Once in the carriage, Ron collapsed in the chair 'Where do you two get all that energy." He wheezed.
"Demon." Harry and Alison responds in unison.
"I hate you both, you know that right." He laughs weakly.
When the carriage pulled up, Harry noticed someone else was banging on the door to get inside. A human, no less.
"Who's that, Ali?"
"Someone, who is learning a lesson of never pissing off our mother." Alison answers. She hopped out of the carriage. "So Diddykins, what did you do now?"
He turns to her "What do you want now, Alison." He growled.
"Guess you want to stay out here. Laterz." Alison states, as she motioned for Harry and Ron to get inside and slammed the door on Dudley. "Yep, Dudley Dursley, a spoiled rotten brat. Mom's trying to correct his behavior, and give Petunia some spine."
she took her shoes off. "Mom, we're home and on time!" she called out.
"In the sitting room." Maria called back.
"That means, she wants you in the sitting room." Alison states, looking at Harry.
They all head over to the room where Maria was sitting drinking tea with another human woman that was looking at her tea.
Sara and Noriko stood in the sitting room, looking bored.
"Here's Harry, Mom. Laterz." Alison states, towing Ron out of the room too.
"Hello mother we're back." He went over to her and hugs her.
"Must you be so formal?" Maria questions, as she hugged her little human back.
"Not always but you said i have to practice." He teased her.
"Enough, there is someone you should meet." Maria states, "Harry, I would like you to meet Petunia Dursley Nee Evans, she's your birth-mother's sister."
Harry walks over to her "Nice to meet you Aunt Petunia." He gently takes her and and shakes it.
"I have no right to be called your aunt." Petunia replies as she stared into Harry's eyes, her sister's eyes.
"But your my birth mom's sister then what do you wish me to call you.
"Just Petunia would be fine. I treated my sister rather horribly when we were younger, I know she wouldn't have wanted me to be your caregiver." Petunia replies
Harry simply nods "Well if your here you must be trying to change, right mom?"
"I am getting a headache, I guess, I must deal with our other guest." Maria states, "You two chat, I will be right back."
"May i pour you some more tea Petunia?" Harry asked as he fixed himself a cup.
"No thanks."
Maria came back with her hand tugging on Dudley's ear, "If you so much as twitch in that spot, I swear you will not be able to sit for a month, do you understand me." she placed him in a corner facing the wall.
"I would listen to her, she doesn't make idle threats."
Maria went back and sat down gracefully, "You tried punishing him after he got caught fighting?"
Petunia sighed "Yes I have and some days are better than most but stills fights so much."
Maria looked over at the two slayers. "I hope you are not so bored here to lead a hand in correcting a misbehaving brat?"
"As much as I detest listening to your kind, I think I heard enough of that thing over in the corner. What do you say Cousin, should we treat him as one behaving student?" Noriko questions
Sara smiled "I would love too."
Harry shudders remembering his mild work outs with Sara.
"Then by all means, take that out my sight." Maria states
Sara went over and grabbed Dudley by the ear and twisted. "So boy, I hear you like fighting, because you're bigger and stronger then the others right?"
Dudley looks over at the two women. "Yeah, I'm the toughest in the school, why shouldn't I, prove it."
"There is an old saying you'll always find someone bigger and badder then you. Guess what, boy? You just found them." Noriko states, as she crossed her arms.
"Ha like I'm scared of to bits like you." Dudley replied, Harry heard and almost slapped the boy for being stupid but a glare from maria stopped him.
"Your Knight is Shining armor thing, isn't needed. Potter-Taisho." Noriko snapped, as she seen Harry trying to defend them. "Perhaps, we can use the field with the viewing platform?"
Maria stood up, "Yes, I believe we can."
Harry didn't answer and just followed the adults out of the room wishing he would just stop doing that its gonna get him killed someday.
Sesshomaru, Yasha, and Alison seen where they were going, and joined them. The Royal family plus Petunia were sitting up in the stands, while the two slayers, and Dudley were standing before them. Even the guards, circled around them.
Dudley looks around and said "Mum, you just watch i got this covered"
"five pounds say he wont last a minute." harry mutters
"Ten says mom won't allow the victim to be coddled after his beating." Yasha replied
"Twenty says If I hear you gambling, You're going to be down there with them." Maria and Sesshomaru leaned forward and whispered.
Noriko walked over to the corner, with a mock-bow to Sara. "Have fun, if you tire, I will take over."
Dudley cracks his neck and takes a boxers stance and shuffles over to Sara.
Harry looks at Noriko "I wasn't doing it for you, it was for him."
Sara rolled her eyes.
"That human is toast." a guard muttered, "I still have bruises from my last sparring session with Sara."
Noriko looked up at Harry, "You don't understand, just cause we're female, you think we're weaker then you males."
"No, i know for a fact, you're not weaker than males, i just don't want him hurt badly, I'm weaker than you two so it won't break something."
"You don't see your own strength, Harry." Noriko states, as she turned back to watch.
"Well. You going to stand there for are you going to throw the first punch, or are you afraid of hurting a girl? Oh wait, you abuse your own mother." Sara states.
The fat by growls and starts throwing some quick jabs and a couple of right hooks.
"He move so slow, mom."
Sara dodged everyone, and grabbed the boy's arm and flipped him over her shoulder.
"That is what happens, when someone your age doesn't eat healthy, or gets exercise." Maria responds
"If you're watching carefully, Sara isn't using her full strength, she knows he's not as durable as you are, since you carry demon blood within you." Sesshomaru states
The boy groans and slowly gets up "Ha was that suppose to hurt you just got lucky."
"You're feeling that in the morning." Sara countered "I'm not even warmed up."
Harry just nods and then shouts "Just knock him out already. Sara, he's not worth your time."
Noriko reached over and cuffs Harry on the back of the head. "You had have something, he never did."
Harry rubs his head "You didn't have to hit me."
"Demonstration." Noriko countered, "You had discipline, that great lump never had any such thing."
"Yes ma'am."
Sara struck and knocked Dudley to the ground again.
Petunia watched with concern but she knew she didn't have what it took to turn her mistakes around. More than once, Petunia was about to stop them but then thought better finally after the third time Sara threw him on the ground he didn't get back up.
Sara then crouched staring at Dudley, "Now, I get to work out with some demons, because you were hardly a challenge. You will do as you're told from now on, right?"
The boy only groans and tries to crawl away.
Noriko then smirked before she charged after Sara. Sara was ready, and now she was going to get her workout properly after all.
Harry winched at one throw Sara took, 'she was being nice with me before.'
Sesshomaru stood up, Maria stood up a fraction of a second later, Sesshomaru took Maria's hand, and together they walked back to the manor.
Harry followed them with a look back at where Dudley was laying on the ground. 'They're right, I'm too nice' he went to Dudley and offered to help him out.
"Leave him where he lies, Harry." Maria states
"Yes, ma'am." Harry went off to find Ron and got ready for dinner. He found his friend playing with Keiko with a deck of cards.
Few days later, Dudley bruised but otherwise fine, witnessed something that he had no way of describing. Sara and Noriko were in the yard, putting on some type of armor.
He went over to where they were and watched them get ready and grabbed a pair of swords. "Ready Sara?"
Sara tucked in her rarely used sword, into her belt. Double checked her armor. "Yep, Kiyoko."
"Mew." was the reply before the tiny kitten like demon erupted into flames and became a saber-tooth demon.
"where are you two off too, i thought you stayed here?"
"We are going to the edge of the Realm, there is some problems that need our personal touch." Sara answers
"Flame-heart." Noriko called as her demonic partner came trotting up. Both of the girls mounted their demonic partners.
Dudley's jaw fell in shock.
The two demons leapt up and flew away.
A person that Dudley didn't know came up walking up the driveway, wearing red and white. She looked like some type of cleric or something.
"Kikyo!" Harry exclaims as he and Ron came running out.
Kikyo nods in greeting and waited for the two boys. "You two bored here?" she asked when the two came up to her.
'No worst than normal but I do want to show Ron your temple."
"You, aren't allowed to show the Temple to Ron, however I am." Kikyo corrected "You're forgetting, the Order is outside your parents' rule."
"Well duh I know that i was waiting till you came back and ask you if we could come."
"I got back last night. So today, I thought I would come here." Kikyo answers
"Well sure anything you want to do right now ?"
"Nothing here, yesh, I knew males were dense but this does takes everything." Kikyo states
"So then let me tell mom and head on out okay."
Kikyo looked up and prayed for patiences.
Dudley watched this then went over to the girl thinking he could bully her into letting him come as well.
Kikyo seen this, and before the other boy could come close to her, he slammed into a barrier.
Dudley rubs his nose. "What the hell, I thought those of you magical types couldn't do magic outside of school." He demands as he walks around the barrier.
"That might be true for a witch or a wizard, but I am not one." Kikyo answers, "and if you think you can get to me, you're dead wrong."
"Then what the hell are you and how did you do this if not magic" he was getting mad at being denied what he wants."
"I am a priestess." Kikyo answers
"Dudley Vernon Dursley." Maria states, "Are you trying to bully someone who can lay your ass flat without even touching you?"
The boy steps back "Of course not, lady Maria. Why would i do something like that?"
"Yes." Maria answers. "Even I can see the barrier around her."
"I was just curious about this girl that Harry was going out with."
"First, I'm not going out with him. Second, its none of your business. Third, I see the spirit within, and yours, You would not even be worth sending to the afterlife." Kikyo replies
"Like I believe that I saw the way he looks at you and why not you're a pretty enough bird to make a man look twice."
Maria came forward, "Dudley, do you know what a Nun is?"
"Duh, who doesn't you're telling me, she's a nun? Don't be silly, my lady. She's the same age as Harry."
"She's a Miko, a shrine maiden." Maria answers
Dudley looks between the two females not believing what he heard.
Harry came running down to the yard with Ron wheezing behind him " Harry, you really need to slow down i can't run like you." Harry just laughs then he sees Dudley "why are you here?"
"Getting a crash course lesson on the Shinto religion." Kikyo answers
"Hope your using simple words so that his brain can understand. "
"Oh, he'll get more simple words, if he wishes to survive in our world." Maria grinned
Harry just shrugs "He'll learn one way or the other." And walks over to Kikyo "Ready?"
"Waiting on you." Kikyo replied
"Then lets go."
The trio of friends head out of the property and make their way over to the Shrine, once more Harry felt awe at the sight of the place.
Once again, Ron was gasping for breath, seeing as they walked the entire way.
" Ron, i keep telling you, you need to work out more."
"He does work out, fork to plate, to mouth and repeat." Kikyo replies
"Oi, I'm not that bad."
Kikyo raised an eyebrow. She opened the gate to the main courtyard, "Welcome to the Order of Four Souls."
Ron enters the yard his jaw was open." Wow that is so cool?"
other members of the Order emerged as if summoned by a spell. They greeted their guests, while Kikyo sighed "I asked them not to do this..."
"Well this is definitely not what i would have expected."
"You mean this is not normal?" Ron asked looking very confused.
"No, everyone back to your chores." Kikyo ordered sharply.
The others all bowed and all head back to their jobs. "You know i keep forgetting just how important you are to this temple."
"What do you mean Harry?"
"The one thing she never mention is that she's the Head priestess here."
"I am not the Head Priestess." Kikyo denied, "Its more complicated then that."
"Huh what do you mean by that Kikyo."
"I am reincarnation of two different Mikos." Kikyo answers, "Why do you think I know so much about the Tragic Priestess."
Both of the boys nod in understanding "I can see why your so honored here."
"I was only reborn to atone for mistakes of the past." Kikyo states
"And i hope you receive your rewards Kikyo."
"Keeping a certain boy with a talent for finding danger alive is starting to feel like a full time job." Kikyo replies, before giving the tour of the temple.
