Chapter 220

Zaraki Kenpachi suddenly woke up with a start and wide eyes, he immediately looked around while reaching for his Zanpakuto, however, he growled in frustration when he didn't feel the handle of his sword and began to grow angry, but, before he could do anything, a calm voice called out to him, "Captain Zaraki, calm down".

Kenpachi turned his head towards where the voice had come from and calmed down when he caught sight of Unohana, the captain of the healing corps had a calm smile on her face even in the face of a cornered and confused Kenpachi.

Unohana suddenly reached behind her and pulled out Kenpachi's Zanpakuto, Kenpachi narrowed his eyes and asked a question, "What's happened?".

Unohana smiled and walked forward while explaining, "You were defeated by Harry Potter, he brought you here, dumped you on one of my patient's beds, and left after leaving a message for you".

Kenpachi frowned, as he heard Unohana explain how he ended up in the 4th division Barracks, he began to remember just how he was defeated, "I remember fighting Harry, no matter what I did, how I attacked him, I just couldn't even hurt him... It was amazing, never had I been so challenged before, even when he used magic, I was still having fun, the last thing I remember was red hot flames and pain as I was being burned alive".

Unohana nodded and placed Kenpachi's Zanpakuto beside him, "Harry brought you burned to a crisp, you were a lump of charcoal actually, he brought you back to life though.

I don't know how, but he was somehow able to bring you back, even though you yourself are only a soul, you should have vanished into reishi, instead, he rebuilt your whole body and breathed life into it again I've never seen anything like that before".

Kenpachi suddenly grinned and looked very amused, "The bastard actually killed me... hahaha! I can't wait to fight him again!".

Unohana sighed and shook her head, "I'm afraid that will not happen anytime soon, Harry's message was pretty clear on this".

Kenpachi gave Unohana a very confused look, "What? What do you mean?".

Unohana turned her gaze towards Kenpachi and stared into his eyes, "Harry said to tell you this when you woke up... 'Grow stronger and stop being an idiot, bond with your Zanpakuto and then come back to challenge me when you do. Otherwise, don't waste my time, I have far more important things to do, than to deal with a weak battle addict' or so he said, he even put a curse on you, one that won't let you approach him until you reach a certain level of power.

If I were you, Captain Zaraki, I would take this curse very seriously, I've watched how Harry carved it into your very soul, you will feel the painful effects the moment you try to approach Harry".

Kenpachi stared back into Unohana's eyes in silence for a few seconds, until he suddenly sighed and looked down, "Son of a bitch... he knew I would hound him for a rematch, honestly, I'm pretty impressed he curse me like this".

Unohana stared at Kenpachi and watched him as he slowly began to smile, until suddenly he looked up and maniacally grinned, "Well, no matter, all I have to do is bond with my Zanpakuto and grow stronger... I'll pay back Harry for burning me to death Hahaha! I will cut his belly open someday!".

Unohana stared at Kenpachi as the bloodthirsty captain cackled like a madman, {Seems like you have awakened... it's about time, to think it would take you fighting a force beyond even you}.

Despite smiling Unohana had a sinister look in her eyes one that told of excitement and expectation, it seemed like the old her was surfacing in the wake of someone far more powerful around, deep down, Unohana was thinking of fighting Harry and letting loose once more, wouldn't that be something to see?.

~Meanwhile~

In the Captains Meeting Room, Harry stood in front of Yamamoto with Rimuru by his side, both dragon and slime were surrounded by the rest of the Captains of the Gotei Thirteen, -well except Unohana and Kenpachi- new and old as well.

Within the captains, there were new members, these were actually people Harry knew and he was a bit surprised to see them here, so Harry ignored Yamamoto for a bit and turned his head towards one of them, "So you're a captain again Shinji... I'm surprised you took your old job back, given how they treated you when you and the other were hollowfied".

Shinji grinned at Harry and then shrugged, "Well, living in the living world was kinda hard for us, so even though we're not happy about the fact that we were made into scapegoats, coming back here made more sense".

Love nodded and sighed, "Besides, Soul Society now knows we're alive and where they can find us, living in Karakura town was just impossible...".

Kensei shrugged and shook his head, "It's not like the Soul Society would leave us alone after the Winter War either, I'm sure they would have eventually hunted us down or something".

The rest of the captains nervously began to sweat, what the Vizoreds just said was true of course, but they didn't say it out loud, they definitely didn't want Harry to hear this either, especially now that they had seen some of what Harry is now capable of now.

Harry though, just shrugged and shook his head, "Damn if you do, damn if you don't huh? This certainly seems annoying to deal with".

The Vizoreds nodded in agreement, suddenly, Soi Fon spoke up to Harry, "Harry, where is Lady Yoruichi? I haven't seen or heard of her in a while, all I know is that she's living in your world now".

Harry nodded, "She is, right now she's in another world with my daughter, niece, and her new student, I bet they're having all sorts of adventures and doing all kinds of crazy things to the poor normal people of that world".

Soi Fon nodded, but a second later she froze and her eyebrow began to twitch, which made Harry raise an eyebrow at her, Soi Fon suddenly frowned and asked another question, "A student?... Lady Yoruichi has a new student?".

Harry nodded, "Yup, a young nekomata named Koneko, she's actually mastered Shunko too, so she already surpassed you, pretty cool if you ask me, to be able to combine a technique like Shunko with the type of energy she possesses is quite the achievement for someone so young".

Soi Fon looked ready to explode, which made the captains around her step away from her, all the while Harry grinned at her as if making fun of her, which made, Rimuru sweatdrop and gaze a Harry with apprehension, {Huh? I wonder why Harry is gaslighting Soi Fon like that?}.

Seeing the look on Rimuru's face, Byukuya of all people explained, "Harry is well known for hating Captain Soi Fon...".

Rimuru turned his head towards Byukuya and tilted his head, "... Why? Harry is not one to hate people for no reason".

Byukuya sighed and nodded, "Yes, but Soi Fon has been rather antagonistic towards Harry, she even tried to kill him multiple times as well, all, because that black cat really likes Harry...".

Rimuru hummed for a little bit until he nodded and then said, "Ah, jealousy I see, huh?".

Harry nodded, "Yup, she's just salty that I've seen Yoruichi naked and she hasn't".

Soi Fon's eyebrow violently twitched, but before she could do or say anything, Yamamoto slammed his staff on the floor making everyone immediately quiet down, the captain-commander then sighed and spoke to Harry, "Must you continue to ignore me, Lord Potter?".

Harry smiled and shrugged, "Sorry old man, I just couldn't help poking fun at Soi Fon".

Soi Fon growled at Harry but didn't say anything else, Yamamoto just sighed and nodded, "If you're done, I would like this meeting to actually take place".

Harry nodded and took on a serious face, "Alright, what does the Gotei Thirteen want with me and Neo Kyoto? I'm quite curious actually, I've never expected this place to actually reach out to me in any way or form".

Yamamoto nodded, while the captains all stayed quiet and watched the meeting finally take place, "Young Kurosaki has been telling us about Neo Kyoto, its advances in technology, in training, in actual combat experience.

It made me realize, that Neo Kyoto could help get rid of the stagnation that keeps the Soul Society the same archaic society it has been for thousands of years.

But this is something that we, the Captains of the Gotei Thirteen want to go through, the Soul Society as a whole will not participate".

Harry lifted an eyebrow and stared at Yamamoto in disbelief, "...What about your so-called nobles, most of them certainly don't want anything to do with change and are quite annoying to deal with.

I'm telling you right now if any of these so call nobles come to Neo Kyoto to start any shit, they will be killed on the spot, there won't be any hesitation nor mercy either, and the people of Neo Kyoto will not suffer such attitudes.

We the leaders of Neo Kyoto, will not do anything if this were to happen either, we will in fact, mobilize and end their entire noble bloodline from existence... are you sure this is something you want to do?".

Yamamoto turned to look at Byukuya, who nodded and began to speak, "The nobles of the Soul Society won't be involved, only the shinigami of the squads, we know that their way of doing things wouldn't be appreciated in Neo Kyoto and we do not want to cause trouble to you and your people".

Rimuru chuckled and then smiled at Byukuya, "More like, you don't want to die a horrible and slow death, by now you guys should know just how powerful someone from Neo Kyoto can be.

I mean heck! an old lady in Neo Kyoto can destroy planets! So you guys are just covering your butts".

Byukuya's eyebrow twitched in a bit of annoyance, getting called out like that is never fun after all, but he didn't say anything, Rimuru just amusingly continued to smile at Byukuya, while Yamamoto sighed and then proceeded to continue to speak, "The shinigami of the Soul Society want a treaty with Neo Kyoto, we will come to your aid and help in any way in exchange for training and resources".

Harry frowned and thought about the treaty, a few moments later he began to speak out his opinion, "Honestly, I'm not fond of how things are run here, there's a lot in the Soul Society that makes no sense and the people here are not the most sane nor the most intelligent either.

If you want a treaty with Neo Kyoto, there will be conditions and rules, I don't want Kenpachi running around and attacking people at random, just because he wants a good fight, he'll get killed on the spot.

And Mayuri is definitely never stepping foot in my world much less Neo Kyoto, I'll kill him on the spot if he were to dare try, there will be more rules and conditions but we can speak about that later, the question is, are you willing to follow our rules and laws?".

Mayuri looked like he wanted to protest, but Yamamoto gave him a look and it made Mayuri shut his mouth, meanwhile, the rest of the shinigami knew that what Harry said and was asking for, made a lot of sense.

They were well aware that most of the shinigami were odd and sometimes crazy, Kenpachi and Mayuri are just the tip of the iceberg, so they can't blame Harry for taking action to prevent any issues from happening in the future.

Rimuru suddenly piped in, "There's also the fact, that Neo Kyoto is actually connected to different worlds, mine being one of them, doing something against Neo Kyoto, means that you will go into conflict with those worlds as well, and believe me, that is not something you would enjoy".

Yamamoto nodded, "Yes, I do not want the Soul Society to be dragged into a conflict in any way or form, with Neo Kyoto, for that reason, upon agreement with the treaty, if any of the shinigami of the Soul Society, were to cause problems, I'll kill him or her myself...".

The Captains of the Gotei Thirteen stared in shock at their captain-commander, but Yamamoto had a very serious look on his face, one that told everyone that he was very serious about what he just said.

Harry sighed and then nodded, "All alright, I'll set up a meeting between you and the other leaders of Neo Kyoto, we can go through the treaty then, is that good enough for now?".

Yamamoto nodded and sighed, seems like he really wanted the treaty to go through, he then tapped his staff on the floor and loudly said, "Very well, now I want to speak privately with you and your guest Harry, Captains of the Gotei Thirteen, you may go back to your duties".

All the captains bowed to Yamamoto, those that are friends with Harry, waved at him goodbye before leaving while others left without saying anything, Harry waved goodbye to his friends as well and watched them disappear in blurs.

As soon as all his friends left, Harry then moved his gaze towards Yamamoto and stared at him, the old captain-commander huffed in annoyance and then spoke up, "Well? I know you have questions, what are you waiting for?".

Harry raised an eyebrow at the old shinigami and then sighed, "I'm trying to figure out your angle with all of this, don't get me wrong, I'm sure you really want the Gotei 13 shinigami to get stronger.

Ichigo and I kinda lit a fire under your butts when we first came to the Soul Society, but you could have had Rukia or even Byukuya come to Neo Kyoto and negotiate for a treaty, so, that makes me think that you want to speak with me about something in particular".

Yamamoto opened his eyes and gazed into Harry's eyes, Rimuru, despite being a demonlord and high-level monster, could feel the weight of the gaze of these two powerful individuals.

It made Rimuru realize, that despite being aware that Harry was way more powerful than him, Yamamoto was not at all worried or afraid, in fact, the old man seemed ready to fight and die fighting Harry.

Yamamoto closed his eyes again and then began to explain, "... When you first arrived here, a pressure was felt throughout Soul Society, it shook everyone, but at the time many thought that it was something Aizen did in the event of his betrayal.

But I knew better, the moment I met you, and saw you fighting to save young Rukia and help Kurosaki and his friends, I knew that there was something odd about you... your mere presence alone made me feel like bowing out of respect and that's not something that I could overlook easily.

So I kept an eye on you and watched you grow far more powerful than Kurosaki in a short amount of time, I witnessed you fighting off Aizen in the Winter War and actually pushed him back.

You made that man sweat and worry, even with the Hogyoku on his side Aizen still struggled, it wasn't until he evolved past a normal entity that you began to struggle, but even then, you have always been more powerful, much more than the norm.

Even when you were being rejected by this very world because of your nature, you still found ways to overcome that.

Now, I can clearly see what and who you are Harry Potter, not many remember, and some do not even have a glimpse of knowledge of the time before the Soul King was born, but I know... I know about the real Death and the conceptual control it has on the very fabric of the universe and you... you are its master".

Harry closed his eyes and sighed, "I always knew that you were more aware than others, honestly? I'm not even surprised at this point, but why now? Why reach out to me and tell me all of this?

If you know what I am, and who I have a connection to, then you should be acting to prevent me from ever stepping into the Soul Society again, the pressure I used to feel, doesn't affect me anymore.

In fact, I barely feel it as it is, so tell me Yamamoto, Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13? What is it that you seek from me?".

Rimuru had heard and seen Harry act serious, but this was a bit different, this felt much more important and deeper than usual, the last time Rimuru had seen Harry this serious, was when he found out that Hinata had attacked him and delayed his return to Tempest, which led to the death of their friends.

It took Rimuru a great effort to stop Harry from hunting down Hinata and killing her for her part in the attack on Tempest, it was only because Rimuru didn't want to mess with the Church that stopped Harry from wanting to go after Hinata.

And let's not get into Harry's loathing of Yuuki, who betrayed them in the first place, Rimuru knows that the only reason Harry hasn't gone to kill him is because he's very busy, but it was only a matter of time before the dragon god eventually goes after him and Yuuki will be made to regret his life choices.

So the level of seriousness Harry is displaying right now is a sign of how different the situation is, this wasn't just a meeting for a treaty between the Shinigami and Neo Kyoto, something else is going on.

Yamamoto nodded to himself and then began to rub his long beard, "Harry Potter, tell me, what do you know of the Soul King?".

~A few hours later~

Harry had a long and very surprising talk with Yamamoto, who revealed a lot of information to Harry, things that no one knows about, secrets that would have anyone getting executed if they were to find out about these secrets.

It honestly left Harry quite surprised, Rimuru as well, which is why they found themselves back in the Kurosaki household and sitting in the living room to speak about what they just found out, Rimuru, back in his slime form sighed and shook his whole body, "The Soul King huh?... What a shock".

Harry nodded as he thought back on what Yamamoto spoke to himself about, the Soul King... the supposed ruler of the Soul Society who resides in the Soul King Palace and is protected by the Royal Guard, in reality, he is a godlike entity that has been sealed and his existence is tied to that of the Soul Society, the human world, and even Hueco Mundo.

The Soul King is not involved in governing the Soul Society and never interferes, in fact, most Shinigami have never seen him, to them, he is revered and symbolic, but not present in their lives.

The Soul King's sole purpose is to regulate the flow of souls into and out of Soul Society and keep the flow stable, without the Soul King, the balance is lost and the Soul Society, as well as the Dangai, Hueco Mundo, and the human world, would all collapse into one.

Harry shook his head as he thought about this so-called sealed deity, "To think that this world's dimension used to be one until they were separated and made into what they are now... but it makes sense".

Rimuru turned his body towards Harry and tilted his body to the side, "Makes sense? How?".

Harry crossed his arms and nodded, "Well, Death can't really influence this world, she can do a few things and even make her presence known, she can even interfere to some extent if she wants to, but this world seems to reject her influence.

It's why she's not very fond of this world and if I didn't have loved ones here, she would have asked me to destroy it, like she has done in the past".

Rimuru nodded, "I see... the split must have created some sort of network of empty space in between dimensions, preventing outside sources from being able to act freely in this world.

Death is only able to do so because you're here, you're acting as an anchor to her through your system, aren't you?".

Harry nodded, "Yeah... my connection with Death wasn't as established the first time I came to this world and I was severely weakened after I saved Mom, but this explains why I always felt some sort of rejection from this world.

It's the Soul King, it must know what I am and who I bring with me, and it's fighting off my presence with all his might, but Death is a far more powerful entity and she protected me to some extent back then".

Rimuru shook his body and sighed, "This is heavy, to think all of this was going on behind everything that was already happening... what are you going to do about Yamamoto's requests?".

Harry frowned and looked down, after Yamamoto explained everything to Rimuru and him, he then went on to explain what he wanted Harry to do, one, was kill Aizen, the bastard had become semi-immortal thanks to the Hogyoku.

No one in the Soul Society has the power or ability to end him, not even Ichigo, but Harry? Who is the Master of Death and can control souls, can very well put an end to the crazy bastard.

This was a surprise but not an unwanted one, Harry wanted to end Aizen for sure, the son of a bitch needed to pay for all the pain a suffering he caused to everyone, Harry had no hesitation when he agreed to do this request for Yamamoto.

However, the second request was a complete surprise to Harry, "I have no problem with killing Aizen, that guy more than deserves it, especially with how much chaos and death he brought about with his plots and plans, plus, I really hate his guts".

Rimuru chuckled at the way Harry expressed his hate towards Aizen, he could understand it though, since Harry had to learn firsthand just how manipulative Aizen is, but Rimuru also found it amusing since Aizen was a very popular character in his old world, it probably would make Harry very annoyed to find out about that.

Harry gave Rimuru a dirty look for finding amusement in his words, but then went on, "The second request left me perplexed though".

Rimuru nodded, "I take it that you're not worried though, right?".

Harry immediately shook his head, "Not at all, I'm way beyond anyone's power level in this world, so worry is the last thing I would ever feel whole I'm here".

Rimuru agreed as well, this world has some very powerful individuals some with some very odd and interesting abilities but to him and Harry? Well, they're not anything they haven't seen before, this applies to Harry even more than him even.

Still, what Yamamoto asked Harry to do was something to be concerned about, "To think Yamamoto would ask you to go speak with Soul King, I wonder what it wants with you?".

Harry shrugged, not all concerned about the fact that he was asked to speak with the Soul King, "Don't know, but if there's one thing I know, is that the Soul King and I were going to meet eventually.

Harry turned his gaze to the side and took a look at the quest he received from Death during his battle with Kenpachi, a quest with two objectives, one, to Kill the Soul King and stabilize the dimension and the other...

To find and kill the Quincy King, who has been plotting in the shadows for many centuries and Harry knew where exactly this so-called Quincy King was, after all, the fool made the mistake of allowing himself to be sensed by Harry during his fight with Kenpachi.

After their little talk Harry and Rimuru spent some days in the Kurosaki household, Harry sent a message to Yasaka in Neo Kyoto and told her about the treaty between the Shinigami and Neo Kyoto, so she could prepare the documents and set up a meeting with whoever was going to be the representatives of the Shinigami who would be staying in Neo Kyoto as part of the treaty.

He also let her know that he would be staying in this world with Rimuru for a while longer since he now has things to do here as well, Rimuru also sent a message to Yasaka asking her to let his friends in Tempest know that he was going to be away for a while longer.

With that done, Harry and Rimuru then spent some time with Masaki, Yuzu and Karin, Ichigo, and friends though that also meant that Rimuru was once again used as a dress-up doll, all the while Harry laughed at his misfortune again, even Orihime got in on the fun and dressed up Rimuru in more ways than one.

The fun and laughter changed as soon as Harry sensed a spiritual pressure suddenly appearing close to Ichigo who went out to patrol, it was a familiar spiritual pressure, and that made Harry worry about his friend and what sort of crazy things had landed on him again.

Not wasting any time, both Rimuru and Harry left the Kurosaki household after saying goodbye to Masaki and the twins, it didn't take them long to arrive where Ichigo was, though they found him doing something odd.

Both Harry and Rimuru stared in shock and some concern, Rimuru, who was on top of Harry's head in his slime form suddenly leaned down and whispered at Harry, "Dude... why is Ichigo stomping that poor guy's nuts?".

And indeed, Ichigo was actually stomping on top of the guy's nutsack, while the guy was actually half inside the ground with his lower half being the only thing visible right now, shook his head and shrugged upon hearing Rimuru's question, "I don't know...".

However, Harry then noticed who Ichigo had in his arms, "Nel?".

Nel, apparently heard Harry call out her name and she immediately turned her head towards him, her eyes widen and tears began to fall out of her eyes, Nel then suddenly pushed off Ichigo with so much force that she sent him flying and spiraling away while screaming in shock.

Nel began to loudly call out Harry's name while bawling her eyes out, while Harry smiled at her, Nel suddenly accelerated as she yelled out a technique, "Super Acceleration!".

But Harry easily caught Nel a second later, he didn't even move, though the dragon god did chuckle and then hugged Nel while she cried and rubbed her face all over Harry's clothes, "Nel, it's so nice to see you".

Nel began to yell, bawl, cry, and make weird sounds, which made Harry chuckle again and pat her head, "Stop crying Nel, I can't understand what you're saying".

Nel sniffed, rubbed her nose with the sleeve of her clothes, and began to calm down, though she seemed happy and stressed at the same time, something only Nel could pull off, but the little arrancar calm down enough and began to speak, "Harry! Where have you been?!... I missed you so much and wanted to see you!... But no one could find you! Why did you leave dummy!?".

Harry softly smiled at Nel and then said, "I'm sorry Nel, I had other things to do, remember when I told you that I'm not from this world?".

Nel nodded, "Sniff! Yeah... I remember you said that...".

Harry nodded and put Nel down on the ground and on her feet, he then began to explain, "Well, I had to continue my journey but I finally made it back home and I can now visit this world again.

I've been wanting to go visit you actually, but I've been very busy Nel, I'm sorry, but what's going on? Why are you here and why are you so distraught?".

Nel seemed to have remembered the actual reason she was in the human world because she jumped and began to cry again, "Harry! Some weird people are attacking Hueco Mundo!"