A/N: Just returned from the 300th Rakoczi battle memoir, the re-paying of the fight in a live rock opera was truly beautiful, so here comes the now chapter…how great that I can do a multiple parallel writing…

IX. Unexpected trouble Part III.

Soft music drifted out from between the opened doors as everyone walked inside. Most people started feeling nervous as they realized what would come soon wile others felt confident. Road smiled relieved when she saw the little smile adoring her brother's lips, the soft classical music was doing it's work on the young General's mode slowly. The Musician in his enjoyed the sound of the music around him. McGonagall then lead them to the staff table where Dumbledore stood smiling, Karkaroff meanwhile stared at both Allen and Road with pale features, and Harry could have sworn he saw a sadistic smile on they lips, but strangely looked professor Moody also scared at them. Ludo Bagmen, Madam Maxime and also professor Lee were clapping enthusiastically, though the later seemed to threw nervous glances at professor Lulubell who seemed to start reminding him on a younger version of professor McGonagall. Looking then at the last chair was he surprised to see Percy Weasley sitting there anstead of Mr. Crouch. He later found out the ground when Percy pulled out a chair for him, he was happy that Hermione wasn't in earshot. There was no food now, but you could eat if you told your golden plate what you wished to eat. Harry looked over to the others, Hermione was in a deep talk with Krum, both seemed to have fun while both Allen and Road were chatting with they aunt before she hugged Allen. Looking at them he wished that Aunt Petunia would be at least a bit like that.

From where did tat thought come from?

It was just as frightening as the fact that he thought that Hermione looked more beautiful looking than even Cho or Fleur.

"Veil, ve have a castle also, not as big as this, nor as comfortable, I am thinking" he was telling Hermione smiling. "Ve have just four floors, and the fires are lit only for magical purposes. But ve have grounds larger even than these - though in vinter, ve have very little daylight, so ve are not enjoying them. But in summer ve are flying every day, over the lakes and the mountains." Harry found the whole exchange shocking, Karkaroff looked as if he wanted to say something, but then professor Camelot taped him on the shoulder making him yelp in fright.

"My dear Headmaster Karkaroff, you seem so tense each time we met?" he asked politely, but the boy couldn't help himself that something felt off.

"N…no I'm only slightly nervous because of the Tournament." he answered while trying to get away from the other.

"Mhm…yes, but the children are doing fine till now." Tyki answered, but he still glanced over to where Allen sat.

Then come the big moment and the band started to play signaling that the champions would now start with the opening dance. Parvati had pulled him on to the dance floor, the dance wasn't that bad even though he stepped her a few times on the feet. The others were doing a bit better, but still Allen and Road were the best. Both danced with such grace and lightness, they poses both proud and relaxed. As the music went on come more and more people on to the dance floor did he notice that each of they relatives seemed to be an excellent dancer. Professor Charity couldn't stop blushing as the handsome gentleman twirled her around the parket gracefully, he also saw now Jasdero and his dance partner, a petite girl with long blonde hair and dreamy blue eyes, but why was she wearing reddish earrings and a matching necklace? Professor Lee was dancing carefully with professor Lulubell, the man seemed to be trying to show his best side to her, but he seemed to have a bit trouble with the steps sometimes, but would glare each time Lavi and Lenalee swept past them while. As green eyes drifted further over the dancing crowd he noticed that Padma had left Ron, who was to busy glaring at Krum and Hermione to notice, by they table and was dancing with Allen's cousin with the weird turban, he also nearly had a heart attack when spotting Snape and McGonagall dancing there much to the shock of they respective Houses. He would later find out that professor Sprout and Flitwick teas dared the two stubborn professors in to doing so. As the dance finished and a new song started made Harry immediately his way to Ron at which Parvati walked over grumpily to her twin and Wisely.

As the second song ended did she not return, but Hermione joined them and hot immediately in to a fight with Ron because of Krum before she stormed of angrily and Percy took her place. As the two argued angrily didn't no one notice the Rose Cross students and they teachers gathering in to a little crowd around professor Lotto.

"Now Darling." Krory whispered to the petite woman whom smiled at him nodding.

"Ye…yes, "Miranda said as she took her Innocence out "Innocence Activate! Time Record, please stop the time over the castle and people!" at her call started her Innocence to glow freezing everyone in the castle expect for they little group.

"Wonderful, now build two men groups and search the whole castle for the Innocence, Lulubell, Tyki and I will stay here by Miranda." Komui instructed at which each of them nodded before doing just as told.

After they left sat Komui down by one of the empty tables, they plan to find the Innocence was set in to motion and so they didn't need to worry about being suspicious. He had just finished cleaning his glasses when suddenly a tick stack of papers were set down in front of him.

"Huh…?"

"While we wait can you get at least some of your paperwork done, you know that Reever asked me to observe that you do it." Lulubell instructed him in a stern tone.

"But, Lulubeellleee…" he whined, but that didn't work against someone who deled with whining and pouting for 7000 years.

"No buts Komui." she ordered while placing a pen in his hand, neither of them noticing Tyki looking at them in an amused way while sipping some wine.

They were waiting there since an hour when the two Noah suddenly tensed, throwing away the disguise as human.

"Lulubell, you protect Komui, I will take care of Miranda." Tyki ordered his sister as he hurried behind the shaking woman and activated his powers while placing a hand on her shoulders, whispering reassuring words to her.

"What is wrong?" Komui asked as Lulubell stepped in front of him, her hands becoming claws.

"Something is nearing." was her short reply "Because of the stopped time will both the school and people be alright no matter what happens after Miranda deactivates her Innocence."

There was no time anymore for further talking as suddenly the north wall crashed inside revealing three Level 2 Akuma. Tyki held his hand on Miranda's shoulder as one of them lashed at the two, but it's massive claws went right through them because of the Pleasure's powers. Lulubell lunged forth and attacked the nearest Akuma to them, being careful to not let any of them near the supervisor. Transforming her hands now in to blades trying to hold of they attackers till the others get back. She knew perfectly well that if something other then an Innocence destroys an Akuma is the soul lost. Having on her first mission, before Reever took her as an assistant, witnessed the soul of an Akuma through her brother's powers felt she disgusted. It was truly a wonder how Allen was still sane, but she had no time to think, after the Level 2s noticed that they couldn't get to the female Exorcist and Tyki, they went after the other two moving creatures present. She couldn't kill them, her and family's purpose, expect Allen's, was when on a mission they should hold up the Akuma and protect others from them.

Pain flashed in front of her eyes when a whip like dagger bore in to her right side, tearing itself through the azure blue dress and tender flesh. Damn, she had not paid enough attention to the other two Akuma, only the one going after the man behind her.

"Lulubell!" Komui screamed in horror as he watched the blood slowly tainting the blue dress, he already wanted to run up to her, he so hated to be useless.

"Stay where you are Komui!" she called back before transforming in to a large bird and attacked again and created a deep gash over the one attacking her emitting a large roar from the creature which would surely be heard by the others.

"But…" Komui wasn't the only one wanting to come to her aid as she barely missed being hit again, Miranda felt Tyki's hands on her shoulders tighten and shake as he tried to force himself to stay where he is.

"I can do it." she snapped before transforming her lungs in to that of a dragon, throwing a large fireball at the third Akuma.

Suddenly the doors of the Great Hall flew open, the others have returned…

After the Akuma were open hurried the Noah to the side of they sister who went on her knees, the wound got larger because of her movements and Lust needed to restart the healing process. Krory was calming one of Miranda's 'I'm useless rants' while Lenalee made sure that her brother was fine, but he was only looking worriedly at the now heavily panting Noah laying currently on the Pleasure's knees as he stroke through her hair gently while Bookman was treating her wounds with his medical knowledge.

"Brother?" Lenalee asked as Komui suddenly went past her and stopped in front of the little group, eyes on the ground.

"I'm sorry Lulubell." he said to the female Noah who smirked at him.

"Stop with your guilt trip, Lust can repair my body pretty fast unlike you and mark my words if you angst over me for much longer I will give you the same lovely "treatment" as I give General Cross." she answered with a pained laugh at which Komui paled.

"Yes Ma'am." he answered hurriedly.

"Good, now Miranda, can you please hold out for ten more minutes till I fix my body?" she asked the trembling woman who nodded before he laid back sighing, but looked for one more time back up at her younger brother. "Tyki, the same goes for you to."

After Lulubell was back to normal, while she went to the Ark to change in to a similar dress, then while she could change her body at will it didn't mean that her clothes could also change, staid the others behind. The damage inflicted to both the castle and the people was great, but luckily would no traces from the previous fight remain after Time Record gets deactivated. Neither the Exorcists and Noah had found any trace of the Innocence as of now, but with the appearance of the Akuma they were sure that there must be at least one. This was bothersome, but they would keep they eyes open from now on even more, there were also two more tasks ahead of Allen.

"Lu will be fine now." Debitto said, he seemed in the last years bothered when he saw a member of the order sad or worried.

He started to see them as family…

"Yes, she had finished healing herself and after she gets back we need to act as normal as possible." Road said as she suddenly got an idea and pushed Kanda, who stood on her right, in Allen's direction.

"Road?" the white haired Exorcist asked his sister after catching his surprised lover.

"Well, seeing that we are still on the ball and everyone is frozen in time you two can share a few dances." she said smiling to the blushing pair.

"Good idea." the others agreed and Jasdevi immediately used they powers to create a band who immediately started playing.

"Well then, can I have this dance?" Allen asked with a little bow as he held his right hand out, Kanda only rolled his eyes before placing his in the hand of the other.

"Fine, Moyashi." he said with a little smile on his lips.

"The name is Allen, Bakanda." he replied while leading the other to the dance floor.

"Let's go for a walk" Ron muttered to Harry in a desperate voice "I want to get away from Percy…" something on which his friend also agreed.

Both managed with the excuse to get some drinks to leave the one sided conversation with the older Weasley brother and make it to the doors of the Great Hall and from there outside. To they luck were the front doors open so they made they way outside in to the enchanted garden. On they way they passed many couples who were sitting on the carved benches, but after a while of strolling around hit a familiar voice they ears, a familiar voice which neither of the was to pleased to hear. Well Harry knew some other unpleasant voices for him, but the man was on his disliked peoples list on the third place. Strange how Uncle Vernon was on second instead of him and Voldemort can no one top.

Well they could if they managed to kill his parents again and make him in to an orphan and send to relatives who manage to top the Dursleys. Harry should really met Inspector Leverrier and go to Central with him.

"… don't see what there is to fuss about, Igor." Wow, Snape sounded annoyed.

"Severus, you cannot pretend this isn't happening!" Karkaroff's voice sounded anxious and hushed, as though he did not want to be overheard, well thought luck. "It's been getting clearer and clearer for months. I am becoming seriously concerned, I can't deny it …" then his voice become frightened, eyes darting around they surroundings as if eyes would be watching them "…, but there is something other more frightening. Those people from Rose Cross mostly that Walker brat and his relatives are no human. They eyes occasionally turn a golden color, but they aren't werewolves, no they are more dangerous and that girl…that beast did something to me." his voice become ticker with every word he spoke while both Harry and Ron exchanged glances "Somehow she impaled in to my mind, but it wasn't Ligilemency, she spoke about breaking both my soul and heart with the help of my own mind. I…I ca…can't take it for to long…she is trying to drive me into madness."

"You are overreacting." Snape said while looking skeptical.

"No, no…, but there is something other I have found it out. I finally have found it out!" his tone had become excited, eyes glinting with something mad in them at which even the Potions Master took a stem back "The thing with what they had come, I have found it out after searching for a long time in the ancient books. There wasn't much, but Severus, that thing is Noah's legendary Ark. It is no legend the Ark exists and in it lays a hidden power. If we manage to get inside the power would be ours, even the Dark Lord would look like a mare first year in power to the two of us, if you help me…"

"Leave me with such foolishness Igor. If your are scared, then flee! My place is here in Hogwarts and I will not flee as a coward." he snapped in disgust.

After that they conversation ended and both men continued they way and come around the corner. Snape had his wand out and was blasting rosebushes apart, his expression most ill-natured, well he didn't like the role of a nanny tat he doesn't need to explain later to parents why they will be soon happy grandparents. Squeals issued from many of the bushes, and dark shapes emerged from them trying to get as quick away as possible.

"Ten points from Ravenclaw, Fawcett!" Snape snarled as a girl ran past him feeling slightly relieved that it wasn't again one of his Slytherin, he and Draco will have a serious talk later tonight. "And ten points from Hufflepuff too, Stebbins!" as a boy went rushing after her. "And what are you two doing?" he added, catching sight of Harry and Ron on the path ahead who tried to look like people who didn't just hear a secret conversation. Meanwhile was Karkaroff nervously looking at Harry.

"We're walking" Ron told Snape shortly at which the man raised an eyebrow. "Not against the law, is it?"

"Keep walking, then!" Snape snarled and brushed past them, his long black cloak billowing behind him, something which made him look pretty frightening. Karkaroff hurried away after Snape looking as someone who didn't want to be left behind. Harry and Ron continued down the path.

"What's got Karkaroff all worried?" Ron muttered to his friend.

"And since when have he and Snape been on first-name terms?" was Harry's question, but any further conversation were interrupted as they accidentally walked in on a private conversation between Hagrid and Madam Maxime with not much chances to get away without being noticed by them.

At the same time was a little beetle zooming in to the direction of the rose maze in search for some tasty news. She actually was after a particular pair walking through the grass and ferry lights close by each other's side. This would be such a lovely story, but then suddenly was she not able to move. As if she would have hit against glass.

"I got it Debi, I got it heee." a happy voice spoke suddenly from behind her.

"Good job Dero. Well, well, well look what we have got here." drawled a second voice, making her shiver in fear "We don't like people trying to do something which might hurt our brother in any form or way." turning around was Rita Skeeter greeted by the horrifying sight of sadistic golden eyes, gray skin, inhumanly grin and seven crosses on the forehead was the only thing she saw.

In the coming days would the Daily Prophet largely deal with the topic of they best reporter being an illegal Animagi and having been admitted to St. Mungo's mental ward because of reasons not to be revealed…

Meanwhile were both Allen and Kanda enjoying they little night stroll while still keeping one eye open for Akuma. The music from the castle drifted in to the garden gently, a little help from the Musician was needed for that, giving them the chance for a little dance continuing.

As the ball ended went everyone back t they respective sleeping quarters. Harry had learned that Hagrid was a half-giant and with Ron's help also more informations about giants in general. Later was still in a fight with Hermione while this time it was Cedric's turn to help Harry with his tip to go in to the Prefect's bathroom though he was not sure how a bath would help him figure out the second task. And while everyone went to bed tired from all the happenings was Severus Snape having a long dual conversation with his godson and said boy's father about proper behavior which didn't involve you, your date and a rose bush.

To be continued…

A/N: and now here is a short explanation about what happened to Draco thanks to Jasdevi.

Omake:

Draco Malfoy was walking back from his little stroll to the Slytherin common room feeling still slightly nervous. Both Crabbe and Goyle were in detention and he felt slightly nervous about the threat he received from badmouthing the white haired boy. Someway remind him those twins frighteningly on his Aunt Bellatrix, the thought made him shudder. He had just stepped on the first stair it suddenly turned in to a slide, not unlike if a boy tries to enter the girl's dorm rooms, sending him on a bad trip which ended in chewed on bubblegum. And as if being from head to toe in sticky gum wasn't enough started the walls also to melt away while insane laughter filled everything with no way to escape…

Draco was found two hours later deathly pale, shaking and mumbling something about bubblegum, slides, maggots and dolls, before he was brought to the Hospital Wing where he spent three days after swallowing nearly two liters worth of Calming Draught.

Owari