(A/N) Hey everyone! I was reading my story over and found some typos! damn typos! (and kikyo(the evil kikyo, not the nice 50 years ago kikyo)) Well, I'm doing this on Wordpad , not on Microsoft Word because i just don't like it! SSSSSSOOOOOOOO! Bear with me! And thanx for reviewing! even if i got 3 reviews! I might not be writing as often cuz i might have writer's block and need to sort things out, if you have authored a story, you know exactly what I'm talking about! And I also need to change my summary, I'm not sure about the name just yet! SSSSOOOOOO!
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(and notice how the name of this chappie refers to both cases! i just found that out! hehehe! isnt that kewl? lol! well...yeeaaaa...i'll leave you to read....)
A/N: OOOOH! YYYEEEEEAAA! EHEHEHE...WELL THIS STORY IS GOING TO BE A SLIGHT INUYASHA CROSSOVER. I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME CHARACTERS FROM INUYASHA THE ANIME. SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANY CHARACTERS, I'LL EXPLAIN THEM AS I GO ALONG! OK? OK!
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN ANY HARRY POTTER OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT OR INUYASHA
Ch.3 Found
Harry walked and found himself back at the shops from where he thought he had come. Some people stared at his disheveled appearance, while some shopkeepers had remembered him as the crazy runaway teen from last night. He kept his head down, thinking again, while not noticing where he was going, that is, until he bumped into someone.
" Harry?!" a voice said.
" Oh, sorry I-Mrs. Weasley?!" he had looked up to see Mrs.Weasley standing there before him, in her best Muggle clothing with a bright smile on.
" Harry, oh it's so good to see you! Where are your uncle and aunt?" she asked looking behind him.
He avoided her gaze and said, " They're not here."
" What do you mean they're not here? Surely you didn't come here by yourself! Did you?" she questioned with a concerned look upon her features.
" Well, actually I did." he said. " But it was an accident!" he added hastily when she opened her mouth.
Upon seeing her confused expression, he explained," You see, I was out taking a walk, thinking I needed fresh air when...I got deep in thought and...just...walked off. I didn't know I had gotten lost until I found myself in some kind of park." ( A/N..I have never been to England or anywhere in Europe so bear with me!)
" Still thinking about Sirius, are you?", when she got no answer, she said gently," Don't worry Harry, I know it still hurts but you have to move on, Sirius wouldn't want you moping around because of him!"
"Ok?" she said giving him a reassuring pat on the shoulder.
Harry, glad yet confused that she had twisted this into something caused by Sirius' death, replied with a 'yes'.
" Come on now, let's go," she said leading the way back to the Dursleys'.
When they finally got there, they went in and Harry thanked Mrs.Weasley before his aunt and uncle came interrupted.
" Hello!" Mrs.Weasley said merrily and waved at them. " How are you? You must remember my husband and I. You know, Arthur?"
At Mr.Weasley's name, the Dursleys' widened their eyes and subconsciously took a step backward.
" I was just dropping Harry off! Found him wandering the streets late this morning! And you weren't there chaperoning him! Can you give me any idea why not?" she questioned. Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia didn't say a thing, just stood there wide-eyed at Mrs.Weasley. Upon seeing this, Mrs.Weasley gave Harry a wink and turned back to the stupefied Muggles.
" Well, I guess I shall be going now," she said waiting for an answer, but at not receiving one she spoke again, "aaaaaand I'll be taking Harry with me. Run along now, go get your things Harry." He stood on the bottom-most stair, looking at his guardians for some approval. Then, after a moment of staring, he went up to his room to pack. Since he couldn't do it the magic way, he had to settle for the old-fashioned way, something he was not happy about.
.......................................:Scene Change:.....................................................
:somewhere in the country:
::BOOM::
"What was that?!"
A man and a teenage girl looked up from where they were seated on their back porch at their château in the country.
" Probably just the dragons, don't worry about it honey," he said looking back down at the dragon catalog he was reading. He had dark hair and brown eyes.
" But Dad! That was a huge explosion! It didn't look like any dragon fire!" the girl protested. She stood up and peered out into their very huge 'backyard', trying to make anything out in the dark. She stood about 5"10 and had an American accent like her father. She was dressed in a shirt that said ' Yeah....Sure.....Whatever.....ok......huh?" and jeans with black and white Vans (dont own the company! but if i did, id be reeaally rich! hehehe).
" Well if you're so worried, why don't you go check it out?" he said.
" Yeah, I'll do that," she replied, grabbing a Nimbus 2001, climbed aboard, and zoomed toward the explosion.
" Be careful for the dragons honey! Don't want another accident like last time!" he reminded her. When she was far away he smirked while he remembered that incident," Heh, took a week for the dragon dung smell to get out of her hair and clothes." Then he busted out laughing.
Mai headed toward the explosion, with her broom light on, her father's reminder in her head the whole time. She groaned when the memory came back to her.
FLASHBACK
It was a cold summer in California, which was very unusual, and Mai's father's dragons were restless. They would constantly blow fire at each other because they didn't like the cold weather much. They had been going at it all day and Mai had gotten fed up. She went to calm them down and was doing a good job until one of them had decide to try and torch her.
She was blown back into a pile of fresh dragon dung, and it wasn't pleasant.
Her father had laughed the whole while of helping her clean up.
END FLASHBACK
Starr, or Mai Starr as she was born, neared the dragons her father was caretaking, and circled around them. They knew her scent and didn't bother to attack her but some even tried to play with her. She just kept zooming on to where up ahead, she saw a huge crater. It was like, very huge, Mai was sure that at least four full sized dragons into it. She gasped when she saw it, and zoomed down into the crater.
What could have made this? she thought looking down and around her. She was still at least ten feet above the ground. She coughed when some dirt got into her mouth and wiped the grit out of her eyes. It couldn't have been the dragons, no, they aren't strong enough to do this! Then...what was?
Mai's cat green eyes swept the bottom of the crater, searching for any clue that could have caused the deep hole. She was about to fly out when a dark figure caught her eye. She cautiously flew toward it, not sure whether this thing was a danger to her or not. ( OOPS! Forgot to tell you that it was night!!! hehehe...) When she neared, she was surprised to see an outline of a person. She hovered close to the ground before dismounting her broom and walked slowly over to the person who was now lying in her backyard. The person was lying facedown and dressed in a weird type of clothing but soon realized that the person was wearing the garb of a miko(priestess), but mikos had existed over 500 years ago! Mai knew because this she was part Japanese and Mexican. Whoever this girl was, she was obviously a girl for no man would wear a miko outfit, at least....she didn't think so.
Mai crouched next to the figure and turned her slowly over, careful not to disturb her injuries if she was injured. She uttered a small gasp when she saw the girl have a strange mask on her face. She leaned closer to put her ear next to the mask and check for breathing, her black and green tipped hair cascaded down into the masked face. When she heard a low rattling of breath, her heart pounded in her chest. She quickly got up and wondered if she should risk carrying the girl back to her father or just give the warning. She decided she didn't want to take the risk and put two fingers in her mouth and blew.
Mai looked up at the top of the crater into the darkness and was surprised to see a very breathtaking sight. She had expected to see a dragon but instead saw three phoenixes.
The one on the far left was a magnificent deep blue with green tipped wings. It's eyes were a vibrant green that rivaled her own.
The one on the right was a plum color and silvery blue tipped wings with swirls of more silver on its stomach swirling down to its feet with dark grey eyes.
But the one that had captured Mai's eyes, was the one in the middle. It had a disturbing aura about it, it wasn't a bad thing, it only felt...odd, was the only word she could think of.
The one in the middle was a pure white color with silver swirls on its stomach like the plum phoenix. But this one was unique because it had gold outlining its silver-grey eyes and gold mixing with the swirls of silver.
This was a very rare sight to see because phoenixes were rare and few were left in the world. Mai knew from stories and reading that phoenixes choose their protectors and when they are born, they set off to find that one special person to protect and be protected by. But what puzzled Mai more, was the fact that there were three of them here, in her backyard, and a strange girl no less. One of them had to be looking for the strange girl in front of her.
Mai's green eyes connected with each of the phoenixes as she looked at each, studying them. When she had made contact with the white phoenix, it's eyes had a kind of reassurance about them. It was then that she knew that the pure white one had been looking for the girl, especially when it flew down to greet her.
The phoenix nuzzled Mai's hand and looked up at her with its captivating eyes before bending down to nuzzle the strange girl on the neck. Then, it looked up at its companions and Mai heard a soft melodic cry come from the white phoenix. When she looked up at the blue and green phoenix, it flew right at her and came to a stop in front of her face, floating softly. She absently reached a hand out to it without thinking. Her eyes widened when she saw its vibrant green eyes close and a tear fall from its eyes.
The tear floated into her outstretched palm and landed with a soft plunk and green orbs danced around her and her phoenix. Her phoenix....it sounded so right. This phoenix was hers and she felt a strange warmth on her shoulder. When she looked, she was surprised to see her phoenix there. It had flew on her shoulder when she was lost in her thoughts. She smiled up at it and it gave her a soft coo and nuzzled her cheek. Mai giggled softly and felt so lucky to have - that's right, she had to name it! But what? she thought. She decided that she would have to put it up until after she got this girl to safety.
Mai looked down at the white phoenix and back to hers, then to the plum phoenix who had flew down to also greet her and the girl. Her phoenix flew off her shoulder and landed next to the plum one, who was next to the white one. They all bowed to her and then to the strange girl. She bowed back, although she didn't know why, she felt the need to. She looked the mystical birds over one last time before putting her gaze to the ragged limp girl before her feet. She looked worse for the wear, dirt clinging to her like a second skin, and her mask didn't look the best either. As Mai bent down to pick her up, the white phoenix stopped her with its beak. She gave a confused look and retracted her hand slowly, watching the phoenixes.
The three mythical birds each took a spot before the strange girl, making Mai move farther away before stopping to pick up her Nimbus. The white phoenix took a spot before the girl's head, and the plum and green ones took a spot on either side of her. Mai watched in amazement and something akin to awe as they each shed tears, letting them drip onto the stranger. Their pearly tears landed on each of her palms and wrists, and on her forehead and closed eyes, each glowing with healing powers.
The girl never woke though, it was like she was....she couldn't be! Mai was so sure she had heard that girl breath! She was sure of it! She looked worriedly at the phoenixes, and kneeled down next to the girl, leaning in to check her breathing. Her heartbeat slowed when she heard a regular patterned breathing, relief seeping through her veins. She stood, and spoke, as if the phoenixes could understand her.
" I need to take her to my father. He'll know what to do," she said waiting for some kind of sign to see if they agreed. Apparently they understood because they all attached their fine claws to the girl's miko clothing and lifted her up gently into the air. Mai followed suit and lead them out of the massive crater. She headed off toward her new home, occasionally looking back at the birds and the girl. Mai thought that they would've made a beautiful picture, the phoenixes and the stranger. The glowing mythical birds and the girl they held in their claws. She decided she would paint the image she had lodged in her mind, for it was a very magical sight indeed, even for her, a witch.
Yes, a witch.
She was transferring to Europe's best school for witchcraft and wizardry. She had moved from Mexico to the U.S in California and then to Japan for a year and now she and her father had moved here to Britain. She was born and raised in Mexico until her father's dragon keeping job had moved them all over the place. Her father, Omar Starr, had friends all over the world and had made friends with a fellow dragon keeper in Vietnam, Thien Nayahnkneyshoushumah (a/n its realllllllyy long! hehehe. My friend wanted her character's name to be absurdly long, so, heh, why the hell not?).
Luckily, he had a daughter who had become her best friend ever, Tao, who was also transferring to Hogwarts. They were both lucky that they were going into the same year, 6th year in fact.
Finally, Mai, the phoenixes, and the strange girl, had found their way back to Mai's house. Mai jumped off her Nimbus and yelled to her father to come out for an emergency.
Omar heard his daughter yell at him to come quickly, he went thinking his daughter had fallen in dragon dung again so he hurried out to the back patio/porch with a huge smirk.
" What's - OH SHIT!" he exclaimed when he spotted the phoenixes and the ragged unconscience girl.
Mai rolled her eyes at her father's outburst of profanity and said, " Dad! Language!"
Her father just looked at her like she was mad and asked what had happened. Mai explained how she had found the girl and the phoenixes, leaving out the part where she had her very own phoenix, her father's eyes bugging out the whole time.
" Here! I'll take her inside!" Omar said, taking the limp form of the girl in his arms, and carrying her in through the French doors. The phoenixes flew in to follow while Mai just stood there.
" Ummmmmmmm...", was all she could say before her father called her in.
" Yes?" she asked looking at her father expectantly.
Her father just sat there next to the girl who was lying on one of their sofas still not awake.
He was fiddling with his shirt looking up at her.
" Could you...maybe change her? Because I really don't want to be seen as a hentai when she wakes up," he said.
Mai rolled her green eyes again and agreed while ushering her father out of the room to get her some pajamas for the stranger. She looked down at the mask, and wondered what was under the mask.
Hmm...she thought, Maybe she looks like Marilyn Monroe! She could make a lot of money in the Muggle world...or maybe she looks like- nah, too ugly! What if she looked like a water nymph?! That would be soooo cool! She would be reeeaaally pretty and we could go shopping and we could play pranks on other people, trip them into dragon dung, put fireworks in people's shoes! gasp starry eyes We could go meet cute wizards! And get dates! And go places together, gasp I could introduce her to Tao! OH! She's coming here anyway! Yes! That's right! We're going to go to go shopping together and she's really good at healing, even though she is really clumsy...sh'e smart too! Maybe she can figure out where this chick came from. Hmm....Mai was thinking so hard she didn't see or hear her father come back holding a pair of p.j's with cows that went 'moo' on them.
" Hellooooooo in there! Maaaiiiii!" he said slowly while waving a hand in her face.
" HUH? OH! Hey Dad," She replied while taking the clothes. She reached for the front of the girl's front kimono, then paused, looking back at her father, who was standing there watching her movements.
When he didn't seem to get the message, she cleared her throat catching his attention.
Omar looked at her in confusion. She cleared her throat again, this time more forcefully.
He still didn't catch it.
She cleared her throat again while jerking her head in a pointed fashion toward the girl she was tending to. Her father bolted and gave a startled start.
" OOOOOOOOHH! OH! OK! I get it now", he blabbed heading out the room before he popped his head back in through the door he was heading through," Oh, and your cousin Shigure( Shi- goo- re') is coming to visit!" With that he headed out the door.
Ugh, Mai thought, Shigure? Just because he was mom's nephew, and just because she offered to let him live with us before she died, does not mean he has to! I can't believe I'm related to that hentai! But....still...I would have never met Yuki, she thought while smiling.
Crap
" Dad!" she screamed.
" Yea?" he said coming in with his hands over his eyes.
" Could you work your magic and give me a bowl of hot water? Please?"
" Sure! If you need anything, just holler!" he said while waving his wand, making a steaming bowl of water and a washcloth appear.
" Thanks!"
After her father left, she turned back to the girl and undressed the girl slowly. What she saw was not pleasant.
There were scars covering her body along with fresh cuts and dried blood. There was a range of colorful bruises as well. Mai swept her eyes over her stomach and gasped as she saw some of the cuts closing up right in front of her eyes. Then she remembered this girl was a miko, and mikos healed very fast as do demons. She took the rag from its bowl and gently cleaned the girl's body, while carefully cleaning the cuts and bruises.
When Mai finally reached the girl's mask, she paused and studied the elegant mask. Such mask would be worn to a masquerade, hiding the bearer's whole face from sight. It was a white, and what Mai thought, porcelain and was outlined with gold like the white phoenix's.
THE PHOENIXES!
Mai ran out of the living room and into her large kitchen, searching for her father. What she found.....was...slightly disturbing...Her father was seated at the dining table with a mug of hot cocoa, and was chatting with the phoenixes who were settled on the tabletop before him.
" Can you believe it? She wetted the bed until she was nine! I remember those days, she would come running to me in the night, her little pigtails flying, her Barbie (dont own barbie!) nightgown trailing around her, saying ' Daddy! Daddy! The tinkle-fairy came!' That was after her mother died, I had to take care of her all by myself," he said with a melancholy look on his face. " It was hard, being an only parent, especially being a dad with a daughter. I had a hard time taking her to the bathrooms at restaurants back then. Had to take her to the Men's' room, ah yes, I remember! I remember when she asked how babies were made! Yes! Her cousin, my nephew on my wife's side, told her all about it. She was scared out of her wits. That was when she started saying boys had cooties. She was always rough with the boys, especially Shigure, can't blame her on Gure (nickname for Shigure) though, he was always a pervert at heart. OH! I have got to tell you about the dragon incident! It was SO hilarious! You see, it was a cold summer, and the dragons were getting restless, so Mai, being the stubborn kid she is, she went to calm them down. But one of them decided to torch her! stifled laughter And she jumped out of the way just in time.....heheheheehehe...but....hahahahaha....she fell into.......HAHAHAAHAHAHAHA...DRAGON DUNG!" he choked while slapping his thigh. He was laughing so hard that there were tears in his eyes. " It took two weeks to get out the smell!" The phoenixes were looking at each other with the expression 'Is this guy crazy?'
Mai suddenly appeared behind her father and knocked him on the head with her fist.
" Ow! What was that for?" he asked rubbing the newly formed bump.
" For being an idiot! You always do this! Tell everyone my business! You might as well make your own talk show and author your own book!"
" Hm, now that's not a bad idea," he said thoughtfully, rubbing his chin but stopped as soon as Mai raised her fist again.
" Hehehe...Just kidding dear."
" Argh! Dad! I can't believe you! You do this to everyone! Tell them my business! First it's people, then it's the dragons, and now, it's a couple of birds!" she complained.
The phoenixes ruffled their feathers at being called a ird the way Mai did.
" No offense, you know what I mean," she added hastily.
The white phoenix cooed, and jerked it's head toward the entrance to the living room, reminding Mai of the girl she had tended to.
" Holy crap! The girl!" she shouted running back into the room.
" And no more stories!" she added.
...............................................:Back at the Dursleys':...............................................
Harry pulled his trunk and Hedwig's cage down the stairs, while Hedwig herself flew about over his head.
" Ready Harry?" she asked. His aunt and uncle still stood there with stupefied appearances.
" Ok, well let's get into the car," she said while motioning him outside.
" Car?" he asked with a confused expression.
" Oh, yes, I used your fireplace to tell Arthur to pick us up. He got to borrow one of the Ministry cars."
" Oh," was all Harry could say.
" Over here!" he heard Mr. Weasley say from inside the car, honking the horn. He got out to help Harry put his trunk in the trunk ( convenient, eh?). Mr. Weasley ushered him into the back seat and closed the door. He looked back at the Dursleys' who were still in their same spots by the door, and waved. Even though he didn't get a wave back, he didn't really care. When he left the Dursleys', it was like he was leaving that part of his life behind, like there was something waiting for him.
Or...someone waiting for him.
Japanese terms
Hentai – Pervert/Perverseness
( A/N) Was this chappie long? I'm not used to writing Harry Potter fics. I had the idea for this fic for a lil while now. The original plot was drastically different from this one, so I decided to do this one instead. Please R&R! I only have few reviews and those are from me friends, cept one. Tis ok though! As long as I get to write this, I'm happy! Thanx for reading! I hope you enjoy! And sorry for the long wait!
