The Thirteenth Captain
Chapter One
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The last thing that Jushiro Ukitake remembered was the blade of Sosuke Aizen piercing his heart during the battle and darkness. Next thing that Ukitake knew that he was being carried by a giant man that was a big or even bigger than Zaraki, driving a flying motorcycle. When he tried to move his head to look around, he found out that he was in an infant's body. And at that moment, he knew that he was reincarnated. The sad part was that he will probably never see his best friend, Shunsui Kyoraku and his thirteenth company again. Even if he did, they would not recognized him. Suddenly, a happy thought came to him when he realized that he won't have to suffer from his lung ailment, tuberculosis, any more. A thought came him that made him realized that he remembered his past life, but that was impossible. Because from what he remembered what he was told about reincarnation was that the person would never remember their past lives. So he wondered what happened to him that would cause him to remember his past life.
Soon, it became too much for him to deal with and with the gentle rocking, he quickly fell asleep.
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It had been ten years since that night. He found out that his new name was Harry Potter and also that he still has tuberculosis and the coughing fits that it would cause. Sometimes, when it got really bad, he would cough up some blood. It became a blessing, when a few weeks back, Dudley and his group of friends found out about his ailment and how they stopped bullying him and instead they were helping him.
Flashback
Ukitake was running from his cousin, Dudley and his group of friends who wanted to play 'Harry Hunting'. Suddenly a coughing fit started and his cousin and his friends finally caught up to him.
"So, not so fast now, Potter?" A boy with a rat face sneered.
He could not answer him as he was still coughing. While he was coughing, he felt something wet and sticky on his hand and knew it was blood. He wished that Retsu Unohana was here to help him.
"Will you stop that coughing, will you!" Dudley said as he pulled his hand away from his mouth. Dudley faltered when he saw the blood on Ukitake's hand. Now many believed that Dudley was very stupid, but he was smart enough to know that something was very wrong when there was blood on his cousin's hand and that it was a sign that Harry was sick.
"Hey guys, I think that we should leave Potter alone for now on," Dudley said to his friends while he continued to stare at the blood.
"Why should we, Big D?" One of his friends asked.
"Because if an adult sees the blood and us, they might think that we did this to him and we will get into trouble. And besides he is sick," Dudley explained. The others thought about it for a moment and nodded in agreement.
End of Flashback
Since then Dudley and his friends have been helping him when the chores that his aunt and uncle gave him became too much for him to handle. And in exchange, Ukitake would help them out with their homework. A few weeks after Dudley saw the blood, Dudley became brave enough and asked what was wrong with him. So Ukitake explained about tuberculosis and how dust and pollen can trigger a coughing fit, but sometimes it can get so bad that he would cough up blood.
The next day, Dudley tried to get his parents to take Ukitake to the doctor so he could get some help with his lung ailment, but they refused by stating that it's the freak's fault for being sick. So Dudley did everything that he could to convince his parents otherwise, but nothing worked. At least, Dudley got him to live in Dudley's second bedroom instead of the cupboard. For that Ukitake will be forever grateful. After a while, he noticed that Dudley would worrying about him and see if he was okay or he needed any help, which in turned caused Ukitake to feel guilty because he does not want to be a burden on Dudley.
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Ukitake once again is in the middle of a coughing fit. The reason is that Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon took him and Dudley to a very old house that was located on an island out at sea and there was a horrible storm blowing outside. The wind was blowing and the sea water was being sprayed all over the house. Now the house was very dusty and it looked like someone had not even cleaned it in about twenty years.
Finally the coughing subsided and Ukitake drank the glass of water that Dudley handed to him.
"Thank you for the water, Dudley," Ukitake said.
"No problem. Are you going to be alright?" Dudley asked.
"For now, I will. If no one stirs up the dust around in the air," Ukitake replied as he laid down to rest because that coughing fit took a toll on his already weak body.
Ukitake thought back to when this craziness started. It was when those mysterious letters that were addressed to him, started this mess in the first place. He did not know who would want to contact him that much. When they first started to come, he thought someone like Shunsui, was trying to contact him, but after first twenty letters, he knew that it was not someone in the Soul Society, because they would never go to this type of extreme. He knew that something was up, when Aunt Petunia freaked out over the first letter. Each time that the letters came, they seemed to be double than the amount before. It was driving them nuts.
"It would be best, if you would go to sleep, Harry," Dudley broke his train of thought.
"Of course. I'm sorry if I am being a burden on Dudley," Ukitake responded.
"It's alright. Night, Harry," Dudley said before yawning.
"Goodnight, Dudley," Ukitake said before closing his eyes to get his much needed sleep to recover from the coughing.
They went to sleep, not knowing that at midnight something is going to happen that will change their lives forever.
AN: I hope you like it. If there is any mistakes, please forgive me, because I wrote this in the middle of the night. Please review and tell me what you think. Have a nice day.