"No."

"Come on Sasuke-kun."

"No."

"Come on, teme, do it for the team."

"Why don't you do it then, dobe?"

"Because I'm not the champion?"

"Hn. Excuses."

"You'll do fine, Sasuke-kun."

"No."

"Tch. You are from the Uchiha clan. Surely you've been taught proper etiquette."

"So?"

"Dancing ought to be one of them."

"I'm am NOT going to dance."

The group of Konoha ANUB were all in their room in Club Kunoichi, lying around the fire place as they tried to keep warm, the freezing blizzard whipping outside their room going unnoticed. Their masks were all discarded, and they were decked in their own, more comfortable clothing instead of their usual ANBU gears.

Hinata was sharing her seat with Naruto in one of the bigger armchairs, the male having his arm settled comfortably around her waist while they shared body heat. Sakura was seated on Sasuke's lap as she idly played with his bangs, trying to persuade him that dancing at the Yule ball would be fine. Tenten and Neji were seated together, Akamaru was resting his head on Kiba's lap as they sat exactly opposite of the roaring fire while Ino and Shikamaru was lying together comfortably on the sofa, resting against each other like the old days. Kakashi was the only one missing from the room.

"It's compulsory, Sasuke." Neji reminded the Uchiha. "All champions are required to open the ball by leading the first dance."

"I. Refuse. To. Dance." Sasuke said simply. "I refuse to wear a hakama in front of all the kids."

"Not even for me?" Sakura gave him a teasing pout.

"You don't have to stay for the whole dance you know," Tenten reminded. "Just for the first one."

Sasuke curled his lips up in distaste.

"Besides, it's compulsory."

Snake merely threw a pillow at the top of Naruto's head when the blonde finally burst out laughing at his teammate's predicament.

Snow was falling thickly upon Hogwarts and its grounds now. The pale blue Beauxbatons carriage looked like a large, chilly, frosted pumpkin next to the iced gingerbread house that was Hagrid's cabin, while the Dumstrang ship's portholes were glazed with ice, the rigging white with frost. Even Club Kunoichi wasn't spared; their windows were frosted over- making all it's occupant experience whiteout.

Naruto had relented slightly on the monitoring duty. Instead of making his ANBU patrol the freeze ground, he had rescinded the order, only requiring them to self-patrol the halls of Hogwarts for any suspicious activities that might throw their mission off course.

On the day of the Yule Ball there was practically a kind of tangible excitement that filled the magical halls of the school. The female population rushed about as fussed about their hair and makeup and dress- ignoring the fact that they had a good twelve hours before the ball even began while the male population did whatever they wanted, huddle near the fire place, have a snow ball fight or simply just curl up in bed and try to preserve body heat.

Slug was on duty that morning, coolly patrolling the hallway while subtly monitoring everything when bumped into Snape, looking annoyed at all of all the festive and cheer that infected the magical school.

"My apologies Snape-san." Slug said politely, bowing slightly. The man himself halted, drawing his black cloak closer to himself as he nodded curtly to the masked female. "I wasn't looking at where I was going."

"It's fine." He replied shortly, though if it had been any of the students that had bumped into him he would have sent them straight to detention.

"I would like to thank you for your advice on the Draught of Living Death. It was very helpful." Slug continued, referring to the time where Snape was teaching his sixth years and the both of them had discussed the properties of the potion and how it could be modified to be more powerful- shocking all the students who never thought they would see Snape willingly talking to anyone else.

Snape nod again, but for once the impatient and annoyed look was missing from his face as he regarded the younger female whose skills in potions were better than the 'bigots' in his classes.

"And thank you for allowing me to use your Sopophorous bean. It was most effective. Would it be okay though, if I use your dungeons for future potions brewing? I'm afraid my companions grow weary of my experimentation in the common room."

"You may." The man said curtly, black eyes cool. "Just inform me before hand then."

"Thank you Snape-san." Slug bowed again, and after certifying there was nothing else, Snape walked away and glowering at a bunch of forth years that scattered under his glaze.

Slug headed away, a cool smile lingering behind her mask before she whispered 'Mission accomplished. The bug have been planted.'

'Excellent work Slug. Now it's all up to Wolf.'

'Don't worry Fox Captain.' Wolf's voice came over the communication device, the only electronic device that would still worked in Hogwarts. 'It'll be fine. Phase two will continue on as plan.'

'It better.'

'…By the way, Slug, shouldn't you be getting ready for the ball too? You are Snake's partner after all.'

'Huh, didn't that teme say he did not want to dance?'

'Honestly, Fox, you really think Kakashi would allow Snake to slip off? Besides…' Wolf's voice grew a little sly by this time. 'You really think he won't come? Not when Slug is going to look drop dead gorgeous?'

Slug blushed a little at that.

'Smooth.'

'Why thank you. And if Snake doesn't show, you can be sure I'll be there to be your Prince Charming.' Wolf said cheekily, quoting a fairy tale he had read when he was wandering around Club Kunoichi's library.

'Hn. Dobes. You do know that this is an open line right?'

'CRAP!'

Despite the fact that the Konoha ANUBs were wearing mask and they never ever talked to any of the students in the school, disregarding what school they were from, they were still asked out for the ball. Honestly, there was even a rumor flying about that none of them had any faces, which was why they all had to wear mask.

The first was strangely, Fox. He was strolling down the fifth level corridor and humming a merry tone under his breath when he felt several people approaching him. After certifying that none of them were dangerous or meaning him harm, he slowed his pace to allow the group of third years to catch up with him, till he finally came to a stop outside of a occupied but closed classroom. When he did, the group of girls stopped too.

He watched, amused, as they shuffled among themselves, giggling and muttering excitedly under their breath, not so subtly gesturing to his direction while shooting him furtive glances. Fox smiled to himself behind his mask, waiting patiently until finally, finally, one of them shyly walked up to him, shuffling her feet nervously.

"Um," She stammered, blushing heavily as she looked at the ground nervously, wringing her fingers together and reminding the ANBU captain of Hinata. "Um, I- I would…would j-just like to a-ask…"

She mumbled the last part out softly but hastily, so Fox, despite his keen sense of hearing, had a little problem figuring out what she wanted.

"I'm sorry," the captain said in a warm tone, and, seeing how she so irresistibly reminded him of his girlfriend, leaned down slightly and made sure that the girl could hear the smile in his voice. "But could you repeat that?"

The girl relaxed slightly, his warm tone soothing her slightly, before shyly asking "Would you like to g-go to the b-ball with me?"

Fox blinked. He did not see that coming.

"I'm…sorry," Fox said sheepishly after a second of silence where the young girl was staring at him hopefully. "But…I'm already going with someone else."

"Oh." The girl looked utterly crushed, and Fox winced at the look on her face. "I-it's alright then."

She spun around, but before she could run back to her friend weeping Fox calmly reached out and patted her back briefly. "Really sorry, um…?"

"Aurora. Aurora Claret." The girl warbled out softly, trying hard not to cry. Fox awkwardly patted her again, murmuring a soft apology and she quickly dashed off.

Something must have happened, though, because a new rumor quickly spread through the magical school that the masked figures weren't really faceless demons, but actually quite friendly individuals.

It pissed the ninjas off to no end when some of the older, rowdier students some how thought that meant they were on friendly terms with them.

Somehow, in a spam of several days, all the ninjas were asked out at least once, including the girls.

"Why are they even asking us?" Hawk grumbled softly under his breath after rejecting the fourth girl within the hour. Panda was no help, seeing how she was just laughing at her partner's predicament. "They can't even see our face."

"Apparently the mask adds to our allure, our 'mysteriousness'." Panda said cheekily as they walked out towards the snowy ground, moving though the snow silently.

"How shallow."

"Hey, don't pretend you're not happy girls are asking you out."

"Why would I be?"

"Well, for once it would be better then boys asking you out, won't it?"

"…You promised never to talk about it again." Hawk said in a deadpan tone, refusing to think about the first few times he got asked out by the students in the school- particularly the times where it was boys that asked him out. Apparently seeing how none of the students can see their faces, they only had the ninjas body to judge, and Hawk's long hair plus the unflattering standard ANBU outfit did nothing to help.

It was utterly humiliating for the Hyuuga ANBU when, for the first time in his life, a skinny Ravenclaw fifth year boy had shyly asked him to go to the ball with him.

Panda sniggered, and Hawk sighed. He should have known he wouldn't be able to live it down.

It was only after Snake got asked out for the tenth time in less then half an hour that all the ruckus died down. A sixth year Slytherin female had simply sided up to the masked figure and smiled coyly at him, asking in what she thought was a seductive tone if he would like to go to the ball with her. To say that Snake was annoyed he allowed her to get this close to him was an understatement. He was fully irritated and extremely tempted to punch her for even touching him, disregarding the fact that she's a girl. He shouldn't have worried though, for before he could reply someone tapped the girl on the shoulder. She spun around, about to shriek at the person for disturbing her, but her voice died in her throat when she saw Slug standing behind her. It wasn't the fact that it was Slug was standing before her that scared her, as it was the deadly aura the pink hair healer was emitting.

"Touch him again," Slug said pleasantly, "And I'll end you." Not stopping there though, she raised her voice, so the whole corridor could hear her.

"In fact, don't touch any of us ever again. None of us areavailable, so please stop wasting your breath and our time. Thank you."

She grabbed Snake's hand, and stomped away, the students quickly throwing themselves out of the way to create a path for her.

"That was unnecessary." Snake commented, allowing himself to be dragged along though he was smirking behind his porcelain mask. Slug grunted with irritation as she pulled open a door to allow pathway into Club Kunoichi, before yanking Snake in.

"That was definitely necessary." She informed him as she slammed the door shut and all but yanked the Uchiha's mask off his face. She quickly shed hers', before kissing Sasuke fiercely. "Now be quiet and let me get that image of that…brat touching you out of my mind."

Sasuke smirked as he allowed Sakura to control the kiss. That was something he's comfortable with.

"Ladies!" Kyirax called out when she caught a glimpse of Sakura, Hinata, Ino and Tenten descending down the stairs to the main lounge of the club. "You look amazing!"

Sakura, instead of dressing in a pink or red sakura kimono like most people thought she would dress up in, was wearing a light blue kimono with the patterns of red cherry blossom flowers decorating the side. Hinata had don a traditional white kimono with a pale blue and white dragon decorating near the edge.

Ino had chosen a pale pink and white kimono with no visible design, having braided her blonde hair instead of her usual ponytail, while Tenten had chosen a dark silver kimono with silver flecks embroiled on it and had chosen to let down her hair instead.

They all looked amazing.

"Thank you." Tenten said pleasantly as the other girls chorused their thanks. Kyirax smirked to herself as she tossed her drink down her throat- a vile looking purple liquid. The rest of the club was empty. "So, anyway, why did you guys come down here?"

"We wanted to enter the school without meeting the boys first." Ino hummed behind her dove mask as she carefully stroked the front of the kimono to make sure there wasn't any crease on it.

The long navy haired Ame kunoichi poured herself another drink- it had turned sky blue now- as she smirked again.

"The boys where here just a few moments ago." She informed them calmly. "It seems as if they were having- what? A nervous breakdown?"

Sakura quirked her lips slightly. They were all highly trained ANBU members, but at the prospect of a mere dance could reduce some of the boys into a nervous wreck. Well, maybe not Shikamaru who was too lazy to be terrified, or Neji who was trained in the skills of inter-politics and other proper etiquettes. But Naruto or Kiba? The girls could definitely seem them freaking out.

"I gave them something to calm their nerves," The older kunoichi said, licking her lips and an annoyed look came over her face. "But just don't tell Zaru that. She has a rule about not serving alcohol to anyone below twenty one." She wrinkled her nose slightly. "Seeing how we're practically adults after we graduate and all it doesn't make any sense…"

She trailed off, and instead focused on her drink again. "Why the hell is green…"

The four Konoha ANBU exchanged brief looks, but checking the clock on the wall they decided that it was high time to head to the Yule Ball.

"Do you really think Snake would really skip?" Raven asked Slug as Panda opened the door and four of them stepped straight to the entrance of the Grand Hall- ignoring the shock that vibrated from the group of nearby students.

"Kakashi-sensei wouldn't let him." Slug said, smiling behind her mask.

"And besides, Snake won't let you down," Dove inserted cheekily.

The Entrance Hall was packed with students too, all milling around waiting for eight o'clock, when the doors to the great hall would be thrown open. The four masked kunoichi looked about the hallway briefly, only to see the oak front doors opened, and everyone turned to look as the Durmstrang students entered with Professor Karkaroff, Krum was at the front of the party, accompanied by a pretty girl in blue robes. Over their heads Raven saw that an area of the lawn right in front of the castle had been transformed into a sort of grotto full of tiny lights- fairy lights, Slug informed her when she asked about it, recalling having read about it in a book.

There was a sound on the other side of the hallway, and instantly Panda turned her head towards the direction, smiling behind her mask.

"This isn't so hard, now is it?" Dove commented to Snake when the boys approached them. Fox was dressed in an orange hakama while Snake was dressed in a pure white one with the Uchiha crest at the back. Fox had halfheartedly tried to get his second in command to wear a plain white hakama instead, saying that for a convert mission such as this wearing his family crest would be giving away who he is, but Snake had pointedly ignored him. Fox had gave up after awhile. Deer was dressed in a brown hakama that he had pulled together carelessly, while Hawk was wearing a male version of what Raven was wearing. A clone of Wolf was created, as was Akamaru, and thus they remained quieter then usual.

Snake 'hn'ed slightly, standing beside Slug when Professor MaGonagall's voice called, 'Champions over here, please!'

"Let's go then," Slug murmured as Snake too her hand, and the both of them started walking towards where the champions were gathering. Raven stood beside the captain of their squad, before whispering in a lone tone "Wolf is…?"

"He's doing his mission," Fox assured his girlfriend, "He knows what he has to do."

The Grand Hall opened, and the students started streaming in, the ninjas quietly mingling with them. Once everyone was settled in the Hall, the champions then began entering in pair by pair, and instantly the ninjas split, melting into the shadows.

"Don't worry boy," Wolf muttered from where he was seated in the professor's office, Akamaru resting his head on his lap and whining slightly at the lack of action going on around them. "Once the teacher comes, we'll be able to go."

The plan was set in motion, the true reason the ANBU of Konoha would suddenly take part in the Triwizard tournament would finally be reveal. And not before long, they would be able to leave the blasted magical continent and back to Konoha, the place that truly needed them.

And the most crucial step of all would rest on Wolf, currently await his target that would make his way back to his office before heading to the Yule Ball.

Akamaru whined again, licking Wolf's hand but swung his head towards the door with a low growl.

"Yeah, I heard it too. Showtime."

When Mad-Eye stomped towards his office hurriedly- late for the Yule Ball- and swung the door open wide, the last thing he expected was to see the masked figure and his white furred partner sitting on his seat.

His wand was instantly whipped out, and pointed at the shinobi- or at least he attempted to, seeing how before he could blink Wolf was already right in front of him, kunai positioned right at his throat, Akamaru growling dangerously.

"Relax, professor," Wolf said lazily in accented English as he gripped the front of the imposter's robe and dragged him into the room, kicking the door shut. "We're all allies here."

"What is the m-"

"Please don't take me for a fool." Wolf said pleasantly as he gestured for the defense teacher to take a seat, Akamaru circling the teacher and growling angrily. "I know who you are, and I have a message for you for your master…Death Eater." Wolf sneered the word out.

"Yo-"

"Tell your lord," Wolf interrupted as though the other man never spoke, "That the shinobi of Konoha have a proposal for him. A union that will benefit the both side. In fact, as an evidence of goodwill, we will deliver the one thing he wants the most."

"We will deliver Harry Potter to him."

OTL, you guys had such big expectations for Sasuke and the dance. Sorry for the disappointment.

Okay, okay, I originally wanted to put the whole Yule Ball in, but it was getting really draggy. So…you guys get this chapter instead. Ehehehe, okay, so. Unbetaed, all mistakes are mine. Harry Potter and Naruto belongs to their rightful owners, Yuetsumea Kyirax belongs to me, Club Kunoichi and Zaru Kiys belongs to Never Ending Illusions.