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 author 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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"So, why weren't you guys at breakfast?" Yusuke asked as they waited in the line for Hogsmeade.
"We decided we weren't hungry" Oracle replied simply. Botan and Yukina sent her a suspicious glance, and she mouthed 'later.' The other Jumi had decided that they were going to use the empty common room to their advantage, and said they would come to Hogsmeade next time defiantly.
They stepped through the doors, into the cool, autumn air. Heading off down the path, everyone stayed close to keep warm.
Oracle shivered under her light coat, rubbing a bit into Hiei's arm. Hiei looked down at her, letting out a small piece of his aura, warming both of them. Oracle smiled gratefully as they continued into the town.
Time to put the plan in action Oracle and Botan thought at the same time.
"Hey, Hiei, there's this really cool pub I want to show you" Oracle said, dragging him off down the road.
"And Hiei, they have these really cool stores" Botan said, grabbing his arm and pulling him along down the road as well. Yukina stood there, shifting uncomfortably from one foot to the other, with Kurama. Alone…with Kurama. Oh Kami-san she thought.
"So, Yukina, what would you like to do?" Kurama asked. Yukina blushed ever so slightly.
"Um, how about we look just look around? I hear they have a book shop" Yukina said, smiling slightly up at him. She was about as tall on him as Hiei was, since she was just as tall as Oracle.
"That sounds nice" Kurama said, and they began walking down the crowded street.
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"Yes, phase one complete" Botan said, giving Oracle a high-five.
"What are we doing, exactly?" Yusuke asked, twitching a bit.
"Why, setting up Kurama and Yukina, of course" Oracle smiled. Hiei began to mutter to himself.
"You mean, we're wasting our one day off school grounds to fix them up?" Yusuke asked, a little annoyed.
"No, we just had to get phase one in action. The next phase isn't till Christmas, and then New Years, if, according to plan, everything will come to a close" Oracle explained.
"And why New Year?" Hiei asked.
"Because, it's a tradition for people on this side of the world to kiss at midnight" Botan piped up. Hiei looked a little flushed.
"I-in front of everyone?" He asked.
"Yep, and it just helps that people usually get really, really drunk" Oracle laughed.
"Oh, joy" Yusuke said, clapping his hands together once in excitement.
"But, as for now" Oracle said, as she saw the couple enter the book store, "Me and Botan here have to go and spy on our friends there."
"And what are we to do?" Hiei asked.
"Hmm, meet us in front of the robe shop in exactly one hour. We'll have Yukina and Kurama with us, not to worry" Oracle said, and before the boys could say anything, the two girls were walking off to spy.
"So…" Yusuke began.
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"Look at all these books" Yukina said, as she walked around the shop. "All on magic" she said.
"Yes, truly amazing" Kurama said, looking along the titles.
"What, exactly, are you looking for?" Yukina asked, as she continued to stare upon the shelves.
"If there is anything on the Jumi race or this place called Mana" Kurama said.
"Why?" Yukina asked, a little jealousy peeking, even though she knew that Oracle and Hiei were 'very into each other' as Botan had put it.
"We don't want any of the students to find them, now do we? Dumbledore has already gotten rid of all the ones in the schools library" Kurama said. Yukina nodded, and began searching as well.
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"How boring" Oracle said, as she peeked through the window at the couple.
"I know, how is searching for books 'romantic'?" Botan asked, sitting on the ground next to Oracle. "Oh" she said suddenly, turning with a smile to her friend, "You said you were going to tell me about everything. And here we are, no one in sight we know. So, come on, spill" Botan said, making Oracle laugh a bit.
"Alright, alright, well, it all started after I left the bathroom last night" Oracle began.
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"I can't believe you couldn't think of anything better to do" Hiei said to Yusuke, as he looked over at Botan and Oracle, who were talking. They were in the ally next to the shop, and could hear everything.
"Well, spying on the girls was the best thought I had" Yusuke said, as Oracle began with her tale. "Shh, I want to hear this" Yusuke said to Hiei who was about to shoot back with a smart remark. Hiei tried his best not to listen, but, like the song from the night before had done to Oracle, he pried into his ears.
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"That was you?" Oracle asked Botan as they reached the part about the song she had sung by the fountain.
"We thought you could use some cheering" Botan smiled. Oracle laughed, continuing onto the story. The boys sat in eerie quiet, listening to every detail from her point of view, and then, a part Hiei had been wanting to know came up.
"Why did that song affect you so bad?" Botan asked. Oracle froze, looking around.
"Well…" she began, but the door of the shop opening made them jump. They scurried to the ally where Yusuke and Hiei were in. They had shrunk behind some trash cans, Hiei silently cursing to himself at how close they had gotten.
Kurama and Yukina walked out, each carrying two books, and continued down the road.
"Lets go" Oracle said to Botan, and they hurried, following the couple into the Three Broomsticks, the two boys following a while behind.
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So, they all ended up inside the Three Broomsticks. Yukina and Kurama were huddled near a window, Botan and Oracle hidden behind menus at a table next to them, and Yusuke and Hiei doing the same at another table next to them.
"Two teas" the lady said, placing them in front of the couple. They nodded in gratitude, and began talking about these things and that.
The four spies listened with interest as the couple talked on; keeping their ears up as the topic that had separated Kuwabara and Yukina came up.
"So, how's the search for your brother coming?" Kurama asked, knowing very well that Hiei would most likely kill him if he told.
"Oh, well" Yukina said, looking down, "No luck yet, but, I have my hopes" she said, smiling slightly. Kurama put his hand over hers, and everyone (except Yusuke, who knew Hiei was there) could hear a slight mumble from Hiei in the distance.
"Don't worry; I'm sure that he will appear out of the least of places. It could be anyone, and they might not even know they have a sister" Kurama pointed out.
"I guess you're right" Yukina mumbled, blushing slightly at their hands.
"Kawaii" Oracle and Botan whispered.
"Um, Yukina" Kurama began, as Yukina looked up slowly. "I…I think I should tell you something…and no, it's not about your brother" Kurama began.
"Hey, maybe we'll get a bit further, and need no more phases" Botan whispered to Oracle, who nodded.
"Hmm?" Yukina asked, looking up from their hands.
"If he kisses her, I'll set him on fire" Hiei warned. Kurama looked around for a bit, resting on her face once more.
"Well, you see" Kurama began, when a loud screech erupted through the pub. A table had lit on fire, and all the students had begun freaking out and running out of the room.
Kurama helped Yukina up, leading her out of the smoke clotted room, and into the windy air.
Oracle narrowed her eyes in suspicion as Botan pulled her from the area, and they stopped outside.
"Hiei…" Oracle said, looking around, having sensed his power. But, it was gone now.
"Ah, Mana, come on, we have to be getting to the robe shop" Oracle said, looking into the sky. Botan nodded, and they began down the street.
"Are you ok?" Kurama asked Yukina as they stepped out of the large crowd that had gathered. Yukina coughed a bit, the smoke having infiltrated her lungs.
"Yea, I'm fine" Yukina said between a few, couches, righting herself up. A thought hit her. "Oh, what's the time?" She asked Kurama. He looked down at his watch, and then to her.
"About noon" Kurama answered.
"I totally forgot that we were supposed to meet everyone else in front of the robe shop" Yukina said, as she grabbed Kurama's hand and began to pull him down the street.
"Why?" Kurama asked.
"The girls said that they wanted to get all of the clothes they would need for the holidays. Apparently, Sapphire has some more events planned then the balls" Yukina said to him, as they stopped in front of an extremely nice shop. Oracle and Botan were leaning against the window, talking.
"Hey guys" Yukina said. Oracle and Botan smiled at her.
"Hi" Oracle said.
"Hello" Botan said.
"So, let's get this over with. Kurama, if you'd wait her for the other guys, that would be o-so nice of you" Oracle said, walking into the shop with the girls before he could answer. He sighed, leaning against the window. He looked over his shoulder, seeing as the girls were all put onto stools and were asked to wait.
"Hey Kurama" Kurama turned as Yusuke and Hiei approached, Hiei mumbling something of some sorts. "Where're the girls?" Yusuke asked. Kurama prodded his thumb over his shoulder, and Yusuke looked in, seeing the girls getting led into another room.
"Hey, I got an idea" Yusuke said. Hiei glared at him.
"If it has anything to do with spying, count me out" Hiei grunted.
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"I cannot believe you talked me into this" Hiei grunted to Yusuke as they walked into the back, sneaking slowly into the room the girls were in as they picked out fabric.
"Yusuke, this is wrong" Kurama said, as Yusuke pulled both of the guys behind a large desk in the corner of the room.
"Shh, I want to know the rest of what happened last night after Hiei left the dance" Yusuke hushed to Kurama as the girls all walked extremely close by.
"Now, girls, if you would strip down to your underwear" one of the workers said.
"What?" All the girls asked.
"If you want the dresses you described, we're going to have to do it with you all in your under things. Don't worry, this is a private room, no one but me and two other women workers will see you" the lady said.
"Uh…" all the guys said, as they saw the girls starting to undo their tops.
"Look away" Kurama said, turning to stare at the wall. Hiei was starring at the floor as Yusuke tried not to let his curiosity get to him.
To bad. All the boys peeked over the counter slightly, looking to see all the girls standing in only their underwear and bras. They sunk back under, Yusuke before the other two.
"Keiko, Keiko, Keiko" Yusuke kept repeating to himself quietly.
"I, in my whole life, have never seen in a girl that bare" Hiei muttered to himself. "The closest was when all the girls were in bathing suits" he said.
"Baka, baka, baka, baka" Kurama repeated to himself quietly to himself, but all three stopped their mumbling when they heard the workers enter.
"Since you've all chosen your styles and fabrics, we'll have our magic needles on you. It will take much less time" one of the women said, and then they left.
"Ok, ok, Oracle, continue with your story" Botan said, as they all stood. The boys were completely quiet now.
"Wait, I want to hear the first parts" Yukina said, so Oracle repeated what she had to Botan, who listened with bored interest. Same went for the guys.
"Ok, now answer my question. Why did the song affect you so bad?" Botan asked.
"Well, you see, back in Mana, there was a Jumi knight I sort of had a thing for" Oracle began. "His name was Granite" she said, looking down a bit. "He was nice to me, but always liked to tease me about how I had two lives" Oracle explained. "Well, as we grew older in the training, we grew closer, and I had fallen for him after the course of ten years.
"You see, he was older then me, and by the time I had realized, he was already picking a Jumi guardian to protect. Before he left in search, I screamed out how I felt to him, but he didn't turn, he kept walking, and that was really the last time I saw him. He haunted my dreams, and ten years later, I got the news that he had gotten wed to his guardian.
"I decided I wouldn't give into anymore heartbreaks, and I cried for my first time then. But, it didn't happen again after that till the day before I went on my mission to search for my own Jumi. There was no anything that day as the news reached the city. Granite had died. His wife, actually a jewel thief in disguise, had stolen his.
"But, her rotten corpse was found days later, though the core had already been sold. That was the day I decided I would go as a warrior first, and come to rule when I had learned all there was to protecting myself and another" a tear fell down Oracle's cheek, who wiped it away quickly.
Hiei thought to himself. Ten years it had taken her to fall in love with a Jumi from her world. Three months…for her to develop feelings for him. He didn't know if it was exactly love, but she had never said that she had fallen in love with him. Just fallen. But…he hoped that she did not think he was one who would make her fall for him just to steal her core.
"So, after the part when you clasped?" Yukina asked, wanting to move the story along.
"Oh, well, as the music continued to play, I felt myself becoming ripped apart. That's when Hiei came. He comforted me, and carried me back to the dorm" Oracle said. Kurama and Yusuke sent looks to Hiei, who had turned away from them, listening to her as she continued on about what had happened the night before and this morning.
Hiei sat uncomfortably as Yusuke continued to nudge him.
"That is so kawaii" Botan said to Oracle, who blushed slightly.
"Well, I think…Hiei is different from others" Oracle said, as she lifted one of her arms higher so that the needle could stick the area underneath her arm.
"How so?" Yukina asked, leaning her head forward.
"Well, he didn't feel scared to get in danger if my core rejected him, and he helped me even though I was mad at him" Oracle said, looking down for a moment. "But, it's the reaction of my core that is really getting to me?" Oracle muttered.
"Why?" Yukina and Botan asked in unison.
"Well, to touch a Jumi's heart there must be care for the Jumi, a high care, but the Jumi must care for this person as well. But, what I'm wondering is, is it more then just 'care'?" Oracle asked. "I mean, I think I may…" she was cut short as the workers walked in.
"Oh, all done then. With all of the clothes. Alright, well, how about you get clothed, and we'll go wrap these up for you. The girls nodded, picking up their clothes, and stepping from the stools, beginning to dress. The workers left the room, and the all else was quiet. It seemed that the topic wasn't going to be pushed any further.
The boys snuck out quietly, sneaking out the door, and out front.
Kurama and Yusuke looked at Hiei, as he watched the girls through the window.
"You alright?" Kurama asked.
"I'm fine" he answered with not much of a thought. Kurama backed away from the topic as the girls came out of the shop.
"Lets head back, shall we?" Oracle asked, smiling. Kurama and Yusuke nodded, Hiei not giving any sign of response, just sort of, looking at her with thought. Oracle smiled.
"What?" She asked.
"Nothing" he said, turning away, and beginning to walk. Oracle followed him with her eyes, their color flashing with blue and a deep chocolate color.
"Hiei…" she watched as he continued to walk towards the school, his over coat blowing slightly in the wind. Oracle began walking slowly, as the other four shot each other worried glances.
What now?
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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…