A/N: Harry Potter V and SasuNaru. This fanfiction is from my doujinshi in DA called LAPSE. Although this one will have a VERY DIFFERENT STORY.

- SHOUNEN AI ONLY - Slow updates - Deaths (Maybe)- Humor/Adventure/Romance…Angst - MAJOR OOCNESS - GRAMMATICAL ERRORS

Warning: Fast scenes. Maybe grammatical errors. I may or may not continue... depending on the replies I get. Yeah.

Disclaimer: I don't own.

Chapter I - Wrong Escape

Machigai Esukepu

- You left me once thus I'll tightly clutch on you. Shall you ever leave again, take me with you –

"You sure about this? Sasuke?"

A fifteen year old blond boy with whiskers plastered on his face grimaced nervously at the taller boy beside him. They were hiding behind a big old bush rooted in front of a revoltingly decorated oak door. To his dread, the unfriendly looking door seemed to be the entrance of hell itself rather than a village of foul ninjas with no pleasant goal in life. Engraved on the wood was a number of snake heads with their tongues sticking out and fangs protruding their busted bodies.

There stood in front of them was the entrance to the Otokage.

Naruto had been inside of Orochimaru's hideouts in search of Sasuke, but this one, he considered, was different. Usually, doors were attached to a certain structure, which was actually applicable to all door logic by the way, but this one was just plain weird.

It was just a door… standing in the middle of the forest, attached to nothing in particular.

"Hmmm… I have to say that door is plain… weird," the blond ninja pointed out the obvious.

"Not chickening out are you, scaredy-cat?" The black-haired ninja answered teasingly without averting his gaze from the door. It was a delicate situation and he must not overlook any details from their surroundings. While it was true that there seemed to be something wrong with the gate, everything was also wrong about the snake man. His eyes flickered dangerously from dark onyx to blood crimson. He tried to focus his senses at the whole perimeter, checking if there were unnecessary chakra signatures, especially behind those doors.

"Of course not!" the blond boy protested, successfully stopping himself from shouting. "And the name's Naruto not scaredy-cat, teme!"

"Hn."

"What? Cat got your tongue?" Naruto tried to kill his inner mumblings.

"Hn."

"Teme."

"Well… I told you my purpose once and I don't feel like repeating it," Sasuke said in annoyance. Why the hell did he bring the blond with him again?

"Uh… I'm just making sure that you are not thinking of something wrecked with that highly inflated head of yours, teme," Naruto whispered. Behind that joke was a deep cut of how he remembered Sasuke forcing his Chidori on his throbbing chest, living him half-dead at the Valley of the End. It was just last month when he found the same but grown up boy standing in front of the Konoha gates soaking from the angry rain.

It was raining back then and Naruto was about to leave to fulfill a rank C mission about assisting a certain princess back to her village. It was nothing dangerous since the village was not engrossed in any sort of dangerous activities, any ninja-related activities. Naruto had guessed that the Hokage just wanted to deflect his attention to something… anything that was not about Sasuke. This maddening mission had been the most appropriate excuse and at the same time, a prank, given the fact that the princess he was about to escort was a complete bitch. But as soon as the Konoha gates flew open, Naruto thought that Tsunade's efforts were all in vain. His eyes widened, staring at his former teammate standing in front of him, rain and blood soaked.

The thought of having Orochimaru's soul inside Sasuke never found a space in Naruto's mind. He dashed forward his messy comrade and had the raven around his arms muttering inaudible thanks. With his sudden return, the rank C mission was given to someone else ('Oh Kami, I knew you love me.'). Godaime Hokage Tsunade was completely out of words and so as the whole village and therefore could not think of any reason that triggered Sasuke to come back. Apparently, they asked him why but since he was still as stubborn as ever, probably much worse than before, they ended up as a bunch of failures.

Naruto was beyond jovial with Sasuke's return and never even doubted him. But the council begged to differ. They were exasperated and wanted the raven dead as punishment for treason and involving himself with the wanted-nin, Orochimaru. Obviously, the knuckle-head was the first one to oppose and then started acting like Sasuke's instant lawyer. With his nice choice of words and logical perspectives that no one knew he was capable of thinking (being a stupid ninja like him), the council was taken aback ("Sasuke killed no one and never laid any finger in the village when he left.").

Soon, the case was closed and the council granted Sasuke his freedom much to Naruto's happiness and pride.

Sasuke was indeed freed and was forgiven almost by the entire village but he hadn't regained their trust completely. Kiba, Neji, and Shikamaru were all wary about him, and to his surprise, the girls as well. Even his ex-fangirls hesitated to approach him. He never spoke to anyone since his return unless you count his notable 'hn' an actual word.

That was why Naruto was entirely shocked when, again, he found the raven knocking in his front door complete with ninja gear and equipments. Sasuke even spoke to him in full sentences and told him that he had to set off and finish his deal with the snake bastard. Naruto was against the idea, but when Sasuke told him that he wasn't completely free with his curse mark lying liberally on his shoulder, he couldn't help but feel the need of helping his best friend. But when Naruto asked Sasuke why he had to go through lengths and ask the blond to come with him, the raven declined back to his usual 'hn'.

And now here they were, in front of the Sound gate, hiding.

"If you want to kill Orochimaru, then why are we hiding here? We are going to be found out anyway," Naruto scratched his head, totally unsure of what his partner wanted.

"Dobe, because we want a surprise attack. We want to kill him not chase him down," Sasuke sighed defeated, why was the dobe very dobe?

"We should have informed Tsunade baachan about this," the blond muttered, "We might be labelled as missing-nins with our sudden disappearance!"

"The only one who's gonna be labeled as the missing-nin is me. They'll probably think that I kidnapped you or something and besides, if we tell her, we won't be in here. You know her."

"But if you are to be labeled missing again, then how am I supposed to save your sorry self?"

"You don't need to… and I won't ask you to."

"That's not my point! Besides, I still don't get why you need me here if you're so high and mighty about yourself!" the blond half screamed, successfully gaining Sasuke's full attention.

For the first time that night, the raven looked at him entirely. He could swear that there was something in those black orbs that he wasn't able to see before. He did not expect Sasuke to answer him, but of course, the raven still knew how to surprise him.

"I–, I don't really think I can do this alone," Sasuke softly whispered, and for the first time in his life, Naruto felt that he finally understood his best friend. "Here they come…"

The jinchuriki felt a sweat drop from his temple to his chin from the raven's warning. Silently, he grabbed two kunais from his pouch and made a ready stance just in case.

"What? Did they manage to catch our presence?" Naruto asked.

"No… I don't think so, but they're coming."

"How many?"

"Listen," the raven muttered also shifting to his fighting stance, "Two Oto-nins will be appearing from those doors within two minutes, probably of chuunin ranks. Once they get out…we kill them, then we get in." He stated firmly as he too, grabbed a kunai from his pouch.

Naruto nodded, his knees bending lower and his upper body lunging forward.

"Let's make this as fast and as silent as possible, ready?"

"I don't take orders from you, teme…"

"I'll take that as a yes, then…"

"Aren't you a bit talkative tonight, teme?"

"Dobe," Sasuke stated with a smirk.

"Fine…"

"On my signal…"

Three, two… one… ZERO.

The gate opened revealing two highly equipped sound-nins standing by the door and were apparently unaware of the two's presence. Taking this as an opportunity, the blond shinobi jolted to a tree and jumped on a branch to have a clearer aim at the first nin. Having the target locked, without sparing another second, he swiftly threw his kunai and successfully hit the sound-nin's throat killing him in the process. Before the other nin was capable of processing what was happening, Sasuke appeared behind him, slitting his throat to death.

"Get in…" the Uchiha said in a hurry.

"What did I tell you about ordering me?" Naruto gave him an irritated look but nevertheless complied.

"Whatever…" Sasuke motioned, following the blond inside.

"Infiltration successful," Naruto grinned as he continued to walk through a large and seemingly deserted corridor. So, there was something inside the door. "This is the bastard's hideout huh?"

"Obviously, dobe," mumbled Sasuke as he tried to locate their current position, as well as the enemies. "So far so good. I can't feel any enemy presence. We're good to continue." Naruto nodded.

"It spooks me out, but nevertheless, expected. How did you last in this place for almost two years, teme?"

"The same question I was going to ask myself. But I was rarely here. He doesn't want me here. Very suspicious, actually. It makes me think that he's hiding something here."

"Maybe we could investigate after we're done with him? It is a good thing you came back then," the blond stopped on his tracks as a huge wave of bad feelings flow in him. Sasuke realized this and sighed in defeat.

The both of them commenced walking past a lot of rooms that were almost identical with each other. Naruto could not help but to shiver since the place reminded him so much about the hunted houses from Kiba's ghost stories. The place was eerily dark due to the fact that there were no windows to invite any natural light coming from the outside. The only source of light was the old burning torches sticking proportionally from the opposite sides of the walls. The horrible decorations kept on suggesting that the place was ghostly. The fact that there was also a horrible smelling mist brimming in the area made the place more like a true haunted house.

"Sa...suke? There aren't any g-ghosts here, are there?" Naruto stuttered in the most un-ninja like way.

"Remind me to kill Kiba the moment we get back okay?"

"Why? Did he make Akamaru piss at you?"

"No. For poisoning your already dead mind, dead-last. Stupid ghost stories… are you five?"

"Bastard."

The walk continued but Naruto felt a sudden change in his temperature. Two seconds ago, he was sweating badly because the place never welcomed any gentle breeze from the outside as much as the lights weren't welcomed and now… he was shivering. His eyes were drifting… edging… betraying…

The thought of the corridors being this empty worried Sasuke. It was already half an hour since they entered the compound and they had not suffered any assault from the opponent, not a single attack at all! This place was supposed to be filled with a bunch of murderers craving for blood yet they met none of them. It was not that he actually wanted some sound-nins on their trail but to have none at all was slightly confusing. Were they that really successful in masking their chakra? Or were they already anticipated by the enemy?

'Shit!' Sasuke was about to turn to his partner when a thought hit him but a loud thud from his back echoed throughout the corridor.

"Naruto!" he shouted as he caught the falling shinobi in his arms. The blond's usual tan skin was almost as pale as his. His breathing was uneven and he was as cold as ice. "N-Naruto, wake up!"

"Oh no, he won't… yet," an older bespectacled shinobi with white hair tied in his back snickered from the shadow and threw a surgery knife from his grasp.

Being the so-called prodigy, Sasuke successfully blocked the knife that it hit the left wall instead of the sleeping blond.

"Yakushi Kabuto…" Sasuke gritted his teeth.

"What an honor, Sasuke-kun. Are you here to reconsider Orochimaru-sama's offers?" Kabuto smirked, finally revealing himself from the shadow. "Too bad he needs you no longer."

"Dream on," Sasuke heaved his katana from his back, adjusting his stance. "Dobe, get up," but Naruto stayed motionless as if he was already swimming inside his dreamland. "Naruto?"

"I told you didn't I, Sasuke-kun? He won't," Kabuto stood unwavering in front of him, as if he had the upper hand.

'Holy shit! The mist! It was poison!' Sasuke twitched. As soon as he realized what was going on, his vision started to swim. It was that creepy mist from earlier messing up their senses. But wait… was it fatal? He immediately covered his mouth and took the blond on his shoulder. 'Shit! I have to find cover!'

He was about to turn his back from the genin and depart but two scalpels with impossible sharpness pinned him via his jacket on the wall. He groaned as he tried to keep his hold on his blond companion.

"Finally noticed my trick, eh? Don't worry… it's not poison, just something to stun you," Kabuto said. "It doesn't matter anyways... Orochimaru-sama said that you are now off use… and I am now to dispose you here."

Sasuke replied with a smirk, "Too bad for me huh? Don't worry. I have never reconsidered his offer, and it also happens that I refuse to suffer death with your pathetic likes, Kabuto."

Kabuto frowned. "I don't know where you're getting at Sasuke, but you won't be able to escape this time… and oh… I thank you for bringing the Jinchuuriki here too."

The bespectacled genin was about to attack when the raven freed himself from the scalpels restraining him. Sasuke forcefully swayed his left leg right to the genin's face making him loose his balance. Taking this as an opportunity, he threw his fist at the same spot he hit earlier knocking his opponent out hopefully for five minutes, enough to buy them time. As soon as Kabuto's body fell immobile on the ground, he grabbed the blond again and darted off the corridor as fast as he could before his body would stop obeying him completely. It was true that he can beat the genin to death, but fighting with an unconscious partner was another story.

Sasuke navigated left and right making sure that he had enough distance with Kabuto. Realizing that he was already energy drained thanks to the poisonous mist earlier, he decided to take a break and pushed the door on his right quickly settling inside. Confirming that the coast was clear, he locked the door from the inside and released a heavy sigh of relief as he tried to keep his grasp from what we all call consciousness. He slid down against the door and dropped onto his knees, having the unconscious blond lie on his tired laps.

"Sa..suke?" the blond on his lap muttered. "Where are we?"

"Already awake huh?" 'Must be the Kyuubi' Sasuke tried to speak as loud as he could to prevent his brain from slacking.

Naruto jerked his head up and seeing his raven companion in an almost defeated condition, he gasped. "Holy! What happened to you, Sasuke?"

"N-nothing. Just… stunned."

"Stunned?" Naruto panicked.

"Don't worry. It'll wear off just a moment."

"For a moment? Look Sasuke, you can't even stand!"

"I'm fine."

"No you are not. We have to get out of here"

"I told you I'm fine! That mist from the earlier was a trap… I'm not poisoned okay?"

Naruto nodded deciding to believe the raven's words. "Okay. So… where are we?"

Sasuke's sleepy eyes wandered as he wordlessly observed the room – the ceiling, the flooring, the cushion, the cupboard, the walls, the door, the doorknob, the windows, the mess… so familiar…

"Holy Shit," Sasuke's eyes widened upon realizing their current location. "We are in his room."

"His room? Orochimaru?" Naruto pulled a kunai from his pouch for precaution. He shifted his gaze from left to right, upwards and downwards but there was no sight of the Sannin. "But he's not here… is he?"

"He must have… gone off."

"Shit we're too late. Do you think he's off to Konoha to get your ass back?"

"No. I don't think so," it was then when Sasuke remembered what Kabuto had said a while ago, something about Orochimaru not needing him anymore. Initially, the sudden news made Sasuke's heart leap from joy that finally… the bastard gave up on him and he need not to worry about the Sannin on his trail, chasing him wherever he would go. But why? Why would Orochimaru lose his interest in Sasuke that he was ever proclaiming since he could remember? That may only mean one thing right?

Did he find someone willing? Someone more dangerous? Someone more—

"They're coming!"

Sasuke's mentally cursed when his train of thoughts was fiercely interrupted by Naruto's notice. He soon regretted it when two pairs of footsteps came reverberating one minute away from them. The footsteps were mockingly slow and piercing, as if their tormenter were aware of their current incapacities. Sasuke felt his body became limp and cursed the stupid mist. If it wasn't because of that childish trap, he had already managed to break the bastard Kabuto's sickening neck and turned his cursed carcass into powdered charcoal.

Forty seconds.

"There are two of them…" Sasuke whispered, "Kabuto… and Orochimaru."

"So he knew we're coming?"

"I don't know… but I'm sure that Kabuto already told him," Sasuke said, settling on his fighting stance.

Twenty.

"No teme, we have to run for it… you can't fight!" Naruto exclaimed.

"No… I have too."

"Sasuke! You're too weak to fight!"

Fifteen

"For the last time, dobe… I must kill him… not later… not tomorrow… now!" Sasuke glowered, his eyes glinting dangerously.

Twelve.

"Sasuke, we are defenseless we'll—"

"I will fight, Naruto!"

Ten.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke," Naruto clenched his fist and then unclenched it before tapping the behind of Sasuke's neck. "I'm sorry, I can't let you leave me again," He once again muttered as the raven fell on his hands completely asleep. He was so vulnerable considering that he fell out cold that easily. 'Now the exit?'

Five.

Naruto turned left and right trying to look for a window. There were three but were already blocked with large chunks of greyish stones. He tried to punch them away until his knuckles bled, but it was no use. He cursed. Thanks to the mist he wasn't at his best condition and now he couldn't even punch a stone as soft as his pillows? 'Shit!'

Four.

He breathed in and out to calm his nerves. 'Calm down, foxie… okay… no exit? Fine! Let's make one…' Naruto clasped his fingers muttering his favorite magic word 'Kage Bunshin no Jutsu.' Later on, three identical copies of the blond emerged. The first two clones busied themselves in making a bluish white sphere, Rasengan, on the palm of the third clone while the original was holding Sasuke.

When the Rasengan was done, the third clone confidently made a run towards a wall that he guessed would bring them outside once destroyed. The orb hit the wall and exploded malevolently.

The smoke from the explosion cleared and the wall remained… unharmed.

"Shit!" he yelled.

Three.

'Okay. So Sasuke forgot to tell me that the place is locked with chakra. Calm down Naruto… Calm down…' Naruto pinched himself on his cheek. Why was he talking to himself in this urgent situation? Okay… maybe he was just simply losing his mind.

Two.

'Shit! We're going to die… just grab and throw anything!'

He strode forward the table beside the bed and grabbed the closest thing to him, a broken and rusty katana. He tried to remember what Asuma-sensei told him about channeling his wind type chakra on the said blade to put enough force on it. It was a stupid plan since the chakra on the katana wouldn't be comparable with his Rasengan but he had no other choice. They were about to die. Once he felt he that had fed enough chakra on it, he aimed at what he thought the softest side of the wall and casted it…

One.

Wait… he threw it, didn't he?

Why was the rusty old katana still on his hand? Why was it glowing too bright? Why was there a swirling spiral of silver and orange light coming out from the piece of junk? Why was there too much force?

But before the whiskered ninja was able to come up with an answer, he felt himself and his companion being sucked by none other than the katana to a seemingly eternal abyss. He casted a glance to the door that threatened to open. He waited for an attack but it never came. He and Sasuke were already spinning… spinning… and spinning…

Later he did wish that the torment would soon end.

Zero.

TBC.

As you can see, Orochimaru is alive so my story did not reach the plot where Sasuke killed the bastard. Meaning, in my story, everything that happened before Sasuke-killed-Orochimaru arch is true and the scenes after those were changed. I CHANGED IT YEAH!

Uhm... reviews? I really need inspiration to continue this... especially when I'm having trouble of finding one. Thank you very much. I might update after a week... but it will still depend if I get enough feedback. Thanks~

DreamHunter019

January 11, 2010

Edited: May 22, 2012
EDITED AGAIN: August 10, 2014