Chapter 7: - Accidents and Yamis
As they entered November the weather turned very cold. Yugi and the others who were used to Japan's winter kept themselves wrapped up warm. Harry and Ron, who'd been told about the three yamis were staring out the window as Ombre came into the common room smirking. Yami trailed in after her, with an even bigger smirk. The twins rushed over, "How'd it go?"
"Alright, so no-one wins still about Mouthboy, but we got Kaiba good."
"Kaiba?" Joey spluttered, "How'd?"
"We got him." Ombre smirked, yawning and a flash of gold left Kari standing where Ombre had, Ombre was left in her spirit form. "Yeah, they got him, but if we get into trouble for it…"
A second flash of gold, leaving Yugi in control and Yami's spirit form stood in the middle of the room. "We won't, Kaiba is more likely to try to get us back then get us into trouble when he wasn't even sure which one of us it was. Twins, Harry, don't you have Quidditch practise?"
Harry started and rushed up to his dorm, after the incident with Malfoy and the Rememberall, he'd been given a place on the Quidditch team as the seeker, who had to capture the golden snitch to earn his team 150 points and end the game and with their first game of the season coming up fast, Oliver Wood had them practising almost non-stop. If it wasn't for Hermione, Harry would probably be falling behind on his work. As the twins and Harry rushed out the door, Harry called over his shoulder, "You'd better tell me what you did to Seto Kaiba when I get back."
The two yamis smiled and faded into their respective items as the two hikaris explained what had happened. Only the gang and the team had seen Harry play Quidditch as Wood was trying to kept Harry as a 'secret weapon', however the news had sneaked out somehow and Harry was forever being told either he was going to be great or someone would be there to catch him when he fell. Personally he was glad he knew now of the Millennium Orb's power to move objects, Kari could slow him down if he did fall.
Hermione had leant him 'Quidditch through the ages' as well, which was a very interesting read. He learnt that there were seven hundred ways of committing a foul in Quidditch and all of them had happened during the world cup in 1473.
Hermione was more relaxed about rule breaking since she'd been saved from the troll and she was nicer for it. The day before Harry's first match, the group were out in the grounds during lunch and Hermione had conjured them up a bright blue fire which could be carried around in a jam jar. Kaiba had followed them down yelling at Yugi and bugging Kari to recast the spell so he could use his laptop. They were standing with their backs to it, getting warm, with Kari and Kaiba bickering at each other because Kari wanted him to learn the spell to use it himself, and Kaiba wanted her to cast it and cast another one so he could get internet connection inside the grounds, and Kari didn't know how to do it so Kaiba was yelling at her to find out, and so it continued as Snape crossed their path, on his way back from the Forbidden Forest. Harry noticed at once that he was limping. The group moved closer together to block the view of the fire. Unfortunately Snape came over anyway, he seemed to be looking for a reason to yell at them.
"What've you got there, Potter?" It was Quidditch through the ages, Harry showed him. "Library books are not to be taken outside the school," said Snape, "Give it to me, five points from Gryffindor."
"He's just made that rule up, I wonder what's wrong with his leg."
"I dunno." Yami said, appearing suddenly and scaring Harry, "I hope it's really hurting him."
"Tell you what Yami." Ombre said, appearing suddenly, scaring Hermione, "First one to Shadow Game Snape wins a day at Domino Arcade on me. First one to get Mouthboy wins an all you can eat meal on me." Yami smirked and nodded as Yugi checked his bag to see if his other Millennium Items were in his bag since Gryffindor house had been visited by a certain Tomb-robber who'd, fortunately for Yugi, stepped on Bastet's, Kari's Mau's, tail. They were and Yugi spun around, closing the bag quickly as he heard footsteps.
"I'll take those bets." They turned around suddenly and saw Bakura standing there, grinning at them. "What's wrong? Did the 'great and powerful' Pharaoh and his pitiful 'Princess' get into trouble?" He smirked. Yami growled, Yugi turned and actually grasped the Pharaoh's arm. Harry was surprised how much the boy could interact with the spirit. Kari was forced to do the same to her yami as Ombre stepped forward.
"Yeah, listen to your hikaris, I'd crush you two anyway." Ombre abruptly disappeared and Kari's eyes went blank as an internal argument took place. Yami was glaring at Bakura as the Millennium Ring glowed, Ombre reappeared, sulking. Joey drew his wand, and as a bright beam of golden light shot from the ring, Joey cast his own spell, one he'd been taught by Fred and George and the two magicks collided. Everyone was blasted backwards as the magicks exploded on contact. Harry saw everyone hitting the ground as he slammed into it himself and blacked out.
Kaiba was the first to wake up, his head hurt and his first thought was somewhere along the lines of next time I do anything with these freaks remind me to see a psychiatrist first. He looked around, the others were still out cold, but there were three others with them. One that looked like Yugi, one like Kari, and the other looked like Ryou Bakura. The golden items were piled up in the centre of the circle, where the fire had gone out, all bar one.
Harry opened his eyes, and sat up quickly. Were the others alright? He shook Ron and Hermione who opened their eyes sleepily and looked around. The others were all unconscious, except for Seto Kaiba. Their amulets had slipped off and their teenage forms were led on the grass. Harry was surprised, but not overly shocked, Yugi had told them about the amulets a couple of weeks ago, when Harry had caught a 17 year old Joey coming out of the bathroom. Harry quickly realised there was another girl and two other boys with them.
Hermione looked around, Ombre, Yami and Bakura were lead on the grass with their hikaris. Joey was out cold too. But there was something different about the yamis. Ron gasped, "They're solid!" He said, unsteadily getting to his feet and helping Hermione to hers, as Kaiba stood up.
Yami stirred, looking around. What had happened? He looked at the boy led next him, was it…? No, it can't be. He thought, shaking the boy next to him. Violet eyes looked at him as they slowly opened, "Yugi?" Yami asked, not quite sure of what he was seeing.
"Yami?" Yugi squeaked and Yami nodded. "How?" Joey stirred as the two boys got to their feet.
"It must have been when we were caught up in the explosion of magic." Yami said, helping Yugi help Joey to his feet. "Are you alright Joey?"
"Nope," Joey said, as he looked at them, "I'm seeing double." Two teens looked back at him, they were very similar. The second teen's eyes were crimson and not quite as large as Yugi's and he had blonde streaks in his hair but other then that. Yugi looked at Yami and then laughed. "You're not seeing double Joey, that magical explosion somehow gave Yami his own body."
Ryou groaned and sat up, moving as far a way from the boy next to him as possible. They both the same hair and eyes, though one's hair was more unruly. He looked over to Yugi, Yami and Joey. "How…? Then…" The boy next to him awoke and looked around.
"What in Ra's name?" He growled, looking at Ryou. Then he looked at Yami, "What did you do Pharaoh?"
"It's your fault for trying to attack us with shadow magic." Yami growled, he looked at the two still unconscious, no just one, as Ombre opened her eyes, and sat up. "What in Ra's name?" She groaned, then saw Kari, she shook the girl, "Kari! Kari!" Kari groaned and as she saw what had happened she repeated her yamis comment. The two girls looked at each other,
"Ombre?" The teen asked, still slightly stunned by the magical blast. "How? The explosion?" Ombre nodded and helped Kari to her feet, Ombre turned to Yami and bowed before helping Kari over to the others. "You baka Tomb-robber!" She yelled, turning on the thief who'd just reached the pile of Millennium Items, Yugi's Puzzle was around his neck but the others were led on the ground. Ombre tackled him to the ground. Kari rushed forward and grabbed the Millennium Items as Ombre and Bakura wrestled, separating them by using the Millennium Rod. She picked the Orb out of the pile she held and passed the others to Yugi who looked through. There was one item missing, but a new one in its place. Yami looked up and saw the Millennium Ring hanging around Bakura's neck.
Yugi tossed Yami the Puzzle and he caught it and he and Ombre faced down the tomb-robber. They were about to start fighting again as Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall rushed onto the scene, drawn here by the explosion of magic. "What's going on here?" The headmaster said, stalling any fight that was about to start. Professor McGonagall stared at the three yamis. "Mr Potter, Miss Granger, Mr Weasley, Mr Kaiba, Mr Wheeler, get back to class, you're late for last period, Mr Muto, Mr Bakura, Miss Ironhide, Pharaoh, Princess…" He didn't know what to call the tomb-robber.
"Bakura."
"…Bakura, follow me."
"Why should I?" Bakura growled, the headmaster glared at him as the others headed back to class, the look was enough to silence Bakura. Yami gulped, as nice and polite as Professor Dumbledore was, he wouldn't like to cross him. That look was enough to scare, probably, even Marik.
The six followed Dumbledore up to his office, where they stood opposite his desk. "It seems we have a problem, since your other halves have been given bodies, they will have to be sorted. What are you going to do about your Millennium Items?"
"Well, I'll take them off your hands if you don't want them, Pharaoh…"
"Don't even think about it tomb-robber!" Yami growled, Bakura smirked. "We'll be keeping the Puzzle with us. I'm guessing Ombre and Kari will be keeping the Orb. The Eye, the Rod, the Necklace, and the…"
"The Millennium Ring is mine by rights, Pharaoh, you can't have it."
"I guess the Ring will stay with Bakura, the other three will stay with us." Yami said, glaring at Bakura who smirked back at him.
"Yami, you can keep the Millennium Puzzle if you like." Yugi said, quietly, looking up at his yami. Yami realised he was still holding it.
"No Yugi. I trust you with it." He said, passing it back to Yugi, who put it on, smiling at Yami. Kari turned to Ombre, taking off the Orb as she did so.
"No, Kari." Ombre said, grabbing the girl's arms and pushing them back down, the Millennium Orb falling back into place, hanging just above her solar plexus. "You keep it." Kari smiled weakly.
"You're welcome to it!"
"You're not having the Ring!" Ryou then Bakura, simultaneously spoke. Dumbledore took the sorting hat off the shelf and turned back to the six, five of which were glaring at the tomb-robber.
"Who's going first?" Bakura stepped forward, scowling at his hikari.
"Let's get this over with!" He jammed the hat on his head.
'My, my, you're the one who rested inside of the innocent boy I put in Hufflepuff. You are thirsty for power, unafraid to harm those around you to get what you want, you have a horrible past and your present isn't much better. There's only one place for someone like you…' "Slytherin." The hat spoke aloud. Ryou blanched, it wasn't a surprise but only dark wizards came out of Slytherin and while they didn't like Bakura, this meant he'd be in the same house as Malfoy and he didn't trust him not to tell the boy everything.
Yami and Ombre growled, shielding their hikaris from the tomb-robber. Bakura gave them an evil smirk as Professor Dumbledore summoned Professor Snape to his office. He entered and stared at the scene in front of him.
"Ah Serverus, Mr Bakura…" Bakura thought for a second,
"Just Bakura."
"You'll have to come up with another name," He sighed, "Mr Bakura will be joining your house." Dumbledore said, Snape looked Bakura over and nodded. "Follow me then."
"One minute Bakura," Dumbledore called, picking up a black version of the amulet the hikaris wore. Bakura put it on, turning into an eleven year old version of himself and scowling as he followed a limping Snape out.
As the door slammed Ombre and Yami looked at each other. "Ladies first." Yami said, unsure if he wanted to be sorted in case he ended up in a different house to Yugi.
Ombre nodded and placed the hat on her head. She closed her eyes and the hat spoke.
'Ah the other half to the only girl I've ever met with two minds. You're a lot like your light, smart and clever but very loyal to your friends and your hikari. You're not as impulsive as your light, but no less brave. You have secrets in your past, but not the sort of secrets the Tomb-robber had. I believe the right place for you is…' "Gryffindor."Kari smiled as Ombre walked over to her, and pushed Yami towards the hat. Who put it on nervously.
'Pharaoh…You haven't always been a nice person have you? There are dark secrets in your past, secrets that you will learn in time. You are brave and unafraid to do what needs to be done, holding back because of your other half. I believe you should be in…'
"Not Slytherin!" Yami thought desperately, "Anywhere but Slytherin."
'Not Slytherin eh, but Slytherin would help you get your memories back quicker, you'd never have to hold back again.'
"Not Slytherin!"
'Alright, alright, you are brave and can be kind to those who you trust and care for, you are strong and powerful, and courageous, if not Slytherin then…' "Gryffindor."Yami sighed in relief and smiled at his hikari as he took off the hat. Dumbledore turned to Ryou, who was smiling, then took the hat from Yami's hands and passed Yami and Ombre two more black amulets, which they put on. "Well, you're all too late to go to last class, it will be best if you just head back to your houses. Go on, dinner won't be served until later, so go on up." The five all headed back to their houses. Ryou spilt up with them as they reached the Hufflepuff portrait.
The common room was noisy as Yugi, Yami, Kari and Ombre came into the common room. The noise died down as they walked over to where Harry, Ron and Hermione were sat, next to a window. The twins wondered over to them, "Hey Yugi." Fred called, halfway across the room, "Who's the new kids?"
"Our twins," Kari lied. "They've been abroad and couldn't make the first couple of months of school. But they've been sorted into Gryffindor." It looked plausible, Yami and Ombre both had deep tans possibly leftover from their days in Egypt, luckily copies of the clothes the hikaris had been wearing, had formed but in the yamis sizes when their bodies had.
"What's their names?" George asked, as they reached the group.
"I'm Yami Muto." Yami said, nodding to the twins.
"The name's Ombre Ironhide." Ombre said, flashing the twins a smile.
"We're Fred and George Weasley." Fred said, smiling back at Ombre. "Nice to meet you."
"And you." Professor McGonagall swept into the common room and pushed the yamis to the dorms, where they had to work out where they would bunk. Yugi sighed, and the twins smirked.
"Another two sets of twins around the place could make this interesting." George said and took off out of the portrait. Yugi and Kari explained as everyone went back to what they were doing. Harry was restless, he wanted his book back. When he got up and told them he was going to ask Snape if he could have his book back, Kari blanched and Ron said, "Rather you then me, mate."
Harry made his way to the staffroom. He knocked and got no answer, he peered inside and got a shock. Snape and Filch were inside alone, Snape was holding his robes above his knee. One of his legs was bloody and mangled, Filch was holding bandages and passing them to Snape. "Blasted thing," Snape was saying, "How are you supposed to keep your eyes on all three heads at once?" Harry tried to shut the door quietly but…"POTTER!" Snape looked furious as Harry gulped, Snape dropped his robes to hide his leg.
"I was wondering if I could have my book back."
"GET OUT! OUT!" Harry left before Snape could take nay more points from Gryffindor. He sprinted back upstairs.
"Did you get it?" Ron asked, as Harry joined the group sprawled over the chairs and the sofa by the fire. Harry hadn't yet got used to the idea of the yamis with their own bodies and was surprised at the ease of which the hikaris had settled into this new way from sharing bodies with them to actually being able to see them without them being see through and being able to touch them. Yami was sat on the sofa with Yugi leant into him, Ombre and Kari were sat in on chair, yes on chair, they were rather squashed but it worked. Harry shook his head and explained what he'd seen.
In exchange for them being told about the yamis and the amulets, Harry, Ron and Hermione had told them their suspicions about the package in the vault. "You know what this means?" He finished breathlessly. "He tried to get past the three-headed dog at Halloween! That's where he was going when we saw him – he's after whatever it's guarding!"
"I bet he let the troll in," Yami said, "To create a diversion!"
Hermione's eyes were wide, "No – He wouldn't," She said, "I know he's not very nice but he wouldn't try and steal something Dumbledore was keeping safe."
"Honestly Hermione, you think all the teachers are saints or something," Snapped Ron, "I'm with Harry and Yami. I wouldn't put anything past Snape, but what's he after? What's that dog guarding?"
Harry went to bed with his head buzzing with the same question, Neville had been moved out and Yami had been given robes, though he and Ombre would have to go to Diagon Alley to pick up a wand and things on Sunday morning. Joey was snoring loudly, but Harry couldn't sleep anyway. He tired to empty his mind – he needed his sleep, he had to, he had his first Quidditch match in a few hours – but the expression on Snape's face when Harry had seen his leg wasn't easy to forget.
"Alright, so no-one wins still about Mouthboy, but we got Kaiba good."
"Kaiba?" Joey spluttered, "How'd?"
"We got him." Ombre smirked, yawning and a flash of gold left Kari standing where Ombre had, Ombre was left in her spirit form. "Yeah, they got him, but if we get into trouble for it…"
A second flash of gold, leaving Yugi in control and Yami's spirit form stood in the middle of the room. "We won't, Kaiba is more likely to try to get us back then get us into trouble when he wasn't even sure which one of us it was. Twins, Harry, don't you have Quidditch practise?"
Harry started and rushed up to his dorm, after the incident with Malfoy and the Rememberall, he'd been given a place on the Quidditch team as the seeker, who had to capture the golden snitch to earn his team 150 points and end the game and with their first game of the season coming up fast, Oliver Wood had them practising almost non-stop. If it wasn't for Hermione, Harry would probably be falling behind on his work. As the twins and Harry rushed out the door, Harry called over his shoulder, "You'd better tell me what you did to Seto Kaiba when I get back."
The two yamis smiled and faded into their respective items as the two hikaris explained what had happened. Only the gang and the team had seen Harry play Quidditch as Wood was trying to kept Harry as a 'secret weapon', however the news had sneaked out somehow and Harry was forever being told either he was going to be great or someone would be there to catch him when he fell. Personally he was glad he knew now of the Millennium Orb's power to move objects, Kari could slow him down if he did fall.
Hermione had leant him 'Quidditch through the ages' as well, which was a very interesting read. He learnt that there were seven hundred ways of committing a foul in Quidditch and all of them had happened during the world cup in 1473.
Hermione was more relaxed about rule breaking since she'd been saved from the troll and she was nicer for it. The day before Harry's first match, the group were out in the grounds during lunch and Hermione had conjured them up a bright blue fire which could be carried around in a jam jar. Kaiba had followed them down yelling at Yugi and bugging Kari to recast the spell so he could use his laptop. They were standing with their backs to it, getting warm, with Kari and Kaiba bickering at each other because Kari wanted him to learn the spell to use it himself, and Kaiba wanted her to cast it and cast another one so he could get internet connection inside the grounds, and Kari didn't know how to do it so Kaiba was yelling at her to find out, and so it continued as Snape crossed their path, on his way back from the Forbidden Forest. Harry noticed at once that he was limping. The group moved closer together to block the view of the fire. Unfortunately Snape came over anyway, he seemed to be looking for a reason to yell at them.
"What've you got there, Potter?" It was Quidditch through the ages, Harry showed him. "Library books are not to be taken outside the school," said Snape, "Give it to me, five points from Gryffindor."
"He's just made that rule up, I wonder what's wrong with his leg."
"I dunno." Yami said, appearing suddenly and scaring Harry, "I hope it's really hurting him."
"Tell you what Yami." Ombre said, appearing suddenly, scaring Hermione, "First one to Shadow Game Snape wins a day at Domino Arcade on me. First one to get Mouthboy wins an all you can eat meal on me." Yami smirked and nodded as Yugi checked his bag to see if his other Millennium Items were in his bag since Gryffindor house had been visited by a certain Tomb-robber who'd, fortunately for Yugi, stepped on Bastet's, Kari's Mau's, tail. They were and Yugi spun around, closing the bag quickly as he heard footsteps.
"I'll take those bets." They turned around suddenly and saw Bakura standing there, grinning at them. "What's wrong? Did the 'great and powerful' Pharaoh and his pitiful 'Princess' get into trouble?" He smirked. Yami growled, Yugi turned and actually grasped the Pharaoh's arm. Harry was surprised how much the boy could interact with the spirit. Kari was forced to do the same to her yami as Ombre stepped forward.
"Yeah, listen to your hikaris, I'd crush you two anyway." Ombre abruptly disappeared and Kari's eyes went blank as an internal argument took place. Yami was glaring at Bakura as the Millennium Ring glowed, Ombre reappeared, sulking. Joey drew his wand, and as a bright beam of golden light shot from the ring, Joey cast his own spell, one he'd been taught by Fred and George and the two magicks collided. Everyone was blasted backwards as the magicks exploded on contact. Harry saw everyone hitting the ground as he slammed into it himself and blacked out.
Kaiba was the first to wake up, his head hurt and his first thought was somewhere along the lines of next time I do anything with these freaks remind me to see a psychiatrist first. He looked around, the others were still out cold, but there were three others with them. One that looked like Yugi, one like Kari, and the other looked like Ryou Bakura. The golden items were piled up in the centre of the circle, where the fire had gone out, all bar one.
Harry opened his eyes, and sat up quickly. Were the others alright? He shook Ron and Hermione who opened their eyes sleepily and looked around. The others were all unconscious, except for Seto Kaiba. Their amulets had slipped off and their teenage forms were led on the grass. Harry was surprised, but not overly shocked, Yugi had told them about the amulets a couple of weeks ago, when Harry had caught a 17 year old Joey coming out of the bathroom. Harry quickly realised there was another girl and two other boys with them.
Hermione looked around, Ombre, Yami and Bakura were lead on the grass with their hikaris. Joey was out cold too. But there was something different about the yamis. Ron gasped, "They're solid!" He said, unsteadily getting to his feet and helping Hermione to hers, as Kaiba stood up.
Yami stirred, looking around. What had happened? He looked at the boy led next him, was it…? No, it can't be. He thought, shaking the boy next to him. Violet eyes looked at him as they slowly opened, "Yugi?" Yami asked, not quite sure of what he was seeing.
"Yami?" Yugi squeaked and Yami nodded. "How?" Joey stirred as the two boys got to their feet.
"It must have been when we were caught up in the explosion of magic." Yami said, helping Yugi help Joey to his feet. "Are you alright Joey?"
"Nope," Joey said, as he looked at them, "I'm seeing double." Two teens looked back at him, they were very similar. The second teen's eyes were crimson and not quite as large as Yugi's and he had blonde streaks in his hair but other then that. Yugi looked at Yami and then laughed. "You're not seeing double Joey, that magical explosion somehow gave Yami his own body."
Ryou groaned and sat up, moving as far a way from the boy next to him as possible. They both the same hair and eyes, though one's hair was more unruly. He looked over to Yugi, Yami and Joey. "How…? Then…" The boy next to him awoke and looked around.
"What in Ra's name?" He growled, looking at Ryou. Then he looked at Yami, "What did you do Pharaoh?"
"It's your fault for trying to attack us with shadow magic." Yami growled, he looked at the two still unconscious, no just one, as Ombre opened her eyes, and sat up. "What in Ra's name?" She groaned, then saw Kari, she shook the girl, "Kari! Kari!" Kari groaned and as she saw what had happened she repeated her yamis comment. The two girls looked at each other,
"Ombre?" The teen asked, still slightly stunned by the magical blast. "How? The explosion?" Ombre nodded and helped Kari to her feet, Ombre turned to Yami and bowed before helping Kari over to the others. "You baka Tomb-robber!" She yelled, turning on the thief who'd just reached the pile of Millennium Items, Yugi's Puzzle was around his neck but the others were led on the ground. Ombre tackled him to the ground. Kari rushed forward and grabbed the Millennium Items as Ombre and Bakura wrestled, separating them by using the Millennium Rod. She picked the Orb out of the pile she held and passed the others to Yugi who looked through. There was one item missing, but a new one in its place. Yami looked up and saw the Millennium Ring hanging around Bakura's neck.
Yugi tossed Yami the Puzzle and he caught it and he and Ombre faced down the tomb-robber. They were about to start fighting again as Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall rushed onto the scene, drawn here by the explosion of magic. "What's going on here?" The headmaster said, stalling any fight that was about to start. Professor McGonagall stared at the three yamis. "Mr Potter, Miss Granger, Mr Weasley, Mr Kaiba, Mr Wheeler, get back to class, you're late for last period, Mr Muto, Mr Bakura, Miss Ironhide, Pharaoh, Princess…" He didn't know what to call the tomb-robber.
"Bakura."
"…Bakura, follow me."
"Why should I?" Bakura growled, the headmaster glared at him as the others headed back to class, the look was enough to silence Bakura. Yami gulped, as nice and polite as Professor Dumbledore was, he wouldn't like to cross him. That look was enough to scare, probably, even Marik.
The six followed Dumbledore up to his office, where they stood opposite his desk. "It seems we have a problem, since your other halves have been given bodies, they will have to be sorted. What are you going to do about your Millennium Items?"
"Well, I'll take them off your hands if you don't want them, Pharaoh…"
"Don't even think about it tomb-robber!" Yami growled, Bakura smirked. "We'll be keeping the Puzzle with us. I'm guessing Ombre and Kari will be keeping the Orb. The Eye, the Rod, the Necklace, and the…"
"The Millennium Ring is mine by rights, Pharaoh, you can't have it."
"I guess the Ring will stay with Bakura, the other three will stay with us." Yami said, glaring at Bakura who smirked back at him.
"Yami, you can keep the Millennium Puzzle if you like." Yugi said, quietly, looking up at his yami. Yami realised he was still holding it.
"No Yugi. I trust you with it." He said, passing it back to Yugi, who put it on, smiling at Yami. Kari turned to Ombre, taking off the Orb as she did so.
"No, Kari." Ombre said, grabbing the girl's arms and pushing them back down, the Millennium Orb falling back into place, hanging just above her solar plexus. "You keep it." Kari smiled weakly.
"You're welcome to it!"
"You're not having the Ring!" Ryou then Bakura, simultaneously spoke. Dumbledore took the sorting hat off the shelf and turned back to the six, five of which were glaring at the tomb-robber.
"Who's going first?" Bakura stepped forward, scowling at his hikari.
"Let's get this over with!" He jammed the hat on his head.
'My, my, you're the one who rested inside of the innocent boy I put in Hufflepuff. You are thirsty for power, unafraid to harm those around you to get what you want, you have a horrible past and your present isn't much better. There's only one place for someone like you…' "Slytherin." The hat spoke aloud. Ryou blanched, it wasn't a surprise but only dark wizards came out of Slytherin and while they didn't like Bakura, this meant he'd be in the same house as Malfoy and he didn't trust him not to tell the boy everything.
Yami and Ombre growled, shielding their hikaris from the tomb-robber. Bakura gave them an evil smirk as Professor Dumbledore summoned Professor Snape to his office. He entered and stared at the scene in front of him.
"Ah Serverus, Mr Bakura…" Bakura thought for a second,
"Just Bakura."
"You'll have to come up with another name," He sighed, "Mr Bakura will be joining your house." Dumbledore said, Snape looked Bakura over and nodded. "Follow me then."
"One minute Bakura," Dumbledore called, picking up a black version of the amulet the hikaris wore. Bakura put it on, turning into an eleven year old version of himself and scowling as he followed a limping Snape out.
As the door slammed Ombre and Yami looked at each other. "Ladies first." Yami said, unsure if he wanted to be sorted in case he ended up in a different house to Yugi.
Ombre nodded and placed the hat on her head. She closed her eyes and the hat spoke.
'Ah the other half to the only girl I've ever met with two minds. You're a lot like your light, smart and clever but very loyal to your friends and your hikari. You're not as impulsive as your light, but no less brave. You have secrets in your past, but not the sort of secrets the Tomb-robber had. I believe the right place for you is…' "Gryffindor."Kari smiled as Ombre walked over to her, and pushed Yami towards the hat. Who put it on nervously.
'Pharaoh…You haven't always been a nice person have you? There are dark secrets in your past, secrets that you will learn in time. You are brave and unafraid to do what needs to be done, holding back because of your other half. I believe you should be in…'
"Not Slytherin!" Yami thought desperately, "Anywhere but Slytherin."
'Not Slytherin eh, but Slytherin would help you get your memories back quicker, you'd never have to hold back again.'
"Not Slytherin!"
'Alright, alright, you are brave and can be kind to those who you trust and care for, you are strong and powerful, and courageous, if not Slytherin then…' "Gryffindor."Yami sighed in relief and smiled at his hikari as he took off the hat. Dumbledore turned to Ryou, who was smiling, then took the hat from Yami's hands and passed Yami and Ombre two more black amulets, which they put on. "Well, you're all too late to go to last class, it will be best if you just head back to your houses. Go on, dinner won't be served until later, so go on up." The five all headed back to their houses. Ryou spilt up with them as they reached the Hufflepuff portrait.
The common room was noisy as Yugi, Yami, Kari and Ombre came into the common room. The noise died down as they walked over to where Harry, Ron and Hermione were sat, next to a window. The twins wondered over to them, "Hey Yugi." Fred called, halfway across the room, "Who's the new kids?"
"Our twins," Kari lied. "They've been abroad and couldn't make the first couple of months of school. But they've been sorted into Gryffindor." It looked plausible, Yami and Ombre both had deep tans possibly leftover from their days in Egypt, luckily copies of the clothes the hikaris had been wearing, had formed but in the yamis sizes when their bodies had.
"What's their names?" George asked, as they reached the group.
"I'm Yami Muto." Yami said, nodding to the twins.
"The name's Ombre Ironhide." Ombre said, flashing the twins a smile.
"We're Fred and George Weasley." Fred said, smiling back at Ombre. "Nice to meet you."
"And you." Professor McGonagall swept into the common room and pushed the yamis to the dorms, where they had to work out where they would bunk. Yugi sighed, and the twins smirked.
"Another two sets of twins around the place could make this interesting." George said and took off out of the portrait. Yugi and Kari explained as everyone went back to what they were doing. Harry was restless, he wanted his book back. When he got up and told them he was going to ask Snape if he could have his book back, Kari blanched and Ron said, "Rather you then me, mate."
Harry made his way to the staffroom. He knocked and got no answer, he peered inside and got a shock. Snape and Filch were inside alone, Snape was holding his robes above his knee. One of his legs was bloody and mangled, Filch was holding bandages and passing them to Snape. "Blasted thing," Snape was saying, "How are you supposed to keep your eyes on all three heads at once?" Harry tried to shut the door quietly but…"POTTER!" Snape looked furious as Harry gulped, Snape dropped his robes to hide his leg.
"I was wondering if I could have my book back."
"GET OUT! OUT!" Harry left before Snape could take nay more points from Gryffindor. He sprinted back upstairs.
"Did you get it?" Ron asked, as Harry joined the group sprawled over the chairs and the sofa by the fire. Harry hadn't yet got used to the idea of the yamis with their own bodies and was surprised at the ease of which the hikaris had settled into this new way from sharing bodies with them to actually being able to see them without them being see through and being able to touch them. Yami was sat on the sofa with Yugi leant into him, Ombre and Kari were sat in on chair, yes on chair, they were rather squashed but it worked. Harry shook his head and explained what he'd seen.
In exchange for them being told about the yamis and the amulets, Harry, Ron and Hermione had told them their suspicions about the package in the vault. "You know what this means?" He finished breathlessly. "He tried to get past the three-headed dog at Halloween! That's where he was going when we saw him – he's after whatever it's guarding!"
"I bet he let the troll in," Yami said, "To create a diversion!"
Hermione's eyes were wide, "No – He wouldn't," She said, "I know he's not very nice but he wouldn't try and steal something Dumbledore was keeping safe."
"Honestly Hermione, you think all the teachers are saints or something," Snapped Ron, "I'm with Harry and Yami. I wouldn't put anything past Snape, but what's he after? What's that dog guarding?"
Harry went to bed with his head buzzing with the same question, Neville had been moved out and Yami had been given robes, though he and Ombre would have to go to Diagon Alley to pick up a wand and things on Sunday morning. Joey was snoring loudly, but Harry couldn't sleep anyway. He tired to empty his mind – he needed his sleep, he had to, he had his first Quidditch match in a few hours – but the expression on Snape's face when Harry had seen his leg wasn't easy to forget.