A Magical Mission
Yay! Finally, chapter three is out! God, I stayed up LATE to finish this and just managed to edit it. The end is kind of rushed, I'm sorry, but I wanted to get it up...Well, anywhere. It's here you are and I hope you'll like it!
Please send me a review, they make me so happy! ) Thanks to anyone who did, they really made me get this done faster!
And I don't own Harry Potter or Naruto!
Neji closed his eyes, his head leaning against the window of the carriage. The effect of the energy pills was slowly wearing off and his body was feeling heavy with tiredness.
He grimaced slightly as another flash of pain shot through his head, trying not to wince in pain. Unfortunately, Sakura, being a trainee med-nin, noticed quite easily that he wasn't in a good condition.
"Neji, what's wrong?" she asked, causing six heads to turn in his direction and him to feel quite uncomfortable.He shrugged.
"Nothing. I'm just tired" he lied, not wanting to make everyone worried. However, Sakura wasn't fooled that easily and another pain shooting through his head making him wince slightly didn't help much, either.
"I'm not blind!" she said, sounding slightly angry, and then added in Japanese "And you won't be of much use during a fight the way you are now"
Neji let out a sigh, unable to argue over that logic "As I said, I'm tired and I've got a little headache. Nothing to worry about, Sakura-san"
Sakura, however, was worried about it and handed him another energy pill "You really should get some sleep tonight and don't spend it outside training" she said "And about your headache…?" she trailed of but there was no need to say anymore and Neji shook his head
"No. I have a headache quite often." he grimaced slightly. Sakura nodded, handing him a small box with small, red pills.
"Pain killers" she explained. He smiled one of his rare smiles and swallowed one of the pills. After a few seconds, the pain disappeared and he sighted in relief, feeling much better.
"Thank you, Sakura-san"
They were silent for a moment, but Naruto started asking questions only a few seconds later and soon half of the shinobis were chatting lively with the wizards while the others were silently staring outside the window. The carriage stopped and they walked outside and Naruto had just started to wonder if there would be ramen when a cold voice made them stop
"You fainted, Potter? You really did?" they turned around and saw a pale, blonde boy looking at them. The atmosphere tensed and both Harry and Ron seemed to get ready for a fight. A very bad, amateurish fight.
"Get lost, Malfoy" Ron hissed
"So you did, didn't you?" the blonde said completely ignoring Ron. "I can't believe that you are so weak. Fainting because a single Dementor" Harry grabbed his wand but before he could decide what spell he should use on Malfoy a loud voice screamed
"Who are you calling weak, you bastard?" and Naruto darted forward his hands already forming seals. Every one of the shinobis stared at the blonde, knowing fully well that Naruto was close to reveal their identity. Very close. Suddenly, Naruto froze, his mouth open, ready to shout the name of the technique he intended to use.
Two hands had grabbed his wrists, holding him back and Shikamaru sighted in relief as he saw that his technique had worked. Harry, Ron, Hermione and Malfoy stared, their eyes wide in surprise and disbelieve. A shadow stretched from the black haired, lazy Shinobi to the blonde who seemed to be unable to move even the slightest bit and behind him, holding his wrists, was Neji.
He had moved at an incredible speed, so fast that the wizards didn't even see him move. The shadow shrunk and Naruto was able to move again. Theoretically. However, Neji still didn't let go of his wrists which turned out to be a wise decision. Everyone of the shinobi knew that Naruto's fighting strategy was Attack when something bothers you. Loudly. Think later.Or, to put it simple, he didn't have any.
And Naruto, being angry about being called week and still hyper because of the chocolate, tried to attack Malfoy as soon after Shikamaru released his technique without even hesitating and thinking why his friends had stopped him. Shikamaru looked like he wanted to hit his head against something hard. Something very hard. Repeatedly
"Let. Go. Of. Me!" the blonde shouted trying to free himself from Neji's grip.
The brown haired boy, however, made no attempt to let him go but hissed silently in their own language "Stop it, moron. If we'd let you continue, you'd give away our identity which would not just mean failing this mission but also revealing the secret of shinobi to this world, idiot!"
To Naruto this didn't look like an important enough reason to not fight against Malfoy (read: kick his ass) who had just insulted him, calling him "weak" and responded with an angry, annoyed and slightly confused "So, what?" Shikamaru stared at the wall next to him desperately wondering if it was hard enough to serve the bang-head-against-something-very-hard purpose. He doubted it. Nothing seemed really hard enough if he was paired up with Naruto.
Neji seemed to consider the same thing but then decided that there were more important things to do. Stopping a certain idiot from ruining everything, for example. "Naruto, do you have even the slightest idea of the trouble we'll be in if anyone, except the three, finds out? This may not be an S-ranked mission but the information we are trying not to give away" he gave the blonde an icy look "is. It is vital for Konoha that only a few people in this world know about us."
Naruto opened his mouth to protest but Neji didn't let him say anything "And if we fail this mission or if we, or just one of us, fails to keep this information secret we all will be punished."
"So you're saying that I should just let him insult me without doing anything?" the blonde complained loudly.
Neji smirked "I'm saying that you shouldn't let anyone see it" he let go of the blonde's hands with the smirk still on his face but suddenly his expression turned serious "Anyway, people are staring at us, come on" he turned around and walked towards his friends and the wizards who were staring at him in awe.
Naruto shot Malfoy a last, angry glare before he as well turned around and followed Neji.
"That was amazing!" Ron exclaimed "How did you do that?"
"Stopping this idiot? Actually, I have no idea" he smirked at Naruto who was about to say something (loudly) but Sakura clasped a hand in front of his mouth and whispered "Shut up, baka! Do you want to explain to them why Neji is that fast?"
They walked through the gates silently, the three wizards still staring at Neji and Shikamaru wide-eyed while the shinobis were trying their best to ignore them. Suddenly a voice made them stop
"Potter, Granger come with me. I have to talk with you!" A stern, old with looked at them over the crowd and the wizards hurried over with a slightly worried expression on their faces. The shinobis followed them. "No reason to look so worried" the witch said slightly amused when noticing their expressions. "I just want to talk to you. It's okay, Weasley you can go" she looked at the five ninja for a moment, then she nodded more to herself than to someone else "I guess it would be better if you'd come along as well" she turned around, heading with a quick pace towards the stairs.
Ron looked confused and worried at them but Harry shrugged "Just go and don't worry" he grinned, even though still nervous and they hurried after Professor McGonagall.
As soon as they reached her office, Professor McGonagall gestured Harry and Hermione to sit down, the shinobis remained standing because there weren't enough chairs. "I heard you fainted, Potter, Uzumaki and Hyuuga" All three of them nodded hesitantly, the shinobis ashamed of their weakness while Harry just seemed to be a bit annoyed about it. "Well, probably a night at the hospital…?" she trailed of looking at them questioning.
They shook their heads, muttering things like "I'm fine, really". While Harry seemed uncomfortable at spending a night in the hospital, Naruto and Neji felt highly insulted. Neji managed to hide this fairly well while Naruto protested loudly
"No way! I'm NOT going to spend a night in a hospital just because-itaaai! That was so mean, Sakura-chaaan!" he wailed, rubbing the back of his head were Sakura had hit him rather hard. "Oh, just shut UP, baka" she hissed annoyed, wondering just how often she would have to say this sentence (accompanied with the satisfying Thump when something hard, preferably her fist, hit Naruto's forehead) in the next few days.
The teacher raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything about this act of violence; instead she asked Harry and the shinobis to leave the room ("I have to discuss a private matter with Ms. Granger").
They were waiting outside the office. Naruto continued whining about how mean Sakura was after getting another slap at the back of his head (and, of course after an extremely loud "OH, JUST SHUT UP, BAKA!" that made all of the shinobis plus Harry go deaf for some time).
Finally, the door opened and Hermione stept outside with a happy and satisfied smile on her face, followed by Professor McGonagall. "Potter, Granger would you just wait for another minute? I have to talk to our new students." She looked at the shinobis who nodded and followed her inside the office, standing in front of her desk.
"Normally, new students will be sorted into houses. There are four- Gryffindor, Rawenclaw, Huffelpuff and Slytherin. However, as you are here to protect Harry Potter you will all be placed into Gryffindor" she explained, then continued to talk about the point-system, the common rooms and so on "As you will be Hogwarts students, I expect you to follow the school-rules and do what you are asked by teachers as long if it doesn't interfere with your mission. Is that understood?" She looked at them sternly and all of them nodded, their expressions (even Naruto's) were serious.
After all, they were shinobis of Konoha and were grown up enough to know how to behave during a mission report, which also sometimes included getting further information or orders from the client. Even Naruto had learned to be serious at the important times but, much to Sakuras annoyance, he didn't manage to stay like that even for one minute after a mission report finished.
Kakashi sat in a tree, staring at the stormy sky, feeling the raindrops on his skin and sighted. He should head back to meet his team, but then again… They were used to him being late and he wanted to be alone a little longer, the faces of his loved ones in front of his eyes, so clear, so real that he could almost reach out for them and touch them. Almost. He shook his head but the images didn't disappear and for some reason, Kakashi was glad they didn't.
"What's wrong, Kashi-kun?" Rin asked, smiling at him
"Nothing…" the shinobi replied "you are not angry, that I left, are you?"
His Sensei grinned "Of course not, Kakashi! It doesn't matter where you remember us- in front of the memorial stone or here, as long as you do" while Obito laughed, one of his happy, carefree laughter's that Kakashi still missed
"Better make up for it when you're back!" the Uchiha said and Kakashi nodded, a smile hidden underneath his mask
"Sure" He knew, that it was weird, talking with his memories but it felt so good to hear their voices, even though they weren't real. He stood up; still smiling at them and said
"I'll be going then…" his voice trailed of and he disappeared with a puff and a cloud of fumes. It didn't matter, however. Wherever he went, they would follow.
They walked into the great hall just the moment Dumbledore stood up, his arms spread out, welcoming the students.
"Welcome to a new year in Hogwarts. I have a few important matters to address so I hope that you will give me, for a few minutes of your full attention. First of all, I'd like to welcome five exchange students from the Konoha School in Japan. They are part of an exchange program I am trying out in order to strengthen the bonds between our countries. Please treat them with respect and keep in mind that they are new to our customs and may be unfamiliar with many things. They have been sorted already and are going to stay in Gryffindor"
cheers erupted from one table, the same table were Harry and Hermione had hurried to.
"I would like all of you" Dumbledore continued with sparkling eyes "to give a random applause to TenTen, Sakura Haruno, Neji Hyuuga, Shikamaru Nara and Naruto Uzumaki" now all of the tables erupted in cheers (even though some more energetic than others) while the shinobi flinched at the horrible pronunciation of their names and wrong order of first and surnames.
As they walked towards the Gryffindor table and sat next to Harry, Ron and Hermione the hall grew quiet once more and Dumbledore continued to speak. The shinobis listened interested as he talked about the Dementors guarding the school and the new teachers. Finally, with an energetic "Tuck in!" Dumbledore finished his speech and food appeared magically. The shinobis jumped but as the other students didn't even look surprised they calmed down fairly quick.
They had never seen food like this before and looked at it curiously before helping themselves to some. It didn't taste too bad and even Naruto stopped complaining about the lack of ramen thanks to Sakura… (Thump … "SHUT UP, BAKA, AND EAT!!"). As the last bits of cake had vanished from their plates, Dumbledore announced that it was time to go to bed. All of the shinobi seemed relieved, especially Neji who was quite tired by now despite the energy pills.
Happily chatting with each other, the three wizards led the shinobis to the Gryffindor common room and after saying good night to each other the girls followed Hermione up to the girl's rooms while the boys followed Harry and Ron.
Neji looked at Sakura and TenTen which seemed like a random glance while the kunoichis understood its meaning Don't let your guard down his pearl white eyes said. "Good night, guys" Sakura winked and grinned at them as another message passed from emerald to white eyes Yeah, we know…
I just had to write something about Kakashi and his past… And about Neji's headache, well it is kind of logical that you have a headache pretty often if you have a seal on your fore head that can destroy your brain cells (in case you wonder how I came up with that idea)… Well, anyway PLEASE review XD
OMG I HATE PARAGRAPHS!
Anyway, see you til the next chapter, Cy...