This is realy good. Where did you learn to right like this, it's amazing.

will there be another one leading off of this one?

Wow!!!

This story puts the "zing" in amazing! I really love the anime-inspired story, and you're quite right -- Hana Yori Dongo is /perfect/ for D&G. Mmmm... Great twisting and AU-ing! :)

Merging two characters, however similar they are, is no small feat but you have done it with such clarity and perception that I’m quite literally left dumbfounded. What is interesting to note is that you have done it for many characters not just the one. When I started reading this I decided not to watch the series on YouTube partially because a.) I couldn’t understand and b.) I didn’t want to spoil the story. But for some reason curiosity prevailed, and I decided to watch it and when I did I realised what a difficulty task you have undertaken and yet have managed to execute with such perfection. I really enjoyed this chapter particularly the way you crafted the scene where Draco asks Ginny out on a date. Tonk’s character is really something amazing and I really enjoy the way you have given her depth. Right, well I think I will cut this review short before I bore you death (which really would be a shame considering I want to see how you develop this in your own way). Good luck with the next chapter and I look forward to seeing more of this :)

What a fantastic update!!! There was just so much in it - and I loved it all - that I'm not sure where to begin.
You've done a great job at modifying Tonks' background, it'very plausible & I love her position in Draco's life.
I'm really beginning to love Draco, he's a git and he's clueless but in an odd way he's also very sweet (as long as no one's around). I love the way he followed her when she was drunk to make sure she was alright. You have the perfect combination of denial and covering up this 'sweetness' with his pratty arogant nature to create a very realistic and conflicted character.
I love that Blaise has now gone after Cho, hopefully Ginny will now be able to get over her little 'crush' on him an notice Draco's not the total prat he always was. Oh I loved the way he asked, no sorry, demanded that she go out with him. It was just sooo Draco and is sure to lead to some more interesting conflict!
Absolutely loving this story.

Author's Response: I can't lie, I really love Draco. Like, REALLY love him. I love who he's such a bastard, but also really sweet, I love how he's always watching Ginny and picking up on things that she says and does and the odd situations she seems to always be getting herself into, and I love that he followed her - not knowing at that point that she was drunk - because he was bored, it was dark out, and she's entertaining in ways he can't even understand yet. And I love how he, who is so self-assured and suave in situations that he's used to (dealing with powerful wizards, barking at his underlings, dealing with the girls who adore him, etc), can be so incredibly awkward and clueless when dealing with Ginny. And the fact that he tries to cover up being nice in such odd ways (like when he told her she was plain, when really he meant pretty - Chapter 7). And the way he 'asked' her out? I loved that too, although it's TOTALLY from HYD and not at all mine to claim, but I still love it and had to include it.

Wow. I'm not sure what to say about this chapter because it was so huge and so much happened. It will probably take a while for me to digest it all. I do have to say that I love Tonks, and how she fits in the story. And I am really looking forward to the date! :) Thanks for the update.

Author's Response: Thank you! I'm so glad Tonks seems to be fitting in the fic so well, I was a little skeptical, trying to figure out how to make her fit without completely destroying her character and taking her way OOC...

that was so good. I think that I just read the enitre thing in one sitting! except for the time when I got up to go potty....

Sigh. So glad it was such a long chapter! And I think Tonks is a great role for the sister-figure. I actually never realized that she and Draco are first cousins!! You had me checking out the HP Lexicon, to see the Black family tree and figure everything out.

It was so cute, the way Draco was actually moved by those speeches about love, and how he is determined to do something now.

It's a bit unfortunate that I know exactly what's coming next, however... I liked the parts that surprised me in this chapter, like Draco following a drunken Ginny, and her first meeting with Tonks. I like your Tonks a lot, btw, though I wonder if she really could get away with saying all the things she does in this world you've created.

Lastly, Pansy has me worried, because Ginny's REALLY making a fool out of her. I guess, in the MG version, her role doesn't really cause too much harm. Will you stick with that, or do something else with her?

Guess I'll have to wait and find out!

Author's Response: Well, if you were checking the Lexicon, I'm sure glad that I spent HOURS pouring over it, checking the family history, and lists of Death Eaters, etc., to make sure I was at least coming up with something kinda grounded in canon, what with the crack!AU and all.

Tonks is very careful about where and to whom she says the things that she does. Almost all of her dialogue in the chapter is to either Draco or Ginny, she hardly says anything to anyone else. While she's Gryffindor to the core, she's been living in a Slytherin household, and has managed to pick up a few things here and there along the way, such as the ability to judge who to trust and how to judge somone's character. She knows that Ginny is a bit of a 'kindred spirit' in their views towards Voldemort, and that Draco likes her too much, likes having a 'big sister' around too much, to ever do anything with what she's been saying. He's loyal to her and she knows he loves her, in his own "Draco" kind of way.

I'm glad you liked the drunk scene! There is this one part in Meteor Garden when she's drunk at a party, and she fights with him, and then throws up on him and he takes her home, which she doesn't remember because of the alcohol, so I just took that scene and changed it, mixing it with the scene from HYD when the sister shows up. Because the characters are different in the fic and in the dorama, I just couldn't see Ginny knowingly getting drunk, because that would make her vulnerable, and she's determined not to BE vulnerable. Plus, I wanted Draco to be adorable while still being snarky, because that's the way I love him! : )

"Saturday. Town Square. Be there at one o'clock. Or else," he barked, sounding far more threatening than he'd intended. Feeling triumphant that he'd done what Nymphadora had suggested.

Okay I don't think THAT'S what Tonks had in mind! It really sounded like a challenge, or a threat! I was quite surprised to find out that he's actually asking her out on a date! How scary! And so incredibly Malfoy I just wanna squeal!

EEEKKKK!!!


Yes your updates are not very frequent but your chapters more than make up for it! It was delicious! Super long and full of content and DG interaction too. MY kind of chapter. Hehehe. Seriously falling in love with this fic.

Hope to see an update soon! And yes, I do read your livejournal but I find that inteferes with my enjoyment of the full chapter. I think Im gonna leave myself in the dark for the next chp. Can't wait!

cheers!

Author's Response: Draco is clueless. His version of "putting his pride on the line" didn't quite translate for others, but, come on, he is DRACO MALFOY, someone who always gets what he wants, regardless of whether he has to work for it or not... Can't wait to you all see how this... strategy... turns out for him.

I love it !!!!!

Snape is such an ass-hat. Since Ginny is afraid of closed spaces I'm wondering what happened to her, did one of her brothers stuff her somewhere once and leave her there it seems to have really shaken her up badly and she's yet to get over it, I hope she overcomes that.

Tonks rocks, anyone that can hex Draco and have him disheveled,while mocking him openly gets applause from me. That is what I loved most about HYD, how utterly violent Tsubaki was to Doumyouji, it always made me giggle.

Also when Pansy came across Ginny in the hallway and Draco intervened before she had a chance to hex her, was he following Ginny/Pansy or was he just casually walking through the hall and noticed what was about to take place. He seems to be in all the right/wrong places when it comes to Gin.

Cho/Blaise, that girl has him eating out the palm of her hand. It's inevitable that she'll hurt him. I feel sorry for him, that she can't/won't tell him her feelings,I understand why because of her profession and she doesn't want to keep him waiting, but at least give the boy some kind of hope of what's to come.

Lastly, who couldn't resist the charms of Draco in the art of wooing a girl. Surely, Ginny is going to take him up on his offer. Just looking into those gray anger-edged eyes and hearing his temper tinged request should have her falling over herself to meet him. ;)

Great as usual Hope, I look forward to your next update and endless cookies on your site.

Author's Response: We will certainly find out why Ginny is afraid of closed-in spaces and I'm so excited to get to that part, because it becomes SO VERY IMPORTANT waaaaayyyyy down the line, but still. It lays the groundwork for it, and I'm excited to finally be able to write the scene! Hooray!

I'm glad that Tonks seems to be well-received, I was worried that I'd distorted her way to much. I loved the HYD relationship between the siblings, and especially because it shows Domyouji in such an interesting light - because he has so many strong-willed women in his life, and he chooses Makino, another female with an "iron will". I just love that fact, and needed a 'big sister' to fill in that role.

Actually, the scene with Pansy in the hallway was supposed to be cut, I just forgot to cut it before I posted the chapter. He just came across her, but he's got a bit of a "Ginny radar", in that he always seems to be aware of her and what's going on around her.

Poor Blaise... He's going off to get his heart stomped on, and Draco knows it and yet he encourages him to go anyway (did you catch that? That Ginny's speech came a little too late, because he'd already gotten it? From Draco? Who got it from Tonks?) Cho tried to let him go, knowing she'd hurt him, but he refuses to BE let go. But we have to give her some amount of credit for even trying to let him go, because, dude, the Blaise in this fic? Is incredibly hot. Like, INCREDIBLY HOT, and there are few women who could stand up to his incredible hotness, which just goes to show how much Cho really does love him.

Hehehe, Draco is so incredibly clueless about how to act around a girl that he likes. Before he realized it, it was easier to just argue, yell, tease and be mean to her, but now... he's a little thrown off his balance and lacking in the finer attributes of social grace.

This was a great chapter, and I love how long it was -- it's nice to be able to get totally engrossed in a story. Like all your other chapters, you do a fantastic job in this one of blending the HPverse with HYD. Looking forward to your next!

Author's Response: Thank you! As the storylines get a little more complicated, it's becoming more challenging, try to mesh the two worlds together... I've noticed that both Ginny and Draco's characterizations are very different from their HYD-verse counterparts at the moment, so I'll have to see how that is going to effect the plot later on...

What can I say! I loved this chapter, okay so it was long but it was so worth the wait because Blaise and Cho are going to give it a go and Draco has finally decided to take Ginny on a date. It wa perfect! I love that you had Tonks there taking up the role as the sister figure in his life. The way your story is going I look forward to the date that the two will be taking soon. Horray!

Author's Response: Thank you! I thoroughly enjoy Tonks, and had so much fun writing her in this chapter, even if I did take her OOC quite a bit in some parts.