YuYu Hakusho / Harry Potter
Dead Aim
by jade
Last Chapter (london): Hiei, Kurama, and Yusuke flew to London. Staying with the Weaslys at the Burrow. Introductions were made. Whispering. And a letter from Koenma.
Chapter Three - Diagon Alley
"What's that?" Ron asked. He and Hermione sat on either side of Harry and read the letter over his shoulder.
The three understood most of it, but the rest confused them. They knew Hiei and Yusuke but who was Kurama? Who was the sender, Koenma? And what were they not supposed to tell student or staff. And this growing threat?
"What do you think it means?" Ron questioned. Harry shrugged.
"Well, the letter isn't that descriptive so the sender must have written it so if it was intercepted no information would be spilled." Hermione said. She had a frustrated look on her face.
Harry sighed and folded the letter up. He had a tight grip on the paper; he was as frustrated as Hermione. Ron was the only one that seemed not to care.
He took out an apple from his pocket and took a large bite out of it. He chewed with his mouth open and then spoke. "So, did anyone else realize how all the adults were acting? They seemed..."
"Cautious?" Harry offered.
"Curious?" Hermione supplied.
Ron nodded and took another bite, "Yea, those things. But I was looking for worried."
Harry unfolded the letter once more and reread it at least a couple more times. It was not curiosity anymore, he was determined and Hermione seemed to feeling the same way.
All three sat there calmly, discussing the letter while Ron ate his apple. You should have seen the look on each of their faces when the door suddenly threw open and in walked Kurama, Hiei, and Yusuke.
Everyone stood in a silence that seemed to last forever.
Hermione was the one to break it. She stood up very quickly and rushed to the door. "I better be getting to bed, we gotta get up early tomorrow for our school shopping. Good night." She nodded to all and before walking out she gave Ron and Harry a look that plainly said good luck.
Kurama was the first to make a move. "You got mail I see. Who from?" He nodded his chin towards the letter in Harry's hand. All three demons had a sharp look in their eyes while they waited for his answer.
Harry was taken back, he looked down at the letter dumbfounded. "Oh. It's from Hagrid, the Game Keeper and Care of Magical Creatures Professor at Hogwarts. He's a friend of ours." He never looked up once and met their eyes. That was guilt in Hiei's book.
Kurama smiled, "Well, we must meet this Hagrid sometime." Yusuke yawned and stretched, seeming to except this answer.
"Well I don't know about you all but I'm going to bed. 'Night!"
Hiei was now sitting in his windowsill. It was only nine o'clock but everyone made his or her way to bed.
Harry placed the letter quickly in Ron's desk drawer and climbed into bed. Kurama walked over to his trunk to get out his night wear but froze when he opened the trunk.
Harry's heart skipped a beat as he waited. What if he noticed it was missing and asked him about it? Kurama, meanwhile, seemed to be in a daze. He stared at the open trunk, no emotion shown on his face what so ever.
After a moment or so, Kurama blinked and realized how he must look standing there. He closed his trunk slowly and walked over to his bed and climbed in, still in his day clothes.
Yusuke and Ron had both fallen asleep, their snores shook their bed frames. Kurama had also fallen asleep but turned over once in awhile. Hiei still sat at his windowsill, his eyes closed. Not known if he was asleep or not.
Harry was the only one still awake and he would be most of the night.
The next morning, Hiei woke with a start. Some one had dumped ice cold water onto the fire demon's head and drenched him from head to foot. The whole room was laughing from the look on Hiei's stunned face.
Yusuke was laughing so hard that he was crying. But Hiei also saw that he was the only one holding an empty bucket. Yusuke realized this, looking down at the bucket.
In a second Yusuke shoved the bucket into Kurama's chest and pointed an accusing finger at him. Hiei narrowed his eyes and smirked, while Yusuke gave a sorry excuse for an innocent smile.
The next instant, Yusuke was nursing a throbbing bump on the back of his head. Hiei seemed satisfied with this and grabbed a new set of black robes and went into the bathroom to change and dry his still wet, but still spikey, hair.
Yusuke cursed over at the closed bathroom door. Kurama laughed and walked over to his trunk and started to open it.
"Serves you right, Yusuke. I'm surprised Hiei didn't kill-" Kurama stopped, now in a daze (again), looking at the contents of his trunk. His features showed surprise. The letter was back inside the trunk.
Hiei walked out of the bathroom. He stood leaning against the doorway, arms crossed, watching the fox. He could sense Harry's tension from the other side of the room.
Kurama pulled from his daze and drew out a set of clothing. He walked by Harry on his way to the bathroom. Harry stiffened.
"Well, I don't know about you, but I'm starving!" Ron said loudly. Yusuke stopped massaging his head, jumped up from the floor, and grabbed Ron's arm.
"I'm all for food!" They both left the room. Harry following slowly behind them. Kurama, now back in the room, and Hiei watched him leave.
The clatter of forks and pleasant talk filled the kitchen air. Now that it had been a day, everyone started to take in the three demons. The worried feeling was still there, but barely detectable. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
"So what's a Prefect, again?"
"Quidditch, never heard of it."
"Gryffindor, eh? How many houses are there?"
The three detectives had all sorts of questions. Hermione had asked how they didn't know this stuff. Kurama simply replied that their wizard school in Japan wasn't very up-to-date.
"So everyone, ready to get you're school supplies?" Mrs. Weasly asked kindly. Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Ginny nodded (this is in Harry's 6th year, George and Fred are out of school now, sry. they were two of my favorite characters).
Hiei, Kurama, and Yusuke looked to each other. Mrs. Weasly frowned, "What's wrong?" Yusuke looked over to her.
"We don't know what to get." Mrs. Weasly gave a confused look.
"Didn't you get your letter in the summer?" Kurama seemed to brighten up at this and all three nodded. Hiei and Yusuke didn't have their letters with them (probably in the trash, lol) but Kurama pulled his out of his back pocket.
He waved it up at Mrs. Weasly. She smiled.
"Great! Now let's get going."
The group of nine had split up once in Diagon Alley. Mr. and Mrs. Weasly decided to visit Fred and George at Weasly's Wizard Wheezes. Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Ginny decided to check out the Quidditch store, while Hiei, Kurama, and Yusuke headed for Gringott's Wizard Bank.
"So, Kurama, what do we have to get?" Yusuke asked the fox as they walked down the alley. Kurama pulled the letter once more from his back pocket and started to unfold it. He passed the acceptance letter to Yusuke and began to read the supplies list out loud.
"Hm... we need a couple books, some equipment for potions, a wand, and pet if we so choose." The three continued to look over the list and sometimes changed the topic.
"That Harry boy is sure nosey," Hiei said lightly. Kurama nodded his head agreeingly. Yusuke gave them both a confused look.
"Whatcha mean?" He blinked. Kurama was silent. Hiei rolled his eyes.
"Really Yusuke, you would think you had to be smart to be a spirit detective." Hiei smirked at Yusuke's red hot face.
"For your information, I happen to be very smart!" Yusuke practically yelled. Hiei and Kurama both sweat dropped.
"Oh look! That must be Gringott's!" Kurama pointed to a tall, white building at the end of Diagon Alley. All three entered and took in the surroundings. It was a big building.
Kurama was nervous; the Youko kept sneaking looks at the jewels the goblins carried around the hall. And he wasn't the only one; a pair of red eyes followed the gems as well.
They walked up to the front desk where a very important-looking goblin stood. He looked down at the three and sized them up. He smiled evilly, seeming it worth his while to help them, and asked them what they needed.
All three took out a key and placed it on the counter, they said their names in turn.
The goblin grinned, swiped up the keys and got down from the counter. He motioned for the three to follow him. They walked toward the halls when they saw another goblin come up to them.
"Would you like me to take them to their vaults, Mr. Gnish, sir?" Gnish shook his head.
"No thank you, Griphook. I'll see them to their vaults myself." Griphook nodded and bowed before he took off.
They traveled down the tunnels at great speed, but of course no comparison to Hiei. Their vaults were side by side. They exited the cart.
Interest. Over the years, nothing good had come in except for the Sorcerer's Stone but it was taken out of its vault almost as quickly as it was put in.
Gnish was of total curiosity with these three newcomers; he had never seen them before. He opened the first vault very slowly so he could get a peek. Yusuke's was first.
Inside were mounds of gold coins, stacked in columns almost up to the ceiling. Gnish goggled; he had never seen so much gold. Not even in the Malfoy vault. All three demons were surprised as well at how much gold Koenma had put in the vault.
Yusuke walked in and pushed a great amount into a sack made of cloth. He tied it to a back loop on his belt and stood up. He scanned the room one more time and saw something he didn't before. The whole room was full of gold except for something in the corner. It was a large sized box wrapped in brown papering, and on the top it had Yusuke's name.
Yusuke bent over and picked it up. Gnish blinked. Yusuke walked out of the vault and over to the others with the package under his arm.
"Aren't you gonna open it?" Gnish tugged on Yusuke's shirt. Yusuke raised an eyebrow. Hiei and Kurama both narrowed their eyes.
"I'll open it later," Yusuke simply said. Gnish frowned, knowing his questions wouldn't be answered, and opened the next vault.
Kurama's vault was the same as Yusuke's, full of gold and a brown box in the corner. Kurama filled his sack with gold and took the box.
Hiei's vault was last and as usual, piled with gold and that same brown-papered box.
When all four had arrived back in the main hall, Gnish had tried to snag one of the packages. Unfortunately for him, it was Hiei's and all the goblin got to show for it was a burnt hand.
The three demons walked out of the wizard bank into the sunlight, with Hiei returning to the shade, and continued down the street to start their shopping.
"That Gnish sure was weird," Yusuke said.
"Sure was. I wonder if all goblins are like that," Kurama wondered.
Hiei smirked, "If they are, then I'd bet that Harry is a goblin." (sorry to all those harry fans. but i'm more a draco fan, lol)
"Stand still! I can't fit you for your robes if you keep moving around like that!" Madame Malkins commanded. Kurama and Hiei stood at the door already had been fitted for their robes. Yusuke was having a problem. He was scared that he would be poked with the needle if he stood still.
It had been over an hour since the three had left the wizard banks. They had bought their books and equipment, and had just finished getting their robes. They had two stops left, the pet store and the wand shop, Ollivander's, before they met up with the others at the ice cream shop. They decided to visit the wand shop first.
Ollivander's wasn't far down the road but they as they drew near, they noted it looked pretty old. The demons walked into the store. Kurama walked up to the desk and rang the bell. An old man with eyes that looked like moons appeared from the back of the room. He looked over his new customers and became excited.
"My, my, my. Dumbledore told me of three young men that were to come by my shop. I assume you're here for a wand." The man's eyes sparkled.
"Whatever gave you that idea," Hiei muttered quietly. Kurama gave him a don't-make-trouble look. Yusuke sniggered.
"Now, who shall be first?" The man, Mr. Ollivander, clapped his hands together and waited for an answer.
The three looked at each other. Yusuke decided to go first and stepped forward.
"Ah yes, Mr. Urameshi? Which is your wand arm?" Yusuke looked at both his hands. He didn't know what that meant so he decided to be different and answered his left.
Mr. Ollivander searched the shop and brought out wand after wand. Yusuke's pile grew bigger every minute but this didn't bother the old man, he seemed to enjoy this game.
"Here... try this one. Oak, nine inches, phoenix tear, it's really an unpredictable wand." Yusuke picked it up and the tip shot sparkles of deep green. Mr. Ollivander beamed and snatched the wand from Yusuke to wrap it up in a box.
Kurama was next and took longer then Yusuke. While Mr. Ollivander rummaged for another wand, Kurama looked at his watch. They had already been in there for almost an hour. Mr. Ollivander poked his head out from the piles of boxes and wands and walked over to Kurama.
"How about this one?" He handed Kurama the wand. "Rose wood, eleven inches, unicorn horn, a wand of illusion." Kurama smiled as the wand sprouted a rose from the tip. It too was put in a box and wrapped up.
Hiei was last and took longest of all. "Tricky customer, eh? No matter, we'll find a match, even if you have to go through all the wands in this shop." All three grimaced.
Hiei was soon becoming impatient but Mr. Ollivander just said it would take longer if he kept talking. Several wands later, Mr. Ollivander ran off to the back of the store and came back with a long box in his hands.
He pulled off the top of the box and drew out a black wand that seemed long enough to be called a short sword. It had spikes slightly above the handle. Mr. Ollivander handed it over to Hiei.
The whole room seemed to turn into a heat box. The tip of the wand in Hiei's hands burst into flames of deep red. Hiei smirked as the flames died down. He handed the wand to the now shaking Ollivander.
He reluctantly took the wand and carefully put it in its box before wrapping it up. He pushed the box toward Hiei. "That there wand is ebony, thirteen inches, dragon talon, and extremely powerful."
Mr. Ollivander now spoke to all three detectives. "Do be careful with your wands, each one is very rare." The three nodded. Well, Yusuke and Kurama did. Hiei just hn-ed. They paid for their wands and left the shop.
"The letter said a pet was optional."
"But Yusuke, wouldn't you like a pet? I hear owls can be very useful since the wizarding world has no postal service." Kurama said.
"Well, yea it would be cool but it's not like I use the 'postal service' anyway. I mean, come on, its me we're talking about." Yusuke laughed. Kurama lead the other two to the pet shop down the street. He was looking forward to owning an owl.
A bell rang as the demons entered the shop. A lady came up to them and asked if they needed help but they answered that they were just looking. They moved around the store and looked at the assortment of animals. But Kurama just pulled them to the back where all the flying animals were kept.
There were all sorts of birds. Kurama looked over at Yusuke and laughed.
"I think it likes you Yusuke." On top of Yusuke's head was a large eagle that held in his claws Yusuke's hair (like puu!). Yusuke growled and tried to get the bird off his head. It would fly off when Yusuke tried to hit it but once he stopped throwing his arms around the bird would come back.
Kurama smiled at Yusuke's failed attempts while Hiei turned around. He felt stupid to just be seen in Yusuke's company. Yusuke shook his fist up at the bird and threatened it.
Kurama looked around the room and spotted a white raven in the corner. It stood on its perch and watched Kurama intently with its light purple eyes. Kurama smiled and walked toward it. He reached his hand up and lightly petted its small head. He smiled and it flew on to his outstretched arm. "I guess I won't be getting an owl" He murmured to himself.
Kurama and Yusuke stood at the counter with their pets. Kurama had talked Yusuke into buying the eagle since it didn't seem to want to let go of his hair. They looked for Hiei, but he was no were to be found.
"Hey there, sir, you're not allowed up there," yelled the store assistant to a dark figure in the loft above them. Yusuke and Kurama looked up to see Hiei with a silky black hawk upon his shoulder; it had deadly silver eyes.
Hiei jumped from off the edge and landed gracefully on the floor, the hawk rearranged itself on his shoulder. Hiei walked up to the counter and dropped a handful of coins on the table.
"Is that amount sufficient enough?" Hiei gave a bored look. The cashier looked at the pets the three had chosen and gave a weird look.
"Are you sure you want to buy these birds? We've had some trouble with those three." Hiei growled and his hawk narrowed its eyes.
"Yes, quite sure." Something in Hiei's eyes glinted. The cashier backed off a few steps and nodded his head.
"Oh Hiei," Kurama muttered. He turned to leave the shop but saw something behind the counter. It was a glass box and inside were three white eggs. Kurama looked to the cashier.
"What are those?" He pointed to the eggs. The cashier man followed his gaze. He shook his head.
"Oh no sir, you wouldn't want those. They're reflection eggs (sound familiar?). They hatch and reflect the one who carries it. They're high level creatures, we only got them by accident."
Kurama smiled friendly. "How much would you like?" A look of horror flashed across the man's face.
"I'm sorry, sir but they are not for sale." But he soon changed his mind.
Hiei lifted the tip of his kanta to the cashier's throat. "He asked, how much."
"How about 30 galleons?" Kurama smiled and pulled the coins out. He then turned to Yusuke and Hiei.
"Aren't you getting one? There are three." Yusuke looked over at the eggs. Hiei just gave Kurama a look that said: who, me?
Yusuke punched his right hand into his other. "Why not, maybe this time my reflection will be cool." (personally, i think puu is cool, hehe) He put his coins on the table. Both Yusuke and Kurama looked over at Hiei.
Hiei crossed his arms, sighed, and pulled out more coins. All three demons left the shop with a bird and an egg. They had finished their shopping and they agreed it had been a good day's catch.
They slowly walked to the ice cream shop where they were to meet the others, chatting lightly on the way there. When the rest of the group saw them, they ran over. Mrs. Weasly scolded them for taking so long but then they all calmed down and bought ice creams.
The group of eleven, now including George and Fred, sat in chairs around some umbrellas. They talked of their day and if anything out of the ordinary had happened. The three detectives shook their heads and laughed before answering to the disappointment of the others, no.
TBC...
Coming soon...
Next Chapter: They've got their supplies, so it's off to Hogwarts. But first, the train ride!
jade: i'm sooooo sorry. i know i haven't updated in at least, i dunno, four weeks? i planned to update it every sunday. it's just school started awhile ago and we have so much stuff to do (i got the lowest score in the school on a geometry project, lol).
hiei: hehe, i don't have to go to school.
jade: oh yes you do! what do you think hogwarts is? a garage?
hiei: ... your kidding, right?
jade: evil grin no way! you'll be arriving at the school ... thinks next chapter. but classes won't start for like three.
hiei: i hate you
jade: hehe. smirk
hiei: ...
jade: and I almost forgot, i'm adding a quote of the week to my story board thingy so if you have one you think i should put up, e-mail me )! the first one is below. cya next time!
Quote of the Week:
"Suuichi? I thought his name was Kurama..."
- Yusuke, YuYu Hakusho (anime)
reviews please!
