Reminder: I do not own Harry Potter and Tokko.
July 14, 2006
Potter and Shindo Family Apartment
Today was a sad day for Harry and for good reason. The reason was that today he was going to be attending the Will Reading of his late godfather, Sirius Black, in London. However, he was not going to be attending the event alone. His family, Saya and Ranmaru (who were invited), and his unofficial girlfriend, Kureha Suzuka, would be joining him on this sad day. Harry did wonder why Sirius wanted him to be a Lady-friend. Was it for a prank? Was it for Harry to have a female shoulder to cry? He did not know for sure. There were a lot of options for this demand made by his godfather. The teenager still blamed himself for the death of his godfather. Even though, multiple people had told him otherwise. His mistakes got his godfather killed. He should have not listened to that blasted elf known as Kreacher. If he ever sees that damn elf again, then he will throw it a sock and let Hogwarts have him. Harry sighed as he leaned his head against the wall, while he sat on his bed.
Harry thought about the events that happened recently, especially on the day that he went took Kureha and Ryoko to the wand shop. Mostly, the events that forced Saya to rush to the Ministry as if there was trouble and then Ranmaru's former boss. Harry could still feel that man's grip on his chest. He had never been called a freak before since the days of before he went to Hogwarts. The moment he heard the word again, Harry was suddenly having flashbacks to his unfriendly childhood. For some reason, he could not have the strength to get the Chief off him. The manner that the arse grabbed him and looked at him caught him off guard as he knew expected something like that throughout his time in Japan. In addition, Harry was afraid that if he did attack the arse then he might somehow get in legal trouble. After Ranmaru knocked the Chief out, Harry was still mentally processed that he was manhandled like that. He experienced things like during his time with the Dursleys but had been not expecting it in another land. The moment Saya learned about the incident, she immediately filed a restraining order on the Chief with Ranmaru and Tokko supporting her.
Harry told Saya that it was unnecessary, but she would not hear it. As she said, "The bastard could have harmed you seriously, Harry, if he continued. He was once a Yakuza. What he wanted to do to you was wrong. I am not willing to get another chance."
The order went through with success as testimony from Tokko proved to be helpful. In addition, the Chief was being closely watched as his job was on the line. Ryoko moved Ranmaru's station to the Second Division's office, if it could be called that at all. Although, this was good news, there was bad news that would come at the same time. On the day that the Chief manhandled Harry, a jail-break happened within the Japanese Ministry of Magic prison-cells. The break-out was a violent one as it was mainly the Death Eaters that were arrested in the park that were escaping. However, the issue continued to pile as it turned out that before the Death Eaters got out of their cells, one of the Aurors stationed in the prison section of the Ministry was brutally killed. The Department of Magical Law Enforcement was only able to find traces of the Auror's blood on the ground, which was horrific based on what heard Saya inform Ranmaru. In addition, Magical Law Enforcement was able to find the dead Auror's hands near the splatter of blood, which looked as if it had been ripped off violently. Kureha, who was with him at the Saya was talking with Ranmaru about the event at the ministry while Ryoko was busy in her new room reviewing paperwork, told Harry that most likely that a Phantom killed the poor Auror as that was how the aftermath of an attack by one usually looks like.
According to Saya, Bellatrix Lestrange managed to escape for sure as the pyscho-bitch killed two other Aurors. However, just before she escaped, Saya dueled the bitch for a good two minutes until the Pyscho decided to flee to her master. When Harry learned that Bellatrix escaped justice, he was at first angry as he knew that it would be awhile before karma could get back at her. Then his emotions went to concern as he was worried in whether the insane bitch was going to be after Inukai again. He told Kureha his concern, who replied that Inukai was informed about Bellatrix's escape and would be keeping a look-out on his surroundings. Ryoko was even informed about the break-out and the possible Phantom attack in the Japanese Ministry. At first, Ryoko asked Saya for permission to have Tokko examine the crime scene. Saya flat out told Ryoko no and explained that the Japanese Ministry Department of Magical Law Enforcement would take over the case as it happened within the government's headquarters. Ryoko wanted Saya to turn it over and kept insisting but understood that she was not going to get anywhere. Harry understood where Ryoko was coming from. As a muggle, she was use to having to go to crime scenes that were caused by Phantoms in areas that were not magical. However, the poor woman was having to understand that she was trending essentially on to another government's sovereignty.
Harry was not sure how to feel about the fact Ryoko wanted to take over a case in the Japanese Ministry of Magic. In England, he would have preferred that the Muggle British Government take-over the Ministry of Magic. Fudge had screwed the British Wizarding World in being unprepared in the war that they found themselves. However, in Japan, it was the opposite or at least the events that were happening in Japan should be something that needs to be reviewed by the ICW. Although, the ICW focused on issues that threatened to reveal the existence of magic to muggles world-wide, Harry believed that the Phantoms were creatures that could cause the wizarding world's exposure to the muggles. Even the effects that would come from the gate at the Machida, which was more fearful, would result in mass-exposure and the end of humanity as a race that lived on this planet.
There was so much that was happening in the world, Harry was not sure what he could do to save the world. He was used to saving Hogwarts and England, but the entire planet and the human race was a whole different league. Another issue was that so far, the only way to solve the problem relating to the gate at the abandoned Muggle Apartment Complex was to gather the pieces of the box that opened and put said box together. However, the task itself was not easy as only select people could do such a task as the pieces were inside of the Phantoms. There has to be an easier way. But what could he do? The box itself is an object obviously filled with some sort of dark magic that no wizard or witch had ever encountered in their life. Tons of research would need to be done. He doubted that even Hermione could find anything that could close the gate without the pieces. However, maybe somehow, there was a way that he does not know. Harry prayed that his hope was correct and there was a solution that he does not know about.
Harry stopped his train of thought as he heard a knock on the side of his door. He turned around and noticed that it was Kureha, his unofficial girl. She was still wearing her black jacket and pants, but her jacket was zipped. She gave a small smile to him understanding the pain that he might be going through.
"You alright?" Kureha asked.
"Yea. Just thinking." Harry replied.
"It's ok to be sad about it. I know what you're going through. I was in your position when IT happened." Kureha said saying it with a louder tone. Harry knew what she was referring to and nodded.
"I still think that it's my fault that he's…"
"Harry, it was not your fault. If there is anyone to be blamed more than pyscho-bitch, then it would be the house-elf Kreacher that you told me once." Kureha said as she walked up to Harry and hugged him with her arms around his head. She pressed her head to the top of his and kiss the teenager's black messy hair. She grabbed a few strains and played with it as a way to comfort the poor boy.
Kureha decided to take things to another direction and said, "You think some of your Hogwarts friends will be there?"
"I know Hermione will be there. Maybe Ron as well. Professor Lupin is still recovering from the full moon." Harry replied.
"I believe Albus will be there as well."
"Yea" Harry said with a grunt.
"I know that you hate him, Harry. I understand that. I promise that after the reading, all that we are going to do is hear what he knows and then head back to Japan. Then after that tomorrow, we can go on another date. This time you choose." Kureha said with a heartwarming smile.
Harry gulped as he was not good at planning dates and making a good one. Whenever he and Kureha went out, it was always Kureha that led them to the best places. He might have to ask Saya for advice.
"What time is it?" Kureha asked out loud as she looked at her phone to find out the time, "8 PM. We should go check on Saya and Ranmaru. It will be nearly time for us to depart through that portkey. One thing is for sure, by the end of it, my sleep schedule will be nearly out of whack. I have never traveled outside the country before in my life."
"You don't have to go, if you don't want to." Harry said.
Kureha smiled again and replied, "You're so sweet, Harry. But you need a shoulder to cry on during the reading. Now come on, let's go."
London, England
Diagon Alley, Gringotts Wizard Bank, Outside the office of Ripclaw
Kureha now understood the difference between a portkey and apparition. Portkeys were more uncomfortable, and she could see that Ranmaru was thinking the same thing at least when she judged the look on his face. Ranmaru had sort of a look that showed him feeling sick inside. The object that was used as a portkey, which was a bucket, was being held by Saya. Kureha did not like the spinning effect that was made by the portkey. She looked around her and noticed that there were goblins walking about doing business. Had she not been told about the goblins by Harry and Saya, then she would have mistaken them for a different variant of Phantoms. Kureha wondered how Ryoko would have reacted if she seen them for herself. No doubt the look on the Super-Intendent's face would have been funny. She almost wanted to giggle at the thought. However, she stopped herself as she realized that Saya was opening the door to the office in front of her. The blonde symbiont kept a grip on Harry and rolled her head on to his shoulder as a way to affirm that she would be with him through the whole event. Especially with becoming painful for the poor teenager that charmed the pants off her a few weeks ago. She did wonder at times if she was going a bit fast in her romantic feelings for the boy, but then again her wizard had the charm and cuteness that she could not look away from. Plus she was that way at first towards Ranmaru, before she met her English wizard, but then shifted toward the confused boy that just came half a world away to his new family.
As she and Harry walked inside the office, the blonde noticed that there were other people already inside. Some of them turned to her and Harry, while they were mainly looking at Harry. A few of them were looking at Kureha, but more in questioning who she was. Although, Kureha would not blame them for thinking that way. She looked at some of the people that were sitting the numerous seats around the room, with a desk pointing towards the chairs and a portrait at behind the desk. Although, the odd bit about the portrait was that it was blank with no person or landscape; just a red background. Kureha was confused.
"Harry" was what the first that she heard from the multiple people that were in the room. Some of them stood up and walked up to her little wizard. A couple of the people were female, but Kureha was not holding any feelings of being jealous or concerned. Because she recognized one of them off the bat or at least the girl's voice from Harry's phone, when he was at the hospital.
"Hermione, Ginny, Ron. How are you doing?" Harry asked his friends.
"Better now mate. Now, that your back in England. Mom worried herself to death about you." Ron stated.
"Not just, mom, Ron, everyone was worried. When Mad-eye said that you weren't at the Dursley's, everyone was afraid that You-Know-Who got him." Ginny retorted.
"Yea, well…." Ron was saying until.
"Oi, Harry…" said one voice beside himself
"Whose your…" said another beside Kureha and had a similar voice.
"Sexy little friend?"
Harry turned to the one on his right, while Kureha looked at the one beside her.
"The name's Kureha, boys. Kureha Suzuka." The blonde replied as she compared the difference between the two redheads beside her and Harry. The two men looked like twins and most likely are twins, if she had to guess.
"I think I know, you two gentlemen. You must be Fred and George Weasley. And don't play with that game of which of you is which. Harry told me enough about you two to understand that you love fooling people by using you twins identity." Kureha stated as she remembered a conversation that she had with Harry about what friends he had in Hogwarts and England in general. The twins blinked for a second as they stood in front of the couple.
"I see that our reputation proceeds us internationally, my brother George." The one on the right said to the left.
"Yes, and its thanks to our dear investor for that one. And no, I'm George; you're Fred." The left said to the right.
"Investor?" Ranmaru said as Saya was having a conversation with some guy in the back of the room.
The Twins turned to Ranmaru and said, "Yes, Harry gave us an investment to make a joke shop."
"Joke shop?" Ranmaru said still confused.
"Yes. You are welcome to come and see it for yourself after reading. We just fully opened recently." The left one said.
"Just in time too, before school starts." The Right one spoke.
Kureha could understand why Harry said that the two can leave quiet the headache on a person by the way that the twins just talk and finish each other's sentences.
"So, your name's Kureha?" Hermione asked.
Kureha turned to the brown hair bushy girl and nodded.
"I'm Hermione Granger. Harry told me a few bits about you on the phone." The girl said holding her hand out.
Kureha smiled and shook the girl's hand as she spoke, "Nice to meet you. Harry told me a few things about you all actually."
"Harry told me that you were with him when he was at the hospital?"
"Yes." Kureha said not sure if she should be mentioning the romantic feelings that she held towards Harry, "I and him are good friends back in Japan."
"I am surprised that she can even speak English for someone from Asia." Ron muttered.
"Ronald Weasley," Ginny said offended by her Brother lack of thought towards what he said.
"Actually, in Japan, you can take courses for English in Japan. Although, I can say that I am more proficient in speaking and writing it than my former classmates." Kureha said with pride. She was not really offended at all by Ron. Although, she did expect some sort of remark about her ethnicity.
"You're a muggle, right?" Hermione asked curiously.
"Yes, but I knew about the existence of magic due to my family. Also, according to a letter that Harry received from Gringotts, Sirius required Harry to bring with him a lady-friend." Kureha replied not being specific as to why she knew about the existence of magic.
"What do you in Japan?" Ron asked.
"I'm a cop in the muggle Tokyo Police Department." Kureha answered leaving out the Tokko bit.
"Cop? Is that one of those muggle Aurors?" Ron asked.
Kureha nodded.
"How is Japan, Harry?" Ginny asked.
"Oh, its great. Especially, with its Ministry of Magic." Harry answered. Although, he tried to avoid mentioning the situation that was happening in Japan in terms of the gate to hell.
"That's nice. Will you be going back to school this year?" Ron asked.
"No." Harry said plainly.
"WHAT?" was the response that he got from his friends besides Kureha.
"Saya is teaching me spells and all. I'm planning to take my exams in Japan." Harry stated.
"But what about quidditch?" Ron asked desperately.
"What about it? I mean quidditch is nice and all. But I need to be away from England anyways. Especially with the Ministry here." Harry retorted.
"Fudge was removed as minister recently." Hermione said.
"I heard. But does that make me feel better or Voldemort weaker? No." Harry exclaimed.
Just before Harry could continue with his discussion, he noticed that the door he and everyone entered though open. Two people entered through the door and the moment that he saw them, he placed tighter hold on Kureha as he recognized them. It was Draco Malfoy and his mother. Harry kept starring at the two with a glare. Kureha was concerned about Harry in the way that he was looking at the two, but if she had to guess they had to have some part in the death of Sirius.
Just before anything could happen, the door opened again as more people entered the room. Some of the people entering were friends of Harry. Like Molly Weasley and her Husband (a couple that were really interesting). Dumbledore and Remus were present as well with a girl that was dressed in some clothing that Kureha could say was similar in some aspect to her and had pink hair. She noticed the person that Saya was still talking to and without a doubt in her mind, Kureha could say that this guy had seen both shit and action. Because he had a wooden led, a bunch of scars on his face, and fake eye that roamed around in his eye socket. Harry explained to her that the man Saya was talking to right now is Mad-Eye Moody. Kureha remembered Harry explaining to her once that Mad-eye is a paranoid former Auror that fought against the forces under Voldemort in the last war. Just when she thought that in her line of work, she had seen everything.
Then before she could ask Harry some more questions about the people in the room, especially the two blondes that were obviously mother and son, the door opened one last time with a goblin walking in with a suit on. Kureha was still amazed at how short Goblins were in the world of magic. However, she turned her attention to the mother and son. She remembered about a certain blonde male that was an asshole at his former school here in England and his name was Draco Malfoy. In addition, his father was one of the top lieutenants of Voldemort before his first fall and but whether he was still in the Dark Wizard's favor was something that Kureha doubted as she learned that Lucius Malfoy had failed to get the Prophecy at the Department of Mysteries. After the two times that she met Voldemort and learned about him through Harry, he did not seem to be the type that forgave the mistakes made by his followers. If anything, Voldemort would most likely punish his followers for any fuckups, even if it was beyond their control.
The goblin walked up to the desk and proceeded to immediately speak, "I am Ripclaw, Manager of the Black Family Vaults. We are here to listen to the will left by Lord Sirius Black on December 2, 2005."
"That is incorrect as he was disowned by my aunt." Draco's mother stated.
Ripclaw sneered at the woman as he spoke, "That is completely false. Although, Lord Black was disowned by his mother, his father did not make it official to Gringotts. So, the will is valid with the title held by him. Now please be quiet, no further interruptions are to be allowed until the will reading is complete."
Draco's mother glared as Draco muttered something about 'bloody filthy goblins.'
A few seconds later, Ripclaw tapped the painting with his fingers and then what happened next was something that Harry almost expected, while Kureha was taken off-guard along with Ranmaru. A shape appeared and materialized within the portrait. The shape was that of a man who was unshaven, black hair, grey eyes, and wore a suit, a rather dirty one. The man looked as he had been through a rough time for many years. She watched as the man smiled and began to talk.
Hello, Everyone, if I am here in the painting then that means that I have passed away. I do hope that I at least died heroically and not killed by some girl's boyfriend.
Harry and a few of the people in the room chuckled at the comment.
But anyway on to the official stuff or as the muggles say, let's get the show on the road. I, Sirius Orion Black, by mind, sound, and body…Shut up Moony…hereby swear that the following is of my last will and testament. First, I will start with my old friend and favorite Werewolf, Remus Lupin. I leave you 500,000 Galleons in a vault with your name on it. Get yourself some nice clothing and start wooing Nymphadora. Haha, I said her name, can't doing anything to a dead man now Nymphadora.
Kureha noticed that the pink haired girl's hair suddenly turned to a dark shade of red and was glaring at the painting with murderous intent.
"What kind of mother names their child Nymphadora?" Kureha thought to herself.
To Molly and Arthur Weasley, I leave you 500,000 Galleons. You were there for Harry, when I wasn't. So this is my way of saying thank you.
"But that's too much." Molly thought to herself.
To my dear cousin, Nymphadora Tonks, like I said you can't kill a man that is already dead. I hereby reinstate you and your mother, Andromeda Tonks, into the family. In addition, I leave you and your mother 500,000 galleons. I am sorry that you were not brought back into the family sooner, but as they say better late than never.
To Alastair Mad-eye Moody, I leave you some dragon skin armor and 150,000 Galleons. You were always an Auror that me and James want to become.
To Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasely, for being good friends to my Godson, I leave you each 150,000 galleons and all books from the Black Family Library. Don't worry Molly, I have all checked all of them for any curses, etc….
Hermione whisped a thank you, while Ron smiled a bit.
To my dear cousin Narcissa and her son, I leave you nothing but two options. You either swear to not take the Dark Mark and not take up arms with the Dark Wanker Voldemort. Or the New Lord Black will disown you. If you decide to swear not to join Voldemort, then you will receive 30,000 Galleons. You can also tell my dear Bellatrix Lestrange that she disowned as well through this will; oh, How I would love to see the look on her insane face.
The look on Draco's was so red that Kureha and Harry thought that he would explode at any moment. Harry smiled widely as well as Hermione and Ron. His mother remained calm and contempt as if she was planning was formulating a plan on a chess board.
To Saya Shindo, I hope that our plan worked out perfectly and that Harry is safely in your hands. Also I want to say thank you for taking in an old dog when he desperately needed help in the streets of Tokyo as I escaped from England for a bit and essentially went around the world on a long journey that led me back to England. You were always kind, just like your sweet mother Rose, when we talked and planned for the moment that Harry got to be with a real family that loved and cared for him. I leave you one million galleons.
To Ranmaru Shindo, brother of Saya, and the man that is always so determined to find the truth about what happened to his parents as well as get vengeance for them. You may not remember ever seeing my face in human form, but I will say that the brand of dog food that you got me was tasty. I will let you figure that out since you want to be or are a muggle cop, depending on when I died. You remind me a bit of myself, I will not lie. I leave you two things. First, some advice. Never let the desire for revenge take you over and control you in who you are. Believe me when I say that, these words are coming from someone that lost thirteen years of their life and in being with their godson. A duty that I should have done first on the night that James and Lily were betrayed by someone that I use to call a friend. Second, I hereby leave you 500,000 galleons that can be converted into Japanese Yen and transferred to a secure muggle bank account. I would also suggest that you find someone to make investments in the muggle world.
Ranmaru went into a state of shock as he remembered that a couple of years ago, Saya brought home a stray dog into the apartment and somehow managed to have the landlord not notice the dog at all. The yellow haired Symbiont had an argument with his sister about bring strays into the apartment, which he lost as the dog jumped Ranmaru and licked him. Eventually, Ranmaru got use to having the nice dog in the apartment and at times, the dog would sleep in his room. He began to like the dog as it was really good company when Saya was in school or in her case magical education, wherever she went to. Once he had a conversation with the dog about the death with the dog and how he wanted to find out the truth as well as get vengeance. Then he thought about the dog food bit in the will and then it clicked. He remembered reading about some witches and wizards having the ability to shift themselves into animal form. It was called something….Animagi? or something of that nature. He gave dog food to guy that was in the form of black dog. He feed dog food to a guy! Ranmaru shook his head hard as he processed that to an even further level. Then he thought about the section of the will that told him not to let revenge drive him in who he is, while the painting continued to speak.
To the Weasley Twins, I leave you each 250,000 Galleons. You use that money to make your joke shop global. The whole world could use a joke. Also, I heard that you once had the Maurders Map, I will let you in on a little secret. I am Padfoot, Remus is Moony, Harry's father was Prongs, and Wormtail was Pettigrew, the man who betrayed Harry's parents to the Dark Wanker.
To Albus Dumbledore, I leave you 250,000 to use in the fight against the Dark Wanker and buy new broomsticks of the Hogwarts Quidditch Teams. In addition, unless Harry wants the place, I leave the deed of the HQ of the Order of the Phoenix in your hands.
Last but not least my Godson and the Lady-friend that I ask Harry to bring with him. Madam, I do apologize that you have to become a shoulder for my Godson to cry on and that we never had the chance to meet, especially if you're a beautiful woman. Harry has always been to me a son that I could never have. I have always been proud to call him my Godson and hope that he finally defeats the Dark Wander so that he can live a normal live and be happy. Harry know that you will always be loved by your friends and family. When I met your parents, I will tell them how much you have grown and how much you still love them. I hope that if my prank against Dumbledore succeeded in sending you to Saya Shindo. I figured that you would have wanted to be a family that would love you for who you are not what. I hereby make you Lord of the Black Family House and leave you all the remaining possessions of the Black Family Estate, including my motorbike. In addition, for the Lady-Friend that Harry brought with him, I want you to have an important Heirloom as compensation.
This is Sirius Black signing out.
As the painting finished speaking, it faded out of existence with the background becoming full red again. Ripclaw, who was still on the table looking over paperwork, looked at the crowd in front of him and then proceeded to speak.
"Any questions?"
Then Draco started to yell, "Potter can't be Lord Black. The filthy Half-Blood has no blood relations to the House. I am the heir to the House of Black."
"While it is true that you are related to the Black Family through a direct blood lineage. The Lord of the House of Black can decide before his passing to decide who succeeds him after he passes as long as that person is related to the Black Family. However, Lord Sirius Black decided for his godson, Mr. Potter, who also is related to the Black Family through his Great-Grandmother Dorea Potter nee Black, to become the next Lord Black." Ripclaw explained with a sneer as he did not like the attitude the little shit was displaying towards him.
Then Ranmaru raised his hand, which Ripclaw nodded in response.
"How much Yen is in a Galleon?" Ranmaru asked in a sincere tone.
"One Galleon equals 745 Yen. So, in terms for what you will receive by Mr. Black that is 372,120,000 Yen." Ripclaw answered the Yellow haired wizard, who went into completely shocked as he learned that he was now a millionaire. Kureha was surprised as well but was wondering what was the Heirloom that she was going to be receiving if it was not going to be money. She really did not care if she was not getting anything much, she was honestly expecting that she was going to be getting nothing anyway. However, she was curious in what she was getting.
Then Narcissa Malfoy spoke as kept her eyes on Harry, "Mr. Potter is currently living in Tokyo with his muggle relatives. It would be unethical and difficult for him to handle the duties required to be Lord Black. I see multiple issues with that and feel that the Lord of the House of Black should be someone that is living locally."
Suddenly Kureha decided that she was not going to let this woman think that she was going to pull a fast one and spoke in her chirpy voice as she made eye contact with the blonde bitch, "What you mean to say, madam, is that you want someone that has no love for muggles and is not associated with Muggle-borns. Don't give us that bull crap. We know that as Pure-bloods that hates muggles, you do not like Harry's relatives and think yourself better than them. So, don't play the being nice game with us here, Sissy. It's obvious that you want to avoid making the decision that Harry's godfather gave you. Here's the deal, you either agree to the terms that Sirius left for you and take the money or you can just hit road and take your sad excuse of a son with you. Also, for information, Saya and Ranmaru are not muggles. They are muggle-borns, which means that they are magical and better witches slash wizards than you will ever be."
"And what would you be, slut?" Draco muttered. Ranmaru closed his eyes as he tried to image Kureha cutting and slicing the little bastard like a Phantom.
Kureha raised an eyebrow and was tempted to raise her daggers on the piece of shit that called her a slut, "I am a muggle that is allowed to know about magic from her family. Got any more insults that you living waste of air?"
Before sitting back down, Kureha turned to back towards Ripclaw and said with a bow, "My apologies, Mr. Ripclaw of my outburst. It will not happen again."
"Could not have said it any better myself. You are forgiven, Miss. Suzuka. Now, anyone else that have any questions?" Ripclaw said. He had to give that woman guts for bravery and boldness.
Only a few more questions were asked to the goblin before mostly everything was at a closed. Although, Draco Malfoy was still not a happy camper of becoming Lord Black. Kureha could have sworn that before leaving she could have heard the brat saying something along the line of "wait till my father hears about this." She could till that the little brat was not going to let this go easily and might possibly plan something in the future.
"Mr. Potter, before you and Miss. Suzuka leave, there is something that you need to make official before leaving back for Tokyo." Ripclaw said as Draco and his mother left the room. Dumbledore decided to head out as well and told Kureha that he would be waiting for them outside the bank with Tonks following behind. The others stayed behind for a bit until Hermione and Ron said that they would talk to Harry later by writing him letters. Although, Hermione said that she would call him again as he was back in Tokyo. Kureha had a nice conversation with Hermione, before she left, who turned out to like her for the attitude she gave towards Malfoy's mother. Ron gave Kureha a cheer for insulting Draco and his mother by saying that she was now his favorite muggle. Ranmaru and Saya stayed in the room as a mean to provide comfort for Harry.
"Mr. Potter, if you would come over here with Miss. Suzuka. Lord Sirius Black wanted me to give you and your lady-friend these." Ripclaw announced.
Harry nodded as he walked up to the Goblin with Kureha right beside him. Ripclaw opened a drawer on his desk and pulled a couple of boxes that were small. Harry thought that the boxes looked small enough to hold a ring each. He watched as the Goblin opened the boxes and indeed pulled out two rings. He noticed that the two rings were made of gold. One ring had a ruby in the center and the other had a sapphire that was about the same size.
"Please put on this ring, Mr. Potter." Ripclaw instructed.
"What is it?" Harry asked as he did as he was told. The ring surprisingly seemed to fit him with relative ease as the ring was not tight or loose on his finger.
"All will be explained. I promise that it will not harm you. Now, Miss. Suzuka, if you would put on this ring as well." Ripclaw said as he handed Kureha the ring with the sapphire. Kureha, although suspicious, put the ring without much difficulty.
"Now, try to remove the ring Miss. Suzuka." Ripclaw stated bluntly.
Confused and curious for the reason why, Kureha did as she was told but there was a problem. The ring would not move from her finger. She pulled and pulled with all her strength, but the ring would not move. It was like as if somebody had applied super glue to the finger as the ring was being worn. Harry noticed her problem tried to pull his own ring, but with the same results. Ranmaru saw that they were having trouble and decided to speak.
"Having problems?" Ranmaru said.
"Yea, the rings will not come off. Ripclaw did someone apply glue to these rings or something." Kureha said nervously.
"Actually, this is good news. This was expected by Lord Sirius Black, who in case this happens told me to tell Mr. Potter one thing to alleviate the issue." Ripclaw explained.
"What's that?" Harry asked.
"You may now kiss the Bride, Prongslet." The goblin said with a smile.
"WHAT!"
This chapter I really enjoyed writing, but like I said, this is part one of a larger chapter. I imagine that I will come out with the next part sometime next weekend and if not then definitely next Monday, because I may come out with a 2,000 to 3,000 word Interlude this week to makeup for the tardiness of the last chapter; if not this week, then next week will have an interlude. I think that the interlude will focus on Ryoko or possibly a flashback for one of members of the Second Division. Although, I would love to hear for some quick opinions about what you think or would like. If I was to start writing the Interlude, Thursday would be the day that I would begin writing it. So, give me some opinions or ideas for it, especially what you would like to see in the next chapter.
Also, the amount that I went with on the conversion of Galleon to Yen was based on information of the Harry Potter Wiki. So, for those that were curious on the amount that Ranmaru received in Dollars then that would $3,320,000.
