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SUMMARY: Albus hires shinobi to protect Harry (and Hogwarts) during Harry's fifth year. However, Harry has a secret that not even he knows about.
WARNINGS: SasuNaru, HarryxDraco, Drarry, possibly other yaoi pairings
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harry Potter or Naruto, they are the property of J. K. Rowling and Masashi Kishimoto respectively
"But we need more protection, Albus!"
"Constant vigilance!"
"The kids may be in danger!"
"You need to get outside help!"
Albus Dumbledore sat in his office at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, thinking back to the meeting the previous evening with the Order of the Phoenix. He knew that, with Tom back, he needed more protection for the students of the school, especially Harry. He had also heard rumours, reported to him via Severus, that Tom apparently had some new power which allowed him to attack his enemies with magically conjured snakes any time he chose to do so. The last remark from an Order member stuck in his head – outside help. He had thought about this for some time, considering various options, when he came upon the idea of hiring ninjas – they would obey their employer, not the current (abysmal, he thought) Minister for Magic. And ninjas would offer better protection than he could at the school. Also, if questioned by the Ministry, he could merely pass it off as an attempt to form cultural links, not political ones.
Albus decided, then, to seek help from the ninja world. He left his office and walked, fairly rapidly, through the school, heading towards the dungeons. He soon arrived at Severus' office, knocked, then entered upon hearing the reply from inside.
"Good morning, Severus", Albus said cheerfully.
"Good morning, Headmaster. I trust you have a good reason to be disturbing the time I have set aside for preparing lesson plans, especially as the school year starts in a week."
"Indeed I do. I was thinking about what we should do regarding the issue of protecting our students, and I have decided that hiring ninjas would be a good idea."
"You want to hire shinobi?" Severus asked in surprise. "Surely that may allow the Minister to suggest that you are making political advances?"
"Perhaps, perhaps not. However, I remember you informing me once of a relative in magical Japan, who themselves had relatives in the ninja world. Is my memory correct?"
"Indeed. My mother's sister married a Japanese wizard who had cousins in the shinobi world, although I rarely speak to that side of my family, as you know."
"You also speak Japanese fluently, do you not?"
"I do, Headmaster, but you must understand that to maintain my position within the Dark Lord's ranks, I cannot accompany you on this mission, or else he may..."
"That is irrelevant", Albus interrupted. "Tell Tom yourself, if you must, and it will presumably deter him from attacking."
"I doubt that will be the case, but if you are certain, then the spell that will allow us to travel to the shinobi world is in a book I have in my quarters. As you likely are already aware, the spell is in Japanese to ensure that visitors will speak the shinobi language. When do you wish to depart?"
"I see no reason to delay. If we go now then that will allow them some time to make preparations and still arrive before the beginning of the school year", Albus replied. Severus nodded, having little other choice but to obey, and left the office, returning a few moments later with a book. He incanted a few words which Albus didn't recognise, and suddenly the two found themselves outside the gates of a large oriental palace. Two guards approached and Severus spoke to them in Japanese, clearly conveying the necessary information Albus thought to himself.
The guards led the two wizards into the palace, and through to a large area where a dark-haired man sat on a throne. Severus spoke, relaying Albus' message. He then turned to Albus and waved his wand between Albus and the man.
"This will allow us to communicate as if you are both speaking each other's native languages, daimyo-sama", Severus explained. Although Albus knew that his employee was still speaking Japanese, he understood what Severus had said.
The enthroned man spoke: "I agree that forging deeper links may be of some use, especially as the magical areas of most countries have some level of communication, while we are limited to Japan and a few individuals who speak our language, as it is required to get here."
"I agree also", Albus replied, "which is why I was hoping that you could help us with this matter. I would be employing these ninja myself, as a personal mission, with no political connections, but that may change while they are there."
"That seems reasonable. In that case, I will ask the shinobi village to send shinobi capable of an S-rank mission like this, and, as there is an active Hokage, I will suggest that he goes also. It will take a day or so to relay this message and receive a reply, however."
"May we return tomorrow then, daimyo-sama?", Severus asked.
"Very well."
Severus removed the translation spell and then incanted a verse similar to that from earlier, which returned Albus and Severus to the latter's office. Albus thanked Severus for his assistance and left the office, returning to his own and hoping that the shinobi would reply quickly.
A lone figure stood atop the Hokage tower, dressed in a white robe over an orange shirt and black trousers. He stood there, observing the village, until he heard someone land behind him, clearly having jumped from a nearby building, although he had sensed the other approaching for some time. He continued to look out over the village as the other person moved to stand beside him. The other was dressed in a short sleeved, high collared white shirt and dark blue trousers with a purple cloth around them, tied around the waist with a purple rope in a loose bow at the front.
"Did you want me, Sasuke?"
"What are you doing up here?"
"You really should call me Hokage-sama, you know?", the first figure asked jokingly. "After all, I am your superior now, and..."
"Shut up, dobe", Sasuke interrupted, turning to move inside the Hokage tower, the other following him, smiling. They reached the door of an office and went inside, Sasuke closing the door behind them.
"You also shouldn't tell me to shut up, and use the correct honorific now that I am your Hokage, so call me Hokage-sama or Rokudaime-sama, or Naruto-sama..." he was interrupted by the insistent press of lips against his. Naruto fought back for a moment, but quickly yielded to Sasuke's demanding tongue, knowing that Sasuke would never submit in the same way. After a few moments, they broke apart.
"Naruto, I..." Sasuke was interrupted by a knock at the door.
Naruto pushed Sasuke backwards slightly before moving to sit at his desk. He then told the person to enter. Sasuke left the room as the other entered, a blonde woman in a green outfit, who did not look her age. Sasuke did not acknowledge her but left the office and the tower, moving silently through the village and avoiding the looks he received from many of the people, intending to return later and have his dobe all to himself.
Naruto motioned to the woman to sit down opposite him.
"Good morning Baa-chan."
"Naruto, we have received a request from the daimyo, which he received from the magical community of a country called Britain. It requests we send a team to guard a group of young people, one in particular, who is the target of an evil wizard with whom they are at war. The daimyo has requested that you personally go, along with Kakashi." Naruto sat there, taking in this information.
"Yeah sure, did you want Team 7 to go?" he asked. "I bet Sasuke would find it fun." Tsunade paused for a moment, especially as Naruto and Sasuke believed that no-one was aware of their relationship – really, how stupid did they think she was, when her office was right next door, and she'd spent several years on a team with at least one pervert. Even so, she would still recognise those noises, after all, she wasn't naive – before answering:
"I think it would be a good idea to take Team Gai, but as both Gai and Lee are currently injured, due to over-exertion with the rebuilding, you, Kakashi, Neji and Tenten could go, and then I could send Gai and Lee on to you later, once they are recovered."
"What about Sasuke? He hasn't gone on a proper mission yet, and I know we have been rebuilding the village, but his first proper mission was interrupted..."
"I don't think that's a good idea", Tsunade interrupted. "The elders still want to keep an eye on Sasuke, especially as, on his first proper mission as you put it, he ran off without telling his teammates where he was going."
"But Pain was attacking! And he vowed to protect the village! Am I the only one who trusts him?"
Tsunade chose her words carefully: "Naruto, you know more about the situation regarding Sasuke's return than anyone else does. Besides, I may be able to send him to you later on, once he's been around a little longer, as the mission is at least 6 months, if not 9..."
"Thanks, Baa-chan", Naruto responded eagerly. Tsunade wondered if he realised how keen he was acting at just the possibility that he wouldn't have to be separated from Sasuke for less than a year...even though he was Hokage now, he was an active Hokage, and would still go on some missions, as would Sasuke...
"All right, then, you, Kakashi, Tenten and Neji will leave tomorrow. I will reply to the daimyo who can pass on our response to the wizards, and we can determine how best to get you there. You will also have to use a jutsu to allow you to speak and understand their language."
"Okay, baa-chan, you sort it all and I'll go!" Naruto replied. Tsunade nodded, smiling at his enthusiasm, and left his office, while Naruto turned his chair to stare out of the window, presumably thinking about Sasuke, Tsunade thought.
Naruto jumped from branch to branch, moving quickly through the forest. He felt more of his shadow clones pop and hoped that there would be enough left until they and the rest of his team finished fighting Tobi. Suddenly, tendrils of black flame shot out of the sky, surrounding the area. Naruto had managed to move just inside the area which was being set on fire. He moved up to the top of a tree and saw that there was black fire burning all around a central area where there was a collapsed building, and...Sasuke's chakra! Naruto continued moving through the forest, quicker now, as he approached the remains of the building. He jumped onto the collapsed roof and saw two figures a little way away from him, one lying on the floor, face up, with long dark hair, in purple clothes and bleeding, the other sat on the floor beside him, shirtless and in dark trousers, leaning against a collapsed section of wall which bore the crest of the Uchiha clan.
"Teme!" Naruto shouted, not caring that anyone around might hear, especially as the black flames were still preventing anyone else from approaching, and he knew from his shadow clones that the Konoha shinobi were still fighting Tobi. Sasuke did not respond, merely sat there, as if he was in shock, staring at the lifeless body beside him, which, as he got closer, Naruto realised was Itachi. Naruto landed behind Sasuke, and looked down at the two Uchihas, one dead, the other seemingly almost so, given his injuries and lack of movement. Naruto squatted down beside him, and asked: "Are you okay?"
"Hn."
"Come on, teme, you killed him, right? That's what you wanted all this time, so come back to the village or I'm going to drag you back right now!"
"Okay."
"Fine then, I'll fight you, beat you, and drag you ba–" Naruto stopped mid-sentence. Did he just agree to come back? But why? Naruto remembered ero-sennin's words before he left Konoha on this mission, that Sasuke would have no reason to come back once he had killed Itachi "Did you just say 'okay'?"
"Yes, dobe. Now, are we going or not?" Sasuke asked, standing up. Naruto looked down at Itachi's body.
"Um, did you want to bring him, or bury him or something?"
"Someone might get his body. I'll burn him and this whole building once we're off the roof."
"Oh, okay. Are you alright?" Naruto asked, realising that there was clearly something wrong with his best friend. Before Sasuke could answer, Naruto put his arms around Sasuke's back and hugged him, pulling Sasuke flush against him.
"What are you doing?" Sasuke asked menacingly, his voice beside Naruto's ear, and his arms remaining at his sides, as his body stiffened in Naruto's arms. Naruto pulled back, releasing Sasuke from the unreciprocated hug.
"Er, nothing, I don't know," Naruto began, one hand going to the back of his head to rub it, like he always did when he was uncomfortable, "I guess I just missed you and everything, teme, so..." Naruto was interrupted by Sasuke hugging him, just briefly, before he turned back to Itachi's body, looked at it for a moment, then jumped off the roof. Naruto, who was taken aback for a moment at Sasuke's hug – yep, definitely in shock – then moved to follow, knowing that Sasuke-teme wouldn't hesitate to burn the building even with him still on it. He jumped down beside Sasuke just as flames shot from the other's mouth, destroying the building and burning Itachi's body to ash.
"Did you want your team to come with us?" Naruto asked as they moved through the forest, following Sasuke to where he assumed Sasuke's team was.
"Hn."
"Okay, then, I'm sure I can get baa-chan to agree." Sasuke didn't say anything else, and they arrived at a clearing in the forest. Just beyond, the still burning black flames were just beginning to recede as Sasuke and Naruto approached.
They continued walking until they came across three people, a girl with long red hair and two guys, one tall and broad, the other with pale hair and shark-like teeth.
"So what did we miss? And what's he doing here?", the pale-haired boy asked Sasuke.
"We're going to Konoha", Sasuke replied.
"What? But we just spent ages evading them, so you could get your revenge..." the red-headed girl began.
"We're going with him", Sasuke said, his tone clearly implying that no-one else should question him. The redhead opened her mouth to speak again, but a glare from Sasuke made her rethink this and remain silent.
"Er, yeah", Naruto said, "So the others were fighting that masked Akatsuki guy, I left shadow clones...which just finished popping. So, I think the fight is over, let me just look at their memories..."
When the masked Akatsuki appeared in front of them, Naruto knew he would try to stop them from reaching Sasuke. The others didn't notice, but when one of Naruto's shadow clones attacked the enemy with a Rasengan, and a second stood with the others, Naruto himself had run ahead to find his former teammate. Naruto saw the memories of Shino and Kiba wanting to bring Sasuke back, and was glad that he wasn't the only one who still wanted to rescue his friend – hopefully they would accept Sasuke and his team returning with them to Konoha. He saw, through the eyes of his now popped shadow clone, the failed attacks on the Akatsuki member. Then, a weird looking guy that looked like he was actually a plant rapidly grew out of the branch the first Akatsuki member was standing on.
"Sasuke has won. Itachi Uchiha is dead", the spiky aloe guy said.
"What?! I don't believe it! Just kidding...It's as I expected", the masked enemy said, in that annoying voice of his. The Naruto clone asked about Sasuke's location, but was ignored, while Kakashi just stared at the mask as if he had uncovered something shocking. The masked Akatsuki disappeared into the air just as Naruto's last shadow clone popped, out of chakra.
Naruto realised, on seeing how his clone popped, that the others would be wondering what happened to him.
"Yeah, so, they know that I wasn't there, so we should probably meet up with them", Naruto said, rubbing the back of his head. Sasuke's three teammates looked at him without moving, but Sasuke himself moved towards Naruto.
"Let's go, then."
Naruto, along with Sasuke and his team, soon reached the others from Konoha.
"Hi guys, so did you win?" Naruto asked cheerfully, as if there wasn't a nukenin standing beside him. The others looked at him for a moment. Sakura opened her mouth to answer but was interrupted:
"Are you coming back to Konoha?" Kakashi asked, directing the question at Sasuke.
"Hn", was the only response Kakashi got.
"Yeah, he is", Naruto said simultaneously, answering for Sasuke.
"Alright, let's go", Kakashi said.
"Senpai..." Yamato started.
"Our mission was to find and capture Itachi Uchiha so that Sasuke would return to the village. Itachi is dead, so we can't actually fulfil our mission, but the outcome is the same if we bring Sasuke back", Kakashi said.
"Ok, I guess, senpai..."
"Good. So let's go back."
Naruto, the Rokudaime Hokage, sat in his office, looking out the window. That was where our relationship started, he thought to himself, although we were close before that. After all that, we came back to the village, only for me to realise what it was that I sensed when I thought that someone touched my shoulder.
"What? Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto said to himself, as he looked up at the sound of a knock at his window.
"The Godaime has called for you", Kakashi said from outside Naruto's closed window. "Hurry up and get ready." Naruto did as Kakashi said and was soon following his sensei through the village to the Hokage tower. As he got closer he noticed that Gamabunta was outside, with Gamakichi sitting on his head.
"Hey Naruto", Gamakichi said.
"What are you guys doing here so early in the morning?" Naruto asked the toads. "Did something happen?"
"Well, actually...", Gamakichi began.
"Gamakichi, that is not for you to say!" Gamabunta interrupted. "It's better to leave it to the boss and Tsunade." Naruto looked confused for a moment, and questioned what was going on, but Kakashi told him to just keep moving. Naruto realised that something was happening, or had happened, but he followed his sensei anyway.
Naruto closed the door behind him as he entered Tsunade's office. He looked around, noticing everyone's sad faces, and that there were several toads in the room.
"Is tha kid Jiraiya-chan's student?" the old toad asked.
"Yes", Tsunade replied. "This is Naruto Uzumaki. The Child of Prophecy we spoke of earlier, right?"
"A toad geezer?" Naruto asked. "Seriously?"
"Watch your tongue, Naruto!" Tsunade scolded him. "This is one of the Two Great Sages of Mount Myouboku, Fukasaku-sama. He came here because he has some business with you."
"Tha correct term would be tha 'Two Great Toad Sages'," the old toad corrected Tsunade. "But, more importantly, there seems ta be no doubt that yer Jiraiya-chan's student."
"'Jiraiya-chan'?" Naruto repeated. "'Chan'?! Don't talk about ero-sennin as if he were a child!" He pointed an accusing finger at the old sage. "What the hell's up with this toad geezer?"
"I told you to watch your tongue!", Tsunade scolded again, leaning forwards slightly.
"He is the one who taught Jiraiya-sama sage jutsu", Shizune explained. "He's Jiraiya-sama's master."
"Ero-sennin, eh?" the old toad laughed. "Sounds like a fittin' nickname for Jiraiya-chan."
"So, what's this old ass sage want with me anyway?" Naruto asked.
"Now, where to begin...?" the old toad started. "Well, I guess I'll just tell ya... Jiraiya-chan was killed in battle."
"...What?" Naruto asked, partly in shock and partly in disbelief. "What...What did you just say?"
"I know it's sudden, and I don't blame ya if ya don't believe me..." the old toad continued, presumably explaining Jiraiya's mission, but Naruto wasn't really paying attention. The rest of his team joined the conversation, but Naruto just stood there. After a little while, Naruto interrupted them.
"Baa-chan...were you the one who sent him?" Naruto asked, not looking up from where he was staring at the floor. Tsunade paused for a moment.
"Yeah", she answered.
"Why did you let him do something so reckless?!" Naruto asked, his head coming up to stare accusingly at her. "You knew him better than anyone! How the hell could you send him to such a dangerous place?!" Naruto's voice rose, so that by the end he was practically shouting.
"Stop it, Naruto!" Kakashi said, putting his arm out to prevent Naruto from going any further. "There's no one here who understands her feelings as much as you", Kakashi explained.
"Damn it..." Naruto said, clenching his fist and turning to leave.
"Naruto!" Sakura said. "Where are you going?!" Naruto reached his hand out and gripped the handle to the door.
"If ero-sennin had been the Godaime Hokage, he would never have let Tsunade-baa-chan do something so reckless. Never..." Naruto walked out, closing the door behind him.
Naruto walked through Konoha, remembering some of the times he had spent with ero-sennin. The last one was of those twin ice lollies that Jiraiya would break in half so that they could each have some. A gust of wind blew past him, wafting some leaves up into the air. Naruto followed them with his eyes, looking up towards the sky. He noticed Sasuke standing on a roof, and wondered how long he had been there, as Naruto normally noticed Sasuke's presence long before he actually arrived. He kept walking, knowing that Sasuke would follow him.
After a little while, Naruto reached the training area in the forest around Konoha, Sasuke still following him. Naruto jumped up into one of the trees a short way into the forest and sat down on a branch around halfway up. A few moments later Sasuke landed beside him and sat down.
"Ero-sennin, he's...he's..." Naruto couldn't finish.
"I know."
"How?"
"I could tell from the way you are." Naruto looked at Sasuke, wondering how his friend could tell just from the way he was – was it that obvious? Or was it just because Sasuke and him had such a close bond? Before Naruto could respond, Sasuke wrapped an arm around Naruto's shoulder and turned Naruto's head towards him, manoeuvring them so that Naruto's head was on Sasuke's shoulder.
"Whoever it was that killed him, we'll get revenge. Or, if you'd like, I'll get revenge for you", Sasuke said into Naruto's ear. He then pulled back and looked at Naruto briefly, before placing a quick kiss on Naruto's forehead. Sasuke then jumped down from the tree.
Naruto vaguely remembered some ANBU arriving to remind Sasuke that he was still on probation, having only been back in Konoha for a few weeks, and couldn't just wander off into the woods. Naruto himself was too busy thinking about what Sasuke had said – since when did Sasuke get revenge for anyone but himself? And what the hell was with kissing him and being so nice? Naruto didn't understand what had been going on at the time.
Naruto was interrupted from his reminiscing by a knock at the door of his office. The door opened before Naruto responded, and Sasuke came in.
"Is she gone?" Sasuke asked, clearly referring to Tsunade.
"Yes", Naruto said, "although I should tell you..." And he proceeded to inform Sasuke about the mission he would be going on soon. Given that Sasuke was still in trouble with the elders for running off on his first actual mission outside the village, it wasn't surprising that he couldn't go immediately, but at least he should be able to join Naruto's team later on. "So, what do you think?" Naruto asked.
"Hn."
"Could you at least say something? Tomorrow I'm going to be leaving, for several months, and there's no guarantee you'll join us, and even if you do we may not get much time to..." Naruto was interrupted, for the second time that morning, by Sasuke kissing him. He pulled Naruto up from his chair and turned them around so that Naruto was leaning against his desk while Sasuke dominated his mouth. Naruto moaned into the kiss as Sasuke nudged his legs apart, pushing his own leg between Naruto's and rubbing it against Naruto's crotch.
"Do you still want me to say something?" Sasuke teased, pulling back from the kiss. Naruto didn't respond, just leaned forward, wanting Sasuke to continue kissing him. Sasuke leaned back towards Naruto, but instead of his mouth, Sasuke moved to Naruto's neck, biting and kissing hard enough to leave a large purple mark. Naruto felt rather than heard Sasuke mutter "mine" against Naruto's neck, before opening Naruto's pants and running his hand inside to stroke Naruto's cock. Naruto moaned and Sasuke caught his mouth in another demanding kiss, the pace of his hand quickening.
"Nnn, Sasuke, stop, or I'll...too soon...urgh", Naruto moaned, his words punctuated by the obscene sounds Sasuke was making sucking more possessive marks into Naruto's neck, purposely above his collar line so that they couldn't be hidden. Sasuke ignored Naruto's protests and finished him off, before wiping his hand on Naruto's Hokage cloak.
"Well, if we only have until tomorrow", Sasuke said, almost leering, "we should probably make use of the time, right?" Naruto could only nod, mind still coming down from the high, so he barely registered Sasuke stripping them both and preparing him, lifting Naruto up onto the desk and pushing the items on the desk on to the floor, as if he had done this so many times before, which he had, Naruto's mind supplied, before it slipped into a haze again as Sasuke entered him, setting a rapid pace.
Naruto knew he wasn't going to get any sort of verbal confirmation that Sasuke would miss him, but as he came a second time and felt Sasuke fill him with his own come, he realised that, for them, this was just as good. And given all the marks that littered Naruto's body, Sasuke assumed that everyone would know that Naruto was off-limits, which was the most important thing to the last Uchiha.
A/N - what do you think? Please read and review.
Next Chapter - the shinobi arrive in Britain and more on how Sasuke and Naruto got together