Later that evening…
"En guard!" Shuura warned Sukina, as the two of them fenced, but with their wands, rather than their usual weapons.
The class looked on. This was their favourite part of the class. It was sort of a summing-up demonstration by Sukina and Shuura on practical usage of Western magic and Eastern art. They never failed to disappoint. Shuura had had three weeks to study Sukina, as did the Ninjen girl. He opened with a blue blast, before tossing a serpent onto the field between them. Unlike Harry's and Draco's fight, Sukina was unfazed.
"Luna Artemis!" she cried out, and the snake disappeared. "Thanatos Draconis!" she shot out a dragon from her wand.
Shuura easily jumped to avoid it, and launched another attack at Sukina. This was deadly game, but it was easy enough to control.
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"Mukuro sent you one," Kurama said, handing Naoko the letter as she watched from balcony Sukina and Shuura fencing.
"Arigato," she muttered absently, taking the letter from him and not taking her eyes off the fight.
"What happens if she gets injured?" he asked her.
"Su? She's charmed. It's one of the perks of being Celeste's Chosen and her Miakan. She never gets injured in a physical fight. Mentally… That's another matter totally," Naoko replied, straightening and opening the letter. Her eyes skimmed through the thin parchment quickly.
"Bad news?" Kurama asked.
"Not as I'd feared. Could have been worse, but I suppose that's what you get," she said. "The seals have been checked, but there was a tiny breach. Not big enough for the monsters to get through, but big enough that a human could crawl through them. Apparently a baby's cry was heard from the breach, and a kindly old couple took it in. I think it would be fair to say that that baby was the product of a human/youkai coupling with the monsters," she said.
"Any idea how long that was? Could the coupling have happened when the monsters are asleep?"
"That baby should be twenty, twenty three years old now. As to your second question, yes. They didn't need to be conscious for biology to take its course," she answered.
"That would answer the question of how it got loose... Voldemort must have that baby!" Kurama said.
"Not necessarily. There are signs that Voldemort employed the man's services once. And they have not been in contact since," Naoko replied.
"I assume Mukuro's spies have ferreted that part out," Kurama said dryly. Naoko grinned.
"Actually, my girls did it. They merely passed the message on to Mukuro. What worries me though, is that this person could have slipped in any amount of instructions into these children, unlike the originals. He would only have to have reached them once to plan out their entire youths," Naoko said.
"Such power…" Kurama whispered.
"Yes… That's why we have to track him down. His parents are dead, but he may be able to give us some information," Naoko said. "I'll tell Dumbledore," she continued, beginning to move away.
"Naoko… there's a private matter…" Kurama replied.
"After dinner?" Naoko turned and replied over her shoulder. He knew she meant the after-dinner practise. He nodded.
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Okay, okay, so I'm putting a little romance here! Nothing you can do about it! Blehh! *sticks tongue out*
Thanatos Draconis- Death Dragon (Thanatos is the Greek God of Death)
Luna Artemis- Artemis' Moon
