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Six Himiko Minami-Iōtō Island The original site of the Mahoutokoro wizarding school, back in the days of Yamatai had been in an ancient castle that was destroyed during an eruption of the now extinct volcano that had pushed itself up from the ocean floor to become the island of Minami-Iōtō. The jad...

Five The Witch Queen ----------------- Minami-Iōtō Island Kitaoka Keiko Mahōtsuka gazed into the obsidian mirror and summoned Himiko. The image of the long dead witch queen materialized out of the dark fog beneath the mirror's surface. “Do you have the warlock who controls the Aclepius wand, and do...

OOPs, I mixed up some names in the previous posting. I meant Hokusai NOT Keiko! That will be corrected in the Fan Fiction . net posting. The Mahoutokoro mess hall wasn't quite as elegant as the dinning hall at Hogwarts, Black Jack thought as they entered. It was also quite a bit smaller in size ad ...

Four School Begins Dr. Black Jack's Clinic The doctors's car pulled into the driveway under the watchful eyes of Pinoko standing on the front porch. “Where did you go without me?” she demanded. “I accompanied our patient to his first day of wizarding school,” Kuro said matter of factly. “He see...

Akio's First day at school “Thank you for handling my mother for me,” Akio told the doctor. “I had no idea how to explain to her where I was going, and why.” “I don't like lying to a patient or their parents,” the doctor sighed, “Though I often have to tell the most optimistic story I can, even...

The Technology of Magic The Morgue “Black Jack – Sensei, I'm glad you could come and help. Professor Ochanomizu asked me if I had yet determined a cause of death for these two men.” Doctor Tezuka pleaded, “I hope you can help me.” Kuro pulled up on the sheet covering the two corpses and gave the tw...

Minami-Iōtō Island Kitaoka Keiko Mahōtsukai stared into the obsidian mirror. The round dark mirror was a large as a dinner serving plate, and had a long handle. It was carved from a large chunk of volcanic glass that had been spat out of Mount Fuji many millennia ago during the eruptions that had f...

Mahoutokoro Headmaster's office Headmaster Hokusai Matsuura removed his wizard's cap and set it down on the corner of his desk. He leaned his staff against the bookcase behind the desk and pulled out his chair to sit down. He then noticed the great horned owl that was perched on top of his coat...

What about the boy? Dr. Black Jack toyed with the telephone, but couldn't bring himself to dial the boy's mother. “What's the matter Sensei?”, Pinoko asked. “I can't treat Akio's condition, and I certainly can't explain it to his mother,” the doctor sighed. “You mean you can't tell her that her son...

Atom's Examination Kuro sat at his desk, with an unlit pip clenched between his teeth. He fingered the Asclepius wand for a few minutes, and then placed the object back into its lined wooded case, which he set down next to the crystal ball that belonged to Pinoko. If only he had some of the flu...