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England/Scotland
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Mr John Granger was a quiet man. He never spoke much and had a thoughtful and calm air around him that worked very well with the profession he had as a dentist. His demeanour couldn't help but reassure his patients and make them calm and give them a feeling of safety as they took their place in his chair.
He had often been thought of as a weak man or too soft, but that was not true. He knew what he wanted from life and he was content with what he got. When he felt something was wrong he did something about it. Despite his father's wishes for him to become a lawyer or a doctor he had refused and became a dentist. It suited him much better.
He had met his wife, Jane Granger nee Stewart, at school and they had married the year they finished and started their practice together. A couple of years later they had a daughter, Hermione, and from the first moment Mr Granger had looked at her he had been lost. She was the pride in his heart. The brilliant mind of hers would take her places he couldn't even imagine.
Not to mention the magic part. Now, that had been a surprise. To learn that the strange things she did as a child was magic had been a shock for him and his wife. They had accepted it, though. It just made Hermione even more special.
The only thing he didn't like about the magic part was the fact that he sometimes felt like he was losing his daughter. Losing her to a world he never could be a part of and to people who were like her in ways he and his wife were not. It didn't stop him from bragging about his daughter in those rare occasions he felt like it to his patients or friends. How she was the top of her year at the boarding school for the gifted for example. His friends had those patronising looks when he would talk about her though, and he felt frustrated that they didn't see the same things he did when he looked at his little girl.
But unfortunately, Hermione had always been…different from the other kids growing up. Her love of books and knowledge along with the strange things happening around her from time to time kept the other kids away from her. It didn't matter how many playdates they set up for her, she was always left on her own.
It had worried him when he sent her off to Hogwarts. How was he supposed to protect her when she was so far away from him? The first few letters from her did nothing to ease his mind. It was clear that she was as alone as she always had been. The hope that they had magic in common to bind them together crashed down around his feet.
But then… one day right after Halloween he got two letters. One was from the school telling them that Hermione and two other students had purposely gone after a troll and tried (and managed!) to stop it themselves. He had to take a moment to process the fact that trolls were real and that his 12-year-old daughter had met one! But trolls couldn't be that dangerous, could they? If three 11/12 year-olds could handle it? Right?
But it was the other letter that had calmed his heart. It was from Hermione. It was such a different letter than anyone she had ever written to them before and had been delivered by a beautiful snowy owl named Hedwig according to Hermione's letter.
I made two friends! I finally have two friends and they are really kind and nice to me! They don't laugh at me. Their names are Harriett Lily Potter, but she wants to be called Hari, and Ronald Weasley, he wants to be called Ron.
Hari is known as the Girl Who Lived because she survived when a Dark Wizard tried to kill her when she was a baby, but she doesn't like her fame though. I can understand that…I would rather have my parents than be famous because he killed them and failed to kill me. She's really nice, though. She always did smile at me even before when I was a little…stuck up because of the rules. She even had Lavender change beds with her and now we have the beds next to each other in the dorm! It's great!
Ron is a little loud and can say something mean before he really thinks but I know he doesn't mean it. He's always quick to apologize, though, if he says something mean. He stopped a boy from our class today from teasing me. He has five older brothers and one little sister. She starts school next year. I wonder what it would have been like to have so many siblings? Hari does too…
The letter had continued like that for the most part and he had felt reassured that she finally had found someone who would be there with her.
Yet, the magical world wasn't just great. Mr Granger had learned that the hard way when they got the notice that Hermione had been hurt and petrified. It didn't help that they hadn't learned about this until the end of the year when Hermione had been healed and back to herself again. They didn't even have the chance to see their daughter while she was hurt and what kind of school didn't contact the guardians when their kid was hurt?
Something fishy was going on and he didn't like it. No, he didn't like it at all. But he hadn't pulled her out because Hermione had begged him not to and she didn't want to lose her friends. She wouldn't, couldn't, leave Hari and Ron.
With a heavy heart Mr Granger allowed her to continue onto her third year and now her best friend, Hari, was suspended because of an escaped prisoner and being blamed for him escaping from Hogwarts. Just how did a mass-murderer even get into the school and close to three students in the first place?
He and his wife had protested against the three of them getting suspended for something that never should have been allowed to happen in the first place. They never should have been allowed to get near someone dangerous like Sirius Black. If he was a mass murderer like they claimed then how could they blame three third-year students for him escaping? He must be much stronger and capable than them, and who knew what he had threatened them with.
He knew Mr and Mrs Weasley also had protested something fierce and he honestly hoped he never was on the wrong end of Mrs Weasley because that woman seriously had a pair of lungs…
In the end, Ron and Hermione hadn't been suspended. But Hari had been. It didn't matter what he or the Weasley's said. The Minister remained set on suspending her. They laid the blame on Hari for dragging Hermione and Ron with her into danger.
Ridiculous.
Even Mr Granger knew that was weak, but unfortunately, nothing he said or the Weasley's said would change the Minister's mind and Hari was suspended.
Hermione and Ron were both distraught with guilt and Mr Granger knew that they would join Hari in punishment if they could, but Hari had told them she was happy they didn't get suspended and that she was happy to take the blame herself.
Mr Granger had seen the sincerity in Hari's eyes and the brave smile she had given both Hermione and Ron before she was guided out of the headmaster office by a stern looking McGonagall. He couldn't help but be impressed by the girl.
Then a few weeks ago he had gotten a letter from Hermione where she was almost hysterical and pleading for help. Apparently, Hari was now missing and had resigned from Hogwarts, something no one had seen coming. Hermione said that Hari had sent a letter to Professor Dumbledore resigning and when they went to look for her, they found an empty house and no sign of Hari or her aunt and uncle.
And that was where he came in.
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Mr Granger had spent time in finding them. It was a little more complicated than he liked but he had eventually managed to get a new address from Grunnings, the company Vernon Dursley worked for, by stating that he was a friend of the family and that they had lost touch since he had been abroad, of course, he hadn't been, but if the lie would get him closer to his daughter's best friend he would tell the lie again. He had met Hari Potter a few times and found her to be a quiet and nice girl, shy around new people but caring.
Well, now he had found them and had taken a day off work to go and see the Dursley's in Liverpool. Their new home.
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"Have you heard anything from Miss Potter?"
Hermione hid a sigh as they were asked again and she heard Ron shift a little on his feet next to her in exaggeration. She knew he was equally tired of being asked this.
"No, professor," Hermione said and looked up at Dumbledore who was watching them closely.
"You know we need to find her for her own safety," the headmaster said.
"Yes, sir," Ron said blankly.
"I find it very hard to believe that the girl hasn't contacted you in any way," Snape's voice sneered.
Hermione fisted her hands while Ron glared at their potion professor.
"Well, if…" Ron started but Hermione elbowed him making him cut himself off and just continue to glare.
"We have tried to send her letters, but they have been returned unopened," Hermione said calmly and kept her eyes on Dumbledore and was that guilt in his eyes she saw? It was gone so quickly that she wasn't sure she had even seen it.
"I see," Dumbledore said.
"So you have no clue on where Hari is?" Ron asked an almost desperate note was in his tone now.
"I'm afraid not," Dumbledore finally answered.
Hermione was worried and she was not sure she should be happy or not over the fact that they hadn't found Hari yet. What if she was in trouble and was waiting for them to find her and save her? What if some of Voldemort's old supporters had taken her?
She pushed the fear away reminding herself that Hari had sent a letter resigning from school. She wouldn't do that if she had been kidnapped. At least that was what Hermione was trying to convince herself of. When Dumbledore dismissed them she grabbed Ron's arm and dragged him toward the door.
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"I can't believe that he stands there and pretends that he's looking for Hari," Ron snapped as soon as they entered the common room again.
"I know, Ron," Hermione sighed tiredly and glanced around to see the looks sent their way (like normal these days) before she guided Ron to a quiet corner of the room where they could be by themselves. "I don't like it either."
"If not for Snape she wouldn't even have been suspended and they wouldn't have to look for her," Ron said annoyed. "And now he's acting like he's out there looking for her when everyone knows he has been trying to get her out of this school from the day she entered!"
"I'm sure he…" Hermione started but she was cut off but Ron.
"Don't start, Hermione!" he snapped. "He hated James Potter and he hates Hari because of it! Dumbledore is just blind to see it."
Hermione sighed and looked out of the window overlooking the school grounds. She missed walking through the grounds with Hari at her side; she missed their talks and their laughs. When was the last time she had laughed? She couldn't even remember…
"You haven't heard anything from your dad, have you?" Ron asked quietly.
Hermione glanced over at her remaining best friend and saw the hope in his light blue eyes. She sighed and shook her head.
"Not yet," she said. "But hopefully he will find something."
Ron nodded and sank back into his chair.
"The school year is almost over," he said.
"I know," Hermione nodded. "I look forward to it."
"Oh? What's this I hear?" Another voice sounded and Hermione looked up to see Fred and George Weasley coming up behind them. It was Fred who had talked.
"Hermione Granger saying…" George smirked.
"…she looks forward to school being over?" Fred finished with an identical smirk.
"I must be imagining things…" George proclaimed dramatically.
"Dreaming!"
"Hallucinating!"
"Oh shut up!" Hermione snapped at them impatiently but she felt her lips twitch slightly amused.
Fred and George grinned at her before they sat down and looked at them.
"So, have you been summoned to old Dumbledore again?" George asked.
"Yes," Ron muttered.
"So, still no news about Hari," Fred sighed and looked serious for a moment. "I wonder where she is."
"Me too," Ginny said as she joined them. "Mum is frantic with worry."
"She's not alone," Ron said and glanced at Hermione.
"Just what happened?" Ginny asked looking at the two. "Just why would they say that she helped Black to escape?"
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Hermione glanced at Ginny and the twins and saw them looking at them with a serious look on their faces. Any trace of a joke was gone from Fred and George's faces for once and it almost looked…wrong.
They had not told anyone what had really happened that night. Not even these three and she was not sure that they should say anything at all. This was Hari's secret.
"Not any of your business," Ron said sharply.
Clearly he shared her view of this.
"Oh? We're here worrying about her," Ginny said coldly. "I would say it is our business."
"Yeah," the twins nodded.
"It's not our secret to tell and we won't reveal Hari's secrets to anyone," Hermione said in a tone that said that their minds were made up.
She felt their eyes on her but was relieved when they backed off and just grunted something but she couldn't catch what it was.
"Do you know what's being done to find her?" Fred asked changing the subject.
Hermione and Ron exchanged a look before looking over at the others.
"No," Hermione shook her head. "I'm sure they are making inquiries and trying to track her movements since going back to her aunt and uncle."
"It shouldn't be that difficult, should it?" Ginny wondered. "I mean with magic…"
Hermione shrugged and looked away again.
"Hermione?" George's voice made her look at him to find him looking at her with a pensive look on his face.
"I think that if Hari wanted to…hide she could do it," Hermione said quietly. "Especially since she has grown up in the muggle world and most witches and wizards are useless in the muggle world."
"So we should look in the muggle world?" Ginny asked.
Ron and Hermione exchanged looks again.
"You two knows something," Fred stated. "What is it?"
"We…"
"Tell us!" George snapped. "We're worried about Hari too! We want to help find her and make sure she's safe! She's our little sister too!"
Fred looked at his twin before he looked back at Ron and Hermione.
"Like my good twin said; we care about Hari as well and want to help," he said more calmly than his brother but still with urgency in his voice, "so if you have something planned we want to help."
Hermione sighed and glanced at Ron who nodded in agreement. He knew what she was asking.
"We're not really doing anything right now," Hermione said after a moment. "I just…I asked my dad for help. He's making some inquiries in the Muggle world on his own and will let me know if he finds anything."
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Seigaku
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Hari petted Hedwig's feathers as she thought. She had gone straight to her room when she came back from school and was now thinking about what to do next. There was no way she was going to allow that boy getting away with hurting her little brother like that.
But how could she get back at him. She knew she could not exactly just walk up to him and start a fight. For one, she didn't really believe that violence solved anything. Second, she was a girl and however strong she might be he was sure to be stronger. Annoying as it was, but she had to accept the facts. It wasn't like she could use her magic in a fight, so…it was out.
So she had to find another way to do it. Another way to let him know that messing with Ryoma was not acceptable and she was not going to stand back and just watch it happen.
Hedwig hooted and she smiled slightly as she met the intelligent yellow eyes.
"You know what to do about a boy who needs to learn his place?" Hari asked.
Hedwig hooted again and Hari laughed.
"Yeah, maybe I should let you loose on him…" Hari said and blinked. That would be amusing, she thought.
She let out a slightly frustrated huff before she straightened and looked toward her trunk. She moved over to it and pulled the top open and looked inside. She ignored the magic books and looked for a small box that she had almost forgotten was there.
She found it tucked under her invisibility cloak and Marauder's Map. Her hands lingered over the map for a moment before she gave in and pulled it out along with the box.
She sat down at the bed and pulled out her wand as she tapped the map and said:
"I solemnly swear I'm up to no good."
She watched as the map started to spread out on the parchment and smiled as she read the names, Prongs, Padfoot and Moony (she ignored Wormtail completely).
She searched the map and took a moment to remember the time difference. That meant that since it was still morning for them and they probably were just starting with the classes.
As she searched the different classrooms (she couldn't remember what class they would have now) she came over several names of people she knew and missed.
George Weasley.
Fred Weasley.
She smiled as she noticed that they were seated at the back of the classroom and Lee Jordan was seated right in front of them with Angelina Johnson. She wondered if they were planning a prank.
She moved on and saw the name Luna Lovegood next to Ginevra Weasley. Hari lingered for a moment by the names and wondered if Ginny was alright and happy. Even Luna. She had met her earlier that year on one of her private wanderings and found the girl very unique and interesting.
With a sigh she moved on again and finally she found the names she had been searching for. They had Transfiguration with Professor McGonagall.
Ronald Weasley.
Hermione Granger.
Hari traced the names with her finger and noticed that they were seated at the back of the classroom. That was… odd. Hermione always tried to sit in the front during transfiguration because she loved that subject and Professor McGonagall was her favourite professor. So why were they sitting at the back?
A frown marred her face as she stared at the names of her two best friends. Oh, how she missed them. If only she could send Hedwig, but… it was such a long journey and she really didn't want Hedwig to have to fly that far… And…what if Dumbledore saw her? He could track her on the way back and find her.
No, the risk was too big.
But…how she wished. She really wanted to see if their friendship really was as strong as she believed it to be or if they really just cared about the Girl-Who-Lived part of her. She needed to know. She was still upset over the lack of letters during the time she had spent with the Dursley's. Did they blame her for the trouble they got in?
With a frustrated sigh and a shake of the head, she wiped the map again and pushed it away from her. She really shouldn't be thinking about this. It would only make her sad.
She pushed the thoughts about her friends out of her mind for now and pulled opened the box and smiled as she saw the prank supplies inside. She had gotten it from Fred and George at Christmas and hadn't gotten a chance to use it yet.
She knew she couldn't use the obvious magical pranks but there must be something inside that she could use.
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"Inui-sempai!" Hari called and the taller teen turned and looked at her curiously.
"Hari-chan?" he asked. "My data won't tell me why you have searched me out."
Hari smiled amused but didn't comment on it.
"I need your help," she said.
"My help?" Inui repeated surprised. "With what?"
"Your special juice," Hari said.
"Ah, you want some more?" he asked looking delighted. "You must have seen the benefit of my penal tea!"
Hari wasn't sure she should burst his bubble of happiness or not.
"Kind of," she said vaguely. "Could you give me some?"
He looked at her for a moment before he nodded.
"Sure," he said. "I'm working on something stronger now. I'm curious to see how you will handle that next time."
Hari kept her face in polite interest but mentally wondered if she might have gotten herself into something she shouldn't have.
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"What do you have planned?" Fuji asked as he came up beside Hari.
Hari glanced at him and was silent for a moment. She wondered if she should be upset with him or not, he had told Ryoma about her new move when she had asked him not to. Though, it was what had helped them make up after their fight.
"Who says I have something planned?" Hari finally asked innocently as she decided against being upset with him.
"The look on your face," Fuji smiled his signature eye-closed-smile. "You look like you're planning world domination."
Hari snorted.
"Nothing that large," Hari shrugged.
Fuji looked at her for a moment before he looked away.
"I'm sorry I told Echizen about your new move," he said.
Hari glanced at him and smiled slightly.
"It's alright," she said. "I was upset at first but I know you only did it to help."
Fuji nodded.
"I'm glad you talked," he said and she smiled.
"So, how are things going with Yuta-chan?" Hari asked.
"He's talking to me at least," Fuji said with a smile and Hari chuckled.
"Aw, look at that smile," Hari teased and he mocked glared at her. "I'm glad, though."
Fuji nodded.
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So much white. There was so much white… white was everywhere.
Hari looked around in something akin to horror in her eyes as she took in the white building that was the Yamabuki Junior High, the white uniforms on the students and was that a white path that leads up to the school?
Ugh, where was the colour?
She shook herself as she tried to focus on her objective. Finding Akutsu Jin and pay him back for everything he did to Ryoma. She had her invisibility cloak on so all she had to worry about was colliding into someone, but she would be careful.
She moved quietly through the school and hoped that he would be at tennis practice because if not she wasn't sure where to look for him. She moved around the school and somehow found the tennis courts without getting lost.
Ha, Ryo-chan! Look at that! I can find something without getting lost, Hari thought to herself.
She could see that the practice was going on and her eyes eventually found the one she was looking for. Her hands fisted under her cloak and she itched to march over there to yell at him but right now wasn't the time.
She felt a little bad about spying on their practice. She really didn't want to do that, but… she had to observe Akutsu so she decided to never say a word about what she learned by observing her target. She wouldn't pay attention to what the others were doing.
She moved closer as she watched Akutsu put his water bottle down and bark something at a tiny looking first year who smile back at him seemingly unaffected by the hard voice from Akutsu.
Hari scowled but at the same time cast a curious look at the tiny first year. His navy blue hair and green headband kind of reminded her of Seiichi but it was only a fleeting resemblance.
Hari looked at them.
It was important that she made her move at the right time.
Deciding that they were in the middle of the practice she made her way toward the locker rooms and found the door unlocked. She slipped inside and closed the door behind her. She could feel the adrenaline pulse through her as she looked around.
Now, where were his things?
She dismissed several bags until she found one and was smirked at her luck. His name was stitched inside the bag. She briefly wondered who had done it before she pushed the thought away.
She looked at the uniform hanging up and pulled out her wand. Oh, so happy she was that the trace was gone from it…
She stubbornly pushed away any second thoughts as Ryoma's face flashed in her mind. Bruised and bloodied.
She muttered the spell before she slipped back outside and closed the door.
She moved back to the courts to find them still going on, but that wasn't surprising because she had only been gone between five to ten minutes.
She pulled out her Penal Tea given to her by Inui and sneaked over to the water bottles. This was going to be tricky. To exchange the bottles without anyone noticing.
She looked around and noticed the first year close by before he walked away when someone called him and she noticed that they were gathering around the coach now. He looked to be an old man but she didn't pay him any attention.
She looked around again before she made the swap.
With that she backed away and moved to the corner of the school and waited.
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Akutsu scowled as he was forced to listen to the coach. He glared at the old man and cursed the fact that he had dragged him to practice when he really wanted to go and find Echizen Hari. She had been the one he had really looked for last time but had only found Echizen Ryoma instead.
Well, it was fun to play with him as well. So it hadn't been a complete waste of time, but he was curious about this girl he had seen play against Ginka and win. The way she had smirked and seemed so confident.
He couldn't wait to try to take it away and see how she reacted to him.
Instead, he was cornered into attending this waste of time practice. Just because the tournament was happening soon. So meaningless.
He scoffed when the Captain said something and before the coach even dismissed them he had turned and was walking away. Maybe he could still find Echizen Hari somewhere and see what kind of girl she was…
He smirked.
He grabbed the water bottle and distractedly took a deep drag from the bottle before he froze and the bottle dropping to the ground opening by the force and something thick and red spilt across the ground.
His mouth exploded in what must be the worst taste ever invented! It was like it was evolving as the thick unidentified mass forced itself down his throat unstoppable and unmovable.
He felt sick.
He could already feel the cold sweat breaking out over his face and he was sure he had paled or turned blue.
He spat, he chocked and then he spat some more.
"Blegh!"
The rest of the team had stopped and was staring at him with wide horrified eyes as he spat and jumped around.
"W-a-t-e-r…" he gasped and grabbed for the nearest person who happened to be Minami Kentaro, the Captain.
"What's going on?" Minami asked.
"What's he carrying on about?" Sengoku asked in what Akutsu was sure was a much to cheerful voice but right now he didn't even have the energy to glare at the happy-go-lucky guy.
"Water…" he hissed.
"Here," Dan said hurriedly and pushed a bottle into his hand and Akutsu drank and drank but despite the water now running down through his throat the taste festered in his mouth.
He collapsed gasping to the ground while his team stared at him.
"What's with you?" Minami asked.
Akutsu groaned.
"Do you need the nurse?" Dan asked worriedly.
Akutsu shook his head.
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"That thing…" he gritted out through his teeth when he had managed to gather his breath and stopped the involuntary chocking and spitting some ten minutes later. "That thing…"
"What thing?" Dan asked the only one lingering close to him as the others had gone to their finishing exercises for the practice.
Akutsu pushed himself up and looked at the dropped bottle and the red mass (there was no other way to describe it) that was spilt on the ground.
"What was that?!" Akutsu growled fiercely. "WHO PUT THAT IN MY BOTTLE?!"
Dan blinked at him and then looked at the red thing with wide eyes.
"I don't know…" he said.
"When I find the one who did this…" Akutsu gritted out and glared at the team who was now finishing up and coming closer. They paused when they saw the glare he directed at them and looked wary.
"No one here did it," Minami spoke up and he was calm as usual and Akutsu just glared at him but he was one of the few he wasn't all that affected by his glare.
Akutsu turned and stalked toward the locker room with the others following behind him a few steps behind.
He threw the door opened and marched over to his spot before he froze. Again.
There on his spot was a pink uniform with purple dots hanging up where his uniform had been hanging. It was the most horrific sight he had ever seen and he couldn't even start to think on how to describe it.
"NANI?!" He yelled.
The rest of the team had gone quiet. Again. They were staring at the uniform with wide eyes.
Akutsu grabbed it and looked at the tag inside and saw his name written there like it should but again shouldn't because…because this couldn't be his!
What was going on?
Who could have done this?
Could silence be loud?
Because it was like the silence inside the locker room was very loud as they all stared at the pink, purple dotted uniform with disbelieving eyes.
Then…Sengoku burst out laughing loud and cheerful. It seemed to be triggering the others who also laughed but they tried not to as they cast wary and worried looks at Akutsu who looked like he was about to explode.
"WHO DID THIS?! WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?!"
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Hari laughed as she heard the loud exclamation and knew he had seen her gift to him. She was lucky there was no one around right then because if so they would have heard laughter coming from the empty air.
She quickly got control of herself as she smirked to herself.
That would show him not to mess with her little brother!
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Hari was practically skipping for the next couple of days and couldn't help the random smiles that crossed her face. Honestly, she was starting to freak Ryoma and Ryoga out as they watched her suddenly start laughing to herself.
"Wonder what she's up to…" Ryoma muttered eying her warily.
"What could she be up to?" Ryoga asked his brother.
"Oh, you don't know Hari as I do," Ryoma said grimly. "She can be really…vindictive if she chose to and when she looks like that…"
He shuddered.
"Hai?"
"The last time she had pranked someone and you do not want to know what she did…" Ryoma said wisely.
"You think she has pranked someone?" Ryoga asked curiously.
"Oh, yeah…" Ryoma nodded. "Dare ga omou …"
Ryoga nodded.
"I hope it's not us…" Ryoga said.
Ryoma stilled and then looked around himself suddenly wary.
"Me to…"
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"You looked happy," Nanjiro smiled.
"Saa?" Hari looked at him innocently. "Me?"
"Yeah, you," Nanjiro nodded with a smile. "What did you do?"
"I didn't do anything," Hari denied. "I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Sure you don't," Nanjiro laughed. "I hope you took pictures, Hari-chan."
Hari grinned at him with a mysterious smile as she waved at the man and left the house.
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"I demand to know who did this!"
Hari looked up from where she had been warming up and saw Akutsu Jin standing there at the edge of the court glaring around at them. He was holding up his pink and purple dotted uniform (unfortunately he had gotten a new one and was wearing a clean and white uniform now).
"What are you talking about, Akutsu?" Kawamura asked confused.
Momoshiro took one glance at the uniform and laughed with Kikumaru soon following.
"This! I found this a couple of days ago in the locker room after practice!" Akutsu growled. "And someone changed my water bottle with a bottle with something really terrible to drink."
Hari worked to keep her face blank as she felt Ryoma and Fuji look at her as she stared blankly at Akutsu. His cheeks were red in his anger as his eyes were narrow and glaring at them all.
"That sounds…awful, but what makes you think that someone here has done it?" Hari asked in a calm and bored voice.
His eyes found her as she straightened up and looked at him. Her face didn't betray anything as she watched him.
"I've been working my way through…suspects," he said. "This is the last place."
Hari shrugged.
"Still, doesn't mean that anyone here did it," she said.
His hands were fisted as he stalked over to her and stopped right in front of her. She was aware that Kawamura, Fuji and Ryoma all stepped closer to her and everyone had tensed.
"The others didn't do it," he said. "They would have spilt their guts just out of fear… they were all weak…. But you…."
Hari arched a brow.
"Me?" she asked.
"You're different…" Akutsu said silently. "You could do this."
Silence spread through the team and Hari thought they could hear a pin drop.
"That's some serious accusations, Akutsu-san," Hari said. "You don't have any proof for that."
He glared at her and reached over to grab her shoulder but before he could his hand was snatched and he was pulled back.
Hari had expected it to be Fuji or Ryoma to do it but it was Kawamura. The quiet and kind boy was now standing between her and Akutsu and had pushed him back. From what Hari could see of Kawamura's face he was looking very grave.
"Back off, Akutsu!" Kawamura barked at him. "I told you to stay away from my team."
"I'm going to pay her back for what she did!" Akutsu growled at him.
"You can't prove that she did anything!" Kawamura argued. "Stay away from Hari-chan."
Hari blinked a little surprised by the unexpected interference.
"I know she did it," Akutsu said, "no one else could have. I see it in her eyes. She did it."
Before Kawamura could say anything else Hari stepped up next to him and looked at Akutsu.
"There's no proof," Hari said again and her eyes turned a kind of frigid cold that almost seemed to spark as they locked onto the taller boy. "But you… you will regret hurting my little brother. You hurt Ryo-chan and if you ever get close to hurt him again I will make you regret ever being close to him. No one hurt my little brother and gets away with it. Let that be your warning, A-k-u-t-s-u-s-a-n."
With that she turned around and walked away before she snapped and used her magic in front of all these muggles. She could feel her magic bursting under her skin and she had to get control over herself again.
To see that boy so close to Ryoma and be reminded of how he had hurt him, how he had made him bleed. Well, that was not going to happen again. She swore to it.
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AN: What do you think? XD
Hope you liked it. I hope you liked Hari's revenge on Akutsu! I felt like a prank (or two) would be something Hari would do in order to get revenge. Not to say that she's done, but we'll see if she has to do something more ;) I have something planned for the next chapter regarding, Akutsu, Hari and Seiichi. That's the only teaser you'll get ;) Hehe.
I hope you liked the peek at what Ron and Hermione are up to. Also, I had this idea of having Hermione's parents more involved in this. That's why it's Hermione's dad that is looking for the Dursley's and not anyone else. XD
Thank you for reading and supporting this story! If you have questions or any feedback do not hesitate to let me know ;)
Japanese words used:
Nani - What
Hai - Yes
Dare ga omou - Wonder who
Saa - filler