A/N:

Mother tongue isn't English. Inform me about any major mistakes if there is, what lazy bastard I am. As always I hope they wont distract your reading experience.

"Thoughts"

"Zangetsu"

"Hollow"

War after the war: Chapter 6

Finally train reached the station and students started to pour out. First years went with Hagrid and Harry, Luna, Neville, Ron and Hermione walked to the carriages. But this time they didn't move by themselves.

"What are those things in the front of carriages?" Harry wondered out loud. They were ugly black horses with bat wings.

"What things? Harry there's nothing." Ron and Hermione wondered. But Luna came to him: "I can see them too Harry, you are not going mad."

Harry nodded but still didn't feel at ease.

"I think that those things can be seen only those who have seen death. Didn't you say that in the last year you saw Voldemort to murder your friend in the front of you?" Ichigo appeared next to him. He walked to the closest horse and patted it.

"Ah… Yeah…" Harry realized. That had to be the reason. They got in the one carriage and line started to move to the school.

Ichigo watched castle with awe. With night and candle lights it looked amazing. He felt shivers on his back. He didn't get in the carriage. It was much nicer to follow them and go with own pace.

Night breeze felt nice on his skin after the train without any kind of air conditioning.

Students got inside the castle and Ichigo met Severus at the doors: "Ah. Kurosaki. I have been waiting for you. Follow me…" he turned around and walked through horrified students who glanced curiously Ichigo.

After they had walked a while, Severus stopped and turned around. He started Ichigo with his black eyes. Ichigo knew that something wasn't right.

"You are soul reaper, right?" Ichigo lifted his eyebrows.

"Ah, yeah. What about that?"

Severus sighed deeply. He seemed to try to find right words. Then he lifted his gaze back to Ichigo: "You know where the dead goes?"

Ichigo startled at the question. It was the questions he didn't expect to hear.

"Yes. I do. What about that?" Severus gulped.

"Do you know a woman named Lily Evans?"

Ichigo scowled. Ah right… it seems that he has some things unfinished. Severus wasn't there when Ichigo told them about his connection to Potters. It was Ichigo's turn to sigh.

"Unfortunately I haven't seen her there, yet… I have been in this realm only for a while, and haven't been able even to check the place where the souls reside."

Severus frowned: "You know Lily?"

"Yes, I am her cousin. But do you understand that how many souls there are? Only the few among them can be soul reapers. If they are not, it's kind of impossible to track them."

Severus bit his lip. Ichigo got a feeling that this man was not usually acting like this.

"But…" Ichigo continued: "She was a witch, right?" Severus narrowed his eyes and nodded.

"Then there is possibility her to be one of us. What if I check and ask around about that? If someone knows her? Would that be good?"

Severus somehow got himself together: "Yes. Do that. And I will expect you to report me then. Follow me."

Ichigo snorted quietly and followed him.

When they arrived in the Great Hall, sorting hat was already acting. He put students in the houses, one in time.

Ichigo couldn't help thinking what this hat would say if it was placed on Aizen's head. It would be great to know that what is going on in that guy's head.

They sat down to teacher's table.

After sorting Dumbledore stood up and began his normal speech about not going in the forest and blah blah blah. Ichigo have always been bad with listening.

He snapped awake when Dumbledore waved at him: "And now we have new safe keeper! Let me introduce Ichigo Kurosaki, who has come all way from Japan!" Some students whispered when Ichigo stood up and bowed.

"He will keep order in the school and look out the students… But no talking anymore! Let us to begin eating!"

Tables filled with food, and Ichigo realized that he was starving. He discussed with other teachers while eating.

After the lunch Dumbledore was going to say few more words, but was rudely cut in the middle:

"Hem hem…"

It was teacher dressed in pink. Ichigo felt sick watching her. She had some weird aura around and Ichigo put on mental note to watch out for her.

She started babbling something about ministry and it sounded like she had kept that same speech million times. This time Ichigo tried to listen, there might come out something interesting.
Well yeah, interesting, but he didn't like it at all.

After that Dumbledore dismissed all and Ichigo left to his room which Severus had showed him earlier.

It was kind of nice little office room. It had the public office with table and a door which led to bedroom and bathroom.

Ichigo collapsed on the bed. He felt like teenager again since it had been a while he had been in any kind of school. He fell fast asleep.

In the next morning when he arrived to Great Hall, he spotted Harry and his friends. Harry waved at him.

"Good morning." Ichigo smiled and walked to them: "What is it. You look horrible."

"Just guess!" Ron whined. He reminded Ichigo about Keigo someway: "Our schedule is horrible!" Fred and George just snickered and left.

Ichigo chuckled too.

"Sometimes they are. I can remember when I was in the high school."

Hermione turned to look at him: "You were in the school in Japan? How was it like?" she was demanded: "Were you good? I have heard that Japanese schools are pretty strict."

Ichigo thought a while: "Well, it's more like that where you have gotten used to. Maybe it could be for you, but it's pretty normal for me."

"Oh… I see…" she frowned: "Did you get good grades?"

Hermione was interested more about his grades than that he was a soul reaper. Oh what the hell…

Ichigo laughed out loud: "Yeah I got. Before I got involved with this business", Ichigo glanced around that no one else wouldn't hear: "But then I died before graduating." he shrugged.

Wizards turned pale. It was amazing how calmly he talked about his dead.

"Ah right…" Ron scratched his head embarrassed and threw a look at Hermione: "I hope that we will get this day through alive!"

Ichigo shook his head and left. They reminded him about his own friends in the Karakura. He had visited them time to time. His sisters had grown up and it seems that he's uncle now. Even Inoue, Ishida and Chad had gotten families and lived happily.

Of course he was a bit bitter about the life he had lost, but what could you do? It was good enough to see that his death wasn't in vain…

Ichigo hummed while walking through castle, sometimes opening doors and exploring the place.

"I wonder… Where was Harry's class now? I didn't ask him…"

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