"Blah" : Talking

'Blah': Demon speaking/ Inner Sakura

'Blah' : Naruto's Thoughts/other people's thoughts

'Blah': Harry talking to Naruto

Hi! I'm back readers! I'm really sorry that I couldn't update sooner, my school is doing a musical. And I have been at rehearsal often. So I had little time to write, but worry not, THE STORY SHALL CONTINUE! I want to thank DarkRavie, Neko4, Ashley, Neko-Maniac, Azeroth44, and alma, thank you guys SO much, you guys were the first people to post their reviews, they brought me so much happiness and motivation reading them! Future reviews are more than welcome, if you like to point out something you would want me to do, just post it in your review and I'll consider it . . . And you'll receive acknowledgment for your suggestion if I chose to use it, or as I like to call it, A CYBER COOKIE!

And to point this out that this is a Sasuke and Sakura bash.

Well, without further a due, I present to you; Chapter 2! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Naruto is the property of Masashi Kishimoto,

Harry Potter is property of JK Rowling,

All music used is credited when mentioned, none of which do I own

Chapter 2: Severed Bonds Part 1

Another Story by Nicholas Hooper

Naruto tried to open his eyes and when he finally managed to do it, his sight was very blurry. His vision was split in two; between the confines of the master bedroom within his mindscape and the blurring mixture of trees and leaves. Naruto tried to stretch out his senses felt the familiar presence of his teacher, Kakashi. He felt his strong arms cradling him with the utmost gentleness, regardless of the intense speed at which they were moving.

Naruto forced himself out of his mind, and spoke hoarsely,"Kaka-sensei-"

Kakashi was surprised that Naruto had woken up.

"Naruto, don't strain yourself. Rest." He responded strictly with worried concern tugging at his heartstrings.

Naruto was still bleeding out badly, and barely managed to stay awake. Suddenly, several medical ninja came out of the trees and followed alongside with Kakashi.

"Kakashi-senpai," cried out one of the medics urgently, "how is Naruto Uzumaki's condition?"

Kakashi shook his head, "Not good. He's bleeding badly and has two large stab wounds in his shoulders. I fear both his arms might be dislocated. He needs a hospital, right now!"

Naruto slipped away from reality once again, hearing the medic question something about Sasuke's condition but had blacked out before he could hear anything more. He then felt the familiar sense as if he were falling down before, landing on his enormous bed beside his Nii-san. Both of them had fallen asleep, exhausted from their battle together.

Sakura and her friend Ino Yamanaka both stood by the gates of Konoha with the other medical ninja prepared to tend to the injured genin and Shikamaru. Both girls ignored the drizzling rain that was falling down on their heads. Sakura was expecting to see Naruto return with Sasuke, as he had promised. Arms locked around each of their shoulders, both laughing at their earlier stupidity, pretending like that they hadn't even fought at all. But sadly, this was reality.

Sakura waited, eagerly awaiting to see a hint of raven or blonde hair. Her hands were clasped together almost in prayer as she stood next to Ino who had a mirrored expression. Only she was waiting for her teammates more than Sasuke. If he didn't show up after five minutes she'd go to the hospital and worry over Choji and Shikamaru.

Oblivious to both girls, another figure was hiding nearby. She stood behind one of the trees off to the side of the street, and was almost completely invisible in plain view. Hinata Hyuga had her Byakugan activated, while she scanned down the pathway out of the village. Her binocular vision couldn't detect a single chakra signature, let alone a familiar one.

She prayed to herself, 'Please, kami, please let Naruto-kun and Kiba-kun be safe. Please let them be okay.'

Hinata and the other girls suddenly noticed the medical teams had finally arrived with the Uchiha Retrieval squad, and were shocked as they brought the boys in. Choji looked as if he were emaciated, Neji had a hole in his left shoulder, Kiba, Akamaru, and Lee were being carried on stretchers to the hospital. Shikamaru was being supported by Temari from Sunagakure, with her brothers Gaara and Kankuro following behind her.

Ino forgot about waiting for Sasuke and went right after Choji. Sakura stood where she was. Not taking her eyes off the pathway.

A half hour later, the two Kakashi's had finally arrived at blinding speed. The Jounin's eyes were locked onto the direction of the hospital. The jounin elite kept running, even though his legs were beginning to burn with the strain of running to and back from the Valley of the End. Sakura saw the Kakashi's running towards her direction. She saw the familiar wet mop of raven hair belonging to Sasuke, who was being carried by his shadow clone behind the real Kakashi. Sakura barely noticed Naruto, she was so distracted by her love. She called out to see Sasuke as Kakashi rushed right past her.

She yelled, "Sasuke-kun! Your back! Kakashi-sensei, put him-!"

"Not right now, Sakura!" Both Kakashi's said in unison as they ran towards the hospital, the medic nins following behind him.

Sakura was thrown by her teacher's urgent dismissal, but was silenced when she caught a brief glance of Sasuke's face. She noticed the burn marks on his skin, and how torn and ripped his clothes were. And yet, she hardly noticed the blood-drenched form of her loyal and loving teammate, Naruto.

She regained her stance and ran toward the hospital but very far behind Kakashi and the medical team.

Hinata on the other hand, fully took in Naruto's bloody figure with a single glance. Her advanced eyesight allowed her to see Naruto perfectly despite how fast Kakashi had blurred away. In horror, she then rushed as fast as she could toward the hospital, worried sick for her crush and her teammate as well.

Naruto lay upon the familiar grand bed in Harry's room. The bed's thick covers kept his body warm and comfortable. But even though he seemed comfortable, a nightmare plagued him like a disease. He began to stir in his sleep as he saw Sasuke's demonic face starring up at him with piercing, evil, Sharingan eyes. He heard the sound of a thousand chirping birds ringing in his ears as clear to him as were nails to a chalkboard. Sasuke smirked up at his face, revealing his sharp fangs and licked them hungrily, he yelled out and his left hand, filled with demonic lightning, thrusted at him at the speeds too fast to follow.

Naruto would have screamed awake, but he felt a warm hand rest upon his forehead. His nightmare began to fade away, and Harry's room, although blurry, grew into focus. Naruto's fast-paced breath began to slow down to normal, and beads of sweat over his body began to disappear at Harry's touch. As Naruto's vision finally cleared up, he looked into Harry's face and smiled. Harry planted himself on a chair next to the bed. He too was still very tired from earlier.

"That was quite the fight, eh, Little one?" the older man smiled back.

Naruto's smile faded and quickly turned into a face full of panic and fright.

"The fight! I passed out! Sasuke-we can still stop him! Throw me back out, I have to keep my promise! There's still ti-"

"Shhh!" Harry silenced and Naruto froze, "Calm yourself, Little one. You defeated him. Everything is alright, now."

Little Alice by Danny Elfman

Naruto reluctantly sank back into the bed, he was almost on the verge of jumping out and hopefully, to him, wake up. Harry leaned towards his little brother and cupped his cheek with his hand, just like he did when he was really little, to keep him quiet. He looked into Naruto's worried eyes with is own, now slightly serious, green ones.

"You've been really injured, Naruto." he said with seriousness, "In case you've forgotten, Sasuke stabbed his 'wings' into both of your shoulders, nearly ripping your arms off. You would've been just two limbs away from becoming the Black Knight of Camelot."

Naruto laughed, but soon cringed at the sharp pain wave that surged through both of his arms, "Ouch!"

Harry frowned and reached his hands over Naruto's shoulders to perform a healing charm. He never liked it when Naruto was in any pain, but wasn't all around surprised that Naruto could feel the pain here.

"Yeah, that'll happen for a while," Harry began to rub both of Naruto's shoulders as the boy sat against his pillows, his hands glowing green with magic. "Apparently, the damage was so tremendous, that you can still feel a fraction of it within here. But with my medical charms, I can reduce the pain for awhile."

"Thanks," Naruto said, "How long have I been unconscious, Nii-san?"

Harry's eyes did not look away from his work on Naruto's injuries.

"For almost three days. You haven't had any visitors. But don't worry," Harry included casually, "you're not allowed visitors yet. The medics and doctors are still sealing your wounds as we speak. So don't worry, okay?"

Naruto nodded, looking down as he did, shadowing his eyes away from Harry. The superior wizard noticed the obvious facial gesture, and looked at Naruto in the eye before focusing back on Naruto's shoulders.

"What's the matter, Naru-chan?" he asked calmly.

Naruto sat there, hesitant to speak, while Harry waited patiently and massaged his shoulders still.

"...The others...what happened to them...? Are they okay? They're not-"

"They're all just fine." Harry smiled, "I focused on listening in on the medics while they were operating on you. Wasn't easy. Shikamaru only had a broken finger and a few scratches, Kiba was only a little worse than the Nara kid, but was still pretty bad along with Akamaru. Lee was just bruised up and sore. And to my surprise, the genin team from Suna arrived to help those three. As for Choji and Neji, they barely survived, but they're alive from what I've heard."

Naruto sighed in the relief that his friends were safe, and relaxed as Harry had finished his healing charm and laid him back into his bed. The blonde slowly sank deeper into mattresses' confines, and felt overwhelmingly tired. He closed his eyes slowly closed shut as he sank into more pleasant and happy dreams of playing Quidditch, fishing, and other healthy activities.

Harry watched Naruto as he slept for awhile, but soon left the bedside chair and sat back down into his red, squashy armchair. He began to contemplate on what to do if Sasuke decided to say anything about his little brother. With what little time they had to act, before the treacherous Uchiha would wake up.

Sakura Haruno woke up with a start that morning, and jumped out of her bed. She quickly ran for the bathroom to take a shower and tend to her morning cleansing rituals. She re-entered her bedroom with several linen towels wrapped around her. She unveiled herself and put on her undergarments and put on her freshly washed red kunoichi dress. To anyone else, this dress looked like any other of the many dresses she owned. But to her; it was the dress. The dress she was going to wear when she reunites with her beloved Sasuke-kun.

Sakura stood before her full-frame mirror, admiring her bright, florescent red and white reflection.

'Don't you worry Sasuke-kun, I'm coming to brighten the darkness in your life!' she thought with a giggle of excitement.

She had not been allowed to visit Sasuke at all for the past three days. Most likely due to the fact that he was still being tended to by the finest hospital physicians (minus Lady Tsunade). And would not allow anyone to disturb them until their care for the Uchiha was declared finished. As if to refer to Sasuke as some kind of a project. Although after, Sasuke treatment was finished two ANBU guards stood outside his hospital room, preventing anyone from entering. Sakura hadn't seen Ino waiting outside of Sasuke's room once for the past three days as she expected her to do with her. Instead Sakura found her friend outside of Choji's room, worried sick. On the first day, she remembered, she saw Ino crying on Chouza's shoulder, while Choji's father tried his best to reassure her that his son's condition wasn't her fault. Sakura then thought it wise to leave her friend to worry for her teammate.

Sakura refocused her turbulent thoughts on the might-be bright side of her day. She leapt down the stairs of her large house, and speed for the kitchen to grab a slice of toast and retrieve the container of chilled, sliced apples for Sasuke, and the container of fishcake cubes she bought in the supermarket yesterday. She also grabbed the wrapped daffodil flower she purchased from Ino's family's flower shop when she bought the treats. Sakura's parents were not at home again today. Sakura's parents were on the Konoha civilian council, and recently have been extensively busy ever since the retrieval mission. But when Sakura really thought about it, her parents were barely around to concern her and her own needs and troubles. Usually, Ino was the one who helped her through most of her childhood. Her parents were almost always concerning themselves with planning more meetings to present to the council. And would return home later each day with either malicious grins or disappointed and enraged faces.

Sakura decided to brush the thought away as she wrapped the food in two tiny bento boxes, and left for the door, and to the hospital she walked.

Naruto finally awoke on the fourth day after the retrieval mission. He found himself inside the familiar white colored hospital, and sat upon a standard bed, which paled in comparison to his velvet draped bed in Harry's room. Upon fully waking up, he instantly wished he could go back to sleep. He felt an intense surge of pain surge through his arms again, more pressingly painful than what he felt in Harry's chambers. When he said it would hurt, he was telling the truth. But Naruto's arms weren't the only sore part of his body; his legs were sore from overexerting them, while his torso and face also hurt intensely from the multiple punches he received, courtesy of Sasuke Uchiha.

Said traitor, was the reason Naruto had been woken up. Harry advised him hours earlier on their current situation: Sasuke saw Naruto perform magic, and a lot of it.

Naruto had panicked when Harry reminded him, and Naruto immediately suggested using a Memory Charm to wipe Sasuke's memory of the fight. But Harry strictly had him disregard the idea. Naruto wasn't adept in Charms of that level yet. He would still need to be instructed through the whole procedure. Besides, instead of successfully wiping Sasuke's memory, possibly replacing it with a false one in it's place, Naruto could accidentally destroy Sasuke's complete and unstable mind, since Naruto was still very weak. When Sasuke was given a memory wipe before, it was in the Forest of Death, when Harry had taken over Naruto's body to fend off Orochimaru. Harry was more experienced with advanced charms and in order to perform a Memory Charm, he would have to possess Naruto again and that could risk Naruto's life with what little chakra and magic he had left in his almost fully flushed system to stabilize his body.

Naruto comically suggested that he could hit Sasuke's head a couple of times to force his memory gone by conventional ways. Harry bopped him on the head as a response, and the idea was dropped. Besides, they would probably get caught doing that.

Naruto came up with the only conclusion that could be compromised; he would have to confront Sasuke directly and persuade him into secrecy.

This was a clearly stupid idea. But what else could he do without accidentally killing himself or permanently damaging Sasuke's cranium, no matter how much he wanted to do so?

After some time, Naruto's mind was made up; he carefully made his way out of his hospital bed without simply hopping right off. At first he felt relieved to be free of the mattress's cheap springy design, but soon felt like screaming in pain as his bare feet were securely planted on the ice cold floor. His sore legs felt inflamed under his own weight, and his legs began to buckle and twitch in pain.

'YOUCH! Nii-san! I thought you said you were going to numb out the pain in my body!' Naruto yelled.

Harry winced for the umpteenth time in his life from Naruto's loud voice, making him question yet again what the mental equivalent for lung capacity was in here.

'Hey, don't get mad at me! I said I would numb out the pain in your shoulders, not in your legs, Little one.'

Harry smirked while Naruto responded with loud thoughts of random, nonsense, uninterpretable swear words and insults.

'Besides, you wouldn't be moving them at all without all the energy I'm putting into them now. Your legs will hold out fine. Now stop complaining, and get a move on.'

Doors & Drink Me by Danny Elfman

Naruto pulled himself straight up, using his bed for support. Naruto's legs felt loose and stringy with every move that he made. Forcing his leg to tighten and regain a stance, Naruto walked around the room a little bit so his legs could adjust to the stress. Naruto looked for his clothes, which happened to have been laid across from his bed. He searched the clothes and found his wand hidden deep within the torso area inside his infamous orange jumpsuit. He also searched the back pocket and found one smoke bomb left, one that wasn't destroyed in the fight with Sasuke when he tossed Naruto's weapons pouch. The blonde teen gripped his wand firmly in his right hand, ready to search for Sasuke's room.

Naruto carefully made his way to the door of the room and slowly opened it a crack. He peeked outside and saw one or two doctors or nurses walking down the hallway, collecting and replacing patient charts outside other doors. He waited until he was sure that no one would see him, and slid his door open hard and dashed into a nearby storage closet right when his door slid closed again.

He stopped to rub his legs, trying to ignore the agonizing pain in them, as he looked out into the hallway. Once the coast was clear, Naruto made his move down the hallway to the one of the nurse tables and hid underneath the table. Naruto made sure he kept out of view as he heard several nurses come to the desk to work. Naruto would wait until they left before he would check the charts or any information regarding Sasuke's room. Whilst waiting, he decided to overhear what the nursing staff was saying, in hopes that they would mention Sasuke.

"Ugh, I can't believe I have that Uzumaki brat to tend to again!" one of them complained.

"Oh, get over it. He's still unconscious, it's not like he's a struggle." the other laughed.

"That's not the point! I just hate being in the same room with that demon!" the complainer hissed.

"I know. It unnerves me too. You never know when he'll strike! But we just have to grit our teeth and get his treatment done and over with."

"I'll give him a sedative to keep him quiet for a while."

"No! If Lady Tsunade finds out, we'll get fired or worse! You know how much she's taken a liking to that brat. Just give him her medicine formula, and no one gets hurt."

"Fine. I'll get him in an hour. Let me just finish my form for Uchiha-sama, and we'll go to lunch."

While Naruto was listening in, he couldn't resist flicking both nurses off repeatedly from under the desk. Naruto's ears had perked when he heard the name 'Uchiha' said out loud. If Naruto can get that report, it would have Sasuke's information on it, including his room number and location.

Naruto waited impatiently for those stupid nurses to leave, 'Jeez, how long does it take to fill out a form?'

'Patience, Naruto. Patience...' Harry advised.

'I'm trying! I'm trying, Nii-san!' Naruto hissed back.

Harry growled at Naruto, 'Hey! Watch your tone, young man!'

Naruto flinched at Harry's authoritative scolding and silenced himself immediately. Once the nurses had left to attend to other patients, Naruto quickly stood up and found Sasuke's chart on top of several other folders. He flipped through it quickly looking for the room he was being held in. He spotted it on the upper right hand corner;

Uchiha, Sasuke. Tower Room: 466. ANBU Guards. Authorization Required.

'Bloody he- Of course he's guarded! Of course he is!' Naruto thought frustratingly.

'Remarkable that a vegetable child would need security 'round the clock in a grand hospital room. Those rooms are for people how actually need severe care.' Harry said with equal frustration, 'Keep going Naruto, you can incapacitate the guards there.'

'What d'you mean?' Naruto asked.

Harry advised, 'Just get up to the east wing tower, no problem.'

'No. What does incapacitate mean?' Naruto asked, confusedly.

'Use your imagination!'

Naruto smirked, 'Now look whose snapping.'

Harry scowled, 'I'm your brother. That's my birthright... Or soul-right... Besides, you really need to improve on your vocabulary.'

Naruto went on about smart-ass bothers and troublesome big words.

He then made his way to the south west end of the hospital, to locate Sasuke's room, which coincidentally, was the same room he was put in after his Preliminary match just several months ago. Hopefully they should have that broken window replaced by now. At least it would be harder for Sasuke to try and escape by window-jumping methods.

Naruto sped from supply closet to supply closet, he disappeared behind doors and ducked beneath desks to get to the south west tower room, and in between every stop he rested his legs. He finally came to the bending hallway on the top floor of the southwest wing, when he noticed, as the chart from earlier proved positive; two ANBU ninja stood outside Room 466.

Naruto cursed noiselessly. He was really hoping he would not have to use magic on anyone. But in order to get through that door two people would have to be jinxed today. Naruto got in close by the edge of the curving hallway, and carefully aimed his wand at both guards.

He then muttered, "Confundo!"

A bright flash of blue light and both ANBU faltered slightly, looking less upright and alert. Naruto came out of the corner into full view in front of the ANBU, and walked causally as he could, despite the pulsing pain pumping through his legs.

"Hello, gents!" Naruto called with a confidant smile on his face as he approached the Confunded guards.

Both ANBU continuously scratched their heads, clearly in confusion.

"Huh?" both of them asked in unison.

Naruto stopped before them, "You guys were just about to let me through, were you not?" he asked with a positive voice.

Both ANBU looked at each other in question, "We were?"

"Of course! You guys were going to let me through to visit Sasuke. I am the King of Wrackspurts after all, I have an appointment to see Sasuke Uchiha right now. The Hokage and Council sends you their regards. Now if you'll excuse me."

Naruto said waving the back of his right hand arrogantly, pretending to act like royalty. Both ANBU guards immediately stood aside to allow the blonde access into the room as if he were the Daimyo.

"So sorry to get in your way, young lord!" They said in unison together once more, this time with less confusion and more respect.

Harry chided, 'You always tend to make yourself seem more important, when you Confund someone, don't you, Little one?'

'Why the tone of surprise, Harry?' Naruto smiled.

He turned the door handle, then his facial expression turned serious as he opened the door to his 'teammate'.

Farewell to Dobby by Alexandre Desplat

Kakashi stood before the Hero's Memorial Stone, beneath the darkening stormy sky. As he did everyday for over thirteen years. To pay his respects to his beloved friends; Obito, his best friend, Rin, his treasured beauty, and Minato-sensei, the man who taught him and helped him in the darkest times of his early shinobi career.

Oh, how Kakashi craved to have so much as a minute with his deceased family of a team. With the formation of Team 7, he hoped to duplicate his old Genin team, and ensure that it wouldn't fall apart as his did. And for awhile, he thought he managed to succeed. Naruto and Sasuke argued just as Kakashi and Obito did, Sakura admired Sasuke, just like Rin admired at Kakashi. And Kakashi was the referee to make peace between them, and teach them equally and teamwork, just as Minato-sensei did. But alas, fate would not allow such a thing to be done.

'How could I have been such an idiot?'

He stopped his eyes at one name aside from Obito Uchiha. The man he looked up to, the man he admired and grew to love as second father; Minato Namikaze.

'Sensei, I have failed you... I had no chance of guiding and leading a team as you did... I put one student's training above the rest... You never did that to any of us. You never gave someone else any 'special attention'...You always believed that everyone deserves a fair share of everything. No indeficiency and no excess... You always said that teamwork was the most important thing for when it comes to completing a mission. Maintaining a team requires that too; you must set aside all differences to fulfill the greater good of all... I have failed miserably, and as a result, one of my students was nearly killed by someone who was supposed to be his teammate and friend... Please forgive me for my foolishness, Minato-sensei, please forgive me, yufu-san...'

Kakashi's eyes glanced back to Obito's name. He closed his eyes in anguish, as he spoke aloud as if he were in front of him,

"Obito... I'm sorry, but this is probably the only time I will ever say this... But I'm glad you didn't live to this day... I'm relieved that you didn't live to see your clan's dignity sunk so low... Your nephew, Sasuke, has now thrown away any greatness that the name Uchiha ever had, that you put into it in my eyes... He tarnished the dignity and respect you brought out of it, and certainly any respect from me... I tried to convince your nephew Sasuke to follow the ways you taught me and what I learned, but he did not see comrades as important as you and sensei believed they were, as I know they are... Instead, your nephew used them as scapegoats in the end, as bags of trash that would serve him a purpose and would toss aside when he found no more use for them. He's disgraced you and everything you lived for... Forgive me, for I have failed you yet again..."

Kakashi concluded his prayer as he stood up.

'And please forgive me for what I'm about to do to the 'last Uchiha', Obito.' he thought as he turned away to face in the direction of the village.

To Be Continued...

That's Part 1, and Part 2 is coming up soon!

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