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 everyone! Happy New Year to all! Yeah… this chapter is late (again…) and another sorry from this author! But as I said in return I'll make a chapter longer if I updated it late. Thus this chapter is about 11,200 words long (without any AU notes)! My new record! I guess this time we get deeper into the plot… but … I'll still add in a few things… (Hopefully something better then drooling spiders…hehehe) To tell you the truth, this is the hardest chapter I ever felt in writing this fic…
As you may know Fanfiction net has forbidden review replies on fics so I'll reply by the clicking the 'reply' button on the reviews section.
But I guess you want to know what's going to happen next… so… this is it…
Enjoy!
Chapter 10: 'The Shadows and the Phoenix.'
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Hogwarts Castle, Defence Against the Dark Arts Classroom
Mid-September
That morning… (Local Time)
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There had been an awfully unpleasant smell that morning… well… considering half of the class and the teacher himself a little while ago were totally covered with a load of spider glob… err …. Drool? Snape looked as though he could snap at any moment...
-((Maybe we should call him snappy for the time being))- Bakura said innocently.
-((Snappy Snape the Defence Against the Drooling Arachnids teacher!))- Marik sniggered.
Yami only smiled and still looked to the Death Eater, still surveying what he was going to do next.
"Alright class, today we shall learn about a new topic. Today we will be learning about dangerous types wizards. However these types of wizards have disappeared from the face of the earth. Yes Miss Granger?" He looked at the know-it-all girl annoyed.
"Are we discussing about the D4 professor?" Hermione asked.
"The D4?" a Ravenclaw said puzzled.
"5 points off from Ravenclaw, raise your hand first to ask a question next time. The D4, or four divisions of dangerous wizards, all divisions had ceased to exist when Hogwarts had started. Any one knows what the divisions are?" Snape looked around the class and looked at one of the transfers. "Mr. Ishtar, name the four types of wizards of the D4 if your grade was as equivalent as Mr. Mutou's."
"An Element Master, a Soul Summoner, a Alter-Matter and the Unknown Caster", Marik stated easily.
Snape ignored the Gryffindor student into putting house points. "At least you didn't do an almost copy of the book like miss Granger." He replied. "That would be correct, Element Master, Soul Summoner, Alter-Matter and Unknown Caster. Now can anyone tell me the first type?"
One typical student knew the answer… but didn't put her hand up…
The poor already hotheaded teacher didn't have a choice, "Miss Granger, explain the first type to the class."
Hermione hesitated.
"Miss Granger, go on." He sternly said knowing that this information was a fear of the past in the Wizarding world.
"An Element Master has abilities to control the eight main elements of magic, which are Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Thunder, Light, Darkness and Void. In some sources they also tell us that they can turn into the element themselves and never use wands at all."
"I guess I'll leave it you know the rest Miss Granger." Snape said in a bored tone. "Explain the rest, so your classmates know."
Hermione at first her mouth stopped, but then took a deep breath and said…
"A Soul Summoner can call the spirits of the dead and order them to do their bidding, unlike the Inferi who are called by the dark lord and bodies can be destroyed, spirits have an ability to recharge themselves therefore they can be summoned as many times as the Soul Summoner wishes them to."
She then took another breath and said, "An Alter-Matter is a wizard that can alter every matter, even your insides into dust. All these types of wizards in common are dangerous for their powers for they massacred more then 100 wizards, witches and muggles long ago just before Hogwarts had started." Her voice shook slightly.
"And what of the last type?" Snape pressed.
She winced, "The Unknown Casters, their powers are unknown but it is believed they can control complete darkness. That information in currently restricted by the Ministry of Magic."
Harry and Ron only looked at their friend worriedly. Most of the students in class were quiet hearing there were even dangerous types of wizards then Death Eaters. Yami, Bakura and Marik knew all to well what they meant by unknown, or more specifically… Shadow Casters. That's what they were… And to make things more precise, the D4 was what actually what the OotS were made out of…
"Correct." Snape said sinisterly to the frightened students. "They are powerful breeds of wizards, yet they were destroyed by the Ministry of Magic's founders. Now, can anyone explain more about the Unknown Casters? Mr. Bakura, show us you got that E.O. grade of yours by explaining the Unknown Casters."
"Unknown Casters are wizards who completely know the darkness, it is believed they can talk with darkness and their Dark Arts abilities are far more higher than the Dark Arts we have now." Bakura said tonelessly, like he gave damn about it. Considering he used that magic everyday… what was so scary about it?
"Yes, now name three Dark Arts of the past of the Unknown Casters that have been used by the Dark lord and his followers." Snape stated.
"The three Unforgivable Curses. The spells are Imperio, Crucio and Avada Kedavra." Bakura said simply.
The whole class gasped and but three transfer students didn't. "Correct again, all of you will do an essay about the D4 for homework. Class dismissed." Snape declared.
The three transfers only looked to each other and nodded. Quietly they left the classroom…
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Hogwarts Castle, The Gryffindor Common Room
Mid-September
That noon… (Local Time)
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"I can't believe that snake did that!" Ron exclaimed.
"He shouldn't have forced the information out of you like that. Snape is going to get it one of these days." Harry snorted.
Hermione only looked down, "I'm glad those wizards are not alive. I wouldn't want to think about it if they ever joined forces with the dark lord."
Ryou who was sitting reading a spell book only looked at the three. "Did they really killed 100 wizards, witches and muggles?" he asked.
"It says in the book for Sixth grade right?" Ron looked to Hermione.
"Yes it does." Hermione nodded.
"What, you're not suspicious that maybe the Ministry could've changed on what had really happened?" Ryou asked carefully.
"You mean a cover story?" Harry said in bewilderment.
Ryou nodded, "Yeah, it's funny the only source of the massacre comes from only one writer. There's no one else who had written it."
Hermione looked at Ryou and quickly open her book Confronting Against the Faceless and checked its bibliography at the back. "He's right! So something might've happened."
"So what do you think might have happened?" Harry asked the white-haired teen.
"I think-"
'BEEP! BEEP!'
Ryou flick out his cell phone and read an SMS, "Sorry, got to go now, Yugi's calling me to meet him on the first floor. I'll tell you guys sometime, see ya!" Ryou left without a thought and made his way to the grand staircase.
"They know a lot don't they?" Ron pointed out.
Harry agreed, "Yeah. Their E.O.s in DADA prove it. So is there potions after lunch?"
"Not since it's the opening of the Duel Monsters Club! There's no lessons after break!" Hermione said excitedly.
"It's today! Neat! We better get our decks ready then!" Ron said.
Harry seemed confused at the sudden change of mood, but gave no notice about the D4 in the end. Most of the empty slots on Harry's timetable that afternoon were used to check their decks in order to make them stronger…
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Hogwarts Castle, The OotS Room of Requirement (1st Floor)
Mid-September
That afternoon… (Local Time)
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-((Well there you go, a lesson's worth of a lovely description on what actually the OotS is))- Bakura stated.
-(It's odd how all the wizards believe in just one source.)- Ryou added in.
-((Pity they don't know we're very much alive.))- Marik said.
-(If they did, there would be NO OotS would there?)- Malik looked to his yami annoyed.
Yugi looked rather hurt, -(It's always the Ministry, isn't it?)-
Yami gazed to his partner, -((They have a knack making conspiracies. It's our job to make them realize that won't always work.))-
What had happened in the past indeed was cover story. Long ago just decades before Hogwarts was built there was mayhem in the Wizarding world on who should be in control. Thus many thought who had the power were considered worthy to lead. Yet those who had power and never yearned to lead were turned into victims. And the very victims were the Element Masters, the Soul Summoners and the Alter-Matters (They would be the Illusionists). As for the Unknown Casters or Shadow Casters' abilities were made to make normal witches and wizards afraid.
-((So, get to the point Pharaoh. You called us for what reason?))- Bakura changed the subject.
Yami was quiet at first but then said, -((There's a meeting after the last period we have to attend.))-
-((What! You mean here, in Hogwarts?))- Marik raised an eyebrow.
Ryou took this seriously, -(Why on earth are we having an OotS meeting?)-
-(Something's up, isn't it right Pharaoh?)- Malik sated.
Yami only nodded and looked to Yugi so his lighter half would do the explaining.
-(We've got more information coming in why our Items were signalling distress signals and the reappearance of the three Legendary Dragons/Knights Tiamus, Critias and Helmos. For one thing, the Dark lord has all the connections.)- Yugi explained.
-(I guess that's why my tarot cards have gone nuts.)- Ryou sighed.
-(I would take it that the Death card has made its appearance in your readings?)- Malik asked.
Ryou only went silent.
-((Well? Come on, tell us.))- Marik inquired.
-((Fine. If my hikari doesn't want to say it, then I will.))- Bakura rolled his eyes.
-((How many times thief?))- Marik looked to Bakura.
-((…All the time…every reading… ever since we arrived at Hogwarts.))- Bakura stated.
Yugi slightly winced. –(It would appear this year there are plenty of drastic changes.)-
-((Nonetheless, I would prefer if we all avoid getting caught, as any D4 wizards or else don't be shocked of having Death Eaters on our front door as salesmen trying to recruit us.))- Yami said.
-(Well, we do have another problem. What of the Duelling Club?)- Ryou asked.
-(Good point, that's one major problem.)- Malik emphasized.
Yugi looked to everyone else. –(Um guys, today's the opening of the club.)-
-((Our names haven't reached to the UK as far as I know.))- Bakura said.
-((I would rather not take part in it anyway. They're still beginners in the sacrificing rules aren't they?))- Marik commented.
This time everyone looked to Yami.
Yami only shrugged it off, -((No, I won't be joining the club. You know we use Super Expert rules and there's a new regulation in Duel Monsters that elite Duellists aren't allowed to use the usual sacrifice rules. Even so, it doesn't mean we can't observe from afar…))-
Yugi chuckled. While the other yamis laughed. The two remaining hikaris only blinked.
-((Pharaoh, tsk, tsk. You have a yet another dark plan in your mind?))- Bakura looked to the 5000 year old king.
-((Oh, I just heard that Malfoy also joined in.))- Yami hinted.
Marik looked as though another dream came true on the same day they executed the spider plan on the Slytherins. –(Sounds interesting. I guess we could have some fun before this meeting of ours.))-
-((Do we use our decks?))- Bakura asked.
Yami looked at him as though he were an idiot. –((No, that'll blow our cover. Just take a deck they have there spontaneously. More of a challenge for us you could say. And well, more humiliation for the Slytherin boy…))-
Marik grinned, -(This is definitely our day!)-
-(We might as well join in right Yugi?)- Ryou asked.
Yugi nodded at the white teen. –(I want to refresh myself before we get an official mission tonight.)-
They both joined in with their yamis reminding what cards they knew about.
-(Is it me? Or am I the only one that's not insane?)- Malik said to no one in particular.
He then shrugged and joined in their discussion about DM cards.
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Hogwarts Castle, The Main Hall
Mid-September
After Lunch (Local Time)
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The whole hall had been changed, as the four house tables had Duel mats on them and most surely the ones who hosted this event were…
The Weasly Twins.
Yugi and co had just arrived after the opening speech and simulation on the usual sacrificing rules done by George and Fred. Like other people who weren't in the club, they were observing how everyone else was duelling with the new rules. As planned, the three scattered through out the hall observing how other people were taking in the terms of sacrificing.
Ryou unluckily, lost in Scissors, Paper, and Rock game and had the job of going to Harry and co to see how they were doing. Bakura on the contrary was happy… not to see Harry really, but the thief knew very well Harry Potter was a magnet to Draco Malfoy who loved to boast himself. And Bakura's prediction was indeed correct for he noticed that Malfoy was duelling Neville and it seemed Neville was still confused with the new rules. In the end of their duel he lost and who makes his appearance? None other then Harry Potter… with his two friends…
"What's a matter Longbottom? Too sick to know the new rules?" Malfoy mocked.
"Your pathetic Malfoy. You only duelled Neville because he's still adapting to the new rules." Harry eyed his archrival.
"Mind your business Potter, if you know what's good for you." Malfoy sneered.
"You should be duelling someone else who knows the rules well." Harry stated.
Ryou just in time made his appearance.
"How about the white haired girl behind you, I bet she'd be a good duellist with Neville's all mud stinking brown type cards."
The other Slytherins behind him laughed.
-((My turn! … Um hikari?))- Bakura looked confused at his light's sudden change.
One thing the thief noticed is that Ryou's face looked rather sterner then usual…Ryou only motioned his right hand so Neville could give his deck. Neville gave it to him nervously.
Malfoy seemed pleased. "Well, isn't the Seer boy cocky."
"Let's Duel." Ryou said coldly.
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Ryou's LP 4000
Malfoy's LP 4000
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Ryou wasn't just angry on why Malfoy called him a girl but also he discriminated Effect Cards, which were his favourite type of cards. He noticed in Neville's deck when he checked it there were more than enough effect cards to make the Slytherin boy beaten up. Only Neville wasn't sure on how to make the cards work effectively and in many cases the Herbology boy didn't rely on his magic cards when he had many good ones in his deck. Even though it was his yami that duelled often, it didn't mean Ryou wasn't a duellist himself.
Both of them draw 5 cards from their decks. Ryou looked to his five cards, Tyrant Dragon (7/2400/2000), Harpie's Feather Duster (Magic card), Green Phantom King (3/500/1600), Waboku (Trap Card), and a Revival Jam (4/1500/500, Effect Card). What a draw… Certainly Malfoy won't last long…
"I'll start Seer boy!" Malfoy commanded.
"As you wish." Ryou replied.
Hermione was the first to notice how confident Ryou was in a duel compared to when he was asked in class. Maybe because that in Japan duelling was an everyday event as far as Hermione read from Fred and George's DM magazine that was released in the wizarding world. But then again maybe Japanese people were all duellists after all. All she hoped was that Ryou would win over Malfoy.
"Draw. I summon Neo the Magic Swordsman (4/1700/1000) in Attack mode and place a reverse card. End my turn." Malfoy said as he sneered.
"End already?" Ryou lightly said.
"Even if you did draw a stronger card, you won't be able to destroy my Neo the Magic Swordsman." The boy countered.
Ryou easily shrugged the comment off. "Draw." He looked to hand and draws a Trap Hole (Trap Card) from Neville's Deck. Sure, Neville did have a basic deck. Only if he knew himself how to use it well…
"Main Phase. I summon a Revival Jam (4/1500/500) in Defence Mode, place two Reverse Cards down and End my turn." Ryou stated.
Harry watched on how fluid Ryou's motions from the beginning of the duel. The way he shuffled, draw and even placed his cards on the duel mat was done with care and amazingly with pride. He was starting to realize what it meant as a duellist's pride when he heard it from Fred that in Japan many people respect duellists. And even the most renowned duellists and even the world champion came from Japan too.
"All you can do is defend Seer boy. Your pathetic." Malfoy spat.
Ryou only smiled confidently. "You have three turns to live."
"What!"
"You heard me Malfoy. Three turns at most and… you die." Ryou said calmly.
Malfoy only laughed. "Heh, it's you who's going to die first!"
Yugi and Malik had just joined in with Harry and co from behind to see how Bakura was doing… only to find out that Ryou was the one who was duelling… Yugi, Yami, Malik and Marik were wondering where on earth did the thief go.
-((Searching for me peeps?))- Bakura cackled.
-(What exactly happen?)- Yugi asked.
Marik looked annoyed, -((Um, aren't YOU supposed to be there?))- He pointed as Ryou's body.
-(Something must've happen… Care to tell us?)- Malik asked.
Yami looked to Bakura. –((I take it Malfoy went on Ryou's bad side.))-
-((Bingo! You read my mind Pharaoh. Mind you, my hikari can be scary when he's on the latter mood.))- Bakura gave them an evil wink.
-(Like the yami.)- Marik mumbled.
-((What did you say dark tomb keeper?))- Bakura growled.
-(Nothing…)- Marik acted innocently.
Yugi, Yami and Malik only chuckled.
-((So, how many turns will Malfoy last?))- Yami asked.
Bakura smiled. –((Three at most, two most likely after the first turn.))-
Back to the Duel…Malfoy draws a card and immediately said, "I summon Dragon Zombie (3/1600/0) in Attack mode!"
Ryou flipped a reverse card. "Activate trap card 'Trap Hole', since you summoned a monster with ATK points over 1000, your monster is destroyed."
The dragon fell into the hole… Malfoy growled at Ryou who was still smiling pleasantly at him…
"You'll pay for that! Battle Phase. Neo the Magic Swordsman (4/1700/1000) attack Revival Jam (4/1500/500)!"
This time, Ryou didn't even bother to use a trap card. The monster burst into pieces, but then formed back into its whole self.
Malfoy couldn't believe his eyes, "What the-"
"The brown cards you said as mud stinking are effect cards. You shouldn't underestimate them in the first place. Revival Jam's special ability makes him indestructible unless he is used for a sacrifice, or gets hit with specific trap or magic cards." Ryou explained.
Malfoy gritted his teeth. "I place two reverse cards down and End my turn."
Ryou observed Malfoy's three reverse cards at the moment. As far as he observed Malfoy's duel against Neville he used trap cards and magic cards that negated enemy attacks but in some cases Malfoy had magic cards that decreased Life points directly.
"Draw." The white haired teen said, drew another card from the deck, and looked at it. He had got the trap card 'Castle Walls', definitely an asset. Looks like two more turns and Malfoy will lose. That would be three turns in total.
"I summon Green Phantom King (3/500/1600) in Defence mode. Plus I add two more reverse cards and I End my turn. This is your last turn, kill me or you'll lose." He only smiled to Malfoy so he could get the blond anger out.
Malfoy was pretty much on fire, so after he drew a card from his deck he went straight to Battle Phase. Of course Yami and Marik only sniggered since that would be the ultimate mistake for any duellist. Get carried with your emotions when you duel. A huge no, no, in any duellist guidebook you could say.
"Neo the Magic Swordsman (4/1700/1000) attack Green Phantom King (3/500/1600)!" Malfoy ordered.
"Activate trap card 'Castle Walls'! That increases my monster's Def by 500."
Neo the Magic Swordsman (4/1700/1000) VS Green Phantom King (3/500/2100)
Thus…
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Ryou's LP 4000
Malfoy's LP 3700
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Malfoy grumbled. "2nd Main Phase. Activate 'Hinotama' to decrease the player's life points by 500!"
"Activate trap card 'Waboku'. No damage done." Ryou said casually.
With nothing else to do, Malfoy placed another reverse card and ended his turn.
Ryou without a simply drew another card and it turns out to be… 'Beckon to Darkness' (Magic Card). Looks like his readings on his tarot cards didn't fail him about winning this duel by himself and without his yami.
"Activate magic card 'Harpie's Feather Duster'!"
All of Malfoy's reverse cards flew to his graveyard…
"You-"
Ryou cut him off. "I'm not finished yet. Next I activate 'Beckon to Darkness'! Say goodbye to your Neo the Magic Swordsman."
A Dark portal formed and a large demon hand grabbed the poor magician into the graveyard…
"I sacrifice Green Phantom King (3/500/2100) and Revival Jam (4/1500/500) to summon Tyrant Dragon (7/2400/2000)! You lose Malfoy." Ryou claimed as a large dragon on Ryou's card field appeared with breathing fire.
"No, my life points won't be at zero yet." Malfoy said defiantly.
"Again Malfoy, F…Y…I… (For Your Information) Tyrant Dragon (7/2400/2000) is the mud stinking card you called it earlier is an effect card. It has a special effect of attacking twice."
Malfoy winced.
"Tyrant Dragon (7/2400/2000), Direct attack twice on the player!" Ryou commanded.
Two large balls of flame rammed into Malfoy sending him on his back to the ground…
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Ryou's LP 4000
Malfoy's LP 0000
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"I win." Ryou said.
Malfoy and his Slytherins retreated.
And suddenly there was a burst of cheers… from a crowd…
"I'd say that was quite a splendid duel!" Professor McGonagall said as she clapped.
Ryou's face went red when he realized half of the people in the hall were looking at his duel…
-((Way to go hikari! I would've done it myself but I'm proud you can be dark as me when it comes to duels!))- Bakura gleefully smiled at his hikari. His darker half then high-fived the darker tomb keeper.
Yami, Yugi and Malik were applauding for Ryou's performance. All of that made Ryou face turned red as an apple.
"That was superb!" Hermione exclaimed.
"Thanks. Oh yeah Neville, this deck's really good. Just get the hang of the new rules and you'll do fine." Ryou advised his friend as he gave back the deck to the original owner.
"Say, you're not a member of the DM Duelling Club at Hogwarts are you?" A seventh year Ravenclaw boy said.
"No." Ryou said sheepishly. There were a few gasps in the crowd.
"You've got talent there! I'm Nate Wellington, the Head of this Duelling Club. Come and join us!" The Ravenclaw offered.
"I'll think about it." Ryou said. "Well… I got to get going… I got some stuff to do…"
Ryou quickly made his way to his friends who were waiting by Main Hall door and exited together.
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Hogwarts Castle, Harry's Dorm
Mid-September
03: 09 PM (Local Time)
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"Wow, did you see how Ryou duelled? He was like a pro!" Ron exclaimed.
"That was a really painful combo to get hit by. Malfoy deserved it." Harry added.
Ginny laughed. "Serves him right. I wonder if Ryou is going to join the club, I mean he only used three turns to beat Malfoy!"
"I don't know, Yugi said they were still adapting to Hogwarts. But I'm sure he'll join soon, he does have the talent after all." Hermione said.
"Maybe after the Quidditch Tryouts. They did say they had list themselves for the team." Harry pointed out.
Ron couldn't believe he heard that, "No kidding, Ryou's really gifted! He's good at Divination, duelling, and his grades are high. Now Quidditch!"
"They're all very talented. You think Professor Dumbledore would want them to join the OotP?" Ginny asked.
"Well, their talents do qualify to go against Death Eaters." Harry admitted.
Then Hermione asked the question, "But what if their talents do qualify to be Death Eaters?"
"I say we recruit them into the OotP first if I were you." Ron suggested.
Ginny nodded. "That seems to be the most logical idea when the wizarding world is in chaos."
"I'm not sure about that, but if someone knows them the most, it would be Professor Dumbledore. Maybe you should ask Professor Dumbledore first about their background and everything. If everything it's safe, there's a chance they'll join the OotP." Hermione suggested.
"I'll ask Professor Dumbledore tonight. They may be weird looking, but those three transfers kind of remind me of three particular people." Harry chuckled.
Ron raised an eyebrow, "Who would that be?"
Hermione laughed. "Can't remember? Us! You remember the first few weeks in Hogwarts we were misfits in school?"
"I guess so." Ron nodded.
Ginny looked to Hermione, "I wonder where they are now…"
Ron shrugged, "Beats me."
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Isolated Boat House behind Hogwarts Castle
Mid-September
03: 11 PM (Local Time)
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"So… Where's our last member?" Ethan asked.
"Patience thief friend, if the Pharaoh says he'll be here, he will. You've stolen anything good so far?" Bakura asked.
"More Ministry files if that's what you mean, yeah a hell lot of them!" Ethan grinned.
"I'd take it you got more information?" Yami questioned.
"Plenty." Ethan nodded.
"Lenny helped too sir!" the house elf jumped up and down.
"Something from the gates?" Malik looked to Adrian and Justin.
"Couple of things happening." Justin said.
"A couple that's killing us guards for weeks…" Adrian said bitterly.
"I've got plenty of news from the main meeting of the OotS a week ago." Steven raised his hand.
"Anything new about Orichalcos seal?" Yami asked.
"News is quite horrifying." Steven nodded.
Nash looked to yami.
Yami looked back at the technician, "Some news from Kaiba I presume?"
He shook his head, "Not yet, though he's in a rather busy stage in his company if you know what I mean."
So there they were, waiting for their last member that was the leader in the meeting. All its members consisted of The King of Thieves from Ancient Egypt, a modern thief as the so-called Legendary Nox, a technician, a house elf, a Auror, a Element Master that relied on his lucky number 50, also with a 5000 year old Pharaoh plus his hikari and a tomb keeper with an insane yami. This of course was nothing compared to Harry Potter's band… you could say they were the most definite unique band of misfits… could I say more?
Then came in their last member…
"Professor Sinistra?" Bakura blurted out.
The others looked rather worried except Steven and Yami who only smiled at the Astronomy teacher.
"Hey people, chill down! You guys never heard his full name yet." Steven chuckled as he tried to calm down everyone.
"I guess I haven't told any of you." Sinistra laughed.
Yami introduced them to their last member, "Everyone meet Sieg Innes Sinistra."
Professor Sinistra immediately changed his form to Sieg, the Head of the Element Masters.
"Whoa! Sieg, don't freak us out next time!" Justin exclaimed.
"My apologies." Sieg said to all of them.
Adrian looked to the Element Master, "Are you really Sinistra or you have the original locked up somewhere? I'm just curious."
"I've worked for Hogwarts since five years ago." Sieg admitted.
"You were eighteen then!" Adrian said disbelievingly.
"All wizard types that count as the D4 learn magic at an acceleration rate beyond normal wizards, that's why the Ministry founders were afraid of us and killed us off with the purges. And it's also the reason why there are only a few of us left who live isolated from the normal wizarding world. Only a few like me and Steven who come in contact near the Ministry, yet we live a life of total secrecy or a double life." Sieg explained. "As the Professor Sinistra, I'd be 79 years old and it's not easy acting as an old wizard I tell you."
"If they knew what we are, they most likely silence us by killing the remaining few." Steven added.
Nash added in, "Or make us Alter-matter wizards as Transfiguration test subjects since we can change literary everything."
"Okay… um can we get to the more important news?" Bakura said trying to change the subject.
"I think it would be proper considering the three of us can't just disappear into thin air in Hogwarts. And I don't want a search party going after us." Marik stated.
"Likewise. You said the Dark Lord has all the connections." Yami said.
"Alright, I'll get to the main point. It's all about Horcruxes." Sieg said.
The thief looked at Sieg in disbelief. "No way!"
"You mean the dark lord actually had done a Horcrux?" Malik said nervously.
Sieg hesitated to tell the last bit of information, but then said, "Not Horcrux, but Horcruxes…Seven in total."
"I already had a bad feeling he had known something of the Millennium Items." Yami concluded.
"Sir, Lenny wishes to know, what is a Horcrux?" the house elf asked.
"I think Adrian and I would want an explanation about it. I don't think any of the other Aurors heard about this." Justin said.
"Seeing you work for the Ministry or had gone to Hogwarts, it's a very touchy subject. And you could say Dumbledore prefers the students know what types of Unforgivable Curses there are then what Horcrux is." Steven said.
Yami nodded. "True, but I'll explain to make the meeting more clear. It's the same Dark magic that Bakura and I used to seal our souls into the Puzzle and the Ring. In order to seal ourselves into an item we had to kill somebody. You could say the idea of Horcruxes came from the belief in Ancient Egypt of immortality, that the soul keeps on living even though the body is dead."
The three non-D4 wizards gasped.
Yami then continued, "At the time I killed Zork, I managed to erase him form the face of the Earth but not entirely. So to make sure he didn't escaped in the future, I sealed my whole soul into the Puzzle. Since the Puzzle went to pieces after, all the items had the same effects on their owners. Thus Seth, Septi, and Bakura's souls were also concealed. The other Millennium Items did not have the same effect since their owners were dead or not in close contact with their items. Marik on the other hand was created by Malik's anger, which at the same time came into contact with a painful memory. But his family blood-line were originally Shadow Casters, so there was no harm done."
"Okay, you have to kill in order to make your soul to be preserved right?" Adrian looked to Marik.
Marik nodded.
"But what I don't get is the part where You-Know-Who has done seven Horcruxes…" Adrian added.
"That's because Voldemort is not a D4 wizard. As talented since he was young, it doesn't change the fact he is a normal half-blood wizard." Marik said.
As horrified the house elf to know this new information, he looked very confused, "Lenny doesn't understand Marik sir."
"I'll explain that bit." Bakura volunteered. "Well you see… there's a glitch."
"A glitch in magic? Magic doesn't have glitches like muggle inventions do." Justin said incredulously.
Bakura thought for a moment, "A glitch, in terms of… how do you say it… the way many of us D4 wizards do not rely on wands to use magic. Or you could say the glitch that made everything different is because normal non-D4 wizards use wands."
Adrian raised an eyebrow, "How could that effect the outcome?"
"It's like converting two very different languages, say for instance an English sentence is converted to Mandarin. They're no way by any means the same or have some similarities to one another. Therefore, there is a risk of the original sentence in English won't be as pure when you read the translation version. Or you should say a few things would or might be missing." Nash voiced in.
"So You-Know-Who converted this magic so it could be used by normal wizards sir?" Lenny said.
"No, the dark lord didn't." Sieg said. "An older Dark wizard who was defeated by Dumbledore called Grindelwald in 1945 successfully converted the spell nearly a century ago before he was defeated. He never had a chance to use it though, since the risks of using it were very alarming."
Bakura then added, "For our case in Ancient Egypt, we were able to preserve our souls in the Millennium Items through a long sleep. Our consequences of living in the future would be losing our memories and in order to live like now, we have to find our reincarnations and share a body. So you could say, nearly immortal has its rules."
"Um, okay I guess I get the point where it's hard to convert for the types of magic. But what made the risks seem so alarming?" Justin asked.
"The fact the spell was converted by Grindelwald to do the whole immortal process alone. Which, of course had been the largest mistake any D4 wizard would rather not attempt." Ethan snorted.
"So all the D4 wizards can do this same process I take it?" Adrian said surprised.
"Yes. But not alone and only if necessary that it would effect the future to prevent more harm done." Ethan gave the details.
"Why?" Justin said the most obvious question.
"Soul Summoners know that the process of maintaining one's soul in this world needs the support of others. As you could say if humans can't live without depending on each other, then souls are just the same." Ethan made it clear. "A Horcrux being done by Lord Voldemort is far more painful. You completely rip your soul into two by killing someone and the torn portion can be encased into an item. I would prefer death though, since the entity of the soul should be whole."
Lenny choked, "Wouldn't that mean you have to kill as well in order to preserve your soul sir? I mean for the D4 as well sir?"
"I did say not alone for a reason. In Yami and Bakura's case they did kill a dark lord but it was for the future and it wasn't just Yami who got his soul locked into an M Item. In special cases Horcruxes that can be used by Soul Summoner like me, Element Masters or Alter-Matters, don't necessary have a rule to kill or do any harm to another person or being. Actually it's more of a ceremonial kind of thing." Ethan said.
"Well to go Soul Summoner, go on, explain the rest." Marik said.
Ethan took a breath, "You would presume that if the process is done together as a group, the soul doesn't need to be ripped for the magic is supported together. Therefore there's a 99 percent chance you won't fell the pain and the soul remains intact as one entity. However, when done by yourself, the magic overloads which eventually rips your soul into two."
"Though one thing bothers me. That guy must've been nuts in splitting his soul into seven portions." Bakura said.
"Six." Steven corrected. "He still has to have an original soul in order to do another Horcrux."
"And sixth he failed to make one." Yami said.
"The sixth? Why would he fail after killing off the others?" Adrian asked.
Yami smiled. "The Boy Who Lived is the answer. Harry was the last person to kill in order to make a Horcrux. He wanted to make the death of his destined enemy official to mark his last Horcrux but it backfired. I guess the prophecy of Harry that Bakura stole from the Ministry makes sense now."
"I have a feeling that he'd already made the sixth Horcrux since he came back. I guess it would be your task to find out which items could have a Horcrux." Sieg said. "Horcruxes is rather a touchy subject to be discussed among the staff mind you."
Bakura then asked, "What of the Millennium Items? They're calling out distress signals now and then more often. Care to share more info?"
Steven hesitantly gave his answer, "Voldemort has gotten his hands information on the Millennium Items just before he wanted to go after Harry when he was still a baby. I think he didn't realize that any of the D4 wizards were alive though. He believed that seven was the most powerful magic number thus having an extra gain for the items to his power. So-"
"Enough Steven, I'll tell the other side personally." Sieg said. "Alright, the main thing is in the past he searched for the items, but failed to find suitable traces. After he came back, he again searched for them. But no avail yet since the OotS had sliced out every link there was, now he has gotten his hands on a certain green stone."
Yami's eyes went wide. "The one that managed to drive Dartz insane that he was controlled by the Orichalcos God."
"This is insane! He'll be controlling monsters soon!" Marik said.
"Actually, he's not aware about duel monsters that are actually real. But nonetheless the stone is still with him. There is a chance he'll learn to control those Orichalcos Soldiers and if we're not careful the Serpent God itself." Sieg made his point. "He seems to have added in two more seals to it."
"Any information on those two seals?" Bakura asked urgently.
Sieg shook his head. "Sadly no, we haven't covered any information on that yet."
The whole boathouse went silent…
"What of the gates and the Ministry? Anything new?" Marik spoke first.
"Someone saw a werewolf." Justin said.
Adrian then added, "Fenrir Greyback to be exact, the most dangerous werewolf around and alive today. Seems as though one of our guards is preventing the guard who saw him to spill the beans."
"A traitor among the guard gates at Hogwarts?" Nash asked.
Justin nodded. "Yes, I have a feeling the Death Eaters wish to get into Hogwarts for particular targets."
"I think that would be Harry Potter and Dumbledore." Steven said.
"Indeed. Also, students can be good hostages to demand anything what they want." Adrian said.
"It seems we got a lot of things in our hands." Ethan sighed.
"I guess that wraps up everything for today. Well you all have your posts to get back on to, for you three I wish to speak privately and if possible your hikaris to show themselves." Sieg said.
The others said their goodbyes and walked out of the isolated boathouse with the cover of invisible holograms.
This time the hikaris were in control of their own bodies, leaving the yamis in spirit form but even so Sieg could still see them.
"You wish to tell us something important?" Yugi asked.
Sieg nodded.
Malik only glanced at the Element Master, "Fire away Sieg."
Ryou and the other yamis gave their full attention to Sieg.
Sieg seemed to be agitated on planning when to start, he sighed and said, "Voldemort believed that seven was the most powerful magic number, thus having the Millennium Items in his possession would be advantageous, and had hunted for them before he ever came to know that Harry would be the Chosen One."
"Is there something going on?" Ryou asked in a serious tone.
"This may sound confusing but besides Malik's family, your family Yugi including your grandfather, and also Ryou's family are pure-blood D4 wizards." Sieg said truthfully.
Yugi and Ryou took it in quite well though their faces were shocked. The yamis stood quietly…
"Please, go on." Ryou gulped.
Sieg continued, "It's a reason why you are an Element Master Yugi. As for Ryou, I haven't told you before but you are a Soul Summoner."
-((Are you saying my hikari is a Soul Summoner?))- Bakura said with his eyes wide.
"Yes, there's more to it though. I did mention not all D4 wizards come in contact with the Ministry; your parents were just the same. They lived as normal muggles, to avoid the dark lord at all costs." Sieg explained.
"What do the Millennium Items and Voldemort have to do with our parents?" Malik demanded.
"When did your parents died?" Sieg asked.
"15th of June when I was a year old…" Yugi said.
Ryou gaped. "My mother died on that same date!"
"It's the same date when I went out to the market from my home… and my father…" Malik choked on continuing further.
"All of them were kill by courtesy of Lord Voldemort." Sieg simply.
-((But surely the years on which they died were different for Malik's father I-))- Marik didn't wish to continue to make it hard on his hikari.
Yami looked to his light carefully. –((Do you wish to continue abiou?))-
Yugi weakly nodded. "How- and- why- they were killed?" the boy stuttered.
Sieg closed his eyes, "The dark lord figured your parents had a Millennium Item…which you have… your parents Yugi were killed when your grandfather wasn't around. As for you Ryou, your mother was the one who bought the Millennium Ring for your father…she was also kill a few days later… I'm sorry."
Malik's fist was shaking and white in anger, "What does that date have to do with-"
"The market you went to had a spell that acts as an alarm, which had triggered when a person knows about the Millennium Item it will activate. And if tortured either mentally or physically, the person kills their torturer. The reason why you killed, Marik, and ended sadistic till the Battle City Tournament, was because the spell made you that way." Sieg finished.
None of the three transfers or yamis spoke after that.
Sieg felt guilty and said, "I…I had to tell you this but-"
"Thank you." Yugi said tried as best as he could to smile though his eyes were starting to fill with tears.
Yami gave a nod of understanding. The others said nothing.
With regret, Sieg changed his form back to Professor Sinistra and left the boathouse.
-((So we still carry out our plan to stalk on Harry and Dumbledore tonight?))- Bakura asked slowly.
The others only gave a general glance of saying yes… afterwards they left the boathouse one after the other to sort their own emotions…
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Beside the Lake
Mid-September
4:21 PM… (Local Time)
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Yugi sat beside the lake quiet and stared at the lake with emptiness in his eyes.
Yami only watched hikari with guilt washing all over him. How did it all come to this? Why did he have to cause all of Yugi's pain? If he hadn't come to Yugi… his parents would've… Yami didn't wish to continue further thinking about Yugi's parents, but…
The pharaoh mentally cursed himself. Somehow he felt so foolish that he could've helped Yugi when it was actually HE was the source of Yugi's pain.
-(Yami?)-
Yami swallowed, -((Yes abiou?))-
The hikari stood from his sitting position. –(It's not your fault.)-
-((……))-
Yugi faced his darker half, -(It's not your fault. You were confined in the Puzzle, you had nothing-)-
-((To do with the fact you nearly lost grandpa?))- Yami finished.
Yugi became hesitant, -(No it's just…)-
-((What?))- Yami asked.
-(I'm destined for the Millennium Puzzle, so what ever you go through, I go through as well. Just… don't put everything it was your fault. Okay?)- Yugi tried his best to put out his feelings.
-((Yugi, face it. I am also the source why your grandpa and friends get into danger.))- Yami said.
-(No! If you hadn't come into my life, I wouldn't have those friends and I wouldn't be close to grandpa as I am now.)- Yugi defiantly said.
Yami looked away. -((Then what do you want me to do?))-
-(Teach me… Let me learn everything to know about Defence Against the Dark Arts, Shadow Magic and Elemental Magic... At least it's what I could do to know how to defeat Voldemort, for all he has done.)- Yugi looked at Yami with determination.
Yami only could stare at Yugi in amazement. He smiled, maybe that was the only thing he could really do then just protect his lighter half.
-((Yugi… Thank you for releasing my guilt.))-
-((No, Atemu. Thank YOU for giving me a life that has the most priceless memories I would never wish to trade with anyone.))- The hikari smiled.
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Tokyo, Japan
A Kaiba Corp Office Branch
11:00 PM (Local Time)
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Seto rubbed his temples. He never felt so dizzy in his entire life. It was a good thing Mokuba had gone home that afternoon, the CEO definitely didn't want his brother see him in this state…
He felt like his head was going to crack. Well… seeing that he had taken eight glasses of liquor would prove that. God knows where his yami went, but he didn't feel he wanted the presence of his darker half right now. It was probably the first time Seto felt he just wanted to be alone… the CEO banged his head on the desk.
But then a dark portal emerged in front of him and came in a familiar person…
"You look like a wreck (o) tomodachi…" the other came in looking at the nearly lifeless being on the office desk.
Seto groaned. "I'd… prefer you didn't… come… at a time like this."
Despite Richard Williams was the Prime Minister of the UK; he did care for his old friend and had used the card that Kaiba gave him through the Shadows to meet his friend who was all the way in Japan. "Looks like you need the psychiatrist this time eh?"
"Using my line?" Seto chuckled through his headache.
"No, slightly altered it." Richard replied.
Seto glared at the PM. "What made you come at a time like this?"
"Plenty, many are worried why you've been taking a rest for the whole day. It's very unlike the CEO of Kaiba Corp to actually take a whole day off."
"Humph, and why all a sudden?" Seto questioned Richard.
"It doesn't take a genius to figure it out if I have met a Ancient Egyptian Priest, a Blue Eyes White Dragon, a young architect, and her yami in my office telling you had the whole day off and not contacting anyone at all, would mean that you have a serious problem." Richard said sternly.
Seto only laughed. "So, it's my turn huh?"
"Exactly." The PM agreed.
The CEO tried to recollect everything he had just heard from the Head of the Element Masters this morning.
"Scrimgeour has this file I've been trying to acquire." Seto stated simply.
Richard only raised an eyebrow. "What do those files contain? Who made you realize it's worth it that you are drinking like this?" the PM demanded.
"Everything about the D4… the official documents why we're hunted down…"
Seto then reluctantly said…
"…And even… about the deaths of my real parents…"
Richard eyes blinked confused, yet he waited patiently for his friend to continue.
'WHAM!'Seto slammed his fist still clenched on the table. "That blast Voldemort killed my real parents when he was searching for the Millennium Items! And that lousy Scrimgeour has those files that contain every single sin that the Ministry has committed! Huh… Law in the wizarding world seems utterly vile."
"Are you saying that the deaths of your real parents isn't a matter of an vehicle accident?" Richard asked carefully.
Seto fumed and stood up, "Accident? You call someone who got blasted with a Avada Kedavra Spell an ACCIDENT!"
Richard slightly winced, "Alright, calm down. I have no clue what's been happening and what you've been doing during this month. I prefer you would remind me so I could help you."
Seto was just about to burst out but then a feeling of pain shot through his head. Maybe that'll be the last time he would ever try to drink alcohol...
"F-Fine, you win this time Richard."
"How was it that your real parents came into contact with the Millennium Items?"
"…"
The PM only looked to Seto's eyes, "I'd take it there's more then what it seems?"
"Yes…"
Richard walked to a small refrigerator taking out a bottle of water, poured it into a clean glass and placed it right in front of the CEO.
"Drink up, it'll make you feel better and it might clear your mind a bit so you could explain without too much stress." Richard advised.
Reluctantly, Seto took the glass of water and swallowed its contents down his throat. He put the cup down and only stared at it.
"Since when have you been looking for your real parents? I thought you had placed it in the past as you always look to the future." Richard started the conversation again.
"Roughly about six months after I was accepted to Takazumiryu Magic School or about the same time I found out I was a Alter-matter by D4 terms. Ever since I knew that wizards inherit magic from their parents, I tried tracking down my real parents if they were wizards themselves."
"By all means you found out…"
"Both of my real parents are Alter-matters." Seto sighed. "They were a part of a project in finding the Millennium Items working with the Ministry or so it seems."
"So the Ministry do know the existence of the Millennium Items?"
Seto stared at his friend as though he was a teacher looking at a student who answered the question one plus one equals four. "Only a few, but the number who have known the truth of Items are diminishing. Most likely the secret would be shared only amongst each Prime Minister, from one successor to the next."
"May I ask you one thing?"
"…"
"Em… How did your parents get killed by Voldemort if on that same year you were born and the accident happened years after?"
"Through a Horcrux." Seto answered quietly.
"A what?"
"By technology and scientific terms that would the same as a clone of himself."
Richard paled when he heard that.
"But by magic terms it's simply by ripping your soul into two and encasing the other in a desired item." Seto explain.
"He had wanted to put a part of his soul in the Millennium Items then!" the PM exclaimed.
The CEO only gave a nod, "Even though he already made previous Horcruxes, the Millennium Items had favourable characteristics Voldemort liked. One of them being there were seven items, seven as the most powerful magical number. The second reason would be they already had dark magic properties, which would ensure him a helpful comeback just in case the other Horcruxes were destroyed."
Richard only asked, "Seto, where on earth did you get all of this information?"
"… My parents' Secret Keeper told me…"
Richard's eyes narrowed.
"Dimitri…"
"The second Head of the Illusionists."
"Yes, he an Alter-matter himself… and these files came with him." Seto lightly slide what it seemed to be a thick folder containing Ministry documents.
When Richard read the first two pages his whole being was in bewilderment. "But… impossible… this is a massacre!"
"Like I said, the Ministry's laws are utterly bullshit. You may have noticed Yugi's parents and even a few of our other OotS relatives were apart of the project. All of them made discoveries about the whereabouts of the Millennium Items. Yet, all of them are now dead. Dimitri went through a hell lot of trouble to retrieve the files."
Richard was angry, "When I get to meet Fudge again there will an interrogation in my office! The Ministry intended to leave them to Voldemort's hands… even after the project finished, the Ministry had planned to silence everyone that were apart of the project!"
"It's a matter of getting those files Richard."
Richard looked to the CEO, "I have a plan. But I'll need your help if you want those files to be ours."
"Richard, you're one hell of a friend." Seto smiled.
"Shall we get started then?" Richard earnestly asked.
Seto chuckled. "Yeah, as many would say… 'Revenge is sweet'."
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Hogwarts Castle, The OotS Student's Dorm
Mid-September
In the Evening (Local Time)
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The three transfers were tied together with rope and looked as if they were a group of hikers. But there was a reason they did this for the three decided to use Malik's shadow abilities so they could change into shadows while they spied on Harry's meeting with Dumbledore. As soon as Harry passed their dorm, they all leapt into his shadow. Harry, unaware that the three members of the OotS were on his shadow swiftly made his way to Dumbledore's Office.
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Hogwarts Castle, The Headmaster's Office
Mid-September
In the Evening (Local Time)
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As expected, Harry and Dumbledore had gone straight to matters about the prophecy and information they were going to uncover. Malik of course was recording all of this. Yugi and Ryou were intently listening if in some way Lord Voldemort had any connections with their pasts but heard none. After the conversation was over they all followed Harry and Dumbledore into the Pensive into Bob Ogden's memory.
As Harry and all the OotS members found out in the memory, that Voldemort had indeed been the heir to Slytherin. And Merope, had been Voldemort's mother…
-((For some reason, things do get interesting))- Bakura commented.
Malik agreed. –((More memories like this and we may know about Voldemort's history and maybe what items are Horcruxes.))-
-(It'll take a while longer before we get that far though.)- Yugi said making his point.
-(True, I bet Professor Dumbledore made this memory as a start for Harry to grasp things about his enemy.)- Ryou said.
Malik of course was busy recording everything on a handy cam to participate in the conversation.
-((At least this information can beneficial to find other links about the dark lord himself.))- Yami said.
-((It's quite scary knowing your enemy's past.))- Bakura admitted.
Marik looked to the thief, -((Yeah you could say- ))-
"Sir, may I ask you something about the new transfer students?" Harry asked.
This of course caught all six of the OotS members' attention…Dumbledore only smiled pleasantly. "What do you wish to know Harry?"
"I don't know how to say this but…"
"They are unbelievingly talented?" Dumbledore finished.
"Um, yeah. I'm just curious… I guess."
"Ah, well, they are somewhat the same as their headmaster when he was in Hogwarts." Dumbledore chuckled.
"The Headmaster of Takazumiryu Magic School?"
"Yes, Professor Ryu was also in Gryffindor House, a very unusual student and yet at the same time intelligent and talented." Dumbledore told Harry. "May I know further on why you asked about them?"
"Do you think they may be well…worthy to join the Order (OotP)?"
Dumbledore was silent when he heard that.
-(Is it me, or are we gaining Harry's trust a little too fast?)- Ryou asked.
-(We'll just have to see what happens next)- Yugi shrugged.
"Actually their abilities are far worthy then a normal students. Now that you mention it Harry, I may have to ask Ryu if he wishes to join." Dumbledore said.
Harry hesitated at first but then asked, "You think they can be trusted sir?"
"In terms of trust Harry, they may be more trustable then the Ministry."
"Why is that sir?"
"Their ideals and beliefs are quite different to the main wizarding world." Dumbledore said.
"Different?" Harry said repeating the headmaster's word.
"The way the laws of the Ministry should have worked. You see Harry; all who are apart of the Japanese Ministry of Magic are Moderate. They do not think we should reject Muggles or any of their knowledge and inventions. Rather they have a high respect for Muggles and wish to work together, unlike our own Ministry where there are still many wizards who deny muggles have their own worthiness."
Harry was in shock.
"Such an amazing feat done by the countries in the east, even in Professor Ryu's school, all of the house-elves are free. I have to admit that their school is worthy of becoming an example to other great magic schools."
"So, do you think they may join the OotP sir?" Harry asked again.
Dumbledore thought for a while and said, "I may invite them into joining, however I would not force them if they don't wish to."
-((I know it's lame to say this but- WHAT THE FREAKING HELL?))- Marik said.
-((Well that was certainly fast to gain their trust…))- Yami said truthfully.
Yugi looked to his darker half, -(I have a dreadful feeling we're going to be called by Professor Dumbledore to his office soon.)-
"I'll call them to my office after the Quidditch Tryouts then." Dumbledore said pleasantly.
The hikaris and yamis dropped to the floor…-(Isn't that tomorrow?)- Ryou said.
-((Yes little hikari, and I have a feeling we better practice on our acting then Quidditch.))- Bakura replied.
Just as Harry was going to ask about the ring, Dumbledore had said goodnight. Without further or do Harry exited the office…
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Hogwarts Castle, The OotS Student's Dorm
Mid-September
Nearly Midnight (Local Time)
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Ryou sighed heavily lying down on his bed. That was sure had been a LONG day…
After he found out that his mother was killed by the courtesy of Voldemort, he just felt so angry that he snapped at his yami. But he knew he didn't intentionally wanted to. His yami had said nothing afterwards about it and even during the mission they didn't interact so much. With nothing to do, he decided to visit his yami's soul room…
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In Bakura's Soul Room…
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Ryou opened the thief's soul room slowly looking around nervously.
"Boo!"
"AAAHHH!"
"Scared you!" The thief cackled.
"You didn't have to freak me out like that!" Ryou pouted to his yami.
Bakura looked bored, "Have you ever heard of knocking hikari?"
Ryou only ignored him.
"So… what did you come in here for? It's not very like you to come into my soul room." Bakura stated.
"I'm….sorry." Ryou said.
Bakura scoffed. "What has been going on in your freaking mind hikari?"
"Can't you at least accept an apology for snapping at you this afternoon?" Ryou sighed.
Bakura only laughed. "Fine… ha ha ha… though I'd prefer you didn't have to."
Ryou only raised an eyebrow.
"Hey, everyone has that time when they're mad at something. Don't take things too seriously, it might drive you nuts." Bakura commented.
"…"
"You know what hikari, if you could be a little darker like when you were duelling this afternoon, maybe things between us can be a lot more smoother."
"What are you implying?" Ryou said.
"Stop being a total goody-goody. There are times when you really need to have revenge." Bakura hinted.
"What are you-"
Bakura cut in, "You want to get back on Voldemort right? How about learning more about summoning souls from Ethan? I bet it'll be useful in fighting Death Eaters."
Only one thing went in Ryou's mind right now… Was his yami trying to help this hikari? … Ryou couldn't help but laugh. He admitted he did go overboard of getting into sticky situations, and maybe it was the time to let things run lightly along. And most of all, having his yami had a human side was something he was glad for.
"See? Too much stress of being serious kills you." Bakura grinned.
"Um… Thanks yami."
Bakura chuckled. "As Mark Twain would say… Humour is Man's greatest blessing. I can't wait for the Quidditch tryouts tomorrow."
Ryou sweat dropped, "Not for that one!"
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Hogwarts Castle, The Quidditch Pitch
Mid-September
The Next Morning (Local Time)
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As Harry expected, the trials took most of the morning. Half of Gryffindor house seemed to have turned up, from the first-years who were nervously clutching their brooms, to the seventh-years who towered over the rest looking coolly intimidating.
-Chapter 11, Hermione's Helping Hand, Pg.210, British Hard Cover, HP & the Half-Blood Prince-
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That of course included the new transfer students from Japan…
Ron looked at their brooms with wide eyes, "NO WAY! All of you have a Firebolt!"
Ginny looked excited, "I don't think any bad Quidditch players would use those, I mean Harry has one too!"
"Hope you guys can make it to the team." Harry smiled with a better hope there might be people who were worthy to be in the Gryffindor team.
Yugi only chuckled in the back of his soul room. It was yami's go in Quidditch, after he played the last match in Japan. The Firebolt Yugi had, was a gift from his grandpa. About the other two… he had a feeling they had got the Firebolt over the holidays. Ever since Malik and Marik went on spying missions they did bring a rather large amount of gold back, so it wasn't really odd to see them with a Firebolt. For Ryou and Bakura's case… that would be stealing no doubt… Yugi figured Ryou didn't wanted to return the broom because he didn't want to make his yami go haywire…
The first two hours were used to sort out between those who had talents in flying or who had just managed to lift off the ground and to find the right Chasers for the team. To Harry's delight, Katie Bell had made a comeback from the old Quidditch team. Ginny of course had done excellently well, she definitely had some of Charlie Weasly's talents in Quidditch for she scored seventeen scores to boot. Then came their last Chaser…
Yugi Mutou was something Harry never expected… Or should we say… Yami? He dodged any Bludgers with ease and made very well executed goals. Strategically, the spiky haired boy could adapt to any surprise situation and counter back. He perfectly fitted well when he worked together with Katie and Ginny. Added with the speed of the Firebolt, Harry couldn't really say no at all for Yugi to become a Chaser.
"That was great! I hope Ryou and Malik are good as you are Yugi." Harry exclaimed as hover near Yami on his broom.
Yami's eyes looked from the wannabe Beaters on the field to Harry, "Um, Harry… what's the test to be a Beater?"
"We're going to release the Bludgers to see who can last the longest." Harry replied.
Yami and Yugi sweat dropped…
-(Um, Yami…)-
-((I know. I think I'll try to search for a safe place for cover after this…))-
"Well one thing I could tell you Harry." Yami said.
Harry only raised an eyebrow, "What's that?"
"I'd rather stay on the ground if I were you. When both Ryou and Malik are up in the air as Beaters… well… Who knows what might happen…" Yami said innocently.
"Why's that?"
"In the last school competition in Japan they sent all three Chasers and two Beaters of our opponents team to the Hospital Wing." Yami answered.
"Err… right. I guess I will… after I blow my whistle." Harry said uncomfortably.
In the middle of the Quidditch Pitch…
-((So… we have 40 people trying out as Beaters. Want to have bet thief?))- Marik cackled.
The thief only looked and grinned at his 'present' rival. –((Bring it on, you insane person!))-
-(Ryou, I think we better not see this.)- Malik said.
-(Yeah, I'll be in my soul room after the first whistle, than worry if I'm going to get detention.)-
-((Fine, the person who gets the most people whacked down wins!))- Marik said.
-((Wait. There are 40 people hovering here. If we both get 19 then it's not much fun.))- Bakura pointed out.
-((Nah… Thief… if we get 19 each we aim for that person, 4 o'clock in front of you.))- Marik added.
Bakura looked to a certain fellow sitting in the stands…
-((What can I say? We yamis are just… plain evil…))- Bakura grinned.
'TWEEET!'Yami watched from the ground wondering what mayhem those two might cause, still he had his broom in his left and wand in his right hand just in case… things might go… you could say… disastrous…
Thus the battle of who survives in the end had just started…
A few second-years who were not well in controlling their broom immediately plummeted to the ground as two Bludgers pushed them off. The other older students on the other hand were trying to dodge away from the Bludgers that were constantly being whacked by either Bakura and Marik for the two yamis never gave anyone a chance to make contact with them. Then the third year accidentally crashed into a goal post just because he dodged a Bludger sent by Marik. A few had raised white flag with their wands in saying they gave up.
"Yeesh, they're pretty violent." Ron commented.
"What's a matter Weaselbee? Scared?" Malfoy shout from the back of the stands and some Slytherins laughed with him.
Ron's ears went red.
"That's only the beginning." Yugi said.
Yami agreed. -((Yup…But I wonder how it's going to end…))-
Even though Ryou's body was smaller then the seventh-years, Bakura had managed to take two of them with one strike. Now for the scores…
Bakura Hits 17 people
Marik Hits 17 people
Six people apparently had raised the white flags…
Thus the battle is a DRAW.
Marik and Bakura prepared to strike their bludger at each other, with all they could muster…
'THWAK!'
'WHACK!'
'CLING!'
The two bludgers had collided…
'WHOOSH!'
And flew…
'BOOM!'
Right into where Malfoy and his cronies were sitting… Yamis are just… plain evil…The Gryffindors and other houses that were present watching the Quidditch tryouts laughed. A lot of people were clapping and even saying the two transfers were the 'New Weasly Twins'….
-((That was an extraordinary wonderful shot.))- Yami complimented the other two.
Yugi could only smile and chuckle. 'Yamis are plain mischievously evil beings.' The boy thought.
-((Thank you Pharaoh, we couldn't decide another way to win…))- Bakura said innocently.
-((So… we figured that a certain person was a fluffy punching bag…who happened to be strategically situated on the perfect spot to be the target…))- Marik acted angelically.
Harry couldn't be more pleased at the great shot they did. "Malik, Ryou, you're on the team!"
The two yamis in the air high-fived one another and landed near Yami.
Demelza Robins who failed to be Chaser went to the three transfers. "Well done the for three of you, I got a message from Professor Dumbledore. He said he wanted to meet all after the Quidditch tryouts."
The three duellists looked to each other.
-((I don't think we can get away with it now.))- Marik said in their minds.
"Harry, we'll see you later in the common room." Ryou said.
"We need to meet the Headmaster." Yugi said.
"Hey, um Yugi, Malik, Ryou. If there's anything you guys want to talk about after what Dumbledore told you just ask me, Hermione or Ron, okay?" Harry advised.
"We will." Malik nodded.
And so the members of the OotS headed towards the Headmaster's office…
TO BE CONTINUED…
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Well there you go! One longer chapter than the previous one! Yeah, you could say we're getting deeper into the plot.
Many of our YGO character's parents were apart of the D4 wizards… all who were also apart of the Ministry's operation in uncovering the M Items…
Seto and Richard have a plan…
Don't anyone go on Ryou's bad side… coz he's a lot like his yami when he's angry and in a duel…huahahaha…
Bakura's human side showing itself again…
Bakura and Marik blasted the Slytherins in the Quidditch tryout! Yeah! Go Kura and Marik! No one has ever literally written about Malfoy and his cronies being blasted off on the stands… (I'm glad I did…hehe…) And Yami's dark side made another appearance as well…
Next on HP, HBP, and the OotS…Dumbledore wishes to meet Yugi and co. in his office…
One hectic trip to Hogsmade…
Something has happen! (Wait… screw that line…)
Be afraid…
BE VERY AFRAID!
Our duelists' 'status' has finally been uncovered! Huhahahahaha… I've been waiting too long for this!
The next chapter:
Chapter 11: 'The Difference Between Misfits and Celebrities.'
SPECIAL NOTE!
As many of you have waited for the big moment our YGO characters will have their 'status' revealed to Hogwarts, I asking anyone for any ideas for my next chapter! A reviewer request kind of thing! If your idea is good I'll put it in the next chapter! So what are you waiting for? Post them up and if it's good I'll get it in the story!
