Author's Note
Look, i know that i'm not supposed to do this, and i know that your probably disappointed that this isn't a chapter, but i just needed to tell any of my faithful readers that the next few chapters may be a bit delayed. don't get the wrong idea, i'm still keeping this fanfic, its just that school has been so hectic lately! what between my science projects, two english projects, one history project that my teachers piled on us for the end of the year farewell, everything has just been so hectic! i hope that this little preview will satisfy you for the time being, and hopefully, the next chapter will be up soon!
Enjoy!
"Hey, where's Namiko?" Harry asked as he played wizard's chess with Ron for the fifth time, and lost badly."I remember her at lunch, then she saidshe had to leave..." he trailed off, and looked at the wall, thinking.
Ginny made adistracted shrug, her focus more on her game of exploding snap withDraco. Ron just shrugged, and continued to work out his strategy to beat Harry. Hermione however, lifted her head out of her book and looked thoughtful.
"I remember her saying thatthe whole morning was wasted and that she needed to...blow off some steam?" Hermione's voice was quizzical at the end. Harry's eyes widened as he realized where she was. He nodded his thanks and got up.
"I'm going to go get her now," he announced. "If any of you want to come, you can." With that, he walked away. The four teensstill in the room exchanged a look, then hurried after Harry to see what was going on with Namiko.
Harry exited Hogwarts and led them to the school grounds. Walking toward a dense pack of trees, he confidently stepped into the darrk forest. Ron looked uncomfortable, but walked in anyway, astep behindDracoand Ginny. Hermione stopped short.
"Ron! Ginny,Draco, you can't go in there!" she cried. "It's the Forbidden Forest! It's loaded with tons of dangerous creatures!" Now, she had Harry's attention, too.
"Come on!" Harry said. "The forest isn't that bad once you get to know the animals! Besides, if you want to see nasty, you need to go the forest off the edge of Meiji!" He beckoned to them with one hand. "You're safe with me! Come on!"
They reluctantly followed the dark-haired teen into the dark forest and deep into its shadowy paths. As Harry led them deeper and deeper into the darkness, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny started to get a bit fidgety. Draco stared resolutely ahead, though his step was a bit unsure.
Finally, they arrived in a bright clearing in the middle of the forest. As they looked around for the source of the light, they saw Namiko, with her katana out, practicing her swordsmanship. Above her was a ball of golden light that lit up the clearing like the sun. Harry grinned and Namiko as she lowered her sword after a particularly complex sequence of attacks.
Namiko grinned back. "Care to join me?" she asked in a relaxed tone. "It gets quite boring by myself. No one to test against, if you get my meaning." Harry smirked, and got into ready stance in the middled of the clearing. Namiko nodded approvingly and got into the same one.
Minutes passed, as the two combatants circled each other, looking for flaws in their stances. Suddenly they flew ateach other...
I think that i'll leave you there for now! I'll try to update soon, k! And i will reply to your reviews
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