Snape made his way thru the castle lost in his own thought, wondering what would have brought Potter back to Hogwarts. No one seemed ready to tell him what Potter was after here, but he guessed it really didn't matter since it wasn't like he could really help him, even if he wanted to. Potter and his friends would never trust him after he killed Dumbledore and to what it looked to Harry Namikaze, who was Harry body guard. No all he could do now was get out of the way and hope he unlike Lily and James Potter, put his faith in the right people. But that wasn't the only thing that weighted heavily on his mind it was this Jutsu Naruko spoke of, this Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei if it could really bring back the dead did that mean…he could bring back Lily. He had allowed himself to dream to hope, but he knew that it would never happen. He couldn't do something so selfish. To cause the woman he loved so much pain. He could force her to love him, he had his chance and he blew it, he blew it the moment he chose to be a Death Eater.

Then there was this Genjutsu she spoke about there was so much that he wanted to know but knowing too much around the Dark lord was dangerous. He wanted to know if this Genjutsu, absolute control over anyone to do your bidding. The scariest part was that you didn't know that you where being control by someone else. When the Hokage said that Naruko was the best he never imagined that she would be this powerful, if he would have known that would that have changed how he had done things, would he had been able to save more people.

Snape tried to clear his head that didn't matter anymore the past was the past and what he had to worry about was the future. He had to clear as many obstacles out of Potter's way. The Carrows had been dealt with he was sure of that. Naruko was skilled both in the Shinobi arts and the magical arts and the Carrows…well they had no skill in the Shinobi arts and barely in the magical arts. The Slytherin might be a problem but he was sure that McGonagall would be able to deal with that little problem, so the only one remaining for him was himself. As long as he remained in Hogwarts it would cause problems but he couldn't just leave either, he would have to fight and flee.

As he walked thru the corridors he stopped when he saw McGonagall standing before him, "Professor McGonagall I heard a ruckus would you care to explain what is going on? I heard rumors Potter has returned… do you know where he might be?" Snape said speaking slowly as his eyes swept across the corridor sure that Potter was here somewhere.

"I think you would know if Potter was here I thought you sent the Carrows to wait for him," Professor McGonagall replied.

"That I did…but funny thing you may mention them …I haven't heard from them since they went to Ravenclaw tower. You wouldn't know why, would you?"

"No I can't saw that I do."

"That's funny because it seems funny to me that you would happen to be coming from Ravenclaw tower on a night that isn't your night for patrol. I hear a disturbance from coming from that direction, the direction you happen to be coming from, the direction the Carrows are and the direction Potter is suppose to be going…no somehow I don't believe that." He said in the same slow voice. If he knew anything about Potter he wouldn't give up the chance to try to get revenge. He was always too reckless and then that in turn would cause McGonagall to step in and give him the perfect excuse to flee the castle.

Right on cue Potter showed himself his wand pointed at him. Harry shot a spell at him, he blocked it then ready to strike back but only in pretenses he needed McGonagall to get involved which she did and soon Flitwick was fighting him along with Potter and McGonagall. The first chance he got he made a run for it. He jumped from the window, with the calls of "coward" shooting after him.

"Professor what happened?" Harry asked helping Luna to her feet.

"He jumped," McGonagall said.

"You mean he's dead?" Harry asked sprinting to the window.

"No, he is not dead," McGonagall said bitterly. "Unlike Dumbledore, he still had a wand… and he seems to have learned a few tricks from his master."

With a tingle of horror, Harry saw in the distance a huge, bat like shape flying through the darkness towards the perimeter wall.

"Harry!" Slughorn panted, massaging his immense chest beneath his emerald-green silk pajamas. "My dear boy… what a surprise…Minerva, do please explain…Severus…what…?" Harry could barely hear what they were saying his head felt like it was splitting.

"Professor! We've got to barricade the school, he's coming now!"

"Very well, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is coming," she told the other teachers. Spout and Flitwick gasped; Slughorn let out a low groan. "Potter has work to do in the castle on Dumbledore's orders. We need to put place every protection of which we are capable while Potter does what he needs to do."

"You realize, of course that nothing that we will do will be able to keep out You-Know-Who indefinitely," Flitwick squeaked. In the shadows five watched over the school.

"Naruko is everything ready?" Kakashi asked.

"Hai, and I have set up extra protection on the hospital wing so we can tend to the injured," Naruko answered. The teachers frowned at the fact they couldn't understand what was going on.

"Hinata-Chan how much time do we have?" Naruko asked.

"It looks like few minutes before they reach the boarder," Hinata said shyly.

"Remember if any of you die I will bring you back so I can kill you myself," Naruko said then the five Shinobi were gone.

Harry had started to run back to the Room of Requirements, ignoring the mutterings as he ran pass students. He slipped into the Room of Requirements that was much more packed than it had been when he left.

"Harry, what is happening?" Lupin asked, meeting him at the foot of the stairs.

"Voldemort's on his way, they're barricading the school…Snape's run for it…What are you doing here? How did you know?"

"We sent messages to the rest of Dumbledore's army," Fred explained. "You couldn't expect everyone to miss the fun, Harry, and the D.A, let the Order of the Phoenix know and it all kind of snowballed."

"What first, Harry?" George called, "What's going on?"

"They are evacuating the younger kids and everyone's meeting in the Great Hall to organized," Harry said, "We're fighting."

Naruko watched from the Shadows as everyone was fired up by Harry's words, but most of them didn't understand what they were facing. Naruko vanished appearing in the heart of the school, 'Jikukan Kekkai' activating all the tags around the school. 'Kage Bunshin no Jutsu,' three clones appeared and they all sat still as stone. As she left the room she placed a tag on the door then vanished once again.

Kakashi was leaning against the wall reading his book, "it looks like it will start soon, how long will the barrier stay up?"

"I don't know I have never tried it on this leave before."