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Chapter Two

Two days before the Advanced Guard were sent to retrieve Harry from his relatives, Albus Dumbledore made an unexpected visit to Number 12, Grimmauld Place. He entered through the door, surprising Tonks, who was on her way out, and tripped over the umbrella stand.

CRASH

Everyone tensed as Mrs. Black ranted in her earsplitting screech.

"Mudbloods! Blood traitors! In my house, defiling the Ancient and Noble House of Black! Filthy scum and a worthless son!"

"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" Tonks apologized, not helping the situation that she inadvertently caused.

Dumbledore smiled at Tonks, and took out his wand. With a swish towards the portrait, the curtains closed and Walburga Black's screams ceased. Everyone let out a shaky sigh and headed towards Dumbledore. "Are you alright, Nymphadora?"

Tonks furrowed her eyebrows as she heard the headmaster use her first name, but she didn't say anything about it. "Yes I am, sir. I was just heading off to the Ministry, but you opened the door so suddenly and I tripped over the umbrella stand." She walked towards the door, turned around as her hand touched the knob, and waved back to everyone. "Well, I'm off!" Tonks stepped out into the streets and shut the door behind her.

A moment or two passed, and Sirius stepped forward and faced aged wizard. "We weren't expecting you today, Dumbledore. Harry doesn't arrive until Thursday."

Dumbledore waved his hand in front of his face. "Ah yes, I am aware of that. I just decided to drop by for a while. How are the children?"

"They're currently upstairs right now. They complain about having nothing to do around the house," Mrs. Weasley answered, "but I think they're just anxious to have Harry come. Anyways, would you like something to drink?"

"Tea would be fine. Since everyone is here, why don't we go into the living room? I have something important to tell you." Dumbledore stepped towards the living room, and everyone else followed him. He situated himself onto a cushioned chair, and made himself comfortable.

Mrs. Weasley entered moments after, carrying a tray filled with teacups and a teapot. "Well, help yourselves," she said.

Moody was the first to speak. "Well Dumbledore? What do you want to tell us about?"

"Always straight to the point, aren't you Mad-Eye?" Dumbledore asked. "Well first of all, is everything prepared for Harry's retrieval?"

"Yes, yes. Tonks sent the letter to Harry's uncle and aunt, so they won't be there when we get Harry," Lupin answered.

"I still think I should be going to," complained Sirius. "I need to get out of this house; breathe in some fresh air before I lose my mind."

Lupin sighed. "You're still being hunted be the Ministry. If they see you…" Lupin trailed off, leaving the consequences of Sirius's capture unsaid.

"Sirius, Remus is right. We can't have you seen. That is why you need to stay here. Anyways, you'll be seeing Harry in two days. Can't you wait?" Mr. Weasley said.

Before Sirius could answer, a flash of light shot through the room and an orange blur dropped out of nowhere, followed by another boy and a girl. They landed in a pile, and the boy in orange cried out in pain when the other two landed on top of him. Another two strangers came from the ceiling, but unlike the previous three, they managed to stay upright.

"WHAT THE HELL?!" Sirius screamed in surprise. He wasn't the only one who was surprised. Mrs. Weasley shrieked and dropped the teacup she was holding.

Moody whipped out his wand and shot a stunning spell towards the five of them. The spell headed to the one with gravity-defying silver hair, but he suddenly disappeared. Moody growled and opened his mouth to cast the spell again, but Dumbledore shot out his hand in front of his wand.

"Stop it Mad-Eye. We mustn't treat guests like this." He tilted his head towards the ceiling of the living room. "Would you please come down? I am Albus Dumbledore, and you have my word that we won't attack again."

In confusion, everyone else looked up and gasped as they saw the silver haired intruder hanging upside-down from the ceiling. He flipped from his position and landed on his feet.

"Show off," muttered the blonde with the orange jumpsuit. "Ne, Sakura-chan, Sasuke, can you get off of me? I think you're crushing my ramen."

"Jeez, dobe. All you can think about is ramen," said the other boy as he lifted himself off the ground.

"Shut up, teme." The blonde retaliated. He stood up and stretched his body. He looked at the room filled with surprised wizards. "What? Never seen a handsome devil like me before, have you?" With that said, he posed in front of everyone, flashing his pearly whites and giving a thumbs up.

A second later, everyone heard footsteps on the stairway. Ron, Hermione, the twins, and Ginny came down from upstairs, but none of them noticed the intruders. "Hey professor! Didn't expect to see you here. We just came cause we heard a noise and…," said Ron. His eyes landed onto the five strangely dressed people and yelled, "WHO THE HELL ARE THEY?"

"Hello Mr. Weasley. You, Miss Granger and your brothers and sister are just in time to meet our guests," Dumbledore said. "May you introduce yourselves?" he asked the five. The wizards and witches looked to see the quintet organize themselves into a line standing side by side.

The masked adult spoke first in a bored tone. "Hatake Kakashi. Jounin and team captain."

"Umino Iruka. Chunnin and second-in-command."

"Uzumaki Naruto! Chunnin and future Hokage of Konoha!"

"Dobe…Uchiha Sasuke. Chunnin."

"Hello! Haruno Sakura and I am the team's medic," Sakura finished with a smile.

Kakashi stepped forward and pulled out an orange book. "We are the shinobi hired by Albus Dumbledore, in order to protect Harry Potter," Kakashi said lazily as he read his book. He peered over the edges of his book and examined each occupant of the room. "Where is Potter? It doesn't look like he's in this room."

"I'm surprised that you all speak fluent English." Kakashi gave a small nod to acknowledge Dumbledore's comment. "Yes, well Harry isn't here right now," Dumbledore answered. "But, he will arrive in two days when our Advanced Guard retrieves him from his home."

"Dumbledore, are you sure we can trust them with that information?" Moody whispered to the headmaster. The ex-auror eyed the five shinobi with suspicion. "How are you so sure that they aren't working for You-Know-Who?"

"I'm positive that they are not working for Voldemort. There is no questioning their loyalty to us and the Order."

"Wait a minute, Dumbledore! You were expecting them to come today. That's why you came here unannounced! Was this the important thing you were going to tell us about?" Sirius exclaimed.

"Hmm. Why yes, Sirius. Yes it was," replied Dumbledore with a twinkle in his eyes. He turned to the ninjas, who were waiting quietly, or in Kakashi's case, reading, and said, "For the time being, why don't you make yourselves comfortable? In two days, your mission will start. Kakashi, Iruka, I'd like to speak with you two about your stay at Hogwarts."

On the stairwell, Hermione examined the shinobi from head to toe, and shook her head. "Harry isn't going to like this at all."

--

"Who ARE you guys?!" Harry exclaimed.

"I'm Uzumaki Naruto! You must be Harry Potter! Wow. That's a cool scar!" Naruto said, jumping around Harry.

"I'm Sakura. Ignore Naruto. He's an idiot," said Sakura. She sighed and said, "Naruto, stop jumping around. You're scaring Potter-san."

Naruto pointed over to Sasuke, who was sitting in a chair. "That brick wall over there is teme." Sakura rolled her eyes, and punched Naruto in the shoulder. "Ow, Sakura-chan, that hurt!"

"That's Sasuke-kun," Sakura corrected. "You haven't met Kakashi-sensei or Iruka-sensei yet, have you?" Harry shook his head sideways, still shocked that these three strangers were here at Number 12, Grimmauld Place. "Well Iruka-sensei has a scar across his nose, and Kakashi-sensei wears a mask over his face. It shouldn't be too hard to recognize them. You'll see them at dinner. They usually never come out of their rooms."

Harry nodded his head slowly, digesting all the information Sakura gave him. "Wait a minute," Harry said. "Why are you guys even here?"

"We're your bodyguards. Dumbledore-san hired us," Sakura explained. "Didn't anyone tell you?"

"WHAT? Bodyguards!! Why would Dumbledore hired you guys?!" Harry cried out. "I can take care of myself. I don't need you guys to protect me!" Sakura backed away from Harry's sudden outburst.

Before Sakura could answer, Ron, Fred, and George entered the room. "Why hello, Harry," Fred said. "I see you've met your guards. Nice bunch of people, aren't they?"

"Especially this one here," George added, ruffling Naruto's hair.

"Hey! Stop that."

"You guys knew about them?" Harry yelled. "What else haven't you told me about, Ron? Did you marry Hermione while I was gone?"

Ron's face matched the color of his hair in less than two seconds. Fred and Geoge roared with laughter, as Sakura and Naruto looked confused.

"N-No!"

"Stop complaining. It's annoying me," Sasuke said for the first time. Everyone turned to the direction where Sasuke sat. "There isn't anything you can do except accept the fact that the three of us, and Kakashi-sensei and Iruka-sensei will be protecting you for the whole year. Be glad there is someone that cares enough about you that they would hire us to guard you. Nothing you say will make us leave, so be a man and suck it up."

"Wh-Wha," Harry sputtered in surprise.

"Hehe, everyone…it's dinnertime, hehe," Naruto said, trying to break up that tense feeling that hanged in the air.

"Yeah…come on Potter-san, you'll finally get to meet Kakashi-sensei and Iruka-sensei," added Sakura. Everyone followed Naruto out of the room, while Harry glared at Sasuke for his comment.

--

Iruka was the lucky one who had the liberty of escorting Harry to Platform 9 and ¾. Five minutes before the train had to leave, Iruka looked down at Harry and said, "Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura will be staying with you on the train, while Kakashi-sensei and I will be taking another route to Hogwarts, okay Harry-kun?"

Harry reluctantly shook his head and glared slightly at Iruka.

"It's time to board the train," Hermione said softly, pulling Harry's arm towards the locomotive. "Don't anger them," she whispered in his ear. "Dumbledore told me that they shouldn't be underestimated."

"Why? What can they do to me? Even if they are as strong as Dumbledore says, they're supposed to protect me, not hurt me."

"Harry, just don't," Hermione sighed.

--

"Naruto, Sasuke, Sakuraaaa," Kakashi sang. "I heard that it gets boring in the train. Here are some of my books from my valued collection of Icha Icha. Just make sure you protect these books with your lives. I don't want anything happen to my babies."

The three of them stared at Kakashi like he just sprouted another head. Kakashi grabbed Naruto's wrist and placed three different Icha Icha books onto his hand.

"You just gave us porn," Sasuke deadpanned. "Your precious porn."

"Ne, Sasuke, I tried reading this before. It's really boring. It doesn't even make any sense," Naruto said.

Iruka walked up to the four, and managed to see Naruto holding the three books. "Naruto…why are you holding those pieces of junk?" Iruka said dangerously.

"Well…you see…Kakashi-sensei gave it to us!" Naruto's finger shook as he pointed towards the jounin.

"Please, Kakashi-sensei. Try and refrain from sharing that trash with everyone," the chunnin hissed.

"Trash?! Why this is literature! Written by the finest author who ever lived!" Kakashi said with such emotion, defending his porn, since they couldn't defend themselves.

Iruka picked up the Icha Icha from Naruto and handed back to Kakashi. "You guys better hurry up. The train is leaving soon. Kakashi-sensei and I will meet you at Hogwarts."

"Hai!" The five separated into two different groups, went their separate ways. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura met up with Ron, and followed him into the compartment where Harry and his friends stayed in.

Kakashi and Iruka headed towards Moody, who was waiting patiently for them. He ushered them into an empty room except for a chair in the center of the floor. "This is a portkey. Grab on tight, and in a few moments, you'll be at Hogwarts," he growled. The two shinobi grasped firmly onto the chair and disappeared in less than a second. They dropped again from the air, and into the office of Albus Dumbledore.


Author's Note: Well I finally finished writing this chapter. I'd like to thank my reviewers, and an even bigger thanks to Titan of Saturn. Her advice she gave me was really helpful, and I just hope I followed it correctly. Again, constructive criticism is appreciated.