So, for Team Minato there are a few things I'd like to cover.
This is an AU. In this AU, Obito made it back to Konoha, severely injured and on Minato's back. He has all of his scars and stuff, but it's hidden by a simple spell Narcissa taught Rin. This is Obito's first mission out of Konoha after that day. Rin and Kakashi will be acting differently, obviously. And Minato gets to play the overprotective father and the kids have to accept it, because that will be part of their cover.
Ages: Kakashi is 13, with his 14th birthday coming up on September 15th. Obito's 15th birthday was on February 10th. Rin's 15th birthday is November 15th. Just so you guys know what's going on with ages and stuff.
Houses: Before you complain to me about the Houses below, he chose their Houses based off of what was needed. Rin was put into Hufflepuff for a few reasons. But the main one is because it is easy for her to do what she needs to do in Hufflepuff. Obito is put into Gryffindor, no surprise there. He's also there to keep an eye on Harry and his friends. Kakashi is put into Slytherin because that's where Draco and Severus are. Someone had to keep an eye on their charge.
Minato: As mentioned above, he gets to act as the adoptive father. Narcissa will help him send things like Howlers and gifts by owl. Meanwhile, Minato will be investigating on his own outside of Hogwarts. He's not just going to sit back while his team is at Hogwarts undercover. He's going to be doing things.
The mission: The mission is to protect Draco Malfoy and assist him in killing Albus Dumbledore. This is basically, what if Narcissa hired shinobi instead of made the Unbreakable Vow with Snape. Snape, of course still knows about Draco's mission. Narcissa also alerted him of help she hired in the form of "transfer students". So Snape is still involved. Just not with an Unbreakable Vow.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Characters and settings belong to J.K. Rowling and Masashi Kishimoto.
The feast has just ended and it was the beginning of a new year at Hogwarts. The chatter was warm and the sky was beautiful. Albus was ready to turn in for the night and awake to students bustling around and getting lost. Harry was starting his sixth year. He had wanted to be an Auror, right? He wished that Harry could be able to continue on that path. Living a long, happy life doing what he wanted.
"Headmaster. May I have a word?"
Albus looked over his shoulder to see it was Severus. Along with three young kids. The transfer students from Mahoutokoro, he realized.
"Hello, you three," Albus said kindly, getting two smiles and a nod in return. He looked at Severus and nodded. "Of course Professor Snape."
"As you probably know, these are the three transfer students. Obito Uchiha, Rin Nohara, and Kakashi Hatake." Severus introduced, pointing from left to right.
"I'm assuming you have evaluated them and can determine their position?" He carefully looked the three children in the eye, trying to figure out what Houses they were in before Severus told him. Usually he would want the Sorting Hat to do it, but he trusted Severus' judgement on this particular issue.
Snape nodded. "Yes. They are all N.E.W.T level students and all in different Houses. Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin."
Albus looked down at the three kids who were remaining silent, but Obito looked like he had something on his mind. "Do you have a question, Obito?" He asked.
Obito nodded before glancing at Kakashi. "Well, you asked if he evaluated us. We didn't take any test that I was aware of. So how did he evaluate us?"
Albus smiled. "Very inquisitive, aren't you? That's good. I cannot say exactly what Severus did but I trust his judgment."
The three looked at each other, Obito and Rin smiling. He had no clue if Kakashi was smiling or not. Not with the big mask covering over half of his face.
"Kakashi." He said, taking the initiative to deal with the problem before it even became one.
The boy looked at him with his one dark eye. "Hai?"
"You might be asked to take off your mask. And lift your headband. I can tell you might not want to, so I need to hear why they are there in the first place."
Kakashi nodded. "My headband is covering a large scar. From...an accident." His eye lowered down, letting Albus know this was a very sore subject. "I can't see out of that eye so I keep it covered." He continued his explanation, his tone sounding a tad heavier than before. "Same with Obito, by the way."
Albus nodded in understanding. "And your mask?"
"He never takes it off!" Obito said with a huff, not giving the silver-haired boy the chance to answer.
"I think he's just shy." Rin giggled.
Kakashi turned and glared at them, snapping at them in Japanese. "Will you two shut it!"
"But we can loosen up, Bakashi," Obito replied.
"He's right." Rin smiled.
Kakashi sighed before looking back at Albus. "I can change out this mask for a medical mask." He offered.
Albus nodded. "Okay. I believe that will suffice as a compromise."
"I will show Hatake to his new dorm," Severus said. "I will give him a standard sixth-year schedule tomorrow."
"I will show Miss Nohara and Young Uchiha to their common rooms." Albus smiled.
The three looked at each other before nodding and walking apart from each other.
"See you at breakfast, got it?" Obito said.
"I expect to hear everything," Kakashi said and Albus was sure the youngest was smiling.
"You have a good night, Headmaster."
"You as well Snape."
(=====++======)
"Hey, Harry! Harry Potter!"
Harry lifted his head and peeked out of his curtains to see Neville was standing there, in front of an empty bed. "What is it?" He asked. He had been sitting on his bed, behind the privacy of the scarlet curtains while the others situated themselves in the room that has been there's for years.
"This bed appeared here. Do you know what it's about?"
Harry shook his head. "No..." He swung his legs off his own bed and stood up. "Why would there be an extra bed?" Now that he was off his bed, the room did look a bit bigger. The change was barely noticeable to him.
"What are you two blokes talking about?" Seamus asked from his bed.
"Something about an extra bed next to Neville's," Dean answered.
"An extra bed?" Ron asked, poking his head out. "Blimey. A bag is there at the foot of it as well."
"Let's open it and see what this is about," Seamus said, getting up.
"I'm all for it." Dean smiled.
"I don't think we should..." Neville said, bending down to pick up the bag. It was about the size of their trunks. It looked like a sport's bag that athletes used. But you know, bigger.
As Neville put it down on the bed, Seamus reached around him for the zipper. "Ow!" He jumped back suddenly.
"What'd you do Neville?" Ron asked.
"It wasn't me!" Neville replied, hands shooting up into the air.
"The bag is enchanted, baka."
The room fell silent immediately. "It's you!" Neville pointed. "What are you doing here?"
It was the boy from the train. The one that was thrown out of his compartment in front of Harry and spoke Japanese. He didn't see it before, but there was a black cloth covering his left eye. Like an eyepatch.
"Boys, this is your new roommate. He's a transfer student from Japan." McGonagall said.
"You're here too," Ron said quietly as if he was trying to process this.
"I see you've already met each other. Longbottom, Potter."
"Yes." Neville nodded.
"But we never got his name."
"Uchiha Obito!" The boy replied with a grin. "Best student from Mahoutokoro you will ever see!" He gave the older Gryffindors a thumbs up.
Harry had a feeling that wasn't so true.
"Best get to bed. Weasley, I expect you to help him tomorrow as Prefect." Professor McGonagall said before the sound of her footsteps disappeared down the stairs.
There was silence in the room. Obito was looking around the room with his one visible eye. He hasn't moved from his position just in front of the door. This continued for what felt like an hour. Before Obito closed his eye in a smile.
"I have a feeling this is going to be a great year!"
"Do what you want. I'm going to bed." Seamus said, waving his hand.
"Hope it's not burned too badly." Obito grinned.
Seamus rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah."
Dean laughed. "You gotta teach me how you did that!"
"Sure! It's a simple spell." Obito said, pulling out his wand and jumping over to his bed and landing next to his bag. He grabbed the zipper and wasn't burned. Harry took a few steps closer to get a better look.
"Where I come from, there's not just wand magic like Charms and whatnot. This is...I don't know what it's called in your language. But I call it Fuinjutsu." Obito pulled off a sticker of some sort. With black writing on it.
"That's Japanese writing," Dean said. "I can't write in Japanese."
"It's not that hard!" Obito said quickly. "See. It's just a circle with a... thing...drawn in it. This means fire. So other things like water, wing, lightning."
"You're talking about elements," Harry said.
"Yeah!" Obito smiled. "And because this is fire, the boy over there was burned when he tried to open it without my permission. These lines are specifics. Like what it's supposed to do."
He yawned before going on.
"This right here basically says only I can open it. And this here says it's keeping it closed. Not...when it opens." Obito made a short motion with his hands that looked like an explosion.
"Explosion?" Ron offered.
"Yeah!" Obito nodded. "I think. Fiery... pah!" He made the hand motion again.
"So explosion or just catching on fire.""We should get to bed," Neville said. "Breakfast doesn't last forever. Even if some of us have a free period afterward."
"Neville's right. We can pester you with questions at breakfast." Dean nodded.
Obito nodded as he closed his bag again, but not before putting the sticker back inside it. "Okay. By the way, I'm not a morning person. My friend usually has to drag me to places so I get there on time."
"I'll wake you up," Neville said.
Obito looked at him and nodded. "Okay. I trust you too. Night then!" And the curtains closed as the other boys bid goodnight.
(=====++======)
Draco stared at the boy in the bed across from his. He had his back turned so no one could see his face. He had taken his headband off and Draco had caught a glance of a large scar that ran over the kid's eye. It was honestly concerning. Currently, Crabbe, Goyle, and Zabini were whispering (loudly) about the kid. Kakashi Hatake. Meanwhile, the kid was wrapping bandages around his eye.
"If you have a question, you can ask," Hatake said calmly.
Draco heard the whispering stop as Hatake turned around to face them, he also wore a white medical mask on his face. Maybe there was a big scar there as well.
"It's just...I'm confused as to why you are here."
"Professor Snape had explained the situation, I thought," Hatake said. "What are you confused about?"
"Just..."
"You look too young to be here." Goyle said.
Hatake looked over at the taller boy. "Professor Snape evaluated my skills and saw it fit for me to be here." He said as if it was obvious.
"Yeah, I get that. But what kind of skills?"
Hatake tiled his head as closed his eye. "Wandless magic. I have an almost perfect memory. And am very good at dueling." He opened his eye and looked around. "Any other questions?"
"Professor Slughorn did say you were a prodigy. How much of a prodigy?" Zabini said.
"Oh yeah... he did that..." Hatake sighed. "I'm no more of a prodigy than anyone else I know. It's just I started out at a younger age than most."
"Why did you start earlier?"
"How early?"
"Most start at seven. I started at five." Hatake explained, holding up his fingers for a visual. "I just have more experience, so people call me a prodigy." He shrugged.
"Why did you wrap your eye in bandages?" Nott asked.
"Accident," Hatake answered, looking glad for the subject change.
"Why is your face covered?"
"Accident."
"What's Japan like?"
"Beautiful."
"Were you the only transfer student?"
"No."
"What's your family like?"
"...Loud." The answer came a lot later this time, but it seemed to go unnoticed.
"Do you have any siblings?"
"Sure."
"Are you tired?"
"Yes."
Draco chuckled. "We should head to bed then."
"Please." Hatake nodded.
"One more question," Zabini said.
Hatake sighed. "What is it?"
"Can I call you Kakashi?"
"Sure."
"You can call me Vincent then!" Crabbe said.
"Gregory." Goyle nodded.
"Theodore." Nott pointed a thumb at his chest, his usual smirk in place.
"Blaise," Zabini said shortly.
"Draco." The blonde said when it was his turn. "Welcome to Slytherin, Kakashi."
Kakashi nodded and pulled the green curtains closed. "Arigatou, Draco." Was the response Draco barely heard above the others bidding their goodnight.
(=====++======)
"So, Rin. Tell us about this picture." Susan Bones said with a smile.
"Hey!" Rin laughed. "How did you get that?" At first she was alarmed by the lack of personal privacy here. But once she saw not harm in it she let it slide.
"It was in the front pouch of your bag."
Rin was welcomed warmly when the Head Girl showed her in. The bed had appeared as the girls were unpacking. When the younger girl showed up, Megan Jones was absolutely ecstatic. She welcomed Rin with a hug and a pat on the head. She showed Rin to the empty bed and started talking at the speed of sound. Susan and Hannah had to work together to calm the girl down.
Even after that, Rin was very open and cheerful. It was no wonder she was put into Hufflepuff.
"Okay, okay," Rin said. "I'll tell you. You're probably going to meet them at some point anyway." She snatched the framed picture back before holding it gently as it could shatter at any moment.
"This is my family, sort of," Rin said. "This is Minato-sensei. He's like our father." She pointed to the blonde man bending down with a big grin on his face.
"What do you mean, like your father. Did he adopt you guys or something?" Hannah asked.
Rin shrugged. "Yeah. I guess."
"That's so sweet." Megan gushed. "What about the boys there?"
"Yeah. Look at them. Glaring at each other like that."
Rin nodded. "Yeah. They get into fights all the time. This one is Obito. He was put into Gryffindor."
"You mean they came with you?"
"Yeah." Rin nodded.
"I can't wait to meet them!"
"Who's the other boy?"
"Kakashi," Rin answered. "He was put into Slytherin."
"Aww. So you were all separated."
"How long have you guys been together? As a family." Megan asked.
"Wow...it's been a long time actually," Rin said. "Ever since we were kids. About seven or six years old."
"That is a long time. You already said you were fourteen, right?" Rin nodded. "So that's seven or eight years, right?"
"You know, if Obito or Kakashi were older I'd love to get together with them. Not everyone can say they kissed a Japanese boy."
"Megan!" Rin gasped.
"Those are her brothers you are talking about!" Hannah said, failing at hiding her laughter.
"They're younger than you!" Rin added.
"Not by much. Just a year younger."
"Two years." Rin corrected.
"What! They're fourteen!?"
"Just Obito. Kakashi's still thirteen."
"He doesn't look it."
"Forced perspective." Rin waved her hand.
"Hey, guys." Susan yawned. "Classes start tomorrow. We should go to bed."
"Yeah. You're right." Hannah sighed.
"Can't wait to go to classes with you!" Megan smiled as she jumped off of Rin's bed and onto her own.
Rin closed the curtains. "Goodnight guys." She said with a light laugh.
"Night!" The other girls called out as well.