AN: Thank you everyone who has taken the time to read this story. I was really surprised by the amount of alerts and reviews I've gotten and I haven't even written many chapters yet. This is only the draft of this chapter. It will be edited and I will update it as soon as that happens and if there is any significant changes I will say so in the next chapter. Sorry if this chapter isn't very interesting. I promise next chapter will be better!

Ichigo yawned before sitting up. Blinking the sleep from his eyes, the first thing he noticed was the orange headed figure sprawled in the other bed. He scowled. So Kon was going to be using that body from now on. He just hoped people wouldn't make the mistake of mixing up who was who between them.

An oddly sweet smell assaulted his nose. With a feeling of apprehension he got out of bed and kicked his look-alikes bed on the way out. At the bottom of the stairs he nearly ran into Orihime who was carrying a tray of food. At least it appeared to be food of some kind.

"Sorry. What is that?" He asked, scrunching his nose. That's where the smell was coming from. It was almost enough to make him gag.

Orihime smiled sheepishly. "I made breakfast and I was on my way to bring this to you." She held it out to him.

Ichigo tried and failed to not grimace. "Thanks, but I'm not really hungry... Did the others eat yet?"

"Everyone, but Kon." She replied.

A small smile appeared on his face. "How about you take it to him then?" He'd just grab something from the fridge as obviously Orihime got the food from somewhere.

"Sure Ichigo!" Orihime bounced up the stairs cheerfully.

Ichigo sighed in relief. At least she hadn't insisted upon him eating it. Appearing in the kitchen he looked for the others. Chad and Uryu were both at the table and nodded in greeting. He opened the fridge looking for something. "Anything new happen? What are we supposed to do next?"

"We have list of supplies we need before we can go to the school. We should get those as soon as possible and practise the past years spells. In the letter I received from the headmaster there was information on where to go to get what we need." Uryu said in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Alright, we can get that stuff in a bit. First I want to get something normal to eat." He replied, grabbing a couple apples.

"Right. I'm going to go take a look around the neighbourhood." He was about to walk out when Orihime walked down the stairs straightening her shirt. Kon walked behind her holding his head complaining. "You didn't need to hit me so hard."

She replied as happy as usual. "It was the only way I could get you off of me." She saw Uryu had the door open. "Oh! Can I come? I want to see who lives around here."

Uryu agreed and the two left. Ichigo meanwhile had started an argument with Kon because he was supposed to be behaving himself and not bugging the girls. Chad just shook his head.

Harry was in the Dursley's kitchen cooking bacon and eggs for the family. He would sneak a piece when he thought no one was looking. Curiosity nagged at him. There had been more shouts from the new neighbours and his aunt and uncle had started a conversation trying to figure out what kind of people lived over there. At one point, asking fearfully if there was anyone like Harry over there.

The conversation had quickly died after that and silence had ensued. Harry had just finished the bacon when Uncle Vernon spoke in annoyance. "Aren't you done with that blasted food yet, boy?"

"It's done now." He responded with a neutral tone. Setting the food on the table he hurriedly left the kitchen. He didn't want to be around the Dursley's much and it infuriated him to no end when they complained about what he was doing. Harry hesitated on the landing of the stairs. Not wanting to go back to his stuffy room he left the house silently.

Outside he walked onto the sidewalk and headed towards the park. Hearing a door close with a slam he looked over to see two teenagers step out of the house next to his. The girl's hair was a soft orange colour while the boy's was a pitch black. Harry immediately thought of how the girl's hair was close to the same shade as Ron's.

Looking over his shoulder he swiftly searched to see if the Dursley's were in the vicinity and not still eating the breakfast he'd made. Concluding that they weren't nearby he approached the teens, hoping his cousin hadn't already had a chance to spread the usual lies about him.

The black haired boy shifted his glasses as he noticed him. The boy tapped the girl on the shoulder and she stopped talking and looked toward him. Harry waved hesitantly and the girl returned it with much gusto. Harry took that as an invitation to join them.

"Hello, are you new here?" Harry asked politely. He knew they were but he still thought it was appropriate to ask.

The red head replied first in a friendly tone. "Yep! It's nice here but I think Japan was better. I'm Orihime and my friend here is Uryu."

Said friend coughed and stared pointedly at her. "As she said, we are new to the neighbourhood. W arrived rather unexpectedly last night. Who are you?"

Harry smiled in relief. Since they didn't know his name they obviously hadn't talked to Dudley and they weren't wizards. He wouldn't have minded having a couple Wizarding friends that lived close by though it would have been a pain if they were anything like Collin Creevey. "My name's Harry Potter. Do you want a tour around here?" Maybe they could turn out to be someone he could hang out with in the summer before he went back to school.

Uryu hesitated and before he could speak up, Orihime had already said yes. Harry smiled again and showed them the main roads, explaining roughly where each one led. They didn't talk much, except for Orihime chatting with Uryu and trying to bring Harry into the conversation occasionally. He hadn't really joined in on it as he didn't understand what she was talking about half the time. After nearly half an hour, they arrived at the park.

Harry paused. "Well, that's about all there is around here. Not much interesting happens. The most exciting thing that happened for about 6 months was probably the shouting I heard from your house last night."

He noticed how Uryu stiffened slightly at his last remark. Uryu asked in a neutral tone. "Did you hear anything specific?"

"You couldn't hear much. Just the general tone and volume." Harry said in confusion.

The teen visibly relaxed. "Good."

Orihime spoke up then. "Harry, how long have you lived here for?"

His hesitation was barely noticeable when he said. "Since I was a baby. " Hoping to change the subject back to the newcomers he asked. "So, what were your reasons for moving here? Who do you stay with? Oh, and why are you both friends but at the same time living together?"

Harry saw Uryu wince and he felt confused. He didn't think his questions were that prying. Orihime watched her friend uncertainly.

With a slight hesitation Uryu replied. "See, four of my friends and I are from Japan and we all went to the same high school. We found an opportunity to go to a foreign country as part of our education. Were all from different families," A devious smile flitted across the black haired boy's face momentarily before he continued. "With the exception of two, who are twins."

The girl added her own bit in. "We don't live with anyone else. It's just the five of us and we'er all in the same grade."

Harry felt his eyes widen in surprise. "That many of you live together without an adult? What's Japan like?"

"It's nice." Uryu replied. "We've got to go back and see the others now. Maybe we'll see you again." With that the black haired boy turned and walked away with the girl waving at Harry before following.

Harry was left in the park by himself with many questions about the new neighbours.

Meanwhile back in the kitchen at Number 2...

"What the hell is an owl doing in the kitchen?" Ichigo shouted to Kon, who was staring curiously at a tawny owl on his shoulder. The owl stood on one leg while holding the other one out to the mod soul. Ignoring Ichigo, Kon took the letter from the bird and after reading it was grinning widely.

"Guess what I'm doing this year? I'm going to be learning spells with you and the others!" Kon laughed.

"Like hell you are! I can stop you from going. Somehow I'll get you sent back to Mr. Hat-and-Clogs and he can deal with your antics." Ichigo snapped, glaring at the mirror image of himself.

"You can try!" Kon shrugged, watching as the bird flew out the window.

Ichigo growled to himself before stomping out of the kitchen. Plopping down onto the couch he turned on the TV. Scanning through the channels and not finding anything interesting he was left with nothing to do but think.

He knew little from what Urahara had told him and he still didn't know the main reason why they were going to the boarding school. The five of them would presumably go to the school and learn how to do spells while at the same time as getting the shopkeeper information about the Wizarding world in general. He also said they would need to assist someone. What could wizards possibly need help with when they could do magic?