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A/N: I'm alive!!!!!! Sorry for the long wait. I had the next chapter almost done and then my hard drive decided to call it quits. Then I had finals and graduation so now I've finally had the chance to get back to the story.
"Blah" = talking
-Blah- = mind speak
~Blah~ = Animal native speak
Blah = inner thoughts
Just a note for you all Harry and Draco each go by three different names.
Harry is currently pretending to be Kuro Ichiru who is disguised as Atem Syurii. Voldemort knows him as Kuro. He doesn't know its Harry.
Draco is currently pretending to be Crouse Kurani who is disguised as Yuki Lans.
Voldemort knows him as Crouse. He doesn't know its Draco.
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Long pail fingertips drummed softly on the bonelike material. Voldemort stood and slowly made his way toward the man in front of him. Kuro emptied his mind as the 'thing' came closer. He had to resist the urge to throw up as Voldemorts fingers caressed his face gently as one would touch a lover. His head was tilted up to look the 'Man' in the eye. Voldemort smirked and let his hand drop slowly playing with a piece of Kuros hair.
"You have done well Kuro. Now it is time for you to infiltrate the order. I believe this will be no challenge for you two." His voice was a soft hiss as he looked over at Crouse who grinned flipping his hair back.
"We are one step ahead of you. The old geezer is wrapped around our fingers." Voldemort smirked.
"Very well. Crouse you may leave. Kuro come here." Voldemort said his eyes gleamed in a manner that made both the boys uneasy. Kuro felt Crouse's unease but motioned for him to leave.
-Be careful. If he tries to- Kuro cut him off.
-If he tries anything I will leave ok? Wait for me at the school- Crouse gave him a worried look before closing the door behind him.
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Ron yawned and looked at the clock. He had fallen asleep reading about different defense and offense strategies. He noticed a blanket had been over him and smiled. Must have been Hermoine. Suddenly the portrait hole opened and a black cloaked figure entered. Ron acted like he was asleep and watched the figure take off their cloak. Their movement was hindered as if they were injured. The figure slumped to the floor and Ron could hear faint hisses of pain.
Gripping his wand tightly Ron pulled the blanket off and snuck around the couch. His foot caught on the rug and he fell face first into the floor. Then he smelt it. The metallic scent of blood. The figure scrambled up and had their wand at his throat in a second. Ron kicked up and heard a crack as they were knocked back. Ron stood and turned around stunner on his lips when the fire light shone across the figures pail face and blood stained clothes.
"Atem? What the bloody hell happened? You need to see theā¦"
"No." Atem stated as he slowly stood wobbling a bit. "I'm fine. And you will do best to forget you ever saw this." Ron's eyes narrowed.
"No I won't forget about this! You tell me what's going on now! I'm sick of this. I've heard you coming and leaving at all hours of the night. And recently it's as if your in your own world!" Ron shouted as he stepped forward. Atem growled and Ron was suddenly pined against the wall by Atems hand.
"You have no authority over what I can and cannot do Weasley I've seen you watching my every move. If you have something to say to me say it." Atem suddenly let go and clutched his throat. Ron was unsure of what to do until Atem coughed up blood onto the floor.
"Fuck." He heard the boy whisper as he scrambled for something in his shirt and suddenly disappeared in a flash of light leaving Ron confused and suspicious as ever.
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Yuki froze when he saw Atem appear in a flash of light crumpled on the floor. He rushed forward only to pause as Atem coughed up more blood. He striped Atem down to his boxers to see the full damage.
"That bastard! I'm going to kill him!" Yuki shouted as he took in the injuries.
The boys were created by Mother Magic to be a set. Atem was stronger magically where as Yuki was stronger physically. The immense power that flowed through him caused some stress on his current form. He had to store some of his power in a scroll to lessen the burden on his frame but it had not been enough. The strain on his body had increased due to the new injuries. Atem grabbed the edge of Yuki's shirt. He's trying to comfort me when he's a bloody mess.
A little more than an hour later Atem lay curled against Yuki's chest breathing a little heaver than normal in their oversized bed. His shoulder had been dislocated and he had fractured a few ribs. His legs, back, and abdomen had also been badly bruised. Yuki glanced down at his mate's frail form griping the bed sheets tightly.
Tears flowed as he brushed aside a few stray hairs from Atem's face. He got up and shifted so that Atem was lying on the bed while he sat beside him. He wanted to, no he had to know what that bastard had done. Atem would tell him he was fine and to forget about it. He bent over his mate and touched their foreheads together. Maggi had told them about their mental link and how it could be used to transfer and view each others memories and dreams.
"Please don't hate me."
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Flashback thing sequence. (A/N: I'm not really sure what to call this. Oh and to avoid confusion in this section they will be referred to as Draco and Harry but Voldemort knows harry as Kuro) It's kinda like the Diary thing from COS
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Draco stood against the wall watching himself leave Harry alone with the monster. As the door clicked shut the air shifted. He turned to see Voldemort standing beside Harry his pail spindly fingers intertwined with his mates hair.
"I have a proposition for you." He whispered before lifting the hair to his nose and inhaling. Draco felt his pride for his mate grow when Harry didn't react at all. Voldemort noticed this and continued on. "Such a pretty body. And oh so feminine. If I didn't know better I would have thought you were a girl. But no mater I can think of plenty of way to have fun with you still." He tightened his grip on Harry's hair, "leave your partner and become mine. I can give you more than you could ever want. Power, wealth," He leaned in closer his lips nearly touching Harry's ear, "pleasure" Draco and Harry both froze. Voldemort slid his pail fingers under Harry's shirt trailed them across his flesh leaving marks that Draco knew would become bruises.
"I had originally planed on taking Malfoy's son as my play thing but he ran off and got himself killed." Draco felt like hurling. Voldemort had planed on making him into a sex slave. Draco's heart swelled when he heard Harry speak.
"I am sorry Sir, but my heart, soul, and body belong to my partner." There was a loud 'crack!' as Harry was thrown across the room and crashed into the wall.
"How dare you! You dare to deny me?" Voldemort Grabbed hold of Harry's arm and threw him to the ground.
"Crucio!" Light emitted from The Dark Lords wand and Harry's body contracted violently, but he did not scream. Voldemort stalked forward and reached for Harry's belt. Draco lunged forward ignoring the fact he could not effect what was happening.
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Flashback thing end
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Atem awoke to soft sobs beside him.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I couldn't help you. That bastard! Why? Oh god. I'm sorry" Atem winced slightly as he tried to move. How? And then it dawned on him. The memory recollection. He opened his eyes slightly to see Yuki engulfed by moonlight in the chair beside him. Ignoring the pain that shot through his body, Atem reached out and touched His mate's hand. Yuki's eyes widened as he took in Atems forgiving glance.
"I can't stay in this form much longer. To heal properly I have to go into my full released form." Atem wisped as Yuki intertwined their fingers.
"how? The shields won't be able to withstand your power will they? You nearly destroyed Maggis place." Atem closed his eyes and tightened his grip on Yuki's hand.
"I'll find a way. For now I should be fine. We just need to get Dumbledore to invite us to the next order meeting."
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For the next week both Atem and Yuki were absent. Whispers filled the halls and dormitories. Rumors ranging from mundane to ridiculous. Only the head of Slytherin House knew the truth. He now sat a bit amazed and frustrated in front of the two lovers who he considered sons.
"so your saying that your power is so massive that your body structure as 'Atem' cannot withstand it and you have to continuously morph your form to get rid of some of the excess power?" Harry nodded as his currently fiery red hair shifted to silvery curls.
"I cam across it when I was researching our metamophogus ability. You most likely noticed that Tonks is constantly changing her appearance correct? Well it's not just for fun. Metamorphogus's are born with slightly larger reservoirs of power than average wizards. In turn they have the ability to change their looks at will to relieve the strain on their core, body, and soul.
Draco and I have extremely large reservoirs of power. Mine is large then Draco's though even after sealing more than half off it away. Draco on the other hand had to seal off some of his strength." Snape nodded slowly and tapped his finger on his chin.
"That does make sense. I found it a bit hard to accept that klutz was an auror, but the power thing explains it." Sev leaned back into the chair while Harry's eyes morphed to a dazzling lilac color.
The Room of Requirements had come in quite handy recently. They could meet up without any suspicion and train as much as they wanted when ever they wanted. The room had a time laps on it similar to what Tim (Father Time) had taught them. A few incantations and they could spend a year in here and only have been gone a week in real time. Harry had managed to use up a decent amount of power as well as seal a bit more off into another scroll.
"You two should hear some of the rumors going around the school now." Sev laughed as the fire crackled merrily. Draco and Harry both raised their eyebrows (Harry's which had been silver shifted to a soft hazelnut)
"Some of the people are saying you two are off training while others think 'Atem' got pregnant." If either boy had been drinking anything they would have sprayed it at the professor.
"Pregnant? Do these kids not even know about the laws of genetics or the human body? guys cant get pregnant." Sev laughed but then shifted so he was sitting up strait.
"I have a more serious matter to speak with you both about. Well two actually." He paused, "Dumbledore would like you at the next order meeting which happens to be in three days."
The boys were not surprised. The dual between the teachers and themselves was also to show the headmaster some of their talent so they could slip into the order.
"Also the wolf, I mean Lupin, seems to be suspicious of you two. He has currently come to carrying around a piece of parchment that I know to be an intricate map of the school." Harry's eyes widened slightly as they shifted to his normal bright green. Draco ran his hand through his hair.
"I think it's time to resume classes for now." He glanced over to his mate who now sported pointy elf ears and curly chestnut hair. "Don't push yourself too hard ok? I think growing then shrinking an inch each hour should be enough to get rid of too much built up power for now."
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"Atem! Yuki! Where did you two disappear too last week?" Hermoine called as they joined her and Ron on their way to Care of Magical Creatures. They had already planed out their story to the smallest detail. The only issue was Ron who had seen Atem puke blood on to the common room floor.
"Let's just say we had a run-in with some death eaters and then were contacted by the only person we ever truly considered at teacher about a few tasks she needed help with." Yuki replied noticing Ron's glance at Atem who still looked paler than normal. They continued down the steps in silence.
"Al' right gather round class. Today well be learn' in bout phoenixes. Now who here knows about them?" on cue Hermoine raised her hand.
"The phoenix is a magical bird whose tears can be used to heal wounds. Its song also has the power to effect your moon. They are fairly difficult to domesticate but very loyal to their master if they are domesticated" Hagrid clapped his hands together.
"Very good Hermoine. 10 points to Gryffindor. No Professor Dumbledore has been kind enough to lend me his own Phoenix, Fawks." With that the half giant let out a whistle that was followed by a high note that pierced through the class. Around the castle flew the magnificent swan sized bird, elegant as ever. He soared above the class before landing softly on Hagrids outstretched arm.
The class was surprisingly silent as they took in the beautiful bird. Hagrid coughed slightly to regain their attention startling some of the slithering near the front.
"Now each of you come up in pairs to greet Fawks and then you will each will write a foot of parchment about your experience with and thoughts about Fawks." The class groaned a bit but soon separated into pairs. Atem paired with Yuki while Ron Paired with Hermoine as usual. Hagrid gave the Gryffindor pair a soft smile and gestured them forward.
"Now to greet a phoenix you must make direct eye contact and then you may pet them. This is only for domesticated phoenixes." Hermoine gulped and Ron nodded as the approached Fawks. The phoenix let out a soft note of acceptance and nuzzled its head against Hermoines outstretched hand. Ron softly stroked Fawks feathers causing the bird to give off a soft mewing noise.
"Alright now how about," Hagrid scanned the class, "you two come on up." The class turned to see who their teacher had picked.
Atem and Yuki resisted the urge to smirk as they made their way forward. As they stepped out from the class Fawks trilled and flew off of Hagrids arm landing on Yuki's shoulder. The entire class gasped.
~Hello Harry-King, Draco-King~ Fawks trilled happily. Atem smiled and petted the bird.
-Hello Fawks, I assume Dumbledore will not here of this?- Atem thought to the bird who only trilled in a laughing manner.
~of course Harry-King. I see you are not doing well. May I offer my help?~ Atem smiled as Fawks tilted his head. It had been a long time since they had seen their feathered friend.
-This is not something your tears can heal my dear friend- The phoenix looked taken aback and worry filled his black eyes. Atem smiled reassuringly.
-we should go flying again. I bet I could beat you this time- Yuki thought to the Phoenix trying to turn the conversation to a light hearted topic. Fawks puffed out his chest ~in your dreams Draco-King, I Fawks of the Flight have never lost~ Atem chuckled which turned into a slight cough. Yuki looked sharply at him fear rippling off of him in waves.
~Harry-King, Draco-King, do not forget, you are not alone in this battle there are many willing to help~ His song was softer with a hint of sadness. Yuki and Atem gulped. He had sensed that neither of them were planning on letting anyone join them in the final battle. Yuki squeezed Atems hand reassuringly as they made their way to the back near Ron and Hermoine.
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Atem sat at the dining table absentmindedly picking at his food. A large leather bound tome sat open next to his plate. He would occasionally take a bite of food while turning another page. He ran his finger down the pages and nodded to himself occasionally as if understanding the cryptic symbols that filled the book.
At the Slytherin table a similar phenomenon was occurring (although Yuki was eating more than Atem was) the silver haired teen was bent over a similarly large book turning page after page. Underlining, circling, and making notes on the side of the pages.
Blaze was unfazed by his new friend's behavior. It was common for the boy to come to the Great Hall with a book or two stashed in his robe. The only difference today was the veracity in which he poured over the massive tome. Blaze was amazed by the fact that Yuki had managed to get through a fourth of the book just during dinner alone.
Back at the Gryffindor table Hermoine finally inquired about the massive book.
"It was a gift from our teacher for helping her out. I wanted to double check a few things before tonight's Dueling Club meeting." Across the table Ron nearly choked on his roast beef.
"That's tonight?" he sputtered after dislodging the offending piece of meat. Ginny rolled her eyes and took a biscuit from the center of the table.
"Yes Ron it's tonight. I can't believe you forgot about it. All Prefects are required to go. Didn't you read the bulletin? It's been up for over three weeks." Hermoine replied slightly annoyed. Ron reached for a chicken leg and glanced sideways at Atem.
"I've been a bit preoccupied Moine`." Atem ignored the pointed glance and closed the book. Ginny eyed Atems nearly full plate as he moved to leave the table. Surprisingly enough Neville was the one to speak up.
"Aren't you going to eat something? You won't have much energy if you don't eat." Neville was a rare guest at the front end of the table now a days. He usually spent all his time with professor sprout in the green houses and went to the kitchens to eat.
Atem shook his head.
"I'm not hungry plus I have to get everything prepared for the meeting." Neville gave him a look but he turned and left the hall soon followed by Yuki. Hermoine turned to Neville who was sipping his pumpkin juice.
"This is a rare occurrence. Did you finish up early?" Neville shook his head making his shoulder length hair fall out of its loose ponytail.
"No, I asked if I could go early since we have the dueling club today." Hermoine nodded as the plates began clearing.
"We should head that way. I'm curious as to what they will be teaching us exactly." Neville stated as he stood from the table.
The Group met up with Luna in the hall and headed towards the Room of Requirement. They hadn't entered it since the last DA meeting. Ginny motioned for them to stop walking and placed her finger in front of her lips.
"Listen, I think their fighting over the lesson." The group slowly moved forward so they could all hear the quarrel.
"I'm fine Yuki! I've been shifting all day. I even increased it to every ten minutes so I could teach today." Atem stood against the wall with his arms crossed. Yuki meanwhile pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed.
"But, you still haven't healed yet. I don't want you stressing your system more than you have to. Sev is fixing up some potions for you to lessen the pressure and strain more. Please," Yuki placed his hand on Atems shoulders. Atem looked up slightly. "I don't want to lose you again."
"Fine. I figured you would do something like this." Atem sighed making Yuki raise an eyebrow. "But, we will follow my lesson plan." Yuki smiled and kissed Atem on the forehead.
"Of course."
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Atem sighed. As they had expected most of the school had shown up for the meeting. After getting everyone seated Yuki placed a sonorous charm on himself.
"Can everyone hear me? Can everyone see me?" he asked grinning. The 6th and 7th year boys grimaced. "Now I would like everyone to put their wands away there will be no magic used during these meetings unless we say otherwise."
The room filled with groans, gasps, and grumbled curses. " spells and curses are not the only way to fight or defend yourselves. For the next month we will be focusing on hand to hand combat." The groans grew louder. "now I would like two volunteers."
Neville stood up soon followed by Blaze and made their way towards the stage.
"Now everyone the purpose of this maneuver is to use you opponents strength against them. I want both of you to attack us with everything you have. We will not use our hands." The crowd was uneasy. They had seen the fight against the teachers and the two students didn't stand a chance.
Right before Yuki announced for them to begin Atems face paled and narrowed his eyes in confusion. His hand moved to his neck slowly as if he was thinking or searching for something. His hand slowly fell and he motioned for them to begin only to clasp his hand to his mouth.
He suddenly began coughing uncontrollably. His gut twisted and contracted. His throat began burning. He could feel wetness on his hand. He pulled his hand away trying to catch his breath. Gasps filled the room as the students saw the blood that splattered across his hand. His body lurched and blood spilled from his mouth. The force knocked him to his knees. The room began spinning. Blood spurted from his mouth again as the coughing continued. He couldn't stop it.
"Atem!" Yuki's worried voice cut through the hazy shouts that surrounded him. Then all went black.
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A warm hand held his tightly as murmured voices bustled around him. The smell of disinfectants invaded his nostrils. Hospital Wing. Slowly he recollected the Lesson and then the sensation in this throat which was soon followed by him coughing up blood in front of the whole school. Slowly the voices began to fade as he drifted back into the darkness of sleep.
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Hermoine held her head in her hands as tears streamed down her face.
"He was hiding it the whole time Hermoine." Ron stated looking into the fire. Hermoine looked up and out the window.
"Everyone has secrets Ron. I just wish he would have let us help." She placed her head in her hands again. He reminds me of Harry. Never asking for help and trying to solve everything alone. At least he has Yuki though.
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A/N: They will be referred to as Draco and Harry here
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Draco ran down the empty corridors cursing himself. He had woken to find his mate missing from his bed again. Where are you? Something must have happened. His gut was twisted with fear. The coughing fit showed that that his current couldn't withstand much more.
Turning the corner he spotted a silhouette on the edge of the astronomy tower. No, please no. Draco flash stepped to the astronomy tower appearing behind the figure. His heart stopped.
His mate stood on the edge of the tower soaking wet while a storm raged around him. Ignoring his surroundings he flashed to the tower.
Harry looked up slightly as Draco reached out. Slowly he raised his hand towards Draco when time slowed down. Lighting flashed as the edge crumbled below Harry's feet. His eyes widened as he fell towards the ground.
"HARRY!" Draco leapt off of the tower and dove after him. He grabbed Harry's outstretched arm and pulled him in to his embrace. There was a rip as Draco released his wings flying them safely to he ground where his legs crumpled beneath him.
"Why did you run away?" Draco muttered into Harry's hair.
"I needed to think. The next thing I knew I was on the tower." Draco stroked his mate hair
"We need to get inside before we catch a cold from this storm."
Slowly Draco stood and made his way to their private rooms carrying Harry in his arms.
He sat his mate on the bed and grabbed a few towels. It would not be a good idea to use magic around him right now.
"I'm sorry Draco." Harry whispered while Draco dried his hair. He let the towel fall and cupped Harry's face locking eyes with him.
"You're an idiot you know that. You were coughing up blood less than 10 hours ago and you go wandering around in a storm to think!" Harry looked away.
"I don't want anyone to get hurt. I don't want to lose anyone else." Draco sighed sat beside him.
"Is that what you went to think about? They are going to fight in the war no matter what. It would be better to make sure their prepared instead of pushing them away."
"But" Draco placed a finger on Harry's lips.
"We are going to tell them. End of story. This has been eating you up since we decide to come back. It stops now. They may be able to help with your current issue as well. I've been researching quite a bit and I think I may have found a way for you to revert to your true form without destroying the school"
A/N: It's done! Yay! I've written this damn chapter three times. The first time my computer got fried so I lost the whole thing then it turned really emo the second time. Well with this chapter I give you some art I made of Harry and Draco as Atem and Yuki. Next chapter will have Harry in his full Kutillian form. Don't forget to R&R. I want your predictions, ideas, opinions, and over all thoughts!
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