A/N: Enjoy! Here's the key:
Normal words – Story
Italicized words – flashbacks, emphasized words
Bolded Words – Japanese (Japanese by itself will be normal.)
{Words in Braces} – Conversation with Suzushouka/Hyourinmaru
'Words in Single Parenthesis' – thoughts
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Chapter 2: The Awkward Train Ride
"Go away, Malfoy," Ron growled. "You're not wanted here."
"I think I won't, at least, until I'm satisfied." Here he smirked at the two white-haired siblings, to whom Toushirou simply and stoically stared out of the window and Ami glared back at him.
At that moment, Malfoy and Ami seemed to have a staring contest. Almost everyone in the carriage, except for Luna and Toushirou, placed all their bets on Ami to win. Ami's glare narrowed and that seemed to be the last line, because Malfoy broke his gaze from her, a little intimidated.
"You think a simple glaring contest will make me go away? Huh? Old lady?"
This seemed to put Ami on hold as fast as the Firebolt. Her face became a different color other than the pale, tan color, but a dark red color. She turned back to the window, hoping to find something to distract her while Malfoy toyed with them some more. She was unusually silent ever since.
"Well, now that I've gotten rid of her…" Malfoy started, but then he was cut off by a pink-haired girl.
"Hey! Stop pestering my friend! She's not an 'old lady'! In fact she's a very talented person!" The girl said to Malfoy.
Crabbe and Goyle's jaws dropped instantly. The girl had long, pink hair down to the middle of her back. She had light blue eyes and a purple scarf around her neck. She had on formfitting blue jean Capri's and a black t-shirt on, with a pink jacket over that. On her feet were white and pastel pink-colored converses. Her expression was one of disappointment and anger. Harry had the impression that you did not want to piss this girl off. Even Ron suspected that.
"Lay off of my friend! Will ya?" The girl said, sternly.
"Well…o-of c-c-course…" Crabbe stuttered.
"Anything y-y-you say…" Goyle said.
Malfoy hit them both on the arm, hard. "Oh, shut up, you two idiots, that girl's mine…"
But then a tall, buff guy stepped between him and the girl.
"What were you saying?" The guy asked them after a long, tense silence.
The guy had spiky, orange hair and brown eyes. He was about five foot seven, maybe five foot nine. He had a blue long-sleeved t-shirt with a black t-shirt underneath and purple jeans with All-Stars on his feet.
Malfoy was intimidated by him, yes, but he still kept his cool. "Now, I'm not scared. I'm never scared."
Harry and Ron snorted at this. They knew he had been scared loads of times before.
"I still have something else to say. Why the bloody hell do you hang out with old people, Potter? First Mudbloods, then blood traitors, and now old people. What's wrong with you?"
Just then, the compartment went freezing cold. The temperature went to about 20 degrees below zero. Everyone's breath came out in puffs. Even Ami looked up.
"Nii-san…iie…" she whispered. She seemed to know what was happening and what was coming.
Then everyone knew why, because just then, Toushirou slowly got up. "Oh ruler, mask of flesh and blood, all creations of the universe, fluttering of the wings, ye who bears the name of man! Scorching heat and disorder evolve the transposition of the southern sea barrier."
"T-t-talking to yourself?" Malfoy asked, cold to the bone, but yet he kept his cool.
Toushirou faced Malfoy and his two cronies and yelled, "Hadou 31: Shakkahou!" A red ball of light was blasted at Malfoy. Before Toushirou could do another one, Malfoy ran away with his two cronies right behind him.
There was a tense silence. The pink-haired girl broke it. "Well, Ami-chan. We'll be in the next compartment, seeing as how this one is full." Then she and the orange-haired boy left without another word. The temperature went back to normal.
There was another tense silence. Nobody but Ami dared to break it. When she did, it seemed like she lost it.
"Why in hell's name would you do that?" She shouted in Japanese at her brother. "You know he was just a human!"
Toushirou was silent. He turned back to the window.
"Don't use the silent treatment on me! You idiot!" And with each following word, she slapped her brother's arm. Hard. "You! Are! So! Stupid!" She stopped slapping her brother's arm. "I can't believe I have you as a brother!"
Toushirou was still silent, but to Harry, it looked like he had small tears forming in his eyes. Harry couldn't tell whether it was from his sister's slaps, or his sister yelling at him. It might've been both. Toushirou felt the tears and simply used his sleeve to wipe them off.
"So…urm…guys…" Neville started.
Toushirou and Ami looked at him without a single word.
Ron finished for Neville, who was too speechless and shy to finish his own sentence. "That was beyond bloody brilliant! I've never seen him that timid before!"
Everyone else, even Luna, seemed to agree.
"I've never seen anyone that angry before," Hermione said. "You might be in trouble. Malfoy always tells his father about everything that happens to him. Remember Hagrid, Harry?"
Harry simply nodded.
''Hagrid?' I've heard that name before…' Ami thought.
~Flashback~
"And if you need anything, or you have any more questions, Rubeus Hagrid, our gamekeeper, will answer as much as he can," Dumbledore said, as he and Ami stood up from their chairs, having finished their conversation.
"Well, I do have a question, but I don't think your gamekeeper can answer it. As I told you, our commanders are sending my brother and I in not only to be the personal bodyguards of Harry Potter, but to teach people to suppress their reiatsu, as my brother calls it, kakkimi, as I call it, or basically 'spiritual pressure', in a class called 'Kidou'."
Dumbledore nodded and Ami went on.
"And as I said before, we will have four more of us come along to make sure things go smoothly and that the Dark Lord Voldemort will not enter the school. First question: Where will the Kidou classes be held? I mean what classroom?"
"It will most likely be the Great Hall. The tables will be moved to give you and your brother some space." Ami nodded.
"Second question: Do you mind giving all six of us permission to go into the Forbidden Forest? Because you told me that no student is allowed to go into that dark place."
"Seeing as how you are not under my command, it is not in my place to give it to you. But I don't see why not."
"And last question, hopefully: You mentioned that the Defense Against the Dark Arts position has been filled once again. Explain that please."
"Ahh…I'm afraid that our Ministry of Magic will try to interfere at Hogwarts this year, by sending in one of their own people by the name of Dolores Umbridge. And I have no doubt that she will try to kick you and your brother out."
"Government officials are always a pain in the ass to handle, seeing the deal with Central 46…" Ami muttered. She looked at Dumbledore who had paused to wait for Ami to finish her mini rant. "Sorry, continue please."
Dumbledore merely smiled. "I will do everything in my power to send her away for twenty-four hours at the least, just to give you and your brother some time to settle in and explain why you're actually here."
Ami smiled. "Thanks a million, Professor Dumbledore. That means a lot to us."
Dumbledore again smiled. Then there was a knock on the door. "Come in."
Rubeus Hagrid stepped in. "You wanted to see me, Professor Dumbledore?"
"Ah, yes. So glad you're here. Hagrid, this is going to be one of our three new teachers, Ami Hitsugaya."
"Um, Sir," Ami interrupted. "I daresay that in Japan, we say our last name then our first. So it would Hitsugaya Ami, the other way around."
Hagrid laughed a hearty chuckle. "It's nice to meet new people, 'specially if their humorous."
Ami smiled and stuck out her hand for Hagrid to shake, which compared to hers was a like a tree trunk next to her small one.
~End Flashback~
"Ami!" Ami snapped out of her trance and glared at her brother.
"What?"
"They're asking you a question…"
"Sorry, I dozed off. What was it?"
"Who were those people?" Hermione asked for what seemed like the millionth time.
"Oh, the pink-haired girl was Aino Minako, a good friend of mine. The orange-haired guy was Kurosaki Ichigo, also a good friend of ours."
"And what house are you in? You didn't say," Neville asked.
"'House'?" Toushirou asked.
"Oh, come on, Nii-san. Brave Gryffindor, kind Hufflepuff, smart Ravenclaw, and sly Slytherin."
"What house are Kurosaki and Aino in again?"
"I believe they're in Hufflepuff."
"How did they get sorted?" Ron asked. "We've never seen them before!"
~Flashback~
After Ami had sorted everything out with Dumbledore, she got ready to leave. She opened the Senkai Gate. Before she could take another step, Dumbledore handed her a ragged old hat.
"What do I do with this?"
"Place it on top of you and your comrades' heads and it will place you in your house."
"Okay…"
"You must bring it back to me though, when you arrive tomorrow. Just hand it over to Hagrid and he will hand it over to Professor McGonagall for the Sorting Ceremony."
Ami nodded.
~End Flashback~
"Never mind that, Ronald," Ami said. "Anyways, Reika-chan and Renji-kun had been sorted into Ravenclaw House."
Toushirou nodded. "And Ami and I were placed in Gryffindor."
They were all in awe with his answer. Ron even congratulated them.
When this had subsided, Toushirou leaned over to Ami, and whispered, "You are aware that all witches and wizards can see Soul Warriors, no matter how strong or weak their spiritual pressure is, right?"
Ami nodded.
"And that Kurotsuchi gave me a shot to hide Hyourinmaru physically?"
Ami was surprised. "He did?"
He nodded. "He didn't give one to you because you can give your zanpaktou the appearance of a long, thin kunai."
"Oh, yeah." Ami said.
"I think we can change into our robes now," Ginny said. "Come on, Luna, and you too Ami. My new best friend."
Ami smiled and took her bag that held her robes down from the rack above. The fourth years went and changed first, then after went the fifth years. The train stopped about five minutes after they all met up in their Hogwarts uniforms in the compartment.
They all got off the train, and before they could all go any further on the platform, a voice called out, "Ami? Is that you?"
Ami turned around and her eyes widened in surprise.
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A/N: Hope you enjoyed! Review please! This was an official dedication to my first and only reviewer! Thanks Jiyle!
