10
Chica
"Where is Kisa?" Professor Boder asked.
"With Eyes, I believe." Tsukasa told him. "Craig just went up to get her. Why?"
"I have to talk to her about Chica and Kazuto. " He told them. "Chica isn't acting like herself, and Kazuto is well, Kazuto."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Kazuto asked from behind Professor Boder.
"It means, you can't stay here. You have to go back to your promise. You are an unicorn, not a human. You don't belong here, so you should leave." Boder tells him, meaning for only Kazuto could hear it.
"He can't leave! Dumbledore said he could enroll here as a student! You can't make him leave!" Chica said in tears before turning around, almost running into Craig and Kisa, who had just arrived. Eyes, oddly enough, wasn't with them.
"Chica, what's wrong?" Kisa asked, giving Kazuto and Boder a puzzled look.
"Move, por favor." Chica said softly, wishing she was anywhere but here. Everybody in the Great Hall was staring at them. "I want to leave. I'll be okay, just let me leave"
"Let her go. She has to be by herself for a while." Senpai said.
"I agree. She has to be ready for Quidditch practice tonight." Daniel reminded them.
Senpai
Kisa moved so that Chica could pass her. "Please come back soon…" She whispered to her.
Daniel moved closer to Senpai and kissed her cheek. "Hey sweetheart, I have something to show you." He said as he took her hand and led her from the common room.
"Why are we at the Quidditch patch?" Senpai asked looking around the field.
"You said that you wanted to learn how to fly, right?" and Senpai nodded, so Daniel continued, " So I thought that I would teach you. Acco Firebolt!" He yelled, and his Firebolt came zooming over to him
Chica
"You really mean you will teach me how to fly?" Senpai asked. She was both excited and nervous about the idea.
"Of course I will." He said laughing. He laid the broomstick on the ground beside her.
"The first thing you do is hold your hand over the broomstick and say up." He instructed.
Senpai
Senpai closed her eyes and held her hand over Daniel's broomstick. "Up," She said firmly, and the next thing that she knew, the broom was firmly in her hand.
"Very good. You should have seen Rupert on his first try." Daniel told her.
"Besides getting hit by it?" She asked, laughing lightly.
"Far worse. Now get on the broom."
Senpai followed his command, and then as she was sitting nervously on the broom only a couple of inches off of the ground, she noticed something. "Daniel, how are you going to teach me if I'm on the broom?"
"Easy," Daniel smiled. He held up his wand and yelled, "Acco Firebolt 360!" and just like the first Firebolt, the 360 came right to him.
"But I thought that that broom was Tsukasa's!" Senpai exclaimed.
"He has one just like it… he got his first, and I liked it so much that I got my own." He explained, flying to meet Senpai. Once he reached her, he paused momentarily and then speed upwards. "Try to catch me!" He said.
'Oh boy, this is going to be a dozy,' Senpai thought as she leaned forward to get herself going. Senpai shot up in a heartbeat, then sat up to make her stop. She looked around to find Daniel. 'Where is he?' She wondered, but soon her question was answered.
He came up behind her, and she turned to see him. "Ha ha you got to better than that!" Daniel shouted.
She leaned forward to get herself faster, but of course Daniel is an expert flyer. There was no way to catch him, unless… She thought for a moment before shooting up above him. When Daniel turned, he stopped dead in mid-flight.
"Senpai! Senpai, where are yo…" He started to ask, when he felt a tap on his shoulder and heard someone giggle. He turned around and faced Senpai. "Woa… how did you catch up to me?" He asked.
"Simple, speed isn't everything you know!"
"Okay, I get it." Daniel said laughing. "Come on, we had better be getting back. I have Quidditch practice. And, Senpai, you get to keep the Firebolt!"
"Are you serious? Thank you Daniel!" She exclaimed before giving him a kiss. After that, they raced towards the Quidditch field.
Kisa
Kisa watched as Daniel and Senpai left after Chica. She had just gone through way too much emotional stress to let it go just like that though. She grabbed both Matt and Kazuto by the hand and dragged them out of the Great hall and into a near empty classroom..
After she shut the door she asked them, "Tell me what's going on and say it straight."
"Matt here says that I have to leave because I am not human." Kazuto said, being oddly blunt. But he too was empathic like Kisa, all unicorns are. He knew she needed the truth and nothing else.
"That is Sensei?" Kisa asked Matt and he nodded. "You should have come to me first before making Chica more miserable than she already is. You're not helping" Kisa sighed and went on. "Dumbledore already gave his permission. I know you're worried about the blessing thought, right?" Matt nodded again. "Kazuto is their prince, we all know that. But surely you explained the situation to them?" This time it was Kazuto's turn to nod. "It's settled then. I'll go find Chica and tell her Kazuto can stay the school year. It is our seventh year after all, so he'd only have to stay for one year until Chica and the rest of us graduate."
"Thank you Kisa." Kazuto said gratefully. "If you need anything, or just want to talk, you should know I'm here for you too."
"Arigato," Kisa said, and then left to find Chica.
She found her sitting beside the Black Lake. Kisa sat down next to her silently. Chica glanced at her but all she said was, "Hey, could I be alone for a little while?"
Kisa felt a spark of jealousy and a bit of anger flair up inside her. Chica was being sad, but only for from a misunderstanding. Kazuto wasn't really going to leave, unlike Eyes. Kisa would probably never see him again. "No," Kisa said, in a tone of voice even she didn't expect to hear.
Chica jerked her head up, Kisa was the calm one, and she was never so mean. "What happened?" She asked warily.
"Kazuto's staying." Kisa said. She tried her hardest not to cry, but had held it back for too long. She started to cry, and Chica was shocked at the way Kisa was acting. She grabbed Kisa's shoulders and asked her sternly, "Kisa, tell me! What's wrong?"
"Kazuto is staying." Kisa choked it out again, "But… but Eyes is leaving tonight!" She leaned into Chica's shoulder.
"But…why?" Chica asked, trying to comfort her friend.
"It's complicated," Kisa said, getting under control. "But he has to go back to Japan. He said he didn't know when he would be back so he broke up with me. He said… he wanted my happiness. I told him I was okay because I knew he was having a hard time too. But why doesn't he realize that I'm happy being with him? Anyway," Kisa stood up, dried her tears and put on a smile. She handed Chica a hand and said, "Well, we better get you to the Quidditch field of else Senpai will take your place." She said as they saw Daniel and Senpai fly by, proving her point.
Chica
"Will you be okay?" Chica asked Kisa when they reached the field.
"Yeah, yeah," Kisa said softly. "I'll be fine. But you have no right to feel sad! Kazuto is staying." Kisa told her.
"I know, I'm being selfish. But, wait, what did you just say?" Chica asked, just realizing what her friend had told her.
"Kazuto is staying." Kisa repeated slowly. "Matt just said that because he was jealous."
"What do you mean? Why is Matt jealous?" Chica asked. Kisa was just about to answer her when Daniel came over and interrupted them.
"Practice is about to start." He informed Chica.
"¡Cualquer!" Chica retorted, annoyed. "I'll talk to you later, prometer." She told Kisa before going to get on her broomstick. "¡Ah no! Senpai is on a broomstick!" Chica laughed as she flew to join her friend in the sky.
"Why are you speaking in Spanish so much?" Senpai asked her.
"I just feel like it! Okay?" Chica snapped. Kisa was watching her with a worried look on her face. She hoped that Chica was going to be okay.
"Chica's going to be fine." Craig said coming up from behind her, as if he had read her mind. "It's you I'm worried about."
Senpai
"This is so much fun!" Senpai exclaimed cheerfully.
"So, how many times did you fall off?" Chica asked her.
"Hey! I was actually pretty good for a beginner. Anyway, feeling any better?"
"Yeah," Chica said, nodding. "You better get to the ground, or to the stands. Practice is starting."
Senpai nodded and flew towards the stands. "Good luck!" she yelled behind her.
"Okay everyone, let's get this practice started!" Daniel shouted, and everyone shot into the air.
Kisa
The Gryffindor Quidditch team consisted of the following: Daniel who was the seeker; Chica was the Keeper; Fred and George were the beaters; and Elie, Ginny, and Kazuto were the chasers.
"Why are Fred and George back at school?" Elie asked Daniel, helping him get the bludgers, quaffle, and snitch.
"Rupert said their mom made them finish up this final year so they could graduate properly," Daniel answered laughing. "Good thing though, our beaters last year were horrid." Elie laughed too then jumped when Chica landed next to them.
"Why is Kazuto on a broom?" She asked.
"He is our new chaser." Daniel said brightly. "Tried out this morning after Dumbledore said he could stay. Our other chaser quit last night, couldn't fit it into her schedule I guess."
"Awesome!" Chica said. She kicked into the air to talk to Kazuto.
"Kazi! I heard from Kisa you can stay!" Chica said to him excitedly.
"Yeah, but I am worried about her. Her heart is in turmoil right now, I can feel it. If she uses her powers she might - "
"I'm releasing the bludgers so be alert!" Daniel shouted as they shot into the air.
"Talk later!" Chica yelled to Kazuto, as she had to speed to the goal hoops. Daniel released the snitch and threw the quaffle to Elie.
"Fred, Ginny, and I will try to block you. George, Kazuto and Elie – try to make a goal on Chica." Daniel yelled as he too kicked off the ground.
In this way, they practiced a full hour without stop. Chica proved to be as amazing as Wood, not letting in a single shot, except for the one that was thrown by Kazuto.
"He's excellent at reading his opponent," Kisa said after the shot.
"A compliment from you?" Craig teased her in the stands. "That must mean he is really good!"
"Aw, shut up, baka," Kisa said hitting him on the back of the head. "Let's go. We better figure out our team too." The Ravenclaws waved goodbye to their friends and made their way back to their common room. Eyes wasn't there, Kisa realized with a pain in her heart.
'Probably up packing,' she thought. Forcing tears back, she smiled at the other two and said, "Who wants to try out?"
"I put up a sign up sheet earlier on the message board." Tsukasa told them. He took it down and they went over it.
"Tsukasa, you want to be keeper, correct?" Kisa asked him and he nodded. "And I'll be the seeker of course. Craig, you'll be beater, right?" Craig nodded and made a swinging motion in the air, making them laugh. "Any suggestions for a partner?"
"Hum," Craig said thinking. "How about Amanda?"
"Amanda?" Tsukasa asked surprised.
"You haven't seen her mad!" Craig said laughing. "Seriously though, she's good and has a swing that would knock Hagrid off a broom."
"Not that she'd have to," Kisa said jokingly. "Hagrid would never get off of the ground!" They all laughed hysterically, picturing Hagrid on a broom. Tsukasa was the first one to recover.
"That still leaves the chasers. I can't believe Gryffindor is already assembled! Daniel is sure on top of things!"
Kisa agreed, "You're right Nii-san. We can't pick from just this list. I should see Amanda work before finalizing it. Nii-san, will you put up a sign to have tryouts at four thirty at night tomorrow after classes on the Quidditch field?"
"Hai, Ki-soma, what ever you wish!" Kazuto said teasingly, bowing.
"Get it right!" Kisa said laughing. "It's dono, Ki-dono!"
"Sorry then, Ki-dono." Tsukasa said. "But we really should get our divination homework done."
"Fine," Kisa said pouting then brightened. "You mean, you work, and we copy?
Tsukasa laughed but nodded. He knew they were both horrible at it, they just want to give him company, for which he was grateful.
After they finished Kisa said goodnight and went to bed. "Sleep well! You have Alchemy tomorrow Nee-san!" Tsukasa yelled after her.
'Alchemy,' Kisa thought, 'I wonder who my teacher will be?'
Chica
"You were great tonight!" Daniel told Chica as soon as she touched the ground.
"Thanks. Do you really think so?" Chica asked shyly.
"Of course he does." Kazuto said, coming up out of the blue and giving her a hug.
"We have a great team this year! With a bit of practice, we would be invincible!" Daniel told the team when they had gathered into a group around him.
"Chica, can I talk to you for a moment?" A voice asked from outside the group.
"I'm busy," Chica replied curtly, not recognizing the voice.
"I don't think it was meant to be an option," Kazuto said softly, "it's a teacher."
"Excuse me guys, I'm wanted." Chica told the team before walking away. "What do you want Matt?" She asked.
Kisa
"Can't I have a conversation with one of my students?" Matt asked playfully.
"Then talk!" Chica said laughing, as she saw how he was pouting.
"I was wondering what you're going to name the dragons. I can't keep calling them Horntail, or Swede, or what ever I decide to call them. They will get used to it." Matt said as they walked down toward his office.
Chica laughed and said, "Actually, I do have names for each of them. They are Kero, Plue, Pen, and Puu."
"Cute." Matt said with an almost sick look on his face.
"I thought so too !" Chica said with a smile. They walked into his office and Chica took down some meat to feed the dragons.
"You know Chica," Matt said, suddenly serious, "I'm always here for you. Are you okay now?"
" Yeah, one hundred percent!" Chica said cheerfully. Then she remembered her conversation with Kisa earlier about Kazuto. "Hey Matt, why didn't you want Kazuto to stay here? Kisa said something about jealousy."
Matt turned to her slowly, but avoided her eyes. "It's not jealousy. Well. Not completely. I just don't want you to hurt. Kazuto is a great friend and I'm happy for you, but… if you fall in love with love with him, he could never return it. Not in a human way. He's a unicorn, they love all and bring light into this world. I remember, it used to be forbidden for a mortal to even touch an unicorn. But you're a sorceress of heart, meaning your heart is pure, making it possible for you to be friends. Kazuto cares for everyone though, equally. He could never love you more; you would be consumed with depression and emptiness. I only wished to spare you that." He looked into her eyes then and placed his hand on her cheek. "And I care for you. Deeply…"
"You're my teacher Mr. Boder," Chica said. She turned from him and left the room. Matt caught something she said though as she left, "So you're off limits, too."
Senpai
Senpai was in the common room, doing her essay on the history of Merlin. "Geez, I don't remember doing homework on the first day!" She said allowed.
"Get used to it!" Chica laughed. Senpai turned to see her and the rest of the Quidditch team come in from practice.
"Hey Senpai! How's the homework?"
"A bloody nightmare!" Senpai stated as she packed everything into her bag. Daniel came up behind her and started to give her a neck rub when an idea hit him.
"You know, you and Chica need to be incited!" He told her, catching her off guard.
"What?!" Chica exclaimed puzzled.
"Yeah, good idea!" Elie said, with an evil look on her face. Daniel turned towards the boy's dormitory and yelled for the twins.
Senpai turned to look at each other. "I am afraid to know what they are planning." Senpai said.
"Yeah, me too!" Chica said as Fred, George, Daniel and Elie talked over their plan.
When they were done discussing the plan, they all turned towards the girls. Fred smiled that evil smile that they knew all to well. "Okay girls, we know the perfect incitation for you! George, drum roll please." George happily obliged and Daniel and Elie joined in. "You are to sneak out and go to green house three and leave evidence for us to see tomorrow. And by evidence, we mean this lovely little banner that Elie made."
Chica smiled and chuckled. "That's not so bad."
"Without your wands." Daniel added.
"And without getting caught by perfects of teachers!" Elie piped in.
"But that is Shipman's house! How are we going to do that with out him catching us?" Senpai pointed out, questioning them.
"Simple… don't get caught!" Elie said laughing. She winked and headed up to the dormitory to go to bed.
"You start at midnight… enjoy." Snickered Fred and George.
"See you in the morning!" Daniel winked as he headed off to bed.
Chica sighed and looked at the clock which read eleven thirty. "Well, lets get ready to go." She said, getting up from the couch.
"Wait, let's not move just yet." Senpai said, looking at the clock as well.
"Why not?" Chica asked, but Senpai put her finger to her lips shushing her.
"Trust me, kay?" Senpai whispered. Almost ten minutes went by and Chica started to grow impatient. Then Senpai left and went upstairs to the dormitories. When she came back down, she was carrying her old school bag. "Now let's go." Senpai said, leaving the common room. They slowly opened the portrait and stepped out.
"How are you going to get past the prefects and profess-" Chica stopped in mid-question, looking down. Senpai had just pulled a silver silk cloak out of her bag. Chica smiled. "You didn't!"
"You're damn right I did. Daniel may have said no wands, but he didn't say anything about using the invisibility cloak, nor the maurders map." Senpai said with a wink. Both of the girls giggled as they covered themselves with the cloak and started to green house three. The trip was a breeze, especially when no one could see them. When they finally made it to the green house, Senpai quickly grabbed her bag and replace the cloak with both a glow stick and maurder's map.
"Here. The map is already activated, and we're here." Senpai said, pointing to the two dots with their names above them. "Keep a look out as I put up this banner that they gave us to use." Senpai added, holding up Elie's banner
"Hey, wait a minute! Why do I have to be look out?" Chica asked, realizing what Senpai said.
"Oh fine, I'll do it." Senpai said laughing, as Chica smiled cutely.
"Thank you." Chica answered, sticking her tongue out at her. As Chica stood on the desk to nail the banner in place, Senpai was looking at the map for anybody coming this way, especially Mr. Shipman.
'How could he have forgotten me and Chica like that?' Senpai thought. 'Maybe he was forced to forget his old life, even though he could have done it on his own free will.'
Senpai broke away from her revere of thoughts and looked at the banner. "Looking good Chica!" She told her friend.
"Thanks Senpai. I have to admit this has been easy so far." Chica said, with blurred words, due to the fact that she had a collection of nails in her mouth. Senpai nodded at her, and then looked back at the map.
"Oh shit! We have company!" Senpai snapped, "Quick under the cloak!" They had just finished covering up when the door opened to reveal Mr. Shipman and Professor Dumbledore walking in.
Kisa
Senpai gave a gasp, but luckily neither of the professors heard it. She was about to say something but Chica nudged her to stay quiet.
"Thank you for helping me gets this death tree out of here, Professor Dumbledore. I'm sure you're extremely busy." Shipman said as they walked in. "I can't believe Sirius got it confused with a space tree! They look completely different!"
"Yes," said Dumbledore, "But I fear Sirius has never been very good with Herbology. I think Lupin helped both him and James through it." Shipman laughed and Dumbledore smiled. "Is this the tree?" He asked.
"Yes, but I can't even get near it. I can only wonder how Sirius got it in here. Luckily I noticed before a student got hurt. I wouldn't want to see the mess that would've made."
Dumbledore inspected the tree carefully. Finally, he waved his wand and said, "Bettina totema!" The tree became incased with what looked to be steel. "Locomoter Tree!" Dumbledore cried and he and Shipman walked out of the greenhouse, the tree floating behind him. The girls heard a "Click" and knew that he had locked the door behind them.
The girls threw off the cloak as soon as they left, breathing heavily as though they had run a marathon. "Thank god there are no lights in here!" Chica exclaimed, "Or we surely would have been caught!"
The green house, you see, was lit up entirely by sunlight- making it impossible to see the walls clearly at night. Chica finished nailing the banner to the wall, while Senpai threw the cloak back on and went to open the door, but it wouldn't open.
"Mr. Shipman locked it remember?" Chica told Senpai, who had a worried look on her face.
"What do we do then?" Senpai asked, her voice shaking slightly.
"Since neither can pick a lock form the opposite side of the door, and we are forbidden to unlock it magically," Chica said slowly thinking. "Then we will have to think of something a bit more creative." Senpai looked even more frightened by this statement, and began to pace the room. Chica was digging in her robes, seeing if she had brought anything of use when she felt the flute Kazuto had given her.
She looked at it for a long moment. 'Call to me and I'll come…' Kazuto's words echoed in her mind. She knew he would never hear a flute from inside the castle, where he was now sleeping. The she remembered something else that Kisa had told her before when she asked how it was possible for her and Tsukasa to talk mentally. 'Quite simple really,' she had said, 'if you love someone completely, you can send a mental message to them. And vice-versa.'
Chica grasped the flute firmly and held it up to her heart. Then with all the strength in her heart, she called to him, 'Please Kazuto, I need you're help, I'm locked in green house three and can't get out. Please, come, and soon!"
Kazuto bolt upright, dressed, and left stealthily out of the common room all the way to the grounds without a single problem. No one caught a perfectly healthy unicorn unless he wanted to be caught. But how had Chica ended up there to begin with? And how had she contacted him mentally? The second worried him greatly for if she had used the way of heart (the way Kisa and Tsukasa used) then that would mean she loved him – completely. It's easy for a brother and a sister to do it – they're family. But for friends… it was nearly impossible. Friends just don't love each other completely. So she would've had to either think of him as a brother… or something more.
He reached the greenhouse and unlocked the door with ease (it was just a simple bolt lock that could be opened from the outside but not the inside – perfect for keeping in unruly plants but not much good keeping other things out).
Chica saw the door opening and panicked, thinking that the teachers had come back. She grabbed Senpai and they dove under the cloak. When she realized it was Kazuto however, she threw off the cloak and jumped to give him a hug. "Kazi! I can't believe it actually worked!"
'So she had called to me with her heart…' Kazuto thought as he returned her hug. He felt the unconditional love and dug deeper into her emotions to find where it was coming from. He knew it was wrong to pry into someone else's emotions, but he had to know. 'A mix of both,' he thought. 'then she's confused…' He knew full well he could never return her love if she thought of him any closer than brother, but oddly enough, he was kind of hoping it really would turn into something more. At one time, it was said that if a mortal touched a unicorn, it would be tainted and light would leave the world. But here he was, holding her, and he couldn't have felt happier. Then maybe if the first was a myth, then if she made the first move, he wanted to fight fate too… He wanted to love a single person with all of his heart, even if it meant sorrow in the end.
Chica felt utterly confused with her feelings and when Kazuto embraced her back so gently, her face couldn't have been redder. 'Oh my god, I'm falling in love with a unicorn!' her mind reeled. 'What are you doing? You're only going to be hurt again!' She let go and stammered, "Uh, uh, well… w…we should get … get back to the castle now so … um … yeah." She walked out of the open door with a confused Senpai, and a bit taken back Kazuto. Kazuto relocked the door and they set off for the castle.
"We'd better get under the cloak," Senpai said as they reached the front door into the castle. "You too, Kazuto. We don't want you getting caught either."
The cloak was made for one person to wear quite comfortably, two was doable just fine, but three… Kazuto gave up trying to walk with three people, so he picked Chica up and carried her in his arms. With only two people walking, tripping and falling was much easier to avoid. This, of course, didn't stop Chica from blushing like crazy. 'I wonder how Daniel, Rupert, and Emma handle this…' she thought as the party made their way to the common room. When they arrived, Senpai took the cloak off of them and took it and the mauraders map back up to the boys dormitory to put it back in Daniel's trunk before he realized it was missing. Kazuto set Chica down gently and made to follow behind her when Chica stopped him.
"Wait… I need to ask you a question first…" Kazuto turned and looked into her hazel eyes. He nodded slowly so she went on. "Kazuto… I need to know… how do you feel about… about me?"
"I…," he faltered. He looked down, as though the answer was written on the floor. He looked back at her with a kind of sad smile and said, "I don't know." Chica returned the same smile and laughed a little. "How about you?"
"I don't know." Chica said. They both laughed then at their own uncertainty.
"When you do know," Kazuto said, giving her a real smile now, "let me know, okay?" Chica nodded and smiled at him lovingly.
'He will wait for my answer then,' Chica realized as she watched him go up the stairs and to bed. 'Oh well, I'll think about it later; right now, I need sleep.' Then she went to her own bed and fell immediately to sleep, without even dressing in her night robe.
Chica
The next morning, Chica had an early class, which started at 5:45 in the morning. "Why on earth did I sign up for History of Magic?" She thought bitterly to herself as she put her robes on.
Just as Chica walked out of the door, she remembered that she didn't have any idea on where she was going. She looked at her watch and realized that she only had ten minutes to get there.
"Crap!" She said aloud. That one word echoed through the room, causing several picture people to yell at her. She dashed out of the doorway and ran blindly down a corridor and around a corner when she ran into Justin, almost knocking him down the stairs.
Senpai
"Oh, Justin, I'm so sorry!" Chica exclaimed.
"No, it's okay. I am fine." He said as he brushed himself off. "I was going to see if you were out of bed yet. But clearly you are…"
"Yeah, I would never have signed up if I realized that I had to get up this early."
Justin lead them to the classroom, and they just sat down before the bell rang. Professor Binns waited quietly as his students finally settled down.
"Morning class. Today we're…" He started, but Chica could not concentrate on what he was saying. Instead, her mind drifted off until Justin snapped her back to reality.
Chica
"Class is over! What are you doing your essay on?" Rose asked Chica.
"Essay? What do you mean? We can't have an essay already! It's only the first day of class." Chica said horrified.
"Weren't you paying attention at all? We have a two and a half foot essay on why magic is important and which famous witch or wizard we look up to and why." She explained.
Kisa
"But I don't even know any famous witches or wizards!" Chica exclaimed, panicking.
"Don't worry," Rose whispered to her so that Justin wouldn't hear. "Justin's a genius when it comes to anything to do whit history. But he can be more than a little mean. Normally, if he had been fully awake when you knocked into him, he probably would have knocked the books out of your hands and yelled at you. As he wasn't awake, he probably doesn't remember. Just don't give him a reason to be annoyed with you and he'll help. Tell you what, how about after class you meet us in the library. I'll get him to help you." Rose said with a wink and waved good bye as she followed Justin to their next class.
'I can't put my finger on it,' Chica thought to herself, 'but there's just something off about her…'
Chica
"So how was 'History of Magic'?" Senpai said in a weird low pitched voice.
"It was fine, except that I didn't pay attention, and I have a two and a half foot essay on our favorite famous witch or wizard, his contributions to the wizarding society, why he's our favorite, and why magic is important. I'm completely lost!" Chica exclaimed, setting her books on the desk.
"Did you get your Herbology essay done? Or judging by the look on your face, you haven't even started it yet." Elie said laughing.
"The latter," Chica said, looking in her bag for something.
"Hey honey, is this spot taken?" Lucia asked Elie.
"Yeah, it is." Elie told him.
"By who?"
"You!" Elie laughed.
"Shush guys! Matt's talking! That means be quiet!" Chica said in frustration. She finally found what she was looking for, a regular spiral-bound notebook and a pen. She was tired of getting ink all over the place, and having rolls of parchment shoved in every open space 'How can they stand it?' She thought, referring to Daniel, Rupert, and Emma, who whizzed through everything without making a mess out of the ink.
"Chica! Earth to Chica! Are you listening to me?" Matt asked her, smiling.
"Yes I am. You asked me about… about how many types of harpies there are that we know of, and were they live; correct?" She was glad that she still had that skill of hers. Since seventh or eighth grade, her and her friends could carry on a conversation while the teacher was lecturing, and still be able to repeat the teacher word for word for up to a minute time.
"Correct. Do you know the answer?" Matt asked, and to which, she shook her head no. "Does anyone else know the answer?"
Immediately, Emma raised her hand to be called upon. "There are…" Chica missed the rest of the answer because she started daydreaming again. This time, a bell took her out of her reverie, not Matt. In fact, Matt wasn't even there. Instead, Professor Mcganicual was actually giving her an evil look for sleeping in her class.
"Chica, I want a two foot essay on the proper techniques used to transfigure a dog into a working pocket watch, due at the start of the next class period.
Kisa
Luckily, Chica was too shocked to see her there to say anything. Elie was laughing softly beside her. "I tried to wake you up, but you're sure a determined sleeper!"
Chica just grumbled something that was incoherent and decided to listen to their teacher the rest of the hour so she had some idea how to make a dog tick. Unfortunately for her though, the bell rang again, signaling the start of breakfast.
Kisa spotted her as she came in and called to her. "What's the matter?" She asked, noting the expression on Chica's face.
Chica quickly explained while Kisa just laughed and said, "Don't worry, I'll help you. Meet me in the library later, kay?"
Chica did so, and completely forgot the date she had set up with Rose and Justin. She remembered though when she entered the library and say the three of them sitting at the same table.
Senpai
"I'm so sorry guys!" Chica stated to Justin and Rose.
"It's ok… we figured that you would forget, Rose said smiling. "We went ahead and found a cool wizard."
"Ok…Who?" Chica asked.
Justin tossed some notes over to her and said, "His name is Nicolas Flamel. He was the one who made the famous Sorcerer's Stone and he's a very food friend of Dumbledore's.
"Wow, great! Thanks you guys! I'm going to need all the help I can get." Chica said as she gave each of them a big hug. Justin pushed her away and she frowned a little.
Kisa cleared her throat and said, "Oy! Now back to the transfiguration essay. Pay attention and no sleeping!" But she was smiling.
Chica
"Me? Sleeping? Never!" Chica said, sticking her tongue out at her.
"Be nice!" Kisa said, slapping her behind the head.
"Ouch! That hurt!" Chica said, rubbing her head. Rose laughed but Justin completely ignored them, jutting down some note and softly talking to himself. "What 'cha doing where you can't laugh?" Chica, trying to sound innocent.
"Actually doing some work. You should try it sometime," Justin snapped back.
Rose sighed and dove back into the book she had been skimming through. Chica almost looked hurt by the way Justin had snapped but Kisa was laughing softly.
"You shouldn't disturb the great historian while he's working, especially if you want some help," Kisa said to her. "Bet's go outside by the lake so we can practice, I have the perfect dog in mind too…" Chica nodded and Rose looked up with a questioning look. "I'll have her back in an hour, promise." Kisa said with a mischievous smile as she dragged Chica away from the table. Rose nodded and went back to work.
Once outside, Kisa sat Chica down by the edge of the lake and told her to wait there. After a few minute, Chica saw her return with an adorable black lab by her side. "Come on Riza, here girl!" Kisa called as the dog danced happily beside her.
"How cute!" Chica said and hugged Riza when the dog came up to her. "What's her name? Riza, was it?" Kisa nodded. "Where did you get her?"
"Actually, I borrowed her…I would never own a dog…I don't like them too much…Tsukasa says it's because I change into a tiger…" Kisa said with an evil grin.
"From who?" Chica asked, not really listening to Kisa's rambling and petting Riza happily.
"That's not really important," Kisa said quickly. "Now, I want you to give me your best shot at transfiguring her. Don't worry, what ever you do, I can fix. I have to fix all of Tsukasa's little mistakes too. He's horrible at transfiguration!" Chica laughed at hearing this but then stopped abruptly and stared at Riza with a worried look. "Umm, you do know the spell, don't you?"
Chica shook her head and wined, "I was completely out of it! I have no idea!"
Kisa laughed and then showed her how to wave the wand while saying, "pocka turta!" effectively turning Riza into a pocket watch with a weird but detailed emblem on the cover. Then she turned her back and said, "Your turn!"
Ame
All of a sudden, Justin stormed out of the castle with Rose tagging along closely. "I thought I told you people to learn how to spell!!! Are you all so stupid that you can't do even that!?"
With a dazed look, Kisa asked, "What on Earth are you going on about?"
"Rose is a boy and you all knew!" With that he pointed his wand at his head and shouted, "Avada Kadavra!" killing himself instantly. In grief, Rose (a.k.a. Ben) followed suit and killed him/her self as well.
Kisa
Shocked, Kisa and Chica had watched the whole transaction mutely, Kisa recovering first. "He's not a powerful enough wizard to actually pull off the killing curse. Neither of them," she said, thinking out loud as she reached down and placed a couple fingers on Justin's neck, checking for a pulse. Sure enough, his pulse was strong. She checked Ben, and it was the same. "They just knocked themselves out," Kisa said, relieved. She also heard Chica let out a huge breath, letting her know she hadn't been breathing for quite awhile. She noticed Tsukasa and Kazuto coming towards them. "Oy! Come over here and help drag these two bakas to the hospital wing!" she yelled to them.
"What happened?" Tsukasa asked, worried when he saw Justin and Ben lying on the grass.
"We'll tell you later!" Kisa said, trying to put Ben into a sitting position. "We need to move them, take his leg!"
Tsukasa looked at her with a small smile and asked, "Did you forget that you were a witch?"
Kisa hit herself on the forehead and was pulling out her wand when she felt Ben move, as she was still supporting him. "You're awake! What the hell were you thinking! You could have really killed yourself!"
"I guess I didn't… I wasn't really thinking anything. I just saw Justin die and did it. Justin! Where is he? He okay?" Ben asked frantically, looking around.
"He's fine, you both are, thank God!" Chica said, helping Kazuto lift Justin so his back was against a tree.
"Good," Ben said, both letting out a breath and sounding relieved.
"Okay," Kisa said, picking up her wand, "we're going to get you to the hospital wing, just in case. Tsukasa, can you help Ben here?" Tsukasa nodded and helped him up. Kisa stood and said, "Locomotor Justin!" Justin then floated in the air a couple of feet behind them.
"So much for help in History of Magic today, huh?" Chica said, trying to lighten the mood.
"Guess not." Ben said, leaning heavily on Tsukasa as he felt like all of his energy had been drained from his body.
When they got to the hospital wind, Madam Pomfrey put them to bed at once. Fortunately, she was preoccupied by tending to someone who had been jinxed so bad, he was nothing more than a yellow puddle in a pan. Ben was propped up by a pillow, almost asleep again.
"Oh no you don't," Kisa told him, bringing him to his senses. "We want to know what happened. All of it, now, so spit it out!"
"Aren't you being a bit harsh?" Chica asked her.
"He's the baka that tried to kill himself! We deserve to know why! Tell us now!" Kisa snapped back. Kazuto grabbed her arm to calm her down. She sighed and just waited for Ben to explain.
"Well, after you two left," Ben sighed, thinking out loud. "I was taking some notes when Justin shut the book he was looking at and asked me a really weird question. I can't imagine what he was thinking but he said, 'You know Rose, I've no idea what you're measurements are, I've never asked you.' The question caught me completely off guard, you can imagine. I had heard him ask other girls that question, but never me! And he just looked at me like he expected an answer. I couldn't say anything; I didn't know what I would. 'I bet you're a C.' he said then, when I didn't give him an answer. This is one of his tricks see? He says something completely the opposite of what the actual size is so the girl either gets modest or angry; either way, he ends up finding out. I laughed at him and said, 'No way that'll work on me!' 'Are you too embarrassed to tell me?' he asked. This was another trick. I just sighed and said, 'I'm leaving if you don't cut it out' Picking up my school bag and the library book. Unfortunately, my bag was caught on the table and I tripped. Justin caught me in a way that his arm was over my chest. Naturally, he noticed right away that I was completely flat, and being seventeen that could only mean one thing. He dropped me the rest of the way and stormed out of the castle. I followed, trying to talk to him, but he completely ignored me. That's when we ran into you." Ben was crying softly by the end of his recount.
Kisa softened and sat down next to him, taking his hand. "You should have known that this would happen eventually." She said gently. "Justin is so straight that he is a pervert. Frankly, I can't believe you were able to hide it this long. You need to give up on him. Don't worry though, you'll find someone." Kisa smiled at him. Ben wiped away his tears and nodded. Kisa gave him a hug and they left him to get some sleep.
Ame
As they left, they saw Justin rolling around in his hospital bed, dripping with sweat. He was saying to himself how much he wanted revenge. Whether it was subconscious or not, Kisa did not know, but she knew that they would have to protect Ben from him until he calmed down a bit.
When they closed the door, they saw Emma running toward them. "What's happened? I just heard."
Senpai
"Well… Justin and Ben tried killing themselves." Kisa said flatly.
"Oh my God!" Emma said as she put her hand up to cover her mouth. "How did this happen? And who is Ben?" Chica explained the whole story to her from Ben's point of view. "So you're saying that Rose is Ben, and Justin found out and tried to kill himself… poor guys." Everyone except for Emma nodded sadly. "Do you mind in I see Justin?"
"No. Go ahead, but I think he is asleep." Tsukasa said, opening the door for her. As soon as she was through, he closed it to give them some privacy.
"Now what?" Kazuto asked.
"Well, I guess we should go to our next class then." Tsukasa decided.
"Good point, I can't afford to fail any class." Chica said, laughing. She started to walk back to her next class followed by Kazuto, Kisa, and Tsukasa. They made it to Charms easily and took their seats. Chica spotted Senpai with Daniel and Rupert, they were all having a very animated conversation, and Rupert looked mad.
'It's probably about Emma,' Chica thought, but was interrupted by Cleff, who started the lesson.
Chica
"What are you thinking about?" Kazuto whispered into Chica's ear.
"Just about flashbacks." She answered sadly. "And wondering what Emma and Justin are doing."
"Who cares?" Rupert asked, irritated, having overheard her statement.
'Guess I was right. They were talking about Emma…' Chica thought with a small smile on her face.
"We'll know soon enough!" Tsukasa said with an evil grin on his face as the bell rang.
They walked out of the classroom and went their separate ways. Chica and Kisa went to Japanese while the others had a free period.
"I can't believe you…"
Kisa
"…aren't worried about them!" Chica told Kisa as they walked.
"Why should I?" Kisa asked, although it was more of a statement than a question. "They are, and will be, fine."
"What if he tries again?"
"He won't"
"You don't know that."
"Do to!"
"Do not!"
"Now, don't even start that!" Kisa warned.
"Am I interrupting something?" Craig showed up behind them.
"Oh hi Craig. Did you hear what happened to Justin and Ben yet?" Kisa asked him
"Yeah, well you know how fast news in this place travels." Craig said with a smirk.
"They could have really hurt themselves!" Chica exclaimed.
"Oh, I was just yelling at Ben for trying to take his life. He could never actually pull it off. Someone has to really want to kill with every part of their being to pull it off. That's why it's impossible for most wizards, including Dumbledore. There was no way either of them could have pulled it off." Kisa said with a kind of certainty.
"It looks like Justin and Emma are getting pretty close, so he'll be okay. When he wakes up that is. I'm no more worried about Ben." Craig said, thinking out loud while walking with him.
Chica thought for a moment then said, "Well, I guess we have to get him a boyfriend so he can forget about Justin! I've never hooked two boys up before, this should be fun!"
Kisa stopped and said, "Well, this is our class. See you later Craig!"
"Yeah, see you. Remember, we have tryouts for Quidditch team this afternoon!"
"Don't worry, I won't!" Kisa called after him.
"So, where's Amanda?" Kisa asked Craig when she got to the Quidditch pitch.
"We got into a fight." He said matter-of-factly. "Seriously, you girls are all crazy. I don't even know what I did! Anyway, she's refusing to be on the team so we're looking for three chasers and another beater."
"Oh well," Kisa said shrugging. "Okay you lot! Form a line. When I pass you, give me your name. Easy enough? Then I'll call you one by one. If you want to be a chaser, I'll give you the quaffle and you have to try to make three goals on my brother here. It looks like we have space for one more beater too. I think we'll get a litter more creative choosing for that position though. Ok! All lined up? Good! Now, tell me your names."
Kisa went down the line and each person told her their name.
"Ayumu Narumi."
"Hiyono Yuizaki."
"Satoshi Hiwatari."
"Mio Hio."
"Kaname Kusakabe."
"Mana Kirihara."
"Kai Kudou."
"Yuki Sohma."
"Kureno Sohma."
"Ok… Ayumu! Chaser or beater?" Kisa asked.
"Um… Chaser?"
"'K… Hiyono!"
"Chaser!"
"Satoshi!"
"Chaser!"
"Mio!"
"Chaser!"
"Kaname!"
"Beater!"
"Mana!"
"Chaser!"
"Kai!"
"Chaser!"
"Yuki!"
"Chaser!"
"Kureno!"
"Chaser!"
"Well, I guess that makes kaname beater!" Kisa said laughing. "Kaname, come here, the rest of you, grab a broom."
Kisa released one bludgers while the chasers tried out to see how Kaname did. Craig tried to hit them while Kaname tried to hit the bludgers away. He was actually quite good.
For chasers, Kisa picked Yuki (a cousin of hers with gray hair and purple eyes)., Satoshi (a 6th year with blue hair and eyes with glasses), and Mio (a spunky 6th year with blonde hair and gray eyes).
After tryouts, Kisa made plans to practice Sunday afternoon and they all trudged back up to the castle.
Elie
"So… Let me get this straight… Justin and Rose, I mean Ben, tried to kill themselves? Why in the world would they do that?" Elie asked. "Wait, don't answer that… Ok, I do not want to know the details."
Chica
"No details, promise. Do you want to know Ben's version or Justin's?" Emma asked her. They were sitting outside by the lake talking and watching the guys play Frisbee.
"Ummm… both?"
"Justin found out Ben was a guy and couldn't stand the embarrassment of being hit on. I heard he even flirted back on occasion." She started, and Elie giggled. "Ben has apparently loved Justin for years. Five, I think."
"Wow. I don't know how he could not give up after so long." Elie said, staring off at the lake.
"Hey Hon, I've been looking for you," Lucia said sitting down behind Elie and pulling her to him.
"Emma and I were just talking," she told him, before giving him a kiss.
"I'm going to check on Justin, okay?" Emma informed them, standing up. "See you later?" They nodded and she left.
"Is there something going on between them?" Lucia asked, watching her walk away.
"Beats me," Elie said shrugging.
"Okay, I'm completely lost. How do you pronounce that?" Chica asked Kisa.
"Ko-neech-eewa," she sounded out and Chica repeated it.
"I should've stuck with Spanish. Es muy facile," she whispered before getting an evil look form the teacher.
"I'll help you later," Kisa said, going back to reading Love Hina, a manga that Justin lent her. Chica just started to finish taking her notes when the bell rang, dismissing them.
"Chica, wake up!" Sempai said, shaking her. "You're going to be late for supper!"
"Okay, okay, I'm up. I had a dream that I couldn't say hi in Japanese! It was an absolute nightmare!" Chica said and Senpai laughed at her.
"Are you sure it was a dream, not a flashback?" she mocked, before leaving Chica to get ready.
Elie
"We should head inside," Elie said, looking at Lucia. After everybody had went in, they had watched the sun set over the lake. "We'll be late for supper."
They started to head to the castle when Lucia stopped her saying quietly, "Elie, wait."
"Where's Elie?" Sempai asked.
"With Lucia, where else?" Emma answered. Just then Lucia and Elie walked in with huge smiles on their faces.
Lucia went to his table, kissing her goodbye as Elie went to join her fellow Gryffindors. "What's up?" she asked them cheerfully.
Chica
"You're awfully cheerful. What's up?" Rupert asked when Elie say down.
"Nothing," she replied blushing.
"Elie, for some reason, I don't believe you," Chica said, poking her.
"Let her be. She'll tell us if she wants." Senpai said. Elie nodded and put her hands in her lap. Just then Chica noticed something, but decided to keep her mouth shut. After dinner, everybody went to the rec room to hang out before going to their separate houses.
"Elie, come here real quick." Chica whispered. When Elie came over to her, she waited until the Great Hall was empty before continuing. "Okay, umm, answer truthfully. Are you and Lucia engaged?"
"Yes, how did you guess?"
"I saw the ring. It's beautiful!" Chica said, grabbing Elie's hand to see it better. It was a beautifully engraved gold band with different scattered gems scattered throughout.
"Please don't' tell anybody. I'll tell them when I'm ready. Okay?"
Senpai
"Kay, deal," Chica said, giving Elie a hug of congrats.
Meanwhile, Sempai was thinking in the rec room while everyone else was talking about Quidditch. Her thoughts dwelled on Mr. Shipman. 'Why can't he remember me or Chica? Can there really be a person who could look, act, talk, and even have the exact same personality as someone else? Someone they have never even met?'
'No.' she thought making up her mind. She decided to go to the one person that could help her, the one person who would know the answers, Dumbledore. She stood up and started gathering all of her things, completely unaware that she was now the center of attention.
"Hey babe, what's wrong?" Daniel asked, with concern.
"Don't worry, I'll be back." She replied. She gave him a quick kiss and left the room headed for Dumbledore's office, which was on the sixth floor. Soon she was in front of the statue that revealed the stairway to his office; she then realized that she didn't know his password.
"Hmm, Rum ice-cream!" She shouted, randomly choosing a password. She guessed the correct password because the statue started spinning, revealing the spiral staircase that would lead her to his door. Senpai knocked softly on the door.
"Come in." A voice called. She opened the door and walked in to see the amazing, but incredibly messy, room. "Ah Senpai, what a pleasant surprise! Please have a seat." Dumbledore said. He was sitting at his desk, writing some important papers. He reached for his wand and cleaned off a chair that was right in front of his desk. Still in awe, she walked over to the chair and had a seat. "Now, what can I help you with?" He asked, setting his quill down and capping his ink.
"Well, you see…" She started, explaining her problem and questions about Shipman. The whole time that she talked, Dumbledore listened attentively, which made Senpai feel much more comfortable. "So why can't Mr. I mean, Professor Shipman remember me and Chica? Or the fact that he taught at Milaca High School?"
"Senpai, there is one thing that you must understand." Professor Dumbledore said, looking at her through his half moon glasses. "He does know who you are."
"What? But why didn't he tell us?" She asked, both confused and outraged. So many scenarios had gone through her mind, but never this one.
"To protect you from harm," He started; making sure that Senpai was paying close attention to what he was telling her. "You see, the teacher at Milaca was a cover to hide his real duty." He paused, waiting to see her reaction.
"What real duty did he have to do?"
Dumbledore chuckled softly. "To watch over you and Chica my dear. As soon as he realized that your magic was tapped, he contacted me right away so we could set up this contest." Senpai nodded, beginning to understand. "And from what I understand, he said it's hard to not remember two of the strongest students in both the Muggle and Wizarding worlds. He also said something about you two being the most obnoxious and sarcastic students as well." Dumbledore smiled and gave Senpai a wink as she blushed. "Now, I think that it is time we head off to bed."
As Senpai walked back to the Gryffindor tower, one question remained in her mind. Just what was Professor Shipman trying to protect them from? She was still deep in her thoughts as she turned a corner and ran right into Mr. Shipman.
She sat up slowly, rubbing the back of her head. "Are you okay?" She heard a voice ask, and looked up to see Mr. Shipman offer her a hand up.
Kisa
"Thanks." She said as she took his hand.
"Be more careful where you are going and maybe you'll make it there on time." He said with a smirk.
"Professor," Senpai asked a little timidly, "I've just finished talking with Dumbledore. He said that you knew that it was us all along. Why?"
"Why?"
"Yeah, you acted like you had never seen us before. Why was that?"
"Well, if truth be told, I thought you would be mad at me. I knew you were witches the whole time and never told you."
"Why would we be mat about that?" Senpai asked him and he just shrugged.
"I have to go. See you in class." He told her, waving goodbye. 'I'll wait until Kisa readies them before I tell them the truth…' he thought as he made his way to his classroom.
"Okay," Kisa said. It was Sunday and the Ravenclaws had just finished practice. Kisa had dragged her students to an area beside the lake to practice. "I want each of you to concentrate on the single trait that you have that is stronger than all others."
"Come again?" Chica asked her. Chica, Senpai, Kazuto and Tsukasa were the only ones there. The Gryffindor Quidditch team was practicing, so everyone else was there. Chica and Senpai were the only ones in the group that were being taught, except for Ben who wasn't there yet.
"I'm here!" They heard from about a hundred miles away. Ben was running to them, followed by Craig.
"Sorry, that was my fault." Craig explained, panting. He looked around the group and noticed Chica. "Why are you here? Don't you have Quidditch practice?" He asked, surprised.
"Got out of it." She replied simply.
"What were you two doing, huh?" Kisa asked with a smirk.
"Just needed his help on something," Craig said, still trying to catch his breath.
"What?" She questioned curiously.
"Don't worry Kisa-chan, you'll find out soon enough."
"Oh, come on!" Kisa pouted. "You know I hate it when you keep secrets!"
"No, I'm not telling and you can't make me!"
"Hey guys, aren't we supposed to be learning something here?" Senpai asked.
"Oh yeah, like I was saying before, you need to find the trait inside of you that you have above everything else. Once you know what that is, you can unlock the true power of your heart."
"A trait?" Ben asked. "But how do we find it?"
"Just sit down and make your mind completely blank. It'll come to you, don't worry! But you have to find it for yourself before we move on, no one can tell you."
Senpai
"Um, okay, here goes nothing." Senpai said with doubt in her voice. Everyone scattered to find their own spot to sit or lie down on. Senpai decided to sit down against a big tree where there was shade. Kisa watched and waited in anticipation as her friends tried to find their own traits.
"Oh! I know what my trait is!" Chica said the first one to answer. "It's Joy!" She looked at Kisa, and Kisa nodded.