Harry woke slowly from his fitful sleep and for several moments wasn't quite sure why hazel eyes were glaring at him from across the table. He blinked several times as his eyes focused and he frowned as he remembered that he'd brought his parents back to the shrine to help heal his mother. If his father was glaring at him already then that meant the Tomoe had most likely ripped yet another argument to shreds. Speaking of Tomoe… Where was he?

James watched his son in irritation as he waited for him to actually wake up. He became even more agitated when the first thing Hadrian did was look around the room in search of the demon. Why couldn't his son see that he was no good for him and that he should come home with Lily and himself so they could teach him properly! Either way he was going to use this chance to try and turn his son away from Tomoe.

"He's not here. He said he went out for groceries. He left a note on the counter over there with some clothes" James told his son when Harry focused back on him silently asking for an answer to the unspoken question. James watched as Harry rose from his spot and read over the note and grimaced at the happy smile that was blossoming on his face as he read whatever sweet words the monster had written. It was going to be difficult to break the spell he was sure that was placed on his son. There was simply no way the demon had been telling the truth when he said that he hadn't done anything to his son. He was broken from his thoughts when his son grabbed the light purple bundle and moved to the paper door at the back of the shrine.

"Where are you going?" Harry turned at the question with a strange look on his face as if he was surprised that James would care to ask.

"I'm going to take a bath." Hadrian slowly as if James was a small child. Honestly, what else would he be doing. He wondered at the actual intelligence of the man at times. He hadn't even realized that he'd left his other child in England without any guardian for Kami's sake. Oh well it wasn't his problem. With the question answered he didn't even wait for a response as he left the shrine to head to the hot spring for a well deserved soak leaving James to his devices.

Harry sighed happily as he walked the short path to the spring. It was nearly eleven in the morning so there was a beautiful coolness still in the air. He was surprised he'd slept to late but with the eight hour time difference between Japan and England he wasn't too surprised. They'd left England around four in the afternoon which made it around midnight at the shrine. It had taken he and Tomoe an hour to make the potion and he had fallen asleep a couple of hours later so he'd gotten his regular eight hours. He just typically went to bed earlier and then rose with the sun but it couldn't be helped he supposed as he reached the hot spring and outdoor shower.

He wondered when his father would stop following him though. He didn't relish the idea of being naked in front of another man even if that man was his father. He'd used some fairly advanced charms to not be seen or heard but Harry recognized them easily and was actually disappointed that James thought he could fool him so easily and he had no problems voicing these thoughts.

"I know you're there so would you please just come out already." Hadrian stated blandly as he set the clothes that Tomoe had left out for him on one of the wooden benches on the edge of the spring before turning around with his arms crossed against his chest and his foot tapping an irritated beat on the ground.

He watched as grass was crushed underneath his invisible fathers feet before the man himself actually released the charms with a wave of his wand. He stood there and stared at him for several moments. His father was babbling nervously about just being 'worried' for him and was standing sheepishly with his shoulders hunched while rubbing the back of his neck with an embarrassed smile but Harry wasn't fooled. James just wanted to make sure that if Tomoe returned while Harry was here that the two of them wouldn't get a moment alone with one another.

"You can stop chattering about how you were 'worried' for me any day now. We both know that you aren't. You simply want to make sure I stayed alone out here." Harry voiced coldly and watched with amusement as his words stopped his father in his tracks. It was hilarious that James thought he could trick him so easily. He watched cooly as his father stopped his meaningless talk and straightened slowly with that oh so common arrogance filling his gaze once more.

"So what if I was. You are still my son and the Potter heir so I can't have you gallivanting off with some monster. When you do come home with Lily and I we'll make sure that you have a proper fiance." James said somewhat snobbishly as he stared down his tiny eldest child and watched as his hands dropped to his side and he heaving a huge sigh. He allowed a smirk to slide onto his face at his son finally giving up but it slipped off his face as soon as Harry met his eyes once again and he noticed that he was being given a look of pity and sadness.

"You'll never get it. I love Tomoe with all of my heart. He's my other half, my soulmate and there will never be anyone else for me aside from him. Even if that wasn't the case I would still never go back to England with you. You abandoned me and left me for dead without even a second thought because your precious headmaster deemed me useless and unworthy because I wasn't the boy who lived and now that you've recognized your mistake you've come here to try and order me back 'home'. Well let me tell you something… You will NEVER be able to convince or force me to go to England unless I want threw me aside for Evan because of Dumbledore and now you're throwing him aside for me. I wonder how he feels about this. He couldn't have meant much to you since you left him alone in England the second you thought I might be caving to your wishes. Worry about not losing your other son while we wait for the potion to be ready. You might actually get somewhere on that front. Now Leave." Hadrian finished his small speech with a wave of his hand which sent his father hurtling back to the shrine before turning to take his bath in peace.

He knew he would have to go back to England at least one more time to at the very least meet with Mizuki, who was still there and gathering more information for him, and to also retrieve the cloak of invisibility from his parents home. He sighed as he sank into the warm waters. There was still so much to do and he didn't want to be spending a lot of time doing it either. Oh well he would manage. After all he had two dedicated familiars in Mizuki and Fawkes although he hadn't seen the beautiful bird since they'd bonded. He knew that the Phoenix was most likely just stretching his wings and feeling freedom for the first time in a long while judging from what he could feel through their bond. He had a feeling Albus always kept the Phoenix close to him and probably never let the poor thing out of the castle. More than that though he had Tomoe and with him by his side he knew that he could overcome any obstacle.

*** The Burrow ***

Evan was pouting and he knew it but he had every right! His parents had just up and left after dumping him with the Weasley's! He didn't mind being at Ron's place at all but what was truly pissing him off was the fact that they'd left him to mess around with his stupid brother! What was so bloody special about him! They didn't even know him! These thoughts and more were running through his head as he and Ron were walking back to The Burrow. They had snuck out a few hours ago at midnight to fly around the makeshift pitch in the apple orchard.

"Mate I just don't see why you care so much. So what if The Daily Prophet is saying you aren't the boy-who-lived. Everyone knows Skeeter lies bout everything and she ain't got no proof anyways." He was saying for the hundredth time since a special edition evening prophet had been delivered to The Burrow. He seemed completely oblivious to the anger that flashed across his best friends face every time he brought it up.

"It's not about whether there's proof! It's the fact that she thinks she can get away with telling those lies about us! Stupid people will believe her too!" Evan argued hotly as they finished up the garden and began heading back inside to cool off and hopefully be able to actually go back to sleep. That's why he'd dragged Ron out of bed to fly with him because all he'd been able to accomplish was to toss and turn for a few hours before he couldn't stand it anymore.

"Well what do they matter then mate if they're stupid? Jus' quit worryin bout everything and relax. The world cup is in a couple weeks n' when that happens everyone'll forget about that bitches article all right. 'Sides aren't cha excited about that? Ireland Vs. Bulgaria with Viktor Krum!" Ron had gone into his usual starry-eyed adoration at the mention of his idol. The seeker for the Bulgarian national quidditch team but Ron had made some good points as well with the fact that soon everyone would forget about Skeeter's article in the face of the world cup.

Evan smirked at the thought and contented himself with the fact that everyone would forget his stupid brother soon and Mum and Dad would be back at the very least by then to go with him to the world cup. Even if they were gone up until that point it just meant that everything with his inheritance and the thing with He-Who-Must-not-Be-Named would be all taken care of and everything would be back to normal. He was definitely looking forward to that. His mind finally at ease he had no issues passing out the moment his head hit the pillow.