A/N Update: I've decide to go through and edit all the chapters for this story so if you receive an alert for this story than that is why. Hopefully I'll have a new chapter out either before or in early January.
A/N: Well, the poll results are down and this is going being posted, but since it was such a narrow margin I'm going to post this chapter as a tester chapter and then wait a couple of weeks while people, hopefully vote on my new poll. This will help me out to because I don't have Chapter 2 done yet for this story. There will be an update for SNLB this weekend, though, so please look forward to it!
Oh! I didn't want any characters being the only one from their school going so I transferred Dan to Rokkaku after the Nationals. Since this story is set two years after the PoT storyline, that means Dan has been attending Rokkaku for two years. Also, all of the schools in this fic have a high school branch and all the tennis players chose to go to the respective high school.
Please correct me if I get anything wrong. It's hard trying to make the Japanese and Hogwarts school years mesh. I found somewhere that said the school years start in April and end in March, so I'm going with that for the Japanese school system in my story, but I will change it if someone tells me that it is wrong.
Summary: Dumbledore arranges for some entertainment between Tasks. Don't you love it when entertainment means a horde of sexy guys working up a sweat? How will the guys from Prince of Tennis fit in at Hogwarts?
Existing pairings so far: Dirty Pair, Platinum Pair, Data Pair (InuiRenji), Sanada and Jackal are with random OC characters from Rikkaidai as of this moment.
Warnings: Lots and lots of non-explicit yaoi ('cause I couldn't write a lemon if my life depended on it), Crossover (obviously), xover pairing(s?), no beta, and other random stuff like possible OOCness.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Prince of Tennis.
Can anyone suggest a better title? I'll give you the credit.
Chapter 1: An Idea Comes to Life
Early June
It was a beautiful summer day at Hogwarts. The sun was reflecting brightly off of the lake and a gentle breeze moved through the Forbidden Forest. It was a perfect day to spend relaxing outdoors, which is why we must pity the Headmaster of this fine school. Albus Dumbledore was currently stuck doing paperwork in preparation for this year's upcoming Triwizard Tournament.
With a sigh, the old man drew his gaze back from the window, where it was persistently straying, and drew the next letter closer. This letter was from Karkaroff asking again for conformation about the age limit that would be imposed upon this tournament. Halfway through the letter Dumbledore grew bored and once more found himself staring out the window.
When's the last time I had a vacation? The elderly wizard thought. Hmm...I believe it was two years ago when I visited with the Japanese Minister of Magic. Such an unique country. I most enjoyed my tour around it....I remember my favorite part of my visit was attending the Jr. High Tennis Nationals. Who knew tennis could be so interesting! Too bad I will not be able to arrange another visit for quite a while. I'll be far to busy with this tournament to visit Japan again this year. I pity the champions. All the other students will be able to enjoy watching the Tasks, but the champions are going to be under a lot of stress to perform well. Maybe...I could arrange another event for the champions and the schools to enjoy. One that will help form a lasting respect for muggles based upon a common ground in both worlds. A love for sports!
With that last thought Dumbledore grabbed a clean piece of parchment and began to draft his proposal for a Tennis Tournament to be held at Hogwarts during the Triwizard Tournament.
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Middle Of July
"Hey Echizen! Hurry up! We're going to be late!" Momo yelled from his place outside the school gates. Even though he had started high school that year, he still had a habit of taking Ryoma to and from school on his bike. Now, however, they were running late for a meeting all because Ryoma most likely fell asleep in his English class again.
"I'm here now. You don't have to yell." Ryoma said, as he mounted the bike behind Momo. "What is this meeting about anyway?"
"No idea. I checked with the everyone else and none of their invitations said anything either. Though Inui-senpai did say that there were a bunch of other tennis players from other schools to get an invitation as well." Momo said as they race towards the office building the meeting was being held at.
"Hey! Watch it!" Ryoma yelled, as he ducked a branch that had almost knocked him off the bike.
"Sorry!" Momo yelled. A few minutes later found the two of them running, well one of them running, the other being dragged, into the room the meeting was taking place at.
"Woah! We made it just in time." Momo said, looking at his watch.
"Ochibi!" Was all the warning Ryoma received before he was pounced on by his hyper, red-headed senpai, oh how he hated the fact that he was still shorter the all of his former team members.
"Ii Data." Inui said as Ryoma was freed from Eiji's super hug. "Momo and Echizen made it with two minutes and 42 seconds to spare."
"Wow, there really are a lot of people here." Momo said. Getting he's first good look around the auditorium-like room. Sitting in the back by the doors on the right hand side of the room was the former Seigaku regulars (with the exception of Taka who had quit tennis upon entering High School). On the left hand side of the room the back rows were occupied by the former Rikkaidai regulars. Sitting in front of Seigaku was all of Hyotei's former team except Hiyoshi. In front of Rikkaidai was Tachibana, Kamio, and Shinji from Fudomine, Mizuki and Yuuta from St. Rudolph, Dan and Saeki from Rokkaku, and Shiraishi and Kintaro from Shitenhoji.
"It is an impressive gathering, but maybe you should find a seat now. It looks like the meeting is beginning." Oishi said, as he began to herd the rest of his former team to their seats. Just in time too, because a door by the front of the room opened to admit Ryuzaki-sensei, Sakaki-sensei, and an old man with a long beard and very strange clothes. Ryuzaki and Sakaki moved to stand against the wall at the front of the room as the old man addressed the gathered students.
"Welcome everyone!" The old man spoke in slightly accented Japanese. "I am Dumbledore Albus. I'm sure you are all wondering why you were invited here. However, before I begin I would like to ask you all to remain calm and listen to what I have to say." He paused briefly and looked around at the players sitting in front of him. Some where looking a little nervous. "First thing's first. I think you all should know that magic is real."
There was an instant uproar at that statement. Some people denying the existence of magic, some insisting that the old man stop joking around, a few coughKintarocough exclamations of "I knew it!" and others trying to get their team members to quiet back down. A sudden, sharp SNAP! sounded throughout the room, causing everyone to fall silent and look at Atobe.
"Ore-sama believes Dumbledore-san is telling the truth. Ore-sama has a cousin that is magical." Atobe said, as if that should be enough of an explanation to make everyone else believe in magic.
"The existence of magic would help explain some the more complex tennis moves." Inui spoke up with an obvious glance a Fuji. "Would I be correct in assuming that the reason you are telling us this is because we have some magical abilities?"
"Correct! While none of you have enough magic to attend a wizarding school, every person in this room has enough to be labeled a squib. A squib, while normally a term associated with children of wizarding parents that have no magical talents, is a term we use to classify magical strength. A squib is a person born with enough magical talent to be able to interact with the magical happenings around them, but generally being unable to perform spells for themselves. I can assure those of you who are worried that none of you tennis abilities have been influenced by your innate magical ones."
"While this interesting and all, what exactly is the point of this meeting?" Mizuki asked.
"I am the headmaster of a magical school in Britain. This year we are having a magical tournament with two other participating schools and I thought it would be fun if we held a tennis tournament as well, so that the champions participating in the tournament would have something fun to enjoy as well. So I've been in contact with the Japanese Ministry of Magic and the British Ministry of Magic. We have managed to arrange for all of you to attend my school for a year as a foreign exchange program. If you chose to attend, that is. Ryuzaki-san and Sakaki-san will also be attending and will be teaching all of you your regular classes. They will be following the home schooling procedure for your respective grades. Also, you will be allowed to attend certain magical classes, the ones that do not require the use of a wand. Are there any questions?"
"How will the tennis tournament be arranged?" Tezuka asked.
"If all of you agree to attend, you will be divided into four teams. Ryuzaki-san and Sakaki-san will oversee two teams each. They are going to discuss how they want the tournament arranged and I will work with whatever they decide." Dumbledore explained. "Anymore questions?"
"What will our parents be told about where we are?" Ohtori asked.
"Those that know about magic will be told everything. The parents that don't know will be told you are participating in a foreign exchange program in Europe. Ryuzaki-san and Sakaki-san will be arranging things with all of the parents."
"You mentioned that we would be permitted to attend some magical classes. Can you give us some examples?" Inui questioned.
"Well, there is Care of Magical Creatures, Herbology, Astronomy, and Potions." The last one caused several of the students to cringe and cast weary glances at Inui. Just what they needed. Someone to teach Inui how to make real poisons.
The question and answer session went on for a little while longer before dying out. Then Dumbledore asked for everyone who was willing to participate to come forward and sign a magically binding contract to keep the wizarding society secret. Needless to say everyone signed and was excited about attending a magical school.
"Now before you all leave I have some last minute things to say. School for us begins on September 1st, but you all will be arriving on August 1st. This is so that those of you who want to participate in magical classes will have the chance to catch up to your age groups. Also, it will allow you to get adjusted to the school before it is swarming will it's usual occupants. You will all meet here at six in the morning. Some representatives from Hogwarts will meet you here and provide you with magical transportation to Diagon Ally, in Britain, were you will be provided with enough money to get the school supplies you shall need and a little extra for odds and ends. After that you will be transported to Hogwarts and shown to your temporary quarters. On September 1st you shall travel once again to Kings Cross station were you will ride the Hogwarts Express back to Hogwarts. This will give you the chance to get to know some of your new classmates outside the influence of adult supervision. Now before I forget, I have letters for all of you that will farther detail everything you need to know."
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Omake: Reactions after the meeting
"Awesome! We get to go to a magic school!" Kintaro exclaimed.
"Kintaro, we need to hurry if we're going to make the train back in time." Shiraishi said.
"Aww, but I wanted to play a match with Koshimae before I left." Kintaro whined.
"You'll be able to face him in the tournament, now hurry up or do I need to..." He started to unwrap his arm.
"I'm going! I'm going!" Kintaro panicked and raced towards the door.
"Good-bye everyone!" Shiraishi called.
"Oi, Echizen! Look here!" Momo pointed at a spot on his letter. "You can bring your cat with you!"
"Hn. She would have come anyway." Ryoma shrugged.
"Saa, Yuuta. This is great. We'll be going to the same school for a year." Fuji said.
"It will be wonderful. We might even be matched against each other." Mizuki interrupted.
"Who are you again?" Fuji asked.
"This will be a great chance to collect more data." Inui muttered.
"It will, indeed. This trip will provide wonderful data, Sadaharu." Renji agreed.
"Nya, Oishi! It's says we can bring an owl. Where do you get an owl from?" Eiji asked.
And the chaos continued.
A/N: Well, I hope you like it. I'm trying to make my chapters longer, but I can't seem to do it. Maybe in the next chapter? Anyway, if anyone spots any mistakes, please let me know. Future pairings will be left for a surprise, but I will give hints. If anyone guesses a pair I will dedicate the next chapter to you. I will tell you one future pairing will be Fuji and Harry. The only reason I'm giving that one out is because I had a poll on it a couple of months ago. Happy guessing!
The next chapter will cover the trip to Diagon Ally. What teachers will show up?
Please check out my poll in my profile!
And Merry Christmas and a Happy Birthday to Ryoma!