A/N: Ugh, I just got back from Karate –dies-
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"What!? He's missing?!? Where'd he go!?" Harry asked frantically.
"If we knew that, he wouldn't be missing." Sasuke said coldly.
Sakura nudged him. "Sasuke, they're just concerned. Try not to be so cold, would you?"
"Hn. I'm going out to patrol the top of the train." Sasuke said, slipping out the window and disappearing.
Sakura sighed and Naruto closed his eyes, while letting out a huff.
"What was that all about?" Ron asked.
"Teme is a bit touchy on the subject of Kakashi-sensei. He thinks that sensei left after he came back because he was disappointed that he had turned out this way. A bit cold."
"Sasuke left? To go where?" Harry asked.
"He betrayed Konoha to go train with that snake bastard Orochimaru." Sakura spat.
Little did the Sakura know that outside, on top of the roof, Sasuke heard the whole thing. He put his hands though his hair and gripped tight when he heard them talking about it. And for some reason unknown to him, those words, coming from Sakura, hurt the most.
Sasuke let out a sharp growl as he snapped his head back up. Bad train of thought to be on at the moment. Right now, he had to focus on the mission, and trying to win their trust back. He walked on top of the train with ease, the wind blowing cool clean air on his face.
Suddenly at the corner of his eye, Sasuke thought he saw movement. He snapped his head to the left, but he saw nothing. Of course, he couldn't see anything, seeing as how it was pitch black outside and oh, I don't know, he was on top of a speeding TRAIN. He shrugged it off and kept looking forward. And that's when he saw it in the distance.
Sasuke ran back on top of their booth and poked his head in through the window. "Guys, you have to come see this." He said with a tiny smirk.
Sakura and Naruto quickly leaped through the window and on to the top of the train. They looked around, expecting an enemy to fight off.
"What is it?" Naruto asked
"Look." Sasuke pointed over the horizon.
Sakura and Naruto squinted, trying to see what Sasuke was pointing at. Soon enough, over the top of the train, they saw an enormous group of towers, all assembled together in a marvelous castle across the lake. The lights from various windows gave off a homey, yet mysterious glow. A glow that they, now remembered very well.
"Hogwarts!" Naruto shouted, pointing at the castle.
Sakura waked him upside the head. "Baka! Don't be so loud! We don't want to attract too much attention!" She scolded.
"Come on, we'd better get back inside." Sasuke said, walking back towards their booth.
Sakura gracefully slid back in through the window first and went back to her seat. Next, Sasuke slid in, but before he could sit, Naruto became impatient and jumped in, knocking both of them to the ground.
"Naruto, You idiot!" Sakura scolded.
Sasuke and Naruto sat up on the floor rubbing their heads. The image of slowing sitting up while on the ground, in a train booth, with a bit of a head ache, made something click in the back of the boy's minds.
"Déjà vu." Naruto muttered.
"No dobe, this really happened before." Sasuke said
"But, the screams and those cloaked things-"
Sakura's eyes widened as she remembered also. "The train was attacked." She stated.
"Yeah!" Naruto exclaimed, jumped to his feet. He looked down at Sasuke, who was also starting to stand up. "Bet your glad I push you now." He grinned.
"Don't push it dobe."
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The Wizards and Anbu soon boarded off the train, along with the other students, pulling their luggage along with them. Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto had put their masks back on before they went out. They followed the crowd until they came to the boats, where of course, none other than Hagrid was waiting for them.
"Hagrid!" the wizards called, running through the crowd to get to them. Of course, the shinobi followed.
"Hey guys! Well geez, 18 years old already. This is your last year! I can't believe it! Seems like only yesterday that you three were the misfits around here." Hagrid laughed.
"We still are Hagrid." Harry reminded.
Hagrid patted Harry on the back and then looked over to the masked 'strangers'.
"Oi! Sasuke, Sakura, Naruto! Welcome back! Sorry I didn't get to talk to ya much last time you were here- oh! And Prof. McGonagall told me ta tell you that you can take off ur masks once you get to the great hall." He blabbered.
"Hai." They said. Naruto added a salute before they stepped onto the boats.
Guided only by the small lantern, they made away across the pitch black lake, towards the, now, familiar castle. It was a perfect painting of what they could remember. The dark sky above it made it seem even more majestic as it loomed over them. Not a thing has changed.
Soon enough, they were walking up the steps toward the grand hall. Everything about coming back had made things click in the back of their minds. But there was still so much they hadn't, or maybe even wouldn't ever, remember. But anyway, like always, they waited for someone to let them into the banquet.
Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto chatted with a few people that were asking things like:
"What's with your uniforms?"
"Why do you where those masks?"
"Are you like those ninja who came a few years ago?"
They may not have remembered the people, but they did remember being asked annoying questions. The Shinobi never even answered them. They just stood and waited to be let in. Interrogation training really comes in handy when trying to ignore people
And here came another thing to remember.
Draco Malfoy, although he was a bit taller and VERY slightly more adult looking, was something more easily remembered. He pushed his way toward them.
"Ah, your back. You know I've missed, the emo and the demon and oh, especially you sweetie." He said, glancing at Sakura up and down.
Naruto stood so frozen, his face so pale, that people could have mistaken him for a petrified house ghost. The Demon?
"Oh yeah, I remember you. The bastard that we gave such a scare too, we thought he was going to wreck his pants. Although I can't remember why." She stated with a glare, muttering the last sentence.
"Of course you remember me beautiful." He said, reaching up to brush his fingers against her arm. Sakura caught it like a viper snapping at its prey. She gave him a fake smile.
"You know, I really hate it when people do that." She said, so sweet it was scary.
"Oh come on, hot stuff, you can't deny me your beautiful face." Malfoy said with a sinister smirk. He reached up, so fast that Sakura could have sworn he used some kind of magic, and ripped off her mask. Her head whipped to the left from the momentum. Yep, He definitely used magic. Even if Sakura wasn't on guard, there's no way he would have been able to do that. And all so he could hit on her. What a jerk!
Sakura was just about to crush Malfoy's wrist in her hand when Sasuke, all in the blink of an eye, grabbed the wrist Sakura had and pulled Malfoy's head to his ear. "Back. Off." He whispered menacingly.
"What? You don't like me hitting on your woman? Protecting your girlfriend?" Malfoy taunted.
Sasuke felt like something should be brought back, some memory, but nothing came. So he did this instead.
Sasuke broke Malfoy's wrist.
He screamed out in pain, but no one was around to here it. Everything around them was pure black.
"Welcome to hell." The mask covered Sasuke's face, making the words seem more eerie, since he couldn't see his mouth move to say it.
Suddenly, Malfoy's body slowly started to melt down to the floor. All he saw was Sasuke looking down at him, before the room was brought back, along with the people.
Sasuke merely looked at him, like nothing had ever happened.
"What that hell was that!?!?"
"An illusion, you idiot. Now I suggest you take my advice. Back off." He spat
Malfoy scrambled to his feet. "This isn't over!" He shouted.
"Hm, I remember him saying something like that." Sakura taunted.
Malfoy turned around sharply, as if trying to make dramatic entry, and disappeared into the crowd.
Sasuke took off his mask and smirked.
"Thanks Sasuke. But just so you know, I could have handled that." Sakura added
"I know. Just consider it… a trust exercise."
Sakura smiled, and then looked over to the uncharacteristically quiet Naruto. She snapped her fingers in his face. "Oi Naruto! Wake up!"
Naruto shook his head. "Huh, What?"
"You okay?" she asked.
Naruto looked around him and then lowered his head a bit. "He knows." He whispered.
"I know, we'll figure it out later." She whispered back.
A cat in front of the crowd transformed into Prof. McGonagall. She nodded to the students, turned around, and opened the doors……
-Wipes forehead- I hope you're satisfied for now! Malfoy's such a… a… word I can't say… or type for the matter.
Ja Ne! –leaves readers with cliffie-