Meeting, Getting uniforms, and someone dies. Read on!

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chapter 4

Harry, Susan, and Daphne weren't the first to arrive in time for the meeting. There were already three people inside. One sat at the front of the room, in a black and gold version of the exorcist uniform. He was an older man, with puffy light brown hair and seemed to be sketching to pass the time. In the front row of chairs were two men. One was large, easily bigger than all of them, and wearing what looked like headphones. Next to him was a young man who looked to be about Harry's age, maybe a few years older, with long black hair tied into a ponytail.

"Hello, General." Susan smiles at the older man at the front, "How are you?"

"Ah, Susan, Daphne." He smiles, looking up from his sketchpad, "it does my heart good to see you again. I am quite well, thank you. And you might this be?" he asks, looking at Harry.

"Harry Potter." Harry says, extending his hand, which is shaken at once.

"A pleasure. Truly. I seem to recall hearing your name quite often the past year or so." He says with a slight chuckle, "But clearly the daily prophet had you quite wrong."

"I think it was less than Prophet and More fudge." Harry shrugs, "He just couldn't admit that Voldemort was back. Now, it's about to cost him his job, and I say good riddance."

"Well said." He smiles, "And allow me to say Welcome to the Order."

"Thank you, Sir." Harry says, sitting next to Susan and Daphne behind the two men in the front.

"Hello, Harry Potter." The larger man says as he turns towards them, "As the general said, Welcome. My name is Noise Marie."

"Nice to meet you." Harry says, shaking his hand.

"I'm Kanda." The other says coldly, not even bothering to look, "And I'll make an effort to remember your name if you live out the summer."

"As cheerful as always." Daphne sighs, "Sorry about him, Harry. He's one of the best exorcists we've got, but his attitude leaves a lot to be desired."

Strangely, Kanda didn't even flinch at her words. He just sat there and waited.

"Yu, you really should be more open with your comrades." The General scalds, "Otherwise, how can you hope to fight alongside them?"

"I fight alone for a reason." Kanda glares.

"You're hopeless." Susan shrugs.

The next person to enter the room was the man who had just tried to kill Harry earlier that morning. He casts Harry a murderous glare before sitting at the front next to the other General. After him was a small old man with panda like makeup and a wisp of white hair, followed closely by a red haired boy wearing a bandana and an eye patch. They introduced themselves as Bookman and Lavi respectively.

"The bookman are observers." Daphne explains, "It's their job to involve themselves in any groundbreaking conflict or event for the sole purpose of keeping detailed records. The one called bookman is the master of those records, and likely the most knowledgeable man in the world."

"I see…" Harry nods as Bookman starts scalding Lavi for something.

"Harry potter." Bookman says as he looks at him, "It is an honor."

"I feel the same." Harry nods.

"I would like to chat with you sometime. There are several events related to you which our records fall short." He says calmly.

"That would be fine. I'll answer your questions as best I can."

"Thank you."

There was a commotion in the hallway, followed shortly by the door opening. A red haired general strides in and smiles at Susan and Daphne, "Ladies, it wonderful to-" he was cut off by the crack of a whip and his hat goes flying.

"Cross, back off." Klaud says as she walks in, whip in hand.

As the girls giggle, General Cross picks up his hat and sits on Solaco's other side, and Klaud sits next to him, though she's quite reluctant. After them was Komui, who sat in the last chair in the front of the room.

"The rest should be here in just a few minutes." Komui says as he sips a cup of coffee.

Sure enough, four minutes later, the door opens and four people walk in. At the front was a Boy with snow white hair and a black left arm. He had a red pentacle just above his left eye, partially hidden by his bangs. Next to him was a woman with short black hair who seemed to be moving rather weakly, like her legs had been injured. Just behind them was another woman with black hair, only with a circular plate on her left shoulder. Last was a young man who, like Harry, wasn't wearing an exorcist uniform and was looking around nervously, as if wondering if he should be here.

Once everyone had seated, Komui stood up, "Well, this is quite the sight. For the first time in nearly a decade, all of the order's exorcists have been gathered in one place. Before we move onto the meeting, let's get a few quick introductions out of the way, shall we? We've got two new exorcists who've just joined the order today."

Motioning towards the boy who'd just walked in, Komui sits.

"My name is Couji Han."he stutters.

Next Komui looks at Harry, who shrugs, "I'm Harry Potter."

"Excellent. Now, we'll have learn about our new friends later, but for now, we'll get started. Obviously, Hevlaska can't join us, and Krory is in a coma with no signs of waking so we'll make do. First, General Cross will report on his activities."

"Under orders from the Great Generals, I began searching for the millennium earl's Akuma factory. It became obvious within six months that the factory was on the ark. It took me the better part of three years to track it down, and yesterday, I infiltrated it while my idiot disciple and his friends distracted the earl's forces in Edo." General Cross says lazily, "By then, the earl had begun the self-destruction of the ark, leaving me no time to complete the mission. Thus, I decided to have my idiot disciple capture the ark, and using its power, reverse the self-destruction. With the ark under our control, we've gained a great power, as well as crippled the earl's forces for the time being."

"Well done, general." Komui nods, "General Tiedoll?"

"My own search for accommodators led me to Edo, where I joined with the cross team to combat the earl. Once the earl's forces had captured Lenalee, I was among those who was not aboard the ark, and I was forced to contend with a large army of akuma while the events took place aboard it. Luckily, a boy that the Cross team brought turned out to be an accommodator. Once everything was resolved, I returned with Cross and his team to the Order."

"Very good. Now, this battle dealt a serious blow to the Earl's forces." Komui smiles, "He's not only lost a large number of akuma, but also the ability to create more akuma. And even one of the Noah was killed thanks to Kanda. In the entire war thus far, he has never been in a more vulnerable spot."

"What are we going to do about the factory?" Klaud asks, "I can't see the earl giving us the time to study it if he knows that we have it."

"It isn't so easy, Klaud." Cross sighs, "The earl's sorcery far exceeds my own. It would take me a long time to break through the enchantments protecting it. Besides which, Central is demanding that we leave it intact. They're convinced that we can uncover something about it that the earl doesn't want us to know."

"be that as it may, it's a risky gamble." Tiedoll replies, "Thus far, we've done all we can to avoid drawing the earl's attention towards the headquarters. Now, with the factory here, it may be all the excuse he needs for an all out attack."

"Which is why for the time being all exorcists will remain stationed at Headquarters." Komui says thoughtfully, "General cross, how long would it take to break through?"

"Two or three weeks minimum." Cross shrugs, "I can't really say for sure what kind of traps the earl might have enchanted that I couldn't discover."

"Given past projects, I would assume that the science division would take three weeks to analyze it to their satisfaction. So, for the next two months no more than one exorcist is to leave on a mission at a time. General Klaud, General Tiedoll, Focus on giving Harry and Chouji as much training as you can. If the earl attacks, it'll certainly be with level threes, so they likely wouldn't have much of a chance, but they could still protect the civilians."

"Got it." Klaud nods, looking at Harry.

"Great, now, what of our other undercover team?" Komui asks, looking to the girls.

"Well, nothing too out of the ordinary." Susan replies, "Just an average year."

"Harry did give us one possible though." Daphne smiles, "On the seventh floor, there is a room that becomes whatever the user needs. To a certain extent, it can even bypass the laws of magic."

"What did you find?" Komui asks sharply, "You never mentioned this before."

"It's a magic school so it's to be expected that we find some weird stuff." Susan shrugs, "And we spent a month doing everything we could think of, but if it is innocence, it's doing a good job of alluding even Daphne's cursed eyes."

"Well, keeping trying next year." Komui sighs, "Perhaps Harry will be able to provide some ideas."

The meeting went on for a few hours afterwards, but Harry had mostly tuned it out. It was essentially just getting everyone's story about the incidents, and asking Komui a few questions about the upcoming mission.

As everyone filed out, Klaud motions for Harry to stay back for a second as she asks Komui a quick question and walks to him, "Alright, you and Chouji are coming with me tomorrow so that we can get your uniforms. Be up by nine o'clock."

"Where are we going?' Harry asks.

"Diagon Alley."

"Albus!" Remus shouts as he barges into the headmaster's sleeping chambers.

Dumbledore jumps out of bed, grabbing the elder wand from the nightstand, "What's wrong?"

"Harry never made it to Number four!" he pants, "When I arrived to start my shift, I found that Mundungus had abandoned his post again, and everything from Harry's room was burning in the back yard. When I confronted them, they said that Harry never found them on the platform! He's missing!"

Dumbledore charges to the fireplace, which ignites instantly as he throws in a p[inch of green powder, "Spinner's end!" he yells as he sticks his head into the fire. Once the uncomfortable sensation was gone he starts yelling. A moment later, Snape Rushes into the room, Wand drawn.

"What is it, Headmaster?" he says as he flicks the wand towards the door behind him, before kneeling down, "Wormtail is in the next room. Make it quick."

"Harry has disappeared." Dumbledore says urgently, "I need you to find out of Voldemort was responsible."

"Very well." Snape says lifting the enchantment before falling back into his death eater mask, "I already told you, Headmaster, that I will not accept anyone who can manage something as simple as an O into my NEWTs class!" Once the Head had disappeared from his fire, he walks back into the next room, where Wormtail as, obviously, listening at the door, "Do you have some business, Wormtail?" he sneers, "As I recall, the dark lord sent you here to assist me, not to eavesdrop. I'm sure he wouldn't mind if I turned your ears into something more useful. A pair of cobras perhaps?"

"You wouldn't dare!?" Wormtail whimpers.

"You may choose to believe that if you wish." He smirks, "however, I am going out. Decide before I get back whether you want to continue as you are."

Leaving the fool lying on the floor , Snape dawned his traveling cloak and apparates to Malfoy manor.

Once inside, he walks towards the center of the manor, where the dark lord always dwelt, and knocked on the door.

"Enter." The Dark Lord hisses, and Snape hurries to obey, all the while guarding his mind, "Severus, my slippery little friend, what brings you here today?"

"My Lord, I just received news from Dumbledore." He kneels, "The order will be protecting Madam Bones for the duration of the summer, until she inevitably takes over the Ministry.:

"A shame. I had hoped to kill her next week." He sighs, "Well, too late now. What else?" he asks.

Inwardly, Snape was smiling. It was almost too easy. By revealing that there as something else, he never thought to look any deeper. Never thought that Snape might be lying to him, "Potter returned to his family earlier today, and Dumbledore plans to move the boy next week."

"I see… Are you any closer to discovering the charms that protect it?"

"No my lord. Whatever they are, it seems that No death eater can get close."

"Well, I suppose Potter will have to survive for another Summer." He chuckles, "Keep me informed."

"I understand." He bows before walking from the room, 'so it was not the dark lord. He would have bragged and insisted on killing him in front of us. No, there is something else at work here…' he thought before disapparating to Hogwarts.

Following breakfast the next morning, Klaud grabs both Harry and Chouji, "Time to go."

"Go where?" Chouji asks nervously.

"get your uniforms, of course." She chuckles, calling the elevator, "Harry, you've been to Diagon Alley, right?"

"Yeah." He nods.

"Well then this should be just another day. Chouji, you haven't right?" once he shakes his head, she smirks, "Then you'll be in for a surprise."

"Seriously." Harry chuckles, "I still remember the first time Hagrid took me there."

"It is quite the place." She nods, "It's also fairly dangerous. With so many people, there are also a large number of Akuma."

"I've never seen any." Harry says questioningly.

"Of course not. To them, you were just another human." She replies as the elevator opens and they step in, "but now you're an exorcist with the order, which means that they want nothing more than you for you to die."

"Oh…"

"no need to worry." She laughs, "it'll take more than a few akuma to beat me, so you've got nothing to worry about. Usually, you'd go yourself, but with neither of you having any formal training, it wouldn't take much for one to kill you."

"Great." Harry sighs, "Another monster wants to kill me. Isn't there some kind of limit?"

"Obviously not." She smirks, "But don't worry. If Voldemort tries something, Komui gave me authorization to kill him the same as any akuma."

"Maybe we could trick the earl and Voldemort into fighting between themselves?" Harry asks hopefully.

"I doubt it." She says, helping them off of the elevator and into the boat, "Besides which, the last thing we want is for them to join forces."

"Point taken." Harry sighs, "But you can't blame me for dreaming."

Once they'd made it back to the office building, Klaud lead them one of the offices, "This is the only place in the building that we can apparate to or from. Remember that." She says as she grips both of their arms and twists. A sudden feeling of compression surrounds them as all light vanishes. Just as Harry begins to think that he'll suffocate, the pressure disappears, and he takes a deep breath.

"Sorry about that." She smiles, "I didn't know that it was your first time apparating, or I'd have warned you."

"it fine." Harry mumbles as he looks around. They were in the all too familiar Leaky Cauldron, where Harry had stayed after his second year. Klaud nods her head to Tom, who likewise nods and they move to the back. Removing a wand from her waist, she taps a few bricks, which starts a chain reaction that causes a gateway to form, leading them to the magical shopping district of Diagon alley.

"Wow…" Chouji gasps, speaking for the first time all day.

"I think that's most people's first reaction." Harry nods, "I think that was my first, at least."

"Mine as well." Klaud smirks, "This way." With ease, she leads them through the crowd to Madam Milkians Robes for all occasion.

"I'll be with you in just a moment." Madam Milkain says as she starts measuring her current guest, Narcissa Malfoy.

"What do you want, Potter?" Mrs. Malfoy growls.

"Just wondering what robes you were getting for your loser husband's sentencing." Harry shrugs, "Or are you already getting remarried since you're never going to see him again?"

"How dare you?!" she says, jumping to her feet.

"Really now!" Madam milkains says as he turns to Harry, though she stops as soon as she sees General Klaud, "Mrs. Malfoy, so very sorry. But there is an urgent matter that needs to be attended to." She says, quickly turning the sign to 'closed', "If you could come back in just about an hour, or at your earliest convenience, I''ll see to it that your order is on the house for the inconvenience."

"Fine." She spits, "Just make sure that these fools aren't here when I do."

Once the door closes behind her, all the blinds are drawn and the doors locked up tight, "How can I help you, General?" she asks quickly.

"I need two new exorcist uniforms." Klaud answers, "For these two."

"I can do that." She nods, "Names on the file?"

"Han and James." Klaud answers, "Both just a basic uniform for the time being. We'll send an order for more specialized uniforms in time."

"Alright. I just need you measurements." She says as she takes out a few blank files and her tape measures start take their measurements and recording the data on the files. Ten minutes later, she went into the back room.

"What was with the fake names?" Harry asks while they wait.

"Its not exactly difficult to discover that the order gets its uniforms here, and by keeping records of measurements, it makes it easier to order new uniforms when old ones are destroyed. So, the order assigns each exorcist a fake name and finders place orders on your behalf. That way, no one will know the identities of all the exorcists."

"What about Madam Milkian?"

"She is obliviated at the end of each visit." Klaud shrugs, "it's the safest way, not just for us, but her as well. The earl won't target her if he has nothing to gain from it."

"Here you are." Madam Milkain says as she walks out with two large packages, "Two complete basic uniforms."

"Thank you." Klaud says as she draws her wand again, pointing it towards her, "obliviate."

With a flash of white light, her eyes slide out of focus. Klaud ushers them out of the store and back toward the Leaky Cauldron.

Suddenly, she turns around, "be on your guard." She says suddenly as about fifty people start staring at her and following them, "Akuma. We've got to find someplace with less people."

"Knockturn Alley." Harry whispers, and she nods, dragging them towards the darker alley.

As Harry predicted, it had far fewer people. Klaud ran down an alley, dragging Harry after her.

"Harry!" Someone yells form the Alley, followed by loud footsteps. After they'd turned back around, their vision was blocked by the massive form of the Hogwarts Gamekeeper, "What do you think that you're doing with Harry?!" he growls, flowery umbrella pointed at General Klaud.

Over his shoulder, several of the people who had been following them showed up and started marching towards them, "Hagrid, listen to me, you need to get out of here." Harry says suddenly, trying to get him to move.

"What's going on, Harry?" He asks, unaware of the Akuma that were transforming behind him, "This isn't lik-" he stops as a bullet rips through his body, and he collapses to the ground.

"HAGRID!" Harry shouts, rushing to his first friends side as Genreal Klaud leaps forward, Lau jimn already transformed and bashing Akuma skulls in left and right. Chouji had gotten involved as well, throwing two akuma together, blowing them both up.

"Harry…. You alright…?" Hagrid asks weakly as he struggles to sit up, "what was that…?"

"A monster…" Harry answers, "you need to go."

"No point now." He laughs weakly, "I ain't gonna last much longer. This here is it for me." By now, black pentacles had covered his entire body, "Stay safe, Harry." He smiles before his body crumbles away.

"HAGRID!" Harry cries as his first friend dies right in front of his eyes. Instinctively, he grabs a hold of the knife hilt he still kept in his pocket and takes it out. Almost as if responding to his call, an eerie green glow extends from the end, forming a ghostly blade.

One of the Akuma made it past Chouji, rushing towards him. Getting up, though he could barely see through his tears, Harry stabs upwards, and the knife passes into the Akuma's body effortlessly. Jerking it down, he slices it deeply and it crumbles.

Something sharp pierces his right shoulder, followed almost immediately by a sudden burst of heat from his shoulder. Turning his head, he saw a brilliant white phoenix take flight. In the air, it caught fire and flies straight through another Akuma, where it explodes instantly.

Klaud glances over her shoulder as a strange bird destroy an akuma, and sees Harry with a ghostly blade in his hand, eyes following the bird as well, "Lau Jimn! Put an end to this!" she shouts as the Anti Akuma beast leaps off the side of the building, crushing the remaining akuma in a matter of seconds.

"Are you two alright?" she ask the two junior exorcists.

"Fine." Chouji pants, "It just took a lot out of me."

"Harry?" she says as the white phoenix lands next to him.

The boy looks into the phoenix's amber eyes as it glows green and starts to shrink. All he said was, "Hedwig?" and then faints as his loyal owl flies excitedly above him.

Poor Hagrid... at least he was avenged... So, now i'm up to date on his one as well. If you want more, vote on my poll. the more people interested in reading, the more likely i am to write. Until then, R&R!