Disclaimer: I do not own Tokyo Ghoul or Harry Potter.
Summary: Sirius, seeing that his Goddaughter's life wasn't the best, stole her away after the whole third year fiasco. They traveled together during the years that followed after getting Sirius a trial in America. When they came to Japan, the two fell in love with the country and Aria grew irritated with how the Ghouls were treated by the CCG. To help, she worked hard to create a potion that would allow Ghouls to eat normal food while also coming up with recipes that both ghouls and humans could enjoy without the potion. She had help in the form of Yoshimura and the ghouls of Anteiku. A small just for fun story because I'm a little bored and my Tokyo-Ghoul muse kicked up.
Running a hand through her wet hair, Aria picked up her phone as it began to ring, "Yo."
"Aria~" Itori's boisterous tone came through, "Are you almost ready to go?"
"I just got to finish getting dressed," Aria informed the female ghoul while looking over the clothes currently spread out on her bed, "We'll just be walking around right?"
"Yup," Itori popped the 'p', "You okay with coming to drink with me and a few others, right?"
"So long as you have some strong stuff, sure," Aria waved her hand and most of the clothes disappeared back into their proper places, "It takes a bit to get me drunk since my alcohol tolerance is rather high,"
Itori giggled softly, "I got a bunch of new products today. I'm sure we can find something that will get you buzzed."
"We'll see," Aria smiled lightly, "See you in ten,"
"See ya then," Itori replied before they ended the call.
Itori was filled with information about the ward she called home and was all too happy to help Aria look into some places to live. They stopped in at her cafe and settled down for lunch. Itori looked at her after they'd ordered, "So why are you looking for an apartment away from your Godfather? I know that being closer would be easier on you, but mages have that teleportation ability of theirs. So why?"
Aria took a sip of her tea as she consider the question, "Itori, I've lived with Siri since I was almost 14 years old. I love him to death and back. He's my father figure after all, but I just need to live on my own for awhile," Aria looked at the window with a sigh, "Sirius is a great man and we've both been through a lot of shit together. I've never lived alone before and I really want to see what it's like," Aria flushed lightly, "Not to mention, I've never really had any relationships before because Siri is over-protective and that kind of kills any relationship before it has a chance to take off."
"So you haven't ever..." Itori trailed off as Aria's cheeks turned a deep scarlet red, "Oh man and you're what? 22?"
"22 though I'll be 23 in like two months," Aria looked at Itori with a glare at the crimson haired ghoul, "Don't laugh! It's not funny,"
"I'm sorry, but I can't believe that someone like you has never been in a relationship not to mention had-" Aria cut her off.
"Shut it," Aria's blush expanded.
Itori snickered softly and nodded, "Fine. Will you let me se-"
"No! I don't want anyone setting me up. I've heard the horror stories of people setting up others," Aria shot the idea down and Itori pouted, "Can we just change the subject?"
"Fine," Itori brightened, "So what do you think about getting some new clothes?"
Aria sat down at the bar as Itori poured them some drinks, "This place is really nice, Itori."
"Thanks, Aria," Itori set Aria's drink down in front of her, "So, have you ever gone drinking before?"
"In Vegas with Sirius after my 17th," Aria took a sip of the drink and hummed softly at the sweet flavor, "It was fun from what I can remember before blacking out and ending up in a magical police holding cell,"
"What did you do?" Itori asked as the door opened to reveal Uta and Renji.
"Who did what?" Uta asked as the two walked into the bar, "Hello, Aria,"
"Yo," Aria raised her glass, "I was just telling Itori about the first time I went drinking,"
Uta perked up as he sat down, "Now that sounds fascinating."
Renji settled down on Aria's other side, "I assume Sirius was involved somehow and it ended badly?"
"Not badly, but we did end up in the magical police's holding cells in Vegas," Aria informed them earning wide eyed looks, "It was the first time we went drinking after I turned 17. It was really fun from what I remember,"
"What the fuck did you two do?" Itori asked her with wide eyes.
"Apparently Sirius was in for streaking naked right through the strip while riding a zebra that he apparently liberated from a local zoo," Aria snickered softly, "I was in for three counts of arson, riding a pegasus through the strip, and turning several males into female dogs. Of course, the last one was stricken from the record since they were apparently rapists that had managed to avoid custody for far too long. Of course, we did a lot more than that, but I figure you guys get the jist of it,"
Renji snorted, "Some how I'm not surprised."
"Arson?" Uta looked at her interest.
"I like playing with fire," Aria grinned at him, "I've done worse than burning trash cans and setting that one car on fire. And that was without any true elemental training and I was drunk for the first time,"
Itori snickered, "How long did it take you to get drunk?"
"Two full bottles of fire whiskey," Aria informed her earning a surprised look from all three ghouls, "My magic and the substances in my blood keep me from getting drunk unless I'm really trying,"
"Damn, no wonder you warned me about needing some strong shit," Itori grinned at Aria with bright eyes, "I can't wait until I manage to get you drunk. I can tell you're a blast to spend time with,"
"Well I'm here and Sirius isn't expecting me back until tomorrow at the latest," Aria grinned at her in reply.
Uta looked at her curiously as Itori got to work on getting Renji and Uta drinks, "How come? Isn't he really protective of you?"
Aria drank down her glass of alcohol while making a mental note to ask about what it was. Aria set down the glass and told him, "Siri knows I went drinking with Itori, so he's probably assuming I won't get drunk. If I do get drunk, he knows I'll end up in my animagus form if I'm not somewhere I deem safe and my magic will keep me from getting hurt."
"That's an interesting quirk," Renji commented as Itori placed down drinks for the two males and got another for Aria.
"I apparently got it from my mother," Aria played with her glass, "My mother didn't really use her animagus form even if she spent time working to get it. The only times she used it was either to spy or get out of sticky situations," Aria took the new glass Itori offer and sipped at it, "Sirius says I take after her a lot more than I take after my dad. My love of fire cemented that,"
Aria grimaced as the familiar pang of longing ran through her. She shook it off as Itori said, "So, how about we get to drinking and play some games?"
"I'm up for it," Aria shrugged lightly, "I did come to have fun after all,"
Aria hummed lightly as she leaned against Uta and closed her eyes. Itori spoke with a noticeable slurr, "Aria," Aria's eyes opened to reveal that the emerald green had lightened a shade and gained some golden color, "Truth or Dare?"
Aria hummed again before saying, "Dare. I ain't afraid of anything."
Itori giggled softly, "I dare you to kiss U."
"Easy," Aria turned and kissed the still somewhat sober ghoul she was currently sitting with on the cheek.
The leather of the booth they were sitting in, after it became quite clear the stools weren't comfortable for playing games, creaked slightly from the movement. Itori pouted, "I meant on the lips."
"You didn't specify," Aria grinned at her revealing the slightly sharpened points of her k-nine's, "Now Uta, truth or dare?"
Uta glanced at her in surprise since the girls had been playing between themselves for the most part, "Truth."
"What the nastiest thing you've eaten?" Aria asked him curiously.
Uta had to think about that for a few moments, "A ghoul penis."
Aria's nose scrunched up in disgust, "Why the hell didja eat that?"
"Because it was the only thing left in my apartment that I could eat and I was too lazy to go hunting," Uta replied which only caused Aria to shrug and drink some more of whatever was in the glass that Itori had given her, "Itori, truth or dare?"
"Truth!" The crimson haired ghoul pointed at him with a scowl, "I will never take another dare from you again,"
Uta cracked a slight smile at the reminder before ask, "If you had to choose, who would you go out with between Raven and I?"
Renji shot him a dirty look that only had Uta smirking at him. Aria brightened a bit and looked at Itori with curious if a bit hazy eyes that was gaining purple flecks by the moment. Itori flushed slightly, "Renji," Itori frowned at him before looking back at Aria with a contemplative look, "Aria," The mage's eyes focused on Itori, "Truth or dare?"
The mage looked at her for awhile before saying, "Truth."
"If you could date any ghoul, who would you date and why?" Itori suddenly seemed sober.
Uta wondered if her whole drunk act was merely a ploy to get Aria more comfortable which he wouldn't put past the only female ghoul that had survived their rather traumatic teenage years in the 4th ward. Aria was quiet for a few moments as she looked at Itori before saying, "Uta. He's nicer than everyone else aside from Renji and Tsukiyama. He also makes masks and doesn't mind sparring with me. I also feel more comfortable with him since he doesn't hide himself behind the mask of a human like every other ghoul," Aria paused for a moment before smiling, "I love his eyes. They're so pretty."
Uta looked down at Aria with mixed emotions as her words registered. Shock was at the forefront since Uta hadn't really done anything out of the usual around her aside from not killing the mage. He was also shocked by the fact she was actually comfortable around him since he didn't really hide his ghoul-side. The only thing he really did to hide it was wear his sunglasses while in public, but that was it. He wasn't shocked about the sparring or mask making comment since she had told him that quite a bit. The part about his eyes was a little surprising, but it made sense since she liked looking at them. Uta was surprised to find that he felt a little angry about the first comment. He wasn't angry about the Renji part since she had really made an impression on his silver haired friend since she somewhat reminded him of his sister. The anger came from the part about Tsukiyama. The only time Tsukiyama was actually nice was either because he thought of the person as prey or he wanted them for something. Uta inwardly growled at the thought of Tsukiyama trying to either eat Aria despite her warning or use her. He was brought out of his thoughts as Itori asked, "Aria, truth or dare?"
He had apparently been lost in his thoughts during the last round, so he'd missed whatever Aria had asked Itori. Aria's body was pressing a bit closer to his and her head was lolling a bit which told him that she was somewhat close to falling asleep. Aria finally spoke after a few minutes, "Dare."
Itori grinned at her, "I dare you to kiss Uta on the lips."
Uta looked down at Aria as she shifted and turned to him. Aria looked up at him with slightly darkened emerald green eyes that had gained quite a few reddish pink flecks. Aria slowly raised herself up and kissed him. Uta found himself enjoying the kiss both because her lack of knowledge was amusing and because Aria tasted good. The alcohol she'd been drinking had been on the sweeter side which gave Aria's natural flavor a sweeter taste. Uta didn't really want to end the kiss before he managed to taste more than her lips, so he shifted them and managed to coax Aria into opening her mouth to him. Uta didn't end the kiss until Renji tapped his shoulder. With great reluctance, Uta pulled away earning a disappointed groan from Aria. The mage was leaning against him and panting with her head on his chest. Uta looked at Renji and asked, "What?"
"You weren't supposed to make out with our little mage, U," Itori scolded him.
"She tastes good," Uta replied as Aria's body grew heavier and he glanced down to see that she'd fallen asleep, "And she's asleep,"
All three looked at their mage friend for a few moments before Renji recalled what Aria had said, "I suppose she feels safe with us if she hasn't transformed into her animagus form."
"Huh, ya know even if it turns out to be a fluke, I honestly feel rather touched," Itori began clearing off the glasses they'd been drinking from, "We should probably get her home,"
"She lives in the 21st ward and I doubt taking a train all the way there would be safe even with the three of us guarding her," Renji grunted softly with a grimace, "I unfortunately do not have Sirius' phone number. Do either of you?"
"No," Itori replied while Uta shook his head, "I don't know how to unlock her phone either,"
Uta looked down at Aria and said, "The 4th ward is closest and I know that no one would dare try to attack me."
Renji looked ready to protest, but was cut off as Itori clapped, "That would be perfect since she's never been near my place and I honestly don't have the room for her. Ren, she hasn't been to yours either and there's no telling what would happen."
Renji was reluctant to agree, but inclined his head, "Alright, but keep her safe. Yoshimura and many others would kill you if she came to harm."
"I won't ever allow her to be hurt," Uta replied as he carefully began to pick Aria up in order to make his way home.
"I'll come with you," Renji said with a frown, "Just in case,"
Uta shrugged slightly before returning to his task.
Uta looked down at the scaled form in his arms. To be quite honest, he hadn't really thought much about her animagus form other than it had to be something furry. He didn't really know what she was and would have to ask her about it at some point once she woke up. For now, he held the rather light scaled form of his magic using friend as Renji walked beside him towards his home in the fourth ward. Uta had been surprised when Aria had transformed not even five seconds after they left Itori's bar. He glanced at Renji as the silver haired ghoul said, "I'm honestly surprised you haven't lost your interest in her yet."
"Why do you say that?" Uta asked him curiously.
"Every other person that has had your interest either lost it within days or you killed them for being annoyed," Renji looked at him with a frown, "Why is she diffrent?"
Uta contemplated his words and question for a long while. They were near his place when he finally replied, "She's just diffrent, Raven. I do not know why, but she is diffrent and I like it."
Renji's frown increased, "Do not hurt her, Uta. She's been hurt before."
"I know," Uta frowned at Renji, "I gathered that from what she's told me and what I've observed. I meant what I said back at Itori's bar,"
Renji just continued to frown at him as Uta unlocked the door to his apartment, "I will be watching."
Uta watched Renji leave before shaking his head and heading up the stairs. Renji would probably never trust him when it came to not hurting someone. Even if he had learned to control himself and mellowed out over the years, Uta would always be a sadistic bastard that loved causing tragedies. Renji was well aware of that, so it wasn't surprising that he would never trust Uta to not harm someone. It hurt a little since Uta usually kept his word unless something prevented it. Inwardly sighing, Uta continued up the stairs after shutting the door and locked it. Moving upstairs, Uta entered his living room and contemplated what to do with Aria. Looking down at the reddish black scales lined with dark almost black blue, Uta yawned softly feeling tired. Uta put her on his bed and turned to leave only to feel something tugging him. Looking down, Uta saw a clawed paw holding his shirt. Glowing green cat-like eyes speckled with other colors focused sleepily on him as the clawed paw tugged at him again. Uta looked at her curiously, "You want me to sleep with you?"
The scaled beast on his bed inclined it's head and yawned revealing sharp fangs. Uta could have ignored the request and probably would've had his numerous late nights caught up with him. Feeling too tired to argue, Uta got ready for bed and laid down. The scaled form of his mage friend curled up on his chest and Uta found himself enjoying the gentle warmth radiating off of her. Closing his eyes, Uta decided he would tease Aria about this. It was too good of a thing to pass up.
Well...This came out. Granted, I was planning something similar, but the chapter just took on a life of it's own. I would also like to point out to those that were disappointed by what Aria's familiar turned out to be that it was my choice as an author and I really just enjoy wolves, foxes, and cats. I am rather disappointed that some of you decided to comment about that, but plan on ignoring those comments. Need I remind you that Fanfiction is nothing if not an escape and completely voluntary. It makes me wonder what would happen if all the writers just decided to stop. No one would get to complain since it's their own fault.
