AN: Thanks to all that have reviewed. The next chappie is up. I hope you all like it.
Catch me if you can
Harry woke up at six the next first thing he noticed was that one of the beds was empty. Toshiro wasn't in the boy's dormitories.
'He must be up already,' Harry thought. Seeing as he couldn't get any more sleep Harry dressed himself and went downstairs. Once in the common room he saw that Toshiro was busy writing something.
"Morning," he said, "What are you doing and so early in the morning too?" Harry asked politely. Toshiro looked up, surprised that he wasn't alone in the room anymore.
"Good morning, Harry. I couldn't sleep so I decided to get some paperwork done," Toshiro explained.
"What is it like to be a captain?" Harry wanted to know.
"Not that bad actually, although you do have a lot of paperwork. If I only didn't have such a lazy fuku-taicho," Toshiro answered.
"Anyway, I wanted to ask you something I forgot yesterday," Toshiro said.
"What do you want to know?" Harry was curious.
"I was wondering how you could be a Shinigami. I know you said you were dead ever since the incident with Voldemort, but you haven't gone to Soul Society, have you?" Toshiro asked.
"No, I haven't. I'm not totally sure myself, but I guess it has something to do with my past life," Harry answered honestly.
"Your past life?" Toshiro asked surprised.
"Yes, just before I met Rukia I was having these dreams. They were like memories, but not memories of my own. They were memories of my life before this one. The dreams were very vague and I can't remember much of them anymore. It's kind of frustrating actually," Harry said.
"I see, you did mention the dreams. It's strange though, I've never heard of a case were a reincarnated soul has received back his Shinigami powers," Toshiro said.
"Kazaguruma told me. He said he shouldn't have been here, that he should have withered away," Harry told Toshiro.
"So he didn't disappear, huh. I should contact the Soul Society about this, maybe they can figure out how this is possible," Toshiro replied.
Since it was still early Toshiro went back to his paperwork. Harry on the other hand gathered some stuff for a little project he had started after he had met his godfather and learned about the Marauders. Ever since then he wanted to become an Animagus too and that was what he was working on.
He already had most of the revealing potion complete. Really, he couldn't believe that it had taken him so long to make the damn potion. It was because some of the ingredients were so rare that he almost was afraid he would never be able to complete it. But luckily he had found the last ingredient he needed yesterday, during his potions class.
Hopefully Snape wouldn't find out he had stolen some of his ingredients. Adding the last ingredient, the potion turned the right color. No matter how much others though he sucked at potions he wasn't really that bad at it. It actually was the other way around. The reason he had difficulty during class was all Snape's fault. He couldn't concentrate with that man around, it was really annoying.
"What are you working on?" Toshiro asked, having noticed the scent of the potion.
"It's an Animagus revealing potion," Harry answered.
"So, you want to become an Animagus then?" Toshiro asked.
"Yeah, my father was one, so were his friends," Harry answered.
"It seems interesting. How much of that potion is actually needed?" Toshiro asked, looking at the content of the potion.
"Not much actually. I think I have enough for about ten people. The ingredients are so rare that I thought that it may be wise to make more of the potion than just for myself," Harry said with a shrug.
"That's really thoughtful of you," Toshiro replied. Sounds could be heard from upstairs as the rest of Gryffindor house started to wake.
"I guess we can take that potion after classes," Toshiro told Harry.
"You want to become an Animagus too then?" Harry asked surprised.
"Yeah, I do find it an interesting thought to turn into an animal," Toshiro answered. Harry smiled.
"Morning," Ichigo said as he walked up to the two of them.
"You two are up early. Something the matter?" he asked.
"Nothing is wrong, I just couldn't sleep that's all," Toshiro answered.
"Same here," Harry said.
"What are you working on?" Ichigo asked as he noticed the potion Harry had been working on.
"It's an Animagus revealing potion. If you are interested you can join us in becoming an Animagus. We'll meet after classes," Harry replied.
"Sounds interesting, although I don't want to turn up naked from transforming back to human form," Ichigo said, shuddering at the thought.
"Well I don't think you'll end up naked. I've seen professor McGonagall turn into a cat and back again many times and she was never naked. Where did you get that idea from anyway?" Harry asked.
"Yoruichi. She's able to turn into a cat too, but when she turns back to human she's always naked. It's kind of embarrassing," Ichigo told Harry.
"I see," Harry replied.
The rest of their group arrived and together they went to the Great Hall. Harry told them about the Animagus revealing potion and most of them wanted to join them in becoming an Animagus.
"I can't believe you've never told us you were working on this potion," Hermione said.
"I'm sorry. I guess I just wanted to surprise you guy's with it," Harry said honestly.
"Really? You're great Harry. I never thought you were so good at making potions. I mean in class you always fail miserably," Ron said.
"That's because I get nervous around Snape. I can just feel his eyes burning on my back. It's just too annoying," Harry said.
"Anyway, what classes do we have today?" Ron asked.
"If you had looked on your schedule you would have known we have professor Shihoin today," Hermione said heatedly, obviously irritated at Ron's laziness.
"Asking is faster," Ron replied. Harry tuned out once his two best friends start their argument. He ate his breakfast before he went to his first class of the day, which was the class with Professor Shihoin. Toshiro had stood up too and followed him when he had noticed Harry leaving.
"You're not going to wait for your friends?" Toshiro asked.
"When they have an argument like that you can better leave," Harry answered.
"Good to know. I really don't want get caught in the middle of it," Toshiro replied.
A few minutes later the class started.
"Alright, now that everyone is present we can start. My name is Yoruichi Shihoin. I want all of you to just call me Yoruichi. There is no need for formalities," Yoruichi said when everyone was in the classroom.
The room itself was spacious, almost as big as the Great Hall. Harry guessed it was like this so there was enough room to move around.
"The thirst thing we need to work on is your stamina. So I want all of you to run laps around this room. The one that stays standing the longest will receive a prize. What that is I'm not going to tell you that yet. If you want to know, then make sure you win," Yoruichi told them.
Not many of the witches and wizards were pleased with this. It was obvious to Harry how unused the wizarding population was to do these kind of exercises. Harry started off at a slow pace. There was no need to tire himself out so early in this race, now was there?
Harry noticed that the other Shinigami were doing the the race continued more and more students fell down from exhaustion. Hermione was one of the few that was still running and to his surprise so was Ron. Harry grinned as he ran passed Malfoy, who was spread out on the floor, breathing heavily from exhaustion.
Harry though, was used to running. His cousin Dudley always chased him with his group of bullies. He had run a lot as a little kid and that had already built up his stamina. So he was not surprised he was still able to run for so long. By the time class was over only the Shinigami, himself and his two best friends were still standing.
"Ok, that's enough for today," Yoruichi called out to them.
They stopped running and dropped to the floor. Yoruichi came to them and over handed some bottles of water. They gratefully took them and gulped the water down their dry throats.
"So what is that prize you were talking about?" Harry asked curiously.
"That would be the water. After running for so long you would really be grateful to have it, now wouldn't you?" Yoruichi said in a laugh.
Harry sweat dropped. 'Was she serious?' he thought. After classes were over for the day, Harry gathered with the group of Shinigami and his two best friends in the Room of Requirement for their Animagus transformation.
AN: Ok so the Shinigami are going to become Animagi, but what should they become?
Anyway Yumichika is definitely going to be a peacock. And I thought it would be cool if Ichigo becomes a sabeltooth tiger, but I don't know what the others should become.