It was a pretty normal day, all things considered. Naruto was boredly going through paper after paper, carefully archiving various old missions. Tsunade had developed some kind of new sorting system for organizing the older missions, but she had forced Naruto to be the one to implement it and actually do the work. It was part of her secret not so secret Hokage training for him. Plus, it would be good for him to already of some idea of where everything was when he was made Hokage. However, in the meantime, it was very boring tedious work.

Naruto leaned back against the forbidden scroll he had stolen so long ago as he read over another scroll in his hands. Sighing, he cut his hand and placed some of the blood on the storage seal in the middle to read the mission report. It was some weirdo mission beyond the ocean, the man, Aoi Uchiha, had been tasked with searching for new techniques. It seemed like an odd mission to give to an Uchiha, especially at a time when they were the police and generally stayed pretty local, but cross referencing it with the Uchiha clan register explained why. Apparently, Aoi had been born of one Uchiha parent and one clanless civilian and was incapable of using the Sharingan. He had been officially disowned.

It really was a sad fate, and it matched up with the mission given to him by the third, an ever compassionate man. After all, the boy had just become a genin (at the younger than normal semi- prodigal age of 9) when he was initially assigned this mission. Thanks to it, he was able to leave the village for an undetermined amount of time to find a better place to live. Plus, he really did find some new techniques and plants which he sent back for adaptation. The current sensory field around the city was a direct result of Aoi's research on detection in this place he called 'Britain'. Naruto smiled as he read through the various mission reports. The boy, skilled in genjutsu, cast one over an older couple incapable of having children in order to give them a family. Aoi didn't have to feel guilty about it because the couple was so happy as a result, they had really wanted a child of their own. They had dubbed him 'James Potter' and he was able to study their various techniques while still living happily.

As Naruto read through the reports, which came monthly, the story continued to be a happy one. He went to a school called Hogwarts and became friends with a small group of people. He was able to focus on theories of transfiguration since they were the most relevant to the shinobi life and sent back ideas for defenses and training. He eventually asked for permission to begin courting a woman from that country, a lady named Lily Evans. Some werewolf venom and various other small plants or potions were sent back for analysis to help with healing and poisoning. The reports quickly became darker though, as he told about a war that was happening that he was involved in.

Naruto narrowed his eyes as he realized that the last letter was one declaring that the man, Aoi, was going into hiding and would be unable to send further reports. Was it possible that he was still alive?

Naruto jumped up with the mission scroll, having sealed the reports into it once more, and ran out of the scroll room.

"Granny Tsunade!" Naruto yelled, bursting into her office and startling her up from where she was sleeping on her desk.

"Naruto!"

"Read the last report," Naruto said seriously, shoving the mission scroll into her hands before she could use them to throw him out. Tsunade glared at him but relented, knowing he would bother her unless it was important. She read through the last one, the report of Aoi going into hiding in order to protect himself and his family impassively. However, when she got to the end and realized who had written it, her eyebrows furrowed.

"Naruto..." She started.

"We have to find out if he's still alive," Naruto said stubbornly. Tsunade sighed and placed the report back into the scroll. She folded her hands demurely and thought for a moment before nodding.

"Alright. I can't spare too much man power in this, so the only people I will be sending are you and Sasuke. Your official mission is to discover the current status of Aoi Uchiha. As for his son, well, send a messenger bird back with details about the boy and we'll figure it out from there. You are to inform the Uchiha and the two of you will be leaving tomorrow," She finished. A bright sunny grin stretched over Naruto's faced as he eagerly grabbed the scroll and ran out of the office.

Naruto and Sasuke looked up at the castle curiously. Naruto would secretly admit that he was glad to finally see some emotion from the other man, he had been pretty closed off during this trip. Initially quite upset after reading the letter, yes, but overall very cold. When they had gone to the address given by Aoi for his house, a place called Godric's Hollow, it had been burned down. Years ago, from the look of things. After visiting the graveyard nearby, they found the graves of the Uchiha and his wife, but nothing for their son. Reasoning that the son could still be alive but not knowing where else to look, they had decided to look at Hogwarts. After all, the boy would be about the right age, 15 or so? Maybe 14? Sasuke and Naruto were in their early 20s and the boy would have been born about a year before the massacre, during which they were about 7.

Naruto smiled broadly as Sasuke did a showy flip over the gate. He might be a bit moody for this mission, but he was definitely happy and excited. Sasuke tended to show off when he was excited, he was generally more inclined to compete when he was happy. On the other hand, he was very efficient and ruthless when angry. It was a good combination, and, admittedly, quite common amongst ninja. After all, you didn't get too many fun happy things to do as a ninja, wowing civilians was one of them. Naruto ran up to the gate, doing a showy flip over. Sasuke rolled his eyes at him and Naruto grinned, sticking his tongue out.

"So, do we sneak in, or try to find the Headmaster?" Naruto asked, looking up at the giant wooden door in front of him. Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"Look for the headmaster, idiot. We have no idea what the boy, Harry Potter, even looks like, so we can't find him on our own. Defenses are entirely unknown and so is the population of the school and the local politics. I thought you were learning diplomacy during those hours at the Hokage's house," Sasuke drolled. Naruto smacked him on the arm.

"I know, I was trying to be funny," Naruto said.

"Well you failed," Sasuke responded. Naruto rolled his eyes and walked up to the giant wooden door, knocking as hard as he could. After a minute, a tiny wrinkly person answered the door. At least, Naruto thought it was a person.

"Can Winky help sirs?" The small thing, Winky asked. The English took a moment to process. Naruto was thankful that the language courses in the Academy were one of the few places he had payed attention to, knowing he would need them as Hokage. Naruto realized that Winky must be one of the house elves Aoi had spoken about. He had talked about possibly bringing one or two back to Konoha to help with paperwork to free up ninjas for more important tasks, but you can't exactly mail an elf and Aoi hadn't come back to visit or anything after he left.

"Er, yes. I need to speak with the Headmaster," Naruto said, smiling. He was glad that he and Sasuke were dressed fairly casually, no need to scare the tiny thing. He was actually wearing fairly simple loose blue jeans (though his weapon pack was still attached, it looked more like a fashion accessory than like a weapon) and his black chain mail shirt under his normal orange jacket. Enough of his ninja outfit that he could completely defend himself and have all his weapons available, but not enough of one to make him stand out in a crowd.

"Okay, please follow Winky Sirs," Winky said, opening up the door further for them as they followed the small creature through a couple of halls. As for Sasuke, he was wearing similar blue jeans with his own weapon and supplies pack attached to his leg. He was wearing a long-sleeved white shirt, hiding the wrist guards he wore with storage seals for his sword, and a dark jacket over it all for the cold, bearing the Uchiha fan on the back of it.

They soon arrived at another set of large wooden doors, through which they could distantly hear the voice of a woman.

"... because some changes will be for the better, while others will come, in the fullness of time, to be recognised as errors of judgement. Meanwhile, some old habits will be retained, and rightly so, whereas others..."

"Dumblydore is through here, sirs," Winky said, gesturing to the door. Naruto nodded his thanks and, without another thought, pushed open the doors to enter the room. He was faced with a large pink toad, no, wait, that was a human, and an enormous crowd of children. The woman, who was clearly speaking, cut off sharply as she looked down at the two of them with a frozen smile.

"Why are you boys late and not wearing your robes?" She asked. Sasuke and Naruto glanced at each other for a moment. Was this lady 'Dumblydore'? No, no way, English was gendered and 'Headmaster' meant male, so she couldn't possibly be who they were looking for. Naruto cleared his voice and stepped forward.

"I'm afraid that there has been a misunderstanding. We are not students and we are here looking for the Headmaster," Naruto said clearly. The old man sitting in the largest fanciest chair stood up, much to the disappointment of the pink woman.

"I am Albus Dumbledore, the Headmaster," He said. Naruto nodded, showing his respect, but he didn't bow. After all, this man wasn't a client, he was the leader of a school. And Naruto was Hokage-in-training, soon to be the leader of the Fire Country's military. Though, his official rank was as Leader of the ANBU. Either way, he didn't bow to school teachers.

"I am here to ask about the fate of Harry Potter," Naruto said. He wanted to use fancier language to sound smarter, but he didn't know words like 'inquire' or 'status' in English. Damn, maybe he should have studied a bit more. At his statement, the old man went from jolly to serious, completely focused on Naruto.

"Why?" He asked. Naruto blinked.

"Because we could not find his grave when we went to Godric's Hollow and since A-James-san went to school here, I thought you might know," Naruto said, tilting hi head. "Was I wrong?" As the old man opened his mouth to speak, he was interrupted by the pink woman.

"Excuse me, but could you children please tell me by what right you have to come barging in here like this?" She asked, smiling bittersweetly. Naruto and Sasuke both bristled at being called children, but Naruto answered as calmly as possible.

"I am the second in command of the army of my country, making me third in command of the entire country. Sasuke is my subordinate and a relative of the boy in question," Naruto stated. Both the old man and the pink lady froze. Whispers broke out across the entire hall, loud enough to be annoying but it drowned itself out so that Naruto and Sasuke couldn't learn anything from it.

"Relative?" Dumbledore asked. Naruto nodded.

"Yes. 35 years ago, a young man was born named Aoi Uchiha. He was the younger brother of Fugaku, who is Sasuke's father, making him Sasuke's Uncle. Aoi graduated from our academy at the age of 9, but because he suffered from a very bad eye disease and was slowly going blind, his family did not want him. Instead, he was sent here, to England. Since Aoi was very good at genjutsu, ah, mind magic, he convinced an old couple named...Charlus Potter and Dorea Potter that he was their kid and took on the name James Potter. We heard he may have had a kid named Harry Potter and we are here to take him back to our country, if he wishes to go," Naruto explained.

"WHAT?!" A loud voice yelled. Naruto and Sasuke spun around to see a boy with messy black hair standing up at the red table. Clearly, this was Harry Potter. No more than a second later, Sasuke was in front of him. The boy startled, but quickly raised his hand with his wand in front of him. He might be slow, but he had Shinobi instincts. There wasn't time for him to have grabbed the wand, so he had to have pulled it out as soon as they asked for him. Similarly, when faced with an unknown, instead of curiosity or freezing up, his first reaction was to defend himself. Too bad he was so slow.

Sasuke caught his wrist and made sure to keep the wand pointing away from them. Several others had drawn their wands by this point; some of the students and almost all of the teachers. However, with the two of them facing each other, the resemblance was a bit more clear. The messy black hair, a clear marker of Uchiha lineage, stood out. Though, Sasuke's was a bit longer and, therefore, a bit more controlled. Their faces were both angular and both had rather thin and short builds. In fact, Sasuke was only a few centimeters taller than Harry. Sasuke carefully looked into Harry's defiant face for a few seconds before nodding, releasing Harry's wrist and backing up. Sasuke slowly returned to Naruto's side to avoid startling their audience once more.

"And if Mr. Potter decides that he does not wish to return?" Dumbledore asked.

"Then we shall leave, we are short on time as it is since we spent most of our allotted time searching for James and his wife. Instead, we shall return to the school a few days before the end of the year to attempt to convince him once more. If Mr. Potter still refuses, then we shall leave him alone and cut off all ties," Naruto said. Dumbledore nodded and turned to Harry.

"Well, Harry?" He asked, kindly. Naruto couldn't help but smile, the old man reminded him of the Third Hokage. Harry thought for a moment before shaking his head.

"I'm sorry, but I just don't know you. I mean, you say you're related, but I just don't know. Plus, being a relative doesn't always mean good, right? And, plus, Hogwarts is my home, I can't just suddenly leave," Harry said. Sasuke and Naruto both nodded. To be perfectly honest, they had somewhat expected the response, given the circumstances.

"Very well then, we will see you in a few months," Naruto said, nodding at him and bowing lightly to Dumbledore.

"Wait, you boys must be tired. Can I offer you a place to sleep for the night?" Dumbledore asked. Naruto smiled at him, but shook his head.

"I'm afraid not, we have to go back for something extremely important," Naruto said, shaking his head.

"I'm sure you could afford to stay for one night..." Dumbledore pressed. Naruto's eyes narrowed. This man was very similar to the Third Hokage. Intelligent and kind when he can afford to be, but forceful and manipulative when he wanted something. All well, weren't all old men?

"We cannot. Naruto needs to return to the village by the day after tomorrow so that he can be crowned Hokage," Sasuke said, speaking for the first time since they had arrived.

"I see..." he said.

"The Hokage is the absolute leader of our military, he or she has political power equal to that of the Daimyo's, the King's, and has absolute control over all military functions," Sasuke explained. Dumbledore nodded, understanding filling his eyes. The blond boy was practically going to become the leader of the country, yes, that was something they probably could not be late for. And it would be simply rude to insist on Sasuke staying when his friend had to go back.

"I see. I wish you boys luck and will see you when you return," He said, smiling. Naruto and Sasuke both bowed and left the room.

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