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Saturday came quickly for the gang and none of them knew the others had letters.
Yugi and Atem arrived first. Atem had borrowed some of Joey's clothes as Yugi's were slightly too small. He had on a pair of dark blue denim jeans, a grey shirt and one of Joey's spare school jackets that the pharaoh liked so much. 'This is the right place, isn't it Atem?' Atem nodded and looked around for a bench.
'Come on Yugi, let's go and sit on the bench.' He said as he spotted one and led him over to it. They sat there for a few minutes before;
'Yugi!' The familiar voice of Ryou called. The pair turned in time to see the white haired boy running towards them and were shocked to see a slightly taller, equally white haired boy in a trench coat walking steadily behind, a frown on his face.
'Wow, Hello Pharaoh.' Ryou said as he arrived. 'I thought you where in the afterlife?'
'I was. I found myself lying on an ally floor one day. Don't know why, don't know how. Why's Bakura here? I thought he was in the shadow realm?' The Pharaoh replied, saying the last two sentences slightly colder than the others. Ryou bit his lip and turned as Bakura answered the question.
'I was kicked out. Like you don't know why or how, but it hurt like bloody hell I'll tell ya.'
'Yeah, and he landed in a puddle.' Ryou added and the three tried to stifle there laughter as Bakura growled. Once they had control of themselves again, Ryou spoke seriously. 'He apologized though. Said he was under Zork's control for most of it. I've forgiven him but he's going to have to earn he trust.'
Bakura nodded, face blank. He still didn't like the stupid pharaoh or his hikari but, for Ryou's sake, he would be good. For now.
'Oh great, it's the loser patrol.' Came a very fed up sounding Kiba. Mokuba had convinced him to go to the stupid meeting and would properly do the same when it came to deciding to go to the stupid school.
'Hey Kiba.' Yugi greeted, smiling. Kiba grunted as he studied Atem and Bakura. I must be seeing double He thought to himself wearily, though a part of him knew the truth, he refused to accept it. Leaning against the wall a few meters away from the others, he pulled out his mobile and began texting.
Yugi shrugged. He had expected this from Kiba and guessed that he had gotten a letter as well. Smiling, Yugi wondered how many of his friends had gotten one. He soon found another one as he spotted Malik strolling round the corner.
'Malik!' he called, getting up and waving at his friend. Malik looked over and spotting the group, he smiled and began making a beeline to them.
'Hi you guys. What you doing here?' he asked.
'We got letters telling us to meet here.' Atem explained. Malik's eyes widened as he looked at the Pharaoh.
'My Pharaoh! You should be in the afterlife! How come your here?' he asked, shocked. Atem smiled.
'I should be yes and I was but I seem to be needed here again because I'm back.' Atem explained. 'And please guys, call me Atem. You don't need to call me Pharaoh, besides; it's not what you call conspicuous.' Malik and Ryou nodded. The group (except Kiba and Bakura) began talking and discussing the letter when another person arrived.
Bakura was the first to see the old man with long white hair and a beard walking towards them. He narrowed his eyes and cleared his throat loudly so he had everyone's attention. 'I think we have company.' He said quietly and the others followed his gaze to where the man was still walking towards them. He came to a stop just in front of the group and smiled.
'Hello.'
Yugi and Atem looked at each other and nodded. 'Professor Dumbledore?' Yugi asked and the man nodded.
'You must be the new International program students, Am I correct?' The old man asked pleasantly. Yugi nodded.
'I'm Yugi Moto. This is Atem Moto, Ryou Bakura, Bakura…um…Bakura, Malik Ishtar and Seto Kiba's just over there.' Yugi introduced them, gesturing to each one as he said there names. Malik, Ryou and Atem bowed as there names where said, Bakura grunted, earning a slight glare from Ryou and Kiba nodded, putting his mobile away and scowling.
'It's nice to meet you all.' Dumbledore replied. 'Well, I'm sure you have lots of questions for me so fire away and I shall answer as many as I can.' Yami went first cutting in front of Kiba who scowled.
'What would you teach us? And don't say magic.' Dumbledore smiled.
'We teach our students how to use and control magic in many different forms and ways. You would be getting the same education as the normal students just you would be learning it in four years instead of seven.' Atem nodded and Kiba took his turn.
'What else is different about this program and why have we been chosen for it?' The professor turned to look at him.
'Usually students start at age 11 but this program is for the people who didn't get in when they were that age for ether being unavailable or there was no spaces at the school of there country that year which is the case for most of you. That means most of them will be older than 16 so we made it only 4 years so you don't waste all your young life studying and in school. You will also have a slightly different uniform. Normal students wear a black uniform but yours will be in white. You will essentially end up learning more magic than the normal students but will have just over half the time to learn it in.' Kiba grunted and Ryou piped up.
'Wait, where is this school? And where can we buy the stuff?' Smiling at the nervous boy Dumbledore replied.
'It's in England my dear friend which I believe is where you're from?' Ryou nodded. 'And as to where to bye the stuff I shall deal with that when you have decided whether you want to come or not. I will sort out language problems at that time as well. 'Any other questions?'
'How do we know this isn't a trap or a trick?' Bakura growled. Dumbledore looked at him speculatively.
'I cannot prove that this is not a trap, you'll just have to trust me on that one but I assure you its no trick. Observe.' Dumbledore pulled out his wand and pointed it at a bush. The bush caught fire. Atem looked around to see if anyone else could see this but there was no one around but them and everyone else was staring at the tree.
When Yugi looked closer he could see that the bush itself was not actually burning. There was fire, but no ash. Dumbledore, having made his point, tucked his wand back in his robes and the fire went out leaving the bush looking as it had before the flames. Ryou, Malik, Yugi and Atem's eyes were wide and they were staring at the bush with there mouths slightly open. Kiba and Bakura's eyes were slightly wide but that was the only indication that they had seen anything extraordinary.
'Any other questions?' Dumbledore asked pleasantly as if nothing had happened. The 6 shook there heads, lost for words. 'Hmmm, well, I'll give you tonight to think about it and I will be here again and Midday. If you want to come then meet me here with your stuff and I'll take you to where you will be staying. You can also buy things you need from the street, but it would be easier to explain if we where there so I'll leave you to your decisions.' And he walked back the way he came.
The guys looked at each other and with nothing to say, began to wander slowly home, thinking over there decision to go to Hogwarts or not.
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Yugi woke early the next morning. He had discussed going to Hogwarts with Grandpa and Atem and both of them had been all for it. The two 'twins' as they had decided to be, had packed most of there cloths and things the night before so all they had left to do was put a few books in and they were done.
Yugi pulled on his deck belt and placed his deck inside. Grabbing the last of his stuff, he lobbed it into his bag and zipped it closed. He then turned to Atem, who was still asleep on the floor, and sighed. After a moment an evil grin came onto his face and he began prodding the sleeping teen.
'5 more minutes...' He mumbled, pulling his covers over his face. Yugi put a hand over his mouth to stifle a laugh. He was going to enjoy his Yami having a body. Giggling slightly, Yugi went downstairs and found his Grandpa cooking sausages.
'They smell good Grandpa!' Yugi complimented enthusiastically. 'It might even be able to wake sleepy head up there!'
Grandpa chuckled. Atem hadn't been back long, but the second day since he had come back Grandpa had handed in the papers officially adopting him as Yugi's long lost twin. 'That's the idea!' The old man told a laughing Yugi.
And sure enough Atem came walking down the stairs in a pair of Yugi's old PJ's sniffing hopefully at the air. 'Do I smell sausages?' He asked as he looked at the two people in the kitchen who were both giggling.
'They'll be ready in a minute. Go and change, I can't keep a straight face with you in those.' Grandpa told him with a smile on his face. Atem looked down. He had become topless over night and his bottoms were about five inches from his ankle. Blushing slightly, Atem went back upstairs to get changed while Yugi helped his Grandpa to finish the sausages.
When the sausages were eaten, Atem went back upstairs to finish packing his trunk while Yugi received a new shipment of duel monsters cards. It didn't take long before Atem arrived back downstairs carrying his bag which was relatively less heavy than Yugi's due to lack of things to put in it. Yugi had brought his down earlier.
'Hey, Atem? Don't you need a new deck?' Grandpa asked as he looked at the new shipment. Atem looked at him.
'Yes, I suppose I do.' he answered.
'Well you can help yourself to any card i have in this shop, no charge or anything.' Atem's eyes widened.
'Really?' Grandpa nodded and smiled at his newest grandson. Atem's face split into a grin. 'Wow! Thanks!' He exclaimed before rushing into the game shop to think about what kind of deck he wanted to put together.
Same as last time or shall I change it? He asked himself as he looked at the cards on display. He spotted the dark magician and rushed over to him and grabbed the card off the shelf. Definitely keeping him. Atem spent several hours arranging and rearranging his deck and by the time he had finished it was 11.30am.
'Have you finished Atem? We need to go if were going to make it to the park by 12!' Yugi called to his friend who slipped his new deck into his belt and went back into the hallway. Nodding at each other, they hugged Grandpa Goodbye, shouldered there hold alls and began fast walking toward the park. When they arrived it was 1minute to and Kiba, Ryou and Bakura were all there and all three had large bags. Malik Arrived about half a minute after puffing and carrying a bag bigger even than Kiba's and Dumbledore arrived about half a minute after that, smiling at the fact that all of them had come.
'Glad you all decided to come!' The old man said perkily. Malik, Ryou, Yugi and Atem smiled, Bakura scowled and Kiba muttered something that sounded allot like 'Stupid brothers puppy eyes.' and 'Had no choice.'
The headmaster smiled as he took out 6 small gold amulets on thin gold chains. 'Who of you can't speak English?' he asked and Yugi, Atem, Malik and Bakura put there hands up. 'Take these then.' Dumbledore said, handing them each an amulet and putting the rest back into his robes. 'They will enable you to speak English without needing to learn it.' The four nodded and put the amulets around there necks.
Smiling pleasantly, Dumbledore took out a small dolls dress. 'Now, everyone needs to put a finger on this and make sure you have a tight hold on your bags.' The boys did as was asked and each placed a finger on the dress, wondering what was about to happen. Suddenly, Yugi felt a lurch in his stomach. It felt like he was speeding forward in a howl of wind and swirling colour. He could feel Atem on one side of him and Malik on the other, his shoulders banging into theirs and he could hear Bakura's Egyptian cursing. They were then slammed into the ground and Yugi ended up face first on the floor.
'Wow. Da-ja-vu.' He herd Atem mutter sarcastically as they got to there feet, looking around them to see where they were. They had landed in the yard of a very tall, shabby looking house surrounded by fields. Yugi thought it looked quite cozy but by the look on Kiba's face it was clear the co didn't agree.
'Welcome to the burrow. The Weasley's have agreed to let you stay here until term begins and have offered to show you the ropes when you go to buy your things.' Dumbledore told the program students as he began to make his way up to the front door. The others followed him. The headmaster knocked on the door and waited a few minutes before it was answered by a Short black haired boy with a scar on his forehead that was in the shape of a lightning bolt.
The boy's eyes widened as he took in the figure in the doorway. 'Professor Dumbledore!' He exclaimed as Dumbledore smiled.
'Hello Harry. Is Molly in?' Harry nodded and turned back into the house.
'Mrs Weasley! Professor Dumbledore's here!' he yelled up the stairs and they herd a ladies voice call back from up the stairs.
'Thank you Harry! You can invite him in; I'll be down in a minute.'
Harry turned back to Dumbledore and smiled. 'Come on in Professor.'
'Thank you Harry.' he replied and gestured the others to follow him as he walked through the door. The kitchen was small and rather crampt as the 8 of them filed into it. It became even more crampt as a short, red haired woman came bustling down the stairs.
'Good afternoon Albus! Sorry about the wait. So this is the six program students from Japan then?' she asked as she came to stand in front of them, looking slightly out of breath from hurrying down the stairs. Harry looked at the 6 teens as Dumbledore nodded. Mrs Weasley smiled at the group. 'Tea Albus?' she asked but the man shook his head sadly.
'Sorry Molly, I need to go. I have to see another group today and escort them to the Longbottoms.'
Mrs Weasley nodded and Dumbledore smiled at the students as he walked past, nodding at each of them before walking out the door. Mrs Weasley looked at the group and smiled. 'I'm Molly Weasley and this is Harry potter and I welcome you to my house.'
Yugi bowed and once again began introducing themselves 'I'm Yugi Moto and this is my twin, Atem. That's Malik Ishtar, Ryou Bakura and his twin uh, Bakura and that's Seto Kiba.' They followed the same sort of procedure they had when meeting Dumbledore except that instead of grunting, Bakura nodded. Ryou guessed it was because Mrs Weasley was so likeable.
'It's very nice to meet you all. Follow me and I'll show you your rooms. Be warned though, you'll need to share.' They nodded and followed Mrs Weasley up the stairs. 'Two of you will need to share Percy's room. Ginny's staying with Fred and George at there shop so two of you can share Ginny's room and the other two can share Fred and George's room.' She pointed at each room as she spoke and the 6 divided themselves into two's. Yugi and Atem went into Percy's room, Ryou and Bakura went into Ginny's room and Kiba and Malik went into Fred and George's room, neither looking too happy about it.
'Sorry it's so small.' Mrs Weasley apologized and Yugi poked his head out of the door.
'Don't apologize Mrs Weasley, Its bigger than my room at home, so thank you.' he told the woman smiling. She smiled back.
'I'll leave you guy's to it then.' She said and she walked back down the stairs.
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'Who are they Mrs Weasley?' Harry asked as she came back into the kitchen followed by a sleepy looking Ron.
'They're students for a new International program Dumbledore has set up this year. We're going to Diagon Ally tomorrow to pick up all of our stuff but we need to show them around. They've all grown up as muggle bourns. You know what that's like, don't you Harry?'
Harry nodded and Ron came over to him. 'Hey, Harry? You want to do some quidditch practice?'
'Sure, let's get our brooms.' Harry replied and they rushed upstairs, grabbed there brooms and dashed out into the field behind there house. About half an hour passed before they saw two figures watching them from the side of the field. It was on of the pairs of twins, The Bakura's if Harry remembered correctly. They were the same in height and both had shoulder length white hair but Harry guessed they would be easier to tell apart due to the fact that one of them had a long scar underneath his right eye. The only problem would be remembering who was who.
Harry and Ron came to land next to the twins and the one without the scar smiled. 'Hi.' he said as the boys got off there brooms. 'You looked good up there though that might not be a very reliable opinion seeing as I've never seen anyone fly before.' Harry smiled and held out his hand to shake. The boy took it, smiling.
'Thanks. It's nice to meet you! Um, which one are you again?' he asked, embarrassed he couldn't remember. The boy's smile widened and his twin smirked, making Ron glare at him slightly.
'I'm Ryou. Mr. grumpy behind me is Bakura. I don't know why our father called him the same name as our surname but hey, It suites him.' Bakura grunted.
'I'm Harry, but then, you already know me. This is Ron Weasley.' Harry pointed at Ron who smiled.
'Yo.' He grinned at Ryou who smiled back.
'You're being uncharacteristically quiet Bakura!' Another voice called from somewhere near the house. The boys turned to see the other two twins walking towards them. These two both had spiky Black, purple tipped hair with spiky blonde fringes. The one who had called and was in front was slightly taller than his twin and had blonde streaks in his hair. He was smirking at Bakura while the smaller twin watched him warily.
Bakura growled as they approached. 'Am I? I didn't know you knew me that well.' The boy snarled and the taller twin's smirk widened.
'Oi, if you cant say anything nice to each other then don't say anything at all.' the smaller boy said as he walked past his twin and came to stand by Ryou while Bakura and the taller spiky haired kid looked daggers at each other but said no more.
'Your Yugi and Atem Moto right?' Harry asked. The boy nodded.
'I'm Yugi.' he stated as Ron had opened his mouth and he closed it again.
'Ron Weasley.' The ginger boy countered. Yugi smiled.
'Your mum told us you were out here training in Quidditch?' The smaller boy asked with a look of confusion on his face. Harry laughed. That was how he had felt the first time he had herd that word.
'It's a wizard sport. Slightly like football in the muggle or non-magical world except we play on brooms and there are more balls.' He explained.
'Oh?' Yugi asked, Interest coming to life in his features. Ron grinned and was soon explaining the game to the smallest detail. The program students were intrigued and Bakura and Atem even stopped glaring at each other to listen.
'Wow!' Ryou breathed as Ron finished explaining. 'That sounds dangerous.' Yugi stifled a laugh and his friend looked at him in confusion. Yugi gave his friend an apologetic look before turning away to get a hold of himself. That was just such a Ryou thing to say!
The 6 boys turned as they herd someone running up behind them. It was the tanned light brown haired boy. He stopped just short of the group and grinned. 'Mrs Weasley told me to come get you, its dinner time.' Yugi grinned back at the boy.
'Thanks Malik.' He said as the group began to wander back towards the house from which they could smell roast chicken, Introducing themselves and chatting.
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Malik was the first of the program students up the next morning and in his attempt to get out of the room without waking Kiba, he tripped over The CEO's foot and landed on top of him waking the whole house from all the yelling.
'MALIK!' The fuming teen roared as Malik ran down the stairs and flew into the kitchen, almost running into Mr. and Mrs Weasley as they set the table for breakfast.
'Mind yourself Malik.' Mr. Weasley scolded as the boy stopped himself before any damage was done. Malik smiled apologetically.
'Sorry, but Kiba isn't particularly happy I woke him up and he's not exactly nice in the mornings anyway.'
'You didn't need to wake him yet dear, he could have had a few more minutes.' Mrs Weasley told him absentmindedly. Malik looked at her.
'I was trying not to but I tripped over his foot and sort of landed on him.' and right on cue Kiba stormed into the room looking daggers at Malik. The Egyptian examined the CEO for a couple of seconds before sticking his hands in the air. 'I give up.' He proclaimed and the two Weasley's sweat dropped. Kiba growled.
'Do not mock me Ishtar.' He spat. Malik shrugged.
'Have it your way. Mrs Weasley? Would you like a hand?' He turned to Mrs Weasley who nodded gratefully. This just pissed Kiba off more but there wasn't much he could do about it. Mumbling in Japanese, he sat down. They were soon followed down by Bakura, Ryou, Harry and Ron who were all still in there pajamas. A few minutes after that Yugi and Atem followed them down, both fully dressed.
After breakfast, the people who weren't dressed went upstairs to change and the others cleaned away. It didn't take long before they were all lined up beside the fireplace, dressed and ready to go out. 'Ok boys, were going by floo powder. Watch Harry and do what he does.' Mr. Weasley explained and Harry grabbed a handful of the glittering powder, stepped up to the fire and threw the powder into the flames. The fire turned emerald green and Harry, stepping right into it, yelled;
'Diagon ally!' before vanishing in an eruption of green flame.
'Ok then. Seto dear?' Mrs Weasley offered him the pot of powder and Kiba moved forward to take some. 'Now remember to speak clearly. Diagon Ally, Ok?' She asked him and he nodded, copying Harry and disappearing in the emerald fire. One after the other, they all did the same and all came out in a small pub full of odd looking people in cloaks and robes.
'Right then, follow me!' Mr. Weasley directed as he walked out the back door of the pub where there was a wall and a few bins. Muttering quietly to himself, Mr. Weasley pulled out his wand and tapped the wall several times each time on a different brick. Ryou gasped as the wall began to fold into itself revealing a small street full of things they had never seen before. They walked open mouthed as they followed the Weasley's and Harry towards a tall stone building in the middle of the street. The sign above the door read
Gringotts Bank
They walked through the first pair of doors and as they walked up to the second pair of doors Ryou saw something which made him giggle. Engraved on the door was a message.
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 there 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.
'Taking notes Bakura?' Atem commented slyly as he read the passage.
'It sounds as if it was written for you!' Malik gasped in mock horror. Bakura growled and pushed passed them, muttering slightly as he went, as the two plus Ryou and Yugi burst out laughing. Harry and Ron looked at each other and shrugged before following Bakura into the building.
'You can change your money over at that desk. Just ask to change it into galleons and the creatures behind the desks are goblins before you ask. We need to get ours from our vaults so we'll meet you back here when were done, ok?' Mr. Weasley said and the boys nodded, walking over to the counter.
'I'd like to change Yen for galleons please.' Yugi asked the Goblin at the desk who nodded and held out his hand. Yugi pulled out a roll of money and gave it to the goblin who counted it then weighed out the gold coins that Yugi guessed where galleons, tipped them into a sack and handed it to Yugi. They repeated the process several times with different amounts of money, Kiba, of course, having the most.
After they met with the others, they left the building and walked back onto the street. That was when they decided to split up. Mr. and Mrs Weasley went to Fred and Georges joke shop to get Ginny and he others went to Madam Malkin's robes for all occasions.
'Hogwarts dears?' Madam Malkin asked kindly.
'Us two want the normal uniform but the other 6 want the new program uniform.' Harry explained. Madam Malkin nodded.
'The white one?' she asked and they nodded. 'Two of you come up then and I'll do you first.' Bakura and Ryou walked onto the stands first and the others all found seats. When all eight had new robes, they paid and left. They went to one shop after the next and after ages of waiting and buying they only had two things to get. A wand and a pet. They decided to go to Olivanders first.
Olivander wasn't behind the desk when they filed in put soon showed up, creeping even Bakura out with his knowledge of them. 'Who's first?' The old man asked and Kiba stepped forward. 'Wand arm?' Kiba stuck out his right arm and watched grumpily as the tape measure measured him. Letting the tape measure do its thing, Olivander began rummaging around in the boxes and finally pulled one out. he took the wand out of the box, handing it to Kiba.
'Oak and unicorn hair. 11 inches. Good for charms.' The CEO took the wand and raised his eyebrow at the man behind the desk. 'Well, give it a wave.' Kiba waved and the Chair Atem was sitting on collapsed causing him to yelp as he landed on the floor. Bakura smothered a laugh and Kiba gave him an amused smirk. 'Nope, Not that one.' The old man said, taking the wand back out of his hands. After another few minutes of trying several different wands, Olivander finally found the right one.
'Yew and white dragon heartstring. 10 1/4 inches. Very flexible.' Kiba took the wand and gasped as he felt his fingers warm and a mini Blue eyes white dragon sprouted from the top. 'My, My, That will be a powerful wand. Look after it now.' Kiba paid and moved to the back of the group.
The same thing happened for Ryou - 'Willow and unicorn hair. 9 inches. reliable.' a mini dark necrofer came out the end of his wand.
For Bakura - 'Oak and phoenix feather. 12 3/4 inches. a bit temperamental.' mini Diabound flew out the top.
For Yugi - 'maple wood and mermaid scale. 9 1/2 inches. likes its transfiguration.' a mini Kariboh jumped from his wand.
For Atem - 'beech and sphinx hair. 11 inches. quite flexible.' mini dark Magician flew out of the end.
And for Malik - 'ebony and dragon scale. 11 1/4 inches. quite whippy.' a mini revival jam squeezed out of his wand.
When they had all paid, they left. 'What were those things that came out your wands?' Ron asked as they began walking towards esops owl emporium. Atem looked at him.
'They were all our favorite duel monsters. Kiba's was the Blue eyes white dragon, Yugi's was Kariboh, mine was Dark Magician, Bakura's was Diabound, Ryou's was Dark Necrofer and Malik's was Revival Jam.' He explained to the confused looking wizard and Harry's eyes widened in recognition.
'Oh! I know them! Dudley got some of them last birthday. He thought they were a blast until he tried dueling others. He lost every duel and got frustrated so he chucked them out the window.' Atem's eyes widened in shock. 'Don't worry though; I rescued them, there in my trunk. I've grown quite attached.' Yugi smiled.
'Who's your favorite?' he asked and Harry narrowed his eyes in thought.
'I'm not sure. I think it might be Harpy's brother, He's quite cool.' Harry said and Atem nodded approvingly. Kiba just scoffed. When they final reached esops, Bakura refused to go in.
'Owls are evil creatures. Why anyone would want one is beyond me.' He protested, refusing to be moved. Ryou sighed and followed everyone into the shop, leaving him outside alone. When they came out again Yugi was carrying a barn owl, Malik a tawny and Kiba a large Eagle owl. Grunting, Bakura was inwardly glad no one had bought a screech owl and that Ryou hadn't bought one at all.
They then wandered towards the Magical Menagerie. 'I think I'll get a cat.' Ryou murmured as he took in all the animals in the room. Bakura's attention had turned towards a cage of black crows and Malik was eying a large purple frog warily. Ryou was peering through the bars of a cage at some kittens when Bakura came up behind him.
'Which one do you like then?' he asked as he squatted down next to his Hikari. The younger boy shook his head eyes narrowed as he looked at each one before his eyes came to rest on a small white kitten with crimson eyes that reminded him slightly of Bakura, though he wasn't about to tell him that.
'That one.' He said, pointing at the kitten who turned to look at the boys and mewed. They both melted on the spot.
'Have you found one you like?' The small witch behind the counter asked. Bakura turned to the lady and nodded as Ryou was currently unable to take his eyes off the small creature lest it disappeared.
'He would like the white one if you don't mind.' The thief requested and the witch smiled, pulling out a key and a basket she came over and unlocked the cage, softly pulling out the kitten and placing it into the cat basket. She took the basket to the counter and Ryou followed her up. He paid and they made there way to Fred and Georges joke shop to meet back up with Mr. and Mrs Weasley.
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Later that night Bakura sat up in his bed and turned to Ryou. 'What are you going to call her?' he asked and the younger boy looked at him thoughtfully.
'I think I'll call her Bastet. I like the name and it has significance, don't you think?' he replied, turning his attention back to the little ball of white fluff in his lap but not before he saw the smile that crept onto Bakura's face. The spirit was trying to hide his love for cats but he couldn't fool Ryou and he knew it. The boy was just too observant and sharing a mind with him for several years hadn't helped his case much ether. Not that he minded too much, he was trying to get the boy to trust him after all.
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(A/N) Animeloveramy - Awww! Bakura loves cats! He is Egyptian though, so what do you expect? I do apologize for Diagon ally but I was trying to get through it without dragging it out too much so it kinda went like that. Please! Read and review!