Harry Potter, the Half Blood Prince, and the Order of the Shadows
Summary: (HPxYGO) Based on the sixth book (Slight AU). Yugi, Ryou and Malik have been transferred to Hogwarts from Japan's Takazumiryu Magic School to be representatives of Japan in Hogwarts. As the members of the OotS they plan to find out more about Voldemort...
Disclaimer: I do not own any thing of YGO and HP in this fic (or food/drink merchandise or anything that are commonly known)...only part of the plot and OCs...parts of the text truly belong to J.K.Rowling from the book of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (I'll tell which parts)...
I'll put this note on every chapter:
Yamis mind link -((text))-
Hirkaris mind link -(text)-
Parts form the 6th book or any HP book -text-
Upcoming paragraph (s) to do with emails, articles or flashbacks Text
Status of Duel Monster: (No. Of Stars or Level /ATK/DEF)
Any Japanese will have a translation next to it or somewhere in the same chapter.
AU Notes:
Hello there! Sorry it took a while, but I planned to put all my effort to make this chapter a great one and I finally got over my mid-semester exams! Thank GOD I'm off on a holiday!
I know I got a complaint (or a compliment?) why I'm getting so few reviews for a great fic (at least that is what everyone thinks) and heck was I shocked when someone (see review feedback after the chapter) said I deserved at least 300 reviews (which I don't have) … Wow… that's a huge number… I didn't expect that… Do I really deserve that? … There are maybe a few reasons why I don't have that many reviews…
- One, I'm only in one C2 which is for normal crossovers…not the HPxYGO one…(I'm trying to get in 'The Hogwarts Library' though)…
- Two, I guess the sixth book is pretty new so maybe some would think I completely did an AU fic, or something to do with the book but changed the 'important happenings' into some sort of cliché… but to tell you the truth I like experimenting new things (or you might've noticed in the fic)…
- Three, not many people have read the fic yet… it's understandable really… some people prefer to read YGOxHP fan fiction at least when we get to the Sorting…
- Four, I prefer if the readers and the reviewers tell others themselves how they enjoyed the fic… Mainly because for me, it's a personal journey writing and getting reviews from others… And I may have mentioned before… Reviews are special to me in making this fic a lot better…So, I'm not a type of person who likes promoting things that would be on lines as 'this is definitely good' because I know there's always someone better… So basically put… I want to learn to make this a better fic and where do I learn? … I learn from my reviewers… Yep, you people who read and review make my experience in writing are the ones I really thank for! So no matter how few reviews I get it's all about learning from others really… I really owe it to everybody who's made a contribution so far! Thank you all very much!
About this chapter:
Hogwarts Express here we come…
Okay… Most people are looking forward to the E.O.'s… Don't worry… we'll find out why this grade even exists…
The Sorting in many fics are always straightforward, 'put the hat on the head, talks about the character, and it shouts out the house' kind of thing… Yep, to tell you the truth I'm bored of that (I bet those who have read a lot of HP and YGO crossovers are bored too) … so, in this chapter I'll write my version what actually happens when that hat goes on your head… how is it different? … You'll just have to find out…
Well on to the story!
Enjoy!
Chapter 8: 'The School of the Four Houses'
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London, United Kingdom
King's Cross Station (Muggle Area)
1st of September
10: 09 AM (Local Time)
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-((For the last time! WHERE THE HELL IS PLATFORM NINE AND THREE QUARTERS!))- Marik barked.
Malik sighed irritably. -(Don't look at me. Ever heard of 'patience'?)- There were evident signs under his eyes he didn't get enough sleep.
Here were our three members of the OotS who were standing between the platforms nine and ten. They arrived earlier to confirm where Hogwarts Express was stationed, with their trunks on trolleys with their pets in cages (except for Shay the phoenix, Yami had asked him not to make an appearance until they were inside the magical area). However, the only one who really seemed to be looking for the entrance was Marik. Yami and Bakura on the other hand were completely ignoring Marik's blabbering. Yami was now reading a Biochemistry book while he was listening music from the headphones. On the contrary, Bakura was more interested counting the money he had stolen during his stay at the Leaky Cauldron. Yugi and Ryou knew their yamis had some kind of plan, so they were pretty quiet.
-((Are you two going to help me look!))- Marik said trying to catch attention off the other two.
Yami and Bakura looked at Marik… then each other…
"Nope." they said together and returned to what they were doing.
-((Fine! You two worthless people can't…then…why…))- Marik kept on shouting through their mind link.
Malik looked to the other hikaris. –(Mind if I talk to you guys about the NEWT subjects?)-
Ryou wasn't sure and looked to Yugi. But Yugi wasn't sure either, so he looked to Yami for support.
-((I suggest you do, it's a lot better than listening to him. You don't have to worry, the darker tomb keeper will be taken care of…))- Yami said in a private mind link.
Yugi couldn't think what else to do, so he nodded. And soon, the hikaris were in their own conversation. So basically, everybody was ignoring Marik…
Marik this time kept on yapping, but now he was screaming on top of his lungs…
Bakura looked to Malik and said in a private mind link, -((Mind if I do something to that body of yours?))-
-(If you shut the mouth of my yami, please do!)- Malik nodded with an evident tone of begging in his voice.
Bakura grinned and looked to Yami. –((Permission granted.))-
-((Very well.))- Yami agreed.
As Marik walked around still making arguments on how to find the magic passageway, he was getting closer to the arch that separated platforms nine and ten…
'SMACK!'
'WHHHOOOAA!'
And Marik disappeared…-(Thanks, I owe you two.)- Marik said with gratitude and disappeared as well.
-((Case closed.))- Bakura commented.
-(…………)- Ryou only blinked.
-(Yami, where did Marik and Malik go?)- Yugi asked.
Yami smiled. -((Just wait and see.))-
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King's Cross Station (Wizard's and Witches Area)
Platform Nine and Three Quarters
1st of September
10: 14 AM (Local Time)
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Through a barrier wall was Hogwarts Express on Platform Nine and Three Quarters that was scheduled to leave at 11 o'clock. Yami and Bakura calmly walked pushing their trolleys (Marik's too) into the magical area with their hikaris behind them and glanced in front of them at…
Marik in the most awkward body position… his chest was flat on the ground and his legs over his head… ouch… wonder what that felt like… then again… maybe not…
His hikari on the other hand gave two thumbs up to the Thief and Pharaoh.
-(What… happened?)- Yugi asked.
Bakura answered Yugi in his most angelic face of Ryou he could muster, -((Pharaoh and me gave the Maniac tomb keeper a little nudge on the back through the barrier.))-
Yugi only stared with a raised eyebrow. The Pharaoh and the Thief working together?
Ryou's eye twitched, -(Looks more like a thrust on the back to me… make it two…)- he commented.
-((Actually, it's a spell.)- Yami corrected.
-((Two thrusting spells!))- Bakura added gleefully.
Marik immediately stood up and looked at the other darker halves, -((What was that all about! If you both knew why didn't you tell me!))-
-((Coz…YNA! You… Never… Asked. Happy?))- Bakura mocked.
Marik now was very much on the verge of being the psycho killer 'Jason'….
-((We better not waste our time here. How about finding a compartment? It's why we came earlier in the first place anyway.))- Yami pointed out.
"Agreed", nodded Malik after forcefully shoving his yami out of his body to take over…Marik who was behind him, only muttered under his breath about why he had to be a lab rat.
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King's Cross Station (Wizard's and Witches Area)
Hogwarts Express, An Empty Compartment
1st of September
10: 20 AM (Local Time)
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Yugi, Ryou, and Malik sat in their compartment glad that everything was put away. Shay was now perched on Yugi's shoulder and seemed happy to be going somewhere. Ryou's small owl Apophis kept on jumping up and down in his cage as though it was high on stimulants. Mont (Malik's falcon) was aiming death glares at the fidgety black owl whose height was no bigger than a 500ml water bottle, annoyed of the racketing of the cage. All the yamis had gone to rest in their respective items after they found the compartment.
"So how did Yami and Bakura know where the barrier was?" Malik started the conversation.
Ryou answered first, "Well, Bakura's a thief right? I don't think it that hard for him to know which places are hidden passageways or entrances."
"Yami and I recently have become Elements Masters too. An Element Master has a larger range in sensing magic than the other branches of wizards, I think he felt the barrier first before I did." Yugi added.
"You knew?" Ryou asked.
Yugi's face went red. "Well…yeah, but I didn't want to bother what Yami or Bakura was doing." Yugi said truthfully.
Malik rolled his eyes, "You could have told my yami, then he would've shut up sooner."
"Speaking of yamis, I think we ought to make a pact about keeping our true identities as OotS members." Ryou said.
Yugi looked at Ryou, "That's something I wouldn't doubt. Especially, when it comes to our other halves."
"I'd prefer we avoid playing any Duels in public, if the wizarding world knows just how great DM is, I have a feeling they'd go after rare cards. It seems to be we might be the targets, I mean heck we got the rarest cards in the world." Malik added.
The faces of the other two duellists paled when Malik mentioned that part…
"Come to think of it, I think now I get the point of 'try not to get mobbed' now. I just hope Kaiba gives us the warning earlier than after." Ryou said.
Yugi sighed, "Well, at least we know what to do. So… no duels in public, no mentioning of God cards or any other rare cards in particular…what else?"
"No Shadow Magic." Malik added in.
The three nodded to that one immediately.
'Tap, Tap, Tap!'The door of the compartment slid opened. "Mind if we share your compartment?" a boy said.
Yugi nodded. "Sure."
Then another other boy moved in taking in their trunks with him.
"Say, I never have seen you three before. Are you the new transfer students?" the boy asked.
"Yeah, we're from Japan and the one sitting is from Egypt. He got his letter while he was abroad, so the school took him in. My name is Yugi, this is Ryou and that's Malik." Yugi answered.
"The name's Dean and he's Seamus." Dean Thomas said as they all shook hands.
"Do all Japanese wizards have weird hair?" Seamus asked suddenly.
Ryou knew that one had been coming, "To tell you the truth, in our school we had even wackier styles than Yugi."
Seamus raised an eyebrow, "Really? Did you style your hair like that?"
"Actually, it's the way it is. I was born with it." Yugi admitted.
Dean only blinked, "That's… weird."
Seamus looked at Shay who was perching on Yugi's shoulder. "Is that Phoenix yours?" he said awed.
"Um, yeah. He came-"
"By the way, what's Hogwarts like?" Malik asked completely changing the subject.
"Oh yeah, you're new students. Most likely you'll be sorted into the four houses at Hogwarts. We're both from Gryffindor. The other houses are Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin." Seamus explained clearly saying the last house as though he was disgusted.
"What's wrong with Slytherin?" Ryou asked.
Dean immediately answered that one, "Gryffindor and Slytherin students have always loathed each other. Well, seemingly they always cheat and think they're the best because they're all from pureblood wizarding families."
"So how do you do the Sorting?" Malik questioned.
"They only put the old Sorting Hat on your head and it'll call out the house you're in." Seamus answered.
Yugi looked to the two Hogwarts students, "But how does it know what house you'll fit in if it just randomly calls a house name?"
Dean was silent for a moment and said, "Well… it kind of reads your mind or something. At least that's what I felt…"
Just above the boys in spirit form the three yamis were paying attention to the conversation….
-((Reads the mind? More like invading privacy.))- Yami snorted. The last time someone invaded his mind he was not happy with (Shadi), now he had to have a stupid hat looking into Yugi's and his mind. So much for Privacy Rights in the central wizarding world…
-((You're quite touchy Pharaoh.))- Bakura looked to Yami.
-((I wouldn't doubt the Pharaoh, if the hat knows we're inside them, we just might get into Slytherin. That's not part of the plan remember?))- Marik pointed out.
-((Fine, Professor Ryu did say we shouldn't be in Slytherin…but what if the hat insists?))- Bakura asked.
-((Make sure it doesn't put us into that house or should I say do what it takes to make that hat obey.))- Yami stated.
-((Yes! Pharaoh's asking us to do what he says Marik!))- Bakura grinned.
-((Almighty Pharaoh, we shall definitely obey to cause havoc!))- Marik bowed in a mischievous manner.
"In our first year the hat said it would eat itself if there was a smarter hat than it. You could say it's the smartest hat around." Dean finished.
Yugi asked "Speaking of hats…"
But Yugi never got to finish his question. Immediately everyone outside the compartment who was walking around stopped and even the compartment across them had their faces glued to the compartment window to see an individual walk by…
"What's going on?" Ryou asked.
"That's Harry Potter. He's in our year and House too." Seamus answered.
Dean looked to the three seemingly confused why the three didn't react at all.
"Oh." Malik said.
"What do you mean 'Oh'! Do you guys even know about him at all!" Seamus said somewhat amazed.
"Yeah, he fought the Death Eaters in the Ministry and is said to be the Chosen One, but doesn't mean we all have to gape at him every time he passes." Malik said reasonably.
Yugi would agree to that one already, since he was the DM world champion. At least he knew how it felt to be stared at.
"You foreigners are weird. Even if you're muggle born." Dean addmited.
"You could say that." Ryou said. The weirder fact given that they actually had two souls in one body.
Most of the journey through the train they talked about what Hogwarts was all about. The conversation shifted from the school ghosts, about the castle, Quidditch and soon to even Duel Monsters…
"I heard the Duel Monsters Elite and World Champion Duellists are from Japan! Do you know who they are?" Dean asked.
The three were pretty silent… that's the hardest question they would answer….
"Um…" Ryou was about to speak.
But Seamus beat him to it, "It's alright, you don't have tell us now. But they're going to announce it pretty soon. I heard they were muggles."
-((And they're pretty much right in front of you…))- Yami commented.
-((Damn straight!))- Bakura added.
"I bet they're really smart since the game is based on strategy." Dean pointed out.
-((That's right! We're smart!))- Marik did a peace sign.
The hikaris sweat dropped hearing their yamis mind links…
"It's already getting dark, you think we should change into our robes?" Malik said quickly as he looked to the window.
"Sorry, I guess we lost track of time. Dean and I will change in another compartment. We made a promise to someone we'll meet them." Seamus said and left the compartment.
"That was close." Yugi said as he got up to get his robes.
Ryou was not happy at all, "How soon are they going to announce that actually we're the ones that are the top duellists?"
"More sooner than expected, I guess." Malik sighed.
The three changed to their robes in silence. From here, they couldn't afford to let their guard down. And from here, their mission had just started…
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Somewhere in the United Kingdom
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Hogwarts Castle, The Main Hall
1st of September
7:00 PM (Local Time)
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The three transfers waited for the Sorting… So far getting into Hogwarts was going pretty well…
Flashback
Just a few minutes ago…
Just after they arrived, they got off the train and were leaded by Professor McGonagall to the castle, separating them with the first years that went over the lake on small boats. Just as the spies of the Order reported she was a strict and teacher not to be crossed with. Even so, she welcomed them warmly as new students into Hogwarts.
"I've already received a letter from Professor Ryu to look for three most 'easy to spot out of the crowd' students." The old witch smiled to the three.
"Really?" Yugi asked.Professor McGonagall chuckled. "Actually, your headmaster was from Gryffindor House as well. Odd was he, but he always achieved the highest marks and became one of the youngest Headmasters in the wizarding world at the age of thirty-five. He also said you three are very talented, I will be expecting very high of you all."
"I guess." Malik nodded.
"You three will be sorted after the first years since all of you are in your Sixth Year. Make yourselves presentable before you enter the hall." And with that, the transfiguration teacher left them behind the first years.
"That's odd. Our yamis haven't said anything since we left the train." Ryou said in Japanese.
Yugi also switch to his native tongue, "You think they're not looking forward to the Sorting?"
"Not really, seems as though they're actually planning to do something." Malik said.
Back to the present
Soon the main hall was quiet as all of them stared at a somewhat old wizard pointy extremely dirty hat and the hat burst into song…
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In times of old when I was new
And Hogwarts barely started
The founders of our noble school
Thought never to be parted:
United by under a common goal,
They had the selfsame yearning,
To make the world's best magic school
And pass along their learning.
'Together we will build and teach!'
The four good friends decided
And never did they dream that they
Might some day be divided,
For there were such friends anywhere
As Slytherin and Gryffindor?
Unless it was the second pair
Of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw?
So how could it have gone so wrong?
How could such friendships fail?
Why, I was there so I could tell
The whole sad, sorry tale.
Said Slytherin, 'We'll teach just those
Whose ancestry is the purest.'
Said Ravenclaw, 'We'll teach just those whose
Intelligence is the surest.'
Said Gryffindor, 'We'll teach all those
With brave deeds to their name,'
Said Hufflepuff, 'I'll teach the lot,
And treat them just the same.'
These differences caused little strife
When they first came to light,
For each of the four founders had
A house that in which they might
Take only those they wanted, so,
For instance, Slytherin
Took only pure-bloods wizards
Of great cunning, just like him,
And those of the sharpest mind
Were taught by Ravenclaw
While the bravest and the boldest
Went to daring Gryffindor.
Good Hufflepuff, she took the rest,
And taught them all she knew,
Thus the houses and their founders
Retained friendships firm and true.
So Hogwarts worked in harmony
For several happy years,
But then discord crept among us
Feeding our faults and fears.
The houses that, like pillars of four,
Had once held up our school,
Now turned upon each other and,
Divided sought to rule.
And for a while it seemed the school
Must meet an early end,
What with duelling and fighting
And clash of friend on friend
And at last there came a morning
When old Slytherin departed
And though the fighting died out
He left us quite downhearted.
And ever since the founder four
Were whittled down to three
Have the house been united
As they were once and meant to be.
And now the Sorting Hat is here
And you all know the score:
I sort you into houses
Because that's what I'm for,
But this year I'll go further,
Listen closely to my song:
Though condemned I am to split you
Still I worry that it's wrong,
Though I must fulfil my duty
And must quarter every year
Still I wonder whether Sorting
May not bring the end I fear.
Oh, know the perils, read the signs,
The warning history shows,
For our Hogwarts is in danger
From external, deadly foes
And we must reunite inside her
Or we'll crumble from within
I have told you, I have warned you…
Let the Sorting now begin.
-Chapter 11, The Sorting Hat's New Song, Pg.184-187, British Hard Cover, HP & the Order of the Phoenix-
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-(Finally that's over! I can't stand any more of those bla bla bla… we must unite…warning this… sad story that…NOT MY PROBLEM!)- Malik said it all in one mind link.
Ryou looked rather bored as well. How many prophecies and warnings did he hear about the end of the world this summer? –(It might be the reason our yamis never came out of our soul rooms. They were expecting this might happen.)-
On the contrary, Yugi was silent and gave no comment to the other two. Hearing about warnings about a fight to save the world had been daily food to this hikari. He guessed he was so used to these warnings he didn't really mind to hear them. The school, from Yugi's point of view had yet to learn from the story of the four founders. In the beginning, the houses shouldn't have separated like now; it was just too easy making them go against each other. He now realized why Professor Ryu didn't have such a Sorting in Takazumiryu Magic School, he didn't want to turn the school into another Hogwarts… a Hogwarts where everyone only cared for their own kind and at times rejecting others.
Even though Yami hadn't made a single comment after they left the train and the Sorting Hat's Song, Yugi knew all to well that his darker half was listening. Yami wasn't the type of person who denied any form of information, his mind was strategic and if opportunities to any information about weaknesses leaked out, Yugi would say Yami wouldn't even think about wasting time to know them. But surely, he didn't know what the other yamis were thinking… the other two were unpredictable…
And thus the Sorting began. Professor McGonagall called out the names of the first years by alphabetical order from their families' names. Every time a student was accepted into a house everyone would clap. For Malik it felt so drowsy that he just wanted to get the Sorting done and over with. The other two only looked in slight sympathy remembering just how late his yami made him stay up for the night just before the first day in Hogwarts. After a long while the Sorting of the first years ended. Now it was their turn…
Professor Dumbledore stood up and announced, "You may know there are three students left from our line. These three have come far from Japan's Takazumiryu Magic School as transfers in their Sixth year. They are also accelerated students who have been advised by their Headmaster to come to Hogwarts to improve their talents, so please make them fell welcomed as a part of our school family."
Professor McGonagall then shouted, "Bakura, Ryou!"
Ryou sat on the stool and lifted the old dusty hat on top of his head…
--Hmm… An intelligent one, no doubt about that…-- the Hat said
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Meanwhile inside Ryou's Soul Room…------------------------
--Hmm… An intelligent one, no doubt about that…-- the Hat said.
While the host of the body was focused on wearing the Hat, the Sorting hat would travel into a new student's soul room unnoticed. It hopped here and there, looking inside what was the soul room filled with and if possible looked into the memory of the student.
-- You've got a heart of a Gryffindor…but wait, your mind works as a Ravenclaw…and yet you try hard as a Hufflepuff. Difficult one indeed… --
The hat observed Ryou's soul room that had many things to do with the Occult theme, yet his soul room portrayed him of being a good hearted person instead. But then something caught the Hat's attention when he exited out of Ryou's Soul room… that on the other side there was another soul room door… The Hat's eyes narrowed… As far as it knew, in every student he had ever Sorted…the students only had one soul room… so whom did this one belong to?
-- This is very peculiar… You have two souls… Hmm… and this one seems to be… --
The Hat made its way and opened the only slightly opened door. And when he entered it… the room somehow felt as if it was dreadful, eerie, old, and fore boarding. Only one thing came to mind…
-- More suited to Slytherin… Where should I put you? --
This time he felt uneasiness from Ryou as though it was something private. The Hat entered and started to search where the host of this soul room was… wasn't just any ordinary one; it seemed to be a very long tunnel that could lead to the main soul room. Without further or do the Hat made its way as quickly as possible through…
'Click.'
The Hat looked down… It had pressed some sort of button…did it mean something wasn't right? The answer was only to be greeted by a….
Huge boulder of extremely sharp axes rolling towards the hat…The Hat was starting to regret entering the soul room in the first place.
"WHOA!" the Hat screamed and made a run for it…
And somehow safely got into the main soul room slamming the door before the boulder had a chance to crash in. This time the Hat's jaw dropped as it looked into a soul room full with treasures and gold… Who ever owned this soul room was pretty rich… by stealing of course… But where was the owner of this Soul room?
"You have a lot of guts of bothering someone who wants some decent sleep." Said a very grumbling irritated voice from behind.
The Hat jumped as the owner appeared from the midst of the shadows… -- The other seems to have a more sinister side… -- it commented.
"WHAT!"
-- A very dark nature if you ask me. --
Bakura was furious… His eyes had become sharper… Just when he wanted some decent sleep, this idiotic Hat caused an awful lot of noise and the thief was not content about its commentary either… The Pharaoh was right… someone who looked into your mind was aggravating and had to be taught a lesson… A really unpleasant one at that…
The Thief yanked the Hat from its pointy edge… and lifted it to eye level…
"I know what to do with you… Now listen good or I will take that soul of yours." Bakura smiled evilly.
The Hat gulped…
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Inside the Main Hall…
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Ten minutes had past and the Hat hadn't made a move… Everyone only stared at Ryou why the Hat hadn't said anything at all..
'GR-RY-FIN-IN-D-D-DOR!'
After the Hat shouted just like a person being punched in the face a few times and it fell to the floor… Everyone in the hall couldn't decide whether to clap or stare what just happened.
Ryou looked to the Hat feeling sorry for it. What on earth did his yami do? For one thing Ryou knew it must've been painful and somehow the Hat got on to Bakura's bad side…
"Gryffindor." Professor McGonagall repeated. And the Gryffindor table applauded with the rest of the houses as Ryou made his way towards the table.
-((STUPID NUMBSKULL HAT! SUITS HIM JUST FINE! IT'S HIS FAULT FOR BOTHERING ME!))- Bakura shouted and slammed his soul room shut.
Ryou groaned… This was definitely going to be a long year…
Soon the old witch called another name…
"Ishtar, Malik!"
Malik looked rather unsure about wearing the Hat on his head… Nevertheless it was pretty simpler to just get over with…
-- Hmm… you've been through a lot haven't you? --
For some reason, Malik had now started to get the point on why the Thief was pissed and literally thrashed the cap a couple of times… The Hat was now invading his privacy…
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Inside Malik's Soul Room
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-- You're a brave one and you wish to prove yourself. Hmm… You're talented and intelligent. Ah, yes… Your ancestry line is pretty long. You've got four house qualities here… Now which one should you be in? --
This time the Hat made a quick scan over Malik's Soul room full of papyruses and many ancient documents. There was also a poster of a new model motorcycle that just had come out in the mid year. But then the Hat noticed something again…
Yet another soul room door…-- My, my, another that has two souls. --
This time the Hat was slightly more careful when he entered this soul room. The door creaked and the Hat looked inside carefully and entered quietly. The room he entered was the main soul room, a cave full of weapons such as swords, arrows, axes, and well one could say everything that was sharp. This time the owner was in the middle of the room that appeared to be sharpening a katana…
-- The other seems quite gloomy. --
Marik only gave a death glare at the hat…
-- Quite the killer fellow, no? --
Marik's killer monsters were now coming from through the walls…
-- An insane one no doubt. -- The Hat swallowed.
All the weapons in the soul room were floating in the air making aim on the victim…
-- Umm…help… -- the Hat shivered.
"GET THE HELL OUT OF MY SOUL ROOM!"
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Back to the main hall…--------------------------------
"GrYfFiNdOr!" the Hat shouted throughout the hall in a squeaky voice.
This time most of the hall was laughing and soon continued with claps from the crowd… it was the first time the Hat did something like that…
Even as Malik gave the Hat back to McGonagall the Hat jumped straight into the old witches' arms as if Malik was someone to be feared of…
Malik made his way to the Gryffindor table and was greeted by his new friends.
"Nice of you to be with us! My name is Ron Weasly. That was a great joke! How on earth did you scare the hell of the Sorting Hat?" Ron asked still amazed at what he saw.
"To tell you the truth, I didn't really do anything." Malik said as he sat down beside Ron. It was his darker half who did it…
And now the last student…
"Mutou, Yugi!"
Most of the hall was whispering about his hair, but nonetheless Yugi only ignored the whisperings and wore the hat on his head.
-- A brave and noble heart you have. We have an extremely talented wizard here! You dearly love your friends and have gone through many things together… --
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Inside Yugi's Soul Room…--------------------------------
For one thing the hat had noticed out of the three new sixth years was that Yugi's soul room reflected a kind of kindness and trust in others. There were a lot of games here and there, it didn't show how childish he was but oppositely indicated Yugi's way of thinking was revolved around games, making the boy an advanced strategist despite his appearance would make you think he was normal. But now the Hat's eye twitched…
There was yet another soul room door…
However, this time there was someone who was guarding the door…
The Hat looked at the boy who was guarding the Soul room door. He had very much the same body and face like Yugi, save for the eyes were sharper in a shade of purple-crimson and he looked older than the last of the new transfer students. For one thing, the boy leaning on the soul room door with his arms crossed didn't seem to be pleased…
"Um…hello there." The Hat greeted. "You have a lot of courage, extremely smart certainly, and yet dark personality at the same time."
"Did your mother ever tell you to mind your own business?" Yami said flatly as his eyes narrowed to a killer glare.
"It's my duty to sort-"
"Wait. Oh yeah, you don't have mother do you? I'd prefer you get out and sort Yugi straight away without entering my soul room." Yami said in a cold icy voice.
"I'm afraid I can't." the Hat said defiantly even though there was a trace of fear in its voice.
"Actually, I'm asking you nicely." Yami advised the Hat even though the last word was more emphasized as a threat.
"Just how nice are you?"
Yami was about to reply… but there was a knock from his soul room door… 'Now, who could that be?' Yami thought.
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A few minutes after, back to the main hall…-----------------------------------------
'GRYFFINDOR!' the Sorting Hat bellowed. Yugi quickly gave the Hat to McGonagall and went to the table. Looks like the Hat went back to normal. The crowd clapped, but some of the students were quite disappointed that nothing happened when Yugi had put on the Sorting Hat. It was proved to be wrong… when the Hat twitched wildly, started to chew, and even bite its round base…
"Sorting Hat, what is wrong with you!" Professor McGonagall looked unimpressed.
"THERE'S A HAT SMARTER THAN ME! I'LL EAT MYSELF! I'LL EAT MYSELF UNTIL I'M GONE!" the hat wailed.
Everyone looked at Yugi who was now sitting beside Ryou. The Hikari looked very clueless what had happened; though he bet Yami did something…
The hall howled with laughter of students… The other professors only raised their eyebrows…
The students thought it was an incredible joke… most of the mischief-makers in Gryffindor house were now congratulating Yugi for whatever he did. Despite the haunting of news of deaths in the Daily Prophet, it seemed it was a good way to start the year off by seeing something this astounding.
Rather frustrated, Professor McGonagall stunned the Sorting Hat to prevent from ripping itself more after it bit a chunk of the round base. It looked like someone had to stitch up the sorting hat back together...she rolled up her scroll and took the Sorting Hat away.
Dumbledore stood up and announced, "And let the feast begin!"
Soon the golden plates on their tables were piled with food consisting of roast chicken, pork chops, lamb chops, mashed potatoes, sausages, fried eggs, beacon and steak, peas, carrots, gravy, sandwiches, chips and even hamburgers.
Without waiting the three duellists were now placing food and eating to their hearts content. To Ryou's surprise the yami didn't came out at all. It seemed Bakura wanted to sleep badly, but the hikari was glad he had the food to himself. He didn't want to make a fool out of himself by eating meat like Bakura. Malik on the hand was in a conversation with a very smart girl named Hermione Granger. She was quite pleased to start a conversation with someone who was at her level of thinking. They were mostly discussing about translating hieroglyphs from Ancient Runes. Yugi who was enjoying himself was in a conversation with Ron and Ginny.
"That was the most awesome joke I've seen. I bet my brothers would really like to meet you." Ron exclaimed.
"Brothers?" Yugi asked.
"Fred and George. They own the joke shop on Diagon Alley." Ginny explained.
"I've been there." Yugi nodded. "I think it's great."
"Hmm I wonder where Harry is." Ron looked around.
"Harry?"
"Harry Potter, he's my best friend. Somehow the Daily Prophet seemed to brand him the Chosen One." Ron said sarcastically.
"Well I think it's just plain stupid how the prophet is putting out everything the latest news. They're always bias." Yugi admitted.
"I think Harry would like to meet all of you three." Ginny said.
"I'm actually looking forward to meet him." Yugi smiled at the red headed boy and girl.
Yugi went back to eating his hamburger and chips on his plate. It's odd Harry wasn't there, but the oddest thing that happened was if Yami had taught the Sorting Hat a lesson… why did it say that there was another hat smarter than it?
-((Wondering I've done something abiou?))- Yami finally spoke.
-(You could say that.)- Yugi replied.
-((I did make sure the Hat never entered my soul room, but I never made it eat itself.))-
-(Then who did?)-
-((One of Dark Magician's Magical Hats that came from my soul room. Poor thing, it never had a chance going against the Magical Hat's riddle…tsk tsk. It should start learning how marching into one's mind or memory is impolite.))- Yami said in a not-so sympathetic tone.
Yugi was about to say something to Yami when he noticed Harry had come to the table late and his nose was bleeding. His best friends Hermione and Ron quickly cleaned him up and soon he was sitting across the table where Ryou, Yugi and Malik sat.
"You missed the Sorting, anyway," said Hermione, as Ron dived for a chocolate gateau.
"Hat said something interesting?" asked Harry, taking a treacle tart.
"More of the same really… advising us all to unite in the face of our enemies."
"But the Hat went nuts was even better!" Ron exclaimed.
"It went nuts?" Harry looked confused.
"It started to eat itself! Harry, these are the transfers that Professor Dumbledore told you about!" Ron introduced him to the somewhat odd three.
The most bizarre thing Harry first thought of was their hair but later dismissed the oddity and shook hands with them.
"Harry Potter, nice to meet you." He shook their hands.
"Yugi Mutou."
"Malik Ishtar."
"Ryou Bakura."
Afterwards their greetings, three mostly asked what was Hogwarts like. To Harry's surprise, the three were polite and never asked about Harry's scar, if he was the Chosen One or would literally gape at him. Most of the time they would ask other people's opinion and advises how Hogwarts was than worry about everything that was happening in the wizarding world. Harry was so taken into light how the foreign students were willing to become friends without directly treading over personal matters. At times so dark like this, the three had made Gryffindor house a happy start of the year.
Sadly the so-called happiness vanished when Professor Snape was announced as the newly appointed Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. There was a lot of buzzing around the hall that finally Professor Snape had got his wish. The three new students only looked at him. It was expected, since they knew beforehand from the Order. To everyone else, because they were new it didn't seem that they know anything about how dreadful Snape was. Soon the hall emptied as students made their way to their dormitories.
To Malik's delight, all three of them got a whole dormitory to themselves since the other where full to five per dorm. He wasted no time setting up the hologram and security devices around the large room. Ryou on the other hand was busy getting books out of his truck. Yugi went straight to set up his laptop and happily saw it worked in Hogwarts.
"I can't wait to see their faces when we got muggle technology that works." Malik chuckled.
"We got everything ready so far for tomorrow. I'm going to bed." Ryou said and fell on his bed asleep.
"Same here." Malik said and followed suit.
Yugi only looked to his laptop at a list of instructions.
-((Get some sleep abiou. I'll take over, it's important we get this task done tomorrow. You'll need your strength.))- Yami said.
"Thanks."
As Yugi slept, Yami poured over the instructions on making a room of requirement…
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Hogwarts Castle, The Gryffindor Common Room
2nd of September
Morning (Local Time)
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That morning Yugi, Malik, and Ryou met with Harry and his two best friends since they were new and needed to be shown which way the main hall was and to which classes they were going to attend.
"You all got your OWLs Results?" Harry asked.
The three nodded.
"May I see them?" Hermione requested.
"Um, sure." Yugi handed Ryou's, Malik's and his results over to Hermione.
Hermione looked as though she'd been struck by lightning. "No WAY! You got three Exceptionally Outstanding!"
"A what!" Harry and Ron said together.
"An Exceptionally Outstanding! It's an equivalent of an O-star! You'd have to get a 300 percent on your exams to get this grade!" Hermione said everything quickly as though she had an asthma attack.
Harry looked to their grades… All three got E.O.s for DADA and Transfiguration. It seemed Yugi was specialized at Potions, Malik was an expert in Ancient Runes and Ryou unbelievably was had an extremely high mark for Divination. All of their other grades were Outstanding and they all only had two Exceeds Expectations.
"Say, Yugi, you mind if you helped me out in Transfiguration?" Harry asked as they walked through the Corridor.
"No problem." Yugi smiled.
"Thanks!" Harry said.
As the three walked in front with Harry, Ron and Hermione tailed behind them.
"I need to study harder." Hermione said determinedly.
"Face it Hermione, you lost." Ron said trying to slow down her pace.
"But-But-" Hermione stuttered.
"Come on Hermione, look at you! You're jealous! Calm down alright!" Ron halted the girl to make sure she was breathing properly.
"I'm-not-jealous." Hermione said those words in less than a quarter of a second.
"Fine, you're not jealous. But make sure you don't have a heart attack." Ron advised the stressed girl.
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Hogwarts Castle, The Main Hall
2nd of September
Morning (Local Time)
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After they all had finished eaten their breakfast, Yugi, Malik and Ryou were the first to have an appointment together to meet with their Head of House.
"A stupendous set of grades you have here, Mr. Mutou, Mr. Bakura and Mr. Ishtar. All of you have very exceptional grades in Transfiguration, I'll be expecting highly of you three to be in my class." Professor McGonagall.
The three nodded.
"Which subjects do you wish to continue to NEWTs level?" The old witch asked.
Without further or do, they all chose Dark Against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Potions, Charms, and Care of Magical Creatures as their main subjects. Yugi chose to continue doing History of Magic and Herbology, Ryou selected Divination and Astronomy and Malik had chosen Ancient Runes and Arithmancy. Professor McGonagall didn't need to ask about what job they were aiming for since she was just too pleased to find out the new accelerated students had entered into her house. There was going to be plenty of House points this year for Gryffindor, especially they also had listed themselves for the Quidditch team…
Soon their timetables were sorted, everyone made their way to their classes. Malik had gone with Hermione to Ancient Runes; Yugi went straight to History of Magic, while Ryou went to Divination with a Gryffindor girl named Parvati Partil.
And so… their first day had just started at Hogwarts…
TO BE CONTINUED…
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Yami and Bakura working together…huahaha… bet Yugi and Ryou are thinking the unthinkable…
Their statuses as DM champions aren't revealed yet… but beware when they do…
Yami send yet another order to Bakura and Marik to cause havoc…
Loved the part where the hat eats itself! (Laughs) I got the idea when I reread the first book when it introduced itself that it would eat itself if there were a smarter hat.
Hermione gets an asthma attack at our YGO E.O.s grades folks!
Woooohooo! Finally Done! So this is how the Sorting went! I really enjoyed writing this chapter! A total of 6700 words! Hope you enjoyed it! I know it took a long while but I wanted to put everything I could in this chapter. I made the Sorting a bit more interesting as every time the Hat sorts out students, it would always enter the soul room. Since Yugi and co. have their yamis, I think the Hat was in a state of shock when it found out…mwahahahaha… Well what do you think? Good, bad or have an opinion of your own what should happen next? Just post a review! I don't mind whether it's long or short, but any contribution is most welcomed!
Now for Review Feedback!
To Radzilla:
Thanks for making the 37th review! I've waited for a while to get to this number aim review! Thank you so much for writing this review! I didn't realize I wrote Kaiba so well… but maybe he should make an appearance once in a while… Malfoy won't always be picked on really… like in this chapter, but I plan to in the future in some chapters though (not all)… Don't you worry about Snape, his turn will be in the next chapter… Huahahaha… (Laughs Evilly) … Hope you keep R&R!
To kurama and hieis girl:
Finally got this one updated! I know every time you review is pretty short, but nonetheless I do need a reviewer to nag me about updating more quickly! (Bows) Thank you so much for doing this! Thank to you I can keep onto my deadlines on when the next chapter should be posted. Hope you keep on reading and reviewing!
To Destiny's Dragon:
Here you go! The Hogwarts Express and the Sorting! Well as they say three is better than one! I haven't got an appearance of Malfoy in this chapter but there will be plenty more things our yamis will do in the next chapter to Malfoy…And nope, he's not going to be happy when he gets it… Hehehehe… Thanks for reviewing! Hope you liked this chapter and review again!
To Crazy Hyper Lady:
Yes, Hermione does get jealous and an asthma attack too… (Laughs)… Don't you worry about our yamis… they're going to get bored… and when they do… looks like they will have some fun in the Forbidden Forrest in our next chapter… With centaurs? Or with Spiders? Or even with 'darker beings'… You'll just have to find out! Hope you liked his chapter! Don't forget to R&R! Thanks again!
To Yamiace1321:
Hermione thinks she will try harder to catch with our YGO characters… poor girl…got herself a near heart attack! Huhahahahaha…Who's going to be the best in Harry's year now? The Sorting Hat has started to eat itself! Ever since I read the first book I always wondered what it would be like… I guess it got into my fic! Thanks for review there! Hope you R&R for this chapter too!
To Cute lil Yami
You check everyday? Whoa, that's what I would call dedication! I'm really thankful for spreading the news for your readers on you story too! Yeah I guess I wanted to make technology play apart in this story since J.K. Rowling herself hardly involves them in the HP series… gives a challenge on what to write for the plot for me. Yep, they have met Harry, Ron, and Hermione… though they got Hermione's bad side about the OWLs Results…hehehe… I finally got over those tests and I'm on a holiday. The next chapter should come soon so hope you R&R this chapter!
To Tira's Host:
They'll be more Duelling in the next chapter I promise you… who won that duel? (Ron VS Hermione on Chapter 7) The answer is going to come out in the next chapter! Most of chapter will also be about the lessons though… but hey, I need idea in the next chapter! So don't hesitate to drop any suggestions! Thanks for reviewing! I hope you review for this chapter too!
To Alice Lin:
Thanks for saying you love this fic! It takes a LOT of research to make this fic as it is. (That includes reading back all the Harry Potter books!) Hope you loved this update! There are still hints on finding out the Duel Monsters Champion and Elite Duellists now and then… but it'll come soon… maybe after another few chapters… Thanks for reviewing and contributing an idea, hope you keep on reviewing!
To HellFireChan:
Thanks! There's a lot of review feedback I have to right now because the increasing numbers… but I'm happy you're willing to spare some time in writing and posting it up! It gives me motivation to write the next chapter. I'll definitely keep this fic going on! Thank you for the review and hope you review for this chapter!
To Yume Li:
Thank you for reviewing and making this fic your favourite HP/YGO crossover! As many times I said before if you have any ideas for the next chapter please don't hesitate to add them in your review! I like combining ideas and make them into an original plot. Thank you for reviewing and I hope you R&R for this chapter too!
To Computerfreak101:
Now for the grand finale… I can't express the gratitude when you wrote this REALLY LONG review… My mouth was totally wide open… and even when you said I should get 300 reviews (at least!) You could say I, myself was in utter shock… believe it or not… About grammar mistakes… I know I did some and I still try my best despite English isn't my first language but I like writing and hopefully I can get the grammar tool fixed… It's gone all nuts since this month…
About this fic… I wanted to make this more on a book-based fic than an AU since I think readers can enjoy and even open their own copies from time to time remembering what happened in the HP & H-BP… I also think important happenings shouldn't be erased since I respect J. K. Rowling's hard work in making the sixth book to us readers how the impossible can happen. About Yami in particular, I wanted him to feel about having a dark side… kind of got bored with the so-called goody goody Yami… so I thought I could experiment what would happen if he got in touch with his darker side… even if it means stealing and quite frankly in this chapter, he works together with the King of Thieves! Hehehehe…
About OC's turning into Gary Stu's or Mary Sues… For the so-called two years I've been reading from one fic to another you could say… I…ALSO…HATE…THEM…AND… THEY… MUST … DIE… I don't like making an OC a main character since I think it just ruins the plot and the main characters of the original Anime/Manga or whatever Story just gets pushed aside…
I intend this to make this story as original as I can so readers and reviewers can enjoy a new colour for YGO/HP crossovers. Any comments, advises and ideas towards the story, please tell me through the review! It's the fun part to experiment many ideas and combining them as one. Thanks for the long review and I hope you review again!
Next on HP, HBP, and the OotS…
There's a Duel Monsters Club that's just been opened…
Lessons with:
Hagrid in Care of Magical Creatures
Professor Snape the so-called double agent
Professor Slughorn discovers Yugi's OWL grade in Potions
Transfiguration… Charms… somehow… the yamis are bored… so where do they go? The Forbidden Forest!
The next chapter:
Chapter 9: 'The Fun, the Boring and the Revolting Side of Hogwarts'
NOTE 20th Sept '05: Some spelling/grammar mistakes have been fixed from previous chapters. New chapter will come VERY soon! Actually I'm right in the middleof Snape's class (about up to 2000 words)... well hope the fixed version is better for yur comfort!Next chapter will be LONG... plz be patient... you won't regret reading it!
