Well, here's the next chapter. I'm kinda expecting you to have read the HP books if you're reading this, so I'm not going to go into a lot of detail about the Harry Potter side.

If there is anything you're confused about or want to ask, feel free. I just didn't want to bore anyone by retelling what happens in the book.

Thanks so much to Hikari-and-Akari and silverdragon98, you guys really made my day.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Tokyo Mew Mew.

Person's angle: Retasu

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It was a very sad group of girls that walked into the café a week later.

"I'm going to miss everyone so much," Ichigo sniffed miserably.

"Yeah, especially a certain someone right?" Minto snorted, flicking the bell around Ichigo's neck.

"Shut up," Ichigo snapped.

"Stop it," Zakuro intervened before they could start arguing.

"Hello ladies, ready to go?" Keiichiro asked, emerging from the kitchen.

"As ready as we'll ever be," Retasu said, wiping her eyes behind her glasses. "How are we getting to England?"

"With this," Ryou answered walking in carrying a teapot.

"That's a teapot Ryou," Ichigo pointed out.

"You know traditionally people use a flying carpet or broomstick. I don't think we're all going to fit on a teapot," Zakuro stated.

"Maybe we have to dig our way to England," Purin added. Everyone turned to look at her. "Because it's on the other side of the world," she explained.

"Do you mind?" Ryou asked, "We don't have time for this. Everyone touch the teapot with one hand, your luggage with the other."

"Why?" Zakuro asked.

"We don't have time to explain, just do it." Everyone gathered around the teapot, jostling for space. Retasu found herself squished between Ryou and Purin.

"Three…two…one," Ryou counted slowly, and as he said 'one' Retasu gasped as she was jerked forward. There was an awful swirling sensation and she was pulled off her feet. She hit the ground and tumbled over into Ryou as Purin collided with her.

"Oww" someone in the vicinity of her left ear groaned. She opened her eyes and saw Purin sprawled next to her on the right. She glanced left and saw Minto's blue hair.

"That's strange, I thought I was standing next to Ryou," she thought. Then it hit her. She sat upright hurriedly and saw Zakuro and Keiichiro were still on their feet, but no one else was. She glanced over her shoulder and saw Ryou, lying on the floor, her and Minto having both fallen onto him. She quickly scrambled to her feet and noticing Keiichiro and Zakuro helping Ichigo and Purin up, she hurriedly helped Minto and Ryou to their feet.

"What was that?" Ichigo demanded, clambering to her feet.

"That was a portkey, it transported us to the Leaky Cauldron in London," Keiichiro answered.

"What's the Leaky Cauldron?" Purin asked, rubbing her rear where it had connected with the floor, "and how do you know so much about this stuff,"

"It's a tavern and Dumbledore sent us a letter explaining everything," Keiichiro explained. "Now come on, let's get everything sorted out," he said, eyeing all the luggage. "This is Minto and Purin's room, number seven; Ichigo, Retasu and Zakuro have the room next door, number five, and Ryou and I have the room across the hall, number six,"

Two hours later, once everyone had settled into their rooms, the seven met downstairs. Retasu was the first one down and she stared in amazement at the people in the room. Everywhere she looked people doing little bits of magic, like stirring a cup of tea without touching the spoon or clearing a table of dishes with a wave of a wand.

"Amazing, isn't it?" Retasu turned around to see Ryou standing at the bottom of the stairs.

"Yeah, it is," she agreed, turning back to watch the people. Ryou walked over to where she was standing.

"Are you ne…" he began, but Retasu didn't hear the rest because just then, something came tumbling down the stairs shrieking like a banshee. The two spun around to see Ichigo and Purin lying in a heap at the bottom of the stairs and the others sprinting down after them.

"Are you okay?" Ryou asked, helping the two to their feet, "What happened?" Retasu glanced over her shoulder to see everyone in the tavern looking at them, and felt a warm flush creep up her cheeks.

"We're fine, just a little battered," Ichigo replied, dusting herself off, "Purin jumped me at the top of the stairs, I lost my balance and down we went."

"Well, if everyone's alright, maybe we should get moving," Keiichiro said, ushering them all towards a back door. The seven walked out the door and found themselves in a small courtyard.

"Well, this is cozy," Zakuro grumbled from where she was stuck between a wall and Ichigo. "Now what?" she asked. The door opened and someone else came in.

"Oh, rather crowded I see," Tom, the barmen grinned. "I'm supposed to let you in to Diagon Alley right?"

"Yes, please. And please hurry," Ryou said, his voice sounding somewhat muffled.

"Alright, alright," Tom sighed, working his way to the far wall with several, "excuse me"s and "sorry was that your foot"s.

When he got to the wall he pulled out a wand and began tapping bricks. Retasu looked at Minto and she rolled her eyes, but she abruptly stopped when the wall began to move, revealing an archway.

"This way to Diagon Alley," Tom ushered them through. The seven trouped through the arch, staring at the wonders around them. On the other side, they were met by a friendly looking man, with red hair.

"Hello, I'm Arthur Weasley, I'm here to help you find your way around and get your school supplies," he introduced himself to the group.

"Hello, I'm Keiichiro Akasaka; I'm currently looking after this lot. It's a pleasure to meet you," Keiichiro introduced himself, holding out his hand. Arthur shook hands with him.

"Pleasure is mine, so if you'll please follow me, I'll show you where you need to go," and with that, Keiichiro and Mr. Weasley set off into the crowd. The girls looked at each other and followed after them, Purin in the lead -with Zakuro keeping a firm grip on her hand to stop her wandering off-; Ichigo, Minto and Retasu following, chatting idly; and Ryou bringing up the rear.

"This is Gringotts, the wizard bank," Mr. Weasley announced, pointing towards a large white building.

"As the girls are from Tokyo, Dumbledore and I already sorted out monetary issues," Keiichiro informed him, "So we don't need to go in there,"

"Oh, what a pity," Mr. Weasley sighed, "I really wanted to see what Japanese money looks like. I love muggle money and technology," he explained.

"Really?" Keiichiro asked, "Well, I suppose it's only natural. We're fascinated by magic and you're fascinated by technology."

"Yes," Arthur mused. "Anyway, I guess the first stop should be Ollivander's then."

Half an hour later, the girls emerged from the shop, each sporting a new wand and leaving a very puzzled wand maker staring after them.

"How curious," he murmured, "that's the strangest thing I've ever seen. There's something strange about those girls."

The Mews bought all their school supplies, potion ingredients, cauldrons, brass scales, etc until all that were left were school books.

Retasu smiled happily when she saw Flourish and Blott's and hurried in to look at the books. The others followed at a less eager pace. Retasu stared in wondered at all the fascinating books on display. And, while everyone else bought the required text books Ryou and Keiichiro getting hers, she spent a happy twenty minutes paging through various books she thought looked interesting. After they finally managed to drag her out the shop, they turned to see Purin, her face pressed to the glass, staring into another shop's window. They all wandered over, and saw it was an animal shop.

"Please can we get pets, please, please, please," Purin begged, hopping up and down, clinging to Keiichiro's sleeve.

"Alright," Keiichiro sighed and Purin took off into the shop before he could say another word. "Maximum three between you all," he said to the other girls, "and they can be a cat, a toad or an owl." The others followed Purin in and found her cuddling a kitten. Minto and Zakuro wandered off to look at the owls and the others headed over to Purin. When she saw them she proudly held out the cat and exclaimed, "Isn't she the cutest thing you've ever seen?" The others' eyes widened when they saw it.

"That has got to be the ugliest cat I've ever seen," Ryou hissed and Ichigo elbowed him in the ribs. But, to be fair, it was true. The cat was gold with black splotches, somewhat scrawny and had a tail with a kink in it. Its ears and eyes looked too big for its head and it had these tufts of fur on the tips of its ears. Its fur was a lot fluffier around the head than the body and its whiskers seemed twice the required length. All in all, it wasn't the most comely sight.

"Purin, wouldn't you rather a different cat?" Retasu asked, looking nervously at the kitten.

"No! I like this one. She's perfect! And Keiichiro said I could have a pet," Purin argued.

"We all have to share the pets Purin, we're only allowed three," Retasu explained.

"Well, you pick a different cat then. I want this one." Retasu gave up and turned to Ichigo.

"Come on, let's go choose a cute one, there's no way I'm taking a toad," They turned to look at the cats and heard Minto and Zakuro calling them. They walked towards them and saw them each holding an owl.

"So much for choosing cat," Ichigo grumbled.

"Well, then tell them they've got to choose one," Retasu whispered.

"You tell them!" Ichigo hissed. "That's got to be the most evil-looking bird I've ever seen!"

Retasu glanced at the large, grey and brown bird sitting on Zakuro's arm. It had a mean looking beak and a glint in its eye that reminded her of a wolverine.

"Aren't they beautiful," Minto gushed, stroking the silky black owl perched on her shoulder.

"Yeah, they're real nice, but which one are you going to choose?" Ichigo asked.

"What do you mean?" Zakuro asked. Ichigo looked at her then nudged Retasu, "Tell her Lettuce."

"What? Oh, well, you see, Purin's got her heart set on this kitten and..."

"What's the problem then? We've got the cat and these owls, three pets," Zakuro stated.

"But, Ichigo and I aren't what you'd call, fond of the cat. We wanted to get a different one," Retasu replied.

"Yes, there's this really adorable black kitten, with..." Ichigo began.

"But, you turn into a black cat," Minto argued.

"Well, yes, but..." Ichigo tried to say something but Minto kept talking.

"And anyway, how many people have owls, also after we help at Hogwarts what are you going to do with your cat? Will your parents let you keep it? My parents will. And..." Minto continued.

"Alright, alright, already," Ichigo said, looking at Retasu who nodded, "we'll get the two owls. Let's pay and get out of here."

Retasu went to fetch Purin while the others went to pay for the owls. When Purin and Retasu walked up to the counter Minto and Zakuro grimaced at the cat.

"Maybe we should've let them get another cat," Zakuro whispered to Minto.

"Too late now, we've bought them,"

After buying their pets, they all made their way back to the Leaky Cauldron where they bid Mr. Weasley farewell. Ten minutes later all the girls were in room five arguing about what to call their newly acquired pets. Eventually they decided on Neko for their cat, Blake for the black owl, because it means 'black/dark skinned' and Kane for the large, mean looking one, because it means 'beautiful/warrior', much to his approval. Both the owls were male and the kitten was female. Masha floated around happily being chased by an excited Neko. Someone knocked on the door and the girls stopped mid-conversation.

"Come in," Ichigo called and the door opened to reveal Keiichiro and Ryou.

"Girls, Ryou and I are going to meet some friends of Dumbledore's tomorrow. We'd like some of you to come with us, so please discuss it between yourselves. We'll be leaving early," the two turned to leave when Keiichiro stopped and turned back to them, "Oh, and by the way, when you talk about this sort of thing, speak in Japanese, we don't want other people hearing things they shouldn't," and with that, they were gone.

The girls looked at each other.

"So, who's going to go?" Ichigo asked, looking expectantly at everyone.

"I vote you, Zakuro and Lettuce," Minto said, leaning back against the pillows on the bed she was sitting on, she didn't want to go who knows where for who knows how long the next day.

"Seconded," Purin grinned, sticking her hand in the air. Minto frowned, realizing this left her with Purin.

"Why us?" Ichigo and Retasu protested in unison.

"On second thought, Lettuce should stay with us; help me control monkey-girl. And to answer you question, it's because you're the leader and Zakuro's oldest," Minto concluded.

"I don't need to be looked after!" Purin protested.

"Yes you do," everyone chorused. Purin pouted.

"I'm fine with that, everyone else?" Zakuro asked, standing up.

"Yes," Retasu nodded.

"I suppose," Ichigo grumbled.

"Come on then, let's get to bed. We've got to be up early," Zakuro said. All the girls nodded, said good-night, stood, went to their rooms and got ready for bed.

The two girls walked down to the main part of the tavern. Waving good-bye to their friends. Retasu watched them walk over to their bosses who were standing with a shabbily dressed man with brown hair, a young woman with blonde hair and Mr. Weasley. She turned back to Minto and Purin,

"Come on; let's go back to room five,"

"Okay," Minto said, heading back to the room, Purin trailing next to her.

"Mint, why did you say I should go?" Retasu asked curiously. Minto looked at her.

"Isn't it obvious?" she asked, but seeing Retasu' blank look she continued, "You're the nice, sensible one. Ichigo can be kind of tiring and she asks the dumbest questions, you'd ask practical, important questions. And as much as I admire Zakuro, she's not what you'd call the best diplomat, she probably won't say anything." Retasu stared dumbstruck at her.

"What?" Minto asked, noticing the stare.

"It's nothing," Retasu said, smiling, "thank you." Minto smiled.

"No, problem. What are friends for?" she grinned. Purin watched all this, then took Minto and Retasu's hands.

"What about me? Aren't I your friend too?" she demanded. The two older girls looked down at her and burst out laughing at her pouting face.

"Of course you are," Retasu laughed smiling at her two friends who grinned back at her.

Ichigo and Zakuro glanced down at the piece of paper the strange people handed them. On it was written: The Headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix may be found at number twelve, Grimmauld Place, London.

The two girls looked up and gasped as a door appeared out of nowhere between number eleven and thirteen, closely followed by walls and windows. The house seemed to just grow out from between the ones on either side, pushing them away to make room for itself.

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Dang! Long chapter, didn't feel that long when I was typing it. Oh, well.

Over and out.

WolfGirl