Wizard and Deat Reaper: Hogwarts
Chapter 35's

"We have to do something" Harry whispered to Ron and Hermione. Luckily everyone's attention was turned to the battle. "And do you realize there's no Snape here?"

"Maybe he's standing guard somewhere else?" hermione's proposal slowly.

"Oh, you can be so innocent, 'Mione! What if he goes to You-Know-Who?" lamented Ron.

"Dumbledore believed him" Hermione said firmly. "We have to believe what he's believing, or we can't believe anything or anyone. Anyway-harry? You okay?"

Harry clutched his head, hissing at his scar which suddenly seemed to sting him. And again, this happens, again.

He repeatedly, in each of his sleep, infiltrated Lord Voldemort's mind. He felt a burning heat on his forehead, but it did not bother him to look. In his mind, he saw the Dark Lord was in the dimly lit room. His thin fingers like spider legs seemed to twist his magic wand. Harry could feel impatience bubbling in his mind, knowing it wasn't his. That feeling belonged to the red-eyed man.

"Tu-Tuan.." the great-grandson of Peter Pettigrew, who was resting at the feet of Voldemort, who stood beside a broken window in a shabby room adorned with old, torn wallpaper. Harry recognized the room – rooms above Shierking Shack. "Su-it's almost past the middle of the night…"

"I know, Peter," said Voldemort in a cold shrill voice. "You don't have to tell me."

"Then, sir..Why did you let the A-Arrancars move so far? Our warring forces could be wounded…"

"I don't care" said Voldemort without mercy. "All I want is for our alliance to make resistance as brutal as possible before we come. It'll make me reach Harry Potter easier, with Hogwarts' weakened defense."

"But-but Sir…"

"After all, Peter," said Voldemort slickly, "i'm being a little kind to Hogwarts and our precious alliance, and that Masked Monster would realize how much I could trust.The Arrancars wanted enough time to play around with those shinigami…"

"Destination me-them, sir?"

"Yes," Harry had to endure his burning scar as he felt Voldemort's thirst and passion for it. "You don't know exactly what they want, but I don't…"

"Yes-Your Majesty…?"

Harry could see the curiosity radiating across Peter Pettigrew's mouse-like face. And suddenly Harry was shrouded in great fear, seeing a fragment of Voldemort's memory coming to his mind. A brunette Arrancar man shows her a data sheet, with a photo of a face that is very familiar to her. A sentence was heard by him from the talk in the past, said by the crafty-looking Arrancar, 'We get The Heavenly Guardian, and all our goals will come true.' Voldemort's excitement grew, making Harry have to open his eyes right away.

And he realized that he was lying on the marble floor of the Great Hall. The sounds of fighting out there could be heard by his eardrums.

"Harry!" hermione panted anxiously, helping her sit up. "You okay?!"

"Don't be a fool, 'Mione," said Ron trembling, "he's never good after a vision, isn't he…"

Harry looked around, The ones nearby were only Ukitake and Orihime, who looked at Harry with a mixture of curiosity and anxiety. And, Harry focused on the white-haired man's shinigami, trying to make the trembling in his voice unobtrusive of the message he had to deliver.

"Me-they want it. she…"

"I'm sorry?" Ukitake looked at Harry in a somewhat confused manner.

"You have to. draw it from.. battle.." panted Harry.

"Harry, what do you mean?" ask Hermione in fear.

"The Arrancar!" harry exclaimed, almost losing his breath, "They're after him!"

"Who?" ask Orihime confused.

"Tougoshiro!"

Harry saw the shock in the brown eyes of Juushiro Ukitake, who was staring at the sky through that dark window, unmistakably to the point where the petite commander was still fighting there. Ukitake looked at Harry again, disbelief was there.

"Potter-san, I don't see any reason why they want Commander Hitsu-"

"I beg you" said Harry trembling. "Trust me!"

"Harry," said Hermione, was still as anxious and fearful as she was, "remember your previous vision; it was false…"

"This one is not fake!" he denied Harry, and he believed he was right. "I know that, Hermione! And," Harry stared at Ukitake full of supplications, "please, believe me…"

"Potter-san…"

"Toushiro was in danger," said Harry trembling, and he saw Ron, Hermione, and Neville who were there looking confused and terrified beyond measure. "I-I see, they. That Arrancar and Voldemort…"

"Why?" tanya Ukitake is rather urgent.

"I-I don't know," whispered Harry, clutching his head, recalling the chunk of his vision earlier. "That Arrancar.he said something about…"

"What?"

Harry looked. This time, he saw an even greater shock than before in Ukitake's eyes. The man, once again, looked up at the sky.

"It is impossible." said Ukitake slowly, his voice full of anxiety mixed with disbelief. "How do they know…"

"U-Ukitake-san?" orihime said slowly, looking confused. "What are you…?"

"If the Arrancars knew about the Heavenly Guardian and wanted it, then Commander Hitsugaya was indeed in danger," Ukitake said quickly, his expression hardening.

"What do you mean?" ask Neville scared. "And what is Heavenly Guardian?"

"We don't have enough time for that. Stay here, Harry. I have to get out now."

And the 13th Division Commander rushed out with quick steps, closing the oak hall door behind him. The students were directly prickled in the Hall, repeatedly glaring at Harry.

"A-what's that.." Neville said trembling.

"We need to help them!" puffing Harry.

"We can't get out of the Hall, Harry!" call Hermione to panic. "After all they know how to fight!"

Harry gritted his teeth. Unconcerned with the surroundings he broke through the horde of children and opened the double doors of the Great Hall, with Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Neville, and Luna following behind him. Orihime Inoue rushed out with them.

"They're out of the hall!" exclaims a child Slytherin.

"Mrs Potter!" exclaimed Professor Flitwick who got the job of keeping the children inside the Hall. "What are you-No, kids! You can't go out either!"

The Spell Master was forced to let the five young witches loose. A number of other students seemed to want to get out of their protection. He had to seal the door right then and there.

Urahara had just subverted a female Arrancar by blowing it up, and landed near Ukitake. The man did not appear exhausted after the fight, but his expression was solemn.

"What's wrong?" ask Urahara immediately.

"Harry Potter said he had a vision" Ukitake said quickly, "about the purpose of the Arrancar movement. More than just revenge for Aizen, Urahara-san, they intend to take advantage of Commander Hitsugaya."

If only they could see behind the shadows of Urahara's wide hat, they could see shock there.

"Why?" ask Urahara, it sounds surprising. "Why do they want the person who even hates Aizen the most? After all, whatever the reason, Hitsugaya-san will not be willing to join…"

"I knew. But this seems to be about the legend," said Ukitake grimly "They know."

"Oh." There's a full tone of understanding there. "But how exactly…"

"We're withdrawing Commander Hitsugaya from the fight first, or…"

A sudden Reiatsu explosion hit all of them. Ukitake and Urahara looked at the battle up there. Harry and his friends could not move; the strange magnitude of the cold energy forced them to fall to the ground.

But Harry could still see. Up there, Toushiro appears to be fighting the male Arrancar he saw in his vision. But at that time the appearance of the white hair was a little different. A pair of reptilian ice wings appeared from his back. Toushiro's right arm was sheathed in thick ice that resembled the head of a dragon, with ruby-like red eyes, clutching his tsuba Hyourinmaru into an eight-point star. Toushiro's left hand and two feet were also covered in ice that resembled claws. The ice-scaled tail swung slowly behind him. Toushiro's appearance made him look like a half-human ice dragon; literally it was.

"Using your bankai Little Commander? Did I push you?" the Arrancar said scornfully. "My element is fire; don't you know we're opposites?"

"I've faced a fire stronger than that. And this bankai, I just want to get it done faster," said Toushiro.

"Ah," grinned the Arrancar, "I also want to get this done faster. And by the way, your bankai form is quite impressive."

"I don't need your praise" growled Toushiro.

The grin of the Arrancar widens. "There's no harm in you accepting it. It's unfortunate, it's not perfect, but it doesn't matter…"

"What do you mean?" Toushiro frowned suspiciously.

The Arrancar raised his katana. "Maybe you should say goodbye to your friends, Little Commander."

And the Arrancar charged forward, throwing a wave of smoldering red flames towards Toushiro.

"Yohjiya Hyouheki!" A thick wall of ice formed in front of Toushiro from his zanpakuto swing, protecting him from that wave of fire. And next, the Arrancar seemed to decide to try out the little commander's sword skills.

Harry stared at the swordfight with his growing anxiety. It was obviously difficult to pull the petite commander out of the battle he was busy handling. Harry sees the other shinigami busy also tackling their respective opponents. Urahara did indeed immediately dart, approaching Toushiro, intending to keep him away from the fight. But he was immediately confronted by two Arrancar at once.

Renji also appears to be facing an Arrancar. At first he was rather convinced that Arrancar this blond man could give him a meaningful challenge to hone his skills. Even the Arrancar had dared to make a provocation.

"It's an honor to fight a lieutenant like you, Renji Abarai. Let's see if your title suits you, or," the Arrancar unsheathed his zanpakuto, "that's just bullshit and error."

"Good idea," said Renji, setting Zabimaru in his hand, "I can prove who the bullshit is here. Hoero, Zabimaru!"

"Why," said Renji, paddling Zabimaru, making his blades move like whips in the direction of an Arrancar, "you don't go back to Hueco Mundo?!"

"Not after our business here is done, Pineapple Chief!" the taunts of the Arrancar, made the aggravation of the 6th Division Lieutenant increase by several degrees to hear it.

While the shinigami are busy with hollows and Arrancar, the adult witches are also busy fighting the Death Eaters.

"Princessa," said one of the twin Arrancar who was Rukia's opponent, the black-haired young lady with a sly grin, "it's good to finally meet you."

"Beautiful, but I doubt she's strong enough for both of us, my sister," her twin scoffed.

"Then let me show it to you guys" said Rukia. "May, Sode no Shirayuki! Some no Mai, Tsukishiro!"

An ice pillar appeared and locked away one of the twin Arrancar, soaring up into the sky before the ice broke into pieces, destroying the enemy within.

"Fuckin' lady!" as the twin of the wrathful Arrancar.

Rukia immediately prepared for the next attack. Based on his experience, the angrier an Arrancar was, the fiercer he was.

"Harri! What are you doing here?!" sirius exclaimed, while casting a spell towards the Death Eaters he recognized as Dolohov. "Back to the castle!"

Just then a Pius Spell almost grazed his left shoulder. Lucius Malfoy looked at him with hatred.

It's time he lifted his wand.

"You won't have a chance, little girl!"

"I think I know," said the Arrancar he knew named Gilbert Ciro. "You swung your zanpakutou with hatred there. Don't you know where that hate will take you?"

"Shut up," said Toushiro. His anger bubbled at Ciro's words. He somehow felt like he was being pulled into the past, in front of the man he hated the most. He should not have remembered it, allowing himself to be flooded with that hatred again. But what Arrancar said in front of him seemed to manifest Aizen himself.

"Mr Aizen would probably be happy if we got rid of you," said the sly Ciro. "Or maybe, we can give you more power than you can imagine."

Toushiro growled

"Let's see." Ciro sneered cunningly again. "We've kept all the shinigami data from Mr. Aizen's files, including about you, Commander. Combat data Toushiro Hitsugaya: attack, 80;" Toushiro's eyes widened startled to hear it. "- defense, 80-"

"What the fuck?" ichigo said, a little surprised.

"- agility, 90-"

"They've learned the abilities of the shinigami" Byakuya said.

"- reiatsu, 90; intelligence, 80; physical strength, 80. Hmm, not bad." But grin _ increases in width. "What if we make it double?"

Toushiro gripped the handle of Hyourinmaru with both hands, "Hyouryu Senbi!"

The swing of the Hyourinmaru blade linearly creates a crescent-shaped burst of ice, directed to _. Left hand _ trapped, but he managed to pull it forcefully, with the compensation of the torn wound deep enough.

"It seems that I can only talk by fighting with you, Little!"

And _ lunged forward with the unsheathed zanpakutou. Not only that, another Arrancar also attacked him from behind. Toushiro could not rely on Rangiku to protect his back now, which his lieutenant was busy handling another Arrancar. At first glance he sees Rangiku's anxious look, before he launches Gunchou Tsurara towards his new enemy, and launches Ryoujin Hyoheki to protect him from a silvery flash of lightning, the zanpakuto element _.

(distraction)

"Slow, Ice Commander."

Toushiro's eyes widened. What he realized was that he was too late. And it all seems to be slowing down. The heat mixed with the excruciating pain coursing through him, centered on where Ciro's zanpakuto eye pierced him, almost hitting his heart. More than that, he knew something was happening to him. The waves of foreign energy seemed to be pressing on him from within, creating an odd feeling as the entire air in his lungs was sucked out, rendering him unable to breathe. His gaze clouded, and he felt himself drifting down….

"No!" rangiku screams, along with Hinamori who screams the name Toushiro.

For a moment, the attention of all the fighters was diverted. The shinigami and magicians stared in shock and disbelief as the small figure of Toushiro fell into the grove of the Forest trees with a thud and a loud crackle. His ice wings were blown apart as a result of the collision. Contrary to their opponents' expressions of shock, the Arrancars simultaneously flashed triumphant smiles.

"This energy.." said Urahara slowly, looking in disbelief, "Hougyoku.…"

"That's right, Kisuke Urahara," said Ciro complacently, turning away from his fallen opponent. "Can you guess now what our goal is? I bet you already know. Aizen-sama always praised your genius…"

"You..." Urahara gritted his teeth furiously, "you intend to use Hitsugaya-san to take revenge on Seireitei? With the fake Hougyoku you guys made?!"

"What?!" ichigo and several other shinigami exclaimed in shock. The brown-haired Arrancar smiled sadistically, answering Urahara's question.

"How come…?!" whispered Hinamori with tears welling up in her eyes.

"Hougyoku can only be used fully well by the original shinigami," said the _sneaky. "Shinigami with the commander level, even better with him who understands his strength. Soul Society had indeed destroyed the Hougyoku before. However, one mistake was made when the object was destroyed. You destroyed his physique, but not his energy."

"What?" ukitake's eyes were shocked.

"The energy of the rest of the Hougyoku is indeed not much. But, we, the Arrancar loyal to Aizen-sama managed to collect it, crystallize it, and store it as long as we created a new Hougyoku based on the data Aizen-sama got. We managed to get in touch with the witches, who had Black Magic to speed up the completion process. The hardest part was collecting additional reiatsu for the Hougyoku. The old Hougyoku perfected Aizen-sama by gathering spirit energy from the konpaku in Rukongai. I can't do the same thing because it reveals what our plans are. But then I got a brilliant idea."

"No way.." said Urahara slowly.

"I've heard Gin Ichimaru tell Aizen-sama about Toushiro Hitsugaya, that he is the reincarnation of The Heavenly Guardian – Guardians of Heaven." They were all shocked, except for Urahara and Ukitake.

"It's just an ancient legend" Soi Fon snapped. "What are you based on…?!"

"The ancient legend is based on facts," Ciro said firmly, there was a happy tone in his words. "And Aizen-sama justifies it. That is why the little commander had such a great reiatsu... And why not take advantage of that advantage to our small advantage? After all, Hougyoku recalled the kind of reiatsu where he spent quite a long time hiding…"

"In Rukia." said Ichigo slowly.

"That's right, Substitute Shinigami," said the slippery Arrancar. "Hougyoku recognizes reiatsu by its hyousetsu base.. And I am quite confused, using Rukia Kuchiki or Toushiro Hitsugaya? Both of them already have bankai, it means that control over their power has been owned. Then after I think further, using Rukia Kuchiki will actually open the gap to know our plan. After all," Ciro's grin went wide again, "isn't it better to get the best of you? Isn't Toushiro Hitsugaya the strongest hyousetsu-type shinigami of the Soul Society?"

"You son of a bitch." - furious Ichigo.

"Shiro-chan.." sobs Hinamori, clutching Tobiume in her hand trembling. Fear infiltrated his mind.

"It's a pity that he doesn't belong to you anymore" the Arrancar laughed.

The frozen reiatsu blast swept back at them. This time, there is a big difference detected by the shinigami who have been familiar with Toushiro Hitsugaya's reiatsu. His spiritual energy was greater, as well as wavering, as if losing his control. They were all staring at the point where Toushiro had fallen. And there, the tiny figure of the petite Commander stood in the air, seen amidst the cold steam formed from the radiance of his reiatsu. The ice wing on Toushiro's back was still there but badly damaged, and the rest of the ice on his arm could still be seen, sparkling in the light of the quarter moon. Blood spots were seen fouling the front of his haori. It was hard to see how he looked, the face lowered.

"Toushiro," Ichigo said slowly. All the shinigami looked at the 10th Division Commander warily. Is this really not the same Toushiro Hitsugaya anymore?

"Bank."

"He wants to activate his bankai again?!" ishida doesn't believe it.

"Saakuru no Souka ten Hyourinmaru."

"Eh?"

The shinigami were shocked. It wasn't the bankai release spell that the Ice Commander used to say.

They all looked at Toushiro. Ice wings formed back on his back. The shape is still the same, except for the three four-petalled ice flowers that are behind it, which are replaced by one flower that is larger in shape. The ice dragon head on his right arm vanished. Both his hands and feet were sheathed in ice that formed claws. A layer of ice also formed on his neck and shoulders, also forming a cross on his chest. Toushiro's pale face was framed ice that resembled the head of a dragon that covered his head, except that face, and that face, now they could see, was expressionless. Emotionless. And what made some shinigami shudder, those turquoise eyes seemed empty and dead. However, the scratch marks on his face gave off another impression; a faint abomination.

"New banker…?" shinji said, glaring in disbelief.

"It seems like it wasn't just Zabimaru who was hiding his true form" Renji said, observing the 10th Division Commander.

"But I never know." whispered Rangiku.

"Don't you," Ichigo said slowly, "this is what he's been practicing secretly all this time in the Room of Requirement?"

"What?" yoruichi asked, somewhat surprised.

"You don't know?" kensei asked, astonished. "Geez, that kid's really good at hiding things, yeah…"

Despite this, the brown-haired Arrancar looked a little confused. Toushiro Hitsugaya brandished a sword at him, not for him.

"You shouldn't be able to move for a while" said the Arrancar. "Not until Hougyoku takes over your body. And bankai it.. What the fuck is with that?"

As they spoke, they could all hear an ice-cold tone without emotion from Toushiro, fixed on the Arrancars. "My Daiguren Hyourinmaru is not his perfect form of bankai. He didn't tell me how to achieve this form directly, and only told me about mastering Daiguren…"

"What?" arrancar was shocked. He knew about Toushiro Hitsugaya's mastery with Daiguren Hyourinmaru, and had prepared a plan to overcome it. But this new form, he had absolutely no idea; how his strength, how his ability, how to fight against it.

"It turns out that Hyourinmaru also hides things like that" Renji said. "I didn't think."

"Hyourinmaru didn't want me to know and chased after him prematurely," Toushiro said again, still just as cold. "He knows if I force it, it'll kill me. But when I was at the Soul King's Residence, Hyourinmaru gave me a chance. Saakuru no souka ten Hyourinmaru is not perfect yet, but it will be the most appropriate test to hone."

"Hougyoku…."

They saw an odd glint in those turquoise eyes. "It's a shame you picked the wrong person."

"Ah, glad he hasn't changed his mind yet," Shinji said, his smile lifted.

"But we don't know what Hougyoku can do to him" Urahara said seriously. "His Reiatsu did increase drastically after receiving the thing…"

"… how can he hold Hougyoku back from mastering it" Ukitake continued. "Even Aizen, there's a sign of how Hougyoku influenced him."

"And change it," Ichigo said, looking at Toushiro, "having hollow power. But I don't feel it."

"Is this a good thing or not?" ask Ikkaku.

"Come on," Urahara said seriously. "If you see it has a hollow mask, it's definitely something dangerous. But, at least, I know what to do. And Commander Hitsugaya's current condition shows no reaction to it. No hollow mask…"

"I haven't been able to detect Reiatsu very well" Ichigo said, "but since I've already memorized his reiatsu and he's this close."

"Kisuke," Yoruichi said seriously, "has that Hougyoku chosen?"

All the shinigami stared at the former 12th Division Commander. Harry and the others looked at him cluelessly.

"I don't know," said Urahara, his face hidden in the shadow of his hat. "if that's the case, the situation will get more complicated…"

"Hyoryuu senbi!"

While up there, Toushiro with his new bankai had already started a fight with three Arrancar at once, which all three opponents had already removed their respective resurrections. That hollow expression still lingered on Toushiro's face. His movements in the fight are getting faster and more deadly. But more than that, Toushiro seems to have killed his enemies in brutal ways, including beheading or shredding them with his ice claws. Seeing that, Ichigo immediately darted forward to help him. Darling, another large Arrancar is blocking his way. Other Shinigami were also moved to help the young commander, but all were unable to get closer, hindered by Arrancar or the various hollows that appeared to help the Arrancars.

"Kisuke! Do something!" yoruichi exclaims while doing shunkou with Soi Fon to finish off the hollows. "We don't know what effect Hougyoku has on Hitsugaya!"

"Shibari Benihime," Urahara said, created a web like a blackish-red rope ladder that ensnared the two Arrancar and blew them up. "I know, Yoruichi. But I'm a bit busy right now.." It's true, two finished, another three big hollows appeared in front of him.

"If they intend to weaken him and bring him to Hueco Mundo, I will blame you!" soi Fon's. He began to prepare to do shunkou on a large number of hollows of various shapes and sizes in front of him.

"What's? Why?" ask Urahara.

"Because you were the first to create that cursed thing, you idiot!" soi Fon.

Again, the fight is back. All the shinigami took up their weapons again, slashing almost mercilessly.

"What the fuck?!" exclaim Ikkaku in shock.

They could all see how all of the Arrancar turned around from them and surrounded Toushiro Hitsugaya. Meanwhile, they were all hindered by the large number of hollows that appeared more than before.

"They intended to take him down with a series of attacks" Byakuya said. All his colleagues looked dumbfounded. "It seems that such an attack would make Commander Hitsugaya drain all his power, weaken it, and bring it down. The hollows, used to prevent us from disturbing them."

"I can't use the larger Getsuga Tenshou here" Ichigo growled.

"And Hitsugaya-kun seems to be increasing his attack power, instead" Urahara said slowly. The techniques used are still the same. But that's not the concern. He had to admit that the quantity and quality of the ice attacks the petite commander carried out was much greater. He managed to take down several Arrancar, but their numbers still remained unbalanced with many-on-one combat. Rather than that, seeing how the attack of the 10th Division Commander showed no sign of surrender, and how they could not help him with the hundreds of hollow walls that disturbed them, Urahara was struck by an understanding.

The arrival of the hollows was indeed used to prevent the Shinigami from helping Toushiro Hitsugaya. And the white hair also makes use of them for one obvious purpose. It was clear to see by the former 12th Division Commander.

"With the amount of reiatsu he released, and a large-scale attack like this. I think I know what Hitsugaya-kun is doing."

"What?" ask Ichigo immediately.

"He did indeed make himself weak," Urahara said slowly, "not so that the Arrancars could hold him captive, but for the final weapon used for himself."

"WHAT?!

"true." Urahara lowered his striped hat until the fringe shadow of the hat covered his eyes, while the Shinigami and some witches stared at Urahara in horror. "He was planning to commit suicide."