Hi again! Two chapters in two days! This one is a bit longer than the previous one, so that's alright :)

After this chapter, we'll finally hit the Narutoverse! Yay!

Enjoy!

Harry was attempting to not swear up a storm as he strode up the driveway. Ryou and Seto silently followed behind, though they did wonder what the boy was trying to do. After reading the test results, he exclaimed something about a cousin, then fainted. The goblins let them stay the remainder of the night, and had someone watch Harry until he awoke. The young mage then said something about having to go somewhere.

'So instead of asking me like a sane person would—like having me open a portal or at least get a limousine—he thought it would be such a great idea to navigate via knightbus.' Seto grumbled to himself.

After a couple of knocks on the door, the entryway opened up to display a young lady with long, wavy, brown hair. The sleep from her eyes disappeared as soon as she set eyes upon them.

"Come in! Come in!"

Once the door was firmly shut once again, she led them into the living room, and proceded to firmly ream Harry out.

"Harry! What are you doing here? Better question—why are you here? You know it is unsafe for you to be about without Dumbledore's permission! And to not be under disguise..." She trailed off once she noticed the look she was receiving from Kaiba.

Harry chuckled nervously. "Hermoine, meet an old friend of mine: Ryou Bakura. This is also his friend Seto Kaiba. Before you go on any further about how I shouldn't be here, I really need to tell you something." He went on to explain his thoughts on how Dumbledore knew of the prophesy, how he went about molding his own life, calling up his old friend, and finally brought up the meeting at Gringotts: "So when I was getting some tests done, I came across something interesting. Hermoine, not only are you not a muggle-born (just muggle-raised like I was), but you are my cousin?"

She got a confused look in her eye, then opened up her hand, waiting for the paperwork to be shown to her. She saw the tests and gave a pause. That was the moment her parents came down the stairs as well. Hermoine handed over the paperwork to them. "Did you know?"

Apparently neither of them did. Both parents were appraised of the situation. Dan turned to face Harry as his wife went about to whipping up breakfast for them all.

"So Harry, you are our nephew. You are family. How are you going to disappear from this world? I doubt they will let you go quietly. Not only that, but where will you go? It is nice that you have friends willing to help you out, but for how long can they really protect you?"

Harry stumbled; he really didn't know how to respond.

"If I may interject," Bakura began, "according to the inheritance test, Harry is the secondary heir of Uzumaki. My guess is that Hermoine is the third (as this backwards society dictates that gender comes before age for heir-ships…). Maybe we can do some research into this family and figure out where, in fact, the primary heir is—and possibly ask for his protection."

Dan thought on the idea. He vaguely remembers a woman with long red hair—his mother—giving him a scroll that he could never open. He pondered if it would be able to help them out now, yet he wasn't sure. "Wait here," he said as he went to go grab it.

However, as they were waiting quietly in the room, a knock reverberated upon the walls. Everyone tensed. Ryou decided he should be the one to answer the door, as he (besides Kaiba) was the most magically inclined in the house—and always ready for danger.

He slowly opened the door and promptly blinked. A blonde, approximately the same age as Harry and Hermoine, stood in front of him.

"May I help you?"

Harry and Hermoine were dumbfounded. Sitting on the couch so prim and proper, was Daphne Greengrass. Multiple questions were running through their minds—including, though not limited to: what, why, how?

She took their stares graciously. "You are wondering why I am here," she began. "The answer is both seemingly simple, yet quite complex. I'm not entirely sure if you know, but my family is neutral, and we try to stay out of conflicts entirely. Yet, I know my family will not be able to do so any longer."

"What do you mean?"

"After the Dark Lord was vanquished, my father created a betrothal contract for my little sister, Astoria. That contract is with Draco Malfoy. There is also nothing that can be done to break the declaration either. Since the contract now exists, our family does not have a choice in the matter but to help out in the war. Yet, my father mentioned something to me. As I am the heir of the family and since I am not bound by any way to this contract, I am free to take part, or leave entirely. I chose to leave."

"Why come here then, and how did you find us?"

"The last time I saw you at Hogwarts, Harry, you looked exhausted and done with the war and society. So I thought you would be able to help me out. As for coming here specifically, I figured that speaking with Hermoine first would be a safer option than confronting you directly. History has shown that you tend to not be amiable with slytherins. I also used my owl here to help me find where you were at specifically."

"And you expect us to trust you?"

"I'd be surprised if you did, honestly. Though I think we are all running low on options, aren't we?"

The semi-tense silence was broken with a shout from Hermoine's father: "Found it!"

Still eyeing Daphne out of the corner of his eye, Harry asked to see the scroll. Even after examining it, however, he could not find a method to open it either.

"Why don't you add a drop of blood onto the seal?" Daphne spoke to the surprise of the others.

Hermoine trembled a little though: "Isn't that considered blood magic? Isn't that illegal?"

The resounding snort caught her off guard. "Just because it is 'illegal' does not mean it still isn't done."

Harry pricked his finger and let a drop fall. Then the scroll glowed for a split second and unraveled. "It's all in Japanese!"

Ryou and Seto came over at that point, looking at the scroll in curiosity. After some quiet deliberation, Ryou spoke to the others: "Well, we have our answer."

Kaiba continued: "Inside is a giant sealing matrix that can transport people across dimensions. I am guessing this is where your Uzumaki heritage comes from. You all should finish up preparations to leave, then we'll help you set off."

"You are not coming with us?" Harry asked quietly. He began enjoying his time with both Ryou and Seto; he would be sad if he could no longer see them again.

"I do run a multi-billion dollar corporation. Plus I have my brother's well being to think about."

Ryou cut in: "Well, I want to come anyway. I want to teach my little kohai shadow magic. Plus a new world to explore would be fun. Why don't you bring your brother along with us then? You can finally have some anonymity again, and your brother may (potentially) be safer. And you won't have to deal with Yugi and his group of friends. Or the numerous kidnappings. Or breaches on your life. Or..."

"Enough! And fine. Let me talk to Mokuba."

Between convincing Mokuba (which really did not take any convincing at all), officially giving everything (aka the company) to Roland to run, and teaching everyone else the Japanese language and customs, Seto believed them all to be ready. Thanks to goblins and liberal usage of a few very much illegal time turners, they managed to finish preparations in one more day.

They all gathered around the scroll with their belongings, and set off the array.

"Goodbye."

A.N. In case it wasn't explicitly clear, here is a list of everyone going:

Harry

Hermoine (& her parents)

Daphne

Ryou

Seto

Mokuba