Kenshin Wizardry Chapter 4!!!!
LDB: HOOOOOOOOOOLLLY Macaroni and cheese balls!!!! O.o;; I got over 60 bloody reviews!!! Wow…people really DO like this fic….I'm so happy!!!!!! *gives all the reviewers Kenshin Plushies* ^_^ I love you guys!!! (And to Kimeko; it's ok about the 'who died' thing, cuz the day you reviewed was the exact same day that I was looking through the chapters and accidentally saw who died. ^^;;; Dumb me.) and I haven't finished the book since I keep spacing out and doing a million other things…so I'm just gonna type and read what I can cram in like I did before!! :p and Yeah, I know Kenshin's shirt is magenta…but that's technically pink….right?????
Kenshin: …At lest you're not giving me away, that you aren't. ^^;;;
LDB: I might…
Kenshin: Oro?! O.o;;;;
LDB: Just kidding! :p
Kenshin: -.- As usual, LDB owns nothing but this fic and the plot (if there is any, that is -.- )
LDB: ok, just to tell ya
// this is flashback //
' this is thought'
This is just song lyric stuff**and this is when two or more people think or say the same thing**
And after many computer crashes and…other things that are odd, I can now say; ON TO THE FIC!!!!! ^_^
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Kenshin walked along the corridors of the gigantic castle all alone, with his mind drifting to one thought to another as he looked upon some of the things that were in this castle. (Mostly, what the heck is that thing?? :p) His mind once again drifted from his body as his feet tapped the cool stone floor, and echoed through the silence. All of this happened so fast…especially the broom ride. (A/N: I so loved writing that one!! ^_^_^ muahahaha) He really didn't know where he was going; Lupin and the others just told him to head into the castle….
That seemed like it was three hours ago. (-.-) ' …Maybe I was supposed to wait for someone…' Kenshin thought suddenly; feeling stupid as a sweatdrop ran down the back of his head.
" Meow"
Kenshin stopped, then looked down at his feet. A little tabby cat sat in front of him while swishing its tail back and forth lazily about. Hmm…The cat seemed familiar…
Kenshin crouched down to the cat's level, smiling. " Hello there, little kitty," he greeted.
" Hello, Mr. Himura. I see you're still in one piece…that's good," the cat purred while standing up on all fours. Kenshin was once again, in shock. (Who saw that coming? :p) " Oro!! It's you!! You're that cat that came to the dojo, that you are!" Kenshin exclaimed while standing up.
" Quite correct, Mr. Himura." Kenshin rubbed his eyes. He should get used to all of this insane stuff happening, but he's Kenshin; so there. :p When Kenshin stopped rubbing his eyes, he didn't see the cat anymore, but that stern looking woman that was at the dojo. " …S….So you're the cat??" Kenshin asked while blinking.
" Indeed I am," McGonagall said. " Now, follow me please." She turned and started to walk down the halls. Kenshin shook his head, wondering if this is some crazy dream from drinking too much sake with Sono or something. He pinched his cheek and winched. Nope, this was real. He sighed, then trotted after the professor.
" Um…" Kenshin stuttered from behind the woman.
" You can call me Professor McGonagall," she said as though she read the rurouni's mind. Kenshin tucked his arms away in his shirt as they trudged on. " Oro…How can you turn into a cat? Can you turn into other animals??"
" I'm a Animmagus."
" A what?"
"A witch or wizard that can change into animal form. And no, I can only turn into a cat." McGonagall stopped in front of a statue of a gargoyle. " Butterbeer," McGonagall muttered. The gargoyle then sprung to life, and moved out of the way as the wall behind it moved as well. She turned to the redhead. " Shall we go?"
Kenshin nodded, and mentally screamed when he saw that scene. (If he doesn't scream out loud, he's screaming on the inside :p) He followed her up the moving stairs (Which made Kenshin scream out loud and made him think that the stairs were trying to eat them when they were near the top*Think of a kid on their first time on an escalator* :p), then stood silently as McGonagall knocked on the large doors.
The doors swung open, on their own, to revile the headmaster's office. Kenshin looked at all the portraits on the walls as he cautiously walked in, then at the strange silver objects around the room. Though, he thought he saw one portrait of a woman wink at him. (O.o) " Wait here for a second. He'll be here shortly." With that, the Griffindor teacher left while shutting the doors behind her.
Kenshin was astounded by all the tings in the room. He spotted a red bird in a cage next to the desk, sleeping. He didn't know what that was, but he thought the bird was pretty. On one of the shelves though, was a hat that looked much older than anything else in that office. Kenshin went over to it and examined it. It looked like it was sewn together with rags in a supposed pointed wizard hat fashion, and there was a tear near the rim of the hat. Kenshin picked the hat up, and looked at it more closely. ' …I wonder what I would look like with thins thing on…' he thought as he slid the hat on. The hat slid over his eyes, making him sweatdrop as he couldn't see. ' I should've guessed…' the samurai thought.
" Should've guessed what?"
Kenshin jumped. "Oro! W-who's there??"
" Who's where? I'm here."
" Here??" Kenshin started to walk through the room with his hands out, trying to find the voice. (silly goose forgot to take off the hat :p) " Here, where?? ORO!"
" …I'm the hat."
Kenshin jumped.
" Apparently you don't know who I am. Allow me to introduce myself; I am the sorting hat!"
"Um…p-pleased to meet you….I'm …Kenshin….?" Kenshin stammered. " Oro…. could you tell me what the heck this place is?" he asked politely.
" Certainly. This is Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where the young come to become the best scorers and sorceresses they can become. You see, this place has four houses where the children are filed into; each house represented one of the four founders of this school. Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and Griffindor, where they meet their certain needs to be at their best!"
Kenshin blinked. " So how do they get into these houses?"
" Well, that's where I come in. I sort them into their houses."
" How do you do that?"
" I look into their minds and hearts, that's what I do."
" Hmmm….What house would I be in?" Kenshin asked. (I bet a lot of you will love this :p)
There was a pause. " Well, this is a hard one…" the hat muttered. Kenshin 'oroed'. " What's the matter?" he asked.
" …There are two that you could be in…" then he added, " You seem to be similar to Harry Potter."
" Oro?"
" Well, because of your Battousai self--" Kenshin stiffened slightly "—You could be fantastic in Slytherin! But the you that you are now, at the moment, you would be a perfect Griffindor."
" How do you know about that????" Kenshin asked while narrowing his eyes slightly.
" I told you, I see into people."
" And what did you mean ' at the moment'?"
" I know that you can turn into your former self in a blink of an eye! You're very unstable….no offence." Kenshin was at a lost of words. This magic stuff was definitely serious business. " So, you don't really know, that you don't?"
" Not really, no. Just that you're one of the two…but I don't know which one."
" But…what house did you put this Harry Potter in?"
" In Griffindor, since he seemed to want it to be that way."
" Oh…. alright…. thank you." Kenshin then took off the hat and placed it back on the shelf from where he found it. From what he could tell about these houses, Slytherin was a house for the more wicked wizards and witches go into. He certainly didn't want to go there, even though he knew the Battousai would probably enjoy it. He sighed then straitened up, and walked over to one of the portraits. He could have sworn that someone was in it! But it was empty now.
" Good day, Mr. Kenshin Himura!"
Kenshin spun around towards the desk to see an old man with a long silvery beard in dark blue robes, sitting in the chair with a smile on his face. " Oro! H-how did you get there?" Kenshin asked.
" Well, while you were talking to the Sorting Hat, I decided to take a seat and wait for you to finish…hope you don't mind," the old man said, still smiling. Kenshin smiled. " Pleased to meet you Mister…"
":Albus Dumbledore is my name," he said. He stood up, then walked over to the shorter man. (haha! But can't you just imagine it?? :p) " I'm terribly sorry for the inconvenience, but we need your help on important matters."
Kenshin nodded, then asked, " What is the problem, sir?"
" You see…" Kenshin saw that the once empty portrait was now inhabited by a headshot of someone who, like the rest of the portraits, was looking at him and the headmaster. " A great, and terribly evil wizard has obtained something from the past so that he may rule over all." Dumbledore walked over to the bird and let him out of his cage. The bird jumped onto its owner's shoulder. " And this certain thing he obtained concerns you…. please, sit down. You must be tired." Kenshin pulled up a chair to the desk and sat, while the elder man sat at his desk while petting his bird.
" What is it that this wizard got from the past that concerns me?" Kenshin asked.
" ….Because, he got you." Kenshin blinked in confusion. " But…I'm here!" The headmaster smiled. " What I mean is, he has the Battousai." Kenshin stiffened. " You see, he was able to modify a portkey—those things enable something to be transported to a certain place—so it could go back in time." He paused to see Kenshin's wide eyes. " He went back to the time when you were the Man Slayer, and recruited you into his private army."
Kenshin was at a lost of words once more. This was not happening! The Battousai, here??
" I asked you to come, so you could help us in our fight, and make sure the Battousai doesn't eliminate his target."
" Oro? What target?"
" A boy that attends this school," the wizard started, " Mind you, he's not ordinary. He is the only one who has been able to foil the Dark Lord's evil plans, so that is why the Battousai will go after him; so he won't get in the Evil One's way anymore." Kenshin stood up.
" But how do you people know of me?" he asked.
" Well, as one of my friends have probably told you, you are in the future…and your past is in Japanese history books. That, and from what I have heard from many of the students who live in the muggle world, you have a cartoon about you. So I'm not surprised that the Dark One has found of your existence in the past."
Kenshin was very pale. His former self was here, and was going to kill a boy…and he had a cartoon! Whatever that was… Kenshin sat back down. " oro…" he muttered.
" I know this all must come as a bit of a shock to you, Mr. Himura," Dumbledore said with sympathy, " But I ask for your assistance. This is a serious matter of life and death….And if the Dark Lord has his way, he may try to destroy your time as well. We need your help, Kenshin Himura."
Kenshin looked up at the old wizard. " …I will help, that I will," Kenshin agreed. Then he said under his breath, " I will not let the Battousai win…"
This was not going to be a battle against Lord Voldemort; oh no. This was going to be a war against himself. For years, the Battousai had haunted his memories, and sometimes took control over him. But he won't let the Battousai get the better of him this time; He will prove that he can be dominate over the demon of a bloody past that would be better forgotten. He will not let the man he once was kill anymore innocent lives that have done nothing wrong.
" Thank you, Kenshin Himura," Dumbledore smiled. He stood up, then strolled over to the swordsman. " Come, I'll show you to your room."
Kenshin gaped at his room. There were strange objects here that were not like the one's in the headmaster's office, but they were just as fascinating. His bed was a red and white four poster bed that sat next to a large window that overlooked the forest near the school, as well as a strange field.
" This will be your room. I hope you'll have a good night's rest here." Dumbledore turned to leave, but then stopped at the door. " Oh, and while you're here, you will have to be a teacher. That way, no one will get suspicious."
" What am I going to teach?" Kenshin asked while plopping down on his bed. " Severus will come by in the morning to tell you what you are going to teach. Goodnight." With a flick of his robe, he disappeared into the hall.
Kenshin lied back onto the feathery bed. This whole day was the strangest he has ever lived. Who would have thought that he, Kenshin Himura, would get mixed up in magic! He rolled over on his side, and sighed. He was exhausted from all the screaming he has done. He slowly shut his eyes and drifted into a deep slumber.
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Harry lied wide-awake on his bed as his friends snored and sighed in their sleep. He felt something really weird when he saw the guy in the pink shirt. Maybe he could be an agent for Voldemort?
//The guy stopped when he was three steps away from Harry. He turned around and smiled at the boy, then continued on his way//
Nah, he couldn't be. There was something weird about him, which was true. But there was something friendly towards him that made Harry feel comfortable around him. He sighed. Maybe he's one of the new teachers for that special class that the sixth years are taking. He didn't know, but he wanted to know. There was something not right about that guy. Harry rolled over on his side and closed his eyes. As he drifted off to sleep, his last thought was;
Why on Earth would any man wear a pink shirt in public like that?
(hehehee, I couldn't help myself ^_^)
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(A/N: I had to do this cuz I was listening to the song. ^_^)
It's easier to run
Replacing this pain with something numb
It's so much easier to go
Than face all this pain here all alone...
Kenshin walked along the grounds of a strange land that was surrounded by trees and mist. His eyes darted around cautiously as he walked among the scattered trees. He knew he was here, and he intended to find him…but what he would do after he was found, he didn't know. He then jumped into the branches of one tree and surveyed the area. He saw a small pond that hooked up to a river…
And there was the person he was looking for.
Something has
been taken
From deep inside of me
A secret I've kept locked away
No one can never see
Wounds so deep they never show
They never go away
Like moving pictures in my head
For years and years they've played…
Kenshin jumped out of the tree and ran as fast as he could to the pond. He halted when he was right behind the person, who was washing his hands in the water. " Stand up, now!" Kenshin demanded. The other man stopped washing his hands, and stood up calmly. He turned around to face the swordsman. Kenshin gasped when he saw the other's hands were stained in blood.
If I could
change I would
Take back the pain I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made I would
If I could stand up and take the blame I would
If I could take all the shame to the grave, I would...
The other's eyes gleamed in the moonlight malevolently. " What seems to be the matter?" he asked coolly. Kenshin shook his head out of the trance that was caused by the other's hands, and drew out his sword. " You will stop killing everyone, and leave them in peace!" he declared. ". …Battousai!!"
The Battousai laughed. " And do you plan to stop me with that tooth pick? Hmm? It couldn't pierce a piece of cloth!"
If I could change
I would
take all the pain I would
retrace every wrong move that I made I would
if I could stand up and take the blame I would
I would take all the shame to the grave…
" Look at you, you're blaming me for what you lost control of, Shinta!" Battousai scuffed while flipping his hair behind him. " What are you talking about?!" Kenshin demanded. " You let me free…"
It's easier
to run
replacing this pain with something numb
it's so much easier to go
than face all this pain here all alone…
Kenshin narrowed his violet eyes, but said nothing. The Battousai raised one hand to his face, and licked some of the blood off. " …You remember this, don't you?" He held out his bloody hand towards the rurouni. " This is blood. Something that used to make you feel good…" Kenshin backed away from the hand. " What's the matter, are you afraid of me, Kenshin?" The Battousai chuckled, then took a step forward. Kenshin stepped back again. " That's the trouble with you, you don't plan ahead. You thought you could confront me, didn't you? Well, look! You're backing away from me! You're afraid of me! You're afraid of yourself!!"
Sometimes
I remember
The darkness of my past
Bringing back these memories
I wish I didn't have
Sometimes I think of letting go
And never looking back
And never moving forward
So there'd never be a past…
The Battousai suddenly appeared behind Kenshin, then grabbed his sword, then tossed it aside. " Look at you…your potential died along with your fighting spirit…It's pathetic." Kenshin glowered at his other. " …I know you brought me here. So what do you want?!" Kenshin demanded. Battousai held a lock of Kenshin's hair in his hands, making Kenshin stiffen. " …I want to offer you something…" He then held the lock of hair to his face and inhaled his other's smell.
Kenshin jumped, then spun around to face Battousai with a scowl. " Well?"
" …Join me."
" What?"
" Join us…" He placed his bloody hands on the rurouni's shoulders. " If you do, you can have anything you have ever wanted…and you won't have to fight me…" Kenshin wrenched out of his grip. " NO! There is nothing that I don't need, that there isn't!"
" …What about Tomoe?" Kenshin froze in place.
If I could
change I would
Take back the pain I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made I would
If I could stand up and take the blame I would
If I could take all the shame to the grave, I would…
" If you join me and Voldemort, she can be revived…and you could have her all to yourself…"
If I could
change I would
take all the pain I would
retrace every wrong move that I made I would
if I could stand up and take the blame I would
I would take all the shame to the grave…
Kenshin stood still, and said nothing while the shadows fell upon his face to cover up his eyes. The Battousai walked around Kenshin. " Yes, it's true. What you want, the Dark Lord can give you; if you serve him loyally…" He then stopped behind the older swordsman, and leaned his head against his other's hair. " She can be alive again, Kenshin…" he whispered as though he was holding forbidden fruit in front of Kenshin, but wasn't going to give him any. " And you could even ask him for a normal life…"
Just
watching it aside
All of the helplessness inside
Pretending I don't feel misplaced
is so much simpler than change…
The Battousai smirked. He was giving in; he knew it. " What do you say, Kenshin?" Kenshin said nothing for a moment.
BAM!
The Battousai double over while holding his stomach. " You…you…" he gasped. Kenshin had his elbow out, and his body was slightly turned to the left. " Don't touch me…" he hissed while glaring down at his former self.
It's easier
to run,
Replacing this pain with something numb
It's so much easier to go
Than face all this pain here all alone….
" You…moron!!!" The Battousai stood up; his yellow eyes were like a hungry tiger's. " You could've had anything!!!"
" I couldn't have true happiness…"
" The hell are you talking about?!"
" You couldn't understand…" Kenshin then narrowed his eyes more. " …Now get out of my head…"
" You really are a fool, Kenshin!!"
" I said…OUT!!!"
It's easier to
run
[If I could change I would
Take all the pain I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made]…
Kenshin was now holding his reverse blade sword, and took the stance of Battou Jitsu. (A/N: did I spell that right?) " Out….NOW!!" The Battousai stood there with a scowl. " Fine…But the next time we meet, I will not be so easy on you…" He then turned his back on Kenshin, and started to walk into the thicket of the forest, leaving Kenshin there.
It's
easier to go
[If I could change I would
Take all the pain I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made I would
If I could stand up and take the blame I would
I would take all the shame
To the grave].
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(A/N: I dun own Linkin Park!!! If I did, I wouldn't be writing fics!!!! ^_^ That song reminds me of Kenshin so much for some reason. heheh)
When I pretend, everything is what I want it be,
I looked exactly like what you always wanted to see
When I pretend, I can't forget about the criminal I am
Stealing second after second just cause I know I can, but
I can't pretend this is they way it will stay, I'm just
(Trying to bend the truth)
I can't pretend I'm who you want me to be so
(I'm lying my way from)...
Harry scuttled through the graveyard as fast as he could. He did a double take to make sure he wasn't following him. He stopped when he saw that there was nothing behind him. 'Where did that guy go?' Harry asked himself.
" I'm right here, boy."
Harry spun around to see the man who was chasing him. He looked like the man in the pink shirt, but he looked meaner, he wore black, and his hair was tied up higher. " YOU WILL DIE BRAT!!!" He unsheathed his sword, making Harry pull out his wand; but the wand wasn't there! Harry started to run. He dodged behind a large tombstone, panting. For a few moments, all was quiet. Harry then turned his head to his left, and saw some writing on the tomb;
HERE LIES HARRY POTTER, MAY HIS KIND SUFFER IN HELL
Harry screamed while scrambling away from the tombstone.
"…I see you have seen your grave, little boy." Harry looked behind him to see the swordsman and Lord Voldemort behind him. " Fool, you have been nothing but a lucky basterd so far," Voldemort hissed. Harry looked around frantically for a way to escape. He then got up and darted away from them, but he ran into something. He fell to the ground, then rubbed his head. He looked up to see his godfather standing before him. " Sirius!!" Harry got up and hugged his godfather. He felt so scared, but he knew things'll get better now that Sirius was here…he could help.
" …Weakling." Harry was pushed violently to the ground. Harry blinked up at his godfather. " S-Sirius…?"
" Why can't you be brave like James?!" he demanded while glaring down at him. " Your father wouldn't be afraid…"
" I'm not my dad, Sirius!" Harry protested while getting up.
You ...
(No, no turning back now)
I wanna be pushed aside so let me go
(No, no turning back now)
Let me take me back my life
I'd rather be all alone
(No, no turning back now)
Anywhere on my own, cause I can see
(No, no turning back now)
The very worst part of you
Is me...
Harry blinked, then he was suddenly in the Shrieking Shack. He looked around, then saw a large Stag standing near the door. " …Dad…?" Harry whispered in astonishment. The stag merely looked at him, then jumped away. " Dad!!" Harry went to chase after him, but then he stopped when he saw that Ron and Ginny were in the hall. " Guys!" Harry exclaimed while running up to them, " I think I just saw my dad!!"
" It's always about you, isn't it?" Ron snapped. Harry blinked. " What the bloody hell are you talking about?" Harry demanded.
" Yeah, Mr. Famous over here thinks he saw his dad. What, he can see the dead now?" Ginny rolled her eyes. Harry couldn't believe this. " I swear! He went that way! Why don't you believe me?!"
" The lil' snot will do anything to get attention now a days, " Ron said. " I'M NOT LYING!!" Harry yelled.
I remember what they taught to me,
Remember condescending talk of who I ought to be
Remember listening to all of that and this again
So I pretended up a person who was fittin' in
And now you think this person really is me and I'm
(Trying to bend the truth )
But the more I push I'm pulling away cause I'm
(Lying my way from)...
Harry was now back at the graveyard. He looked around frantically, wondering what was going on.
" Harry…" Harry turned around to see the man in black. " W-what do you want from me?!" Harry asked while trying to draw out his invisible wand.
" I am your doom, Harry Potter…" He took a step towards the boy.
You …
(No, no turning back now)
I wanna be pushed aside so let me go
(No, no turning back now)
Let me take me back my life
I'd rather be all alone
(No, no turning back now)
Anywhere on my own, cause I can see
(No, no turning back now)
The very worst part of you
Is me...
Harry turned to run away, but then he ran into Voldemort. He looked down with his silted snake eyes. " No one will be able to help you now, Potter," he hissed while raising up his wand. Harry had no way to escape. He was a goner…
All he could do was watch as he used the Unforgivable Curse to kill him.
This isn't what I wanted to be, I never thought that
what I said would have you running from me
Like this
This isn't what I wanted to be, I never thought that what I said would have you
running from me
Like this
This isn't what I wanted to be, I never thought that what I said would have you
running from me
Like
This isn't what I wanted to be, I never thought that what I said would have you
running from me
Like this…
Harry watched with wide eyes, wondering what he did wrong to make everyone mad at him…
At the last second, before the curse was completed, Harry gasped for what he saw in front of him wasn't Voldemort…
You
(No, no turning back now)
I wanna be pushed aside so let me go
(No, no turning back now)
Let me take me back my life
I'd rather be all alone
(No, no turning back now)
Anywhere on my own, cause I can see
(No, no turning back now)
The very worst
part of you
The very worst part of you….
….Harry saw himself in Voldemort's place….
Is me.
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Both Harry and Kenshin woke up from their sleep in the middle of the night at the same time even though they were at different parts of the castle, one more terrified then the other.
** I hate it when that happens…** (hehe, their first thought together. :p)
Kenshin rubbed his eyes sleepily, while Harry was panting quietly in his bed. They both then lied back in their beds, and uneasily went back to sleep.
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LDB: Phew! Got that done with! And again, IKNOW WHAT I'M DOING….Even though I have not finished my book!!!!!!!!!!! ^^;;;;;
Kenshin: Oro!
Harry: Hey! I'm here at last!! And why did you make me dream about THAT?! \_/+
LDB: ….*runs away from a ticked off Harry* R&R!!! Next chapter; What is going on at the Dojo???
Kenshin: …Knowing Miss. Kaoru, she is planning an invasion, that she is. -.-
Harry: Bye everyone! ^_^