Hey so this is the rewite of my previous story Hogwarts' Guards and I have recently updated this chapter and made improvement thanks to my reviews and I am now working on the next chapters so please be sure to review and tell me what you think of the improvements.
I hope you enjoy, I had a great time redoing this chapter now that I know how to improve things and make them more interesting for you guys.
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The Hokage sat at her desk in the Hokage Tower in Konoha, the village Hidden in the Leaves. Papers were scattered on her desk; some important and some not and there was a bottle of Sake at the edge of her desk, waiting to be consumed by the blonde woman. None of this bothered her as all of her attention was on one certain letter that lay in front of her.
It was slightly crinkled from its journey but it still held her attention. Her brow was creased as she reread the letter over and over until she finally sighed and leant back in her chair; wondering what she would do. She spent a few minutes pondering over the letter until an idea came into her head. Her face relaxed and a smile made its way onto her lips. She quickly sat up straight before shouting for her assistant.
"Shizune, bring teams, seven, eight, nine and ten here as quick as you can, it's urgent." The blonde Hokage said to her black haired assistant who had just walked through the door. Shizune nodded her head, quickly turned on her heels and walked back out of the door to retrieve the four teams.
Tsunade stood up and walked to the big window that looked out at the whole village before glancing back at the letter on her desk. She sighed again before muttering to herself: "This is not going to be easy but it is for the best and maybe he will be safer somewhere else for now."
Ten people stood in front of the Hokage's desk - each with different facial expressions - wondering why they had been called for this time.
"So why are we here Baa-chan?" A loud-mouthed, blonde haired teenager with sparkling sky blue eyes asked.
"Well Naruto if you would have waited for a few minutes then you would have found out." A pink haired girl with turquoise eyes replied in a slightly annoyed tone next to him.
"Sorry Sakura-chan." Naruto replied looking slightly put out that he had been scolded by his teammate before turning back to the blonde haired Hokage.
"Well you are here because I have a mission for the ten of you. It will last for a year but you will be able to come home at certain times and you will be able to send letters anytime you want." The Hokage explained whilst looking at each one of them.
"But Lady Tsunade isn't that a bit long, especially with the threat of - nevermind." Sakura started saying before trailing off once she caught the deadly look Tsunade was giving her.
"The threat of what?" A boy with brown, shaggy hair and red, triangular markings on each cheek asked, voicing the question that others wanted to ask. Tsunade sighed before answering the curious boy.
"The Akatsuki, Kiba," She replied and everyone but Naruto, Sakura, Sai and Shikamaru looked confused. Naruto, Sakura and Sai because they already knew and Shikamaru because he already had a few suspicions as to why.
"But why would the Akatsuki come after our village?" Kiba asked in a confused tone; once again asking what the other wanted to know.
Tsunade sighed before looking at Naruto who felt her gaze on him and looked at her, realising what she was asking, He looked down then at her again before nodding dejectedly.
"What I am about to tell you is a village secret and no matter what, you must think about what I'm about to tell you before you do anything especially since it involves one of you." Tsunade said before looking at Naruto again, causing a few of them to also look at him in confusion; not understanding why it obviously involved their blonde haired friend.
"Before I say this are you sure you want me to tell them Naruto?" Tsunade asked the blonde haired boy who looked in thought for a few seconds before he finally gave his answer.
"They have a right to know and I trust them. Anyway Sakura-chan and Sai know so they should know too." He said whilst looking at the ground, preparing himself for what was about to happen. Tsunade looked at the boy she considered her otouto before sighing and looking at the group of teens in front of her.
"Well you already know that the Akatsuki went after Gaara but do you know why?" She asked and after she looked around and saw them shaking their heads she carried on.
"Well they went after him because he has the One Tailed beast inside of him, Shukaku, so he is a jinchuuriki." She explained and looked at the shocked faces surrounding her; mentally preparing herself for what she was going to say from this point on.
"But unfortunately when Naruto, Sakura, Kakashi, Neji, TenTen, Lee and Gai went after him they got there too late and the Akatsuki had already managed to extract the One Tails from Gaara." She said but before she could carry on Ino interrupted her.
"But isn't that a good thing?" She asked confused as to why the blonde Hokage was talking about it in such a sombre way and Naruto replied before Tsunade had the chance.
"No it's not a good thing. Seeing as the One Tails was put in him when he was born, their chakra mixed together so when the One Tails was extracted it also took his chakra and a shinobi can't live without chakra so he died. However Granny Chio brought him back to life at the cost of her own." He replied and everyone (except from Sakura and Sai) looked at him in shock and confusion, wondering how he knew this.
"Naruto's right, if a jinchuuriki has their Tailed Beast removed it will kill them." Tsunade said sadly whilst sneaking another glance at Naruto, hoping that it would never happen to him.
"Yeah but how does this concern us?" Kiba asked, getting slightly annoyed that they were dancing around the subject. Tsunade looked back at them before carrying on.
"Because sixteen years ago when the Kyuubi attacked Konoha the Fourth Hokage tried to kill it but that's the thing, not even he could kill it because a Tailed Beast can't be killed. So he did the only thing he could think of, he sealed it inside of a new born baby and not just any baby, but his own son. He didn't want to subject another family's child to something that he wouldn't risk doing himself. He did this because he wanted his son to be worshipped as a hero for holding the Kyuubi and stopping it from destroying Konoha but unfortunately the village didn't see him as that. They saw him as the killer of the Fourth and a lot of civilians and shinobi and not for the thing he really was, the cage that kept the Kyuubi prisoner." She said and everyone looked shocked, not believing what they were hearing.
"But who did he seal it in?" Ino asked still slightly horrified about what had just been said.
"Isn't it obvious?" Shikamaru finally said and Naruto looked at him shocked, wondering how he knew without being told.
"Who in this room looks like the Fourth and wasn't liked much as a child?" Shikamaru said, hints of anger creeping into his voice at the end. One by one their shock turned to understanding and they all looked towards Naruto who looked down at the floor getting ready for the angry insults and rejection. When he looked back up he could see mixed emotions: some looked sad, some angry and some still shocked.
"I understand if you don't want to be my friend anymore," Naruto said in a quiet, broken voice but before he could carry on he felt a hand on his arm. He looked to his side and saw Sakura smiling at him and then he turned to the others who all looked shocked at what he had just said.
"Naruto just because we know doesn't mean you are going to change all of a sudden. We know what you are really like and those villagers are just plain stupid if they can't see you as the real you instead of the Kyuubi." Lee said with slight bitterness at the end when he talked about the villagers. This time it was Naruto's turn to be shocked as the others agreed with Lee.
"Sometimes you can be so troublesome Naruto. We are your friends, don't forget that. We will always be by your side." Shikamaru said which caused Naruto to smile, tears starting to pool in his eyes.
"I'm glad you have said that because this mission requires you to not only protect a school full of people, but should the Akatsuki find out where Naruto has gone and they come after him, you will also have to protect him and no complaining Naruto." Tsunade said, adding in the last part as she saw him opening his mouth, getting ready to protest.
"Now we are waiting for one more person before I carry on," She said and then not even a few seconds later there was a puff of smoke next to the Hokage and once the smoke had cleared they managed to see who it was.
"Gaara!" Naruto said in a surprised tone and Gaara smiled at him before speaking.
"Hello Naruto." He said before turning to Tsunade.
"I hope I am not late Lady Hokage." He said to her in an apologetic tone.
"Not at all Gaara, I was just about to explain before the client gets here." Tsunade replied and then turned to the rest of them, "You are being sent to a school that practices magic to protect the students because there are two more schools that will be staying there to participate in a tournament. Our client wants you to protect and guard the school and one student in particular, his name is Harry Potter. I don't know all of the details but our client will tell you more when he arrives, which should be soon so I want you to all put on your masks and do not under any circumstance take them off unless you are by yourselves. I will allow you to take them off once you have been there for at least three months do you understand?" She said and everyone nodded in understanding, not wanting to make her angry.
"But what about Choji and Shino, shouldn't a few of us stay here to look after them?" Ino asked, concerned about her injured friends.
"Don't worry they will join you in about a month or so, when they are healed up." Tsunade replied which somewhat calmed them down.
They put on their masks, covering their faces before putting on their cloaks, so that they were all in their full ANBU uniform which had been given to them specifically for this mission.
They stood in Tsunade's office for another five minutes before the client finally showed up. He had long, white hair and a long, white beard and his eyes were a brilliant, soul-piercing shade of blue that sparkled with kindness and knowledge. He wore pale blue robes that went down to his feet and he held a stick that had a beautiful pattern carved into it in his right hand.
"Everyone this is Albus Dumbledore. He is the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is the one who asked for you to guard the school so if he asks you to do something then you will do it. Do you understand?" Tsunade said in a slightly threatening tone near the end. They all nodded their heads quickly to show that they understood.
"I think I should introduce you to your guards now if that is okay," Tsunade said as she turned to Dumbledore.
"That would be nice Lady Hokage," Dumbledore replied respectfully with a smile. Tsunade started to introduce them, pointing at them and telling them their roles as well as Dumbledore.
"This is Fox, he will be the mission leader. Slug, she will be one of the team's medics. Deer, he will be the team's strategist and second in command. Hawk, he will be the team's third in command and one of the trackers. Dove, she will be another one of the team's medics. Dog, he will be one of the team's trackers. Dragon, she will be the team's long distance attacker. Ghost, will be one of the team's hand to hand combaters as well as long range attacker and a few other things. Cat, another one of the team's medics and trackers. Turtle, another one of the team's hand to hand combaters and Racoon, who will also be a long ranged attacker." Tsunade listed off. Dumbledore nodded his head in acknowledgement along with the shinobi seeing as this was the first time they had heard what their role would be in the mission and Naruto was surprised that he would be the team's Captain.
"Thank you Lady Hokage," Dumbledore said to the blonde women before turning to the shinobi, a smile still present on his face.
"We will be leaving shortly so I hope you all have your things ready and I will explain the situation better once we get to the school. Also you will have a week to do whatever you like and get used to the layout of the school seeing as the term doesn't being until next week." He said and the others all nodded their heads, not being able to speak any English.
"Oh yes I forgot about that. I will cast a spell so that you are able to speak English as well as your own language so that it will be easier for you to understand us and so that we can understand you better." Dumbledore said before pointing his wand at the eleven shinobi and muttering a few words. He then put his arm back down, giving them a friendly smile.
"There you go, now you can understand us better." He said before he pulled out a worn and tattered book from underneath his cloak.
"We will be leaving by portkey which is set to leave in a minute so if all of you take a hold of the book then we can get ready to go." Dumbledore said in a cheery tone and the others looked at each other sceptically before slowly putting a hand or a few fingers onto the book.
"Take care and remember what I said and if you all don't come back in one piece, I will kill you." Tsunade said in a serious tone and they all nodded in fear and showing they understood.
"Don't worry Baa-chan, we will be fine and I will send weekly reports and letters to you so you don't have to worry about us. You can focus on worrying about the village," Naruto replied before adding in a slightly depressed tone, "Oh and don't forget about him, we don't have much longer."
Tsunade looked him straight in the eye, "Don't worry we won't stop trying and we will do everything we can but don't worry about him. Just take care of yourself." She replied and Naruto nodded but before he could reply he felt a tugging sensation in his stomach. He quickly looked at the others and by what he could tell, they all felt it too.
All of a sudden they were jerked forwards; towards the book and they spiralled out of existence and into another world which was full of magic.
So the story has officially began and I hope you all enjoyed it. Please be sure to review I love hearing what you guys think about my writing because personally I think I could do so much better but I'm trying my best.
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