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Chapter Three

So this was the wizarding world.

It didn't look much like a school to him. "Where are we?" he asked, concerned. It wouldn't do for his yami to find out that he had gone with the wrong person. Ryou couldn't see that going well. More than likely it would justify every name the spirit had ever called him. Despite the spirit agreeing that Black wasn't the bad guy, if he ended up in the wrong place the blame would ultimately lie with him. The spirit never liked admitting he was wrong; even if he was.

Black looked up, startled at the question. "Did I forget to mention that we had to get your school stuff before we go to the school?" he asked sheepishly. Ryou nodded with a blank expression on his face.

Sirius shrugged regretfully. "This is diagonal alley," he announced proudly. "It's the hub of the wizarding world!"

Ryou frowned. "Why London?" he questioned, "Aren't there any other wizarding communities?"

Sirius shrugged. "I don't know." he admitted. "There are other communities but Hogwarts is known as the best school. I suppose for whatever reason the headmaster figured you'd be better suited for the English school. Didn't I hear you were from England anyways? Maybe we had first claim."

Ryou continued frowning but he gave a little nod to show that he appreciated the guess, despite the fact he was sure that there was more to the situation then the older man obviously thought. There was never anything so easy when the millennium items were involved even if they weren't known. As Ryou knew well, fate just seemed to hate him for some reason and Ryou just hoped it wasn't his yami because that just wouldn't be fair. After all, he had no control over his yami. The closest he'd ever gotten was when he tried to kamikaze for Yugi and the others but that only caused their distrust of him to grow...

Sirius finished brushing his robes and turned to look at his charge that seemed to be post in thought.

"Hey, Boy" he called knocking the kid gently on the shoulder causing the younger to flinch slightly in what seemed like pain.

"Yes?" he questioned in a strained tone.

"We have to get moving." Sirius answered. Ryou gave a nod understanding. /Fool. He was calling for a while. Do you want everyone to know what a freak you are?/ the spirit questioned cruelly, as he too seemed to snaps out of whatever thought had kept him so busy for the past few hours. /See if there's a bank. I want to steal something./ he demanded. Ryou sighed at the mischief he knew his yami was going to cause (after all, it didn't take a genius to figure out, and the spirit wasn't really that subtle) but obligingly asked.

"Is there a bank or some place we can exchange money? I doubt you use yen and that's the only money I have with me."

Sirius nodded sharply poking like he wished he could hit his forehead with his hand for the stupid mistake. "Of course you don't. Thanks for reminding me, I would have forgotten."Ryou once again remained silent although he did nod his head in acceptance. Sirius shifted nervously. There was just something about the kid that seemed off, despite his young age. If he hadn't known better he might have guessed that the kid was siding with you-know-who, but he trusted Dumbledore to not have brought a death eater into the order of the Phoenix.

"I guess we should go there now"

Ryou finally spoke. "I would suppose so."

Sirius could help but notice that the strange teen sounded less than enthusiastic about it. "Is there a problem with that?" Sirius asked concerned. " I think we can skip it if you really want to..."

Ryou looked up, startled at the suggestion. "It's okay," he hurried to reassure the man. "I need to get

some money anyways, I can manage.".

Sirius didn't look convinced but there was nothing he could do about the situation; after all he was the one who had requested he trip to the bank and if he didn't admit there was problem Sirius couldn't force him to do anything about it. He had just met the kid. He could however tell Dumbledore of his concerns and let the old man deal with it. It would not be that hard to do, and he had more control on what happened the kid anyways. And just to be sure he could always drop a hint to Harry. It seemed like this kid could use a good friend and he knew his god son would at least make an effort to be friendly and give the poor boy a glance at what he could expect from the school and keep him from the Slytherins. They would probably eat him up the moment he entered. He just didn't seem to be the deceiving type.

"Alright if you say so," Sirius finally agreed.

After walking for a while and getting lost a couple of times Sirius finally managed to find the bank. He was wearing an advanced disillusionment Charm that let only Ryou see him. To anyone else he just appeared to be a painfully plain stranger and unmemorable. It was quite advanced and this one was cast by Dumbledore himself. It would take a lot to see through it.

"This is Gringotts, the bank of the wizarding world!"

Ryou looked up at the tall imposing building, and strove to appear suitably impressed. It was rather difficult, because there were bigger, more impressive buildings in just Domino, not to mention Egypt. The spirit agreed /What do they think this is, the Middle Ages? You'd think they were living under a rock./ he practically sneered.

The hikari gave a strained laugh in agreement. /I suppose./

Sirius looked over at the boy. "Is something the matter?

Ryou glanced over quickly, answering, "Oh not really. Are we going in?"

Sirius laughed and led the way. Ryou grimaced when he saw the sign, and felt his yami howl in laughter at the attempt of a threat.

'Enter, stranger, but take heed

Of what awaits the sin of greed;

For those who take, but do not earn,

Must pay most dearly in their turn.

So if you seek beneath our floors

A treasure that was never yours,

Thief, you have been warned: beware

Of finding more than treasure there.'

This was like inviting his yami to steal something. /Please don't do anything while we're with Sirius.../ he begged silently.

His yami laughed, but agreed. /Fine, but I get the body as long as I want./

Ryou sighed in relief that his yami was amiable today. He would hate to be caught stealing, especially when he hadn't even gotten to the school yet.

/What did I tell you about being careful around those wizards?/ Bakura hissed dangerously.

Ryou quickly answered, hoping to pacify the spirit. /I know to be careful around them. But you said so yourself, that you don't think that Black-san knows of Headmaster Dumbledore's plan./

The spirit continued to lurk in consciousness, but was temporarily satisfied with the excuse that his hikari gave.

Feeling relieved, Ryou followed his escort into the bank where he was surprised to see, not humans, but... goblins?

"Goblins." Sirius echoed the white haired boy's thoughts. "They're a nasty bunch when you get on their bad side. But they are wonderful bankers." With that said, the disguised man marched up to the counter, pulling a fretting Ryou after him.

"Next." the dry voice called.

Sirius gave the boy a shove when it was evident that Ryou was unsure of what to do. Stumbling, he came to a halt in front of the counter, the spirit laughing madly in his head. However, Ryou could feel him looking though his own eyes, and knew that the spirit was scoping the place out so he could sneak back later. Whimpering at the threat of getting on the creature's bad side, which stealing was sure to do, Ryou spoke softly. "I would like to exchange some money, please."

The goblin stared at him warily for a moment, as though he knew that he was plotting something, but only asked, "How much?"

Ryou gave the goblin the money he had, and took the wizarding coins in the pouch, then turned to Sirius.

"Where to next?"

A/N: I guess Diagon Alley will have to be split in two parts... I was aiming for one, but it got out of hand again.

Anyways, please review, and I hope the chapter was good.

And thanks to my beta moonlightskymist for checking this over!