A/N: Do I own Yu-Gi-Oh or Harry Potter? Nope! I don't, though I did try asking for the Yu-Gi-Oh rights for my birthday..... that didn't work. So anyway, I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or Harry Potter! They belong to Kazuki Takahashi and J.K. Rowling.
REVIEWS O.O
Knight25: I'm glad you like it! I know the fonts are kind of weird, but I just wanted to do something that made my story a tad different than everyone else's *shrug*
Doenderlover: Thanks! I'm going to try to put some more humor in here ^^
Yami-No-Tamashii: Oh, you really think it can turn into a great story? Thanks! Its a huge self-esteem booster ^^ And don't worry, i'm not planning on cutting this sotry off any time soon. And yeah, i'm hoping that this one will center around Yugi the most, since most others revolve around either Ryou or Bakura (I still luv them both though! ^^)
Setoglomper: O.O YOU HAVE JUST GIVEN ME THE BEST IDEA IN THE HISTORY OF HISTORY. And i'm glad you like it! ^^ And yeah I know the different fonts can be confusing, sorry about that XP
Marie Ravenclaw: You really think the plotline is good? I know its off to a slow start, but it's gonna get a bit more interesting, trust me *evil smirk* And don't think that I would leave the rest of his friends behind completley... *hint hint* And yes, the fonts are a little confusing, but hopefully people will start to adapt to them a little...
Key to Yami/Hikari conversations and everything else
уυgι тσ уαмι
уαмι тσ уυgι
яуσ тσ вαкυяα
вαкυяα тσ яуσ
мαℓιк тσ мαяιк
мαяιк тσ мαℓιк (1)
Just random thoughts from all of the characters
Music or song
คภςเєภt єgyptเคภ
۞Parseltongue۞
食Japanese食
English
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The ride to the airport seemed a lot longer than an hour and a half Yugi recalled as he sat in his Grandpa's car lazily. He gazed out the window, watching car after car go by him. His Grandpa had chosen to fly to England from the airport in Tokyo, the capital in Japan. He had to admit, Tokyo was a city that was nothing like Domino. It seemed much more crowded, but it seemed to be bustling with energy and excitment. No street went without at least fifty different lights, and the buildings were never shorter than one hundred feet high. Domino did have high buildings and such, but it was nowhere near as facinating as the city he was whizing through. His Grandpa had never taken him to Tokyo, and he felt he had been missing out on a lot, now that he had seen this amazing place. Only more to make him homesick in England.
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The actual plane ride was actually very enjoyable, however. Even though it was an excruciating eight hours of flight, Yugi managed to stay occupied by watching some of the DVD's he brought of some of the animes he liked on his laptop. Yugi glanced curiously out of the plane's window and marveled at the rolling white hills of clouds below them.
ωσαн, уαмι ¢нє¢к тнαт συт! he said to him in awe. Yami appeared in the seat next to him and gazed out the window himself. He seemed impressed.
уσυ'яє яιgнт уυgι, тнαт'ѕ αмαzιηg. ѕυ¢н νιєωѕ ωєяє ηєνєя ρσѕѕιвℓє вα¢к ιη єgуρт, тнιѕ мυѕт вє ωнαт нσяυѕ ƒєєℓѕ ℓιкє. Yugi smiled at the thought that he wasen't the only one mezmerized by the clouds below him. He recalled that Horus was the egyptian god of the sky, so yeah, this really must've been what Horus felt like.
"食Attention passengers, the plane will be landing in approximently five minutes time, repeat, the plane will be landing in approximently five minutes time. Please keep your seat belts fastened, collect your belongings, and thank you for flying with Kawaauto Airlines.食" boomed the announcement speaker. Yugi sighed and looked blankly at his sleeping (not to mention snoring and drooling) Grandpa across the aisle from him. He reached across the aisle and gently shook his Grandpa's shoulder.
"食Grandpa.... Hey, Grandpa!食" Suddenly his eyes shot open.
"食Spaghetti sauce!食" he shouted, terrified, attracting loads of attention throughout the plane. Yugi sweatdropped as everyone near him turned to stare at the two of them.
נυѕт ιgησяє тнєм Yami told him as he shot invisible glares at the crowd around them. Yugi took his advice and turned back to his dazed Grandfather.
"食Grandpa, the plane is landing in five minutes. Time to pack up.食" His Grandpa gave him puppy dog eyes, but Yugi shook his head. He grumbled something about elders never getting rest anymore and he sat up. Yugi smiled and tended to his own things belongings scattered across his seat.
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"Welcome to the Leaky Cauldron, how may I be of assistance?" asked a short, bald man behind the counter cheerfully. Of course, Yugi nor Yami understood a word of what the man since he spoke in English, but his Grandpa was a different story. The bartender looked at Grandpa curiously, and then stammered
"S-sugoroku, that's not you is it?" Grandpa chuckled and said in english
"You never do forget a face, do you Tom?" The bartender's face lit up and he exclaimed joyfully
"Oh, Sugo! God, I thought you had died! It's been a while!" he smiled. His pine green eyes wandered over to Yugi, who still had no idea what was going on due to his inconvienience of only being able to understand japanese.
"Who's this little munchkin of your's here? He's a little young to be your son, though he's the spitting image of you..."
"Yugi here's my Grandson. He only just got his Hogwarts letters on Saturday!" he turned to his grandson.
"Ain't that right, Yugi?" Yugi gave him an embarrased look and said
"食Um, Grandpa, how am I going to be able to survive in an English school when I can't even speak English?食" His Grandpa gave a surprised glance and said back
"食Don't worry, I'll help you out as soon as we can settle in for the night. You'll be as fluent as an natural english man by morning.食" He gave him a mischevious smile. What's he mean by that...? Tom was giving Yugi a throuogh look-over and said to Grandpa
"He hasn't received a language charm yet?" Grandpa turned back to him.
"No, but i'm going to give him one as soon as we can get a room to get unpacked in." Tom gave a smile and Grandpa said to Yugi in Japanese.
"食Yugi, meet my old classmate Tom. He and I went to Hogwarts together for a long time. He was actually one of my best friends, you know.食" Yugi looked up at Tom and gave him a cheerful smile.
"食Konichiwa, Tom-san!食" Tom gave Yugi a grin and said back in an akward accent
"Cone-ee-cheat-wa, Yugi. Pleasure to meet you." Yugi wasn't exactly sure what he said, but he doubted it was anything more than a hello. Grandpa said to him
"Do you think Yugi and I can get a room upstairs until the school year starts?" Tom said back to him
"Normally, rooms are usually about seven Galleons per night, but you're a close friend so I think I can give you a discount on one. Oh, wait a sec. You don't have any Galleons on you, do you? I'm guessing all you have right now is that....is yen what they call it?" Grandpa nodded and said
"We can go into Gringotts first and exchange some of it so I can pay you. I still have some in my old account there too, I think." Tom nodded and said
"Thats sounds good. I'll still be here by the time you get back. The place closes at nine though, and its eight fifteen now. Better hurry before Gringotts closes up for the night too, but that shan't be for a while."
"Alright then, we'll do our school shopping tomorrow. In the meantime, we have no time to loose. Thank you Tom, we'll be back shortly." he gave Tom one last weak smile before he turned around and beckoned Yugi to a different part of the old, rundown pub. Yugi followed him, strange glances staring him down all around the room from his forgien appearance.
уσυ кησω, ƒσя α ƒαмσυѕ ρℓα¢є, ιт ℓσσкѕ кιη∂ σƒ.....вяσкєη. he said to Yami as he looked around the Leaky Cauldron.
ι αgяєє, ιт ∂σєѕ ℓσσк ρяєтту σℓ∂ αη∂ ∂υѕту. вυт ησт αℓℓ σƒ єηgℓαη∂ ιѕ ℓιкє тнιѕ, ∂ση'т ωσяяу. Yami said back as he too scanned the room through Yugi's eyes. Yugi sent him a mental nod as he walked through a doorway behind his Grandpa. He looked around the new room to find it was....empty? He rubbed his eyes. Yep, it was certainly empty.
"食Grandpa, what are we doing here? This is just an empty room!食" He looked at him, and he was staring at a single brick wall, looking like he was in deep concentraction. He was muttering to himself quietly
"食Let's see.....was it two across, three down or three across, two down?食" (2) Yugi got a weird feeling looking at his Grandpa as he skimmed his wrinkled fingers over the wall, completley ingoring his Grandson.
тнαт'ѕ ƒυηηу. ι ∂ση'т яємємвєя уσυя gяαη∂ρα нανιηg αηу αℓ¢σнσℓ... Yami murmered to Yugi as he gave Grandpa a suspicious look.
"食Yeah, I think it's two across, three down.....食" He muttered as he took his wand out of his inner coat pocket (at least, Yugi thought it was a wand..). He tapped the end of it on a few of the bricks, and Yami wondered aloud
נυѕт ωнαт ιѕ нє ∂σιηg...? Just then, Grandpa turned back to Yugi and said with a mischevious grin
"食Watch this!食" He slowly stepped back from the wall and gazed at Yugi, looking like he was expecting some sort of reaction.
"食Grandpa, what are y...食" Yugi started to say, but just then he thought he saw the brick wall actually twitch. He blinked a few times to make sure he wasn't seeing things, and sure enough, all of the bricks began to quiver and slowly fold backwards. They kept seperating until a large hole formed in the wall, letting bright moonlight shine through the previously dark room. And in moments, a large brick archway had formed, letting the sight of a huge, lamp lit, cheery looking street stare Yugi straight in the face. He stared wide eyed at the street that had just formed before his eyes, his jaw dropped. Yugi could feel Yami also marveling at the street, and Grandpa said back to him with a wide grin
"食Welcome to Diagon Alley, Yugi. It's a shame that your first sight of it was at night, though...食" Yugi was quite litterallly speechless as he kept gazing at Diagon Alley. It was like somone had ripped it out of an old story book. Shops with various different strange names stood at every corner, and a few different witches and wizards were walking through the street. It stretched on to the point where Yugi couldn't even see the end of it, and he saw that that everyone was wearing some kind of colorful cloaks.
"食G-grandpa...I...食" His grandpa suddenly got serious
"食Yugi, we'll have time to explore tomorrow, but right now we need to go get money for Tom, so follow me.食" He started haistily jogging down the road, and Yugi could do nothing else besides trail along behind him and scan the place as he kept with his Grandpa.
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After a few minutes of walking, they arrived at a very large, political looking building. Yugi couldn't actually read the name of the building, but he immediatly assumed that this was Gingotts. The building seemed strangly lopsided, but it was nonetheless huge. The place seemed to be made entirley of marble, and gigantic columns stood in front of the doorway. Grandpa was now almost in a run to Gringotts, so Yugi had to keep up with him and jog as well. They ran through the open marble doors and into the building, rushing, but still being able to get a good idea of what the place looked like. The place was lit by candles (well, floating candles to be exact, and they were much brighter than normal candles) and a long, wooden counter stood at the front of the room where people were crowded around different areas of it. He also saw many different small, wrinkled looking creatures were sitting at it, either weighing coins on scales, examining precious stones through magnifying glasses, or jotting down important looking notes with a feather quil. Each of them oddly looked like people you would see in a federal government, wearing formal looking suits and some with glasses. Grandpa hurridly stepped up to one of the creatures at the counter, and it glanced at him bordley.
"May I help you, sir?" it said in a tired voice.
"I'd like to exchange money from the muggle world, if you could help me." Grandpa asked it politley. The creature grunted and jotted down a few more notes.
"Name?"
"Suguroku Mutou."
"Vault number?"
"Three hundred seventy five."
"You got the key to your valut?" Grandpa rumaged in his pockets for a moment and drew out a small, glinting gold key and placed it in front of the creature. It nodded and shouted
"Sharptooth!" Another creature jogged up to the counter and looked up at the two of them. This creature was very short, even shorter than Yugi was, and it quickly looked them over. Sharptooth looked up at the goblin at the counter.
"These two fellows need to exchange some yen for wizard money." Sharptooth nodded and the one at the counter turned back to Grandpa.
"You must understand that the day hours Gringotts is avalible have already passed, and the rules state that you can only withdraw no more than fifteen galleons after seven thirty PM, and you may only withdraw from one vault. Any other bussiness you have here must wait until tomorrow if you wish to take more or visit another vault." Grandpa nodded and said
"That's fine by me. We only need a few galleons so we can pay for a place to crash for the night." The creature nodded and made a gesture toward Sharptooth. Sharptooth started trotting away, and said in an important voice
"Come, please." Grandpa and Yugi obeyed, jogging a little since they were in a hurry.
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Sharptooth had taken them to yet another clean, gigantic white room made entirley of marble with long counters running along the side. Lots of the other Goblins were just sitting at their spots quietly, either reading a book, jotting down notes, and various other tasks, but none of them really noticed when they walked in. After all, when it was this late, not many people probably come to exchange money anyway. Sharptooth made a motion with his hand for us to be directed to the counter three spaces from the left wall. Grandpa nodded, understanding, and said to Yugi
"食Ok, i'm just going to exchange some of our yen into the money we can pay Tom with. Then we'll be out of here and back to the Leaky Cauldron, ok?食" Yugi shrugged and said
"食Well, i'm ok with that.食" Grandpa smiled and walked up to the counter. The creature noticed the sudden movement in front of him and looked up from the glowing blue and green jewels he was weighing on a golden scale and said with a heavy accent
"Is there anything that I can help you with?"
"Yes, we would like to make an exchange. Would we be able to do that here?" Grandpa asked
"Depends. What kind of money do you need to exchange?"
"We have some japanese yen."
"Ok, you came to the right counter. How much wizard money do you need?"
"Twelve Galleons should be enough"
"Ok then, that'll be three thousand, seven hundred and forty six yen (3)." Grandpa nodded and dished the money out of his pocket, giving Yugi backwards smile. Yugi returned it and he felt Yami appear next to him, whom he could feel waves of curiosity and nervousness coming from, which was unusual, seeing that he was usually calm and collected.
уσυ кησω уυgι, тнιѕ ρℓα¢є ιѕ мυ¢н ∂郃єяєηт тнαη ι єχρє¢тє∂ ιт тσ вє... he pondered aloud as he kept scanning the place with his violet crimson eyes.
ωєℓℓ, уєαн ѕαмє нєяє. ιтѕ gσηηα тαкє α ωнιℓє вєƒσяє ι ¢αη ƒєєℓ ¢σмƒσятαвℓє αяσυη∂ тнєѕє вяιтιѕн ρєσρℓє αη∂ тнєιя ωєιя∂ ωαуѕ.... Yugi replied back as he watched the goblin count the money.
ι ƒєєℓ тнє ѕαмє, вυт ι ¢αη ƒєєℓ α ѕтяαηgє αυяα ιη тнιѕ вυιℓ∂ιηg. ѕσмєтнιηg ƒαмιℓιєя, вυт ѕσмєтнιηg ι ¢αη'т qυιтє ρℓα¢є... Now Yugi felt curiousity suddenly prick him.
ωнαт ∂σ уσυ мєαη ву ƒαмιℓιєя αυяα? ¢αη уσυ ƒєєℓ ѕσмє ѕσят σƒ ѕнα∂σω мαgι¢ σя ѕσмєтнιηg? Yugi asked Yami, concerned that they might be in need of any of the other items now that they didn't have them.
α¢тυαℓℓу, ι ¢αη'т ѕαу. ιт'ѕ нαя∂ тσ gєт α gσσ∂ ι∂єα ωнєη ιт'ѕ вєιηg мαѕкє∂ υη∂єя αℓℓ σƒ тнιѕ σтнєя ωιzαя∂ мαgι¢... ιт ¢συℓ∂ вє, вυт ι ¢αη'т вє ѕυяє. He replied hesitantly. Yugi decided that they best forget about it now and worry about it later. After all, they would be coming back here soon anyway, according to Grandpa.
"食Yugi, are you coming or not? The Leaky Cauldron is closing soon, and I don't think that you would be comfortable sleeping on the sidewalk.食" Yugi looked up to see that his Grandpa had already gotten to the end of the corridor while Yugi was busy pondering with Yami.
"食Oh, coming Grandpa!食"
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"Oh, good, you came back with seven minutes to spare!" Tom piped cheerfully as Grandpa approached the counter. Grandpa smiled and said
"Yes, we managed to make it. You said that you need seven Galleons, right?" Tom nodded and Grandpa fished seven oversized gold coins from his pocket and placed them on the counter. Tom counted them up as he swiped them into his hand and asked Grandpa
"I'm guessing you would like one of the more well kept rooms? Its lucky you got here a few weeks before school starts, or I wouldn't be able to offer you one." He put a hand to his chin and thought to himself for a moment, then replied
"Ok, that sounds good. We'll be here for a little while anyways, and it can't hurt to stay in a nice room." Tom nodded and started down another dusty hall, giving a small motion with his hand as a signal to follow him. Grandpa and Yugi obeyed, hoping that the rooms were slightly nicer than the pub downstairs.
Yugi struggled with his trunk up the creaky stairs as he followed Tom and Grandpa, and Yami watched him, wishing he could help in some way. Unfortunatly, his physical strength came from Yugi's own, so they were equal. Maybe he was a bit more pain tolerant, but he didn't have the strength he built up back in ancient egypt, so he was forced to watch Yugi struggle with the case by himself.
"αяє уσυ ѕυяє уσυ ∂ση'т ωαηт мє тσ тαкє тнαт αη∂ gινє уσυяѕєℓƒ α вяєαк? уσυ'νє вєєη ƒσя¢є∂ тσ ℓυg тнαт тяυηк αяσυη∂ єνєя ѕιη¢є ωє ¢αмє συт σƒ тнє αιяρσят, уσυ ∂єѕєяνє ѕσмє яєѕт." Yami said to Yugi as he appeared in front of him. Yugi smiled and replied back
"ησ тнαтѕ σк, ι'м ƒιηє. тнє ѕтαιяѕ ¢αη'т вє тнαт ƒαя υρ..." Yami sighed and said with a dull look
"ρℓєαѕє, ℓєт мє тαкє тнαт. уσυ ѕнσυℓ∂ яєαℓℓу ѕανє уσυя ѕтяєηgтн ƒσя тσмαяяσω. уσυ мυѕт вє єχнαυѕтє∂." Yugi wanted to say no to his offer, but he realized that he was right. They still had a lot to do tomorrow, and he really should keep his strength until then.
"σк, ƒιηє. αη∂ тнαηк уσυ, уαмι. ι'м gℓα∂ тнαт ι нανє уσυ." He gave him a wink and then let his concious fade so that Yami could take over.
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Yami managed to heave the trunk all the way up to the room before he felt the point of collapsing. My goodness, how did Yugi manage to lug this around all day? It feels as though he decided to pack an ox for the trip. He thought to himself as he dragged it to the side of the many-years-worn bed. He took a few gulps of air and sat down, slumping a little as he did so. He let his eyes loiter around his new temporary home, making sure he took in every detail. It seemed that the window could be an easy escape route if he needed it, and that space behind the fireplace could be a good place to hide his and Yugi's belongings. Oh, and maybe he should make sure to learn a few self defense charms beforehand, just in case. Why am I thinking of these kind of things? It seems that i've grown so used to having somone after us that it's become a habit to think like this... He thought as he unzipped the case that Yugi packed. Let's see here, he packed his ipod, his dueling deck, his picture of our friends...
"υн.....¢αη ι нανє му вσ∂у вα¢к? ι тнιηк ι'νє яє¢σνєяє∂ α вιт." Yugi asked as he suddenly appeared next to him. Yami nodded and let him back into control.
"食Oh, before I forget Yugi, I need to give you a language charm. Could you come here for a minute?食" Grandpa piped up as he kept sifting through his own bag for his wand. Yami gave a glance at Grandpa, nodded, and slowly got up from his new bed. The floor creaked beneath his feet as he walked, but he ignored it and sat down beside him. Grandpa grinned and held his wand to Yami's throat, forcing him to have his air cut off for a split second.
"食Ok, this dosen't hurt, but it takes a little time to get used to. I would suggest holding your breath.食" He gave him a clear look in the eye and Yugi nodded in response. Grandpa narrowed his eyes in concentration and muttered in a low tone
"Veneclurus Anglais." Suddenly Yugi's air was completley cut off and it felt like somone was trying to force a slimy type of fish down his throat, causing him to sputter and choke. His hands immediatly shot straight up to clutch his throat, and he felt his lungs shrivel up in his chest. Just when he thought that he was going to pass out, his throat cleared, leaving him to have a nice long coughing fit.
"What was that?" Yugi sputtered, taking a few much needed gasps of air. Grandpa grinned and said in a cheerful tone
"Looks like it worked. You're speaking english now!" Yugi recovered from the charm and said quietly
"I am?" His eyes widened.
"I am!" He realized in awe as he listened to his voice. In truth, it seemed as if he was uttering jibberish, but yet somehow he understood what all of it meant. This was just too weird, he didn't feel like he was speaking a different language at all, but when he actually listened to what he was saying, it definetly wasen't japanese. This is going to take some getting used to, he thought with a bit of a weirded-out expression (4).
"Ok, now its time for bed. You look exhausted anyway, and you're going to need to be full of energy tomorrow, since thats when i'm sending you shopping." Grandpa says as he sticks his wand back somewhere under his clothes. Well, at least I have something to look forward to tomarrow, Yugi thought silently as he started to rumage through his bag. Who knows what tomorrow would hold for him and Yami? Well, he was tired, but he was still excited. Let's hope that tomorrow will help us adjust...
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(1) Alright, let's get this straight. I know some of you might be confused by this, but Malik is good Marik, and Marik is Yami Marik. I'm going by the japanese names here, so that's that. Try not to get them confused!
(2) I'm well aware that the original thing is three up, two across but japanese people read right to left. So, technically it would be two across, three down. Think backwards!
(3) Now, don't think that four thousand yen is worth that much. Three thousand seven hundred forty six yen is only worth about fotry dollars in america, and I figured that galleons are like maybe worth five to six dollars each...?
(4) When I say weirded out, I mean something like this *O.o*
A/N: *Avoids random flying objects* Sorry it took so long!!!!! Gah, the finals in school had been taking a HUGE toll on me, and I hadn't been given any time at all to write this! And plus, my laptop decided to crap out on me so that just made it even worse!!! I'm SO SORRY, I promise the next chapter will be out sooner!
-Warrior