"How is that possible?" I asked. He pointed to my main katana. "This?" I asked popping it out of its sheath.
"Yes, draw it out." He said. I pulled it out to revile the reversed blade. "Ah, a reversed blade, very nice, ok come with me." He said turning and heading to the back of the shop. I followed him with slight hesitation.
He took out a ring with millions of keys on it. He picked one out and unlocked the door. He opened it to show a large room.
"Do a technique, any one, it doesn't matter." I nodded.
"SHIROKEN HIO XEODA!" I muttered swinging my sword down, but fast enough not to be seen. Air blasted and a huge crack broke the floor.
"See, that is magic." He said. Magic hmm? "May I see it?" he asked. I nodded and handed it to him.
He nearly dropped it from the weight. "Hung, ah, this is interesting." He said as he examined it. "Its core is a unicorn's hair, 12 inches, steal." He said after a while. I stared at him. He handed it back to me and smiled. "Very interesting." He said. "No charge since it belonged to you in the first place."
I nodded and sheathed it.
20 minutes later found me standing on a stool in Madam Malkins robes, wearing a large and long billowing robe. It was pure white inside and out of the robe, gold encircling the hem at the bottom of the robe, the sleeves were like an obi, it drew tightly around the chest, torso, and the waist then billowed out, it had gold buttons, a gold sash around my waist, and on the back in gold was a thin outline of a pair of feathery white wings. Under the robe I wore a pair of white obi pants, a white obi shirt with a gold collar, and another gold sash around my waist to hold my katanas.
Remus gave the woman the money and they set off back to the Leaky Cauldron.
As I walked into the kitchen, with a bag full of my new robes and clothing, dusting off my robes. "Whoa that's a lot of white." Ron said. I slightly shrugged.
"Mani, you can stay with Hermione and Ginny, is that alright?" Molly said. "We don't have any extra rooms." She said sheepishly. I nodded.
"That is fine with me thank you for caring." I said bowing to her.
"Oh please, don't bow, it makes me feel to respected." She said flushing slightly at the praise. I straitened slightly confused.
"I'll bring you to the room." Hermione said turning and going out the door. I nodded and followed her, Ginny behind me.
We went up a flight of stairs, passed three rooms, and then went into the last room at the end of the hall.
"You can set your stuff on that bed." Hermione said pointing to an empty bed. I walked to it and sat down. "I realized you don't like to talk much, and you are older, and our teacher, but if you ever need to talk, we're here." She said sitting on her own bed, Ginny following suit.
My heart felt like it was being squeezed. I smiled; I smiled a real smile after three years. "Thank you." After I had said that, Shigure came in.
"Whoa!" Ginny said staring at the large jaguar. "That's a big cat." She said. I snorted. I really did feel at ease. Maybe…just maybe, I could trust them. I don't think Shigure wanted me to mourn over him forever.
"I'm sorry." I said after a while.
"For what? You didn't do anything." Hermione said looking up from petting Shigure.
"I have been ignorant. I promised myself that I would never trust, and here I am trusting you guys." I said. I sighed and drew my knees to my chest.
"What made you promise this?" Ginny asked sitting next to me.
"I might be trusting a bit now, but I might need some time to be ready to tell you that." I said fiddling with the hilt of my sword.
"Well, we'll be here when you are." Hermione said sitting on the other side of me, and draping an arm around my shoulders. I sighed. "Well, lets change the subject, what did you get for your wand?" she asked. I stared at her, and then I chuckled.
"For real, I have had a wand before I even came here."
"How is that?" Ginny asked with wonder. I just gripped my main katanas hilt and drew it out. "WHOA, careful!" Ginny yelped as she scuttled away from me and sat on her bed.
"It's alright, this is my wand." I said. "Besides, it can't cut remember?" I said.
"How can you do spells?" Hermione asked.
"I can show you, but it might not be a good thing unless you're outside."
"Oh, well you can show us at Hogwarts." Ginny said grinning. I smiled and nodded.
"Let's go talk to the boys, you need to get to know them, they are a blast." Hermione said standing. I shrugged and stood and followed them to the boy's room.
"Hey guys." Ginny said walking into a room.
"Whoa! You guys need to learn to knock!" Ron said from his bed. Harry sat across him on his own.
"What ever Ron, Mani is here so mind your manners." Ginny said shoving him. He looked at me with surprise. I just stared back with a blank stare.
"Hello Professor." Harry said smiling at me. My eyebrows went up.
"Professor?" I asked. "Oh, Sensei will do." I said realizing that Professor was a high name to have.
"Sensei?" Harry asked.
"It's not as formal." I said sheepishly.
"Oh, ok Sensei." He said grinning.
5 days later
Over the five days since I have gotten here, I poured over books, scrolls of parchment learning all I could, gone to Diagon Ally twice to get supplies, practiced my sword techniques when every one went to sleep, talked to Harry and the others, talked with the order, and had already made schedules of what they would go over in class for around 50 classes.
On the sixth day I was to go with Harry and the others to get their supplies. I wore my white outfit and white robe.
Harry looked at his list. "I need new robes." He muttered. Hermione nodded.
"Me too, mine are getting too short." She said looking down at her slightly too small robe, Ron also.
I followed them to Madam Malkins.
We came out of the store 30 minutes later, Harry wearing a blue cloak with black aliening only the sleeves, Hermione wearing a dark purple cloak with blue aliening like Harry, Ron was wearing a long maroon cloak with gold aliening the edges of the sleeves and the hem of the cloak.
1 Hour later
I followed them to an ice cream shop. "What is this ice cream?" I asked Hermione. She looked at me in shock, but then understanding replaced it.
"It's like snow, but creamy, sweet, and really good, and it can also come in all different flavors." She said ordering a cone with chocolate and almonds, Harry got a cup with cookie 'n cream, Ron got a cone with vanilla and chocolate chips.
"Aren't you getting any?" Harry asked.
"I don't know what it really is." I said shrugging. He grabbed a spoon and scooped some from his own.
"Here, try some of mine." He said giving me the spoon. I looked at it quizzically and then back at him. "Go ahead." He urged. I carefully took the spoon from him and sniffed it and my tongue flicked out and lightly touched it. It was wonderful! I put the rest in my mouth and slightly squealed at how cold it was, but it was delicious. "Cold?" he asked laughing. I nodded.
"I'll get that." I said.
Soon we all sat outside eating our ice cream. "Thank you." I said to them. They just nodded and we finished our ice cream.
"I'm going to get some outfits for some Hogsmade visits, wanna come with me Sensei?" Hermione asked.
"Hogsmade?" I asked slightly confused.
"It is a wizard village. Third years and up can go to Hogsmade, it is really amazing." Hermione said smiling. Ron and Harry agreed.
"I will wear this will I not?" I asked tugging at what I was wearing
"You could, but you need something fun!" she said.
"Fun?" I muttered. Harry caught it and looked at me.
"Yeah, we'll come with you." He said patting my shoulder. I could feel my face heat up slightly but I pushed it away and nodded.
"If I must." I said following them.
We changed into muggle clothing (I just wore a gray training outfit) and went into the muggle world and walked to a famous clothing shop.
"This place has the best clothes." Hermione said dragging me to a part of the store, leaving Ron and Harry to sit in the chairs.
"Oh, these would look great on you." Hermione said shoving some clothing into my arms. She shoved me into a changing stall and got into another herself.
I looked at the clothing and put them on. Amazingly I didn't get them backwards or anything.
I pulled the curtains back and stood in front of the boys wearing a short white fuki skirt revealing three small scars and my long, thin, and well built legs, a gold belt that was slightly uneven at my slim waist, a gold tank top with fat straps, and it stopped right below my bust, revealing my well toned abs and a few small scars, and my well built arms that had multiple small scars and one large scar running strait down from my shoulder to my wrist, golden combat boots, white fingerless gloves that went up to my elbows, and I had put my hair up in a gold ribbon.
"Whoa!" Harry muttered.
I just stood there blushing lightly and then Hermione stepped out of her stall wearing a purple mini skirt, a tight long bell sleeved black shirt that also stopped right below her bust, black converses, purple fingerless gloves, and her hair up in a black ribbon.
"Bloody hell!" Harry and Ron said in unison. Hermione and I blushed.
"Are they no good?" I asked worried, not quite sure what 'bloody hell' was supposed to mean, good or bad.
"Wow!" Hermione said as she saw me. I smiled.
"They're-they're-!" Ron stuttered.
"NEXT ONE!" Cheered Hermione. I sweat dropped but went back to change into another outfit.
An hour later
Hermione and I lugged our three bags full of clothes, while Harry and Ron teetered around holding two bags each and Ron was carrying five boxes of shoes, and Harry was carrying four.
"Are you sure it is ok to get all of this, I mean this was your parents money." I said looking at Hermione. She shrugged.
"They don't mind, and besides, it will be my payment for teaching us." She said as she grinned. I nodded slightly and went back to silence.
Hermione and I walked into our room and dumped our clothing onto our beds and Harry and Ron put the shoes next to them.
"Thanks guys." Hermione said. I nodded to them.
You're trusting too much! My mind shouted at me angrily. But they're just kids! They won't do anything to me, and besides I'm supposed to protect them, why not get to know them! My mind yelled back. YOU VOWED! It screamed back. I flinched and put my hands on my bed and growled with frustration.
"Hey, are you ok Sensei?" Harry asked putting a hand on my back. I growled again and threw his arm off.
"Don't touch me." I snarled. My battosai side took over, and my eyes flashed silver, and anger spread over my face. I stormed out of the room and ran upstairs.