Magishift Interhouse Tournament
The school shook with a rather impressive roar.
“Leona Senpai,” some people sighed as the Beastman stalked through the courtyard, eyes dilated as he bared his teeth.
“I will murder that Lizard,” he hissed, coming to sit besides Yuu who hummed as he munched on an apple lazily.
“What did you do now,” Yuu asked as Leona turned to him with a betrayed look as he shrugged.
“He’s not perfect, you know.’
“Neither are you.”
“Touche.”
‘Could say the same about you,” Yuu smiled as he snorted, leaning against the boy who groaned but didn’t retaliate. “....He didn’t actually do anything did he?” Leona looked down to see Yuu staring up at him with a raised brow, smirk on his lips. His shoulders slumped as he gave the younger boy his answer.
“....No.” He sighed, running a hand through his messy locks as Ruggie and Jack rushed out, panting, they spotted Leona who grunted at the sight of them.
“Le-ona! We need to start training for the Magishift Tournament,” Ruggie sighed as he walked over, Yuu smirking, grabbing his water and sipping the bottle he had brought out with him.
“It’s in two weeks. We have time, besides, Malleus is banned from playing in it since he overpowers everyone not giving them a chance and he is a prince,” Leona brushed off. “Bought damned time too…”
Everyone ignored him.
“Yeah, might be true, but it doesn’t change the fact that all the people we screwed over last year will be joining in,” Ruggie hissed. “Need I remind you that Jamil and Trey still have a bone to pick with us after what we did? Vil too.”
‘Ugggh,'' he whined, flopping over Yuu who rolled his eyes before pushing Leona.
“Go on Kitty, Kitty,” he made some kissy noises as Leona sneered, getting up as the bell rung and moving to head to the pitch. “I’ll see you later. We are having our weekly dinner via chat later,” he winked.
‘You mean weekly bitching session,``Leona snickered as Jack huffed, waving to his friend as Ace and Deuce grabbed him to spend time in Heartslabyul.
They had training the next day, so they were spending it with Yuu before he resorted to being Crewel’s helper during the week leading up to the tournament.
“Yuu say anything about his predicament in Ramshackle,” Leona asked, Jack shaking his head as they headed down the path to the colosseum.
“You know him as well as I do Leona Senpai. He doesn’t like to talk about himself or his struggles. A by-product of his homelife,” Jack rubbed the back of his head as Leona grumbled, rolling his eyes as they made their way to the changing rooms and stripped down to get into their gym clothes.
“Anything to note Ruggie?”
“One thing,” Ruggie admitted, sheepish as they walked out to see a group they did not want to see.
‘The hell is going on here,” he barked, stalking out as Vargas was arguing with a woman with intense amber eyes.
“I told you it’s all well and good to use this place to train but we have a big inter-house tournament coming up and they need to train for it,” Vargas explained to the woman who had a mass of students behind her. “You can get access back to this place in about….3 weeks? We need it for now….ah! Kingscholar! Get over here,” Vargas called, Leona sighing as he handed his broom to Jack who swallowed at the looks they received.
“What,” he demanded, hands shoved into his pockets.
“Mind showing the kids here the smaller training area while your guys get to warming up,” he ordered, turning to whistle at his team.
“Why me,” he demanded before a cough was heard.
Oh no.
“You're not even a Physical Education Teacher,” he snapped, the pink bitch stalking forward with a clipboard.
‘I am the Underse-”
“Don’t care, don’t talk to me or my team,” Leona snapped, eyes twitching with his ears and tail that she watched with thinly veiled disgust.
“....I am doing an audit of the teacher of Hogwarts and Madam Hooch is one I have yet to observe of the non-educational staff before I move onto the educational staff,” she explained, her pen floating beside her as Leona rolled his eyes.
‘Like I said, don’t care. Just don’t get between our practice….what are you doing here,” he yelled at Azul who hummed as Jade walked beside him.
“I am merely inquiring with the coach if we will be hosting such an event this year like we did last year,” he defended, pushing up his glasses as Leona rolled his eyes once more.
‘Yeah right. Back off Octopunk,” he warned, but it was all bark and no bite. Azul did this every year and he had a right to do it this year too since his points were valid. Leona was just upset over the pink bitch.
“Must you be so violent…how are we friends,” Azul bemoaned as Leona sniffed.
‘I wonder the same thing sometimes. Now scram before I devour you,” he warned, growling into his voice that had the Hogwarts teachers grabbing their wands.
“Uggh, Vulgar as ever,” Azul sighed, shaking his head as Jade gave his usual smile. “I pity Yuu for having you as a friend, especially since you push that nephew of yours onto him all the time.”
‘You wanna babysit him?”
“...NO,” Azul turned red, having watched the kid for five minutes and lost him twice in that time space.
Somehow Yuu had never once lost him and was able to actually get him to sit still for more than five minutes and not wander off. Cheka’s Guard lauded him as some sort of messiah and often weaseled Cheka to Yuu to make their lives slightly easier if Yuu was in the mood to watch Cheka.
Otherwise Leona had too and they'd have to hear his bitching.
‘Hmm,'' Leona smirked before turning back to the other idiots who stared at him like he was some sort of monster. “Come on, I’ll show you the outer field-”
‘Why can you not share-’
``You have a lot of gall,” Leona interrupted the pink bitch with a smirk. “It’s our school. So piss off,” he warned.
``Does no one here have any respect for the adults-?”
‘I’m 20,” Leona sneered, the woman trailing off as others looked at him like he was insane. “Yeah, yeah. I joined a year later, got held back, big whoop. But I am an adult here, so don’t go acting like I’m some sort of kid.”
“...” She wisely said nothing as he motioned for them to follow as his team ended their warm ups, Leona never doing them for himself as they all began speaking about the tournament.
‘Hey boss! We’ll show those dorms that the Beastman race aren’t one to be messed with,” a second year called out as Leona smirked.
“Damn straight,” he growled out, letting out a lions roar that his team cheered out. His smile showed off all his teeth as his chest puffed out as his hair fanned around him like a mane.
Jack and Ruggie shared a look as the pink woman pinched her face up in horror, disgust and hatred at Leona and all of them as her eyes roved over their dorm.
….Looks like they don’t have Beastmen….
Great.
Leona returned without too much hassle so they decided to let it go as Vargas instructed them on some of the points Leona wanted them to work on as Azul and Jade took measurements and made a list of the A-listers who had contacted him in hopes of going to the tournament. Most of them weren’t even going to be there for the tournament, but for the Dorm Leader Vs. Vice match at the end.
With their skyrocketing popularity people wanted in as much as possible, making them grateful they had Night Raven and Sage Island had a strict ferry policy due to the nature of the two schools inhabiting the island.
But…
It would be more subdued than last year that is for sure.
While the overbolts had been publicized, Malleus and Grim’s were known and the destruction they caused has left a bit of apprehension for people who did not have someone on Sage’s Island or someone in NRC.
But they still expected a fair amount of people with the InFamous 23’s Magicam’s blowing up.
Now especially with all the showing of their Magishift training, as Vance had told them to do since they wanted to make up for the revenue lost during the summer when the School had been destroyed and some people pulled out of the island.
“Vil’s Cousin managed to land the spot for the halftime show,” some students murmured as others laughed as they took their break.
“Didn’t you see? He was arguing with another artist who wanted the position? He threatened to slam his bottle on his head if he couldn’t have the spot and they almost got into a brawl in the middle of the office,’ people whispered.
“Hey, he gets good press and he can see his family. I say that’s a good reason,” another snorted.
‘He just wants to piss Vil off,” a third entered, all of them laughing as Ruggie shook with his own silent laughter.
‘Heh, maybe I can sic him on Vil,” Ruggie snickered as Jack sighed, having known Claude for as long as Vil since the three had lived in the same neighborhood.
“Haaa, Claude and Vil are on really good terms…doesn't mean that he isn’t eccentric,’ he admitted as Leona hummed from where he lounged on the benches.
“Still, it’s funny to see that peacock get all ruffled up when his cousin is the exact opposite of him with the same amount of fame,” Leona rumbled out, sighing as a cool breeze rushed over them. “Thought…he is preferable to Rook…” Jack shivered.
Everyone else followed suit.
Seriously, it was a miracle they all managed to befriend someone as creepy as him but…ehh…
It was a peaceful afternoon that was slowly bleeding into evening, the Savanaclaw trio eager to get back to shower, rest up and eat dinner while chatting with everyone.
It was easier than meeting up at one of the free dorms or always using the Lounge since Azul still had to provide Crowley money to show that it was still worth running and having on campus. And it allowed those with the…extras, to be able to handle situations quickly if need be.
As much as they clowned, dunked and berated one another; they would never give this up for anything else much less anyone else. Everything was perfect and they had worked through all of their problems….mostly…and they enjoyed their time with one another.
Yeah, it was shaping up to be a good year-
“DORM LEADER!”
“BOSS!!!”
“LEONA SENPAI!!!”
In an instant Leona rolled off the bench, hitting the ground with a grunt as a metal on metal impact happened behind him; his team gasping as they all scrambled about to try and avoid two…massive unruly balls running amok.
‘The hell,” he growled as some took to the air to try and get them under control only to be knocked out in an instant. They landed harshly on the ground, yelping and scrambling for purchase as the balls seemed to try and chase them.
One was hit on the side, rolling on the ground as he coughed holding his side as he wheezed for breath.
No doubt he broke a rib.
“Bats! Bats! You need to knock them out of the way!!”
Leona looked up to see the students from the other school trying to show them what to do, all of them looking worried and pale as they whispered amongst themselves but they did nothing.
They expected them to know what to do.
Are you serious?
“Fuck that,” Leona was so done with these peoples random bullshit.
One guy went flying, slamming into another as everyone scrambled to get out of the war parth of the balls.
“All of you duck,” Ruggie yelled out as sand began to swirl in Leona’s hand, his eyes alight with pure rage at the destruction the balls were making.
““I am your hunger. I am your thirst. I am what steals the light of your tomorrows. Kneel before me! King’s Roar!”
In an instant everything ended as the balls turned to sand, fluttering in the wind as Leona let loose a mighty roar worthy of the King of Beasts himself, he continued in a display of dominance that had the wizards shuffling back in fear as his magic continued to destroy the weeds and foliage around the arena.
It ended as quickly as it came though, with Leona huffing in annoyance as he dropped his hand, running it through his hair with an aggravated intake of breath.
“What an annoyance,” he hissed, eyes dilating before he forcibly relaxed his muscles. “And you,” he let his more lion tendencies get into his voice as he stalked forward, the coach getting in front of her students as Vargs joined him. “What was that? One of my dorm members has a broken rib because of you,” he motioned to the jackal beastman whimpering as Ruggie applied first aid, telling him it was broken and he would need to get to the infirmary stat. “He’s out of the tournament now!”
“It’s nothing more than a scratch,” the coach sighed. “Some healing spells and skelegrow and he’s good as new-”
``What in Twisted Wonderland,” Vargas demanded, looking confused and offended as some Crow Familiar appeared with a stretcher for the boy along with a neck brace since he hit the ground hard. “Magic can’t solve everything and lord knows that an injury like that? It could have punctured an organ!”
“Hey we got a problem,” Jack called as he rushed over. “Amen has a mild form of Anemia and he hasn’t been taking his meds since he’s waiting for a refill. It’s been about a week, it’s hard to get it on the Island and he misjudged the time it took to get here.”
Shit.
“We need to call the hospital and get him those meds,” Vargas breathed, hands on his hips as he bit his lip in frustration. “I’ll call Crowley and have Crewel also make a stabilizing potion until we can get those meds in him. It’s not perfect but it’s the best thing we got to avoid a sticky situation, get him to the main gate and wait for an ambulance. DON’T leave until he is escorted into the ambulance with a teacher,’ Vargas warned him, eyes narrowed as Jack jumped to attention eyes wide, ears alert and tail tense.
“Okay,” Jack nodded, his ears alert to everything around him as he rushed back only to catch sight of the pink lady who stared at them all as if they were garbage.
“...Could it be that being…what you are, he is unable to receive magical treatments,” Umbridge asked, smiling as Leona turned to her and looked at her like she was stupid.
That how she wanted to do it?
“...No,” he sneered, baring his teeth, ignoring how she made a grab for her wand. “He just has a blood deficiency he needs meds for. Just like anyone else could have, human or beastman,” he informed her as Amen was carted off, sobbing slightly at the intense pain and lightheadedness he was feeling.
“You’ll be alright,” Leona heard his teammates say, all of them informing him he was gonna be fine as they gently tried to get him off of the pitch without too much jostling as a teacher rushed over explaining he would be going with him to the hospital.
“...Are you sure-”
‘You got a problem with the beastmen? I’ll have you know I am a Prince,” Leona rumbled out, taking a step forward only to have Vargas grab him by the shoulder.
“Down Kingscholar. Don’t,” he warned, eyeing the woman who smirked.
‘Do listen to your trainer.”
“....” Leona gave a chuckle as Ruggie and Jack joined him, both of them looking confused and offended as Leona turned to them with a pinched face.
“...You hear that?” He jabbed a thumb in her direction without even bothering to look at her as the students shifted behind their own coach.
“...Yeah,” Ruggie clucked his tongue.
“...” Jack was silent as he crossed his arms, eyes narrowed pursing his lips before he looked off to the side, muscle tense as he tried to remove himself mentally from the situation.
It would do him no good to get involved in this as well, he would lash out for sure.
“I don’t have a trainer. I have a coach. A coach that teaches me and keep me from doing stupid shit,” Leona spat out as Vargas messaged Crowley again about the stupid woman.
She was becoming a handful and he was really tempted to kick her out.
Her headmaster wasn’t doing anything, but then again Crowley mentioned that some discourse was going on between them and her….
He may be biding his time…
Yuu did that all the time and he’s been successful in that regard…
But then again, Yuu was a variable in everything and anything he did; never meant to be there or to be important, a sideman in every sense of the word until it came to the right time when he became the main hero to bring down those who he thought to be wrong.
“Head back to your Dorm Kingscholar. No use in making an extra fuss,``Vargas warned him. “We’ll see Amen’s state when the hospital sends a report in. I’ll speak to you about a substitution,” he told the adult.
“Tch.” Leona jerked his head back to push his hair out of his face before motioning Jack and Ruggie to follow him, stalking back to the benches where he gathered his gym back with the two.
“If Amen can’t make it I want one of THEM to replace him,” Leona demanded. “Since they caused this, they make up for it,” he hissed, turning to Vargas who had a carefully blank face,
“....I’ll see what I can do. I know most of your dorm wants to be a part of this…but I say it’s a fair trade,” Vargas sighed.
“...No such thing will happen-”
‘You caused this,” Vargas snapped, turning on Umbridge who was all ruffled. “You take responsibility. I will be accessing the cameras on the fields to show the carnage you manage to do and present it to both headmasters…great Seven, some of them could have been killed with those things!”
“We have preventative measure-”
“I don’t care if YOU lot do. But don’t bring MY kids into it,” Vargas snapped.
Things did not get better after that.
A FEW HOURS LATER
“.....So….your pissed,” Yuu commented later that night as Leona ate his meat like it offended him. “....Did Ruggie stuff the chicken with vegetables again?”
“No, actually,” Ruggie commented from his beef stew he was eating…next to the crock pot as well.
“Why do you have a crock pot in your room,” Vil demanded, almost finished with his salad as Epel was tearing apart his steak.
“...I like stew,” Ruggie shrugged, everyone letting out chuckles as they shifted in their seats and continued to eat.
“Oyyyy! Ace! Let Yuu know that we need some help with the pastries that he told us about. We have been having a hard time.”
‘Yeah yeah,’ Ace called, lounging on his bed as he was eating some fish n chips. “You really had to give them a pastry like that?”
“Baklava is pretty good but it’s hard to make. Besides, I know Trey senpai would go in and never come out until he finished it,” Yuu deadpanned as Trey laughed. “So, what made you all upset, Leona.”
‘Damn,” he sighed, tossing a chicken bone to the side as Yuu smirked. “...There was an accident during training.”
“...Are you alright,” Riddle asked.
‘I am…Amen is in the hospital right now.”
“What?”
“Those other students where training with some stupid metal balls that have magic to go haywire and he was hit while trying to corral them to the side. He broke his ribs and had to go to the hospital cause he has Anemia,” Jack informed them as Leona continued to devour his food. “He was waiting for a refill of his prescription but he forgot about the time it takes to get here and has been off them for a week. Not bad since he has a mild form…but what happened…”
“By the Seven,” Azul gasped as Jade frowned. Floyd asked if he could squeeze someone only to squeeze his shrimp plush when he was told no.
‘Has his parents been contacted,” Vil demanded as Kalim asked if he would need help for the bills.
‘Yeah, they can handle everything. Apparently he has had this happen before so they have a rainy day fund for if it happened at Night Raven.” Ruggie commented from where he was eating donuts.
“That’s well and good, and you still have a full team-”
‘Nah,” Leona sniffed, cracking his neck as Yuu raised a brow. “I told them they have to cough up one of their members as a sacrificial lamb. I ain’t training them, I’m vindictive.”
“...Leona,” all of them sighed.
“What, I say it’s fair,” he growled, all of them shaking their heads as they continued on with their meal, going well into the night.
The last month or so has been…difficult.
Yuu had faced a lot of vitriol, more so than when he first joined the modeling scene; as well as the professional gaming sphere whenever Idia needed a partner. They seemed to think he was less than human and tried multiple times to have him removed from his dorm.
HIS DORM.
The one Crowley and Maleficent had given him.
HIM!
NRC’s greatest student, magic or no! And they tried to act like it was there because they had magic and he didn’t!
Well fuck that!
He and everyone else had attempted to keep a schedule as much as possible, but it seemed those assholes were willing to do anything and everything to ‘teach him his place’ or some shit like that. Not like they actually stood a chance in getting him alone when he was in NRC.
He always had one person or another seeking him out or wanting to spend time with him for something, or even his clubs which he spent a lot of time with.
Malleus had taken to spending as much time physically possible on Campus, so much so he opened up a tutoring booth so he had a valid reason to stay away from his own dorm and then conduct his club activities with Yuu at night.
He…really didn’t like that dorm he was placed with.
“...They are ignorant….the worst I have ever seen,”was all he told Yuu one night as they wrapped up their findings on the alchemy stores' gargoyles.
And he spoke no more of it.
“Alright, I gotta sleep if I am going to help Crewel tomorrow with the stocks for Beans day. Night losers,” he called, receiving a barrage of ‘good night’s’, a few scowls and around one or two middle fingers before he logged off and blew out a puff of air.
…He couldn’t sleep.
It was a recurring problem, impounded with paranoia and anxiety, his insomnia had been raging the last few days and he was desperate to try and get any wink of sleep he could but to no avail.
Nothing was working.
From the sleeping pills, remedies or the sleeping potions, nothing worked.
“….Might as well take a walk,” he sighed, getting up with a grunt before grabbing his coat on the way out. The hall was silent as it was closer to 10 and everyone was no doubt getting ready for bed…
Who goes to bed this early anyways…grannies, he rolled his eyes at the thought before exiting the dorm with a wave to the ghosts who smiled at him. They were all to happy to make things inconvenient for the girls once they got it into their heads that Yuu should be expelled.
Yuu turned the other cheek most of the time.
He didn’t have time for their shit honestly.
Yuu continued to mull over the absolute shitstorm this year had managed to start out as before he stopped, on main street as he decided to do a lap around the school to tire himself out.
“Come out,” he demanded, hands in his pockets and on his alert button Crewel had demanded he keep on him after the pink woman tried to erase his memories. He wasn’t going to risk it and had a reversal potion on him at all times if she ever did it…
But they hoped not.
Meow.
Yuu hummed in confusion as a brown tabby came out, older than most on the street but well groomed. Not Trein’s, Lucius was a special little demon for sure and all other pets were forbidden.
None of the other teachers (NRC or Hogwarts) had a cat, much less a pet…Crewel and his three dalmations didn’t count…
“You're one of the teachers. Interesting, so you all have the ability to transform into an animal…no, you have to go through a certain ritual. No doubt taxing, so only a few of you have this skill,” Yuu commented, rubbing his chin in thought as the cat meowed again and moved behind a statue of the Beautiful Queen.
“...I see you are well tuned with the school,” an older woman came out, Yuu raising a brow at her emerald robes before his eyes widened.
``You're the deputy headmistress,” he took a step back, eyes narrowing in distrust as her face pinched and she pushed her glasses up. “...You don’t find yourself on mainstreet with me by coincidence,” he demanded, the older woman nodding as she took in a deep breath. “What do you want?”
“...Do you know why your father adopted you?”
“....Because I am a good student, amazing at what I do and I have a good future he wants to cultivate in hopes I have everything” Yuu whispered, face morphing into a scowl as he stared at her down.
“...Many muggles-”
“People,” Yuu snapped, stepping forward, forgetting about her magic and whatnot. “Yeah, sure they have the same resources he might have. But he wasn’t going to let me rot in the system,” he sneered, eyes wide as she sighed.
‘...Child-”
‘Mr. Fujimaru. You don’t get to degrad me with that stupid term of…endearment,” he gagged, crossing his arms as she scowled at him. “I don’t care what you want or what you are going to say. I am the son of a teacher at the premier magic school in this world. And it’s not gonna change,” Yuu warned her.
“...I get that getting people to lie about the world knowing magic-”
“It’s not a lie. Just cause you have your heads up your ass doesn’t mean that I have to suffer with you all. I have friends, I have a life, Career and people who like me for me regardless of the status I have right now,” he cried out, the stress from the last month welling up inside of him. “You don’t get to dictate how I live this second chance of mine. Free from everything I suffered at home at the behest of that woman…all the injustice I….” Yuu caught himself, breathing harshly before he turned on his heel and moved down the path that circled the school.
“My boy-”
“Leave me alone. Leave me alone and don’t come near. I won’t be pleasant if you do,” Yuu wanted her, voice nothing more than a whisper as memories from his old home assaulted him like a freight train.
“I am trying to help you-”
``You simply want to help yourself and whatever you think is correct,” Yuu murmured, rushing into the woods as she called for him to stop. Yuu felt an immense pressure rise around him, the sound of crows loud, imposing and all around him as they protected him as he ran, ran, ran.
Far, far away from that place as fast as he could.
Away from that horrible feeling that he had abandoned someone.
He didn’t.
His father was a good man with a shitty wife, his father loved him and would do anything and everything he could for Yuu.
His father….
His father wanted Yuu to vanish into the wind so he could be free, away from a father trapped by a neglectful wife.
His father wasn't sad he was gone.
No…no…
His father was happy.
He was happy!
He was HAPPY!
….Right?
….Right?
Yuu slowed to a stop, he had somehow gone onto campus, taking the back route and running all throughout the halls in a state of complete dissonance.
And his feet had brought him to the mirror chamber, eyes looking right into the doors which housed the mirror that had brought him here. Heart pounding and hands sweaty he planted both palms on the door, pushing with a grunt to force them open.
He came face to face with it’s cracked visage, nothing coming to him as he expected it to aside from the empty hollow feeling he was so used to when he thought of the mirror. Tentatively he took a step forward.
Then another.
And another.
And another until he was no more than 5 feet away from the mirror, unsure if it was wise or if he was even all there. His arm shook as he raised it, fingers barely brushing up against it’s crack surface wondering if the man in the mirror was still inside of there or if he was gone from being smashed.
“....Father is happy,” he breathed, blinking as the memories assaulted him once more. “I have everything he could ever want for me and more,” he told himself. “I have a second chance…i won’t make light of it…but…”
He paused, unsure if he should continue to speak to the dead mirror to finish his thought.
He knew naught what he should do.
Swallowing the lump in his throat Yuu placed his hand firmly on the broken surface of the mirror, biting his lip as he shakily spoke his next words.
“...Magic Mirror on the Wall…Oh Mirror Mirror who guides thee…Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Please Show Me My Path,” he whispered, eyes closing as he waited for anything…something..
But he received nothing.
“If I can have everything but not want it…why can I simply wish for one thing and never receive it,” Yuu whispered, stepping back and removing his hand from the dark mirror. “Take away my accolades, take away the modeling, the sponsorships…everything and anything. But let me fit in! Let me be normal,” he begged the mirror only to receive nothing once more. “Please, you picked me for a reason. I have to have magic, I know it…I manifested a pen, I made potions, fly a broom…please something…anything,” he sniffed, tears running down his face as the world was still silent.
Yuu wiped his tears, turning to leave the Mirror Chamber with a heavy heart unable to even think of an excuse as to why he would be coming to his father’s chambers that night.
He could not bear to be in that house with everyone in it hating him for the one thing he knew he lacked.
Magic.
The doors to the mirror chamber boomed as they closed, leaving the sole occupant that was once within it unaware of a man garbed in black before the mirror watching him leave.
“Oh but your path has already been shown,” they whispered. “It is up to you to accept its destination and take off…”
LIke a spector they vanished, and Crowley rose from his position in his office; the feeling of something inherently wrong settling deep within him as he rushed to the mirror chamber, coming to a stop before it.
‘...What are you planning,” he demanded, searching through its cracked spider webs for an answer.
But like Yuu…he received none.
“Yuu.” He breathed, rushing out back to his office and once more throwing himself into his research.
“I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE,” a loud voice boomed, echoing through the halls of Night Raven as everyone exited the cafeteria, just as Hogwarts went to get food.
All eyes turned to the private potions lab used for assignments, no longer used at the moment due to the inter house tournament coming up in a few days.
Crewel had begun to make Beans Day potions, getting his stock ready with Yuu who had been ahead of classes.
Meaning that….
“GET OUT,”Yuu screamed as Dolores rushed out, Yuu chasing her as he slammed an incomplete potion on the ground, shattering it and spilling its contents everywhere as he fumed. “I AM WORKING ON POTIONS AND YOU ARE IMPEDING MY WORK,” he screeched, red faced and wild eyed.
“Do you even know what that potions is-”
‘It’s a fucking mist potion. Did you know what it was? Fuck no, that’s why your tyring to tell me to be careful,” Yuu snarled in response, panting as his labcoat slipped from his shoulders.
‘Dude,” some Savanaclaw members murmured as Yuu looked like a cornered wild animal.
‘Day and Night, Day and Night. DAY AND NIGHT,” Yuu screamed his head off, shaking his whole body in rage. “YOU HAVE COME AFTER ME, BELITTLING ME, TELLING ME I AM NOT WORTH MY OWN FATHER’S TIME. NOT WORTH MY FRIENDS TIME! YOU DON’T KNOW ME AND I DON’T CARE TO KNOW YOU!!!”
“Dude, he’s lost it,” Ace whispered to Deuce as they watched him throw another vial at her in a fit of rage.
“...He’s reaching Sebek’s pitch,’ Jack commented, ear twitching as Yuu continued to scream at her to stop doing what she was doing or he would take a complaint to her headmaster and have her kicked out on the streets.
“Get away from me,” Yuu warned, stepping back as she tried to overtake him in the conversation again.
“My boy-”
‘I am Mr. Fujimaru to you, I am no one son aside from Divus Crewel’s and even then he would prefer for you to show me some respect,” Yuu demanded, panting as he came down from his intense screaming high.
He had been…tense, since the night before.
After he left the mirror chamber and went to sleep on Crewel’s couch, he was all strung up and ready to murder someone and that someone had to be the same woman who bugged him for the last month.
“I am merely trying to explain to you that the best thing for everyone involved-”
‘Since when are you my case worker, huh,” Yuu demanded, working to fix himself and his appearance up, as Rook and Jade approached. Both of them had serious looks on their faces, eyes of a predator and the gait of a lion as they stalked forward.
“Mon Trickster? Is something a matter. Your beautiful self is all mussed up,’ Rook gasped as Yuu grumbled something about potions and falling behind.
“I see that you have run out of ingredients for the next batch of potions. It's not like you to mess up,’ Jade commented, fixing Yuu’s goggles as the boy sneered.
“She,” he accused with a jab in her direction. “Had decided I was going to mess up the potion and was working on stabilizing it while I was in the middle of making a batch of mist potions for beans day! She nearly blew up the entire lab with me in it and then blamed me for making a potion that was not in the book,” he yelled out as people hissed in fear.
Yuu…was a taskmaster when it came to potions and how they were assembled. More So than Crewel who was basically a prison warden most of the time.
Yuu demanded perfection from each and every potion he made.
So for someone to mess it up…
“...My,” Jade hummed, turning on Umbridge who ruffled up.
“If I might ask, what is a magicless student who should not even be here in the first place, doing making potions for a teacher,” she demanded, stepping up as Crewel came back.
‘Wha…what happened,” he demanded, turning only to scowl. “You,” he growled, a bark let out from his mouth as Yuu smirked. “What did you do! I left the room because I trusted my boy with finishing off the potions and now I come back to…to an empty stores and the room is a mess!”
‘...This magicless boy should not be making potions that-”
“Oh Seven! Potions is nothing more than science and a smidge of magic that comes from the magical plants in said potion,” Crewel yelled out, looking exasperated as Yuu went back into the room. “Leech! Get me the headmaster! Both of them! I have had enough! I have dealt with her shit and her discrimination for a month and I have had it!”
‘No need.”
All turned to see Dumbledore approach, face stern as he strode forward, brow furrowed in disappointment before he came to a stop beside Dolores.
“...I would have you leave that boy alone for now,” Dumbledore murmured, the woman huffing as she shook her head.
“Need I remind you, that you are on thin ice with the ministry-”
‘Who you have been unable to contact our entire time here. And while I understand you are doing an audit of Hogwarts, being disrespectful to their most prized student is hurting our chances of people helping us. I would like for you to step back for now and or leave them be…you have done enough harm,” he murmured into her ear.
“...Harm? Harm? I am trying to teach these people that the way they are going about teaching magic is wrong! Wrong!” She gasped, stepping back as people began to tense up.
They had heard about what she said to Leona.
“Is she saying that Beastmen…are lesser,” Vil demanded, a bit crazed as he had technically babysat Jack when he had time when they were younger.
Jack was a good beastman, the best of the best. Gentleman all around and honestly a sweet kid at heart, for her to insinuate he was a mindless beast with no right to learn magic…
Oh he wanted to punch her teeth in.
“Enough Dolores. Go back to the staff quarters…I am sure Mr. Crewel will be speaking to their headmaster,” he turned to Crewel who nodded before looking around.
“The Seven are you all doing! Get to class or go eat lunch! Now,” he barked, all of them rushing off to their respective places as he sighed. “...Stay away from my boy, or the claws come out,” he warned, stepping back before heading to his own class.
“Go Dolores. Do not attempt to provoke them again and DO NOT speak of your ideals here. I will not be able to protect you against all of them,” he told her gently, as he always had with someone with her mentality.
“...Once the Minister hears about this, I will make sure that things are changed.”
Dumbledore was silent as the teachers left, heading to the lounge they had to try and mull over things about this school as they usually did, Dumbledore stayed back smiling down at the crows watching him and clicking their beaks at him before he went into the potions room where a bored Yuu stared at him.
“....She’s stupid isn’t she. The special kind,” Yuu commented as he picked up some dropped vials on the ground, moving to grab the dustpan, Dumbledore closed the door behind him setting up a quick ward as he hummed.
‘She has yet to grasp the concept that we are in a completely separate world,” he began, stepping toward the ruined cauldron with a raised brown and hum. “I think…once the tournament goes through, she will begin to focus on Hogwarts in it’s entirety,” he informed him.
“Good, keep her away from me. I will stab her with a pen,” Yuu told him bluntly, binning the broken glass more harshly than he should have but he was frustrated.
From his little breakdown the night before to now, everything was just stress ontop of stress on top of stress.
“I have no doubt you will. You have the freest of spirits…but a keen ambition on you,” Dumbledore nodded, sitting down at the desk as Yuu turned to him.
“Is there a reason why you keep seeking me out. I am sure Crowley doesn’t like this,” Yuu asked, but he didn’t want to kick the man out. If he was the best person to keep that pink monstrosity away he was fine with him staying.
“I…have something I wish to ask of you,” Dumbledore admitted.
‘What?”
“...Does a little Manor by the forest surrounded by nothing but fields in a land called Sussex mean anything to you?”
Yuu froze, his heart leaping into his throat and dropping into his stomach all at once, his blood turned cold, his throat closed and he felt his muscles turn to stone.
“My owls went there and I could tell it was a luxurious place…sparsely filled though. Only five servants, a man and a woman. What looked like a child’s bedroom was long since abandoned. The father…he stoped before the door before every meal and simply laid a hand on the door, saying nothing before he went down for a meal.”
“....” Yuu shivered, thinking of his father doing that and knowing that his son was somewhere he wanted to be.
Without his influence, without his mother, without his blood money.
Free from it all.
“It seemed as if the child had simply vanished, the mother was drunk but it seemed to be a vice of her’s. The father never mentioned it but after the meal he repeated his action like he did before the meal before going to his office and staying there for hours on end doing paperwork,” Dumbledore finished.
“...Why tell me this?”
“....Yuu Fujimaru is an exceedingly uncommon name for those in Britain. In Japan, no…but in our country?”
“...What are you getting at?”
“I believe this is yours,” Dumbledore coughed, getting up with a wax sealed letter in his hand, the parchment was rough and unrefined in Yuu’s grip as he took it. The sigil of the school on it as Yuu broke the seal and read the contents of the 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 Fujimaru,
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 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
UNIFORM
First-year students will require:
1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)
2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
4. One winter cloak (black, with silver fastenings)
Please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags.
COURSE BOOKS
All students should have a copy of each of the following:
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1)
by Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic
by Bathilda Bagshot
Magical Theory
by Adalbert Waffling
A Beginner's 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 brass scales
Students may also bring, if they desire, an owl OR a cat OR a toad.
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS
ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS
Yours sincerely,
Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus
Chief Attendant of Witchcraft Provisions
“....I have magic,” Yuu breathed, hand shaking at the year printed at the top of it.
1991.
“...I was supposed to attend this year,’ Yuu whispered, stepping back to lean up against the table as Dumbledore watched him silently.
Did he break the news to him?
No, it was better to get to what he wanted to do.
“...Indeed. And I suspect…you are in need of a wand,” Dumbledore began, taking the letter back from the boy and turning it to ash.
‘Hey,” he gasped before coming face to face with Dumbledore as he turned.
‘I am no wandmaker…but I have something that can…help me,” He began, Yuu blinking before nodding.
“So…I need a wand like you all to do magic,” he demanded.
“...I am not sure. I have…spoken with Crowley about your circumstance,’ he began, sitting back down as Yuu nodded, foot tapping on the ground in nervousness as Dumbledore smiled. “The fact you manifest their version of a wand is…complicating matters.”
‘How so?”
“I know you want to fit in, but don’t be hasty,” Dumbledore warned. “One too many times have I seen a child like you…destroyed by that ambition.”
‘You don’t understand-”
‘Oh no, I do….trust me,” he told the boy, the other stopping at his tone and the look on his face before nodding. “I will…gather the materials needed. Best local and not so local. That man Sam I am sure will be accommodating and I will help you in constructing a wand,” Dumbledore promised him. “Not a single word of this can be spoken,” he warned.
“You think I would ruin this chance because I got eager,’ Yuu mocked him, a razor sharp smile on his face. ‘As if.”
“Good…I will come get you once I have the various materials. A wand can be finicky and I am sure that your magic will be just as uptight as you,” he smiled. Yuu snorting.
“Whatever. Just get me that wand and I will finally be able to shut that pink bi….woman, up for good,” Yuu smiled.
“....It would be best to keep out secret. If she sees the wand…she may assume one thing or another. She has access to my files. She hasn’t gone over non admitted yet and I am holding onto those papers. But…” he explained.
“...What is she even doing in your school? All of our staff hate her guts, your students despise her,” Yuu marveled. ‘I can only wonder what you did to get on the bad side of your government.”
“A cowardly minister,” Dumbledore grinned as he stood up. “One that does not…or cannot see the truth.”
“...Is something happening in your world,” Yuu asked, inquisitive as Dumbledore smiled.
“You really found home…haven’t you,” he asked, Yuu blinking in confusion nas the man left.
“...What,” he asked himself before shaking his head.
He needed to go to the greenhouse and scold Ace for trying to skimp class by hiding in here.
Never ending it seemed, but at least it was something normal.
FOUR DAYS LATER
Before long the Inter House tournament had come….
…Along with the many A-Listers who had come to the opening of the lounge 2 months ago.
“Kaaay! Look at the infamous 23! All of them are in a team,” people whispered as seats were quickly being filled up.
Magishift recruiters were in the VIP box, they had a clipboard and where to receive a recording of the matches after the day had ended. Videos were allowed of the matches and in the eating stalls, but not other photography and the like due to the situation at hand with the Hogwarts students who demanded to see what the big fuss was about.
“OMG! I saw the First Year Group talking and they are so much hotter in person!”
‘I saw the dorm leaders shaking for a good game and kaaayyy! They are such good friends!”
“Did you see Yuu Fujimaru and Vil Schoenheit! I cannot wait for the performance match!”
“Dude Yuu was by himself and he looked like….so solemn and stuff. Like an anime protag.”
“Isn’t he though?”
Various A-listers and their children murmured about the people they had come to see, said people unaware of what was being spoken about them as they went to their teams, getting dressed or in Yuu’s case following Luna around.
She was…different.
She asked him about the computer and how to use it, how to research and look up stuff she was interested in and went to Pomefiore to ask about fashion magazines because she wanted to look at them.
She wasn’t afraid of going through the mirrors into different dorms and had even wandered into Heartslabyul one day to ask for a proper cup of tea. Riddle had obliged and Yuu had found them later in a conversation about the magical beats of her world as Yuu joined in.
She wasn’t bad, in fact she was one of the best in Yuu’s opinion. She was always up early to make sure her clothes were not taken or destroyed; Yuu felt bad so he asked a crow to guard her bed so her yearmates wouldn’t damage her items anymore and she had made him a protection charm against the nargles.
He didn’t wear it but it was a nice gesture, he usually helped her with the technology stuff since she was so interested and took her to the library to research when she was getting more into it. He was happy to help and she seemed happy too; to be away from her classmates who seemed like pain in the asses most of the time.
“Why aren’t you watching the match,” he asked, walking beside her as they strolled down Main Street.
“...I wanna watch your match,” she smiled, turning to him; Yuu could only nod in response before he stopped when he noticed she was stopped before a statue.
“...The Sea Witch,” he commented looking up at her visage. “You know, one of my friends is related to her actually. Very far back.”
‘Really,'' she gasped, looking happy as Yuu nodded, smiling as he thought about Azul and the shitstorm that came with him learning that fact from his grandma.
“Yeah, he was really happy about it, but his best friends were all like ‘come on really? Now that is unfair’ or whatever,” Yuu giggled.
“...This school seems like a lot of fun. Science and art is a lot of fun,” she nodded as they moved away from Main Street.
“No offense, but how can you only do ALL magic courses? Like…it’s impossible, I am sorry,” he scoffed.
“How so?”
“There is a science to everything. How to grow your plants the most optimal way to get the most magic out of the whole thing, how to optimize a potion, potions themselves and not to mention essays require a good head on English to be able to make something coherent and not a jumbled mess. And last I remember…11 year olds aren’t naturally good essay makers,” he reminded her, her giggle making him shrug. “Besides, parchment? Inkwells?”
“I will admit, it does get heavy even with a feather light charm on it.”
‘That’s another thing I don't get. Why do everything with magic,” he was puzzled. “I mean…I am sure you have magic infused ores that are able to be molded into one thing or another. I mean…we have magitech and all manner of people are able to use them.”
“...The rest of the world is too,” she agreed.
‘Huh?”
“...Britain isn’t in a good place now.”
“....”
“...Some man…who wants only purebloods to rule and be alive…he made a mess around 20 or so years ago,” she explained. “He came back and…everyone is afraid in Hogwarts. But…the ministry doesn’t believe he is back.”
‘They are scared of his rise,” Yuu sighed, both of them following the path around school as the cheers from the arena could be heard. “Ignoring it will only make the problem worse in the future.”
‘Dumbledore is the greatest wizard of all time. But…our minister simply thinks he’s using this ruse to get the Minister position.”
“If he wanted to be the minister, he would be it already. He wouldn’t be supervising a bunch of magical idiots in his free time,” Yuu deadpanned, her laughter making him laugh as well as they rounded the corner back to the arena.
A buzz let him know that another match had finished, they were simply going to 50 points in each of the games.
Like stated before, it’s a smaller affair than usual.
“How many games have passed,” she asked, looking up at him expectantly before he fished out his phone, tumbling through the run downs.
“Hmmm, the semi finals are right now. Scrabia v Diasomnia and Savanaclaw v Pomefiore…ooof,” Yuu sighed. “That second one is going to be brutal,” he giggled.
‘How so?”
“Leona and Vil might be friends but…they still get on each-others nerves…A LOT,” he winked, the other nodding as she understood before they broke out into laughter and moved to head down the path where the stalls where setting up food.
There they caught the sight of a lone figure milling about, looking at the wares, food and everything in between with an empty look. He was by a stroopwafel stand and Yuu could tell the smell was getting to him but the tie on his neck told him he was a Hogwarts student and he had no Madol on him.
…Eh, it’s stroopwafels; might as well get some to share right.
“Yooo, can we get six wafels,’ yuu called to the vendor who brightened and nodded, giving the sign of two and motioning to the three of them. “Yeah.”
“Alrighty then,’ she smiled, setting up to get them all in wrappers as the teen turned toward him.
“Oh, hello Malfoy,” Luna commented as Yuu turned to him with a raised brow.
Malfoy…as in the Draco Malfoy that Pansy was sure was going to marry her?
“Lovegood.”
‘I thought you would be watching the event,” Yuu asked, taking the wafel’s from the vendor before handing them to Luna who smiled at the smell. He handed the vendor her money before grabbing two packets and handing it to the teen. “You look like you need some sugar,” he shrugged.
“...Not going to blow up in my face?”
‘I save that for people who really annoy me. You haven’t done anything so far,” Yuu admitted, shrugging again as the boy took his own packet of treats and looked at Yuu like he was crazed. “What?”
“Why…?”
“You looked like you needed it,” was all Yuu told him.
A ping had Yuu looking at his phone before he grinned.
“Savanaclaw v Diasomnia,” Yuu chuckled. “Since Malleus isn't in the game, I wonder who is going to win,” Yuu mused as he pocketed the item, not noticing Draco’s eyes following him the entire time. “If you're not going to be in the stand at all you can go around and buy some stuff. Tell them that it’s on Fujimaru’s tab and to go to Sam at the shop to have it done,” he smiled.
“...Why,” he asked again, looking wary.
‘You don’t seem like the type to get involved with any extracurriculars and you seem done with everything in general. I also heard the pink bint is bothering you the most too,” he raised a brow as he flinched.
“Yeah…”
“So think of it as a rest day from that woman,” Yuu grinned. “We’re two peas in a pod I guess.”
“...I’d rather not,” he admitted, biting into his wafel as he left.
“The one club you never wanna join,” Yuu called out happily as he heard a snort.
“....Strange,” Luna commented as they walked to the arena.
‘Huh?”
“Draco is usually a troublemaker, I won’t lie,” she began. “He is confrontational and a purist. HIs whole family are pureblood and purists as well, they say they were the most loyal followers of the dark lord.”
“Oh come on,” Yuu bemoaned. “You call him the Dark Lord?”
“It fits…” she murmured as they entered the hall leading to the stands. “But it is silly. It makes him more powerful in many ways.”
‘Well, I guess so…but it’s so corny,” he laughed. “But none of this. Make sure to keep an eye out for a fast flier.”
‘Right!”
Both nodded before turning opposite ways.
Luna to the stands and Yuu to the changing rooms.
On the way Yuu couldn’t help but feel like what Luna said about Draco was wrong, it seemed like what they were seeing before was his true self and whatever front he did show was just for that.
For show.
So what did he need to peacock around for so much?
“AND WITH THAT SAVANACLAW TAKES THE WIN!”
“BOSS! BOSS! BOSS! BOSS!”
“Finally, now I can stop hearing Leona whine.”
“He does look happy, huh.”
Leona basked in the cheers his team were giving him, Ruggie and Jack giving him a thumbs up as Silver, Sebek and Lilia gave him smiles.
His family, who unfortunately came to the event, cheered wildly from the stands; little annoyance he called a nephew was calling out his name like he was the only person he saw and you know what?
Leona was fine with that.
“Now! Now! Now,” Cater called out from his place in the speaker's box. “I know this has been a wonderful, albeit very subdued Inter House tournament but the best has yet to come! Dorm Leaders! Vice Leaders take positions! The fight to determine who is better between the two is about to BEGIN!”
“Another round,” people gasped.
They had…not expected Magishift to be what it was, in the end.
All of them had been forced to join after the student who had been called to join the Savanaclaw team begged not to be put in. Because Leona was going to make him go in without any training and he had a promising career in quidditch he didn’t want to ruin.
Umbdirge and Flintwick, who was the boy’s head of house, made a fuss as they settled on making all the students forced to come to the live event like everyone else and not leave.
They had to stay the whole time.
Many brought their homework only to have it taken as they were going to be forced to watch the entire length of the tournament with a few people here and there managing to escape.
They had expected a subpar game, but instead received the ultimate gauntlet of death.
Magic was being thrown left and right, screams and taunts were being thrown at one another, people jumping off and landing on brooms with other people still on them. Thunderstorms, mountains, water, and vines all attacked other people as they tried to get the goal in.
It was like they were trying to kill one another and everyone else was enjoying it.
Every single match someone had some beef with another and went all out against them, or a whole dorm had a beef with another dorm and proceeded to decimate them at anypoint possible.
“OMG! I have been looking forward to this since it was announced. Who do you think will win,” people began to gush as the vice dorm leaders emerged.
“Huh…what’s this,” some people pointed.
“Octavinelle’s students have over exhausted themselves, being mermen they have to take a potion to be able to have legs and being up in the air for too long isn’t the best for them. So Jack Howl will be taking the place of Jade Leech,” Carter announced.
“...What,” The Hogwarts teachers turned to the NRC staff, then turning in return with annoyance on their face.
“...You don’t have Mermen in your school…do you,” Trein asked as Sam sighed.
“Oh Non,” Lumiere breathed as Cogsworth took out his flask, muttering something about not being paid enough to sit by them as he took a swig of it.
“...You allow the…the beas…-”
“We have many species here capable of magic,” Crowley explained, eyes narrowed as he stared at his students. “All of them are worthy and thensome. You will NOT belittle them because of their race. DO YOU UNDERSTAND,” Crowley boomed out, everyone looking around confused as the Hogwarts students stepped back in fear.
If it’s one thing they learned…
Dumbledore was not going to protect them against these teachers or their staff, he was in all sense of the word on their side.
And they couldn’t understand why!?
“And now! Replacing Azul and the star of this show…YUU FUJIMARU!!!”
The crowd erupted into cheers as the dorm leaders came out in all black, waving to them all Yuu among them as he waved to his friends.
“...isn’t he magicless,” someone called out.
“....Not really,” Cater sighed. “Don’t make accusations like that,” he grumbled before looking down. “Okay, okay! Will everyone head to the starting point! Now…who is ready for this!”
‘Yeah,” Kalim called out, Jamil sighing as he realized he was going to make a fool of himself in front of everyone.
“I like that enthusiasm! Now…”Cater grinned as they all mounted their brooms, Floyd coming out and floating the discus in his hand with his unstable magic. It was tense as they all did not know if Floyd would shoot it off first or Cater would- “BLAST OFF YOU GUYS,” he yelled as Floyd shot the dicus into the air and everyone followed.
People gasped as Leona managed to grab it first, letting out a roar that sent some of the vices back before they all began to weave through the air as fast as possible.
“What are they DOING,” Hermione screeched, still not used to what they where doing, as they watched Ruggie jump off his broom to Jack’s and began to dangle from his legs, smiling as he began to shoot spells out at Yuu specifically who cursed and began to go back as to not get hit.
“OI, OI, OI,”Cater called out. “TRYING TO TAKE OUT THE FASTER AND MOST NIMBLE FLIER, GOOD IDEA.” he brushed off her scream, smiling as he called out a “YOU GO YUU! I BELIEVE YOU CAN SCORE!”
Yuu had taken control of the discus, people screaming chanting his name as they cried out for him to take the shot. Some Magishift players were calling out some strategies for him to use as he bobbed and weaved through the air, spinning around to avoid capture by Jack and Ruggie.
“COME ON HERBIVORE! MAKE THE SHOT,” Leona snapped as Yuu pulled his hand back and shot out the discus only to sigh as Jamil managed to catch it.
“Damn it,” he snapped, flying after the smirking snake who bobbed and weaved through them all. He yelped when lightning struck right next to him and turned back to see Malleus flying right behind him, their eyes locked and Jamil knew he needed to do something.
Or he was gonna get knocked out of the sky
“Alright then,” he breathed, cocking his head to the side when Malleus veered left and went down before a voice rang through his ear.
“Look where you're going!”
“Eh!” Jamil yelped as Yuu shot out from his broom and managed to get control of the discus, he flew past the Scrabia Vice with a smile and a cheery wave before having Malleus hastily grab him and right him onto his broom that had followed him.
“I cannot allow this game to continue! This is worse than all the other matches,” Minerva looked pale as Yuu made a shot which elicited a round of thunderous cheers. “Where is that coach of theirs,” Minerva gasped as she looked around.
“Look at him go,” people cried out as they streamed on Magicam. “It was so worth missing class for this! Yuu is a beast man! A BEAST!”
“OMG, they are doing so good. They could totally be pros, but then again I like them how they are!”
Many people were streaming and commenting on the fight, the comments from their streams were talking about the pros and cons of each strat used and how one player was stronger than another.
But most of it was hype as they continued their fierce battle to win the match.
“AHAHAH! THAT’S OUR PREFECT,” Vargas boomed happily from a few rows down. “Nice strategy! I see Yuu has been keeping up with his skill!”
‘Of course, he knew this was going to happen and he wasn’t going to be caught off guard,” Crewel peacock as Yuu flew by them with Rook and Ortho on his tails.
“You must end this,” Minerva demanded, striding down to where the Night Raven staff watched with bright smiles. “They are certain to kill themselves! This is worse than all the other matches I have seen so far and I can’t allow this! They are going to injure themselves!”
“Why,” Vargas asked, looking at her like she was crazy for suggesting it as more students flew by. ‘They are doing amazing! Even better than in the interdorm competitions in the past! Ah! LEFT! GO LEFT BUCCHI!” He motioned to his side as the hyena tried to avoid being punted to the ground.
“AND HERE I THOUGHT YOU WERE ON YUU’S SIDE,”the hyena snickered before he shot out another spell that zoomed past Riddle and made him unsteady enough to fall off his broom. “Oopsie!”
“My goodness!” Minerva whipped out her wand before stopping as Riddle summoned his broom back to him similar to how others would do it in class when people got too excited and continued on without much fanfare.
“That was Dirty Bucchi!”
“Shishishi,” was all Riddle got before the hyena snatched the discus from Vil who sneered at him and sent a wave of leaves after him. “Gotta try harder beauty queen!” He mocked as he setna wave of void magic to him that he narrowly avoided.
“Oh get over here you overindulgent donut addict,” Vil snapped, zooming after him as the rest of Night Raven cheered on happily.
“Dorm leaders are gonna bag the win for sure!”
‘No! The vices have too! They are doing so well!”
“The dorm leaders have Yuu, they are gonna win for sure. He’s scored so many points and because he’s so small he can be so much faster!”
“Come on! You can do it!”
More and more people began cheering and streaming the event, people going wild over what was being show as soon the attention moved to the grounded members of the InFamous 23, all of them looking like kids in candy stores as they cheered for the ones they wanted to win the most.
“COME ON YUU! DON’T LET JACK BEAT YOU!” Ace and Deuce roared together as Lilia waved a banner with Yuu’s house colors on them.
‘I know you can do it,” he smiled, grinning like mad as Yuu and Malleus teamed up, the fae having summoned forth a mountain to stall Trey and Rook. Many marveled at the show of magic they were unleashing on one another and the general lack of safety they each had for each other and themselves as they did magical feat after magical feat. “I trained them well during the two weeks I had after all,” he gave a manic grin that had the two shivering.
“Ho, ho, ho Roi des Dragons is upping his game huh,” Rook called out and he summoned his bow.
“OI THOSE REAL,” Vargas called before Minerva could accio them to her.
“NON, NON! THEY ARE BLUNTED WITH SOME CONFETTI AND A PAD AT THE END!”
“CONTINUE!”
“YOU HEARD IT FOLKS!”
Yuu yelped as he quickly ducked down to avoid the barrage Rook was throwing at him, throwing the discus over to Kalim who rushed down to make a shot only to have it stolen by Jamil.
“Dang it,” he cried out, rushing after him as the others did so.
“This is so intense,” people murmured as the magishift players were crying out to various players they thought would benefit from their style. It was pandemonium of the best kind as everyone was getting pumped up.
People cheered as Yuu slammed into Rook, grabbing his bow before tossing it to Epel who gave a feral scream about finally having it.
“I will be taking the bow back Monsieur Crabapple,” Rook warned as he slowly entered the fight again.
“Hell naw, imma use it as kindling,” Epel smirked as he waved it above his head.
“Epel,” his roommates sighed at his feral nature as things began to get more heated.
“TSUNOTARO! MAKE A DISTRACTION,” Yuu demanded as Malleus nodded and summoned forth vines that stalled Rook and Ortho as Yuu managed to make a shot to the goal, he pumped a fist when it went through and turned to smile back at Malleus who nodded in happiness.
“WWOOOHHHH! IT’S LEADERS-35:VICES-30! WHAT A CLOSE MATCH,” Cater roared out. “LOOKIE HERE, WHAT’S IDIA DOING?”
Said teen was floating around miserably, as he did his first match in the tournament looking like he wanted to die and just bobbing around on the sidelines.
“Oi! Shroud! How’s about you actually joining the game and I’ll put this toward your P.E. grade! We’re restarting the school year anyways and you are constantly on the verge of failing,’ Vargas boomed as Idia continued to shiver on his broom before whining out and shooting off. “Honestly.”
“He’s not one to get out and act like a muscle head,” Crewel slammed his riding crop into his hand before turning back to the game. “Tch. Yuu better win this game or he’ll be forced into remedial lessons by you.” He gave his fellow teacher a glare, the man laughing with a helpless shrug because it was true…in a sense.
‘Ahaha! If anyone needs those lessons it’s Shroud and Kingscholar, but it might not be bad to get a gauge to how much he’s grown, magically. You two were all too happy with testing his math and English a few days ago,” Sam hummed as he watched on. “Despite how advanced he is, you always seem to want to see that score again and again.”
“No lie there,” they admitted, the other teachers giggled because they knew it was just…nice to see your son/grandson be so smart no matter how many tests you threw at them.
“IMMA KILL YOU ROOK,” Yuu snarled as he clung to his broom he was nearly knocked off of by said hunter. “GET BACK HERE!!!!” He screamed out, struggling to get back on until Riddle rushed over to help him.
“GOING HAVE TO CATCH ME TRICKSTER!!!~”
“ARRGHHHH!” He screamed out as Riddle tried to calm him down saying that this is what Rook wanted, but he was too annoyed with the hunter to care about reason now. Riddle sighed as Yuu followed Rook, before flying back as Trey tried to take him out.
‘Oh I see,” Riddle pursed his lips before summoning some fire.
“Let’s go Riddle,” Trey challenged as they began to duke it out.
“GOO YUU! DON’T LET HIM BULLY YOU,” the Adeuce duo yelled out as Yuu rounded on Rook, keeping him out of Leona’s way.
“Get over here,” he snarled, pushing up against Rook who grinned like mad before he shoved Yuu off his broom with a flirty wink. “ROOK,” he screamed before summoning his broom again and flying up to slam into the hunter he began to spew poetic…things about being the hunter by his beloved trickster.
“Rook-Senpai,” his classmates sighed as the two continued to squabble with one another on the field.
They continued their little game, the score now 45-45 with people on the edge of their seats on who was going to win as it was throw and catch, throw and catch until…
“GET WRECKED,” Idia yelled out, shooting the discus into the goal with a launcher.
“...THAT’S 50 POINTS TO THE DORM LEADERS,’ Cater laughed as Idia dropped to the ground with bright red hair. “DORM LEADERS WIN!”
“Why did I say that,” he murmured in horror as Yuu burst out laughing with the other dorm leaders while Ruggie stared at Idia like he had grown a second head.
‘Dude really?”
“SHUT UP! Oh god…it’s already on the internet…my life is over, ruined. I won’t be able to recover, I am a normie, oh my seven I am a normie,” he began to bemona his fate on the ground while the rest of the students joined him, staring at him like he was insane while the streams were going crazy over the strange victory.
“I…guess that counts,” Vargas sighed, running a hand through his hair as all the students began to move out of the stands.
“Where did he get the launcher from,” Crewel asked, unbothered by most of it but simply curious. “Ortho was a member of the vice team…”
“...He might have had it on him for the whole duration of the game,” Trein spoke up, seeing the thing become compact and fly into Idia’s pocket. “Of course.”
“WELL, THAT ENDS NIGHT RAVEN COLLEGE’S INTERHOUSE MAGISHIFT TOURNAMENT! WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED AND HAVE A WONDERFUL REST OF YOUR EVENING FOLKS! CAY-KUN SIGNING OUT!”
“He’s born to be one,” Yuu snickered, everyone nodding with semi serious faces before looking to the stands where the Hogwarts students were leaving.
“Glad I didn’t go through and take on those idiots,’ Leona admitted as he cracked his neck. “I’m starvin…what’s for dinner?”
“A shower first. We are all filthy,” Vil shivered, but nonetheless had a smile on his face. “And then dinner at the lounge with Chef Louis again. He wants to ask more about the crucible and thought that since we just had a rough day it would be best to ask after the match so we have loose lips.”
‘I like that man already,’ Azul cheered as Floyd attached onto Yuu.
“Crabapple,” Rook called.
“Nope,” he yelled, rushing off before Rook gave chase.
“You had to give it to Epel?”
“I’m vindictive,” Yuu told Vil who tried to keep a straight face but it failed and he burst out into laughter with everyone else. “How was halftime?”
“Horrid, my cousin displayed our toddler pictures in a…eugly to me because he believed we wouldn’t make it to the semifinals,” Vil scoffed.
“And I got the video,” Leona grinned, Vill raising a fisat and debating on doing it before sighing and moving back.
‘Shower and Lounge people,” he clucked his tongue.
‘Trust us, we all need one,” Jamil told them.
“Totally,” Ace sniffed, Deuce shifting beside him.
“Oh yeah, I was also going to ask. Crewel has a townhouse in the town,” Yuu began as they all walked to the exit. “He said we are going to have a November break of about…6 days? And that I was free to use it with all of you if we wanted to get away.”
“When is the break again,” Trey asked.
“A week or so after the Culinary Crucible,” Riddle informed him.
‘Honestly…that sounds amazing,” Idia breathed. “To get away from them…”
‘Should I tell Crewel we’ll use it?”
“...”
“It’s by the beach?”
“Done.”
‘Alright!”
Despite how tense things where getting to the tournament…it actually ended up pretty fine.
Too bad it never lasts for long in NRC