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Quick Note: This chapter probably won't be very long, as I've got a lot on my plate today and lots of little people coming into the office to prep for. Wish me luck!
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Beaks & A Rat's Tale
"What do you mean by both? They aren't one in the same, surely," Daniela jerked her head backwards in surprise.
"Of course they're not," Mycroft sighed. "It's just easier to call both of them *Mummy* to save time."
"And lengthy explanations," Sherlock added with a smirk. "It's also quite amusing to see the responses it invokes."
"Trolls," Nana snorted in amusement, now that they'd all been let in on the joke. "Now, shall we go catch a rat?"
"Before that, what did you do with your daughter, John?" Mycroft asked curiously.
"Mrs. Hudson volunteered to watch her tonight. All she had to do was look at his feathers and she knew who he was," John gestured at Xanxus, who smirked knowingly.
"He's Varia, Dr. Watson. The head of an elite assassination group, to be precise," Nana informed the good doctor.
"John, the Varia is far above what your wife was," Mycroft elaborated, unneededly.
"Mycroft, we know that you love your own voice, but would you kindly stop trying to frighten my best mate?" Sherlock rolled his eyes in exasperation.
"Okay!" Nana clapped her hands, causing both brothers to stop annoying the other, "Mycroft, I want you to go with Fon. You'll enjoy his company. Sherlock and John will be with Harry, Sirius, and myself. Sirius, if you cause any issues, you will be contemplating the reasons that women are the deadlier species."
"Sirius Black. He's the one that they put on the news, Sherlock," John attempted to stage whisper and failed, miserably.
"He's here and Mycroft hasn't done anything, yet. We're also going after a rat, so I deduce that he was framed and wrongly imprisoned," Sherlock stated.
"Exactly," Sirius grinned as he clapped Sherlock, who looked like he'd now swallowed a bug, on the back with his hand. "I like this guy, lil' sis."
"Sirius, I'd remove your hand, before it is removed from you," Nana advised, and was quickly heeded. "You are correct, Mr. Holmes. My older brother was framed by one whom he believed was a close friend. Said friend could also change into the form of a rat and is a wizard by the name of Peter Pettigrew."
"Very well, so what is our purpose in this?" John asked curiously.
"Simply seeing if you can out-wit a rat," Mycroft replied in his cultured but snobbish tone.
"That sounds like a challenge, doesn't it John?" Sherlock smirked at his brother, "We accept. Now, Nana, was it? Shall we?" Sherlock offered her his arm as he was ready to escort her to the door.
"We shall, Mr. Holmes. Dear, would you make sure we don't loose Dr. Watson or Sirius?" Nana turned to her husband.
"Of course, my dear wife," Tsuyoshi chuckled as Sherlock got an odd smile on his face.
"Sherlock, how are you?" a female voice called out from the group to him.
"Beaky?" Sherlock blinked in surprise as he recognized the voice.
"Nabiki Tendo," Nabiki rolled her eyes at his purposeful mispronunciation of her name.
"Nabiki, you're with us," Tsuyoshi chuckled as he watched Sherlock pout.
It didn't take the group long to arrive at the Burrow, the interestingly shaped home of the Weasley Clan, via portkeys that Andromeda had provided.
"Here goes nothing," Bill muttered nervously. "Pray that Charlie isn't home, Tonks."
"No worries, mate," Tonks rolled her eyes at his nervousness. "We can do this."
Bill took a deep breath and knocked on the door, listening to the muttering from the other side of the door...
"I wonder who that could be, now?" a woman's voice seemed a bit confused, as her footsteps traveled closer to the door.
The door opened...
"Surprise, Mum," Bill smiled.
"WILLIAM!" the plump woman suddenly glomped onto her eldest in a hug that Death himself would be hard to escape from, "Whatever are you doing home, dear? Not that I'm not glad to see you! Oh, listen to me ramble! Come in! Come in! Welcome home! And... Nymphadora Tonks, is that you? What on earth are you doing with my William?!"
"Mum, I'd like you to meet my girlfriend, Tonks," Bill blushed as Tonks was now in the same position that he'd been in.
"Best not tell Charlie, eh Bill?" a twin peeked out behind his mother.
"Gred, you don't get to have all the fun! Hey Bill! Tonksie!"
"Charlie has nothing to be jealous over, George. 'Lo, Fred," Bill chuckled with a weak sigh, only to be interrupted by a screech!
"Shanpū! Wǒ ài nǐ!"
"Die, Mūsu!"
"Pardon our intrusion," Cologne smiled weakly, as it appeared that Mousse had really set off Shampoo with his comment.
"Looks like a good place to train, eh Ranma?" Ryoga smirked.
"Agreed. What say you, Ukyo?" Ranma grinned at his sister.
"Let's do this, Akane. Girls are better than boys and we'll prove it!" Ukyo raised her hand up for a high-five, which Akane answered.
"You're going down, Ranma," Akane laughed merrily.
"Nephew, shall we?" Fon smiled at his nephew.
"I suppose I'm supposed to judge?" Mycroft scowled in annoyance.
All of that nonsense, and the rest of the Weasley's came pouring out of the house, the first time Shampoo did one of her special kicks on Mousse.
That was when Bill and Tonks slipped in, with Moody, Andromeda, and Amelia right behind them. They went straight to Ron's room and that was when they managed to stun Ron's rat without much trouble, as he was focused on the show going on outside, "Immobulus!"
After saying an obscure reversal spell, Bill let Amelia Bones administer Veritaserum to the captive. Within moments, Ameila and Moody had the rat spilling his guts on what really happened on that Halloween night at the Potters, and in the street with Sirius, afterwards. It was an open and shut case, and it would have been perfect, if only Ron hadn't chosen that moment to appear in the doorway, knocking the wand out of Moody's hand, and causing Pettigrew to escape the confines of the room, taking Ronald Weasley as his hostage!