Steve: And here we are with the final chapter!
Yui: And it looks like you were in the mood for a little fluffiness.
Steve: Well… I wanted to show how both Harry and Naruto are interacting with Lily and Kushina.
Hinata: I'm glad that both Harry-kun and Naruto-kun have their Okaa-sans.
Steve: As am I, as am I.
Pen-pen: Wa wark waark ar waa war warrk waaaarrrrrkkkk wa waark wark? (So we're going to see how their relationship is going then?)
Steve: Yup! And trust me when I say that it's going well.
Yui: Well then, what are we waiting for! Let's get a move on people!
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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Sitting down on a mat, Naruto watches as Kushina does chin ups on a bar with sweat streaming down her face. Watching as her arms start trembling, he softly smiles as she pushes through it. 'Huh. Guess that's where I get my stubbornness from.' Finally, her arms give out and she falls to the ground, the cushioning charm he had set earlier softening her landing. Shaking his head, he watches as she crawls over to where he's sitting before collapsing. "Not bad Kaa-san. One hundred chin ups in addition to fifty push ups as well… not too shabby for someone coming out of your condition." She just snorts before lightly smacking him in the shoulder she he hands her a drink.
"Yeah, yeah… Stop patronizing me. It's not that impressive really, trust me on that. In fact… when I was still pregnant with you I used to do two hundred chin ups easy." Naruto just chuckles at her boast as he watches her breath in and out. Reaching up, Kushina flaps the collar of her sweat stained shirt as she observes him watching her before a smirk comes over her face as a devious thought occurs to her. "Oh Naru-chan…" Naruto raises an eyebrow at the playful tone she uses.
"Yes Kaa-san?" She lightly smiles as she taps a finger to her chin as if in thought.
"Why are you staring at me? Unless…" She gasps in theatrical shock as she claps her hand over her mouth. "Naru-chan! I know that I'm only twenty-one and that I'm beautiful, but I'm still your Okaa-san! Though I am kind of flattered, I'm also pretty disturbed." Naruto stares at her for several moments until his eyes widen and he starts to sputter as he realizes what she's hinting at. On the outside she continues to look shocked, but in reality she's trying not to laugh at her son's red face. 'Heheheheh! Man! Kyubi was right, teasing him IS fun.' In the meantime, Naruto starts waving his hands back and forth.
"Th… That's no… not why Kaa-san… I… I… don't think of you… like that and… er… I mean… that… is…" Kushina just barely holds in her giggles as she sighs and looks down in fake sadness.
"You mean that you don't think that I'm beautiful? You think that I'm ugly?" Naruto freezes as those words hit him directly causing him to look like a fish as his mouth opens and closes. He starts waving his hands all over again.
"Th-that's not what I meant Kaa-san! You super-pretty dattebayo! Er… I mean that since you're my Kaa-san and… Uh… Um… You know… ARRRRGHHHH!" Kushina's lips begin to twitch as she watches her son try and pull out his hair in aggravation.
'This… is ALMOST as much fun as teasing Kakashi was when he was Minato's student…' Her mood drops a few pegs as she remembers her husband. Naruto's eyes narrow as he saw the almost unnoticeable smirk on her face.
'She… SHE WAS TEASING ME! Grrrr. Wait a moment!' A sly, fox-like grin comes over his face for several seconds as he reaches over and pulls Kushina close. 'Well then… two can play that game…' Kushina blinks before going red as she notices the position they're in. "You know Kaa-san… I got to wonder why you brought that up. Then again… considering that you seem to like blonds with blue eyes…" Now it's Kushina's turn to sputter as she goes completely fire engine red and looks away.
"Yu…. You… I… Kaa-san… I mean…" Hearing a laugh, she blinks as she turns back to see Naruto laughing his head off. Putting it together, she huffs at him. "Kuso… You just had to turn it back on me didn't you?" Naruto's grin is answer enough for her causing her to look away and pout and mumble. "Kuso gaki… can't let me have my fun and tease him… Kaa-san benefits…" Naruto just rolls his eyes and chuckles.
"Guess they're all right about that I suppose…" Seeing her look at him questioningly, he smiles as her jabs his thumb at himself. "Ojii-san and the others have all said that even though I have my Otou-san's looks, I have your personality and fighting style." Kushina thinks this over in a pose similar to Naruto's own thinking pose before nodding.
"I suppose that's true." Opening an eye, she looks at her son with a foxy grin. "I have to admit that's a good thing to me since it could be worse… You could look like me and have Minato's personality…" She trails off as a look of sadness comes over her face at the memory of her dead husband. Feeling a hand on her shoulder, she notices Naruto looking at the ground.
"I… I'm sorry Kaa-san… because of me Tou-san is dead and-" He gets cut off as Kushina slaps him before grabbing him by the collar and forcing him to look her in the eye.
"Don't you DARE say such a thing Uzumaki-Namikaze-Potter Naruto! I will NOT have my son blame himself for something like that!" Reaching out with tears in her eyes, she lays her hand gently over where she slapped him. "You are my son and trust me when I say that I don't blame you and I know for a fact that not only would Minato not blame you, but he would be fucking proud of what you've become and how far you've gone." Letting a few tears leak out of her eyes, she looks at Naruto with a sad smile. "When I was pregnant with you, he would finish up work every day just so that he could come home early and talk to you. I remember how he even used to read the book we got your name from out loud to you every night before we went to sleep. When I asked him why, do you know what he said?" Naruto shakes his head with his eyes bright with unshed tears. "He said, and I quote: 'I love him and when he is born I'll help him reach his dreams no matter what they are. I will forever be proud of him since he is my son.' So trust me when I say that he loved you with all his heart even before he knew you. And when he had to seal Kyubi in you, it tore him apart. It was the only time he honestly wanted to abandon the village." Naruto looks at her in shock at that.
"He… he thought about abandoning the village in it's time of need… for me…?" Kushina slowly nods as she gains a far away look. "I don't believe it… the Yondaime, my Otou-san… thought about abandoning his post… for me…" Kushina just nods and sighs.
"Believe me or don't. But he truly loved you more then he loved almost anything else. I think he thought that by having his soul devoured by the Shinigami and tortured for the rest of eternity, he would be properly punished as he thought he should be for his actions…" She shakes her head and sadly sighs. "I know that I felt pretty much the same way when I was trapped in that Time hole thingy. That it was punishment for my sins against you." Naruto just stares at her icluderous.
"You… thought that being there was punishment? For your sins? Why?" Kushina hangs her head a little before sniffling and throwing herself into Naruto's arms making his confusion grow. "Kaa-san?" She just sniffles a little.
"It was punishment for leaving you behind… " She shakes her head a little as she lightly sobs. "I knew that by facing the Kyubi I might be leaving you to grow up without parents but… But I felt that I had to because if me and Minato-kun could defeat it then he would live and you wouldn't have the burden you do now… I was selfish. After I got trapped in there, all I could think of was how I had left you behind… how I abandoned you…" She sighs again before looking up at Naruto with haunted eyes. "I knew how Jinchuuriki were treated in other villages… Hell! I fought the Jinchuuriki of the Hachibi when Kumo destroyed Whirlpool. And yet… here me and Minato were condemning you to the same life. When the food started to run out, I felt sorry that Rin was suffering, but at the same time I figured that it was my own just deserts. If I hadn't left the hospital to fight Kyubi then I-" Naruto cuts her off right there in a small voice.
"Then you wouldn't be here. You would be dead and that's all there is to it." Kushina looks at him and blinks in shock as he looks up at the ceiling. "Soon after you left a shockwave from the battle caused the wing of the hospital you were in to collapse. There were no survivors. Doing what you did in the end saved both you and Rin." Sadly chuckling, he turns back to his mother with a sad smile. "Ironically, everyone thought that you and Rin had died in the collapse and thanks to the fires that were spreading through the ruins, most bodies that were found where unidentifiable… Those that hadn't burned to ash anyways." Seeing the question in her eyes, he shrugs. "Me and nii-san figured the same thing before we used the Inheritance potion which told us you were still alive as well as where… So we came up with a plan to rescue you Kaa-san… Because…" He looks away with a slight blush. "Because you are my Kaa-san…" Kushina just nods happily before looking nervous.
"So… Does that mean that you don't hate me? For abandoning you?" Naruto just snorts.
"Of course I don't hate you Kaa-san. Why would I hate you?" He just shrugs before sadly smiling at her. "Besides… You never abandoned me. And you're here now with me so… I guess better late then never and all that." Kushina just nods at that with a smile on her face. Naruto just grins back at her before shrugging as he takes out a scroll from inside his jacket. "Anyways… enough of the heavy stuff. I got some ramen here and-" He gets cut off as Kushina leaps on him with her eyes wide and starry.
"Ra… RAMEN! YOU HAVE RAMEN WITH YOU!? GIVE ME! GIVE ME! RAMEN! RAMEN!" Seeing her son chuckle, she pouts. "Why do have to be so mean to your Kaa-san and tease her?" Suddenly she starts to blink in confusion before narrowing her eyes at him. "Hey… wait a fucking moment… I thought that Tsunade said that I wasn't to have any ramen?" Naruto just grins before looking around and speaking to her in a stage whisper making her giggle.
"Now what Baa-chan doesn't know won't hurt me. So Shhhh!" Seeing her smile, his grin widens. "Besides, ramen is the food of the kami's." Kushina just nods seriously at that.
"Hai… but most people don't believe that unfortunately… So what kinds do you have? Better have some Shio (Salt) ramen!" Naruto nods before unsealing three bowls of Shio ramen. Kushina is about to dig in when Naruto stops her. "Hey! What's the big deal!?" Naruto just shakes his head before unsealing a large thermos and pouring a dark liquid out into two mugs. She looks at them and then at him through narrow eyes. "That better not be coffee… I HATE coffee and anything that's bitter." Naruto looks at her before smiling.
"Nope! It's actually some of nii-san's special hot chocolate… I, er, kind of took it…" Kushina looks at him in shock before shivering as she looks around.
"Hope you have a will drawn up because I've heard that he can be downright vicious when it comes to his special hot chocolate. He'll kill anyone who takes some… Kind of like Tsunade and her special sake's." Naruto just shrugs before taking a sip from his mug and shuddering.
"That may be Kaa-san… but I'm pretty sure that he already knew that I took some." Seeing her look at it, he softly smiles. "Go ahead and try some, it's his caramel blend." Kushina looks at her mug for several seconds before taking a small sip. Almost immediately her eyes widen and a small moan escapes her. Naruto just grins. "See? I told you it was good stuff." They spend the rest of their lunch just chatting between bites and before you know it they're done. Sighing, Kushina pats her belly as she leans back on her elbows.
'Ah… that hit the spot.' Looking at her son, Kushina smiles as she sees his soft smile and closed eyes. 'Look at him… he looks so relaxed…' Chuckling, she notices Naruto looking at her from the corner of her eyes. "Yes Naru-chan?" Naruto reaches up and scratches his chin in thought for a few moments.
"I want to ask you something Kaa-san…" Kushina raises an eyebrow but motions him on. "I was wondering… What was your childhood like?" Blinking a little bit at the odd question, Kushina looks up at the roof in thought.
"My childhood? It was… nice I guess." She shrugs a little before looking at Naruto. "Our clan, the Uzumaki's, were one of the main ninja clans of Whirlpool… kind of like what the Hyuuga are for Konoha. I guess that you could even say that all of Whirlpool was a ninja village. It was pretty small, only the size of Wave and only a few thousand residents… which might be or might not be a good thing considering what happened." Sighing a little, she just shrugs. "Not much can be done now I guess. Anyways, while we were a ninja clan, unlike the Hyuuga's we never forced anyone to become a ninja. But they were still given self-defence training. And that's another thing, the training we received was harsh. Extremely harsh." Naruto looks up at that in surprise.
"Really? How so?" Kushina taps her chin in thought before answering.
"To understand that, you have to understand our ranking system. You see, while we had the same ranking system as the other countries like Jounins and Genins and the like, we had a different method of determining a persons rank." Naruto's eyebrows nearly meet his hair at this as she continues. "We would still send people to the Chunin Exams, but we would also promote people depending on their skills that we deemed most important: Stealth, power, and planning ability. For example, if the clan was still around you would have been ranked a Clan Chunin at the time you became a Genin here for the simple fact of you having Jounin equivalent chakra reserves, stealth as well as your planning ability." Naruto nods completely immersed in her explanation.
"So how does this relate to our clan's training methods?" Kushina smirks a little before answering.
"Quite a bit actually. Training would begin early in life… around three or four years of age. But at that age we would use modified games to teach, actual training would come later. Tag, hide and go seek, and others were used. One of the games is still used here in Konoha, in other words, playing ninja. Once you hit six, the real training began. Most of it was stamina building exercises as well as teaching various weapon skills and minor jutsu… though those weren't the only skills taught. All members were pushed to learn skills outside the ninja life as well such as blacksmithing and gardening. Another difference was that training was individualized depending on the person. Let's say that you needed hands on training, well then you would be put with teacher that could explain and show things in a hands on manner you could understand. Good at Taijutsu? Then the clan would assign a teacher who was good at Taijutsu to train you. For example, it was determined early on that I was more of a Ninjutsu/Kenjutsu type so those were the ones that my training focused on. This was one of the reasons why facing a Uzumaki was considered dangerous, because you could never tell what they would specialize in, unlike the Hyuuga who specialize in Taijutsu or the Kurama clan which specialize in Genjutsu. Because of this, it was almost impossible to plan ahead when facing an Uzumaki." Naruto's face nearly breaks in half from the grin on his face.
"That's so COOL! So our clan was a jack of all trades?" Kushina just nods at that. "Sweet!" Suddenly he looks lost. "But then… why was our clan nearly wiped out and are there any other survivors?" Kushina sadly sighs and shakes her head.
"Despite everything, even numbers can overcome a smaller, more efficient force. Remember Naruto, Quantity is a Quality all it's own. It's something that we found out to our regret. As to any other survivors… I doubt it. We were attacked by a force of Iwa nin and Kumo nin outnumbering us by twenty to one… Among their forces were FOUR Jinchuuriki. At the time of the attack most of the clan was at home, though they made fucking sure that those assholes paid a hefty price for attacking us since for every Uzumaki that fell, fifteen enemy ninja died. When I saw the clan compound go up in a massive fireball…" She looks down as her eyes take on a haunted look. "I… I lost it. I went into a full out berserker state. I just felt this massive surge of power and literally cleaved a path of blood and gore through their ranks." Shaking her head, she turns to Naruto with a sad look. "The next thing I remember was coming to while being carried by this blond gaki who had arrived with his sensei as part of a relief force from Konoha… That gaki was named Namikaze Minato, your Otou-san." Kushina looks up and starts to chuckle. "In fact… he was the one who gave me my nickname when he said that I looked like a 'Red whirlwind of death'. One of the other ninja's heard part of this and put me down as the Red Death, thus giving me my title." Naruto just looks at her with hero worship shining in his eyes.
"Sugoi! My Kaa-san's famous! And 'Red Death' sounds so cool!" Kushina points out that he too has a cool nickname causing him to shrug with a grin. "True… I got to admit that 'Yoko no Konoha' is WAY better then 'Kyubi no gaki' any day of the week." Kushina just scowls hearing of his nickname in Konoha.
"Fucking temes… If Minato was here he would kick all their asses! And that would be to just start… I should go and show them why I'm called the Red Death…" She trails off mumbling about various things she should do making Naruto sweatdrop before he clears his throat catching her attention.
"Kaa-san… I was wondering about the Uzumaki Clan Jutsu scroll that I picked up in Wave… A lot of the Jutsu seem to be either Suiton, Fuuton, or something called Arashiton (Storm Release)… What's up with that?" Kushina just grins a little.
"Ah yes… I was wondering when you would ask. You see Naru-chan, all our clan developed either Water, Wind, or a combination of both as affinities. Most would have developed one of them first before gaining the other after getting so far in their training. The Arashiton was simply a combination of Fuuton and Suiton. Basically it would allow you to control the weather in your area. In fact Kirigakure no jutsu is in fact an example as first you have to condense the water in the air by cooling it down while still controlling it. But before you ask, no it wasn't a bloodline. It was just something that happened. Now, among some of the jutsus are… well, one of them has the same name as you: Naruto no jutsu. It's a Suiton designed to take out warships by creating a huge swirling maelstrom made up of several small whirlpools that suck anything caught in it down to the bottom of the sea. It's a S-rank jutsu by the way…" She just smirks at the look of shock on his face before getting back up and heading back to training. Before she does she looks back at him. "By the way… During the Kyubi attack I lost my sword… Any idea what happened to it?" Naruto thinks it over and shakes his head.
"Sorry Kaa-san, I don't know what happened to it after the fight. It might have been in the Time Hole with you in which case it's lost for good… Sorry." Kushina just sighs and shakes her head.
"It's… Not a problem Naru-chan." Looking up, she slumps her shoulders. 'I guess that's it for you old friend…' Hearing Naruto ask what the story behind it is and what type of sword it was she softly smiles. "The sword was a gift from my Otou-san for becoming a Genin. It was a Kodachi and I loved it with all my heart. I named it Shinku Arashi (Crimson Storm) after the final battle for Whirlpool Country. But… it seems that it was destroyed after the Kyubi attack." She shrugs with a few tears leaking from her eyes. "At least she was destroyed in battle…" She notices Naruto stiffen a little and raises an eyebrow. "Something the matter Naru-chan?" Naruto just holds up a finger.
"Can you wait a moment Kaa-san before you continue?" She nods and he disappears in a pop leaving her there confused as all hell as she wonders where he went to. Spying that Naruto left behind a bowl of ramen, she looks around before sneaking over and eating it. She's nearly finished when she hears a pop and Naruto starts talking. "Whew! Sorry about… the… HEY! THAT'S MY RAMEN!" Kushina just hurriedly swallows and gives him a sheepish grin.
"Um… Not anymore it isn't." She sweatdrops feeling a little KI coming from her son. 'Wow… Guess he loves ramen as much as me after all…' Clearing her throat, she points at the bundle in his arms. "So what's that Naru-chan?" She almost sighs with relief as he's successfully distracted as he looks down with a soft look.
"Oh, this? I… found it when I was younger where the battle against Kyubi-chan happened when I was trying to find something from her… like a fang or claw that I could forge into a blade. I found this imbedded in a tree. Looked like it had been there for several years before a lighting bolt hit the tree splitting it in half and revealing it." He unfolds the cloth revealing a badly corroded Kodachi with several chunks of the blade missing. Seeing it, Kushina's eyes widen. "When I saw a bit of it glinting in the sun after the storm, I felt an attraction to it. Is this your's Kaa-san?" She slowly reaches out and touches it with a with a trembling finger before jerking away as tears fall down her cheeks.
"Yes… it's my blade…" Sighing, she looks at it and shake her head sadly. "I wish that it wasn't so badly damaged." Seeing Naruto's raised eyebrow, she shrugs. "I know about blades Naru-chan, and this one is too damaged to be repaired." Hearing a snort, she looks Naruto in the eye only to see a knowing glint.
"I wouldn't say that Kaa-san… I can repair it if you want." His answer is Kushina hugging him tightly causing his breath to rush out of him. After a little bit, Kushina pulls away with a watery smile. "I take it that's a yes?" Kushina just snorts at him.
"What do you think baka?" Naruto just grins.
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Walking into the library, Harry suddenly stops as he notices his mom sitting in a chair at one of the tables with a stack of books by her. "Hey Mum, how's it going?" She jerks as she never noticed him entering which causes her to blush. Clearing her throat, she shrugs.
"It's going good so far… just doing some reading at the moment." Harry just nods as he walks up and looks the titles of the books over. Chuckling, he looks up at her with amusement shining in his green eyes.
"Reading Academy textbooks Mum? Scrolls about Fuinjutsu and chakra theory? Any particular reason for you to do that? Well… Besides the obvious of course." Lily just rolls her eyes as Harry laughs a little.
"Yeah, sure, laugh it up funny man." Chuckling, she shakes her head. "I swear… you're as bad as James and Sirius at times." Smiling in remembrance, she shakes her head as she looks up at Harry who sits down beside her. "So… any reason for this visit? Besides bugging your dear old Mum that is." Harry just smiles.
"I just wanted to talk with you and hang out a little… is that so hard to believe?" Lily just shrugs a little with a smile. "Anyways, what is with the books and scrolls? I know that you want to become a ninja now and all… but why are you pushing yourself now? There's no real reason to do so right now." Lily just sighs as she closes her book.
"Harry, I'm reading to be able to become a ninja so that when I'm able to I'll focus on the physical exercises when possible." Looking away, she softly smiles before turning back to her son. "Have I ever told you what I wanted to do after the war?" Harry thinks it over before shaking his head.
"Actually no. Even when I was reading your Journals I never came across it… and frankly I could never gather the guts to read your diary." Lily just laughs at that.
"I never thought that you might actually. But besides that… My dream for after the war?" She sighs as she leans on her arm. "I wanted to be a teacher. Potions or charms. In fact… Slughorn actually suggested that I go for potions." Hearing a snort, she raises an eyebrow. "What? Don't think that I could possibly do a good job?" Harry just shakes his head with an amused look on his face.
"No, that's not it at all… I just figure that you could do FAR better then the one that's currently at Hogwarts." Seeing her raised eyebrow, he grins. "Severus Snape is the Potions Professor." Lily just stands there shock still as what he just said reverberates through her head. Watching her and getting no response, he reaches over and snaps his fingers in her face only to get no sign she saw him. "Wow… she's really in shock…" He's about to say more when he finds himself knocked on his ass as she screams into his ear.
"WHAT!? YOU HAVE GOT TO BE SHITTING ME!" She just shakes her head in disbelief. "Dumbledore hired Snape to be the Potions professor?! Please tell me that this is some kind of sick joke!" Harry just shakes his head making her sigh before she bangs her head on the table. "What the hell was that man thinking…" Harry just shrugs with a smirk.
"I doubt he does… or classifies it as being for the 'Greater Good' type of BS." Lily just sighs as he continues causing her to groan. "He also has him as the head of Slytherin." Lily just starts growling.
"And let me guess… he takes out his anger on the other houses, especially Gryffindor, all the while favouring his own. That sounds about right?" Harry's nod is answer enough, making her growl. "And he likely picks on you especially. Or am I mistaken?" Harry just sighs and nods and her growl becomes uncannily similar to that of a pissed off Mama Grizzly's. "When I get my hands on that fucking little shit for what he's done I swear…" Watching her, Harry decides that maybe now would be a good time to get some of his questions answered and so clears his throat causing her to turn her attention to him. "Yes Harry? You got a question?" He reaches up and rubs the back of his neck sheepishly.
"I know that Snape has problems with me since I look so much like Dad but… I want to know the history behind it." Looking up he sighs. "I know that Dad was an ass to him in school but… I just can never get the full truth. For years everyone told me that he was a good man and all but then I saw Snape's memory of what happened in his Fifth year with Dad hoisting him upside down with a spell and…" Lily just nods with a understanding smile.
"And it knocked him off the pedestal that you had put him on correct?" Harry's sheepish look is enough answer causing her to chuckle as she pats the seat beside her. Waiting until Harry sits down, she takes a deep breath. "Now before we go any farther, I want you to understand one thing about your Father: He was only human." Harry just nods as he leans forwards listening intently. "James, for much of our time at Hogwarts, was arrogant. I will not soften the blow any, but it's the truth. He WAS arrogant and could be as bad a prick in some ways as any Slytherin. While him and his friends never went out of their way to torment Muggleborns like some purebloods, they never avoided problems with them either. As far as he was concerned he was the best and that was all there was to it." Seeing a look of confusion on her son's face, Lily internally smiles since she knows what he's going to ask.
"But then… why did you fall in love with him and marry him? If he was so bad I mean." Lily just smiles fondly in remembrance.
"There was a few reasons actually. I later found out that he was doing some of the pranks to try and get my attention. Another reason was… was that after my parents died in my Seventh year, he came and comforted me. It was during that year that he finally matured and I got to actually know him as he shaped up. Almost as soon as we finished school we got married. And then… well, we had you. And trust me when I say that is something that neither me or James regretted." Grinning, she reaches over and musses up his hair with her hand making him squawk. "So don't worry yourself Kiddo." Harry just grumbles making her laugh before he sighs.
"Yeah well… I just wish sometimes that he wasn't like that due to how Snape treats me all the time." Hearing a resigned sigh, he looks at Lily who's shaking her head. "Mum? Something the matter?" She looks at Harry and sadly smiles.
"I'm afraid that I'm partially to blame for that as well Harry." Seeing Harry blink, she shakes her head. "You don't know this but me and Severus were childhood friends. We grew up together in the same neighbourhood and he was the one who explained things to me when I got my letter." Harry's flabbergasted by this.
"Wha… what! But in the memory I saw him call you a… you-know-what when you defended him against Dad and his friends! How the hell is it that he was a friend and he said those horrible things about you!?" Lily just sighs as she sadly shakes her head.
"I said that we WERE friends Harry, as in at one time we were. After First Year… he changed. He started hanging out with Lucius Malfoy and his group. And by the time that Fifth year rolled around… well, he had already fallen too far into darkness by that point unfortunately. And after Graduation… We received word that he was a Death Eater, and that hurt. It hurt me a lot knowing that he was my friend and that he had fallen so far. But that also makes me wonder why Dumbledore even allows him to teach as well as putting him in charge of Slytherin." Harry just snorts at that making her raise an eyebrow. "You know something about it?" Harry just nods.
"Yeah, according to Dumbledore, Snape is his spy. Whenever his blatant favouritism is brought up Dumbledore defends him by saying that he HAS to act like that so not bring suspicion on him from the former Death Eaters… Utter Bullshit if you don't mind me saying so since Snape could just tell them that he was ordered to do so." Lily just sighs and shakes her head.
"Actually I agree on that, there's no need of such favouritism… But you see there's more to the story about me and Snape then you know." Harry looks at her only for his eyes to widen as she blushes. "You see… at one point Severus actually… um… liked me, if you catch my drift." Seeing Harry's face twist into a mask of extreme distaste, she laughs a little. "Yeah, James reacted much the same way as a matter of fact… I sometimes wonder if he still does." Tapping her chin in thought, Lily nods. "Yeah, I can see how seeing some of my features like my eyes in you combined with how much you look like James could drive him nuts if he still felt that way." Shaking her head, she looks at Harry. "Anyways, enough of that. I want to know more about you and I believe that you want to know more about me?" Harry just nods and asks what she wants to know. "Okay… how about we play twenty questions since we really haven't touched on stuff like this… What's your favourite/best subject in school?" Harry just grins.
"Ironically it's Defence Against the Dark Arts. I actually taught a illegal DADA club believe it or not when the teacher the Ministry assigned refused to actually teach us anything." Lily just nods at that with a smile. "What was your's Mum?" She just chuckles.
"It's a toss up between Charms and Potions. After Hogwarts I managed to get my Charms Mastery making me a Charms Mistress. I WAS working on becoming a Potions Master as well." Seeing Harry smile, she returns it with one of her own. "Now, for the next one: Have you followed in your Dad's footsteps yet with becoming a Animagus?" Harry rubs the back of his neck making her chuckle. "Well? What's your form?" Harry just mumbles something. "Sorry about that, but I didn't catch that." Harry just sighs.
"I have multiple forms actually…" He's surprised to see a thoughtful expression instead of a shocked one like he was expecting to see. "Er… One is a dragon…" Still no real signs of shock besides a raised eyebrow. "I think one is a Phoenix, the others are too foggy to make out at the moment." Lily chuckles as she shakes her head.
"Multiple forms eh? And a dragon as one?" She shakes her head again with a laugh. "You may look like James, but you seem to take after me in more ways then some physical signs." Seeing his shock, she grins. "I have multiple forms as well with a Chinese Fireball as one of them and a Tiger as well as a fox as the other two." She shrugs at his shock with a chuckle. "We all had a laugh about the tiger since James always referred to me by Tiger-Lily… I have another but I just can't make it out. But I'll be working on it." Now it's Harry's turn to grin and chuckle.
"Maybe it's a bear? It's possible with how you act when I bring up the crap I've gone through over the years." Lily just rolls her eyes with a snort. "Anyways… can you give me some pointers later on to help me?" Lily just nods with a look of Maternal pride.
"I would love to help and give you some pointers. However, there is one thing you must realize Harry, me and you are some of the only Multi-Animagi in existence. Most people would think that it's because of our power, but that's not entirely true. Rather, it's partially because we're open to other possibilities unlike most of the Wizarding World as well as how powerful we are. Because we believe that we can have multiple forms, we CAN have more then one form unlike most magical people who grow up being told that only powerful witches and wizards can have multiple forms. Therefore most don't go looking…" Harry nods before she grins at him. "Okay then, what is this thing Naruto told me about with you making money in the Muggle world?" Harry just sheepishly grins while rubbing the back of his neck.
"Oh… that." Clearing his throat, he looks at her. "A while back me and Naruto accidentally saved someone important and were rewarded with whatever we wanted." Lily just blinks at that in confusion.
'How the hell can you accidentally save someone?' Shaking her head in amusement, Lily smiles at him. "So what did you ask for Harry? If you don't mind me asking about it that is." Harry just shrugs.
"Nothing much, just a false identity is all." Lily blinks at this in confusion. "Nii-san asked for a cash reward and he got about ten million pounds. We then sold a lot of treasure that we had found and got a few more million out of it." He then grins. "Remember how me and nii-san can travel to different dimensions Mum?" Lily just nods at that while wondering what that has to do with anything. "Well some of those dimensions are more advanced then ours and…" Lily figures it out and chuckles.
"And you take technology from there and bring it to ours to sell, correct?" Harry smirks at that.
"Yup! With that me and nii-san made a bundle… Sony especially was interested in the Playstations we brought them as was Microsoft with the Xbox we gave them. After that it was simple to set up a company with all the money we received." Harry then grins. "And now it's one of the best technology-development companies out there with all the stuff we've reversed engineered. Of course… none of the tech is more then twenty years ahead of us. And most is from around 2002 at the moment and has been given to us by a good friend of my and nii-san's named Yui." Lily just nods at that with a thoughtful look.
"And of course you likely have some kind of plan as to what you're doing with all this?" Harry nods and Lily smirks. "Mind letting me in on it?" Harry just shrugs with a shit-eating grin.
"Sure!" She waits for a few moments before sighing and asking him if he's going to tell her soon. "Sorry about that. Anyways, as you well know in both the magical world and the muggle one money is important, right?" Lily just nods a little. "Well, I need the money I've been gathering to fight Moldyshorts on my own terms. Let's just say that muggle technology has far more uses then wizards think…" He continues to explain his plan as she asks questions and before the night is done they're both grinning like insane people…
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Yui: (Blinks) Wait a moment… Harry's set up a company to make money for the fight against Voldemort?
Steve: Yup! And trust me when I say that Harry's plan is one that I've never even heard of.
Hinata: But it involves muggles?
Steve: Of course it does. My Harry realizes that there's some things that muggles would be able to do better then Wizards… like, say, track Death Eaters?
Pen-pen: (Spy satellites then?)
Steve: Among others, yes. But it's just part of Harry's longer term plan. But enough of that. Anyways, see you all next update!
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