The lost child

Albus Dumbledore was many things. He was a politician, a teacher and a leader. But the thing that made him stand out heads and shoulders above those around him was his forward thinking. He made plans and contingencies for almost every possibility. He made sure that very little came as a surprise to him. This fore sight however came at a cost, as so little did not go as planned he had gained a very large ego, one which was only bolstered by the praises of those that surround him. Unfortunately he had not been able to predict the course of actions that were being shown.

Now he was almost in a state of panic as all of his carefully laid plans were now useless. The boy was to use a muggle term 'in the wild' and many of his secrets and plans had been revealed to the order, many of which he did not wish to be revealed. This however was not the issue, shaken loyalties can be regained, trust can be reforged. The issue is how was he going to get the boy back under his supervision. This was the question that had been troubling the old head master for the entire night.

The Weasley family were breaking at the seams. Some found the actions of the head master to be disgusting whilst others believed that it was all for the greater good of the wizarding world. Only two did not care. Ronald Weasley who had been day dreaming about the beautiful women whilst he had been sucking down any morsel of food that crossed his path. The other was Ginerva who was in a fantasy land, she had been told by her mother that she would be getting married to the famous boy who lived. That they would make a perfect couple. The girl had been too busy ogling the image of the boy to even notice that he was already bonded to women.

The professors in the school were not to happy except for Flitwick who was curious about the teaching and classes in other countries. The others however were all insulted at the fact that the boy did not even consider their establishment worthy of his attention.

Sirius black could not help but be proud of the boy, being surrounded by so many beautiful women. He would be the envy of men in the wizarding world.

Lily however was unsure how to feel about such a situation. True she knew that polygamy was practised in the wizarding world. It was however very rare. The circumstances in which allowed it were extremely difficult to obtain. This however was not the only reason that she was unsure. That was due to her mundane upbringing which taught such a thing as immoral and wrong.

Thus it was that the screening began again. All of the concerned parties sitting in their seats. The Potters, black and lupin, as well as the grangers and Takami were on the right side of the room with a large space before it was the order and professors who were grouped together on the left. The only exception was Severus Snape who was at the back and camouflaged in a shadow as he was want to do.

11

NEWTS

Harry finished dressing, making sure he was presentable for the jury that would overlook his NEWTs. While he knew that his attitude and aptitude would help him get few friendships, he also knew that clothing was important, as it was one of the first things that people noticed about someone. You could tell a lot simply by looking at someone's clothes, after all. Those with money tended to flaunt it by buying expensive clothing, and the style could also tell much about someone's personality.

A simple example was a pure-blood: While all pure-bloods tended to have expensive clothes thanks to their wealth, It was easy to tell which pure-bloods were flaunting their wealth, and which were genuinely using because it was better than something else. Someone flaunting their wealth would probably order impressive-looking clothing, made more for appearance than for practicality, while more modest people would rather order less impressive-looking clothes, so long as they were more practical.

Sirius could not help but snort at the descriptions whilst he was quietly agreeing with what was said. He was from such a rich family, all of his cousins tended to wear obviously expensive clothing as a badge of honour since they were all from the black family. The potters a similar in standing family however never wore obviously expensive clothes, they were well made and comfortable but not as overtly expensive. It had been a good lesson for him as it let him learn that what a person wears does not dictate their worth.

He was dressed in his usual black clothes, though these were of higher quality than usual. His ashen-grey hair was carefully combed to fall on his back, though it was mostly natural for it to behave that way. His wand was in a holster tied to his wrist, and was freshly polished, as he took great care of it since for now he could not cast most powerful spells without it, something he intended to work on later.

He was feeling amazingly well, thanks to a good night's rest, and his magical reserves were full to the brim, as he had made sure not to overexert him self during the days that preceded his exams. It would be rather foolish to arrive at the ministry and start his NEWTS to faint from magical exhaustion, not to say embarrassing and in bad taste.

"Harry-Sama, Hasegawa-san is here." said Akitsu, as she walked in.

Akitsu and Haruka had met several times during the last months, since the Ice Sekirei refused to be apart from him any longer than necessary, and the Ministry employee had come to arrange the time for him to take his exams at the Ministry. It was easy to see that the young woman was greatly unnerved by Akitsu's appearance and behaviour, since to anyone with a brain, a stunningly beautiful woman following a male around submissively would have raised a few alarms. Of course, the very moment Haruka had tried to ask if harry had somehow forced her to do something she didn't want, she had found herself almost skewered by ice claws. It had taken Harry's intervention for the altercation to be resolved, but by then Haruka had been rightfully terrified of the Sekirei.

Takami could not help an involuntary snort at the description. Akitsu had always been a quiet one, She was however very similar to her element, cool calm and collected the majority of the time, this however was nothing like when she was enraged as that coll and calm temperament would all be channelled into the goal of erasing whatever it was that had enraged her.

"Coming"

xxxxx

Haruka fidgeted as she waited for Harry, Her eyes looking around nervously while Karasuba was sitting in front of her, her hand on her nodachi and her usual manic grin on her face. She was deeply afraid of the women in Harry's life, and feared the effect their upbringing had on Harry.

Karasuba was violent, sadistic and seemed to have no qualms about killing people, since the few times she had seen the woman, she had seemed to prefer solving her problems through violence instead of talking. The fact that Harry had confirmed that her job was quite similar to the one of a hit-wizard/witch, and that she had probably killed enough people to populate a small town had done very little to quell her fear of the ashen-haired woman. The fact that she had been the major influence on his young mind, along with the fact that he had the memories of a Dark Lord , made her fear the worst, and so far his behaviour had done very little to reassure her. After all, asking to pass his NEWTs at ten (almost eleven) was unheard of, and spoke of a need to leave his mark that did not bode well.

Then there was the other woman living with them, Akitsu. While perfectly calm and collected most of the time, she had learnt the hard way that questioning her loyalty to harry was a bad idea, as she had almost had her throat ripped open the one time she had asked if harry had somehow done something to force her to stay by his side. Add to the fact that she was incredibly beautiful and had forms that would have made any man walk straight into a wall, and she was confused about how Harry had gained such loyalty from her, as well as the nature of her relationship with Harry.

Her musings were interrupted when the object of her worries stepped into the room. He had grown, she realized. Gone was the terrified seven-years old. Afraid of his own shadow. Gone was the child, what little of his innocence that had remained after his treatment at the Durley had disappeared. Looking at her was a teen-sized adult, with cold green eyes and radiating power the likes of which she had never seen before. She had once met a very old wizard, considered by most Japanese people to be the most powerful still living wizard in the Asian continent, and his power had been a mere drop of water compared to the ocean of power the soon-to-be teenager in front of her possessed. He was also finally of a normal height for someone his age, even a bit taller. He was lean, and while his clothes effectively covered his body, it was not difficult to see that he had the physique of an athlete, something she had never seen on someone so young. Of course, it was still stunted since his body had not yet hit puberty, but she could guess that after growing up a bit he would be a dream for women, appearance-wise at least.

This was proven by the grangers starting to chuckle, this brought every ones attention towards them in which they saw a heavily blushing Hermione. Ronald however was annoyed as he had been promised the girl by the headmaster for his job in helping guiding potter. Here she was swooning over the spoiled brat. No Ron was not happy. Ron did not care about much but what he did was his gold and his reward. It never even occurred to him that the fact that potter had not shown up at the school meant that the deal he had with the old teacher was not going to be honoured.

"Hasegawa-san." he greeted her with a small nod.

"Harry-kun. Are you ready? The session will start in a half-hour, so it would be better to be on our way."

Giving her an acknowledging nod, he turned to look at Karasuba. The woman was already getting up, and she could not help but dread the idea of having her in the middle of the ministry. She was volatile at best, and she was afraid that letting her follow them to the ministry was only asking for trouble.

"Karasuba, Stay here. There is nothing for you at the ministry, and you would be better off training." he said, and instantly Haruka looked at him as if he was mad. The woman clearly did not like being ordered around, so what was he doing?

She felt her jaw drop when the ashen-haired woman just shrugged and let herself fall back on the sofa, as if nothing was wrong. The ministry official was starting to wonder if she was not dreaming, since it was obvious that if she had said the same thing, she would be dead where she stood.

Haruka in the viewing room was blushing at this. True that version of her did not have the knowledge about these Sekirei that had been provided to them by Dr Sahashi. So it made sense to her why she was nervous, she was part of the educational department as she was a shy person who wanted to help. Thus her shy demeanour helped explain things to mundane parents since she looked harmless.

"Okay. Have fun, Harry-chan. You owe me a spar later, by the way."

Turning to face her, the young wizard quirked an eyebrow in a way that clearly mean So, are we going or not?

"Harry-kun, what about Akitsu-san?"she asked, a bit nervous as the voluptuous woman turned to face her.

"Akitsu is coming with me. So long as she is not disturbed, she won't do anything."

It was not a request, it was a statement. Even if she had told him not to bring the woman with him, he would have anyway, and she did not want to anger either, as both the almost-teen and the woman scared her.

"Very well. Please, take my hands, I will side-along Apparate you."

Mr Granger looked at Haruka with a confused look upon his face. "Apparition?" the question was obvious. "A form of magical travel, the closest name in the mundane world would be teleportation" explained the ministry employee getting a thank you from the man. After what he had learned about the British magical s he would rather her answer his questions than them.

xxxxx

The Japanese Ministry of Magic, much like its British counterpart, was underground, however unlike their European cousins, the Japanese wizards had opted to hide the entrances in a park. Harry had to applaud their thinking, at least it justified seeing plenty of people coming and going, so nobody would get too suspicious.

Moody along with the other Aurors of the ministry were taking notes, so that they could think of ways to improve the defences around the ministry. There had already been several times where the ministry almost had a train tunnel burrowed straight through the centre of it due to the new construction projects going on. So if they could change things so that it was safer it would be for the best if they could.

Haruka, once they appeared in the park, led them towards a plain-looking shack, which was he noticed, covered with notice-me-not and mundane-repelling wards. It was a clever idea, he mused, since the risk of someone noticing large amounts of people entering the shack was small, and it wouldn't be strange to see groups enter.

The image of a small food and drink shack was shown, it was large enough for sit in meals, or to sit outside and enjoy the weather. Lily could not help but be impressed as she had never really found the public entrances of the ministry to be practical. They were too easy to be discovered and it was only due to the use of the obliviation charm and repellent wards that made it viable.

Inside the shack a man, dressed in what seemed to be a standard barman attire took a glance at them, and upon seeing Haruka he simply shrugged and went back to the book that he was reading. The former British wizard had to admit he was impressed, while the man was certainly not a threat to him, he could tell that he was probably a retired auror. He probably would not be able to stop a determined force from barging in, but to take care of any other kind of threat it was just perfect.

They were led towards a private dining room, as Japanese people liked their secrecy, and as soon as they entered Haruka waved her wand, causing the floor to start to sink into the ground silently, brining them down. As they went down, Harry looked up to see another floor take the place of the one they were on. This ministry was clearly more aware of the threat the mundane represented for them, and had taken clear measures to ensure its governing body was safe.

Those that worked at the ministry were silent. Staring at the way that you entered the Japanese ministry as well as slightly envious. Instead of having to stand in a literal toilet, their s was done in a classy way which at the same time would not draw too much attention.

Albus however was paying attention for a different reason. He had never been allowed into the oriental ministries the reputation which normally went before him and opened doors that would normally be shut to him, did not exist their. He was not held in a form of reverence. It was why he had avoided those places. They questioned why his ideas needed to be implementing them. They could not see that it was for the greater good that those plans be put in place.

"Harry-kun, before we arrive, please make sure Akitsu-san will not cause problems. While I am certain she can take care of herself, we are at the ministry, and any kind of argument might attract undue attention."

Looking at the Ice Sekirei, she gave her an exasperated look, as she was once again wearing clothing that let people see a great deal of her cleavage, worse, her strange kimono was held by chains! That kind of attire coupled by the woman's cold beauty was almost a guarantee of getting in to trouble with the more conservative members of the government, and even quite a few moderates.

"Don't worry, Akitsu can take care of herself just fine." Harry said, giving his Sekirei a smirk as some pink made its way onto her cheeks, despite her unchanging expression.

"Ah...Thank you, Harry-Sama."

"Just ...don't kill or maim anybody, okay? If they bother you, ask them to leave you politely, and if they insist, slap them. I'll sort any kind of trouble that comes from that."

He could tell that Haruka was a bit disturbed by his order, after all ordering someone to not kill or maim people was not exactly what normal members of society did. The fact that she already knew how dangerous Akitsu was, made it even worse, as she knew the Ice Sekirei could actually kill someone with frightening ease if she had to guess based on her own experience.

Takami turned to the pale woman beside her " don't worry, all of the Sekirei had issues with simple things. The fact that he is giving such detailed orders means that he is taking that into account. With one like Akitsu who is loyal to a fault she will follow his orders to the T" explained the scientist. And getting a small smile from the woman. Whilst it was re-assuring to know that they would not have a massacre it was also not assuring as it meant one wrong thing in the order and everything could go wrong.

It was at that moment that a speaker announced:

"Ministry of Magic, entrance. Have a good day."

They had arrived at the vast underground cave, where one could see in the distance the building that housed the government of the magical part of Japan. The entrance point where they arrived was the narrowest part of the cave, and a vast hall led to the Ministry, with on each side of the hall sliding doors. From his studies he knew that those doors were the Japanese equivalent of the Floo system in Britain, only easier to use, and much more comfortable.

From Tom's memories, he knew that to use the Floo, one needed to step inside of a fireplace and use the powder whilst enunciating their destination loudly and clearly. Such a system was in fact messy, uncomfortable for those not used to it, and carried the risk of arriving at the wrong destination if you said the name wrongly. The Japanese system was much simpler: on the door frame of a door, runes were carved, which would be activated by someone channelling magic into them, creating a connection with another door frame. All you hat to do afterwards was step through the portal. The door would close instantly after someone stepped through, so there was no risk of anybody accidentally ending up elsewhere. To choose a destination all one had to do was visualize the destination and name and the persons magic would do the rest.

This caused lily to look at James with excitement. She had always hated the forms of magical transportation that were available and whilst phoenix travel was more comfortable if a bit warm, it was not widely available. So to hear that there was another type of travel out there excited her to no end. Could it be recreated? Could she do it? There was so many questions running through her mind. This however only made the potters and their friends sigh at the rather predictable response to such a thing.

Back to the Ministry, the building looked like an old Japanese castle, Though he could see several things, such as elevators, that showed it was clearly at least relatively up to date with modern technology. He also noticed several Aurors standing guard at strategic places, once again startling difference With Britain, where security was a mere wizard in front of the ministry that scanned peoples wands.

The grangers could not help but stare at the impressive construction. It was a slight mix of traditional and modern. The modern conveniences installed in such a way as while you could see them, they did not stand out in such a way as to spoil the traditional ascetic.

Following Haruka, he watched as a few people looked at them in curiosity when they spotted him, and with a appraising (and in some few cases, lusty) eyes. It was not surprising, after all he doubted their little group was a common sight here. And of course with a woman of Akitsu's beauty, it was obvious that quite a few people would stare. At least they were discrete about it, which he could appreciate, since it meant that these people knew the difference between being appreciative, and being creepy.

The people they could see wore different types of clothing, most wearing traditional Japanese clothing or modern suits. There were an almost equal representation of both genders, which was this time something common between both Ministries.

As they approached the gates leading to the castle, they were stopped by a female Auror.

"Welcome, please wait a moment." was all that she said as she waved her wand over each of them.

"Two wands, thirty three centimetres, cherry wood and a Yatagarasu's feather, and twenty- nine centimetres, blood of a Yuki-onna and fur from the tails of a nine tailed fox."

This annoyed Albus to no end as he had specifically ordered a wand be made for the boy, the counterpart of Toms wand. If they were used against each other they would cause a feed back loop and stop their magic from working properly against each other. Or at least that is what the theory said, however actual cases of such a thing happening was rare and badly documented to the point of almost being classed as a story. It also did not help that the wand had multiple cores locking it to him and no one else.

The results appeared upon a scroll that had appeared with a small pop, whilst the Auror then looked at them.

"reason for your presence?"

"I am bringing Minaka Harry for his NEWT exams." explained Haruka, causing the woman to slightly widen her eyes as she looked at him with an appraising look.

"so young?" she asked, looking a bit bewildered.

"Yes, Harry-kun circumstances are...special."

"I understand. The exams for today will start in room 01. Good luck, then."

Giving the woman a curt nod of thanks, he followed his guide as they stepped inside the Ministry.

Amelia bones had been sitting quietly taking notes about this 'viewing' and what she had seen had not left her pleased. If anything she had many things that she was wanting to investigate. She was just glad that by the looks of it she would have the full backing of the potters and blacks as she along with them were not happy with the head master at all. She had never fully trusted the old man. This however had been eye opening for the Auror commander. It was not a good thing.

What she was happy about was seeing ways in which she could upgrade the ministry security. Not that she could do such a thing as all of the funds required for such a thing were being redirected to 'places unknown' much to her chagrin.

Xxxxx

Looking around, Harry noticed he was getting quite a few stares, then again, he supposed that an eleven years old was quite the uncommon sight in this section of the Ministry. He was now in the room where he would be passing the written part of his NEWTs, along with a few other students, who were looking at him with either disbelief or in one case, curiosity. Akitsu was not there, since she was obviously not allowed in the room during the exam, as such, she was actually standing outside the door.

"Excuse me, are you sure you weren't directed to the wrong room? This is for the NEWT level exams." asked a boy that looked around seventeen, with short black hair.

Lily could not help but smile at this. Whilst she was proud of her son being this advanced, he was still her little boy and did not want him to go too fast, he should be enjoying life. She knew that he had never really had one, that however did not mean he could not. going to school would allow him to make connections and possibly even friends.

Sighing, he explained:

"no, I am not in the wrong room, I am here to pass the NEWTs written exams. I would also like to point out that even if I am young, I already have my OWLs, with some of the best grades in the world. As such, I am qualified enough to pass my NEWTs today, despite what my apparent age might suggest."

For a moment, there was silence, before a haughty laugh could be heard, coming from a girl with long black hair that reached her mid- back. She was wearing a p[ale blue kimono with ice flake designs that clashed with her dark hair, but went well with her pale skin. From the way that she held herself, he could tell that she was used to get what she wanted, so she probably came from an old family, as her bearing betrayed the manners that were drilled into any respectable pure-blood heir or heiress. Truth to be told, she was quite the beauty for a girl that had to be fifteen at the oldest, but she still paled compared to Akitsu and Karasuba.

Unfortunately for those in the room the teen boys along with a overgrown child were staring at the woman in question as she was indeed a beauty. This caused the normal reaction from the females in the immediate proximity to slap them on the head to regain their focus on what is happening.

"Look at the little boy, thinking he can get his NEWTs so early!It should be obvious that you will not be able to pass the practical part of the exams, your magic is not yet stable enough to allow you to cast most of the spells required!"

While Harry could understand people being somewhat haughty, this girl was starting to piss him off, and he was sorely tempted to show her just how much he outclassed her in terms of raw power, knowledge and strength. However while that would be sorely tempting he knew that usually those that showed the level of arrogance he was being treated to often did not take well to being mocked, as such he put on his best condescending smile

"My apologies, I did not know that Kami had decided to grace us with his presence."

Takami sniggered at this as it was clear that the boy was not impressed by her. she also could not help but smirk at the clear usage of a sarcastic put down. Perhaps her alternate was having an effect on the boy. Whether it was a good or a bad thing was still up for debate.

He had the pleasure to see the girl blink slightly owlishly, obviously failing to understand his dig.

"It seems you failed to grasp what I was trying to say. Allow me to reformulate: I was not aware that you were the recipient of the universes knowledge."

Considering the sudden reddening of the girl's cheeks he knew she had finally understood that he was mocking her intelligence and snobbish attitude.

"You-"she hissed,"-are you aware of who I am?"

"Some one who is stupid enough to antagonize someone they know nothing of, Shiba-san."

Albus could not help but smiling at this. If the boy was antagonizing an old family such as the Shiba clan, then it was possible that they would help him get him repatriated to Britain if only on the point of principle.

Oh, he knew who she was alright. He had not been idly training during his stay in Japan, no, Tom's influence had opened his eyes to the importance of knowing who was who, of knowing who were the prominent figures of the society he lived in. So he had subscribed to the the national newspaper, The imperial, and had made frequent visits to gringotts to ask for public information That the goblins were happy to provide, so long as he asked for nothing that they were not allowed to share.

The girl, thanks to the name tag on her desk, he had identified as Shiba Miyuki, The daughter of one of the oldest families of the magical s from Japan. One of her ancestors was rumoured to have helped in slaying the Yamata-no -Orochi, The eight-headed great serpent. She was rumoured to be a prodigy, which was apparently true since she was there to get her NEWTs at fifteen or so. What he had gleaned from the information he had on her, she was the sole heiress of her family and as such had been quite sheltered, and as the heiress of an old family, very few would dare to cross her. Too bad he too was the heir of an old family, as well as the recipient of knowledge far beyond his years.

At the name of the mythical creature only the grangers and Takami reacted. Then again in Britain it was believed that most of the muggle myths and gods was nothing but powerful witches and wizards. Thus they probably just thought it was something similar. Mabe a magical snake or a hydra. Nothing too special.

Back to the present, he was pleased to see the girl redden and try to whip out her wand, only to be interrupted as the door opened, letting in an aged-looking man. Since the exams were obviously about to start, Miyuki could not do anything but sit down, but not without sending a glare his way, along with a smug smirk, she probably believed that he was going to fail.

Well, let's show her that she isn't the only one gifted at magic.

Xxxxx

Truth be told, he was a bit disappointed by the written exams, as they had taken him only half as long as the time allocated for them, since he already knew all of the answers and could easily understand how to answer the few questions that actually challenged him. He had taken quite a few electives, ranging from Arithmancy to ancient runes, as well as a few that were only found in Japan, like seals. It had been very interesting for him to actually learn something entirely new, since Tom's knowledge covered quite a few areas of magic, and he was afraid of never finding something he would learn without having leached the knowledge.

Hermione was salivating at the thought of so much to learn. Honestly Japan was sounding better and better to her. The manners and culture from ms Haruka had said to her suited her better than Hogwarts ever would. It would also be safer, no need to worry about voldemort nor his thugs. she had also seen the potters talking to the woman. There was a possibility of them going as well. She knew that her parents only wanted the best for her. Such a conversation would have to wait until after this viewing as they would then have all of the information necessary to make such a decision.

The exams were scheduled to take most of the day and the day after. As a way to minimize the students fatigue, the written part of the exams were in the morning, whilst the practical took up the afternoon. The entirety of his NEWTs was as such spanning two entire days, since some electives did not have a practical part such as history of magic.

Right now he was eating along with Akitsu in a little restaurant just outside of the park leading to the ministry. The Ice Sekirei's behaviour had caused a bit of a stir when someone had asked her why she was standing in front of the door of the room and that she had replied that she was waiting for him. Of course, a few men had tried to sweet talk her into going with them, and as she had been told, once telling them, to leave had not worked she had slapped them. The slight problem was that as a Sekirei, a slap to a normal human would end up with their jaw dislocated, which had been exactly what had happened.

He had been lucky that Haruka had been around to help clean up the mess, and there would be no consequences since the one person she had slapped was not from an old family and was known to harass several of the women working in the Ministry. Still, he had taken Akitsu to the side to remind her to be careful with her strength otherwise he would have to ask her to stay at the tower, which was the last thing she wanted. Still, he had made sure to point out that she had handled the situation rather well, all things considered.

Haruka, just from the description knew exactly who it was and despite hiding it was dancing for joy within her mind as the prat had tried to hit on her many times. So to hear that he had gotten his jaw dislocated for doing so gave her a sadistic sense of joy.

Xxxxx

"Please cast the spell notorious for being the only one able to repel dementors."

This was it. He was in his last practical exam, the defence against the dark creatures one. Unlike in Britain, there was a clear separation between combat magic on one side, and defence against dark creatures on the other side. Combat magic dealt with all of the spells used in a fight, Like the bone-breaking hex or the stunning spell, whilst defence against dark creatures was used to mainly teach people what spell to use against beings that could attack them, such as Vampires, werewolves or dementors. Of course, a rather large part of the latter was heavily focused on making people understand that some species such as Vampires and Werewolves, were considered dark mainly because they could, key word could, attack humans, but that they were mostly humans turned into something else. As such neutralization was preferable to elimination if possible. After all, a newly-turned Vampire could hardly be held responsible for attacking if they had not been fed recently.

This caught remus attention. He had only been in European countries and whilst the treatment in countries such as France and Germany was better than Britain he was still given a fair distance from the wizards their. He could understand why as well. As these countries were fenrir grey-backs normal stomping grounds and thus despite what the laws said, the people who lived their did not have the most favourable outlook upon were wolves. Thus it was with a small glimmer of hope to hear about the orients view point.

Albus had to with hold a growl. This had been one of the things that he had fought against. Many countries in that area had what could only be described by him as a perverse description of the dark arts. Even as just shown their description of dark creatures was warped in a way that it went against the greater good. Just watching this he was beginning to realise just how much that some of the countries in the world had drifted from his vision and from the light. It was not a good thing in his eyes.

He could see the others completing their own practical, and smirked upon seeing the Shiba Heiress, she was still a few questions behind him.

Concentrating on his memory, he focused his magic, allowing it to fuse with the feelings inside him. He remembered everything down to the last detail, he remembered how Karasuba had clutched him to her chest, as if he was a treasure, someone she could not bear to lose, he remembered the feeling of being truly happy for the first time in his life. In the end, he had pictured every last detail of his first meeting with the black Sekirei perfectly, as it had been the very moment he had felt that perhaps someone saw some value in him, that someone wanted him, cared for him. Even if it reminded him of the years of abuse at the hands of his so called relatives, it was the happiest memory he had, and it did the trick

This caused the potters to look down in anguish at his pain. They had done it to protect him and had only ended up causing more pain instead. It was something that they were going to fix as soon as possible. Hopefully before it was irreparable.

"Expecto Patronum."

Once again, there was a blinding light, and the people present put their hands in front of them, or closed their eyes. He did not, he did not need to, he already knew what to expect and as he had expected, as he had wanted, there were two perfectly formed people made of silvery light standing in front of him, Karasuba and Akitsu. He idly wondered why there was no Homura, but guessed it had something to do with the fact that they were nowhere near as close than he was with both of his other Sekirei.

He could see the shock on his examiner's face. The man staring with wide eyes at something that should be impossible, Two full corporeal Patroni cast by a boy not even eleven yet. Most people in the room seemed to be just as stumped by what they were seeing, as while they had known he was advanced for his age, they had probably not expected him to successfully cast a spell that many adults could not manage.

The Etherial Karasuba was looking around with the same grin that the original displayed when faced with a challenge, her nodachi at her side while her wings were out and fluttered excitedly. The Patronus of Akitsu, for her part, had her hands at her side, in the same lazy, slightly slouched posture that the original has, The embers in her eyes were fixated solely upon him. He did notice that there was the small sparks of electricity coming from them , something that he knew was not standard.

The small charms teacher was bouncing in excitement at what was shown. He could only assume that due to the bond it had effected his Patronus form. The part however that really intrigued the professor was the unusual effect that his Patronus was showing. What did it mean? Was it stronger? Unstable? He did not know and that excited the little professor.

"I-Impressive, Minaka-san" managed to croak out the examiner, looking at the Patroni with shock.

"Thank you Kurokami-san. What is the next question?" he asked, pleased to see that the Shiba heiress looked torn between impressed and glaring at him.

"There aren't any other questions. Congratulations, Minaka-san, even if I am not supposed to tell you your results, I can still say that you have passed with flying colours!" said the man, before looking back at the Patroni, that had yet to disperse. "Excuse me, Minaka-san, but shouldn't you cancel the spell? Otherwise you might end up with magical exhaustion."

That caused him to smirk, as it gave him something else to lord over the pretensions little girl who was now trying to focus on her own exam, yet he could tell that she was still trying to eavesdrop.

"Don't worry, even if I did not cancel the spell, I could keep these two up for a full day with the reserves I have."

He was pleased to note that Miyuki had stumbled at that. And was currently being admonished by her examiner. It may have been a bit to much to get her back like that but he felt that it was deserved, besides it was not as if he was purposely making her screw up, she was the one trying to listen in on things that she had no right to know of. Besides, it was a bit of his childish side acting up, so he guessed he should indulge himself, to a degree.

This caused the marauders and their children to snigger at his small prank upon the snobby girl. Lily and Minerva were not impressed but had to admit that it was technically not his fault. Technically.

Xxxxx

Exiting the room, he found himself standing next to Akitsu, who upon seeing him getting out, had immediately taken her customary position, a little behind him, like a dutiful mix between a bodyguard and a shy wife. He had to shake his head at that, considering her behaviour, he was fairly certain that she wanted to be his wife when he got older, not that he would ever refuse. He had come to care deeply for her, as her circumstances reminded him a bit of his own, only with the difference that he was the one to accept her. He could also tell that she would do anything for him, and unlike some people, he knew to treasure such a bond between them.

They were about to leave when the door opened again, letting out a rather angry-looking Miyuki Shiba, who upon seeing him made a bee-line for him.

"Uh oh" snickered out Sirius black whilst looking at lily and James. He had seen that face upon lily enough times to know what it meant. The fact that it was usually aimed towards James was just extra amusement for him.

" You knew it, didn't you?" she growled.

As she was visibly angered, she had not yet noticed Akitsu tensed behind him, ready to spring into action if need be. She did not take well to people venting their nerves on him, not that he did either, and he had the means to make that clear.

"What would you be talking about, Shiba-san?"

"You knew I was listening!" she hissed, her voice low. "You boasted about your magic reserves to make me fail my last question!"

"Shiba-san" All traces of civility were gone, and his voice had grown cold and hard, startling the girl who had probably not expected to be talked to with such a voice. "I care little about your petty accusations, as while I was aware that you were listening, it was your choice to do so, as such, failing to concentrate on your exam is certainly not my fault. Now do kindly shut up before I lose whatever semblance of patience I have left and make you regret acting like a child."

This caused a shiver to run down James back as he heard the voice. It was eerily similar to his wives when she was beyond pissed at him for something he did. It almost always ended up in him being lonely at night for a week or two. Those times were not pleasant for the lord of house potter. Not pleasant at all.

"Ojou-Sama, do you wish for me to teach this disrespectful child his place?" asked a young woman who had walked up to them, standing behind the heiress. She was wearing black clothes that were tailored to allow for maximum freedom of movement, and the way that she carried herself spoke of a trained professional, probably a body guard, as it was obvious the heiress of one of Japan's oldest families would be protected at all times.

"Foolish" muttered Takami. She could understand why the girl would have a guard, however she knew nothing about harry. She did not know what family he was from (since there were still aristocratic families in the magical world) nor who's support he had. Thus making a move against him now was extremely foolish.

The woman herself had to be in her mid twenties at most, with mid-long black hair tied in a short ponytail. She held herself with the grace of those that were used to always end up on top in a fight, not that she seemed to have noticed that he, along with Akitsu, were clearly aware of her level of skill. Obviously, she was either very inexperienced or she was unused to face people able to gauge her enough to conceal her true abilities from them.

Seeing Miyuki give him a smug smile, he knew that she expected him to cower and flee now that her bodyguard was there. How wrong she was.

"Shiba-san" he started, his face showing a very unsettling yet peaceful smile, while making a simple sign towards Akitsu to show that he would deal with this himself, "If you think that your bodyguard is enough to intimidate me, you are a bigger fool than I previously thought."

The only thing Takami could think seeing the smile was that it was a cross between the patented Karasuba smile and the Miya special. What made it worse was that despite the apparent innocence and sweetness it was just wrong enough that it caused a shiver to run down ones spine upon seeing it. It was the type of smile that made you tread carefully as you had no idea what the person would do next.

He had the pleasure to see the young woman acting as Masayuki's body guard step forward to grab him, with a speed that would no doubt leave most humans unable to react. However he was not human any more, well, not entirely, and he was used to fighting someone who was far faster than she would ever be. As such, the moment she started her attack, he had already grabbed her arm and yanked her forward. By the time she realized what was happening, his hand was about to grab her face, and despite her efforts in trying to dodge it, he was faster and grabbed her head, before slamming her into the wall like a rag doll. He had to of course make sure not to use enough force to really harm her, after all if he had gone all out the wall would have been splattered with her brains.

There was a shocked silence as they watched what looked like a blur before it stopped and Harry was standing holding the guard against the wall with a resounding Thud. The image then rewound and showed them the action taken in slow motion. The only one not shocked was Takami as she had seen the Sekirei in action, this was not much different.

The others had seen Him in action before and had known that he was proficient in combat but this, this was on another level entirely. It was terrifying.

Albus was horrified. All of his planning was in jeopardy because the boy was confident in his abilities he was now starting to lean towards the memory modification plan which he had kept on the back burner. He never actually planed on using it but it was a last course of action if everything else had failed. Now it was looking more and more likely to be the required course of action.

He had the pleasure to see Miyuki smug smile change into a look of shock and abject terror as she witnessed her bodyguards face slammed into a wall with enough force to render her unconscious. He felt that the guard was lucky, after all he had used only a small percentage of his strength otherwise her face may have ended up crushed.

Brushing his hands as if what happened was an everyday occurrence to him, he looked back at the now shaking young woman, giving her a grin akin to that of his mother-figure, causing the poor girl to squeak in fear as she took a step back.

"Now, Shiba-san, I hope this is proof enough that I am more than a child trying to play in the big leagues. I bid you a good day, and please, when your guard wakes up tell her that it was nothing personal. Akitsu, lets go."

"Hai, Harry-Sama."

xxxxx

As they had agreed to earlier, the two of them went to wait for Haruka at the entrance of the Ministry. The odd pair drew quite a few stares as they walked, but they were used to it, and Harry had to admit, the stares were much worse in the mundane world. There, nobody could fathom that an eleven years old boy could be extremely dangerous, while the wizards and witches, well those that paid attention to the ambient magic at least, since any magic user worth their salt (meaning very few people, sadly), could tell roughly how powerful one was by the small amount of power that was constantly being released by the body. Of course, one of the first things he had done once he had learnt about that had been to try and find a way to mask most of his power, and while so far he was not exactly successful, he still leaked about twenty-five percent less power than before. His aim was to get that down to about fifteen percent of his original out put, but that was something he would need to work on a bit later.

As they waited, they became aware of a slight commotion coming from the DMLE department, the one dedicated to fighting magical crimes. However, seeing that the matter most likely did not concern them, Harry just ignored it, choosing to instead focus on sorting his memories, something he did whenever he had a few minutes to spare.

He was starting to grow impatient, as Haruka should be very well aware of the time his exam finished at, yet she was still not there. While she was a government official, he knew enough to know that she was not that far up the hierarchy that they could let her go early. He was surprised to notice, however that now that the commotion had died down, a group of around fifteen people were making their way towards him, one of which he recognised as Miyuki Shiba, who was livid. Next to her was apparently the Auror commanding the ones coming towards him, and on his other side was Haruka, who was looking at him like she couldn't tell if he was stupid or if she had expected what was happening.

"I would be in a mixed emotional state, I would be afraid of the fact that it was to do with such a prominent family, on the other side I would also be resigned as I had expected something like that to happen due to his blunt personality" explained Haruka as she looked at what was happening. This got nods from those that were near her in understanding as it was clear that unless he wanted to be, the boy was not diplomatic.

"Minaka Harry?" asked the Auror captain.

"yes, what can I do for you?" he asked, looking pointedly at the girl at his side. He had a rather good idea of what to expect, as it appeared that the Shiba heiress just could not let a grudge go. Granted, he had put her bodyguards face into a wall, but still, she had attacked first, what was he supposed to do?

"Shiba-san here told me that you apparently knocked out her bodyguard by slamming her into a wall, and that for apparently no reason."

Considering how she was giving him the evil eye, he guessed that she had counted on using her name as a way to get him directly in trouble without going through the "comparing the different versions of events" part.

"I swear this girl is reminding me more and more of the pompous idiot Draco Malfoy" muttered Hermione quiet enough that only her parents heard her and noted it down as something that they needed to talk about with their daughter.

"Well then, perhaps I should tell you my version of what happened."

"Please do, sir." said the man as he looked somewhat surprised by his reaction.

Harry guessed that most people did not even try to speak against someone from such an old family, but then again he was hardly just nobody either.

"Very well. I came here yesterday and today to pass my NEWTs, something Hasegawa-san here can confirm."

The young woman gave a prompt nod when the Auror looked at her, before turning back to him and gesturing for him to continue with his story.

"When I was in the room yesterday to take the written part of the exams, Shiba-san mocked me, calling me a child and saying that I would not be able to pass my exams, since I should not have enough magic yet to cast some of the spells required for the practical parts. Afterwards I took a dig at her intelligence and general haughty attitude, something that she apparently did not take well as she was about to draw her wand when the examiner arrived."

"Today, I was able to successfully cast two fully corporeal Patroni, and when the examiner told me to cancel the spell, I told him that considering my current reserves I should be able to maintain both of them for about a day. Shiba-san,who was apparently listening instead of paying attention to her own exams, had some trouble casting the spell requested of her at that moment, be it because she had trouble believing what I had said or because she did not know the answer I do not know.

After I left the room, I was about to leave and come here to wait for Hasegawa-san, when she came out and accused me of making her fail on purpose. I admitted that I knew that she was listening, but that in the end it was her own fault for eavesdropping. It was at that moment her bodyguard walked up to us and asked her if she wanted her to teach me 'my place'. I pointed out that I thought she was a fool for believing that a mere bodyguard was enough to intimidate me. At that point, said person attacked me, I retaliated by grasping her face and pushing it into a wall, knocking her out. I then left and have been waiting for Hasegawa-san since the moment I arrived."

If they had not watched it themselves those in the room would probably not have believed it. The only one different was Snape who muttered loud enough for those within the room to hear him "Typical potters, arrogant and believing they are above others." this got him a glare from the mentioned family not including Lily who just looked hurt at the comment.

There were a few disbelieving stares, but the one to make her scepticism known the most was a young woman, probably in her early twenties, and as such someone still relatively new to the Auror force. Her snort and roll of her eyes made it clear that she did not believe one moment that he had been able to knock out someone more than a decade older than himself, who in a normal world would have more strength, more speed, and would be more experienced.

"It seems my claims do not convince you, Auror-san. Perhaps you would like to see how I proceeded?" he asked, his voice cheerful with a fake (yet very convincing) smile upon his face.

"Ha! There is no way a mere child would be able to knock-" was all she was able to say as harry had already moved and grabbing her robes, yanked her down to his level, before putting his hand at the back of her head, and then he Pushed.

There was silence before Lord Black started to laugh. "Well that is one way to prove your point" this got a nod from the aurors. It did give his story credibility and prove he could do what he said. If it was not for the fact that he had asked to do a demonstration he would probably have been arrested for assault.

The members of the order were not happy at all. Here they were watching the one who was supposed to be their saviour, the chosen one and many other names. He was supposed to be the next leader of the light and yet here he was killing and injuring people without blinking an eye. This was not how things were supposed to be.

The young woman's face ended up embedded into the ground, though he had applied a small cushioning charm to avoid caving her face in. He did not appreciate people calling him a child!

Giving the downed Auror a bored look, he turned back to face the captain, tuning out the various expressions of shock coming from the other representatives of the wizards justice.

"May I go now?"

It was a testament to the man's skill that he did not harbour the same expression of abject shock on his face when he answered, merely a curious one.

"Before leaving, I would like to ask for your memories of the incident."

"Oh, of course."

Conjuring a small vial, he used his wand to duplicate the memory and place it into it, before giving it to the Auror. He had made sure the vial was labelled to his name and date, who knows, it may come in handy for the man later.

"How could you let such a violent monster walk away like that" screamed out diggle. His anger at the boy showing clearly upon his face. The fact that he like Albus was a pacifist was obvious . In the last war all he did was listen for rumour and provide a bit of funding. Not once did he use a spell in anger and when the death eaters appeared he ran. This was the reason that people such as the potters who actually did the fighting ignored him.

Xxxxx

The next week was incredibly boring for him, as he knew he had his NEWTs, but still wanted the results to know where he should put some extra study if need be. After all, while he was certain to have at least an Exceeds Expectations for all electives, he wanted to actually have Out-standings for all of them, even if he knew that most people would already be happy to have E's everywhere.

He killed his boredom by studying even more advanced magic and sparring with Karasuba and Akitsu, as well as focusing on bringing the both of them to the level he wanted them. It was hard, but the Ice Sekirei was making excellent progress and would soon catch up to what he had wanted her to know by the time, while Karasuba seemed to struggle with a lack of motivation she did make some progress on her own.

Xxxxx

Finally, two weeks after sitting his NEWTs, he got the results from the ministry, though he was surprised to see them delivered by Haruka instead of an owl. None the less, with an enthusiasm he did not usually show, he opened the envelope and skimmed over the results, before grinning. As he had expected he had aced his exams and had set a new record for the number of Os he had gotten, though he figured it was cheating considering he had the memories of someone so advanced that he was rumoured to have explored completely unknown territories of magic before. In the end, he had gotten in total twelve O, as well as two O++ (the best mark in the world) for his defence against dark creatures and combat magic.

Putting the paper back on the table, he then turned to look at the Ministry employee.

"well then, to what do I owe the honour of your presence, Hasegawa-san?"

He could tell by the way her gaze was constantly shifting that she was nervous, and his enhanced senses allowed him to tell that she was sweating more than usual. What ever had caused her to be this nervous, it was serious.

"Harry-kun, do you remember Shiba Miyuki-san?"

"The arrogant girl? Yes, I do, why? Did she make trouble again?"

"No, the matter is a bit more complicated than that. You see, the Auror captain you talked to came from a branch family of the Shiba clan. After what happened with the bodyguard and the Auror who did not believe you, he saw fit to tell the Family head, Shiba Ryuuga."

"And?"

"He wishes to hire you as a tutor for his daughter."

Silence. No one had expected that. The clan head wanted to hire him as a tutor for his daughter rather than pull him up in front of their version of the wizengamot? That made no sense to the wizards. Moody however was nodding his head in approval. The boy had already shown that he could handle himself and wanted his heiress to be safe. It was a good choice.

Albus, despite his calm demeanour was furious. His chance at getting the boy back had just ended before it had started. This did not even get to the fact that he could now ingratiate himself with such a noble clan. He was back at square one again. Tonight was going to be a long one as he digested everything that they had been shown.