Chapter 9

Ekoda:

Sumire blinks as she reads the latest missive from Gringotts two days later, Narcissa Malfoy was seeking a divorce from her husband. Sumire was quick to write out a response and then the Head of the Potter, Peverell, Gryffindor, Black, and Slytherin lines looks over things sent to her by her proxies approving some things while sending word to keep negotiating on other things. For the Gryffindor line she drags Ranma in on those and sends the Potter stuff on to Shinichi through Dobby. He could send his own thoughts to the Potter family proxy through special mail boxes that all heirs, heads of family, and proxies happened to have. It made communication much more secure and easier since Sumire fully planned to never return to the land of Tea and Crumpets after she dealt with Tommy Boy. The British Magicals could shove it if they pestered her about it.

The teenager finally finishes up her Lady work before standing up, and stretching while heading to the kitchen to find Ranma making some Ramen. He had decided to just stay with her and Kaito since it was easier. The twins mostly stayed at the Ekoda Potter Manor however. They'd crop up for meals and all sorts of planning however. Sumire eats the food Ranma places in front of her along with the glass of chocolate milk mixed with espresso. She nods her thanks and eats her meal while Dobby makes sure Master Kaito eats as well since he was currently devising new tricks for his next heist. Thankfully enough Aoko had gone shopping with Keiko while Sumire had opted out since she happened to have family stuff to do and catch up on.

" Is it that bad being a girl half the time, Ranma? " Sumire asks him.

" Nah, I'm just grateful Pops hasn't found me yet. " Ranma says.

" Well, there are only three people Tendo Nabiki fears, one is Keiko-chan the blackmail mistress of Ekoda High, then you have Uremeshi Yusuke number one punk of Sarayashiki Senior High, and Hashiba Rowen, the single most devious straight A student in Han'a High. I've met Rowen at a meeting for the local pranksters-in-chief, Kaito readily agreed to hand the title over to me since he's more magician than prankster, the Twins are still considered Hogwarts' Pranksters' in chief. Rowen should never be underestimated in any way, shape, or form. " Sumire states.

" I happen to be in Keiko's area so she can't find me, I get'cha. " Ranma says.

" I'm planning on heading Yusuke's way to find you a decent sparring partner if only to keep my heir to the Gryffindor line in good health. " Sumire states.

" Think ya can handle that neighborhood? "

" I'm a Black Bitch. " Sumire retorts though she would make sure she dressed the part of someone that should not be fucked with in any way. Getting a good sparring partner for Ranma was essential, and there was even a special place created for fights the likes of which Ranma and Yusuke would likely get in during a sparring match.

Sarayashiki Senior High Area:

Sumire was so enjoying her purple halter top, black cargo pants, and purple Peruvian Vipertooth hide fingerless gloves with silver cuffs and silver soled purple Peruvian Vipertooth combat boots along with her hidden knives on her person. All told the usual punks left her alone while she comes across a certain noodle cart, " Ah, Uremeshi Yusuke, just the badass punk I was looking for. "

" Who the hell are you and what the hell do ya want anyhow? " Yusuke asks her.

" Chill, I just want to find a sparring partner for one of my heirs, this one being the heir to the Gryffindor line. " Sumire states.

Yusuke stands up straighter, Raizen had informed him of the Magicals and more importantly the Girl-Who-Lived. " I see, well, what do I get in return, Lady Black. "

Sumire smirks, " Oh good, you do know how to play the game, hmm, the Slytherin Ring might actually accept you. For one you get a sparring partner that will actually make you work for it, two I can get you potions to help with injuries, three I can key you into the Ekoda Manor of my first family name for a place to lay low, and four I can get you some damn good training from accredited Battle Mages. "

Yusuke blinks at her, she knew exactly how to get the help of a combat junkie like himself. " What the hell, I'm in and let me think about being Slytherin's heir for ya. I take it ya want people for heirs that can't be messed with nearly as easily as the sheep back in Britain. "

" Precisely, I chose the Heisei Holmes whom is my paternal first cousin for a reason after all. " Sumire states.

Yusuke's eyes narrow at this, Kudo Shinichi was hardly the type to actually fall for such stupid tricks the likes of which Dumbledore liked to use. Yes, Raizen had briefed him on the King in all but name over the Magical Sheeple of England. Even he had heard of the Heisei Holmes, " Where does the Heisei Lupin fit in this scenario? "

" Oh, I'll tell you that later, that's not for eager ears. "

Yusuke nods at this, so she was connected she just wasn't going to say how out in public, clever girl. " I can suggest a candidate to be a temporary Black heir. Minamino Shuichi. "

Sumire blinks and then cackles, she knew whom he happened to be, " Oh, that is just too perfect, I've been meaning to visit him and Shiori anyhow, I'm maternally related to them. Plus, the girlfriends of the Terror Twins gave me the human identity of Yoko Kurama in case we ever needed specialty herbs for our potions. "

Sumire says her goodbyes to Yusuke, gives him the address to Kaito's home and tells him to memorize it before burning it, and was off to Minamino Shuichi's home. Thankfully she had the last letter her mother had written to Shiori with her in a mokeskin satchel that was always with her if not always seen. Shuichi was stunned when his mother broke down into tears, " Lily's daughter has finally made her way to me. "

Sumire sighs and heads inside, taking her shoes off, and slipping her slippers on before heading to the family room, " How good is the warding scheme here anyhow? "

" No one can over hear any conversations in this house, Violet-san. " Shuichi states.

" Use the Japanese translation for my name, Shuichi-itoko. "

Shuichi nods at this, so she was hiding from the Sheeple of Magical Britain, he couldn't really blame her for that either if nearly half of what he had been told was true. He was wondering why she had finally come looking for her maternal relatives, however until she holds up the Black Heir ring, " You'll have this if you're accepted until my Uncle Remus and his girlfriend Nymphadora Tonks have a kid, and he or she gets old enough to take the position and defend himself/herself. I know you won't be tricked by the Manipulative Old Goat in the Castle. "

" I see where you're going with this and it is actually quite ingenious. Well played, Sumire-san. " this was all Kurama now speaking.

" Yusuke's debating on whether or not he'll be Slytherin heir for me or not which just leaves me with finding an appropriate temporary heir for Peverell as well. "

Mother and son both wince, five families she was the head of, now that just sucked for anyone. " Oh, wait I claimed Right of Conquest over Carrow and Macnair as well. I'll have to meet with the Carrow girls and see if I can make one of them heiress. I'll also have the Goblins check and see if there is someone worthy in the Macnair line that isn't a bloody sheep or Pureblood bigot. "

Sumire hands the ring to Shuichi and it accepts him straight off, " Good, memorize the addresses on there and then destroy that piece of paper. I'll get a box for you hooked up to my Lady Black Box and the proxy box. "

Shuichi smirks, " You're the third party in the English Magicals war, aren't you, the one using the Raiju as your symbol. "

" I am, somebody needs to deal with these bloody Sheeple, and quite frankly I need to get people in charge that aren't going to try to drag me back once everything is said and done. " Sumire states blandly.

Shiori and Shuichi both wince at this statement, knowing she spoke the truth. The sheep would drag her back if she didn't find some way to discourage them from doing so. Sumire has tea with them, actual good tasting Jasmine tea to boot, and Shuichi agrees to walk her home, mostly so he could talk more freely with Sumire than he could with his mother around. Once on the subway home he looks at her, " Who dropped my name? "

" A pair of kitsune whom are dating Hogwarts Terror Twins, they gave it to us just in case we needed to get some of the rarer potions ingredients from you, Kurama, quite frankly you're vindictive enough to be a Black. "

The red headed male snorts, " I will grant you that and none of the inbred fools will be able to use their paltry tricks on me. I get why you are getting the heirs you are. Everyone knows that you have named Kudo Shinichi the Potter heir. "

" Well, he is my paternal first cousin. " Sumire states, shrugging.

" Which parent is he related to you through? "

" His father is a Squib. " Sumire states.

" I see, so he is half Potter and more than a match for the fool running the castle. " Kurama remarks.

" Yep, I have Saotome Ranma as my Gryffindor Heir after getting several suppressor seals and other shit removed from him that were no doubt his father's work. Oh, do not mention anything relating to the order of Felidae around him/her, Jusenkyo for that explanation. Genma foolishly taught him the Nekoken. "

Kurama's eyes widen in horror, " Some moron actually taught their kid the Nekoken? "

" Yep, Ranma attends my school as Morgan Black, my cousin, female cousin at that. As a female she is a red head so it works since my mom was also a red head. " Sumire states.

Nerima:

Genma fumes at the fact he had yet to find his wayward heir, " Why, oh, why was I gifted with such a disgraceful heir? " he wails out loud. Without Ranma around there was no one around whom would kick his sorry ass into the Tendo's Koi Pond. Nabiki had no way of searching the areas controlled by people she really didn't want pissed off at her, Hashiba Rowen actually being the worst since he happened to be a prankster of the highest caliber, they were all chemical pranks hence his pranking moniker of Chemist.

Tendo Kasumi just smiles wearily, inside she was hurting badly, her family took her for granted and she'd been forced to put her dreams on hold because her father had yet to pull himself together. She was wondering if she should force her youngest sister Akane to attend therapy sessions because her thinking that hand holding was perverted was not right, there had to be something else going on there. Getting Akane to go on the other hand was going to be a nightmare unless she was beaten in a fair fight. Thing was whom could she get to win against her little sister anyhow?

Beika:

Remus stretches as he gets up though he did have Wolfsbane brewing until he was taught how to work in harmony with his inner wolf while Tonks was at Yoga lessons. Shinichi was also in the potions lab working on Migraine Relief potion, he also suffered from them and with stasis runes engraved on the vials he could stockpile them which meant Dobby could come get some for his cousin as well. Unfortunately for him he was called in for a case so he had to leave Remus supervising his cauldrons. He made sure to have his emergency port key on him, and that he had his sensory charms memorized as well, if only for detecting hostile presences. Ran came with him to act as his bodyguard since he only had a damned good soccer kick to his name, Ranma was slowly changing that since they were both heirs to Sumire-itoko. Ranma was seriously considering taking on the Gryffindor name permanently if only to get away from his father's rampant stupidity since Shinichi and Keiko had both uncovered several fiancées Ranma had no clue about.

The evidence was still being compiled and Kudo Yusaku was even coming home to dig his teeth into the investigation into one Saotome Genma. They wanted everything they could get on the man before they made a move. Though Yukiko would visit Nodoka and see if she was capable of raising her only child, if not then Yukiko would send a discreet message to her family to get her committed if necessary.

Ekoda:

Kaito freezes as he feels a shudder traverse his spine, this was the same shudder that Class 2-B always felt when he, Sumire, or Morgan smiled in a certain way. Doom was approaching, " Ranma, break out the protective friendship bracelets, I have a bad feeling about tomorrow in school. "

" You had that feeling of Doom go down your spine as well. " Ranma asks.

" I did. I somehow get the feeling that Sumire will be breaking out Belladonna. "

Ranma had seen that particular memory and he winces, " Well hell, this is not going to be good, is it? "

" Anything that will bust out Belladonna is not good in any way, shape, or form. Also wear the uniforms that not only protect us from people making leaps of logic but also protect us from spells being cast against us without our permission. " Kaito states.

That bit of advice deepens Ranma's concerns, " Should we warn the Twins? "

Kaito dives for the communication mirror and tells them of his bad feeling. The Twins had also felt that feeling of Doom and were already taking the appropriate precautions. Anything that made pranksters like them feel an impending sense of Doom was not to be underestimated ever.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, Detective Conan/Case Closed, Ranma 1/2, Shuichi Minamino/Yoko Kurama, Shiori, Yusuke Uremeshi, or Rowen Hashiba.