Disclaimer: NOT MINE! NOTHING IS MINE EXCEPT FOR LOKI, THOR, VECTOR, LEO, AKIRA, KAZUKI, AND RIN! AND OTHER OCS IN FUTURE CHAPTERS! THE HOUSE-ELVES BELONGS TO ME TOO!
First time attempting to write a Harry Potter fic so be kind and R&R. And no one beta-ed this so don't mind my grammar mistakes.
Warning: This will be SLASH! Meaning 2 guys in THAT kind of relationship!
Spoilers: Books 1-4, ignore 5
Pairings: Main - Severus/Sirius Others - Harry/Kazuki and Leo/Draco
Languages:
"blah blah blah" - English
'blah blah blah' - Japanese
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21. Loki has TWO fathers?
(Posted 12/25/04 – Saturday)
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"I'm your friend, as well as everyone in this room," Harry said, voice filled with conviction. "You can tell us the truth. I've finally remembered where I saw the same symbol that was painted on Malfoy senior's office wall. If you don't tell them, I will."
He and everyone else were sitting on the floor, covered in tatami mats, in the Room of Requirement. The Gryffindors – Ron, Ginny, Hermione, the Weasley twins, and Colin – and the Slytherins – Draco, Vincent, Gregory, Theodore, and Blaise – were segregated by choice. Leo stood behind Draco while Loki paced around them.
"So tell them," Loki said flippantly. "I'm not going to stop you Lightning, but it won't do you any good since you can't do anything about it."
"What are you talking about Harry?" asked Hermione.
"Yea mate," said Ron. "What's the deal with dragging all of us here right after the Hogsmeade trip ended?"
George grinned. "I smell –"
"A conspiracy," finished Fred.
"The symbol," Harry began. "I saw it as a pendent and it belonged to Kazuki. He never took it off and it's gold so it's hard not to notice."
Draco's eyes widened in remembrance of the jewelry Harry was talking about.
"And because Kazuki wasn't in school or with us today, you think he has something to do with Mr. Malfoy's kidnapping," said Blaise. "It's plausible."
"Why would he kidnap my father?" said Draco. "It doesn't make sense."
"Jr., my friends and I have secrets you're not allowed to know yet," said Loki. "Some, Uncle doesn't even have a clue about."
"After all those weeks we've spent together, you still don't trust us enough to share?" said Harry. "You saved me from the Dursleys and I owe you for too many things to count. In my mind you were my savior and now, you're one of my closest friends."
"Yes to your pervious question," said Leo. "You guys already know a lot about us but even though you and Draco have been in our presence for a period of time, we can't trust you with any huge secrets. The reason is simple. We have our own enemies who would not think twice to use you to get to us."
"I say we tie them up and demand for answers," said Ron.
"Such a brute, our baby brother," said Fred.
"Ignore him and his vulgar ideas," said George. "He hasn't inherited –"
"The Weasley brains," continued Fred. "He has the family's recklessness though."
"Not that that's a bad thing," said George. "It IS the main Gryffindor trait."
For Vincent and Gregory, following the twins' conversation was like watching a tennis match. They could feel a headache forming from too much eye movement.
"You can try tying us up but you'll fail," said Loki. "I'm stronger than you think."
"And if anyone dares attack Loki, they would have to face me," said Leo. "I can easily beat all of you to a pulp…not that he needs my help."
"We can tell Loki's strong by his family and the company he keeps," said Theodore.
"You're such a cutie Theo," Loki said, groping the thinner boy. "But you should eat more. You're skin and bones."
Theodore blushed at both the show of affection and the motherly chiding.
"What's this? A secret meeting without me?" asked a sweet voice and the cause of the friends' spat.
"Kazuki, you're back!" cried Loki, releasing the shy Slytherin to grope his friend by the entrance.
"You…you're, oh my god, you're dressed as a guy," sputtered Ron.
Hermione smacked him.
"Well," said Kazuki, closing the door lightly. "I AM a guy. Why shouldn't I be able to dress as one?"
"We're going off-track again," Ginny said with Colin, sitting next to her, nodding in agreement. The photographer snapped a quick picture though, for the special album he was creating of the transferred students.
"There wasn't any track to begin with," said Loki. "You're all just being adventure-seeking Gryffindors. School hasn't even been in session for that long and you're trying to look for some excitement."
"No we're not," said Blaise. "We only want knowledge. Knowledge is power after all."
Loki pointed at the prefect. "You spend too much time with Uncle."
Blaise frowned.
"I'm a bit lost," said Kazuki. "Would someone mind filling me in?"
Everyone averted their gaze from the shirt and trouser-clad boy. There was no volunteer.
"Draco's father got kidnapped and they think you're responsible," said Leo. "Akira's not coming back yet?"
"He has a date with a fellow Go player," Kazuki said, sweet expression unchanged. "We're seen him briefly before, remember? It was a brown-haired boy with golden dyed bangs (1)."
"Oh! Oh! Oh! Wasn't his name Light?" said Loki.
"No, it was Hikaru," corrected Leo. "YOU called him Light."
"That's because his name means light when it's written out in kanji," said Loki. "To those who don't know Japanese, kanji means the Chinese characters we use. And his personality fits it too, so bright and bubbly. My mind almost exploded the first time I tried to picture them together like that."
"Like what?" came the innocent question from Ron.
"Hermes, I leave the answering to you," said Loki.
"What? No!" refused Hermione, for once not eager to explain. "I can't. It's not proper. Ginny, you do it."
Ginny blanched. "He's my BROTHER."
Fred and George were laughing hard, leaning against each other for support. Ron was beginning to look irritated so it was Harry's job to save the day.
"They mean Akira and this boy, Hikaru, is dating like you and Hermione would if you two would just confess," said Harry.
"I see," Ron said thoughtfully, and then shocked. "Harry! What did you say?"
"No, you don't have to say it again," Hermione said hurriedly, seeing as Harry was really going to repeat himself. "How did we start talking about Mr. Malfoy's kidnapping to this?"
"Young minds are so easy to divert," said Kazuki. "I believe you were assuming I had something to do with the kidnapping. That would include you too, wouldn't it, Harry?"
"Umm, that is, I, your pendent," Harry said weakly.
"Oh yes, my pendent," said Kazuki. He removed the chain over his head and held it to the others for them to see.
"Well, it does look like what Fudge described, doesn't it?" said Ron, clearing his throat.
"It's my family crest," said Kazuki.
"I guess that means it represents your family," Harry said, feeling the hope that it was a common symbol disappear.
"Yes," said Kazuki, fully aware what he was implying. 'Did you read my email?'
More than half of the regular Hogwarts students groaned.
'Yup, so it's your decision whether or not to let them know,' said Loki.
'It's safer for them to not to know,' said Leo. 'Actually it's probably safer for them not to associate with us but that's not an option, is it?'
'Nope, it's not,' said Loki. 'They're already too deeply involved with us to pull out. Plus they like us a lot so I doubt they'll do it even if we threaten them.'
'That is because they are as stubborn as you are Loki,' said Kazuki. 'This secret with Lucius Malfoy has to do with you as much as it does me. I suggest you decide. It does not concern me anymore as the job's done.'
Loki pouted. 'We'll tell them what happened to Jr.'s dad and a little of our lives back in Sakura, but not enough to scare them away or have them stop trusting us.'
'I second that,' said Kazuki.
'Fine,' said Leo.
"Okay, we're come to a compromise," said Loki.
"You did?" said Harry and Draco.
"Yes," answered Kazuki. "Loki will tell you what he thinks is appropriate at the moment."
"We understand," said Blaise. "It is not a wise move to give us outsiders too much risky information."
"You are a fine Slytherin," said Loki. "You should teach Theo a thing or two."
Theo's eyes remained at his folded hands on his lap when Blaise turned to look at the meek Slytherin he hardly deem respectable due to his lower standing in social ranking.
"Excuse me, you were saying about a compromise," said Hermione.
"Alright," said Loki. "But first, I want every one of you to summarize us; by us, I mean me, Kazuki, Leo, and Akira, in one sentence. It doesn't have to be all four, but I want to measure how much you know about us. It has to be something personal and not well-known."
"That doesn't seem too hard," said Ron. "Umm, something personal and not well-known…there's, no, the whole school knows that. How about, no, not that…this is harder than I expected."
"I can't think of one," said Vincent.
"None," said Gregory.
"We're not that close to you four," said George.
"It's not our fault we can't summarize anything personal," said Fred.
"No offense," ended George, the politer twin.
"Not taken," said Kazuki.
Ginny and Colin were muttering together, head bent close. Sometimes one of them looked up but then shook their head and return to their former position. Theo didn't try at all and Blaise forfeited after a few minutes. It was a surprise though, that Harry and Draco were both struggling with this task like them.
"Come on people," said Loki. "I don't want to spend my entire weekend stuck in here so suck it up and accept the fact. Not one of you can think of one, one measly sentence, about us which is personal?"
Ginny sighed.
"We got nothing," said Colin.
"How could you live with them for a month without something personal?" Harry said angrily.
"The same goes for you," retorted Draco. "You had two months with them nearly everyday."
"I was with my god, err, I was not with them that much in those two months," said Harry, almost letting slip about him having quality time with his still fugitive godfather, Sirius.
"Shut it!" Loki said loudly. He looked pissed and that meant trouble. The sugar he consumed at Hogsmeade must have left his system.
"Calm down," soothed Kazuki.
"Here, you can have one coffee toffee," Leo said, removing the wrapper.
"Good," Loki said, letting the taller boy feed him the candy.
Blaise was feeling uncomfortable. He grew up in a very strict pureblooded family. Rules were set and followed to the tee or punishment would be delivered. Affection was not freely expressed because it was a sign of weakness and would also earn him a whipping.
"I'm sure you're dying to know what happened to Lucius Malfoy," said Loki. "So I'm just going to say it before one of you pop a vein. Jr.'s dad was indeed kidnapped by Kazuki – hold your questions! – because he was hired to do so by my birth-giver."
Hermione, in her utter brilliance, put two and two together. "You have two fathers!"
"WHAT!!!"
Loki clapped animatedly and announced, "You're right, Hermes!"
'We're not going to get to the Great Hall in time for dinner at this rate,' said Leo.
'Let them have some fun,' said Kazuki. 'It is an eye-opener as well.'
"That was off tangent," said George.
"But still interesting," said Fred.
"How can he have two fathers?" asked Harry.
"It's rare but not unheard of," said Ron. "Oh, sorry mate. I forgot you were raised by Muggles."
"I've read that there are three ways that exists to aid a male in carrying a child successfully," said Hermione. "There is an extremely difficult potion that can be brew and must be ingested before copulation."
Ron and Harry made a face while Vincent and Gregory did the same because they weren't entirely sure what copulation meant. Blaise, Theodore, and the twins were more mature and were sort of curious.
"The second is a spell," said Hermione. "But it's risky. A mispronunciation could cost one or both lives."
"My father said that was how his younger brother and his lover died," Theodore remarked quietly.
Blaise spared him a sympathy look. Losing a family member was never painless.
Hermione was on a roll. "The last method is not as secure. A child could be created between two powerful wizards out of pure love. It's romantic, isn't it?"
"Not really," said Ron. "It's unnatural."
Ginny hit him. "I think their love would have to be real and truly remarkable if a child resulted."
"Girls," said Ron.
Ginny hit him again.
"How was your brother created? And you?" asked Hermione. "It's the potion, isn't it? I bet your family's exceptionally gifted in the Potions area."
"You're partially correct," said Loki. "It was all three."
Confused expressions inserted here. Kazuki giggled.
"You've better expand on that," said Leo.
"The eldest child was my sister and she was created from the spell," said Loki. "Bro was created from the potion, which was brewed by Uncle. I was unplanned, the result of casual love-making."
"Was?" caught Blaise. "You said the eldest child WAS your sister."
"She…died," Loki said, tears welling. "Not that long ago."
"I'm sorry," said Harry. "I didn't know."
"My condolences," said Draco.
"Mine too," said Blaise.
Ron winced. "Sorry about your loss."
"You must miss her a lot," said Ginny.
Loki nodded and sniffed pitifully.
"I wouldn't know what I'll do if Dennis died," said Colin.
Fred and George held onto each other's hands. They were not complete without the other and thinking about the death of one was too terrible to imagine. Kazuki hugged Loki and Leo hovered over the two.
"I think we should leave," said Theodore. "Loki needs time alone with his best friends who know him better than us."
Everyone didn't argue with the timid Slytherin or reacted to him speaking out.
"My father's business can wait," said Draco. "When you are feeling normal again, come eat dinner with us."
"We'll be waiting," said Harry.
And they left, leaving Loki, Leo, and Kazuki.
'That was not even a challenge,' Loki said once he was certain they were not going to return.
'You're a wonderful actor,' Kazuki said, letting Loki go.
'You're stalling,' said Leo.
'Only because I want Akira to be here when I reveal some of out past to out new friends,' said Loki. 'And there are more I want to add to out little group. Maybe tomorrow.'
'Aren't you helping Thor with moving tomorrow?' said Kazuki. 'The training equipments.'
'Oh, I forgot about that,' said Loki. 'Guess it'll have to be later. Hey, you guys are going to lend me a hand, right? Bro's stuff are crazy heavy.'
Leo shrugged. 'Sure.'
'I can do what I can,' said Kazuki. 'In the meantime, what should we do? It would be too suspicious if we arrive to the Great Hall now.'
'Let's visit Uncle and Rin in the dungeons,' said Loki. 'They're probably wondering about the kidnapping like Harry and the rest. We could bait Uncle with half-truths and vague nonsense.'
'I'm in,' said Leo.
'Let's go then,' said Kazuki.
The three friends left the Room of Requirement in high spirits, fully knowing there was someone hiding in the corner.
"He really IS a good actor," thought the mysterious person before strolling away towards the staircase leading to the Great Hall. "I should get him and his Japanese friends alone for a small, private chat…"
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(1)Hikaru is the main character in Hikaru no Go which is where Akira is also a character
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! The adults will appear in the next chapter.