Author's Notes: Here's the second chapter. I don't know what will happen. ; And if you're waiting for the shounen-ai, it won't show up anytime soon unless I can somehow add it to this chapter discreetly. OO; But there will be hints of it. I think.
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Mission Hogwarts – Chapter Two
Written by Clow Angel
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Harry woke up about an hour after sunrise, unable to sleep any longer. He was too excited about being back at Hogwarts. For some reason, it happened to him every year. After the first few days, he returned to being a late sleeper, excitement of being back wearing off. Yawning, he grabbed his glasses from his nightstand, put them on, and looked over at the other beds. Everyone else was still sleeping except Kurama. The new bed was empty and neatly made. It figured Kurama was a neat freak.
Opening the window by him to let in some fresh air, he stood and changed, brushed his teeth, washed his face, and tried unsuccessfully to tame his wild hair. Shuffling back over to his night stand, he paused, hand midair about to grab his wand when he heard noises coming from outside. His room looked out directly over the grassy fields of Hogwarts Castle and he could make out two figures fighting on the grassy entrance to the castle.
Harry had to blink a few times, rubbing his eyes once to make sure he was seeing right. Yep, his eyes weren't fooling him. Kurama and Hiei were fighting, no, dueling outside. He quickly rushed outside to see up close for himself. If they were seriously fighting, he'd have to help Kurama out. He quickly ran out of his room, the Common Room, flew down the flights of stairs and navigated his way through the many hallways of Hogwarts Castle.
When Harry was finally outside, breathing heavily from his run, he was stunned still by the display of martial arts and magical prowess. Kurama held a thorny whip in his hand, controlling it with ease to block and perform attacks. Not only that, he was performing acrobatic twists and flips in the air several feet in the air. Meanwhile, Hiei was so fast, it was impossible to follow him with his eyes. Maybe he was apparating although apparating was not possible on Hogwarts grounds. However, when Hiei slowed to attack Kurama, he heard the sound of metal and he saw glimpses of a sword. It really was a sword! They were using real weapons against each other! Hell, the Slytherin was actually using a sword.
Harry stared in morbid satisfaction when Kurama and Hiei both stopped, standing to face each other. Hiei held up his empty hand and a bright flame emerged from thin air. It crackled in the air as he brought it forward and threw the fireball at Kurama.
Harry couldn't stop himself from screaming out. "Kurama! Look out!"
The redhead, distracted by Harry's shout, turned to look at Harry for a split second; eyes widened a fraction before focusing on the battle again.
Harry could feel a surge of power tickling his senses when the grass at Kurama's feet shot up several feet in height to forum a barrier against the fireball. The fireball, hitting the barrier, dispersed in a shower of sparks, a few flying over the grass barrier and landing on Kurama's hand and arm when he put his arm up to block it from his face. When he put his hand down, the whip in his other hand shrunk, transforming into a fully bloomed red rose, which Kurama placed into his hair. Harry wondered for a moment how that exactly worked since he couldn't see the rose sticking out. The grass also returned to its normal height although slightly singed. Hiei who was on the opposite end of the field, sheathed his sword, flickering to Kurama's side.
"Good morning Harry. I didn't expect anyone else to be awake at this hour." Kurama smiled at the boy.
"Yeah," Harry replied, still in shock. "Good morning," he said in a daze. He had a million questions he wanted to ask right now. "Kurama, why were you two fighting? And now you're acting like nothing's happened."
"We weren't fighting," Hiei answered roughly, not bothering to explain any further. Instead, he examined one of the many cuts he received from Kurama's Rose Whip. It stung a little, but it was nothing Yukina couldn't heal. "Fox, you need to get those burns looked at."
Harry stared at the shorter guy disbelief evident on his features. "Do you seriously expect me to believe that? You nearly set Kurama on fire."
Kurama chuckled suddenly. "Harry, it's alright. Hiei's right. We weren't fighting, we were sparring," he explained. "If Hiei really wanted to hurt me a little more permanently, he would've done more than throw a small harmless fireball at me."
Hiei snorted, a smirk on his lips. "And if Kurama really was fighting me seriously, he would've done more damage than knick me a few times with his whip. Mind your own business next time, kid."
Harry bristled at that. Who was he to call him a kid? He couldn't retort because a few seconds later, Hiei had disappeared and reappeared at the castle entrance. "What the…?"
The redhead sighed. "Don't mind him, Harry. He's, well, very antisocial."
Harry stared at the redhead in disbelief. "I think he's more than just antisocial. That kid has some issues! Who in bloody hell does he think he is?"
Kurama chuckled. "From your point of view, he's probably a typical Slytherin."
Harry blushed. "Well, yeah," he admitted. "He hasn't made the best impression. The only thing that sets him apart from the rest is him badmouthing his own House right off the bat."
"Well, I don't know what to tell you." Kurama grinned sheepishly. "He's alright."
Before they could talk much more, Hiei's deep voice echoed through the castle grounds. "Fox! Hurry up! Those burns aren't going to heal themselves, damn it!"
Kurama scoffed. "Do these burns look like they could kill me, Harry?" he asked as he checked over his own burns. They really were just minor burns as usual.
Harry shook his head mutely.
"Oh well. He won't stop nagging me until I get them healed by Yukina so I'll see you later. Hiei can be a bit of a mother hen sometimes."
"Right," Harry answered doubtfully. He couldn't picture forever scowling Hiei mothering anything or anyone. "See you at breakfast," he replied distractedly.
"See you later, Harry!" Kurama called back as he ran towards Hiei who was patiently waiting.
Harry heard a small "Took you long enough" from the shorter boy and a "Gomen" from Kurama before they walked off. He couldn't understand what that meant though.
Harry did what he usually does after he witnessed something interesting. He ran back to the Gryffindor Common Room and told Ron and Hermione. Of course, he had to wake Ron up while Hermione was already doing some light reading by the fire.
"So you're saying they were fighting each other outside this morning?" Ron asked. "And they were using weapons?"
"Right. A sword and some thorny whip thing," Harry replied, nodding his head.
Hermione rolled her eyes. "Why don't you just ask them if you're so curious? Of course, I'm curious as well, so we'll just ask during breakfast. Slytherins usually sit together so Hiei shouldn't be close by. Therefore, there'd be no reason to be scared."
"I'm not scared!" Harry retorted.
"Of course." She didn't believe him.
"Yeah, I wouldn't ask a thing if Hiei was there. He's scary-lookin'. He's always scowling. How Kurama can stand him is beyond me." Ron gulped as he pictured himself being stabbed by Hiei's sword for saying hello.
"Well, if Hiei is there, we can still ask some questions right?" Hermione asked rhetorically. "After all, Hiei seems to respect Kurama or at least won't bite his head off like he does to everyone else." Hermione watched for her two friends' reactions. Shaking her head, she continued, "Well, if you're not asking, I will."
Harry and Ron exchanged a look before replying together, "Please do!"
"Unbelievable," she muttered.
Down at the Great Hall, not many students had woken up yet when Harry, Ron and Hermione arrived for some breakfast. They actually weren't too surprised when they found Hiei and Kurama eating together at the Gryffindor Table. Kurama was smiling and laughing at whatever Hiei was saying. They didn't even know the smaller boy had a sense of humor.
Hermione took charge and walked over to the pair, Harry and Ron following close behind.
"May we sit here?" she asked politely.
"No you may not. Go somewhere else" was Hiei's quick reply coupled with a condescending sneer.
Kurama quickly elbowed Hiei in the side hard earning a growl. "Of course you may. Don't mind him. He won't bite."
At Kurama's last comment, Hiei raised a brow pointedly. Kurama hastily added, "Not too hard anyway."
"Um… Thank you." She nervously took a seat across from Kurama while Ron and Harry sat a little further away but still in hearing range. A plate of food and a glass of pumpkin juice appeared before them as they too started eating.
"I heard from Harry you two were fighting on Hogwarts grounds. You might get in trouble. There's no fighting allowed on school grounds."
"As we told your friend, we weren't fighting," Hiei growled lowly, eyes narrowing.
"R-right," Hermione stuttered. The look he was giving her made her want to run and hide. "Where are your weapons?" she asked curiously. She really wanted to see them as they sounded unique. Not to mention, she also wanted to know as much information as she could about the newcomers.
Hiei looked at her as if she was the stupidest thing to walk the face of the earth, and then sighed, giving up on the idea of her going away. "Onna, do you seriously believe walking around a school with weapons on our person won't attract trouble?" he asked snidely.
"Of course, you're right." She had to admit that it was a rather dumb question.
Kurama who had remained relatively quiet suddenly chuckled. "Hiei, you never cease to amuse me, but really, do you always have to be so rude?"
Hiei snorted, smirking widely. He picked up his glass of pumpkin juice and took a quick sip of the beverage before placing it onto the wooden table. "Do I really need to answer that?"
"No, it was a rhetorical question anyway. I know you're never going to change." Kurama smiled brightly. "Of course, that means I just won't speak to you until you're at least semi-civil to my housemates."
Hiei's eyes widened slightly. "Are you serious?"
"Very. I won't stop either until you give in."
Hermione, Ron, and Harry were watching the pair with growing apprehension. This didn't look good.
"We'll see, Kurama."
"Very well." Kurama turned away from his friend pointedly, signaling the start of his challenge and started a conversation with Harry and Ron about Quidditch, leaving Hiei to fume.
"Kurama! Good morning!" a bubbly voice floated over to the Gryffindor Table from the door.
"Botan-chan, good morning!" Kurama greeted. "I take it you get along well with your house?"
"Of course! Why wouldn't I?" The blue-haired girl giggled, skipping over to the Gryffindor table and taking a seat next to Hermione.
After introductions were made between the Golden Trio and Botan, normal conversation resumed until Botan noticed Hiei wasn't acting like his usual calm and cold self. In fact, he seemed really really angry. That was probably an understatement.
"Ne, Kurama…" Botan nodded her head towards Hiei. "What's wrong with Hiei?" she practically whispered.
"Who?" he asked, pretended to think on that for a moment. Hiei twitched. "Oh, him. Well, I'm purposely ignoring him until he's somewhat civil to my house mates."
"Is that a good idea?" Pink eyes strayed towards the smaller demon again, only to quickly move back to Kurama when the fire demon glared daggers at her. "Kurama" she whined. "He'll kill me if I talk to him now."
"Then don't talk to him. I'm not talking to him either," he replied nonchalantly. "I'm not keeping him here so he can go talk to his Slytherin housemates." Hiei stabbed a piece of sausage viciously causing the Golden Trio to jump in their seats and Botan to nearly fall out of hers.
"Oh no…" she moaned in despair.
"Is it really that bad?" Ron asked, swallowing a piece of toast.
Botan nodded.
Soon enough, the Great Hall started to fill with students chattering about their return to Hogwarts, classes, and gossip.
Hermione looked up from her reading and breakfast when she heard footsteps approaching their table; a group of girls were heading their way. They were giggling and blushing as they whispering among themselves. Judging by their badges, the majority of them were from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw.
Botan broke out in laughter when she realized what Hermione was looking at. "Oh, how funny!" she giggled hysterically. "Kurama, aren't you delighted? They followed you to Hogwarts!"
"Hmn?" He looked behind him before turning back to face the table. "Oh." He coughed lightly, quickly eating what he could of his food before they came too close, picked up his books, and prepared to get up and leave. Unfortunately, he wasn't fast enough.
It was a while before he could escape from the group of girls, making a lame excuse of wanting to get to class early. The girls in their dazzled state accepted the excuse readily and bid him goodbye a little overly enthusiastically.
Hiei growled threateningly at the remaining girls who were still staring in the direction Kurama had walked off in. Offended but scared, they quickly left.
"Hiei—"Botan attempted to placate his anger but was cut off rather rudely with a blazing glare pinned on her. Scared witless, she ducked under the table. "Sorry!"
"Shut. Up." the short demon growled. He disappeared seconds later.
"Oh my god. I thought I was going to die!" Botan breathed a sigh of relief, getting back up and taking a seat.
Ron who had watched the entire exchange, gulped. "W-would he really hurt you?"
Botan giggled, back to her normal self now that the fire demon was gone. "Hiei's pretty dangerous to be around. He won't attack me under normal circumstances, but when he's angry, it's best not to talk to him or be within a 50 meter radius of him. He's violent, bad tempered, and a pyromaniac." She giggled some more. "Great combination isn't it," she said sarcastically.
"What? And you're friends with him?" Harry asked in disbelief. He couldn't understand how anyone could stand him. Hell, he couldn't understand why anyone would want to be hear a person like that.
"Well, he's not all bad," Botan said, defend Hiei a bit and she was speaking from personal experience. "He'd do just about anything for his friends. It's also smarter to befriend him than to make enemies. You'll live longer." Botan smiled brightly the entire time as if what she said was the most normal thing in the world.
"Botan, how can you say he's not all bad? He just sent you hiding under a table!" Hermione screeched. She didn't see how the girl could defend someone so rude. He looked at everyone like they weren't even worth the dirt under his shoes.
Botan shrugged good-naturedly. "He was in a bad mood. Normally, when he's in a bad mood, it's bad, but this time Kurama caused it which makes it worse. If you were me, you'd hide too."
Ron looked at Harry with an expression that seemed to say 'she must be crazy'. Harry only shrugged, smiling.
"I know that look." Botan rolled her eyes. "Hiei gives me that look all the time, so no, I'm not crazy. I know what I'm talking about, mister."
"Anyway, we're in need of a change in topic," Hermione interrupted. "Botan, you know them pretty well right?"
"Well, of course!" Botan's smile was bright enough to rival the sun. She was rather proud of knowing the boys actually.
"Can you tell us a little about them?" Hermione asked. "Kurama's now in our House and Hiei seems really close to him. I'd like to know more about them."
The blue-haired shinigami eyed her suspiciously for a moment before laughing lightly. "Sure! What do you want to know?"
"Anything. How about tell us stories from back in Japan?"
Harry and Ron scooted closer, eager to know as much about the new students as possible. They didn't like being in the dark and from past experiences, being in the dark was never a good thing. It usually proved to be life threatening.
"Oh! Stories? I have plenty of those." Botan immediately and animatedly began telling the golden trio some stories that won't blow their cover.
"Well, there was one time when our friend Yusuke, also a student from our old school, who decided to dump a bucket of water over Hiei's head while he was sleeping. However, Hiei generally likes to sleep in trees of all things."
"Trees? He sleeps in trees?" Ron asked, clearly skeptical. Even in the wizarding world, people don't normally sleep in trees. Beds were for sleeping in.
Botan shrugged. "He likes it. Says not many people bother him up so high." She flapped her hand several times, a gesture to indicate she was moving on with her story. "Anyway, continuing my story. So Yusuke had to climb up the tree with a bucketful of water. That woke Hiei up since he's a really light sleeper. He apparently feigned sleep, waited until Yusuke was close enough, then appeared behind him and kicked him straight out of the tree. Hiei then amazingly caught the flying bucket and dumped the water on Yusuke instead who had actually landed on his feet. Then, he set him on fire. It was hilarious! Yukina rushed out to see what was going on and was so startled, she fell back with her hand over her mouth. Our other friend Kuwabara wouldn't stop teasing Yusuke about it for weeks. Of course, that meant Kuwabara got really bloodied up because Yusuke's kind of a delinquent."
She remembered that day well actually. Everyone was staying at Genkai's for some training and a reunion of sorts and it had been a while since they had visited the old woman. Yusuke was being really mischievous that day. He had failed to prank Kurama with green hair dye in the shampoo so he had instead decided to prank Hiei. Knowing that his health was at risk, he did it anyway. Yusuke had ended up getting set on fire and was rolling all over the ground trying to put it out. Yukina did in fact come out from her room after hearing shouting and cursing from detective. Kuwabara who had also heard, saw what was going on, laughed for a moment before trying to literally stomp out the flame. After the fire was put out, a bruised and burnt Yusuke immediately launched at his oaf of a friend and got into a fist fight. He of course won.
Kurama who had been out in the forest by the shrine came back later that day for dinner and was relatively surprised to see the damage the two sustained. He didn't bother asking what had happened. Hiei gladly gave him the details anyway, sending Yusuke into a fit of sputtering embarrassment.
"He literally beat him up?" Ron asked. What kind of friends were they?
"That's normal. They beat each other up all the time. It's how they bond."
"Bond. You call that bonding?" Ron's eyebrows were up by his hairline now.
"Yep! We've all gotten used to it. No one tries to stop them and they never hurt each other permanently anymore."
"Anymore?" Harry couldn't believe what he was hearing. "You mean they used to break each other's bones?"
"Plenty of times!" Botan laughed cheerfully. "They used to be rivals. They're best of friends now though."
"Uh…"
No one knew what to say.
"You want to hear more?"
They all nodded. Although the story they heard was completely bonkers, it was really interesting and extremely funny.
"Well, okay! Hmmm…" Botan pondered for a moment, tapping her chin with a forefinger before finally snapping her fingers seconds later when another one entered her mind.
"Well, I have to tell you about Hiei!"
They nodded eagerly. Knowing anything about the mysterious and quiet guy would be nice.
"He grew up rather secluded and didn't know much about anything when we first met him. The only one who really knew him was Kurama but he didn't tell us much about him. Well, don't tell him you know this now, but he loves ice cream. He absolutely adores that stuff! We found out last year when Yusuke threw a random party. Hiei had a taste when Kurama tricked him and shoved a spoonful in his mouth. He couldn't keep his paws off of it after that. Now, whenever he drops by at any of our places, we always make sure to have several cartons of ice cream for him. Damn him, he doesn't suffer from brain freeze either."
"Ice cream? I can't imagine him eating ice cream. It seems too adorable and cute for someone like him." Hermione said, trying hard to picture the vertically challenged male eating ice cream by the carton.
"It's true though! He really is adorable when he's eating ice cream so no one stops him from eating so much of it although it really isn't healthy. He'd growl if we come too close and he literally licks it all clean." Botan giggled, lost in memories. "We'd tease him, but we wouldn't live to tell the tale if you know what I mean. Kurama's really the only one who teases him and gets away with it."
While Botan was busy telling more stories, Hiei was about ready to blow a fuse. He couldn't believe Kurama was ignoring him because of some stupid ningen. His more reasonable half knew that what his friend asked of him was normal for such a mission and that it wasn't too hard to do. But at the same time, he didn't see the need. He didn't like socializing so what was the point of being civil towards a bunch of human children when he wasn't even going to talk to them? Granted, they might be useful for the mission but they weren't even in his own house.
Speaking of his own House, they were rude, snide, underhanded, and pompous. Of course, being Hiei, he didn't bother realizing he just basically described himself. Perhaps that's why he didn't get along with them. They were too similar but so different as well. He doubted anyone in his House had real allies or comrades. He even learned to appreciate his comrades to an extent and had even unwillingly relied on them several times. They shoved their family name in everyone's faces and expected respect. What a load of bullshit.
Scowling as he stomped down the spacious halls of Hogwarts, knowing he wasn't getting anywhere by arguing with himself. Maybe just this once, he would try to comply with what the fox wanted, but he wasn't going to like it. But now, he had to go find the damn fox and tell him. Tch.
"Wanna know about Kurama now?" Botan asked the three as they walked down the halls to class. Botan had Herbology with Gryffindors. She had told them about how Yusuke was lazy and hated classes so he didn't come with them and how Kuwabara was pretty much the same. A few stories about Kuwabara's cat Eikichi were also told. About how Hiei had thrown the cat into a tree but Eikichi had jumped off and landed on his head and many other stories that brought much laughter to the trio.
"Yeah!" Ron nodded enthusiastically. "He seems the most normal next to you. Just don't tell me he's another pretty boy with no brains like someone else we know."
He received a dirty look from Hermione for that one.
"Oh my god! No way!" she cried in outrage. "He's brilliant and I mean it! He is easily the smartest person I know. He has so much knowledge in just about everything. He's practically a walking encyclopedia sometimes. The amazing thing is he says he still has much to learn." Botan shook her head in amusement. "As if he doesn't know enough," she said, rolling her eyes. "But despite how he looks, he's really strong so don't underestimate him just because he looks so kind and gentle. Get on his bad side, and you'll wish you were fighting Hiei."
Harry found his mind running in circles with the new information. He didn't doubt Botan when she said he was very strong. He had seen the fight this morning with his very own eyes and he could believe the redhead was strong. But stronger than Hiei was not something he'd believe that easily or readily. He could admit that the short guy rubbed him the wrong way, but that didn't impede his judgment on the boy's strength. For a guy with such a short stature, he was very well built; strong muscles, fast, and threw fireballs. Meanwhile, Kurama grew plants; plants of all things! He couldn't see himself wanting to face Hiei over a plant guy.
"Heh, Harry. I recognize that look too. Don't believe me do you?" Botan teased lightly.
"Well, you have to admit," Hermione butted in. "It's hard to believe Kurama's that strong compared to Hiei. He's short but he looks capable of taking care of himself. Good looks don't equal strength."
"I'm not judging his skill and power based on something that silly. Give me more credit than that. Hiei is admittedly very scary when angry. He'd cleave me in half if I talked to him the wrong way or at the very least set me on fire." Not that I'd really die since I'm very much dead already. "However, Kurama's very good at using his brain. Of course, Hiei does too but not as well as Kurama. If you ever have the bad luck of making enemies of him, you'll know."
Botan suddenly looked serious, an expression the three deemed unfitting of one so cheerful and bubbly. However, it probably meant that whatever she had to say next was important. "Please don't go and piss off Kurama. He really won't do much unless he's really angry but Hiei will. He's protective of his friends. Too protective."
They nodded.
Ron grinned. "Kurama seems like a nice bloke. Don't think we'll have problems with him."
"Oh! Forgot to tell you since you seem to doubt Kurama's abilities." She winked inconspicuously.
"What is it?" Harry asked, genuinely curious.
"Hiei once told us that he first became friends with Kurama because he didn't want to be his enemy." Botan smiled at their looks of shock. "So take it from him."
"No way…" Ron whispered in disbelief.
"Yep! He said it when we first met him too. Kurama didn't hear him though."
For the most part, the day passed by uneventfully. Kurama found himself disliking most of Slytherin when he decided to sit through a Potions class with Gryffindor and Slytherin. They probably had their reasons for acting the way they do but he didn't know them. So for now, he'd hold a slight dislike for them until he can see a reason for him to like some of them. He had wanted to see how the classes were like. Professor Snape was an unpleasant man as well. Hiei had chosen to sit through the class too. Noticing Kurama, he had immediately walked right over and sat at the same work station. Although the two didn't talk as Kurama had promised to ignore him, they somehow managed to work perfectly together and in sync. The long nosed and greasy haired professor nearly had a fit. He definitely didn't like him after that.
He didn't want to think about the Potions class anymore. Sighing, he flipped through some pages of a thick book on charms. He was currently at the library doing some reading having been rather bored the majority of the day. Herbology was interesting. Working with magical plants was something he'd not done, at least not with English magical plants. Makai plant life was magical in a sense but somehow entirely different from the Human Magical World's. He did know about them after being reincarnated as Shuichi but he never got the chance to see them for himself. Of course, the threat they pose couldn't compare to Makai's species, but they were enough to threaten normal humans.
He looked up when he felt a shift in the air and wasn't surprised to find Hiei with his arms crossed and scowling at him enough for all of Hogwarts' students combined. Unfortunately for Hiei, he was used to his partner's scowls and glares by now and was unaffected. Remembering his challenge from earlier that morning, he smirked, and returned to his reading.
Hiei, who didn't take lightly to being ignored, grabbed the book the redhead was reading and threw it over his shoulder onto a desk behind him which earned the pair a dozen or so stares and a loud hush from the librarian.
Kurama sighed, got up, and strolled out of the Library. Hiei was already out in the hall. Leaning against the wall, Kurama casually crossed his arms and waited. He knew Hiei had something to say.
"Fine," was the only word and Hiei had bitterly spat it out in disgust.
"Really?" Kurama asked in disbelief. He knew his friend was going to cave in eventually, but he didn't expect him to comply so quickly. It hadn't even been a day yet.
The fire demon nodded stiffly.
"Great!" Kurama beamed at him. Hiei's scowl deepened and Kurama's smile grew even brighter, irritating the shorter youkai to no end.
At dinner, Ron, Hermione, and Harry were surprised to find the redhead and shorty eating together at the Gryffindor Table. Botan was there as well. Even Yukina had decided to join them, leaving her place at the staff table.
"Hello," the red-eyed girl beamed a gentle smile at the three. "You must be Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Botan-san has told me much about you."
"Er, hello Miss Yukina," Ron said, nodding politely as he took a seat.
Kurama nudged Hiei gently with an elbow.
He grunted but complied with his friend's wishes. Plus, his sister was there. "Hi" he greeted reluctantly.
It sent them into a paralyzed state of shock. They had frozen in various positions, having been in the middle of taking a seat.
"Um… hello," Hermione replied a few moments later when the shock wore off, finally sitting down. Meanwhile, Harry and Ron simply nodded, also sitting.
"See? That wasn't so hard, was it?" Kurama asked rhetorically, picking up a glass of pumpkin juice and taking a sip.
"Shut up, fox."
Kurama ignored that and decided to ask Yukina about her first day working at the Hospital Wing.
"It was interesting!" Yukina said softly yet enthusiastically. "And very exciting," she continued. "I learned much from watching Madame Pomphrey. I also showed her my wandless healing since she asked." She then turned to Hiei. "Brother, you wouldn't believe some of the potions they use though. It's so strange but intriguing."
"Really?" he said, hoping to amuse her. He really wasn't interested in the Healing Arts but whatever his sister liked was fine with him, except for the dumb oaf.
"Yes, Brother!" she exclaimed excitedly, clasping her hands together and bringing it close to her chest in her enthusiasm. "I've even learned how to use most of the various potions for injuries and jinxes. It is all so fascinating."
Hiei managed a small smile which sent the Golden Trio into another state of shock. "Good, Yukina."
"Thank you, Brother!"
That night, when Harry prepared for bed, he just knew he'd wake up early once again the next morning. With the information about the new students, the new school year, and meeting the new students, he was a little overwhelmed.
Hey lay in bed, thinking about the day. How Hiei had given in so easily still confused him. According to Botan, he was stubborn, very stubborn. But by dinner time, Hiei had actually greeted them. Albeit unwillingly, but he still did it.
Deciding not to think on it too much, he instead turned to think about Botan and Miss Yukina. Compared to her three friends, Miss Yukina now included, she wasn't exactly the brightest of the bunch but nor was she stupid. She was very pretty despite her strange hair and eye coloring. He figured she probably charmed it. Miss Yukina probably did too. She got along with just about anyone and was cheerful to a fault. She took the strangest things as normal. Then again, it seemed the other new students did that too.
What he didn't understand was how all of them managed to become friends. They were nothing alike. None of them were anything alike.
Now, Miss Yukina was entirely something else. She was petite, kind, soft-spoken, and extremely gentle. How in bloody hell was it possible that she was Hiei's younger sister? They were nothing alike! The only thing they had similar was their height and eyes. Everything else was complete opposites. Dark hair vs. light hair, gentle vs. harsh, kind vs. mean, and the list went on and on. He decided to visit the Hospital Wing one of these days and talk to her. Maybe he'd find out some things about her brother.
Harry was getting sleepier by the second now that his thoughts were less jumbled. Sleep was quickly catching up to his slowing mind and soon slumber embraced him as he slipped into unconsciousness.
Across the room, Kurama shook his head in amusement before he too fell asleep.
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Mizuki hikariI'm sorry but I clearly stated in the first chapter in my Author's Notes that this would have SHOUNEN-AI as a main pairing. :( Seems people just ignore it. If you're not okay with such pairings, I'm sorry! This fic isn't for you then. Pairings for the fic is HieiKurama and possibly some DracoX. Don't know who the X is going to be though. Maybe some minor RonHermione but not too sure. I could always make a RonBotan. That'd be funny.
PaksennarionKurama is my favorite character so I hate to say it, but yes, I do show him some favoritism in my writing. ; In this chapter, I've noticably lessened it but it's still there. Haha. And I'm really flattered my fanfic made your day seeing as my writing pretty much sucks in my point of view.
neko1kittyHmm.. Not a bad idea. Maybe soon, I'll make Hiei knock Malfoy down a peg or two. I'm actually thinking of making Malfoy one of the main characters in this fanfic for a little change in YYHHP crossovers. I don't see it happen often or at all for the matter.
KyoHanaYusuke and Kuwabara will make minor appearances but not at Hogwarts. Sorry. I just don't believe they're cut out for a mission such as this one. Now if they were in the Rurouni Kenshin world, yeah they'd be perfect. And the pairings DEFINITELY include H/K. Look forward to seeing a lot of that later on if I ever manage to finish this piece.
NOTE TO ALL WHO READ "UNWAVERING FATE": NEXT CHAPTER IS UP! Seems not many people realize it since I deleted an Author's Notes. So the newest chapter took the place of the previous chapter. Sorry for the confusion!!
Author's Notes: TWELVE pages, people:P This was a long chapter. -- Be grateful! Lol I usually don't release the next chapter so quickly. I did it for you guys. Hope you appreciate it. And Yukina finally SAYS something.
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