ANBU At Hogwarts
Note: Sakura is 15 almost 16, as are Ino, Shikamaru, Hinata, Naruto, and Sasuke. Sai, Neji, Tenten, and Kiba are already 16.
Sakura mashed her teeth together audibly and growled. Tsunade-shishou had promised. She had given her WORD.
'Her word? You sure she wasn't drunk and doesn't remember it anymore?' Inner smirked.
'She remembers. I'll bet a week of double, no, TRIPLE shifts that she remembers. And she's still going to do it.' Sakura thought furiously.
"Why do I have to bring THEM along?" Sakura hissed.
Tsunade shifted uncomfortably in her chair and sighed. "Sakura, you're the ANBU Commander. You can't always do partner missions with Raccoon or Squad One. The client has specifically asked for five to ten ANBU to guard a boy and said he will pay whatever necessary." Her eyes glossed slightly and Sakura knew Tsunade was thinking of all the sake her shishou was going to buy.
Sakura rubbed her temples and seethed in her mind for a moment. Finally she sighed. "Fine."
"Good." Tsunade smiled. "You will meet the client and the rest of your team tomorrow morning at 6 outside of the village gates. Keep in mind that even if you may not agree with your teammates you WILL carry out the mission with ANBU professionalism. Understood?"
"Hai Shishou." Sakura replied, and disappeared in a swirl of white cherry blossoms.
"Shizune!" Tsunade called as her assistant walked in, "Get me Raccoon, Hawk, Stag, Dove, Raven, Fox, Mouse, Wolf, and Panda right now!"
"Hai!" Shizune disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Tsunade rubbed her head. This was going to be one interesting mission.
"Baa-Chan! What's our mission?" Fox yelled as soon as the rest of the team had poofed in.
"Fox, you are currently in ANBU gear and will act as such." Tsunade said as a vein on her forehead pulsed. She looked at the group in front of her, the best of the ANBU and the youngest. "You all will be going on a S-Ranking mission to protect a boy called Harry Potter."
Stag snorted. "How troublesome. Nine of us for one person?"
Tsunade glared at him. "The client requested it and had the money necessary. You will be required to guard a school called Hogwarts where they train young witches and wizards."
At this Fox reacted. "Witches and wizards? I thought they were fake!" He was promptly smacked by Raven. "Shut up dobe."
Tsunade cleared her throat and glared, effectively silencing them. "The client is the headmaster of said school and wants you to protect Harry Potter from a man called Voldemort, who has killed many before. I want you to meet up outside of the village gates tomorrow at 6 in the morning. You will meet your client there and he will explain the details of the mission. Prepare to stay there for approximately a year. This mission is very important to the relationship between shinobi's and wizards so I expect you all to act appropriately. Questions?"
"What are our positions?" Dove asked.
"Stag will be strategist as per usual. Hawk and Mouse will be scouts, and Dove will be assistant medic. You captain and medic will be Dragon."
At the mention of Dragon, Commander of all the ANBU, everybody reacted. Dove, Wolf, Raven, Fox, Mouse, and Panda were happy to work with Dragon. They knew Dragon's team had a perfect record for missions completed and Dragon was in the bingo book for being one of the most formidable S-Class ninjas. Dragon was also mysterious, no one knew who he was and he only worked with his team; Raccoon, Hawk, and Stag. Maybe now they would finally find out who his true identity was. They glanced at Raccoon, Stag, and Hawk who they expected to be happy to work with their captain. Instead the three of them radiated tension. Raccoon stepped up.
"Hokage-sama, are you sure? Have you told Dragon of this? How did— " He was cut off.
"Dragon knows and has agreed. You will all meet tomorrow outside of the village gates, okay?" She sighed. "Dismissed." They immediately poofed whiel she pulled out a bottle of sake and a cup. She sighed again. Sakura, I'm sorry, but you need to get over it. You're strong now.
Raccoon changed out of his ANBU gear and headed for training ground 4. He knew it was Dragon's go-to place whenever she was stressed. He stopped when he saw her in the field on her back, looking up at the clouds.
"You've picked up Shikamaru's habit." He teased as he sat down next to her.
She smiled. "Hey Sai." He sat up and kissed him lightly on the lips, then looked back up at the clouds. "You hear about the mission?"
"Yep. Are you sure Sakura? I mean, you wanted to keep your ANBU Captain status a secret but on this mission they're going to have to know your identity in order to work together."
She looked at him, smiling. "I'm sure. I think I've spent too long hiding my feelings. When I got you things got a waay better but I was still afraid they'd see me as that weak girl from long ago."
Sai frowned. "Sakura, you're Captain of one of the best ANBU teams in history AND you're ANBU Commander of Konoha. We've broken the record for perfectly completed missions and we're all on the bingo book as notable S-Rank shinobi. Whoever calls you weak now is insane."
She smiled and kissed him again. "Thanks Sai." She giggled. "I remember when you used to be so emotionless but look at you now! You're one of the hottest in the village and girls can't seem to stop fangirling over you!"
Sai gave her a wry smile. "Well a lot of the fan girls aren't chasing me anymore after I told them I was dating someone." He waggled his eyebrows at her.
Sakura started laughing at that. "I bet they would totally die if they found out it was me." She said while laughing.
"Well yes, however did I end up with some ugly hag when I happen to be a sexy god?" Sai smirked.
Sakura frowned and punched him lightly on the shoulder. "I'm pretty sure I told you to stop calling me ugly hag. You want a REAL punch?"
Sai paled. Before her punches were dangerous, now they were straight up deadly. If he wasn't careful he would end up in the center of a massive crater. "Nope. My girlfriend is the most beautiful thing on earth and also the NICEST, most DEMURE girl EVER."
She giggled again. "That's better."
Sakura lay back down and gazed up at the clouds, remembering the past. She had been so weak back then. She couldn't even stop Sasuke from leaving. He was back in the village now but she still couldn't forgive herself and her team. She frowned slightly as she remembered was had happened.
Team 7 had left her behind. Naruto, Kakashi, Ino, Kiba,and Hinata had left for a mission without telling her what it was. She had gotten suspicious and asked Tsunade-shishou after they had left what the mission was seeing as how they had avoided her a lot before leaving. Tsunade-shishou had then told her that they had left to bring Sasuke back without her. They had felt Sakura was too weak to go on the mission with them and had forced Tsunade to accept their mission. That day, after Sakura had broken down in her apartment crying, she vowed to never again cry or be weak.
Sakura threw herself into medical work and training. She made Chuunin and Jounin within nearly a year and was well-known for her medical talent. She surpassed Tsunade in the medical field and asked her shishou if she could take the test with her identity hidden. Tsunade agreed and Sakura passed the test easily and went on to become an ANBU captain. All of it in less than two years. She had been like a doll, emotionless and cold, with thoughts only to become stronger.
Surprisingly it was Sai who changed her. Sai, Neji, and Shikamaru had all made ANBU and were put into her team. She and Sai had gotten close and gradually both of them had worked their way out of their empty feelings. Neji and Shikamaru had also helped, they supported both Sai and Sakura with their emotions and their new couple relationship.
Sakura smiled in both happiness and pain when she remember her past. She had gotten over Sasuke after her team had left her and now Neji and Shikamaru were like her brothers and her boyfriend Sai was amazing.
Sakura looked over at Sai who had also laid down next to her. She rolled over on top of him and kissed him.
"So, this mission is gonna be pret-ty interesting." She grinned. "Witches and wizards oh my!"
Sai grinned back. "Nothing our taichou can't handle, huh?"
Sakura smiled even bigger as she leaned down to kiss him. "They're pretty weak. It's gonna be fun and games on this mission!" Their lips touched and he sucked her lower lip for a second before their tongues met. Sakura felt herself blushing as Sai slid his hands under the mini skirt she had been wearing.
"Wanna go to your apartment to have some fun?" She broke off from the kiss and blushed at him.
She smiled one of his new real smiles. He leaned up and nibbled her ear before whispering, "Perfect." He made a few hand signed and they poofed into his apartment. He grinned as he carried her towards his bed. They wouldn't be getting much sleep tonight.
Just in case you havent figured it out here's a list of who each person is.
Dragon - Sakura
Raccoon - Sai
Hawk - Neji
Stag - Shikamaru
Raven - Sasuke
Fox - Naruto
Dove - Ino
Wolf - Kiba
Mouse - Hinata
Panda - Tenten