Harry potter and the Cardmistress
Neither Card Captor nor Hp are mine one is owned by Clamp while the other is JKR's creation This is definitively S&S other couples may follow but that's the main one.
Chapter 1 The transfer
At 14 years old, Sakura Kinomoto was far from being the most ordinary child. She had enough magical power to lay waste to an entire city should the whim ever present itself. One could also search through the entire world and he would never find another like her. Many a boy already knew she was a jewel but all of those who tried up to this same day a good six months before had received the glare of death from a particular boy. He was as stoic as they came. Calm, cool and mysterious. Most of the girls had eyes for him but he had his sight on Sakura and Who ever tried for her would live long enough to regret it. The day he left had signified the opening of Sakura season but it had been stopped by the sole look in her eyes. Most boys that age may have been insensitive but there was something about the way her eyes shone with tears at the mere mention of his name that had stopped them. That is another thing about Sakura that is special, she already has found her soul mate. She was early but they say love has no boundaries and she had just made sure that if there were any she had stepped on them. At age 14, she was already in Love with a capital L.
That day was perfectly normal until she got home that is.
"Sakura, can you come into the living room, we need to talk a little."
Her father was home early and her brother didn't work part time that night. The teenage boy passed her by with a muttered Kaiju which earned him a kick in the chin before they both sat on their respective chairs. Kero, guardian beast of the seal, was sleeping on the table with a small mountain of dishes from his latest snack.
"What do you need to talk to me about tousan (father)"
"Well dear,it looks like you've been accepted in a boarding school in England."
"Hoe? (her personal expression, means puzzlement) How come ?"
He then read the letter with green ink aloud to her.
"Miss Kinomoto, it is our pleasure at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry to extend to you an invitation to attend our boarding school to further your magical education. It has come to our attention that, even though you are of Japanese origin, your father, or rather his previous incarnation, had a mixed background that led to our country. Since the Japanese government does not support a stable learning system for those of muggle background (wizards and witches born from people without the ability to use magic) it has been decided by the direction to introduce you to ours. Included with this letter is a list of all furniture you may need if you decide to attend our school, also a list of the basic rules to observe during your stay in London as you will be transported through portkey, joined with this letter (the keychain) to the house of one of our prefects Miss. Hermione Granger. Again it would be our pleasure for you to attend our school in the future, if you so desire, just sign the following form as well as one of your parents or your legal tutor.
Sincerely Minerva McGonagal Deputy headmistress
Albus Dumbledore Order of Merlin 1st class Supreme Mugwump International federation of wizards
"So Sakura, I know you have all those powers but do you want to go?"
"Can I? It's just, I'd have to leave all my friends and.let me think about it ok."
He smiled at her and nooded, Touya, who had stayed silent all the while decided to voice his opinion.
"No way Kaiju (monster) I'm not letting you go!"
"I'M NOT A KAIJU AND I'LL GO IF I WANT TO!"
With that, in a spur of the moment thing, she signed the form, presented it to her father and left for her room. She never saw the smile on her brother's face.
"Now Touya, why did you do that?"
His father looked solemn but the grin stayed as he answered.
"I may not be found of the gaki but she needs him, he'll be there I bet, Hong-Kong has been a British colony for so long and his family may be the only one there so I guessed that refusing would have been worst then going. She just needed a little push."
With that he left his father who had a smile in his own face, his children were growing up. He signed the form himself and brought the keychain and the instructions with it to his daughter.
The time of departure was set for a week later, on the 3 of August and she needed to prepare for the trip. Kero flew after him, the screaming Sakura had woken him up and he wanted his video games.
Meanwhile, In Hong-Kong. The Li mansion was in an uproar, the current heir to leadership had just asked to pass the test.
"Are you sure Syaoran-dono? To resist such powerfull magic at your young age is unexpected but to actually pass the test of combat."
The elders were anxious it seems, afraid that the last and only heir to the clan would be weak enough to lose to such weak magic. All of them were old but still powerful in their own right. None of them was even nearly strong enough to resist the magic of Clow Read. He had done so, it had been incredibly taxing on his body but he had done it and now those weak old men were afraid for his safety.
"Yes, whatever the test, it cannot be worst then the one of the judge."
He referred to Yue whom had defeated him without as much as a sweat back then but now, he was stronger and more powerful. His only flaw against Yue had been the source of all his magic, the moon. It had taken the power from a being beyond the realm of normal magic to defeat him. The old men nodded and the door of the test of leadership opened. He passed through and they closed just as an owl delivered mail to Yelan.
Unlike the elders, she was calm and composed. Her son had made his intentions clear to her the very second he came back. The ruler ship of the clan was his by birthright and she had the interim but not for long, his time in Japan had not been in vain has he had gained considerable powers and valuable experiences. The fact that he and the card mistress had become allies made the deal sweeter but their obvious love for one another was something of a present from the gods themselves. Even if the cards weren't his they were the possession of his soul mate and that was just as good if not better. The card mistress was bound by a magical contract to guard the cards with her life just as her son, after the trial, would be sworn to protect his clan from all dangers. This magical contract will expend to his wife the day of their marriage and Yelan knew it was only a matter of time before the card mistress became a part of their clan.
She looked at the door, no one really knew what went on back there, only the leader could go and the trial changed with each one and she just had to hope he didn't have to fight the image of his love. It was a possibility after all and her son would never strike her, not even if he had to die.
Five minutes later, Syaoran came out, not a scratch visible on his battle outfit. The room beyond may not have identified him as qualified for the test or the magic had been too weak.
The door closed and disappeared, only to reappear on the day he would pass the leadership to his own son. The assembled clan warriors let out a sigh of relief as failure meant possible insanity and violence, none of them wanted to kill the leader as he had enough strength to kill at least half of them without trying.
"My friends, assembled family, we now present you, Xiao Lang Li, leader of the Li clan and bearer of its honour! Let us celebrate for today a new leader passed the test!"
Before he could be assailed by the numerous cheering cousins, his mother came to him and hugged her son. He stood up right, not used to such display on her part but it became clear in a second, as the regent clan ruler, she had to keep an image of control but now that he had taken control, her walls could be put down and all the motherly love for her son could come out of it's shell. He held her back gently and let go of her shortly thereafter as his sisters created a group hug around him. The cheering went into the night and continued for a long time.
The next morning, he looked through his personal mail. At 14 he wasn't qualified to run the business in the wizarding world his family had so his mother still held the reigns of the clan in his stead. When he opened the first letter, he almost jumped in joy, he had waited for a long time to get it and unless Sakura had been there he couldn't have been happier. Hogwarts, the alma mater of Clow Read had accepted him! He almost ran to his mother but she was sleeping and he instead used the second option. He took his phone and called Sakura. She would be up, at least he hoped so, and he needed to tell her, maybe he could arrange for her to come with him to England.
"Moshi-moshi, Kinomoto residence, Sakura speaking."
"Hello Sakura."
He grinned as he could hear her cheering up at the sound of his voice.
"Syaolan, I was just about to call you, you see, I've been accepted into some sort of wizarding school in England, it's called Hogwarts."
He couldn't, for the life of himself, contain the shout of joy that came to him, the whole household figured he was still celebrating for some reason and let it slip. He just hoped his mother wouldn't ground him.
"Hoe?"
Sakura was puzzled, that was understandable to him but when he related his own story, he heard a similar cheer on the other side of the phone. It was, however, more reserved but just as expressive.
"So we'll see each other in September, I can hardly wait, where are you going to stay?"
She was excited, now everything seemed perfect, if only they could see each other sooner.
"One of the prefects, her name is Hermione Granger, and you?"
"Another prefect, he's a celebrity there, he's called Harry Potter."
"Yatta! Well, I have to leave you, I need to get ready for the trip, you never know what you'll need."
"Yeah, me too, see ya, say hello to the fur ball for me, I miss our arguments a little."
He could almost see her smile on the other end and with that they hung up, both of them sighing as they did so.
Syaoran, realising they had talked for the better part of an hour, went down to breakfast. His mother and sisters were already seated and looked like they wanted a word with the sole male of their immediate family.
"Now son, began his mother, while I do understand your enthusiasm from your acceptance at Hogwarts, I believe that little shout of joy you let out was a little too much."
"I'm sorry mother, I received a call from Saku.the card Mistress who informed me of her own acceptance to Hogwarts, my little outburst was a little out of place and."
"Kawaii."
His sisters had that almost disgusting look just like when they saw a cute boy or a pet while his mothers face showed understanding at his situation.
"Son, you just had to say it, now how about I prepare for the wedding in advance, when your studies are over I believe you both will be more then ready. Maybe a winter wedding."
Syaoran was so red from embarrassment that he didn't say a word, marriage was far in his list of priorities, first on which came seeing Sakura, and his mother already wanted them married. It did appeal to him but not at the moment. He needed a bachelorhood you know. He quickly ate his toasts before he disappeared from the dining area. Leaving his relatives to discuss the finer points of traditional or western weddings. He really didn't want to hear them giggle, especially his mother.
He retreated to his room and started to read his old magic books while he wasn't daydreaming of Sakura.
A week passed by quickly as Sakura said good bye to all her friends. The transfer papers had been arranged by Hogwarts after the papers were signed and all that had been left had been the preparations. Her friends wanted to see her off but she had to tell them not to come to be sure that she kept the secret. Only Tomoyo was there to see her off without her trusty camera. There were more rules to follow when one entered the occidental magical world and no recording of the muggle kind was one of them. Tomoyo, when told the news, had turned into a dream like state of herself creating a line of clothes for Sakura for her whole school year but it fell when she heard about the uniform. She regained her usual attitude towards magic when she thought of all the new powers her friend would gain to defend good as a magical girl.
Exactly at 6 pm, the portkey in Sakura's hand activated transporting her, her belongings and Kero to England.
She appeared in front of a middle sized house in the middle of the Sussex, she didn't know where exactly she was but a bushy brown haired girl came to her.
"Hello, you must be Sakura, come in, I'm Hermione Granger, you're going to stay here for the two next weeks, then we're going to one of my friend's house, he goes to the same school we go and you'll meet his whole family as well as my other best friend."
"Hoe? How can I understand you and how can I talk English for that matter."
"A simple translation charm you see."
Hermione went into a detailed explication of the charm that gave Sakura a hard time, she was a little confused but thankfully Mrs. Granger stopped her daughter and presented herself along with her husband. Sakura politely bowed and slipped out of her sneakers at the door. They went to the living room, leaving their daughter to show their guest to her room.
"Here we are, the guest room, now don't be shy, just ask if you need anything."
"Thank you, can you talk to me about Hogwarts, I want to know what's there."
Hermione needed no more prompting and started a basic course on the school, the teachers, the houses, including how slimy the Slytherins were, Quidditch, although it was more about Harry then anything at this point, and finally the telling of some of their less dangerous adventures.
She then mentioned the ghosts and that got a rise out of Sakura, she crushed the plush toy she held in her hands which happened to be Kero trying with all his might not to react at the abuse.
He held out long enough for Sakura to calm herself at the calm explication Hermione gave.
"Don't worry, they are nice, except Peeves the poltergeist but he's just a general trickster. I'd be more scared of the actual sorting."
"What is it scary?"
The sudden urge to scare the first years with silly rumors over took the prefect, tradition was tradition, now is it the dragon or the giant squid she had to use.
"Well, you have to make a lap around the lake while the giant squid swims after you."
"Oh, they have a giant squid, can't it be dangerous?"
"No, it's actually funny, the squid just takes you out when your far enough or if you're about to drown."
'That girl is easy to impress, too easy.' Hermione thought as they resumed talking of the less dangerous aspects of Hogwarts. When she stumbled about her friends again, Sakura asked something about them.
"So, what are your friends like?"
"Well there's Ron, always there when you need him and infuriating. He can't seem to keep himself from contradicting me or act like a prat."
"He sounds like my brother, ready to bug at a moment's notice."
Hermione giggled at that.
"Yes, he acts pretty much like my big brother, infuriating but if anyone else teases me, he goes from teaser to defender."
"And your other friend?"
"Harry is, well, he is the heart of our group. He's brave, considerate most of the time and he's so.well.I can't really describe him. He lives with some of his relatives and they are mean to him. He doesn't seem to really care for it though. He doesn't judge people because of their origin or their race. He's just Harry."
"He sounds nice, is he Harry Potter?"
"Yes, I should have known, he's famous after all."
"Hoe? No it's not that, its just my friend Syaoran is staying with him I had no idea I even had magical powers before a year and a half ago. There were a couple of problems I had to arrange before and he helped me."
"Sounds like you know him well."
"Yeah, we had our share of adventures."
"Just a second, he's going to live with Harry?"
Hermione looked slightly panicked at the thought of another weird thing happening at the Dursley's. Those people were horrible to Harry and any wizard. Sakura just nodded her answer.
"Is there a problem with that?"
"His relatives, they despise anything and everything magical. Harry is virtually their slave each and every summer. He slept in a cupboard until he turned 11. I hope your friend is prepared for a rough time."
"I hope he doesn't react too fast. He could get himself in trouble with his attitude."
"He's rebellious? You look so.innocent, I'd figure your friend would be well mannered."
"He is polite, he just has a very.explosive temper."
Sakura sweat dropped as she thought of the possible damage to a house or the whole of Harry's neighbourhood if they irked Syaoran.
Meanwhile, at the Dursleys.
"You mean to tell me they want to lock us in and not feed us!"
Syaoran had a vein popping up on his temple as he drew out his pendant. The sword appeared in a second and in another the door was reduced to ashes as he held one of his fire ofudas.
He went down the stairs, followed by Harry who took his wand. He had already explained the restriction upon magic but it seemed Syaoran had other ideas. The sword hadn't triggered any alarms unless the slight buzz from what seemed to be a short circuit was any indication. In the dining room, the Dursleys were eating unaware of their impending doom.
When Vernon saw Syaoran he thought his authority would prevail as the young boy couldn't know any weird things dangerous enough to hurt him. So he shouted at him.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING DOWN HERE?"
"I'm hungry, so I'm going to eat, anything against that, pork chop?"
The insult sent Vernon into an almost blind rage but not blind enough for him not to see the Chinese broad sword Syaoran carried on his shoulder. Not bothered by the looks of the assembled family he went to the fridge, took a large portion of the remains of Dudley's birthday cake.
"Chocolate, my favourite, want some Harry?"
Harry had to refrain himself from laughing, his wand was in his pocket and he smiled as he answered.
"Why not Syaoran, it looks delicious."
"Don't touch my cake!"
Dudley looked like a cow and ate like one. His parents had sneaked enough supplies into his school last semester for his diet to have no effect at all. It was just a slight slip that he had cake for his birthday according to aunt Petunia but the bully might have been able to wrestle with Hagrid if he kept that up. He lifted himself from his chair, ready to beat the tiny boy who had a toy sword when the tip of the said toy touched his jugular vein, millimetres away from spraying the family in a shower of blood.
"It's not by choice I'm here, I'd rather stay in the woods than here but as you can guess I have no choice unless your nephew here decides to go camping. However, I'll be making sure that if you ever try to make me miserable you will regret it. Now rule number 1."
"Who says you can make rules in my house?"
Vernon bellowed, ready to rip the boy in pieces if he ever gets the chance.
"It's the rules of your survival, you respect them, you live, you don't well, you may not see the light of tomorrow. As I was saying, rule number 1, unless I'm in danger I won't do magic, as long as I can say I am not bothered by you lot. Rule number 2, imprisoning me or Harry will result in very hurtful consequences. Rule number 3, the last one try to starve either one of us and I'll just have to call the police, don't you know it's a crime to starve people to death, especially children?"
Both Dursleys looked dreadful of that, they suddenly had a lot of things on their minds including prison and other such facilities. The treatment their attitude had put on Harry was far from legal and they could be arrested on many factors, even slavery as they made him work like a slave.
The sword left the fat neck of Dudley to settle in it's scabbard as Syaoran took all the remains of the cake to the room he shared with Harry. His room mate collapsed to the floor laughing as he simply looked less cold. His rare and far apart smiles were for one person and one person only.
"That was.the bloody best thing.I saw since.Malfoy the amazing bouncing ferret!"
"Glad you liked the show they won't be bothering anyone for a while I think."
"I certainly hope so but you could get in trouble for what you just did."
Syaoran quirked an eyebrow at that, he realised he still had to explain some family matters to his host, it was only polite to do so.
"No danger, where I come from, magic isn't restricted, they have restricting charms placed on your house to see if magic happens but it works for known types of magic, like wand or similar like a house elf. However, I didn't use magic, just a magical object. My sword is hidden from view by an ancient enchantment and I don't need to focus my magic to make it appear, just do it."
"So it's safe for you to do magical things as long as you don't use the magic yourself, if I had known that I'd have disappeared for a while."
Harry grinned at the thought of his floating head scaring his cousin or floating food and other feats easily accessible through his invisibility cloak. He leaned back as he ate his share of cake, still in his day dream, until the phone ringed and his uncle bellowed for the boys more gently then he normally did.
"Now boys, tonight I have a very important diner here. I wanted you to not be here or do like you didn't exist but it seems it will be impossible so I want you both in your best wear. Potter, one of Dudley's old suit will do."
"We do have dress robes you know, more stylish then what you seem to think is the norm, I'll let Harry wear something I brought, it'll fit him like a charm."
Syaoran said the last word with a smile and dragged Harry upstairs.
"You're a bit too small for my size you know."
Harry was a little sceptical of the capacities of this first year to fit his measurements.
"Don't worry, Chouly !"
A house elf appeared between the two boys, wearing a Chinese version of what dobby would have found like a good attire. The elf was absolutely free and at the boy's service.
"Yes master Li? You called?"
"Yes, fit my friend with a set of clothes, English style. Not too formal, he doesn't need a tux, but clean and all around good."
The elf nooded, took a tape from his pocket and with a snap of his fingers, Harry was measured. The elf took note of the style while the tape did all the work and left for a second before returning as abruptly as he came with a set of clothes.
"Thank you Chouly, you may return to your previous occupation, I am sure one of my sisters is still talking about the wedding affair."
The elf smiled before he left with a bow. Syaoran seemed to think highly of his domestics and from the looks of it, the elf wasn't a slave as much as he had to be a confident of some kind.
"Sorry about the interruption but you really need a new wardrobe."
"Yeah, I can't really wear robes here can I, anyway, they think they are generous by giving me Dudley's old clothes. They imagine my parents didn't leave me anything when my volt at gringotts is full, gallions won't buy me muggle clothes anyway and if they even knew about the gold, I'd be left with nothing."
"I don't think the goblins would have minded a couple of skeletons in their walls. Maybe they'd have sold your cousins as a rare magical creature."
Harry laughed at that and finally they got dressed for the dinner. While Harry wore a simple trousers white turtle neck shirt combo, Syaoran had opted for his traditional dress, he was a foreign student anyway so it wasn't weird. They went downstairs to be met by uncle Vernon who looked like he was going to explode. A look from Syaoran was all he needed to be persuaded that silence was best as the sword was strapped to his back.
"All right boys, try to act normal, they are a nice family the parents are dentists and potential clients, they have a daughter as old as you Dudley, she goes to a boarding school in the north. They also have a guest, a transfer from Japan."
"Is she cute, what's her name?" Dudley went right to the point, he was in the market for a girlfriend and had no luck. Not that anything human would be interested in that fat ball.
"I believe it was Hermione son, I'm sure you'll impress her, a piece of man like you!"
"My son is growing up so fast!"
While the Dursleys were in their own little world, Harry had an urge to laugh, if it was the Hermione he thought it was they were in for a surprise. He looked at Syaoran whom still was on neutral.
The bell rang and before you knew it, Dudley was at the door greeting the guests.
"Welcome, come in, I am Dudley Dursley, it is a pleasure to meet you"
He took the coats from the guests and hanged them like he had repeated, he then guided the guests to the living room. The very second they appeared, Harry saw a radical change in the expression on Syaoran's face, his eyes went from serious to tender and caring, his rigid body seemed to relax and a small smile broke on his face. A second later, a blur of ribbons flew past Harry and jumped in Syaoran's arms with only a word of warning.
"SYAORAN-KUN"
"Sakura."
The hug was cut short as Sakura became suddenly aware of the look the others were giving them. Both were blushing like crazy under the gazes of the assembled group.
"Gomen."
Sakura excused herself for her outburst with a lot of bowing as was the norm in Japan.
"I guess your guest already met Syaoran, he's a transfer from Hong-Kong, this is my wife, Petunia and our nephew, Harry Potter. You already met Dudley."
Uncle Vernon forced himself to act as though Harry was normal but a little of his disdain was still apparent on his face.
"Why don't we let the kids alone and get comfortable in the living, I'm pretty sure they'll be comfortable in our son's room."
Mr and Mrs. Granger were almost dragged to the living room as the Dursleys wanted nothing more then to put distance between their nephew and themselves. Dudley was showing open interest in Hermione and Harry was ready to kill. He got a better idea however.
"Hermione?"
"Yes Harry?"
"I was wondering if you could help me with my transfiguration essay, is it acordare or accordam that transforms something into a pig."
She looked sternly at him but the wink showed just how much it was an act.
"Really Harry, you know better then to cheat, anyway, if you had read through your books already, you'd know it's neither but porcinus really, all you think about is music these days, those are for musical according!"
Sakura was in her hoe mode as she didn't get any of it while Syaoran had an amused look on his face. It would be a really good idea to turn the boy into a pig, he'd have to tell Harry later.
Dudley was white as a sheet as he too retreated to the living room, intend on telling his parents silently if he could get his mouth to work anyway.
"Let's go to my room guys, I believe we'll be left alone until diner. I do pity your parents though, the Dursleys are boring even by muggle standards."
The quatuor left for the smallest room in the house, all the junk Dudley had amassed through out the years had been cleared for the arrival of the guests and was stored in the attic, The room looked clean and neat. Hermione was in her own world as it seemed as though the place was impregnated with Harry's presence.
'That's odd, it's like I can actually feel Harry in this whole room.' She thought.
Syaoran was looking at both of them, scanning their auras just in case, Hermione's was large like the one of any of his sisters if only less focussed and well trained. It was normal, the training occidental wizards went through focussed on using wands while the one he and his sisters had gone through. It was amazing how powerfull she was without the training. He passed Sakura, her normal pink seeping through the walls as it outshone any in the city and finally there was Harry whose aura was almost as strong as his own, focussed and ready for use. He had the one of a fully trained auror and if half the stories he had eared were true he was more effective then they were.
Sakura was doing the same the very second she felt the gentle probing of his aura, her reading wasn't quite different, she saw, however, one tiny speck of an aura between the both of them, just like a thread of fate, another one started from Harry yet again and was far to the side, disappearing in the northern wall. The one to Hermione started from the heart and the one to nowhere from his right arm. She snapped out of it and shot a look at Syaoran. Both didn't need to tell what they saw, the most important was the power of their aura.
"So, Syaoran. How did the two of you meet ?" Hermione had gotten the lowdown of the affair but what she wanted was details.
"Are either of you familiar with the kind of magic used in our countries ? While in occident they focus on the usage of wands and other artefacts to use magic, we simply 'use' magic without it. We call it a magical aura, some people can use more then others, some can't and some like me and Sakura are extremely powerfull at it. Without training Sakura surpasses any single sorcerer in this world. I'm about third or second and from what I saw Harry is third in terms of power. Anyway we use the hybrid way of doing thing."
"You mean you use your magic as well as a wand ?" It was Harry's turn to ask questions. He knew Voldemort would come for him sometime and if he had even the slightest adventage he'd like to use it.
"Yes, we have use of wands as well as our magical aura. I can conjure a staff and Syaoran has his sword." Sakura answered, she knew the basic theory from Kero but Syaoran had it drilled into his head.
"While your wands act as magical recipients for you to use, only drawing on your power for replenishing themselves, ours are lens for our power." He drew his sword and laid it on the ground. "This blade is made of Mylthrill, it was made in the ancient times by master dwarven craftsmen. It is the symbol of the leadership of the Li clan and takes the form it's bearer can handle best. Sometimes as a wand for the occasional mage, a staff for the archmage and this sword for the warrior-mage. I know it changes as I grow since it started out as a wand."
"When did you get it, you can't be that old ?" Hermione was sceptical, he was a first year, not an old man.
"I was 4 at the time, no big deal, I was just starting my training."
Sakura didn't notice the looks of incredulity at the young age had started his training but Syaoran did, he was waiting for it anyway.
"Are you familiar with the theory of magical fields ?"
"Quite yes, it's the potential for magical use."
"Good, now do exactly as I say." He explained the use of detection magic for a minute before Harry simply got up and exclaimed his estonishment.
"By Merlin's beard ! Is that pink glow really magic. It's huge, it goes up to the roof."
"That's just the tip of the iceberg, exercise it and then you'll see even the tiniest one, even your cousin has a very dismal one but it still is an aura."
Sakura was, at that time, coaching Hermione in the use of the same ability.
"You're almost there, you just have to let it come, it's a lot like levitation and the likes. Once you can do it, you can do it all."
Hermione, following the instructions, seemed to relax instantly before she opened her eyes and saw almost all of it.
"Is that really magic, that pink hue around you, the same green, around Syaoran and the slight gold around Harry ?"
"Yep, but you just started, we can see much more and so will you when you become used enough."
"You see, Sakura explained, those big hues around us are our auras or magical fields. For now you are just looking for the most powerfull beings on instinct then you get to do so at lower and less intense magical auras. It always depends on what you do. For exemple, if you try to look for a magical object it will give an aura that is dinstinctive to it, same thing goes with people."
"The more powerfull the wizard, the stronger this hability gets and the more likely you are to hide your aura from others, Syaoran banished his aura, followed by Sakura a second later, also the more things you can sense, just try to take it easy at Hogwarts, with that many people it could be dangerous if you look during lunch or recess."
They both nooded just at the right time as Dudley came in, almost shaking from head to toe as he entered what he thought was a demon's lair. Syaoran took his sword and sheathed it back in it's scabbard.
"Hey Sakura, why don't you show them your staff ?."
Sakura didn't know Dudley was in there, she had her back to him. But she also didn't know he would go off screaming like a girl at the sight of a glowing circle. She took out her key and chanted the release spell in front of the three Hogwarts students and the muggle boy. The staff, in it's fully evolved form, appeared before their very eyes just as Sakura took it, her dress was changed into a pink ceremonial robe with the Japanese symbol for Sakura on the back.
"You became much more powerfull in the last few months Sakura chan."
"Well, kero decided to start training me three months ago, we felt a dark power in the city and were investigating it when this man in black robes tried to get to us. Lets just say Keroberos fried him good. The man tried to use a wand,he said something like 'evada Kedavra' and this weird green light hit me. I don't know why it didn't do anything and he left."
"He tried to evada kedavra you ? how stupid can you get ?"
Harry was looking at the girl, the very image of innocence who was obviously either mistaken or telling a lie.
"How did you survive, it's the killing curse, only Harry here ever survived it and he got a scar for it." Hermione believed her guest on the spot, the girl had some unbelievable magnetism to be able to convince her in one shot but she was so innocent and seemed to be almost a saint but she still needed answers.
"Hoe ? I don't know, do you know Kero ?" She turned to her pack only to find the part-time stuffed animal, champion of the RPG and mortal kombat and guardian beast of the seal of the book of Sakura gone. "Oh, no, I'll bet he's in the kitchen."
She got up, followed by a grumbling Syaoran and the two puzzled Harry and Hermione. The small guardian was nowhere to be seen and no sound of horror was coming from the living room. Sakura finaly eared something up the stairs and went into Dudley's room to find the gargantuan boy playing a fighting game against Kero who was obviously winning.
"And now for the Keroberos super special combo !" His character performed the killing technique of the Sholyu Ken and sent his adversary to the ground. Sakura closed the door behind her as the impolite boy cursed the doll who had beaten him at his own game. The crash of the game system on the door reverberated into the house and uncle Vernon went up the stairs.
"What is the meaning of this Potter ?" He didn't consider the young guest but looked at his nephew as though he had made the noise.
"Well, your son seems to have." Sakura suddenly pushed pass the man and burst into the room. "Kero ! Stop !" The guardian in his true form stopped his build up of power and bowed to his mistress.
"I'm terribly sorry, my bodyguard here overreacts to threats and doesn't take them lightly. Kero, you know I told you to wait in my bag, no dessert for you."
Kero returned to his smaller form and grumbled something about pudding.
A very shaken Dudley locked himself inside his room and only came out shortly for diner.
Thus began what Harry would remember as the funniest of his moments at the Dursleys.
That was my fist chapter of my first fic. Man, don't be too harsh on me please r&r as well as c&c are welcome, flames are nothing to me as I wear my +5 dragon scale armor enchanted against all maners of magical and mystical flames.
Neither Card Captor nor Hp are mine one is owned by Clamp while the other is JKR's creation This is definitively S&S other couples may follow but that's the main one.
Chapter 1 The transfer
At 14 years old, Sakura Kinomoto was far from being the most ordinary child. She had enough magical power to lay waste to an entire city should the whim ever present itself. One could also search through the entire world and he would never find another like her. Many a boy already knew she was a jewel but all of those who tried up to this same day a good six months before had received the glare of death from a particular boy. He was as stoic as they came. Calm, cool and mysterious. Most of the girls had eyes for him but he had his sight on Sakura and Who ever tried for her would live long enough to regret it. The day he left had signified the opening of Sakura season but it had been stopped by the sole look in her eyes. Most boys that age may have been insensitive but there was something about the way her eyes shone with tears at the mere mention of his name that had stopped them. That is another thing about Sakura that is special, she already has found her soul mate. She was early but they say love has no boundaries and she had just made sure that if there were any she had stepped on them. At age 14, she was already in Love with a capital L.
That day was perfectly normal until she got home that is.
"Sakura, can you come into the living room, we need to talk a little."
Her father was home early and her brother didn't work part time that night. The teenage boy passed her by with a muttered Kaiju which earned him a kick in the chin before they both sat on their respective chairs. Kero, guardian beast of the seal, was sleeping on the table with a small mountain of dishes from his latest snack.
"What do you need to talk to me about tousan (father)"
"Well dear,it looks like you've been accepted in a boarding school in England."
"Hoe? (her personal expression, means puzzlement) How come ?"
He then read the letter with green ink aloud to her.
"Miss Kinomoto, it is our pleasure at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry to extend to you an invitation to attend our boarding school to further your magical education. It has come to our attention that, even though you are of Japanese origin, your father, or rather his previous incarnation, had a mixed background that led to our country. Since the Japanese government does not support a stable learning system for those of muggle background (wizards and witches born from people without the ability to use magic) it has been decided by the direction to introduce you to ours. Included with this letter is a list of all furniture you may need if you decide to attend our school, also a list of the basic rules to observe during your stay in London as you will be transported through portkey, joined with this letter (the keychain) to the house of one of our prefects Miss. Hermione Granger. Again it would be our pleasure for you to attend our school in the future, if you so desire, just sign the following form as well as one of your parents or your legal tutor.
Sincerely Minerva McGonagal Deputy headmistress
Albus Dumbledore Order of Merlin 1st class Supreme Mugwump International federation of wizards
"So Sakura, I know you have all those powers but do you want to go?"
"Can I? It's just, I'd have to leave all my friends and.let me think about it ok."
He smiled at her and nooded, Touya, who had stayed silent all the while decided to voice his opinion.
"No way Kaiju (monster) I'm not letting you go!"
"I'M NOT A KAIJU AND I'LL GO IF I WANT TO!"
With that, in a spur of the moment thing, she signed the form, presented it to her father and left for her room. She never saw the smile on her brother's face.
"Now Touya, why did you do that?"
His father looked solemn but the grin stayed as he answered.
"I may not be found of the gaki but she needs him, he'll be there I bet, Hong-Kong has been a British colony for so long and his family may be the only one there so I guessed that refusing would have been worst then going. She just needed a little push."
With that he left his father who had a smile in his own face, his children were growing up. He signed the form himself and brought the keychain and the instructions with it to his daughter.
The time of departure was set for a week later, on the 3 of August and she needed to prepare for the trip. Kero flew after him, the screaming Sakura had woken him up and he wanted his video games.
Meanwhile, In Hong-Kong. The Li mansion was in an uproar, the current heir to leadership had just asked to pass the test.
"Are you sure Syaoran-dono? To resist such powerfull magic at your young age is unexpected but to actually pass the test of combat."
The elders were anxious it seems, afraid that the last and only heir to the clan would be weak enough to lose to such weak magic. All of them were old but still powerful in their own right. None of them was even nearly strong enough to resist the magic of Clow Read. He had done so, it had been incredibly taxing on his body but he had done it and now those weak old men were afraid for his safety.
"Yes, whatever the test, it cannot be worst then the one of the judge."
He referred to Yue whom had defeated him without as much as a sweat back then but now, he was stronger and more powerful. His only flaw against Yue had been the source of all his magic, the moon. It had taken the power from a being beyond the realm of normal magic to defeat him. The old men nodded and the door of the test of leadership opened. He passed through and they closed just as an owl delivered mail to Yelan.
Unlike the elders, she was calm and composed. Her son had made his intentions clear to her the very second he came back. The ruler ship of the clan was his by birthright and she had the interim but not for long, his time in Japan had not been in vain has he had gained considerable powers and valuable experiences. The fact that he and the card mistress had become allies made the deal sweeter but their obvious love for one another was something of a present from the gods themselves. Even if the cards weren't his they were the possession of his soul mate and that was just as good if not better. The card mistress was bound by a magical contract to guard the cards with her life just as her son, after the trial, would be sworn to protect his clan from all dangers. This magical contract will expend to his wife the day of their marriage and Yelan knew it was only a matter of time before the card mistress became a part of their clan.
She looked at the door, no one really knew what went on back there, only the leader could go and the trial changed with each one and she just had to hope he didn't have to fight the image of his love. It was a possibility after all and her son would never strike her, not even if he had to die.
Five minutes later, Syaoran came out, not a scratch visible on his battle outfit. The room beyond may not have identified him as qualified for the test or the magic had been too weak.
The door closed and disappeared, only to reappear on the day he would pass the leadership to his own son. The assembled clan warriors let out a sigh of relief as failure meant possible insanity and violence, none of them wanted to kill the leader as he had enough strength to kill at least half of them without trying.
"My friends, assembled family, we now present you, Xiao Lang Li, leader of the Li clan and bearer of its honour! Let us celebrate for today a new leader passed the test!"
Before he could be assailed by the numerous cheering cousins, his mother came to him and hugged her son. He stood up right, not used to such display on her part but it became clear in a second, as the regent clan ruler, she had to keep an image of control but now that he had taken control, her walls could be put down and all the motherly love for her son could come out of it's shell. He held her back gently and let go of her shortly thereafter as his sisters created a group hug around him. The cheering went into the night and continued for a long time.
The next morning, he looked through his personal mail. At 14 he wasn't qualified to run the business in the wizarding world his family had so his mother still held the reigns of the clan in his stead. When he opened the first letter, he almost jumped in joy, he had waited for a long time to get it and unless Sakura had been there he couldn't have been happier. Hogwarts, the alma mater of Clow Read had accepted him! He almost ran to his mother but she was sleeping and he instead used the second option. He took his phone and called Sakura. She would be up, at least he hoped so, and he needed to tell her, maybe he could arrange for her to come with him to England.
"Moshi-moshi, Kinomoto residence, Sakura speaking."
"Hello Sakura."
He grinned as he could hear her cheering up at the sound of his voice.
"Syaolan, I was just about to call you, you see, I've been accepted into some sort of wizarding school in England, it's called Hogwarts."
He couldn't, for the life of himself, contain the shout of joy that came to him, the whole household figured he was still celebrating for some reason and let it slip. He just hoped his mother wouldn't ground him.
"Hoe?"
Sakura was puzzled, that was understandable to him but when he related his own story, he heard a similar cheer on the other side of the phone. It was, however, more reserved but just as expressive.
"So we'll see each other in September, I can hardly wait, where are you going to stay?"
She was excited, now everything seemed perfect, if only they could see each other sooner.
"One of the prefects, her name is Hermione Granger, and you?"
"Another prefect, he's a celebrity there, he's called Harry Potter."
"Yatta! Well, I have to leave you, I need to get ready for the trip, you never know what you'll need."
"Yeah, me too, see ya, say hello to the fur ball for me, I miss our arguments a little."
He could almost see her smile on the other end and with that they hung up, both of them sighing as they did so.
Syaoran, realising they had talked for the better part of an hour, went down to breakfast. His mother and sisters were already seated and looked like they wanted a word with the sole male of their immediate family.
"Now son, began his mother, while I do understand your enthusiasm from your acceptance at Hogwarts, I believe that little shout of joy you let out was a little too much."
"I'm sorry mother, I received a call from Saku.the card Mistress who informed me of her own acceptance to Hogwarts, my little outburst was a little out of place and."
"Kawaii."
His sisters had that almost disgusting look just like when they saw a cute boy or a pet while his mothers face showed understanding at his situation.
"Son, you just had to say it, now how about I prepare for the wedding in advance, when your studies are over I believe you both will be more then ready. Maybe a winter wedding."
Syaoran was so red from embarrassment that he didn't say a word, marriage was far in his list of priorities, first on which came seeing Sakura, and his mother already wanted them married. It did appeal to him but not at the moment. He needed a bachelorhood you know. He quickly ate his toasts before he disappeared from the dining area. Leaving his relatives to discuss the finer points of traditional or western weddings. He really didn't want to hear them giggle, especially his mother.
He retreated to his room and started to read his old magic books while he wasn't daydreaming of Sakura.
A week passed by quickly as Sakura said good bye to all her friends. The transfer papers had been arranged by Hogwarts after the papers were signed and all that had been left had been the preparations. Her friends wanted to see her off but she had to tell them not to come to be sure that she kept the secret. Only Tomoyo was there to see her off without her trusty camera. There were more rules to follow when one entered the occidental magical world and no recording of the muggle kind was one of them. Tomoyo, when told the news, had turned into a dream like state of herself creating a line of clothes for Sakura for her whole school year but it fell when she heard about the uniform. She regained her usual attitude towards magic when she thought of all the new powers her friend would gain to defend good as a magical girl.
Exactly at 6 pm, the portkey in Sakura's hand activated transporting her, her belongings and Kero to England.
She appeared in front of a middle sized house in the middle of the Sussex, she didn't know where exactly she was but a bushy brown haired girl came to her.
"Hello, you must be Sakura, come in, I'm Hermione Granger, you're going to stay here for the two next weeks, then we're going to one of my friend's house, he goes to the same school we go and you'll meet his whole family as well as my other best friend."
"Hoe? How can I understand you and how can I talk English for that matter."
"A simple translation charm you see."
Hermione went into a detailed explication of the charm that gave Sakura a hard time, she was a little confused but thankfully Mrs. Granger stopped her daughter and presented herself along with her husband. Sakura politely bowed and slipped out of her sneakers at the door. They went to the living room, leaving their daughter to show their guest to her room.
"Here we are, the guest room, now don't be shy, just ask if you need anything."
"Thank you, can you talk to me about Hogwarts, I want to know what's there."
Hermione needed no more prompting and started a basic course on the school, the teachers, the houses, including how slimy the Slytherins were, Quidditch, although it was more about Harry then anything at this point, and finally the telling of some of their less dangerous adventures.
She then mentioned the ghosts and that got a rise out of Sakura, she crushed the plush toy she held in her hands which happened to be Kero trying with all his might not to react at the abuse.
He held out long enough for Sakura to calm herself at the calm explication Hermione gave.
"Don't worry, they are nice, except Peeves the poltergeist but he's just a general trickster. I'd be more scared of the actual sorting."
"What is it scary?"
The sudden urge to scare the first years with silly rumors over took the prefect, tradition was tradition, now is it the dragon or the giant squid she had to use.
"Well, you have to make a lap around the lake while the giant squid swims after you."
"Oh, they have a giant squid, can't it be dangerous?"
"No, it's actually funny, the squid just takes you out when your far enough or if you're about to drown."
'That girl is easy to impress, too easy.' Hermione thought as they resumed talking of the less dangerous aspects of Hogwarts. When she stumbled about her friends again, Sakura asked something about them.
"So, what are your friends like?"
"Well there's Ron, always there when you need him and infuriating. He can't seem to keep himself from contradicting me or act like a prat."
"He sounds like my brother, ready to bug at a moment's notice."
Hermione giggled at that.
"Yes, he acts pretty much like my big brother, infuriating but if anyone else teases me, he goes from teaser to defender."
"And your other friend?"
"Harry is, well, he is the heart of our group. He's brave, considerate most of the time and he's so.well.I can't really describe him. He lives with some of his relatives and they are mean to him. He doesn't seem to really care for it though. He doesn't judge people because of their origin or their race. He's just Harry."
"He sounds nice, is he Harry Potter?"
"Yes, I should have known, he's famous after all."
"Hoe? No it's not that, its just my friend Syaoran is staying with him I had no idea I even had magical powers before a year and a half ago. There were a couple of problems I had to arrange before and he helped me."
"Sounds like you know him well."
"Yeah, we had our share of adventures."
"Just a second, he's going to live with Harry?"
Hermione looked slightly panicked at the thought of another weird thing happening at the Dursley's. Those people were horrible to Harry and any wizard. Sakura just nodded her answer.
"Is there a problem with that?"
"His relatives, they despise anything and everything magical. Harry is virtually their slave each and every summer. He slept in a cupboard until he turned 11. I hope your friend is prepared for a rough time."
"I hope he doesn't react too fast. He could get himself in trouble with his attitude."
"He's rebellious? You look so.innocent, I'd figure your friend would be well mannered."
"He is polite, he just has a very.explosive temper."
Sakura sweat dropped as she thought of the possible damage to a house or the whole of Harry's neighbourhood if they irked Syaoran.
Meanwhile, at the Dursleys.
"You mean to tell me they want to lock us in and not feed us!"
Syaoran had a vein popping up on his temple as he drew out his pendant. The sword appeared in a second and in another the door was reduced to ashes as he held one of his fire ofudas.
He went down the stairs, followed by Harry who took his wand. He had already explained the restriction upon magic but it seemed Syaoran had other ideas. The sword hadn't triggered any alarms unless the slight buzz from what seemed to be a short circuit was any indication. In the dining room, the Dursleys were eating unaware of their impending doom.
When Vernon saw Syaoran he thought his authority would prevail as the young boy couldn't know any weird things dangerous enough to hurt him. So he shouted at him.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING DOWN HERE?"
"I'm hungry, so I'm going to eat, anything against that, pork chop?"
The insult sent Vernon into an almost blind rage but not blind enough for him not to see the Chinese broad sword Syaoran carried on his shoulder. Not bothered by the looks of the assembled family he went to the fridge, took a large portion of the remains of Dudley's birthday cake.
"Chocolate, my favourite, want some Harry?"
Harry had to refrain himself from laughing, his wand was in his pocket and he smiled as he answered.
"Why not Syaoran, it looks delicious."
"Don't touch my cake!"
Dudley looked like a cow and ate like one. His parents had sneaked enough supplies into his school last semester for his diet to have no effect at all. It was just a slight slip that he had cake for his birthday according to aunt Petunia but the bully might have been able to wrestle with Hagrid if he kept that up. He lifted himself from his chair, ready to beat the tiny boy who had a toy sword when the tip of the said toy touched his jugular vein, millimetres away from spraying the family in a shower of blood.
"It's not by choice I'm here, I'd rather stay in the woods than here but as you can guess I have no choice unless your nephew here decides to go camping. However, I'll be making sure that if you ever try to make me miserable you will regret it. Now rule number 1."
"Who says you can make rules in my house?"
Vernon bellowed, ready to rip the boy in pieces if he ever gets the chance.
"It's the rules of your survival, you respect them, you live, you don't well, you may not see the light of tomorrow. As I was saying, rule number 1, unless I'm in danger I won't do magic, as long as I can say I am not bothered by you lot. Rule number 2, imprisoning me or Harry will result in very hurtful consequences. Rule number 3, the last one try to starve either one of us and I'll just have to call the police, don't you know it's a crime to starve people to death, especially children?"
Both Dursleys looked dreadful of that, they suddenly had a lot of things on their minds including prison and other such facilities. The treatment their attitude had put on Harry was far from legal and they could be arrested on many factors, even slavery as they made him work like a slave.
The sword left the fat neck of Dudley to settle in it's scabbard as Syaoran took all the remains of the cake to the room he shared with Harry. His room mate collapsed to the floor laughing as he simply looked less cold. His rare and far apart smiles were for one person and one person only.
"That was.the bloody best thing.I saw since.Malfoy the amazing bouncing ferret!"
"Glad you liked the show they won't be bothering anyone for a while I think."
"I certainly hope so but you could get in trouble for what you just did."
Syaoran quirked an eyebrow at that, he realised he still had to explain some family matters to his host, it was only polite to do so.
"No danger, where I come from, magic isn't restricted, they have restricting charms placed on your house to see if magic happens but it works for known types of magic, like wand or similar like a house elf. However, I didn't use magic, just a magical object. My sword is hidden from view by an ancient enchantment and I don't need to focus my magic to make it appear, just do it."
"So it's safe for you to do magical things as long as you don't use the magic yourself, if I had known that I'd have disappeared for a while."
Harry grinned at the thought of his floating head scaring his cousin or floating food and other feats easily accessible through his invisibility cloak. He leaned back as he ate his share of cake, still in his day dream, until the phone ringed and his uncle bellowed for the boys more gently then he normally did.
"Now boys, tonight I have a very important diner here. I wanted you to not be here or do like you didn't exist but it seems it will be impossible so I want you both in your best wear. Potter, one of Dudley's old suit will do."
"We do have dress robes you know, more stylish then what you seem to think is the norm, I'll let Harry wear something I brought, it'll fit him like a charm."
Syaoran said the last word with a smile and dragged Harry upstairs.
"You're a bit too small for my size you know."
Harry was a little sceptical of the capacities of this first year to fit his measurements.
"Don't worry, Chouly !"
A house elf appeared between the two boys, wearing a Chinese version of what dobby would have found like a good attire. The elf was absolutely free and at the boy's service.
"Yes master Li? You called?"
"Yes, fit my friend with a set of clothes, English style. Not too formal, he doesn't need a tux, but clean and all around good."
The elf nooded, took a tape from his pocket and with a snap of his fingers, Harry was measured. The elf took note of the style while the tape did all the work and left for a second before returning as abruptly as he came with a set of clothes.
"Thank you Chouly, you may return to your previous occupation, I am sure one of my sisters is still talking about the wedding affair."
The elf smiled before he left with a bow. Syaoran seemed to think highly of his domestics and from the looks of it, the elf wasn't a slave as much as he had to be a confident of some kind.
"Sorry about the interruption but you really need a new wardrobe."
"Yeah, I can't really wear robes here can I, anyway, they think they are generous by giving me Dudley's old clothes. They imagine my parents didn't leave me anything when my volt at gringotts is full, gallions won't buy me muggle clothes anyway and if they even knew about the gold, I'd be left with nothing."
"I don't think the goblins would have minded a couple of skeletons in their walls. Maybe they'd have sold your cousins as a rare magical creature."
Harry laughed at that and finally they got dressed for the dinner. While Harry wore a simple trousers white turtle neck shirt combo, Syaoran had opted for his traditional dress, he was a foreign student anyway so it wasn't weird. They went downstairs to be met by uncle Vernon who looked like he was going to explode. A look from Syaoran was all he needed to be persuaded that silence was best as the sword was strapped to his back.
"All right boys, try to act normal, they are a nice family the parents are dentists and potential clients, they have a daughter as old as you Dudley, she goes to a boarding school in the north. They also have a guest, a transfer from Japan."
"Is she cute, what's her name?" Dudley went right to the point, he was in the market for a girlfriend and had no luck. Not that anything human would be interested in that fat ball.
"I believe it was Hermione son, I'm sure you'll impress her, a piece of man like you!"
"My son is growing up so fast!"
While the Dursleys were in their own little world, Harry had an urge to laugh, if it was the Hermione he thought it was they were in for a surprise. He looked at Syaoran whom still was on neutral.
The bell rang and before you knew it, Dudley was at the door greeting the guests.
"Welcome, come in, I am Dudley Dursley, it is a pleasure to meet you"
He took the coats from the guests and hanged them like he had repeated, he then guided the guests to the living room. The very second they appeared, Harry saw a radical change in the expression on Syaoran's face, his eyes went from serious to tender and caring, his rigid body seemed to relax and a small smile broke on his face. A second later, a blur of ribbons flew past Harry and jumped in Syaoran's arms with only a word of warning.
"SYAORAN-KUN"
"Sakura."
The hug was cut short as Sakura became suddenly aware of the look the others were giving them. Both were blushing like crazy under the gazes of the assembled group.
"Gomen."
Sakura excused herself for her outburst with a lot of bowing as was the norm in Japan.
"I guess your guest already met Syaoran, he's a transfer from Hong-Kong, this is my wife, Petunia and our nephew, Harry Potter. You already met Dudley."
Uncle Vernon forced himself to act as though Harry was normal but a little of his disdain was still apparent on his face.
"Why don't we let the kids alone and get comfortable in the living, I'm pretty sure they'll be comfortable in our son's room."
Mr and Mrs. Granger were almost dragged to the living room as the Dursleys wanted nothing more then to put distance between their nephew and themselves. Dudley was showing open interest in Hermione and Harry was ready to kill. He got a better idea however.
"Hermione?"
"Yes Harry?"
"I was wondering if you could help me with my transfiguration essay, is it acordare or accordam that transforms something into a pig."
She looked sternly at him but the wink showed just how much it was an act.
"Really Harry, you know better then to cheat, anyway, if you had read through your books already, you'd know it's neither but porcinus really, all you think about is music these days, those are for musical according!"
Sakura was in her hoe mode as she didn't get any of it while Syaoran had an amused look on his face. It would be a really good idea to turn the boy into a pig, he'd have to tell Harry later.
Dudley was white as a sheet as he too retreated to the living room, intend on telling his parents silently if he could get his mouth to work anyway.
"Let's go to my room guys, I believe we'll be left alone until diner. I do pity your parents though, the Dursleys are boring even by muggle standards."
The quatuor left for the smallest room in the house, all the junk Dudley had amassed through out the years had been cleared for the arrival of the guests and was stored in the attic, The room looked clean and neat. Hermione was in her own world as it seemed as though the place was impregnated with Harry's presence.
'That's odd, it's like I can actually feel Harry in this whole room.' She thought.
Syaoran was looking at both of them, scanning their auras just in case, Hermione's was large like the one of any of his sisters if only less focussed and well trained. It was normal, the training occidental wizards went through focussed on using wands while the one he and his sisters had gone through. It was amazing how powerfull she was without the training. He passed Sakura, her normal pink seeping through the walls as it outshone any in the city and finally there was Harry whose aura was almost as strong as his own, focussed and ready for use. He had the one of a fully trained auror and if half the stories he had eared were true he was more effective then they were.
Sakura was doing the same the very second she felt the gentle probing of his aura, her reading wasn't quite different, she saw, however, one tiny speck of an aura between the both of them, just like a thread of fate, another one started from Harry yet again and was far to the side, disappearing in the northern wall. The one to Hermione started from the heart and the one to nowhere from his right arm. She snapped out of it and shot a look at Syaoran. Both didn't need to tell what they saw, the most important was the power of their aura.
"So, Syaoran. How did the two of you meet ?" Hermione had gotten the lowdown of the affair but what she wanted was details.
"Are either of you familiar with the kind of magic used in our countries ? While in occident they focus on the usage of wands and other artefacts to use magic, we simply 'use' magic without it. We call it a magical aura, some people can use more then others, some can't and some like me and Sakura are extremely powerfull at it. Without training Sakura surpasses any single sorcerer in this world. I'm about third or second and from what I saw Harry is third in terms of power. Anyway we use the hybrid way of doing thing."
"You mean you use your magic as well as a wand ?" It was Harry's turn to ask questions. He knew Voldemort would come for him sometime and if he had even the slightest adventage he'd like to use it.
"Yes, we have use of wands as well as our magical aura. I can conjure a staff and Syaoran has his sword." Sakura answered, she knew the basic theory from Kero but Syaoran had it drilled into his head.
"While your wands act as magical recipients for you to use, only drawing on your power for replenishing themselves, ours are lens for our power." He drew his sword and laid it on the ground. "This blade is made of Mylthrill, it was made in the ancient times by master dwarven craftsmen. It is the symbol of the leadership of the Li clan and takes the form it's bearer can handle best. Sometimes as a wand for the occasional mage, a staff for the archmage and this sword for the warrior-mage. I know it changes as I grow since it started out as a wand."
"When did you get it, you can't be that old ?" Hermione was sceptical, he was a first year, not an old man.
"I was 4 at the time, no big deal, I was just starting my training."
Sakura didn't notice the looks of incredulity at the young age had started his training but Syaoran did, he was waiting for it anyway.
"Are you familiar with the theory of magical fields ?"
"Quite yes, it's the potential for magical use."
"Good, now do exactly as I say." He explained the use of detection magic for a minute before Harry simply got up and exclaimed his estonishment.
"By Merlin's beard ! Is that pink glow really magic. It's huge, it goes up to the roof."
"That's just the tip of the iceberg, exercise it and then you'll see even the tiniest one, even your cousin has a very dismal one but it still is an aura."
Sakura was, at that time, coaching Hermione in the use of the same ability.
"You're almost there, you just have to let it come, it's a lot like levitation and the likes. Once you can do it, you can do it all."
Hermione, following the instructions, seemed to relax instantly before she opened her eyes and saw almost all of it.
"Is that really magic, that pink hue around you, the same green, around Syaoran and the slight gold around Harry ?"
"Yep, but you just started, we can see much more and so will you when you become used enough."
"You see, Sakura explained, those big hues around us are our auras or magical fields. For now you are just looking for the most powerfull beings on instinct then you get to do so at lower and less intense magical auras. It always depends on what you do. For exemple, if you try to look for a magical object it will give an aura that is dinstinctive to it, same thing goes with people."
"The more powerfull the wizard, the stronger this hability gets and the more likely you are to hide your aura from others, Syaoran banished his aura, followed by Sakura a second later, also the more things you can sense, just try to take it easy at Hogwarts, with that many people it could be dangerous if you look during lunch or recess."
They both nooded just at the right time as Dudley came in, almost shaking from head to toe as he entered what he thought was a demon's lair. Syaoran took his sword and sheathed it back in it's scabbard.
"Hey Sakura, why don't you show them your staff ?."
Sakura didn't know Dudley was in there, she had her back to him. But she also didn't know he would go off screaming like a girl at the sight of a glowing circle. She took out her key and chanted the release spell in front of the three Hogwarts students and the muggle boy. The staff, in it's fully evolved form, appeared before their very eyes just as Sakura took it, her dress was changed into a pink ceremonial robe with the Japanese symbol for Sakura on the back.
"You became much more powerfull in the last few months Sakura chan."
"Well, kero decided to start training me three months ago, we felt a dark power in the city and were investigating it when this man in black robes tried to get to us. Lets just say Keroberos fried him good. The man tried to use a wand,he said something like 'evada Kedavra' and this weird green light hit me. I don't know why it didn't do anything and he left."
"He tried to evada kedavra you ? how stupid can you get ?"
Harry was looking at the girl, the very image of innocence who was obviously either mistaken or telling a lie.
"How did you survive, it's the killing curse, only Harry here ever survived it and he got a scar for it." Hermione believed her guest on the spot, the girl had some unbelievable magnetism to be able to convince her in one shot but she was so innocent and seemed to be almost a saint but she still needed answers.
"Hoe ? I don't know, do you know Kero ?" She turned to her pack only to find the part-time stuffed animal, champion of the RPG and mortal kombat and guardian beast of the seal of the book of Sakura gone. "Oh, no, I'll bet he's in the kitchen."
She got up, followed by a grumbling Syaoran and the two puzzled Harry and Hermione. The small guardian was nowhere to be seen and no sound of horror was coming from the living room. Sakura finaly eared something up the stairs and went into Dudley's room to find the gargantuan boy playing a fighting game against Kero who was obviously winning.
"And now for the Keroberos super special combo !" His character performed the killing technique of the Sholyu Ken and sent his adversary to the ground. Sakura closed the door behind her as the impolite boy cursed the doll who had beaten him at his own game. The crash of the game system on the door reverberated into the house and uncle Vernon went up the stairs.
"What is the meaning of this Potter ?" He didn't consider the young guest but looked at his nephew as though he had made the noise.
"Well, your son seems to have." Sakura suddenly pushed pass the man and burst into the room. "Kero ! Stop !" The guardian in his true form stopped his build up of power and bowed to his mistress.
"I'm terribly sorry, my bodyguard here overreacts to threats and doesn't take them lightly. Kero, you know I told you to wait in my bag, no dessert for you."
Kero returned to his smaller form and grumbled something about pudding.
A very shaken Dudley locked himself inside his room and only came out shortly for diner.
Thus began what Harry would remember as the funniest of his moments at the Dursleys.
That was my fist chapter of my first fic. Man, don't be too harsh on me please r&r as well as c&c are welcome, flames are nothing to me as I wear my +5 dragon scale armor enchanted against all maners of magical and mystical flames.