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A.N.: So today I'm going to introduce the older students, of the KnB world and the common rooms. Hufflepuff will be left out unfortunately (even though it's my House), because there are no main characters in there, and Slytherin (for now), despite being the most beautiful one, because main characters are from Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. I seriously like Slytherin's common room so I'm going to include scenes later, like their fourth or fifth year (because I have plot for that).

I totally forgot about Kuroko and Kagami's wandlore last chapter:

Alex (Kagami's first wand) – Spruce, eleven and three quarter inches, quite bendy and Unicorn hair core. "Unskilled wandmakers call spruce a difficult wood, but in doing so they reveal their own ineptitude; it is quite true that it requires particular deftness to work with spruce, which produces wands that are ill-matched with cautious or nervous natures, becoming positively dangerous in fumbling fingers. The spruce wand requires a firm hand, because it often appears to have its own ideas about what magic it ought to be called upon to produce. However, when a spruce wand meets its match - which, in my experience, is a bold spell-caster with a good sense of humour - it becomes a superb helper, intensely loyal to their owners and capable of producing particularly flamboyant and dramatic effects." Ollivander

Kuroko Tetsuya – Cedar, eleven and a quarter inch, slightly yielding and phoenix feather core. Garrick Ollivander believed that whenever he met one who carries a cedar wand, he found strength of character and unusual loyalty. His father, Gervaise Ollivander, used always to say, 'you will never fool the cedar carrier,' and he agrees: the cedar wand finds its perfect home where there is perspicacity and perception.

Ollivander said that he would go further than his father, however, in saying that he has never yet met the owner of a cedar wand whom he would care to cross, especially if harm is done to those of whom they are fond.The witch or wizard who is well-matched with cedar carries the potential to be a frightening adversary, which often comes as a shock to those who have thoughtlessly challenged them.

The Almighty Pyrothank you for reviewing again. Yes, considering the Hat's "guidelines" for selecting the students, that was what I thought about Sakurai. I actually like him a lot. And he has that hidden "bad" side of him that we discovered on the second game against Seirin, so I thought it was appropriate. I had never thought about the GoM as Headmasters but that actually is quite interesting and a possible future career for one of them.

xxx

Feeling stuffed, Kuroko gave one last bite to his dessert and promptly gave up. It was the best food he had ever tasted. If he had a bigger stomach he would have stuffed some more in, like Kagami-kun.

He was starting to feel sleepy and sluggish as most of the students around him. Even Kagami-kun was starting to lose his prowess as it was. To pass the time as he waited for the others to finish their meals, he took this opportunity to watch the other students and most of all, the teachers. The teacher's table was packed and he could see several things that popped up his attention right away. There was a centaur on one of the tips, as he couldn't sit in a chair, an half giant man – the same that had lead them there – and on the light, he could see that there were several shades of gray fighting to take over his naturally dark hair, a witch in a green gown with long hair, which was spiked up, deeply arguing with another witch that would most likely be going on maternity leave soon and a tiny Professor that could be part elf or maybe goblin. The chair in the middle remained respectfully empty but the blunet could see from the corner of his eye some teachers ogling the majestic seat.

Somehow, he had a feeling that only a few personal was truly happy to see the students. Most of them seemed to be counting the time for the end of the meal. Tetsuya knew that Hogwarts had been walking among some bad rumor lately but this was disconcerting.

Then he noticed that no else was eating anymore, and apparently so did whatever entity was that put food on their table because as soon as he had that realization, the plates became clean as if no one had ever used them.

x

That dinner was the best! Alex wasn't joking when she said he would never starve. That was more than he could keep inside! And that was hard.

"Kagami-kun eats a lot." The blue haired boy pointed out besides him.

"And you don't eat enough! Are you really okay with just that much?" Taiga answered back. The guy reminded him of a small bird when he was eating. "You'll never grow big and strong if you don't eat enough!"

He was so freaky and stoic and invisible and… something else… "Not everyone can have a black hole for a stomach…" Kuroko pouted slightly and the red head wondered if it was the strongest expression he was capable of.

Kagami wasn't capable of arguing back at him because on that moment Professor Longbottom stood and clapped his hands loudly calling for everyone's attention.

"Dinner has ended. Now for the announcements… Please remember that the forest on the grounds is forbidden to the students and that magic is for classes only. Parties in the school's library are forbidden and teachers are allowed to take up to fifty points… per student, if they catch anyone involved with one. We ask you to please stop trying to grow bull frogs in the Weasley's swamp on the little window in the second floor. It is one of the many tributes we manage to salvage from some of the darkest times Hogwarts as seen. We would really like to keep it, and the Ministry has had his eyes on it lately, so…" He laughed slightly, as to pass it as a joke, but no one bought it, so he continued. "There have been some changes on the House Heads. As some of you know, I'm the Head of Gryffindor, Herbology's teacher, and Professor Flitwick, the Charm's teacher, is the Head for Ravenclaw. This year we have Professor Charles, teaching Aritmancy, as the Head for Slytherin and after Professor Saturn's retirement, Professor Goose, the Potions teacher, will take her place as the Head of Hufflepuff." A big round of applause followed his announcement, manly from the badger table. "Yes, Professor Goose is quite popular among Hufflepuff. Uh… Oh, yes! Thankfully, this year we were capable of find a candidate for Defense against the Dark Arts, before the beginning of the school year. Thank you Professor Daemon for taking time from the Auror Department for this. And finally… as it has become tradition on the last few years… we'll sing Hogwarts' song in memory of Hogwarts most beloved Headmaster!"

The song ended up being a ridiculous mix of people singing in different tunes and no harmony but the teachers seemed to be more than happy to hear it like that. He would've to ask Alex about it.

"Please have a nice night and we'll see you tomorrow for your first classes. Perfects please lead the students to their common rooms."

"Man…! Can't wait to hit the matters! Ah! I'll have to wait for tomorrow to talk to Shin-chan…" The guy, whose name he remembered was Takao, was mumbling to himself, and everyone within earshot, while, like Kagami, rubbing his slightly puffed belly and looking longingly the Ravenclaw's table.

"What do you see in that guy? He's weird!" He had to ask. The green haired boy had struck him as peculiar but mostly a bit arrogant.

"Eh! Shin-chan is so cute! He's a tsundere! Tsunderes have this kind of appeal!" He excitedly tried to explain Kagami as they walked with the other Gryffindors. "Kuroko, you have been friends with Shin-chan before, right? So you understand, right?!" Takao turned to Kuroko instead.

"No. I was actually wondering the same as Kagami-kun." Kuroko answered him plainly.

"How mean! But… that means more Shin-chan for me! Just kidding!" The raven laughed and he couldn't help think that everyone on this school so far was weird.

As they climbed the stairs he noticed the Slytherins heading for the dungeons. He tried to catch a glimpse of Tatsuya but the black mass was mostly indistinguishable except for a few brightly colored hairs that could only belong to the people that had caused all the commotion with the selection. What the hell had been that? Everyone had been so tense and excited at the same time. Who were those people?

A bit dejected, Kagami turned to follow everyone else. The journey upstairs was long and tiresome after such a magnificent dinner. Why did the Gryffindor common room had to be on the seventh floor!? Once or twice the stairs decided to change as they were about to go on, and ended up having to take the long way around. It was if they were trying to prevent them from getting to their destination!

But in the end it paid off. Because on the end of the corridor, leading to the tallest tower of the school, their room waited and it didn't disappoint.

"The password?" The Fat Lady asked.

"Gosma."

x

The first years were the last to enter the tower and probably because a soon as they entered they stopped to appreciate the amazing view.

It was times like this that Takao enjoyed possessing such an amazing eye view. From his position he could see the whole circular room with all its greatness. From the scarlet tapestries to the large fireplace and the comfortable looking squashy armchairs. It looked perfect!

"Well listen first years!" The guy that was their Perfect called for their attention. "Rules are simple. This is the common room. You behave and gain house points. We are better that Slytherin and that's all you need to know!" And with that shocking lack of responsibility, the guy simply left. Left! What the hell!?

He, like the rest of his peers was now at loss of what to do. The small group of first years consisted of him, Koruko, Kagami, a nervous looking guy, and two girls. Wow! Man, they were a huge group… maybe those rumors about the school were true… what's with this small number of people! And the other Houses weren't faring any better from what he saw.

"So… should we look for the dormitories?" The most composed of the girls asked. The other girl just nodded looking slightly spaced out and… oh! Her stockings had white and red stripes! That's against the school's uniform regulations, no?

"That guy, seriously!" They all jumped a bit when a glasses wearing boy showed up. "Why can't he do his job properly!?"

"Wait Hyuuga-kun! You're scaring the first years!" A girl with light chestnut hair followed behind him. "They'll think everyone here is crazy!"

"Eh? We're not Ravenclaw you know…" A second guy popped out from behind them. He was huge!

While everyone else just looked a bit shocked at the sudden change of pace, Takao just couldn't stop laughing as the three of them bickered like an old couple. This caused everyone to look at him instead but at least the arguing stopped.

"Man… things are lively down here!" Three more boys appeared and this time he could tell that there was a door in there. So that's where the dorms where! "Hyuuga, I thought you said you where helping the newcomers because Seiji was an idiot that didn't know how to do his job." The guy with a mouth that reminded him of a cat addressed the boy with glasses.

"Gimme a minute, idiot!" He cleared his throat before finally turning to them. "I'm sorry about that guy's stupidity awhile ago. Eh… We may not be the best people to help you out but we are second years so we kind of got the hang of things already. You can come to us if there's something you need help with. My name is Hyuuga Junpei and right now I'm the captain of the Quidditch team."

The petit brunette by his side jumped in. "I'm Aida Riko, and listen up! This year, because the whole team from last year graduated, they are going to allow first years in! It's a first! If you're interested, you can take part on the auditions!" She looked like she was shooting stars but underneath he could see that she was evil. It was almost pouring out of her, an incredible Spartan energy!

"We are on the team as well." A raven haired boy chimed in form the group that had arrived later. He couldn't tell but there was something about the guy that he didn't like. "My name is Izuki Shun. Nice to meet you."

"I'mKoganei Shinji and this silent guy here is Mitobe Rinnosuke." The guy with a cat mouth pointed to a tall boy behind him. He didn't say anything but bowed politely as a greeting.

"And my name is Kiyoshi Teppei. Don't feel shy to show up any ways. It's good for the regular players to have someone to practice against. Last year we practiced with the team and were made official members this year." This one was the really tall one! But he looked like a nice guy anyways.

So of course that with the prospective of Quidditch, they ended up staying up a bit longer than intended. Only the girls didn't seemed particularly interested and after a bit, they decided to retire and went up to their room with Aida-san.

The senpais spoke enthusiastically about the new sport season, and even him, that never had paid much attention to the sport, was getting excited about it. Of course being Muggleborn, Takao didn't have as much contact with Quidditch as the others but he knew the rules. He wondered if Shin-chan would be interested in playing. It was a shame that they couldn't play in the same team but at least they could play against each other, if Shin-chan wanted to play, of course…

Teppei-san was mostly trying to encourage them to show up for practices, even if they didn't make it on the team but Hyuuga and Izuki-san were quite impressed about Kagami's physics and Koganei was trying to convince the nervous guy, his name was Furihata, that he would be a good Chaser. They didn't seem to pay much attention to Kuroko, weird. Kagami was the most enthusiastic but even his excited talk was finally interrupted by a loud yawn.

"Oops! It's quite late; we should show these guys the dorms and go to bed. We have classes early tomorrow." Teppei chimed in and thank you for that! Takao could barely keep his eyes open another second.

They climbed the spiral staircase and Kazunari was happy to note that they had a full dorm to themselves! He quickly spotted his suitcase and jumped on to the matters.

"Aaahhh! Finally… Whoa! This is awesome!" He jumped on the bed a bit, feeling the mattress launch him up. "The bed is the best!"

"Hey! I hope you'll not do that all night! I want to sleep…"

"Oh come on… you want to jump as well, don't you!" He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively.

The redhead frowned and stared at his own mattress, clearly fighting with himself. In the end it was Kuroko that ended his conflict by jumping on his own bed. Soon they were all jumping up, laughing with each other; even Furihata-kun seemed to have lost his anxiety.

Eventually, after a few minutes their uproar died down; one by one they crawled under their covers and the night quickly filled with quiet snoring.

xxx

Shintarō woke up the next morning, not knowing where he was.

His canopy bed, in blue and bronze colors, was very comfortable and roomy but the room was unknown to him. A small ray of light entered the stone room from the window, allowing him to appreciate the space before him.

There were more beds in the room besides his own, but only another one was occupied. Bellow the covers he could distinguish a messy bed hair that reminded him of Kuroko.

Kuroko… and Akashi… and the House selection and Hogwarts! Yes. This was the Ravenclaw's dormitory in the Ravenclaw Tower, where the common room was. Right. He was fine. He was still alive, Akashi hadn't killed him yet, and today was the first day of classes. Oh goodie!

Hooping out of bed, Shintaro headed for his personal work desk - thankfully every student was awarded one because of the small number of first years, because he sure wouldn't like to share such an important thing with someone that may not respect it properly. He checked his luck for the day. With Akashi out to get him and a whole day of new classes he needed to be prepared. Seventh place, "… beware of Sagittarius today. Better stay close to Leo…" Ah great!

"First years! Are you up yet?!" Someone knocked on their door before coming in.

The guy on the bed - what was his name? Zack? Zick? - jumped two feet in the air before burying himself back in the covers.

"If you're up get ready and head to the great hall for breakfast. Better early than late. Do you need to be taken there or do you remember the way?" The older student seemed nice and responsible and maybe he should have paid better attention to the people introducing themselves yesterday. Shintaro nodded his thanks but he could remember just fine.

Then they both turned to the sleeping one but he didn't stir any further. Sighing, the raven haired boy moved to his side. "Oi! Wake up! You're going to be late!" And proceeded to kick him to wake him up.

"Kasamatsu? What are you doing?" Another student appeared at the door, and Shintaro was starting to get annoyed. It would be nice to have some privacy to get dressed.

"Taking care of the juniors." Kasamatsu answered him and proceeded to push a very frazzled first year out of bed. "Rise and shine!"

The fourth guy soon lost interest on the scene and left. Shintaro wondered if he should start avoiding this Kasamatsu guy. His "caring" seemed to involve a lot of violence. "Say… Kasamatsu-san, what is your zodiac sign?"

"Uh? Leo, why?" So much for avoiding.

"I've changed my mind. Please accompany me to the Great Hall. I'll wait in the common room."

xxx

Shintaro took a moment to appreciate the beauty of his common room, before Kasamatsu returned from his mission to take good care of his juniors.

The Ravenclaw common room was one of the airiest rooms he had ever seen. The circular room had a beautiful midnight blue carpet, arched windows with blue and bronze silks, and a domed ceiling painted with stars. The majority of the furniture in the room was composed by tables, chairs, and bookcases, more focused in the art of studding than comfort. He liked it. It was good to know that he was in a serious environment that would greatly benefit his work.

The view of the school grounds was another thing. They could see everything. If you walked around the room he would be able to see the lake, the Forbidden Forest, the Quidditch pitch, the Herbology gardens and the surrounding mountains. He could also see some other towers from the school, and a small red banter outside a window told him exactly where the Gryffindor tower was. He wondered if Takao was awake already.

"Okay, guys! Let's go!" Kasamatsu called as he rounded Rowena Ravenclaw's statue, pulling a groggy first year with him.

Silently, he followed out of the door that opened up for them. He had been surprised yesterday. The door leading to the room didn't have a doorknob or keyhole, but a bronze knocker in the shape of an eagle. In order to enter the room, a person must answer a riddle asked by the eagle knocker; if they answer incorrectly, they must wait for someone else who gets it right. The Perfect had given them the chance to try and guess yesterday's riddle, but he was so tired that he couldn't even remember what it had been.

They passed several other students on their way down the stairs that had also decided to get an early start on breakfast and soon they were back to the Hall. The tables were only one third full so Midorima leisurely took his pick. Half way through a big plate of eggs, rolls and sausages the number of students started to pick up and Professor Longbottom begun to deliver class schedules. The first years' first class was Transfiguration followed by Potions. He would probably share his classes with every House's first years considering their numbers.

"Shiiiiiiinnnnnn-chan!" And something big collided with his left shoulder at high speed. "Shin-chan! Did you miss me? I missed you! Did you have fun? Do you like your House? I like my House! What's your first class? Do we have classes together? D-ugh…" Midorima managed to stop his ridiculous tirade by clamping his hand to his mouth.

"Bakao… It has only been 10 hours since we last saw each other! Why would I miss you in that period of time-nanodayo?" But he did wonder if he was having fun on his House. And he was glad that he at least had someone to accompany him to classes.

The other's eyes grew big in shock and a slight blush covered his cheeks. Carefully pilling away Midorima's hand, Takao chuckled slightly, looking embarrassed. "Wow, Shin-chan… thank you! Of course I'll go to classes with you!"

What? That was not what he had said! Did he say the wrong words?

"Ah, don't worry Shin-chan! It's just that I can read the real words behind your tsundereness! Just kidding! Oh, that looks good!" The blush was still there even as Takao bent to steal one of his sausages.

"B-bakao! Go eat your own-nanodayo!"

"Just kidding, Shin-chan!" Takao chuckled, back to old self. "Okay. See you in a bit." And trotted back to his own table.

Shintarō sighed. That had been awkward.

As he returned to his eggs shrill cries called his attention as the mail arrived in the form of an owl storm. Most students simply lifted their arms to receive packages and letters as their owls passed mid flight.

Two owls stopped before him. One was from Oha Asa and the other was his mothers. Out of respect, first he took his mother's delicate envelope from the tiny owl and sent her back. It was just a small letter asking about his first night and about his House and the usual things. He would make sure to write her back later.

Then he paid five Knut for the daily Oha Asa lucky item for Cancer and the other bird also left. He took a second to examine the dried lizard before swallowing the rest of his breakfast and picking up his things for class.

x

They had caught up with Takao-kun and Midorima-kun a few hallways before the classroom. It was quite a feat considering that Kagami-kun had decided to ingest half of their table. He watched the redhead happily rub his puffed stomach.

"Dude! That hit the spot!"

Kuroko just shook his head at his attitude and greeted the green haired boy that was trying to get his lucky item back from a grinning Takao. The other acknowledged him but quickly turned his attention to the thief.

Their group stopped near the other first students that where waiting for their first class and Kuroko took a moment to appreciate the calm and watch the other people. Until the calm disappeared under the form of one Akashi Seijuro.

"Tetsuya. Shintarō. How nice to see the two of you here." The other redhead was smiling and his hands were hiding behind his back which was enough indication that they were in big trouble.

"Akashi-san. Everyone. Nice to see you as well." Kuroko was going to ask about his night or the House but it was most likely that it would just anger Akashi as he was supposed to have been part of that.

"Akashi. Good morning." Midorima lightly greeted.

Kise, Momoi, Murasakibara and Aomine, who had an arm around a shaking Sakurai's shoulders, were trailing a little bit behind as they watched the exchange.

"Oh, so you do remember us… I wondered if something had happened to your head. If you had amnesia or something. But you appear fine." Slowly his smile started to disappear and Kuroko actually felt a bit scared.

"Of course not, Akashi. It's just that the Sorting was very overwhelming-nanodayo." Wrong words Midorima-kun.

Seijuro's eyes were ice cold now. "Oh… And do you like your House, .R?" Even the guys on the back gulped as he walked closer to the horoscope maniac.

He actually felt very sorry for the other boy but he was at a loss of what to do. He watched from the corner of his eye, poor Midorima slightly trying to hide behind Takao as if the half inch of difference could make a difference. Akashi's hand had moved to the pocket of his cloak, possibly hovering over his wand.

"Of course he likes his House! Shin-chan is very clever so he'll do good in Ravenclaw! Don't you think?" It was Takao who stepped up and faced the approaching boy.

They stood a couple of paces from each other. Takao was smiling brightly as if nothing was amiss but Kuroko couldn't help feel that his smile was just as dangerous as Akashi's had been.

"Oi! You shouldn't talk to people like that. It makes it look like you're threatening them." Kagami-kun also stepped up and now they both faced Akashi without fear.

Kuroko could feel his heart beating erratically. They were going to anger Akashi beyond repair and everything would be lost. On the other hand, he was not sure if there was an alternative now. If Akashi did not listen to him then his plan would go down the drain.

"You're irrelevant. Please leave. This is a private conversation." The dual eyed boy's face was stone cold and he looked his most menacing. Any sane person would've fled quickly, but Kagami and Takao were not ordinary people, were they?

"The hell! You looking for a fight punk?" Kagami looked downright ready to punch the other in the face, which was hilarious because he seemed to forget he was a wizard, and most importantly, Akashi was one as well.

Everyone looked shocked, as they had never seen anyone face Akashi like that, and Aomine looked quite amused, but the most shocked person was Akashi himself. Although it only lasted a second Kuroko saw it clearly in face, from his standing point.

And Takao-kun was actually laughing. "Easy Kagami! Ahahah! It's not like he'll do anything. If he starts a fight he could be expelled or worse. Now he's just all talk." Takao's smile grew and Akashi looked quite livid. "Ne, . ?"

It took less than a second and now Kuroko was conscious that he whole hallway was looking at them. Everyone was holding their breath and no one made a sound. Even Kagami seemed at loss.

Akashi had drawn his wand. On Takao-kun. The few paces that separated them had been closed by Akashi's arm and wand as it now hovered a millimeter away from the other boy's forehead.

The raven haired boy's face was serious now but strangely enough, slowly a small smirk made his way up instead. And, in a whole other wave of weird, the same was happening to Akashi. "Not bad." The redhead said. What!?

Midorima was wide eyed, looking from a boy to another, on the verge of a panic attack.

"Oi… What is going on here? Are you two fighting?"

Tetsuya breathed a sigh of relief as an older Slytherin student approached them. Apparently, some year above them had to take this corridor for their own classes.

"Of course not Imayoshi-san. We were just…"

"Studying wandlore. Akashi-san was kind enough to show me his wand." Takao finished for him.

The Imayoshi guy looked highly amused by the situation and Tetsuya could only imagine the show they were putting right now. "Oooohhhh… how nice. Then… why is your wand on his head, Akashi?"

The younger boy smiled sweetly and softly combed aside some hair from the other's forehead. "There was some hair in his face. I wanted him to be able to appreciate it fully." The boy's face was the picture of innocence, but the wand remained where it was.

"Yes, senpai! It's such a sight… I couldn't help myself! Elder…" Takao's face now was looking quite dreamy. "You don't see Elder wands everyday…" And as if his words hadn't shocked them enough already, the raven suddenly slumped forward and pressed all his weight on the want pointed at him.

Kuroko had to give Akashi credit for standing his ground; especially considering that he didn't knew that Takao really was capable of wandlore studies. As it was, everybody simply stood still as the wand made a very slight arch under the weight. Happy with his result, the raven returned to a normal upright position, a small depression where he had made contact.

"Slightly yielding… nine and three quarter inches, Elder and phoenix feather core. Wandlore tells me that Akashi-san here, will be very interesting to watch in the future."

They kept a steady staring contest for another minute but Akashi dropped his wand in the end, regarding the other curiously. "Don't you have a class to go to, Imayoshi-senpai?" He asked.

"Eheh… Sure, sure… be more careful with your "wandlore studies" next time. The teachers would probably notice your wand under the cloak." Imayoshi pointed in Takao's direction but walked away anyways, quietly chuckling to himself.

Tetsuya was surprised that he hadn't noticed Takao's wand, drawn on Akashi, hidden within his sleeve. So that was what Akashi had praised earlier.

"Nonsense! I was just going to show him mine afterwards. Ne, Akashi… do you w-ugh…" Takao was trying to goat the other again but Midorima was faster and quickly covered his mouth before he could blow it.

"Bakao! I think that's enough-nanodayo!"

"But, Shin-chan! I didn't do anything!" He pouted.

"Just be quiet-nanodayo. Here. Play with my lizard and don't open your mouth!"

"Stingy! I'm going to eat it."

"Don't you dare, Bakao!"

The sudden change of pace was quite anti-climatic but even the scary redhead was watching the bickering two with a small drop of interest. Chance!

"Akashi-kun." Getting one-self within the boy's wand range was stupid or brave or stupidly brave, but Tetsuya had to take this chance. The other faced him fully, watching him with a frown. "I sincerely hope you forgive Midorima-kun and me, for the sudden excitement Hogwarts left us in. We are only kids after all. And I think this is a perfect opportunity to tackle down some ancient prejudices. Because we are such good friends that even being in rival Houses won't change that, right? Let's keep on being good friends." He grasped Akashi's hand - the one that wasn't holding a dangerous wand, mind you - and quietly pleaded the other with his best puppy eyes. This was it! If Akashi refused this then everything would be lost.

There was a single shadow of hurt and insecurity in the other's eyes before it disappeared and was replaced by something Kuroko couldn't identify. But thankfully his expression softened and he squeezed his hand back. "Yes… let's be good friends forever."

There was a general drop in the hard air around them and an almost synchronized sight of relief was shared among the Miracles. Good. Easy part done. Now for the really hard part.

"I'm very glad that you think so, Akashi-kun. Then let's all become good friends. Since I am now friends with Kagami-kun, I would be very happy if you could hang along. I'm sure that Midorima-kun feels the same about Takao-kun but I won't speak for him." The dice were cast.

He had expected Akashi to be shocked or possibly angry; what he didn't expect, but he should have, was for Kagami to blow it.

"Hold on a moment! You can't decide without me! I don't want to befriend such a rude guy! And have you seen his hair? What in the actual fudge!" Mind you, he did not say "fudge" but a similar sounding, much more American word. Oh Kagami-kun…

"I want to eat some chocolate fudge…" Murasakibara did say fudge though.

"Ahahah! Are you serious!" Kagami's outburst brought unbelievable chaos as the anxious air was swiped away. Aomine left Sakurai's side and shaking with laughter he approached the fuming redhead. "Of all things you decide to call on his hair? Have you seen yourself in the mirror?"

"What are you saying damn ganguro? Wanna fight?!" Kagami was starting to look wild.

But Aomine Daiki wasn't known for backing away from things. "Eh! Who are you calling ganguro!? Bring it on! There isn't anyone in this world stronger than me!" And with that they were on each other's face, hands grabbing collars and stupid insults being thrown around. Thankfully, Aomine-kun also seemed to forget he owned a wand.

"Testsuya… did you just found another Daiki?" Akashi seemed to be over any anger that may have need in his hearth, and like him, simply watched the fight with disapproval.

Such a realization was shocking. "Flaming Gremlins on Merlin's Underpants! I think I did. There must be something wrong with my friend radar."

"Oi! What's going on now? There's no wandlore study happening in there! Just kidding." Takao finally seemed to jump from whatever he had been arguing with the green haired boy. His remark, though, earned him a well-deserved chop on his head. "Ow! Shin-chan! So mean. Enough with the tsun!"

"Ne, Midorin, why does that boy call you 'Shin-chan'? That's so cute!" Momoi, fear now forgotten, happily strode over to her friend.

"It's not fair, Midorimachi! You always complain about us, but you let him call you a cute nickname, just fine-ssu!" Kise cried from behind her.

"Mido-chin… likes him more than us…" Murasakibara guessed over three pocky sticks in his muoth.

"No! None of you can call me by nicknames! The four of you stop! Go die-nanodayo! Specially you, Kise!" Shintarō quickly denied, his face beet red.

"Shin-chan is so shy!" Takao slung his arm around the other's, clearly enjoying his new color.

"Bakao!" The other cried, aggravated, but suddenly turned to the wandlore expert. "Takao, you're forbidden to talk to them. No… I don't care about Momoi or Murasakibara! Just don't talk to Kise!" He pleaded.

"Shin-chan, so mean!"

"Midorimachi, so mean-ssu!"

The two chorused and quickly turned to each other. There was a moment of silence before excitement and mischievousness sparkled.

"Ne, Takaochi… let's be best friends-ssu!"

"Yes, best buddies forever!"

And together they joined hands and danced happily in a silly disgusting matter, leaving poor Midorima-kun, kneeling on the floor, with a dark aura around him, mumbling about sparkly people and the essence of nightmares. Weird.

Overall, the noise level around them was quite high so poor Furihata-kun had to raise his voice to make them all pay attention. "Excuse me!" More than the volume, it was the boldness to yell near Akashi that had them stop in their tracks. Akashi's scary face also had Furihata-kun stop in his tracks. "I-i… uh… it's… ah…" The brunette started shaking so much in his own skin, as the red head laid eyes on him, that it was impossible to understand what he was trying to say.

"I'm sorry!" Sakurai suddenly yelled as well. "I also heard the bell, but I couldn't get anyone's attention. I'm sorry for being useless! I'm sorry for being born!" His chant was quickly ignored and became background noise to the Slytherins that by now had realized it was impossible to make him stop.

Akashi regarded the first brunette again. "Is that what you wanted to say?"

Furi gulped twice, trembled some more but finally nodded. "Yes… yes, bell! Class, now!" He pointed the classroom door where the last students, aside from them, were seen disappearing into.

"I see." The red head nodded but quickly ignored the other. He turned to the rest of the group instead. "Stop the nonsense! This is our first class in Hogwarts. Let's be dignified and take all we can from this experience. Our future starts now." And with that quick speech, Akashi regained all his leadership of the group. Even Kagami and Aomine separated without question, but still threw each other dirty looks as they walked. With confident strides he guided the other ten students through the door. Everyone seemed to fall back into his pace naturally. Akashi was meant to lead after all. Kuroko could only hope for things not to go back to what they were originally. At least now they had new faces in the group. Kagami and Takao were good additions that didn't seem to fear the redhead even if they couldn't help letting him lead. Sakurai… well that was not his doing so he couldn't say what would come out of it. And Furihata-kun? That was an unexpected addition.

Kuroko swiftly approached Furihata from the side. The brunette wasn't shaking anymore and now watched the redhead up front with awe. Interesting. "You did good Furihata-kun. Akashi-san was happy." He was. It was hard to understand at first but over time, just like himself or Midorima, people eventually learned to understand their moods.

The other jumped away. "Kuroko! Don't-don't show up like that! My heart is going to explode!"

The blunette grimaced at that. Ah, back to being ignored.

Sighing, he took a seat next to Kagami among the several desks in the room. Maybe there had been a time before, when fifty or more students had been on the room, learning; but now, their small number barely managed to fill two rows of chairs.

He was sure that after all that drama in the hallway, the class wouldn't be able to hold his attention as much. Unfortunately… he was wrong.

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A.N.: Okay, I give up. All chapters in this fic are long! So give me some time to write them.

I literally sacrificed my study time to write this to you and I hope it's good, because I'm not going to go back another time to check.

I really wish you would PM me with ideas. I just want to write a better fic. Hopefully this chapter will inspire you.

Akashi Seijūrō's wandlore – Wand: Elder, nine and three quarter inches, slightly yielding and phoenix feather core. Deeply unlucky, elder wands are trickier to master than any other. Produce powerful magic, but scorn to remain with any owner who is not the superior of his or her company. The truth is that only a highly unusual person will find their perfect match in elder; it is certain that person is marked out for a special destiny. The owners of elder wands almost always feel a powerful affinity with those chosen by rowan. (Guess who has a Rowan wand…)

I think I'll be adding the senpai's wandlore down here as a gift since Takao won't be making a reading in quite some time after this. One per chapter? Okay! Next chapter I'll bring you Kiyoshi's wandlore! Look forward to it!