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I said I'd only do this story if you guys wanted me to,so here you go!
Neville sat in a meditative stance in front of a giant pentagram surrounding the veil.
around the circle were candles lit with purple fire specifically used for rituals,and in the circle there were numerous runes with many meanings,there were comman ones for safety,travel,good health and such. and then there were larger,more obscure but more specific ones for things like 'protect my brother','keep this one from death','may he travel to fortune' etc. basically they were just trying to make sure Harry wouldnt either die on the way to his destination or land somewhere where hed die anyway.
standing in front of the veil in the circle was Harry,waiting to step through.
Neville started chanting in a whisper that grew to near shouting in a matter of minutes. wind swirled around them both and the veil swiveled this way and that while still appearing like a curtain.
with the last word that came from Nevilles mouth,the veil turned a violent shade of blue and Harry felt as if every little bit of his body longed to step through the veil.
he couldnt fight it even if he wanted to.
once he was through,the veil shuttered and returned to normal,the only witness to what had happened mere moments ago lay sprawled on his back,and he wasnt breathing.
but he died saving his best friend from insanity. he died with a triumphant smile.
-[I am Line break]-
everything was white,and he got the feeling he was being turned around every which way.
it was a good thing he couldnt feel his body,otherwise hed have puked already.
suddenly everything stopped and went black. then he realised his eyes were closed.
tentatively,he opened them and gasped at the scene in front of him.
a wide open field of green grass as tall as his waist with a forest to his left and a beautiful ocean in front of him.
he heard a strange sound and looked up to see hundreds of a strange purple scaled birds fly over him towards the ocean.
this...wasnt the world the book described.
perhaps hed gone to far and landed someplace else? or maybe not far enough?
he heard a growl behind him and whipped around to see-
his animagus form?
yes,there was a lynx sitting infront of him,staring like he was expecting something of him.
"well? are you not going to ask where you are?" the cat asked.
wait...
"what?" Harry said dazedly.
the cat sighed and padded closer to him,only stopping when Harry backed up a little.
"do you know where you are Harry?" the cat once more asked.
"um,no actually. how are you talking to me?" Harry said snapping out of his surprise.
"I am the physical manifestation of your spirit animal,or 'animagus tranformation' as your kind call us." the cat said as he lay down in front of Harry.
"ok...does that mean I'm in what the book called 'Guishen shijie'?" Harry asked.
the lynx nodded.
"yes,I brought you here to tell you something very important." the cat said.
Harry straightened where hed sat down to listen.
"when you go to the other world,search for this boy" here the cat twitched his head and a ghostlike image of a little boy around seven years old appeared next to him.
"this boys name is Chagum,find him,protect him,and you will save the world again." the lynx finished.
"but what if I dont want to save the world again? what if I'm tired of being the hero?" Harry asked angrily.
"you wont be the hero this time,that duty lies with this boy and his future protector other than you." the lynx sounded amused,hmph.
after a few minutes,hours,seconds,Harry couldnt tell,he stood and stared the lynx in the eyes.
"that isnt all is it?" Harry asked sullenly.
the lynx's ears fell and he bowed his head sadly.
"no,it isnt. if you were to go on to help the boy you'd be bound to my form until you absolutely need your human form to help him,although you would still be able to use magic. however,if you chose not to help him,you would not only condemn an entire civilization to death,but you'd be stuck here in Guishen shijie for eternity." the cat sighed.
Harry exhaled and rubbed a hand down his face,so much for free choices.
"fine,I'll help the kid."
the lynxe sprang at him the moment he finished speaking and seemed to phase through him,though it didnt come out the other side.
then pain hit him and he fell to his knees doubled over and screaming like he hadnt done since he was held under the cruciatus curse by Voldemort,let him rest in bloody soul pieces.
just before he blacked out,he heard the lynx's voice in his head.
"also,I forgot to mention...the boy is a prince as well."
Harry's last thoughts were 'oh bloody hell' before he blacked out.
-[hear me rawr]-
Harry huffed as he padded his way through the trees on the outskirts of the rice paddie fields. it had been three weeks already and not only had he not yet found this "Chagum" kid,but the villagers were starting to notice his tracks and left over meals.
it was hard being a lynx with the only meat around being either weird frog eating birds who flew to high for him to catch most of the time,or produce from a butchery in town.
or,of course,the third option was the residents of the village.
humans.
he was almost starving sure,but he was NOT about to eat one of the little kids that liked to play near where he usually hung out.
-[raawr!]-
so,he'd had to leave after a little girl had seen the 'monster' in the trees above her and screamed,sending every adult man and some women running to her with tools held ready to swing at any threats.
he hadnt hurt any of them though,hed simply snuck off while the girl distracted thm with stories of seeing a monster.
so here he was,starving,on the side of the road,to exhausted to move more than twitching his paw.
or rather,he was saving his strenth in case something he could eat wandered by.
he was almost reconsidering his no human diet.
almost.
suddenly there was a loud sound from down the road. Harry's head swiveled to see what looked like a fancy cart with a lot of guards,who were being taken out two at a time by bandits as he watched.
huh,ok.
he was about to leave it be,after all,he had his own problems,when he heard a child cry out in pain and a woman shouting to leave her son alone.
he turned back to see a very fancily dressed woman be backhanded by a bandit and her son,a tiny little thing compared to the ten or so men,run to her side.
that boy...that was the child he came here to protect!
all this time looking,all this time suffering to find this child and he fell into his lap!
but first he had to take care of these bandits,from the ay they were smirking and looking at the woman Chagum wouldnt live to see the moon and his mother would wish she hadnt.
he had to step in now!
so he attacked.
-[uh oh]-
Shinji smirked. so this was the second queen huh? sure she was a looker but he couldnt really tell if she was useful for anything else.
probably not.
he smirked at Jinko who chuckled back,they were gunna have some fun later for sure!
as soon as leader finished the brat,they were good to go!
he never saw the attack coming.
one moment Jinko was walking forward to smack the kid the next one of the men shouted then gurgled to a sudden stop. everyone turned to look and saw some kind of wild cat or something on top of him,his throat was ripped to shreds and from the red lining the cats mouth,it wasnt hard to see what happened.
the leader tsked and drew his sword,moving towards the cat like it was no big deal.
"honestly you cowards! its just a-" he was cut off as the cat moved under his defense and ripped him like it did the other guy.
it was fast! it looked starved but it was still almost to fast to see!
five more men fell before they realised it.
the last remaining grunt dropped his sword and ran,while Jinko and Shinji,being the leaders little brothers,ganged up on the cat to avenge their brother.
they died as well.
once they were all dead,the cat thing turned towards the bandits victims.
the queen had pulled Chagum to her to shield his eyes from the gore,and when Harry turned towards them she stood up holding her son with one arm and the other outstretched as if to ward off an attack.
Harry watched her until he grew bored and lay down to lick the blood off his claws.
the queen,keeping an eye on the cat,checked to see if any of the guards were still alive.
only one,thankfully the driver of the cart they were traveling to the main palace in.
she heard a giggle and turned to see her precious Chagum had gotten out of the cart where she had put him and was being licked by the creature!
she was about to rush over,but the cat stopped licking Chagum to look up at her and she froze.
it stared at her in the eyes and she saw inteligence there that didnt match the feral form.
after a bit of staring she was brought back to the matter at hand when her son ran up to her with a giant smile,his hair a little tussled from the ordeal with the bndits.
"mother! can we keep him? he protected us from the bandits!" Chagum asked hopefully.
she was against it. this was a wild animal even if it seemed to be inteligent. who knows if or when it would snap ang gobble him up?
but then she looked at the cat again,and saw the way it was looking at her child. that was...exasperation and...was that amusement?
it looked up at her,right in the eyes. and she didnt know how,but she knew it wouldnt hurt her son.
"very well,we shall take it back to the palace and let the Mikado decide." she said after a moments consideration.
Chagum cheered.
-[fights over]-
"so,you claim this beast saved you and the second prince?" the Mikado asked.
the second queen bowed in front of him,Chagum just behind her with his head down where as she was allowed to look him in the eyes.
"yes,your hihgness. if it were not for the creature we would be dead or worse." she said,petting the 'creature' in question which was sat to ler left.
the mikado looked at the feline and raised an ibrow when it shifted to sit closer to Chagum.
then he had a thought. a wonderful thought that would boost Chagums political power for when he was older,as he would need it as the second prince.
"very well,let it be known that the god saw their child in danger and sent a guardian beast to protect him." he said to one of the messengers in the room.
"from this point on this creature,Hideyoshi,shall go where you go,Chagum. take care of him and he shall protect you." the Mikado said before standing and leaving.
-[Hideyoshi-chaaan]-
"wow,so he really saved you?" Sagum asked his little brother eagerly.
"yup! it was so scary and bam! Hideyoshi was there to save mother and I" Chagum said happily as he cuddled (though he would deny it) with his big brother.
meanwhile,Hideyoshi was napping. or so it seemed.
-[dreams dreams]-
Harry snapped awake to see the same place he'd been in Guishen shijie.
he then noticed he was wearing different clothes.
it looked similar to what he'd seen some people wearing in the village they'd passed through to get to the main palace,though his seemed to be a bit fancier.
he looked around but didnt see his animagus form anywhere.
after about a minute of looking,he decided to explore.
so he started walking towards the thing that most interested him rihgt now.
the ocean.
-[yay for beaches!]-
it was closer than it seemed.
soon he was taking off his sandals to pad over the sand better.
it was kind of weird,the sand being a light pink color.
he made his way to the water and stood looking out over the water and watching the weird whale like creatures that jumped out of the water every once in a while.
he didnt know how long he stood there,but he was suddenly interupted by...giggles?
his eyes snapped open and he saw the two princes trying to hold in their giggles as Chagum 'sneakily' poked at his ear,which twitched everytime he did.
he would have smirked if he could,time to have some fun.
he sat up nonchalantly and stared at Sagum,then just when he could tell the little prince was getting uncomfortable,he yawned loudly and slumped over top of Chagum,who let out an "eek!" as he was buried alive under his fur.
to the amusement of his big brother,as soon as Chagum managed to crawl out from under the mountain of fur he was grabbed by said mountain of fur and used as a teddy bear.
Chagum could only pout at his big brother who was laughing at his predicament.
-[lol poor Chagum]-
it had been a few weeks since he rescued the little prince and his mother,and his life was going pretty well.
but that all started to change when Chagum became ill.
it wasnt some minor cold either,Harry or 'Hideyoshi' could tell it was a spiritual thing,something that connected to the spirit world had appeared inside Chagum,and anytime Hideyoshi tried to see what it was he was blocked. all he could really tell was that it wasnt causing the prince harm.
he watched and listened as the second queen and the young star reader Shuga spoke about contacting a 'magic weaver' to see what she thought about the 'demon'.
Hideyoshi wasnt that sure it was a demon,but seeing as he had no idea what a demon in this world was,and he couldnt really voice his thoughts anyway,he had no way of telling them.
a month passed with the only change being the slightest of increase to the 'demon's pressence and the Mikado finding out about his son being 'possessed'.
Hideyoshi's life got more complicated every day that passed.
-[to be continued]-
sorry for the cliff hanger,but after this it goes into the actual anime,and I didnt want to tack the first episode on at the end,so...
I'm already working on the next chapter so dont worry about that! if all goes well I should have it posted in about three days :D