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"Would now be a bad time to mention that I'm afraid of heights?" Ryou asked nervously, a broomstick in his hand.
"It would be if I didn't know you were lying," Harry told him from about 20 feet in the air. "I saw you in the park one night when we were back in Surrey. You were sitting in the tallest tree there, and were as high as you could be with out gravity disagreeing with you. Your not afraid of heights." Ryou sighed, he had thought that some one was following him that night. But it had been 3 o'clock in the morning at the time, so he took it as a lack of sleep.
"Flying is easy!" Fred said, he had sacrificed his broom so Ryou could learn to fly, and was quite frustrated that Ryou was still on the ground with him.
"Yeah! Your Harry's cousin, you should be a natural at this!" Ron exclaimed. George had disappeared for some reason, and Ryou didn't like the look on his face as he left. George was up to something, Ryou had been around Marik long enough to know when to watch your back.
"Just get in the air!" came George's voice from behind them. George appeared with a large black case, that seemed to be moving.
"Just push off the ground Ryou. Stop making a fuss!" Harry commented. "I swear you'll love it! I got it on my first try."
'I'm going to regret this,' Ryou thought to himself. Yet he could hear his yami laughing at him from deep inside the ring. Bakura had gained back his strength and was now able to mentally insult Ryou once more.
Ryou was shaking nervously, he threw his leg over the broom, shutting his eyes tight he started to count in his head:
'One . . .' his hands had become sweaty so he gripped the handle tighter, whitening his knuckles.
'Two . . .' Ryou was shaking worse that ever now, and the twins were growing impatient.
'Thr-'
"GO!" The twins shouted loudly in unison. Scaring the life out of Ryou, he yelled and pushed of the ground accidentally in fright, but it soon faded.
Ryou felt the wind rush through his silver-white hair as he rose up to Harry's level. Ryou had never felt anything more thrilling in his entire life! A large smile of delight spread across his face, his doe-brown eyes sparkling with excitement. Absent mindedly, Ryou leaned forward and summed around Harry a few times, laughing at the feeling, before stopping in mid- air.
"Just like I said," Ron called from the ground. "A natural!"
"Well, lets see how well he can handle the broom," Fred said, another crazy grin on his face, reminding Ryou of Marik before he was about to pull one of his many stunts. Ron nodded to George, who was also grinning like a maniac. George opened up the large black case. Inside were four balls; three strapped in, two of them were struggling to get out.
Fred snapped off one of the straps on the moving black ball, and it shot into the air, then straight at Ryou's head. Ryou's eyes widened like a deer in the headlights, but moved quickly, racing around the padlock, trying to not get knocked unconscious by the rapid ball. While Bakura was laughing hysterically in the back of his mind. After about 20 minutes, everyone got into the air, and the 5 boys started to play quidditch, minus the snitch. Fred and George vs. Ryou and Harry, Ron was trying to referee, but the game got out of hand anyway, and just ended up shouting out the commentary instead/
Ryou ended up being a very good chaser. He could weave in and out of the bludgers and players, as well as stray birds, and score easily. Fred and George finally forfeited the game after getting their butts kicked for over two hours. Harry and Ryou won 10 to 240, and Fred and George only got that one goal because Ryou wasn't paying attention and the bludger hit his broom, spinning him off course. Everyone else got hit by the bludgers a hundred times apiece, but that one encounter only hit his broom, yet Ryou played the hardest out there.
The boys started back towards the Burrrow, brooms over their shoulders. But met a bushy, brown haired girl on the way.
"Hermione!" Harry and Ron yelled, Fred and George waved, but Ryou did nothing, not knowing who the girl was. While they seemed to catch up on things right there outside of the house, Ryou walked right past all of them and on into the house.
"Ryou?" Harry asked a few minutes later, looking around for his cousin.
"I think he went inside." Fred told him.
"Hey, five sickles says he's reading again," George added slyly.
"Or on that lappy-top thing," Ron also added. Harry laughed at his friend's description.
"It's a 'laptop' Ron, and we need to introduce Ryou to Hermionie."
"Who's Ryou?" Everyone seemed to have left Hermionie in the dark.
"Common, I'll show you."
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Meanwhile, Ryou was in his room, and was indeed on his laptop-
Change_of_Heart233: It was amazing!
BlueEyes3: A broomstick, eh?
TombKeeper12: Did you clean the house while you were at it?
Change_of_Heart233: I'M SERIOUS!!!!!!!!!
Puzzle908: I believe you Ryou. It sounds awesome.
Change_of_Heart233: Thanks Yugi. I'm glad 'SOME PEOPLE' don't believe I've gone nuts.
TombKeeper12: I never said that.
Change_of_Heart233: You were thinking it.
TombKeeper12: I didn't know you could read minds Ryou. Did you learn that while flying on your broomstick or did the garden gnomes teach you how?
BlueEyes3: Lay off Ishtar!
TombKeeper12: I just don't believe anything until I see it with my own eyes, not even those dragon pictures.
Change_of_Heart233: Over here those pictures move.
TombKeeper12: Sure they do.
Change_of_Heart233: Well, I'll just have to show you when I come for Christmas!
BlueEyes3: Speaking of Christmas, we decided to celebrate mine, yours, Marik's, and Mai's birthdays then, since you'll miss them over the first semester.
(A/N This is true: Seto's birthday is October 25th, Ryou's is September 2nd, Marik's is December 23rd, and Mai's is November 25th!)
Change_of_Heart233: Who's we?
BlueEyes3: Me.
Change_of_Heart233: Well that makes sense, since Joey's birthday is January 25th, and it's so close to Christmas anyway, that we just skip it.
BlueEyes3: Works for me!
Change_of_Heart233: -_-
TombKeeper12: Since when do you make all the decisions!
Change_of_Heart233: You just don't like celebrating your birthday.
TombKeeper12: STOP READING MY MIND!!!!!!!
Change_of_Heart233: I'm not. -_- Your just too predictable. Anyway, you were like this last year as well. We almost did miss your birthday, if it hadn't been for Isis.
TombKeeper12: I haven't spoken to her since.
Change_of_Heart233: That's not true either.
TombKeeper12: I still hate her for it.
Puzzle908: You guys. If we don't log off, we'll not have enough time to get to school.
BlueEyes3: I'm already there.
TombKeeper12: I'm in the school library. I can't believe you're still at home Yugi!
Change_of_Heart233: It's okay, I should probably go as well, it's about lunchtime over here.
TombKeeper12: Lucky. I didn't eat breakfast.
Change_of_Heart233: Not my problem. See ya!
"Ryou?" Harry asked just as Ryou logged off the chat-room. He shut down the laptop as Harry came into the room, followed by Ron and Hermionie.
"Why'd you run off?"
"I didn't really want to interfere," he said in an all too quite voice. "And I knew I would probably be introduced to your friend later, so I left you guys alone. You just looked like you hadn't seen each other in a long time is all." It seemed that Ryou was always this quite and polite around new people, and around adults 24/7. Hermionie was already taken back by his pure-white hair and large doe-like eyes, but he was so polite as well. How could this be Harry's cousin? And on his mother's side too, where the Dursleys were also related to Harry. Ron had often wondered what Harry's cousin would be like, and would have fun imagining what he would be like. But nothing could compare to what he was really like.
"Well Hermionie, this is my cousin, Ryou," Hermionie snapped out of her little trance and smiled politely at him. "And Ryou, this is mine and Ron's friend from school, Hermionie."
"It's nice to meet you Hemionie," Ryou said politely, smiling at her. (Kawaii ^^)
"It's nice to meet you too. What year are you in at Hogwarts?"
"Sixth. Oh, and that reminds me, Harry?" Ryou asked, looking over at his cousin. "I finished those books, didn't you say there was one more for third year?" Harry winced, he had hoped Ryou would forget about it.
"Oh, yeah. The 'Monster Book of Monsters,' is the last one." Hemionie and Ron winced as well. "Well, maybe we should-"
"'Arry, Hermionie, Ron? Where are yeh?" Came a gruff voice from downstairs.
"HAGRID!" The three shouted, and raced downstairs, leaving poor Ryou confused in Bill's room. He sighed.
"I'll just get it later." He put his laptop away and walked down the stairs to see his cousin and two friends with a man about 3 times their size. He froze on the stairs. The man had a head of hair, and a shaggy black beard with beetle-black eyes. He beamed at the three that had come to greet him.
"Well, it's been a while, hasn' it?" He seemed like a very cheery man, making Ryou relax a little. And continue down the stairs. He also saw what looked like another of the Wheasley's, it must be Bill. He was quite tall, taller than Seto even, with long red hair that was pulled back in a low ponytail. His clothes looked like he was about to perform a rock concert, with a single earing that looked like a fang dangling from his left ear, and boots that looked like they were made of . . .
"Dragon hide," he said in a smooth voice. "They're quite hard to find."
"So I've heard," Ryou said quietly. Bill cocked an eyebrow.
"From who?"
"Well, you just told me." Bill chuckled slightly at this. "But I've read about it as well."
"My name's Bill, I'm Ron's oldest brother," he greeted smoothly, extending his hand, which Ryou took.
"Well I'm Ryou, I'm Harry's cousin," he said a little more loudly, smiling at him. "I hope you don't mind me taking your room from you."
"No, it's alright. I'd rather have the pleasure of thinking up ways to wake Ron in the morning, that's always a challenge." Ryou laughed at that, now Ron was really starting to sound like Joey. "Hey, is that from Egypt?" Bill asked, looking at Ryou's Millennium Ring.
"Yes, my father's an archeologist. He found it for me in a bazaar while in Egypt, and gave it to me on my birthday that year." (I have no clue how old he was! I've heard 5, 7, 9, and 15. Please tell me, I'll need to know for future chapters.)
"So you have an interest in Egypt? Is that why you chose my room?"
"Yeah, probably." Ryou said laughing. They continued talking about Egypt while Harry, Ron, and Hermionie caught up with Hagrid.
"Well, it looks like you cousin and Bill have found something in common, Harry," Ron said.
"Something about Egypt," Fred said joining them, along with George. Ron sighed at this, once you get Bill to start talking about Egypt, there's no stopping him.
"Should we go save him?" Ron asked.
"Naw, he sounds as interested in Egypt as Bill is, he can actually keep up with him."
"But if we leave them alone, I'm afraid they could still be there next week," George added.
"Hey Harry, didn't Ryou want that last book for third year?" Herminoie pointed out.
"Witch one?" Hagrid asked.
"The Monster Book of Monsters."
"Well, I have Harry's," Hagrid said. "He gave me his after third year. He took it out, and still had one of Harry's belts binding it.
"What's that?" said a soft voice behind them. Ryou stood there looking at the book.
"Did you finally get Bill to shut up? I thought that would be impossible!" Fred exclaimed.
"Mrs. Weasley needed him. He knows a lot about Ancient Egypt, I probably should have known with all those posters in his room. But really, what is that."
"That's the book you've been wanting to read." Ryou held the struggling book in his hands.
"Is it like a animal or something?"
"Well, it's kind-of alive-"
"Hope this works," Ryou muttered. Making sure the bind was facing him, Ryou undid the belt, and the book bit down on his hand, but Ryou didn't even flinch, event though every one else grimaced. "Stubborn aren't you," Ryou said quietly. Confusing everyone around him. He then started to stroke the bind, and the book fell limp.
Everyone was silent, Ryou then closed the book and examined his hand, that looked red where the book had bitten him.
"I don't know an'one of my student's whose gotten that book ter open without known' how," Hagrid said. Then started to beam at Ryou. "Well, at least someone got it!" Ryou smiled sweetly bending his fingers, stretching his crushed hand.
"Didn't that hurt?" Asked Ginny, who was looking at Ryou's still red hand, then to the book.
"Yes, but it wasn't that bad," Ryou said sweetly. 'I've had worse,' Ryou thought to himself. He had never been afraid of animals or creatures of any king, besides bugs, but he had always been afraid of new people. These people around him, he had no reason to fear, he could tell.
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Well, that's it! Hope you liked it, and sorry I've been taking so long!
Please review!
"Would now be a bad time to mention that I'm afraid of heights?" Ryou asked nervously, a broomstick in his hand.
"It would be if I didn't know you were lying," Harry told him from about 20 feet in the air. "I saw you in the park one night when we were back in Surrey. You were sitting in the tallest tree there, and were as high as you could be with out gravity disagreeing with you. Your not afraid of heights." Ryou sighed, he had thought that some one was following him that night. But it had been 3 o'clock in the morning at the time, so he took it as a lack of sleep.
"Flying is easy!" Fred said, he had sacrificed his broom so Ryou could learn to fly, and was quite frustrated that Ryou was still on the ground with him.
"Yeah! Your Harry's cousin, you should be a natural at this!" Ron exclaimed. George had disappeared for some reason, and Ryou didn't like the look on his face as he left. George was up to something, Ryou had been around Marik long enough to know when to watch your back.
"Just get in the air!" came George's voice from behind them. George appeared with a large black case, that seemed to be moving.
"Just push off the ground Ryou. Stop making a fuss!" Harry commented. "I swear you'll love it! I got it on my first try."
'I'm going to regret this,' Ryou thought to himself. Yet he could hear his yami laughing at him from deep inside the ring. Bakura had gained back his strength and was now able to mentally insult Ryou once more.
Ryou was shaking nervously, he threw his leg over the broom, shutting his eyes tight he started to count in his head:
'One . . .' his hands had become sweaty so he gripped the handle tighter, whitening his knuckles.
'Two . . .' Ryou was shaking worse that ever now, and the twins were growing impatient.
'Thr-'
"GO!" The twins shouted loudly in unison. Scaring the life out of Ryou, he yelled and pushed of the ground accidentally in fright, but it soon faded.
Ryou felt the wind rush through his silver-white hair as he rose up to Harry's level. Ryou had never felt anything more thrilling in his entire life! A large smile of delight spread across his face, his doe-brown eyes sparkling with excitement. Absent mindedly, Ryou leaned forward and summed around Harry a few times, laughing at the feeling, before stopping in mid- air.
"Just like I said," Ron called from the ground. "A natural!"
"Well, lets see how well he can handle the broom," Fred said, another crazy grin on his face, reminding Ryou of Marik before he was about to pull one of his many stunts. Ron nodded to George, who was also grinning like a maniac. George opened up the large black case. Inside were four balls; three strapped in, two of them were struggling to get out.
Fred snapped off one of the straps on the moving black ball, and it shot into the air, then straight at Ryou's head. Ryou's eyes widened like a deer in the headlights, but moved quickly, racing around the padlock, trying to not get knocked unconscious by the rapid ball. While Bakura was laughing hysterically in the back of his mind. After about 20 minutes, everyone got into the air, and the 5 boys started to play quidditch, minus the snitch. Fred and George vs. Ryou and Harry, Ron was trying to referee, but the game got out of hand anyway, and just ended up shouting out the commentary instead/
Ryou ended up being a very good chaser. He could weave in and out of the bludgers and players, as well as stray birds, and score easily. Fred and George finally forfeited the game after getting their butts kicked for over two hours. Harry and Ryou won 10 to 240, and Fred and George only got that one goal because Ryou wasn't paying attention and the bludger hit his broom, spinning him off course. Everyone else got hit by the bludgers a hundred times apiece, but that one encounter only hit his broom, yet Ryou played the hardest out there.
The boys started back towards the Burrrow, brooms over their shoulders. But met a bushy, brown haired girl on the way.
"Hermione!" Harry and Ron yelled, Fred and George waved, but Ryou did nothing, not knowing who the girl was. While they seemed to catch up on things right there outside of the house, Ryou walked right past all of them and on into the house.
"Ryou?" Harry asked a few minutes later, looking around for his cousin.
"I think he went inside." Fred told him.
"Hey, five sickles says he's reading again," George added slyly.
"Or on that lappy-top thing," Ron also added. Harry laughed at his friend's description.
"It's a 'laptop' Ron, and we need to introduce Ryou to Hermionie."
"Who's Ryou?" Everyone seemed to have left Hermionie in the dark.
"Common, I'll show you."
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Meanwhile, Ryou was in his room, and was indeed on his laptop-
Change_of_Heart233: It was amazing!
BlueEyes3: A broomstick, eh?
TombKeeper12: Did you clean the house while you were at it?
Change_of_Heart233: I'M SERIOUS!!!!!!!!!
Puzzle908: I believe you Ryou. It sounds awesome.
Change_of_Heart233: Thanks Yugi. I'm glad 'SOME PEOPLE' don't believe I've gone nuts.
TombKeeper12: I never said that.
Change_of_Heart233: You were thinking it.
TombKeeper12: I didn't know you could read minds Ryou. Did you learn that while flying on your broomstick or did the garden gnomes teach you how?
BlueEyes3: Lay off Ishtar!
TombKeeper12: I just don't believe anything until I see it with my own eyes, not even those dragon pictures.
Change_of_Heart233: Over here those pictures move.
TombKeeper12: Sure they do.
Change_of_Heart233: Well, I'll just have to show you when I come for Christmas!
BlueEyes3: Speaking of Christmas, we decided to celebrate mine, yours, Marik's, and Mai's birthdays then, since you'll miss them over the first semester.
(A/N This is true: Seto's birthday is October 25th, Ryou's is September 2nd, Marik's is December 23rd, and Mai's is November 25th!)
Change_of_Heart233: Who's we?
BlueEyes3: Me.
Change_of_Heart233: Well that makes sense, since Joey's birthday is January 25th, and it's so close to Christmas anyway, that we just skip it.
BlueEyes3: Works for me!
Change_of_Heart233: -_-
TombKeeper12: Since when do you make all the decisions!
Change_of_Heart233: You just don't like celebrating your birthday.
TombKeeper12: STOP READING MY MIND!!!!!!!
Change_of_Heart233: I'm not. -_- Your just too predictable. Anyway, you were like this last year as well. We almost did miss your birthday, if it hadn't been for Isis.
TombKeeper12: I haven't spoken to her since.
Change_of_Heart233: That's not true either.
TombKeeper12: I still hate her for it.
Puzzle908: You guys. If we don't log off, we'll not have enough time to get to school.
BlueEyes3: I'm already there.
TombKeeper12: I'm in the school library. I can't believe you're still at home Yugi!
Change_of_Heart233: It's okay, I should probably go as well, it's about lunchtime over here.
TombKeeper12: Lucky. I didn't eat breakfast.
Change_of_Heart233: Not my problem. See ya!
"Ryou?" Harry asked just as Ryou logged off the chat-room. He shut down the laptop as Harry came into the room, followed by Ron and Hermionie.
"Why'd you run off?"
"I didn't really want to interfere," he said in an all too quite voice. "And I knew I would probably be introduced to your friend later, so I left you guys alone. You just looked like you hadn't seen each other in a long time is all." It seemed that Ryou was always this quite and polite around new people, and around adults 24/7. Hermionie was already taken back by his pure-white hair and large doe-like eyes, but he was so polite as well. How could this be Harry's cousin? And on his mother's side too, where the Dursleys were also related to Harry. Ron had often wondered what Harry's cousin would be like, and would have fun imagining what he would be like. But nothing could compare to what he was really like.
"Well Hermionie, this is my cousin, Ryou," Hermionie snapped out of her little trance and smiled politely at him. "And Ryou, this is mine and Ron's friend from school, Hermionie."
"It's nice to meet you Hemionie," Ryou said politely, smiling at her. (Kawaii ^^)
"It's nice to meet you too. What year are you in at Hogwarts?"
"Sixth. Oh, and that reminds me, Harry?" Ryou asked, looking over at his cousin. "I finished those books, didn't you say there was one more for third year?" Harry winced, he had hoped Ryou would forget about it.
"Oh, yeah. The 'Monster Book of Monsters,' is the last one." Hemionie and Ron winced as well. "Well, maybe we should-"
"'Arry, Hermionie, Ron? Where are yeh?" Came a gruff voice from downstairs.
"HAGRID!" The three shouted, and raced downstairs, leaving poor Ryou confused in Bill's room. He sighed.
"I'll just get it later." He put his laptop away and walked down the stairs to see his cousin and two friends with a man about 3 times their size. He froze on the stairs. The man had a head of hair, and a shaggy black beard with beetle-black eyes. He beamed at the three that had come to greet him.
"Well, it's been a while, hasn' it?" He seemed like a very cheery man, making Ryou relax a little. And continue down the stairs. He also saw what looked like another of the Wheasley's, it must be Bill. He was quite tall, taller than Seto even, with long red hair that was pulled back in a low ponytail. His clothes looked like he was about to perform a rock concert, with a single earing that looked like a fang dangling from his left ear, and boots that looked like they were made of . . .
"Dragon hide," he said in a smooth voice. "They're quite hard to find."
"So I've heard," Ryou said quietly. Bill cocked an eyebrow.
"From who?"
"Well, you just told me." Bill chuckled slightly at this. "But I've read about it as well."
"My name's Bill, I'm Ron's oldest brother," he greeted smoothly, extending his hand, which Ryou took.
"Well I'm Ryou, I'm Harry's cousin," he said a little more loudly, smiling at him. "I hope you don't mind me taking your room from you."
"No, it's alright. I'd rather have the pleasure of thinking up ways to wake Ron in the morning, that's always a challenge." Ryou laughed at that, now Ron was really starting to sound like Joey. "Hey, is that from Egypt?" Bill asked, looking at Ryou's Millennium Ring.
"Yes, my father's an archeologist. He found it for me in a bazaar while in Egypt, and gave it to me on my birthday that year." (I have no clue how old he was! I've heard 5, 7, 9, and 15. Please tell me, I'll need to know for future chapters.)
"So you have an interest in Egypt? Is that why you chose my room?"
"Yeah, probably." Ryou said laughing. They continued talking about Egypt while Harry, Ron, and Hermionie caught up with Hagrid.
"Well, it looks like you cousin and Bill have found something in common, Harry," Ron said.
"Something about Egypt," Fred said joining them, along with George. Ron sighed at this, once you get Bill to start talking about Egypt, there's no stopping him.
"Should we go save him?" Ron asked.
"Naw, he sounds as interested in Egypt as Bill is, he can actually keep up with him."
"But if we leave them alone, I'm afraid they could still be there next week," George added.
"Hey Harry, didn't Ryou want that last book for third year?" Herminoie pointed out.
"Witch one?" Hagrid asked.
"The Monster Book of Monsters."
"Well, I have Harry's," Hagrid said. "He gave me his after third year. He took it out, and still had one of Harry's belts binding it.
"What's that?" said a soft voice behind them. Ryou stood there looking at the book.
"Did you finally get Bill to shut up? I thought that would be impossible!" Fred exclaimed.
"Mrs. Weasley needed him. He knows a lot about Ancient Egypt, I probably should have known with all those posters in his room. But really, what is that."
"That's the book you've been wanting to read." Ryou held the struggling book in his hands.
"Is it like a animal or something?"
"Well, it's kind-of alive-"
"Hope this works," Ryou muttered. Making sure the bind was facing him, Ryou undid the belt, and the book bit down on his hand, but Ryou didn't even flinch, event though every one else grimaced. "Stubborn aren't you," Ryou said quietly. Confusing everyone around him. He then started to stroke the bind, and the book fell limp.
Everyone was silent, Ryou then closed the book and examined his hand, that looked red where the book had bitten him.
"I don't know an'one of my student's whose gotten that book ter open without known' how," Hagrid said. Then started to beam at Ryou. "Well, at least someone got it!" Ryou smiled sweetly bending his fingers, stretching his crushed hand.
"Didn't that hurt?" Asked Ginny, who was looking at Ryou's still red hand, then to the book.
"Yes, but it wasn't that bad," Ryou said sweetly. 'I've had worse,' Ryou thought to himself. He had never been afraid of animals or creatures of any king, besides bugs, but he had always been afraid of new people. These people around him, he had no reason to fear, he could tell.
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Well, that's it! Hope you liked it, and sorry I've been taking so long!
Please review!