~Tears of a Phoenix~
A Fushigi Yuugi/Harry Potter Crossover
DISCLAIMER: Rowling-sama owns Harry Potter and Watase-sama owns Fushigi Yuugi.
Author's Notes: AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH! SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING FOR SO LONG! I have the file of this chapter and the next on another computer and am retyping it from the printed copy I have just to update! (Sign flashes above head: Criminally obsessed authoress!)
And here are the voting results! I tallied these up around 6/30/02 and wrote the chapter where they got sorted then, so the recent votes by Chibi Leelee Milo and Saihitei no Miko were sadly not counted. Thank you for reviewing anyway!!! (26!!! I have 26 reviews!!! WOW!!!)
A big thank you to all of the voters: Keinami, Marzoog, PrincessKitty-Chan, Kryssa, Akia Starfrost, Sansele, eelyn1986, shadow priestess, Misao, Lanen, Kara, whoever that anonymous person was, and Lianne. The key is the following: G=Gryffindor, H=Hufflepuff, R=Ravenclaw, S=Slytherin, and ?=Didn't Know.
Miaka – GGGGGGGG HHHH – GRYFFINDOR
Taka (Tamahome) – GGGGGGGGGG HH – GRYFFINDOR
Saihitei (Hotohori) – GGGGGGGGGGG R – GRYFFINDOR
Kourin/Ryuuen (Nuriko) – GGGGGGGGGGG H – GRYFFINDOR
Houjun (Chichiri) – GGGGGGGG RRR R/S – GRYFFINDOR
Genrou (Tasuki) – GGGGGGGGGGGG – GRYFFINDOR
Juan (Mitsukake) – GGGGG HHHHH RR – GRYFFINDOR or HUFFLEPUFF (He's going into Gryffindor so that he can have some company.)
Doukun (Chiriko) – GGGGG RRRRRRR – RAVENCLAW (But he needs some friends! He's going into Gryffindor. And in my opinion, he's the bravest when it counts.)
Yui – RRRR HH SSSSS ? – SLYTHERIN
Ayuru (Nakago) – SSSSSSSSSSSS – SLYTHERIN
Koutoko (Amiboshi) – GGG HH RR SSSS Not S – GRYFFINDOR or SLYTHERIN (He's in Slytherin so that he can be with Suboshi.)
Shunkaku (Suboshi) – GG HH SSSSSSS Not S – SLYTHERIN
Kaen (Soi) – G RRR SSSSSSSS – SLYTHERIN
Kiba (Ashitare) – H SSSSSSSSSS H/S – SLYTHERIN
Chuin (Tomo) – SSSSSSSSSSS R – SLYTHERIN
Karasu (Miboshi) – G SSSSSSSSSSS – SLYTHERIN (The Gryffindor vote was from someone who hadn't seen him in the series.)
To those who wanted to see the houses of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff in the fic: Don't worry! Some of their friends are in those houses, and I'll be sure to mention them!
~Chapter 3~
*Doukun's POV*
It is interesting to note how different the "wizarding" world is from the non-wizarding, or "Muggle," world. I myself am from a completely Muggle family, and before I received my invitation to Hogwarts I had no idea that such a different culture could coincide symbiotically with the Muggles' and yet remain almost completely hidden from them. I was amazed to discover that dragons and unicorns, as well as centaurs, mermaids (and mermen), and fairies actually do exist. It is also true, however, that fairies, pixies, and the like are actually quite lacking in intelligence and are sometimes quite mischievous or evil, as unlike what Muggle press portrays them as they can be. Unicorns, on the other hand, greatly deserve their good press.
All of this wonderful information was from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander. The book, which was a required book for Hogwarts, was currently in my room above the tavern section of the Leaky Cauldron.
The Leaky Cauldron is really an amazing tavern, and it is one of the most famous places in the wizarding world because they serve any type of guest. Once, I believe that I saw a vampire order a glass of blood! It made me feel slightly sickened, but I soon recovered. My roommates, who go by the names Juan, Taka, and Houjun, also saw that incident and agree with me that it was most likely a vampire. I must admit that at first it was Genrou and not Houjun who was rooming with us, but Genrou continually started fights with Taka, and Mr. Hagrid eventually had to move Genrou into another room.
My roommates are quite interesting people. Houjun has very strange blue hair that seems to stick up like a rooster tail. I heard Genrou ask him once how much hair gel he used to make himself look like a peacock every morning. An offended Houjun replied that it was all-natural, but even I do not believe it is ordinary. Perhaps it is because of his magic manifesting in a strange way. Houjun s a devout Buddhist, and he even said that he thought of becoming a monk before coming to Hogwarts. He is very serious for his age (even I behave like a child occasionally), and sometimes he acts as mature as most adults. He said he was perfectly happy living in the wizard-lacking Tokyo. According to him, his family was one of the only wizarding families in all of Tokyo as most prefer to live in Kyoto. His older brother, Hikou, is also studying at Hogwarts.
Another of my roommates is Juan. He is tall for his age, but he has a skinny, unfinished look to him that suggests that he will one day be even taller and muscular. I have a feeling I will never grow that much. He is almost as serious as Houjun, and he is even quieter. I think we are already best friends. We get along perfectly, and for us it is fun just to play a game of chess. He has introduced me to wizard chess, which even he did not know about until he received the letter from Hogwarts. Apparently his family is all Muggle like mine, but his aunt is a witch. She gave him the board, but wizard chess is too violent for our tastes. Seeing chess pieces flatten each other gives me no pleasure, and I doubt that Juan truly likes it, as he wants to be a great doctor one day. He plans to learn many healing spells while at Hogwarts.
Taka is my third roommate. He says that he lives with his father and his four younger siblings. All of the children show magical tendencies, but his father is a Muggle. His mother was a witch, but she died in mysterious circumstances soon after his youngest sister, Yuiren, was born. Taka is a nice person, and he and Genrou treat me like a younger brother (a bit to my resentment; I am almost as old as both of them). He is protective of people smaller than himself, which is a good quality because he has enough strength and skills in martial arts that he could easily become a bully. It is because of him that people do not pick on me for being shorter than most my age.
It is just a coincidence that we ended up rooming close to the other people who have wands that are the "brothers" of ours. I will have to research what Mr. Ollivander meant when he said that. But whatever it means, we have Miaka and Kourin rooming to the right of our room and Saihitei and Genrou rooming to our left.
Genrou has wild red hair and a fiery personality that makes people ask him if he is Irish, and his best friend is probably his older brother, Kouji, who is also going to Hogwarts. He complains that he hates girls because he had five older sisters who were all witches and teased him all of the time. Both of his parents are Muggles, but his mother has a strong enough personality to keep them all in line. Genrou is faster than Taka, but he is not quite as good at fighting, though his temper is shorter and he likes to fight. He is also a kind person, and he and Kouji team up to bully the bullies.
The next member of our still-forming "gang" is the narcissistic Saihitei. He tends solely to his hair for at least an hour every morning, and I believe that he would be one of the only males willing to use makeup if it would preserve or increase his good looks. Already at least half of the girls going to Hogwarts from Tokyo (and possibly some of the boys) are truly infatuated with him. It's like he has his own personal harem, even if he never takes advantage of it. He shows no interest in any of them. I believe that he comes from a very rich and completely wizarding family. Apparently his parents run a lucrative computer business in the Muggle world.
Miaka and Kourin can also be counted as part of our group. Miaka has brown hair that she likes to put up in buns on the sides of her head. She has a personality that is both gluttonous around food and friendly in a way that can only be described as bubbly, but I believe she is that way only because she loves to enjoy life. Her older brother is studying to be a wizard at Hogwarts, her mother is Muggle, and her father is unknown to her because he divorced her mother years ago. Of us all, she is the most child-like. She has mentioned that she is glad that she's not finishing her school in Japan because she won't have to study for an entrance exam to a high school or college.
The last of us, Kourin, is a strange girl who doesn't seem quite right to me. Whenever I look at her, I feel that there is something wrong that I should know, but I do not know what it is. Her twin sister, Houki, is always making comments of a sort that suggest that she knows what is so different, but she refuses to tell anyone. Kourin and Houki have an older brother, Rokou, who is also studying at Hogwarts. Overall, Kourin is a very nice girl. I heard from Houki that their parents are divorced, so the twins live only with her mother and Rokou. Her father lives with her younger sister, and they haven't heard from her in a long while.
I was shaken out of my reflection of my friends by a bop on the head from Genrou. As I rubbed my now-aching head, Genrou said, "Hey, Doukun, are ya gonna buy an owl?" Our group, as well as Yui and Houki, were in the store called "Eyelop's Owl Emporium." There were barn owls, snowy owls, eagle owls, and many more housed around the room in large cages.
"I don't know," I replied to Genrou, "because there are so many to choose from, and I do not know what type of owl I want. Which one do you want to get?"
He made a face like he had just bitten into a lemon that had turned bitter. "I can't afford one." His face lightened. "But the school should have ones that I can use, and in the summer I can use my family's." Genrou waited impatiently for another five minutes as I continued to look around. "Have you made a choice yet?"
As the redhead began to look speculatively at Taka while making a fist, Houjun frantically said, "Genrou, calm down no da!" He always had to get Genrou or Taka to not fight. "Don't start a fight in here just because you're bored no da! You'll scare the owls na no da!" Did I mention that Houjun has a speech affectation that cannot be translated directly into English? The closest approximate English phrase is "you know."
The mischief-maker protested, "I wasn't doing anythin'!"
My attention was grabbed away from that scene as Miaka's stomach growled. She looked at a particularly fat owl, and her protesting stomach made her wonder aloud if owls could be eaten. She earned a disdainful glare from almost every owl in the room, and the fat one hooted angrily. Miaka sweatdropped nervously at the stares that she was receiving from anyone. "Did I say something wrong?" she asked. This caused another owl to make a sound that was very similar to laughing, and I walked closer to see what it was.
It was a very little owl, and it must of only been slightly taller than my hand. It had strange, piercing green eyes and a reddish-brown streak down its forehead. There were white markings above its eyes that seemed almost like eyebrows, and it was practically rolling on the ground with laughter. It's laugh-like whistling call spread through the whole room. "Chee, chee, chee!" it whistled happily. Glares from other owls about the room did nothing to stop it.
"What type of owl is this?" I asked the owner of the store. Mrs. Eyelop was a regal-looking young lady that reminded me of Saihitei, except it was how he would look in ten or so years if he were a girl. "Is this a chick?"
"No, that's an elf owl. She's only about a month old," she continued, "but she is fully fledged. She will only get slightly larger. Are you interesting in buying her?"
As I looked at the small owl, I knew that I would regret it if I did not purchase her. "Yes. How much is she?"
"Only fifteen Sickles. Not many people are interested in buying such a tiny owl," she admitted. I handed over the amount without any compunction, and soon I was leaving the shop with the owl's cage in my hands. Saihitei, Genrou, and Taka had also purchased owls. In the end, Saihitei had let Genrou borrow the money to buy an owl.
Juan, Houki, Yui, Houjun, Kourin, and Miaka made a stop at another pet store. Yui ended up buying a tame but hyper fox while Houjun bought another fox that was much calmer, and the rest bought cats.
Juan's cat, which he called Tama, had a very strange face, as Taka mentioned. "What's wrong with his face? He looks so happy."
"I think he looks like he's wearing a mask no da."
Juan rubbed the cat's head as he sat on Juan's shoulders. "Nothing is wrong with his face, and he's not wearing a mask. He's just an average cat."
I kept on getting a strange feeling that none of our pets were quite as normal as the others seemed to believe, and my owl winking at me while I was thinking that did not help, either.
"You're a strange little green one, aren't you?" She cooed happily. "Then that's what I'll call you," I said, not caring that everyone else was staring at me for talking to an owl. "I'll call you Chibigreen."
Author's Notes #2 (read the first part): You're wondering right now if I am inserting myself as an owl. No, I am not. The owl is only named after me. The other pets will be named after various authors, too, and one of them will definitely be CLAMPraven because I love her story, Juri – From Girl to Oracle, and she also reviewed my other story (not to mention that she put in the author's notes story of Juri). Another will be Sansele because she is probably my most frequent reviewer for my FY stories. The rest – well, I'll pick them from the reviewers of this story (hint, hint) and from my favorites author list. A warning for authoresses – you may get a male pet named after you. If you do not want to be a pet to a seishi/a seishi's friend, say so in a review.
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