D: Meanie heads! No body reviewed poor Kuri-chan's last chappie! -.- Pwees review this one! T-T And don't forget about the question at the end!

Disclaimer: Me no own characters. Don't you sue. Storyline and story idea are mine though, so no touch or I sue. k?

Chapter 13: Trying Draco

More than just a little surprised, Draco took back off to the castle hidden in the woods. His mind was racing, trying to pinpoint exactly what he had just seen, though no answers spared a thought for him. That thing, whatever it was, could not have been human, though humanoid in form, and it did not belong to any of the species that he knew about, though that was not much comfort either, having not paid much attention to his lessons about the mystical animals of their world. So what, pray tell, could it have been?

WHAM!

Not paying attention to his surroundings, Draco ran straight in to Makoto, knocking her both out of her trance and face first into a small snowy drift. Draco, himself, caught himself before sprawling flat on his back, both surprised and amused.

She swore in a tongue unbeknownst to any man, woman, or child on this planet, pulling herself out of the snow drift with alarming swiftness and into a defensive position. Her crystal eyes softened a bit upon seeing that it was only Draco, though she did keep up her defensive guard. "Why you run me!" she demanded, her voice spitting pure unrelenting venom at him.

Draco just stared at her, obviously thinking fast. He scowled, looking at her with contempt, as though she was the one who had ran into him. He covered his shock, astonishment and fear rather well, considering he had no idea what was happening, or what that thing back in village was. "Watch where you're going, Makoto," he hissed, trying a little too hard to inconspicuous. He walked past her in a huff, not expecting a moment later her feel her hand on his arm.

Her eyes were cold, though lacking that scarlet color they had exhibited the night before. "Malfoy Draco, right?" she said softly, her voice suddenly void of the venom that was there just moments before.

Draco simply stared once more, not bothering to even brush her hand off his arm. It was almost as if her very touch had a calming effect on him, as his voice had lost the fierceness it had had moments before, and his typically sharp features had softened. "Draco Malfoy," he corrected, forgetting that in her country, the 'last' name came before the 'first' in both conversation and written word.

"Draco-san," she said quietly, surveying his features, removing her hand from his arm. "What you see?"

He blinked, his scowl coming back. "What do you mean?" he hissed, not wanting to admit that he was frightened. "I saw nothing." Without another word, he took off in a brisk jog towards Hogwarts, listening, though, for the sound of her following footsteps.

Those footsteps never came though, as Makoto had just stood there watching him go. She smacked her forehead and sighed, turning back towards the village, not entirely wanting to go back to the castle where he was. 'Geez,' she thought to herself, adjusting her yellow and scarlet scarf around her neck once more and brushing the few stray snowflakes from her light coat.

Back in Hogsmeade, several shoppers were being watched closely by the same non-human humanoid that Draco had seen in his adventure to the woods. "Soon, my pet," a rough feminine voice cooed. "Soon."

Didn't answer to the reviews last chappie… ;; Only gonna answer the very last one… since he posed an interesting point.

Darion – Makoto, for the most part, is and will be my primary character. Though this is a cross-over, she is my central character, and thus, until things really start heating up, the focus will be on her. Just like in the actual Harry Potter books, Harry is the central character, and you typically don't see too much with another character as the central point of view.

To Everyone…. Please review!

Question 2: Uhm…. Make up and answer your own? Cause I cant think of one and I should get to my night class… ; Correct answers are given 5 points, and Really really good questions with decent attempt at an answer are give 10 points. Remember your House!

Current standings:

--Hufflepuff: 0

--Gryffindor: 0

--Slytherin: 0

--Ravenclaw: 0

Guest slot(s) in one of the later chapters (duhno which one yet) will be given to the member(s) of the winning house! No prejudice attached! G'luck!