Shinsei Unmei: Path of Light and Darkness
Chapter Two: Harry Potter
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The group spent the next few weeks before the start of term on their own, ministry officials always able to be found nearby. Ryou and Yugi spent most of their time walking through the alley or sitting in the ice cream parlor, making friends with fellow first years through conversation.
On the Sunday before they left for Hogwarts, Yugi and Ryou were doing just that, when a black haired boy walked into the shop, and a silence fell over the entire building.
"Is that?" someone said.
"Can it be? The boy who lived!" someone else added, and Yugi heard the name Harry Potter from almost everyone in the shop, and suddenly the boy was flooded with people asking for handshakes, among other things. "Harry, will you bear my child?" one lady screamed, and then was escorted out by the shop owner himself.
Figuring out that Harry Potter didn't want all of the attention, Ryou and Yugi decided to help him out. Feeling immensely sorry for the shop owner, who had been very kind to them, Yugi screamed at the top of his lungs. "RAT!"
In an instant, the ice cream parlor was deserted, the crowd nearly barreling over Harry on their way out. "Uh... Thank you. That gets old after a while. I'm Harry. Harry Potter." The boy said and winced, expecting the two Japanese boys to mob him for an autograph.
"I'm Yugi Mutou, and this is Ryou Bakura." Yugi replied for both of them, having never heard of the boy in his life.
That was when Ryou cut in. "Harry Potter? The boy who defeated the dark lord Voldemort?" Ryou rushed, having read the name in a book he had picked up in his wanderings through Flourish and Botts, the equivalent to the muggle Barnes and Noble.
"Um, yeah." Harry blushed, running a hand through his hair. "Are you going to Hogwarts?" Ryou added, picking up his shoulder pack and slinging it over his neck.
"Y-Yeah. I'm in my first year. I don't know anything about magic though, I thought I was norma-a muggle before I got my letter from Hagrid." Harry returned, slipping his hands in his tattered jeans pocket.
"Are you staying at the Leaky Cauldron?" Yugi chimed in, finishing off his ice cream and standing up.
"Yeah, Hagrid's taking me to Kings Cross next Sunday so I can catch the train. Are you?" Harry replied, looking through the glass door and into the street outside.
"Yeah. We're from Japan so the Ministry of Magic decided to board us there until term." Ryou said "Oh, Yugi! I need to hurry up and get back, I need to feed Sashaosu." The English boy added, nodding politely to Harry. "See you later Harry!"
Ryou hurried out the door and into the street beyond, disappearing into the hustle of the busy crowd. "Sashaosu?" Haryr remarked, wondering if Yugi knew what it meant.
"Er. It's a combination of the Japanese words little and chaos." The short boy replied, shaking his head slightly to move his bangs out of his face.
"Why don't you come back to the Leaky Cauldron with me and meet my other friends from Japan. We might as well have all of the friends we can get, ne?" Yugi added, slipping into Japanese at the end.
"Friends then?" Yugi offered, putting out his hand as an invitation for the younger (but taller) boy to shake it. "Friends"
Yugi and Harry hurried through the crowd, Harry being warned to keep his head low to avoid another mob. They reached the Leaky Cauldron quicker than Yugi would have thought, and a familiar face stood in the gateway.
"What is it now Kaiba?" Yami no Yugi called, switching places with his light. "You're going to duel me Yugi! Here and now!" the CEO spat in return, a dueldisk attached to his arm. "Kaiba, electronic devices don't work here! You've tried it yourself!" Yami no Yugi laughed, finding the whole situation comical.
"Shut it pharaoh! I've made a few modifications to it, and I'm sure you'll find it works exceptionally well." Seto snickered, activating the device.
"Excuse me Harry. This won't take very long. Even if Seto's invention does work, he's never beat me without cheating before."
Seto tossed Yami no Yugi a second dueldisk, and he inserted his deck, watching the device slide into action.
Seto Kaiba: 4000/Yami: 4000
Yami no Yugi drew one card, signaling the start of his turn. "I set one monster on the field, sign of defense. Then, to end my turn I cover one card. Your move Kaiba." Yami no Yugi called, watching a replication of his card appear in front of him.
"Bad move Yugi, I shall win this duel and reclaim my title." Kaiba laughed, drawing a card from his deck. "I summon Vorse Raider (1900/1200), sign of attack. At his declaration, Kaiba's monster appeared in front of him, its feet making a soft thud when they touched the ground.
"Kaiba! Is that monster... is it real?" Yami no Yugi exclaimed, the realization hitting him.
"Yes Yugi, it is very real." Kaiba laughed, a dangerous glint in his eyes. "I cover two cards, and attack! Vorse Raider, Axen Assault!" Seto's monster charged towards Yami no Yugi, his horizontal card changing into his own monster.
"Mystical Elf (0800/2000)! Divine Shield!" Yami no Yugi replied, watching Kaiba's monster strike his Elf's magical shield.
Seto Kaiba: 3900/ Yami no Yugi: 4000
"My turn Kaiba!" Yami no Yugi exclaimed, drawing a card. "I sacrifice my Mystical Elf for the Dark Magician Girl (2000/1700), sign of attack!" The spirit exclaimed, his elf being replaced by a female dark magician.
"I cover one card and attack, with shadow magic blast," Yami no Yugi cried, watching his monster attack Kaiba's. "No Yugi, reveal trap! Mirror Force!" Kaiba replied, one of his downed cards revealing itself.
"Yes Kaiba, reveal equipment spell! Hybrid Shifter!" Yami no Yugi retorted, his previously laid card activating. "Dark Magician Girl, shift!" he added, watching her attack reflect off Kaiba's Mirror Force.
Seto Kaiba: 3900/Yami no Yugi: 4000
"What?" Kaiba exclaimed, his plan devastated. "It's one of my newest spells Kaiba, it allows the equipped monster to 'shift' out of the way of any spell, trap, or monster effects that target it once per turn."
Yami no Yugi placed two cards down on the field and smirked, gesturing for Kaiba to take his turn. "I draw!" Kaiba grumbled, pulling a card. "I sacrifice my Vorse Raider for the Dragon Seeker (2000/2100), sign of attack!"
"Now I play Axe of Despair, raising its attack power by 1000 (3000/2100)! Attack Dragon Seeker, Axe Spell Blast!" Kaiba sneered, absorbed in the battle. "Shift!" Yami no Yugi sneered, his Dark Magician Girl disappearing. "But you said-" Kaiba gasped as the Dark Magician Girl reappeared after the attack died away.
Seto Kaiba: 3900/Yami no Yugi: 4000
"I said, once per turn. I did not specify that she could only shift during my turns." Yami no Yugi laughed, drawing his card.
'Hm...' Yami no Yugi thought to himself, looking through the cards in his hand. As he added his newly drawn card to his hand, he glanced at it and gasped. 'Osiris!'
'Yami, you can't summon him. If what Kaiba said was true, you'll be summoning the real Saint Dragon Osiris!' Yugi mentally pleaded, his voice full of concern. 'Right, there areother moves I can make.'
"Like this one Kaiba!" Yami no Yugi added aloud, pulling a different card from his hand. "I summon Hayabusa Knight (1000/0700), sign of attack!" he called, throwing the effect monster to his field. "Counter! Trap Hole on Hayabusa Knight!" Kaiba returned, flipping his card up.
"Fine, but now I play the spell Raigeki!" Yami no Yugi replied, watching lightning strike down Kaiba's Dragon Seeker. "Now, I cover one card and attack with Dark Magician Girl!" Yami no Yugi cried, watching the attack hit Kaiba full force.
Seto Kaiba: 1900/Yami no Yugi: 4000
The CEO fell to the ground in pain, the attack being real. "Kaiba, are you okay?" Yami no Yugi asked, watching Seto crawl slowly back to his feet.
"Yeah, and I draw." Seto spat back, pulling his card. "Soul Harvester!" he cried, throwing his spell into the disk. It recalls as many monsters as I want to my field for the price of 200 life points apiece."
"I call back Hayabusa Knight (1000/0700), Dragon Seeker (2000/2100), and Mystical Elf (0800/2000)!" Kaiba laughed as his life points dwindled away and the monsters appeared on his field.
Seto Kaiba: 1300/Yami no Yugi: 4000
"Now, I offer them all for..." Kaiba added, until Yugi switched places with Yami no Yugi. "No Kaiba! You'll call forth the real Obelisk!" he cried, just as Kaiba slapped the card down on his Dueldisk. "Oh no... Kaiba! What have you done?" Yugi exclaimed, watching the skies darken.
"Yugi, I won't attack this turn, I want to face your god card in a one-on-one battle!" Kaiba laughed maniacally, his face looking triumphant.
"I draw Kaiba, and play my spell, Ancient Temple!" Yami no Yugi bellowed, Obelisk standing between him and Kaiba, bystanders looking on in fear. "This spell was made specifically for the god cards, and allows me to entomb all gods in both decks, hands, and fields within it, removing them from play!"
Yami no Yugi threw Osiris into the graveyard, as Kaiba threw his Obelisk there as well. "Obelisk will break free Yugi, and when he does, I will eliminate you!"
"No, it is I who shall eliminate you! I attack with Dark Magician Girl, ending the duel." Yami no Yugi sighed, returning his graveyard cards to his deck. "What in magic's name was that?" many people exclaimed, their eyes having seen the enormous god card in its reality.
"You're lucky no one was hurt Kaiba!" Yugi growled, watching his enemy sneer. "No Yugi, you're lucky I didn't attack!" he retorted, turning back into the Leaky Cauldron. "Mr. Kaiba, a word if you don't mind? OBLIVIATE!" Dumbledore whispered, then bellowed, sweeping his wand over the crowd of bystanders.
Everybody in the crowd then snapped out of a daze, trying to figure out why they were standing there, and what had just happened. "Mr. Kaiba, I must ask that you not summon ancient Egyptian gods with magic, they're really tricky to control."
"You can't make me do anything, I'll summon any damned monster I want." Kaiba snapped back, his fists clenched in rage. "Expelliarmus" a woman's voice said from behind Yugi, blasting Kaiba and separating him from the Dueldisk with his deck.
As the Dueldisk hit the ground, Seto's cards spilled out, blowing around in the breeze. "Minerva, please do try to control your temper." Professor Dumbledore replied, a faint smile on his lips. "You will not speak to the headmaster like that Seto Kaiba, even if you are a special case." Professor McGonagall frowned, her wand still in hand.
Kaiba bent furiously as the professors left, and began picking up his scattered cards, cursing at people who inadvertently stepped on one when they passed through on their way in or out of the pub. After Seto had picked up most of them, Yugi walked over to him and handed the last one, Divine Soldier Obelisk.
"I hope you don't expect thanks Yugi," Kaiba spat, snatching the card from the short boy's grasp. "Hey! You owe Yugi, he helped keep you from beind consumed by, by that monster!" Harry called, glaring at the CEO with daggers in his eyes.
Seto turned and walked into the pub after telling Harry to go 'shove his head up his ass' and Yugi turned to the englishboy as he regained his body. "Sorry about that. You might as well not waste your breath on Seto, he's always like that."
Just then, a dark skinned, familiar Egyptian walked into the miniature courtyard, his shoulders hunched and Yugi was scared hi might kill someone.
"I am going to kill somebody!" Marik cried through clenched teeth, the boys walking back into the pub a moment later. "What happened now Marik?" Yugi sighed, absentmindedly tracing the eye on the front of his puzzle.
"That same Ra-be-damned kid ran into me again, I shoved him, and it's an effing crisis! I swear, I had like half the damned wizarding world on my case! They'll never do that again..." he smirked, holding the Sennen rod in his hand.
Harry looked from the Sennen rod to Marik, and shrugged, following the two after being introduced to Marik by Yugi.
The next week went by fast, as it turned out, Harry wasn't going with Hagrid, but was going with them and professor McGonagall, who woke them up at six o clock sharp the next Sunday, swiftly telling all five boys (in two rooms) to quote," be ready in thirty minutes."
Yugi scrambled to get ready for the day, unsuccessfully trying to fight off fatigue as he did so. 'Yugi, I'm taking over' Yami no Yugi said after Yugi had tried to shove his sock on as his shirt, nearly suffocating himself in the process.
Soon, the five boys were assembled in the pub, their possessions and animals with them. Their three owls (Yugi's, Seto's, and Harry's), and two cats (Ryou's and Marik's) making quite a commotion.
The innkeeper slashed his wand horizontally and mouthed a short incantation, and the animals were silenced, their beaks and mouths sealed shut by his spell.
Yugi turned to thank Tom, but just then they began to shimmer, their bodies slowly disappearing before their eyes. Yugi opened his eyes and found that they were on a train platform in front of a large scarlet engine, their possessions behind them, and a year of magic, mystery, and adventure awaited them.
Shinsei Unmei: Path of Light and Darkness © Copyright 2004 ArchSaugim (ID: 418011). All rights reserved. Distribution of any kind is prohibited without the written consent of ArchSaugim
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Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh or Harry Potter, just this story.
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