Chapter 1: New DADA teachers arrive, and a secret revealed

Dumbledore stood up, tapping his goblet to get the attention of the crowded hall. "Before we all dig in to this excellent meal, I have a few announcements to make. First years are warned that the Forbidden Forest is, as the name suggests, forbidden, and several of our older students should remember that as well," he said, twinkling sapphire eyes lighting upon the Weasley twins, Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

"The Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers have not arrived yet, but you are all in for a treat this year. Our teachers are a group of four who have come all the way from Japan, and I have been informed that two of them will be taking certain seventh year courses as well. They have asked us to begin without them, so without further ado, let the feast begin!"

Speculations were running wild about who the teachers would be this year, and what species. Suggestions varied, from banshees and werewolves, to veelas and vampires.

Harry smirked mentally. Would they be in for a surprise!

The door of the Great Hall opened slightly, letting in a small white blur that locked in on Harry. The teachers immediately jumped up, training their wands on the blur, but Harry beat them to it, jumping up and catching it, revealing it to be a small, white- dragon?

It crooned happily, as Harry cried "Hakuryuu!" Seeing the teachers' shock he added, "Don't worry, Hakuryuu is an old friend."

Uncertainly, they sat back down, but before anyone could resume eating, the doors sprung open the rest of the way, accompanied by an angry tirade.

"HAKURYUU! You dumb dragon, transforming as soon as we got here and zipping off! You couldn't have given us a ride, could you? K'so…" growled an irate blond monk, accompanied by a panting redhead and a chipper brunette boy.

"Ne, Sanzo, I'm hungry! You said you'd give me meat buns, so where are they?"

Dumbledore stood up, eyes twinkling. "It seems our DADA teachers have arrived. Genjo Sanzo, Sha Gojyo, Son Goku, and- where is Cho Hakkai?"

"Umm…" came a timid voice from the Gryffindor table. It was Harry Potter.

"Hakkai? Thank Kami! Take off that ridiculous concealment charm already and introduce me to these lovely ladies!" Gojyo proclaimed, leering at several Ravenclaw girls."

"Hakkai! I said I wouldn't forget your name and you promised you would never leave again! You broke your promise! You left waaaay before us! Now you have to buy me meat buns!" Last was Goku, who had attached himself to Harry's neck, looking very strange because Goku was taller than Harry.

"Heh. You're always hungry, baka saru."

"Oi! I'm not a monkey! Ero hentai kappa!"

"Baka Saru!"

"Hentai Kappa!"

"Shut. Up." /click/ Sanzo cocked his gun, causing the two to immediately quiet down and be faced with the disbelieving stares of the entire hall. "Hakkai. Take. It. Off. Now!"

"Hai, hai!" Harry sweatdropped, before removing his glasses and closing his eyes. A slight wind blew around him, and as the contents of the Hall watched, Harry Potter changed.

He grew taller, much taller than his previous height, until he was about Gojyo and Sanzo's height. His face narrowed, and his hair settled down against his skull before it growing longer, until half of his face was covered by his bangs. Now, only one eye was visible. His robes melted into a green and black Chinese style shirt with a sheet of white covering one shoulder. He opened his eyes, and many gasped softly at their intensity. He reached into a pocket and took out his glasses. They warped before changing into the monocle he preferred. Settling that on his nose, he turned to Gojyo and Goku who had started arguing again. "Now, now!" He said with the smile on his face, "Goku, if you're hungry, we can get you meat buns from the house elves later."

"Hakkai!" He was immediately glomped by Goku and Gojyo, and even Sanzo smiled slightly.

"Well, it seems we have known one of the teachers for a while," said Dumbledore, still rather shocked. "Students, this is Cho Hakkai, our fourth DADA teacher. Let's give them a warm welcome!"

The hall erupted into uncertain applause as Gojyo chased Goku, yelling obscenities while the latter stuffed meat buns in his mouth. Sanzo developed a tic in one eye, and Hakkai simply stood there with his normal cheery smile as he watched his teammates' antics, trying to calm them down.