The Very Strange 6th Year
Tailmon16: (bows deeply) I'm sorry that I haven't updated for so long. I was so busy preparing for 3 AP tests that I haven't had much time to write. But now that I've taken them (YAY! NO MORE STUDYING!) I probably will be updating about every two or three weeks. Sorry if the plot seems a little slow at the beginning but I promise things will get more interesting once they actually get to Hogwarts and I introduce more anime characters.
TsukiNeko: Of course, Tailmon16 does not own Harry Potter or any of the anime that she includes.
A light summer breeze ruffled Harry Potter's unruly black hair as he strolled down Diagon Alley on August 31st. That had to be the easiest school shopping I've ever done he thought with satisfaction. But I wonder where Ron and Hermione are? It's not like them to be so late. As if on cue, Harry caught sight of his two best friends in front of Madam Malkin's Robes For All Occasions. Hermione appeared to be dragging Ron inside. Harry managed to catch "C'mon, Hermione, I don't need another bloody robe!" Grinning, he shouted "Hey, you two!" The two teens ceased arguing when they realized who had addressed them. "Hey, mate. How's it goin'?" Ron asked with an enormous grin. "HARRY!" Hermione yelped and practically bowled him over as she tackled him and gripped him in a bear hug. "How have you been? Did you find all your school supplies all right? Did the Dursleys treat you better this summer?" Harry smiled as he hugged Hermione back. "I'm OK. The Dursleys weren't too terrible, and my shopping was a cinch." "That's great, Harry", Ron said cheerfully. " I.."
But whatever Ron had been about to say was cut off due to a sudden commotion at the Magical Menagerie. The trio saw a tall young man with long, flowing red hair and clear green eyes hauling a kid dressed in black with spiky black hair and a white headband out of the Magical Menagerie. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were surprised to hear the kid shout in a deep voice "KURAMA! PUT ME DOWN!" "No, Hiei" the teen they now knew as Kurama replied in a quiet, soft voice. "You cannot attack the storekeeper simply because they don't carry dragons". "BUT I DON'T WANT A STUPID OWL, CAT, OR TOAD!" Hiei insisted. Kurama sighed. "I guess you won't have a pet, then" he said, finally placing Hiei on the ground. "Fine by me" the kid muttered and stalked off. Kurama sighed again as he reached down to rub the chin of a green-eyed calico tomcat that was rubbing his leg. "Um, excuse me?" Hermione asked politely. "Do you and your little brother need help?" Kurama just stared at her for a few seconds then chuckled. "I appreciate the offer, but we're fine. Hiei's not my younger brother." "Did he say something about dragons?" Harry interjected. "It's illegal to have one as a pet." "I know" Kurama replied, "but you see, we're from Japan where the law is slightly different, so it will be a while before Hiei adjusts." At that moment, another teen with slicked-back black hair strolled out of the store with a barn owl perched on his shoulder. "Yo, Kurama. Was that Hiei I heard yelling?" He looked around briefly. "Good, no burning buildings." Harry and co. stared at him. He stared right back. "What? The guy's a pyromaniac". "Hiei is not a pyromaniac", Kurama said with the patient air of one who is explaining something quite simple to a child. "Riiight…" the teen said. He looked over at Harry and his friends. "Hi. The name's Yusuke Urameshi. Nice to meet ya." Harry grinned. "Same here. I'm Harry Potter, and these are my best friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley." "My name is Suichi Minamino, but everyone calls me Kurama" the redhead said. He smiled wryly. "And you've already seen Hiei Jaganshi". "Where is he, anyway?" a new voice piped up. Another tall redhead with an extremely strange hair-do and a kitten cradled in his arms had joined them. "Dunno", Yusuke replied. "Harry, Ron, and Hermione, this is Kazuma Kuwabara. Just call him Kuwabara." "What a cute kitty!" Hermione exclaimed. Kuwabara beamed as Yusuke slapped himself on the forehead and Kurama sighed. "Her name's Eikichi!" "Kuwabara, we still have to get our wands" Kurama reminded him. "All right, all right" he muttered. Ten minutes later the five of them had arrived at Ollivander's. Hiei was lounging against the door with an ebony wand in his hand. "About time they showed up" he murmured. "Hey, Hiei. What's in your wand?" Yusuke asked. "Dragon heartstring" he stated. Figures Yusuke thought with a sweat drop. Mr. Ollivander poked his head out the door. "Ah, I see your friends have arrived, Mr. Jaganshi", he said. "Come in". "We'll be waiting at Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor", Harry told his new friends as they strolled into Ollivander's. Yusuke casually waved over his shoulder and Kurama smiled slightly and nodded. As Harry and co. walked towards the Ice Cream Parlor, Harry whispered to his friends: "It's strange. None of them reacted to my name, or even so much as glanced at my scar." Hermione nodded, her eyebrows furrowed and lips compressed tightly. "It is rather odd."
Of course, as every witch and wizard knows firsthand, simply finding the right wand is an adventure in and of itself. Yusuke and co. were not surprised in the least to see massive scorch marks on the furniture and walls that testified to the arduous process of finding Hiei's wand. "Um, exactly how are we supposed to get a wand anyways, Kurama?" Yusuke whispered to the kitsune. Kurama sighed. "Koenma must have explained this to you a dozen times, Yusuke" he murmured, sounding quite exasperated. "Well excuse me for not remembering every word that comes out of that damn pipsqueak's mouth" Yusuke muttered. Mr. Ollivander, who had been staring at them during their hushed conversation, said "I take it you're new to this." "We've never needed wands before, sir", Kurama replied. "I shall show my friends". He picked up a maple wand with a unicorn hair and gave it a swish. Immediately thick, thorny vines burst through all of the nearest shelves. Everyone sweat dropped, and Kurama gingerly set down the wand and picked up another, this one of birch with a phoenix feather. This time an ominous creaking was heard underneath the floor. "Uh oh" Yusuke muttered under his breath. Giant roses shoved their way up through the floorboards and proudly displayed their fine blossoms. By this time Kurama was looking decidedly peeved, and Yusuke swiftly intervened before Yoko could make a scene. "Hey, you got any rosewood wands?" he asked Mr. Ollivander. "Why, yes" he replied, not very startled at the request after Kurama's performance. Kurama gratefully took the proffered wand and summoned a shower of rose petals. "What a surprise" Hiei whispered to himself. Mr. Ollivander blinked in surprise when he took a closer look at the wand. "Phoenix feather, huh? Just yesterday I sold a wand that could have been this one's twin to a young brunette woman." Kurama's eyebrows rose, and he murmured "I wonder..". Yusuke glanced at him. "Wonder what?" "Nothing" Kurama replied. "C'mon, tell me!" "It's nothing, Yusuke" Kurama said firmly. "All right" Yusuke said, shrugging.
The Reikai Tantei then joined Harry, Ron, and Hermione at Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor. (Of course ;) Harry informed his new friends that they should meet tomorrow morning at Platform Nine and Three Quarters to catch the Hogwarts Express. Not surprisingly, Kurama was the only one out of the Reikai Tantei who didn't look completely clueless. Hiei blinked a couple of times, Kuwabara's mouth gaped wide open, and Yusuke snapped incredulously "Platform Nine what?" Kurama patiently explained. "Ohhh.." Yusuke and Kuwabara said in unison. Hiei just nodded. "Harry, Ron, we should return to the Leaky Cauldron. It's getting late." Hermione said. "'Kay, Hermione" Ron replied as Harry nodded. "Talk about coincidence! That's where we're staying" Yusuke exclaimed. "Wonderful!" Hermione beamed, and Harry and Ron grinned. The seven of them walked leisurely to the Leaky Cauldron, discussing everything from the day's school shopping to how Hiei was going to find a tree to sleep in that night.
Tailmon16: Well, what do you guys think? Too slow-paced, too fast-paced, not enough detail, too much? Constructive criticism is welcome. I will be including many more anime characters starting next chapter, and myself and my best friends.