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Disclaimer – I don't own Naruto or Harry Potter or any ideas taken from Smith's OR Sherrilyn Kenyon's works.
Ryuujin no Hikari is my character creation.
Characters speaking in English
Characters speaking in Japanese
Letters
'Thinking'
Flashbacks
Please R&R
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Hikari slipped out the front door, and altered the wards around the perimeter of the house. She wasn't worried though, she knew those three could handle anything that would come their way. She moved into a quiet street, made sure no one as around and then preformed a series of complicated seals opening a door into the Twilight. Disappearing into the strange realm, she traveled deep into the twilight before opening another door that opened up into Hades.
"I was beginning to wonder when you would show up"
Hikari turned and smiled at the man that stood before her. She bowed slightly "Hades, I seek your council."
"Ai, I have been waiting for you" Hades said moving to sit in his throne.
Hikari straightened. "It's good to see you again."
"And you" Hades said "I suppose you have heard of the missing Charonte demon?"
Hikari nodded "Do you know how they got one out of Kalosis?"
"He isn't a resident there any longer" Hades replied
Hikari frowned at this news. "How is that possible? Acheron would never let anyone near Simi or Xirena"
"He is from a group of Charonte demons living in New Orleans, which are believed dead by Apollymi" Hades replied "Which is why they have not been forced to return to Kalosis."
"Hn" Hikari murmured.
"Acheron is pissed and has his Dark Hunters searching high and low for those who have taken him" Hades said "They took Xidric"
Hikari's eyes widened "Simi's brother?"
Hades nodded.
Hikari cursed "Can you tell me how these people even had access to this realm?"
"I think you already know" Hades said
"Perhaps, but I have no way to track them" Hikari replied.
Hades laughed "You could always visit the dimi* he married."
"That would go over oh so well" Hikari said "They have enough issues with Atlanteans, with one of their own missed they are going to be testier than usual."
"True" Hades said "You're shadow warriors have no information for you?"
"Not as of yet" Hikari replied "But I have measures in place to trap whoever keeps crossing over into the Twilight."
Hades nodded.
"I suppose we will just have to wait until they cross over again" Hikari continued "Can you get message to Acheron that I will safely return Xidric"
"I will" Hades replied "but who should I say is doing so?"
"The boogie man" Hikari answered grimly
Hades laughed "I can't wait to see the look on Acheron's face when he finds out someone out there is more secretive that he is"
Hikari sighed "Yeah well I still value my existence"
Hikari turned to leave then
"By the way Persephone tells me she found out who your soul mate is" Hades said
"I really wish you Greeks would find something better to do than gossip about me" Hikari replied turning back to face Hades "One of these days Katra is going to slip and tell Apollymi about me"
Hades laughed "You're too paranoid"
Hikari pondered what Hades had told her "How is Persephone, by the way?"
"Changing the subject now?" Hades asked "And she is fine, she sends her best"
"I'll never understand why you Greeks are so nice to me" Hikari said
"You could petition Zeus to become a part of the Greek Pantheon" Hades contemplated.
"Right" Hikari rolled her eyes "I doubt this Pantheon could or would protect me from Apollymi's wrath when she discovers I exist"
Hades shrugged "Her powers can't reach us from Kalosis"
"Still don't trust it" Hikari started
"Do you want to hear the gossip or not" Hades interrupted her.
"Have someone special in need of punishing" Hikari sighed "Alright, let's have it"
"The snake demons are at his beck and call" Hades said.
"That's nice, but there are a few that the snakes answer to" Hikari said.
"Perhaps" Hades replied. "But most do not hold their king's favor."
"True" Hikari said and then realized who he was talking about. She bowed slightly "I thank you for your time, but I really must be getting back."
"So soon" Hades said
Hikari smirked "I'll give Persephone a window to come see you" She turned to leave once again, whispering into the twilight for the shadow demons that followed her to create an opportunity for Persephone to escape her mother's watch for a few hours.
"Why thank you" Hades said and then snapped his fingers making a large mirror appear before Hikari "I'm never indebted to anyone"
Hikari nodded in thanks and walked to the mirror. She touched the mirror with her finger tips; a ripple flowed outward from her touch. She looked back to Hades and smiled as Persephone appeared before stepping through the mirror.
Sasuke was staring out a downstairs window, staring out at the strange city. The house was still dark and quiet; no one else would be up for at least another couple of hours. A light in an adjoining room caught his attention. Upon entering the room he saw a large mirror appear in the center of the room, with a blue-white light shining around it. The mirror's surface rippled and Sasuke took up a fighting stance. A figure stepped through the mirror. As soon as the figure was completely through the mirror, the mirror disappeared.
"Well that is certainly handy" Hikari said "will have to remember that"
Sasuke relaxed "That was fast"
"Hades didn't have much for me, unfortunately" Hikari replied moving towards Sasuke. "mostly annoying gossip"
Sasuke smirked "Gossip?"
Hikari smiled "They have so much time on their hands these days."
Sasuke brushed Hikari's hair back from the right side of her face "What did you find out?"
"I found out the importance of the demon that was taken" Hikari replied "It is imperative that I return him and quickly"
Sasuke frowned at her.
Hikari smiled "His disappearance had created quite the uproar with a certain relation of mine"
"You are starting to sound like those sister's of yours" Sasuke said
"They are not my sisters" Hikari said matter of factly "They are the Sister's of Fate"
Sasuke stared at Hikari, hoping she would elaborate.
"Nothing is as it seems" Hikari replied.
Sasuke sighed "So you're not going to tell me"
Hikari thought for a moment wondering what more he could want to know "You want to know the gossip?"
Sasuke just raised an eyebrow.
"I'll take that as a no" Hikari said and turned to move away
"Why would they want to share gossip with you?" Sasuke asked pulling Hikari to a stop
Hikari turned to look at him "Because it was about me, and Hades knows how I hate it when the Gods gossip about me"
Sasuke chuckled "This I have to hear"
Hikari frowned, but decided to tell him anyways "They told me who my soul mate is"
"Soul mate?" Sasuke made it a question.
"Basically it means that each being is one half of a whole soul. It's rare when they find each other, but it happens, more so these days it seems. Naruto and Sakura, they are soul mates, though I'm not entirely sure if they are aware of that." Hikari explained
"What does that have to do with anything?" Sasuke asked, becoming impatient.
"I wondered the same thing" Hikari said "I personally just think he takes pleasure in tormenting me with such information."
"Why?" Sasuke asked and then decided he had to know who this soul mate was "Who?"
"Don't know. I don't understand the actions of the Gods. Perhaps it is just because I have never spent time around them" Hikari replied "What does it matter to you who it is."
Sasuke stared at Hikari not saying anything.
"Hmm apparently it does matter quite a bit" Hikari said reading his emotions "You."
"Seriously?" Sasuke asked
"If you take the gossip as the truth" Hikari said
"And if it is?" Sasuke said, frowning at the thoughts swirling in his mind. What astounded him the most was how much he wanted that to be true. He wanted a relationship with this girl.
Hikari shrugged "It's your life"
"And you?" Sasuke asked "What do you want?"
Hikari frowned "If I told you that I would be happy if you stayed, would it affect your decision? I know it didn't when Sakura asked you to stay in Konoha."
Sasuke grabbed Hikari by the shoulders "This is not the same! How dare you compare the two!"
Hikari winced at the pressure that Sasuke was putting on her shoulders "I'm sorry, but you don't seem to be one that allows someone else to affect your decisions"
Sasuke pushed Hikari into a wall "Do you not care what happens with the people in your life?"
Hikari looked away "Just knowing me is dangerous, I do my best not to make ties with people for fear of their safety; I am trying very hard not to get attached to you, for fear of losing you."
Saskue pushed her into the wall again "So your just going to give up, and not bother trying at all?! You are not who I thought you were."
Hikari looked straight at Sasuke and glared "You know nothing about me!"
"You won't let me!" Sasuke retorted.
"Sasuke let go of her" came Naruto's calm voice.
Sasuke and Hikari looked towards Naruto, surprised. They could see Sakura standing behind him with a worried look on her face. They heard foot steps on their other side. They looked; Harry and Ron ran in wands at the ready. Harmoine came in behind them, looking more worried than Sakura. Sasuke closed his eyes, turning his head back to face Hikari, his grip on her shoulders loosening.
Hikari brought her hands up and lightly took hold of Sasuke's hands, pulling them from her shoulders. Looking into his eyes she whispered "This is why I am reluctant to share personal information, and yet I can't seem to keep my mouth shut around you." With a small smile she let his hands go, turned and rounded the corner by Naruto and Sakura. They made room as she passed. Harry and Ron relaxed their wands.
"Sorry we woke you" Sasuke said and pushed out of the room, heading in the opposite direction Hikari had.
"Did he just apologize?" Naruto asked looking dumbfounded.
"Yes, he did" Sakura replied "I'm going to go talk to Hikari. Harmoine, do you want to join me?"
Harmoine just nodded and followed Sakura up the stairs.
"Well," Naruto scratched the back of his head "guess I'll go find Sasuke"
"Do you want us to come?" Harry offered
"No, it's better if it's just me" Naruto said waving them off "Besides, this conversation has been a long time coming." Naruto left the room, leaving Harry and Ron to contemplate what had just happened.
"Well boys, it certainly has been an exciting morning, hasn't it?" Mr. Weasley said entering the room "Let's get breakfast together first, we'll wait for them to open presents."
A/N Dimi are demons created by the Sumerian Pantheon (see for more information)
Other Character names unrecognized as Naruto Characters have been taken from Sherrilyn Kenyon's works (My bad if I spelled any of them wrong) and Greek Mythologies (although character personalities are from Sherrilyn Kenyon's works)