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Hari waited for Hisakawa to say something and she forced herself to remain still in her seat on the couch and not shift or fiddle with anything as she waited. She had told him everything that had happened over the last few days with her friends from England finding her. He had listened and remained serious as he did so and now he was silent and looked to be in deep thought.

Rinko and Nanjiro were there with her but other than that they were on their own. She had not seen Ron or Hermione or any of the others today saying that she needed some time and that she had something to do. She hadn't exactly told them what because she didn't want them to think that she wasn't happy to see them. Because she was.

Well, mostly.

She didn't like the new tension between them. She had to keep biting her tongue to stop from snapping at them at times when they said something about Hogwarts or magic, or when Hermione talked about her magical education. She didn't want to fight with them, but she was done doing things like everyone else said she should. She wanted to find something that worked for her.

"That was unexpected," Hisakawa finally said bringing Hari out of her thoughts. "Though, we should have been prepared for it."

Hari grimaced and nodded. She should have known that Ron and Hermione wouldn't let it go like that, but how was she supposed to know? They hadn't written or said anything to her before she left Hogwarts. She had thought they were angry at her.

"At least they are your friends," Hisakawa continued. "And we will work on getting some protective enchantments around your house here so that you are better protected, but there will be weaknesses in this because this is a muggle area and we can't make the house disappear. That would create too many problems and questions, but we already have a no-trace charm on you so you can't be magically traced."

Hari blinked but nodded.

"Also we will need to talk to your friends and see if we can protect their knowledge in their heads," Hisakawa continued. "It is a known fact that Dumbledore is a legillimens."

"Um…what's that?" Nanjiro looked confused.

"It's what we call someone who's skilled at legilimency, meaning they can read your mind," Hisakawa explained.

Hari frowned at that and felt something drop inside her.

"Is that why you feel like he can see straight through you?" Hari asked feeling slightly disturbed.

Hisakawa looked at her for a moment before he nodded.

"That can be a reason, yes," he said.

He had read her mind. She was sure of it, all those time he looked her with that piercing and searching look and it was like he tried to see through her. It was making her uncomfortable and angry knowing that he had violated her privacy like that.

And…how many times hadn't she thought that Snape could read her mind as well?

"He used it on you?" Rinko asked looking at Hari before looking at Hisakawa. "He used it on a child? On one of his students?!"

"I cannot say for sure," Hisakawa said. "But there is a chance and if you're right in your worry of him looking for you, we can't be sure that he won't try to use it on your friends in an effort of trying to find you, Hari-chan."

Hari nodded grimly.

"So what will they have to do?" she asked concerned. "How can we hide it from him? They will go back to Hogwarts in September…"

"I will think about something before it's time for them to leave," Hisakawa promised.

"Okay," Hari said trying to calm down and not worry about it.

...

"And there is something else we need to talk about, Hari-chan," Hisakawa said. "I had planned on coming to see you soon as well."

"Nani?" Hari asked nervously.

"I got word from the Department of Magical Education (DME) that you are not handing in your best work or any work at all for your magical classes," Hisakawa said.

Hari looked down.

"Why is that, Hari-chan?" Hisakawa asked.

Hari swallowed and fisted her hands. She could feel Rinko and Nanjiro looking at her also wanting answers and she really didn't have any.

"Hari-chan?" Rinko asked. "Sweetie, why haven't you been doing your magical work?"

"I just haven't had time," Hari said a little defiantly. "With catching up on my muggle school work because I am miles behind there and it's a lot of work trying to catch up, and then there is my tennis practice. And…and I actually enjoy school now, and I never did that before. I had planned on doing the magical work to, but it was easier to postpone it because I didn't really like doing it."

"The agreement was that you would do your own work that you would send in," Hisakawa reminded. "You do need to keep up with your magical education at least until your OWLs."

Hari scowled slightly. She couldn't help it. She felt restricted and forced when it came to magic. It wasn't fun. At all.

"I'll talk with a friend in the DME and ask them to send an advisor to your house in a week or two and they'll talk to you about your options," Hisakawa said. "Maybe you can choose a few core subjects that you can continue with so that you keep your options open for later years if you ever change your mind, okay?"

Hari nodded knowing that this was the best option she would get. She was not really happy about it, but she had known that there would eventually be a reaction to her lack of work in her magical education.

...

Fred and George laughed as they ducked behind a tree and watched as their magically charmed rubber snake made its way through the crowd of students. No one had noticed it yet, but they would soon.

The Kanto Tournament was starting and they were there to watch Hari play tennis, but it was too good of an opportunity to pull a prank to pass up. So, therefore; the sake. At least it was a fake snake, one of those muggle ones (though magically manipulated) you could buy in a store.

"AAAAHH!"

A loud piercing scream sounded making the twins look toward the girl who had screamed and was now jumping about.

"Hebi!"

"What the…!"

"SNAAAAAKEEE!"

Fred and George couldn't help it; they laughed so hard that they had to support themselves against the tree as they took in the chaos and screams as the students ran to get away from the rubber snake that had now stopped moving and was more or less twitching on the ground. The magic was wearing off.

A boy with messy light grey hair and a rat-tail stepped up to the snake looking utterly calm and just curious as he stared down at the snake.

"Oi! Niou! Be careful!" A boy with bright red hair called out as he popped the bubble-gum. He didn't look as worried as the words suggested.

Niou didn't even glance over at his friend before he bent down and ignoring the startled yelps from the other students who had paused to watch him, he picked up the rubber snake by the neck. It gave a last twitch before it went completely still.

Fred and George exchanged looks before they looked back at the boy who was now poking at it curiously.

"It's just a rubber snake, Puri," Niou said almost sounding disappointed but then he smiled widely as he looked around. "What a fun prank."

"Eh? A rubber snake?" the redhead asked coming up to Niou and peered curiously at the rubber snake. "Ah. It is. It looked so real, though."

"Interesting," a boy with brown hair and his eyes closed said.

While a boy with glasses helped a girl who had fallen to the ground back to her feet.

"Are you alright, miss?" he asked politely to which she nodded and blushed.

The watching (and formerly panicking) students around them were scowling and looked embarrassed as they went back to what they had been doing before the fake snake. Fred and George were a little disappointed that the prank already was over.

"But how did it move on its own?" a boy with hair resembling seaweed asked as he poked the snake.

"I don't know," Niou shrugged shaking the snake a little. "It feels like just a normal rubber snake. There's no battery in it…"

"I wonder who is behind it," one of the boys asked looking around curiously.

...

Hari frowned worriedly when Oishi still hadn't shown up. It wasn't like him to be late like this and to such an important day. She glanced at the clock and saw that it was barely twenty minutes until they had to register or they would be disqualified.

"Why is it always something on our first day?!" Horio moaned looking worried.

"Who can we use as a decoy this time?" Kachiro asked. "Horio can't pass as Oishi…"

"Mizuno," Horio and Kachiro said at the same time and turned toward their friend who paled and took a step back holding up his hands.

"Wait…" he said nervously.

Hari shook her head at them before she looked away. She saw Kikumaru looking worried and glanced toward the steps where Oishi (probably) would come running up. Hopefully, he would come soon.

"You actually found your way here without getting lost?" Fuji smirked as he came up beside Hari.

Hari scowled at him.

"Of course I did," she said. "You guys actually stayed in one spot today."

Fuji laughed and shook his head.

"You came with Echizen today, right," Fuji said.

Hari pouted and looked away from him not saying anything. She did not want to admit that he was right. She had arrived with Ryoma and that was probably (most definitely) the reason why she found them so easily.

"You ready for the tournament?" Hari asked glancing at Fuji.

"Saa," he smiled. "It will be interesting."

Hari shook her head and looked around. Still no sign of Oishi.

"Where's Oishi?" Kikumaru asked for the fifth time looking around for his doubles partner.

"I don't know," Momoshiro said.

Hari smiled seeing Momoshiro. He had really gone all out in his effort to support the team. He had even made bands that they could tie around their heads that had cheers written on it. And not to forget the flag.

"Maybe he got lost," Hari suggested.

They turned to stare at her and she blinked.

"He's not you, Hari-chan," Kikumaru said. "Oishi doesn't get lost."

"My data says that you're the one who is most likely to get lost," Inui said.

"Yeah, Hari-chan-sempai, Oishi has a sense of direction!" Horio called.

Hari pouted and ignored Fuji's amused looks.

...

"Ryo-chan, you were right," Hari said amused as Ryoma chocked on his drink when Ryuzaki said that Oishi was at the hospital helping a pregnant lady and wouldn't leave her because she was on her own and scared. Oishi was too kind to leave her alone like that.

What had Hari feeling amused was that Ryoma had suggested that right before Ryuzaki had gotten a call from Oishi. No one had thought it even possible and said it was an excuse only Ryoma would use.

Hari watched as Momoshiro declared he would take Oishi's place at the hospital and ran off. She felt proud as she watched him. He had really taken steps in his development.

"Hari!"

Hari looked away and saw Ron and Hermione followed by the twins and Bill and Charlie coming toward them. She smiled as she waved.

"Hey!" She smiled.

"You're still just standing here?" Bill asked looking around curiously.

"We're missing a member," Hari said and explained how Oishi had ended up going to the hospital helping a pregnant lady, and if Hari understood correctly having saved her from falling as well.

She looked closer at Fred and George who both had that light in their eyes that showed they had been laughing and she knew it meant that they had pulled a prank. She arched a brow at them but they just winked.

Shrugging she turned her attention back to her team and noted that they didn't seem overly worried; they obviously had faith in Momoshiro's ability to get to the hospital in time to relieve Oishi so that he could get back in time.

She didn't feel the same confidence. Not that she doubted Momoshiro. That wasn't the problem, but she worried more about the fact that Oishi had saved the pregnant woman from falling and…well… she had a nagging feeling that Oishi might have gotten hurt.

She really hoped that she was wrong.

"You worried?" Hermione asked.

Hari shrugged and frowned slightly.

"A little," she admitted.

The sound of a phone ringing made Hari looked toward Ryuzaki who answered as she stepped away from them so that they couldn't hear what she was saying. But they could see her frown and getting a serious look on her face.

Hari felt her stomach drop as she knew that her worries had been correct.

"So dramatic," Charlie observed when they finally had gotten registered and were officially ready for the start of the Kanto Tournament. "Are you always this dramatic?"

Hari snorted as she looked at Charlie.

"With Hari-chan on our team?" Kikumaru grinned even though he still looked a little worried. Hari knew he was worried about his partner. "Always."

"This isn't my fault!" Hari protested.

"Surprisingly it isn't you who got mixed up in the situation," Fuji smirked.

Hari scowled at them before she huffed and looked away from them.

"They lie," Hari said looking at her friends.

"I don't know about that," Ron smiled. "It does sound like something you could do…"

"Yeah," Hermione nodded.

"Traitors," Hari muttered much to the others amusement.

Fred and George laughed and both put an arm around her shoulder squeezing her between them as they grinned.

"Oh, I think…" Fred said.

"…we have…" George said.

"…to hear more…" Fred said.

"…about your time here, Hari," they finished together.

"No, you don't," Hari mumbled trying to get free from them.

The twins only laughed and she knew it meant that they wouldn't give up before they had gotten the others talking about her. She almost pouted.

...

Her thoughts moved to the matches coming up later and she wondered who would play and if Ryoma would be able to play Keigo. It would be interesting if he would, but she doubted it. She had a feeling that Tezuka would be the one to play against Keigo. Maybe it was for the best given the tension between Ryoma and Keigo. The two seemed to have some sort of competition going, and it was all because of her.

And her friends would meet Keigo and hopefully that would go alright. She knew that Ron and Hermione had their concerns about this, but she hoped that they would relax when they met him.

Um. When they got over his arrogance and the fact that he could act like a prat.

-Flashback-

"So, I have something to tell you," Hari said as she made herself comfortable on her bed next to Hermione while Ron sat on the office chair looking over at them. His legs were popped up at the edge of the bed.

"What?" Ron asked.

"I found out something else while I was here," Hari said. "I found out that mum was godmother to a boy a year older than me."

Ron and Hermione stared at her surprised.

"Eh?"

"Lily has a godson?" Hermione asked. "Sirius never said anything about it, did he? Professor Lupin didn't either…"

"I know," Hari said. "They never said anything and I would like to know why they didn't, but I can't ask them right now. But, it's true. Mum had a godson."

"But how do you know? Who is it?" Ron asked.

"He told me," Hari said. "And his name is Atobe Keigo."

"But how do you know he's telling you the truth?"

"He had the evidence to back it up," Hari said. "He had pictures and stories, and his parents did as well."

"You've met his parents?" Hermione asked. "Hari, but what if…"

"I worried about it a lot, Hermione," Hari interrupted. "I didn't rush into it if that's what you're worried about. I am able to think for myself, you know."

"I know, but…" Hermione said but stopped.

Hari frowned slightly but shrugged it off. "Well, anyway, I met them and we've talked a few times after that. I've talked more with him, though."

"And who is he? How is your mum his godmother?" Ron asked.

"Mum was best friend with his mum when they were children," Hari explained and gave them a quick overview of Lily's history with Atobe Yukiko.

-Flashback end-

Hari frowned as the memory of her telling Ron and Hermione about Keigo. She couldn't help but feel like every time she told them something about her life here or her new discoveries the distance between them grew. She could tell that Ron was holding back his feelings, but she knew that it wouldn't last. He would soon boil over and she would need to be prepared to deal with it then.

And Hermione…Hari frowned. She really didn't want to fight her, but she wasn't the same person anymore. Before she allowed Hermione (and Ron to a certain degree) to dictate her actions and thoughts, she had been too worried about losing them as her friends too really stand up to them. But now…well, she wasn't that girl anymore and she knew that she wouldn't be able to keep quiet about the disapproval she saw in their eyes at times.

But she didn't want to lose their friendship. She really didn't. They had been with her through some really difficult times at Hogwarts and the fact that they had found her that they had looked for her proved that they did care about her.

So, she postponed the talk she knew they had to have. She really didn't want to push them away.

"Hari?"

Hari blinked and saw Fred looking at her with an arched brow. "You okay?"

"Yeah, sorry," she smiled. "Just got lost in thought."

"Dangerous," George grinned but she saw the worry in his eyes.

Hari smiled to reassure them and did her best to push her thoughts away and focus on what she was supposed to focus on.

...

"Doubles 2; Kikumaru and Echizen Hari," Ryuzaki said.

Hari felt determination fill her as she exchanged a look with Kikumaru who looked equally determined. She knew he was still worried about Oishi and that she wasn't his ideal partner, but she knew she could do a good job. She would prove it.

"You and me, Hari-chan," Kikumaru said holding up his hand for a high-five which she gave with a smile.

"We'll win," she said and he grinned.

"Doubles 1: Kaido and Inui," Ryuzaki continued after giving Hari and Kikumaru a proud little smile.

Kaido and Inui didn't say anything as they stared at Ryuzaki.

"Singles 3: Kawamura," Ryuzaki called.

Kawamura looked serious and a little nervous but mostly determined like the rest of them.

"Singles 2: Fuji," Ryuzaki said.

Hari saw that Fuji gave a small smile and she knew why. He would play the one who had beaten his brother and knew that Fuji was looking forward to that.

"Singles 1: Tezuka," Ryuzaki finished.

Hari wasn't surprised that Tezuka would be the one to play Keigo, and she had to admit that she did look forward to seeing which one of them were the best.

"From now on there will be no changes," Ryuzaki said firmly. "If you lose here the seniors will have to retire. Our dream of going to the Nationals will also be gone. All of you! Play with all you have so that you'll have no regrets!"

"Hai!" They all yelled back feeling the resolve fill them and it showed in their expressions.

...

Seiichi sighed as he watched his teammates still poke around with the rubber snake and he saw that Sanada was getting tired of it as well if the sigh he let out was any indication.

"Give it a rest," Seiichi finally said.

"But Yukimura! It moved on its own," Bunta said around his bubble-gum.

Seiichi shook his head as he continued to walk. They had already registered for the tournament but they didn't have a match until the next day. Though Seiichi wanted to see Hari's team play and his teammates had decided to join him.

He gave them a look and continued to walk. He didn't really know where Hari and her team had gathered before the match but he guessed going to the court where they would be playing Hyotei would do. She would at least come there eventually.

"Will Hari-chan play today?" Sanada asked.

Seiichi glanced over at his best friend but he was looking straight ahead and looked serious like normal so he couldn't see what he was thinking. But he knew him well enough to know that Sanada was curious about Hari.

"I don't know," Seiichi said. "She said their coach hadn't told them who's going to play yet, but she said that she doubted it."

"Oh? Hari-chan won't be playing?" Kirihara asked disappointed. "I wanted to watch her play…"

"Yukimura said that Hari-chan didn't know," Jackal reminded calmly. "We'll just have to wait and see."

Kirihara nodded but still looked a little disappointed.

Seiichi couldn't help but smile. He liked that his team, his friends, seemed to like Hari despite not having met her many times. But they showed interest and asked about her and wanted to watch her first match. It meant a lot to him.

But he was a little nervous if he was going to be honest. He knew her friends from England were there as well now, and he really wanted them to like him. She talked about them a lot, but he knew there was something she held back from him as well. He knew she wasn't 100% happy with them being here, but she refused to really tell him what it was that made her hesitant and wary. He didn't really like that she wouldn't confide in him completely, he wanted to be there for her but if he didn't know what was wrong then how was he going to help her?

He pushed it back because he wasn't going to dwell on it and he didn't want to make anything out of it. Perhaps she would confide more in him if given more time.

"Ah! There she is!" Kirihara suddenly exclaimed and bounced off before anyone could hold him back. Seiichi sighed but smiled slightly at the excitable second-year. He heard Kirihara calling Hari's name and saw Hari who had been talking with someone Seiichi didn't know turn around and smile when she saw Kirihara. Then her eyes moved from Kirihara and met his and she smiled turned even warmer than before making him feel his chest warm and a fluttery feeling in his stomach.

...

"Hari-chan!" An excitable voice called making Hari turn from where she had been talking with Ron and his brothers and Hermione. She saw Kirihara coming bouncing toward her and smiled at him before she looked behind him and felt her stomach do a funny dance as she met Seiichi's warm eyes and the small smile that she knew was only meant for her. She also noticed that all of his team were with him as well.

"Akaya-kun," she smiled as she turned her attention back to Kirihara. "How are you?"

"Hey! We're here to watch you play!" Kirihara said.

"Oi! It's you!" Momoshiro exclaimed. "You're the one who crashed our practice!"

Kirihara blinked at him before he shrugged.

"So?" he asked before looking back at Hari who had turned her attention to Seiichi who had come closer now.

"Hello, Hari-chan," Yagyuu smiled politely and formally.

"Hey, Yagyuu-kun," Hari smiled.

Hari walked over to Seiichi who smiled at her and she grabbed his hand.

"Sei-chan," she grinned. "You're here."

"I said I wanted to watch your team play today," Seiichi smiled and reached out to push a loose strand of her hair from her face and let his fingers linger against her cheek for a moment before he pulled his hand back.

"Great!" she said. "You'll have to meet my friends then."

Seiichi nodded and looked over Hari's head and saw the curious and considering looks from the six people he assumed were her friends from England. He pushed back the wave of nerves that hit him as he put on his calm smile. Hari pulled at his hand and dragged him toward them and he knew she understood that he was nervous because she squeezed his hand slightly and gave him a reassuring smile.

"Guys!" Hari said. "There's someone I want you to meet."

"I take it he's not your mum's godson?" Ron asked suspiciously as he looked at Seiichi.

"Eh? No," Hari blinked. "He's not."

"Okay," Ron said.

"Sei-chan, this is the Weasley's," Hari said pointing at them, "Bill, Charlie, Fred, George and Ron. Ron's my best friend. And my other best friend, Granger Hermione."

Seiichi smiled politely.

"Yoroshiku," he said.

"Guys, this is my boyfriend, Yukimura Seiichi," Hari said. "And his team…"

She listed every name on his team as she pointed them out and they nodded politely, but they all noticed how the group seemed to have frozen with identical looks of surprise on their face, mouths slightly open and wide-eyed.

Hari bit her lip as she tried to keep the smile off her face as she took in her friends' reactions. Bill and Charlie were the ones who broke out of it first and nodded politely at Seiichi and his team and even reached out to shake Seiichi's hand.

But the twins and Ron and Hermione seemed to be caught in a loop as they looked from Hari to Seiichi and then their still connected hands. And then blinked before they did it again.

"Why do I have a feeling that you hadn't told them about me?" Seiichi whispered in her ear making her lean into him and giggle.

"Well…I thought it would be amusing to see their reactions…" Hari said innocently making Seiichi sigh but smile as he pressed a soft kiss to her temple.

"What…wait…um…what?" Ron babbled.

Hari looked back at her friends and saw that they had broken out of the stupor but were now blinking rapidly.

"Hari?" Hermione said. "Did you say; boyfriend?"

"Hai," Hari said. "He's my boyfriend."

"Boy that is a friend?" Ron asked hopefully.

Hari snorted.

"No, boyfriend, like in I like him and he likes me," Hari said a small blush colouring her cheeks even as she squeezed Seiichi's hand and feeling him squeeze back.

"A boy has finally caught our Hari's heart," Fred and George said as one.

"Oh…"

"…dear…"

"…what will…"

"…all the boys…"

"…at home say?"

Hari rolled her eyes at them when she saw their wide teasing grins as they stared at them.

"What boys?" she snorted.

"What boys, she asked?" Fred said with mock shock.

"She did, indeed," George answered in the same tone.

"Well, there was a boy named Michael," Fred said.

"And a boy named Ernie," George added.

"And then there was the prat Malfoy…" Fred said.

"Okay! Stop it!" Hari interrupted them with a glare. "Michael? Like Corner? No way! And Ernie Macmillan? As if. They're just friends, or really just acquaintances. And Malfoy? Really? He's a jerk and a prejudice prat that won't know what liking someone meant!"

Hari scowled at them making them laugh before they looked at Seiichi who arched a brow as he glanced at Hari. Hari noticed and felt her cheeks tinge red.

"Nice to meet you, Yukimura-san," Hermione said politely and held out a hand to Seiichi bringing the attention away from the twins much to Hari's relief. She was all too aware that her friends from her team were laughing or at least looking amused and she saw the same amusement in Seiichi's team.

"Nice to meet you too, Granger-san," Seiichi said with a small smile as he shook her hand. "Hari-chan has told me a lot about you."

Hari looked at Ron who looked sceptical but when she turned her eyes pleading he sighed and held out his hand.

"Nice to meet you," Ron said gruffly as Seiichi shook his hand.

"You too, Weasley-san," Seiichi said.

"Call me Ron," Ron said uncomfortably. "We're too many to keep track of if you're going to call us by our last names."

Hari snorted, "and that's even without all of you here."

"All of them?" Kirihara asked.

"They're missing two siblings," Hari said. "They're seven siblings in total."

"That's a lot," Bunta blinked.

...

"So, are you playing?" Kirihara asked.

Hari nodded, "yeah, I am."

"Awesome," Bunta grinned around his bubble-gum.

Hari smiled slightly as her team also stepped closer having let her introduce Seiichi to her friends in peace (though that didn't mean that they hadn't paid attention).

"She's playing with me, nya!" Kikumaru said as he bounced over to them and stopped beside Hari.

"Aren't you normally playing with Oishi?" Seiichi asked looking around and realising that he didn't see Oishi.

"Well," Hari frowned slightly still feeling worried about her friend. "Oishi got hurt on the way here because he caught a pregnant lady who fell down some stairs as she went into labour."

Seiichi blinked. "Really?"

Hari nodded, "really. Oishi is still at the hospital with the pregnant lady because he didn't want to leave her alone until her husband gets there."

"I see," Seiichi said.

"Then we'll get to see you play, Hari-chan," Sanada said. "It will be interesting."

Hari smiled at him and nodded.

"Did you see the chaos earlier, Puri!" Niou asked changing the subject seemingly unable to keep quiet anymore.

"Chaos?" Momoshiro asked curiously. "What chaos?"

Hari also looked curiously at Niou wanting to know more.

"Someone let lose a rubber snake and it moved on its own and had everyone is panicking and it created such chaos!" Niou exclaimed.

Hari blinked. A rubber snake…?

"A rubber snake moved on its own?" Kikumaru asked sceptically.

"It did," Bunta nodded.

"Here," Niou pulled it up and held it so they could all see it.

Hari blinked again because that rubber snake looked awfully familiar…

"Oi. Isn't that yours, Hari?" Ron turned to look at Hari.

"It is!" Hermione said. "I recognise it, you had that our second year. You created a mass panic at school with that thing."

Hari remembered all too well what they referred to. She had grown tired of being feared and believed to be the Heir of Slytherin and had decided to conjure up a rubber snake like the ones the muggles used for pranks and such. She had cast a charm on it and had it move around the Great Hall during dinner.

Oh, the panic she had created. She loved it. She had loved seeing those who believed her to be the one hurting everyone panic. If they were going to be idiots then she wouldn't feel bad for them either. She had not been caught for the prank even if she had a feeling that some of the professors had known it was her.

"But…I didn't do it," Hari said when they all looked at her. Seiichi looked amused and arched a brow at her.

Niou and Bunta looked shocked but almost hopeful as they stared at her.

"It does seem like something you would find amusing, Hari-chan," Fuji smiled with his eyes closed.

"Yeah, the data suggest you are likely to be guilty," Inui added.

"Oh? Does it?" Yanagi asked his friend. "Interesting data."

Hari shook her head.

"I didn't do it," she denied. "I have been here the whole time, remember? I came with Ryo-chan."

"She did," Ryoma nodded and she smiled at him.

"But then who did it?" Jackal asked.

Hari looked to the twins who had been remarkably silent. She narrowed her eyes at them.

"Fred, George," she said. "Do you know anything about this? Because I'm pretty sure I gave that snake to you."

Fred and George smiled trying to look innocent.

"Eh? Hari, do you really…"

"…accuse us for doing…"

"…something like that?" they finished together.

Hari snorted.

"George, Fred," Bill sighed. "Seriously."

"Those poor students," Charlie said but he did look a little amused.

Niou, Kirihara and Bunta had turned to the twins with wide awed eyes when they realised who had been behind the prank.

"You did it, Piyo?" Niou asked. "Really?"

"Oh, they did it alright," Hari huffed shaking her head. "They're known pranksters back home."

She shook her head at the sheepish look on Fred and George's faces but Niou looked to be in awe and was next to them in a second and already pulling them into a conversation. The twins didn't even blink before they joined him and responded with equally eager faces.

...

"Uh-oh," Seiichi said quietly next to her making Hari glance at him and saw the wary look at his face as he watched the scene.

"What?" Hari asked.

"I have a feeling that my life is going to become even more complicated," Seiichi sighed.

Hari smiled at the despair she picked up on in his voice and she turned and stepped closer to him making him look at her more fully now and smile. His free hand (the other still held her hand) went to her waist and rested there as he pulled her even closer.

"I feel like I should say sorry, or something," Hari smiled mischievously.

"You should," Seiichi agreed.

Hari stepped closer and leaned up and pressed her lips to his and she felt his hand tighten on her waist slightly curling her shirt that he was clutching. His lips pressed firmly back against hers and she was sure her heart would burst out of her chest at any moment.

A second later she pulled back remembering that they were in the middle of both of their teams and her friends so she didn't want to get too lost in Seiichi. Though, it was a battle because just meeting his violet-blue eyes with hers had her breathing picking up and she wanted to kiss him again.

"I'm sorry," she smiled.

"Sure, you…" he started but was interrupted.

"Oh, Hari and Yukimura sitting in the tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G," Hari heard the twins sing and blushed as she hid her face against Seiichi's chest. She knew her face was bright red and she really wished that the twins would go away. Somewhere far, far away where they couldn't embarrass her anymore.

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AN: What do you think? XD

Again, sorry for the delay in the update. Hope you liked the new chapter, though. :) Next chapter will be Hari and Kikumaru's double match! XD

Thank you for supporting the story and reading! XD You're the best! :)

Japanese words used:
Nani - What
Hebi - Snake
Saa - Filler
Hai - Yes
Yoroshiku - Nice to meet you