A/N…sorry the upload took so long this time I have good reasons! 1. I started sleeping again 2. I started a new story 3. Fuckin homework 4. The doc manager thing is being weird…mostly the first point but here it is!

Nosey Nosey

Hiei lied next to his fox on his bed. Kurama was napping, allowing his body to heal faster. Hiei was just staring at the ceiling. He had informed Kurama of everything that took place during the meeting, and ofcourse Kurama had felt bad, saying he caused trouble. Both of them blamed themselves for their current situation.

"Hi" Came Harry's awkward voice from the door. Hiei looked at him, and replied with his usual "Hn"

"Um…isn't he sick?" Harry asked.

"What's it to you he's clearly getting his rest isn't he" Hiei said rudely.

"I mean you could catch it if you get too close…" Seeing the annoyance on the fire demons face he skipped to the point "It's dinner, just came to remind you and see if you two were hungry"

"We may be down in a bit" Hiei replied, looking at his fox who was beginning to wake from all the noise. Harry ran out.

"Hiei…?" Kurama stirred.

"You know fox, you gave us all a scare." Hiei started. Kurama looked down, ashamed for the state he was in. "But it was a good fear. We now better understand our enemy. Well not a good fear…no fear is good….I was so scared I was going to lose you…and you're taking so long to recover if you stayed as Youko you would surely heal faster"

"That may be true Hiei, but I cannot wander around the school like that, and further absence that started exactly when Hagrid found an injured fox would cause further suspicion. Harry and his friends are already too curious, especially Hermione. That girl simply won't leave me alone…" Kurama answered.

"Hn, you know I can always simply get rid of her" Hiei said, perhaps in a horrible attempt at a joke to raise the fox's spirits, or maybe he was serious.

"Now Hiei, you know you can't do that" Kurama answered very seriously. From Hiei's expression, he guessed it was a poor attempt at a joke. "Whose on rounds tonight?" Kurama asked. Between the four of them, Yusuke, Hiei, Kuwabara, and Kurama, when he felt better, would rotate doing nightly rounds around the outside and even inside the castle to look for possible intruders or other forms of trouble. Only the headmaster knew about this, so they had to be stealthy, not exactly Yusuke and Kuwabara's style. Kurama prayed he would heal soon so Hiei would let him do his rounds.

"Genkai" Hiei answered.

"Genkai? I wasn't aware that she was doing rounds too" Kurama said in surprise.

"It's only temporary, we think. Along with all of us, she wants the oaf and the detective doing as little as possible. They will surely give us away eventually" Hiei answered.

"I see" Kurama said, shifting back to a very restful position. Hiei noticed this, and moved closer to hold his fox.

"Rest some more fox, I'll protect you this time" Hiei whispered. Kurama closed his eyes, and went back to sleep.

Some days passed, and with sleeping most of the time along with Yukina's expert healing, Kurama was almost fully recovered. He was up and about, going about his business as usual. After Kurama's attack, things seemed eerily quiet in the days passing. No one could sense any kind of strong demon nearby, and Kurama and Hiei continued on like they were normal students. Yusuke and Kuwabara assisted Genkai in defense against the dark arts class as planned.

"Guys, something aint right" Kuwabara said, walking up to Kurama and Hiei, who were sitting in the library.

"I know what you mean Kuwabara, something is definitely off. What exactly, I am not sure of." Kurama answered.

"Yea! It seems like everything's going as we planned, and we all know that kind of luck doesn't happen with us" Yusuke said, joining the group.

"No, it doesn't. That means our enemy gave us a taste of pain, and now this is the calm before the storm" Hiei said, crossing his arms, stealing a glance at his fox. Little did the group know, also in the library, they had eavesdroppers amongst the group of students.

"What are they talking about" Harry whispered to his friends.

"Shh!" Hermione hushed. "They don't know we're listening, this is a perfect opportunity to find out more about the transfers and master Genkai's helpers"

"Damnit!" Yusuke said, getting louder. "We have to keep our guard up. I hate playing defense" he was frustrated, they all were, but Yusuke happens to be an expert at voicing his opinion.

"Defense isn't my style either Urameshi, why can't we just charge in and beat the bad guys like we used to do. Especially after what happened to Kurama, I don't know how we can just sit here." Kuwabara agreed.

'They all know Kurama, that was the name of that injured fox!' Hermione thought. 'and what are they talking about, are we in more danger this year?'

"That would be foolish and you both know it. This Voldemort character, he can bring the dead back, and he knows we're here. He can bring back who ever he wants. Think about it Yusuke, Kuwabara. All of the demons you've killed in the past that would want revenge. Rando, the Saint Beasts, anyone from the Dark Tournament, the possibilities are almost endless. And worse, think of all the enemies Hiei and I have acquired in our years in the Makai before we met you, especially myself. A lot of demons don't like us." Kurama explained.

The trio, who were still listening, were about to explode. They had no idea what the group was talking about, or what Shuiichi's explanation meant. Hermione felt as though she should be taking notes or something. The dead coming back, Rando, Dark Tournament, Makai, demons! What did it all mean, who are they talking about!

"You'll have to excuse Hiei and myself. I must prepare for tonight, and Hiei must go back to the room. We'll talk later, perhaps after class tomorrow?" Kurama said as Hiei and himself stood to leave.

"Ok! I'm gunna go visit Yukina!" Kuwabara exclaimed, eyes filled with love, causing his friends to laugh a bit. "What's so funny!" He shouted, getting evil looks from the librarians.

"I forgot, now that Yukina knows too, Kuwabara's the last person on earth who doesn't know the relation" Yusuke grinned.

"Every time I bring up Yukina! You talk about this 'relation' and never clue me in! Man I hate you guys" He grumbled as he stormed off.

"Good luck with the oaf, detective. Don't let him touch my sister." Hiei said shortly, as he left with Kurama. Yusuke stood awkwardly, realizing he was alone, and went off to find something to do.

The trio waited until they were sure all four of the new comers were gone before anyone spoke. "Wow…I don't even know what to say. Well guys, it looks like we have more research to do!" Hermione said, barely able to contain her excitement. The two sighed. They were excited about this new information too, but they knew this means they'd probably be stuck in the library for a long time. At least they had more leads then last time. They ran around gathering books that looked like they could possibly be helpful. Again, they faced frustration.

"This is useless. All these books on demons are like kids books." Ron said, looking at a picture of a big, green, troll looking demon. Maybe that's what demons do look like, but Hiei, the silver fox Kurama, the man the boggart changed into for Shuiichi, they all looked absolutely nothing like this.

"Not completely useless…" Harry started. His friends looked at him. "Shuiichi mentioned making enemies in the Makai…that translates to demon world" Harry said in horror.

"You mean there's a world, full of demons! And the transfer students have been there!" Ron exclaimed.

"We don't have a choice now. We've looked through all that we can here, these books don't mention any of the names or things we've heard, except a simple translation of the word Makai. We'll have to come back later tonight, and sneak into the restricted section." Hermione said.

"Harry, I think we've rubbed off on Hermione too much. Look how eager she is to break the rules" Ron grinned. "Can we talk about something more important that we do know for sure?" His friends looked at him curiously. "Hiei and Miss Yukina are siblings! The beautiful, sweet and kind nurse and that creepy guy!"

"But if we think Hiei's a demon…wouldn't that mean Miss Yukina is too?" Hermione suggested.

"Er…maybe one of them is adopted?" Harry said sheepishly.

-Later that night-

The three were huddled under the invisibility cloak as they made their way back to the library, this time to find some real information. Harry had the maradurs map out to be sure to avoid any teachers walking around, mostly Snape. They quickly ran into the library, and seeing no one was inside other then them on the maradurs map, they removed the invisibility cloak.

"Alright guys lets make this fast, but be quiet" Hermione whispered to her friends as they hurried into the restricted section, and began looking for books on demons. They collected a few, based off their titles, that they suspected might be helpful.

"Should we look at them here or risk getting caught or take them and risk getting caught later" Ron questioned. "Either way we gotta be careful."

"Let's stay here. I'll keep an eye on the map to make sure no ones coming. If someone is coming, well stash the books on a random shelf and hide until they leave again." Harry said. His friends nodded in agreement, and hurried to look through the books. It was nervous work, looking back and forth at pictures of horrible, ruthless demons, and looking at the map in paranoia.

"I've found Kurama!" Hermione exclaimed, holding the book up in victory, first to find something that seemed relevant.

"Me too…" Harry said, gazing at the map. The mysterious silver fox was still around Hogwarts, not just around it, but he was in the castle. "Youko..Kurama.." Harry muttered.

"Blimey he's in the castle! How'd he get in? Hermione, quick what did you find on him?" Ron said, voicing Harry's thoughts exactly.

"Um..let's see here…" she said, skimming the chapter on him out of a book on demons. "It seems he was a famous bandit in the demon world! Look there's even a picture of the silver fox and the man we saw! Wow.." Hermione was blown away by what she was reading. "It seems he was a thief that went around making his name known…they list some of his famous accomplices, Kuronue the bat demon, Yomi, who later became a lord of the demon world…let's take a look at these guys" Hermione said out of complete seemingly irrelevant curiosity. "You guys are not going to believe this…"

"Whatcha find?" Ron asked. Hermione turned the book around and showed them the picture she found of the bat demon. It was a drawing, but a very good one, and it looked exactly like who, or what, the boggart had changed into for Shuiichi.

"How is it possible Shuiichi knows that guy" Harry said in shock.

"It said he died over one thousand years ago…Shuiichi couldn't have known him he's barely older than us!" Hermione exclaimed. What was up with her beautiful, redhaired crush?

"Maybe he has real bad nightmares about this guy or something?" Ron tried to suggest, but it was hopeless. Even he didn't believe that.

"That's it, I can't take this. I'm waking up Shuiichi. Keep researching, I'll leave the invisibility cloak with you guys, I'll be fine with just the map" Harry announced and ran out of the library before the two could even object.

Harry had the map out and ready as he walked briskly towards Gryffindor tower, making sure no one was going to catch him being out late. That's when he noticed, Shuiichi wasn't in the room. Harry didn't know what to do next, he left in such a hurry out of the library to question the plant manipulator, he hadn't really thought it through. 'Oh well' he sighed to himself 'back to Ron and Hermione I guess' and he turned to sulk back to the library. He was almost there when he felt someone watching. He turned, to see two gold eyes staring at him. He was frozen, he looked at the map in his hand and saw Harry Potter standing next to a Youko Kurama. "Kurama…" He muttered without even knowing.

The man with silver hair, fox ears, gold eyes, and a tail stepped out from the shadows. "Harry, you remembered my name, how thoughtful of you. Though I can see that you and your friends are putting a lot of thought into my friends, my home, and me. You should stop before you're in over your head" He warned.

"How did you get in the castle?" Harry asked the fox demon.

"It's not as hard to get in as you think Harry, maybe for you humans, but I know you've been doing your research on me. I can break into anywhere, here, your petty wizard bank. Why, don't you keep up with the news? Hadn't you heard the Malfoys had been robbed of their best treasures? Who else could have done that? According to your bank, no one is supposed to be able to." He had a cold, but softened voice. It matched his gold eyes perfectly. His mouth twisted into a slight smile, making Harry unconsciously take a step back. Half of Harry was afraid of this strange, deadly demon, the other half, felt no fear at all. He remembered the injured fox Hagrid had presented them, and how Hiei and Miss Yukina had taken care of him. Also, something was so familiar to Harry about this demon, something he didn't notice the first time.

Hope you liked it! Like I said up there I didn't upload mainly cuz I started sleeping again but fear not my insomnia has returned so more chapters on the way! The doc manager thing is being really weird so if its layed out weird not my fault it wont let me properly edit or set it up =[