Steve: Well, now it's time to see what happens. What will Sasuke's decision be?

Yui: (Rolls eyes) We already know he'll accept if for no other reason then the fact he'll gain power from it. He doesn't care how he gets power as long as he does.

Hinata: She does have a point about Sasuke.

Pen-pen: Waarrk. (Agreed.)

Steve: True. But I have to say what I did for dramatic purposes you know. Draw in the readers attention and all that jazz.

Yui: As is usual for you.

Steve: Yeah, yeah… Tine for the disclaimer! Would you guys please do it?

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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"What is it now?" Sakon just tells him that it's the final order from Orochimaru causing Sasuke's scowl to become even more pronounced as his eye flinches at a slight twinge in his head as he could almost swear that he heard someone crying before it fades away. "I'm asking what the hell that is!?" The small headache he has had for days just throbs again as Sakon answers him.

"What is Orochimaru-sama's last and final order Sasuke-sama? Simple. You…" Then Sakon grins as his words cause Sasuke's eyes to widen. "Must die 'once'…"

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Sasuke's look of surprise is rapidly replaced by a look of utter disbelief. "You're telling me that Orochimaru's orders are for me to… die?" Sakon merely smirks as he reaches into a pocket and pulls out a bottle containing several small pills.

"Yes…. That is indeed Orochimaru-sama's orders." Lifting up the bottle, he lightly shakes it. "For that to happen, I'll have you drink this Seishingan." This surprises Sasuke as he looks at the small pills.

"Seishingan? What the hell?! You're going to kill me using… a drug overdose!" Tayuya just snorts from where she is.

"Hardly." Seeing Sasuke's attention on her, she smirks. "At the moment your Curse Seal of Heaven is level one. Those pills will force it to evolve into a level two seal and grant you abilities similar to our own." Sakon then takes over the explanation.

"Unfortunately, the level two seal will increase it's contamination speed eventually leading to your death as it destroys your body. So if we don't do anything, you will surely die. In other words, in order to control the second level of the seal's power your body needs time in order to adjust to the next stage." He then nods his head over towards Tayuya. "As she said, with the second level you'll likely achieve the same level of strength as us." He then looks at Sasuke as his expression and voice become serious. "When the seal is awakened to Level Two, there will only be a few minutes left until you 'Die'." Sasuke then gulps a little as he narrows his eyes.

"Then what will happen when I die? I thought that Orochimaru wanted me alive." Sakon just shrugs.

"He does want you alive Sasuke-sama. That is why we are here." He then walks over and hands the bottle to Sasuke. "Our barrier jutsu will soften the deadly side effects of the jutsu and just make it into a temporary coma." Sasuke just looks up with a slight glare.

"Your barrier skills… how reliable are they exactly." At this moment Kidomaru speaks up and jerks one of his thumbs at himself as his other arms spread out as if to gesture to the other members of the Sound Four.

"Heh! You shouldn't worry Sasuke-sama. We are the Sound Four! The elite guards of Orochimaru-sama. A great deal of our training has focused around Barriers and seals. So those are our strongest skills." Looking back at the pills, Sasuke makes his decision.

'I cannot die yet… not until I've killed him…' Sasuke is about to swallow one when he suddenly stops and looks around with a frown. "Did any of you hear someone just now…?" The Sound nin all stop and listen for a few moments before shaking their heads. Sasuke just chuckles. "Heh… must be hearing things…" Looking at the pill in his hand, he brings it back up as he hears the sound again. 'It almost sounds like… a girl crying and begging me not to take it…' Shaking his head, he swallows the pill. The Sound Four just look on… waiting for the effects. Sasuke starts to shake as the pills effects hit him full force as he can feel his body start to shut down. His last sight before his vision goes black is a transparent black haired girl weeping…

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Harry and Naruto suddenly stop as their eyes widen and a shiver runs down their backs. The others soon stop as well. Raising an eyebrow, Shikamaru looks back. "What's wrong with you two?" Harry just shakes his head and looks directly at the Nara with a shaken look.

"Something just happened… something dark and evil…" Shivering a little, Harry looks around as if something is about to jump out at the group. "I don't know what it is, but it is pure evil." Naruto just nods and points to the Northwest.

"Whatever me and nii-san just sensed, it came from that direction. There's an evil aura, I would say it feels demonic except that it's different." Taking a sniff, Kiba gulps as Akamaru whines from where he is beside him, his next words putting everyone on edge.

"Guys… that's the direction that those Sound nin are heading…" They all nod to one another before taking off, this time moving even faster then they were before, making up time for what they lost and more. An hour later Kiba perks up a little and begins to shout back. "I smell blood up ahead." Taking another sniff, Kiba scowls. "I can smell the scent of five ninjas including Sasuke. They were fighting two other ninja… one of them smells like that Genma guy from the Finals." All the group shares a glance at that. "But the five are now moving away from the smell of blood. Any idea as to what we do?" Harry just glances back at Naruto and the two nod before summoning a bunch of Kage Bushin which take off. Seeing the questioning looks, Harry shrugs.

"If your correct then they must have faced off against at least one Jounin. Even the Sound Four, as strong as they might be, would likely be hurting after such an encounter. The Kage Bushin will head over to the battle field and lend assistance if need be. And maybe we'll get some information on their abilities as well." Shikamaru just nods as he thinks it over.

"Sounds good. That frees us up to continue on which is just fine with me. We hopefully might be able to get some useful information if the Bushin dispel. However…" Shikamaru's expression takes on a darker look. "Looks like they're really assisting him after all. I was hoping that wasn't the case. If they are assisting him, then chances are that he won't be coming back with us without a fight." Naruto just scowls as he clinches his fist in rage.

'Damnit Sasuke! What the hell are you possibly thinking!?' Suddenly Naruto's eyes widen before narrowing into a hard glare as his face becomes pensive. "Guys, one of my Bushin just dispelled." They start listening to him as he continues. "The two ninja were Konoha Jounin. Both were beaten but managed to give my bushin some info. The big one is a strength specialist and Doton user. The girl uses sound based genjutsu and summon with her flute. One of them has two heads and I really don't have a lot of info on him. And the last has six arms and uses some kind of spider web based jutsu. Also, all four have Curse Seals except they seem to be able to transform into monstrous forms." Harry just nods as he gets information from one of his Bushin.

"Yeah… but they didn't see Sasuke with them." Shikamaru and the others start at that before noticing the hard look on Harry's face. "The biggest one of then, Jirobo, had a large barrel on his back covered in seals and sutras. Sasuke's likely in there. But the problem is that the way that they described it, it sounds like it has to do with some kind of ritual…" Harry then shakes his head and sighs. "And since they were attacked then they're likely expecting another. So most likely they're going to set up a ambush. And if they're injured then they'll be even more vicious since an injured animal is always infinitely more dangerous then an uninjured one." Shikamaru just nods at that.

"Yeah. They're probably expecting Oinin and them getting into a fight means that their alertness has gone up even if they've been weakened. So we're going to be facing traps long before we actually get anywhere near them, eventually leading into a ambush." Behind him, Choji gulps. "Alright then. From now on use all your senses to their maximum. Eyes, nose, ears, I don't really care. Use them all. And if you detect any suspicious movement, don't just avoid it! Analyze it! It just might give us a clue as to what we might be facing next." Naruto just grins not unlike a certain Special Jounin.

"ALRIGHT! LET'S CATCH UP WITH THESE OTO-TEMES SO THAT I CAN TEST MY NEW JUTSU ON THEM AND KICK THEIR ASSES!" Kiba looks at him before shaking his head with a small smile on his face.

'Kuso… just when I think that I've caught up with him, Naruto pulls yet ANOTHER trick out of his sleeve…' Shaking his head, his eyes widen as he realizes that the scent he's been tracking is stronger then what it was. He then looks back at the rest of the group. "Guys! The scent of the enemy is all over the place!" Harry then widens his eyes as he catches sight of something.

"Stop! Don't move!" They all stop and look at him as he points up at an area on a trunk of a nearby tree. "Seems like we've nearly stumbled onto one of their traps." Everyone's eyes widen as they take in the explosive seal on the tree. Harry just looks back at Neji. "Neji, use your Byakugan, are there any others around?" After a few moments, he nods.

"Yes, there's five more explosive tags in the area as a form of Barrier Seal." Choji just looks at him and asks what it is. However it's Naruto who answers him.

"It's a special type of Ninjutsu trap. Their arranged in such a way that anyone walking into them will set them off by tripping the seals. It's a high level trap that's used by Jounin and ANBU normally." Seeing the looks being given to him by everyone but Harry, he shrugs while rubbing the back of his head with a sheepish smile. "I'm an expert in traps. I used to use a similar idea when I was still in the academy to catch people. But I used seals that contained paint or Stink bombs." Shikamaru just shakes his head in amusement.

"Who would have thought that your and Harry's past as pranksters would be such a great help right now." Kiba just scowls as he looks at the other.

"Yeah, that's just great and all, but aren't you guys forgetting something? This trap is blocking our way." He then looks first at Shikamaru and then at Harry followed by Naruto. "So any ideas as to where we go from here? Do we go through after disarming it, or go around and possibly lose the trail?" After thinking it over, Harry looks back at them with a serious expression on his face.

"Leave that up to me and Naruto. We'll be able to deal with any traps we come across." Both him and Naruto then move up before doing three handsigns and speaking their jutsu.

"Ken Sei Gyouketsu no jutsu (Revealing Condensation technique)!" Pushing out their hands, palms out, a thin mist forms in front of them which condenses on anything. Branches, leaves… and trip wires. Nodding, Naruto continues to hold out his hands as does Harry before looking back at the others.

"There… that should give us a helping hand." Shikamaru just shakes his head and asks where he got that jutsu causing Naruto to grin. "We created it of course. Granted it's only E-rank and pretty much useless in battle since it's only meant to reveal things like hidden trip wires. How else do you think that me and nii-san managed to sneak into supposedly 'Secure' areas? This is just one of our many 'Prank Jutsu'." Shikamaru then asks if it costs much chakra leading to Naruto shaking his head. "Nah. It only uses half as much chakra as Henge so we can keep it up for hours on hand." Shikamaru just shakes his head at this.

"Trust you two to create a seemingly useless jutsu yet it's effective at what it's supposed to do." Sighing, he motions them on. "Troublesome. Anyways, let's head out." The group starts following Harry and Naruto as they weave in between the various traps, the experiences of their pranking days serving them well at this moment. Suddenly, Harry holds up a hand and motions Shikamaru towards him.

"Seems that they're better then we thought." He then gestures to something. "Take a look at this." Carefully moving forwards, Shikamaru bends down beside both Harry and Naruto. "This trip wire is a decoy. There's a second one camouflaged underneath it. Even IF you were lucky enough to catch the first, you would likely catch the second." Shikamaru just nods and sighs as he shakes his head.

"This is so troublesome. The more visible traps were made to lull us into a false sense of security while these would then get us when we weren't being as watchful." Rubbing his chin, he sighs. "Hmm, this is a well made trap for a rushed job which means…" Neji finishes his thoughts.

"Which means that They're either wounded or it's a ambush." Activating his Byakugan, he looks ahead and finds them about a kilometer away resting in a clearing. "Found them. I can see the Sound Four and they look pretty beat up and there's the barrel as well. But I can't see if Sasuke is inside since there's some kind of Miasma in it." Harry just nods as they all group together as Shikamaru looks at them.

"Now that we know where they are, we can plan. We can't be too hasty and rush in. Remember, these guys took out two Jounin so they aren't going to be pushovers by any stretch of the imagination. So we need to come up with a good plan before we go in." After a few minutes, Shikamaru explains the plan. After doing so, he looks at them all. "Okay, you guys got it? Good. Remember, we're splitting up into two squads. Let's head out." They all head out, both Harry and Naruto seem to melt into their surroundings bringing a shiver to several other members. 'I have really got to ask them how they can disappear so readily someday…' Shaking his head, they all head out, unfortunately, one of them manages to trip a small spider web which is attached to a string in Kidomaru's hand at which he looks at with narrowed eyes before he gives the rest of the Sound Four a look. A little later Shikamaru is looking through some branches at the group. 'Hmm… doesn't look like they've noticed us yet…' Spotting the barrel, he narrows his eyes. 'And there's the barrel that has Sasuke in it… Naruto's right, there is a evil feeling coming off it…' Hearing a whistling sound, both Neji's and Shikamaru's eyes widen as a kunai with three explosive tags on it slams into the tree trunk beside them, forcing them to leap out into the clearing in order to avoid the explosion. Sakon just smirks as he chuckles.

"Well, well… look at what we got. We poked the bush and instead of rabbits we got these two insects…" All of the Sound Four slowly get into fighting stances as Shikamaru holds up his hands.

"Whoa! We're not looking for a fight here! We only want to negotiate. Nothing more!" Kidomaru just snorts as he grabs something with his hands.

"Oh? You only came here to negotiate eh? Then what are these!?" And with that he yanks with his hands and Naruto, Choji, and Kiba come flying out of the trees with strings attached to their feet. Before they hit the ground though Kiba throws down the smoke bombs creating a cloud of smoke. Kidomaru just shakes his head at this in amusement. "Hahaha! What good is all that smoke going to possibly do you?" He then waves his hands with the strings attached. "I got these strings laid all over the area. You just can't possibly escape from me! These strings are smaller then wires yet they're also stronger and harder to detect then wires." Shikamaru just snarls.

"Damnit! Those were a triple layered wire!" As he's saying this, he looks around as if searching for a way to escape. 'Hmm… they don't seem to realize about Harry yet. That's good. He might be able to pull this off… If they don't realize their mistake that is.' On the outside he continues. "So you left those two wires somewhat visible while hiding a third nearby. Ingenious. And we fell for it. I never could have guessed that there was such a technique." A small shadow on the ground catches his attention for a split second. 'Seems like Harry took to the air… good. My turn…' Kidomaru just smirks.

"You guys are all…" Suddenly his eyes widen. "Shit! What the hell is wrong with my body!?" Shikamaru just shakes his head with a small grin.

"Kagemane no jutsu success." He then shakes his head. "You should know that there are techniques like this one too if you had done your homework." His grin falls however seeing Sakon grin.

"'Techniques like this one' eh? You're not the only one who has techniques like this." Hearing something, Shikamaru's eyes only have a moment to widen before a shuriken hits him in the back causing him to lose his concentration. The Sound Four break free and Jirobo begins a jutsu.

"Doton! Doton Kekkai!" The earth begins to create a dome around the retrieval team and Jirobo begins to grin. 'Heh! Good thing I'm-' At that moment his eyes widen as a kunai screams down from above and nails him in the shoulder making him jerk back with a shout. "ARGH!" At that moment Harry in his draconic state lands between the Sound Four and using the shock, rapidly hits them away from him. Not even pausing, he rushes towards the barrel and grabs it, only to be sent flying as a blur hits him and sends him into several trees. The blur then transforms into a silver haired woman with red eyes and in a miko outfit. Looking over the Sound Four, she snorts in derision.

"And you're the best Orochimaru's got? He must be even more pathetic then I thought." Tayuya growls and is about to say something when Sakon asks why she's there. She just smirks before looking at Harry with a glare. "Why else? I'm here to kill an old enemy of mine… isn't that right Kuro?" Harry stiffens at this before snarling.

"How the fuck are you here Akui?! You're dead!" She just laughs as she shakes her head before raising a finger with a cruel smile.

"I was dead. You killed me almost six hundred years ago remember?" She then snarls as she clinches her fist in rage. "But I survived! Even if I was a Yuurei I still survived! And now… I'm HERE TO KILL YOU!" At that moment she transforms as two skeletal wings burst from her back and her left arm bursts apart into several fanged tentacles. Harry just gulps as she leaps at him and knocks him farther into the trees before appearing above him and slamming him into the ground with a powerful punch. Gasping for breath, Harry groans as he tries to turn over as she walks towards him with a sick, twisted smile on her face. "Heh… heh… hehehahaHAHHAHAHA! Soon I'll have my revenge on you Kuro… And then I'll kill your loved ones…" Seeing him stiffen, she laughs again. "Think I didn't know about your mates and son? I wonder… if he carries any of your power then I'll devour him and take it for my own." Harry just starts standing up as a growl comes from deep inside his throat.

"What… did you just say you bitch…?!" She just snorts.

"You heard me Kuro. How else do you think I regained a body after being reduced to a spirit?" She then looks at her tentacled arm with a smirk. "It took awhile I'll admit. I first had to devour other Yuurei to increase what little power I had left. Then I possessed a minor Oni… and devoured it's soul. After that?" She chuckles. "I started devouring any weak demons I found as well as any wounded ones. Unlike that fool Naraku, I bided my time and stayed out of any others affairs… until now." She laughs insanely for a few moments before calming down. "That fool Orochimaru summoned me here. I got to admit though, I quite admire him for the sheer amount of evil he does." She just shrugs as she comes next to Harry and looks down at him. "Granted, that won't save him. He has SO many souls forcibly merged with his own that I just have to… eat him right up. Then I'll hunt down these Jinchuuriki I keep hearing about and eat them too. And with the power of their Bijuu I'll become that I should have been years ago… a goddess!" She then hears Harry laughing at her.

"You? A goddess? Don't make me laugh!" He then looks over at her with the Jigoku Mahogan fully activated as he snarls. "You made a big fucking mistake by involving MY precious people in this bitch!" She sneers and goes to hit him only to stop at a whistling sound as several kunai pass her. She's about to comment when she finds herself tied up with ninja wire… wire that has several explosive tags attached as Harry gets up and starts running. "GO TO HELL BITCH!" Her eyes widen as she struggles to get out as they go off. Coughing, Harry observes her shredded, smoking body laying in a crater as the ground around them starts cracking' "What the…?!" Harry falls on his ass as the ground around him splinters as Akui's body falls into a abyss that just opened up. As the rest of the ground cracks around him, Harry turns to run for it… Only for a bunch of tentacles to reach out of the hole and grab his ankles and drag him into the dark before the rock around the hole collapses, burying it.

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Feeling the tremors, Naruto gives a moment for a pang of worry for Harry. 'Nii-san… I hope that you're okay…' Shaking his head, he turns to Shikamaru as he looks around the earth dome that the groups in. "Got any ideas how to get out of here before that teme manages to drain us of our chakra?" Shikamaru just closes his eyes, not noticing the Naruto giving off small red sparks, which are almost invisible in the light from the Lumos spell he's using. 'Hope that you get fucking food poisoning from MY chakra you fat asshole…' Shikamaru then looks up towards Neji.

"Neji. I need you to look at both Choji and the walls. Tell me what you see." Raising an eyebrow, Neji does so only to smirk and nod.

"I see." Kiba just blinks and asks what is going on. Behind them, Naruto is hitting the walls opposite with Reductos causing Jiromaru to expend almost as much chakra to maintain them as he's getting from the retrieval team. Neji just looks at Naruto. "Don't be wasting your energy Naruto. He's heavily shielding the walls with his chakra. Even if you damage them a little, they'll repair themselves almost as quickly." He then shakes his head as he looks towards Choji. "Which means that if we're to escape we need to focus a physical attack at the point farthest from where our foe is. That will be the weakest point." Naruto just nods as he looks around and summons five Kage Bushin causing Neji to scowl. "Didn't you hear a bit of what I just said Naruto?!" Naruto just nods as he quietly talks to them out of the corner of his mouth.

"Yeah, I heard you Neji, no need to be loud about it." Naruto then gives a small chuckle. "I'm just lending a little aid. If I hit several spots at the same time then I should disrupt his concentration long enough for Choji to do what he needs to. It'll also weaken the spot even farther as he shifts chakra away from it." The others just blink before Shikamaru chuckles.

"You know what Naruto? You may be troublesome at times but I'm glad that your on our side." After Neji identifies the spot where the dome is weakest by shoving a kunai into it, Shikamaru looks at Choji who performs his Baika no jutsu. Nodding at Choji, Naruto and his clones begin to blast the sides opposite of the dagger, causing the whole structure to shudder under the assault. Outside, Jirobo grunts as he has to focus more chakra into the area under attack.

"What… the hell… are… they doing… in there!? Why… haven't… they given up… yet…?!" Inside, Choji pulls himself into a massive ball before he begins to roll. A moment later he smashes into the back of the dome and then through it. "WHAT!? IMPOSSIBLE!" The rest of the group also escapes from the crumbling dome a moment after Choji does. Shikamaru just looks at Choji with a grin.

"Heh… Choji? You're the best." Choji just grins at his best friends praise. Jirobo just grunts as he glares at them.

"Ugh… So you managed to escape my trap. An amazing achievement I got to say." Both Kiba and Naruto are about to attack him when Neji tells them to stop. They then look at Neji in confusion.

"It's too dangerous to fight him here. Although it's five against one, it'll be difficult to defeat him with our chakra depleted as is. He'll try to hold us back and if we take too long then the rest will escape with Sasuke across the boarder into Rice Field Country. If they manage that then we can pursue them no farther." As Kiba crouches down, ready to attack, Jirobo snorts before smashing his hand down, cracking the earth and flinging the retrieval team around. Naruto lands on his feet and sweats a bit.

'Fucking hell! How strong is this guy?! He managed to do all that damage without using any chakra at all! It was pure physical strength!' Shaking his head, he notices that Jirobo has disappeared making him crane his head around looking for him when he hears a sound of shifting earth behind him as Jirobo raises from the ground with a massive chunk of earth and rock. "WHAT THE HELL!? THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" Jirobo grins before throwing it at the Konoha nin. Naruto just grits his teeth before waving his hand. "Wingardium Leviosa!" The chunk hovers there for a moment before Naruto moves his hand to the side, the chunk following as it crashes into the ground. Naruto just stays there for a moment as he tries to catch his breath. 'Kuso… Lifting something like that, let alone moving it, really took it out of me!' A little later finds the group chasing the rest of the Sound Four as Choji stays behind to deal with Jirobo on his own…

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Yui: Very nice. Are we going to see what happens with Choji?

Steve: Unfortunately no. The problem is that I can't really think of anyway to rewrite the various fights except for Naruto's.

Hinata: What about Harry-kun, Steve-san? Are we going to see his fight?

Steve: We will Hinata. We will. But that won't be for a bit yet.

Pen-pen: Wa waark warrk wark ar arrk. (In other words he'll be last.)

Steve: His chapter will be around the time of the end of the Sasuke/Naruto fight. I got most of it planned out already, but I need to figure out some things as well as to how to make them work.

Yui: Interesting. So I take it that the Miko is the one that Kuro mentioned way back in chapter five, right?

Steve: Correct. She is the Dark Miko that I had mentioned back then.

Hinata: So what's going to happen next Steve-san?

Steve: Well Hinata, you and the others will just have read to find out. Well, onto the next chapter! See you all there!

Jutsu List:

Name: Ken Sei Gyouketsu no jutsu (Revealing Condensation technique)

Rank: E-rank

Description: A minor jutsu that Harry and Naruto developed, they created it to help them in their pranks by telling them where trap wires and the like were. When it's performed the user holds their open palms forwards and from them comes a fine mist the condenses on any wires revealing them. It can also be used to reveal other items that can only appear when the object it's on is wet.

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