Familia Ante Omnia

by StrifesLady

What would it be like if everything about Harry Potter was wrong. What if Lily Potter wasn't his mother? what if he had more than one godfather? What if he was raised by Isshin and Masaki Kurosaki? What if Harry was a She? What if the Blacks had a secret? What if Harry remembered who he used to be?

4. Chapter 3: First Meetings

Chapter Three: First Meetings

The Order stood before a two-story house that was a pale cream color with light blue trim, the front garden looked well tended and there was a statue on either side of the front door. To the left of the door was a Jackal and to the right was a lion with wings - a Griffin. Hermione raised her right eyebrow at the guardians of the house, then confidently strode up to the door and promptly knocked on it. They all heard someone say, "Ichigo, can you go get the door?" Those who knew him recognized his voice at once; it was Harry's voice.

Three minutes later the door opened to an orange haired teenage boy who looked at her and said, "You must be Hermione. Harry has told me a lot about you, come on in, he is in the kitchen." He then beckoned them to follow him as he turned to the right through the dining room and into the kitchen, where they saw Harry smack Sirius' knuckles for trying to steal a cookie, after which they heard Harry scold Sirius.

They all heard him snap, "Leave those to cool Sirius, you and Ichigo got to lick the bowls." Harry then turned around and gasped in shock, "I didn't realize so many people would be coming. Looks like I'll have to make more cookies." He said, looking almost bemused.

Both Ichigo and Sirius pouted and whined at Harry's rebuke, "are any of them cool enough to eat yet?"

Harry rolled his eyes at them and replied, "Those on the table should be cool enough to eat." As the two went to go get some, they heard him say, "However, if you eat them all now you will not have any to eat during the movie."

When he said that, both of them looked as if he had told them that someone killed their dog. Then they both whined, "But Harry, we're starving."

Harry raised both eyebrows in shocked disbelief, "Sirius, you can not possibly be hungry. You ate just three hours ago; I can understand Ichigo being hungry. He was training before he got here."

As he said that he looked at his cousin for confirmation of his assumption, who merely nodded while commenting, "Yeah I was training with Zangetsu."

Sirius looked between them totally lost and asked, "Who is Zangetsu?" As he asked that, the Order nodded in agreement. They wanted to know as well.

Harry looked at the ceiling and then looked at the shocked group. He then asked them, "do you all remember meeting Anubis?" At their nods he continued, "Zangetsu is to Ichigo what Anubis and Thanatos are to Kushina. Which is to say, their friend, partner, confidant, and protector. They are their Zanpakuto, the guardians of their inner worlds."

Albus raised both of his eyebrows in shock, "inner world? What do you mean by that Harry?"

Harry looked at him and asked, "Do you know about the art of Occlumency, Headmaster?"

The Headmaster merely nodded while silently wondering how Harry knew about the art.

So Harry continued, "well the world that accomplished users of occlumency go to and sort their memories, is their inner world. Sometimes when someone is under enough stress or in great enough peril, they can end up in his or her inner world. When that happens, they can meet the guardians of that world, which in Ichigo's case is Zangetsu." As Harry was explaining, he was pacing the kitchen and making gestures with his hands as if to demonstrate the peril you would have to be in to even enter your inner world if you were not skilled in occlumency.

Harry ignored everyone's looks at his pacing as he continued his lecture, "Some people can hear their guardian right away; others take a long time. Kushina knew who her zanpakuto were the moment she saw them for the first time. Although that was due more to the fact that her Zanpakuto nudged her to be interested in mythology especially in the myths of the underworlds. Most consider Anubis to be a dark Egyptian god; as it is often he who has to collect fleeing souls. He usually sends out his Jackals to collect the souls that continue to evade all others. Due to his Jackal's viciousness and relentlessness, they are often considered to be a very dark breed. This in turn extends to his reputation; in fact, Kushina thinks he is rather sweet and kind. Thanatos was said to have been able to kill mortals just by touching them, Thanatos was often depicted having a shaggy beard, he also had piercing eyes and a pair of huge black feathered wings. He also carried a sword that turned into a scythe at will."

As Harry explained what they looked like Hermione nodded in agreement with him, and after a few looks from the twins whispered, "Harry is right, that is what some Muggles commonly believe those two gods look like." Thankfully for her and the twins Harry completely ignored their conversation, although a few of the adults had overheard it and some were wondering what else muggles believed about certain gods.

Harry checked to see if they were still with him, seeing that they were he continued to explain. "Anubis is often depicted either as a dark haired man with golden eyes and a dark complexion. Alternatively, as a man with the head of a Jackal, embalmers in ancient Egypt would often wear ceremonial Jackal head masks in his honor when mummifying a Pharaoh." As Harry explained about the embalmers some of the Order was confused, but Harry ignored their looks and continued to pace while he was doing so. Ichigo on the other hand was amused by their reactions.

Hermione once again explained to the Weasley kids in whispers, "Ancient Egyptians mummified their dead kings, the people who prepared the body of the king for burial were called embalmers. Muggles have embalmers who prepare the corpse of a loved one for burial, it is a belief of some that the body must be buried in sacred ground or the spirit of that loved one will wander the earth for eternity." At that many of the Order looked startled and wondered if that was the reason why there was hardly ever any muggle ghosts. During her explanation Harry continued to pace but stayed silent to allow her time.

After allowing Hermione to explain about Muggle burial practices, Harry continued, "There is a legend of the army of Anubis; it was once written that he rarely grants the ability to call his army to rise to a mortal."

Hermione nodded and asked, "isn't that the legend of the Oasis of Ahm Shere?" At Harry's nod, she stared at him then exclaimed, "But that is pure myth, no one ever found a trace of the Scorpion King. He was said to be the only one to have ever commanded Anubis' Jackal Army, many expeditions were launched in search of that Oasis, but it was never found and none of the expeditions launched ever returned." At her last sentence Bill stared at her and Harry in shock, even the goblins had launched searches for the Oasis only to be stopped by the old guards of the Pharaohs, the Medjai warriors, they were warned to turn back as the Oasis no longer existed.

Harry smirked and said, "actually the Oasis was found by a husband and wife along with their son. However, the Army of Anubis was called and as the Medjai fought to kill the Army, the Scorpion King's soul was finally laid to rest, the Army then went into slumber once again. After the King's soul was laid to rest the Oasis disappeared forever, not even the Medjai have seen it since."

Hermione stared at him shrewdly and asked, "how do you know this?" Indeed everyone, even Ichigo was staring at Harry in puzzlement as to how he knew this information.

Harry smiled sadly at them and said, "the sons name was Alexander O'Connell. He left a few books describing the adventure he went on at the age of six, I found them in the library of Hogwarts. They were hidden in a corner, he had wrote that he was be hiding them at Hogwarts because that was where he went to school, he even dared the finder of his books to discover which house he had been in."

Hermione cocked her left eyebrow at him and stated, "so that was why you were looking for the yearbooks of Hogwarts. You were trying to find out which house he was in." When Harry smirked at her and nodded, she asked exasperatedly, "so what house was he in?"

Harry laughed and said, "Slytherin, he was made prefect in his fifth year and Head boy in his seventh."

Albus smiled indulgently at the two and said, "correct my boy. Young Alex was indeed a snake, he was the Head boy after Riddle left school. One of the reasons I supported making him Prefect and Head boy was because he didn't trust Riddle, at all. In fact, he came to me with suspicions of Riddle being the one to have set the monster on Hogwarts, unfortunately neither he nor I had proof, as such our information and suspicions was disregarded."

After everyone looked at him in astonishment, he continued with, "I do believe he had a daughter with his spouse, he named her Cynthia, who later attended Hogwarts herself, only she was sorted into Gryffindor. Alex's only comment was, 'dear god, my daughter took after my Dad.' Alex's mother merely laughed and then consoled him with the thought that maybe she would meet someone who would love adventure." At his last sentence he smiled in fond remembrance of that conversation, and how Rick had spluttered indignantly that he was not that bad.

Albus continued on, "she was made Prefect in her fifth year and in the summer before her seventh year she went with her parents to a Dance held at the ministry. During the dance she was introduced to a man by the name of Adolf, who was an ambassador from France. It was love at first sight for them both, her parents just looked at one another and smiled, they knew you see, that there would be no one else for their daughter. Luckily for her, Adolf was just as taken by her as she was by him, as he had asked her about her childhood. The two ended up marrying in 1965, Cynthia bore him a son five years later, who like his mother was a Gryffindor." The Order gaped at the Headmaster in shock and amazement, they sometimes forgot how long he had been in charge of the school and thus often forgot that he knew some of their grandparents when they were children.

As he said that he glanced at Remus, chuckling, at the gob smacked look on the former professors face. It was clear to Albus that neither of Remus' parents ever shared how they met with their son, nor what house his grandfather had been in. Minerva smiled at her memories of both Remus' grandfather Alex and his mother, she had been delighted when her old friends Daughter and Grandson was sorted into her house.

After the headmasters long explanation, Harry continued, "Kushina is able to call forth the army. Anyone who thinks she is an easy target, quickly finds out otherwise, because the only way to kill an Anubis warrior is to cut off its head. And you have to get very, very close to do that. By then it is usually too late for anyone, in fact I pity anyone who tries to harm her as the Army is very protective of her." At that, Harry chuckled darkly. "As for what Zangetsu looks like I have no clue you'll have to ask Ichigo on that."

After Albus' long explanation and the anticlimactic ending of Harry's, Sirius turned toward Ichigo and asked while everyone was still in shock, "So what does he look like anyway?"

Ichigo rolled his eyes and said sardonically, "Well let me see if I can manifest her and you can see for yourself."

Sirius jaw dropped and he squeaked out, "her?"

In fact, most of the Order echoed him in that reaction, however Ichigo was not paying any attention instead he had walked over to the wall opposite the table and got the large sword that had been resting on the mantle of the fireplace. As he held it in his hands, it started to glow and then with a flash of light a dark shape appeared next to him.

It was a woman who was about 4 inches taller than him, with dark chocolate hair that hung down to about mid-shoulder blade length and her caramel eyes were hidden behind narrow yellow sunglasses, she wore close fitting pants, a white shirt with an ankle length black coat that flared out from her waist to her ankles. Her coat was tight fitting from her waist to her chin save for the v-neck opening of it, she did not display her cleavage like some women tended to do instead her coat covered her from about three inches below her collarbone.

After she looked at everyone in the kitchen, she turned toward Ichigo and looked at him while asking in a melodic voice, "why have you called me here Ichigo?" Ichigo merely smiled at her and handed her a cookie, as she took the cookie from him she sighed then turned toward Harry and stated more then asked, "he called me out to show me off didn't he?"

When Harry merely nodded at her, Zangetsu shrugged then walked over to the table, sat down and started to eat the cookie. Harry then turned to Sirius and asked, "so… Does that answer your question about what Zangetsu looks like?" All Sirius did was nod so Harry turned toward Professor Dumbledore and asked him, "What couldn't wait until morning?" As he asked that, he tilted his head slightly to the side.

Headmaster Dumbledore smiled at Harry and said, "actually it was Severus and Remus who had information that both you and Sirius need to hear. It apparently is somewhat time sensitive."

At his last sentence, Harry turned toward Ichigo and said, "looks like we might not get to the movie tonight. You want to hang around to see if we can watch it tomorrow?"

Ichigo swallowed the cookie he had been chewing and replied, "sure, Dad went to a medical conference. Yuzu and Karin just left for camp, so I can stay a while longer. All I had been planning on doing was training; right now, there are enough of us in Karakura town to handle the hollows. I just have to let them know I'm going to stay here for a couple of days."

Harry shrugged and gestured toward the mirror next to the fireplace and said, "just use the communication mirror. Press the top left corner for the Urahara shop." As everyone watched, Ichigo walked over to the mirror and did as he said.

They gaped in shock as the mirror showed a shop full of candy. In front of the mirror was a man wearing an outfit of green and white, even his hat was those two colors. The man snapped open a green and white striped fan then exclaimed while holding the fan in front of his mouth, "well hello Ichigo, I see you are in England at the moment. Do you need anything?"

Ichigo rolled his eyes but replied, "Hello to you too, hat and clogs. Can you tell Kon to come to Jackal's Lair with my gigai and his plushy body? Also can you tell the others I'm going to be gone for a few days?" As he asked those questions the Aurors of the Order were confused, 'what the hell was a gigai and what did Ichigo mean plushy body.' The rest of the Order shared their confusion about it, but the kids didn't as Harry told them about Soul Society and Ichigo's position in it.

"Sure thing Ichigo, actually if you want you can tell Rukia herself as she is in the store getting some Chappy candy." 'Hat and Clogs' replied while beaming happily.

Ichigo snorted but said, "Sure if she's already there I'll tell her. Do you want to talk to Harry?"

The man positively beamed and replied chirpily, "sure."

At that, Harry walked over to the mirror and smiled sweetly at the man, "hello Kisuke, how have you been lately? Well besides driving my cousin mad obviously." As Harry made the last statement he smiled at the man indulgently.

The man positively beamed at Harry and said, "Oh, nothing much, I have been having some trouble inventing lately. Do you have any ideas as to something I can make?" as he asked that he pouted slightly.

Harry smiled wickedly then slowly replied, "Oh, I might have one or two." As he said that he got a glint in his eyes that anyone that attended Hogwarts with him would have recognized, it meant usually meant that Harry had a devious idea. Even the twins would steered clear of Harry when he had that look unless Harry told them he needed their help to pull his idea off, then they would be in the thick of the plot.

Kisuke leaned forward a bit after snapping his fan closed and said with an eager glint in his eyes, "like what?" The twins glanced at each other then looked at their younger siblings and Hermione, it was clear they were sharing the same thought of 'thank god he is too old to be at Hogwarts or the school wouldn't be standing.'

Harry's eyes gained a slight mischievous twinkle to them as he said, "well, I actually got the idea from something that was invented by a group of pranksters. Have you thought of making a map that constantly updates itself to whatever area the person holding it is in and shows the people in that specific area? The map could be keyed to someone's Reiatsu that way only the one it is keyed to can use it." As he suggested that Kisuke closed his eyes and hummed thoughtfully as if contemplating how hard that might be to pull off.

Kisuke after giving it several long minutes of thought replied, "I might be able to work out something similar to what you're thinking of, I'll give it a shot anyway. Oh here comes Rukia, I better let her talk to Ichigo."

As they saw him move aside, Ron stared at the mirror at the girl who appeared, she was short with violet eyes and short black hair. She was looking at Ichigo curiously then asked, "Urahara-san said you wanted to tell me something Ichigo. What is it?" As she asked that she crossed her arms over her chest and scowled at Ichigo.

Ichigo rolled his eyes at her dramatics and said while scowling slightly, "I'm going to be spending a couple of days with my cousin. I wanted to let you know that you will not be able to find me in Karakura town. My sisters are at camp right now, so you will have the house all to yourself. If you do need me, just go through the training grounds under the shop, it is connected to the house I'll be staying in, okay?" As he talked to her he relaxed against the side of the island facing the mirror.

Rukia nodded in acknowledgement then replied, "Got it Ichigo. Moreover, if I need to talk to you face to face I will just come to the shop and use the mirror. Urahara-san told me how to work it. If you are not back by the time your dad gets home, what do I tell him?" She raised her eyebrows as she asked the last question.

Ichigo snorted then said, "Just tell him I went to visit Shina-Chan. He will know who I'm talking about." As he told her that, he looked amused. Then as Kisuke walked up, he said, "oi! Hat and clogs, let me know if Rukia's brother shows up." As he said that he got a nefarious look on his face that all but screamed 'I'm planning something.'

Kisuke snapped his fan open again then put it in front of his face once more while asking, "Why ever would you want to know if that happens, Ichigo?" He asked the question in almost a teasing way, as if he knew exactly why Ichigo wanted to be told if Byakuya showed up but wanted Ichigo to come out and say it.

Ichigo leaned back nonchalantly against the island, smirked and said, "So I can show up and annoy him. What else for." At his last comment, a black cat leapt up onto Kisuke's shoulder, and it seemed to raise its brow.

Then much to the Order's shock the cat spoke up saying, "I take it from your last comment, that you are still slightly angry at Byakuya for his actions?" As the cat spoke it was flicking the tip of its tail almost teasingly at fan held in front of Kisuke's face.

Rukia looked a bit exasperated, "Ichigo you cannot possibly still be mad at Byakuya-Nisama." As she spoke she looked at Ichigo somewhat pleadingly as if asking him not to be angry at her brother.

Ichigo stepped away from the island then said while looking at her in shock, "Rukia, he was going to let you be executed! And if the execution was stopped he was going to kill you himself!" As he spoke he gestured wildly as if to accentuate the severity of the crime the man committed.

Rukia blinked in shock at Ichigo's vehemence and then exclaimed, "He had a reason for that! Anyway he apologized to me for that, plus he let himself be injured to protect me from a killing blow." As she was saying this both the cat and Kisuke looked amused this was mostly due to the fact that she too started to gesture wildly and at her next comment. "Do I need to draw you a diagram of how he protected me?"

At that question Ichigo blanched and frantically shook his head while saying, "no, you don't need to draw a diagram as I was there. Remember Rukia?"

Ichigo then closed his eyes and a muscle in his jaw ticked, "the fact that he was torn between two promises and the fact that he apologized for his actions is all that is saving him from having the crap beaten out of him by me again. However, that will not stop me from doing things that annoy him. He nearly broke his promise to your sister, his own wife, a promise that he made to her on her deathbed. His parents never heard the promise he made to them but she had. Therefore, the promise he made to her held more weight in my opinion. Just accept the fact that right now it is my goal to annoy the heck out of your brother, okay Rukia?" As he was speaking Ichigo once again relaxed against the island, and when he asked his last question he stared her straight in the eyes as if to stress the importance of her answering yes to the question.

Rukia crossed her arms and looked to the side then looked back at him pouting, "Alright, just promise me you will forgive him soon? You are driving him absolutely crazy, you know." As she asked her question she look at him pleadingly, then as she spoke the last sentence she had an almost amused look on her face.

Ichigo smiles at her gently, "don't worry Rukia, I'll forgive him eventually. As long as he keeps doing what he's been doing. The more he protects you when you need it, the more I will forgive him. Just don't go putting yourself in danger so he can rescue you, got it?" As he spoke the last question he glared at her sternly.

Rukia laughed and said as she playfully saluted him, "alright understood. I won't even tell him why you call him by his first name and do other things that annoy him. He thinks you are not doing it on purpose."

Yoruichi laughed, "That's what is so funny about it. Byakuya-boy does not even realize that Ichigo is doing it deliberately. Ichigo, while you are with your cousin, make sure that both of you practice at shunpo."

Ichigo held up both of his hands and replied, "Alright I will, but I make no promises. Think you can train the others for me?"

The cat nodded and replied, "Sure, it should not be that hard. However with the loss of his powers, Uryu is slightly weakened."

Harry stepped forward and asked, "Uryu is the Quincy, correct?" At Yoruichi, Kisuke's, Rukia's and Ichigo's nods he continued. "And Orihime's powers can reverse damage, right?"

Ichigo nodded and looked somewhat annoyed, "yeah they can. But what does that have to do with Uryu's powers?"

Harry slapped Ichigo upside the head and said, "Orihime, can use her powers to reverse the damage done to by him due to him taking the glove off, she can heal Uryu thus allowing him the use of his powers again."

At that statement, all four of their jaws drop and they chorused, "Why did I not think of that!" As they spoke they slapped their foreheads in exasperation.

Harry shrugged and replied sardonically, "too close to the problem. Sometimes it takes the perspective of an outsider."

Ichigo nodded then right before he pressed the circle again he paused and turned to Harry, "hey, didn't you say that the parents of a friend of yours were injured during the aftermath of the last war?"

Harry nodded and asked while looking confused, "yeah, why?"

"Well, if Orihime can reverse the effects of Uryu's injury, then she might be able to heal your friend parents." Ichigo told him with an eye roll. During their conversation the order members looked a bit confused but then it dawned on them that the pair was talking about Alice and Frank Longbottom. As the idea of the Longbottom's being healed dawned on them they looked almost relieved as they had been not only staunch members of the order but two of the best Aurors the department had seen next to Sirius Black and James Potter. In fact the four had been taught by none other than Alastor Moody.

Harry let a slow smile cross his face, "you're right, she might be able to do it."

Sirius raised both eyebrows and asked, "For those of us not in the know… What the hell are you two talking about?"

Harry and Ichigo turned to each other then them and Ichigo spoke, "Orihime has a power which, when used is able to heal, defend and attack. However, the strength of those powers is affected by her belief in herself. If she believes it, she can heal the wound or injury she can. If she believes she can block the attack, then she can. If she believes she can wound or kill something, then she can. However her will to hurt and kill was not very high. That is until she was told to consider using Tsubaki not as a way to maim and kill but instead as a way to protect. Sometimes to protect someone you must kill or hurt another to do so."

Ichigo then sighed and turned toward Harry, "thanks for that by the way. She was able to defend herself and Rukia against the Bounts better that way. She has been training using Tsubaki so she has managed to evolve his powers a bit. Chad also took some comfort in your words and he managed to transform his other arm as well."

Rukia looked shocked and exclaimed, "you gave her and Chad the belief that they needed to become stronger!" She then whistled lowly, "wow, I thought for sure that Ichigo would keep passing them up and with Orihime healing Uryu, then the next thing that comes at us should be easier to handle. Got any tips for me?" She asked the last question jokingly.

Harry cocked his head to the side and replied, "Well, I would say work on gaining your Bankai. No one would expect an unseated officer to be able to use a Bankai even if you are from a noble house." As Harry suggested this he leaned next to Ichigo against the island while both Sirius and Zangetsu looked amused at the Orders' shock at his advice to this young girl. They were a little surprised that a girl that young was an officer, of whatever she was an officer of.

Rukia's jaw dropped, and then she stuttered out, "I'll do that. Ichigo, do you want me to call you once Orihime has finished healing Uryu?"

Ichigo looked at Harry in askance, then turned back to Rukia and told her, "nah, why don't one of you escort her here. Yoruichi should know the way by now, right?" His last question was directed toward Yoruichi who merely nodded. "Alright, well I should see everyone in a few days. Bye Rukia, take care."

Rukia smiled at him and whispered, "see you later Ichigo."

Ichigo then reached up, pressed the circle, and said, "Disconnect." The mirror once again goes black then reflects the kitchen once more.

All of the Order heard a thunk sound from the direction of the stairs; in fact, it seemed to come from directly underneath Kingsley's feet. Kingsley raised his eyebrows, however before he could ask, Ichigo told him to move. He also said, "It's just Kon." After Kingsley moved out of the way the floor he was standing on flies up and slams into the floor, it was plain to see that it was a trap door. A boy looking identical to Ichigo, only he was wearing jeans and a tee shirt, he was also carrying a backpack, climbed up holding a lion plushy. Ichigo frowned at him and said, "About time you got here Kon, did you bother to bring my badge?"

Kon looked at him and glowered, "quit complaining Ichigo, its bad enough I have to pretend to be you sometimes. Although why you wanted me to bring your badge I'll never know." As he continued to climb up, he grumbled in complaint.

Ichigo raised his left eyebrow, "well, Kon if you rather I use you, I'll be glad to do so. I just thought you would have appreciated being able to get out of the house for a bit. Plus I thought you might want to try some more of my cousin's cookies."

Kon jerked his head up and exclaimed, "Cookies! You mean the ones that I had about a week ago! Those absolutely wonderful types of cookies?"

Ichigo looked amused, "yes Kon, those cookies."

Much to everyone's shock he raced up the rest of the ladder tossed both the backpack and plushy at Ichigo and raced into the kitchen. Whereupon he stopped in front of Harry, pouts, and said in a pleading tone, "can I have a cookie, oh baker of great delights?"

Harry looked amused and replied, "Sure the ones on the table are cool enough to eat." To everyone's amusement, he gave a beaming grin and shot over to the table, sat next to Zangetsu, who he greeted, then promptly ate three cookies in quick succession. Harry then turned toward the Order and said, "Well best move these discussions out to the dining room. I do not exactly have that much room in my kitchen. Who all will be at this meeting of yours anyway?"

Headmaster Dumbledore looked at Harry and replied, "I believe that all of the people in the house can attend if they wish. As you should attend the meeting and seeing as how you would more than likely tell Miss Granger and Mr. Weasley anyway they should also be at the meeting. While Fred and George Weasley are both of age and may attend, should they wish? I believe only Ginny would be unable to attend and Miss Granger would probably tell her anyway. If you consider your cousin and his friends trustworthy I see no reason as to why they can not join us." The Order goggled at the Headmaster in shock, at his suggestion that he trusted Harry's judgment implicitly, the only other ones with that amount of the Headmasters trust was Minerva, Alastor, Severus, Remus and Sirius.

Harry looked at his headmaster and said in a solemn voice, "I would trust them with Hermione, Ron, Remus and Sirius' lives." It was plain from the look on his face that he was deadly serious about the amount of trust that he held for them. Minerva was a bit startled at how much Harry trusted this Ichigo and Zangetsu.

Remus raised both of his eyebrows in shock but smiled at Harry, "that is a very ringing endorsement. As you would risk your life to protect them, after all you nearly lost your soul trying to protect Sirius."

Harry shrugged and said back, "that's just how much I trust them. Or rather how much I trust Ichigo's judgment." He then stared at them and said, "I thought we were moving to the dining room people." At that, they all jumped in shock. He then turned to Ichigo and asked him, "So are the three of you joining us?"

Ichigo looked at Zangetsu and Kon, and raised his eyebrows in askance. Kon and Zangetsu looked at each other and Kon said, "nah, I'll stay here, eat some more cookies." However, Zangetsu got up from the table and went to Ichigo's side, making it clear from her actions that where Ichigo went so would she.