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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 XXV

–Rogue Horcrux–

Monday, 4 September 1995

HJP's POV

Harry arrived the shrine to see the Sailor Senshis shifted and duelling a Yōma. Kino Makoto among them and the Malfoys by the side with Tommy, obviously having raised a ward to keep Muggles out the shrine considering how Naru had been unable to climb the stairs. Harry groaned, took hold of his necklace and magically spelled his battle clothes on, before joining in.

"Don't hurt him." Sailor Mars asked before Harry could strike. He looked back confused. "Ojīsama."

Harry's eyes grew.

[Why can Potter join but we cannot?] He heard Malfoy argue as Sanjōin signalled at the twins and Lee who nodded back and run down the stairs to join Naru, before shifting his clothes and joining at trying to hold back the old man.

[Because Muggles think that I am part of the Sailor Guardian army.] Harry argued back. "How do you intend us to stop your Ojīsama without hurting him?" He added towards Sailor Mars who looked back with tears in her eyes.

"Isn't there a spell that won't hurt him?" She begged.

Harry groaned and signalled at Jadeite to have his back, before he turned towards the Malfoys and approached them.

[Any spell that can stop that Youma who is the Priest of this shrine without me hurting him?] He asked them grudgingly.

[Ever tried the Freezing Charm?] Mr Malfoy wondered.

[No.]

[Use the Full Body-Bind Curse.] Malfoy argued.

Harry's throat tightened as he immediately remembered Hermione and Neville. Then he nodded and turned around, picked his wand and Jadeite and Nephrite got out the way.

[Petrificus Totalis!]

The spell was a perfect hit and the Yōma's legs bonded as well as his arms, before he fell backwards. Sailor Moon approached his petrified form and did her spell, purifying him.

"Next time we start with that." Sailor Mercury argued.

Harry was unable to look away from the petrified body of the old man, as Jadeite picked him up and took him inside.

"Onmyōji-san?" Nephrite called and Harry choked back a hiccup. "That spell meant something, didn't it?"

"First-time that Neville-kun ever faced anyone – me and Hermione-chan – he was hit by Hermione-chan with that exact spell. It's 'their' spell." Harry agreed and Sailor Moon run to him, jumping up and hugging him around his shoulders.

Harry looked down at her feet hanging from the floor. Was he that much taller? She used to be able to hug him without needing to be hanging on him…

Harry looked at his robe's sleeves, they were shorter…

"It's okay." He whispered to her worried ass and she finally undid her arm-hook on his neck to fall back on her feet. "So we have a new Sailor Senshi?" He asked louder as his clothes changed back and as the girls and Knights shifted back.

"Sailor Jupiter." Luna agreed.

Harry looked at the way Kino was looking back, while he was glad that Sailor V wasn't present.

"I'm gay!" He claimed loudly and Kino stuttered as the rest of the group took a double step. "Weasley Fred, Weasley George, Jordan Lee and Malfoy Draco are single if what you are looking for is a foreign tall lover."

The twins that had climbed to check on what was going on straightened at hearing their names with obviously with the look of «what did we do?». Kino looked at them and then at Harry surprised.

"You are…"

"This summer we had a week holiday. Those three girls plus Naru-chan suddenly run to my room in the middle of the night in sleeping practically revealing wear" both Usagi, Rei, Ami and Naru turned deep red, "I didn't even stir." Harry turned towards the twins as Lee with his wand in hand climbed the stairs alongside Naru, the black-skinned teen having obviously lowered down the Wards enough to allow Naru inside. [Kino Makoto-chan likes taller than her foreigners.]

[Well Lee obviously doesn't fit that category.] The twins argued and Lee scoffed. The two gingers approached Kino from each side and grabbed her hands, each one kissing the back of a hand at the same time seductively. [Madam.]

The girl stuttered as Harry accepted his son from Mrs Malfoy.

[Twins, if you want to woo her you really need to learn Japanese now.] He put in and the duo stuttered.

"They are still learning Japanese." Ami translated and Kino nodded.

[You need new battle clothes.] Mr Malfoy put in as he undid the Wards after finishing undoing all the damage that had been done.

[I know, I've grown taller since I bought them in April.]

[And new school clothes.]

Harry looked at his sleeves and groaned with a nod. He picked his phone and rang the Tsukino Residence.

{Moshi moshi, Tsukino Residence.} Shingo's voice promptly replied.

{It's me, Shatei.}

{Aniki, Oneechan isn't home.}

{Is Tsukino-okusan home?}

{I'll call her.} The boy agreed. "Mama, Aniki's on the phone for you." Harry heard him call.

Harry looked at the way Kino looked at Tommy confused as he waited for Mrs Tsukino to come to the phone.

{Harry-kun.}

{Tsukino-okusan, when you did my sleeves, did you cut or did you pull them inwards?}

{You've grown too tall for them these past two months, haven't you?}

{Yes, [Madam.]}

{I'll start to undo the hems of the ones I have here at home and when you arrive, we'll see if they fit you or if we'll need to buy a new one, which would be a pity considering how you would only use them for less than half a year.}

{Thank you so much.}

The woman laughed and, after the usual goodbyes, she hung-up.

[Can I have the fighting suit?] Mrs Malfoy asked and Harry took its diminutive-version from his necklace and gave the woman, who looked through it before she nodded. [Miss Hino-chan, do you have a needle and thread kit that I can use?]

Ami was quick to translate and Rei nodded, guiding the Witch inside towards where she kept it.

–O&SM–

Harry was practicing his recorder as Usagi read Tommy from his book and Mrs Tsukino was remaking Harry's school clothes' helms when there was a knock on the frontdoor. The two looked up as Shingo went to check.

"Aniki, it is for you."

Harry stood and approached to find Kino at the entrance shyly. He nodded at her, letting her in.

"Can I help you, Kino-chan?"

"Mako-chan?" Usagi asked from the living room.

"Yes." Harry agreed.

Usagi stood, leaving Tommy alone with his book and approached at once.

"I… I've baked this, but I've made too much and I thought…"

Kino immediately offered a bentō to Harry while bowing her upper body. Someone hadn't gotten the memo earlier…

"Who is it?" Mrs Tsukino asked.

"A friend from school." Harry offered. "Usagi loved her bentō this morning so she came to offer a cake that she baked."

Mrs Tsukino stood from her stitching kit and approached, only to see that who the girl was offering the bentō to wasn't exactly Usagi. The woman smiled kindly at Harry.

"Dinner is almost done, want to eat with us?"

"Kino Makoto, Tsukino-okusan." Kino introduced herself as Harry finally accepted the bentō and took it to the kitchen. "And I don't want to impose."

"Nonsense. All friends of my three children are always welcomed at the house." The woman argued and walked into the kitchen where Harry was already finishing setting up the dinner. "You need to tell her."

"I did. Quite loudly." Harry argued. "Her flat is nowhere near here." He added, making the woman smile back. "It's not funny." He whined. "I'm with massive emotional issues after what happened this summer added to the others that I already had before and now this new friend wins a silly crush…"

Usagi and Shingo were finishing setting up the table when they brought the dinner to the table and they all sat down.

"Do you like Aniki, Kino-oneesan?" Shingo asked before anyone could stop him, making Kino blush. "You're not Aniki's type, he doesn't like girls." The boy added and then walked to the living room to go pick Tommy.

"What…?"

"Harry-kun wasn't just saying it earlier to throw you away." Usagi argued. "Actually, the first-time he came out he entered into a panic attack, so hearing him practically shouting it was a welcoming chance."

Mrs Tsukino signalled the table and Kino sat down, deep red.

"You are still always welcomed in as my children's friend."

She nodded embarrassed and Harry saw Shingo bring Tommy who was with the doll Zoisite's head without it's body, holding it by the hair.

[Tom Marvolo Potter!] He snapped, stood and approached his son, taking the head from him and going to return it to its body. [Frankly!]

He returned to a pouting Tommy, who whined and threw anything near him down to the floor.

"Something I should know?" Mrs Tsukino wondered.

"Sanjōin-san gave him a new doll that looks like a friend of his and Taitō-san's from their small town. Only for then they teach Tommy how to behead it by pulling at the doll's hair."

The woman nodded.

"I'll have a talk with the duo." She agreed sternly. "Tommy is already susceptible enough to violence, there isn't a need to incentivize it."

Harry accepted the plastic bowl and spoon and went to feed Tommy, who threw the spoon away with an angry babble which fell to the floor throwing soup around. Harry massaged his eyebrows to not scream at his baby. Mrs Tsukino took hold of Tommy's hand and with the other fake-slapped it.

"That's wrong, Tommy-kun." The woman reprimanded and took the bowl from Harry, who nodded thankfully and this time the boy didn't argue about being fed as the woman used her own spoon. "If you don't behave no juices for you." She added.

Tommy immediately sat straighter.

"Why three names, Potter-senpai?" Kino asked.

"In England we have two personal names and then surname." Harry put in. "I'm Harry James Potter. James after my" [father…] he glanced at Usagi "otōsan?" He amended uncertain and the blonde girl nodded immediately.

"You called Potter-kun by Tom, not Tommy?" Kino asked.

"Tom Marvolo." Harry agreed. "Diminutive, Tommy is usually for children or for the child of someone named Tom." He added.

"We'd say Chibitom in Japanese." Usagi offered.

Kino nodded.

"Tommy was named after his other side." Harry added and started messing with his food. "Tom Marvolo Riddle. We usually just call him" [his Lordliness.]

"The first name of" [Dark Lord] "is Tom as well? Thought he was just Marvolo." Usagi asked surprised.

"He hates his first name." Harry shrugged. "Hence why he introduced himself as Marvolo. His father was Thomas and he was Tom."

"Which is why you use Tommy. Third in the family." Mrs Tsukino agreed.

"I don't consider Marvolo family." Harry argued.

"Harry-kun…"

"Marvolo is the monster who killed my parents." Harry snapped and Usagi leaned forward to take hold onto his wrist before he could even blink, stopping his magic before it could outburst. [Shit!] "I'm sorry, Tsukino-okusan. I…"

Mrs Tsukino gave Shingo the bowl and spoon, who nodded and then she pulled Harry into a motherly hug. Not once through the motherly hug did Usagi release her hold onto Harry's wrist, keeping his magic under control.

–O&SM–

TU's POV

Usagi gave Tommy-kun his favourite juice box and the boy babbled as a thank you, Harry-kun sitting on the floor before his two-way-mirror and meditating through the guidance of Snape-hakase, who was in Mahōtokoro School. Usagi had made the teen call Hakase so the older would help with his magic outburst. Usagi signalled silence to Tommy-kun, who nodded back, before she left the guest bedroom and descended.

"Snape-hakase is on the phone with Harry-kun, guiding him through some type of meditation technique." She offered Mama.

"That's good. Snape-hakase will help Harry-kun." She agreed as Usagi pulled a jacket on and then changed shoes, accepting the bentō box from Mama. "Careful out there. The sun has already set."

"Hai, Mama." Usagi showed her mobile phone and her moon trinket. "If anything, Marvolo-sama's trinket will take effect."

Mama's lips thinned at who had sent the trinkets before she nodded.

"If Marvolo-sama was the one who sent those trinkets to help you all, then why did he attack Harry-kun?"

"He is like the chef of Yakuza in England." Usagi offered and Mama nodded. "Rogue Yakuza. Harry-kun said that the woman was killed for what she did. For putting Tommy-kun in jeopardy. For putting 'Junior'-kun."

Mama sighed and kissed Usagi's forehead.

"Careful out there."

Usagi nodded and left with Mako-chan, walking Mako-chan home.

"You didn't need to come with me, Usagi-chan."

"I wanted to, besides; you still don't have a trinket." Usagi argued, Luna-chan walking beside them.

"Do they actually work?"

"The other month we had magical paparazzi trying to take pictures of my family house, Harry-kun's trinket was howling like mad." She explained. "Papa was mad when he found out and passed the word around his colleagues to stay away from our house and family, although as it was magical I believe the journalist in question never heard the warning."

Mako-chan nodded. They were just turning into the block of her apartment building, when a motorbike parked beside them.

"Odongo atama?"

Usagi turned towards Chiba-kun, who was taking out his helmet with a raised eyebrow.

"Will you ever stop calling me that?" She snapped.

"Will you ever change your hairstyle?" The older teen argued amused and Usagi huffed. "Why are you out so late? Where's Harry-sama?"

Usagi signalled Mako-chan.

"Mako-chan had dinner with us, so I brought her home because Mama was worried and Papa is working-in to compensate the days he took off because of what happened."

Chiba-kun nodded and got out the motorbike.

"Pleasure, I'm Chiba Mamoru. I'm a friend of Potter Harry, Tsukino Usagi's boyfriend."

Mako-chan bowed her head to Chiba-kun.

"Kino Makoto." She introduced back, luckily not commenting on the boyfriend part. "My flat is right here, Usagi-chan. You can go home."

Mako-chan signalled the apartment building and Usagi-chan gave her the bentō, that Mako-chan accepted, bowed her head and climbed the stairs. Usagi-chan stayed with Chiba-kun by the bottom of the stairs until they saw Mako-chan enter one of the flats.

"Want me to drive you home?" Chiba-kun asked as soon as the brunette tall girl disappeared, while opening the seat of the motorbike and taking a second helmet from the inside.

"But my house is the opposite way of your house." Usagi argued.

"And Harry-sama would never forgive me if I'd let something happen to you." Chiba-kun argued pointedly, making Usagi blush.

She let Chiba-kun pull the helmet on her and then put his own on. He climbed the motorbike and Usagi picked Luna-chan, before seating behind the man and held on tight. For some reason a memory of long ago, long before motorbikes or electricity hit her. She was riding something. What was it…? a horse. Behind someone… why was she…?

They arrived home as Papa left his car, Papa nodded back at Chiba-kun as the older teen helped Usagi out the motorbike and to take the helmet out.

"Tsukino-san."

"Harry-san's friend, am I right?"

"Chiba Mamoru." Chiba-kun agreed with a bow of head. "I better head home."

"Wait… Chiba-kun, did you have dinner already?" Usagi asked, what made Chiba-kun look back from where he was storing the second helmet and then shake his head. "Eat here, it's the least I can do after the ride home."

The teen looked at Usagi's Papa, who nodded his head in consent. Chiba-kun left the bike and with a bow of head, followed the two inside. Usagi hurried to set up two plates at the table, one for Papa and another for Chiba-kun.

"Chiba-kun found me and Mako-chan when we arrived her house. He immediately demanded to drive me home or Harry-kun wouldn't leave him alone next time they'd meet." Usagi told Mama.

"I'm glad he did." Mama agreed as Papa and Chiba-kun spoke about Chiba-kun's school and homelife. "Even with the Japanese Yakuza on our side protecting us, it's still extremely dangerous times. You remember what happened to your photography session, don't you?"

"Yes, I remember." Usagi agreed. "I rang Harry-kun while hiding in the dressing room. Harry-kun and Taitō-san had to go to come rescue both me, Naru-chan and Haruna-sensei."

Mama nodded.

"The good part is that Harry-kun is always there when you need." She agreed.

"Obachan!" Tommy-kun's shout from upstairs made Usagi, Mama, Papa and Chiba-kun run upstairs to the guest room where had been set up Harry-kun's room and Tommy-kun's portable playpen cot, to find Tommy-kun on his feet inside the playpen cot, holding onto the bars as he whined. Harry-kun on the floor spasming. Chiba-kun immediately pulled Usagi out the room and then entered, taking hold of Harry-kun in a tight grip to keep him from trashing which somehow worked at keeping Harry-kun's decontrolled magic in control – Usagi was immediately reminded of how somehow Chiba-kun had already controlled Harry-kun's magic before even the older teen didn't know of magic. Papa entered and picked Tommy-kun, giving Mama and signalling at the two out. Mama nodded and closed the door, leaving Chiba-kun and Papa inside with the obviously not okay Harry-kun.

"No more meditating for Harry-kun." Usagi gasped out.

Tommy-kun started crying and called for Usagi again, Mama signalled downstairs and Usagi followed her, let Mama sit her down on the couch and finally Tommy-kun was deposited on her lap. Only then Usagi realized why Mama had waited on letting her hold Tommy-kun: she was shaking herself.

"Do you want tea, Tommy-kun?" Mama asked and Tommy-kun nodded as he held onto Usagi's shirt and held back his tears as he hiccupped. "Obāsan will set it up right away. I'll set one for you as well, Usagi-chan."

"Thank you, Mama."

Mama nodded and went down into the kitchen as Usagi did her best to calm both herself and Tommy-kun down.

–O&SM–

STS's POV

Severus' eyes narrowed at seeing Harry's green irises turn red just before the teenager started trashing mid-meditation.

{Tommy, call for the Tsukinos! Quick!} He ordered the toddler in his portable playpen cot.

The worried boy was fast to call «Obachan!» and didn't take long for the bedroom's door to be opened by the Tsukino couple, Miss Tsukino and the reborn Earth Prince. Said Prince who immediately stepped forward and took hold of Harry, keeping his magic in control. Only then did Severus close the connection. He approached his fireplace.

{Kamijō's office.} He called as he threw the floopowder.

Harry's Private Tutor's head was fast to show up.

{Did something happen?}

{Yes, I was having Harry do meditation to control his magic but it made it worse and he is having an attack in the Muggle house. I can't go because they know I'm out of town.}

{I'll warn Nowaki.} Tutor Kamijō agreed. {The Muggles won't ask why you'd call him to make a house call. Tomorrow I'll see until where his magic can go and teach him how to fully get in touch with it.}

Severus nodded and the other left. The Brit sighed, knowing what the red eyes could mean. He turned around and left his office, left the main building and walked to the edge of the island, before he apparated to China, from China to Korea and from Korea to Russia, where he then walked inside Europe to finally be able to apparate to England without anyone the wiser.

Severus entered Lestrange Manor where he knew his Lord was staying at, having left Malfoy Manor since Lucius had moved to Japan to be a second layer of guardians for Harry and Tommy. Rabastan met him at the doors of the Manor as Severus passed through the gates.

[Why are you back here?]

[I need to see Him.] Severus told his former classmate.

[Severus…]

[Do I need to use the Dark Mark myself?] Severus drawled and the brunet's lips thinned although Severus knew that Rabastan had just tried to help him because he believed Severus was a wanted man by the Dark Lord – if only he knew how wrong that was –, before he guided Severus up the stairs and into the office where the Dark Lord usually stayed when he was staying in the Manor.

They knocked and the door opened from the inside, magically. The Dark Lord looked up from his paperwork and his eyes narrowed at seeing that it was Severus seeking him out.

[Harry or Junior?] The Dark Lord demanded.

[Harry was meditating and his irises turned red. I just sent a Healer to the Muggle house because he started having a seizure… I believe that while trying to fight the control.]

[Professor Dumbledore had locked Harry's magic and I opened it when Junior was sick, so he could keep lending magic to the toddler.] The Dark Lord growled and closed his eyes as Severus was allowed inside. [I'll do my best to control the Horcrux from distance, but there is so much that I can do without going there in person. You'll need to take him out the house into a safe place away from the Aurors for me to be able to make the Horcrux stop misbehaving.] Severus and Rabastan stayed quiet as the Dark Lord's consciousness left his body and obviously went into Harry's body to help restrain the Horcrux. Eventually the Dark Lord opened his eyes again. [Because of the meditation Harry accidentally awoke the Horcrux.] The Dark Lord explained. [It also means that Harry has no control on his Magical Core, because the only way that that weak Horcrux could take control was if he took control over Harry's magic over Harry.]

[I told his Private Tutor that I was teaching Harry how to control his magic through meditation when he had the attack. The Wizard agreed to look over it with Harry tomorrow during their class.]

The Dark Lord nodded, stood and approached the bookcase besides his desk. He picked one and looked through it, before giving Severus.

[For Harry's Private Tutor to help Harry to fully use his Magical Core.] The Dark Lord supplied. [It's in Latin.]

[I'll give it to Tutor Kamijou, if he'll need: I'll translate it for him.] Severus agreed with a bow.

The Wizard looked at Severus and then picked two trinkets from the top drawer.

[The Moon girl used Harry's two-way-mirror earlier to say that there are two new Sailor Guardians.] The Dark Lord explained and gave Severus the Jupiter and Venus trinkets. [Do make sure Harry starts using his. He doesn't bring his mobile phone everywhere.]

[I'll do my best, my Lord.]

The older nodded and signalled them out. Severus and Rabastan bowed, before leaving the office.

[Potter is a…?]

[Yes and I'm his bodyguard. This is why our Lord was so mad with your in-law for putting us in danger. And why he sent the Malfoys to Japan to join me at protecting the two Potters.]

Rabastan's lips thinned and then pulled Severus sideways. They walked down into the private area of the Manor where visitors were not allowed and entered one of the family quarters. A brunette was in Rabastan's private quarter's couch. Severus looked at the other surprised.

[She was the only one who survived Bellatrix' torture. Considering how our Lord was furious with Bellatrix, I didn't know if I should finish off the Mudblood or let her out like he did with you two.]

[And then too long passed and you were afraid what he would say because you hid her.] Severus agreed and Rabastan nodded his head, obviously ashamed of the fact.

Severus approached Miss Granger's sleeping-form in the couch and checked her. She looked well, most likely in a serious need of some physiotherapy for the past month in a magical coma beside the torturing curse. He checked up her mind and realized that she wasn't too affected mentally by what Bellatrix had done to her.

[Will you bring her?] Rabastan asked, a little too hopeful.

[You need to go tell our Lord, I can't bring her towards where His Horcruxes are and put both Potters in jeopardy without His explicit permission. I'm already walking on thin ice because I hid them in the first place.] Severus argued and the other's lips practically disappeared, before he nodded and left his private quarters.

Severus sighed and set a hand on Miss Granger's forehead and felt the teenager's Magical Core, guiding himself through how she used to be when she was his student in her first-year, second-year and first-trimester of her third-year before he moved away.

Eventually the door opened and his Lord's Dark Magic oppression entered the room.

[Will she make it?] The older demanded to know.

[Her Magical Core is intact and, from what I checked, her mind sake was left untouched by Bellatrix's curse.] Severus agreed, not looking away from what he was doing. [Needs physiotherapy and actual food in her. But Rabastan kept her in a magical coma, so that doesn't surprise me.]

[Is it best to have her awake from a coma in a Japanese Muggle hospital with the Muggles believing she had been in Japan all this long and so never captured by Bellatrix and you yourself deal with any possible torturing repercussion, or do we bring her to Japan through the legal ways? Because the second one Professor Dumbledore might get to her and with what Bellatrix has done, she might not be as liberal this time.]

Severus finally looked away from the girl and towards the other two. His Lord was right.

(TBC)

Congratulations to 917brat(AO3) for realising that Hermione was alive

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~Isys