"So you'll accept this mission, Cell 7?" Tsunade inquired.

"We will accept the mission to protect the Potter boy," Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto said in unison. Kakashi was off on another mission with the other Jounin.

"Good luck," said Tsunade as she made the hand seals for teleporting. There was a cloud of smoke as all three vanished, not to be seen for another year.

They stood in front of the dreary house with a well manicured lawn, just staring. They could see a light in the upstairs window, and decided that must be the Potter boy's, aka Harry's room. Silently they jumped up onto the oh so thin window sill and balanced on it precariously, looking in. They saw a boy with glasses, untidy hair, and green eyes lying on the bed, staring up at the ceiling. They nodded to each other, their ANBU capes still in the nonexistent breeze. There were three poofs of smoke and three ANBU stood inside Harry Potter's room. He jumped with a start, looking from one cat face to the next. He opened his mouth to scream, but Sakura clapped a hand over his mouth and said in her soft voice, "Don't scream. We're here to protect you, not hurt you."

Harry immediately grew relaxed once again, lulled by Sakura's sweet voice.

"Who are you?"

"We are the ninja come to protect you," said Sasuke.

"What are your names?"

They consulted it for a moment, and Harry could hear frequent exclamations in Japanese, though he couldn't understand it.

"I'm Arashi," said Naruto.

"I'm Obito," said Sasuke.

"I'm Mizuki," said Sakura.

"I'm Harry," said Harry.

Harry's stomach rumbled, a result of Aunt Petunia giving him next to nothing to eat. Under their masks, Sasuke smirked, Naruto was angered, and Sakura was worried. Harry held his stomach, which was starting to ache. He dropped to his knees, obviously in pain. Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto knelt beside him. They were all about the same height, Sakura noticed. Through a haze of pain, Harry noticed a gloved hand holding something out to him. He accepted it, swallowed the pill, and instantly all his pain was gone as well as his hunger. When he looked up again, he saw all three ANBU gazing at him expectantly. He smiled. "Go to sleep...the effects of the pill will kick in soon," said Sakura. He nodded and mumbled, "Thank you." Then something occurred to him.

"Were are you guys gonna sleep?"

He looked to see that all three ANBU were walking up his walls to the ceiling. Once there, all of them "lay" on the ceiling, and fell asleep. Harry just shrugged, and climbed into his own bed, ready for a deserved night's rest.

A/N: Sorry this chapter is short...the others are longer, I promise.

Many huggles, from Fairy