"So? Explain." Hitsugaya snapped, leaning against the wall at the back of the library. It was long after dinner was over, and all the students were back in their common rooms. Except 2 certain foreigners.
Shouta's eyes wandered for a second, causing Hitsugaya's own turquoise eyes to narrow. "It… was a memory about my dad, from a long time ago. He was in a business meeting with a few others, most of them in those wizard cloaks. I remember thinking that my dad must be amazing to know wizards. Of course, that was before he… left. Anyways, the important thing is that, when I think back on it, I think that Dumbledore guy was there too." He explained.
"Does that mean something?" Hitsugaya asked, looking at his 'teammate' with a raised eyebrow.
"I'm just saying that I think we can trust the headmaster. I mean, I know my dad isn't the best of guys, but he has never met with someone that would potentially harm him or his family. Besides, it would probably be easier to get around and gather information with him on our side. He does own the school after all." Shouta suggested, the temperature dropping steeply.
"It's late. We'll discuss this tomorrow." The white-haired boy snapped, walking swiftly out the door. He could almost feel the glare directed at his back.
By the time Hitsugaya had gotten into the dorm, the whole room was a flurry of feathers, pillows, and idiotic kids laughing their heads off. "Toshiro!" One of them suddenly called out, the shinigami identifying as Neville Longbottom.
"It's Hitsugaya." He muttered darkly as the others turned to look at him.
"Where were you?" Ron asked, suspicion creeping slightly into his voice.
"Library." The other replied, going over to his trunk to grab his clothes and change.
"Doing what?" The redhead continued, the suspicion growing more and more evident.
"Having a little… discussion with Watanabe." Hitsugaya replied immediately.
"That's the first time I've heard you use his last name." Harry pointed out. Hitsugaya cursed their stupid curiousity.
"It's how I normally call him. I only used his first name before as it is the custom here. Now if you would excuse me, I'd like to get some sleep." The others backed off as the temperature became steadily colder. They were still staring when the curtains around the bed had been drawn rather forcefully.
"Did something happen?"
The following day, neither Hitsugaya or Shouta showed up for classes, missing the crazy Treelawney and Malfoy's 'Buckbeak attack', as Ron had phrased it. Only during the end of dinner did the two appear, glaring darkly at the other. They split up as Shouta sat at the Slytherin table, more than one person raising an eyebrow.
"Did… you two get in a fight or something?" Hermione asked hesitantly as Hitsugaya sat down across from Harry.
"You could say that." Hitsugaya replied quietly, continuing to have a glare-down with Shouta. Dumbledore looked at them with a raised eyebrow from the staff table. "We'll be settling it after dinner." The white-haired boy finally tore his gaze away from the other, grabbing some rice and sushi.
As soon as dinner was over, both boys stood up abruptly, giving each other one last death glare before striding out quickly and easily, several others following them. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, and Ginny raced after Hitsugaya, who turned out to be a really fast walker.
After almost 10 minutes, they finally came to a hallway, looking around for the 2. It wasn't long before they heard shouting from one of the abandoned classrooms to their left. They raced over to it, pulling the door open to see both of the foreigners screaming at each other in rapid Japanese.
"Wha…" Ron muttered, unheard by the 2 engaged in heated argument. They all took a step back in surprise when Shouta swung his fist at the other angrily, Hitsugaya dodging smoothly. The white-haired boy gracefully leapt back a couple feet, watching warily at the fury dancing in the other's eyes. Not noticing the strange group still standing in the doorway, Shouta held his palm flat in front of him, a glowing red ball forming in front of his hand.
Hermione squeaked in surprise, causing Hitsugaya to glance at them, eyes widening when he realized they were there. "Idiot! Watch it!" Hitsugaya screamed as he leapt towards the other, pushing Shouta's palm towards the window just as the red ball shot towards it, causing the window and most of the wall around it to disintegrate.
"What the bloody hell was that?!" Ron exclaimed, Shouta's own eyes widening when he realized they were there.
"A form of Japanese magic called Kido." Hitsugaya explained swiftly, before turning back to Shouta. "Look, I don't know what's been going on with you lately, but you need to calm down. If you keep acting so reckless, you'll blow our cover." He snapped, the two going back to glaring at each other.
"Maybe if we just told Dumbledore, we wouldn't have to worry about that so much. If we tell him now, we won't have to answer the questions that are bound to come later." Shouta replied just as angrily.
"You forget that you're a murderer, Green. It would just make things worse. Besides, we're supposed to be looking for Raynaulski and Aizen, not playing babysitter to these brats." Hitsugaya replied, gesturing almost rudely towards Harry and the others.
"You forget that as of right now we're one of those brats." Shouta replied, Hitsugaya's eyes narrowing almost dangerously. Giving up, Shouta just sighed, leaning against one of the desks behind him. "For now, let's just forget about it. Besides, I have a feeling that tomorrow won't be very fun."
This chapter actually turned out pretty short compared to the others. Sorry if it gets a little boring. I'm kind of having a bit of writer's block at the moment, and I don't really know what to do. Hopefully it'll be more fun in the next chapter, since the boggart appears!