YYF14: Hey, here's chapter eight! Not much to say, so... R&R, peoples!
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Professor Black made his way toward Dumbledore's office, deep in thought. He had decided to inform Dumbledore about that days' DAtDA class.
As he stepped up to the stone gargoyle, he saw Harry coming up as well.
"Harry. What are you doing here?"
"I needed to tell Professor Dumbledore something," Harry replied. "About the new students."
"Same. Harry, you do know who I am, don't you?"
"You're Sirius, right?"
Sirius smiled. "I knew you had figured it out. Professor Dumbledore let me teach this year to keep an eye on you. There is a new kind of magic around lately, and a lot of it. He wanted me around just in case."
"To protect me? Sirius, I can take care of myself!"
"I'm sorry, Harry, it wasn't my idea. Dumbledore asked me. And please, unless we know we're alone, call me Professor Black."
Harry nodded sullenly. "Fine."
"Good. Now, let's see Professor Dumbledore. Lemon Drop."
The gargoyle jumped to the side, exposing the moving staircase.
"Come on, Harry."
Harry followed Sirius up the staircase, arriving at the door.
Sirius knocked, Dumbledore replying with, "Come in, come in!"
The two entered, each taking a seat in front of Dumbledore's desk.
"Harry, Sirius? What did you want to discuss?"
"The new students," Harry said quickly.
"Yes. Professor Dumbledore, during my lesson today, their boggarts turned into things I didn't quite recognize."
Dumbledore nodded. "What were they?"
"That boy… Yusuke, I think his name was, his turned into a young woman. He had to say the spell three times. His friends' turned into a very large man, who seemed to be very intimidating to the boy."
Dumbledore nodded again. "I see. Did you ask them to tell you?"
"Yes, and they said it was nothing."
"I will ask them later. Now, Harry, what did you want to say?"
"About Koenma, sir. At meals, he doesn't eat, and he didn't eat anything on the train here yesterday."
Dumbledore frowned. "That's strange. Do you know why?"
"No, but I heard Yusuke talking to Koenma in Japanese. Hermione looked up a few words I heard, and one of them was 'father'."
Sirius looked thoughtful.
"I read a bit of Japanese legend this summer, and I read something about a 'King Enma'. Do you think it's connected?"
"You probably are correct," Dumbledore put in. "It is connected. That King Enma in the legend is real, and is Koenma's father. The letter he received was addressed to 'Enma Jr."
Harry's eyes widened.
"Then that means he's a myth to some people?"
Dumbledore nodded.
"But… going back to earlier, about Yusuke saying 'father'… do you think Koenma's dad did something to him?"
"Maybe," Sirius replied. "And if so, that might be why the boggart turned into that large person. But what about Yusuke? Any clues, Harry?"
"Well, I heard Koenma say 'okasan' to Yusuke, and Hermione looked it up. It meant 'mother'."
"So they're scared of their parents?" Sirius asked. "Strange…"
Dumbledore nodded. "It seems that way. I would like to see them in my office as soon as possible. Harry, could you go find them for me?"
"Yes, Professor." Harry left the room, heading outside.
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Yusuke walked into the forest, Koenma close behind. After they had walked for about five minutes, Yusuke stopped.
"I think this is far enough. Koenma, I think we can act normal now."
Koenma took off his headband and put it in his pocket.
"Finally, that thing was getting really annoying," he said, switching to Japanese.
Yusuke smiled and powered up his Spirit Gun, shooting it an old dead tree, blowing it to pieces.
"How was that, K-chan?"
"Pretty good, Yusuke, but I've still seen you do better."
"Whatever. I'm still pissed at that Malfoy guy."
He charged up his Spirit Gun again, this time to full power. He scanned the area, looking for something to shoot at.
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Meanwhile, Harry arrived at the lake, where Yusuke had said he and Koenma would be after dinner.
He looked around, wondering where they could have gone. Then a thought popped into his head: the forest. His eyes widened.
"No…" He ran into the forest, hoping they wouldn't be in there.
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Yusuke spotted a large boulder, and had decided to shoot it. He got into position, aimed, and shot the blast exploding from his finger, blasting the boulder to smithereens.
Harry's eyes widened. "Y-Yusuke? What was that?"
Yusuke froze. "You saw that?"
"What?"
Yusuke switched back to English. "I said, you saw that?"
"Yes. What was it?"
"Nothing. Koenma-"
"Way ahead of you," Koenma replied, tying his headband.
Harry frowned. "What were you two thinking? The forest is forbidden!"
Yusuke and Koenma exchanged glances.
"Didn't you hear?"
Yusuke shook his head. "No. And besides, we were here to blow off some steam, not cause trouble."
"It doesn't matter. You two could get into serious trouble."
"Geez, I'm sorry. Now what was it you wanted?"
"Professor Dumbledore wants to see you. I'll show you the way."
Koenma sighed. "Great, more walking," he muttered in Japanese.
Harry raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"Nothing," Yusuke said. He turned to Koenma and spoke in Japanese as well.
"K-chan, why's walking such a big problem?"
Koenma shook his head. "No reason, I'm just a little tired."
"Okay, but if you need something, tell me." He turned to Harry. "We're okay, show us the way."
Harry shrugged and did what he was supposed to. If it was something they wanted to talk about, they'd tell him.
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YYF14: Hope you guys liked that chapter. I'll either update tomorrow or the next day. Review if you wish, peoples!
