Why is it Always Snakes?

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto of Harry Potter. I would need money for that...which I am sadly lacking.

Three Things you should know:

-There are most likely numerous grammar mistakes and such. My apologies, but I'm not perfect.

-Sort of in Sasuke POV. You usually hear his thoughts more than Naruto's, so I guess it's in his POV.

-Just to let you readers know, this story takes place during the fifth HP book, Order of the Phoenix. This little bit of info is important to the story line, in case you were wondering.

Oh, and references (such as he said/she said things) are italicized. There are other words that are italicized, but they're being emphasized. You'll know what I mean when you see it. That's it. Enjoy!

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Ch 1: The Mission

"Man, the way Baa-chan summoned us, you woulda thought this mission was to save the world of something," sighed Naruto, removing his animalistic ANBU mask. Sasuke glanced over at him, rolling his eyes under his own mask as they wound through the streets of Kohona. Well, it was more like wandering; they really weren't paying attention to their surroundings. They knew their feet would take them to each of their respective residences.

"This mission is important, baka," he stated simply. "If Tsunade-sama sees it fit for the two of us, the highest-ranking ANBU in the village, to go on a mission, then it is important."

"Ugh. For once, could you just agree with me? I mean, she made me leave my ramen behind! My ramen, Sasuke!" the blonde whined at his comrade. Sasuke just kept walking, his mask hiding his expression.

Since Sasuke was used to Naruto's constant steam of complaints, he learned to tone them out. He was glad for the porcelain mask covering his face, for it let his mind wonder without Naruto knowing for a brief period of time.

He was eighteen. He could still remember the first time he ever really noticed Naruto. How he sat on that dock and thought, 'Wow, this kid's just like me'; though he would never admit it to anyone that he thought that. After all, Uchiha Sasuke was a rock. So he turned his head up and scowled at the boy, and watched him scowl back. Both boys then turned their heads and grinned. He then knew they would eventually become acquaintances, then friends, then brothers. And it was true. He, age eighteen, and Naruto, age seventeen, were as close as brothers could be.

Except for the fact that he didn't like that ramen stuff. Naruto still didn't understand that one.

"-suke! Oi, Sasuke!"

Oops.

He took the mask off and looked at Naruto; Naruto had probably figured out he wasn't listening about four seconds ago, which was way too long. He usually didn't find out at all.

"Hey! What's the point in me talking if you don't listen!?" Naruto scoffed at him, puffing out his cheeks in annoyance. Sasuke just looked at him.

"What's the point in me listening if all you're going to say is pointless and oriented around food?" Sasuke countered, prompting Naruto into sticking his tongue out at him.

Sasuke grinned hopelessly. Naruto really was a dork. Now time for the scolding.

"Naruto. Seriously, this mission is S-class. We need to be-"

"Stocked up on weapons, first-aid, and other equipment we see fit for any high-ranked mission. I know, I know." Naruto said sighing. "sheesh, so serious..." he said, his tone drifting off. He glanced over, grinning at Sasuke. Sasuke gave in to a small smirk back. Naruto grinned even larger, pleased by the attention. Even though he was so much older, Naruto still acted like he did when he was still a genin, striving to be Hokage. Sasuke didn't mind, though. He still felt bad for the Orochimaru incident, as he liked to think of it. He had been afraid that Naruto would hate him for all that he'd done, but Naruto just grinned, showing him that he didn't hate him and could never do so. These thoughts made Sasuke quite content with just strolling through Kohona with Naruto, the boy who was once his bitter rival, at his side.

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"O-kay!...now what?" Naruto asked as he and Sasuke wound their way down the forest path that they were told to follow. Sasuke rolled him eyes under his mask.

"I mean, Baa-chan could have been a little more helpful in her explanation. Follow the path I marked with a kunai tagged with a red ribbon, and you will get to where you need to be. Yeah, that's really heplful!" Naruto exclaimed sarcastically, stomping his foot alot harder than was necessary as they lept from branch to branch. "I mean, I know we know our way around this forest, but this is ridiculous!"

"You should stop calling her that," Sasuke said to his still-fuming companion."And I'm sure we'll know what she meant in time."

"Hmph. How can you be so calm? It's annoying and...and unnatural!"

"Are you calling me unnatural?"

"Yeah, maybe I am."

Sasuke looked at Naruto for a moment before letting a small "hmph" escape his lips. Naruto smirked in triumph.

"So, the mission report says," Sasuke started, changing the subject as he pulled a few slips of clipped-together papers out of his ANBU black-ops robe,"that we are to protect a boy named Harry Potter and the school he resides in from any enemies that may present themselves," reiterated Sasuke, putting the papers away. "Sounds...Interesting." he finished, sarcasm coating his last words.

"Wow. Did I just hear you use sarcasm? Sasuke Uchiha, using sarc-hey, no throwing kunai, mister." Naruto shouted, easily dodging the kunai that was chucked it his direction by Sasuke. The blade made a dull "thunk" as it hit the tree Naruto was just in front of.

"As I was saying before I was rudely interu-" Naruto started, but was interupted (yet again-poor Naruto) by Sasuke suddenly appearing on his branch, his hand over Naruto's mouth. Sasuke put a finger over his own mouth, showing Naruto to be quiet, then removed his hand from Naruto's mouth. Naruto immediately changed from maverick to professional ninja as he noticed a cat standing on the forest floor about 100 feet away from them. Both silently took out kunai and stood and waited, trying to decifer whether the cat was friend or foe. Being highly-trained ANBU, they knew not to take anything for granted. The simple brown tabby cat could easily be a ninja using a transformation justu, in order to pass, unoticed, as a cat. Good thing both of them knew better.

The cat simply stood there, ears straining to hear sound. Then, slowly, it began to change. It wasn't changing like it would have been if it were a transformation jutsu, though; the cat was sort of morphing into something else, rather than disapearing and having the user reappear in a cloud of smoke. Naruto and Sasuke watched, still concealed by the cover of the tree leaves.

The cat was gone. In it's place stood a very strange-looking woman; she had on forest green robes, a matching hat, and a tight bun at the base of her neck. 'Not a hair out of place,' Sasuke thought, looking her over. No, she was definetly not a ninja.

Apparently, Naruto decided now was the time to act.

"State your business!" Naruto shouted demandingly. Sasuke glanced over at him. It was still suprising to him when Naruto showed his real force when encountering enemies.

"Are you the boys that Professor Dumbledore hired for the protection of our school?" the woman shouted into the distance in a demanding voice. He nodded at Naruto, and Naruto nodded back. They both leapt off of the brach simultaneously, landing around ten feet away from her.

"We are ANBU," Sasuke stated simply.

"Could you please take you masks off, so I can see your faces?" She said in her commanding voice.

"No," Naruto said simply.

"It's part of our uniform,"Sasuke added blandly.

"Well, um..." the woman started, looking bemused. She clearly did not expect this. "I was sent to come collect the boys that were hired from this village to protect our school," She repeated, not knowing what else to do.

"Do you have a copy of the report?" Sasuke asked, walking forward. Naruto followed. "In short, do you have proof that is why you are really here?" Naruto added.

"Ah, yes, I do," she said as as she pulled a few slips of what looked like parchment out of her robe. She handed it to Sasuke.

As Sasuke's eyes ran over the paper, the woman glanced over at them. Naruto looked at her, amused.

"You know, we aren't gonna bite you," Naruto said, suprising the woman. "And it would help if you introduced yourself."

"Oh, yes. I'm professor McGonagall," she said, standing up straighter.

Naruto glanced over at Sasuke. Sasuke nodded at him, showing him she was all right.

"Well, you check out," Sasuke said, handing the parchment back to her and shifting his cat-like mask to the side of his head, "I'm Uchiha Sasuke, and he," he said nodding his head in Naruto's direction, "is Uzumaki Naruto."

"Hiya," Naruto said, giving her a small wave. He, too, moved his mask to the side of his head; his was shaped in the form of a fox.

"Um, hi," She said, suprised by the sudden change of personality from both boys. "Listen; now that I have met with you, we should probably depart for the school. I doubt the Professor though it would take this long," she finished, muttering the last part. Naturally, both boys heard it. Luckily for her, they did not care. "Are you ready to depart?" She added, looking them down. Both of them were carrying a pack on their backs and numerous weapon holsters.

"Yeah, we're all set," Naruto responded.

"Okay, then lets head out," she said, taking what looked like an old discarded hat out of her robe. Both boys looked at each other, one eyebrow raised. The Professor took what looked like an ordinary stick out of her robes, pointed it at the hat, and muttered "portus". The hat quivered for a moment, then lay unmoving, looking as worn as ever. Both boys jumped back a little at this, suprised by the movement of the hat. McGonagall raised her eyebrows.

"Oh yes. Professor Dumbledore did say you would know nothing of magic." she said, mostly to herself. Naruto and Sasuke looked at eath other, slightly humored.

"Magic?" Naruto asked, his eyebrows raised. "Wait, is that how you turned into a cat without a transformation jutsu?"

"Yes. We will be going to a school of magic called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As for the 'cat' bit, I'm an animagus, and I can change into a cat at will. " She responded, ignoring the mention of jutsu.

"Witchcraft and wizardry," Sasuke repeated, his eyebrows also raised.

"Yes, and if you have any other questions, I advise you to bring it up with Professor Dumbledore when we get to the school," she said, briskness in her voice. "For now, come over here."

Naruto and Sasuke looked rather annoyed, but walked next to her all the same.

"Now-grap hold of the hat."

"What?" Naruto and Sasuke asked simultaneously.'She has to be joking' Sasuke thought, looking down and the hat.

"This is a portkey. It is how we will be getting to the school. Now grab it," she said, grabbing hold of it herself.

"Wh-wha?" Naruto started, but was interrupted by Professor McGonagall shouting, "Now!"

They both grabbed the hat hurriedly. Sasuke felt himself being pulled by his navel up into the air, spinning rapidly, his body banging into Naruto's, his hand locked onto the hat. 'I Hate this mission already,' he thought before slamming into the ground next to Naruto.

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Well, there you go. First chapter. I'm not that good of a writer, but I like this idea of mine.

Oh, for future reference, when Sasuke refers to his brother, it is Naruto (unless I state that it's Itachi. Until then, Sasuke refers to Naruto as his brother). Aww ain't that cute! But I am referring to the manga when I say that Naruto is like his brother and vice versa.

Until next time! Oh, and please review! No flames, please! I like constructive criticism, but I don't like mean people. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Wow. Now that I feel like my dad, I will leave you to your business. Au revoir!