Hello, I'm back for the latest chapter of the Bloody Ashikabi.
Now, many of you will notice this chapter is short, even compared to what I usually write. There are multiple reasons for that, not much time to write IRL, lack of motivation, etc...In the end, I can only promise to try and do better next time.
There is also the matter of a review left (I'm sorry, don't remember who it was), stating that it would be appreciated if I could update more me tell you this: if I could, I'd be updating every week with chapters over 10k words long, but unfortunately it just doesn't work like that. I do try my best to write the best I can, unfortunately it is not always sufficient for you fanfic readers, so I apologize for that. I understand what it's like, but I'd rather not make promises I know I won't be able to hold. I seem to have found a rather regular rythm, around a chapter a month, with sometimes the odd one-shot in between, and I'll try to stick to it as much as I can.
Now, onto more pleasant matters, let us continue with the chapter!
I don't own Harry Potter or Sekirei.
12
Shiba
Harry had to admit, while he knew the Shiba clan to be powerful, he had not fully realized just how powerful they were. Back in Britain, the most powerful families lived in manors, furbished and with the most expensive decoration they could afford, however, such a thing was unlike the natural Japanese strict way of life. As such, where British families tended to flaunt their wealth with expensive decoration, Japanese families showed their wealth and power by how vast and well-situated their properties were.
He had no idea of where exactly they were in Japan, and frankly he cared little, but he had to admit the landscape was very impressive. The house was hidden away from view in a secluded valley, and surrounded by a forest that stretched as far as the eye could see. A single road led to it, probably for the sake of those that would be required to come meet the clan and were not privy to the knowledge of magic. Guarding the compound, he could see several pairs of men and women wearing black clothes patrol, and was surprised to notice that some of them were not radiating the magic all wizards or witches did. Then he remembered that where British families tended to cast out the squibs they produced, the Japanese families preferred to train them as bodyguards and use them as security forces for their own gain. After all, even if they couldn't use magic, that didn't mean they couldn't use a gun or raise an alarm.
"Nice place." commented Karasuba, looking around with a smirk.
He had wanted to avoid having her with him when he met with the family head, but she had insisted on coming, saying that since they wanted to hire him as a tutor, she had the right to see where he would be working and take a look to see if she approved or not. Considering that she would tag along even if he didn't agree, he had relented, on the condition that she did not kill or maim anybody that hadn't attacked them first.
Next to him, Akitsu was standing, her usual blank face on as she looked around carefully. While before she was solely focused on Harry, he had told her that it would be good if she could make herself a mental "map" of any new environment they found themselves in. It could always come in handy later, after all. That and he had told her that it was fine to not always be focused on him, since it would allow her to learn more about the world, which was something she sorely needed. After being confined to a lab for most of her life, a not-so insignificant part of it without any kind of information from what was outside MBI's tower, she sorely lacked common knowledge, though that had been one of the things he had tried to help her on.
They had taken a portkey given to them by Haruka, saying that it should bring them to the Shiba family's main residence, that had transported them right in front of a small path that led towards the gates of the house. From what Harry could tell by feeling the magic around the house, something he was learning to do thanks, once again, to Tom's memories, he could tell that some very ancient and powerful wards protected the property, which probably mean that it was impossible to portkey in or out of it.
"Minaka Harry-sama?" asked one of the guards as they saw the group approach, though once their gazes fell on Karasuba and her nodachi, they tensed.
"Yes, it's me. Don't mind Karasuba, she's always looking for fight."
"My apologies, Minaka-sama, but we cannot allow someone to bring a weapon inside the property." said one of the guards, bowing.
"Then we're going to have a problem. Karasuba won't part with her nodachi, and I won't part with her. Furthermore, I find quite strange that you consider a sword more dangerous than a wand, considering that I have mine on me, and am quite able to use it. Besides, I'll vouch for Karasuba, so long as you don't piss her off."
The guard took one look at his face, and wisely chose to avoid antagonizing him. After all, quite a few had heard of the boy who had knocked out the heiress's bodyguard, and they were not in a hurry to challenge someone who could knock out one of the best fighters of their security force.
"H-hai, Minaka-sama. Please, follow me then. Ryuuga-sama will be receiving you in his study."
-Break-
As they were escorted towards the study where they would meet the Head of the Shiba family, Harry looked around, taking in the vast, old-style Japanese mansion. Everything was made in the purest wood, and he had no doubt that a small army of zashiki-warashi, the Japanese equivalent of house-elves, took great care of it. As a magical species bound to a house, the better they took care of it, the better their health, so long as the family they indirectly served recognized their efforts.
After walking through several corridors, they stopped in front of a door that nothing distinguished from the others they had walked past, and the guard knocked.
"Ryuuga-sama, Minaka-sama is here with two of his associates."
"Send them in." answered a rather stern voice, that nonetheless carried a lot of power.
Opening the door, the guard stood aside, letting the three of them inside the study. The room was, in pure Japanese fashion, simple and functional. The floor was covered in tatamis, while one of the walls was covered by a library with several books that were obviously both old and expensive, as well as a few wizardry portraits of eminent ancestors of the family. On the opposite wall was another library, this one with books that ranged from positively ancient to very recent, so he guessed they were either books containing the spells created by and for the Shiba family members, or the family's Heads' diaries, accumulated over time.
He finally focused on the desk that they were currently facing, which appeared to be quite old. On it could be seen several pieces of paper, as well a few photos that showed either Shiba Miyuki, a woman that had to be her mother, or the two of them as well as the man now staring at them from behind the desk.
Shiba Ryuuga was the Head of one of the oldest families in Japan, as well as one of the most politically powerful and well-known member of the Assembly, and that could be felt merely by looking at him. He was a man in his mid-fifties, with long, grey hair, as well as a severe face. While his body was mostly covered by old-fashioned Japanese attire, the way he held himself as well as the way his clothes fell made it clear that he was very fit. His face was rather sharp-looking, and while there were some signs of his age showing, like a few wrinkles, his icy blue eyes made it clear that his age had by no means made him impotent or complacent.
"Minaka-san." said Ryuuga, giving Harry a curt nod, before looking at Karasuba and Akitsu with a quirked eyebrow.
" Karasuba." grinned the Black Sekirei, without bothering with a bow.
"Ah...Akitsu." said the Ice Sekirei, giving him a bow that made her rather large assets jiggle.
"They're bonded to me." was all Harry said, knowing that it should be enough for someone from an old family.
Indeed, Ryuuga merely widened his eyes, before nodding towards the guard, who exited the room.
"Now, Minaka-san, I assume Chisegawa-kun told you why I wanted to meet you?"
"Yes, though I find hard to believe you'd want to hire someone your daughter obviously dislikes to tutor her, especially considering my NEWTs grades were released only this morning. But I guess that as the Head of an old family you cashed in a favor to see them before everyone."
"Very astute of you, Minaka-san." said Ryuuga, as he nodded, seemingly satisfied with Harry's deduction. "I also happen to know your birth name." he added, looking at the wizard intently.
However, he was stopped from saying more when a blade stopped inches away from his neck, courtesy of a grinning Karasuba, while a small circle of frost was starting to form around Akitsu's body.
"Now, now, Ryuuga-chan, was that a threat I heard? I would hope not, it would be so sad to kill you here."
"...Do not threaten Harry-sama." said the Ice Sekirei, her face hardening into a frown as she glared at the older man.
"Karasuba, please don't threaten him. I would like to not have to worry about having the Shiba clan after my guts before I'm at least twenty." said Harry, pinching his noise with an exasperated face.
"Oh, fine." mumbled the rather sword-happy Sekirei.
It took some time for Ryuuga to gather himself, not that Harry couldn't understand the feeling. The man was amongst the very few people that nobody in Japan would ever want to get on the wrong side of, so he was obviously not used to be threatened so openly and brazenly, in his own home no less.
"Sorry about Karasuba, she's a bit overprotective of me, even if I can handle myself just fine most of the time. Then again, I owe it in great part to her training."
That seemed to wake the old man from his shock, and he gave the Sekirei an appraising look. He probably supposed, wrongly, that he owed his magical prowess to her teachings, when it couldn't be further from the truth. He did owe her big time when it came to the physical part of his training, but everything magic-related came from Tom and his own studies, not that he would tell Ryuuga.
"I...see. My apologies, then. I did not wish my words to sound as a threat. I merely wanted to start off a relationship based on trust. It would be poor form for me to keep the fact that I know your former identity for myself, although even if I did, I feel that you would somehow have found out and made me pay for it."
The grin that stretched from one side of Karasuba's face to the other got even wider, and Akitsu seemed to agree in her own, silent way.
"Now, onto the matter at hand. I am aware of what happened between my daughter and you, and I would like to offer my deepest apologies for her behavior. She is usually much kinder and collected, but I fear that the stress of her NEWTs, as well as the pressure she no doubt felt as a member of the Shiba family may have gotten the better of her."
At that, Harry frowned. It was a good excuse, unfortunately, the way Miyuki acted did not speak of someone merely stressed out, but more about someone used to get whatever they wanted. He told Ryuuga as much:
"While I would like to believe you, Ryuuga-san, her behavior is not the one of someone who was merely stressed out. To me, it looks more like she is used to get what she wants, and that the stress only made it worse, though I could be wrong."
At that, Ryuuga nodded solemnly.
"Indeed. As my unique child, she was treasured by everyone in the family, and those that sought to use her to gain my favor were numerous. As such, she is not used to people speaking against her, even if her mother and I did our best to teach her humility. I had thought that we had succeeded, until news of her altercation with you were brought to me."
"I understand, Ryuuga-san. However, I feel obligated to ask: why would you wish to hire me to tutor your daughter? While I did pass my NEWTs, she did as well, and I have no doubt that she does not like me after what happened. Such feelings would be detrimental to any form of tutoring I could provide to her."
At that, the head of the Shiba family sighed and stood up, his hands behind his back, as he turned to look at the small garden outside of his study. He suddenly seemed very old.
"Your concerns are valid, Minaka-san. However, I only want the best for my daughter, and she needs to learn humility. Her behavior that day was unbecoming of someone of her station, and she must learn to keep her derogatory thoughts to herself! I am not a fool, Minaka-san, I am aware that you are probably far ahead of her in many domains of magic, and Miyuki will need to learn how to protect herself.
As my daughter, she is a potential target for those that wish to get revenge on the Shiba family. So far, bodyguards have proved to be sufficient, but I fear that soon even they will not be enough. The way you disposed of her bodyguard on that day may have been brutal, but it was efficient, and most of all, it did not require magic.
What I would like you to do, is train her first and foremost in defending herself without the use of magic. I am well aware that most of us tend to think that someone without a wand is no threat, and having my daughter able to defend herself without using a focus would be most beneficial to her. Of course, I would also appreciate if you could train her in the art of dueling, though that is not the most pressing matter."
"I see." said Harry, nodding. "You wish to kill two birds with one stone. By having me teach her how to fight, you make sure she will be able to defend herself, and at the same time that will teach her humility by having her teacher being younger than her."
He could see that the Shiba patriach was nodding, seeming rather pleased with his answer. He knew that the old man had chosen him for the reason that he was probably one of the few people able to meet his expectations. Very few magicals bothered to learn martial arts, and even though most old Japanese families traditionally taught their children some form of martial art, it was mostly as a way to exercise, not as a viable form of self-defense.
"Indeed. So, would you be agreeable to such an idea?"
Harry smirked. Truth be told, he didn't really care about the girl, however gaining the backup of Japan's most prominent magical family was worth the inconvenience. That, and he fully planned to stomp Miyuki's arrogant behavior out of her, and show her for all her family's power and all her talent in magic, there were still beings that outmatched her by a wide margin. Besides, Karasuba would relish in the opportunity to "train" (i.e torture) her. Now, all he had to do was get the conditions he needed in the contract, and he was good.
"Sure, why not, though we will have to draw up a contract with a few conditions. The first would be that as my student, Miyuki-san will have to listen to my orders, so long as they are not a threat to her safety or wellbeing. Should she fail to comply, I shall be allowed to punish her in any way I see fit, so long as it is not a threat to her safety or well-being. I will also have to ask for a confidentiality clause, as I do not wish to be swarmed with demands from other families. Would you be agreeable to such conditions?"
-Break-
Miyuki Shiba was not happy, not at all. While she had passed her NEWTs with excellent grades, her father had still hired a tutor to teach her advanced magic as well as non-magical defense, which she would have been fine learning by herself. She had pleaded with her father to not hire a tutor, but he had been unrelenting, much to her frustration. He was actually among the very few people that didn't cater to her every wish, which she found irritating and more than a little frustrating, as she was used to get what she wanted, when she wanted.
She was currently in seiza, her legs folded underneath her body, as she waited for her father to bring the tutor for a demonstration. Now, that had intrigued her. She practiced the art of the sword as a way to keep in shape, as well as keep the old family art alive, but very few wizards and witches practiced any kind of regular physical activity, deeming it beneath them. If her father, who was much more advanced than she was in the way of the sword, deemed her tutor to have skills worthy of a demonstration, then perhaps he/she would be more interesting than she had thought at first.
The sound of a door sliding open made her look up, and it was only thanks to her Occlumency that she did not gape at the sight. Leading a group of four people was her father, but behind him were two people she had already seen, and that she did not like one bit. Especially considering what their presence in the dojo with her father entailed for the identity of her tutor.
"Father? Why is this child here?" she asked, while glaring at the ashen-haired boy, who merely gave her a sadistic grin, startling her.
What was that? How in the name of Kami can a child make that kind of expression?!
"Miyuki, this is Minaka Harry-san. He will be your tutor until such a time he deems your skills will be sufficient to defend yourself efficiently against him."
Shaking her shock off, she turned to look at her father, hoping that this was some kind of joke.
"But father, he is but a child! How can he tutor me when it is obvious he is too young to be able to defend himself?"
"Would you like a demonstration of my skills, Miyuki-chan?" asked the newly named Harry, his posture radiating confidence.
"Of course!" she said, challenging his stare with her own. There was no way a mere child would be able to teach her anything!
"Fine by me. Karasuba, let's show her the results of your training regimen. Hand-to-hand combat, of course. But first..." he mumbled, taking out a wand a waving it towards the walls, the floor, and the ceiling, before putting up what she guessed was some kind of shield in front of her father and herself. They were joined by the woman she had seen the day of her NEWTs, the one who seemed to follow Minaka everywhere he went like a lost puppy. She was a strange woman, she mused, completely silent yet incredibly beautiful, in a way that made her feel inadequate despite the assurances of countless boys that she was amongst the most beautiful women alive. And her chest! Sweet Kami, what kind of engorging spell had she used to get those things!
"Miyuki-chan, I think the demonstration is over here." mocked a voice, and she focused on the odd pair that looked, now that she focused on the woman, a lot like a mother and her child.
"Hajime!" called her father.
-Break-
The moment Ryuuga shouted, Harry was already rushing towards Karasuba, as was she. Knowing that with his inferior reach, he had to bypass her defense first if he hoped to be able to land a hit, he watched as her leg spun towards his chest, crouching as it grazed his hair, while swinging his arm to grab the appendage that had missed him. As he was about to touch it, however, he jumped back, narrowly avoiding a hit that would have dislocated his jaw as Karasuba gracefully made a 360 degrees spin in the air, having tried to go for an easy KO by aiming for his head.
By the time she had landed, he was just in front of her, and using a swipe, made her fall and tried to take a hit to her ribcage, only to have his opponent grab his arm and almost fly over him before yanking on the appendage she held, sending him towards a wall. With a grin, he controlled his rotation, so that his feet would touch the wall first, and the moment they made contact, he launched himself towards his Sekirei his fist reared back to strike, or so it seemed.
Karasuba, never one to go on the defensive, instead of trying to parry the strike, aimed to stop him before he could land his hit, and her right arm came at full speed to hit his stomach. However, he had expected her action, and using his momentum, diverted its' course so that it would only graze his side.
Landing a few feet away from the grinning Black Sekirei, he returned her grin, before once more rushing towards her, avoiding her hits only to see his own parried, not that he was particularly surprised. While he would someday be more powerful and faster than his Sekirei, for now she still outclassed him in the same way he outclassed regular humans, meaning he would need a stroke of luck to actually land a hit on her.
He leant back to avoid a swipe before sending his own towards Karasuba, and felt his leg collide with her waist as she was sent tumbling several feet away.
"First hit, Harry-chan, nice. You know how to treat a woman." she grinned.
"Then why stop?" he grinned back.
They soon found themselves trading blows, parrying the other's attacks, all the while grinning manically, completely oblivious to the world outside of the other. Karasuba, with her longer reach, still had trouble hitting him, as he was faster and smaller, allowing him to evade her hits easier than if he had been fully grown. On the other side, since he had a smaller reach, he had to get close to the Black Sekirei to have a chance to hit her, which, considering her own speed and reflexes, was far from easy.
Finally, after around five minutes of very intense sparring, they stopped, not because they wanted too, but because they were supposed to provide a demonstration of their skills, not have a match like the ones they had at MBI's tower. Those could last up to about half an hour, and caused a lot of damage to their surroundings, that is until Harry put wards around the training room to make sure they wouldn't destroy it again.
Turning to look at their audience, Harry was unsurprised to see Akitsu looking her usual calm self, though he could tell there was a faint pink tinge to her cheeks, probably from watching him showing off his strength. Looking at the two Shiba, he smirked upon seeing the both of them look like they couldn't believe their eyes, not that he could blame them. They were clearly not expecting to watch them blur during their fight, making it clear that the speed and strength of each attack was far beyond what should be possible for a human.
"Well then, what do you think? Did I pass?" he drawled, challenging the Shiba heiress to deny he did indeed have the qualifications needed to tutor her.
"Indeed, Minaka-san." said Ryuuga, as he stood up slowly. "Considering your hand-to-hand combat skills, I think there is no need for a demonstration of swordsmanship. I shall have your contract drawn before the end of the week."
"But Fath-" started Miyuki, only to immediately fall silent under her father's stern stare.
"Miyuki, you are my daughter, and the next Lady Shiba. Your behavior on that day at the Ministry brought shame to our name, as such it is your duty to improve yourself so that such an event does not happen again. Is that understood?"
The stern look Ryuuga was giving his daughter would have made lesser beings piss themselves, but the Shiba heiress took it relatively well, only lowering her head in shame. That made Harry happy, as it meant that there was still some measure of reason in the girl. The fact that there were still people able to tell her off was a good point in her favor, as it meant that while she was spoiled, she still had a modicum of discipline in her. After all, it would have been possible that Ryuuga let his daughter get away any time she did something bad, and that would have been catastrophic for the girl's development. It was easier to expand the humility she showed to her father to other people than to have to beat it into her, after all.
"Hai, father. My apologies."
"Well then, Minaka-san. If you will excuse me, I have some paperwork to finish. Sakura!" called Ryuuga, causing what appeared to be a twelve years old girl wearing simple, traditional Miko clothes to shimmer into existence.
"Hai, Ryuuga-sama?"
"Please lead Minaka-san and his associates out, but before that please make them some food, I do not doubt they will be hungry after their demonstration." said the Head of the Shiba family, just as Harry's stomach growled, causing him to shrug as everyone looked at him. Hey, he was still growing!
"Have a good day, Minaka-san, Karasuba-san, Akitsu-san."
"Will do."
"Yeah."
"Ah...thank you."
-Break-
Miyuki could only watch as her future tutor ate enough food to feed half the Shiba family for an entire day at a pace that was rivaled only by his odd companion, Karasuba if what she had been told was right. However, more than the impossibility of what she was watching, she was silently replaying the demonstration she had been treated to earlier, and she had to admit, even now she had trouble believing how fast the both of them had been going. Each parried strike had made sounds showing clearly that both her tutor and his partner were far stronger than regular humans, as had the speed with which they had fought.
While she wasn't happy at all at the idea of having a tutor, especially the child currently eating her family's food, if what she had been able to see about his NEWTs grades was true, then she had severely underestimated him. As she tried to reevaluate her opinion of him, she reviewed what she knew of him: he was clearly very advanced in terms of magic knowledge and power, considering his NEWTS grades and what she had been able to see of the practical part of the NEWTs, he was inhumanly fast and strong, and wherever he went it seemed that the strange woman who had sat next to her father and her followed him. There was also the way her father treated him, while she knew he did acknowledge his ability, there was something more in the way he kept looking at him, and she was not sure of what it was.
"Well then, it was delicious, Sakura-san, but we'll be going."
The little Zashiki-warashi nodded and bowed. Much like house elves, her kind loved being praised for their work. And unlike their European counterparts, if they weren't satisfied with how those that lived in the house recognized them, then they left, and would not return until another family settled there.
"Thank you for kind words, Minaka-sama. Please follow me."
She was surprised when her future tutor turned to look at her, in a way that made her shiver.
"Miyuki-san, we'll mail your father to set up at schedule for your lessons. In the meantime, I would recommend that you start exercising rigorously and start trying to improve your stamina. I will not accept any kind of slacking off if I am to tutor you."
She was about to snap angrily at him for talking to her like that, but she held her tongue, knowing that her father would be extremely displeased if she repeated her mistake, this time with someone whom he had specifically hired to be her tutor, and in their home no less. There was also the fact that after what she had witnessed during the demonstration earlier, she was a bit leery as to possibly anger someone that could harm her, and would be tutoring her soon.
"I understand, Minaka-san. Thank you for your suggestion." she said, bowing.
Oh, she did not like to have to bow to him, but she had been taught politics at a young age, so she knew that she couldn't always get away with being proud. That and while she hated to admit it, she did find him to be oddly interesting. What kind of person was he to manage to get his NEWTs at ten, when he shouldn't even have started to learn magic, or even have the reserves to cast more than a few basic spells? And how could he be so skilled in barehanded combat?
-Break-
"So, you gonna teach her, Harry-chan?" asked Karasuba, as they made their way towards MBI's tower, Karasuba next to him, while Akitsu was following a little behind him.
"I don't like her, but having the most powerful family of Japan in our debt could prove useful later. Besides, don't tell me that the idea of beating the crap out of her and getting paid for it doesn't appeal to you." he said, returning the grin she was giving him.
"I'm so proud, Harry-chan!" gushed the Black Sekirei, grinning. "You're becoming a real sadist!'
"I have a good teacher." he said, giving her a deadpan look.
"So, what are we gonna do now that you've got your NEWTs?"
"Well, since having your NEWTS mean that you are automatically emancipated, I'll be looking into buying a house for the three of us, plus Homura is she wants to live with us. But before that, we'll need to make a few stops in Europe. First stop will be England, since I want to claim my vaults and leave the Potter family. Second stop will be in France, there's a rather large Veela colony there, and I think it's time for me to look into ways of bonding with Akitsu.
Once all that's done, well you'll have to come with me to the Ministry, as I want to pass the test to become Hit-Wizard, and you'll be passing it with me, and Akitsu too if she is fine with it."
Shoving aside the few people that stood in their way without a care in the world, Karasuba turned to look at him.
"Hit-Wizard? What's that?"
"Oh, you'll love it." he assured her, his smile growing feral. "Think of them as hitmen doing everything they're paid for. Most of the time, it's killing Dark Lords, or it can also be assassination missions, things like that. They even get to choose what missions they want to take or not."
The Black Sekirei came to an abrupt stop, before looking at him as she licked her lips.
"Are you telling me, that you want me to become a mercenary? That I'll be able to kill wizards and get paid for it?" asked Karasuba, who had turned to look at him with a look of pure, unaltered sadistic pleasure on her face.
"I knew you'd love the idea. We might even get missions to eliminate dangerous Dark Creatures, so once we get enough of a reputation, we might even have to kill werewolves or dragons." he replied, grinning, as he knew that the idea of facing potentially lethal beings would make her deliriously happy, at least until the novelty wore off.
For a moment, Karasuba stayed silent, before looking at him with something akin to veneration in her eyes. He didn't need to guess why, the idea of killing something more challenging than a human was something she would relish in, as he knew that while she loved killing people, she loved it even more when her targets fought back.
"Harry-chan, if you weren't too young to be able to do it, I'd be dragging you to our room and riding you senseless, you know that? When you're old enough, I just might do that." she said, while giving him a very, very awkward hug, stunning him into silence.
She didn't do hugs, it was just not like her!
"Ka-ka-karasuba?" he asked, inwardly frowning at how his voice quivered. Then again, it was his very first true hug, so it was bound to make him feel a bit emotional. Not that he liked being hugged, of course. That would just be ridiculous.
As he was hugged by someone who, for all intent and purposes, was a mass-murdering psychopath, he felt something soft on his head, as well as cool arms circling around him from behind, and he knew that Akitsu had joined in the hug. The Ice Sekirei, while very stoic and hard to read, was someone who, despite her very cold exterior, loved to feel close to him, and hugging him was probably something she had wanted to do for quite some time. Of course, seeing as she did very, very little outside of what he asked, she had never gotten the chance to hug him as he had had other priorities, so she must have jumped at the chance to hug him.
Despite his position (his head was more or less pressed against Karasuba's chest, which while smaller than most Sekirei, was still substantial, and the way Akitsu was hugging him, her large assets were touching the back of his head), he could see that their little public display of affection had attracted quite a bit of attention, so he coughed, making the Black Sekirei blink before she let go of him, looking a bit surprised by where she had found herself, not that he could blame her. She was simply not someone who showed her affection with hugs. If she liked someone, then she would tease them, challenge them to a sword spar, but she usually didn't do hugs.
"Well then, Harry-chan, when are we going?" asked Karasuba, looking rather giddy at the idea of being allowed to kill magical beings.
Giving her a grin, he motioned for them to follow him.
"First, we're getting an international Portkey from the Goblins, it'll allow us to get to England in no time tomorrow. I think a morning should be more than enough to settle any matters around my inheritance. After that, we'll be looking into the main Veela coven, which is found somewhere around the Alpes in France. I'm quite sure the Goblins would be willing to point us in the right direction so long as they get some money."
I hope you enjoyed.
Before leaving: yes, Karasuba did mention having sex with Harry if his body was able to function like an adult's, because she doesn't care about social (human) taboos, and neither do Harry and Akitsu. Still, he is too young to have the hormones for that, and his body still isn't grown enough to have the necessary functions for sex. I AM NOT SUPPORTING PAEDOPHILIA. It is merely a reflect of how different Karasuba's, Harry's, and Akitsu's minds are from what we consider the "norm".