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Written For: Anime Manga Diviserty - a multichapter with chapters between 2000-6000, Leap Year Challenge - Write a crossover multichap crossing over two fandoms you haven't yet crossed over, NaNoWriMo 2017.

Chapter 2

With apprehensive paws Harry carefully made his way through the beautiful white arch, the harshness of the late autumn breeze found itself pushed to the back of his mind as the lovely smell of what looked to be pink roses softly decorated the arch as they limbed upwards and through the wooden gaps. Cut in half by a clean brown dirt path was two sections of perfectly cut green grass that seemed to wrap around the traditional looking building.

'Wow, the cafe looks like a crossover between an English and Japanese cottage building.' Harry thought as he placed his first paw onto the green grass only to freeze as a powerful wave of magic rolled over him. Blinking a few times as the world began to blur. 'What was that? It felt a lot like one of those rune spells that Hermione told me about...why did my vision go all blurry for?'

Slowly making his way farther into the cafe's large garden so he would not end up getting stepped on, Harry found himself a quiet spot in the sun away from the path as his eyes slowly fixed themselves. With a low grumbling sound from his small chest Harry gently lowered himself down into a comfortable lying position and looked around himself once more.

'This is no normal Muggle cafe, they must have spells, runes or wards dotted about for some reason to let the Muggles in but keep them from seeing the true nature of this cafe.' Harry thought as he focused on the white, red and orange flowers that seemed to slowly grow and change shape as the magic around him accepted the fact that Harry was not a Muggle. 'Wow, those flowers are big! Aunt Petunia would be so jealous of their size, colours and how they look like...FISH!'

Sitting up straight in shock and surprise Harry's fanged mouth dropped open as he found himself looking at what could only be red, orange and white goldfish that was the size of a Labrador dog sitting on tall green, leafy sticks. As the cold wind blew the goldfish plants moved together as one in an oddly graceful movement in harmony only to let out a low cry.

'What are these crazy goldfish plants? Some kind of evil experiment created by an evil scientist with a combination of Muggle and Magical aspects?' Harry wondered to himself as he took in their round white scaly bodies with a big redish dot on its upper back, its pectoral, and tail fins where all red and looked like a normal goldfishes fins while its eyes held a round, innocent bagginess to them while its mouth was simply white and round. Keeping the strange large goldfish three meters up off of the ground was a thin green stem with a few leaves that reminded Harry of sunflower stems. 'This is so confusing; my feline side wants to see how one of these goldfish tastes while the more human side of my mind is yelling at me to get away from them!'

Frozen in place staring at the oddly delicious looking goldfish plants Harry missed the soft crunch on dirt path which changed to the sound of grass under foot as it got closer to Harry. It was not until a feminine shadow cast itself over Harry did emerald green eyes unwillingly remove themselves away from the goldfish plants and upwards until they landed upon a young Japanese female with a kind face and equally kind black eyes that seemed to be framed by her short but fluffy black hair which nestled not only a pair of pink heart shaped peaches as earrings but on top of her head a pair of small brown horns with black circler rings.

"You should not be this close to these Goldfish Flowers Neko-san, not unless you want the Chief of staff's anger raining down upon you," the young lady said gently as she carefully picked Harry up allowing him to settle in her arms as he found himself snuggling up against her soft yellowy coloured cloak like outfit which was decorated with the same heart shape peaches as her earrings and was kept shut thanks to the green scarf that wrapped around her waist and was tied off at the back as a ribbon. "I see you like my Kimono, Neko-san, but this cuteness will not get you out of this lecture. Unless you want to go up against a very strong and very scary demon who is very protective of his Goldfish plants."

'Something tells me that it is a very good idea to listen to what this lady says.' Harry thought as he gave the young lady a curious but understanding meow. 'I wonder who she is though; no matter how pretty she looks she would be out of place in both sides of Muggle and Magical London.'

"I bet you are wonder who I am and what a...natural place like this is doing in someplace like a busy London shopping street," the lady said softly as she gently and carefully ran a hand though Harry's silky fur causing a shudder of pleasure to wash over the feline wizard. "My name is Peach Maki...or in English it would be Maki Peach, I can never get that right. Since you can see the Goldfish plants for what they really are I am guessing that you have some level of none supernatural powers to you."

Butting his head gently against the lady's, Maki's, kimono Harry let out a soft rumbling purr as Maki continued to stroke him. Curiosity bubbled about inside of Harry as images of the demon that grew such weird Goldfish plants danced in his mind ranging from a very thin and nerdy looking demon with small horns like Maki to the classic red devil with a pitch fork. With each word that passed through Maki's lips Harry found himself growing in excitement and curiosity as the thought of exploration and adventure dancing in his mind like Oliver Wood offering him the newest model broomstick for free if he could beat Malfoy to the Golden Snitch.

"This cafe might look simple and small, and strange with the Goldfish plants, but it is really a very important place for both the living and the dead and those who never lived in the mortal world," Maki explained calmly as she looked down at the male black cat in her arms, for some reason she could feel the same wisdom about it that the animals in Hell held. "The cafe is where the living and the dead can come to interact side by side without any problems, it is a place for the dead to be able to complete their unfinished business and move on, it is also for living people to make sure that they have not passed their so called 'expiry date' and to offer those that find the cafe any information needed to keep them on the right path. The main aim of the cafe is to reduce the work load for the people in both Heaven and Hell, to strengthen the bonds between Heaven and Hell and to help keep things in balance on Earth. You know, if I had not seen half of what I have in Hell then I would feel pretty stupid talking to a cat, even one as young and as cute as you."

'Wow, that is a lot to deal with, even if you have other people working alongside you and helping you to do all that.' Harry thought with wide eyes as it slowly sunk in what sort of cafe the strange Gon fox had gave him directions to. 'It is already starting to shape up to be one big adventure...maybe if Maki and the other cafe workers let me come and go as I please maybe I could stick around here and help Maki out.'

A soft meow came out of Harry's mouth as he gently nudged the top of his head against Maki's chin causing Maki to coo. With a large smile firmly planted on her face Maki continued to stoke Harry only to let out a thoughtful hum.

"You know...if you decide to stick around it might be fun for both of us, you could even come and go as you please," Maki suggested nervously as she tried to bargain with Harry. "We could be friends; it would be nice to have someone who is on my side in this crazy cafe. Maybe we could even make you the official mascot of the cafe? What do you think? Or am I jumping into things too fast...maybe we should first introduce you to everyone and see how you settle in. Yes that is properly the best idea, what do you think?"

'I think that I will be board no longer and this will be the start of an interesting adventure.' Harry thought excitedly as he once again rubbed his head against Maki's soft chest. 'But I would really like to meet this demon man that has grown all of these Goldfish flowers. It seems that there is a high chance that I have really come across a cafe ran by magical and supernatural creatures. I always wondered what happened to those who were not fully human when they died.'

"You are going to love it! I promise you! You will not be board at all with everything that you will see going on in the cafe. It is a good job that you are more than a normal cat or else I would worry about you, Neko-san," Maki gushed out excitedly only to pause as a thoughtful expression came to her face. Without another word Maki lifted Harry up in the air and looked underneath him only to pull the extremely embarrassed human come feline back into the safety of her pervious hold against her chest. "Well Neko-kun, I hope that you can give out as much chaos in return to the other employees and customers as I know that they will give to you...and I know that those from Heaven and Hell will be the more entertaining ones to watch out for."

'While I am happy to know that I can be as smart as I want to be because Maki thinks of me as a magical or supernatural cat why she had to check was gender I am like she did! Why can she not just ask me what gender I am?' Harry thought angrily only to let out a mental sigh as he allowed Maki's constant but gentle hands running across his fur to sooth his grizzly mood. 'At least I will not be board anymore and I will get to see things that will make Hermione jealous.'

"The cafe is not open yet, we still have to get things together like the last few ingredients, put the odd decoration in place and then get the approval of King Enma's Chief of Staff then afterwards we will be able to officially open but truthfully I am very nervous about the Chief of Staff's check as that man is down right scary," Maki excitedly confided as she turned to face the cafe. "But hopefully if you decided to stick around for at least a bit then you will meet him and see why."

'This King Enma's Chief of Staff sounds like Snape but on a really bad day. I wonder if he is as scary as Maki is making him sound or if it is just how she sees him.' Harry wondered as Maki began to walk towards the cafe, his eyes found themselves glued to the door in excitement as he wondered what the inside looked like. 'Then again I wonder what someone just as a Chief of Staff to a King is doing coming to a cafe in London to check on it. I would of thought that he would be too busy and someone lower down the food chain would come out, maybe it is because it is not a normal cafe.'

"I hope you like the inside of the cafe as much as you seem to like the inside of the cafe...or at least as much as you seem to like the Goldfish plants," Maki said as she quickly arrived in front of the cafe's main door. "I hope you like what you see Neko-kun."

'If the inside is as amazing as the outside I just know that I will.' Harry thought as he watched Maki carefully open the cafe door.

To Be Continued.