Disclaimer: I'm sitting here, staring at a bumper sticker which clearly states: "I poke badgers with spoons." Does that answer your question about me owning YYH?

AN Alright, since my brain if officially dying... I'd like anybody who has seen my muses to send them back to me. That's right; the little bastards have run away. Well... the ones that are in charge of this story ran off anyway. The others are quite happily doing their work. But still... maybe I should just get some new muses. *ponders*

 

Note: "~insert dialogue.~" This means using the demon language. I figured it would be easier to figure out. ^^

Oh, right... you can read now. ^^

Chapter 6

It was traditional that there was a weekend before classes actually started. The three "Mages" spent that time getting to know the passages, hidden rooms and various people they came across in the school.

On Saturday alone, Hiei memorized the entire layout of the school, including the patterns of the moving stairs, which rooms appeared on what days, and where the dormitories were. He spent very little time with the professors, students or ghosts - deeming them as worthless.

As an additional bonus, Hiei discovered that the rooftops of Hogwarts were very slick and he spent nearly an hour dancing there with his sword. It made for good practice, not to mention gave his balancing skills a run for their Heriseki. Not only that, but he made ties with a few of the House Elves that he found in the kitchen. He found that they were awfully similar in nature to the Imps that were already in his service.

Kurama, on the other hand, spent his Saturday on the grounds before he slipped into what they had been told was the "Forbidden Forest". He emerged from said forest a few hours later, patting his hair to hide the fact that he had acquired a few more plant seeds. After the return from the depths of what Kurama renamed the "Similar to the Makai" forest the Youko turned human made his way to the Whomping Willow and climbed into the unresisting branches for a nap. The only person who saw him was hidden in the shadows of a distant window.

And as for Yusuke... was on guard duty all of Saturday. But that didn't mean he didn't enjoy it.

Harry had decided to teach the boy how to fly.

Not just that, Harry had decided to teach the boy how to fly on his Firebolt V. While Yusuke was having the time of his life, Kurama and Hiei and Harry watched from the ground below. The former two having appeared about two hours after the initial lesson had begun.

"You want to try?" Harry offered the two standing next to him.

"Hn."

"I agree with Hiei," Kurama smiled, turning to look at Harry. "Flying is Botan's strong point, and if I must fly, I have my own ways."

Harry blinked, not quite understanding what the red haired boy had told him. Before he could ponder that longer, Kurama had turned to the black clad Mage. "Hiei, can you get him down?"

"Good luck... I've been trying to do that for two hours and he-" The wizards voice trailed off as Hiei raised his fisted and bandaged hand. Smoke began drifting off of it, and both green eyed boys wisely stepped back.

Yusuke must have noticed the smoke as well, because he landed moments later. "Geez! You don't have to unleash Jaoh Ensatsu Kokuryuuhah on me just to get me back on the ground. You could have just asked!" The now grounded boy sulked, watching with wary eyes as Hiei lowered his hand and shoved it in his pocket.

"Show a little more restraint, Hiei." Kurama said softly.

"Hn."

On Sunday, Kurama was leading his team mates down to breakfast when his owl landed gently on his shoulder. Two notes were attached to Shi-chan's right leg. One, the slimmer of the two, was baring the Hogwarts wax seal, the other was from his mother.

"Ohayoo, Shi-chan," Kurama greeted his owl with a smile. "Back from Japan already?"

Harry looked with interest as Kurama addressed his bird. He hadn't even realized that Kurama had already used the Eagle owl for mail deliveries yet. He'd only had the animal for four days, after all.

Shi-chan hooted and continued to perch on Kurama's shoulder until they reached the Great Hall.

Upon sitting down at the edge of the Gryffindor table, the Eagle owl fluttered down onto the red heads lap, while said boy unattached the two letters, scratching the fluffy feathers of his pet at the same time.

"Here." He said, tossing the letter with the wax crest towards Hiei and Yusuke. "You two read that." And then he busied himself with the letter from his mother. His eyes were glowing with happiness as he read the words of the woman he cared so much about.

/Shuu-chan,

What an interesting way of sending letters! I heard once that the British used pigeons for sending letters long ago, but I didn't know that they used Owls! But it was such a nice surprise. I'm glad that you didn't have any problems getting there; sometimes I really worry about flying in those big planes!

Have you started classes yet? What are they like? I just realized that I don't even know the name of the school that you're attending! It must have just slipped your mind, how silly of you. Anyway, know that I miss you, and love you.

Ja ne, Shuu-chan. Write me with all your news!/

Kurama looked up from his letter with a barely traceable smile, and stared right into Hiei's red eyes. "Hm?"

"~We're supposed to formally meet the Professors today.~" The Jaganshi informed the Kitsune in a stiff voice, using the main Makai dialect. "~Yusuke-sama is going to bring his demon compass.~"

"~What about him?~" Meaning, Harry.

"~He's to stay in the dormitory.~" Hiei muttered, not really caring what happened to the human boy.

"I'll set some plants, then." Kurama said softly, folding the letter from his mother and pocketing it. He jerked his knee, causing Shi-chan to stir and flap his wings. The bird lifted itself towards Yusuke's almost empty plate and stole the remaining bacon there, before high-tailing it for the Owlry.

"Kitsune...!" The Toushin growled, looking up from his plate with a death glare that rivaled Hiei's.

"I see that pouting isn't yet beneath you." Hiei said softly, not really paying any attention to the team leader. Instead, his attention was focused on the hoard of owls now flooding into the Hall, all of them bearing letters, packages or in the case of some - flaming red envelopes.

Yusuke continued to growl as he was tag-teamed and attempted to steal Kurama's bacon. The Kitsune defended his plate by using his cutlery to whack the other's knuckles with the flat edge of his knife.

Harry pretend that he didn't know the three who were supposed to be mature Mages. But that didn't stop the three from continuing their argument about Yusuke's maturity.

"Really detective - it was only a bit of meat." Hiei pointed out. The Jaganshi then smirked as Yusuke ceased his attempts to gain access of the Kitsune's plate. The smirk widened as Hiei calmly reached over, plucking up Kurama's bacon.

Kurama remained indifferent and took a sip of the juice near his plate.

Yusuke saw red. "Why didn't you smack him!?" The Tentai shouted, causing the room to silence.

"Hn." Hiei gloated, chewing contentedly on the bacon.

Kurama did his best to continue looking innocent. "I don't like bacon. If Hiei wants it, he can have it."

Yusuke growled again, while Harry hid his face in his hands.

"Those are the body guards you sent for?" Severus Snape snorted, peering over his morning coffee at the three boys sitting with Potter. "They look like seventh years!"

And they act like first years, he internally added.

"On the contrary..." Professor Dumbledore contradicted him with a small smile. "Genkai-sensei informed us that those three were her strongest students." The headmasters blue eyes twinkled good-naturedly, and he stroked his long beard thoughtfully. "Although I admit, they are much younger than I thought they would be."

And she said nothing about maturity...

"Children." Professor McGonagall said disapprovingly. "All of them."

The three professors watched with no little disappointment as the Spirit Mage stood up and began yelling at his Nature Mage friend. The Fire Mage seemed to be needling his friend as well, though it was hard to tell.

"These are the boys we sent for to protect the boy most important to our society?" Professor Flitwick, the tiny charms professor squeaked. "Our world is doomed."

The other Professor's didn't voice their agreement, but it could be seen in their eyes. The universal thought was: "we're screwed."

"Good afternoon, boys. We appreciate having you here."

Yusuke and Kurama nodded politely to the elderly man known as Professor Dumbledore. Hiei didn't bother to twitch any muscle other than his eyebrow. They weren't fooled by his twinkling blue eyes, or the smile hidden under his waist length beard. There was an underlying power to that man; he wasn't somebody to be on the bad side of.

"You probably want to know why I asked you three to meet us..." McGonagall said, stepping up to the three Mages with a hesitant smile.

"You want to know our strengths, our weaknesses, our abilities and or plans concerning Harry." Yusuke smiled at the woman, cutting her off mid-sentence.

McGonagall blinked; surprised that she had been read so easily. "Er... yes."

"Telling you our weaknesses would be foolish." Hiei said in a low voice. "As for our plans with Potter, we're just here to scare away those who claim to be his enemies."

The Jaganshi's crimson eyes suddenly locked on the almost black eyes of Severus Snape. Tension crackled in the air between them.

Kurama laughed uneasily, laying one hand on his friends shoulder. Unbeknownst to the professors, the red heads grip was anything by soft. "~Calm down.~" He murmured, still gripping Hiei in that warning grip. "~They're still Ningen, and this is their school. We have to work with them if we're going to solve this case.~"

"Baka Kitsune!" Hiei snarled, pulling himself free, which was no small feat. "I know that!"

The oncoming bickering was diverted thanks to the intervention of Professor Snape. The Potions Master stalked right up to the Tentai with a scowl. He scanned each of them up and down very carefully. "Age?" He snapped.

The three sweatdropped. "Eh-" Yusuke said, finally winning his battle against the spoken word and basking in the glory of once again being able to speak. "You probably wouldn't believe us..."

Black eyes narrowed. "Try me."

"We're eighteen," Kurama broke in. "All of us."

The last part was directed at the other two, or more accurately - Hiei. Hiei... who was in fact - about four hundred and eighty two years old. Kurama was usually proud to state that he was older by a good two millennia. And Yusuke, though he looked about sixteen still, was nearly twenty. But this wasn't really the time to be broadcasting that information.

"Hn."

"Eh-heh..." Yusuke sweatdropped again, shooting a look over at Hiei.

"I see." Snape said softly. "Are you going to be sitting in during classes?" He directed their question at Kurama, who he had deemed to be both the most intelligent and the safest.

"Yes."

Quite a while later, after the Tentai had been introduced to every teacher in the school, Yusuke checked his demon compass... to find that it had died.

"NANI?" The Toushin wailed, ripping it off his wrist and smacking it against the wall a few times. "It died?!"

"I'm afraid that Muggle contraptions won't work here." Dumbledore said, walking up behind Yusuke with a serene smile. "Your watch isn't broken, but the mechanics can't function with all the magic at the school."

Across the room, Kurama glanced at him worriedly, though he couldn't say anything for he was currently tied up in a conversation with Professor Sprout, the Herbology teacher. She was most interested about his choice of Mage work, that being plants. Hiei glared at Yusuke, being stuck in a conversation with Snape, who was really just giving him all of Harry Potter's bad points.

Yusuke groaned. He'd never tried to find a demon without his trusty Reikai compass. Life now officially sucked.

Jaoh Ensatsu Kokuryuuhah: Dragon of the Darkness Flame. One of Hiei's (if not the) best attacks.

REVIEW RESPONCES: to the cool people this time. ^_^

Youko Starr: Are you suggesting that I'd ever put Hiei or Kurama with *gasp* a Mary-Sue? *passes out* those girls frighten me! Refer to: "A Mary-Sue Sleep Over." Or: "A Parody To Kill All Parodies". You'll see what I mean.

Skittles the Sugar Fairy: *pries self away* I'm sorry to say that there will be no pairing in this fic. Though, you might note that I've put in a few hints ^.~ Note the location of the earrings, for example. There's sure to be more. And if you want to know... my favorite pairings are Yusuke/Hiei and Kurama/Hiei.

Maliks-Dragon: I'm continuing! Really! *points up* See the chapter? It's... er... there. Not very good, but there. And I'm sure that everybody loves Hiei; I mean... how can you not? (Hiei = uke!)

Bakagami101: Well, maybe I haven't lost all inspiration for this fic... just all the important stuff. Like... direct plot and some twists. I'm sure it will all come back when my muses decide to reappear. *glares at nothing in particular* Rotten lazy muses...

Rione26: Wai! I read your cross over and I cracked up laughing! I love it! (I also reviewed, but under the name: Dark Dreaming. Ring a bell?)

Lyn/Lin: No pairings at all except for the very brief: Yusuke/Keiko.

Kuroi: ^_^ and I got 2 reviews from you last chapter, sorta. But, I don't mind if the second one was just used to yell at me. You're allowed to rant at me whenever. I'm used to it. Thanks for reviewing – and I had forgotten you had them find their own wands as well. You're still working on Shatter, right? Chapter 2? Wai?

AN Review and I'll update. It might even happen faster than usual.

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