Small Note

Sakura: Well this is it... The last chapter of this story and after this there will be no more. I know some people may be hoping for a sequel but when I started my Deathly Child stories I had only planned on going through my two favorite movies/books which were three and five. I loved writing these but honesty I never had any plans on doing more than two stories. I wanted to at least say this and make sure everyone understood that there will be no more to the Deathly Child stories after this one. It's time to move on and focus on other stories I have planned in the future. Thank you to all who read and review!

Chapter Twenty

A Way of Coming Back

The place was silent until the fireplace in the deserted living room came to life with green flames. Three figures stepped through into the barely lit room and once they were in the fire went out. Yami surveyed the area and found no one around in the room they were in so that was perfect. Looking outside he found the quiet street as it was late into the night for anyone to be out.

It wasn't until he felt the pull on his arm that he looked back toward his husband. The tears that Yuugi had been holding back were finally falling as he fell to his knees. Remus was right as his side as Yuugi cried and sobbed over his father's death while saying over and over it wasn't fair.

"No it isn't fair…" Remus told him still trying to hold back his own tears that so badly wanted to fall down his face. He had to be strong for his son despite just losing his own husband.

Yami hated seeing them like this as he went to walk away. He had to make this right before his husband suffered anymore, but before he could take one step a hand reach out to grab his pant leg. Looking down he found Yuugi gripping his pants with an iron grip. Yuugi wasn't even looking at him with his face buried in his papa's shirt but he did say, "Don't go…"

A sad smile came to Yami's face as he kneeled down and put a hand on Yuugi's shoulder, "I'm just going to find Celtic and let him know we are here." He informed Yuugi as he gently pulled himself from Yuugi's grip and move away. "I'll be right back." Quickly he moved out of the living room before Yuugi could make to go after him. He was best left in Remus's hands for the time being while he dealt with something rather important.

His parent's place was looking void of any life with most of the lights turned off but that was only because they were still at the ministry dealing with the mess. It would probably take them a while so Yami figured this was the best place to bring Remus and Yuugi. Grimmauld place would only make this worst for the two and there was another certain reason Yami picked this location.

A small light showed under the kitchen door which was either left on or someone was inside. After entering the room knowing only one person to be in the kitchen at this hour, the sight that met him caused Yami to sigh, "Celtic is that really any way to treat a guest." He looked toward the house elf who sat quietly at the small dining table with a book in hand. A cup of tea was placed in front of himself and another person across the table. However kind of hard for that other person to drink his tea when tied up to the chair he was sitting in.

Celtic lifted his eyes from his book to look at his master and said with a straight face, "I had strict orders from your parents to protect this house when they were away," He tossed something toward Yami and added, "Just because he had this with him did not mean he isn't a threat."

Yami caught his wedding ring and slipped it back on his finger before waving his wand and releasing Celtic's captive, "Sorry about this, Celtic can be a little hardheaded." His glare toward the elf turned into a small smile as he looked at the other man in the room, "I'm glad you were able to make it here safely."

Sirius rubbed his arm where the rope was a little tight, "I'll say it wasn't a very warm welcome when I got here. Even after I showed him the ring and said you sent me here he still didn't believe me."

"Yeah he can be that way." Yami said before he turned back to the house elf. "We have other guests in the living room so could you please make us some more tea and a hot chocolate for Yuugi."

Celtic nodded as he rose from his seat and got to work.

"So you got them here safely?" Sirius asked as he looked past Yami toward the kitchen door.

"It wasn't hard they are both rather shaken up from it all. Harry is with Dumbledore and as far as I could tell no one else got injured. You were the only casualty tonight." Yami joked a little to lighten the mood.

"Oh ha ha very funny Yami…" Sirius said with sarcasm before he changed his tone, "I take it there's a more hidden meaning behind not bringing Harry along."

Yami nodded as he turned serious, "He may not like being in the dark but Harry is better off thinking you are dead. I would say the same for Yuugi, but he's my husband I can't keep a secret like this from him. Just seeing him now being so broken up about it is killing me."

Sirius completely understood and he was more than happy to go along with any plan Yami had at the moment, "Then let's not keep them waiting any longer." He followed as Yami lead the way back into the living room hoping the little reunion turned out for the better.

Yuugi did not know when he had been moved but at some point since he got to his in-laws place in Cairo and Yami walking out of the room, Remus had helped him onto the couch to lie down. His head lay peacefully in his papa's lap as his papa tried to comfort him the best he could. The tears just would not stop and the scenes of his father being killed seem to want to play over and over in his head. Now that everything had calmed down and they were no longer in danger his mind was left to finally process what happened only minutes before.

The one person he had finally gotten back into his life who had already missed out on everything with his son was gone. It just did not seem real and Yuugi was just waiting for the moment when his father would appear before them once more with a smile on his face. There was this hole of emptiness in his chest that he wondered would ever heal. Sure he had survived the attack from Voldermort but as far as Yuugi was concerned he had died that night when he was forced to watch his father leave his life for good.

"Papa…" Remus's heart broke at the sound of his broken son as he stroked the boy's wild hair. He remembered doing this a few times when Yuugi was but a toddler crying out to him from a nightmare. So much he wished this was what this was, but the sad truth it wasn't. Wiping away the stray tears on his face Remus addressed his son.

"What is it Yuugi?"

"What's going to happen now?"

"I don't know Yuugi, we will just have to wait and see."

Yuugi looked toward the mantle and found the one photo he had been looking for. His wedding photo of him and Yami standing with his parents... There was another one near it of the happy couple standing with Yami's parents also. Such happy memories that now felt like they meant nothing. There would never be another time when they would all be together again. The dreams Yuugi had of them being a family shattered in one night.

Yami walked into the living room to find the two and the scene broke his heart. This was why he did what he did that night. He wanted to stop any more pain from harming Remus and Yuugi. They had been through so much and it was not right for Sirius to be ripped from them so suddenly. He had the one person the two wanted to stay back waiting for when it would be alright to come in. They would have to do this gently.

"Yuugi…." Yami spoke getting their attention. He moved in front of them so they couldn't turn toward the doorway behind them. "I know a lot has happened and now might not be the best time but there is someone I liked you two to meet."

Yuugi actually looked at Yami like he was crazy. The pain over his lost was forgotten for a moment as he wondered who in the hell his husband wanted him to meet after something like this. "Do I look like I want to meet someone?" He questioned harshly. The upset was replaced by anger as he just wanted to hide in some dark corner and never come out.

Yami knew he deserved this but once he saw who he had with them, he figured they would feel a lot better, "I promise it's someone you both want to see," He quickly waved the other into the room before they could bite his head off.

Yuugi was about to go off on his husband until someone moving out of the corner of his eye caught his attention. Turning to see who the hell Yami wanted him to meet turned out to give him the shock of his young life. There like some ghost who they thought was gone forever was Sirius Black looking just as he was before they witness him fall through the veil. Everything about him looked so real yet it couldn't be him since he died. Right….?

"Daddy…" Yuugi found himself say as he sat up but remained where he was. He was afraid if he moved any closer the illusion would disappear and he would be left heartbroken again.

"It's really him Yuugi," Yami reassured him.

Yuugi knew his husband would never lie to him so he carefully got up and walked toward the man that was his father. To everyone's amusement Yuugi poked him in the chest a few times to see if he was solid before throwing his arms around him. The familiar scent of his father reached his nose as he buried his face in his shirt to hide the new tears that fell. If this was some trick or someone in disguise to make Yuugi feel better he would have been able to tell, but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't find anything wrong. Everything about him was the same not one hair out of place. But that still left the nagging question in the back of Yuugi's mind.

"How…?" The question did not come from Yuugi as Yami turned to see Remus had gotten up from his place. He wore this disapprovingly look on his face like he was about to scold a child and the look was for Sirius alone. "If this was all just some sick prank so help me I really will send you to your grave…" There was no hiding the face that he was happy to see Sirius alive, but there was also that part of him that could really kill his partner if he faked his death just for fun.

Sirius looked like he knew this was the kind of reaction he would get from Remus as he said, "Remus you know me. I would never joke around like that." He turned to Yami and added with, "We all have Yami to thank for keeping me alive."

All eyes turned to Yami who blushed in embarrassment. Yuugi turned just enough to see his husband standing there with a red face and bought more questions wondering what in the world Yami must have done to keep Sirius alive. They all witness him being hit by the killing curse and then falling through the veil. It all looked pretty real to have been some illusion.

Yuugi let go of his father long enough to turn and focused on Yami as he asked, "What did you do?"

Even though his tan it was easy to see how red his face had gotten as as he gave a weak smile and replied, "I may have broken a few rules…"

Yuugi leveled Yami with one of his looks that said 'tell me everything'. "Yami…"

"Well I saw Bellatrix appear not far from you all and once she released that curse, I knew I had to do something." Yami spilled out. He broken the rules before at school but never out in the real world. If the ministry caught wind of what he did he could be thrown in Azkaban. "I used a few of my family's spells that have been forbidden for years because of how dangerous they are."

Yuugi knew Yami's family had dealt a lot in the dark arts, but what spells Yami might have used to be afraid to say anything were beyond him. "Yami, what did you do?" He tried again wanting to know the whole truth.

"He used the Cruciatus Curse," Sirius stated like it was nothing as he moved passed Yuugi toward his own husband. He plopped down on the couch pulling Remus with him who put up no fight. His werewolf was still focused on Yami as he learned of what Yami had done.

"It was only to save Sirius nothing more!" Yami defended himself, "I only used it to pull Sirius out of harm's way and have him perform a spell."

They were only getting bits and pieces and it's not like he was mad at Yami for saving his father, but Yuugi wanted to know the full story. "Yami just take it from the top and leave nothing out."

Knowing this was getting them nowhere Yami took a deep breath before he decided to explain the whole story. If it would help them understand the situation better he would tell them everything. Some things he was not proud of but when trying to protect those in his family he was willing to do what needed to be done.

"While the fighting was going on I had noticed Bellatrix was moving into position for something and at first I thought she was aiming at Yuugi," Yami started off thinking back to what had just transpired not too long ago that night. "That is until her wand shifted and I realized her real target was Sirius who was busy with Malfoy. When Malfoy was taken out, Bellatrix launch the killing curse at Sirius and there was no way I would have been able to do anything quickly enough to stop it so I stopped time."

"Stopped time?" Yuugi questioned. This was the first he was hearing of anyone doing that.

"It was outlawed by the ministry years before any of us were even born," Remus added in knowing a little history about that. He may not know of the spells but he knew of spells the ministry had forbidden anyone from using. "Not many people even know the spells because they were taken out of every magic book out there. It's like the unforgivable curses, but unlike those these time spells were wiped out of existence."

"The Sennen family was masters of these spells along with the Dark arts. It's why Yami's family has it a lot worse off than our family." Sirius explained to Yuugi before he looked to Yami and asked, "However I'm curious as to how you know it. I'm sure your parents may know a small bit about it."

Yami knew it was safe to let the ones in front of him know, but if his parents ever found out he used one of those spells he was a dead man. "The thing is not all the books were destroyed. A few are still around and my parents happened to still have them. After I finished at Hogwarts, they in trusted the books to me and said it was safe for me to learn the spells if I wanted to, but I was never to use them out in public or on anyone. The spells are not easy to track if used, but if someone were to see me it would be a one way ticket to Azkaban."

Yuugi actually developed a smirk on his face as he stated, "I knew you were nothing but a troublemaker."

Yami would have blushed even more if it was possible, "Anyway there was no time for me to get to Sirius or stop the spell since nothing can stop the killing curse…" He said getting back to the story he was telling, "So I used a time stopping spell to give me a few minutes. Well more like a minute since I'm not very good at these spells and can only maintain it for a short period. I then had Sirius make a double of himself and move out of harm's way before the time spell ended. No one knew anything and honestly Sirius didn't even know I used any kind of spell on him until I told him."

"Wait why didn't you just stop time for both you and my father. He could have got out of harm's way on his own." Yuugi piped up trying to understand everything and wrap his mind around it all. It sounded a lot more complex than it needed to be.

"As stated before I'm not very good at the spell so I ended up stopping time for everyone but myself. Plus I was at the other side of the room and I wouldn't have been able to make a double and move Sirius before time was up. So I had him do all the work despite being stopped by time and not having a clue what was going on."

"One of the reasons those spells were banned more so than the three unforgivable curses. Someone can do some serious damage to themselves or the people around them." Remus said adding his knowledge again.

Yami nodded, "A few murders were done by some relatives of mine thanks to those spells. It was easy to make any murder look like an accident or suicide with a time stopping spell. Not to mention the damage the time travel spells can do. It's nothing but a big headache."

Yuugi could see the hurt in Yami's eyes just from thinking about what some of his relatives had done. However there was a reason Yami's parents and Yami still held on to those books and it was thanks to that, that his father was still with him. Yami may have done something stupid and reckless but he did it out of love.

"Thank you Yami…" He said causing his husband to look up at him. "Something like what you did could get you in serious trouble but you did it anyway to keep my family…no our family together." He walked forward to wrap his arms around Yami's neck, "You did all of his out of love and I'm proud of you." Not caring that his parents were watching he kissed Yami.

"Do you two need the room?" Sirius joked before getting hit on the head by his spouse, "Remus what the hell was that for?!"

"You can be such an idiot." Remus said before his eyes soften as he moved closer to his husband, "But I guess you're my idiot."

Sirius was so glad Yami save his skin as he swooped in and stole a kiss from his werewolf. Not being able to kiss and hold his lover or be with his son and son-in-law would have been much worse than being dead.

Yuugi pulled away from Yami as he turned his head and said, "Do we need to leave to give you the room…"

Sirius pulled away from Remus laughing as he said, "I guess I deserve that."

The mood was a lot lighter in the room as Yuugi went over to join his parents on the couch. "So what's our next move?" He asked knowing as of right now this was no happy ending for them yet.

Yami took up a chair across from them as he said, "As I have told Sirius it is best if everyone continues to believe he is dead. This includes Harry because if Voldermort knows Sirius is alive he could send more messages to Harry which will only confuse the boy more. He won't know what is real and what isn't." He looked to Yuugi as he said the next part, "We will finish up the school year at Hogwarts and then for the time being moved back in with your grandfather."

Yuugi eyes widen at that, "Wait what?"

"Until all this mess is dealt with I feel that were are better off helping the order than staying at the school. Plus if we are at Hogwarts it will be harder for you to keep quiet that Sirius is alive from Harry." Yami explained to his partner and since Yuugi said nothing back he knew Yuugi understood. "It will be hard but it's for the best for now. We can help the order and protect Harry at the same time. That and I know lately you've been missing your grandfather."

"Yeah, I understand but it's been your dream to teach."

"And I will when this mess is over if Dumbledore will offer me a job. Hagrid will be taking over Care of Magical creatures next year and there aren't any other openings as of yet." Yami said thinking logically, the only class that won't have a teacher is Defense against the Dark Arts, but at this point he did not want to teach that class until the ministry trusted him.

Yuugi nodded as he turned to his parents, "Where will you go?" He asked thinking of his father. Domino was a small city but too many people who would recognize his father.

"I still own the house you grew up in your first years of life," Remus informed Yuugi, "Your father can lay low there while I continue my work with the order. The two of you will also be welcomed to visit at any time or come live with us if you like."

That did not sound like a bad offer for Yuugi to visit his grandfather and then go live with his parents. "What will happen to Grimmauld place?" He found himself asking since it was on loan to the order through his father.

"It's left up to you," Sirius told his son, "By law it belongs to you now with my death. I doubt you and Yami would want to live there, but Remus and I have no claim to it."

Remus saw his son's puzzled face and explained, "Your father and I did get married, but I have no claim to anything of the Black family. This is due to your grandmother who hated me as you know. If anything were to happen to Sirius after her death she wanted to make sure I could have no claim to anything of the Black family."

"In a way that could have included me," Yuugi said thinking out loud to himself. What his papa said made him wonder if his papa hadn't been a werewolf would he have still lost Yuugi.

Sirius patted his son's shoulder, "No it would have never included you because I did not allow it. You were supposed to stay with your papa, but with me locked up in Azkaban the ministry thought they would try to intervene and give a message to all werewolves to not have kids because they will be taken away. It gave them an even better reason to take you away with the prophecy."

Just the mention of the prophecy reminded Yami as he quickly went into his pocket and pulled the orb out, "By the way what are we going to do with this?"

"You took it?" Sirius asked in surprise as Yami got up and handed it over to Yuugi before going back to his seat.

Yuugi nodded, "It seemed like Voldermort wanted to get his hands on it and Harry's prophecy so we took them to keep them away from him. Of course now that Harry's is destroyed no one but Harry knows what it said. Mine on the other hand we all know what it says," He held out his hand and they all watched as his eyes flashed a brighter amethyst as he used a powerful spell to shattered the orb into tiny pieces in his hand. "Now Voldermort can't get his hands on this one either..."

It was at that point that Celtic appeared in the room carrying a tray with tea and snack cakes. He placed it gently on the coffee table before turning to Yuugi, "May I take that for you?"

Yuugi smiled as he handed the shards over to Celtic, "Thank you." He thanked the elf as he dropped the shards in Celtic's hand. The elf then turned and walked over to the unused fireplace. Throwing the shards in he started a quick fire before bowing to them and taking his leave from the room. They all watched the flames dance for a while before they died down just a bit to keep the room from getting overheated.

Sirius passed cups to his husband and son before his eyes focused on Yami who used his wand to bring his cup to him. "How long before your parents return…?"

Yami shrugged as he sipped his tea, "No clue, but after what happened at the ministry they'll probably be there all night. The minister will want to keep them in his sight for as long as he can after what happened. We probably got a good few hours before we should leave." His eyes turned to Yuugi as he asked, "Are you really alright with all of this? We're going to have to lie to a lot of people including Harry and my parents."

Yuugi looked toward his parents before looking back toward Yami and said, "It may be hard to accept but its better off this way. Even if we have to lie about it as least it isn't true." He got up from his spot beside his father and wandered over to Yami where he happily placed himself on his husband's lap. "You kept us together like a family should be."

Yami smiled as he wrapped his arms around Yuugi, "I'll do anything for my family."

Those were some powerful words and it could leave anyone wondering how far any of them would go to protect their family. A new wizarding war was already brewing when Voldermort revealed himself to everyone. Now there was no hiding the truth and things were about to get a whole lot crazier. At this point no one was safe they could only fight to keep themselves and those they love alive.

The End!