EDITED – 27/02/2011

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The original is posted on livejournal; link in my profile. The Cram will also be deleted as it was a part of the original, and I will be incorporating it into this version. It, too, will be found on livejournal (link in my profile).

LEAF NINJA AND THE SCHOOL OF MAGIC
—CHAPTER ZERO—
Prologue

"I expected more from you," Tsunade said, disappointment drowning in her eyes as she nestled her gaze on each of the ninja in front of her.

Neji's jaw tightened, his lavender eyes hardening. Shino didn't react but the slight murmur of his bugs within his body suggested otherwise; yet she couldn't hear it. Sakura dropped her head, sealing her green eyes shut and inhaling deeply. The female Hokage hovered her hand over a thin stack of papers to the side of her, her eyes glancing in that direction.

"I expected more information for one." She then raised the papers, thin, cursive handwriting barely distinguishable from their distance. "For example, do you know what this is?"

Silence was her only response.

"This is a medical report for Lee-kun and Tenten-chan." She noted the flinches from all three ninja and she narrowed her eyes. "Do you know what it says?" No response. "Do you?"

Sakura flinched greater than the other two, and her fingers started to curl under her palm that was resting on her knees. She uttered a soft, "No, Tsunade-shishou," before going completely silent.

"Would you like me to read it to you?" The question was rhetorical and spoken very firmly. "Say 'yes'!"

The two male teenagers seemed incapable of doing what she asked, so Sakura replied with another quiet, "Yes, Tsunade-shishou," before hiding herself behind her pink locks once more.

"On second thought, read it yourself," she snapped, slamming the stack of paper on her deck towards them. "Secondly, don't think I didn't receive information on you during your stay at Hogwart's. I receive every single thing about you; your results, your detentions, your every movement noted by teachers under request of Dumbledore-sensei. And I must say... how much more obvious could you be?

"Your mission was simple. Stay undercover as a fourth year student, learn the trade of the magic-users and unearth fool-hard evidence of a spy within Hogwart's." Her honey eyes went hard, tracing over the threes' stiff postures as they remained glued to their seats. "Just what the hell happened?"

Neji tilted his head, eyebrows angled over his eyes. "A lot... happened."

The Hokage's lips tightened as she leaned back in her chair. "I don't think this can wait til your report."