Chapter Three

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"And last, but most certainly not least, Harry Potter. I hereby declare you emancipated, and leave everything else, including the title of Head of the Black family and the power that comes with it. Have fun screwing Dumbledore over, and make sure to get Snape for me too. Signed, Sirius Orion Black."

There was quiet for a moment, before chaos broke out, and people started screaming.

Draco started screeching (yes, screeching) about how he contested Harry's right as Lord Black. Narcissa was screeching (where do you think Draco got it from) quietly at Draco that they needed to leave before Harry decided to act on the knowledge that she had killed Charlus and Dorea Potter. Snape's eye was twitching, as was Dumbledore's. Ron had even pulled Hermione into an argument about how she got more money then him. That's not even getting into all the screaming the other members of the room were doing.

A slight movement caught Harry's eye. Snape's wand had been subtly moved further down the robe of his arm, and the man was glaring at both Harry and Sakura. Harry turned to Griphook and handed over Sakura. Harry could take care of himself when it came to Snape, but he wasn't sure if he could protect Sakura too.

"Get her out of here," he told the goblin. Griphook nodded and distracted Sakura by offering to play another round of Monopoly with her in his office. A short glare at Harry quite clearly said, 'If she beats me again, you owe me.'

Harry grinned. He knew exactly how to get the chaos to settle down. He leant over and whispered something in Ron's ear that Hermione barely heard.

"There's a rather large spider sitting on your head."

Soon, the only screaming being done was Ron's, "Get it off! Get it off!" Everyone else was staring at him in astonishment.

"You're evil," Hermione told him.

"Yes, yes I am," Harry replied, grinning.

"On what grounds?" Gorluck finally asked when the room had quieted. ("You're an ass you know that?" Ron told Harry, when he realized there was no spider. "And you're a chicken," was the reply.)

"What?" half the room asked, Draco included.

"On what grounds, Mr. Malfoy, do you claim that Harry Potter cannot be Lord Black?" Gorluck asked.

"He's not a Black!" the blonde screeched.

"He is the blood adopted son of Sirius Black, and the only one in his generation capable of taking up the title of Lord Black."

"What about me?" Draco yelled, "I'm a Black too!"

"As I recall, you were disowned, before the new Lord Black was named, by the previous Lord Black." Draco seethed, stomped his foot, and stormed out of the room. Narcissa followed quickly.

Harry moved over to talk to Tonks when Andromeda stopped him, shaking his hand.

"It's good to see that the Black family will be in good hands," she told him, "I look forward to the changes that come with you as Lord Black. If you ever need any help, just owl me." With that, Andromeda winked at him and left. Harry stared after her in confusion before shaking his head, and touching Tonks' arm to get her attention.

"Hey Tonks, I need your help," he said.

"With what kiddo?" Tonks asked. Sirius had not only introduced the two, but locked them in a closet together after saying that neither was interested in the other but he wanted the two of them to get to know each other. They had bonded over plots to get Sirius back for locking them in the closet and then forgetting about them for six hours.

"Snape," Harry said, lowering his voice, "has got his wand ready to attack. I would like to think he's not the kind of man to attack me over what Sirius left him, but then I wouldn't be very smart."

"I got you're back, Harry," Tonks said, grinning widely. Harry thanked her and headed over to Gorluck. As Harry moved around the room, Tonks kept one eye on him, and the other on Snape.

"If you'll sign these papers please," Gorluck told Harry.

"What am I signing?" Harry asked.

"A simple contract saying you accept Head of the Black family," Gorluck said, without missing a beat. Harry read through the contract and the page after it.

"And another contract giving you a nice sum of money," Harry said, staring the goblin down. Gorluck stared back grinning. "Goblins are definitely money lovers." Harry signed the Family Head contract, but handed the other one back unsigned. "Rewrite it. You get half of that amount, and Griphook gets the other half."

"Deal," Gorluck said. It was definitely better than the alternative – Harry filing a complaint with the Ministry. They shook on it. "And for the record, we goblins couldn't care less about the money; it's the gold that holds our eyes."

"I'll be sure to remember that." Gorluck disappeared out the door that Griphook had taken Sakura out of, as Harry moved to Fred and George.

"Hey partner," George said, putting his arm around Harry's shoulder and whispering in his ear, "You can have whatever you want for free." He handed Harry a catalog titled 'Weasley Wizarding Wheezes: Weapons of Mass Distraction'.

"Thanks. Speaking of distractions, I need one now."

"Same signal as last time?" Fred asked.

"That'd be great," Harry replied.

"We'll set some fireworks off when you give us the signal," George said.

"Thanks," Harry said, shaking their hands. He had barely managed to turn around when Molly engulfed him in a hug.

"Hello, Harry dear," she told him, before holding him at arm's length and 'tut'ing, "You're still far too skinny child."

"Hello to you too Mrs. Weasley," Harry said. Dumbledore came up behind him and cleared his throat.

"I think it's time you returned to the Dursley's now Harry," he said.

"Apparently in your old age, you didn't hear me the first time. Neither Sakura nor I will be returning there," Harry told him. He turned to the two shinobi sent to guard him and said, "If you guys still intend to guard me, you'd better not be afraid of spiders."

"Spiders?" Ron asked, "Don't tell me, you really are going to go back there this summer?"

"That's right Ron," Harry said.

"Back where?" Hermione asked.

"To visit the spiders," Harry said.

"Spiders? What spiders?"

"Ron'll tell you about it later," Harry said, clapping Ron on the back. Gorluck, who had reentered the room, handed Harry the new contract. Harry read over it and signed it.

"Also, Lord Black, this will make you the Head of the Potter family," Gorluck said, handing him another paper. Harry read over it, and signed that too. "And this is Doorcrash," he said, pointing to another goblin. "He'll be taking you to the ritual room for what we talked about earlier. Griphook is already there." Meaning Sakura was there too.

"Thank you," Harry said, shaking hands with Gorluck, before following the other goblin out the door, but he could get out of the room, Snape fired the first spell. Harry recognized the spell as a cutting curse

Tonks cast a shield around him, as he gave Fred and George the signal. Fireworks went off, causing Dumbledore's and Snape's hair to catch fire.

As the two of them put the fires out, a group of six goblin guards came through the doors, and held spears at Snape's neck. Snape, wisely, lowered his wand.

"I can assure all of you, this is just a simple misunderstanding," Dumbledore said, trying to smooth things over.

"Misunderstanding or not," Gorluck said, grinning, before turning to Harry, "Lord Potter-Black, what would you like us to do to him?"

"Anything you want so long as he doesn't make it back to Hogwarts this year," Harry answered.

"Now, Harry, there's no need for that," Dumbledore said, "You can release Professor Snape into my custody." Harry felt a slight compulsion spell in the air. His Occlumency shields automatically blocked its effects.

"No Headmaster, I can't. If he's willing to attack me with a cutting curse with this many witnesses around, who's to say what he'll do if he catches me alone at Hogwarts. Or worse, what he'll do if he catches Sakura alone. Either the goblin's get to deal with him, or I speak with the Minister of Magic about being attacked from behind without reason by a man you stick up for regularly."

"Harry-"

"That's Lord Potter-Black to you Headmaster. I'm no longer your pawn."

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The pairing for this story had been decided. It will be Kakashi/Harry/Shibi…eventually anyway. I'll lead up to it, and yes, Shibi is married, and yes, he has had Shino with the woman, but I will explain that. I've already figured out how to fit it in. This is part of a big update of all my stories. This is story sixteen of twenty-seven, and you know what I figured out…fanfiction only lets you have fifteen documents in the document manager before it gives you a 'Please convert you existing documents to stories and/or chapters before uploading more' message. That put a pretty good sized wrench in my plans to upload all the chapters, and then post them all at once. Oh, well.

Read and review please! Next chapter or the chapter after that will have Aragog in it. Smiles!

Rune