Chapitre 74: Chapter 74
Harry had gotten several styles of knives, from the stiletto based FS, and Gerber Mark II, to the more slashing oriented bowie types, like the KA-BAR and its derivatives. Also purchased were boot knives, neck knives, and so on, a full arsenal of knives. It was good to have cash. Thankfully, his investments were beginning to show results even this early. Otherwise, it would have been rather unwise to spend all his money to buy weaponry that he wouldn't be using yet.
Of course, finding readily available Tanto designs was a pleasant surprise, as they had been popular in America for a while. It didn't do much except give him a set of proper carbon steel daggers of a style he had familiarized himself with for a while now. Many companies seemed to have them, but with the instinct of somebody who knew his blades, and a little chakra technique and genjutsu or two, he had picked up his own set of multiple length Tanto.
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There was one clone however that was tasked with doing something less productive than worry about weapons or information. Fox was perhaps the most unique of all the clones sent to London proper. Fox was also the beginning of a new direction of the shadow clone. While all the other clones had been more or less the same as all the other ones Harry had created over the last two years, Fox was special.
Unlike the others, Fox was sent as an afterthought, an incomplete clone. All the others had an assignment that was rather clear cut. Fox on the other hand had been created in a moment of clear distraction for Harry. Immediately after Hermione's insanity phase, he had been searching for a way to know exactly what his future height and build would be and had been stumped. In yet another moment of timely assistance, Hermione had told him about something called aging potion. It was simply brilliant. A vial or so and he could grow himself temporarily to a future version that gave a pretty good idea on what his future build was. And a height of 5'11 was not too bad. Idly, he had also noted that his choice of length for dual swords was still not a bad in the future.
Of course, having noted down the information and simply not having an immediate use for it, he had forgotten the matter altogether. But upon getting home. He had found something he had not considered before, his star wars hobby.
He was going to need bigger armor. Yes, the prized stormtrooper costume so steeped in the memory of his mentor would be too small once puberty hit him good and proper. In other words, if he wanted to continue to revel in making a mock stormtrooper armada or two (clones were useful for that) he would have to get new armor, fit to his size. Which would be a problem, since he knew neither the people nor the how to related with the building of cheap plastic costumes.
Thus Fox was made responsible for the more frivolous part of Harry's Christmas to-do list. His creation itself was in the midst of a distraction of the returning memories of a more temporary shadow clone. What resulted was that Fox was more interdependent than the others.
All shadow clones are created with three unforgettable pieces of knowledge. Three facts that no power could erase for the duration of their existence. The first of course was what the clone was created for, the purpose. The second was who the clone had the personality of, namely Harry. And finally, the fact that the clone was an expendable unit. This last one made the clone a very brave kamikaze unit, because it was extremely willing to sacrifice its very existence for the good of its creator.
Fox had the second part slightly twisted. He wasn't carrying ALL of Harry's personality. He was in a sense, defective. On the other hand, Fox was carrying one of the imaginary personalities that were half existent in the unused parts of Harry's brain. Fox had passed the threshold into a separate personality. Sure he was still Harry's willing slave, sure he'd sacrifice himself and return his memories, but the part that thought like Harry, did so no longer. Thus, instead of worrying about weapons like his creator, Fox was more concerned with how to cover himself up in bulletproof armor that looked cool. He also had a lot less qualms about doing the dirty work, but that wouldn't matter for now.
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There was a considerable commotion for the event of Hermione visits Harry. The Dursleys, all hyped up on Christmas could not comprehend why the little girl was spending her vacation with him instead of her own family. Not that there was anything wrong with it, but they could wonder couldn't they? The apparently happy go lucky girl with the same er... gifts as Harry was a delightful little girl who did not seem all there and was also a bit overly fixated on the boy. They would have called it a crush, but it was more like a kid with their favorite toy than anything romantic they could think of.
Hermione followed Harry to his room, quite happily planning all the all too fun things the two of them could be doing. Like target practice! Or another favorite she just knew the boy would love, Dodge the Bullets! Or sparring on vertical surfaces, or lecturing him on the uses of exotic multi-bladed weapons! Or... or... something else she would come up with later! Yes, poor boy, already shivering in anticipation as she thought out loud.
Obviously, her sanity was a bit conditional.
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