Disclaimer: A hug can make the hurt go away... hug me. I don't own YYH or HP.
AN My muses are still missing... plushies for anybody who's seen them. In other news, I wrote this chapter in one day. That being... today. ^_^ I guess inspiration just bit me in the ass and told me to write. Much Yusuke bashing, but all in good fun. I love the Tentai to bits.
Also... my friend Kuroi threatened me with some unspeakable evil if I didn't pair up somebody in this fic. So... coming your way will be some Kurama/Hiei and some Yusuke/Hiei. I hope you're pleased, Kuroi. I just lost some readers, the ones who hate yaoi. . Please don't leave!
Please remember that "=insert text.=" Means speaking in the Demon tongue.
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Chapter 7
A group of four boys traveled down the main staircase into the Main Hall, and were immediately surrounded by a buzz of whispers. A few people actually backed away from fear, others just averting their gazes. Others yet scowled and made sounds of disgust.
Ron Weasley snorted and continued walking down the stairs. His companions, Blaise Zabinni, Seamus Finnegan and Dean Thomas scowled down at everybody milling in the Hall before following Ron into the Great Hall for breakfast.
In the Great Hall was another spectacle to be seen. Yusuke had actually managed to start a conversation with The Bloody Baron - Hogwarts silent and imposing ghost. The Tentai was receiving many strange looks while he chatted it up, seemingly oblivious to the splotches of silvery blood adorning the ghosts clothing.
What was even more amazing was he was actually receiving answers longer than grunts.
"So... what do you think about this Trelawney person? I've been told that she's an awful teacher." The boy could be heard saying.
A grunt. "Superstitious bint."
"And what of Snape? Right old bastard, I've heard."
"Only to some. He's actually rather interesting..." And thus began the longest monologue that any student had ever heard come from the ghost's lips.
Just next to them, Kurama was pleading with Hiei. "Please, Hiei... just for today. I'll take your next two shifts!"
"Hn. What's so important about today?" The small fire wielder continued to poke disinterestedly at his eggs before turning to his bacon with what could have been a contented purr.
Kurama forcibly turned Hiei's head so that they were staring into each others eyes. Green eyes flashed gold for a split second, causing red eyes to widen, the bit of bacon poking out of Hiei's mouth twitched slightly.
"Honto ni..." Hiei mused, now smirking around his bacon. "Is it that time of the month already?"
Green eyes began pleading again. "Please Hiei? I won't be able to hold it in around such a forest! And definitely not the day of the full moon!"
"Hn. Ask Yusuke."
Their conversation was interrupted by a bright flash of light. Hiei's sword was unsheathed in a second, and Kurama's hand was, seemingly, clutching his hair.
"Hiya Harry!"
Harry, who had been watching Yusuke's conversation with The Bloody Baron, blinked in attempt to remove the spots from his eyes. The boy than winced, answering the cheery greeting.
"Good morning, Colin."
Colin Creevry, Harry's number one stalker. The boy was one year younger than Harry, had blond hair, blue eyes, was short... and possessed the most annoying voice in Hogwarts.
As known by a recent poll.
"Who are your friends?" Flash. Flash. Flash. "Are they really Mages?" Flash. "I heard that they're from Japan." Flash. Flash. "Can I take a picture of you all together? For my dad?" Flash.
Hiei growled in annoyance, lifting his katana.
Colin eeped and clicked the flash button once again. Light exploded in Hiei's eyes, causing the Jaganshi to drop his weapon with a groan.
"My eyes..!"
Kurama decided to enforce a different approach. He spoke calmly to the boy, asking if he might borrow the camera to take a picture of Harry and Colin. "I'll even have Harry sign it," he promised.
Harry twitched, slowly beginning to back away.
"Alright!" Colin agreed happily, tossing the camera over to Kurama and lunging to latch onto Harry's arm.
Kurama laughed; a definite gleam of gold emerging in his eyes as his mischievous side took over for just a moment. Six lightning quick flashes later, Harry stumbled around, desperately trying to get his vision back.
Hiei and Yusuke snickered, until Kurama turned the camera on them.
"Now..." The Youko said calmly, fingering the flash button. "I need one of you to be on guard duty today..." He let the sentence trail off.
The two Tentai sweatdropped and slowly started backing away.
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Yusuke grumbled as he followed Harry towards his second class of the day. This was so pointless. Even with him there, the students of Hogwarts still either taunted or adored the Potter boy.
"Where are we going?" The Toushin finally asked, not particularly enjoying the aimless walking he was currently participating in.
"Divination." Harry grumbled.
"With the bint?" Yusuke asked, stopping in his tracks. At Harry's confirming nod, he growled. "Kurama..! OMAE O KOROSU!"
Harry shivered at the pure malice in his guardian's voice.
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Kurama sneezed. Next to him, Hiei smirked.
"Somebody's talking about you." The Jaganshi taunted his friend, continuing to walk along the path leading them deeper into the Forbidden Forest.
"It's probably Yusuke." Kurama reasoned; a smirk of his own appearing on his face. "It's about time for Harry's second class." He paused, "divination."
A few streaks of white appeared in the mane of red hair, and Kurama shifted into his half and half form. "I do feel rather bad about it... but I can't help the stages of the moon. And if Youko wants out, he comes out."
Hiei actually laughed, though it wasn't out of mirth. More like cruel satisfaction.
The two demons continued walking through the forest, stopping every now and then as Kurama spotted new plants, or Hiei spotted something interesting for him to slaughter.
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"Ah... your past has been very tragic - hasn't it?"
Yusuke said nothing.
"A great silence has been drawn upon you, but do not worry dear, it will pass. Your future isn't nearly as dark as your past."
One black eyebrow twitched but the owner still stubbornly refused to say anything. Internally, he was cursing everybody from his mother to Botan to Genkai and Koenma. But most of his focus was on Koenma.
"=That damned brat is going to pay!=" The Tentai snarled, scaring everybody in the room. Even Harry cowered away from him.
Trelawney removed herself from her hiding place. "That's right dear... you have no control over your future. Just let it out..."
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The rest of the day was just as pointless, Yusuke decided. He and Harry entered the Great Hall for dinner, immediately spotting Kurama's head of bright red hair.
"You've got my next *three* shifts!" Yusuke told the Kitsune, dropping himself on the bench next to Hiei.
"It wasn't that bad..." Harry muttered, somewhat offended that none of the three Mages wanted to spend time guarding him.
"=It was a complete waste of time.=" Yusuke informed the other two.
"Hey Potter!" A voice called from across the hall. Draco Malfoy waved from the doors before bee-lining towards the Gryffindor table. The blond ignored all the malicious gazes he was attracting and sat down opposite of Hiei.
"How were your classes?"
Harry opened his mouth to answer, but Draco's attention had been shifted over to Yusuke, who had just twitched and groaned.
"Don't forget, Yusuke-sama, it's going to be just you and Hiei tonight in the dormitory. Don't let any fires get out of control."
Yusuke sweatdropped.
"Hn."
"Are they always that vague?" Draco asked Harry, just before he was interrupted again.
"Excuse me," a teenaged female voice said from behind Kurama.
The Tentai all tensed, knowing that Kurama's fan-club had just reopened for business. And indeed, when the red head turned around, a rather pretty girl was smiling shyly at the boy. "I couldn't help but notice how beautiful your hair was..."
"Back off." Hiei said flatly, placing one of his hands on Kurama's arm in a blatantly possessive manner. "He's taken."
The girl blinked before signing in disappointment. "I see." She murmured sadly before turning and walking away.
Kurama sweatdropped. "Uh... Hiei?"
Two red eyes rolled skyward. "Honestly Kitsune, you need to learn that a girl will always respect somebody else's relationship." A dark look appeared in his eyes. "Just don't expect anything to come from it. We're not *really* together."
Yusuke and Kurama exchanged glances, sly smiles lighting up on both their faces.
"Bet you can't." Yusuke challenged.
"You're on."
Harry and Draco exchanged completely lost expressions before deciding they didn't really want to know anyway.
"So... how was your day?" Harry asked.
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Celena_albatou: Heh… old habits die hard. You should know this better than anybody. And of course I wasn't going to kill of Hermione in a stupid way. I like your version of it though. *laughs*
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Bakagami101: That probably would make life a lot easier. But then again, I'm a master at making things difficult. ...So, where do you think this is going? Anywhere good? I was thinking about throwing Yukina into the mix a little later on, just to set Hiei off.
Kuromi Kanno: Well, I'm probably just as stupid when it comes to Japanese as the next person. I know the basics of things like "san" and "kun" and "chan." And if you're wondering about the "chan" thing in last chapter, that goes to girls and children. Because Shiori is Kurama's mother, I had her write "Shuu-chan."
Lil' ol' reader: You have your wish... pairings have been added. See the note at the beginning of this fic. ^__^
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