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1st year – Too Academy - Sato's house
"Thank you, Daisuke," Mac smiled at the older boy or more like young man who smiled at her as he sat down on the seat next to her. She grimaced slightly as the smell of the potion hit her and she inhaled before quickly downed the potion. "Ugh. Disgusting."
Daisuke laughed, "well, what did you expect?"
Mac glare at him but smiled right after as she put the small cup back on the table. She rolled her shoulder slightly and felt that the pain was fading away and her shoulder started to feel normal again.
"Magic sure is handy at times," she said.
"I would imagine so," Daisuke said while watching her. "How did you injure your shoulder in the first place?"
"Oh, in a basketball match," she answered. "A player collided with me just as I was about to take the shot and I landed wrong or something."
"Hm," Daisuke nodded, "I can't believe I've not been to watch you play yet. Tell me when your next match is and I'll see if I can manage to come and see you play."
Mac grinned at him and promised she would. Just then Sato entered the room and gave his son a look before looking at Mac.
"Are you ready for your lesson, Potter-san?" he asked.
"Yes, professor," Mac said.
Daisuke got up and waved at her before leaving the office and closed the door behind him.
...
Mac quickly learned that just because her professor had said she was ready to take her OWLs or Ordinary Wizarding Level as it also was called, didn't mean that she would have less work to do. In fact, he seemed to add to the work she was already doing and tried to make her brain take in more information than she thought possible.
That was not counting the fact that he told her to review what she had learned until now seeing that everything could be asked about in the exams.
Right now she was working on her Charms lessons and she had to put the Patronus on hold for a moment as she focused on the Stunning Spell. She read in her book, the Standard Book of Spells, Grade 5, about how it was meant to render the target unconscious or semiconscious.
"What is the incarnation for the Stunning Charm?" Professor Sato asked.
"Stupefy," Mac answered without hesitation.
"Good," he nodded.
He continued to ask questions about the spell and had her perform the spell on a training dummy while observing her casting the spell. She was pleased when he nodded and didn't say anything to correct her.
When he felt she had reviewed the stunning spell enough he moved the focus over to other spells like the Disarming Spell, Banishing Charm and Levitation Charm before he decided that it was enough with Charms and moved over to Potions.
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Too Academy
"Look at this, Mac," Ueno said holding up a small necklace. "I like it."
"It's nice," Mac nodded. "Do you want to buy it?"
They were in a small market that was selling everything from clothes and necklaces to food and candy. They had walked past it on their way back from a martial arts lesson and Yuki had complimented her and even Matsumoto had seen her in action that day and told her that she had made a lot of progress.
Mac felt better now that she knew some defence and knew she could now defend herself rather well, but she would still continue with the lessons. She actually liked it.
"Yes, I think I will," Ueno nodded and turned to the lady behind the stand who immediately turned her attention to the younger girl.
Mac looked around wondering if the street market would be fun to visit with Daiki. She blushed slightly at the thought of having a date with him here, but she wondered if he would find it too boring. Daiki had been distracted at school earlier and Mac was a little worried about why. He had just said he had something he was thinking about and would tell her later, but she couldn't help but worry.
Thinking about Daiki led Mac's thoughts to their friends and how to tell them that she was now dating Daiki. She frowned slightly at the thought. She should have told them already even if it was less than a week since it happened. They should know.
Yet, a part of her wanted to keep it to herself right now. Not because she didn't trust her friends or wanted to hide her relationship with Daiki. She was by no means ashamed by it and had felt really pleased when Daiki had claimed her as his girlfriend in front of Imayoshi and the rest of the team. It was just… so new and she felt happy and wanted to keep it that way.
But, Seijuro…she really wanted to tell Seijuro about Daiki. He was her best friend (besides Daiki of course) and the one she really wanted to call to talk to about it. She almost had several times, but then she thought about the protectiveness he was so prone to show around her and she had put the phone down. He would start talking about how Daiki had hurt her and how he would not allow anyone to hurt her again and right now…Mac didn't feel like defending her relationship.
At least now over the phone. If they were face to face then Mac was sure she could get him to calm down but over the phone…well, it was anyone's guess how that would turn out, she thought with a small shudder.
She had not told Ueno about Daiki yet either. She wouldn't until she had told Seijuro and the others, but she kind of wanted to have a friend that was a girl to gush about it. While she was unlike most girls in regards to a lot of things, she never really understood or enjoyed the things the girls in her class talked about. That was why she didn't really get along with them most of the time. She did sometimes wish for someone to talk to that wasn't more likely to go into full protective mode when she talked about a boy.
She sighed just as Ueno grabbed her arm to get her attention making Mac realise she had spaced out longer than she thought.
"Come on, Mac," Ueno had bought the necklace and was now dragging at her arm to get her attention. Mac smiled apologetically at the other girl.
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"Mac-chin!"
Mac blinked and then spun around as she heard the familiar voice and grinned. She spotted him easily standing just a little farther down between a couple of stands (that was of course filled with sweets) towering over the others in the market. If the height wasn't enough to make him stand out in the crowd then the half-long purple hair was another contributing factor.
"Murasakibara!" Mac grinned and took a step toward him as he was already coming at her and suddenly she was crushed in a bone-crushing hug against his chest.
"Mac-chin," he said again and she felt his chest rumble as he spoke. "I missed you, Mac-chin."
Mac pulled away and smiled gently up at the taller boy who was smiling and the lazy look he normally had on his face was gone as he showed just how happy he was to see her. She felt a stab of warmth fill her as she noticed it.
"I missed you too, Murasakibara," she smiled. "How are you?"
"I'm good," he said.
Mac turned around when she heard a small cough behind her and saw Ueno watching them curiously making Mac smile as she waved the other girl over.
"Ueno, this is one of my friends from Teiko," Mac said, "Murasakibara Atsushi. Murasakibara, this is Ueno Setsuko."
Atsushi nodded at her and then Mac noticed that a boy, shorter than Atsushi, stepped up beside him and smiled politely at her.
"Hello," he greeted her. "I'm Himuro Tatsuya."
"Hey," Mac said before looking over at Atsushi who smiled over his bag of chips he had opened and was already starting to eat it. "Potter Mackenzie, nice to meet you."
He nodded, "Atsushi has told me a lot about you, Potter-san."
Mac felt a little warmer at the thought that Atsushi had talked about her. She knew she hadn't been very good at keeping in touch with the other boy and she felt rather bad about it.
"Murasakibara you need to eat proper food as well," Mac reminded him. "Not just sweets."
"I know, Mac-chin," he told her. "Muro-chin takes care of me."
Mac glanced at Himuro who just smiled politely at her and Mac had a little trouble seeing past his mask. She was aware that he was putting up a mask now and she wondered what he was thinking.
"Well," Mac said bringing herself out of her thoughts, "thank you for looking out for Murasakibara, Himuro-kun."
"He's my teammate," Himuro shrugged.
Mac nodded before looking back at her old teammate and friend. She blinked when she suddenly had a bag of candy in her hands. She looked up at Atsushi who had pushed the bag into her hands.
"For you," he simply said.
"Thank you," Mac smiled at him knowing that he didn't share his sweets with many people if any at all, but he had shared with her quite often back at Teiko. It was his way to show that he cared and Mac really appreciated that.
...
"What are you doing here, Murasakibara?" Mac finally asked.
He shrugged and looked around the market with curiosity and interest and she could see how his purple eyes lit up when he spotted something he liked.
"Aka-chin told me to come," he said absentmindedly.
"Seijuro did?" Mac blinked surprised.
Why had he done that?
"Mm," Atsushi hummed.
"Why?"
"Don't know," Atsushi shrugged and Mac sighed.
She knew Atsushi would do what Seijuro told him to without asking for a reason and therefore asking more out of the taller boy would do her no good. Her mind, though, was thinking on why Seijuro would demand that Atsushi would come all the way from Akita.
They started to walk through the market and Mac was aware of Ueno watching them curiously as Atsushi made sure to walk beside Mac. Himuro was walking on Atsushi's other side in silence but Mac was sure he was paying attention.
"Aka-chin told me that you and Kiyoshi broke up," Atsushi suddenly said.
"He did, did he?" Mac glanced at her tall friend.
He nodded.
"He hurt Mac-chin," Atsushi scowled. "I'll crush him for you, Mac-chin."
"There's no need for that, Murasakibara," Mac told him quickly. "Teppei is still my friend and I would rather you treat him as such."
Atsushi shook his head.
"No, he hurt you," Atsushi said stubbornly. "I will make him pay when we play him. He can't hurt my friend."
"Don't do that," Mac frowned at him. "I told you and I told Seijuro, Teppei is a good guy and not someone who would hurt anyone intentionally. I'm the one who hurt him more than he hurt me."
The guilt flared up in her gut again and especially now that she had started a relationship with Daiki… should she maybe tell Kiyoshi? Did she owe him that? Or would that just hurt him?
"Impossible," Atsushi scoffed.
Mac sighed exasperatedly. Atsushi just like Seijuro and the others seemed to think that she was unable to hurt anyone and had way too high expectations of her. She didn't say anything else because she knew it would do no good. She just hoped that he would have calmed down somewhat before they were going to play Seirin.
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Tetsuya stood in the locker room quietly as he stared at the phone in his hands. More precisely the text on the phone where the order from Seijuro was pretty clear.
Be at the street court by Teiko at 7 pm today. No excuses.
It came out of nowhere and Tetsuya honestly couldn't tell why Seijuro ordered him to come and meet him. Was it just him or was it the rest of them as well? He hoped that because he wasn't sure he wanted to meet Seijuro alone…
He did feel bad for thinking that but he just couldn't help but feel nervous around his former captain. Especially after having hurt Mac when he stupidly blamed her for the last match against Meiko.
"…Kuroko?"
Tetsuya blinked and looked behind him to see the others looking at him and he realised he must have missed a question or something.
"Sorry," he said quietly, "what did you say?"
Hyuga frowned worriedly at him.
"We asked if Kagami had said anything to you?" Hyuga repeated.
And then Tetsuya noticed the way they all seemed really worked up and tense, Hyuga seemed to be in clutch mode.
"Oh," Tetsuya said. "Um, no. I haven't talked to him."
"Eh?"
"You could've asked him or something!" Hyuga exclaimed.
He turned toward his Captain blankly.
"Sorry," he said. "Recently it's been a little difficult for me to talk to Kagami-kun."
He swallowed as he remembered the words Taiga had said after the loss against Too. The way he felt and how…alone he suddenly felt. Even now with the rest of the team, he felt alone and worried. Would Taiga really think the same thing as Daiki did?
This might be our limit. I thought we could go further. But look at us. In the face of overwhelming power, I don't think we can win just by working together.
That lead to another memory that still stung and he tried really hard not to remember, but the words Taiga had spoken had awoken those words that had signalled the change for him back in Teiko.
Tetsu, I don't think you're wrong, but… I can't. I'll never find what I'm looking for. The only one who can beat me is me.
Tetsuya repressed a sigh as he picked up his bag and walked out of the locker room. He just couldn't deal with their worried looks and questions. Not now.
His mind was split between wondering about what Seijuro wanted and about worrying about Taiga. It kind of felt like a war in his mind and he really couldn't concentrate on anything.
...
Daiki could practically feel Seijuro glaring at him. Daiki wasn't sure if the fact that Seijuro hadn't said a word was a good thing or not, he could still feel the heterochromatic eyes glaring at him. It wasn't difficult to guess what he would be saying either.
Ryota was chatting excitedly at them being together again, or not everyone yet because Tetsuya and Atsushi were still missing. Meaning that it was only Daiki, Ryota, Shintaro and, of course, Seijuro there for now. Of all of them, Ryota was the only one speaking unaware of the tension in the air between Daiki and Seijuro, while Shintaro was observing the two closely (though he tried to pretend that he was bored).
"Hello," a quiet voice suddenly said out of nowhere and Daiki jumped.
Tetsuya was standing there looking at him with a deadpanned expression and Daiki almost felt like smiling as he remembered all the times he had done that before.
"Tetsuya;" Seijuro nodded shortly.
"Kuroko-cchi!" Ryota beamed and hugged the boy around the neck.
It was another familiar action and Daiki felt like he had stepped back into the past or something, but he knew he hadn't and swallowed as he felt Seijuro glaring at him again. This was not going to be fun.
"So, why did you call us here, Akashi-cchi?" Ryota asked letting go of Tetsuya and turned to Seijuro.
"Atsushi's still not here," Seijuro said.
"Murasakibara-chhi?" Ryota blinked. "He's coming too? All the way from Yosen?"
Seijuro didn't answer.
Shintaro sighed from his place on the bench and Daiki glanced at the cat figurine he had in his left hand before looking away again as he felt the Shutoku player look at him.
"I'm fine, Murasakibara," they heard a familiar voice say and they all turned to see Murasakibara rounding a corner, but he wasn't alone. He was carrying Mac over his shoulder.
Daiki scowled as he saw them instantly jealous seeing Atsushi carrying Mac. Mac didn't look very happy about being carried, but not angry either, Daiki noticed. She looked more exasperated, really.
"Mac-chin is hurt," Atsushi protested.
"What?" Daiki asked before he could stop himself and was already walking over toward them. "Kenzie?!"
Mac somehow managed to twist so she could see him and she rolled her eyes.
"I'm fine," she put emphasis on the last word. "I just twisted my ankle slightly when I didn't look where I was going."
Daiki still manage to pull her off Atsushi's shoulder and into his own arms and helped set her down on her feet, but he noticed her not putting too much weight on her left foot. She leaned on him and allowed him to help her to a bench.
He immediately sat down and looked at her left ankle and noticed that it was a little swollen and red. She winced when he touched it.
"Sorry," he said quickly.
"It's fine," she smiled at him. "Don't worry so much, Daiki."
He frowned at her, "how did you twist your ankle?"
"I told you," Mac said. "I didn't watch where I was going and stepped wrong. My ankle twisted slightly, but it will be fine."
Daiki still frowned and looked down at the ankle he still was supporting. He briefly wondered how even her feet looked cute, but he quickly pushed the thought away as he stood and noticed the others watching them mostly curiously and worried, but Seijuro was looking calculating.
...
"Soo…" Mac broke the silence. "Murasakibara wouldn't tell me why you were all meeting."
Her sharp green eyes looked over them all and landed on Seijuro who met her eyes with a blank look. She narrowed her eyes at him.
"Seijuro?"
He met her eyes before looking away again and she noticed him looking at Daiki.
"Daiki?" She asked confused now.
Just what was going on? What did they have planned? Why hadn't they told her that they were going to meet?
"Akashi-cchi hasn't told us why we are meeting," Ryota spoke up.
Mac quickly glanced around at the others and saw that they too looked clueless about what had caused Seijuro to call them. Or….almost all of them. Daiki looked uncomfortable and nervous.
"You didn't intend for me to come, did you," she said.
"No," Seijuro said looking at Atsushi. "Not right now."
Atsushi frowned as he looked at Seijuro over the new bag of chips he was in the process of opening.
"Mac-chin wasn't coming?" he asked confused. "Oh."
Mac sighed tiredly.
"Why were you with him?" Daiki asked.
"I was visiting a market with Ueno after my lesson and we ran into Murasakibara," Mac shrugged. "It was a coincidence."
Seijuro sighed but he then turned around to look at Daiki. His eyes cold and calculating as he stared at the taller boy.
...
"You're dating Mac," he suddenly said.
Mac startled as her eyes jumped to Seijuro and she felt her mouth open shocked. She heard the others gasp and could practically feel them looking between her and Daiki, but she didn't care. She was just looking at Seijuro who was still staring at Daiki. How did he know that?
"Why should I let you date her, Daiki?" Seijuro asked in a quiet yet severe voice.
"What?"
"Aomine-cchi and Mac-cchi?"
"Eh?"
"Let?" Mac whispered to herself as she stared at Seijuro who ignored everyone else in favour of focusing on Daiki.
"I don't need your permission, Akashi," Daiki said but he looked a little uncomfortable. "I care for Kenzie and it's her choice to be with me or not."
Again someone gasped at the bold statement from Daiki because no one really spoke to Seijuro like that. At least no one who wasn't Mac.
"I told you about me and Kenzie because…" Daiki glanced at her and she blinked at him, "because Kenzie really cares about you and I know that you are important to her, so… I wanted you to know and to support her because your support would mean the most to her."
He had told Seijuro? He had called him and told him that they were dating now? Mac wasn't sure what to think. A part of her felt touched by the fact that he had done that for her, but another part felt…what? She frowned as she was unable to say just what she felt, sad? No, not quite but close enough, like she had wanted to tell Seijuro herself.
She looked at Seijuro and saw the pensive look on his face as he was still watching Daiki. His eyes never leaving him and it was like he was trying to read him or see through him or something.
"You hurt her," Seijuro spoke up again. "Don't deny it, Mac."
The last part was said without looking at her and she scowled slightly.
"I know I did," Daiki sounded so pained and Mac automatically reached out and grabbed his hand. He squeezed her hand in return. "I know and I…I will never forgive myself for that."
The silence lasted between them. Mac wasn't sure just what Seijuro was looking for or waiting for before he finally looked away from Daiki and his eyes found hers. He was now looking at her with a serious look and then his eyes softened.
"I will not care that you're my friend Daiki if you hurt Mac," Seijuro spoke up. "I let her talk me out from going after Kiyoshi, but nothing she says will keep me from going after you if you ever hurt her. Do you understand?"
Daiki swallowed but he nodded. "I wouldn't expect anything else."
"Honestly!" Mac scowled at the two. "I can take care of myself, you know!"
"We know," Seijuro smiled wryly, "just putting it out there, though."
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"You really are dating now?" Ryota asked when it seemed like Seijuro had calmed down and was done threatening Daiki.
Mac looked up at him to find his looking at her with a sharp look in his yellow eyes and glanced over at Daiki.
"Yes," Mac nodded and fought the blush she knew would be creeping up her neck. "We are."
Ryota just stared at them before he turned to Daiki and gave him a look that was more serious than he had ever given him before.
"You treat her right or you will have to deal with me," Ryota told him. "Mac-cchi is special and you better treat her like a princess!"
Daiki blinked a little surprised by the intensity Ryota spoke with but he just nodded and Mac could tell it was difficult for him to not snap something back.
"I'll crush you if you hurt Mac-chin, Mine-chin," Atsushi said not even eating his chips as he stared at Daiki.
...
Mac sighed as she watched her friends threaten Daiki and she wondered just why it was like this everytime she was dating someone. She knew that they wouldn't listen to her now that they had started.
She was a little surprised that Daiki hadn't snapped yet. She was expecting him to do that when the others threatened him.
"Are you happy?" a quiet voice asked.
Mac glanced to her left and saw Tetsuya looking at her and she realised that he hadn't joined in on the threatening. She smiled at him.
"Yeah," she nodded and glanced over at Daiki with a soft smile on her lips. "I am."
Tetsuya nodded.
"Then that's good," he said, "I knew you liked him."
She blinked a little surprised before she smiled and realised she shouldn't be surprised that he had known.
"Thank you, Tetsu," she said.
He nodded again but before she could say anything else she suddenly had a blond boy attached around her neck and a loud voice calling into her ear:
"Mac-cchi!"
"Kise," Mac grimaced and rubbed her ear as she tried to get free from the now clingy boy. "I rather like my hearing, you know."
"Kise," Daiki scowled at the blond boy.
"You still have to share Mac, Aomine-cchi!" Ryota declared stubbornly and hugged Mac closer.
Mac was just glad he wasn't shouting right into her ear anymore.
"Yeah, Mac-chin is ours," Atsushi nodded as he too joined them and pulled Mac from Ryota and hugged her as well.
Mac sighed but she hugged him back and patted his back.
Shintaro gave her a nod and a small smile that told her enough and she could tell he felt uncomfortable with the situation but she knew he cared so she smiled back at him as she suddenly was in front of Seijuro who arched a brow at her.
"You should not be on your feet," he said and she shrugged.
"I'm fine," she said.
He rolled his eyes very unlike him but Mac felt her lips twitch at him in amusement and limped over to the bench and sat down.
"Happy?" she asked.
"Tremendously," Seijuro deadpanned.
...
Somewhere in England
Remus frowned as he watched the house where the Dursley family lived. Despite his desperate wish to see Mac he had decided to observe the house before he would approach them. A part of him just wanted to see her, to see how she was before he would go and meet her. Another part…was scared. It wasn't very Gryffindor of him, he knew that, but he had looked for so long and…and now it was just within reach and he was afraid of what lied ahead. The unknown.
But as the days had passed he started to get scared for another reason, a reason that had his insides all jumbled up and his wolf closer to the surface as his worry increased. Because he had not seen anyone in that house that could be Mac. From what he could tell there was only living three people in that house and none of them was his best friends little girl.
Why wasn't she there? Was she away on a holiday or something? Was that why she wasn't there? Or maybe she was attending a boarding school? Reasons and possible explanations flashed in his mind but all of them seem untrue and less likely than the next to him. Something deep inside of him told him that the reason for why she wasn't there was because something had happened and she hadn't been there for a long time, if at all.
Then where was she? Where was Mac? He had to know and he couldn't keep himself from marching up to the door, up the immaculate driveway and ring the doorbell.
He knew they were home. He could hear them inside the house (thanks to his wolf and his sensitive hearing) they were in the living room watching television. Though, he could hear light steps coming toward the door and soon it opened and revealed a tall, skinny woman with a long neck and blond hair.
"We're not interested," Petunia snapped at him obviously mistaking him for a salesman of some sort.
"Hello Petunia," Remus greeted softly. "It's been a while since we last met."
"Who are you?" Petunia demanded before her eyes swiped over him and grimaced at what he presumed was disgust over his worn clothes.
"You don't remember me, Petunia?" Remus asked like it was a disappointment but he didn't really care at all. "I'm Remus Lupin, we met at Lily and James' wedding."
She paled as her eyes went round and she opened and closed her mouth without anything coming out. She backed up and shook her head.
"No, no," she whispered. "I-I don't know-know what you're talking-talking about."
He arched a brow at the stuttering and his sensitive hearing picked up on the accelerated breath coming from her.
"I think you do," Remus said calmly. "We need to talk, Petunia."
Remus felt cold. He could not pick up any familiar scents. Even if he hadn't seen Mac since she was 15 months old he would still recognise her scent. And he could tell with utmost certainty that she had never been in that house.
Without caring that he was impolite or scaring Lily's sister he stepped inside the house and levelled her with his most serious look. A look Sirius and James had learned meant business back in the day. They always feared him when he got that look and he was now looking at the cowering woman.
"Vernon!" Petunia screeched loudly.
The sound of someone heaving themselves up from the sofa followed and heavy footsteps came closer before a heavyset man appeared in the doorway. He paled before going red in the face seeing him.
"What are you doing in here?!" Vernon yelled. "You are breaking and entering!"
Remus rolled his eyes at the man.
"Like I told your wife," Remus said calmly, "we need to have a little chat. Why don't we go into your living room, eh?"
Something in his voice or eyes perhaps seemed to throw the two Dursley's off and they backed up into the living room and Remus saw their son sitting in a chair watching television and eating ice cream. He blinked when he spotted Remus though and looked to his parents.
"Go to your room, Dudders," Petunia told him hurriedly.
"I want to watch the show!" Dudley whined.
"Now." Vernon said.
Dudley got up and stomped out of the room and up the stairs with loud stomps that shook the house.
...
Remus looked around the room and noticed with a shudder of disgust the overly flowery wallpapers and the laced curtains making the room way too, well something. He noticed all the pictures scattered around the room and he could tell that there was no picture of Mac in the room and he felt the anger inside of him build.
"What do you want?" Vernon demanded.
"I'm looking for Mackenzie Potter," Remus said turning around to face them.
He saw how they paled and took notice of the way they shifted on their feet and exchanged worried looks.
"We don't know anyone by that name!" Vernon said in what he thought was a confident tone.
Remus narrowed his eyes and had to work to not let go of his temper that was rapidly rising.
"Do not lie to me," Remus warned them quietly. "I know for a fact that you were given Mackenzie Potter after James and Lily died. I know you lived in Privet Drive number four before you moved. I know Mackenzie was with you there. So, tell me the truth: Where is Mackenzie?!"
He let his wand slip out and took some pleasure in their fearful looks when they spotted it and he twirled it in his hand.
"She…She's not here," Petunia whimpered.
"I can see that" Remus growled his patience slipping as he gripped his wand tighter. "Where. Is. She?!"
Petunia and Vernon exchanged worried looks and Remus started to really fear the worst. His breath picked up and he could hear his heartbeat speeding faster in his chest as he stared at them. Sparks shut out of his wand without him meaning to but it caused the two Dursley's to jump and eye him warily.
"Tell me!" Remus yelled finally snapping.
"We can't."
"Why?" Remus narrowed his amber eyes glaring at them.
Vernon mumbled something and Petunia was so pale now that Remus wondered if he could see through her skin.
"You really don't want me to ask you again, Petunia," Remus told her. "Where is Mackenzie?!"
Petunia swallowed.
"She…she ran away," Petunia said.
Remus stilled.
"What?"
Ran away? That…
"She ran away," Petunia repeated quietly not looking at Remus.
"When?" Remus asked his eyes watching the blond woman closely.
"Years ago," Petunia whispered.
"Years ago," Remus looked at her. "And you never reported it?"
Silence.
"I know. There have been no police reports about Mackenzie at all," Remus said. "If she ran away why didn't you go to the police? Why didn't you tell Dumbledore?"
"We…we didn't live here," Petunia whispered.
"Then where did you live?" Remus asked feeling like he was pulling a tooth or something.
"Tokyo," Petunia finally said.
Remus stilled completely as he stared at Petunia. His mind was spinning as he stared at her.
"You're telling me that Mackenzie ran away from home in Tokyo?" Remus asked. "Like Tokyo, Japan?!"
Petunia nodded minutely.
"What the bloody…" Remus stopped himself and inhaled trying to calm down. He wouldn't get answers if he lost control over himself. "You lost Mackenzie. How could you…!"
...
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AN: So, the GOM now knows about Mac and Daiki... do you think they reacted like they should? And don't worry, there will be a little more bonding between them in the next chapter before they return to their own schools once more :) It felt great having them all at one place again!
And the Dursley's... yup, they lied... imagine them telling Remus that they abandoned Mac? He would not react well to that... Anyway, Remus is closing in on Mac now... What do you think about that? Like it? Hate it?