Authors Note: I am a new author so while the chapters are short I am trying, if you'd notice chapter 2 is twice as long as chapter 1, and this one is three times as long. I'll keep trying to make them longer but no promises. Thanks for the reviews they were lovely!

Chapter 3

Tsunade was not a patient woman. She had lived though much in her life, long for a ninja, and overcome much. Though some odd twist of fate she always found herself exactly where she never thought she would be.

Over the years it had progressed thusly; she was widowed before she was married as her beloved Dan was taken from her, orphaned after becoming an orphan when her last remaining family was taken from her when her brother died, fleeing without being pursued as she gambled and drunk the years away, having a son without giving birth as she met and loved an adorable and annoying little brat, found herself following in order to lead as the same brat lead her back to the very village she had fled from those many years ago, and now she sat uncomprehending at her desk in the Hokage tower facing two nervous officers and the strange message they bore.

Her fingers crossed in front of her as she considered the crux of her current dilemma, Hatake Kakashi. Now there was a mystery if there ever was one, though it took becoming Hokage to realize that it even was there. Upon taking the office she perused the files of her soldiers to both familiarize herself with the tools of the village and to suss out which ones were dull, soon to break, or may cut their new wielder. Among them was Kakashi, either born on a SS mission his mother was on to the Outside, or brought back from that mysterious and strange beyond. Bearing a distinct scar and unruly white hair that almost but not quite matched that of her husband Hatake Sakumo's though he didn't question his wife on the matter as the boy was clearly hers in her heart and either way, he was adopted promptly into the village and Hatake clan.

Though the death of Sakumo's wife a few months later changed The White Fang of Konoha, and he grew cold, it never seemed to cross his mind that the child was not his only remaining family and so was trained in all family styles and procedures. Ninja life carried on, with the unprecedented early graduation and promotion of his son, until he made the tragic mistake that brought the Iwa war and turned the village and his son from him, ending with his death from sapuku.

Kakashi's ninja career wasn't a mystery; progressing, though fast, in the usual way. From gennin to chuunin to jounnin to ANBU to teacher and now back to ANBU. What was unusual was the strange occurrences noted in his file. The odd things that happened around and to him; unexplainable feats noted by partners and teammates, the very fact that some of his outlandish excuses for being late were in fact true, and now this strange missive.

Hatake Kakashi

Upper branches

Large tree

South Southwest 3.25 kilometers

Konohagakure, Land of Fire

Dear Mr. Harry Potter,

This may come as a surprise to you if you do not know your true name. You were born to Lilly and James Potter on July 31, 1981. Your birth parents died shortly after on the night of October 31, 1981, you were the only survivor. It was decided to leave you at your nearest blood relatives' house, unfortunately we left you on the door step. In doing so, we must have made the impression that you were unwanted and so another picked you up and left with you.

There is more that we can explain about your situation but we feel that such information is best told in person. What ever your reaction is, we do have matters that concern your wellbeing, so please either contact us at the address attached, or leave notice with the bird bearing this missive.

Thank you for your time.

General of the Light

Albus Brian Percival Wulfric Dumbledore

Order of Merlin, First Class

Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards

Chief Warlock of the Wizengamont

And Grand Sorcerer

At least the letter answered the mysteries in his file, though the answer itself was beyond incomprehensibly complicated, now how to explain it to her faithful and waiting soldiers?

"Kakashi, have you read the letter?"

He stared at her from across the desk in his way, and gave a small shrug and blink with his visible eye, "Of course not Lord Hokage, I am still under standing orders from the Sandaime Hokage to immediately report all odd or strange occurrences around myself. I thought a geopositioning letter and am exploding letter carrier qualified."

She could feel the headache growing behind her eyes, "Yes I dare say that it does qualify," holding out the letter, "You might as well read it and tell me you thoughts." He read under both her and Ibiki's careful scrutiny. She watched the slight widening of his eye and the set of his shoulders, so his father never had mentioned anything to him. After a few minutes and a glance back up at her he handed the letter back.

"Well the word unexpected comes to mind, is there truth in it?" Kakashi seemed content to simply wait patiently for her answer. She decided the simplest way was to hand over his file, so she did just that.

"Read over it tonight Kid, then we'll make a decision for what's best for you and the Village." He promptly nodded his acceptance, saluted, and left. "Ibiki, your leave is postponed. I know he did it to you again, could you have Shizune bring up all the recent files on the Outside, I think it's going to be a long night so I'll get the sake, I think we're going to need it."

A few hours later when Kakashi came back in, he joined the former Sannin and Head of Intelligence amidst all the paper chaos. "What have you concluded so far of the Outside Lord Hokage?"

She looked up from her sake cup and settled back in her chair, "Kid you just get in the darnedest situations, this Harry Potter business has your craziness written all over it. First off what do you know of the Outside?" She quirked an eyebrow, "And not just what you've been briefed about, all of what you know."

With a roll of his eye Kakashi complied, "The barrier separates them from getting in and us from getting out save for those who know the key. Routinely someone goes out to see what's happening and report back new technologies that may or may not be used. The Outside is strange with unlawful governments and no shinobi to protect or maintain order in the villages. The languages are varied along with the cultures that speak them, with the variations also come disagreements and petty differences. There are several large landmasses each comparable to that which the shinobi nations reside in. That is all I know Tsunade-sama."

"Pretty good kid, however the Harry Potter thing goes into a bit more that that. Besides the nations and their civilian occupants is another group, similarities slightly likened to those of shinobi. They use chakara for everything, even things that are easier done without. They call themselves wizards. Rather than protect those without as we do, or even live beside them, they secreted themselves away. They only stay with others with like powers.

"In one of the countries there was one of these wizards who had done evil, but instead of riling together and fighting most of these wizards did as they had done with the civilians of the countries, ignored the danger and hidden themselves away. The antagonist, called Voldemort, went after those that had relations to the civilians and those few that opposed him. The parents of Harry Potter were both.

"He killed them but for some reason he was stopped at the baby, a mystery that was attributed to the child." At this she gave him the look people always gave him when odd things happened around him, but she continued.

"He was to be sent to his civilian family, though apparently no one thought to check that he was in fact there. They apparently only recently figured out that something had gone wrong and have spent the time since trying to reach through the barrier. This Voldemort has since regained himself and is once again terrorizing the countryside, though this time the wizards are fighting back a bit more." Her eyes grazed his forehead under his hiate, "take off you headband and brush your hair off you forehead."

She moved closer as he complied with her command, she leaned in staring at one scar in particular, "Do you recall how you came to have this one, Kakashi?" At his negation, she sighed once again, and nodded to Ibiki, slumped back into her seat. "You really do have the worst luck."

Once again fate had struck, for she had a shinobi from the Outside.