I do not own Bleach or Harry Potter the both belong respectively to Tite Kubo and J.K. Rowling

After leaving the train station with Remus, Sirius, and his mother Harry found himself barely holding his laughter as they sat down at a local restaurant in muggle London; the entire time they were there Lily continued to send Sirius blood thirsty glares, obviously she hadn't forgiven him for leaving her son behind.

"Um so Pup" said Sirius nervously. "Any plans for the summer?"

"Yeah Ron invited me and Hermione to the Quidditch World Cup final" said Harry, the excitement in his voice distracting his mother from her anger at his godfather.

"That's wonderful sweetheart" she smiled, making a mental note to have a reaper assigned to London early so Harry could enjoy the trip without fear.

"It's a shame first time in ages England is hosting the finals" Remus sighed. "And they get eliminated early on." Paying the check the four of them, walked down the street.

"Yeah but at least he'll get to check out a professional game" said Sirius, unfortunately regaining Lily's attention.

"Yes such a shame that his godfather couldn't find the time to take him" Lily said coldly. "I supposed he had something better to do than treat Harry to a good time. I knew I should've asked Molly and Arthur to be your godparents."

"Mr. and Mrs. Weasley?" Harry questioned. "You know them?"

"Yes. Did I ever mention my friends Fabian and Gideon?"

"Yeah, you said they worked in Squad 12."

"Yes when they're not working on some new prank or gag item. Anyway they happen to be Molly's brothers and worked with your father and I during the war with Voldemort. She had children to look after so she wasn't an active member but she did give her support and in that time we got to know each other."

"Had she ever seen me before?" asked Harry.

"No but from the story you told me, I'm guessing she recognized your resemblance to James." Seeing the confusion on her son's face Lily explained. "Harry Molly has seven kids, five of which have been to Hogwarts before Ron. I'm guessing she spotted you all on your own and gave you that hint that she was a witch so you'd approach her." The smile vanished from Lily's face as she turned her gaze back on Sirius. "At least one of my friends was there for Harry."

While Sirius continued to suffer under Lily's glare Harry was feeling a warmness in his heart. Mrs. Weasley and his mother were friends and from the moment she saw him, she'd done everything in her power to care for him; the next time he saw her he had to thank the kind woman.

To Sirius' relief the party soon arrived at his new London town home 221 Baker Street. When Sirius had first been cleared he had planned on buying a full 300 room mansion, but Harry was able to talk him down to a simple 4 bedroom home in muggle London; giving them both a much needed escape from wizarding press.

"So Lily what brings you to London?" asked Remus, as they sat around the living room.

"The Soul Society has noticed that a lot of souls have been vanishing in London lately" Lily explained. "The Gotei 13 thought it best to send me since I'm familiar with both the city and the Substitute Soul Reaper: Harry."

"Me?"

"Yes. As a Substitute Soul Reaper you will most likely get pulled into whatever is happening. Keeping this in mind they thought it best to send someone you wouldn't have a problem working with."

"Right, so does the Gotei 13 have any idea what could be causing this?" Harry asks.

"No" Lily sighs. "The incidents are too random and are done too quietly to be the work of an ordinary Hollow, and they haven't detected any increase in spiritual activity."

"So what's the plan?" asked Sirius, thinking perhaps he could help in some way.

"For now all we can do is keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary. Sirius let me make this clear, while I'm still angry with you I don't want you doing anything crazy."

"She's right Padfoot" Remus agreed. "You're still recovering from Azkaban and if it is a Hollow doing this you and I won't be any help." As Remus was dealing with his fellow marauder, Lily turned to her son with a very important message.

"Harry I know it's not my place to tell you to stop being a Soul Reaper" she understood, doing so would be telling her son to throw away an important part of himself. "But I want you to remember there is no shame in retreating from a battle you just can't win."

"But Mom, I can't just runaway" Harry argued.

"Harry we don't know what we're dealing with. Yes there will be battles where you can't afford to retreat but as of now we've yet to reach that point. I'm just saying to pick your battles wisely."

"Alright I'll be careful."

"That's all I ask."

That night on the streets of London, a random man just minding his own business was on his way home. Suddenly his body goes stiff and an unseen force begins directing him down a dark alleyway. Panicking the man tries to scream only for his mouth to slam shut.

"Now, now it's late you shouldn't be making such a fuss" a voice spoke. A figure dressed in a dark long hooded coat, stepped out of the shadows, their hands held out as if working the strings of a marionette. "Now, be a good and hand over that soul."

The man's body began to glow as his soul was slowly being pulled from his body. The process came to a sudden halt as Harry appeared on the scene, charging at the assailant. The man fell to the ground unconscious, as the hooded figure shifted their attention to the approaching reaper.

Harry and Lily had chosen to split up for their investigation, leaving routine Hollow extermination to the locally assigned Soul Reapers. It'd only been a few hours before he noticed a powerful spiritual pressure and the odd jerking movements of a man on the streets moving towards it. Choosing to observe for a moment he was surprised to see a hooded being, attempting to steal the man's soul. As he charged the figure, his zanpakutō at the ready only for the figure to evade his attack with burst of speed, reappearing in the sky above him.

Ok that's fast Harry thought to himself, trying to figure out just what he was fighting. Before he could follow he was surprised to see his opponent's hands start to glow green, next thing he knew Harry found his limbs connected to what appeared to be strings. With a twitch of their finger, the figure sent the young reaper crashing into the side of a building, following with slamming him repeatedly into the ground.

Sick of taking a beating Harry tightened his grip on Nakatsukasa, releasing a large burst of spirit energy from his body freeing himself from the puppet strings. Focusing his power into his zanpakutō the blade crackled with energy, before being released in a mighty swing.

"Ain-Soph-Aur!" the energy wave surged towards his target, stunned by the turn of events the figure was hit dead on. However much to Harry's surprise the only damage they took was a few light burns and the destruction of their coat. As the figure descended to the ground, Harry got his first clear look at his opponent and was shocked to see it was a woman.

The woman looked to be in her early twenties, had short blond hair was dressed in simple jeans and T-shirt, and had a tattoo of a tear running down her left eye.

"Harry Potter" the woman smirked. "Who'd of guessed the wizarding world's savior was moonlighting as a Soul Reaper."

"You know about that" it wasn't a question, there was only one way she could know about his Boy-Who-Lived nickname. "So you're a witch." This apparently was the wrong thing to say as the woman's smirk turned into a full on scowl, pure hatred in her eyes.

"Don't insult me!" she snarled. "I'm not one of them!"

Ok so she's not a witch, should've guessed she's been fighting me using spirit energy not magic. But she doesn't appear to be a Soul Reaper and so what is she?

"I can practically hear the gears in your head spinning" she teased, her hands suddenly began glowing again; on closer inspection Harry realized that more specifically it was the rings on her fingers glowing. Not wanting to be turned into a puppet again Harry slashed at the woman, only for her to dodge again, a brief flicker of light appearing at her feet with each high-speed movement.

Following with flash step the battle seemed to reach a whole other level as the combatants seemed, to flicker around the city fighting at speeds faster than the human eye. Standing in midair the pair stared down each other each searching for the perfect opening.

How can she fight using string of all things Harry thought to himself, during the fight the woman had somehow harden her threads into a blades around her hands. Surprisingly Nakatsukasa just couldn't cut through them as they clashed. Just what is she?

"Look at you mind still spinning" the woman teased. "Still trying to figure out what I am? I suppose I can tell you." Annoyed by the woman's attitude, Harry went on the attack only to have his every move either blocked or evaded. The strange thing was no matter how much Harry came at her, the woman had yet to launch an attack of her own, all the while wearing a condescending smirk on her face.

"Stop messing with me!" Harry growled, firing another Ain-Soph-Aur at the woman. Only this time to his horror, she actually used her blades to split the attack in two letting the energy wave dissipate harmlessly.

"Time for the big reveal" the woman laughed, amused by the shocked look on Harry's face. "I'm human. 100% human."

No way she's human?! Harry wanted to deny it, how could a human go around stealing souls. But he couldn't deny the facts she wasn't a witch, or a Soul Reaper that much he was certain. But the way she moved was way beyond anything a normal human was capable of. Then again I'm not a normal human either and she has been fighting me with spirit energy. Maybe she's just using it in a way I haven't seen before.

As Harry's mind was rocked by the fact he was fighting another human being, he was slow to react when the woman finally went on the attack, just barely getting his sword up in time to block the blade wrapped around her right hand.

"Don't get distracted now, Mr. Savior" Struggling to hold back her attack, Harry was caught off guard when the woman's left hand stabbed him in the gut. Shocked by the impact the young reaper stumbled back, before a kick to the send sent him plummeting to the earth.

Dazed from the attack Harry struggled to his feet only to be kicked to the side, the woman loomed over him as the substitute stubbornly refused to let go of his sword.

Man feels like I got beat by a troll. Harry's vision was going dark remembering his mother's words about picking his battles wisely, he attempted to get passed her using flash step only for the woman to grab him by the ankle and slam him into the ground.

"I pity you Harry" said the woman, strangely absent of the condescension she'd shown so far. "They took so much from you and you still can't see the truth." The threads forming the blade around her right hand came unwove themselves and wrapped themselves around Harry's arms, lifting him off the ground. "In the end you were just another victim…I'm sorry" as she moved to finish the reaper a sudden streak of energy passed between them severing the strings holding Harry, who dropped to the ground struggling to stay awake.

Turning to face the new comer the woman found herself staring down a young woman with bubblegum pink hair and though she was dressed like a hipster, the woman couldn't help but notice the wand sticking out of her pocket. However what really interested her was the bow composed entirely of spirit energy in the bubblegum haired woman's hands.

"A Quincy and a witch now that's an interesting combination." The bubblegum haired woman's eyes narrowed as the blond spat the word witch as if it were something vile.

"Got a problem with witches yeah" it wasn't a question, pulling back on the string of her bow an energy arrow formed keeping it aimed for the woman. The blond showed no fear and moved to attack only to stop short as the zanpakutō of Lily Potter was held to her neck.

"So he got his powers from you" said the woman, addressing the angry Soul Reaper standing behind her. "It's a shame all that you've already lost and you still haven't gone after the true enemy."

"True enemy?" Lily questioned coldly. "Only enemy I see here is the bitch that hurt my son. Though I am curious, you clearly aren't a witch and yet you recognize Harry. Care to explain."

Despite the situation the woman simply smirked in amusement. "It's not very difficult to find information about the famous Harry Potter."

"I'm not playing games. Who are you and what do you want?"

"What I want is for my tears to finally stop falling." Once again the arrogance in her voice melted away into pure sorrow.

"What do you mean?" Lily asked, confused by the woman's sudden change in demeanor. Instead of answering the woman simply vanished using her strange high-speed movement technique. While frustrated that she wasn't able to get any information, Lily decided it was best not to pursue and instead focused on helping her injured son.

"Is he going to be alright?" asked the Quincy, banishing her bow and walking over to join the two reapers.

"Yes Nymphadora" the worried mother sighed, using what little first aid she knew to heal Harry's wounds.

"OI! It's just Tonks alright!" said the now irritated Quincy, her hair shifting from bubblegum pink to an angry red. "I get you haven't seen me since I was in nappies but seriously call me Nymphadora again and I'll hex into next week."

"Why do you want be called by your last name?" Lily smiled, picking up her now unconscious son and his zanpakutō.

"Because some people shouldn't be allowed to name their kids."

"Thank you, for saving Harry."

"Don't worry about it. The mutt heading my family thought it'd be a good idea for me to check up on him."

"Oh so now Sirius wants to do his job." As they started their journey back to the town house, Lily couldn't help wondering just what the woman was after. She wants her tears to stop falling, just what did she mean and is she working alone? There's too much we don't know but for now all I can do is tend to Harry. One thing was for certain this wouldn't be an easy summer.

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