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Prologue

Uchiha Itachi was dead. Five years of studying under the evil Sannin Orochimaru, Uchiha Sasuke had finally gained the power needed to take down his brother... But at what cost?

In less than two days, the death of Uchiha Itachi had spread through the five greatest countries along with the word; the time for Orochimaru to take over the last remaining Uchiha body was coming.

Once it reached Konoha, hysteria among the Elders had occurred. Knowing that they had do something, they, along with the Hokage, had all decided to take immediate action and send all their Shinobis to the Sound country and there; kill the last Uchiha along with his master.

As much as they wanted the Uchiha back in their village, they knew that if they didn't do anything Orochimaru would become a big threat later on and either way, they lost the last remaining Uchiha. That was why, after years of ignorance, they had ordered the most powerful people of the village with reinforcement from other countries, to Sound to put an end to one of the greatest Sannins.

Naruto - an old teammate of the Uchiha and at that time already a captain of ANBU - had been one of the teams who had been ordered to especially focus on killing the Uchiha. As he had received his orders by Tsunade he had told her to shove it elsewhere, and said he would rather die than kill his old friend. However, after a long talk with his pink haired friend, the one he had promised to bring back Sasuke to, he had been shocked to hear Sakura telling him to stop acting stupid and do what the Hokage had told him to do. "It's time we give up Naruto... Even if we do save him... Nothing says he'll be the same. I guess we'll just have to face the truth. The Sasuke we knew... Is long gone.."

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After days of fighting, the fields of Sound was covered by blood and bodies of dead warriors - both Konoha, Sand and Sound ninjas. With a mountain of sacrifices, Orochimaru had been defeated and the last Uchiha cornered into a wall.

Sasuke stared at the people surrounding him, as he was gasping for breath. They were all Shinobis from different villages, there among Konoha warriors. He wondered curiously if there was anyone he knew among the Ninjas with the leaf symbol but it was impossible to know as they were all wearing masks.

His lungs was burning from lack of oxygen and he could feel his legs slowly losing strength. He closed his eyes to refocus, he had to fight. He wouldn't allow himself to die without a good fight first. Grinning he gripped his dislocated shoulder and with one swift movement got it back in place. His chakra was bound by a curse, but he still had his body he figured as he went in for an attack on a Mist shinobi.

However as he was surrounded by more than 20 people, he didn't get far before his feet was knocked out under him, and he fell to the ground. Gripping a shuriken from its holster he threw it at a man on his left, before standing back up and then running at a second man. He took out a kunai from his arm's sleeve, and pierced it right through the man's neck. Watching the body fall, he smirked feeling satisfied. Avoiding a kick from his left he did a back flip and embedded the kunai in the back of his attacker.

"Start working as a group, attack the son of a bitch!" He heard someone growl, and suddenly there was five people attacking from different angles which made it impossible for him to block them in time and for what seemed like the 50th time, he fell to the ground. He tried to get back up but his body wouldn't budge. He could feel raw pain beating from inside his chest. He concluded he must have punctured a lung on his broken ribs. Closing his eyes, he tried to even out his breathing. As he opened them again his vision had become blurry from massive blood loss, he tried to focus and managed to make out blue eyes looking over him. He let out a bitter laugh.

"D-dobe... K-knew it.. it.. wou-would be you."

Signaling with his hand for the rest to stay back, Naruto swallowed back the lump in his throat. He watched his old teammate lying on the ground, bleeding from what seemed everywhere from his body. He let a sad smile form on his lips and his eyebrows creased together behind his mask. "Ne Sasuke, was it worth it?"

Watching the other trying to talk but only ending up gasping for air, Naruto slowly let his knees fall to the ground and gently titled the head of the other with his hands, to clear his airways. He needed an answer, he needed know if the other was happy with the way it had turned out to be.

"N-no use r-regret..ting it now.. i-is there?" He watched the other try to smirk but it only came out as a weird jerk of the lips. "I d-die..happy...or not. N-nothing for m-me lef-fft."

"There is! Me and Sakura, we are your friends, Sasuke, no matter what you have done, we are still your friends. I promised I would save you."

He heard a snort come from the other. "I-it's i-impossi...ible. to s-sssave me." After that blue lips closed for a last time and black eyes disappeared behind thin lids of flesh. Feeling the other stop breathing Naruto panicked. His first friend had told him it was impossible to save him... Everyone could be saved... He had made a promise... He had killed his own friend... He, he couldn't let it happen. "GET A MEDIC-NIN OVER HERE, NOW! And anyone who even dares to stop me, I'll kill! We'll take Sasuke with us to Konoha!"

Time stood still as Naruto waited for the medics to come, he stared at the battered body beneath him. "It's okay Sasuke, I can save you." Removing a lost strand of hair from Sasuke's face, he felt a tap on his shoulder.

"Sure you know what you are doing now?" Staring at a mask of a sloth(1) with determined eyes, Naruto nodded shakily.

"You're not helping yourself to become Hokage by doing this, you know that?"(2)

Naruto nodded once again. "I'll give up anything for him. I owe him that." Watching a medic nin arrive, he slowly smiled. ' I'll take you back, Sasuke. To the place where you truly belong. To Konoha...

(Tbc?) Review and I'll be very happy. -pancake smile-

(1) That's Nara Shikamaru for you ;D

(2) And that's Hyuuga Neji. Just... because I can.

AN: So this is the prologue for my Harry Potter crossover. I'd appreciate reviews because as much as being put on alert or fav is great, comments is always helpful to improve my writing. Buh anywho, before I leave I want to say; English is not my native language and to add to the cake I also have a light version of dyslexia - yay! - so please don't flame me for typos, just kindly point them out and I'll fix them. Thank you for reading.