Disclaimer: If I actually owned Harry Potter or Yu-Gi-Oh! would I really be writing a story?
Hikari - Light
Yami - Dark
Aibou - Partner/Soul mate (not in a lover type way, this isn't yaoi)
Yadounishi - Landlord
Mon Hitorio no Boku- Other me/My other self/My other half
Baka - Idiot (Don't know if I'll use it, but it's here any way)
Gomen Nasai- I'm sorry/very sorry
Ano-Umm
Daijoubou- I'm alright (also can be, if I'm not mistaken, are you alright)
Nani- What
{Ryou to Bakura}
{{Bakura to Ryou}}
(Yugi to Yami)
((Yami to Yugi))
"Japanese"
"English"
"Egyptian"
"Arabic"
New Places, New Faces
Chapter 4
Shopping Trips
Last Time:
"Harry and Ron exchanged nervous glances, thinking about the brief conversation with the girls upstairs and were about to begin grilling the three new students when they heard Mrs. Weasley at the bottom of the stairs coming to check on them. Ron bolted out of bed and turned off the light, shushing the other four and jumping back in his own bed. Mrs. Weasley's footsteps stopped outside their room before continuing up the stairs. Harry explained that Mrs. Weasley checked on them and Malik muttered something in Arabic before they heard her footsteps again and all decided that it would be better to just sleep. Ron looked over the side of the bed at Harry. There was something different about these three, and they were certain to find out what.
"Up and At'em! Rise and shine!" Fred and George shouted in unison as they bounded up the stairs and into the room shared by Harry, Ron, Yugi, Ryou, and Malik. "Mum says that we're heading to Diagon Alley today, the booklists arrived earlier. So if you plan on eating breakfast this morning you had better move!" The two ran out of the room and up to the next landing to rouse the girls as five boys and teo irritable yamis rose from their slumber.
"Annoying sons of…" Ron mumbled, still in his sleep induced haze as he extracted himself from his maroon bed sheets and stumbled to the trunk at the end of his bed and blindly yanking out a pair of pants and a shirt. Harry was close to the same state, but more aware than Ron while all three transfers were still exhausted and having a rough time rising, even Malik who was almost in the same time zone and wasn't feeling the same affects as his companions.
{Good morning yami.} Ryou mumbled to his irritated other self as he, too, began to get dressed and ready. Bakura's only response was to grumble at him and minimize the link, supposedly to get more sleep. Ryou sighed. At least he wouldn't have to worry about scaring anyone for life this morning. Without missing a beat, Ryou tossed a pair of balled up socks at Malik who was still sleeping.
"Malik? It's time to get up." Malik muttered something incoherent to anyone who didn't speak Arabic and sat up in bed rubbing his lilac eyes and stretching. Stumbling down off the top bunk, almost on top of Yugi, Malik made a grab for his open suitcase, pulling out his normal midriff-showing purple tank top and black jeans. Sitting down on Ryou's bed, he pulled off his pajama shirt and yawned, falling back onto the bed. Across the room, Ron snickered.
"Tired are we?" He asked in a amused tone. He only answer was the one-finger salute from Malik and couple choice words about where Malik's foot would end up if he didn't keep his mouth shut. Ryou quickly apologized for his friends behavior, but the two wizards didn't seem to mind, both laughing outright.
Malik pulled on his shirt, carefully making sure his back was faced away from Harry and Ron, the last thing he wanted to deal with this morning was an explanation about his back.
"What is Diagon Alley?" Yugi asked from his perch on his own bed as he fastened on the various buckles, collars and assorted jewelry he was so known for wearing, the puzzle glittering on his chest. Malik was also pulling out many pieces of golden jewelry and pulling it on himself while digging for the rod under his pillow. After giving the two an odd look, it was Harry who finally answered them.
"It's a wizard shopping district. Completely closed off to regular people. It's where we'll go to get all of our school supplies." Ryou nodded thoughtfully as he pulled on the Ring over his white sweater. It would make sense that wizards would have their own private shopping centers.
{{Dagger.}} Bakura bluntly called from his soul room and Ryou immediately began to grab the belt that contained said dagger.
{Do we really need to bring one today? I trust these people, they seem like they will protect us.} Ryou remarked quietly as he, never the less, strapped on the belt. Bakura snorted from his soul room.
{{Well I don't. You are far too trusting Hikari. Grab an extra from the suitcase.}} Ryou sighed and knelt in front of his case opening it and retrieving his money bag and an extra pocketknife, managing the shift the contents and cause a small clatter when the various knives clashed together. Harry and Ron gave him a curious look while Malik simply raised his eyebrow to which Ryou shrugged. Malik should be used to Bakura's knife fetish by now. Straightening up he retrieved his trench from the foot of the bed and rested it over his arm.
"Ready?"
Yugi nodded to Ryou as they followed Harry and Ron out of the room and down the stairs. When the five arrived in the kitchen, it was in a state of slightly organized chaos. Almost the entire household, along with select members of the Order, were milling around and all were trying to make and/or get breakfast at the same time. Harry and Ron sat down at the table without a second's hesitation and each grabbed a piece of toast.
"Is it always like this?" Yugi asked over the din of voices, watching as Fred tripped and spilled a pitcher of orange juice all over the floor before pulling out his wand and putting it all back in the pitcher (looking back and forth guiltily as he did so) and set it on the table. Yugi made a mental note not to drink the orange juice that morning and grabbed a cup of tea instead.
Ron shrugged. "Sometimes. Can't have this many people in one place without it being this crazy right? But it's a bit worse than usual since mum wants to get in and out of Diagon Alley early today." Ginny commented from behind them, interrupting her brother and sitting down with a half-eaten piece of toast in her hand.
"I suppose that makes sense with everything that's going on right now." Ryou commented as Mrs. Weasley bustled over to them.
"Are you hungry, dears?" She asked, holding out a tray of toast with butter and jelly on the side. All five boys grabbed a few pieces and thanked Mrs. Weasley as she sat down the tray and hurried off to stop George from burning the skillet of eggs.
"I have the distinct feeling that this will be a long morning." Malik commented to his companions. The rest nodded and watched the chaos before them as they ate.
By the time that everyone had finished breakfast and was finally ready to go (per the specification of one Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody), it was already nearing ten in the morning and Mrs. Weasley was already more than frazzled. They had a fairly large group going which included all the Weasley's (minus Mr. Weasley, Bill and Charlie) Harry, Hermione, Yugi, Malik, Ryou, Tonks, Lupin, Moody and a few un-introduced Order members. After the rather large group had exited the house, Moody and the other Order members dispersed, planning to go ahead of the group slightly to make sure the way ahead was clear, leaving the group in the capable hands of Tonks and Lupin. The walk to the crowded London Underground was short, but they attracted plenty of attention when they arrived as none of the wizards (short of Harry and Hermione) knew how to deal with 'muggle-money'.
In the end, it was Ryou and Hermione who bought the tickets, splitting the group in two as to not raise suspicion (Moody had not wanted Harry to be so exposed and had not let him assist). When the train had finally arrived, they had all squeezed in and had to hold onto the poles as it was currently standing room only. Malik, who was a private person, had pressed his back firmly against the wall and had flinched lightly whenever someone had fallen into him.
Bakura, on the other hand, had taken control away from Ryou for the duration of the ride and had glared at anyone who had come too close, fingering his pocketknife the entire time mumbling something about not being robbed by some thief who was no where near his own caliber while Yugi had thrown anxious glances between his two friends and had conversed with Harry, Ron and Hermione.
When they had finally reached their stop, Malik had been the first one off, taking huge lungful of air and visibly relaxing. The rest had followed quickly behind him, happy to be off the train as well.
"So… where to now?" Asked a curious Yugi as they stepped off the platform and onto the crowded streets.
"A little pub called 'The Leaky Cauldron'. It's only a few blocks down the road from here. It's the entrance to Diagon Alley." Harry explained, looking over his shoulder. Yugi nodded. The large group attracted multiple stares and dirty looks as they made there way down the street what with Tonks' bright orange hair and Yugi's spikes, even Ryou was getting odd looks. Malik scoffed and commented that people in Domino were much more tolerant than the English (to which quiet a few people in the party gave him glares). Upon reaching the pub, the group hurried inside, relieved to be away from muggle London.
Mrs. Weasley ushered them all to the back of the shop and out into the alley in the back. The large group had to squeeze into the small space, Ron knocking over one of the dented trash cans. Lupin, who was at the front of the group, pulled out his wand and tapped one of the bricks and all three transfers watched as the wall reformed and opened up to Diagon Alley. All the wizards inside were wearing robes and hurrying quickly from store to store, none of them took time to stop and there was an air of nervousness and dread over the entire street.
The group quickly made their way down the street as Malik, Ryou, and Yugi looked at all the different shops with fascination. They sold everything here from broomsticks to owls. Ryou was so distracted that he didn't even notice the large white building they were heading towards until he had started up the steps.
"Where are we?" Ron sniggered at the awed look on his face.
"This is Gringrotts, the wizard bank. We're going to get you're money exchanged. The rest of us already have ours." Ryou nodded, but stopped short and blinked. There were ugly little creatures manning all the desks and scurrying about the bank. They looked rather like duel monsters and he had to blink a few times before he believed that he was actually seeing them.
"What the hell..?" Malik trailed off. Always so subtle.
"Those are goblins. They're dead cunning. You don't want to get on their bad side either." Malik remained wide-eyed while Yugi looked thoughtful, his eyes glazed over. They walked up to an empty teller and exchanged their money.
"Those are goblins." Fred whispered to him. George nodded and gave all three a serious look.
"They're dead cunning. You don't want to get on their bad side." Malik gave the creatures a contemplative look as they made their way to one of the Goblin tellers and exchanged their money in turn, not taking time to wait around.
When they reached the bottom of the staircase, Moody gathered them into a group.
"Alright. Mrs. Weasley, Ginny, Fred, and George are going to go and get everyone's books with you four." He gestured to four of the five other Order members who nodded. "You six (he gestured to Harry, Ron. Hermione, Yugi, Ryou, and Malik) are coming with me, Tonks, and Remus to get robes and wands. You," he pointed to the other Order member, "You go and watch for any suspicious behavior and let me know immediately if you find anything. We'll meet up back here in two hours." The two groups went their separate ways, Tonks leading the way to Madame Malikin's while talking animatedly with Lupin.
{{What are we doing yadounishi?}} Bakura asked as he scanned the street through Ryou's eyes, as curious edge to his mind.
{Going to get robes and wands.} Ryou replied as he looked around the street.
{{This should prove interesting then.}} Ryou smiled slightly at his yami's words as they came to a stop outside the store. Moody and Lupin elected to stand watch outside while Tonks accompanied them in. Somewhere deep within the store a bell dinged and a bubbly voice called out a greeting and promised to be with them in a moment.
Another sneering voice cut in from the back of the shop. "Well, what do we have here?"
A/N: Well, I'm not exactly happy with this chapter either. I don't know what I can really do to make it that much better, so I took out and changed a few parts and fixed some stuff. Let me know if you see anything OOC in here.
Sorta slow here too. Sorry for that.
Continuity issues. Just a reminder, if I haven't gotten to the future chapters yet then the characterization will be different.
Still looking for a beta if you're interested.
Happy Reading!
EdElricFan1001
Revised: February 13, 2010