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Chapter 4
Tetsuna had just woken up when instinct came upon her. Quickly, she raised her hand and caught a kunai that came hurling through the open window of her bedroom. At a glance, she could spot the green ribbon tied to it. She twisted the ring of the handle slightly and it fell open to reveal a minute scroll.
Eleven–Been keeping up with magic users' talk. Strange disturbances occurring in their forest–wounded animals, sword-marks, scorches. White Tiger's caught sight of chakra signatures couple times. Residents uneasy. Try to blend in when outside. Will be notifying Hokage. Leader Green Beast says to remember mission priority
.–Turtles
After scanning the short messy message carefully, Tetsuna made a few seals and a short stream of water flew out the window, bursting into a small shower.
Further away, Tenten noticed the signal and took off.
Tetsuna then made her way to Kaitou's room and passed the scroll on. He read it before rolling it back up and lighting it aflame. "So, Neji seems to have spotted some shinobi. This could be. . .troublesome, to say the least." He mentally berated himself for coping Shikamaru.
The older woman sighed. "It can endanger our real mission. If word leaks out to the other continent that we're here, you can bet they'll follow us." She tapped her fingers on her arm. "And then there's still the task of keeping Naruto from attracting outside attention, and out second priority mission of protecting and spying for the old magic user.
"True. We're going to have to tighten the reins on them a little more."
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"What!" Tsunade fully awakened when she heard the news the two chuunin she sent out had brought. "Whad'ya mean the gate's been sealed!" Her words slurred slightly revealing the fact that she'd been drinking sake again.
"We-we don't know. We saw two people crossing through to the 'European' continent, then the gate just sealed."
"What did they look like?"
"We didn't see much. The only things that really stood out was the black cloak with red clouds on both of them. And one carried a really big sword. They were too far away for us to see clearly."
Tsunade sighed and dismissed them. It was definitely Akatsuki, and they had somehow closed the gate, making it impossible to warn the four teams there. The gate itself was a tricky thing. It looked like a doorway in the middle of the forest, allowing shinobi to cross over and back. Few knew of its location on either side, which was why there hadn't been much interaction between the two sides in the past. Apparently, Akatsuki knew both the location and how to close it. She rubbed her forehead, worrying over what danger they would be in. She called to an attendant, "Get Jiraiya here, now!"
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Naruto sighed contentedly as he woke up. All in all, it wasn't too bad there. There was no ramen, of course (he knew he should have packed some), but western food was okay. During normal classes, he and the rest of the chuunin hardly did anything but discretely observe the students. Since they didn't know much magic yet, Tetsuna-sensei just used a simple genjutsu in the background to cover for them. But then again, after classes, if Kaitou's group was watching the targets (they split the work after class), they'd have to practice all the spells. Frankly speaking, it was torture. Tetsuna hated genjutsu with a passion, which forced her to keep pushing them to learn faster. It was easy enough for Sasuke, because he had sharingan, and Sakura, because of her big brain. They mastered everything in no time. Soon they were off on undercover patrol with just him and Hinata under Tetsuna. He mentally shivered just thinking about it. He remembered their first day. . .Professor Slughorn had decided to make a big deal about the 'foreign wizards.'
flashback
"Well, well. So you're those foreigners who've been the talk of the school." His eyes scanned the nine chuunin and two jounin. He then turned to address the jounin directly. "And you two will be assisting me. Why don't you list some of your skills so I know what level my assistant professors are on? Then you can begin practice teaching."
Tetsuna focused her yes directly on his. "That won't be necessary. We are here, simply to observe."
"But, wouldn't you want to experience teaching the next classes? I mean, I'll be teaching the same curriculum to the other Houses. I imagine you'd become bored, hearing the same things."
She glared at him mercilessly, causing him to glance away. His eyes darted around the room as if taking everything in. "We will be following out students to all their classes. Our school requires the instructors to be very well rounded. We have only one instructor per group of students."
"Ah, your school!" Slughorn was suddenly interested again and ignored her glare. "Where exactly is it? I haven't heard much of foreign magic schools."
She glared harder. "The location of our schools are top secret. We like to remain 'hidden.'" She smirked a bit at the pun. "Now, I think it's time to begin your class."
"Ah, yes. Why of course." He wiped sweat of his forehead and proceeded while Tetsuna and Kaitou took notes.
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She had even scared the teacher, Naruto realized. Slughorn sure was persistent though. The girl next to him, Hermoine had been too. She groaned disappointedly when Tetsuna wouldn't elaborate further of the location of Konoha. Instead, she began pestering him and the rest over the location. A tight hand on her shoulder and glare from Tetsuna immediately stopped her though.
As for the clipboards the two sensei had, it didn't carry a single bit of instructing information. There were notes alright. But they were notes on each of the sixth year students in Gryffindor and Slytherin. Furthermore, they were written in Japanese so no one could read them. He had to admit, they were pretty clever.
Shikamaru, Ino, and Chouji were able to find some suspicious behavior from the pale, blonde kid in Slytherin. He seemed to be going frequently to a room in the seventh floor and would disappear. When Hinata inspected it with Byakugan, she couldn't find any trace of said room. It truly was a mystery. Today, they would be reporting it to the old man Dumbledore.
Naruto looked at the rest of the beds. Shino's was empty–he had probably gone to the library after Kaitou-sensei fixed his 'problem.' He grinned mischievously. It was time to give them the Naruto's-super-secret-surprise-prank-wake-up-call. He proceeded to make arrangements for his early death.
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A/N: Man, I'm so sorry about this being late and all. If you've been at my profile, you know that my e-mail hasn't been working right. Also, I think that this will probably be my second and final chapter of the story. There's nothing wrong with it at all. It's just that, I don't think I can make the commitment to keep consistent updates. So, I guess this is a bye for good. Hope you enjoyed it. –chairomori