AN: Hey guys! I'm sorry for the wait! School started and I forgot to put up the chapter! I hope you all enjoy the chapter!

Harry sighed goofily as he gazed out the window of Kaito's car, his mind deep in thought as he played with his phone, absentmindedly flipping it around and around. Kaito knew the look on his friends young face and oh did he know it well, and it made him want to hit the younger wizard quite badly. So he did. Right upside the head.

"OUCH! What the hell did you do that for?" Harry demanded.

"That face… It's annoying." Kaito replied as his eyes stayed glued to the road.

"What do you mean my face is annoying? You didn't have a problem with it before!" Harry shouted as he continued to rub the back of his head.

"Not your face. That face. You are falling for someone. I can tell." Kaito remarked

Harry froze for a second before smirking at the man. "What jealous?"

"Oh just wait till you get married! Then you'll hate that face too! Just Wait! You'll see!"

"Oh bull shit! I've met your wife. She's lovely." Harry remarked offhandedly, quickly changing the subject.

"It doesn't matter. It's just the truth! You'll see!" He continued to shout.

"Oh what ever" Harry said as he flipped him off. He turned away from the older man and stared out the window. Enjoying the view. They were currently driving underwater towards the passageway into wizarding Japan. He thought it was a strange place to hide the area but beautiful nonetheless.

"So who is she?" Kaito asked, breaking the silence.

"She who?" Harry asked back, attempting to feign ignorance.

"Oh you know what I'm talking about Harry! The one your all googly eyed for. Who is she?" Kaito asked again. Harry blushed for a moment but didn't say anything. Momiji's smile already popping into mind. He couldn't help it. The two of them had exchanged numbers a few nights ago when Momiji had come over for dinner, and the two of them had been texting each other every moment of the day since. It was Thursday now and Harry couldn't help but smile when he thought of Momiji. They hadn't been able to spend too much time together since Friday, thanks to Harry having to deal with all sorts of issues with the shop. But they'd made up for it through texting, which Harry didn't really mind. Surprisingly for Harry the two of them had a lot in common and Momiji was just a lot of fun to talk to and be around. It took a few minutes for Harry to finally reply.

"She isn't a she." He said.

"Oh… Well that's nice an all but it still doesn't answer the question now does it?" Kaito said with a shrug. Gender had never really mattered to him much.

Harry just rolled his eyes at Kaito's response, not shocked at all by his nonchalance.

Finally they arrived at their destination. Wizarding Japan was breath taking, in décor it resembled the marketplace of an ancient city. The streets were full of all manner of creatures and wizards dressed in everything from traditional kimonos and yukatas to western business attire and jeans. An there, right in the middle of it all was the site of the first Japanese Weaslys Wizarding Wheezes. Currently the outside of the shop was fully complete and the statue of Fred in a top hat stood tall on the top of the building. But inside there was a team of wizarding contractors still working hard to finish the last of the building. Harry groaned as they pulled up in front of the door and a burly old man walked out to meet them. He put his phone away and both the men stepped out of the car and walked up to where he was standing at the door.

"Before either of you say anything I'm telling you now that your nuts! And it ain't happening!" He shouted at the two of them. Said man was the head of the building team Kaito had hired to build the shop and he looked as scary as he sounded. He was tall, chubby and very muscular with an incredibly long mustache.

"Please don't say that Yamaguchi-san. We're in as much of a tight fix as you are." Kaito replied, quickly cutting of Harry before the man could instigate another fight between himself and their contractors.

"Yeah well then tell Mr. Hotshot here that he better calm down with his crazy plans. It ain't happening." He turned towards Harry waiting for him to reply back to him.

"They are not my plans and it is not my shop! George wants this shop ready to open by the 1st of April and he won't take no for an answer! There is nothing I can do about it Yamaguchi-san!" Harry shot back, immediately taking the bait. Kaito had to stop himself from face palming at Harry's stupidity. He was playing right into his hands!

"Yeah well there ain't anything I can do either! Your asking for way to much! You want the whole place built with special materials with all sorts of specific spells and enchantments and now your telling me you want every inch of this palace warded? And not just with spells but with amulets and all that. Are you nuts? Do you know how much time and man power that takes?" He asked them skeptically.

The man did not impress Harry in any way, shape, or form and at this point it was starting to get on his nerves. It was important to Harry that the shop be finished by the first and he had tried to explain it to this man but the old bastard was as stubborn as a mule.

"Yes I do know how much time and manpower it takes! And considering that it would take me a week to do all of it by my self, I don't know why with four times the people it would take you two!" Harry shouted back at him.

"Oh I'd like to see you try!" He shot back

"Now. Now. Lets not get ahead of ourselves." Kaito stepped in between the two men and attempted to calm them down.

"No. You want me to try it. Well then let's go. Do you even have the equipment ready?" Harry asked as he took of his jacket and tossed it to Kaito, who just barely caught it before it hit the floor.

"What the hell do you take me for?" He shouted back as he pointed towards the equipment in the room. Harry walked right into the shop, unbuttoning his cuffs and rolling up his sleeves as he walked in. The three other workers stopped what they were doing and watched the two men in confusion and then amusement as they realized what was happening. They knew first hand what it was like to deal with their boss and they almost felt sorry for Harry.

"Well then let's get on with it! What have you done so far?" Harry asked as he readied his wand.

"Can't you see? The walls are done. We just prepared them with a starter spell."

"Is that so..." Harry drawled.

"I don't understand why you need this much protection for the shop? It's a fucking toy store! Who the hell do you think is attacking you? It'll take four days for us to just spell the amulets and then another three for us to set them into the walls! Its insane!"

"Bullshit, here let me cut down your workload for you then!" Harry said as he pointed his wand at the pile of sparkling purple amulets sitting in the corner.

He took a deep breath and began chanting the protection spells he had now learned off by heart, he kept his eyes closed as he recited the spells over and over. He started with one and then another and then his eyes shot open. In front of him were all the amulets floating in a circle around him. Glowing with his magic. He whipped his wand to the side and instantly all of the amulets flew into the walls, the ceiling, the floorboards, and every other surrounding structure that was holding up the store. Each of them stood still a moment before being absorbed into their respective walls and areas, each of them practically melting into the surface.

Once they had finished Harry took another deep breath and looked up, almost as if he had just broken out of a trance. He hadn't noticed the sudden breeze around the room or the other objects that were shaking around him. But what he noticed now were the looks of absolute shock on the faces of the people around him. Harry didn't think twice about it. He was used to looks of bewilderment.

"I'm sure then that this has cut down your time line by at least half?" Harry asked as he put away his wand and fixed his sleeves.

Yamaguchi nodded mutely, his eye still wide with awe and Harry decided that it would be best to leave now, before he found his voice once again.

"Well than. I have a meeting to head to, I'll be off then! Oh an please inform me if you find anything else I can help you with." He said as he slipped his jacket back on and moved towards the door.

He saw the man nod and with a nod of his own he left. A bewildered Kaito fallowed him soon after.

"Well then… No wonder the ministry was so scared of you." Kaito remarked. Harry scoffed in return.

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Momiji laughed as he read Harry's latest text message about fighting with his contractors and made a mental note to never get Harry angry. He saw Hatsaharu coming towards him, their lunches in his hand, and replied back quickly and rushed to put his phone away before his cousin reached him.

"Hey" Hatsuharu greeted, his face as emotionless as ever as he handed Momiji his sandwich.

"Hey!" Momiji replied back enthusiastically.

Hatsuharu raised an eyebrow at him as he took his seat in front of him. "What are you up to?" He asked as he opened his sandwich wrapper and began to eat.

"Nothing!" He shouted causing a few of the other people in the room to turn and look at them.

"Ok…" Hatsaharu said as he began to eat. They continued eating for a while as Momiji tried to ignore the urge to look at his phone.

"So Kazuma mentioned that your dad came to visit him yesterday. Have you gone to see him yet?" Hatsuharu asked, Momiji looked up at him and shrugged in response. He was just about to answer when he was cut off by a string of messages that kept causing the phone to vibrate. He tried to ignore it but Hatsuharu stopped and waited for him to answer first.

"Well? Aren't you going to answer it?" Hatsuharu asked when Momiji didn't reach for the still vibrating object.

"Nope." Momiji shook his head as he answered.

"Why not?" He asked as he finished his sandwich and crumpled it up into a ball.

"No reason." Momiji said before finishing his own sandwich. He looked at the clock across the room and willed it to move faster, he was horrible at keeping things from Hatsuharu and he just wasn't ready to tell him about Harry yet and he was even less ready to talk to him about his dad so now he was just stuck. He looked up at the boy only to look back down anxiously. He could practically feel the sweat dripping down his back. He looked around for any distraction and noticed their wrappers on the desk and quickly picked them up and walked outside to drop them into the garbage.

He walked back in to see Hatsuharu just sitting in his seat waiting for him, his face not giving anything away. He took a deep breath before pulling himself together and sitting down.

"So what's up? How's Rin?" Momiji asked trying to change the subject as he reached for the phone in his pocket, only to realize it wasn't there. He shot up off of his chair and began to look around his desk for it. Hatsuharu didn't even bat an eye at his actions.

"She's doing really good." He answered as he watched his cousin freak out for a bit. "So who's Harry?"

Momiji stared at him like a dear caught in headlights. He was still standing up as he stared down at the other boy in fear before sitting down slowly; ignoring strange looks his classmates were now giving him.

"My phone?" Momiji watched as Hatsaharu pulled it out from his own pocket where he must have hidden it.

"Well?" Hatsuharu asked, his face still giving nothing away.

"He's a friend." Momiji answered a little to quickly for Hatsaharu's taste.

"A friend?" Hatsuharu parroted

"Yes." Momiji emphasized

"Ok." He accepted. He mentally counted to three and as if on cue Momiji began again.

"He's my neighbor ok? Now can I have my phone back!" He exclaimed before stretching his arms out to try and get it back. Hatsaharu pulled back a bit and continued to stroll through his texts.

"Oh really. Just that huh. You sure have been texting him a lot. Have you spent all night on the phone with your little crush too?" Hatsaharu asked.

"I don't have a crush on him! Not really! HARU! GIVE ME MY PHONE BACK!" Momiji shouted.

"Relax Momiji! It's not like there's anything-" Hatsuharu stopped mid sentence and stared at Momiji in shock. "To hide…" He finished.

"Its not that big of a deal!" Momiji defended without even looking at what Hatsaharu was staring at in his phone.

"Thirty-two missed calls." Hatsuharu said in shock

"Its not that bad." Momiji argued.

"Momiji, your dad called you thirty-two time in the last week?" Hatsuharu asked

"Yesterday." Momiji said, his eyes downcast as he answered.

"Wow. So I'm guessing you haven't gone to see him yet?" Hatsuharu asked to which Momiji shook his head. "That's a little extreme. Even for him." Momiji sighed as he finally got his phone back from his cousin.

Momiji's father, Sohma Katsu, wasn't like most fathers in the zodiac group. His wife going mad and choosing to forget his son had been quite a traumatic experience for him and had left him with quite a few lasting scars. The whole episode had a strange sort of effect on him. Everyone had expected him to reject Momiji over time; the way Kyo's father had rejected his own son. But he didn't. Instead he became weirdly protective of both his wife and son, and later his daughter Momo as well. It was as if he lived in this constant state of fear that he could loose them all instantly. Because of it he usually went to great lengths to keep them safe. Especially Momiji. But even more then that he also worked incredibly hard to try and keep them apart. His father was the main reason Hatsaharu and Hatori were so surprised when Momiji decided to move out. He never so much as allowed Momiji to stay overnight in a building that wasn't Sohma property, an apartment of his own seemed impossible.

Momiji ran his hand through his hair in frustration and grimaced at his phone screen as he saw the various calls lined up in a row once again.

"I just don't want to see him." Momiji began, frown never once leaving his usually happy face. "I don't want to speak to him either. He can't do anything for me anymore, and I don't want to give him a reason to try."

Hatsuharu started at his blonde cousin in surprise, he had known something was off about their relationship, but that was a side effect of the curse. He had thought their relationship would begin to heal now that it was all over, but now instead it was just getting worse.

"I don't want him finding out about where I live or about my life. I'm moving on. I'm making friends, I'm taking care of myself. I'm growing up. Isn't that enough?" The blond was asking himself that question more than he was asking his cousin.

"I don't understand. I thought you saw him before he left to his trip. Wasn't everything fine then?" Hatsuharu asked. He had never seen Momiji this angry with his father. "What happen?"

Momiji froze at the question. He stopped talking for a moment and wrapped his arms around himself, closing himself off from the world through his body language. He shook his head at whatever memory seemed to be playing himself out in his mind.

"Since it broke" He finally began. "He's been acting a bit strange." Momiji sighed as he pulled his uniform jacket tighter around himself before continuing. "It's like he's always afraid… I guess he thinks I'm going to try to bring back my mom's memories or something. I don't know." He sighed as he ran his hand through his hair once again. "Before he left he banned from going anywhere near his office. He said it was because I wasn't a kid anymore and I shouldn't be bothering him at work. But I know that's not it." Momiji's eyes glassed over with unshed tears as he remembered his father's rejection.

"Before he left he called me to make sure that once school started I took a different route home from school. He said that the old route was too long but that's not true… The old route… it passes by the house, their house. I ran into her once. He said he wasn't mad but..." Momiji put his head down on the table and wrapped his arms under his head like a pillow. "I just don't want to be a nuisance anymore… you know what they say. Out of sight out of mind. I'm…I'm just doing what's best for all of us." He mumbled.

Hatsuharu rested his palm on Momiji's head and ruffled his hair. "Don't worry. It'll be ok. I love you, and you'll never be a nuisance for me. So make sure you tell me about these sorts of things next time ok? You don't have to do everything alone. You still have me." Hatsuharu looked down at his cousin and gave him a soft and reassuring smile.

Momiji turned and smiled up at him and nodded.

AN: Thank you for reading! Please be sure to leave a comment and tell me what you think!