AN: I know its to short, but its what I got whole bunch of ideas when I was reading it, so it shouldnt be that hard to write now. I was rereading everything, and was totally appauled by my spelling and just plain dumb mistakes- and I said that I was going to be more careful- but I dont feel like rereading this now...
Ryuu Oni
Chapter 5
He was glad to see his house was still standing when he got there, but that didn't help him. He still hadn't figured out what he was going to so about everything. He searched through everyone he knew, and couldn't think of anyone that could help him. Or someone who would be willing to help him and the Malfoy's.
Maybe he was just over thinking it, the solution was probably right under his nose. He looked down the street for answers and kicked his skateboard up into his hand. He looked up at the sky. It was a really nice day, a day when he would normally head down to the park and swing for a little while-his way of thinking.
He glanced down the street again and back up at the sky. A second to late he realized what he'd seen. A man down the street staring out the window of a car and another in the neighbors house. He continued to look at the sky hoping to not seem suspicious.
He turned on his foot, and headed quickly up the driveway. He was only half way up the driveway when the front door came flying open and the little blond came running out. Harry leapt forward and grabbed the little girl, running into the house. At first she laughed, but when he slammed the door behind them and started locking it, she looked ready to cry. Draco had looked annoyed when he first saw Harry, but when he started to lock the doors Draco started to freak, "What's going on?"
Harry ran to the front window and peeked out the side. Sure enough he hadn't been imagining things. He recognized them right away as the men from earlier. "Shit." And now they knew the Malfoy's were here. "Shit." Now Ryuu was bawling.
Malfoy was to busy staring out the window in shock to comprehend her state. Over Harry's shoulder Draco said, "Those the ones from earlier?"
"They know you're here." Harry said in answer shutting the blinds.
Draco continued to stare at the window even though he couldn't see through it. Harry waved his hand in front of his face. Draco snapped back into it
"Ryuu?" Harry suggested pointing at the little girl, who was still sitting on the floor in the entryway.
Realization hit him and he ran to her, picking her up and bouncing her on his side. "Its not your fault sweetie, calm down." He said sounding more reassuring then he looked. If it was possible he looked even paler. His eyes were hazy and worry was written all over his face as he smoothed his sister's hair back to calm her down.
He walked over to one of the arm chairs and pulled it away from the window with one of his hands, falling into it with his sister still in his arms. He set her on his lap and she cuddled into his shirt, still crying. Her hair was still wet from her bath, put up into little pig tails. Harry pulled the other armchair in front of Malfoy. As soon as he sat down he looked up to catch Malfoy's eyes. He stared back. In that look Harry could sense exactly what Malfoy was thinking. "What are you going to do?" he asked the question out loud.
Malfoy looked for a second as if he was thinking of nothing then, suddenly, he jumped up Ryuu in his arms. "We need to get away from the windows." He screeched starting to panic, running for the nearest exit.
"Uh Malfoy, no it's oka-"
"Should we go to the basement or upstairs. Jeez and we cant even call those muggle police, they would ask to many questions." He screeched again pausing in the hallway and looking both ways. Harry watched him disappear around the corner and walked after them. He could hear Orion crying in the hallway but wasn't aware, until he almost knocked them over, that they had stopped just around the corner.
Draco stood frozen staring ahead with Orion trying to claw her way out of his arms. Harry followed Malfoys eyes to the back patio door where stood one of the men staring in at the kitchen. For a second he stared right at them all but then his eyes moved to the stove. "They can't see us." Harry said calmly, picking Orion up off Draco's shoulder and setting her on his side. "As long as we don't leave the house, they can't see us." Harry said again, because Draco had yet to move.
"Can we please go somewhere without windows anyway?" He whispered taking a step back and accidentally stepping on Harry's toe. Harry flinched a little before grabbing Draco's shoulder and steering him to the cupboard under the stairs.
Draco sat down on one side of the bed, wishing he had left when he wanted too. Wishing that he hadn't listen to Harry- hadn't let him coax him into staying. Harry on the other- once again facing each other with one thought in their mind.
"What are we going to do?" Harry said out loud. Draco, realizing that he had now dragged Harry in this too, stared at him, not knowing how to respond. He felt sick again, but this time he was sure it was guilt.
Rion pushed herself out of Harry's arm and fell in the middle of them on the bed, taking up the little space in between the two. She lay with her head on Draco's ankle, curled up into a ball. Her toes under Harry's leg, she closed her eyes.
Draco looked down at his sister and absentmindedly smoothed back her hair. Not moving his headhe pretended he hadn't noticed Harry's hand on Rions ankle, rubbing it soflty with his thumb. He flicked his eyes upwardand forward to watch, knowing that, just as Rion had taken to Harry, Harry cared for his baby sister as much as Draco himself. He was sure that even without what had just happened, Harry wouldn't have let them go anywhere- he would have tried to protect her as long as he could. It felt good knowing that whatever lie ahead, someone would be there. If he did something stupid, someone would have his back, and Rion's. He suddenly remembered something Harry had asked him earlier, and wondered what it would have been like having someone watching his back thethroughout school. But Harry had been the one to shoot down the friendship, not him.
Harry caught him staring at his hand, and pulled it away quickly, looking around at the walls. Nervously he looked up and caught Draco's eyes.
After a second Draco choked out, still not looking away from him. "Don't worry, Rion...Niichan and I will take care of you." Because if the great Harry Potter was going to help, everything would turn out the way it always did for the boy-who-lived. Everything would turn out right.
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