an early Christmas gift for you! chapter 7.only like two days after chapter 6 ^_^ i think

i don't own HP or YGO...if you thought i did...well that's nice of you, but don't be stupid, of course i don't own it!

without further adieu...i present to you chapter 7

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Nami looked around the street; she didn't see anything that was out of place, no strange cars or weird broomsticks, just the normal everyday things.

//How on earth did he get here?// Kaya demanded, looking through Nami's eyes.

/I don't know,/ Nami was also confused.

Kaya rolled her eyes, an action that Nami saw in her mind, //Well, since you happen to be in control right now, why don't you ask him instead of staring at that pole like an idiot?//

Nami realised that she had been staring at the pole on her lawn while conversing with Kaya and Hagrid was looking at her like she was some kind of rabid rabbit.

"How are we getting to England?" Nami asked, trying to avoid the other's stare.

"Well, there is a pub near by, part of the wizarding world, and it's part o' the NWI," Hagrid noticed Nami's lack of understanding, "the Network for Wizarding Inns, it is a direct connection from popular inns all over the place. The inn you're stayin' at, the Leaky Cauldron, is in on the connection. It's very convenient. We'll be walking there."

Hagrid and Nami walked in silence, well Hagrid did, Nami on the other hand had to listen to the endless and pointless chatter of Kaya. Sometimes Kaya was silent and cold, and then other times she was a constant onslaught of thoughts, almost like a running commentary on Nami's life, expect the only person who could hear it was Nami. It was hard work for Nami to keep all thoughts of Kaya dying painfully to herself.

"Whatcha thinking about?" asked Hagrid, his little black eyes looking at Nami while he walked.

Nami snapped back to reality, she had been caught up in Kaya commentary on the number of cracks in the sidewalk. "What? Oh, nothing really, at least not anything important."

//Hey! Is that all the respect I get around here?//

....

Hagrid and Nami walked for about twenty minutes, Hagrid carried Nami's trunk, since it was so big and she was so small, it was obviously easier for Hagrid to do it. Soon they had left the quiet neighbourhood where Nami and Nathaniel lived and were walking down a main street of Cairo. The streets were busy but it was easy for the massive Hagrid to create a path for himself and Nami.

The strange size of the wild looking man had drawn many stares while walking, and it had intrigued Nami as well.

"Ummm, Hagrid, I don't mean to be rude but can I ask you a personal question?"

Hagrid looked at Nami as she hurried to keep up with him, "Course."

"How did you get so big?"

"Ah, yes," Hagrid looked rather uncomfortable.

"You don't have to answer," Nami said understandingly.

"No, s'all right. Me mom was a giantess, ya know a female giant, and me dad was a human. Get my size from her," Hagrid said all of this matter-of- factly. Hagrid suddenly stopped in front of a small grubby pub, "Well, here we are," he said putting his hands in his pockets.

Nami looked at the place sceptically, /Doesn't look like it's very popular./

//I wouldn't even think of going in there normally,// Kaya looked at the grime on the dark door with disgust.

/I think that's the point./

Hagrid looked down at Nami a little sheepishly, "I'm gonna need a little help here, see I don't speak the language. That's why I was so late, couldn't ask fer directions. So since you speak it I thought you could help translate, make things go a little faster."

Nami smiled, "Not a problem, I speak several languages."

Hagrid used one of his massive hands to push open the huge door, inside wasn't much nicer than the outside. The place was poorly lit, dusty and it stunk. Nami's nose wrinkled at the foul stench. Behind the grimy bar was the proprietor, who was equally as dirty and smelly.

"Can I help you?" he asked in rough English.

"Ya," said Hagrid, "we're goin' to the Leaky Cauldron, ya know, Diagon Alley."

The bar tender looked at the pair, and then put down his towel and the glass he had been 'drying', even though dirtying would have been more appropriate, and lead them into a separate room. In the room was a huge fireplace, with a green fire blazing in it.

"Works just like Floo Powder, but only takes you to inns," he said in his choppy English, "but eliminates the need to the actual powder and the sickening spinning," with that he turned his back and left the room.

Hagrid smiled, "I always hated that spinning sensation, made me wanna lose me lunch. Right, so all ya do is step into the fire and say Leaky Cauldron, and you'll end up there, just walk straight through."

Nami looked questioningly at the fire and then at Hagrid, /I don't think I can walk into a fire,/ she told Kaya.

//I'll do it,// Kaya seemed a little excited, //sounds cool.//

The necklace under Nami's shirt began to glow slightly as the two switched positions. Then suddenly Kaya was in control, no one would have noticed the change unless they knew exactly what to look for. Kaya's eyes were still green, but not the deep sad green of Nami's, they were a cold steely green, and her hair seemed a little spikier.

Kaya walked up to the fire and began to walk through it, "the Leaky Cauldron," she said firmly.

The fire tickled her gently, biting playfully at her ankles. Kaya kept walking until she saw another fireplace begin to emerge in front of her. Slowly she walked out of the green glowing tunnel of fire she'd been walking in and entered another room, this one much cleaner and friendly then the one she just left. Hagrid came out just behind her still carrying Nami's trunk. While Hagrid had his back turned Nami and Kaya switched and the necklace emitted a golden glow. A small gummy like man entered the room through the normal doorway.

"Good to see you Hagrid," he smiled.

"'Allo Tom, how've you been?" Hagrid greeted the man with a smile.

"Fine, fine. Is this one of the ones Dumbledore told me about?" he gestured towards Nami.

"Aye, she is, but she doesn't need a language charm," Tom, who had been reaching for his pocket, stopped, "Tom, this is Nami Edana, Nami this is Tom, owner of the Leaky Cauldron."

"Hello," Nami smiled politely.

Tom smiled and shook Nami's hand. "I put a room aside for you, it's going to be a busy week," he shook his head and took the suitcase from Hagrid. "I understand you have some other business to attend to Hagrid?" Tom inquired.

"Yes, best be off, running bit behind schedule." Hagrid waved to Nami, "Be seeing you soon, at the school, Tom see you soon," and with that Hagrid walked off back into the fire but Nami couldn't make out where he was going.

Tom smiled, "I'll show you to your room."

Nami followed him thinking about what she would have for lunch, listening to what Kaya thought they should have. Nami smiled to herself, this wasn't too bad.

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Yugi, Bakura and Malik all met again at the strange teashop, this time with trunks. Each impatiently awaiting the arrival of Dumbledore's associate, who was about forty-five minutes late. They sat at a table and shared a pot of tea while waiting.

"Did you bring your duel deck Yugi?" Bakura asked between sips of his tea.

Yugi laughed, "Of course I did, I even brought my duel disk. Yami refused to let me leave it behind."

//Naturally, you wouldn't want to be caught unprepared,// Yami said with a voice oozing with infinite wisdom.

Bakura smiled, "So did I, I was thinking about not bringing it, but then he," everyone listening knew who he was, "decided to take things into his own hands and pack it. I hate to admit it but I'm glad he did."

Malik looked at the clock on the wall, "This man is nearly an hour late, and yes of course I brought my deck and duel disk. And I assume you all brought your items." Malik put his hand in his pocket and gripped his millennium rod.

"I couldn't leave Yami at home," Yugi touched the ancient puzzle around his neck.

"I would have liked to leave you know who at home, but I couldn't bring myself to do it," Bakura shook his head sadly, "apparently I'm attached to him."

Malik snorted, "I would hate to think of them just being left laying around where anyone could find them."

"I wouldn't just leave the millennium puzzle." Yugi didn't finish his sentence for he was gaping at the size of the man that had just entered the teahouse from a backroom.

Bakura and Malik looked at Yugi and then each other, finally they turned around and saw what had Yugi speechless. The man that had just entered the small room was huge, his massive figure filled the room without problem. Careful not to crush any furniture he made his way over to the table filled with the three teens.

"Would you three be Yugi Mouto, Malik Ishtar and Ryou Bakura?" he asked, but two of the three just looked at him like he was stupid. They said something to each other, something that Hagrid couldn't understand for the life of him. "Oh, I forgot 'bout that."

Bakura smiled, "I'm Bakura, this is Yugi and that is Malik."

/Yami, all I understand is my name,/ Yugi informed his yami.

"Bakura what did he say?" Yugi asked his friend who spoke English well, as it was his first language.

Bakura laughed and answered Yugi in Japanese, "He asked if we are us."

Malik narrowed his eyes in frustration, "Well, tell him to speak Japanese so we can understand him."

Bakura laughed again, "I don't think he speaks Japanese."

"What are you going on about?" Hagrid asked scratching his head.

"If he doesn't speak Japanese how are we to understand him!" Malik was getting angry.

"Calm down Malik," Bakura insisted, "I can translate, now stop talking so I can ask him something." Bakura turned to the man. "Just a few questions, who are you and how will my friends understand what is being said to them in England?"

"Hagrid's the name, Rubeus Hagrid. And as for the language problem that'll be fixed by the innkeeper where you're staying, we just need to get there," Hagrid seemed a little overwhelmed.

Bakura translated to his friends and then turned back to Hagrid, "How do we get to England?"

Hagrid smiled, "Follow me."

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Tom the innkeeper waited for Hagrid in the room, he was running late, again, which really wasn't that unusual. It was almost four am and Tom wanted to go back to bed. As a compromise he sat on the bench he had put in the room not that long ago, he really liked it, it was better than standing while waiting for Hagrid. As he was sitting there thinking about the nice bench he had purchased when four figures entered the room.

"Tom, if we could get the language problem fixed on this that would be good," Hagrid had not had a nice time trying to explain how the teens were supposed to use the fireplace, it meaning seemed to have gotten lost in translation. But they had arrived.

Tom smiled, reached into his pocket and pulled out his wand. "All of them?" he assumed.

"No, thank you, I already speak English," Bakura said.

"Good, good. Now I need this short one here to say something in English," Tom answered Bakura's questioning eyebrow by explaining, "that's how the spell works, all you need to do is say one word in the language and it builds everything else up around that one word. Any word, it doesn't matter."

Bakura turned to Yugi, the short one, "Yugi all you have to do is say one word in English, any word."

Yugi looked at Bakura and then the innkeeper, "School," he said in shaky English. Tom pointed his wand at Yugi and said some word that Yugi didn't understand at all.

"School?" Bakura questioned in English.

"It was the only word I could remember," Yugi replied in English, without a problem, besides his accent.

"Yes," Tom said, "you'll still have an accent, since you said the word with an accent. All right, you next," he pointed to Malik.

Bakura turned to Malik, "Now, you say anything in English."

Malik smiled, "Motorcycle." Tom did his magic and when he was finished Malik continued in English with a slight accent, "I couldn't bring it, but I made Isis promise to take good care of it."

"Right, since you can now all understand me, I'm Hagrid," Hagrid shook each of their hands. "Now Dumbledore gave you each a school list of what you'll need, it can all be found in the alley. I have to go and see Dumbledore, but I'll see you all at the start of term." Hagrid shook each of their hands, nodded to Tom and exited through the door and entered the muggle street in London.

Tom turned to the three boys, "If you have any questions please feel free to approach me. Dumbledore had arranged that you all stay here, however, this is a busy time of year and we only have so many room available, would two of you mind doubling up?"

"Of course not," Yugi said smiling, still amazed that he could speak and understand English. He looked to Bakura, "Bakura and I will share, if that's alright with you Malik."

Malik shrugged, "Why should I care."

"Excellent, I'll show you to your rooms," Tom lead them out of the room, up a flight of stairs and pointed out two different rooms. As soon as the foreigners were inside them Ton hurried off, back to bed to try to salvage the last hour or so before he had to be up again.

R&R __________

you know what is amazing...i can write just over two thousand words for this...yet when i have an essay due i get stuck at 1500 and just can't move...i mean this seems short when i look over it...but an essay this length just never seems to end...stupid essays...when i rule the world i'll make then illegal

malik: cos you're gonna rule the world *rolls his eyes*

hinotama: oh yes i will...and when i do you will bow before me *laughs manically*

malik: right that's what you'd like to think...i wouldn't bow to you if my life depended on it

hinotama: *pushes malik into a closet and locks it* that takes care of you *innocent smile* don't forget to review or you can join him in the closet ^_^

thanks to:

Amber Of Heart - i wrote...now you review! yay that's my fav part...reviews!

Anime Lover - sorry if this one isn't as interesting...but how would you feel if all of a sudden everyone was in England at the Leaky Cauldron ^_^ i'd feel ripped off

Curtis Zidane Ziraa - hope you enjoy you're early Christmas present...sorry no refunds, or exchanges, all sales are final

lets hear around of applause for the reviewers ^_^ they make my day...all of you! for those of you who reviewed chapter 6 i have a little something for you my faithful readers *hands each a present* i wrapped it myself...i'll tell you what it is...SOCKS! one can always use another good pair of socks...they were on the top of my Christmas list...right under a subscription to Shonen Jump ^_^ i'll prolly update again before Christmas, but if not merry Christmas if you celebrate it, seasons greetings, happy holidays if you don't and i hope you all have a wonderful yet slightly insane new year...cos we can all use a little insanity ^_~