The Shadow Walker

Abby Ebon

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Summary: This is Alternate Universe and yaoi (also called slash or yoai). Harry Potter's relatives left him to die in a parking lot; he was found by Loki and sent to Japan to be adopted and renamed Yoru; at five he runs away from his 'parents'- facing down bad guys, gods, and now at nine- the Ronin Warriors and Jun Yamada.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything you recognize however any original characters and this plot is all mine.

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-Chapter Two-

The Mistake

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Harry Becomes Midori, Yoru.

Loki was a trickster, so it shouldn't come to any surprise that he entrusted Susanoo, god of storms in Japan, and something of a trickster himself, was to inform him of Harry's comings and goings- and if anything of ill intent befell him.

Susanoo accepted, and, surprisingly, grew to like the boy. In truth, this was because when Harry- called Midori by his family, grew upset he would cause usual weather- snow, hail, and small windstorms that rivaled the west's tornados.

Though he was only an infant, he showed much promise.

So Susanoo grew to like his duty, and of this, Loki was glad, because he saw no other way to keep the storm god watching the infant.

Though neither god knew it things were about to change.

For Harry's 'mother' was a kitsune, and she knew all about Susanoo's interest in her adopted son, and was not pleased.

Her name was Mura, and she decided that as her child was an interest to the gods, she should bind him to her- by blood.

Thus, by her standards- truly her son; so it was that she preformed the blood-ritual, in the end mixing her blood with his, magically, on a shallow cut on his back.

To her surprise, the cut healed as she watched, and on his back sprung a picture of a kitsune- in its fox form.

So it was that Mura named her son Midori, she knew that in later life Midori would begin to show kitsune characteristics. But, she was not worried, for she would be there to help him along.

Loki knew a bind when he saw one, and the situation he had placed his young charge in- was just such a bind.

It had been three years since Harry Potter had become Midori Yoru. He had, of course, been made mixed into three creatures- kitsune, god, and a little human- but something had gone terribly, terribly, wrong. Harry Potter was not supposed to do anything noteworthy in Japan.

He was supposed to learn English- as well as Japanese.

He was supposed to learn the most basic of spells- thanks to his mother.

Most important he was supposed to be kept hidden, safe, and unnoticed.

Unnoticed being the key word, he was not supposed to be kidnapped by the notorious Emperor Talpa, right under the nose of Susanoo, and Mura! Though truthfully it wasn't Mura's fault, as she had been killed, (thankfully out of sight and sound of Harry) defending her family- and Harry especially.

Of all the things that could go wrong- the trickster had not expected to be tricked. That, Loki knew, would prove to be his undoing- but that wasn't for millennia's yet, and fate as it were, was never written in stone.

Though prophesy was much harder to change.

Yet there was nothing for Loki to do, but sit back, and wait- and intervene if it proved treacherous- for the gods had forbid him from doing otherwise.

Yoru is led Astray.

Emperor Talpa had sensed the power of the young one before him, as soon as he had arrived in Japan- and he had intended to drain the child of his power. Though, now that Talpa saw him, he knew that that plan had been blown out of the water, the child was half-god.

Emperor Talpa knew well that no child descended from gods could be killed by a mortal. Certainly, there were weapons that could kill a half-god- or whole god, but the retaliation from the other gods would be great. And greater still would be the revenge of the parent god, if their child was killed.

The least one could expect was death- pain, and torture, for eternity was far more likely.

Death, he knew, was classified strangely among the gods- capture, kidnapping, and harm- were also great crimes if a mortal did them. Even among themselves gods were not kind.

A death of half-god child also included a human draining them.

There was, however, a loop, if the half, or whole, god was willing- or corrupted.

So while Emperor Talpa could not drain the half-god child, he intended to use him all the same.

"Hello, little one… would you like something to eat- or perhaps something to drink?" The Demon Priestess Kayura asked in a kindly tone.

Emperor Talpa and his agents were surprised that throughout the kidnapping the child had remained silent, and watchful- watching them with eerily luminous green eyes. Hesitatingly, the black haired child nodded.

"My name is Kayura, what is yours?" She asked the three year old, who only blinked up at her, even as she set a bowl of vegetable soup beside him. Laced in it was a potion that would bond the child to them.

He wouldn't be a mindless servant- but he would be susceptible to trust them above most others.

"Midori." The boy, Harry Potter, murmured as he ate the soup.

"Well Midori, I have some friends I'd like to introduce to you…" Kayura said with a small smile.

Midori's Training

At six, with three years of training with Emperor Talpa's warriors Midori was given the Orb of Death- the balance to the Jewel of Life, held by the Ronin Warriors. It affected reality in the same way the Jewel of Life could affect the Neither Realm.

The catch was that it couldn't be used by those who were older then ten. So putting it in Talpa's hands had the same effect as putting a normal stone in his hands. It also ruled out his Dark Warriors.

As Midori could use it he was called 'Shadow Walker'. What they didn't know was that the Orb of Death bonded to its user for life. As Midori was a half-god this would be a very long time.

All seemed lost, but for one small thing- which really wasn't all that small, and was forgotten even among most gods. Midnight, a giant Black Panther, with red eyes guarded, advised, and selected the Orb of Darkness holders.

Midnight, although itself an ancient agent of death, questioned little Midori about Talpa's choices, and so, brought doubt into the mind of Midori about which side he should be on...

Midori the Negotiator...

Midori was seven, and he had done more with his years then many men did with their lives. The day after he had been kidnapped Midori had started training with Emperor Talpa's warriors.

Now though, he was being sent to Earth, to negotiate between the units on Earth that were under Anubis' orders, who was a warrior of Talpa's, and they would soon be too-- even if they didn't know it yet.

First, Midori would have to gain their trust- which was what Midori was going to do.

Anubis' most trusted units were two rival 'gangs' in Japan. Midori himself was currently under the protection of Kane- an ally of both units.

Kane was a large teen. He was known for two things- his fighter's loyalty to him- and his unbeatable strategies. He was one of Anubis' top ten leaders in the city, and had found Kasha when he was ten.

The now sixteen year old Kasha was a muscled teen who was built like a tank- his trade mark was a yin-yang red headband, and he had short spiky black hair, with hazel eyes.

Kasha was learning everything about being a negotiator from Midori that he could, so he could assist the unit leaders when Midori left the area. He would also be the one to replace Midori if Talpa decided he had another use- or if he was to go back to the Neither Realms.

He was also a kind-of body-guard for Midori.

Midori, when he had learned the situation, had called a meeting of the ten unit leaders. The rivalry between, Youmi - a heavily muscled teen with green and blue hair, and brown eyes, who wanted a bigger area for his unit to control and Jade- who was lean and tall- with smooth silver hair, and emerald eyes- and who wanted a more controlled area, and didn't really care about the size, so long as none of his men mixed with another unit.

It had been a long standing feud between the two, and Midori had been working on it since he had arrived.

Though, they hadn't said that aloud- but it was the feeling Midori got off the two.

Among the ten, he was now known for his skills as a negotiator- and that was what had stopped the fights from openly breaking out in the streets, and the rules he had set had helped greatly maintain the peace among Anubis' hidden ranks.

After all, Anubis' people were useless for bringing about Talpa's control of Earth, if they were in jail- or dead by the rivalries between each other.

The ten units here respected, and watched out for him, which was one of the reasons he had stayed here for more then a few weeks. He had been stopping their fights for months now.

Finally, Midori decided to speak. True, he was very young, but he had the sheer power of the supernatural backing him.

"The way I see it, Jade, you want control, so why not a smaller area? That way you concentrate your main forces- and have more control. Youmi can lean more into the area's you don't have control over." Midori suggested, the two gang leaders nodded, for if they had another problem they went to Anubis himself. Midori watched as they went their separate ways.

Leaving the other eight unit leaders, since the meeting was over, they too left, leaving Midori and Kasha alone.

"Kasha, I'm going out. So stay out of trouble while I'm gone." Midori requested and when Kasha frowned, he knew this conversation would end with his loosing.

"Midori let me come. I'm supposed to protect you." Kasha affirmed stubbornly, Midori rolled his eyes at the stubbornness of the older boy.

"Fine." Midori gave a short answer as he gave up- he didn't want to argue tonight.

Midori walked to the sidewalk with the older boy.

Kasha stayed in the shadows, so no one would notice him, watching out for Midori. Midori watched the city people as he walked. None of the people seemed to see him, which was just as well - he couldn't let his tough mask slip, yet he regretted that he had never had true friends before.

The other negotiators he left scattered behind in Anubis' ranks after he trained them were the closest people who he'd allowed near him.

However, negotiators were just that- trusted by all the unit leaders to make good choices for the whole.

Midori remembered that fateful day…two days after he had first left the Neither Realms, he had come across six boys fighting. He had eavesdropped, and when a fight was about to break out, he had foolishly said that they were doing was stupid - and could be easily solved.

They had taken out their weapons, and with a knife to his throat; he had told them how to solve the problem. They had agreed to try it, and it had worked. Good thing too, or his first negation would have been the last. He couldn't have known it then, but those had been some of Anubis' top soldiers.

Now, the cities that he left had two rules, one was no weapons in daylight… and the other, was if the unit leaders had a problem they went to the negotiator first, and then Anubis.

Midori had left two cities- and it had been nearly a year since he had left the Neither Realms. Midori was quite rudely interrupted from his thoughts when someone's fist slammed into his stomach, knocking him onto his back. Midori got up looking around himself, he saw four older teens - one looked like the leader.

"So you're the little twerp that negotiates with th' gangs 'eh? Let's see if you can 'negotiate' your way outta a street fight." The older teen said while grinning stupidly. Midori knew they had knocked out Kasha, and had probably taken him by surprise. If they could do that to Kasha, Midori knew he wouldn't stand much of a chance.

Looking at their weapons- a chain, and a metal bat- he knew he was in trouble. They were punks, and they didn't belong to any of Anubis' units.

"Get 'em!" Was the last word the leader said; before Midori's world suddenly blurred. He blacked out from what felt like a metal bat slamming into the back his head. After ten minutes of beating Midori up, the thugs got tired of it and left; leaving Midori to die.

Or so they thought, about thirty minutes later- Jun Yamada, older then Midori, and adopted son of Nasuti Yagyu, came upon the scene of the beating. Jun was also the 'baby brother' of the Ronin Warriors.

As for the punks- shortly after they had beaten Midori, all that was left four lightning scorch marks.

(Good Guys)

English Name-Japanese Name: (Name I'm Using)

Ryo-Ryo

Rowan- Touma

Sage -Seiji

Sai/Cye -Shin

Kento -Shuu

The Ancient One –Kaosu

Yuli - Jun Yamada

Mia Koshi -Nasuti Yagyu

White Blaze –Byakuen

(Bad Guys)

English Name-Japanese Name (Name I'm Using)

Anubis (!)- Shuten Douji

Dais- Rajura

Sekmet- Naaza

Kale- Anubis (!)

Lady Kayura- Demon Priestess Kayura

Emperor Talpa- Arago

Name: Ryo Sanada

Armor: Wildfire (Rekka) and Inferno (Kikotei) -Inferno requires Wildfire,

Attack Phrase: Flare up now (Sou En Zan) and Rage of the Inferno(?)

Transformation Phrase: "TAO JIN!" (Jin-Perfect Virtue)

Name: Seiji Date (aka Sage)

Armor: Halo (Korin)

Attack Phrase: Thunderbolt Cut (Rai Ko Zan)

Transformation Phrase: "TAO REI!" (Rei -courtesey)

Name: Touma Hashiba (aka Rowen)

Armor: Strata (Tenku)

Attack Phrase: Arrow Shock Wave (Shin Ku Ha)

Transformation Phrase: "TAO CHI!" (Chi-wisdom/strategy -it was changed to (Inochi) Life Force in the English version.)

Name: Shin Mouri (aka Cye/Sai)

Armor: Suiko (Torrent)

Attack Phrase: Super Wave Smash (Cho Ryu Ha)

Transformation Phrase: "TAO SHIN!" (Shin-sincerely/trust/faith)

Name: Shuu Rei Fuan (aka Kento)

Armor: Hardrock (Kongo)

Attack Phrase: Iron Rock Crusher (Gantessai ?)

Transformation Phrase: "TAO GI!" (Gi means Justice)