A/N: I'm posting chapter two right away because chapter one was so short.
I'm going to update once a week due to cheerleading and school. Updates
will either be on Sundays or Thursdays, I haven't decided. Anyway, enjoy.
Day One.
"Hn."
Hiei walked through the halls of the Reikai palace aimlessly. The castle was, as usual, filled with bustling ogres who raced this way and that, fulfilling one task or another. It seemed to Hiei like he was the only one walking, which was a little ironic, as he typically ran everywhere. He wandered into Koenma's office and leaned casually against the wall, waiting for the toddler to notice his presence.
It didn't take long. Koenma looked up from his papers, calmly asking, "What are you doing here?"
"I came to talk to you about Voldemort's wand."
"What about it?" Koenma's eyes narrowed suspiciously.
"Where is it?"
"I can't tell you that."
"Why?!?" Hiei was pissed.
"That would be interfering with fate. If you want it, you must search for it on your own."
Blink.
"You've got to be kidding me."
"I assure you I'm not. But, you were right to come to me! Perhaps I can help you a bit!"
Hiei glared at the pompous toddler as he shuffled one of the many file drawers.
"Voldemort...Voldemort...Vol- Ahh! Here it is!" Koenma pulled out the largest file folder Hiei had ever seen. The manila folder's edges were dog- eared from constant use and the label on which the name "Voldemort" was printed had begun to fade. As Koenma began to pull papers from the file, Hiei realized that all Voldemort's folder contained were the death reports of every person he had ever killed. And right on top was Yukina's.
Hiei picked it up. The report had a recent picture of her stapled to the front and had some of her main facts: Birth date, height, weight, age, race, parents, time place, and conditions of death...etc. It also listed some of her main accomplishments in life. But, something was wrong with the report. It was incomplete. The space next to where the area of the Reikai where she was staying was blank.
Koenma snatched the report away from Hiei. "You're not supposed to be looking at that, you know. As you can see, you aren't the only person to loose family to this guy. Look." Koenma held up two reports and their corresponding pictures. The photos were definitely hold, and they were of a young woman in her early twenties with long red hair and beautiful green eyes and a young man about the same age with messy black hair. 'That man looks just like...' Hiei thought before Koenma interrupted.
"These are Harry's parents. It's sad really. They died not long after they turned twenty one; Harry was still an infant, so he doesn't remember of course. Now then," He tucked the death reports away, but kept out one, the oldest one. "You need to understand something, Hiei. This is not just a matter of finding the wand. You may want to sit down, as this will take a while to explain.
"When a wizard kills someone using the 'Avada Kedavra' spell, the victim does not pass on to the after life. Their soul is literally sucked out of their body. Normally, this would just leave an empty shell, like the Dementor's Kiss victims, but the spell tears the soul from the body at such a fast past that it sends the body into cardiac arrest. Because the soul is gone, so is the will to live and the body dies.
"Now, the soul, instead of traveling on to the after life, is captured and held in the murderer's wand, with one exception. On the day the murderer dies, the soul of the first person ever killed by that wizard becomes keeper of the wizard's wand, or the keeper of souls. You have to find the keeper of souls and take back Voldemort's wand."
Hiei was silent. Finally, he said, "But, Yukina said Botan told her I was her brother on her way to the Reikai."
"She was lying."
"NANI?!?"
"She had figured it out by herself. She didn't want to tell you where she was in fear of angering you further. She took a serious risk by escaping when she did to talk to you. She didn't want to waste that time by pissing you off."
"What do you mean?" "Well, there was a very brief moment where the control over the souls was relaxed while the new keeper adjusted to their duties. She managed to sneak out just long enough to tell you what was going on. Had she not gotten back in time, she would have become a lost soul."
"Lost soul?"
"A soul stuck between dimensions. She would be neither in the Reikai nor in the Ningenkai. And, she'd be stuck there for eternity."
"Oh. One more question."
"Just one?"
"Hai. Who is this 'soul keeper' for Voldemort?"
Koenma shook his head, "I can't tell you that. All I can say is go see Dumbledore."
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A/N: This story will probably be almost entirely Hiei oriented. Just so ya know. Ja ne! Oh yeah! REVIEW!
Day One.
"Hn."
Hiei walked through the halls of the Reikai palace aimlessly. The castle was, as usual, filled with bustling ogres who raced this way and that, fulfilling one task or another. It seemed to Hiei like he was the only one walking, which was a little ironic, as he typically ran everywhere. He wandered into Koenma's office and leaned casually against the wall, waiting for the toddler to notice his presence.
It didn't take long. Koenma looked up from his papers, calmly asking, "What are you doing here?"
"I came to talk to you about Voldemort's wand."
"What about it?" Koenma's eyes narrowed suspiciously.
"Where is it?"
"I can't tell you that."
"Why?!?" Hiei was pissed.
"That would be interfering with fate. If you want it, you must search for it on your own."
Blink.
"You've got to be kidding me."
"I assure you I'm not. But, you were right to come to me! Perhaps I can help you a bit!"
Hiei glared at the pompous toddler as he shuffled one of the many file drawers.
"Voldemort...Voldemort...Vol- Ahh! Here it is!" Koenma pulled out the largest file folder Hiei had ever seen. The manila folder's edges were dog- eared from constant use and the label on which the name "Voldemort" was printed had begun to fade. As Koenma began to pull papers from the file, Hiei realized that all Voldemort's folder contained were the death reports of every person he had ever killed. And right on top was Yukina's.
Hiei picked it up. The report had a recent picture of her stapled to the front and had some of her main facts: Birth date, height, weight, age, race, parents, time place, and conditions of death...etc. It also listed some of her main accomplishments in life. But, something was wrong with the report. It was incomplete. The space next to where the area of the Reikai where she was staying was blank.
Koenma snatched the report away from Hiei. "You're not supposed to be looking at that, you know. As you can see, you aren't the only person to loose family to this guy. Look." Koenma held up two reports and their corresponding pictures. The photos were definitely hold, and they were of a young woman in her early twenties with long red hair and beautiful green eyes and a young man about the same age with messy black hair. 'That man looks just like...' Hiei thought before Koenma interrupted.
"These are Harry's parents. It's sad really. They died not long after they turned twenty one; Harry was still an infant, so he doesn't remember of course. Now then," He tucked the death reports away, but kept out one, the oldest one. "You need to understand something, Hiei. This is not just a matter of finding the wand. You may want to sit down, as this will take a while to explain.
"When a wizard kills someone using the 'Avada Kedavra' spell, the victim does not pass on to the after life. Their soul is literally sucked out of their body. Normally, this would just leave an empty shell, like the Dementor's Kiss victims, but the spell tears the soul from the body at such a fast past that it sends the body into cardiac arrest. Because the soul is gone, so is the will to live and the body dies.
"Now, the soul, instead of traveling on to the after life, is captured and held in the murderer's wand, with one exception. On the day the murderer dies, the soul of the first person ever killed by that wizard becomes keeper of the wizard's wand, or the keeper of souls. You have to find the keeper of souls and take back Voldemort's wand."
Hiei was silent. Finally, he said, "But, Yukina said Botan told her I was her brother on her way to the Reikai."
"She was lying."
"NANI?!?"
"She had figured it out by herself. She didn't want to tell you where she was in fear of angering you further. She took a serious risk by escaping when she did to talk to you. She didn't want to waste that time by pissing you off."
"What do you mean?" "Well, there was a very brief moment where the control over the souls was relaxed while the new keeper adjusted to their duties. She managed to sneak out just long enough to tell you what was going on. Had she not gotten back in time, she would have become a lost soul."
"Lost soul?"
"A soul stuck between dimensions. She would be neither in the Reikai nor in the Ningenkai. And, she'd be stuck there for eternity."
"Oh. One more question."
"Just one?"
"Hai. Who is this 'soul keeper' for Voldemort?"
Koenma shook his head, "I can't tell you that. All I can say is go see Dumbledore."
~*~*~*~
A/N: This story will probably be almost entirely Hiei oriented. Just so ya know. Ja ne! Oh yeah! REVIEW!