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Last time on RuroKen and the Philosopher's stone:
Kenshin finally got to the wizarding world (and who knew someone was bigger than Hiko!) Plus he got his first taste of the weird and wacky. But now he actually got to collect the stuff he needs.
Chapter SixDiagon Alley – Revisited
Kenshin grumbled as the sunlight shone straight into his eyes. With a few choice words at the sun's inconsiderateness, Kenshin yanked his blankets over his head and turned over to go back to sleep. He immediately felt the sharp prodding of a finger in his side.
"Baka Deshi, you awake?"
Kenshin pulled down the covers long enough to flash Hiko a glare. "Iie"
"Then get awake; we need to get you some normal clothes soon, unless you want to walk around in the clothes you have on right now all day," Hiko said, jabbing at Kenshin's chest.
Kenshin looked at himself; he was still wearing the (admittedly rumpled) clothes he had on last night. "Iie, I'll get up," he said reluctantly, pushing the covers of him slowly. Rubbing his eyes he muttered "What time is it?"
Hiko looked at the clock on the fireplace of the room they had rented. "Around 6:30 in the morning."
"Nani! Are you serious, Shishou?" Kenshin asked. He could not believe he had slept in so long.
"Yes, so you better get ready now," Hiko said, turning around to walk out the door. "I'll be waiting downstairs with that Hagrid fellow" He stopped and then threw a letter over to the bed. "Your acceptance letter came last night. It seems your riding a train to get to Hogwarts. Don't loose your ticket."
"Hai Shishou," Kenshin mumbled, opening the already opened envelope. He found a ticket inside. It said the train was leaving from Platform 9¾ on September 1st at 11:00 A.M. Kenshin blinked. 9¾? If he didn't know any better, he could have sworn that there was no such thing as a platform 9¾. Perhaps English train-stations were much different from the Japanese ones. With a shrug, he decided to give the ticket to Hiko for safekeeping and then reluctantly got up off the soft bed. Perhaps because the bed was so much more comfortable to the futon he was used to he had slept for so long. He didn't want to get up!
With a groan, Kenshin stumbled across to the Bathroom and opened the door. Before he decided to do anything else, he filled the sink with ice-cold water and plunged his face into it. He held himself under for a full five minutes before he threw back his head and gasped for air. Well, he was definitely awake now! After rubbing his face with a towel and shaking his head to get rid of the excess water, Kenshin quickly ran a comb through his hair to make it look a little more presentable and tied it back with his usual fox-tail. However, even though it was wet, his hair still fell about his face, framing it with crimson bangs. Ignoring that, he quickly brushed his teeth and straightened the creases out of his training gi and hakama and walked into the corridor and down to the pub area.
Kenshin looked around for his master and Hagrid and found him easily. Hiko, with his height, Japanese gi and hakama and bright cloak, and Hagrid in his great coat and head almost brushing the ceiling, they stood out like a sore thumb. Kenshin walked over to them. As he approached, Hagrid spotted him.
'Mornin' Kenshin,' he said brightly.
Bidding the giant man good morning as well, Kenshin turned to his master. 'Could you hold onto this for me, Master?'
'I didn't know you trusted me so much, idiot apprentice. I am very touched,' Hiko said with a smirk on his face, as he put the envelope somewhere in his cloak.
'Right, yer all ready ter get yer stuff?' Hagrid asked. Kenshin grinned in reply.
'Yes,' Replied Hiko. They followed Hagrid round the back once more and (after Hagrid had emptied his many pockets of mouldy dog biscuits and other, less pleasant stuff in search of his ridiculous pink umbrella) the giant man tapped the brick and opened the doorway to Diagon Alley.
Now that it was morning, even at that early hour, the atmosphere in the magical shopping street had changed dramatically. With the shops open for business, there was a rush of shoppers one would expect to find in a main city like Tokyo, New York or Muggle London. Kenshin watched as a bunch of wizard children, only a little younger than Kenshin himself stared into the window of a shop with a broom in the window. 'Wow! The Nimbus Two-thousand! It's the fastest one yet!' he heard one announce.
'Yer still got yer letter?' Hagrid asked as they walked. Kenshin wrenched his eyes away from the shops and pulled out the envelope from within the neck of his gi where he had left it last night.
'Umm, it's a little crumpled' Kenshin replied apologetically, 'but you can still read what it says'
Hagrid nodded. 'Good. There's a list of everything yer need'
Kenshin looked in the envelope again. Sure enough there was another letter – the only one folded up properly now – and smoothed it out. Seeing this was the letter he needed, Kenshin quickly scanned the letter before he read the contents aloud.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
Uniform
First-year students will require:
Three sets of plain work robes (black)
One plain pointed hat (black) for daily wear
One pair of protected gloves (dragon hide or similar)
One winter cloak (black, silver fastenings
Please note that all pupils' clothes should require name tags
Set Books
All students should have a copy of each of the following:
The Standard Book of spells (Grade 1) By Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot
Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger
Other Equipment
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Students may also bring an owl OR a cat OR a toad
Hagrid lead them to the entrance of a shop that said Madam Malkin's Robes for all Occasions. 'Yer can get yer uniform here,' Hagrid told Kenshin.
As they entered, a squat, smiling witch dressed in Mauve, who Kenshin guessed could only be Madam Malkin said to them, 'Hogwarts, dear?' before Kenshin could say much of anything 'Got your whole uniform- and quite few other's- right here. Now if you will step into the back, we can have you fitted in no time at all.'
Hiko and Hagrid waited while Madam Malkin steered Kenshin through into the back of the shop. There, she had Kenshin stand on a footstool and draped a robe much too long over him. As she was pinning the robe to the right length she said, 'So you've come all the way from Japan, have you?' When Kenshin blinked in surprise, she laughed.
'Yes, ma'am,' Kenshin said politely.
'I had a girl who was born in Japan here only yesterday' She continued as she pinned up a little more 'I can't say I've seen anyone with your shade of hair colour before, though. Is it a common one in Japan?' Madam Malkin asked in a friendly voice.
'No, ma'am, I haven't seen anyone else with my hair colour either.'
'Well I'd say that you'll have a lot of girls chasing after you with your looks,' She said with a smile as Kenshin flushed a deep shade of red and uttered a surprised 'oro'.
'Th-Thank you ma'am… I think,' Kenshin said, confused at how this had come up.
'What's your name, dear?' she asked again in a few minutes when Kenshin's face had returned to its normal colour.
'Kenshin, ma'am- Kenshin Himura.'
'Well, Kenshin, I'd say that you're just about done with the fitting.'
'Thank you, ma'am.' Kenshin said stepping down from the stool
'You're welcome, dear,' Madam Malkin said as she gathered all of Kenshin's clothes up.
A few minutes later, Kenshin and Hiko paid Madam Malkin and walked outside.
When they walked into a shop called Flourish and Blotts, they still had plenty of money so Kenshin bought everything that looked interesting along with his schoolbooks. They left with a stack of books as tall as Kenshin. Of course, Kenshin had to carry all of them ('They're your books. Why should I have to carry them?' complained Hiko). After they bought all of the books, they went to the apothecary to get their potion supplies. Kenshin promptly bought a pewter cauldron and dumped his books into it.
'What's left to buy, idiot apprentice?' Hiko asked when it was close to 3:00, going back to calling Kenshin "idiot apprentice", probably because Hiko was carrying all of the supplies.
'Just my wand and a pet, Master.'
'Do you need a pet?' Hiko asked.
'No, but I really, really, really want one!' Kenshin said enthusiastically. Hagrid smiled behind his bushy beard and Hiko's eyes twinkled. Kenshin's mood had become much happier and more child-like the longer they kept buying stuff.
'Fine, but choose one that will not make a mess,' Hiko said, immediately relenting.
'Thank you!' Kenshin said happily
'First, let's get yer wand,' Said Hagrid. He pointed to a narrow, shabby shop with peeling gold letters over the door, which stated Ollivanders: Makers of Fine wands since 382 BC. A single wand lay on a purple cushion in the dusty window. 'I've just gotta get summat from another shop'. With that, Hagrid left, leaving Kenshin and his master alone to enter the store.
As Kenshin pushed open the door, a bell tinkled somewhere in the depths of the shop. It was tiny inside, empty but for a single, spindly chair in the middle, which Hiko promptly occupied. Kenshin fidgeted slightly. In the deafening silence, but was frightened to break it. To occupy himself, Kenshin scanned his eyes over the row upon rows of narrow boxes piled high to the ceiling. To Kenshin, this shop looked a little cross between a shoe shop and a very strict library, if it wasn't for the prickling feeling that ran through his skin. The very dust felt thick with powerful magic.
'Good afternoon,' said a soft voice. Even Hiko jumped. Neither of them had felt an approaching ki and it seemed to trouble Hiko greatly. Perhaps it was all the magic in the room. Still, Kenshin couldn't help but suppress a shudder.
An old man stood before them, wide, silvery-blue eyes watched him closely. They kind of reminded Kenshin of moons, how they seemed to glow in the gloom of the shop.
'Uh…H-hello…?' Kenshin stuttered. Great, now he was starting to sound like that Quirrell fellow from yesterday.
'Ah yes,' the man, who had to be Mr. Ollivander, said. 'I guessed I would be meeting you soon, Kenshin Himura. You've come all the way from Japan, am I correct?'
'Erm, yes, sir,' Kenshin said, confused about how Ollivander knew his name.
Ollivander moved closer to Kenshin, so close that he and Kenshin were almost nose to nose. Kenshin could see his reflection in those moon-like eyes. He wished Ollivander would blink. Those eyes were very creepy. Kenshin shivered unconsciously. 'Well, it is always good to have a muggle born wizard in here; makes the wands' choosing so much more unpredictable and exciting,' Mr. Ollivander went on.
Kenshin nodded, very confused about what Mr. Ollivander was talking about.
'Shall we get started then, Mr. Himura?' Mr. Ollivander asked. 'Hold out your wand arm,' he added immediately, not waiting for an answer.
'I assume Mr. Ollivander means your sword arm, apprentice,' Hiko suggested helpfully while Kenshin looked as confused as ever.
'Oh, all right,' Kenshin said as he held out his right arm.
'Just a few measurements to do,' Mr. Ollivander said. He pulled out a tape measure to measure Kenshin from shoulder to fingertips, then wrist to elbow, Shoulder to floor, Knee to armpit and (for some inane reason) round his head. As he was working, Ollivander said 'Every Ollivander wand has a core of a very powerful substance, Mr Himura. We use Unicorn hairs, phoenix tail feathers and dragon heartstrings. No two Ollivander wands are the same, just as no two unicorns; phoenix or dragons are the same. Of course, this means you would not get quite so good results using the wand of another.'
Kenshin gasped as he realised the tape measure, which was now measuring everything from Kenshin's finger length to the space between his nostrils, was doing it of its own accord. Mr. Ollivander had left to search through the shelves in the back of the dark corner.
'That will be enough,' he said, and the tape measure crumpled to the floor in a messy heap. Mr. Ollivander had come back with a wand for Kenshin to test. 'Right then, Mr Himura, try this one. Yew and unicorn hair, 8 inches, nice and flexible,' he stated as he held it out for Kenshin. 'Go on, give it a wave.'
Kenshin took the wand, but Mr. Ollivander snatched it back before Kenshin could so much as lift it over his head. 'Here, try this one. Holly and dragon heartstring, 13 inches, very pliant,' he said holding out another wand for Kenshin to try. Kenshin actually got the wand above his head before it was snatched away too.
'How about this one? Holly and phoenix feather, 11 inches, rather supple,' Mr. Ollivander said. Kenshin waved it around once or twice, feeling very foolish, before Mr. Ollivander took that one away also.
Kenshin didn't know that it would take so long to get a magic wand. He the pile of unsuitable wands had formed a small mountain on the counter. Instead of getting frustrated however, Mr. Ollivander just seemed to get happier and happier the more wands Kenshin tried.
'A tricky customer, eh? Not to worry, not to worry, we'll find the wand for you.' He began to shuffle through the shelves again. Turning so Kenshin could see the side of his face, he said 'An interesting buyer needs a more interesting combination, wouldn't you say, Mr Himura?'
Kenshin wasn't sure what to make of this, but Ollivander didn't wait for an answer. 'Let's try this unusual combination. Yew, dragon heartstring and phoenix feather, 10 inches. A very strong wand.'
Kenshin took it doubtfully, so it came as a surprise as he felt warmth shooting through his fingers as soon as he touched it. This was new! He brought it over his head and then slashed it down as he would slash his sword. To his surprise, silver and gold sparks shot out of the tip of the wand like fireworks.
'Good, good!' Mr. Ollivander cried excitedly. He put it in the box and wrapped it. 'It's always good to find a wand isn't it. Though, it's really the wand that finds the wizard. Yes, indeed.'
Kenshin just nodded. He wasn't really sure what to make of that man. But right then, he didn't give two hoots. He was too excited at having his own wand. He couldn't wait until he could try it out. He paid the seven Galleons, and Mr. Ollivander bowed to them as Kenshin and Hiko walked out.
Just as they exited, Hagrid walked up. In his hand was a strange sight, for perching in a large cage was the most beautiful barn owl Kenshin had ever seen. It looked up at him with dark, strangely intelligent eyes that seemed to go with all wizard owls. When it saw him, it hooted pleasantly. Hagrid smiled as he passed the cage to a stunned Kenshin.
'All kids want owls,' Hagrid explained 'they carry yer post n' everythin'. She's from Eeylops Owl Emporium.'
'Thank you, Hagrid!' Kenshin's eyes shone as he looked at his new friend. He put his finger through the bars and stroked the Owls soft feathers. She nuzzled him and nibbled his finger affectionately in return.
'Can we go back to the inn now, apprentice?' Hiko asked.
As they made their way back to the inn, Kenshin began to think of names to call his new companion, but just couldn't think of anything appropriate. He turned to his master, who was walking beside him, his mantle billowing behind him.
'Master, what do you think I should name her?' Kenshin asked
'She is your pet. Her name is your responsibility,' Hiko replied unhelpfully. 'Try to choose one that you like, apprentice.'
Kenshin was still pondering about his new owl's name when he walked into his room in the Leaky Cauldron and dumped his things on the bed, placing the barn owl's cage gently on the bedside table.
Hagrid glanced into the room and turned to the boy 'I've just got an owl from Dumbledore' he said proudly 'seems some o them muggles – no offence, Mr Hiko – are makin' it hard fer our letters ter get to a student. I've gotta go an' help out. Perhaps I'll see yer round Hogwarts, yeah?'
Kenshin was startled by this, but nodded. He had grown to like the giant man. 'I hope so too. Bye Hagrid'
Hagrid griped his arm and left.
'I'm going downstairs to gather information about this world,' Hiko called out as he walked out of the room right after coming in. 'Read some books in the meantime. Try some spells.'
Kenshin nodded absent-mindedly. He pondered about his new owl's name. He wanted one that his new pet would approve of. He looked into his owl's cage and decided to let her out. The owl hopped out and looked at Kenshin with an intelligence that seemed characteristic to all owls in the wizarding world. She spread her wings and flew over the room and back, stretching her cramped wings. Kenshin watched in fascination at the utter grace of her flight. She landed on Kenshin's arm and hooted gently. Kenshin sat down on the bed and stroked her soft feathers.
'How would being called "Mika" sound to you?' Kenshin asked the owl.
The owl seemed to think about this one. After a few seconds, she nodded and hooted approvingly. Kenshin felt elated at having named his new pet. 'Well, Mika, I guess I should follow Master's orders and start reading.' The owl took off again and fluttered over to the bedside table, where she perched on the top of her cage, watching over him.
Kenshin pulled out a random book- The Standard Book of Spells Grade 1- and started reading. Finishing the introduction, he decided he was ready to try out a spell. He picked a spell that made things levitate.
'Wingardium Levioza!' Kenshin shouted, waving his wand at a quill resting on the bed. He frowned when the quill didn't so much as twitch. Kenshin consulted the book again and found that it was an 's' and not a 'z'. "Woops!"
'Wingardium Leviosa!' Kenshin shouted confidently, waving his wand around. To his disappointment, the quill didn't so much as turn over. He decided that magic was much more than gestures and shouting out a few silly words. Turning back to the book, Kenshin decided to read the text underneath the incantation.
Ten minutes later, Kenshin decided to give the Levitating charm another try. Swish and Flick, Swish and Flick, Swish and Flick, Kenshin thought as he practised moving his wand. Feeling ready, Kenshin shouted for the third time, 'Wingardium Leviosa!' this time stressing the sounds that the book instructed to stress. Swishing and flicking, the quill gave a feeble sort of back flip. That, however, was enough to make Kenshin ecstatic.
'I can do magic,' Kenshin said to himself happily. But Kenshin didn't stop there. He wanted to be able to make the quill touch the ceiling of their room before Hiko came back. He decided that he wasn't saying the incantation right.
'Win-GAR-dium Levi-O-sa!' Kenshin said again and again, swishing and flicking his wand, each time the quill going off the ground a little bit higher and longer than the last time. Finally, after nearly half an hour of continuous trying, the quill hit the ceiling and stayed there. Kenshin let out a little whoop of satisfaction waving his wand around and making the quill do back-flips and laps around the room. He waved it a little bit too happily and the quill's nib accidentally got lodged into the wall separating the bathroom from the main living quarters. After jumping up and tugging it out, Kenshin decided to move on to another spell.
He looked for about ten minutes in search of a useful spell.
'Unlocking seems to be a useful little spell,' Kenshin murmured to himself and the sleeping Mika.
Kenshin went over to the bathroom door and locked it. Just as he was reading about the spell, Hiko walked into the room.
'Apprentice, I've found out that it is not exactly legal that kids under the age of 17 to do magic outside of school. But I have also learned that the Ministry of Magic cannot detect the exact perpetrator so just do not let anybody see you practising,' Hiko said before walking out of the room again.
'Wha- perpe- am I a criminal!' Kenshin exclaimed at the doorway his master had just vacated.
'No!' was the reply, admittedly tinged with humour. 'Just keep practising secretly.'
Kenshin gaped at the door before glancing at Mika, as if she would be able to tell Kenshin what to do. Kenshin decided finally to trust Hiko and blame him if this Ministry turned up to arrest Kenshin.
'Alright, let's see,' Kenshin muttered to himself as he finished reading the paragraph on the unlocking spell. 'I'm pretty sure no one has made this door unlockable so this should work.'
Kenshin pointed his wand at the door and said, 'Alohomora!' With a click, the door's lock became unlocked. Delighted at the success of his first attempt, Kenshin opened another spellbook that sounded more interesting.
He opened Curses and Counter-curses to the first curse that it described. It was called the leg-locker curse. He hoped that it wouldn't actually lock up a person's legs because he was going to test it on himself. He amused himself momentarily by imagining Hiko with his legs locked up in a safe and attempting to move with his legs stuck in a box, causing him to giggle. However, he wouldn't even think about jinxing or cursing someone unless it was in self-defence. Hiko had hammered manners into Kenshin ever since he was first given a sword – literally!
With only the slightest sense of foreboding, Kenshin pointed his wand at himself and shouted 'Petrificus!' as he would shout when he was attacking with his sword.
Instantly, a jet of red light hit Kenshin and pushed him back an inch or two. He was so surprised at seeing the jet of light when the other two spells had no visible path that he didn't notice that his legs were stuck together until he tried to move.
'ORO!' Kenshin yelped as he fell flat on his face. Sitting up, he tried to stand up again, but ended falling headlong into the other bed, moving it over several feet. Whatever he did, he could not get his legs to move away from each other. With difficulty, Kenshin dragged himself over to his bed and pulled himself up. Panting, he made a grab for the book before he fell flat on his face again.
'Orooo…' he groaned as he rubbed his sore head, swirly-eyed. When he recovered enough, Kenshin elbowed himself up and looked down at the book for some kind of counter curse.
'Erm...ummm...' Kenshin hummed nervously as he looked for something; by that time he had knocked over a desk, table, and, surprisingly, the bed he had fallen into. He finished reading the paragraph on the leg-locker curse (something he forgot to do beforehand) and found a spell that would take off the effect of any spell cast on a person, though, the book said it was a rather difficult spell.
'Finite Incantatem!' Kenshin shouted, desperately hoping to get his legs back to normal, once again pointing at himself with his wand. Instantly his legs shot apart. Kenshin let out a sigh of relief and stood up to put the furniture back in its correct place. The moment he lifted his leg though, Kenshin's jumped back together, making him fall backwards into his own bed, landing with a thud.
'Oro!' slipped out of Kenshin's mouth. Kenshin confidently said again, 'Finite Incantatem,' but this time, nothing changed. Confused, Kenshin tried again. And again. And again. Each time he tried, nothing changed. Kenshin could not think of what was wrong with his spell.
Briefly- very briefly- Kenshin considered stabbing himself in the space between the locked legs to try and prise them apart with his sword. Very quickly, Kenshin decided to do something else. He would stop himself by magic: preferably magic that did no harm to the user.
What was I doing differently the first time? Kenshin thought fervently as he absently rubbed his bruised head. Well, I was humming. I doubt that would help. What else? What else?
Kenshin was getting nervous again. He had been afflicted with the curse for more than ten minutes already. He reasoned that someone might come knocking on his door asking for the reason for all the racket Kenshin was making. It was illegal to do magic if he was under 17 years old and not in his school, and he had just turned 11 according to the English way of ageing: much younger than 17. He didn't want to get sent to prison on his first real day in the magical world.
Kenshin tried to remember anything Hiko might have told him to do if Kenshin messed up at something- which happened very often according to his master. Kenshin imagined his master's voice in his head.
Baka Deshi, you are not concentrating hard enough! You must tackle every obstacle whole-heartedly if you expect any kind of favourable result.
Of course, realised Kenshin punching a fist into his other hand, making him fall forward again. I must be concentrated to be able to use magic effectively. It's just like wielding a sword.
Glad that Hiko had taught him something useful, Kenshin concentrated with all his considerable willpower on putting his legs normal again. 'Finite Incantatem!' Kenshin shouted pointing his wand at himself. Just as what had happened the first time that he had used the spell, Kenshin's legs immediately sprang apart. However, he was not sure about his success. For all he knew, he had just stopped the jinx temporarily again. Gingerly, Kenshin lifted his leg off the ground an inch. When his legs didn't spring back together again, Kenshin started felt his spirits leap. So far so good! Walking around experimentally, Kenshin was pleased to find his legs moved normally. After ten normal-legged minutes, Kenshin let out a whoop of triumph. And then the door opened.
'Is this what happens when I leave you alone with a magic stick?' Hiko asked as he glanced around at the room, his eyes finally resting on Kenshin and the wand that he had in his hand still.
Kenshin looked too. The room looked like it had been through a hurricane. The table was overturned. One of the beds was on its side. The other bed had moved several feet and now sat right by the bathroom door. Only Mika's cage and the bathroom were unaffected. Mika was, miraculously, still asleep. Kenshin sweat-dropped
'Sorry, Master,' Kenshin said apologetically, looking at the ground and shamefacedly prodding his fingers together. 'I was just practising my magic.'
Hiko sighed. 'Yes, you always did learn by overreaching, apprentice,' he said. 'I don't blame you. But I will still make you clean this mess up, apprentice, while I fill you in on what I've learned.'
'Thank you, Master,' Kenshin said as he started cleaning the room at once, glad that he hadn't been punished with another spar. His side still twinged at the memory.
'For one thing, apprentice, the people of this world were once terrorised by a wizard named "Lord Voldemort". They said that, about twenty years ago, this Voldemort gathered together dozens of followers and killed everyone who stood up to him. They said that nowhere, except Hogwarts, was safe, because it seems that the one person he was frightened of was Dumbledore. However, it seems that one day he tried to kill a small family called the 'Potters'. But, for some reason, it seemed that there was a child – about one at the time- this was ten years ago mind – of the potters that somehow managed to survive a killing curse from Voldemort. I also found out that the spell rebounded onto him and, since then, he has never been seen again. But it seems that most wizards wont even speak Voldemort's name, even now...'
As Kenshin listened, he thought of the wonderful world he had been introduced to. Each day brought more miracles and discoveries. Think of what he could experience at Hogwarts, with kids his age. He could maybe even make some friends. However, he wondered about how a tiny boy could have defeated a wizard who had caused so much fear…
To be continued…
Chosha's notes
Sorry, I always wanted to have Kenshin struggle with magic, but I couldn't have someone like Malfoy curse him, so I thought, yeah, he can practice on himself. I'm just a little nuts, huh?
I wanted to name the owl 'grace' in Japanese, but found it to be two words. Mika means priestess, I think – I'll check that up though. Anyway, please review and tell me what you think!
Next time on RuroKen and the Philosopher's stone:
Some familiar characters show up, with flying rats and chocolate frogs galore! Kenshin has trouble finding the train and – What do you mean 'take my sword'! I'm going to a school! Next episode: The Hogwarts express
Ja ne for now!
Chosha Kurenai xXx