Chapter two
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Everyone was fast asleep when there was a loud BOOM! And it shook the very foundations of the shack. Ukitake and Dudley both shot up from where they were sleeping. BOOM! Ukitake sensed that someone was at the door. Dudley helped Ukitake to his feet, knowing that his body was still weak from that coughing fit from earlier on. It seemed that whenever Ukitake had an attack like that, he could barely move his body to anything.
Ukitake pushed back his long black hair that reached to his mid back, out of his eyes when his aunt and uncle came running into the room. Both Dudley and Ukitake saw that Vernon had bought a rifle which was now in his hands and it was pointed at the door. When Vernon demanded to know who was out there, he had a slightly crazy look on his face. And that made both Dudley and Ukitake very nervous and they hope that Vernon would not shoot either one of them. They knew that they should stay silent and not draw attention to yourself when Vernon was in this state.
Suddenly, there was a loud crash as the hinges of the door broke as the door slammed down to the ground. And a giant man stepped inside and bent down and picked the door back up and placed it back in its frame.
The giant apologized, "Sorry about that, I'll fix that."
As Uncle Vernon opened his mouth, Ukitake asked, "Excuse me, sir, but who are you?"
The giant man looked at him, after a moment, the man started to beam and answered, "You must be Harry. I have not seen you since you were a baby. I'm Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts."
"I demand that you leave this instant…" Before Uncle Vernon got to finish what he was saying, Hagrid grabbed the rifle out of his hands, twisted it into a knot, and threw it into the one of the corners of the room.
Something in Ukitake's mind clicked together and he asked Hagrid, "Mr. Hagrid, are you here, because of all of the letters that someone keeps sending me recently?"
"None of that Mr. stuff and yes, that's why I'm here," Hagrid said as he dug around inside his pockets for something. When he got the letter in his hand, he handed it to Ukitake. As he was handing the letter to the boy, Hagrid glared at the two adults daring them to say anything, so they kept their mouths shut.
Ukitake read the letter with Dudley reading the letter over his shoulder.
"So magic is real, Hagrid?" Ukitake asked when he finished reading the letter and handed it to Dudley, because Dudley wanted to read it again to make sure it was not a joke of some sort.
"Of course, magic's real! Watch!" Hagrid took out a pink umbrella and pointed it at the cold fireplace and suddenly, there was a fire burning, warming up the room that they were in.
"COOL! Hey Harry, maybe these wizards can cure your illness," Dudley stated with excitement as he bounced on his feet, while smiling like Christmas came early. Now, his cousin might have a chance at a normal life without his disease.
"ILLNESS! Are you sick, Harry?" Hagrid asked as he studied Harry, hoping it was not true. The poor boy has such bad luck, that he does not need even a harder life. He could not believe it that little Harry was sick, but now with the light from the fire, he could see that Harry has some sweat on his face, and looked a little bit pale, and he was breathing a little bit harder than normal.
"Its just a lung ailment that I had for my whole life. Its no big deal," Ukitake replied as he smiled weakly. "Now, Hagrid, what can you tell me about my parents and the wizardry world?"
Hagrid started describing about his parents and how they were good people. Dudley on the other hand, shook his head when Harry said it was no big deal. He knew that Harry always thinks and helps others before he takes care of himself. Dudley's thoughts were interrupted when his mother snapped and began ranting how her sister was a freak and had married another freak from that school of hers. How they got married, had Harry, and how they got themselves blown up and how they got landed with Harry. And that lead Hagrid to explain how Harry was famous along with his parents. He could not believe it, not only his cousin, Harry, has magic and there was a chance that magic could heal him of his illness, but also Harry is famous through something that he probably did not even do, but he was still famous either way. It was official, Dudley has the coolest cousin ever and it was a pity that he could not tell any of his friends about this or they would think that he went off the deep end.
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In the Soul Society…
In the captains' meeting room, all of the captains and their vice captains (in the case of the thirteenth company, only the vice captain was there because they did not have a captain yet and they were not ready for another one) stood in attention in front of the Head Captain Yamamoto. The Head Captain had called for a meeting out of thin air. So everyone was naturally curious on what was going on.
"Captains and the Vice Captains, earlier today, I received word from the Research and Development Department, that one of their equipment had detected the familiar spiritual pressure of Jushiro Ukitake."
Almost everyone gasped at the news that they just heard. The Vice Captain of the Thirteenth Company fainted from the shock. About half of them had witnessed the death of the kind, caring captain of the thirteenth company. And each and every single one of them blamed themselves for not getting there in time to save him. So now that the news of his reincarnation was confirmed the real questions were, will Ukitake remember any of them? And will he still be the same person that he was before he was killed?
"Ukitake's alive! Well, where is he?" Captain Shunsui Kyoraku of the Eighth Company yelled out. He took his best friend's death the hardest and he still was not the same since. Now, he not only did the paperwork for his company, but for the thirteenth company as well.
"Calm down, Captain Kyoraku. We located him near Surrey, England and just confirmed it." The Head Captain said.
"So when are we going to retrieve him?" Shunsui asked. He wanted to say to Ukitake that he was so very sorry that he could not save him and also to beg him for forgiveness.
"You, Captain Kyoraku, Captain Retsu Unohana, and myself are traveling to England in two days to investigated this. So you two be prepared for departure. Dismissed." Head Captain Yamamoto commanded before leaving the meeting room.
Everyone was now in good spirits since the war. They headed back to their own companies to tell them the wonderful news that Ukitake was alive in the world of the living. To each of them, Ukitake could always make you smile and make you think of the good of life even though you had a bad day. Or in Yachiru's case, Ukitake was your personal candy supplier.
AN: I hope that you like this chapter. I sort of made Hagrid a bit smarter and the adult Dursleys scream less than in the original story. I am truly sorry for those who are waiting for me to update my other stories, the reason for not updating is because I have a major mental block. So please forgive me and please don't yell at me. So please review and tell me what you think.
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The summary of the next chapter- Hagrid takes Ukitake shopping in Diagon Alley. And later on, Ukitake's past is going to catch up with him.