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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"Come on, Oracle, we're going!" Esmeralda called up the girls stairs. A few moments later, Oracle appeared in a black, strapless, bathing suit top, and an aqua sarong. The sarong was covered in swirls of black, representing the wind.
"Let's go" she smiled, and the girls made their way down to the lake side. They were meeting the boys there, who didn't have much to get dressed in, and didn't need that long to get read.
Botan was in a cotton candy pink, full piece, bathing suit, with criss-cross straps in the back. She had a lavender sarong around her waist, covered with blue, Hawaiian flowers.
Yukina's bathing suit was an icy blue, tankini, with snowflakes decorating the top. She had a matching sarong.
Esmeralda's bathing suit was a dark, emerald green, strapless one piece. It had a criss-cross design at the mid-drift, and she had a plain, dark blue sarong around her.
Sapphire's bathing suit was a deep red, tankini, with around the neck straps. It was covered it white glitter, and she had a plain, white sarong.
Opal's bathing suit was an electric purple bikini, with two sets of traps. She was wearing a black sarong with butterflies decorating it.
Pearl was in a lavender, one piece, with two sets of off the shoulder straps, and one set on her shoulders. She was wearing a short, white, mesh sarong.
And Diana was in a pearl white bikini, with ties at the sides, and around the neck straps. It was covered in silver glitter, and she had a diamond type sarong.
They reached the lake side, seeing the boys had found a very nice beach spot for them. There were many other people by the lake, swimming in it or doing this and that. The girls walked over, sitting down. The boys said hi to them absentmindedly, and the girls began to take off their sarongs. Oracle's bottom could now be seen. It was black, with open areas by the sides, with criss cross patterns in the fabric.
"Who's coming?" Oracle said, standing. Yukina and Botan did as well, and the boys looked over at them. Silence.
"Hey, close your mouths, its rude" Botan said, and the boys did so. They sighed.
"Coming?" Oracle asked any of them, though nobody moved. "Fine then" Oracle said, and the three girls walked to the edge of the water. Oracle stood on the edge, letting the waves lick her feet, before she jumped into the air, and dived a while off shore.
Botan and Yukina walked in, followed shortly afterward by the rest of the girls.
"It's warm" Sapphire said in surprise.
"And it's refreshing" Oracle said, submerging, and tossing her loose hair behind her head.
"Come on boys!" Diana called.
"Yea, don't make us come and get you?" Botan called.
"We will get all of you in the water one way or another" Oracle called to them.
"Come on Elazul!" Pearl called, and Elazul stood.
"Yay! Looks like we have a brave one, girls" Oracle smiled.
"Hey, I heard that!" Yusuke called.
"Shut up, you pansy!" Oracle called, winking at the other girls.
"You will so regret that" Yusuke said, standing and running into the water. Elazul was already in.
"Yep, forgot this part" Oracle sighed, diving under water again.
"I warn you, Yusuke, she can stay under water for hours at a time, though Sapphire could last a week" Diana said.
"Yea, Oracle's more of a sky person" Opal said.
"But she completed her mission of getting you in the water" Sapphire said. Yusuke glared at them, before diving under water, and coming back up.
"I couldn't even see her" Yusuke said.
"Oh, she's probably at the bottom of the lake by now" Esmeralda said, swimming past. Yusuke grunted, falling onto his back and floating off.
Oracle submerged minutes later, near the shore, so she was sitting.
"Are any of you boys coming?" Oracle asked.
"It may do me some good" Kurama said, who was wearing red swim shorts, though he had a shirt over his chest. So did Hiei, who was wearing black swim shorts. Yusuke was wearing green shorts, and it looked like he had also worn a shirt moments before.
"What about you, Hiei?" Oracle asked, turning with very large eyes.
"I don't like water" Hiei answered simply.
"But you said you were half fire, half ice" Oracle said.
"Yes, but I don't like water" Hiei retorted.
"Well, fine then" Oracle said, turning away from him. "Coming Kurama?" Oracle asked. Kurama was already in the water, his shirt discarded. (A/N Doesn't that just make you Kurama fans drool?)
Oracle swam away, not looking back once, and she dived again.
"I think you made her mad, Hiei" Kurama said, as he walked slowly further into the water.
"But don't take it to hard, she gets mad at everyone" Rubeun said, who was starting to walk towards the water.
"Come on Hiei, it's not that bad, and the water's even warm" Kurama said.
"Everyone's turned against me, haven't they?" Hiei asked with a very small sigh. Kurama and Rubeun nodded. "Fine" Hiei said in defeat. He stood removing his shirt. (A/N *sigh* Oh how I love Hiei…)
He walked into the water, very slowly, letting his skin get used to the liquid. When he reached about his knees, he felt a pull and he was dragged under water. He swam up, taking in a breath of air. His hair was still up in it's style, though covered in water droplets.
He felt a tap on his shoulder, and turned to see Oracle smiling at him.
"Did you just do that?" He asked. Oracle kept smiling. "You did, didn't you?" Hiei asked. Oracle just smiled more, moving her hand back in forth in the water. Hiei looked at her, and she looked at him, and then…
SPLASH!
Oracle went into giggles as Hiei wiped the water from his face, and glared at her. She giggled. He began to move his hand in for a splash, but Oracle went swimming through the water away. Hiei swam after her, watching as she dived and submerged like a dolphin. He followed till she didn't submerge, and then he dove down. He saw her pale legs through the darkness of the water, and followed her.
She didn't seem to be going deeper, and finally she stopped, bursting up to the surface. He did as well, taking in a breath as he broke free. He saw that they were in a small indent in the cliff that held Hogwarts above. They saw all of their friends having a splash fight over by the shore. He felt his feet hit sand, and noticed that Oracle was standing.
"Did you do this on purpose?" Hiei asked. Oracle nodded sheepishly, and took a step forward.
"I get they think you're still chasing me around under the lake, and at our speed, they'd never see us" Oracle said, and Hiei nodded. He took a step forward as well.
"You can see the whole lake from here" Hiei said.
"Uh huh, I found it during the summer I was rescued. I'm surprised it's still here" Oracle said. She took another step forward. (A/N When I say forward, I mean towards each other, k?)
"Did you really have to splash me to get my attention?" Hiei asked her, smiling a bit.
"Yep" Oracle laughed slightly.
"You know what that means, right?" Hiei asked, taking a step and causing only centimeters to separate their bodies.
"What?" Oracle asked, looking up into his eyes.
SPLASH!
Oracle laughed as Hiei drenched her in water, and pushed it out of her face.
"We're even now" Oracle said.
"That's what I intended to do" Hiei said. He leaned down slightly, and Oracle leaned up, her eyes closing. She felt the touch of his lips one hers, and smiled inwardly. After a few moments, they parted, and Oracle let her smile free, her eyes blinking open.
She took a small step towards him…bad idea. The next thing they both knew, Oracle had fallen, and they were both on the floor. The water was shallow here, so they were above it easily. The positions, however, were not the most suitable.
Hiei, on the bottom, had his head above the water, his knees propped up and sticking out of the water. Oracle was on top of him, her hands placed on either side of his head, her legs on either side of his. His arms were around her waist in a protecting manor.
"You know" Oracle spoke. "This eternal waiting and games before we kiss is really starting to annoy me" Hiei laughed at this comment, and felt her lips press against his for a few moments. Oracle pulled back, and then stood. Hiei stood as well.
"We'd better get back before anyone notices how long we've been away" Hiei said, and Oracle nodded. They dove back underwater, destination shore, thinking no one had seen their encounter. But they were wrong.
One slick haired blonde stood on the shore, growling at the intimacy he had just witnessed between the two magical beings.
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The whole rest of the month, at least after dinner and when they had free times, Oracle and Hiei were working on their costumes. How they got to each other's rooms was a complete mystery to everyone they shared a dorm with, who never saw any of them running up and down the stairs.
School was going along…ok like, though Yusuke kept bringing up disturbances in his dreams.
"They keep warning me" he said, "like I can't handle myself" he had laughed at it. Kurama seemed to take this more into efficiency, and would sit quietly in thought for long periods of time.
Yukina and Botan had gotten to work on their costumes as well, while Kurama said he would make his quickly, being good with needle work. Yusuke had begged, well, not begged, but asked Kurama to help him, which he agreed to.
All the while, with homework getting thicker and thicker, September slept away and October replaced it. This was just replaced with harder studies, and a tense atmosphere in the common room.
Oracle would sometimes be down there, Hiei as well, saying that they had to let something sit for the costume to be completed. Oracle spent most of her time looking through large books that were placed around the room, which Kurama had taken to as well.
Hiei much rather liked to sit in quietness, either not looking at anything or sneaking glances at Oracle. She, of course, could tell when he did this, and smiled when it happened.
As the last two weeks before the ball closed in, Kurama had begun on his and Yusuke's costumes, while Oracle and Hiei said theirs were finished. Botan and Yukina, and the other Jumi girls, had finished their costumes as well. They all sat in the common room talking, while Hiei would sit quietly and listen.
Most of the girls, except maybe Diana, had pretty much figured out what was happening between the two. They would smile at either of them, and when Hiei and Diana weren't in the room, talk to Oracle about it. She had told them a few things, seeing as they were bound to find out sometime or another, and was finally glad when Halloween came. It was going to be a long night…
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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: This chapter was very short, but the next like two chapters are about the Halloween thingy. I know Hiei is being like, really OOC, but I have to soften him up. By the end of the story, he will have a new side of him. That's the whole damn moral of the story, and I'm not changing it! And are you surprised or what, no song!
See ya around…