Chapter 37
Just couldn't contain my excitement
Summary: The Dark Lord returns and before he could even get to Harry, Dumbledore sends the boy away with a guard to Japan thinking Voldemort would never look for him there. Harry, along with his guard, meets the mafia's greatest hitman.
Warning: Yaoi
Disclaimer: I don't own anything at all
-Last time-
"Now let's get started, I heard Gokudera and Tsuna lit their rings during battle, did yours light as well Potter?"
"I think so," He could remember the light feeling coming from his ring finger before he went under
"Show me," She ordered
Harry scratched the back of his head, "How do we light our rings," He looked at Hermione who seemed stumped for once
"Imagine turning resolve into flame," Gokudera repeated his mantra over and over and was stumped when no flame appeared
"Wait is that what it takes to create a flame?" Harry laughed, "Guys," Each of the wizards brought up their ring hands and with a snap of Harry's fingers each person lit flames to their rings. Harry's was of course white, Ron's was red, Hermione's was blue, Fred's was purple, and George's was yellow.
Needless to say the three boys jaws dropped at how fast these outsiders got the technique, "How did you-?"
"I'm not really surprised, turning resolve into flames is like handling magic for a wizard, that's something they learned to do when they're born," Reborn spoke up
"Those things make that, I wanna try too," Yamamoto put on his ring and after a second, blue flames appeared on top
"Wow, Yamamoto, you have the same flames as Hermione," Harry congratulated, Gokudera eventually got his flames to ignite and when he did Harry saw that they were red flames, the same as Ron.
"Yamamoto did it so easily," The white haired boy sulked
Lal mirch had a look of surprise on her face, 'I've seen wizards with rings, just starting it takes them at least ten hours to change from magic to flames, is this the might of their resolve?' She noticed that Tsuna was the only one who's flame wasn't li at all, "Sawada, what about your flame?"
Tsuna had a shaky smile on his face as he held up his ring, "I've been trying, but I can't do it at all," Lal Mirch stood in front of him in the next second she punched him
"Don't act so spoiled!"
"You shouldn't have said 'I can't,'" Harry helped him up
"The training is over unless everyone can light a flame and get this box open within the hour." She held up the green box again, "If not, then I will go after Millefiore alone."
-Currently-
"Someone's cooking something and it smells delicious," Ron said after the awkward silence was in the air, Tsuna was still trying to ignite his own flame before the time limit was over, too bad the only thing he had to go on were his friends horrible skills at explaining things.
"How can you even smell that? The kitchen is three floors above us," Harry asked incredulously
Fred and George where playing catch with their wands, "What's cooking Ron?"
Ron sniffed the air, "I smell spices, vegetables, deep fried pork,"
"It's curry, trust me Ron you'll love it," Harry said standing up to go over to Tsuna's side
Hermione stared at Ron with a blank look, "You have some talent,"
He walked over with his arms crossed, he looked down at his friend who seemed to be struggling with this ring thing, "What's the hold up?"
"I can't do it," He panted
He tilted his head to the side, "Are you sure your resolved enough?" It was sad, truly it was, Harry could almost see every single thought that was going through the boy's head, 'I want to return everyone to the past and to do that I have to become stronger than our enemies to do it, I'll go through anything to do it,'
And yet the ring still didn't ignite
Harry knew why he and Tsuna were such good friends
It was because they were just alike
"I still couldn't do it," He sighed
"Tsuna,"
"Juudiame,"
"I'm all talk, I'm always be dame-Tsuna, I don't know what real resolve is,"
Lal Mirch was ticked and was about to punch him but Harry beat her to it
The punch rang through the room and brought the attention of the other wizards as well
He walked next to the boy and sat on the balls of his feet, "You know you'd be an excellent Gryffindor if things were different,"
"Juudiame-," Reborn jumped on Gokudera's shoulder to quiet him
Harry looked down on his friend with soft eyes, "You know Draco says I have this thing where I constantly feel the need to save everyone, Hermione calls it a hero complex, Draco calls it being an idiot Gryffindor. You've got it as well but frankly it's not suited for you,"
"Huh?"
"Trying to get us all home no matter what grueling training you have to go through, defeating the enemy no matter the numbers and strength they have at their command, those thoughts are just too noble for you, your feeling back then must have been much simpler. When you first lit the ring, what did you want to do?"
Tsuna thought back to when he did, "Kyoko-chan was in trouble and I just thought about protecting her." He said
Harry smirked, "Nice, isn't there someone you want to protect even now?"
"Of course there is, I want to protect everyone," Harry and Tsuna both looked down at the glow and saw that Tsuna had finally ignited his ring flames.
"You did it, Tsuna," Yamamoto congratulated
"I did it, Harry," Tsuna thanked
"Of course, you just need to realize that you can take on the problems of the world at once, try tackling them one at a time." He ruffled the boys head and stood back up
"Never pegged you for a motivational speaker, mate," Ron patted him on the back
"Merlin knows I've received my fair share of them,"
"He's also been learning under me," Reborn jumped on his head, "But Harry, you forget one thing,"
"Oh?"
The next moment, both Harry and Tsuna both had their good arms pinned behind their backs, "You need to punish your students regularly to keep them on their feet."
Gokudera was the only one freaking out everyone else was laughing at the two's pain stricken faces.
"Enough," Lal called, "Now, we're going to finally open this box," She held up the box for them to see, Gokudera was the first to volunteer, yet the box would not open, Yamamoto tried next but no luck.
Everyone but Tsuna and Harry took their turn at the box but each had no luck opening it
"Geez, is it broken?" Ron complained
"It's not broken, there are two reasons why a box would not open. Either the flame is weak, or the attribute is mismatched."
"Attribute?"
"There are nine types of flames emitted by rings, just like the Vongola rings. They are categorized as Sky, Wind, Storm, Sun, Moon, Cloud, Mist, Thunder, and Rain. The boxes are also categorized into these seven types, if the ring does not match the box's attribute, it will not open."
"Hold on a moment, Yamamoto's future self didn't say anything about that, he said something about waves." Gokudera interrupted
"The waves in the human body are the energy which is necessary for the rings to emit a flame. The waves are also categorized into nine types, like the rings and boxes. The power and balance of each person's waves are determined individually at birth, just like a wizard's magic power."
"See you lost me but when you go to the magic power then I found my way back," Ron joked
"I still don't get it," Yamamoto said unsurprisingly
"Waves, rings, and boxes; unless all three are the same type, the box won't open." She furthered
"So, since I have storm waves, I can use storm rings and storm boxes." Gokudera said
"We're Rain so we can use rain rings and rain boxes," Yamamoto said for Hermione as well
"I'm sky,"
"I'm wind,"
"What are we?" Fred and George asked at the same time
Lal pointed to Fred, "You are cloud," Then George, "You are sun,"
"At least now we know that box doesn't have a storm or rain attribute," Tsuna said regarding the box
"It didn't open with my mist attribute ring, either," Lal said, "Next is Sawada's turn,"
"But what if it's not a Sky box?"
"Among the attributes, only Sky and Wind can open any attribute box,"
That meant both Harry and Tsuna could use any box they wanted
"That is their advantage, although Sky flames are rare and Wind flames being nearly non-existent, there are only a few known Mafia bosses who even have it. Now open the box,"
Tsuna ignited his flames again and inserted it into the box, "Like this," The box glowed bright before it cracked and blew into pieces
"It's a pacifier," Harry observed
"You mean it's not a weapon,"
The pacifier was immediately snatched out of Tsuna's hand, they looked to see Lal with her back turned to them, "That's enough for today, go and eat,"
Ron was gone in a second
"So does that clear everything up for you guys?" Harry said, currently it was morning and he had just gotten finished with telling everyone about his adventures and what he had learned, every single thing, well except Draco's personal relationship.
"Our headmaster is actually in league with a mafia, and he's a baby, kind of hard to comprehend." Hermione said, headache already forming as she tried to digest all the information, "And that baby is acutally-,"
"Well named the strongest of the Arcobaleno, but now that I know that Dumbledore's one I don't think so." It would be fun to see who would win in a fight, Dumbledore or Reborn.
"I just can't believe it, you've done so much in the span of just a few months, why couldn't you tell us about it?" Ron asked
Harry shrugged, "Well remember the Vindice I told you about?"
They nodded
"Well the mafia have this rule about secrecy within the family, now that you're a part of the family I can tell you everything. If you weren't well they'd be here carting me off to their prison that I hear rivals Azkaban now a days."
"What do you mean we're a part of the family?" Fred asked
"You mean these rings make us a part of Vongola?" George held up his CEDEF ring
Harry nodded, "Yes, just as my Vongola ring makes me a Vongola guardian, I can only guess that you are a part of CEDEF in the future." He answered
"Sweet!" Fred and George high fived each other right when a blaring alarm system rang throughout the entire base. They shot out of the chairs and beds and ran towards the media room
Harry saw that there were already people here looking at the monitor, "Tsuna, what's happening?!"
Tsuna turned around to face him, "We got an SOS from Hibari-san's bird,"
"Hibari!" Harry said surprised, why would Hibari send out an SOS, he didn't even want help defeating Mukuro Rokudo when he was near death, if one thing is sure then Hibari would always be the independent person he was.
"Don't listen to it, it's not real," Harry said
"Are you crazy, that's obviously Hibird!" Gokudera shouted at him
"Why would Hibari send an SOS, better yet why would he send one on Hibird." Harry retorted, "Where is it?"
Giannini read the coordinates off the screen, "Currently, it's traveling through the seventh block at thirty seven kilometers per hour. It's altitude is dropping alarmingly fast."
They looked at the big screen and saw the point where the Hibird's signal just dropped
"Is there anything at the location of its disappearance?" Reborn asked
"Hold on a moment, I'll pull it up," Giannini pressed a few buttons and they were able to see that there was a temple where Hibird disappeared.
"Namimori temple? What is Hibari doing there?"
"I told you that he's not there," Harry reiterated
"The signal was weak so it could be that the batteries just died," Giannini suggested
"Out of batteries?" Harry said incredulously
"Or shot down by the enemy," Reborn said
Tsuna put a hand on Harry's shoulder, "Even if there's a chance there is a trap we can't lose the opportunity to retrieve Hibari."
Harry knew that they wouldn't see his side because not many knew Hibari like he did, "Fine,"
"However please look," A bunch of red dots appeared on the screen with one giant dot at the top, "Each of these is a confirmed location of a ring, meaning, there are at least this many enemies on the surface, and among them is a very powerful ring, I'm afraid that it is a captain." Giannini said solemnly
"It's probably Gamma," Lal spoke up
"Gamma?"
"He's the captain of the third squad of black spell (Advanced in combat), he's known as Gamma the lightning. He's a man who has killed so many well-known hitmen and Mafioso. You couldn't count the number of organizations he's crushed on your fingers alone." She explained
Fred whistled in appreciation
"I don't care who he is, there's nothing to worry about, Juudiame."
"Gokudera-kun?"
"After yesterday's training, I did some practicing on my own. I tried out a lot of thing ad powered up like crazy!" Yamamoto confirmed that he had as well
'All I did was go to sleep!' Tsuna thought to himself
"Tsuna-san, there's big trouble,"
"Haru-chan, calm down, tell us what's the matter," Hermione told the girl
She inhaled then exhaled, "Kyoko-chan's missing!" She took a note out of her pocket, "She left a note behind, 'I'm going to my house, I'll make sure to bring back a snack for Lambo-kun and I-pin-chan.'"
"That Sasagawa's not the type to act recklessly," Gokudera said
"She must have been really worried about Ryohei," Reborn suggested
Harry gave him a confused look, "Why? What happened to him?"
"It was a little after Draco's death that Sasagawa Ryohei went missing,"
Harry gasped
"I'm sorry," Haru's voice broke the silence, "If only Haru had been paying more attention,"
"No, it's not your fault," Tsuna replied
"Something trouble's me," Giannini spoke up, "It's impossible to move from this hideout to the surface without anyone knowing. All six exits have voice and fingerprint locks, I'll check the records just in case but I doubt…" He sweat dropped when he read the screen, "Oh, I was in the middle of repairing D-hatch, there's a record of it being opened."
"How could you miss something like that!" Tsuna shouted in his ear
"I-I'm very sorry,"
"There's an emergency signal being sent by the Guardian of cloud's bird, it is time to decide what's best for everyone," Lal said in her usual tone
Reborn wasn't having it, "The highest priority right now is getting Kyoko back here, next is finding Hibird, and then an investigation." He argued
"Assuming that Sasagawa Ryohei's sister hasn't been caught by the enemy," She said forcing them to believe the worst, "If she's not captured, I'd like to avoid combat, it would be best to retrieve her with a small party."
"The same goes for the search of Hibird,"
"It would be better to move around in small numbers," George said
"Let's split up," Fred suggested
"If the SOS was really from Hibari-,"
"Highly doubt it," Harry interrupted
"We can't just take our time," Reborn continued as if Harry never interrupted
"What do you want us to do, Juudiame?" Gokudera asked Tsuna who was staring off into space, though he was brought back from it by Gokudera's voice.
"Decide for us," Yamamoto said
He looked surprised, "M-me?"
"You're the boss," Harry told him, "It's up to you for the final decision, no pressure though."
Tsuna nodded and steeled himself, "We'll search for Kyoko-chan and Hibird at the same time. Um…" He looked towards Lal, "Could you help us with tatics?" He asked
She thought about it for a moment then nodded, "Very well, the problem here is the distribution of our forces, especially if they're fighting cooperatively, there's a danger of being taken out individually."
"Ano, could the wizards please come to me please," Giannini asked, the five of them stepped forward, "In this era, magic is now detectable by Mafioso, so I've developed a special fabric that will block the elements in your wands." He gave each of them a small white bag the size of their wands, all they had to was put the instrument inside and zip it up.
"OH!" Harry shouted gaining everyone's attention, "I almost forgot," He dug in his pocket and brought out a box that was smaller than his palm, he enlarged it and now it was big enough for hands, "I wanted to give this to you guys yesterday when I figured out what they were but I forgot about them."
He opened the box showing everyone the numerous box weapons inside
"Box weapons?"
"Where did you get those?" Lal asked him
Harry took out two yellow boxes and threw them to Fred, "Someone gave them to us,"
"Was it Nico?"
Harry stopped distributing boxes when he heard his sons name, "How-,"
"It was obvious, those are the same boxes that your older selves use, and now they're with you. The only person that future Potter would trust with something that important would either be Bronco or Nico."
"Who's Nico?"
"Aha," Ron pointed at each of the Japanese boys, "Now we're ahead of you, bet you didn't know that Nico's Harry's son." Two red boxes flew and impacted on Ron's head
Harry's glare turned to Tsuna agape mouth and he sighed, "There's no time for this, we have to leave," He finished with the box weapons and saw that there was only one white box for him.
"I wouldn't suggest opening your box unless you're in an extreme situation." Lal said, "You may just end up hurting instead of helping others." She walked away
Harry stared down at his box and wondered what was inside it, he put the box in his pocket and put on his mits.
"Explain it to everyone Sawada," Lal ordered
"Lal Mirch and I will go after Kyoko-chan-,"
"Along with Hermione and Ron," Harry decided to put his own people on this mission, he saw that Ron was about to protest until he gave a soul searing glare in his direction, one he had learned from Draco though probably can't use to the same extent, to quiet him down.
"I'd like Gokudera-kun and Yamamoto to go look for Hibird,"
"Fred and George will be joining them
There were three different shouts of protests
Harry was grabbed by his shoulder and dragged out of the room to a non-distance, "Harry mate-,"
"Let's have-,"
"A little chat shall we," They folded their arms at him
Harry rolled his eyes, "Is there a problem?"
"Yeah, I don't know if you've noticed but Gokudera and Yamamoto don't seem like they get along much." Fred said sarcastically
"Well they don't, that's why I'm sending the two of you along to make sure they stay focused." Harry answered
They grimaced
"What's the problem now, it's not like you have a personal issue with them do you?" He asked
Fred spoke up first, "It's just, Yamamoto has that whole ditzy air about him, it's cute but can get very annoying," He answered
"And Gokudera's a hothead, don't want him losing his cool because of something Yamamoto said." George futhered
"That's why I want you too to go, if anyone can keep Gokudera calm, it's you two." He pushed them back into the room where everyone was waiting for them, "It's decided, Fred and George will go with Yamamoto and Gokudera to find Hibird."
"What about you, Harry, what will you do?" Tsuna asked him
"I've got my own mission right now, don't worry, I'll only be an apparation away."
"You four head through B-hatch to the temple, we'll head through D-hatch towards Sasagawa's home, our communications will probably be jammed by the enemy, because of that we won't be able to communicate with each other, even in an emergency, don't count on getting any help so be prepared for that."
"Right!"
"If this goes well Hibari might join our side," Yamamoto said cheerily
"Shut up,"
Fred looked at George as they were running through B-hatch and gulped, he could see that George was pulling on his collar trying to get the hotness of awkwardness to dissipate.
"If you two were to end up in a fight promise me that you will go into hyper-mode with the ring on your finger." Lal said to them, both boys nodded as they ran through D-hatch
Kyoko saw that her house was being watched by these scary men in black suits, there was no way she could visit her old home without being seen or captured since they seemed to be looking for her.
She ran around the corner in an attempt to get away but was stopped by an arm around her shoulder and a hand covering her mouth.