Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke re-entered the Hokage's office twenty minutes later. Naruto was brimming with excitement. Sakura was flicking through her english dictionary and Sasuke was flicking bits of dried blood and dirt from under his fingernails with a senbon (those needles that Haku uses).

"we ready?" asked Tsunade, standing behind her desk. she was wearing her usial attire. her shirt that showed a little too much cleavage, her 'gamble' coat and her high heels.

Kakashi was standing beside Tsunade, he was wearing a pair of black jeans, a white t-shirt with a navy-blue button-up shirt over the top. as usial, he still had his mask on. his forehead protector had been removed, and he had now just got bandages over his left eye. he had swapped his open-toe sandles for shiny black leather shoes.

Sakura gaped. "S-sensei! i've never seen you look so... so... normal!" he squeaked, gaping at Kakashi's white shirt which seemed to be straining ever so slightly against his finely toned muscles.

Kakashi just shrugged. "you guys need to get changed too. you have to look like a normal person. not a ninja." he said, shrugging again.

Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura looked at eachother.

"but... this is normal!" Sakura and Naruto said in unison. Sasuke nodded in agreement.

Tsunade and Kakashi chuckled.

"here. throw these on." said the hokage, throwing black bundles at each of the teens.

the three of them caught the bundles with ease and unfolded them.

"they're Hogwarts 'robes'. you'll be wearing those while we're in the hogwarts grounds." explained Tsunade, the edges of her lips tilting upwards ever so slightly.

Naruto stared. "bleeeehhh! they're black! so boooring!" whined Naruto, putting his back-pack on the ground and kneeling down, inspecting the robes very closely, holding them up to the light.

Sakura lifted up her skirt and placed it against her body, checking it's the right size.

Sasuke rubbed the material inbatween his fingers softly, his black eyes lingering over the badge on the tie.

"well, go on! get dressed!" chimed Tsunade, taking Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto's bags from them and ushering them out of the office and into the bathrooms that were on the same level.

five minutes later, Tsunade was sitting at her desk, looking at a small golden pyramid which was glowing dimly on her desk, Kakadhi sitting on the edge of the desk, reading his smutty book once again.

five minutes after that, Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke entered the office.

Sakura was looking happy in her new robes, dusting off her sleeves and walking happily over to Tsunade's desk. Naruto looked uncomfortable, and Sasuke looked rather content in the black robes he was wearing.

Tsunade sighed in relief and stood up, glancing at the clock on the wall.

"okay. we've got three minutes until we leave. get your bags and come over here." instructed Tsunade, grabbing a bag that was under her desk and slinging it over one shoulder.

the teens did as they were told. Kakashi put his book in his pocket and grabbed his bag and slung it over his own shoulder, standing up and turning so he was facing the desk also.

"TonTon! come on! we're leaving!" called Tsunade over Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke's heads. there was a moment's silence, then the sound of porky feet galloping as fast as they can toward the office.

soon enough, TonTon the piglet, in his pretty beads and vest galloped into the room and jumped into Tsunade's arms.

"righty-o!" chimed Tsunade, holding TonTon to her chest with one arm. "everyone do as i do." she said, placing a fingertip on the small glowing pyramid. Kakashi immediately did the same. the three teens were a little hesitant, but finally places a fingertip on the weird little glowing pyramid.

"five... four... three... two..." whispered Tsunade softly, watching the clock that was hanging on the wall.

"... one."

Naruto gasped as there was a jolt behind his belly-button, and then everything was nothing but a whirl of blurry colour. all he could see was the weird little pyramid, Sakura, Sasuke, Tsunade, Tonton and Kakashi. everyone's fingertips stuck to the weird little object.

'i'm gonna be sick. i'm gonna be sick. i'm gonna be sick. i'm gonna be sick.' was the only thought in Naruto's mind as his face went a little green from all the whirling and noise and all the fucking weirdness of it.

then, as suddenly as it started, it stopped.

WHAM

"itaaaaaai..."

Naruto groaned and picked himself up. kneeling in soft green grass, he looked up at the others.

Sakura had fallen over and had refused to get up. Sasuke had landed gracefully next to Naruto, his legs bent which made him look like a frog, and Tsunade and Kakashi had both landed on one foot as though they merely hopped a few centimeters.

Naruto grumbled and stood up, brushing the dirt off his clothing and helped Sakura up. she looked rather shaken up and a little more green than he was.

"what... the fuck happened...!" asked Sakura shakily, staring at Tsunade and clinging to Naruto as though to make sure he's not moving around.

"it's called a 'portkey'. these witches and wizards use them. to teleport themselves from one place to the other." Tsunade said simply, looking around.

after a few moments, Sakura seemed to figure out that nothing else was spinning and finally calmed down.

"this way!" chimed Tsunade happily, walking in a seemingly random direction, and everyone followed.

fifteen minutes later, they had found themselves on the doorstep of a humungus castle, looking at a pair of impressive oak doors. Tsunade grinned at the four behind her and went to push open the doors when the doors seemingly opened by themselves.

everyone blinked.

there, standing infront of them, was an ancient-looking man, a long, silvery beard flowing down the front of his twilight-coloured robes, long fingers interlinked with each other in front of it.

"welcome to hogwarts, Tsunade-hime." said the man in a soft voice. Tsunade grinned and stepped forward, giving the man a hug which the elderly man gratefully returned.

"everyone, this is Albus Dumbledore. the Headmaster of Hogwarts." smiled Tsunade, stepping back from Dumbledore so that the teens and Kakashi could see.

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "dude. that's one old fart."

Sakura gasped and whacked Naruto hard on the head. "he's the heammaster! it dosen't matter about his age! i bet he's really powerful!" screamed Sakura, continuing to bash Naruto into a bloody pulp.

"i am very sorry, Headmaster! i'm very very very sorry!" Sakura said hastily, bowing deeply toward Dumbledore, of whom just chuckled.

"no matter, my dear. no matter." he said good-naturedly. "why don't you all come in? the elves have made some fresh deserts." Dumbledore said happily in their native language, no sign of an accent at all, stepping aside and letting everyone enter.

Sasuke leaned down and grabbed one of Naruto's arms, slinging it over his shoulder and dragging the battered blonde inside.

((TBC))