A/N: So, here is the next chapter. I recently had a few problems with my computer, so please bare with me for a bit. The fan broke, and I could literally cook on the bottom of my computer. It started to burn one of the tables that I work on. So, I had to get it fixed. Never knew installing a a was so difficult. And now I ave officially ranted enough.

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Visitors and Birthdays

It was two days after the case was done that I decided that I had waited long enough and made my way over to Naru's office. I knew that everything would work out somehow, but I really didn't know how my boss was going to react to this. I wanted to help him, but I knew that he wasn't going to accept my help willingly at first.

Talking a deep breath and thanking every deity out there that Hedwig was on my shoulder, I knocked on the door of the office in a quick staccato of three. When he made a noncommittal sound to enter, I swallowed and did just that. I was also sure to close the door behind me before closing the door.

That got Naru's attention, as he looked at me with an eyebrow raised. Damn, that look made me feel as if I was in trouble or something. With a sigh I answered "I have something that I found that is rather sensitive, and I don't know how to say it."

After a baited breath Kazuya closed the book in front of him and folded his hands before saying "If it is of a sensitive nature, then I would assume that saying it as quick as possible would be the best way to handle it. But I have been told many times by Mai that I am rather bad at speaking to someone about something sensitive."

I let out a short bark of surprised laughter at that. Though, even I admitted that it was true. "I would be able to show you a memory. It is a part of the Olde Ways, or some form of magic that comes from it. I only need you to make eye contact." I said nervously.

He seemed to think for a moment before nodding to himself and looking me in the eyes. I could see under the detached mask that he usually had on that there was a spark of curiosity that wanted him to know about the sharing of memories. To be honest it was only in the last part of the book that I had found out about this technique. It really was proof that the eyes are windows to the soul.

Concentrating on his deep blue eyes I felt my pupils widen before the memory of my first conversation with Gene came up. The only editing I did was to take out the reference to Mai so that he got that his brother was still alive and the message that he wanted to send, but nothing else. It helped that the other spirits only spoke the language of the Olde Ways, so he only had my translations to go off of. And when I was done I saw that Kazuya's cool was completely blown as he was breathing heavily and shaking slightly.

I stood after that, breathing slightly uneven myself before I said softly "This is your business. I will not tell the others, but you should listen to your brother's wishes. He only said those things out of love." Then I left, closing the door behind me.

I did wonder slightly how he had expected to keep such a large secret when all of us that worked for him were supernatural specialists. It would have had to have come out at some point or another.

For the rest of the day the office was as silent as a grave. Even Mai picked up on the tension and didn't say much. There were no calls for tea, and no arguing. The silence was only broken by the tapping of computer keys and the steady rhythm of breathing. I did feel bad about how I had broken it to him, but I hadn't a clue how else I was supposed to. After all, memories speak louder than anything else I could have said. I was just happy that I had done that now instead of month later when he would have been pissed at me about keeping this from him. I clearly had a good reason for not going to him right away considering the circumstances.

The only change was about five minutes before Mai and I were scheduled to check out Kazuya got out of his office and went into Lin's. I didn't say anything as it didn't really matter to me. He needed time, and I accepted it.

What I was worried about was the end of the month. My birthday was coming up in just over a week and I just knew that at least one person was going to make an appearance.

Thankfully everything got back to normal in the office in about four days. That was not to say that my boss got over what I told him. No, I highly doubt that was the case. It just meant that his masks were back on and that he was back to the Naru that everyone knew. He never did ask me about his brother though. Just knowing that there was a chance that he wasn't missing was probably enough of a gift to where he didn't want to speak about it and pop the new found bubble that he had found. I know that I wouldn't have.

It was the day before my birthday that my not so unexpected visitor finally came. Of course, as expected, she really did make quite the entrance as she walked into the office right in the middle of the work day.

"Welcome to Shibuya Psychic Research, how can I help you today?" Mai asked after the door bell rang, announcing a new potential client.

A hum answered her question before an airy voice continued "The wracksprouts seem to like you quite a lot. Maybe that is why you don't seem to be here all the time." I had to swallow my snort as Mai did an excellent impression of a gold fish at that exact moment, clearly not understanding a word that she had heard.

"Miss. Lovegood, it is so good to see you again. Is there anything I could get you?" I interrupted with a smirk as I walked up to Luna and took her hand before bending at the waist to place a kiss on her knuckles. My smirk told the airy blond that I was messing with her, and the gleam that I saw pass through her silver blue eyes told me that she was about to play along with me.

"Mr. Potter, you should have been expecting me. Why is it that you had nothing ready for my arrival?" She emphasized her statement with a flip of her hair as she looked around, eyes following things that no one else could see and her lips slightly pursed.

I gave her my best innocent face before saying "But my dear, you did not RSVP with me before coming. If I were to have things ready I would have gotten them too early and then where would we be?" The tinkering laugh coming from the blond brought a smile to my face as I also tried my hardest not to laugh.

"Um, excuse me, but who is this?" Mai asked as she looked from Luna to me and back again.

"Oh, please forgive me for being rude. Mai, this is Luna Lovegood, a friend of mine from back in England, and Luna, this is Mai Tanyama, she is one of my coworkers and a friend from school." I answered politely.

Mai almost immediately dropped into a greeting bow and expressed her own greeting now that she had a name. Luna returned them with a dreamy expression on her face that I could see put Mai through a loop. Then again, it put everyone through a loop until they got used to the airy ways that Luna had.

"Tell me, Luna, have you found your Crumple Horned Snorkack yet?" I asked out of the blue, still playing while asking my friend about how she had been. After all, using her mannerisms and expressions, I could have a conversation with Luna in front of everyone and no one would know what the hell we were talking about.

Naru and Lin had drifted out at this point, taking an interest in what was disturbing the atmosphere in the office. Lin seemed to remember my warning to him and he was looking at Luna was a critical eye.

"I may have glimpsed one a few times." Luna admitted with a bright blush touching her cheeks.

"Ooh, details. Let me see if I can guess!" I said like as if I were a puppy as I tapped my chin with my pointer finger and looked deep in thought. "Ah, I've got it. I would say that it was in the Lion's Den but has a lot more in common with the Badgers. Also, would he happen to share the first letter of your last name with his own?" I asked with a gleam in my eyes.

Her smile turned dreamy again as she confirmed it with a sigh that accompanied it as well. Oh I had missed her dearly. Even if I had seen her on Christmas like she had said I would. Still, she was the biggest connection I had to the others besides the letters that they all sent.

"So, I know that you all wrote to me about the Umgubular Slashkilter, but you never told me how that ended. Tell me, I know the twins had something to do with it, what was it?" I asked with a mischievous smirk. I just knew that this was going to be a good story. the rants that I had received about that Umbrage woman was enough to make me hate her without ever meeting her.

"Yes, the twins did have one last go at her before they left. It was after their exams of course. I believe that they not only had the fireworks bite the Umgubular Slashkilter in the butt, but they also got to ruffle the feathers of the little dragon as well. It was quite funny. They opened their shop if you didn't already know. It is quite funny. But it wasn't Forge or Gred that got rid of her. No, it was Hermione." She said with her own version of a smirk. How one makes one of those look airy I have no idea, but she did.

"No way!" I gasped at that. "Miss. Goody-Two-Shoes, I love authority Hermione? She got rid of it?"

"Yes, spectacularly so." Luna nodded.

"Tell me everything!" I demanded.

"The Umgubular Slashkilter did not make friends with anyone. She even sacked Trelawney. Hermione had enough when she went after our giant friend and tricked her into the Forbidden Forest. The Star Gazers have her now, and I don't think that she will be back any time soon. They were most angry with her." Luna said while she was looking at something that was moving just over my shoulder. Though, I knew that it would be nothing that I could see.

"Hm, and did the Star Gazers have anything to say?" I asked. I would always ask this. Luna was always deeply in tune with nature and the future; she had told me that the centaurs liked to tell her things whenever she saw them. Their advice, though hard to understand, was invaluable when looked at the right way. I had even learned from the Olde Ways that they did not see the stars as we did, but as something that magic itself showed them.

She hummed for a moment before turned to Naru and saying in her eerily calm voice "Sometimes, to find what has been lost, you must first stop looking." For a moment her silver eyes got darker to a storm gray before they went back and she turned back to me. "Gemini is faded, but soon will be brighter. Pluto has been bright and will be for some time to come." That was what she had been told; I saw it in her eyes. I highly doubted that she even bothered to wonder at the words that she had said to my boss. She did it all the time with the Ravens at Hogwarts.

I gave a nod. "And how have the nargles been treating you recently?" I felt that the change of subject would get at least Mai's attention off of what Luna had said to Naru.

"They have been the same. They still manage to hide my shoes every few weeks, but that is usual." She answered and I had to stop myself from growling. "But I see that you have been bothered yourself. Are the Heliopaths that bad over here?"

"No, they really aren't. Besides, how could they be Heliopaths when I thought that only Fudge had them? No, I think that you need a different name for them." I answered with a laugh. I had read many a rant that she had shared talking about those creatures that I didn't need any clarification on what they were.

"Oh fine. But I should say something more about the nargles. It looks as if Ronald and Lavender are going to get together next year. I can already see it." Luna said as I started to choke on air as I pictured that.

As I choked, Luna took the time to look at my work associates. She zeroed in on Lin first and her eyes turned stormy again as she said "I know of you, Koujo Lin. Be wary of your temper. Though you have forged shields of iron, they too can only take so much before they shatter. Words can hurt more than actions. But, you already know that."

I could hear the warning in that, but as she turned to Naru; I knew that whatever she would say would not be good for the timing, so I cleared my through and asked "Luna, do you have any news on Lupin or Padfoot?"

"Ah, your wolf is doing quite well. I think that your dogfather is good as well. But you will just have to ask them when you get home. I did already let them in and everything." She said with a damn twinkle in her eyes.

"They are here? In Japan?" I asked socked, and at her nod I asked "And just how did you let them into my house?"

"You did give me the key, Harry dear." Luna said with her tinkering laugh and a voice that was so condescending that it felt like I was a child again, even if I was older than her by a year. .

I sighed before grumbling. I still had no idea how the hell she had gotten me to give her the key to my house almost before I had the deal finalized. All I do know is that Luna always has her ways. It is usually best not to fight them either. "If that is the case, you should go back and make sure Sirius doesn't blow the place up."

"I guess I could do that. But you should be careful of the Labyrinth that smells of blood. You also shouldn't be too wary of using the boon that you earned. Listen well to the warning it came with, but use it before things go out of control." She then skipped out of the office, my eyes narrowed at her back. I did not like the sound of that at all.

Lin was the first to break the silence as he asked "How serious should we take her warnings and advice?"

I thought about that for a moment. "Very serious, but it is alright to move on without dissecting it. They will come into play on their own, sometimes a year later if you are lucky. But I know that she is never wrong about anything, especially when her eyes and tone change like that." I answered while keeping my eyes trained on the door.

The rest of the day moved on, not that there was much of it left, and I was on my way home with some pep in my step as I did so. My smile was on full blast as I did too, causing Lapis to continually laugh at me, but I was ignoring her nicely. I was going to be seeing what was left of my family, and that alone had me beyond happy.

The moment I opened the door I saw them. Not only was there Remus, Sirius, and Luna, but Neville, the twins, and Hermione were there as well. If it were possible, my smile got ten times bigger. As it was, that was impossible so I settled for giving out hugs instead. It really had been too long since I had seen them all.

"How have you been Harry?" Sirius asked as he twirled me around in his hug as if I was a little kid (or a girl but I refused to think about it that way).

"Good. I work at a paranormal investigation place now, so that has been fun. I guess that I didn't really leave magic that far behind." I laughed as I was passed to the twins who sandwiched me as they cooed at me about how cute I was or something along those lines. I learned a long time ago not to take anything that the two said seriously.

Lin's POV:

Koujo Lin sat back at his computer and thought about the past few weeks. It all started that silent day when Noll had walked into the room with all of his masks blown to smithereens. The boy had then all but collapsed onto the extra chair that he had in his office and held his head in his hands.

"Noll, what is it?" The older of the two had asked as he got up and closer to the other one.

"He's not dead. Harry, he contacted Harry," The teen had answered disjointedly.

It took a good thirty minutes to get the full story out and into the open after that point, and both of them had been stuck silent when understanding dawned on them. What was worse was that they had been told to stop looking for Gene by Gene.

It wasn't as if they could just ignore that wish, and it wasn't like they were having any luck with the search anyway. It took most of the rest of the day for them both to come to the agreement that they would still keep their eyes open for the younger twin, but they would slowly start to stop actively looking. But as they came to that decision, both of them also knew that there was no way in hell that they were actually going to follow through with that.

And then the mysterious friend that Harry had told Lin about came, and she had said some things that had rattled all of their cages. At first it seemed as if she and Harry had been talking nonsense, but then as they continued, it seemed that they were changing topics onto things that were closer to hope. Put it was what she had said to both him and Noll that had caught his attention.

She had spoken of not looking in order to find what was lost as well as about stars that seemed to mean something to Harry. Then after that she had warned the young green eyed man of something else. A labyrinth that smelled of blood and a boon that he had gotten somewhere.

Lin was a very smart man; he had to be in order to do his job. He had known that this boon that Miss. Lovegood had talked about was something that made harry uncomfortable. But at the same time, he also knew not to ask no matter how much he had wanted to.

The warning that Harry had given him had said that she was a seer. Lin had never really had any good experiences with people who claimed to be seers, but when it came to Harry and what he said, well, the Chinese man was not about to discount that it was possible. He hadn't been wrong so far about the others, and his knowledge was fairly good. Also, the warnings she gave seemed to be genuine in a way. As if she had no idea what she was talking about, but knew that she had to say something.

That was one of the reasons why Lin had asked Harry how reliable her warnings were. And it did actually surprise him when Harry basically told him to keep her words in mind because they were always related to something.

Lin gave out a long suffering sigh as he turned back to his computer. He had been putting off this report to the Davis's for far too long. Now he not only had to write about what they had found out about Gene and a summary of their last case, but he also had to write about a supposed seer and the warnings that she gave along with a character assessment of Harry and if his faith in someone really did mean something.

This was going to be a long e-mail, and he was dreading the questions that were going to come flying back at him.

A/N: And there is the last of it. I honestly didn't know what the heck to write at the point after Harry got home, and I think that it is kind of obvious. But other than that I hope that you all liked this new chapter! Until next time!