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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 XXIII
–Non-Blood Family–
Saturday, 29 July 1995
HJP's POV
Harry was getting his bandages redone when there was a knock on his room.
"Yes?"
The door opened to show the Malfoy family followed by the Weasley twins and Lee Jordan.
[Harry…]
Harry sneered at the Malfoys.
"Snape-sensei" [is two rooms over.] He argued, not questioning why they were there. The three nodded and left the room, closing the door after them. Harry turned towards the approaching trio. [Why is it that every time we meet: I'm bathed in blood?] He light joked, making the twins and Lee snort. [I'm fine. I just splinted myself because I was throwing Tommy onto Usagi-chan's arms.] He explained.
The trio sighed and sat by his bed's side. The Mediwizard bowed his head at Harry, who bowed back, before leaving.
[How did they get to you?] Lee asked.
[Bellatrix pretended to be Neville's Gran and went to Ni… Japan with the first group, which means that you three are lucky you didn't already go because she killed the others.] Harry explained and the others groaned in a mix of anger and sadness. [I fear that I won't have a house when we arrive Ni… Japan though.]
[Don't worry over that. You need to worry on getting better.] Lee argued.
[What about Professor Snape?] George asked. – [Yeah, the Malfoys said he was captured as well when they picked us up.] Fred agreed.
[Fenrir Greyback used him as a punching bag.] The trio shivered. [I'm good enough for travel only magic weak because I was lending mine to the House-elves, but the Mediwizards aren't letting Snape-sen… Professor Snape because of his haste to run with me worsened his inner wounds.]
They all nodded, amused at Harry's slips.
[Professor Snape could be many things, but he always was there when you needed.] Fred offered.
[What about our lil' nephew?] George asked.
[Since I threw him into Usagi-chan's arms, he stayed in Japan. They are safe and being guarded by the Japanese Aurors.]
Fred, George and Lee nodded. They heard a knock and Lee stood, going to open to Head Auror Gotōda. Harry bowed his head and the twins copied him, mockingly.
[Lord] "Potter-sama."
"Auror Gotōda-keishi." Harry agreed. [Everyone, this is Japan's Head Auror: Mr Gotouda.] The trio nodded. [Sir,] "these are my three crazy friends who luckily hadn't already gone to Japan with the others. Weasley Fred, Weasley George and Jordan Lee."
Head Auror Gotōda nodded at them, before he faced Harry.
"I got us a Muggle plane to travel us back. Your friends will be coming?" The man asked, to which Harry translated the question and the trio nodded immediately. "Tell them to have their bags ready. Snape-kōju will be allowed to travel in an hour."
[Sir, Lord] "Malfoy-sama, Malfoy-okusan and Malfoy-kun are visiting Snape-sensei as we speak. I believe they intend on accompanying us as well to help protect me and Tommy."
The twins snorted at the titles and Harry sat up, pulled his legs out the blankets and to the side of the bed, before he kicked them since he couldn't use his arms, to which the Head Auror had to cough to hide his snort.
"Tell your friends to check with the Malfoy Family if they want to accompany us as well."
Harry quickly translated about the Malfoys and the getting things ready because they would be leaving in an hour to the trio, who nodded and left.
"How bad outside, Gotōda-keishi?"
"Dumbledore-kōju is outside the gates arguing for over an hour, but I don't speak English to be able to tell him to leave."
Harry stood and let the Head Auror help him walk slowly down the stairs and all the way to the front gates.
[Harry!]
[I left the war. Bellatrix only found me because you had people tracking down every of my possible steps and anyone's who could be in touch with me.
[Because of you I'm hurt and Professor Snape is even worse. Because of you Hermione, the Grangers, Neville and Mrs Longbottom are dead! I left Europe because I want to be Grey. I don't want anything in your petty fight of Light vs Dark. Leave me alone!] "Goodbye!"
Harry bowed his head and turned, following the Head Auror back inside and ignoring the calling him Headmaster.
"Want to make a call to warn the Tsukinos when you're leaving?"
"I'm appreciate the ability to speak with my" [son,] "yes." Harry agreed and the old man smiled. "What?"
"Whatever a parent's age… when a child comes into question that is always the person's first thought." The Auror offered amused and teasingly.
Harry blushed.
–O&SM–
TU's POV
Usagi waited in the airport as Harry-kun was escorted out with a quartet of teenagers, a blond couple and a being wheeled Snape-hakase, who had the unconscious human-looking Bella and Donna sitting on each of his legs against his chest. With the way the Aurors in their old kimono-styling surrounded the group they looked like Yakuza, which was actually making people step away and avoid the Aurors. She approached them with the whimpering Tommy-kun, Harry-kun smiled and one-armed held the begging boy close. Usagi kept Tommy-kun on her arms as Harry-kun hugged him and then hugged her with Tommy-kun in between the two, so the other wouldn't worsen his wound.
"Did you come alone, Tsukino-chan?" Snape-hakase asked.
"Papa is driving and Sanjōin-san is keeping the people away from us." Usagi explained and signalled at where the other was. "We've come in two cars. Sanjōin-san brought Taitō-san's car." She offered as Harry let her walk back. She made Tommy-kun turn towards the ginger twins and the dark-skinned teen. "What do we say, Tommy-kun?"
"Wewcome home." Tommy-kun grumbled and Usagi coughed pointedly. [Wewcome.]
The blond couple bowed their heads at Usagi from where they were wheeling Snape-hakase's wheelchair, while the twins approached and picked Tommy-kun from her. The dark-skinned teen picked a small necklace from his pocket and offered the boy with the symbol of infinity but with a snake.
"Tommy." Harry-kun warned.
[Twan' yuu.]
[You're welcomed.]
Usagi guided them to the two cars, where Papa was standing beside his car and nodded back once at Harry-kun.
"Any of them speaks Japanese?"
"Not yet, Tsukino-san. They intended on having an intensive Japanese language classes until the next school year starts. Malfoy-kun will enter mine and Usagi's school grade. Weasley Fred-kun, Weasley George-kun and Jordan Lee-kun are two grades older." Harry-kun signalled at the brits. [Mr Tsukino, my Japanese sister's father.] They all nodded back in respect. "Malfoy-sama and Malfoy-okusan are Snape-sensei's friends." He added.
"Malfoy Lucius is a" [Lord] "like Harry." Snape-hakase offered, signalling at the tall blond adult. "He came to help at keeping a look on the teenagers and help Harry with his inheritance. Malfoy Narcissa is a nurse and hopefully Kusama-sensei's clinic won't mind." Papa nodded, before he bowed his head towards the couple, who nodded back. "Malfoy Draco is Lucius's" [Heir] "like Tommy is Harry's. He is also my godson."
Papa leaned towards Harry-kun and whispered back, who quickly translated.
[Wercome to Japan.] Papa offered before he signalled the two cars. "Snape-hakase will go on the front of my car, the Yakuza will escort us in their motorbikes."
Harry-kun nodded and quickly told the others. Sanjōin-san picked Bella and Donna and sat them in the backseat of Taitō-san's car, while Malfoy-sama picked up Snape-hakase and set him on the frontseat of Papa's car. Usagi and Harry-kun sat in the backseat on one side and Malfoy-kun sat on the other side of the child-carseat. The others sat on Taitō-san's car, Malfoy-sama sitting on the front besides Sanjōin-san while his wife, the three teens and the humanoid-looking House-elves sat in the back. Usagi glanced at her father to be certain he didn't notice when Malfoy-sensei picked her wand and enlarged the backseat of Taitō-san's car to fit the six even though on the outside the car was still the same size. All the while she did that, the teens stored the six trunks they had carried in a luggage cart between the two car's boots.
Eventually, Papa and Sanjōin-san drove them to the Hikawa Shrine where Rei-chan's grandfather was waiting for them with Rei-chan at the bottom of the stairs. He nodded back and picked one of the trunks, starting to climb upstairs.
[My grandfather. I'm Hino Rei.] "Miko."
"Miko" [means female Priest.] Harry-kun translated. "How many bedrooms do you have ready, Rei-chan?"
"Enough for everyone. Taitō-san is already in one."
Harry-kun nodded.
"They're all magic." Harry-kun offered and Rei-chan nodded. He turned towards the group as they took the trunks upstairs. [In Japan only close friends and family call by what we call the first name and to them is the second.] They all nodded. [Miss Hino] – "Hino-chan" – [can understand some English but you have to speak slowly and be direct, don't make too many words in one line.]
[Harry, how do we say thank you?] One of the twins asked.
"Thank you." Usagi supplied and they all repeated. [You welcome.]
[You speak English?] Malfoy-kun asked.
[I'm her home tutor.] Harry-kun agreed. [She passed from 30% to 60% in a month, so I'd be surprised if she can't understand, even if it is hard to speak.]
Rei-chan guided them through the shrine and showed the bedrooms. When they all settled in, Usagi and Harry-kun left with Sanjōin-san. Papa was waiting with Tommy-kun and Snape-hakase. The two cars – Sanjōin-san driving the humanoid House-elves – drove home and Kusama-sensei was waiting outside. He took hold onto Snape-hakase, carried him inside and upstairs into the guest room to start looking him over. Mama came running towards Harry-kun and pulled him inside while worrying over him.
"I'm sorry, Tsukino-okusan, but can I eat something?"
Mama smiled and pulled Harry-kun into the kitchen. Usagi picked the sleeping Tommy-kun and walked with Papa and Sanjōin-san inside, each one holding a House-elf and bringing them upstairs to also be checked-up.
–O&SM–
Sunday, 30 July 1995
HJP's POV
Harry nodded at Mr Tsukino as he knocked on Shingo's bedroom's open door.
"You can come in," [Sir.] He agreed as Healer Kusama changed Harry's bandages.
"How bad?" The Muggle asked directly towards the Healer.
"He can't pick his son or do heavy movements; besides that he'll be fine in a month."
"What about Bella-san, Donna-san and Snape-hakase?"
"I'm bringing Snape-kōju to my clinic, the same which I took Bella-san and Donna-san last night. We need to see how much damage was made inside. Bella-san and Donna-san were recovering well when I left them earlier."
"Harry-san will be staying here with Tommy-kun until a new place is acquired. A place close-by so we'll be a few minutes away instead of quarter-hour drive away. Yakuza Gotōda-keishi agreed with me that it was better."
Harry nodded and, when he was patched up, Healer Kusama left with Mr Tsukino. He descended and made Sanjōin drive him, Usagi and Tommy to Hikawa Shrine. They climbed the amount of stairs and Rei met him by the entry, she guided him to the praying room and gave him five candles, which had Mr L. Neville, Mrs Longbottom A., Mr Granger H., Mrs Granger R. and Miss G. Hermione written on each one in Romaji. He looked at her surprised and she smiled back.
"Ami-chan asked Malfoy-kun how to write them down." She agreed and lit-on two incenses and set on a bowl.
Harry nodded and let her, Ami and Usagi guide him through the whole procedure of praying for their souls to go in peace. Priest Hino for once didn't act all about pretty girls and actually acted like the priest that he was and did a small ceremony in memory of the fallen group. When Harry finally stood from his sitting on his knees position, he found the twins, Lee and the Malfoys had joined and stayed through the sermon, even without understanding a word.
[We were praying for the souls of Hermione, Neville, Mrs Longbottom and the Grangers.] He explained to them and the Malfoys nodded. [Bellatrix went crazy on them from what I was told.]
Mrs Malfoy's lips thinned, then she took out her shoes and approached, bowed her head to the Longbottom candles and Ami quickly signalled her how to put her hands and properly do it. The twins raised an eyebrow at Malfoy, as his father turned around and left the room after a quick upper body bow from the entrance. The blond teen huffed.
[Do I have to take out shoes?] He asked slowly, but surely.
[Proper.] Rei agreed.
Malfoy nodded and took out his boots, before entering and going to also give his goodbyes. Harry noticed how Mrs Malfoy only did to the two Longbottoms' candles, but Malfoy also did on Hermione's – which for some reason was the only one not burning. As Lee took Tommy for the boy to do his goodbyes to his godparents and respective family, Usagi's hip started vibrating. The girl looked at her mobile phone and then offered Harry, while signalling outside. Harry nodded, put on his shoes and walked outside to answer the call.
{Moshi moshi.} He agreed as Malfoy followed him, but gave Harry enough space to don't feel overwhelmed. Harry would have to have a talk with Voldemort over sending Harry's school archenemy to be his bodyguard.
{Harry-sama.}
{Mamoru-kun? [Wha…?] Why are you calling Usagi-chan?} He added the last part while wondering if he would have to have a talk with the girl over not falling in-love with the Prince.
{Asking for news on you. When did you arrive?}
{Last night. After dinnertime.} He offered as Ami taught the twins and Lee a few lines and as Mrs Malfoy followed the paddling Tommy towards Harry's feet at all velocity, refusing to be apart. {I'm well, all things considered. Only some superficial wounds on my arm. Although, I'm forbidden from picking Tommy.}
{Where are you?}
{Praying my respect to my fallen English friends. Hino-sama just did a mass for them with candles with their names. And I'm sorry if I'm calling it wrong. I never even attended the church in England.}
{Me and Motoki-kun are heading there.} Mamoru agreed.
Harry hummed and the other hung-up. He returned the mobile phone to the following him Usagi, who nodded back and gave Tommy his plush to try to keep him from begging Harry to pick him up before she returned to the other girls, and sat by the trees on the side, letting Mrs Malfoy help Tommy climb to his lap and lean against his good side.
[It's okay, Mrs Malfoy. You Know Who rose a Ward in this Shrine a while ago. There's no need for you two to follow us everywhere.] The woman nodded. [I don't know if Miss Rei Hino told you, but her grandfather is Muggle and doesn't know of magic. The same for the two friends that are coming over (even if one of them is the rebirth of Earth Prince). I trust that you three can act accordingly?]
[I'll warn my husband and son.] She agreed. [What about the girls?]
[Sailor Guardians, what means that they can learn of magic. They turn into actual warriors to fight alien Creatures called Youmas. The same for my bodyguards Masato Sanjouin and Jedo Taitou, or Nephrite and Jadeite as they are called in their Knight form - (Shitennou that means four heavenly knights). Wizardry World is forbidden from intervening because it's in the Muggle World making it too hard to keep Muggles from not seeing what is going on and only I have the right because people recognize me as part of the Sailor Guardians group. So long as I don't use too much obvious magic, I can help.]
[What about this Earth Prince?] Mrs Malfoy wondered. [Why does he not know?]
[We haven't awakened him yet. It's not safe with the amount of enemies that we have. There's also the problem that Nephrite and Jadeite's fellow Knights will strike him while under the mind-control. Even if they swore to protect him.]
[Very well, it makes sense.] Mrs Malfoy accepted. [I'll warn the others in a way that not even the Weasley twins will ask questions.]
Harry nodded thankfully and the woman turned around, walking away with her son. Both approached her husband and she started talking with the two in hushed tones.
–He probably killed Bellatrix for this stunt.– Tommy looked up at Harry at his speech. –No Death Eater will dare act against his orders again. The Malfoys must be more like a safe-guard: Just to be sure.–
–Papa…–
–She didn't touch me. She didn't dare. I'm only hurt because I moved right before she side-apparated me. I couldn't let her get ahold of you.– Harry smiled down. –You can relax. I'm just splinted. Nothing serious.–
Tommy hiccupped and then started crying into Harry's shirt, the plush falling onto the floor. Harry didn't tell him to stop. Eventually Motoki and Mamoru climbed the Shrine's stairs and approached the two, they bowed their heads back and Motoki took one of his juice boxes from his bag.
"Awiga'ou." Tommy agreed and started sipping from his juice.
Ami approached.
"Harry-kun, how do I explain about…?" Ami shut up at seeing Mamoru. "Oh, Chiba-kun, we need help translating some things to the newcomers."
Mamoru nodded and followed her to the others, easily talking with them in English. Motoki sat down beside Harry and picked Tommy's plushie from the floor, starting to play with the boy as if it was a marionette. Usagi approached while talking on her mobile phone and then kneeled down to set the phone on Harry's ear.
{Moshi moshi.} He agreed confused.
{Harry-kun, you forgot your phone at home.} Mrs Tsukino put in in a reprimanding tone.
{My apologies, I'm still getting used to all of this. Did I get a call?}
{Your lightning pendant has been ringing for almost an hour.}
[Bloody hell…] "Sanjōin-san, on the files of your necklace pendant was there any explanation on how the pendants worked? Mine is ringing non-stop at the Tsukino Residence." He called louder so the Knight by the side could hear him.
Sanjōin shared a look with Taitō, the two trying to remember any of its details. Then Taitō approached and accepted the mobile phone from Usagi.
{Tsukino-okusan, on the corner of the lightning pendant by the top there's some type of symbol? … Good. Click on it. Did it stop? … Now please check every door and window. Someone might be trying to sneak in.} Taitō waited as Harry looked at him with narrowed eyes. {Very well. Then lock the door. Masato-senpai will be there in no time to throw out the paparazzi hoping to snatch a picture of Potter-sama.}
Taitō hung-up and returned the mobile phone to Usagi, as he and Sanjōin shared looks, before Sanjōin left, running down the stairs two-in-two.
"It's good to know that the pendants that your caretaker sent for you all actually works." Motoki put in, while Usagi stole Tommy and walked with him inside the private area of the shrine for his change.
"He paid high money for them, he wouldn't if they didn't." Harry argued and massaged his arm with his good hand.
Motoki followed his movement with narrowed eyes.
"Tommy-kun leaned against your arm, didn't he?"
"No… I just sat a little tense in the worry that something might happen."
"You can't let him climb to your lap."
"And who will watch over him?" Harry argued.
"Look there." Harry obeyed to see the Sailor Senshis, Mamoru, Lee and the twins with Tommy. "You are not alone. I know it's a new concept for you, but we are your family."
"Motoki-kun…"
[Not every family is of blood.] The older argued, slipping into English because he knew that there were words that Harry still didn't understand. [Mamoru-kun is my brother in everything but blood. Just look at the massive amount of Aunts and Uncles that Tommy-kun has.]
"I'm sorry."
Motoki nodded back.
"We know."
Eventually, Taitō – who was by the stairs keeping a protection stand – signalled back. Motoki stood and followed the twins, Lee and Mamoru downstairs. Only for them to return with bentōs for everyone, Mrs Tsukino and Sanjōin climbing with them. She set one with Harry, opened it for him and set up the chopsticks with the elastic.
"There you go."
"Thank you, Tsukino-okusan."
In no time there was a picnic like family as the others approached and sat around. Harry snickering at the Malfoys' thinned lips as the others sat on the floor, only for the trio to sit by the wall of the garden like Harry.
"We have spoons in the house if they want." Mr Hino offered and Harry translated.
Fred, George and Lee looked at the chopsticks and the bentō on their laps.
[Will they kill us if we stick the sticks on the meat?] George wondered.
[That's bad etiquette and it's called chopsticks.] Mrs Malfoy argued, as Harry, Motoki and Mamoru chuckled. [There won't be a need for us three.] She added while showing how her family knew how to pick the chopsticks without the need of the elastic.
"Three spoons, Rei-chan." Mamoru agreed. "Unless you want to see the trio use the chopsticks as if they are a skewer."
"Not to mention rice is not a good idea for a first try." Harry added.
Rei nodded and stood, going to fetch them.
–O&SM–
Harry accepted the two-way-mirror from Usagi.
"I packed as many clothes as I could've after Kamijō-kateikyōshi's confirmation that they weren't cursed. He said he'll come again tomorrow and the girls agreed to join. There's too much magic things for Mama to come and help us."
"Usagi-chan…"
Usagi smiled sadly.
"It's not safe for you to go." She argued and Harry nodded, before Usagi signalled the mirror. "It was shining all hour long. I didn't dare to answer it… for in case it was Him again."
Harry signalled the door of the bedroom and Usagi nodded. He set the two-way-mirror on the desktop and called Griphook.
{[Lord Potter, glad to see you in one piece.]}
{[Bellatrix disobeyed Him and struck me. But she only found me because Professor Dumbledore was tracking down every movement that Hermione was doing.]}
Griphook's eyes narrowed and nodded.
{[Anything you want me to bring from England on my next visit?]}
{[Paperwork for the Weasley twins' upcoming joke shop and me and Professor Snape have to buy a new place. Mr Tsukino and Japan's Head Auror are persuading me to get one near Minato-ku. To be closer to both the Tsukinos and my school.]} Griphook nodded, pointing it down. {[How legal are the language potions?]}
{[In Asia they are legal.]} Griphook supplied {[How many?]}
{[Not immediate learning, but one to help fast learning?]} Harry hoped and Griphook nodded. {[So… the twins, Lee and the Malfoy Family. His Lordliness must have sent them to watch over us after Bellatrix' strike.]} He added as explanation when Griphook looked up from the parchment he was writing on at hearing 'Malfoy'.
Griphook rolled his eyes at Voldemort's obvious actions, then he looked towards Usagi by the bedroom's door, keeping an ear out.
{[Miss] Tsukino, warn [Mr] Tsukino that I'll arrive tomorrow at breakfast. If he'll be able to spare me a couple hours so we talk about the new house, it would be appreciated.}
{I'll go ask Papa if he can stay until later.} Usagi agreed and left the bedroom. Didn't take long for she to run back upstairs and inside the room. {Papa said he'll pick you from the airport, is just say the time of your arrival.}
Griphook obviously counted how long until the arrival in Japan to make it believable.
{7 am.} Usagi nodded and left again. {[I'll bring your company paperwork for you to sign after dealing with the paternal Muggle.]} The Goblin added and Harry nodded, before Griphook hung-up.
(TBC)
Next chapter: Birthdate & New Sailor Senshis
~Isys