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Chapter 3-

満たされる( mitasa reru)- Charged up.

Note: Go figure whose's speaking in Japanese and whose's speaking in English out yourself. It shouldn't be that difficult. And yes, not only I'm lazy, I'm also very cruel.


"Ano ne…" Obito grumbled. He received no reply in return. " Ano Ne!" He repeated, prodding Kakashi's left shoulder with his newly required wand from Dumbledore. Kakashi twitched slightly at the hard prodding by his teammates. Finally, unable to withstand the poking anymore, Kakashi snatched the wand out of Obito's hands in mid swing and brutally snapped the wooden stick into two.

Rin and Obito both gaped at him in horror. Kakashi shrugged apathetically. " You were irritating me."

" That doesn't give you a reason to snap my stick!" Obito cried out furiously. " I haven't sharpened that yet!"

" Good thing too." Kakashi replied coolly." Imagine what would've happened if you did- my arms would've probably been redder then it already is now."

" Now if you excuse me a moment-" Dumbledore began, trying to get on with the mission details. It was already being delayed frequently due to the hyperactive chuunins exclamations, squabbling and mini fist fights. Both Obito and Kakashi turned to glare at the speaker who 'dared to interrupt their debate' before hurriedly muttering apologies after realizing that the one whom they had glared at was their employer.

Dumbledore took their apologies as a go ahead to start talking. " Yes, now that the squabbling is finally over-" Obito glared at Kakashi, mouthing 'for the time being'. Kakashi glared back. " Mina-chan is off to settle your -and his- dormitories, I'll brief you on why exactly you're here today."

Dumbledore paused for a while before continuing in a much more serious and gravely tone. " You know, part of your mission is to protect Harry Potter and help in our school defenses right?" Seeing the three of them nodding, he carried on. " But I did not pay the Hokage- even though he is a friend of mine- four bags of precious gems and whatnot every year for a team of Shinobi. This year however, is special –the Triwizard Tournament will be taking place in our very own humble school for the first time in over a century."

Seeing the confusion in their eyes and Obito starting to open his mouth, Dumbledore held out a hand in a silent 'don't interrupt and let me finish'. Obito immediately closed his mouth. " The Triwizard Tournament is a game held to establish to ties between the different witches and wizards. It was successful of course, but the longer it carried on, the harder the competition became, and the higher the death toll rose. Finally, it got too high, and we have decided that the game simply cannot be carried on. "

Obito whistled appreciatively. Kakashi and Rin immediately kicked him in his shins simultaneously for the wrong behavior he displayed. Dumbledore's lips twitched slightly into a small smile, though it wasn't really visible under his thick white beard and moustache. He cleared his throat softly, regaining his attention over the Shinobis, and continued on with is dialogue.

" Usually, we will pick three champions- one from each school- and they will have to plough through three different, magical tasks. So this year, the wizarding community has decided to reinstate the tournament again. But with added safety measures of course." He added.

" So by 'safety measures', do you mean us?" Rin asked curiously. Dumbledore smiled at her.

" Sadly, my young lady, no." Dumbledore said. " Although I think you'll be happy setting the dragons out on our young champions, you must note that you are my private hires- not one working for both the ministry and me."

The three of them nodded again, already knowing this information- it was listed in the mission particulars and Sandaime-sama had already sternly briefed them sternly on it before they took off. Satisfied that they had reaffirmed their loyalty, Dumbledore continued with his briefing.

" You job here, is of course, to protect Harry Potter. There has already been strange occurrences happening at the beginning of this year- the incident at the Quidditch World Cup and Old Mad-Eye Moody's attack- not that you're aware of any of those of course." Dumbledore quickly added, seeing Obito was about to open his mouth to ask yet another question. " Just dismiss them as strange 'incidents'."

" Basically, strange things have been occurring, so I have decided to take extra precautions myself, partially since the old coots at the ministry don't believe me and my 'superstitions'. But then as they say, better safe than sorry, so here you are." Dumbledore finished lightly and looked enquiringly at the shinobis before him. " Any questions regarding why you're here now?"

" No, not really." Obito muttered, looking around at his other teammates. " But you don't have to explain any of those things to us."

" Excuse me?" Dumbledore said politely, not really understanding the meaning of his last sentence.

" He means that the stuff you just said was unnecessary." Kakashi clarified, Rin and Obito nodding beside him. " We have already been hired by you. We have already agreed to serve and obey you for at least seven months. We do not need a reason to know why exactly we are being hired. That is of no importance to us."

Seeing Dumbledore's blank expression, Rin decided to reinstate the briefing, because apparently, the old man was probably deep in thought or shocked about the Shinobi's strange thinking habits. " So, though your very kind explanation was terrifically informative and I'm sure that it will come in handy for later references, why don't you tell us more about what we are supposed to be doing instead? Rest assured- we'll do it to the best of our capabilities."

" Yes, I think it will be best if I do so." Dumbledore unstuck his throat. " Now, for the more crucial matters at hand. Since this year will probably be a very rough one, I will need you to serve as bodyguards for the school and also Harry Potter. But I want at least one of you in each of his class. Understand?"

" Yes sir!" Obito said, saluting." It was crisp, straight to the point and very direct! I like the way you speak." Kakashi rolled his eyes. Dumbledore's eyes twinkled.

" Thank you, Uchiha-san." Said Dumbledore, pleased. Apparently, you'll have to be very direct and sharp with shinobis- they don't like wishy-washy beat-around-the-bush orders. Most of them anyway. Dumbledore had learned that with past experiences. " Continuing on from where we left off, you are also supposed to be present in all formal school celebration dinners, like Halloween and Christmas, etcetera, etcetera. If we need your help in tracking or dispatching something, we'll call you- don't go around hitting suspicious people whenever you feel like it. So don't worry about an intruder sneaking in or attacking us. We have other foolproof methods of finding out if one actually managed to bypass our ancient barriers."

More nods again. This too, was all inside the mission file. Dumbledore clapped his hands, signaling the end of the briefing. " I believe that all your supplies are already in your room- feel free to use it in whichever way you like- not denoting it will be greatly appreciated. Oh, and the first time which you'll be on duty and also announced, is on the twentieth, Thursday, four days from now and the day before the arrival of the other schools. Probably during dinnertime."

Seeing Obito's open mouth and Rin's widening of eyes in disbelief, Dumbledore calmly continued. " Oh, you won't have to say a thing except wave- I'll be doing the introductions for you. It's just to make the school aware that somebody's watching them you know. Wear your uniforms." The three of them gave silent sighs of relief, not thinking that they will be able to withstand so much attention. Shinobis usually avoid attention. " So use the four days to get to know your surroundings better. Memorize the habits and cultures of this school. Our library is at your disposal at anytime of the day. But bear in mind to keep the books neat and tidy- you could say that our librarian is rather…strict and overprotective when it comes to the welfare of the books."

" The other schools." Kakashi spoke up suddenly. " Are they fine that you hired us without their knowledge or approval?"

" No, I don't think they will be, will they?" Said Dumbledore lightly, shrugging the matter off with a wave of his hand. " But then, what is done is done, I can't get rid of you now, can I?"

Obito, Kakashi and Rin all gaped at the bold, audacious old man before them. Very intrepid. " I suppose you're right." Kakashi finally said.

" Well, I think Mina-chan would be done with the rooms and the house-elves by now. Hopefully, he still remembers his way around- goodness knows what we'll have to do if he got lost-" Dumbledore haven't completed his sentence before said Minato burst through the office, looking raggedy and ill. " Well, speak of the devil." Dumbledore said lightly. " Come in, Mina-chan. I was just waiting for you to haul these children back to their rooms. You do know your way back, I presume?"

" Yes headmaster." Said Minato drearily, beckoning his students to follow him out of the office. They did so obediently. Minato closed the highly embossed office door with a snap after muttering an 'I'll take my leave, headmaster' in the same lifeless tone.

" Sensei, are you okay?" Obito hesitantly asked his stressed out teacher, once they were in the dark, silent, empty corridors, well out of hearing range from anyone.

" Okay? Me, okay?" Minato suddenly shrilled out, clutching his hair and scaring all his three students. " How do you expect me to be alright? I'm back in this shitty place when sweared that I would never step foot into it ever again! So how do you expect me to me all right?!" he screeched. " It's always 'Mina-chan, do this…' and 'Mina-chan, do that…'. As far as I'm concerned, Mina-chan isn't even my name! So why am I answering to him anyway?!"

" Sensei, cool down…Dumbledore-san isn't really that bad…" Rin tried to pacify her vexed out teacher. " Besides, you've always been called Mina-chan by Jiraiya-sama for as long as I can remember, so one more person won't make a big difference."

" It's not just one more person!" Minato said shrilly, hair standing on end. " That perverted sensei of mine made all the house elves call me by that name too! And up to now, they still remember it! So now I have a dozen humans and hundreds of bald, flappy-eared creatures calling me by that wicked, repugnant name! So its all 'Mina-chan sir, what can I do for you? Mina-chan sir, would you like a cup of tea? Mina-chan sir, do you need your laundry washed?' This place is driving me crazy!"

" I agree with you on that." Kakashi said dryly, watching his sensei dash to the nearest wall and proceeded to bash his head into it. Minato had never known how to handle stress properly. " Obito, go stop him before he wakes up a student with is banging and wailing or something. If he keeps this up, I think we'll be still here cum sunrise."

Obito took a deep breath and nodded once before he and Rin marched up to peel their sensei off from the wall. It was harder than it actually sounded.


" Obito! What is that thing?!" Rin suddenly shrieked out, unable to control her demeanor any longer. All was going well at first; Minato had thankfully managed to lead his team safely back to their dormitories without further harm. However, the main problem was the dormitories itself. Rin had groggily entered her room only to find something very, very unexpected.

At her shriek, both her teammates came running to her hurriedly to find out what was wrong. " What's wrong Rin?" " Where's the monster?" They asked anxiously, kunai already drawn out and bodies tensed up. They soon knew the reason for Rin's behavior, however, as soon as they peered into the room.

In the middle of the lavishly decorated bedroom, a tiny, out of proportioned creature with big golf ball eyes and large bat like ears stared owlishly back at them. There was shocked silence in the room as the Shinobi gaped at that ugly creature which was looking rather frightened at their presence.

" Uh…Hi?" Obito began, trying strike up a conversation. The thing looked pretty harmless to him. Can it even speak? To his (and the other two) surprise, it could.

" Forgive Tim's intrusion, young masters and mistress, but Tim was cleaning up this room over here when sirs came in…." The creature spoke in a high-pitched, squeaky voice, which was rather unpleasant for poor Kakashi's delicate ears.

" What did he say?" asked Obito loudly, leaning forwards, straining his ears to listen more carefully. " I didn't catch that. Does he even speak human?"

" It's English, you dolt." Kakashi said irritably, rubbing his sore ears. " It had thought you would've recognized it."

"It's English?!" Obito exclaimed. Now that Kakashi had pointed it out, Obito realized that yes, he did recognize some of the words the thing squeaked out. " I did recognize it…I just…don't practice that language often, that's all." Obito finished lamely, earning him a smug smirk from Kakashi and an exasperated sigh from Rin. Why must Obito always insist on arguing back?

" Urm…would sirs like your supper? Headmaster has informed Tim that sirs have yet to eat their dinner yet…" The creature, apparently named Tim, asked timidly and looking nervous, fiddling with the hem of the tea towel it was wearing.

" What did he say again?" Obito asked loudly once more, leaning over his teammates so that he could hear better. " I could only pick up the words supper and dinner. Are we going to eat? What's a 'Ti-un' anyway? Sounded like a doorbell's ring."

" Yeah, could somebody please translate?" Rin said, looking pointedly at Kakashi. She was looking a little bit sour at being kept in the dark, since she hadn't learned that particular language at all. " Come on Kakashi, I know you understood it."

" He said if you wanted supper since Dumbledore didn't give us dinner." Kakashi said, eyebrows burrowed, trying to decipher between the actual words and the squeaky sounds. Understanding English was not a problem. Understanding this thing was. It was piping so badly, how could anyone even get what it was saying, English speaker or not? " And Obito, Tim is his name."

" Supper? It would be appreciated. I'm hungry." Obito said, somewhat pleased that he had managed to get the gist of the question, for once, ignoring Kakashi. " So is this the wizard's replacement of a chambermaid? I preferred our ones though…much more prettier."

" Don't we all love our own gang." Rin said, folding her arms, irritated by the fact that both her teammates knew something she did not. " Okay, Kakashi. Tell them that yes, we would like to eat."

" No." Kakashi said flatly. " I'm not going to be your go-between. Ask Obito- he should know enough to start a simple conversation."

" I am not speaking English." Obito said adamantly. " I suck at it, and you know it."

" Hey- at least you guys can understand it- I can't and it seems as though I'll have to do some studying during these four days." Rin snapped. " Just reply him and get him out of my room already, Kakashi."

" Yes, please deliver…four bentos for us." Kakashi sighed to the elf, who immediately disappeared with a short bow and a loud 'crack' after receiving the order. Kakashi winced at his heavily accented voice. It looks like he had some training to do too.

" Good." Rin said. " Now, can you please get out of my room now? I have to go unpack some stuff…call me when supper arrives."

" Yea, yea. Sure."


" Gyaah!"

All three startled chuunins came rushing out of their respective bedrooms, again, looking ruffled and confused.

" Rin, what's wrong?" Obito cried, looking around blindly for his kunai before realizing that he had removed them a while ago.

" Obito, what's wrong?!" Rin yelled at exactly the same time Obito did. All three of them stared at each other in confusion for a while before peering out of the narrow corridor and into the hall. As expected, the scream had came from their sensei.

" Obito! Kakashi! Rin!" Minato shouted, sounding horrified." Who invited this thi- elf in here?!"

" What elf?" All three of them came out, only to find that Tim had returned with four bento boxes stacked neatly on his round head. He was snuggling and glomping on poor Minato's leg. Minato simply looked horror-struck and a little queasy.

" Mina-chan sir! You've come back to see Tim! Tim is very happy to be serving Mina-chan sir again-" Tim was squeaking happily, apparently delighted by the fact that he saw Minato again. Minato only stared silently, gaping in dreadfulness, as his shinobi pants were slowly drenched with elf drool. He regretted that he had not enough sense to wear his waterproof pants instead of his light, cotton ones. His hands were twitching to his kunai holster. Kakashi looked at the scene, chocked, and started to made funny hacking noises behind his mask, earning him a glare from Minato.

" Sensei?" Obito said, eyeing the boxes, which were now wobbling dangerously on the elf's head. He didn't really paid attention to what the elf was saying; the Uchiha was more focused on his food. " I think you better remove our bento before it drops."

He received no response from Minato, and Rin hastily hurried over and delicately removed them, placing them on the nearest table. She went back and continued whacking Kakashi hard on the back, since he was still hacking, though a bit more subdued now. Obito however, rushed over to peek into the bento boxes. Mmm…teriyaki chicken…

" Okay, that's enough! Stop now, Tim!" Minato finally regained control of his vocal cords and brushed the elf off, looking as though he might puke any moment. " You've done your job, and you may go now."

" Yes, Mina-chan sir!" Tim saluted, wiped his dripping mucus off with a loud snort and disappeared with a loud 'crack', just like he did previously. Slightly green in the face now, Minato muttered something about taking a shower and hurried off to his room.

Obito looked at a very annoyed Rin to a still funny wheezing-hacking Kakashi, shrugged and pulled the nearest bento towards him with and grinned. " Itadakimasu!"


The four days flew past rather quickly, with all four shinobis having so many preparations to do in the first place. Dumbledore had kindly provided them with a few detailed and labeled maps of the castle, but to took the chuunins at least a full day to memorize the entire thing, with it's hidden trapdoors and shortcuts and whatnot. Obito was moaning the entire time about how he could finish the task in two minutes if he had his Sharingan.

Rin and Obito now knew basic English, and Kakashi managed to tone down his accent a bit, all thanks to the help of Minato. Everyone had read the book titled 'Hogwarts, A History' which was translated beforehand by Dumbledore, and though boring as it was, it was informative, so none of them was complaining, save for Obito.

Everyone gave exceptional attention to the different spells a witch, or wizard, could do. They had received their wands on the second day, and spent some time practicing magic, throwing hexes and jinx at each other, the other trying to dodge, before Rin's Jelly-Legs Jinx hit Obito. The poor Uchiha had to wobble stupidly around the room, cursing and screaming to his amused teammates about 'how he would've dodged it if he had the Sharingan' and 'how he was going to murder his teammates after the effects of the jinx wore off' for half an hour before his very own sensei himself came into the room, pointed and laughed at Obito, and then took pity on the boy and removed the jinx.

Team Minato got along pretty well with their assigned house-elf too, except that Minato would usually squirm on the spot if he spent more than ten seconds in the elf's presence. He would immediately shushin off to some random place if he over exceeded the time limit.

Finally, the day whereby they had to go and meet the school came. Dumbledore had told them that they would go as guards, and not as students first. Apparently, something had cropped up and worried the old man, leading to the abrupt change in their orders, but the shinobis did not question it. Partially because they trusted Dumbledore to a certain extent and partially because their uniforms and arrived.

" I can't wear this!" Obito said, staring down at the heavy, thickly padded jonin outfit, given to him by the Sandaime. " What does Hokage-sama think we'll be doing? Going into war? No way am I running around the school in that thing…"

" Shut up, Obito." Rin said, already changed. "You'll be wearing it once you turn jonin, so stop complaining. Sensei wears it everyday too, and is he complaining? No!"

" …Can I just wear the vest?" Obito sighed. " I like my jacket."

" Just bear with the thing for today." Kakashi said, tying his headband onto his forehead, already changed too. " And don't you dare wear your goggles."

" …I hate you." Obito muttered, removed the goggles he so frequently wore, and tossed it onto his bed. " Tell Tim not to wash it."

" Tell Tim yourself." Rin said. " But at least you're not wearing this school's uniform. Yet. Would you look at that thing- it's horrible! Flapping around your legs like that…how can anyone run in it? "

" Speaking of the school, aren't you supposed to be out scouting, Rin?" Kakashi asked.

" I did. Just finished." Rin replied lightly. " Nothing interesting, same topic all week. You know, Triwizard Tournament this, Triwizard Tournament that…blah, blah, blah. Haven't had any luck spotting the Potter boy, he seems to avoid crowds."

" Can't blame him though, with his 'shocking' past and all that." Obito emerged from his room, dressed in his proper Jonin outfit. He looked a little odd without his goggles. And he had tied his mob of hair back with his hitie-ate, whose edges were open, making it resemble a bandana of sorts. " They're all mental, I tell you. Worshipping a baby just because his mother managed to shield him from the curse. I doubt he even remembered what that Voldy-whatever-his-name-is face looks like."

" Putting so much attention on a child who didn't even know what was happening." Rin said, shaking her head. " They didn't even have proof that he was the boy who survived the killing curse- it might be another spell."

" Not exactly, Voldy seems to lack originality, does he?" Kakashi said dryly. " But it's all none of our business, they can be crackpots if they want to. And, it's almost dinnertime now."

As soon as he said that, Minato appeared with a small 'poof' in front of them, the bottom half of his face covered with a mask. Apparently, he was dressed up. He nodded at their attire. " It's almost time- are you ready?"

Obito rolled his eyes, as he and Rin pulled up their mask, which resembled the ones Kakashi frequently wore. " The way you asked it…it's as if we're going onstage for a performance, sheesh. Of course we're ready!"


" …I'm sure everyone of you will be very excited to meet our guests tomorrow, but remember to behave yourselves properly- how you talk, think, and act, will reflect the image of our school…" Dumbledore was addressing the school.

" It's not like he's doing a good job of 'reflecting the image of the school' either." Obito whispered. Rin and Kakashi did not bother to reply verbally, they simply kicked him in the shins as a silent 'shut up'.

" Will you both stop doing that?" Obito hissed at his teammates angrily. As a reply, they kicked him at the exact same spot again. " Teme! How dare you-"

" …Also, as a safety precaution, not to the champions but to you students, I have hired a few guards to help assist me and my teachers that no reckless behavior, which might lead to your unfortunate demise, will be successfully carried out." Dumbledore paused to throw a meaningful glace at Minato before carrying on. " So let us welcome Team Minato, who will be seeing us through the Triwizard Tournament."

There was polite clapping from the herd of students below. Obito took a deep breath. " Okay, let's do this."


" Wonder who he got us?" Ron asked curiously, sitting up a bit straighter so that he could see the 'guards'. " He didn't mention anything of this sort-"

" Ron, sit down, you're blocking my view!" Hermione said impatiently to the taller boy. " You're not the only one who wants a good look at them-"

" Shh." Harry shushed them up as he clapped along with the other students, curious as to whom their eccentric headmaster would choose. " I think they're coming out."

And sure enough, they did. With a loud bang and a poof of thick smoke. Everyone coughed and started gagging as they inhaled some of the smoke. Harry covered his nose too, but squinted to the front, just to see four silhouettes in the spot where Dumbledore had stood, apparently unaffected by all the smoke. Harry strained his ears to make out some of the words they were saying.

" I think you overdid it, Obito."

" Oh shut up, Kakashi. So I decided to add another smoke bomb to it- big deal. It was supposed to look dramatic."

" It's not dramatic- you made us look like showoffs and clowns!"

" Okay, okay, relax. The smoke is clearing off- look-"

Harry could not understand one word of it, but it seems that they were quarrelling. Is Dumbledore really sane enough to hire proper bodyguards for them? The smoke soon thinned and cleared off, and the watery-eyed, half chocking students turned to glance at the appointed 'guards' who were standing just in front of an amused looking Dumbledore. Apparently, he could understand their language.

The 'guards' did not really resembled what Harry had in mind. With Dumbledore's eccentricity, Harry had expected something much more…crazier. After all, Hermione and Ron were placing bets that they might be a centaur or a vampire…Harry was half-hoping that it might be Lupin, but…oh well, at least they were human.

But though they were human, Harry had doubts about their ability immediately after seeing what they wore. It was not Wizards robes at all, but Harry had never seen muggle outfits looking like that too. Their attire consists of an extremely thick, forest green vest that vaguely resembled those safari guides wore, long sleeved black shirt and equally black pants. They all had some weird straps on their right thigh and they wore shoes that looked like it was cut open at the front, exposing their toes. Metal forehead protectors glistened on each of their heads, and all of them wore black masks that covered the bottom half of their faces. If that wasn't weird, that Harry didn't know what was.

The yellow haired man, who looked like the oldest of the group, stepped forwards and spoke in clear and perfectly understandable English, addressing the school. " It is a pleasure to meet you. My name is Minato Namikaze, leader of this team. Behind me are my teammates, starting from the right- Kakashi, Rin, and Obito, and-"

" Oh my gawd! He is gorgeous!" The guy named Minato was rudely interrupted by a loud shriek from one of the sixth-year girls in the Slytherin table. Many other shrilling, whooping, and shrieking followed, from all four house-tables. Fred and George decided to add to the insult by giving off a few loud whistles. Minato simply stood there, arms crossed and a large scowl on his face and glared. Harry noted that his teammates weren't helping the poor guy, but just stood there, not doing anything. Wait, Harry thought. On closer inspection, their shoulders were shaking in silent fits of laughter. How cruel.

" Starting from today till the end of the tournament, we will be the ones ensuring your-and the Beauxbatons and Durmstrang student's- safety." Minato completely ignored that comment and had raised his voice a little to make himself heard above the entire din. " And if you ever catch you putting a foot out of line, you can be sure that you are going to be severely dealt with. And I tell you; we're really good at this job."

At that, several snorts could be heard from the students, especially those in the Slytherin and Gryffindor tables. Harry could see Professor McGonagall frowning disapprovingly at the students from her seat. He quickly looked for the guard's reaction. But instead of looking disappointed however, he was looking down at them, eyes full of what must be scorn, those ' Oh really?' kind of look. Maybe they weren't really all that useless, or maybe they were just too confident of themselves. After all, they didn't see what Fred or Gorge was capable of yet.

" Dumbledore's mad." Ron gasped, trying to hold in his laughter at the poor newbies obliviousness. " He invited more nutters into the school- I thought we already had enough of them-"

" Ron, be quiet!" Hermione hissed angrily. She was the only person in the entire hall who really cared about these guards.

" Oh, don't worry about them so much." Ron said, guffawing. " They're probably gonna behave like Flitch's clones or something- snooping around and telling people off. Beside, I doubt only four of them will be able to keep an eye on the entire school." Harry uninterestedly turned back to Minato's brief introduction.

" Of course, we're not expecting anyone would dare to do this sort of thing. And we will respect your privacy, really. So long as it's not a thing that might threaten your life, we won't interfere with you at all." Minato was saying blandly. " Got it?"

A few students nodded and muttered something inaudible. That seemed to be enough for Minato. He turned and gave a short bow to Dumbledore. " We shall take our leave, Headmaster." Dumbledore nodded, eyes twinkling. And in a flash, the four guards appeared to have disapparated, with a small 'poof' instead of the usual loud 'crack', leaving behind small wisps of smoke. Thankfully, the amount wasn't a big as the one for their entrance.

Harry quickly turned to an openly shocked Hermione. " Can't disapparate in Hogwarts, huh?"

"Oh, shut up." Hermione glared frostily at him, cheeks red as Ron goggled at the spot where all four guards disappeared, jaws dropping wide in disbelief. Maybe they aren't really as stupid as they seemed…Harry thought.


" You guys…" Minato growled, once they were safely inside their quarters, turning to face is students accusingly. " What's with all the smoke bombs? And the snickerings? Aren't you my supporters? I hate you all, you know that?"

" Yes, sensei." Obito, Rin and Kakashi replied dully, the former directing his gaze to his own open toes. Like all other Shinobi footwear, the tabi boots had a slit in between the big toe and the second toe. The split helped to make it easier for climbing ropes and scaling walls.

" You ruined my speech! Nobody ruins my exceptionally grand speech!" Minato yelled.

" There wasn't anything grand about it." Kakashi said.

" It is! Or at least it's supposed to be!" Minato cried. " And the grand entrance too!"

" …Oops." Obito muttered, immediately admitting that he was the one who had dropped the extra bombs. He immediately covered his mouth with a gulp. Minato cracked his knuckles and towered menacingly over poor Obito. Just then, a knock sounded on the door.

" You…will get it from me…later!" Minato snarled and headed for the door as Obito stood there, silently thanking the gods in heaven about his lucky fate today. Yup, team Minato sure got off with a rocky start with the school. Hopefully, they could regain their almost vanished dignity and precedence and patch things up.


Harry had a lot of things on his mind for the day. Firstly, it was because his Godfather was somewhere within this area, and knowing Hogwarts, there might be a high risk of him being caught. He didn't really want Sirius to be chucked back into Azkaban after all the hard work he did to make sure that he had escaped on Buckbeak last year. Hermione would be devastated as well. The second thing was about the Triwizard Tournament.

" Hey, what do you think about Dumbledore's 'guard' idea?" He asked out loud suddenly, interrupting Ron and Hermione's heated squabble about their usual topic- S.P.E.W. The three of them were sitting comfortably in the common room, in front of the warm fire, which was undoubtedly lit up by the house elves.

" Dunno," Ron shrugged, half relived that Harry had saved him from Hermione's vicious debate. " If the old man wants them, then it's not my business. If he thinks its best for Hogwarts, then it's fine with me. Dumbledore obviously trusts them, though I say just the four of them here won't really make that much a difference-"

" You're doubting their capabilities, Ron." Hermione butted in. " Because they obviously know how to transport themselves without resorting to apparition, or at least that's how I deduce it."

" How you know that's not apparition, huh?" Ron said. " Obviously it was, it only looked different because they just threw a smoke bomb before they disapparated, if you could just learn how to stop trusting all those information you've read in those books, then maybe-"

" Shut up, Ron." Hermione said, glaring at him, apparently stung. No blaming her, Ron was always too blunt for his own good. " If 'Hogwarts a History' says no one can apparate or disapparate inside Hogwarts, then it's the truth. Besides, when they 'disappeared', I did not hear the usual loud 'crack', nor did I see them raise their wands, so I think it must be just a way to hide yourself from others temporarily-"

" Like the Disillusionment Charm?" Harry asked.

Hermione blinked. " Yes, that's where I was getting at. Or maybe the Bedazzling Hex." She went back to the piece of parchment she was scribbling on earlier. " Either way, there's probably a trick on it. But what I'm trying to say is, you better not underestimate them like the rest of the school is doing."

" Hermione, you're just too serious for your own good." Ron sighed. " Just look at their entrance and their shabbly looking uniforms- just a bunch of muggles. Or maybe squibs. Nothing to take so seriously. Besides, they're on our side."

" Why don't you try using some of those observation cells you have up there in your brain once in a while? If Dumbledore really hired them, then they're skills must be good." Hermione snapped, poking Ron sharply in the forhead with her quill. It left a black blotch there. " Tell me you saw it too, Harry?"

Yes, he had indeed seen it. The smirks all four of them had when they saw the Hogwarts students's disbeliving faces…the stances they were standing in…maybe they weren't the loggerheads everyone made them up to be.

Shoving these thoughts aside, Harry packed up his bag and made it to his bed, idly wondering, like everyone else was, how tomorrow's day was going to be. It was his first time seeing students from other wizarding schools afterall. And something was telling him that tomorrow will be an unforgettable event.


Chapter done. Feel free to inform me if you ever spot any mistakes, or if you have any suggestions for the story. I'm really sorry for the long wait, and I hoped you enjoyed this chapter, and that's you'll continue to wait patiently for the next. Thanks a lot.

So...sayonara for now!