Ner words in this chapter: 3,102
"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 XIX
–Long Distance Calls–
Sunday, 24 June 1995
HJP's POV
Harry raised his arm and Hedwig posed on it with a letter. He set down Tommy besides Taitō and left the living room, going upstairs to his room. Then he finally took the letter and opened it.
[Dear Harry,
You Know Who has officially showed his face. People know now what you warned me previously of. Everyone is freaking out. Professor Dumbledore keeps saying that you are the key to defeat You Know Who. Some people are starting to believe him.
I didn't tell anyone where you are. I've said plenty of times that the Wizardry World has put too much weight on your shoulders on your first and second-years to which you obviously couldn't handle.
Do you think that a small dentist clinic can be open? With a house close-by? (and language classes)
The twins are already 17, so they're wondering if they can finish seventh-year there. (Charley and Bill are saying that they'll fund their travel and enough for school until they graduate and start making money from their shop).
If you think it is too dangerous to you and my godson, just say so. I don't want to put any of you in jeopardy.
Love you
Hermione]
Harry bit his lips, before he descended and hurried towards Professor Snape. The man raised an eyebrow when the teen approached him at fast velocity and accepted the parchment. He read it and then looked at Harry.
[I'm not the one you need to ask permission.] Professor Snape argued.
[If I contact Him he'll just strike them and…]
[Do you really think it wise to go behind His back after everything that we did?]
[Do you really think He'll approve of Muggles, Muggleborns and Blood-traitors under the same wing as Tommy?]
[He approves of the Sailor Guardians.]
[They are 'Sailor Guardians' and have their own type of magic.]
–O&SM–
TU's POV
Usagi watched as Harry-kun's white owl arrived and offered a scroll tied to her paw. Harry-kun immediately set down Tommy-kun, who looked up at his father confused, before climbing the stairs with the owl. She looked at the others, all looking back at her for clarification. It was a good thing that Naru-chan was in the living room awing at whatever Sanjōin-san was telling her.
"Owl?"
"Mail." Usagi explained and accepted the offering his arms and making grabby-hands at her Tommy-kun, picking him up. "Hush, I'm sure Harry-kun is just making sure it isn't prejudicial for you." She soothed.
Tommy-kun whined and in that moment Harry-kun descended the stairs two-in-two, before running towards Snape-hakase on his lab. The Wizard accepted the letter, read it and then the two started arguing in English, fast. A look at Ami-chan told Usagi that not even she could understand half of what they said.
Tommy-kun hissed and Harry-kun's back tensed, the teen stop talking. He looked back and Tommy-kun hissed again. Harry-kun's lips thinned, as if he actually understood his son. Snape-hakase went pale as a ghost and for someone who was always so impersonal, it was actually frightening to see him spooked.
Then to everyone's surprise, Harry-kun started hissing back. Usagi sighed when Taitō-san patted her back pointedly. She approached Harry-kun and gave him a look. Harry-kun looked at her, bit his bottom lip and then grabbed his mirror.
{Griphook.} Not long later the Goblin's face showed on the other side. {[Get me in touch with Him.]} Harry-kun asked him and Usagi actually understood what he said, but not the why.
The Goblin's lips thinned, before suddenly the image started moving as the Goblin moved around and then she heard the Ward Maker man's hissing voice. Before Usagi could prepare herself, his face showed on the other side of the mirror. The Wizard nodded at Usagi and called Tommy-kun by «Junior», before he finally acknowledged Harry-kun. The two spoke fast, Harry-kun showed the parchment in a way the other could read it and the Wizard's lipless lips thinned. He signalled at Usagi, before he said something fast.
"He is asking if Japanese people would go to a dentist clinic being run by foreigners."
Usagi bowed and looked directly at the cat-shaped blood-like red eyes as she replied.
{If they are good, but not in the first couple months. They'd have to win their place among the Japanese before we start to trust them… I wouldn't, but only because I'm afraid of dentists.}
Harry-kun translated as Ami-chan approached.
{[My mother is a doctor. There are some foreign doctors.]} She put in slow enough for even Usagi to understand.
The Wizard frowned and looked at Harry-kun.
{[Sailor Mercury can speak English, but you can't speak fast or go around the subject.]}
The Wizard signalled Ami-chan close, who approached and only weeks of fighting Yōmas helped her at not reacting to his features.
–O&SM–
HJP's POV
Voldemort looked at Ami, who bowed her head at the man.
{[A dentist and an assistant: better at a clinic or the hospital?]}
{[Until they get a name for themselves at the hospital, Sir.]} Ami explained and Voldemort hummed.
Voldemort turned his attention back onto Harry, his eyes landing on Tommy for a mere moment.
{[They cannot apply to Mahoutokoro School. Nor can you ever again go to a public hospital. That is how I located you the first-time.]}
{[I have a Private Healer now. He is roommate with my Private Tutor.]} Harry supplied. {[Griphook is taking care of the contract already.]}
Voldemort nodded as he thought.
{[Why is the Mudblood that important for you to bring her there?]}
{[She is Tommy's godmother!]} Harry snarled before Voldemort could degrade Hermione even more, only for Usagi to grab his shoulder. Harry looked at her and took a deep breath. {[Hermione, the Weasley twins, Lee and Neville are the only ones I kept tabs with. Also the only ones I told of Tommy.]}
{[Neville… Longbottom?]}
{[Yes, my Lord.]} Professor Snape agreed with a bow of head. {[And Lee Jordan.]}
Voldemort nodded at Severus.
{[The school year in Japan starts in March, am I correct?]}
{[Yes, Sir.]} Ami agreed.
{[Then if you were in England you would have just finished your fourth-year like your fellow classmates instead of just starting it.]} Harry blushed and passed a hand through his hair, which Usagi patted away to fix his hair for him. Voldemort's eyes obviously following the movement. {[Very well. Then they have until next school year to learn the language and abecedary. Your Goblin will start on their Visas alongside a two-way-mirror for us both.]} Harry nodded. {[Severus.]} Professor Snape accepted the mirror with a bow of head at You Know Who. {[How many bedrooms does the house have?]}
{[Eight. They can move here until they get a new one.]}
Ami and Usagi looked at Harry at the amount, who blushed.
"Magic." He whispered.
{[How many are in use right now?]}
{[There is mine, Harry's, Heir Potter's, Jadeite's and Nephrite's, my Lord.]}
{[Five then.]} Voldemort agreed. {[Who is Jadeite and Nephrite?]}
Harry signalled the knight closer, who went to fetch Sanjōin before they both approached, shifted their clothes and stanced themselves in a respective position and ready to bow. Professor Snape turned the mirror to show the two, who bowed. Harry glanced in the living room's direction but Rei made a signal of sleeping with her hand next to her head.
{[This is Jadeite and this is Nephrite. Two of the Four Heavenly Knights of the Earth Kingdom from 2000-years ago. Jadeite bodyguards me and Tommy, while Professor Snape is working… and I believe that Nephrite will start to do the same.]} Harry introduced.
{[Fighting techniques?]}
Harry translated to the two.
"Both in the old times we used swords. We have teleportation, transformation. I have the stars to create my illusions and Jadeite-kun is a priest-apprentice." Nephrite put in and Professor Snape translated.
Voldemort was obviously taking the two in, thoughtfully.
{[Harry, you said two of the four?]}
{[The other two Knights are still under Queen Beryl's mind-control.]} Harry agreed.
"Zoisite-kun and Kunzite-aniki." Nephrite offered at suspecting what they were talking about. "Zoisite-kun was the youngest of us with 16-year-old, Jadeite-kun was 18, I was 19 and finally the oldest of us, and our Aniki, Kunzite-aniki was 25-year-old when the attack 2000-years ago happened." He added as if that had been what they were talking about.
Ami started to translate uncertain, but Professor Snape translated for her.
{[You are actually breaking the mind-control, Harry?]} Voldemort asked disbelieving.
{[Snape-hakase is.]} Ami offered.
Voldemort nodded as he took in the two Knights' body structure.
{–Are you dating the blonde ponytail?–}
Harry's face turned deep red that Voldemort would say that out loud where everyone could hear him.
–Papa, ssch.– Tommy translated.
Oh… Parseltongue.
{–Usagi is a sister.–}
{–Does she know of this?–}
{–Yes. And so does her family. They've practically taken me in as a third son and Tommy as a grandson.–}
{–And shall I worry on the Muggleborn?–}
Harry scoffed and Usagi raised an eyebrow back.
"He wants to know if I'm interested in someone." He translated grudgingly.
Usagi hummed and quickly spoke to Ami on her ear, who then whispered back.
{Harry-kun [is gay.]} Usagi put in and Ami whispered something again. {[Sire.]} She added.
Voldemort looked at her and then at Harry.
{[What about boys? Should I worry over any of those two near Junior?]}
Harry face-palmed himself. Only to hear water. He raised his head from his hand to see the two Knights wet to the bone. He turned to reprimand Tommy to see him glaring at an amused Voldemort. Harry glanced between one and the other uncertain and then up at Professor Snape, who was holding the mirror from behind to face them instead of himself.
{–My papa. Mine!–}
Professor Snape raised an eyebrow at Harry questioningly.
{–Are you actually holding a plush-version of Harry in red wizardry attire, Junior?–}
Harry signalled at Usagi to take Tommy away.
{[Enough! Our agreement is I care for Tommy and you have no say in his upbringing unless he is put in jeopardy. That is only reason I contacted you. Can my friends move in or do you think it is prejudicial for My son?]}
Voldemort smirked and then his image was traded with theirs. There's a long silence.
"Harry-kun… who is that?"
"The monster who can say what happens to me and Tommy either I like it or not… sorry, Jadeite-san and Nephrite-san. Tommy did it because He was asking if you two were my love interests. Tommy did it to tell Him that He has no say in the matter and only Tommy does."
Jadeite and Nephrite nodded and accepted the towels from the House-elves.
"Does He have a name?"
"Snape-sensei calls him" [«my Lord»] "or" [«Dark Lord»] "if you want to use a name." Harry shrugged.
Usagi frowned and then she gasped. Her eyes watered and Harry smiled back sadly with a nod. The girl run into Harry's arms, who hugged her while being mindful of Tommy in between the two.
"So-wy." Harry looked down at Tommy to see him looking at Jadeite and Nephrite.
The two Knights nodded back and walked away to give them space – while shifting their clothes back –, Ami and Professor Snape leaving into the living room as well.
"It's okay, Usagi-chan. Hush…"
"But… He killed your parents and… and…" the girl hiccupped.
"And I had to vow to Him magically to never fight against Him for Tommy's sake."
Usagi only hiccupped louder. In the living room, Harry could hear Naru being reawaken as if nothing had happened by Professor Snape.
–O&SM–
Saturday, 22 July 1995
Summer holidays…
Harry groaned but allowed the girls to book-up a place to spend a week by the beach. Taitō would stay although Sanjōin would come and so would Naru.
"You okay?" Motoki asked when Harry arrived the Game Centre Crown store and groaned loudly.
"Have you ever been an hour locked with several girls in a room?" Motoki and Mamoru nodded, both leaning against the claw game. "Now try to imagine a whole week with four girls, one baby and Sanjōin-san."
The two university guys' eyes grew and then scoffed.
"I do not fancy you one bit."
Harry groaned louder as Tommy paddled away from him and deep into the store.
"I should never had agreed to finance an outing. I never even been at the beach. I lived near London and studied in Scotland. Both places no sea nor beach. I mean the school had a lake but it was freezing cold most time of the school year."
"Well… it's like a lake but bigger, the water is salty, there's water stream and waves." Mamoru offered. "Do you have a swimsuit?"
Harry nodded.
"School made me buy."
"That's school only." Motoki argued, making Harry gape. "Mamoru-kun?"
Mamoru nodded and walked deep into the store, returning with Tommy.
"Let's go. You need to buy one for you two and sunscreen lotion."
Harry whined but followed the older to a shop where he was directed to a series of swimsuits both in briefs and in shorts and Harry looked through them, going to the shorts one, while by the side Mamoru was looking through the baby/toddler section and showed each one towards Tommy who would shake his head.
Finally, Harry picked a trunks in black with red lines on each side and small lion's face at the bottom of one of the legs. He moved to the changer and tried it over his underwear. He looked at himself in the mirror and changed back to go show the other two. Tommy had a trunks in dark-green with a print of doll-version of Harry's wizard-self with a wand in hand and white owl on the shoulder all over the trunks.
[Really?] He whined and Tommy held the new swimsuit tight to his chest. "I swear, Tommy, you are becoming botherline obsessed!"
The clerker laughed as he put a sunscreen lotion for kids 50 on the counter next to a towel with a print of a massive snake. Harry set down his swimsuit and stole Tommy's which made the boy start to whine, looked at the size and then set them down on the counter – what finally calmed down the fit. He picked the towel and opened to see the size, before he nodded and grabbed his wallet.
"Do you want children toys, Sir?"
Harry looked at the kit that the clerker meant and then shook his head.
"I already have a bucket and shovel at home, thank you."
The clerker picked one of the kits to show small animal forms, Harry raised an eyebrow at Tommy. Mamoru set him down on his feet and the baby looked through the several kits. Finally, he patted at one and Harry noticed it had a castle format bucket and several small forms in the castle like way. There was even a small dragon form.
"Papa."
"Very well." Harry agreed and picked it up. "But you have to help, it's not just me to build for you."
Tommy nodded and picked two small animal forms without a kit and walked back to the counter slowly. Mamoru picked him up and Tommy set the lion and snake on the counter. Mamoru smiled amused as Harry picked out his wallet. Tommy had Harry by the balls and Tommy knew how to keep it. Finally, with the new shopping stored in a shopping bag, the three left and returned to the Game Centre Crown centre.
{Moshi moshi.} Harry agreed when his mobile phone rang from an unknown number.
{Where are you, Potter-sama?}
{Azabu-Jūban shopping with Mamoru-kun.} Harry replied as Mamoru entered the store with Tommy and as Harry stored the shopping inside the basket of his bicycle. {Why?}
{He is here.}
Harry frowned and then groaned.
{Pass the phone's handle, I believe he knows how to use it.} Harry agreed and heard the phone being offered before someone else was on the other side. {[What?]}
{[I was just bringing the bodyguards an amulet that if anything is needed it will regrow and actually turn into a real sword for them to use.]} Voldemort argued. {[Why are you out alone? How can they bodyguard you if they aren't with you?]}
{[I'm not followed by them 24/7.]} Harry retorted and shook his head at Mamoru when the Prince came to check on him. {[I've came with Tommy to visit two friends at an arcade store. Besides if something happens Mamoru Chiba will pick us on his motorbike or on Motoki Furuhata's car and drive away into safety. He has done it before.]}
"Brits checking on you because of Sanjōin-san being persuaded to strike you?" Mamoru asked and Harry nodded. "Do you need for me drive you home?"
Harry made a signal of one minute and Mamoru nodded, walking inside.
{[Why are you in Japan? Again.]}
{[I've came to check on you two.]} Voldemort argued. {[You should add a phone mainline at the house.]}
Harry frowned and then turned pale, realizing that Voldemort was in the middle of the road in Harajuku.
{[Are you in a public phone booth? What if you are seen and…?]}
{[Non-notice me spells.]} Voldemort interrupted Harry. {[Come back, I've brought things to keep you two safe and Japan Aurors stops me from going to pick you up myself.]}
The phone handle was set down and Harry looked at his mobile phone with a groan. He entered the Game Centre Crown store.
"Come, Tommy. We have to go home."
"I'll drive you." Mamoru put in with a no-choice tone as he traded keys with Motoki.
Harry blushed but left with the older and wheeled his bicycle to Motoki's car, before they sat down and drove back to Harajuku.
(TBC)
Next chapter: Grandfather & Haunted Hotel
~Isys