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Italics text = character thinking to themselves.
Underline+Italics = character communicating with telepathy
Bold text = shouting
Bold+Italcs = Casting Spell/Ability
Chapter Ten
Half-truths, Scapegoats and Ties of Blood and Nature
"How do you feel?" Harry asked as he hurried to Kaguya's side, Luna and Susan not far behind.
"Alive. Very much alive." Kaguya smiled widely as she examined her hands, absently noting that her fingernails were not nearly as long as they used to be. "Hm, I suppose this way I will draw less attention." She thought.
"Yes, you will." Harry agreed… before pausing.
"I did not say that out loud, did I?" Kaguya frowned slightly.
"Say what out loud?" Luna tilted her head.
"Harry, are you hearing me?" Kaguya thought as she looked straight at him.
"Yes, I am." Harry replied the same way. "How is it that we can still hear each other's thoughts?"
"Er, maybe there still is a connection between the two of you?" Susan suggested.
"The chakra receivers!" Harry's eyes widened as he reached for his chest and pulled out the senbon still stabbed in his Shimon. "This must have been it." He decided.
"I don't think so." Kaguya said slowly as she opened her eyes after an internal examination. "I don't feel those three receivers still in me." She turned around and looked at the remnants of the cauldron. "There." She pointed and quickly picked up the three senbon.
"Perhaps you should have removed them before the ritual?" Luna suggested.
"That advice would have been helpful a few minutes ago." Harry sighed. "Oh well, having a mental link between the two of us is not that bad. We can block it with out mental shields, after all."
"Yes, you only heard me because I have to remake my mental shields now that I have a body." Kaguya agreed. "After that, we would only hear each other's thoughts when we both wish for it."
"Well, as much as I would like to stick around and chat, I need to take Tonks home." Harry said as he approached the woman and poured some Elixir of Life on her wound, instantly healing her, before taking her away with a Kamui.
Once back in Tonks' flat, he had her go back to sleep after cleaning her of all signs, and while she slept he Obliviated the past hour from her memories.
Returning to Potter Manor, he approached Luna and Susan.
"Time to go." He told them and sent them away with this Kamui before following suit, then sending them each to their common rooms. Then he returned to Kaguya's side.
"You should go as well; you have a few stories to tell." Kaguya pointed out.
"True enough." Harry sighed. "Dobby!"
"Yes Master Harry Potter sir?" the little elf appeared instantly with a POP.
"Dobby, this is my dear friend and teacher Kaguya. She will be staying her for the time being. You and all the other elves are to obey her orders as if they were my own." Harry instructed.
"Yes, Harry Potter sir!" Dobby bobbed his head in understanding.
"That was all, Dobby." Harry dismissed him and the elf left.
"Well, I think I'll go get some sleep." Kaguya mused. "Best not strain this body already. After that, I think I'll try my hand a bit at this Magic."
"Okay. I'll probably use the Time Turner and join you, so don't be surprised if I show up soon." Harry advised.
"Hm, we should look into getting more of those devices, time travel is an ace I would like to keep regardless of your class schedule." Kaguya said thoughtfully.
"Well, I'll look into it. If we can't make some, I hear the one Hermione is using was rented from the Department of Mysteries at the Ministry." Harry smirked.
"That placed is worth visiting either way." Kaguya chuckled as she turned and began walking towards the house. "Join me as soon as possible."
"I thought you said you were going to sleep." Harry called after her.
"I need a pillow, and you'll do." Kaguya shot back as she entered the house… and saw another Harry waiting there for her.
"Pillow huh?" he raised an eyebrow. "Well, I have been awake for longer then I should have."
"Let's get some rest." Kaguya agreed as pulled her after him up to the Master's Bedroom.
The temporally current Harry, however, used Kamui to return to the Chamber of Secrets and after checking for anything he had forgotten and erasing all sings of his prolonged presence there, he headed back up into the castle, fixing a sad and angry expression on his face, channeling his emotions from when he had discovered Riddle's survival-transfer.
Within minutes, he was at the gargoyle guarding Dumbledore's office and a whispered §Open§ got it jumping to the side.
It seemed that there were a few detection or warning wards attached to the statue, because he had barely entered the office proper when Dumbledore shot through the door to his private chamber's, wand in hand, and still in his night-gown.
Harry decided to ignore that it was a female muggle night-gown.
"Harry?" Dumbledore blinked as he saw him, lowering his wand slightly. "What brings you here at this hour?"
"I need a drink. Then I'll answer that question." Harry shot back tiredly, collapsing into the comfortable chair he transfigured one of Dumbledore's guest chairs into.
"A drink?" Dumbledore asked incredulously. "Young man, you…"
"It's about Voldemort. Drink. Now." Harry grunted darkly.
Hesitantly, Dumbledore went behind his desk and sat down facing Harry before pulling out a bottle of Brandy and two glassed from a hidden compartment, pouring some for each of them.
Thankfully accepting the drink, Harry took a sip of his and leaned back in his chair tiredly.
"So…?" Dumbledore reminded him.
"I was too late last year." Harry said softly. "Too late to save Ginny."
"Harry, if you had a nightmare…" Dumbledore relaxed a bit.
"Riddle told me himself, but I didn't understand what he really meant at the time." Harry ignored the Headmaster. "He told me that the more Ginny wrote in the Diary, the more of her soul she put into it. And that after a while, he was able to put his soul into her, bit by bit." He took another sip of the brandy. "The bastard meant it Literaly. That was not Ginny Weasley I pulled from the Chamber of Secrets last year. That was Tom Riddle wearing his new Weasley body."
"Do you have any proof of this?" Dumbledore asked, all thoughts of going back to sleep disappearing, replaced by urgency.
In response, Harry pulled an old piece of parchment from his robes and threw it onto the desk.
"Open it and tap it with your wand. The password is 'I honestly swear I'm up to no good'." Harry told him.
Dubiously, Dumbledore did just that only to then stare in wonder as the Marauder' Map revealed itself.
"The Marauders made this while they were still in school." Harry said quietly. "And dad used some of the warding techniques from the Potter Family Grimoire to tie it to Hogwarts' Main Ward Stone and an old monitoring ward that nobody was using. So I won't be leaving it with you. However, I want to show you something. You see, the map can record up to 24 hours." He leaned forward and tapped the Map with his wand. "Yesterday at two thirty p.m."
The dots and names changed instantly and no longer moved as I was displaying a static record.
"Second year Gryffindors have charms at that time. Here." Harry pointed at a dot labeled Filius Flitwick.
"Tom Riddle." Dumbledore grimly read one of the names among those of the Second Year Gryffindors. "We need to act…" he got to his feet.
"Dealt with. Sit down." Harry cut him off before downing the rest of his drink. "This Map was confiscated from the Marauders by Filch when they were still in school. The Weasley Twins got it from his office when they were first years. And yesterday, they came to me after they noticed the map calling what looked like their sister 'Tom Riddle'." Harry paused. "Well, they thought that somebody was using Polyjuice to look like her, actually. As you can see, the map is pretty big so it's hard to find one particular dot if you don't have an idea where to start."
"Yes, it must cover all of Hogwarts." Dumbledore agreed.
"Almost, there were some area the Marauders never got in or never knew about, like some of the Professors personal chambers or the Chamber of Secrets." Harry shrugged. "The point is, I knew who Tom Riddle was, unlike them. And after looking at 'Ginny' with my Mage Sight for a few seconds, I could tell that was no disguise." He summoned the Brandy bottle and refilled his glass.
"What did you do then?" Dumbledore inquired.
"I used Legilimency on the Weasley Twins. I mean, after Riddle being gone for almost a year he only appears now?" Harry snorted. "Turns out, the Weasleys decided that taking a vacation in Egypt was more important then their daughter's mental health so they never took her to a Mind Healer, like any sane person would do after possession."
Dumbledore let out a groan and drank his own glass of brandy.
"I arranged for Arthur to win that prize just so that they could afford a Mind Healer." Dumbledore admitted. "I thought they took her for a check-up that gave her a clean bill of health and then spent the rest of the prize on their Vacation."
"That's the mentality of someone who wants to see people as better then they are." Harry snorted. "Trust me, I've seen some of the best and the worst in both Magical and Muggle worlds. People are that petty and greedy, with no redeeming features."
"Did you discover anything else from the Twins?" Dumbledore asked him.
"This was not the first time they noticed Riddle, but he Obliviated them every time as well as the others involved, usually members of the Gryffindor Quidditch team and Lee Jordan." Harry grunted.
"And this time?" Dumbledore inquired.
"I Obliviated them, took the map and followed Riddle down into the Chamber of Secrets." Harry shrugged. "Disarmed him, bound him and used Legilimency on him. It took me a few hours since he has powerful mental shields, but I managed to slip through to get the story out f him."
"Which is?" Dumbledore closed his eyes.
"Ginny's soul was destroyed last year." Harry sighed. "No, destroyed is not quite accurate. It was used as fuel to create Riddle a new body, the one I fought and spoke with. But when I destroyed the Diary, he retreated into Ginny's body along with as much of the magic he could salvage." Harry took a sip of brandy. "He was a good actor back then, wasn't he?"
"Yes, he had almost all the school fooled." Dumbledore massaged his eyes in grief after removing his glasses.
"He spent the next few months accustoming to Ginny's body. But it was not quite… fitting him." Harry grumbled. "He was planning on taking my own body, but after my sudden power-up after the Dementor attack he realized that he would not manage it as he was. He went through a few rituals… you noticed how there was less magic in the air in Hogwarts?"
"That was him?" Dumbledore asked in shock.
"Yeah." Harry nodded. "It was risky since his body might not have handled the strain, but he managed to suck a small portion of Hogwarts' magic in himself."
"Madness, even if he succeeded his body would…" Dumbledore began.
"Fail after some time. But he didn't want to keep that body, we only wanted to be strong enough to take mine." Harry pointed out.
"I see. Where is he now? "Dumbledore inquired.
"Hell, I burnt the fucker with FiendFyre." Harry eyed the Headmaster "That's one of the ways to destroy Horcruxes, isn't it?"
"…So you know." Dumbledore sighed.
"Seven, that was his goal. I took it from his mind." Harry sighed as well. "Six Horcruxes plus the main body. Your old friend Slughorn told him it was possible after one of his little parties."
"Six?" Dumbledore whispered in horror. "Do you know…?"
"The Diary was his first, that much is obvious." Harry cut him off. "Since it only had his memories up to the point he made it, even it did not know for sure what he made into his other Horcruxes. He planned on using an old family ring he had stolen from his maternal uncle, and maybe look up something else that connects him to Salazar Slytherin, maybe even the other Founders if he could help it."
"Well, we can rule out the Sword of Gryffindor at least." Dumbledore mused.
"It was soaked in Basilisk Venom." Harry nodded.
"I'll look into it, think I remember something about the Cup of Helga Hufflepuff after Tom graduated." Dumbledore said thoughtfully.
"One last thing. Theodore Nott was used as a sacrifice in one of the rituals." Harry stated with a frown. "And frankly, after I saw why he in particular was chosen, I can't say I regret his death."
"Should I ask why?" Dumbledore frowned.
"Nott tortured, raped and murdered his own seven year old little sister for Christmas." Harry spat.
"…I see." Dumbledore's eyes were now deadly cold.
Harry understood, mistreated little sisters were a sore spot for the old Headmaster.
"That's pretty much it." Harry shook his head. "He did all his rituals in the Chamber of Secrets and erased his tracks every time, otherwise I would have noticed since I went that there a few times myself, removing the Basilisk and all that."
"I see." Dumbledore sighed. "You're excused for classes today, Harry, you've been awake all night after all."
"Thanks." Harry nodded as leaned over and tapped the Map. "Mischief Managed." With that the Map became a simple old parchment again, which Harry Pocketed. "Do me a favor and leave my name out of it this time. I'm been trying to have a quiet year after the thing with Sirius, and I don't want my name next the Riddle's in the Daily Prophet anytime soon. Or Ginny's."
"Very well, since the matter was resolved I don't see why I should bother you further with it." Dumbledore nodded slowly.
"Feel free to bother the Weasleys though with their greed and stupidity." Harry narrowed his eyes. "And if you happen to find a Horcrux, I would not mind sending another piece of Voldemort to hell."
"I can do the same with the Sword of Gryffindor here, but I'll keep your offer in mind." Dumbledore said diplomatically.
"I'm going to turn in." Harry sighed as he turned and left the office. "Good day, Headmaster."
As soon as he reached his bed in the Gryffindor Tower, Harry use the time Turner to turn back an hour and teleported to Potter Manor to witness the Revival Ritual from a different angle before joining Kaguya once the past him had left, the two retreating to the Master Bedroom for a few hours of rest.
By lunch, they had woken up an were joined by Luna and Susan announcing that the whole school had a day off after a cursed object had killed Ginny Weasley, apparently the same responsible for Theodore Nott's disappearance. Harry was pleased that the Headmaster chose to point out that the object was brought into the castle by Nott.
"So, what now?" Susan inquired. "While most people would take the time to celebrate their revival, somehow I don't see your doing it." She nodded towards Kaguya.
"Part of the reason for that is due to already having gained some measure of freedom through Harry's Kage Bunshin, so this not entirely new for me." Kaguya admitted. "But the other reason is that I'm not quite… complete yet."
"What do you mean?" Luna frowned.
"Well, let me show you." Kaguya sighed as she pulled out a wand harry had given her and pointed it at the sky. "Incendio." She called out… and feathers came out.
"Eh?" Luna blinked.
"Just like I was not attuned to Ninjutsu, Kaguya is not attuned to magic." Harry explained.
"Ugh, and how many rituals or Elixirs will she need to fix this?" Susan asked warily.
"Just one." Harry chuckled. "Thankfully, we already expected something like this so I prepared it. You see, it's from Morgan le Fey just like Luna's was. Even after she regained her mind through that ritual, she noticed that the nature of her Magic had become too Fae-like for her to properly use human magic again, so she had to fix it."
"Another ritual." Susan sighed.
"Yep. Basically, it will imprint this world's system of magic onto her, as well as bring her closer to nature. I want all of use to go through it." Harry revealed. "This way, our innate understanding of magic will increase… and I will be able to enter Sennin Modo easier. Kaguya as well."
"Can we learn Sennin Modo as well?" Susan inquired.
"Luna, maybe. Her reserves are big enough. You, not so much. You're body does not have enough chakra to even allow us to safely implant the Rinnegan you asked, never mind Sennin Modo." Kaguya chided.
"So I need to go through a ritual as well, a power boosting one." Susan sighed. "Well, I've been putting it off enough, so fine. I'll do it."
"We can't do it at Hogwarts since I already told Dumbledore about how Riddle was sucking the magic out of the place, and he would get suspicious. But I know a place where we can do it." Harry smirked.
"Oh?" Luna inquired. "So you have another thousand-year old castle saturated with magic stashed somewhere?" she tilted her head. "Maybe with fairies guarding it?"
"For the last time, I don't have Camelot hidden away, nor do I know hot to get to Avalon." Harry rolled his eyes. "Not even Morgan managed to return after she left. Believe me, she tried."
"Then where?" Susan inquired.
"Have you seen how thick the magic in the air is in my Kamui Dimension?" he raised an eyebrow.
"Ah, now that you mention it… but there's still a Dementor there, right?" Susan frowned.
"Not for long." He exchanged a glance with Kaguya.
"Okay… when are we doing Kaguya's ritual?" Susan inquired.
"How's now sound?" the white haired reborn woman suggested as she got to her feet.
"No time like the present." Luna agreed.
"Susan's power-up first though." Harry pointed out. "I have everything set in my Kamui Dimension, we just need to go there and do it."
"Okay." Susan took a breath. "Let's go." She said, eyes shining with determination."
With that, Harry sent the blonde and the redhead before following suit with Kaguya.
"You just need to stand in that circle naked and drink this, it will trigger the beginning of the ritual." Harry handed her a vial containing a neon green glowing liquid. "Take a sip of this now though." He handed her a bottle and Susan quickly took a healthy sip of the Elixir of Life.
"Don't you find using the Elixir of Life so often… cheating?" Susan inquired as she headed to the center of the drawn magic circle, making sure not to disturb the lines or the few regents positioned there, mostly goblets containing various potions. After she had vanished he clothes, of course.
"I prefer cheating over loosing a friend." Harry frowned.
"Okay, good point." Susan admitted. "Now, how will I know when I've taken in enough magic?"
"You won't that's why this ritual is forbidden." Harry deadpanned. "You can only tell when you've taken too much, at which point your body begins hurting like hell."
"Okay…" Susan looked a lot more hesitant.
"What Harry is neglecting to tell you is that we can tell with our eyes when you're reaching a dangerous point, so we can stop the ritual or heal you during the ritual with Elixir of Life." Kaguya spoke up.
"I'll send some drops in your mouth every few seconds as soon as I see a strain. That way you can get the maximum boost with the minimum risks." Harry explained. "When we think it's getting dangerous, we'll stop it."
"Okay." Susan nodded. "Shall I begin?"
"Do so." Kaguya nodded as she watched Harry stand by a small magic circle attached to the large one the red-head was in – the place to finalize the ritual from the outside.
With a nod, Susan downed the vial of glowing green potion and closed her eyes as power began to swirl from above into a funnel shape with her at the bottom. Seconds passed and Harry's Tenseigan noticed how her coils were approaching full capacity and sent some Elixir into her mouth, lessening the strain on her body. He then watched as one by one her closed tenketsu began to pop open, causing Susan to either grunt or yell in pain, and in response he sent a bit of Elixir every two tenketsu open.
Soon though, it appeared that it was too much for her to handle further and Harry sent a bit more Elixir then before following by stabbing his wand into the center of the small magic circle next to him, causing the potions in the goblets strategically arranged in the magic circle to flow onto Susan and soak her whole body in them, one by one, until it was over, the funnel of Mana fading as the final potion splashed over Susan and was absorbed into her skin.
Hurrying to her side, he quickly forced some more Elixir of Life down her throat to soothe her aches.
"Susan, are you alright? Susan!" he asked in worry.
The girl remained immobile for a few more seconds before lifting her head and kissing him on the lips.
"Normally Prince Charming kisses Sleeping Beauty, but you were taking too long." Susan grinned playfully.
"Sigh, don't scare me like that." Harry released the breath he was holding as he hugged her.
"Mm, like my naked body pressed against you, do you?" Susan grinned.
"Quite to." Harry agreed. "But I'm still not sleeping with you. There are a couple more essential rituals that we need to go through before we can loose out virginities."
"Ugh." Susan pouted. "Pretty please?"
"…No." Harry said as he looked away after a bit of hesitance.
"That's right." Kaguya agreed. "If I managed to hold myself back from jumping him when I came out of that cauldron, so can you."
"I'm surrounded by perverts." Harry rolled his eyes.
"Your perverts." Luna agreed readily.
"Should I put my clothes back on or I won't need them for the next ritual?" Susan inquired.
"The later." Harry nodded. "I'll send you and Luna there, Kaguya and I will follow shortly." He announced and a Kamui later the two were gone.
"Now let's see how I fare against this Dementor." Kaguya smirked.
"Or how he fares against you." Harry pointed out as he grabbed her elbow and Apparated them a few meters away from the chained Dementor, who looked quite rabid now.
"Okay, I'm doing it." Kaguya stated as she approached the soul-sucking demon while Harry drew his wand, ready to send a Patronus to protect her if the worst happened.
It was not the case, as with her third eye snapping open Kaguya began sucking not just to magic and souls out of the Dementor, but a bit from her surroundings as well.
In the end though there was just a filthy black cloak within the manacles, with Kaguya standing before them a bit dizzy.
"Okay, I think I took in a tad much power." she admitted.
"Don't worry, you can use it up by flowing your extra power into our next ritual." Harry assured her as he grabbed her teleported them back on Earth.
"So… what exactly is this ritual about?" Susan asked curiously.
"And does it have anything to do with these trees?" Luna added as she stared at the large circle formed of 21 trees, their branches intertwining with those of their neighbors on either side, while a few of their roots peeked out from the ground and reached out towards the center where they swirled together into a funnel that reached for the sky, leaving under them a couple meter wide cone beneath it at around three to four meters above the ground.
"Hazelnut, Maple, Fir, Hornbeam, Chestnut, Cedar, Cypress, Beech, Ash, Apple, Olive, Birch, Walnut, Pine, Poplar, Willow, Rowan, Fig, Oak, Linden and Elm." Harry recited. "These are the woods the Merlin decreed most in tune with nature and magic in this world, thus they are the most used in making wands. By imprinting their aspects upon herself, Morgan regained full control of her magic."
"Less talking, more ritual." Kaguya grunted.
"Right, right." Harry agreed and quickly led them all under the cone of roots here a waist-high obsidian pedestal stood with a basin carve at the top, said basin filled with a pinkish white potion.
"So, what now?" Luna inquired.
"Now we all place our wand hand in this potion and flood it with as much magic as we can. Then, when we stop, a dagger will emerge from this potion and we will have to stab with our free hand into the hand that is still submerged in the potion." Harry explained. "Once we've all done that, we will drop the dagger back in the center of the basin and the ritual will do it's stuff and end."
"Okay, together then." Susan placed her right hand above the basin followed by the other threw. "On three. One, two, THREE!"
As one, they plunged their right hand into the potion and began flooding it with their magic as best as they could. The potion glowed an bubbled, turning black as a dark mist emerged and filled their surroundings before a bluish black dagger that seemed to be made of solidified potion rose from the basin. Kaguya immediately grabbed it and stabbed it into the back of her right hand before pulling it out and passing it over to Harry who repeated her actions, passing it to Luna who passed it to Susan, the red-head dropping it back into the potion when she was done with it.
The dark mist lightened up into a blinding golden-green that swirled around them, making them realize that the roots above them were pulsing, matching their heartbeats, before the potion shot upwards and was absorbed into the roots while the mist converged onto their forms, seeping into their skin.
"It's over." Harry sighed.
"Hm, I can certainly feel the difference." Kaguya remarked, clenching her fist as sparks of electricity appeared around it. "It was a success."
"Wow, was the world around us always so… alive?" Susan whispered in awe as she slowly looked around.
"Yes, though I've never been so… receptive to it." Luna admitted.
"Well, this will also be the last ritual we will do until summer break." Harry informed them. "We can't do any more rituals for three months or it will spoil the results of this one we just did."
"It's fine, while I definitely appreciate the results the process is not that pleasant." Susan shrugged.
"In the meantime, I'll start you both up on basic chakra control exercises." Harry smiled. "The reason I suggested we all do this ritual together is that some of mine and Kaguya's abilities should leach through the blood we shed into the two of you. So while not as strongly, you both have access to the twelve basic Handseals and thus can use jutsu."
"Awesome!" Susan cheered.
"It also means that you will not need another compatibility ritual to be able to have he Rinnegan implanted in you." Kaguya added as she stretched a bit. "After we attune them to your chakra for a month or so, we can safely implant them. Same for you, Luna."
"Will you be using that Cyclops spell on my palms?" Luna inquired. "I mean, that's where that Momoshiki ghost had them…"
"Yes, they will be on your palms, in a way." Harry admitted. "But I won't be using that spell."
"In a way?" Susan frowned.
"Hm, it's best I show you." Harry smiled. "After all, there's one last thing to do to Kaguya today."
"What's that?" Luna blinked.
"I need to be sealed." the reborn goddess shrugged. "Or rather, my third eye. It stands out too much, don't you agree?" said eye opened and glared at them.
"Er… yeah. It's kinda creepy." Susan admitted as she began to get dressed, the others following her example.
"Sealed how?" Luna asked intrigued.
"It's best you see it to understand." Harry explained.
Ten minutes later, they were back at Potter Manor in a clearing where Harry was enlarging and unrolling a massive scroll, at least five meters wide and unrolled for twelve.
"Where did you get a scroll this large?" Susan had to ask.
"Made it through alchemy." Harry shrugged as Kaguya laid down on the ground face-up before the scroll and Harry did not hesitate to draw some of her blood with a syringe and then use that blood and a small brush to draw a sealing array around her eyes, especially her third one, as well as her face, before making a few additions on a blank spot on the parchment near her. "It's done, go ahead and activate it." he urged the white-haired beauty.
With a flare of her chakra, not only the newly blood-drawn seals but the one already on the scroll lit up in an angry red and began converging onto her face, seemingly wrapping around her third eye which closed and seemed to fade from view, a red mark similar to her Rinne-Sharingan, that was almost identical to the one her son Hagoromo had if not for the nine tomoe, appeared on her forehead as if sealing her third eye before fading from view as well.
"So… what did that do?" Luna tilted her head.
In response, Kaguya opened her eyes and a small flare of her chakra later a ripple pattern manifested over her Byakugan as the red marking became visible on her forehead. Another flare and the ripple pattern was replaced by first three, then nine tomoe grouped three by three on circles that were not there. A blink later and her eyes were back to normal, the marking fading from her forehead.
"Oh, so you can access your full power without opening that eye?" Susan realized.
"Parts of my full power." Kaguya shrugged. "Either the Rinnegan or the Sharingan and Mangekyo Sharingan. Though, to be fair, most of the Mangekyo powers are not accessible to me since they are deviations of my Juubi form. The main reason I sealed that eye, though, is that while having it does grant me a major power boost, the abilities exclusive to that eye are no longer available to me. The Amenominaka, Mugen Tsukuyomi and Shin: Jukai Kōtan simply require more chakra then I ever hope to have again. The Biiju are gone, so it's simply impossible for me to amass that much chakra to use them even once." She admitted. "With it sealed, the chakra it would normally consume from being permanently active I can use for something else."
"Is that why your son sealed his?" Susan inquired.
"No, he was just afraid of being 'corrupter' by the power." Kaguya rolled her eyes. "As if that did not happen either way."
"What do you mean?" Luna frowned. "Didn't he promote peace?"
"And did nothing to achieve it, merely words and a legacy tainted by envy and betrayal. He was so lost in his perfect little Ninshu world he did not even notice how Indra reacted to his naming of Asura as his heir." Harry snorted. "Not much different then Dumbledore and his Greater Good."
A.N.: One more chapter down. The next one will be following another Timeskip, just so you know.