A Magical Mission

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It was a cold, rainy night. Raindrops fell on the streets and the roofs of the houses. The windows in these were dark, resembling eyes, closed and sleeping as well as the rest of the world. All windows, except one. Behind this one the light of a desk lamp illuminated the tired face of a boy, staring outside in the dark night and listening to the whisper of the rain.

His face was a mask of worries, his green eyes looked tired and his raven black hair was messy, as if it was rarely combed. He let out a sigh and slowly got up from the chair he had been sitting on.

He looked at his bed, covered with books, pieces of parchments, quilts and socks. He brushed them of his bed and they landed on the floor, enabling anyone to take a step without stepping on something. But at least, there was enough space on the bed to sleep and this was all the boy wanted at this moment. He lay down on his bed, fully dressed and with a last, worried glance outside the window he turned of the lights.

Neji let out a sigh. According to the alarm clock right next to him, it was 4:23. Normal people were sleeping at this time, trying to get a rest from the exhausting missions and training during the day or simply trying to get enough sleep so that they wouldn't fall asleep when fighting against an enemy. But then again, the people in his team were definitely not normal.

"Neji, wake up and enjoy the springtime of youth!" someone cried and then he was temporary blinded by the sparkle of youth. Neji got up, leaving his warm and comfortable futon behind to deal with, well, an idiot.

"Neji" his team mate screamed again, louder than before. The Hyuuga looked at him, definitely not in the mood to deal with Lee at 4:23 in the morning.

"What?" he snapped and looked at Lee coldly.

"Hokage-sama wants to see you. At half past four!" Neji frowned. He had just gotten to bed about three hours ago, training to improve his Byakugan. He had hoped that Lee had just come into his room to rant about the springtime of youth or to train with him but this meant that there was a mission. He nodded, glancing at the alarm clock and wondered how he could get ready in four and a half minutes.

"Well, thanks Lee" The other boy nodded, jumped out of the window (after yelling something about youth which Neji ignored)and Neji broke his old record in showering and getting dressed, hastily eating a rice ball as he ran through the empty Streets of Konoha.

At 4:31 he was standing outside the Hokages Office, panting slightly. He knocked and opened the door as someone screamed "Enter". He was surprised seeing some of the other young shinobis, who were not in his team, standing in front of Tsunades Desk. He walked inside the room, bowed, and looked at Tsunade

"Seems like everyone is here" She said, then pulled out a letter and looked at them "We have received a mission. Normally, I would not accept it but the client is paying a very high amount of money and Konoha still owns him a favor so I'm afraid that we can not refuse his request. We have been asked to bodyguard a boy named Harry Potter and also keep an eye on his friends as they are in danger as well. He is currently enrolling at a school named Hogwarts, were magic is being thought"

she looked up and the murmurs and whispers that had arisen silenced "You will be pretending to be exchange Students, in order to strengthen the bonds between our two countries. Now, under no circumstances will you ever give away your true identity. I repeat, you must never reveal your true identity or the name of you village.

"You will receive information on the ones you have to protect, their customs and some general information and your fake identity. Don't worry" she added as a few shinobi in the room suddenly looked uncomfortable "It is your decision what you tell the people and you may use your real names. However, please make sure to learn the terms in here so that you will know what to answer if you are asked where you're from."She looked at them and Shizune handed every one of them a scroll. Surprisingly no one had talked during Tsunades speech, not even Naruto even though Neji had heard a few mutters of "Mendokse".

He looked at the other people in the room. Naruto and Sakura, behind them Kakashi, fiddling around with his book but (again, surprisingly) didn't read it, Shikamaru, TenTen and himself were standing in front of Tsunade's desk. "Read them and pack everything you will need for this mission. Your books, uniforms and everything else is going to be provided by our client but bring anything else you might need. Meet here again in three hours. If you have any questions, ask them later" She looked at them, especially at Kakashi "We have a very tight schedule so you better not be late. Now, get ready. Dismissed!"

Neji was waiting in front of the Hokages room, leaned against a wall, his eyes closed. He had managed to get an hour of sleep after packing everything for his mission (it wasn't much) quickly reading through the scroll and informing the head family of his mission. Now he was trying to rest a little bit, tired. If someone had told him about this, he would never hade been training outside until one in the morning. He let out a sigh. Too late for regrets, he just had to deal with it. He looked up when he heard footsteps, seeing TenTen and Shikamaru.

"Hey!" TenTen waved and Shikamaru nodded. Neji smiled slightly at TenTen and nodded to Shikamaru, their usual greeting.

"You're okay?" TenTen asked, sounding concerned "You look really tired"

Neji nodded "Yeah, I'm fine. Just didn't have much sleep this night."

"It's almost time, isn't it?" Shikamaru asked, glancing at the watch over Neji's head

"Yeah…" They were waiting silently until they heard voices, obviously fighting "Oh, shut up Naruto!"

"But, Sakura-chan, I-"

"You were supposed to read those, baka! Now, listen! Don't talk or say anything until you've read those and just DON'T say anything about shinobis, Konoha or the Hokage, got that?"

"Hai, Sakura-chan!" After this, none of them said a word until they reached the others

"Ohayo!" Sakura smiled and in fact it was only 7:29.

"Ohayo, Sakura-san!" TenTen smiled while Shikamaru just nodded and Neji was too tired to reply.

"Neji-san, are you okay?" Sakura asked and the Hyuuga murmured "yeah, just so tired" a smile spread over Sakura's face as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a little box filled with mud colored pills.

"Here" she gave one to Neji who couldn't help but to look at it al little bit suspicious. "Don't worry, these are energy pills. They are used during long missions and fights when the shinobi has no time to rest or sleep. Different from food pills, they only make up for the lost sleep and don't provide any extra power but they aren't as dangerous as food pills as well. In fact, the only danger is getting hyper on these, but" she grimaced "that's very unlikely to happen."

Neji looked at the little pill in his hand then swallowed it, immediately feeling much better and much more awake.

"Arigato, Sakura-san" he said, bowing his head slightly. Suddenly, the door to the Hokages room opened and Shizune looked at them

"Come in" she said, then frowned "I suppose Kakashi isn't her yet, is he?"

Neji shook his head "No"

Shizune sighted "Well, come in anyway"

They entered, Tsunade watching them behind her desk "I see that Kakashi is late, as usual" she stated "Well, we don't-" she was interrupted by a 'pop' and a cloud of fumes.

"Yo" Kakashi said, raising his hand and fiddling around with his book with the other one.

"Kakashi, you are late" Tsunade said coldly looking at him

"Ah, Sorry... I had to... visit to someone before I left" he said. To everyone's surprise, Tsunade simply nodded "Try making it earlier the next time".

She help up a little, golden ball "This" she explained "is a port key. You will be leaving in five minutes using it. As I said before, you are going to enroll as students at this school. Here" she pointed towards five very big trunks "is everything you will need this year, they are labled so everyone will get theirs before you leave. Kakashi is going to come with you. He will be the team leader; however, if he is absent which will probably be the case very often, Neji is going to be the leader. Any questions?"

Sakura nodded "What will Kakashi-sensei do, Tsunade-sama?" she asked

"He is mainly going to do information gathering, thus he will not be around very often. Of course, he will help you if there is going to be a fight" she added "Good. Do not reveal your mission to anyone, not even the ones you are going to guard when not absolutely necessary. Necessary meaning either one of your lifes or the mission being in danger." She made a pause "Do not reveal your identity or mission to anyone except those three and our client. Even if your lifes are in danger" she said, and then she looked at the small, golden ball "This ball has a charm on it so that you will be able to understand their language as soon as you touch it. Get your trunk and come here. Touch the ball!" she ordered and all of them hurried to get their trunk and crowded around the little ball, holding on to it.

Suddenly, something pulled them up right behing their navel. They were flying through the air, Naruto screaming in excitement.

"Let go!" Kakashi ordered and they did, landing on the floor, looking around. They were standing in a small, but bright room, almost empty except for a few cushions, chairs and a small table.

"Byakugan" Neji whispered but couldn't sense anyone nearby. Suddenly, with a loud 'pop' a man disappeared in the middle of the room. Instantly, all of the shinobis got ready to fight. TenTen grabbed two kunai, several shuriken and other weapons; Neji got into his fighting stance, Shikamaru was analyzing his surrounding and the shadows, Naruto stared at the stranger and Kakashi was reading his book.

The shinobis looked at the man who had just appeared. His hair and beard were very long and silver, he was wearing weird, long clothes which were definitely not suited to fight. He didn't seem to notice the tension in the room but smiled as he saw them "Oh, I see that you have already arrived. Wonderful!"

Kakashi put his book away, then he asked "Who are you?"

The stranger smiled "I'm Albus Dumbledore; I suppose you know who I am" the others nodded, except Naruto but Sakura silenced him with an icy glance. "I'm Haruno Sakura, nice to meet you" she said smiling and bowed

"Hatake Kakashi"

"Uzumaki Naruto" surprisingly silent thanks to Sakuras cold, warning stares

"I'm TenTen"

"Nara Shikamaru"

"Hyuuga Neji"

Dumbledore smiled friendly at them, and then he said "I will tell you where you have to go in a minute. But please take of your forehead protectors; they will give your identity away fairly easy for anyone with any knowledge about shinobis. You are going to change into your school uniform on the train."

He smiled them, then pulled out five sticks "Oh, and I forgot to give you your wands. I'm sorry but we don't have time to go to Olivander's but I think these wands will fit you very good. Here" each of them took a wand, looking at it curiously. Naruto opened his mouth to ask a question but Sakura slapped his head and whispered angrily "I told you to shut up until you've read the scroll, baka!"

Dumbledore chuckled, then he looked at his wristwatch. "Ah, it's almost time to go. I will see you in Hogwarts. If you leave this building, you will see the train station Kings Cross. To get to the platform nine and three-quarters you have to run through the wall between platform nine and ten" he explained briefly, looking at Kakashi "I presume that you've received more detailed information on this already?"

The silver haired shinobi nodded while Sakura took of her fore head protector, looking at the others "Let's get over with it" she didn't look happy about taking it of, the proof that she was a ninja of Konoha. TenTen nodded and removed hers. Shikamaru muttered something that highly resembled "Mendokse" but took it of without any further complains.

Naruto complained loudly but Sakura simply ripped it of his head silencing him with an intent-to-kill glare. She glanced briefly at Neji, expecting to see his forehead protector removed. After all, he wasn't the kind of person who would complain about such rather unimportant things.

However, Neji hadn't removed it yet and his expression was a mix of embarrassment and nervousness. Dumbledore seemed to grow rather impatient. "Is there a problem?" he asked friendly, but couldn't hide the slight frown on his face.

Before the Hyuuga could response, Kakashi said "Would it bee possible for Neji-kun to wear a hat or something similar in order to hide his forehead or would that go against the schools dress code?"

Dumbledore looked slightly bemused but nodded "I suppose. He wouldn't be allowed to wear a hat but I think there would be no problem with a headband" He flicked his wand and a plain, black headband appeared.

"Will this do?" he asked the chocolate haired boy. Neji nodded, bowed slightly and mumbled "Arigato" before turning around and changing his headbands. Dumbledore look a bit confused while most people in the room (except Naruto of course) seemed to understand.

This was my first attempt to write something in English (except homework) so I probably made some mistakes. If you find any grammar mistakes or something please tell me )