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A Different Life, A New Family

Chapter Two - Flashbacks

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12 years later

Haru, as Harry was now called (and will own be referred as for the rest of the story), was sitting by the window in his room and flipping through the pages of photo album. He smiled at all the pictures. He remembered when his new parents asked what he wanted for his birthday.

FLASHBACK

12 years ago one month after being adopted

"So, Haru-chan. What do you want for you birthday?" Haru's mother asked him.

Haru looked up to his new mother and thought for a while then, he smiled brightly and replied, "A camera!"

"Oh?" His new father asked curiously, "Why do you want a camera?"

Haru smiled. "So I can take pictures of everyone I love and all of the fun times!"

END FLASHBACK

Haru smiled at the first picture he took with that camera. It was of all four of them at the park and eating chocolate cake. The next page Haru stopped at was from two years later when they left London to move to Japan.

FLASHBACK

10 years ago

"Come on! You guys are so slow!" Ichigo yelled to his parents and little brother as he ran towards the gate.

"Onii-san! Wait for me!" Haru yelled to his brother before taking a picture of a plain lifting off.

END FLASHBACK

Turning the pages, Haru looked trough the photos of when Karin was born and of Yuku who was born the next year.

FLASHBACK

9 years ago

Seven-year old Haru was holding his one-year-old sister, Karin, and waiting patiently in the waiting room. Ichigo, on the other hand, was pacing around the room, looking irritated. He stopped and sighed. "How long are hey going to take?"

"Not long at all!" Their father said as he entered the room. He took out Haru's digital camera and showed them the picture he took. "This is your new baby sister! Her name is Yuku."

END FLASHBACK

Going through some other pages, Haru stopped at one of his mother. It was the last picture he took of her before she died that day.

FLASHBACK

6 years ago

"Oka-san! Oka-san, I wanna take a picture of you in the rain!" Haru said from the doorway of their house.

Misaki laughed. "Of course Haru-chan!" And she did a little twirl. "How was that?"

"Just perfect!"

END FLASHBACK

Haru nearly cried but he smiled, knowing that his mother wouldn't want him to be sad. He was glad that he was able to get one last, beautiful picture of his mother. The rest of the album was various pictures of his family and friends. School trips, family picnics, festivals, holidays, etc. and even pictures of his brother and father fighting.

Recently, Haru's album has been filled with pictures of his brother fighting hollows, evil spirits who eat souls with high spiritual concentration. (AN: I think it's possible to take a picture of a ghost.) Although, he would have hade more pictures of this brother and his friends using their abilities in Soul Society but his brother wouldn't let him go.

FLASHBACK

3 weeks ago

"You can't go."

"B-but, Ichi-nii-san! I wanna go too!" Haru pleaded to his older brother. He followed Ichigo to the Uraha shop and was about to follow his brother inside when he was caught.

Ichigo crossed his arms. "You can't come with us, Ha-chan. You have no way of defending yourself and if anything were to happen to me, who would protect you?"

Haru looked down sadly. He knew his brother wouldn't be able to concentrate properly if there was the possibility that he got attacked while his brother was fighting. Haru sighed and gave his brother a small smile. "Alright. I'll stay, but," Haru handed his brother his camera, "Can you stalest take some pictures for me, Ichi-nii-san?"

Ichigo smiled and took the camera. "Anything for my little Ha-chan."

END FLASHBACK

At least he was able to get some pictures of Soul Society, even though he wasn't going to actually be there. But, what Haru really wanted was to have abilities like his brother, so he could protect his family while his brother was away. It wasn't until yesterday that Haru found out that he too had that kind of power.

FLASHBACK

Yesterday

Haru was walking home after shopping for groceries when he saw one of Yuzu's stuffed animals walking by. It was the little lion plushie that their father gave to Yuzu when she was little. Haru followed the walking, curious as to how it was able to move around and…talk?

"Oh! When are they going to come back! I miss you, Orihime-nee-chan!" The stuffed animal cried as it continued down the road and into a small store.

"Uraha Shop." Haru read the sign on top of the doors of the store. 'I never noticed this shop here before.' Haru thought as he went into the shop.

Haru looked around, trying to find the little lion that he followed. Going towards the back, Haru heard some voices and one sounded like the little lion. Sliding the door open a bit, Haru peeked in and saw the lion arguing with a little boy with red hair.

"I don't know when they're coming back so stop asking!" the little boy yelled.

The lion yelled back, "So why don't you asked that guy?"

"Urahara?" the plushie nodded. "I don't know where he is right now." the boy replied and leaned against the wall.

"Then go look for him!" the lion plushie yelled and started to attack the boy though it didn't do much.

"You know, it's not good to eavesdrop." a voice said from behind Haru.

Haru screamed in shock and twirled around. There stood a tall blond wearing a green and white stripped beach hat and sandals and carrying a cane. Haru bowed to him saying, "I'm so sorry! Gomen nasai! Gomen nasai! I didn't mean to be so rude! I was just wondering about Yu-chan's plushie and why it was walking around. I'm sorry! Gomen nasai!"

The blond man laughed and patted Haru's head. "Apology accepted." he said, still patting Haru. "That little guy has a mod in him. A modified soul. That's how he can move around." The man sat on one of the pillows and patted the one beside him. "Please sit."

Haru sat beside the man and asked, "Who are you?"

The man smiled. "I'm Urahara Kisuke and your Haru Kurosaki, correct? Your brother told me about you. How you can see ghosts as well. Although, he never mentioned that you have shinigami powers like him."

"I have what?"

END FLASHBACK

Haru checked his clock and saw that it was already midnight. Remembering that he had to wake up early to visit Urahara-san for his shinigami training, thought not as intense as his brother's, and that his brother would be returning tomorrow as well, Haru went to bed.

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