YYF14: Okay, here's chapter 22! Quidditch in this chapter, so I hope you like. And thank you to the people who reviewed! Replying to one, I know myself that Slytherin isn't evil, but that's Yusuke's take on it. Just saying. So now, onto chapter 22!
Yusuke-clone! Happy reading!
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"What did you say to him?" Harry asked.
"I told him if he doesn't have to listen to me, I don't have to listen to him," Yusuke said, sitting down. "He's a real jerk."
"Yeah," Ron agreed, him, Harry, and Koenma sitting down as well. "He's been like that ever since we met him."
"And it's been what, almost six years?" Yusuke asked. "I'm surprised you haven't hit him yet."
"Actually, Hermione did once," Harry replied. "In our third year."
"Cool. Did she really hurt him?"
Harry shook his head. "I don't think so, definitely not like you did at least."
Yusuke shrugged. "Oh well. Anyway, I think we should go back to the dorm. There's nothing much to do down here anyway."
He and Koenma left the Great Hall. Harry gave Ron a questioning look.
"Think we should go too?"
Ron shrugged. "I agree with what he said."
The two of them then followed Koenma and Yusuke back up to the Gryffindor dorm to get some sleep.
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On the last of December, the first Quidditch match took place.
As the Gryffindor team gathered in the locker room, most of them were nervous, to say the least.
"Okay, guys, are you ready to win?" Harry tried to get the team into good spirits. They were playing Slytherin, and some players thought they didn't have a chance.
"Oh come on! I know it's Slytherin, but we've beaten them before!"
Yusuke grinned, jumping up. "Yeah! Let's win this thing!"
The rest of the team soon joined in his enthusiasm and flew onto the pitch.
The two teams met in the center, and Madame Hooch fixed them with a hard stare.
"A nice, clean game, alright?" she asked.
After a few seconds, she opened the crate that contained the balls, the Bludgers and the Snitch flying out. She tossed the Quaffle into the air, and the game began.
The players immediately went to their positions, the Chasers heading for the Quaffle. Koenma flew up to the goal posts, hoping Gryffindor would get the ball.
Angelina took possession of the ball and flew towards the Slytherin goalposts, Yusuke tailing behind, looking out for Bludgers.
One Slytherin Beater hit a Bludger towards her, but thankfully, Yusuke noticed and hit it back. The Beater quickly dodged and stared at Yusuke in disbelief. Yusuke had hit the ball very hard, and it was still going. Whistles of approval came from the Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw parts of the stands.
The Beater growled, and Yusuke shrugged.
"Just doing my job. Now, I suggest you do yours."
The Beater looked to where Yusuke was pointing, and rolled his eyes. A Bludger was heading towards one of his Chasers that was trying to get the ball away from Angelina.
He hurried away, and Yusuke grinned, flying off to find a Bludger to hit at a Slytherin.
A cheer went up in the stands, and they heard the announcer (Lee Jordan) say that Gryffindor had scored. The Gryffindor team cheered, and the game continued.
A few minutes passed, the Quaffle continually changing possession, nobody scoring, or even getting close to the goalposts.
Yusuke, growing bored, flew over to Koenma, who was relieved that no one had come his way yet.
"You really need to be more confident of yourself," Yusuke said, idly hitting a Bludger that had been coming towards them.
Koenma shrugged, then his eyes widened.
"Yusuke, someone's coming."
Marcus Flint, the Slytherin team captain, was flying their way, carrying the Quaffle. He threw it, and it sped towards the goal posts. Yusuke backed away, but continued to watch intently.
"C'mon, Koenma!" he yelled. "Catch it!"
The ball was heading towards the far left, while Koenma was on the far right. Koenma groaned, but sped towards the ball, straining to reach it.
Just as he thought he wouldn't make it, it struck against his fingers, making him wince, and stopped. Then, two seconds later, everyone cheered. Koenma smiled, retrieving the Quaffle, but then grabbed his hand in pain.
Yusuke flew to his side, worried.
"K-chan, what it is it?"
"Itai…my hand, it was going too fast… it hurts, Yu-chan…"
Yusuke bit his lip. "Relax- whoa!"
He dodged just in time to get out of the way of Marcus Flint who had tried to fly right into him.
"What's your deal!" Yusuke demanded, but quickly turned and flew in the opposite direction as Flint charged again.
"He's gaining!" he yelled, looking behind himself.
"He can't be gaining!" he heard Koenma shout.
"Yeah, he's not gaining, he's just getting closer!"(1) Yusuke retorted, almost lying down on his broom to go faster.
"Indipedimenta!" (SP?)
Yusuke looked over his shoulder, a flash of red light catching his attention. He slowed down, realizing Flint had stopped moving, Madame Hooch pointing her wand at him.
"Thanks," Yusuke said, flying over. "He coulda really hurt me. But what about Koenma?"
Just as he said that, he remembered what had happened, and sped back to Koenma.
"K-chan! Are you okay?"
Koenma smiled weakly. "I think I'll be fine, I'm just glad you got away from him."
Yusuke shrugged. "I just hope the game ends soon."
As soon as the words left his mouth, a cheer went through the stands, and they heard the announcer say that Harry had caught the Golden Snitch, winning the game for Gryffindor.
Yusuke grinned. "That was great luck."
Koenma nodded, him and Yusuke landing.
The Slytherin team left the pitch, but the Gryffindor team surrounded Harry, congratulating him. Harry smile, then walked over to Yusuke and Koenma after returning the Snitch to Madame Hooch.
"Koenma, are you okay?" he asked.
"I think so, but maybe we should go the hospital wing, just in case?"
Harry nodded. "That's probably what's best."
Ron and Hermione came down from the stands, and came over to their friends.
"Harry, congratulations on winning the game, and Koenma, we saw what happened. Does it hurt?" Hermione asked.
Koenma nodded. "Yeah. Yusuke and I are going to the hospital wing."
Hermione nodded. "Okay. I hope you feel better."
Koenma smiled. "Thank you, Hermione."
He and Yusuke then set off for the hospital wing, Yusuke putting a protective arm around Koenma's shoulders.
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As they walked into the hospital wing, Madame Pomfrey eyed them suspiciously.
"Didn't I see you the first night of term?" she asked.
The two boys nodded, and Madame Pomfrey ushered them into the next room.
"So, what happened?" she asked.
"We were playing Quidditch-"
"Quidditch, what a dangerous game. Here, show me what's wrong."
Koenma took a nervous step backward, remembering what had happened last time he had an injury.
"Oh come come, I won't hurt you, now please tell me what's wrong."
"My hand, the ball hit my fingers too hard, and now I can't move them."
Madame Pomfrey held Koenma's left hand and felt his fingers gently. Even with that gentle touch, it still made Koenma wince.
"I think you've got some broken fingers," Madame Pomfrey said. "And since it seems you don't want me to touch you, I suggest you be very careful."
Koenma nodded and left, Yusuke following.
"They can't be broken, I'm left handed!" Koenma muttered to himself, trying in vain to move his fingers.
Yusuke tapped him on the shoulder. "K-chan, remember last time? I can fix it?"
"Thanks, Yu-chan. I wouldn't have been able to do anything."
Yusuke shrugged. "No biggie. C'mon, let's go back to the dorm."
Koenma nodded, and the two of them set off for the dormitory.
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YYF14: Okay, I hope you guys liked this chapter. I have NO CLUE as to what is going to be in the next one, however, so if you have an idea, could you suggest something?
(1) This line was taken from the book The Princess Bride. I thought it was funny, so I gave it to Yusuke.
So, if I get an idea, I'll update soon, and ja ne till next chapter!
