Ner words in this chapter: 3,962

"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 XXII

–In England–

Friday, 28 July 1995

TU's POV

Usagi struggled to catch Tommy-kun and only the toddler's own magic kept him from falling with the way Harry-kun threw his son at her without any warning whatsoever. She shared looks with Tommy-kun as Harry-kun disappeared with a pop before them, blood falling on the floor where he had been. Usagi looked back at Sanjōin-san who was leaving his car with a raised eyebrow.

"Grab the sword." She told him and he immediately took hold of his necklace, entered and shifted himself back to his tracksuit.

Then she run upstairs with the boy in her arms and the Shitennō right beside them, ready for any strike. They opened Harry-kun's bedroom's door to find it turned upside down. Nephrite-san entered first to check and only then let her in. Finally, Tommy-kun located what she was looking for.

"Obachan!"

Usagi looked and nodded, picking up the two-way-mirror from the floor where it had fallen. Nephrite-san approached and passed a hand over it, fixing where it had broken during the fall.

"I hope you speak English better than Obachan does, Tommy-kun." She argued at Tommy-kun, who scoffed. {[Dark Lord.]} She called towards the mirror.

Eventually the Ward Maker's face replaced her and Tommy-kun's in the mirror. Usagi turned the mirror around to show the man as Nephrite-san stepped back to give them enough space.

{[What happened?]} Was asked slowly enough for her.

{Longbottom-obāsan…} Usagi looked at Tommy uncertain.

{[Apawa'e.]}

{[With Harry?]} Both nodded. {[Junior, the Wards haven't come down. The others must still be in the location.]} Was said fast and Usagi struggled to understand. When she did, she turned towards Nephrite-san at the bedroom's doorway (keeping a protection stance) and translated, who nodded and started looking through each room. {[Shoelaces.]}

Usagi frowned and Tommy-kun patted his own feet.

"Safe." The toddler offered.

"Magic protection?" Tommy-kun nodded. Usagi run down the stairs and picked the shoes, putting them on Tommy-kun. {[Done.]}

{Papa!} Tommy-kun demanded as if saying: we've done it, now find Papa.

The Dark Lord's lips thinned and spoke quickly with someone on the other side.

{[Harry's mobile phone?]} The Wizard asked while making the movement of calling someone with his own hand to exemplify what he meant.

{[In] Harry-kun…} Usagi made a movement of having a backpack, before exemplifying the movement of holding a car's wheel {[in car.]}

The other nodded and the call was hung-up. Nephrite-san approached with an unconscious Jadeite-san.

"The others aren't here. Not even the House-elves."

Usagi looked at the blond, then signalled outside and at the car. Nephrite didn't argue and took him to his own car instead of Jadeite's car that didn't have enough fuel left, with Usagi following with Tommy-kun. He sat Jadeite in the passenger seat closer to the driver and raised an eyebrow at Usagi, who sat beside the unconscious Shitennō with Tommy on her lap, accepted Harry's backpack from Nephrite – who then walked to Jadeite's car –, from the backpack she picked and then pulled the carrying scarves over each shoulder like Harry always did. While Nephrite moved the bags from Jadeite's car into the boot of his own car, Usagi pulled the seatbelt over the unconscious Jadeite to keep him in place, Luna seating on the blond's lap.

"Where to?" Nephrite asked when he was done closing the frontdoor of the house, locking Jadeite's car and then enter his own car.

"My place, but don't go on a direct route." Usagi put it after hanging Tommy on his carrying scarves against her chest and then pulled the seatbelt over the two of them.

She picked Harry's mobile phone from his backpack at her feet, looked through the phone list and rang Kamijō-kateikyōshi.

{Moshi moshi.}

{I'm sorry, Kateikyōshi. It's Tsukino Usagi… Sailor Moon.}

{What can I do for you, Tsukino-san?}

{There's a magical attack. Harry-kun was captured by an English Witch from inside his own house's Wards. Jadeite-san was the only one at the house but he is unconscious and Nephrite-san is driving us to my home where I hope the Wards protection is still active. And hopefully these Wards don't let outside threats inside.}

Kamijō-kateikyōshi immediately called Kusama-sensei's personal name.

{Where are you, Tsukino-san?}

{Leaving Harajuku on a red car.} Usagi replied and Nephrite-san immediately spoke back, she looked at him confused and he repeated. {Nephrite-san is demanding for me to tell you: Ferrari Testarossa 512 TR.}

{That must be the brand of his car.} Kamijō-kateikyōshi agreed and Usagi could hear him pointing it down. {This way the Aurors can more easily pinpoint a red car going towards Azabu-Jūban than just any red car.}

{Oh… I told Nephrite-san to don't go on a direct route to Minato-ku though.}

{Very well. Warn Nephrite-san that Aurors will be flying alongside the car to protect it, until then don't make even a slight turn towards Azabu-Jūban.} Kamijō-kateikyōshi put it, Usagi repeated and Nephrite-san nodded his consent, turning towards the opposite direction. {Me and Nowaki will be waiting for you at the Tsukino Residence, Tsukino-san.}

{Please warn the Aurors that the other English friends, Snape-hakase, Bella-san and Donna-san most likely were also captured as the house was upside down and they were missing. Bella-san and Donna-san are House-elves and Head Auror Gotōda-keishi has met them before during his visits, Kamijō-kateikyōshi.}

{I will, Tsukino-san.} The Wizard agreed and hung-up.

Didn't take long for them to see the Aurors in old samurai clothes flying in literal brooms on each side of the car, moving their wands and creating a shield. Nephrite-san only turned towards Minato-ku when the Aurors signalled that it was okay and Luna-chan urged Usagi while signalling at Jadeite-san's attire, who picked her pen and used it on Jadeite-san to change his attire from his tracksuit into normal attire. Nephrite-san looked at what she done over the side of his eyes and used his own powers to shape his clothes back into normal attire, while they were escorted all the way to Usagi's house where her mother was waiting by the door with Kamijō-kateikyōshi. The Kateikyōshi at seeing the Aurors immediately picked and turned his wand on Mama, hitting her with a spell.

"Kusama-sensei is already inside with Shingo-kun getting the guest room ready for Taitō-san's healing." Mama explained as she picked the whining Tommy-kun from the carrying scarves. Sanjōin-san picked Taitō-san and entered with the unconscious Knight as the Aurors set up a protection perimeter around the house's block. "Come, Tommy-kun, it's going to be okay. You'll see."

Usagi picked the bags with Kamijō-kateikyōshi and both followed Mama inside. Usagi raised an eyebrow once Mama disappeared from view.

"Spell?"

"Instead of brooms she saw motorbikes." Kamijō-kateikyōshi explained. "It was easier to confound her than to later erase her mind of what happened. Besides a lot healthier for the mind."

Usagi bowed her head thankfully.

–O&SM–

LV's POV

[Bellaaaaaatriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiix!]

Everyone in the entire room shivered and stepped out the way as Voldemort approached the brunette.

[My Lord, I located the Traitor and Potter for you!]

[Didn't I say that Harry Potter had left the war?] Voldemort drawled hissily, looking down at the heaps on the floor. At Harry's Muggleborn, at her parents and at the Longbottom boy. Barely alive by the looks of it…

[My Lord…]

[Didn't I?]

[Yes, my Lord.] Bella agreed as every Death Eater stepped out of aim shot, knowing what would be coming.

[Where is Severus and Harry? And what have you done to Augusta Longbottom?]

Bellatrix shivered and not in a good way, realizing what expected her was not pleasant.

[Longbottom is dead, Potter is in the dungeons and slimly Snape is with Greyback.]

Voldemort sneered.

[Someone stop Greyback and bring Severus to my Healer immediately!] He ordered and the Death Eaters apparated away as Voldemort picked his wand. Bellatrix shivered but didn't run. She knew better.

–O&SM–

Voldemort entered the dungeons to find a Harry splinted from a side-apparation gone wrong, holding two unconscious House-elves close with nasty wounds to their heads. Voldemort's lips thinned at the state of his Horcrux.

[Bella misbehaved and paid the price. She killed Augusta Longbottom. I never met the group when shipping them to Japan through legal transportations. I didn't know.] Harry nodded as he sat against the wall, holding his splinted arm tight to his chest and his good arm holding the bodies of the House-elves in his lap. [The Aurors should have checked each person for Polyjuice Potion at the entrance and they obviously didn't.] Harry groaned, but accepted that this technically was not Voldemort's fault. [Severus is being healed as we speak. Fenrir Greyback had been using him as a punching bag when I got the news.]

Harry's eyes grew and then watered, nodding.

[What now?]

[As soon as Severus is capable, I'm dropping you all at the Wizardry Japan consulate. They'll bring you to Japan through sate route and without the British Wizardry World be able to say anything.] Voldemort supplied. [Sailor Moon contacted the Japanese Aurors and they'll be looking for you.]

[Usagi is smart. She knows she had to ask for back-up against a magical attack.]

Voldemort nodded. At the least the Japanese Wizardry World was keeping Professor Dumbledore away from his Journal's Horcrux.

[The downside with what Bellatrix has done is that the entire Wizardry World now knows that you are in Japan.] Voldemort supplied.

[Japan is neutral to your war. They do not believe in Light Vs Dark.] Harry argued. [They only argue against befriending Muggles. I only can help because people see me with the Sailor Guardians.]

Voldemort hummed.

[Do you want anything for that?] He looked at the Creatures. [For them?]

[I can handle pain and they aren't bleeding any longer as I've done my best at healing them myself.] Harry argued. [Besides if you heal us will make the Aurors – British or Ni… Japanese – question why that is.]

Voldemort accepted it.

[Severus will pick you up when he is capable to move.]

Harry nodded with a bow of head – someone was picking-up the Japanese culture…

Voldemort left the dungeons and climbed to his quarters where Antonin Dolohov was healing Severus. At the least Fenrir hadn't bit him.

[Just enough so he can handle large-range side-apparation, Antonin.] His former classmate looked back. [If you heal him completely it will call attention as I was just reminded.]

Antonin frowned, looked at Severus and then back.

[My Lord…?]

[Both Harry and his son are my two living Horcruxes.] Voldemort supplied and Severus' eyes grew, the pain keeping him from holding it in. [And Severus is their bodyguard unknown of the fact until now. This won't leave this room.]

Antonin nodded.

[I'll make it as believable for them to have fled us as possible.] The Healed agreed and continued.

[Yes, Severus, this is why Harry is a Parselmouth. And, no, Harry doesn't know of Horcruxes. He was unconscious, after I lent him magic to be able to keep lending Junior magic, when I realized.] Severus bowed his head. [I was too late for Neville Longbottom, Harry's Muggleborn and her parents.]

[My Lord?]

[Bellatrix had already gone rogue on them when I located them. I haven't told this to Harry yet, not because I don't want to face what happened in my name but because he has your House-elves in his arms and is lending his magic to keep their wounds from going worse. If I'd told him then the House-elves wouldn't survive long enough until you would be ready.]

The Wizard nodded, but didn't say anything.

–O&SM–

HJP's POV

Harry raised his head from the House-elves' top of heads when the dungeon's reopened only this time for Professor Snape.

"Let's go."

Harry stood without argument, not commenting on the man's obvious wounds as the older picked Donna from Harry.

[Hermione and the others?]

Professor Snape shook his head.

[My Lord was too late for them as well.]

Harry's eyes grew and Professor Snape had to pull him out the dungeons, up the stairs and all the way outside, only to side-apparate them. They stumbled onto the floor just outside some gates, Professor Snape forced himself up, took hold onto Harry and pushed him pass the gates into the private house's front yard. Japanese Wizards hurried to Harry's side and pulled him inside the building as Professor Snape tried to follow but a spell immobilized him, luckily he fell forward and inside the front yard, where the Japanese Wizards caught him and took both him and Donna inside the building as well.

"My… our paperwork stayed in Tokyo. We were brought into England by a Death Eater through illegal means. Snape-sensei is working under Sanji-kōju at Mahōtokoro School."

The Japanese Wizards nodded and as Professor Snape, Bella and Donna were taken into a healer room, Harry was directed into a wall mirror.

{Japan's Aurors Office division.}

An Auror showed on the other side, saw Harry holding his splinted arm and, in no time, Head Auror Gotōda was on the other side, bowing his head at Harry.

{Glad to see you alive, [Lord] Potter-sama. Snape-kōju and the others?}

{Snape-sensei and the House-elves were taken to be healed… Lestrange Bellatrix-san entered Japan through legal entrances and kidnapped us while pretending to be Longbottom-obāsan with a Polyjuice Potion. She killed my friends, [Sir.]}

{My condolences and my apologies for my Aurors letting the crazy Witch inside Japan without checking if she really was the Obāsan.} Auror Gotōda looked at Harry's arm and then towards the Japanese men by the side. {[Lord] Potter-sama needs medical attention.}

{We needed to verify he is who he is and…}

{[Lord] Potter-sama what was the first thing you've told me?}

{That I am who Muggles call Onmyōji because when I contacted your Aurors they said they had their hands tied.} Harry supplied not even batting an eye.

The Head Auror nodded and a Mediwizard approached Harry, starting.

{How did you escape?}

{I was in the dungeons with the unconscious House-elves… Bellatrix-san must have been waiting for the right time to… gift me.} Everyone nodded, not questioning what he meant. {Then Snape-sensei suddenly walked in. He must have fled his own torture and run for me. He was the one who found out about my friends' fall.}

{Dumbledore-kōju's people are outside the consulate's gates. Snape-kōju had to throw Potter-sama inside the gates and they hit him with a Freezing Charm just before he fell forward and inside the grounds.}

Auror Gotōda's lips thinned, before he nodded.

{I'll go warn the Tsukinos that you four are alive and inside the Japanese consulate, luckily enough hours has passed to make it believable for them. While you two are inside – unless Dumbledore-kōju wants to create a war between Magical England against Magical Japan – you two are safe thanks to having Japanese citizenship because of Snape-kōju's job at Mahōtokoro School.} The older explained and Harry nodded thankfully. {I'll be travelling there myself to bring you two back to Tokyo in safety.}

Harry bowed his head and the call was hung-up. Harry was brought into a room and his splint arm was finally patched up.

–O&SM–

TU's POV

Usagi opened the door at the knock to find Auror Gotōda-keishi, who bowed his head.

"May I come in, Tsukino-chan?"

"Of course, but…" Usagi glanced behind to be certain her family didn't hear her, "my family is Muggle." She whispered.

The Wizard moved his wand's holster from his hip into his pocket without argument, Usagi let him in and offered the inside slippers. She guided him to the living room where Papa was with Sanjōin-san. Mama was in the dining room, walking with Tommy-kun on her arms back and forth.

"Papa, this is the head of the special police to who Sanjōin-san listens to; Gotōda-keishi."

Papa stood from the couch.

"You have news from Harry-san, Gotōda-keishi?"

"He was just found and brought into the Japanese consulate in England. Both him and Snape-kōju are in Japan's territory." They all breathed relieved. "I'll be travelling to UK myself on the next plane to escort the four back to Japan."

"Four?" Mama asked. "The English friends that had come to visit Harry-kun?"

"I fear that they didn't survive the torture."

Usagi gasped.

"Obachan." Usagi looked at the only person who called her that and then let Tommy-kun move into her arms instead of being carried by Mama's arms, holding him close. "Papa." He asked her.

Usagi nodded and walked into Harry-kun's bags by the side, opened them to look through them as Papa and Sanjōin-san spoke in privacy with the Head Auror over what was best for Harry-kun's safety when he would arrive. Usagi picked the Chibionmyōji-plushie and gave Tommy-kun, who hugged it close with his snake shoelaces being used as a bracelet on each arm at the moment.

Usagi bowed her head to Auror Gotōda-keishi, who bowed his back and then climbed with Tommy-kun into her own room. Shingo-kun was setting up the boy's portable playpen cot in the room.

"Thank you, Otōto."

"Any news from Aniki?" Shingo-kun asked as he put one of Tommy-kun's snake-plushies inside the cot alongside the pillow and blankets.

"He is in the Japan Consulate in England. The head of special police is talking with Papa right now and promised to go to England himself to pick Harry-kun." Usagi agreed and Shingo-kun breathed relieved. "He'll be fine."

"Thanks…" Shingo-kun looked at the floor as Usagi set Tommy-kun on his cot and gave him a book so she could go change. "Aneue…"

Usagi looked at the blushing but pale Shingo-kun and snorted.

"Aren't you too old to sleep in your big sister's room?"

"Taitō-sama is in the guest room and Sanjōin-sama is going to sleep on the floor on a futon besides Taitō-sama's bed. I…"

Usagi approached and set a hand over Shingo-kun's head, who looked back.

"Go make your bed anew and warn Sanjōin-san that he can sleep in your bed for tonight." She agreed.

Shingo-kun smiled thankfully and then hurried out.

"Obachan." Tommy-kun said in a teasing voice.

"Oh, shut up." Usagi argued and picked again Harry-kun's mobile phone. "It's just one night."

She had to warn everyone that Harry-kun had been found.

{Moshi moshi.}

{It's me again.} Usagi put in and Chiba-kun hummed. {Harry-kun managed to escape with the others as he arrived England into the Japanese Consulate, who immediately raised the protections around them.}

{That's great news.} Chiba-kun agreed as Shingo-kun entered and started setting up a futon for himself beside the cot, Usagi not commenting on the small futon that the boy was setting up for Tommy-kun to sleep next to him.

{Special Forces Gotōda-keishi will be travelling to England to pick Harry-kun, Snape-hakase, Bella-san and Donna-san himself.} She said and Shingo-kun, by the side, breathed relieved. {The English friends didn't make it.}

Chiba-kun sighed as Shingo-kun chocked back a hiccup.

{I'll visit you tomorrow. Try to relax and sleep. Your boyfriend is safe, that is all that matter for now. Until he arrives, you need to keep a levelled head for Tommy-kun. Can you do it? For Tommy-kun?}

Usagi looked at the hugging his plushie and unable to focus on his book Tommy-kun.

{I can.}

{Good. Have you told Rei-chan, Mizuno-chan and Motoki-kun?}

{I rang you first.}

{Very well. I'll warn them, there isn't a need for you to repeat it yet again. You take care of yourself and Tommy-kun.}

Usagi thanked and then hung-up.

"Chiba-oniisan?" Shingo-kun asked.

"Yes. I'll go change in the loo and then come to pick Tommy-kun for his change and night nappy." She warned her brother, who nodded and picked his PJs to change as she left the room.

–O&SM–

Saturday, 29 July 1995

Kamijō-kateikyōshi arrived with Kusama-sensei, who approached Taitō-san that was having breakfast.

"Gotōda-keishi came over last night." Usagi put in and the two Wizards looked back. "Harry-kun is in the Japanese consulate with Snape-hakase and the manservants. They escaped 'them'."

"Gotōda-keishi must be landing in England as we speak." Mama added as she set up tea for Kamijō-kateikyōshi. "Harry-kun will arrive by night-time or in the morning."

"Thank you, Tsukino-okusan." Kamijō-kateikyōshi agreed as he was offered the teacup. "I'll contact the officers so Nowaki is there when they arrive." Said Kusama-sensei was speaking quietly with Taitō-san taking in whatever the blond immortal could tell of how he was physically. Although Taitō-san was awake, he was way too pale and looked ready to pass out. Kusama-sensei must have thought the same as Usagi because he picked one of his vials – like the ones from Snape-hakase – and gave the Knight, who swallowed it in one go without argument. "Nowaki!" Harry's Kateikyōshi reprimanded, making a move for his wand.

"Snape-hakase always uses vials when healing Harry-kun or us. Their effects are a lot faster than normal pills, ain't it, Mama?" Usagi immediately intervened.

"Hakase brows them himself in his lab out in the island, I take it your clinic buys from there, Kusama-sensei?"

Kamijō-kateikyōshi released his hold on the wand, nodding once at Usagi while the Wizard's flatmate explained Mama how only some clinics did it because most doctors didn't trust in this method, even if it was better for the body than many of the pills' side-effects. Usagi looked for Tommy-kun to find Sanjōin-san siting on the floor of the living room on the boy's corner with the hiccupping boy on his lap as Sanjōin-san read Tommy-kun from one of his new books. The toddler hugging his Chibionmyōji-plushie tight to his chest as if there was no tomorrow and using it accidentally as a handkerchief.

"Mama." She called, Mama approached to look and smiled sadly. "You'll need to wash that later when he is napping."

"I'll wash it tomorrow when Harry-kun arrives; Tommy-kun needs it now. And I'm glad that he finally accepts Sanjōin-san."

Usagi nodded. It was time those two got along. Jadeite-san hadn't been this hard to be allowed to pick up the toddler.

(TBC)

Next chapter: Non-Blood Family

~Isys