Steve: and here we are! The next chapter!
Pen-pen: Waark wark. (About time.)
Yui: So we're going to see what happens now that Shizune's revealed Kyubi's true self?
Steve: Yup! And we have a bit of Pumpkin pie as well… Mmm Pie…
Yui: Okkk… anyways, I think it's time for the disclaimer!
Steve: Right you are Yui-chan! Pen-pen? Hinata? If you would?
Pen-Pen: (Wark Wa WAAK arrk waark)
Hinata: Translation is "The author doesn't own Harry Potter or Naruto". He just owns this story, the plot and his insane plot-bunnies.
Why me?Shinigami/Demon/Inner-Sakura
'Who?' Thoughts
-YO!- Animal speech
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"Something wrong Shizune? Because you're glaring at Amakirr-san like she's a monster." Shizune looks at Tsunade before snarling.
"She lied to us Tsunade-sama. I can't fucking believe that I actually trusted her." She turns back and glares at Kyubi who flinches. "I knew that there was something wrong about her… now I know." Now confused, they turn to Kyubi who looks at the ground as Shizune continues, shocking Tsunade and Hermione. "She isn't even human. Amakirr is really the Kyubi no Kitsune…"
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Staring at Shizune for a few moments, Tsunade blinks. "She's… the Kyubi? You sure Shizune?" Shizune nods as she glares at Kyubi.
"Yes, I am Tsunade-sama." She jerks her thumb at Naruto. "Well we were working on Naruto-kun, she suddenly grew nine fox tails and fox ears." Tsunade looks at Kyubi, who nods in confirmation. Thinking it over, Tsunade sighs.
"Let's head back to the hotel room and discuss it there." Seeing that Shizune's about to protest, she holds up a hand. "That's enough Shizune. I don't want to discuss this here where anyone can walk in on us and that's final!" After entering the hotel room and placing privacy jutsu and spells, Tsunade sits down after closing the door to the room where Naruto's resting. Sighing, she looks at Jeraiya. "Okay Jeraiya, what's the deal with the Kyubi being loose? I thought that Minato's seal was to keep it until Naruto's death?" Jeraiya is about to answer when Kyubi does.
"I am still stuck in the seal Tsunade-sama." Seeing the stare from Tsunade, she gives a sad smile. "What you see before you is really a… type of clone body called a Shikigami. I'm assuming that you know what that is?" Tsunade nods a little bit.
"Yes, their basically a bushin or summon using a paper talisman as a focus point for spiritual energy. I only thought that it was a dying art used by Miko's?" Kyubi nods before looking at Naruto's room.
"Yes… but Naruto-kunlearned it to give me a better measure of freedom." Seeing Tsunade lean back, she sighs. "If you want to know my story, I'll tell you…" Speaking, Kyubi just looks down in shame, not seeing the horrified expressions on Hermione's, Tsunade's, and Shizune's face. Once she's complete, she looks at them. "I swear on my tails Tsunade-sama that all I have told you is the truth." Her revealed tails suddenly glow red before the glow fades. Watching her for a few moments, Tsunade smiles.
"I see… that's an… interesting story Kyubi-sama…" Seeing the slightly down look on the Bijuu queen's face, Tsunade reaches over and pats her knee. "I believe you Kyubi-sama…" Shizune looks at her sensei inn shock and starts sputtering.
"Bu… But Tsunade-sama!" Tsunade just gives her s stern look that causes her mouth to shut with a snap.
"That's enough Shizune. That's quite enough." Seeing the dropped jaw, Tsunade snorts in amusement. "You forget one important fact about the Senju clan Shizune: We dealt with and could control demons… well, those with Mokuton anyways." She shrugs and chuckles in fond remembrance. "In fact… I still remember how Ojii-san would come in and teach us children about demon lore." Shaking her head, she turns to Shizune. "One of the first things we learned is that Kitsune cannot be lying if they swear on their tales that it's true. If they are, they will die. Just that simple. Not even the Kyubi can get around this rule." Shizune sighs but then glares at Kyubi.
"That still doesn't excuse her lying to us!" Kyubi just sighs.
"I didn't lie Shizune-san… I just didn't want to reveal myself in case you reacted much the way you are." Shizune stares at her in disbelief as Kyubi shakes her head sadly. "I have so few friends that… I was hoping that you wouldn't react like this…" Hearing the sadness present in Kyubi's voice, Shizune flinches before looking down.
'I… I guess that I'm not so open minded after all…' Watching her apprentice, Tsunade sadly shakes her head with a sigh.
'What am I going to do with you Shizune?' Hearing Harry trying to catch her attention, Tsunade looks at him only to smirk at how he and Hermione are sitting in the same seat together. 'How kawaii…' Chuckling, she raises an eyebrow. "Ok gaki, what is it?" Harry starts rubbing the back of his neck somewhat nervously.
"Um… About that seal on your forehead… you know, the one you use to store chakra in?" Tsunade shrugs in askance.
"Yeah, what about it?" Harry keeps rubbing the back of his neck before answering her.
"Yeah… how much chakra can it hold and how do you make it?" Tsunade just blinks and looks at Jeraiya who shrugs.
"Don't look at me Tsunade-hime, both of them oftentimes comes out with the strangest questions." Nodding, Tsunade looks at Harry.
"The seal can hold the equivalent of three times my normal level, or three Kage's worth… why?" Harry looks at Naruto's room before sighing as he turns back to the group, in particular Kyubi.
"Kyubi-nee-san… can you ask nii-san if I should tell them?" She nods and closes her eyes for several minutes. Finally, she opens them and looks at Harry directly.
"He says yes." Seeing the intrigued looks given to her, she shrugs. "Even though Naruto-kun is still unconscious, I can still talk to him through the seal." The group nods at that before turning their attention back on Harry who sighs.
"Okay. You guys know how nii-san's Okaa-san Kushina disappeared during the Kyubi attack?" He gets several confused nods. "That fact is… she's not dead." Tsunade sits straight up in her seat at that.
"IMPOSSIBLE! Kushina would never have abandoned Naruto! I know that much!" Harry nods before sighing.
"You're actually right Obaa-chan." Tsunade's eyebrow twitches at that while Hermione gives him a smack in the back of the head. "Itai!" Seeing the glares, he chuckles sheepishly. "Right, right… Back onto the subject, Kushina never died, rather she… fell down a rabbit hole so to speak." Hermione's face screws up in confusion.
'Rabbit hole… where have I heard that term before…' Suddenly remembering, Hermione's eyes nearly pop out of her head as she whips around to look at Harry. "A time hole… she fell through a time hole!" Harry nods as the Sannin and Shizune look on in shock.
"Yes… You see when she rushed out to help the Yondaime she arrived at a point between Kyubi-nee-san, the Yondaime, and the Shinigami. The convergence of these three powers along with Gamabunta and the sheer amount of high powered jutsus used in a small area caused the fabric of space/time to weaken. She arrived just as Kyubi was sealed and her body released all of it's chakra that remained." Jeraiya nods at this.
"Yeah, I remember that. The pulse was so strong that I felt it in Water Country where I was doing… some research." Tsunade growls at that before turning to Harry.
"I remember it too… but how does this have to do with a… time hole?" Hermione's the one who answers.
"A time hole is a very specific temporal distortion. It's basically a hole in the needle of time. They sometimes open naturally and people will fall through them from time to time. Sometimes they fall back out… other times they're lost… forever." Harry nods at this.
"Correct. The difference is that they can also be created when a massive release of energy occurs as well. In fact, the 'Missing mass' in the universe occurs because when a star goes nova, it creates a time hole that transports the mass into another time. Really small ones also occur at the heart of nuclear explosions." Seeing the group nod their heads, Harry sighs. "Now, when the Yondaime used his Hiraishin no jutsu, it weakened the fabric of Space/time in the area. This, combined with everything else, weakened the fabric enough that when Kyubi-nee-san's body… for lack of better words, went up like a firecracker, it literally tore a hole in time. And since Kushina was at the point where it opened…" Tsunade's eyes widen.
"She was sucked in!" Harry nods as Tsunadeshakes her head. "But… but how can she still be alive? It's been over twelve years without anything to eat or drink. She should be dead." Harry shakes his head.
"She isn't. Part of the reason being is that time flows differently in a time hole. While almost fourteen years have past out here, only fourteen weeks havepast in there... And a emergency cache of supplies was also sucked in. " Tsunade just nods before asking the question on her mind.
"So what does this have to do with the chakra containing seal?" Harry's not the one who answers her however, it's Jeraiya.
"Unless I'm mistaken, your going to use what chakra you store to bust it open to retrieve Kushina, correct?" Harry nods with a small grin.
"That's exactly what we're going to do." He then leans back into his chair. "Over the past three years since me and nii-san found out where she is, we've been working to slowly erode Space/Time there so we can pop it open. The problem is that we need a LOT of energy. Several Kage's worth in fact to open it even for a few minutes. Enough chakra in fact to equal a tailed beast." They all nod as he continues. "Part of the way we're going to do this is use several focusing runes to direct a massive amount of magic we've gathered so far. If you can teach us your chakra seal, we can seal enough chakra for it to work… the last problem is that we need someone to go in and physically retrieve her. But with the time distortion… we were thinking of using Kage Bushin or a Shikigami-" He gets cut off by Jeraiya.
"Nah! Neither would work, I actually have a better idea." Seeing everyone looking at him, he gently smiles. "I'll use sage mode and retrieve her myself." Everyone's about to protest when Jeraiya holds up a hand. "Enough! I have the best chance since the nature chakra will protect me from the worst of it." His serious look melts into a saddened one. "Besides… I owe it to Naruto as well as Minato to make up for how bad of a Godfather I've been." Jeraiya's eyes widen slightly as Tsunade lays her hand on his. He then watches as a watery look comes into her eyes before she looks at Harry.
"Then I guess that I'm going to teach these gaki's to the best of my ability so that I won't lose someone else close to me." Jeraiya opens and closes his mouth several times until he stops and just smiles before nodding. Now with a questioning gaze, Tsunade looks Harry in the eyes. "Now there is one thing I've been wondering gaki, how are you and Naruto related? I've been wondering because as far as I know, Kushina was the last of her family." Harry just sighs before looking out the window.
"How much do you know about the Uzumaki clan exactly?" Blinking at the odd question, Tsunade shrugs.
"Not too much actually. I know that they were a powerful clan and quite rich as well. It was mainly them and Whirlpool country that created most of the technology we use today along with Snow country. That was one of the reasons they were destroyed since several other villages considered them a threat. After the war, many people went looking in the ruins of their clan home trying to find secrets to where they got the technology, but none ever appeared. Why?" Harry just smirks at that.
"There's actually a real good reason why they had their technology. You see, some of my Ancestors on the Evens side of the family found some of Kuro's notes on dimensional magic. Why they actually opened the portal in the first place has since been lost. But when they became a line of squibs about two hundred years ago, the portal was still active and one of them met a founding member of the Uzumaki clan. The two families then entered into an agreement: If the Uzumaki's would supply the Evens' family with raw materials then the Evens would supply the Uzumaki's with technology. Both families profited from this." Shizune nods as a thought occurred to her.
"Let me guess, there were marriages between the two families?" Harry nods.
"There were a few, but that's not the only way that me and nii-san are related." They all lean in to hear the reason. "Now, as time went on the Evans clan slowly reduced in numbers with the members knowing about the portal also lessening. Eventually, the only one who actually knew was my Ojii-san and Obaa-san. He was best friends with the then head of the Uzumaki clan. Follow me so far?" They all nod. "Okay then. Now, my Ojii-san fought in the Korean war and was injured. He was then told that he could never have children. So, in effort to have a child, he turned to his best friend. He agreed to father a child with my Obaa-san. The result was twin girls." All eyes widen at this. Hermione starts shaking her head in disbelief as she holds up her hand.
"Whoa! Whoa! You mean to tell me that Lily and Kushina were…" Harry nods with a grin.
"Yup! They were identical twin sisters. Now before you ask Hermione, yes, both were my biological Ojii-san's… thanks to a special seal of the Uzumaki clan." Tsunade nods as a twinkle appears in her eyes.
"Ah yes! That seal." Blinking, Hermione looks at Tsunade.
"Seal? What seal Tsunade-sensei?" Tsunade just chuckles.
"Years ago, the Uzumaki clan created a special seal. You see Hermione-chan, it was designed to change an unborn infants genetics. It could do many things including transfer Bloodline abilities. Often times, it was used when a Bloodline using clan was going extinct. They would have someone father a child and while the woman was still pregnant, change the genetics to be similar to the person unable to have a child. The only downside was that the person born would genetically carry the DNA of both 'Tou-san's'. Ergo, it was rarely used. Therefore, Harry here has two maternal Ojii-sans. One is an Uzumaki and the other is a Evens. That was another reason for the Uzumaki clan's destruction. Some villages were scared of having their Bloodlines stolen, others wanted the seal for that exact reason." Hermione nods before her eyes widen as a thought occurs to her
"Wait a second! Did Lily ever know about Kushina and vice versa? And since they were both twins and genetically identical does that make you and Naruto…?" Harry nods.
"That's one of the reasons that me and nii-san refer to each other as such. We're genetically closer then first cousins. In fact, we could be considered something of half siblings… a fact that both of us are happy about." Thinking over the other reason, Harry sighs. "As to your other question… It seems that the Evens family because of financial problems at the time could only support one of the twins. So they were separated and one was named Uzumaki Kushina and the other Evens Lily. They did know of each other until they were both eleven. At that point the portal failed and closed. According to my Kaa-san's diaries, it was the worst day of her life. Up to that point it seems that Kushina-oba-san showed signs of having magic." Scratching his chin, Jeraiya nods.
"Yeah, I remember her telling me and Minato a few times about weird events that occurred around her when she was a child." Blinking thoughtfully, he looks back at Harry. "But why didn't she show any after the portal closed?" Harry just sighs.
"When the portal closed, it snapped the magical twin bond between the two. In Okaa-san's case, the strain caused her magical system to grow. In Kushina-oba-san's case it crippled her ability to use magic. That's not to say that she couldn't use any, rather it became something like Rock Lee. She could only channel it internally. Turns out that it was the Uzumaki clan that closed the portal during final battle. It was also during this battle that she killed the attacking Kumo nin. The reason she was able to was that the bond snapping caused her magical system to overload, quite literally boosting her abilities for a short time. Afterwards, Kushina and the survivors made their way to Konoha where during the journey she became the last of the Uzumaki. The rest, as they say, is history." Hermione starts to tap her chin in thought.
"But what about Petunia? She is your Oba-san as well, isn't she?" Harry nods before sighing.
"She is I'm afraid… But only because she's my Kaa-san's half-sister. My Okaa-san was born in 1960. Petunia was born in 1965. All they said was that they had gone to a concert and… well, they were hippies. They don't even know who the Otou-san was!" Hermione winces a little. "Yeah…. That might be part of the reason she acted the way she did." Harry suddenly grins. "But with the fact that both were born in the sixties and were named after flowers I guess I can call them both flower children." Hermione just stares at him for a few seconds before bursting out in laughter while Tsunade just sighs and rubs the side of her head.
"Great… my head feels like it's going through a massive hangover and I haven't even touched a sip of Sake today…" This brings out laughs as Jeraiya pats her on the shoulder.
"Trust me Tsunade-hime, I know exactly how you feel every day I spend with those two." Harry just pouts making them all laugh louder. Later that night, Shizune walks towards the balcony and notices Kyubi looking up at the moon. She stops for a moment and is about to walk away when Kyubi starts speaking.
"Hello Shizune-san. Can't sleep?" Sighing, Shizune walks up beside her.
"No… I guess that I have too much on my mind…" Kyubi just nods as she continues looking at the moon. Slowly the minutes tick by as the uncomfortable silence between the two stretches onwards. While it doesn't seem to visibly affect Kyubi, Shizune starts to twitch and fidget. 'Kuso! Why doesn't she say anything?! I would… I could always go but… but then I would be rude…' Glancing at Kyubi, Shizune nearly sighs. 'Kuso… WHY ISN'T SHE BOTHERED?!' Finally, Kyubi starts talking but doesn't spare Shizune a glance.
"It really hurt you know… What you did and how you reacted…" Shizune flinches at this since Hermione already tore into her earlier over her reaction to Kyubi revealing herself.
"Sorry… It's… it's just that you lied to me…" Seeing Kyubi about to say something, Shizune scowls and interrupts. "Okay, so you didn't lie to me… But you still hid something that huge from me!" Kyubi just snorts.
"And considering how you acted, can you actually say that I was in the wrong? That I should have trusted you?" Shizune's about to say something but suddenly stops with her mouth open before hanging her head. "Exactly." Sighing, Kyubi shakes her head. "Not that I can really blame you with the horror stories I've heard involving me. The problem is… Well, I just can't really remember anything Shizune-san. I really can't. Pretty much everything after being sealed into Madara is a blur… which might be something to be thankful for if everything I've heard about is true." Shizune's eyes widen as she looks at her.
"You… would be thankful for that! Why?" Kyubi finally looks at her with a depressed look on her face.
"Because I would rather not remember anything then remember all the crimes I did in my rage and madness." Sighing, Kyubi once again looks away from Shizune. "I'm… Quite frankly horrified at what I've done over the years Shizune-san…" Shizune's shocked to see tears leaking from Kyubi's eyes before a sob breaks from her throat. "I… I was a MONSTER! I know that I don't deserve to live if even half of what I'm hearing is true… I sure as hell don't deserve Naruto-kun… but everyday I can't help but think I'm blessed to have him beside me while a part of me is disgusted with the fact that I can be happy after all I've done…" Shizune just looks at her as something her uncle once said comes back to her.
'A person who can't cry over evil is a monster… since monsters don't cry…' Thinking it over, Shizune is shocked to find that she's no longer angry with Kyubi, rather she feels empathy. Kyubi becomes shocked herself when Shizune walks over and enfolds her in an embrace. After a few moments Kyubi settles into the hug and starts crying into Shizune's shoulder as she rubs the Kitsune's back. Looking down at Kyubi, a soft smile comes to Shizune's face. 'I wonder… Is this what it feels like to be a Onee-san? If it is… I think I like it.' Unseen by the two women, Tsunade is watching them from within the shadows with a smile as well.
'I'm proud of you Shizune… Very proud…'
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Walking around town, Harry glances at Hermione before smiling upon seeing her with her bandage mask down. "I don't know why you keep hiding your face Hermione… it's really beautiful." Hermione just blushes and looks away.
"Yeah well… I kind of doubt that Harry." She shrugs seeing Harry's icluderous stare. "I know that I'm not the best looking or most beautiful woman Harry… Though it is nice to hear you say that." Harry's eyes nearly bug out of his face.
"Nani!? How can you say that Hermione?! You are with out a doubt one of the most stunning young women I've ever laid eyes on…" He then looks her up and down since her outfit leaves nothing to the imagination (Imagine Yuffie's from FF7 Advent Children) making her blush at his attention. "Especially now that you're a Kunoichi… though you've always been beautiful to me." Both teens blush at this as Harry coughs a little to cover up his embarrassment. Getting her blush under control, Hermione snorts.
"Sure Harry… Sure." Rolling her eyes, she continues. "If you've always thought that, then why is it that you never said so before now? Why is it that I was the last one you asked to the ball in Fourth year? Sure didn't seem like you thought that… or that I was actually a girl!" Harry just sighs and looks away.
"I… had my reasons for that Hermione…" Now intrigued, Hermione raises an eyebrow and stops with her arms crossed across her chest.
"Really now? What possible reason in Merlin's name could you have for not saying anything of the like to me before? I mean really?" Harry just stops as well and sighs before shaking his head and turning to look at Hermione.
"You really want to know?" She nods and he looks up and runs his hand through his messy and still silver hair. "One reason is that I didn't know how you would react to me saying that and I was scared that I would lose you as a friend." Hermione just rolls her eyes at that.
"Harry, I would never have broke up our friendship over that. I actually would have been glad to hear that I guess… even though it's not true. "Shrugging her shoulders, she gives him a raised eyebrow. "Wait a second, 'One reason'? What's another reason?" Harry just turns away and does a decent Hagrid impression.
"I shouldn't have said that… I shouldn't have said that…" Rolling her eyes, Hermione reaches over and gives him a smack in the back of the head. "Itai!" Looking at her, Harry starts grumbling. 'I wonder if she's possibly related to that Gibbs character that Abby told Kit about?' Hermione just places her hands on her hips and stares at him.
"Okay Harry, spill." Harry just looks at her and asks what she's going to do. "You forget Harry, I've trained under Tsunade-sensei as a Kunoichi. I'll just seduce you and get it out of you that way." Harry suddenly looks away with a heavy blush making her eyes go wide as she has a good guess why since Tsunade trained her in human Psychology. 'Merlin's beard! He can't actually feel for me in THAT way… could he?' Shaking her head free of such thoughts, she blushes before clearing her throat. "Well? What's it going to be?" Sighing, Harry looks back at her.
"There's… a few others. One should be familier to you Hermione… Ron." Seeing her incomprehension, he sighs. "Ron fancies you Hermione." Hermione actually face faults at that before getting up and laughing at the suggestion.
"Oh! OH! I needed that Harry! But really, what's the other reason?" Seeing the serious look on Harry's face she blinks. "You're serious about this…" Harry just nods. "Ron… fancies me? ME?!" Harry just nods again as Hermione notices the people gathering around them, trying to listen in making her scowl. 'I REALLY hate busybodies…' Turning back to Harry, she sighs. "Harry? I think that we should go else where…" Looking around, Harry nods before grabbing Hermione and Apparating away, not seeing the widened eyes looking at him from a nearby darkened alleyway. Reappearing outside of town, Hermione shakes her head seeing that they're in the clearing that Harry trained in the Rasengan in. "Anyways… I honestly can't believe that Ron of all people fancies me Harry." Harry just sighs and shakes his head.
"He does Hermione, trust me on that. Hell! He ranted and raved after the Yule ball in Fourth year over you dating Krum! And Fifth year… Well, let's just say he noticed how you were developing and leave it at that, shall we?" Hermione just scowls at that.
"That little pervert… When we get back to our world I'm going to give him a super-strong kick to the gonads." Harry just shrugs at that. Seeing this, Hermione chuckles and shakes her head. "Harry, trust me when I say that me and Ron would never have gotten together. Never. All we do is fight. He calls me names, berates me continually and can be a right jealous prick at times. Trust me when I say that definitely would not be a healthy relationship. In fact, I think that it would be a down right abusive one… at least a verbally abusive one. The only reason we're actually friends now is that we have a common friend in you Harry." Shaking her head again, she grins a little. "I mean really! Me and Ron? Can't see it happening." Now looking up at Harry, she raises an eyebrow. "Anyways, why would the fact that Ron likes me be a reason?" Harry just sighs as he sits down.
"You forget how I was before Hermione. I had no real friends except for you guys." Shaking his head, he looks Hermione in the eye trying to get her to understand. "I didn't want to lose either of you. The one time I mentioned how good looking you were, Ron exploded at me. So, I never mentioned it again hoping to keep the two of you as my friends… And now I think that was one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made. Because I now know that my indifference hurt you… and for that I'm deeply sorry." Tears spring to Hermione's eyes before she rushes over and gives him a "Hermione hug" as he's termed them. Pulling a little bit back, she gently cups his cheek.
"You don't have to be sorry Harry… you never do. You were staved for affection, so you sought out any that you could. And while I suppose it hurt a little, it was a small pain, nothing more." Hugging him again, she's surprised when Harry returns it while nuzzling her neck and sending pleasant shivers down her back and neck.
"You're right, I WAS staved for affection and that's probably why I was so easily manipulated… But now?" Now he pulls back and looks Hermione in the eyes. "Now… I'm no longer staved for such. I now have precious people who care for me, and I'm not going to let go of them… ever…" His eyes become hooded as he slowly starts leaning in as does Hermione.
"That's… good… to know…" Her eyes close as their lips meet, after a few seconds a breathless and heavily blushing Hermione and Harry pull apart. Slightly dazed, Hermione reaches up and lightly touches her lips. "Did… did we just…?" Harry gulps and nods before looking away.
"Ye… yeah… I'm, I'm sorry!" He goes to move only away for Hermione to tighten the hug. "Her… Hermione? What are you doing?" He doesn't get any farther as she smashes her lips against his again. Eventually, she pulls away with a smile.
"Harry?" He just nods as he's still in shock making her giggle. "Harry, do you like me?" He just looks away with a blush. "Ah! So you do I see." Startled, he looks back at her.
"Wha… What!? What are you talking about?! I-" Hermione just interrupts him by laying a finger against his lips.
"Harry tell me something… Are we friends? Best friends?" Seeing him slowly nod, she smiles. "Okay. Now, do you agree that me and you are very close? Close enough that we know a lot about each other?" Once again Harry nods. "Very good. Now, finally… Do we have a lot of trust in each other?" Harry just sighs and nods. "So what's the problem Harry? I certainly don't see one!" Harry just sighs again before scratching the back of his neck.
"Um… We just met again and it's a little too soon to jump into such a relationship right off the bat?" Hermione just snorts.
"Tell me another Harry. We've known each other for… what? Almost six years?" Hermione shrugs her shoulders a little. "As to the fact that we've been apart for the better part of… six years, what does it matter? In the long run, it doesn't. All that's really happened is that we've matured… well, matured mentally anyways. The point is that we're still the same basic people inside Harry. And that's what matters in the end. Besides," Hermione adds with a smirk. "You have no idea how long I've personally wanted to kiss you." Harry just blinks at this.
"You have? Since when?" Hermione just blushes as she looks away and mumbles something. "Sorry Hermione… what was that?" Sighing, she looks at him.
"Since the end of First." Harry's jaw drops at that as she sighs. "Before that I had a crush on you since you saved me from the troll. Also… I heard you when I was petrified during Second year and… well, let's just say that I heard everything and it took all my will power not to kiss you when I rushed into the Great Hall." Harry just nods.
"Ah." Looking around, he scratches the back of his head. "So… Um, what do we do now?" Hermione just looks at him icluderous.
"Harry… you're the one with six girlfriends… don't tell me that you honestly don't know what to do!" Harry just grins as he squeezes her slightly.
"Well… as long as you're sure Hermione…"
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Steve: So? What do you guys think?
Yui: Hmm… Not bad, but I think that you rushed through the Harmony part.
Steve: Yeah… That's pretty much what I figured… It was just so HARD to figure out where to put it. Oh well… I know that I'm going to catch hell for rushing it.
Pen-pen: Wark waarrk… war aark warrk ark wark warkk arrk wark war waarkk. (Most likely… But then again, you will catch hell from Ron lovers.)
Steve: Oh, I know I will… They can be downright rabid!
Hinata: Um… but why did you say those things about Ron?
Steve: Because that's how I see it Hinata. First of all, some people say that if you argue a lot then you must like each other. I'll admit that I can see that in some cases like Ash and Misty in Pokemon… But not in Ron and Hermione's case. I found the fact that she got together with him after how he continuously insulted her downright repugnant. There's no way that in real life that that wouldn't be termed a verbally abusive relationship. Hell! He actually reduced her to tears several times! How the hell could you fall in love with and then marry a guy that did that to you? I have to wonder exactly what J.K was thinking when she wrote them getting together. (Shakes head) Well, since it's my fic, they won't be getting together here.
Yui: Good! That's one of my least favourite canon pairings.
Steve: Mine too. Well, onto the next chapter!
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