Prologue
Selena Titania Potter stares in horror as the bad man kills her mommy and then points his wand towards her little brother. The little Metamorphagus tackles the bad man and then gets in front of her little brother. No one messed with her baby brother. She may only be three but she was not going to let this nasty man hurt her sweet little brother. The same green light heads towards her and instinctively her magic erects a barrier, deflecting the curse and shielding her little brother as well. A bit of the magic got through and the Potter children both ended up with a nasty scar.
Selena races for a mirror and hides her scar before she picks up her little brother only to have her Uncle Sirius rush inside, " Selly-girl, are you all right? "
" I'm fine Uncle Padfoot. Don't go afer Wormy, please, Harry needs you. "
" Sorry, baby, I have to, I'm sending you to the Inoue's in Karakura Town, in Japan. You'll be safe there, if things go to hell, your little brother will end up at Number 4 Privet Drive in Little Whinging, Surrey, England, with Petunia and Vernon. " Sirius murmurs sending the Potter keys with Selena and placing Harry's trust vault key with his own personal account manager along with instructions that Andromeda Tonks was to take him to Diagon Alley three days before Hogwarts letters were scheduled to go out.
Chapter One
Inoue Selena as she happened to be known now sighs as she watches Kurosaki Ichigo take some idiots to task over how they disrespected the death place of a little girl, knocking over the vase of flowers left there for her. Selena quickly repairs the vase and then fills it with water, replacing the flowers. Ichigo was more into battle magic while she was more of a medic. That didn't mean she couldn't fight, far from it actually.
" So, why'd you stick with me today, Selena? "
" Orihime's cooking, she's trying a new recipe. I refuse to play guinea pig for her. "
Ichigo winces at this, Orihime had unique tastes in food, that was for sure. Selena had traded her treacle tart recipe for Yuzu's pocky recipe. Treacle tart went over extremely well in the Kurosaki household and Selena generally slept there most days to avoid being a guinea pig for her cousin's unique style of cuisine. Selena currently had her hair a vivid purple to Ichigo's amusement. The orange headed teen smirks, " So have you been cleared to summon your familiar yet? "
" Not yet, though I can take the animagus potion in two days, I have enough for you as well if you'd like. "
" I told the profs you'd offer that. What about your potioneer's test? "
Selena groans, " My master was called away on a family emergency so that's on hold for now. "
" Think you could help me with me Herbology essay? "
" Only if you help with my DATDA essay. How's Arithmancy going for you anyhow, Ichigo? "
" Pretty well, you took Ancient Runes, right? "
" Yeah, I'm actually working on an array that will keep your chosen weapon from breaking. "
" Sweet, this is gonna rock. I'm just glad we got paired together all those years ago. You make for an excellent combat medic. "
" You're a very good protector for me, Ichigo. I'm glad I have you as my partner. "
" Battle partner or otherwise? " Ichigo teases her.
Selena smirks, " Both, you're the only guy that doesn't freak out if I go guy on you. "
" You're a metamorph and it makes infiltration simulations a breeze. " Ichigo points out, a retired Soul Reaper had been hired at the academy where they took their magic lessons and Ichigo was now a Soul Reaper without having to die for it. He could summon his Zanpakutō, Zangetsu, easily, and was more well versed in the Way of Destruction Spells. Selena used Kido and Kaido spells, healing and defense. Hado number 31 happened to be one of his favorites and Selena used that one as well, she didn't need to use the incantation for that one at all. Hell, she had figured out how to use Lina Inverse's Dragon Slave from the Slayers anime. She was still working on creating the amplification gems though so she could ramp up the sheer destructiveness of that spell.
Little known fact was that Selena was an explosives expert, nearly an explosives master, the bigger then better and then there was the fact that she also happened to be the biggest prankster in their mundane and magical schools. Ichigo was her unknown partner, no one knew whom her partner was, only that she had one, and that said partner actually pulled off the pranks while she did the planning. At least that's what they all believed anyhow. They took turns, and that was to train their stealth up.
Ichigo was the one that layered the transfiguration doorway with several color change spells to last an entire week, and had made sure that the ones left unaffected were from the year above his and Selena's. He and Selena had applied glamours and she had set them with runes to last the duration. That had been one of their best one's yet. They always cast the blame on someone else unless it was a revenge prank. They had heard of the Terror Twins of Hogwarts and they both wanted to meet them.
Of course, they never stated this out loud, their schoolmates, at least magical ones, would fear for their lives if they were to ever meet. Little did they know that the next year they would get their chance to meet the Terror Twins of Hogwarts. For now they were heading to the Kurosaki home that also had a clinic attached. Isshin used potions when the circumstances called for it. Yuzu was the best brewer in the Kurosaki home, Ichigo did well enough to get by, only because he had Selena tutoring him in potions.
It was the next evening that everything went to hell, a soul reaper just phased into Ichigo's room while he and Selena were working out a new response to a battlefield situation they had been given. Both roll their eyes and ignore her until Karin comes upstairs begging Ichigo to save Yuzu. Selena was the first down the stairs and she immediately starts the incantation, " Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, the sea barrier surges, march on to the south. Hado number 31, Shakkaho! "
The Hollow releases Yuzu and Ichigo dives forward to catch her, " Darkness beyond twilight, Crimson beyond blood that flows, Buried in the stream of time is where your power grows, I pledge myself to conquer all foes who stand before the mighty gift bestowed in my unworthy hand, Let the fools who stand before me be destroyed by the power you and I possess… DRAGON SLAVE! "
The Soul Reaper's eyes widen, especially when Ichigo summons out Zangetsu, Zangetsu was constantly in Shikai or primary release due to his high reiatsu. Ichigo immediately uses Shunpo and slices the mask in half. Then they both set to work repairing the damage, " How do you know Kido spells? "
" A retired soul reaper taught us, especially when he noticed that Ichigo is a shinketsu, a true blood. I'm Inoue Selena, I generally stick to defense and healing but I will bust out Hado 31 when necessary. "
" Kurosaki Ichigo, you know, it gets old having to deal with the Hollows all the time. Isn't there supposed to be someone assigned to this area? "
" I am now. I'm Kuchiki Rukia, your reiatsu dulled my senses. " Rukia admits.
Ichigo groans at this, " That's what the second to last one said too. I refuse to perform Konso, I prefer to let them work it out on their own. Forcing them to move on is a last resort. "
Rukia blinks, " Does anyone ever think about talking to the spirits and asking them what they want? " Selena asks.
" Um… not that I'm aware of. " Rukia admits.
" You better get going, we've got this, all I have to do is say Ichigo attempted a complicated potion on his own, his sisters will believe that. "
Ichigo pouts, " I'm not that bad, Selena. "
" Ah, yeah, you are. " Selena states, " You're only as good as you are because I put you through hell to get you to that point. "
Ichigo winces at this assessment of his potion skills, " All right, but at least I can make Pepper Up Potions now. "
" True, and those are good for colds, less chance of getting sick. " Selena admits.
" Wait, you two are magicals? " Rukia asks.
" Yeah, I got hit by a bit of the killing curse when I was three, hence me being able to use Kido. I just hope to hell that my little brother is okay. If I find out Petunia and Vernon have hurt him I will make them pay, pranking style. "
" Why wouldn't you be with your little brother? "
" His godfather sent me to my cousins to get me out from under a meddling old man's thumb. Of course, meddling old man put him in jail without a trial as well. "
Ichigo frowns, " Any way to prove his innocence? "
" Catch Peter Pettigrew, he was the one that betrayed my family. He's an unregistered rat animagus. Wait, Uncle Padfoot escaped this year because… dammit, that rat bastard is at Hogwarts with my little brother. Ichigo, we need to rent an owl. I need to get a letter to the Terror Twins. "
Ichigo smirks and they head for the magical alley in Japan before closing and rent an owl for a month. Selena was quick to write her first letter to the twins. The letter was addressed to the Terror Twins of Hogwarts.
Two Days Later, Hogwarts:
At the Gryffindor table Fred and George Weasley blink as an owl lands before them, " Who is writing to us, dear brother? " Fred asks as George takes the letter from the Screech Owl.
George opens the letter and holds it so Fred can read it as well.
Terror Twins:
This is the Kitsune writing to you. Many are thinking a certain individual escaped to get at the BWL. This is wrong. He is after a certain rat missing a toe. Said rat is not really a rat. Get this rat and make sure he is unable to escape justice a second time.
Kitsune
Fred curses, " We know exactly what rat she is talking about, don't we, dear brother. "
" Aye, we do, brother mine. We need to plan this carefully and borrow a certain item back from the BWL. " George admits.
" Indeed we do. " Fred states.
The owl was still sitting there and they quickly write out a reply and give the owl a bit of bacon. Once the reply has been sent off George goes over to Harry and slips him a note. Little known fact was that Harry actually helped them with their pranks. Harry was a helluva lot smarter than he let on. The third year palmed the note to read later.
At lunch Harry joins the twins and hands over the map, " What exactly is going on? "
" Kitsune called on our help to look for a certain rat missing a toe, said a certain someone is after the rat instead. " Fred states softly.
Harry's eyes widen, " Selly, of course, I had forgotten about my big sister, but it would make sense that she'd know what our dear uncle was up to. "
" Let's get cracking, cause we need to make a cage unbreakable and so no animagus can escape it or transform. Too bad Hermione is so rule oriented. " George says.
" Such a shame, we could use her help. " Fred murmurs.
" We'll work on the cage first, look for any names that shouldn't be there on the map and let us know. We have to do this just right. " George says.
" Got it, Gred, Forge, let's free a wandering and tormented soul. " Harry ripostes.
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or Harry Potter.
