A/N: Wow, I'm actually gonna finish this story. That's a first for me. I'm guessing ::counts:: four more chapters. Maybe three. And I'll do a sequel if you want. Oh yeah, there's a minor yaoi scene in this chapter. Nothing major. To all my reviewers, you are all officially the coolest thing since sliced bread (which is uber cool!). You all nearly gave me a heart attack this morning. I automatically get reviews emailed to me and when I checked my email this morning I had TWELVE NEW MESSEGES!!! All of them were reviews!!! My eyes nearly fell out.
And so, credit where it's due:
Kaoru- You'll just have to keep reading :)
Black kaze kitsune- A cookie?!?? Really? SWEETNESS!! Yeah, I'm trying to update everyday, so...
sapphire_lily- Heh. Isn't it? And then they took Ruoken off.... evil bastards.
Yami- Nah, just some self induced torture.
SHadow- err... whoops. sorry.
Kirara- Mind? Are you insane? That's about the best compliment you can give an author. So no I don't mind. I think that's totally awesome! Thanks!
Amethyst Bubble- Yes, poor Hiei.
bakaperson- I'm glad you like it. The humor will be mild and fleeting, as this is an angst fic, but there will be some. In this chapter, there's and interesting Hiei and Kuwabara exchange. I don't think its possible to kill Koenma but... *evil smirk*
Chaos Kid- Yep
summer psycho- Thank you!
Maruken- Oh my god. That has to be the longest review in the history of the world. Alright, I'll make sure to look up Kuronue. And you're right ::shivers:: thats gotta suck being squered. Now, how the heck can Karasu win the fight if he's dead?!? It makes no sense!! Gah! What is Yusuke's secret? Lol. It's not that I hate Koenma, but I thought that that was just sooooo like him to say something like that and make himself look like the good guy. I'm glad the put YYH back on Toonami, but why in Ruoken's spot?? That, after Yu Yu Hakusho is my favorite show. ::sighs:: at least they didn't take it off completely. SOME of us want to know whether Sano kills Saitou for being such a jackass. Anyway, email me sometime. My email is singingelfgirl@netscape.net. Ok?
Now...
Chapter 6: Into the Makai
"Right!" exclaimed Tonks. She unrolled one of the rolls of parchment and spread it out over the table. It was a very detailed map of a forest. Close to the center of the forest was a small castle. Hiei's eyes narrowed.
"This is the place where Yukina was held captive," he stated simply.
Kuwabara looked over the demon's shoulder. "She was held captive in a piece of paper?"
'I can't deal with this right now...' Hiei thought angrily. "No, moron," he snapped. "This is a map. M-A-P. Yukina was held captive in the castle that is drawn on the map."
"Oh. She was held captive in an ink drawing?" (A/N: Couldn't resist. -_-;)
Hiei clenched his fists.
"Hiei? Maybe you should sit this one out," the kitsune tried to cajole him.
"No. I'm alright."
Tonks took a deep breath and began to explain their plan.
"This is Voldemort's main hideout. It's in the Makai, but we know how to get there. Our plan is to surround the castle, lure the army outside, and in the confusion, have some of our best warriors slip inside and take care of Voldemort. Those warriors are you, of course."
"Easy enough," replied Yusuke. "But, you realize, you're gonna loose a hellova lot of man power, right? If he's got demons in his army, your army is gonna fall really fast."
"Yusuke's right," Kurama replied. "Especially seeing we don't know what we're up against yet. It would be like walking into battle blindfolded. We should wait a few days."
"That's just it, we can't," Snape fired back.
"Why not?"
"Most of the demon forces that Voldemort hired have not arrived yet. They're going to show in two days time. We have to attack tomorrow night, or not at all. Our advantage is that he doesn't know that we know how to reach him."
"If we're going to make it to the castle by tomorrow night, then we need to leave at the break of dawn."
"Yes," Lupin agreed calmly.
"Then we should rest. The Auror forces will be arriving tomorrow at 4:30 AM sharp," McGonagall stated calmly.
The group dispersed. Mrs. Weasley led the three new guests up to their respective rooms and Hiei and Kurama entered their room. Both changed into nightclothes. Kurama slid into bed, while Hiei sat on his.
"Kitsune, do you think this will work?"
"I dunno," Kurama whispered sleepily. "I hope so. I don't want to loose any more people than we have to."
He felt a slight draft of air as Hiei slipped into bed next to him. "Me too. G'night, baka kitsune."
When Harry came upstairs ten minutes later, he was slightly surprised to find Hiei curled tightly against Kurama's chest. So, maybe they were more than friends...
Kurama felt someone poking his shoulder and stirred. His green eyes opened to meet another pair of green eyes. "Wake up, Kurama," Harry said softly. "We're leaving in a half an hour."
Kurama nodded and looked around the room, only to realize Ron and Hermione were staring at him and Hiei, who was still sound asleep. He grinned sheepishly. Ron looked over at Hermione, "Maybe we should sleep like that one night."
*WHAP* Hermione slapped him and stormed, red faced out of the room. She was followed by Ron, who shouted apologies after her, and Harry, who was laughing under his breath at them.
Kurama rolled his eyes and looked down at Hiei. He looked so...peaceful. Kurama nudged him awake and they went downstairs to the kitchen.
Botan, Yusuke, and Kuwabara were already up. Botan and Hermione were talking about Botan's job as Grim Reaper. Harry, Ron (who was already developing a bruise from the earlier slap), Yusuke, and Kuwabara were debating over which sport was the best sport. Lupin was sitting not far away, reading a paper called "The Daily Prophet." The rest of the Order sat in nervous silence, only speaking when needed. Hiei sat next to Kuwabara and listened to their conversation as he ate. Kurama sat next to Lupin, taking the sections of the paper he had finished with and read them himself.
Hiei found the boys' discussion to be very interesting. "Quidditch is definitely the best sport," Ron said firmly.
"Nah, football(soccer)," Yusuke retorted.
"Quidditch!"
"Football!"
"Neither," said Hiei.
"Well, what's your favorite sport then?" Harry asked.
Hiei grinned, showing of his fangs, "You really don't want to know."
The four boys sweatdropped and Kurama shook his head at Hiei.
As promised, the Aurors showed up at exactly four thirty. It was a group of about forty total. All of the Reikai Tantei were beginning to have serious doubts about their case. Surely this army wasn't enough to fight Voldemort. Nevertheless, the group headed off into the Makai.
As it turns out, not all of the Order was coming with them, only Dumbledore, Snape, Lupin, Tonks, and Moody. The army of forty Aurors was divided equally among them, making each of them the head of a squad of eight. They entered the Makai without a hitch and walked quickly through the sprawling forests. No one came to stop them. And, the army surrounded the castle just as the stars were beginning to come out...
And so, credit where it's due:
Kaoru- You'll just have to keep reading :)
Black kaze kitsune- A cookie?!?? Really? SWEETNESS!! Yeah, I'm trying to update everyday, so...
sapphire_lily- Heh. Isn't it? And then they took Ruoken off.... evil bastards.
Yami- Nah, just some self induced torture.
SHadow- err... whoops. sorry.
Kirara- Mind? Are you insane? That's about the best compliment you can give an author. So no I don't mind. I think that's totally awesome! Thanks!
Amethyst Bubble- Yes, poor Hiei.
bakaperson- I'm glad you like it. The humor will be mild and fleeting, as this is an angst fic, but there will be some. In this chapter, there's and interesting Hiei and Kuwabara exchange. I don't think its possible to kill Koenma but... *evil smirk*
Chaos Kid- Yep
summer psycho- Thank you!
Maruken- Oh my god. That has to be the longest review in the history of the world. Alright, I'll make sure to look up Kuronue. And you're right ::shivers:: thats gotta suck being squered. Now, how the heck can Karasu win the fight if he's dead?!? It makes no sense!! Gah! What is Yusuke's secret? Lol. It's not that I hate Koenma, but I thought that that was just sooooo like him to say something like that and make himself look like the good guy. I'm glad the put YYH back on Toonami, but why in Ruoken's spot?? That, after Yu Yu Hakusho is my favorite show. ::sighs:: at least they didn't take it off completely. SOME of us want to know whether Sano kills Saitou for being such a jackass. Anyway, email me sometime. My email is singingelfgirl@netscape.net. Ok?
Now...
Chapter 6: Into the Makai
"Right!" exclaimed Tonks. She unrolled one of the rolls of parchment and spread it out over the table. It was a very detailed map of a forest. Close to the center of the forest was a small castle. Hiei's eyes narrowed.
"This is the place where Yukina was held captive," he stated simply.
Kuwabara looked over the demon's shoulder. "She was held captive in a piece of paper?"
'I can't deal with this right now...' Hiei thought angrily. "No, moron," he snapped. "This is a map. M-A-P. Yukina was held captive in the castle that is drawn on the map."
"Oh. She was held captive in an ink drawing?" (A/N: Couldn't resist. -_-;)
Hiei clenched his fists.
"Hiei? Maybe you should sit this one out," the kitsune tried to cajole him.
"No. I'm alright."
Tonks took a deep breath and began to explain their plan.
"This is Voldemort's main hideout. It's in the Makai, but we know how to get there. Our plan is to surround the castle, lure the army outside, and in the confusion, have some of our best warriors slip inside and take care of Voldemort. Those warriors are you, of course."
"Easy enough," replied Yusuke. "But, you realize, you're gonna loose a hellova lot of man power, right? If he's got demons in his army, your army is gonna fall really fast."
"Yusuke's right," Kurama replied. "Especially seeing we don't know what we're up against yet. It would be like walking into battle blindfolded. We should wait a few days."
"That's just it, we can't," Snape fired back.
"Why not?"
"Most of the demon forces that Voldemort hired have not arrived yet. They're going to show in two days time. We have to attack tomorrow night, or not at all. Our advantage is that he doesn't know that we know how to reach him."
"If we're going to make it to the castle by tomorrow night, then we need to leave at the break of dawn."
"Yes," Lupin agreed calmly.
"Then we should rest. The Auror forces will be arriving tomorrow at 4:30 AM sharp," McGonagall stated calmly.
The group dispersed. Mrs. Weasley led the three new guests up to their respective rooms and Hiei and Kurama entered their room. Both changed into nightclothes. Kurama slid into bed, while Hiei sat on his.
"Kitsune, do you think this will work?"
"I dunno," Kurama whispered sleepily. "I hope so. I don't want to loose any more people than we have to."
He felt a slight draft of air as Hiei slipped into bed next to him. "Me too. G'night, baka kitsune."
When Harry came upstairs ten minutes later, he was slightly surprised to find Hiei curled tightly against Kurama's chest. So, maybe they were more than friends...
Kurama felt someone poking his shoulder and stirred. His green eyes opened to meet another pair of green eyes. "Wake up, Kurama," Harry said softly. "We're leaving in a half an hour."
Kurama nodded and looked around the room, only to realize Ron and Hermione were staring at him and Hiei, who was still sound asleep. He grinned sheepishly. Ron looked over at Hermione, "Maybe we should sleep like that one night."
*WHAP* Hermione slapped him and stormed, red faced out of the room. She was followed by Ron, who shouted apologies after her, and Harry, who was laughing under his breath at them.
Kurama rolled his eyes and looked down at Hiei. He looked so...peaceful. Kurama nudged him awake and they went downstairs to the kitchen.
Botan, Yusuke, and Kuwabara were already up. Botan and Hermione were talking about Botan's job as Grim Reaper. Harry, Ron (who was already developing a bruise from the earlier slap), Yusuke, and Kuwabara were debating over which sport was the best sport. Lupin was sitting not far away, reading a paper called "The Daily Prophet." The rest of the Order sat in nervous silence, only speaking when needed. Hiei sat next to Kuwabara and listened to their conversation as he ate. Kurama sat next to Lupin, taking the sections of the paper he had finished with and read them himself.
Hiei found the boys' discussion to be very interesting. "Quidditch is definitely the best sport," Ron said firmly.
"Nah, football(soccer)," Yusuke retorted.
"Quidditch!"
"Football!"
"Neither," said Hiei.
"Well, what's your favorite sport then?" Harry asked.
Hiei grinned, showing of his fangs, "You really don't want to know."
The four boys sweatdropped and Kurama shook his head at Hiei.
As promised, the Aurors showed up at exactly four thirty. It was a group of about forty total. All of the Reikai Tantei were beginning to have serious doubts about their case. Surely this army wasn't enough to fight Voldemort. Nevertheless, the group headed off into the Makai.
As it turns out, not all of the Order was coming with them, only Dumbledore, Snape, Lupin, Tonks, and Moody. The army of forty Aurors was divided equally among them, making each of them the head of a squad of eight. They entered the Makai without a hitch and walked quickly through the sprawling forests. No one came to stop them. And, the army surrounded the castle just as the stars were beginning to come out...
