Sorry that i haven't updated this in a while, i was stuck on what to have Kanda actually do for the task. It still didn't turn out that great so they basically take the mikey out of him for it.

Hope you enjoy it anyway.

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It was finally the day of the first task and as usual the exorcists were eavesdropping. They were huddled outside the champions' tent and trying to hear which dragon Kanda would get, not that they knew how he was going to deal with it. They waited until the adults had all left and there were only the champions left inside before bursting inside and crowding round Kanda to the shock of the other champions.

"What the fuck are you all doing?" hissed Kanda as they all tried to get a look at the miniature dragon in his hand.

"We wanted to see which dragon you would get," said Yana poking the life like figure, it spat a fire ball at her and bared its teeth.

"It's called a Japanese Imperial," he deadpanned. They all stared at him for a moment before Lavi and Yana burst out laughing.

"Really? Oh the irony!" they gasped between breaths. "That's priceless!"

"What's so funny?" asked Harry.

"Kanda is Japanese so it's ironic that he gets the Japanese dragon out of all the ones he could have had," explained Lenalee with a smile.

"So, still not going to tell us how you're going to do it?" asked Allen peering at the dragon before rearing back as it snapped at his nose.

"No way in hell," Kanda said with a smirk. Lavi and Yana sighed dramatically and clutched at their hearts.

"You wound us, we enter you for a highly dangerous tournament once and you never trust us again," they whined. "You're so cold." Allen and Lenalee rolled their eyes and dragged them out of the tent apologising for the scene on their way out.

"Your friends are… strange," commented Cedric once they'd left. Kanda glared at him and drew his blade inspecting the edge.

"They're not my friends," he said bluntly. "They're just pests that won't leave me alone." The other four champions frowned at him.

"That's not nice," said Cedric. "They seem to consider you a friend."

Kanda just glanced at him from the corner of his eye and went back to inspecting his katana. Harry hid a smile and turned away, Yana had explained to him how Kanda wasn't really as dismissive as he appeared. He acted all cold and aloof but he really did care deep down, he just didn't like showing it.

Meanwhile in the stands, the exorcists had managed to get seats near the Weasley twins at Lavi insistence. He'd really hit it off with them and could usually be found plotting pranks with them in some corner of the common room. For this though, Lavi wanted to sit near them because he'd heard they were taking bets on the outcomes of each champion's trial.

"Hey Lavi!" called Fred waving them over. "Are any of you guys placing a bet?"

"Ooo! Me! I want to!" cried Yana waving a hand. "I want to bet on Kanda's match!"

"Ok, what's your bet?" asked George taking out his notebook to write it down.

"I bet five Galleons that Kanda doesn't use magic and completes the task in less than twenty minutes," she said cheerfully ignoring everyone's disbelieving stares.

"You're betting he won't use magic?" asked Fred in shock. "But-"

"I know Kanda, if he can do it without help why bother?" she told them shrugging. "That's just the kind of guy he is."

"But it's a magical competition!" protested George. "That's the point!" Yana pouted and folded her arms moodily.

"Are you going to accept my bet or not?" she asked. The twins shrugged and wrote it down despite their doubts, it was her money after all she could do what she wanted with it.

Cedric was the first champion and was facing a Swedish Short-Snout, he didn't do so well and got burned pretty badly when the dragon decided to go for him instead of the rock he'd transfigured into a dog. The exorcists cheered for him any way because it was really funny watching him run away when it blew fire at him, Yana got a bit upset over the dog though.

"The git! Setting a dragon on that poor dog just so he can try sneak round it," she protested loudly. Lenalee raised an eyebrow.

"You do know it's not a real dog," she said, she meeped when Yana turned to glare at her.

"Who cares if it was originally a rock, it can still feel pain as a dog!" The exorcists all agreed that they would need to restrain her if any other animals were hurt in this task, because her glares were rivalling Kanda's in scariness.

They all burst out laughing at Fleur's turn with the Welsh Green, she tried putting it to sleep which worked fine until it snored a jet of fire and lit up her skirt. They still cheered for the effort, Yana especially since she hadn't tried to harm the dragon.

"I bet Master liked her skirt catching fire," grumbled Allen. Lenalee shuddered and felt sorry for the blonde girl, Cross' attention was not always welcome.

Krum was next with the Chinese Fireball, they cheered him to start with because it was pretty impressive, but they had to quickly restrain Yana who was yelling abuse at him for hurting the dragon's eyes and getting half the eggs smashed.

"How dare he do that!" she screamed trying to struggle out of their grip. "Those poor babies!"

"Yana please stop causing a scene!" begged Allen as they tried to make her sit back down.

Eventually Lavi asked one of the Weasley twins to bind her, it was a good job she was bound because the glare she gave the red heads for tying her up spoke of a very painful death.

Finally it was Kanda's turn against the Japanese Imperial, the exorcists cheered very loudly when he entered the arena despite the scowl he sent their way. They felt safe untying Yana now that she was enamoured with the slim blue-black dragon below.

"Kanda! If you hurt that dragon in any way I'm posting pictures of you in a towel all over the school!" yelled Yana. Kanda twitched violently and sent her a death glare.

"How did you get pictures of him in a towel?" asked Lavi in wonder, he'd been trying to get blackmail material of that scale for years. She gave him an evil grin and snickered.

"I have a hidden camera in the dorm room," she explained. "It goes off every time someone opens the bathroom door, I got quite a few good ones of everyone in the dorm."

Lavi and Allen stared at her scandalised and promised themselves to warn the other boys in their dorm, the girls seated nearby however were trying to buy the pictures she had.

Kanda's match was a bit anti-climactic actually, he glared at the dragon challengingly as it charged him before breaking into a sprint towards the eggs stopping briefly to pick up the golden egg.

It was the quickest time so far and all the wizards seemed a bit dumbstruck that he'd managed to do it without magic. Yana was cackling evilly at the look on everyone's faces while Lavi and Allen booed Kanda for ending it so quickly and not being very entertaining. The twins whistled impressed.

"He can sure run pretty fast," said Fred amazed.

"That was faster than some broomsticks I've seen!" exclaimed George. They both turned to Yana.

"Are you sure he didn't use magic?" they asked. Lenalee giggled and shook her head.

"Kanda prides himself on his speed," she said answering for Yana who was still cackling, everyone had backed away from her by now. "He trains every day to keep it up." A lot of people looked very impressed if a bit disappointed that the match hadn't been a bit flashier.

"Is she ok?" asked Hermione from behind them. "Yana is still laughing weirdly." The exorcists all glanced at their cackling comrade, Allen smacked her over the back of the head and stuck a lolly in her mouth to shut her up.

"She's fine, just has an odd sense of humour," he answered smiling. Hermione nodded and smiled at them.

"You're all really sporting cheering for everyone," she said earnestly. "Though I don't get why you booed Kanda." Lavi shrugged.

"We don't really care who wins the Tournament," he explained. "We'll cheer if it's good entertainment, Kanda just wasn't very entertaining."

Harry's match was by far the most exciting against the Hungarian Horntail, they were cheering on the edge of their seats for that match. It was a spectacular bit of flying, how many people can say they've out flown a dragon after all?

"That. Was. Awesome!" cried Lavi as Harry left the arena.

"We have so got to try flying," insisted Yana. "That looked so cool!"

Kanda ended up in first place because he'd finished the quickest and with the least damage done to himself and the surrounding area, Harry and Krum were tying in second place after him because Karkaroff was biased towards Krum and he'd grudgingly given Harry more points than he wanted because he was the next fastest and he had used magic unlike Kanda.

The four younger exorcists hung around to wait for Kanda to come out of the champions' tent while everyone else walked back up to the castle.

"What did they want to talk to you about?" asked Lenalee when he finally came out.

"They said the egg is a clue for the next task," Kanda grumbled glaring at the golden egg in his hands, then he glanced around. "Where's Yana?" They all looked around frantically before Allen spotted her near the dragon enclosures.

"Damn it! Yana get back here!" he called running after her. It took them two hours before they managed to drag her away from the dragons and from talking to Charlie Weasley one of Ron's older brothers who was a dragon handler.

"Bye Charlie!" she called waving as Kanda threw her over his shoulder to carrying her back to the castle. "Thank you for talking to me!"

The red head sweat dropped and waved back, it was nice to talk to someone so enthusiastic about dragons, and any other animal apparently. But that girl was still really really strange.

"Yana I heard you're doing all of our outfits for the Yule ball. Is it true?" asked Lenalee as they sat on her bed in the dormitory later that night. Hermione was sat with them flicking through a book, Yana grinned ruefully.

"Well at first I was just doing Kanda's to make sure he didn't turn up in uniform since he's a champion but then I thought, Miranda always wears black and I want her to wear something that's at least slightly colourful. Then I thought about Krory, he's hopeless with what to wear. Allen, Lavi and Master aren't that much better really. I'm making mine too so I thought I might as well do yours too and do everyone's." Lenalee and Hermione stared at her.

"In time for the ball you're going to make three dresses and five suits?" they asked incredulously. She grinned and nodded.

"By the way Hermione, have you got your dress sorted yet?"

"No I couldn't find one I liked in Diagon Alley when I went … I'm not sure what to do," she said hanging her head. Yana smiled.

"Ok. I'll make yours too."

"Yana you can't! You're doing so much already and you'll have homework too! Plus what you're already doing will take a lot of time with magic so-"

"I'm not going to use magic. I hand make all my outfits."

"Then definitely not-"

"Its fine Hermione," chuckled Yana. "I wouldn't offer if I didn't think I could do it." Hermione still looked uncertain. "I made those dresses that Allen and I wore." Their eyes widened.

"Really?" She smiled smugly.

"Yep. Didn't take more than a few days to do both." She stuck her head under the bed and fished around a bit, she came back up with a sketchbook. "Here are some designs, even if you say no I'll still make one for you." She pointed out an off the shoulders ball gown. "I had this one in mind for Lenalee." Lenalee squealed and covered her mouth.

"Wow! It looks gorgeous! Will you really make this for me?" Yana nodded and smiled.

"Of course. I want everyone to look their best."

Yeah not the best chapter i've ever written but i enjoyed writing the exorcists' opinions of each champion against their dragon, that was fun.

Told you Kanda's match wasn't good, i really didn't know what to write, so i decided to just take the mike in the end.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter.

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