I am SO sorry that it's taken me this long to update. I blame it on writer's block and the overwhelming laziness I couldn't shake off the first two weeks of March. Anyways, just to let you know, only the transfer students will be using Japanese honorifics because of course nobody in Hogwarts would know what they mean. To everyone who reviewed, thank you SO much! I really appreciate it.

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Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, YYH, or any other anime that appears in this fic.

Warning: Minor FMA and YYH spoilers.

As Kurama and Haras walked towards their friends, Haras whispered to the kitsune, "That was the strangest spike of energy I've ever felt. Have you ever sensed anything like it, Kurama?"

"No," the redhead replied. "Not even Youko recalls an energy signature such as that. But it definitely felt as if whoever it was did not want to be caught".

As soon as the group had gathered in a more private area, Yuusuke was the first to speak. "What the hell kind of energy was that?" he demanded of no one in particular.

"It wasn't yoki or reiki1," Kurama stated.

"That doesn't help us much," grumbled Arual.

"On the contrary," Haras stated calmly. "Any human or demon warrior trained in the style we know and attempting to hide their presence would invariably use either yoki or reiki".

"Could it be a spell of some sort?" Ellia asked.

"It very well could be," Kurama replied. "So, our mystery man may be a wizard or witch".

"Great," muttered Yuusuke. "We're in a school for wizards and witches! We couldn't possibly find a suspect!"

"Which is precisely why we need to wait for further information," Haras said.

"WHAT?" Yuusuke and Kuwabara yelled at the same time. Hiei glared at the hanyou.

"That's all we can do at the moment," Eitak spoke up in her friend's defense.

"Exactly," Kurama seconded. "We will simply act as if nothing happened and watch for further strange occurrences".

"Fine," Yuusuke grumbled. Fortunately, with Qudditch tryouts the next day, it wasn't difficult for all of them to avoid unwanted attention.

Luck was with the student body of Hogwarts on the day of Quidditch tryouts. There was almost no wind, and a friendly sun beamed down from a beautiful, clear blue sky.

"Perfect day for tryouts, mate," Ron said to Harry, grinning from ear to ear.

Harry smiled back at his best friend. "Yeah. I couldn't have wished for better weather." He glanced down at the list he had made of potential candidates. "Edward! You're up first!" he called.

The blonde renkinjutsushi nodded and kicked off. Unfortunately for Ed, Roy had decided to come watch the tryouts. Just as Katie Bell launched the Quaffle towards Ed, Roy shouted, "Look! It's a shrimp on a stick!"

Ed came to a sudden, bone-jarring halt and screamed at the top of his lungs, "Shut the hell up, you bastard! I'M NOT A SHRIMP!"

Roy calmly smiled up at the fuming chibi. "My work here is complete," he stated with great satisfaction. And with that, the taisa strolled back inside the castle. At the exact second he turned around, the Quaffle slammed into Ed's head and he went flying off his broomstick and plowing into the ground.

"Niisan!" Al shouted, rushing to his extremely unlucky brother.

"I'm... OK," Ed managed to say. He stood up on shaky legs and snorted in disgust when he noticed his broken broomstick. "How annoying," he muttered. Without a second thought, he clapped his hands together and repaired the broomstick with alchemy. When he looked up, he sweat dropped as he noticed that everyone except Al was staring at him in awe.

"How did you cast Reparo without a wand? And saying the incantation in your head too!" Hermione exclaimed.

"Um, well, that wasn't magic. It was alchemy," Ed said reluctantly, each word dragging out of his mouth. He had a feeling the military was not going to be pleased with him going around showing off his alchemical skills.

"Wow, I've heard of alchemy but I didn't think it was real. Are there books I could read about it?" Hermione asked, her eyes shining.

She's almost as bad as Winry and her automail, poor Ed thought.

"Erm… sure," he replied, to the bushy-haired witch's great excitement.

Ed got through the rest of his tryout without further mishap, but didn't show any strong aptitude for the wizarding world's favorite sport. Harry looked at his list again. "Next up is Sakura Clow!" he called.

"That's me," came a cheerful, warm voice that belonged to a young brunette girl with emerald eyes and the sweetest smile anyone had ever seen.

"Be careful, Princess Sakura," said the brown-haired boy with eyes of fire standing next to her.

"It's all right, Syaoran-kun, I'll be fine," Sakura replied.

Sakura was much more than "fine". In fact, she displayed such an innate talent for finding the Snitch that Harry admitted with great reluctance, "I guess I'm just going to have to give up my position as Seeker".

"You can't do that, Harry! What kind of team captain doesn't play?" Ron protested.

Harry smiled sadly. "I'm the first, I suppose."

"What was that, Potter? Not going to be playing Quidditch anymore?" came a cold, sneering voice that instantly caused Harry and Ron's stomachs to churn with loathing.

"Gryffindor will have a better chance of winning if Sakura is Seeker," Harry replied stiffly, barely keeping his temper in check.

Malfoy sneered. "Oh, so you think a little girl is going to help Gryffindor …"

Malfoy never got to finish his sentence. Syaoran kicked him brutally up against the wall. In the split second before his hand grasped the Slytherin's throat, a kunai blade that seemed to come out of nowhere neatly pinned him to the wall.

Without bothering to see where the kunai had come from, Syaoran growled, "Apologize to Princess Sakura!" Meanwhile, everyone else was staring at the pink-haired, green-eyed girl who had thrown the kunai.

"I can't stand pig-headed people like him," she muttered to herself.

"Hey Sakura-chan!" called a blonde-haired, blue-eyed boy that came running out of the castle. "What's the trouble?"

"It's nothing, Naruto," she replied. She walked back inside the castle, while the boy stayed to watch the unfolding drama.

There are two Sakuras? I'm so confused thought poor Ron. But the redhead rapidly refocused his attention on the humiliation Malfoy was receiving.

"Why should I apologize?" the pale-skinned Slytherin leered.

Before Syaoran could reply, Sakura herself rushed to his side.

"Syaoran-kun, please don't harm him! I really wasn't insulted," she said, her shining emerald eyes pleading.

The brown-haired boy's face softened, and he slowly released Malfoy. "You are fortunate that Her Highness is so forgiving," he said gratingly.

Malfoy smirked even as he was rubbing his throat. "Whatever," he muttered. Without further words he slunk off.

Harry sighed and rubbed his forehead. "Now that that's over with, we can finish Quidditch tryouts".

The rest of the session went smoothly enough. Harry ended up choosing Inuyasha and Yuusuke as replacement Beaters for Fred and George. Naruto, who had loudly insisted to be given a chance even though he hadn't remembered to sign up, shocked everybody by displaying great skill as a Chaser. To everyone's great surprise and delight, Ron managed to prove himself the best candidate for Keeper, despite the fact that he looked extremely nauseous the entire time.

"Great job, mate! Well done!" Harry cried, thumping his best friend on the shoulder.

Ron nodded weakly, his face pale and pinched.

Harry then turned to face all of his old and new team members. "Practice starts this Thursday at 4:00 PM sharp, all right?" He grinned broadly. "See you all there!"

As the team and the spectators filed back into the castle, Ron said quietly to Hermione, "Look how happy he is."

Hermione nodded. "I'm glad that he's finally starting to cheer up. Quidditch has always been one of the things he's loved most about Hogwarts".

Ron gave her a look that said Well, of course!

That evening, as the Gryffindors were relaxing in their common room, Syaoran felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around to find Yuusuke smiling at him. "Hey, kid. You mind telling me how you ended up at this crazy school?" he asked.

The younger boy's face became very serious. "I've been searching for something for a while. I was told by a young woman in a frilly pink dress with short, straight black hair that I could find it here. She called herself Dante".

At this, Ed froze in disbelief. "It can't be…" he whispered. He glared at Syaoran and shouted, "Dante's dead!"

"Niisan, calm down," Al said urgently, grabbing his arm.

Ed finally subsided into mutters, completely ignoring his fellow Gryffindors' stares and inquiries.

"I've got to find out what he was yelling about," Naruto declared. He began marching towards the blonde renkinjutsushi.

But Yuusuke stopped him. "Some people don't like to talk about their pasts," he quietly told Naruto. The young shinobi frowned in disappointment, but heeded Yuusuke's admonishment.

"Why did you come to Hogwarts, Urameshi-san?" Syaoran asked, determined to act as if nothing had happened.

Yuusuke blinked twice rapidly. It startled him greatly to be automatically shown such respect2. "Just call me Yuusuke," he said. "Well, my old sensei Genkai recommended this place to me. Said it would be useful to learn magic. And my buddies just kind of followed me here." He chuckled. "Though I don't even want to think about the blackmail Kurama must have used to drag Hiei here". Of course, Syaoran looked a bit confused at that comment, but Yuusuke just said, "It's nothing".

Kurama walked into the Ravenclaw common room to find Haras and Ellia practically buried underneath a massive pile of books. "Anou3… What are you two doing?" he inquired with a sweat-drop.

"Looking for any clue to that odd energy we felt earlier," Haras replied.

Kurama smiled. "That's an excellent idea. By the way, Eitak-san wanted me to tell you that she, Hiei, and Sasuke-kun will be searching the grounds tonight for the suspect".

"All right," Ellia responded calmly.

"And I suppose it will be our turn tomorrow night?" Haras stated dryly.

Kurama's mouth quirked. "You still remember the last time we were out at night, don't you?" he remarked, sounding amused.

"Yes!" exclaimed Haras, her eyes flashing. "And you can tell Youko right now that it wasn't funny!"

Ellia looked back and forth between the grinning kitsune and the fuming hanyou. "I shouldn't even ask, should I?" she said to Haras.

"Believe me, you don't want to know," the other girl replied. Her fierce golden glare swung back to the unfortunate kitsune.

"Sorry, Haras," he managed between chuckles. Then he became a bit more serious. "Besides, you know that I don't transform into Youko anymore".

"OK," Haras muttered, finally relenting.

The next morning during breakfast, Haras casually strolled over towards the Slytherin table. She immediately spotted Eitak flanked on either side by Hiei and Sasuke. "Did you find anything suspicious?" she inquired in a low voice.

Her kunoichi friend shook her head, frowning in frustration. "Not a thing," she replied.

And that's where this chapter leaves off! Sorry about the rather abrupt ending, but I wanted to get what I do have written posted. Hopefully this chapter was worth the wait. Oh, and just to clear up any confusion, the Sakura and Syaoran in this fic are from Tsubasa, not CCS. Please review, I always appreciate constructive criticism.

For those who haven't seen YYH, yoki is demon energy and reiki is spirit energy.

2) Syaoran is being extremely polite and respectful by using Yuusuke's last name and the honorific "san".

3) anou umm