Yep, another unoriginal HP/Naruto story where the shinobi take up a bodyguard job and blah… though I'll try my best to be as creative as possible.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Harry Potter.
Enjoy:
第1 章: マジック (Majikku)
" ARRRGH!!"
Obito scrambled back up to his feet during one of team Minato's training sessions hurriedly and ran behind his sensei. Minato sighed. It was probably another half-hearted attempt at escaping from his training again. The program was going good so far; Kakashi had yet to bash Obito up again for the last two hours and no one was brought to the hospital, yet. It was when in the midst of blowing out one massive sized gokakyuu did Obito started to scream out and stopped the jutsu halfway, much to the surprise of his teammates. They hurried towards him at once, somewhat confused and a bit anxious at his behavior.
" What's wrong? Are you injured?"
" Don't tell me you burnt your throat, Obito. Mattaku... "
" Medical set's here! Which part of you is hurt, Obito?"
Obito gulped and pointed a finger towards one of the many fig trees scattered around the training area. A lone white owl perched on one of the lower branches could be spotted clearly. As the three shinobi watched it, it innocently ruffled its feathers and flew to a higher branch, where it settled down there looking much more comfortable.
" Relax, Obito. It's only an owl. Just a little snow owl." Minato consoled the poor boy, though still a bit baffled at his weird behavior. Was Obito allergic to owls or something? No, the team had to take care of birds in Konoha's aviary in one of their D-ranked missions and never once did Obito complained.
" ONLY an owl! Only?!" Obito's voice had raised an octave higher.
" Yes. It's just a stupid, godforsaken, tiny peasized owl.. Are you even a shinobi, Obito?" Kakashi skeptically questioned. A smirk was visible under his mask at his teammate's public display of cowardice. Sheesh. Scared of owls…
" Kaka-kun, don't be so mean to your teammate." Rin chided, brushing herself down and tried to play the peacemaker for her team. As usual. What would the team do without her? Probably fight to the death.
" I absolutely don't know why I'm stuck with this lousy excuse of a teammate anyway." Kakashi said, angrily rubbing his nose."One that is scared harmless little owls."
" ARE YOU A SHINOBI KAKASHI?" Obito screamed and waved his hands hysterically. " That owl has a letter tied on its leg! With that seal! Observe your surroundings once in a while, idiot! Snow owls don't appear during this type of weather!!"
" Now that you mention it…" Minato inspected the owl more closely. Kakashi was red in the face for being told off by Obito (Obito of all people!), though adamant, he had to admit that Obito was right. A letter was tucked neatly beneath the owl's leg, and regal red seal could be seen on it. Minato bent down to lift the owl up, inspecting it curiously.
" Sensei! Don't get to close to it! There could be an exploding tag inside!" Kakashi and Rin, the two most uptight people in the group, already had their kunais out and in front of them protectively. Obito was trying not to laugh out loud at his teammates. Minato smiled.
"It's all right, Kakashi, Rin. Konoha checks every everything going in and out of it, even owls." The two of them students warily lowered their weapons, though still apprehensive.
"Are you sure it's safe to open it, sensei?" Obito hesitantly asked, but his eyes were alight with excitement. He lowered his voice and continued on dramatically. " I mean, that seal…it's from Hogwarts!"
Both Kakashi and Rin turned to look at him, both voicing out their different thoughts at the same time.
" Just who or what, is this 'Hogwarts'?" Rin looked confused.
" Hogwarts does not exist, Obito. You've been reading too many stories." Kakashi said right at the exact time, flatly. Rin glared at him for doing that. Obito pointedly ignore Kakashi because he didn't really like that boy anyway. He chose to explain cheerfully to Rin instead.
" It's a school that trains wizards and witches! And they send their posts by owls!" Obito waved his hands to emphasize his point and waggled his fingers at her.
" Magic does not exist, Obito." Kakashi repeated, refusing to back down, scowling sourly.
" It does too! There are clan records regarding that!" Obito retorted, a scowl forming on his face too.
" You'd think I'd believe those pieces of paper that are rotting away in the Hatake's scroll room?"
" Well, I've read those of the Uchihas! It's true! My dad says so!"
" My dad did not say anything regarding those." Kakashi replied coolly. Silence fell within the group. Kakashi seldom, or rather never, talk or mention his father at all. Obito opened his mouth to say something but snapped it shut at the last second, knowing he was now treading in dangerous waters. The awkward silence was broken as a loud snap sounded through the clearing. The three tense fourteen year olds turned, searching briskly for the source of the noise; Minato had removed the letter from the owl, which was now flying far away.
" SENSEI!" His three students screamed out in horror and shock at their Teacher's lax nature. Minato was always so relaxed in his hometown and he was supposed to be an elite jonin. Were jonins supposed to behave like that? Probably not.
" What? Nothing happened right?" Minato grinned sheepishly at his students' attitude. He took out a kunai and pried the seal off carefully. His students watched as their sensei's face turned grim as he read though the letter. Sensing his students' worried gazes directed on him, Minato quickly forced out another grin.
" Don't need to worry; it's nothing much." Minato waved the piece of paper in front of the Uchiha's face. "Obito…" Obito sighed, already guessing what his teacher wanted.
" Can't you do it yourself…?" He grumbled.. Kakashi glared at him, his eyes conveying a silent message on them. 'Find out what the letter is about, baka!' Obito grimaced; Minato was not known as the yellow flash for nothing. Snatching the letter away from him…only Kakashi could make it sound so simple.
Minato smiled innocently and shook the letter in his hands harder. " You're such a helpful boy, Obito."
" Hand it over," Obito rolled his eyes and made it to snatch the letter away from Minato, but his sensei did live up to his title as Konoha's Yellow Flash. Minato lifted up the letter at the last moment and Obito, with nothing to break his fall, landed flat on his face.
Both Kakashi and Rin sighed simultaneously, but with different reasons. Kakashi because Obito failed to get the letter away-of course, he know he'll do a much better job- and now Minato knew what they were thinking off already. No way would he let them snatch it away now. Rin had sighed for a more simpler reason, she had patched up Obito real nicely up after their training today too, and now he just had to ruin her handiwork by tripping.
" Uh-uh. Just burn it right now." Minato grinned, already figuring out his students' plan from the start. Obito stood up, still muttering curses under his breath, spat rather rudely at his sensei's direction. A small ball of flames rolled out and landed on the letter, lighting it up. Team Minato looked sadly at the pile of ashes on the ground.
" So now I'm a letter burner?" Obito pouted and huffily crossed his arms over his chest. Minato always made him do these sort of mundane tasks with his abilities. Okay, Obito had to admit it was useful for getting rid of evidences during missions, but for this…? It's not like any one would read that letter if you just crumpled it up and threw it into one of the many dustbins in Konoha.
" I knew you were such a helpful boy, Obito dearest." Minato laughed. Then he remembered the contents of the letter and sobered up. " Well, I gotta go meet the Hokage. Meet you guys at Ichiraku Ramen in an hour's time, kay? Our training hasn't ended yet you know." In the blink of the eye, the yellow flash was gone.
His students suppressed a sigh, turned away and started walking in the opposite direction without surprise, too used to their teacher often doing that flashy jutsu. They trudged across the now empty training field, heading toward the ramen stall rather grumpily, a bit irritated that their training was interrupted. They had to train for the jonin exams, dammit! Though it looks like probably only Kakashi would enter this year's exam. There wasn't enough time for Obito and Rin to enter.
" Looks like the wizards want something from us." Obito remarked as he spotted a streak of yellow dashing past and entering the large red building.
" Wizards do not exist." Kakashi scoffed and hurried his pace up, somewhat sick of the subject.
" They do too!" Obito ran forwards and engaged Kakashi into a debate on the existence of Wizards. It was a rather one-sided squabble, but Rin just had to smile to herself at her teammates' attitudes.
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" So what they basically want is a team of bodyguards to protect this "potter" boy?" Sandaime puffed on his pipe and asked the elite Jonin in front of him, who was already getting restless by staying still in that position. Sarutobi sighed. And he was here for like what? Only five minutes?
" Yeah…but not just any bodyguard. He needs a team of at least someone who is below 15 years old." Minato replied hurriedly. "And preferably, those who are currently fourteen or below to go. Not some three or four year old toddler. But we can't afford to send such young genins for a year-long S-rank mission."
" What about Itachi?" Sandaime asked. " They didn't specify how many 15 years old we must send."
Minato blanched at the thought of Uchiha Fukaku's reaction on Itachi going for a S-rank mission. "Ano…I don't think Fukaku would be happy…all the 'my heir, the pride of the Uchiha, on a S-rank mission that's reserved only for ANBUs? Just what the HELL is the Hokage thinking?!'" Minato did a very poor imitation of Fukaku's acting. "And… Sandaime-sama? Hello, Itachi is only 7 this year."
" He did awaken his Sharingan already." Sandaime reminded.
" He can't even be enrolled in that school yet." Minato said. "They start enrolling students at the age of eleven."
Sandaime sighed. " Then we have a big problem here…" He muttered absently and leaned back on his chair, probably pondering his next action.
" That settles it then. We decline this mission." Minato cheerfully announced, already twitching from standing at that spot for so long. He stretched his arms, looking very agitated, wanting to leave before listening to Sandaime's conclusion. " I'll send the reply back straight away!" Minato hurriedly rushed to the door with all the respect he could muster at these circumstances.
" Minato…." Sandaime spoke up from his desk.
" H-Hai?" Minato turned, somewhat robotically, already fearing the worst possible outcome, which was in his mind during the entire conversation.
" Your team is currently turning thirteen, no, fourteen this year, right?"
" …Yes…"
" And they're all chuunins already, right?"
"…Yes…"
" And they're already one of the top combat team among the chuunins, right?"
"… … I wouldn't want sound like I'm boasting, Hokage-sama…" Minato sheepishly rubbed the back of his head.
Sandaime looked appalled." No! Not at all! Honesty isn't boasting; I even heard Kakashi is training for the upcoming Jonin exams already!"
" …Yes…" Minato sighed reluctantly.
" That settles it." Sarutobi scribbled down the reply and chopped Konoha's seal on it. " Team Minato will be assigned for the job."
Minato visibly palled. " No nononononono…. NO! You can't do this to me, Hokage-sama!" He cried out somewhat desperately, clutching the Hokage's feet to stop the old man from teleporting off and mailing the reply.
" Minato…get off me, I'm going to deliver the letter." Sabutobi patiently took a puff from his pipe and waited for Minato to let go. Sadly, that did not happen. Sarutobi could wait for the sun to set and Minato would still be there.
" You can't!" Minato's anguished reply came.
" Minato…" Sarutobi sighed. He wanted to kick the childish jonin away but restrained himself from harming the Yellow Flash. " This decision pains me too, but you know we can't afford to anger them. Your team is the one that best fits this request."
" Okay fine. Forget about my team. It's not about my team! It's about me!" Minato threw all his dignity down the drain and wailed. "… I hate that place! I loathe it! I absolutely detest and despise it!"
Sarutobi sighed again. Lately, he's been found doing that a lot in Minato's presence. " You're a jonin now, Minato. Not a genin anymore. So stop complaining about these mission particulars. Don't be such a fusspot. The wizards are a friendly bunch of people."
" That doesn't change anything! That Bumblebore guy is still headmaster right?" Minato shuddered at the thought of that terrifyingly kind ancient man. Not old, ancient.
" Dumbledore." Sarutobi corrected him immediately. Minato thought of that time when he was forced to go to Hogwarts with only Sandaime himself, the psychotic Tsunade and Orochimaru, their equally psychotic students, and…(Minato winced at that painful memory) and his sensei, Jiraiya. Oh, the sheer horror the trip was!
" Fine…you don't have to go…" Sarutobi said as he looked at Minato's tear stricken face, apparently having the same thought as the jonin.
" Really?" Minato stood up faster than you can say 'banzai' and practically beamed.
" But we'll have to put your team with another instructor."
" Okay, who?" Minato asked, not at all regretful that he had abandoned his team so readily. 'Sorry, my kawaii team, but really can't afford to accompany you on this mission!' He thought feverishly. ' I already can't stand a week there, forget about staying for year!'
" Me."
Minato happily turned to face the newcomer but recoiled and had almost suffered from a heart attack instead.
" ERO-SENSEI!?" He shrieked. " You? My lovely students, going to that dreaded school with you, for an entire year?!"
" Yep!" Jiraiya, self-proclaimed mega pervert puffed out his chest proudly at what he was doing. " You know what a big sacrifice I'm making already, since that place doesn't have any hot girls nor bathhouses around, but aren't it great of me to volunteer to baby-sit my student's team?"
" B-But isn't there anyone else? Anyone?" Minato was reluctant to hand his beloved team over to his perverted teacher. He bet Jiraiya'll make poor innocent Obito perverted in just one week. After one year is up, Team Minato might all come back to him tainted! What a tragedy that will be!
" The peace treaty between us and Iwagakure is shaky already. Most of the Jonins are dispatched to stable the alliances between us so that a war won't break out. Either you go, or Jiraiya goes." Sarutobi told Minato firmly. Hmm…which is worse, Hogwarts, or a perverted team?
Minato, with tears splashing out non-stopping from his eyes, walked forwards to sign his name on the form, much to his horror, earning him triumphant grins from his Sensei and the Hokage himself.
'You'd better be thanking me for this, you guys…'
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" Sensei is late…it's already been three hours…" Obito was swinging his legs out from his stool, his hands propping his chin up and looking bored. A toothpick was sticking out of his mouth, making him look much like a certain Genma.
" He's really taking after you, Obito…I'd bet he'll turn up and give us some lame excuse too…" Rin remarked, then picked up a few strands of ramen noodles and slurped it down. After all, since you're already seated down in a Ramen stall, you've got to buy some, right?
" I don't give lame excuses! All my excuses are valid!" Obito protested, spat out his toothpick before tucking into his own bowl of pork ramen.
" Whatever…" Kakashi emoishly said, not even sparing a glance for his bowl. He hated ramen. After glancing at his own bowl for a few seconds, he quietly pushed the bowl further away from him, so as not to breathe in the disgusting fumes of the noodles. They three of them all fell silent as they looked at the lone ramen bowl at the far end of the table, sitting innocently beside Kakashi.
" Sensei is never often late…unless it's something important, or it involves a certain Kushina-san…" Obito gave a cheeky grin. " ITAI!" He yelled as Rin knocked him on the head with her fist.
" That's private, Obito! Don't you know something called privacy?" Rin growled menacingly, but couldn't hide her smile that had appeared on her face. Obito blatantly ignored her. "Think if it's about the letter from Hogwarts?" He asked to no one in particular.
" Hogwarts does not exist." Came his flat and immediate reply from Kakashi.
" I wasn't talking to you, bastard!" Obito snapped back angrily at the emo boy.
Kakashi snorted. "Then who are you talking to? As the days fly by, you're getting more and more metal. "
" For your information, I was asking my own bowl of ramen." Obito smirked, suddenly in good humor. He lifted up his now empty ramen bowl and asked in his most magnificent tone he could muster. " Oh Ramen bowl in my hands, what are Minato sensei's plans?"
" What a stupid rhyme. And what kind of idiot talks to empty ramen bowls?" Kakashi asked dryly, after taking note of his teammate's latest antics.
" It was not!" Obito said angrily, slamming his own bowl back down his table angrily. " You're just jealous 'cause someone as emo as you can't even come up with one!" He glared at Kakashi who glared back with equal intensity. Electric currents could be seen sparking between the two.
" Guys, I thought we went through this already…" Rin sighed. Her teammate weren't listening to her but was currently busy kicking, punching, pushing and pulling each other in a silent fight, so as not to draw attention from passer-bys. Sensing a familiar chakra hastily approaching the stall, and the rather loud cooing and shrieking of several girls, Rin hastened to her teammates.
" Oei, sensei's coming!" She hissed to her them. They stopped their silent struggle and immediately tried to straighten their clothes, trying to look presentable and not as though they had been through a fight at all.
" Fighting again, Obito, Kakashi?" Minato asked as he took the spare seat beside Kakashi. Minato could always see through their actions, though. No point even trying.
" No." The two of them replied in their most innocent voice at once. Minato shrugged as he broke his chopsticks apart and started gulping down the bowl of ramen. His students watched in morbid fascination, as the bowl was empty within the span of a few seconds.
" You're late." Kakashi said once Minato was done.. It wasn't a question; it was a statement. Minato didn't reply as he took Kakashi's untouched bowl and started slurping that one up too.
" Yeah." Minato paused and swallowed after he was halfway done. He sighed heavily, making steam come out of his mouth. " It looks like we will be having a mission."
All three immediately perked up and looked serious now. No matter how goofy or bickering they are, Team Minato was well disciplined. That fact alone made them the best…err, well one of the best combat teams in the entire chuunin level.
Minato leaned back and rubbed his temples frustrated. Only then did his students realize that their sensei was stressed. His hair was ruffled (much more than usual anyway.), and his jonin vest was crinkled up. What was worse still, his eyes were red and had tear streaks coming down his face, signifying that Minato had been crying. Hard. That only happened once- when he found out that team Minato was assigned for their first S-rank mission. They were embarrassed to call him their sensei after Minato had started bawling, soaking the carpet in the process, in front of the Hokage.
" We'll be going for a-" Minato started but got cut of by his team.
" S-rank mission." They said together.
Minato blinked owlishly. "How did you know?" The three of them simultaneously rolled their eyes. Isn't that obvious? Was the silent reply. Minato grinned awkwardly, a bit disturbed that his team knew him so well.
" Okay…" Minato began." Since you know now, go home and pack up your things."
" Duration?" Kakashi asked.
Minato turned back to his ramen bowl, refusing to make eye-contact with any of his team and started to slurp up his noodles loudly again." A year long."
" One year? One freaking bloody year?!" Obito exclaimed immediately. Kakashi and Rin glared at him, kicking him on his shins simultaneously. "Gomenasai." He muttered.
" It's not like we're going to camp out in the forest or anything, it's a guard job." Minato said hurriedly. Obito and Rin relaxed a bit, somewhat relieved that they were not forced to wander through swamps for an entire year.
" So…it's a permanent place or will we be shifting to different places?" Kakashi asked quizzically.
" Permanent." Minato replied. "We'll be acting as bodyguards and protect this school called Hogwart-"
At that, Obito gave a shout of triumph," HA! I knew it! Magic does exist!"
" It does NOT!" Kakashi shouted back, apparently developing the mind frame about the 'no magic' theory.
" Unfortunately, it does, Kakashi." Their sensei sighed.
" Unfortunately?" Rin questioned curiously.
" Wizards are…horrible. Just plain horrible." Minato shuddered at his own little corner. " Disgustingly horrible and pathetic. So horrible and stinky that you can spot them a good fifteen kilometers away…"
" Umm…back to the topic, Sensei." Rin sweat dropped at her sensei's attitude. "What clothes will we be wearing? As far as I know, the school is supposed to be 'magical' and all, so I was just wondering what to bring there…"
" Just bring two pairs of shinobi clothes and a few civilian clothing." Minato said thoughtfully as he chewed on his noodles, ignoring Kakashi's shout of 'magic does not exist, you clowns!' "And we need to get you uniforms and masks." He added as an afterthought.
" What? Why?" Obito pouted. He hated uniforms. They make people look exactly the same, especially Shinobi ones. Just look at the ANBU! And it was all tight and heavy, with all the extra layers of padding and amour. Team Minato had to wear them on several occasions, and Obito always complained each time they were forced into it.
Minato smiled." We're doing both guard duty and undercover work at the same time." He explained. " See, our primary mission is to protect this boy who is currently targeted by one of the most evilest wizard of mankind."
" 'Evilest' isn't a word." Kakashi interrupted. " And I still don't believe that wizards are alive." He said haughtily.
" When I say evilest is a word, then it is." Minato glared at Kakashi crossly. " And don't interrupt your sensei when he is giving a grand speech."
" Hmp." Kakashi sniffed and crossed his arms, looking away. He turned, only to face Ayame, Ichiraku's daughter, who blushed, squealed, and ran back into the shop house. Joy. Apparently, Kakashi had obtained yet another fangirl. He pointedly ignored the snickers of his teammates and sensei. Kakashi made a mental note not to ever visit this particular Ramen stall ever again, not if he could help it.
" Now, as I was saying, that boy's safety is our primary mission. We will have to go undercover and try to stick as close to him as possible. It'll be best if we could befriend him, but try not to overdo it, as it'll make him suspicious. Understand so far?" Minato tried to wipe his smile away by going back to the mission details. The three chuunins nodded. Minato continued. " Our secondary mission, will be to act as bodyguards for the school. Normally, more shinobi would be dispatched, but because of the shaky treaty with Iwa, Hokage-sama cannot afford to give us any more. So we will just have to be doing double duty. And that's where the uniform and mask comes in."
" I still don't get that uniform and mask part." Obito groaned.
" The headmaster wants the school to be able to recognize you clearly, thus the uniforms. And since we're doing undercover work and all that, we'll be showing our faces to the school. They can't see us as the guards too, or else it'll blow the mission. So that's why we'll be needing the masks."
" How big is the school?" Rin asked.
" It's a castle." Minato said. " The English ones mind you. Not those feudal kinds you'll find here."
Instead having of normal fourteen-year-old reaction of having stay in a real life English castle, which is getting all excited and stuff, Team Minato had a different reaction.
" NANI?" screamed his students, shocked at the amount of work that they'll be doing, guarding an entire castle! What's worse, it's a bewitched castle.
" That's why it's a S-rank mission!" Minato yelled back.
" But…but…sensei…we have to stick to that boy 24/7 too…" Obito wailed, already imagining all the hard work he'll have to do patrolling and inspecting every nook and cranny of the castle. " They're only four of us, and we have to protect an entire school, plus that boy, plus making sure that no intruder can sneak into the castle!"
" Nothing happens during the day…we'll just be patrolling at night. Not to mention we're just back-up guards. And only on alternate nights, mind you. Just to convince the students that there are guards in the school. And only if the Headmaster calls for us. The castle can protect itself well on its own without our help anyway." Minato smiled. " The headmaster also wants us to be present during special occasions too, just to 'show off'."
" We'll just have to hope that the boy keeps out of trouble then. Just for a year…" Rin said hopefully.
" Fat chance." Minato said at once, snuffing her hopes out. " Curiosity and stubbornness is one of this boy's main traits. He probably loves snooping around and does not know when to retreat. That's exactly why it's called a s-rank mission."
" That sounds like someone we all know…" Kakashi glanced at Obito. Who caught it and immediately had retort back.
" I DO know when to retreat!"
" Obito is well-disciplined by the Uchiha clan." Minato said. " That boy has been disciplined by his guardians in a wrong way, so bending the rules has always been…how do you say? Something new and err…satisfactory for him."
" This mission is just so difficult!" Rin stomped her feet in frustration as all the short cuts were blocked. Then she stopped her tantrum halfway. " Wait. Hogwarts is a school of magic right?"
" Yes…"
" And the boy is a student there right?"
" Yes…"
" And in order to keep close attention to him, we will…have to pose as students too?!" Rin gasped out in horror, her eyes wide. Obito realized her meaning and clutched his hair.
" I can't do magic!" He cried out. " Shinobi skills aren't gonna help us there!"
" It could for the bodyguard mission." Kakashi pointed out.
" Baka!" Obito started shaking Kakashi by the collar. " We are supposed to attend lessons! They still have exams! And I haven't got my sharingan yet! I can't copy them!"
" Obito, don't panic! It's not that difficult to do it." Minato yanked the frantic Obito off Kakashi. " Magic and chakra are the same. They just go by different names, that all."
" B-But they shoot laser beams out from a stick! I can't shoot out colorful beams with my chakra!" Obito was still panicking.
" The stick is called a wand. It is a tool that helps them channel the dormant chakra inside of them out form the body and solidify them into beams of light. With different words, or incarnation, the light will be able to do different things."
" How much chakra does it take to do spells?" Kakashi asked, his curiosity peeked.
" Depending on what spells you use. Basic spells for cleaning, stunning or vanishing takes up so little chakra that you can't even feel it being used up. The worst ones, the unforgivables, take up enough chakra for a gokakyuu."
" They use spells for cleaning?!" Obito exclaimed." What are unforgivables?" Kakashi asked." How much chakra does the wizards have? They're just ordinary civilians, right?" Rin pondered, all at the same time. The three of them looked at each other.
" Answer my question first!" The trio shouted at the same time, pushing and pulling at each other.
" Jinx!" Obito shouted. " Ha! You have to answer my question first, sensei!"
" They have spelling ranging from simple household cleaning to repairing solid objects." Minato had ordered a new bowl of ramen and was slurping up the noodles now. " Wizards are very lazy. So one of their main weaknesses is that they're very dependant on magic."
" My question next!" Rin cried, slapping shut Kakashi's mouth and effectively shutting him up. Kakashi glared at her for pushing him around.
" Well, wizards have just enough chakra as civilllians. The more powerful ones have enough chakra to qualify as a jonin. The headmaster, however, and their 'dark lord' have enough to last in a fight with…say even me."
" If they're so weak then why aren't declining their mission?" Rin asked. Kakashi gave her another glare for asking yet another question.
" Are you saying I am weak?" Minato asked, but was inturrpted by an angry kakashi before Rin could reply.
" Hey! It's my question next-!" He began but got punched shut by both Obito and Rin. Minato sighed at his team's antics.
" Well," he began, his mouth full of ramen. " We're called a hidden village for something, you know. We're not even on their map. That's how hidden we are. People there don't know about us, and we don't know about them. But the wizard community can expose us to the public. And their magic can be used to harm us too."
Minato looked at Kakashi. "And that brings us to Kakashi's question. The three Unforgivables can control you, torture you, or lastly, kill you by just uttering a single phrase. You don't even have to move your feet in order to do that."
Silence fell. Kakashi made a noise in his throat. " Pah. And that's all they can do?" Kakashi snorted. " Pathetic."
" You think so?" Obito asked quietly.
" We can dodge them easily. Light travels in a straight line, baka. Just lift up a mirror and shoot it back at them. No problem." Kakashi said. "Anyway, if one unforgivable takes up only enough chakra for a gokakyuu, how long do you think they can fight?"
" Hey! You're right for once! Even though I hate to admit it…" Obito grinned and patted Kakashi's head, like what you would do to praise a puppy. That earned him yet another infamous Hatake glare that Kakashi was dishing out.
" I am ALWAYS right." Kakashi said, shoving Obito's hand away. "And anyways, remember that this killing curse is marked as an Unforgivable. Not everyone will be performing it."
" He's got a point. Looks like the bodyguard part is fine so far, but the problem lies with the boy." Rin said thoughtfully. " If he's just a twitchy little runt that snoops around trying to play 'hero' with his friends…" She trailed off and her tone turned icy. The chopsticks in her hand snapped into two with a loud snap. Obito and Kakashi nervously edged away from their suddenly angry teammate. Mood swings…
" …We'll discuss about that when we see him then. Analyze him before we make any decisions." Minato said hurriedly. " Okay, you guys go pack up. I'll meet you tomorrow at the west gate at five."
" Hai!" All three members saluted. In a flash, the three of them were gone Minato sighed and turned back sadly to his ramen, his strong front gone. " And here I am saying that I didn't want to…"
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Hai! Chapter's done! If you must know, this is just a tester. If you don't review, I'll remove it. Review for update. Oh, and please note that I won't be concentrating much on this story; I have another that is yet to be completed, so updates may take a while. Thanks for your understanding.
And I would like to thank my wonderful nerdy beta…err…editor, Sakura, for her superb editing skills, though I'll have to put up with her constant nagging on my lack of sentence structure skills…
