Imagine the surprise the students had when Kyo was actually defending Snape after his robe caught on fire during the game, knocking down Quirrel. Hermione and Harry couldn't believe he was saying that Snape was actually helping Harry.
Kyo made a few key points in the man's favor, loudly.
Draco actually couldn't believe it either.
"All I'm saying is that killing Harry during a game is a very sloppy way to do it. And Snape isn't the kind of person to do it that badly."
Out of morbid fascination, they asked what he meant.
"First off, there were too many witnesses at that game, including people right next to him. And waiting until Harry was right next to the stand where he was, and chanting out loud? It would have been too much of a dead giveaway."
Hermione admitted he had a very good point. Snape was clearly not that sloppy, as demonstrated with his skill with potions.
Kyo continued, "Snape would be more likely to use a slow hard to detect poison that would kill you without leaving a trace, compared to whatever idiot tried earlier. And I sincerely doubt you've gotten on his nerves that much."
Another good point.
"Besides, Snape could have been trying to save Harry, while the real culprit was using a wordless curse on his broom."
Hermione had to bring up something everyone wanted to know.
"How on earth do you know this stuff?"
Kyo gave a strange grin.
"I watch a lot of CSI and crime shows. I have nothing better to watch some days."
So the next movie night, he had all the houses together in the great hall to watch the series CSI. Out of all the professors, Snape and Flitwick liked that show the most.
Snape loved the exacting science that the show supported, and Flitwick loved Grissom and his methods.
McGonagall and Sprout didn't like the fact that they showed dead bodies or blood. But the students loved it, especially since it took them into the minds of muggle forensics. It actually encouraged them to think, and the seventh years decided to change their career choices.
Which proved useful in an accident that left half the pipes busted from what looked like a massive dungbomb explosion.
Since Kyo knew a bit about forensics, he taught several people how to check fingerprints. Ron was given three months detention for wrecking the pipes, and all of them were with Filch.
((Secretly the twins knew it was Kyo, as he was the only one who could have gotten his hands on those muggle bombs... He later admitted he flushed three cherry bombs down three toilets on different floors.))
Things settled down...if you didn't count the fact that Hermione was convinced Snape was after something in the third floor. Her only clue? Snape got bit by a three headed dog on Halloween. Kyo snorted, and pointed out her lack of facts.
"First off, he could have been making sure someone wasn't taking advantage of the troll to steal whatever it is. Second, what would be so bloody important that he would willingly lose his tenure as a Professor and go against the old goat to steal it? Surely he could make his own, or buy it."
Harry and Kyo decided to stay for the holidays, along with Ron who was now afraid of Kyo after he insulted Hermione and made her cry. The twins loved the fake spider bit that Kyo pulled in revenge...though they did wonder how he knew Ron was terrified of spiders.
Kyo and Harry groaned loudly when they found out about Hagrid now owned a baby dragon. It was a few months before Christmas break, and Kyo had a brilliant idea.
"Don't the twins have a brother in Romania? Maybe he could take it. Or we could hide it in the forest if Hagrid can control it properly."
Which got Hagrid interested in training Norbert (the name had Kyo trying not to laugh) so he wouldn't attack students. If he was successful, then there was a good chance they could convince the headmaster to let the dragon guard the gates or something.
Imagine their surprise when Hagrid actually tamed Norbert enough for the idea to work! Kyo had a brilliant idea which the centaurs approved of once he asked them.
Norbert would guard the Forbidden Forest, except for the approved paths which Hagrid and Snape took. No sane person would willingly brave a trained dragon, would they? (Not counting the twins.)
Christmas came, and Harry woke up to Kyo shaking him with an insane grin on his face. Then he saw what Kyo had in his hands, and his jaw dropped.
Kyo had a big box with his name on it, complete with tacky bow.
"Merry Christmas Harry."
He handed the box to the boy, who tore through it and found...
The last thing he was expecting. It was a large book filled with pictures, mostly of a couple and a man with black hair and sapphire colored eyes. A few more had a tawny man with warm amber. There were several unfilled pages, but the more recent ones had Harry and his friends.
Harry looked at his best friend/brother, and gave him an odd look before tackling him in a hug. Kyo laughed and said the names of the people in the photos.
"The messy haired guy with hazel eyes is your father James, the blue eyed one is Sirius Black, his best friend, and the tawny one is Remus Lupin. Remus is a werewolf, but I'm fairly sure Hedwig can find him. The red head in the picture is Lily Evans. There's also one with her best friend, a Severus Snape."
Harry gaped at him. Snape? THE Snape which made his life a living hell?
"Lily Evans was Snape's first muggleborn friend before Hogwarts. Just because he was in a rival house didn't mean anything to her. The only reason he treats you so badly is probably because you look too much like James Potter."
Harry went with Kyo downstairs, and saw a large mound of presents for the both of them. Kyo took one look at one present and said "It seems Mrs. Weasly has adopted us. She sent us a sweater and homemade fudge."
Harry handed Kyo a present, which turned out to be a cat plushie. Kyo groaned, and gave Harry a betrayed look.
"I knew letting you in on my cursed form was a bad idea!"
Harry grinned evilly. Ron was eating a box of Bertie Bott's every flavored beans sent by Neville. Hermione had sent Kyo and Harry different books. Kyo got a book on carpentry (seeing as how he had an odd knack for it) and Harry got a book about owls and other birds. Kyo had ordered from Diagon via Hedwig and hoped Hermione liked her new pet cat. He included it's name and possible ancestry along with a book about magical creatures so she had a basic idea of it's abilities.
The twins got a book which had them stunned. It basically gave them tips on how to open a new wizarding business and a list of good contacts to get started. Harry gave them a list of muggle pranks and what they needed to pull them off.
(The twins later cornered Kyo and asked him why he sent that particular book. He smirked and said "I had a feeling that all your pranks were more than just to get people to laugh. When you're ready to start up the business I'll be your silent partner. Oh, and I know Moony's real name.")
Afterwards an unholy alliance was born between the Gryffin King of Gryffindor and the twins.
(INTERESTING SIDE NOTE)
Each house has a ruler which practically every student listened to. For Slytherin it was Draco Malfoy, and his unofficial title was Slytherin Prince. Neville ruled the Hufflepuff house as the Puff Prince. Currently Cho Chang ruled the Ravenclaw dorms as Raven Queen. Originally the Terror Twins ruled the Gryffindor commons as the Gryffin Kings, but they gracefully gave the title to Kyo with a loud party after the incident with the troll.
What does each house look for in it's unofficial ruler and judge?
The Puffs looked for fair judgment, a very good work ethic and it didn't hurt to love plants and getting dirty gardening.
Ravens looked up to those who love studying, researching and a calm head during exams. Good Grades a must.
Slytherin wanted a backstabbing, arrogant bastard who knew it and was damn proud of it. Several alliances with powerful families and a long family tree recommended. If it was pure blood, all the better.
Gryffindors allowed themselves to be ruled by those who display clear leadership abilities during crisis, good grades, several powerful friends and preferably really good looks. Originally people thought Potter would claim the title, but they accepted Kyo Sohma with grace.
The only reason the teachers allowed this distinction to continue was because the unofficial rulers of each house made their job easier. In general those chosen solved inter-house debates before most of it reached their Heads of house. It was also the best way to figure out who was going to be a great wizard later on.
While it was unheard of for the 'rulers' of the houses to get along, Kyo 'Gryffin' was setting a new precedent. Since he was friends with both a Slytherin and Puff, inter house fights in the halls were down. Another plus was that the Slytherin students have started to quit insulting muggleborn and half blood students.
(END SIDE NOTE)
Harry was getting into his presents, and loving everything he got.
Draco bought him a book of common spells, one of which would shrink his trunk without using his wand. The twins gave him a box of pranks to use on Ron. Neville sent him a plant which looked like a tiger lily up close. Kyo had also gotten him a plushie for the nightmares he kept having. It was a large black dog with blue eyes, with a collar that read Padfoot.
Hagrid gave him a flute and he gave it a try. Kyo grinned and said "You trying to call Hedwig?"
Harry laughed. Ever since he finally asked the twins what exactly the 'Gryffin Court' was and why everyone kept giving him a wierd look, he had been surprised.
According to Lee Jordan (and confirmed later by an irate Percy) each house had a court which served under the one who ruled the houses. The rulers had slightly less power over the students than a Prefect.
In fact, according to Percy, the only difference between the Courts and the Prefects was that the court didn't bother with the point system or detentions. They just used words instead. Everyone in a court in general knew how to talk rings around the Ministry.
It really came in handy for the Slytherin one because of the Dark atmosphere in the house. And for covering their own asses when they were caught with no reasonable excuse available.
Currently (and completely without his knowledge) Harry was apart of this court. According to the Twins (who while no longer in charge were still apart of it at Kyo's insistence) Harry was officially the second in command. Should something happen to Kyo, he was in charge. Hermione was on it too.
As far as Harry could tell, the order went something like this.
Kyo, Harry, Fred/George, Lee Jordan, Hermione, Percy and Ron. He had even figured out the Slytherin and to some extent Hufflepuff courts.
Draco, Blaise, Daphne Greengrass, Lythiel Moon, Flint and the two enforcers at the bottom of the Slytherin court.
Hufflepuff had Neville, Cedric, Susan Bones, and three others he didn't know the names of.
Ravenclaw had Cho, Mandy Brocklehurst and four others.
It still left him confused. But once he asked Kyo about it, the answer actually made him relieved.
The courts did nothing to try and one up each other, except in school work. They weren't out to get each other, and mostly just tried to keep students from hexing others in their house. In fact, their founder created the court system with the help of Salazar Slytherin in order to mollify the female half of the population. The main reason? (Which had Harry laughing and wondering why he worried about it.)
Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin were afraid of the irate witches known as Helga Hufflepuff and Rowena Ravenclaw, who insisted the prefect positions were not enough to keep hormonal children in line. So they created a court system, which had to have at least one female in a position of power to handle the students.
In other words, (and the twins overheard this and started howling with laughter, then repeated it to the other courts which had them laughing too) Gryffindor and Slytherin were afraid of two powerful witches PMSing close to them.
Hermione had debated whether or not to slap him for the comment, then smirked instead. Kyo took one look at her and said "Unlike the founders, I know how to divert a female's attention."
Her predatory look almost made him flounder as she said, "And how would you do that, Gryffin?"
Kyo did the wisest thing, and held something up for her to see. She gasped, and almost tore it from his hands.
"Is this...?"
"The first copy of Rowena Ravenclaw's diary and a list of her own personally created spells?"
Hermione looked like she wanted to hug him until he couldn't breathe. Harry caught the look and started laughing.
"Don't hug him Hermione, he turns into a cat when you do."
"Only when a female does it."
"Or like last month when the twins gave you their flu," said Harry.
"And after I turned back I gave them a nasty case of dragon pox which refused to leave for a week."
Harry chuckled, "Remember the look on Madam Pomphrey's face when she heard you speak when you were a cat?"
"How about McGonagall? She thought I was an animagus like her until I did that. She looked like she was about to have a heart attack from it!" snickered Kyo.
"Though Dumbledore was really annoying about it. Why was he so dead set about taking you to the Ministry?" asked Harry.
(Back track to last month)
Kyo groaned. He hated being sick and stuck as a cat. Damn those twins! He was so giving them dragon pox!
Poppy Pomphrey tutted, and gave him something to eat. Harry, Draco and Neville had all come and gone since he was stuck there. Harry often came to visit him under the cloak, and kept him company. Like now.
McGonagall was amusing when she found out about his cursed form. And the look on her face was priceless when he spoke! (He heard a silenced click of a wizard camera and held back a snicker. Good work Harry!) Though he could have done without the lecture.
Finally he just told them the truth, that he wasn't actually an animagus and the polyjuice potion was definitely not the cause. It would have reacted badly to the other potions if it was. Then it all went to hell when Dumbledore came in, apparently wanting him to register in the Ministry.
Kyo growled.
"No way in hell am I registering. That stupid law only applies to Animagi forms. And I'm fairly sure Professor McGonagall doesn't turn into her cat form when she's sick or hugged by a boy."
That caught their attention.
"What do you mean?"
"It's an old family curse, alright? I get sick or hugged by the opposite gender and this happens. It's how I can talk to any cat in the castle. And even if I did try to get rid of it, it'll just be given to someone else in my family."
"Are there any side effects of this curse?" asked Poppy.
Kyo thought for a moment.
"I can't let girls hug me, I can speak to the animal I turn into, if I get sick or hugged, when I turn back I have no clothes for some reason, and as the one who has the Cat I get a second form which is bound by a bracelet made from the bones of the original Cat. But when I do let the other form out I'm in complete control over it."
"Any negative side effects?"
"Unless you count the reaction people have to the Cat's true form and me not being able to get close to a girl, no."
Dumbledore had an odd look in his eye as he said "We still have to register you in the Ministry."
"NANI? Are you insane? There is no freaking way I'm letting the English Ministry learn of the Sohma clan curse! Sure the Japanese know about us but they leave the clan alone!"
Kyo realized belatedly he said too much. None of the staff knew he was actually Japanese. And since he wasn't born yet he couldn't prove it.
Fortunately the excitement had an effect on his flu. It managed to get rid of enough to change him back. And like he said, when he turned back he had no clothes on, to his embarrassment.
Poppy simply waved her wand and gave him his robes. He gave her a relieved look. Then he glared at Dumbledore.
"Nothing you say or do will convince me to register in a country run by former Death Eaters. I know the truth headmaster."
Dumbledore went to grab his arm, and in doing so accidentally slid the black and white bracelet Kyo always wore off.
The effect was instantaneous. A creature with long ears, cold eyes and long limbs glared at him. The stench was horrible, like a rotting corpse. It was vaguely reminiscent of a werewolf with it's gangly limbs. It's teeth were pointed.
It was also wearing Kyo's clothes. Dumbledore dropped the bracelet in shock. No one noticed it vanish or that someone had crept up to Kyo...until part of him vanished.
"You can come out now Harry."
The cloak slid off him, and McGonagall saw her favorite student hugging Kyo, not bothered by the smell.
Suddenly the form shifted into a wolf with emerald eyes. That made all the teachers gasp, as they recognized the form in an instant.
"Shadow Wolf."
Before they realized what happened, they saw Kyo on the bed, asleep with his bracelet on. The last thing they remembered was discussing his odd curse and deciding not to tell the Ministry to avoid the headache. McGonagall and Dumbledore left, and Poppy waited until they were in their office and looked at the 'sleeping' boy.
"How did you modify our memories?" she asked.
Kyo gave her a look, and she held back a gasp. His eyes were no longer a warm brown but a stunning emerald that rivaled Harry Potter.
Then it hit her. It was the exact same shade and tone as Harry's.
"Care to explain?"
"Willing possession which resulted in merged souls. I was near death and a thirty one year old Harry was drawn to me, resulting in our souls binding together. He's like my big brother now."
"I can assume it was Harry who modified the other's memories?"
"Mostly Dumbledore's. It will be impossible for him to get them back. McGonagall might be able to figure it out, but we couldn't chance the old man learning the truth. He's ruined Harry's life enough. And the goblins are already aware of this, so there shouldn't be a problem."
"Can I speak to him then?"
Emerald eyes shifted, and Kyo's body looked more haggard and worn, like rubber stretched too thin. His eyes were old.
"Yes, Madam Pomphrey?"
"Was it worth it?"
Harry seemed to think for a moment "Yes. And I would do it again in a heartbeat. Kyo was so alone before I showed up. And his family life was almost as bad as mine. The clan head wanted to lock him up for the rest of his life, most of his family is disgusted with him, the other cursed members mostly want nothing to do with him other than the boar, and only one person was willing to take him in and raise him like a son."
"So what should I do now?"
"Well I am interested in becoming a healer..."
Pomphrey stared at him. Did he seriously say that?
"And I was in the Hospital Wing more times than I could count each year I was here."
She groaned. Harry realized why and snickered.
"I was given a chance to change my past, and I took it with Kyo. We're bound together from now on and neither of us is willing to change that. Mostly we're going to try and bring the number of times I was sent here down."
"Anything in particular I should be warned about?"
"Second year the defense teacher removed all the bones in my arm after a jinxed bludger broke it. Idiot thought he could heal it and no one could stop him in time."
"What about first year?"
"Piece of Voldemort's soul possessed the defense teacher and went through me after I got past the traps on the third floor. I was in here until the day after the last Gryffindor match. I am not going down there twice and I'm going to make damn sure Harry doesn't either."
"Third year?"
"Dementor exposure and excaped convict who turned out to be innocent."
"DEMENTORS? Who the hell would be stupid enough to let them around here?"
"Fudge's idea. At least third year I wasn't sent in because of a teacher. Oh, and they caused me to fall from a fifty foot height during a game in the rain. I lost my broom that time," Kyo scowled.
"Fourth year? And Fifth year?" she asked faintly.
"Fourth year, resurrected Tri Wizard tournament and some idiot put my name in. I was forced to fight a full grown dragon, dive into the merfolk's part of the lake and go through a damn maze which had a port key in the end. Fifth year a total bitch called Umbridge used a blood quill on most of the students because no one wanted to believe Voldemort was back. I lost my godfather due to a Horcrux vision that Voldemort sent through."
Pomphrey was horrified.
"To top it all off, every time I tried to get a teacher's help I was either brushed off, ignored, or the teacher was the problem. I mostly blame Dumbledore on that front."
"Why?"
"First year he sent me to defend that stone which should never have been in the school to begin with. Second year he hired an inept teacher who spent more time talking about himself and things he stole from other more qualified wizards and obliviated their memories. Third year instead of pushing for an Auror force to guard the school he allows the idiot Minister to put Dementors at the gates, and they later attack students. Fourth year he forces me to participate in a tournament for students in their final year, despite the fact that as my Magical Guardian he could have contested when the goblet of fire spit out my name. Fifth year he kept me in the dark, then claimed he was trying to protect my childhood when it was already gone thanks to his half assed tests and claimed blood wards for my poor house placement. Sixth year he took me on a hunt for horcruxes and puts me in even more dangerous situations. Seventh year my friends and I ended up hunting the rest down and end up in a showdown where I died and came back."
Pomphrey was horried beyond thought. She could see from his eyes he wasn't kidding, if anything it was a scaled down version of the events. Harry/Kyo was tired, so she gave him a dreamless sleep potion and caught his amused look.
"Had to use these every time I used a spell. Had to hide them afterward just in case too."
The next day Harry confronted his brother alone, and Kyo realized how truly lonely Harry was when he was younger.
Harry-nii had warned him, but he had no idea it was that bad. Still...it was nice hanging out with Harry. After learning the truth about Kyo (but not being informed about his older self being bound to his soul) they were closer than ever.
Which lead Kyo to make an illegal portkey that couldn't be traced by the ministry or Dumbledore. Now all Harry had to do to escape the Dursley was say 'Zodiac' and the necklace would immediatly take him to Kyo. Blood portkeys were almost impossible to make and highly restricted.
Draco loved it. Which is why he was given one as well when he sheepishly mentioned the atmosphere at Malfoy Manor.
Kyo hated the finals, even if Harry-nii gave him more help. (To keep from getting them confused, he called the older soul either Harry-nii or Prongslet.) He noticed Harry was wincing and rubbing his scar a lot, so he asked "What's wrong? Mione's study program about to make your brain implode?"
Harry shook his head, "My scar is burning."
Kyo looked at him, "Would you like it to stop?"
Harry looked at him and said "You know how? Because it's really distracting...and it hurts a lot."
Kyo gently had Harry sit down, and checked that they were alone.
"I know something that will help, but you have to trust me."
Emerald eyes looked into his showing complete and utter trust. Harry could tell that Kyo would do everything in his power to protect him, like an older brother. He would never willingly hurt him. He nodded.
"Close your eyes for a minute. This might feel a bit weird at first but it will get rid of the pain."
Emerald eyes closed, and he felt Kyo's hand on his shoulder. Then, a presence in his mind. But it was comforting and familiar. It held no intent to harm, only to help. He dropped his defenses, and allowed it in.
Suddenly the pain was gone, leaving only a warm feeling of safety like when he woke curled up to Kyo.
He opened his eyes...and saw emerald staring back at him. Harry held back a gasp...those eyes stared back at him from the mirror every morning.
"Feel better?"
Harry waited, then nodded happily! The pain was gone!
The next day was spent with Ron and Hermione convinced that Snape was trying to steal some stone which Dumbledore had put in the castle. Kyo hit them both with a stunner, and told Harry point blank that he would deal with this stone, if it existed. It was after the finals, and he sent both students to the Hospital Wing. Pomphrey was willing to keep them there long enough for him to do what he had to do.
He came back an hour later with a blood red stone which he decided to keep. Hermione and Ron were annoyed he did that to them, so he neglected to tell them about the stone.
They still went down to the room and were stuck inside the potion trap with no exit. Kyo just gave them a look before laughing his ass off when he thought about the incident. Hermione just glared at him...until he gave her a rare one of a kind book to pacify her.
Still...it was annoying that they didn't win the cup. But thanks to Kyo, Hufflepuff won for the first time in nearly a century. Slytherin was in third place with Gryffindor in last. Gryffindor almost got third thanks to Harry winning the Quidditch cup for the lions, but it was lost by a margin of five points. Not bad, but not good either. McGonagall was just happy that they won the cup and that Slytherin didn't dominate this year.
Hagrid gave Harry a large book filled with stories about his parents, all from people who knew them during their school years. Apparently Kyo had filled the gamekeeper in on the fact that he gave Harry a photo album already. Harry still loved it, and thanked the man with a hug.
He sat with Kyo on the way back. Draco, Hermione and Neville were quietly plotting for next year. Hogwarts was doomed.
Kyo noticed Harry had something on his mind and said, "What is it?"
"Back when my scar was hurting and Mione wanted to go after the stone...I saw your eye color change. It looked exactly like mine did."
Kyo sighed.
"I know. I had to do something to help you with that scar. And there was no way I was going to let you go half assed after a stone that Voldemort wouldn't have been able to get anyway. But I can't tell you just yet what I did. I will eventually, but not now."
"Okay. I trust you big brother."
"On that happy note, I suggest you come up with questions for ol' Moony. I invited him to stay at the mansion and he accepted. He knew your parents really well."
Harry grinned. Moony not only accepted, he agreed to become Kyo's unofficial magical guardian to avoid questions. And to top it all off, Kyo knew a way to help with his furry problem, as he called it.
Harry saw his first look at Remus Lupin. Tawny haired, with warm open amber eyes and a worn smile. He had several gray hairs from stress.
Kyo smirked and said "Oi! Moony!"
Fred and George almost got whiplash at the sound of his old nickname. They went up to Kyo and said "THE Moony?"
Kyo grinned.
"Yup. Fred, George, meet Moony, one of the last remaining Marauders."
Remus was surprised when the twins began bowing saying they weren't worthy. Seeing his flummoxed look he felt he had to explain.
"These two are the Terror Twins, aka the second generation of Maruaders. They've picked up your old mantel of pranking."
Remus groaned in horror.
Remus couldn't believe what had happened to him the past two months.
First was that odd owl from a boy he had never heard of who apparently knew a lot about him. (Like the fact that he was an almost tame werewolf who went by the name of Moony.) Then the boy happens to mention his Pup, and now he was the magical guardian of the boy who turned his world upside down.
To top it all off...he had no idea how it all happened!
(Potter Mansion)
The first thing Kyo did when he entered was greet the elves. They swarmed him, all the while he was laughing. Remus stood back amused. Clearly his new charge liked house elves and other magical creatures.
Kyo let the elves put his trunk up, then went with Remus to the living room.
"How does twenty questions sound?"
Remus looked at him absolutely amused.
"First off, how did you know my nickname was Moony?"
'Harry-nii, you want to take it from here?'
Sure furball.
Remus turned from amused to shocked as Kyo removed his contacts and emerald eyes shone from behind them...emerald eyes the same shade and hue as Lily Evans.
"The same way I know Sirius Black is Padfoot and James Potter was Prongs. You two told me. Sirius is innocent by the way. Peter was the traitor."
"How?"
"They switched secret keepers, and they didn't know whether you were the traitor. How were they to know that the rat was the one who betrayed them?"
Remus pinched the bridge of his nose. This was giving him a massive headache. He felt something put in his hand, and realized it was a potion. Kyo was giving him the amused look now.
"I know it's a lot to take in. Which is why I brewed this for when we met."
"Who are you really?"
Kyo gave him a smirk that belonged on James or Sirius.
"Kyo Sohma. Physically at least. Spiritually I'm both Kyo and Prongslet."
Remus stared.
"You heard me right Moony. Do you want the full version or the cliff notes?"
"Full...after the potion."
Kyo had the elves bring dinner, and he explained all he could about what happened. Remus asked certian questions that would normally have made him falter, but Harry was in full control. He expected Remus to ask them.
Finally Remus asked "Why me? Why not Dumbledore?"
Kyo scowled.
"Dumbledore did a half assed job of making me his golden boy the first time. First time around, I had no idea of the Courts, or that I was the unofficial Gryffin King. Hell, he sent me back to the Dursley family every year claiming blood wards, when I was in more danger from that damn family then from the Death Eaters!"
Remus conceded the point, then worried about his furry problem.
Kyo sighed, then said "Try not to freak out about this Remus. Kyo is under a generation curse which affects thirteen people of the Sohma clan. It is irreversible, and he got the one most hate. He turns into a cat when hugged by a girl or his body gets sick. But because he got the year of the Cat, he got the Cat's true form. Which I highly doubt a werewolf could infect."
Remus stared at him incredulous.
So he removed the bracelet and allow the cat's true form out.
Once he got over the initial shock, he hugged the boy. So Kyo Sohma was under a curse he couldn't control as well. The only difference was that he could at least somewhat control the change.
Kyo turned back, and saw that Remus accepted him for what he was. Kyo already accepted the fact that Remus was a werewolf a long time ago. He actually felt a kindred spirit in the wolf, which is why he agreed to make him their magical guardian.
They were in the mansion less than three days before Kyo was flattened by Harry and his things.
"OOMPH!"
"Ow..."
And damn Remus for laughing at them!
