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Ch.10
As planed, everything was running smoothly. Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Jamie had joined up with Harry and his friends as soon as they had reached Hogsmeade and the rest of the team was patrolling in groups. The first group would be the sisters Erika and Stephanie sense they could collaborate together the best. After that the other four divided so that a human and a demon were paired. After an intense match of drawing straws it was decided that the second group would be Jessica and Hiei, followed by the third group, Kurama and Yami. All of them had communication mirrors so if anything were to happen then the others could be instantly notified.
The group of six, consisting of Harry, Hermione, Ron, Yusuke, Jamie, and Kuwabara, walked down the snow covered street passing by the brightly lit shops and pubs. Winter had hit overnight with a whirlwind of white a few days ago and it had been persistent in its attack ever sense.
"Hey," Hermione called around her scarf and the howling wind. It was a miracle they managed to hear her. "If you three," at this she indicated the three foreigners. "Would you like to come to our meeting?"
"What meeting?" Yusuke managed to ask.
"We are meeting with ha few people to talk about Harry teaching his own class," she answered them. The rest of the walk was spent explaining about their idea that Harry should teach his own DADA class and how they wanted to see how many people would be interested.
"So I take it you don't approve of Master Genkai," Jamie commented as they rounded a corner to a quiet shabby looking street.
"Oh right she's your main teacher isn't she," Ron pointed out. "Well, we just think that maybe the woman's a bit off on her priorities."
"What Ron means is," Hermione cut in. "Is that she is a perfectly good teacher, but just not very practical. She taught us many things about Demons, wards and hand to hand fighting, but I'm sure even you realize that those sorts of things are not useful in everyday life."
"But what about that demonstration that Kurama showed you," Jamie argued.
"True, his abilities are unique," Hermione agreed. "But that's not something you're going to run into very often in reality, and it's not like he's one of the demons Professor Genkai has been going on about." No one said anything at this knowing that it would both give them away and no one would believe them. "Besides, I think there are a few basic spells that could combat him if one has their wand.
"I don't think he can be brought down by simple magic!" Jamie quickly defended her lover before she could think otherwise. Images of Kurama lying defeated at the feet of a wizard, with their wand pointed at his throat, were plastered to her brain.
"What are you getting so hyper about?" Ron asked at Jamie's sudden angry outburst.
"She just thinks that you are putting to much faith in those wands of yours," Yusuke covered for her. Accepting this, the three Hogwarts students headed on leaving the foreign exchange students to follow behind them. Once their backs were turned Yusuke nudged Jamie with his elbow and shook his head to signal that she needed to stop and leave it alone. She nodded and lowered her gaze to the ground as she followed her friends.
After a moment more of slow travel through the snow, although it appeared to finally be stopping it was still a hindrance, the group found its way to the main entrance of a small pub. The sign at the front said "The Hogs Head." Jamie grimaced at the picture of the severed hog's head under it. Being who she was she was against killing animals of any kind. The small group entered the pub, managing to find shelter from the snow in the small dirty pub.
"Do you sense anything odd," Erika asked her sister. The two of them had just started their shift of patrolling the woods around the village the school was visiting.
"There is a strange vibe in the air but it could just be all the magic centered in the area," Stephanie answered. They continued their guard, trying their best to go through areas that looked like a good place for sneak attacks or other such things. There was a suspicion that the enemy would try to attack Harry Potter while he was away from the heightened security of the castle. However there were two problems with the idea. One, they knew almost nothing and two, they were not finding anything.
Koenma had told them about Voldemort and his rising demon gathering, but besides that he knew little more than the wizards themselves did. When Voldemort had disappeared, not only did he vanish from the wizarding world but he had slipped off Spirit Worlds radar as well.
"So were basically fighting blind," Erika concluded when Stephanie brought up the point. "We don't know anything about who we are facing and that is rather disturbing." The two continued on their duty but when Hiei and Jessica made their appearance to take over and let the sisters join everyone else in Hogsmeade they had still uncovered nothing.
There were obviously a lot more people than had been intended. Yusuke was in no mood to count but there was easily two dozen students gathered in the small pub called the Hog's Head. And they were all here to hear Harry teaching his own class.
"Are you trying to weasel out of showing us any of this stuff?" a boy named Zacharias Smith spoke up. The group had gotten into a heated discussion about the lesions. Harry was trying to be modest and explain how he had held with all of his accomplishments but many of the people were talking it the wrong way. However neither Yusuke, nor Kuwabara, nor Jamie felt the need to step in until George Weasley pulled out a long pointy metal object and started shoving it in Zacharias' direction.
"Alright, alright," Yusuke called over the din of the crowd. I think we all get the point. Harry Potter had a lot of help with all of his heroic deeds but he also did a lot of amazing things by himself." Both sides of the argument were now sufficiently pleased allowing the conversation to continue.
"The next question is when to hold the meetings," Hermione brought up.
"It can't be during our Quidditch practices," Angelina called.
"Or ours," Cho also added.
"What about the Wizard's Chess club," someone else called. The debate of times and conflicting events caused everyone to start arguing again and with a group this big, that meant a lot of noise. Completely ignoring the stupidity of holding such a noisy and rambunctious meeting in such a deserted place, the Reiki Tantei was forced to step in again. This time it was Kuwabara.
"How about we decide the time after we get everything organized," he suggested. "Everyone give us the time of your activities and we can put something together." This suggestion quieted the uprising conflict but it brought up an entirely different problem.
"Out of curiosity why are you here?" Ernie Macmillan asked. "It seems like you lot would be against this idea since it's your teacher who is in charge of teaching us this."
"I'm sure even they can see the absurdity of her lessons," Lavender Brown defended. "What with all her bologna about demons."
"Isn't that being a little harsh," Neville spoke up. "She seams like a respectable woman to me and besides it's their own business why they want to participate." Of course this inevitably led to more arguing. As Hermione, Ron and Harry tried to quiet the group Kuwabara leaned against the wall, Yusuke hung his head, and Jamie banged hers against the table.
"Inari help us," she whispered from her bent over position.
It was debatable as to who was in a worse version of Hell, although right now Hiei was probably willing to bet he was. Out of the entire group he had the least amount of patience for foolish idiots and fait had paired him with the worst of them all. At the moment he was smoldering, literally, to the point where small flames could occasionally be seen flickering from his body
"Woman, I swear I will throttle you!" he yelled and Jessica persisted to pelt him with snowballs. None of them actually managed to touch him, the incinerated long before reaching him and turned to harmless puddles on the ground. However that fact did not take away from the annoyance of it all.
"Would you really hurt me," Jessica called teasingly while trying her best to look seductive and innocent at the same time.
"Yes," he answered bluntly.
"Alright," she pouted. She moved so that she was walking next to him and preoccupied herself by flicking the spikes of Hiei's hair and trying to see if they would fall down or go in any other direction other than strait up. "You must use a lot of product," she commented when the spikes stayed firmly in place.
"Why do you insist on being such a pest," he scowled as he grabbed her wrist in order to keep it away from the general vicinity of his head.
"Why do you insist on spoiling my fun," she countered. Knowing full well that he could not hurt her, least he incur the wrath of a few powerful individuals, he shoved her away from him. Although it did not accomplish much, she hardly budged; it allowed him to keep moving along the planned path. She was following him in an instant.
The snow had stopped falling, allowing for much easier travel, and for a moment there was peace between the two partners before Hiei found Jessica practical throwing her self on top of him causing the two of them to tumble to the snow covered ground.
"What the," he gasped staring up in shock at the girl who had caused the fall.
"Sorry," she answered brightly. "Gravity suddenly increased upon my body." The glare Hiei answered her with could have sent any demon whimpering, but it did nothing to faze the girl before him.
"That was annoying and unnecessary," Yusuke sighed as the group left the pub. Eventually everyone had been able to decide on the fundamental points of the meeting, and after some debating all agreed to sign a list that they belonged to the group. Jamie, Yusuke, and Kuwabara signed up too, although not for the sake of the lessons. Their purpose was to keep an eye on Harry and his friends, and if they did not join up then they would not be able to do that.
"I agree it was a bit hectic, but everyone was able to agree in the end," Hermione needlessly added. The group of six made their way back to the main street of Hogwarts. Finding their way through the crowd was a bit more difficult, but eventually they managed to find their way to the front window of the quill shop.
"I didn't like him," Ron snapped. He and Hermione had gotten into an argument about Ginny's boyfriend and Ron was not taking to the topic very well.
"Big surprise," Hermione mumbled as she leaned over to look at the quills in the window. Harry looked around at there group of six and it took him a moment to relax that they were actually a group of five.
"Hey, where's Yusuke," he asked.
Things had started out more or less quietly in the beginning. Kurama and Yami had taken their watch about ten minutes ago and things were starting to look a bit off. It was hard to explain exactly why it seemed off, but something in the air was ringing suspicion. The two of them walked along, neither of them saying anything, just looking for the enemy they had been expecting but hoping would never come. It had stopped snowing and the sun was sitting low on the horizon allowing for many incriminating shadows to take form.
"Kurama, what should we do?" Yami asked. By now they were absolutely sure that something was here, they just were not sure who or what it was.
"We could call the others but that could end up being more of a risk if this turned out to be a set up. I suggest we wait and see what is going to be offered up first," Kurama answered.
"You aren't the type that would fall for a trap, are you?" a voice that sounded like sandpaper against their ears spoke. "It's a good thing I didn't plan for a trap." Yami was at a loss; unable to tell where the voice was coming from, but her fox of a partner had not so mush as flinched so she didn't worry.
"There's no reason to-" another voice, this one a note deeper but just as rough, started although it never got the chance to finish. In a flick of the wrist too fast to see Kurama threw a rose like a dart at a nearby bush, scattering a few shadows.
The creatures that appeared in front of them were, in one word, ugly. Large brown dog heads with scaly horns for ears and a drooling mouth sat upon hunched shoulders. The rest of their bodies were something of a cross between a turtle with no shell and a mouse. There were three of them, all identical except for the color of armor they were wearing.
"You fools will not stand in our way," one of them pronounced.
"Everyone that stands in our way will be crushed," another bellowed.
"Oh blah, blah, blah!" Yami shouted back. "You bakas are spouting the same lame lines every villain says. 'I will crush you all,' 'resistance is useless.' Come up with something new already."
"Shut up filthy human!" one of the creatures shouted angrily as it charged. He aimed himself strait for Yami, planning to run her through the heart with one of its clawed hands. Yami pointed her finger, like Yusuke's Spirit Gun, at the on coming demon and fired. The demon exploded as the Ki hit him into a thousand tiny flaming peaces.
"Well that's one down…oh." After destroying the demon she had looked around for her partner and found him standing above the dismembered bodies of the other two demons.
"I think we need to call the others," he stated.
"Why," she asked, assuming they had already won.
"Because there could be more," he answered solemnly.
As soon as Yusuke noticed his communication mirror going off he slipped away. Like a cell phone he found that it could also be put on vibrate, so no one noticed him disappear. He hated carrying it around, it looked like makeup, but after the separation problems they had with the Chapter Black case it was mandatory for him and the others to have it.
"What's up?" he asked as the device clicked on. Kurama appeared on the screen with a look that conferred his hunch.
"It's as we feared Yusuke," he answered. "We took down the three demons that attacked us, but there are most likely others."
"I got'cha," Yusuke nodded. "I'll leave Kuwabara with Harry and take Jamie to meet up with you. He should be able to hold his own, until we get there, if he's attacked."
"Alright, I'll inform the others. I'm assuming you can find us on your own." Kurama's last word was a statement rather than a question because he knew they could. Yusuke turned off his communicator and Kurama switched his over to contact the rest of the group.
"There he is," Ron pointed out after a moment when Yusuke rounded the corner into their line of sight. "Where did you go? You just disappeared."
"It's nothing," Yusuke answered distractedly. "Could you come with me," he addressed to his two teammates. Guessing the reason they followed him without question leaving three confused teens behind.
"So what's happening," Kuwabara asked once they were safely tucked away in a small ally.
"Demons attacked Kurama and Yami," he answered. "They took them out but there are most likely others. Kuwabara, you stay with Harry and the others and contact us if anything comes up. The rest of us are going to look around and try to stop any possible attacks before they happen."
"Hey, wait a minuet. Why am I the only one getting left behind!" Kuwabara shouted as the other two walked off without him.
"Oh come on Kuwabara," Yusuke answered with a wink and a sarcastic smile. "We figured your manly power would be more than enough to kick ass. The rest of us just aren't needed."
"Somewhere in there you are mocking me, I know it," Kuwabara mumbled. Yusuke waved him off and, along with Jamie, went to meet up with the others while Kuwabara went to rejoin up with Harry and his gang. He would have to make up some sort of believable excuse as to why the other two were missing.
It took them exactly two minutes to find Kurama and Yami, and when they arrived they found everyone else already there. The corpses of the slain demons still lay scattered about the ground, with their dark blood staining the white snow.
"So what's the damage," Yusuke asked, staring at the corpses unflinchingly.
"They are just lowly beasts," Hiei answered. "No real threat, unless one of the humans in the village sees them and stats a panic that is." They eventually decided on a plan of action that was similar to the original one. They broke up into three groups and each group had an area of land to scout for other demons. Most likely the demons would attack them so it shouldn't be too hard of a task.
When it came to choosing the groups Yusuke automatically suggested that Kurama and Jamie should be one group, and everyone one else instantly agreed. The two had no complaints, although the fact that their friends had instantly put them together by themselves did not get by them. The other two groups consisted of Yusuke, Jessica, Yami, and Hiei, Erika, Stephanie.
"If we get attacked let me do the fighting," Kurama told Jamie once they were off on their own.
"Why," she asked although she could already guess the answer.
"I don't want to risk you getting hurt," he answered, just as she predicted.
"Kurama," she laughed while nearly tripping over a root in the snow. He put an arm around her shoulders to steady her. "You know I've fought worse when we were in Makai World."
"Yes, but I still don't want to risk it," he countered. The seriousness of his voice gave little room for arguing.
"Alright," she gave in. "I won't get involved in the fight; unless I think you need the help." She may as well humor him sense it was pointless to argue about it. Not only did she not want to argue with him but he would inevitably win the debate in the end. They continued to walk and Jamie shifted her position so that she was clinging to his arm. "You know, despite the situation, this is nice." Kurama looked down at her waiting for her to continue. "We haven't gotten to spend much time together."
"No we haven't," Kurama agreed as he stopped walking and turned to face her fully. He stared down at her for a moment, with her looking back up at him before he came down and kissed her. She saw it coming just enough to get out a quick gasp before she was overcome. "We haven't at all," he spoke against her mouth.
She was so completely overcome that she was not even aware of her surroundings. As such she did not notice Kurama pushing her back until she felt the hard roughness of a tree braced against her back. There was no way in the seven heavens or hells that she would be able to push him away, she did not want him to leave, so instead she went with it and waited for him to pull back. He did eventually, although not very far, she still remained pinned to the tree, and when he did she felt a pang of loss that was ignored for the time being.
"What was that?" she asked breathlessly.
"Sorry, I just had to get that out of my system," he smiled a bit sheepishly although he was not sorry about it one bit. He moved in to kiss her again but she put a hand up to stop him.
"This isn't the time," she reasoned.
"There never is a time," he said sadly but made no further advances. There was a long moment of silence in which the couple just stayed together.
"You know," Jamie broke the silence. "Everyone will be leaving soon for Christmas break," she said a bit suggestively.
"You don't say," he smiled at her. "Well we can deal with that latter," he said pushing himself away from her. "Right now we have a job to handle."
"What do you…oh." She had just caught on to what he had noticed. There was a group of demons hovering just out of sight behind some nearby trees.
"I have to say I'm actually looking forward to this little confrontation," he announced with a sly smile.
"Yeah," she agreed trying, and failing, to adopt his same haughty attitude. "These last few months have been really dull."
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