Disclaimer: I do not own any Yu Yu Hakusho characters or concepts. Or any Harry Potter ones for that matter. And I suppose the concept of Kurama being a girl and going to Hogwarts belongs to mistressKC. This disclaimer applies to all following chapters.
Description: Kurama is going to Hogwarts. (yeah I know, way overdone but do you think you can stomach one more?) This should have been an easy mission, would have been if he wasn't a girl.
Note: I know mistressKC is currently working on a story like this, but it's been sitting in a notebook I use to jot down ideas for a long time and I finally got around to writing it.
Life at Hogwarts
The Monday morning sky was brightly lit up with magentas and blues as Kurama, known at the school he was heading to as Minamino Shuichi, walked out of his house after saying good-bye to his mother. While school was generally a boring place for him, rarely did a teacher know something he didn't already know, it did serve to keep him occupied and away from Yusuke, whom he had been feeling a little more than uncomfortable with for quite some time. Yusuke had broken up with Keiko about a month ago and Kurama wasn't quite sure how to handle the situation yet and so deemed it appropriate to observe for a while and then come up with the appropriate response.
He was dressed in his usual magenta uniform with his hair tied back into a pony tail as per school regulations for anyone with long hair which was a welcome relief from the humidity of July.i School was to let out for summer break at the end of this week and really he couldn't be happier about it. Although that was a complete contradiction to his earlier thought. Really he rather liked school, but the stares of his class mates were beginning to wear on even his patience. Mostly just the girls, whom he happened to think had too-short skirts for school uniforms, honestly it was quite indecent, but occasionally some of the boys as well. Now he himself was bisexual but he made a habit out of not dating people whom couldn't defend themselves. After all, he wasn't a babysitter.
Hiei always provided a fond memory of home, he decided as he felt the little fire demon's presence in the tree in front of the crossing he'd need to use to get to school. Perhaps that's why he liked him so much despite youkai's insults to his intellect. When he arrived at said crossing he felt him flit down next to him.
"Is there something you wanted Hiei?" Kurama asked him after a slight silence.
"Koenma wants to see you after school. Something about a special mission." He could tell his friend did not like being a messenger for Koenma, the ever-present scowl on his face having deepened.
"Alright. Thank you Hiei." As soon as the words left his lips the demon was gone. Well really it wasn't like he expected Hiei to enjoy his company. But still he would have liked to talk to him a little. There weren't many people he could identify with, but Hiei was one of them, despite their differences.
Before he knew it he was facing his school building watching for a moment as other students filed in. Maybe he shouldn't go. If Koenma wanted to see him…it could be important. But he was just making excuses. Honestly human habits were beginning to rub off on him. Not that humans were really all that bad. Just occasionally annoying. Never the less he wouldn't have to put up with it much longer. As soon as his mother passed away, it was a fact of life…eventually she would die, he would be returning to the Makai and to his former glory as Youko Kurama, though Koenma need not know that. But he would forever remember what his mother had taught him…maybe he wouldn't be so harsh when he returned. Surely there was no fault in that.
He should go to school though. His mother might be disappointed if he didn't. Besides, wouldn't Koenma have asked him to come immediately if the Jr. God needed him that badly? No, it must not be that important.
His first period was science. AP Chemistry actually. The harder classes were more entertaining in his opinion. Although really the entertaining part was listening to the other students complain about it. Call him a sadist if you will, but he thought it funny that they would sign up for a difficult class and then complain about the difficulty. And still yet, they wouldn't drop the class. It was mind boggling really. Science was not one of his favorite subjects, or rather Chemistry wasn't. Biology wasn't that bad, and he did learn something new about the brain and how it works. Really though, if you weren't going to be a brain surgeon then it didn't really matter.
This school day, he supposed, would be the same as the one before. He was stuck in the cycle of even and odd day schedules. It was science every day, it being first period, followed by AP History, AP Japanese, and then Gym or Health depending on the week, on odd days. On even days science was followed by AP English, AP Calculus, and then one of his favorite periods…Art. Yeah art, what could he say? He had an eye for beauty, if you would.
Towards the end of the day he'd stay after to help clean up, and then set off towards home to do his homework, eat dinner, take a shower, and go to bed. Monotony; simple, boring, mindless repetition. He needed a challenge, something different. He would make a vow to himself then! If the opportunity should arise to do something out of the ordinary then he would!
But for now, he had to go see what Koenma wanted.
A little longer, fixed up some. Not much change though. The chapters already written might not change much. But it'll probably sound better now that I know exactly what's going to happen. Before I write it. It is much easier this way. Anyway, expect the next chapter up in a little bit and in the third or so chapter should be my first picture.
I don't know what schools are like in Japan, but I know I have even, odd day schedules. I can only write what I know after all, so if it's not how it is in Japan, and it probably isn't, then pretend it is for a bit.
i When I goggled the start of the term for Japanese school children the web site:
came up and it says that, "The Japanese school year begins in April, not in September like in the United States and other countries. The first term runs to around July 20, when summer vacation begins. Kids return to school in early September for the second term, which lasts until about December 25. The final term begins in early January and continues to late March."
In the earlier versions of this story I had them getting out for winter break, but since Japan is in the northern hemisphere, they have winter when Britain does. (Big thanks to tag.0 for pointing out that mistake!) This still works out though because Kurama would be getting out for summer vacation around the same time that children in Britain would be going back.