Chapter 9
The Hunt Continues!
Disclaimer: It's all mine!!!!! *hisses*
Kamilah: -_- don't mind her. She's just pissed and sugar high at the same time.
Note: A few more characters come into play, including Shogo, the kawaii blue haired kid from the Jap. movie.
Also, Arian Starswing had an idea, and it was something like the yamis get pissed at Malfoy.....and that happens in either this chapter or next chapter; I haven't decided yet. So.....thanx (maybe) ahead of time for the plot point, Arian!
Mojobubbles: Who here actually read chapter 8? Because it didn't show up as a new chapter.....cuz it replaced that note........-_- I probably woulda had this one up sooner, but I had trouble coming up with a plot point.....and Kikyo kept killing it.
Kikyo: ¬_¬ Quit that. I'm not a computer.
Kamilah: YAY! WE'RE GONNA GO CRUSIN'!!!!!!!!
Mojobubbles: Yup! ^_^ I'm going on vacation on June 21, and I think we're coming back early July. So......expect no updates. But I will be writing.........I'm gonna have my spiffy special fic notebook on the car ride........we're /driving/ to Florida........from Pennsylvania..........it's gonna take a while!
Kamilah: Hopefully your sister won't bug us the whole way, huh aibou?
Mojobubbles: Yuh. In other news.......TECHNOLOGY HATES ME!!!!!!!!!!!!! My burned CD works in everything except my personal CD player, FF.net keeps screwing up and keeping me from posting stuff, and Kikyo kept killing this chapter. _______)
Things had been going so well, it was easy to forget there was an evil wizard on the loose. Aneko and Kaiba, plus Adara and Malik, were finally together, and romance was in the air. Yep, everything was perfect.
"Ron, just shut up!"
I guess I spoke too soon......^_^U
Ron blinked at Hermione. Yes, Hermione had just snapped at him.
"Hermione........" Tea gasped.
"Tea, I'd drop it and walk away. I think Hermione's in one of her 'moods'," Harry muttered. They were walking down the hall, and after they heard this warning from Harry, everyone scooted away from Hermione.
"Oh boy.....Harry, are they fighting again?" Ginny asked, coming out of third-year Transfiguration and joining them. Harry shrugged.
"Not yet......."
"'Mione........you ok?"
"Ron, just leave me alone! I don't want to hear about Snape, or Duel Monsters, or Quidditch, or anything....!"
Ron blinked. This was rather sudden..........then it clicked. She must be.....
And Ron, being the stupid male he is (^_~) blurted it out.
"Oh, I get it......it's your 'time of the month'."
Everyone scooted every farther from Hermione.
"Ron........." Malik muttered. "Back away from the girl....."
But either Ron ignored him, or didn't hear him.
"Or......is it just before 'that time'......"
"RON!!!!!!!!" Hermione screamed, looking flabbergasted and embarrassed. "I can't /believe/ you!!!!! How /insensitive/ can you be!?" With that, she shoved past them and stomped off.
Everyone just stood there and stared. Then the rest of the girls rounded on Ron.
Ron realized how a gazelle must feel when surrounded by a pack of hungry lionesses.
The boys grabbed Ron and yanked him away.
"That's not how you talk to girls!!!" Tristan exclaimed.
"It's not my fault!" Ron protested. "Fred and George told me to be honest-"
"Since when does their advice work?!" Harry asked.
"Um.....never?"
"Exactly, Ron."
Ron sighed. "Now what?!"
"Well, you can't apologize yet," Malik said. "Not now when she's so pissed at you."
Ron sighed again. "So......I've just gotta wait?"
The other boys nodded solemnly.
"Of course, how long you'll have to wait.....we'll just have to see. Maybe something will happen," Bakura said thoughtfully. "Maybe something will change things....."
He didn't know how right he was.
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(*twitch* I'm about to strangle something........MY. CD. WON'T. WORK. *twitch twitch* I am so (*($#$#@!!@%^ pissed off!!!!)
(Ooh! "The Remedy" is on!!!!!! ^^)
Kamilah: -_-)
"She's avoiding me," Ron whispered. "Harry, look!" he added, nudging Harry and gesturing toward Hermione, who gave him a huffy look and turned away.
"Ron, shut up, I'm trying to finish Snape's essay," Harry muttered, comparing his essay to Adara's.
Ron sighed for the zillionth time that day and looked down at his half- completed Herbology essay, then around at the common room, which outwardly seemed as peaceful as the moonlit night that swept over Hogwarts.
But it was a fake calm, the calm before the storm. Everyone was trying to be cordial to Hermione, because they had all had experience with her when she was in a fight with Ron. (That didn't come out right......sorry.)
Suddenly, the awkward tranquility was interrupted by an announcement that, because schools of wizardry do not have loudspeakers, seemed to simply float through the mammoth castle.
(Wow......I ish using lotsa adjectives........o.O)
"Would Yugi Moto, Malik Ishtar, Joseph Wheeler, Isis Ishtar, and Seto Kaiba report immediately to Professor Dumbledore's office. That is all."
Said students exchanged confused glances. What did they do?
"Busted!!!" Fred and George crowed.
Kaiba rolled his eyes and stood up, walking to the portrait frame. Joey, Malik, Isis, and Yugi got up, too, and joined Kaiba at the portrait hole. They exited, leaving the other students to formulate their own theories.
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"What are /you/ all doing here!?" was the first thing out of Kaya's mouth when the five returned. But now, there were nine of them. Joey had Serenity's hand enclosed in his own, Kaiba had his hands on Mokuba's shoulders, Yugi was talking consolingly to Shogo, and Malik was asking Rishid something.
"Voldemort's getting restless, apparently," Kaiba said impatiently. A few in the room flinched at the name.
"He and his followers are still searching for you," Rishid explained. Malik and Isis had written him and explained the situation soon after they had arrived at Hogwarts.
"They thought it'd be /nice/ to drop by and /visit/ our friends and family," Joey spat.
At these words, Kaya, Tristan, Bakura, and Tea jumped up and joined the others.
"Shogo, you ok?" Kaya asked, putting her hand on his shoulder. Can you blame her for being a bit protective? After all, Shogo is the reincarnation of one of her friends from Egypt, Akiiki, who died of appendicitis.
He nodded. "I'm just really tired, Ky," he whimpered.
"AWWW!" Adara and Lindsey squealed, grabbing Shogo and glomping him. The others sweatdropped. (Yes. Even Rishid. RISHID SWEATDROPPED, DAMMIT!)
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That night, Harry couldn't sleep. He got out of bed, dying for a glass of water, and then he saw it.
The glass slipped from his hand.
The noise woke up the other boys, except for a few heavy sleepers.
"Harry? 'Sat you?" came Joey's sleepy voice from behind the curtains on his bed.
Harry didn't reply. "Ron!" he hissed. "Get over here!"
Ron jerked fully awake and came to Harry's side. He stared out the window, his eyes widening.
Malik stumbled over, confused and sluggish at the same time. He looked outside and blinked.
"That's a really black dog," he remarked, then began to shuffle off to bed.
"It's also a really *serious* dog," Harry added, raising his voice slightly. At this, Malik stopped and turned around, and Joey, Yugi, Tristan, and Bakura poked their heads out.
"So.......it's a *serious black* dog?" Bakura whispered.
"Wait, how can yuh know it's a serious dog? Yuh've never seen it 'afore tonight!" Joey said, scratching his head. They all gave him a look. "Oh!" Joey said suddenly. "It's actually Sirius-"
"Jo-ey!" Yugi shushed. "That's a secret, remember?" he whispered. Joey's eyes widened, he nodded, and clapped a hand over his mouth.
"What's *it* doing here?" Tristan asked.
"I don't know," Harry said truthfully. "It must have something to do with the others who came today. Maybe *someone* was chasing the dog, too......"
"Harry....." mumbled Neville from across the room. "You sound like you're talking in code......"
Harry and the others sweatdropped.
"Heh, of course we're not, Neville! ^_^" Ron said, pulling a Malik.
"Oh," Neville mumbled. "Ok." With that, he flopped back onto his pillow, and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
"We'll tell the girls about it in the morning," Yugi murmured, crawling back into his bed.
"Agreed," the other boys replied, sounding just as tired.
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"Harry," Hermione whispered to him that morning at breakfast, "Snuffles is back."
Harry nodded. "We know. We saw him outside last night."
"Yugi and Yami told me about it this morning, but I haven't gotten a good chance to tell the other girls yet," Kaya added, her voice low.
"How'd you-?" Harry started, but Kaya cut him off.
"Me, Yugi, and Yami have a mind link, remember?" she replied.
"Oh, how could I forget?" Harry sighed.
(Oh dear.......Kikyo is being veeeeerrrrryyyyyyyy slow.....I'm gonna have to save every 5 seconds in case she decides to crash.......)
Suddenly, the flutter of thousands of wings echoed throughout, signaling the owls with the post.
Hedwig fluttered by, dropping a letter over Harry. With his seeker- reflexes, he was able to grab the cream-colored envelope before it fell into his pumpkin juice.
He looked at the scrawl on the front, and instantly knew whom it was from.
Harry,
I'm back, although I'm lying low for a while. *He's* looking out for me, and Dumbledore's urging, I'm hiding out at the same place as last year. Dumbledore's also told me about your new friends, from Japan, and I'm looking forward to meeting them, especially that 'King of Games' one.
"Hah! Yami's got a challenger!" Kaya sniggered, reading over Harry's shoulder.
Let me know about your next Hogsmeade date ASAP.
Sirius
Harry was silent for a minute. "Hermione, when's the next Hogsmeade date?"
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Mojobubbles: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kamilah: -_- She's finally out of school.
Mojobubbles: Although now I have to work on packing for our trip......*sigh* That's why this chapter was a bit short and rushed. I was determined to get it out before we leave.
Kamilah: Sayonara Roku-gatsu ni ichi-kara Shichi-gatsu nana-made!! \V/
Mojobubbles: That's Japanese for 'goodbye from June 21 until July 7!!'
The Hunt Continues!
Disclaimer: It's all mine!!!!! *hisses*
Kamilah: -_- don't mind her. She's just pissed and sugar high at the same time.
Note: A few more characters come into play, including Shogo, the kawaii blue haired kid from the Jap. movie.
Also, Arian Starswing had an idea, and it was something like the yamis get pissed at Malfoy.....and that happens in either this chapter or next chapter; I haven't decided yet. So.....thanx (maybe) ahead of time for the plot point, Arian!
Mojobubbles: Who here actually read chapter 8? Because it didn't show up as a new chapter.....cuz it replaced that note........-_- I probably woulda had this one up sooner, but I had trouble coming up with a plot point.....and Kikyo kept killing it.
Kikyo: ¬_¬ Quit that. I'm not a computer.
Kamilah: YAY! WE'RE GONNA GO CRUSIN'!!!!!!!!
Mojobubbles: Yup! ^_^ I'm going on vacation on June 21, and I think we're coming back early July. So......expect no updates. But I will be writing.........I'm gonna have my spiffy special fic notebook on the car ride........we're /driving/ to Florida........from Pennsylvania..........it's gonna take a while!
Kamilah: Hopefully your sister won't bug us the whole way, huh aibou?
Mojobubbles: Yuh. In other news.......TECHNOLOGY HATES ME!!!!!!!!!!!!! My burned CD works in everything except my personal CD player, FF.net keeps screwing up and keeping me from posting stuff, and Kikyo kept killing this chapter. _______)
Things had been going so well, it was easy to forget there was an evil wizard on the loose. Aneko and Kaiba, plus Adara and Malik, were finally together, and romance was in the air. Yep, everything was perfect.
"Ron, just shut up!"
I guess I spoke too soon......^_^U
Ron blinked at Hermione. Yes, Hermione had just snapped at him.
"Hermione........" Tea gasped.
"Tea, I'd drop it and walk away. I think Hermione's in one of her 'moods'," Harry muttered. They were walking down the hall, and after they heard this warning from Harry, everyone scooted away from Hermione.
"Oh boy.....Harry, are they fighting again?" Ginny asked, coming out of third-year Transfiguration and joining them. Harry shrugged.
"Not yet......."
"'Mione........you ok?"
"Ron, just leave me alone! I don't want to hear about Snape, or Duel Monsters, or Quidditch, or anything....!"
Ron blinked. This was rather sudden..........then it clicked. She must be.....
And Ron, being the stupid male he is (^_~) blurted it out.
"Oh, I get it......it's your 'time of the month'."
Everyone scooted every farther from Hermione.
"Ron........." Malik muttered. "Back away from the girl....."
But either Ron ignored him, or didn't hear him.
"Or......is it just before 'that time'......"
"RON!!!!!!!!" Hermione screamed, looking flabbergasted and embarrassed. "I can't /believe/ you!!!!! How /insensitive/ can you be!?" With that, she shoved past them and stomped off.
Everyone just stood there and stared. Then the rest of the girls rounded on Ron.
Ron realized how a gazelle must feel when surrounded by a pack of hungry lionesses.
The boys grabbed Ron and yanked him away.
"That's not how you talk to girls!!!" Tristan exclaimed.
"It's not my fault!" Ron protested. "Fred and George told me to be honest-"
"Since when does their advice work?!" Harry asked.
"Um.....never?"
"Exactly, Ron."
Ron sighed. "Now what?!"
"Well, you can't apologize yet," Malik said. "Not now when she's so pissed at you."
Ron sighed again. "So......I've just gotta wait?"
The other boys nodded solemnly.
"Of course, how long you'll have to wait.....we'll just have to see. Maybe something will happen," Bakura said thoughtfully. "Maybe something will change things....."
He didn't know how right he was.
**********************************************
(*twitch* I'm about to strangle something........MY. CD. WON'T. WORK. *twitch twitch* I am so (*($#$#@!!@%^ pissed off!!!!)
(Ooh! "The Remedy" is on!!!!!! ^^)
Kamilah: -_-)
"She's avoiding me," Ron whispered. "Harry, look!" he added, nudging Harry and gesturing toward Hermione, who gave him a huffy look and turned away.
"Ron, shut up, I'm trying to finish Snape's essay," Harry muttered, comparing his essay to Adara's.
Ron sighed for the zillionth time that day and looked down at his half- completed Herbology essay, then around at the common room, which outwardly seemed as peaceful as the moonlit night that swept over Hogwarts.
But it was a fake calm, the calm before the storm. Everyone was trying to be cordial to Hermione, because they had all had experience with her when she was in a fight with Ron. (That didn't come out right......sorry.)
Suddenly, the awkward tranquility was interrupted by an announcement that, because schools of wizardry do not have loudspeakers, seemed to simply float through the mammoth castle.
(Wow......I ish using lotsa adjectives........o.O)
"Would Yugi Moto, Malik Ishtar, Joseph Wheeler, Isis Ishtar, and Seto Kaiba report immediately to Professor Dumbledore's office. That is all."
Said students exchanged confused glances. What did they do?
"Busted!!!" Fred and George crowed.
Kaiba rolled his eyes and stood up, walking to the portrait frame. Joey, Malik, Isis, and Yugi got up, too, and joined Kaiba at the portrait hole. They exited, leaving the other students to formulate their own theories.
***********************************************
"What are /you/ all doing here!?" was the first thing out of Kaya's mouth when the five returned. But now, there were nine of them. Joey had Serenity's hand enclosed in his own, Kaiba had his hands on Mokuba's shoulders, Yugi was talking consolingly to Shogo, and Malik was asking Rishid something.
"Voldemort's getting restless, apparently," Kaiba said impatiently. A few in the room flinched at the name.
"He and his followers are still searching for you," Rishid explained. Malik and Isis had written him and explained the situation soon after they had arrived at Hogwarts.
"They thought it'd be /nice/ to drop by and /visit/ our friends and family," Joey spat.
At these words, Kaya, Tristan, Bakura, and Tea jumped up and joined the others.
"Shogo, you ok?" Kaya asked, putting her hand on his shoulder. Can you blame her for being a bit protective? After all, Shogo is the reincarnation of one of her friends from Egypt, Akiiki, who died of appendicitis.
He nodded. "I'm just really tired, Ky," he whimpered.
"AWWW!" Adara and Lindsey squealed, grabbing Shogo and glomping him. The others sweatdropped. (Yes. Even Rishid. RISHID SWEATDROPPED, DAMMIT!)
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That night, Harry couldn't sleep. He got out of bed, dying for a glass of water, and then he saw it.
The glass slipped from his hand.
The noise woke up the other boys, except for a few heavy sleepers.
"Harry? 'Sat you?" came Joey's sleepy voice from behind the curtains on his bed.
Harry didn't reply. "Ron!" he hissed. "Get over here!"
Ron jerked fully awake and came to Harry's side. He stared out the window, his eyes widening.
Malik stumbled over, confused and sluggish at the same time. He looked outside and blinked.
"That's a really black dog," he remarked, then began to shuffle off to bed.
"It's also a really *serious* dog," Harry added, raising his voice slightly. At this, Malik stopped and turned around, and Joey, Yugi, Tristan, and Bakura poked their heads out.
"So.......it's a *serious black* dog?" Bakura whispered.
"Wait, how can yuh know it's a serious dog? Yuh've never seen it 'afore tonight!" Joey said, scratching his head. They all gave him a look. "Oh!" Joey said suddenly. "It's actually Sirius-"
"Jo-ey!" Yugi shushed. "That's a secret, remember?" he whispered. Joey's eyes widened, he nodded, and clapped a hand over his mouth.
"What's *it* doing here?" Tristan asked.
"I don't know," Harry said truthfully. "It must have something to do with the others who came today. Maybe *someone* was chasing the dog, too......"
"Harry....." mumbled Neville from across the room. "You sound like you're talking in code......"
Harry and the others sweatdropped.
"Heh, of course we're not, Neville! ^_^" Ron said, pulling a Malik.
"Oh," Neville mumbled. "Ok." With that, he flopped back onto his pillow, and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
"We'll tell the girls about it in the morning," Yugi murmured, crawling back into his bed.
"Agreed," the other boys replied, sounding just as tired.
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"Harry," Hermione whispered to him that morning at breakfast, "Snuffles is back."
Harry nodded. "We know. We saw him outside last night."
"Yugi and Yami told me about it this morning, but I haven't gotten a good chance to tell the other girls yet," Kaya added, her voice low.
"How'd you-?" Harry started, but Kaya cut him off.
"Me, Yugi, and Yami have a mind link, remember?" she replied.
"Oh, how could I forget?" Harry sighed.
(Oh dear.......Kikyo is being veeeeerrrrryyyyyyyy slow.....I'm gonna have to save every 5 seconds in case she decides to crash.......)
Suddenly, the flutter of thousands of wings echoed throughout, signaling the owls with the post.
Hedwig fluttered by, dropping a letter over Harry. With his seeker- reflexes, he was able to grab the cream-colored envelope before it fell into his pumpkin juice.
He looked at the scrawl on the front, and instantly knew whom it was from.
Harry,
I'm back, although I'm lying low for a while. *He's* looking out for me, and Dumbledore's urging, I'm hiding out at the same place as last year. Dumbledore's also told me about your new friends, from Japan, and I'm looking forward to meeting them, especially that 'King of Games' one.
"Hah! Yami's got a challenger!" Kaya sniggered, reading over Harry's shoulder.
Let me know about your next Hogsmeade date ASAP.
Sirius
Harry was silent for a minute. "Hermione, when's the next Hogsmeade date?"
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Mojobubbles: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kamilah: -_- She's finally out of school.
Mojobubbles: Although now I have to work on packing for our trip......*sigh* That's why this chapter was a bit short and rushed. I was determined to get it out before we leave.
Kamilah: Sayonara Roku-gatsu ni ichi-kara Shichi-gatsu nana-made!! \V/
Mojobubbles: That's Japanese for 'goodbye from June 21 until July 7!!'