"Professor Dumbledore, you can't be serious! These guards are merely children!" McGonagall said.
"yet we are the best team in the business," Naruto snickered. "look, lady. You don't send an adult to do a kid's job. You need to protect kids, you've got kids. An Adult isn't as capable of taking care of children as a child is because a kid knows how kids think."
"excuse his stupidity," Sasuke muttered. "but, what Naruto said is true. We're the best in the business and never failed any mission we were assigned. Not even when it came to protecting princess' from their evil uncles who try to take over the land."
"damn Koyuki," the girls in the team muttered.
"and how did that turn out?" Snape asked.
"Naruto broke his leg, Hinata was temporarily blinded, and Sakura was impaled by a kunai but we still completed the mission," Sasuke said.
"and let's not forget Sasuke's infected gash across his chest," Sakura muttered.
Sasuke turned around and gave a playful glare to Sakura.
"aw! I think you've hurt his ego," Hinata and Sakura giggled as Naruto said this.
"but you're just children!" McGonagall said.
"we had an adult with us!" Hinata insisted.
"even though he ended up hospitalized for a month," Naruto muttered.
"must you say everything that comes to mind?" Sasuke internally hissed.
"my bad," Naruto responded.
"look," Sakura said when she saw the look of horror on the adult's faces. "we'll stay for a month. If, in that time you feel we are incapable of doing our jobs, send us back and request a new team, or request a back up team. But, give us a chance before you just disagree."
"fine," McGonagall said.
"we have already devised a plan and wanted to clear it with you, Dumbledore-sama," Sasuke said.
"proceed," Dumbledore said.
"we will act as exchange students from Japan and act as if we were normal students, uniforms and everything," Sasuke said but was cut off by Sakura.
"uniforms?" she gasped in horror. "no! You never said anything about uniforms! I bought brand new kimonos and I plan on wearing them!"
"we will have many balls this year so you may wear your kimonos," McGonagall let a slight smile on her face as she heard this. This girl may have to be an adult, but she was still a kid at heart.
"fine but on the first day of classes I'm wearing one," Sakura pouted and turned away.
"ignore my fiancé," Sasuke muttered as he rubbed his temples.
"fiancé?" everyone, even Dumbledore, gasped in horror. These kids were twelve! They shouldn't be thinking about marriage!
"I'm guessing it's uncommon for you guys to be engaged at a young age, right? It is for us too, but they have special circumstances," Hinata said.
"what circumstances could be so important that they have to be engaged?" Snape asked.
"if we didn't agree, Sakura would've been killed," Sasuke said, looking at the ground. He hated remembering the fact that the Uchiha elders had given the family a choice of the girl getting married into the Uchiha clan or dying by use of the fireball jutsu and burning her alive.
The eyes of the teachers all softened. If these kids were willing to give up so much to save each other's lives, then they could be trusted.
"and it all worked out for the best. We both love each other and we're looking forward to spending the rest of our lives together," Sakura said as she entwined her fingers with Sasuke's, who looked up and gave her a loving smile.
The teachers smiled. These kids- no, these shinobi- gave up so much at such a young age to make others happy, and their decisions still made themselves happy.
"anyway, we'll act as students, patrol the grounds at night, and intervene whenever a problem arises," Sasuke said.
"and I will try not to complain about uniforms," Sakura muttered.
"Dumbledore-sama?" Naruto began. "I don't mean to seem rude but would it be possible to have some common Japanese foods when we eat?"
"like what?" Dumbledore asked.
"ramen, ongiri, ramen, dango, ramen…" Hinata and Sakura covered his mouth before he could say anymore.
Dumbledore chuckled. "of course."
"you don't have to," Sasuke said as he gave Naruto a menacing glare.
"but it would go along with the plan better. I can tell the students that we are trying to make bonds with the west and that you have come to show us some of your culture," Dumbledore said.
"that's not a bad idea," Sasuke muttered. "alright."
"so, two rooms for you? One for girls and one for boys?" Filch asked.
"that wont be necessary. We can all share one room. We are required to on missions so we have less of a chance of people overhearing us or spying on us," Sasuke said.
"I will not allow four children of different genders to be placed in the same room!" McGonagall said, appalled at the thought.
"perhaps we can give them their own common room, bedrooms, password, guardian portrait," Snape suggested. "they need privacy anyway so nobody stumbles upon their weapons or overhears their conversations."
McGonagall sighed. "as long as they do not share rooms then I agree."
The rest of the teachers nodded.
"would that be alright with you?" Dumbledore asked. "you would be able to decorate it."
"I am fine with it," Sasuke said.
"me too," the rest said.
On the train…
"Harry, Ron, look. There's an open compartment here. There's only four people in it," Hermione said as she looked in the glass window. "excuse me? Do you mind if we sit with you?"
The four twelve year olds looked up at her.
"we don't mind," the female with black hair said.
"blimey! Is your hair natural?" Ron asked the one with pink hair.
"kind of," she said, shyly. "I'm a Metamorphmagus. My hair color changes all the time."
To prove her point, her hair changed to a neon green.
"I like the pink better," the blonde said.
"it did suit you better," the other female said.
"what do you think, Sasuke-kun?" she asked the final male.
He turned to her and looked at her with her hair a new color. "pink. You look even weirder with green."
She pouted before turning back.
"so, um, I'm Hermione Granger, this is Ronald Weasley, and this is Harry Potter. What are your names and what year are you in?" Hermione asked them.
"I'm Naruto Namikaze, this is Hinata Hyuuga, and they are Sasuke and Sakura Uchiha," the blonde said.
"oh, you're siblings?" Harry asked, surprised. They looked nothing alike.
"technically, yes. But Sakura was adopted," Sasuke said.
Sakura nodded and laid her head down on Sasuke's shoulder. He gently leant his head against hers.
"you guys seem to be in a closer relationship than just siblings," Ron said.
"well, maybe you should stay out of other peoples' business," Sakura said as she closed her eyes, ready to go to sleep, seeing as she still wasn't used to the time zone difference.
Ron's ears turned red.
"what year are you in?" Harry asked.
"fourth," Naruto responded.
"how is that possible? You look like you're only 12," Hermione gasped.
"we are. We come from Japan and our school system is a bit different than yours. They teach us for six years instead of seven and we start earlier… a lot earlier," Hinata said.
There was a short silence after that. No one dared talk until….