Chapter 3
There was a crash as Ichigo, Uryu, Chad, and Orihime were thrown onto the floor of a neat room. The walls were a light tan and the carpet was soft chocolate colour. Two black couches were arranged in front of a small TV. A loud noise like a gunshot erupted behind them and they immediately got to their feet to see that the portal was gone.
"What the hell was that about? Why did he lock us here and more than that what are we supposed to do now were here?" Ichigo shouted furiously.
"Ichigo, would you keep it down! You're bound to wake up the whole neighbourhood with the amount of noise your making." Uryu said, having to raise his voice to be heard of the beginning of the orange haired teens rant.
"I wonder why Mr. Urahara sent us here. Do you think his friend is here?" Orihime spoke up cheerily. Realization dawned on her face as she held up the stuffy in her hand. Kon was still pretty beat up and hadn't woken up yet. "Uryu, do you think his friend can find some way to fix Kon?"
Ichigo finished the rant and stared at Kon, scowling. "Orihime, Uryu can probably fix him up. Though, I don't know if I even want him to be fixed. There must be a reason he is in this condition."
Chad and Uryu both nodded. "I'll fix him, but you should go have a look around this place. How about you search around outside to see where we are. Orihime, would you mind having a look around the house?"
Orihime nodded. "Okay! Maybe I'll find something interesting." She tossed Uryu the stuffed animal before walking through a doorway into what they assumed was the kitchen. There was a set of stairs and the front door.
Still feeling slightly annoyed with Urahara, Ichigo walked out with Chad behind him. Moonlight shone on the grass and glinted off a sign stuck in the grass. Taking a closer look at it he realized it was a for sale sign reading sold. Did the crazy shopkeeper intend for them to live here for an entire year? Frowning he inspected the other houses. They were mostly the same except for small things like the type of car in the drive way and sometime the colour of the trim.
Walking around a bit he couldn't help but wonder why exactly they were here. Mr. Hat-and-Clogs had said they were here to assist his friend they still didn't know who that was or if they were supposed to meet him somewhere. The thing he wanted to know the most was why he deemed them the best people to send. He mentioned something about a boarding school. What kind of school was it? Something about it being completely different than what they were used it. Was that school somewhere nearby? Possibly, if they were sent to wherever they were.
He cursed at his stupidity. He should be trying to figure out where they were instead of getting lost in his thoughts. "Hey, Chad. Can you help me find out where we are?" He got a thumbs up in response.
Eventually they found out where they were. Private Drive, Little Whinging in Surrey. He sighed. Oh course Urahara wouldn't have sent them somewhere in his own country. No, it had to be somewhere completely different. He thought sarcastically.
Once back at the house Ichigo and Chad joined the other in the kitchen. Orihime was in the process of reading a large piece of paper and exclaiming over little details on it. Uryu was reading one as well with his eyebrow raised. Noticing that the others had arrived he tossed them each an envelope from a pile of items on the counter.
"Read those and then we can sort through this." The quincy gestured to the pile. "You probably won't believe what's in your letter. The rest of the stuff here looks to be from Mr. Urahara. Probably has many of the answers to our questions."
Ichigo easily caught the letter in one hand and turned it over. Eyes widening, he read the address.
Mr. Ichigo Kurosaki
Kitchen
2 Private Drive
Little Whinging
Surrey
The letter contained an invitation for him to attend the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The letter had been sent by someone named Albus Dumbledore. It had a list of items he would supposedly need for his fourth year at the school. His surprise faded to be replaced by a frown.
"Were supposed to go to a Wizarding school somewhere in London? Really?" He asked of no one in particular. "Now I know what he meant when he said it would be different." Ichigo muttered.
"Seems like it." Chad said with a faint tone of surprise.
Orihime chimed in. "I think it will be fun. Think of all the things we will learn. Like, how to fly and-"
"Orihime, I don't think they can teach us how to fly." Uryu cut her off. "What I still want to know is why we are going to this school. I know it's to help out Mr. Urahara's friend. Perhaps that is Albus Dumbledore. "
He picked up one of the items that were on top of the pile. It was a soft, black velvet bag with a brass key inside. A small note attached to it said Gringott's. The dark haired teen handed it over to Ichigo who raised an eye brow. "Just like him to leave it to us to figure out." He muttered.
Next Orihime picked up a set of 5 rings. Each ring was a plain silver band with a line of colour running along it. Red, orange, yellow, indigo, and a sky blue. The orange haired girl held the light blue one up to the light and exclaimed. "This one must be yours, Uryu! It has your name engraved on it." She held it out to him.
Taking it from her he slipped it on his middle finger. "Do they all have our names on them?"
Ichigo looked at his dark haired friend in confusion. What did he just say? "Umm, Uryu. I didn't understand a word you just said."
"I know what he said! He asked if they all had our names on them." Orihime held up her hand, showing off her own yellow ring.
Ichigo nodded. So the rings were translators then. They must work by translating their words into English as well as converting their own words so that others could understand them.
Orihime handed Ichigo the red one and the indigo one. With that done, there was only one thing left to open. Ichigo picked up a green letter with the same seal as the previous ones from the Wizarding School. Scanning it he frowned. "The headmaster of the school wants to meet with us after the welcoming feast. He wants to discuss our special circumstance for attending the school and it mentions something about needing some assistance..."
"This must be the person Mr. Urahara was talking about. Wonder what he could be needing help with..." Uryu murmured thoughtfully.
Chad picked up the last ring. "Hey, guys. Look."
"Who's do you think it is, Ichigo? Someone else isn't coming right?" Orihime asked curiously.
"No... That wouldn't be right. Not unless Mr. Hat-and-Clogs intends to send Rukia as well. Ooff!" He replied breaking off at the end as something small collided with the back of his head. A lavender smell engulfed him and he grabbed the thing peeking over his head. Kon was back to normal, rips all stitched up and the tire marks had even been washed off. Glaring at Kon in front of him he growled. "What was that for?"
"I heard my sweet Rukia's voice and I couldn't help it. I thought she may have been here." Kon said.
"Well she's not! So get out of here." He snapped and threw him at the closet in the living room. Kon bounced off the door and landed on the ground. A loud thunk could be heard from inside the closet.
Orihime muttered to herself. "What was that?" Before walking over and opening the door. A body with orange hair fell out. She gulped and stepped backwards. "I-Ichigo. Do you by any chance have a twin?"
"Course I don't and what is that?" He shouted pointing at the body. Kon and Uryu walked over and the bigger of them laid it out flat. Ichigo thought it was almost like seeing a mirror image of himself.
Uryu broke out in laughter. "Hah! Look at this! Mr. Urahara provided a body for Kon. Not only that but he made it look exactly like you!"
"I don't wanna look like him! Just because I was in his body at some point doesn't mean I wanted a body exactly like his for my own!" Kon complained.
"Well, I don't want someone like him running around the new school. He will look too much like me and knowing my luck, I'll get blamed for bugging all the girls." Ichigo glared at the stuffed animal.
"I think this is yours." Chad rumbled handing the orange ring to Kon. The lion took it.
Fuming Ichigo started walking up the stair. "See you all in the morning." At the top of the stairs he opened the first door he came to and hardly noticed that there were two beds. Flopping onto the one nearest the window he scowled at the ceiling. What was that shopkeeper thinking? Sending them all to a foreign country with hardly any warning. He was right, Urahara hadn't told them any details because the probably would have backed out.
Ichigo heard the door open and ignored the orange headed boy who got into the other bed. What kind of information was he hoping to get from these wizards? He could still hardly believe they were going to go to a Wizarding school and that they would be able to do magic. Learning to do magic... That may be interesting...
