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They had just finished unloading their luggage off of the bus, when a tall man with mid length, pale blue hair approached.
"Good evening, I am Minami Ritsu, principal of Septimal Moon. You must be Dumbledore-San." He bowed, hair curtaining his face as he did so.
Dumbledore curtsied before replying, causing Hermione to face palm.
"Good evening, my boy! Could I tempt you with a lemon drop? They're my favorite mug . . . Um . . . MUSICAL candies."
Ritsu slowly straightened, confusion evident on his face. Musical…candies? "Ah…no thank you, Dumbledore-San."
He glanced over at the raven haired man next to Dumbledore before letting his green eyes roam over the faces of the teens behind the two men. "Please, follow me to my office so we may settle you in."
"Lead the way, my dear boy!" Dumbledore said, beaming at Ritsu.
The pale haired man could only blink slowly as he stared at the older man. "Yes…right this way."
Turning on his heel, the young principal lead the group of foreigners inside the school. Students hanging around in the halls turned to stare at the strangers as they whispered amongst themselves.
The young witches and wizards couldn't help but notice most of the students were wearing cat ears and tails. This gave great confusion. What were they wearing fake cat ears for? Was it some kid of fashion trend in Japan?
Dumbledore excitedly greeted each one, giving a big smile and an enthusiastic wave. "Hello! How are you today, young man? Hi! Good evening!"
"Professor, perhaps you should…tone it down…a bit." Hermione suggested hopefully.
"Nonsense, Miss Granger. I'm just being friendly." said the headmaster happily, giving a few more waves.
Ritsu stopped outside his office, hand gripping the doorknob calmly as he turned to the group. "I have a group of students that I think you will all get a long with well, so it may be a little crowded."
"Oh, joy." Snape commented sarcastically, causing green eyes to snap towards him.
"I believe we haven't been introduced." Ritsu drawled, eyeing the dark haired man. "I know Dumbledore-San since he is a friend of Hitomi-Sensei's. But I haven't heard about you."
"Professor Severus Snape, po…chemistry…teacher."
Ritsu stared silently at the man, catching his quick correction. What in the world was po chemistry? Shaking his head slightly, the younger of the three adults turned back towards the door and entered the room.
Loud chatter immediately stopped as nine pairs of eyes turned to stare. Ritsu gave everyone a warning glare before making his way towards his desk. The students of Hogwarts noticed, again, some of the students present wearing cat ears and tails.
"Please come in, Dumbledore-San." Ritsu said, taking his seat behind his desk.
Nagisa stood silently at Ritsu's side, watching the group of strangers file into the room quietly, her eye's widening in silent horror at the horrendous fashion victim in front of the group.
'Orange? With yellow smilies?' she silently screamed, hands itching to grab the man's clothes and burn them. Ritsu, sensing her distress, gently patted her arm, as if trying to calm her.
Harry and his friends found empty seats and made themselves comfortable, while Snape stood by the door, arms crossed and glaring.
Natsuo, who had lost interest in the new students five seconds after they entered, glanced over at the headmaster before doing a double take. Eyes widening and mouth hanging open, the energetic red head jumped to his feet and pointed straight at the tall, elder man.
"MAGICAL RAINBOW ELF!" he screamed loudly, causing half the room to jump. Dumbledore turned to look at him and grinned happily.
"Thank you, young man!"
Youji sighed and pulled Natsuo back onto his lap. "Natsuo, don't be rude!" he hissed, causing the green eyed teen to pout.
"Well he liked it." He mumbled, folding his arms over his chest in a childish way.
"And why exactly are we in this room?" Snape demanded.
"Because we are the ones that will be settling you in…Sensei." Seimei sneered, gaining the professor's attention.
"It's not Sensei. It's Professor." growled Snape, glaring at the younger male.
Nisei gave a quiet chuckle beside Seimei, hoping for a fight. He nudged the elder Aoyagi and whispered something quietly in the raven's ear, hopefully trying to 'egging him on'.
"Now, now. We all need to learn to play nicely. As Aoyagi-kun said, these are the students I have chosen to help you all settle in. They will be your new roommates, tour guides, and hopefully your fri-" Ritsu was cut off as the door slammed open, nearly whacking a startled Snape in the process.
Snape reached for his wand to hex whoever had done such a thing, before remembering that it was in a secret compartment in his suitcase. He settled for giving his patented Death Glare to the newcomer.
"Sorry I'm late, Ritsu-Sensei! Yuiko-San and Hitomi-Sensei couldn't find their bo-Ehhh?" Osamu stopped, eyes landing on the glaring professor as she closed the door behind her.
Neville's eyes widened as he looked at the dark haired girl. He had never seen a girl so beautiful in his life.
Blinking in confusion, she turned her gaze to the full room, half of them her friends, the other half complete strangers. "Ah…did I interrupt something, Sensei?"
Shaking his head, Ritsu lit a cigarette, causing Harry and his friends to gape in shock. "Nonsense, Kimizuka-san. You are just in time. Please take a seat and…oh, yes?" Ritsu asked, seeing one of the new students with her hand in the air.
"Sir, do you realize the health effects of smoking? Not only to yourself, but to those who have to be in your presence? It would be wise to quit as quickly as you can." Hermione lectured, causing the Japanese students to stare.
"She actually talked back to Ritsu…about his smoking!" Kio whispered to Soubi in bafflement, causing Nisei to snicker in agreement.
Ritsu, having been a little surprised, blinked before glancing at his cigarette, then turning to look at the blue haired woman beside him.
"Nagisa…do you think you can hide my pack from now on?"
"Uh…sure." Nagisa answered, hesitantly taking the pack from him.
Just as she slipped the carton into her pocket, the door once again slammed open, nearly hitting Snape…again.
"1,000 points from-! Oh, never mind." he grumbled, edging away from the door towards Dumbledore, who was looking a little too happy. Which made him wonder if he was safer by the door after all.
Natsuo guffawed, doubling over as he nudged Ritsuka. "Points! He said points!" Ritsuka scowled at him and edged to the end of his seat as Natsuo pointed at Snape.
"Points! What the hell is this? Pokemon?" He continued to laugh as Youji pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Pokemon has Health Points, Natsuo."
"Same thing!"
"Ah! Lovely to see you, my dear!" Albus suddenly cried happily, arms spread as he glided towards the door, set on embracing Hitomi.
Yuiko's eyes widened as she slowly backed away from her Sensei, scared of the tall, orange man.
Soubi's icy blue eyes zoomed in on his earless Sensei's head, eyebrow raised in curiosity. "Hitomi-Sensei, where are your ea-" he was interrupted as a small hand slapped over his mouth.
"Shut up, Soubi." Ritsuka hissed lowly, before turning to see his shy teacher practically mauled by the tall 'Rainbow Elf'.
The young witches and wizards exchanged startled glances at their headmaster's behavior towards the young Japanese woman. Ritsu cleared his throat, feeling that they were getting a little too sidetracked.
"If you'll give me your attention, I would like to explain the rules of the school and who you will be dorming with." the green eyed principal explained, lacing his fingers together before resting his chin on them.
"Now, before I give our transfer students their assigned dorms, I should inform you, Kaidou-san, that I moved you into a new room since you and Akame-san cannot seem to get along for two seconds at a time. And I would hate for you two to engage in another spell b…spat."
Ron perked up at the word "spell" , whipping out his wand. "OH! You mean like this-Ack!" Snape smacked him in the back of his head, causing Nisei to laugh hysterically along with Natsuo.
"Why do you have a stick?" Natsuo questioned, laughing himself to tears.
"It…uh…makes me happy?" Ron said, trying to imitate Dumbledore, but instead he looked constipated. Dumbledore looked at the red headed wizard with concern.
"Are you feeling alright, Mr. Weasely?" he asked, still holding Hitomi in a death grip.
"Never been…better?" He forced a smile, looking rather creepy.
"Back to our previous discussion," Ritsu interrupted, getting rather frustrated. "Our first dorm assignment will be with Malfoy Draco-"
"Excuse me, Sir, it is Draco Malfoy. Not Malfoy Draco, you stupid muggle."
The witches and wizards gaped in horror while the Japanese cat people cocked their heads in confusion.
'What is a muggle?' they simultaneously thought.
"Mr. Malfoy!" reprimanded Snape.
"But he got my name wrong!" whined Draco.
"Actually, Malfoy, it is customary in Japan to refer to a person with their surname first and their given name second." Hermione corrected the arrogant blonde.
Draco scowled, arms crossed over his chest. "Well, excuse me."
"Back to our previous discussion." Ritsu interjected, patience long gone. "Draco-san will dorm with Agatsuma Soubi, Aoyagi Seimei, and Akame Nisei. You three, please stand so that he may know who you are."
Soubi silently stood along with Seimei, while Nisei hopped to his feet.
"Hey kid, you better not be annoying like Kio, or else I'll stick his lollipop collection where the sun don't shine, got it?" Nisei chirped happily, an eerie smile spreading across his face.
Draco shuddered before slowly turning to Dumbledore. "Are you sure this is a good idea?" he asked weakly.
"It's a perfectly good idea, my boy!" he beamed, eyes twinkling.
"Now, Potter-san will be dormed with Aoyagi Ritsuka, Shioiri Yayoi, and Sagan Youji and Natsuo. You four, please stand."
As Ritsuka and Yayoi stood from their seats, Natsuo leaped from his spot on Youji's lap and ran towards the brunette wizard, successfully glomping him. "We are going to become such great friends!" he gushed.
Harry looked at the red head, who had his arms around him, in mild alarm and said, "Er…I'm sure we will."
Having developed a sixth sense when coming to death glares from dealing with Snape, Harry looked up to see a teal haired teen glaring a promised death at him.
"Natsuo, don't just hug him. You don't even know him." Youji growled, reaching out for overly happy red head.
"Back to our previous discussion," Ritsu ground out, looking rather pissed. "Weasely-san and Longbottom-san-"
"Bahaha! Longbottom!" Kio cackled, nudging Soubi in the rib. "Long. Bottom! Get it? Get it?"
"Kio, shut the hell up." Soubi sighed, shoving the blonde's elbow away from him.
Ritsu glared at his laughing student, before continuing. "Sadly you'll be dorming with the laughing fool next to you."
"Heeeeey!" Kio whined.
"Shut up Kio! It's not nice to make fun of someone's name! Especially if you don't know that person." Osamu scolded, shaking her finger at the bespectacled blonde.
"Mind your own business, Osamu." Kio said, waving her off.
"Why don't you come over here and make me." the dark haired teen growled out.
"Back to our previous discussion," Ritsu snapped, trying to take his cigarettes away from Nagisa. "Granger-san, Lovegood-san, and Weasely-san will be dorming with Hawatari-san and Kimizuka-san."
At this, Yuiko happily skipped over to the three witches and immediately hugged Ginny. "I hope we become great friends, Weasely-Chan! We can have lunch together! And sit next to each other in class too!"
Ginny blushed as she gently patted the pink haired girl's back. "I would like that very much."
Osamu glanced over at the three foreign girls before sighing. "It won't be so bad to show you around. I guess…"
"Do you know if there are any wrackspurts in the dorm?" Luna asked curiously, causing Osamu to cock her head in confusion.
"A what?"
"Back to our previous discussion…" Ritsu snarled, seething in frustration at being interrupted so many times in less than ten minutes. "Dumbledore-san. You and Snape-san will be staying in my private apartment-"
"Splendid idea, dear boy! We'll have so much fun! We can have slumber parties!" Dumbledore said enthusiastically.
Snape turned to Harry and sighed. "Please kill me now."
Nagisa turned towards the ancient looking man, giving him a 'what the fuck' look before jumping as Ritsu slammed his fist onto his desk.
"If any of you so much as breathe while I finish giving out instructions, so help me I will make you clean every single inch of this school with your tongues! Toilets included!"
Nagisa immediately shoved a cigarette into the pal haired man's mouth, quickly lighting the end. "Just inhale, Ritsu. Inhale!"
Ron hesitantly raised his hand. "What if we didn't say anything?"
Ritsu just glared as he puffed his cigarette.
Sighing, Nagisa flipped a blue pigtail over her shoulder. "Now, because Hitomi-Sensei offered her room for the girls to dorm in, she'll be staying with me in my private apartment."
Calming down, Ritsu leaned back in his seat, blowing out a puff of smoke. "One of our main rules here at Septimal Moon is that students are forbidden to wander around at night. Each dorm has a connecting bathroom, so do not try to use that as an excuse."
As Ritsu continued to explain the rules, Harry wondered how easy it would be to sneak out with his invisibility cloak.
Draco stood stiffly at the door of the room, watching as the older males moved around the dorm, as if there wasn't a strange teenager amongst them.
"So, I saw that little moment between you and that Snape guy." Nisei leered, waggling his eyebrows suggestively at Seimei, who simply rolled his eyes.
"Oi! Don't you dare talk about my godfather that way, you perverted muggle!" Draco demanded. Three pairs of eyes turned to look at him.
"Just ignore him. That's just how he normally is." Seimei said, brushing past Nisei on his way to the bathroom.
"Yeah. A complete freak." Soubi added, laying back on his bed, hands folded behind his head. "Oh, by the way, that bed over there is yours. You might want to get clean sheets though. It used to be Kio's bed."
Nisei giggled, which creeped out Draco. "Why would I need clean sheets?"
"You don't want to know." came the muffled reply from the direction of the bathroom.
"Oh god, I wish I had a house elf." Draco said miserably.
"A house wha?" Nisei asked.
"Servant!" he shouted. "I meant servant!"
Natsuo happily dragged Harry into their shared room, a pissed of Youji closely behind them, followed by a bemused Yayoi and an annoyed Ritsuka.
"See that bed? That's yours, Harry!" Natsuo chirped, flailing his arm excitedly at the empty bed.
Looking around, Harry noticed that there was only three other beds and four other occupants. "Shouldn't there be another bed?"
The four Japanese students gave him a blank stare. "Why?"
"There are more people than there are beds?"
Ritsuka placed his hand on his hip. "Youji and Natsuo share a bed. Why, you got a problem with that?"
Harry shrugged. "No, but McGonagall would kill us if we ever tried to share beds. Dean and Seamus tried it once. You don't want to know what happened."
The four simply stared at him in silence before Natsuo grinned widely. "What's a McGonagall? And who are Dean and Seamus?" he asked.
"Er, McGonagall is Deputy Headmistress and Head of House at Hogwarts."
"Hogawha now?"
"Oh, it's the name of our school. And Dean and Seamus were Ron, Neville, and mine old dorm mates.
"Ohh, I see! So Harry, do you guys have TEA TIME?"
"Seriously Natsuo, what is it with you and tea time? You don't even drink it!" Yayoi exclaimed, moving towards his bed.
"I just want to know if they have tea and crumpets with the Queen!"
Ritsuka scoffed, rolling his eyes as he grabbed a magazine from his computer desk. "Well Natsuo, that depends. Do you have soba and sake with the Emperor?"
"Eh…no..."
"Alright then."
"Alright, kids. Stick with me and you'll have the greatest of times in this school." Kio boasted, thumb pointed towards his chest as he lead the two teens to their new room.
Neville glanced around the crowded halls nervously as students stared while Ron wondered where the hell the Great Hall was. Seriously, he was hungry after such a long day with Snape glaring at him every time he tried to eat his snacks.
The red headed wizard perked up when he heard the word 'Lollipop'.
"What was that?" he asked.
"I asked you if you wanted to see my lollipop collection." Kio repeated, pushing open the door to their room.
"That's the best thing I've heard all day!" he said excitedly, pushing past the grinning blonde to get inside.
Neville hung his head, wondering what he did to be cursed with such crazy roommates. Sulking past Kio, he looked into the room and watched Ron happily examine the walls covered in shelves full of lollipops of every flavor imaginable.
"I see you like what you see." Kio grinned cockily, watching the excited wizard.
"I'll have to tell Harry I have a new best friend."
Kio just laughed.
"-And we have this giant greenhouse full of all kinds of fruits and vegetables!" Yuiko exclaimed excitedly, holding Ginny's hand as she lead the group of girls down the hall.
"My favorite part of the greenhouse is the strawberries! Yuiko loves strawberries!" she gushed, failing to notice Ginny's blush.
"I wish we had something like that at our old school. We have greenhouses, but the plants are…dangerous."
Osamu sniffed. "What, do you have poison ivy or something?"
"Not in our greenhouses." Hermione replied.
"Then what? Abrus Precatorius? Actaea Pachypoda?" Osamu questioned, staring straight at Hermione.
"Among others such as Aconite, Atropa belladonna, and Conium maculatum just to name a few."
"Really? Well, I certainly wouldn't want to go to your school. Honestly, what kind of school grows plants that are hazardous to their students health? A jacked up one, if you ask me." Osamu replied.
Hermione chuckled. "Poisonous plants are the least of the hazards at Hogwarts."
"I bet they are nothing compared to Septimal Moon's." Osamu challenged, eyes narrowed slightly.
"Osamu-chan. You should be more nice to our guests." Yuiko interjected, opening the door to their dorm.
"Why should I? I didn't ask them to come here, and I certainly did not ask to dorm with them. To me, they're intruders. Pests." she sneered, walking into the room before anyone else could.
Hermione scowled at the brunette, wishing she could show her the real hazards of Hogwarts.
"Please watch your step as you come in." Ritsu said, opening the door to his luxurious private apartment just above the school halls.
"I must say, this is very exciting! We should coordinate pajamas!" Dumbledore enthused, disturbing Snape with his talk.
Ritsu internally wondered just what he had gotten himself into when he agreed to help Hitomi and her friends. He also wondered…just where the hell did Hitomi meet this guy?
Glancing towards his guests, he watched in horror as Dumbledore whipped out a bag from thin air and started to rifle through it. His horror grew as he watched bright, pink, duck covered pajamas emerge from the bag.
"What do you think? Do these go with your pajamas?" Albus asked, looking over at him innocently excited.
"Ah…no."
"How about these?" Ritsu felt his horror intensify even more as he was met with neon green footed pajamas covered in bunnies, kittens, and hedgehogs in different colors. Including pink, purple, orange, yellow, and blue.
The young principal had to close his eyes as the offending article of the clothing began to form a migraine in the poor man's head. Glancing over at his other guest, he saw Snape sitting on the sofa, head buried in his hands, muttering something that sounded like "Abrada Kadabra me now."
His head snapped back towards the (insane) elderly man as he poked him with a brush. Ritsu gave him a very insulted look. "Yes?"
"When are we going to do each others hair? You can braid my beard if you want! It will make me look like one of those pirate fellows, and have the lovely Miss Hitomi swoon!"
Ritsu could only gape in revulsion. Pirates? Hitomi swooning? Braid his beard? What the hell was going on through this man's head? He couldn't stop the next sentence from leaving his mouth.
"Did you get thrown into a wall when you were an infant?" He demanded.
"No, but I did blow the house up when I was about three. Why do you ask?"
The young Minami could only sigh in self pity as he moved down the hall towards the guest room. "Let me show you where you will be staying tonight."
"So, Hitomi. Where are your ears? When did you lose them? Who with? Oh! Is he hot?" Nagisa interrogated, snickering at her last question as she brushed her long, blue hair.
Shinonome Hitomi could only blush furiously as she braided her hair, preparing for a long night's rest. "Ahhh, don't you think that is a little personal?"
"What? We're close friends! It's something we're suppose to share."
Hitomi glanced at her from the corner of her eye. "You didn't share your relationship with Ritsu."
Nagisa's hand froze mid stroke before she whipped around in her seat. "How did you know about that!"
Hitomi sighed, averting her gaze. "It's kind of obvious…"
"How is it obvious!" Nagisa demanded. The light haired teacher blushed.
"I…uhm…heard you two…"
"You WHAT?" Nagisa screeched, standing up. "You heard us? Heard us what?"
"Kyaaaah! Don't make me say it!"
"Say it, damn it!"
"Close! You two got very close!"
"That doesn't even make sense!"
"WAAAAAAAHHH!"
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