Hello all! Long time no read, yes? Well I have an announcement to make about this story.

For one, I am so glad that people are still reading, favoriting, and following this story. The notifications I get always surprise me and make me smile. Thank you all.

Secondly, I'm going to be making some changes to the story.

Sorry for leaving it of on a cliffhanger. I didn't mean to do that to you all. But you know how it is when life hits you big time and it takes forever to bounce back. Unfortunately for me, I took too long for Fanfiction's liking and my drafts were deleted. And I am clueless as to where I was going with poor Hannah getting involved.

BUT!

I will make it better.

Starting from now, I'll be rewriting and revising the chapters. Replacing them one by one.

Things will remain the same. Such as the type of AU I described at the beginning of Chapter 2. Their Hogwarts Houses will remain the same, along with some of the interactions. I'll be including Minato a lot more so you guys can see what he's really doing outside of the public eye.

This will still be the story you all have read and love, hopefully better though.

If you have any suggestions or maybe any scenes you'd like to see as fun little fillers, feel free to comment them! I'll look through them all and eventually get to them.

In Chapter 4, I mentioned something about Marauders and Monsters. That will be going through some serious revising as well.

Now, so this isn't an entire chapter of boring notes, I wrote these little snippets I had the back of my head!

You know the drill, italics mean Japanese translated to English.

When on a mission in a foreign land, one has no guarantees of anything they define as normal. Minato Namikaze is a young, newly married man, practically a father to his three teammates/students.

Narcissa learned this while assisting the blonde in various tasks that were second nature to her. With Lucius in Azkaban and the Dark Lord not pressuring her for anything, she had a lot of time to assist the man who lead the children helping her son.

One time, she overheard him mumbling how giving oral instructions were a lot safer than writing it down and sending by owl. She offered a Howler.

"A Howler?" He questioned, looking up from the written letter. It was written in... whatever language he speaks. Narcissa speculated it was one of the Asian languages.

Narcissa nodded and went to go retrieve one. She came back with a red envelope. "A Howler is a way to yell at someone through a letter." She explained, hoping that he would understand that.

"Yelling at someone through a letter? That's outstanding." Minato smiled. "How do I use it?"

"Just finish writing your letter, and put it in here. I'll hire an owl to send it for you."

"Arigatou." Minato nodded his head in a sort of bow before he got back to writing, now a bit more confident his meaning will be received. And maybe, if this Howler thing is loud enough, Kakashi and Rin will hear it to.

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"There's no nine and three quarters." Kakashi said bluntly, waving his train ticket in annoyance.

"The platforms are all solid numbers." Obito added.

Minato rubbed the back of his head. "I know, I know. Malfoy told us to wait here for her."

"Well, we're going to be late if she doesn't hurry up." Kakashi huffed.

"We have ten minutes." Rin said. "We won't be late."

"I found nine!" Obito shouted, pointing up at the sign directly above him. Anyone passing by would just assume his family was getting on the train stationed at platform nine.

"Good job!" Minato chuckled, shaking his head at his student's childish antics. He knew it was an act, well act is a loose term when applied to his team. They've been through a lot, so they know when and how to be serious. They are war-hardened shinobi whether he likes it or not. But, they also know when, and how to let go of this and act like a civilian teen.

Kakashi walked up to Obito, most likely to tell him to keep his voice down, when Narcissa appeared. Literally appeared. Minato sensed no trace of her a split second ago. And she was suddenly there, in front of the brick pillar that separated platforms nine and ten.

"Ah! Mrs. Malfoy!" Minato took a step towards her, glad to see their client finally. This let his team know to end conversations and regroup.

"Apologies for my lateness, I had to make sure my son was ready for the train ride."

"That's perfectly fine, madam."

"Can you show us to the platform now?" Kakashi asked, obviously unhappy with the idea of getting there a couple seconds before departure.

"Of course. It's just through there." She pointed at the wall she had appeared in front of.

"In there?" Obito repeated. "How is it in there? It's a wall!"

"Just run into it." Narcissa instructed. "I'll take one of you in if you do not trust me."

Minato nodded slowly. "Alright. I believe that is my cue to leave. Partner up. And remember the mission."

"Hai!" The three nodded.

Rin went to Narcissa, Kakashi and Obito stood side by side, their carts in front of them.

Rin and Narcissa went in first, scaring the two boys as they watched the girls disappear, any trace of them gone.

"Are we going it fit?" Obito asked, worried all over again.

"Too late to think about that now, come on!" Kakashi pushed forward, his mind screaming at him to turn and not continue running. Obito was on his heels, ready to run him over if they crashed.

But they never did.

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"What is this place?!" Obito gasped, looking at the only one who knew what was going on. Narcissa Malfoy, their client. And from what he's seen so far, a wealthy and powerful woman.

"English." Kakashi said, equally as bewildered as his partner.

"Sorry- What is this place?" He asked again, this time a bit calmer.

"Diagon Alley." Narcissa said patiently. She hasn't had to explain all of this stuff in detail before. For the simple reason of she doesn't talk to Muggles of mudbloods. So anyone she talks to already knows all this stuff. By the time Draco could talk and ask questions, he already knew this stuff as well.

"How many shops are there?" Obito continued his questioning. "How much will all of this cost for the three of us? Can we get our wands first? Is that a floating broom?!"

Kakashi stepped forward and grabbed the Uchiha by the ear, pulling him down. "Quiet down you're drawing too much attention to us."

"But isn't that the point? We need people to see us so we didn't just appear out of nowhere, ya know?"

"Did you listen to Minato-sensei when he went over the culture of this place? Malfoy isn't in a good standing with the crowds right now. So she needs to be as inconspicuous as possible."

"Oooohh."

Kakashi finally let go of his ear and turned to Narcissa, bowing in a short apology.

"It's probably best we get your wands and then leave. I can come back another day and buy everything else with your le-father."

The three looked at each other, each smiling in their own way. They liked the idea of Minato being their father. And it fit, more than just a cover story. It fit their close relationship very well.

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"So who will we be working with there?" Kakashi asked as he looked at the tea Narcissa had set out. It wasn't as good as the tea back home, but she insisted it was the best tea she had. He tried not to show the distaste in his eye as he pulled the cup closer, as if planning to drink it later.

"The Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor." She said. "A man named Severus Snape. While you are there, you'll be referring to him as Professor Snape."

"Professor?" Obito leaned towards Kakashi and repeated the foreign word.

"It means sensei."

"Oh."

"He'll be fully aware of their mission to help Draco, correct?" Minato asked.

Narcissa nodded. "Indeed."

"Draco will be aware as well?"

"No, he cannot know."

"Oh?"

"Why's that?" Rin asked, her frown showed concern and confusion.

"If Draco knew I hired someone to help him, he'd take it as a personal attack at his pride. He'll think I don't trust him to do the task given to him."

"You don't think he'll be able to do it because it's murder." Kakashi said bluntly. "Why would he be upset about that?"

"Pride, Kakashi. Weren't you listening?" Obito smirked. "You know all about pride, don't you."

"Oh I don't know, you tell me Uchiha." Kakashi replied, returning the challenging glint in his teammate's eye.

"Not now, boys." Rin rolled her eyes.

"Warui, warui."
"Gomen nasai."

Narcissa waited until the three looked back at her before she continued. "Severus has offered to get you into Hogwarts without question. He has Dumbledore's trust, so feel free to use this to your advantage."

"So what you're saying," Obito interrupted "is that if we mess up, Snape will cover for us?"

"Yes, that is what I was implying."

"Great!" Obito grinned.

"Anything else?" Minato asked, sounding impatient. He wanted to give his team a briefing before Narcissa sent the owl to Hogwarts concerning his students. Finalizing their plans.

"Hogwarts has a very unique social system,"

"Unique social system." Kakashi repeated once he received a confused look from both Rin and Obito.

"that revolves around these four things called Houses. They are determined on characteristics, I believe. Only the Sorting Hat knows who goes where. It has never been wrong in its placement."

"Doubt that." Minato mumbled. It was a hat! It was bound to make mistakes like any human being does.

Narcissa glanced at the only other adult in the room with a small frown. She had no idea what he said, but judging by the look on his face it wasn't agreement to what she had said.

"These four Houses become your family there. It is rare for friendships outside of the Houses to occur."

"So we should go into the same House?" Obito concluded.

"But we have different personalities." Rin said.

Minato raised his hand before Kakashi could enter his input and continue the conversation. "What are these four Houses? And what personality does each one have?"