The Japanese Ministry

Chapter 7


"Black tea, Green tea,"

Anko was reading off of a list that Fudge had given the group. This list consisted of all the different types of tea England manufactured. In this case…basically every type of tea in the world.

"White tea and Yellow tea. Why are all of these teas named after colors?"

Kakashi grabbed the list. "You're exaggerating. Look… Jasmine tea, Osmanthus tea, Lotus tea, Chrysanthemum tea, Rose-"

"Why are most of them named after flowers?"

Kurenai snatched the list from Kakashi. "You don't drink tea do you Anko."

Anko frowned. "Yes I do. I just don't pay attention to what they're called."

Kurenai looked at Anko disbelievingly. "Only you" then she took on a lecturing tone and explained. "Most of them are named after the flowers that are used to scent them. It's the same with herb teas." She pointed to another section on the list. "See, Touareg tea is more commonly known as Mint tea because that's what it's made of."

Asuma pulled the list out of Kurenai's hands. "Let's get some of this Lapsang Souchong tea."

Kurenai's nose wrinkled in disgust. "We are not getting tea that smells like smoke."

Asuma rolled his eyes. "Fine, then we are definitely getting Jagertee."

Kurenai frowned. "We don't need tea that has rum in it." She stated flatly. "How about we get some Oolong tea and maybe some tea with spices like: cinnamon, black pepper, or ginger? I would ask for Genmaicha but Japan already has enough of that.

Anko groaned and flung herself into a chair. "This is too complicated. When I asked for tea I meant tar."

"Tar?" Kakashi questioned.

Anko shook her head vigorously. "Yeah, there's only one type of that stuff. That makes it simple and straight forward."

Asuma cut in this time. "Actually there are lots of different kinds of tar too. Coal tar, Pine tar, Bitumen." He paused. "Never mind, Bitumen is a type of petroleum that is tar-like."

Before he could go on Anko took out a kunai and started to twirl it around. "How about we just get this mission over with now?"

"Let's not get hasty Anko, you don't want to do something stupid." Kakashi said.

She growled "What else starts with a 'T' that I can replace with tea."

Asuma shrugged. "Timber?"

Kurenai shook her head. "That won't work. It's too long a word to be replaced with tea and there are different types of timber too. There's pine, birch, oak, all the different kinds of trees. How about tile instead?"

"Marble, ceramic, metal or stone?" Kakashi questioned. "Maybe clay or porcelain? I hear you can make tile out of glass too."

Anko lost it.


Team 7 was in their new home as of now and after checking for eavesdroppers they had got down to business.

"Gryffindors are brave; Ravenclaws are smart; Hufflepuffs are loyal; and Slytherins are ambitious." Sakura listed off.

"England's hero Harry Potter is in Gryffindor. We really should look into this Voldemort person, so Potter would be the person to go too." Sasuke mused. "After all, it wouldn't do to have this Voldemort get in the way of the invasion."

Naruto shook his head. "I've heard that most of the kids in Slytherin have parents that worked for Voldemort."

Sasuke nodded. "So we'll have to question them too."

Sakura shook her head. "Only one of us can."

"Why?" Naruto and Sasuke glared at each other as they saw that both of them had asked the same question. But before they could do anything Sakura cut in.

"Because Slytherins don't get along with the other houses." She explained. "I've heard that they hate Harry too. Also, all Slytherins are pure bloods."

"Pure what?!" Naruto asked incredulously.

Sakura went into lecture mode. "Pure bloods are wizards with two magical parents."

Naruto huffed. "Well that's stupid."

Sasuke nodded in agreement, but his words contradicted him somewhat. "It's sort of like they're royalty." He paused. "Or at least nobility."

Sakura head bobbed up and down quickly. "That's why I think Sasuke-kun should talk to the Slytherins."

Naruto rolled his eyes. "I'm sure the Great Uchiha will fit right in."

"I'm sure I will." Sasuke said sarcastically. Then he shot back a retort. "And I'll do a better job then you ever would too."

Naruto growled. "You can try Sasuke-teme."

"And succeed dobe."

Before it could come to blows Sakura stepped in. "Naruto you will be exploring the forest."

Naruto eyes lit up. "The forbidden one?"

"Yes."

"I'll take that over a bunch of pure bloods any day!" Naruto grinned and looked like he was brimming with excitement.

"Sasuke will be helping you in his spare time."

Sasuke turned his gaze on Sakura. "And you will be doing what?"

She smiled. "I'm going to be having an excellent time with heroic Harry."

Anticipation was in the air.

Sasuke chuckled and as the other two stared at him with dropped jaws he spoke. "Don't have too much fun leading him around Sakura."

Her smile grew wider…and more wicked. "Don't worry about me Sasuke-kun." She cooed.

Naruto shook his head with disbelief, but he had a smile on his face. "I'm going to enjoy watching this.


Fudge was in crying. He was literally in tears sitting in his office.

There were a number of reasons why he might have been crying at the moment. Dolores had just sent him an owl saying that children were representing Japan at Hogwarts and that Dumbledore had completely ignored her in favor of said representatives. Her seven page letter also entailed a number of other complaints that he would have to address.

This was not the reason he was crying though. It also wasn't one of the normal reasons such as: Malfoy was asking for more favors, the Weasleys having another child, or his wife yelling at him because he brought his work home.

It wasn't any of these reasons, but it just might have been the fact that the Japanese representatives sent here were just insane.

He was beginning to wonder if him and Dumbledore could switch ambassadors for a couple weeks……months preferably.

His trouble with four said Shinobi started out with their names and ended with a snake longer and larger than a basilisk. But it wasn't the snake that was the problem. Oh no, it was the woman riding on top of it. He had finally had enough of her! She needed to visit St. Mungo's or something!

Then there was the man in the mask. So lazy! Even the snake lady was on time to his appointments, sometimes she was even early, but noooooo! The man was always late and hiding behind that mask of his. Sometimes, he didn't show up at all! He never showed his eye either! What did he think he was? A pirate?!

The man with the cigarettes was stinking up the ministry! He had one of them everywhere and completely ignored what the other were going through when they inhaled the smoke! 'But…' Fudge mused. 'At least he didn't twirl pointy objects around or show up late.'

Now there was the woman with red eyes. Now the snake lady was scary because of her actions, but this lady was something else entirely. Her eyes frightened him to no end. They were blood red! Actually…now that he though about it they were crimson but that wasn't the point. She didn't actually do anything but that just made Fudge suspect her of doing something dastardly even more.

'Never again.' Fudge thought. 'I think I'll stick to Malfoy favors, Weasley children, and the wife. Next time Japan wants to send someone here I won't be minister.'

He didn't realize how close the statement was to the truth.

And all this was only a week after their arrival.


AN: Sorry that you all had to wait so long! Most of this felt like a filler or something…

Anything I got on tea was from Wikipedia. Same with the other products, tar and such. Now I know that's not reliable but I'm too lazy to buy a book or something. If you have any info then leave a review and let me know. I'll probably include any suggestions you leave.

What's really weird is that it took me two days to write this with like two weeks or something in between where I did absolutely nothing. I just needed a little push to get it finished. I'll try to update faster but with SOLs and Final Exams coming up it's going to be hard.

Bu-bye now.