Chapter 15: coffee, confrontations and familiar faces / Iba Hachiro 1

Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with the harry potter, Yandere simulator or the Hakuouki franchises

Hey lovelies

As you can see I've made a new chapter and as I've promised to you and myself I'd get it up before christmas, and have added a new character, be for you ask why I've gone against the Poll, I love the Hakuouki franchise and I thought I might incorperate some Hakuouki SSL into the story if only for amusement, and if you look up Iba in hakuouki and imagine him in an SSL school uniform I think you'll agree that he's even sexier that way. Any ways, Read, review, vote on the poll and please check out my other storys and enjoy.

Love

Snow

PS:

The Poll stats are:

Yakuza: 6

Mido: 3

Other: 2

Aso: 1

Oko: 1

Hanako: 1

So, if you're lucky Yakuza might turn up in a few chapters time, I have special plans for him indeed!

Wisteria's POV:

It's been a couple of weeks since I've returned to school, and had that embarrassing fall, though I stopped needing the crutches last week, the winter was definitely in full swing and with winter came snow and ice, I shuddered remembering the harsh winters at Hogwarts and at Privet Drive.

I'm glad that I'm here at Akademi high in a way, I've got real friends that'll stand beside me through everything, I'm allowed to work at my full potential without that jealous pig Ron Weasley and the book beaver Hermione Granger constantly breathing down my neck, I'm also learning things from my evening classes that I'd never learn at Hogwarts and at a more advanced rate, meaning I won't have to take the classes for much longer unless I wish to go on to a specialist area like healing, politics, tailoring, those kinds of things.

Suddenly the scraping of metal against lino, pulling me out my thoughts, causing me to look up to see Osano moving to sit in front of me.

"Hey Wis, I was wondering, are you free this evening?" He asked me, causing me to blink somewhat owlishly at him.

"Well I don't have any evening classes tonight; the teachers are marking our advancement papers so there are no classes" I replied.

"So do you want to do something?" He asked me his eye's narrowing in expectation.

"Well, I've behaved myself and I haven't had a good coffee in a while, so why don't we go and have one somewhere?" I suggested causing one of his eyebrows to rise slightly.

"Really Wis? Coffee? You know what you doctor said, no caffeine" said Osano in an exasperated tone.

"Osano I haven't had a good Coffee for two months" I began to say before he cut across me.

"Well, if you have a decaf then I'll take you out for a coffee somewhere" he said relenting.

"Okay, what about the Black Koi?" I asked knowing it was the best student coffee house in Kyoto, despite the distance.

"Isn't that in the historic part of the city?" He asked.

"Yes" I replied.

"Are you sure you can walk that far? I mean you've only just come off your crutches" he began before I interrupted him.

"Osano, I've been stuck indoors for three months with no mental stimulation what so ever, yesterday I found myself transfixed by the washing machine watching my clothes getting washed" I said in a warning tone.

After that statement, Osano quickly shut up if only to prevent my ire, however I was now excited about being taken out after school, I cheered up considerably and with that to look forward to, time passed within the blink of an eye before the final bell rang. With that Osano and I headed out to the bus stop and waited for the bus towards the more historic part of the city, though I think I spooked Osano while we waited seeing as I was pretty much vibrating in my seat. It wasn't long before we reached our stop and began the short walk towards the coffee house, however I found it rather annoying when Osano kept walking up close to me or kept at a stance, expecting me to topple over at any second, I was glad it wasn't far to get to the Black Koi.

It was spacious but warm, with an interior that was reminiscent of traditional tea houses in the Edo era with stone floors for walk ways, surrounding little raised platforms that were covered in tatami mats with chabudai tables and cushions, almost like islands in a vast ocean, in the centre of the building was a large pond with a red wooden bridge like the ones I'd seen in many photographs. Before we could select a table, I walked towards the pond and looked in it only to see tens if not hundreds of koi in the clear water, never before had I seen so much gold and white, until I saw the flurry of a different colour, amid the colour I saw a beautiful black and white koi fish basking near the surface, it made me smile that there was at least one individual in the group.

"You can feed them you if you want" said a female voice from behind me. I turned to see a girl with chocolate brown eyes and shoulder length brown hair tied back in a low pony tail, she was wearing a school uniform that was different to mine, one with a sky-blue blazer and a rather short grey pleated skirt, along with a bright red bow tie.

"Really?" I asked politly.

"Yes, all you need to do is ask at the counter" the girl replied smiling.

"Uh...thank's I guess..." I tried to thank the girl only I didn't know her name.

"Oh sorry, my name is Chizuru, Chizuru Yukimora" she said.

"Okay, Chizuru, I'm Wisteria" I introduced myself to her.

"What's the hold-up Wis I've got us a table!" Came Osano's voice, causing me to look around, it seemed that Osano had gone to look for a place for us to sit.

After a few moments I spotted him on the other side of the pond, looking rather irritated at my supposed dawdling, smiling and playfully rolling my eyes I begun to walk over to him.

"What were you doing with her! She's from a rival school!" He demanded in a harsh whisper.

"She was talking to me, apparently we're allowed to feed the fish here." I explained.

"That not what I meant, she's from Haku academy, they hate Akidemi high, we've beaten them in almost every sport in the district, and from what I've heard they despise you because of your winning streak when you were playing sport" he explained.

"Well, she certainly didn't seem to hate me, let alone know me" I said chuckling as I picked up a menu, to see a wonderful selection of teas and coffees along with a wide selection of light snacks and cakes.

No one's POV:

It wasn't long before both Wisteria and Osano made their choice, Osano went with a black Americano while Wisteria had to settle for a decaf cappuccino and a piece of ichigo cake to go with it.

Wisteria was part way through her coffee and her cake when she and Osano were approached by a tall boy with long hair the colour of red wine and eyes that matched it, he was wearing a uniform similar to Chizuru, so Wisteria assumed that he was from the same school as the girl, however Wisteria could tell from the arrogant air the boy put on that this meeting was going to be far from pleasant.

"So, you're from the school that keeps beating us, you're in our territory" he said in a snobby tone.

"The last time I checked this was a public establishment, meaning any one had the right to be here" said Wisteria calmly, trying not to let the boy get the better of her, especially since the boy reminded her of a certain blond ferret she knew and loathed.

"Listen to me peasant! If you don't leave now I'll show you how you treat your betters!" The boy snapped.

"And if I don't? Are you going to go crying to daddy" Wisteria countered in a mocking tone, not taking the boys hot air any more.

"Why you!" The boy exclaimed raising his hand to slap Wisteria.

"Stop it Takeda! You're going too far!" One of his friend's exclaimed.

Wisteria stood up to prevent the slap only for a pair of hands land on her shoulders.

"Shhh, don't. A girl shouldn't get involved in such a dangerous situation, this boy won't hesitate to harm you, and it'll be grave" a soft male voice quietly said in Wisterias ear, as soon as she turned to see who it was Wisteria became transfixed by his facial features, he had well defined cheek bones, greyish green eyes and long chocolate brown hair that was tied back neatly, however his fringe hung untidily across his handsome yet effeminate face, for a moment Wisteria thought the boy was an actor or a model. He was also dressed in a Haku academy uniform like Takeda, so she assumed that he went to the same school as him.

"Uhh... um..." Wisteria began to splutter out, not used to people coming to her defence like that.

"Don't worry. Just leave it to me" the boy said before stepping in front of Wisteria, his soft voice enveloping her with a sense of calm, causing her to sit back down and let him proceed.

Wisteria's POV:

I was slightly concerned for the boy because of Takeda, he was huge and appeared to have a short temper to match, it was a recipe for disaster in the making.

"Excuse me, may I say something, you're a second year at Haku, right?" The boy asked.

Takeda turned to face the boy, staring in disbelief that someone would approach him in such a manner.

"So, what is it to you?" He replied with his own question, inadvertently confirming that he was a second year.

"it's quite clear that you're a bully. Seeing as the girl you're antagonizing is a first year at her school, so what do you intend on doing to get her to forgive you, hmm?" Iba said his voice starting to sound serious.

"What? How dare you question me like this, I'm above you first year! Or are you a spy for those bitches at Akidemi high? Aren't you! I should have known that someone would turn traitor eventually" replied Takeda his face going bright red with rage.

"Did you have to make him mad?" I asked the boy in a harsh whisper, clearly not liking his actions one bit, however the boy just ignored me.

"So, just because I questioned you, I'm suddenly a traitor now, so I guess a fair warning is out of the question" said the boy his eyes narrowing.

"Well you are preventing me from removing some unwanted pests, which is all the proof..." Takeda started to say before he was interrupted.

"Very well then. If things are going to escalate, I wouldn't want to upset the lady here, so why don't we take this outside?" The boy asked.

"I'll tell you where we can take it!" Takeda snapped.

"You we can take it right here!" He said charging towards the boy only for the boy to jump a side leaving a clear path to the pond, causing Takeda to effectively throw himself in. Causing everybody in the room to burst into copious amounts of laughter, Takeda sat up in a daze, wondering what had happened, and why he had pond weed in his hair like bad extensions.

"Hey Takeda, Nice Wig!" One of the other patrons yelled in-between his howls of laughter.

"What's going on in here!" Came the angry voice of the manager as he approached us in an angry stomp.

"Ah just who I was waiting for" said the boy Takeda had almost attacked.

"Can you explain this?" Asked the manager.

"Yes, sir I can, the young man in the pond was harassing this young lady because she was from a different school, I stepped in to try to stop him from doing so, only for him to get angry and charge at me, I simply stepped to the side and he landed in the pond" answered the boy pointing at Takeda.

"that's it! I'm calling his father about this! I've allowed this to go on for far too long" Said the manager marching up to the counter and picking up the phone.

"What does he mean by that?" I asked a passing customer.

"It means that he's tried to stop Takeda's antics before, but now it seems that he's definitely had enough" said the girl before heading off to her table.

"Oh" I muttered to myself before I decided to approach the boy who stood up for me.

"Hey, how can I thank you for your help?" I asked him.

"Why don't I join you and your friend at your table, I'll get you another coffee and cake, and we can chat for a while" he said smiling. It was after that Osano finally found his voice again and approached the boy as well.

"yeah, thanks for your help and your offer, but she can't have caffeine for medical reasons" Osano said.

"Osano I haven't had caffeine for three months!" I nearly shouted.

"you know what the doctor said" Osano stated.

"I'm sure a little won't hurt" I said.

"why don't I make an order and well carry on this chat at our table, any way what would you like" said the boy kindly.

"I'll have a caffeinated mocha this time" I told him politely while Osano told the boy his order.

The boy placed our orders and joined us at our table, and we ended up chatting for a while waiting, it wasn't until our drinks and cake arrived, something struck me.

"Hey I didn't catch your name" I said curiously, causing the boy to smile.

"I'm sorry for not introducing myself, I'm Hachiro Iba" he said formally.

"Well, then Iba-kun my name is Potter Wisteria" I replied in a slightly mocking voice, giving him a smile.

"Just Iba, you remind me of someone I know, with the same name, in England" he said giving me an intense stare.

"Well I don't know who you're talking about, seeing as I have very few happy memories and very few friends back in England, while I did have a friend, he abandoned me a long time ago, so I put him out of my mind, I doubt that we were real friends any way, we were only six at the time " I replied in a slightly cold way.

No One's POV:

Osano quietly listened to Iba and Wisteria's conversation, as listened he also watched their body language, he was grateful that looking after his younger brothers and sisters along with his mother because over the course of time he learnt to read people effectively, he could see that Wisteria wasn't comfortable with what Iba was talking about, it upset him that this stranger would hurt his friend, simply by touching on the sore spot that was her past. He didn't like the fact that this stranger was upsetting his friend, and he didn't know how to step in.

Meanwhile Iba was observing Wisteria as he remembered the childhood friend, it was nine years since he had last seen her and he couldn't believe how much she had changed, he still remembered the day he met her, it was when his family had to travel for his father's work, that year he spent five months in England and went to St Sebastian's primary school, while he got on well with the girls in his class the boys he didn't like so much and it was of Dudley Dursley, he would pick on Iba for anything, from being foreign to being liked by the girls, but the main thing that he picked on Iba for was his long hair, it was one day in early spring when Dudley was once again doing this when someone stepped in to stop the bully.

It was a girl, with short messy hair and raggedy clothes along with the biggest green eyes he'd ever seen, she stood up to Dursley and helped Iba as well as introduced herself as Wisteria Potter, they became great friends, but that ended when his family got reposted, they lost touch with each other.

Iba's POV:

It had been so long since I had seen my old friend, and I couldn't believe that she thought that, didn't she get my letters? Probably not, it hurt that she didn't seem to remember me, I mean she was the one she saved from her lard ass cousin, and my parents tried their best to get her away from her family. Oh, I knew that they were hurting her, but I didn't know the extent of it until I was fourteen and my mother pulled me aside and told me that it was bad and that she and father had called the police about it, but there was no follow up and how there was nothing else they could do. I remember writing to her but I received no reply, I thought that she was just busy or not happy with me and was trying to get pay back for me leaving her behind, but my mother told me that it was unlikely that she ever got the letters, it angered me greatly, knowing that she was hurting and I couldn't be there to stop it.

And now that I've met her again, I can't believe how much she'd changed, gone was the messy haired little girl and in her place, was a young woman, long white hair replaced her short messy black hair, and her warm green eyes had transitioned into cold blue eyes, while I knew that a lot of people changed as they grew up but it unnerved me at how much can change when you're not around to see it, it made me think about what it reflected, the snow queen, a once warm gentle kind woman, until betrayal reared its ugly head leaving her a cold cruel shell of a ruler, it made me wonder what turned Wisteria into a snow queen in her life and how I can melt the ice in her heart.

"So, you don't remember me at all?" I asked Wisteria, who looked down into her cup of coffee, as if she was trying to ignore the question.

"No, not that I want remember the past" she reply, causing my eyes to widen.

We continued to talk with Wisterias friend adding his two cents once in a while, learning what we were all up to and what school, life and other aspects of what was going on between then and now. When Wisteria mentioned her friends in Akidemi, including the boys I couldn't help but let jealousy rise at this, it hurt that she replaced me with the others but I understand that thing happen, and that she was hurting and alone at the time, but now she doesn't have to be alone, and I can finally keep my promise to her.

Flash Back:

"I wish you weren't leaving" said a younger Wisteria,

"We'll be together again" I reply, looking at her as she sat on one of the many boxes in what you used to be his room.

"but they'll hurt me again" she whispered looking at her hands.

"We'll be together again and I'll make sure you never hurt again, I promise" I told her pulling her into a hug.

Flash forward:
I was on the plane, thinking about my friend and the promise I made, I didn't tell her about the other promise I'd made to myself over the course of time, that when we're together again, that I'd make her mine.

Back to now:

I returned back to the present, with my promises freshly returned to me, causing me to look at Wisteria with a new perspective, her cold and icy demeanour became beautiful, her sharp aristocratic features and slim figure became erotic and her maturing voice became music to his very soul, it was heavenly torture.