“So you activated this,” Harry hesitated for a moment before continuing, “seal even though you didn’t really know that it would take you to a blood relative?”
The blond on the swing beside him shrugged. “It worked, didn’t it? I’m here and I found you, cousin.”
Even though Harry wasn’t completely sure he believed that this blond was an actual cousin of his, he felt a trickle of worry at the other boy’s carelessness. “If it didn’t work, what would have happened to you?”
“Nothing much,” Naruto said with a careless shrug. “I’m strong enough to shake off any damage. Even if that damage is from crossing dimensions or whatever.”
“That sounds,” Harry wanted to say stupid. But instead he sighed and said, “Must be disappointing to cross dimensions and end up in Little Whinging of all places.”
“Could be worse,” Naruto said with a slightly doubtful tone, as though he didn’t want to offend Harry.
Harry snorted.
“But you believe me?” Naruto asked.
Harry looked up at the sky. “With all the things I saw you do since you arrived here, even though they all looked like magic, nothing you did brought the Ministry of Magic out here. How can I not believe you?”
“And you believe I’m your cousin?” Naruto asked.
Harry hesitated.
“What about the photo?”
“What photo?” Harry asked in confusion.
“The photo that, oh,” Naruto paused with wide eyes and reached into his sand coloured backpack. “I didn’t show you the photo. I should have shown that to you first.”
Before Harry could ask anything, the blond shoved a photo of a couple in front of Harry’s face. The blond man in the photo shared a startling resemblance to Naruto, but Harry’s attention was drawn to the red haired woman in the photo. A woman who shared many features with his own mother.
“This doesn’t mean we’re cousins,” Harry said in a low voice, even as he pulled the photo closer for a better look.
“I have a scroll that only another Uzumaki can open.” Naruto pulled said scroll out of his bag. “If you can open it, then I’ve got my proof that you’re my cousin.”
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