Chapter 2: stalkers and stories
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Rose's POV:
Over the course of this week I've had the suspicion that I've been watched and followed and I think it had to that odd man that I served last Monday, it was like he was studying me, looking for my strengths and my weaknesses, and it was starting to great on my nerves.
After a while and a few days exploring the area I learned that the access route to the wizards shopping district was through a bar called the cracked orb, much like it's London counterpart it was dark and dingy with little thought given to health and hygiene, after walking to the back room I tapped the bricks to find Bishops court.
It looked like a part of Edo had never left everything while tightly packed in together looked like it hadn't changed since the mid 1800's, the place was full of people, shops and vendors with their carts packed to the brim with merchandise.
I browsed for a few hours and eventually went into the Japanese branch of Gringotts bank to deal with some business as well as make a withdrawal. After a few minutes I was escorted into the managers office and asked to wait.
"Well Miss Potter, everything seems to be going smoothly, but I must warn you that the Weasley children and Miss Granger are going to be released from the mines of our London branch tomorrow as they've worked off their debt" reported master Gemfinder.
"That's not good" was all I could say about the matter, knowing well what will happen, they'll retaliate by trying to steal from my vaults or by looking for me.
"I thought as much" Gemfinder replied.
"I want to have whatever's left in England transferred over here so they can't get it" I request knowing they won't be able to touch it after that.
"It's already being done we are also putting all of your money and one of the high security vaults for extra protection" Gemfinder replied grinning at this turn about.
"well Master Gemfinder I believe this is the beginning of a brilliant partnership" I replying smirking at him as I got up to leave and go about my business.
Shizuo's POV:
I was off duty today and I had nothing to do, but after turning my mind back, Celty's weird text about Rose and Izaya, and how he thought she was a witch. But witches don't exist right?
I mean they were nothing short of fairy tales, old hags stooped over bubbling cauldrons, simply myths to scare children into behaving. However I hadn't really thought about it, I mean if a dullahan like Celty could exist, why not witches?
Though if Rose was a witch it could explain some things, like with how fast she heals, I thinking back to an incident where someone handled her a bit rougher than usual, leaving her bruised, an hour later the bruises had vanished, then there was her uncanny ability to sense trouble in the kitchen before it happened, I thought it was coincidence the first few times but after a while it looked like she had clairvoyance or psychokinesis.
Now that I thought about more it looks like Rose may have magical origins, or maybe she was just one hell of a business owner, a demon in the kitchen and a bithc behind the bar (in a good way).
Celty's POV:
Izaya wanted me to gather information on the owner of the new café whom I now know as Rose Potter. It was so annoying mainly because there wasn't much, only English school records the rare hospital emission, all of which vanished after she turned 11 years old.
However after some digging I found a startling amount of reports and a record of child abuse under her aunt's family name, it turned out that the people she lived with as a child where aunt and uncle and that her own parents had died, and over the course of 10 years there were numerous reports of abuse from teachers and neighbors all of which were suppressed until last year when they were convicted.
The news article I found disgusted me, how could anyone let that happen let alone to a child, the article even had pictures of the woman's injuries as well as a whole slew of other things they used in court.
I couldn't believe it, was that the reason she was here? Had she finally had enough and chose to escape? Or was there something else? I needed to do more digging, perhaps if I did a little bit of tailing along with breaking and entering I might find out.
I would have to wait but it was necessary, I mean what is there to show for her existence? and what proof was there to show that she was a witch? So f I got a good look of her home and got the chance to riffel through every thing I can disprove Izaya's hypothesis about witches existing.
Izaya's POV:
I received a message from Celty saying she found what info on Potter-chan she could find but, there wasn't much except for a child abuse case, and elementary school records, nothing after the age of 11, I couldn't help but smile this game has gotten interesting so quickly, this was unexpected but thrilling at the same time, it was like this game had two masters, Potter-chan as the white queen and myself as the black king.
It was all so exciting, oh the things I could do with her power and beauty, along with my intelligence, Ikebukuro and it residents would fall to its knees, but I knew that winning her over would be one of the ultimate challenges, the idea of the chase thrilled me, almost as much as breaking her spirit was.
Rose's POV:
It was getting cold and dark when I got in and once I had paid the girl for watching Teddy I went up to feed him and bath him. This was probably my favorite time of day because everything was quiet and I could spend time with the only family I had left.
Sure while I had pictures of my family it wasn't the same, the only memory of my mother and father was of that terrible night, and then there was Remus and Sirius, they died in such an unjust way, they died for me and a false prophecy, I'm just glad they couldn't see me turn tail and run like the coward I was.
As I promptly began to boil and mash peas and carrots ready for Teddy my mind drifted to a certain blonde bartender, I began to wonder what Shizuo was up to and if he was alright, seeing as people who associate with me have habits of dying or being turncoats, then I thought about the possibility of him having someone special, while I was slightly jealous, I was saddened at the idea, he was handsome so why wouldn't he have a girlfriend behind the scenes, I didn't belong in his world and I most certainly couldn't compete with the women that surrounded him, perhaps it was best if I was seen as just his employer.
I sat there spoon feeding Teddy his food wondering how did I get into this precarious situation, and much like Neville Longbottom 5 years ago, why was it always me?
Once that was done I gave Teddy a mashed banana with cream and then got him ready for his bath, as I ran the water and poured it into his baby tub carefully checking the temperature, after about 10 minutes I pick up a squirming naked baby and carry him over and started to wash him as he kicked and slapped at the water making it splash not only himself but me at the same time, after about 10 to 20 minutes I dried him off and fitted him with a fresh nappy and got him ready for bed, he finally dropped off to sleep with very little effort required.
Happy with this development I chose to enjoy a night in front the telly with some sweets and DVDs, until that plan was cut short when a sharp pain shot through my back causing me to trip over my own feet and everything going black.
Shizuo's POV:
When I came for my shift at the Rose and Ivy I notice some of the waitresses waiting outside unable to get in, lucky for me I had the spare key should anything happen, the first thing I did was unlock the door and allow the staff go about their business making drinks, serving food and taking orders for the customers, while I decided to find the boss.
It took me a while but I got into the apartment to find one of the most frightening scenes of my life, Rose was unconcious at the foot of the second floor steps, not knowing what happened, did she fall, was she attacked?
After a few minutes I ran to the phone only to be stopped when I hear a faint moan as Rose regained consciousness.
"your ok? I'm calling the hospital" I began when she cut across me.
"No Hospital!" Rose gasped out quickly, trying to stand up only to nearly fall over again.
"what do you want me to do!" I yell, frustrated at her stubbornness.
"if you would be so kind could you carry me to my room and then can you see if my son is alright then perhaps you can go back to your duties downstairs" Rose replies obviously in pain.
Complying with her wishes I carried her to her room and set her on her bed, then I disappear out of the rom and head towards what I figured was the nursery, where I heard a baby's wailing, when I went in I thought this was going to be easy, boy was I wrong.
It was a shock seeing the baby for the first time especially the fact that he had blue hair, after getting over the initial shock I when in and scooped him up he instantly stopped crying, only to look at up me, and to add to my shock his hair began to turn blonde to match mine.
It was freaky but I found it rather endearing, after about 20 minutes I managed to not only wash, change and dress him but I fed him too, thanks to a note, presumably for the babysitter, I found the mashed carrots and peas and heated it, and entered a good humored battle to feed him, Teddy ( the little monster) thought it was all a game, one that resulted in himself, myself and the entire kitchen covered in mashed peas and carrots.
After I cleaned up after our little food war Teddy decided he wanted to sleep much to my relief, once set him down in his crib, I decided to check on Rose who was still writhing in agony on her bed, I finally had enough and decided to call Shinra, while he wasn't exactly a legal doctor but he might be able to help Rose without too many awkward questions being asked.
When Shinra got here he took one look at Teddy and proceeded to burst into laughter.
"I'm sorry Shizuo but he looks so much like you" said Sinra in between bouts of laughter.
"It's not him you should be worrying about" I told him sternly, scaring the young man in front of me.
"Then who" he began to ask before I cut across him.
"his mother, she had a bit of an accident" I stated.
"Okey where is she?" Shinra asked.
"Upstairs to the left and 3 doors down on the right" I told him as he walked up the stairs, while I waited in her living room. After a while I got bored and started to look around and saw the photo's, I didn't recognize the subjects of the pictures I could tell they were important to her, but by far the weirdest thing about the photo's were moving.
While I still had my doubts, all these little things, Teddy's hair and these photo's were all pointing in the direction screaming that Rose was a witch, while I had no problem with her being a witch, I wondered why she felt like she couldn't say anything. I remembered her saying to a customer that she was from England, perhaps the laws and beliefs there, that may be the cause of her secretive nature.
30 minutes later Shinra came down with sullen frown.
"what's wrong?" I demand.
"there's nothing I can do, we'll just have to sit and wait, I'm sorry" he replied.
Rose's POV
Why! why did he have to ring a doctor, while I got that he cared for me but there is nothing anyone can do! Yeah I knew what was happening but I thought it wouldn't happen to me of all people, I didn't believe that my family had creature blood in it, well all of those beliefs flew out of the window, now that I was transforming and going through a power boost.
The next thing I knew I felt like I was on fire, everything was so hot and it was like nothing could douse it. Suddenly I felt my ears shift from the sides of my head to the top, then a white hot pain shot through my spine, the pain was so unbearable that I passed out.
When I woke up I felt as if I'd been hit by a car, however the real shock was when I looked in a mirror, the reflection in front of me looked so different to say the least, I had fox ears and tails, yes tails, six of them to be exact had burst through the seat of my trousers making everything rather uncomfortable.
I didn't know how to react, so I ended up opening my mouth and letting out an all mighty scream alerting everyone in the apartment that I was awake. I soon hear my door being broken down and I turn to see Shizuo and that weird doctor. The next thing I turn to see is Shizuo is covering his eyes with a small trickle of blood dripping from his nose.
"what am I?" I cry out.
"Holy shit! You're a kitsune!" The doctor said in awe.
"A what!" I yell.
"A kitsune, a fox demon and a powerful one judging by the number of tails you have" he explained.
I turned to Shizuo who was looking away blushing profusely.
"Shizuo are you okay?" I asked him.
"Yes" he replied before turning and running out of the room.
"was it something I said?" I asked the doctor who was staring at the spot Shizuo once stood.
"partly what you said and partly what you look like" he replied absent mindedly.
Shizuo's POV:
I couldn't help it, she was so cute and sexy, with her ears and tails, this was total proof she had magic in her blood, with her being a kitsune. I had to get out of there fast before I jumped her and did something I knew I would regret and hate myself for.
As soon as I got back to my place the only word that was running through my head was Shit, not only I've run from my post and terminated any possible relations I had with her as well as my job, I decided to sit down and write my explanation down along with my resignation.
As I began to write I began to think about her and the same feelings began to burn again, causing me to put my pen down and rub my face in frustration and despair, after a few minutes I couldn't focus and opted to head to my room tear of my pants and underwear and once again jack of to my new memory of her, I imagined her soft hands running through my hair as she bounced on my dick feverishly, her body spasming with her orgasm, causing me to have a major orgasm.
After I came down from my high I realized the facts, not only was I attracted to her sexually but with each and every day I was falling in love with Rose in more ways than one. Every thing she did was beautiful, her café & bar was a reflection of her and her personality and capabilities as a woman, mother and employer/business owner.
Love, I was in love with Rose Potter, I'd finally noticed my feelings for her, but was it too late? Had she already got some one, I mean Teddy must have a dad, right? For all I knew she could be quite happily seeing someone who may or may not be the father of her child. I could see that I'd painted myself into a corner with this, but I was in too much turmoil to think clearly for to today, for now I'll keep my thoughts and feelings to myself and sleep on the problem, things always looked better after a good nights sleep and a hot shower in the morning.
Ron's POV:
I was so mad, that Bitch was supposed to be mine, her money and her fame was supposed to be mine. Once she had my kid I was supposed to kill her, however I couldn't do it with that wolf brat in the way, I heard Dumbledore say that Potter made him her hair and adopted him before she left the dammed country, Dumbledore told me she also left the bloody continent too. When I get my hands on her I'll put her in her place, below me and in the ground like the mudblood she is and deserves.
She didn't need that money, I mean she wouldn't have known it was missing if those bloody stinking goblins hadn't told her about it or about the wills of Sirius, her parents and Snape, I can't believe she had the nerve to demand it be returned and if that wasn't enough she goes and tears my family apart because of it and her mum was in jail, me, Hermione and Ginny had to work in the Gringotts mines instead of basking in the fame that should have been ours and dad, Percy, the twins, Bill and Charley have disowned me, mum and Ginny. It's not fair that potter gets everything.
Hermione's POV:
I couldn't believe that Potter did that. Why couldn't she see that what we where doing was for her own good, and that she should be greatful?
I was so angry at Potter when she sent not only the Goblins but the aurors too, they took my books and all of the money from my vaults, she tore Ron's family apart and bankrupted them, got Dumbledore arrested and made the rest of the wizarding world hate him, as well as got her aunt and uncle put behind bars too, it was unbelievable what she did. Was all this just for some money we "borrowed" ? Or was this some form of petty revenge?
I mean it wasn't enough that she left the country, she had to destroy us too, and turn the world against me. I wrote to my parents thinking that they would be on my side only to be told that they where disgusted with me and didn't want me to "darken their door way again" because of my actions. It's all Potters fault, I lost everything because of her! Just wait till I get my hands on her!
Shinra's POV:
It was fascinating, a real kitsune living here in Ikebukuro, it was like every thing from myths and folklore where coming to life right before me, I was so jealous of Shizuo because he had Rose as his boss, he can be up close to her and she isn't bothered because of it, but when I came up to her and asked to take some samples (fur, blood and saliva), she scratched me with her claws and then kicked me in the balls, mind I get why she did it if I where her I would be upset if I where asked about it.
Now that I think about what else is out there for a fact, seeing as demons and Dullahans exist, perhaps there was more, I mean where there witches, wizards, or even other creatures out there?
Perhaps I should talk with Rose once I've apologised to her, I thought as walked home while allowing more questions began to rise in my mind, I just hoped Rose forgave me enough to tell me what she knows or can at least point me to some one who does. Once I got back to mine and Celty's apartment, hoping to spent time curled up with Celty on the couch with drinks and take out.
Once I got in I called one of the local pizza delivery joints and ordered one of their specials, and dug out a bottle of wine, I had just got set up when Celty got in, and sat down with me, but mush to my surprised she hugged me, her shoulders where shaking like she was crying.
"what's wrong?" I ask.
"I had a job, gathering information on Miss Potter, her life has been so horrible in England, she had to take her self and her son here so suddenly" she typed with shaking hands, dropping the phone and proceeded to hug me again.
"How so?" I asked while I rubbed her back, trying to comfort her.
"she was abused all of her life and no one didn't even notice or care until last year" she typed once she picked up her phone again.
"Oh my, and I treated her like a lab specimen" I said regretting asking her for samples.
"what do you mean?" Celty typed, leading me to explain how I met Rose and what she was, Celty did reprimand me but she ask a few questions about the situation and I answered to the best of my abilities, after a while we both went quiet and chose to try to forget the conversation and enjoy the evening we had together.