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*Chapter 1*: Chapter 1
A/N:

I had intended to post this after Harry Potter: Geth. I finished posting that in one shot because of recent traumatic events. If you have read any of my other stories you will know what to expect from this.

In short, Harry is not a moody little bastard. He knows how to have fun and he likes to push people's buttons.

Do not expect the letter of the law to be followed. Do not expect the spirit of the law to be followed. Do not expect to be able to take this to a lawyer and have him do anything but scoff.

This is written to be fun and fantasy. All though not so much on the fantasy.

But there is also a bit of sci-fi.

If you get to the end of the first chapter and you find this story is not for you, please leave quietly. If you like the chapter then keep reading. Reviews are not needed or wanted. If you want to say you liked then fine. I appreciate it. But I am not a professional and have no intention of being one. Please don't go out of your way to be cruel. It is not what Harry and his friends stood for and it is not what Five-0 stood for.

PS: It's not what Lilo and Stitch stood for either.

The sun shone high in the sky, the ocean waters were clear and sparkling and the waves were supposed to be optimum for surfing.

Especially for a beginner like Harry.

Except that didn't take into account the 'traffic' on the waves.

He pulled himself and his board out of the water, he was a little spun around from the collision but he figured it was probably his fault; he was a beginner after all.

He went to turn around to find his fellow surfer to apologise when he briefly glimpsed a fist before it impacted his cheek.

Harry was a veteran of many physical fights, usually the receiving end of blows, but over the past few years since he grew his back bone he had learnt to defend himself and his reaction was instantaneous as his fist snapped out hitting the girl who had hit him square on the nose causing blood to spurt out.

The girl stumbled back, shock in her eyes that this guy had hit her back; most guys didn't tend to retaliate when she gave a 'physical lesson'. And this guy had moved so quick she barely saw it.

"What da hell Brah!" She demanded as she held her nose.

"Really? That was gonna be my question!" Harry snapped as he rubbed his jaw.

The young woman, having overcome her shock, began to attack again. Harry was fairly hard pressed to keep up with her. She clearly had martial arts training and he had nothing but his excellent reflexes. Harry had learnt never to attack but to simply defend and deflect and take advantage of any openings. Every time a fist came at him he would either dodge or duck and simply push the fist further and faster on it's path causing the girl to over extend. She jumped into the air performing a roundhouse kick only for Harry to duck beneath and push up hard from below causing her to flip over her head and land face first in the sand.

By the time the girl got to her feet Harry found himself being held back by two rather strong men, Harry didn't struggle much as the girl was also being restrained by a fairly strong man but he was much more wiry with more Asian or Polynesian features found on the native population. The other two looked more like mainland Americans.

"Sir, are you aware it is a crime to strike a police officer?" The fair-haired man who was holding him asked, although he had a slight smirk.

"Is it a crime to defend yourself from one who attacks you without provocation?" He snapped back.

"Easy, I'm sure this was all a mis-OW!" Whatever the tall dark haired man was about to say - and it was fairly obvious to Harry - was cut off as a blue furry creature bit into his right shin and a young girl in a red and yellow flower print dress began kicking the fair haired man's shins.

"Leave Harry alone!" The little girl screamed angrily as she continued kicking.

The girl who hit him and the man restraining her looked on in astonished shock as they watched the debacle. Harry tried not to laugh as he was freed from their grip.

"Lilo, Stitch, I think it's safe to say you taught them a lesson."

Both girl and 'dog' stopped mid bite and kick as each man was holding a leg and hopping on the other.

The little girl glared angrily at the man who froze before falling to the ground now holding both shins as the little girl unleashed one last kick on his good leg and turned back to Harry.

However, the look the girl gave Harry was not happy. "I told you to watch out for other surfers!" She told him off.

Harry just sighed. "I know, but I'm still not used to these contacts and one of them fell out… we're just lucky I didn't start heading out to sea… then you would have had to come out and rescue me… and that would have just plain embarrassing!" It had been the first five times she had to do it… Nani would still laugh hysterically whenever she saw Harry with Lilo and his surfboard.

"Did you apologise?" She asked as she pointed to the young woman he had crashed into.

"Did you see her give me a chance to?" Harry countered.

"Do it." Lilo said sternly.

Harry just sighed. Lilo was his first introduction to little girls, he was really curious if they were all this stubborn and demanding.

He turned round to the woman who was still holding her bleeding nose. "I'm sorry, I honestly didn't mean to crash into you I just honestly couldn't see anything… to be honest, you're nothing but a blur even now." Harry said… honestly.

There was a tug at his leg. "Glasses!" The 'dog' gargled in a weird voice as it handed the aforementioned object to Harry.

"Hey, Steve, did that thing just talk?" The fair-haired man asked.

"Not thing! Am puppy!" The 'puppy' declared.

"Sounds like it."

"Kono, the man apologised, I think at the very least you can call it quits." The shorter dark haired man advised the woman he was holding.

Kono was not in the mood to play nice. This haole had crashed her wave and by the feel of it had broken her nose.

"He broke my nose cuz. I'm thinking I should press charges." She snarled.

"I wouldn't." Harry shrugged as he pointed to the camcorder the little girl was holding. "She insists on taping what I do so I can review and learn. I really don't think a court is going to charge me for defending myself from an unidentified attacker, they might be a little tougher on a cop who abuses her power."

"Whoa, whoa! Nobody is pressing charges." The fair-haired man said slightly anxious and clearly eager to act as peacemaker. "As the only official member of the HPD here I formally apologise for the actions of recruit Kala… erm… for the recruit." He finished as he failed to remember her name.

"As her older cousin, I also apologise." Said the man holding her respectfully, but he also had the look of someone trying not to smile.

"She can give him lessons as community service."

Everyone turned to look at the little girl who seemed to have taken charge of the situation. She had her arms folded and a stern look on her face. A pose that the 'puppy' managed to adopt perfectly.

"Lessons in what?"

"Do you have ID?" The little girl asked with a suspicious look.

The fair-haired man shared a smile with his fellow adults before pulling out his badge and kneeling down to show her.

"I'm Detective Danny Williams, this is my partner Steve McGarrett, our friend Chin Ho Kelly and his cousin Kono." Danny said seriously. "And may I just say I am very impressed that you thought to ask for proof of who we are."

Lilo just stared at him for a few seconds. "You may." She said imperiously.

Danny rubbed his nose in an attempt to smother his smile. "So, lessons? What sort of lessons do you think Kono should be giving… Harry?"

Harry just nodded and stood there smiling. Lilo was one of the best things to happen in his life. As far as he was concerned he had adopted Lilo and Nani as his sisters.

"Harry seemed to handle himself very well against Kono when she was hitting him… or trying to."

There was a disgruntled objection that was silenced by an elbow to the side by Chin.

"Harry can't surf. He wants to, but he is hoooorrrrrible." Lilo said dramatically.

"Hey! I'm practically blind out there!"

"You know you can get prescription goggles, right?" Chin offered.

"Really?" Harry asked, perking up. Surfing was a challenge. He could surf on a broomstick but he wanted to try and ride the waves.

"I'll send the details round with Kono."

"Don't I get a say in this?" Kono objected.

"No Recruit, you don't." Danny said standing up. "I'll admit I thought it was pretty impressive when you cocked him, but lets face it, you didn't give him a chance to apologise and he had something of an excuse. So unless you want Mr…."

"Potter."

"Mr. Potter here to file charges and destroy your career before it begins, you will do as Miss Lilo suggests and drop the attitude."

"Fine! Be here at five, bring your board and gear, do you even know how to care for your board?" She asked snidely.

"Hey! I taught him just fine. So did Nani and she works in surf stores." Lilo said indignantly.

"Well maybe you should make sure she takes care of her board when you see her this afternoon." Chin said as he squeezed Kono's arm to keep her quiet.

"Good." Lilo said with finality. "Harry, Stitch, come on. We have homework to do!"

"Since when do you want to do homework?" Harry asked as he waved to the cops and grabbed his board.

"Shh! I'm trying to make an impression." She whispered loudly.

"I swear; that right there… the future Governor of Hawaii." Danny told Steve as they watched the trio amble away.

"What was with that dog?"

"She's cute, he's a haole, she probably turned those big brown eyes on him and he caved and dyed the dog." Chin laughed.

"And the talking?!" Steve asked.

"Meh." Danny said dismissively. "You should see the weird crap that people train their pets to do."

Steve rolled his eyes and turned Chin and his cousin. "So, Kono, how would you like some extra experience in undercover work?"

"You sure you're up for this? You look fairly worn out." Harry commented as he looked Kono up and down with a glib eye as she slumped down on the sand beside him.

"Just a long day. A successful one. But a long one." She was too tired to snap at the haole. Plus the girl and her 'puppy' were there too, she didn't want to start an argument with a six year old, they were nearly impossible to win.

Harry sighed. "Come on. Surf School is on break for today. We can come back another day."

"But-"

"Ah! No buts." Harry admonished Lilo. "Miss Kono is beat. She's a police officer so her work is important, it's what keeps you safe."

"I thought you and Stitch keep us safe. That's what Nani and Agent Bubbles told me." She challenged.

Kono just frowned as she observed the discussion. She had trouble believing that there was a federal agent going by the name 'Bubbles'.

"She keeps you safe from criminals, I keep you safe from the rest."

"You're a bodyguard?" Kono enquired.

"Eh… no. I'm just a friend."

"You're Ohana." Lilo stated with certainty.

"Ohana mean 'family'." Stitch added in kind.

"How does he do that?" Kono asked in morbid fascination.

"Well… Stitch is special, and technically classified." Harry said as he scratched his head. "We don't usually come to Honolulu, we live on the outer islands so things like Stitch don't get questioned too much. Of course now I owe the Governor fifty dollars." Harry sighed as he glared at Stitch.

"Sorry." Stitch said mournfully as he turned soulful eyes to look up at Harry.

"The Governor of Hawaii?" Kono asked in amazement.

"Yeah, Pat's an ok lady but she was really rubbing in the fact that Stitch and Lilo were useless at keeping secrets."

"Pat?"

"It's her name." Harry shrugged.

"Then… why are you in Honolulu?"

"Nani's honeymoon." Lilo explained.

"Lilo! You make it sound like we followed your sister on her honeymoon!" Harry laughed. "No, Nani and her new husband, David, went to Paris for their honeymoon. I decided to treat Lilo and Stitch to some fun and pampering and booked us a room at Hawaii's best hotel. Besides, the simple life is nice but sometimes you need a bit of technology and automation."

"Not to mention cable TV." Kono added with a smile, she had to admit, when he wasn't hogging her waves, Harry was kind of fun.

"Stitch and I are going to patrol the beach and make sure it's clean." Lilo declared as she stood up from the sandy beach and dusted herself off.

"Don't go too far. Make sure you only travel ten minutes before coming back." Harry warned; he really hoped they didn't find any more experiments. That was the real reason for coming to stay in a hotel in the city, back home was like an intergalactic zoo, and that didn't even begin to take into account Jumba and Pleakley. But he couldn't exactly tell Kono that.

"It's not really safe for her to go walking that far alone, is it?" Kono said worriedly as she watched the girl and her 'puppy' wander off.

"She wasn't making things up when she said Stitch and I take care of her. That… 'dog' will make sure that the only thing she comes back with is a pile of left shoes."

"Left shoes?"

"It's just something Stitch does. He has a fondness for eating peoples left shoes." He said as he pointed to Kono's feet.

"What the hell?!" Kono demanded as she saw she was missing her left sandal. She glanced over and saw Harry still had both of his.

"Stitch knows not to eat my shoes." Harry grinned happily. Harry reached into his backpack and pulled out a matching left shoe and handed it to her.

"You just happen to have a left sandal the same as the one that Stitch supposedly 'ate'?" Kono asked with a mildly accusing tone.

"It's that or I'm a magician and somehow managed to snag yours." Harry riposted. The truth was he had conjured it in his bag where his wand was stashed.

Fortunately for Harry, Kono had no counter to that. "At least this explains why Steve and Danny were missing their left shoes back at the office." She chuckled.

"So, Future Officer Kono, what happened to you that has you so tired today?"

"I had to go undercover to help bust a human trafficker, he made me strip to my underwear and then sent a picture of me like that to a mole in the department. He made me as a cop and then we got into a gunfight.

"And after that there was all the paperwork for the equipment and the people we found that they were selling."

She was a little shocked when she heard Harry growling. "You got the bastard?"

"He is nice and safe in holding."

"Good." Harry grunted.

They sat there for a few minutes just watching the people walk by and play in the surf.

"So what's your story? How did you wind up looking after a little girl in Hawaii?" Kono asked eventually.

"I am technically on the run from Britain." Harry grinned. "Some stuff happened and I can't talk about it. Short story is that the American government knew what was happening and managed to extract my money from British banks and granted me citizenship and asylum."

Kono just stared at him.

"It's true! I've been in Hawaii for about two years now. I spent nearly a year on the mainland in Washington D.C. until they decided they had all the information they needed from me and they sent me to Hawaii. Mainly to keep me safe and out of the way… didn't quite work out though so now I work with the Governor occasionally."

"Doing what?"

"Troubleshooting various things that come up. Like the stuff with your boss and his dad and that guy Victor Hess."

"How do you know about that?" Kono demanded.

Harry just smiled. "I told you, I owed the Governor fifty dollars. I went to give it to her and we were discussing the story of my little accident with you. She recognised the name Steve McGarrett. Said she was going to ask me to help with that one but that she felt Steve needed to deal with it as it was personal."

"And we just happened to stumble across you on the beach this morning?" She said clearly doubting him.

"Actually, I crashed into you, but yes, it is a small set of islands after all."

She couldn't argue with that. It was exactly the reason they had asked her to go undercover, they thought that no one would recognise her as a cop.

"How long are you in the city for? Doesn't Lilo have school?" She didn't really want to focus on work at the minute; she could pump him for information later.

"She goes to a small school, but I also teach her a lot. We will probably stick around for a few weeks, we can easily commute as well."

"How?" It was a fair distance from where they were to the outer islands, not to mention that they had to cross the water.

"Private helicopter." That was a half lie. Harry did have a small helicopter but he also had authorisation to create Portkeys. "You had dinner yet?"

"Detective Williams! Not on a case, I hope." Harry greeted Danny as they both entered the hotel elevator.

"Oh… erm… Mr. Potter."

"Nah, just Harry."

"Danny's fine. No case. I am here for a weekend of relaxation with my beautiful daughter, Grace." Danny smiled proudly as he placed a hand on the little girl's head.

"Pleased to meet you Miss Grace." Harry smiled as he held out a hand. "My name is Harry."

After getting an encouraging nod from Danny she smiled and shook the hand.

"Hi. You sound like my grandma." She said with a slight frown.

"I sound like an old lady?" Harry laughed.

"My ex-wife, she's British." Danny explained.

Harry flinched ever so slightly that Danny almost missed it, but he decided to ignore it. "Well, Britain actually has its high points, I am Welsh, I was born in Wales. Do you know where Wales is?"

Grace shook her head.

"Wales is a country that is a part of Britain, find an atlas or globe and look it up." Harry advised. "Do you have plans for this evening?" He asked Danny.

"Dinner and a movie. Nothing real fancy."

Harry could see that Danny was slightly touchy about only having the ability to have simple plans.

"Kono is due to give me another lesson in an hour. You could join us and watch me make an absolute fool of myself. We could then go off to dinner together, plus I can introduce you to Lilo and Stitch." Harry added to Grace.

"The little girl and her… 'puppy'?" Danny asked. "Seriously, what is with that dog?"

"Unfortunately that is classified. We all just pretend he's a cross between Lilo's pet and her twin brother… minus the looks."

"A puppy!" Grace almost squealed.

Danny took one look at his daughters eyes and knew exactly what he would be doing that night.

"HAR-RY! HAR-RY! GO HARRY! GO HARRY!"

Danny grimaced as his daughter and Lilo cheered the bespectacled Brit on. Kono was just rolling in the sand laughing.

"My daughter is gonna be a cheerleader." He muttered unhappily.

"Aw, come on Danny. She'll be cute as a cheerleader."

"That is exactly what worries me, Kono." Danny groused. "I'm gonna need to get a shotgun."

"You could always sign her up for surf lessons."

"Are you kidding me? I've seen what you wear when you surf."

"Professionals tend to wear special wet suits, Danny. Only hands, head and feet exposed."

Danny considered that for a moment. "Nope, too tight fitting."

Kono rolled her eyes. It was no wonder that Danny always seemed so tense. "Then sign her up for martial arts lessons. She gets to wear thick pyjamas and whale on other kids."

"And they get to whale on my little girl!"

"Fine. Then buy her a bubble and lock her in."

Danny just glared at her.

"So have you learnt anything new about Harry? Or that mutt?"

"Sure… you call it anything other than 'Stitch' and it will correct you or Lilo will go for your shins." She said as she absently rubbed her shins. She was just lucky it hadn't bruised.

Danny just laughed, until he noticed Kono staring at him. "You're serious?"

"Don't believe me? Try it."

"No, I'll take your word for it… Lilo was bad enough."

"Harry is… unusual."

"Good unusual or bad unusual."

"Unusual in that he's on a first name basis with the Governor and has her on speed dial and vice versa. Unusual because he says that he was lined up to handle our current assignment as the taskforce until Steve's dad was murdered and it became personal."

"Wait- that kid out there was gonna take on Victor Hess and the Governor was the one backing him?" Danny asked in disbelief.

"He's only a year younger than me, he's been living here for nearly two years and doing things that he says are classified. He keeps saying Stitch is classified."

"Not doing a good job with that then." Danny snorted as he watched the girls and Stitch playing in the sand. He found it strange that Stitch stayed away from the surf, refusing to get wet.

"Danny, that 'dog' has a very high intelligence." Kono said with a hint of earnestness.

"What? It can mimic a few words and practiced sentences. Parrots can do that and gorillas and monkeys can learn sign language… well they can in the movies."

"Yesterday I watched Harry, Lilo and Stitch have a full three-way conversation. Stitch can't speak well, but that is more because of his muzzle. He has a huge vocabulary, he just doesn't know how to use it, like English isn't his first language."

"No, barking is his first language… do we need to send you for a psych eval?" Danny asked only half joking.

"Just watch at dinner, Danny. You'll see what I mean." She said as she turned back to watch Harry pull himself from the surf only to be hit in the back by his board.

Despite Danny's constant questions, he was not able to get any definitive answer on what Stitch was. Although Harry did imply he was an experiment of some sort. Danny didn't like the sound of that though.

The next day was spent with Harry, Lilo and Stitch at Grace's insistence. Danny didn't have too many objections as long as he got to spend his time with his daughter. They spent the time at the beach and Kono and Danny introduced them all to Kamekona and his shaved ice.

Much to Danny's annoyance he was forced to buy three more t-shirts which Harry, Lilo and Grace all wore proudly, he drew the line at buying one for Stitch.

When they broke for the evening after watching Harry make a fool of himself on a surfboard again, Danny and Kono invited their new friends to the football match two days later whilst Kono would see them the following evening for another lesson before her graduation. Having never seen a football match and wanting to spend the day with Grace again, Lilo declared they would attend.

As they went their separate ways Harry heard Grace ask: "Daddy, where's my shoe?"

"What Monkey?"

"Where's your shoe?"

"Stitch get your furry hide back here!" Kono screeched.

"Sweet Merlin, you're a bloody menace." Harry groaned at Stitch as he reached into his backpack and conjured three sets of footwear. He deftly tossed them over his shoulder. "Run!" He ordered.

"He stole our shoes? The left ones?" Danny asked completely confused.

"According to Lilo and Harry, Stitch ate them. But he always seems to be able to produce a replacement." Kono sighed as she walked over and picked up the new lefties.

"He blames his dog for his kooky kleptomania?"

"What's kleptomania?" Grace asked.

"When people steal things." Danny said absently, still trying to figure the weird trio out.

"I don't think he is though." Kono said as she showed him the sole of Grace's trainers.

"This isn't Grace's shoe." Danny mused. "What the hell does this say?" He asked as he tried to read the logo.

"Daddy, language!"

"Sorry Monkey. Is it Cyrillic?"

"It's 'addidas', just completely inverted and reversed, as if Harry somehow managed to take our right shoes and mirror them."

"How would he do this? He didn't leave us for more than five minutes, and that was just for the toilet."

"Maybe we should show this to Steve. This could be useful, especially if he can recreate things without inverting them."

*Chapter 2*: Chapter 2
"Kono is late." Lilo frowned as she crossed her arms unhappily.

"Aw no worries Sweet Thing. Kono's a cop lady. They got lots of important things to do." Kamekona grinned as he brought out a shaved ice for Lilo.

"She should have called. Harry always calls if he is going to be late."

"And yet David always forgets and I have help him hide till Nani calms down." Harry pointed out.

"She might be in trouble. We should go and find her."

"You gonna take your little dog and track her down?" Kamekona asked hiding his amusement.

"We can do it. We found Harry before. And we saved him."

"Hey! I thought we weren't going to bring that up again." Harry said defensively.

"Are you going to call her or should I tell Kamekona the story?" It was bad enough when Lilo would glare at him, arms folded, foot tapping impatiently… it was ten times worse when Stitch copied her… it made it so difficult not to laugh, the last time he did that she had rallied the other experiments to make his life miserable.

"I'm calling! I'm calling!" He said pulling out his phone. "It's ringing." He whispered. "Kono! You're late and I have a high-"

Harry stopped and listened as Kono ignored him and started talking about stuff that really didn't make sense. Who the hell was Evan and why did she keep calling him 'boss'?

Then it hit him. "Right, I got ya, I'll sort things out. Keep things calm." And then he hung up.

"'Keep things calm'? She got kidnapped, didn't she?" Lilo groaned.

"I seem to remember a little girl who frequently got kidnapped." Harry countered as he dialled another number.

"Pat, it's Harry. I need the number for Steve McGarrett. One of his team, Kono, she seems to have gotten herself kidnapped."

"…"

"Yeah, I'll lend a hand. I'm sure she'll be owing me more surf lessons for this."

"…"

"I didn't know they made prescription goggles! So sue me!"

"…"

"Yeah, I got it, just came through. I'll call you and update you later."

Harry hung up the phone and began checking his emails for the number the Governor had just sent him. He then dialled and waited.

"Steve McGarrett?"

"…"

"This is Harry Potter, I just had an interesting discussion with Kono, it sounds like she has been kidnapped and might have a civilian named Evan with her."

"…"

"I thought Harry was just some rich haole." Kamekona whispered to Lilo as Harry continued to talk to Steve.

"He is… usually." Lilo shrugged.

"Lilo, a cop car is coming to pick you up and take you to Aunty Pat. The safe word is six two six. They will take you to Pat. Kamekona, make sure she gets in the car."

"I'm coming with you!"

"No, this is a cop situation, not an experiment issue. You know the rules."

"Fine." She sulked. "But Stitch goes with you."

Harry was speeding through the air on his broom with Stitch gripping his shoulders and literally flying like a flag behind him. Steve had called with the destination and they were both on their way under his invisibility cloak.

Stitch had gotten very angry when they were nearly clipped by a low flying airplane and had nearly jumped off the broom to chase it. But seeing Harry's wand pointed at him over the wizard's shoulder, he decided to stay put till they landed. Stitch had learnt a long time ago that he wasn't magic proof. Usually this lesson was reinforced after Harry discovered another left shoe missing.

They landed in some bushes and Harry stashed his broom in his magically expanded backpack with his cloak. He then pulled out his ID and gun. He loved magic but he preferred to use his gun at times like this.

"Hello boys." Harry whispered in greeting as he approached the rest of Kono's friends.

Unfortunately he found himself staring down the barrel of two handguns and a shotgun.

"Harry? Why are you here?" Danny asked.

"The Governor asked me to help out… and Lilo practically ordered me."

"Dammit! We don't have time for this." Steve snapped unhappily. "Can you even handle yourself in a situation like this?"

"Steve, before you came along, the Governor was pushing me to take your job." Harry snorted.

"Really?" Chin asked in surprise.

"I sort of gained a reputation on the outer islands and it resulted in me-"

"Wonderful stories, I'm sure. Can we focus on Kono and the other hostages, please?" Danny interrupted.

Harry peeked through the door's window and caught Kono's eye. Kono did not look particularly pleased to see him, but she did indicate that there were guards near the ceiling.

"Ok, there are guards on catwalks on either side. Can you guys take them silently?"

"Shouldn't be too hard." Steve shrugged.

"Excellent. Stitch will go in and do his lost puppy routine, that will be the distraction for you two to take out your targets whilst Stitch disarms them."

"You expect your dog to disarm all those people in there? There are hostages in there!" Danny argued.

"Yep, whilst you are shooting at the bad guys and Stitch is causing havoc, Chin and I will get the hostages out." Harry grinned.

"We need to get the computer as well." Chin added.

"Does it need to be in one piece?"

"Yes." Steve responded quickly.

"Fine, Chin can get the hostages out once he gets Kono free, I will get the computer." Harry sighed.

Despite wanting to argue, Steve and Danny made their way up the two ladders nearby whilst Chin checked his weapon.

"Alright Stitch, play it up as long as you can. I'm gonna sneak in and get the computer." Harry opened the door slightly so Stitch could walk in before he headed up the ladder following Danny.

As Harry reached the top of the ladder he removed his invisibility cloak and put it on. He could already hear the bad guys questioning the sudden appearance of a strange blue dog.

"Keel it and leave da body in da corner." The lead man said with an Eastern European accent that reminded Harry of Viktor Krum.

"Please don't, that's the dog of a little girl, I look after her sometimes." Kono pleaded. Lilo would be heartbroken if Stitch died because of her.

"And it just followed you here?"

"It's a dog, they follow their masters for days."

"You're dog won't be alone for long then." The man smirked as he aimed his gun and fired.

"NO!"

*BANG*

"Guns… are… bad!" Stitch gurgled as he glared at the shooter. Sitting on his forehead was a mushroomed bullet.

"What is this?" The man asked nervously.

*BANG*

*BANG*

Stitch decided he had played the lost puppy long enough and leapt at the man swallowing the gun and biting the man's hand and taking a few fingertips with it.

"GET HIM!" The man screamed as he tried to stem the blood flow.

Stitch found himself under heavy fire as he began jumping at the shooters and swallowing guns and with the larger weapons, biting them in half.

The bad guys were so focused on the rabid blue mutt they didn't notice their comrades fall to gun shots from Danny and Steve or the computer vanish or the hostages being escorted to cover by Chin.

Thirty seconds after Stitch ate the first gun and the fight was over. There was a lot of missing fingers but no fatalities.

"We are going to need so many ambulances." Harry commented as he seemingly walked through the doors and surveyed the scene.

"Weren't you supposed to be getting the computer?" Danny asked.

"Yep!" Harry smirked as he brandished the laptop.

"Actually, it's the hard drive that's the important part." The badly beaten man in a rumpled suit pointed out.

"I went through all that super stealth and you made me pick up the wrong thing?" Harry asked Danny with a raised eyebrow.

"Hey, don't look at me, I can barely type up my reports. He's Mr. Top-Secret-Computer-Guy." Danny pointed at Steve, passing the buck neatly.

"Huh. And McGarrett fumbles the ball." Chin chuckled.

"Is one of you action heroes going to call an ambulance?" Kono asked. "I think that bitch chipped a tooth." She said as she rubbed her jaw.

"Already on their way. I called them as I arrived." Harry assured her.

"Oh, see?" Danny said as he turned and began lecturing Steve. "Harry had the time to call for help. But nooo! We couldn't do that. Because Mr. Navy Seal decided we had to do it solo."

"Kono help me get these two outside, we can leave Chin to oversee Steve and Danny's Couple's Counselling." Harry said as he rolled his eyes and began leading the beaten man and his son, Evan, out the door.

"Hey, don't leave me with those two." Chin declared as he hastily began climbing over moaning bodies to get to the door.

Steve and Danny stood there staring at the doors as they swung shut behind the rest of the team.

"Are they really going to leave us to deal with all these creeps?" Danny asked as he kicked the nearest goon.

"At least they left the dog." Steve shrugged.

Danny turned to where Steve was gesturing.

A loud rumble came from Stitch before he opened his mouth and coughed up a mass of melting metal consisting of the swallowed guns and fingers.

"Harry's dog, Harry's clean up." Danny declared.

"Agreed." Steve said as he began marching for the doors.

"Grace!"

"Lilo!"

"Now why don't you ever greet me like that, Danny?" Steve asked as he watched the two young girls hug in greeting.

"You're just not cute enough." Danny shrugged.

It was the following day and the taskforce was taking the day off to watch the Big Game. Harry, Lilo and Stitch had been invited and Grace was there with Danny.

"That's a cute outfit, Grace." Steve complimented.

"It's a tennis outfit." Danny groused.

"Why is that a bad thing?" Chin asked.

"Oh god, don't get him started!" Kono pleaded.

"What? What'd I miss?" Steve asked.

"Stan-"

"Ah! No!" Harry admonished as he smacked Danny on the nose with a rolled up newspaper, causing the girls to laugh.

"Did you just hit me with a newspaper?"

Harry just shrugged. "It worked for Stitch." He turned to Steve and handed him the newspaper. "Here, I think you'll need this more than me."

"No appreciation!" Danny cried theatrically.

"Aw, we appreciate you, Danny. We just think you could do with some… refinements." Kono smirked.

"Daddy, I'm hungry."

"Hungry? How can you be hungry? You ate at the club."

"We didn't eat hotdogs at the club."

"Oh of course. How silly of me!" Danny teased. "Lilo, you want anything?"

Danny was very pleased by the look to Harry before she answered. She was a smart kid.

"Yes please."

"Me too, Danny." Steve called out.

"Better go with him, Lilo. You might need to help Grace take care of Danny." Harry suggested.

It was only five minutes later when Steve got a call on his phone. It was short and caused Steve to spring into action.

"We've got a couple of shooters heading for the pitch. Danny's stashed the girls but he's following them."

"Stitch, find the girls, stay with them and protect them." Harry ordered.

"Seriously-"

"Classified, Steve." Harry shrugged as he discreetly pulled his gun and ID and headed to the pitch, leaving Steve to stare after the departing Stitch.

Harry quickly caught up with Danny who pointed out the gunmen. Harry moved up to the furthest one.

"Great game!" Harry said loudly as he suddenly hollered and clapped like any true fan would.

The gunmen looked at him clearly startled.

"Look, if you and your buddy pull your guns then me and mine will pull ours, and you will die… if you're lucky." He said in a slightly raised voice over the din of the crowd.

*BANG*

Unfortunately the other gunman wasn't aware of Harry's advice and had pulled his gun and taken a shot.

He was quickly put down by Danny.

Harry's target didn't get a chance to react as Harry hit him over the back of the head; his hand charged with a wandless stunner. To anyone else it looked like he had professionally knocked the man out.

Harry quickly scanned the pitch for other threats and noticed Chin chasing after a very large man.

He quickly sped off to cut the man off.

Chin had the man in his gun sights. He was shocked to see his cousin, Sid, turning to face him, so shocked that he could only stand there and stare. He furiously debated with himself over whether he should take him in.

"On your knees, hands behind your head."

Both Chin and his cousin were shocked, neither had noticed Harry creep up behind his cousin.

"If you don't obey, I'll just knock you out." Harry warned.

The large man growled but slowly moved to his knees and interlaced his fingers. Harry moved in quickly and cuffed the man.

In truth, Chin had never been so relieved. Harry had just rescued him from a very difficult decision.

Harry loved to drive. Riding his broom and surfing were brilliant, but there was something about driving a car that really spoke to him.

However, driving a car with two hyperactive children and their planet-destroying pet was not something he enjoyed. Especially as Steve had seen fit to buy both girls ice-cream sweets before Kono handed her car keys over and Danny asked him to take his little girl home.

It was at least a thirty-minute drive and there was an impossible amount of giggling coming from the sugar-high back seat. It didn't help that whenever he looked in the rear view mirror he would see two innocent faces staring back at him before they would turn away and giggle madly and begin whispering.

Harry took great consolation in the fact that Stitch seemed just as confused as himself.

The giggling and whispering continued right up until the front door of Grace's home was opened by attractive brunette with a kind, soft face and relieved smile at seeing her daughter alive and well.

"Grace!" She practically cried as she grabbed her up into a hug.

"What's wrong mommy?"

Her mother, Rachel, just gave a short gasp of laughter. Of course her daughter had no idea of what happened today or how close to danger she was.

"Lilo, Stitch and Harry are staying for dinner." Grace informed her mother before grabbing Lilo's hand and dragging her inside with Stitch padding along in his patented puppy imitation.

Harry and Rachel just stared after the departing trio.

Harry eventually shook himself. "Erm… my little girl appears to have been kidnapped by your little girl." Harry shrugged.

"You're English?" Rachel asked, slightly surprised.

"Technically I'm Welsh, but hopefully you won't hold that against me." Harry grinned.

"You sound like a Londoner."

"I grew up in Surrey."

Rachel realised she was keeping him outside. "Come in, come in, I assume you are Harry?"

Harry chuckled and pulled out his ID. "Yes, and I recommend you always check and verify a cops ID, probably even smart if you do so when Danny says someone's ok." He handed her his ID. "Go call the local precinct and ask them to confirm I am who I say I am."

Rachel frowned but walked over to the maid who was standing nearby and gave her some instructions.

"Why don't we go and relax whilst we wait for Andrea to finish the call." She said as she guided him to the sitting room and offered him a drink.

"So, what exactly did my ex-husband drag my daughter into?" She asked, it was carefully hidden but Harry could still sense the anger in her.

"Nothing." Harry said with a carefree smile.

The look Rachel gave him blatantly called him a liar.

"Seriously, there were several hundred people there. The team and I were there to enjoy the game. Danny took the girls to get some food at the food stands and he spotted some men with guns. He stashed the girls with another family in the toilets and called the team and we took care of things.

"The most danger Grace and Lilo came close to was touching germs in the toilets." He rattled off the story as though he was explaining how to assemble a paper airplane. All the facts none of the emotion.

"This happens every time though!" Rachel said heatedly.

"Now that's really not true." Harry scoffed. "I spent the past weekend with your daughter and Danny and the most dangerous thing that happened was me falling off my surf board."

"You spent time with Grace?" She asked in surprise. "You see! He didn't even check with me!"

"And you of course check with him about all the people you introduce her too. Like the tennis instructors?" Harry pointed out. "If there is one thing I have learnt about Danny Williams, it's that he is far too protective of his daughter. His teammate Kono, she kept suggesting sports and activities for Grace.

"Cheerleading: Leads to boys.

"Surfing: Outfits are too revealing… this included full body wetsuits.

"Martial Arts: People hitting his daughter.

"Eventually Kono suggested a bubble. I seriously think he was considering it." Harry laughed.

Rachel sighed, but she did have a hint of a smile. Grace was always the acknowledged light of Danny's life.

"I'll admit he is a good father. But that doesn't change the fact that his job attracts trouble. I don't want my daughter around that trouble."

"Well you screwed that up when you married a cop and let him get you pregnant." He countered. "The only thing you will accomplish by taking Grace from Danny is making Grace hate you and killing off Danny's will to live. Danny will die on the job within a year if you take his baby away." He warned.

At this point Andrea returned and began whispering in Rachel's ear. It was very intense and Rachel's eyebrows rose higher and higher.

Harry hid his grin behind his tea.

"You're not a policeman." Rachel stated.

"Not officially." Harry confirmed as he placed his cup on its saucer.

"But you are a law enforcement official."

"Technically." He placed both cup and saucer on the coffee table.

"You report directly to the Governor."

"Weeeeelll…" Harry prevaricated. "It's more like the Governor requests my aid on occasion."

"I have never known an American to willingly call on the aid of a British National." Rachel argued. "Both Danny and Stan still have trouble asking for my help."

"Technically I'm not a British citizen, I'm an American Citizen."

"You were born in Britain, that's enough for them." She countered with certainty.

"Lets just say I demonstrated some unique abilities and stumbled onto a situation and a deal was struck."

"According to what Andrea discovered, you are assigned as the liaison between a special taskforce and the Governor's Office."

Harry sighed. "I am going to strangle Pat."

"The Governor?" She asked in surprise.

"That conniving woman has been onto me for the past six months or so to head up a special taskforce to handle major threats to the islands. I didn't want to do that, I was happy with my life with Lilo and her family and dealing with the occasional issue.

"Then Steve McGarrett's father gets killed and it gives her the opportunity to bag a highly decorated Navy Seal to lead her taskforce, he in turn recruits Danny, Chin and Kono. I accidentally stumble into them and wind up assisting in a case and she decides to appoint me as her liaison…

"So… I see strangulation in the Governors future." Harry nodded with certainty.

Rachel couldn't help but laugh at Harry's delivery.

"Mrs Edwards, Mr Devlin is here to see you." Andrea announced as a man in a suit and a briefcase entered.

Rachel stood up and shook the man's hand.

"Mrs Edwards, I have the paperwork here for you to sign. Once you're done I will call Detective Williams and inform him of the details."

"Oh Rachel." Harry said sadly, after spending five minutes with Rachel he knew she had filed for sole custody. "You didn't."

Rachel had a very guilty look on her face.

"I'm sorry, and you are?" Mr. Devlin enquired as he moved between his client and Harry.

"Harry Potter, a friend of Mrs Edwards' daughter and ex-husband." Harry smiled as he stood and moved to shake the man's hand.

Mr. Devlin shook the hand respectfully but frowned. "I'm going to have to advise that Mrs. Edwards refrains from meeting people linked to Detective Williams. It would be in the best interests of her daughter."

"Please." Harry scoffed. "Be honest, it would be in you're interests if you intend to win the custody battle. There is no way that this would be in Grace's interest. Danny Williams is the most loving father I have ever met."

"And I am sure that that particular relationship will be investigated thoroughly. To ensure nothing inappropriate has been occurring."

"Danny would never do that!" Rachel objected.

"Please, Mrs. Edwards, I advise you not to speak at this time." The lawyer winced.

"Rachel, I'll leave now, but remember my warnings about what separating Danny and Grace will do to them. Also bear in mind that any hearing will see two cops, a decorated Navy Seal, myself and the Governor of Hawaii as witnesses for Danny. Not to mention how you will need to explain to Grace why you are being so mean to her daddy.

"It's obvious that you have anger issues with Danny, sort them out but don't drag Grace into it." Harry warned.

"I'm sure the courts will be interested in hearing your threats, Mr. Potter." Mr. Devlin smirked.

"No." It was a very quietly spoken word. Almost a defeated utterance.

"Mrs. Edwards?"

"Harry is right. I am just angry with Danny. He's done nothing wrong and every time Grace comes home she is happier for having been with him." Rachel slumped into her chair morosely.

"Are you sure Mrs. Edwards?"

Rachel sat up and took control of herself. "Yes. I'm sure." She said assertively. "I'm sorry to have wasted your time, Mr. Devlin."

"Not at all Mrs. Edwards. I am here to serve after all." He assured her as he packed up his papers. "I will let Detective Williams know the case will not be pursued."

Whilst Rachel saw her lawyer out Harry fielded a call from Steve. By the time Rachel was finished so was he.

"Rachel, I have a very impertinent request." He grimaced. "Could Lilo and Stitch stay over tonight? Steve has requested my help with a case and I will be needed tonight."

Going undercover as a gambler had one major drawback for Harry. He had no idea how to play any of the games.

"Whoa, Harry! You clean up real nice." Chin greeted.

Harry was fiddling with his tie; he hadn't worn one since Hogwarts and had taken great pleasure in burning it on his last day.

"Very dashing." Danny agreed. "And thank you so much for getting me out of having to wear that get up."

"Yeah, yeah. You two so owe me." Harry snapped at Steve and Danny.

"And we're sure you'll call in that debt at some point."

"Ok, so, Kono is already going to be on the inside as a waitress." Steve smiled as he led Harry over to the digital tabletop display.

"These are the two guys we are after, Frank Salvo and Tuninei. Salvo is the major problem and his guys are going to be real hard-asses, very professional. We need to get them on tape confessing to their plans."

"Your job is to provide close back up. Kono will plant the bug, you just need to keep an eye on everything and warn us if things seem to be about to fall apart." Danny explained.

"Ok… now which of you is going to show me how to play gambling games?"

The three men laughed before they saw Harry was serious.

"You don't know how to play poker?" Danny asked.

Harry shook his head.

"Blackjack?" Chin asked.

"Roulette, craps… hell do you even know how to play go fish?" Steve practically begged.

"Oh, Lilo tried to teach me that one, but I always preferred snap." Harry said happily.

"I'll grab a deck and we can give him a crash course in blackjack." Chin said as he ran off.

"I'll see if I can scrounge up a button camera of some sort." Steve added as he followed.

"Huh, are all the waitresses dressed like this?" Harry whispered as he made walked through the crowded room full of rich people looking to lose money.

"Yeah, why?" Steve asked over the radio.

"You might want to cover Chin's eyes in case I come across his cousin."

"I've seen her in a bikini, brah." Chin laughed.

"Yeah, but she wasn't really trying to be 'sexy' in that, was she."

"I also saw her in her underwear when she helped us catch Victor Hesse. It's all part of the job."

"Ok, as long as I don't have to deal with an angry Chin Ho Kelly storming the place to defend his cousin's honour." Harry shrugged.

"Aw, Harry. I didn't know you cared." Came Kono's voice.

"Show me your outfit and I might care some more." Harry teased.

"I thought you didn't want to deal with an angry Chin Ho Kelly." Danny asked.

"Yeah, but Chin won't try anything on me till I've finished in here." Harry reached the blackjack table and took a seat.

He placed his money on the table and smiled at the beautiful ladies next to him. Fortunately he didn't have to say much as Steve gave him instructions over the radio on when and how to tap the table.

This eventually devolved into an argument between Steve and Danny over whether or not Steve knew what he was doing.

Harry was saved by Chin. "Harry, just remember to try and get to twenty one but not over."

"Why would you double down then? Why?" Danny argued.

"Higher risk for higher returns!"

"Higher risk for more money wasted!" Danny countered.

"Guys, I think Harry is doing pretty well on his own." Chin laughed as he watched Harry double his cash.

Harry went on for a while whilst listening to the bug that Kono had planted.

"Harry, remember to lose on occasion, they'll be after you for cheating otherwise." Chin warned him.

"Kono, you might want to leave now, Salvo's boys just made you as a cop." Danny interrupted.

"Harry, leave the table and cash out. Sid seems to have been caught as well." Steve advised.

"Where is he?" Harry asked as he took his money.

"Where is who, sir?" The dealer asked, but Harry ignored him.

"Out back by the pool. Kono's been caught as well." Steve warned him. "We're coming in now."

"Mind the stampede." Harry muttered is he pulled his gun and fired into the ground twice causing the patrons and gamblers to scream and shout as they fled for the exits.

"Why the hell did you do that?" Danny demanded.

"Clear out any civilians leaving us with Salvo and the gang whilst the rest are busy trying to get past the stampede. It also throws off Salvo giving Kono and Sid a chance to make a move." Harry muttered as he made his way out back.

Being shrouded in shadows, Harry had a clear view of Salvo, Tuninei and three other bad guys surrounding Sid and Kono. Sid was in very bad shape and Kono was trapped in the meaty grip of one of the three.

Harry decided to even the odds.

*BANG*

*BANG*

*BANG*

Instantly two of the 'minions' and Tuninei went down. Harry changed positions as the remaining bodyguard and Salvo opened fire on his position.

"Hold your fire." Salvo ordered his remaining bodyguard. "I suggest you throw out your weapon or I'll shoot your friends here." Salvo called out.

"You shoot them, I shoot you. Either way I go home tonight. Your choice for leaving here consists of a body bag or handcuffs." Harry called out before changing positions again.

"I know how you cops work, you won't let me shoot your people." Salvo challenged.

*BANG*

"ARRRRRRGGGHHHH!" Salvo went down with a bullet in his elbow.

The last man standing began aiming into the shadows only for Kono to disarm him and smack him in the face with the butt of his own gun.

The sound of several guns being cocked had Kono turning the gun to the sound behind her.

"Whoa! Easy there!" Danny called as he pointed his gun up, Kono doing the same as she released a breath of relief.

"You're a little late, boys." Harry remarked as he emerged from the shadows.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Danny remarked sarcastically. "We were a little busy trying to get past the stampede you created!"

"Worked, didn't it." Harry smirked.

*Chapter 3*: Chapter 3
"Coming!" Harry called as he headed for his hotel room's door. He opened it to find Danny, Grace, Lilo and Stitch all standing there. "Wasn't I supposed to pick you up an hour from now?"

"I was at the house and offered to bring them over." Danny shrugged as Lilo and Stitch each grabbed one of Grace's hands and dragged her in.

"Did they spend the whole drive over giggling?" Harry asked.

"No, why?"

"No reason." Harry said hastily.

"I… er… I wanted to thank you." Danny said uncomfortably.

"Oh?"

"Rachel mentioned that you talked her out of the custody battle."

"Not really. I just pointed out it would be a losing battle for her. In a big way." Harry disagreed.

"That's not how she sees it." Danny couldn't help but smirk a little.

"Well, the important thing is that all of you are happy… or as happy as you all can be." Harry said as he sat on one of the couches. "So, no cases?"

"Not unless we get called in for something or stumble onto something." Danny sighed. "Otherwise it's the old fallback of paperwork, I'll be heading in this afternoon."

"You see, this is why I didn't want Steve's job!" Harry said with triumphant smile. "The way I do things is so much better. I go in, do what I need to and hand the rest over to the police, the most they get from me is a brief statement. Usually along the lines of: classified."

"What are you? Like twenty years old? How did a kid get that kind of power?" Danny asked.

Harry just grinned at him.

"Yeah, yeah. Classified." Danny sighed.

Harry successfully fobbed Lilo and Stitch off onto Danny, who didn't exactly put up a fight. He had already made an appointment with a real estate agent to look for a house. Most of their free days would likely be spent back home with Nani and David but Harry would need something closer.

He was also considering suggesting to Nani that they enrol Lilo into the same school as Grace, it would enable her to broaden her horizons a bit more especially as Grace seemed to be the first real friend she had made who wasn't an alien or an alien experiment.

Harry was not impressed with the first few houses he was shown. One was barely a shack and the other was in a neighbourhood similar to where Grace and Rachel lived, it was far too pretentious for himself and his family.

The third house felt like it could be a home. It was situated so that the back yard opened onto the beach whilst the street it was a part of was nice and quiet.

Harry signed the papers there and then leaving a very happy agent handing over the keys.

The house was unfurnished but Harry could sort that out with a quick trip into town and a few shrinking charms.

By 2pm he had the house furnished and decorated. A second trip was required when he realised he had no groceries and essentials in the new house.

By 4pm he was back at the hotel.

"Ok, we are checking out of the hotel!" Harry announced with a grin.

"We're going back home?" Lilo asked, her lower lip quivering.

"We're going to a new home I just bought us. In the city."

"We're staying in the city?" Hope lit up her face and that of her new friend.

"For now. We will need to discuss it with Nani and David first. Either way we can always come back and visit, but I needed a place to stay for when I am on a job, even if we do decide to stay back with Nani."

"Harry, have you ever actually bought a house before?" Danny asked worriedly.

"Sure, I bought my house near where Lilo lives."

"You bought a dusty old shack." Lilo glared. "The only reason it turned out ok was because we-"

"Ah!" Harry warned.

Lilo had a caught look and her mouth snapped shut.

"Don't worry, Danny and Grace are good people, but we need to wait a bit longer and make sure it is ok before telling them." Harry assured her as he picked up his favourite girl.

"I hate secrets." Lilo pouted.

"Me too, but sometimes they are necessary." Harry told her as he kissed her forehead. "Come on, we can show Danny and Grace our new home and christen it with a little party."

"Can we invite Kono and Chin?" She asked as she instantly brightened up.

"Sure, we'll go and sort the house out and call them from there."

Steve was about to sit down with a beer to relax and look over his dad's last notes again when he heard a car pull up out front. He was surprised to see Danny, Harry and the kids get out and then Danny started pounding on the roof of his car in hysterical laughter. So Steve went out to investigate.

"Guys… everything ok?"

Harry's head snapped round in shock before a look of realisation dawned on his face.

"You're moving in with Uncle Steve?" Grace asked dubiously.

At this Danny fell to his knees with tears rolling down his cheeks.

"Erm… " Harry paused before his Marauding genes kicked in. "Sure, can you think of a safer place to live than with Hawaii's top cop?" He asked with a smile.

"He better not leave the toilet seat up." Lilo groused as she grabbed Grace and Stitch by the hands and dragged them into Steve's house.

By this point Danny was on the floor and hyperventilating.

"Harry… I… look, I'm flattered, but I don't think I'm the best person to have a kid living with them. I have beer and guns in the house." Steve was desperately trying to think of a way to dissuade the young Welshman from his current course, which in his opinion would only end in disaster.

Harry had walked round to Danny and hoisted him to his feet. "Excellent. I think Danny could use a beer right now whilst I invite Chin and Kono round for the house warming party."

"Party?"

"I thought that was the tradition."

"I guess." Steve agreed, before he realised he was getting side tracked. He then noticed Harry had already passed him with Danny who was now breathing into a brown paper bag that Harry had produced. He was positively glowing and the smile on his face would need a sand blaster to remove.

Steve turned and ran back into his house to try and reverse the invasion only to find Harry on the phone with Kono who had agreed to bring Chin.

Steve just sat there taking nervous gulps from his beer as Harry led Lilo and Grace through the house explaining how they would decorate. Every now and again Danny would look at Steve and break into another fit of laughter.

Thirty minutes later, just as Steve was sure he was going to wind up with pink unicorns on his walls, the front door opened to admit not only Kono and Steve but also…

"Rachel!"

Steve was quite pleased to see Danny's mirth evaporate so quickly.

"Mommy!"

Steve watched as Grace flew past like a brunette heat-seeking missile.

Steve stood up and leaned over to Harry and quietly asked: "You invited his ex-wife?"

Harry just looked at him like he was insane. "Of course not! I invited Grace's mum."

At this point Steve was seriously wondering if he needed to smuggle his guns out of his house. He'd spent enough time in the past month listening to Danny rant about his wife to worry about throwing firearms into the mix. Although he had envisaged more wrinkles and warts based on Danny's attitude.

"You're moving in with Steve?" Chin asked, clearly he thought this was a bad idea, the look on Kono's face said she was in agreement.

"Hey! I'd be a great roommate. I practically raised my sister." Steve said, slightly offended.

"I've seen your work with kids." Chin reminded him.

"Alright… I've had my fun, as amusing as it was to watch Danny laugh himself blue and Steve mentally make plans to quit his job and move to Russia, I will break the bad news to Steve, Lilo and Stitch." Harry said as he turned to the three. "We are not moving in with Steve."

Despite his ex-wife being there, Danny couldn't help but break down in laughter at the looks of sheer disappointment on Lilo and Stitch's faces. What was worse was the similar look on Steve's face as it was clear he had been working himself into accepting it as inevitable.

Harry just smiled at Danny whilst Rachel, Chin and Kono couldn't believe Danny was losing it so badly.

"No, we are moving into the house next door." Harry took out the brand new house keys and held them out for Lilo who instantly grabbed them and headed out the front door turning right. Harry ran after her and stopped on the top step. "Other way, Lilo!" He called.

Lilo barely missed a step as she spun around and headed to the other side of Steve's house.

"So… you are actually moving in this time?" Steve asked suspiciously.

"Yes, Steve. I didn't realise it until I saw you exit your house and Danny had his little breakdown, but I bought the house next to yours. It was conveniently vacant, so was the house on the other side."

"Ah… probably because my father was murdered in there." Steve winced as he pointed to the study.

"Yeah, I actually knew that." Harry said sadly. "I just didn't realise this was the house."

"Perhaps we should head over to Harry and Lilo's house and get things started." Rachel offered.

"Right. Steve, Chin, head to my kitchen you'll find all you need to start a barbeque. Danny, Kono, go find the girls and Stitch and supervise them. Rachel, if you'll come with me we can sort out plates and chairs."

What followed was a night of laughter, merriment and local takeout after Steve and Chin managed to burn all the meat. But at least Danny and Rachel managed to avoid World War 3.

Steve turned over in bed as he gradually began to wake up. He was a little confused as he thought Catherine was on board an aircraft carrier somewhere. And he didn't remember her being this fluffy.

At that point Steve's eyes shot open and he was fully awake.

"HARRY!"

Harry was blissfully asleep. He had had a late night and didn't need to be up till nine so he could get to the airport to pick up David and Nani. But even in Morpheus' sweet embrace he couldn't hide from instincts ingrained by years of fighting a war. When someone screams his name he responds.

He grabbed his wand and his gun and dashed out the back door, hopped over the fence and dived through Steve's window sending glass everywhere. He rolled to his feet and dashed up the stairs to find Steve McGarrett glaring at a very content Stitch who was curled up on his bed chewing his left dress shoe in his sleep.

"How the hell did he get in my bed?" Steve demanded.

"Damned if I know. He used to do the same thing to me." Harry muttered as he absently scratched his head with the barrel of his gun. Something that made Steve cringe.

"Harry… stop that!" Steve snapped as he snatched the gun out of his hand. "What's with the stick?"

Harry hadn't actually realised he had grabbed his wand; it was just instinct. During the war he had slept with his wand and his gun. Although he had stopped sleeping with it in his hand after he had apparated to Kings Cross Station in his sleep one morning… it was also why he tended to sleep in pyjama bottoms and a t-shirt now.

"I… it's… Ah hell. It's classified." Harry grunted as he couldn't think of a good story.

"Your little stick is classified?" Steve asked with a hint of sarcasm.

"Like you wouldn't believe."

After extracting Steve's shoe from Stitch and Stitch from Steve's bed, Harry decided to get ready for the day. He was expecting a large rental car to be delivered that morning so he didn't have to go and pick one up.

Stitch was still asleep, but that was solved with a mild stinging hex. Waking Lilo required more finesse. Threatening not to help her to convince Nani that she should be allowed to visit Grace on weekends seemed to do the trick.

Blackmail and bribery was a currency that people of all ages understood.

As they drove down the highway Harry noticed someone familiar in the rear view mirror. He dialled his hands free phone and waited.

"McGarrett."

"Steve, is this pay back for yesterday?" Harry asked.

"Harry? What are you talking about?"

"Why are you following us?"

"I'm no where near you, I'm on my way to the airport." Steve sighed.

"Yes and we are in the people carrier in front of you."

Lilo and Stitch immediately turned and looked over the back seat, straining their seatbelts.

"Hi Uncle Steve!" Lilo called.

"Erm… Hi. I'm going for my sister, who are you going for?"

"Nani and David." Lilo answered.

"It's a shame we didn't know earlier, we could have car pooled." Harry chuckled.

"Is this gonna be a thing, Harry? You and me doing things together? Because I think you should know, I have a girlfriend." Although he was joking, there was a hint of worry in Steve's voice.

"Probably, but they will likely be work related. We'll catch you when we park."

"NANI!" Once again Steve watched a brunette heat-seeking missile attack another pretty lady. He wondered if all little girls were like this, he couldn't remember Mary doing it but it was a long time ago that their mom had died. And she was blonde.

He watched as Lilo regaled all the newlyweds with tales of all their adventures.

"Harry still can't surf but I think he just enjoys having Kono teach him and Grace is my new friend and her dad is soooo funny and Harry has been doing more work for Aunty Pat and he bought us a new house on the beach but he says we can still go back home and stay there if you say we have to but I really want to stay with Grace and Harry especially as Harry will need Stitch because…"

The little girl went on and on and she really didn't appear to be breathing. But Nani just seemed to smile and nod whilst David looked like he was turning blue in sympathy to the lack of breathing.

"I see an afternoon nap in someone's future." Harry muttered to Steve.

"Yeah, mine. How is she doing that?" Steve just couldn't figure it out.

"She's six." Harry said as though that was all there was to it. "Dave!" Harry whispered loudly to the young man who looked as though he had just fallen out of a tumble dryer.

"Er… Harry. Hi. She has gotten worse, right? It's not just me?" David asked as he walked over to Harry and Steve.

"She has a bigger lung capacity." Harry grinned.

"And I thought Pleakley was bad enough." David sighed before he noticed Steve. "Erm… hi?"

"Ah, David, meet Steve, a colleague from work… when I actually do it, and a new neighbour."

"Hi." Steve said as he shook David's hand.

"Wait… work?" David asked.

"The Governor found someone else to run her taskforce, but she has still managed to lumber me with a liaison position."

"But you'll still be home a lot though, right?"

"Worried you'll have to handle Nani and Lilo on your own?" Harry teased.

"Actually I'm more worried about Stitch and the other… is he cleared?" David trailed off uncertainly.

"Not yet, but I'm working on it."

"Excuse me, Commander McGarrett?"

The three men turned to see an airport police officer standing there.

Steve just sighed. It was going to be one of those days.

The ride back to the new house was interesting, as Steve had asked Harry to take Mary home as he had received a call from the team about a jailbreak. Lilo had split her time between demanding stories of Nani's honeymoon and interrogating Mary about why she broke the law and lecturing her on the perils of smoking.

Even Steve never had this much of an affect on Mary, she looked thoroughly chastised.

Once they had unloaded the car and shown everyone around the new house (including Mary, who Lilo had taken responsibility for teaching respect of the law) they sat down to a simple lunch before Nani and David headed for bed to sleep off the jet lag.

Harry was forced to leave Lilo in Mary's care as Steve had called him to help catch the escapee. Harry had slipped out back with Stitch and his broom and cast a disillusionment charm, as his cloak would just get in the way.

He was patched into a conference call with Kono who was guiding them using traffic cams.

After losing him in a tunnel Steve managed to get his Navy girlfriend to help them through dubious use of military satellites. The good news was they found him; the bad news was he had gone airborne and had hostages.

"Harry, we've got a chopper coming to pick us up. Can you meet us at the airport?" Steve asked over the line.

"Don't worry, I can still follow, you just try and catch up." Harry assured him.

"Har-"

"Classified." Harry answered with an audible smile.

"You know I have a high clearance, right?" Steve asked clearly unhappy.

"Yes, but it's not the right type of clearance." Harry explained. "I have the chopper in sight. I will follow for now."

Twenty minutes later and it was clear that the helicopter had come to the end of the line as the engine began to sputter and was forced into a crash landing. Harry quickly landed and sent Stitch off in pursuit whilst he checked the crash site. He was not pleased when he found the pilot had been shot dead. Steve and Chin soon joined him.

"Pilot's dead." Harry reported. "Stitch is in pursuit."

"He knows that there are innocents there right?" Chin asked; he was having flashbacks to Stitch's method of disarming armed crooks. It had resulted in lots of missing fingers.

"He is just doing recon at the moment and providing us something to follow, if he gets the chance he will take out the gunman."

"We should hurry, these rain forests are not safe for people with no training." Chin advised.

"Follow me then."

Harry had marked Lilo and Stitch with tracking charms long ago, especially after Gantu kidnapped Lilo for a second time.

Tracking the bad man and the helpless family was a simple task for Stitch. They weren't experiments designed to evade detection. They weren't intergalactic bounty hunters or mad scientists with more gadgets and gizmos than blades of grass on the planet.

They were just a bunch of boring humans. As far as Stitch was concerned, Lilo was his favourite human. Harry was a close second. Stitch would do anything Lilo or Harry asked as long as Lilo was safe and happy. So when Harry ordered him to track the bad man, he had followed. Not because it was the right thing to do or because it was exciting, no, he did it because his second most favourite human told him too. Lilo and Harry were Ohana. That was everything to him.

This did have an affect on how Stitch viewed the rest of the world. He knew that both Harry and Lilo took care of others and liked being with other families. So when Stitch saw the bad man hurting another family he had to control himself as Harry had told him to just observe and make sure they weren't badly hurt.

When they went to drink from a local stream Stitch knew he had to act. Lilo had taught him not to drink from certain streams because they were bad for humans and Lilo always considered him her 'human', even if he was introduced as her 'puppy'.

Deciding to sort out both threats he jumped down landing on the gunman's back and knocking the gun out of his hand as he fell to the floor.

"Don't drink water!" Stitch warned in his gargled voice.

Apparently this family wasn't as smart as his family as they took one look at him, screamed and then ran in the opposite direction.

Stitch sighed. Even Pleakley wasn't this much trouble. He grabbed the gun and whacked the downed man over the back of the head before taking to the treetops and getting ahead of the family. He then jumped down in front of them and roared.

The family screamed and changed directions.

Stitch just shrugged and started trotting calmly after them. They were now heading back to the crash site so they should run into Harry.

They didn't just run into Harry. They ran him over like a stampede. They only stopped when they saw Chin with his badge on display and Steve with his gun trained on them.

"We have to run! There's a monster out there!" The mother cried hysterically.

Chin shared a look with Steve. "Would this monster happen to be blue and furry and look a bit like a dog?"

"He ate the gun man!" The boy said frantically.

"I'm perfectly fine down here!" Harry groaned from his position on the ground. One of them, and probably not the boy, had stepped on his stomach. Hard.

There was a rustling behind the family and they instantly dove behind Steve and Chin who trained their guns in that direction just in case.

What emerged caused the woman to scream. This set off the boy, which set off the man.

It also caused Steve and Chin to lower their guns, as it was simply Stitch dragging the convict back.

Chin holstered his gun and went to check and cuff the man.

"Thanks boy." He told Stitch as he patted his head, which caused Stitch to grin, which unfortunately just showed more teeth and set the family off again.

Stitch trotted over to Harry and looked down at him. "Lazy bones." He accused.

"They ran me over!" Harry said defensively.

Stitch looked at the family intently. When he had first arrived on Earth he had been run over by a tanker truck.

"Pansy." He declared before going back to watch Chin work.

"Did your dog just call you a 'pansy'?" Steve asked as he tried to suppress a smile.

"Shut up and give us a hand." Harry snapped.

*Chapter 4*: Chapter 4
Harry was spread out on the couch with a hot water bottle on his abused stomach. Being a wizard meant that he would be fine by morning, but it still hurt in the meantime. He was also indulging in being waited on hand and foot by Nani.

Steve had left to go and chase down Mary who had left as soon as Nani and David had woken up from their nap.

"Harry, there's a woman here, says her name is Kono?" David informed him.

"Oh, sure, just show her in."

"So you really did get stomped on?" Kono smirked as she shifted Harry's feet and sat at the opposite end of the couch.

"PAAAAAANSY!" Came a garbled wail.

"SHUT UP STITCH! I'LL THROW YOU IN THE OCEAN!" Harry roared back.

Kono just laughed. "So you're not up for lessons today?"

"Nah, I'll be fine tomorrow, just a fair bit tender today. Ungrateful bastards didn't even apologise!" Harry groused.

"Language Harry!" Came the admonishment from the kitchen.

"Sorry Nani."

"Sounds like you've lost all your freedom."

"Please!" Harry scoffed. "Nani is like a day in the park compared to Lilo and Stitch. The past month has been the busiest I've had in a year. Besides, David usually gets into trouble and takes the focus off of me."

"Hey! That is so not true!" David objected from the armchair.

"Shall we start with you being late to your own wedding and work our way back or start with when we first met and you decked me and move forward?" Harry smirked.

"I thought you were kidnapping Lilo back then and it is not my fault I was late, I was kidnapped!"

"I still want to know how you thought I was kidnapping her." Harry said as he gingerly sat up. "She was the one dragging me by the back of the shirt out the door with her puppy."

"If I ask, are you just going to tell me-"

"Classified." David and Harry chimed together.

"But I think she and your team should know. They seem like they've become good friends to you." David advised.

"They have, I suppose." Harry shrugged. But he saw Kono's disappointed look, almost a look of hurt. "It's not you. I do trust you and the others, it's just that I learnt to live with the secrets."

"Tomorrow is Saturday. Invite them back home and you can show and tell." David grinned.

Harry considered that for a few seconds before he just shrugged. "Ok, tomorrow we'll round up the gang."

"So, are you staying for dinner Kono?" David asked with a friendly smile.

"No, she's not."

They turned to see Nani standing at the kitchen door with her hands on her hips and a very determined look on her face.

"Nani?" David had never known Nani to be rude to someone before. Sure, she got irritated and angry, but never rude to what was essentially a stranger.

"Harry is going to take her out to dinner."

Harry hated that look. Hell, even David, Lilo and Stitch hated that look. There was no arguing with Nani when she got like this.

"I was actually planning to ask her out after the show and tell." Harry winced.

Kono's head snapped round. She had thought she was going to have to ask him out as he was very friendly and occasionally flirted, but he was also fairly closed off at times and clearly not entirely comfortable about relationships. But she definitely liked him and wanted to see what was possible, relationship wise.

"You were?" She asked slightly surprised.

"Well, yes. You're beautiful and fun, I like spending time with you and… every time we said good night Lilo would kick me in the shins for not asking you out or kissing you goodnight." He winced.

There was a sudden sound of thunder as Lilo and Stitch stormed down the stairs.

"Did he do it? He asked you, yes? You said yes, right? You wouldn't make him sad by saying no! You'll be so good together and maybe he'll learn to surf properly and he can tell you all his secrets! He wanted to tell you his secrets and then ask you out but I told him he should just ask you out anyway. David didn't know our secrets when he asked Nani out and he turned out ok so-"

"Lilo!" Nani finally interrupted. "Ask one question and wait for an answer!" She admonished.

Kono was still trying to work out what Lilo had said or asked.

Lilo now had a look of intense concentration on her face as she tried to decide what to ask first. She then looked up at her hopefully. "Did you say yes?"

Kono smiled at the fact that Lilo was more interested in whether she had said yes to Harry asking her out. "He hasn't actually asked me yet… but I promise I won't say no." She assured her.

Harry was still a little worried and it was written clearly on his face.

"Harry," Nani sighed, "if she has survived you three for a month, which if I heard Lilo right, started off with you breaking Kono's nose, then she'll survive your other secrets and take it all in stride."

"Take her back home tonight." David advised. "Show her all your secrets on your first date. Might make a second date less stressful."

Harry could see Nani nodding in agreement, but Lilo was in her classic arms crossed and glaring at him.

"Fine." Harry sighed before turning to Kono. "What you are about to see and hear is classified. You can tell no one. Not even your family or team, but I will be telling the team soon enough. Do you understand?"

Kono took a second, but she remembered seeing Harry's credentials. He had a diplomatic ID on top of his law enforcement badge that was actually a federal ID. She didn't really doubt him, but seeing is believing.

"I understand." She said seriously.

"What do you know about magic? Real magic, not the stuff stage magicians use." Harry asked as he pulled out a stick from his sleeve that, based on his question, she assumed he would say was a wand.

"Nothing." She didn't want to volunteer information at this point and decided to just listen and learn what she could.

"Well, it's real." Harry pointed his wand at the coffee table and she jumped as it turned into a roaring full sized lion.

Harry waved his wand and the lion returned to being a coffee table. Although she noticed Stitch was licking his lips.

"There is a whole society of magic users. It's hidden from the rest of the world except the governments. I was born into the magical world but when my parents were murdered I was given to my non-magical relatives and raised in the non-magical world. I didn't return to the magical world until I was eleven.

"Any questions?" Harry asked seriously.

"You're a magic user? All of you?" Kono asked the group.

"No, I am and Lilo is a first generation witch. She isn't old enough to have a wand yet, but I am teaching her other forms of magic."

"But Nani isn't a witch?"

"No, sometimes the emergence of a magical, or 'witch' or 'wizard', can be spontaneous in a family, like my mother was."

"How can you tell if you are a magical?"

"Usually it is noted at birth by the magical authorities and they contact you and your family at around age eleven. Some countries do it at birth as it is better. Young children and babies perform accidental magic where they simply bend things to their will."

"And Stitch is what? A magical creature?" She asked as she eyed the blue 'puppy'.

Harry just laughed. "No, Stitch is another secret altogether, which we'll cover after we finish with magic."

"Do all magicals have diplomatic immunity?"

"Nah, I'm different because of my history, I'll tell you about it after we've squared away the basics." Harry assured her.

"Do all magicals take regular jobs? Could I have worked with some in the academy?"

"Possibly." Harry conceded. "Even magicals need to earn money, but they tend to stick to their own communities. Especially back home and in Europe. There are distinct hidden magical communities like shopping centres in America as well, but here in Hawaii, not so much. The magicals just tend to either adopt the native magical culture as their own or they move back to the mainland to enjoy a more in depth magical experience."

"Are these communities for magicals only?"

"Not for magicals only, but they are only accessible by people who know about them. Like parents and families of magicals."

"Do lots of magicals tell their spouses about their magical side?" Kono asked.

"Yes, but they need to get permission from the magical government. If the spouse or prospective spouse doesn't take it well they have the memories removed and the magical can either keep magic a secret from them or break it off."

"So if I don't take it well…?"

"By 'take it well' I mean that if you were to show hostile racist tendencies or appear to be attempting to reveal the magical world to others. If a couple break up the memories aren't affected.

"That said; this is what happens in America. In Europe and Britain you would not be permitted to be told until your first magical child turned eleven."

It was clear that whatever reasons Harry had for living in Hawaii, they had to do with an intense dislike for Europe and his home country.

"Ok, We got the basics of magic down you can always ask us more questions. Now it's time for Stitch's secret." Harry turned to Stitch and Lilo. "Stitch, show Kono your battle form and Lilo can explain."

Kono watched in shock as the little blue 'puppy' not only sprouted antennae but also an extra set of arms.

"My god." She whispered.

Lilo started speaking as if she was an Eastern European professor giving a lecture. "Stitch is experiment 626. Is bullet proof, flame proof, laser proof can-"

"Lilo, I really didn't mean for you to do an impression of Jumba, Kono is going to meet him in a few minutes." Harry laughed. "It was pretty good though. Just tell her how you met Stitch and what you get up to."

Lilo pretended to pout before she grabbed Stitch in a hug around the neck like a teddy bear that caused Kono to wince in sympathy. "I adopted Stitch from an animal shelter. There were these mean people trying to get him but we kicked their-"

"Lilo!" Nani snapped.

"Patookis?"

Nani just rolled her eyes. Stitch could be a role model compared to Jumba and Pleakley at times.

"Carry on." She sighed.

"But all the other experiments were scattered over the island, if they got wet they would wake up, so me and Stitch had to find them all. Harry helped."

"Stitch is an alien experiment?" Kono asked. It was hard to scrounge up too much doubt considering Harry had performed magic and Stitch… was Stitch. But she still needed to clarify. As far as she was concerned this was just a weird dream, maybe she had gone out drinking.

"Come on, we'll take you back home so you can meet some of the other experiments and Jumba and Pleakley, they are real aliens, not experiments." Harry told her as he moved to a nearby cupboard and pulled out a broomstick handle.

"This is a magical transportation device. It's called a Portkey."

Kono just looked at him with narrowed eyes; clearly she wasn't buying it.

"Not the broom itself!" Harry corrected. "There is a charm on the broom, I could have placed it on anything, most magicals use everyday objects like rubbish or socks, rope, I used an old boot once."

"It is a bit like teleportation, but the actual journey from your perspective will be like an amusement park ride… a very wild one." David explained.

"Everyone who's coming grab a hold." Harry instructed.

Lilo and Stitch immediately grabbed on. It was only their familiarity that let her also grab the broom.

"Whatever you do, don't let go." Nani warned.

"Lilo, want to do the honours?" Harry smiled at the little girl.

Lilo just beamed before shouting out: "THE ZOO!"

"Wakey wakey!"

Kono was going to kill whoever was bellowing in her ear. Her head hurt so much. She felt like crap.

"Come on Kono! Harry says you need to get up. Uncle Steve called!"

Harry? What was he doing here? Why was Lilo here?

'Oh yeah, magic and aliens.' She thought. 'And far too much alcohol.'

"I'm coming." She groaned.

"Is she awake yet, Lilo?" Nani called before pushing the door open.

"Where am I?" Kono slurred.

"Harry's bedroom." Lilo informed her.

Kono shot straight up. And immediately regretted it as her head felt like it was about to explode but refused to give her the relief death would provide.

"Did we-"

"No!" Nani answered quickly, she didn't need to explain the facts of life to Lilo again. Lilo had spent the week following The Talk keeping what she considered male experiments away from female experiments. It would have been amusing if she hadn't have refused to sleep in case they escaped their assigned beds.

"Harry slept on the couch."

"What about his stomach?"

"Wizards heal fairly quickly from small things." Nani shrugged. "Here, drink this, it will help your head."

A quick sniff and she nearly tossed what was left of last night's dinner. But she would do anything to get rid of her pounding headache.

She downed the foul concoction.

"Whoa! What is that?" She felt completely human again.

"Hangover Potion." Harry explained as he poked his head round the door. "The Governor has asked me to meet her and Steve at the morgue, so you should probably get ready for a bad day." Harry advised before she heard him heading down the stairs.

"Yesterday does not count as a first date." Kono muttered to herself. No first date, no matter how bad, should result in a major hangover.

"Steve, Harry, Detective. Thank you for coming." The governor, Pat Jameson greeted them as they arrived at the morgue.

"This morning a young girl-"

"Who is it Pat?" Harry interrupted. He could see she was very upset and she wouldn't have called him personally for the average murder.

"Amanda Reeves." She nearly broke but managed to maintain her composure.

Steve and Danny had never seen Harry angry, but they could tell that he was ready to kill.

"Where's Robin?" He demanded.

"Missing."

"What were they doing last as far as you know?"

"They went out partying, like they usually do when they visit."

"I'm sorry, who are we talking about?" Danny interrupted.

"The daughters of Ambassador Reeves, one is dead the other is missing." Harry told him tightly. "The Reeves are friends of ours. Pat is their godmother."

At this Pat did break down and Harry pulled her into a hug. "Go do your thing gentlemen." Harry advised.

"They've never met Max before." Pat warned.

Harry waved the Governor's bodyguard over. "Take her back to the Reeves."

"Yes sir." The man responded be guiding the Governor away.

"And he just obeys you?" Danny asked in amazement as the pair walked away.

"Later Danny." Harry said as he headed in the direction of a piano playing. "Max Bergman is the city coroner. He's a little OCD and has slightly autistic tendencies, but he doesn't have any of them severe enough to be classified as such. He is however a genius." Harry explained as they approached the room with the piano where a man was sat playing enthusiastically.

"Max."

The man continued to play but raised a finger indicating for them to wait.

"Max, it's Harry. Don't make me kick your butt, there is girl in danger."

The man stopped immediately. He quickly spun around and Steve and Danny saw a young man with glasses.

"Harry! I've been meaning to ask you-"

"Later Max, and in private." Harry warned. "Now take us to Amanda and give us the details."

Danny and Steve were able to determine where the girls had been the previous night. They had established the likely kidnapper and that he would be back at Club Zephyr where he was last seen with the girls.

They had apprehended him and interrogated him before he revealed his usual routine for kidnapping girls who he sold to human traffickers. Harry had to admit, he enjoyed Steve's method of interrogation. He was impressed with the use of an air horn.

At the moment they were prepping Kono who was about to go undercover as a kidnapped girl.

"We'll have eyes and ears on you at all times and will only be seconds behind you." Steve assured her.

"Don't worry boss, it's not the first time I've done this." She assured him.

"Let's just make sure it's not the last, either." Danny warned as he handed her an ear bud.

"I'll be in the back of the van with you. They won't know I'm there." Harry said.

"Unless they turn around!" Danny objected.

"Trust me." Harry told him with a grin.

"You think you can just sit in the back of the van and they won't notice you?" Danny asked.

Harry just continued to grin.

"I know what you are!" Steve said suddenly.

"Possibly, just remember, it's-"

"Classified, yes we know." Danny said in annoyance.

"Relax Danny, I was going to tell you this weekend, but we got sidetracked. I'll tell you after we rescue Robin." Harry assured him.

He turned and opened the van to help Kono in before jumping up himself.

"Wait, you're serious?" Danny asked as he realised Harry fully intended to ride with Kono.

"Trust me!" Harry said before closing the doors.

"Come on, Danny. If he really is going to tell you it will blow your mind." Steve said as he grabbed his shoulder and led him off.

Inside the van Kono was frowning at Harry. "You can turn invisible?" She asked.

"There is a spell for that, but it's not very effective for what we are doing. I have a magical cloak; it belonged to my father. It is much more effective but slightly cumbersome." Harry explained as he pulled his cloak out of his backpack.

"Whoa!" She gasped as Harry vanished from sight.

"Cool, huh?" Harry startled her as his face suddenly appeared, floating in mid-air.

"And a little creepy." She said warily.

Harry just laughed. "You should try waking up to find the disembodied head of a five year old hovering over you! Lilo loves playing with this."

"Ok, guys. We have reports of a man approaching the docks." Steve announced over the radio.

"Copy that boss." Kono responded as she began to lie down and feign an unconscious position.

What followed was a nail-biting trip for Kono as the van was driven through the city. Steve gave them updates as Danny provided the more colourful commentary. Harry kept an invisible hand on her ankle to let her know he was still there, but it was still very stressful.

When they arrived, Harry immediately slipped out as the doors were opened and slipped into the building the same way.

What Harry and Kono saw made their blood boil as they witnessed young girls chained to radiators and waiting to be shipped off to potential buyers. Harry had big plans for the monsters working this place.

Harry broke away from following Kono as she was half led and half dragged through the building. He quickly drew his wand silently stunning everyone in each room. He would start with the guards and quickly stun the girls, they were usually too depressed and beaten to realise what had happened but he didn't need them screaming.

He quickly moved to the front door and stunned the guards before unlocking and opening the doors.

"Steve, a majority of the people are out cold, enter quietly and we might be able to do this without a shot fired." He advised over the radio.

"Copy that." Came Steve's reply.

Harry made his way back to Kono where she was being led into an empty room by two goons he quickly stunned them both.

"Kono, how many are left?" He whispered.

"Just the madam and her bodyguard."

"Start collecting weapons and use these to secure them." He said as he tossed her a bag of zip ties. "Steve is coming in now but knows I've taken out most of them, I'll deal with the last two."

As Harry walked out as he put his cloak back on Kono couldn't help but mutter: "I think I'm going to love magic." She quickly got to work.

Through judicious use of a Pomeranian, Kono was able to extract a phone number from the Madam.

In other words: she threatened the miserly old woman's little dog.

They left the clean up in the hands of the HPD and headed back to headquarters to debrief and plan their next move.

"I know we said that Ellison arrived after the kidnapping, but I still don't trust him." Chin stated as they stood around the tabletop monitor.

"Ellison? Who's he?" Harry asked.

Kono brought up the image of Ellison the extra security that the Ambassador had hired.

"That idiot!" Harry snarled. "I will be having serious words with Pat and Michael. Pat knows this guy is no good and Michael should know better as well."

"You know this guy?" Steve asked.

"He specialises in Kidnap and Ransom cases. Problem is that he only has a sixty percent success rate and he lets the bad guys get away."

"What's the police success rate?" Kono asked.

"About eighty percent." Chin answered.

"I have a one hundred percent success rate and the bad guys are always captured or dead." Harry stated.

"Just how many have you handled?" Danny asked.

"Only three, but they were all high profile. Lot's of rich or famous people like to vacation in Hawaii, it has close connections to the Russian and Asian slave rings and people trafficking that it makes it the ideal place to kidnap their loved ones." Harry explained.

"Meet me at the Ambassador's place, I need to grab Stitch." Harry instructed.

They had arrived too late to catch the Ambassador but by this point they had established that he was the actual target and it wasn't about money. Robin had been kidnapped as leverage to get the Ambassador to use his power to kill American soldiers.

Following Steve's directions they tracked the Ambassador's car. Steve and Danny set out to find Ellison whilst Kono and Chin kept track of the perimeter.

Harry was flying low with Stitch under disillusionment. He didn't want to act in case he tripped a warning system so he waited for Steve and Danny to get into position.

He eventually heard Steve contact the Ambassador through their comms and as soon as he had word on Robin's location he dived down and took out her guards.

"Harry?" She asked before crashing into his chest and crying herself out. Harry stunned her and apparated her back to Nani and David with strict instructions to take care of her before apparating back out.

He never noted Mary sitting on the couch.

"So… he's that Harry Potter then." She stated before taking another bite out of her sandwich.

Arriving back with Stitch they quickly, quietly and invisibly made their way into the building, taking up positions to take out the armed kidnappers before they could harm the Ambassador.

Harry gave the word and he and Stitch cleared the room whilst the others handled the guards outside. They successfully disarmed and disabled the gunmen in a matter of seconds.

Harry removed the charms from himself and Stitch making them visible before he stormed up to the Ambassador and punched him in the face.

"You idiot!" Harry snapped angrily. "You already lost one daughter and you nearly lost the other by trusting that fool Ellison!"

"I was desperate Harry!" He pleaded.

"Then you should have called myself or the magical authorities! You not only nearly lost both daughters but you almost got numerous American soldiers killed. There are reasons why the government has a taskforce set up to handle these situations. This wasn't the first high profile kidnapping to occur and it certainly won't be the last."

"Harry? We clear?" Came Steve's voice.

"Yeah Steve. All secure."

"Have Carlos here tied up. I have some people I know who will have him drooling information in no time." Harry instructed the others as he turned and walked away pulling out his phone.

"Lange." Came the voice on the other end.

"I have a present for you!" Harry sang teasingly, his anger dissipating.

"Why Mr. Potter, another one?" Came the equally teasing reply.

"I know, I know. But you have to admit, whilst the actual presents aren't exactly of good quality, they tend to produce outstanding results."

"On that I must whole heartedly agree. Does this 'present' have a name?"

"Carlos Begoyle."

The old female voice on the other end chuckled. "That will make some people very happy."

"Wasn't all me this time. Governor set up a new taskforce."

"Ah yes! The Hawaii Five-0 team led by Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett of the US Navy Seals."

"Yeah, and Pat lumped me with the liaison position."

"Then the fiftieth state is in good hands. I will await your present. Till next time, Harry."

"Be safe Hetty." Harry returned before hanging up.

"You're just going to hand this slime bag over to some unnamed government agency?" Danny asked as he hobbled over with his cane.

"Not unnamed to me." Harry shrugged. "One of the team is a Navy Seal if it makes you feel any better." He offered to Steve.

"Anyone I know?"

"Possibly, but you know how it is. Seal team identities are classified, his is even more classified due to his current assignments."

Steve just nodded, Seals don't advertise.

"Just hand him over to HPD and warn them that a team from NCIS will be picking them up." Harry advised. "If you will excuse me I need to go and get Robin back to her parents."

Harry made it to the doors of the warehouse before he turned around. "Everyone meet at my house in three hours and I'll explain my secrets. Danny, bring Rachel and Grace, they can know too." He didn't wait for a response as he continued out.

"Bring Rachel and Grace? What does my little girl and ex-wife have to do with secrets of national security?" Danny wondered worriedly.

"Trust me Danny, it's nothing bad. He told me his secrets last night, the rest of you will need a stiff drink but Grace will love it." Kono smirked.

*Chapter 5*: Chapter 5
Harry had been very embarrassed when he discovered that he had apparated in front of a stranger. Mary had her own secrets though and was present when the others arrived.

"Ok, first of all, I have decided I will not tell you my secret." Harry smiled.

"What! You drag-"

"Instead-" Harry interrupted the irate Danny. "- Mary will tell you."

"I already know this part." Steve smirked.

"I am a witch. Harry is a wizard."

"Is that like some government code name?" Danny asked.

"We do magic, Danny." Harry explained.

"Ah… right, you see I thought we were going to be told a serious story about all these secrets you have and how they affect me and my family." Danny said sarcastically.

"Mary." Harry offered the floor to Steve's sister.

Mary pulled out her wand. "Orchidius!" She incanted as she waved it causing a bunch of flowers to erupt out the end.

"Wow!" Gracie said in awe.

"That's it? A parlour trick?" Danny asked in disgust.

"Yeah, that was pretty weak." Steve conceded.

"Ditto." Kono added.

"So… we have established that Mary has no sense of showmanship." Harry said with a roll of his eyes as he pulled out his own wand and turned her into a puppy.

"Whoa!" Steve said as he quickly stood up. "She's never done that before."

The little Jack Russel puppy barked angrily at Harry who just laughed and reversed the spell leaving an irritated blonde glaring at him.

"That is showmanship." Harry gestured widely.

"That will have me kicking your ass Potter! Hero or not." Mary snapped.

"Can I be a puppy?" Grace asked excitedly.

"Sure."

"Whoa! No one is turning my little girl into a puppy!" Danny said stepping in front of his daughter.

Harry just shrugged before waving his wand at Danny leaving a confused cat in place.

"Daddy?" Grace asked. "Daddy!" She squealed before grabbing the cat in a big hug.

"Careful Grace, he's a real cat, you need to be gentle with cats and puppies." Harry warned lightly.

"And this is safe?" Rachel asked nervously. She didn't want to become an animal.

"Perfectly… well, provided it is done by a trained and qualified wizard."

"Which is why I never tried it, I suck at transfiguration."

"You never passed your OWL transfiguration?" Harry asked in disbelief.

"She barely passed any of her courses, magical or mundane." Steve frowned.

"Can you even apparate?"

"No, but I can ride a broom like a pro!" She said proudly.

"Fine, then you can learn with Lilo." Harry said firmly.

"Maybe you should turn Danny back." Chin suggested.

"Aww, but he's so cute!" Kono gushed as she joined Lilo and Grace in stroking him.

"And if he wasn't in heaven right now being stroked by three gorgeous girls he'd be hissing and spitting at me." Harry countered. "Back up girls, Daddy's coming home."

Kono pulled Grace and Lilo back slightly as Harry reversed the spell.

"Ok. I believe it now." Danny admitted as he slumped into a nearby armchair.

"Could Grace be a witch?" Rachel asked apprehensively.

"Easy way to find out." Harry said as he sat forward. "Gracie, come here." He handed the young girl his wand. "Give it a wave."

Instantly the coffee table lit on fire.

"I'm sorry!" Grace said frantically nearly in tears.

"Aguamenti!" Mary said dousing the flames. "Reparo!" The damage quickly repaired itself.

"Congratulations Miss Williams, you are a witch!" Harry beamed and pulled the young girl into a hug.

"YAY!" Lilo squealed. "We can have lessons together!" She joined the hug.

"Oh god… my daughter's a pyromaniac." Danny groaned as he stared at the formerly burning coffee table.

"Danny, don't make me turn you into a gorilla." Harry warned. "It is unusual for a magical child to be missed at birth by the American government, but it does happen."

"Her birthday is September 11th, 2001." Danny said grimly.

Harry nodded in understanding. "Yeah… she was born in New York as well, wasn't she?"

"A lot of things got missed that day." He admitted as memories of his late partner rose in his mind.

"He hasn't told you the other secret yet." Kono said as she picked up a clearly confused Grace to prevent a complete downturn of the mood.

"Other secret?"

"You need to relax, Danny. You'll develop an ulcer." Harry warned.

"Do you know any spells to fix Danny's leg?" Steve asked; his partner had been hobbling around with a walking stick for the better part of a week. "I worked with battle wizards in the SEALs, they usually used first aid spells. I assume you served in the British equivalent."

"Ha!" Mary scoffed. "Harry Potter wouldn't have anything to do with the British Wizarding Government… and neither would the rest of the world!"

"You know him?" Steve asked surprised.

"Everyone in the magical world knows him. He's more famous than Merlin! Although he looks a lot different without the glasses. I'm surprised you haven't heard of him."

"I defeated a dark wizard and his minions when I was 17. The British Ministry of Magic tried to arrest me afterwards so I fled. I came to America and the Americans and the rest of the magical world outside of Europe granted me asylum." Harry explained uncomfortably.

"Why did they try to arrest you?" Rachel asked. She couldn't believe the British government would do something like that.

Harry could see what she was thinking. "It was just the magical government, not the non-magical side. It all comes down to class. European magicals tend to believe they are better than everyone else. If both your parents weren't magicals and you don't come from at least four generations of pure magicals, you are called a 'half-blood'. They treat you as second-class citizens. I'm a half-blood. My dad was a pureblood who could count his family as magicals all the way back to Merlin. But my mum was born to non-magicals, like Lilo, Grace and I'm assuming Mary."

Mary and Steve both nodded.

"When I, a lowly half-blood, defeated Lord Voldemort, a crazed madman who wanted to kill off all those born to non-magicals and enslave all non-magicals to serve the rest, I caused all the other half-bloods and muggleborn, as they were called, to question the current system. As a result the purebloods found themselves on the back foot. They issued an arrest for me, claiming I was instigating treason… so I fled."

"And took all your money with you, crippling the European magical markets and causing mass riots in the magical communities!" Mary finished.

"Not my fault." Harry groused. "I just made sure they didn't kill me."

"You know, he's not really an exile." Mary smirked. Harry could see where this was going and he was begging with his eyes for her not to continue. "The Queen of England herself came over and knighted him and granted him a lordship. What was your full title again?"

Harry just glared at her.

"Sir Lord Harry Potter of Hogwarts." Lilo grinned.

"Traitor!" Harry hissed.

"Hogwarts?" Danny snorted a laugh.

"Might sound funny to you, but she gave him the land that the worlds former most prestigious magical school sits on." Mary said with glee. "What was really rubbing the salt in the wound was she assigned him as an Ambassador of sorts to the US, despite the US granting him citizenship. It was the biggest political mess in centuries and the public was begging for more."

"She made Hermione and Ron a dame and knight." Harry said petulantly as he tried to deflect attention.

"Those were his best friends in school, also very famous."

"Then were did you learn all you know about law enforcement?" Chin asked.

"I got some training and special equipment from the magical divisions of the CIA, FBI and NSA, plus I have some good friends in NCIS."

"Special equipment?" Mary asked eagerly.

Harry smiled and held up his hand pulling down his sleeve. Around it was a leathery bracelet. "This acts as a type of focus, like my wand. I can channel certain spells through them like stunners, even the Killing Curse. But it's a contact only focus."

"Did you use that on me when you punched me?" Kono scowled.

Harry laughed. "No! I just took a quick jab. If I had used these you would have been out cold in a flash. I used it today to take out all the men in the… bad place this morning." He said as he cast a cautious eye at Grace and Lilo.

"Can we move onto the other secret now?" He pleaded.

"Is it as big as magicals amongst us?" Chin asked with a small smile.

"Aliens." Harry said blandly.

"As in… E.T. or xenomorphs?" Danny asked worriedly.

"What's a 'xenomorph'?" Lilo asked.

"I have no idea." Harry shrugged. "I was talking about aliens as in little blue furred puppies."

Several eyes snapped to Lilo and her 'puppy'.

"I told you that wasn't natural!" Danny snapped.

"You were going on about people training monkeys and birds to talk!" Steve countered.

"So Stitch is an alien." Chin said in a slightly raised voice as he tried to derail the pair before they could really get started.

"Alien experiment." Lilo corrected.

"Why don't we take this back home and show them the whole set up." Harry advised as he retrieved his broomstick.

Danny had suddenly found a distinct love of magic, especially as Harry had fixed his torn leg.

"Danny, you have to admit that this is as close to paradise as you can get." Steve insisted as he indicated the setting sun over the horizon. The stars were clearly visible as the blue sky receded.

"It's pretty, but it's not me." Danny shrugged.

"You're an ornery soul, Danny." Steve sighed.

"He's always been like that." Rachel laughed. "If Danny was stranded on a desert island he would spend months trying to find large rocks to build tall pillars so he could feel like he was back home."

"Volley balls not doing it for you?" Chin laughed.

"I miss old castles." Harry shrugged. "Everybody has their own tastes. Some people would say Paris is the best place to live, or Italy. Hermione told me she loved the snowy mountains of France. One man's heaven is another man's hell."

It had been a very exciting evening as Lilo and Stitch dragged them around the house and surrounding lands. When Harry had realised how much trouble the whole alien experiment debacle was causing Nani he had bought up as much as he could and taken over running the house. It was simple for him after all his chores for the Dursleys, and his magic made it fun and easy.

Now they were relaxing on the beach, sipping fruity drinks as they watched Lilo, Grace and Stitch wear themselves out, playing on the beach.

"Harry, does the government know about Stitch and the others?" Steve asked.

Harry laughed. "Agent Cobra Bubbles is our liaison to the US Government. And yes, that is apparently his real name."

"I need to get home. Catherine is probably waiting for me." Steve said as he stood and dusted himself off.

"Yes, it is getting close to Grace's bedtime." Rachel agreed.

"Don't forget boss, I'm off on Wednesday!" Kono smiled broadly.

"Wish I could be there, Kono." He smiled back.

"I'm still trying to convince Harry to enter in the beginners surfing competition." Kono pouted at Harry.

"I've had enough fame in my life. If you want it, go for it. I'll be quite content to be your arm candy."

Harry had gone all out for his first date with Kono and she had to admit she felt like an island princess. What started as a walk down the beach moved to an intimate dinner for two as the sun set and finished with dancing under the moonlight.

When she woke up the following morning she realised that Harry hadn't made any moves on her. He had hugged her and kissed her goodnight… and it had been a beautiful kiss… but he had been a gentleman all the way.

She knew Harry would be away today as he and his family were attending the funeral of Amanda Reeves and he would need some time to grieve. He had told her how the Governor had introduced him to the Ambassador at a function, the second they heard the name 'Harry Potter' and saw the messy black hair, green eyes and lightning bolt scar… the girls were all over their idol and the hero of the wizarding world. The girls and their mother were witches and kept their feet in both worlds like most of the American Wizarding Community.

He had been drafted as their personal tour guide of the island; it was fun, even if he didn't really enjoy clubbing. Lilo was very strict and insisted that they try surfing. Several times Harry had had to step in and deal with over amorous morons, he was fairly certain that Robin specifically tried to attract them just so Harry would have to deal with them.

But now there she was, standing over her sister's grave with her mother and father. Tears streaming down her face as they held each other.

Lilo was ensconced in Nani's arms. She didn't like funerals; it brought back memories of the bad days when her parents had died and before she found Stitch. But Amanda was her friend too.