Familia Ante Omnia

by StrifesLady

What would it be like if everything about Harry Potter was wrong. What if Lily Potter wasn't his mother? what if he had more than one godfather? What if he was raised by Isshin and Masaki Kurosaki? What if Harry was a She? What if the Blacks had a secret? What if Harry remembered who he used to be?

10. Chapter 9: Of Money and Shopping

Chapter Nine: Of Money and Shopping

James patted the bed where Moony had fallen asleep the night before, but it was empty, he then frowned, grabbed his glasses from the table then opened his eyes to see where Remus had wandered off to just as Remus walked out of the bathroom wearing nothing but a towel. As he watched James catalogued how much Remus had changed over the years since James had seen him last. He had a few more scars and was thinner then James liked but that thinness could be easily rectified, and as Remus' mate, he had every right to spoil his wolf. Remus had not noticed that he was up yet and walked over to the closet where Kushina had told him she put some of Kisuke's clothes that he did not like. After opening the closet he pulled out a pair of black slacks and a dark gold dress shirt that brought out the more golden tones of his eyes, he also grabbed a pair of boxers that said 'Keep Staring…' on the front and 'I might do a trick' on the back. James' lips twitched and he could not hold back his laughter anymore.

Remus whirled around and saw his mate rolling on the bed laughing hysterically. He rolled his eyes but smiled at the sight while saying, "And just what do you find so funny, Prongs?"

James managed to gasp out while still laughing, "The thought of you looking so prim and proper while underneath your pants is a pair of boxers that dare for people to keep staring at you." He then continued to howl with laughter.

Remus smirked while remarking, "Just for that I get to pick out your clothes, James. Now get up and go take a shower." James rolled out of bed and stumbled to the bathroom while still snickering in amusement. Two minutes later Remus heard the water come on and turned toward the closet to pick out James clothes for the day. A minute later a wicked smirk came on his face as he found the perfect outfit; he opened the bathroom door and called in, "your clothes are on the bed, after you get dressed come down stairs."

Remus stuck around long enough to hear James' agreement; he then walked out the door shutting it behind him and walked downstairs.

An hour and a half before James awakened, Kushina stirred from slumber to find Kisuke's arms wrapped around her waist. When she tried to get up, he murmured something inaudible and tightened his hold. Kushina smiled down at him fondly, then ran her fingers through his hair it was a rare sight that most did not get to see as he rarely relaxed enough to fall into such a deep sleep.

After watching him sleep for an hour she sighed knowing she had to get up to start breakfast and as much as she did not want him to, that meant getting Kisuke to let go of her. Besides, he needed a shower anyway and it would take him at least half an hour to finish that. She shook his shoulder and murmured into his ear, "Kisuke…Love, it's time to wake up."

Kisuke whines while tightening his grip further, "just five more minutes Shina-Chan…" She looked down at him fondly, it was times like this that he reminded her of himself back when he was Minato Namikaze not Kisuke Urahara. Minato never liked letting go of her in the mornings either, she was always gladdened to see that he hadn't lost that even with not remembering that life.

She then laughed softly before gently scolding him, "I've already let you sleep for an hour Kisuke."

Kisuke squinted up at her sleepily and asked in a disbelieving tone, "Really, you let me sleep that much longer? Usually you are up and about as soon as you wake up, why did you just lay in bed that long?"

Kushina rolled her eyes then said exasperatedly while looked at him fondly, "because I love you, you silly man. Well that and you wouldn't let go of my waist, now get up and take a shower while I start breakfast." As she said that last sentence she lightly slapped his right hip and rolled out of bed, she then commented while opening the closet, "do me a favor and wear jeans today Kisuke. I plan on going to Diagon Ally today and I want to take you with me, you wearing jeans will make everyone think you are either a Muggle or Muggleborn."

Kisuke pouted at losing her warmth and having to get up, but he gamely slid out of bed heading toward the bathroom. He paused at her request for him to wear jeans and commented while smirking, "that and you like what jeans do for my legs and ass."

She smirked back and saucily replied, "of course I love what they do, everyone wants what I have when you wear jeans."

He laughed and said, "Alright I'll wear jeans if you promise to wear the outfit Yoruichi bought you three days ago. If you wear that outfit I'll even shave for you." As he spoke walked backwards into the bathroom, his eyes glinting with mischief.

She smiled wickedly and said while she glared at him playfully, "you got a deal now go and get in the shower."

As she heard the shower turn on, she laughed and pulled out a box from the closet while muttering, "Wow, if I wear this he's going to shave. Someone call the press, Kisuke Urahara of the perpetual five o'clock shadow is going to shave." She snickered at her own joke and opens the box, her jaw dropped and she muttered, "No wonder he said he would be willing to shave to see me in this." She gave a small low whistle at the outfit, but shrugged and started putting it on after undressing from her nightclothes. It consisted of a black backless shirt with a set of scales with a scythe behind the scales, blood red Dragonhide pants that were lined in silk and so tight they were almost molded to her legs; however, the final touch in her mind was her boots. They were black with gold and red accents, the heels were four and three-quarter inches tall and they not only laced up the sides but they reached her knees. With a simple murmur, her bracers appeared on her forearms.

As she stepped in front of the full-length mirror on the wall by the closet, she shook her head and said, "Yoruichi would pick out an outfit that would make me look like a pirate. All I need is an eye patch, one of my zanpakuto and a hat, Yoruichi is so lucky that I can get away with not wearing a bra." As she said that, she gave a small glare at nothing, before shaking her head in exasperation at Kisuke's antics.

As she left the bedroom she shut the door quietly behind her and peeked into the room across from hers and Kisuke's to see if they are awake yet, she saw Remus not only awake but back in human form, thankfully he had the covers up to his waist. Remus put his forefinger against his lips to signal her to be quiet, she mimed zipping her mouth shut and mouthed, 'there are some of Kisuke's unwanted clothes in the closet along with some of Kensei's spare clothes. I'm going to start breakfast; Kisuke is taking a shower so just come down when you are ready.' Remus nodded his understanding and mouthed back 'thanks' she smiled at him and softly closed the door.

After checking in on Lily and after she found her sound asleep, she left a note about there being clothes in the closet that she can choose to wear. She walked downstairs to the kitchen and after looking through the fridge decide to make chocolate chip pancakes, bacon, hash browns, toast and cold cereal for breakfast as the cold cereal is relatively easy to fix as all it required was for it to be poured in a bowl and pour milk over that. She heard the shower in both the master and guest bedrooms turn off, just as she was done cooking the bacon and hash brown and was half way done with making the pancakes. Five minutes after she heard the master bedrooms shower turn off she heard Kisuke come down stairs, he moved her hair to the side and kissed her neck saying, "You look beautiful."

She turned her head and said, "Flatterer. Could you go wake up Aunt Lily and tell Remus that breakfast is almost ready?" She felt as Kisuke nodded against her neck and after he squeezed her lightly around the waist, he exited the kitchen and headed upstairs.

Halfway up the stairs, he met Remus and after he told him that breakfast was almost done he continued up the stairs. He said while knocking on the first door at the left of the stairs, "time to get up Miss Potter. Breakfast is almost ready."

Lily opened the door and said while covering a yawn, "alright. Just let me get dressed and I'll be downstairs in a minute." After getting Kisuke's agreement, she shut the door to get ready.

Kisuke walked down the hall to the second door and repeated the exercise except for James answering the door fully dressed. James was wearing jeans and a dark blue muscle shirt that showed off his arms and the jeans were tight enough to show the muscle definition in his legs. Kisuke smiled at him and commented, "I'll take a wild guess and say that like me you prefer to lie in bed for a while."

James laughed and replied, "Yeah. I'll do the same and take a guess to say that Kushina took after Remus in the way he likes to get up early."

Kisuke nodded and said, "If Remus gets up about an hour after dawn everyday then yes she did."

At that comment, James sighed and said, "Yeah she took after Remus then." Both had been walking down the stairs while talking and at the last comment by James, they reached the Kitchen where they saw Remus drooling over the fact that Kushina had made chocolate chip pancakes.

James smirked as he heard his mate whine, "Kushina stop teasing me." Then the two men heard a chuckle from behind them, James looked over his shoulder to see Lily smirking at Remus' whine.

Lily then lightly shoved both men through the doorway and said, "Can I help you with anything Kushina?"

Kushina looked up from where she had been flipping the last of the pancakes out of the pan and said, "No Aunt Lily, I've got this covered. That is unless you want to set the dinning room table?" At her last question, she cocked her head to the right and raised her left eyebrow.

Lily smiled at her niece then said, "Sure, where is the tableware located?"

When she asked that, Kisuke spoke up saying, "I'll show you where they are, there are at least three sets plus two sets of china. Kushina, are we using the stainless steel, the silver or the gold tableware set?"

Kushina said while not looking up from where she was getting out the cold cereal, "either the stainless steel or the gold, I don't really care which but we cannot use the silver anymore as Remus is a werewolf and thus allergic to it."

With that comment, Kisuke showed Lily where the tableware was located while he got the gold set of utensils out, they then set the table together and two minutes after the table was set Kushina had her parents help her carry the food to the table. Everyone then sat down and ate, while they were eating Kushina asked, "Dad, do you mind if we go to Diagon Alley today?"

James raised his right eyebrow but replied, "No I don't mind. I actually have to go to Gringotts to speak with them about a few things. Why?"

Kushina smiled at him and quipped, "I need to get some supplies for the study group I am going to be in charge of. Plus I need to pick up some additional potions supplies, some more ink and parchment, Owl treats for Hedwig, some wizarding candy for Ururu and Jinta, not to mention I need to buy some birthday presents for several of my friends."

Remus looked at her with his left eyebrow raised while asking, "Which of your friends are you buying presents for?"

Kushina smirked then said, "The first would be Hermione but her present will need Dad's permission, then Ginny, Neville needs a present, Percy's birthday is in the same month as Ginny's. I already know what to get Sirius but I will need the Headmasters and Aunt Lily's help with it. As for Astoria, I need to talk to Uncle 'Rus about part of hers."

Lily, Remus and James looked confused while Kisuke merely looked amused. Lily then hesitantly asked, "What would you need me to help with for Sirius' present?"

Kushina smirked and said, "Well I got to thinking, Sirius already has most of what he could possibly want. I mean, Dad is alive, he is free, Uncle 'Rus remembers their marriage, and he got to see Ichigo. So he already has most of what he wants, then I got to thinking, there is no way that the two of them were able to have a proper honeymoon during the last war, right?" as she asked the last question she glanced at her Dad and Aunt.

Lily nods then said, "You are right, unfortunately due to the war they were unable to have a honeymoon. Why?"

Kushina gave them a gentle smile while saying, "well that is the birthday present I want to give him, either a honeymoon or a weekend getaway. Since you are going to be assistant Potions Professor, you would be the one taking over the Potion classes for that week or weekend. So would you be willing?"

Lily looked thoughtful then nodded while saying, "I think I could handle that but the Headmaster would have to agree first."

Remus snickered and said, "No problem with that, he often complained to Minerva that Severus didn't take enough time off. If Kushina suggests letting him and Sirius go away for a weekend or even a week he would jump at the chance." After he commented that he looked at his daughter saying, "Good idea, Kushina that is one present that Sirius is going to love. So what do you plan to get the rest of your friends?"

Kushina hummed in thought then said, "Well I was actually thinking about giving Hermione access to all of the libraries of the Potter family at anytime she wants. I plan to give Ginny a Firebolt plus a professional broomcare kit to her as she was thinking about trying out to be reserve chaser for the Gryffindor team. I plan to give Neville some rare plant seeds and books on the care of rare plants. He will love that. I plan to get Percy a walkman and some CDs to play in it. Astoria is easy; I plan to give her an honor that most of her house would kill to have." As Kushina said that, she gave a wicked smile that sent chills up James' spine, at that moment she resembled her father a little too much. She then paused in thought and said, "And a coupon book filled with coupons for certain things, like get out of a Weasley twin prank coupon."

Lily raised both eyebrows and asked, "And just what honor would that be?"

Kushina chuckled and said, "if Uncle 'Rus agrees I plan to take her with us into the Chamber of Secrets, she will be the first female of Slytherin house to step foot in the Chamber in a great many years. Like I said an honor that most Slytherins would kill for."

Lily snorted then said, "I don't think Sev' would mind sharing that so long as he is the first male." At her remark both Remus and James laugh but nod in agreement.

Kisuke smirked before saying, "that coupon book is a good idea, what other sort of coupons do you plan to have in it?"

Kushina smirked back at him then started to list the coupons, "oh little things like if she hands me one that says a cake of her choice then I go bake a cake of her choice. Same thing for cookies and meals, I am going to put in at least twenty of each of those. Then there are coupons like a shoulder to cry on, or an open ear to hear her rant about whatever she wants to rant about. Coupons that say see someone slap Draco Malfoy across the face, or someone to cover for her while she does it herself. You know little things like that."

At that James, Remus, Lily and Kisuke all blinked and then Remus stated, "You put a lot of thought into this present haven't you?"

Kushina stared at him in disbelief then said, "of course I put a lot of thought into her present if it wasn't for her and Hermione last year I don't think I would be this sane!"

Remus and Kisuke got looks of comprehension on their faces but Lily and James still looked completely confused. James poked Remus and demanded with his hazel eyes flashing, "Remus, tell me what does our daughter mean by that sentence?"

Remus gulped then blurted out, "a death eater disguised as Mad-eye entered her into the Tri-wizarding Tournament. The most of the school thought she had entered herself into it including her friend Ron, only Hermione stood by her. I didn't know that she also had found a friend in Astoria." As he finished speaking he winced while waiting for James' temper to blow.

At his first sentence James started to grind his teeth in anger, after Remus finished he snarled out, "you mean to tell me that the Ministry forced my daughter to compete when by their order they could have done three silly tasks then declared a winner then started all over." Remus nodded miserably while simultaneously wincing and thinking 'if he is this mad about this then what is he going to be like when he reads the Daily Prophet.' At that thought he shuddered in fear, in his head Moony was whimpering at the thought of his mates rather considerable anger.

Kushina eyes flashed a bright gold in anger and said, "You mean to tell me that the Ministry could have gotten me out of the Tournament?"

At her question both James and Lily nod then Lily says, "yes and by them not doing so they all but declared you to be an adult as only those who are of age can enter the Tournament. I am fairly sure that James will be having words with them about that, not even Dumbledore can override the Ministers choice concerning the Tournament champions. However by the Ministry forcing you to compete in an adult's only affair in front of two foreign schools he declared that your Ministry considered you an adult."

James gave them a very wicked smile and then said while laughing lowly, "the current Minister is going to learn why no one ever messes with the Potter family. As several of our mottos declare, 'Familia ante omnia' or Family before all else, 'Mors ultra fidem' or Loyalty beyond death, and finally 'Tenebris est fortitudo nostra' or from darkness comes our strength. It would appear the wizarding world has forgotten that although Potter's never side with any Dark Lords, we are not a light family, we are more of a gray, a very, very dark gray." At that, Kushina raised her eyebrows while smirking, it was clear from her expression she would gladly point her Dad at the Minister of Magic. James took one look at his daughter and mates faces, upon seeing that they had no intention of stopping his revenge he smirked and said, "Well now I need to talk to Severus about this. Its times like this that I wish I had a more Slytherin mindset," when he said that he pouted slightly.

Kushina smirked while saying, "Well if it is a Slytherin mindset you want Dad, then talk to Kisuke. After all, he created and ran a Research and Development department, as well as running the Twelfth division of the Thirteen court guard squads. Not to mention he helped free several people who were slated for execution due to events beyond their control. He also managed to hide them, himself, his best friend and former captain Yoruichi, along with his current shop assistant Tessai for one hundred years." As she spoke she gestured to her fiancé and smirked smugly.

At that James looked as if Christmas had come early, he then turned toward Kisuke and pulled him aside to talk it over. Then he paused and looking completely bamboozled asked, "What do you mean one hundred years?"

Kushina and Kisuke's lips twitch in amusement, then Kushina explains, "Kisuke is a Soul Reaper, they do not age as normal humans do. This is due to the fact that they are souls not living beings, the only ones who able to see and touch spirits are those that have a high amount of Reiatsu. Wizards and the like tend to have high amounts of Reiatsu and as such can see spirits, which is why those of the order were able to see Kenpachi and his men. However, Kisuke is currently in a gigai that allows normal humans without Reiatsu to see him, generally soul reapers do not use a gigai except when they are either injured or as necessary for their mission. One of the soul reapers jobs is to help spirits crossover to Soul Society and to eliminate the threat of hollows, wizarding ghosts are different to normal spirits due to the interference of magic, magic allows them to stay pluses and eventually completely seal their soul chain. This allows them to stay in the living world without them turning into hollows."

At that both James and Lily blink in shock at the overload of information, but James finally shrugs and says, "oh well at least my plan will have the benefit of over one hundred years experience."

Kushina sighed in disbelief at her father's actions while Remus merely smiled indulgently at his mates antics. Finally, Kushina looked at Kisuke and said, "go ahead and talk it over, while you are doing that me, Remus and Lily will be washing dishes unless they want to join in your talk." At that, she looked toward the two adults who looked at each other and finally Remus indicated he would be joining James and Kisuke in their planning session. Lily on the other hand joined Kushina in the kitchen, so as the two women washed up and Kushina had caught Lily up on information, the men settled into planning the demise or at least downfall of the Minister of Magic.

Meanwhile at Hogwarts in the dungeon, two men stirred from slumber, both men had black hair but one had blue-gray eyes while the other had eyes as black as his hair. Severus stirred first, he carefully stretched so as not to disturb the man slumbering beside him, Sirius had his right arm over Severus' waist, Severus smiled down at Sirius then gently extracted himself from Sirius' grasp. He then padded lightly over to the bathroom to deal with his morning ablutions and other such necessities. By the time, he started the shower, Sirius had woken up and joined him in the bathroom, whereupon he wrapped his arms around Severus waist and purred into his ear, "mind if I join you, handsome."

Severus chuckled and murmured while leaning back into Sirius' embrace, "Have I ever refused that offer, Sirius?"

Sirius smiled wickedly into the back of Severus' neck and murmured back, "well… no, but I like to make sure that I'm welcome first."

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After they had showered and gotten dressed, and were heading to the Great Hall to have breakfast, Severus smirked while saying, "If I start every morning just like this, my students will begin to think I've been replaced by an impostor."

Sirius snorted then said, "Well they had just better get used to it because I am not leaving your side for any reason. I just got you back, Lily told you that you don't need to continue spying for her and I highly doubt you are going to be able to go back to the way you treated our goddaughter."

Severus sighed and nodded, he knew that Sirius was right he would never be able to go back to hating his goddaughter, nor be able to treat her as he had before, not even for her own safety. Therefore, he merely nods while replying to Sirius' statement, "I know so I suppose my Slytherins will just have to get used to their Head of House walking around with a happy expression on his face. Terribly un-Slytherin of me I know," he then hummed in thought before smirking while saying, "I wonder how many Gryffindors will faint from shock."

Sirius' lips twitched in amusement then gently pointed out, "Imagine what Professor Trelawney's reaction is going to be when she sees me following you around in my animagus form."

At that, Severus at first snickered then started laughing uncontrollably, at which point they had reached the Great Hall and the assembled teachers were staring at Severus in shock. Thankfully, the only teachers present had already been informed by the Headmaster and Minerva about Sirius' innocence and presence in the castle. In fact the only teachers in the school were the heads of house and a few others like Madam Hooch, Madam Pomfrey and Professor Sinstra. Professor Trelawney was absent from the table as she almost never came down to meals.

So the fact that he was there was not a shock what was shocking was the fact that Sirius had gotten Severus to laugh. Minerva's lips twitch in amusement when she hears Albus ask, "Ah Sirius my boy, just what does Severus find so funny?"

Sirius gave them a mischievous grin and said in a mock innocent tone, "I honestly don't know, I merely remarked that I wondered what some of the students and Professors reactions would be to my animagus form." At his last comment, he affected an innocent look, the look on his face coupled with his comment made Minerva start laughing which made some of the teachers who come to teach after Sirius graduated looked at her in shock while those who taught or went to school with Sirius merely smiled and shook their heads in amusement.

Albus laughed then said, "That would certainly explain Severus' amusement. Might I enquire as to what the two of you plan to do today?"

Severus calmed down from his bout of laughter then answered him, "I need to start working on restocking Madam Pomfrey's potion stores for the upcoming year. I don't know what Sirius plans to do, so I can't answer for him." With his last sentence he glanced to his left where Sirius was standing talking to Minerva about the lesson plans for transfiguration as that was one of his best classes during his years at Hogwarts.

Albus smiled at Severus and commented, "Somehow I do not believe that Sirius will be willing to let you out of his sight for too long Severus."

At that sentence Sirius looked at them and said, "you're right about that Albus, there is no way I am going to let Severus out of my sight. Besides I'm not that bad of a brewer, I can at least brew burn salve and the easier potions."

Severus smirked at Albus and said while snickering, "well I guess that answers your question."

After the two women were done washing, they walked out into the living room to see the three men finishing their talk, Kushina cocked her head to the right and asked, "All finished?"

Kisuke smirked and after getting up from the couch walked over to her. He then said while wrapping one arm around her waist and leaning his forehead against hers, "yes, we are all done planning the Ministers demise or at least ruin. So are we leaving to this 'Diagon Ally' soon, my dearest muse?" The sparkle in his eyes was the exact same as the one Minato got when he was devising a new seal combination. The last time she had seen that gleam was right before Minato earned the nickname the 'Yellow Flash.'

Kushina laughed lowly and said after gently nuzzling his cheek with hers, "Yes Kisuke we are leaving soon." Just as she said that, they all heard the trap door to the training area bang open, and all those who met him before recognized Ichigo's voice.

Ichigo was muttering under his breath about short midgets who just will not take no for an answer and older brothers who are way too dense to see hints that are right in front of their faces. Kushina's lips twitch and she calls out, "don't tell me that Rukia is still trying to convince you to just flat out tell Byakuya that you are Hisana reborn. Nor that you have been dropping blatant hints about being her in front of him and he is remaining oblivious to it."

Ichigo finished climbing out of the trap door and looked up at her; he then said with his brown eyes flashing in anger, "yeah that's what I'm pissed about. Rukia seems to think that if I flat out tell him he is just going to welcome me warmly. She just does not get that I am still mad at him and want him to work for the truth. I mean it's not like I'm acting all that different from what I used to before I got sick, so he should recognize my damn habits by now." At his last sentence, he huffed in anger, while looking toward the side.

Kushina crooned while having a look of mock sympathy on her face, "oh poor Ichigo." She then said with a large mischievous grin on her face, "would you like to accompany us to Diagon Ally and pick up some pranking supplies?"

Ichigo's head shot up and he got an eager look on his face, "you bet I would." He then looked a bit sheepish and said, "I don't suppose you know if I have a vault in Gringotts do you?"

Kushina laughed and said, "I mailed them the question about that once I regained my memories of my childhood and remembered who you used to be. The answer is yes, you do have a vault, apparently, you forgot that you had a will and left your vault to Masaki's first born child. Which luckily for you was yourself, however your grandfather Marius was left a substantial amount from his uncle Phineas Black as he had been declared to be Phineas' heir despite being a squib. So yeah even without your original vault you would be able to still buy things."

Ichigo breathed a sigh of relief at the news, and then he put his left hand behind his head and said sheepishly, "I actually forgot I left my vault to Masaki's first born child."

Both Kushina and Kisuke slapped their foreheads with their left hands and chorused, "Ichigo, how could you have possibly forgotten!"

At that, Ichigo shrugged and said, "It just slipped my mind alright." He then sighed and looked toward Kushina asking, "Kushina, you have always given good advice, what the hell do I do about Byakuya?"

Kushina looked at him and replied after sighing, "Well, according to you, you are not acting any differently then you did when you were Hisana. Tell me Ichigo did it ever occur to you that you were not that comfortable around him at first?"

Ichigo gaped at her in shock then said after face palming himself, "I can't believe I was that stupid, of course he hasn't realized it's me. I've been acting like I did after ten years of knowing him, as despite his multiple reassurances to me it took a while for me to trust him with my true self." After saying that he shook his head at himself then after giving, a self-depreciation laugh said, "well there is only one thing to do, convince him that I can be as polite as I was at first while still remaining true to myself. Besides I do have a lecture to give to Toshiro Hitsugaya about the Black family curse." At that, he got a darkly gleeful look on his face and cackled gleefully.

Kushina merely looked amused at his actions she then tapped her foot impatiently saying, "So shall we get going? The Daily Prophet should have already posted the news about Dad and Aunt Lily being alive. However it would probably be a good idea to disguise yourselves until everyone calms down about the information." James and Lily nod in agreement to her suggestion.

Remus blinked at Kushina's idea but after agreeing asked, "so how are we going to the Leaky Cauldron?" While he asked this Lily was casting Glamour charms over both of them, by the time she finished James had dark brown hair with green eyes while she had gray eyes and strawberry blond hair. She also decided to disguise Remus by giving him chocolate brown eyes and dark red hair.

Her reasoning behind his change, "everyone who went to school with you would know that you would not let James out of your sight after you found him alive." As she said that she rolled her eyes, she then turned and walked back toward Kushina where she waited for her answer to Remus' question.

Kushina hummed then said, "I figured we would either floo or take the Knight Bus as the only method of transport here is the Motorcycle that Sirius has been working on."

James shrugged then said, "Well I don't really care which one we use. So the four of you can decide."

Kisuke hummed in thought and asked, "What is the floo and Knight Bus?" He looked at her curiously as he asked that, raising his eyebrows in query.

Kushina groaned then turned toward him and explained, "The Knight Bus is a Double Decker Bus that can only be seen by those with a high amount of Reiatsu. The Floo system is a series of connected Fireplaces; you use floo powder to transport yourself without being burned."

Kisuke hummed some more then chirped, "I say go by floo, maybe I can work out a way to use it in Soul Society." At that comment both Kushina and Ichigo groaned in despair because knowing Kisuke he would find a way to make it work.

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In the end they decided to head straight to Gringotts via the Floo, while James, Remus and Kushina went and talked with the Potter account manager, Ichigo went to his Vault to retrieve money so he could buy presents for some of the shinigami. After getting out enough money and converting some to muggle pounds, he left to go to the Magical Menagerie for Chad's present first.

As he walked into the Magical Menagerie, a Kneazle carrying a kitten approached him. The owner said, "Huh, I guess you must know the person who the kitten will belong to or you are the one the kitten will belong to. Are you looking for a pet or looking for someone else?" When Ichigo told the owner that he was 'looking for a pet for a friend who liked cute things.' The owner hummed then said, "the kitten is probably for your friend then since that Kneazle was always able to tell who the kittens would chose." Ichigo then paid for the kneazle kitten along with items for its care.

The next place on his itinerary was Flourish and Blotts to pick up books for Shuhei, Kenpachi, Karin, Byakuya, and Tatsuki. Shuhei got books on music, while Karin got them on Quidditch as she had asked him about certain things and he was sure she would like her own copy of the books he remembered. Kenpachi got an assortment of books including wizarding fairy tales while he got Byakuya a self-updating book on Wizarding nobility. Tatsuki was easy to buy books for, as all he had to do was find books on Magical versions of Martial Arts.

After Flourish and Blotts came the Stationary store that no one knew the name of even after all these years. He found Rukia's present there in the form of a beginners guide to drawing kit, which contained a never-ending pad of drawing paper along with a large assortment of colored pencils, paint, and ink. Thankfully he also found some pencils that were charmed to be able to draw upon the users own memory and imagination to help draw the pictures, so maybe now Rukia's drawings might make more sense. After prolonged use, some of the ability that the pencils used would imprint itself upon the user, which helped beginning students of art gain experience.

After the stationary shop, he headed into the Magical instrument shop, where he found several guidebooks on how to play guitars and how to tune them for Shuhei. He also got a magical wireless radio for Kenpachi since classical music sent Yachiru right to sleep as well as calming her down from her sugar highs. He then went to Madam Malkin's Robes for all occasions for magical cloth for Uryu as well as sewing supplies for him, while there he also picked up some embroidery thread for Yuzu along with order form for them both.

Once he was done with Madam Malkin's he headed out into London to pick up some more presents, he used the underground to make his way to a sweet shop that both he and Sirius frequented as children. Once he got there, he picked out a large assortment of candy for Yachiru, Yuzu, Karin, and Jushiro. He also picked up some watermelon-flavored candy for Toshiro, after he paid for the candy, he made his way to a bookstore and bought some more books for Kenpachi this time focused on the history of the modern world.

After he had finished doing that he made his way to an empty alleyway and summoned the Knight Bus, he paid the bus fare to Hogsmead, once in Hogsmead he made his way to the Three Broomsticks. He purchased Butterbeer from Madam Rosmerta for Yuzu, Karin, and Shunsui. After he did that, he made his way across the street to Honeyduke's where he bought a very large assortment of both their sweets and chocolate for Yachiru, Yuzu, Karin and Jushiro.

After he was done purchasing the candy he made his way to the Hogshead bar where he paid for five bottle of Ogden's Old Firewhiskey for Shunsui, as he knew the captain would appreciate it. Once he bought the Firewhiskey, he once again summoned the Knight Bus and paid them to return him to the Leaky Cauldron to meet up with Kushina and the others in Diagon Alley for lunch.

While Ichigo had gone to his vault to retrieve the money necessary to buy the presents, Kushina, Remus and James were in a meeting with the Potter account manager. James had inquired as to how the finances were being handled. After he demanded a report of the vaults he was looking over the manifests' of his estate. Kushina was leaning against the back of her father's chair, Remus was sitting in the right chair in front of the managers desk while James sat in the left.

At first the manager objected to Remus being in the office on the grounds that he was not a Potter and thus not privileged to hear the information. James scathingly retorted that Remus was his mate and the father of his daughter, thus he was indeed a Potter. He then told him that if he objected again about Remus' presence then he would just have to find another manager for his estate. The goblin quickly shut up about Remus being in the room, Kushina quickly hid her grin behind Kisuke's fan, she had stolen it from him just before Lily and him left Gringotts, at the goblins reaction to being threatened with losing his job.

After giving the vault manager a series of orders concerning the Potter estate the three left his office to go to the Potter vault along with going to Kushina's Vault that she inherited from her Great-Grandmother. Thankfully she and Ichigo had already come to Gringotts after Kushina's fifteenth birthday for her to retrieve the Noir family ring. James signed off on Ichigo inheriting the title of Lord Noir thus the cousins would be Co-Heads of the Noir family line, even though there were really only two people alive who had a legitimate claim to the Noir name.

After they collected enough money to buy the supplies for the summer and since Remus decided that he would use the same texts he did for Kushina's third year again they decided to pick up some of Kushina's school supplies now rather than wait. After meeting up with Lily and Kisuke in Florean's, apparently he was trying to convince her to try a bizarre flavor and she was having none of his convincing. The three snickered at the expression on her face at the thought of trying Chili Pepper Ice Cream.

Lily then watched amused as he took three bites of it in quick succession, and promptly started to fan his mouth to try to cool it down. Lily then proceeded to join the other three in their laughter, as he was fanning his mouth, she told James, "he's been doing that for a while. He takes a few bites then the Chili Peppers hit and he then tries to cool his mouth down."

Kushina shook her head at her Fiancés actions, she then walked over to him. After she stopped him from taking another bite, she asked, "have you been entertaining my Aunt, Kisuke?" As she asked him this she had taken the spoon from him and after she finished asking him took a bite of the ice cream. However unlike him she didn't start fanning her mouth to cool it off.

The blond man blinked in shock then asked, "why aren't you fanning your mouth? Isn't it hot?"

She smirked at him, finished off his ice cream then said while walking away from him, "no my mouth is fine. The milk in the ice cream cuts the heat of the Chilli Peppers, so if you only take one bite you don't have to try to cool your mouth off." As she walked back to her parents she muttered something about 'silly man,' she then called back over her shoulder, "come on Kisuke. We need to pick up my school supplies and a few other things."

He looked down at his empty bowl, pouted slightly but got up from his seat and followed her. As he caught up to them, Kushina grabbed his hand and dragged him into Madam Malkin's. As he was dragged in he asked plaintively, "why are we coming in here?"

Lily called back to them, "because James wants to buy Remus new robes and if the two of us are going to be Assistant Professors then we need teaching robes. Kushina also needs to pick up the female school uniform since she has been wearing the male uniform for the last four years." As she was speaking she had been moving amongst the everyday robes, browsing through them, she took out a few of different colors. After doing so she came over to Kushina and held some against her to see which color would look best on her. She quickly decided on emerald green, blood red, and sapphire blue.

While she was doing this James had pulled Madam Malkin to the side and told her that he was buying an entire new wardrobe for his husband, his sister and himself, while his daughter needed new uniforms for this upcoming year at Hogwarts. She started to get Remus' measurements first after she had gotten them she asked James to step onto the platform so she could get his. Lily had just finished when James stepped down from the measuring stand, when she was called over she told Kushina to pick out some everyday robes that she like so long as they were in those three colors.

The order was to be sent to Jackal's Lair when finished, so they left Madam Malkin's after Kushina had Kisuke measured for dress robes to complement hers. They then traveled next door to Flourish and Blotts, where Kushina picked up the standard course books for her year. While the clerk was retrieving the list from the back, Kisuke started browsing he found some books he liked while he was doing that Remus, James and Lily were doing the same. Kushina also browsed while waiting for the clerk to get done with the customer before her.

In the end they bought 21 additional books to the standard books, most were copies of the same book but there were a few that only one person wanted such as Achievement in Charms for Lily while only Kisuke wanted Jinxes for the Jinxed and Saucy Tricks for Tricky Sorts. They bought three of Practical Defensive Magic and Its Uses Against the Dark Arts, Most Potente Potions, Advanced Potions-Making, and Curses and Counter Curses was wanted by Kushina, James and Kisuke. When all three had grabbed a copy of it the other two groaned but let them have it.

However they only got two copies of, A Compendium of Common Curses and Their Counter-Curses, The Dark Arts Outsmarted, and Magick Moste Evile. The first two was bought by Kushina and Kisuke while the last was bought by Remus and Kushina. After the book store came the Stationary Shop where they picked up quills, parchment and ink both color changing as well as standard black.

As they walked past the Quidditch shop, James stopped and drooled over the Firebolt sitting in the window, Kushina dragged him away stating, "come on Dad. If you want to drool over it you can always come back by yourself later." He pouted but followed her into the Apothecary, where Lily picked up a bit of everything in order to prepare for the year ahead of her and Kushina picked up the standard potions kits for years 4-6 as well as years 1-7 for Kisuke. She knew he would want to experiment with potions, after all he was a mad scientist but he was her mad scientist. So she merely smiled indulgently when he was flitting about the shop and questioning the proprietor about what the ingredients could make, how were they prepared, and when were they collected.

The last stop before they went to the Leaky Cauldron to meet Ichigo was the Cauldron Shop where Lily, Kushina and Kisuke picked up several cauldrons. When Lily questioned why Kushina was picking up so many, she told her Aunt that due to Severus' spying position he had to look the other direction when it came to the Slytherin's actions. So they often had blown up or melted cauldrons in her potions class, Lily commented that it was no wonder that Severus wanted her to take the first through fifth years as she wouldn't put up with such foolishness in her classes.

After they finished that they exited the ally into the pub that guarded the entrance, they found Ichigo sitting at the bar drinking a bottle of Butterbeer with the bottomless bag sitting at his feet. As they came in he looked up, smiled at them then asked, "hey, all done with your shopping?" When they nodded he said, "great, I'm finished as well. Why don't we have lunch here then head back to the house?"

James nodded then said, "sounds good to me. How does that sound to you?" As he asked that he looked at the others with his right eyebrow raised in query. After they agreed, Remus decided to have Breaded Mushrooms for starters then Steak and Guinness pie with mash for his main course, while Kisuke and Kushina had a Pasta Bake with Garlic Bread, Lily chose to have Chicken Kiev with no entree. James and Ichigo both had Cheese and Bacon Burgers with Chips, however, everyone had Butterbeer with their meals. After they finished their meal they used the Floo to go back to Jackal's Lair, when they got there they found that Kenpachi was waiting impatiently for a spar with Kushina.