Sorry for the wait but here is chapter 8, I hope you like it and please be sure to review, thank you.

Disclaimer - I do not own Naruto, Harry Potter or any of the characters.


Eventually all of the students were heading up to their dorms so Cat and Fox bid goodnight to the few remaining students and walked out of the common room and slowly made their way to their common room, where they were sure the others that weren't on patrol were waiting. They walked in a comfortable silence, their hands brushing against the other every now and again but neither took much notice and if they did then they didn't really care. They finally reached the common room and Fox said the password and they both stepped back and watched the painting swing open before they walked through the hole and into the warm, comfortable common room. When they walked in they saw Slug and Deer already sat in two soft, plush leather chairs next to the blazing fire, their masks on the table and their cloaks on the back of their chairs. "Hey Naruto, Hinata," Sakura said with a small smile and the two guards took off their masks and cloaks before sitting on the couch, "Hello Sakura-chan," Naruto replied with a small smile and Hinata smiled at her and Shikamaru. "How was Gryffindor?" Shikamaru asked whilst looking at Naruto, a bored expression present on his face, "It took everyone awhile but they eventually calmed down and went to bed, what about Ravenclaw?" Naruto replied as Hinata and Sakura stood up and went to the little kitchenette and made four hot chocolates, one for each of them but left a few cups out in case any of the others came back early. "Well they are all quite quiet and they went up to their dorms about an hour after we took them back to the common room." Sakura replied walking back into the room holding two steaming cups, Hinata holding the other two. Sakura gave one to Shikamaru whilst keeping hold of the other and Hinata sat back down next to Naruto and handed him the other cup, "Thank you Hinata- chan," Naruto said a smile gracing his slightly child like features. "You're welcome Naruto-kun." Hinata replied, a blush slightly present on her cheeks.

After an hour of conversation the four shinobi were starting to get tired and eventually they all drifted off into a light sleep, Hinata's head had fallen onto Naruto's head and Naruto had his head on top of hers and Sakura had fallen sideways, her head resting against the chair arm and Shikamaru was in a similar position to Sakura but his head was leant against his arm. None of them stirred as the portrait opened and the rest of the guards walked in taking off their masks and cloaks and taking in the scene in front of them. A small smile graced each of their tired faces and they decided that if they wanted a good night's sleep then it would be best not to leave them their so they decided who would carry who and silently made their way over to them. Ino slowly picked up Sakura and watched as she stirred in her arms before falling asleep again, nuzzling into her arms and Ino smiled at her childhood friend before making her way up the stairs to their dorm room. Neji decided that he would take his cousin up so he carefully lifted Naruto's head up before placing it onto the couch and picked up Hinata and watched as she also stirred before falling back asleep and he carried her up the stairs, following Ino, with a small smile on his face. Gaara decided that he would be the one to take Naruto so he picked him up effortlessly, noticing how little he actually weighed, and walked to the bottom of the stairs before stopping and waiting for Kiba who was now carrying Shikamaru, who had decided to wake up but not fully so Kiba decided it would be best if he just carried him. The two boys carried the two shinobi up the stairs and to their dorm and once they reached the door they bid the girls goodnight before Ghost opened the door for them and they put they slowly took off the two shinobi's armour and putting them into their beds before doing the same for themselves and they all eventually drifted off into a dreamless sleep.


Harry woke up slowly and sat up, wiping the sleep out of his eyes before realising he was the only one in the room so he quickly got out of bed and got dressed before practically running down the stairs and into the common room. "Finally, I was about to send Ron up to wake you up," Hermione said to him as soon as she saw him, "Sorry I must have been really tired, I don't know why I was so late." Harry replied whilst tying his tie and Ron and Hermione laughed before the three of them decided to make their way down to the Great Hall to get some breakfast before classes started. They walked into the hall and sat down at the Gryffindor table and started putting food onto their plates, "I almost forgot we have third lesson with Professor Moody today and from what Fred and George told me, he is a really good teacher and his class is interesting." Ron said whilst stuffing his face full of food, "That's nice Ronald but maybe try speaking without your mouth full of food next time." Hermione replied before eating herself. "Ron finished what he was eating before apologizing and Harry just sat there laughing at their antics. "Well then today should be fun." He said before he too started eating.

The guards were sat at their table silently eating, only making a few comment every now and then and no one bothered to talk about what occurred last night. It was a common thing that happened when shinobi went on long missions, especially if it was Leaf shinobi, they always looked after their own no matter the situation, it was just how they were, especially this group seeing as they were all close friends and each had vowed to protect one another, even if it meant that they would get themselves killed. They finished their meals in peaceful silence and waited for the students to finish their breakfast before they took them to their lessons. Fox and Deer walked a group of third year Slitherins to their first class, Care of Magical creatures, and they sat up on a branch whilst listening to the lesson, Fox already having heard it yesterday. Deer leant against the tree watching the clouds go by and Fox was also led down, his head on Deer's leg and Deer was unconsciously threading his fingers through his hair, which Fox found very smoothing and all of the tension bled out of his body quite quickly and he found himself slowly drifting off to sleep but he was also making sure he didn't fully go to sleep in case anything happened even though he knew Deer was on guard, no matter how calm he looked. Since Fox was the youngest the rest of the guard had come to treat him like a younger sibling and since he was being hunted by the Akatsuki they were all quite over protective of him, even though they all knew he could protect himself quite well. After a while Fox slowly sat up and looked down at the students who were to focused on the unicorn to even notice them, "Hey, Deer?" he said as he looked over to his lazy friend, "Yeah Fox," Deer replied and tilted his head slightly to show he was listening. "Do you think the mission will get harder once the other two schools get here?" He asked and also tilted his head slightly and Deer sighed, "Yes I definitely think that it will get harder but in one or two months Chijo and Shino will arrive and we will have extra help, not to mention we will have your shadow clones but the mission will still be troublesome." Deer replied before he too looked at the students below him, "Ok and I forgot about my shadow clones, I haven't used them in a while." Fox replied and Deer sighed before looking at him and smiling slightly under his mask. "Well the class should be over soon so we should probably get ready to get down from this tree." Deer said and Fox nodded before the two sat there, waiting for Hagrid to dismiss them.

Fox and Deer made their way towards the school, the students following them and before Deer went off to his next class he looked at Fox, "Well I will see you third lesson." He said and Fox nodded before he carried on walking the students to their next lesson, where he would meet up with Ghost. When he got there he saw Ghost waiting outside of the classroom and Fox groaned before going to stand next to him. "Hello Fox," Ghost said in a monotone voice and Fox nodded before saying, "Wow are you still trying to figure out this whole emotions thing?" and Ghost just nodded before they walked into the classroom, the students following and sitting down at their desks. The class went by in a blur and eventually the students found themselves following Ghost to their next class and watching Fox walk off to meet with Hawk and Deer.


I hope you liked it, especially the interaction between the guards and don't worry I will be doing interactions between the students in the next few chapters.

Until next time.