Chapter 8: Ok, this is boring….
Author: Mayfly….
Rating: Pg-13 for language…and implications I guess…the rating should go up later on
Warnings: None really... some sap towards then end or what I consider to be sap....
Pairings: Farfarello/Ken, Ara/Kouji, Nagi/Omi, Draco/Harry, Schuldig/Ran (implied)
Disclaimer: I don't own Weib or Schwarz or the Hogswarts deal or anything affiliated with Harry Potter…. I just own Ara and Kouji…it's sad but true…*tear*
^blah^- telepathy
*blah* -POV
_blah_- emphasis
And on with the fic!!!!
"It's hard to believe that's it already mid-October. Mou…. Halloween's comin' up……ne, Nagi what're you gonna be?"
"I dunno. Hadn't thought that far ahead. I figure that a bunch of us ought to switch places for the day."
"Oh! That sounds like fun!" Schuldig cried as he walked up behind the pair.
"I agree," Omi muttered as he came to walk beside Nagi.
"How can we do that though? We don't know magic _that_ complicated."
"We'll ask one of the guys. Yo-tan'll help, so'll Kouji…see it helps dating a professor…"
"Uh-huh…. she just says that because he's good, if ya get my drift…." Schuldig taunted with a smirk.
"Mou! Urasei! We don't do that!!! That's like lacking morals and junk…. ah who the fuck cares, I don't. But anyway, we don't do that. He's a gentleman."
"Right…" Schuldig drawled.
"He is! Mou! Besides, I don't wanna hear it you sexed-starved hentai. Grow up."
"So, when do you think we can tell the others?"
"Tell the others what?"
"Ken-kun?!"
The quartet turned around to face the duo behind them. Farfarello was beside Ken, knife in hand. He was pointing it at random students, muttering nonsensical phrases under his breath. It had the desired effect and most of the children took off running in the opposite direction. He began giggling in joy at the sight before calming down enough to stare at the group with a single amber eye.
"They want to tell your leader and mine about their acts…."
"Farfarello! We have a truce," Nagi whispered loudly.
"How do you think Crawford will talk the news?" Omi inquired.
"Badly."
"Wait a second? Omi, you and Nagi…"
"Please, like you can talk Ken-dear. Not only did Kouji see your display last month, so did Schuldig _and_ Crawford. You two are not a secret. Nagi and Omi are."
"Geez…"
"Heh…we haven't been killed yet…that in itself is a good sign..." Farfarello laughed.
"Grow up all of you. I think that it's a good time to tell them, ya know? I mean Nagi's right, there's a truce. The only requirement was that you had to be civil, although I think being bed partners is more than civil, but that's just my opinion…." Ara added.
"You can't talk about being civil, dragon. We were here a day and you had our tongue down a professor's throat," Farfarello countered.
"Touché."
"Ano…. minna, how did we get from Halloween costumes to bed partners?" Omi asked in confusion.
"I dunno…how did we?"
"Who cares? I gotta get going to Muggle Studies…there's an Abyssinian that needs stalking…" Schuldig muttered, sauntering off.
"He's playin' with fire taunting him that way…"
"It'll be interesting to see how this turns out. Care to wager how quick he thaws the legendary Ice Prince of Weib?"
"I give him Christmas…"
"Halloween."
"This weekend…."
"Weekend? You don't know Aya very well."
"Oh…. believe me, Schu's working on this one…it more than likely won't be long now…"
"What?"
"The Ice Prince is gonna be drinkin' with Schuldig this weekend…Schu's not the greatest drinkin' pal…."
~*~
^So…Ran…how's life? ^
^Shut up Schuldig. ^
^I'm hurt Ran. I certainly hope you haven't forgotten this weekend. ^
^This weekend? What's this weekend? ^
^First Hogsmede thing…we have a date with the local bar, remember? You already agreed and I intend on holding you to your promise. ^
^I have to see Aya-chan this weekend. ^
^Hey! I'm bein' ditched then? ^
^No…I just have to go see her… ^
^I'm sure she won't mind missing one day with you…besides, I wanna see you this weekend. ^
^Demo Aya-chan….. ^
^Demo…. me….. ^
^Schuldig… ^
^Yeah, Ran? ^
^I hate going back on a promise… ^
^Heh, I win… I'll swing by your room at like 10:30 ok? ^
^Fine…. ^
^Score…this'll be fun, I promise. No strings attached pretty Weib kitty. ^
^What was that? ^
^Nothing Ran…. Absolutely nothing… ^
In the dimly lit classroom, Schuldig's smirked went unnoticed.
~*~
"I'm telling you Farfarello, it's not that simple."
"Why not? Caring for these small creatures should be fairly simple."
"Yeah, but there are rules you have to take a look at. Like the feeding and care of it. Ano…what's an analogy that you can relate to…. oh! Like if you don't take care of your knives, they'll get all rusty and useless, ne? Well, the same is for these gremlin lookin' things. If you don't take proper care of them, they'll die. Which is the equivalent to a knife get rusty and useless. See what I'm saying?"
"Yes…. I see…"
"Set it free on Halloween. It'll be more entertaining that way m' dear."
"Fun…. lots of screaming children…."
"Yes…. screaming children…"
"You won't be permitted to terrorize the children on Halloween," a cold voice muttered behind them.
"And why not?" Farfarello inquired, turning his eye to glare at the oracle.
"Because, we will be having a strategy meeting that day."
"Sou de gozaru ka?" {Is that so?}
"You got Abyssinian to agree?"
"Not me. Schuldig."
"Shoulda known minna. Fine, we'll keep the day open however, the thought of chasing small first years with the mutated form of a plamunik[1] is appealing."
"Mind your manners, all of you. Behave this weekend too."
"Are you going Crawford? Or are ya gonna stay here and be boring?"
"I haven't decided yet."
"Somebody call Ripley's! Crawford hasn't made a decision…. The world's coming to an end! It the Apocalypse!!! Run!!"
*I could see her and her little friends, those she trusts most. I hope you pick a better army than this my dear girl or you will loose this war. I will ensure it; your death will be the most painful of all. But you are right you sniveling twit, the end is coming. The end for all of you, especially you. *
~*~
"Finally! We're free!"
"I second that," Omi added.
"Minna, this'll be great. Ne, why don't we…."
"Omi! There you are!"
The six turned to face the speakers. Four teens ran over to them through the crowd that was flooding the narrow Hogsmede street. Nagi grimaced. It was those kids from Omi's house…what were their names? Harry, Draco, Hermione and Ron…
"Omi, you guys are going to Honeydukes?"
"Honeydukes?"
"Candy? Oh…Kenken, maybe they have Pocky…."
"Pocky? Score!"
"Pocky? What's Pocky?"
"Chocolate-covered biscuit sticks. They're really good. You gotta try 'em."
"I've never seen Pocky…nor have I heard of it…"
"No…. Pocky? K'so!" [Shit!]
"We'll show you guys around ok?"
"Sure…."
"Professor Minamoto, I never knew you guys came here on the weekends…"
"I'm chaperoning…. You never know when…. the dark arts…. become a threat…."
"Ma ma…. he's only a smidge older than us, it doesn't matter…."
"Right…"
~*~
"See this is fun. And you were worried I'd like jump you or something."
"I'm still not going to trust you."
"Gee, thanks for the support."
"Shut up. Why did you ask me here anyway?"
"Because, we have a truce and it's rather hard to be civil when you tense up whenever you're in a room with Weib. It just makes more sense to try and get to know you guys rather than getting angry."
"Hn."
Schuldig frowned at his pint glass. Ran was being stubborn.
"C'mon, loosen up Ran. Geez, you could try being social every once in awhile."
"Why be social with you?"
"For reasons I already stated. Besides, I don't bite or anything."
"I don't care if you bite or not…"
~*~
The group walked out of the cold, into the warm tavern. Ken sighed; he couldn't exactly have the conversation he wanted to with Farfarello with a bunch of normals around. The blond was hanging on his boyfriend, glaring at several people who let their eyes linger too long. He groaned. This was going to be a long day.
Farfarello scowled. If one more girl eyed Siberian he was going to damn his cover to Hell and gut them. He was half tempted to grab the other assassin and ruin their poor eyes…that would teach them to eyeball _his_ Siberian…
Omi frowned. This place was crowded and noisy. He'd wanted to discuss power cells with Nagi but that wasn't going to go that way with the normals around. They would freak out at the thought of electric appliances running around here. Blasted non-assassins.
Nagi was debating was whether or not to blow the normals off. They were getting in the way of is day with Omi. He was so going to corner the other boy later on. He'd find a way to separate from the rest of them, especially the Gryffindors. Then he'd have fun…
Kouji glanced around nervously. If any professors other than Ran, Crawford, and Yoji saw him with Ara, there'd be problems. He spared a look in the direction of the bar, seeing Schuldig and Ran drinking. He shook his head in amusement. Those two really were the ideal pair but he had to wish he didn't get visions like _that_. It was unnerving.
~*~
"C'mon Bradley…"
"No. Don't call me that."
"C'mon! I wanna go look around Hogsmede and I want someone to come with. Schuldig and Aya are hangin' out. And the rest are going around with their boyfriends and I wanna go around but I don't wanna go alone," Yoji whined.
"Kudo, no. I'm not going to Hogsmede with you. Period."
"Onegai?"
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Because."
"I want a real reason."
"That's all you're getting, now go away."
"Why? Why are you being such an ass?"
"Because I can be."
"Bradley…"
"Don't call me that!"
~*~
Ara stared blankly at the table. This conversation was so retarded.
^Ne, Kouji, this is boring. ^
^Yeah. It is. ^
^Hey, Nagi, think we can slowly sneak away? ^
^I don't know. Ask Omi. ^
^Fine. ^
^Omi, can we sneak away from the normals? ^
^I guess. Not all at once though. ^
^Well duh. ^
^I think we can. It should be easy enough. Harry and Draco aren't paying attention. Ron and Hermione will be easy enough to sneak past. ^
^Good. Farfarello, Ken, you guys want out of this nightmare? ^
^Of course. ^
^Did I play on J-League? ^
^Good. We'll slip away one at a time. ^
^Who goes first? ^
^I think Farf and me should. ^
^You would. Fine. ^
^How do we go about this? ^
^Bathroom. That simple. ^
^Ok. Mission has been passed. ^
^Hunters of light and dark, sneak away from these blasted normals. ^
The assassins burst into laughter and the other for stared curiously.
"What's so funny?" Ron inquired.
"Nandemonai {nothing}…." Nagi laughed.
"I gotta run to the bathroom really quick guys."
They watched as Ken rose quickly, chair scraping on tile floor. He raced off in the general direction he assumed the bathroom was. He stood in the small hallway until Farfarello joined him. They slipped into the kitchen and out the back door. The pair laughed quietly and ran off in the opposite direction of the Three Broomsticks.
^Minna, who's next? ^
^Me and Nagi. ^
^Terrific. Leave me with the normals. Fine, we'll cover for ay. Slip into the kitchen when no one's looking. That's how Ken and Farfie got out. ^
^Ok. ^
"Ya know, I'm a little hungry, I'll go get something from the menu ok?"
"Me too."
^Not too subtle you two. ^
The pair rose, weaving easily through the crowd towards the kitchen. They slunk through the shadows to the kitchen then slipped outside running in the other direction.
^Our turn. ^
^Wunderbar…. ^
"Minna, I need to run to the ladies room. I'll be right back."
Ara rose and waited for Kouji to slip into the alcove with her and they bolted in the direction that Ken and Farfarello had taken, blending in easily with the crowd.
"You guys, I think we've been hoodwinked."
"What was your first clue Weasley?"
"Well, if you weren't so busy hangin' all over Harry like that you'd've noticed too."
"Maybe they wanted to explore on their own," Hermione ventured.
"Not likely…."
~*~
"Aww…c'mon Ran…"
"Why do you insist on calling me that?"
"Because it's your name baka…."
"That's no reason."
"Reason enough. Ran, why is it that you never really live?"
"Live? I live. I work…"
"Do you do anything because _you_ want to? I mean really?"
"I…work…."
"And you don't even want to do that do you?"
"Not really. But why do you care anyway?"
"Because I do. You're an unusual person; you've managed to beat your emotions into submission better than anyone I've ever seen. It's kinda weird. Why are you looking at me like that?"
*I have no idea why I'm looking at him the way I am. I have no idea why I'm sitting here at a bar with Schuldig. This isn't the usual me. Is he manipulating me to react like this? I'll kill him if he is…. *
"Ran?"
"Why are you asking? Just read my mind."
"I told you how to block them from me. You've done really well seeing as you learned last month."
"Terrific."
"So, why do you continue with this job if you don't like it?"
"Aya-chan…"
"Ah, I see."
"Do you?"
"Sure, you want to save your sister."
"You don't understand…"
"Sure I do…. although, what're you going to do when she wakes up? Continue doing something you hate?"
"I can't do anything else…."
"Geez…. You really have a low self-esteem…"
"Fuck you…."
"If you're offering…"
"Shut up…"
"You're no fun Ran."
"I'm not supposed to be…"
"See, that's what I'm talking about. Live a little."
"Why should I?"
"Come on, let's go shopping."
"Shopping?"
"Well wandering. It'll be fun, I promise, like I said earlier, no strings attached."
"Fine."
*They seem to be bonding. I hadn't foreseen this. Damn them and their connections. Why is that whenever I plan something, they find a way to thwart it? No matter. I'll make them all pay for all the pain and humiliation she put me through. *
Schuldig and Ran walked side by side in silence. It was growing darker and the pair was walking back to Hogwarts [2].
"So, did you have fun?"
"I hate to admit it but I did. Thanks…"
"No problem…. we should do this more often. Then when we go back to Japan, we won't have to be enemies…."
"That…. sounds…. good…."
"Yeah…it does…doesn't it?"
"We should probably hurry up…. the others may begin to wonder where we are."
"Yeah…they'll begin to wonder."
Schuldig watched as the other redhead ran on ahead.
"One of these days I'll get you to myself Weib kitty. And then neither your team nor mine will interfere…"
~OWARI
A/N: Another one done, the longest yet. Yeah! Fun, ne? Well in any event I hope that was enough sappiness and junk for everyone. I know I was a smidge unnerved…whatever. In any case, I should hopefully have the next chapter up soon…. no idea though…please review!!!
[1]- plamunik- a kind of gremlin looking thing, really cute and fluffy. Like a wool sweater some threw in the dryer. When you feed 'em pumpkin juice or anything that's fruit, they mutate. They grow to ten times their normal size and they get really sharp teeth and claws. Then they go on murderous rampages! They're really cool!
[2]I really don't know how far Hogwarts is from Hogsmede but it's within walking distance. License as the writer…sho ga nai…
Author: Mayfly….
Rating: Pg-13 for language…and implications I guess…the rating should go up later on
Warnings: None really... some sap towards then end or what I consider to be sap....
Pairings: Farfarello/Ken, Ara/Kouji, Nagi/Omi, Draco/Harry, Schuldig/Ran (implied)
Disclaimer: I don't own Weib or Schwarz or the Hogswarts deal or anything affiliated with Harry Potter…. I just own Ara and Kouji…it's sad but true…*tear*
^blah^- telepathy
*blah* -POV
_blah_- emphasis
And on with the fic!!!!
"It's hard to believe that's it already mid-October. Mou…. Halloween's comin' up……ne, Nagi what're you gonna be?"
"I dunno. Hadn't thought that far ahead. I figure that a bunch of us ought to switch places for the day."
"Oh! That sounds like fun!" Schuldig cried as he walked up behind the pair.
"I agree," Omi muttered as he came to walk beside Nagi.
"How can we do that though? We don't know magic _that_ complicated."
"We'll ask one of the guys. Yo-tan'll help, so'll Kouji…see it helps dating a professor…"
"Uh-huh…. she just says that because he's good, if ya get my drift…." Schuldig taunted with a smirk.
"Mou! Urasei! We don't do that!!! That's like lacking morals and junk…. ah who the fuck cares, I don't. But anyway, we don't do that. He's a gentleman."
"Right…" Schuldig drawled.
"He is! Mou! Besides, I don't wanna hear it you sexed-starved hentai. Grow up."
"So, when do you think we can tell the others?"
"Tell the others what?"
"Ken-kun?!"
The quartet turned around to face the duo behind them. Farfarello was beside Ken, knife in hand. He was pointing it at random students, muttering nonsensical phrases under his breath. It had the desired effect and most of the children took off running in the opposite direction. He began giggling in joy at the sight before calming down enough to stare at the group with a single amber eye.
"They want to tell your leader and mine about their acts…."
"Farfarello! We have a truce," Nagi whispered loudly.
"How do you think Crawford will talk the news?" Omi inquired.
"Badly."
"Wait a second? Omi, you and Nagi…"
"Please, like you can talk Ken-dear. Not only did Kouji see your display last month, so did Schuldig _and_ Crawford. You two are not a secret. Nagi and Omi are."
"Geez…"
"Heh…we haven't been killed yet…that in itself is a good sign..." Farfarello laughed.
"Grow up all of you. I think that it's a good time to tell them, ya know? I mean Nagi's right, there's a truce. The only requirement was that you had to be civil, although I think being bed partners is more than civil, but that's just my opinion…." Ara added.
"You can't talk about being civil, dragon. We were here a day and you had our tongue down a professor's throat," Farfarello countered.
"Touché."
"Ano…. minna, how did we get from Halloween costumes to bed partners?" Omi asked in confusion.
"I dunno…how did we?"
"Who cares? I gotta get going to Muggle Studies…there's an Abyssinian that needs stalking…" Schuldig muttered, sauntering off.
"He's playin' with fire taunting him that way…"
"It'll be interesting to see how this turns out. Care to wager how quick he thaws the legendary Ice Prince of Weib?"
"I give him Christmas…"
"Halloween."
"This weekend…."
"Weekend? You don't know Aya very well."
"Oh…. believe me, Schu's working on this one…it more than likely won't be long now…"
"What?"
"The Ice Prince is gonna be drinkin' with Schuldig this weekend…Schu's not the greatest drinkin' pal…."
~*~
^So…Ran…how's life? ^
^Shut up Schuldig. ^
^I'm hurt Ran. I certainly hope you haven't forgotten this weekend. ^
^This weekend? What's this weekend? ^
^First Hogsmede thing…we have a date with the local bar, remember? You already agreed and I intend on holding you to your promise. ^
^I have to see Aya-chan this weekend. ^
^Hey! I'm bein' ditched then? ^
^No…I just have to go see her… ^
^I'm sure she won't mind missing one day with you…besides, I wanna see you this weekend. ^
^Demo Aya-chan….. ^
^Demo…. me….. ^
^Schuldig… ^
^Yeah, Ran? ^
^I hate going back on a promise… ^
^Heh, I win… I'll swing by your room at like 10:30 ok? ^
^Fine…. ^
^Score…this'll be fun, I promise. No strings attached pretty Weib kitty. ^
^What was that? ^
^Nothing Ran…. Absolutely nothing… ^
In the dimly lit classroom, Schuldig's smirked went unnoticed.
~*~
"I'm telling you Farfarello, it's not that simple."
"Why not? Caring for these small creatures should be fairly simple."
"Yeah, but there are rules you have to take a look at. Like the feeding and care of it. Ano…what's an analogy that you can relate to…. oh! Like if you don't take care of your knives, they'll get all rusty and useless, ne? Well, the same is for these gremlin lookin' things. If you don't take proper care of them, they'll die. Which is the equivalent to a knife get rusty and useless. See what I'm saying?"
"Yes…. I see…"
"Set it free on Halloween. It'll be more entertaining that way m' dear."
"Fun…. lots of screaming children…."
"Yes…. screaming children…"
"You won't be permitted to terrorize the children on Halloween," a cold voice muttered behind them.
"And why not?" Farfarello inquired, turning his eye to glare at the oracle.
"Because, we will be having a strategy meeting that day."
"Sou de gozaru ka?" {Is that so?}
"You got Abyssinian to agree?"
"Not me. Schuldig."
"Shoulda known minna. Fine, we'll keep the day open however, the thought of chasing small first years with the mutated form of a plamunik[1] is appealing."
"Mind your manners, all of you. Behave this weekend too."
"Are you going Crawford? Or are ya gonna stay here and be boring?"
"I haven't decided yet."
"Somebody call Ripley's! Crawford hasn't made a decision…. The world's coming to an end! It the Apocalypse!!! Run!!"
*I could see her and her little friends, those she trusts most. I hope you pick a better army than this my dear girl or you will loose this war. I will ensure it; your death will be the most painful of all. But you are right you sniveling twit, the end is coming. The end for all of you, especially you. *
~*~
"Finally! We're free!"
"I second that," Omi added.
"Minna, this'll be great. Ne, why don't we…."
"Omi! There you are!"
The six turned to face the speakers. Four teens ran over to them through the crowd that was flooding the narrow Hogsmede street. Nagi grimaced. It was those kids from Omi's house…what were their names? Harry, Draco, Hermione and Ron…
"Omi, you guys are going to Honeydukes?"
"Honeydukes?"
"Candy? Oh…Kenken, maybe they have Pocky…."
"Pocky? Score!"
"Pocky? What's Pocky?"
"Chocolate-covered biscuit sticks. They're really good. You gotta try 'em."
"I've never seen Pocky…nor have I heard of it…"
"No…. Pocky? K'so!" [Shit!]
"We'll show you guys around ok?"
"Sure…."
"Professor Minamoto, I never knew you guys came here on the weekends…"
"I'm chaperoning…. You never know when…. the dark arts…. become a threat…."
"Ma ma…. he's only a smidge older than us, it doesn't matter…."
"Right…"
~*~
"See this is fun. And you were worried I'd like jump you or something."
"I'm still not going to trust you."
"Gee, thanks for the support."
"Shut up. Why did you ask me here anyway?"
"Because, we have a truce and it's rather hard to be civil when you tense up whenever you're in a room with Weib. It just makes more sense to try and get to know you guys rather than getting angry."
"Hn."
Schuldig frowned at his pint glass. Ran was being stubborn.
"C'mon, loosen up Ran. Geez, you could try being social every once in awhile."
"Why be social with you?"
"For reasons I already stated. Besides, I don't bite or anything."
"I don't care if you bite or not…"
~*~
The group walked out of the cold, into the warm tavern. Ken sighed; he couldn't exactly have the conversation he wanted to with Farfarello with a bunch of normals around. The blond was hanging on his boyfriend, glaring at several people who let their eyes linger too long. He groaned. This was going to be a long day.
Farfarello scowled. If one more girl eyed Siberian he was going to damn his cover to Hell and gut them. He was half tempted to grab the other assassin and ruin their poor eyes…that would teach them to eyeball _his_ Siberian…
Omi frowned. This place was crowded and noisy. He'd wanted to discuss power cells with Nagi but that wasn't going to go that way with the normals around. They would freak out at the thought of electric appliances running around here. Blasted non-assassins.
Nagi was debating was whether or not to blow the normals off. They were getting in the way of is day with Omi. He was so going to corner the other boy later on. He'd find a way to separate from the rest of them, especially the Gryffindors. Then he'd have fun…
Kouji glanced around nervously. If any professors other than Ran, Crawford, and Yoji saw him with Ara, there'd be problems. He spared a look in the direction of the bar, seeing Schuldig and Ran drinking. He shook his head in amusement. Those two really were the ideal pair but he had to wish he didn't get visions like _that_. It was unnerving.
~*~
"C'mon Bradley…"
"No. Don't call me that."
"C'mon! I wanna go look around Hogsmede and I want someone to come with. Schuldig and Aya are hangin' out. And the rest are going around with their boyfriends and I wanna go around but I don't wanna go alone," Yoji whined.
"Kudo, no. I'm not going to Hogsmede with you. Period."
"Onegai?"
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Because."
"I want a real reason."
"That's all you're getting, now go away."
"Why? Why are you being such an ass?"
"Because I can be."
"Bradley…"
"Don't call me that!"
~*~
Ara stared blankly at the table. This conversation was so retarded.
^Ne, Kouji, this is boring. ^
^Yeah. It is. ^
^Hey, Nagi, think we can slowly sneak away? ^
^I don't know. Ask Omi. ^
^Fine. ^
^Omi, can we sneak away from the normals? ^
^I guess. Not all at once though. ^
^Well duh. ^
^I think we can. It should be easy enough. Harry and Draco aren't paying attention. Ron and Hermione will be easy enough to sneak past. ^
^Good. Farfarello, Ken, you guys want out of this nightmare? ^
^Of course. ^
^Did I play on J-League? ^
^Good. We'll slip away one at a time. ^
^Who goes first? ^
^I think Farf and me should. ^
^You would. Fine. ^
^How do we go about this? ^
^Bathroom. That simple. ^
^Ok. Mission has been passed. ^
^Hunters of light and dark, sneak away from these blasted normals. ^
The assassins burst into laughter and the other for stared curiously.
"What's so funny?" Ron inquired.
"Nandemonai {nothing}…." Nagi laughed.
"I gotta run to the bathroom really quick guys."
They watched as Ken rose quickly, chair scraping on tile floor. He raced off in the general direction he assumed the bathroom was. He stood in the small hallway until Farfarello joined him. They slipped into the kitchen and out the back door. The pair laughed quietly and ran off in the opposite direction of the Three Broomsticks.
^Minna, who's next? ^
^Me and Nagi. ^
^Terrific. Leave me with the normals. Fine, we'll cover for ay. Slip into the kitchen when no one's looking. That's how Ken and Farfie got out. ^
^Ok. ^
"Ya know, I'm a little hungry, I'll go get something from the menu ok?"
"Me too."
^Not too subtle you two. ^
The pair rose, weaving easily through the crowd towards the kitchen. They slunk through the shadows to the kitchen then slipped outside running in the other direction.
^Our turn. ^
^Wunderbar…. ^
"Minna, I need to run to the ladies room. I'll be right back."
Ara rose and waited for Kouji to slip into the alcove with her and they bolted in the direction that Ken and Farfarello had taken, blending in easily with the crowd.
"You guys, I think we've been hoodwinked."
"What was your first clue Weasley?"
"Well, if you weren't so busy hangin' all over Harry like that you'd've noticed too."
"Maybe they wanted to explore on their own," Hermione ventured.
"Not likely…."
~*~
"Aww…c'mon Ran…"
"Why do you insist on calling me that?"
"Because it's your name baka…."
"That's no reason."
"Reason enough. Ran, why is it that you never really live?"
"Live? I live. I work…"
"Do you do anything because _you_ want to? I mean really?"
"I…work…."
"And you don't even want to do that do you?"
"Not really. But why do you care anyway?"
"Because I do. You're an unusual person; you've managed to beat your emotions into submission better than anyone I've ever seen. It's kinda weird. Why are you looking at me like that?"
*I have no idea why I'm looking at him the way I am. I have no idea why I'm sitting here at a bar with Schuldig. This isn't the usual me. Is he manipulating me to react like this? I'll kill him if he is…. *
"Ran?"
"Why are you asking? Just read my mind."
"I told you how to block them from me. You've done really well seeing as you learned last month."
"Terrific."
"So, why do you continue with this job if you don't like it?"
"Aya-chan…"
"Ah, I see."
"Do you?"
"Sure, you want to save your sister."
"You don't understand…"
"Sure I do…. although, what're you going to do when she wakes up? Continue doing something you hate?"
"I can't do anything else…."
"Geez…. You really have a low self-esteem…"
"Fuck you…."
"If you're offering…"
"Shut up…"
"You're no fun Ran."
"I'm not supposed to be…"
"See, that's what I'm talking about. Live a little."
"Why should I?"
"Come on, let's go shopping."
"Shopping?"
"Well wandering. It'll be fun, I promise, like I said earlier, no strings attached."
"Fine."
*They seem to be bonding. I hadn't foreseen this. Damn them and their connections. Why is that whenever I plan something, they find a way to thwart it? No matter. I'll make them all pay for all the pain and humiliation she put me through. *
Schuldig and Ran walked side by side in silence. It was growing darker and the pair was walking back to Hogwarts [2].
"So, did you have fun?"
"I hate to admit it but I did. Thanks…"
"No problem…. we should do this more often. Then when we go back to Japan, we won't have to be enemies…."
"That…. sounds…. good…."
"Yeah…it does…doesn't it?"
"We should probably hurry up…. the others may begin to wonder where we are."
"Yeah…they'll begin to wonder."
Schuldig watched as the other redhead ran on ahead.
"One of these days I'll get you to myself Weib kitty. And then neither your team nor mine will interfere…"
~OWARI
A/N: Another one done, the longest yet. Yeah! Fun, ne? Well in any event I hope that was enough sappiness and junk for everyone. I know I was a smidge unnerved…whatever. In any case, I should hopefully have the next chapter up soon…. no idea though…please review!!!
[1]- plamunik- a kind of gremlin looking thing, really cute and fluffy. Like a wool sweater some threw in the dryer. When you feed 'em pumpkin juice or anything that's fruit, they mutate. They grow to ten times their normal size and they get really sharp teeth and claws. Then they go on murderous rampages! They're really cool!
[2]I really don't know how far Hogwarts is from Hogsmede but it's within walking distance. License as the writer…sho ga nai…
