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Chapter 5

Detention Rendevous

Ami sat alone under the usual tree by the lake. It was just a lazy afternoon and nobody was outside near the lake. Not even Sirius was with her. Looking around once more for anybody, Ami brought out a compact and opened it. After typing in some numbers, Setsuna, also known as Sailor Pluto appeared.

"Hello Ami, it's nice to talk to you. Are you well?" the older woman smiled. Ami returned it half-heartedly.

"I'm fine, but I do have some questions,"

"Ask away,"

"I don't really understand why I need to be here, Setsuna-san. I've been here for months, but do the people in this time really need me?" Ami asked her, completely unsure. Setsuna gave the younger girl an unreadable expression.

"Yes, they do. Give it time, Ami," and with that Setsuna signed off. Ami blinked in shock. She didn't expect for Setsuna to do that. And she still had more questions. Sighing, Ami put her compact back into her bag and felt her shoulder a bit. Her shoulder was better and didn't need to be wrapped in a bandage anymore but there was still a visible scar that made Ami wince.

"Ami?" came Sirius' voice behind her. Ami looked back.

"Hello, Sirius, it's been awhile," Ami smiled. Sirius rubbed the back of his head nervously as he took a seat near Ami. It was true, it had been a week since the werewolf incident, and Sirius did his best to avoid Ami. He didn't even come to their spot. But today, he really just wanted some time alone. Without consulting the map, Sirius just came to the tree. That's when he saw Ami.

"You've been avoiding me," Ami stated calmly. Sirius looked away. "Have I done something wrong?"

"No!" Sirius exclaimed all of a sudden, a bit in shock. Here he was blaming himself and feeling bad and here Ami was taking blame for something she never did. Sirius slid his hands over Ami's. Surprised by his actions and the close contact, Ami blushed.

"I've just had some stuff on my mind. It's my fault, Ami and I'm sorry," he explained sincerely. Ami smiled at him.

"What is it?" she asked him kindly. For some reason, Sirius found her understanding very endearing and comforting. How would he feel if he was just a bit closer to her?

"I'm sorry, Ami, it's kind of personal," he whispered. Ami looked thoughtful.

"Sirius, does this have to do with what happened on the full moon?" she murmured just as quietly. Panic fled through Sirius' mind. She couldn't have figured him out, did she? Sirius wouldn't put it past Ami.

"Were you that black dog who saved me?"

Sirius stared at her, eyes wide. She kept smiling a little.

"You don't have to tell me, but it was easy to piece things together. You, James, and Peter are really good friends to Remus. Thank you for saving me, Sirius,"

"You don't get it!" Sirius burst out, "How can you be nice to me when I was the one who almost got you killed?! I was the one who told Snape to go see Remus. I didn't expect for you to go with him. I was an idiot to do it because you were the one who was almost killed. I'm sorry. How can you stand being friends with me?"

"Sirius," Ami started gently, "I'm okay. And although you're actions and intentions were dangerous and stupid, you saved me. Thank you for that. It was my own fault. It was my choice to go with Severus, nobody told me different. I was being stupid, too. So why should you be friends with me?" she countered. Sirius smiled a little.

"That's not fair, I feel a million times worse now," he told her, "Thank you for understanding, Ami. But I also have something else on my mind. That night, you did something like you transformed or something. What was that?"

Sirius watched as Ami hesitated.

"Everybody has their secrets, Sirius. That one was one of mine,"

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to," Sirius said quickly, sensing her discomfort. "I was just wondering,"

"It's really complicated to explain," Ami told him quietly, "But just watch this,"

She lifted up her hands and moved them gracefully. At the tips of her fingers, sparkles of coldness shot out. She was forming ice in her hands.

"I can control ice and water," Ami explained as she started to form the ice gently. In just a few minutes the hunk of ice became a beautiful clear flower.

"Wow, that's brilliant!" Sirius awed as he carefully took the flower out of her hands. He immediately dropped it. "It's so cold!"

"It is ice," she said helpfully as she picked the small figurine.

"But you can hold it," Sirius pointed out.

"That's because I can control it. I guess, it kind of runs in my veins," Ami smiled a little, "The nice thing about this is that the ice won't melt. Here, hold out your hands again,"

Sirius did so. Ami touched his hands. Her fingers were a bit cold from holding figurine, but it felt nice. After that, she placed the flower in his hands once again and this time, it didn't feel cold.

"How did you do that?" Sirius asked as inspected the ice flower with wonder. Ami just smiled.

"That's another secret," she told him. Sirius grinned at her.

Ami? Oh, hi Sirius," Remus greeted as he came over to them. Ami and Sirius looked at him. Ami stood up.

"Hello Remus. Were you looking for me?" she asked, a blush staining her cheeks. Remus blushed a little as well at the question.

"Yeah, I was. Of course if you're busy today, I understand. I can just-,"

"I'd love to," Ami smiled at him, "Let me just get my bag,"

Ami picked her bag up and smiled at Sirius.

"We'll see you later, Sirius,"

Sirius looked from one to the other. What was Remus doing here? And why was he asking for Ami? And why the heck was he blushing? It didn't take long for it to dawn on Sirius.

"Are you two…dating?" he asked. Remus and Ami blinked, blushed, and looked away from each other.

"Um," Ami started.

"Well," Remus said.

"Yes," the two said in unison. Sirius could only gape at them. Remus and Ami were dating? How did this come about? He wasn't expecting that.

"No, they can't be," Sirius thought, "I mean, Ami and Remus? No,"

Ami stepped over Sirius and Remus grabbed her hand.

"We'll see ya, mate," Remus told him with a smile on his face.

"Oh, okay," Sirius murmured absently. He watched as Ami and Remus walked back to the castle hand in hand, talking happily to one another. For some reason Sirius couldn't help but feel sick. He knew he should feel happy for the both of them, but why did he feel so bad?

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"You didn't tell me you were dating Remus," Sirius whispered to Ami. They were in detention rearranging the books in the library. Ami was in there for the Werewolf incident while Sirius was in there for some other thing. Even Sirius forgot why he had detention. The most important thing on his mind as of now was Ami and Remus' relationship.

Ami didn't look at him as she put Blaggart and Behemil (some wizard authors) in their correct places.

"I thought Remus might have told you," Ami murmured as she moved onto the next shelf, "Besides, our relationship doesn't need to be pried into,"

"I'm not prying," Sirius hissed, "I'm merely curious. Remus is one of my friends as are you. And neither of you told me. Who else knows?"

"Peter and James,"

"Oh, some friends! Why didn't they tell me?"

Ami shrugged, giggling a bit.

"Maybe they wanted you to find out on your own,"

"Stupid prats," Sirius muttered.

"It's not that big of a deal,"

"Yes, it is, Ami. You and Remus dating is a big deal," Sirius said, finding himself getting frustrated. He put Chogard and Demoan in the wrong places in the process.

"How so?" Ami replied as she corrected Sirius' mistake.

"Well, okay. Let's say you and Remus break up and have this horrible fight and end up hating each other. I'm friends with both of you so I don't know who I'd side with or want to side with,"

Ami laughed a little.

"That seems a bit extreme but if we broke up and that happened, I would hope you would side with Remus,"

"Why Remus and not yourself?"

Ami shrugged.

"I guess because you've known Remus longer than me. How can you be sure I'm trustworthy?"

Sirius snorted.

"Oh yeah, Ami, play the bad guy. You're so evil and malevolent," Sirius told her sarcastically. Ami patted his hand sympathetically. And for some reason, Sirius liked the feel of her hand on his.

"Sirius, don't worry about it, okay? Whatever will come, will come," Ami told him, gently. She took her hand off of his. Oddly enough, Sirius felt a bit funny once her warmth was gone. He shook his head.

"Look, you and Remus be careful. I just don't want to lose you both as my friends," Sirius sighed, sounding quite defeated. He'd put more of a fight but Remus was his friend as was Ami. He didn't want to ruin their relationship even if he was against it.

But why was he against it? Sirius couldn't figure it out. He knew he should have felt happy for his friends, but he didn't. That made him feel guilty. Remus needed a shot at happiness in a romantic relationship despite his furry condition, Sirius concluded. He also felt that Ami was probably a perfect match for his quiet friend. She was kind, understanding, smart, pretty, and really comfortable to talk to.

That's when Sirius came to his second conclusion of the day: he fancied Ami Mizuno who was already dating one of his best friends.

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(Present Day)

It was late afternoon. Sirius found himself sitting outside the back of his house. He needed to clear his head. After that first letter from Ami, Sirius couldn't force himself to read the rest. To know that Ami wrote hundreds of letters made Sirius feel quite unworthy to read them. So here he was, pondering his future now.

"Well Ami, it seems I've become quite the mess," Sirius murmured to himself as he looked up at the sky. The sun was setting and the sky had turned a vibrant yellowish orange. "And I feel helpless without you here with me,"

"You…you don't have to be helpless, Dad," Sunny spoke behind him. Sirius turned, startled to see his daughter. She no longer held the contempt and defiance he had seen in her earlier. Instead, her face was unreadable but her eyes showed kindness and understanding, much like Ami's.

"Sunny, what-,"

Sunny sat next to Sirius, looking slightly uncomfortable. The two had never been alone, never had a father to daughter talk, nothing to establish that they had a familial relationship. They were just two people brought together by Ami, mother and wife. Sure, Sirius loved his daughter and Sunny loved her father, but they never had the time to bond, to understand one another.

"Mum may be gone but you have us, Dad. I'm sorry I blew up at you this morning. Until now, I didn't realize how much you're probably hurting as well because you never saw mum that much to begin with. So I'm sorry," Sunny told him. She gave him a small smile, still feeling a bit uncomfortable since it was their first talk to talk.

"I should be the one to apologize, Sunny. I was being selfish because I didn't care how anybody else felt. I only cared about how I felt, but I now know that's not how it should be. I hoped I would act as the responsible adult in the situation, but I didn't. Even now, I'm hopeless," Sirius told her, nodding.

"You're not hopeless, just in need of help," Sunny replied, trying to put together the right words. The comment sounded a bit ruder than what she was intentionally trying to say, but Sirius got it nonetheless. He chuckled, the first time in a while.

"You're right. I do need lots of help, but that's why Ami was there. She was there so that we could help each other,"

"What was Mum to you anyway?"

Sirius got this look of reminiscence on his face.

"Ami was everything to me. There was also the fact that she was my complete opposite. She was kinder than me, more responsible than me, a lot more thoughtful than me as well. We balanced each other and I loved your mother for that because it kept us both grounded. Ami kept me from being too impulsive and I loved making her laugh. Just being with her made me happy," Sirius sighed happily, thinking about it, "Now, if you'll allow me to ask you a question. How much did your mother tell you about me?"

Sunny shrugged.

"Not much, but I think it was for my own good. I do remember her telling me stories about you when I was a kid. Whenever she mentioned you, she'd get this look on her face. Like she'd fallen in love again or something. I remember when she told me about you incarceration. It was before I was leaving for Hogwarts,"

"What was your reaction to that?"

"Surprise. Mum didn't want me going to Hogwarts without knowing what happened to you in case I was approached my some stranger telling me I was the daughter of Sirius Black, a murderer from Azkaban. Mum told me to not always believe what other people said and to believe what my instincts said. That was good advice," Sunny said quietly.

"Were you angry at me because of what I was?" Sirius asked, talking about his imprisonment, "Did you hate me?"

"Nah, you're my dad," Sunny smiled a little, feeling slightly relaxed, "Mum never believed that you were a bad person. Because if you were, why would she have fallen in love with you at Hogwarts, got married to you, and had me? So there was no need for me to believe otherwise. If Mum said you were a good person then I believe her. That may have been a stupid kid way to believe it but what do you know, she was right,"

"That's Ami for you. She may not seem like it, but she can be stubborn," Sirius smiled at his daughter, "Another thing about your mother was that she was very loyal. Even when it looked like she would never want anything to do with me all those years ago when I was in Azkaban, she came to see me,"

"She came to see you?" Sunny asked, surprised. Sirius nodded.

"Yeah, you may have been around seven years old and didn't remember your mum leaving. She made sure you didn't have to come Azkaban," Sirius told her gently.

"Mum went to see Dad in Azkaban?" Sunny thought, "I wonder what happened,"

She turned to her father who was smiling up at the sky. Sunny couldn't help but smile. They were finally getting somewhere.

"I think I'm starting to understand even if it's just a little," Sunny thought to herself.

"Sunshine," Sirius spoke, "I think we're going to be all right. I'm going to make sure that I can provide for you, your brothers, and Harry,"

"All right, Dad. Yeah, I think we are, too," Sunny murmured, looking up at the sky, picturing her mother's smiling face.

Finally! The end of Chapter 5! I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry for the very long delay! I have no excuse but laziness on my part. I apologize! I hope you all enjoyed it! Till next time!