A/N: Shameless rip off of Sexual Healing by Margo Maguire. Of course, it has my muse, Takeshi Kaneshiro in Golden Bowl.

Summary: What would happen in a world where people don't feel anger, hate and bitterness? Hermione Granger have always wondered what that world would be like. But she did not account for her feelings to pass on to a young and impressionable Teddy Lupin. It created a Utopia where there is no war, famine or illness. Someone was sent back in time to stop this ideal world from coming to pass.

Of Sterility and Feelings

Part 1

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A874-CG-023 silently listened as the Gattaca president addressed the group. "The population decline has reached a critical level," said S237-DF-859. She led Gattaca, an ancient organization which promoted the vitality and welfare of the planet. It was recently revived to address the concerns of the world's troubled leading scientists. One such scientist is A874. S237's calmly stated a growingly obvious fact, that it would take less than 300 years for humanity to grow extinct, leaving only the flora and fauna and remnants of their technology and culture. "This problem will soon be irreversible." She calmly stated. One of the members of the team asked the inevitable question, who will they send?

His name came up in the possible candidates to send back in time given his expertise in quantum physics, his magical ability (the inventor of Humanitas Salve came from magical heritage as well) and other aspects that would be helpful in time travel. Different scientists of Gattaca studied the problem of humanity's population decline from different angles and have come to one conclusion. Remove the very thing that Gattaca developed to save the planet and stop the inventor of Humanitas Salve from ever inventing it, before it could cause this eventual infertility in what remains of humanity.

Gattaca met in S237's living unit, in guise of a social function, so that the federation would not perceive anything amiss given the existing laws that forbid interference with past events. The world has become a utopia, emotions have been subdued and reason prevails.

War and feminine is just an alien concept that exists in ancient texts, there were no violence, crime or disease. However, it was a cold, regimented world and while humanity lost its aggression, humanity lost its desire to mate. Humanitas Salve cured several known diseases and the side effect of lack of libido had not been noticed at first. When humanity finally noticed, it was viewed as a positive social development.

It was not. By 2514, the science community finally understood the full effect of Humanitas Salve. The genetic modification that bred out propensity for most diseases like vascular disease and cancer have had a dark creeping effect. The offspring of parents whose genes have been modified by Humanitas Salve lacked interest in sex.

It took several generations for the effect to become widespread however, not everyone was desensitized. A small percentage of the population is yet unaffected, they are called Deviants and they are growing smaller in number. So much so, that overtime, sexuality has fallen into disfavor and was merely considered a necessary evil by society at large.

A874-CG-023 is one of these few who are not desensitized, but there wasn't much stimulation that his libido is rarely a problem. He had not told anyone that he was a Deviant, as he did not want to deal with the stigma that is usually associated with his difference. Even though his genes were intact, Deviants have to be careful so as not to alienate their friends and co-workers. He is a scientist and as such he chose to keep his sexual urges to himself.

Even as peace reign and there had been freedom from the illnesses that ravaged their ancestors did not hinder their continuous growth as a specie, centuries plowed on wherein human life arrive at a critical point. This decline in numbers would wreak havoc upon civilization as there would be insufficient numbers of people to maintain humanity's lifestyle. There would be insufficient number of workers to produce necessities or consumers to purchase them. It would bring about humanity's eventual retreat in small groups and would make world community impossibility.

Initially, cloning was considered as the solution to this drastic population drop. However, it was noticed that there were sever flaws in the cloned subjects such as the miniscule intellectual capacity or a missing limb or more appendages than there should have been. Until, these flaws on cloning had been corrected, the Federation cannot rely on this method to multiply its populace.

Gattaca weighed the pros and cons, they presume that the population would remain steady given the deaths caused by war and famine but there would be no artificial population decline due to the genetically created repugnance to reproduction.

"Then, it is settled? A874-CG-023 is the logical choice to go. He is a temporal spatial physicist. He is from a magical heritage. Given his deep interest in ancient history, he would know the Great London than any of us," said S237.

"Great Britain." A874 retorted. He'd studied all available information but the documentation on this era has been severely fragmented, with very few info-discs that survived the terrible wars of the twenty third century. A874 believed that the time period he needed to visit would be fraught with danger of violence and disease. The people of that long-ago era of 1998 allowed their emotions, their animalistic libido, to rule their actions. He knows it would be absolute hell.

"My mistake," S237 said, "Great Britain. Now that we have all the facts in, it is of utmost importance that we act fast. A874 straightened up in his seat. He knew it was his duty to go. He has to stop the man who would invent Humanitas Salve and change the course of the world.

Time travel was not exactly trivial, but it was not the impossibility pronounced by scientists throughout the Technical Age. Certainly, it posed Quantum Physics and Temporal Spatial problems, but these were solved by the advent of the computrons, thinking machines that were far more advanced than computers of the Technical Age. He was a physicist in the Knowledge Age, he can certainly do this.

"I am prepared to go." A847 said. He knew that the people of the distant past still had their magic secrecy laws, that they used confusing first names that can be similar to others and had family names and that they exchanged currency for goods and services.

"Do you need to make preparations?" S237-DF859 queried. A874 shook his head. He had anticipated being the one chosen to go, he'd long considered what he needed to do to fit in. He'd made arrangements. "No, I would just need a few hours to assemble what I'll need to take with me." He replied. The leader of Gattaca nodded her head in assent. "Then, we'll meet in th e warehouse at first light."

Ever since he caught wind of this proposal, some 5 years ago, A874 had added an additional two hours of exercise to his daily regimen of swimming, running and even weight lifting, in anticipation that he would be called upon for this mission. He wanted to be ready, both physically and mentally for this task. This physical fatigue coupled with his meditation helped him control his recurring attacks of lust at night.

He left the group, took a transit to the Exercise Center for one last workout before he leaves. His colleagues would not understand, given their altered genetics, how he feels anxiety for this mission. Even though he is the lead scientist of the Federation's Temporal-Spatial department, he feels trepidation about the undertaking. The creation of a wormhole that would enable one to travel through time is no simple feat. Then, there is the very real possibility that Edward Remus Lupin did not develop his break through work for Humanitas Salve in 2015. If that was the case, A874 might arrive a year or two late, too late to do what he needed to do. To compensate for this probable historical notation error, he and his colleagues agreed that he should arrive a few years early.

He chose a name, one that he traced in his own rather sketchy family records. He would become Shu Akutagawa. Once in 2010, he would be able to use the available rudimentary technology of the time to locate this Edward Remus Lupin and make any necessary arrangements. Perhaps he can even use the archaic machines to create credentials he would need to become one of Edward Remus Lupin's colleagues. No matter how he managed it, he would stop Lupin from creating Humanitas Salve.