Title: Snapshots

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or Harry Potter.

Notes: This is a series of drabbles and short fics that will eventually end up with a Yusuke/Harry pairing. It was supposed to be a one shot but it came out this way.

Notes2: An extra special thank you to ouatic7 who read this on my lj and told me about my goofy spelling seconds before I posted here. Thank You!

Snapshot Title: Influence

"Sirius! Wait a minute."

Sirius stopped and turned around, looking for the woman who had called his name. It didn't take him long to find Sakura. In fact, it was hard to miss the woman running out of her and her husband's small restaurant, dodging the two teenagers walking in. He smiled at her as she reached him, and they began walking towards the school together. "I thought you picked Keiko up earlier."

"Normally I do," Sakura said, pulling the apron off. She folded it up and tucked it into her pocket as they crossed the street. "But she asked if she could stay late for the next few days. She said something about helping Harry with his Japanese."

"I guess she finally found out about the swearing lessons," Sirius mumbled, fiddling with the sleeves of his shirt.

Sakura blinked. "The what?"

"That's what Moony calls them," Sirius explained sheepishly, moving a little farther away from the woman as they walked down the street. "Really, Yusuke just tries to help Harry pronounce words correctly. For the most part."

"Right," Sakura said, looking at him out of the corner of her eye. "Who's Moony?"

"An old friend. He knew Harry's parents back when we all went to school together," Sirius said, walking a little faster now that they were closer to the school. "He's been trying to get things settled back in Britain so he can come down for a visit."

Sakura frowned at him as they reached the school gates. "Didn't Harry's mother have some friends you could introduce him to?" At Sirius's blank look, she added, "He needs a female influence, and you don't date much."

Sirius flinched, an image of Alice Longbottom staring unseeingly at the ceiling of Saint Mungo's appearing in his mind. "Ali-Alice isn't well," he whispered, looking straight ahead at the three children sitting on the school steps. "Lily had other friends, but she was closest."

"Sirius," Sakura said, putting her hand on his arm and looking up at his pale face, "are you all right? I didn't mean to upset you."

Smiling weakly, Sirius nodded. "I'm fine. It's just-"

An excited shout cut him off and he laughed as Harry tackled him. He lifted the boy up into the air and swung him around a few times before hugging him. "Did you have a good day, Prongslet?" Sirius asked in English as he put Harry back on the ground.

"Yep," Harry said, grinning as he pulled a piece of paper out of his bag and handed it to him. "The mean lady says she wants to talk to you."

"The mean lady is your teacher," Sirius muttered, reading the note and listening to Sakura talk to Yusuke and Keiko. Shaking his head, he folded the note and stuck it in his pocket. "You need to quit letting Yusuke talk for you. You can speak enough Japanese to get through class."

Harry scowled cutely, making Sirius wish he his camera, and muttered, "I don't like her. She's a b-"

"Harry," Sirius said warningly, and Harry pouted this time. "It's bad enough you know words like that in Japanese. Don't tell me you know them in English?"

Harry looked away guiltily and shuffled his feet. "Aunt Petunia called Aunt Marge that once."

"Petunia swore?" Sirius asked disbelievingly and Harry nodded. "I didn't know that. She never seemed the type." He shook off his shock and held his hand out. "Come on. I'll talk to your teacher in the morning, but you need to start speaking in class, kiddo."

After muttering a quiet "okay", Harry grabbed his hand and dragged him to where Sakura and the other children were waiting. As they walked back to the restaurant, Sirius watched the three children talk with Sakura, noticing for the first time exactly how much Yusuke spoke for Harry and how skilled the older boy was becoming at interpreting Harry's gestures and expressions. Sakura was right-not about the dating thing, Sirius wasn't ready for that and parenthood -but Harry did need more influences. Forget waiting for Moony to come visit, they were going to him.