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Adie looked out of the cab and set eyes on the apartment building for the first time, it looked very nice and proper. She had asked for a place with high security, and this was the place Gringotts had helped her find. It was in the muggle part of town just like she had requested, knowing she would need to cut down on magic while she was here and attending a muggle school again.
Pushing back her messy dark hair, she gave a smile to the doorman who had come to open the door for her. She still felt weird at the thought of having a doorman, but this place offered the best security and that was what she wanted for Teddy. She would get used to the idea of a doorman. She hoped. She thanked him, getting a wide smile back causing her to smile a little herself. She reached back inside the car and helped Teddy out and smiled fondly as he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.
"Are we here?" Teddy asked sleepily.
"Yes, cub," Adie smiled and turned to the driver. "How much do I owe you?"
The driver gave her the amount and after helping her out with the luggage, the things they had with them on the plane –the rest would come later by express- she and Teddy entered the building.
"Welcome," the older man who was doorman smiled to them when they got inside. "I'm Takashi Yuri and I'm the doorman here. If there is anything I can help you with don't hesitate to ask."
"Thank you, Takashi-san," Adie smiled bowing politely and noticed that Teddy did the same and got a fond smile from the older man that made his dark eyes crinkle. "I'm Adeline Lily Potter and this is my adoptive son, Teddy Lupin-Potter."
"Nice to meet you," Teddy said cutely and Adie smiled a little.
Takashi-san smiled and returned the sentiment before opening the elevator for them.
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Adie was tired, so very, very tired. All she wanted to do was fall onto a bed and sleep for the next day or so, but she knew that it wasn't possible. She stopped in front of the door reading 702 and pulled out her key opening the door.
Pushing the door open she carried Teddy inside and managed to pull a suitcase with her over the threshold at the same time, leaving the last one outside for a moment. She stepped inside the apartment, Teddy slumbering against her shoulder as she did. She knew from her talks with Ragnok from Gringotts that it was an apartment over two floors and the first floor held the kitchen, bathroom, the living room and a small bedroom. The second floor had another bathroom and three bedrooms, and one office.
She looked into the rooms as she made her way through the apartment, the first room she saw was the large and modern kitchen. The black, flat-panel cabinets covered the whole wall with the two ovens built in on one side and the refrigerator on the other side, the counter creating a suitable work-space between the ovens and refrigerator and the white counter-tops creating a nice contrast to the black and grey around it. An island was in the middle of the room with a sink toward the counter area and chairs on the other. The only chores she actually didn't mind doing for her aunt and uncle had been cooking, so she had gotten pretty good at it. She looked forward to testing the kitchen and try the new Japanese recipes she found in here.
Smiling pleased she entered the next room and saw the spacious living room, also modern in style and two comfortable looking sofas was in the middle of the room in front of large windows overlooking a park and the Tokyo neighbourhood. She even spotted a TV, something she never really had watched before. Dudley always occupying the one at Privet Drive, and well… she could just imagine the looks on aunt Petunia and uncle Vernon's faces if she sat down to watch TV. On the walls were shelves and she spotted various open spaces and knew she would fill them with pictures of her family as soon as she could. She wanted Teddy to have the reminders of their family back in England, even when they were here.
She found the stairs that led upstairs, before going to look for the last two rooms on this floor to find a bed for Teddy. Walking upstairs she easily found the room meant for Teddy. The walls were filled with magical creatures and animals; she knew she could pass it up for being a mythical room for any muggle who might see it. For now, the only furniture like a bed, a dresser and a bookshelf were filling the room, but as soon as the shipment arrived from England she knew it would be filled with his toys as well.
Deciding that for tonight Teddy would stay with her she left the room and found the bedroom she was going to use, the one next to Teddy's room. It was not as large as Teddy's room but big enough. A double bed was placed on the middle of one wall with a nightstand on either side. A dresser with a mirror hanging over it was on the opposite wall, just by the door. Under the window were a comfortable looking chair and a small table next to it.
Walking to the bed she gently put Teddy down and pulled the covers over him, leaning back she watched him for a moment. His sleeping face looking so peaceful and relaxed, his hair changing colours in his sleep, she noticed with a smile that it quite often turned raven black. Like her own hair. Bowing down she pressed a soft kiss to his forehead before walking out of the room, careful to leave the door open in case he woke up.
She got the last of the luggage and locked the door behind her, to be sure she placed an alert charm on the door so she would be notified if someone would try to break in. Feeling the magic settle on the door she smiled pleased.
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"Mum, wake up!" Adie could hear the words coming from far away and she struggled to place them, she felt herself getting nudged by a small hand and again someone calling.
"Teddy?" She muttered opening her eyes, blinking a couple of times to get rid of the fogginess that followed sleep she focused on a smiling boy sitting on top of her, ah, so that explained the heaviness she was feeling.
"Wake up!" he said again and she smiled a little.
"I'm up," she said and with a mischievous look in her green eyes, she flipped them so Teddy was on his back and she was hovering over him before she started to tickle him. His delighted laugh filled the bedroom and soon he was asking her to stop. She did and sat back watching the flushed cheeks and happy look in his eyes. She would never grow tired of Teddy looking like that.
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Adie opened her computer after having eaten breakfast with Teddy. Teddy was now sitting on the floor drawing, so she had some time to check the mail and send one to her friends back in England. She saw she had a new mail from Teppei and clicked it open glancing over at Teddy and smiling when she saw the concentration on his face.
She pursed her lips in thought after reading the mail. Teppei wrote that the team had left on a training camp now at the beginning of the summer vacation and therefore he wouldn't be able to come and meet her. He had asked her to come and see them on the camp though, and meet the team.
Glancing at the clock she knew that it was too late to do so today, she had to be here to sign off on the express shipment she had sent from England. Besides she didn't want to take Teddy out for a too long trip today, knowing he was tired after the journey over here.
Tomorrow, she decided. Tomorrow she would go and meet Teppei again. She could feel the excitement building in her chest. She hadn't seen him since she was 15, and she had snuck away over the summer to go and visit Teppei.
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Adie made sure to be up early the next day and made breakfast ready before she went to wake up Teddy. Getting him up was not too hard seeing he was a morning person. She had told him that they would go to visit a friend of hers today and that they were going to be watching him play basketball. Teddy loved basketball, loved watching her play on the street courts back in London.
"You finished?" Adie asked Teddy and he nodded so she reached over to wipe his mouth with a cloth. "Then go to the bathroom to wash your hands."
"Okay!" Teddy said pushing down from the chair and running out in the hallway.
"No running!" Adie yelled at him shaking her head.
She followed him and saw him struggling to reach the sink, she summoned the stool he could stand on. Climbing it he reached much better and grinned at her in the mirror, and his hair changed colours from red to black matching hers.
"You know we will be muggles today so we can't talk about magic," Adie reminded him, "and I have to hide your ability to changed your hair."
"Why?" Teddy pouted.
"Because they're not used to someone being able to change their hair colour," Adie explained as she dried his hands. "They can't know, Teddy. That's very important, ok?"
"Ok," Teddy nodded.
"Do you have the bracelet aunt Hermione made for you?" Adie asked and Teddy nodded. "Then put it on."
Hermione had made a bracelet with a charm on it that would hide Teddy's ability and set him to the natural look. It was much better than charming him every morning because charms could wear off.
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The taxi stopped in front of the resort Teppei had told her they were staying at and Adie stepped out of the car before helping Teddy out as well. She paid the driver as Teddy started to run toward the building.
"Teddy! Wait for me," Adie called after him and looked to see Teddy stopping and waiting for her. She turned back to the driver, "thank you." She smiled at him and he bowed back and drove off.
She walked up to Teddy and took his hand before walking toward what looked to be an old gym. It looked like it was an old building, she saw houses connected to the gym and guessed the sleeping quarters was over there.
Teddy chatted as they walked and she listened and answered when necessary, it was a welcome distraction from her slight nerves about meeting the team for the first time. She never really liked meeting new people, yes, she was used to it now, but she still fell nervous about it. Especially when they were close to someone she liked and therefore wanted them to like her too.
Entering the gym it was easy to assume it was empty, but she noticed that a boy with light blue hair was sitting in the corner of the room wearing a pair of black shorts and a white t-shirt suited for training. He was patting a little dog, a husky if she wasn't much mistaken.
"Puppy!" Teddy exclaimed getting the boys attention from the dog and she saw the widening eyes when he noticed her looking straight at him like he was surprised she was looking at him or something, Adie thought. "Can I pet it?"
Teddy pulled at her hand and she followed him toward the boy and the dog with calm steps.
"Excuse me, but would it be okay if my son petted your dog?" Adie asked politely.
The boy looked a little startled and blinked a couple of time staring at her before looking down until his eyes fell on Teddy who was staring at the dog with wide excited eyes.
"Sure," he said quietly.
"Thank you, and sorry to bother you," Adie smiled and looked down at Teddy. "He said you could, Teddy. Be careful not to hurt the dog, ok?"
"Ok!" Teddy beamed and let go of Adie's hand and reached toward the little black and white dog who was looking at them with a curious look in his light blue eyes. His head tilted to the side.
Teddy giggled when he felt the soft fur under his fingers and started to pet the dog, the dog barked softly and moved so he was closer to Teddy.
Adie smiled softly once more before she moved her eyes away from Teddy and rested on the boy again. He was watching with a blank expression on his face, not speaking up. She had a feeling she knew who he was.
"Thank you again," Adie said calling his attention over at herself. "I'm Adeline Potter, and this is my son Teddy Lupin-Potter. Nice to meet you." She bowed politely to him like she had learned to do.
"I'm Kuroko Tetsuya," Kuroko said bowing politely back. "Nice to meet you too, Potter-san."
How cute, she thought when he straightened up. His face still impassive, and tone of voice was monotonous. So this was the Kuroko Tetsuya that Teppei had talked about. How interesting.
"What's his name?" Teddy interrupted and Kuroko glanced down at the little boy who was rubbing the dog's stomach.
"Nigou Tetsuya," Kuroko answered. "We call him Nigou."
How original. "After you I take it?" Adie asked and he nodded. "He does seem to have similar eyes as yourself."
Nigou barked and nudged Teddy who giggled and soon the two was immersed in a game of tag or something. Adie chuckled amusedly.
"Ehm…May I help you with something?" Kuroko asked bringing her attention back to him, just as she was about to answer the double doors opened and the rest of Seirin basketball team filed into the gym.
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Teppei wondered if Adie had arrived in Japan now, he thought she might. She had said she would be there early August. He looked amused as he heard Izuki give another pun of the day and Hyuga telling him annoyed to shut up. They were pushing the doors to the gym open by now and he almost walked into Hyuga who had stopped abruptly right inside the door.
He was about to complain when he spotted what had caused Hyuga and Izuki to stop short, he heard the rest of the team enter but he stared at the little boy that was running after Nigou with a soft childlike laugh.
"Whoa! Who's the kid?" Kagami asked shocked.
"What's he doing here?" Koganei asked wide-eyed as he stared at the scene in front of him.
"How did he get in?" Hyuga grumbled.
Teppei started to grin and looked around the room and noticed that a girl was standing in the corner of the room beside a confused Kuroko. He recognised her right away, there was no mistaking the long thick messy dark hair that was hanging loosely around her oval-shaped face, or her emerald green eyes that seemed to be deep and shining with a light special to her. She was about Kuroko's height and had a thin and slender figure, but her feminine forms weren't to be mistaken. Her breasts were a little larger than average giving her the perfect figure. She had turned toward them when the doors opened and Teppei saw the grin spreading on her face brightening her face.
"Teppei!" she almost yelled and he was vaguely aware of the surprised gasps from his friends but he ignored it as he stepped forward.
"Adie!" he exclaimed.
She was already running and soon she was throwing herself at him and he caught her easily in his arms and hugged her tightly. He felt her circle her arms around his neck and he felt her body pressed against his as she hugged him.
He let out a loud laugh and spun them around a couple of time just enjoying having his friend in his arms again. Finally putting her down, he was aware of the all too quiet team, so he glanced at them. He almost laughed again in amusement at the shocked silenced team that was staring at them.
He heard Adie giggle and covered her mouth with her free hand to hide her amused grin, and he couldn't help but smile amused himself.
"What?" the team exclaimed when they snapped out of their shock.
"You've got a funny team, Teppei," Adie commented glancing over the team with curious eyes.
"I know," Teppei grinned.
"Hey!" Hyuga snapped glaring at Teppei, "I don't want to hear that coming from you!"
Teppei just grinned goofily back at the grumpy captain.
"Excuse me," Riko said quickly placing a calming hand on Hyuga's arm and glanced between Teppei and Adie. "I didn't know you have a girlfriend, Teppei."
Teppei blinked. Adie blinked. They both looked at Riko with confused eyes.
"Girlfriend?" Teppei asked. "I do?"
Riko frowned annoyed and a tick formed at her temple.
"How do I know?" Riko demanded annoyed. "I just assumed…"
"Oh," Adie said catching on. "I'm not his girlfriend."
Riko glanced at her and Teppei could tell that Riko was embarrassed but hid it well, so he decided to explain the situation.
"Guys," Teppei said to get their attention, unnecessary since he already had it. "This is Adeline Potter. She will be joining our team."
"Pleased to meet you," Adie bowed with an amused smile on her lips as the team had gone back to blink surprised and shocked yet again.
"Eh?!"
"A-a girl?!"
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AN: Thank you for reading!
