Steve: (Appears with bandages wrapped around his head) I'm back...
Yui: What's wrong with you?
Steve: Painkillers make me happy...
Yui: Okay... How much are you on?
Steve: I don't know... but I don't care...
Yui: Ok...
Hinata: Um, I'll thank the reviewers now... okay?
Yui: (Watches as Steve tries to catch something only he can see) That's probably a good idea.
Hinata: Thank you:
Ice Demon Ranger
The PhantomHokage
PspychD.F.
Dark-Magician-41
uncutetomboy
AshK
godzillahomer
readadiction
The Burning Serpent
Yui: Good. Now- (Gets interrupted as Steve starts running around in circles)
Steve: WEEEEEEEEEE! (Stops and falls over asleep)
Yui: I blame you for this Pen-pen.
Pen-pen: Waar. Wa war, ark wark arrk waarrkkk wark waar.(Opps. My bad, he's even more annoying like this.)
Yui: Just do the disclaimer... before anything else happens.
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
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Having stayed up all night, Sakura's more then slightly exhausted. Throughout the night she had done all that she could for her team, though around midnight she was scared when Sal nearly stopped breathing though she did recover a few minutes later thankfully. Reaching over, she lightly touches Harry's shoulder where one of the three tomo that were there have disappeared and another is slowly fading. 'I wonder what happened in Harry's mind to make them the seal do that…' Shaking her head, she frowns as she glances outside at the sunlight while thinking about the team of sound Genin she had seen as well as how Orochimaru had a sound Hitai-ate. 'They must be working for him… and now they're going to strike soon thinking that I'm going to be too weak to fight back.' Inner-Sakura nods sagely.
'Yup! But won't they be surprised when we kick their asses for attacking us! Shannaro!' Sakura giggles and is about to answer before Inner-Sakura points something out to her making her head snap around and her eyes narrow. 'Squirrel at ten o'clock. What's that on it's back?' Looking closer, Sakura's eyes widen.
'Shit! Those teme's actually attached an exploding tag to an innocent animal's back! I'm going to kill them, but first…' Reaching into her equipment bag, she pulls out a small orb. 'Time to put out that flame.' She throws it at the squirrel with the area getting covered in a white mist moments before the tree climber rushes out with the tag on it's back now extinguished as it rushes into the trees beside Team Seven's hideout. Up in a nearby tree Zaku frowns as he looks at Dosu.
"Did she notice the tag do you think?" Narrowing his eyes, Dosu looks down at where Sakura is and shakes his head.
"I don't know, but whether or not she did doesn't matter. Orochimaru-sama gave us a mission to complete. We've waited long enough, let's go." They jump down and start to walk towards the hideout only for them to raise an eyebrow as Sakura comes out with a hand on her sword's hilt as she glares at them.
"So… I suppose you're here on that teme's Orochimaru's order?" They start making her snort before she points at their Hitai-ate's. "He had the identical Hitai-ate before you even ask." Zaku snarls as he steps forwards.
"I'm going to enjoy killing you and the rest of your team." He's about to take another when Dosu reaches over and stops him. "Hey, what's the big deal Dosu? She knows too much!" Dosu points downwards.
"The grass is a different color there and there's some disturbed dirt. There's a trap there." Looking down, Zaku snorts in derision before smirking at Sakura who's watching him coolly.
"How pathetic are you? This traps pathetic… like you." Sakura just rolls her eyes before pointing at a nearby tree.
"Then what about you? Not only did you almost fall for it, but you three were the baka's who were waiting the whole night in that tree over there waiting for me to fall asleep." They look at her in shock making her chuckle. "You three really aren't good at hiding are you?" Dosu looks at her and is about to say something when Sakura pulls out a kunai and chucks it at a nearby tree, cutting a wire and sending a log flying at them. Shaking his head, Dosu leaps up and punches it making it explode into splinters. Looking at her, he starts making a parody of a damsel in distress.
"Oh no! A big log is heading straight for us… Oh whatever shall we do?" Sakura just chuckles before smiling at them.
"I don't know… die maybe?" She kicks at a nearby rock, releasing the kunai launcher hidden to the side of the sound Genin, which they dodge only for those Kunai to set off another trap and then another gets set off. As they keep dodging from trap to trap, Sakura smirks at them. 'Baka's… I have really got to thank Naruto for teaching me how to create traps that set off more traps when sprung.' She winces a little as Zaku nearly gets burned alive as one of traps releases sealed magnesium dust, which ignites almost immediately in a fireball. Finally, they run out of traps but the Sound nins haven't escaped unscathed as shown by the fact that they're covered in various cuts, scratches, bruises and burns. Zaku just snarls at Sakura as a cut above his eye bleeds slightly.
"YOU FUCKING BITCH! I'LL KILL YOU!" He charges at her as she gets ready only to get knocked away by a green blur which resolves into Lee with the squirrel from before now on his shoulder. Getting up, he glares at Lee. "What's the big idea asshole." Lee just looks at him.
"It is most un-youthful to call a woman those types of names… And it is also un-youthful to place an explosive tag on a nice animal like this." Dosu just snorts before charging at him. Before he can reach him however, Lee's there first knocking him into the air with a kick. Lee then disappears and reappears behind him with the wrappings around his arm un-wrapping before they twisted around Dosu making his eye widen as they head to the ground. Zaku's eyes also widen before he slams his hands into the ground. Ignoring him for the moment, Lee calls out his attack as he slams Dosu into the ground head first. "Omote Renge!" Moving away, Lee can only look on in disbelief as Dosu gets back up shaking his head, neither noticing Kin and Sakura going at it. Looking at where he hit, Dosu looks back at Lee with a little fear.
'What a monster… Even with Zaku softening the landing, I still felt it.' Rushing towards the still slightly dazed Lee, he throws a punch which Lee blocks. Almost immediately, Lee's vision blurs before he starts puking. Dosu just laughs as he watches. "Like my melody arm? It can concentrate ultrasonic sound waves directly to your ear drum effecting your balance, vision, as well as knocking you unconscious." And without farther ado, Dosu cold clocks Lee. Hearing something, he barely dodges as Kin goes flying through the space he was just in. Looking at her, he scowls. "Don't tell me that your having trouble with a little leaf-nin? They're weak!" Kin just looks at him with a scowl of her own.
"Oh yeah? It looked like you were having an easy time with that one by your feet if the fact that Zaku had to save your ass had anything to do with it." She shivers a little as Dosu focuses some KI on her.
"Don't forget your place Kin… You wouldn't want me to show it to you… would you?" Kin snarls at him.
"And you forgetting Tayuya, now aren't you?" During all this, Sakura observes them through narrowed eyes as she yanks a senbon from her shoulder.
'Seems that they're having a few internal problems I guess…' At that moment, she has to dodge a Zankuuha from Zaku. Unseen by her, the attack picked up several of the shuriken laying around which then cut some of her hair. Scowling, she charges at Zaku, using Kawarimi no jutsu to get out of the way of his attacks until she's falling on him from above. Scowling, he throws some kunai at her and turns to face her when she reappears only to realize at the last moment she didn't use the Kawarimi when she crashes into him while ignoring her slowly healing wounds. Punching him, she 's about to finish him when Kin appears with a kunai to her throat.
"Now, now. I can't let you kill my team mate no matter how much he pisses me off." She grabs Sakura's hair with a smirk on her face. "My, oh my! And look how shiny your hair is… you must spend more time working on it then you do training." Sakura's about to say something in reply when she notices a sadness in Kin's eyes making her internally frown. She frowns some more at a slight inflection in her voice when she tells Zaku to kill Sasuke in front of her followed by the others.
'What the heck? From what I'm hearing and seeing, she doesn't want to do this… Unfortunately, I'm out of time.' Reaching down, she grabs her knife from it's holster and pulls it out. Seeing this, Kin frowns.
'Now what is she going to do? It's over for her team… Hopefully we'll finish this quick… What the!' Kin's eyes widen as Sakura's arm bends back at a angle that even she would be hard to match before cutting her hair and pushing against the blade at her neck, cutting it open while escaping at the same time. "What the hell!" Sakura just ignores her bleeding neck while she charges at Zaku and punches him with enough force to send him flying several feet back before she concentrates chakra to her neck, speeding up the healing already occurring there as steam wafts from her wound as it rapidly closes. Unseen by the fighting nins, Team Ten is laying in a nearby bunch of bushes watching the fight. Seeing what her friend did, Ino winces at first when she cuts her hair and pales in horror as Sakura gets her own neck cut as she escapes.
'Forehead… What in Kami's name do you think you're doing! Your going to die!' Seeing the wound close, her eyes widen as she tries to figure out what just happened. Beside her, Shikamaru keeps trying to convince both Ino and Choji to go in. As he mentions how she was her friend, Ino closes her eyes as she remembers everything that's happened between them. Hearing him about to go on, she raises a hand to stop him. "That's enough Shikamaru… that's enough. We're going in." The two boy's eyes widen at the steel in her voice before they nod. Meanwhile, Sakura's gasping for breath as she watches her three opponents.
'Kuso… I'm almost finished…' Gulping, she watches as Dosu prepares to charge at her as she's gotten between them and the hideout. 'Well… at least I'll go out as a kunoichi…' Before anything can happen, Team Ten walks out from behind the bushes. And eventually Choji gets mad as Zaku calls him a fat ass making Sakura sweatdrop. 'Touchy about the truth much?' Of course, she ignores the fact that she's touchy about the fact that her forehead's large as well. She grimaces as Ino posses Kin and holds a kunai to her neck.
"Give up or else I'll kill this girl." Having dodged Choji's attack, Zaku uses a Zankuuha to knock Kin/Ino into a tree making him smirk as she cries out in pain.
"Heh, go ahead… Here! Let me help you! Zankuuha!" Ino looks on as the wave heads towards her as she realizes that there's no way fro her to release Kin in time, only for her eyes to widen as Sakura steps in and takes the brunt of it. Having her arms crossed in front of her, Sakura's feet leave gouges in the dirt as she focuses chakra there to hold her in place nearly draining her dry. Breathing heavily, Sakura glances at Ino making her gasp at the large cuts on her arms as well as how Sakura's eyes are now a shimmering amethyst.
"You ok Ino?" Slowly Ino nods as Sakura sees Dosu getting released from Shikamaru's shadow. She frowns and glares as he tells them that he doesn't care if Kin dies since she's just a tool. Snarling, she rushes at him with her right fist cocked back with what's left of her chakra focused there. Seeing this he smirks as she shouts at him. "YOU ASSHOLE! DIE!" Chuckling, he prepares to counter it with his melody arm.
"Too bad girly, my Melody arm will utterly destroy you." Punching forwards at the same moment she does, he's shocked as his Melody arm not only shatters, but so does the bones in his hand and wrist. Howling in pain, he misses her follow up spinning kick that sends him flying with several teeth breaking. Gasping in exhaustion, Sakura falls to the ground as Neji and Tenten show up. A few moments after, a dark and evil aura fills the area as Sasuke walks out of the shelter with his Sharingan activated and flame-like markings covering half of his body as a dark aura blows around him. 'A curse seal…!' Looking around, Sasuke turns when he hears Sakura whisper his name. Seeing the state she's in, his eyes narrow.
"Sakura… who did that to you…" Smirking (and ignoring Dosu's shout to stop) Zaku points to himself.
"I did. What are you going to do about it?" Sasuke just continues to stare at him.
"I see…" He then looks down at himself and grins. "I see now that in order to get the power I need I'll even making a deal with a devil and eat the forbidden fruit." Pissed at being ignored, Zaku points both arms at him.
"Stop admiring yourself teme! Zankyokukuuha!" As the massive blast heads towards him, Sasuke just stare at it impassively. Once the dust clears, Zaku grins as there's nothing there. "HA! Look at that Dosu! There's nothing left of him so we ca-Oof!" He's knocked to the ground as Sasuke appears behind him and grips his arms with a sicking grin on his face.
"You're proud of these arms aren't you? I wonder what would happen if I took them away!?" Sasuke begins pulling them back until a snap is clearly heard showing that they're dislocated if not outright broken. Ino just stares at the sight before he in disbelief.
'What… That's not Sasuke-kun… It can't be!' Sakura just watches as Sasuke drops Zaku's arms and looks towards Dosu with a malicious look.
"How about you? Are you next?" Before he can do anything, he feels Sakura rush up to him and stand in front of him.
"That's enough Sasuke. They're done. Now let it go." Sasuke snarls at her and is about to hit her when someone's hand grabs his arm. Turning, he's confronted with the sight of Harry's hand gripping his arm with the curse marks across his body as well.
"She's right Teme. Now drop it." He's about to say something when Sakura's hand shoot out and hit's a pressure point, knocking him out. Sakura then looks at Harry and asks him if he's alright. Harry just shrugs before answering. "Don't know yet. Give me a few minutes." He then turns to a terrified Dosu. "You work for that teme Orochimaru, right?" Gulping, Dosu slowly nods. "Good, give him a message for me, ok?" Puzzled, Dosu asks what message making Harry grin. "Simple. Tell him that I won't be controlled by anyone, nor…" The curse mark starts glowing before it retreats into the seal as it starts to glow golden. "Will I be swayed by empty promises of power!" And with those words a massive burst of golden light shoots up from the seal, leaving behind no evidence except for a slight burn mark that there was ever anything there. Seeing this, Dosu takes a step back.
'The seal… he destroyed it…'
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Orochimaru's looking down at a gasping Anko who's clutching at her shoulder. "Heh, still weak Anko… Maybe I should have a look at your adopted daughter? Hmm?" She snarls and starts to make her way to her feet despite him making another Handsign.
"You… stay… the… fuck away from her asshole!" She cocks her hand back and Orochimaru is about to say something when he starts screaming in pain as Harry destroys his seal. Anko doesn't notice as her arm takes on a scaly appearance before she slams it into his face sending him flying into and through a tree. Blinking, she looks down at her arm in shock. As he gets up, Orochimaru stumbles as the mental pain of the broken connection as well as the pain in his arm (as the neurotoxin that coated Harry's senbon continues to slowly eat away at the nerves there) hits him full force. Snarling, he looks at his one time student.
"Tell Sarutobi-sensei that if he cancels the exam then I will destroy Konoha." And with those words, he vanishes leaving a shocked Anko, who doesn't notice that her own seal is a slightly lighter color now…
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After the Sound team had left (though not before leaving behind their scroll) as well as Team Gai, the genin left collapse in relief. Ino, of course, pulls Sakura to the side to fix her hair. "Wow, Forehead, that was amazing what you did. Where'd you learn to do all that?" She just chuckles as Ino trims some of what's left on her head.
"Most of that was from training with Harry and Naruto…" She looks over to where a depressed Naruto is slumped. She shakes her head as Ino asks what's wrong with him. "I don't know Ino-pig… I just don't know…" They continue talking as she continues to fix Sakura's hair. Finally, she's done and leans back to look at it with a look of approval.
"There! All done!" She watches as Sakura reaches back and runs her fingers through her hair. "Am I good or am I good?" Sakura just chuckles before answering.
"You're good Ino-pig… you're very good." At that moment, Shikamaru calls Ino over telling her that they're leaving making both girls sigh. Sakura looks at Ino with a small smile and a shrug. "Guess this is were we go our separate ways Ino-pig…" Sakura's eyes widen as a smirk comes over her face. "Hey Ino-pig, which scroll do you have?" Seeing the distrustful look, Sakura sighs before adding: "Look, we're not going to steal your scroll, okay?" Ino looks her in the eyes and nods as she relaxes.
"We got the same one that the Sound nins left: An Earth scroll. Why?" Sakura's smile widens as she looks at Ino.
"Because we have an extra Heaven scroll, how about we give it to you and together, we head out?" Ino blinks before nodding. Walking over the two explain to the others and receive nods as Harry gives them the extra Heaven's scroll. "Thanks! Guess we should head to the tower now." Harry and Naruto share a look.
"Well actually, we can just side-along Apparate you all there…" A few minutes later finds them all outside the Tower while staring at the two Wizard-nin in disbelief making them blink. "What?" Shikamaru just stares at them.
"Do you always feel like you're being squeezed through a tube of toothpaste when you use it?" Harry and Naruto nod making him sigh. "So troublesome. And that wasn't the Shunshin… was it?" Now they shake their heads as he sighs again. "More troublesome. Oh, well, guess we're heading to another door. Come on guys." Team Seven bids goodbye to Team Ten as they disappear around the bend in the tower. Looking at each other they nod before they walk into the tower (with Sakura carrying the still knocked out Sasuke). Looking at the inscription on the wall, they frown as they try to figure it out. Finally, Sakura sets Sasuke onto the ground as she reads it out loud.
"'If what you lack is Earth, go train in the fields. If what you lack is Heaven, then extend your knowledge. Once you gain both in balance, then the path opens to…' Huh? The last bit is wiped away. So… what does it mean?" Harry continues to mumble it over and over until he looks at the others.
"It's a riddle. Okay, let's try to solve it by breaking it apart. Now 'If what you lack is Earth, go train in the fields' sounds like it's talking about physical training…" Row nods as Sal leans against the wall behind her, still exhausted from everything.
"Yes… then 'If what you lack is heaven, then extend your knowledge' sounds like it's talking about the mental aspect of a shinobi… then it mentions gaining both in balance…" Naruto nods his head as he continues to think it over in order to get his mind off the worry for Kyubi since he hasn't been able to contact her.
'Heaven… Earth… Balance… Heaven… Earth… Balance… Wait a moment!' He then looks at the two scrolls. "I think I got it guys." They turn and look at him as he jerks his thumb at the scrolls. "I think that it's talking about both the scrolls and the Exam." They look at each other before Sakura looks at Naruto with a raised eyebrow.
"How do you know that Naruto? I mean, it could be anything really." Naruto gives her a foxy grin making her blush.
"Simple Sakura-chan. I remember how Ojii-san once told me that being a Chunin is all about being balanced between physical strength and mental strength. So that riddle must be talking about it. Also, having both the Heaven and the Earth scroll gives those teams in the exam balance." They look at each other before Sakura smiles and walks over before giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"That actually makes sense. And considering that we were told that we couldn't open the scrolls until we got to the tower, now seems to be as good a time as any I guess." Together they open the scrolls and look at the seal inside as it starts to smoke before Row's eyes widen and she knocks them out of their hands.
"It's a summoning scroll!" Just as she says this a massive explosion of smoke occurs and once it blows away, it reveals none other then a smiling Iruka standing there. His smile drops however seeing the state their all in.
"What happened to you guys!? It looks like you all just came back from fighting the Fourth Great Ninja War!" They all look at him and ask to see the Hokage. "Why would you need to see him?" They look at him before saying a single word.
"Orochimaru…" And quick as a Yellow Flash, he rushes off to see the Hokage…
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Sarutobi leans back in his chair after having heard all their accounts before rubbing the sides of his head. "This is very troubling… Very troubling indeed. Harry, please come here so that I can see where the Curse Seal was." He nods before walking over and shows him. Nodding, the Sandaime traces the scar in the shape of the Curse Seal. Sighing, he nods at Harry as the rest of the people look on (The Shinobi Council, Sakura, Naruto, the Familiars, Kakashi and the rest of the Rookies sensei's, Gai, Anko, Zabuza, and Iruka). Anko starts pacing before she faces Harry, who notices her arm wrapped in bandages.
"Okay, let me get this straight, the reason that the cursed seal didn't affect you mentally was that it somehow merged with something called a Horcrux, correct?" Harry nods. "And somehow you destroyed said Horcrux and absorbed it, correct?" He nods again. "And because of several factors, some of which you won't tell us about yet, the Cursed Seal was destroyed." Harry shrugs making her start to pull out her hair. "THIS IS INSANE! It's simply impossible." Harry just sighs.
"Whether it's possible or not, the fact remains that it's true. Now the question is: What do we do now?" Hiashi clears his throat before speaking.
"I believe that we should monitor the Uchiha and maybe bar him from the rest of the exams entirely." As the rest of the Shinobi council nods, Kakashi looks at them in disbelief.
"You can't be serious Hiashi-sama!? We can't just bar him from the exams! Are you sure that something isn't clouding your judgement since Harry's got one and you're not suggesting that he be barred?" Shibi just looks at him before shaking his head.
"We're not suggesting that Harry be barred from the exams since in his case the seal is now gone. Also, he's always been quite stable." He continues to stare at Kakashi as he continues. "The Uchiha has shown heightened aggression when he's under the seal's influence. Also, he was already a flight risk and has been for quite some time." Sarutobi looks on and sighs.
"It unfortunately doesn't matter anyway since the Elders have already said that isn't an option." Pulling out his pipe, he takes a puff of it. "While we can't exclude him, we can place him under increased surveillance. We'll have to wait until after the preliminaries before we can safely seal the Cursed Seal. Ergo, we'll continue as planned since we can't show any weakness." He takes another puff as he looks back at Harry. "Now, I'm sure that you heard that according to Anko, just a couple of hours ago, that Orochimaru suffered some kind of backlash. I'm assuming that this might have to do with you having destroyed the Seal… as well as possibly one other thing. Anko, if you would?" The Kunoichi in question sighs before she unwraps the bandages around her arm revealing her now dragon-like right arm.
"At around the same time, THIS happened." She holds it up before glaring at Naruto. "I'm not sure how, but I'm positive that you had something to do with this." Naruto walks over and looks at it with an interested look.
"So… this happened around the same time?" She nods as her glare increases. "Well, sorry Anko-chan, but I don't think that this is our fault. But I think that it might be connected with you know what." She just growls at him making him shrug. Seeing this, Hiruzen just shakes his head.
"Anyways, as long as that's everything… Everyone but Harry and Naruto are dismissed." The gathered people nod before everyone but those mentioned leave. Puffing on his pipe, the Sandaime leans forwards. "Now, let me see your seal again." Naruto does so and Sarutobi looks it over before sighing. "Orochimaru was always sloppy with any seals but the Cursed Seals. Hold still, this will hurt." Pulling back his hand, he does several handsigns as blue flames gather around his hand. "Five element unseal!" Shoving it in, Naruto grunts as the extra seal on him is released. Nodding at Sarutobi, he smiles.
"Thanks Ojii-san… But I got to go check on her." He nods to show that he understood as Naruto closes his eyes and opens them in his mindscape. Hearing crying, he rushes over to Kyubi's apartment to find her curled up and sobbing. "KYUBI-CHAN!" Hearing his voice, she looks up and starts to run over to him.
"NARUTO-KUN!" Barrelling into him, she knocks him to the ground with her larger size as she buries her face into his chest. "Oh Naruto-kun, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry… please forgive me for whatever I did. I never want that to happen again!" He looks at her in puzzlement before his eyes widen.
"Kyubi-chan, I never did that to you, you should know that I would never do that." She looks at him with her head cocked to side as she scans his recent memories. Seeing what happened, her yes widen as she tears up again.
"I… I don't believe it… I came so close to losing you…" She looks at him and he's about to ask her something when she gives him a soul-searing kiss. After what seems to be an eternity, she pulls away and closes her eyes as she leans into his shoulder with Naruto just running his hands through her hair.
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Harry and the Hokage both watch Naruto as he meditates before the Sandaime clears his throat to get Harry's attention. "Harry, I asked you to stay behind because I have a question… These Horcruxes… are there any more?" Harry nods as he sadly sighs making Sarutobi hang his head and feel every bit his age. "That's what I was afraid of. Do you have any idea where they're hidden?" Harry sighs once more as he looks out the window.
"While I got a bit from the Horcrux, it's not all there. I know that he created six of them by that point as well as where one is, but I only got bits and pieces for where the rest are. Imagine a puzzle of which you only have maybe half to a quarter and you don't know where the other pieces are… I assume that your thinking of gathering them to be destroyed?" The Hokage nods as he leans back into his chair.
"Harry, several years ago when you first told me of Voldemort, I told you that I would do anything in my power to help you against him since a person like that is too dangerous to let live… much like my ex-student. Very well, I'll put it as a S-rank mission for the village to try and find them where ever they are and to help you destroy them. What's the first?" Harry looks at him before smiling.
"Well… The first is Marvolo Gaunt's ring…" About an hour later, Harry and Naruto are walking away from the office with the intent of laying down and catching some Zzz's… Well, Naruto anyways (mainly to spend time with Kyubi). Harry heads straight for one of the tower's many balconies. Reaching it, he notices Sal leaning against the railing with a unusually thoughtful expression. He stands there for several moments before deciding that she's not about to notice him. Walking over, he too leans against the railing and starts talking, making her jump. "So, Knut for your thoughts?" Calming her heart down, she glares at him for several moments before the worry in his eyes makes her face soften. Sighing, she shakes her head.
"Somehow, I think that my thoughts are worth more then that Harry." She smiles as she sees him chuckle slightly. "Anyways, I was just thinking about everything that's happened." Turning around, she leans back and considers him before shrugging as she looks away. "Like what you think of me now that you have your memories back." Harry just shakes his head.
"If your thinking that I no longer love you then stop. If anything, I love you more now then I did before… I think." Sal looks at him, blinking.
"But… aren't you having trouble with the memories?" Harry shakes his head in the negative. "I would have thought that you would have." Harry just chuckles.
"Actually, all that experience with using the Kage Bushin paid off since my mind is sorting those memories like it would for those received from any Kage Bushin." Her eyebrows raise as Harry just smiles. "If your worried that I might change, don't. If you add on all the experiences I received through the Kage Bushin, you might as well add the equivalent of two or three years onto my physical twelve. So you see Sal, it's not really adding more then maybe two years more. The only difference is that I feel like an ass since I can now remember that I killed you." Sal just shakes her head as she embraces him with teary eyes.
"You have nothing to be sorry about Harry, I didn't have a choice and you were just trying to stay alive. I'm just happy that we're together now." Harry looks around before he starts dragging her somewhere. Reaching a door, he opens it to show a small one person bedroom. Looking around, Sal raises an eyebrow before walking over and sitting on the bed. Harry sits down beside her and tightly hugs her making her eyebrows nearly reach her hairline. "Harry? Something wrong?" She starts as her shirt gets wet. "Harry?" He starts to sob as he shakes his head.
"I… I nearly lost you Sal… I nearly lost you." Not saying anything, she wraps her arms around him and holds him close as she lays back on the bed as she lets him cry.
'That's why you came here, isn't it? You have trouble showing your true feelings in public, so you need some place private to do so… Damn those Dursleys… Damn them.' Hearing him go silent, she looks down and softly smiles seeing him sleeping. Leaning down, she gives him a kiss on the top of his hair as she hears the door opening. Looking over she sees a slightly puffy eyed Row and Hedwig who enlarge the room before they do the same on the bed and get in beside Harry and Sal. Soon, all four are asleep and dreaming.
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Opening her eyes, Sal looks up to see Harry peacefully sleeping. Sighing, she snuggles into his shoulder as she's happy since the other three have finally left her alone after Mollycoddling her. Feeling Harry moving beneath her, she looks up to see his green eyes open. Smiling, she leans forward and gives him a kiss on the cheek. "Good morning Harry." Chuckling, he gives her a small squeeze after which he frowns and says her name. "Yeah?" Harry looks down at her, blinking.
"When we went to bed last night, you were wearing underwear… right?" She nods with a 'Uh-huh' making him blink again. "Then why in Merlin's name are you currently naked?" She just grins at him.
"I woke up in the middle of the night and took them off, duh!" Harry sweatdrops and asks her why she would do that. "Because it was too uncomfortable." Harry just shakes his head.
"I'll never know why you guys act like that with clothes. I think that you would rather walk around naked." Sal just shrugs.
"Eh, what can I say? You humans and modesty are so weird. Me and the others just don't understand what the problem is." Harry just sighs having had this conversation before. Hearing this, Sal gives him a smile and another peck. "Don't worry Harry, I'm not getting into that argument." She hisses as Harry reaches around and starts kneading her ass. Chuckling, she leans down and shows him exactly how long her tongue is as she quite literally cleans his tonsils. Pulling away somewhat breathlessly, she sighs. "Anyways, unfortunately we got to get up before we miss breakfast and then there's the meeting at noon when this portion ends." She gets out of bed revealing herself in all her glory as Harry's eyes trace down her slim form showing that other then on her head, she doesn't have a bit of hair anywhere.
'Merlin, she's beautiful.' Unnoticed by him, he licks his lips seeing the patch of belly scales at the juncture of her legs. Following his line of sight she chuckles making him blush at being caught. Seeing that, she chuckles again.
"It's okay to look Harry, I don't mind it at all." As she turns, Harry notices two small bumps on her shoulders marking where the wings have already started to grow. When he asks if it hurts she shrugs. "Not really, just really itches." Getting up out of bed, Harry walks over and scratches them making Sal hiss in pure pleasure. Eventually getting out of the room, they start towards the main cafeteria already in their battle gear, ready for the day's challenges…
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Yui: And there we go! Yet another chapter...
Steve: (Mumbles while asleep) Come back Mr. Bunny...
Everyone: (Sweatdrops)
Hinata: Er... right.... Anyways, time for the poll, right? (Yui nods)
Poll:Should I do a yuri lemon like the ones I've been doing?
Yes: 5
No: 0
Yui: So no new votes? Odd.
Pen-pen: Wark warr wa ar ark wark waarrkk.(Let's just go to the next chapter.)
Yui: Agreed... but before we do I've got to mention something to the readers. They've been asking about both Tsuki and Raven. Both originally appeared in ToaMS: The Lost Tales. The arc Tsuki appeared in began in chapter three with her actual appearance near the end of chapter four. Raven is a werewolf that appeared in chapter five. However, it's been decided to give their description here.
Name:Mitarashi Tsuki
Race:Half-Inferi
Age: 4
Disposition:A happy child despite her origins, Tsuki is also curious as most kids her age are yet she can be shy when meeting new people,oftentimes hiding behind Anko. She's also absolutly devoted to her adopted mom, Anko, and had originally believed her to be her birth mother (an Inferi that closly resembled Anko). She's also always trying to follow Anko around whenever possible... which, more often then not, leads to trouble.
Appearance:She resembles Yachiru from bleach except her hair is a deep purple, almost black and her eyes are a light, misty silvery-blue (the mistyness being caused by her Inferi side). Recently, she's been trying to grow out her hair so that she can put it into a similar hair style as Anko (a fact that embarrasses Anko and causes amusement for her friends).
Special Abilities:Thanks to the fact that she's half-inferi, Tsuki has above average strength as well has having more endurance then a normal person. However, she's sensitive to bright lights as well as a minor fear of fire. She also has an EXTREMELY high pain threshold due to deadened nerves as shown in one incidence when she fell from a tree and broke her arm and then shrugged it off. This can work against her when she gets hurt however since she'll just ignore the pain or won't even notice it until someone notices and does something about it.
Name: Raven (Has no last name due to having been disowned)
Race: Werewolf
Age: 13
Disposition:A tomboy, Raven can be as brash as her boyfriend Kiba at times yet beneath her rough exterior lies a caring girl who's been through too much heartbreak for her age. Before she gained control of her Lycanthropy, she was always scared of Kiba finding out and abandoning her. Since he told her that he excepted it she's a lot more open to those she considers her friends in Konoha. Her favourite actiivities are walks in the woods and, of course, hunting. Her Inner-Wolf however has a slightly different personality. Like Raven, it too is headstrong. But unlike Raven, Blackwind is extremely blunt. Like Raven, she's loyal to her friends/Packmates and will defend them to her death. This goes doubly for Kiba as Blackwind is as interested in him as Raven is and will hunt down anyone who harms him and will kill them in a gruesome fashion.
Appearence:Raven is considered to be quite beautiful by a number of people. Her basic body type is that of a younger Yoruichi from Bleach with strong hints to her Native American descent as shown by her long, black hair and tanned skin. Her eyes are a steel gray that changes shades depending on her mood. Her wolf form resembles an extremely shaggy wolf. It has also been revealed that she has a hybrid form that resembles a wolf version of Renamon (But without clothes or symbols on her).
Special Abilities:Same as with all werewolves, except that she has a hybrid form and can control herself when transformed.
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