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Warning: Yaoi, angst, violence, bad humour, etc

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Chapter 26: Distractions

Harry stood in front of the portrait apprehensively; he wanted to go in and talk to the guards just like Draco had advised him, but he couldn't get himself to move any further. The portrait stared back at him, neither knowing what to do next. Harry sighed and was about to walk away when the portrait opened, and a long-haired brunette stood in the archway.

"Do you need something, or are you going to stand out here forever?" Neji asked. He had been watching the dark-haired teen through his Bayakugan pace up and down the path for like a dozen times before deciding to take action.

"Er…" Harry was dumbfounded. He was taken by surprise, and for a second his mind had gone blank. They just stood stock still staring at each other, one getting more irritated as time passed on while the other grew more nervous.

/"NANI?!!!"/A shout alerted them. Neji and Harry instantly sprang into attention and ran inside the lounge, were they saw Naruto looking fearfully at a scroll.

/"What is it?"/ Neji asked

/"It's a letter from Tsunade-baba, Konoha has been attacked!"/ Everyone (expect for Harry) in the room gasped.

/"What?! That can't be possible; international relations between the countries have been going well, what could have triggered this?"/ Neji asked.

/"No, it's people in black capes, masks with sticks."/

/"Death Eaters…"/ Sasuke whispered. The occupants in the room looked grim.

Harry looked up at the mention of 'Death Eater'; even though he couldn't understand what they were saying, that word was enough to tell him that this was serious. It didn't feel right for him to stay here anymore.

/"How did they find Konoha? It doesn't make sense how they found the village, and what would they gain by attacking Konoha?"/

/"A leak?"/

They looked amongst each other, especially Kiba, whose gaze was locked onto Sasuke.

/"It isn't one of us,"/ Naruto said defiantly as he directed his glare at Kiba. He knew his friends, and no one would do something like that amongst them.

Harry watched the group nervously; he could feel the tension hanging in the air, suffocating him. It didn't seem like a good time for him to reveal his own problems. So while the guards continued arguing, he silently slipped out of the room and left the guards alone with their problems.

No one noticed Harry leaving. Naruto's gaze stayed locked onto the letter, the words a jumbled mess in his mind. Just like Tsunade had said, the threat had moved towards the hidden villages. This was getting more serious.

/"So what is the situation?"/ Shikamaru asked.

/"Stable so far, the wizards have no real knowledge of Jutsu's and can be easily immobilized if someone knocked a wand out of their hands. The problem is that they are attacking places with no protection,"/ he replied and passed the letter to Sasuke to burn.

The room was silent once again; everyone wanted to go back to Konoha and help out, but knew that they couldn't leave their posts.

/"I guess it is time for me to return then."/ The group looked towards Sai; he was already ready in his gear, and was just strapping his belt on.

/"You are?"/ Naruto asked.

Sai passed him one of his fake smiles, /"Duty an' all that,"/ he replied and sauntered over to Naruto.

The raven leaned down and stole a kiss. Naruto gaped, Sasuke was stunned, Sakura collapsed somewhere in the background from a nosebleed, and Kiba retreated back into his corner. Before Sasuke could do anything the smirking devil had teleported away. The young Uchiha fumed and cursed that evil imp and stalked towards his room, dragging the dazed blonde with him.

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He hated playing babysitter.

Sasuke glared into the bustling people sparring with each other, shooting spells, and conjuring up shields. Their reflexes were off, often they stuttered the spells out, or weren't quick enough with their conjuring. The problem was that the students didn't move, they stayed still and hoped that their spell would hit the target quicker than the other. This made themselves easy targets. He gritted his teeth together; this was starting to irritate him.

"You look like you are having fun…" came an amused voice.

Sasuke looked to his side and saw his lover (god that made his heart skip a beat) leaning against the wall. The Uchiha snorted back, and turned to look back at the students.

"They will lose the way they are going."

Naruto arched an eyebrow, and followed Sasuke's dark gaze, "Why'd you say that? They seem alright." Not really, Ron was useless with his duck-taped wand; Harry seemed a bit distracted and kept on staring off into space, while the only one doing something productive was Hermione. Yet there were too many students for her to take care of.

"They are too lazy, no movements, no dodging, if they were in a real battle situation they would be dead."

Naruto just gave him a look, "Jeez you are morbid, give them a break they are still training."

"You know what we had down by their age."

"Yeah but this is a different country, they don't expect the threat of war," he replied with a light whisper.

It couldn't be helped; the ninja world did seem like hell compared to the western society. They were brought up knowing the terrors of war, and death. Most were expected to fight for their country without regrets, no matter what the situation was. Compared to that these children were sheltered; they knew nothing of the world outside these walls.

"Then they will have to learn then," Sasuke said with conviction.

"What, you are going to teach the class?" Naruto asked. He couldn't imagine the raven doing that, he would most likely get so annoyed that he would injure them more than the enemy would.

Sasuke on the other hand didn't answer; he was looking at a few particular students standing in the opposite corner. They were holding a small crystal ball slightly obscured by their hands; it shone oddly but held no reflection. He arched a delicate eyebrow, before frowning. Something wasn't right; he hadn't seen those students in class before.

"You do it, I'll be right back," he replied and walked towards them.

Naruto gaped and shouted, "Why do I have to do it? This is your idea, TEME!" But Sasuke wasn't listening; he pouted indignantly but did what Sasuke asked.

The students had spotted Sasuke approaching and tucked the ball away and scurried over to the exit. He followed them out but they had disappeared. He looked around and waited; the echo of hurried footsteps instantly told him where they had run off to. Sasuke merged into the shadows and followed them. The one thing a person never did was look up.

He soon found them hiding behind a suit of armour; both boys were out of breath, clutching their cloaks and wheezing. "I think we lost him!"

"So much for being a guard, he couldn't even keep up with us!" the other replied with a sneer.

Just then sinister laughter filled the air. Both boys stiffened; they heard the sound of footsteps moving towards them, but when looking around no one was there. The laughter grew louder, the air around them dropped by a few degrees. Both boys squeaked when they felt something brushing against their head.

"Who the hell is there?!" the small students shouted out into the darkness.

"Is that you, Peeves?" the other shouted.

The laughter stopped and silence followed; all they could hear was the harshness of their own breathing, and the erratic beating of their hearts. The silence stretched around them and for a second they thought they had imagined the laughter. Or that the damn poltergeist was playing tricks on them. It didn't last for long

A light chuckle alerted both boys, causing a shiver to run down their spines.

"Your worst nightmare," finally came the chilling reply.

Both boys gasped and jumped into each other's arms; slowly they looked up and saw two glowing red orbs looking down at them. A chuckle came from the dark figure. The boys gaped and the colour drained out of their faces.

Even the ghosts stayed away when they heard the screams that followed.

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It was almost dawn by the time Sasuke returned; waiting was his seething lover. Naruto did not like being left in the dark, which Sasuke sadly did too often for his liking. The raven stared at the fuming blonde, whose stormy blue eyes didn't leave him. And for a second there he knew he was in trouble.

"Where have you been?" he snapped, crossing his arms over his chest.

Sasuke couldn't help but chuckle, no matter how angry Naruto may act, it was his way of showing his concern. In reality Sasuke could pick up on the nervous worried vibes that came off the blonde in waves. So he sauntered over to him, but Naruto wouldn't give in so easily and undeterred, he took a few steps back himself, his glare hardening.

"Answer me Uchiha," he demanded. Although a tinge of nervousness leaked through his harsh voice.

"Were you worried?" he asked.

Naruto huffed and looked away, a light blush staining his tanned cheeks. "Why the hell would I be worried about your teme-ass, you're the one who left me, bastard!"

"Now that hurt." Sasuke passed him a sincere smile and took a few more steps closer; it was almost like he was approaching a scared animal. Which Naruto in a sense was; he was so wild and in tune with nature, like the storm that his namesake represented. He reached out; pale hands grasped the blonde's chin and pulled it so that they were now looking at each other. He leaned down, by-passing those supple lips, his hot breath trailing against the skin 'til he reached his ear.

/"Aishiteru,"/ he whispered.

Naruto's blush deepened. "Teme…" he mumbled a smile creeping in. "It still doesn't answer my question."

"Hn, I found some spies amongst the Potter Defence group."

Naruto sprang back and gave Sasuke a disbelieving look. "What, really?!" he asked.

"Hn." Which translated as 'yes'.

"So you went after them?" Naruto asked, urging Sasuke to continue.

"Yeah, and found out something interesting," he said and walked towards his room. Naruto stared after him, and then with a grumble followed. He waited for the raven to continue, but Sasuke took his sweet time, undoing his jacket.

This only managed to piss the blonde off, "So tell me what you found out!"

Sasuke sighed. "Umbridge knows," he said.

"What does she know, you mean about DA? She knows about the secret classes?"

"Well not really, but she does have an inkling to what is going on, I'm guessing those student were going to bring her the proof tonight."

"But you intercepted them, right?" Naruto asked, slightly fearful of what would happen to Harry and his friends.

"Yes," he said and finally produced the crystal ball.

"What's that?" he asked. The ball seemed to be harboring an eerie mist; it emitted a light glow, but the surface held no reflection itself.

"Something called a Pensive," he said, straining in his pronunciation.

"What does it do?" he asked, taking the ball into his hands. It didn't seem like anything special, but by now Naruto knew to take nothing by face value.

"From what I understand it can hold memory; they found a way around The Unbreakable Vow, a loophole. Since they couldn't talk about it they decided to simply transfer their memories inside this and hand it to Umbridge as proof."

"Kuso, that's not good! We have to be on our toes more now!" the blond whined.

Sasuke smirked, and pulled the smaller close; he carefully took the pensive off Naruto and placed it on the bedside table. "But we bought some time, now c'mon we shall get some rest and think about this more tomorrow."

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It is just one thing after the other, at least now Sai is gone he can be a pain. Doesn't mean that the romance will disappear are be taken over by action, I'll try to keep this fic as fluffy as possible!

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