A/N: I decided to make this chapter about twice as long as my other ones and as a result I might take a little longer to update. Hope you enjoy the chapter.
The next morning Harry had a great breakfast and then he and Ginny went up to her room. Ginny closed the door behind her and joined Harry on her bed.
Harry took a deep breath and said "Are you ready Ginny?"
"I'm fine Harry; I'm ready to do this whenever you are." Ginny replied.
Harry nodded and laid his sword in his lap. Ginny took his hands in hers and squeezed gently. Harry smiled at her and concentrated his spiritual pressure to contact with his swords sprit. He connected and the voice said "I see that you want to review Ichigo's memories now and I assume you want Miss Weasley to witness them as well?"
"Yes, can you do that?" Harry said a little anxiously.
"Yes I can." The voice said and Harry felt Ginny jump a little and she started shaking. She had obviously heard the voice. Harry saw that she looked terrified. Who could blame her? She had an evil presence invading her mind before and now she could hear another voice other than hers in her head.
Harry hugged her close "Ginny it's alright, he's not evil he won't hurt you he's only trying to help us. He can see in your mind but he cannot see what you don't want him too, he can't see anything personal ok?"
Ginny nodded and calmed down she pulled away from Harry and held his hand in hers and took a deep breath. "You can see in my mind?" she asked the voice.
"Yes I can but do not fear, I see that you have had a terrible presence invading your mind and body before and I assure you that I cannot do the same thing. Harry is my master and if he so pleases he can have me removed but that would make it much harder for you to understand everything I show him." The voice said.
Ginny nodded and said "Is it alright for me to see everything? I mean Harry is your master and I understand that you can show him Ichigo's memories but is it really ok for me to witness them as well?"
"I sense that you have great feelings for my master and he feels the same towards you. He trusts you with this information and I believe that it is the right decision. Also when this is over I will share a mental bond with you. Not like I have with Harry but I will be able to protect your mind." The voice said.
Ginny nodded and took a deep breath. "Ok I'm ready now."
Harry smiled at her and said "Ok were ready."
"I will be putting you in a calm state of mind because there is so much information to be absorbed. It will still take awhile though. Also it could be damaging to your minds if you re forcibly taken out of the calm state of mind" The voice said.
Harry then felt a weird felling n his head and felt oddly at peace. It was like the Imperious curse but friendlier and it felt safe. He then gasped as he saw movie like images in his head. He could assume Ginny could see them as well because he felt her squeeze his hands harder.
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Hermione walked out of Ron's room after getting trounced in a game of chess. She wondered where Harry and Ginny were. She hadn't seen them since breakfast. It's been three hours and that's plenty of time for snogging but they haven't showed up yet. Hermione walked down the stairs to Ginny's room and knocked on the door. When there wasn't any reply she opened it slowly.
She looked across the room and spotted Harry and Ginny sitting on the bed holding hands. But when she called out to them they didn't even twitch. Hermione then noticed that Harry's sword was floating between them and glowing blue. She called out to them again but got no response.
She started to walk towards them but stopped when she herd a voice in her head. "Do not worry about them there fine."
Hermione gasped and looked around her. She couldn't see anyone so she said "Who are you and what are you doing to them, it looks like there being possessed."
"I put them in a trance like state to show them some important information. I am the soul of Harry's sword." The voice said.
Hermione backed out of the room and she felt the presence leave her mind. She ran down the stairs and found Mrs. Weasley. "Mrs. Weasley Harry's sword has put Harry and Ginny in some kind of trance and they won't answer me. The soul told me that there fine but I don't know what to do."
Mrs. Weasley was shocked at what Hermione said. "That sword has a soul in it? This is just like in Ginny's first year, we have to stop it. I'll contact Dumbledore he'll probably know what to do."
Mrs. Weasley took out her Galleon again and waved her wand over it and it glowed red. Then she and Mr. Weasley hurried up the stairs to Ginny's room. Ron came down the stairs and asked what was going on. He was quickly filled in on the details and they entered Ginny's room and stopped when they saw Harry and Ginny on the bed holding hands in a trance like state.
Mrs. Weasley was torn about what to do. She wanted to go and help her daughter but she didn't know what to do. "Let's just wait for Dumbledore. He'll know what to do."
They all just stood around the entrance of the room and finally Dumbledore arrived.
Dumbledore walked up the stairs and was filled in on the situation. He walked into the room and peered at Harry and Ginny. They looked like they were in a trance of some sort and I seems that the sword was doing it. He took a couple of steps forward and he felt a powerful force try to enter his mind. He staggered backwards and was just able to fend off the presence.
Mrs. Weasley and the others gasped when Dumbledore was pushed back and they asked what happened.
Dumbledore took out his wand and said "There is a very powerful presence here that almost invaded my mind. I was able to keep him out with Occlumency."
Hermione gasped and said "Yes that what happened he entered my mind and spoke to me. He told me that Harry and Ginny are fine."
Dumbledore looked thoughtful for a moment and said "Can you speak to me without entering my mind? Soul of the sword."
Just then there was a slight shimmering in front of them and a middle aged man with long black hair and black robes seemed to appear out of nothing.
The mysterious man bowed slightly to Dumbledore and said "You must be Dumbledore. You must be quite powerful to be able to stop me from entering your mind but I meant you no harm."
Dumbledore regarded this man suspiciously and said "How do you who I am?"
"I know most of what Harry and Ginny know. I cannot see what they want to be kept a secret but anything that they would generally tell others I know." The man replied.
Dumbledore nodded and said "What did you do to them?"
"I have put them in a trance like state to give them a large amount of information about the Soul Society and the Soul Reapers. And of course about Ichigo, my former master. If they are forcibly shook from the trance their memories could be permanently damaged, thus why I am telling you that they will be fine." The man said.
Dumbledore nodded and said "I guess I'll have to take your word for it. I don't suppose you would let me pass any way."
The man considered him for a moment and said "No I would not. I will not allow any harm to come to my master if I can help it. You may be one of the most powerful Wizards in this world and I probably wouldn't be able to defeat you until Harry has learned the skill and knowledge of his new power but for now I still hold the advantage because I know most of what wizards can do and you don't know what I'm capable of."
Dumbledore sighed and stepped back. "You are correct in that regard. I am reassured that there is a powerful presence guarding Harry."
Mrs. Weasley however was not so certain. "Why is Ginny going through this with Harry? She doesn't have any Spiritual power."
The man looked at her and said "Miss Weasley has been touched by a great evil. Her mind, body, and soul was taken possession over by the one you call Voldemort. This evil has scarred her deeply. She was forced to witness many horrible things that Voldemort had done and it very nearly broke her"
Mrs. Weasley gasped and said "She never told us… I mean I knew what happened but she just told us that she was fine"
The man stared at her and said "Of course she told you that she was fine. She knew that you wouldn't understand even if she told you about it. But there is only one other person in this room that had been touched by Voldemort's evil. He has lost his parents, most of his child hood and has had to fight for his life many times. He is able to understand that she is not ok because he isn't ok and they both probably never will be but they help each other deal with the pain."
Mrs. Weasley nodded solemnly and said "Ok then I trust that they will be fine. Are they almost done?"
The man nodded and said "You all should leave. They will want some time alone to properly sort out the information. Then he disappeared. Reluctantly Mrs. Weasley and the others left and closed the door behind them. The sword glowed for a few more moments then stopped. Harry and Ginny opened their eyes.
Harry sighed solemnly and said "Ichigo was a great person; He risked his life countless times to save his friends." His eyes were tearing up now. "Now his two sisters and father are probably wondering what has happened to him." Harry began to cry. "Why did he sacrifice himself to save me? Someone he just met?" Dammit!"
Ginny just hugged him and said "Let it all out Harry, its ok to cry, let it out."
Harry buried his face in her shoulder and wept for a friend that was remarkably selfless and shown great courage in the face of overwhelming odds. He was very grateful for Ginny's support. He needed someone to put him back together at time like these. Harry hugged Ginny tighter. "I don't know what I'd do without you Gin."
"And you won't find out what you would do because I'm not going anywhere." She said softly.
Harry smiled. "Thank you Ginny." He whispered.
Ginny and Harry broke apart and Harry kissed her softly. He put as much feeling into the kiss as he could. He didn't kiss her in lust. He kissed her and poured his heart into it.
Ginny kissed him softly back and she knew what he needed. She kissed him with all the emotion she had and when they broke apart they stared into each other's eyes and smiled.
Harry then leaned in and kissed the top of her nose and she giggled. "I understand so much more about Ichigo's world now and what I have to do to train."
Ginny nodded and said "And I'll help you as much as I can."
Harry smiled and said "From what the sword spirit is telling me, Hermione walked in on us during the trance and she was worried about us and eventually your mum, dad, Ron and Dumbledore showed up in here."
Ginny looked a little worried and said "What happened?"
"The sword spirit took his physical form and explained to them what was going on and how we were drawn together because we can relate and understand each other's past tragedies." Harry said with a sigh.
"Well you are the only one that can truly understand what I went through and it has already helped me immensely as I know that I can count on you to help me when I have nightmares or when the memories are brought up." Ginny said softly.
Harry got to his feet and took her hands in his. "I'll always be there for you Gin. And I know that you'll be there for me. Now let's go downstairs and try to explain some of what happened to everyone."
Together hand in hand they headed down the stairs and into the living room where everyone was waiting for them. Everyone looked up at them and they walked over to the couch and sat down next to each other.
Harry took a deep breath and said "I know that we have worried everyone but I had to learn more about the Soul Society and my new powers. I wanted Ginny to be with me when I went through Ichigo's memories because I knew that it was going to be very emotional."
Dumbledore nodded and sad "I understand Harry. I trust that you now know what you must do to train and discover your new powers?"
Harry looked thoughtful for a moment and said "Yes and if you wouldn't mind I would like to train with you Professor."
Dumbledore looked at Harry carefully for a moment and said "I suspect that the soul of your sword wants to learn about more powerful magic that I wield and how to best defend against it to make sure that you would be on par with Voldemort."
Harry nodded. "Yes and you're the only one here beside Ginny that is able to keep information from our enemies."
Mrs. Weasley looked at her Daughter and said "She is able to use Occlumency at that level already?"
Ginny shook her had and said "Since Harry trusts me with the knowledge of Ichigo's memories. Harry's Zanpaktou sprit told me that he shares a mental bond with me like Harry's but not as powerful. He is able to protect my mind from pretty much any force. I doubt Professor Dumbledore could get in."
Mr. Weasley looked at his daughter carefully and said "How can you trust this spirit to be able to get inside you mind? Forgive me but the last time that happened it was horrible for you."
Ginny looked at her father and said "The spirit of a Zanpaktou is made up of the personality and life experiences of the Soul Reaper. Harry and I witnessed Ichigo's memories and experiences from the spirit because it was made up from Ichigo's memories and experiences in the first place. And from what I saw Ichigo was a great person. He risked his life many times to protect his friends and do what was right and never gave up no matter what he was up against."
Harry smiled at her and said "Yes he was a great person and I will continue to use this power for those same reasons."
Dumbledore smiled at them with his eyes twinkling and said "Very well Harry. Let us work out a time and place for us to begin training."
Harry thought for a moment. "I think the best place would be the Room of Requirement because of its location and its resources."
Dumbledore nodded and said "That would be fine. The castle is not warded against you and Miss Weasley but I do not know what will happen with the spirit though."
Harry shrugged. "We'll just have to find out when we go there. Now I know that you're very busy with running the school and the Order so I think two or three times a week would be fine?"
Dumbledore nodded and said "Yes that is workable. I have some time this evening if you and Ginny would like to start."
Harry looked at Ginny and she said "It's fine with me."
Harry smiled at her and said "Ok tonight after dinner it is."
Dumbledore got to his feet and said "We'll then I must be off I'll be back to side along Apparate you both to Hogwarts after dinner.
Harry nodded and said "We'll be ready."
Dumbledore then left the Burrow and after he past the boundaries of the wards he Disapparated.
After a little more discussion about Harry's Sword Spirit they had lunch and Harry, Ron, Ginny went outside to the orchard to fly and toss the homemade quaffle around. While Hermione read a new book that she got from her parents.
After dinner Harry and Ginny sat on the couch and waited for Dumbledore to arrive. Dumbledore arrived shortly after and Harry and Ginny walked outside beyond the boundaries of the wards. They each held on to one of Dumbledore's arm and then the three of them Disapparated on the spot.
It was a very weird feeling to Apparate Harry thought as he looked around at his surroundings a little dazed. He saw that they were in a small clearing the appeared to be the Forbidden Forest. Ginny didn't look any different and he suspected that she had probably have already side along Apparated before.
Dumbledore smiled at them and said "Good that went well, now let us be off to the castle."
Harry and Ginny nodded and followed behind Dumbledore who was waving his wand and muttering incantations as he walked. Harry supposed that he was checking the wards around the castle. After a few minutes of walking they walked out of the forest and into the Hogwarts grounds. They made their way across the grounds and Dumbledore waved his wand at the large oak front doors and they unlocked and creaked open.
The three of them entered the castle and they made their way to the seventh floor corridor. Harry walked past the portion of wall and he thought about a place where he could train. After three passes the door to the Room of Requirement appeared. Harry opened the door and stepped inside. The room was huge, about the size of the Great Hall or bigger. It was barren like a desert and had rock formations coming out of the ground.
Dumbledore and Ginny stepped in after him and Dumbledore looked at Harry quizzically and said "I was expecting a training room of some sort."
Harry looked at Dumbledore and said "From what Ginny and I witnessed I will eventually gain incredible amounts of speed and strength. So much strength in fact, to be able to make a small crater in the ground with a swing of my sword."
Dumbledore looked a Harry in surprise and said "Well then I won't be much use as a sparring partner as far as it goes with your sword fighting abilities."
"You won't have to help with that. The soul of my sword will train me to use my Soul Reaper Powers and you can help me to learn more advanced magic and come up with good ways to combine the two." Harry said.
Dumbledore nodded and said "That is reasonable. I am wondering if I have any spiritual power that is hidden within me. I know that I am very powerful magically but I am curious about this spiritual power. Maybe Miss Weasley as well."
Harry looked thoughtful for a moment and said "The sword spirit said that all magical Wizards and Witches have spiritual power like a Soul Reaper. The magic that Wizards and Witches use is the small amount of spiritual pressure that leaks out. There is a sort of blockage that holds back the potential of the spiritual pressure that you can draw from for your magic."
Dumbledore was shocked at that information. "If one were to break that blockage, would they be able to attain Soul Reaper abilities or use stronger magic?"
Harry concentrated and talked to the sword sprit again and said "The spirit said that you have more Magical power to draw from than the average Witch or Wizard because you have already succeeded in breaking the blockage. He believes you had to break through the blockage when you were in dire need of more power. That is also the reason why you are living an exceptionally long life."
Dumbledore nodded and said "I was wondering why I am living so long. I believe that it was during the fight with Grindelwald when I was losing the duel and then I felt more power flowing through me and I was able to win."."
Ginny looked a little puzzled and said "Harry if you have a huge amount of spiritual power then will you live for an extremely long time?"
Harry shook his head and explained. "I am using the spiritual power that I gained from Ichigo. It's technically not my power so I'll probably live as long as a normal person."
Dumbledore nodded and said "How much greater is your spiritual pressure or Ichigo's over mine?"
Harry looked at Dumbledore. "At Bankai level, about a thousand times more powerful."
Dumbledore's eyes widened."Dear me, forgive me but if you have acquired so much power why can't you use extremely powerful magic?"
"When you use wandless magic how does it feel?" Harry asked.
Dumbledore looked thoughtful for a moment and said "It feels clumsy and like it's lacking power and focus."
Harry nodded and said "Since magical people don't have a large spiritual force they can't use it well without the use of a wand. A wand focuses the magic to a more useable form."
Dumbledore looked amazed at this new insight of how magic works. "But then how could I or Voldemort stand a chance against you if you have much greater spiritual power over us?"
"Because I cannot use all my spiritual pressure for magic because my wand would simply over load and explode. It won't be able to handle the large amount of power needed to be focused." Harry said.
Dumbledore nodded and said "Is there any other ways a Soul Reaper uses their spiritual power other than with their swords?"
Harry nodded and said "There are two different types of spell that we can use. Way of Binding, used for subduing an enemy, and Way of Destruction, offensive spells. They require the Soul Reaper to be able to focus their spiritual pressure well without a wand. This usually takes hundreds of years of practice to be very good at Kido magic and most Soul Reapers even at Captain level can only use up to maybe number fifty without the incantation."
Ginny who was listing quietly to the question and answer discussion looked at Harry and asked. "Usually takes hundreds of years? So I think you mean there is an exception."
Harry smiled at her and said "Yes, since we have learned to control our small amount of spiritual energy so well we will be able to learn Kido magic much faster. I believe you may get up to the twenties or more considering your great understanding and control in the magic you possess Dumbledore, and Ginny you maybe ten for now, your spiritual power isn't done growing yet and you still have a blockage."
Dumbledore and Ginny nodded in understanding. "Well you just created a new subject to teach at this school." Dumbledore said with his eyes twinkling with amusement.
Harry considered that for a moment. "I would be honored to teach Kido magic at this school one I have mastered it first of coarse and after I defeat Voldemort."
Dumbledore nodded and said "Wonderful Harry. This had been very interesting so far and we have already discovered a new magic that we all can put to good use."
Harry smiled and nodded. "I'll teach you and Ginny to use it and of course Ron and Hermione as well. I know that Voldemort cannot use this type of magic so we will have an advantage over him."
Dumbledore looked curiously at Harry and said "Why won't Voldemort be able to use this magic. I know he would do anything to learn such magic."
"He has gone too far into the Dark Arts and has permanently damaged his soul. His unstable soul has allowed him to break the blockage and gain more power but he will not have the control necessary to ever be able to use Kido magic." Harry explained.
Dumbledore nodded again and said "Well I think that was very enlightening lesson Professor Potter." Dumbledore eyes were twinkling with amusement.
Harry laughed and said "Good practice I suppose."
Ginny looked at Harry and smiled. "Professor Potter eh?
Harry grinned. "Yup, so one toe out of line and you get detention."
Ginny laughed and said "Only if I get to serve the detention with you."
Harry smiled and put his arms around her and said "I was planning on that."
Ginny got on her tippy toes and kissed him softly. Dumbledore just smiled merrily with his eyes twinkling as usual.
Ginny broke the kiss and turned to Dumbledore and said "I just remembered me and Harry know where the Kurosaki family lives. Ichigo's sisters turned eleven this year and they have spiritual pressure so they would be able to learn magic right?"
Dumbledore nodded and said "That is a great idea Miss Weasley. It will hard to know that their brother has died but it must be done and I believe that it will be the best way to protect them along with their father of course."
Harry nodded solemnly and said "I know that they have already lost their mother and now their older brother. It will be hard for them for a while. I know that Karin Kurosaki was aware of Ichigo's Soul Reaper power but it seems that her sister and father has not found out, to Ichigo's knowledge anyway."
Ginny looked up at Harry and said. "Well help them as much as we can."
Harry smiled at her. "It's the least we could do after all. Ichigo gave his life to save mine."
Dumbledore nodded and said. "Well then I believe I can arrange an International Portkey by tomorrow afternoon if you want to do this tomorrow."
"Yes the sooner the better I suppose." Harry said. "Well we best start doing some training. It's been an hour and all eve done is talk."
Dumbledore chuckled. "Yes well you explained a great deal about the powers that we all have and it is very valuable information."
For the next two hours Harry, Ginny and Dumbledore started training. Dumbledore showed Harry and Ginny some advanced offensive and defensive magic.
After Dumbledore's lessons Harry concentrated on his sprital pressure and willing his swrd spirit to appear. The tall man with long black hair appeared and said. "This training will be simple, try to cut me with your sword."
Harry nodded and waited a moment for the man to draw his sword but when he didn't harry asked. "Aren't you going to draw your sword?"
The man shook his head. "You will not be able to land a blow on me right now, you have to build up your speed and strength first by trying to cut me."
Harry nodded and charged at the man. When he got close e swung the sword as hard as he could but an instant before it hit the sword spirit he just disappeared. This was just like Ichigo's technique. Harry looked around and spotted the spirit looking at Harry carefully.
"You used the Flash Step technique right?" Harry asked.
The man nodded. "Yes, you will not be able to land a blow to me without matching this speed."
Harry sighed. "How will I be able to move so fast?"
"By concentrating your spiritual pressure around your feet, you will be able to move faster." The man said.
Harry nodded and concentrated his spiritual pressure. He felt he concentrated some spiritual power around his feet. He gripped his sword and attacked the spirit again. He was surprised at the difference in speed. He moved at least twice as fast but it was still nowhere near as fast as the sword spirit and he just ended up slashing air.
Harry looked over at the spirit and said. "Why can't you tell me your name?"
The man looked at Harry and said. "We are not supposed to tell our names to our masters. They are supposed to learn them when they have progressed far into their Soul Reaper powers."
Harry nodded. "But Ichigo was your master. You are made up of his spiritual pressure not mine so I don't think I'll ever learn your name the regular way."
The Man looked thoughtful for a moment and said "I believe you are correct in that account. Very well my name is Zangetsu."
Harry nodded. "Well then Zangetsu. Shall we continue?"
Zangetsu nodded said. "Concentrate your spiritual pressure around your arms and sword and eventually over your own body. That will minimize the damage done to you if you get attacked." Harry nodded and attacked. Dumbledore and Ginny watched from the sidelines. They were impressed at the speed Harry was progressing. After about an hour of constantly trying to land a blow on Zangetsu Harry stopped and said "Zangetsu can you teach us how to use Kido magic?"
Zangetsu nodded and said "Yes I can but don't expect any results tonight Harry." He then looked over at Dumbledore and said "Perhaps you might get lucky Professor. You have a much greater understanding of the spiritual power that you currently wield and I believe that you may be able to achieve something tonight."
Dumbledore nodded and said "I hope I can put this new magic to good use."
So Zangetsu began explaining the basics of Kido magic. There were only one hundred spells for each branch of the magic developed so far. The branches are Way of Destruction and Way of Binding. The higher the number the more difficult the spell. Each spell will be more powerful if the entire incantation was said but most Soul Reapers just incantant the branch of magic, the number, then the name of the spell.
After the explanation Harry, Ginny and Dumbledore started to practice. They concentrated their spiritual power into trying to use the Way of Destruction number 1: Thrust or Way of Binding number 1: Obstruction. After an hour of getting no results Harry and Ginny were exhausted and Dumbledore was at his limit as well. He finally succeeded in casting Way of Binding number 1: Obstruction. There was a slight whooshing sound and glowing red bands bound the hands of a training dummy supplied by the room. Harry and Ginny congratulated Dumbledore who smiled wearily.
Zangetsu bowed his head slightly to Dumbledore and said "Well it seems like my estimate of your power was correct."
Dumbledore looked at the effects of the spell and frowned. "It doesn't seem to be very powerful. I mean I can create much more powerful binding charms using my magical abilities."
"Try to cancel the binding spell with your magic." Zangetsu said.
Dumbledore nodded and pointed his and at the dummy and said "Finite Incantatem." Nothing happened. The spell stayed intact. Dumbledore looked at it closely. "Huh, well it could be useful after all."
Zangetsu nodded. "Since this is magic not focused by your wand it's essentially a different type of magic. That's why your magical spells will not work on it. Now cast it on me."
Dumbledore nodded and said. "Ok" He concentrated his spiritual power and held pointed his finger at Zangetsu."Way of Binding number 1: Obstruction." Zangetsu's hands were bound by a glowing red rope and were forced behind his back.
Zangetsu nodded. "Good." Then he easily broke out of it like it was nothing to him. "To someone with a large amount of spiritual pressure like me those low level spells are essentially powerless. It would take a much higher level spell to subdue me."
Dumbledore nodded. "Yes that makes sense."
Harry and Ginny walked over to Dumbledore. Harry looked at him and said. "It's getting late sir; I think we have progress well for the first night."
Dumbledore nodded and said. "Yes indeed it is late. This was a very enlightening experience to say the least."
So Dumbledore apparated Harry and Ginny back at the Burrow and left back to Head Quarters. Harry and Ginny walked into the Burrow thoroughly exhausted and Mrs. Weasley looked at them carefully and said. "Did the training go all right?"
Harry nodded."It went fine. Very exhausting though." He sighed.
Ginny could only agree. "Yes it was. We're going to bed now."
Mrs. Weasley nodded and said. "Yes well goodnight then. Oh and Harry?" When Harry looked at her she smiled and said. "I better not find you in my daughter's room."
"Mum!" Ginny exclaimed reddening. "He wasn't going to. The other day was only because he needed me. And if he wanted to come to my room he would be able to without anyone knowing anyway!"
Harry sighed and said. "Mrs. Weasley, I like your daughter a lot and I understand that you and Mr. Weasley are very protective of her because she is the only girl born into the Weasley family for several generations. I assure you that I will do my best to make her happy. I would never do anything to hurt or pressure her into anything."
Ginny smiled and kissed him softly. "Thank you Harry."
"Take good care of her Harry." Mrs. Weasley said. "Off to bed now."
Harry and Ginny walked up the stairs and they stopped at Ginny's bedroom door. Harry put his arms around her and pulled her close. He leaned down and kissed her and she responded fiercely. Ginny loved the feelings Harry managed to make run through her body when he kissed her. They were lost in the kiss until they heard an "Ah hem."
Harry and Ginny broke apart and looked at Arthur Weasley who was glaring at them. Mr. Weasley looked at Harry and said. "Off to bed."
Harry sighed and said "Yes, Mr. Weasley." Harry looked at Ginny once more. "Good night Gin, See you tomorrow."
Ginny smiled at his nickname for her and said. "Good night Harry." Harry then left up the stairs heading for Ron's room. She then turned to her Dad and crossed her arms defiantly "What?"
Mr. Weasley continued to glare at her and said. "What do you mean what? You were snogging Harry!"
Ginny glared at her father and said "So what?! I'll kiss him all I want!"
Mr. Weasley was trying to hold back his anger. "Yeah maybe just kissing right now but soon he's going to want more and he's probably going to pressure you to get what he wants."
Ginny glared at him with her own Weasley temper igniting. "Harry won't pressure me to do anything I'm not ready for! I trust Harry and he would never hurt me! It was just a good night kiss dad!"
Mr. Weasley sighed. "I'm sorry princess. You're my only daughter and I can't help being protective of you. You're growing up so fast and I just don't want you to get hurt. I guess Harry is better than anyone else I suppose."
Ginny smiled when he called her princess. He always called her that when she was a little girl. "I'll be fine. Besides, I'll probably be the one pressuring Harry not the other way around." She grinned when her dad paled. "Good night dad." Then she opened her bedroom door and closed it behind her leaving her father standing dumbstruck.
Mr. Weasley just stood here shocked when a voice shook him out of his stupor. "What did you expect Arthur?" Mrs. Weasley asked. "Ginny has grown up; she is a young teenage woman that can decide what she wants."
Mr. Weasley sighed. "I just don't want her ever to grow up. I know it's not logical but I can't help it. I'll just deal with it the best I can."
Mrs. Weasley smiled at him. "Well let's get to bed dear, and she really got you good with that last comment."
Mr. Weasley laughed as they walked as they walked up to their room. Ginny was no longer a little girl and he had to realize that.
The next day Harry got up quickly and went downstairs to find Mrs. Weasley. He found her in the kitchen busy with breakfast. "Mrs. Weasley, I am going to Japan today with Dumbledore to… to tell the Kurosaki family about the death of their brother Ichigo and I would like Ginny to come as well."
Mrs. Weasley looked at Harry with a thoughtful expression. "Dumbledore is going to be there so I know she will be well protected along with your sword spirit guy. So I guess it's alright."
Harry smiled at her and said "Thank you Mrs. Weasley."
Harry went back upstairs and stopped at Ginny's bedroom door. He knocked and waited. A few moments later the door opened and Ginny stood standing in pink pajamas and her hair really messy. Harry couldn't help it. He cracked out laughing and Ginny glared at him.
"I was sleeping until I was rudely interrupted by a loud knocking on my door." Ginny said scathingly. But then she looked in her mirror and she gasped. "Dear me it really is horrible." She then started laughing.
Harry finally stopped laughing. "I never thought I'd see the day when someone surpassed the messy state of my hair."
Ginny just glared at him again. "Ha ha very funny." She then turned and walked to her dresser and pulled out some clothes and said "I'm going to go take a shower; I'll see you downstairs for breakfast."
When she turned around she was face to face with Harry. He had snuck up on her. She gasped and dropped the clothes she was holding. Harry just grinned. "I think you hair looks beautiful Ginny, no matter how messy it is." He then leaned down and kissed her. He ran his hand through her soft red hair. Ginny kissed him deeper and loved the feeling of his hands running though her hair.
They broke apart and Harry kissed the top of her nose making her giggle. "You're going to keep pulling that surprise kiss on me whenever you get the chance eh?" Ginny asked playfully.
Harry grinned. "You better believe it, you should have seen your face, I'll never get tired of that."
"Prat." Ginny said and laughed. "Well I'll see you at breakfast then." Then she picked up her clothes and left the room.
Harry smiled to himself and then went downstairs to talk to Ron and Hermione. Harry found them sitting at the kitchen table talking excitably. Well Hermione was. Ron was looking at her like she had gone crazy. Hermione saw Harry walking into the room. "Harry!" Hermione squealed happily waving a piece of paper in the air. "Our OWL's are in and I got an Outstanding in everything!"
Harry smiled. "Good going Hermione."
Ron nodded and said "Like I said Hermione, smartest witch in the world. I never had any doubt."
Hermione blushed and smiled at him and kissed him softly. "Thank you Ron. Much better that being a know it all."
Ron grinned. "Your still a know it all. I just don't want to get smacked." Then he winced as Hermione cuffed him in the back of the head. "What was that for?"
Harry laughed and said "Ron can be really thick sometimes."
Hermione grinned "Yup, no doubt about that."
Ron looked back and forth between Hermione and Harry and shook his head. "Whatever. I got only six OWL's. I got an Outstanding in Defense Against the Dark Arts and Charms so Mum is pretty neutral about it. No yelling which is great but no doting over me which I can't stand."
Harry opened his letter and read it. Hermione and Ron read it over his shoulder. Harry scanned the contents.
Dear Mr. Potter,
Your current Ordinary Wizarding Levels are as followed:
Passing Grades: Outstanding (O) Failing Grades: Poor (P)
Exceeds Expectations (E) Dreadful (D)
Acceptable (A) Troll (T)
Astronomy (A)
Care of Magical Creatures (E)
Charms (O)
Defense Against the Dark Arts (O)
Divination (P)
Herbology (E)
History of Magic (A)
Potions (E)
Transfiguration (E)
Harry did better that he thought he would. "I did well enough I suppose."
Ron nodded and said "Yeah but no Outstanding in Potions means you can't be an Auror."
Harry laughed and said "I don't care about that anymore I have a guaranteed job the second I graduate if I want it."
Hermione looked at Harry curiously and said "Really where?"
Harry looked around and said quietly. "During my training session with Dumbledore last night I learned about Kido Magic. It's a branch of magic created by the Soul Reapers for offensive and defensive purposes. It's along the lines of Defense against the Dark Arts but since there's a lot of work and study needed to b able to use the spells it will be a separate class. It can be used by all magical people and Dumbledore offered me a position as the teacher of it at Hogwarts after I have mastered it."
Hermione stared at Harry dumbly, which doesn't happen often. "Wow, can you teach us how to use it as well? I understand that the training secessions that you, Dumbledore and Ginny need to be a secret for now but can we learn it on our own?"
Harry smiled at her and said "I was planning on teaching you guys how to practice it because Voldemort or anyone that uses powerful Dark Magic wouldn't be able to use it because their soul would be unstable because of all the Dark Magic use."
Ron ginned. "Wicked, that will help greatly in the fight against Voldemort and battling off anyone that has divulged too far into the Dark Arts."
Harry nodded and noticed Ginny walk into the kitchen wearing her usual jeans and jumper. She sat down next to Harry and noticed the OWLs. "Did you do well guys?" She asked.
Ron and Harry nodded and handed her their results. Hermione however launched into how hard the Ancient Runes exam was and how scared that she was going to fail it. Ron laughed and shook his head wearily.
Mrs. Weasley then walked into the kitchen. She looked at Harry's OWLs and beamed. "Well done Harry. Have some breakfast before it gets cold."
Harry smiled at her and nodded. He started eating the scrambled eggs and toast. He swallowed the food and turned to look at Ginny. "Do you want to come to Japan with me to tell the Kurosaki's about what happened?"
Ginny nodded solemnly. "Of Course I'll come. I was planning to ask you and mum to see if I could go."
Harry smiled at her and said "Well I already asked your mum and she's ok with it because Dumbledore will be there."
Later that afternoon Dumbledore arrived and walked into the living room. Harry and Ginny were already ready to go. Dumbledore held out a dented coke can. "All that left is to input the destination."
Harry nodded. "I think we should go to Kisuke Urahara place first. According to Zangetsu he was the one who trained Ichigo about his powers and he knows a great deal about the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo."
Dumbledore nodded and inputted the destination into the Portkey per Harry's information. Harry looked at Ginny and asked "Ready?"
Ginny nodded at got to her feet. The three of them put a finger to the can and Dumbledore waved his wand and said "Activate!" There was the odd tugging sensation behind the navel and the disappeared.
Harry, Dumbledore, and Ginny landed in front of what appeared to be a candy store. Harry managed to keep his balance this time but before he could do so much as straighten out his robe there was a blade at his throat. "Who are you and why does your spiritual pressure feel like Ichigo Kurosaki's?" Said a voice behind him.
Harry glanced at Dumbledore and Ginny. There were both in the same situation with what looked like soul reapers holding their Zanpaktou's at their throats. Ginny looked terrified and Dumbledore had a neural expression like he had expected this to happen. Harry refused to show any fear and said. "Please remove your sword from Ginny's throat or suffer the consequences, Rukia."
Harry heard the Soul Reaper holding Ginny gasp. "How do you know my name?"
"We are not your enemies, please let us come inside and we will explain everything." Harry said.
The man behind Harry removed his sword from Harry's throat. "Very well." The other Soul Reapers did the same and Ginny ran into Harry's arms. The six of the walked into the shop and into the back room.
They all sat down on the cushions on the floor and Urahara said "Explain yourselves."
Harry took a deep breath and said. "I believe you're wondering why I have the same spiritual signature and Ichigo and how were seemingly appeared out of nowhere without you detecting us from a distance. Probably why you were so defensive in the first place, right?" When Urahara nodded Harry continued. "I am Harry Potter and this is Professor Albus Dumbledore and Ginny Weasley. We are magical people. Witch and Wizards."
Urahara eyebrows shot up and he asked. "Witch? Wizard?"
Dumbledore nodded. "Yes we live in a world hidden from the muggles, non magical people. We have some spiritual pressure and we are able to use that power to do magic."
Urahara nodded and said. "You are able to see Soul Reapers but I sense that your spiritual pressure isn't very high. I am wondering how your world was kept a secret from us and vice versa."
Dumbledore smiled. "Most of the Wizarding population use various wards and enchantments to dissuade others from finding them and if by chance that they are discovered that can modify memories."
Urahara looked thoughtful for a moment. "Yes, that makes sense, Soul Reapers only come to the real world on very strict circumstances and there are very few. There are probably only about ten in the world guarding the most concentrated areas with the most spiritual pressure. Also we too have ways of modifying memories if anyone discovered us."
Rukia looked at Harry and said. "How do you know my name then?"
Harry sighed and said. "That's why we're here. I found Ichigo wounded when he came out of a dark portal and brought him to my house. Late that night a Dark Wizard Voldemort attacked my house and attempted to kill me. Ichigo saved my life by taking a curse meant for me and thrust his sword into my heart and gave me his power. I gained most of his memories and that's how I know who you are."
Rukia was shocked. She opened her mouth and closed it again and again until she finally said. "Ichigo is dead? Where's his body?"
Now Harry looked confused. "His body?"
Rukia glared at Harry. "When I transferred my power to Ichigo I didn't die now did I?"
Harry gasped. "That's right! Well then what happened to Ichigo's body I wonder?"
Urahara laughed and said "Well I'll be dammed. Ichigo continues to amaze me."
The red haired Soul Reaper that Harry knew to be Renji looked confused. "What do you mean? What happened?"
"If I'm right, when Ichigo was fatally wounded he transferred his power into you knowing that he was going to die. But when the person that he is transferring his power into share the same courage and ideals he was also absorbed by your sprit to save him." Urahara said with a smile. "I think Ichigo is still alive, just living dormant in your soul."
Everyone looked shocked by this. Ginny looked at Harry. "How can he be in Harry? Can you get him out?"
Urahara nodded. "I think I can. I don't know what will happen to the power he gave you though."
Harry looked at Urahara and said. "It's his power; I don't care if I lose it."
Urahara got to his feet and Harry did as well. Urahara lifted he cane that sheathed his sword and thrust the end into Harry. Harry gasped as a weird feeling shot through him and he felt a presence leaving his mind and body. Then he noticed Ginny and Rukia gaping at something behind him. Harry turned around and standing there looking thoroughly confused was Ichigo.
Ichigo noticed Harry standing in front him and he asked. "What happened? Where's the evil wizard bloke that we were fighting?" Then he noticed everyone else and said. "Urm... What's going on?"
Harry couldn't believe it. "Are you really Ichigo?" Harry said barley above a whisper. He noticed he still had a sword attached to his hip and he still felt amazing spiritual pressure in him. But Ichigo had his sword as well and looked fine.
Ichigo turned and noticed Harry. "Ur, um yeah why wouldn't I be, and where am I?" Then he noticed everyone else. "And who is this girl and old guy."
Harry laughed at Ichigo's confusion. "This is Professor Dumbledore; He is the Headmaster of Hogwarts." Then Harry turned to Ginny. "And this is Ginny Weasley, my girlfriend." Ginny smiled at him when he called her his girlfriend. It made their relationship more official. When Ichigo nodded Harry went on to explain what happened. "When you thrust your sword through my heart and transferred your power into me you also was absorbed into my soul. You were able to do so because you were close to death and you were in your Soul Reaper form and we share similar goals and similarities in our ideals."
Ichigo listened to Harry and after a while everything was explained. "So Voldemort essentially kicked our ass and almost killed me. That guy used weird techniques. I didn't know what those lights coming out of his wand would do so I made sure none of them hit me or Harry."
Harry nodded. "Most of those spells would have killed if they would have hit. Especially the first curse, the Avada Kedavra. It can't be blocked and kills on contact no matter where you get hit by it."
Urahara looked a little confused. "But aren't we Soul Reapers much more powerful. Couldn't we be able to withstand what seems to me to be low powered spells."
Dumbledore looked at him and said. "I am one of the most powerful Wizards in the world and can fight Voldemort on par. Us Wizard and witches have adapted to our small amount of spiritual pressure over thousands of years and learned to focus it through wands to do very amazing and terrible things."
Renji snorted. He was sceptical about how powerful these people were. "You think you can defeat a Soul Reaper with the amount of spiritual pressure you have? I think you're just an old coot that likes to brag."
Urahara looked sharply at Reni. "You think you can defeat him eh? What do you say Professor Dumbledore. You can show us your abilities and teach Renji a lesson."
Dumbledore looked at Urahara with his eyes twinkling as usual and said. "Ok fine then but it won't last long."
"You'll lose Renji you don't know what he's capable of and he knows exactly what Soul Reapers can do." Harry said.
Renji just laughed and said "Lest go down into the underground training room. And your right, it won't last long."
Everyone made their way downstairs to the underground training room and Dumbledore and Renji went to the center of the room and everyone else stood back.
Ginny took Harry's hand in hers and squeezed lightly. "Will Dumbledore be ok?"
Harry nodded without hesitation. "The fight will be over in less than ten seconds with Dumbledore the victor."
Urahara looked at him and said. "Renji is quite powerful and has reached Bankai level. Why do you believe this will be easy for Dumbledore?"
"Because Renji is seriously underestimating his opponent right now and Dumbledore knows what he up against and I bet he already has a perfect strategy to win." Harry said.
Rukia looked between Renji and Dumbledore. "Ichigo, who do you think will win?"
Ichigo looked thoughtful for a moment and said "The wizard will. Renji is way too overconfident."
Urahara stepped closer to Renji and Dumbledore. "Ok then whenever you are ready. Renji you can surpass your limiter in here because this room is blocked from Soul Society."
Renji laughed. "This will be easier than I thought I won't even use my Zanpaktou." He raised his hand and pointed his finger at Dumbledore and said "Way of Destruction #4: White Lightning!" A thin blue lighting burst from Renji's finger and streaked at Dumbledore. There was a small explosion and when the dust cleared there was no sign of Dumbledore. Renji's eyes went wide and he looked around widely. Why couldn't he track his movements? Then ropes appeared around Renji and he smirked. "You think something like this will hold me?" He raised his spiritual pressure to power through the ropes but they just glowed eerily blue and he couldn't move at all or even use his Soul Reaper powers.
Dumbledore stepped in front of him and removed his Disillusion charm. "I believe that this fight is over."
Renji gaped at Dumbledore as he shimmered into view. "How did you do that and why can't I break through these ropes?"
Dumbledore chuckled merrily He flicked his wand at him and the ropes disappeared. "Before your Kido Magic spell hit me I casted a charm that made me invisible and dodged your spell and simply bound you with a spell I just invented to suppress Soul Reaper Powers."
Urahara stepped up to them. "Well the clear victor is Dumbledore." Renji walked over to the others grumbling.
Harry smirked. "And you're going to ask if it's possible to learn to use this magic."
Urahara laughed and said. "Yes, I would like to learn how to use this magic; it seems to be quite useful."
Dumbledore looked over at Urahara and said. "You won't be able to because your Spiritual Pressure is much too high to channel magic through a wand. Also just because this spell worked on Renji that doesn't it impossible to stop. Renji had no knowledge of my abilities and how to use his Spiritual Pressure to break through my spell."
Urahara looked a little disappointed. He looked thoughtful for a moment. Then his eyes went wide "It all makes sense now...."
Ginny looked at him curiously. "What makes sense?"
"I just figured out what Aizen wants, and how Wizard and Witches came about in the real world." Urahara said.
Everyone had their complete attention on Urahara now. "When Aizen said he would rule over all four worlds I didn't know what the forth world was at the time. I did some research in some of the very old documents about soul society and found nothing. Or so I thought until you told me about Wizards and Witches having spiritual pressure." Everyone was hanging on his every word like it was gold. "I learned that thousands of years ago some sprit's from the Rukongai were fed up with the living conditions there and managed to open a gate to the real world. They were all weak spiritual pressure wise and their spiritual bodies soon changed into real world living bodies because their Spiritual Pressure wasn't powerful enough to hold off the change and they were also stuck here."
Dumbledore, Harry and Ginny were amazed with this information. They were descended from Soul Reapers. "So we are connected to the Soul Society is a distant way. And it explains the spiritual pressure that we have." Harry said.
"Aizen sent Ichigo into the Wizarding world in order to make a meeting like this happen." Urahara said. "Fortunately for us that it was discreet. I believe Aizen wanted Ichigo to be seen by many magical people and they would be afraid of his abilities and eventually Soul Society would find out about them and with the current laws that Soul Society has, we would probably remove, or tried to remove such a race with the amazing abilities that you possess. Aizen would then come in with his Arrancar and take control of the situation to make the Kings Key while Soul Societies forces are split up and eventually take control of the Wizarding world." Urahara finished with a sigh.
Dumbledore looked thoughtful. He wondered about Harry though. Did he still have Soul Reaper powers? "Harry do you still feel the Soul Reaper power within you?"
Harry nodded. It felt more his own now. It felt right like it was always a part of him. Like it just had woken up. He remembered the feeling of Ichigo's power and he knew that he had just as much potential as he had. "Yes Professor I still have a large amount of Spiritual Pressure but if feels more personal and more in my control than what I was feeling with Ichigo's power."
Ginny looked at me quizzically. "You still have a large amount of Spiritual Pressure? I thought that power was from Ichigo."
Urahara looked at Harry closely as if he was analysing him. "I think Ichigo unlocked or broke through the blockage inside you when he thrust his sword into to you but you used his powers while he was there and you assumed that it was all his power. I don't know why but you have an extremely large amount of Spiritual Power than the other magical beings. You have a Zanpaktou so you have Soul Reaper abilities." Urahara looked thoughtful for a moment and said. "I will research more on why you have this much power."
Renji and Rukia were following the conversation with passive expressions. They were genuinely curious about the Wizarding world and what Urahara thought of them. Rukia wondered what their intentions were if Ichigo was actually dead. "I think we have gotten off track of why you magical people came here in the first place."
Renji looked at Dumbledore and scowled. "Yeah, why did you come here?"
Harry looked at Renji, Rukia and Urahara in turn and then looked at Ichigo. "The original reason for coming here was to tell the other Kurosaki's that Ichigo was dead and that we wanted to bring his sisters and father to Hogwarts to protect them."
Rukia was confused. "Why would you need to bring them there? They are well protected here. And who would want to find them anyway?"
Ichigo sighed and said. "That evil wizard called Voldemort is probably trying to find out about me and my powers and it's only a matter of time until he finds out their where they live right?" Directing the question at Harry.
Harry nodded sadly. "Voldemort has a very good intelligence network and he is very powerful and don't believe it will take that long before he finds about your family."
Rukia looked at him sceptically. "But how? He only saw what Ichigo looked like. It would be really hard to find out about him if all he has is his face."
Dumbledore looked at her. "You don't understand the power that Voldemort possess. Do not underestimate him. Some of his Death Eaters are well connected and Voldemort has powerful Dark magic that he will use to his advantage." He explained.
Ichigo knew what this was coming to. He knew that he had to tell his family about his involvement in the Soul Society and now the Wizarding World. This was going to be a long day. "Well then I think the best thing for my family would be to bring them to Hogwarts to protect them. My father will probably need some convincing but when it comes to protecting his daughters he'll crack soon enough. Karin knows about my Soul Reaper form and will probably be the most defiant about going. She was always like that. Ever since..." Ichigo looked down at the floor. He didn't want to think about his mother right now.
Urahara looked a little pensive. "I think we should bring them here, it will help them understand everything a bit better."
Ichigo nodded at him. But he couldn't help but wonder if there was another reason why he wanted them all to be here. "I'll head over there and get my body and come over here with them."
Urahara nodded and Ichigo used his flash step and disappeared. In the mean time Dumbledore asked more questions about Soul Society and he and Urahara were enjoying the knowledge that there were able to gain from each other.
Rukia looked at Ginny and Harry and said. "So, you two are together eh?"
Ginny blushed and nodded. "Yes he asked me to come with him." Ginny did the same to her. "Are you and him together?"
Rukia went crimson and Renji glared at Ginny. "We are not!"
Ginny laughed. "Another Ron and Hermione."
Renji and Rukia looked confused and Harry laughed. "Yeah, wonder how this one will turn out."
Soon Ichigo arrived with his family. Ichigo now was in his normal body and was wearing blue jeans and a white t-shirt. The twin's Yuzu and Karin walked in behind him and they looked like they were complete opposites of each other. Yuzu was wearing a dress and was looking shyly around at everyone in the room. Karin on the other hand was wearing a red cap and jeans and a black t-shirt and looked vey tomb boyish. She seemed to be irritated about having to come over here. Then Ichigo's father, Isshin, walked into the room. He immediately looked at Urahara and he nodded. Urahara nodded slightly in response and Isshin sighed.
Isshin looked around at everyone and he sensed a large about of spiritual pressure coming from a boy that looked to be around fifteen. He knew that he was going to have to tell everyone about his soul reaper powers and he sat down. Yuzu and Karin sat next to him and Ichigo did as well. He glanced at Urahara again and began...
A/N: Please Review.