School is back NOOO! But anyway I decided to update this just before school starts for all of you. Sadly for Kuro her school already started a few weeks ago (the Philippines is different) so she won't be able to be here with us today *pout*
But the show must go on and so to the story we go! HAHHAHAH!
Forlorn Promises
Chapter Four: Hayata Juro, the missing one
Authoresses: BakaKitsuneKYA, Kuroneko
Crossover: Bleach/Harry Potter
Disclaimer: Don't own Bleach and/or Harry Potter
Warnings: rated T for violence? and SPOILERS (just small ones)
.::Previously on "Forlorn Promises"::.
Tired the young captain closed his eyes listening to the sweet silence and the gentle breeze rustling the leaves around him. At least he could have time on his own without any disturbance, there was no one talking to him...peace
"Hey kid" A voice suddenly interrupted his peace
quickly in a snap teal eyes opened and find gold-brown eyes staring at his, his body jerked up and shunpo'ed to a higher branch. His hand in his pocket ready to take out the mod soul but then stopped and stared at the figure. The golden-brown eyes squinted slightly as the person started laughing. Hitsugaya glared at them
"You" he growled,
"It's nice to see ya again too kiddo"…
The young captain's tense muscles eased ever so slight but the angry scowl on his face stayed, he straightened his back from his crouch like fighting position and began growling lowly at the person hiding in the covers of the leaves
"I am not a kid," he snapped venomously and recoiled back to the branch he was resting on before the surprise
The deep voice that had startled him began to laugh in heartily, the leaves around them rustled to his every movement of laughter. A black blur of fur suddenly sprang from the leaves and gracefully balanced on the thick branch the white youth was standing on. Golden-brown like cat eyes stared mused and content into Hitsugaya's turquoise teal eyes, a thin black tail swayed fluently from side to side. Their fur the same shade of black as the sky that surrounded them, thus why Hitsugaya did not recognize them before. They cat-walked on the branch towards the young captain then sat down when from enough to the youth, looking up at him with deep gold eyes.
"What are you doing here...Yoruichi?" The tenth division captain scold, his brows knitting closely to each other
"Urahara sent me, he said that there was some activities going on in the wizardry world. Me being curious I took the job and came to check it out. And Ichigo and the others were off on their vacation in the beach anyway" she answered in her low man like voice, her eyes flickered around the still park then back at the angry eyes of the young captain, her eyes smiled at him with mischief...he didn't like that
"How did Urahara know about the magic users?" inquired Hitsugaya, he remembered that a selected few knew about the existence of the wizards. Surely the head captain wouldn't have given information about them to an exiled captain.
"How did he know about them?" Yoruichi almost chuckled, "He was the first to discover of their existence, making him the person with the most information about them. Surely the old captain told you that" the cat snorted and lazily stretched on the rough bark.
The white haired boy frowned as he settled back on the branch, his arms crossed across his chest and his brows knitted together in an angry like way. Of course it was always Urahara who practically knew everything but never bothered to fill the others in...The others being he and the soul society. But it was expected for him to know a lot; he was the former head captain of the 12th division and the Shinigami research and development institution after all.
"So why'd Yamamoto sent a captain here, shouldn't he have dispatched a group first" Yoruichi stated lazily,
"There was already a team that came here at least a month ago. It was Kobayashi Captain of the fifth division and three of her subordinates, but a few weeks into the mission they were attacked and disappeared. I am merely here to look for them and gather more information of these magic humans" He replied back, he figured that Urahara would have told Yoruichi about the magic users so she might tell him some of the things she knows.
The cat's head bobbed up her blended eyebrows arched in curiosity
"Disappeared, impossible... It isn't like Kobayashi to be caught of guard no matter how meek she may look. Do they know who attacked them?" she asked
"No, not yet but I have my suspicions" the young captain stated
"The wizards?" quirked the cat, "They're too weak to take on a captain" she snorted
"No not wizards...arrancars, Aizen found out about them" Hitsugaya answered in a low and serious tone
The carefree look on the cat's face disperse into a shocked and angry look,
"Aizen's dead...he has nothing do with this" she said seriously
(Spoiler) "We're not entirely sure about that fact. If you remember Kurosaki moved his fight away from Karakura town away from us to see what was going on, it's possible that he escaped when Kurosaki thought of him dead" Hitsugaya replied sternly. (Spoiler ends)
"Where's your proof!" The cat suddenly snapped, catching the young youth by surprise but Hitsugaya quickly suppressed the emotion. She stood back on all four in a position ready to pounce
"I fought an arrancar while I was trying to get information from one of the magic users," He paused and glanced quickly to Yoruichi's direction, her body twitched slightly "They were sent by Aizen, she told me herself, then they killed the magic user without a second thought" His voice monotone and dared not look at Yoruichi.
A pregnant silence engulfed both the Shinigamis'. It was hard to accept the fact that the man that almost ruined their lives was back, to finish the job.
"So he is back...it was too good to be true that he was gone forever" there was a small smile on the feline's face but quickly disappeared to a deep frown.
"He was never gone, we've known for a while now" Hitsugaya stated, 'we' being only the captains of the 13 court guard squad after a meeting weeks after the defeat of their enemy.
He saw the sadness in his companions face; a small grunt escaped his lips as he looked up. The stars shown brightly there unlike in Karakura town, no matter what happened in the world they always stayed the same. They were the sign of hope for some people...
"We'll get him this time, we will. That's a promise I have to keep" he muttered as continued staring into the stary sky...
It been weeks since Yoruichi and Hitsugaya met up in England and there was not a sign of anymore hollows or the new arrancars. It was as if nothing ever happened, the death of the magic user, the new arrancars, the missing squad... it never happened. There was absolutely no sign of any of those events ever occurring, why? Yoruichi decided to stay by Hitsugaya's side in his mission but even with her help they still haven't found a single clue...nothing! It was frustrating, too much stress for a young captain to bear.
The young captain and the ex-captain walked through the crowd with a irritated frown on the boy's face and an exhausted one on the cat's face. To the people of England thought they were just an abnormal kid who did not get his sweets from the candy store and his pet cat he picked up from the streets. Those odd looks and rude comments did not help the short temper of the captain at all.
They have been searching all over 'bloody' England, starting from Surrey and now to the heart of England...London. It was possibly the most over crowded place that he had been at, the streets were swarming with humans and vehicles, meaning more staring people than the young captain could handle. Why couldn't these people mind their own business for once. Yoruichi pranced over to a fence and hopped on it then balanced skillfully on it, she leaned to the side to where Hitsugaya was walking
"Maybe we should rest and get something to eat, then look around the place" she suggested
Hitsugaya side glanced at her with an unapproved look, he was about to retort saying that they were on a mission there was no time for leisure but his stomach answered before him with a long growl. Color appeared on the captain's pale cheeks and an annoyed look replaced his depressed and irritated look. A Cheshire grin appeared on the cat's face and Hitsugaya sighed in defeat,
"Fine, but find something not too expensive. I'm running out of money"(1) The young captain grunted, running his hand down his pockets to see if he really did have any money left
The cat literally jumped off the fence in joy and ran around the corner looking for a place to eat, Hitsugaya followed not to far from behind. After a few minutes Yoruichi returned back to Hitsugaya's side
"I found a pub, and by the looks of it, it looks cheap" she said and lead the way
Hitsugaya followed silently through the crowds and turned whenever Yoruichi did till they reach the pub...or what they thought was a pub. Hitsugaya stared at it with a critics eye. The so-called pub nestled tightly between a bookshop and a record store, looking oh ever more out of place, its structure look old and out of shape, broken down if you must know. It made Hitsugaya wonder, how the government still lets it stand it must certainly broken a few rules and health regulations. But what got the young boy wondering even more is that Yoruichi really expected them to eat there!
He looked down to consult with the cat but she disappeared from his side, he shook his head from left to right looking for her then spotted a black blur enter the old broken down looking pub. She already went inside without, how very nice of her... The young captain stomped towards the pub in a mature like way and entered the room.
What he saw was not he had expected it to be... The pub was dark and not very well lit but the tables that was shattered around was polished, slightly dusty yet cleaner than he expected. The bar at the other side of the room was long and once again clean. There was handsome staircases that lead upstairs as well as to the basement. It actually looked...decent, except for the pictures shattered all over the walls and the walls themselves but still...decent.
But that wasn't what surprised him the most, there were a few people eating and talking...none seemed to look, whisper or even glance at him. It was either they simply didn't care, or it was oddly usual, he didn't know whether to be offended or relieved...what is this place?
His thoughts drifted till he heard a familiar purring, he turned back to the bar to see Yoruichi drinking milk as an old man that was not there before appeared patting her head gently. He began making his way down towards the bar, the old man finally took notice of him and that familiar odd look on his face appeared but then dispersed into a toothy grin. He reached the bar and the old man greeted him
"Hello there laddie! I don't suppose this feller belongs to yer?"
It took the captain about a few minutes to translate what he had said, it was hard enough to understand another language but even harder when the person who was born to speak that language spoke it absolutely wrong.
"Yes" he answered shortly
The balding old man smiled again as he wiped his hands on a cloth,
"So what can I do for yer laddie?" He asked
"What do you have?" Hitsugaya asked back,
"We git', some game pie, Roast Hog, Pea soup...but I recommend yer not to 'it that and...er yes! Butterbeer"
"Do you have tea?" he asked hopefully but his voice monotone, non seemed to sound appealing to his stomach at the moment
The old man nodded and head to the back of the pub, probably to the kitchen. As the man disappeared to the back Hitsugaya snapped his head towards Yoruichi who was almost finished her milk,
"You didn't wait" He hissed in Japanese
"Did I offend you?" Yoruichi whispered back with a grin
Hitsugaya growled at her but she only returned back to her drink, licking in content. The old man returned with a steaming cup of tea and placed it in front of the young captain. He took the tea and sipped it, it was decent but not as good as the tea back at the soul society but filling still.
"That would be 2 sickle laddie" the man smiled
Hitsugaya arched a brow as he place the cup slowly on the bar table, what in the world was a sickle? he only had Euros. Hopefully they are allowed to do an exchange here
"Could I exchange these Euros, I've seem to run out of sickles" he lied perfectly
He dug into his pockets and threw out all the Euro's he had left in a neat pile on the bar table. Luckily the old man nodded and took the amount that was the same for 2 sickles
"Yer been with the muggles too long eh?" The old man laughed, "You should get the rest of these exchanged at Gringotts bank. Why don't you go after you finish yer tea? I could get you to the Diagon alley in seconds"
"I would appreciate that thank you" He continued lying through his teeth, he took his cup of tea and continued sipping,
He side glanced to Yoruichi hoping for an explanation but she was still too busy drinking her milk, what was a muggle? And Gringotts? He had a map of London there was no bank called 'Gringotts' the old man left to serve another costumer giving Yoruichi and Hitsugaya time to talk to each other privately
"You have no idea what he just said don't you Yoruichi chuckled, irritating the captain
"And did you?" He shot back without making eye contact with her; the others might think of him crazy when they see him arguing with a cat
Yoruichi straighten up from her now empty bowl and licked her paw to wipe away the milk from her face,
"As far as I know from what Urahara told me a muggle is a human who is oblivious to magic...so the old man must be-"
"Magic users" Hitsugaya interrupted
"The correct term is wizards and witches. If you don't want anyone to be suspicious try using the correct terms" the cat snorted.
-.::FF::.-
Hitsugaya finally had finished his tea, he no longer felt hungry even if it was only a cup of tea. He suspected that there might be magic that help settle his stomach. The old man came back to take away the cup,
"Yer follow me" He said and wobbled out from behind the bar
Hitsugaya followed right after he picked up Yoruichi into his arms, he is not letting her run off again. The man led them to the back of the pub, a single door stood at the end of the pub and they entered. A tall cement wall greeted them, Hitsugaya and Yoruichi exchange odd looks to each other, was this a trap? The man scooted towards the wall and pulled out a stick...no a wand! Like the one that he saw from the other wizard.
He began to tap the brick in a counter-clockwise motion, at first nothing seemed to happen when he had stopped tapping on the bricks. But the smile on the old man's face just stayed so Hitsugaya assumed something was going to happen...something unexpected.
He was right
The bricks began to rumble in its place then slowly circled continuously, moving away from the middle of the wall. Hitsugaya felt Yoruichi's body tense slightly, till the sight of a crowded street appeared from the hole...great more people
"Well there ye go lad" The old man said with a toothy grin as he admired his work
"Thank you, sir" Hitsugaya thanked and stepped towards the crowd
"The names Tom by the way, and yers being?" The old man finally introduced himself
"Hitsugaya Toushirou" Hitsugaya answered looking over his shoulder to look at the old man as the bricks began to return back to its proper place
"Nice to meet you Hitsueya!" Tom waved
"IT'S HITSUGAYA!" he growled but a little to late as the last brick tumbled back to place.
Sighing the young captain turned back to the crowded streets, he then corrected himself...The streets of London is not as crowded as this place, he just hoped he wouldn't find another place that is even more crowded. The mortals shattered all over the streets were dark heavy cloaks and crooked hats as ones that witches and wizards would wear, but then again they are wizards and witches.
Finally there were glances and whispering about him, but the odd thing was they were not talking about his odd facial features, hair or skin. They were talking about his clothes! Well at least he could blame Matsumoto this time about his odd clothes.
"I suggest we stick-huh?" Hitsugaya started but when to look in arms where Yoruichi was suppose to be, she was gone,
He spread his arms and looked around. She left...again!
"Damn it! I swear to kami-" he swore under his breath as he finally went through the crowd, when he gets his hands on that cat!
A long dark laughter echoed through an empty bedroom in the Riddle's mansion. A man with the appearance of his early twenties laid upon the dusty couch as his waved a metal fan in his hands. A rodent skull sat snuggled upon the left half of his face, long silk like hair in a high pony, a long trail of bones resembling a rat's tail entwined in his black hair. A handsome grin appeared on his pale pink lips.
"Everything is going according to how Lǎobǎn has planned it" He mused silently to himself as he rested the cold metal plane of the fan on his lips
His dark mystic eyes glittered with mischief as they scanned their dark surroundings. His only companion in the room was a young girl not even her teen's years. A white skull of a monkey attacked at top of her head as she laid stomach flat on an old dust filled bed. A tail flickered about in the still cold air and her golden eyes glazed empty.
"This is too easy Dàgē, soo boring...I want to challenged " she sighed and turned on to her back now, twirling her weapon above her making a whooshing like sound.
"Don't worry you'll have your fun soon, Mingzhu. So in the meantime sit still, your annoying me" The man with the rodent skull said
"Well your fan is annoying me Xiaoli" Mingzhu retorted
Xiaoli smiled devilishly before returning to flapping his fan and so Mingzhu continued on to waving things around. A familiar buzzing sound then echoed in the silent room, the air around the middle of the room ripped and their companion from before appeared in the shadows. Slit ruby eyes opened in the dark as the figure walked towards the lounging people
"The reaper Captain is in place" She informed in a monotone voice,
"Perfect...Tell the 4th squad to proceed as planned, don't let him out of their sight" Xiaoli ordered, he then turned to Mingzhu who looked back at him eagerly, "You go as well, keep them in line"
Her fangs showed as she grinned, she cart wheeled off the bed and silently landed on the ground. She grabbed onto the other girl's hand as before and pulled her to an opening hole
"The games are about to begin Jiejie" she grinned, "Lets have fun"
They entered the rip and disappeared with a buzz, Xiaoli relaxed back on the couch fanning his metal fan in a slow pace,
"He had agreed to the terms?" A voice said from to the side
Xiaoli's eyes glanced over to the corner and spotted familiar white robes,
"But of course, Lord Aizen"(2) he answered
Hitsugaya did not like this place at all, not in the very least. The over crowded streets, unruly stench from some stores and the rude humans that pass, shoved, and pushed him out of the way as he made his way through them. His brows knitted tightly together and his fingers clenched into fist, coldness rolled from him but he tried to control his angry. For he refused to be discovered so easily because the humans annoyed him as well as Yoruichi running away.
[Where is that cat] He growled, a mist puffed from his lips once but soon died out before anyone could notice
He slithered pass a group of jumping giggling children and their parents running after them. He glared at those whose glances where trailing on him to long before making his way to a not as crowded alley, it was dark but not crowded so it was good enough for him. The eyes that followed him stopped immediately when he stepped into the shadows of the alley with gave the small captain more relief. But something felt odd there though, he turned his head slowly to look at the alley he had slipped into, the magic presence here seemed darker then those in the crowded streets.
"Toushirou-kun" A voice called out
Hitsugaya turned quickly with a scowl on his face; he came face to face with Yoruichi who sat comfortably on a stack of boxes
"It's Hitsugaya- taichō! Now where have you been! I've been looking for you all over this damned place" he growled
"They're here" She said solemnly
They are here? Who is here? And then he felt their presence; he cursed himself mentally for not feeling it earlier. It was because of the wizard magic in the air it blocked their presence
"I can only sense one of them," He muttered darkly,
Their eyes met each other with suspicion,
"Then where is the rest of the squad?" She asked
Hitsugaya did not answer her, his mind concentrated at the faint spiritual pressure of the missing Shinigami. Instead he gave a quick glance to the cat and nodded stiffly before flash stepping to its direction. Yoruichi followed from behind as swiftly and quietly as the young captain, they headed deeper and deeper into the dark alley and the Reiatsu of the Shinigami began to get stronger, they were closing in quick. The Reiatsu trail lead them to an abandon looking old building, Hitsugaya switched his footing to turn to the building, pushing of from a rusty roof and entering through a busted window. The building was dark; there was no light except for the dim ones from outside, cobwebs shattered in all the concerns and boxes stacked all the way to the ceiling. Yoruichi then appeared cautiously by his side, Amber eyes shifting around the dark place.
The Shinigami was in there for sure but where were they? He could not see him. Suddenly a glimmer of light shined from above them, quickly the captain snapped his head up to see a figure hurling down at them, and they began to scream a battle scream. Hitsugaya and Yoruichi jumped out of the way in separate directions as the figure crashed to the ground. He could make out a sword in the grasp of a man barely out of his teen years, black beady eyes stared terrified and paranoid. Their eyes met and the man charged towards him scream, his sword up in the air and his shuffling feet quick, he disappeared but Hitsugaya sensed him and moved out of the way by a tumble. The man reappeared to where he was standing previously. The man swung the sword wildly as he glared at him
"Who are you, what do you want from me!" He growled holding the sword with both his hands now
"I am Hitsugaya Toushirou, one of the 13 court guard squads, Captain of the tenth division,"(3) He said cautiously,
The man's eyes widened in the dark, the tense grip on the hilt of the sword as a small gasp escaped the man's quivering lips.
"I-it...it is you! Taichō!" the man's voice squeaked with relief and joy
The sword fell to the ground discharged from his hands and he ran over to the captain, Hitsugaya took a step back in caution thinking the man would attack. But the men dropped to his knees and crawled towards him then grasp the white youths legs and hugged it tightly. Hitsugaya jerked uncomfortably but the man was too strong even if he was crying loudly, it was like being trapped in Matsumoto's death hugs but being able to breath, and being hugged by a...fellow male... He looked over to where Yoruichi was with the look of assistance in the weird position he was in but the black cat stifled a laugh and placed a paw to cover her mouth, Hitsugaya made an annoyed face.
"Enough" his voice boomed in a serious tone
The man looked up at him then quickly unwrapped his arms from his legs; he wiped away the tears from his eyes with the sleeves of his cotton robe and backed away. He bowed down deeper, his forehead on the ground as well as his palms flat.
"Forgive me taichō " he apologized
Hitsugaya let out a hn and dusted his pants uncomfortably, he will not speak of this event ever and if Yoruichi dares he would slaughter her.
"State your rank" he commanded
"um…Hai taichō," The man answered and looked up, "Hayata Juro of the fifth division under Kobayashi-taichō unseated"
When he spoke of his captain's name sadness filled his face for a split second, Hitsugaya noticed.
"You came to this mission with your captain and two others. Where are they?" Yoruichi finally spoke
Hayata was spooked for a minute, the cat spoke to him but he remembered the rumors of that of an ex captain that was able to transform into a cat so that cat must be the captain. When he got over the shock he lowered his head, his hands gripped tightly on his thighs
"T-they were killed"
CHAPTER ENDS! MWHAHAHA!
I personally hate cliffhangers but I always make them I don't know why! But anyway that's the end of this chapter no more no less! Pls review! To make Kuro happy! She wants reviews! hahaha!
(1)- I just thought that was funny, people always think that Asian's are very cheap and now Hitsugaya is being very cheap lol! I'm Asian too and I admit we are very cheap! But seeing a dead Asian still being cheap is just a funny thought to me!
(2)- If you watch an eng sub of an Anime and the Japanese voice actor says something in English it sounds so hawt! (like Sebastien from Black butler like that) Well that's how it sounded like! Sorry! couldn't help it, Crazy fangirl
(3)- I Checked wiki and it said that Hitsugaya's name was Hitsugaya Toushirou. People tell it it's Toshirou or Toshiro. Which one is it really? Toushirou, Toshiro, or Toshirou? But I don't really care so I'll just go with Toshirou in the next chapter k
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