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Chapter 14: International Dueling Tournament

The Following takes place on August 2nd, 2002

Tel Aviv, Israel

"THIS is a vacation." said Daxter, who was laying on a chair near the hotel pool, staring at the numerous woman in bikinis who were swimming or near the pool. They were staying at a nice five star hotel in Tel Aviv, they had heard nothing about the Delacour incident, not shocking since wizarding newspapers in the Middle east don't tell much about what's going on in Europe.

"THIS is what normal people do for fun? NOTHING?" asked Harry, who was laying on a chair next to Daxter, he was wearing swim trunks and was shirtless, he was trying to get a tan.

"YES, NORMAL people do this, this is a lot less stressful then over little trip to the GAZA STRIP yesterday

Flashback- one day ago

"HARRY IF WE DIE I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU" yelled Daxter, as he held onto Harry's shoulder, while Harry ran with an AK-47 in his hands. Harry turned a corner and saw another muggle terrorist after him, before the terrorist could open fire, Harry fired a burst of machine gun at the terrorist, killing the terrorist. "HARRY BEHIND YOU." Harry quickly took cover behind the corner as an RPG came flying towards him.

Flashback ended

"Oh come, it wasn't that bad." said Harry, it's not like they haven't been shot at or blown up before

"NOT BAD, we had an ARMY of HAMAS after us because they thought YOU were a SPY!" said Daxter

"May I remind you it was YOUR 'natural sense of direction' that got us in the line of fire?" said Harry

Flashback- one day ago

"Daxter, why don't we just use the map?" asked Harry, as he was walking down one of the alleys in the Gaza strip

"Men don't use maps, we have a natural sense of direction." said Daxter, they turned a corner and found a team of masked man setting up a rocket, the men saw them, grabbed their guns and starting shooting

Flashback ended

"Some 'natural' sense of direction you have!" said Harry

"HEY, we wouldn't have been there if it wasn't for you wanting to see the Gaza strip." said Daxter

"Whatever." said Harry, pulling out his PDA

Daxter sighed and looked back at the pool "But come on, this is nice, Harry. You, me, sitting by a pool looking at beautiful Israeli women in peaceful Israel." just as he said that a bomb was heard going off somewhere in Tel Aviv

"Yeah, 'peaceful' is not a word I would use to describe Israel, a nation that has been at war for over 50 years and suffers daily rocket attacks." said Harry, who got used to the daily rocket attacks and suicide bombings.

"Well its nicer then going back to Europe and facing the Delacours." said Daxter

"True, but you do realize we can't stay here forever?" asked Harry, he had unfinished business in Europe

"Yeah, Yeah, your evil revenge plan against Dumbledore. We will stay in Israel for a few months and then head back to Europe." said Daxter

"MONTHS? We are not spending months in Israel." said Harry, they never stayed anywhere for more then a few weeks or a month at the most

"Well I sure as hell am not going to any other of these middle eastern countries; if we go to Iran we will get shot or thrown in prison, or BOTH; There is a WAR going on in Afghanistan; Iraq is run by a lunatic French dictator..."

"Saddam Hussein is not FRENCH." said Harry

"He hates America, he loves mistresses and wears a beret, sounds FRENCH to me." said Daxter

"Nice generalization of the French." said Harry

"Hey, not my fault the French have such a bad reputation." said Daxter

"Yeah, guess not, but we can't stay in Israel for a YEAR." said Harry

"You got a better place to go that is not in Europe? In a way we are better off you pissed off the Delacours, it's a lot nicer here then in all the other places we have been." said Daxter

"Daxter, we have EVERY EUROPEAN auror department looking for us, the Delacours are probably close to starting a war with my family, God knows the trouble they are in." said Harry

"I thought you weren't worried about your family." said Daxter

"I don't care about their political power, I do care about SOME of my family's well being, what non-political repercussions could this have if I remain missing?" asked Harry

"Well, the Delacours have several close 'friends' in the ministry of magic and own large parts of many of the businesses in England, not to mention they are close friends with almost ALL the purebloods in England, they could easily use them to make your family's lives more difficult." said Daxter

"How?" asked Harry

"Well your brother is basically immune due to his title; your father will only be hurt politically, none of his friends are close with the Delacours, your mother has no part in politics and her friends are not part of any elite pureblood family; your sister will probably suffer the most." said Daxter

"What do you mean my sister will suffer the most?" growled Harry

"Well your sister doesn't have any titles to protect her, and according to you, she doesn't have many friends and your little stunt with the Delacours will make it EVEN MORE difficult for her to make friends, many of the children her age are pureblood or members of the ministry with relations to the Delacours, and dislike of a person by a parent usually spreads to the child." explained Daxter

"I am going to murder the Delacours." growled Harry, his sister already had enough trouble making friends with Harrison as her brother, she didn't need any more trouble "she has nothing to do with this."

Daxter sighed "She is the only member of your family to have seen or spoken directly to you for over ELEVEN years, and people know that."

"She didn't even know it was ME, damn pureblood politics." said Harry, getting up from his chair, grabbing his shirt and other stuff before heading back to his room with Daxter following nervously behind, forgetting all about vacation

5 minutes later...

Harry and Daxter walked into their room to see Hedwig in his room, she had TWO letters and a large package. "Hey look, a package, must be your PENSIEVE." said Daxter, who quickly ran over to the owl and took the letters, he couldn't carry the package

"One letter from the goblins and one from Merlin." said Daxter

"Great, I got more important things to do, I need to go execute a short French man." said Harry

"Do that later, Merlin sent us a letter marked 'URGENT', I have a feeling it is important." said Daxter, as he opened the letter and started to read it's content, after a minute of reading he said "UH OH"

"What's wrong?" said Harry, annoyed

Daxter lowered the letter and had a horrified look on his face "We have a problem, turns out the Delacours may not attack your family for something in return."

"What?" asked Harry

Daxter nervously said "They still want you to marry their daughter, and they have threatened that if your family refuses then they will use all the power they have to ruin your family's political standing."

"WHAT? I INSULTED THEIR FAMILY, THEIR PEOPLE, I HUMILIATE THEIR CHILDREN, I INSULT THEIR CHILDREN, AND I INSULTED ALL THEIR TRADITIONS, YET THEY STILL WANT ME TO MARRY THEIR DAUGHTER?" yelled Harry

"Doesn't matter, you have a valuable title in France and proved your ability in the tournament, not to mention you are a Potter; all of this will increase their power and fame." said Daxter

Harry groaned, he never should have entered that tournament, "Will my parents give me to the Delacours to protect their political power?"

"It's not your PARENTS who make the call, it is your FATHER, your mother doesn't really have any control over who you marry." said Daxter

"Great, so the parent who cares about me can't really do anything to protect me, GREAT! Will my father give me to the Delacours?" asked Harry

"It's a little complex, your family can't lose their power in the wizardgamot, they need as much support as possible for when Voldemort returns, the Delacours can cause them to lose a lot of that support." explained Daxter

"So I am basically screwed!" said Harry "I can't marry their daughter, she is a spoiled brat, not to mention they are a super elite pureblood family and I am a menace to wizarding society who HATES wizarding traditions"

"They can't sign the contract without both children present, as long as you are missing you are safe." said Daxter

"I can't stay missing forever Daxter, I plan to go back to England in 2 to 3 years, I can't go back if there is a risk of me ending up married." said Harry "There has to be a way to convince the Delacours they don't want me to marry their daughter."

Daxter sighed "That won't be easy."

"How about blackmail? Their must be something we can use to get them to back off." said Harry

Daxter sat on one of the large chairs in the room and considered their options, then said "There is only one option I can think of, the Delacours own numerous businesses in France, if we were to buy them out we could force their hand and make them back off in exchange for their businesses." said Daxter

"But?" asked Harry, there was always a but

"But, that would require a MASSIVE income we don't have, we are well off, but we don't have anywhere close to enough money to buy enough of the stocks to take control of the businesses they own." explained Daxter

"How much would we need?" asked Harry,

Daxter sighed "Stocks for their businesses are not cheap, I can deal with the business, but the money..."

"How much Daxter?" asked Harry

"At least 2 to 3 million galleons." said Daxter

"2 TO 3 MILLION GALLEONS? WHERE THE HELL AM I GOING TO GET THAT KIND OF MONEY?" yelled Harry

"Now you see the problem." said Daxter

Harry sat on the bed with his face in his hands "That's a lot of treasure and artifacts I would need to find." he only had close to 100 thousand Galleons, he never focused on finding treasure, he never needed money that much

"Yeah no kidding." said Daxter

"We need to find a way to get that money, options?" asked Harry

"We can spend the next three to four years getting treasure or we can find another way to get money." said Daxter

"I can't spend YEARS looking for treasure." said Harry

Daxter sighed, he paced around the room till he screamed "I GOT IT! The International Dueling Tournament!"

Harry groaned "DAXTER A DUELING TOURNAMENT IS WHAT GOT US INTO THIS MESS!"

"The prize for the winner is 4 MILLION galleons, more then enough for us to out buy the Delacours." Said Daxter

"Daxter, the international dueling tournament is a private event, only people who have won..." Harry suddenly remembered he had WON the French Tournament, which gave him a spot in the tournament

"You WON the French Tournament, you have a spot in the tournament, it starts in two weeks." said Daxter

"Daxter, most of the people in that tournament are adults with DECADES of training." said Harry, duelers from all over the world entered that tournament to win the title of "Greatest Dueler in the world" and the grand prize of 4 million Galleons, the tournament only happened every four years.

"So what? You are better then all of them, and you have been training for over six years now, you can win." said Daxter

Harry sighed, he could win, it was possible, but their was a problem "Daxter, if I enter the tournament then I have to enter under my name, the tournament is big news, they will find out I am participating." said Harry

"Harry, they are not exactly looking for you in the NEWSPAPER, they think you are on the run, they don't think you are entering a dueling tournament." said Daxter "Even if they do find you in America, they don't have any power in America, may I remind you that WE have a few friends in America, the Delacours never bothered to make friends with the Americans, they spent their time making friends with all the EUROPEAN families." explained Daxter

"The British and French aurors may not have power but my parents do, they can MAKE the American aurors take me in." said Harry

"Damn I didn't think of that." said Daxter, who sighed

Harry started pacing around the room, he HAD to enter, but entering would mean facing his parents, they won't let him use his plan even if he won. He needed a way to get his parents to LET him enter, his father would never listen to him, but he had an idea "Daxter I have an idea."

"What?" asked Daxter

"I know a way to get my parents to LET me enter the tournament." said Harry

"How?" asked Daxter

"My mom, she can convince my father to let me enter, if we do this correctly, we can outsmart the Delacours and win the tournament without any interference." said Harry

"You honestly think your mother will listen to you?" asked Daxter, who thought this plan was crazy

"Yes, she loves me, she has a lousy way of showing it, but she has defended me according to Merlin and she can convince my father to let me enter, I will be back in their custody, at least temporary, so the aurors will back off." said Harry

"What about the Delacours?" asked Daxter

"The Delacours have no idea WHAT we are planning, they want me to marry their daughter because of my fame, if I enter the tournament I will be even more famous, they won't even try stop me, we can delay the contract till after the tournament." said Harry

"What about Dumbledore?" asked Daxter

"What about him? He has no control over me, he can't touch me, I am not one of his students." said Harry

"You know this plan might be crazy enough to work, but one problem, even if we win the tournament, how are we going to escape afterwards to get the stocks and blackmail the Delacours?" asked Daxter

"You said we would only need 3 million galleons to buy out the Delacours businesses ." said Harry

Daxter nodded "Yeah, so?"

"How long would it take you to buy ALL of the Delacours stocks?" asked Harry, not answering the question

"Less then a week, why? What are you planning?" asked Daxter

Harry just smirked, he had a plan, if it worked, then the Delacours would be screwed and would have no choice but back off, if he failed, he would have worse problems then the Delacours to deal with, much worse.

Love it? Hate it? PLEASE REVIEW. Harry's full plan is secret and will not be revealed till later. Harry will meet with his mother next chapter, and trust me, there is more to the plan. ALSO don't make any assumptions about what I may do involving Harry and his parents afterwards or who he may duel in the Tournament