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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 XX

–Grandfather and Haunted Hotel–

Saturday, 22 July 1995

HJP's POV

Harry arrived home to find Sanjōin outside waiting. The Knight bowed his head at Mamoru, being respectful to his Prince without needing to show why.

"How bad?" Harry asked as Tommy paddled home towards the waiting humanoid Bella.

"Sitting down in the living room's armchair as if it was a throne and drinking tea with milk for whatever reason." Sanjōin argued.

Harry groaned loudly and let Sanjōin take his bicycle from the car's trunk as he entered the house. He walked to the living room where Voldemort was serving one more teacup.

[Apply a strong glamour spell. A Muggle drove me back.]

Voldemort's lipless lips thinned and then his features started changing as well as his robe turning into a three-piece suit. Harry's eyebrow twitched when the man suddenly looked like a 70s Tom Riddle although bald. Before Harry could argue over how he looked so much like Tommy like that, Mamoru entered the house.

"Thank you for taking me in." The teenager said the usual one-word line of a guest entering a home, as he changed his shoes, then approached the living room and bowed his head at Voldemort. [Pleasure to meet you, Sir.]

Voldemort raised an impressed eyebrow at the perfect English.

[This is Mamoru Chiba, a friend of mine.] Harry introduced and Voldemort nodded.

Tommy entered the living room, as he paddled, in somewhat good-looking muggle clothes. Harry's lips practically disappeared with how much he thinned them. Tommy paddled all the way to the couches, stood on his feet and then walked the rest of the way towards Voldemort in the armchair slowly. Voldemort opened a bag on the floor besides the armchair where he was sitting down and took out a package, setting it before Tommy. Tommy looked back at Harry and then at Voldemort.

[Twan' yuu.]

Voldemort nodded once and Tommy sat back on his nappied ass before the armchair to open the package. Voldemort signalled Harry and Mamoru to the couches as he set up a second teacup. Harry sat down and accepted his, Mamoru copying him. When Harry looked at Tommy again, he was looking through five fairy-tale books that had in each one both English and Hiragana in their titles.

[Wha…?]

[Foreigners tend to find easier to learn a new language when they have their home language in the same line right next to it. I used to have one like this in French. English on one page and French on the other. These will be the same and this way will help both you to learn Japanese and Junior to learn English.]

Mamoru leaned forward and accepted one of the books from Tommy, passing the pages with him.

[They are easy to read.] He agreed. "Even Tsukino-chan will be able to read it without needing to stop every two words." Was added teasingly in a whisper towards Harry.

Harry choked and then mock-glared at the Japanese. Mamoru smiled and looked back towards Voldemort, who was picking another package. Tommy accepted it and approached Harry for he to open it for him. Harry obeyed and his happiness went south again at seeing a plushie-version of Voldemort. Of course the egocentric man would do this! Tommy looked at it then at his plushies' location by the side where the Sailor Senshis were. Finally, he picked the plushie, walking slowly to his toy collection and set the plushie besides the others. Not exactly besides the others. In the heap where Tommy put the Yōmas. To Voldemort this detail passed over his head, but to Harry (who knew how Tommy played) this detail made him amused.

Finally, a jewellery box was given to Harry. Harry set it on his lap and opened to show four pendants with swords miniatures with small roses on the handles of different colours; one in yellow, one in orange, one in pink and one in white. They actually reminded Harry the one he had made for Tuxedo Mask with the red rose at the handle.

"Sanjōin-san, come here." The Knight approached and looked at the pendant, before picking the orange-coloured rose and hang from his neck.

[They are to help protect Harry and Junior.] Voldemort put in and Mamoru translated for Sanjōin.

[Do they have a mic that connects with Lord Harry-sama's cellphone?] Mamoru asked.

[Mobile phone. He is British not American.] Harry argued and Mamoru elbowed him.

[Yes.] Voldemort agreed and signalled a parchment in the jewellery box, Harry looked to see it in Kanji. [Explanation how it works. Each one has special abilities. I don't know how well translated it is though.]

Harry gave the box and tutorial parchment towards Sanjōin while translating Voldemort's line. Sanjōin bowed and walked away to the round table, sat down and picked the parchment, starting to study.

[Couldn't you just have shipped it?] Harry argued as Tommy returned and patted at Harry's legs instead of asking or even speaking, who gave him his own teacup. Tommy picked it and drank it whole. "Careful it's hot, Sweetie." He warned.

Tommy nodded and walked slowly to the table and set the teacup down. He looked up at Voldemort, who leaned forward and set up more tea for him, putting cold water as well and mixing it up with a spoon, before giving Tommy the teacup. Tommy thanked and sat down beside his new books, drinking slowly.

Voldemort opened the bag again and picked the last box. Harry accepted it to find a series of pendants to add to necklace or bracelets or keychains. He looked up at Voldemort and picked the lightning-shaped one. He grabbed his mobile phone and hung the pendant on it. There was a half-moon, an earth, a mercury, a mars, two constellations Gemini, one cauldron, one frog and one heap of books. What? Voldemort expected Harry to give Tommy a pendant?

Voldemort leaned forward and grabbed the sponge where the pendants were stored and pulled it out the jewellery box to show a set of shoelaces with snake-like heads and tails. Harry looked up at Voldemort, before he kneeled down besides Tommy, picked his small foot, took out the laces from his shoes and set the new ones.

–In Japan we normally take out shoes indoors.– Harry argued while staring at the shoelaces to be able to speak in Parseltongue, hopping Mamoru didn't notice.

Voldemort leaned back against the armchair's back

–In here, the shrine, Chiba's and Tsukino's home is safe for him to take them out.– Voldemort agreed. –Boyfriend?–

–Mamoru Chiba is hetero and the rebirth of Prince Endymion from 2000 years ago's Earth Kingdom.– Harry argued as he accepted the other foot to put the other snake-shoelace. –He doesn't know yet, so try not to give it away. We aren't sure if it's safe to awake him yet (even though he were waiting for Nephrite to be on our side). After all the strongest of the four Knights is still on the other side. And the girls usually fight the Creatures.–

Voldemort hummed.

[The Earth trinket is for your friend.]

Mamoru nodded thankfully and accepted the Planet Earth's trinket and hung it on his house keys.

[Thank you, Sir.]

[Lord Marvolo.] Voldemort offered and Mamoru amended himself. [If someone strikes after Harry and uses you to get to him that will help the bodyguard to help if you so need.]

Mamoru bowed his head.

[I'll do my best to don't become a liability to Lord Harry-sama.] He agreed with a bow.

The frontdoor opened and they all looked to see Taitō arrive with the eager girls while carrying several shopping bags. Harry didn't fancy him one bit. Naru immediately bowed her head back, before running to go sit besides Sanjōin in the round table and showed him the swimsuit they'd bought for him.

[Masato Sanjouin's girlfriend.] Harry explained towards Voldemort. –Nephrite's alias name. Like Jadeite is Jedo Taitou.–

–Any special abi…?– Voldemort started but Tommy shook his head. –How important?–

–Her reason of living is him.– Harry put in. –That's how we caught him.–

Voldemort nodded as Usagi approached, bowed her head at Voldemort and then hurried towards Harry, picked a swimsuit from the shopping bag and showed it to Harry.

"Look, Harry-kun, my new one."

Harry accepted it as he stood from his kneeling position besides Tommy and looked at the design with a nod.

"Looks great. I'm sure it will fit you perfectly and even better than the bows-one."

Usagi grinned back as Mamoru helped Tommy store his fairy-tales.

–I'll have another trinket done and will send it with your friends, as a Muggle she is the one who most needs it since she is a liability.–

Harry nodded and returned the swimsuit to Usagi, who stored it on her shopping bag eagerly.

"Your mobile phone." Usagi took it out. Harry picked the Moon trinket and hung it on the mobile phone. The girl shrieked ecstatically at the prospect of new jewellery. [His] "offering to help keep us safe." He added as he sat down again, while signalling Voldemort.

Usagi looked as did Ami and Rei, only for the girls to gape as they realized who he was. Ami approached and accepted her Mercury trinket, before thanking Voldemort in English properly and hung it on her phone and Rei copied her with the Mars one. Taitō approached Sanjōin when the other called him and accepted the parchment, read it and then looked at the sword pendant, before he picked yellow one and hung it on his neck.

[Are you going anywhere?] Voldemort asked, staring at the amount of bathing suits.

[A week to a hotel with a private beach.] Harry agreed. [Bella!] The female House-elf run from the kitchen and stopped by the dining room. [Wash all of them and the ones in the basket of my bicycle. When it's dry put them in the bag of the holidays.]

[Yes, Master Harry.] Bella agreed and run to go wheel the bicycle into the laundry room, then went to accept all the swimming suits.

"You bought one for you and Tommy-kun?" Usagi asked surprised.

"Mamoru-kun helped." Harry agreed. "We had just finished when Sanjōin-san rang saying that" [He] "was in Japan."

[What is the name of the hotel? Address. Is it just you and teenagers? Will Junior accompany you? The bodyguards? Mr Chiba?]

Harry groaned at Voldemort's tirade.

[It's me, Tommy, the girls and Mr Sanjōin. Mr Taitō will be working.] –And someone needs to stay and keep an eye on our Prince.–

–You could bring him.– Voldemort argued.

–If we bring him with us everywhere it will start calling attention. Professor Snape taught us that.– Harry retorted. –I'm not fighting a futile Light Vs Dark fight but an Earth Vs Demons or whatever is the translation from the Japanese word.–

Voldemort looked at Mamoru who was sitting on Tommy's play corner with one of the new fairy-tales, Tommy sitting on his lap as the young man read to him.

[Sanjouin's girlfriend; what kind of pendant does she likes?]

Harry turned towards the round table and translated. Naru blushed at her title.

"There isn't a need, Sir, my okāsan owns a jewellery store." She argued, bowing her head towards Voldemort and Ami went to translate but Mamoru interrupted her:

"It's a protection. So, in case someone strikes at Harry-sama, we don't become a liability. They are connected to the sword pendants and Taitō-san and Sanjōin-san will get warned if any of us get attacked while with our trinkets." [Lord] "Marvolo-sama was not counting with you, but by being Sanjōin-san's lover if you are not protected as well you can turn into a liability." Mamoru explained, looking up from the book and showing that Harry couldn't explain to the girls the whole thing. Only for Tommy to whine and pat at the book's pages. "Hai hai, Tommy-kun." The teen agreed with a smile and returned.

"Chocolate parfait." Naru hurriedly supplied.

Ami translated towards Voldemort who nodded, setting down his teacup and standing at his 6'4'' full height.

[The hotel's address and the arcade store's address as I suspect that Harry stays too long there. If possible in English.]

Ami followed Voldemort to a table and wrote both down in English. Voldemort nodded at her, before he approached Tommy – making Harry hiss angrily and only Usagi taking hold of his shoulder stopped him from interfering – and leaned down to actually shake hands with Tommy. Finally, Voldemort bowed his head at Mamoru and straightened, walking out the room and the house – just before they heard the apparating sound. Tommy stood from the lap and paddled away towards the waiting Donna, who brought him upstairs for a change of clothes again. Mamoru stood from the floor.

"I know it is not my place, Harry-sama, but even if you cut ties with Tommy-kun's okāsan…" [mother] he added for Harry's sake at realizing that Harry didn't understand the meaning. "His mother's family still have a right to worry about you two."

Harry's eyes watered as the girls all gaped at Mamoru's deduction.

"Marvolo is the reason my parents are dead." Harry argued.

"You still dated his" [daughter] "– even if unknowingly – long enough to get her pregnant." Mamoru signalled at the plushies. "You still named Tommy-kun after his Ojīsama" [- grandfather.]

"What?" Ami and Rei asked.

"Tom Marvolo Potter." Taitō supplied. "That's why" [Dark Lord] "calls Potter-kun Junior."

[Dark Lord?] Mamoru asked Taitō.

"Is how Snape-hakase calls" [Lord] "Marvolo-sama." Ami offered.

Mamoru smiled amused as if it was a cheeky nickname and nodded. Donna returned with Tommy dressed with his casual clothes, before he picked the teatray.

[Shall Don…] Harry coughed. [I prepare dinner table for all Master Harry's friends?]

[I cannot stay but thank you, Mr Donna.] Mamoru argued, bowing his head to the House-elf.

Harry breathed relieved when the House-elf didn't start crying.

"Anyone needs to go eat at home? Or does Donna count you in for meal?" Harry asked. "Mamoru-kun is driving to the Game Centre Crown centre right now to return Motoki-kun's car if any of you need a ride."

Shyly and remorsefully Naru stood.

"I should go."

Naru left with Mamoru and Harry groaned loudly, passing a hand through his face.

"Of all faces" [He] "could have faked…" [He] "had to use THAT!"

Harry let Usagi pull him into her arms for a hug as he started hiccupping on his sitting position.

"Usagi-chan?" Rei asked.

"That was the monster who killed Harry-kun's parents and has attempted at Harry-kun's life thrice." The girl explained as Harry cried into her belly. "He found Harry-kun when Tommy-kun got interned and Harry-kun got a deal with Him overstaying out of the Wizardry World's war and stay here forever with Tommy-kun."

"But it means that He has to protect us from any attacker… wizardry-wise." Sanjōin finished and Harry could hear Usagi agree. "Makes sense why Potter-sama would have to tell Him about any incoming magical visit."

–O&SM–

"Chocolate Parfait?"

Harry looked up after the girls left to see Taitō smirking at Sanjōin, who huffed.

"It has nothing to do with you, Jedo-kun."

"Oh… so it really has to do with you, Masato-senpai. You actually took Osaka-chan on a date."

Harry smiled amused at the brotherly fight.

"Don't destroy the house." He warned them as he picked up Tommy, before he climbed to go to bed.

"Papa." Tommy called when Harry passed by his own bedroom and he hummed. –With Papa?–

Harry looked down at the asking boy, before he nodded and entered his own bedroom instead. He opened his bed and set the boy down on it against the wall, before getting ready to join him.

–O&SM–

Sunday, 23 July 1995

Harry looked at the hotel and then at the girls to be sure, but looked like yes. Really? Of all hotels… and they had picked a hunted place?

Sanjōin smirked back as Tommy paddled inside the hotel at all velocity eagerly, making the spooked girls have to run after him.

"That's what you get by letting them pick a holiday spot without looking at the pictures." Sanjōin pointed out.

Harry groaned, knowing the other was right.

"Well, my school had literal Ghosts, Werewolves, Dementors, Cerberus, Centaurus and Mandrakes. Whatever these Muggles here throw at me won't even stir me."

"Your world is a strange one."

"Our sport? We fly in brooms, there's seven players from each team, four balls. Two of the balls are called Bludgers and hits you back. In my second-year one broke my arm literally… don't tell the girls this. Usagi-chan already worries enough as it is."

Sanjōin nodded as they finished picking up the bags and started bringing them inside. Harry snorted at seeing the 'Werewolf', 'Vampire' and 'Monster of Frankenstein' manservants of the place. Oh boy, this would be hilarious!

(TBC)

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~Isys