Chapter Ten
Harry looked around frantically. He had just been kidnapped and almost drowned, so it was natural for him to expect to be locked up in a disgusting cell somewhere in Voldemort's headquarters. He couldn't have been more surprised than if Voldemort had come bursting in wearing a white wedding dress, carrying pink flowers, and had proposed to him.
He was, instead, unrestrained and very comfortably lying in a beach chair. Next to him was a tray of food, and in front of him was a large swimming pool. There was even a sign that warned against running, and another sign saying that occupancy of more than fifty people was dangerous and unlawful. It was almost as if Voldemort was trying to make sure that Harry wouldn't die.
But then there was the possibility that the food was poisoned. Harry sighed helplessly when another thought came to mind. That thought was accompanied by a feeling of fear. And who wouldn't be afraid. Voldemort's methods of questioning left much to be desired in the comfort department. If Voldemort bothered to put him in such nice accommodations, then maybe it was so he would lower his guard so that Voldemort could use Legilimency. Maybe the food contained a heavy dosage of Veritaserum. After much deliberation, Harry spotted a door.
He rushed over and tried to open it.
It was unlocked.
Harry looked at the door incredulously, wondering how that was possible.
As he stepped out into the hallway, unbeknownst to Harry, the water began to form into several large monsters. It was only when Harry felt something very wet land on his shoulder that he looked.
With a muffled yell, Harry took off down the hallway with the monsters following and trying to blast him into a wall.
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Dumbledore stared at Kurama in shock.
Kurama looked anywhere except at the Headmaster.
Without warning, Dumbledore pulled Kurama into a hug. "How I've missed you! How is Shiori?" Dumbledore questioned.
"She's fine," Kurama said, sounding a bit relieved.
"And how's that husband of hers doing?"
"Oh, he's fine, and thankfully not a Death Eater."
Dumbledore nodded in satisfaction. "Good, good. Now, when were you going to visit your great-grandfather and tell him what you are doing?"
Kurama shifted uncomfortably. "Koenma said this was to be a top-secret mission. I couldn't tell you."
"Could someone please tell me what's going on!" Yusuke screeched.
"We could, but we don't feel like it," Snape said.
Yusuke blinked. That had almost sounded like he was being teased. Yusuke shook his head and decided that he was scarred for life.
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"Hiya!" Harry yelled. Towel met water monster in an explosion of sparks…not really. The monster instead let out a shriek of annoyance and started being absorbed by the towel. The monster soon joined its brethren on the floor, encased in highly absorbent fabric.
"Take that, evil bath water of hell!" Harry adopted a triumphant stance. It didn't last that long. The towels quivered and started to inch toward him.
Harry looked around. When he couldn't locate a hair dryer, he ran down the hall, opening doors and searching for one.
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Yusuke shook his head as he figured it out. "Why didn't you tell us your grand-father was Dumbledore?" Yusuke asked, ignoring Snape's furious mutterings about respecting the Headmaster.
"This could've been detrimental toward the mission!" He continued.
"Oh, big word."
"Shut up, Hiei."
"That's because it wouldn't have been detrimental to the mission," Kurama studiously ignored the two demons' bickering.
"What!"
"Isn't it obvious?" Hiei asked with a sneer.
"Well, gee. I'm sorry that I don't speak 'vague'!"
Kurama sighed, Dumbledore chuckled, and Hiei and Yusuke glared at each other.
"Why don't we start the search for Harry. I'm sure that these three can work out Shuichi's family tree without us," Dumbledore said. His eyes were twinkling madly.
The Order filed out of the bathroom and hallway, undoubtedly moving into the kitchen, and gathering all the books and locating apparatuses in the place.
"So, who's your grandfather?" Hiei asked after several minutes of silence.
"Oh, so you don't speak 'vague' either?" Yusuke teased. A look from Hiei, warning him against making another smart remark, prompted Yusuke to make one, just for the hell of it.
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The Order members were laying out maps and opening books when they heard a muffled curse and a thump upstairs. Shouting followed soon after.
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Harry yelped as the door behind him slammed shut. He whirled around, only to come face to face with a person with spiked up purple hair.
"Things will be much easier if you just give in," the purple haired person said.
"What will I be giving into?" Harry asked suspiciously.
"Just allow me to use my powers on you."
"What!"
The person with purple hair sighed. "Just allow me to use my power of Copy," the person that we know is Yanagisawa said.
"Why?"
"Now why would I tell you that?" he smirked.
"Death Eater scum!"
"Now, let's not give each other any nick names yet. We haven't even introduced ourselves properly yet."
Harry's eye twitched. He still hadn't found a hairdryer, and now he had to deal with someone who wanted to use a weird power on him. His day just kept getting better and better.
And his day got even better as Seaman walked in.
"Have you created a decent diversion?" Yana asked.
"Yes, now we can sneak you in."
"What? Don't you think that he'd look conspicuous in…where ever you're sneaking into!" Harry asked wildly, trying to find a way out of the room.
There were no windows, and only one door. There might've been a secret passage or two, but Harry really didn't want to turn his back on the psychics.
Harry was still thinking of an escape plan, when another water monster appeared. It was smaller then the others, but it was fast. No matter how quickly Harry tried to attack it, it managed to evade the towel.
Using this little battle as a suitable distraction, Yana grabbed hold of Harry's head and began to change. After all the memories had been assimilated, Yana quickly pulled out Harry's wand, stunned the boy and secured him to a handy piece of furniture in the room.
The two psychics left. One Portkeyed away to the Burrow, the other Portkeyed away to the battle being waged at Grimmauld Place to command his watery troops.
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"Oh, so Dumbledore's your great-great-uncle," Yusuke said with an air of enlightenment around him . "Why didn't you just tell us that?"
Kurama muttered something undecipherable under his breath.
Before Yusuke had a chance to ask Kurama what he said, the toilet (that had just been fixed) exploded again.
"What the hell!" Yusuke cried as he was pushed to the ground from the force of the water. He looked up. There was a water creature similar to what Kuwabara had said Mitarai could create. The clues went click in his brain.
Yusuke turned his head and saw Seaman to the right. "Why did you join Voldemort, and why did you kidnap Harry?"
"I don't speak to people like you!" He cried.
"You just did," Hiei said, getting up from his position under the sink.
"So, why…" Yusuke was cut off as the monster took a swipe at him. He ducked, and started to move forward so that he could knock Seaman unconscious. That didn't prove to be very smart.
Seaman took out his knife, sliced his palm, and flung the blood onto the floor of the flooded bathroom. A monster appeared where Yusuke stood, encasing him.
Hiei sighed, dodged the appearing monsters and knocked Mitarai unconscious. The monsters disappeared.
"Thanks, Hiei," Yusuke said. "Um, do you know what happened to Kurama?"
Hiei wordlessly pointed to a spot on the floor where Kurama lay unconscious.
"That works."
A/N: Sorry, tech week. :realizes people may not know what this means: Um, the week of practice right before the play. It sucked, but the play turned out to be worth it, when you weren't struggling into costumes.
kit-kit: Well, Hiei knocked him out, and Voldemort's probably going to try and kill him for failing like that, so maybe that make up for your lack of being able to hurt him.
mistressKC: Sure, go ahead. I'm honored that it would go into any C2 actually.
blackrosebunny: Hmm. :checks chapter 8 reviews: No, is that a problem? And I updated. :sweat drops at the redundancy of the statement:
kuramafan58: I would normally have stated that I updated, but due to the redundancy of that statement, said statement has been cancelled.
genny62890: Don't sweat it! Seaman's other name is Mitarai. Sensui gave nicknames to everyone in his group…minus his personalities. I hope you'll enjoy the parts where they're at Genkai's temple.
MegDeity: Uh, well, Harry wasn't in the middle of using the bathroom, he was…uh, getting ready (?). Um, yeah. That's it. It's funny that you mentioned that, my father asked the same thing.
R&R!