When Dohko was fully healthy he went to the Libra temple and gave over the Libra cloth to Shiryu. Shiryu called on the cloth he gave a grimace when it resized to fit him. As the cloth finally was on him a bright golden glow surrounded the three. Shiryu fell back to the ground in a dead faint. Mushu was also on the ground holding his forehead in pain. While Dohko was unaffected but amused by what had happened. He looked at the cloth that was now in its original state and said, "Good job Libra for bring justice to that little boy. He shouldn't have to wear a scar that had that much evil in it. Though did you have to drain Shiryu of that much cosmos."
He looked at the Mushu's forehead that had no proof of the lightning bolt scar was ever there to begin with.
Another three years had passed Dohko was loving retirement but also helped Shiryu teach Mushu and when he thought Shiryu was out of line he would force the training punishment on to Shiryu. Shunrei did what she always did keep the family going and happy. She always was around when the boys needed her. Shiryu trained Mushu to his highest potential but made time to keep in contact with his brothers. He was sure that Shun would use the threat of Athena.
On this piacular day Seiya, Hyoga, Shun, Ikki, Camus, and Shura were at the Seven Peaks visiting Dohko, Shiryu, Shunrei, and Mushu. It was Mushu's 11th birthday. Shura and Mushu was running some drills since nobody had any idea what to do since none of them ever had a birthday party. Mushu was having a blast since whenever his uncles' blood or not came to visit he always learned something new. He was closest to Camus and Shura as they took him under their wing and taught his more martial arts moves that his dad or Dohko had a tough time performing. Since Shiryu was blind he would teach his son the martial arts move using the cosmos which wasn't always helpful as a true demonstration was. Dohko tried to teach him but he even forgot some of the fighting arts since he didn't use them much living in the peaceful environment he did. He even stated that he worked more on the cosmos then he did on martial arts.
Out in Scotland England better location would be Hogwarts a certain old headmaster names Albus Dumbledore was frantic he was trying to search for one Harry Potter. When Hagrid came back to Hogwarts grief stricken and told Dumbledore that Harry was not with his relatives it shook a cord with him. He had to have Harry moldable for his plans to work. He knew the boy was still alive as his charms on the boy told him so. The question was where the boy was. He had already sent owls all over England and all of them came back with unopen letters.
Back in China Shiryu decided that it was time for Mushu to do the final stages of becoming a knight. He had brought Mushu to the Lushan waterfall and said, "Son, I'm proud of all the training you have done. As you know I have trained you to the best of my ability along with Dohko, Camus, and Shura. I believe it's time that you learn the ultimate technique the Rozan Sho Ryu Ha. You must learn this technique which will help you reverse the Lushan waterfall. It's the only way to earn the Dragon cloth. Now before you say it's impossible, I will tell you it's possible I was able to do it granted it took me a year to learn."
Mushu had a determine look on his face. He watched his dad jump to the cliff that his sensei was sitting on. Both were going to watch him to make sure that he could pull it off. These were the times that Shiryu really wished that he could still see but hey he could only live with what he had and losing his sight helped him in the long run. It taught him how to be a better fighter and to learn to never take anything for granted. He was glad to teach Mushu that as well. As Shiryu gave the sign to begin Dohko looked at his former student and said, "It took you a year to learn how long do you think it will take Mushu?"
Shiryu sighed and said, "With the way he learns and watches me I wouldn't be surprised if he learns it in six months. He is like me except he doesn't have the same ego as I did when I was his age. I was egotistical how the dragon dealt with me all these years is beyond me. Of course, I was fourteen when I got the cloth, and all teens think they know everything he is only eleven. He has a year to learn this technique.
Out at Hogwarts Dumbledore was desperate everything he tried could not find the boy. He had been trying to find him for the past month and he just couldn't find him. He just knew that Harry was alive out there. He decided he had to try one last thing, or he might just have to declare the boy as dead. He would have to use his phoenix Flawks. If Flawks couldn't find him, then he knew he was screwed, and he didn't want to be the one to tell the minster that Harry was supposedly dead. As he gave Flawks Harry's Hogwarts acceptance letter hoping beyond hope that he would find the boy once and for all.
Out in Lushan Mushu was still trying to reverse the flow of the waterfall. Granted it took his father over a year to master this move. He had tried to use physical force with no use when he asked his father and grandpa about the technique, they were tight lip. They told him that all he had to do was listen to the cosmos and he would be able to reverse the waterfall without trouble. He even sent a letter to Camus and Shura who also wouldn't help him. Camus told him welcome to becoming a knight where there are people who will fight with you but will not help you on your task to become a knight. Get used to it. Mushu glared at that letter for a whole two weeks before Shunrei was able to get her hands on it and read it out loud. Which got both Shiryu an Dohko to burst out laughing since they knew it was true. Shiryu always thought it was funny they would be the first ones to help you defend Athena but if you asked for training advice, they would be tight lip and tell you nothing. It always did annoy the bronze knights when they did it with the fight against Hades.
Shiryu knew his son was getting frustrated and said, "Mushu take a break. Getting frustrated isn't going to help and you won't be able to hear the cosmos. This move is going to take time to master. You know this nothing comes easy in the way of a saint. Plus, you never complain about the situation either it can be done. If you can't do it right this second, it means it's not your time. It will be done when the cosmos believes you're ready.
As they were about to walk away from the waterfall a ball of fire just appeared in front of them. When it died down, they saw a red bird with a letter in his beak. The bird dropped the letter and landed on Shiryu's shoulder. Shiryu wasn't shocked by the animal landing on him since it was nothing new. Dohko always told him that his cosmos was calming, and the animals were attracted to it. Unless he was training then the animals knew to stay away from him because of how much power he had. Shiryu just figured what Dohko meant was that his cosmos was like a river peaceful when calm and stormy when a fight was occurring.
Mushu said, "That's strange, it has our address, but it is stated to a Mr. H Potter."
Shiryu said, "Son, remember what Shunrei and I told you when you were eight. How we took you in at the age of four almost five and adopted you at the age of six. This could hold the information on who you really are."
Dohko replied, "Or the assholes who left you to our care. As much as I love you my adorable grandson, I still wish I knew who had, you before we did so I could show them why you don't mess with a knights comrade."
Mushu just opened the letter and read it. As he finished reading it, he said, "Papa it's an invitation to go a boarding school call Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry."
Shiryu sighed he hated giving his son a choice that could change his destiny. He said, "Mushu, it must be your choice to go or not. You just need to understand if you go this year, you won't have a chance to get the dragon cloth. You only have six years to be able to attain it. This is your final year to get it. If you don't get it by your 12th birthday, then you won't be able to become the Dragon knight of Athena. We can talk to this school and see if they wouldn't mind you joining next year. This way you can still get the chance to get the cloth and still get to see if you want to go to this school."
Out at Hogwarts one of the trinket's in Dumbledore's office came to life. He noticed that it was the locator spell that he put on Flawks to go off if he found Harry. He went to find where the signal was coming from and noticed that it was coming from a small village in China. As the headmaster he didn't have the time to go plus, he didn't know any Chinese. He knew of two teachers that did though. He knew that Professor McGonagall knew Chinese, she had learned it when she was a teenager and had a transfer student over from China. They still communicate often. The only problem with her was that she had a soft spot for any of the Potters. Also, that she was the deputy headmistress, head of house, and a teacher. She had more paperwork than the rest of them put together. The only other option was Professor Flitwick. The half goblin teacher knew multiple languages. He had been taught by not only his parents but also by other goblins. He also spent time in China when he was younger and love the culture. He knew that he would love to bring Harry the information about Hogwarts and bring him here for his first year. He summoned the professor and patiently waited for him to arrive.
It had been a day since the letter had arrived and Mushu was in the same mind set as the rest of the family wait a year then think about going to that school. They decided just to ignore the letter for now. If another one shows up, they would write to the school saying that he wasn't allowed to leave the village until he was 12 years old due, to their religious beliefs. They must accept that explanation.
Shiryu and Dohko wanting to keep Mushu busy brought him to the waterfall and told him to practice. Shiryu keep trying to figure out why his son had an issue with this. Mushu had seen his dad do it numerous times and it wasn't that difficult once you've seen it. Dohko knew what his ex-student's thoughts and said, "Shiryu, you had a problem with this task. Yes, you didn't see the attack before which, was the reason why it took you a year to learn it, but you did happen to be better at listening to the cosmos."
Shiryu replied, "I know master. The only thing is that Mushu can hear the cosmos, but he has a hard time to let it unleash. It's like something is stopping it from coming out."
They had turned to the waterfall just to see a face of a dragon come back up. It shocked both master and ex-student as they were unprepared to see it. Dohko looked at the young pupil and could see right away that he was exhausted. Shiryu just felt his sons' cosmos and frowned. He knew that his son used too much cosmos which was the reason why the Dragon cloth had not decided to grace his son. The dragon cloth demanded that its wearer could harness the amount of cosmos precisely. Shiryu knew the next task was to teach Mushu how to use the exact amount so he wouldn't burn himself out. He knew that the next time he would become the dragon knight.
Shiryu walked up to his son who promptly fell asleep as his exhausted body lost all adrenalin in his body. Dohko laughed as he picked up his grandson as the two awake knights walked back home.
Dohko said, "What I don't understand is why the dragon cloth didn't appear before Mushu. It did when you did the exact same move. Also, maybe we should have waited a year or two?"
Shiryu replied, "Waiting wouldn't have helped. The dragon cloth is precise on the wears control of their cosmos. That was the reason why the dragon cloth didn't partner up with Mushu. He used too much of his cosmos which is why he passed out. Tomorrow I'll teach him how to control his cosmos and use it to its maximum potential."
When they made it home Shunrei wasn't pleased to see her son asleep in his grandpa's arms but knew that her son once again over did it training again. She looked at Shiryu with the look in her eyes that stated start explaining now.
Shiryu knew he had to explain and said, "Shunrei, Mushu is okay he just passed out from using too much cosmos. His cosmos is like mine we have so much of it that if we don't regulate it exactly right then we become exhausted. Remember how I was when I was younger, and I was learning a new technique that required the cosmos."
Shunrei glared she did remember those days as most of the days she had to either wake him up or force feed him just so he would eat and on occasion she had to do both. It was always a battle of wits when it came to Shiryu being exhausted and not wanting to eat. Shunrei always had a way to beat him. She would tell him if he didn't eat then he wouldn't have the energy to train again tomorrow. It worked about 90% of the time. The other 10% of the time he didn't care and would try to go back to sleep which then she just told Shiryu that if he didn't eat then Dohko would find someone else to replace him as a knight. That always seem to work and get him eating.
Around one in the afternoon, Mushu woke up and noticed that he was back in his room. He was embarrassed about how he failed once again to get the dragon cloth and having to be carried back home. As he walked down the steps to get to the landing, he could smell the wonderful soup that his mom was making. If he had to make a guess it was her famous vegetable soup. As he got into the kitchen he yawned as he was still exhausted. Shunrei heard the yawn and said, "Mushu, if you're still tired you can go back to your nap only after you eat?"
Mushu replied, "Mom, I'm sure I'll be fine after I eat. Plus, if I sleep now, I will never be able to sleep tonight."
After lunch Dohko went back to the waterfall to meditate. Shiryu was being ushered out of the house by his wife so he decided to use this time to give his son a lecture about how to regulate his cosmos, so it doesn't wear him out. It was during this conversation were Shiryu felt a cosmos that didn't belong.
Around noon time a half goblin half human had finally made it to the Lushan mountain. He noticed a trail that was outlined with rocks on the side and thought that was interesting he decided to follow it hoping it led to Harry. He had always wanted to meet Lilly's boy but never got the chance. When he was born, he was away at a conference then school had started up again. By the time he got a chance the Potters were in hiding. He hoped that whoever was taking care of the boy was giving him an upbringing they would have wanted for him. He was also hopping that they had trained him for the trials that awaited him. He was also hoping that these people had known English. Even though he knew Chinese he wasn't accustomed to speaking it much anymore and would feel more at ease in his own language.
As he saw an opening from the forest that he was growing to respect the beauty and wished that the forest around Hogwarts was just as beautiful. Though that was not what fate had in mind when they created the forbidden forest. Whatever the founders were thinking was beyond him. He wondered if they were sane examples are, they named a school literally pig acme, their motto was never tickling a sleeping dragon, did he need to go on.
He was at the last tree when he saw a house with two men sitting in front of it the older one look like he was trying to teach the younger one something. He wished that he could get closer to find out what. He was shocked when he only took a step and it seem like the man sent the younger one in the opposite direct and faced him ready for an attack. Professor Flitwick came out of the forest and said, "I come in peace."
Shiryu was teaching Mushu how to control his cosmos and regulate it to keep himself from getting exhausted. Mushu saw the lecture as boring as any other eleven-year-old would. When suddenly his dad shut up and turned towards the forest in front of the house. He quickly said, "Son, someone is here. Go to the waterfall and get Dohko tell him that we may need him at the house."
Mushu just got up and started to run toward the waterfall knowing that his dad would protect his mom with his life if it was life threating. When Mushu got to the waterfall he told his grandpa what Shiryu told him. Dohko nodded as they started on their journey back home.
Back at the house Shiryu demanded the figure to come on out. When he heard the come in peace, Shiryu just said, "Who are you? And what do you want?"
The voice said, "I am Professor Flitwick I teach Charms at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. I am here to talk to Harry Potter about coming to school this fall as he never wrote back."
Shiryu dropped his guard a little and replied, "If you are indeed from Hogwarts then maybe you can answer a few of our questions."
Flitwick was happy that the man spoke English. He had decided to try English first if that had failed, he had hoped that he would have had time to try to speak Chinese. He was sure that the man would have attacked if he didn't understand the first time around.
Shiryu bought him into the house and told his wife exactly what was going on. They were speaking quickly in Chinese that Flitwick couldn't translate the words fast enough to make a guess at what they were saying. When the couple stopped speaking to each other Shiryu escorted the professor to the living room while Shunrei went to go make tea.
Shiryu said, "We weren't expecting anyone to come from Hogwarts when we didn't reply. We got one letter and didn't understand it, so we just ignored it. Shunrei had heard of the school and explained it to us and we decided that it was Mushu's decision in the end. He decided that he didn't want to go at least for this year."
Flitwick nodded as he watched the woman bringing in some tea. He was guessing that the woman was Shunrei. While she had passed the two teacups making sure that Shiryu had a firm grip on his cup as Dohko and Mushu came walking into the door.
Flitwick was shocked when he got his first real glimpse of Harry Potter. He looked nothing like what people described him. Yes, he still had his mom's green eyes but that was it. He was muscular but still on the lithe side. He was taller and his hair was longer but looked like the only way he was keeping it tamed was by having it in a low phony tail. His composer showed that he was genuinely happy here. Looking at the Harry next to the man he thought that they looked very much alike. He could have mistaken them to be blood related.
Dohko was the first one to break the awkward silence. He said, "Okay to get on the same page, we got a letter to a Mr. H Potter inviting him to Hogwarts."
Professor Flitwick explained, "Tell me has anything weird ever happened around you. Something you can't explain."
Mushu thought about it and replied, "No, at least not that I can remembered."
Shiryu said, "Mr. Flitwick, you got to understand, Mushu came to us when he was four years old almost five. I found him in the forest when I was on my morning run his relatives left him there in the middle of the night. Nothing to protect him from the animals or elements. He was lucky that I found him. He didn't know his name, so we let him choose a name. He picked Mushu. We adopted him a year later when he was six years old. We legally adopted him in the muggle as well as the magical world. No one had ever reported the boy missing."
Flitwick was astonished by what this man let on. He knew that if the first half were true then it was magic that kept the boy alive since no one could survive the elements without proper gear. He said, "I want to thank you personally for taking care of Harry here. He was born Harry James Potter on July 31, 1980. His parents were Lilly Potter nee Evens and James Potter. The two died October 31, 1981 by the dark lord. Harry was the only one to survive that night by the dark lords killing curse. Now believe me I think Lilly had something to do with Harry's survival since no one can survive the Avada Kedavra spell. Since Harry survived, he was hailed as the boy-who-lived and is a hero to everyone in the wizardry world. At least in England that is. For his protection he was sent to his aunt on his mother's side."
Mushu asked, "Professor not to sound rude or ungrateful but is there any way that I can start school next year instead of this year?"
Flitwick said, "It's possible to happen but it rarely comes up. I know that some parents or even the students don't think they are ready at eleven and will wait a year to join Hogwarts. May I ask why?"
Dohko replied, "My grandson is in the middle of training that is delicate and time consuming. If he were to quit now, he would not get a second chance of finishing. He only has until his next birthday to finish it."
Flitwick replied, "I understand if you write a letter to the headmaster stating that his religious beliefs won't let him leave his guardian until the age of 12 then the headmaster has to allow Harry to skip this year and start next year. Just remember you'll be a year older than them."
Shunrei went and got paper and a pen and wrote a quick note stating what Flitwick had told them. As she signed her name Dohko signed it next since if they tried to play the women couldn't sign legally paper card then at least it was backed up. He hated how some people were dense when it came to woman's rights. Shiryu knew that he could have signed but without his eyesight well let's just say that his penmanship isn't legible anymore.
Flitwick was somewhat upset that he wouldn't get Potter this year but hopefully whatever his training is he successes and can join next year. He knew that the boy was highly intellectual and knew that Severus would have an easier time with the boy seeing as he doesn't look like James. He knew that Dumbledore would have a mayday over this. As he left the house, he knew that Harry had grown up where he was loved and had somewhat of a childhood. Though he will be coming to Hogwarts with training under his belt. Something that Dumbledore wasn't going to know about more fun that way.
As he reached Hogwarts Flitwick was ready for some rest since he wasn't accustomed to using international portkeys. He walked toward Dumbledore's office and noticed not only Dumbledore but also the other head of houses. McGonagall was seated across from Dumbledore playing chess. Severus was looking out the window. While Sprout was reading a book ready to yell at anyone who attempted to disturb the calmness that was around. Flitwick got everyone's attention. He told them about how Harry wasn't going to come to Hogwarts this year while giving Dumbledore the note. Dumbledore read it and said, "It's legitimate. Mr. Potter will not be coming this year he will try to come next year if he wants. I just wonder why his guardians don't want him to come this year they only state that they were following a tradition that takes a few years to complete."
Flitwick replied, "That is what they told me. Something about he must have it finished by his birthday or he would never be considered something by their tradition. He is highly intelligent from the few words I heard him speak. He was very well behaved for someone his age. He goes by the name Mushu and he didn't look at all like James Potter. I only recognized him by his green eyes."
About six months after Flitwick's visit Shiryu and Dohko let Mushu try the attack once again. Mushu had been practicing with controlling his cosmos with his father and was now understanding how to regulate his cosmos. As he did before he did the attack one more time. This time he saw the dragon cloth emit a green glow before flying towards him and resizing to fit him. He smiled as he was now the dragon saint. Dohko held a smile knowing how honored his grandson felt while he knew that Shiryu had pride that the dragon cloth was in his son's hands now. As the three walked back to the house Shiryu was figuring out how he should work with his son about some of the attacks with the cloth on. He was known to fight without the cloth, but he wanted his son to be able to fight with both.