A/N: Next chapter is up!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Bleach. I only own Ami and Reika, but my sister owns Minako.
And by the way, this chapter's title should be 'Dumbledore's Army', not 'Forming the DA', not what I put in the last chapter.
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Chapter 11: Dumbledore's Army
"Umbridge has been reading your mail, Harry," Hermione said. "There's no other explanation."
Toushirou got five irk marks plus that feeling of loath for Umbridge. There she goes again, he thought.
The four were in Charms, were there was so much movement that Toushirou found out was perfect for a private chat. Today, with the croaking of bullfrogs and the cawing of ravens, the possibility of being overheard was most likely impossible.
"You think Umbridge attacked Hedwig?" Harry asked, outraged, which Hitsugaya was grateful for. He wasn't the only one mad at Umbridge.
"I'm most certain of it," Hermione said, grimly.
"Watch your frog, Potter," Toushirou suddenly said. "It's escaping."
Harry pointed his wand at the bullfrog that had been hopping hopefully to the other side of the table - "Accio!" - And it zoomed back gloomily into his hand.
"It was a very, very close call last night," Hermione continued. "I just wonder if Umbridge knows how close it was. Silencio!" The bullfrog on which she was practicing her Silencing Charm on was struck dumb mid-croak and glared at her reproachfully.
Toushirou watched in mild awe. "Now if only we had a kidou that did that..."
"If she'd caught Snuffles..." Hermione continued, as if Toushirou did not say a word.
"He'd probably be back in Azkaban this morning," Harry finished.
The conversation had continued, but Toushirou wasn't listening. He was wondering how much paperwork was piled up on his desk in the tenth Division office right now.
He sighed exasperatedly.
~After Charms~
Since it was raining, the four sat down in a noisy, crowded classroom. They had barely sat down when Angelina came up to them, struggling against the groups of gossiping kids.
"I've got permission!" She said. "To re-form the Quidditch team!"
"Excellent!" Ron and Harry said together.
"Yeah," Angelina said, beaming. "I went to McGonagall and she told me that someone had already appealed to her and Dumbledore. Anyways, Umbridge had to give in. Ha! So I want you two at the pitch at seven o'clock tonight, all right, because we've got to make up a lot of time. You do realize we're only three weeks away from our first match, right?"
Toushirou sighed. Oh, great. Now he was going to have to go down to the Quidditch pitch and watch over the practice. It was his job to make sure Harry didn't get into trouble. But Toushirou had homework to do. Dammit, he thought, well this sucks.
{Not to worry, you'll do fine,} Hyourinmaru reassured his master.
As Angelina turned to walk away, she nearly bumped into Ami.
"Oh, Ami, thanks for appealing to McGonagall and Dumbledore for us," Angelina said with a grateful smile. The other four listened with great interest.
"Oh, it was nothing, Angelina," the white haired Hokage responded. "You didn't have to ask. I was just so fed up with that pink toad that I had to do something about to ease the tension just for a little while. Besides, seeing Umbridge give into Professor McGonagall gave me that Victorious Syndrome, as Reika-chan lightly puts it." Ami had a big smile on her face, which made her brother smile as well.
After Angelina left, Ron and Harry were very surprised.
"You were the one who appealed to Dumbledore and McGonagall?" Ron asked, not believing what he just heard.
"Yes, I was, and keep your voices down. No one else knows yet. And I'd like to keep it that way," Ami said, in a softer tone that Ron's.
As the day wore on, the weather did not improve, much to Ami's dismay. However, Toushirou found it relaxing. He liked any cold weather, and it was raining too. He liked any excuse to go inside and do paperwork in peace. However, Ami did not usually like to rain. She believed that whenever it rained, someone was sad. And since the angels could sense anyone's emotions, they would cry as well, making it rain. The only time that Ami liked the rain was when she wasn't feeling well that day or she found the previous day(s) too hot for her liking.
Toushirou had gone to watch over Harry's practice, much to Ami's dismay, for she wanted help with her homework for the Soul Society, which was to give a report on how the day went, AKA her daily report.
When the three boys had gone back to the common room, Ron and Toushirou went up to bed while Harry stayed behind and eventually drifted off to sleep. He was in the middle of another dream about the mysterious door when someone called out his name.
"rry...Harry...Harry!"
He woke up with a sudden start. He saw someone place a green-aura'd hand gently on his forehead where his scar was.
"Ami..."
The white haired girl smiled gently. "Hey...Daijoubou?"
Harry was confused. He lifted an eyebrow. "What?"
"Sorry, I forgot," she said sheepishly. "That means 'Are you okay'?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," he said thickly, like someone who has just woken up.
"Ami has your owl, Sir!" A squeaky voice sounded throughout the room.
"Dobby?"
"Of course, Sir! Like I says, Ami has your owl!"
Harry turned to Ami, who, like Dobby said, had Hedwig in her arms.
"She's as good as new," Ami said, handing Hedwig to Harry. "That is one sweet bird you have there, Harry. She didn't hesitate, flinch, or squirm while I was healing her. Nothing at all. And because of that, I was able to heal her all the way in record time. Although, she should not be flying long distances for about a week or so, just to be safe."
"Seriously?"
"Yep, and not to mention Dobby has somewhere we can practice for our secret association."
"Really?"
Dobby nodded and started to tell Harry all about the Room of Requirement...
~The Next Day~
The main five all knew about it and sought out the other twenty-eight students to tell them.
That night, the main five showed up and soon enough the others, including Ichigo, Minako, Reika, and Renji.
When everyone had settled down in the cushions, Harry began, "Well, I've been thinking about the sort of stuff we ought to do first and...er..." He noticed a raised hand. "What, Hermione?"
"I think we ought to elect a leader," Hermione said.
"Harry's leader," Cho said at once, looking at Hermione as though she was mad, and Harry's stomach did yet another backflip.
Now Ami was angry and she was glaring in the direction of Cho. "I think that we should vote on it properly. Not only will it make it formal and give the leader authority, but it will put a lot of responsibility on him."
"She's right," Minako sing-songed. "Being a leader takes more than just guts; it takes courage and strength to keep going."
"Do you feel up to this, Potter?" Toushirou asked, with a light smirk on his face.
He felt his cheeks go red and Hermione asked everyone to raise their hands if they vote for Harry. Everyone raised their hands, Toushirou included, and with a smile, but Ami was still glaring at Cho.
"Er, right, thanks...So...what, Hermione?" Harry asked again.
"I think we should have a name," she said brightly.
"I agree," Reika said. "It would promote a feeling of team spirit and unity, ne, Ami-chan?"
Ami simply nodded.
"Anti-Umbridge League?" Angelina asked hopefully.
"Or the Ministry of Magic Are Morons Group?" Fred suggested.
"I was thinking," Hermione said, frowning at Fred, while Ichigo and Renji were laughing, "More along the line of a name that didn't tell anyone what we were up to, so we can refer to it safely outside meetings."
"The Defense Association?" Cho asked.
"Or how about the D.A. for short, so no one knows what we're talking about?" Toushirou suggested.
"As always, you being the genius that you are, Nii-san," Ami said with a smile.
"Yeah, the D.A.'s good," Ichigo said. "But how about we make it stand for Dumbledore's Army because that's the Ministry's worst fear isn't it?"
Minako glomped Ichigo and said, "You are so awesome, Ichi-kun! Why didn't I think of that?"
"That was pretty awesome, Ichigo," Renji said.
"Like always!" Reika exclaimed.
"Love your thinking, Ichi," Ami said with a smile.
"Just gotta have your moment in the spotlight, huh, Kurosaki?" Toushirou said with a smirk in Ichigo's direction.
There was a murmur of appreciation and laughter at this.
"All in favor of the D.A.?" Hermione said, bossily. She counted the hands that were raised. "That's a majority. Motion passed!"
"Right," Harry said, when Hermione had sat down after pinning the sign up sheet to the wall and writing DUMBLEDORE'S ARMY across the top of it and then she sat down again, "Shall we get to practicing, then?"
They started practicing the Disarming Charm after this. Minako and Ami were partners and both were equal. Reika and Renji were partners, and Reika had the upper hand. Ichigo and Toushirou were partners, and both sides were surprisingly equal as well.
Only when Hermione gave him a heads up did Harry realize what time it was.
He got them back to their common rooms in no time.
Ami walked up to Harry in the Gryffindor common room and congratulated him on such a successful meeting. "I had fun. And I'm sure Nii-san did too. Didn't you, Nii-san?"
Toushirou simply gave them a thumbs up.
"Oh, I forgot! Nii-san and I have to do our daily report! Goodnight, Harry!"
"Goodnight, Ami..."
As Ami lay in bed that night, she couldn't help but notice something weird about Harry's spiritual pressure. What is wrong with his spiritual pressure? It's so weird…
Ami went to sleep trying to figure it out.
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A/N: Review please!
Chapter 12: The Quidditch Tragedy
While the D.A. settles in and the group prevails, the first Quidditch match comes up. What will happen? Will Toushirou loose his temper on Umbridge as well as Malfoy? What will Ami about what happens at the last D.A. meeting before Christmas Break?
