"Stupid Koenma with his stupid missions," Yusuke grumbled, kicking a rock along as he walked.
"Why doesn't the kid just hire some other nobody to the human world?" Kuwabara asked to nobody imparticular.
"This isn't just any mission you two," Kurama put in. "We're being sent to the human world, that's true, but it's actually a different part of it all together. Our alibis will be wizards in training."
"'Wizards'?" Yusuke asked dumbly. "You mean the people with the pointed hats ands the wands? Aren't those things just myths, you know, made up?"
Kurama shook his head. "Not true," he told his teammate. "Witches and wizards are real. Koenma will be sending us to a school that they go to to learn about how to control their powers. It's rumored that something strange is supposed to go down this year, so we're being sent to protect the students and staff of the school from harm. We'll be given different classes and makeovers so that no one will suspect us, and it'd probably be best if we pretended that we didn't know each other."
"Fine," Yusuke said, excepting the kitsune's explanation, "but next time I see Koenma, I'm gonna remind him to tell more than just one person about the mission next time. I'm going to take a rest, and we'll go to the school place tomorrow."
"Sounds like a plan," Kuwabara agreed, putting a large yawn into his sentence. "I'll be in my room, probably snoring."
"This is the place- Platform Nine and Three Quarters," Kurama announced to the rest of the group enthusiasticly. Unfortunatly, the others weren't as enthusiastic. They each had to get their hole appearance re-done, and their features changed by a long shot. Yusuke's hair was dyed red, Hiei was given a hair style like Yusuke's was originally, only he was now a brunette, Kuwabara had his hair cut a bit more and dyed blonde, and Kurama had his hair dyed black, staying the same length.
"I don't get it," Kuwabara said, cocking his head sideways. "There's Platform Nine, and there's Platform Ten, but I don't see a Platform Nine and Three Quarters. Is there a joke that I'm just not getting here? 'Cause if it is, I really don't get it at all."
Kurama chuckled inwardly. "According to Koenma, the gateway to the platform we want to get to is by going through an invisible wall in between these two platforms." He looked around and pointed. "I think it should be about here. I'll go first just to be su-"
Hiei stepped in front of the kitsune and walked right into and through the wall without hesitation. The rest of the group exchanged glances, shrugged, and followed the fire demon, finding themselves in front of a long train.
"This must be it," Yusuke gaped. He grabbed his stuff and began dashing toward the train, yelling "I got dibs on window seat!" Kuwabara followed, saying that the boy wasn't being fair, while the two demons followed silently.
"Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei," Kurama said as they entered the train, "it'd be wisest if we didn't sit together. That way people wouldn't be as likely to connect us together." Everyone agreed and separated to different parts of the train.
Kurama sat himself down in a section of the train that was empty. He pulled out a book about the grounds of Hogwarts, but was hardly into it when he heard the door open.
"Excuse me?" asked a boy close to his age. He had short brown hair and glasses sliding a bit down his nose. "Sorry, but we were wondering if this room was taken."
Kurama gave the boy a friendly smile and shook his head. "No, not at all. I just got in hear myself, and there's plenty of room."
The boy returned the smile with his own, and two more figures stepped in behind him. One was a red headed boy, and the other was a girl with brown hair. They brought their stuff in and sat down.
"Haven't seen you before. Are you a transfer student from one on the other wizarding schools?" the boy asked.
"Um... Yes, I am. My name's Shuuichi Minamino, but you can just call me Kurama." The demon was glad that these kids didn't have that much spirit energy surrounding them, so it was nearly impossible for one of them to sense his.
"My name is Harry Potter," the boy introduced. He looked over at his friends. "This is Hermione Granger, and this is Ron Weasley. We all belong to the Griffindor house." Hermione blushed when Kurama looked at her, and Ron asked him if he was interested about trying out for the Quidditch team.
"Possibly," Kurama told Ron. He was now thankful that he had decided to read about some of the casual events that went on in school. He was also able to learn how to control a wand and fly a broomstick, so he was prepared for these sorts of questions. "I just hope that I'll make the team."
"Well, that depends on what house you'll be put in," Hermione explained. "You see, some houses have better players trying for better spots. Harry, Ron, what house do you think the sorting hat will place him in?"
"I dunno Hermione, but whatever it is, we'll be seeing you in class," Ron replied. The train whistled to a stop. "Looks like we're here already," he said, looking out the window at the towaring building ahead of them.
"You'll be put into sixth year level, but you'll need to go with the rest of the first years since you still need to be sorted into your houses," Harry said, gathering his things. "I hope you're in our house though. I'll be seeing you soon."
"Right," Kurama smiled. He liked Harry and his friends, he thought. They seemed like they could be trusted with just about anything.
He got off the train and headed toward Hagrid, awaiting the journey across the lake to the school, anxious to see what was in store for the team.