Okay, this is the end of the Bleach world. I'm going to end it here for today, but I'll post the next few chapters later, the start of the new arc!
I do not own Harry, Bleach or Fairy Tail!
Hitsugaya was asleep when Harry got there. His wounds were pretty bad, but he was allowed, by the other healers to heal some of the major damage.
He conked out a while later after helping heal some of the other people who had been injured over at the thirteenth division.
Harry found out from Ichigo that Byakuya had only decided to kill his sister because of an honour vow he'd made long ago. It was…strange. He wasn't a horrible person though, Harry thought. But that was when Harry started to realize something about redemptions and about those around him who seemed to be working towards it.
Redemption can only be attained if a person truly wants it…
"I see…" Harry said, "I guess…I'll be leaving here shortly then."
It had been fun at least.
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A week passed and they were still in the Soul Society. Hitsugaya was up and walking about again. He was getting a lot of attention from the other captains though, something he wasn't used to.
"Harry…"
"Yes, Hitsugaya-taichou?" Harry asked innocently.
His eyebrow twitched,
"You wouldn't by chance be responsible for all the strange roomers being spread around here, would you?"
Harry just smiled, tilting his head to the side,
"I have no idea what you mean. What roomers?"
Harry could tell he was getting to him, a vein pulsed in his forehead,
"Well, there's the roomer that when I took on Aizen the man ran away scared…then there's the other story I heard about how I faced off against a hoard of Menos with nothing but my pinky finger." He seemed to be getting more and more angry the more he talked, "And now, Zaraki keeps trying to challenge me to a battle."
"Really?" Harry blinked, "I only said you took on a hoard of Menos with nothing but your fists…I mean…whoops." He quickly vanished into a shunpo, but he could still hear the young, white haired captain shouting behind him,
"Potter!"
Harry ran off, unable to control his laughter as he fled.
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The night before they planned to leave, Harry had supper at Kukaku's. Actually, nearly all the rescue team did. Harry dragged along Hitsugaya-taichou because…well, it was really just fun to mess with him.
He seemed to enjoy it anyways. It was an opportunity to avoid Zaraki and the sake party Rangiku seemed to be holding in his office.
The next morning though, they left for the world of the living. Ukitake gave Ichigo a substitute Shinigami badge, whatever the hell that meant.
They left through the Senkaimon, only to find the cleaner was chasing them again. But at least they were faster than they were when they had first gone through the gate.
Kind of too bad Rukia stayed behind, Harry thought, unconcerned of the danger the cleaner posed. They leaped out into the human world…only to find themselves hundreds of feet in the air.
"Oh dear." Harry said before they all began to fall, all but him and Yoruichi screamed as they fell towards the earth.
Then, to everyone, but Yoruichi's surprise, they were enveloped in a giant cloth blanket. Then the blanket was pulled away and they were on this flat sort of…blanket, though it felt like they were on a solid platform. Urahara was there, as was Tessai and Jinta.
"My, my," Urahara said waving a white fan in front of his face, sitting in a cross-legged position, "Welcome back, everyone."
"It's good to be back, Urahara-san." Harry smiled, though his smile turned rather scary when he asked, "Now why didn't you tell us about the hogyoku?"
Urahara gulped,
"You…haven't been taking smiling lessons from Unohana-taichou…have you Harry-kun?"
Harry tilted his head to he side,
"What do you mean?"
Ichigo's eye twitched, then he shuddered,
"I guess you wouldn't notice this, Mister Hat n' clogs, but…Harry has always been like that…"
"I imagine by now…you've heard the truth about me then…" he said, sounding ashamed.
Ichigo nodded, then looked off to the side,
"I have."
Urahara took off his hat, then turned around, putting the hat to his chest, one hand on the ground and bowing his head,
"Words cannot express…how sorry I am." He said, and Harry had never actually heard him sound so sincere.
Ichigo let out a sigh,
"Stop. It's alright, I'm not mad about it anymore." He looked back at Urahara, "Look, you didn't really do anything wrong. I'm not sure what your motivation was…But the fact is, you helped all of us become stronger. In the end, you probably saved our lives. For that…we're thankful."
Urahara looked up a moment,
"And Harry?"
Harry shrugged,
"It's cool. Believe it or not, this whole situation is a lot like a déjà vu for me…except the last guy didn't apologize and then made me fight a basilisk…But you aren't like that guy. The fact that you apologize, and can actually recognise when you've made a mistake proves that much. Besides, you're one of the few people I actually like."
"What about me?" Ichigo asked.
Harry paused, then looked him over,
"Oh…yeah, you're okay."
Uryu laughed a bit at this,
"Your kind of strange, you know that, Harry?"
Harry shrugged,
"I think almost everyone has told me that at some point."
"There is one thing I want to know though." Ichigo said, "Why didn't you just tell me the truth?" he asked Urahara, "Did you think I would get scared and run away?"
Urahara paused,
"Uh…" his face lit up and he waved his fan in front of his face, "Exactly right!"
He was promptly elbowed in the face by Ichigo.
"Now that just pisses me off." The orange haired boy fumed.
"You were taking it so well too…" Urahara moaned, cradling his poor nose.
"One other thing…" Ichigo said, "I want you to apologize to Rukia when you see her. I know she would say the same thing I'd say. Would you do that for me?"
"Yes." He said, eyes shadowed as he crossed his legs again.
"Oh right…" Harry said, looking up at the moon, "I'm going to be leaving soon."
This drew everyone's attention.
"What?" they all seemed to ask at once.
"Where are you going?"
"That's sudden…"
"Yeah…sorry." Harry said, still looking up at the moon, "I guess…if we're talking about secrets…maybe I ought to tell you mine, so you understand."
"What do you mean?" Ichigo asked looking at Harry a bit startled.
"I'm not from this world." Harry admitted.
"Oh, are you an alien, Harry-kun?" Orihime guessed.
"Uh…" Harry trailed off, "More like a dimensional traveler…does that count as being an alien?" He wondered, then looked as Urahara who simply shrugged.
"Well," Harry said, "See, I was sent on a journey, by a girl named Ana. Or, I guess her full name is Animetopoeia. Basically, I'm not allowed to leave a world until I learn a lesson. Once I learn it, I can leave. This world is the fourth world I've come to so far."
"S-seriously?" Ichigo asked, "Different worlds…"
Harry shrugged,
"Kind of why I wasn't surprised by Yoruichi. See, I actually visited a world already that was inhabited by talking cats."
"Ah." Yoruichi said, though she sounded a bit dumbfounded as well, "That…explains it."
"Anyways…I'm leaving tonight." Harry said, "But, Ana told me I can revisit any world I want later. So…I'll see you guys again." He winked, "I can't say I know where I'm going next…but once all the lessons are learned, I'm supposed to return to my home world."
"Do you miss it?" Orihime asked sadly.
Harry thought about this a moment. Did he miss it? He'd learned so much from his travels so far, love, friendship, perseverance, the will to fight for what you believe in, believing in himself…No. Harry realized, he didn't miss his home world. He missed some of the other worlds though. Those places where he wasn't really anyone special, but where he felt special, because of the people he spent time with, and the time they spent together.
Back home…he was famous for surviving the murder of his family! People put him down and used him for their own gain…and there was a mad-man out there who wanted to kill him for reasons he didn't understand.
But at the same time…he'd gotten stronger. Not just physically either. The people he spent time with…those people had nurtured him and helped him grow. He had role models now. People to look up to, and happy memories to look back on when he needed something to hold onto.
"To be honest," Harry said, "I don't really miss my home world." He admitted honestly, "But…I like to think that one day I'll gain the strength to go back someday and face the people that hurt me. I know I'll have to. It's inevitable, and I've never really been one to run away from my problems. I don't want to start running now…but I'll learn all I can until I'm able to face them…does that make sense."
A few people nodded.
"Yeah…it does." Ichigo smiled and Harry could tell that he did understand…they all did.
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Harry was dropped off at his apartment. He closed the door and packed his things into his bag. He smiled slightly, then placed his enchanted mirror in his pocket. He'd call them again once he returned.
"Ana…I've learned my lesson."
The girl with colorful hair in a sailor shirt popped into existence in front of Harry, their nosed were touching.
"Well then. I say…let's fall!"
Suddenly the room vanished and they really were falling. Harry didn't scream though. He knew he'd be okay. His eyes alit with the feeling of finding a new adventure.
Then he stopped falling and it was more like he was floating. The world around him began to bleed into existence.
He was in an apartment. He started looking around for clues. It was bigger than his last place. Two bedrooms, one room for bathing, and a room with a toilet in it. In Japan they kept their bathing area separate from the toilet, which was understandable when you thought about it.
On bed in one of the bedrooms was a debit card, some cash, a school uniform and a note.
Dear Harry,
This time you'll be attending Sarayashiki Junior high. In this world you'll be passing as a fourteen-year-old. I figure you can do it, seeing as how short you are.
"Hey!" Harry said out loud. He wasn't that short…though it wasn't too difficult to pass as being a year younger than he really was.
Your debit card should remain at a constant four hundred thousand yen no matter how much you spend. You have a laptop now, so get going on figuring out where you're supposed to go, okay?
Your lovely friend,
Animetopoeia
Harry got to work right away. He wondered what sort of world this one would be. The last one had had ghosts and soul eating demons, the one before that had been a world of wizards, magic and adventures. Before that was a world where artwork came to life…and the first world was one where Harry was hopping dimensions with a different group of travelers.