to fight the Kyuubi. Harry shook his head. Everything was happening too fast and there was no way to stop it. Naruto would kill everyone here if he wasn't stopped. Harry pulled the cloak around him and ran out of the forest.
He needed to find Kakashi.
Orochimaru was like a rubber band as he efficiently dodged the spells that Voldermort was throwing at him. Voldermort whipped his wand around him to send out four fiery beasts at Orochimaru. Orochimaru turned his snake arms on them, but they quickly disintegrated. Orochimaru frowned.
The fiery beasts rammed into the Kyuubi, making him howl in pain. Voldermort laughed and was going to send out another spell when Orochimaru bit his thumb and slammed it into the ground, making Voldermort stop. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"
Orochimaru laughed as the ground began to rumble and a giant snake burst forth with Orochimaru standing on top. There were screams as wizards ran away from the giant snake.
"What is it with the snakes?!" Yelled Ron.
"Manda!" Sakura snarled.
Kyuubi snarled at the sight of the giant snake and slowly backed up.
"Oi Orochimaru." The snake said in an irritated voice. "What is this? What have you brought me into now?"
The snake slowly surveyed the area of destruction and the many wizards and ninjas that were still fighting. None of them had stopped to stare at the giant snake. Voldermort stepped back, obviously not knowing what to expect from the giant snake.
"You cannot see we are in the middle of a battle?" Asked Orochimaru in a sarcastic tone.
"Don't get smart with me bastard!" Sneered the snake. "You killed my brother and put him up for decoration in your lair, why would I ever help you?"
"If you help me, you may feast upon all the dead bodies here." Claimed Orochimaru.
The snake considered this. "Fair enough."
"Enough talk!" Yelled Voldermort. "You must not be the leader I thought you were if you have to make bargains to keep your life with your pet here!"
"Pet!" Snarled the snake, outraged.
The snake moved it tail and lashed it out at an unsuspecting Voldermort, and smacked him into a tree.
"Kill the fox!" Yelled Orochimaru.
The snake let out a hiss as it lunged for the Kyuubi who quickly jumped out of the way. Voldermort rebounded and sent a giant fiery snake out of his wand. The fiery beast attacked the snake and there was a sickening sizzling sound as the snake recoiled.
Harry was running as fast as he could through the grounds while dodging spells and kunai. Finally he saw the silver haired jounin fighting back to back with Yamato. "Professor! Professor Kakashi!"
Kakashi spun around, looking wildly for the voice. Harry peeked out from under the cover of the Invisiblity Cloak.
"Harry!" Yelled Kakashi. "What are you…!"
"Shh!" Scolded Harry. "How do we save Naruto?"
"I don't know if there's any hope now." Said Yamato sadly. "But he will kill us all if we don't stop him."
Kyuubi growled as he jumped back to avoid hits from both Orochimaru and Voldermort. Bellatrix, who was standing some distance away, decided to jump into action as the Kyuubi paused for a second.
"Avada Kedavra!"
Kyuubi turned at the last minute and engulfed the spell with a fireball that erupted from his mouth. Bellatrix scowled.
"You bitch!" Bellatrix turned to see an enraged Sakura charging at her with her fist pulled back.
Orochimaru jumped up into a flip as he avoided a spell from Voldermort and then sent his snake like arms out to get him. Voldermort dodged the first and then made a slashing motion with his wand and successfully cut the second off.
One of Kyuubi's tails lashed out at an attacking ninja and he screamed as it burned him.
Sakura dropped to the ground and somersaulted, easily avoiding one of Bellatrix's spells. Sakura spun around and slashed at Bellatrix with her kunai and Bellatrix barely dodged as Sakura cut off the tips of her hair.
Harry, looked around anxiously as he saw the others fighting. He was crouching down, hidden among the trees with Kakashi and Yamato who were planning on using some jutsu to stop Naruto.
He saw Charlie Weasley a few feet away easily over taking Macnair before an angry Hagrid grabbed him and threw him into a tree. To his right, he saw Neville, George and Shikamaru fighting Fenrir Greyback.
He watched with horror as Greyback slashed George across the chest and then delivered a fatal blow to Shikamaru. But then Shikamaru disappeared in a cloud of smoke and a log fell in his place. Greyback froze as Shikamaru appeared some feet away, easily holding Greyback in his jutsu. Neville then knocked him unconscious.
Arthur and Percy Weasley were taking down Thickenese as both Ron and Hermione were fighting back to back with a silver haired ninja.
Bellatrix shot out a spell that tied Sakura up in magical ropes. Bellatrix laughed a chilling laugh. "My how the tables have turned." She cackled.
"Expluso!"
Bellatrix gasped and fell back before the explosion could go off in her face. Ginny appeared beside Sakura, her wand outstretched and her face determined.
"Diffindo!"She said, pointing her wand at Sakura.
Sakura broke free and quickly stood up. "Watch out!" She yelled as she tackled Ginny to the ground as Bellatrix sent a spell straight towards her.
Sakura was about to send out a kunai when a blur ran past her, straight for Bellatrix.
"OUT OF MY WAY!" Mrs. Weasley bellowed. She quickly began to duel as Sakura and Ginny stood their helplessly. They watched as both women furiously spun their wands around, waiting the right moment to kill each other.
"What will happen to your children when mummy dies?" Bellatrix laughed.
Ginny growled at that comment and Sakura narrowed her eyes. She picked up her hand and let it glow with chakra as Ginny stared at it. "What are you going to do?"
"Stay behind me." Warned Sakura. "I've got to wait for the right moment."
Orochimaru jumped up and sent out a multitude of senbon, heading towards both Voldermort and Kyuubi. Kyuubi opened his mouth and sent out a bunch of chakra bombs that exploded as they hit the senbon in the air.
"GINNY!" Harry screamed as he watched the explosions and saw the glint of three senbons heading towards Ginny.
"Harry?" Ginny turned as they were about to hit when Sakura threw a shuriken hitting them off course.
Both Voldermort and Orochimaru turned away from the explosions when there was a crash of trees as Grawp charged forward to grab Orochimaru's snake in his massive hands.
Orochimaru jumped off in alarm as the snake hissed and withered in Grawp's hands. With a roar, Grawp ripped the snake apart and threw it to the ground as everyone ran to get out from underneath it.
As Bellatrix was distracted for a second, Sakura jumped up and flew at Bellatrix as she hit her in the collarbone with her Ranshinsho technique.
Then, Mrs. Weasley hit her in the chest with her spell. Bellatrix turned her head to look at Mrs. Weasley surprised as she fell to the ground dead.
Voldermort let out a scream of rage as he looked at Bellatrix's dead body on the ground. He went to send a spell at Mrs. Weasley when Orochimaru smacked Voldermort away with his snake arm. Voldermort sent a curse straight towards Orochimaru and watched with pleasure as Orochimaru exploded.
When the smoke cleared, Voldermort watched as a new Orochimaru crawled out of the one half of the exploded body.
"Very nice." Orochimaru laughed.
"Pefetricus Totalus!"Hermione hit Kabuto with the spell and watched in triumph as he fell over.
Kabuto scowled in annoyance as he withered, trying to break free.
"It's no use, mate." Said Ron, smirking as he walked over to stand over Kabuto. "I'm sure no one will mind if we kill your sorry ass anyway." Said Ron raising his wand.
Then in a blur, Kabuto shot up and rammed Ron into a tree, smacking his head hard.
"Ron!" Hermione screamed.
"I'm in the forefront of medical ninjutsu." Said Kabuto as he held Ron against the tree. "Your silly little spell could not hold me for long."
And he let Ron drop, blood pooling around his head. Hermione let out a scream and rushed over to Ron.
"Ron!" Sai turned his head from where he was fighting with Sasuke when Sasuke took the opportunity to nail him hard in the stomach with his katana. Sai flew to the ground.
Kabuto slowly approached Hermione with his hand glowing with chakra when a kunai stopped him in his tracks. Sakura stood in front of him as Ginny helped Hermione up.
"I've been waiting a long time to put you in your place Kabuto-san." Growled Sakura.
"Let's see if you improved from being the weakest link." Said Kabuto with a smile.
Kyuubi waved its tails at Orochimaru and Voldermort, creating a huge gust of wind that blew them backwards. Suddenly, Voldermort let out a strange hiss and Nagini, who had been slithering around the battle area suddenly struck out at the Kyuubi.
Kyuubi let out a growl as it snapped at the deadly snake. Nagini recoiled and then struck again, catching the Kyuubi's front foot. Kyuuni let out a howl before it kicked Nagini off. Kyuubi let out a chakra blast and it hit Nagini as it flew through the air.
The last Horcrux was finally gone. Voldermort let out an anguished cry and it soon turned to fury.
Harry gave a nod of his head as he pulled the cloak over his face and ran towards where the ultimate battle was taking place. The idea was to get Kyuubi into a blind spot where Yamato would be ready to catch Kyuubi into his sealing jutsu. Last time, it had taken a distracted Kyuubi/Naruto for it to work. Harry hoped for everyone's sake it worked this time.
"Crucio!" Shouted Hermione as she aimed at Kabuto.
Kabuto was hit with the spell and cried out as his body started to wither in agony.
"Nice shot!" Said Ginny.
Sakura closed her eyes and put her hands together in a seal. Kabuto squeezed his eyes shut as he tried to rid of the agony inside his body. Suddenly, the pain stopped and Kabuto opened his eyes. He found that he was trapped to a tree trunk, with its branches wrapped around him.
Kabuto tilted his head back and laughed as Ginny and Hermione stared at him.
"You forget Sakura-san…" Said Kabuto calling out. "I was a citizen of Konoha. I'm sure while Kurenai-san might find the Jubaku Satsu useful against her opponents, it will not work against me."
Kabuto turned as Sakura appeared, coming out of the tree above him and hit her with his Chakra no Mesu. But then, with a poof, Sakura was gone and the landscape started to blur.
"Wingardium Leviosa!"
Kabuto furrowed his eyebrows together before he opened his eyes again. Below him, he saw Sakura, and Hermione, staring at him with smug looks on their faces and Ginny with her wand outstretched.
Kabuto started to squirm when Sakura held her hand out. "I wouldn't do that if I were you, Kabuto-san."
Kabuto tensed and looked down to see he was tied with magical bound ropes and two explosive tags stuck on each of him limbs.
"What do you think this is?"Kabuto hissed.
"My genjutsu was a trap." Said Sakura smiling. "And you fell for it."
"If you try to break free…" Said Hermione. "Those tags are bewitched to explode when there is movement."
"Meaning you can't break free." Said Ginny.
"Impossible!" Shouted Kabuto.
"Not if you're Hermione." Smiled Sakura.
Kabuto growled. There was no way that was possible…but Kabuto was still hesitant to move anything.
"C'mon, let's go." Said Sakura turning and waving her hand to the others.
As they turned to leave, Ginny dropped her hold on Kabuto. As Kabuto fell to the ground, he couldn't help have a muscle spasm as his arm hit the ground. There was an explosion and a scream of pain as the three girls turned around bewildered. As the smoke cleared, they could see Kabuto's head bent in pain as blood patterned the floor and his bloody stump was left hanging there…
Orochimaru's head swarmed towards Kyuubi and Kyuubi roughly grabbed his elongated neck and swung him into Hogwarts. He slammed into the building with a loud bang. After Kyuubi looked on at Orochimaru's fate with satisfaction, Kyuubi was suddenly attacked by a pile of mud. Kyuubi roared with anger as he turned to see an army of mud zombies heading towards him.
Voldermort waved his wand with intricacy as more mud zombies emerged.
Kyuubi waved his tails creating a blast of wind, but they did nothing more than fall back to mud and then reform again.
"Fuuton: Daitoppa!"
Kyuubi turned to see a massive cyclone rip through the battle rounds towards Naruto. Voldermort widened his eyes as he flew up into the air to avoid being hit. Kyuubi backed up but then stood his ground as his tails flickered.
The cyclone ripped through the mud zombies as Kyuubi released a jutsu.
"Suiton: Bakusui Shoha!"
A giant tidal wave flew from over the forest and dissipated the threatening cyclone.
"You're finally mine." Said Sasuke with malice as he eyed Kyuubi perform the jutsu.
"You touch Naruto and I'll kill you."
Sasuke looked down to see a boy with messy black hair and glasses staring angrily up at him. His wand was pointed at Sasuke's heart.
Sasuke smirked and jumped down to join the boy. "I've already dealt with pests like you. What are you going to do, jab me to death?"
"You're Sasuke." Growled Harry.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "How do you know my name?"
"I never abandon my friends, no matter what ambitions I might have." Said Harry in a low voice.
Sasuke's eye twitched. "I see Naruto's rubbed off on you. Guess I really will have to put you in your place."
"Stupefy!" Yelled Harry as he aimed his wand.
Sasuke, who wasn't expecting the sudden attack, flew back from the hit. "You little..." He muttered as he picked himself up.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" Sasuke spurted out the giant fireball at Harry whose eyes widened.
"Aguamenti!" Shouted Harry.
The water hit the fireball with a sizzle and Harry jumped through the smoke. "Crucio!"
The spell struck Sasuke who fell in agony. As Harry approached, Sasuke kicked Harry in the stomach, pushing him up. Then Sasuke appeared behind Harry as he flew up. Harry's eyes widened as he looked at Sasuke.
"Shishi Rendan!" Yelled Sasuke as he kicked Harry into the ground.
Sasuke climbed back into the tree and finally saw his opening and brought his hands together in a rapid succession of hand seals. Sasuke jumped through the trees towards his target, his left hand gripping the forearm of his lightning filled hand.
He gave out a yell as Kyuubi looked up. 'Chidori, ey?'
Though Kyuubi as his lips formed a smile. "You know, the brat had some useful aspects." Said Kyuubi in a deep voice.
Rearing up to stand on two legs, Kyuubi brought his paw back as everyone stared at him with wide eyes. Sasuke kept his face determined as he got closer. Red chakra started to swirl in Kyuubi's paw before wind stared to whip around, forming almost another layer.
"What?!" Yelled Kakashi and Yamato.
"No!" Screamed Sakura.
"Chidori!"Yelled Sasuke, bring his arm down.
"Fuuton: Rasengan!"Said Kyuubi.
With a colossal impact, the two jutsus hit each other as a harsh wind blew everyone back.
Sakura coughed and shook her head free of dust as she slowly picked herself up. In the vicinity that Kyuubi and Sasuke had fought, everyone was slowly getting back up. Sakura looked to see that the other battles had not been disturbed.
Then her eyes widened. "Naruto! Sasuke!" She yelled.
Kyuubi was back to standing on all fours, but Sakura could see the paw he used the Rasengan with was dripping with some blood.
The Kyuubi didn't look happy, but as he looked over at Sasuke he seemed satisfied. Sasuke was lying a few feet away, unconscious as he arm was left a bleeding mess. He had minor cuts covering his body.
"Guess you didn't know wind beats lighting." Said Kyuubi.
"Kusanagi Kage Bunshin no Jutsu: Ku no Tachi!"
Kyuubi's head darted over to where Orochimaru had taken cover as thousands of snakes burst from out of the ground, opening their mouths to reveal the Sword of Kusanagi. Kyuubi jumped back but hoards and hordes of them kept coming. Kyuubi sent forth some fireballs, creating a wall of fire. Then, Kyuubi opened its mouth as different colored balls started leaking out from him.
"What…?" Grumbled Hermione as Sakura helped her out.
"Shit!" Yelled Yamato as he peered out from behind the wood barrier he and Kakashi his under. "Sakura, take cover!" He yelled.
Sakura alerted her attention to Kyuubi and her eyes widened. That couldn't be good. She grabbed a weary Ginny and Hermione and started to run as they stumbled.
"Shit." Said Orochimaru as he closed his mouth and the snakes trying to attack Kyuubi disappeared.
Kyuubi swallowed the glowing mass before he let forth the destructive ball of compacted chakra.
Orochimaru slammed his hand into the ground."Rashoumon!"
Voldermort raised his wand as the giant demon gate appeared out of the ground. "Ultimatium Protego."
Sakura dove to the ground and covered her head as there was a huge explosion and the ground trembled. The chakra cannon hit both of the shields with tremendous force as all the other fighting stopped.
Part of the cannon reflected off the shields and hit Hogwarts, decimating a good portion of the entrance.
Sakura picked her head up and opened one eye as she looked around. Hermione did the same next to her, her limbs creaking as she looked around. She gave a startled cry as she found they were all lying in a huge crater.
"What happened?" Hermione gasped as she sat up.
Ginny also scrambled up with wide eyes as she looked around.
"I have no idea." Said Sakura rubbing her head.
A few feet away, Kyuubi stood, looking smug, but also winded as it stood looking over the damage. The Rashoumon Gate has vanished on impact leaving the sight of Orochimaru's remains scattered around the ground. Behind Orochimaru, Kyuubi could see a clear barrier with a half conscious Voldermort behind it. Hiding behind two shields, Voldermort had only gotten the blunt end of the attack, but it was still enough.
"It's done then!" Said Hermione. "Look, Orochimaru is dead!"
"I wouldn't count on it." Grumbled Sakura.
Kyuubi winced as his legs trembled. Maybe it wasn't the best idea to use the chakra cannon. Although Kyuubi was nowhere near using up his almost limitless chakra reserves, he could feel his hosts body deteriorating with every major blow he took. And both of the snake bastards weren't done yet. Through the Kyuubi's eyes, he could see another Orochimaru struggling to pull himself out of the old shell. Kyuubi growled. Damn cockroaches.
Suddenly, Kyuubi felt a very odd feeling.
"Hokage Shiki Jijun Jutsu: Kakuan Nitten Suishu!"
Nine pillars of wood shot out of the wood around Naruto as a chakra hand extended towards Kyuubi.
"What's going on?! Nartuto!" Screamed Hermione
Sakura felt her heart in her throat and she turned to see a determined looking Yamato; the chakra hand extending from his clasped hands.
"Naruto's going to be ok." Sakura whispered, hoping she was very much correct.
Kyuubi growled and backed away as his chest started to glow and the Hokage necklace that Naruto wore appeared. The chakra hand grasped the necklace and it began to glow. Suddenly, the light died out and the pillars started to shrink. Yamato frowned and tried again.
"Why isn't working?!"Yelled Kakashi.
"I don't know, sempai!" Said Yamato.
"I have no human soul to revert back to." Chuckled Kyuubi.
Yamato gave Kakashi a frightened look. Kakashi closed his eyes, trying to gather up his chakra. Would he have to resort to the Mangekyo?
"I'm sorry, Naruto." He whispered.
Jutsu:
Chidori Nagashi- Lightning Edge Current
Kuchiyose no Jutsu-Summoning Jutsu
Ranshinsho- Important Body Parts Disturbance
Chakra no Mesu- Chakra Scaple
Jubaku Satsu- Tree Binding Death
Sumi Bunshin no Jutsu- Ink Clone Technique
Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu- Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu
Shishi Rendan- Lion's Combo
Chidori- Lightning Edge
Fuuton: Rasengan- Wind Release: Great Spiraling Sphere
Fuuton: Daitoppa- Wind Release: Great Wind Breakthrough
Suiton: Bakusui Shoha- Water Release:Exploding Water Shockwave
Kusanagi Kage Bunshin no Jutsu- Kusangai Clone Techinque: Long Sword of Heaven
Rashoumon- Demonic Wall Defense
Hokage Shiki Jijun Jutsu: Kakuan Nitten Suishu- Style Submission Technique: Kakuan's Return to Humanity