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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Oracle sighed as she tried again with the spell, which seemed to be turning red and lighting random people's robes on fire.
"I am just not getting this" Oracle said. Hiei glanced at her.
"Try again" he said. Oracle sighed, repeating the same motion she had been doing for the past twenty minutes. For once, it glowed a clear white like it was supposed to, and made the bat in front of her disappear in a wind of smoke.
"How did you know I was going to do it this time?" Oracle asked Hiei, raising an eyebrow. He simply turned, and preformed the spell himself. "You didn't?" Oracle said, stunned.
"You seem to be saying that a lot today" Hiei said.
"I can't believe you made my spell do that" Oracle said, picking up a book and moving to hit him.
"I wouldn't do that, if I were you" Hiei warned, and Oracle huffed, putting the book down. She turned to do away with another bat, when her spell turned red and then set the professor's robes on fire.
"Sorry Professor Dell!" Oracle said, and he went through a line of curses, before hobbling through a door to his office.
"Will you shut up" Oracle muttered to Hiei, who was cackling under his breath.
"I prefer not" Hiei answered.
"I swear…" Oracle said, her fist shaking and a few items on her desk moving slightly.
"Oracle" Diana said with a thread of warning in her voice.
"He started it" Oracle said to her sister, who just shook her head and sighed. The bell rang, and the classes filed into the hall, on their ways to lunch.
"I'm glad it's a Friday, we get the rest of the afternoon off" Oracle said, spinning on her toe.
"What are we doing for lunch, then?" Botan asked.
"I'm starving" Yusuke said, looking down at his stomach.
"Well, if Kurama did what I asked him too, we'll be having a picnic under the cherry tree by the lake" Oracle said.
"I did as you asked" Kurama said.
"Great, then if you'd go get the food, we'll start making our way towards the tree. Opal, Pearl, Sapphire, and Elazul should meet up with you there, so you'll have help bringing it back" Oracle said. Kurama nodded, and began towards the kitchen.
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"I just love cherry blossoms and roses" Oracle said, as she pulled her shoes off and began to dance under the falling cherry blossoms from summer. Her robe lay next to her shoes as she did this, and Esmeralda and Diana joined her.
"Jumi girls love to dance" Rubeun explained. Oracle pulled Botan and Yukina to their feet, and they kicked off their shoes and threw off their robes as well.
"Or maybe it's just a girl thing" Yusuke said, and the boys laughed. The others appeared through the veils of blossoms, and the other girls joined the ones dancing.
"Look what you started Oracle" Elazul called to her.
"I but I can't annoy you all even more" Oracle smiled, stopping in mid step.
"Your right, you could" Rubeun said, and Diana kicked him in the leg as she danced past.
"Well, I'll prove it to you anyway" Oracle smiled, rocking on the balls of her feet.
"Oh, please don't" Yusuke moaned, and Botan kicked him as she passed. This hurt, because it was in the ribs, because he was lying down. But, Oracle was already bringing her flute to her lips.
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"They are rather odd, aren't they?" Harry asked, as they made their way across the grounds to Hagrid's cabin for tea.
"Who?" Ron asked.
"Them" Harry said, nodding in the direction where he saw all the girls running around and dancing.
"Yea, but they can be extremely nice" Ron said. Hermione made a sort of grunting sound.
"How can you find those arrogant people nice?" Hermione asked them, clear annoyance in her voice.
"Please, lets not go into this again" Harry said, and Ron and Hermione turned away from each other. Harry sighed.
The air suddenly filled with a soft tune, and the trio stopped. Everyone else on the grounds, as well as them, had turned their gaze to the cherry tree where the group was sitting.
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Oracle let the flute float; carrying on the tune she had, sounding almost like a piano. The Jumi girls all seemed to notice the song, and began to dance in beet with it. Botan and Oracle let the flute float, carrying on the tune she had, sounding almost like a piano. The Jumi girls all seemed to notice the song, and began to dance in beet with it. Botan and Yukina tried to follow, and soon caught onto the beet.
Then, the Jumi began to sing, all in perfect Harmony.
You and me together we'll be
Forever you'll see
We two can be good company
You and me
Yes together we two
Together that's you
Forever with me
We'll always be good company
You and me
Yes together we'll be
The flute began to go into wordless notes, and the girls continued to dance together, keeping smiles on their faces the whole time. Oracle smiled at Hiei, and her eyes grew so emerald that you could most likely see them far off.
It seemed that the wordless notes would continue forever, when it started to slow, and the girls got ready to sing again, Botan and Yukina seeming to catch on to the words.
You and me together we'll be
Forever you'll see
We'll always be good company
You and me just wait and see
The music faded, and the girls stopped their dancing in the same poses they had started with. Clapping began, but it wasn't just the boys, but almost the entire grounds.
"Wow, that must be a new record for Oracle. Having fun, being annoying, embarrassing herself and a whole group of other people, as well as hurting two boys in the process" Elazul said, looking at Rubeun and Yusuke. "I didn't know you were so multi-talented" Elazul said, laughing just a bit.
"I'll show you multi-talented" Oracle said, racing towards him when her feet disconnected with the ground. Hiei had picked her up. "Let me go" she ordered.
"As much as I would love to see you hurt him, a teacher just walked out of the castle" Hiei informed, pointing over to Professor Snape. Oracle sighed, and Hiei placed her down. She sat down Indian style on the grass next to him, holding her feet with her hands.
"Can we eat yet?" Yusuke asked, recovering from the kick in the ribs he had received from Botan. Kurama nodded, and opened up one of the baskets, and then two others. He handed out silverware, plates, and cups and then he took out the food. They then began to eat.
"I got in contact with Aldu last night after dinner, while you all were racing" Sapphire said. "He told me there would indeed be a winter ball, as well as one for Halloween. I'm still trying to lure him into one for Valentines day" Sapphire said. The Jumi groaned.
"And of course, if someone asks any of us" Opal began.
"We have to ask permission" all the Jumi girls said, minus one.
"Yes, you do" Diana said, who was in charge of all of them. She, of course, would be going with Rubeun, so it would be no problem for her.
"I hate that stupid rule" Opal said.
"That's just because Diana never let you go with Topaz" Oracle giggled. Opal blushed.
"That's not it" she said.
"Sure" Oracle and Sapphire said.
"Well, then, Halloween is just around the corner really. Is it a costume party?" Yukina asked.
"Yep" Sapphire grinned.
"Oh, then all of us have to start working on costumes, don't we" Oracle stated. "I better start coming up with ideas" Oracle said, sinking into thought.
"Oracle always wins costume contests, every single one she's ever entered" Sapphire explained. "We always try to beat her, but nothing ever works."
"Maybe things will change this year, I mean, we don't have all the resources she could get in Mana" Esmeralda said.
"I got it!" Oracle said, and she turned to Hiei smiling. She leaned up to his ear, and whispered something. He shivered slightly from the feel of her breath, and then smiled slightly.
"Ok" he answered, and Oracle hugged him lightly for a few seconds, then let go.
"This is getting oddly suspicious" Kurama said.
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Oracle had a few pieces of parchment to dinner that night, as well as a peacock feather quill. She was writing down clothes designs and stitching patterns as she thought of them, and closed the paper from view when people tried to look at what she was doing. She seemed to have finished fast, because she joined in for dinner and dessert, and the parchment was nicely rolled up next to her.
"What have you been working on?" Yusuke asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Plans" Oracle answered simply, flicking her hand across her face. A piece of stray hair tucked itself into place behind her ear.
"For your costume?" Yukina asked. Oracle nodded, and suddenly the dessert disappeared from the plates.
"Ah, I was gonna eat that" Yusuke moaned, looking down at his plate where he had had still half a piece of cake and two scoops of ice cream. Dumbledore stood, and the hall quieted suddenly, still a few loose whispers under Yusuke's breath.
"Now, though many of you have found out already, there will be a Halloween ball this year" Dumbledore announced. There were many groans, as well as cheers. "But, to have access, you must dress in a costume" more groans and cheers filled the room. "There will be a costume contest, and the winner, or winners, receive fifty points for their house" Dumbledore announced, and now a lot of people found the whole costume thing worth it. "As well as a large basket filled with Honeyduke (Sp?) Sweets" Dumbledore said, and more of the students talked in excited whispers. "You must be in forth year, or older, to attend unless someone you are bringing is in that year" Dumbledore said.
"You may go to your commons" Dumbledore sat, and everyone stood. Oracle grabbed her things, and with a swish of her finger, when nobody else was looking, she made them disappear. Or at least, she thought no body was looking.
"Did you see that?" Hermione hissed, looking at Oracle.
"No" Ron and Harry answered in unison.
They followed the students out into the entrance hall, where Yusuke, Hiei, and Kurama were being asked continuously by girls to go with them to the dance.
"Should we save them?" Oracle asked Yukina and Botan. Yukina nodded, but Botan stood back for a moment.
"How exactly?" She asked.
"Say that they're taking us to the dance" Oracle said simply.
"But then, they have to" Botan said.
"So" Oracle said. Botan sighed.
"Well, I guess Keiko would trust me more with Yusuke then one of these girls" Botan shrugged.
"I don't mind really" Yukina said. "But don't you have to ask permission, Oracle?" Yukina asked. Diana came over.
"Diana, may Hiei take me to the ball?" Oracle asked.
"Well…" Diana said, thinking. Oracle gave her large, round, green eyes, and Diana sighed, laughing a bit. "Alright" she said, looking at her sister with a bit of sadness, before she made her way to their common room.
"Come…" Oracle said, and they began walking towards the circle where the boys were being held captive. But they couldn't reach it without a few obstacles.
"Hello" someone said, tapping Oracle on the shoulder. It was a very thin, pointy, blonde boy saying this to her, and she was suddenly reminded of a weasel.
"May I help you?" Oracle asked, putting one hand on her hip, as if waiting impatiently, which she was.
"I was wondering if you would accompany me to the Halloween Ball?" The boy questioned.
"Do I even know you?" Oracle asked, and the boy shook his head. "Well, I'm sorry, but I'm already taken" Oracle said, turning and heading into the ring of girls with Botan and Yukina.
Malfoy stood, his face red with anger, before he stomped off to his common room.
"Scuze us" Yukina said, as they pushed through the crowd, and the boys could see them, all with the same bright hair.
"Help us" Yusuke said, seeing as he couldn't do anything about it. I mean, he couldn't just go shooting all these people for a silly reason like this.
"What do you think we're doing, we're in this damn place, aren't we?" Botan called back.
"Just follow our plan" Oracle said to them, but it seemed to have never reached their ears. Oracle took a large breath. "Hiei, will you take me to the Halloween Ball?" Oracle called, and Hiei looked over at her surprised. He nodded, and many of the girls sent Oracle death glares. Oracle walked through the crowd, grabbed Hiei by the hand, and pulled him out of the circle.
"That was fun" Oracle smiled.
"For you" Hiei said, who was missing a shoe, a piece of his under shirt, and the sleeve of one of his robe arms. Oracle laughed.
"Come" Oracle said.
"Yusuke, with Keiko's permission, will you take me to the Halloween ball?" Botan asked Yusuke.
"I guess" he answered, and then Botan pulled him out of the circle. Now Yukina looked over at Botan as she gave the thumbs up.
"What happened between her and Kuwabara?" Yusuke asked, as he saw Yukina make her way towards Kurama, probably not the type to yell out such a strong request.
"She broke up with him" Botan said. "He wasn't taking…the search for her brother serious" Botan said, though at the thought they both laughed. "But, she seems to have taken a liking to our fox" Botan informed, and looked back over.
"Kurama?" Yukina said, standing in front of him. He looked at her. "Would you take me to the Halloween Ball?" Yukina asked.
"Sure, Yukina" Kurama said, though some of the girls became outraged at this. Kurama ran from the circle, with Yukina next to him.
"We better hurry back" Yukina said, as the girls began to walk towards them threateningly.
"Where are Hiei and Oracle?" Kurama asked.
"They're probably already back, looking over the designs Oracle has for costumes" Botan said.
"Let's go now" Yusuke said, seeing as how the group was closer. They began to walk slowly up the marble staircase, and when they reached the top, they ran strait for the eighth floor, but the mob was following them.
"If anything, we'll lose them on the eighth floor" Botan said as they ran, knowing that there were many twists and turns, that she had gotten lost every day the first week they had arrived. They ran and ran, till finally they made it to the eighth floor, and then ran faster then they had.
"Clarius" Yukina said as the portrait came into view. It didn't open. Kurama ran up to it; putting his hand on the floating city. "Clarius" he said, and the portrait swung open. They ran in, the portrait swinging shut as the mob rounded the corner.
"Where'd they go?" One of the girls asked.
"Maybe there's a hidden passage way behind this portrait" another girl said.
"Lets try" another girl said, and suddenly all these fists hammered on the portrait. That is, till a teacher walked by, and all the girls scattered.
"So you got chased too?" Oracle asked, and they nodded. "The same thing might have happened to us, if not we had lost them in about three seconds" Oracle smiled.
"Yes, you have to love the gift of speed" Hiei said, appearing with a new shirt, new shoes, but his robe he had left in his room.
"Yes, yay for you" Yusuke grunted, falling into a chair. Oracle smiled, as Yusuke jumped up. He turned and glared at her. "What was that?" He asked.
"Just a little trick Hiei taught me" Oracle said sweetly. Yusuke looked at Hiei, who was looking around innocently. (A/N KAWAII!)
"Oh, Hiei, before I forget" Oracle suddenly said, handing him a few pieces of parchment done in red ink. "Look those over and tell me what you think of it" Oracle said, standing. She began for her room, but while passing him, whispered "use the box."
Hiei nodded slightly to her, and she continued to her room. He looked down at the designs in his hands, seeing that they matched clothing that he liked to wear. She knew him to well.
Hiei sat, grabbing his school bag from the chair, and pulling out his homework from the two classes he had had that day, and began to work on it. Kurama looked to be almost done, Yukina also, and Botan and Yusuke hadn't even started. In fact, they joined the group doing homework about ten minutes later, when Kurama was starting his DADA homework.
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Hiei set down his quill, and rolled up his homework, having finished. Kurama had gone to his room a while ago, and Yukina had finished just a few minutes before. Yusuke was still doing his potions homework. Botan was in the middle of her DADA homework, but kept helping Yusuke as well.
"If you're so smart, why don't you do it for me" Yusuke said as Hiei disappeared to his room. He walked in, and shut the door, to see Oracle standing before him. He jumped just a bit, but returned her smile slightly.
"Did you like the design?" Oracle asked, sitting herself in the air.
"Yes, you know my style well" he said.
"My costume is a bit like it, I mean it's the same color, but sort of with the same style" Oracle said. "And here" she said. She pulled out a black bandana from one of her pockets, and gave it to him. He accepted it.
"I'll be wearing one too" she said. "Accept it has crimson roses on it" she informed. Hiei sat on his bed, and Oracle moved to the air before him. Hiei looked at her. She smiled, and moved her eyes around. "What?" She asked after a while.
"Nothing" he answered. He looked at her again.
"If you want to make that lie believable, you have to stop looking at me" Oracle said, a slight laugh in her voice. Hiei cackled a bit. "Is it this?" Oracle asked, gesturing how she was sitting in air. He shook his head.
"Then I'm stumped" Oracle proclaimed, turning to a lying position in the air, and falling to the floor softly.
"It's nothing" Hiei said, trying to avoid looking at her.
"Really?" Oracle asked, appearing next to him, sitting on the bed.
"Yes, really" Hiei said. She took a breath, tickling his face like a warm breeze in the summer.
"I still don't believe you" Oracle said, and Hiei sighed a bit.
"Do you really want to know?" He asked.
"Yes" Oracle said, her emerald's locked with his rubies.
"I was thinking something" Hiei said.
"About what?" Oracle asked, cocking her head to one side.
"You" Hiei confessed, and Oracle smiled a bit.
"What about me?" Oracle asked.
"About how you make me smile and laugh" Hiei said, not noticing their faces getting owe so closer.
"I'm glad I can give you that feeling" Oracle said. The next thing she knew, her eyes were closed, and her lips were on Hiei's.
This startled her in the least, but after a while, she pulled a way, finding that it was no more of a problem for her. Hiei looked at her, expecting her to run again, but Oracle didn't move.
"Oracle…" he began unsteadily.
"It's ok…" Oracle said softly, looking up at him with large, emerald eyes, full of this new emotion. "I liked it" she said, and Hiei moved towards her once more, but Oracle put a finger to his lips.
"I'll see you tomorrow" she said, standing and walking towards the middle of the room. She waved, and disappeared from sight, and Hiei sat there, watching till she was gone. He fell back into his bed, his eyes soft for once.
Bringing a hand to his lips, he felt them still tingly from the experience.
"What's happening to me?" He questioned the air around him.
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The next morning, Oracle came down as her usual self, smiling just as always. Everyone but Yusuke was awake, and Kurama disappeared saying that he'd wake him. As everyone sat in chatter, Oracle sent a secret smile to Hiei, who returned it slightly.
"So, it's the weekend, what to do?" Rubeun questioned as they walked down to breakfast.
"Well, there's a lake" Sapphire said.
"And we all like water" Opal said.
"Which equals to" Oracle said.
"Swimming" Esmeralda finished.
"You all can be very freaky when you do that" Elazul said.
"So, swimming then?" Pearl asked.
"Swimming" everyone agreed, as they all split to their respected tables.
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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?
Crystal: Alright, the song in this was 'Good Company' from the animated movie 'Oliver in Company'. And I hope you all aren't to mad about the fluff in here, and I need costume designs for everyone. I got Hiei and Oracle down, but I'm stumped on everyone else. Any ideas, authors?
See ya around…