Seto: So far, Tenshi hasn't been my worst nightmare Haku.
Haku: -sly grin- So far.
Seto: You wouldn't dare.
Haku: Give me your Blue Eyes White Dragons, or I will.
Seto: You're bluffing.
Haku: Nup, Blue Eyes, or she unleashes hell.
Seto: Dream on.
Haku: Hell it is then. Oh, and everyone? I'm sorry I didn't update last week, I was in Melbourne.
REVIEW REPLIES:.
ShadowSpinnerX- Yeah, they do rock, but I don't like the fact that it's always Yugi, Bakura, Malik and sometimes Seto that goes... Gotta be original!
Aura Black Chan- My plan is to have him lighten up a little, but not because they meet another family. Hehe... The reason why Seto will lighten up was introduced last chapter...
Dagger5-
Seto: Yes, I'm so absolutely thrilled that Mokuba will get a wand. It's so bloody exciting.
Haku: I'm glad you think so Seto. ^_^
Y. Haku; Don't mind her, Seto, she's just not familiar with Sarcasm.
Seto: I noticed.
Curtis Zidane Ziraa- I can't give away what Seto's gonna do. -coughslamfacefirstintothebarriercough-
Seto: I heard that.
Saiyan Jedi- lol. Well, in my opinion, any plot hole is gaping... -cringes-
Y. Haku: Yeah, and that was a great idea about how to fix it. (Better than hers.)
Haku: Do you want a gaping hole in your HEAD Kohaku?
Y. Haku: I'm right thanks.
POLL:
Which house should Mokuba go in?
Gryffindor: 3 votes
Ravenclaw: 2 votes
Hufflepuff: 1 vote
Slytherin: 0 votes
I wonder why no one wants him in Slytherin?
DISCLAIMER:
I am a fifteen year old girl who's never been anywhere remotely near England or Japan, so no own, no sue.
RANDOM NOTE:
Haku: Mokey and I share the same Birthday! 7/7! (I found that when I went looking for whether he's right handed or left handed... I didn't find that out though.)
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Madame Malkins Robes for All occasions
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Mokuba fell into step behind Seto, who in turn was a step behind Hagrid. They were heading for a old, dusty looking shop with a faded velvet display. Tenshi chirruped from her perch on Mokuba's head and looked about excitedly, white feathers glistening in the morning sun.
"Where the hell are we going?" Seto demanded of Hagrid. Truth be told, Mokuba didn't really think his brother was being fair to the man, for even though Hagrid looked threatening, it was easy to tell that his heart was in the right place. Frowning slightly, Mokuba walked a bit faster, so he could stand next to his brother.
Hagrid at least made an effort to reply in a civilized tongue, and Mokuba thought he must have an incredibly large amount of patience, for he said, as calm as ever, "Olivanders, ter get Mok'ba his wand."
Seto snorted, and what happened next, Mokuba didn't quite see, but there was a rustle of movement above him, and Seto's rough voice. "Agh! Mokuba, tell your pet to watch where it puts it's wings, it cuffed me." Tenshi jumped off Mokuba's head at this point, shot what had to be a nasty look in Seto's direction, and strutted forward, to where Hagrid was trying very hard not to chuckle. Mokuba couldn't help but smile, thinking that the birdlike creature just might have done it on purpose.
"Maybe I should have called you Yami, Tenshi. You both seem to share the same sentiment towards my brother..." Mokuba said to himself quietly, looking up to where Hagrid had stopped.
It was a reasonably quaint looking shop, with a very homely front, and a display that consisted of one of the shafts of wood that everyone seemed to have, seated on a velvet cushion. Peeled gold lettering above the display read, Olivanders: Makers of fine wands since 382 BC. Tenshi let out a low chirrup, and gently poked Mokuba with one talon to get picked up. He did so absentmindedly, as he followed Hagrid through the door. The wand in the window seemed to be brimming with some kind of Ethereal force, as did the store, when they stepped inside.
Seto looked about in scorn, and made his way to the spindly chair he saw in the corner of the shop. Tenshi chirruped, and set him what would have been a death-glare, if the animal had human qualities. Hagrid rang the bell, and Mokuba looked about in what had to be awe.
"Feel that big brother?"
"Feel what?"
Mokuba stared at him, as if trying to decide whether he was serious or not, then upon realising that Seto was never not serious (Except for times when a certain blonde mutt was involved, even then Mokuba wondered) the expression changed into one of disbelief. Mokuba wasn't allowed long to dwell on this though, for a new voice spoke behind them. "May I help you?" Two pale eyes emerged from the shadows, glowing like moons in the little light of the shop's dusty interior. An ancient man followed out of the shadows, his skin, once obviously healthy, hanging off his face like slightly loose cloth. Hagrid cleared his throat.
"Ahh, Mr. Hagrid. It's been a fair while since I last saw you in this store. Somewhere in the vicinity of 50 years I believe.* Oak, sixteen inches wasn't it?" The strange man said, yet to introduce himself to either of the Kaibas.
"Yeah, It was, Mr. Olivander."
"Shame about that wand really, it was a nice one. Pity, pity. But who do we have here?" He turned to the Kaibas at last, and Mokuba felt his skin prickle under the old man's gaze. "I must say, I've never seen someone with such thick hair my lad. Tell me, your name youngling."
Mokuba blushed, embarrassed. "Mokuba Kaiba sir. And that's my brother Seto." Olivander looked towards the CEO, blinked, and turned back to Mokuba.
"Your brother wears the mark of a griffin's scorn... Curious, very curious." Mokuba wondered what he meant by this, but found he couldn't ask, and Olivander wasn't about to elate by any stretch of the imagination. "Now, Young Kaiba, hold out your wand arm." Mokuba assumed this was his right hand, so he held it out. Olivander started measuring it.
"Mr. Kaiba, Every wand you see before you has a core of a very powerful substance. Dragon heartstrings, Unicorn tail hairs, even some..." He threw a casual glance at Tenshi "...griffin fletching. This does not mean that the wands can do the same thing, you understand, oh no. Just as every human is different, as is every Unicorn, griffin etcetera. In turn, each wand created can be made from a different wood, which means that no two wands will ever be the same. That will do." The tape measure crumpled from under Mokuba's nose. He had only realised, that it was measuring him on it's own. "Now take this." Olivander handed him a wooden shaft, a wand.
"Go on, boy, give it a wave." Mokuba did so, but the wand was quickly snatched away. "Yes, yes, I should have guessed, that with a pet griffin, Fletching wands would be temperamental. Here, Jarrah** and Dragon heartstring." Mokuba took the wand in his hands, and felt a warm glow, spreading throughout the tips of his fingers. He waved the wand once, and with an echoing 'bang', a plume of flame shot out the end, shooting off vivid purple sparks as it went. "Oh! What a show! Yes, young Kaiba, this is the wand for you. A good one too, 10 inches, slightly heavy and inflexible. Very powerful. As will be the wizard who wields it." With that (and after they'd paid the 9 galleons it cost for the wand), he bowed them out of the shop.
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"Now, Mok'ba, Yer brother an' I are going to go get some ice-cream. You go ter Madame Malkins ter get yer robes, and we'll be back soon Okay?"
"Okay Hagrid." Mokuba said, although, catching his brothers eye, Mokuba knew it was the last thing that Seto wanted to do. He turned, before Seto screamed bloody murder, and headed to the shop with many fabrics in the window.
Stepping inside the brightly lit store, the first thing Mokuba noticed was a family of about 6, all with flaming red hair, sitting to one side. The second thing he noticed was a dumpy witch with a round, happy face, calling out to him, "Hogwarts Dear? There's two people being fitted right now, but sit down, and they'll be done in a minute." He nodded his thanks, then took a seat next to the youngest looking boy.
"Hi!" He greeted, and Mokuba turned to face him. Sitting down, it was hard to tell how tall he was, but it was a pretty safe bet that he was tall, for he sat higher than Mokuba in the chair. His face matched his long and lanky body, it was smattered with freckles, and he had a rather long nose. Mokuba smiled warily, suddenly very aware of his shoulder length black hair, and Asian complexion. "I'm Ron Weasley."
"Mokuba Kaiba." Mokuba said, taking the hand that Ron held out. He was starting to feel more comfortable, especially when the woman who had to be his mother turned and smiled.
"Hello dear, you new to Hogwarts too this year? It's Ronnie's first year too." She smiled warmly at him, though her eyes flickered with slight distaste when she noticed the length of his hair. (Haku: Just so you know, Mokuba's long hair is REALLY going to grate Mrs. Weasley's nerves, if I do more than one HP cross starring Mokuba.)
Mokuba nodded and smiled. "Actually, I didn't know anything about magic until I got the letter... I think I'm going to be behind everyone else... seeing as I didn't even know I was a wizard."
Ron grinned, and thumped him on the back in a playful way. "Don't worry, you won't be the only muggle-born first year. Practically half the year group is that way. Isn't that right Fred? ...Fred?"
One of an obvious set of twin boys looked up. "You talking to me Ronnekins? I'm George." Ron rolled his eyes.
"Brothers, who needs 'em eh?"
"My brother's looked after me my whole life... and what's a 'muggle-born?" Mokuba said scornfully, then curiously.
Mrs. Weasley looked horror struck that Mokuba was brought up by his brother, but let it pass. Instead, she chose to answer the second question. "A muggle is someone who has no magic. Non-wizards, dear. And being muggle-born means that your parents were muggles." Mokuba nodded understanding.
"Mother." A voice called from behind the door on the other side of the room. A tall male swept out of the doorway, black robes billowing around him. "They've finished fitting my robes, and they gave me some second hand ones that might fit Ron."
"Okay then Percy. Go try them on Ron." Mokuba noticed that Ron was rather pink with embarrassment.
"Okay mum." He retreated behind the door to go put them on, as Mokuba was called forward.
"It was nice meeting you Weasley-san." He commented, before following the dumpy witch to have his own robes fitted. The process was quick, for, like his brother, Mokuba was used to having clothes tailored for him, and did whatever Madame Malkins asked, sometimes even before she asked. Soon, he was trundling out of the store, but was stopped by one of the red headded twins, the one that Ron had spoken to earlier. "One question, Mokuba did you say it was? What's Weasley-san?"
Mokuba blushed. "Sorry, I'm Japanese, and that's basically how we would say Mrs. Weasley." The red head nodded understanding.
"Cool. And you've got to tell me how you got your eyes to be purple. My name's Fred." He introduced himself, eyes sparkling.
"They're naturally that way, and I thought you told Ron it was George?" He smiled happily, at the look on Fred's face, and at that moment, Seto chose to turn up.
"Mokuba! There you are. Did you get your robes?" Mokuba smiled at the slightly worried hint in Seto's voice. He could only begin to imagine what it would be like on the first day of term.
"Yeah, I did Seto. I'll see you Fred." He smiled at the red head, who seemed taken aback by Seto's height. Seto led him away, but not before Tenshi had returned to her position on Mokuba's head. (She had gone with Seto and Hagrid, for some strange reason, Seto had told Mokuba later.) Fred shouted out one more thing to the brother's retreating backs.
"Holy! Is that a griffin?" Tenshi only flicked her tail in response.
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After Mokuba had gotten the rest of his supplies, Tenshi somehow managing to injure Seto every time he said something sharp or frosty to Hagrid, The three stood outside the closed gate and Hagrid took them back to the Kaiba mansion, the same way he brought them to the alley. There, the loveable giant parted ways with the two, who sighed, and flopped simultaneously onto the couch. Tenshi chirruped, curled up on Mokuba's lap, Somehow managed to 'accidentally' bite Seto's fingers, and fell asleep. Mokuba followed soon after, and Seto, scowling at the griffin, carried them both up to bed.
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*Chamber of secrets said that Hagrid was expelled 50 years ago from Harry's second year. Meaning, that Hagrid would be getting his wand either 1 or 2 years before that. (I can't remember if he was expelled in his 3rd, or 2nd year.)
** Jarrah is a type of wood from a type of Gumtree in Australia. (More specifically, WA.) It's a pink colour that ranges from light, to a maroon colour, and it is a very dense wood. (Meaning it's heavy.) It's also a very expensive wood, meaning that it would be more expensive than Harry's wand, which was made with Holly, not only a local wood, but a cheaper one as well.
Haku: So I promise that Not next chapter, but the chapter after, Mokuba will be sorted! So get your votes in for the pole, It's a race between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw!
Y. Haku: R and R?
