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            Kenshin swallowed. Well, as long as his master didn't know that he was teaching a bunch of magical kids the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu, there was nothing to really worry about…

    Except the wands part. He didn't like the wand part. x.x  He sighed, then went to the club after his chat with Dumbledore.

  " Oh boy…how in the world did I end up here of all places?" He made a right turn. " I mean, one minute, I'm doing laundry, minding my own business…" He made a left turn, " And then that cat! Well, that lady that can transform into a cat, comes and gives me the strangest letter…" He made two more right turns," …Ever! And this place!" Another turn, " This…Bizarre world of screaming pictures, elves with heads on platters, wands, witches, wizards and appearing food!" He made yet another left turn, " …Though, the appearing food part isn't that bad, that it isn't. I bet Sano would love that." He stopped. " Hm…I think I should go left up those stairs…" He then went up the stairs. " …I never thought such things were possible! Well, I guess in a strange way…Magic is sort of like chi, that it is…" He scratched his head while walking. " …I guess magic may be some sort of advanced chi…" He thought. " That must be it! What other reason could there be behind all of this madness? …Besides madness?"

      " No, it's all pure, unadulterated MADNESS! Bwahahahahaa!!"

  Kenshin froze and looked around wildly. " Who's there?" he asked before some large, heavy object was thrown his way. Kenshin narrowed his eyes, then ducked before the large vase could hit his head, leading it to crash into the next wall. " Who's there?" He demanded.

    " Well, you're not what you seem, are ya girly-boy?"  Peeves appeared behind the rurouni, making Kenshin scream and back away. Peeves laughed. " Nevermind the last part then! You are just a strange girly-boy!"

    " …Could you not call me that, please?"

 " Call you what?" The Poltergeist asked while hovering overhead. " That name."

" What name?"

 " Girly-boy!"

" Glad you think you are too, lad!" He went into a burst of chuckles. Kenshin sweatdroped.  " Agh…Where's the " Dueling Hall" at? Am I near?" Kenshin asked.

 " Maybe, maybe not. I WON'T TELL YA!" The spirit gave Kenshin a raspberry. Kenshin growled. This guy was ANNOYING!

   " Please tell me," Kenshin pleased.  Peeves was casually looking at his hand, and pretending to polish his nails on his shirt. " Hm, lemmie think now…what's the word I'm looking for….? Ah, yes, NO BUGGAR-BRAINS!" He then went into a fit of laughter.

   " You know, name calling only proves how primitive your mind is, and that you are in desperate need to look superior to others, that you do." Kenshin smirked slightly at the dumbstruck ghost.  " Ah…Shut up!" He then stuck his tongue out at Kenshin, then vanished.
    Kenshin blinked several times. " How odd…"

    " Mr. Himura!!"

  Kenshin jumped. " Relax! It's only me!" Kenshin breathed a sigh of relief. " Oh, Soujiro…I thought that strange, rude creature came back again…"

" Who? Peeves? Ah, pay no mind to him; he's always causing trouble. They need to get an exterminator or exorcist here."

     " I HEARD THAT!" Came a shrill voice from somewhere.

 " Glad you did!" Soujiro shouted back. " Come on, it's time for the club!" Kenshin nodded.

***

     " This should be interesting…" Snape mused as he and McGonagall stood near the pack of children attending the Heart of Swords and Wands club. " Yes. I just hope Mr. Himura doesn't blow up the children…" McGonagall sighed.

      " Harry, where is he?!" Ron said. " He's ten minutes late!"

 " He must have gotten eaten by something…" Draco smirked.

  " You just shut up over there, Mr. Prissy-boy!" Ron snapped. " What was that, Weasel?" The two boys started to stare each other down while their friends sweatdroped.  

     " Um, sorry I'm late everyone, that I am!" Everyone turned to the doors to see Kenshin and Soujiro jog in.

 " Oh, what happened, Himura?" Snape asked nonchalantly. " Did your wand explode again?" All the Slytherins that were there snickered.

 " No, I just ran into a rude poltergeist," Kenshin said truthfully.  " Oh, you poor dear," McGonagall said. " We need to put that nuisance in a cage."

    " Can we start this thing already?" Draco said impatiently while folding his arms.

  " Oro…Sure." Kenshin stepped forward. " Alright. First things first; When using the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu, you should avoid killing anyone. Though it maybe hard if you are using a normal sword…" He drew out his. " This is a reverse blade sword, so it only deals critical damage to the opponent when using the Ryu. Hiten Mitsurugi is very dangerous, and difficult so pay close attention."

   " Oh!" Soujiro stepped up with a smile. " Let's give them a demo of what you'll be teaching, Mr. Himura!" Kenshin smiled. " Yes, that would be a good idea, that it would."

       " Oh, this should be good!" The Wesley twins cheered. " Bet ya twenty gallons that Soujiro beats him!" George said. " You're on!" Ron sighed. Harry's eyes widened with interest. He thought this would be very interesting.

    The two samurais took up their stances; Kenshin in his Battojutsu stance, while Soujiro got ready to use the Shuku-chi(sp).
" Ready, Soujiro?" Kenshin called. " Always, Himura!" Soujiro grinned. Kenshin glanced towards the students. " This stance that I have taken is called Battojutsu, which means I have mastered everything to deal with being the Battosai…"

      Harry had no idea what a Battosia was, but it sounded interesting to him.

 " And I'm getting ready to use the Shuku-chi!" Soujiro said, " Which is a high-speed attack that cannot be seen by the naked eye! …Pretty useful if you're going to try to run away from Detention…"

    " Okay, Soujiro, you go first!"

 " Gotchya!" Soujiro tapped his foot a few times on the ground, then in a blink of the eye, he vanished! Everyone gasped and looked around for the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, but couldn't see him anywhere.

   " Oie! Bloody hell, he disappeared!!" Ron exclaimed. Harry was surprised too, but he knew he didn't 'disappear'. He somehow could feel that he was still in the room…

    Kenshin tensed up while glancing about for Soujiro.

  " Right here!" Kenshin spun around to see Soujiro's sword slashing at him. Kenshin quickly dodged out of the way, then ran towards Soujiro. Soujiro then vanished again. Kenshin stopped in his tracks.

    " Oh! Soujiro is so amazing!" Lavender squealed. " Oh brother…" muttered nearby boys around the swooning girls.

   Kenshin then closed his eyes. He cleared his mind of all thoughts, and focused on Soujiro's fighting spirit. He was indeed jumping around Kenshin at incredible speed that he couldn't pinpoint where exactly he was, but if he could just predict his movement pattern…

    " THERE!" Kenshin's eyes shot open as he drew out his sword from his sheathe. Soujiro squawked, surprised that he knew where he was, and frantically drew up his sword in defense. The swords clashed with a loud metallic sound as both blades tried to gain dominance over the other.

   " This is pretty fun, huh, Himura?" Soujiro grunted. " Yeah, it is," Kenshin replied.

   " Alright, quit showing off you two!" Kenshin and Soujiro looked over at Snape. " Hey! We're in the middle of a demonstration, Sour-Snape!" Soujiro said, making a lot of the students laugh. Snape hissed. " You should be teaching the students things, not showing off!" They both lowered their swords. " You're no fun, Snape," Soujiro said.

    Kenshin sighed. " Aright, um…everyone get with a buddy and…" He then noticed a rack of wooden swords in the back of the room. " … Get two swords?" He didn't notice those before.  After everyone grabbed a sword and got buddied up, Kenshin drew out his sword. " Alright, we're going to work on getting used to the weight of your weapon. True, those wooden swords are not as heavy as these…" He held up his sword. " …But they help with beginners practice." He thought he would teach them the basic training that Kaoru taught Yahiko. He then took one step forward while swinging his sword down, then raised it up as he took a step back, then swung it down. " Now, practice that."

   " Harry, you're good at this," Ron commented as he and Harry were practicing. " It's not that hard," Harry said. " Easy for you to say! I keep tripping over myself or something else!"

    " This is so stupid!" They heard Malfoy sneer to Crabe. " Why don't we get real swords? This is for children!"

 " You don't get real swords until later." Soujiro said from behind them, making Malfoy scream. " DON'T DO THAT." Soujiro smiled. " You're doing it all wrong, Mr. Malfoy."

   " I know how to handle a sword!"

 " Well, if you want to give yourself wrist problems, then by all means continue that way." He then went over to Harry and Ron to see how they were doing. Malfoy snorted at Soujiro in annoyance as he left.

   " How are you two doing?"

 " Not so good…" Ron said sheepishly. " I keep hitting myself." Soujiro raised an eyebrow. " Really?"

 " Yup."

 " That's because you're making it harder than it is. Try doing it slowly first. And don't worry about it, or you will hit yourself." Ron nodded. " Okay."

 " And how about you, Potter?"

 " He's a natural at this!" Ron interjected. " Really? That's great! Let's see." Harry then did the movements perfectly without making the sword stop short from his waist. " Good, good." Soujiro smiled.

    " Everyone settle down and put down your swords," Snape called over the students. " Oh boy, what is Crabby-Snappy doing now?" Soujiro murmured.

 Snape turned to Himura. " I was just wondering if you could tell us how you were able to find Mr. Soujiro when you two were doing the Demonstration." He said, " For I could not see him."

   " Well, that's because you are untrained at these things," Kenshin said bluntly. Snape's right eye twitched slightly. " Oh, really? Then do tell."

 " Well, you see, I sensed out his Spirit."

 " His what?"

 " His fighting spirit," Kenshin said. " Everyone has a fighting spirit, but ours is stronger since we have been trained to sense them out to help us contradict attack and defense patterns our opponent may use."

  " Hmm…Well, why don't you teach us how to use it?" Kenshin and Soujiro both looked at eachother. " Um, you can't just learn it like that, Snape," Soujiro said. " It' takes years and years of training."

 " …And skill."

" And patience…" He then leaned over to Ron and Harry and whispered, " Which he has none of those qualities." They snickered. Snape growled. " Well, I think it is about time we teach the children a spell or two…" He looked at Soujiro. " Care to help demonstrate?"

   " Sure thing!" Soujiro walked over to Snape. McGonagall sighed while rolling her eyes. " Here we go…"

    Snape drew out his wand and pointed it at Soujiro. Soujiro calmly stood where he was with a small smile. " I've been wanting to do this for a long time…" Snape hissed at the brown haired boy. " Ready whenever."

   "Expelliarmus!" Snape shouted. A blue ray shot out of his wand to come in contact with…

  Nothing.

 Snape blinked. " Where did he go?!"

    Soujiro crept up behind the unsuspecting Snape. He then put his hands over his eyes. " Guess who?" he said childishly. Snape spun around and glared at Soujiro, while everyone was giggling.

   " And that is one of the benefits of being in this club!" Soujiro said. " Because you can learn how to surprise people like I did to Snape!" Snape growled at him. He then held up his wand, but then noticed that he didn't have it in his hand. " What the--"

   Soujiro held up Snape's wand. " And you can disarm them like that!" He then tossed Snape his wand back. Everyone applauded Soujiro, and some girls whistled. Soujiro took a bow. " Thank you, thank you."

    Kenshin chuckled. " You like having the spotlight, don't you?"

 " What's wrong with that?" Soujiro winked.  He then looked at the clock. " An hour already? You got to be kidding me!" Kenshin sighed of relief. " Alright everyone, same time next week. And remember to practice! Dismissed!"

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   " Man! That was so cool, Soujiro!" Ron said. " You sure made Snape look like an idiot!" Hermione frowned at Ron. " Oh come on! The old git got what was coming to him!"

    Harry smiled a bit. This was pretty interesting how those two could do all of those things with just swords. " Um, Professor Kenshin?"

 Kenshin looked at him as they walked through the halls. " Oro?"

   " What is a Battosai?" Kenshin bit his lower lip slightly. " Oro…Y-you'll learn that later, Harry," He said. Harry was a bit disappointed, but nodded. " Alright." Another thought popped in his mind. " …How normal is it to sense a 'fighting spirit'?"

  " Well, if you're not a swordsman, it is very uncommon." Kenshin put his arms in his sleeves. " Why do you ask?"

 " Er…No reason," Harry lied while rubbing the back of his neck. Kenshin raised an eyebrow, but let it go.

    " You know, this week has gone by so quickly!" Soujiro said. " I bet the holidays are going to be right around the corner pretty soon."

 " Oh yeah," Ron smiled. " You guys will love spending the holidays here!" Kenshin then got a feeling similar to a rock dropping in his stomach. The first holiday of the season is Halloween, and he's in a castle full of magic!

    Oh great….

LDB: Next chapter, Kenshin's Halloween! ^_^

Kenshin: X_X Orrrrooooooooo…..

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