James, Lily, Albus, Hugo, Rose, Uryu, Ichigo, Orihime, Chad, Shuhei, Rangiku, Toshiro, Rukia, Renji, and Nanao entered Hogsmade. "This is so cool!" Orihime said with a grin. They all nodded. "How about we split up and meet back hear about three." said James. They nodded and slit off. James, Ichigo, Renji, Rukia, and Chad went off toward the Weasley joke shop; Uryu, Orihime, Rose, Shuhei, and Nanao headed towards a neaby tavern; and Lily, Hugo, Albus, Toshiro, and Rangiku headed out towards the Shreaking Shack.

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James walked into the joke shop with the others on his heals. Rukia looked over to see a beautifully artistic box. "It says it's a daydream potion." Rukia said.

"Yep, Me and my brother Fred made that when we were still in school. It was one of our first products." came a voice behind them. They turned to see a red haired man with a big smile on his face.

"Uncle George." James said. George grinned.

"How's school goin?" he asked. James shrugged.

"Boaring." he said. George smirked.

"Is that so...here, try this. It might liven it up." he said, grabbing a box from the shelf and tossing it to James. James smirked.

"Thanks." he said looking at it. Rukia gave him a nervious look.

"Aren't you the Head boy? Your supposed to be restoring order, not destroying it." she said. James shrugged and nodded to his uncle.

"So who are your friends?" George asked.

"Oh, these are some new tranfer students from Japan. Ichigo, Chad, Rukia, and Renji." James said, not really paying attention to anything but the box in his hands. George smiled.

"Japan huh? You know i was just talking to a strange merchant form there. He was an odd guy with a green and white hat and clogs. Urahara something or other..." George said, 'Kisuke' thought Renji, Rukia, Chad, and Ichigo with a groan. "Anyway you dyed your hair huh? Nice!" he said to Ichigo and Renji with a thumbs up.

"THIS IS MY NATURAL HAIR COLOR, AND YOUR ONE TO TALK, YOUR HAIR IS ORANGE!" both Renji and Ichigo yelled at him together. Chad felt a drop of sweat fall down his face as Rukia hit them both.

"Sorry for those idiots. Do you have anything with rabbits?" she wondered. George looked thoughtful for a second, then grinned.

"Yeah actually, new modle for trick pests. It's a rabbit figure that is designed to run threw the classroom. It's one of our pranks for distracting class." he said. Rukia's eyes lit up.

"Can I see it?!" she asked. George nodded and led her away.

"Damn, I can see my paycheck going out the window." complained Renji as she walked away. Ichigo and James laughed. Chad picked up a new box and held onto it, planning on buying it.

"What you got Chad?" Ichigo asked, genuinly curious what Chad could want. Chad held it up so Ichigo could read 'Extendable Ears'.

"It might be useful." he said. Ichigo and James nodded, thinking the same thing. Then Rukia came back holding a small white rabbit with huge sparkiling eyes.

"I'll let you have it for half price, the ears too." George said.

"Buisness that good?" asked Ichigo curious as to why.

"Yeah, and I needed an excuse to cut out some of Ron's paycheck." George teased.

"So what are you going to tell him?" asked James trying not to laugh.

"That Hugo wanted it." he laughed. The others laughed too. Rukia held the bunny up to Renji.

"Can we get a real one?" she asked. Renji shock his head.

"How are you planning to care for it when your working!? And besides your brother would kill me." Renji hissed. Ichigo laughed.

"Well I need to get back to work. You kids have fun." George said walking away.

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Uryu, Orihime, Rose, Shuhei, and Nanao entered the tavern. Rose went up to the bar and they all found a table. "You need to start taking the classes with us. It'll be fun!" Orihime told Shuhei and Nanao. They both shock their heads.

"I don't think so, it's hard enough as it is working hear each day then going back to the soul society each night. I still run a squad and a magazine." Shuhei said.

"And I have to keep my Captain in line." Nanao said.

"Yeah, it'll be too hard doing homework everynight on top of it all." Shuhei said as Rose came over with five bottles labled butterbeer. They all gave it a strange look before trying it.

"Hey, this is good!" Orihime said with a smile. Uryu nodded.

"I'd rather have sake, but this is good enough." Shuhei said. Nanao shock her head. Shuhei laughed and tock a huge drink of it.

"So what exactly do the two of you do as Lieutenants?" Rose asked, genunily interested.

"Well, since I work for squad nine I run a defense patrol and the monthy magaizine that circulates. I'm the editor of it. We just got a new Captain. His name is Kensei Muguruma. I help him run everything, even though he doesnt' need me to teach it all to him." Shuhei joked. Nanao nodded.

"I serve as the lieutenant for squad eight. I handle all of the paperwork because all my captain does is sleep all day." Nanao said in a slightly annoyed voice. Rose nodded.

"So the two of you are friends?" she asked. they nodded.

"Yeah, we both are the same age and we have a unique connection out of all the lieutenants." said Nanao. She was refering to Lisa and Kensei. Rose nodded, not needing them to explain it farther as she knew she robibly wouldn't understand it without the whole back story. Uryu and Orihime smiled at them, the two lieutenants were the two calmest and most dependable out of the lieutenants as well as the most mature. They were both hard working and loyal to their captains, even if they do complain about them.

"I know, you should all come with me to my family for Christmas, unless your all planning on going to your families." she said. They all looked down. "What?" she asked.

"Well, me and Chad live alone, we don't have any family around to spend time with. Uryu and his dad don't get along so he lives alone too. And as soul reapers, Lieutenants Hisagi and Ise really don't have a family either, just friends." Orihime explained. Rose looked sad, then smiled.

"That does it then. You'll all come and spend Christmas with me and my family." she said.

"It's not neccessary, we can get more work done if we just return to the soul society and..." Shuhei started.

"No, you need a break and this will be the perfect way! So it's settled." Rose said. They all fell silent, no point in arguing. The group all then made a toast and drank their bottles.

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Toshiro, Rangiku, Lily, Hugo, and Albus arrived at the shack. "It's funny, people say that that shack is haunted." said Lily.

"Do you think it's a hollow or a spirit?" Toshiro asked. Lily, Hugo, and Albus laughed shacking their heads.

"No, you see, years ago when our families friend Remus Lupin went to school here, he was a wearwolf, turning into a wolf every full moon. He was put in the shack there to keep him and others safe. So that's why people said it was haunted." said Hugo. Toshiro nodded.

"I see." he said. Rangiku laughed.

"Captain that was hillarious, you were so ready to jump into a fight!" she said.

"So your a captain? You must be strong for a little boy." Albus said. Toshiro had a vein pop in his head.

"LITTLE BOY!? I AM NOT A LITTLE KID!" he yelled. Lily and Rangiku laughed hysterically.

"I'm older than most of you!" he hissed, excluding Rangiku who was older than him. They all laughed again.

"So what do you do as a Captain?" asked Lily.

"I run a squad and do all the work because SOMEONE never getts off their lazy bum and..." Toshiro started.

"Captain, look, there's people over there." said Rangiku, who along with the others had compleatly ignored him. Toshiro felt the vein pop again.

"ARE YOU LISTENING RANGIKU!" he hissed. The others laughed.

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The group met up to head back to the castle. They had to admit that it was nice to just have a day to relax and do nothing. They didn't have to worry about the roblems at the castle, or anything for that matter. "Thank you Orihime, this was a good idea." Uryu said. Orihime blushed.

"Oh it was nothing. We all work so hard that a day off seemed like a good idea." she said.

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Days turned to weeks and weeks turned to months. Finally December came around the corner. The group was walking down the hall way. "So tomorrow we leave for Christmas break!" said James.

"Yeah, I'm going home to my family." Ichigo said. They nodded.

"And the others are coming with us to our place." Rose said with a smile.

"You remember that?! Damn." said Shuhei from behind them. They turned to see him.

"Of course I remember that." Rose said. Shuhei sighed.

"Oh it'll be great Lieutenant Hisagi! We never get to spend that much time with you, it'll be fun!" Orhime said.

"Plus you'll get to meet my family! We're all geting together at the burrow!" said Rose.

"Yeah, have fun with that!" Ichigo said as they arrived at their next class. Shuhei went to leave.

"Wait, come have class with us today!" Lily said. Shuhei shock his head.

"I have work to get to..." he started, but Rose grabbed him arm and pulled him into the classroom.

"Come on Shuhei, you might just have fun! It's Herbology." said Ichigo with sarcasm, as if that would change anything. Shuhei groaned in frustration. "Besides, there haven't been any incidents latley, just relax for once." said Ichigo with a laugh.

"One day Kurosaki, I will kill you for this." Shuhei hissed threw his teeth.

"What's going on?" asked Rukia andj Renji from behind them. Shuhei turned to them, hoping they could help him out of this situation.

"They want me to join them for class." said Shuhei in desperation. Renji started laughing hysterically.

"That sounds like a good idea, lets join them Renji!" Rukia said. Renji stopped laughing as him and Shuhei gave her horrified looks and the others grinned evily at them.

"Come on Rukia, we have work to do." Renji protested.

"Are you guys coming in so we can start class today or what?" Nevile asked from the classroom. The group turned to see him.

"Professor Longbottom, can you convince our new friends to come in for class?" Rose asked. Nevile raised an eyebrow. He had seen these strangers patroling the halls, but McGonogall had told all of the teachers that they were a security that were sent to deal with the new issues plauging the school. He nodded.

"I don't see why not." he said. They pulled a protesting Shuhei and Renji in. They stood in the back as Nevile went over the lession.

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Finally class was over. "So we're all going to your place for Christmas?" asked Rukia. Rose nodded. "I don't think we've ever celibrated Christmas! I can't wait!" Rukia said.

"Rukia, we need to go back to the soul society." Shuhei protested. Rukia turned and shot him a look.

"Last I checked Lieutenant Hisagi, you had your off days saved up from not taking off a day in nearly two years. You can easily go. We all have our vacation saved up, we can take it to go!" Rukia said. They both sighed, she had a point.

"What is going on?" Toshiro asked as the other three members of their group arrived. "And where have you three been?" he asked.

"With Ichigo and the others. We're all going on vacation with them." Rukia said. Toshiro looked horrified.

"I can't leave my squad!" he said.

"Oh come on Captain Hitsugaya. It'll be fun!" she said.

"Then it's settled!" Rangiku said.

"No..." started Toshiro but he was ignored.

sorry for not updating so long. THis chapter was to give them all some fun away from work. Next chapter is their christmas break, they'll meet the Potters and Weasleys! I hope you like this so far, Thanks for reading. Thank you too Phantom Claire! Please reveiw and tell me what you think!