The van pulled up into the theatre's parking lot, and the girls stepped out, ready for their big performance. "Alright Harry, you'll be staying with Mr. Kotaro for a little bit. But don't worry, you'll be able to see us the entire time." Sakura said reassuringly, stroking Harry's cheek.

Kotaro nodded. "Indeed, we'll be watching from backstage! And it. Will. Be. GLORIOUS." Harry winced at Kotaro's loud shouting, but smiled nonetheless. He understood that unlike when his Uncle yelled, Kotaro yelled in a fun way.

Sakura gave Harry a quick hug. "Be good for Mr. Kotaro, okay, Harry?"

"Okay Miss Sakura!" He smiled up at her, giving a tiny wave to her and the other idols as they walked towards their dressing room.

Kotaro and Harry stood in awkward silence. "So...Read any good books lately?" Kotaro asked.

"Um.. I.. I don't know how to read..." Harry muttered, embarrassed.

"Oh. Huh. Watch any good movies then?"

"We watched a movie about toys before we came here... I liked it."

"Oh. That's good." Kotaro nodded. The two sat in an awkward silence until Harry spoke up again.

"Mr. Kotaro?" He asked.

Kotaro blinked and looked at the boy. "Yes?"

"How did you meet Miss Sakura and the others?" Harry asked curiously.

Kotaro led Harry backstage. "Well, m'boy, Sakura was a good friend of mine in my highschool days. But then she passed on...Without fulfilling her dream of becoming a famous idol. So I brought her back, along with the other girls to be her co-idols!" Harry seemed confused, then his eyes widened as he realized something Kotaro had said.

"You brought them back to life?!"

Kotaro nodded. "Yes."

"But...But how?"

"Yes." Harry frowned, but didn't say anything. Simply looking around the large theatre. The two reached backstage, and sat down, watching the monitor. The first contestant in the show was a teenage boy playing piano. He was singing 'I'm Still Standing' by Elton John.

"...Mr. Kotaro? Do you think I'm a freak?" Silence.

"Yes." Harry winced. "And I'm a freak. And the girls are freaks. And the boy playing the piano is a freak. And the audience? Just a bunch of freaks. And all those people you ran into on the street? They're freaks too." Kotaro looked at Harry. "Everyone is a freak. And that is a good thing. If we were normal, we'd be boring. But our freakiness is what makes us stand out as individuals. Don't fear the fact that you're a freak. Embrace it like the rest of us!"

Harry was deeply considering these words... "So, what makes me a freak... makes me normal?" Harry asked.

"Damn right kid." Kotaro nodded with a smile. "Now listen, I don't mean to pry into something that ain't my business, but whatever happened with your family. Whatever they told you, they were dead wrong. You may be a freak, but that makes you special, that's what makes you..."

"Me?" Harry asked.

"Exactly!"

Harry smiled slightly. "I think I get it...Thank you, Mr. Kotaro..." Kotaro ruffled Harry's hair.

"Don't mention it kid." He smirked kindly. "The world can be a strange place, sometimes all you need are the right people."

"Like Miss Sakura!" Harry piped up happily. Kotaro smirked.

"Wow, you really seem to like Miss Sakura, huh?"

"Yeah." Harry nodded. "She's really nice. She gives me hugs... and feeds me, and she doesn't hurt me..."

"Really now?" Kotaro put a finger under his chin and gave the boy a toothy grin, "Would you say she's...motherly towards you then?"

"I guess?" Harry replied, unsure. "I don't know what a mommy is like..."

Kotaro smirked. "A mommy, as you put it, does many of the things Sakura does for you. She takes care of you, she feeds you, she helps you feel better when you're in pain..." Harry's eyes widened slightly. Was Miss Sakura his mommy? He loved her with all his heart... but she was too kind to him. She wouldn't want to be his mommy... He thought about it, and decided he would ask her later that night. Then, after a rather short man finished singing 'My Way', the girls came onstage. "Well, they're up!" Kotaro smirked, patting Harry's back. "Let's see how they do!" Harry watched the girls' performance intently, and once again found himself swaying back and forth to the music.

"They're so good!" Harry breathed. He had heard. Sakura and the others sing earlier, but now as he saw how it all came together on stage it was magical in a sense.

Kotaro smirked. "Well of course they're good. They only have the world's greatest manager, after all." He said with complete confidence.

"Oh. That makes a difference?" Harry asked innocently.

Kotaro sweatdropped. "Well, erm...no...not really..." He sulked.

"I thought it did. Miss Saki and Miss Sakura talked about how much you helped them."

"Yes, but it is their own efforts that help them to improve. I won't take the credit for the girls' hard work." Kotaro explained. Harry nodded, seeming to understand before looking back up at the big screen above them, showing the idols mid-performance. When the performance finished, Harry cheered and clapped, only to blush when he remembered that they couldn't hear him.

"They were amazing!" He cheered.

"I gotta admit, they've really gotten better." Kotaro nodded. "Just uh, don't tell them I said that."

"Aww, thanks, Shades, you're too kind." Kotaro groaned at the sound of Saki's voice as all seven girls stepped into the room, Sakura grinning ear to ear as she picked up Harry.

"So Harry, what did you think?" Sakura asked eagerly.

"You were amazing!" Harry exclaimed happily, trying to hug Sakura.

Sakura nodded her head with a big smile. "Thanks, sweetie! We're the last act, so they'll be announcing the winner in about ten minutes." The other idols sighed in relief, feeling relieved that their major performance was not only over, but went as well as it had.

"Hey little guy." Ai said, bending down slightly to be at Harry's eye level. "Glad to see you thought we did well."

Harry beamed at her. "You're gonna win! You were super good!" He said with the utmost confidence and conviction that made a grin come to Saki's face.

"Oh, you know it, little man!" Sakura hadn't felt this happy in ages. She didn't care if they won or list (well, maybe she did care a little bit...) but seeing Harry and her friends so happy gave her a sense of warmth she hand't felt even when she was alive. The group went out to stage. The top three winners would earn a cash prize, so as long as they made the top 3, they were guranteed to walk away with something... Third place went to a punk teenage girl who played an original song on guitar, and she won 420 025 yen...

"And in second place, winning 840,050 yen...FRANCHOUCHOU!" "Yay!" Harry was happily cheering form backstage with Kotaro as they saw the girls accept the prize and smile and wave. The teen on the piano was ultimately the winner, but it wasn't about the prizes. It was about getting the Franchouchou name out into the public eye. As the girls walked backstage, there was a celebratory air to the way they walked, a feeling of pride surrounding them.

"Hell yeah, we actually cracked the top three this time!" Saki cheered with a fist pump, Tae imitating her. "Nowhere left to go but up, ladies!"

"I think you were the best." Harry said, looking up from where he was sitting.

"Awww that means a lot Harry!" Saki smiled, giving him a hug, only for Sakura to hug the two of them.

Sakura giggled and took Harry into her arms. "Thanks, Harry, that's really sweet of you to say." She cooed. Harry smiled happily at that.

"Well, you're really nice to me... and I wanna be nice to you." Harry sheepishly replied.

"Aww..." Sakura cooed.

The group decided to get Drive-In Tori for dinner that night. Harry ended up being passed around to all the different zombies as they drove over to the restaurant, each of the idols hugged Harry, enjoying his warm embrace, until he eventually nodded off in Yugiri's arms, peacefully breathing. Yugiri gave the boy a small smile before passing him back over to Sakura, who took him gratefully and rocked him back and forth. "He had a big day..."

"Hey, so did we!" Lily reasoned.

"Yes, but he's a small boy." Yugiri explained. "This was all more than he's probably used to."

Lily pouted slightly, but accepted the answer. Saki put a hand to her mouth and snickered. "Eat some of your chicken, Shrimpy. Oh yeah...You should probably feed the kid, Sakura. He needs all the food he can get." Gently shaking Harry to wake him up, Sakura held some of the chicken up so he could smell it.

"Harry, dinner time." She said quietly, so not to startle him awake.

"Mm... mama?" He murmured in his sleep.

Sakura giggled and kissed his head. "It's me, Harry...Miss Sakura..." She cooed, not thinking much of it due to Harry saying it while mostly asleep.

Harry tiredly opened his mouth and seemed to happily eat the Tori, waking up as he chewed. "Mmm... Mr. Drive-In Tori makes...really good chicken..." He mumbled tiredly, opening his mouth for another bite with a soft "Aaaah..."

"It's great to know we all love Drive-In Tori." Junko said, a mouthful of chicken. "It'll make for some easy nights."

Saki grinned widely. "Never a wrong time to eat greasy fast food chicken, am I right or am I right?"

"You're right." Harry nodded, still eating some chicken.

Saki grinned. "Well, the kid says I'm right, so any arguments you have are invalid." She said, patting Harry's head affectionately, causing a sleepy smile.

"I don't think you'll find many arguments towards Tori's food." Lily stated matter-of-factly.

"Agreed." Ai nodded.

"All right, ladies and gentleman, we are home at last! Unbuckle, get inside and go about your normal zombie schedules for the night!" Sakura felt something pulling on her sleeve, looking down she saw Harry with a puzzled look on his face.

"What is it Harry?" She asked.

"What's a zombie schedule?" Harry asked.

Sakura shrugged her shoulders. "Oh, there's no zombie schedule. It's just Mr. Kotaro being a big goofball as usual." She explained with a smile.

"Oh. So... what do you wanna do now?" Harry asked, there was still a noticable amount of timidness in his voice, but he was somewhat coming out of his shell. Then the boy yawned again, and Sakura smiled softly. "Well, right now I think we should be putting you to sleep." She cooed. Harry nodded his head.

"M'kay." He cuddled into Sakura's chest and rested his head against her neck. Sakura adjusted him in her arms to make sure he was comfortable and carried him into her room. She gently tucked him into bed and handed him the teddy bear from the night prior. "Um... Miss Sakura...?" Sakura tilted her head. "Can...Can I call you mama...?" Sakura froze, if she could, she knew she'd feel her blood run cold and her heart skin several beats. She looked down wide-eyed at Harry, who now looked away, frightened.

"C..could you repeat that please?" She finally asked.

Harry covered his eyes with his tiny hands and whimpered softly. "I...I wanna call you mama...Please? Can I...?" Harry was afraid he was about to be hit, or thrown back not the street, he knew he had messed up... But he was surprised when the hits never came, rather, a loving kiss was planted on his head, and then another, and another...

Sakura hugged the boy tightly, running her fingers through his hair. "Yes, Harry...It's okay if you call me mama. I don't mind at all..." She said softly.

"M..mama..." Harry finally got out. Then, tears of joy began to flow, Sakura didn't need to be asked, she scooped Harry up and hugged him close to her chest.

"That's right, Mama's gotcha." Sakura smiled, rocking Harry back and forth. "And Mama's gonna keep you safe."

"I love you mommy." Harry said, leaning into the hug.

Sakura began to tear up slightly. "Aww...I love you too, Harry..." She cooed, resting her cheek on his head as she held him in her arms gently. They sat comfortable in the bed, Harry felt a sense of protection he had longed for his entire life. Miss Sakura was too kind to him. She cared for him, she loved him. And he loved her right back. He snuggled into the zombies chest and closed his eyes, letting out a cute yawn that got a smile out of Sakura. "Go to sleep, Harry...Mama's here..."

"Good night mama." Harry mumbled, curling up in his mothers arms. Sakura lay back on her bed, listening to Harry's peaceful breathing as he had dropped off to sleep. She felt like Lily right now. If her heart was still functioning, it would be beating out of her chest. This boy was just too precious for his own good... Harry then let out a tiny yawn in his sleep and turned over, beginning to suck his thumb in his sleep. 'TOO. CUTE!.' Sakura was screaming hin her mind. Giggling softly, the zombie closed her eyes. 'I thought I'd lost my chance to be a mom...Now I am one...' She thought as she drifted off to slumber. As the two slept peacefully, Harry wrapped up in Sakura's arms, the usual nightmares Harry dreaded never came, just a feeling of love, and as for Sakura, she slept happily, her son held close in a blissful slumber.