Harry and Tomoe sat cuddled up on their bed for several hours before either of them felt comfortable enough to move away from each other. Tomoe because of the worry, no matter how unlikely, that Harry would be forced away from him and to England. Hadrian didn't want to leave the comfort of Tomoes arms because meeting his parents and the resulting fight had drained him emotionally and he wanted all the love and comfort he could get.

Eventually though Tomoe did shift away from Harry, eliciting a whine from the boy, so that he could prepare a simple meal for the two of them. Harry perked up considerably as the smell of curry reached his nose. He scrambled out of bed, nearly tripping over his kimono in the process, to come up behind Tomoe and watch him skillfully cut vegetables and add spices to the sauce.

"If you're going to be in the kitchen you can at least help koishii. Would you preparing the tea? Lunch will be ready soon." Tomoe said with a teasing glint in his eye at the flush that spread delicately over Hadrian's cheekbones. His eyes softened and a gentle smile made it's way onto his face as he watched him set out the tea and begin steeping the herbs. 'So easy to make him happy' Tomoe thought fondly.

It was only a few minutes later that they both sat down to a simple lunch of white rice and curry with fragrant Jasmine tea. They both ate in silence as they pondered what they would do now as they both knew the British magicals wouldn't give up even if they didn't come back to the shrine.

"Tomoe... what should we do?" Hadrian questioned after they had finished eating. "They're going to keep trying to force me back." He stated as he stared into his teacup. "I don't want to go to England and leave the shrine. I don't care about some prophesy stating I have to destroy that dark wizard but I still feel guilty because of the innocents who may die." He finished sorrowfully as he finally pulled his eyes to meet Tomoes royal blue ones.

"I don't think there is anything we can do at the moment." Tomoe said after a few moments of silence. Tomoe said after a few moments of silence. Harry was about to protest no dobut, but was hushed by Tomoe raising his hand up a bit. "I'm not saying we won't help them if war does break out but I know for a fact that Voldemort currently doesn't even have a body and his followers are too scared of their prison to try anything. The English wizarding population is perfectly safe right now. The reason we can do nothing is because of what that creature did to his soul." He stated firmly his eyes boring into Harry's to make sure he understood.

Hadrian looked ready to protest but Tomoe never stopped him from helping others unless there was a good reason and from what he had said there was a very good reason. "What has he done to his soul? And how did you know all that information?" He questioned. "Were you speaking to Mizuki through our bond?"

Tomoe grimaced at the name. Mizuki was Hadrian's second familiar who is a white snake shikigami with white slightly parted hair. He has green snake like eyes and white eyelashes as his most defining features and he wears traditional clothes much like Tomoes although he prefers shades of green.

Mizuki had led a very sheltered life until he met Hadrian, something Tomoe scathingly points out on more than one occasion. He had formerly been the familiar of Yonomori shrine, he was left alone for several years after the god he was serving, Yonomori the water god, died. He suffered from extreme loneliness during this time and this lead to him creating a fantasy world for himself centered around the plum tree his water god had loved.

Still, boredom and curiosity often drove him to make exploratory trips outside Yonomori Shrine in his snake form.

Mizuki had first met Hadrian after slithering into the grocery store Tomoe were shopping at. He saved him from a group of children and released him was quite taken by his kindness and beauty, and decided to make him his bride, marking him arm as a token of their engagement. However, thanks to Tomoe, the wedding didn't go exactly as Mizuki had planned.

He has tried several times in various ways to drive a wedge between them, without success. He is extremely naive and is shown to possess a childlike wonder and innocence in the ways of the human world and the things in it. As he continues to spend time with his new god and her friends his world has expanded, but he remains by and large a rather goofy, lovable baby. Inexperience notwithstanding, Mizuki can be very clever and even manipulative. He still loves Hadrian in his own way, and so is very jealous of his obvious affection for Tomoe.

Tomoe sighed before responding "Yes I was speaking with Mizuki through our connection to you. Luckily for us he's in England right now exploring and was able to gather some information for us. He sends his love by the way and says you're going to love the presents he's bringing back for you." Tomoe finished with a smile. Even if he didn't truly like the other youkai he was still very pleased with the love and devotion he showed Harry. Besides it was good for Hadrian to have a secondary protector if he ever had business away from the shrine. Not that Hadrian truly needed it.

*Scene Change*

At Potter Manor things weren't going quite as well for Lily and James. Albus had declined returning to Hogwarts for the moment as he didn't want anyone to learn yet that he no longer had a wand. All three of them had been exhausted when they'd been returned by the silvery mist and had decided to regroup and plan their next course of action over breakfast. So far it was not going well. Mostly due to the horrendous tantrum Evan was pitching.

He had come down to breakfast full of his usual confidence and he was dressed in particularly fine red silk robes with the potter crest embroidered on the right breast and on the back of his robes as well. His dark reddish-brown hair was spiked perfectly and his hazel eyes so like his fathers eagerly scanned the dining room for his older twin. His wide smile faltered as he saw only his parents and the headmaster sitting around the table.

"Where is he?!" he questions shrilly. His voice rising a few octaves and breaking a bit. James tried and failed to hid a snort of laughter causing his son to whip his direction and glare at him. Before yesterday such a look from his son would have made him nervous but after meeting his elder child he was trying hard not to laugh about how non-threatening Evan looked.

"We were unable to convince young Harry to return home with us my boy but we will eventually bring him to either here or Hogwarts." Albus explained gently while smearing strawberry jam onto a scone. Seeing the anger increase on Evan's face had him asking a more important question. "May I inquire as to why you seem so irritated by this? It was my understanding that you didn't wish your brother to be here?"

"I care because he can give me my inheritance!" Evan all but howled as he threw himself into a chair and crossed his arms with a deep pouting scowl on his face.

Lily and James looked at each other then back to Evan both thinking how their two children couldn't be more different. All four of them sat in relative silence for a few moments while Evan loaded his plate with fried eggs, sausages, kippers and biscuits. After making sure Evan had eaten at least a few bites did Lily question what her son meant.

"How can your brother being here make you the Heir again love? Albus and your father are both quite certain that only Harry can inherit." She asked gently while throwing a glare at both Albus and James again as they both seemed quite content to let her deal with Evan's temper on her own.

"Hermione found out for me..." Evan began thickly through a mouthful of eggs before a deadly glare from his mother caused him to pause and swallow his food before beginning again. "Hermione found out for me that the Heir can transfer his status to a different child if they want. She did say something about it bringing shame or something like that but it doesn't matter. Important part is I get be your Heir dad!" He finished this with a smug smile before he tore into his breakfast again.

Lily looked over at James after her son's little speech to see what he thought of it. A look of annoyance was plastered over his face before he brought his hand up and pinched the bridge of his nose underneath his glasses while releasing a sigh of frustration. He took a deep breath before dropping his hand and raising his head back up to look at Evan who was shoveling food into his mouth with next to no manners at all.

"Evan..." James started with gritted teeth causing said boy to look up with his cheeks full like a chipmunks and bits of egg dribbling down his chin. Seeing the severe look on his dad's face he hastily swallowed the food and wiped his chin with a napkin. "... What Hermione was most likely talking about is important. The shame you mentioned is shame brought upon the FAMILY not the child transitioning the Heir-ship to a younger sibling. When the Heir-ship is moved it means that the oldest child was found unfit to carry on the family legacy and reflects poorly on the family as a whole. So what Ms. Granger found is not an option for you to use to become the Heir" James stated firmly despite watching his son's face pale before quickly going beet red.

"But that's not fair!" He spluttered out. "Why should it matter if the oldest kid doesn't want to inherit? And why does he still get it all anyways?! He's not even a proper Brit! I want my inheritance! And I don't want that nancy shirt-lifter to matter anymore!" He bellowed while slamming and tossing anything he could get his hands on. At the end of his tirade he practically threw himself onto the table and began banging his fists on the wooden surface and kicking his legs back and forth while shouting more profanities about Hadrian and how unfair it all was and that his parents obviously didn't love him anymore and were replacing him with his older brother.

All three adults on the other side of the table stared in shock that a thirteen year old boy would throw a tantrum like a toddler. Lily's mouth had dropped open and she was watching Evan in silent horror while James had simply groaned loudly before burying his face in his hands. Albus was simply looking at him in abject disappointment all the while thinking "If we cannot convince Hadrian to rid us of Voldemort I fear we will be unable to stop him if this is what young Evan is truly like."

James was the first one who decided that the temper tantrum was over. He stood up from his seat and made his way over to the other side of the table and stood by his sons chair waiting for him to notice. It only took a few moments for him to look up sniffling his face red with tears and snot running down his face. His son glared at him before yelling at him to go away if he couldn't give him what he wanted. That demand was all it took for James to raise his hand and slap his son solidly across the face.

"James!" Lily screeched rising from her chair to rush over to Evan whose face had gone pasty white causing the red hand print to stand out in sharp relief. The second his mother reached him and began cuddling him as if he were a small child did he begin wailing again. "How could you do that?!" She yelled at him while cooing over Evan.

"He's not a child anymore Lily!" He barked sharply. "He needs to learn how to behave like the adult he's becoming and not as if he's a child that goes crying to mummy for every little thing!" Without saying anymore he stomped from the room leaving a sniffling Evan and a shocked Lily and Albus to stare at the door.