Gaara held out his arms as he maneuvered his sand disk in the air, dodging the occasional bird.
Temari and Kankuro were alert and ready to fight if necessary; the two looked around them in case a possible enemy had managed to tag along with them.
There were no doubt at this point that their enemies was intelligent; assuming that Madara also worked with others and allied himself with S-ranked missing nins, 'they' managed to target and hit all of their weak spots within all of the divisions.
Up ahead, Temari spotted a tiny castle shimmering in and out of existence. Perhaps there was a barrier that worked similar like the one surrounding the Elemental Countries.
She pointed it out to her youngest brother, "There, Gaara."
Kankuro spun around and Gaara's eyes followed the direction where Temari pointed.
Gaara saw it, nodded in acknowledgement, and slowly altered their course to the figurine.
Soon, they were zipping over a large lake surrounded by a rather large forest. A small hut with smoke coming out from its chimney laid some ways from the forestry. For a moment, Kankuro swore he spotted a trotting unicorn running across a clearing before it moved out of his sight.
The 'small castle' was no longer small. With every foot Gaara gained, the castle seem to have doubled in size. Its ancient-looking architecture hinted at olden times; towers were scattered around and on top of the castle though four seem to be the most prominent amongst it, a large oaken entrance stood in the center of the main building, and glistening glass windows reflected the late afternoon's sunlight.
Gaara directed his disk past the many stairs and set them all before the wooden door.
It was impossibly strong; Temari swung her leg forward and kicked it.
The door barely moved in its foundations. Only a very slight jiggle gave away its otherwise-stable position.
She turned back around and shrugged at her siblings.
Kankuro sighed, "What now, Gaara? The door ain't gonna opening for us anytime soon."
Gaara pinched the bridge of his nose, "Maybe the windows will open. Perhaps a student conveniently left open a window for us, though it's doubtful they actually did."
Temari answered, "Well, the door isn't opening. We might as well try out your idea."
Gaara created another disk of sand under the Sand Trio, it lifted into the air and went off in a counter-clockwise direction.
As he directed their flight, Temari and Kankuro looked for their friends through the large panes of glass.
Kankuro spotted Naruto, Sasuke (that bastard...Hey, he might've came back, but that definitely doesn't excuse his crimes), and Sakura sitting among red-cladded kids. Same with Team Gai with the green-robes, Team 10 with the blue, and Team 8 with the yellows.
Temari wondered, Perhaps they're grouped based on their favorite color among the four choices.
They saw that it was true that these particular teens held sticks in order to direct their 'magic'. It was jammed in pockets, laid beside cutlery, grasped in hands, and more.
Gaara stopped near a window. It was fortunate that the people inside, not even their friends, hadn't noticed them yet. A dramatic entrance was just begging to be happening.
Gaara turned his head to ask his sister, "A grand entrance, Temari?"
Kankuro grinned at the question, "Hell yeah! Please, Temari? Maybe do your Sickle Weasel technique on 'em."
Temari couldn't pass up the opportunity, "Yeah."
Gaara faced forward again, a tiny smile worming its way onto his face.
Temari unhooked her giant iron fan from its holster on her back and snapped it 2/3s open. After all, she was aiming for a grand entrance, not for a total demolition of the castle.
Gaara shifted away from Temari's trajectory as she prepared her jutsu.
"Wind Release: Sickle Weasel Technique!"
Naruto and Sasuke were eating a typical dinner from their homes with the rest of the wizarding students when the windows in the Great Hall started shattering.
All around them, students were screaming in mass hysteria while the teachers tried to locate the source of panic. Umbridge's eyes bulged; was V-V-Vold-You-Know-Who actually alive?
Girls held down the hems of their skirts and boys shoved their hair away from their eyes. Same went for the teachers. (For once, Snape's extra-oily hair is of use.)
As soon as the wind started, the wind quickly died down. Shards of glass, hair accessories, and the remains of food littered the floor. Naruto looked around before spotting a familiar cloud of sand hovering in the air.
He stood up and called out to the Kazakage, "Oi, Garra! Over here, dattebayo!"
Hermione muttered a quick 'reparo' to Harry's cracked glasses then faced Naruto.
He was facing one of the broken windows, and so, Hermione looked to see who...or what this 'Gaara' was.
What looked like a disk of sand was a trio of people standing on top of it; one crouching with its hands out for some strange reason with two others standing at either side of him.
But that couldn't be possible...right? But knowing how ninjas liked to challenge everything within her books, it was most likely possible.
She looked over to Naruto; he seems to know them well.
Hermione went over to him and grabbed his shoulder.
"Who is the one with the red hair, Naruto?"
Naruto looked his shoulder at her, "Oh, that's the Fifth Kazekage. His name is Gaara."
"The two standing beside him?"
"I'm thinking that's most likely Temari and Kankuro, his older siblings."
"His age?"
"...15? Temari is like 18 and I think Kankuro is 17. Wow, they're so old~"
"And he's already leading a village?!"
"Yeah. What's so surprising about that, dattebayo?"
Gaara directed his sand through one of the windows.
Temari clipped her fan back upon her back with a smug smirk present on her face while Kankuro was busy laughing.
"Did you see their faces? Priceless! What I wouldn't give for a picture right now... Pfft!"
Temari playfully rolled her eyes, "Yes, yes."
(And into the fancy, schmancy castle they go~)
Naruto stood up and found Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro coming in after their (rather flashy) entrance.
"OI, GAARA! HOW'S IT GOING, YOU GUYS?"
Naruto leapt the final feet and landed in front of the Sand Siblings.
He clapped the red-headed boy on the back while the rest of the Konoha ninjas came up front as well to greet them.
While the staff and students went about cleaning the floor and repairing the ornate windows, they all hugged and exchanged news on the warfront.
No, it wasn't the cliche hugs-and-kisses type of reunion, but they were several hugs given among the females greeting Temari. The boys just exchanged grins and fistbumps.
Dumbledore came forward, swishing this way and that as he finished the dusting on the floor.
"Are you three the associates Mr. Nara and Mr. Uzumaki spoke off?"
Temari stepped forward to conduct the (public) discussion, "I am Subaku no Temari-"
Kankuro and Gaara introduced themselves, "-Subaku no Kankuro and-"
"-Subaku no Gaara, the Fifth Kazekage. Nice to meet you." ((Cue gasps from the smart people about 'how young Gaara is'' to be a leader, yadah yadah ya.))
Temari continued on her greetings to the Headmaster, "-from Sunagakure, the Land of the Wind. We have come to 'retrieve' our friends back to our homeland."
Kiba butted in, "Didja defeat the Jyuubi yet, huh?"
Gaara said bluntly, "No. We're working on it. As of right now, we are the only ones besides the Hokage and the Raikage that know you are outside of the the barrier. The other few shinobi able to search for you the 'missing Konoha-nins' don't know and are searching in vain."
Kankuro elaborated, "Speaking of searching, the enemies took advantage for you 14 missing and almost overwhelmed us before the Hokage, Raikage, Mizukage, and the Tsuchikage stepped in."
"It is only logical that the Kages stepped in to help. Why, you ask? Besides Naruto and Killer B, the Kages were reserved as our backup reinforces," Shino said.
Temari nodded.
"So, if you don't mind, we've got to get going. By the way, Tsunade-sama is deeply worried about you, Naruto. Not to mention the rest of you almost gave your parents and former-senseis a heart attack when Mabui of Kumogakure announced you MIA."
"So, Tsunade-baasan does care about me."
Lee laughed nervously as he scratched his bowlcut hair, "Hahah, Gai-sensei is wasting his youhfulness searching for me. I am youthful enough to survive anything; my training I did everyday should've convinced Gai-sensei of that. If he is doubtful, then I shall do 500 pushups, 500 laps around the Ten-Tails, and-"
Tenten lightly smacked Lee's head, "Hai, hai. We get it, no need to say it out loud."
Neji emphasized that last sentence, "Really, you don't need to say it."
"Neji, my eternal rival, why must you be so cool?!" cried Lee as tears trekked a river on his face.
Ron whispered over to Harry, who long had stopped chewing his treacle tart.
"It's like some kind of Muggle drama, don't 'cha think Harry?"
"Uh...huh."
Friends the ninjas made during their stay cried out to them as they all prepared to leave.
"Wait!"
"When will you come back?"
"When will you visit us?"
"Will you come back next year?"
Professor McGonagall was quick to quiet the outcries, "Quiet down! Yes, it is rather unfortunate that out guests will be leaving today. But, as you know, they are fighting a war and most definitely will all 14 of them will be needed. So, please spare them your cries and instead wish them good luck in their fights."
Teary good-lucks made their way forward while Naruto tried his very best to not tear up himself.
Sasuke looked over to the blonde ninja, "Hn, dobe." (A few sniffles escaped his throat, too. He's human, after all.)
Sakura looked over to Naruto as well, "Baka-Naruto, we'll see them in the future. Don't worry."
Luna made her way to Neville, Hermione, Ron and Harry as they faced the front with forlorn expressions.
"You know...things we lose have a way back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect."
Ginny smiled at her friend while her eyes gleamed with unshed tears, "You're right, Luna. We'll see them again in the future, right?"
And with that, the ninjas said all of their goodbyes and disappeared into thin air.
"After all, it's not like they're in the wrong dimension or anything. Knowing Naruto, he'll make sure to visit us again."
"Yeah."
"Yup, definitely."
"For sure. The way Sakura describes him, he's not the type of guy to easily forget his friends...dattebayo."
Quiet chuckles came forward at Harry's poor imitation of Naruto.
Word Count: 1,832
A/N #1: Annnddd, cut! Phew, that was heck of a journey writing this book. Thank you all for reviewing, favoriting, and following this fanfiction of mine. It's been real fun typing this out. Not a lot of fanfics had a plot similar to mine, so that was the beginning of it all. You're welcome, by the way ;)
A/N #2: Epilogue or Sequel? Please include your vote in your review which one of the two you want, please.
AN #3: As always, please remember that this is a FANFICTION! In no way had I expected to be 100% accurate on everything in either Harry Potter or Naruto. But some things I had intentionally changed throughout my story, in order to better fit my plot line. (Thank you to the reviewer who suggested this, btw.)