Chapter 1
Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage of the Village Hidden in the Leaves, also known as Konoha, sighed in aggravation. When she had accepted the position of Hokage, she had thought that becoming Hokage would be about protecting the village from enemy attacks or dealing with spy infiltration, not a large amount of paperwork. Sitting in her desk chair, Tsunade turned away from the horrible site of the pile of paperwork to the view of the village from the Hokage's Tower window.
Tsunade gazed fondly at the village. The village that several of her loved ones had died for. The village that had had caused her grief and misery. The village she had left for years, but came back to. The village she had vowed to protect with her life by being Hokage. Tsunade did not regret her decision in becoming Hokage. She was actually grateful towards the person who had convinced her take the position since without him, she would have probably never returned to the village and kept on adding to her debt through gambling.
While looking out the window, Tsunade noticed a dark figure flying toward the window of her office. Tsunade was not alarm since she always received hawks carrying messages, but as the figure drew closer she realized that it was not one of the village's hawks flying towards the window. Leaning against her desk chair, Tsunade waited patiently for the flying figure to reach her window. She needed a break from the annoying paperwork anyways.
Surprisingly, it was a small, brown owl that had reached her window. The owl looked at her quizzingly. The owl tapped on the window and Tsunade bewilderingly rose from her chair to opened it. Who sent owls to carry messages? An owl was not a inconspicuous creature to send out a message midday.
Once the small creature entered Tsunade's office, she carefully grabbed the owl to place it on her desk. A few pieces of paper fell from her desk, but Tsunade ignored them in favor of the owl which she noticed had a rolled up piece of paper attached to it's leg. Tsunade petted the owl for a few seconds which it enjoyed if the hooting was any indication. She reached for the paper and untied it from the owl's leg. She was surprised to note that the paper was parchment which was usually reserved for old, official documents.
Tsunade carefully unraveled the parchment to read the letter while the owl stared at her waiting patiently for her to finish reading. Tsunade's eyes widened incredibly. The letter was addressed to Hiruzen Sarutobi, the late Third Hokage. Apparently, the letter was from an old acquaintance of the Third Hokage. This acquaintance requested a mission from the Village Hidden in the Leaves to protect a certain individual for a year at a boarding school.
The interesting and almost unimaginable aspect of the letter was the addition of magic. As Hokage, Tsunade was aware of the separation between the Elemental Nations and the rest of the world. Before the Sage of Sixth Paths defeated the Ten-Tails, the Ten-Tails had used it's terrifying power to separate the Elemental Nations from the rest of the world by creating a barrier between them. The reason for the Ten-Tails action in doing so is still a mystery, but it was theorized that it did so in order to not have any interferences from some of the members of the outside who possessed mahou or magic. Their numbers were limited, but they were a powerful group who could bend reality to their wills.
Those who possessed mahou were called wizards or witches outside of the Elemental Nations, but remained with the simple title of mahou or mahour people for those who knew about them in the Elemental Nations They had magnificent and terrifying power. They were able to change the form of almost anything to what they wanted. They were able to use the bodies of the dead for battle. They were also able to kill by only stating two measly words. Tsunade and the other Hokages with this information about the mahou people agreed that the separation of the Elemental Nations was a benefit for their world. The shinobi realm may be constantly at war, but at least they did not have to deal with the unimaginable power of the mahou. A war between mahou and shinobi would wipe out both groups.
From the letter, Tsunade discovered that the wizards in Britain were having their own war. Tsunade gave an exasperated groan while closing her eyes and leaned back in her chair. This request brought several questions about future relationships between shinobi and what they called themselves, wizards. What would accepting the request mean for the village? What would it mean for the Elemental Nations? By accepting would it be setting a precedent to accept future requests from wizards? Would it mean that the other villages would be able to accept missions from wizards? How many more wizards would know the existence about the shinobi realm?
There was another theory as to why the Ten-Tails separated the shinobi realm from the Wizarding world, but usually dismissed because most could not believe the Ten-Tails to have any rational thought for others. Maybe the Ten-Tails separated the two worlds in order to protect the people in the shinobi realm.
There were benefits to accepting the request as well. The Village Hidden in the Leaves would have a potential ally with the British wizards. Her shinobi would also learn about magic and the power of the wizards by attending the magical boarding school. With that though, Tsunade's eyes widened in realization. The team she chose for this mission would be away from the village for most of the year. She had the perfect team in mind, but first she needed to have a meeting with the person who sent the letter, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, the Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Tsunade stared at the small owl. If the Elemental Nations were hidden from the rest of the world, how had the owl passed through the barrier? Only the Hokages should have the knowledge to do so. Tsunade narrowed her eyes. This Headmaster must be a dangerous person to be able to learn a way around the barrier or being an acquaintance to the Third Hokage, he received some information through the late Hokage. If Tsunade wanted her questions answered she would have to meet Dumbledore in person and that meant having to find a way to have him reach Konoha. Bringing an unknown man with unknown powers into the village would be a dangerous tactic. It would be essentially bringing in a threatening foe right to the village gates.
Being that she had taken the Hokage position once the Third had died, there was no one to teach her about being Hokage or the essential information that came with it. Instead, she had read all the documents that had been sealed about the Wizarding world and could not be opened if the person had not been sworn into as Hokage.
The documents concerning the mahou had described the barrier and the travels people took outside of the Elemental Nations. Apparently, each of the previous Hokages had been able to go outside of the barrier and see for themselves what laid beyond the barrier. Tsunade read through the process of going outside the barrier and returning to the village. The process was fairly simple. If someone wished to go from the Elemental Nations to the outside realm, they just needed the appropriate seal with a location scribed on it and enough chakra to make the trip. Of course the seal to do so was a guarded secret and had to be created by a seal's master which likely one of Tsunade's past team members was.
Now the question was whether or not she wanted to travel outside the Elemental Nations. Would the village be fine without her for a few days? Who would be in charge while she was gone? Tsunade mused on all these questions. The curiosity to visit the mahou was starting to build up within her. If she was to meet with Dumbledore on the other side of the barrier, she would have an idea of that world and not be sending her shinobi into an unknown territory. Tsunade decided the village could do without her for a few days.
Grabbing a blank sheet of paper from one of the drawers of her desk, Tsunade started writing her response to Dumbledore. Once she was finished, she tied the piece of paper securely to the owl's leg believing that if the owl knew how to reach her then it was able to reach its master. The owl gave her a hoot and flew out of the Hokage's Tower through the window that Tsunade had not bothered to close when the owl had entered in the first place.
Tsunade watched the owl leave and noticed that the sun was setting. She had spent most of her afternoon pondering the letter and her response.
Tsunade's eyes widened when she realized that she would have to explain to Shizune, her assistance, about her impromptu leave of the village. Shizune would surely scold her for not notifying anybody before hand about her decision and that as Hokage she should have thought of the consequences of her actions more thoroughly, but Tsunade did realize what her action had meant in sending a response back to the wizard.. Viewing the setting sun over the village, Tsunade hoped that her course of action would be beneficial for both parties and not bring another war upon them.
A/N: I have had this idea for a Naruto/ Harry Potter crossover for a long time and the inspiration had been coming to me a lot these past few days so I decided to actually write them down. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter and hopefully the next one won't take too long to write :)