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"Talking Japanese"
[Talking English]
'Thinking'
{Talking on the phone/fireplace/two-way-mirror}
{Text message}
–Parseltongue–
Thinking in 3rd person POV/Dream/Memory/Flashback/Others
Letter/Journal/Book/Newspaper
Time change/Date of time
Change of POV
Chapter XVIII
–Genetic–
Friday, 12 May 1995
HJP's POV
After Taitō left to drive the others home and Bella climbed to go set Tommy down, Harry went back into the lab.
"Everyone has left." He put in. "Do you want me to bring you something to eat," [Sir?]
Professor Snape shook his head as he worked.
"That young man who Donna said kept you from blowing up the living room… someone in special?"
[Well, yeah, after all he is Prince Endymion-sama.] Harry agreed pointedly.
Professor Snape looked back before he returned to what he was doing.
[Does he know that?]
[We decided to wait until we had Nephrite on our corner before we'd break the 'You are a reborn Prince from 2000-years ago' talk. To have enough strong power to help protect him from the other side.]
[And he is…]
[He is the only one who I and Usagi-chan lie to about we being a couple. He literally told me to put myself together and go calm down my girlfriend and son.] Professor Snape hummed. [He likes Usagi-chan and the only reason we still keep it up is because of that.] Harry groaned. [I don't have anyone I like like that.] He agreed to the hidden question.
[If you do, do not fear to tell me.]
[Have you been talking with my Mind Healer?] Harry wondered.
Professor Snape half-smiled as he worked.
[Healer Irabu has sessions with both of us.] Professor Snape agreed. [And, as much of a monster you might think of me, I want to be there for you and do right by you.]
Harry blushed and passed a hand through his messy hair.
[You are my father figure, Sir.] He offered, shyly.
Professor Snape looked away from the check-up parchment he had just done, to look at Harry in the eyes. He nodded back.
[The feeling is mutual. Now I have to return to this. Go take a shower and ask the House-elves to set you some tea.]
[Yes, Sir.]
Professor Snape nodded.
"I like the new glasses. I didn't get the chance to comment last weekend."
"Tommy picked them up." Harry pointed out. "I'm just glad he didn't just pick something green and with snakes."
"Tommy has good taste." The Wizard agreed and returned to his healing.
Harry left the lab and climbed to go take a shower. When he descended Taitō was entering the house.
"Donna is setting up tea, want some?"
Taitō nodded while looking eerily at Harry. Harry raised an eyebrow.
"Are you well?" Taitō asked.
"Yes, why?"
"Just making sure you won't suddenly hit me."
Harry rolled his eyes and moved into the living room, accepted the popping in tea and sat down on his couch, sipping.
"What did the Wizards made Mamoru-kun believe?" He wondered.
"That Nephrite-senpai was being forced against his will to do those things. He completely understood why you are mad since your England attacker was using Potter-kun to get to you, but 'Sanjōin Masato'-senpai was not at fault."
Harry's lips thinned but nodded, accepting the lie.
"Snape-sensei thought I had a crush on Mamoru-kun." Taitō frowned. "Since he calmed down my magic."
"Want me to explain?"
"I already did." Harry shrugged. "He has amnesia before he was 10-year-old, did you know? Mamoru-kun."
"Orphan?" The blond wondered and Harry nodded. "I'll look up on the accident that caused it." Taitō agreed.
Bella popped in and gave Taitō his tea.
[Young Master crying for Papa.]
"Taitō-san, Tommy's plushies were left behind in your car."
Taitō took out his key, gave the female House-elf and she popped away, returning with the amount of plushies that had been left in the car. Taitō's eyebrow rose as the key was returned and Bella popped away to bring them to Tommy.
"Something I should know?"
"Nephrite made us destroy my plush-version and he already had the Sailor Moon one… the girls were side-by-side. I caught them with Mamoru-kun with only one coin. And he promised to keep a look out for Tuxedo Mask. We haven't seen any version of the Shitennō yet."
"Potter-kun will be a pampered beast." Taitō groaned, making Harry laugh.
A sound in the lab made the two hurry to go check, Professor Snape was being pinned against the wall with Nephrite looking around as if confused.
"Nephrite!" Harry snarled.
The man looked back, at Taitō and then released Professor Snape. Taitō and Harry hurried to check over him, but the man was unharmed.
"No more breaking mind-control by yourself, Hakase." Taitō warned.
"Agreed. Harry, give me a Pepper Up potion. Jadeite-san, explain to your fellow" [Knight] "everything and get him to a bed. I'll check him tomorrow when I'm well enough for the check-up."
Taitō and Harry glared at Nephrite, who bowed at Professor Snape.
"My apologies, Physician-sensei. Got scared by the new location as I got accustomed with everything."
Professor Snape nodded and Taitō took Nephrite out the lab room as Harry hurried to grab a Pepper Up potion, while noticing he'd have to brow more… he'd ask Tutor Kamijō to help him set-up a batch next class.
"I don't get paid enough for this." Professor Snape argued.
Harry laughed.
"You aren't paid at all," [Sir.]
"My point exactly, Boy." The Wizard agreed with a roll of eyes. "Tommy?"
"Still awake."
Professor Snape groaned and Harry helped him up, Donna popping in and magically helping Harry to bring Professor Snape to the couches.
[Master Severus shouldn't drink potion without food.] Donna argued. [Master Severus teach that to Bella Donna.]
Harry snorted at the way the House-elves spoke of each other. Professor Snape groaned.
[Oatmeal or broth. Nothing too heavy or I'll throw up.]
Donna accepted and popped away.
–O&SM–
Harry looked at Taitō descending the stairs alone.
"He fell asleep?"
"His memory is the same as me. But the mind-control is fully gone." Taitō explained and signalled at the fallen asleep Professor Snape. "How is Hakase?"
"Awakening you guys takes a lot out of him. Barely ate half his broth before he blacked out cold."
Taitō nodded and approached, picking Professor Snape up.
"We need to find Nephrite-senpai a job. He can't also work as a priest… besides, Hino-chan would kill me if I suggested."
Harry snorted.
"She has already attempted to."
Taitō rolled his eyes and set Professor Snape on the bed that Harry opened for him.
–O&SM–
Saturday, 13 May 1995
Taitō left early to go work while Sanjōin avoided Tommy's magic attacks. Not once Harry told his son to stop and the former Knight didn't even try to ask for him to do so.
The girls arrived and Usagi was Sanjōin's saviour, by joining Tommy on his plushie corner and started using the plushies to play with him.
"Girls, Nephrite-san's alias is Sanjōin Masato." All the girls nodded. "Sanjōin-san, this is Sailor Moon, Tsukino Usagi – Tsukino-chan for you." Harry put in and Sanjōin nodded. "Sailor Mars, Hino Rei – Hino-chan." Sanjōin nodded at Rei. "And Sailor Mercury, Mizuno Ami – …"
"Mizuno-chan." Sanjōin agreed. "Any reason why Jadeite-kun calls you sama?"
"Harry-kun is a Magical British Family" [Lord.] Ami offered. "Tommy-kun is his" [Heir.]
"Jadeite – Taitō Jedo – always call them Potter-sama and Potter-kun." Rei agreed.
Sanjōin nodded while they could see Tommy using Wizard-plushie to destroy an action figure with long wavy hair that could only be the toddler's mean way of saying that Harry was killing Nephrite.
"Your son has some deadly games, Potter-sama."
"If my kid had his way, that would literally be you."
The girls chuckled as Tommy took hold of the action figure of Nephrite-supposed and literally took his head out with his own hands. Professor Snape came down the stairs and the girls bowed their heads at him.
"Want us to go out?" Harry asked.
"There isn't a need, Harry." Professor Snape argued and sat down on his armchair. "Why is that doll headless?"
"Tommy exemplifying what he would do to Nephrite-san if given the chance." Harry translated.
Professor Snape's lips thinned into half a smile.
[It's genetic…] he whispered and Harry groaned at what the man really meant. "Tommy, reattach the doll's head or I'll confiscate all your plushies!"
Tommy looked back and then reattached the head, with the face turned backwards. Harry rolled his eyes at his son's mock-complying.
"Want me to go set up something for you to eat? A potion?"
"You brewing? I'd rather eat a" [belladonna.] Professor Snape argued which made the two House-elves to pop in with a questioning look, waiting for their order. Which made Harry laugh to the point of holding onto his belly in pain. "Or you stop or I'll have you wipe my cauldrons by hands again!"
Harry froze immediately.
–O&SM–
SJ's POV
Jedaito nodded at Masato-senpai when he arrived, only to find an action figure with the head of a rat in Potter-kun's hands. He raised an eyebrow at his fellow Shitennō.
"That's me."
Potter-kun looked up from his toys, smiled at Jedaito, took hold of his Sailor Moon-plushie and made her do the Sailor Moon' kick on the head of the Nephrite's doll-version to the other side of the room. Jedaito patted the older's back.
"I know the feeling. You have to win him on your own, Masato-senpai."
"You also tried to kill him?"
"I turned the bicycle into a Yōma." Jedaito agreed. "Potter-kun never actually claimed to want to murder me… but was always glaring at me. I had to earn the right to be in his bubble."
"Isn't he too smart for a baby?"
Jedaito nodded as Bella-san popped in and returned the rat head to Potter-kun, who babbled in return and set it on the action figure.
"I believe that it is a magical children thing. Neither Potter-sama nor Snape-hakase are surprised at how over intelligent the boy is. Actually, they get surprised when he plays games and is caring."
"The mother must have been quite the psycho." Masato-senpai agreed, only to be hit in the back of the head. "What?" He snapped while turning around, only to see the mopbucket levitating besides his head's height, still filled with the detergent water. "Oh no…"
Jedaito stepped back at once as the bucket tilted and bathed Masato-senpai. Jedaito looked at Potter-kun, who finally looked away and the bucket fell… on Masato-senpai's head, getting stuck. Snape-hakase came running at the sound it all made, looked at Masato-senpai's state and at Potter-kun actually whistling, playing himself innocent just like his father. Jedaito knew he shouldn't, but he couldn't help the chuckle.
"That's it, Tommy. Pick one plushie." Snape-hakase ordered. Potter-kun looked back, took hold of the Onmyōji-plushie and held it close to his chest, as if scared. "I'm confiscating all the others."
Snape-hakase then pointed his stick at Masato-senpai and the bucket flew from his head and into Donna-san's waiting arms.
"Thank you, Snape-hakase."
The Wizard nodded as he summoned all the plushies.
"Go shower yourself. No amount of magic cleansing will take that magic soap out." Masato-senpai bowed his head and left. "If Tommy misbehaves again take that plushie as well." The Wizard warned Jedaito, who nodded as Potter-kun whined. "If Harry doesn't ground you, someone has to," [Tom Marvolo Potter!] Snape-hakase snapped. "Just because your blood family has murderous tendencies, doesn't mean that you have to be like them." Potter-kun took hold of the plushie's hand and then paddled away with a pout, starting to climb up the stairs. "The teenagers left to go check on the girl that Nephrite-san was using as a human shield."
"Want me to go pick them up?"
Snape-hakase shook his head.
"Come to the lab. I want to see your Magic Burns."
Jedaito bowed his head and followed the physician. He took out his priest's habit and let the Wizard look through his burnt skin.
"It was Sailor Mars." He put in. "She has already been grounded by both her grandfather and her father. The man came in person to ground her. She even had to break-up with her then boyfriend because of this whole thing."
"Are you trying for me not to have a talk with Hino-chan over this?" The Wizard asked with a smile at the corner of his lips.
Jedaito scoffed.
"I guess I am."
Snape-hakase was finishing putting balm on the remaining magic burns when Masato-senpai showed by the door.
"Did you also get into Potter-kun's bad side?"
"Technically yes, but this was Hino-chan."
"What did you do? Asked her on a date but didn't deliver, Jedo-kun?"
Jedaito glared back, while Masato-senpai smirked.
"Potter-sama thought it funny to throw his single Homeclass Sensei at me. She visited me at the Shrine going all «Monk-sama». Hino-chan obviously got angry." He argued. "Her grandfather is always trying to get lucky so I understand from where she come from."
Masato-senpai hummed and joined Snape-hakase at putting the tape wrap around Jedaito's wounds. Bella-san popped in with a change of clothes and snapped them into Jedaito, before leaving with the priest' habit.
"That was…"
"House-elves." Snape-hakase put in and took a good look into Masato-senpai's eyes. "My maid and manservant."
"They only speak foreign language." Jedaito put in – "English." Snape-hakase amended – and Masato-senpai nodded.
The two left the lab room and arrived the living room.
"Then you just work at the Shrine and the rest of the time are here?"
"Or hunting Yōmas/Shitennō." Jedaito agreed. "We need to get you a job as well."
Masato-senpai raised an eyebrow.
"Do I look like I can pass for a priest, Jedo-kun?" He retorted. "My alias was one of a millionaire for a reason."
Jedaito laughed.
"Hino-chan would kill me." He argued. "We'll talk later." He added when they heard the girls outside.
Jedaito went to open and nodded at the returning Sailor Senshis with Osaka-chan. The girl froze on her feet at seeing Masato-senpai before she run past Jedaito and into the elder's arms.
"Sanjōin-sama!"
Jedaito smirked at the older, who rolled his eyes at him before he walked gallantly with Osaka-chan into the living room to talk with her.
"Where's Tommy?" Potter-sama asked, looking around.
"Snape-hakase grounded him. Potter-kun emptied the mop bucket on and then let it get stuck on Masato-senpai's head." The girls laughed as Potter-sama groaned. "All of his plushies, except the Onmyōji, were confiscated. I've orders that if Potter-kun misbehaves again to confiscate that one as well."
Potter-sama nodded.
"Where is he?"
"He run upstairs to his bedroom. Actually sucking."
The teenager passed a hand through his hair, messing it up – only for the girls to set it straight immediately after his nervous tick. Jedaito held back his smirk as Potter-sama battled the girls' hands away and then climbed the stairs. He returned with his son on his arms, talking with him in a hissing-like sound while Potter-kun patted at Potter-sama's head. Not just patting. The boy was fixing Potter-sama's hair for him.
(TBC)
Next chapter: Long Distance Calls
~Isys