Here the next chapter, I tell you now he is short, I already began to translate the next one so in some days he will be out too. After with my job I'm not sure when it will be, it could be two days or a week but no much more than that.
Good reading and reviews are always welcomed.
Harry was excited by the idea of seeing a match of professional Quidditch. But he couldn't quite ignore the strange feeling that he had feel when , with Hermione and Ron, they went to bring water. Oh, he had localized the source, that was already that…
It was this strange woman, behind them in the queue. She had everything to pass herself as a muggle. Even the newsboy cap and the glasses on it making the disguise perfect.
Sill, there was something strange in her, but he couldn't put his finger on what;
His thoughts were in disrupted by Ron.
-Isn't that Zoro? He asked pointing at someone.
Indeed, staring at the scenery impassively, a bottle of alcohol in one hand, his swords in the other, Roronoa Zoro was going directly toward them with languid steps, but without seeing them.
-Hey, Zoro! Hermione called.
This caught the attention of the man with green hair who looked at them blinking, surprised to see them here.
-Oh, it's you. What are you doing in Shabaody? He asked them.
-Sha- what? Repeated Ron.
-Shabaody? But we are in Great Britain, Zoro. It's here that the finale of the Quidditch World Cup take place! Harry pointed out to him.
-Really? But I was so sure that the Dead Horse was in this direction…
The woman behind them tried to smother her giggle.
-Your sense of orientation is hopeless. How could you get lost so much! Hermione commented.
That's true that for this once, he went far, the Marimo
-Urusai! I'm not lost! I just did a detour! Blushed Zoro embarrassed like how he always is when someone commented on his lack of sense of orientation.
He glanced toward the blond with a cap and frowned.
-I know you, don't I?
-No! The blond assured.
-Ah? Well…
-ZORO! Someone yelled.
-Someone looking for you, Ron noted.
Zoro turned around and everyone could see a guy with some piece of metal on his body, and a beautiful blue haircut, the hands forming a megaphone, calling Zoro.
-This guy is only wearing a speedo and a Hawaiian shirt? Harry choked.
-Oï! Franky! Zoro called.
The man named Franky stopped calling the Marimo and came to catch him, dragging him by the collar behind him, wondering how the sword-man could be so lost. Two meters away, he apparated axay with Zoro.
-Should we worry for Zoro? This guy is a pervert, after all, Harry noted.
-No need, it's a guy of his crew, Hermione sighed.
They heard two persons before them begin to talk in Japanese, glancing at where Zoro stood a while ago. Though, looking at them, they didn't have anything Japanese in them.
One of them had black graying hair, pale skin and was smoking, and the guy beside him, his interlocutor, had the most epic pompadour, wavering between the red and the brown. Hermione listened to them attentively, a smile threatening to form on her lips.
-Oi, kaizoku-tachi! Called the woman behind them.
-Hun? The two before them answered.
The blond said something that made the man with the pompadour snorted in amusement. The brown haired man answered something, but the blond stared at Hermione who blushed seeing that she was taken in the act of eveasdroping.
This time, the two men raised an eyebrow and looked forward again.
Harry and Ron shared a glance above Hermione's head and thought that they would question her on their way back.
-I'm hungry and I'm bored… Will it be over soon?
Harry turned toward the blond behind him, but she didn't talk.
-What? She asked seeing Harry looking at her.
-Nothing, sorry, I though I heard… drop it.
And he turned forward once more.
Soon, it was their turn and once the buckets full, they walked back.
-What happened there, Harry? Ron asked.
-I just though I recognized a voice, but I must have made a mistake… You learned Japanese, Hermione?
-Yes, it was one of the class I took with the Time Turner last year. I made arrangements with Robin for her to help me with the language.
-We don't have her as a teacher, how do you want for her to help you? Ron inquired.
-Oh, Ron! From the Fourth year, until the seventh, it's her who give the History of Magic classes. And even then, if we want. She do the first class, after that, either we continue with her, or we go back with Binns. I don't know why it's organized like that, though. I didn't understand all of it, but from what I heard, the two men from before seemed to know Zoro very well and were remembering all his misadventures of his sense of orientation… until the woman called them back to order by telling them to keep the affairs of the Grand Line in the Grand Line.
-I wonder how they know Zoro, Ron mumbled.
-It's simple. The man who was smoking is Benn Beckman, the first-mate of Redhead Shanks. The man who came last year to put professor Dumbledore in his place, after what he did to Sabo. The other, with the pompadour, is one of Ace's colleague, if I can say that. The fourth commander Thatch.
Harry stopped brusquely.
-Harry?
-I already read this name somewhere…
-He has a bounty, that's normal, Hermione sighed.
-No, it's not that… it was in a letter of… - he looked around him to be sure that nobody was listening – in a letter from Sirius to the Professor Fushisho. Before my parent's death. You know, the one I told you about.
-The one saying that there was a change of Secret Keeper? Hermione asked.
-Yes, this one. Before that, it was mentioning the preparations of the Christmas meal. The professor was invited, with someone named Thatch…
-True, it's possible it is the same. It's not a very common name… Ron commented.
Koala stroked Shayna in her bag, and tried to keep herself from glancing toward the empty chair not far from her with suspicion.
For one, she was on a mission.
For another, to see a house elve remind her of bad memories. She groaned when Benn Beckmann sat just before her.
- [Move, Beckman! I'm smaller than you and you are not invisible!]
Benn stood up and passed in the row behind, where Koala was.
-[Take my place.]
-[What a Gentleman….]
And she took the seat the pirate just left, finding herself presently at the first row. She noted in the family of redhead a new recruit, who didn't even in her direction.
Good, Sabo had taught him well.
She sensed more than she saw Shanks' first-mate leaning forward.
-[Should I worry about the presence of a revolutionary here?]
Koala let out a chuckle and shook her head.
- [I don't cross swords with the Yonkou. Most of all not Akagami. Sabo would kill me. And it unadvised to make your future superior angry. Where is the Shirohige?]
-[We are not married, what could it do to me? I have enough problem with wondering if there still will be a ship when I return, with Okashira and his sudden urge to party…]
Koala tried very hard to not laugh.
-[So long as he don't go search a fight with Newgate, I think that there still are some hope! It would be foolish if Portgas is obliged to put his nii-chan in his place.]
- [Okashira will try to castrate Fushisho before. By the way… I though that we should leave the cases of the Grand Line, in the Grand Line?]
Koala ported one hand to her lips and gave a blow to Benn behind her, who avoid it chuckling.
-Asshole !
Benn continued simply to laugh.
On her seat, Hermione leaned toward Harry's ear discretely and whispered :
-The woman work with Sabo.
Harry nodded, ignoring his friend as she passed the information to Ron.
Luffy and his group had already found a compartment that they were sharing with Sabo. Usually, Ace would be a part of the group, but this year, he was staying obstinately on the platform, smiling mysteriously.
-Hurry up, Ace! Luffy said.
-Sorry Lu', not this year, Ace smiled playfully.
-What are you saying! If the old man realize that you aren't at Hogwarts…
-I will come to Hogwarts, but later, don't worry. Come on, don't worry.
-Give up, Luffy, since your brother don't want to come… Sanji grumbled lighting his cigarette from his place.
-Well, it seems like we may be rival… Sabo sniggered.
The two oldest shared a smirk.
-The victory will be pirate, Sab'…
-No way, it will be Revolutionary.
-What are you talking about? Asked a curious Nami.
-Nothing that have something to do with those who won't be seventeen before Halloween, Rayleigh sighed.
-I want to know! Luffy pouted.
-You will know once at Hogwarts, Sabo assured him. I swear.
Luffy continued to pout, but said nothing more.
All the compartments were full.
The Golden Trio were hesitating to join Luffy and co, knowing that it will be just as full.
-Well, if this one is full, we will have to try our luck with the pirates, Harry noted.
-Let's try, Ron muttered.
He opened the door to see two people sitting near the window. An adult and a young woman with glasses.
-Oops… he is taken too… Ron said.
-No place anywhere ? The man grumbled as he removed his two cigars, that he was smoking at the same time, from his mouth.
The three students nodded, intimidated by the man.
-Come in.
-Thank you, the three Gryffindor breathed out.
And they entered. With a little difficulty they put their trunks on the nets, until the man stood up and helped them.
- Thank you very much.
The man just grunted in answer as he sat back.
-Don't mind Smoker-san, he can seem asocial like that, but he has a good heart, the young woman smiled while arranging her glasses.
Harry stared the two unknowns people. The man had short white hair, which was strange since he didn't seem that old. He was nice enough to have extinguish his cigars. Cigars that he seems to collect, seeing the shear number of them on his heavy jacket. He was looking out of the window in boredom, one hand on a strange blunt weapon at his side. The woman, for her part had short black hair with jacket on a shirt with flower and was holding a katana, reading a little notebook that she had taken out of her pocket, arranging from time to time her glasses. She seemed to be just out of school.
A glance toward Hermione told the boy-who-live that he had missed something, seeing the way which she forced herself to not look at them and her habit to bit her lips in worry.
-Who are you exactly? We never saw you at Hogwarts, Ron ended asking when the train began his travel.
-Marines. We are here for the security, the man explained gruffly, without looking at the trio. I am Smoker, the White Hunter, a Commodore of the Marine. Her, she is Tashigi, my right hand woman.
Tashigi waved toward them.
-I doubt that you know what a marine is, anyway.
-You don't have any reason to go to Hogwarts ! Hermione said brusquely.
-Hun?
The two marines looked at her in surprise.
-According to the ICW, all pirates, revolutionaries or other outlaw of the Seas have the right to asylum during the period of class, on the territory of their respective school! Hermione said standing up. This accord was signed in the hope to bring back pacifically on the right path the young criminals and there have been a lot of success. Eighty percent of the young from the Grand Line who entered a wizarding school, while having a criminal past, came out repented.
Smoker looked at her with some surprise. Hermione seemed on warpath against the man.
-I don't go there to arrest someone. I'm going there for the protection and to maintain the order, Smoker pointed.
-Smoker-san, they don't know yet what will happen this year, Tashigi pointed to him.
Hermione frowned.
-Tell me, kid… what is your name?
-Hermione Granger.
Smoker looked toward the other two.
-Him, he is Ron Weasley and me, it's Harry.
Smoker came back toward Hermione.
-You know a lot, Granger… Tell me, who should I arrest, if I had the power, hm?
-I won't tell you, hissed Hermione.
-I will know sooner or later. So tell me now, it will prevent me some bad surprise.
-Hermione… calm yourself… Harry advised trying to make her sit down.
Hermione threw a threatening glare toward Smoker and sat down, offended. The two boys stared at her.
She had lost it, but really.
-You can't do anything for the rain, Nami-san? Sanji asked as he protected the best he could the redhead with his robe.
-No, it would be better for me to avoid doing that, the red haired girl sighed as she went toward the carriages, ignoring the Thestrals that were pulling them.
-Why? Zoro wondered.
It was at this moment that Hermione came to join them running.
- I can't stay long, Harry and Ron are holding up a carriage. But I had to tell you that before the Feast! She told them, wet and breathing hard.
-What is it? Luffy asked, puzzled.
-There were two marines in our compartment. A guy named Smoker and his right hand woman, Tashigi.
-Iiiih! Tashigi is here? Zoro choked.
-Oh! The Kemuri came at Hogwarts! Luffy grinned happily.
Nami sighed and turned toward Sanji.
-And that's why I prefer to not do it. I am the only pirate known, old enough to still go to school, able to modify the weather… so, I better should lay low.
-Hard, Robin and Marco are at the Teacher's Table. Thank you for the information, Hermione. Go before you are totally soaked, Sabo sighed.
Hermione nodded and rushed toward her carriage.
-Aren't we supposed to be protected here? Zoro asked as they climbed in their own carriage.
-Yes, it's an accord which was signed at the ICW with the chiefs of the Marines and of the World Government, Sabo sighed wringing his blond hair. But there is a clause allowing them, during exceptional events, to come assure themselves that a school doesn't become a war zone. When more than two crews or different groups are represented in a same school, then, the Marine can be called to be sure that there won't be any violence.
-Two crews plus a revolutionary… yes, we exceed the number, Sanji muttered closing the door behind the group. But we are here since some time already, and we didn't have any problems.
-They don't have bounties, just rumors, for me. And I'm the only one, so, I don't count. But this year, it's different. Be careful, this year… please…
-Promised, Nii-chan! Luffy assured with a grin.