Of Wizards, Akuma, and Exorcists

Twelve: A Day In Ravenclaw

Disclaimers: I do not own any D. Gray-Man or Harry Potter characters/settings. They rightfully belong to Mr. Hoshino (D. Gray-Man) and Ms. Rowling (Harry Potter). Also, some conversations between the Harry Potter characters are direct quotes from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and that also does not belong to me!
Being in this strange school sucked. Being in the same class as this red haired fool sucked. He should be outside, hunting down Akuma and the Millenium Earl, not sitting inside this stupid classroom learning how to cast these silly spells!

"Come on, Yu, don't be so grumpy, this is pretty fun," Lavi said in a singsong voice, flicking his wand carelessly, accidentally poking the short teacher's head. "Oops, sorry, Professor Flitwick."

"Shut up," Kanda grumbled, then glared at the idiot sitting next to him, "and how many times did I tell you to not call me by my first name? It's Kanda, you carrot head."

Lavi grinned toothily, seeming not bothered at all by Kanda's rudeness, although the Japanese samurai sensed a bit of fear in the Bookman's aura. He hmphed and flicked his own wand, successfully making the pixy in front of him stop its fluttering. "Stay, you stupid creature."

The part-goblin Professor Flitwick hopped over to Kanda and said in his squeaky voice, "Very good, Mr. Kanda, very good. How everyone, I want you all to do as good as him for your N.E.W.T. exams! It's hard to believe he hasn't been at this school for less than a fortnight- and he's doing better than any of you!"

" 'Very good, Mr. Kanda, very good,' " Fred Weasley mimicked from next to Lavi. "His Rudeness is the best student in this class, is he?"

"At least his genius brain won't go to waste," George Weasley said to his twin. "We're pretty amazing, but we're not going to do anything other than fulfill our duties with helping those poor children fight evil teachers, so-"

"Having knowledge like yours, Kanda, " Fred continued, "won't really help us because it'll make our customers think we're two people with a lot of brain and no sense of humor, which you all know-"

"Is the best in the world!" George finished dramatically.

"I have no idea what you two are talking about," Kanda said irritably, "but I care about it no more than I care about Moyashi's life values."

Lavi laughed. "Don't worry, Yu!" he said. "Allen doesn't care about what you eat, either."

"Don't call me that!" Kanda snapped, accidentally sending a firework of red sparks at Lavi's pixy, burning its arm to a crisp just as the bell rang through the castle. Kanda jumped up and was the first one out of the classroom.

Those idiots, they were always bugging him, and the fact that they were in all of his classes every day didn't make his life any better. Kanda was glad that they didn't stalk him during lunch though, them being in Gryffindor and he in Ravenclaw. Too bad weird people didn't all belong in the other houses, there were plenty of idiots in Ravenclaw as well.

As Kanda stomped down the hall towards History of Magic, a sixth year girl who reminded him slightly of Lenalee walked past, surrounded by her usual group of chit-chatty girls. He knew she talked and thought about that Harry Potter kid a lot, and she knew that he hung out with that Moyashi, and that Moyashi and he were from the same place. So, in conclusion, that sixth year Ravenclaw talked to Kanda a lot. And apparently, her friends thought him a better 'suitor' for Cho Chang than they did Harry Potter.

"Hello, Kanda," one of the girls greeted, trying to sound cute. Kanda ignored her. Cho Chang watched him curiously for a moment as she was led away, but then she was right behind him, grabbing his sleeve.

"Um, Kanda," she started.

Now Kanda was not one to give advice, especially not to silly school girls who didn't have to worry about dying every day. But if he wanted this girl to go away, he had no other way than to do what went against his policy in every single way. He glared at Cho, who looked back timidly, and said, "If you want to talk to Harry Potter that much, why don't you go talk to him or find Moyashi? It's much easier and faster," and with that, he pulled away from her and walked off.

"It's awkward though," Cho said to his back. "Why don't you try talking to the person who came back holding the dead body of someone you loved?"

Kanda stopped and turned his head a bit. "Unfortunately for you, there's no one in this world that I love, and the one in the other world will never come back dead in the arms of some strange idiot."

Out of the corner of his eye, Kanda saw Cho's friends grab her arms and tug her away, and Cho had a hurt look on her pretty face...pretty?

Kanda scoffed. "It's all Moyashi's fault," he huffed.

"Hi Yu!" Lavi greeted the moment Kanda stepped into the ghost's classroom. How'd he get here before him?

"Hmph," Kanda sat down without much of a reply. "This is stupid."

"Hey look, Binns is here," Fred said.

"Good night guys," Lavi said, and his head fell onto his desk as the twins began to fight with their magical rubber chikens. Kanda, feeling extremely irritated, glared at the blackboard through the teacher's transparent body.

Several hours and classes later, Kanda walked into the Great Hall. As per usual, the stupid Moyashi was making a fool of himself by stuffing more into his mouth than his stomach could possibly hold (although it amazingly did hold it all). Sitting beside the idiot was Lenalee, who Kanda had to admit had more reasonable values than Cho Chang; Lenalee probably didn't wonder about some boy all day long like Cho did. Harry Potter and his two friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, were with the two as well, all of them watching Moyashi in amazement. Apparently the three knew about the Black Order and the Exorcists' mission.

Those loose tongued idiots, Kanda thought angrily, and went to sit down next to Komui, who was gazing at the Gryffindor table, his sister in particualr, with worry. Komui, being their chief at the Black Order Headquarters, had spent the whole week 'helping' the school's headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, with the stuttering Exorcist, Miranda Lotto. So far Komui came back to the common room every night with updates on what was going on in the magical and the other, 'Muggle' world. Arystar Krory, that vampire like Exorcist, helped in Herbology all day, helping the students. Kanda cursed his own age; he should be doing something more usefull than sitting in a classroom all day!

He angrily stabbed a fork into his lunch, which, to his irritation, was never his favorite dish of Japanese soba noodles.

Around him, conversation was everywhere.

"Gryffindor's new student, Allen Walker, he's really nice, isn't he?" a fourth year girl squealed with her friends. "So cute, too!"

Kanda's fork bent as he squeezed it, and he slammed the useless utensil down with a loud thud. Shooting a glare at the blond girl, he left the Great Hall in a huff.

There was stilltwenty minutes until lunch was over. Kanda decided that the outside was a better place to be and walked out of the large front doors into the sunlight. Stopping in the shade of a tall tree, Kanda sat down next to a tree stump and closed his eyes...

It was ususual that Kanda have dreams, but this time, he did. He was sitting in a Japanese tea room, or in the hallway outside it, staring out at the peaceful garden in front of him. Cherry blossoms fell like butterflies, and the soothing sound of water sounded in his ears. Shutting his eyes, Kanda wished with every fiber in his being that this peace in this garden would reach that person he was looking for..

Kanda, a voice said, echoing, Kanda...?

Who is it? Kanda thought, refusing to open his eyes. Who's calling my name..?

Leave him be, Allen, let him sleep...you guys just go ahead, I have homework to finish anyways...

Allen...? Moyashi? What is he doing here? Homework, what's going on...? Kanda thought. What is Moyashi doing in my...

"...dream...?"

"Ah, you're awake, are you?" a girl's wise voice asked from beside him. "Sorry, didn't think you were a light sleeper."

"What?" Kanda turned his groggy eyes towards the voice and saw a shock of bushy brown hair. "Who are you?"

The girl looked at him, and Kanda recognized the girl who was always with Moyashi and the others. "Hermione Granger," the girl affirmed his guess. "Good morning to you, Kanda."

Kanda attempted to glare at the girl, but failed to do so as yawn broke his face. "Whatever," he muttered, and grabbed his bag that had fallen off his lap. In an effort to get an excuse to ignore this Hermione, he opened up a Transfiguaration textbook and pretended to read.

"You don't have to try that hard to ignore me, Kanda, I'm doing my homework too," Hermione said, "and you're reading it upside down."

"Cheh." Kanda turned his book right side up and stifled a smirk.

Soon, the bell rang, signaling the end of luch hour. Hermione stood up but didn't walk away until Kanda stood as well. When he started walking towards thhe castle, she followed like a puppy. Her friends, Moyashi and the others, were follwing them from a distance, and Moyashi kept sending him reproachful, cautious looks. The Exorcists sent her a what-are-you-doing glare. She shrugged and said that her classroom was in the same direction.

"What's your next class?" Hermione asked innocently. "I have Ancient Runes next."

"What is it to you?" Kanda asked not so politely.

"I'm just making conversation, if you don't mind," Hermione replied good naturedly. "Allen tells me you're a mean brute, but I don't think so. In fact, you're pretty gentle."

Kanda scowled. "I have Potions next," he answered to her previous question.

Hermione grimaced. "I don't know what to say about that class. The class itself is nice, but the teacher and all the Slytherins in there..."

Kanda raised an eyebrow. "Is it that bad? I usually just throw hexes at them from under the table."

Hermione stared at him in shock. "You what?"

"Did you really think I'd do something so worthless?" Kanda asked, slightly offended. "Waste of energy. Lavi's the one always doing it. Snape isn't allowed to lay a finger on us Exorcists anyways."

"Wow," Hermione muttered.

"Bye," Kanda said, pointing his thumb down the hall. "Potions in this way, and isn't Ancient Runes that-a-way?"

"Oh, yes," Hermione said, looking flustered. "Bye Kanda."

Kanda watched as the girl scurried away, followed by Moyashi and the others, and as he turned to walk in the other direction, Lavi caught up and swung his arm around his shoulders. "Yo, Captain. You seemed rather comfortable with Hermione there, weren't you?" the idiot asked cheerfully.

"Shut up, you idiot. She was just talking," Kanda snapped, pulling away from Lavi's grip. "Go away."

"Too bad," Lavi replied," I'm in your class next so we go the same way."

Kanda felt his pulse quickening as he quickened his pace. His patience was running short again. This school was too large, too crowded. He had an Earl to kill, a person to look for, Akuma to destroy. He wasn't supposed to be wasting time sitting in a classroom or being bothered by idiots like Lavi and Moyashi, or talking to silly girls like Cho Chang and Hermione Granger. He was an Exorcist!

Hello Readers!

I hope you enjoyed this one chapter. I realized I never had anything to do with Kanda, Krory, Miranda, or Komui in this story at all, so I decided to write this chapter. I'll probably do one for the others later on too...sorry to all of these characters' fans...