Kenshin Wizardry Chapter 2!!
Disclaimer: I got ownership of Kenshin a few seconds ago from E-bay until someone out-bidded me!! ;_; So I dun own that or Harry Potter
And thanks to everyone who reviewed the first chapter!!! ^_^ I really appreciate it all! And just to tell ya the gang's going to Hogwarts in separate ways so dun worry about them going. Another thing I'd like to thank you all again! ^_^ Ga! I'm about to rip off my new braces!! X_X
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Sanoskue looked over the letter for a second time that afternoon after Kenshin gave the letter for him and the others to read. It read:
Dear Mr. Kenshin Himura,
You are courtly invited to come to Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The school's headmaster, Dumbledore, would like to ask you of a favor personally for pressing matters. Your assistance is crucial.
On September 1st at dawn, you are to go to the far northern part of your town to Lilico Lane, house number 26. There, you will meet an escort who will show you the way to Hogwarts. You are to please come alone. If you must, you may ask for your friends' presences later on your visit.
Minerva McGonagall,
Deputy Headmistress
" The hell is this?" Sono inquired, tossing the letter back at Kenshin. Kenshin sighed. " To tell you the truth, I really don't know, that I don't," Kenshin admitted quietly while starring at the paper in his hands.
" Well, I don't think you should go," Kaoru stated. " Yeah!" Yahiko piped up, " They can't make him go like that!" As the assistant master and pupil talked about all the reasons why Kenshin shouldn't go, Kenshin's mind drifted from the Dojo.
'I've never heard of Dumbledore before, that I have not…nor do I have a clue as if to confirm the…"witchcraft"…' But deep in the back of head, something told him he needed to go and do what the letter said. He needed to find out who that strange woman was, and why he had been summoned…
That thought led to another good question; why was he needed? If what he could tell was true, and that there was magic involved, then why ask a mortal for help? Can't they just zap their problems away like…. well, magic?? These thoughts engrossed the swordsman. This was all very strange…
" Kenshin!" Kenshin snapped out of his thoughts. " Oro?" Kaoru sighed. " You're not going, are you?" she asked. Kenshin lowered his gaze. " …I'm afraid I have to, that I do," he said.
" But you don't know anything about these guys!" Sono retorted.
" Exactly…"
Sono stared at Kenshin. " What the hell do you mean by that?"
" I mean that they really might need my assistance," Kenshin meekly said, looking up with his usual smile.
" Well, I think they're only saying that they want you to go there because they're lunatics!" Yahiko exclaimed. " See, I bet that they actually want you to be the goat for some creepy ritual and cut your innards open and--"
WHAM!
Kaoru hit Yahiko over the head with a large fan that appeared out of nowhere. " Oh please, like that'll happen, Yahiko!"
" It could happen. ya know!!" the young swordsman yelled.
Sono and Kenshin sat quietly in a corner, while Yahiko and Kaoru got into yet another one of their arguments, and sipped on some tea. " So…" Sono started, " Are you sure you wanna go through with this?" Kenshin put his tea down and took out his envelope.
To Mr. Kenshin Himura, Kamia Dojo courtyard washing clothes.
' They knew exactly what I was doing, that they did. I really should watch myself…' then out loud, Kenshin said, " I should go, it would be rude to turn them down so quickly, that it would." He smiled at the former street fighter. Sono sighed, " Well, tomorrow's September 1st…What time are you going?"
" At dawn, like they said," Kenshin smiled again.
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There was a wrapping at the door one early morning. The air was crisp and cool outside and the sun had yet to spout from the ground. A middle aged man groaned when he heard the knocking at the rice door. He groggily got out of his bed and, while sputtering curses at whoever was waking him up at this hour, shuffled to the door.
" Yeah, what?" the man answered the door to see a handsome young man with red hair and a cross-shaped scar on his left cheek. The older man raised an eyebrow.
" Um, sorry to wake you at this hour," Kenshin apologized with a slight bow. " But I was wondering if you knew where house number twenty six is."
" In this neighborhood?"
" Yes, sir." The man laughed. " Kid, there's never been a number twenty six here!" While musing himself with the samurai's question, he slothly shuffled back into his house and closed the door. Kenshin sighed, then took out his letter from his left sleeve. " …Well, this house is number twenty five…and the ones next to it are twenty seven and twenty four…but there is no twenty six, indeed there isn't." He thought that perhaps they had made a mistake as to where he was supposed to go. Just then he heard a flap of a cloak next to the house that he was at. He looked towards the sound and saw midnight blue fabric snake into the ally between house twenty-five and twenty seven. Curious, Kenshin jumped into the alleyway after it.
" Greetings, Mr. Himura!!" a chubby little man in midnight robes greeted the rurouni in a heavy English accent. He was bald except for the patches of white hair that were above his ears, and he had beady black eyes that shined cheerfully. Kenshin blinked, a bit startled. " Oro?" he said automatically. " I'm your escort!" the man said cheerfully, " My name is Granter Duluth, Mr. Himura. It's a pleasure to meet you!" Granter then took Kenshin's hand and shook it firmly.
" The pleasure's all mine," Kenshin smiled. Granter then let go and walked further into the alley. " Well, we best be going now!" Kenshin nodded and followed the strange little man till they stopped at a dead end. The little man then took out a stick, or wand to those of us who aren't Kenshin, and started to draw on the wall before them. Kenshin thought that the little man was losing his mind. " Uhh…sir…" Kenshin trailed off when he saw the stick trailing green light where it had marked. When Granter was finished, he had drawn a door that's outline was glowing a pale green shade. " Right then," he then drew a handle on the door and opened it. Inside looked like a normal Japanese home.
Kenshin's mouth and eyes were wide open. " H-How did you…??"
" Come on, Mr. Himura!" Granter then walked in. Kenshin shook his head, then stepped cautiously through the door. He followed Granter through the house until they reached the back door. At this point, Kenshin figured that this was number twenty-six.
" Mr. Duluth…"
" Please, call me Granter."
Kenshin smiled. " Granter, could you tell me what's going on?" the little man stopped and looked at him questionably. " I mean, I would like to know a bit more about Hogwarts and this Dumbledore, that I would."
" Certainly, Mr. Himura." He then found the back door of the house, then slid it open. On the other side, was what appeared to be a gift shop for voodoo trinkets and potions.
" Ah, Grant!" an old woman behind the counter squeaked cheerfully. " I see you got him."
" Yup," Granter beamed. " We're off to meet up with Lupin and Moody now."
Kenshin blinked. Lupin?? Moody?? He shrugged, then said politely to the woman, bowing a bit, " Hello, ma'am."
" Well, hello, dear," she smiled. " You best be off. Moody doesn't like to wait."
" It's not that, Margaret," the man said, " It's just that he'll think we've been abducted!" With a chuckle, he motioned for Kenshin to follow him out of the shop. Kenshin bid farewell to the woman, then followed Granter out. Kenshin's mouth hung open when they stepped out. He saw many strange items being carried around by people in colored robes. There were also advertisements hung in windows for items like, " Bertie Botts Every Flavored Beans."
" Welcome to Diagon Alley, Mr. Himura!"
Kenshin stared in awe. " What….what is this place?" he asked. " It's where wizards and witches get their shopping done," Granter said with a smile. He then pulled out a piece of parchment from his robe and looked at it. " Right…" he murmured. " Even though I highly doubt you'll be able to use one—you being a muggle 'n all-- Dumbledore said we might as well try it anyway…We better hurry up and meet the boys…" Kenshin was about to ask what he was talking about, but the elder man started to walk to a shop briskly. Kenshin sighed, then followed in suit. The shop was a shabby, narrow one. The letters, in peeling gold, read over the door Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands Since 383 B.C. (Guess where he's going?) A bell tinkled as they stepped through the door.
" Welcome," said an old man with shinning eyes. " What can I do for you?" Kenshin didn't know why, but this man seemed…strange…
" Right," Granter gave Ollivander the parchment. Ollivander took out his glasses and read it over. " Curious…" he muttered his famous quote. " Very well." He took out his wand, flicked it, and made the parchment disappear; making Kenshin gawk. " Come over here, boy." Kenshin nodded, then followed the old man to a wall lined with boxes while Granter sat in an old chair nearby. Ollivander pulled out a silver marked tape measurer. " Which is….er…..what hand do you write with?"
" My right."
" Hold out your arm." He then measured the swordsman's arm like he did with Harry. (A/N: Harry's coming up soon. *Next chapter more than likely* And those two are gonna be together a bit...probably driving everyone nuts! ^_^) Shoulder to elbow, shoulder to floor, knee to armpit, and around the head. " Nice scar you have there," he commented on Kenshin's cross-shaped scar.
The shopkeeper then went and looked at the boxes, then pulled one out from the second bottom row. " Here. Pine and unicorn hair. Eight and a half inches." Kenshin took the box, and opened it with a puzzled look.
" Oro?" he muttered. " What am I supposed to do?"
" Give it a flick, muggle!" he spat. Kenshin picked the wand up, then gave it a flick. Nothing happened.
" I knew that would happen…" Ollivander murmured, pulling out another box. " Maple and phoenix feather. Nine inches." Kenshin tried giving that a flick, but nothing happened as well. Then the old shopkeeper noticed the weapon hung around the wanderer's waist. " What do you have there?"
Kenshin blinked. " Oh, it's my sword."
" Sword, eh? How often do you use it?" he said while examining it closer. Kenshin hummed nervously. " Uhh…a…lot…?" he stammered.
" Why do you use it?"
" To help Miss Kaoru or anyone else who needs assistance."
" Curious…" He then went to the back of the room, and climbed up a ladder while muttering to himself. " So, you help people in need, eh?"
" Hai," Kenshin said with a slight nod. He didn't get what the guy was getting at. Ollivander then shuffled down the ladder with a box. " Willow and dragon heart string. Thirteen and a quarter inches." He then added, " And swing it like a sword." Puzzled, Kenshin held the wand in his hands. " Well go on! Swing it in a fancy sword style!"
" HITEN MITSURUGI RYU; RYU TSUI SEN!!" Kenshin jumped into the air and slashed his wand downwards, making sparks of white and red flame out of the wand. But, unfortunately, the sparks were out of control. " Oro?!" O_O
They zipped to one part of the store to the next; exploding when coming in contact with something. Kenshin danced around, looking quite panicked at what he did; trying to avoid the sparks with the other two. ' I think I wasn't supposed to do that!'
After what seemed like hours of running around for him and the other two men, the sparks stopped coming out of Kenshin's wand. However, there were scorch marks everywhere and boxes of wands littered onto the floor.
" There…is your…. wand…." Ollivander panted while emerging from a pile of boxes and wands. " But don't use that thing like that again!! …Heck, don't use that thing at all unless you really have too!" Kenshin sweatdroped as his cheeks turned pink with embarrassment. Granter whistled from behind a shelf. " Who knew a muggle could do so much damage!"
" Oro? What's a muggle?" Kenshin asked.
" Non-magical folk," Granter stated. " But…if you could do that, then I guess you're not really a muggle. Are ya?"
Granter gave Ollivander seven gold coins that Kenshin has never seen before, then the pair left. " What the hell was that move you did back there, anyway, Mr. Himura?" Grater asked enthusiastically. " It was the Ryu Tsui Sen of the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu," Kenshin stated. " Though, I probably over did it, didn't I?" he added while rubbing the back of his neck.
" 'Over did it'? You bloody went over the wall with that one, mate!" Grater chuckled. " Now that part is taken care of, we best get ya on your way to Hogwarts, n' find Lupin and Moody!"
' Finally, I'll meet Dumbledore,' Kenshin thought with a bit of excitement. He then asked, " Who is Dumbledore?"
Grater smiled. " Only one of the most brilliant men who ever lived!" he exclaimed. " I don't really care if the Ministry thinks he's a quack. He did so much for our kind, and they shouldn't just blow off what he says just because they're scared He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is back n' they're not willing to accept that fact!!" he clutched his fists at the thought of the Ministry. Kenshin blinked in confusion. " 'He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named'?" Kenshin repeated. Grater covered his mouth quickly when he saw a few heads turn in their direction. " Not so loud, Mr. Himura," he warned. " He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named will be explained by Dumbledore." Kenshin nodded; still confused.
" But anyway, Dumbledore is the man who created twelve different uses for dragon's blood. Not bad compared to those tellys that those muggles have now-a-days."
" 'Tellys'?"
" Oh, right. I nearly forgot to mention…." He cleared his throat, then put his hands behind his back. " You're not in 1867 anymore. You're in the year 1997!!" (A/N: Did I get that right? I'm making this Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts…either way, it's somewhere around there! And I'm not finished with the 5th book yet since I got it last week…so I hope I dun get anything messed up!)
" ……………………………….." Kenshin stared at him with little blue lines forming under his bangs. " T-that's a hundred and thirty years…" he murmured. " ORO??!!"
Granter sighed as he looked at Kenshin, who huddled into a sitting ball as little blue flames swished around him. " This is going to be a looooong day."
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LDB: There! It was longer than the last chapter! The next one is when Kenshin meets Mad-Eye Moody and Lupin!!! And maybe Harry!!!!! ^_^_^_^_^
Kenshin: Lady hopes that you enjoyed that chapter, that she does. ^_^x
LDB: Just don't take out that bloody wand, Kenshin….it's a freckin' dangerous stick!!!!
Kenshin: Oh…it won't backfire this time! *takes it out and it starts turning everything into chickens* ORO?!! O.o
LDB: AHHHHH!!!! *both her and Kenshin turn into chickens* ….-.- Greeaaaaat. How am I gonna write now?!!?! I DON'T HAVE HANDS!!!!!!!!
Kenshin: ^_^;;; Gomen, Lady….^^;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; R&R!!