The time read some number that Toshiro couldn't read correctly since it wasn't in Japanese characters. Sure, he could read some English, but the Shinigami Research Institute had fortunately made some time to translate all of his books into Japanese. And yesterday, while studying these books, he had discovered a spell that could translate words from one language into another, which he found quite useful from time to time. Especially since now he would be able to write in Japanese kanji and translate it to English whenever the situation was needed. It was 'Lingua Reddo' which translated to 'translate language' in Latin. Not that the translation of the spell was important to him in any way.
He was supposed to get on the train and get Harry Potter safely to Hogwarts. Ron wasn't in the question along with Hermione, but the scarred boy cared about them, so Toshiro decided that he would make an effort to protect them as well. Who knew what reckless action the boy would do if it came to that.
"C'mon, Harry." Hermione chided. "It's time to leave." Harry was still staring in the direction of where Toshiro was staring moments before. This made Toshiro wonder if he had seen the odd creature as well.
"Oh, ah…okay." Harry said, still slightly distracted. Ron gave him a slight nudge in the right direction, and they started moving forward into a…red brick pillar. The white-haired shinigami didn't know whether or not these people were mad or just ludicrous. Possibly both, even if they were one and the same meaning. Toshiro shuffled forward. These robes were nothing like the ones back home. They were quite heavy and made of dense material. Probably to keep the students warm here in England. Toshiro's eyes didn't even flinch or widen when Hermione started running forward into the wall at her full speed. His teal orbs did widen, however, when she went right through the brick wall!
Ron seemed to sense his confusion, and decided to be nice for once and help out the 'poor lad' as he put it.
"All you have to do is run through the wall. It shouldn't hold you back, if it does then we're in trouble. You'll reach the Hogwarts train on the other side." The red-headed boy said in his ear, a little too close for Toshiro's preferred comfort. Either way, Toshiro had already made that assumption and didn't need the boy's help at all. Yet, he nodded, playing his act as well as he could and rushed forward.
There was a bit of wind brushing past his ears uncomfortably, seeing as the air was quite warm and dense. Suddenly it brightened up like a tunnel, and he found himself looking at a train with black and red painted sides with golden letterings and intricately laced golden edges. On the front and sides, it read 'Hogwarts Express' in large bold letters. Steam rushed from the small smoke stack in the front, and the whistle made a loud screeching noise, yet not matched to Hermione's one bit. At that moment, Toshiro didn't know what to do; Ron and Harry still hadn't come out from the other side. The white-haired shinigami was confused to as why. Suddenly the image of the small creature with large ears popped into his head. Toshiro saw Hermione waving at him, beckoning to come forward. He quickly made his decision.
Hitsugaya pushed his cart over to her, and said, "Take my belongings and put them in the train, I'll be right back." Hermione seemed perplexed at his request, but obliged any way. She most likely wondered why Harry and Ron weren't on the train yet either. He walked back to the seemingly-solid brick wall and placed a hand on it. It didn't budge. Toshiro pulled out his Soul Pager and checked the time, it was only ten seventeen, the train wouldn't be leaving for another thirteen minutes, so why shut the gate? He then decided that he would exit his gigai. He popped a Gikon pill into his mouth, and instructed his body to stay exactly where it was.
"Stay there, and don't do anything stupid." 'King' nodded, but the understanding part was a whole other story. Toshiro tried once more to walk through the wall. This time, the brick wall didn't hold him back. With a smirk, he walked through and saw the boys on the ground with their belongings scattered about on the floor. Many passersby looked at them with the oddest, and yet most hilarious expression that Toshiro had ever seen. Almost compared to when Kira wasn't minding his P's and Q's. Harry saw Toshiro clearly, while the pedestrians started to move along at their own pace once again.
"Toshiro? What are you doing here?" Harry asked. His reiatsu wasn't high, but maybe it was because of magic he was able to see him clearly. "And what on Earth are you wearing?" Harry's hair was slightly tousled in a disheveled manner. Well…more tangled than it usually was anyhow.
"I'm making sure you get to Hogwarts." The white-haired shinigami said curtly. He helped the two boys up and stacked their items back together onto the cart. Toshiro saw the creature cowering behind a pillar next to them now. He sighed and flash-stepped behind the odd being. "What are you trying to pull here?" Toshiro asked, scaring the small thing out of its wits.
"Ah!" The creature yelled, jumping literally five feet in the air. It turned to face him slowly, quivering in its dirty rag that it was wearing as an item of clothing. "D-Dobby didn't mean to d-disturb Harry Potter. I-I only meant to p-protect Mr. P-Potter." Toshiro was interested now.
"What were you trying to protect him from?" He asked. 'Dobby' glanced around nervously.
"D-Dobby can't say…" It trailed off. Suddenly without warning, it disappeared with a poof of smoke. Toshiro didn't bother to wait for it to come back. It wasn't after all.
One thing for sure, this mission was getting interesting.