Metal Gear Ryu

Summary: Metal Gear Ryu is a crossover between Harry Potter and Metal Gear Solid set as an alternative to the events of Book 6. The recent actions of Voldemort have spooked the British government into action and they do so by developing a powerful new weapon, a weapon capable of destroying an entire nation. Snake, Raiden, Otacon, and a new character, Ryu, are for various reasons trying to find it before it is launched. Problems arise, however, when the location of the Metal Gear is discovered to be Hogwarts.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Metal Gear Solid, if I did, book 6 wouldn't suck.

Italicized text means dialogue over nano-communication. This is communication done via nano-machines inside of a person's bloodstream.

Ch1: Introductions

London, United Kingdom

11:56 AM, October 16th 2003

"Snake, where is he? He should have been here by now." Raiden's voice came in over the codec.

"Don't worry about it; he said he'll be here around noon time." Otacon replied.

"I see him." This time it was Snake.

It was a perfect day in London. It was cold, wet, gray, and overall typical of London fall weather. It was easy not to stand out amongst the sea of umbrellas and rain cloaks. Traffic was somewhat somber as most people preferred to stay inside. On one side of the busy street was a typical Starbucks with a few people inside. One of them was smoking.

"Sir you can't smoke in here."

"Sorry about that." The man began to get up. A man in glasses next to him spoke up

"Just put it out Pliskin, don't tell me you're going out in the rain just to smoke?"

"Why not? Besides it looks like our friend decided to show up."

The man named Pliskin walked out and blew a puff of smoke into the cold Autumn air.

"I hate smoking."

He turned to face the source of the voice. In front of him was a young kid, about 17-18 years of age. The kid was dressed in jeans, a shirt, and a black overcoat. His hair was all wet from the rain and lay in a mess all over his head.

"What's your name kid?"

"Smith, Adam Smith."

"I take it your parents weren't very creative?"

"I seemed to have inherited that."

After one more puff, Pliskin threw the cigarette on the ground.

"So do you want a cup of coffee? We ordered an extra one on accident, it's a macchiato."

"I hope it's caramel." Smith opened the door and went inside, Pliskin followed suit after taking one last look over the street.

"Yeah, it's him. He says his name is Adam Smith."

"Wait a minute Snake, he's just a kid!" Raiden protested.

"So what? You learned how to use a gun when you were eight."

"He's got you there." Otacon joined in.

"Ok, ok. I just don't trust this kid." Raiden cut off the communications.

The Starbucks was somewhat crowded but it was also warm. Smith sat down at the table next to Pliskin with two other men. One was wearing a blue sweater and glasses. The other had really long smooth blonde hair and blue eyes and was also wearing a leather jacket. Both Pliskin and the blonde guy had concealed pistols on them. The guy with the glasses extended his hand in a greeting.

"Hi, I'm Jonathan Hamilton. And this is my friend Sean Lincoln. You've met Iroquois Pliskin already." The two briskly shook hands, and Smith took a sip of his coffee.

"Ok, how about we switch over to nano-communication to keep our conversation private?"

Snake's voice came in first. "So what's your name kid?"

"It's Ryu. Or at least that's what you can call me" The newcomer replied.

"You don't look very Japanese. Where are you from?" Otacon asked.

"Russia, actually Ukraine it's right next to Russia. My father was Ukranian, my mother was from Moscow. I was born in Kiev and then I lived in St. Petersburg. That is until I joined the spetznaz."

Snake: The spetznaz? I didn't know they recruited kids, I guess Russia must be desperate. So what's your real name?

Ryu: What's yours?

Snake: Point taken. Anyway, from now on we all use our codenames. I'm Snake.

Ryu: The legend of Shadow Moses, of course.

Snake: Err, right. The computer whiz over there is Otacon. The blonde guy next to him would be Raiden.

Ryu: Nice to meet everyone. Now that the introductions are over, let's get to work.

Otacon: Ok, let's start with the basics. I assume you know what a Metal Gear is?

Ryu: A walking tank with unlimited nuclear strike capabilities. It was originally developed by a rogue nation called Outer Heaven. A prototype for the U.S. was being constructed in Alaska at Shadow Moses when the facility was seized by terrorists. A special ops agent, codenamed Snake, infiltrated the facility and destroyed the prototype; however the blueprints were sold on the black market. Now every ideological faction can build their own metal gear.

Otacon: Exactly. In other words a nuclear proliferation nightmare. So recently, developed nations began to research metal gear killers in order to gain the first strike capability. I'm sure you're aware of the Discovery incident from three years ago?

Ryu: Yeah, tanker with a prototype Metal Gear on it was sunk. Solid Snake was blamed for it. However the events last year at Big Shell had placed his involvement into question.

Snake: Sounds like you did your homework. Well America decided that two metal gear spectacles was enough publicity and kept its R&D under wrap for now. However, two months ago Otacon got a lead regarding a new Metal Gear being developed in Yugoslavia. This new Metal Gear is capable of flight. Of course, flight doesn't just mean it can get off the ground. It has unparalleled air superiority with the ability to stay airborne for at least a week. Its defenses and conventional arsenal allow it to maintain air and ground superiority over a small army.

Raiden: According to its specs, this metal gear is designed to fight other metal gears. It has an incredibly wide range of movement and its motions are much faster than those of America's Metal Gear Ray. Taking into account the aerial superiority of this new design, we're dealing with a weapon capable of flying into a country, wiping out its defenses and completely annihilating the entire population.

Ryu: So what exactly happened in Yugoslavia?

Raiden: Snake and I infiltrated the facility to discover that the prototype was still in construction. We estimate that the Metal Gear was 20 completed. Even at 20, however, it was capable of shooting down Stinger missiles and reaching Mach 3 with afterburners.

Snake: Needless to say it managed to get away. The thing is, we had no idea where it went. All traces of the new Metal Gear were gone.

Otacon: Our original assumption was that Russia was involved in the development of this new variation and that it was using Yugoslavia as a proxy. However after a careful search of all the countries of the former Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact we found no trace of the New Metal Gear. We traced the money back to the Russian government, however, and we found it linked to the Dragonic Ethics Corporation. You were tied with the funds which were used to develop the Metal Gear.

Ryu: And I was also the only human being you could possibly track down, right?

Otacon: Exactly, we found out you were in Britain and followed you in order to try to get some answers.

Ryu: All right, you are correct in the knowledge that my unit was tied in with the development of the Metal Gear; however I was not aware of its existence until after my unit was, 'disbanded'. Just like you I was searching for the Metal Gear but I was doing so in order to locate my comrades. I managed to track it to Britain.

Snake: How'd you do that?

Ryu:Same way you did, I followed the money trail. After the Yugoslavian fiasco that you mentioned, it would cost someone a whole lot of money to transport the Metal Gear and cover their tracks.

Snake: Right, and?

Ryu: Well, have you heard about the recent developments in Britain?

Otacon: From what I read, recently there has been a plethora of unexplained phenomena that began this summer I believe. People are turning up missing or dead. Odd weather patterns which meteorologists can't explain. And the collapse of a bridge with no definite cause.

Ryu: Exactly. The Prime Minister of Britain passed a proposal through parliament to increase the defense budget in order to "Ascertain the nature of these events, and to further strengthen Britain both internally and externally."

Snake: Sounds like a political gesture to me. How much of that was actually spent on security?

Ryu: Well most of the transaction seemed legit; however a large chunk of the expenditures was directed towards a "Project Pegasus."

Otacon: Project Pegasus? That name sounds familiar.

Ryu: It should, Dragonic Ethics is on the payroll, along with several other companies. It should be mentioned in their accounts. Anyway, the money spent was used for large transportation costs, development of high-density metallic alloys, thermal weaponry, basically all the ingredients for a Metal Gear. That's all that I managed to find out before you guys contacted me.

Snake: Not bad kid, thanks for the info.

Otacon: I guess then we're going to look into this Project Pegasus. We'll contact you if anything comes up.

"Right, I'll dig around some more and maybe I can get some info which might be more concrete with regard to the Metal Gear." Ryu ended the transmission.

Ryu drank the remained of his coffee and tossed the cup. The remaining three men all got up as well and began to put on their various coats.

"It was a pleasure meeting you kid." Snake spoke and extended his hand to Ryu.

"The pleasure is all mine, Mr. Pliskin" Ryu shook his hand put on his coat. "Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Lincoln I had a marvelous time." Ryu shook hands with both Raiden and Otacon and the four of them finally began to leave. The bell rang and the sound of rain replaced the sound of the chatter inside the coffee shop. The four men walked out and parted their ways.

"I'll keep in touch Kid" Snake said to Ryu before lighting another cigarette.

-End Ch1-

Author's Notes:

-Although the storyline of Harry Potter takes place at the end of the 20th century and the story of Metal Gear Solid 2 takes placed in 2009. I compromised and set the date at 2003. This story takes place on year after Big Shell and during Harry's 6th year at Hogwarts.

-Ryu's real name isn't Adam Smith those were all aliases

-The whole Macchiato thing was a password to make sure it was in fact Ryu and not some imposter.