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The giant pool event was all the school could talk about and was only outdone a few days later when Fred and George Weasely lit a crateful of fireworks and set them all around the school. Umbridge had managed to catch them but they escaped on broomsticks just out of her grasp.

Not to say Umbridge had totally forgot about the pool party. She had rounded up every soul reaper for questioning and had just as much luck as her first round back in October so Jake and Jack got off that one.

In all seriousness exams were approaching fast and in light of recent events Risa had totally forgot about them. Every teacher was piling review work on the seventh years much to their displeasure and it was only Rukia's threats that kept Jack from dumping his workload in the fireplace on evening.

The team spent more time in the library than anything else trying to learn a years worth a material in a few weeks. Shuhei, Ichigo and Rukia had it bad, trying to cram seven years worth. So they worked late into the hours of the night, usually ignoring anything that Ukitake or Byakuya was sending them and usually leaving when either Jen or Jake fell asleep in one of their textbooks.

It was one of those times when you want time to slow down and all it does was speed up. Soon Risa and her team were sitting in the Great Hall at individual desks scribbling away at exam papers while the sun blazed tauntingly outside. The seventh year NEWTs and the fifth year OWLs were conducted at the same time.

Risa found herself doodling at the margin of her DADA NEWT absentmindedly meanwhile Jake's pen was dancing across the page ink splattering everywhere. The written exam was much too like Umbridge's class that Risa almost wanted to fail on purpose just to be a total bitch but the thought of what Byakuya or even worse Yamamoto would say was enough to make her scribble down a few answers.

The practical was what she had really been looking forward too. It was a chance to show just what made up a G-13 captain who had established the first ever SWAT unit. When her name was called Risa went into the room. Umbridge was standing there scribbling at her clipboard and shot Risa a nasty look when she walked in.

The examiner was an old and bald wizard and he had asked Risa to perform a few simple spells and several complex ones. Risa did them all to the best of her G-13 trained ability and was sure she had done well. The examiner also asked that she perform some kido for a few bonus points. Risa was ecstatic when they asked Umbridge to be her dummy and using Bakudo ichiban, Sai Risa bound her teacher and then accidently on purpose forgot to unbind her.

The real trouble had come during the History of Magic NEWT/OWL. The test itself was tedious and halfway through Harry Potter started screaming. Risa looked at Jake and then at Jen. They were both shooting the same glance to the other soul reapers and the hall was buzzing with faint chatter.

"Now, please," the one proctor said. "This is an exam please be quiet."

Harry was escorted from the room. Risa and the others finished their exams and left quickly to find him.

Harry was in the common room surrounded by his friends when Risa, Jack, Rukia and Ichigo came over.

"What happened?" Jack asked in a very Jake-like manner. Hermione looked at all of them. It was clear she mistrusted them all. Harry who did not, spoke.

"I had a vision that Voldemort was torturing my godfather," he explained. "We have to go to the Ministry of Magic and save him." He looked at Risa hoping that she would find his plan appropriate as opposed to insane.

"That's insane," Risa said swiftly. "It's 17:08, most people are getting off of work and in a building where he's more wanted that Jen in Cambodia do you really think that he's gonna go bursting in there?"

"Jen's wanted in Cambodia?" Ron and Ichigo asked. Jack and Risa sighed.

"Long story," Risa said. "But that's not the point."

"Harry," said Hermione tentatively. "Don't you think you have a sort of I don't know a saving people thing?"

"You mean a hero complex?" Jack said. He pondered for a moment. "No offense Potter but I think she's right on this one." Harry stared at Jack blankly.

"Do you not get it?!" Harry yelled. "He's being tortured."

"Look," Risa said calmly. "I understand your position, but we can't go barging into the ministry in the middle of the evening. If there is any way to verify this come back to me and I will assemble my unit. Are we clear?" Harry nodded. "Good boy."

"I'm not liking this," Rukia said at dinner that night. "Really this whole situation just seems wrong."

"Infiltration, possible assassination, what's not there to love?" Jack asked. "Speaking of all that where is the Potter boy with the Hero complex?"

Risa meanwhile was explaining the situation to Jake and the others. Jake stroked his chin thoughtfully.

"I see," he said. "Yes, well Harry does have a hero complex; I think we all realized that. But seeing his godfather tortured in the Ministry in broad daylight by Voldemort…doesn't it seem well…planted?"

"Someone agrees with me," Risa said. "Look, Potter's gonna try and verify I highly doubt what he's seen is true if it is then well we get to be soul reapers."

"Fun," Ichigo said bluntly.

It was several hours later when Harry came up to Risa with the news that he had in fact was able to verify that his vision was true. So Risa true to her word called the remaining Soul Reapers to the foyer that night. Once assembled they made their way outside to where Harry had assembled his own little army and they all looked worse for wear. Ron took one look at the entire team.

"Harry," he said slowly. "What the bloody hell is going on here?"

"Risa agreed to back us up," Harry explained. "If we're going against Deatheaters then I think that having them on our side will help us out."

"So what exactly are we doing?" Jake asked.

"We need to get to the Ministry of Magic, the department of Mysteries, row 97…" Harry started but Jake cut him off.

"Let me get this straight," he said. "You plan to infiltrate a high security area with six teenagers, none of whom have any specialized training?"

Harry shuffled angrily. Jake was making the entire thing more difficult than it needed to be.

"We're running out of time and we need a way to get to the ministry." There was a rustle in the bushes nearby and everyone jumped in every sense of the word. Harry, Ron, Hermione and their unit composed of Neville Longbottom a highly forgetful boy, Luna Lovegood, an odd sort of girl, and Ginny, Ron's sister, a mini Jen all drew their wands. Risa, Jake, Marcus, Shuhei, Ichigo, Jack and Rukia drew their swords meanwhile Jen had whipped out Bessie, her sniper rifle, and had a dead aim at the bushes.

"You can shoot all you want Bletch," a familiar voice said smugly. "But I highly doubt the captain will be pleased if his san seki kills his lieutenant."

The soul reapers lowered their swords and Jen put down Bessie. Harry and his friends did not lower their wands even as Renji walked out of the forest with his zanpaku-to resting lazily on his shoulder. Jen dropped her weapon and ran at him full speed and threw her arms around his, taking the redheaded lieutenant and everyone else by surprise.

"What the fuck just happened?" Jake asked. Jen pulled of Renji slightly embarrassed and returned to her team.

"What are doing here?" Risa asked Renji.

"You think I'm gonna let you infiltrate a high security area without me?" he smirked. Risa could feel her lips curling into a smirk of her own.

"Let's go then."