A/N: I made an error last time. I said Harry's hair was brown, not black. –bangs head on keyboard-
Disclaimer: I. Don't. Own.
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"Professor," Harry asked Lupin, eyeing the former Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher carefully. "What're you doing here in Diagon Alley?"
Lupin smiled. "Ah," He said slyly, waving a hand. "I found myself in need of robes."
He gestured to patched cloak he wore. "This suits me fine, but I'm afraid my companions will need newer ones."
"Companions?" Harry echoed, looking around for other people besides himself, Lupin, and the group at the front of the store. Lupin, out of the corner of his eye, saw Kakashi standing some ways off in the shadows, Genma close by.
"I fear, Harry," He said. "That they do not wish to come and say hello, for they wouldn't understand what you are saying."
Harry opened his mouth to say something else, but was cut off as Ron bounded over and seized his arm.
"Your turn!" He sang. "Hello, Professor,"
Lupin, smiling, nodded at Harry, who had a bemused expression on his face as Ron dragged him over to the stool. After making sure everyone's attention was elsewhere, Lupin turned around and strode over to the duo of ninja.
"I could have translated," He said kindly. Genma looked up at him, his eagle mask glinting from the dim lighting.
"We would have frightened him," He explained, tapping his mask. "I much prefer waiting for school to meet him, anyways."
Lupin shrugged, and looked over to where Harry was standing like a statue as Madam Malkin was measuring him for his robes.
"I suppose we'll have to wait now for her to get finished with them." He mused. "You'll need to take those masks and jackets off."
"No problem!" Genma said enthusiastically. He poked Kakashi, who had been apparently sulking.
"What? You don't want to show your ugly mug?"
"Oh, shut up." Kakashi snapped.
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The trio set out forty-five minute later, Kakashi and Genma each with their new robes. They trooped after Lupin through the grim streets of Diagon Alley, occasionally passing by grimy stands with shady looking sellers cackling as they went past.
One of them went so far to take hold of Kakashi's arm and jerk him back.
"Amulet, little boy?" He wheezed. "Protect your pretty neck from werewolves?"
Lupin tugged Kakashi away from the half mad wizard, who was now cackling insanely as if he'd made some sort of joke.
"Honestly," He muttered. "The Ministry should stop writing nonsense gossip and do something about little weeds like him…"
Lupin continued to mumble angrily to himself as they stopped at shop where he showed them various kinds of cauldrons and Potions ingredients.
"Pewter," He said. "I know you're to get pewter cauldrons, let's see now,"
They did, indeed, get pewter cauldrons, along with everything else they'd need for Potions. The next place they stopped at was at Flourish and Blotts, the bookstore (Kakashi seemed rather elated) to get their year six text books.
"Oh, that's nice," Genma commented in a rather sickened voice, gesturing to the Herbology book cover. The picture displayed a not-so pretty scene where a wizard was being strangled by Devil's Snare. He seemed to be in rather a lot of pain. "Do I want to know what those greenish spots are?"
Neither Lupin nor Kakashi decided to answer him, both leaving the revolted youth grimacing as he backed away from the other Herbology books, afraid what the other covers would look like. Like the previous shops, Flourish and Blotts was rather empty, and one of the employees seemed beside himself with joy.