A New Life

Word Count: 1,900

Summary: After the defeat of Voldemort, Harry chooses to leave Europe for asylum away from the paparazzi and Death Eaters. However, was his choice of Ouran High School a smart one? Crossover between Ouran Host Club/Harry Potter. Slash.

AN: I hope everyone enjoys. I adore crossovers with Harry Potter and this is one that I haven't really seen before, and thought it might be fun to try out. Kudos for everyone who writes one as well.

Disclaimer: Not mine.

Chapter 1: A New Life

Harry and Hermione sat back in exhaustion as they finished everything that Harry would need for his new life. Harry was leaving Hogwarts and England to move halfway around the world in order to get away from the paparazzi and errant Death Eaters who both wanted to 'talk' to him about the final defeat of the dark wizard Voldemort.

The two teens had done everything from creating papers for muggle home schooling to setting up a VISA to placing charms on Harry to block tracking spells. Harry was moving to Japan and was not planning on coming back to Europe for a long time.

During this last year at Hogwarts, Harry had competed unwillingly in the Tri-Wizard Tournament, and at the end of the year had once again faced the antagonist Voldemort in a battle of magic. When Harry and Cedric arrived at the graveyard, Harry knew immediately something was wrong. The fight between Harry and Voldemort, after Cedric's death and the dark wizard's resurrection, led back to Hogwarts via portkey, where the spectators watched the duel between the two. Harry's best friend, Ron, as well as many other members of the audience, was killed in one of the wayward spells flying from the two. Ron's death only helped to fuel Harry's desperation to finish the fight, and led to the defeat of the once human Tom Riddle.

Since the Last Battle, as it was called, two weeks before, Harry had been stalked and attacked and interrogated too many times to count. Dumbledore's solution was to send Harry back to the Dursely's, convinced that the blood wards would protect him from everyone. Dumbledore, of course, didn't account for the possibility of abuse from the Dursely's themselves, and Harry was left to fend for himself in his relatives' household. It took Harry only two days before he left, determined to find his own way to defend himself.

His first stop was at Gringott's, where Harry found his family fortune and inheritance waiting. It seemed almost serendipity for Harry to find out about his family's fortune when he asked to speak to a manager in private. He had only meant to find out if he could transfer funds into a muggle account, but found a whole lot more. Apparently, both his mother and his father owned international businesses. His mother's side of the family owned a muggle business known as Avant-garde that researched and created the newest technology on the market for just about every industry possible. Avant-garde worked with other corporations like Lockey and had customers that included major governments and companies around the world. His father's side of the family was big into the politics of the wizarding world, being on both the British High Council and as a representative lord at the International Congress of Magical States. In addition to that, the Potter family also owned Elixir, a research company that specialized in medical research for the wizarding world.

Knowing he would be found if he stayed in Diagon Alley for too long, Harry then rented a room at a 5 star hotel in the center of London using fake paperwork, where he proceeded to call Hermione for help. The two had spent the last three days planning and executing the Hide Harry Operation, or H2O as they had jokingly begun to call it.

The plan was to hide Harry in the muggle world that would coincide with an education that both he and his businesses would benefit from. The two had looked all around the world before stumbling upon the Ouran High School in Japan. The two looked up all the information on the place and everything seemed to be exactly what they were looking for: a good school that would respect privacy and at the same time would offer courses and relationships for heirs to large international businesses.

And so the execution of the plan began. They created the needed paperwork proving that he was a muggle home schooled student. They completed an application for the school, set up a date to take the entrance exam, and even pre-paid the tuition in full in an unspoken statement saying that he had the money to fit in. They set up a flight in a private jet to Japan, rented a penthouse apartment, hired a chauffeur, took a crash course in the Japanese language and culture with the help of a wit-sharpening potion and a memory potion. They opened a secret bank account in Japan and made fake paper trails around the world, even going as far as to plan fake news reports of his appearance in different countries for later. They bought various magical books, set up magical home schooling paperwork, and secretly met with both boards of trustees and representative standing in for him in the wizarding politics to talk with them and create a correspondence for later. And finally, they fixed Harry's eyes so that he no longer needed glasses and started him on a diet and exercise plan in addition to potion's that would help him overcome his results from malnutrition.

"So, you sure you really want to do this, Harry?" asked Hermione after a moment of silence, looking to the boy next to her.

"I've never been surer of anything else in my life, Hermione. This summer is the first time I have chosen what to do with my life instead of letting someone else decide", Harry answered back. He sent her a questioning glance, before asking, "This whole time we've set this up and now you're asking me if this is a good idea?"

Hermione was silent for a minute. "You're my little brother, Harry. The sibling that I've never had." Harry nodded in agreement; he felt the same. "This is what you want, and I don't want to take that away from you…but I just can't help but to feel that I'm losing you too. I will be losing both of my boys."

Harry turned away. He knew exactly what she was talking about. With the death of Ron, the two of them had fallen into grievance. Harry had yet to forgive himself for Ron's murder, or for anyone else's that day, feeling that it was his fault for leading Voldemort back to Hogwarts before defeating him. The night after the Last Battle, while most were celebrating, Harry and Hermione had spent the night in the Quidditch pitch crying and grieving for the lost piece of their trio.

He turned back to Hermione. "You won't ever lose me, Hermione. You can visit me all the time, and we will write to each other everyday, and I'll come to visit you once everything has settled down and everyone is off my back." He hugged her to his chest and she snuggled into his warmth in a copy of that night.

"What are you going to do about Sirius and Remus?" Hermione asked leaning backward, getting back on track.

"I already have this planned out. By the time everything is settled in Japan, Dumbledore will no doubt figure out that I have left my relative's once again, and might give me a few days before looking for me at which point he will probably notice that I have officially dropped out of Hogwarts and am classified in the ministry as a home schooled student." Harry answered.

Hermione frowned. "Yeah, I know. That is when he will send out his own minions trying to track you down, which is where I come in. I have to watch him and the English wizarding world closely, making sure that they don't figure anything out."

Harry smiled. "Exactly, Hermione. So that whole time he will most likely be monitoring all of my friends and family, especially Sirius and Remus expecting that I am either with them, or will tell them where I am."

"I'm still not with you, Harry. How are you going to get around Dumbledore?" Hermione questioned a little confused.

"Well, I figured this all out two days ago, and while you were talking to my bank representative, I went online and created email addresses for them as well as a muggle box at a post office under their name. I sent them both owls already telling them about them anonymously. After a while, Remus' curiosity will overrule any of his doubts and he will check one of the two, by which time, I will have sent both them and you an email that I landed safely and am fine." Harry stated a little pleased with himself.

"How do you know that they won't tell Dumbledore about the odd mail?" Hermione continued.

"Well, if I know Sirius at all, he is most likely pissed with Dumbledore for not allowing him to see me after the Third Task and is not cooperating with him. Remus, who is most likely with Sirius, will be a little suspicious but won't be able to say anything o Dumbledore either since Sirius will force him to ignore Dumbledore too." Harry said, smirking.

Hermione quieted down again. The plan seemed a little risky and based off of too many guesses for her tastes, but it always worked perfectly well like that when it came to Harry, so she let it go.

"Well at least I won't be the only one having to keep this secret. I might have burst if I didn't have anyone around here to talk to about this. Plus, they can help me a lot when it comes to making sure no one finds out where you are." Hermione said at last.

"Well, if you ever need more help or someone else to talk to, remember the twins are definitely on our side, as are Neville and Luna Lovegood. So you can always tell them if you need to." Harry told her relaxing and closing his eyes.

"I don't understand how you and Luna hit it off so well, but I suppose that will always be a mystery." Hermione said laughing a little bit. A thought occurred to her, and she grinned a little bit. "Though I do have a theory."

"Oh?" Harry asked, opening one eye.

"I think you both agree that the guys from the ads in her father's magazine look incredibly hot upside down." Hermione said, giggling, poking him in the side, and jumping up to run away.

"Hermione!" Harry yelled, jumping after her, sending her a fake glare. "I'm beginning to regret coming out to you first."

He finally caught up to her, and pounced, sending them both to the ground in a tickle fight. When it got to the point, where neither could breathe from laughing so hard, they both stopped and lay next to each other breathing heavily.

"I'm going to miss this." Harry said, quietly when he caught his breath. He turned over to face her. "Will you stay tonight and watch a movie with me?"

Hermione looked up at his questioning face, seeing the unsure little boy in him come out. He looked vulnerable and scared of what this new part of his life was going to be like, away from everything he had ever known. It made her heart twist. "Of course, Harry. I'll tell my parents that I'm staying over at one of my muggle friend's house."

He smiled heart wrenchingly. "Thanks, Hermione. What am I ever going to do without you?"

Hermione was quiet for a bit, before giggling softly. "You'll get yourself a sexy boyfriend."

"Hermione!"

AN: Hmm. Not very long, but I suppose it will do for now. Please review! And critique. It helps with my writing.