Harry Potter the Visored

Chapter 37

Happy Holidays everyone and welcome back. I wanted to push for this to be released as a yuletide gift for all of you

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"Zanpakuto Talking"

"Mental Talking"

"Kido/Zanpakuto/spells"

'Thoughts'

"Hollow/wraith/horcrux Talking"

"Tadaima," said Harry as he walked into the Visored house and put his school trunk away. He had caught a bus to Urahara's London shop from King's Cross and used the special teleporter to quickly head back to Japan, as he was eager to see his family again.

"Okairi, Harry-kun," said Mashiro as she glomped the boy.

"Give him some air, Mashiro," chuckled Shinji as he walked up, "how have things been at school?"

"Not that great," said Harry, "the staff still hasn't solved the issue about the students that were attacked. What could cause petrification like that?"

"That's hard to say," said Rose as he walked up, "not many creatures have the ability to do something like that. The closest I could think of would be a Gorgon, but the lack of stone victims points away from that particular theory."

"What's with all this grim talk?" asked Shinji, "Harry's home for the holidays, let's have a good time."

"YATTA!" cheered Mashiro.

"So did you ask your friends if they could come over?" asked Shinji.

"Neville, Fred, and George couldn't make it," said Harry as he took off his jacket and brushed the snow off it, "and Hermione and Luna will let me know after they check with their parents."

"Well," said Shinji, "it gives ya time to shop around for gifts again."

"Cool," said Harry, "is Urahara-san going to be attending again?"

"Nah," said Shinji, "Kisuke's gotta take care of his shop this year. Apparently there's been a lot of candy orders for the holidays, but Lisa's gonna make them a plate so they get some."

"Where are the others?" asked Harry.

"Well," said Rose, "Love's out at the nearby bookstore, Hiyori's buying parts for her Treadmill with Hachi's help, Lisa's out getting ingredients for dinner and she roped Kensei into helping her carry groceries."

"What's Lisa making tonight?" asked Harry. Lisa's meals always were something the young Visored looked forward to.

"I believe she mentioned something about curry," said Shinji, causing him and Rose to chuckle at the stars that formed in their young charge's eyes at the mention of his favorite dish.

xXsceneXx

A few days had passed, with Harry spending the time either training with his mask, or shopping for Christmas gifts, when two Urahara arrived with some mail that had been delivered to his shop via Owl Post.

Opening them, Harry found, to his delight, letters from his friends, along with some presents from his friends that had said they wouldn't make it for Christmas. Opening the first letter, that he saw was from Hermione, he began to read.

Dear Harry,

Good news! My parents say it's alright for me to visit your family for Christmas. I told them you probably had a Portkey or something ready so we wouldn't have to worry about commute or jetlag, so they wouldn't worry. I'll look forward to seeing you during the Yuletide, just owl me or call me back to let me know where to meet up.

Sincerely, Hermione Granger.

Harry smiled and made a mental note to call Hermione and tell her to meet up at the Leaky Cauldron so they could use Urahara's device. Putting her letter aside, he opened the next one, which was from the Weasleys.

Harrykins,

While we can't make it to spend this glorious holiday with you, Mum thought it would be nice to send you some gifts. Remember, don't open them till Christmas.

Managing mischief, Fred and George.

"Those two," chuckled Harry as he put aside a large box addressed to him from the Weasleys and opened the next letter from Luna.

Harry,

My father said he'd be happy to let me spend Christmas with you. I would love to meet the other spirits and maybe you can introduce me to a Hollow?

Sincerely, Luna.

"Well," said Shinji as he read the letters over Harry's shoulder, "I'll send responses back with the owls. Make sure to tell Lisa that she's gonna have to make more food."

"Got it," said Harry as he hurried to the Visored kitchen.

Once the older female member of the Visored had been informed, Harry hurried out to see if he could find some presents to give to his friends when they came over.

xXsceneXx

Soon it was Christmas morning and Hermione and Luna were waiting with their things in the Leaky Cauldron for Harry to meet with them so they could head to Karakura. They were just finishing off their glasses of Butterbeer when the doors opened and Harry walked in with Shinji and Hachi, the three of them wearing winter coats.

"Sorry if we're late," said Shinji as the two girls gave Harry a hug, "traffic was killer crossing the Alps."

"You crossed the Alps to get here?" gasped Hermione, worried about the return trip.

"Shinji's just messing with you," chuckled Harry, "the trip was quick and easy, though we still had to account for time zones."

"To sum it up," said Shinji, "you'll be joining us for Lisa's Christmas dinner, which, believe me, is always something to look forward to."

"So when do we leave?" asked Luna.

"Right away," said Hachi as he led the group across the way to the side entrance of Urahara's London branch and unlocked the door.

"Why are we heading into this Candy Shop?" asked Hermione.

"Well," said Harry, "this shop is actually owned by Kisuke, so we use it as a safe place to travel to and from Japan without people noticing."

"So are we going to use a Portkey or something?" asked Hermione as the group headed into the shop and walked into a back room.

"Or something," smirked Shinji as he pulled out the Stopwatch Urahara had made and wound the dial, "hold on."

Pressing down on the button caused a bright flash to fill the room, and when the light died down, the girls looked around to see themselves standing in a large sunny plain.

"I thought we were going to Japan?" said Hermione.

"We are in Japan," said Harry, "this is the basement of our house."

"This is a basement?" said Luna in wonder, "It's so…big."

Suddenly there was a loud roar and a scaly blur slammed into Harry, knocking the boy to the ground as a certain dragon that had grown to be as big as the teen himself began to lick his face and cuddle into him.

"Is that a Norwegian Ridgeback?" asked Luna.

"Yeah," said Harry, "her name's Norberta."

"How did you get her?" exclaimed Hermione, "Owning a dragon is illegal!"

"Well it's less illegal here than it is in Europe," said Shinji, "and besides, she's really attached to the kid and acts like a large scaly puppy that breathes fire and flies."

"I got her last year," said Harry, "Hagrid got it into his head that he wanted to raise a dragon, and I managed to convince him that it would be safer to let her come with me. She didn't seem to mind."

Harry scratched the dragon's head ridges, causing the beast to purr like a satisfied kitten.

"If you're done playing," said Hiyori as she walked up, "Lisa's about to put to food out."

"Come on!" said Harry eagerly, "Lisa's cooking isn't something you want to miss."

Taking his word for it, the three teens and one dragon rushed over to where the Visored had set up a large round dinner table that had trays of steaming food set in the middle of said table. Everyone clambered to find seats with Norbert curling up by Harry's seat next to a large plate with raw meat on it and a large bowl of milk next to it.

"Well," said Shinji as Rose, Kensei, and Hachi picked up the carving knives to cut up the large ham, turkey, and Christmas goose sitting on the table, "Happy Christmas everyone."

"Happy Christmas," echoed the others as the Visored began serving out portions of food to those present.

"This goose is excellent Miss Lisa," said Luna as she tried some of the food.

"Thank you," said Lisa, "I try."

"Lisa's on a level of her own," said Harry as he bit into a roll, "I always look forward to her home cooking."

"Well there's good reason," said Hermione as she ate poured some giblet gravy over her roast, "this is wonderful."

As the group enjoyed themselves, they all thought about what brought them together and thanked whatever god existed out there that they all became friends.

I decided to leave things here so I can decide on Christmas Gifts at a later date. I hope you all enjoyed my Christmas gift to all of you. Have a happy Christmas and a fulfilling new year.