Ner words in this chapter: 2,751

"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 XXI

–Obscurus–

Sunday, 23 July 1995

HJP's POV

Harry woke up with the girls screaming. He stood, while putting on his glasses and then they were running into his room. It was in moments like this where he had four girls in sleeping practically revealing clothes holding onto him that Harry really was forced to face the reality that he would never date a girl.

"What is it?" He asked.

"Ghost." The girls shrieked spooked and hid behind him when a smoke like being followed them inside the room.

Harry almost face-palmed himself. Three of these girls faced Yōmas! How could they fear fake Ghosts?

He stepped forward and passed a hand right through the smoke.

"There, I vanished it."

"Are you certain?" Usagi asked scared.

Harry nodded and took the girls back to their room, Sanjōin showing at the entrance of his own room with a raised eyebrow.

"A 'Ghost' was chasing them." He explained with a roll of eyes as Naru latched onto the older.

Sanjōin smiled amused and passed an arm over Naru, pulling her inside his own room – all the while while ignoring Harry's pointed look. The four arrived the girls' room and Harry opened the door for them.

"Harry-kun…"

"You girls face Yōmas! This is a fake Hunted House. If you are scared you can come to my room, but you need to let Tommy sleep! Are we understood?"

Rei and Ami nodded, Usagi nodded as she hiccupped.

Not even half an hour passed as Harry read Tommy his new fairy-tail book (who was whining for having been wakened by the girls) when Usagi entered his room, holding a pillow and a blanket close to her chest as if they were a lifesaver, Luna hanging from her shoulder.

"Harry-kun…?"

Harry nodded and signalled the second bed in his room. The girl laid down with Tommy's portable playpen cot in the middle of the two beds. Harry continued to read and halfway he looked up to find the two asleep. He closed the book and pulled the poor Luna onto his own bed, before closing off the lights.

"Thank you, Harry-kun." Luna whispered.

"Even if I have nightmares where I speak, I don't move in my sleep." He argued, taking off his glasses.

–O&SM–

Monday, 24 July 1995

Harry looked up at the girls entering his room – good thing he had already changed clothes, sheesh – as he set the sunscreen lotion on Tommy's skin.

"Are you girls ready for the beach?"

They all nodded, Naru approached and stole some of the sunscreen lotion, only to start to put it on Harry's back.

"You have to be careful because of your scars, Harry-san." She offered. "My mother said that because you came from a cloudy country that you principally need to be careful. Not just Tommy-kun."

"Oh… did you girls put?"

"Ami-chan's mother sent sunscreen lotion in her bag." Rei agreed. "Do they hurt? Your scars?"

Harry shook his head.

"Snape-sensei's balms are 'magic'-workers." He put in, making them all laugh.

Usagi stole the sunscreen lotion and finished filling Tommy as Harry started on his legs, chest and arms. Finally, he pulled the towel over his shoulder and grabbed the toys' bag. They walked into the backdoor of the hotel to find the way to the private beach. Obviously the three girls were a little put off at how 'private' it was, but Naru was completely fine with the fact. Harry put the sunscreen lotion flask on her hand. She looked at it confused and Harry signalled with his head at Sanjōin in the trunks the girls had bought him and a t-shirt, looking around like a bodyguard and like he didn't belong.

"Thank you." She whispered back and then run to her boyfriend.

"Nephrite-san will have your head later." Luna put in amused, as Naru forced Sanjōin to undress the t-shirt.

"The beach is empty. He can relax." Harry argued. "And Taitō never acted like that so I don't feel comfortable with him doing it."

Harry set down the towel and Luna on top as Usagi brought Tommy to touch the water with his feet.

"Tsukino-okusan gave Usagi-chan a class on how to introduce a baby to the beach." Luna tattled as the other two girls worried over the baby.

"As childish as Usagi-chan might be, she's really mature when it comes to Tommy." Harry agreed.

Eventually, Usagi returned with a wet Tommy that she set on the towel, Tommy paddled towards Harry and hugged him all wet. Harry groaned as the boy refused to let go and even moved his hands around to reach even further and wetten Harry even more.

"Sorry, he kept pointing at the towel…" Usagi apologized mid-laughter.

Harry rolled his eyes and emptied the bag with the toys on the towel and then gave Usagi the bucket.

"Fill it up with water, please."

"New ones?" Usagi asked eagerly and Harry nodded. The girl immediately run to the ocean to fill it up. She returned and kneeled on the sand in front of the towel and started setting up the sand so it would be wet enough for the massive amount of castle. "Want to help Obachan, Tommy-kun?"

Tommy released Harry and walked into the edge of the towel, sat down and got ready to make sandcastles.

Harry looked up at feeling a stare to find the owner of the location's daughter at the top of the road to the hotel, looking back. He sent her a soothing smile and patted on the towel. Shyly, the girl descended and approached, joining in.

Harry smiled when Tommy willingly filled the bucked with sand that Usagi would then turn around to create the castles. Even Ami and Rei joined in. With time the castle started wining proportions humongous and Harry could tell that Tommy was loving it.

Eventually Harry had to pick up Tommy and walk into the water to wash out the sand. By the side he could see Naru play backgammon with Sanjōin.

When they were done Ami curled them in the snake towel.

"We'll store the toys; it's starting to get too much sun for Tommy-kun."

Harry smiled thankfully and walked inside as the girls jumped into the water for a last swim before lunch. Harry climbed to his room to find the owner on the way, he bowed his head properly and then entered with Tommy in his bedroom. Tommy barely ate the soup the manservants prepared for him, before he blacked out.

–O&SM–

Thursday, 27 July 1995

By the fourth night Harry was expecting the spook scare. Instead of fearing it like Usagi, Harry followed it – Sanjōin besides him and the four girls behind them. Tommy on his carrying scarf against Harry's chest.

Finally – with the spooked manservants with them – they entered the office where the Owner was enchanting his own daughter to release her magic. Somehow, he was creating an Obscurus and it wasn't turning wild.

With a groan at what was really happening, Harry gave Tommy to Usagi and signalled Naru and the Muggles with his eyes. The Sailor Senshis immediately understood and left Harry and Sanjōin in the room, closing the door. Harry opened his locket, as Sanjōin shifted his sleeping wear to his tracksuit – someone was feeling self-conscious about his wardrobe… –, took out the powder and threw it at the Muggle and his Muggleborn daughter. Didn't take long for the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office's Members to show up. They looked at the scene and groaned. Two disappeared, returning with two Wizards in Samurai clothes. The Japanese Aurors looked at the scene and sneered. They approached the Owner and stopped him, both starting to teach father and daughter of magic.

"There's three servants of the hunted hotel who saw the magic." Harry put in. "Besides us – me, Nephrite-san, my son and the Sailor Senshis."

The Aurors nodded at the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office's Members who left to go deal with the three Muggles. Harry glanced out to see Usagi hiding Naru behind her back. He kept quiet as the Wizards and Witches bypassed the girl, thinking she was part of the Sailor Senshi group.

This would've meant a lot of explaining though. He certainly hoped she wouldn't freak out and become a problem later.

–O&SM–

Harry finished setting Tommy down for his nap when he got a phone call. He looked at his mobile phone and then at Luna, who jumped over the bed and sat, looking at the napping baby. Harry walked out the bedroom to answer.

{Moshi moshi.}

{Aniki?}

{Shatei? Are you running away again? You do remember that I'm not in Tokyo, right?}

{It's not that.} Shingo argued, obviously blushing. {Taitō-sama picked me up because he needed help.}

Harry frowned confused.

{What happened?}

{How do I say «It's for you» in English?}

Harry narrowed his eyes and translated. Sanjōin showed up and raised an eyebrow.

"A call from Shatei. Go set up a ward on Tommy's cot." He pleaded and Sanjōin's lips thinned but nodded, entering the bedroom.

{[Hello?]} A male voice said unsure and distant only for a female voice to argue [It's upside down.] at him. The phone's handle was immediately moved around. {[Hmmm… am I doing it right?]}

Wha…? {[Neville?]}

{[Harry? Hermione, Harry is inside the box! Thank Merlin… for a moment I thought me, my Gran and the Grangers had gotten lost and…]}

{[You, Mrs Longbottom and the Grangers?]} Harry asked and Neville hummed affirmatively. What was Voldemort playing at? {[I'm with a few friends out of town. I'm a friend of the boy's family. He calls me older brother. The blond is my bodyguard and housemate. They don't speak English.]}

{[Oh… I'll let them come on the Muggle box for you to explain then.]} Neville agreed.

Harry heard the handle being passed along.

{Aniki?}

{Longbottom-san, Longbottom Neville-kun, Granger-sensei, Granger-okusan and Granger Hermione-chan.} Harry supplied. {Neville-kun and Hermione-chan were my schoolmates at my former special school in England.}

{Oh…}

{Granger-sensei and Granger-okusan are Hermione-chan's parents. Longbottom-san is Neville-kun's [grandmother.]}

"Obāsan." Rei offered from the entrance of the girl's bedroom.

Harry nodded thankfully and repeated towards Shingo. Shingo quickly explained towards Taitō and Harry could hear Neville's Gran on the other side making a scene even as the British group tried to calm her down.

{Shatei, pass the phone to Longbottom-obāsan, do make sure she is holding it well this time around.}

Rei snorted as Harry heard struggling on the other side until the Witch was arguing while holding the phone's handle.

{[What do you mean that I'm supposed to talk to this? There's nothing to…]}

{[Good afternoon, Mrs Longbottom. It's Harry Potter.]}

{[Oh… Lord Potter. How are you in a small box?]}

Harry face-palmed himself.

{[The Muggle small box is a two-way-mirror or floo-call. Muggle-version.]} He translated and Rei snorted. He mock-glared at her. {[I'm not in Tokyo at the moment, Madam. I came on holidays with some friends to the beach.]}

{[Oh. Of course.]}

{[Shingo Tsukino is the young brother of my friend I am with at the moment. And the blond priest is my bodyguard.]}

{[Bodyguard?]}

{Taitō [knows of magic unlike the Tsukinos, Madam.]}

The Witch hummed and returned the handle to Shingo.

{Aniki… what do I do?}

{Do you have pen and paper?} Harry asked and Shingo hummed affirmatively. {Good, I'm going to give you Chiba Mamoru-kun's phone number. He is a friend of mine. Tell him you came from English-sama and he'll get it… or that you are Odongo atama's Otōto.}

{Does Chiba-oniisan speak English?} Shingo asked as Rei picked her mobile phone and looked Mamoru's house phone number.

{Perfect English. I'm going to pass to Rei-chan for her to give you the number.} Harry argued and then let Rei pick the phone and dictate the phone number.

Harry massaged his eyebrows while Rei hung-up and returned the mobile phone.

"He sent more than just Tommy-kun's Kyōbo?"

"Without warning." Harry agreed. {Moshi moshi.} He answered when his phone rang again a couple minutes later.

{It's me.} Mamoru put in. {Tsukino-kun just rang?}

{[Dark Lord] shipped two old school friends and said respective family already without warning. No Japanese.}

{Your shūto knew you were going out he should have at the least warned you.} Mamoru huffed. {Very well. I'll go introduce your friends to your house.}

{[Thanks.] I'll pay you the gas with extra for the translating.} He promised to which Mamoru scoffed.

{At the least are you having fun over there?}

{The girls picked a Haunted House. Tommy is having a blast.} Harry agreed.

{[Tommy-kun's Candyland.]} Mamoru agreed as Harry heard him pick his house and motorbike's keychain. {I'll ring you when I have them taken care of.} He added, before hanging-up.

"Now is Naru-chan?"

"Ami-chan is managing to make her not freak-out." Rei offered. "What will happen when They find out about her?"

"She'll have a wizardry jewellery by then. They'll see it and think it's like yours."

Rei nodded, accepting it. At the least Harry hoped that was the case otherwise he'd go in for who knows how many decades.

–O&SM–

Harry was leaving the beach with Tommy when he found Sakiko's father waiting for him, who bowed his upper body at Harry in a deep bow.

"Thank you for showing me my wrongdoings. I had thought…"

"I know." Harry agreed embarrassed and signalled the man to straighten up. "My" [aunt] "and" [uncle] "used to refuse my powers as well. All we need is someone to help us learn that it's not abnormal."

The Muggle smiled thankfully.

"Where… where can I buy books to help me and Sakiko learn?"

"Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo, Harajuku. It's the one I know off." Harry quickly explained how to bypass the Muggle side of the shrine and how to go to the Muggleborn's corner of the Wizardry Street.

The man actually kneeled and bowed at that, making Harry turn deep red. Only the sound of his mobile phone made the Muggle raise up. Harry looked to see Luna running with Harry's mobile phone in mouth, she looked at the Muggle and then at Harry.

"Japanese usually bow." She explained and from the Muggle's lack of reaction it meant that the collar still kept him from understanding her.

Harry picked his mobile phone, nodded his head at the Muggle – who left – and set down Tommy besides Luna.

{Moshi moshi.}

{It's me.} Mamoru's voice put in. {The Grangers and the Longbottoms are settled in. I asked your manservants to contact Snape-hakase and he just managed to come from his job overseas. Taitō-san is returning from driving Tsukino-kun home.}

{Thank you, Mamoru-kun. We'll return tomorrow.}

{Don't worry. Even if you would return today you wouldn't have arrived until late in the afternoon. How's Tommy-kun?}

Harry looked down to find Tommy stopping at pulling Luna's fur to pet her back instead.

{Seeing until where he can hurt Usagi-chan's cat without me grounding him.} He supplied truthfully, making Mamoru laugh.

–O&SM–

Friday, 28 July 1995

They arrived Harajuku and Harry entered ahead with Tommy to find Mrs Longbottom alone in the living room. The woman stood from the couch and approached to welcome him in. Well, this would take some time to get used to…

[Lord Potter. You have no idea how much everyone is looking for you. Professor Dumbledore and…]

It suddenly drained on Harry that this was a terrible – a real terrible – idea when he felt the anti-apparation Wards coming down in reaction to danger as if to let him escape. He barely had time to turn around and throw Tommy onto Usagi's arms before the old woman took hold onto him and side-apparated.

(TBC)

I didn't translate because Harry doesn't know meaning, but Shūto means Father-in-law and Kyōbo means Godmother

Next chapter: In England

~Isys