Chapter 3: The Beginning.

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I am thinking of making Naruto as Harry's Zanpakuto or should I create some new one. Please tell.

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As Haruto entered through the door to the cottage, he was expecting some run down cottage, taking into consideration of the outside. He was quite shocked, as the inside would be what described as cozy and quaint. Daichi directed him towards a small table which had a sturdy chair. He dropped Haruto at the chair. He also told him to drink the water at the pitcher at the table. When he drank from it, he realized how thirsty he was.

"I will get you something to eat." With that the old man went inside a room which he thought would be the kitchen.

He started to look around. There was window was facing the setting sun. The table was set against the wall. There was some space between the window and the table. There were some books on the far wall in a shelf. Other than that the room was quite Spartan.

When he caught the reflection in the window, he didn't recognize himself. The dress was in Japanese style like everyone else, but whereas everyone's clothes were almost in rags and in dull colures of grey and other, his clothes were in rich ebony colour. Also there was a long coat buttoned above waist and fanned out below his waist reaching his ankle (Sort of like Ichigo's bankai outfit coat.) giving him ample space to move about.

Daichi entered the room with a plate which had a loaf of bread and few fruits in it. When he saw the food his stomach signaled him how hungry he was. Daichi laughed and he was smiling embarrassedly.

"I think you are quite hungry. So eat."

Haruto started to eat the loaf of bread very slowly.

"I thought you were quite hungry. But you don't act like it when you eat."

"Well. If you are hungry, then you are low on energy so, you give your body as much as energy as quickly as possible. By eating slowly you create more saliva there by speeding up the digestion faster which in turn makes sure a speedy energy supply. So eat slowly. You also reduce burden for the digestive tract and other digestive organ thereby consuming less energy. At least that is my theory."

Daichi was looking at him like he is seeing some rocket scientist. So he dropped the subject. After he ate the last apple and few weird looking fruits, the old man asked him.

"So do you know where you are"

He thought he remembered something, but cant quite recall what it is. Also there was headache forming.

"No. But, one thing I know is I am dead"

"Indeed you are dead. You are in place called Soul Society."

When he said that, the headache increased.

"So, tell me more about this place."

"The Soul Society is divided into two main parts. One is the Court of pure souls (Seireitei) and the other is the Rukongai, which is you are at now. Also the Rukongai is divided into 80 sectors or district, which again is formed in the four directions east, west, north and south. Each direction has sectors numbering from 1 to 80. We are at sector 37 at the east side. The sector one is near the Seireitei. The Seireitei is covered by a wall around its perimeter. No is aloud inside the wall without proper authorization. Since sector one is near Seireitei, it is where the so called nobles reside there. It is also well ordered and well protected. As the sector increases in number, the criminal activities increases with the number. The sector 80 is the worst of all inhabited by the worst criminals. Any more you want to know?"

"What is inside the Seireitei?"

"That will be the Shinigamis"

"Shinigamis? As in more than one?"

"Yes. The Shinigami is responsible for maintaining the order in the Soul Society. Even they cannot keep order in sector 80. So, they gave up on that. They also guide the souls from earth to here. So, I take it the one who sent here didn't explain these things?"

That's when everything came crashing down to him, the green light and evil laughter. The Durseley's treatment. The cupboard under the stairs. The Hogwarts letter. The train and his meeting with the Weasley's and his friends. Then the six year at Hogwarts. The final confrontation with old Tommy boy. Finally, meeting in the void.

He thought that his first memory was the killing curse with Voldemort's evil laughter and him dying. His final memory was also the killing curse rebounding towards Voldemort that happened when he was a year old.

When he opened his eyes it was already night time. He tried to stand up from the chair in which he had passed out, but tumbled slightly. That's when the old man returned with some fruits in a basket.

"Ah. You have woken up. What happened?"

He simply said, "Influx of memories."

"It will be disconcerting at the first. But it will fade over the years."

He did not correct him that, he made a deal. It might come in handy in the future.

"Eat up. You must be hungry."

So, they ate in silence.

After finishing up the meal, the old man brought a futon with him and told him to get some rest.

"You will definitely have more questions about this world, but it can wait till morning." With that he left him to his room.

With a final thought he went to sleep immediately.

'It's going to be quite interesting'

Morning came bright and early. When he woke up, the old man was still sleeping. So, he tried to do his morning routine, but failed. After that he sat facing the window started to meditate. After the headmaster's death his view was changed completely. Since the traditional method in occlumency failed he started on meditation. Surprisingly it helped him a lot. Snape's clear your mind without any thought was a very advanced form in meditation. No wonder he didn't get it. Using this method he searched himself what is the problem. The answer was that his energy was highly unstable. Using certain calming methods he was able finally calm down his spiritual energy. Unlike his magical core which is at the centre, the energy was flowing throughout the body. After a while, he started regulating the energy.

He started to stand up cautiously and to his relief he was able to do it without any problem. He heard clapping sound and turned to see Daichi.

"You surprise me more and more kid"

"Cut to the chase old man. What do you need from me? I know that, you are one to collect any and all rouges from the street. So, I repeat. What do you want from me?"

"Very astute aren't you. You are right. I don't pick up any urchins from the street. But, you are not like others. You have the potential and power to be great."

"Who are you exactly?"

"I was once a shinigami. I didn't feel like to continue after sometime."

"How exactly do you become one?"

"At first you were handpicked by the existing shinigami who have level reiatsu. But now, the captain commander of Seireitei formed an academy. There is an admission examination for basic sword wielding and hand to hand combat and also history. Do you like to become one?"

"Tell me more about shinigami, their roles and Seireitei"

"The shinigami also protects from the hollows. The hollows are souls are which are deformed and formed of despair. They live in Heuco Mundo."

"Okay. Since, you were once shinigami, can you teach me some basics."

The old man smiled. Which he thought was becoming cruel.

"I thought you would never ask."

He took him to a clearing throwing him an apple. When we reached there he simply said

"Let the tor…. I mean training begin. Run 25 laps around the clearing"

He saw the clearing and the tree at other end was only a speck. His jaw dropped.

"You must be kidding me."

"Now move or it will be 30"

Without another word he started to run. After completing the 25 mile he collapsed completely. During running he found that he could use his energy to run. Then that sadist told him to give 50 push up and 100 squats. By the time he finished it was already past noon. They returned to the cottage and the old man provided him some fruit and meal. After eating they returned to the clearing and gave him a ball. Before asking what it is it Daichi formed a glowing sphere of reiatsu around it. He told him to do it. I cleared his mind without any stray thought and focused inwards, where he found the reiatsu roaring and howling. It took him some minutes, but finally was able to calm his reiatsu. Then he imagined forming a ball. Suddenly there was a large ball which is 6 feet wide.

When he turned to the old man, the sadist simply said that the sphere must be only a foot wide. That's when he has mastered the technique. It took him every ounce of control to control the raging reiatsu. But he did, when it was way past the afternoon and the sun was sinking in the western sky.

"That's good. But tomorrow we will also include sword fighting which is very important to every shinigami. You see every shinigami has a Zanpakuto which is the sword unique to him. Every Zanpakuto lies within him. One must find that himself to wield the sword properly. So, we must start early than today to reap any benefit"

"Sadist"

"You must also run extra 3 miles with your 25 tomorrow. Anything else to say gaki?"

"Nothing" he mumbled.

"That's what I thought"

After reaching the cottage, Daichi gave me some fruit along with some rice ball. He was very content with himself for today, even though it is going to get much harder. When he finally hit the futon he was asleep immediately. Then he dreamt of howling wind and raging fire.

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