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A Different Life, A New Family
Chapter Five - Remus's Search
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Ichigo and Haru carried Remus into the house and laid him on the couch. The house was quiet since it was very late and everyone was already asleep. Ichigo turned on the lights to get a better look at the stranger that his brother seemed to know. While he was doing that, Haru went to get a damp cloth and a blanket that he used to cover his godfather. Haru knelt beside the man and placed the damp cloth on his forehead. He took Remus's hand and watched the man with worry and wondered what he was doing here.
"So who is this guy?" his brother's voice broke through his worried thoughts.
Haru turned and looked up to his brother. "He's my godfather, Remus Lupin." He stopped as he saw the dark look on his brother's face. 'I guess Ichi-nii-san is still mad at my biological parents, but Remy isn't like them.' Haru thought to himself and quickly tried to calm his older brother. "Ichigo, Remy isn't like them. Don't worry, he won't hurt me." He gave his brother a small smile.
Haru's words did not calm Ichigo's fury and he continued to glare at the unconscious man on the couch. "If he isn't like them then why did it take him so long to find you?"
'At least he isn't yelling.' Haru sighed to himself. "We'll he doesn't have much money since he's a werewolf, but…" He looked down to the hand he was holing and noticed that something was missing. "Where is it?" Haru said to himself.
"Where's what?" Ichigo asked curiously and watched his little brother check the man's other hand.
Haru sighed in confusion. "His wedding ring."
"Maybe he's divorced?" Ichigo said but Haru shook his head.
"He was in love with Siri and they were rarely apart. They were going to get married in autumn of that year…" Haru's voice trailed off as he remembered that day. He shook his head to get those bad memories out of his head and stood with a bright smile on his face. "We should get back into our bodies and get something to eat. What would you like to eat onii-san?"
Ichigo sighed silently to himself as his little brother tried to hide his sadness. He knew his little brother was emotional most of the time and he was fine with that but on those rare times that Haru remembered about his past he would just keep his emotions bottled up. It annoyed him when Haru did that. "How about some miso ramen?" Ichigo suggested. His brother nodded enthusiastically and skipped up the stairs. Ichigo sighed again and followed but then remembered about the strange letters that they received. "Hey Haru?" Ichigo called his brother when he got up the stairs.
"Yeah?" Haru replied from his room.
Ichigo stepped inside the room and held up the two letters. "That about these letters that we got?"
Haru stared at the letters for a while before replying, "Why don't we open them later? You need a break."
"Alright then." And Ichigo went to put away the letters in his room.
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After getting back into their bodies and eating a late dinner, Haru and Ichigo were still wide-awake and decided to watch a horror movie. Ichigo was sitting on the floor by Haru's feet and eating popcorn while Haru was sitting on the couch with Remus's head on his lap. It was during a scary part of the movie when Remus groaned and shifted a bit on Haru's lap. Haru, forgetting about his godfather lying on his lap and too focused on the movie, screamed in fright and pushed his godfather off the couch. The now conscious man landed on the floor with a big bang and Ichigo stared in shock and paused the movie.
Haru got teary eyed and helped the bruised man off the floor. "Remy, I'm so sorry! Are you alright? Is anything broken? I'm sorry!" Haru panicked when Remus just groaned. "AHH! I did hurt you! OMG!" Haru pushed Remus back onto the couch. "I need the first aid kit! And bandages! Oh no! Maybe I - AAHHH!" During his frantic dashing, Haru tripped on the end of the carpet and crashed into his brother who had just turn on the lights.
"Are you okay, Ha-chan?" Ichigo asked.
"Hai…" Haru replied and slowly stood up.
"Harry?" The brothers turned to the man on the couch. Said man gasped when he saw Haru's face. "It is you." Remus whispered to himself and smiled with tears of joy in his eyes. He rushed up and hugged Haru tightly. "It is you." Remus said more loudly. "I can't believe it finally found you! Harry!" Remus sobbed.
Haru smiled and hugged the man back. "It's good to see you again too, Remy."
After a bit more hugging, crying and smiling, and in Ichigo's case being forgotten, Haru made some tea and they all sat down while Haru told Remus about his life after the Potters abandoned him at the orphanage.
Remus smiled when Haru finished his story. "I'm so glad you found such a great family, Harr- I mean, Haru. And I'm glad you have a brother who can protect you so well. I have a friend who's a death god and he's told me about the king of work he does and what Soul Society looks like except I thing the Japanese Soul Society might be a bit different"
Haru smiled brightly. "I'm so glad you're okay with the whole death god thing, Remy. And I can't wait until you meet my father and sister!"
Ichigo mumbled, "Yeah. Just make sure that the perverted bastard doesn't get too close to you." Haru smacked him on the head. "So why did it take you so long to find Haru?" Ichigo asked.
"Ichigo!"
"That's okay, Haru." Remus sighed and stared into his tea. "I guess I should start from the beginning…"
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FLASHBACK
12 years ago, 2 weeks after Harry was sent to the orphanage
Remus P.O.V .
'I'm so glad Sirius is back from his mission and the full moon is finally over!' I thought to myself as Sirius and I made our way up the path to Godric's Hollow. 'I haven't seen the little ones in such a long time! Maybe I should play with little Harry a little bit more today. He seems so lonely sometimes.' I sighed mentally as I thought of the little boy who seemed so much smaller than his older siblings. We got up the steps to the large house and, before Sirius was able to knock the door, four little figures dashed out the door and latched themselves to our legs.
"Uncle Remy! You're finally here!"
"Yay! Uncle Siri, come play with us!"
"Yeah! Were gonna play Quidditch!"
"Uncle Remy? Do ya wanna play tea party?"
Sirius laughed and scooped up the two boys, James Jr. and Joshua, into his arms. "Of course I'll play Quidditch with you guys! Just remember to run when your mom shows up." And the two boys nodded as Sirius put them back down.
I looked back to the two little girls, Rosalie and Amelia, who were clutching my robes and replied, "Of course I'll play tea party! As long as there's cake for us to eat."
The children cheered happily and dragged us into the house and into the living room where James and Lily were waiting. Lily came up to us and gave each of us a big hug.
"Remus! Sirius! It's so good to see you again! How are you?" She asked us brightly.
"Where doing well, Lily. How about yourself?" I asked her while Sirius hugged her back and went to greet James.
"We're doing well." She replied brightly, sitting down on the large couch and I sat beside her. "I'm so glad that the two of you could come today. The children are staring to be quite a handful. James and I have barley had any alone time with each other."
"I'm so glad you called us." I smiled to her. "This will give Siri and I more time to spoil the little ones." We both laughed. I looked around the room and noticed that the littlest Potter wasn't there reading his book like he usually does. "Lily?"
"Yes?"
"Where's little Harry?" I asked. "Is he in his room?" She shook her head. "Where is he then?"
"He doesn't live here anymore, Remus." She said to me with a smile.
I stared at her, shocked. "Wh-what? Why?"
Rosalie, who was setting down a cup of tea on the table in front of me, replied, "Mommy and Daddy said that he was too much trouble to take care of so they sent him away."
"WHAT?" I stared at the Lily and James in shock. 'How could they do that? Harry's their son.'
"Well," James said, "Harry was unexpected. We were told that Lily would be having only four babies. Besides, Harry would have probably gotten jealous since we need to spend more time with our other children."
I thought I wouldn't get anymore shocked until Sirius patted James on the back and said, "Sounds like the right choice to me. If Harry is still jealous of the others when he's a teenager, he might sell-out his siblings to the Death Eaters."
I stood shocked at the three of them. I couldn't believe they would say such hateful things. "Why would you say something like that? Harry's your son!" I yelled.
"Not anymore." Lily said and sipped her tea. "James and I disowned him after we left him at the muggle orphanage."
"That's a good idea. Wouldn't want him to steal your money." Sirius joked but I didn't find it funny.
"Where is he?" I asked through gritted teeth, trying not to yell.
James looked at me curiously, "Why do you want to know?"
I glared at the man whom I use to think of as a friend. "Because I'm going to go and get him."
Sirius stood and took my hands into his. "Remy, love. Don't worry about that boy. There are four wonderful children here, who are also your godchildren, and who want to play with you. So just forget bout that kid." Sirius said to me in a southing tone.
I looked up into his blue eyes, "But, Sirius, he's your godson!"
"Not anymore."I reply to him softly.
I pushed Sirius away from me and took off the engagement ring. I looked up to the man that I though I loved and glared at him. "You're not the man I thought you were." I said quietly. He stared at me curiously and I threw the ring at him. "The wedding is off." I said to him and turned away. Before I left I turned and glared at my three former friends. "Don't talk to me ever again! I hate all of you!" I yelled at them and stormed out of the house.
When i was far enough away from the house and the wasrd I apparated back home and started to pack up my things. 'I can't believe them.' I thought angrily with tears in my eyes, 'They don't know what it's like to have no friends when you're a child.'
As I left the house I thought, 'I should have gotten them to tell me where Harry was before I left.'
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2 year later
I sat in the caretaker's office and stared sadly into my empty cup. I took me so long to finally find the orphanage where the Potters left Harry only to find that he was adopted a few months ago.
"I'm sorry sir, but I can't tell you that kind of information.' The caretaker, Miss Anderson, told me.
I looked at her desperately, "Please! I need to know where he is. I would have been here sooner but there are so many orphanages and I was so hard to find a place to stay with the little money I have." I looked down again. "He's my godson and I love him. I just want to see that he's happy and safe. You don't need to tell me where he's living. I just need a name and I'll try and find him through that. Please."
The woman sighed, "Alright then. He was adopted by the Kurosakis."
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1 month later
Again. Luck wasn't with me. I finally managed to find the house but then found out that they moved two months ago to Japan but the new owner of the house didn't know where in Japan that they moved to.
'I guess I'll have to move to Japan.' I thought, 'I'm glad I know Japanese.'
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4 years later
I smiled as I stepped out of the airport. I took me four years to finally save enough money to travel to Japan as well as for a place to stay and for any other travelling.
'It's going to take me a long time to search Japan but as long as I find him it'll be worth it.'
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Afternoon
'I hope this is the place.' I thought to myself again. When I got to Tokyo five days ago I immediately looked up Kurosaki in the phone book and found at least fifty Kurosakis. I was half way through the list when I go to one that said 'Kurosaki Clinic'. 'Hmm. I hope I don't get lost again.'
END Remus P.O.V.
END FLASHBACK
"…So I ended up getting lost again and didn't get anything to eat but this nice ghost gave me some wonderful directions and I finally found my way here." Remus ended his story brightly.
"Oh my gosh! You haven't eaten dinner! And know it's already morning." Haru looked at the clock that showed it was already seven o'clock. "I'll go make a huge breakfast." Haru said happily and bounced his was to the kitchen.
"Do you want any help?" Ichigo and Remus both asked.
"That's okay!" Haru replied from the kitchen. The doorbell rang and Haru cheerfully asked Ichigo to answer the door.
Ichigo sighed and went to answer the door. What he saw made him speechless and annoyed.
"Hey there, Ichigo!"
"Good morning, Kurosaki-san."
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/Sob/ It pains me to make Sirius so cruel/sigh/ I hope this long chapter will make up for how long I've been taking to update. 5 PAGES! I better get a lot of reviews for this! Also, since I have no school on Monday I will probably have another chapter done, so cross your fingers! Hmm…what else…umm…well I can't think of anything else I need to say though I'll probably remember later…Oh well.
BTW. Try and guess who the two people at the door are!
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