Lie no. 90:
She wasn't sure when it had started but Gokudera had been calling her 'arsonist' for a little while. Tad hypocritic, but she couldn't blame him. He used explosives in a professional capacity, she on the other hand liked fire in a more recreational capacity.
So when he used the nickname she wasn't particularly bothered. Throwing her suitcase into the back of Squalo's car, she walked back over to her friends and fist bumped the storm. "Take care of these assholes for me?"
"Yeah,"
"I'll get some stuff for you."
Lie no. 91:
Harry was putting off going to Britain. He dreaded that Dumbledore would force him to stay, even though Squalo was going (and that immediately meant safety) and Rosa was going, and ever since she had returned from the future, the small girl was a lot more dangerous than she seemed. And that wasn't even bring up the wrath that Xanxus would invoke if anything happened to him (apparently, clouds were rare and a cloud that fit so seamlessly with the Varia was impossible to find). So he couldn't figure out why exactly he sat in the terminal of an airport willingly taking various transit flights instead of just going via a single direct flight.
He was ringing through his fingers when a coffee cup was put in front of him. Wrapping his hands around it, Squalo sat down beside him and kicked his suitcase. The assassin had been smart and set up places that already had his weapons so there was no worries of having to smuggle weapons over and over, so his suitcase had barely any of his things inside. The extra space had been taken up by Rosa who planned to use it for souvenirs for the Vongola Tenth Generations.
Squalo looked at him and sighed before passing 3 tickets over to him. "What are these?"
"These are the direct flight tickets I exchanged ours with. You're gonna get there eventually, don't make the wait more agonising for yourself by making it longer. I thought you were braver than this."
Had the comment come from anyone else, Harry would have been squawking and kicking up a storm… but Squalo wasn't anyone else. Squalo was Squalo, the man that was willing to become Rosa's other biological recipient (bless magic, because it would mean she would keep her biological gender regardless) taught Rosa how to control her flames, Squalo had seen the best that he could do. He knew that he wouldn't be taken down by some backward group of wizards.
"Thank you…" he said, sniffling and leaning into the man's side. He laughed a bit when Rosa yelled "Are we having a hug time? Let's do this!" and jumped onto them. He pulled the girl into a hug as Squalo grumbled.
Lie no. 92:
It had been eight years since he had been in England. It was cold and in the middle of winter time. Rosa was unused to travelling and had passed out the second they got into their car to the apartment they were renting for the duration of the trip.
When they arrived, he paused to wake up Rosa before Squalo nudged him out of the way lightly and carried the girl inside instead (so much like an adorable child, oh merlin why couldn't Rosa stay a kid forever?).
Lie no. 93:
"Are you sure about this?"
"Why not?"
"Because Rosa will be your daughter. Biologically and, in the view of the magical world, legally. Squalo this is a huge deal."
"Rosa is insane. She's loud, and nosy and I'm pretty sure she could be a great arsonist. But this kid… she's your's and, as much as it pains me to say it, I'd be honored to have her as mine too y'know?"
"But what if someone that's against the Varia tries to hurt her?"
"Voi, they already have. But, even if they do, don't underestimate yourself. Sirius taught you how to use combative magic and I'm not gonna let that mini arsonist get taken or hurt. Stop worrying."
Lie no. 94:
Diagon Alley was so different to what he remembered. The loudness that reverberated in his memories was replaced by an eerie silence as he they walked towards gringotts. The bright scenery was replaced by coldness that wrapped around him and stole his warmth like a dementor (except, at least at this point in time, Harry had much more happy memories to fuel a patronus charm). He kept his wand in his hair, holding it in place as if it was an ornate hair stick so that it was within reach.
Lie no. 95:
The ritual was quick but they had to sedate her as the blood in her body literally changed. The goblins seemed to get along with Squalo for some reason (maybe because he had a similar interests in combat as them). Her hair had gotten straighter that's for sure and her eye colour had gone from brown to the same light grey that Squalo had.
When she saw herself in the mirror, she had freaked and started squealing (he honestly thought she would pass out) but what surprised him was the voluntary hug (one that did not involve Harry in the slightest) she gave Squalo
Lie no. 96:
They had gone grocery shopping when the wizards showed up. Hermione had ran into the store and grabbed him, trying to pull him outside so she could apparate away. Saying he wasn't safe and that the death eaters could show up at anytime.
He was able to keep her focus on himself long enough for Squalo to situate himself in front of her. When she turned, she froze at the man in front of her pressing a gun to her stomach. "Let him go," he ordered. He removed the safety when she tried to reach for her wand. "Who do you think would be faster? You or me?"
Lie no. 97:
His worst nightmares were coming to life and Harry was completely freaking out inside despite the calm facade he had put on. They had taken her outside into an alley and relieved her of her wand. Rosa was casually sitting on a box with her legs swinging, texting someone (it better not be that Gokudera, he'd have an aneurysm if it was).
What was funniest in this entire situation was the fact that as Squalo walked away to call Xanxus for permission (cus the Varia don't just kill people, they are actually more organised than that), Hermione had tried to appeal to Harry.
"Please, Harry, it's controlling you. Help me and we can get you away from him." she said. He merely smiled.
Truth no. 19:
"I never liked you, y'know? You or the Weasley boy. You lied. It was in the way you acted and held yourselves every time you tried to convince me to be your friends. And, before you try to win me over so that I can help you escape, let me just tell you that he isn't controlling me. If anything, he protects me. So watch what you say about the people I love."
Lie no. 98:
"Got it," Squalo said, ending the call. Pointing the gun at the girl, he said "Shitty witch," but before he could shoot, cracks appeared all around them. "Rosa!" Harry yelled as he grabbed Squalo. The young girl latched onto them before the wizards could get a clear view of what was happening and Harry apparated away.
They landed in their apartment and Harry began to run around in his panic, stuffing things into their bags before Squalo held his shoulders and said "Breathe,"
"Firstly, we can take them. Secondly, you can't keep running from them."
"I've done it for eight years Squalo, I can do it for longer if need be,"
"You are the Varia Cloud, you are quality even if you don't kill people. And for some reason Luss loves you and a determined Luss can get even Xanxus to do things."
"So what do I do?"
"You stop freaking out, and take the fight to them."
Lie no. 99:
He sent a patronus (born of his first memories with Squalo) to Ron Weasley telling him that he was willing to meet the order. Rosa refused to sit back and let them deal with it on their own (as per usual). So on the meeting date, she was sitting there at the cafe table. Everything was as prepared as it could be.
So when an aging Dumbledore walked up to their table wearing muggle clothing with Hermione and Ron and Ron's sister Ginevra, Harry gave a false smile. As they sat down, Squalo pointed his gun at the headmaster under the table. "It's a lovely day today, don't you think?" Harry said
"Child, it's time to come home."
"I mean, it's a bit too sunny for my taste but it's nice nonetheless." the cloud continued, ignoring the old man. Rosa giggled "I prefer storms. They're loud and stuff."
"That better not be you implying that you like Gokudera,"
"Ew, no. We barely tolerate each other."
"Doesn't look that way to me…"
"Stay out of this Squalo."
Lie no. 100:
"Harry, you must return. You are our last hope."
"Says who?"
"There is a prophecy-"
"Those things are self fulfilling half the time. But because I'm curious, I'l humour you. What is it?"
"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies ... And the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not…"
"Seventh month? Of which calendar?" Squalo asked.
"What?" Hermione mumbled
"Which? Calendar? Is it the lunar, Islamic, Christian, Norse? Viking calendar? Could be the Aztec calendar…" Squalo listed, Rosa giggled.
"We get that you're deceptively smart, Squalo. You don't have to brag, you're already dating my brother."
Lie no. 101:
"Harry, please come back. He doesn't really love you like I do. We could be the perfect couple," Ginevra cried. Harry and Rosa looked at each other before laughing whilst the assassin glared at the girl. Harry patted him on the shoulder and said "It's ok Squalo, I know you love me even if you don't say it much."
Lie no. 102:
"Let's make a deal?"
"What is it?"
"We'll deal with Voldemort, you'll finally get off your ass and deal with aftermath. And we never see each other ever again."
"Harry-"
"No. Deal or no deal. Either way, I will leave and never look back. Just be happy that I'm making sure Squalo doesn't kill you where you are. So, what will you choose? Will you take the deal or not?"
"Very well, child."
"Don't call me that. I was never a child. You of all people should know that, after all, you made sure of it."
AAAAAAAA~
Harry fighting for what he believes in is nice. In this case Harry proves that despite not using magic as often as he used to, he is still good at what he does. Also, he's always secretly a big brother but after the TYL incident he's gone full blown paranoid big brother because he could always deny the fact that she would grow up but now that he's seen older Rosa, who's married and is stronger.
This is gonna be fun, still need to update Fireworks, though so it may take a while.
Enjoy!
