Old But Gold Friends
When Dazai hit the ground hard, Ron's face was visible, pale and sweaty. Ron's hands were shaking as he pointed his finger at Dazai, "Dazai!? What the hell man? What are you doing?!?" Dazai looked at the boy, he could clearly be a ghost too. But he had pulled him, so he wasn't a ghost? Who the hell was that red-hair man and what was Ron doing here? Shouldn't he be at the Burrow with his family? Dazai turned his head once more to see the bridge in the balcony, but neither the man nor the bridge were there anymore, What the fuck was going on right now?!?
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As Dazai finished his speech, Ron nodded anxiously as if to say "I understand"
-I understand.. So.. Are you saying that you only went out onto the balcony because you saw something coming from outside?
Dazai nodded yes, as Mori had said, he could never let anyone know about his "situation".
-Yes.
His voice was a bit sharper than he had planned. At least he could think that he was being definitive from another perspective. Ron sighed and turned to Dazai
-Ah, well.. Honestly for a moment.. What the hell..
-So Ron? Why are you here, aren't you supposed to be at the Burrow?
Dazai quickly changed the subject, to be honest, if the balcony incident was talked about any further, there would be holes in the story. So it was good to keep it short. He was also curious about the question he had asked.
- Didn't you see it on the news?
- No, I didn't, I haven't had a chance to look at it yet.
Ron took a piece of paper out of his robes and showed it to Dazai. The entire Weasley family was posing in their weird desert clothes. Although the news wasn't big news because of all the "Demon Student, Sirius Black" stuff, it still had something going on since it was in The Daily Prophet. The text basically said that the head of the Weasley family had won a large amount of galleons in the lottery and went on a vacation in Egypt with it.
- Did you come here directly after Egypt?
Ron nodded.
- Yes, since my mother insisted that we didn't need to go home since there was a week left until Hogwarts started, we came here. When the owner of this place said that you had come here a few hours ago, I wanted to see it.
Dazai nodded, the story seemed reasonably accurate.
- Okay.. Well.. So?
Ron gave him the same strange look.
- Honestly.. I have no idea. I just wanted to see you and say hi.. Did you have any plans for today?
No. Dazai's only goal for the last hour was to stop the voices that had been going around his head. So he had to come up with something.
- Actually, I was going to go book shopping today, so would Ron want to come too?
Ron smiled and nodded.
- Of course. But before that, we need to go get money from my mother. Besides, I'll introduce you to them. Come on!
Before Dazai could even protest, Ron dragged him out of the room. When they went downstairs, he expect the saw all the Weasleys.But he only saw Ginny, she ran to him smiling.
- Hello again, Dazai! How was your summer vacation?
- Well, it could have been worse.
- So.. Was it good?
It was good, if running around like a dog and killing people during the hottest summer in Yokohama's history counts as good.
- Yes, it was good.
-I'm glad to hear it! My parents, the twins, and Percy just left. I thought I'd wait while Ron went to check on you, did you read the news?
-Yes, Ron told me. You went to Egypt.
Ron stepped between them.
-So? Should we go now?
Dazai and Ginny turned to Ron and nodded, and they all left the Leaky Cauldron together.
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-Hey Dazai, did you stop by Gringotts?
Dazai shook his head as no
-No, I haven't been yet.
-So how did you pay for your stay then?
-I had some savings from last year.
Ron sighed
-Man, I wish I had endless money to spend.
Ginny grumble angrily
-Don't exaggerate Ron, and -whispering- If you had used the money we earned with the gang a little more sparingly, this wouldn't have happened
Ron frown
-I know, I know. It was just a joke. But the idea of unlimited money doesn't sound bad at all, does it?
Unlimited Money.. Dazai thought for a moment. Would unlimited money really bring unlimited power? Well, money was power. If power was a tree, money was its water. After all, you couldn't convince people of ultimate loyalty without money, or without giving them a bit of power. So would unlimited money bring unlimited power and unlimited happiness? What was power to ordinary people? Was power just a tool to them? Was it something that they could only throw away once they had achieved their goal? That couldn't be right, could it? After all, there was a hierarchy here, although it wasn't as clearly defined as in the mafia world. A new apprentice at a workplace couldn't suddenly meet with the CEO of the company, right? So why was their understanding of power different from ordinary people? Maybe he was just using his power to survive and get through the day. They were using it as a stepping stone to "something better", what kind of paradox was that?
-Hey Dazai, you're lost in thought. Are you okay?
Shit, Dazai was lost in thought again, it's been happening a lot lately. Should he increase his dose of medication?
-Oh, it's nothing Ginny, Oh! Look, we're already at Gringotts!
Ginny and Ron waited outside for him to finish his work while Dazai went inside. It was easier for Dazai, to be honest, because it would be hard for me to explain where he got the wad of cash. He couldn't convert all of it anyway, because Gringotts didn't have that many Japanese yen deficits, and Dazai didn't have the stamina to hide and carry that many gold galleons. So he converted twenty percent of the money. Despite that, it was quite a lot. Although the goblin grumbled and muttered insults a little when he handed him the money, when he finished his job without any problems, he went towards Ron and Ginny, but now he saw that the twins who had just come out of the bookshop were with them.They started to run towards him. Fred gave him a big smile
-Hey snakey! How are you been?
Dazai shrugh
-Eh, ı'm oka-
Studdenly both of the twins hug him tightly from both ways, making him lift ın the air for a second.
-Just like we suspected Fred.
-Yes George.
Dazai snarl angrily as he waves his arms in the air and tries to escape from the twins' grip without hurting them.
-Hey! Put me down will you guys?!
Twins put him down, They gave their usual "concerned mother hen" look. They speak at the same time
-Youre lost weight again!
-Youre lost weight again!
Dazai shrughs, he mostly doesn't have time to eat mostly, and food smell still make his stomache hurt.
-So?
-What About so!? Youre so light again.. We must feed the snake soon as possible dear Fred!
-I agree, dear George! Maybe some witchy fried crab will convince him, hm?
Dazai stunned. Just crab being mentioned make his stomache ache with hunger.
-Ughhh!! You hit me in my weak spot!! İt isnt fair!!
As the twins laughed and pulled Dazai away, and Ginny and Ron followed them, Dazai couldn't shake the feeling that he was being watched from somewhere...