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Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters here that belong to Ranma 1/2. The Ranma 1/2 cast belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. Nor do I own Suikoden 3 or any other characters that I put into this story except for my own OCs. Neither do I own any of the character in any of the crossovers I do. I'm just using them in this fanfiction and I have no money so don't bother suing me. You'll just lose money instead of gaining any. And remember to leave a review!
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Chapter 42 – Mother Dearest
In the city of Hollywood inside of a building for fashion models a young boy was in an intense card game with one of the models. The boy is around eleven or so and has been all but living in the model agency as he's been following his mother around ever since he could walk. The young woman he's playing against is one of the many young women that come here to try to become a model. She's a dark haired brunette a healthy figure her name is Sally Gill, she's slender that her bosom seemed immense. Also unlike all of those thin blonds that always showed up thinking that because they are really thin and blond that they'll be able to get a job as a fashion model.
"So your mother is one of the founders of Duel Monsters," Sally said as she place one monster in defense mode. Ten years ago the game of Duel Monsters first began showing up on shelves of stores and has been popular ever since. There's a lot of fan following with the card game as it use monster, trap and magic cards in the decks. With the rules of the game for summoning higher level star monsters by tributing lower level monsters to summon more powerful ones. With hundreds of cards to collect and only having forty cards in one deck made the game a very complex card game to play. They even started playing the game in Las Vegas as unlike other card games you couldn't be kick out of a casino for counting cards.
"Yeah when she isn't designing new cards or outfits she runs this model agency where she first started her career," the young ten-year old said.
"Wait that would mean that your mother is Jeane Thunders the star of the fashion world and the creator of the Duel Monster?" Sally was amaze as she's sitting down in one of the waiting rooms waiting for her turn for the modeling job and here is the son of the woman who if she's lucky would be her new boss. Looking at him, he really didn't look like a rich kid as he was dress in clothes that one would see a normal kid his age would wear going out. A loose fitting plain green shirt, that's tucked in a pair of tan pants and a matching open vest with a pair of green fingerless gloves on his hands. He has brown hair green eyes and a pair of glasses. There's a faint outline of a scar on his forehead that look like a thunderbolt. He was a very cute young boy that wasn't handsome but had the soft feel of a woman's beauty instead that she must say he plays the look very well. His mother since her career as a model and than a designer along with being the founder of the Duel Monster card game with all of the royalties is one of the riches women on the planet right now. 'Too bad he's not older or I might be tempted in making a move on him.' (1)
"There you are Harry your mother been wanting you," an old Chinese man said as he entered the room. The old man had a white beard with the mustache that's so long that it spread outwards from his face and a long pointed beard. He has on a strange blue mask thing on the right side of his face, his age eyes show great knowledge within them. He wore an old fashion gray colored tux and a strange hat that makes him look as if long white feathers were growing at the top of his head.
"Oh okay Zuo," Harry said as he picks up his cards, "Hope you get the job Sally." Harry took off going down the hallway.
"You know I always thought that rich kids are struck up like the ones in my old High School but he seems pretty nice," Sally said to the old man.
"Yes Jeane has bought up that young boy well," Zuo said, "Oh yes your interviewer is ready to see you now room 245."
"Thanks," Sally said as she took off, "Wish me luck."
"Not really," Zuo said to himself, "Harry took a liking to you which means that you're a shoe in."
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At the top floor –
A slightly plump black woman is busy typing away at the computer on the reception desk she looks up to the person coming in, "Harry your mothers waiting for you inside," Tress his mother's secretary said as she buzz him in.
"Thanks," Harry said as he went in.
Harry's mother's office is a brightly lit large room, the large pane windows with the potted plants gave the room a warm feeling in the room. His mother sat behind a large heavy wooden desk. His mother was an ageless beauty as she looks just the same as eleven years ago when she had first appeared out of nowhere onto the fashion world. She was dress in a suit that wasn't especially revealing or sexy, though her outfit did show off some of her cleavage. In fact, she'd dressed in a surprisingly formal gray suit, like a staid businesswoman but that didn't hide her ample chest that filled the top part of the suit to almost to the rendering point. She thought a professional look would help encourage professional, which made her already pale skin seem even paler. Her hair according to what she say, is cause by a trait that turns her hair white before she gets old, which she wore in a high ponytail. She looks up from the pile of paper work that's she's been filling out smiling warmly at her son.
"Hi mom so what you want me for?" Harry asks as he sat himself down on the chair in front of the desk.
"This came in the mail for you," Jeane said as she opens a drawer and handed him a letter.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL
of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster:
Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards
Dear Mr. Potter,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall,
Deputy Headmistress
"A magic school?" Harry said looking over the letter, "But I already know how to use magic. And what's with Potter?"
"Harry dear," his mother said to him in a calming voice, "I already told you of how I found you when I was in England." Harry nodded knowing that his mother had adopted him when he was just a year old, "That's your family's name Potter your birth name is Harry Potter. As for this magic school it's in England your country of birth. The magic folks there think of you as a hero as you defeated the Dark Lord Voldemort after he killed your parents. He's the one that gave you that scar."
"So than that means my scar on my forehead is from the wizard that killed my parents?" Harry asks as he had heard about how a baby had killed the Darkest of Dark Lord to ever show himself in England ten years ago.
"Yes Harry I found you when Albus Dumbledore drop you off at your mother's sister's family. I sensed great magic coming from you and something about you made me want to take you with me. I raise you as if you were my own showing you magic skills that are all but myth in the magic world. The wizards of England want you back because you see Voldemort body might have been destroyed but his spirit is still intact and is still out there."
"And let me guess since I'm the one that beat him last time they want me a ten year old fight their fight for them right?" Harry asks his mother who nodded, "No wonder no one takes England seriously anymore."
"Yes and I hope that you have taken in studying the magic world as Zuo Ci hasn't taken a student in years," Jeane said to her son.
"Yes he thought me all I need to know about the wizarding world of Europe," Harry said as he had taken an interest in the magic world of Europe when he first learned about magic and that he's adopted. The historical books about the wizarding world in general that he had found most interesting. All the numerous so-called 'Dark Lords' throughout history intrigued him, especially when he considered their goals. Some of them were simply power mad, others just corrupt lunatics on rampages, but there was one particular issue that emerged several times. Apparently, some people in the wizarding world thought that normal people – that is, non-magical people – were somehow inferior to magical people. Not only that, but any magical children born from non-magical parents were also inferior to magical children born from magical parents. There had been many crusades to 'purge' the wizarding world and 'restore' purity of blood, and two of the most notable names were Grindelwald and Voldemort. Harry was interested to note that Grindelwald's reign, as it was named, took place at around the same time as World War II – and was unpleasantly surprised by how recent the reign of this Voldemort had been. That was when he first learned the name of Voldemort. Zuo Ci had told him that Voldemort may be powerful but as far as evil wizards go he wasn't all that powerful. Harry knew that was true as there were evil wizards here in the US who use both technology and magic, while Voldemort and the rest of the wizards in Europe were more relicts as they didn't use any non-magical tools in their world.
It was interesting to note that race had never been a factor of bigotry in the wizarding world, but blood...that seemed to be a big contender. Also interesting to note was how they seemed to view the normal world and its technological accomplishments - at best, the wizards marveled at what the 'muggles' had come up with to 'compensate' for their inability to do magic; at worst, they were scornful of technology, and ignored it entirely. In Harry's opinion (admittedly biased as they were), these people had no real reason they should be so condescending towards regular people. Calling someone on the telephone seemed a lot easier than this...fire-calling that wizards did, for one. And they didn't even have televisions, and had only one major sport (this Quidditch did sound somewhat interesting, flying on broomsticks), one radio station, and only one major newspaper (The Daily Prophet, though there were a few minor newspapers, and a few tabloids). And they thought that normal people were primitive? How could there be so little creativity in an entire society? It was so unlike the wizard world of the US as the magic world here live more like modern day people then how the ones in Europe lived. Besides Harry could imagine how they could live without watching the magic shows on TV that only people with magic could tune into. Even Zuo Ci who has lived for thousands of years had favorite shows that he never misses, or some of the shows on the regular TV channels weren't that bad either.
The normal world had many different types of major sports, dozens upon dozens of radio stations, hundreds of major newspapers all around the world. Art, too, seemed to be kept to the standard portraits and landscapes in the wizarding world, with none of the different concepts and fads that had marked the artistic society of the 'muggle' world. The book on the Ministry of Magic and its history increased his conviction that, despite all the amazing things magic could do, it still didn't mean the magical world was better than the normal one. If anything, these wizards seemed to be crippled by their ability to do magic. The way their government was run was unbelievable – the Minister of Magic was voted in by the Wizengamot, but the members of the Wizengamot were placed in their position at the recommendation of the Minister – the people didn't seem to have a say in anything! He wasn't naive enough to believe for a minute that wizards and witches were any bit less prone to corruption than normal people. It made him wonder if letting a Dark Lord take over wouldn't be a good thing as once a hero finally comes along and defeats the Dark Lord then massive reforms would take place afterwards.
"So Harry what you want to do?" Jeane ask her son, "Go overseas to attend Hogwarts or just go to one of the Magic Schools over here?"
"Well I guess I should have a look of what the school has to offer for me and if I don't like what I find I won't go back for the second year," Harry said.
"Alright that's fine with me son," Jeane said smiling as her little boy was growing up, "Here's a letter for what you need there."
Harry took the second letter reading off the list for the supplies he would need.
All first year students need:
UNIFORM –
First-year
students will require:
1) Three sets of plain work robes
(black)
2) One plain pointed hat (black) for day ware
3) One
pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
4) One winter
cloak (black with silver fastenings)
Please note that all pupils'
clothes should carry name tags
COURSE BOOKS –
All
students should have a copy of each of the following:
Standard
Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic by
Bathilda Bagshot
Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
A
Beginners' Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch
One Thousand
Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and
Potions by Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
by Newt Scamander
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self Protection by
Quentin Trimble
OTHER EQUIPMENT –
1
wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or
crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set of brass scales
Students
may also bring an owl OR a cat OR a toad
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS'
"They still use wands and brooms?" Harry asks looking at his mother.
"Yes they're very traditional in Europe," Jeane said.
"But using wands and brooms? Mom don't they know how to use magic without wands? I mean you only use that staff of yours for really big spells and using brooms I mean the kids around here use scooters or skateboards and things like that to fly with not brooms," Harry said out loud.
"Yes I know as I said they are very traditional over there," his mother said, "Also when you get to England when you get to Diagonalley where you can get your school supplies stop by the bank called Gringotts there is one of Bushroot cousins that works there his name is Griphook."
"Bushroot from accounting?" Harry asks as he was one of the goblins that handle the money for the agency. Everyone that didn't know they were goblins just thought that they were just strange looking short men with long noses and ears.
"Yes I already set up an account for you in Gringotts and there's also your family's vault there also," Jeane said.
"So when should I go?" Harry asks.
"Well I can arrange everything for you by this weekend," Jeane said then started smiling, "Also since I don't want you to go by yourself I have arrange for some of your friends to go with you."
"You don't mean?" Harry began when the door to hi mothers office open. Two Chinese girls who are twins, a young Latina girl and an older black girl came into the office. Harry gave out a small laugh as he sees the four girls smiling at him, "Oh hi guys."
"Don't hi us!" Sherry and Terry the two adopted Chinese eleven-year old girls shouted at him in their usually sync. Their parents couldn't have children on their own so they adopted them as the sad fact is that many Chinese girls are abandon since most families in China can only have one child and since boys in that part of the world are more valued the girl babies are abandon after birth. With their hairs tied up into two buns on the sides of their heads and the fact that they wear the same outfits all of the time it's hard to tell which one of them is which sometimes. Both of them are wearing blue shorts and red and white strip long sleeve shirts making it all but someone that knows them well to tell them apart. They are very good at using magic as one of them cast one part of a spell while the other cast the rest.
"Yeah we were listening in and you sounded like you didn't want us around," the short haired Latina girl said as she wraps her arm around Harry's neck. She was dress in a green slacks and a tank top with a camera handing from her neck. Her name is Lisa and she's just love taking pictures all of the time. She's looking to be a reporter as she has the habit of being able to climb on any kind of surface and can jump around like a kangaroo. As she had drink a potion that she made herself that gave her those powers after reading and watching spider-man she went and gave herself the same powers after taking some magic items from Jeane's study first. She's a year older than Harry is.
"Harry you know that we're not going to let you get away from us that easy," Amber the oldest of the group of friends at age twelve said. She's the tallest of the group and is the daughter of Tress who had met Harry and the others a couple of years ago as all of their parents (who work for Harry's mom) work here and they went to the same school growing up. She likes to wear an oversize blue shirt that reaches to her knees with a pair of shorts underneath but is hidden from view. And she wears that bright red cap of hers, with her long ponytail hanging down from the back. She loves to sing and gets into fight at school that she wins as she's so much stronger then anyone at school. That has something to do with the fact that as a baby she fell into a pot of super strength potion that would only give a person the strength of a troll for a minute or two before wearing off. But since she had fallen into the pot she has super strength ever since, but she has very weak magic abilities since she didn't had magic to begin with but thanks to the dump in the potion she gain magic powers.
"I already talk to their parents and since they all can do a bit of magic I gotten Hogwarts to agree to take them if you agree to go to the school as it wouldn't do to not have your girlfriends left alone here," Jeane smiled at the way her son blush under the attention of the girls around him.
"Hey they're not my girlfriends!" Harry protested. The four girls gave him a sly look and met each others eyes and nodded.
"Sure we're not," the four said at the same time.
"Harry now you and they been friends for years since I introduces you to them when I adopted you so it's natural that they would start to like you over time as I raised you to be a boy heart throb," Jeane smile at her son with his girlfriends surrounding him, "Girls why don't you take him out for lunch." (2)
"Okay," the girls all said as they carried him out of the door before he could protest.
"Jeane are you sure of this?" Zuo Ci said as he appeared next to her desk, "I told you what the wizards are like in England."
"Yes I know but this is something that Harry has to do by himself I can't be there to hold his hand forever," Jeane said with a sad smile.
"Albus Dumbledore and his order maybe defenders of the light but I have seen what so-called defenders become over time. It's a far cry from when I met Merlin all of those years ago," he said with a heavy sigh.
"Yes I know they're just so strict there and with that fool Fudge fellow running things there, it's all mess up. He lets Deatheater's run free since they give him so much money and that the government has those pure bloods running things… well I really don't need to explain myself do I?"
"You know with your powers you could easily defeat Voldemort if you would face him," Zuo Ci said, "I have live far longer then most in this world but your magic is something that I had never seen before. Even with that prophecy saying that only Harry can defeat Voldemort. You have all of the power and the skill that's needed to kill him for good."
"Yes I know you said the same thing when I met you when I first came to this world," Jeane said, "But if I did that then Harry won't be able to face Voldemort when they finally met again. I know it sounds cold hearted but I know what Harry is meant to be as I peek into that seal chamber and read what's in store for him. It's still his choice in the matter to be a hero or become something else as nothing is written that can't be change. I know that Dumbledore will try to have Harry under his control but he already showed that he's not up to the job as he was going to give Harry to his aunt's family without even checking on him. They didn't even found out that he wasn't even living there until they had sent owls to that household. It was just seer chance that some muggle born wizard from England had gotten into my card game and saw that photo of me and Harry from that Tournament we attended too in New York from the news magazine we send out to our club members."
"Yes besides you Harry is one of the top duelist in the world right now, but that of course is because he gets all of the rare cards that he wants from you who makes them," Zuo Ci said, "I must say that this card game that you created is one of the most interesting games I have ever came across of."
"Well what's the point of being the son of the creator of Duel Monsters without getting rare cards or having all of the cards in the series," Jeane smiled.
"For one thing that school Hogwarts is in for one hell of a year once Harry and his friends introduce the card game there," Zuo Ci said, "And also how Harry and the others can summon monsters and objects from those cards."
"Yes I know just something that I pick up from Top Hat," Jeane said as she stared at her own deck that's filled with female Duel Monsters that act just like the ones in Top's deck, "I have thought him everything that I can teach him in these short years that we been a family. And one day I have to leave once he comes for me."
"Oh yes your friend Ranma," Zuo Ci said then he got a look on his face, "Tell me something why don't you just go and ask Top Hat to send you back home?"
"Simple really I found something that's important enough for me to stay a while longer," Jeane said as she looks at the photo of her and Harry when she had taken him home and became a family.
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Next Time – We go and see how Estella and the scout unit of the Underworld Army are doing in the world that they had ended up in. And which world does Ranma end up in is still up for grabs so send in reviews of which world should Ranma end up in! And the answer is still – NO TO PUTTING RANMA INTO A SAILOR MOON WORLD AS ITS BEEN DONE TO DEATH ALREADY!
Author's Notes
1 – I don't know if the Harry Potter world has Duel Monsters in them so I'm putting them in.
2 – Harry having four girlfriends? Well Jeane did raise him so she would have raised him to be on Ranma's level in getting girls to fall for him.
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