So… yeah, I'm currently writing this fanfic all by myself and I would really love it if someone offered to beta it for me. If anyone is interested then please PM me.

Albus had been to plenty of similar meetings during these past few months, but this particular meeting was filled with a tension none of the others ever had. Sitting to his right was a giant of a woman, wrapped fashionably in furs despite the summer heat, who was none other than the headmistress of Beauxbatons Madame Olympe Maxime. To his left sat a man, who was also dressed in furs but nowhere near as extravagantly as Madame Maxime, and was none other than Igor Karkaroff headmaster of Durmstrang.

"As tempting as his potential is, he cannot come to Beauxbatons. He is a boy, and Beauxbatons is meant only for girls," Madame Maxime stated with a dismissive, if somewhat wistful, wave of her hand.

"Then he should come to Durmstrang! It is closer to his home country and I'm certain that his family would appreciate the shorter traveling distance," Karkaroff interjected, barely hiding his excitement.

Albus himself had to hide the excitement bubbling inside of him while his mind carefully constructed what to say, "You forget Karkaroff, Russia is vastly different from Japan. Not only in your culture; but in your climate, traditions, and even your alphabet. On the other hand, Japan teaches all of their children some basic, if not rudimentary, English and it wouldn't be too much of a stretch for him to adapt himself to English culture at Hogwarts."

"Why should it matter how easy it is or not for him to adapt to our culture? If he chooses either Hogwarts of Durmstrang, he'll still have to cross an ocean to get there," countered Karkaroff.

"That is a good point Karkaroff," Albus conceded but a small smile made its way across his face, "but you forget that the boy is already fifteen years old. He'll have a full four years of magic to catch up on, unless you plan to start him off as a first year?"

Karkaroff looked like he really wanted to say something nasty to Albus then, but he backed down. Even Karkaroff knew how stressful learning four years worth of magic in a few short months would be; they didn't want to overwork the boy by forcing him to learn a new language as well. Albus could tell that Karkaroff was still trying to find a way to bring this argument back to his advantage but after a few moments Karkaroff let out a defeated sigh and slumped into his seat.

"So if there are no other objections then the boy will be coming to Hogwarts," Albus stated knowing that neither of the other headmasters would raise an objection, "Well then, if you would please excuse me, I have a letter to write."

Albus gave a short nod to his fellow headmasters before standing up and leaving the room. Minerva was waiting for him outside of the room, and she raised an eyebrow at the undeniable twinkle in Albus' eyes and the small smile that lingered on his lips.

"I take it that the meeting went well?" Minerva asked as she trailed behind Albus.

"Very well, the boy will be attending Hogwarts this coming year and there are many preparations to be made," Albus stated as his mind whirled with possibilities, "It's not every century that we get to teach a student with more potential than, perhaps, Merlin himself."

The excitement shone even in Minerva's eyes as both of them couldn't help but remember the event that happened nearly a week ago. Both Minerva and Albus had been in his office going over the possible first years for the coming term; double checking which students were coming, which students had refused to come, and which students had yet to reply back, when it happened. A new name had burned itself onto the list, a first in Hogwarts history, and it brought with it a wave of magic so powerful it had knocked both Albus and Minerva back.

Their first reaction had been confusion; neither of the two had understood what could have caused such a strong reaction. Their second was fear, fear of what this untrained and unknown wizard was capable of. Their third was much more practical as Albus had called in a few favors and got another wizard to spy on the boy and report back. Their last one was excitement when the wizard reported back that the boy seemed to have an impressive amount of control over his magic as there seemed to be nothing out of the ordinary in his situation, even as several days passed and not a single magical accident had taken place.

This lead to the meeting Albus just left from, his name didn't appear in Hogwarts' lists alone but had appeared in both Beauxbatons and Durmstrang with equally strong reactions. It was the first time Albus could remember where the three prominent magic schools actually fought over a student. Added with the surprise Albus had planned with for his students, this year was going to be the most difficult and exciting year yet.

Yuri Shibuya had been through some very strange things in his life. For example, getting flushed down a toilet and then being named the Demon King of a strange foreign nation on an alternate and yet totally different world. So when he woke up that morning to find an owl, and owl of all things, waiting right outside his window with what appeared to be a letter clamped firmly in its beak he hardly bat an eye at it. Instead, he rubbed his eyes to make sure they were working properly before turning to look at his window again to confirm that there was in fact an owl sitting outside his window.

When the owl refused to go away Yuri cautiously opened the window and allowed the owl inside. The owl kind of hopped inside of Yuri room, coming to a rest on Yuri's desk and dropping the letter in its beak. Yuri stared at the owl for a few minutes before it became obvious that the owl was content to stay exactly where it was, and was now ignoring Yuri completely.

Deciding to ignore the owl, like it was ignoring him, Yuri picked up the letter and was able to recognize a few of the English lettering before the ink suddenly blurred and reformed in perfect Japanese. The letter was addressed to him, and Yuri found it a little disturbing that the address had been detailed enough to even list what room in his house he called his own. Flipping the letter on its back, Yuri found the letter sealed with wax and the crest that stamped into it was a shield that featured four different animals. Having spent enough time in Shin Makoku, Yuri knew that crests were usually important and made sure to remember this one as well as he could; it wouldn't be all that hard not many crest features a snake, a raven, a lion, and what Yuri thought was a badger.

Breaking the seal, Yuri shook out the letter and frowned when he realized that the letter was written on parchment rather than regular paper, Shin Makoku was the only place he knew that still used parchment. However, that thought was swiftly forgotten when Yuri actually read what was written in the letter and he could only stare in shock.

"EEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Of course such a yell would not escape the notice of his more than over protective (well, one of them anyway) family and before Yuri could even stop to draw in his next breath, the door to his room slammed open and Shiori was standing in the doorway looking ready to murder anyone or anything that could potentially harm Yuri.

"Yuri! What's wrong? It's not one of those damned Shin Makoku bastards is it?" before Yuri could even think about answering him, Shiori was abruptly pushed out of the way and Yuri mother stood in his place.

"What's wrong Yu-chan? It's not a stalker is it? Remember those self-defense classes! Aim for the chin or the groin!" and just like that, Yuri's once peaceful morning had turned into complete chaos, again.

A.N.

Russia, England, and Japan: geographically speaking Russia is closer to Japan than England (going by air) but please keep in mind that the majority of Russia population (and the most likely place that Durmstrang would be) is in the small corner of Russia that is closer to the other European states.

Russia's Alphabet: Basically, Russia is different from every other European nation and this is more than reflected in the fact that Russia has its own alphabet. It's a variation of the Cyrillic alphabet and contains 33 letters.

Teaching English: Japan does in fact teach their student English; however it's not enough for them to become fluent in it and at best will allow them to carry simple conversations. How well a Japanese person speaks English depends on how much effort they put into studying and how well of an English teacher they get.

So that was the first chapter and I would love it if you guys could review please!