Crystal: Hello all, and welcome to my first Yu Yu Hakusho fic! Now, I do not own YYH, and I do not own Harry Potter, and anyone who died in either are alive now, I'm not mentioning names. The term 'Jumi' comes from the game 'Legend of Mana' by Squaresoft, so it doesn't belong to me either. The only character in my use is Oracle, who is a Jumi, all others belong to Squaresoft.
Crystal: Anyway, I would like to dedicate this whole story to the other Siora. I used only three ideas from her story, which you fill find under my favorites list. I used the fact that the team was going to 'protect' someone at Hogwarts, and then something that has to do with demons, but I can not say without giving away the whole plot line. And, I used the idea for them to stay at Grimmauld Place. So, here is the next chapter.
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Over the next week, Oracle was seen very little. Like said before, she was only seen at meal times, but now, you could barely find her in her room.
Hiei had said that she had been training with him on the roof a lot, but at other times, not even he knew where she was.
"Maybe she wanted to get away" Yukina had said one day. "She is probably in her box a lot."
As the days rolled by, though, Oracle went to not talking a lot and crying again, and her core began to cloud. When she noticed this, she would become very quiet, and her eyes would turn deadly blue.
"Oracle, what's wrong?" Botan asked, sitting on the bed where the girl was lying.
"My core, it is clouding" Oracle said quietly.
"Are you not feeling well?" Botan asked.
"No, that's not it…" Oracle said, before turning to look her fully in the eye. "It means danger is coming."
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"Is she doing it again?" Yusuke asked, as they heard more noise from the next room.
"I'll check it out" Hiei said. He was gone from the room in seconds. He and Oracle had grown much closer in their training sessions, but as Oracle had put it, they were only friends. They could never be anything more. But it's not like he cared. He didn't have the heart to be anything more, he couldn't even handle sister love.
He stepped into the room, finding that the noise had only woken them. Botan and Yukina were still sleeping peacefully, but Oracle wasn't.
She was in her bed, letting out small moans and talking silently. She had tears and sweat all over her face, and she was very, very still.
"No, get out of here" she said. Hiei walked over to her.
"Oracle" he said quietly.
"I'll be alright, just get out of here now" she said again.
"Oracle" Hiei said again.
"No, Hiei, run, I'll be right behind you" she said. Hiei looked shocked. What was this for?
"Promise me, if I don't make it" Oracle began. She paused.
"No, listen, if I don't make it, tell my friends and family that I love them" Oracle said. Her face turned white.
"You stay away from him, run, run, go away, don't you dare hurt any of us" Oracle said, she seemed to be moving more and more to the opposite side of the bed.
"No…how could you, I'll kill you" she cried, and her eyes shot open.
"No, no, it's not real, I'm not alone, no, no" she cried to herself, pulling her knees into her stomach, and sniffling.
"Oracle?" Hiei asked. She looked up, and her eyes shined green.
"Hiei" she said. "Your alive" she said, and she launched herself at him, making them tumble onto the floor.
"Oracle" Hiei said, looking at her.
"Oh, right, right, sorry" she said, sitting up, and wiping her face with her hand.
"What did you mean by 'your alive', Oracle, what happened?" Hiei asked, sitting down on the bed. She sat next to him.
"My dream…we were attacked…everyone else ran to escape…my core sliced slightly…you stayed behind to help me…I told you to run…they killed you…I was left alone" Oracle said, shaking. Hiei didn't know what to do.
"What do you make of it?" Hiei asked.
"We'll be attacked tomorrow night" Oracle said, looking into his eyes. One was green, yet one was blue.
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"What do you mean attacked?" Mrs. Weasley asked the next morning.
"Trust me, Mrs. Weasley, if we don't leave, some of us will die" Oracle side glanced at Hiei, "And some of us may be kidnapped" she swallowed. "Please, we must get out of here."
"But where'd we go?" Fred asked.
"To Hogwarts, it's the only place where we couldn't be attacked" Oracle stated.
"But Dumbledore wouldn't…" Mrs. Weasley began.
"I wouldn't what, Molly?" Dumbledore asked, entering the kitchen. "Oracle contacted me last night, and told me about her dream. Her dreams, almost all the time, speak of the future, so I wouldn't argue with her" Dumbledore said.
"How many people shall I take?" Oracle asked.
"Well, with yourself, you can take seven, am I correct?" Dumbledore asked.
"I'll take the five I trust" Oracle said.
"What are you talking about now?" Hermione asked, disgruntled, putting her spoon from her cereal down. Oracle didn't respond, but sent her an icy glare.
"Hiei, Kurama, Botan, Yukina, Yusuke, if you'd follow me to the roof" Oracle said. She disappeared, and so did Hiei.
"Why do they both have to be so fast" Yusuke whined, as he left the kitchen.
"Professor, finally" Hermione said, standing and walking towards Dumbledore. "If you could please tell us what's going on" Hermione said.
"I'm afraid, Hermione, that it is not my job to tell. Oracle trust who she does with her secrets, and those who wish to protect her. I warn you not to get involved. Now, if you'll follow me" Dumbledore said, not appearing to notice Hermiones' broken look.
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"What are we doing, Oracle?" Yusuke asked, as she gave all of the five a pinch of silver dust.
"Going to the school, like Aldu and I said" said Oracle. "Jinn, if you please" Oracle said, and the dust swirled around the holders, making them float.
"Cool, we're flying" Yusuke said.
"You're sure he's not human?" Oracle asked the others and Yusuke zoomed around the roof.
"Positive" they all answered. Oracle sighed, before she herself lifted off the ground. She began to fly off, four people following her.
"Are you coming?" Oracle asked, and Yusuke zoomed over. "Stay close" she said, and she darted upward, her hair staying in place perfectly, being pushed down by the rush. The five spirit dwellers followed her, trying hard not to lose sight of her silver green hair.
She stopped above the cloud cover, her falling hair now floating around her in the wind. The others pulled up around their, but Hiei's and Yusuke's hair stood still.
"Alright, now, if you do lose sight of me, which may happen, just go north, to the east of the setting sun" Oracle said, and she readied herself.
"We'll see you at Hogwarts" Oracle said, before she and Hiei disappeared.
"Lets go" Kurama said, and they all flew off after the small blurs they saw ahead of them.
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"I'll never be able to beat you, will I?" Oracle asked, as her foot touched the stone steps in front of Hogwarts. The sun was just half way through sinking.
"And that was my first time flying" Hiei smiled, slightly.
"Where are they?" Oracle said, looking around. "Be right back, do not move. Or, you can come with me" Oracle suggested. Hiei didn't respond. Oracle flew a foot, and so did Hiei. She smiled.
"It's my job to help protect you, I have to do this" Hiei said, offhandedly.
"Sure" Oracle said, rolling her eyes. She flew up once more, above the cloud cover, Hiei at her side. "I see them" Oracle said, pointing to three dots on the horizon.
"They aren't very fast, are they?" Oracle asked. Hiei shook his head. Oracle grabbed a bit more of her dust, and then held it to her lips.
"If you could, Jinn" she said, blowing, and in a matter of seconds, the others were floating next to them. "Thought you could use some help" Oracle shrugged, before disappearing towards the ground again, Hiei as well.
The four followed, Yusuke mumbling how he was just as good as both of them. They landed on the steps, next to the other two.
"It took us a while to get here, didn't it?" Botan asked, looking at the sun. It had sunk at bit more then when Hiei and Oracle had been looking at it.
"Yes, but by train, we wouldn't have arrived for another three hours" Oracle informed. "But, for now, I must show you where you'll be staying while you're here" Oracle said. She walked through the large doors, and began to walk up the marble stairs. Everyone else followed her.
"Because you're here to help protect me, and because I asked, you'll be staying in my dormitory. I've lived there since I was rescued, and it can get very lonely" Oracle said. They reached the eighth floor, took a right, another right, another right, a left, and another right. They ended up in a hallway with a portrait at the end. The picture was of a layered city covered in jewels, sparkling and rotating. Oracle walked towards the portrait, and put her hand on the castle.
"Clarius" Oracle said, and the portrait swung open. It revealed to a common room, looking much like a main room of a cottage.
There was a crackling fire in the old stone fireplace, and many patched, over stuffed chairs and couches. There was a clock shaped as a house, with a twig looking thing rocking back and forth from the bottom. There were shelves upon shelves of history and magic books. There were pictures of people and places in picture frames all across the tables and coffee tables, and the mantelpiece. There were also many white and blue flowers, along with large, scented candles.
"Nice, isn't it?" Oracle said, as she walked towards one of the chairs and fell into it. "Girls, our rooms our on the right, boys, on the left" Oracle informed. "If Aldu has been working, your name should be in your door" Oracle said. She stretched, yawning, before she stood and walked up the stairs, turning to the right. The other girls followed her the same, and the boys went to the left.
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The carriages arrived at the steps of Hogwarts, and all of the residents from Grimmauld Place stepped out.
"Wow, I haven't done that in years" Sirius said, as he stretched. They had taken the train that morning, and arrived just like they would have if they had gone at the time of the normal school year. Harry looked around and saw that the six people that hadn't traveled with them, were nowhere to be seen.
"Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, your password for Gryffindor Common room is Butterscotch. And if everyone else, would follow me" Dumbledore indicated to the adults, and they began up the stairs. The four Gryffindors separated from the group at the seventh floor, and watched as they entered the eighth floor corridor on the right hand side.
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Dumbledore led the adults down the same path, but instead of taking a right at the end, he made another left, going into the hall right across from the Jumi and her companions.
"Right down there" Dumbledore said. "Is where Oracle and her friends shall be staying, and she has lived here since I brought her here" Dumbledore said. "As for food, you may eat in the Great Hall till school arrives, and when that does happen, you should stay in your dormitory. During the day, you are free to do anything as long as it is out of students' sight. I shall see you for dinner, and the password is Knicker-Bocker" Dumbledore said, and then he disappeared down the hallway.
Dumbledore walked towards the picture of the floating city, knocking on the canvas the same way he had done with the box.
"Hello, Aldu" Oracle smiled, as she opened the portrait for him.
"Just here to inform you that it is time for dinner" Dumbledore said, and Oracle nodded.
"We will be down in seconds" she said, and then closed the portrait, before Dumbledore walked off.
"Time for dinner everyone!" Oracle called, her voice echoing around the tower.
"Food!" Yusuke yelled, tumbling down the stairs and racing out of the room.
"I hope he knows where he's going" Oracle muttered. Before she began to walk out of the portrait, four people behind her. When they reached the stairs, Oracle turned.
"Alright, the dining room is in the room where we entered the castle, those huge doors. Not the ones we entered through, though. It's called the Great Hall" Oracle informed. "I'll see you there" Oracle said, before she and Hiei disappeared. The other four sighed, when Yusuke ran and bumped into them.
"I thought you got a head start?" Kurama asked, an eyebrow raised.
"Well, I sort of got lost" Yusuke said. The others sweat-dropped, and began walking towards the Great Hall.
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"Damnit" Oracle said. "I'll never beat you" she said to Hiei.
"Well, I'll never be able to beat you. We always end in a tie" Hiei said.
"I hate ties" Oracle mumbled, before walking into the hall. She began to skip.
"What are you doing?" Hiei asked, as she began to skip in circles around him.
"Skipping" Oracle said, doing the bunny thing with her fingers. Hiei groaned. Oracle stopped skipping, and looked at him.
"What?" He asked. She got closer, and then, she touched his hair. Hiei eyed her.
"There, I wanted to see what it felt like" Oracle smiled.
"Are you sure your 400?" Hiei asked.
"Yep, still young and strong" Oracle said. "I mean, Diana is 600. Well, she isn't that old" Oracle said. Hiei watched as the Jumi jumped around, and finally made her way towards one of the tables, sitting down.
"I like this table" Oracle said, as she sat very close to the front. "Its Gryffindor table, and they always win stuff. So, I sit here" Oracle said. Hiei sat across from her.
"Then I guess I'll have to sit here too" Hiei said.
"Hey Hiei" Oracle said after a few moments of silence.
"Hm?" Hiei asked.
"Am I your friend?" Oracle asked. Hiei nodded. "Am I your best friend?" She asked.
"Considering your one of my only friends, you could say that" Hiei said.
"Am I your bestest friend?" Oracle asked. Hiei shrugged. "Ok then" Oracle smiled. Dumbledore entered the hall, and soon everyone else did. The four actual Gryffindors were the last to enter, and saw that everyone was sitting among all the tables (except Slytherin) near the front. So, they sat down near Fred and George, and the other Weasley brothers, who were next to Yusuke and Botan. Yusuke was next to Kurama, who was next to Oracle. Botan was next to Yukina, who was next to Hiei.
Hiei, which shocked those who knew, didn't turn pale or flinch.
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Crystal: Another chapter done. Now, as you can see, I've decided this will be a Hiei/Oracle story. They have a lot in common, and Hiei will like her. I mean, she can fight for herself, and she likes to taunt Yusuke. Or, make his worst dreams realities. Yea, that's more like it.
Crystal: Now, my friend *DreamerStarM* said that a Yukina/Kurama coupling would be original, and I like original, so I'm going to lean towards that. Besides, Hiei would trust Yukina more with Kurama then with Kuwabara.
Crystal: So, now that that's all clear, I would just love some reviews and feedback. And the next chapter will be out ASAP, or as fast as I can type. 21 stories, I have a lot on my shoulders. I will get back to Prophecy of Eight soon, but, again; I am stuck in the depths of writers block for that story. Anyone know how to save me?
See ya around…