AN: Hello everyone. Time for the second chapter of the series. I would like to explain some of my thoughts on the wizarding world in general. In my opinion each country has a signature "magic" that they use. For example Africa would be Voodoo, America shamanism, and Japanese sealing. Then there are universal classes such as charms and potions. Since I am planning on basing Hibiki off of my own MC from DS2 he will use sealing to replicate some of the spells from the game. In the anime no one used magic per say other than Hibiki's dragon arm thing. Therefore this is how I will combine the two worlds together. I won't use any of the op spells such as divine spells or high level elemental spells. He will use spells such as physical and spell reflect.
In the game I had my mc specialize in reflecting attacks with Tetrakarn (phy reflect) and Merakarn (magic reflect) and adding curses on top of that with high powered physical attacks from my demons. I will be using a similar strategy for my character.
As for my other announcements, if enough people want a pairing in the story ill post a poll in the next chapter or the one after that.
As for how you will know when they are speaking Japanese. I will italicize the letters if a person who does not speak Japanese is in the area. If it is a person who speaks Japanese talking to each other then it will just be regular dialogue. Just assume they are speaking in Japanese.
Anyway, if you have any questions or have a recommendation, I will be glad to hear it. With those announcements out of the way I will get to the story.
Chapter 2:
Hibiki Kuze
(London)(10 AM)
Harry looked at the old pub that is supposed to be the entrance to Diagon Alley and could not help but feel skeptical. The building looked like it was falling apart. If it wasn't for the fact that people ignored it completely he would think there was nothing special about it. However those opinions abruptly changed upon entering the establishment. It was just as dirty on the inside, but for his first impression of the wizarding world he could not help but feel that the wizards were extremely lazy. He even saw a man in the corner using magic to stir his tea for him. He hoped the Japanese wizards proved to be more interesting than this lot.
Walking up to the counter he paused as he observed the so called owner of the place. How could a wizard let himself fall into such a wretched state? The man was completely bald and was missing more teeth in his mouth than he cared to count. Was the man so incompetent that he could not use magic to at least restore his teeth? Shaking off his inner rant he spoke to the man "Hello sir, could you please direct me to Diagon Alley?"
Tom looked at the boy who spoke and raised an eyebrow. The boy was clearly muggleborn but he would not judge. He nodded to the boy kindly "Yes, this way young man. I already directed a group of muggleborns earlier."
Harry followed the toothless man out to the back. Once again he felt a sense of disappointment. The entrance to the alley was in a dirty courtyard behind the building with trashcans littering the place. Couldn't they just vanish the bags with magic? He shook his head 'It seems that these wizards have no common sense at all. I can't wait to get to the bank and then head to Japan.'
He watched as Tom touched the bricks in a random pattern and the wall opened to reveal the alley. For once his impression of the alley was favorable. It looked like an old British market from the 1600s. However, his favorable impression was once again marred by the people in the alley. He was not one to criticize different culture but the robes that people wore looked like they belonged in the 1600s. Not to mention the hems of the robes dragged on the ground which could not be hygienic. Shaking his head in exasperation at the lack of sense these people had he began to explore the alley's many shops. His portkey was set to leave at noon so he had two hours to kill.
After he perused through some of the shops he made his way to Gringotts. Many of the businesses along the street selling magical wares for the population. He finally made his way to the end of the ally where the gleaming white building of Gringotts towered above the other buildings in the street.
He glanced briefly at the poem on the side of the building and felt it was more of a challenge to thieves than a warning to wizards. He doubted anyone in the crowd behind him would have any chance at all from stealing from a regular bank. Much less a magical one run by goblins. If they were anything like the goblins from all the video games, then they filled their bank with hundreds of traps and creatures. After entering the building he made his way to an empty bank teller and waited patiently for the goblin to finish writing and acknowledge him.
After a minute of waiting the goblin grunted and put down his pen and looked at the boy who actually waited instead of interrupting his work like many other wizards. The boy was dressed more like a muggle but he wouldn't judge, he often found muggles to be more reasonable "Can I help you?"
Harry nodded at the question and took out one of the two letters that Dumbledore wrote for him "Yes, Dumbledore is sponsoring me to attend school abroad. He told me to give you this letter to withdraw enough funds for my school supplies from his personal vault."
The goblin took the letter and put on a pair of reading glasses before looking at the letter critically. The signature had the proper magical properties of the headmaster so it was genuine. He raised an eyebrow as the letter went on to explain the situation. A British wizard wishing to attend school in Japan. He doubted the boy knew of the other nation's opinion of the British Wizarding world but he would not judge. The boy did not seem as arrogant as his kind so he may fit in another country. Looking up at the green eyed human he spoke "Very well, this letter requests the assigned amount of one thousand galleons every year before each semester of Kotodame. Is this correct?"
Silently shocked at the amount, if he was correct that would be about the equivalent of 200,000 Euros every year. It seems Dumbledore was correct when he claimed he had more money than he cared to count "Yes, that is correct."
The goblin nodded "Then I will transfer seven thousand galleons to a side account for you. You may extract to a limit of one thousand each year. Here is your first one thousand." The goblin accepted a small bag from a goblin walking by and handed it to the boy.
Harry raised an eyebrow at the small size and the goblin sighed before explaining "The wallet is charmed to have a direct link to your vault. Simply wish for the amount you want in the bag under the limit and they will appear. If that is all I need to return to my work."
Harry nodded "I see, thank you" The goblin didn't acknowledge his thanks and just made a shooing motion with his hand. Taking the hint he walked out of the bank with his money and began to make his way to the portkey station.
As he walked through the alley he noticed a small commotion near the bookstore. Glancing at the crowd of reporters he saw them interviewing a family of three. He recognized the family from a history book he purchased for reading. It seems the famous Potter family was shopping.
Time seemed to slow as the orphan glanced at the supposed "boy-who-lived." Coincidentally the kid looked at him at the same moment and their eyes met. Green eyes met hazel as he continued to walk down the street. The moment lasted for only a second before he couldn't see him anymore but he could not help but feel he was missing something as he continued walking down the road.
Unknown to him, but Hadrian Potter was thinking the same thoughts as he listened to his parents giving another interview.
(Ollivander's Wands)
The next thing on his list was to buy a wand. Dumbledore recommended that he buy a wand here since the owner of the shop is one of the most famous wand makers in the world.
He walked up to the shop and entered with the tinkling of bells sounding as he closed the door. He looked around the room and thought it looked slightly like a mix of a library with a shoe shop. The walls and shelves were lined with boxes that must contained wands. He could not even see the back of the store so he assumed that there must be hundreds of wands here. He could almost feel the magic thrumming through the walls of the place.
Suddenly the calm of the shop was interrupted as Ollivander himself slid on a ladder to the counter. The wandmaker observed his latest customer and gained a slightly knowing look in his eye "Ah, another customer. Here for your first wand I take it?"
Having jumped at the sudden entrance of the man, Harry nodded at the strange man. Ollivander went to the back of the shop and returned with a few boxes.
Harry raised his eyebrow as he noticed the boxes' labels were written in Kanji. The shop owner noticed and explained "I received a letter from Dumbledore that a student would be coming that is attending Kotodame. In light of this I decided to take some of the wands that I made from Asian materials.
And so they started testing the wands. Ollivander would have him hold a wand and give it a wave before immediately taking it from him after it did not give the reaction the old man was looking for. After twenty some odd wands, he gasped as he held a brown wand. He felt as if he found something that he did not know he was missing, such as a third arm. He wondered if this is how magic felt.
He observed the wand in his hand and noticed the grip of the wand looked like a winding tree limb that branched out in a lotus formation. The shaft of the wand emerging from the flower of the grip and extended another seven inches.
Ollivander took the wand from him gently and placed it in the box "Interesting, your wand is Cherry Blossom wood with the fur of an unknown magical creature."
Harry took the wand back out of the box and put it in a pocket in the sleeve of his hoodie. He looked at the wand maker and asked a question "Unknown magical creature?"
Ollivander nodded and explained "Yes. I found the fur in the forests of Japan in my youth. I could tell the fur was magical but not what type of creature it came from. Perhaps you can discover what creature that fur came from."
Harry nodded, and took the wand out and examined. They would do great things together. He left the shop after paying seven galleons for the wand
(Portkey Station)
Harry entered into a shop with miscellaneous items on shelves with the names of countries below them. The shop was empty except for a bored looking attendant behind a counter. Walking up to the man he spoke "Hello, I am here for my portkey to Japan at 1 PM."
The man did not even look up as he pointed to the far corner "Over there, place five galleons in the pouch and the portkey will activate in the next minute."
Slightly offended by the rude man he made his way over to the Japan portkey and placed five galleons in the sack and gripped the old newspaper. Soon he felt a jerking motion of his hand and he was violently transported across continents. It felt as if he was clinging to a life raft in a storm until his feet finally slammed back onto the ground.
(Japan: Ministry of Immigration and Visitation)
Harry stood up from where he landed and looked around. He was sitting on a circular platform in what appeared to be a golf ball looking room. He stood up and walked down out of the room to find himself in a waiting room with a sign above the receptionist's desk that stated this was the immigration office.
Taking out the second letter that Dumbledore gave him he approached the desk, behind which an Asian woman was typing on a computer. The lady looked up as he approached and smiled and spoke in Japanese "Hello young man, are you the one o clock appointment?"
He nodded and gave the woman the letter who read over it carefully. She was surprised a British wizard would want to attend school in Japan. Many wizarding countries saw the British as very isolationist and stuck in the middle ages. However the boy was highly recommended by the only British wizard other countries respected in this century. Looking up from the letter she spoke "So you wish to attend school in japan? That is rare for a wizard from Europe. Usually they prefer to go to their own schools."
Harry smiled and finally used his Japanese knowledge to good use "I only recently learned of my magic so I do not know much about the European wizarding world but I have always been fascinated by Japan so I decided to attend Kotodame."
The woman smiled and nodded, pleased with the explanation and pleasantly surprised the boy already knew Japanese without the help of a translation charm. She finished typing in his information and spoke "Very well, the letter already explained everything. Yesterday payment for an apartment was provided when you are not in school, so there is no worries about lodging. However, an official will be checking in on you every few days to make sure you are adjusting well."
Harry nodded, that was fine with him. He was very independent but a local would have more information on the area. The receptionist nodded and typed more information before conjuring a stack of documents for the new student to sign "Fill out the information on these documents. After you are finished your handler will come to take you to your apartment.
After filling out all the files he exited the area and took an elevator to the entrance of the Japanese Government building. The entrance of the Ministry was amazing to the British raised wizard. The building was styled to look like a feudal era castle with each building surrounding it opening to a different department. He walked through the courtyard slowly, taking it all in before he exited through the main gate of the compound. It felt as if he walked out a light waterfall as the gate turned into a door to a side door of a government building.
Shaking off his disorientation of being transported so suddenly he walked out of the alley he was in and saw a man smiling at him. Walking slightly cautiously to the man he spoke "Are you my guide?"
The brown haired man grinned at the boy "Yup! I am going to help you get adjusted to Japan and teach you some of our customs and history before school. But first things first! We will head to your apartment."
Harry smiled slightly at the energetic man and got into a black car along with the man as they drove through Tokyo. As the man drove he explained many of the hotspots of Tokyo, Non-magical or magical. He also explained how to get to Kotodame. It was amusing to him that the entrance to a magical school was in such a mundane location. But then again, their ministry was hidden near the National Diet Building so maybe it was normal.
As they neared his apartment the man continued "You know, my son is attending Kotodame this year as well! His name is Daichi. Maybe you two could become friends eh?"
Harry nodded politely and asked a question about the school "In Britain I read that Hogwarts is divided into four houses, is there something similar in Kotodame?"
His guide, who informed him that his name was Ichimoto, shook his head "No, the school is divided by year, not houses. However there are four clubs in the school that you can join. The clubs are the Azure Dragon, the Vermillion Bird, the black turtle, and the White tiger. Each club looks for certain types of students to join their groups. The dragons look for strength, the vermillion birds look for intelligence, the turtle looks for a hard work ethic while the white tiger looks for those who are wise."
Harry was interested in the groups and expressed his desire to know more with his next few questions "What do each club do?"
The man turned out of Tokyo and into a more residential district as he explained "Each group has their own activities they enjoy. However, I do know that each group have their own Quidditch teams. I myself was invited to the Black Turtles." Harry raised his eyebrow that he was invited instead of joined "You have to be invited to the groups?"
Ichimoto nodded "Indeed, after your first year the scouts of each club will approach students who they feel embody their group's morals and invite them. This is why how you act in your first year is very important. If you display signs of intelligence, you will be more than likely invited to the birds and so on."
Harry nodded as they pulled into a small apartment complex. After a short tour of the building Ichimoto explained that he lived in a house a few blocks away and that he would check up on him every other day until he picks him up for school on August 1st, which was only two weeks away.
He sighed as the man left a few groceries in the kitchen, the activities of today finally catching up with him. He was really going to attend a magic school. In Japan no less.
Ichimoto walked out of the small kitchen and prepared to leave but before he left he looked at the child he would be looking after "Oh, I almost forgot. What is your name?"
Harry looked at the man slightly confused before he realized he forgot to introduce himself. He was about to just say his name when he paused. He wanted a fresh start in this country so why not give himself a new name? It would let him fit in the country better at least. He looked into the man's kind eyes and smiled a bit before speaking,
"My name is Hibiki Kuze."
AN: And that's a wrap for chapter two! Next chapter he is off to Kotodame. If you have any questions or suggestions for the story feel free to review or PM me with any questions. Since I am finished with midterms in college I should start to publish chapters a bit faster than before.
