Quatre: Sorry for the wait. I discovered yaoi, and I've kinda been obsessed with it. However, I do not plan to have any yaoi in this fic. Unless someone wants me to write a little side ficlet that has absolutely nothing to do with this fic.
Yami Quatre: *snickers*
Yami Kenshin: What are you laughing at her for? You enjoyed them as much as she did.
Yami Quatre: *sweatdrop*
Quatre: Anyway, reader responses:
Kaoru, renangle, USA Tiger, and Kelsey: Correct! The cameo was Farfarello! I dunno if the other Schwarz will show up though. Nagi-kun! *drools*
BakaNeko-chan: Never had any intention of putting Joey-tachi in here. Except maybe in passing.
yesim@-flamesofeternaldarkness: *blinks* They were in character? *beams* Glad you thought so! I was kinda worried about that. I dunno what I did with Marik. *looks under scattered notes* If I find him I might put him at Hogwarts. I'm still mad at Marik for hurting Yugi-tachi *sticks out tongue at deathglaring Marik*
Rogue-Silus: Hmmm…. I'll have to see about that. Which one? *thinks hard*
JK: I'll start Millennium Pendant when my inspiration comes back. I'm having a hard time developing Kurai's character. And thank you so VERY much for the fanart! It looks great! And I think I may rewrite Shadow Stargate. Not sure. Ame's here to stay though! Hmm….
Yami Quatre: Uh oh! Not her "I have an idea" hmm!
Tomgirl27: I may have some competition for the "weirdest story" award. BTW your Animorphs/YGO x-over is just… well, weird. In a good way. ^_^
Bakura's-Gurl: Sorry you don't like this.
Gpeowyn: *blinks* Yami acting like…Heero? Gah! No! I came up with another x-over! RA HELP ME! *runs screaming*
Yami Quatre: *rolls eyes*
Yami Kenshin: Although I can see why she said that. *points to specific moment in chappie one where Bakura was acting like a certain braided baka*
Yami Quatre: *blink* You're right. *glomps said braided baka*
Also thanks to: TheHikariWhoLovesBishis, Cat, Molly-chan the Anime/Game fan, Curtis Zidane Ziraa, Catalyst of Light, and shadowfrost-panther (no, this is not a continuation of my other HP/YGO fic) for reviewing! And anyone else who I may have forgotten!
Quatre: *recovering* There's another anime character. Find him, get in the fic. This time, include your gender at least so I can have some interaction between you guys!
Yami Quatre: We do not own anything!
Key:
… Public yami
… Public hikari/Harry
//…// Private yami/hikari
/…/ Private hikari/yami
Harry picked uneasily at his food.
Why was he hearing the new transfer students talking in his head?
Just for fun, he'd said "Dragons are evil" randomly, not really expecting them to hear. Apparently, they had.
How was something like that possible?
Perhaps it had something to do with that weird eye he'd seen on Yami's forehead during Potions.
"Harry? Are you all right?" Yugi asked him.
Harry forced a grin. "I'm fine."
"It doesn't seem like it. What's up?" Ryou asked.
"Nothing, really."
"I've known Bakura long enough to know a lie when I hear one," Yami said.
"Just leave the kid alone," Bakura yawned.
"Thank you," Harry said gratefully.
After leaving the Great Hall, they trudged up the stairs to Gryffindor Tower.
Harry yawned. "I'm going up to bed, guys. See you later."
"But you've got homework!"
Harry waved Hermione off and went to his room. Yugi, Yami, Ryou, and Bakura were all ready there.
"Hey, Harry," Yugi greeted.
Harry waved hi (he was in the middle of a yawn) and pulled some pajamas out of his trunk.
"We'd like to talk to you, Harry." Bakura flipped over a card. Apparently, he and Yami were dueling.
"Can it wait until tomorrow?" Harry asked.
"Sorry." Yugi dipped his quill into his ink and scrawled something on his Transfiguration homework.
Harry sighed, pulling on his pajamas. "What do you want?' he asked, going to sit on Ryou's bed. The white-haired teen was busy reading his Potions book.
"We'd like to know if you've been hearing anything strange," Yami said. He studied his hand and laid a few cards on the field.
"Nothing too out of the ordinary, unless a crazy Slytherin counts," Harry replied.
"Nothing about dragons?"
Harry tried hard to hide his guilty flush. Really hard.
"N-no."
"I hate liars," Bakura said. "Especially when it's obvious that they're lying."
"I'm that bad, huh?" Harry quipped.
"What did you hear?" Yami asked.
Harry was starting to get a really bad feeling. "Um…Yugi said something about everything happening to you guys…And Ryou mentioned dragons…"
"And you said dragons are evil?"
Harry nodded. "Why the hell can you guys talk telepathically?"
"Why can you hear us?" Bakura countered.
"Like I'm supposed to know?"
"When did you first starting hearing us?" Yugi asked.
"In Potions, actually. Speaking of which, what was with the weird eye on your forehead, Yami?"
Yami dropped his cards. Bakura looked incredulously at Harry. Ryou had fallen asleep. Yugi looked confused.
"No ordinary person should be able to see the Millennium Eye," Yami mused.
"Oh. That's why Joey and Tea could never see it?" Yugi asked.
"Yes." (A/N I'm not entirely sure if that's true. Just pretend like it is.)
"Hang on. What are you guys talking about?" Harry demanded.
Yugi, Bakura, and Yami started a rapid discussion in Japanese. Harry rolled his eyes and slid off Ryou's bed, going over to his own and climbing in.
"Whatever you guys decide, tell me in the morning."
Harry!
"Ah!" Harry rolled out of bed and hit the ground with a thump.
"Bakura!" he shouted crossly, glaring at the smirking white-haired teen.
"You were snoring loudly enough to wake the dead!" Bakura said. "I just figured you needed a little boost."
Yugi and Ryou giggled. Yami rolled his eyes.
"Leave him alone," Yami said.
Bakura scowled. "You're no fun."
"Come on, we've got Care of Magical Creatures first," Ron said, obviously confused.
Don't tell him about your new ability, Yami advised him.
Why not?
Because you weren't even supposed to know about it, Bakura said.
I'm telling Dumbledore, Harry said firmly.
Bakura rolled his eyes. Whatever.
Dressing, Harry grabbed his books and followed who he decided to dub "the quartet", namely Yugi, Ryou, Bakura, and Yami.
They grabbed a quick breakfast and made their way down to Hagrid's cabin.
Once again, they had Care of Magical Creatures with the Slytherins. This year, however, there were several years present instead of just the fifth years. Draco and his cronies were smirking off to the side, as usual.
"Gather 'round, gather 'round," Hagrid yelled.
Everyone obediently obeyed.
"Now, with yer OWLs this year, I'm goin' ter be movin' fast," Hagrid said. "Firs' of all, though, I'll need some volunteers for a special project."
Five Gryffindors (including Harry) raised their hands.
"All righ', everyone else wai' 'ere."
Hagrid led the five to out behind his cabin where, nestled on a large fire pit, five eggs lay.
And strange eggs they were. One looked like pure gold. One was ice-blue. One was silver, one was red, and the very last was black. They were about the size of a human head.
"What're these?" Harry asked curiously.
"Dunno. Found them a while ago. Now, I wan' you five t' take care o' these eggs today."
"All right."
Harry and his companions (Kaoru, Tiger [who was American ~_^], Renangle, and Kelsey) settled in to wait for their next class.
Kaoru and Renangle were discussing Potions and Tiger and Kelsey were playing Duel Monsters. Harry contented himself with sitting off by himself and thinking.
Yugi watched in fascination as Hagrid led out a young unicorn.
"Kawaii!" Ryou whispered in awe.
"Sugoi," Bakura agreed.
The other students, used to random Japanese by now, assumed they said something good.
"Step forward one at a time and pet 'im," Hagrid beamed.
Yugi and Yami stepped forward first. The unicorn took one look at Yami and sank to its knees. The former pharaoh sweatdropped.
Yugi laughed. "Looks like it knows royalty when it sees it!" he quipped.
Bakura snorted. "Yeah, right. It's probably one of the dumber ones."
Yami glared, then reached down and gently rubbed the unicorn's nose.
"Please get up," he whispered in Egyptian. "You need not kneel."
The unicorn looked up at him with wide brown eyes. Awkwardly, it clambered to its feet…err…hooves.
"Thank you."
Yugi reached out as well. "It's so pretty, I wish Tea could see this!"
"She is at HQ, is she not?"
"Yeah…" Yugi brightened. "I can write her!"
Yami chuckled. "Yes, you can."
Yugi raced away, pulled a roll of parchment from his bag, and started scribbling a letter.
Hagrid began rambling on about the magical properties of unicorns. Yugi pulled out another roll of parchment and began jotting down notes in between writing his letter. Bakura was undoubtedly planning his next prank, but since he'd shielded his thoughts from the group no one could tell what he was up to.
Yugi practically skipped into DADA.
"I've finished my letter!" he said happily.
Bakura rolled his eyes. "Why are you always hyper?"
Yugi stuck his tongue out at the tomb robber. Ryou laughed. Yami glared at Bakura, daring him to try something. Harry felt very much left out as they took their seats.
Hermione had Ancient Runes and therefore could not attend DADA with them. Ron took a seat at the table with Harry and Ryou. Yami, Yugi, and Bakura (in that order, thankfully) were right behind them.
"This year we will be practicing defensive charms," Professor Lupin told the class. "First, however, we will review everything you've learned. Please divide into pairs and practice disarming each other."
Yugi paired off with Harry, Bakura with Ron, Yami with a Ravenclaw, and Ryou with Professor Lupin. The quartet managed to disarm their respective opponents (Bakura disarming several others while he was at it). Lupin glared, deduced points from Bakura, and then ended up giving them back again when Yugi disarmed two people at once.
At the end of class the quartet was feeling quite pleased.
/I'm sure you were glad of an excuse to curse Yami,/ Ryou commented as the class made its way to the Great Hall for lunch.
The dark spirit mentally smirked. //I enjoyed that class immensely.//
Ryou rolled his eyes. Even though the exchange had been private, the other item holders (or should I say holder? *wonders*) guessed what they'd been talking about. Yami scowled and Yugi giggled before excusing himself and running off, presumably to send his letter.
So what did you guys decide last night? Harry asked as they sat down.
Something odd is going down. We've discussed Bakura's reading last night, when he mentioned five guardians, and we figured that it had something to do with it. All of the Millennium Items are accounted for, so unless someone managed to hide one that's out of the question, Yami mused.
Millennium Items? Harry asked.
Does he really need to know? Bakura asked.
Since he's hanging around us, I think he should, Ryou said. Bakura glared at him. Just a thought, he added meekly, becoming very interested in his food.
If you don't tell me Hermione could probably find some info in the library, Harry mused.
Probably not, Yugi said.
Harry looked around and found that Yugi was not in the room. He was still in the Owlery.
I agree. Since he can listen in on us anyway, we might as well tell him.
Bakura was outvoted. He sulked, stuffing a forkful of rice into his mouth.
Harry allowed himself to be led from the Great Hall (but not before he grabbed a sandwich to take with him).
Harry stared at Yami, Yugi (who'd walked in about halfway through the explanation), and Ryou like he'd never seen them before.
"So you…Wow. What happened to this Marik guy?"
"We don't know. Marik's yami isn't a spirit like we were, so he couldn't be revived. We assume that Voldermort killed him, or perhaps Marik escaped." Yami's brow furrowed in thought. "If Marik was somehow convinced to join Voldermort that could spell disaster."
"At least Bakura is on our side this time," Ryou said.
Yugi nodded in agreement.
Harry looked at his watch. "Crap! We missed History of Magic!"
Yugi also looked at his watch. "We've got three minutes to get to Herbology!"
They hastily gathered their books and dashed out of the room, running like Yami Marik was after them.
Yugi dropped his books on his bed, grabbed clothes at random, and headed straight for the shower. Harry couldn't really blame him; Herbology had been unusually messy. Most of the students had walked out covered from head to toe in grime.
Bakura stripped off his filthy robe and rummaged through his trunk, muttering curses in at least ten different languages. Harry identified English, Latin, Arabian, Egyptian, Japanese, some French, and even Spanish, among others. Yami rolled his eyes and Ryou stifled a giggle. The other fifth-year Gryffindors were also finding changes of clothing. Luckily, the showers were magically enhanced so that they expanded for all that needed to use them.
Hermione walked in just as Harry was pulling his shirt over his head. He flushed and pulled it back down again. "Knock first!" he yelled at her.
Hermione ignored him and instead eyed Bakura cautiously. Bakura continued cursing. "Is he all right?" she asked timidly.
"Considering that a plant tried to eat him, yeah," Ryou said. "Apparently, it didn't like what Bakura was doing with his shears."
Harry stifled a giggle, afraid that the dark spirit would hurt him. "Come on, I think I feel something growing on me," Ron said, pushing into the showers. Yami followed him. Ryou shot a glance at Bakura and decided the shower was the safest place to be. Dean and Seamus followed suit, leaving Harry and Hermione with an irate Bakura.
Harry pushed Hermione towards the door. "I'll see you at dinner." He didn't wait for a reply, picking up his clothes and going for a much-needed shower.
"Van-sama!"
He crumpled under the force of impact from something very heavy and furry. He twisted his head and looked up at…a cat-woman?
"Van-sama!" she exclaimed, licking his face. Harry grimaced and pulled away.
"I think you've got the wrong person," he informed her. Her tail twitched.
"Van-sama!" she whined, then blinked. "Gomen nasai. You almost look like Van-sama, only without the wings." Her tail twitched and she turned around, racing down the corridor on all fours. "Van-sama!" she cried, vanishing around the corner. Harry heard a dull thud and suspected that some unfortunate individual had been bowled over. Shaking his head, he picked himself up off the floor, gathered his clothes, and went to shower.
The Great Hall was noisier than usual. Ron and Bakura decided to have an eating contest which left everyone in the immediate area sweatdropping. Yami and Yugi were discussing their dueling decks (they were identical, naturally), Ryou was staring off into space, and Harry was busy getting notes from Hermione.
All was going well until the overhead candles flickered and died. All conversation stopped for a moment, before a hoarse voice filled the silence.
"Five shall stand against the Dark Lord
Two are light's children,
Beacons in the coming darkness
Two are hope's spirits,
Their ancient powers matching the Dark Lord's own
The last is the child of darkness and light,
His strength in the shadows shielding him from harm
Five guardians shall they have,
To show them the way
These guardians will have power to protect their charges
But alone they cannot save the land
The power of shadows have been released
All five will have this power
The Dark Lord, too, shall command it
Light shall fail
Hope will fade
Only with the fifth will they succeed
Temptations many face the fifth
His fate is, even now, uncertain
Only by overcoming darkness shall he succeed
When Light wanes, and Hope fades,
All eyes shall turn to the fifth
His latent power shall then be released
Brightening Light
Strengthening Hope
And driving the darkness away"
All the students stared, wide-eyed, at the source of the voice: Professor Trelawney. She was rigid in her chair, staring blankly at something only she could see.
Suddenly, she collapsed. Several teachers leaped to their feet immediately, rushing to her aid. Dumbledore stood.
"All students are to return to their dorms. Please do not leave them until tomorrow morning."
The students stood and made their way towards the entrances.
Quatre: *evil grin*
Yami Quatre: You like theatrics, don't you?
Yami Kenshin: *licks knives in a very Farfarello-like way*
Others: *sweatdrop*
Quatre: What fanfics have you been reading?
Yami Kenshin: Just seeing what the guy likes about doing that.
Quatre: *shakes head* Sorry I asked. Anyway, what exactly happened in the Great Hall? *evil grin* You'll just have to wait until next time.
Yami Quatre: Don't you know that cliffies are evil?
Quatre: Hai!
Yami Quatre: *sighs* You are incorrigible.
Quatre: Read and review, s'il vous plait! Grr…evil French classes!
All but Quatre: Ja ne!
Quatre: Au revoir!