Warnings: AU, Gender-swap (features a Female Ichigo), violence, Ginny-bashing for sure….that's all for now.
Disclaimer: Tite Kubo owns Bleach and J.K. Rowling owns Harry Potter. Honestly, if I owned Harry Potter, Ginny would be burning in the deepest pits of hell, and if I owned Bleach, Ichigo's final hollow form would be seen a lot more often…
Chapter 3:
A few floo calls later, and the entire order plus an orange headed soul reaper, the Weasely children, Hermione, and Harry, were seated around the large oak table in near the kitchens. At the head of the table sat the headmaster of Hogwarts, and leader of the Order of the Pheonix, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. Ichigo was nervous, she had really stuck her neck out for them, and as it stood, she was still recovering. While she was sure she could deal with minor hollows, Aizen was far more likely to send his best Espada after her. Her inner musings had to wait, however, as every adult in the room began to shout and bicker with each other as they fought over whether or not she should stay. Finally she got fed up with it, grabbed a bewildered Harry's hand before stalking from the room. When they tried to protest, she let out a bit of her spiritual pressure, surprising them and yelling "When you are all done acting like fucking idiots (cue and indignant Mrs. Weasely), come and find me. 'Till then, I'm going to get to know the person I've just placed under my protection." The rest of the children followed her out while the adults stood dumbfounded. Snape turned to the headmaster and asked him "Is she always this blunt?". Dumbledore nodded his assent, causing Snape to do something so heinous, the majority of the Order fainted on the spot….he smiled, and said "I think I'm going to like her".
Back in the den with Hermione, Ron, Fred, George, Ginny, Harry, and Ichigo. Harry was telling Ichigo his life story (for once not leaving anything out). "So let me get this straight, the Dursley's don't feed, clothe, or care for you and sometimes beat you?". Harry nodded, he refused to meet her gaze, he didn't want to see this person he had formed an instant connection with, pity him. Ichigo grabbed his chin and looked him straight in the eyes, "I'm not going to pity you. I know that that's the last thing you need, and pity just minimizes what you had to go through. What I am going to do is scare the living shit out of the Dursley's for you", she finished with a smile. Ginny, who didn't like some orange headed bimbo touching her Harry, questioned in a scathing tone "So how are you going to manage that, you don't look all that scary." Ichigo sent her a dirty look before replying "like this", and pulled her mask over her face. Everyone in the room (save for Harry), got the chills just looking at it. Harry noticed the slightly strained feeling in the air, and cleared his throat to get everyone's attention, and continued.
Ichigo heard about the first time Harry had to take a life, and sympathized with his feelings of confusion and guilt. She was regaled with the tale of the basilisk, Lockhart, and Harry's penchant for the snake language. Then he continued with how he met Sirius, followed by the Triwizard tournament and Cedric's death. "You don't think I'm evil do you?", he questioned nervously. "Dark does not necessarily mean evil anymore than light means good. To label you evil because of feeling angry and having a gift that can be construed as dark is stupid. In fact, in many cultures the snake is a symbol of healing and life", Ichigo replied tersely, "in fact I know exactly how you feel about having Voldemort inside your head." Ron jumped out of his seat and yelled, "Don't try and be all understanding, we're his best friends…your just someone living in the same house. Don't pretend to think that you know what he is going through you filthy little upstart." Harry and Hermione looked shocked at Ron's outburst, Ginny merely capitulated on the idea and continued on with her brother's rant. "Obviously you just want to get close to him because he's famous, you don't actually care for him as a person." Ichigo stole a quick glance to her side, and saw that Harry had turned a ghostly white. She assumed that the yelling may have brought up bad memories for him…either that, or he actually believed what those two were saying. Either way, she had to put a stop to it. Bringing down enough spiritual pressure to push the two red heads to the ground, she yelled "shut the fuck up you damn idiots! Lets set the record straight shall we? I am not from this damn world, and until a few hours ago thought this magic stuff was Disney channel crap, so your belief that I want to know Harry because he's famous is complete and utter bullshit. I want to know him because he seems like an amazing person with an even greater heart, someone that doesn't let life's shitty circumstances define him, and in short someone I could consider a friend. As for not understanding what he's going through, your right. I may not understand exactly what he went through, but I think you'll find our circumstances to be quite similar. Don't prejudge you self-righteous assholes, 'cause you don't know the first freakin' thing about me." (AN: I always pictured Ichigo as rather foul mouthed as a female) Suddenly a wizened old voice came from the doorway, "You are absolutely right Ms. Kurosaki. Why don't you come into the dining room and inform us." The room's occupants whirled around to meet the twinkling eyes of Albus Dumbledore.