A/N: Alright, last chapter. So, enjoy peoples! *~*Shonen-ai alert*~* MAJOR FLUFFINESS AHEAD!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ** indicate dream sequence.

Chapter 9:

To say his head hurt was an understatement. It was more like someone had tried to poke his Jagan out. Or like he had been run over by a stampede of rabid elephants. Anyways, the pain in his head was the first thing Hiei noticed as he drifted back into consciousness. The next thing was that he was lying on something soft and very comfortable. His eyes slowly opened and he realized he was back at Grimmauld Place. He was lying in his bed, and in a chair next to his bed sat Kurama, sound asleep.

Hiei closed his eyes and sunk back to sleep.

*It was a beautiful day in the Makai, peaceful and quiet. He was sitting on a hill overlooking a vast forest. He suddenly had the feeling he was being watched, but he did not turn around. Someone came and sat beside him, and without even turning, he knew who it was.

"It is nice to see you here, oniisan."

He half turned to look at Yukina. She was smiling.

"You knew...?"

"Iie, Botan told me on my way to the afterlife."

"Ah, I see. Remind me to kill her for that."

"She also told me why you couldn't tell me yourself. I just wanted to tell you that your fears were unjustified."

Hiei blinked and stared at the girl, "You would have accepted me, knowing full well that things I've done?"

"Hai."

He looked "You foolish, trusting girl."

"You silly, ignorant boy."

"Hn. I'm glad your here."

"Me too. There is one thing I need to tell you though."

"What's that?"

"Tell Professor Snape to look on page 104 of that book Dumbledore took from Voldemort's castle and tell him you have the essential ingredient. He can undone most of the pain and sadness Voldemort caused."

Hiei turned to ask Yukina what she meant, but she was gone.*

Kurama woke up to see that Hiei was still asleep. It was probably a good thing, though. He had drained himself almost entirely of spirit energy. He looked up as Dumbledore, Lupin, and Harry walked in.

"He's still out of it?" Harry asked.

"Hai. He'll probably be unconscious for awhile yet."

Lupin shook his head, "He looks perfectly alright to me, but even I can sense how low his energy is."

Just then, Hiei began to stir. His red eyes opened and focused on the kitsune in front of him. Kurama grinned, "So, finally decided to rejoin the living?"

"THAT'S an understatement. I had the weirdest dream," Hiei sat up and rubbed his eyes. He looked over at his friend. "How long was I out of it?"

"Two days."

"Yikes."

"Indeed."

"Do you want to get up?" Kurama stood and offered his hand to Hiei, which the koorime took. Together, the group went downstairs.

Mrs. Weasley had, under Kuwabara and Botan's helpful direction, prepared some Japanese dishes as well as spaghetti and meatballs. Hiei grinned slightly. Though he'd never admit it, Kuwabara wasn't a half bad cook. The oaf offered him a bowl of miso soup, which he took, saying, "Arigatou gozaimasu."

Kuwabara nearly dropped the tray, "D-domo. Shimatte! Hiei, for Kami-sama's sake, how hard did you hit your head?!?"

Everyone at the table looked extremely confused, as they had only understood about half of the exchange. Yusuke laughed, "I like the new Hiei better! I didn't even know you KNEW how to say thank you!"

"Hn. Don't get used to it."

When they finished eating, Hiei decided on going for a walk in the park. He left without saying a word. It did not take him long to find the tree he and Kurama had slept in their first night in England. Climbing carefully, he made it up to a branch of reasonable thickness and sat down to think.

Kurama knew exactly where Hiei was headed and followed him. The koorime had his eyes closed. Kurama carefully climbed up onto the branch below him.

!!!(A/N: Ok, for my non-yaoi fans, from now until the next author's note may offend you, so skip this part. I'll tell you what happens later, ok? I promise. Just don't flame me for this. It IS a yaoi fic, after all.)!!!

Hiei open his eyes and stared at the kitsune below him. Sighing slightly, Hiei scooted forward, so that Kurama could climb onto the branch behind him. When Kurama had seated himself on the tree limb, Hiei leaned back against his chest and Kurama slid his arms around his lover's waist.

Neither spoke, because no words were needed. After a while, Kurama rested his head on Hiei's shoulder and said quietly, "You scared me the other day."

"How so?"

"Right after you collapsed, you stopped breathing for almost a minute. I feared you had died."

"Hn."

"So what was this dream about? You haven't been you're usual self this morning."

"I talked with Yukina."

"Oh?"

"She knows..."

"And?"

"You were right."

Kurama laughed quietly and kissed his cheek, "I usually am."

"Cocky bastard."

"Why thank you," he sighed. "We should probably get back."

Hiei's eyes lit up. "That's right! I have to talk to Snape!"

"Huh?"

"Yukina said something about the book Dumbledore took from the castle. She said to talk to Snape about it."

"Well let's go then."

The two hopped gracefully out of the tree and headed back to Grimmauld place.

!!!(A/N: Ok, non-yaoi fans. Scene over. You can come back now. All that happened was Hiei told Kurama about the dream and now they're headed to see Snape.)!!!

When they entered the main room of the house, Yusuke and Kuwabara were telling Harry, Ron, and Hermione about some of their school adventures. Lupin and Dumbledore were discussing something. Hiei spotted Snape in the corner reading and approached him.

"I need to speak with you."

~*~*~*~*~

"It is not a complex potion, by any means. Even my class of fourth years could do this if they tried. The thing is, some of the ingredients are hard to come by. I have all except two of them, one of which is absolutely essential if this is going to work correctly."

"What is the main ingredient?"

"A Teargem. Like the ones your sister could produce."

Chink.

"I've got you covered there."

"Alright, then let's see if this works..."

The End