An: I own nothing; this is a Van Helsing/Harry Potter with some x-men twist to it. It was inspired by the one shot Echoes by ToTheBeatofMyOwnDrummer. Also child abuse mentioned. Also I apologize if I offend anyone with the church aspect of the story.
Harry Van Helsing
There was a bit of excitement when Harry and company, checked into the gate.
"Oh. Well sir it seem we can upgrade three of you for free. Would you or your wife like to accompany the two children?" the gate attendant said cheerfully.
"I will sit in coach; I will be good uncle Vernon." Harry said quickly.
"I don't want to sit with HIM. I want you and Mummy." Dudley whined at his father.
"Alright the boy can sit in couch." Vernon huffed, as he loathed to give Harry anything that he wanted.
"Alright sir you are all set. Enjoy your flight." the gate attendant said handing back the three, now first class tickets. Harry breathed a small sigh of relief that he would not have to sit with his relatives.
The two oddly dressed brothers were also checking in at the gate several minutes later.
"Sir would you like to upgrade your seats to first class?"
"No. We are fine with coach, thank you." The green eyed man said with a roguish smile. The young woman blushed and giggled at the pair. They both arched a brow at her.
"Are you two brothers?"
"Yes." Both men said with even bigger grins. It did not seem possible but the woman blushed harder and giggled even more at them.
Vernon grabbed Harry up from his seat and dragged him behind a pillar. He roughly shook the boy to make sure he had his attention.
"Do not try any of your freakish while we are on that plane or I will throw you out of said plane. Do you understand me?"
"Y-yes uncle Vernon. I will behave on the plane." Harry said meekly.
"Make sure that you do." Vernon said holding up his boxing glove sized fist. "You know what will happen if you don't."
Harry nodded his understanding, while looking at the floor.
"Good. Now make sure when they call for coach seats you get on." Pointing a beefy finger at him. Harry nodded eyes glued to his shoes. Vernon hauled him back to his seat seeming to be satisfied with Harry's responses.
It took everything in the green eyed man not to lead his brother to pillar that the boy's uncle had dragged him to. He knew what was happening to the young boy and it made it ten times harder to resist the urge to save the boy.
"What is the matter brother?" The younger brother asked.
"The large man he bothers me, that's all. Nothing to worry about"
"I like the boy his is quite and well behaved. Why is he so mean to him?"
"When we get home I will tell you why."
*humph*
"Finally they are letting first class passengers on. I hate airports. All the noise, the smells, the snotty kids, the cranky parents, and the overly rude staff. Why did you not want to take Channel Tunnel to France? I like the rides home." The blue eyed man whined a bit. His brother sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"We are here on a mission from God. Now enough let's get on the plane. Ok?" The green eyed man asked with an expectant look on his face.
"Ok. I am getting on your nerves, I'm sorry." he said holding his hands up in surrender. His brother huffed at him, then shoved him toward the jet way.
"Too bad that girl from the counter is not on this flight. I think one of us would have ended up in the "Mile High" club." The older brother said with a chuckle and a smirk.
Harry did what he was told and waited for them to call his row. When it was finally his turn to get on, he spotted a blue eyed man in a black leather duster. The man smiled at him and he gave a timid smile back.
Once he was on the jet way, Harry hurried on to the plane to get his seat. Harry was ecstatic to find out that he was sitting near the window, and would not have anyone sitting near him. His eyes were glued to the going on outside as the field crew made sure that the plane had enough fuel and all the luggage was in the hold below.
He giggled to himself as he watched the cart haul a long line of luggage holders away from the underside of another plane. He thought it looked like a centipede. He felt the plane start to move and quickly buckled his seat belt. Waiting for the plane to take off was agony as he had to sit strait in his seat, making his back flare up in pain. To top it all off the flight attendant was taking forever to go over safety procedures.
The brothers watched with disinterest as the flight attendant went through the safety procedures. The brothers sighed as they taxied to the run way. They both hated the pressure that flying put on their ears. The green eyed man handed a stick of gum to his brother and popped a piece into his own mouth. They knew as soon as the front wheel left the runway.
"You like that kid don't you little brother?" the green eyed man smiled
"He is a good boy and they treat him badly." His brother said with a growl. He patted his brother's hand and smiled at the compassion he was show the boy he had not even met yet.
"Maybe you should recommend that he ask for sanctuary in the church, with Friar Carl?"
"You think I should? Father Carl will be mad you keep calling him friar."
"Yes, you should and tell him to look for Friar Carl. Do you trust me?" the younger man nodded. "Then do exactly as I ask." He said with a smile.
Once the sign lit up letting the passengers know that it was ok to move about. Harry unlatched his belt and squirmed into a more comfortable position. Once he was he watched the birds and the sea from his small window. When they were about half way through the flight, the attendants came by with snacks for the passengers. This made Harry very happy as he had not eaten anything but half a slice of cold toast that was left by his aunt.
"Here you go young man." the attendant said smiling sweetly at the boy.
"Thank you, miss." Harry said shyly, as he took the bag of nuts from her. She nodded and continued to hand out the snacks. By the time she was done Dudley was looking for Harry again. The brothers both saw what was about to happen.
"Hello freak dad said I could have your bag of nuts as well. So hand them over." Dudley snarled at Harry.
"Alright Dudley here you go." Harry said as he handed Dudley the bag. Dudley quickly grabbed the bag then slugged Harry in the shoulder, before taking off to the first class cabin. Harry sat rubbing his shoulder for several moments.
The blue eyed man, sat stunned at what he had just seen. He looked at his brother, who smiled at him and handed him, his bag of nuts.
"Go, do your good deed." his older brother said with a chuckle. It was all the encouragement he needed.
He walked slowly up to the seats that Harry was sitting in. He paused to make sure the larger boy was not coming back, and then threw a glance at his brother, who was now speaking with a very pretty flight attendant. He huffed and shook his head, wondering what his brother was going to tell the priest at confession.
"Hey mind if I sit here?" he noted that Harry curled into himself tighter, like he was making room for him, and shook his head.
"I saw what happened. He hit you pretty hard. Are you hungry?" he asked quietly. The boy just looked out the window. "Here you can have mine. My name is Akihiro Van Helsing, what is your name?" he smiled gently at the boy when he looked his way.
"Harry Potter. Thank you for the peanuts." Akihiro's smile got bigger.
"You're welcome. I swiped my brother's for you as well." He said with a mischievous grin. Harry smiled weakly back at him.
"Where are you from?" Harry asked quietly trying to get the first bag open. Akihiro finally took pity on him and opened it with his teeth. Harry stared at his teeth.
"Oh you noticed my teeth. I got them from my father. I was born in Japan, but I live in Rome with my brother. Where are you from?"
"Surrey, England. I don't like it there. What is Rome like?" Harry asked with curiosity dancing in his eyes.
"Very old and beautiful. The Holy See is its own city-state. You should go to St. Peter's Basilica; the top of it can be seen over everything else in the Holy See. Your family they hurt you don't they?" Harry nodded. "If you get a chance to run, take it. Go to the Holy See, to the chapel and look for Friar Carl. Now this is important you must ask for sanctuary. The Church cannot protect you if you do not ask for it. Do you understand?"
"Yes. Why are you helping me run away? And what is the Hole sea?" Akihiro smiled sadly at him.
"You are a good boy; you do not deserve to be treated like a bit of dirt on someone's boots. The Holy S-e-e is commonly called the Vatican."
Harry nodded eating his snack and when the attendant came by with drinks, Akihiro treated him to a soda. They sat and talked for the whole rest of the flight. Akihiro was reluctant to go back to his original seat when it came time to land.
"Don't forget what I told you Harry." Harry nodded and smiled brightly at his new friend. Akihiro smiled at him and walked back to strap into his seat.
An: So hope you like. R&R, guys I see you reading any feedback would be good. Please ^,,^. and 10 points to anyone that knows who Akihiro is. (don't use the last name just the first name to find him.)