Steve: And here we are! Part two of the Battle of the Bridge!
Yui: Must you say it like that?
Steve: Yup! (Nods) adds to the drama of it all.
Pen-pen: Wark war ar a waar... waaarrrkkk. (Your one of a kind... Thankfully.)
Steve: (grumbles) I get no respect.
Hinata: Um... Shouldn't we do the disclaimer now?
Steve: (Blinks) Um Yeah, I guess we should. Take it away!
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.
Why me?Shinigami/Demon/Inner-Sakura
'Who?' Thoughts
-YO!- Animal speech
'What the...!' Reading
Steve: And I'll apologize now for submitting to something that's been WAY overused. Take a guess what it is...
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Coming out of a mirror, Haku sees Kakashi's widening eyes as she interposes herself between his Chidori and Zabuza. Closing her eyes, she has time for one thought: 'I wish I could've experienced life along side my precious people…' She hears a crack before feeling blood splatter on her face but no pain. Opening her eyes, she gasps in shock as Harry's there in front of her. Harry groans a little, but isn't dead since he had moved enough that the Chidori had only pierced his shoulder. The jutsu hadn't even gone through it since his coat and vest had taken the brunt of it leaving a hole just barely the size of Kakashi's hand in his shoulder and not a deep one at that. Harry winces a little as a shocked Kakashi withdraws his hand, only a small amount of blood escaping since the electricity had cauterized the wound. Closing one eye in pain, Harry manages a small grin.
"Hey teach, next time you get pissed please try not to take a pound of flesh…Okay?" Kakashi just stares at him but before he can say anything, Harry holds up his hand. "I know what you're going to say but… I couldn't let her die, I just couldn't. She's… she's like me. Hated for her abilities." Hearing this, understanding comes into Kakashi's eyes. With the ninken now gone Zabuza's about to grab his sword when Haku grabs his wrist in a crushing grip before glaring at him.
"I think that's quite enough… right Zabuza-sama?" The person in question starts nodding, scared witless by the tone in Haku's voice.
'Brrr. I REALLY don't want to get on her bad side. The last time she used that tone was when she caught me and the Demon brothers asking Jeraiya-sama to autograph our Icha Icha… It took us a month to heal… not to mention that our books had to be surgically removed…' All their thoughts are interrupted by a scream before Naruto shouts Sakura's name…
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Sakura's looking down at Sasuke's unmoving body still in shock as Tazuna stands beside her looking at her in sadness. 'This… this is horrible. How can you do this to a child?' He's about to lay his hand on her shoulder to comfort her when he's knocked to the ground. Dazed, he looks up to see the cloaked figure from before hoisting Sakura by the neck, only this time the cowls fallen off revealing that he looks like an extraordinarily old man with a bald head and bat-like ears. It's his teeth that catches Tazuna's attention. He has two elongated, yellowed canines reminding Tazuna of nothing else then of a rat. Sakura's trying to get out of his steel-like grip when she looks him in the eye and finds her body freezing.
'Wha… What's going on!? Why can't I move!? Help! SOMEONE HELP ME!' Seeing the panicked look on her frozen face, the Nosferatu chuckles in pure enjoyment before bringing her face close to his.
"Oh, don't worry my little pretty… Soon it'll all be over and you'll be mine… forever." Hearing this, Sakura starts panicking. She actually moves a little causing the Nosferatu's almost non existent eyebrows to raise. "Hmm, how interesting. You actually have enough will power to move?" Hearing a sound, he turns to see Naruto stumble out of the mist.
'Uhhh. I hate when I lose control. I always feel like shit afterwards.' Still feeling the slight burning sensation caused by the Youki he was just using, it takes Naruto a moment to realize what he's seeing. Once he does, his eyes pop out of his skull. "SAKURA! You teme! LET HER GO!" The Nosfuratu chuckles while mockingly shaking his head.
"'Let her go'? I think not." He starts glaring at Naruto. "You, my young adversary, killed my… daughter before you destroyed my home. I think it's only appropriate if I return the favour, don't you?" Naruto's eyes pop open and he starts to move but is to slow as the Nosferatu bites Sakura's neck causing her eyes to pop open.
"N… noooo." She winches as he pulls out, licking his lips.
"Mmmm. I love the blood of a young virgin… So sweet." He chuckles seeing her blood slowly drip out of the holes in her neck. Seeing her agonized face, he starts talking to her in a baby voice. "Oh, don't worry my dear… as I said, it be all over soon-URK!" The Nosferatu nearly folds in half from Naruto's blow to his stomach before being sent flying from a upper cut. Grabbing Sakura, Naruto holds her in his arms.
"Sakura-chan! Sakura-chan, can you hear me?!" Slowly, she opens her eyes slightly and tries to give Naruto a comforting smile… which fails of course and not only because of her pale complexion.
"I… I'm sorr-ry Naruto… I… Wasn't strong enough… Forgi… forgive… me…" Her eyes close as Naruto starts trying to get her attention.
"Sakura-chan! Don't give up! I'm the one who's sorry, it's not your fault! You hear me! It's not your fault! You're going to be okay! DO YOU HEAR ME SAKURA-CHAN!? YOU'LL BE OKAY!" Sakura coughs a little before answering.
"Now… Naruto… don't… go… making… promises… y… you can't…keep…" Falling silent, the only sign that she's even alive is her laboured breathing. Clinching his eyes shut, Naruto desperately tries to keep his tears from falling. He gasps feeling a hand on his shoulder and throws a punch only for it to be caught by Kakashi. Blinking in shock, Naruto notices Haku, Harry (who's own injury causes him to wince) and Zabuza. They're joined momentarily by the three familiars. Seeing the bite wound, Harry's eyes pop open.
"SHIT!" Grabbing hold of her from Naruto's grasp, Harry starts examining her. 'Crap! She's been bitten. We need to do something NOW!' Looking around, he remembers Haku's abilities. "Haku-chan! Quickly, how much chakra do you have?" Blinking at the question, it takes but a moment to answer.
"Not much, but enough for one or two jutsu… Why?" Harry just starts mumbling.
"Hopefully it'll be good enough." He then turns to Row. "Row, I need you to cry on the bite." Row looks at him in confusion.
"While for a normal vampiric bite that might work, for a bite like this it wouldn't stay there long enough… And even it could, the chances of it working are-" Harry gives her a glare.
"Never tell me the chances." He jerks his head towards Haku. "You cry on it and Haku-chan'll freeze them over it. If nothing else it should give us enough time to do something." Both nod and get to work as Naruto slowly rises from where he is. Not even looking, he calls over his shoulder.
"Row… Nii-san… I need something from you both…" A few moments later finds Naruto rushing towards the now fully healed Nosferatu. "TEME! TIME TO PUT YOU DOWN!" He just chuckles.
"Oh? You seem angry about something?" Dodging a kick, he throws a punch of his own. "Surly you're not angry about that girl are you?" Finally getting a strike in, Naruto snarls at him as the vampire sneers mockingly. "Really, you shouldn't care. Humans are just prey for beings like us." Naruto does several hand seals before shooting several fireballs at him which he dodges, but not the shuriken within which hits him in various places, scorching him.
"Humans are not prey asshole… and I'm nothing like you teme! I'm a human!" A red aura slowly seeps out and covers him causing the Nosferatu to snort in derision.
"You? A human? Don't make me laugh! You are a monster like myself. Humans are NOTHING compared to beings like us, they should BOW to US. And yet in their arrogance they try to destroy us." He starts grinning seeing the red aura take the form of what will later be known as Naruto's fox shroud. "See? You ARE a monster. That's it embrace it! Become greater then these pathetic humans. Becom-OOOF!" He doesn't finish as Naruto disappears before landing a bone shattering blow to his jaw causing him to nearly bite off his tongue.
"Oh, just shut up."Meanwhile, Naruto's talking to Kyubi. 'Kyubi-chan, how long can I keep this up?' She sighs before telling him.
'You got MAYBE five more minutes before the amount of my Youki your using becomes more destructive then useful. After that you got another five before the seal cuts it off.' Naruto nods.
'Good. That's enough time… More then enough.' Dodging a blow that could have separated his head from his shoulders from his shoulders due to the force behind it, Naruto smirks. "Awww. Looks like you're getting angry again"Reaching into his cloak, Naruto pulls a large flask before throwing it causing it to break across the vamp's face. Almost immediately all the exposed skin becomes red and covered in boils as he screams in pain.
"ARGH! YOU BASTARD!" Naruto gives him a savage grin while watching him.
"You honestly didn't think that after our last meeting I wouldn't be prepared did you? I guess you REALLY don't like a face full of Holy water, huh?"Still grinning, Naruto pulls out a vial full of a red substance. Seeing the Nosferatu try to escape, he vanishes again before reappearing in front of him and emptying it down his throat causing his screams of pain to become screeches of agony as it burns his throat. "And I thought you were a vampire and here you can't take a little blood? Granted, it does come from Row and does contain basilisk venom…"The Nosferatu merely starts flailing wildly, hoping to hit Naruto.
"STAY STILL! I'M GOING TO SLOWLY DRAIN YOU OF YOUR BLOOD UNTIL YOU BEG AND PLEAD FOR DEATH! ERGH" He stumbles a bit before throwing up and falling to his knees. Seeing this, Naruto slowly walks towards him. Having finally had enough he tries to transform into his bat form in order to escape, only for nothing to happen. "Wha… what's ha(urgh!) happening…" Naruto just chuckles, but it has no humour in it.
"Baka. The Holy water weakened you, yes. The phoenix blood however is acting like poison to your body… It's taken away all the abilities granted to you by undeath." Now scared, the vampire starts trying to back away, holding his arms in front of him in a warding gesture.
"N…No! Please! I beg of you! Have mercy-ARGH!" His pleas get no farther as a cold iron kunai pierces both hands and pins them to the bridge as Naruto starts channelling his final blow.
"Mercy? MERCY! Did you give mercy to all those you've killed over the years? Did you give mercy to them? HUH!? DID YOU!?"The vampire tires to get a word out as Naruto continues. "This… this is where you die you teme. At least those you killed didn't act like a animal when they died. TONIGHT YOU DINE IN HELL!"Naruto's right arm is covered in a blue flame as the Youki around him also gathers there. Snarling, he brings it down and into his chest. "NOW DIE! KITSUNE-BI: NAIMENTEKI IMMOLATION!"And with that, Naruto's opponent's body starts smoking before bursting into flame as it burns from the inside out. Breathing hard, Naruto turns as he hears Harry approaching.
"Kuso nii-san, you look like shit." Looking at the vampire's funeral pyre, he adds: "So did you enjoy it? I mean really, did you haveto kill him like that?" Naruto looks away as with his eyes shut tight.
"No. Your right nii-san. Revenge always leaves you feeling empty." Looking back at him, Naruto gives him a shaky grin. "Besides, I look like shit? Look who's talking, I'm not the one with a massive hole in his shoulder." Harry just shrugs before Naruto asks the question on his mind. "How is she? Sakura-chan." Harry sighs before shaking his head.
"Row's tears have got her stabilized for now…" Biting his lip, Harry shakes his head again. "If it was a normal vampire bite it might have made a difference… but since it was a Nosfuratu…" He trails off before continuing. "All we've really can do is delay it." Naruto's about to say something when he hears laughing. The mist fully clears revealing Gato at the head of a small army of thugs.
"'Demon of the Bloody Mist'? HA! More like a baby demon." Sneering he notices the burning body by Harry and Naruto as well as a tied up Hisame by Iruka. "Heh! Looks like I got to thank you Konoha shinobi, you've already taken care of most of the loose ends." Several of those there look like they're going to throw up from the look of pleasure on Gato's face. Zabuza, on the other hand gets a pissed off look on his face.
"Gato! What are you doing here? I told you that I was going to take care of it! We had a deal!" Gato snorts at this.
"A deal? A deal!?" He turns to the thugs behind him. "You hear that boys? We had a deal!" He starts laughing and they do only to stop when he does. "Fool! I was never going to go through with it and pay you!" He gives another derisive snort before pointing his cane at the thugs. "For the amount I was going to pay you I could buy these guy's service and then some." Zabuza nearly lunges forwards and it's only Haku's hand that keeps him from charging.
"You teme!" Gato just laughs.
"That's what I love about you missing-nin! All I have to do is promise you missing-nins shelter from the Hunter-nin and money and you'll do anything I want. And unlike ninja's from a village it's cheaper and once they finished, all I have to do is kill them while they're weakened. And not only does no one miss them but then I can collect the bounties and make some money on the side." Snarling, Zabuza turns to Kakashi.
"Oy! Kakashi, looks like we're no longer enemies since he broke our contract." Kakashi nods and is about to say something when he gets cut off by Gato's laugh.
"Heh! Once my boys here are finished with you, I'll let them have their way with the village. That'll teach them to go against me. Maybe I'll allow your little bitch to survive…as my little slave (Harry twitches) along with your daughter, Tazuna (Naruto twitches). Heh! I can just imagine how much fun I'll have with them-" He stops as the bridge becomes filled with KI originally from Zabuza, but rapidly eclipsed by Harry's and Naruto's as their auras come back into existence with a vengeance . Harry turns to Naruto.
"Nii-san?" Naruto nods.
"Yes?" Harry snarls, his face full of fury.
"Let's just kill them." Naruto just nods as they start walking towards the group as Harry calls back over his shoulder. "Oy! Sensei, keep them safe, okay?" And without waiting for an answer both him and Naruto keep walking, neither breaking their stride. Kakashi's about to rush after them when a hand grabs his shoulder holding him back. Looking at the person, he sees pale Hana watching Harry and Naruto with a tight expression. Before he can say anything, Hana starts talking.
"Kakashi, trust me when I say you REALLY don't want to go there." Seeing him open his mouth, Hana tightens her grip. "Harry and Naruto HATE rapists with a passion. Trust me when I say to sit back and relax… Or at least as much as you could. They're dead men walking." He stops and looks back at the two in time to see the thugs charge at them. Naruto and Harry just continue to walking, their pace unchanging. One of the thugs are faster then the others and goes to strike at Harry when Harry grabs him by the throat. As he struggles, he gasps as Harry's hand is wrapped in a green energy which starts to mummify his body before the other thugs horrified eyes. Dropping the now desicated corpse, Harry looks at the various thugs with eyes that are as unforgiving as the crystal they so resemble.
"You're next." And with that they both bring up their hands and starts walking again before filling the air with spells.
"Reduto! Blastodio! Diffendio!" On and on they shoot off spells, not even bothering to aim. Of course, in a crowd that dense aiming becomes moot as any missed spell will hit someone regardless. Light spells, dark arts, they give no quarter. Gato starts backing up scared as Harry's eyes have now changed. Now his eyes are pure black, the only color coming from the slit pupil (now the iris' original color) and the glowing red veins stretching across the eyeball. He nearly pisses his pants (as do several thugs) as Harry's aura takes the form of a massive cloaked skeleton. A single word passes a thug's lips beside him.
"Shinigami…" Hearing this, Harry smirks as he calls out to the thugs still rushing at him.
"That's it! Come to me! FOR I AM DEATH GIVEN FORM!" And with that Harry and Naruto shoot out several Maho Dai Dagan no jutsu, the large balls of magic strike the mercs with the force of ten-pound cannonballs creating pure havoc in the crowd. This final barrage finally breaks the thug's charge and, not giving them a chance to regroup, the two wizard-nin release they're knifes and charge in to engage the small army hand to hand. A few minutes later finds Gato alone on the bridge with Harry and Naruto standing in front of him with his destroyed army behind them. Looking from one to the other he starts pleading.
"L…Look here… I'm sure we can come to an agreement… right?" They just stare at him in stony silence, their expressions carrying across their response. At that moment Inari appears with the citizens of Wave forming an army behind him. Seeing this, Gato's pleading becomes more insistent. "I'll do anything! ANYTHING! I SWEAR! I DON'T WANT TO DIE" A smirk on his face, Harry cocks his head to the side.
"Anything?" Gato nods, hope blossoming on his face. "How about this, I'm a wizard and if you give me what I want I'll give you immortality as well as all the gold you'll ever need. How does that sound?" Ignoring the betrayed looks behind him, Harry watches as Gato nods. "Good. Now write me a check for… half your fortune and I'll do this… but leave the name blank." Nodding quickly, he does so while laughing inside.
'Heh! Small price to pay for immortality.' He has to suppress the need to sneer as he gives the check over to Harry. 'Once I'm immortal, I'll wait a bit and then take my revenge…' Opening his arms, he looks at Harry. "Well? Aren't you going to make me immortal?" Harry's eyes become hooded as he nods.
"Yes, a deal is a deal after all." Chanting a bit, he taps Gato on the head causing a tingling feeling to run down his spine. Behind him, Inari is in tears.
"Why!? WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS!?" Harry gives him a comforting smile.
"Don't worry Inari-" He gets cut off as Gato starts screaming.
"WHAT IS THIS!? WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME!?" Everyone (except the two brothers) looks at him in shock as starting at his feet, his body slowly transforms into gold. Looking at Harry, he starts shouting. "YOU! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS!? WE HAD A DEAL." He snorts at this.
"Yeah a deal you were going to break. I'm not stupid you know." He leans forward towards Gato's face. "Besides, you never asked exactly how I was going to make you immortal. Soon you'll be an immortal made of gold." Harry's smirk becomes downright nasty as horror dawns on Gato's face. "You'll no longer be able to feel anything, unable to see…" He leans back. "Unable to hear or smell… or even taste ever again. Forever trapped in the prison that your body's become. Unable to truly die unless your body's fully destroyed. Have fun." And with that the gold covers over Gato's face, forever freezing it in horror. With a gesture, Harry shrinks him to the size of a tin soldier before sending him flying off the bridge and into the waters below where he disappears beneath the waves, never to be seen again. With a shudder, Zabuza looks at him.
"Gaki… that was beyond sadistic, that was plain evil... I'm truly impressed." Harry shrugs in response.
"Thanks." Looking at Inari, he gives him a small smile. "Did you really think I would betray you like that?" Inari starts blushing as Harry hands the check over to Tazuna. "Here, I think this will help rebuild Wave." Looking at the amount, Tazuna nods dumbly. "Good. Now, nii-s…" Harry trails off as he notices Naruto picking up Sakura bridal style before leaping away. Blinking at this, Kakashi turns to Harry.
"Where's he going? We should get medical help for her!" Harry shakes his head sadly.
"Unfortunately, there's nothing we can do. She either makes it.. Or she doesn't. And if she transforms… Well, nii-san will do what he must." At that, he starts walking only to stumble and get caught by Haku who helps him walk off the bridge, past two very badly beaten Demon brothers. Watching after him, his last words echo through Kakashi's mind.
' "Do what he must." I hope it doesn't come to that…"
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Naruto's wiping Sakura's sweaty brow with a cloth. Sighing, her lips move slightly revealing a larger then normal canine. Silent, Naruto opens up a scroll containing some kind of herb and throws it into the water he's been using filling the room with an identifiable wholesome smell. Sighing, he looks around at the various sutra and talismans he's got scattered around the room designed to weaken necromantic energies. Hearing whimpers, he turns back to Sakura. "Sakura-chan…" Picking up the cloth once more, he starts wiping it across her feverish forehead, hoping to relieve her some. In the ensuring silence, Kyubi speaks up.
'It's not your fault.' In answer, he just wrings out the cloth before dipping it back into the dish. 'You're killing yourself Naruto-kun. You know as well as I do that she has no chance.' Angrily, Naruto starts growling.
'Oh? And what am I supposed to do Kyubi-chan? Kill her now? HELL NO! I know she can beat this! I believe in her!' Kyubi just sighs while shaking her head.
'Stop being so stubborn. You're just delaying the inevitable. I think she would rather die then transform into a beast. You know that a bite like this transforms a person into a wild vampire, a vampire that's unintelligent and will do nothing but feed when it can. An animal, a unintelligent beast.' Naruto's silent until his anger and rage hits Kyubi through their link.
'An unintelligent beast? An animal!?' Taking a deep breath, he continues. 'The same has been said of you. Are you a beast?' Kyubi's silent. After a moment, Naruto sighs. 'I'm sorry Kyubi-chan, that was uncalled for.' Kyubi shakes her head in the seal with her ears drooping.
'It's… okay Naruto-kun. I know that you're frustrated and… she's one of your best friends, I should know how hard this is on you.' Naruto nods sadly.
'Yes, but that's still no excuse to snap at you. I'm sorry. I'll make it up to you, I promise.' Wringing out the cloth once more goes through the motions. 'KUSO! This sucks ass! I wish I could do something to help her…' Kyubi shrugs sympathetically.
'Unfortunately, Sakura doesn't have the protection that you and Harry carry in your blood.' Naruto starts nodding only to stop as his eyes pop open.
'Say that again Kyubi-chan!?' Confused, she does. 'Kyubi-chan, if you were out here I would kiss you! That's brilliant!' Blinking, Kyubi says the only thing she could.
'Huh?' She starts scratching her head. 'I know that I'm pretty smart, but what did I say that's so brilliant?' Naruto mentally shakes his finger at her.
'Our blood. Or rather, the protection within it.' She still confused and tells him so. 'Have you forgotten what it did to you when you came into contact with the protection?' She blinks before shrugging.
'How could I? It burned the… evil… out of me.' She's silent for a moment before she whispers. 'By Inari, would that work? Could it work?' Naruto grins.
'I'm willing to bet it would. But first…' Concentrating, Naruto starts chanting. "Tutela of cruor Producto tutela intus Pro oportet ustulo sicco malum intus Percello obscurum Accerso lux lucis quo illic est nullus..." Feeling the warmth rushing through his blood, he gently grabs Sakura before lifting her. Groaning, Sakura opens her eyes slightly.
"Na… Naruto… Wha…" Naruto gently positions her so that her mouth is close to his neck. "N… No! I… Naru-" Naruto cuts her off.
"It's okay Sakura-chan. Everything is going to be okay." And with that he presses her mouth against his neck, wincing as she bites it. A second later he has to bite back a moan as she starts to drink. He mumbles something as she begins making needy noises.
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Inner Sakura's thrown a good distance as she slams into the ground of Sakura's mindscape with a shout. Beside her, Sakura fades into existence causing her to blink. "Well? Where'd you go? I could use your help! Shannaro!"Sakura looks around dazed before shaking her head.
"I… Remember Naruto and… Oh Kami-sama!" Her eyes open wide in shock as she pales. "And I… bit him… oh Kami-sama…" Beside her Inner Sakura also pales, but in anger.
"YOU WHAT!" Hearing a growl, the two turn to see what appears to be a bestial version of themselves. "Oh, great. Just what we need. Why won't this bitch just die." It leaps at the two making them scramble and separate.
"Why? Because I think this thing is what's making us sick!" The 'Thing' starts laughing.
"So the little thing has figured it out. I'm your destiny."Snarling, Inner Sakura rushes it before punching it a good distance.
"Like hell! Shannaro!"She turns to Sakura. "Hey aren't you going to help me?" She nods but before she can both of them are grabbed by hands made out of shadow. "What the hell is this!"Vamp-Sakura grins an insane grin.
"Those are representations of the vampric curse spreading through your body."Suddenly a beating sound makes itself known, at first fast then slowing down. Hearing this, Vamp-Sakura starts laughing. "Hear that? That's your heart slowly stopping. Once it does, I'll be in control and you'll disappear… forever! And then… And then I'll feed. First on Naruto then the rest of Team Seven!" Inner-Sakura starts struggling.
"LIKE HELL BITCH!"Vamp-Sakura just looks at her in disgust only to be shocked as the beats speed back up as the bonds holding her weaken. Her face becomes hate filled as she watches.
"Seems I'll have to kill you first then."Her 'Claws' grow on her hand before she points them at Inner-Sakura and rushes at her with them aimed at her heart. "Now DIE!"Sakura starts shouting as Inner-Sakura closes her eyes.
'I'm… going to die? I… can't. I haven't told him how I feel yet… But if I'm going to die, I'll face it with open eyes.' Opening her eyes, Inner-Sakura sees Vamp-Sakura nearly on her when a blur knocks into her. Inner-Sakura blinks in shock as the bonds weaken and then fall apart as the blur resolves into Naruto looking at Vamp-Sakura with disdain.
"Well now, seems I made it just in time. OMPH!" He's nearly knocked down as a squealing Inner-Sakura glomps him. "Um, hi?" Inner-Sakura looks at him with a blush.
"Hi…"They stare at each other until Sakura smacks the two on the back of their heads. "ITAI! What'd ya do that for?"Sakura points at Vamp-Sakura, who's getting up.
"We got a problem at the moment, or have you two baka's forgotten?" Both of them smile sheepishly causing her to sigh. "Never mind. So any ideas?" She then gives Naruto a stare. "And you'll be explaining how you got here." Naruto nods before looking at Vamp-Sakura.
"Well, I do have an idea…" They both nod after he explains. "…Okay, let's kick some vampire ass." Inner-Sakura gives him a grin.
"I knew there was a reason we liked you."And together the two rush at Vamp-Sakura who finds herself at a disadvantage as every time she's about to hit one of them the other one steps in and lands a blow. Finally Sakura comes from behind her and pins her arms behind her.
"GAH! BITCH! LET! ME! GO!"Sakura just scowls as black smoke starts hissing from where she's holding Vamp-Sakura, who's slowly disintegrating into ash (AN: Think what happened to Quarrl in HPPS movie). "NO! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!"Inner-Sakura grins manically as her fist starts glowing.
"Don't you know yet? With Naruto ANYTHING is possible! NOW DIE!"And with that she punches her causing her to scream as she fully disintegrates. Looking at her fist, Inner-Sakura blinks before punching it into the air. "HA! TAKE THAT! NOTHING CAN STAND AGAINST LOVE!"Sakura just chuckles before turning to Naruto.
"It maybe corny, but the sad part is it's true." She shakes her head from side to side. "Who would have thought that me thinking about everyone I love would cause that… thing to die like that?" Naruto shrugs with a smile as he can hear Sakura's heartbeat become more stronger. He sighs as he turns to Sakura.
"Well, it's over…" None of them but Naruto notice that the ashes from Vamp-Sakura are gone, but he just smiles.
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A cloud of black smoke is rushing through Sakura's mindscape trying to escape when it sees a slightly open door. You could almost feel it grin as it squeezes through. Once inside it condenses back into Vamp-Sakura, who finds herself in a massive forest, She starts snarling. "I'll hide for a while for that bastard to leave, as he must, then? Well, then all I got to wait and once that bitch is in a near death I'll take over… HehehehehHAHAHA!" She stops as something hit's the ground behind her. And feeling the hot breath behind her, she turns and her pale complexion becomes ashen gray as she spots Kyubi's full demon form behind her.
"Well, well. What do we have here? A snack? Just for me? Aw, you shouldn't have." Vamp-Sakura starts babbling in terror as Kyubi licks her lips with a predatory grin. "Now don't move, I don't like fast food all that much." Vamp-Sakura doesn't even have the time to scream as Kyubi opens wide and lunges forwards…
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The two 'girls' are staring at Naruto in stupefied silence. Finally, Inner-Sakura breaks the silence with one word: "Wow."Sakura gives her a weird look.
"That's all you can say? 'Wow'?" Inner-Sakura shrugs. "How can you believe that?" She just smiles before grabbing Naruto's arm.
"Has he ever lied to us before?"Sakura blinks before giving her a wry smile.
"Well, there was that time-" Inner-Sakura waves her off.
"Details, details." She lays her head on nervous Naruto's shoulder with a sigh. "He came and saved us like a knight in shining armour, didn't he?"Sakura blinks before agreeing.
"True." In flash, she's grabbing his other arm with a smile. "I still have trouble believing that you used the blood I drank to form a mental bond between us. Seems…" Naruto finishes her thought.
"Unbelievable?" She nods while Inner-Sakura snorts.
"HA! You can't make this shit up." She gets a interested look on her face. "I just want to know how long it'll last for."Naruto blinks before looking up thoughtfully.
"To be honest? I don't actually know. It might be permanent for all I know…" His face drops at that as he sighs and closes his eyes. "I'm sorry… I know that I should have asked for permission first but…" He trails off as he feels a kiss on either cheek. Opening his eyes, he's confronted by the sight of Sakura looking at him with an unreadable expression on her face.
"You have nothing to be sorry about Naruto. You did it because you felt that you had to and to be perfectly frank… I'm okay with having some kind of mental bond with you. After all, it could be worse." Inner-Sakura nods before chirping her own opinion.
"Yeah, we could be bonded with that Ino-pig!" Naruto gives her an exasperated look.
"That's mean." He gives the both of them an odd look. "You know… both me and nii-san expected something like this but not to the extent I'm finding." Inner-Sakura shrugs.
"Don't know what to tell you. I don't even know when I was… born. As far as I know I've always been here."She blinks as she notices Sakura opening and closing her mouth without a sound. "Problem?"She nods empathically.
"Yes!" She turns to Naruto. "You mean to tell me that you've always known about my Inner-me!?" Naruto gulps nervously.
"Known? No. Guessed? Yes. You would sometimes space out as if you were mentally talking to someone." Sakura blinks before narrowing her eyes and placing her hands on her hips.
"Wait a moment, you did the same thing sometimes…" Now Naruto's REALLY nervous causing her suspicions to rise. Inner-Sakura blinks before turning to him with an expression that's partially hopeful.
"Is she right? Is she!? Is she!?"Naruto starts looking for a way out when he sighs in relief as the bond starts weakening.
'Whew! Saved by the bond.' He looks towards the two with a sheepish look. "Well, it seems like it's a temporary bond after all." Inner-Sakura looks slightly saddened at this before gaining a stubborn look.
"Well then, there's only one thing to do!"Naruto looks at here in confusion. "First of all, do you know of anyway I can leave here and get into the real world?"Naruto blinks.
"Well, sure. I can teach you how to make Shikigami. Why?" Inner-Sakura nods.
"Good! Now promise you'll do so! Shannaro!"Naruto does so. "Good, I know you'll do it now no matter what." Her face softens before she becomes slightly panicked as she notices him become see transparent. "Before you go, there's something I want to do in case the Shikigami thing doesn't pan out!" Naruto shrugs with a smile.
"Sure. What is-Mrrph!" He doesn't get anything else out as Inner-Sakura kisses him on the lips. His eyes nearly pop out of his skull as he can feel her tongue asking for entrance before he reciprocates causing Inner-Sakura to nearly squeal as he does so and then she moans as he wraps his arm around her waist. Finally breaking, a slightly breathless Inner-Sakura stares at him as he's nearly gone before whispering words that catch him off guard.
"I… I love you my Naruto-kun." She gives him a final peck on the lips as he fades away completely. Looking at where he was with a sigh, she smiles as she reaches up with two fingers and gently touches her lips. "Well… at least he's a good kisser… Shannaro!"Having stood by with a completely shocked look at what was happening in front of her, Sakura finally shakes off her shock as she goes red in the face.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!" Inner-Sakura just looks at her before looking away with a 'Hrmp!'
"Exactly what it looked like: my first kiss." She then turns back and puts her hands on her hips as she looks towards her outer-self. "Just because you like that cold fish Sasuke, doesn't mean I have to. I much prefer someone who could make me happy, thank you very much!" Sakura's about to say something when something occurs to her.
"So that's why…" Inner-Sakura becomes confused as a sad, and yet understanding look comes over Sakura's face.
"What?"Sakura starts walking over towards her.
"That's why you keep trying to get me to get together with Naruto, isn't it?" Inner-Sakura takes a sharp breath.
"Wha… What?! N…No! That's not it!"She turns away knowing that Sakura doesn't believe her.
"Yes… Yes it is. You like him… don't you?" She watches as her Inner self starts shaking her head and falls to her knees.
"N… NO! THAT'S NOT IT! I SWEAR!"Sakura shakes her head as she reaches down and grabs Inner-Sakura in a hug.
"…You like him, maybe even love him. So you try to get us together." Sniffling, Inner-Sakura looks into Sakura's eyes and finds understanding before grabbing hold of her and crying into her shoulder.
"Do… do you know how hard it is? I'm not a real person… I'm just a figment of your mind, nothing else. I… I do love him. But I know that I can never be together with him since I don't actually exist. And…" She sobs before continuing in a small voice. "…And I'm afraid."This takes Sakura by surprise as she as never thought that her Inner-self could possibly be scared of anything.
"What are you talking about? You? Scared?" Inner-Sakura nods with a sniffle.
"Yeah. I'm… I'm afraid that one day you'll no longer need me and that I'll disappear. I was afraid of never telling him that I loved him before that happened… Once I'm gone, who'd remember me? You? Maybe, but only in the way that a person would remember an imaginary friend, nothing else."She's slightly surprised as Sakura tightens the hug.
"First of all, your more then an imaginary friend to me. You're the closest thing I have to a nee-chan besides Myrtle-nee-san. So if you did disappear, I would be saddened. Secondly, I'm not going to let you disappear. Trust me on THAT. Okay? Hmm?" Reaching up, Sakura wipes away the tears from her Inner-self's face. Done, she gains a teasing smile. "Sooo? You like Naruto?" Blushing, Inner-Sakura turns away.
"Yeah… He is really cute. I especially love his whiskers… and hair… and his eyes are so deep, they're to die for!" She giggles as bit before a dreamy smile comes over her face. "He also makes us laugh, which to me is important."Sakura nods at these, only to become nervous as Inner-Sakura giggles perversely. "And then there was what I felt when we kissed. Well, besides the fact that he's a great kisser that is."Blinking, it takes Sakura a moment to realize what she's talking about as a scandalized look comes over her face. Seeing this, Inner-Sakura gives her outer self a sly grin. "What? Did you honestly think that I wouldn't try to find that out?"Sakura bites her lip before looking first one way and then another. She then leans in close to Inner-Sakura.
"So… What was it like?" Inner-Sakura is about to answer when they both feel something that hits them like a hammer blow before an image appears before they're eyes.
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They're looking up at a beautiful red haired women with startling green eyes much like Harry's who's looking at them with an expression full of love. With a relieved sigh, she looks up at something. "Isn't our son the most beautiful thing you've seen Mina-kun?" At that moment a deep chuckle reverberates as a blond haired man with startling blue eyes moves into their field of vision. Giving the woman a kiss on the top of her head, he looks down on them with a smile full of pride.
"He is that Kushi-chan, he is at that." Picking them up, he looks towards the woman. "Have you decided on a name yet?" She nods.
"Yes. I've decided to name him after the main character of your sensei's first book. I personally think that Naruto's a lovely name, dattebayo!" He chuckles at her before shaking his head.
"Only you would name our son after a ramen ingredient." Looking down at them he makes a funny face causing them to laugh. "Hopefully he doesn't inherent your obsession with that stuff and orange." She huffs at him before smacking him over the back of the head.
"Baka! Just for that I should prank you." The man starts sweating before the woman takes them from him and sticks her tongue out at him . "Besides, his name means maelstrom." Before he can say anything else an short looking ANBU appears with a dog mask out of breath.
"Ho… Ho…" The man holds up a hand to calm the person down.
"Whoa! Take it easy Kakashi! What's the problem? And you don't have to 'Hokage-sama' me. I'm just your sensei." Taking the glass offered to him by the woman, the ANBU takes off his mask revealing a young Kakashi and then drinks it quickly. No longer out of breath, he starts his report.
"Sorry Minato-sensei. But… This is important." The woman raises an eyebrow.
"What's the rush?" Kakashi looks at her.
"I'm sorry Kushina-nee-chan, it's just…" Taking a deep breath, he drops a bombshell. "It's just that… The Kyubi's just been spotted about a day's journey away. At the speed it's travelling, it'll be here within the next twelve hours…"
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Both Sakura's stumble from what they just saw. Groaning, Sakura starts putting it together. "What the hell was that?!"Looking at Inner-Sakura, Sakura shakes her head.
"I think… I think that was one of Naruto's memories…" Inner-Sakura blinks at this.
"What! How'd you get that!? And if it is, how did we just see it!?"Wincing at what feels like a slight headache, Sakura glares at her before her face softens.
"Simple, they called… us? They called us Naruto, remember? I think that woman… Kushina? I think she's Naruto's Okaa-san." Inner-Sakura eyes pop open as she realizes something that her Outer-self hasn't yet realized.
"You have realized that if that was Naruto-kun's Okaa-san then that man had to be his Otou-san, right." Sakura's eyes widen as she realizes what that means.
"Oh Kami-sama! That would mean that…" Inner-Sakura nods.
"Yeah, if that man was Naruto-kun's Otou-san then he's the son of the Yondaime…" Both of them stand there in shock as this sinks in.
"Ok, this is really weird, but if that was Naruto's memory, and I'm pretty positive that it was, then why is he hated back in Konoha? The Yondaime is a hero for killing the Kyubi so you would think they would be treating him much the same they have with Sasuke-kun." Inner-Sakura gains a thoughtful look on her face.
"Maybe that's why…" Seeing the confused look Sakura's shooting her, she shrugs. "I think it has something to do with the Kyubi. Think about it, he WAS born on the day of the Kyubi attack. Maybe they blame him for it for some reason…?" Before they can say anything else, they get hit with the memory of Kyubi's sealing as well as the Yondaime's final, ignored, wish. Pale, they turn to each other. "The Kyubi's… sealed?!"Sakura nods before summing it up in two words.
"Oh… crap." And so it goes, with them getting hit again and again with various memories… Memories that later will become fuel for nightmares and at the end of it all after seeing the final battle on the bridge from Naruto's point of view, both are spent, emotionally and mentally. Shuddering, they hold onto each other as Inner-Sakura looks towards Sakura for answers, sounding like nothing more then a scared little girl asking her mommy for answers.
"How… How can he still be sane after all that? Why hasn't he killed everyone yet?"Sakura just shakes her head in disbelief after having all her illusions regarding her friend shattered as well as having found out far more then she had ever needed or wanted.
"I… I don't know… and…" she bursts into tears as she realizes something else. "I've been such a BITCH to him. Kami! How can stand looking at me?" Inner-Sakura shakes her head in response.
"I know… and yet he's stood by us in thick or thin… I… I don't know if we're even good enough to call ourselves his friend after what I've seen."She notices Sakura wipe here eyes on her sleeve before becoming serious.
"I don't know what I can do to make it up to him, but I swear on my nindo that I'll do everything in my power to make his life easier. I'll stand beside him until he decides otherwise and if that day comes I'll still be his guardian angel in the shadows. This I swear!" Beside her, Inner-Sakura makes the same vow. Unknowing, they've just shifted the time line even farther from where it was. Thanks to their vow, they will become stronger and far better able to face what's coming then what they could've otherwise and become a true legend that will be spoken of in the centuries to come…
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Yui: Your kidding right? What possible reason would you have to have Sakura get biten by a vampire? And how did she see Naruto's memories?
Steve: Simple. With the way that I got the story planned out, Sakura will need some kind of power boost to keep up with both Harry and Naruto. And what better way then to give her the abilities of a Dhampir? And as to how she saw Naruto's memories? Simple, in various stories when a Vampire drank someone's blood they could see the person's memories. Even though Sakura wasn't a true Vampire, the memories she saw were the ones with the strongest emotions attached.
Yui: Oh.
Pen-pen: Wa Waarrk wark waar war waarr wark wa rk ar wark ark. (I'm pretty sure that you didn't need to do it that way)
Steve: Maybe not... but the idea just stuck in my head.
Hinata: Um... Ano... If those two were from Harry-kun's world, then how did they end up in Naruto-kun's?
Steve: (Chuckles) As much as I would love to tell you Hinata, I'm afraid that I need to keep it a secret for now. Anyways... Omake time!
Omake: Like Ancestor, like descendants.
Gato's currently cowering before Harry and Naruto who have defeated his army and are about to kill him. "Please I'll give you anything! Power! Money! Women! Please! This is madness!" Both Harry and Naruto stop and look at each other before they turn back to Gato and say the exact same thing.`
"Madness..." In a single move the two rip off their clothing revealing themselves to be wearing what appear to be a leather speedo as well as the fact that their bodies are far to ripped to be real as their crimson cloaks flap dramically in the wind. "THIS IS WAVE!" And with that the two kick Gato off the bridge to his death just before they get swarmed under by various women and girls.
Interestingly enough, a year later Wave experiances a massive population explosion involving Black-haired and green-eyed as well as Blond haired and blue eyed children...
Yui: A 300 Omake! You just had to do one, didn't you!
Steve: Yup!
Hinata: Naruto-kun... ripped... in a speedo... (Faints as a massive nosebleed erupts from her nose.)
Beastiary:
Name: Nosferatu
Rank: XXXXXX
Type: Undead
Info: The origins of the Nosferatu are shouded in mystery, but they are believed to be what Vampires who live more then a 1000 years become and thus are FAR more dangerous and deadly then a ordinary Vampire. Most Nosferatu that exist are considered leaders of the other Vampires and will often times construct schemes that can take decades or even centuries to come to fruit.
A Nosferatu appears as an extremely elderly man (Extremely rarely a woman) who's bald, has a long, hooked nose and a pointed chin. They also have slightly darkened ring around their eyes and their fangs have more in common with a rat's then with a normal Vampires enlarged canines. Combine this with their long, spider-like fingers and the depravity shinning in their eyes and you have horror inducing material.
But what truly makes a Nosferatu dangerous and deadly are the myriad abilities they have. In addition to a Vampire's normal abilities they can also control and command ALL Vampires of their "Bloodline" (The only exception being Dracula, who even the Nosferatu fear) as well as various "Creatures of the night" such as Vermin (Eg. Rats), wolves, snakes and the like. They can also transform into the very creatures they , unlike a normal Vampire, they can walk in normal sunlight for a short period without any negatives except for having most of their powers taken for the time they're exposed. Add into the fact that their breath can act like that of a Nundu's as well as their mountain of experience and you have a foe to be truly feared.
Spell list:
Ooinaru Mahou Dangan no Jutsu (Great magical bullet technique): Like it's lesser brother the Mahou Dangan no jutsu, the Ooinaru Mahou Dangan no Jutsu is a version of a wandless, chakra enhanced Reducto. Unlike the smaller version however, this one acts more like a cannon ball then a bullet and is used as such against masses of enemies or fortifications.
Tutela of cruor Producto tutela intus Pro oportet ustulo sicco malum intus Percello obscurum Accerso lux lucis quo illic est nullus... (Guardians of the blood… Bring out the protection within… For it is needed to burn out the evil within… To smite the darkness… To bring light to where there is none…): A original spell created by Harry and Naruto, it's purpose is to enhance the protection within their blood to a higher level in an effort to create a barrier in case Voldemort ever returned for the two but has other uses as well.
Jutsu List:
Name: Kitsune-Bi: Naimenteki (Inner) Immolation
Rank: A-Rank (Assassination technique)
Special Requirement: The user must be able to use Kitsune-Bi in order to use this.
Info: An assassination technique created by Naruto, it wraps the arm in Kitsune-Bi (with most concentrated around the hand) before the user brings the arm down in a punch. The Kitsune-Bi first melts into the body cavity before it explodes, incinerating everything from the inside out causing instant death.
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