I deeply apologize to those guys who are waiting for the update of the five stories that I promise to have a daily update. I did a lot of things that are time consuming and so, I have no time to spare the last couple of days. Plus, I am in danger of having writer's block, since my muse isn't visiting me. So, I lifted the pause button for this fanfic. Oh, read the bottom author's note. It is very important. The surprise is there so read it! Thank you!
Onwards with the story! :)
The next morning is uneventful. Some of the house noticed a slight change in the atmosphere at the long table in between the Ravenclaw and Slytherin tables. It seemed to be more happy but at the same time not, depending on who is looking at them. Harry, Hermione and Ron noticed that Seijuro and Tetsuya are talking with each other. There seems to be no tension what-so-ever. At this, they smiled. They are happy that the light blue haired new student, which is their friend, finally solved the tension in their house. It's been a long time that they haven't really talk. The only time they can be together is Potions class but they can't really speak that much, not with the potions professor taking points after points from the Gryffindor for reasons that he can find.
Before lunch, the golden trio were inside the library, making the homework that will be due tomorrow. They sat at the usual seat they have. Harry already saw that Tetsuya is sitting beside Hermione and so he smiled at him. Tetsuya nodded in response before returning to his reading.
"It'll be better for us to do this today, after all, we might not have time tomorrow," Hermione says, looking at books after books that are on her side of table.
"But Hermione, this are a lot! We can do this later, can't we?"
"Ron, we might have a lot to do tomorrow! There will be an announcement at dinner on what will commence tomorrow and we might not have the time to finish it this night!"
"What will they announce tomorrow, Hermione?"
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"When did you get there!" Hermione shouted in a whisper.
Tetsuya put his book down and saw the surprise look in Hermione and Ron clutching his chest, looking as if he is calming his hearbeat, which he is doing. Harry laughed at their reactions. The librarian shot them a glare that made them shut up.
"I am not quite sure, Tetsuya. I only heard it from the other students. Oh! How is it going with your fellow Sycamores?"
Tetsuya smiled a little, "It is going great. There are certain things that happened last night but it is already sorted out. There is nothing to worry about."
The three nodded at this. They are back to the silence except for Hermione and Ron quarreling still because of the homeworks that are needed to be done. By lunch, they made their way towards the great hall. They separated themselves and each made their ways towards their long tables. Tetsuya sits in between Daiki and Shintaro. In front of him is Seijuro, who is in between Neville, at the right and Ryouta, at the left. Atsushi sat at the other side of Ryouta. They are already talking to each other and the awkward atmosphere lifted somewhat.
Samantha smiled at her students. They seemed to be getting along well now. She didn't know what to do though. What if Seijuro's attitude change and he is just acting as if everything's going well? There are a lot of 'what ifs' inside her mind but decided not to dwell on it too much. She will be able to think of what to do once the day is right. For now, she will be there when her students need her.
As for the headmaster, he is watching the way Samantha moves and give off aura. She is feeling confused and looking at where the head of house of Sycamore is looking at, he thinks he already know the caused in some of the changes on Samantha. He will talk with them later and he will soon know what really occured last night. They will have lunch for the meantime.
"And then, she said that she is just going to go there. Get it? She is going there when she just said that she will just stay," Ryouta narrated.
He laughs but when he saw that nobody laughs with him, he pouts. Tetsuya stares at him unimpressed while the others didn't laugh at the joke that looks as if it isn't meant to be one. Seijuro smiles at Ryouta and pat him on his right shoulder.
"You can do that next time, Kise. Right now, why don't we eat our lunch? We are summoned by the headmaster after lunch after all," Seijuro says.
Ryouta smiles at him, "Thank you Akashicchi!"
They ate lunch in silence. Their atmosphere is content and for once they are happy that they can talk without thinking if what they will say towards the other will not be replied by the others.
Lunch passed by fast. The students made their way towards their respective classes, all but the Sycamore students minus Neville. The said boy is not feeling well from exhausting himself from the charms class that morning. Neville took a rest after eating lunch while the others made their way towards the headmaster's office. They are accompanied by Professor McGonagall along the way. Samantha become Neville's companion but she said that she will be with them shortly afterwards. Albus welcomed them.
"Hello, Sycamores. Good afternoon we are having, yes?"
"Yes, indeed, sir," Seijuro replied with a kind smile, "I think I, Kise and Kuroko have the idea why we are here."
Albus nods with a smile, "Of course. I summoned all of you today because this incident did not only revolve on the three of you," Albus stares at Tetsuya, Ryouta and Seijuro, "but also to all the exchange students. As you have probably noticed, or know for that matter, Seijuro Akashi here, somehow, has forgetten what happened in the course of almost two weeks. He said that his memories of the past days are quite foggy, yes?"
When Seijuro nods, he continues, "I may not have the answer to this but I have a theory to say. Remember that this is only a theory, there is no evidence that what I will tell you is-"
A knock on the door cuts him. They all turn to the door to see Samantha, on her way walking towards their direction. Although she is walking in her normal manner, Albus and the Sycamore students know that something is wrong. They already know that there are some gestures that Samantha make whenever she is confused or another feeling. She nods at them and the Sycamores smiles at her. Samantha stands beside Minerva. Once she did this, Albus continues.
"As I was saying, this is just a theory. I believe that this has something to do with your wand, Seijuro, boy."
Daiki and Shintaro exchanged glances, Atsushi looks on, eating some of his snacks, Tetsuya is deadpan and Ryouta has his eyes widened. The wand that they are talking about is in Ryouta's pocket. He did not remove it nor touch it for any matter. It is just there. Seijuro stares at the headmaster with an unreadable expression.
"What do you mean it is about my wand, sir? I have it with me for years and yet nothing seemed to have happened except now. What changed?"
Albus looks at him with a gleam in his eyes, "It is just a theory, Seijuro. I am not quiet sure, myself, but if it is the caused of it, we have to make something to deal with it. Perhaps, buy you another?"
The room fell into silence. This time, it is not comfortable silence that the Sycamores experience that time at lunch and breakfast; it is eerily quiet. It is as if they returned what had happened last night. Ryouta and Tetsuya, especially, stares at the red haired, calm looking albeit thinking of what to do when the situation gets out of hand.
"What was that, sir?" Seijuro's voice is low, but it raised when he said the last word.
Minerva and Samantha exchanged glances to each other before understanding filled both of them. They nodded towards the other and telling the other with eyes on what to do. Samatha internally smiled at this. It is like them back from the days when they are only students.
"It is just something that came to my mind just now. We aren't sure on what to do since this is the first time for something like this to happen. I assure you that I will find a way to resolve this. For now," Albus paused and made short eye contact to all of the Sycamores with Minerva and Samantha, "Seijuro, you will not, by any means, except emergency, get a hold of your wand from the hands of Tetsuya and Ryouta. It is for all of our safety."
"Sir," Minerva cuts, "how will Seijuro here, go to his classes without a wand? It is not allowed in our school. Plus, it will cause some unnecessary fear for some of the students."
"I am well aware of that. And so, I have decided that the Sycamores will all be studying inside their own quarters. The professors will be the ones who will go on their room by then. We, Professor Buenaventura and I, already have this arrangement approved. What do you think?"
Atsushi withdraw his other hand from opening a wrapper of biscuits to stiffle a yawn before answering the headmaster, "That'll be okay for me as long as I can have my snacks."
"Good for me, too," says Shintaro.
"Nothing to do but to agree, so yeah I'm good with it," says Daiki, stretching.
Ryouta beamed a smile, "Works for me!"
Tetsuya nodded, "It is great, but will I be able to still go to the library?"
Albus smiles, "Of course you can, Tetsuya."
Everyone turns to the red haired. The leader of the group of the exchange students stayed quiet. He knows that they are doing this for him and he refuse to be a burden. He will be a burden further if he continues with his selfish wish of continuing their classes like the others. Like them, he is also afraid of himself. He didn't know that there are a lot of things that he is capable of doing. But just like what he concluded, he can't be a burden. He, being an Akashi, can't be a burden and so, he had no choice.
He nodded slowly, not saying anything more. Albus accepted this since he knows that the red haired already went to a lot of trouble just to make sure that he won't be bothering anyone. Minerva watched the scene unfold and are impressed with the maturity that the students shows. They are only third years that looks as if they are below fifteen. She will have the headmaster speak with her later, not now, but maybe later without the interruption of any students.
"Now that this is temporarily resolved, you may now return to your quarters. Your head of house, Professor Buenaventura, although, will be staying as we have another issue to solve," Albus says.
The Sycamores bowed to the headmaster, just like their tradition back from where they are and each left the room one by one. The students are walking in silence. Shintaro is in front with Tetsuya, leading, Seijuro, Daiki and Ryouta after them while the violet haired male, Atsushi, is behind them, eating as usual.
In front, Shintaro and Tetsuya are quiet, each deep in their thoughts. Shintaro shot a sideway glance at the male beside him. He never thought that this male is related to Seijuro and a Kuroko at that! Shintaro may not look like it, but he knows the Kuroko clan all too well. At least, he knows it more than that of the Akashi clan. The clan is the strongest in Japan. When they suddenly disappeared, the Akashi's took over the crown of being the strongest. There are a lot of clans before that tried to make a connection, making some of sons or daughters marry one of the Kuroko's.
He is taken away from his deep thinking when he heard the light blue haired male mutter a new password. It isn't Tranquility anymore, it is now, 'severed connection'. Shintaro's eyes widened. He coughs a little to regain his composure and all the Sycamores entered. They do not know what to expect, but they wish that nothing will again be connected to them. There are already a lot of things that happened, and they only have less than two weeks of their stay. They wished that this will be resolved and nothing will happen next after this. They could only wish after all.
Hey guys. Is my way of writing improving at all? I just wanted to ask since nobody is leaving a single review for me to improve my writing style. You can pm me even if you aren't dropping a review. Enough of that, this is not a space for me to say something like this...
First of all, Merry Christmas to all! I was supposed to post this chapter earlier but meh, nevermind. Second, Belated Happy Birthday to Akashi Seijuro (Seijuurou [I think this is how you really spell his name]). Now the surprise begins...
Okay, for the stories that I told everybody that will have a daily update: Magic (this one), Syntax Error, Pieces of Shards, Until Then, Try to Understand, shall I drop the bomb...? They are (dun! dun! dun! dun!) part of the same book series! Yeah, so sorry. They seemed to have no connection what so ever but they will be connected once all of them reach the chapter 12 and above. That was the reason why I am desperate to add everything and pause the story when they reach the 12th chapter. For those who wants to know the order of the book series before the 12th chapter of the stories (cause I won't be telling anyone that until I reach the 12th chapters of the five stories), you can pm me or review.
That is all. I am sorry the author's note in this story is quite long (well, okay, longer than I thought it would be). I hope you will enjoy the above mentioned stories, while they still makes sense. Thank you for reading! See you in the next chapters.