"Harry Potter and the Shinigami"
(ハリーポッターと死神）
By Loki Palmer
Author's Note: Harry Potter and all related characters are the property of J.K. Rowling. Death Note (デスノート）and all related characters belong to Tsugumi Ohba.
Chapter 2 （章二）
Voldemort came forward with his followers. "Harry Potter … is dead!"
"NO!" Hermione ran forward with tears in her eyes, only for Ron to hold her back, wand pointed at her throat. "Ron, why –"
A nasty grin split Voldemort's face. "Ah, Weasley, this is very well done of you. Now that Potter isn't around to bother us, you can have his Mudblood all to yourself."
Ron felt a cold blade of steel graze his neck. "Not so fast, traitor. If you or Moldyshorts makes one false move, you're a dead man."
Voldemort looked at the arrival. "Who might you be, young man?"
"My name is Neville Longbottom. So Tom" – Voldemort growled at the name – "how do you like your weasels – regular or extra bloody?"
Before Voldemort could answer the question, a dark fog filled the area. Out of the fog, he heard the last voice he would have expected say, "Confringo!"
What Harry Potter was not expecting was to receive a final curse in the back from Ron. Neville, in retaliation, killed Ron, but Voldemort killed him and Hermione.
Voldemort still lived, in spite of having lost his snake. The hopes of all peoples in the wizarding world were gone.
~ハリーポッターと死神~
Harry Potter looked up to the sky and saw a large figure approach. The figure was humanoid, black with a gray face, at least seven feet tall, and had a grin that split his face from ear to ear.
"ハリーポッター君、始めまして。死神リューウです。" (Harry Potter, it's nice to meet you. I am Ryuk the Shinigami.)
"A Shinigami?"
"はい。僕は死人を後世に連れて来ますんです。" (Yes. I bring dead people to the Afterlife.)
"I'm dead, aren't I?"
"そうです。" (It is so.) His cell phone rang. "待ってください。。。もしもし。。。おい、月！ええ、ハリー君を見つけた。。。おい、僕の耳が痛いよ！まあまあ、心配しないで、月、ハリー君来る。" (Please wait … hello … hey, Light! Yeah, I found Harry … hey, my ears hurt! Don't worry, Harry's coming.)
As リューウ put away the cell phone, Harry said, "He doesn't sound happy."
"夜神月は君が見たがっています、ハリー君。怒っています。" (Light Yagami wants to see you, Harry. He's angry.)
~ハリーポッターと死神~
When he walked into the office of 夜神月, Harry felt stunned by how young he looked, with a mop of brown hair and piercing eyes that were a mixture of brown and red – brown irises, red pupils.
"君の物語はおもしろくて悲しいの、ハリーポッター君。質問が在る。。。" (Your story is an interesting and sad one, Harry Potter. I have a question ...)
"What's the question?"
"生き残った男の子だ、か死ぬの止めることができない馬鹿だ？" (Are you the Boy Who Lived, or the Idiot that Can't Stop Dying?)
"What do you mean?"
"これは君の一番回死ぬのじゃない。" (This is not your first time dying, Harry.)
"No, it was my second time dying."
月 sighed. He hated having to break bad news to people. "いいえ、ハリー君、これは君の七番回死ぬのだった。" (No, Harry, this was your seventh time dying.)
Harry's eyes widened in shock. "I died seven times? When were these?"
"見ましょう。君の一番回死ぬの、ハリー君、お陰で伯父さんバーノンダーズリーにだった。死にベルトと殴った。リューウ怒っていた。君を又殺せば、死神は地獄の神没を死期まで見させる、と全能者神様が伯父さん'バーノンに言った。" (Let's see. Your first time dying, Harry, was thanks to Uncle Vernon Dursley. He beat you to death with a belt. Ryuk was angry. Almighty God told Uncle Vernon that if he killed you again, the Shinigami would make him see the divine punishment of Hell until his dying day.)
"Whoa. I guess I should say thanks."
"お分かりです。二番回死ぬの、フラッフィー君を見て食べた。" (He understands. The second time dying, Fluffy saw and ate you.)
"I imagine that was gross to watch."
"そうだった。三番回死ぬのバシリスクだった。" (It was. The third time dying was the Basilisk.) Harry nodded. "四番回死ぬの悪魔だった。" (The fourth time dying was the demon.)
"You mean a Dementor."
月shrugged. "そのはみんないいのがまだ嫌いだ。五番回死ぬの、シリウスさんと死んだ。自殺だった。何が思うか？ハーマイニー正しかったと思う。罠だったよ！六番回と七番回死ぬのはともう知っている。" (They still hate all good things. The fifth time dying, you died with Sirius. It was a suicide. What were you thinking? Hermione was right, you know. It was a trap! The sixth and seventh times dying, you already know.)
Remembering Hermione brought tears to Harry's face. Yes, she was right. When she put her mind to something, her brilliant mind would make sure it would work – and it did.
"Is … Hermione … still alive?"
"ごめんなさい、ハリー。死んだ。" (I'm sorry, Harry. She died.)
Harry's face went from crying to an angry storm in a split second. "Who killed her, Light? Was it Voldemort?"
月 shivered. He had seen terror in his life, but nothing like this. "い。。。い。。。いいえ。" (N-n-no.)
"Who killed her, Light?" 月 was silent. "Give me a name, Light. I want to know who killed her, so I can kill him. I need a name, Light. I'm sure that Light must have the name of the person who killed Hermione, does he?"
"は。。。は。。。はい。名前に知っていてほしいだ？" (Y-y-yes. Do you want to know the name?)
"I do, Yagami. GIVE ME THE NAME!"
月 braced himself – for what, only 全能者神様 knew. "ロンウィーズリーはハーマイオニーを殺した。" (Ron Weasley killed Hermione.)
The Universe shook with the sound and the fury of Harry's roar, from the lowest depths of Hell to the highest heights of Heaven.
"HE WAS MY FRIEND! MY FRIEND! OF ALL THE ROTTEN PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, MY FRIEND RON WEASLEY BETRAYED ME, THAT RAT-POSSESSING, COWARDLY, WHINY, LAZY, TROLL-BRAINED SON OF A BITCH! I'LL KILL HIM!"
リュークcame in. "誰か怒っている。" (Somebody's angry.)
月 peeked out from behind his desk. "嵐は通った？安全だ？" (Has the storm passed? Is it safe?)
"はい、月、安全だ。ハリーポッターは月を威かしたね？" (Yes, Light, it is safe. Harry Potter scared you, didn't he?)
"ハリー、君の生命こうです筈じゃなかった。勝って、結婚して、迄三百さい生きる筈だった。" (Harry, your life was not supposed to be like this. You were supposed to win, marry, and live until you were 300 years old.)
"Marry? I didn't have any luck in romance – well, except for Ginny ..."
リューウchuckled. "お母さん似ていたジニーウィーズリー？" (Ginny Weasley, who resembled your mother?)
月 felt his face turning green. "リューク、それは忌まわしい。ちょっと待って。。。" (Ryuk, that's disgusting. Wait a minute …)
"You can't be serious?"
リューク took out two pictures and held them up side by side. "写真を見て、ハリー。これのはお母さんだ、それのはジニーだ。" (Look at the pictures, Harry. This one is Mother, that one is Ginny.)
"止めて、ください、リューク。。。ハリーは病気成る。。。止めなければ。。。" (Stop, please, Ryuk. Harry will become sick … if you don't stop …)
リューク did so, as Harry got up from the floor. "So … considering all this, I would be meant for … Hermione?" リューク and 月 nodded. "But … she's dead … what do we do?"
月 smiled. "心配しないで、ハリー。僕はプランを在る：タイムトラベル。" (Don't worry, Harry. I have a plan: time travel.)
Harry smiled back. "Please … tell me more!"