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WARNING! SPOILER ALERT! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!
yarra: This is not a cliffhanger, I promised an update by the end of the week.
Author's note: Okay, the way I see it, there's a reason that authors put up polls. It's so that they can get reader feedback just like in a review. I was originally going to wait until I had at least say 10 voters, but seeing as that isn't happening and I've kept you lovely readers on hold for so long, I decided to update. Oh, and you can thank the guy who made the anonymous review for the tie-breaker on which house Yoshi should be sorted into.
A/N #2: Oh, and one more thing. I realize that Yoshimori's reflexes, skills, and techniques don't reach this level until 1) "Day's in Training for his speed and accuracy and 2) Episode 50 with his fight against Kaguro to unleash the Zekkai fully, but since I'm the author, I say that he has them now. That's one of the benefits of being an author, hehe. Now, as they say: "On with the show!"
"English"
"Japanese"
'Thoughts'
Chapter 3
At that moment, the compartment door slid open and a tall boy with flaming red hair and freckles and a girl with long bushy brown hair entered the compartment.
"Ron! Hermione! We have Japanese foreign students this year!" Harry exclaimed.
"Well if it isn't Potty, Weasel, Loony and the Mudblood," Malfoy sneered. He and his two goons, Crabbe and Goyle had followed Ron and Hermione in order to taunt the trio while they were in their compartment, but this was even better; two foreign students, and if he played his cards right, he could get them on his side! "I'm Draco Malfoy by the way," directing his attention to the Japanese foreign students and ignoring the quartet altogether. "You would do well not to associate yourselves with scum like this. Come and join me in my compartment."
"Who invited you Malfoy?"
"Get out," said Harry in a menacing tone while both he and Ron took out their wands.
"Harry, Ron, don't!"
"This guy is pissing me off. Let me ketsu's him. Besides, wasn't mudblood the term to insult someone that didn't have a magical background and was born of non-magical parents?"
"Same here, but you have to remember Yoshi, we're not here to make enemies. We're only here to fit in until we can return to our own time period."
"We appreciate the offer Malfoy-san, but it would be a bother to have to change compartments," Tokine said bowing and creating a kekkai in order to force Yoshi to do the same.
Malfoy had turned around and was about to return to his compartment when Ron spoke. "You heard the lady Malfoy, now get lost ferret boy," Ron said with a smirk etched on his face.
Malfoy, flanked by his two lackeys Crabbe and Goyle, whipped around with his wand drawn. Malfoy had fired a curse at Ron, but Ron was too slow to stop it. However, the spell ricocheted off of an invisible barrier and hit the ceiling, leaving a scorch mark. Everyone stared at the scorch mark with surprise, shock etched onto their faces. It was then that Yoshimori spoke for the first time. "I don't like people who launch sneak attacks on unsuspecting people. Get lost before I direct your next spell back at you instead of the ceiling," Yoshi stated calmly.
"Is that a challenge?"
"What do you think, or are to so stupid that you don't know how to?" Yoshi replied, standing up.
"You dare to challenge me? Do you know who I am you foreign piece of scum!"
"If I remember correctly, you said your name was Draco Malfui," Yoshi said with a smirk.
"You insolent freak, my name is Draco MALFOY!" he shouted firing the Impediment jinx at him. "Impedimenta!"
However, Yoshi just stood there and in his mind thought 'Ketsu,' right before the spell hit him and forming a kekkai around Malfoy. The minute the jinx hit the barrier, it began to ricochet around inside the kekkai until it hit Malfoy right in the face. Right before Malfoy could hit the opposite side of the kekkai surrounding him, Yoshi thought 'Kai," and instead of slamming into the kekkai, he hit the opposite wall, falling to the floor in a heap unconscious.
Yoshi then sat back down in the compartment and said "Ketsu!," moving his arm from right to left, except this time causing the compartment door to slide shut in Malfoy's lackey's face.
"You really shouldn't have done that Yoshi. You didn't even take out your wand."
"Oh be quiet Tokine. He was being a pain in the ass so I just decided to teach him a lesson. It's not like we don't have a cover story."
"Wicked! Did you see the look on that git's face when…umm, what were your names?"
"The name of the guy who just whipped Malfoy's butt is Yoshimori Sumimura and the girl is Tokine Yukimura. They're foreign students from Japan." At hearing the words foreign and Japan, interest immediately began to show on Hermione's face while the two Kekkaishi sweat-dropped.
-Timeskip-
After the usual sorting, Dumbledore stood up with his arms raised in an embracing fashion. "To our new students welcome, and to our old students, welcome back! I'd like to welcome all of you to a new year at Hogwarts. Now then, before we begin our excellent feast, I have some beginning of the year announcements to make. First of all, the Forbidden Forest is off limits to all first-years, as some of our older students should know by now," his eyes twinkling while three students at the Gryffindor table gave each other knowing smirks. "Also, Mr. Filch has asked me to remind you all that a list of forbidden items may be found on his office door should any students wish to check it. We have also had two changes in staffing this year. First of all I would like to introduce Professor Horace Slughorn who will be taking up his old post as potions master." At that Ron and Hermione turned to Harry. "I thought you said he was going to be the D.A.D.A. professor," Ron said. Meanwhile, Hermione was wondering what happened to Tokine and Yoshi. "Have either of you seen Yoshi or Tokine since we left the train?" she asked.
"Now that you mention it, no," Harry responded.
"Meanwhile, Professor Snape shall be taking the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts."
Hearing this, the Slytherin table was clapping like mad while Harry shouted above all of the clapping, "NO!"
The Great Hall was in an uproar and Dumbledore took out his wand and there was a loud BANG!
Once the Great Hall had quieted down, Dumbledore continued as though nothing had happened. "Now, for the most important announcement of the evening. Minerva, if you would please retrieve Mr. Sumimura and Ms. Yukimura."
Professor McGonagall got up from her seat and left the Great Hall, walking in the direction that the first-years had first entered from. She came back shortly with two Asian looking teens, a girl and a boy.
"So that's why McGonagall didn't remove the Sorting Hat," someone whispered. Meanwhile, the gears in Hermione's head were working overtime.
-Flashback-
"Yoshi and I are both from esteemed families in Japan, the only families actually, that use wandless magic as you may have noticed." Hearing that, Yoshi just smirked. "However, there is only so much a person can learn when education is restricted to one's own family. That's why our families sent us here to Hogwarts."
"Yeah, and I even got sixth year placement even though I'm only fourteen!" At that, Tokine made a hand movement similar to that of what Yoshi had done to shut the compartment door and Yoshi's head slammed into the wall. "OW! That hurt! What did you do that for Tokine!"
"For being an insufferable showoff."
-End Flashback-
Hermione had read Hogwarts, A History many times, and by many, more times than anyone could possibly count. And every time she had read Hogwarts, A History, she had never once read about year placements that were not synchronized with age. Something was amiss. "Harry, Ron, something's not right about those two foreign students. Hogwarts has never had year placements that didn't match age. I think Dumbledore is hiding something."
"Aw c'mon Hermione, you think too much. Maybe Yoshimori is just really good at magic, so good that he got placed into sixth year instead of fourth year. Just let it go," Ron said nonchalantly.
"Thank you Minerva. Now then, I'd like you all to meet two students that have come all the way from Japan to expand on their magical knowledge, Mr. Yoshimori Sumimura and Tokine Yukimura." At that, the two bowed as one before all the students in the Great Hall. "Like the rest of you, they will also be sorted. Whichever House they are sorted into, I would like you all to treat them with the utmost respect. There is a special exception that I must inform you all of however. Although Mr. Sumimura is only fourteen, he will be placed as a sixth year due to his expanse in magical knowledge." At hearing this, murmurs broke out among the students in the Great Hall and Dumbledore was forced to set off another BANG to silence everyone. "Now, if you may Minerva.
"Sumimura, Yoshimori."
Yoshi walked up to the sorting hat just as he had watched the other students do. He then heard a voice in his head. "Hmm, you have great potenti…," but the Sorting Hat didn't get to finish since as soon as Yoshi heard a voice in his head he shouted, "What the hell!" and threw the hat off his head in a defensive stance and had a kekkai formed around the hat so that it looked to the students as well as the rest of the staff like the hat was floating in mid-air. Dumbledore and Tokine were the only other people who could see the kekkai surrounding the Sorting Hat.
To say that the students in the Great Hall were in a state of shock would be a serious understatement. It was Tokine's voice that broke them out of their stupor. "YOU IDIOT! WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR!"
"But Tokine, there was a voice in my head, like it was reading my mind or something."
"That's the point you dimwit! How else will you be sorted? You already heard the hat talk didn't you? It sang a freaking song for Kami's sake! Now put that hat back on! Sekkai! Nenshi!" Tokine dispelled Yoshimori's kekkai and used the nenshi thread to direct the hat toward Yoshi's head, and she was dead accurate. She then forced the hat to stay on Yoshi's head and prevented him from throwing it off again by forming kekkai at his joints so he couldn't move, or throw the hat off of him again. "Ketsu! Ketsu! Ketsu!..."
"Now then, where were we before you so rudely threw me off your head? Ah yes, I see that you have great potential Yoshimori. You also feel the need to protect others, even if it means that you yourself are injured in the process. You posses great courage Yoshimori Sumimura and that rules out Slytherin. You posses traits befitting that of a Gryffindor. But what's this? Hmm, you are also very reckless it seems and you don't think things through, and lazy as well. That certainly rules out Ravenclaw. Hmm, difficult, very difficult. Many of your traits are contradictory. Where should I put you…Hufflepuff or Gryffindor?
'I DON'T CARE, JUST HURRY UP AND MAKE UP YOUR MIND ALREADY YOU DAMN HAT! IF TOKINE HADN'T SEKKAI-ED MY KEKKAI, I WOULD HAVE METSU-ED YOU SO HURRY UP AND DECIDE SO YOU CAN GET OUT OF MY HEAD!'
'Hmm, well you certainly are a rude one. I suppose that Hufflepuff is out of the question now which only leaves' "GRYFFINDOR!"
"FINALLY!" Yoshimori wanted to stand up to go to the Gryffindor table where everyone was cheering and clapping like mad, but he couldn't move. He then looked at himself and remembered the kekkai that Tokine had put on him. "Hey Tokine, you can take your kek…spell off now! In case you didn't notice, I just got sorted," Yoshi stated with a glum look on his face, not being able to dispel the kekkai on his own.
However, Professor McGonagall had already called out "Yukimura, Tokine, and Tokine had already put the Sorting Hat on her head. After a few moments, Professor McGonagall said, Mr. Sumimura, you can join the Gryffindor table now. "I'd love to Professor McGonagall, except there's this small problem of me not being able to move," Yoshi said in an irritated tone.
"You idiot, why didn't you say anything before!"
"Well, yo…"
"Kai!"I"
Once Yoshimori had joined the Gryffindor table, murmurs began of how the Asian girl had performed wandless magic but were stopped by Professor McGonagall, who had become irritated at all the chattering.
Just as Yoshimori had done before, once Tokine put on the sorting hat, it began to whisper in her ear, except unlike Yoshimori, she didn't throw the hat off her head in shock. 'Hmm, you have a sharp mind and a thirst for knowledge I see. You are also very skilled and your accuracy with spells is unprecedented. You also possess the urge to protect others, but you do it from duty rather than necessity. It seems as though you think of yourself before others in some cases. Ravenclaw or Slytherin I wonder.'
'What is this, a philosophy lesson? I know my own character!' Tokine thought out in annoyance.
'Ah, but your character is precisely what is used to sort you. You certainly lack the qualities of a Gryffindor, and even if you so desired, Gryffindor would not be a good House for you. I'm sure you've heard of the muggle philosophers Emmanuel Kant and John Stewart Mill before.'
'Deontology and utilitarianism! What does that have to do with this anyway? You're supposed to be a hat, an inanimate object! And besides, even if you have been animated to be able to read people's minds, what would a magical object know about the muggle world?
'The same way I know that you have an immense fear of cockroaches,' the hat replied in a humorous voice.
Hearing that, Tokine's entire face immediately paled. 'I'm starting to think Yoshi was right about you, you're one creepy hat.'
'Oh, but I can see into the deepest recesses of your mind. You act as though you were a deontologist, acting from duty and doing things simply because it's the right thing to do. Even as a child, you helped young Yoshimori simply because it was right. Slytherin would certainly be unsuitable. That leaves but one choice,' the Sorting Hat continued as though Tokine hadn''t interrupted. "RAVENCLAW!"
The time went by slowly for Yoshi as he waited for Tokine to be sorted, hoping that she would also be sorted into Gryffindor. What was only about two minutes seemed to Yoshimori to be two millennia. As he waited, anxious as to which House she would be sorted into, Yoshi began to worry that she might not be sorted at all. When the hat called out "RAVENCLAW!" rather than being happy for her, Yoshi cried out in disappointment. "Aw man! No fair!"
Hermione never missed a beat and could tell that Yoshi really liked Tokine just by the way he reacted to the Sorting Hat's decision and the way he had been looking at her through the entire sorting. "You really like her don't you Yoshimori?" At hearing this, Yoshi turned to face the speaker. He saw that it was one of Harry's friends.
Yoshi just stuttered, "I…I…I don't know wha…what you're talking about…Tokine and I are just friends."
Ron sniggered. "You said your name was Yoshi right?" When Yoshi nodded, Ron continued. "Sorry mate, but you're making it way too obvious Yoshi. You would probably take the Cruciatus to save her by the way you're blushing. Bloody hell, you look as red as Gryffindor Quiddich robes, and that's an understatement." At that, Yoshi's face slowly returned to normal and he looked confused. 'What was Quiddich again? OH YEAH, it's that game that wizards play on brooms. But how red are Gryffindor Quiddich robes…?'
"Oi, you okay Yoshi?"
"Huh"
"You looked like you got knocked out by a Bludger," was Ron's only response.
"What is with you and Quiddich! Do you have to compare everything to it? Honestly!"
"Oh come on Hermione, how else would you describe the look he had on his face?" Ron asked.
"Oh I don't know Ron," Hermione responded sarcastically," In a daze, dreamy, on cloud nine, in dreamland…
"Okay, okay, I get your point already," Ron said, looking very disgruntled. It was Yoshi's turn to snigger. "Looks like she really got you there, "mate," putting a lot of emphasis on the word 'mate'. Harry, Hermione, and Yoshi just laughed at Ron's predicament, but out of amusement at having his own words thrown back at him rather than actually laughing at him. Ron did not find this funny at all however and ended up sulking for the rest of the feast.
"Now that we have all been fed and watered, I'd like to make a couple more announcements," as the food disappeared and the plates were once again magically clean. I cannot emphasize how much danger is now upon us due to the return of Lord Voldemort. I implore all of you to proceed with caution. Also, our two foreign students, Mr. Sumimura and Ms. Yukimura, this applies to both of you as well. Now then, I'm sure that the beds in your dormitories are as soft and warm as you could possibly dream of. You have classes tomorrow so chop chop!"
At Dumbledore's dismissal, Hermione quickly turned to Ron, "Ron, we're supposed to show the first years where to go so stop sulking!" Ron however just ignored her and walked towards the portrait of the Fat Lady at a slow pace. Hermione sighed and gave up, leaving him behind.
Meanwhile, Yoshi quickly ran towards the Ravenclaw table. "Dammit Tokine, what was that about? How come you let that damn hat sort you into Ravenclaw?"
Before Tokine could respond, Professor McGonagall walked up to them and after making sure that no one was within earshot said simply, "Professor Dumbledore wishes to see the Kekkaishi." The demeanor of the two teenagers immediately changed and they nodded. Professor McGonagall turned on her heel and motioned for them to follow.
A/N: Here you go folks, chapter 3 complete just like I promised. Like I said, I have no promises on Chapter 4. It may take a week, it may take a month. College is unpredictable and I don't know when I'll have the time to proofread and update again. After chapter 4, updates will take much longer since they were not pre-typed. As a matter of fact, there will only be a portion of Chapter 4. I will need to start adding now. Like I said in Chapter 1, this story was never meant to be posted.
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