Chapter 14
HufflePuff Common Room
Cain grimaced at having to carry Hinata on his back as Ino ranted, "Who the hell gives a love potion to a boy they like?!" "Girls desperate enough..?" Cain laughed before he murmured, "Well as long as Neji doesn't start oggling Rion I'm sure we'll be safe. THOOOOOOUGH if ONE of you Konoho student's wanted Neji all to themselves, All you would have to do is disguise yourself as Naruto to be fawned and adored over, by sexy brooding Neji.." Cain snickered while Ino rolled her eyes.
Ino stopped mid step on the staircase before grinning, "Cain that's actually NOT a bad idea. If one of us transformed into Naruto it could help the REAL Naruto escape! Wait...But don't you think Neji would be able to tell the difference between a clone Naruto and a regular Naruto?"
"Well, When Neji's a love sick puppy I doubt he can even tell us what color his nails are unless they're on Naruto's hips.." Cain chuckled before setting Hinata down on the couch so the girl could rest, "Shit...for a girl you ninja's weigh more than you look.." Cain sat beside Hinata to wipe the sweat off of her forehead.
"N-Naruto-kun.." Hinata whimpered softly in her sleep a deep blush still on her cheeks as Cain shook his head with a fond chuckle, "But I'll tell you this...I never thought Hinata would-" Cain stopped with a gasp as his hand glowed white against Hinata's forhead, Cain feeling himself pass out as he uncontrollably entered Hinata's mind.
Hinata's Mind
"I...I can't believe...Neji likes...N-Naruto-kun now..." Hinata nervously trembled to herself fiddling her fingers together. The girl sitting alone in a dark corner of a small room with only a small candle as her light, "I-I can't compete with him...Neji's strong and I-I'm...so...ugh..." Hinata gave a muffled sob to herself hugging her legs to her chest as the candle flickered softly from the girl's sobs.
"Quit your crying already!" Cain scolded as he headed over to the girl who blushed, "Eh? C-Cain-san?! W…What're you doing-"
"It's a Galerian ability. We can get inside people's heads..." Cain pointing to his temple before explaining, "Don't worry it was an accident and...Wait. Why ARE you crying?" Cain sitting across from the girl as Hinata embaressdly rubbed at her eyes with her sleeve quickly.
"W-Well, um..." Hinata nervously gulped before whispering, "It's about Neji..a-and N…Naruto-kun." "You really like Naruto THAT much yet you won't fight for him?" Cain raised an eyebrow as Hinata blushed even redder.
"Eh?! I-I don't like Naruto-kun, I L..Lov.." Hinata stopped short of almost confessing her crush to a stranger before Hinata quickly tried to change the subject, "Y-You just don't understand..? Neji's stronger than me, if he knows how I feel a-about Naruto-kun he might t-try to kill me a-again and-"
"Pffff..as if that asshole has a better chance of getting laid than you!" Cain chuckled before saying, "Ya know who you remind me of right now? Rion…" Cain smirked absently at the girl's look of surprise.
"E-Eh..? Rion..b-but why do I remind you of him Cain-san..?" Hinata confusedly gazing at the boy across from her, I thought they were enemies though a-and not friends?
"Rion was CRAZY about a girl named 'Lillia'…She was his childhood friend. He loved her so much he fought against people WAY stronger than himself…Even if it meant losing his life Rion wanted to protect Lillia with all he had. So your excuse is pretty damn lamn…considering Rion fought and killed off his entire family to be with someone instead of just one asshole ninja…" Cain fondly ruffled Hinata's hair as he chuckled at the girl's squeak of surprise at that information.
"Believe it or not, Rion's actually killed me once. ME, his own identical twin just to keep Lillia safe.." Cain shuddered in fear slightly at the memory of his body being torn apart from Rion's attack, Fuck...he was so serious at that time.
Hinata gasped in shock at that information to herself before awkwardly saying, "Well um..a-actually, Neji is technically my um, c..cousin, But well…h-he...He actually DID once try to kill me. Neji hates me SO much for what's happened between our families…" Hinata took a shaky breathe to explain, "I know it's similar but, the truth is that I…I can't fight Neji, when he's suffered so much. I can't compete with him because…I...I'm not as strong as Neji a-and if Naruto-kun likes him more than me-"
"-Shut the fuck up Hinata!" Cain rolled his eyes before standing up as the girl's eyes went wide at the boy's sudden change in demeanor, "Where's your pride?! Your almighty inner ninja chakra bullshit?" Cain huffed at the girl before explaining.
"When you love someone you turn into a fool who will fight no matter what! You see what an ass I make of myself chasing after Rion even if the bastard killed me. But slowly he's starting to give into me and see that I really DO like him…" Cain smirked wickedly to himself, I might even get laid before I kill him...it'll be SO fucking perfect.
"E-Eh…You mean...You want me to err...Act like you?" Hinata blushed heatedly at the thought of molesting Naruto, He wouldn't want to be my friend anymore if I EVER did that though.. Cain blinked in surprise before grinning wickedly, Oh this'll be FUN.."Hell yeah! Grab him by the balls for all I ca-"
"WHAT?! P-PERVERT! Get OUT of my head!" Hinata embarrassedly shoved the boy away with all she had before her eyes widened as she woke up in the common room.
HufflePuff Common Room.
Cain doubled over laughing as he fell off the couch onto the floor, "HA HA HA! W-Wow Hinata. That's some mental energy you got on ya…" Cain chuckled before gazing up with at the girl fond smile saying telepathically to her, "..I'm sure you'll do just fine with Naruto."
Ino glared at Cain, the girl holding a kunai aimed at his throat warningly, "Hey! What the hell just happened?! Hinata are you alright?" Ino glancing at the girl worriedly but still threatening Cain as Hinata nodded once rapidly, "U-Um yes! I-I'm fine now…Cain-san said it was an accident…" Hinata embarrassedly sat up as she glanced at Cain shyly, I guess...Cain's right…I do have an inner strength. I just have to find the c-courage to use it.
"Accident? What the hell did you do to her Cain?!" Ino glared at the boy as Cain yelped in surprise, "Well…-FUCK!" Cain yelped when Ino threw the kunai through his shoulder blade as Cain immediately ran out the common room window while Ino chased after him yelling, "CAIN GET BACK HEEEEEEEEEEEERE!" "CRAZY BITCH IS ATTACKING ME!"
Astronomy Tower Hallway Corridor
"NEJI GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!" Naruto embarrassedly darted off past a teacher as McGonagall yelped in surprise trying to keep her hat from flying off, "M...Mr. UZUMAKI! NO running in the halls!" "Naruto WAIT! I-I just want to talk to you!" Neji yelled as he ran after the boy.
"I said stay the hell away from me HENTAI!" Naruto jumping from staircase to staircase before yelping when he slipped on one that moved as Neji quickly dashed forward catching the struggling boy in his arms refusing to let the blonde go even as he thrashed.
"Naruto RELAX! It's not like I'm going to have sex with you right this instant. The hell kind of guy do you think I am..?!" Neji glared refusing to let the boy go as Naruto struggled with all he had to get out of Neji's grip, "Well…I don't know the hell kind of person you are anymore! You..! Y-You kissed me w…With your tongue in PUBLIC dammit!" Naruto glared at the white eyed boy with a soft blush on his cheeks.
"Well, T-That's because…I love you!" Neji abruptly placed Naruto's hand against his heart under his school uniform, "You…You're an important person to ME, Naruto. The first time I lost to you…You saved me from myself. You did something for me that no one else could…"
"W-What..?" Naruto gulped nervously before blushing heatedly at his hand against Neji's skin and feeling Neji's heart pound so loudly under his palm, I-I never noticed before…how soft Neji's skin was...Or how strong his heartbeat was. W-Wait! what am I saying we're FRIENDS! And GUYS we can't possibly be compatible…right?!
"Naruto..." Neji gently brushed away some of the boy's blonde hair from his face, "I DO want you to accept my feelings…Tell me, What's the risk of you dating me just once? I mean…We ARE both friends…And that's how relationships start don't they?" Neji feeling a soft blush starting to grace his cheeks at starting to sound like he was almost pleading, Shit I really screwed up this first confession…I shouldn't have kissed him like that but at the time…I-I thought he'd fall for me faster if I kissed him.
"Neji...I-I really don't know about ANY of this! A-And well, You're…kind of um, r-really confusing me..." Naruto certain his entire face was pink from embarrassment from starting to want to mentally agree with Neji, Shit…why the hell am I blushing? I…I shared a kiss with him a-and it wasn't really all that bad but...D-Do I REALLY want to date Neji of all people? I mean it's not like any girls are asking me out, and this IS the only place we can really try this 'guy sort of dating' thing out.
"Are you sure you're confused?" Neji chuckled before smirking as he found himself staring at Naruto's soft lips that were almost begging to be kissed once again, "…Then if you'll let me, I-I can help, un-confuse you?" Neji leaning forward as his lips hovered an inch above Naruto's. Naruto blushed heatedly but made to no move to pull away as the blonde nervously gulped feeling his heart flutter, Neji relaxing as he kissed Naruto who meekly returned the kiss. "Neji.." Naruto groaned before absently moving to pull himself closer to the brunette.
"THE HELL ARE YOU DOING DOBE?!" Sasuke scowled as he jumped down from the staircase and practically ripped the two away from each other before they could kiss. Sasuke glaring at Neji before he growled in annoyance, Okay, This's gone fucking far enough... "Neji! Snap out of it, You've been given a love potion that MADE you fall in love with Naruto. So whatever you're feeling for Naruto isn't real!"
Neji gasped in shock, "Wait...What?! B-But...that CAN'T be possible..?" Neji confusedly gazing from Sasuke to Naruto, It was…just a love potion?
Sasuke then turned to the blonde with a cruel smirk, "Honestly dobe, Did you really think ANYONE would actually love you of their own free will?" "Sasuke.." Naruto's eyes widened before he scowled hurt flashing through his eyes, "W-What the hell do you mean who would ACTUALLY love me?! Just because I don't have girls dropping dead at my feet doesn't mean no girl would ever find me attractive!"
"Yeah because the only girls who'd like you are the ones who're already dead…" Sasuke smirked cruelly at Naruto who clenched a fist glaring angerly. Naruto fighting back tears as he huffed at Sasuke, "W…WHY'RE YOU SUCH A BASTARD?!"
"Because I HATE you..!" Sasuke glared at the blonde who looked as though his heart had dropped into his stomach. Naruto staring in shock as he blankly asked, "W...What..?" But...Sasuke…I thought that, w-we could be…friends again one day?
"Enough Uchiha!" Neji glared before standing defensively in front of the blonde, Neji smirking as he remembered something, "Believe it or not…Naruto does have more than one girl crushing on him from the Hufflepuff house. Are you so jealous that the only girls drooling over you all look like men?" Neji smirked at seeing Sasuke grit his teeth in anger at that his sharingan activating, "The hell did you just say to me, Hyuuga? You're the fag asking Naruto out AND kissing him!"
Naruto gasped in surprise at Neji defending him before blurting out, "Dammit Sasuke don't you talk to MY boyfriend that way!" Naruto stopping with a squeak at realizing what he'd just said, the blonde immediately covering his mouth at the look of shock his two friends were giving him.
"N…Naruto…" Neji felt a slight blush covering his face as Naruto blushed a deeper shade of red before instantly moving to cuddle up to Neji's side and peck the brunnette once on the cheek, "Yeah, I said it! Now go the hell away Teme if you don't want to see us 'fags' kissing!" Naruto warningly huffed hoping Sasuke would buy his bluff.
"Shut the hell up dobe! Now you're BOTH pissing me off…" Sasuke scowled looking ready to murder the Hyuuga, but hesistant as to why. Sasuke knew he felt a strange sensation in his heart at seeing Neji's arm wrapped so comfortably around Naruto's waist and Naruto looking so smug at Sasuke's glare. That's MY dobe..NOT that damn Neji's… Sasuke inwardly took a deep breathe to compose himself as he frowned at the two.
"Look, I…I only came here to make sure Neji didn't do anything stupid dobe. The last thing we need is drawing attention with a homosexual relationship. I-I'm only saying this a-as a…'team member'…I don't want you to leave…" Sasuke having whispered his last words as if trying to pretend he hadn't said it.
"Wait…" Naruto confusedly took a step forward, Does this mean…He still wants to be my friend..? "Sasuke…You were..really worried about me leaving?" Naruto gasping in shock when Sasuke abruptly grabbed Naruto's tie and yanked the blonde out of Neji's arms with a wicked smirk.
Naruto gave a startled cry of pain at his tie choking him before gasping in shock when Sasuke abruptly kissed him roughly, "Mmph?!" Before Naruto could respond Sasuke yanked the blonde's head back by his hair and threw Naruto back into Neji who instantly caught the blonde with a glare at the brunette.
"I thought you didn't want to draw attention Uchiha?!" Neji glared darkly as Naruto panted breathlessly gazing up in shock, surprise and slight fear at the Uchiha, W-What the hell? Has Sasuke gone CRAZY?! Why the hell did HE kiss me if he doesn't want me to leave?!
Sasuke smirked at seeing the blonde looking so confused and flustered while being held by an angry looking Neji, "Let's get one thing straight Naruto. You're MY idiot. Only I get to screw you over and only 'I' get to make you suffer…" Sasuke possessively stared at the blonde one last time before vanishing in a flurry of wind back up the revolving staircases.
"Naruto, Naruto are you alright?!" Neji worriedly inspecting the blonde over for any injury as he worriedly snapped his fingers in front of the blonde's face at Naruto not responding, Shit...is he still in shock? "Naruto…PLEASE, say something-ANYTHING!"
The Next Day
Gryffindor Common Room
"Hey Harry, Is everything alright..?" Rion curiously asked as he sat next to the black haired boy who wearily sighed, "I'm fine, It's just I've got something on my mind. It's well, I just want to start hanging out with 'my' friends again. I-I mean, I'm not complaining I-I DO enjoy spending time with you and the other new students...But I-If feel like I'm starting to ignore Ron and Hermione and well…They're MY best friends a-and I feel like I'm going to lose them if I ignore them any longer."
"If that's all you're worried about, then you should be talking more to them instead of me…" Rion smiled reassuringly patting Harry's shoulder before the Galerian left to his dorm.
Ron glanced over from where he'd been with some other Gryffindor's before he headed over to Harry, "Hey Mate, You alright?" the red head sat across from Harry who sighed before awkwardly said, "Not really…Um, Ron…I'm really really really sorry. I feel like I've made of fool of myself by not even bothering to see how you and Hermione were doing or even if you guys wanted to hang out with the new transfer students."
"Yeah…Well, I'm sorry too I guess. I-I didn't mean to avoid you all this time, But…Most of those foreigner's just give everyone the creeps…" Ron shivered in revulsion not noticing Harry's look of sadness at knowing he only got along so well with the school's new 'outcast's.
"So um, Have you seen Hermione lately?" Harry quickly asked to change the subject before blinking in surprise when said friend entered the common room carrying dozens of books in one arm and her school supplies in the other.
"H-Hermione..? Where have YOU been all day?!" Ron stood to head over to the girl before saying, "It's been HELL trying to figure out my homework without you, I really REALLY need your help-"
"WHAT?!" Hermione blinked once before glaring darkly at Ron, "Homework? Is that ALL you think I'm here for? Were you even remotely concerned I walked back here all by MYSELF..?" Hermione nearly shouted as Ron backed away fearfully until he was nearly trying to sink back as far as he could into the chair he'd been sitting in. "W-Well I um…" Ron gulped nervously gazing at Harry for help.
Harry stared in shock at the girl's outburst before asking, "Hermione you walked back here all ALONE? I thought you two would've been hanging out together?" Harry's gaze wandering suspiciously to the multiple books under the girl's arm as Harry confusedly asked, "W-What on earth are all those for..?"
"Research! And you're no better than HIM Harry..! Not one of you even gave ME a second thought with all the hours I've spent at the library trying to find out more information about these foreigner's or about why Dumbledore brought them here…It's as though you both don't even bloody care if I dropped off the face of the earth unless you needed something from me!" The girl glared at Harry who winced slightly at her look before nervously trying to explain, "Hermione, please…I-I can explain I'm sorry about ignoring you. I didn't mean to do it on purpose and-"
Ron immediately interrupted Harry with a yell of, "Have you gone MAD Hermione?! I-I just asked you to help me with my homework like you always do a-and you just-" "YOU bloody did NOT you thick headed jerk!" Hermione scowled before heading to the staircase, the two boy's cowering slightly at Hermione's heated glare when she got to the top of the staircase.
"You know, 'I' had a chat with Proffessor Kakashi..Even though HE acts like a nutter, at least he has the DECENCY and SENSE of when to keep his bloody mouth shut about certain things and when to care!" Hermione biting back tears as she left to her room, the girl slamming her door loud enough for it to echo throughout the common room.
Ron blinked owlishly before turning to Harry, "SHE's in a mood…and since when does Hermione talk to that nutter of a foreign teacher? It's probably him rubbing off that madness on her…" Ron nearly trembled as he moved to sit down wearily from Hermione's outburst.
"Well Ron, Obviously YOU said something that upset her…and I don't think it was about homework, So good luck talking to Hermione tomorrow mate.." Harry sympathetically patted his friend's shoulder before moving to gather his things, Man…Hermione's really upset and Ron's not helping things...I'd normally ask one of my 'foreign friends' for advice but I'm trying to distance myself from them.
"What?! ME?! B-But I can't talk to her…s-she'd…I don't know what she'd bloody do to me but I don't want to find out!" Ron nearly cowered at the thought as he groaned miserably against his desk, "This's going to be a LONG bloody year…I can feel it." Harry couldn't help the soft chuckle that escaped his throat as he reassuringly said, "Don't worry Ron…you'll survive like you always do."
"Harry!" Ginny headed over to the boy before asking, "Sorry to shout but Quidditch season will be starting soon and I was wondering, When ARE the try outs?"
"Try outs?" Harry blinked in surprise before nervously grimacing at remembering that he was the only Gryffindor with 'seniority' currently over the Gryffindor Quidditch Team. "I'll um…Start making plans and dates…Thanks for the reminder Ginny."
"It's no problem.." Ginny smiled shyly as Harry gazed up at the girl's dormitory before asking, "Hey um…Ginny.." Harry whispering to the girl so Ron wouldn't hear them as he asked, "Could you do me a small favor and…please make sure Hermione's alright? I'm worried about her, She and Ron had a row and well…she stormed off earlier."
"Really? I almost couldn't hear her from halfway across Hogwarts.." Ginny sarcastically huffed as Harry worriedly looked away, "Sorry..I guess it's Ron and my fault and-" "Oh, Of course I'll check on her Harry! She's MY friend as well.." Ginny smiled soothingly as Harry sighed in relief, "Thanks Ginny."
"It's no trouble.." Ginny smiled at Harry before turning to her Brother Ron with a small glare, "If Hermione cries all night I'm blaming YOU entirely." Ginny hoping her dense brother would get the hint.
"What-ME?! All I did was ask for help with my bloody homework..!" Ron groaned to himself as he grabbed his school things, "GIRLS! They're so bloody weird..." Ron grumbled as he headed up to his room to try and figure things out for his homework sulkingly.
Ministry Forest/Night Time
Ash smirked coldly to himself as Parano cackled at the struggling Centaur beneath his bloodied hands as more warm blood splashed Parano's face. The blonde Galerian grinning viciously as he jammed a mechanical piece into the Centaur's eye, "There there..scheeeeeeeeeee..not so bad.." Parano cooed mockingly before he jumped off the beast as the Centaur stood, half it's face scrunched up around the mechanical piece making the Centaur had one red glowing mechanical eye and various pieces of metal welded to his face.
"Well, I admit 'it' doesn't look HALF bad..." Ash chuckled darkly as he circled the Centaur curiously before saying, "We do still need a test run though Parano…" Ash gently paced in thought before smirking darkly at sensing a human approaching, "Ah, Perfect timing."
Ash levitated near the centaur's ear before he whispered darkly, "KILL the human..." The beast grunting in acknowledgement as it took out a bow and arrow, Parano laughed manically watching the Centaur slowly clamber through the woods it's hoofs clacking and dragging un-naturally.
"Parano, Follow him and report back to me later…" Ash turning around at seeing a castle in the distance, "We should leave Rion a little 'gift' after all to let him know we've arrived."
Parano cackled happily at that as he vanished in a blur of lightening, the blonde adjusting his one orange goggle with a grin from his spot on top of a tall tree as he sang, "I see a wizard~ A very soon dead dead wizard…hee hee hee, I can't WAIT to see the color of his blood.." Parano grinned sadistically at the centaur shuffling slowly toward the wizard.
"W-Who's there?!" The wizard scowled as he took out his wand stepping into a water puddle with a scowl at his foot getting wet, "Bloody patrols! Who's going to break into the forbidden forest of all places? Nobody in their right mind-Ah!" The Auror gasped in shock at seeing the Centaur in the shadows, "Nearly gave me a heart attack! Bloody creatures always sneaking up on people, Look you're trespassing...So shove off so I can finish my rounds for the night.." The Auror stopped at the Centaur not saying anything, "…You alright there?" The Auror gulping nervously keeping his hand on his wand before asking, "Y...You weren't the one doing that creepy voice earlier, were you..?"
The Centaur grunted still clutching the bow in it's hand, "..kill..grrr..uuun.." the Centaur reached into it's quiver of arrows taking one out before aiming at the Auror who immediately took out his wand, "I'm not looking for a fight! I'm not here to hurt you so don't make me disarm…you..?" The Auror's hand trembling as he stared in shock when the Centaur came into the light dried blood dying half it's form crimson, Bloody hell…That Centaur's looks mauled but…Why's his eye glowing like that?
"You're bleeding out! We need to get you to the-AH!" The Auror grunted when one of the arrows pierced his arm nearly missing his heart as the Auror scowled, "Expelliarmus!" the bow and arrows immediately leaving the Centaur's body as it grunted before stomping it's hooves, "..s…-Stop wait..!" The Centaur moved forward as the Auror moved to cast another spell, "ST-AHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"AH HA HA HA HA!" Parano cackled gleefully at the Centaur stomping the human to death as blood splattered the tree's and nearby bushes, "IT WORKS! It works, it works, it works…it workssssss-WE CAN MAKE MORE SUFFERING! Ha ha ha…Make them beg like dogs! Hee hee hee, We'll gut Rion and gut HIIIIIIIIIIIIM like a fish…HA HA HA!" Parano cackled manically.
Parano headed over to the dead Auror with a grin his fang like teeth almost glistening from the moonlight, "Rion'll SOON be like him.." Parano smirked as electricity sparked against his hands as he twirled his bloody blades to sharpen them, "I'm gonna gouge his eyeballs out.." Parano swiped his tongue over one of his blades, "..And then I'll implant my cirrrrrrcuits into hiiiiiiiish empty sockets."
Gryffindor Dorms
"NO!" Rion sat upright with a startled shriek before clutching his head as he trembled, his entire body covered in a cold sweat as he hyperventilated soft sparks of electricity zapping near his temples, Rion trying to compose himself to regain control of his power's.
"Whoa!" Naruto yelped from Rion's shriek abruptly falling out of his bed at seeing the sparks before embarrassedly glaring from the floor, "Ow…Dammit Rion…It's like 2 in the morning!" Naruto yawned as he glared debating throwing a pillow at his new friend, "And aren't you too old for nightmare's..?"
"I don't think anyone 'outgrows' nightmares..especially really weird ones like Rion's, Naruto.." Roxas cautiously gazed at Rion who was still trying to get his breathing under control, "Er..Rion? Hey Rion, You okay?" Roxas not wanting to get too close at knowing Rion's powers usually went out of control whenever his head started to spark like it was doing now.
"No…N-Not in the least.." Rion trembled as he took a shaky breathe to try and calm himself before explaining, "I..I thought I sensed something REALLY bad nearby, A-And blood…lots a-and lots of blood…It was a-almost...like I could feel it on my face. On every last inch of my skin, the feel of warm and slick flesh a-as if...as if..." Rion gulped nearly gagging at feeling sick before running to the bathroom as the sound of retching ensued.
Naruto grimaced at that and tried to ignore the sounds and smells coming from the bathroom, "G-Glad we don't have nightmares l…like that eh Roxas?" Naruto gulped nervously at the thought as he tried to keep from worriedly locking the castle windows to their dorm.
Roxas sighed heavily he worriedly headed over to knock on the bathroom door, "Rion…Rion if you saw something that bad killing people, Do you know WHY it was killing?" Roxas worriedly bit his bottom lip as Naruto tensed at that, Sakura and Shikamaru were exploring the castle grounds tonight…Does that mean they've been attacked..? Naruto felt his heart nearly skip a beat at the thought of his friends being in danger or possibly hurt.
"No…It…It wasn't...human blood..?" Rion took a deep breath as he gazed out the bedroom window before sighing, "I have to talk to Dumbledore. I think Ash, Ash is MY enemy and I think he's planning something..awfull..." Rion nervously bit his bottom lip, Well at least Ash can't get through the castle barrier but what on earth is he killing and where..?
"I think that the dream, The dream…It was a warning. A warning that Ash sent to me.." Rion clutched a hand over his heart shakily, "Ash wants me dead…or else there'll be even more blood on my hands. I think that's what he was trying to tell me…He knows I hate him killing innocents to get to me."
"That's stupid!" Naruto scowled before huffing as he yelled out the window, "Ash I'll kick your ass for not having the balls to fight Rion yourself you COWARD!"
"Naruto!" Roxas scowled before pulling the blonde back inside before whispering harshyly, "Everyone's STILL sleeping.." "OH..whoops.." Naruto sheepishly blushed as he moved to get back into bed.
Rion chuckled at the blonde before he smiled faintly at his friends, "Thanks for trying Naruto…But I don't think that things would be resolved that easily.." Rion took a shaky breathe, "I need to talk to Melanie and Cain…Then have us talk to Dumbledore."
"Good plan! B-But…P…Probably a better plan at a more, reasonable hour Ri…AHHH…ion.." Roxas yawned as Rion sighed before glancing at the clock, "OH, um right. Thank you for the advice Roxas.." Rion stopping with a tense at hearing a dog outside howling and barking at the forbidden Forest along with Hagrid's bellow of, "Fang! Get back here you daft dog."
"Or maybe not…Shit! I can't get back to sleep, I need to talk to the other Galerians.." Rion quickly moved to pull his shoe's on as Naruto sighed moving to get his sandals on, "I'll go with you Rion…You'll need a ninja so we don't get caught roaming the hallways so late at night, ne?" Naruto grinned happily at the thought of sneaking around at night, Maybe I can also plant a few pranks in the Slytherin corridors for Sasuke teme.
Castle Grounds Outside
Naruto followed Rion outside onto the grass with a shiver, "Man...I'm surprised it's so cold out here.." Naruto grimaced at the morning weather with a heavy sneeze as he shuddered in revulsion, "This country's worse than the land of ice or something!".
"Here, take my jacket or you'll catch a cold.." Rion handing his jacket to his friend before Rion placed a hand to the edge of the forbidden forest giving a wince when his hand sparked at coming too close, "Ow!" Rion took a step away from the barrier with a wince, Damn...looks like I can't go that far out.
"Rion what's wrong?" Naruto headed over to his friend as Rion lifted his pant leg, "This anklet keeps me from leaving the castle area...It looks like I'll need to have a chat with King Mickey.." Rion moved to the center of the grass field as he held his hand out, "Naruto…Can you please come with me? I'd rather not do this alone, and well...I need you to trust me as a friend."
"What? Are you serious?" Naruto blinked in surprise before asking, "But…Where will we be going that you'll need ME?" "I'm going to Disney Castle…the place where you met me and the nobodies…" Rion summoned his keyblade before pointing it at the sky, "Just hold onto my hand…" Rion holding his free hand out as Naruto shakily took it, I do need to keep an eye on Harry Potter as that's our mission but…Rion's the first real friend I've had of these foreigner's and he says he really needs me.
Rion sighed heavily as he took a calming breath the keyblade starting to glow, "Now, I just have to focus on the right star and we can teleport instantly."
"Awesome! I'm ready to go.." Naruto quickly braced himself as Rion moved to activate the keyblade, Neji jumped down to knock into the two, "Are you BOTH insane-" "Neji wait!" Naruto yelped as the 3 vanished in a burst of light.
Great Hall Next Morning
"Hey..Has anyone seen Rion or Naruto..?" Harry asked at not seeing the two at the table for breakfast as Roxas shook his head, "Rion said he had a nightmare and needed to walk it off…So Naruto followed him but, I didn't hear them come back. Maybe they're with Dumbledore or something..?"
"That's weird…" Harry grimaced at that as Hermione scoffed, "Naruto's probably just trying to finish his homework again and asked Rion to help him.." Hermione wondering briefly if Ron was doing the same before she tensed at seeing Ron walk into the Great Hall with Lavender Brown happily clutching one of the boy's arms. "Oh Ron..you're SO silly.." "Thanks for the help with my homework Lavender…You're a lifesaver.." Ron gratefully smiled at the girl as he moved to sit down across from Harry and Hermione.
"Oh it's NO trouble at all Ron.." Lavender smiled as she glanced at Hermione before Lavander kissed Ron once on the cheek with giggle, "..Bye Ron~". "Ugh!" Hermione scowled at the girl as Ron began eating some scrambled eggs confusedly asking the girl with his mouth full, "..'mione..whaf's vrong?"
"Nothing! ABSOLUTELY nothing.." Hermione scowled as she began stabbing her breakfast to eat it, Harry awkwardly moved a bit away from the girl before asking, "SO..I um, assume Lavender helped you with your homework?" "Yeah! I mean the girl's SO nice. She didn't call me an 'idiot' or anything and said it was 'sweet' that I asked her for help…" Ron smiled at Harry happily.
Harry took a nervous breathe at Hermione glaring daggers at Ron before turning to Roxas, "Rion had a nightmare..? He doesn't seem like the type of guy to have bad dreams.." "He woke me up with his screaming...didn't you guys hear it..?" Roxas sorely rubbed one of his ears before blinking in surprise when a note landed in front of him from an owl.
Roxas looked around confusedly before he opened it, "Meet in Dumbledore's office after breakfast. You can ask Harry for directions but DON'T let him follow you into the office. -Mcgonnagall."
"A love note..?" Ron joked weakly as Roxas answered, "No it's just a note from Mcgonnagall…" Roxas putting the note in his pocket before turning to Harry, "Hey Harry, do you know where Dumbledore's office is? I have to be there after breakfast."
"Um sure, Do you want me to go with you Roxas..?" Harry asked as he stood after he finished eating, Roxas shook his head, "No, the note said that I had to go alone."
"What? O..okay then.." Harry moving to lead Roxas as Ron scoffed, "Leaving us for your new friends AGAIN Harry..?" "Ron..I'm just leading him to Dumbledore's office. Why're you getting your knickers in a twist?" Harry frowned at his friend before leading Roxas away.
Hermione stood with a heavy sigh, "I'd better go to the library, You really ARE acting like a brute still Ron and I'm not speaking to you until you straighten up." "What? ME?" Ron blinked confusedly before sorely moving to eat by himself, "But YOU were the one stabbing your breakfast!" Ron huffed at the girl before moving to sorely continue eating, What's going on with everyone lately..?
Agrabah/Aladdin's home
"Rion! Hey...Rion!" Naruto waved a hand in front of the boy's face before huffing, "Dammit Neji what'd you run into us for?! We were just heading to Disney Castle and now we have no idea where the hell we are…" Naruto scowled at his friend.
Neji blushed before he sheepishly murmured, "I'm sorry! It's just…I thought Rion was trying to steal you away from me and I-I don't know...I guess I got jealous."
"UGH!" Naruto groaned in frustration, Dammit..Neji must still be under the effects of that stupid love potion…When does that thing wear off..? And hopefully it causes amnesia so Neji doesn't remember me calling him his 'boyfriend' before… "Naruto.." Neji headed over to the boy gently massaging the back of his shoulders, "Naruto you need to RELAX, Stress isn't going to help ANY of us."
"Keep your damn hands off of-OH.." Naruto gasped in shock before groaning absently at the odd sensation of feeling his muscles unconsciously relax, "..whoa.." Naruto sat down immediately at feeling like his mind had suddenly turned to jelly. "Chakra points can be used for other things.." Neji gently smiled at seeing Naruto relax as he sat behind the boy continuing to massage him before holding Naruto close from behind, "Pleasurable things…and relaxing things.".
"D..Damn.." Naruto groaned absently as he nuzzled absently against Neji who smirked whispering against the boy's ear, "See Naruto? That wasn't all bad..." Neji moving to run his hands under the blonde's shirt.
"WHOA!" Naruto abruptly sat up when a heartless suddenly appeared in front of them, "The hell is THAT thing?" Naruto taking out a kunai as another appeared before vanishing into the shadows heading towards Rion.
"Dammit...Rion wake up!" Naruto threw a kunai at the heartless as it vanished in a puff of smoke more appeared as Neji scowled taking out his own kunai, "If only TenTen were here we'd have enough weapons to take them all down!" Neji growled slashing through countless heartless to protect his friends.
Rion's eyes opened weakly at the sounds of fighting as he glanced around, "What..?" Rion stopped with a tense when a heartless lunged for him. Rion instantly summoned his keyblade slashing the heartless away in one strike, the creatures vanishing in a puff of smoke, "What's going on?!"
"Rion you're awake!" Naruto happily tackled his friend who yelped, "Oof!" Rion coughing from his spot on the floor before grimacing, "N-Naruto, what on earth happened and where are we?" "I dunno but definitely NOT Disney Castle.." Naruto worriedly got off his friend at remembering the heartless.
Neji sighed heavily as he finished the last heartless off, "Then let's take a look around.." Neji frowned at seeing a long purple curtain cautiously pulling it back to reveal a city surrounded by golden looking brick homes, endless sand dunes, and a white castle with golden domes on top of it.
"Whoa.." Rion blinked in surprised as he gazed around the city before looking up at seeing the white castle in the distance, "Wait...it can't be..?"
Flashback Start
"I've been to TONS of worlds Rion!" Sora smiled happily swinging his legs on the train seat he was in, Rion sitting across from him as the small railway began taking them toward Mushroom Tower, "Worlds? You mean…There's more than just the world you come from and this one..?" Rion gazed in surprise at the spiky haired boy.
"YUP!" Sora chirped happily as he bounced in his seat happily at remembering all the worlds he'd travelled to, "There's a world surrounded by nothing with water called 'Atlantica'. I'm good friends with the mermaid Princess there named 'Ariel'! She can sing and she has a fish friend named Flounder, and whenever I go there I turn into a merman as well."
"Really? Wow…I've never heard of things like that…" Rion smiled softly at the thought of new worlds as Sora smiled happily, "Yeah…it's so much fun to swim around Atlantica! Oh…that reminds me, I'm also friends with another Princess named 'Jasmine' who's from a City called Agrabah. Her palace is AMAZING..I mean the entire palace buildings are white and the tops of it look like they're made out of solid gold."
Flashback End
"I..I think I have an idea of where we might be.." Rion heading over to the window before pointing, "You see that palace made out of white, where it's tops look like gold?"
"Yeah…What about it?" Naruto raised an eyebrow looking at the large building, What is that building...this city's chunin exam stadium? "The old keyblade wielder, Sora, Once told me about it…I think we're in a place called 'Agrabah', but the only way I can be sure is if we head to the Palace and ask the Princess there if she knows Sora.." Rion explained as he looked down with a grimace at seeing they were a bit high above the ground.
"Wait-WHAT?!" Naruto stared in shock before yelling, "You're telling me, We're going to march into the Monster of a Palace and ask the Princess for DIRECTIONS?! Why can't we just go back home?"
"There's heartless here and as a keyblade weilder it's my duty to save other worlds from the heartless…So we can't leave yet…" Rion explained as Neji scowled, "Then you've kidnapped us Rion! We can't stay here…Our mission is to protect Harry Potter NOT exterminate heartless…So take us back to Hogwarts or else…" Neji glared at the blonde Galerian, At this rate the others will think the Akatsuki has Naruto, that they killed me and that Rion survived to go after Naruto.
"Wait Neji! Rion's our friend…and he can't face the heartless alone, c'mon we should help him!" Naruto gazed pleadingly at the brunnette, "If we leave then Cain or Melanie would go with Rion and they might try to kill him! Neji, Rion needs our help…and we could really use you on our team."
"But…" Neji growled softly torn between his duty and faltering slightly at Naruto's pleading, I feel like I'm still under the effects of that love potion but it's at least starting to wear off… "Fine..2 hours at most and then we have to leave."
"Yes! Lead the way Rion…This's going to be SO cool…I've never been to another world before!" Naruto grinned happily to himself as Rion chuckled before following after the ninja's who jumped from roof top to roof top toward the palace.
Dumbledore's Office
"OH, hell…" Roxas stared in shock as he tried to keep from running at seeing a giant red and golden bird on a golden perch, use it's rather sharp looking teeth to screech at the boy. "The Phoenix.." Dumbledore explained as he glanced over at the boy from his seat at his desk, "His name is Fawkes…he seems to have taken quiet a liking to you."
"Um, that's a 'he'..?" Roxas awkwardly glanced at the bird, before turning quickly back to Dumbledore, "McGonagall sent me a letter saying you wanted to talk to me about something?"
"Yes, There is something we need to discuss.." Dumbledore put his quill back in it's ink bottle before explaining, "I heard a rumor that shortly after Mr. Rion had a nightmare…He and Mr. Uzumaki went out for a walk then they went missing along with Mr. Hyuuga. Would you have any idea where they could have gone?"
"Well…I-I don't really know..." Roxas sighed heavily to himself. "Naruto said he wanted to be a good friend and followed Rion. I'd assume they'd go to the forbidden forest...but judging by these…" Roxas showing the magical anklet, "I assume Rion wouldn't be able to go into the forest."
"Ah yes. Well, Do pardon an old man…My memory sometimes slips that you children are wearing those as ordered by your King..." Dumbledore stood up as he glanced outside at the forbidden forest, "Right now I'm debating sending a letter to your King about these disappearances."
Roxas worriedly frowned at the thought of King Mickey knowing that students were starting to go missing, "Look…I can't tell you what I don't know." Dumbledore chuckled softly before explaining, "I wasn't interrogating you at all Mr. Roxas. I was only trying to make a decision...But thank you for your help, And do try and keep your friends out of trouble."
Potions Class
"Hey…Has anyone seen Rion at all today?" Cain glanced curiously at Sakura who shrugged, "No…But that reminds me, Hinata's been looking for Neji. Apparently some girl gave him a 'love potion'..." Sakura grimaced as she began chopping furiously at her potion's roots, "So I assume Neji's hiding somewhere and dragged Naruto with him."
"Wow…That's a wee BIT scary..." Cain popping some frog eyes into the cauldron as Sakura gazed suspicously over at Sasuke whispering something to Draco who only smirked darkly at Sakura and Cain, What's Sasuke plotting with Malfoy now..?
"Now remember students…You only have 20 minutes left to finish this potion..." Slughorn circling his student's work carefully as Kakashi read his orange book standing upside down on the ceiling and ignoring the students who seemed nervous underneath him.
Melanie grimaced at working with Gaara before huffing, "Would you STOP using that damn sand of yours to get ingredients?! It's like I'm working with fucking sandpaper man as a potion's partner..." Melanie dusting the sand off of their table with a glare as Gaara tried to keep from smirking at upsetting the Galerian, "It's easier THIS way…Besides, As Kazekage I have higher authority than you."
"I'd say you're authority can kiss my carcass Gaara but I don't think you'd HAVE the balls to..." Melanie smirked darkly as Gaara scowled at the boy, Resist the urge to kill…Resist the urge to kill…You're in the middle of class and it's not like he'd actually die if you killed him.
Axel grimaced at working with a Slytherin girl who kept 'accidentally' bumping into him and saying, "Sorry..." while batting her eyelashes and pouting her lips kissingly at him. Dammit! Where's Roxas when I need him? How the hell do I tell this girl to drop dead without causing a scene..?!
"Um…You smell funny and I don't think I'd ever date you..." Axel huffed point blank as the girl gasped dropping their potions ingredients before hiccuping, "You jerk!" as she ran away sobbing to her friends who only glared at Axel as Axel glared back at them darkly, "Problem?" the girls instantly shrinking away in fear from the nobody's gaze, Man…I almost miss Saix. At least if HE was here I could get these damn girls to piss off and leave me the hell alone.
Zabini absently rubbed his hand as he glared over at Melanie and Gaara before Zabini glanced back at Sasuke wondering when they could put their plan into action. Which was getting more complicated as Gaara never left the potion's table and Sasuke didn't want to accidentally hex Gaara, the Uchiha having explained to them about how Gaara would probably kill them all for it even it was an accident or not.
Namine blinked in surprise at seeing Axel working alone as she chuckled fondly at Shikimaru fast asleep beside the cauldron. The two having been able to finish their potion faster than the others in the class with Namine working mostly solo, "Do you need some help Axel..?" Namine smiled at her friend as Axel relaxed, "Hell yeah! Thanks Namine…I'm on this step.." Axel pointing to their potions book as Namine eagerly moved to help her friend.
Zabini headed over to Gaara before asking, "Can I talk to you over here really quick?" Zabini gesturing to the edge of the classroom where less students were around but still in the sights of the Teacher, "What is it about..?" "Nothing too bad...just a little something personal.." Zabini whispered honestly though looking nervous as Gaara glared suspiciously, "Can't it wait until after class?"
"Not really..." Zabini urged as Gaara frowned at the boy, WHY is he coming to ME with his problems? Can't he ask one of his Slytherin friends..? "Hey Gaara.." Melanie leaned over whispering into Gaara's ear, "He wants to talk to you about all the sand you're leaving around the Slytherin dungeon's and I think he's about to piss his pants just from standing in your 'presence'."
Melanie cackled to himself as Gaara rolled his eyes, "How on earth would you know-Oh wait..I forgot..." Gaara glared at the Psychic not noticing Zabini run off. "The hell is he off to in such a hurry?"
Melanie confusedly moved to go after him before they heard Malfoy yell loudly, "OOPS!" behind them as the Cauldron he'd been carrying splashed forward over Melanie and Gaara who yelped at suddenly being dowsed from head to toe with the potion.
"Ugh...w-What the fuck you piece of scum?!" Melanie snarled at Malfoy as the purple like potion began fading on the two into their skin and vanishing as if it hadn't fallen on them. "What the hell WAS that potion..?" Gaara scowled at the potion vanishing on him as well towering over Malfoy menacingly.
"Ha ha ha ha…!" Zabini laughed before saying, "I..I-I'm sorry it's j-just the look on both your faces was priceless. We thought we'd welcome you to Slytherin house with a 'harmless' little joke." "Harmless?!" Melanie scowled grabbing the boy and moving to grab a knife.
Gaara quickly used his sand to bind the Galerian's wrist to keep him from attacking Zabini again, "Let go of that idiot…We have a potion to finish and this was just an accident."
"Yeah…an accident..." Sasuke called out with a faint smirk as he helped Malfoy stood up looking almost as equally smug, This all went perfectly according to Sasuke's plan…Guess he is valuable ally.
Slughorn rushed over looking around at the students, "What's happened here that everyone's stopped working?! Is everyone alright..?" The teacher worried someone might've accidentally injured themselves.
"Malfoy 'accidentally' dropped a potion on Gaara and I..." Melanie scowled at the teacher as Axel laughed at the two boys, "Much as I hate to admit it but Zabini's right...The look on both your faces was priceless! Gaara's especially..." Axel winked playfully as Gaara only scowled at the chorus of laughter that came from the other students.
Zabini headed back over to his friends as Slughorn inspected the Cauldron that had fell on the two foreign students, "Why's there not a drop of potion left so I can't tell you what exactly what might happen to you two. But if it was all a harmless prank, I can only recommend is a thorough shower for you two tonight…As you never know with potions what can happen."
Kakashi raised an eyebrow at Sasuke laughing darkly at that with Malfoy and Zabini before the Teacher frowned to himself, I..don't like the looks of Sasuke hanging out with those boys.. Kakashi closed his book as he headed over, "Sasuke..I'm wondering if I could tear you away from your 'friends' for a chat?" "Hmph..." Sasuke grunted with a frown but followed Kakashi out into the hallway so they could speak.
Agrabah
Rion sighed once they made it to the Palace Gates where a Guard only scowled at them, "No one gets to see Princess Jasmine unless they're royalty!" "Alright fine! I get it, Sheesh.." Rion frowned before heading back to Naruto and Neji, "Looks like unless one of us is of 'Royal Blood' we can't get inside the palace to ask her if she knows Sora, but the guy did confirm we ARE in Agrabah."
"Well that's fine to know but what about the heartless..? We need to get back to Hogwarts before the other's start to worry..." Naruto frowned worriedly to himself as Neji raised an eyeybrow, "Why are YOU in such a rush to get back there? Don't tell me that it's because of Sasuke?"
"What?! No way!" Naruto's face instantly flushed a light pink as Rion summoned his keyblade with a frown at seeing shadows starting to head menacingly towards them, "Hey lovebirds, you can argue later."
Rion stopping with a tense when the heartless abruptly attacked the palace guard so the other heartless could break into the Palace, "Well...I guess that's one way to get in..." Rion running to go after the heartless as his friend's quickly followed after him to vanquish the heartless.
"These things keep coming!" Naruto glared as he did his hand seals, "Shadow clone jutsu!" 10 more Naruto's appeared to fight off some of the heartless as Rion worriedly frowned, "We have to take down the 'leader' heartless otherwise they'll all just keep popping up!"
"And how do we find the leader heartless?!" Neji grunted as he activated his byakugan attacking the various heartless with his fists making sure to watch Naruto's blind side.
"I'm pretty sure the leader's after the Princess! So let's find her first…" Rion quickly running straight for the palace's patio doors before he stopped at spotting a giant tiger that roared when it saw the 3 intruders.
"Whoa!" Rion instantly blocked the tiger's jaws when it leapt on top of him trying to bite at the boy's throat but unable to with the keyblade being in the way, "Don't just stand there guys-Kill it..!" Rion yelled before a female voice yelled, "DON'T HURT HIM! Please, don't hurt Raja!"
The woman heading over wearing a hair sash with a deep blue jewel as well as a golden crown around it, "Raja please don't hurt that boy. They were ONLY helping us fight off the heartless…they weren't trying to hurt me.." the woman soothingly pet the tiger who purred instantly like a kitten, the woman turning toward the 3, "I'm sorry about that, Raja's a bit over protective of me.".
"Wait...is that SERIOUSLY the Princess..?" Naruto raised an eyebrow at the woman, I thought Princess's were 'delicate' and 'defenseless'…NOT have 300 pound tigers as their pet!.
"What do you mean am I 'seriously' the Princess?" Jasmine frowned with a slight pout as she stood to put her hands on her hips. "I'm sorry…it seems we're getting off on the wrong foot…" Rion awkwardly letting his keyblade vanish in a flash of light, "My name's Rion, and these are my friends Naruto and Neji..." Rion quickly explaining, "This's just our first time here in...Agrabah, and we're friends of Sora."
"What? Oh, Really? Well then allow me to introduce myself..." the woman instantly giving all 3 a cheerful smile, "Then welcome dear friends! I'm Jasmine…Princess of Agrabah and this's my Father's kingdom…Though it appears the heartless seem to think otherwise recently..." Princess Jasmine worriedly moving to sit down and pet Raja, "My Father and his guards are doing all they can but we've no idea what the heartless are up to this time."
"I'm sorry to hear that…We did what we could earlier but they seem to keep coming." Rion explained as the Princess blinked in surprise before she smiled, "So you defeated the heartless earlier? Thank you for your help, though I'm a bit surprised as usually it's Sora, Donald, and Goofy who show up to save our kingdom."
"Oh..." Rion nervously looked away before clearing his throat, "Actually they're helping people elsewhere…and we'd like to help you get rid of the heartless. Do you know where they started coming from?"
"Well I don't know that…but maybe Genie can help?" Jasmine smiled as she stood to dust off her hands, "Just follow me alright?" "Okay..." Rion awkwardly moving to follow the girl as Raja glared and growled once distrustfully at Rion.
Naruto raised a brow before he worriedly whispered to Neji, "Now we're going to ask a 'Genie' for help..? What kind of weird place IS this?!"
Disney Castle Laboratory
Pat stared confusedly at his check off list, "So far nothing really seems to be missing except some old notes of mine...but I'm sure they're around here somewhere..." Pat sheepishly blushed to himself before explaining to Chip and Dale, "...Dr. Pascalle actually used to scold me alot for losing papers."
Chip blinked in surprise at that before Dale scolded, "Pat! You can't be losing papers...I mean what if you needed them for something important?" "I've got an awesome memory bank up here..." Pat pointed to his head before chuckling, "Come on…Let's get started looking for your friends again."
"By the way…Did you ever meet Sora and Riku?" Chip asked as Pat shook his head, "Nope! But Rion met them, he said Sora ALWAYS had a story and Riku was quiet but handy in a fight." "Ha ha ha...That sounds like them alright!" Dale chuckled at that before pressing a key on the keyboard to search the electronic data base, "Don't worry Pat, we'll find Sora and Riku eventually…then you can meet them for yourself!"
"Sounds like fun!" Pat smiled happily before moving to run a search on his own computer through some older files trying to keep his worries and slight fear from showing.
MAN…that was close... Pat nervously bit his bottom lip still debating whether or not to tell Chip and Dale that some of his research was actually missing, I was making anti-Galerian weapons to protect humans from Galerian's attacks. Like a shield for this castle in case Ash tried to attack...I was SO close to a breakthrough but then the Research VANISHED!
Pat glanced over at seeing Chip and Dale hopping back and forth on the keyboard to continue searching through the electronic files as Pat inwardly sighed, I have a feeling...King Mickey might've taken my research for a read, I feel like he still doesn't quiet trust us and it's why he won't let me search alone and has Chip and Dale constantly following me.
Pat sighed heavily as glanced up at the console with a worried frown at page after page coming up negative from his scans, Well…If King Mickey doesn't return my research in a week…I'll have to bring it up with Rion and the other's without anyone else knowing.
Potions Classroom
Kakashi sighed in relief once all the students had left for the day before smiling absently when Hermione entered the classroom, "Ah…Ms. Granger! Perfect timing..." Kakashi relaxed as he glanced at the rather high pile of papers he needed to grade, "As you can see…I'm currently in OVER my head."
"Bloody hell..!" Hermione stared in shock nearly looking appalled by the stack before she glared scolding Kakashi, "You're a TEACHER how could you have let this get SO bad?!" Hermione immediately standing on the desk to grab half of the stack and set it down so it wouldn't fall.
"Maa, Maa…No need to shout..." Kakashi chuckled nervously before explaining, "Well…It's just I have alot of trouble reading some of the students writing in a different language…" Kakashi holding up a single brown and gold looking paper, "I only have one answer key for these assignments so we'll have to share, if you don't mind?"
"Oh! It's not a problem at all..." Hermione smiled as she moved down from the desk to sit down next to Kakashi before picking up a red ink quill to begin grading, "Okay…Wrong! Wrong. Right. Wrong!"
"Ha ha ha..." Kakashi chuckled fondly at watching the girl become so absorbed in her work as Hermione raised an eyebrow shyly blushing at the man's laughter, "W…What's so funny?" "Nothing too silly..." Kakashi smiled soothingly as he dipped his own quill to begin grading papers as well, "You just reminded me a bit of myself when I was younger…Once I got absorbed in a task I could block everything else out."
"OH! Um…Well..." Hermione blushed mildly before saying, "I-It's not all that great, you know…W-When you block out everything else…Sometimes you get made fun of for it, laughed at for it a-and even sometimes...called hurtful things just for being wiser than your peers."
"I'm thinking you're referring to the students who are NOT your friends..?" Kakashi asked as he squinted at a paper, Honestly...these wizard kids need lessons in writing more than magic…And perhaps manners as well... Kakashi trying to keep from frowning at the thought of someone bullying the 'paranoid bookworm girl' who was surprisingly nice in his eyes.
"Well…Um, yes you're right about that.." Hermione sighed as she put a paper aside moving onto the next, "When you're book smart and not a 'pure blood' wizard…Respect or even getting recognition for your talents from your peers can just be…Well, very VERY difficult."
"Really? Does blood matter so much in this world..?" Kakashi glanced up from his paper at Hermione who confusedly asked, "World? Oh you mean the wizarding world of course..." Hermione chuckled at realizing what the man meant as Kakashi inwardly kicked himself for letting his tongue slip.
"Well, In the wizarding 'world'…'Pureblood' families are seen as 'better' because they come from a long line of 'magic'…Unlike another type of people called 'muggles'.." Hermione moved onto another paper as she explained, "Muggles are non-magical people like…Well, like my parents, who don't have the 'ability' to use magic at all."
"Ah…So then you're a rarity Ms. Granger..!" Kakashi smiled politely as Hermione blushed embaressdly at that, "What?! O-Oh…Um yes…Y-You could um...say that. Occasionally it does happen among couples that two non magical people will have a child who's magically 'gifted'. So I guess it is sort of a, Um…R-Rarity."
"Then that's nothing to be ashamed of or looked down upon.." Kakashi finished grading another paper, "..Your power came from a much purer source than blood. You were never guaranteed magic like any 'pureblood'…But you defied the odds and gained it anyway…I'd dare call it a 'miracle' of the wizarding world when 'muggles' can have magically gifted children such as yourself."
Hermione was certain her entire face had turned a deep shade of red out of embarrassment as she shyly felt her face break out into a smile, "No…No one's…EVER thought of me as a 'miracle' before, N-Not even my closest friends.." Hermione embarrassedly stopped grading as she glanced over at Kakashi, This man...is actually really nice and he's so different from any other Teacher I've ever met. He doesn't judge me by my blood or where I come from and he thinks I'm 'special'.
"That don't think of it because…They're afraid of the incredible power you possess Ms. Granger.." Kakashi stopped his writing to smile at the girl through his mask, "..Of the courage AND will it takes to gain magic through all odds and come out triumphant."
Kakashi soothingly smiled at the girl who shyly placed her hand over the Teacher's, "Thank you. For making me realize that I am the one with the wand in the end..K-Kakashi.." Hermione embarrassedly blushed at saying the Teacher's name without 'Mr' in it.
"You're welcome Hermione..now let's finish this stack before it eats us.." Kakashi grimaced at the still towering stack of papers to grade that loomed over them as Hermione chuckled rolling up her sleeves, "Leave it to me."
The Great Hall
Melanie scowled at nothing still happening to him or Gaara, Exactly what the hell was that potion Malfoy dumped on us earlier..? Melanie eating as Axel glanced over at the Gryffindor table with a slight frown, "Huh..usually Naruto's the first one here..it's already dinner and so far he's missed all 3 meals of the day..that normal..?" Axel raised a brow at Sasuke who scowled, "The dobe's probably just doing something stupid again."
Axel smirked slightly at seeing Gaara grimace at the information and look around for his friend before Gaara stood heading over to the Gryffindor table to ask about Naruto, Man..these guys are easier to manipulate than Namine.
Gaara frowned as Harry and his friends shook their heads, "None of us have seen Naruto or Rion at all today..I assumed they were training.." Harry nervously glanced up at Gaara, "They aren't in trouble are they?"
"No..it's probably nothing.." Gaara glanced at Roxas who murmered, "A letter was sent to our King already by Dumbledore..so Dumbledore's handling it. Most likely it's just a prank though..?" Roxas hoping Gaara would take the hint to stop asking around.
"AH!" Gaara cried out in surprise at his chest suddenly hurting as Roxas worriedly stood up, "Gaara..hey Gaara..what's wrong..?" Roxas put a hand to red head's shoulder before gasping as he heard another shriek from the Slytherin table from Melanie who scowled, "What the hell's going on?! OW!" Melanie shrieked as the sounds of bones crunching sounded from his body and Gaara's.
"Ugh.." Gaara trembled as Sakura quickly headed over, "Kazekage-sama..please I'm a medical nin..let me help you.." Sakura moving to help Gaara lay down before gasping when suddenly he vanished in a poof of red smoke into his clothes while Melanie vanished in a poof of grey smoke as well.
"Kazekage-sama!" Sakura worriedly screeched at seeing only Gaara's robe left as she searched it for the boy before gasping when a kitten poked it's head out of the clothing, "..mew..?"
"EH?!" Sakura stared in shock at seeing the red fur and black letters symboling 'love' on the kitten's forehead, "G..Gaara..?" Sakura's face going a shade paler, What..the hell?
"He's ADORABLE!" one of the Slytherin girl's coo-ed as the girl's began surrounding the kitten gushing over Gaara who growled and hissed quickly jumping into Sakura's arms as Sakura blushed heatedly, "Uh.." Sakura wondering wether to laugh at her friend or panic at seeing him as a kitten.
"Well shit.." Axel blinked in surprise at having seen the kitten Gaara before glancing over at seeing Melanie's robes, "Alright..Mel..let's see what kind of cat you turned into..?" Axel moving to lift the cloak before gasping in a shock when a black cat yowled jumping out of the robes and immediatly tackling Sasuke and began trying to scratch and claw at the Uchiha's face.
"What the hell?!" Malfoy immediatly stood before laughing outright at seeing the Galerian as Malfoy smirked, "Well..not so tough now are you?" Zabini smirked as Melanie hissed before giving a pained mewl when Sasuke picked him up by the scruff of his neck.
"What on earth? Why are you two transfigured into cats?" Mcgonnagal headed over before glancing at Sasuke, "An explanation Mr. Uchiha?" "There was an accident in potions earlier.." Sasuke easily explained as Mcgonnagal scowled, "MR. SLUGHORN! What IS the meaning of this?"
"I-I haven't the faintest idea.." Slughorn nervously stood before heading over to Mcgonnagal, "Minerva you HAVE to trust me a-as a friend..the potion vanished on them and not a drop was left in the cauldron..how was I supposed to react when nothing happened to them?"
"MREOW!" Melanie squirmed trying to paw at Sasuke who only chuckled at Melanie's attempts, "Relax..you're not going anywhere OR doing anything to anyone for a while.." "Hey!" Cain scowled taking Melanie from Sasuke, "..Shut the hell up, Sasuke before I make you..AGAIN."
Gaara hissed at Malfoy from Sakura's arms as Sakura glared at Sasuke, "You turned the Kazekage into a fricken cat?! Are you INSANE?" Sakura glared at Sasuke who shrugged, "Whatever..Don't blame me if you don't have proof.." Sasuke ignoring Gaara's feline glare.
"Minerva..Please accompany Snape to the hospital wing so he can attend to your..transfigured students.." Dumbledore immediatly moved to take action before a fight broke out amongst the students. "Yes HeadMaster.." Snape headed over before holding his hand out to Cain, "..Give me Mr. Losstarot at once."
Cain blinked confusedly at that before raising an eyebrow at Melanie, "Your last name's Losstarot?" "Mrew.." Melanie nodded his head once in agreement as Snape grabbed the kitten by the scruff of his neck heading toward the hospital wing as Mcgonnagal grabbed Gaara from Sakura, "Don't worry Ms. Haruno..we'll have them back to normal as soon as we can."
"Okay Ms. Mcgonnagal.." Sakura nervously watched the two Teacher's leave as everyone went back to their seats. "Man..can't believe they were turned into kittens..How awfull.." Hermione nervously bit her bottom lip as Ron rolled his eyes, "They're just cats Hermione..it's not like they turned into trolls."
"Either way being turned into a cat can't be pleasant.." Harry wondering briefly how Gaara could still look so intimidating even as a harmless kitten. Harry frowned when he saw Malfoy and his friends laughing to themselves as he turned to Hermione and Ron, "I think Malfoy did it on purpose..but why..?" "He's a git..what other reason does he need?" Ron shrugged as he continued eating his food Hermione only rolled her eyes, "You really are thick Ron-Ow.." Hermione grimaced at her hand hurting as Harry worriedly glanced at his friend, "Are you alright?"
"Um yeah..just alot of writing..nothing serious.." Hermione shyly explained as Ron raised an eyebrow, "What're you writing so much for? Usually you're stuck in a book but I never see you writing." "It's none of your business Ron!" Hermione yelled abruptly before standing with a huff, "I..I-I'll see you later Harry.." Hermione grabbing an apple absently and leaving.
Hospital Wing
"Meow..mreow.." Melanie nuzzled against Snape's leg who uncomfortably scowled at the student, "Would you STOP that this instant before I kick you?" Melanie smirking to himself at finding a way to annoy the Teacher.
"Well..Let's see.." Slughorn began browsing through a potions book, "I still don't understand how the potion could've vanished on these two but I'm certain it'll wear off after we give them both a bath..?" "Mreow?!" Gaara scowled at the thought of being put in a tub that could easily drown him as McGonagall frowned sternly, "Don't give us that look Mr. Subakano..we know what we're doing."
"In any case let's first test your theory..FILCH!" Snape glared at the groundskeeper who raised a brow, "What?" "Hand me that bucket of yours.." Snape grabbing Melanie by the scruff of his neck when the kitten tried to run, "MREOW!" Melanie hissed as Snape dropped Melanie uncerimoniously into the bucket of cold water.
Gaara's tail swished happily at the Galerian having been put in his place before Gaara glared when Snape approached him, silently warning the Proffessor there would be deadly consequences if Snape came any closer to him. Gaara pattered over to the bucket moving to get inside it before scowling when Melanie came out of the bucket still a cat and hissing at Snape while trying to shake the water out of his fur.
"Oh Dear..whatever are we going to do?" Mcgonnagal grabbed a towel picking up Melanie to dry him as Gaara jumped up onto Slughorn's book trying to turn the pages to find the antidote. "Absolutely nothing..most likely we just have to wait for the effects of the potion to wear off and until then these two will need looking after..I'll assign Mr. Axel to look after Mr. Melanie and Ms. Sakura to look after Mr. Gaara."
Gaara glanced up at that before nodding his head once in confirmation as he jumped down from the book, Well at least we'll be taken care of by friends and not those idiotic wizards.. Gaara inwardly shuddering at the thought of a Slytherin girl getting ahold of him in this form, Who the hell had the gall to call ME cute..?
Melanie purred once Mcgonnagal had finished drying him as Slughorn cleared his throat, "I'll see if I can find an antidote in my office immediately..in the mean time Proffessor's I'll leave you to watch over these two transfigured students."
Snape raised a brow at that before glancing at Gaara, "I do hope you don't stay like this for the rest of the year..Proffessor Dumbledore informed me that you're a very powerful political figure in your world and would need to..disappear to make..Appearances from time to time."
"Mreow.." Gaara scowled wondering how much Dumbledore had told Snape, Exactly how close of friends are those two..? I heard a rumor that Snape was a double agent.
Melanie jumped down from Mcgonnagall's arms over to sit in front of one of the beds as he sat down before tilting his head to one side as the bed in front of him creaked, glowing a slight purple color. Melanie purred before his cat like pupils narrowed to slits, the bed abruptly cracked in half crushing into itself before lying in a crumbled pile in front of the cat instantly.
"Mreow.." Melanie glanced at Snape hoping the teacher would understand, Well I guess..this means I STILL have my regular abilities..but that also means.. "REOW!" Melanie hissed when his cat like head sparked eletricity as Gaara scowled to himself, Shit..we need Rion..or maybe one of his friends would know..-Roxas..I need to get Roxas!
Gaara mreowled before dashing out of the room as Mcgonnagal blinked confusedly, "W-What on earth has gotten into Mr. Subakano..?" "Apparently something we wouldn't know about.." Snape frowned to himself at the bed frame having been torn and stabbed together so easily by the now feline Galerian, Hmph..so they still retain their 'powers' in this form. Perhaps the dark Lord would like a demonstration..now that I have a galerian who's easier to conceal and 'vanish' for a convenient period of time.
End Chapter 14