A/N-Sorry I haven't updated the story in a while. I promise I will not abandon this one like I did my last story… only excuse is that I had finals and then my laptop crashed and I am re-writing the 7 pages I already had and then some… :'-(
Thanks to my beta: Mowens without her I would be totally lost on my errors. Without her I would never know where to put half of the punctuation….. luv her so much.
Grabbing the first scroll I quickly read over it:
Hokage of Konohagukure,
I have recently learned that the people of your country, along with Sunagakure, Kirigakure , Otogakure, Kumogakure, are ninjas that will do a job if paid. So far I have gotten no response from the other countries which I take as a no. You and your men are the last hope that I have. This year we will be hosting an event called the Tri-wizard Tournament. But before I get there, I would like to ask you to protect the school. If you accept then I will tell you more about what is going on and how long and the pricing for the entire mission. At this point I am very desperate for my students and staff that attend the school.
Waiting for your answer,
Good Wishes
Albus Dumbledore
Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Finished reading the second I passed it to my second in command before reading the actual letter that was going to be our mission.
Hokage-hime,
I thank you for accepting the mission, without you the occupants of my castle wouldn'tbe safe for this year. Payment wise, I will pay you before and after the mission. If anything were to happen to your men while at Hogwarts I will take personal responsibility for it. Also during this mission I would like to ask that, you not bring any harm to the students and that you all would take excellent care of everyone there.
The mission, I hope, is not too difficult for your people Hokage. We have a man here named Voldemort. This man will stop at no means to get what he wants. He has killed many people just to get what he wants. But no one has ever stood up to him, until the birth of a little baby boy. This boy had somehow survived the killing curse Avada Kedavra, which kills the person on the spot. Somehow not only was the boy able to survive the curse, but he has managed to bring the Dark Lord to his downfall. But he did not die, and we found that out over the course of a few years. Every year, while attending the school, the Dark Lord has tried to kill the boy and the attacks are getting worse as the years go on. This year, I am particularly afraid because not only will we be hosting an event that will bring other school I am afraid that it will bring danger with it. I would like for some of your people who ever it might be, to pretend to be a foreign school. But until that date arrives, I would like for them to be guards. But I would like for them to be guards and be a foreign school at the same time. At the same time I would like to start the mission, in a few weeks so that your men can get a good look at the boy who I would like for them to especially protect. His name is Harry Potter. He has jet black hair, green eyes, a lightning bolt scar on his forehead, glasses, and a slight problem with getting into trouble. His friends are Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. I will deliver a port key that will transport you to the Weasley's home. They have been warned of your arrival so no need to worry about where you will meet him.
See you soon,
Albus Dumbledore
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
I couldn't help but be a little weary of the man. Not only did I not know what a Hogwarts was, the Voldemort man sounded just like Orochimaru. Looking up at Tsunade, I could tell she had thought the same thing. Waiting for the rest of the team to finish, I thought about the mission. From the sound of it, we would be there at least for most of the school year if not more. I really hope to Kami that it would only be for a year max. Noticing that Sakura had returned the letters to the Hokage, I asked about the conditions. Apparently the man did not know about them or he would at least have mentioned them in the second letter.
"Hokage, what will we do about the 'circumstances'? I do not want my team in any danger just because of circumstances," I asked in a serious voice.
Sakura and Sasuke looked confused, but I understood that. As far as any of the subordinates, how would they know about the exception? Hell, even Itachi knew about it but that's only because he was an ANBU captain. The exception is that unless specifically requested that no one else goes behind their back about something then the highest bidder got what they wanted. Meaning if that Voldemort person paid more than Dumbledore and Voldemort wanted Potter dead then that's what we would have to do. No ifs, ands, or butts about it.
"You are to do nothing. Regardless of what the man says. He did not mention anything. So that means he does not know about it. Sasuke and Sakura you are not to ever bring up this conversation to anyone. Not the clients or your fellow shinobi! You tell no one. If you do it will be an automatic death sentence do you understand," Tsunade exclaimed in all seriousness.
"Hai!" they both answered back.
"Good. Every Village has done this. It's a way to create money reserves for when we need it. For every mission, we have a circumstance. That circumstance is unless specifically requested then the highest bidder is our new priority. In this case with the Potter and Hogwarts you have two clients. One wants him alive. That's Dumbledore. The other wants him dead and that's Voldemort. It Voldemort pays more then Dumbledore to have the boy dead and wants a head to prove it, then that's what we have to do. There isn't anything you can say and or do about it to change the persons mind. But if you breathe one word, so help me Kami, you will be dead the next time I see you and I will be the one to do it myself. Understood!"
"Hai Hokage-sama!"
"Taicho, I want you and Itachi to stay, Sasuke and Sakura you may go. I want you back in my office the day after tomorrow packed for a year with all your weapons, supplies, ANBU uniforms, mask, and civilian clothes. Also for your uniform, I am not going to make you dress alike. You do that enough in the ANBU corps. Your uniform will be your headband. Dismissed!"
"Hai Hokage!" and with that, the two were gone leaving their taicho, second in command and the Hokage alone to talk.
I couldn't help it and let loose a rough laugh and couldn't stop. Taking my mask off, I hooked onto the hook on my belt and began to wipe the tears of laughter off my face. Tsunade too began to laugh while Itachi began to snicker.
" Really Hokage I can't believe you told them you would kill them if they blabbed. The least that it would warrant was a meeting with Morino-san," I said between fits of laughter
"I needed someone new to terrorize today that's all. But at least they'll take that secret to the grave with them. Any ways, the reason that I asked you two to stay was to make sure nothing bad happens on this mission. I know that he said he would take personal responsibility to make sure nothing happened, but still. Itachi if anything were to happen to Naruto I want you to take over as the captain for the team. Naruto if anything happens to Itachi I want you to give it to Sakura. Right now is still a little bit too early to give Sasuke any position of power. I trust Itachi more right now. You two go and pack and I will see you in two in two days. Dismissed!"
Leaving the office the regular way, I made sure to put on my mast. Not that that helped any, I still noticed that people were giving me dirty looks as usual so I grabbed my iPod and turned it on. The song that started to play was a song that was by an excellent group. Right now the song that started to play was Pain by Three Days Grace. Still hearing the bitchy comments of the villagers, I cranked it up on high and jumped to a nearby rooftop before heading to the ninja shopping district. I know that she said casual I just don't think that they would sell to me, seeing as how I was a demon child.
I made my way to this one store that TenTen and her dad owned. They were pretty cool to let me shop there in peace and not have to have them breathing down my neck worried that I might steal something. These assholes I call a village were so annoying sometimes. But that's one good thing about this mission that I was happy about. I had a year away from them.
I can't escape this hell
So many times I've tried
But I'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
So what if you can see the dark inside of me
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
