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A.N.: I so sorry for leaving this fic for so long, but it was exam season here and I had to do my best so my time and energy were… well, I think you get it :P But it paid off :) My best semester ever. I was so happy. So now, I'll do my best for you guys as well!

Thank you everyone that is following and that favorite this fic. Made me cringe every time I saw an alert on my mail telling me about you. Reminded me every time that I still owned you all a chapter :P

Special thanks to BreeBBreakDanceand Shirou the space penguinfor reviewing the last chapter.

I've re-posted the last chapters because I noticed some mistakes. It's fixed now :)

Also… Happy Birthday Midorima-kun!

xxx

It was a lazy Saturday when Shintarō rose up.

The sun was warm in the sky, just barely peeping above the school walls and it was a good day for Cancers. That was the most important part after all.

It was now two weeks after the beginning of the school term and things were going well. Far better than he had anticipated at least.

Akashi was being strangely understanding lately and while it wasn't unwelcome, it was definitely odd. His House companions where finally starting to get used to his presence and stopped staring at him and trying to make conversations after the first week. And he was enjoying his classes of course. Some of them…

Transfiguration was a mess; filled with disconnected lessons, sudden jumps in the book and sometimes only hours of Professor Loony talking to herself or trying to degrade them.

History of Magic was boring and made falling asleep very easy. It was an embarrassment to him but since he could cram as much as he liked after school hours, and thankfully they were full of free time for studying after classes, he already had the whole book memorized. He should get started on the second year's book but he was feeling a bit lazy today. Perhaps he could indulge in some light reading in the library today and enjoy the calm.

Oh, and Defense Against the Dark Arts… The Auror that had taken his time to came and teach them, over the risk of being incapacitated or dying by the end of the school year, seemed utterly incapable of teaching. His lectures were rushed, he didn't like questions and simply looked terrified of children, if running away from the class as soon as the bell rang was any indication.

But it was still a good day so Shintarō was still in a good mood when he reached the common room. Of course it was already silent in there, respecting the many students taking the chance of weekend hours to study more or read something if they were just trying to pass time or have fun.

Most of them didn't pay attention to him, preferring to keep their noses in between pages, thankfully, for he did not wish to start conversation.

"Good morning, Midorima-kun." Fujioka-san greeted him as he passed her chair. By her side, Tanaka-san nodded, acknowledging his presence in a greeting, but true to herself, not a sound escaped her lips. She quickly returned her attention to the book resting in between the two girls.

"Good morning, Fujioka-senpai, Tanaka-san. I hope your reading is going well." Those two were probably the least annoying people in the tower and he often preferred their silent company to other people's silent company.

"Very well, thank you. Are you going to the tryouts tomorrow? Kuromi was thinking of going." Fujioka Haruhi continued. While he didn't particularly wish to talk, Fujioka-san was an older senpai and deserved his respect. Also, she just seemed to want someone to look out for the other girl.

"That's a surprise. But I'm still uncertain about it-nanodayo." The tryouts. He had been quite pestered all week by certain dark haired Gryffindor about it. He really didn't get why; while the game's theory was fairly easy, the actual game play was rough and brutal. Shintarō had no particular flying skills like Aomine or Kagami, so there was no high chance of getting a place in the team, even as an extra. But Takao seemed very adamant about it and claimed to want to play against him. Nonsense! They could far more easily play an unofficial game as friends. Not that they were friends! Takao was more like… a very annoying and sticky servant.

"Oi! There's a Gryffindor by the door, trying to convince the gargoyle to let him in…" Mayuzumi-san walked inside, probably having gone to get breakfast earlier on. The older student barely looked at them before disappearing behind Ravenclaw's statue.

Fujioka passed her fingers through her short brunet hair, sighing, and begun to get up. She often had one or two Gryffindor visitors that seemed very annoying. Sometimes they would manage to answer the riddle, but when they couldn't, they would just make noise in the corridor and bother everyone if no one let them in quickly enough.

"Don't bother getting up Fujioka. It's not your usual idiots." Kasamatsu also walked in, but at least seemed to consider them instead of acting like they were stone. "It's a cheeky first year. Dark hair and stupid grin… was trying to tell the eagle a joke…" The third year threw the new info in the air, hoping for a reaction from the people in the room. No one seemed interested in lifting their noses from the paper though.

On the other hand, Shintarō now had a bad feeling about this visit. "… I think I can escort them out-nanodayo."

The other merely lifted his brow in curiosity but left soon with a quick "Please do." And silence quickly returned.

With a polite waved he parted ways with the two girls and climbed down the stairs until he reached the eagle statue. And sure enough, Takao was there, the happiest grin on his face, still trying his luck with lame jokes on the gargoyle.

"Shin-chan! Good morning~~~~!"

"Bakao, why are you here so early?" He scowled as he started to move in the direction of the dining hall; time to get his own breakfast.

"I didn't want to risk Shin-chan getting away! I really want Shin-chan supporting me today!" The other quickly caught up with him and the two climbed down a couple of the 142 different stairs in the castle.

"I don't know what you're saying, Takao. Speak properly-nanodayo!"

The other pouted and nudged him on the side. "That mean, Shin-chan! It's the tryouts, the tryouts!"

Takao pulled his sleeve with enthusiasm nearly making them fall down the numerous stair steps.

"Idiot! Be more careful! And what do you mean 'the tryouts'? That's tomorrow. This is why you're no good-nanodayo!" That and all this talk about the tryouts was starting to get on his nerves.

"Shin-chan! That's yours, mine is today!" The raven haired boy whined but his smile turned mischievous. "I really want Shin-chan on those benches, cheering for me like a cute cheerleader! Just kidding!"

"… Bakao…" He wasn't sure what face he had on, but certainly wasn't good because the brunet nearly toppled over in laughter. Then suddenly he stopped and looked at him seriously. Such a change made him stop in confusion.

"Ne… What goes round the house and in the house but never touches the house?"

"What…?"

"That funny eagle thing asked me that. I tried to pay a riddle with a joke but she wouldn't let me in! So I was curious…"

"… idiot…"

x

Had he upset Shin-chan?

He noticed after a bit of silence that the other was keeping to himself, and on closer inspection, was supporting a serious scowl.

It was with a heavy hearth that they parted ways on the grand hall; worryingly watching the other sit down at his own table, Kazunari sadly nibbled on his toast.

"What's wrong, man? Worried about later?" A redhead smirking second year suddenly perched on his shoulder.

"Sup… eh… Kaoru?" It was really hard to tell the two twins apart, but it was more usual to catch Kaoru alone than Hikaru so he was betting on that.

The other chuckled and stole the rest of his toast before some of his tarts ended up in his pockets. "Lucky guess?"

"Sort of… Hikaru isn't coming for breakfast?" He was feeling slightly better now, even if his food was being stolen. He had almost forgotten…

"No time! Anyways, put on a good show! There will be lots of people watching. Better keep them occupied and happily distracted." The other wiggled his eyebrows suggestively and he couldn't help laugh at that.

"Sure, sure! Just sad that "it" won't be ready for a while."

"But it will be worth it! See ya later! Good luck!" And with that he was gone.

The small encounter left him in a better mood and even the howl mail couldn't wipe it away. Before getting up, he quickly pocketed his uncle's letter and the attached one that was from his mother; addressed to some weird, probably made up school address, that she was convinced he was currently frequenting. It was hard to swallow that his own mother reacted so badly to the mention of magic that she had to be charmed with memory spells and whatnots!

"The sun! The answer is 'the sun'."

Blinking in confusion, he studied his green haired friend as they begun approaching the large Quidditch field. "…the answer?"

The other sighed and sent him a very unimpressed glare as if he was supposed to understand in the spot what had been on his head. "To the riddle, Takao. Didn't you ask me for the answer to the gargoyle's riddle a while ago?"

Enlightenment filled him. He had totally forgotten about it and more over, he hadn't even taken it seriously before. "Oh, right! Eh? What… Were you thinking about all this time, Shin-chan?" So that scary scowl had been nothing more than a thinking face? Shin-chan was such a weirdo!

"Ah, I wasn't doing it for you or anything like that! I was just… interested in the answer-nanodayo!" Midorima was blushing like a tomato now and he couldn't help but laugh at it.

"So tsundere, Shin-chan!" Yup, he was in a much better mood now.

xxx

He was already regretting coming here.

The sun was way too hot on his back, and the benches had no shadow; there were way too many people there, cheering loudly or just paparazziing the players. And that included Aomine for some reason. Right now, Shintarō was just trying his best to make sure not to be associated with the indigo haired idiot that was cheering on Kuroko with far too much enthusiasm.

"Okay, people, two laps around the field! Hop on those brooms! Go, go, go!"

It was fun though, watching a second year girl ordering people around.

Coach Aida was a fierce woman and a very good tactician too. Before the first lap was over, more than half of the candidates were gone. It was incredible to see that there were people that could barely hold a broomstick and all the more, some that could not even fly in a straight line. The second task involved simple turns, holding balls and flying with one hand. It was not that hard, but the testing had begun less than ten minutes prior and most of the older years were gone, their skills rusted after years of not flying constantly. Because of it the first years, all four of them, were at advantage. They had done very similar goals just the day before in Madam Hooch's class.

That said, that girl was scary. She moved like a professional coach and absolutely did not waver from the shouts or threats of angry frustrated students that were asked to leave. When she was done scrutinizing everyone and everything, there were only half a dozen possible players in field and she seemed happy enough.

They were all in the team officially now. Of course, in Quidditch there are no substitutions during a game, but having replacement players is always good. That and apparently she wanted to make game simulations or something like that. Either way, Shintarō was bored again and he was silently praying for it to be over quickly.

He was not that lucky today. There seemed to be two openings for regular players, Chasers, and there was going to be a small test for who wanted that position. He watched as the coach separated them in teams of two and organized the team for a quick game. Takao happily waved him from the group, all way into the back of it.

He sighed. Playing support group, even when he wasn't doing anything, was tiring. Still he gave a quick wave as he watched with uninterested eyes, the development of the games.

The rules were simple; the captain, Hyuuga, and the two candidates would be team number one and team number two was composed of the rest of the team's members, the Beaters and the Seeker. Only one Keeper, and both teams aimed for the same goals. Maximum of five goals or fifteen minutes. The point was to impress by forming strategies and creative formations, as well as keeping the "rival" team away from the ball.

The set was pretty much the same every time; as soon as the ball was in possession of the rival team it was near impossible to steal in back, a year of practice with the team had made these people almost as good if they had played the games themselves. If the ball was on team number one, they would stumble nervously around, pass to where no one was and most commonly, drop the Quaffle altogether. It was quite sad to watch. And as if the world was trying to upset him, Takao and his partner, a scared looking brunet were the very last ones in line!

Almost two hours had gone by now, and people were getting ready to leave, tired and stiff from the hard wood of the benches, hot from the sun and probably a bit hungry too. Only the first years remained on the field now, waiting to try their luck. Either it was a brilliant move from Coach Aida or simply a miscalculated one, meant to spare the audience on the idea that they were going to perform badly.

What no one expected was for the spirit of the game to change radically. First years were full and fresh from the basics of flying. And Kagami definitely had some aura around himself. The difference could be smelled from the bench he was sitting on.

He watched him hop in the broom and fly his way to the middle of the field and wait for the signal to start, little flames of excitement dancing around. The powerful effect was dulled by the usual "hunt" for a missing player, and Kuroko's indignant pronouncement of his presence on the air, next to the redhead. After that, the game started as if nothing had happened.

As soon as the whistle blew, Kagami had the ball. The team set to steal it, but the fierce boy charged without fear and something akin to a war cry, making the second years yelp in fright and dodge him. Laughing at their reaction, just as he was approaching the goal, he passed suddenly to and empty space to his left; while everyone was still shocked and confused, Kuroko appeared out of nowhere and made a well placed pass to a stunned Captain that didn't hesitated to score past yet another stunned Keeper. Shintarō only had a couple of seconds to admire the curve done by the red Quaffle, and note that it should have been made a little more to the right, before the shrill sound of the whistle brought everyone back to earth.

"Hyuuga! You're not supposed to score! I told you to let them try it by themselves! And Kyoshi! Don't space out just because they're first years! Defend properly!" The coach was quickly yelling and re-organizing the team looking mad, but her steps were bouncy and excited.

A couple of muffled 'sorry's reached the bench he was in, and as Hyuuga happened to fly by, Shintarō could have sworn that he heard him mutter: "… but it was such a good pass!"

Well, it had been the first score since the beginning of the tests, so the audience had quickly flocked back. It hadn't been that the players were horrible; the "rival" team had attempted to score as well. But the Keeper, Kiyoshi, was simply that good. He reminded him of Murasakibara, his limbs strangely large in proportion to the rest of his body. If Kiyoshi reached the ring, there was barely any hope to score.

Unfortunately, that was the extent of that. Sure enough, Kagami was talented and made very good plays cleverly using Kuroko's invisibility. The audience was on the edge of their seats for the whole fifteen minutes the game lasted, but no other goal was scored. The redhead came really close to do it on the last minute, a well placed pass from Kuroko and an extremely powerful throw from his part that seemed certain to win, but the Keeper was something else. On the last second the brunet launched after the sphere making it hit the metal structure and bounce back ending their game.

The coach looked beyond herself with joy when the two first years touched the ground again.

x

He had never seen Coach Aida this happy. She usually came across as a Spartan kind of person but she had showered them in praise and started making game plans for the beginning of the League and only stopped when Tetsuya reminded her that there were still two students to evaluate. She excused herself looking flustered and begun to organize things again.

"Nice work Kuroko! We did great!" Kagami was grinning from ear to ear and looked the happiest he had ever seen him.

"Yes. I'm glad that Kagami-kun listened to my strategies."

"Shut up!" But he lack any bite in his words and the grin remained. "Here!" The redhead offered him his fist to bump.

Happily he returned the gesture as they walked away from the field. Suddenly the sports ground was filled with shocked gasps and both turned around to watch the game that had started.

Not sure what was going on, Tetsuya searched the players for the answer. It came in the form of Takao-kun making an aggressive descend, all the players after him and the Quaffle; including his own team! Before he was grabbed, the raven turned upwards on the last second, nearly leaving two second years on the ground, and passed everyone in a parallel line and quickly made his way up. Even his own team mates seemed to have a hard time catching up. As soon as they got closer again, he did exactly the same thing over, this time turning to the ground. This repeated itself for another three times before the other players and the spectators grew accustomed to it. Even Captain Hyuuga seemed to be on the verge of cursing everything and everyone.

When it happened, Tetsuya was sure little people noticed the exchange. On the beginning of his descend, right when the players were beginning to turn around to chase him, Takao-kun passed closer to them, barely touching Furihata-kun that was last in line, and continued as if nothing had happened. None of the players noticed anything out of the ordinary, not even when the small brunet didn't follow, and kept chase. It had all been so fast, he wasn't sure he had seen it properly. It happened exactly when they were out the senpais' field of vision. It lasted only a couple of seconds but it had been perfect!

It would have been fantastic, all eyes were still on Takao-kun after all; even Kiyoshi senpai. Furihata-kun had been forgotten.

"Hey! Stop! Quaffle!" Izuki-senpai suddenly left the formation causing a mass of chaos and panic, moving fast towards the brunet.

"Whoa! How did he saw him? From that position he would have been behind him!" Kagami was howling in excitement by his side. It looked like Tetsuya had not been the only one to find the tactic quite impressive.

Izuki-senpai moved with determination and gained ground easily. Furihata was doomed. Izuki-san was a master mind at stealing, even if he was just the Seeker. Then, unexpectedly, when the second year approached, he just dropped the ball. And there he was ready to receive. Takao-kun, flying just bellow them. Upside down. He really wasn't fazed by any flying position.

And just like that he shot the Quaffle. Kuroko had never seen anyone shot a Quaffle upside down. Even less when they were bellow the rings. It was the most awkward angle possible. Predicting the direction and strength seemed impossible but by nothing short of a miracle, Kiyoshi-san managed to catch it right before it passed the ring in the left.

There was a brief moment of silence before the stadium was filled with an excited round of applause for the amazing catch. With the tension gone the second years bashfully accepted the praise before trying to regain their breaths. It was a great moment for Takao and Furihata. The senpais where clearly out of gas, having played all day in positions they were not used to, and with a little more push they could be beaten. He and Kagami-kun had delivered the first blows so now was just a matter of finishing the job.

"Eh? Takao-kun? What's wrong, you still have ten minutes left." Coach Aida was running towards her two first years that were now softly descending to ground level.

"… nah… that was all I had…" The raven scratched the back of neck looking sheepish as he jumped of his ride. "I don't have any more ideas and honestly… I think Furi-chan is about to faint!"

Everyone was now approaching the two and sure enough the brunet looked ready to give up, his face paler than a sheet.

"Eh!? Furihata-kun?! Are you alright?" Coach Aida was fussing over the other boy when Takao approached them and looked at Kagami and him. "He told me it was the nerves. Not sure why… I mean, did you see him?! Perfectly followed my plan right!? He was amazing!" He looked beyond content but once or twice, Tetsuya caught him trying to take a look at his watch.

"Not sure if Furihata-kun was the one amazing today. Interesting strategy kid." Gryffindor's Seeker had drawn near them when it became clear the shaking brunet wasn't going to die any time soon. "Using people's blind angles to fight is not easy." He carelessly placed his arm around the other raven's shoulders and grinned amusingly at his shocked face.

"Eheh… But I couldn't fool you senpai." The other recovered quickly and regarded him with his own mischievous grin.

"Of course! A good player must understand the big picture when it comes to the art of tricking!"

"… eh?"

xxx

"Man, I could eat a warthog full! So hungry!"

"On any other day I would be impressed with Kagami-kun and his powerful stomach but even today I must agree that some food would be nice."

Sometimes, Taiga had trouble knowing when Kuroko was making fun of him. Not only was he pretty stoic his speech was weird enough that it made hard to know sarcasm and honesty apart. This was one of those moments.

"… you… are you making fun of me?" The blunet was probably the closest person to him right now and he didn't like this dubious feeling. He had had enough bad experiences with the wrong type of people to be a little hurt when the other mocked him. But just a little! He was no baby!

Kuroko was quiet for a bit, silently regarding him, but eventually sighed. "No, Kagami-kun. I was just agreeing with you. The tryouts made me hungry as well."

"Oh. Okay, that's good. Maybe now you'll eat more than usual! That's definitely not enough!" Well he felt better now. The other boy could be lying but there was no reason not to believe him.

He almost missed the murmur but chance was that he did. "Being too nice to people could be your undoing, Kagami-kun." He was about to ask him about it but the sight in front of them made him freeze altogether.

And from the look of shock on the other's face, he wasn't expecting to see him here either.

x

Tetsuya was used to being ignored and usually he resented that. But sometimes it was very useful. Like now.

When Kagami had stopped, he had first thought that he had offended the other somehow but soon it became evident that he wasn't concerned with him, but another boy by the armors. A Slytherin. And second year too. Even though the boy emanated an aura of grace, his stance was guarded and spelled problems.

They kept the staring game for a while, and Kuroko wondered if he should get a teacher. Kagami-kun looked mad, like he wanted to say something but was resolute on not being the first to speak. The older boy finally broke the silence, his posture slightly more relaxed. His dark hair looked silky smooth and he had a cute beauty mark under his eye; his beauty felt somewhat dangerous and unapproachable as he regarded them.

"Taiga, what a surprise. I wasn't expecting to see you." His smile was charming and for a moment he could almost forget that he had regarded them - mostly the redhead surely, since he was pretty much invisible – with the distrust of an injured animal.

"Yeah… you weren't expecting me at all. And you had no intentions of that right?" Kagami looked hurt and angry, his hands tightly closed into fists. "Well, I'm not like you! I still worried, even though you are nothing but a jerk! Did you know how many times I looked for you in the last weeks?!" The red haired boy was now walking towards the other and with each new step his voice rose higher. "Of course you do! Because somehow you made them turn me around!"

He watched the other for his reaction to his friend's words of hurt and anger. He had never seen Kagami like this. But the other didn't even look sorry for whatever he did to him. The only acknowledgment of guilt was the fact that he wasn't looking him in the eye. Other than that his demeanor remained cold and indifferent as Kagami looked more and more like he was about to cry.

"... what if I did that? What about it, Taiga?" The strange beautiful boy was regarding him again, this time issuing his challenge, willing Kagami-kun to rise to his bait.

It hurt not knowing what was going on, but he really wish he knew what to say to his friend right now. The redhead looked like someone had died in front of him. He looked quite betrayed. But instead of crying like he thought he would, the calmed down. "Just… why…? Just tell me why, ni-san!"

"Ni-san" frowned at that. Clearly it wasn't the reaction he was expecting. "Maybe I just don't have time to play with kids. I want to be greater, Taiga! And I can't let anything get in my way!" Tetsuya noted that his posture became gradually more and more guarded. A for the second time that day he thought that the other looked like a hurt animal. "You wouldn't understand. I can't let anything stop me. If that meant cutting ties with you… then I had to do it! After all you…" There something going on beyond that; that was sure, but he didn't develop more.

Kagami was looking positively sad and defeated now. "You thought that I would stop you? That I would try to keep you from being great? Is that what you think of me?"

x

He wasn't sure what he was expecting. He had kept thinking about several possibilities. Somehow this was a mix of all.

Didn't Tatsuya know him at all? Did he really believe that he would prevent him from being great? He would have loved to support his brother on that quest! Of course, being a Slytherin, Tatsuya would be an ambitious person. But this didn't make any sense!

For a moment he felt like Tatsuya was coming to that realization as well but new arrivals broke the trance they had been on.

"Yo, Himuro-kun! Who's this? Giving you trouble?" Another older Slytherin student bluntly laced his arm around his brother's shoulders. It didn't look comfortable at all and there was a lot of personal space being stolen there. He was about to answer these weirdoes when Himuro did it for him.

"No one. He is no one, Hanamiya-senpai."

He could believe it! How could he say that so coldly?!

He watched closely the five thugs that had his brother on their embrace. The arrogance and malice was pouring away and each looked worse than the next. One of the guys watched him without interest, or maybe not, but his eyes reminded him of a dead fish so it was hard to know what he was thinking. Similarly, another boy carelessly blew gum balls, but it was impossible to know what he was thinking really, since his eyes were covered by his hair.

"What are you still doing here? Get going wet kitty. We have no time for Gryffindor brats!" The guy that was still leaning on Tatsuya, wiggled his ugly eyebrows as he smiled nastily.

He really didn't want to leave his brother alone with this guys. He was ready to say so when he caught Tatsuya's eye. It was horrible how his brother was capable of looking at him like those idiots were.

"I think it's time to go, Kagami-kun."

He prayed to the Gods that he didn't shriek loudly. He had completely forgotten that Kuroko was still here! It consoled him that the other six also seemed startled.

Morosely, he let the blunet pull him away by his sleeve. When he realized he was taking them to the Hall, he softly mentioned him to stop. He suddenly didn't feel like eating anymore. He turned to return to the common room leaving Kuroko behind.

"Was that your brother, Kagami-kun?"

Or maybe he hadn't stayed behind after all. He sighed before thinking of his answer. "He used to be." The words hurt to say. "I think those guys changed him."

He watched as the other remained silent and the two walked a bit further up the stairs. They were closing on the tower when Kuroko spoke again. "There are always ways to bring back those that we love. The big problem is being ready to forgive them."

Yes, he should really try to save Himuro from those idiots. But Taiga wasn't ready to forgive him for the hurtful words and actions, just yet.

xxx

A.N.: Enjoy your Seeker role for now Izuki! Because my darling Takao's Hawk eye is better than Eagle eye. My love is radical like this!

So no Quidditch first views yet. Leaving than for the actual games up ahead.

Himuro's character will be better developed latter; this is just a small introduction. Still on the same basis, him wanting to be better, but because of bad influences this time.

So who am I going to introduce today… Hyuuga! And because I made you wait for a bit… I'll had Himuro as well!

Hyuuga Junpei: Poplar, twelve and three quarter inches, unbending and dragon heartstring core - "If you seek integrity, search first among the poplars," was a great maxim of Gerbold Ollivander, a saying that Garrick Ollivander supports based on his experience of poplar wands and their owners. It is said to be a wand to rely upon, of consistency, strength and uniform power, always happiest when working with a witch or wizard of clear moral vision. (integrity/honor/reliability, I thought it was very fitting of Hyuuga, the team Captain)

Himuro Tatsuya: Cherry, twelve inches, reasonably supple and dragon heartstring core - Cherry is very rare wand wood that makes for a wand of strange power, most highly prized by the wizarding students of the school of Mahoutokoro in Japan, where those who own cherry wands have special prestige.

The Western wand-purchaser should dispel from their minds any notion that the pink blossom of the living tree makes for a frivolous or merely ornamental wand, for cherry wood often makes a wand that possesses truly lethal power, whatever the core - though if paired with dragon heartstring, the wand ought never to be teamed with a wizard without exceptional self-control and strength of mind. (please note how I decided to play with Himuro. Made from the most elegant tree and it is a lethal power. Like Himuro. His grace was his power. Also, I thought that, even if he is now struggling, it was okay to give him adragon heartstring core because he is good at keeping his poker face.)