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Chapter 12! The stone part I


Harry and Ron went to see Hagrid after classes, but we all know about that, don't we?

Of course we do.

"Aw, come on, Harry," the giant man said handling them more cakes. "You're just imagin' things."

Like I said, of course we do, but we don't know this.

'The giant and Potter went the same day of the break in?' Shin thought, reading over the article. There was something strange about this; yet at the same time not. "Kageru."

"Sir?" He bows on one knee.

"Put my work on hold for a few hours; I need to look into something," Shin says, standing. Kageru sighs, looking forlornly at the paperwork his kage abandoned.

With his Sharingan active, he slipped in the office without a hitch.

"I will master. I will retrieve it, I will not fail."

Quirrell, but then Shin snorted having known something was wrong with the man from the beginning.

Hm, it was time to retrieve what he was going to get. Looking in the mirror that the dunderhead was starting to look in, Shin's gaze met with the glassy depths of the mirror and Quirrell was caught in.

Vanishing away and leaving Quirrell to wonder in his own thoughts, Shin uttered his noncommittal grunt. The corridor was off-bounds to most at Hogwarts however, Shin wandered through the shadows, stealthily avoiding the ever watchful Filch.

There was one way he could get the stone: and that was through his own means. However, Shin recalled a flashback of when he was going to visit Dumbledore as McGonagall told him an interesting story. In hearing such a small tale, on the right he deserved to know because he was also protecting the guarded object; Shin headed to Dumbledore.

"Severus, my boy," As usual, he ignored Shin's request to not call him that name; "How kind of you to come and visit an old man."

Old yes, kind no. More like a snake in the grass, much like Orochimaru himself.

"Cut the shit, Albus," Shin sneered. "What is it that you are hiding in this school?"

It was amazing how Dumbledore didn't even blink an eye.

"Hiding, Severus, my boy? I am a headmaster, I hide many things. However, I know not of what you are talking about." Ah, evading the question. How cliched and predictable of the snake.

That was the wrong answer. "I suggest," Shin started coolly with suppressed anger, his seal on his neck crawling; itching to be released and his Sharingan threatened to activate like a spiraling portal. "You tell me, Albus. I'd hate it if something happened to you."

Dumbledore smiled, ignoring the chill that crawled up his spine. "I-Severus, my boy, what is this about? If it's about the stone-"

Ah, a stone and from how he paused like that it was indeed the sorcerer's stone that Voldemort's minion was after.

Dumbledore coughed trying to cover up his mistake; "Nothing to worry about."

Shin smirked. "Does this stone happen to be on the third floor?"

Bingo.

"No, my boy, it is not."

Double bingo. Shin continued to smirk. This was too easy. He bowed out of humor more than respect; "I apologize for the disturbance, Headmaster."

"No, wait, Severus, my boy, perhaps you can help."

It all connected. Dumbledore's unmistakable plea, the prophet and Quirrell's little admittance. It all added up to Voldemort returning, Shin snorted, once Voldemort returned, the wizarding world was no longer his problem. It looked like the old villain was technically back and that meant he could go home, back to his family, back to his village.


Creating such a stone required as in alchemy terms: equivalent exchange; whereas something of equal value must be given in order to create something just as equal. Of course, that law still stood and the ones that needed that stone were in a Tokyo shrine.

"Ah, sir, welcome back."

Kageru greeted him as Shin entered the potion chamber.

Looking over his shoulders, Shin replied, "No time for greetings, Kageru, I need you to do something tonight while I step out for a little bit."

Kageru straightened. The plan was simple and when night time fell they carried the plan out.

The grass never shone greener, the trees had never grown taller and the wind never blew so peacefully. Shin enjoyed his surroundings as concrete steps reached his vision. Up and beyond those steps lay a temple shrine where an old lady stayed.


As he got nearer, the spiritual energy surrounding the peaceful land engulfed his senses, however, he moved forward determined to get to his destination.

"It's not every day an Uchiha comes to visit an old lady." The voice was gruff, yet soft and spoke of wisdom. Shin said not a word as the woman came out to reveal herself. She had pale pink hair; big brown narrowed eyes, short, and wore a fighting gi with light colors.

"Apologies," Shin finally spoke, bowing slightly. "But, I have something that des-that should have been in your possession from the start."

"Oh?" she raised a brow.

"The philosopher's stone."

Her old ears must have heard that wrong, but the Uchiha wasn't going to repeat himself.

Kageru had the knowledge needed to get to the trapdoor that held the stone and the key of the game was to get the stone before anyone else would stumble upon it.

First obstacle was the three-headed Cerberus. Dealing with a beast that had three heads and possibly four times the normal hearing of a regular animal and double times its smell, the trick to getting past it was not to be there if you didn't have the instrument to tame the beast.

Fortunately, there was no true instrument to contain Fluffy however, had one on hand, a flute. Yes, a flute, but Kageru's flute was no ordinary flute as only one or two people used it before him, but right now that wasn't important. Well, not as important as Kageru getting in the room where a huge dog with three heads was sleeping.

'It's asleep...' Kageru thought to himself. A growl…. Correction it was asleep.

"Kageru, listen. The plants are more like man-eater plants you need something soothing to put them to sleep."

Playing the tune at first did nothing to soothe the three-headed dog down, it just kept on attacking and attacking, but eventually after flipping through the air and dodging most snarling snipes, Kageru managed to get the massive dog to sleep. Phasing through the floor like a Hogwarts ghost he then met with a long drop-like entrance.

The second trap was devouring plants. Joy.

Kageru groaned, this task may be easy, but it was tiring to deal with annoying traps. Remembering his lordship's last words about his chamber, Kageru groaned.

"Don't look at the beast in the eye once you figure out the key to the puzzle."

He told himself as he proceeded forward. This was all or nothing if he couldn't do this he could not get the stone.

Pulling through, he reached the door and opened it revealing and coming face to face with a mirror; yes, the mirror of ERISED.

Lord Uchiha said all he had to do was concentrate on getting the stone and nothing else even if the mirror showed him the greatest thing he desired.

As if he was placing his hand through a barrier of sorts he reached in. Mikos usually did stuff like this not shinobi, not then again the world was small or so many say. Kageru smirked, feeling the stone and gripping it. He pulled his hand out and sighed, using his normal means to get out of a building, place, and or a dimension.

Kageru left no trace as he vanished from Hogwarts' grounds to his Kage.

"Hn, here he comes now," Shin said just as Kageru landed with a bow.

Genkai just tsked, but took the stone none the less.

"And, you want something of equal value for leaving this stone in my possession?"

Shin nods.

Genkai quickly moved. "Very well, follow me Uchiha."

It was an exciting day. No, the day was just starting however; it was going to be an exciting one. Well, for the students however, for Shin it was another day of dealing with dunderheaded students who knew nothing of the world.

He didn't understand it, flying brooms was good and dandy, but it was like a fashion trend; one day it was in fashion the next day it was so last year. It gave him a headache and Kageru was not helping when he showed up with some news.

"I have a letter from the lady Hisami, sir."

Shin took the letter and read it and cursed. "Damn it, Kageru if you please, I would like you to take me back to Hamaguri." He made a few clones; "Now."

Kageru did so.

As Harry was going to meet Malfoy for a duel that he agreed to because Malfoy ticked him off; Shin just arrived with the prison cells. Honestly, who accepts a challenge like that so blindly? He hadjust entered the wizarding world and already he was fighting on school grounds.

Hermione whispered. "Malfoy stood you up, Harry."

Harry was glaring at nothing in particular as Hermione was right. That, that coward!

"Oh, no," Ron started. "We need to hurry before Filch catches us!"

Nodding both Harry and Hermione ran after Ron, but upon hearing a noise ran in the wrong direction.

They ran and landed on the third floor corridor.

Racing out the room with the vicious three-headed dog, Harry and his friends didn't look back as they headed, miraculously avoiding the caretaker and his cat in the process, towards their respective dorms and when the next morning came..

"Why would it be hiding something?"

Harry and Ron looked at Hermione. She was still going on about that monster dog hiding something important! "Look," Harry started trying to forget and eat his breakfast in piece. "Can we not discuss that here?"

Ron nodded in agreement with Harry. " Yeah, mate eat before food goes away."

Hermione glowers, but picks up a toast and spreads it with jam, chewing it. She made a note to look more into it later after classes.


Shin stood waiting as the prisoner slowly stirred. "Heh," Ikaku smiled crookedly as Shin greeted his vision. "Nice to see you, Uchiha, miss me already?"

"Cut the greeting shit, Fujioka. Who let the prisoners loose? I know you know; they came to visit your cell at some point."

"And, "Ikaku snorted. "So, what if they did? I refused to go with them."

The question was, why. Why did he refuse? Was it that he knew it was pointless? What was it?

"Fujioka, why did you join the rebellion?"

"What? Trying to figure me out now, Uchiha?"

"No," Shin answered back coldly. "Just that you're strange," a pause, "And, I'm drawn to strange things, Fujioka."

Ikaku snorted strange, no. However, this Uchiha was weird. "What are you trying to do, Uchiha? Because giving flattering comments won't open my mouth."

"Oh, oh, no, Fujioka flattering you is far on my list. However," Shin paused again. " Your two important people...-

How did he know of Ayame and Suzume?! No one knew of them!

Ikaku gritted his teeth and glared venomously. "I don't know how you found that out, Uchiha. You'd better not do anything to them, or your regret asking for my help."

What an interesting way to word his statement. Nonetheless, Shin pulled on a small smirk of triumph. "That has yet to be seen, Fujioka. Talk."


CUT! That's a wrap folks! Until next time! I know my chapter are usually longer, but, sheepish I got sidetracked. And, one thing this is not a crossover with YU-Yu-Hakusho the characters of that show make cameo appearances in this.