"Potter-san, this is Toji Ikari from the Japanese Magical Government." And that was all the Chairman was going to say in that regard as Harry took a seat in his office.
The man looked to be in his late fifties, greying hair, thin, wearing a very formal kimono.
"Potter-san, we need to talk about the trouble you have been bringing to our lands." The man said sternly.
Harry raised an eyebrow. "The only things I brought with me were my belongings and my owl. Has she been harassing the apothecary owner again?"
The man scowled. "I am talking about the unauthorised individuals who have been appearing in non-magical areas and threatening our safety!"
"I haven't brought anyone else into the country."
He pulled out a folder and opened it.
"Dumbledore Albus, Moody Alastor, Black Sirius, Lupin Remus, Granger Hermione, Snape Severus-"
"I never brought them here." Harry interrupted, causing Toji to glare at the interruption.
"They came to see you!"
"Not at my request. I am exiled from Britain. I am a citizen of Japan, in the magical, non-magical and monster worlds." Harry allowed himself a smirk as the man clearly remembered where he was and the potential danger he was in.
"If these people are not authorised to be here, then why haven't they been detained as criminals?" Harry asked.
"They have! We are currently holding them in custody."
"Even Granger?" Harry asked with narrowed eyes.
"Granger was able to leave the country before we could catch her. We intend to take the matter to the British Ministry."
"I wouldn't." Harry said calmly, but with a clear undertone.
"She committed a crime!" Toji said angrily.
"She came to a yōkai home in a non-magical zone. You don't have any jurisdiction."
"She threatened the safety of magical Japan and the International Statute of Secrecy!"
"How? As far as I am aware, she has only been to two places in Japan. Here and my home. Any journey in between was made under the supervision of a faculty member from the Academy."
"It would be… wise to drop any attempts to charge Granger-san." The Chairman said, clearly bored.
Toji gulped. "There are still the others that we have in custody."
"What does it have to do with me?" Harry was beginning to get frustrated. "They came to my home and threatened me. They even drew their wands on me.
"How exactly are they my responsibility?" Harry had a thought. "You're here because they are magicals, right? You consider them under your jurisdiction?"
"Exactly."
"Right… so you can expect me to be filing charges against you and your government for allowing these foreign magicals to enter the country, locate the home of a non-magical and then threaten the inhabitants!"
The man seemed to bristle.
"Hmph, Potter-san, one day you will have to learn to simply gut the fools and send their heads back as a warning." The Chairman grumbled.
He then turned to Toji. "Potter-san has seen right through you, boy. I don't know why you are trying to persecute the victim, but you certainly seem to have forgotten who your victim is.
"Potter-san is enrolled here at Yōkai Academy. Do you really want him to give you a personal demonstration of why?"
"I don't see what the big deal is." Harry told the now sweating man. "You found criminals. You arrested them. Either imprison them or deport them. Isn't that what is supposed to happen?"
"Yes… but your name was constantly used by them."
"In what way?"
"They frequently stated that they were here to bring you back to England. They seemed to think that was suitable justification."
"Ok." Harry sat forward, his hands clasped and his elbows on his knees as he looked the older man in the eye. "Here is what is going to happen.
"You are going to leave here and deal with this situation yourself. If you fail to do this and you come back here, I will snap your wand, cast a permanent silencing charm on you and drop you off in the middle of Tokyo… naked.
"The second time you come back here… you don't get to leave.
"Clear?"
The man nervously looked to the Chairman.
The Chairman simply inclined his head curiously.
"Of course, Potter-san. I will leave immediately." He said as he stood quickly.
As he made it to the door, Harry stopped him. "Toji-san, I am not unwilling to talk. I am prepared to discuss things. I am even prepared to help you.
"But don't ever expect to approach a Yōkai and think you can bully them.
"Perhaps a letter to the school would be more appropriate in future."
The man turned and bowed low to the two men before quickly leaving without a word.
"Still a diplomat." The Chairman commented neutrally.
"I'm just following your orders, Chairman-sama." Harry bowed his head.
There was sudden ruckus at the large stained-glass windows. Hovering outside were Hedwig and Lilith.
"Potter, these windows do not currently open."
"Can you teleport, sir?"
"I will follow."
Harry turned on the spot and vanished with a crack. Ruby had been teaching both himself and Yukari how to teleport. Or apparate as the English called it. Normally someone Yukari's age wouldn't be able to, but she had power to spare on top of her brains.
Harry appeared outside on the ground beneath the windows. He whistled sharply and saw the white form of Hedwig plummet to the ground to land on his shoulder.
Lilith, who had ridden on her back, hopped off to float in front of Harry just as the Headmaster appeared next to him.
"Master! Your friend, Granger-san, she is being held hostage with other children at the school."
"By whom? And how do you know?" Harry frowned.
"An ugly Yōkai with no nose." She said with a shudder. "Hedwig was showing me her favourite places. We saw the Yōkai with human wizards killing children as he entered the big castle.
"There were centaurs that tried to help."
"You said 'hostage', Lilith-san." The Chairman pointed out. "What is it they are asking for?"
"I heard Master's name many times. But I could not hear more… my English is very bad, I need to practice." She pouted.
"Would you care to join me for some carnage, Chairman-sama?" Harry bowed low.
"I cannot interfere unless I am attacked first." He grumbled. "But, I suppose I can watch."
It took an hour to assemble everyone and meet at the mansion. Gin had insisted on being present as he wanted the chance to discipline these pitiful creatures claiming to be true werewolves.
They then poured on the bus and made a short twenty minute trip where they arrived deep in the heart of the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts.
"Lilith, go with Hedwig and keep a look out."
The little Spirit latched onto the snowy owl's back and the pair shot into the sky.
"Do you have a plan, Harry?" Keito asked.
"No. I figured we'd just put on a nice big display of power. Full monster forms."
"But not you." Outer Moka said pointedly.
"Well… maybe just my griffin." Harry shrugged. "Also, I figure we'll release Inner Moka once we're inside. Kind of a first assault."
"Any rules on who and what we can and can't kill?" Gin asked. He was dressed in black, leather-looking armour, a katana strapped to his side.
All of the girls aside from Kurumu and Ririko were wearing sturdy leather.
The succubus and lamia were dressed for seduction. Kurumu was wearing a gauzy black dress and Ririko was wearing her silk and leather bondage wear that she used when playing with Ruby.
Mako was still in her 'uniform'.
"If they are an adult and attack you or children, kill them.
"If they are children and they attack you… I'd prefer you didn't kill, but do what you have to."
"I shall go and announce your presence." The Chairman said, clearly giddy with excitement.
"Got any jobs for me, kid?" The Bus Driver asked as he leant against his vehicle.
"Kill any that try to flee."
His face stretched into a sinister grin.
Things had improved at Hogwarts in the recent months. One day Umbridge had left and never returned.
That was a relief, but what was even better was when the Daily Prophet published an apology from the Minister for the actions of Umbridge and promised financial and medical compensation.
That same evening the Minister arrived at Hogwarts with several healers and potioneers from St. Mungo's. The scars that had plagued the students were finally gone.
Then, over the following week, several students had been hit by catastrophic news. Their parents had been arrested or killed resisting arrest.
All of them pure bloods.
Then, with only a few weeks left till the end of the school year, Hermione Granger had been taken from the school with several teachers by Albus Dumbledore.
The remaining heads of house, Flitwick and Sprout, had been livid that they were left to handle the school on their own. They had sent a letter of complaint to the Board, the Wizarding Education Authority and the Minister.
The Minister was at the school by the evening along with the Board to investigate. Substitutes were provided by the WEA to cover classes.
Hermione returned to the school a day later and was interrogated as to where she had been by Fudge and Madam Bones of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
She didn't seem to have been affected by it but didn't say where she had been to the students.
It was a month after Granger's return that the school exams were due. Everyone was tense and avoiding the bookworm like the plague.
It was entirely her fault as she was like a rabid dog who snapped at anyone who disturbed her study.
And then it happened.
Voldemort strolled into the Great Hall during the divination exam.
No one saw it coming.
Everyone was smart enough not to try anything against the mad man and his sycophantic followers. They were backed up against the wall where the Gryffindor's sat for meals.
But the lines had clearly been drawn as many of the Slytherin students stood proudly with their parents and their leader.
Oddly, no one seemed to notice that they were outnumbered by the ones against the wall.
Meanwhile, several Death Eaters had gone to collect the remaining years from around the school. But Hogwarts was no mere building and she denied them access to the common rooms where the paintings had ushered the stragglers.
The only ones not safe were those in the library. Five fifth years and an assortment of sixth and seventh years.
Amongst the fifth years was someone Voldemort had a use for.
Hermione Granger was immediately singled out and pushed to her knees. The Dark Lord demanded the location of Harry Potter.
She gave it freely, to the best of her knowledge, much to the disgust of her fellow students and the Dark Lord himself. She didn't care. Harry had already said they should send Voldemort to him.
But it was not enough and he viciously entered her mind, searching for lies and tricks.
As he withdrew from the mudblood's mind, he was pale and shaking.
The girl had offered no resistance. She had even brought her memories of Harry to the forefront.
The images of the vampire, succubus and true werewolf were bad enough.
But Hermione had seen plenty of movies and the news of the Gulf War.
He was having second thoughts about both Potter and muggles.
But he couldn't show weakness so he mocked her and cursed her and loudly demanded that they bring him Potter and swear fealty to him.
It was an hour later, after several teachers and students had been cursed, that the doors to the Great Hall were ripped from their hinges into the atrium outside.
Standing in the doorway was a man in a glowing white robe and cowl. His face hidden by the only shadows he cast.
"M-My Lord, that's him. From the school in Japan." Macnair stuttered fearfully.
Voldemort wanted to run, but again, he couldn't show fear. He had seen the memories of Macnair and he was not willing to test his power against this monster.
Even Voldemort wouldn't take on a dragon head-to-head.
"Is this how English schools work?" The man asked in perfect English. "Is it a daily event where you curse children?"
Voldemort remained silent, but pulled his wand and pointed it at him.
"You don't want to do that." The man said. "I can do nothing unless you attack me."
The wand stayed where it was. "Why are you here?" Voldemort demanded.
"You've been hurting children. My student has this rather aggravating habit of trying to save people. I am hoping he will give into his blood lust when he sees what you have done.
"I am looking forward to the show."
"You said you could do nothing." Voldemort challenged.
"I am not my student. He is bound by no such rules. And neither are his friends."
The man moved to help the bushy-haired witch he had last seen in Japan.
"You are interfering!" Voldemort declared angrily, yet unwilling to act.
"I am not attacking you or anyone else. But please, feel free to curse me."
Voldemort could hear the man practically begging.
"C-C-Chairman-ssssama." Hermione said in horribly accented Japanese as she struggled through the Cruciatus exposure.
The hooded man laughed loudly. "Stick to English, girl. I'd hate for you to insult someone and not realise it."
"It was a good attempt, sir."
Everyone turned and gasped.
Harry Potter had returned to Hogwarts.
And he had the hottest monsters with him that they would never see again.
"Hello Tom. Is this what you've resorted to? Torturing defenceless children?" Harry asked calmly.
"Address me with respect, boy."
Harry shrugged. "As you wish, Mister Riddle.
"Now, do you wish to banter or shall we get down to it?"
"I offer you one last chance to surrender, Potter. You are outnumbered and don't even have a wand." Voldemort sneered.
"Oh, right. Surrender." Harry nodded. "I, in turn, offer you the chance to surrender. You've known where I was for months now. You sent three idiots to get me but were too cowardly to face me yourself… which I guess is why you are picking on eleven-year-olds."
"AVADA KEDAVRA!"
There was a blur as the green light rocketed towards Harry and Gin deflected it with his blade. "Harry-san?"
"He's all yours, Senpai." Harry said without looking away from Voldemort.
Malfoy Draco was now of two minds when it came to cursing Potter.
Mainly because one half of his head was in the werewolf's left hand and the other in the right.
The anthropomorphic wolf growled hungrily at the other pure blood teens as he licked the blood from the half of the head in his left hand.
"Who's next?" Harry asked causually.
"Keito, Mizore, tie up the rest of those children before they do something stupid." Shizuka instructed.
"Stay back!" Voldemort swung his wand towards the two moving females.
Ice exploded from the ground as a spike that drove through the Dark Lord's arm. He screamed in agony as he fell to the floor, clutching his stump.
Mizore was utterly confused. "It wasn't me."
"I wanted to see how tough he really was." They turned to the Succubus. "It's just an illusion."
They turned back to the screaming creature to see that he was still holding on to his stump… that was perfectly fine. His boot lickers were trying to calm him but the man was hysterical.
"He's utterly pathetic!" Ririko said with shocked disgust. "We should just leave and let Yukari-tan deal with him."
"Should I kill him?" The little witch asked nervously. She had fought many monsters with her friends, she had faced death. But she had yet to kill.
"Yukari, we aren't going to let you face him alone. Ririko was joking." Moka smiled at her friend.
"Not really." The lamia protested weakly.
"Potter-san, I want this one."
They turned to see Gin's wolf muzzle sniffing at a couple of very scared wizards.
"They are cursed?" Harry asked.
"Cursed and smell of children. I. Want. Them."
Harry didn't like the idea of executions, but he also knew better than to interfere with something like this.
Harry bowed. "I will not interfere or judge, Senpai."
The wolf roared before pouncing.
The Death Eaters numbers had now increased… technically.
"STOP IT!" Voldemort screamed. He was clearly beginning to panic and was now holding his wand in his off hand and cradling his wand hand as though it was actually damaged.
"No."
"I will kill them all!" Voldemort threatened as he swung his wand at the children.
"Then what, you pitiless fool?" Shizuka stepped forward. The usually bubbly teacher was outraged at what she was seeing here. "A hostage is only useful if they are alive. Kill them and you remove any restrictions we may place on ourselves." Her English was perfect, but her accent was still present, but more than acceptable.
Her words seemed to make the creature more scared. It was worrying his Death Eaters.
"My Lord? What would you have us do?" Macnair asked, his wand pointing at the blood drenched werewolf staring at him hungrily.
Voldemort needed to escape. He knew he could take on Potter, but there was a reason he had never managed to get the darker creatures of the world to follow him.
He didn't have the power to earn their respect. He was an amusement to them. They didn't kill him because they knew it would infuriate the cursed creature that he was still a pitiful human compared to them.
He was powerless.
"You can keep your precious school, Potter." He tried to sneer past the fear. "But next time we meet, will be your last."
"Again… no." Harry said simply. "This ends now, Tom. Today you pay for every crime you have committed. We gave you the opportunity to surrender and you declined.
"So now, you die."
"Wait!"
Harry frowned at the hoarse voice of Hermione.
She stood up shakily, wand in hand and walked unsteadily towards Harry.
As she passed her wand dipped slightly. "Reducto." She whispered, catching the Dark Lord in the knee and making him topple to the ground screaming. "Reducto."
The muggleborn teen was covered in blood, bone, skin, hair and brains as the head of Tom Marvolo Riddle exploded.
The English wizards and witches were staring at her in shock. Harry was frowning, but the others looked on with approval.
Hermione bowed to Harry. "I understand now, Harry-san. I understand the need for death and violence." She said with a hitch in her voice as she began to cry.
Moka immediately stepped forward and pulled her into a hug as she began to sob.
"Oh come on." Harry said frustratedly as he watched a black mist rise from the headless corpse.
"You may have won this day, Potter. But I will return!" The raspy voice came from the mist as Moka pulled Hermione away.
"No you don't." The Chairman stepped forward and began making rapid hand gestures that caused the space in front of him to be filled with lights. "Had I known earlier that you were a necromantic creature, I would have dealt with you myself.
"I was wrong. I am not prohibited from dealing with you."
The mist was being restrained by a ball of glowing white chains.
"NO! Release me!" The mist screamed.
"Potter-san, deal with the innocent children. I will finish up here." Harry could see the pointed, pearly white teeth glowing in a macabre grin.
"Shizuka, if you could help me. I will release Inner Moka. I think we will need her… 'authoritative nature'." Harry shrugged.
Shizuka giggled as she approached the children. She certainly liked Harry's way of calling Moka a 'hard ass'.
Harry quickly released Moka whilst Ruby and Yukari attempted to shield everyone from the blast. He then turned to Keito and Gin.
"Stay and watch the Chairman's back."
The two monsters bowed and turned back to watch the remaining Death Eaters and their children hungrily.
Harry headed to the front of the group and began leading them to the second floor. Ririko was sliding along next to him.
"What are you planning to do with them?" She asked, indicating the children behind them.
"We will secure them in the Chamber of Secrets. Only you, Tom and myself can access it. I want you and Shizuka to stay and watch them with Ruby and Yukari.
"Once the Death Eaters are dealt with and it is safe, we will release them."
They reached the girls' bathroom and the students watched in awe as Harry opened the entrance. They couldn't understand the Japanese spoken between the foreigners and Harry Potter, but they shuddered when the snake lady slithered into the hole.
Harry turned and addressed the students. "You just need to jump onto the slide. Professor Kagome will catch you and then guide you into the Chamber of Secrets."
"What about the monster?" Hannah Abbott asked nervously.
"Dead." Harry shrugged.
"How would you know, Potter?"
"Shut up Smith." Hermione snapped angrily. "Just jump in the hole."
"No way! What if this is a trap? Potter is a Parselmouth, that's a dark art."
"Look, I really don't care if you go in or not." Harry glared at the blond-haired boy. "If you want to be safe until the Aurors come then jump in.
"Just remember, anyone who stays up here will be considered a possible enemy. My friends are not going to risk their safety."
"Petrificus Totalus."
Zachariah Smith toppled over as Hermione cast her spell. She then shoved him in the hole with her foot. "Get in or get pushed in." She glared at the other Hogwarts students.
One by one the students jumped into the hole.
There was one student who stopped, glaring hatefully at Harry. "Where were you, Potter? Where were you when my dad was killed?" Ron Weasley demanded.
"Exiled. In Japan. Attending a school like a regular person."
"You should have been there. Dumbledore told us about the prophecy. He told us you were the only one who could defeat him.
"If you had done your job-"
"Ron."
The red-head turned to the bushy-haired prefect and crumpled to the ground as he received a solid right cross.
"It wasn't your fault, Harry." Fred said as his twin petrified their younger brother and pushed him into the hole. "We know you knew less than we did when you arrived at Headquarters last summer."
"Don't let the idiot fool you into thinking anything else." George patted the boy's shoulder before jumping into the hole. Fred waited a few seconds before following.
"Harry… I, I just wanted to say thank you." A nervous Neville Longbottom said as he approached. "Thanks for coming back and saving us." He didn't wait for a response as he jumped into the hole.
Shizuka nodded to Harry as she followed the boy, who was the last of the students aside from Hermione.
"Congratulations, Hermione. You'll be a national hero by this evening."
"That's not why I did it." She said with self-disgust. "I did it… I did it because he tortured me. He tried to go through my mind.
"I wanted him to pay."
"And that isn't a good enough reason for you?" Harry asked curiously.
"I'm not like you, Harry. I can't just kill someone and act like it never happened."
Harry closed his eyes. That hurt. "Goodbye, Hermione. I don't think we'll meet again. Not by my choice."
He didn't see her horrified expression as she realised what she said.
Harry walked back down to the Great Hall. The place was filled with dead bodies. Only a few of the Death Eater Children were alive… and they were terrified, huddled in a corner.
The Chairman was sitting serenely in the Headmaster's chair. "Potter-san, do you know how to contact the local law enforcement?"
"We could send an owl. If you have finished here then the students and teachers could be released and they can take over."
"That sounds like a good plan." He acknowledged as he stood.
"An impressive kill, Potter-san." The Chairman nodded approvingly as he examined the carcass of the basilisk.
The students and teachers were keeping their distance from both the dead monster and the man who controlled spirits.
"I bet it would be a lot easier if I had to do it now."
"Everything is easier after the first attempt." The Chairman shrugged. "But, I wouldn't put too much stock in your new skills if you had to face this beast for the first time now.
"Despite your injuries, you defeated the basilisk efficiently. Relying on your other abilities could create many openings in your defences."
"I still think a spike, coming up from the ground through its head would be better than me sticking a sword in there."
"You are assuming that the beast would not dodge.
"There is nothing wrong with trying something new, but building on an established method is often the best way. Instead of doing away with the sword, you could simply conjure armour.
"Venom is useless if it does not touch its prey."
"And the eyes? Would you suggest anything different for dealing with them?"
The Chairman shook his head. "Again, there are many options. But do not dismiss the help of others so quickly. It has been many years, but even I had friends I respected and proudly stood with."
"Chairman-sama, the Chamber has been cleared and the English have been moved upstairs." Shizuka approached and bowed.
"Excellent, Nekonome-san. I have enjoyed my time in Scotland, but I have no wish to stay and deal with Fudge and his fools again."
"Ah… "
The Chairman's shoulders slumped. "He's already here?"
"Lilith relayed a message from Akashiya-san that he had arrived."
"It shouldn't be too hard to deal with him. He is still bound by the oaths we forced on him." Harry tried to assure him.
"Fudge, what do you think you are doing?" Harry demanded as he saw aurors placing manacles on Hermione whilst holding their wands on his friends.
"She committed a crime!" Fudge was practically pleading. "I have to follow the law." He said in a pointed way.
"There has to be something that covers self-defence. She was a victim of the Cruciatus. Held hostage by the worst wizard to stand on British soil since Grindelwald."
"All true, but the law states that she must be taken in and tried. Hopefully the Wizengamut will clear her and then award her an Order of Merlin! But until then… I am bound to follow the law."
"Chairman-sama… I- I request asylum and sanctuary."
Everyone turned to the beaten down looking witch.
"Miss Granger, please, I promise-"
"Minister, the Wizengamut is comprised solely of pure bloods. I have just killed the one who promised them superiority over all others.
"I am a muggleborn. I will be in Azkaban within a week."
"Is this true, Fudge?" The Chairman asked archly.
"The Wizengamut is currently comprised of pure bloods. But I can promise you that not all of them are anti-muggle. You only have to look at Mister Potter's father."
"He was not on the Wizengamut… and he was killed by the pure blood movement." Hermione corrected. "There is no way that there will be enough decent people at my trial to ensure impartiality."
The Chairman turned to Harry. "Take her to the Academy, Potter-san. I will deal with things here."
"Ririko, Yukari and Kurumu, with me." Harry called out as he sent a stunner at Hermione followed up by a transfiguration, turning her into a small, long-haired cat. He summoned the cat and handed it to Yukari.
"What are you doing?" Fudge was beginning to panic. "I have to follow the law!" His wand was out and the aurors were attempting to cast their spells… the gust of wind was the only indication that they had been disarmed by a true werewolf.
"Harry, he is being pulled apart by the oaths we placed on him." Moka warned.
Harry raised his hand and pointed it at Fudge. "Sleep and I will no longer be a problem for you when you awake." He said compassionately as the red light left his hand and the Minister fell unconscious.
"Stop! You are all under arrest!" One of the aurors shouted, he clearly had no idea how to deal with this situation as he had no wand.
"STUPEFY!"
Gin materialised between Harry and the red spell, deflecting with his sword.
*THWACK*
*Thud*
They all turned angrily to see Ron Weasley lying on the floor with a livid Fred and George standing over him.
"Leave Harry." Neville said firmly. "Hermione told us you seemed happier out of England. You don't deserve…that." He nodded at the insensate boy with disgust.
Harry nodded sadly and walked off with his arm around Yukari.
Hermione awoke groggily to find herself lying in a hospital bed.
She looked around and saw three 'people'. The first was that scandalously dressed 'nurse' that was one of Harry's friends.
The second was Hedwig.
The third was a sprite or fairy with green hair and clothes nearly as risqué as the 'nurse's'.
The 'nurse' said something, but it was in Japanese. The fairy responded and then flew off out of the room.
The nurse handed her a glass of water but said nothing. It was a minute later that Harry and Outer-Moka arrived in the room with a crack that Hermione recognised as apparition.
"Do you know what these are?" Harry asked without pre-amble as he held up a vial of glowing silvery liquid.
Hermione shook her head.
"These are the memories of someone who knows Japanese. It will enable you to speak Japanese fluently."
Harry put his hands on Hermione's head and tilted her head before putting the vial to her temple.
"W- what? Wait-"
Harry didn't bother waiting.
Hermione's vision blurred and she felt like she was under water. But it only lasted seconds.
"Give it a moment. The feeling will pass."
She heard Harry's voice. It sounded weird, even with the sensation fading.
"Next time wait for my permission." She growled as she rubbed her temples.
"Sorry, but I am not going to spend half my time translating for you." Harry shrugged. "Do you remember what happened?"
Hermione thought for a second. Then she looked up and glared at Harry. "You stunned me."
"You requested asylum from the Chairman. He granted it and ordered me to bring you here, to the Academy."
"You couldn't have just asked me?"
"Hermione, I had just travelled several thousand miles to the place that exiled me to save the person who tried to kidnap me.
"You're lucky I didn't refuse the Chairman's orders."
Hermione wanted to argue, but she didn't think she would get very far.
"So… I'm an exile, like you?"
"For now." Moka confirmed. "We have talked to the Japanese Magical Government and they are going to provide representation for you at the Wizengamut and you will be tried in absentia.
"You will be confined to the Japanese Magical enclaves unless you are acquitted."
"I guess I'll be going to school here then."
"No, we've had you temporarily enrolled in the magical girl's school in Osaka. Your parents are being interviewed for citizenship in the non-magical world, but it is unclear whether you will be able to see them."
"What? Why?" She demanded.
"Because the Japanese magicals are even more insular than the English." Harry warned. "They bind the magic of magical babies born to non-magicals."
"What? That's… inhumane."
"It is probably not a smart thing to judge the people you have begged sanctuary from." Moka glared at her.
"But Moka, you can't condone this?" She hadn't spent much, if any, time with pink-haired version of the vampire, but she seemed a caring and moral sort.
"It has nothing to do with me. I am a vampire, not a witch."
"But what about Yukari and Ruby?"
"Special cases… and none of your business." Harry said decisively.
Hermione was at least polite enough not to push. "Why can't I go to school here?"
"You are a witch." Moka answered. "You have not finished your magical education"
"Neither has Harry."
"You're an idiot." Harry sneered.
It took Hermione aback. "Why are you being so mean?"
"Because you don't seem to have learnt anything. You are still making assumptions. You should be begging us to send your thanks to the Chairman for granting you asylum and getting your parents out of harm's way.
"Instead you are arguing, demanding and judging us."
"Harry, go. Play with Kurumu or something." Moka ordered as she pushed him towards the door.
Harry growled and then vanished with a crack.
Moka immediately turned to Hermione with a glare. "A few things you should remember, Granger-san: First, you are under-aged. Your parents have nearly no authority when it comes to you as a child unless you are all willing to have your magic bound and your memories modified so you can't even remember magic exists."
Hermione's eyes went wide.
"Second, you asked for asylum. Don't think for a second it can't be revoked and you won't be sent back to England.
"Third, no one in this school likes or respects you. Not after you tried to kidnap Harry.
"Fourth, remember that you owe Harry your life. You may have killed Voldemort, but you never would have had the chance if Harry hadn't rushed to Hogwarts.
"You will only be here for as long as it takes to find a solution to your custody and residency.
"I suggest you stay here and try and focus on how close you came to death… or worse, and how you should be on your knees thanking Harry."
Harry had thanked Gin for his help just before he grabbed the girls and headed back to the mansion. As far as he was concerned, Hermione was the Chairman's problem as he was the one who granted her asylum.
What Harry didn't realise was that the Japanese Magical Government were fairly afraid of himself and the Chairman, so Hermione was passed over to them with a fair amount of concessions regarding her parents.
It also helped that Yukari's parents had offered to help.
Ruby, Ririko and Kurumu were on cloud nine as Harry used them to work out his frustrations on. He couldn't bring himself to hurt them, but he found a new measure of release by tying them up and… doing things.
To the delight of Harry and Shizuka, Keiko and Yui finished their year at university and had offered to spend more time with them in the human world.
Despite the objections of several of the younger girls, Harry had contacted Gin and offered him the chance to accompany them and take photos that might be useful in the newspaper.
The two human girls were warned he would be coming… which explained why Keiko was holding a choke chain when they met up.
Still, it was nice to spend the rest of their holiday in a hotel. There had been an incident were Harry had to explain to Keito and Ririko that the hotel and restaurant staff weren't slaves that could be hired for… 'things', but otherwise, all went well.
It was in their second to last week that they had a visit from two sets of parents.
"Mister Potter, we wanted to thank you for rescuing our daughter and ourselves." Mr Granger said formally as Yukari's parents were off in another room with their daughter and Ruby.
"It was the right thing to do. If things had gone better, Voldemort would have come to my school, here in Japan. There would have been no tortured children… just a puddle of blood."
"We were hoping you could explain what happened. Hermione has become withdrawn and Mister Sendo-"
"Sendo-san." Harry corrected with a smile.
"Of course." Mister Granger sighed. "I don't know how Hermione remembers the correct titles."
"I would be curious to see if it is because you, being non-magicals, affects how the memories for language are absorbed." Harry mused. "But, you were saying…?"
"Right, Sendo-san has been having trouble dealing with her. Despite their generous and amazing help, their inability to talk makes it difficult."
Harry looked down sadly. It was a curse of Yukari's family. They were exceptionally powerful, but that power came at a cost. Anything they said was magical and could invoke magic.
There was a chance that Yukari would be sentenced to a life of silence when she got older, Moka was looking into it already.
Yukari either didn't care or was in denial.
"Is there a reason you can't deal with her?" Harry asked, trying very hard not to be accusatory.
Mr Granger nodded. "We understand that the Japanese Magical Government has made a lot of concessions for us due to Hermione's connection to you, but we are forbidden from entering the magical enclave and Hermione, despite being allowed to leave to visit us, is forced to sleep and live in the enclave.
"It limits the time we can spend with her."
"I'm not sure what can be done. I didn't even know I had pull with the government. I suppose your only options would be to stick it out until the results of the trial come through or ask about moving to a country with better relations with magicals."
Mr Granger sighed, he looked very uncomfortable. "Is there no way for her to attend your academy? She's clearly miserable, but… even after hearing about all the danger she's been through as a witch, she was never happier than when she was with you."
Harry grimaced. He felt that was an unfair burden to put on him. But he held his tongue.
"Did you know she never apologised for trying to kidnap Harry-chan?" Kurumu, however, was more than willing to speak up as she moved from the couch she was on nearby. "She tried to rip him away from his friends and family without even asking if he wanted to or even seeing if he was in danger."
Harry placed a hand on her bare knee as she was clearly getting worked up.
"We are monsters, Granger-san. We fight our natural instinct to just take what we want. Hermione would be eaten alive at the Academy."
"Literally." Mizore piped up as she came and sat on Harry's other side.
She was none too subtle as she grabbed Harry's free hand and placed it on her own knee. Harry tried not to smirk at the usual competitiveness between the two girls.
"There is also the fact that she hasn't finished her magical education." Harry said as he moved his hands to take the girls' hands instead. "Yōkai Academy doesn't teach magic. It teaches the standard non-magical curriculum of Japan.
"Yōkai Academy is about teaching Yōkai how to live amongst humans without revealing their true nature."
"But you finished your magical education, couldn't Hermione take the same tests?"
"Do you have several million pounds to spend?" Harry asked with a raised eyebrow.
Mister Granger blanched. He wanted to ask how Harry had managed it, but he would never be so rude.
"What about correspondence courses? Couldn't she attend the Academy and take magic courses by mail?"
"Why are you so insistent that she attends the Academy?" Moka asked as she walked up behind the couch.
Mister Granger sighed. "It's not the Academy, Harry-san, it is you. She has had very few friends in life. She has been perpetually bullied."
"She was bullied in Hogwarts." Harry pointed out.
"But she had you. She had no one in primary school. She would run away from school and hide at the local library. We were lucky that the librarians were understanding and helped her."
"Well that explains her obsession with libraries." Harry muttered. "Look, at Hogwarts your daughter was bullied and threatened because of her blood and heritage.
"She was nearly killed by a troll, basilisk, werewolf, dementors and finally Voldemort. Now, at Hogwarts that wasn't supposed to happen. They were isolated events that directly related to me or Voldemort.
"At Yōkai Academy, Moka was nearly raped on her first day and I was nearly murdered. On a regular basis I have been in fights to defend myself and my friends… for our lives.
"It gets worse as I am pretty much the head of the school security.
"That is the environment you want to put your daughter in. The established structure of authority is the strongest lead."
"I think the more important part is that Granger needs to realise she is wrong and apologise to Harry." Kurumu was clearly angry about this.
There was only a month to the start of the new school year. In that time, Hermione had been cleared of murder but charged and convicted of man-slaughter. Fudge had sent a letter to Hermione saying that the best thing he could do was to sentence her to exile.
It would spare her the few years in Azkaban and left open the possibility of being allowed back into Britain.
Yukari's parents informed them that she had not taken the news well and was now prone to fits of anger. They had to confiscate her wand as she was angry at everyone.
They just hoped she would be fine for the new year as the Chairman had agreed to enrol her.
The first day of school arrived, Harry and the girls had moved back into the SPC building a week earlier so the two teachers could prepare their classes and Harry and the others could prepare for their duties.
There were two surprises for them in their first home room session.
"Yukari? Shouldn't you be in your class?" Moka asked as they approached their seats.
"I am, silly!" She beamed as she wrapped herself around the vampire, nuzzling into her breasts.
"What are you doing?!" Asked the second surprise.
"Hermione? You're in this class too?" Harry asked apprehensively.
"Not now Harry. Why is Yukari molesting Moka? It's… indecent."
"Take it up with them." Harry shrugged as he took his seat, sitting sideways.
"Why aren't you wearing the uniform?" She asked, not comfortable with the other monster girls yet.
Hermione was wearing a perfect set of the standard school uniform with the green blazer, white blouse, short brown plaid skirt and red bow.
The only major difference between her uniform and the rest of the school's was that her skirt actually touched her knees.
Harry, on the other hand, was dressed all in black. He was essentially wearing the same outfit that Kuyou wore.
"I am." He said as he pulled at his uncomfortable collar. "This is the uniform of the School Protection Committee. If you see students wearing black uniforms like mine, they are also members."
"You're a prefect?"
"I'm law enforcement." Harry said grumpily. "I make sure that the students are safe, following the rules and not threatening the secrecy of the Academy."
"And being totally hot while doing it." Kurumu declared as she plopped on his lap.
As usual, this meant that Harry had to crane his neck to see past her epic bosoms.
"We're in class!" Hermione said scandalously. "You should be more… behaved. Won't Harry have to discipline you?"
Kurumu's eyes drifted dreamily. "I hope so."
Harry suddenly felt very cold as Kurumu squeaked and began to rise in the air.
"No hogging the Stud." Came the quiet voice of Mizore as she somehow managed to drape her arms around him from behind. His seat was by the window, he had his back to it.
"I thought monster abilities were supposed to be secret?" Hermione said as she watched the succubus expose her wings so she could float down off her ice pillar.
"They are." Harry nodded. "But we've been in so many fights that it is impossible to hide what we are." He looked up at the lollipop sucking face resting on his head. "Can you get rid of this please?" He indicated the ice covering his legs.
"Common courtesy is to not mention it if someone loses control of their human form." Moka explained. "Your identity is secret. You should make sure it stays that way."
Hermione had to fight the urge to touch her wand, stashed inside her blazer's inner pocket. She couldn't imagine not having it. She cast as many spells as she could a day. She had no idea how Harry managed to get by without magic. She hadn't even seen his wand. She hadn't actually seen it since the day of his trial… although it was supposed to be snapped. She made a mental note to ask what his new one was made of.
The bell rang and Nekonome Shizuka bounced in, ready to start the school year.
Harry was glad she was no longer in heat, it would have made school a whole lot harder with two of his teachers trying to seduce him.
Ririko was hard enough.
The class stood at their desks and bowed. Hermione paid careful attention and copied her new classmates.
"Welcome back class." Miss Nekonome greeted them. "I hope you all had as wonderful a holiday as I did…" She seemed to drift off into blissful memories.
By the expression on her face and the loud purring, they were not rated for a classroom.
"Ahem!" Harry cleared his throat loudly.
Miss Nekonome snapped back to reality with a screech… not because of Harry, but because of the cold hand of ice that had gripped her ankle.
She glared at the snow-woman, but continued her greetings and announcements. "We have two new class members. The first is a transfer from class 3-B, Sendo Yukari."
The now twelve-year-old stood and waved shyly before bowing and sitting down.
"Our second transfer is Granger Hermione. She comes from the United Kingdom and is still acclimatising to a Japanese lifestyle."
Hermione stood and bowed nervously then sat.
The rest of the class time was spent going over the basic school schedule.