I don't own KHR, HP, Sherlock, Ranma 1/2, or any Marvel characters!
Quick Note: Wow. The weekend just blew by. I've still got so much to do at home, that it's ridiculous! Guess I'll be trying to do 1 task a day, 2 if I can manage it. Oh well, wish me luck! I'm listening to a combination of "Dance Macabre," "Girl Watcher," "Dancing in the Moonlight," Godsmack's "Come Together," and "Rain Drops Keep Falling On My Head." Odd mixture, but I really do like it. Variety is the spice of life and all that jazz.
Shinigami: Remus is intuitive, but he has the same problem as Harry. We'll have to wait and see... We're getting closer, I thought that the tests would be done while the Ranma 1/2 crew get their curses removed, only for this chapter to go too long, so it will have to be in the next chapter.
FANactic Writer: I'm not one for really mean pranks. Glad you enjoyed the chapter!
D C JoKeR H S: Algie is who I think you were trying to talk about, and yes, I plan to make it rather interesting. Gusty has a small bit of retribution coming her way, but she'll pull through it. Also, I don't know if I've ever told anyone this, except my husband, but I re-read the last chapter I've written so that I can write exactly or close to where I've left off.
Tricky Removals
In the dining area, Remus just sat there, stunned.
"Mr. Lupin?" Nana cocked her head in a concerned manner.
"Nana, is he all right?" Harry asked curiously.
"If he's not in a few minutes... feel free to get Amelia or Healer Tyler," Nana informed him.
"I think sorella would be better," Harry shrugged with a slightly teasing twinkle in his eye.
"Luss would baby him so badly that he'd be too shocked to breathe," Fon snorted.
"Agreed," Nana tried to stifle her laughter, but a chuckle made it out.
"Mr. Lupin, you've heard our offer. Would you like to at least stay the night?" Mai offered, and somehow managed to guide the shell-shocked man from the dinning area, and towards the hotel rooms.
When Remus started coming to his senses, he was in an elevator with Nana, Mai, and Harry. Fon was nowhere to be seen. It wasn't until Mai opened a door and showed him in, that he came completely out of his stupor, "You were serious?"
"Completely," Nana nodded. "Harry, would you like to get to know your Uncle Mooney over a game of cards and tea?"
"I'd like that, Nana. Will there be treacle tart?" Harry asked hopefully.
"Treacle for you, and chocolate for your Uncle Remus," Nana smiled.
"I'll go fetch it," Mai smirked as she left the room. "Fon's dealing with getting the kids to bed before he visits the Healer Floor."
"Thank you, Mai," Nana smiled at her adopted sister. "Now, where would you like to start, Mr. Moony?"
On the Healer floor, Fon was, once again pestering Healer Tyler to see his unofficial girlfriend. It didn't end well, as Luss scowled at him and tisked before throwing up a barrier with Shamal's assistance.
"Fon, it's not a good time. We're still trying to get them out of fight or flight mode," Skull sighed as he briefly stepped out of the room, past the barrier. "Joy is the calmest of the trio, and the new surroundings are helping, but it might be better if you waited a few more days. The minute Mel hears your name, she gets all panicky. I'm not sure how bad or long it will take, but-"
"I will wait a few more days, Skull," Fon sighed tiredly. "I just want to hold her in my arms again."
"I understand, my friend," Skull sighed. "I still don't know where Anemone and Delphina took off to. We could really use them about now."
"I'll talk to Squalo and get him to look into it," Fon grumbled as he turned to leave the floor.
"Fon," Skull stopped him. "Try again. Keep trying. Don't give up, because that may be the only thing that will help Mellody."
"You got it, Skull," Fon nodded. Knowing that while he was trying his best to be persistent, that Reborn/Renato wouldn't take this as well as he was.
Fon had no idea that Skull and Shamal had had to have Xanxus remove Renato from the floor an hour before they'd had to ask him to leave. Renato was a persistent little bugger, and it made it far worse when they'd caught him traversing the vents. It was the third time, and Xanxus was fed up with Renato. He grabbed the older man and manhandled him all the way to Nana.
"Xanxus?" Nana blinked in surprise at the man as he dragged a glaring Renato Sinclair behind him. She was still in Remus' room with Harry, and they were actually enjoying their tea, refreshments, and looked to be in the middle of a hand of crazy eights.
"Keeps buggin' Skull and the docs," Xanxus snorted.
"You can leave him here, but I want to talk to the girls, and Skull, later," Nana informed her adopted little brother.
"I'll let 'em know," Xanxus left, snorting at the pouting Renato he left behind.
"Remus Lupin, this is Renato Sinclair. The World's Best Hitman Tutor," Nana stated calmly.
"Hitman tutor?" Remus blinked in confusion.
"He's the greatest hitman in the world, but he's also the best tutor in the world, when it comes to non-magical studies. If you think you're up for it, once we've found an accountant, maybe you'd like to help the rest of the children with their magical studies?" Nana answered bluntly.
"So, he's a hitman and a tutor?" Remus blinked in surprise. "Does that mean that you are in the Mafia?"
"By default, but we're making it go legitimate," Nana smiled as she watched Renato roll his eyes.
"Not a bad deduction, for a civilian," Renato scoffed.
Meanwhile, in the Longbottom's room, Augusta was slowly waking up, only to see Frank leveling one hell of a disappointed look at her, "Mother, why the devil did you let Algie near Neville?! You know how he tried to murder me in front of you and father when I was little. From what I've learned he's attempted to take Neville's life multiple times. That is completely unacceptable! I appreciate the fact that you looked after him, but I'm very disappointed in you, mother."
That was all it took to set Augusta Longbottom into a set of tears that she'd not been able to shed since she'd found out her son and daughter-in-law had been cursed into insanity, "I know words can't make it right, Frank, but I'm sorry. So very, very sorry. Frank, Alice, Neville... please forgive me?"
"I forgive you, Gran," Neville hugged his old battleaxe of a grandmother. "I know you were missing mum and dad, too."
"How you turned out to be such a wonderful young man, I'll never know," Augusta cried into Neville's shoulder.
"I also accept your apology, Gusty, but when we return to Longbottom Manor, I expect that you will cast Algie out," Alice frowned at her mother-in-law.
"Of course," Augusta nodded demurely.
"I forgive you, too, mother. However, I am still very disappointed in you," Frank sighed as he came over and hugged her.
It had been a long night, and so, when everyone awoke the next morning, there was a bit of excitement and confusion. Everyone was dashing about this way and that, so much that Tsuna managed to get dizzy just watching Shampoo twirl and whirl up and down the stairs, "Mama, who exactly is going to Gringotts?"
"Let's see..." Nana frowned as she did a mental check list, "There's: Ranma, Ryoga, Shampoo, Mousse, Cologne, Nodoka, Tatewaki, Kodaichi, the Longbottoms, and the Abbotts... and I believe that's it."
"Great. In that case, could you take Renato and Mammon with you?" Tsuna asked hopefully.
"Why?" Nana frowned.
"I fell you may need one of them, and the other is to keep Xanxus from exploding the hotel with Flames," Tsuna kept his voice low.
"Understood. I'll get them to come with us," Nana winked at her son. "Make sure the others behave, Tsu-kun."
"I'll do my best, Mama," Tsuna gave her a salute.
The journey to Gringotts was uneventful, so once they all were inside a private room, that's when the goblins got down to business.
"Now, we wished to let you know that each curse has a different removal and that with any removal of said curse is a chance of death. We've done everything we possibly can to prevent that from occurring, however, there are other side effects that come with this. Some include that once the curse is separated, that you have to keep the curse close at all times. We also have tried to work around that, and have found that this is the best answer to your curse removal," the goblin brought forth a piece of paper.
Nana, Cologne, and Nodoka read it first, before passing it to Ranma and the others affected by the curse. Ranma blinked in surprise, "So, I'd have a sister? A twin?"
"I'd have a pet pig?" Ryoga blinked in surprise.
"Pet cat?" Shampoo shrugged, "What big deal about pet cat?"
"A pet duck?" Mousse raised an eyebrow, "They'd be smarter than normal animals, right?"
"Precisely," the Goblin smirked. "However, this removal does not have a distance issue, but there is still the chance of death."
"Let's do it. I don't mind having a sister, if Mom's okay with it," Ranma shrugged.
"I would be honored to have a second daughter," Nodoka hugged her son.
"Ditto, Akane can have P-chan for real," Ryoga blushed a bit.
"Shampoo no care. Cat Cafe can have mascot, yes Great Grandmother?" Shampoo asked, as Cologne raised a surprised eyebrow.
"I don't think a pet would be so bad, as long as we keep Shampoo's cat away from him," Mousse blushed.
"Then we shall begin," the goblin smirked and began the removal spells.