Itoshii Sune-ku

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Itoshii Sune-ku.

Chapter 10:Taimen Issun Eniguma Kyou Kenzan Itoma Roji.

(Uhh....Part One...I guess...)


Harry had been studying his new family for a while now. Noting different things about each sibling. He was beginning to tell which was which at just a glance. Or two. Sometimes three. But he was getting better! Tremaine wasn't at all what Harry had expected. He had asked question after question, and Tremaine always answered in the same, drawling, voice. Never once changing.

Harry had gotten used to it. But he doubted he'd ever get used to the way the taller boy looked. He reminded Harry of a man he once knew. He looked so much like him. Tremaine had black, shoulder length hair, onyx black eyes, and sharp, prominate features. The man Harry remembered as 'Padfoot' had black, shoulder length hair, pale, ice blue eyes, instead of black, and not as sharp, but still fairly high cheek bones and other such features. Harry's Padfoot also had laughter in his eyes. Whereas Tremaine's eyes held a sort of sad look. Well, okay, in Harry's own opinion it was more of a sad look mixed in with amusment and exasperation, but still.

Harry didn't mind all that much. It was nice to see a look similiar to his own. Well, half the time. Harry glanced over to Tremaine, who was walking next to Amaryssein, quietly discussing something. Then glanced ahead of them, smiling slightly as he watched Ajalaa tug Rhapsody around in twirling circles in the middle of the street.

'Gosh, I hope they don't get run over. You see it all the time on T.V. Girl is playing, unsuspecting, in the street, and then--WHAM!! No more girl. Well, okay, let's just say there's more girl than needs to be.' Harry thought, shaking his head. Harry sighed for the third time, glancing next to him to see Serena. She looked so tired, so sleepy tired, so...He sighed again. Taller. Harry hated being his height. Serena was only three inches taller than him. Rhapsody, Ajalaa, and Amaryssein were all forty inches tall. Serena was an inch shorter than them, and six inches shorter than Tremaine. And he was forty-five inches tall. So that made Harry the shortest.

Thirty-six inches. He felt so short. Well, now that he thought about it, yes, he did feel short. But it didn't matter. Tremaine said he would most likely grow to be at least a few inches shorter than him. So, that was good. Harry sighed again, but jumped violently when someone touched his shoulder on his right side.

His head whipped around, only to see Amaryssein standing next to him, looking a little concerned.

"Are you all right? I'm sorry, it's taking so long. We'll be at the Inn soon. I promise." Ryssein said quietly. Harry shook his head, smiling slightly to reassure the girl next to him.

"I'm fine. I'm sorry. It's nothing, really. I'm just sad that I'm short. I'm a midget. Well, then again, so are the rest of you. Well, except Tremaine, but he's just a few inches too tall to be a midget. By the way, where are we going again? I've never been this far into London before." Harry looked at the quiet, violet eyed girl. She looked forward for a moment, then back to Harry, before answering in an amused tone of voice.

"We are going to the Leaky Cauldron. From there, we will be going to Diagon Alley. My dear sisters need a few things. Rhapsody needs to buy a few new robes for each of us. You do know where we are to be living once we leave the Alley, correct?" Harry nodded once, telling her he did know. She continued.

"Well, as I said, we will be needing new robes for our new home. We don't need to stand out. Not as much as we already do, that is. Ajalaa, and Serena, want to get some things from Honeydukes, the sweets' shop, and that prank store, Ajalaa seems to love so much. Rhapsody needs some potion ingredients. She's been running low lately. Our dear brother just wants to go to the pet shop. Plus, we must go to Gringotts. We have to empty out our vaults." Harry looked at her quizically.

"Vaults?"

"We have one each. Gringotts is the..um..Wizarding bank, I guess. We're going to be emptying them all out. Each of us has one. You should too, your parents certainly wouldn't have left you with nothing. If you want we can always ask. They'll probably have to check your blood signature first, though. It's a tad bit painful."

"Nothing I haven't felt before." Harry muttered under his breath. Amaryssein shot him a look, clearly stating, 'don't push me, you.' She continued, deciding to ignore that remark for the moment.

"You might want to look around a few places as well. I recommend the book store. Flourish and Blotts. Good place, but you can't get everything you want there. Now, as we have at the least another hour to go before we're there, would you like me to start teaching you the basics of Japanese?" Harry looked at her, smiled and nodded eagerly. He was really excited about learning this. He didn't know many languages. Well, he only knew the one, if you didn't count the vague dreams where people he didn't quite remember were singing him really weird songs....He'd have to look those up.

"All right. Ready? Hmm...Well, one thing you have to remember is, Japanese has two kinds of alphabet, Hiragana and Katakana. Hiragana is used when we have no Japanese characters (Kanji) for the words or we don't remember the right Kanji. Katakana is used mainly for foreign names.
Basically, Japanese has only five vowels, a, i, u, e, o. In connection with consonants, k, s, t, n, h (or f) m, y, we have 48 alphabet." Amaryssein went through what he should know, how to pronounce certain words, or sounds, and even when and when not, to use honorifics, including what those were. Eventually, she started in on different nouns, verbs, and easier ways to say something, like 'where to,' or something else, like using an English phrase using just one Japanese wording. Harry wasn't all too good at the Japanese wording, but he figured he'd get better after a little practice. Amaryssein had told him, just before they reached their destination.

"Rhapsody has a problem learning different languages. She's been doing pretty well. Not as good as you, mind, but still...She may have a photographic memory, but she still has problems taking things in. It's sort of the same with Ajalaa. She has a very short attention span. There's nothing hindering her learning capacity, she just doesn't enjoy learning and studying as much as some of us. Understand?" Harry had nodded. Amaryssein stared at him a moment, then smiled. She jerked her head forward, and told him to look. He did. He saw the sun rising, the sky was all reds, oranges, and blues. It was very beautiful.

"It would be even more beautiful, if there wasn't so many awful buildings around." Tremaine commented, as if reading Harry's mind. Harry glanced over to him, and nodded. But nearly fell over forward when a fair weight rammed into him from behind and very nearly squealed in his ear.

"WE'RE HERE!!!"

Harry held onto the legs that wrapped around his waist and grunted under the weight.

"Ajalaa Aurelia! Get down from him! He isn't big enough to carry you like that yet!" Rhapsody's voice snapped at Ajalaa, who, presumably, was the one on his back. Ajalaa whined a bit, but hopped off Harry's back, nonetheless. Harry took the time to look around after straightening and found himself in a fairly deserted part of London. Aunt Petunia wouldn't have been caught dead in this part of town. Harry looked to where Tremaine, Serena, and Amaryssein were standing, and found an old--really old, building, with an old fashioned sign hanging in front of it, proclaiming, 'The Leaky Cauldron.'

Harry looked to Rhapsody, who was still chewing Ajalaa out about jumping on his back, holding a black cloak over one arm, and tugging a few strands of Aji's hair into place. She turned to him after a moment, and walked toward him, brandishing the cloak.

"Here. Put this on." She stated, spreading the cloak and draping it over his shoulders. It was a plain, black cloak, they all had one just like it. Rhapsody fastened the cloak in the front and went straight for his hair, straightening it over his forehead and making it a little bit neater, talking all the while.

"Now, first we'll be going to Gringotts, the bank, then, Tremaine and Serena will be heading to the pet shops, while Amaryssein will accompany Ajalaa to Honydukes, and you and myself, will be going to the Apothecary, and Flourish and Blotts. I'll need to get you something to read for a while. You'll need it, believe me. I may need to get you a bottomless bag. We'll need to go to Madame Malkins' as well. We'll be leaving this evening. We'll sleep in the Inn for several hours. You all look dead on your feet, you do--" Tremaine, Amaryssein, Serena, and Ajalaa all interrupted at the same moment, and spoke in unison, saying.

"Look who's talking, Miss Multi-Tasker."

Harry giggled a bit, Rhapsody humphed and ordered them all onward. When they walked into the Leaky Cauldron, Harry expected it to be dark, dank, and dusty. And that's what it was. For the most part. It was dark, not at all dusty, save a few cobwebs, with tables spread out along the spacious room, a bar to the far left, closest to the door, with an old man, with several missing teeth showing, as he smiled at them. But then he frowned.

"What are you kids doing here? I didn't expect children to come waltzing in this early. You realize it's only nearly seven?" The man behind the bar asked, setting his dish towl to the side and walking from behind the bar. The six children walked foward into the better light cast by the laterns hanging from the ceiling. The older man gasped.

"By Merlin! Look at you all! You must be the cutest kids I've met in a fair long while." He smiled toothlessly at them, chuckling.

"You're all identical. 'Ow is it your mother had such cute kids? Are either o' you twins, or just different ages, lookin' alike, if you don't mind me askin', that is." Rhapsody stepped forward and bowed slightly.

"It's no mind. We were all born on the same day, just hours apart. Well, my youngests, my brothers here, were born the next day, after the four of us girls." The keeper gaped for minute, before snapping back and smiling gaily again.

"Blimey, that's amazin', it is. Now, where's your parents, love? Are they coming in with you?" Rhapsody shook her head.

"Our mother is no longer living, sir. And our father, at the moment, is MIA. Basically, he's missing. We don't know where he is, nor do we particulary care, sir." She added at his confused look. She continued after he indicated he understood.

"We were wondering if we could spend the day here. We have been walking all night to get here. We must go to Diagon Alley. We'll be leaving this evening. We need some supplies and then we will be leaving for Kyoto later this evening." The keep gaped once again.

"You're going ALONE???" He asked incredulously. Rhapsody inclined her head, looking regal, standing straight, as the others were, as well.

"We have our brothers to protect us. We're not worried." She smiled slightly, confusing the man even more. The man ran a hand through light, thinning hair, and sighed.

"Well, oh, I'm Tom, by the way. Uh, shops won't be open for another half hour, at the most, uh...Do you want a room each for yourself, or are you going to...?" Tom trailed off.

"Only three rooms. Serena and I will share one, Amaryssein and Ajalaa will share one, and Tremaine and James will share one. And I am Rhapsody. It's a pleasure to meet you." She bowed slightly again, bending her knees in a slight curtsy. The other girls did the same. Harry looked to Tremaine to figure out what to do, but he just inclined his head in greeting, so Harry did the same. He didn't question her use of his middle name. He would answer by it. It didn't matter.

Tom went back behind the counter and crouched down, he came back up holding three old, ornate keys, handing them to Rhapsody. She took them, thanking him gracefully.

'I've never seen her act this way before. Wonder what's up with it...' Harry thought, watching his sister and the inn keeper.

'When did I start thinking like that? Like they're my family? They're not...Are they?' Oh well, Harry thought, grinning to himself. It didn't really matter. Nope. Not anymore, at least.

"Would you like something to eat? You all look dead on your feet." Tom asked, walking back and grabbing the towl he had thrown down earlier. Rhapsody reached into her cloak and brought out a leather satchel and handed it to Tom, saying.

"This is all we have at the moment. We need to go to Gringotts. I guess, just whatever we can afford with that." Rhapsody brought her hand up, pushing her black hair back over her shoulder, rubbing the back of her neck.

Tom told them all to sit down at one of the tables, and he'd bring them something good to eat. They went to sit down, Ajalaa, who was always acting like a hyperactive puppy, was acting like an elegant young lady. Harry just thought that was strange. Rhapsody tapped him once they had all gotten settled at one of the tables.

"Remember what I said back at your aunt's house? about needing you to become like one us to keep you utterly safe?" Harry nodded, and she continued, looking a little grim.

"That statment still stands. You do need to. There isn't much we can do, otherwise. Remember what I told you about my sisters? Well, you can become like one of them, or like me. We would suggest Tremaine for you, but we don't exactly know what he is. What his abilities are. So, it would be fairly difficult to recreate that into your system." Rhapsody looked over to the bar, seeing no one, she continued.

"It's your choice, though, whichever you would like to be." Harry thought about it. He had thought about that comment a lot. How would he become a creature like them? Would he still be human? Would he not like being that way? Hmm....

"Would you explain somethings to me?" Rhapsody nodded at his request, understanding perfectly.

"Well, as you know, I'm a snake. A certain type descendant to a Basilisk. First off, you can speak to snakes. Parsletongue. But people tend to think you're evil if you do." She began.

"Why's that?" Harry asked.

"Remember what I told you about Tom Riddle?" Harry nodded.

"Well, he could speak Parsletongue. I told you he was evil, remember. He ended up setting a whole bunch of snakes on unsuspecting people and killing them off. That's why people are prejudice about stuff like that." Harry nodded and gestured for her to continue the pros and cons. She did.

"Well, there's one thing. You can talk to snakes. But people will think you're evil. You will not be able to eat eggs. OR be around a whole lot of herbs, or potion ingredients. You'll see what I mean soon enough. Another thing, you can't be too cold. You might end up in a coma, or dead, otherwise. You have to stay just warm enough. You'd have to wear several extra layers of clothes. That's about it for that.

"Now, if you were to choose Ajalaa, it would be quite different. It would be a lot like being a normal werewolf. You would not be able to touch silver, you would have attributes to a wolf. Sense of smell, taste, sight. You would no longer have need of your glasses. You would have to wear gloves, until you are able to spot any type of silver at a glance. You will learn, over time, to transform at will, and have no need to transform under the full moon. But you will still have the urge, too. You will be able to scent who to trust. I believe, that is why Ajalaa has taken such a liking to you." Harry looked curious at that.

"What about you, Amaryssein?" He asked, turning his head to look at the quiet, calm violet eyed girl. She shook her head, saying she would allow her elder sister to explain. Harry turned back to Rhapsody, and she smiled at him, continuing.

"Well, if you were to choose Amaryssein, it would be quite different. You will burn easily in the sun. Though regular ones can go out in the sun for short periods of time, they burn easily and quickly. You'll have exceptional senses. Smell, taste, sight, and touch. Not as good as a wolf's, but still good, nonetheless. You won't be able to feel a lot of different temperatures. Extreme heat, or extreme cold are the only ones, mostly." Rhapsody concluded as Tom brought over five trays filled with food, four floating along behind him and one he sets down in front of Harry. The girls thanked him gracefully, while Tremaine just inclined his head.


It seemed Harry had a lot to think about.

-Whispers-I'm going to make a part two of this chapter. It's probably too long at the moment. Sorry...Uhh....I'm supposed to put a disclaimer. Would anyone mind if I just said that I own nothing but the characters you don't recognise? Oh, I hope I spelled that right. Anyway! I own nothing. 'M not making any money off this. 'M not going to be publishing it. (Thank goodness) And I'm done....Uhh....Bye....