Bandit King

Chapter 15

King of the Spirit

Rosette Potter lay in bed snuggled under her covers as her mind whirled with the weirdness of the last few days, and especially that night. Her brother knew some extremely strange people. She still felt a little tingly thinking about Kairi. That thought made her feel heat in her cheeks as she remembered she had masturbated in front of Hermione. Though, at least she never took her knickers off or something like that, and Hermione was always so shy while talking about sex, and had to force herself to speak about what she did with Harry. It was kind of amusing in an adorable kind of way.

Luckily, Rose hadn't drunk much of the champaign, so she didn't feel any hangover type event happening to her. That was lucky, and she looked at the watch on her dresser and it showed she had three hours until she had to be on the train to school for round two. Hopefully, the Death Eaters might have had enough losing for the past few days that they'll leave everyone alone for a while at least.

Yawning a little and stretching her pathetic muscles, she sat up in bed. She felt a little relieved to see Hermione had already gotten ready while she slept, and had left the room. Therefore, Rose hopped out of bed and rubbed sleepy from her eyes before pulling a towel out of the dresser she slipped into the shower and pulling off her panties and bra and placing them on the side, she would take them with her for the school elves to clean since she wouldn't have time to wash them herself.

The shower was nice and refreshing, and once done she dried off and climbed into a clean set of white undies and her school uniform since they were going to be apparated to the train station, so she might as well go in her uniform to save her digging out her robe or having to find a cute enough outfit to wear.

Rose had just finished doing up her hair when she was startled by a huge bang-bang-bang on her bedroom door. Rose had startled further when she next heard some kind of blast hit her door. Yet the door oddly bulged inwards towards Rose for a moment, but it held, as that was how they were supposed to defend their occupants as giving a little kept their stability. She had to hand it to the dark side; they made some good quality magical doors – or they bought good quality at least as she doubted, they made them their-selves.

"OPEN UP!" Rose wasn't surprised that Ronald the bastard was attacking her door. "I know you're in there doing things with my sister and girlfriend!" he roared and Rose looked around.

"Is he talking about me?" Rose asked herself quietly while Ronald kept slamming on her door in jealous fury. "No, does he think Harry's in my room shagging Hermione and Ginny in front of me or something?"

Then, Rose staggered and almost fell to her knees as she had never felt power like it before. The banging stopped and it felt like hell had opened up in the hallway. Was that Harry's aura? That felt nothing like those hints she felt before. This was cold and full of an anger that Harry had never shown before. Then the wall one side of the door cracked as something was rammed into it.

Staggering to the door, Rose unlocked it and pulled it open. She looked down as Ron was splayed on the floor staring down the corridor in terror as he struggled to scoot further away. Rose looked to see Harry was there wearing a neat black suit with dark silver pinstripes and a neat white shirt and a waistcoat with a black tie with his hair in neat disarray, looking good. Ginny stood next to Harry in her school robes and was staring in open mouthed horror and awe while Harry looked like he was looking at something on his phone without a care in the world.

"You don't have to break the house, Kairi," Harry commented in mild disappointment as he placed his phone away.

"Hey, Rose!" Kairi said and Rose gulped as her attention was finally drawn to where she didn't want to look.

Next to Rose's door with her right fist still half in the solid wall was the beautiful Asian girl, and though she still looked as amazing as ever, and she was dressed in the same clothes from the night before, though her coat was undone and her scarf was loose, but her aura of malice was thick with power; it was like murky pinks and purples and blacks filling the hallway. It was like Rose could see the daemonic creature that hid beneath that sexy human exterior, and it was strangely even more beautiful if that was possible, in a terrifying and horrifying way that was inexplainable, even within her own mind.

Kairi's cool dark eyes were fully black now and swept from Rose and back to Ronald and he looked like he might have already shit himself. "You dare!?" Kairi demanded coldly as she pulled her fist from the wall. "A pathetic weakling like you deserves nothing!" she said and her voice seemed coated in magic now like her words could wipe Ronald out of existence.

"Ronald Weasley!" They were interrupted by a shaky growl of anger as a ginger haired man wearing his everyday suit robes stood on the stairs leading from above, his fists clenched and teeth bared while his eyes were blazing, and Ron seemed to scoot back further while Bill turned to Harry and Ginny.

Harry looked at him and smiled. "Don't ask me, mate, Ginny was just keeping me and Kairi company as we were all up a little early – he's not even at the right door," Harry said while chuckling without any concern before turning to Kairi, and pulling her to him with his right arm around her waist. "Calm down, you've made your point, and probably everyone else's too."

Kairi sighed with a pout as her eyes returned to normal and the aura of despair faded away and Ronald scrambled to his feet.

"I-I'll get you for this!" Ronald roared in anger while panting for breath and sweating. "Where's Hermione. I know you have her!"

"I'm here!" Hermione interrupted angrily from the stairs leading up from downstairs where Molly Weasley was standing behind her and even Kairi grimaced at that look, but Ron wasn't that bright. "We're through, Ronald, and if you bother me or my friends again, I will go to the Aurors Office!"

"Shut up!" Ronald roared. "You don't get any say in this!"

Mrs. Weasley gently pushed passed Hermione and Ginny would later tell them that she had never, never-ever, never-never-never-ever seen her mother with a look like that before, anger and tears, and disgust, and then Ronald collapsed to the floor after his mother slapped him with the slap to end all slaps (well, Harry and Kairi could kill him with a slap, but still). Ronald crumpled like tissue paper and started bawling his eyes out, crying and whimpering.

"Bill, please take your brother and his things and leave him on the platform to school!" Mrs. Weasley said coldly. "He doesn't deserve breakfast, and I don't want to look at him any more than I have to."

"Sure mum," Bill agreed.

"Do you want me to come with you?" asked a stunning young blonde woman from behind him on the stairs using a French accent.

"Nah, Fleur, I got this!" he replied as he grabbed his brother by his upper arm, and forced him to stand before marching him passed Hermione and down the stairs while all Ron could do was sob.

Mrs. Weasley took a gentle breath before turning a semi-smile to Kairi. "I'm sorry my youngest son has… turned into a fool… are you a friend of Harry's?"

"Yeah, we've been friends for years," she agreed with a smile. "I'm Kairi Serami! It's no problem. Men and women like that… sometimes get over themselves… or… well…"

"I see," Mrs. Weasley agreed with a nod before turning and taking the stairs back down.

"What are you?" Rose asked while turning to Kairi.

Kairi smiled while shrugging. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you."

"You're a Spirit Yokai, aren't you?" Fleur asked in concern.

Shaking her head, Kairi laughed. "No, I'm not. I will say you're on the right track though, but even magical people have issues seeing spirits like that… and it would-."

"What's a Spirit Yokai?" Hermione interrupted quickly in confusion; afraid she wouldn't get her chance. "Isn't a Yokai a demonic spirit or something anyway? I've read about a few things like that in a book on spirits. So, isn't the name a bit redundant?"

"She means Nature Yokai," Harry answered. "When nature dies it can be reborn as a destructive demonic being, and will take the form of a nearby creature once born. Even nature can have a hissy fit when it dies. But the destruction has to be huge to make a massive joint regret for well over a million spirits… thankfully or that could be fucked up for humanity – we tend to piss off nature, a lot."

"Yeah, you would know if I was a bijū," Kairi said thoughtfully. "Or maybe you wouldn't. But even a Tamer can't control anything like them, well; there have been legends."

"Kairi is actually kind of human," Harry said which caused her to pout and the others to look sceptical. "Her family are Tamers. They aren't human in the way you might think. They're born without living spiritual energy, but yokai instead, and when that yokai builds as they age, boom; their own power tears them apart. Therefore, when they reach a certain age, they summon an otherworldly being and share their bodies with it, so that it… the being of yokai can regulate all that energy a living body can't."

Kairi shrugged. "I'm sorry, I let Kairi-chan's vicious side show."

"Before you ask most demons and angels or whatever you would want to call them, don't have names, so Kairi shares Kairi's name," Harry said while grinning. "They are the same and yet they aren't… trust me, you'll know which is which much easier with Kairi as she has a demonic yokai."

"So, what is that yogurt thing?" Rose asked in confusion.

"You mean Yokai?" Harry asked while she nodded. "Yokai is the opposite of chakra or ki. Its spiritual energy but whereas ki and chakra and chi are terms used for living spirit energy, yokai is non-living spiritual energy – energy from beyond the living worlds like from, I suppose you could say heaven and hell, but not… it's a bit of a tricky dilemma as no one really understands it to be honest, but plenty of people still research it now, and they likely will for as long as the Earth exists. But anyway, how are you, Hermione after everything that just happened, you probably shouldn't be so… interested in-."

"No, its okay," Hermione said timidly. "Breaking up with that-that idiot has been a long time coming. I'm actually relieved, and this is all so much more fascinating than Ronald being a… pillock."

"Wow, you can self-censor!" Fleur said while shaking her head. "Because pillock is being extremely kind," she said before slipping passed Hermione and disappearing down the stairs.

"I should probably get going, too," Kairi said with a smile. "You guys have to get off to school soon, and I have the day off, so I think I'll grab a sandwich, complete an errand someone wants me to run." She smirked at Harry here, to show it was his errand that she agreed to run. "Then I'll probably go and hang out with Sahara if she's free," she said before kissing both Harry and Ginny, which they returned, and then stealing a kiss from Rose's surprised lips and tried to get Hermione but she shyly moved back, and then Kairi was gone leaving Harry and the three girls alone.

"You have some weird friends, but I like her, she's fun," Rose commented while Harry could only nod in agreement.

"Is it weird that I think Dark-Kairi is really awesome too?" Ginny asked as a silence gathered for a moment.

Rose giggled while shaking her head. "Of course not, because she is, but that's mainly because she put Ronald in his place."

Hermione quivered. "I could feel that energy from downstairs."

"So, who's more powerful?" Rose asked as she turned a smirk to Harry. "You or Kairi?"

Harry chuckled as he walked passed them towards the stairs leading down, and with a slight smirk and tensing of muscles it was like gravity itself forced all three girls to their knees with wide eyes they looked up as Harry passed them as they could feel something they couldn't decipher – pure power. It lasted less than a second but left the girls panting for breath and shaking on their hands and knees before that pressure listed and Harry had snuck away.

"D-did you have to ask?" Ginny panted out as she pushed herself to sit up against the wall with Rose staggering to sit next to her moments later while Hermione looked sick as she crawled to sit opposite.

"I'm guessing that was ki?" Hermione stuttered out as she took some deep breaths to calm down.

"What is ki exactly?" Ginny asked while Rose turned and looked to Hermione in question too.

Hermione rolled her eyes as her breathing calmed. "Do you two ever read anything that a teacher doesn't force on us?" she asked and their looks said everything. "Well, I think ki, chakra, and chi are all the same thing, or at least very similar. I'll call it ki for now. Its lifeforce energy to put it in simple terms. Its normally associated with Eastern Martial Arts. I read about some magic like techniques you can use that they call, Martial Artes… spelt differently, with an e after the t in arts," Hermione interrupted with a sheepish shrug as she saw the rebuttal coming. "I thought it was kind of silly, Luna conspiracy sort of stuff at the time as I couldn't imagine anyone being that strong before. I stumbled across the book while trying to help you with the tournament during our fourth year… it was kind of extremely well written," she said sheepishly looking to Rose. "I would normally put a book like that back down, but its not that easy to stumble across well written books in the Magical World, as they like to make things more complicated than they are, just to seem cleverer than they are, so it was interesting even if it didn't have much in the way of Martial Artes techniques, just talked about a few simple things but I didn't even try out of curiosity as I would never be strong or fit enough to pull them off even if I could use ki."

"So, Hogwarts actually has books on stuff like this?" Rose asked in awe as her lips turned into a wide smile. "I can't wait to see what Harry can actually teach us!"

"Yeah," Hermione agreed as she pulled herself up to her feet. "Anyway, I'm going to see if breakfast is done. I'm kind of hungry. I'll see you when you get there," she laughed with a surprising lightness as she knew her friends well enough that they would be procrastinating for a while so left them alone as she headed downstairs.

Rose smiled as she pulled Ginny's right arm around her shoulder and leaned on her friend while Ginny smiled and snuggled into her friend in return. "So, does Kairi have devil wings under her clothes?" Rose asked while giving her friend a sweet smile.

Ginny rolled her eyes as she kissed her friend's cheek and slid from her and to her feet. "No, but she has some really amazing tits," she said smugly while offering her hand. "Harry told me he knows… a couple of cutie-pies you might like though!"

Rose took her friends hand and allowed herself to be pulled up. "A couple?" Rose asked in surprise and delight.

"Yeah, wouldn't tell me the details, but whispered something to Kairi, and she thought it was a great idea," Ginny agreed while shrugging and hugging to her friends left arm, holding it tight to her body.

"So, by a couple, does Harry mean two dates?" Rose asked before licking her lips, "or two dates at the same time?"

Ginny shrugged as she linked her fingers through her friends' hand and held her tightly. "Who knows what kind of weirdo friends he might have just for you," Ginny said impishly as she pulled her friend after her and down the stairs to the first floor. "Maybe he has some sexy twins for you, two girls, no-no-no, two boys," she suggested smugly while Rose blushed brightly while thinking about how naughty either of those things were. "Or, twins, but a boy and girl…" Ginny snickered gleefully as it looked like Rose found that thought most appealing before she realised something.

"Don't perv on me and Harry at the same time, Ginevra!" Rose said while Ginny snickered. "But I will admit two cute twins like that would be… extremely sexy, but I doubt Harry would find some weirdo twins like that for me, silly."

"Rosette! Ginny!" Mrs. Weasley interrupted from the stairs from the ground floor to first, causing them to pause, but she didn't seem to have been listening in from the kind smile she wore so they let out breaths. "Breakfast will be ready in ten minutes, could you fetch June and Gabrielle while you're there, please?"

"Sure, Mrs. Weasley!" Rose agreed as she pulled Ginny to change direction down the first-floor corridor and to June and Gabrielle's room.

Rose knocked on the door. "June! Gabby!" Rose called out. "Breakie will be ready in a minute."

The door opened and Gabrielle stood there in her knickers and bra with eyepatch looking like she was fresh and happy for the day, and cute and someday likely sooner rather than later likely going to make June a really happy girl. Though, Rose internally shrugged that thought as Gabrielle already pampered June with ridiculous amounts of attention, love, and affection, so it would only get better if June accepted more from her best friend.

"Gabby" June complained as she was sat on one of the two beds in her Hogwarts uniform. "I could have answered the door. You need to hurry up and finish getting dressed silly, and especially not be answering the door in your undies!" she playfully reprimanded while giggling shyly.

"But it is only, Rosette and Ginevra," Gabrielle said while she got back to her Hogwarts uniform and the rest of her clothes while Ginny closed the door after them, just in case.

Rose sighed as she was a little surprised as Kir, Harry's snake familiar pushed himself up and curled up around Rose and Ginny. "That pale bird girl is a strange one!" the snake said in his strangely childlike voice, and once more Rose wondered whether she imagined the voice in a more human way.

"What did that silly snake say about me?" Gabrielle asked with a pout while doing up her skirt. She had likely seen the way he seemed to have pointed her way with his head. "I know he said something about me," she added while continuing to pout cutely.

"That you should hurry up!" June quickly said in case either her sister or Ginny told her the truth.

"I didn't say that!" Kir said. "Hey, June, you do know I understand your human talk?"

"I think she just didn't want to tell Gabby that you said she was strange," Rose whispered in parseltongue. "Plus, you kind of called her a bird girl."

"But she has the scent of an avion," Kir said thoughtfully. "I've met other bird girls, but none of them looked like humans… so she's strange… oh, and her lust for June is really weird, but then my human carries the scent of monkey and takes multiple females to nest at the same time, so I suppose that's not too strange, even though I know that's not quite normal human behaviour when mating."

"What's he saying now?" Gabrielle asked as the cutie was fully dressed and tying her last shoe while June was blushing sweetly and hoping no-one related Kir's words – word for word.

"Says you smell of birds and Harry smells of monkey," Rose said while shrugging.

Gabrielle frowned with a nod. "Well, I am a veela and Harry is human, so that's not exactly inaccurate, is it?" she asked thoughtfully.

"Do I smell of monkey?" Rose asked while turning to Kir.

"Reptile," he answered to her surprise.

"I think that's you," she said while the snake looked surprised like he wasn't sure before he looked like he would have shrugged if he had shoulders. Rose laughed and scratched him under the chin.

"I wish I had fingers," Kir said to her surprise. "Fingers look like they would be useful. If you ever find some magic so I can grow some hands, give me a shout. I asked Harry, and he said I'm a magical snake, so I should become an animagus, and I haven't had any luck turning into a human, so I don't think it works like that."

Rose burst out laughing with Ginny while June was giggling and Gabrielle pouted more as she stood. "Can someone translate?" Gabrielle asked hopefully as she wanted in on the joke. Therefore, June while still giggling told Gabrielle what Kir said and the small veela rolled her eyes. "Its not unheard of. There are lots of legends of animals taking on human form from all over the world, and if magical humans can turn into animals…?" she shrugged. "You should keep it up, and maybe, someday, it will work, so be more human about it. Humans can be very stubborn," Gabrielle said while petting the snake on the head before grabbing June's hand and pulling her from the room with a simple: 'come on' to Rose and Ginny.

"On evaluation, I think I like the strange bird girl!" Kir said with a nod while Rose and Ginny laughed with him this time and left the room following after the younger girls. "You must teach her parseltongue!" he added which somehow caused them to laugh more while he could only roll his dark eyes at them.