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-A/N: I'm in shock. Four reviews for my less-than amazing fanfic, six alerts, and even a fav. Thank you!
Words in italic- Japanese
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"What's London look like?" Genma asked as Kakashi peered around.
"Scoozy."
Genma stared at the other boy with a 'WTF?' expression. Kakashi glanced over and said, "You heard nothing."
Shrugging, Genma followed at Kakashi's heels like an obedient puppy dog as his fellow ninja turned left and headed down the sidewalk. The city was rather crowded at that time of day, and many of the people caught in the sidewalk traffic jam stared at the two and their creepy white masks shadowed by the hoods of their black coats.
"Bah," Genma scoffed, leering after a particularly small child who had run into a pole gawking after him. "They act like they have nothing better to do."
"Maybe they don't," Kakashi replied. He stopped in front of an old building with a rusty sign, hanging by one hinge, which proclaimed The Leaky Cauldron. None of the people hurrying around the crowded streets seemed to notice the shady looking pub. It was as if they didn't even see it.
"Hello,"
Genma whirled around, surprised. He blinked when his eyes landed on a young, tired looking gentleman with sandy brown hair spiked through with gray.
"I'm Remus Lupin," He continued, acting as if he hadn't scared the wits out of two boys he'd just met. He eyed them. "You are-?"
Kakashi bowed.
"I am the wolf who waits in the shadows." He recited.
Genma found it similar to his. Bowing as well, he said, "I am the hawk who flies under the moon."
Lupin smiled. "Excellent," He turned to the pub, beckoning for Kakashi and Genma to follow after him. Through the door, the Leaky Cauldron seemed to be a rather empty bar.
"Tom," Lupin greeted, holding up a hand in recognition to the toothless bartender. Tom nodded, and went back to polishing an already sparkling glass.
Lupin led the way out to the back, where a small brick wall awaited them. It looked rather boorish, with mismatched bricks. Wordlessly, Lupin withdrew what seemed to be a rather fancy stick and tapped a certain brick on the wall.
"What the-"
"Wow."
The bricks pushed and shoved one another as they rearranged, creating an archway through the wall. What seemed to be a long, wide, and crowded street met the young ninjas' eyes. All of the people hurried along in groups of two or more, no one stopping to talk, the place eerily quiet and grim.
"This is Diagon Alley," Lupin explained, a rather wistful note in his voice. "I wish you could have visited it when the atmosphere was a bit more…pleasant."
"Everyone seems so…frightened," Genma commented, looking around curiously at the various shops, closed for the day or abandoned, many bearing large purple posters with an unreadable scribble of foreign words and moving pictures.
I'm going crazy, He told himself.
Lupin slowed his pace and waved sadly at an abandoned shop, boarded up.
"This was Ollivander's," He muttered. "The finest maker of wands in the world."
They continued their trek, Lupin gesturing to various shops and telling what they were.
"Madam Malkin's," He said, halting so suddenly Kakashi almost ran into him and Genma almost ran into Kakashi. "We'll stop here first. You'll need robes."
He opened the door for the two and shooed them in. It became clear that even the shops had a depressing air about them. Lupin made his way through the empty shop to where a young woman was greeting a pale boy with light blonde hair and his mother.
"Morning, ma'am," Lupin almost sang.
The woman, Madam Malkins, waved, before turning back to the pale boy and getting him to stand on a stool. The boy sneered at Lupin behind the man's back and glared suspiciously at Genma and Kakashi, who were still wearing their ANBU masks and coats. Hidden, Genma pulled a grotesque face at the sickly looking youth and trailed after Lupin.
"We'll wait until she's finished with Mr. Malfoy," Lupin muttered, looking over some black fabric. "Oh, I'd almost forgotten,"
He handed each a heavy pouch.
"Coins," He said brightly. "Spending money for Hogsmeade and if you want to get an owl or a cat."
"We can get ca-?" Genma began to ask, but he decided not to finish as he could just feel the heat from the glare Kakashi proceeded to give him. "Right then. No cats."