Wizard and Deat Reaper: Hogwarts
Chapter 33

Some shinigami looked around.

"Well, it's good to be here again" said Ukitake, stepping forward first to give Dumbledore a polite bow; the other commanders only gave a nod of greeting, other shinigami imitate Ukitake's attitude. "Hello, Shiro-chan, Kurosaki-kun, all right?"

"Don't call me that, Ukitake," said Toushiro flatly, but there were veins on his temples twitching in annoyance. Ichigo calmed down, saluting all of his colleagues. Another Shinigami gave a polite bow to Hitsugaya; the short black-haired girl with violet eyes greeted softly, 'Commander Hitsugaya', all of whom were answered with one brief nod. Toushiro moved closer to his comrades.

"The four of you seem to be in good health," said the commander with gray hair intersecting with flaps, observing Toushiro, then Ichigo, Kisuke, and Yoruichi; the latter two smiled merrily.

"Wait a minute." The beautiful strawberry-haired blonde lady darted forward, clutching both of Toushiro's shoulders and observing her face with a deep, grayish-blue eye down the three vertical lines, the scar from the hollow claw that extends from the eyebrow to his left cheekbone; he nibbled a bangs of snow-white hair that failed to hide the scar. "What are you doing with your face?!" pekik hard. The shinigami looked at the 10th Division as if they had just realized the difference on their faces.

"It's nothing" said Toushiro quickly, flicking his arm off the woman, then distancing himself from her.

"Last I saw you you didn't get that wound yet" said Ukitake, moving closer. "And after that I didn't get any reports about the impact of any attack." The last word the man spoke sounded odd, a little bit accusatory.

"It's nothing, it's just a little accident…"

"Ichigo?" asked the loud woman, to the jolting orange-hair holding back laughter; some witches stared at them in wonder. Toushiro immediately threw a warning look. However, Harry believes that the prosecution of the other shinigami's explanation is more important than Toushiro's annoyance.

"Yes, it was just a small accident, Rangiku-san," Ichigo said, chuckling, "he was attacked by a sudden hollow; one of the ghosts here transformed just like that, the report of the last attack said. But back then there were too many people to mount a large-scale counterattack. He was lucky not to go blind, Toushiro immediately shot him with Byakurai, hell, congratulations on his left eye."

"But you didn't say anything." protested Rangiku.

"Toushiro asked," Ichigo said immediately. "And you know how annoying he is to have to be told that. He said he wanted to say it to himself.." Ichigo grinned happily, then added in a pretentious style to the white hair. "I told you, right?

Rangiku shook his head at Toushiro in a style as if he found his son caught stealing. "What did I say about being careful? Look, now the Commander's getting spooky…"

"I don't really care what I look like" said Toushiro Cuek, crossing his arms in front of his chest. The girl clapped her head while holding back a smile. "And don't be so weird. What are you? My mammy?"

"Mother?" reloading Rangiku dramatically, making Toushiro a beaver. "No, no. I'm too young to be a mother! Look, it's sexy like this, too…"

Toushiro sighed.

"But I'll fit in as your sister! Look, 'my brother is my lieutenant', cool right?! So I can still keep an eye on you like this good and beautiful older sister should…"

Toushiro's turquoise eyes swept swiftly toward his shinigami comrades, ignoring his lieutenant. Then his eyes turned to Ukitake, "Zaraki didn't come, then?"

Ukitake shook his head kindly, while the commander of the blond hair whose face reminded Harry of the bob-cut Chesire replied in a nonchalant tone, "The Supreme Commander thought it unwise to include him in this mission. There'd be too much damage if he fought, if you knew what I meant."

"In addition, I think this is too much, too" said the gray-haired commander, looking lazy with both hands crossed in front of the chest. "Here also are two commanders, two lieutenants, and one surrogate shinigami directly trained by Zero Division. No need to increase the sorcerers' suffering with the damage you can inflict."

Yoruichi laughed, and some shinigami looked at Byakuya, Toushiro, Ichigo, the tall red-haired young man, and the petite-eyed violet girl with a strange gaze, half amused half concerned. The witches, except for Dumbledore, only stared at them in confusion.

"I'm not that destructive," Ichigo grumbled softly.

"Oh, yeah?" asked the bald-haired youth in a lazy voice. "Who is free-falling from the King's Realm and crashing the clock tower to the ground?"

"Actually," said the bespectacled young man, who pushed his glasses in serious fashion, "almost in every fight you act destructively."

"Oi…"

"If you want to protest later; after all there is no point in refuting it" Toushiro said sharply, stopping the failed refutation from going out of Ichigo's mind and mouth. "We need to talk."

The shinigami stood close together, and immediately had a serious discussion in Japanese, with Dumbledore and several teachers.

Harry now has no doubts about Toushiro or Ichigo as a shinigami. Previously he had often, considered the white hair, especially, to be arrogant only because of a god of death. But now Harry could understand why he was acting so cold. Compared to the other commanders, Toushiro did look like a child. Not wrong again, the attitude of his feet is an alternative to show authority. It was amazing how he could position himself as one of the top brass of the Soul Society so well. It did not appear that his awkwardness stood among the shinigami who were clearly older than him. Even the shinigami without haori were being respectful towards him. Not the kind of impertinence the result of arrogance, licking for attention like the Death Eaters did to Lord Voldemort.

"You must not have thought about the two of them, hm?"

Harry looked. The bespectacled youth was already standing beside him, with a girl of his age whose long hair was strawberry blonde. The girl smiled amiably, making her pretty face even sweeter; some enchanted students looked at her.

"Well," said Hermione nervously, "they've told us they're shinigami, anyway…"

"understandable. Kurosaki's haggard looks can be deceiving, as can the figure of Hitsugaya-san's children," said the young man flatly. His blue eyes showed annoyance when he mentioned 'Kurosaki'.

"Ishida-kun, don't say that," the girl scolded. "Ah, sorry. Maybe we should introduce ourselves first. My name is In-eh, sorry, Orihime Inoue. And this is my friend, Uryuu Ishida. We're Kurosaki-kun's friends, as well as Hitsugaya-kun, as well as those shinigami."

"Who would be friends with that shinigami," Ishida sizzled so softly, that Orihime did not hear him.

"Ishida-kun and I are Kurosaki-kun's classmates at Karakura High School" added the cheerful Orihime.

"What about those shinigami?" ask Sirius.

"Ah, they," said Orihime sweetly. "Let's see.Shinigami who wear haori are commanders. There's six here. That one," Orihime pointed at the only female commander there, the cold-faced woman. "Commander of Division 2, Soi Fon. Then that," Orihime pointed to the blonde-haired commander bob, "Commander of the 5th Division, Shinji Hirako. Then that one" Harry did not need to be told who the aristocratic man was, "Division 6 Commander Byakuya Kuchiki. And that," Orihime pointed to the muscular shinigami with gray hair, "Commander of the 9th Division, Kensei Muguruma. And you know that one, but if you don't, fine. Toushiro Hitsugaya, 10th Division Commander. And lastly, that long white hair, 13th Division Commander, Juushiro Ukitake."

Orihime also introduced other shinigami. Izuru Kira, the grim-faced lieutenant of the 3rd Division; Momo Hinamori, the kind-faced lieutenant of the 5th Division whose hair was brushed off; renji Abarai, division 6 lieutenant with long bright red hair ponytail; Shuuhei Hisagi, 9th Division lieutenant, shinigami tattooed 69 on his left cheek; rangiku Matsumoto, the beautiful and model-bodied 10th Division lieutenant; Ikkaku Madarame, Third Chair of the 11th Division and the bob-haired Yumichika Ayasegawa Fifth Chair; Rukia Kuchiki, lieutenant of the 13th Division with pretty wide violet eyes.

"Wow, elite troops all," Bill comments. "The commander and lieutenant, except for those two," Bill dedicated to Ikkaku and Yumichika, "and you two."

"Although not a lieutenant, the two of them arguably had a lieutenant-level strength, let alone with Zaraki as their commander," Ishida said. "The 11th Division is known as the Fighting Division, everything is brutal" Ishida added seriously.

"Why are you coming here?" ask Hermione to know. "You said you weren't shinigami…"

"Urahara-san told us to come" said Orihime. "I'm a healer, while Ishida-kun…"

"I have a special agreement with those shinigami" Ishida said softly. "Don't ask," he added immediately upon seeing the expressions of some of the witches.

"But, what exactly is it until a shinigami comes to Hogwarts?" ask Neville for wonder.

"Dumbledore jii-san wanted us to keep Hogwarts," Ichigo said, moving closer to Harry and his friends, leaving the discussion. "They're an impromptu strategy meeting," Ichigo said, looking at Hermione's questioning gaze. "Toushiro the King of Tactics Seireitei, so he is in control. In the meantime they want me to explain to you, so. I told you I can't explain it well."

"Keeping Hogwarts?"

"From Voldemort," said Ichigo. "In addition to that our enemy also seems to be joining Voldemort, so inevitably Seireitei has to get involved."

"Your enemies?" ask Lee Jordan.

"Remember when we found Toushiro battered?" Ichigo looked at the Golden Trio, but the others were shocked. "When the Christmas break, Ukitake-san came here?" ask Ichigo. The young witches nodded. "Yep, that time. Ukitake-san checked things out, camouflaged to visit Toushiro who in our disguise scenario is his adopted son, so. Arrancar came to attack, and we have conclusive evidence that Arrancar did indeed join Voldemort…"

"What conclusive evidence?" ask Zacharias astonished.

"Before Toushiro finished the arrancar, the arrancar said it."

"With only him as a witness?" ask Theodore Nott.

"There is no need for anyone to doubt the words of a commander of the caliber of Toushiro Hitsugaya," Ichigo said coldly. Beside him, Orihime nodded in agreement.

"Commander? Just be right! That boy is where it might be"

"Take care of your mouth, Malfoy," Ichigo said in a low tone; it was fortunate that the shinigami were so busy that they did not hear them. Some teachers who did not listen to the discussions of the shinigami, along with the students and the Order of the Phoenix could hear the warning behind Ichigo's tone. Suddenly the orange hair looked scary. "The whole Seireitei acknowledged his abilities as a commander. You could have said it with contempt as a student here, but not if he was a shinigami. The commanders appreciated him, and all the other lieutenants or shinigami respected him. And I'm sure you don't want to deal with them."

Draco Malfoy throws a disdainful look at Ichigo. "Once upon a time mud blood remained mud blood."

"Fruit fell not far from the tree," said Sirius, looking at his nephew – Draco – with apparent anger.

Just then, the shinigami had finished discussing. Dumbledore agreed. Afterwards, he and the commanders climbed the steps where the teachers usually sat in the Hall. He began to explain to the whole Hall what happened that Hogwarts would become a battlefield because the two enemies of the coalition would come in the near future. They would evacuate the students and add magic protection around the castle, plus some protective kidou spells. Members of the Order will guide the students to be evacuated and look after them, as well as the shinigami. Later, Ukitake was welcome to explain in more detail about their defense and evacuation, having introduced the names of all existing commanders.

"Commander Kuchiki and Lieutenant Abarai will guard north, Commander Muguruma and Lieutenant Hisagi will guard east. Commander Hitsugaya and Lieutenant Matsumoto will guard the south. Commander Hirako and Lieutenant Hinamori will be in the west. While they guard from the four cardinal directions, the rest of the shinigami and members of the Order will protect you towards the evacuation point. Do not be separated from your colleagues, let alone out of the Hogwarts page. And as for the battle strategy," Ukitake sighed. "we, the shinigami are not familiar with how to fight witches. Commander Hitsugaya who already knew about the use of your magic defense could not explain in more detail, because there was no witch opponent so far for us. So, we will fight with our enemies, while witches will fight with witches."

"Why is that?' ask Tonks.

"As said earlier, the technique you guys use is different from ours," said Toushiro flatly.

"But you know how to use it, how to avoid it" said Harry, recalling Toushiro's outstanding performance during LD practice.

"I benefitted," said Toushiro, still as calm, as flat, "with reflexes and combat experience using zanpakutou and kidou. My movements in the face of magic spells were due to habit. But the magician's moves are different from mine."

"We are also not allowed to kill humans" Ukitake said, his brown eyes sweeping the pale faces of the young witches. "Our duty is to protect them, whether they are good or evil. Human justice is different from ours. Man judges man, not us, the God of Death, who decides it. And we must entrust the witch's fight with you, the witches, and help all we can to fight Voldemort…"

"Lho's? Isn't her name Goldywart?" chirp Ikkaku.

"No. I think Wolymart," Rangiku argued seriously.

The witches were stunned.

"I thought his name was Moldygart" Renji added.

The witches were shocked. They could have mistakenly remembered the name of the most feared black magician of the century?!

"You *****. His name is Dordymort," said Yumichika as she wagged her hair gracefully.

Dumbledore let out a voice like a stifled little laugh, while Sirius seemed to be trying hard not to laugh.

"Let's call him Tommy" Ichigo sneered.

"Chappy?" chirps Rukia.

"Don't equate him with your weird bunny" Ichigo argued, making him accept the blow on his heart.

"Don't tell me Chappy's weird!"

"'Can it be weird!" refute Ichigo while holding the spot where Rukia hit him. "And you're a girl! You punch like a gorilla, you know!"

"Ehem."

The one who cleared his throat was not just Toushiro whose face frowned in annoyance. Byakuya Kuchiki as well, coupled with a sharp eagle gaze that targeted the prey that was pointed straight towards Ichigo. Ichigo knew very well it was a wordless warning that he knew what it meant: don't equate my brother-with-primata-whom-intelligence-instead-level-with you. He didn't want to fight now with Byakuya, so he chose silence. Beside her, Rukia smiled gracefully, but her heart was satisfied.

"His name is Lord Voldemort," furious Toushiro, but clear enough to be heard by the shinigami who had argued silly, "The new name is taken from the letters that make up his real name, Tom Marvolo Riddle's. Remember that or I'll send you to Division 12 to change the makeup of your brain to make it a little useful…"

"It's rude" Shinji commented, while Ikkku, Yumichika, Renji, and Rangiku shuddered. "But I might agree…"

"Taicho tega~" whining Rangiku. "You know how horrible that place is…"

After that, they all started moving. The prefects and the Chairman of the Pupils gathered all the children of their respective dormitories to the Front Hall. The shinigami are still in place to wait for all the students to gather. Harry, Hermione, and Weasley's children are also still in place, especially as Harry demands an explanation as to why Voldemort wants him to come to the Ministry. Sirius refused to explain that he had to wait because this situation was not the time to explain further.

"He was a bit impatient, uh, Commander," said Rangiku, observing Harry trying to persuade his guardians while standing next to the white hair.

"Yeah, indeed," said Toushiro unconcernedly, typing something in his Soul Pager. Rangiku turned his head, looking at his petite commander with a bright smile.

"I miss the Commander!" it was like singing, making a number of passing children look at him in wonder. "The office is completely deserted without a Commander!"

"Whispering," snapped Toushiro. "And don't hug! Am I a puppet?" added Toushiro as Rangiku took a swipe with both arms.

"The commander is more cute than a doll! Don't have the heart, ah, the commander misses me too, huh? We haven't seen him in nearly ten months! Come on, I'll do it! I'm so happy!"

"No. What I love is far from your laziness."

"Commander tega~"

"Hm."

"And Commander, that scar…"

"I told you I don't care!" geram Toushiro was irritated.

"How can you not care about that face, a blessing from Kami-sama?"

"Start ngaco him," Renji commented, observing Rangiku's babble at his petite commander amusedly; Toushiro patted his forehead violently, frustrated. "It's all just because of the scar."

"You see how else, Rangiku-san is the main source of Commander Hitsugaya's photo sender for Seireitei Magazine. He is one of the top three male shinigami to be ranked as the favorite by a poll made in one of the rubrics run by the Women's Shinigami Association" Hisagi said.

"You know a lot, yes," Ichigo commented.

"I'm the editor, remember? Commander Muguruma does not want to bother with the affairs of the magazine.He has bothered with paperwork, he said."

Many threw comical astonished gazes at Yumichika.

"'Then the wound is in place'?" reload Ikkaku very surprised. "You're getting weird, Yumichika."

"Do I need to tell you your photos are rare items among the Women's Shinigami Association; things that are willing to be obtained at the stake of life?! And now you're making his art worth less!" Rangiku bobbed his head in his arms; toushiro turned fiercely; many shinigami stared at the petite commander with a mixture of amused and concerned. "But if you've grown into a man, that's another story. The commander may be hotter! Commander add seram~"

"Growing? It took decades," Shinji said, grinning.

"Or rather a few centuries," Ichigo added, his face shaking withholding laughter.

The next instant Shinji and Ichigo floated up to hit the wall of the other side of the Hall until it cracked; toushiro smashed a punch right into the stomach of the two with astonishing force for such a small size. Renji and Ikkaku tried hard not to laugh until their faces turned red; soi Fon looked delighted, muttering 'excellent' in a satisfied tone; kensei shook his head but a grin widened on his face; the witches, the witches, were, unless Dumbledore was shocked. Toushiro himself immediately acted as if nothing had happened, turning his back on the two hard-earned shinigami who got up while holding each other's ribs with indifferent expressions. Byakuya and Ukitake shook their heads.

"You taught him, Yoruichi," said Kensei, to the beautiful woman with long purple hair in a tall ponytail who was smiling cheerfully at Shinji's nose that was bleeding from her face hitting the wall.

"He's talented!" yoruichi said cheerfully. "I forgot to say you should not bother him excessively, now hoho and hakudanya quite dangerous because…"

"Thank you for the warning, Yoruichi," said Shinji sarcastically, sounding somewhat stingy. "And I see he still hasn't changed... There are also some money"

And suddenly a chill swept through the entire hall. The shinigami looked at the lowered Toushiro, his face blocked by the bangs of his white hair. Harry felt that this air was similar to the presence of a Dementor, only that there was something else that distinguished him so clearly. There was something stronger than the Dementors brought, which made most of the children instantly fall to their knees on the floor, and the cold did not exhale fear and despair, either, except power and authority. A thin layer of ice began to form under Toushiro's feet, as well as on the windowpanes.

"Commander Hitsugaya, control yourself" Byakuya said. And then, the cold slowly began to fade. Toushiro sighed. "And Commander Hirako, stop messing around."

"Yes, Your Majesty," Shinji said sarcastically. "I'm sorry, Young Master," he added to Toushiro.

"That's enough," said Soi Fon coldly.

"Ara, it's time to go, the wind-spy guards," Ukitake said kindly, to his shinigami colleagues. The commanding officers and lieutenants on guard duty walked towards the door.

Harry saw Toushiro moving quickly, grabbing Momo's hand which turned immediately, somewhat surprised. However, the girl then smiled kindly. "What's wrong?"

For a few seconds, Toushiro looked at her, unaware that Momo's face was slightly blushing or that some witches were looking at her curiously.

"You okay?" tanyanya slow.

Momo's eyes widened. He saw anxiety in the white hair's turquoise eyes. "I'm fine, Hitsugaya-kun."

"really?"

Momo nodded. "Division 4 took good care of me. I'm healthy now. You don't have to worry about me too much. Au this is Lieutenant, you know that."

Toushiro looked at Momo in full search, as if looking for evidence that the girl was not okay. However, Shinji suddenly bursts between them, leaving Toushiro's hold on Momo untied.

"Sorry to interrupt your romantic moments" he said humorously. "But I need to borrow your girlfriend as my lieutenant to accompany me, Commander Hitsugaya."

Ron gawked at that, while Toushiro and Momo's faces were flushed red; toushiro was irritated and Momo was embarrassed.

"What does that mean, Hirako?!" snapped the beaver Toushiro.

"Aih, aih," Hirako scratched the back of her head cuckooly. "Don't yell that way, I'm allowing you, really, to date my lieutenant. But not now, yeah. Hold it until the war is over. Come on, Momo."

Momo gave a polite greeting with a blushing face to Toushiro, following his superior out of the Hall. Toushiro who was still in place looked unusually upset, turning to turn fiercely to Ichigo, Rangiku, and Yoruichi who were laughing at him.

"Oh, Shiro-chan is already big," chuckles Yoruichi teasingly.

"There's nothing between me and Hinamori!" toushiro Disputation.

"Ckckck... Taicho is nothing to be ashamed of," said the cheerful Rangiku.

"I hate all of you, '" growled Toushiro.

"We know, we love you too" Rangiku said without sin. Harry did not know whether to laugh or hold back from seeing Toushiro smash his forehead against the wall several times in frustration.

"What is Toushiro....really…?" Hermione asked Rangiku.

"Oh, I myself don't know, either, actually," said Rangiku, whispering in a carefree tone. "Taicho is not the type of person who is open about his personal life. But all I know is he's very considerate of Momo. I don't know what the truth is, it's funny to see Taicho's face if we tease him about his relationship…"

As Toushiro and Rangiku were about to reach the double door, his steps came to a halt as Neville approached him with a doubtful look, with Luna looking calm.

"What's up, Longbottom?" toushiro asked in a low voice. Some of his fellow commanders glanced at him; neville shuddered slightly as Byakuya looked at him with narrowed eyes. Rangiku who was standing beside him looked at Neville and Luna full of curiosity.

"Your friend, Commander?"

"Yeah, I'm glad"

"Woooooo!" rangiku exclaimed merrily, making several witches or shinigami within listening distance turn their heads. "The commander has friends! Commander Ukitake is right not to lie then! Wow, this is great news! Momo would be so happy too!"

"Disregard him," said Toushiro frowning looking at his lieutenant, "he almost always acts excessively."

"He's good," said Luna, looking at Rangiku who was dancing in place cheerfully. "You're lucky to have a friend like her. He has elements opposite you, but you're protecting each other."

Toushiro. Luna always surprised him with her strange views on something. Sometimes it's hard to believe, but behind his words there's meaning. And this time Luna's words were true. Rangiku was not just a subordinate under his command. Although he never said it, Rangiku was his friend, his best friend, a few people he trusted other than Hyourinmaru.

"So" said Neville. He hesitantly looked directly into Toushiro's eyes, "you.. a... Death Reaper-Levict?"

"Shinigami means 'Death God', but the English have a different understanding of us" Toushiro said.

"I don't think about it. It's just, it's hard to believe you.." Neville gulped. His eyes were directed towards the katana on Toushiro's back, making him know one thing very clearly. Toushiro will fight. Fighting for Hogwarts. To protect the witches, they've known him for the past ten months.

"You're a fighter" said Luna, expressing what Neville had in mind. Toushiro's eyes were instantly directed at him; Rangiku looked at the girl curiously. "Why do you and your friends want to take your guns for us?"

"It's not just for witches" Toushiro said. "A shinigami swung a sword for their duty."

"Sorry," muttered Neville, looking down.

Toushiro raised an eyebrow. "For?"

"The injury. I…"

"Don't start again," said Toushiro flatly, but Neville read the warning tone there; Rangiku looked at the two curiously. "It wasn't your fault."

Suddenly, all the shinigami, who had not all left the Hall, were alert; their hands floated towards the hilt of their respective swords. The witches looked at them anxiously.

"What's wrong?" neville asked confusedly. "What-what?!"

For a split second, Toushiro disappeared from where he was standing, accompanied by the sound of his sigh as his haori blushed and a flash of silver. All eyes turned, Toushiro was already behind Neville, stabbing an invisible object onto the floor with his katana. Ice spread out from where the tip of the sword struck.

"There's ap-?!"

Most of the eyes were now on him; the witches were shocked beyond measure while the shinigami were on alert. And then, the ice extended out, continuing all the way to the left wall of the Hall, then turning to the door of the Hall, forming an ice path.

"Hollow," said Toushiro quietly. "He hid it almost perfectly.They're in the Forbidden Forest."

Silent moment.

Toushiro thrust his katana deeper and muttered, "Ryuusenka."

The cold snap strikes again, but it is centered on an ice track, which sends white light waves out. The next second sounded a deafening roar in the distance, before Toushiro pulled his zanpakuto; the ice path instantly disappeared in a silvery mist, like a diamond grain.

"Ryuusenka long distance? Even without removing the Hyourinmaru seal, Impressive," Kensei commented.

"Cancel Plan A" Toushiro said immediately. "Bring the disciples back to the Hall."

"What?" ask Sirius in surprise.

"Hollow is a type of eavesdropper. Even though I've finished, he has sent information to another hollow – Arrancar." Toushiro returned Hyourinmaru back to his container. Ignoring the horrified gazes of many witches as he uttered 'exterminate'. "It's too risky to stick to the original plan, especially to send them," Toushiro put his head towards the children, "to get out of the castle. They could've made them targets to turn against us."

"Again" said Soi Fon. "But I'm not sure Plan B can be safe enough for them."

"Add protection in the Great Hall, with magic and also kidou, like a plan," Byakuya said flatly.

"The castle is quite large" said Rukia, "Is there no possibility of any other entrance other than the main gate? Another path that could possibly be used without being affected by magic protection?"

"The name of the castle must be a secret passageway, miss," said Fred.

"But that's our expertise" George continued.

"Eh?"

"Talking about the secret passage, you asked the expert," Ichigo said, while the Weasley twins smiled witfully.

"We'll show you." said George.

"… the secret passage points.." Fred continued.

"… get out and enter the castle" George closed.

"Maybe we should spread out?" lupin. "And considering his communication methods? Also monitoring?"

"There should be a fixed one in the Hall as an information center, then," Ukitake said.

"For surveillance, maybe you'll need this" said Harry, taking out his Marauder's Map, making all eyes on the old parchment.

"What's that?" ask Renji in wonder. "What can that shabby parchment do?"

"That's not a shabby parchment," said Sirius cheerfully. "Our brilliant discovery, actually."

"Merlin's beard!" fred and George exclaimed simultaneously, looking at Sirius in awe. "We should know!"

"What exactly?" shinji asked somewhat impatiently.

"It's a magic map that not only shows the location in the Hogwarts area and its surroundings, but also shows all the residents inside" Sirius said, harry unfolded the map on the table. "Even ghosts will appear on this map, shinigami should also be listed there." Sirius pulled out his wand and tapped it on the parchment and muttered softly, so that only the shinigami nearby and a few other witches could hear it, "I swear with all my heart that I'm a useless man."

"Huh?"

"Only a humble enough person would say that" Kensei commented. "Smart password."

"Welcome to use" said Sirius kindly.

The shinigami immediately shot out to monitor the hollows. Ukitake, who lives as an information center for the movement of shinigami and witches, uses kidou as their way of communicating; and; some members of the Order and teachers have gone to the points where the secret passage to block it from entering the enemy. Toushiro was also preparing to leave, Rangiku walked beside him with a serious expression, his light attitude evaporating.

"Wait." Neville was shocked himself because he said so while grabbing Toushiro's hand. His white-haired friend looked astonished.

"What else? I have to leave right now," said Toushiro.

Neville looked at Toushiro's pale face. This was beyond everything he had imagined about the first friend who actually saw him. He wanted Toushiro to say that this was all a joke. But the determination in both turquoise irises says otherwise. Toushiro is no ordinary child. He might not even be a kid anymore. He's a knight.

How did all this happen? And why didn't he see the fear in those eyes? Why is he now so scared?

"Longbottom…"

Neville took off his grip. He felt empty suddenly. All he could say was two words. "Be careful."

Toushiro's eyes widened. He understands something. However, for now it is not the right situation to find out further. He turned to face the front door. "Sorry, Longbottom," he said slowly. And his tone immediately changed firmly when talking to his lieutenant. "Come, Matsumoto."

Toushiro shunpo left first. Rangiku blinked fast. He stared at Neville for a moment, making the round-faced teenager rather nervous. "Thank you for being a friend of the Commander."

"But…"

"Don't worry," Rangiku said solemnly. "The commander is strong. He would not lose so easily in battle. And I'll do my best to take care of him. See you later."

And Rangiku darted out following his petite commander. Neville just fell silent on the spot. Looking at the oak doors of the Great Hall that engulf the shinigami into the darkness of night.