Steve: And here we are for the final chapter of the update.
Yui: We're actually going to see what Lily and Harry were talking about in the previous chapter happen here, right?
Steve: Exactly. And more then a few reviewers guessed that this was going to happen eventually.
Hinata: I just know that I'm happy for Naruto-kun.
Yui: We all are Hinata-chan.
Steve: Anyways, time to head on out! If you two 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
Walking down the hallway, Harry meets a slightly nervous Naruto. Stopping for a moment, he lays a hand on his shoulder in a gesture of comfort. "You okay Naru-nii?" Naruto starts at the sound of one of the nicknames that Harry called him when they were kids. Softly exhaling, he slowly nods.
"Yeah... yeah, I think that I am. Or at least I hope so." He then runs his hand through his hair. "Or... at least I thought I was..." His eyes then gain a far off look as if staring at another time. "I... Just never thought that I would see her again, you know? It's a lot harder then I would have thought it would be. That's all." Harry just nods, also lost in his thoughts.
"You're not the only one Nii-san. I sure as hell am surprised as well. Neither of us even guessed that she was going to pull something like this, and yet here we are, about to get her back." He then notices that Naruto's looking even more nervous. He then gives him a comforting smile. "She won't be mad at you, you know. You did everything possible to do what you could to keep that promise. She can't blame you." Naruto just sighs and looks away before he closes his eyes as if in pain.
"I know that she will forgive me nii-san but... I can't help but feel like I failed her. I swore that I would protect him and I failed..." Naruto then sighs before standing straight. "Though I suppose that looking like a defeated chump would be even worse, right?" Harry just chuckles as he pats his shoulder.
"Of course! In fact, it would make you look even more pathetic then you actually are!" Naruto begins to nod only to stop as he glares at Harry.
"HEY!" Harry just chuckles before shrugging.
"Not my problem that you walked right into it nii-san." He then gains a serious face. "Did you take a nap today like was planned?" Naruto just nods as Harry sighs and shakes his head. "That's good." Harry then exhales in an effort to relax himself. "Anyways, I got to get to the Hokage Monument for my part of the plan." Naruto vanishes as does Harry, except he arrives on top of the Monument with the night sky above him. With a single handsign, two more Harrys' appear beside him. He then nods at them as they wave their hands while storm clouds appear overhead soon followed by the crack of thunder. It then begins to pour causing people to rush for shelter in order not to get wet. Harry once again vanishes and reappears beside Naruto who's at the head of a group consisting of Lily, Kushina, Kyubi, Tsunade, Hermione, and Shizune who are being protected from the rain thanks to a magical barrier. "Okay, I'm here guys. Let's get this show on the road since the rain should keep prying eyes from seeing anything that they shouldn't." Tsunade nods as she and the rest of the group make their way through a gate.
"Well then, let's get a move on." After a short walk, Naruto raises an eyebrow as Shizune begins shuddering while looking around fearfully. Raising an eyebrow, he lays a hand on her shoulder and is about to say something when she screams and leaps in fright.
"KYYAAAAAA!" She then begins to calm down only to turn red at the weird looks the others are giving her. "So-sorry guys... It's just that... you know..." Seeing the uncomprehending stares she shudders before glancing around at the shadows gathered around them. "We're in a GRAVEYARD of all places..." Naruto just raises an eyebrow at this before shrugging.
"And your point is... what exactly?" He then chuckles as he waves his hand at some barely visible graves. "Trust me when I say that there's nothing to be scared of. And they won't mind us being here at all for the reason we are." Shizune just shivers a little.
"Well... that's kind of what I'm afraid of..." She then looks around. "What if there's any undead walking around." Both Harry and Naruto share a look causing Shizune to gulp. "There... isn't any undead walking around, right? RIGHT!?" Tsunade just shakes her head and sighs as she lays a hand on her shoulder in attempt to calm down.
"They're just pulling your leg Shizune. There's no such thing as an undead." At that moment she hears a snort and turns to see the Graveyard Guardian looking at her in amusement.
"Speak for yourself Hokage-sama." As she's staring at it icredluderously (as are the others) it waves at Harry and Naruto showing it's skeletal hand. "So you're finally here for her, eh? Good. She doesn't belong here. Anyways... I'll leave you to it." It then drifts off while chuckling before disappearing among the tombstones. Hearing something everyone turns to see Shizune collapse while foaming at the mouth. Naruto just blinks and gives a shocked Tsunade a questioning look.
"What's with her Baa-chan?" Shaking her head to try and free herself from her confusion, Tsunade then pinches the bridge of her nose while sighing.
"Ever since Shizune has been a little girl she's been scared to death of the undead. You know... like zombies and vampires and shit like that." Tsunade then shrugs. "If I remember correctly one of the reasons why she originally became a medic-nin was that she wanted to take away as many chances as possible for undead to rise... That I never found out until only a few years after I started training her when she told me after getting drunk." She then looks up as she realizes that she can't feel the rain and notices that the rain is beating against a barrier. "What the hell? What's with the rain?" Harry blinks before answering her in a voice that you would use for a child.
"We put up a magical barrier to keep out the rain, which we've caused to fall since most people will be inside because of it as well as reducing visibility... Why? You only just noticed?" Tsunade looks a little sheepish at this as behind her Naruto picks Shizune up in a bridal carry while using a spell to dry and clean her. The group then begins walking again as Naruto glances down at the Jounin Kunoichi in his arms and blushes as she snuggles deeper into his embrace.
'Wow... she looks... so kawaii...' His blush only increases as he hears her mumbling something about doing things to a hot fox before giggling pervertively. 'Wha...' He then shakes his head as he sees that they've reached the grave they need and that everyone is there staring at him, most having smirks on their faces. Shaking his head, he gently shifts Shizune as he whispers at her. "Shizune-chan... Time to wake up..." His blush just returns tenfold at what happens next.
"Mmmm... That's what I like... my kitsune..." Her hand then moves until it's at his crouch and squeezes him almost causing him to groan. "Oooo... You're so big... Master..." Naruto clears his throat, extremely uncomfortable with what she's doing.
"Er... Shizune-chan? Could you... stop that please?" At that point she opens her eyes and realizes what she's doing before blushing heavily. She turns back to Naruto and hangs her head a little.
"I'm sorry Naruto-kun..." She then gives him a bit of a shy smile. "Um... Could you possibly put me down now?" Naruto just nods and gently sets her down. But before she can go any farther, he starts to whisper at her.
"Maybe... we can get together later at some point for a date if you really feel like it Shizune-chan?" She stiffens a little before nodding. But Naruto's next words brings back her blush. "As to my size... I'm only average you know..." He then starts to walk away as she has a single thought in her head.
'Average? Maybe for a twenty year old man... not a fourteen year old one.' She then blinks and jogs over to where Naruto is watching Lily and Harry talking about how to do this as a heavy fog rolls in while Hermione sets up another layer of muggle repelling wards around them. Reaching him, she taps him on the shoulder to get his attention. "Naruto-kun?" He looks over his shoulder and nods for her to go on. "What was that... creature from before?" Naruto thinks it over before explaining. After the explanation, Shizune's eyes widen before she shakes her head. "I never even knew that anything like a Graveyard Guardian even existed! Or that there was one in Konoha!" Naruto just nods and is about to say something else when they hear Harry shouting over for them. Curious, they start over and meet up with him and see that he's smiling.
"We finally got a game plan nii-san. All we need is for me and you to take down the wards around the grave here temporarily." Naruto nods and within a few minutes they manage it. Lily then nods and steps forwards.
"Good job you two. Now it's my turn." She then rolls up her sleeves before making a show of pulling out her wand. With a wave, an arc of energy cuts into the ground and is soon joined by three more slash marks forming a rectangle wider than the grave itself. She then takes a deep breath and exhales. 'Now for the hard part...' She then points her wand at the center of the rectangle and mumbles as a white beam shoots out and hits there, slowly covering the ground in a white glow. She then slowly lifts her wand, her hand shaking from the strain of what she's doing, causing the rectangle of earth to also rise. Eventually it fully pops out with a few clods falling into the hole. She then "Ties" off the spell and starts at the bottom, slowly cutting it apart layer by layer upwards. She continues to do this until she reaches the bottom of the coffin. The parts she cuts off gently drift into the hole and settle there. She then looks at Kyubi who steps up and uses one of her tails and the tree climbing exercise to pull the coffin from the rest of the earth. She then sets it down. The group looks over as Naruto and Harry stop beside it. Harry then looks at it before glancing at Naruto who nods. Once more, the two make several gestures causing several previously unseen symbols light up before they shatter for a lack of a better word. Seeing how out of breath Harry is, Hermione gains a worried expression under her bandaged mask.
"Harry? Are you okay? You're looking kind of exhausted..." Harry looks over at her with a tired look on his face.
"Just a bit I suppose." He then gestures around at the storm. "But it's not too surprising considering everything that I'm doing at the moment." He then walks to the head of the coffin and puts his hands on his hips before taking a deep breath before looking at Naruto who's at the other end. "Are you ready for this nii-san?" Naruto just nods slowly, a slightly haunted look in his eyes.
"Yeah... And if I don't do it now then I will never be able to do this." He then waves his hand with a single word on his lips. "Alohomera." A series of clicks reach everyone's ears as Naruto and Harry reach down and grab either end of the coffin before lifting it off. Throwing it to the side, Naruto hears a bunch of gasps and whips his head around and gives one himself. Because there, laying as if she's nothing more than asleep, is Uchiha Mikoto. She's still dressed in her black funeral Kimono, but other than the fact that she's still, not even a rising and falling chest, she could be asleep. Jerkily walking around, Naruto eventually reaches the head of the coffin and collapses to his knees. "Mi... Mikoto-chan..." Reaching out, he gently strokes her cold cheek. A few tears leak from his eyes as he remembers all the pain and anguish that he went through in the days and weeks following her death. A hand on his shoulder jerks him from his thoughts however. Looking up, his eyes meet the compassionate ones of the Godaime Hokage.
"Naruto? Can you move please?" Seeing the pleading expression on his face, her's softens even farther. "I need to scan her and see what her injuries are as well as heal them if she has any." After a few seconds Naruto bites his lip before nodding slightly and moving away. Giving him what she hopes to be an assuring smile, she bends over as her hands glow green before running them down the still Uchiha's body. Every once in a while she stops for a while as she heals some unseen injury. Finally she reaches Mikoto's feet and stops as the green glow fades away. Sighing, she turns to the others. "Okay. I got some good news. All of the injuries she had were minimal. The only one that gave me any problems was her liver. Apparently all they did was do the bare minimum and sowed it up." She then gives Harry and Naruto a nod. "Also, there's no embalming fluid in her veins as asked in her will. Good job you two on that by the way. So that's a plus. In fact, her blood is still in suspension as if her heart just stopped seconds ago." Standing up, she pats herself only for Hermione to quickly clean her with a spell before Naruto reaches down and gently picks up Mikoto as Lily transfigures a fake skeleton (making it look damaged).She then uses a charm to make it identical to Mikoto's as well as giving it her DNA signature and placing it into the coffin. Kushina and Kyubi then put the lid back on it while Harry reapplies the wards and spells to the coffin. Kyubi puts it back into the hole in the dirt it came from before Lily lowers the whole thing back into the grave and vanishing all signs of the excavation. A few minutes later it's as if nothing had disturbed the graveyard as the group vanishes in a swirl of fire, the wards they had placed collapsing behind them while the original ones reappear and the weather clearing up as well.
0000000000000000 Inside the Uzumaki-Potter Compound: Hospital Wing 0000000000
Walking down the hallway with Mikoto in his arms, Naruto kicks open the door before walking through it. Seeing a bed already ready, he walks over to it before laying her down on it. With a wave of his hand, her burial kimono becomes a hospital gown as he steps aside as Lily brushes past him towards the potion cabinet. She then tuts as she grabs a vial and brings it over before looking at Naruto. "Could you do me a favour and open her mouth for me? I got to pour this down her mouth in order for it to be effective." After doing so, Lily conjures a chair and sits back before grinning at her favourite nephew. "Bet that you're happier then hell that she somehow got a hold of that vial of 'Draught of death' . Am I right?" Naruto just nods as he looks down at Mikoto with a smile on his face.
"Yeah... I am." He then becomes thoughtful as he looks up at the ceiling. "I wonder when and where she got it? The only place that I can think of is Knockturn alley during one of our visits to Diagon." He then glances at Lily. "Um... This may sound stupid Lily-Oba-chan, but why hasn't she snapped out of it yet? Shouldn't the potion have only lasted a few weeks at most?" Lily slowly nods before shaking her head.
"It's because it entered her bloodstream directly." Seeing the incomprehension on her nephew's face, she softly smiles. "It's not a well known fact, even among Mediwitches and Mediwizards... or even potion masters for that matter, but a potion that enters the bloodstream directly would have its potency increased by a factor of at least ten. Why isn't it well known? Because only 'Muggles' are so barbaric to inject something into a body." Lily then snorts before continuing. "Now back to why she hasn't woken up yet. Just for example, let's say that the potion that Mikoto took would normally last for ten weeks, right?" Naruto nods and so does Lily as she continues, not even paying any attention to the audience they've gathered as the rest of the group listens in. "So it would last for a hundred weeks or a little less than two years if it was injected directly into the bloodstream." Naruto's eyes widen as he stares at her before shaking his head before glancing back at Mikoto and noticing no movement yet.
"So than why hasn't she woken up yet?" Lily just sighs and shakes her head as she runs her hand through her hair.
"Partially because of what type of Drought she had as well as the damage she took." She then looks at Naruto. "Do you know why Drought of Death was originally invented?" Naruto shakes his head as Harry clears his throat. Turning to him, Lily gives him a nod to continue.
"If I'm correct... Wasn't it invented to save the lives of battlefield casualties back before the separation of the Magical and Non-magical worlds? You know, if a person was injured in a way that they couldn't heal on site, they would give them some to place them into suspended animation and then transport them to the nearest healer who could heal them. Often times behind the battle lines." Lily just nods with a smile at the answer, her pride towards her son visible.
"Very good. Twenty points to Gryffindor." Both Harry and Lily share a chuckle at that. "But you're right. That was the exact reason that the draught was originally invented. But there are also different strengths of Draughts. While normally a potion that's left for a bit will go bad, the Draught of Death doesn't. Rather, the opposite since the longer it's laying there the more potent and longer lasting it will become. Unfortunately, this is a little known fact." She then crosses her arms and sighs. "A little known fact that sellers oftentimes won't mention since they either don't know or don't care since it's usually used within a few days of being bought." She then looks back up. "From the scan I did, the potion would have normally lasted about six months due to its original strength. But because it entered the blood stream, it would last for sixty months, or five years. Also, the potion will stay in place even past the limit if the body it was introduced to was still mortally injured. Unless the body was healed, then it would stay in the suspended animation until it was. Which is why I needed to... " She then notices something and nods to the others. "Anyways... I think that we should get going." Naruto blinks not noticing Mikoto's finger twitch. As one the group files out the door. After closing it, Lily looks at Kyubi with a raised eyebrow. "Why are you so calm about this anyways?" Kyubi just shakes her head with a soft smile.
"Because it is Naruto-kun." She then tilts her head up as she closes her eyes, a content look on her face. "Me and Naruto-kun share a connection through our very souls. There's nothing, in either this world... or the next that can possibly break it." She then glances at Lily with a smirk. "It's a closer bond then many married couples could possibly have." She then looks down at the ring on her finger, her eyes growing misty for a moment. She then looks back up. "But more than that, I trust both Naruto-kun and Mikoto." Seeing the questioning looks, she chuckles. "And before you ask, the reason why those two are the way they are is simple: Mikoto was the first person outside of Naruto-kun's 'family', excepting me and Harry, that believed in him. Even Sarutobi and the Ichiraku's weren't totally sure that he would make his dream come true. But she did. She believed and to Naruto-kun, that made all the difference in the world..." Inside the room, Naruto continues to stare at the door before sighing and shaking his head.
'What was that all about?' Suddenly he hears a "Thu-Thump" sound causing his thoughts to come to a screeching halt. 'Was that...' He then hears it again as he shakily turns his head in time to see Mikoto's body shudder making his eyes widen in shock as he stands up. 'She's... SHE'S WAKING UP!' She then arches her back as she gasps, her lungs filling with air for the first time in years. She then collapses into a coughing fit. Seeing this, Naruto conjures a glass before filling it with some water. He then hands it to her. "Here... Drink this." He then tips it into Mikoto's mouth as she slowly drinks it, her thoughts all over the place.
'Wha... What's going on? Who's voice is that? The last thing I remember is...' Suddenly her eyes snap open as she straightens in bed, her Sharingan blazing in anger. "FUGAKU YOU ASSHOLE! WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU I AM GOING TO USE YOUR FUCKING SPINE AS DENTAL FLOSS! DO YOU HEAR ME!" Hearing something, she turns to see a familiar looking blond haired, blue eyed teen staring at her with wide eyes. She then cocks her head to the side. 'Who's he? He looks a lot like Naruto-kun...' She then slowly leans forwards in order to see him clearer, though she raises an eyebrow as he blushes. "Why do you look like Naruto-kun?" Naruto just sweatdrops before sighing.
"Maybe because I AM Naruto? It's me Mikoto-sensei!" She just snorts as she looks around.
"Cut the joking. Naruto-kun is eight years old and is a kawaii chibi. You are not." Naruto just rolls his eyes.
"It is me Mikoto-sensei. And I can prove it." He then leans forwards and whispers into her ear. "When I was seven... me and you took a bath together in the river outside the Forest of Death one time after training when nii-san was shopping in his world." Mikoto's face lights up in a blush that could be seen from space. Coughing lightly into her hand, she gives Naruto a soft, apologetic look.
"Fine, I believe you." She then gives him a slight glare. "But drop the Henge. It's not a funny prank making me think that you're older." Naruto just shakes his head causing Mikoto to blink in surprise. "It is a prank... right?" Naruto just shakes his head again.
"Unfortunately. I'm not joking Mikoto-sensei." He then gives her a look with his eyes twinkling. "Besides... You have your Sharingan on and that should tell you that it's not a Henge." She blink as her Sharingan turns off before her eyes roll up into her head and she faints dead away. Seeing this, Naruto sighs as he places a hand over his face. "Why me...?" A few minutes later, Mikoto stirs before sitting up. She then looks beside her to see Naruto with his chin resting on one hand and his elbow on the bed as he gives her a bored look. "Are you quite done yet Sensei?" She then hangs her head as she stares at her hands, her mind racing.
'How... is this possible? They told me that the potion would only last a few weeks. More than enough time to for things to settle down...' She then looks at Naruto with a lost expression. "What happened? Why did it take so long to revive me? And what's been going on since my... death?" Looking at the desperation on her face, Naruto sighs. "Please... I have to know..." Sighing again, Naruto slowly shakes his head.
"Okay... I'll tell you." He then looks up, his eyes becoming like twin shephires due to the serious expression on his face. "But you're not going to like what I'm going to say... not one little bit..." And she doesn't like it, as shown as she hangs her head as he tells her with some silent tears leaking from her eyes. At one point, Naruto reaches over and gently grasps her hand, which she slowly tightens the grip of. Finally, he finishes with what happened with Sasuke defecting to Orochimaru, at the end of which he hangs his own head. "... And that's what's happened in the past few years..." Naruto then hangs his own head and sighs. "I'm sorry for failing the promise that I made to you regarding Sasuke..." Mikoto doesn't say anything, she just throws herself into an embrace with Naruto looking shocked as he puts his arms around her as she softly shakes.
"No... Don't say that you're sorry." She then looks up and into Naruto's eyes, her own being red rimmed. "You shouldn't be sorry. That... THING is no longer my son." A tear slowly makes it's way down her cheek. "It's partially my fault anyways... If only I was there... Then I might have been able to turn him from this path" Pulling away slightly, the former Uchiha Matriarch cups one of Naruto's cheeks in her hand as she shakes her head. "I release you from that promise I had you make. That was to protect my son. Sasuke is no longer my son." Naruto just shakes his head in the negative.
"Whether or not you believe that he is your son, I WILL bring him back to Konoha. Even if I have to break most of the bones in his body to do so. That much I can do. Anything else be damned." Mikoto just sighs and shakes her head since she already knows how stubborn Naruto can be from all the times she trained him.
'Baka... At least I have all the time in the world to change his viewpoint.' She then decides to truly look him over for the first time since she woke up and her jaw literally drops. 'Wha... He... looks good.' Her eyes start to wonder as they look him over as they take in every bit of him causing her to blush. 'He's definitely a good catch, that's for sure.' Suddenly the sight of his open Chunin vest catches her eye as she remembers something that he had told her. 'Wait a minute... If he's a Chunin then...' She suddenly pales as she backs out of the hug and looks away, an ashamed expression on her face. "Um... Since you're a Chunin now... I take it that you read my letter to you?" Naruto just grins and nods his head before becoming serious.
"Of course I did. It was one of the few things that I had left of you." He then sighs and hangs his head. "It hurt a little bit to read, but I felt better after doing so." Mikoto keeps looking away with shame apparent on her face.
"Sorry... I know that I'm a sick woman. Really Sick. I mean, really! I'm old enough to be your Okaa-san and I'm thinking of you in such a manner and-" She gets cut off right there as Naruto grips her chin and twists it causing her to look at him. Once her face is in line with his, he jerks forwards and kisses her. Shocked, Mikoto's eyes go wide for several moments before they slowly close as she leans into the kiss. After a bit, the two pull away as Naruto softly strokes her cheeks as she tries to come up with a response. "Wha... What? I..." Naruto just smiles as he chuckles.
"I don't think that you having feelings for me is sick Mikoto-chan." She jerks at the honorific he uses. "If that was so... Then Tsume-chan, Momo-chan, Anko-chan, Tsunami-chan, and Kyubi-chan would be sick as well." Mikoto starts to cry silent tears as she watches Naruto bring up his hand and wipe them away with his thumb. "When I was younger... I had the biggest crush on you." Mikoto 's face gains an expression of shock at that. "And I for one is happy for this chance we have." His hands then come down from their position and gently clasp her hands in his. "I know that you always imagined me and you together when I'm sixteen, but does two years really make that much of a difference?" Looking at him, she sees that he isn't lying, bringing a tearful smile to her face as she shakes her head.
"No... You're right Naruto-kun, it doesn't." She then leans in again and the two share another kiss. Breaking away, Mikoto then places her head on Naruto's shoulder. "Naruto-kun?" He makes a sound to let her know that he's listening. "Can you... stay with me tonight? I just... don't want to be alone with everything that's happened." Naruto just nods as he can see the lost look in her eyes and with a wave of his hand his clothes transform into his sleeping wear. He then crawls into the same bed as her and the two snuggle up with each other before they slowly drift off into slumber.
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Unable to sleep, Lily walks out of the compound before transforming into her tiger form. Leaping into the shadows, Lily prowls the village as she looks around for something to catch her attention. She finds it as she hears footsteps on a nearby street. Grinning to herself, she chuckles in her head as she stalks towards her unknowing "Prey". Suddenly, she stops as she realizes that she's playing a prank. 'Damnit! I knew that I was spending too much time with not only James and his friends, but with Harry and Naruto as well!' Shaking her head, she goes back to stalking. She then looks around the corner to see Kira walking down the street and is about to leap out and scare her when a familiar scent reaches her nose causing her to stop as her eyes widen. 'What the bloody hell!? What's his scent doing here?! He's nowhere NEAR here!' She then shakes her head as she transforms back into her human form and walks out, only to blush as Kira gives her a knowing look.
"About time you came out Lily-sama. I was wondering when you were going to reveal yourself." Catching Lily's groan, she chuckles in good humour. "I wouldn't worry Lily-sama. I knew you were there from my training, I did have to know how to sense people when I was back in Water Country and on the run from Hunter nin in order to live after all." Lily just sighs and shakes her head in exasperation
"I should have known better then to actually think that I could sneak up on you Kira." She then walks forwards before stopping in front of Kira. "I was wondering... Have you seen this man recently?" She then transforms and Kira shakes her head before Lily releases the Henge.
"I am sorry Lily-sama, But I have not see that man anywhere around here, let alone recently." She then cocks her head to the side in thought. "He does seem familiar though. Almost as if I've seen him a long time ago..." Lily just sighs and nods in defeat and turns away only to stop. She then looks over her shoulder at the Kaguya.
"Hmm... By the way, Harry has told me that you have a dog. Is this true?" Not understanding where Lily is going with this, Kira just nods.
"Yes, as a matter of fact I do." She then gains a faraway look. "I found Inubaka outside the village injured and starving... Why are you laughing Lily-sama?" Lily finally manages to get her laughter under control and waves her off.
"It's nothing... Just realized something." She then looks at Kira with a raised eyebrow. "You call your dog... Idiot Dog?" Kira just gains a little grin and nods.
"Yeah. When I met him, I called him that because he ran into a tree and then it just... stuck I guess. He seems to like it." Kira then becomes thoughtful. "Though for a dog, he certainly seems to enjoy having baths with me... Why are you all red Lily-sama?" Lily just shakes her head before sighing and looking at Kira with a smile.
"Would you mind if I come over to your place?" Kira just nods her head and the two set off. As they're walking, Lily looks over at Kira with a raised eyebrow. "By the way... I know that I couldn't sleep so I was prowling around. But why are you walking around this late at night?" The two lapse into silence for a bit and Lily opens her mouth to apologize when Kira answers.
"I have been feeling a little... lonely." She then looks over at Lily with sadness in her eyes. "I have been seeing several people pair up including Naruto-sama and Harry-sama. And it just reminds me... that I am alone in this world." Her remaining arm comes up and wraps it around herself. "I am one of the last remaining Kaguya in the world. And here I am, I have no one to refer to as my most precious of people. Only Inubaka comes close to filling that hole as a companion. Sometimes..." She looks up at the starry night sky. "Sometimes I wish that he was human. Might I have that hole filled in then?" She then turns to Lily and cocks her head to the side. "What about you Lily-sama? Have you given any thought to looking around?" Lily just shakes her head with a sad smile on her face.
"When me and James found out that Voldemort was after us, I told him that if I lived and he died then I would never find another man for as long as I lived." Lily then hangs her head and shakes it. "It hurts so much knowing that I will never see James again until I myself die. But..." She then looks over at Kira with a solemn look on her face. "But every day I give thanks to anyone who's listening that I am here now to watch over our son. And until that day that we meet again, I will keep to what I stated. James was the only man for me and that's that." Kira nods before giving Lily an inquiring look.
"So you are never going to be with another man Lily-sama?" Lily just nods though she goes red and facefaults with Kira's next words. "So you're going to be looking for a woman to be with then." Kira blinks as she watches a twitching Lily facefault before she leaps up and into her face.
"HELL NO!" Lily then huffs as she turns away with her arms crossed. "I'm not going to be with a woman. I am NOT like that damnit!" Kira then gains a mischievous expression.
"Well that's not what the rumour mill is saying about you and the Godaime Mizukage..." Lily just sputters and goes red enough for her face to match her hair.
"WE'RE NOTHING LIKE THAT! WE! ARE! JUST! FRIENDS! NOTHING MORE!" Kira just laughs as the two continue on towards her apartment...
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Hinata: Er... is this going to be a Yuri pairing of Lily and the Godaime Mizukage Steve-san?
Steve: Haven't decided yet. But if I do, then someone will be in for a VERY nice surprise when they go back to Hogwarts.
Yui: I have my own suspecion as to what and whom you are talking about. And I can guess who the man that Lily smelled is.
Steve: Shhhh! That's going to be revealed later!
Pen-pen: War waarrkk waark warrkk ark wark. Aark war waark rkk wa ar. (The readers aren't stupid you know. They can guess who it is.)
Steve: True... But it should still be a secret! So Shhhhhh!
Hinata: Um... Steve-san? Can I ask a question?
Steve: Sure, go right on ahead Hinata.
Hinata: (Starts blushing heavily) What was Shizune-san talking about when she said that he was average for a twenty year old? I have an idea, but...
Steve: (Sighing.) To be frank... that has to do with a pet peeve of mine where the author gives Naruto an... 'Eqiupment' size that's WAY too large. I mean, ten inches on a twelve year old? WTF?! Hell! I've seen one author give Naruto fourteen at ten!
Yui: So what is the average size?
Steve: According to several sources, the average for a twelve year old is only 2.3 inches erect. For a twenty year old it's 6.1 inches and that's around what Harry and Naruto are in this story. Not huge, but very good for their age... How the hell did I get pulled into this discussion again?
Pen-pen: Waarrkk Warrkk a waarrk? (Because Hinata's a pervert?)
Steve: Thanks.
Yui: Well... we're done for now, right?
Steve: Yeah. (Turns to readers) Anyways... We'll see you next time! And thanks for reading!
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