Steve: Ha! Now for the next chapter of the Wave arc!

Pen-pen: Waark wark. (About time.)

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Steve: No idea. Hinata? If you would?

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Steve: Whew! Over a hundred and ten THOUSANDwords... I truly never thought I would write so much! Thank you to all my readers and espacilly to the reviewers! Anyways, ON WITH THE STORY!

Pen-Pen: (Wark Wa WAAK arrk waark)

Hinata: Translation is "The author doesn't own Harry Potter or Naruto". He just owns this story, the plot and his insane plot-bunnies.

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Having finally reached the strait that separates Wave from Fire country, they all pile into a small boat that then heads off. A few minutes later a thick bank of fog envelopes them, blocking all sight of either shore. Trying to see through it, Sasuke frowns. "Where did this fog come from? And why is it so thick?" Harry shrugs before answering.

"It's because of the way the ocean currents intersect here in Wave." Kakashi nods for him to continue, which he does. "I checked some maps before we started out that show that Wave is in an area where two massive ocean currents meet, one cold and one warm. The difference in temperature between the two causes these fogs around here and also up in Kirigakure. However, here they also cause storms and large rogue waves that can appear from nowhere giving the country it's name." Tazuna nods impressed, which increases as Harry continues. "On the plus side, the currents meeting causes the waters here to be rich in marine life making it one of the, if not the best, fishing grounds in all the elemental countries." Kakashi nods before sighing.

"Very interesting and all, but it still doesn't help us with our present situation." He points in the direction of Wave. "With all this fog, it's pretty much impossible to know if someone's waiting for us on the other side." Harry and Naruto share a look before nodding. Naruto clears his throat to get his attention.

"Uh, Kakashi-sensei? I have an idea…" After explaining that him and Harry could use a special type of shikigami to scout ahead at the landing sight Kakashi begins to rub his chin in thought.

'Hmm… It's not a bad idea and it'll give us some info which is always better then going in blind… Though the fact that Harry can use Shikigami is a surprise, it's not as big a one as it should I suppose…' Thinking it over, he nods. "Go ahead." Both Harry and Naruto grin before taking out two ofuda and begin chanting. Once the puffs of smoke from the Shikigami's creation blows away in the wind, Kakashi (as well as everyone else but Harry and Naruto) sweat-drops seeing the two small SD versions of the Uzumaki-Potter brothers (think Little-Satsuna from Negima!). Both bow revealing the small wings on their backs as the tiny version of Naruto begins the introduction.

"Hello! I am Chibi-Naruto!…" SD Harry takes over from there.

"… And I am Chibi-Harry!…" Both break out into a strange hopping dance.

"… And we are the Chibi-chibi brothers!" As they finish their intro they pull out small fans from nowhere and begin to wave them around. For the next couple of moments all that's heard is Harry and Naruto palming their faces and a cricket chirping, well, until Sal eats it that is. A starry eyed Sakura suddenly grabs them in a cuddle/glomp while squealing.

"Kyaaa! You're so Kawaii!" She ignores the boatman telling her to be quiet but not Kakashi tapping her on the shoulder.

"Now's not the time Sakura. You can cuddle them later." With a pout she let's them go and fly away into the fog …

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After a long flight (well, for them anyways) the Chibi-chibi brothers come within sight of the mangrove forest that surrounds wave. Alighting on a branch, Chibi-Harry begins sneaking around, only to stop as the theme from "Mission: Impossible" begins playing. With a twitching eyebrow he turns to be greeted by the sight of Chibi-Naruto holding a small radio. "What do you think you're doing exactly?" Chibi-Naruto blinks before answering.

"What? You don't like this song?" Taking his silence for an answer, he shrugs before pressing another button causing the radio to begin playing "Secret Agent Man". He begins smiling. "Then how about this one? It's not as good as the other one but it still… Wow! That's an interesting shade of red you're turning." Chibi-Naruto doesn't notice the fan that Chibi-Harry's slowly pulling from his pocket as he continues to babble. Meanwhile a masked nin is watching them from several yards away and trying to hold in giggles.

"Kawaii… Seriously Kawaii…" The nin shows surprise as a large man with a huge sword on his back suddenly appears next to them. "Hai, Zabuza-Sama?" Zabuza looks over at the person next to him.

"Haku, report…" He trails off as he catches sight of the Chibi-chibi brothers (Chibi-Harry having already dished out some punishment). "… What the hell are those?" He sweat-drops as Haku shushes him.

"SHHH!" Looking back, Haku begins giggling at the sight of them searching the area. 'Must… resist… urge… to… squeal… and glomp…' Rolling his eyes while sighing, Zabuza grabs hold of Haku before shunshining away to set up the ambush elsewhere. A few seconds later Chibi-Harry cocks his head to the side before turning to Chibi-Naruto.

"Did you hear something just now?" Chibi-Naruto looks over from where he's looking under a leaf confused.

"Um, no. Why? You hear something?" Chibi-Harry cups a palm to his ear for a moment before shrugging.

"Eh! For a second there I could have sworn I heard someone screaming about their chibi's…"

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Kakashi is watching a closed eyed Naruto and Harry with interest when both open their eyes. "Well? Is there an ambush there or not." Harry and Naruto look at each other before Harry shrugs while sighing.

"There isn't anyone there, but there are signs that someone had been in the area recently… However, they covered up their tracks so we can't tell you how long ago they were there, though it is likely that only a few hours at most have passed if that." Harry, Naruto and Kakashi all share a look, the same thoughts running through their heads.

'Next time, it'll be a jounin for sure.' A large gray shadow suddenly looms from the fog, slowly resolving into the still unfinished bridge. Sakura's eyes widen as a single word makes it's way past her lips.

"Sugoi…" Harry observes it for a few moments before nodding to himself.

"Nice… Though I've seen bigger and more impressive bridges." This turns out to be the wrong thing to say as Tazuna turns in his seat and glares at Harry before berating him. Kakashi however is looking at him curiously.

'He's seen bigger and more impressive ones? Where? I've been across the elemental countries and I have to say that this is the largest as well as the most impressive bridge I've ever seen… I wonder, is he talking about his homeland?' This thought, more then anything else, is what causes him to go deep in thought. You see, one of the talked about subjects among the jounin (as well as the other ranks and among the civilians) is Harry's homeland. No one had ever even heard of this "England" before he came and most would just dismiss it out of hand except for the fact that the Hokage and some council members have confirmed that it actually does exist. Kakashi is suddenly shaken from his ponderings as the boat bumps up against the pier. Looking around, he becomes sheepish as he notices Harry smirking at him. Before either can say anything they're distracted by a series of pops and cracks as Sakura stretches.

"Ahhh! That's much better!" Noticing the looks she's getting, she blushes. "Sorry." Harry just waves her off only to receive stares himself as he contorts his body (some of the positions that most people would NEVER use). Shaking it off, Kakashi turns to Tazuna who's mumbling to himself. Clearing his throat, he catches Tazuna`s attention.

"So how much farther till we reach your house?" Tazuna looks around before nodding to himself.

"Not far. We have only about a two or three hour walk from here." With that they begin walking, only to stop so Harry and Naruto could collect the Chibi-chibi brothers so they could return to their ofuda states. After an hour, Harry nods to Row and Hedwig, who disappear, heading back to Konoha for back up. Soon after, Naruto perks up having sensed someone watching them. Casually, he allows one arm to drop to his side allowing the kunai in his sleeve to slip into his palm as his eyes slowly move from one spot to another.

'Now, where are you hiding… Come out, come out, where ever you are…' Focusing on his danger sense (which has been sharpened by dozens of attempts on his life) to pin-point where their observer is. Eyes widening due to how close the person is, he quickly whips a kunai into a bush just slightly ahead startling everyone but Harry and Kakashi (who also sensed their watcher, but couldn't pinpoint them). "There you are!" Sakura hits him a moment later.

"Baka! What do you think you're doing whipping kunai around like that!" She stops as he turns to her, his eyes like two chips of ice.

"I was trying to hit the person who was hiding there." Scoffing, Sasuke moves the bush aside to reveal a snow-white rabbit shivering below the kunai causing Naruto to frown before getting smacked by Sakura again.

"Person?! It's just a rabbit Naruto! I can't bel-" She's cut off as Harry interrupts her, his own eyes about as forgiving as the gemstone they resemble.

"Sakura-nee-chan, I think you better look again. The rabbit's fur is white when it should be brown showing that it was kept in a cage until recently… Not to mention that there's blood on the kunai, yet not a wound on the rabbit." Sure enough when everyone looks, there's a smear of blood on the kunai causing Sasuke's, Sakura's and Tazuna's eyes to widen comically while Kakashi's narrow.

'Kawarimi! Then where did…!' Hearing a whistling sound, Kakashi grabs Sakura and Tazuna before shoving them to the ground. "Everyone! Get down!" Sasuke and Naruto throw themselves down while Harry just bends over backwards allowing the flying blade to miss him. Almost immediately after the blade imbeds itself in a nearby tree, Zabuza appears on the hilt. Looking over the group, his eyes flash in recognition as they fall on Kakashi.

"Ah! No wonder the Oni brothers lost. After all, how could they possibly match the famous Copy nin himself?" Kakashi narrows his eye as he reaches up to his Hitai-ate.

"Momochi Zabuza, the Demon of the Bloody Mist. Against you I have no choice but to use this." And with that, he grabs his Hitai-ate before lifting it revealing a scared eyelid. It opens a second later showing the Sharingan. Sasuke's eyes widen at that revelation.

'Wha… What the hell! How can he have the Sharingan?! It's impossible! Unless… Could he…?' Zabuza however begins to chuckle.

"Ah, what a honor to see the Sharingan so soon! However…" He trails off as he points at Tazuna, who's shaking. "As much as I would love to fight you, just give me the old man and you can go on your way." His smile leaves at the disgusted look on Harry's face. "What's wrong gaki? Don't have the stomach for this?" Harry just scowls while Kakashi groans at what comes out of his mouth.

"No, I just never thought that I would ever meet a pervert like you no-brows! I mean he's got to be in his fifties you sicko!" Zabuza goes red in the face in anger from what Harry's insinuating as well as developing a tick above one eye before Sakura draws attention to herself.

"Wait a second! What's this Sharingan that Sensei has!?" Sasuke looks at her from the corner of one eye before explaining.

"The Sharingan is a special doujutsus belonging to the elite members of the Uchiha clan. It has the ability to see through all Nin-, gen-, and tai-jutsu and reflect them back on the castor." Sakura looks between and her sensei in awe.

'Sugoi! That would be an incredible advantage to a ninja in battle! No wonder the Uchiha were considered the elite.' Inner-Sakura agrees whole heartily.

'Cha! With something like that, it would be almost impossible to defeat them! Shannaro!'Zabuza begins chuckling manically.

"Heh! All true, in fact your sensei is in our bingo books for copying over a thousand jutsu. Oh, well. If you're not going to hand over the old man, I guess I'll just have to kill you." With a shrug, he disappears only to reappear on a nearby pond. "Now for the most exquisite of the ninja arts… Ninpou: Kirigakure no jutsu!" His image slowly fades as the natural mist in the area thickens, enveloping the group.

"Guys, stay in formation. Zabuza's an expert in silent killing. If he strikes, you'll pass from this life not even realizing you're dead. And it's not like I can use the Sharingan perfectly so be alert!" His next words cause Team Seven and Tazuna to sweat-drop. "Besides, all we have to lose is our lives, so don't worry!" Harry gives him a derisive snort.

"Great! And here I was worried for a second! Oh, and Sensei? Do us all a favour, don't ever become a motivational speaker, okay?" Kakashi doesn't get the chance t reply as a massive burst of KI hits them before Zabuza's voice drifts eerily out of the fog surrounding them.

"Nine points." As everyone tries to pinpoint his position, he continues. "Throat… Spinal column… Lungs… Liver… Jugular vein… Sub-clavian artery… Kidney… And heart! Now where should I strike? Decisions, decisions…" Out of the genin, only Naruto and Harry are unaffected by the KI, having shrugged it off like water off a duck's back. Tazuna and Sakura are frozen however while Sasuke's shaking. Naruto begins shaking his head in amusement.

'Heh! He calls this Killing Intent? Ha! I've felt more KI just walking down the street.' Kyubi agrees only to point something out that he's missed.

'That's true, but you're forgetting one very important fact Naruto-kun.' Feeling his silent question, she continues. 'Sakura, Naruto-kun. She's never been exposed to this level of Killing Intent and bloodlust before.' Naruto just barely keeps from smacking himself.

'Kuso! I am such a baka! I should have realized that Sakura-chan would never have been exposed to something like this.' Turning to her, he notices Harry casting a spell they invented on Tazuna. Naruto casts it on Sakura a moment later with it's effects becoming immediately apparent as both of them begin to relax some. 'Man, who would have thought that a hybrid of the Calming and Cheering charms would prove effective against KI.' Kyubi send him a feeling of approval.

'Agreed. This is actually one of the more useful spells you've created.' she giggles as he huffs a bit before turning their attention to Sasuke, only for their eyes to widen as he brings up a kunai pointing towards himself.

'What an incredibly dangerous KI. It feels as if like I'd be killed if I make a single move or even breath… This could drive a person crazy…' He slowly gulps. 'The intensity of two Jounin… It feels as if my life is being squeezed from my body… I… I just can't take it… I'd rather die now and get it over with…' The kunai continues it's trip until it stills at Kakashi's voice.

"Sasuke… Don't worry, I'll protect you guys even if it costs me my life." Kakash turns and gives his team an eye-smile. "I don't let my comrades die." They all calm down some more, and Kakashi is surprised to see some respect in Harry's eyes. However, Zabuza's voice rings out once again.

"Is that so? How touching and sweet." He suddenly appears in the middle of Team Seven's formation. "However, somehow I doubt that you'll be able to keep that promise." As swift as the wind, Kakashi's suddenly there with his kunai buried in Zabuza's stomach. He's slightly shocked to realize that he's not the only one to strike a fatal blow as Sakura's knife is buried in his Zabuza's lower back, Naruto's in the side of his chest, and Harry's into his armpit. All eyes widen however at the sight of water instead of blood gushing out. Seeing a flicker of movement Sakura screams.

"Sensei! Behind you!" Her warning is too late as Kakashi can't turn fast enough and gets cleaved in half by Zabuza's zambatou. It's Zabuza's turn to be shocked as Kakashi turns into water.

"What! He copied me in even this mist! Impossible!" He stills as he feels the cold steel of a kunai on his throat.

"This is the end Zabuza, you're finished." Zabuza does the last thing they expect as he begins laughing.

"This is the end? You still don't get it, do you? I must admit though, copying my jutsu in this mist IS impressive, but your monkey-like imitations…" Harry frowns as he dismisses Zabuza's babbling while whispering a single word:

"Mahogan (Magical eye)." His iris begins to glow a poisonous green as the pupils become slitted. As his eyesight shifts to include Inferred his eyes widen as he realizes they've been tricked as the Zabuza in front of them has no body heat. "Shit! It's another Mizu Bushin!" Kakashi stiffens in surprise as the Zabuza in front of him transforms into water and the real one appears behind him.

"Not bad kid, I'm impressed." Kakashi barely dodges Zabuza's blade but still manages to get a graze along his back from it. Zabuza then stabs the blade into the ground while twirling around it to add some extra force into kick that sends Kakashi flying into a nearby pond. Zabuza takes off after him to finish the job when he suddenly stops noticing some Makibishi on the ground. Finally surfacing Kakashi finds he's having trouble moving.

'What's going on here? Why's the water so heavy?' He soon gets his answer as Zabuza appears behind him.

"Heh. Fool! Suirou no Jutsu!" As a sphere of water forms around kakashi, Zabuza begins laughing. "You may have been trying to escape into the water but you made a grave mistake." Looking towards the genin, he gives Harry a inquisitive look before shrugging. "I don't know how you saw through my bushin when your sensei and his Sharingan couldn't, but I really don't care." He makes a single Mizu bushin which glares at the genin.

"Heheh. You gaki's wearing Hitai-ate think may think you're real ninja, but guess what? You're not! You're just a bunch of snot-nosed gakis! A real ninja has survived numerous brushes with death." He pauses a moment. "Basically, once you're in my bingo book then you can call yourselves ninja." And with that the Bushin disappears. Harry frantically begins trying to locate him while Naruto activates his Mahogan.

'Shit! Where is that teme!' While waiting for his reappearance, he opens his mental connection with Sal. 'Sal, you take the low road, and me and Naruto will take him from above, got it?' Sal nods and slips from Harry's shoulders before making her way into the pond, hidden by the mist hugging the ground. Before totalling submerging, she turns to Harry with a pleading look in her eye.

'Just promise me you'll stay safe, okay? Promise!' Harry gives her a nod.

'Don't worry, I will.' Suddenly seeing a flicker of movement, his eyes widen. "Kuso! Naruto, behind you!" Naruto instinctively ducks and Zabuza's kick misses him entirely. Hopping out of range, Naruto gives Harry a nod of thanks.

"Thanks for the heads up nii-san." Glaring at Zabuza, Naruto points his finger at him. "Hey no-brows! Put this into your Bingo book: The next Hokage, Uzumaki-Potter Naruto!" Zabuza's about to say something when Kakashi catches their attention.

"You guys! Take Tazuna and run away! You can't beat him! As long as I'm in this prison, he can't leave and his Mizu Bushin can only go so far from him before it dispels. So go now!" Harry begins laughing, but there's nothing humorous in it.

"Sorry sensei, no can do." He gives Kakashi a smirk. "One, if we do leave he'll just kill you and then we'll be defenceless since you'd be gone. Two, he's going to come after us eventually. And three… 'Those that don't follow the rules are trash, but those that don't protect their team mates are worse then trash' remember?" Kakashi looks stunned, more so when the others nod. Zabuza begins laughing before his clone starts berating them.

"You punks! You think you're ninja? Ha! By the time I was your age…" The bushin lifts one slightly clinched fist while a maniacal gleam enters his eyes. "My hands had already been stained by blood!" Kakashi glares at him as a growl rises I his throat.

"The demon… Zabuza!" Zabuza gives him a mocking glance.

"Ah! So you've heard about that huh?" Kakashi looks back at his students.

"A long time ago, Kirigakure was also known as the Blood mist village due to their final exam…" Zabuza chuckles a bit.

"So you do know of our little graduation ceremony, huh?" Naruto's eyes narrow.

"Graduation ceremony?" Zabuza begins laughing as Naruto's annoyance increases. "What are you talking about?" Zabuza continues laughing for a bit before answering.

"What else? Fights to the death between students." Harry's and Naruto's faces harden as Sakura gasps. Even Sasuke looks shaken. Kakashi scowls.

"It was considered the most barbaric in all the Hidden Villages. Students who had eaten at the same table, shared the same dreams would be pitted to each other until one of them loses their life." Taking a deep breath, he continues. "Fortunately, all this changed ten years ago when a Demon appeared." Sakura looks confused as both Harry and Naruto realize where this is going.

"Change?" Sakura's question is met by silence so she asks again. "What change? What did this demon do exactly?" Kakashi's silent for a moment before answering.

"Without pause or hesitation, a child who was not even a student slaughtered over a hundred students of the graduating class!" Zabuza looks away from Kakashi with a look of fond remembrance.

"Ah! Their blood felt so good!" His bushin suddenly disappears only to reappear punching Sasuke in the solarplexes before slamming him down into the ground causing him to cough up some blood. Seeing this Sakura screams.

"Sasuke-kun!" The bushin chuckles a bit before reaching up for his blade.

"Prepare yourself for death!" He's interrupted by Naruto.

"Not yet he's not! Kage Bushin no jutsu!" As he surrounded by clones, the Mizu bushin lifts a eyebrow before sarcastically speaking.

"My, oh my! What large amount of Kage Bushin!" They all pull out a kunai before they dog pile Zabuza's bushin only to be knocked away with a single swing of his sword. As one of the Naruto's flies by, he reaches into his back pack before pulling something out and throwing it to Sasuke (who used the distraction of the Kage Bushin to escape).

"Sasuke! Here, catch!" As Sasuke grabs the object, his eyes widen before he smirks.

'So that's your plan, eh dobe?' He then unfolds it and reveals it to be a Fuma Shuriken before calling out the attack name. "Fūma Shuriken: Kage Fūsha (Demon Shuriken: Windmill of Shadows)!" As the shuriken heads towards him, Zabuza's Bushin raises an eyebrow.

"Nice try, but a shuriken won't work against me." His eyes widen however seeing the pass him and head towards the real one. "Ah! So you're going after the real me huh?" The real him snorts in derision before grabbing it from mid-air.

"That's still not enough!" He stiffens seeing the a second shuriken hidden in the firsts shadow. "What! There's another shuriken!" Snarling, he jumps over it and is about to say something when he hears a puff behind him and turns just in time to see Naruto throw a kunai at him. Unable to dodge, Zabuza releases the jutsu. He's about to bring the fuma shuriken in his hand down on Naruto when Kakashi blocks it.

"Your fight is with me Zabuza." Leaping away, Zabuza rapidly moves through several hand seals.

"Suiton: Suiryuudan no jutsu!" Kakashi also creates one only for his eyes to widen as he realizes it's heading for Naruto instead of him. "Die gaki!" Naruto's eyes widen but before it can reach him Harry appears in front of him.

"Guess again. Glacius!" A blue light shoots out from his finger and hits the water dragon causing it to freeze. Seeing Zabuza's shocked look, Harry's about to grab Naruto when Zabuza appears behind him and swings his sword at Harry's back. Instead of cutting him in half as most expected, it cuts through his coat and slightly into his vest before the force of it sends him flying, actually skipping across the water several times. Zabuza leaps out of the way of a pissed Kakashi still slightly shocked.

'Impossible… That should have killed him… And I thought that Haku was the last of that clan…' Harry meanwhile feels as if a massive fire is burning across his back.

'KUSO! THAT HURTS LIKE A…' After a second he calms down. 'Kuro, how bad is it?' Kuro gives him a mental sigh.

'Bad. While you didn't get cut in half, thankfully, the force was enough to literally snap your back like a twig. However, with your healing factor you should be fully healed by tomorrow.' Harry gives a sigh of relief.

'Thank Merlin for small miracles.' He stiffens feeling a massive amount of rage, both him and Kuro having the same thought. 'Oh shit. She's pissed!' Harry begins murmuring in Parseltoungue as neither Kakashi or Zabuza notices the large shadow heading for them under the water.

'Kuso! I've been slacking off WAY too much.' Straining with a kunai trying to prevent a massive sword from cleaving him in half. Hearing Harry, he just calls over his shoulder. "I'm kind of busy at the moment." Undeterred, Harry shouts again.

"Kakashi-sensei! Your question about Sal is about to be answered!" Kakashi becomes slightly puzzled.

'Now what's he going on about? The only real question I ever had was… what… her real size was!' Realizing what Harry's talking about, Kakashi leaps away throwing Zabuza off balance.

"What the hell…!" Getting a look down into the water Zabuza finally notices the large shadow below him just in time to avoid not getting eaten as Sal shoots up from below with her mouth wide open. Zabuza's not the only one surprised however.

'By the Kamis… When Harry said her true size is huge I thought maybe ten feet, twenty tops, but she's almost the size of Manda if not the same size!' Narrowing his eyes, Kakashi jumps back into the battle as he notices that all Zabuza's strikes are bouncing off Sal's scales. 'I wonder why she's not getting cut?' Harry's slightly out of breath however.

'Man, that scale enhancement charm takes a lot out of a guy… At least she has a better chance now.' He continues watching the two Jounin (plus angry snake) duel until Kakashi finally ends it with a Suiton: Daibakufu no jutsu slamming Zabuza into a tree before pinning him there with kunai. Coughing, Zabuza looks at Kakashi with a disbelieving look.

"How… Can you see the future…?" Kakashi gives him a glare before twirling a kunai in his hand.

"Yes… And your future is DEATH!" Before he can kill him however, two senbon come out of no where and hits Zabuza in the neck causing him to gurgle in shock before falling over. Kakashi makes his way over and checks for the pulse and, finding none, sighs. (The rest is just the same as cannon). Harry looks at the fallen Kakashi and then at the others from where he's floating thanks to Sal's Morbilicorpus with a partial body bind.

"Well, that's just great! And who exactly is going to lug his body to Tazuna's house? Ain't going to be me, that's for sure." Chuckling, Naruto looks to Sakura.

"Um, Sakura-chan… Mind giving me a hand?" She looks at him.

"What are you talking about?" Naruto scratches his neck.

"Well, you ARE my best friend… Right?" She nods. "Well, you know what they say: 'Friends will help you move. Best friends will help you move… a body.'" Her reply is to simply reach over and give him a smack on the head.

"Baka…"

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Steve: And there we are! Another chapter done!

Yui: Yes! Got to admit that your fight scenes need some more work though.

Steve: Of course they do, hopefully they get better as time passes... Anyways, time for the poll!

Poll: Should I create a fic for side stories?

Yes:1

No: 0

Pen-pen: War. Ark a waa kk warrk wa? (Wow. Not a lot of input eh?)

Steve: Eh! Here's hoping that more people give me an opinion.

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A.T.E: Providing back up.

Sarutobi looks one way then another before sighing and pulling an orange book from inside his desk. 'Ah... All my paper work is done! Now for some Icha Icha!' He begins reading only to be startled when Hedwig and Row appear in his office. "GAH! (Whump!)" Getting off the floor, the Sandaime glares at the two sweatdropping familiars. "Is there a reason you two are here?" Hedwig stares for a moment before shaking it off.

"Yes. We may have a problem..."She explains what has occured and once she's done Sarutobi puffs some smoke from his pipe before sighing.

"I really hate it when Harry's hunches are correct. ANBU!" In a moment Neko appears in the office.

"Yes, Hokage-sama?" Givivng her his best commanding stare, the Hokage addresses her.

"Please bring Inuzuka Hana, Umino Iruka and..." He looks at a paper on his desk. "Hyuuga Hinata since her teams currently short one since Kiba's doing some training with his mother." Neko nods before vanishing in a puff of smoke. Hedwig and Row suddenly stiffen. "Something wrong?" They both nod with a slightly scared look.

"Yes... We just got a VERY bad feeling... I just hope nothing happened to Harry..." Sarutobi gives her a raised eyebrow before agreeing.

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