CHAPTER 18

FEAR!

Ichigo looked around for the first time. Harry had gone to sleep and he had let his chibi form disappear. It was a pretty strange, but not uncomfortable mind space. It had formed after the shape of a mountain. It was a bit misty, but Ichigo knew that came from Harry being scared. Ichigo looked for the soul part of Voldemorts soul. It wasn't like he wanted to meet that insane soul part, but it couldn't be any worse than Shiro. It was also better to know where the soul part was hiding, to later be able to eliminate it.

Ichigo had reached the top, to have a better view and had found a gigantic tree. There were pictures at the higher parts of the crown, pinned to the branches. It was the memory center of Harry. Ichigo could have access to all of Harrys memories, but he knew that a person needed at least a bit privacy. He suddenly heard a noise and looked around. Someone was laughing and it seemed to be high pitched. Ichigo went into the direction from where the noise was coming from and found a cave. He went inside and noticed a, he didn't know what it was. It didn't have the form of a human. The shape resembled that of a hollow. It was a bit fox and ape like with a bone white like mask. He couldn't find the hole thought, but wasn't so worried about it. He couldn't see much of the creature after all. The cave was pretty dark and the soul piece was little and crouched to the ground. The high pitched voice stopped laughing and said:

"So you are the foolish human being that came into the mind of Harry Potter to get rid of me! You won't be able to do it! Even as only a piece of soul, I am stronger than you!"

Ichigo sighed. That soul piece was super weak and Harry still had trouble with it? It couldn't even sense the strength of the enemy. Ichigo really had hoped for a better challenge.

"It is not my plan to destroy you right know! It wouldn't bring me anything." Ichigo said quietly, seemingly in thoughts.

"What do you mean you still need me? You couldn't even get rid of a fly even if you wanted to!"

Not only super dump but also arrogant. That was the worse mix ever.

"Yes, yes I can't even hurt a fly. I will be going now!" and with that he left. Outside Ichigo created a barrier so that nothing could leave from the inside and went away. Harry and he himself would get some quiet now. He went to the tree and sat on a branch. He put his head against the log. He closed his eyes and started to doze off, but before he had fallen completely asleep he heard a scream coming out of the direction of the cave. He smiled a bit. It seemed like the soul piece had finally noticed it too. Ichigo had to get up to stop the screams later on. He shouldn't have allowed noises to come through the barrier. It would only hurt his ears. The piece yelled and cursed him, but soon the noises stopped when Ichigo adjusted the barrier. He let out a satisfied sigh and went back to the tree. He really deserved the sleep now. He was tired from the fusing and the barrier.

-!-

Ichigo woke up to soon for his liking. Harrys voice had woken him up and he seemed to yell at him. He let his chibi form appear on Harrys shoulder and asked:

"What? What is so important that you need to wake me up? It was needed sleep!" Ichigo said while rubbing his eyes. He suddenly heard a strange noise and looked up. Around Harry stood many girls that gave that 'awe' sound of them. Ichigo was confused and scowled. Harry had done this because of a reason, but he just didn't know why and till then he would hatefully gaze at Harry.

Harry noticed the gaze and looked to a pissed of Ichigo. Ichigo had maybe shrunken to a very small chibi, but Harry had the feeling that Ichigo could still beat him with only one finger. He looked apologizing at Ichigo and said:

"Sorry Ichigo. These girls seemed to know you personally and came straight to me and asked me to let them talk to you."

Ichigo looked at the girls. He really didn't know them did he? He looked closer at their faces and went pale. The other two of the trio had noticed that and looked at the girls. What was so special about them that they made the "Lord of Hell" pale?

"What are you doing here?" Ichigo asked harshly.

"We came to play with you of course. Nell told us where you were and we thought that playing with black-chan got boring so we came to play with you!"

"I want you three to leave right now? You have no right to be here after what you did! Did you forget the punishment I gave you? You still have the guts after what you did to change your looks and come to earth. If you aren't gone in the next minutes then I will get Ulquiorra to look after you."

"Ulqui-chan isn't there right now; you can't have him look after us!"

"I know where he is and the time has already started to tick."

They looked thoughtful for a minutes but when Ichigo suddenly started to count the opened a garganta and left in a hurry. Ichigo looked angry. They hadn't seen him like this ever. He had been angry before but never like this. It had been unexpected.

"Ichigo, why were you so angry with them?"

"Do you remember the incident, where suddenly hundreds of falling stars hit around all over the world and killed many people?"

The trio nodded. It had been a horrible incident and no one had really been able to find out, why those stars suddenly came into the atmosphere of the earth.

"They were the one that caused it. They are the three sisters of fate and when they came to earth they made friends with a human. I don't know the exact story, but to help this human they tried to destroy a factory and the star fell on it. They changed his fate and that is forbidden. No one's fate is predictable but the watch over the fates of human so that no one's fate fill suddenly turn into another direction through the influence of beings, that aren't human. (By my fate they overslept. I don't know why but they didn't stop my meeting with Rukia. It was a turn for the worse for my normal human life. I don't regret it thought that I met her and the others)

The golden trio just stared at him. Since they knew Ichigo they had met the most unnatural beings.

"Ichigo, they would have needed to stop our meeting then, wouldn't they? They didn't stop it!"

"Yes they didn't stop it, because it wasn't necessary. I was summoned and because of that am allowed to influence your fate. If I was not, I wouldn't be here right now. My existent here is itself disturbing for many fates."

They nodded to show that they understood and Ichigo yawned suddenly.

"I need to get a bit more sleep. The merging with you and the meeting with the soul piece were exhausting and I really need the rest now."

The trio looked at the spot where Ichigo had been in shock. They hadn't known that Ichigo had met the soul piece already. They wanted to ask him questions but he really seemed tired so they left it be. They needed to pack anyway. They would start their journey in the next five hours. It was four am. They three sisters had woken them up to and Ron had decided to go to sleep again. Hermionie had already packed and so also went to sleep. Harry decided to pack and then go to bed, because he didn't want to be in stress in the morning and wanted to be able to stay longer in bed.

-!-

It was like predicted. Hermionie and Harry were already awake and ready, but Ron just wasn't getting out of bed and they soon needed to go. Ichigo suddenly materialized and looked down on Ron. He gave one of his hollow's insane smiles and jumped down onto the bed. He crouched next to Ron ears and seemed to whisper something. Ron shot up like there was no tomorrow and looked fearful around. Ichigo jumped onto Harry's shoulder again.

"Ichigo what did you whisper into his ear?" asked Hermionie curious. Ichigo gave a small smile and said: "I told him that the most delicious food stood before him. Then I told him to hurry because I saw some shadows nearing the food. I told him he arrived and the biggest spider he had ever seen had eaten all the delicious food."

"Oh, that was really mean." Harry said. He meant it; Ron loved food and hated Spiders. A spider eating his food was hell for him but he was at least awake. They needed to get going.

-!-

Ron made himself ready and soon they said their goodbyes. Ichigo opened a garganta and before Hermionie could ask questions again, pushed them through. It wouldn't bring them anything to go through an instable one.

-!-

The trio woke up. It was hard to really think about anything and their version was blurry. They had hit the ground: hard! When they could finally see clearly again the noticed that they stood before a cave.

"It's in there, one of the five soul pieces." Ichigo said without warning. Hermionie started to open her mouth to let him know why she was angry but it stopped when they saw black energy suddenly coming out of the cave. Ichigo wondered what the pieces had with caves. The one Harry had also had hided itself in a cave.

"Let's go in." Ron suggested but seemed to shiver. He was scared and the others knew it. The trio was shell shocked. They had not expected to find and get the first one so quickly. Would they get all of them so quickly? They didn't know, but before they could even think of hit they felt a pull and were sucked into the cave.

-!-

Ron awoke in a dark room. There was nothing, not even a bed in it and it was quiet. The searched for the others but no one was there. Ron was scared and tried to open the door. It didn't move. Suddenly he heard really quiet noises that seemed to get nearer and louder. Through little holes that were in the walls and door came thousand of little spiders that came to him. Ron screamed.

-!-

Hermionie looked around. There was nothing. She thought about it and knew that something happened. She remembered how she had been pulled into the cave by that black mass. She suddenly heard snickering and then voices.

"This girl is a muggle blood. She really can't do anything!"

"She doesn't have any powers and tries to change that with knowledge."

"She should just die. She doesn't have any value."

She was scared. She knew that was just a dream but it seemed so realistic. She looked around for help, but she saw no one. Then she spotted red hair and looked into that direction. There stood Ron and Harry looked blankly at her.

"Help" she said quietly. They looked at her and Ron said: "We don't need a muggle blood to help us!" and with that Harry and Ron turned away from her and went away. Hermionie let tears fall down her face. One of the people that had formed a circle around her suddenly held a knife and positioned it over his head. He then moved it toward her with the intent to kill. Hermionie closed her eyes.

-!-

Harry was outside on a field. Voldemort stood before him and smiled insanely at him. Harry was ready and held his wand firm. He would bring it to an end. Voldemort had made a move and Harry was ready to attack when Voldemort said:

"Are you really sure about that?"

"Why shouldn't I be?" asked Harry "I want my revenge and I want to protect my friends, I will stop you!"

"And what if you endanger your friend through that?" asked Voldemort suddenly. His smile widened and he snipped his fingers. One of the death eaters dragged to persons behind him. Harry shuddered when he saw who it was. It was Hermionie and Ron.

"No" yelled Harry but Voldemort only smiled wider at that.

"You have come too often into my way. You will pay for it!" he signaled something to the death eater and the death eater lifted his wand. He yelled something and a light was seen coming from the wand. Ichigo heard a yell and suddenly opened his eyes. Ichigo looked worried down to him.

"Sorry Harry, I was a bit unprepared when the black stuff suddenly got you."

"It's alright. Nothing happened." Harry noticed his friends next to him and asked: "What about them?"

"I will help them now, but you need to destroy the piece. It lays over there on that stone table. The small ring is it."

Harry nodded and stood up. He noticed how Ichigo went to Ron and Hermionie and put a hand on both of their forehead. He was relieved that Ichigo would take care of them and went over to the ring. It was a beautiful ring, but it needed to be destroyed. He looked around to find something that he could use to destroy it, when he suddenly had an image of a weapon in his mind. He felt something heavy ad looked down. The weapon that he had just seen in his mind had materialized and was now in his hand. He remembered what Ichigo had told him and smiled. That was his weapon. He looked to Ichigo, to see his chibi version giving of black like fog that went to the weapon, a connection of some sort. Harry looked closer at the blade. It was beautiful silver that had a warm shine to it. The golden warms of the sun and it was short like a dagger. Harry knew that this wasn't Ichigos true form and that it had changed into this, so it would be easier for him to use. He lifted it above his head and then moved the dagger toward the ring.

-!-

Ron heard a footstep right before him and looked up. Ichigo stood right before him and smiled.

"Ron you are stronger than this. You can beat those little spiders with ease and if you are to scared then you can always ask for help. That what friends are for right?"

Ron seemed to relax at this and smiled up to Ichigo.

"Ron stand up and fight with your power. Your wand isn't just for show, so use it!"

Ron nodded and stood up. He lifted his wand and and shouted the spell. All spiders caught fire and died.

"See, I knew you could do it!" Ichigo said and smiled at him. Ron nodded and smiled back, he had nothing to be afraid of as long as he was together with his friends.

-!-

Hermionie heard a loud clang and opened her eyes. Ichigo stood before her with a black sword in his hands. The people backed away and Ichigo crouched next to her.

"What are you afraid of Hermionie. Those people could talk all day long and it still wouldn't be true."

"They said I wasn't worth and that I…I…I hadn't any power and… and" Hermionie stuttered.

"Hermionie, I have seen you fight and you are strong. You are also very intelligent and I have seen many people before. You have the right to life. You aren't a mud blood. If you were, so was everyone else!"

Hermionie looked confused at him but he just shook his head and said: Hermionie looked confused hat him but he just shook his head and said: "I will tell you another time. Hermionie, you can't believe what those people tell you. Ron and Harry would never leave you behind. You are a part of the golden trio. They love you and would even risk their own life just to save you. You can't believe them; you need to believe in your friends. Have faith because you have the right to life, are stronger and brighter than most of the people that I know and you have great friends that would never leave you. You are not failure or alone. You are loved not for what you are but for being 'Hermionie Granger'. Hermionie wiped of her tears and stood up. Ichigo was right, she was what she was herself and nothing could change that.
-!-

Ron and Hermionie opened their eyes. The shot up and looked around. They noticed chibi Ichigo looking at them and smiling, then looking into another direction. They followed his gaze and saw Harry, holding a very beautiful dagger in his hand. He pointed it at a ring and cut the ring in half. A beautiful warm sun like light was emitted from the dagger and the ring was destroyed. Chibi Ichigo disappeared and the ring a second later leaving a dark mass behind that went into Harry. Harry shivered from the cold water like flow that he had felt but was soon replaced by warmth.

Ron, Hermionie and Harry smiled at each other and told the others what happened. They knew that they were and should be very thankful to Ichigo. He had probably saved their lives after all. They hoped that the next pieces were easier but were happy that there were only four left.

Ichigo looked at the black mass before him and smiled.

"Looks like you became bigger" he said and heard the creature growl and then laugh.

"You won't be able to hold me in here for much longer if the other soul pieces are joined with me. I am going to kill you!"

"That we will see!" said Ichigo with a smile and scowl at the same time. He hated work!

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Hope you enjoyed it. That with the three sisters was a bit ransom but I just needed to let someone, other than the order and the trio, see Ichigo in Chibi.

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