YYF14: Hey, peoples! I'm back, and I have a longer chapter this time. Responding to a review I got, I know there hasn't been much action. I blame it on my lazy mind. Whatev, I think this chapter has plenty of action, or at least after a little bit.

Yusuke-clone: Yeah, but don't keep going on; just go read, people! Happy reading!

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After tryouts, everyone was sent back to their dormitories, as it was getting late.

"D'you think you made it, Koenma?" Yusuke asked.

"I don't think so, Yusuke. You did great as Beater, though. You hit everything they shot at you."

"Koenma, you only missed three shots."

"It was only three? It felt like more."

"Trust me. It was three."

"Okay. Now let's go to bed. I'm beat."

Yusuke nodded. "We'll probably get the letter tomorrow if we got on the team."

The two then climbed into their beds, quickly falling asleep.

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The next morning at breakfast, Yusuke heard a loud squeal, and looked up. Puu was carrying something long and thin, and there was a tawny owl right behind him, carrying an identical package.

"What is that?" Yusuke asked, looking at Koenma.

"I don't know. Get ready to catch it, though."

Puu landed on the floor next to Yusuke and dropped the package, then jumped up into Yusuke's arms.

The owl dropped its package and Koenma caught it, staring at it in wonder.

"Yusuke, should we open them?"

"Not here. C'mon, let's go to the dorm."

Harry and Ron grinned as the two left, knowing what the packages were.

Yusuke and Koenma laid their packages on the floor of the Gryffindor common room, Puu squealing in delight.

"On three, we'll each open ours," Yusuke instructed. "One, two, three!"

They both opened their packages, and their eyes opened wide.

Two broomsticks sat in front of them, gleaming in the sun coming in through the open window.

"Yusuke, I think we're on the team," Koenma said softly.

"Sweet."

"I wonder who else is on the team," Koenma said thoughtfully. "Do we even know who the captain is?"

Yusuke blinked. "Now that you mention it, no."

"You think we should go ask Harry?"

Yusuke shrugged. "Might as well. But let's hide these first."

The two put their brooms under their beds and went back down to the Great Hall while Puu flew off to the Owlery.

"Harry, we're on the team!" Yusuke said excitedly. "We got broomsticks!"

Harry smiled. "I know. So, what positions are you?"

"I'm Beater and Koenma's Keeper," Yusuke replied.

"I'm Seeker," Harry said. "The Chasers are Angelina, Katie, and Josie. The other Beater is Dean."

Harry pointed at each player as he spoke.

Yusuke nodded. "Okay. So who's the captain?"

"Fred and George said I'm captain since Wood's gone."

"Cool. When's the first practice?"

"This afternoon. Now I have one question for you. What kind of brooms did you get?"

Yusuke blinked. "Kind?"

"Yes, kind. There are different kinds. It says so on the handle."

Yusuke thought for a moment. "Umm… I think mine was a Nimbus something."

"Same here," Koenma said.

"You probably got Nimbus 2000s," Harry said. "Those are pretty good. It was the kind of broom I first got. Then it got destroyed, so I got a Firebolt. Those are really good."

Yusuke grinned. "I can't wait for the afternoon!"

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That afternoon, Yusuke and Koenma left the Gryffindor common room and headed towards the Quidditch pitch for their first practice. When they arrived at the pitch, that noticed the only person there was Harry.

"Umm, Harry, where's the rest of the team?" Yusuke asked.

"This is just a practice for you two," Harry answered. "I want you to get used to flying and playing Quidditch at the same time. Get on your brooms and push off."

Yusuke and Koenma complied, Harry opening the chest that contained the Quidditch balls. He took out the Beater bat first and tossed it to Yusuke, who caught it easily. Then he took out the Quaffle, and, holding it under his arm, let one Bludger out.

"If it comes near you, whack it!" he instructed, as the Bludger started to make its way toward Yusuke.

Yusuke hit it as hard as he could, sending the Bludger all the way down the field. Harry's eyes widened.

"I'm glad your our Beater, and not another House's," he remarked, getting on his own broom and pushing off.

"You keep on hitting that, Yusuke, while I work with Koenma."

Yusuke kept an eye out for the Bludger, and Harry began.

"Okay, I'm going to throw this at one of the goal posts, and you try to block it. Okay?"

Koenma nodded, and Harry threw the Quaffle at the goal post at the far left. Koenma made it in time to catch it, but just barely. He tossed it back to Harry.

"Pretty good, but let's keep trying."

After about fifteen minutes, Yusuke got bored of just hitting the Bludger. But before he could ask about stopping, he saw a figure coming towards the pitch.

Harry paused. "Is that Malfoy?"

"I hope not," Koenma muttered.

"Oi! Potter! Those are your new players? Gryffindor must be desperate."

Yusuke growled. "It's Malfoy, all right… Shut up!"

He gestured with the bat angrily, and accidentally hit the Bludger that had been coming back in his direction, hitting it at Malfoy. It just barely missed him, as he had stepped aside at the last second and death-glared at Yusuke.

Koenma, Harry, and Yusuke's eyes all grew wide.

"Yusuke, did you try to do that?" Harry asked.

Yusuke shook his head. "No… I'm in trouble, aren't I?"

Malfoy took out his wand, and Harry nodded.

"Yep… and I think me and Koenma are too."

Yusuke narrowed his eyes. "Not if I can help it."

Harry noticed how angry Yusuke got at hearing that Koenma was in trouble. He could even slightly sense Yusuke's energy. Maybe his earlier prediction was true… no, he got angry when Ron or Hermione were in trouble, maybe they were just really close friends.

Malfoy pointed his wand at Yusuke and said something they couldn't hear. Yusuke quickly dodged to the side, a bright green light missing him by a few inches.

"Practice your aim, buddy!" Yusuke called, making Malfoy angrier.

"Fine, then!" Malfoy yelled back, pointing his wand at Koenma and quickly saying a spell, which was very familiar to Koenma, making him freeze.

"Crucio!"

"Malfoy, that's an Unforgivable Curse!" Harry yelled. "We're not allowed to use those!"

Malfoy paid no heed to Harry, and the spell shot toward Koenma.

Time seemed to slow down for Yusuke. He didn't know exactly what the spell did, but if it was unforgivable, then it must be bad.

"Get out of the way!" he yelled.

The yell startled Koenma out of his thoughts, but realized the spell was going too fast for him to dodge. He really didn't want to have to feel that spell again… But he didn't know what to do…

"Mafuukan!"

Koenma couldn't tell whether the yell came from himself or Yusuke, but the Mafuuken, which was in his pocket, activated, and created a barrier just in time to negate the spell.

Harry a bright blue light appear out of nowhere in front of himself, Yusuke, and Koenma. When the spell hit it, a crackling sound was heard, then it died away, the spell having been blocked. Malfoy seemed terrified.

"W-what was that?" he stuttered. "That was insane! You're not human!"

Before anybody could say anything, Malfoy had turned and left the Quidditch pitch, leaving the three other boys alone.

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YYF14: Well, I hope you guys liked this chapter. About the spelling for Mafuuken, I've seen it spelled as both Mafuuken, and Mafuukan in the subtitles for the show. I might be using the spellings alternatingly, depending on how it's being said. Yelling it does look better as Mafuukan anyway. Whatever. As for WHY I look at subtitles, I'll never know. Now I'm going to shut up, and you can review if you wanna. Ja ne till next chapter!