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Chapter 6: The First Day, Caffeine Withdrawal, and Nonsense

"Thianadel. Thianadel Sherwood. Sherwood!" someone called, shaking the named person out of a very deep and blissful sleep.

"Mm? What?" She lifted her head up ever so slightly.

"Suichi's waiting for you in the common room. Breakfast. And classes, too."

"Ai... Could you tell him I'm coming down? Thanks. Who are you again?"

"Padma Patil. How do you know him anyway? Because he is sooo-"

"Padma, this is your chance to go and tell him something!" Thia cut her off, trying to keep her voice cheery. I am so not a morning person. Where's the caffeine?

Within ten minutes, Thia was washed and dressed and entering the Great Hall with Kurama. Of the rest of the group, there was no sign. So they ate in silence until Genkai came in, dragging a loudly protesting Yusuke by the ear. Tagging along was a yawning Kuwabara.

"YOU WILL NOT SKIP CLASS, DO YOU HEAR ME, YUSUKE? DO YOU REALLY WANT ME TO TELL KAYKO?" she shouted at him.

"Ow, ow! I GET IT ALREADY!"

"DON'T YELL BACK AT TEACHERS!" The elderly woman let go of her apprentice's ear and walked over to where Kurama and Thianadel.

"Master Genkai," Kurama greeted her in his usual gentle voice.

"Hello, Suichi. And you're Thianadel. I knew Robin from way back. It's a pleasure to finally meet his apprentice."

"I'm honored to meet you, Master Genkai. Robin spoke of you with the highest respect."

"Is that so? Well, I believe that I'll be seeing you both in class, so until then, remember." Remember the mission. Be on your guard.

"Welcome to Defense Against the Dark Arts. I'm Professor Genkai, your teacher for this year. Now all of you put away your books for now. I'm going to give you a lecture right now, so if you're not serious about this class and you're only going to fall asleep, I suggest you leave now." Yusuke rose from his seat, only to sit again after Genkai gave him her glare.

"The number one rule that you must always remember is to always be on your guard. Never underestimate the enemy! It will only lead to your undoing."

The lecture reminded Harry eerily of how the imposter Moody had taught them in their fourth year: always with an emphasis on vigilance. He whispered this thought to Ron, who wrote him back a note reading She's in the Order. She's pretty scary when she's mad.

This was quickly justified when she rounded on her favorite student: "YUSUKE, YOU DIMWIT, WAKE UP! I DON'T CARE IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS SPEECH A THOUSAND TIMES, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IT A THOUSAND MORE UNTIL YOU GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL!"

"Jeez, lady, yell a little louder!" Though this had, in fact, been the thought that crossed everyone's minds, no one would have ever dreamed of saying it aloud. At this point, in any other classroom, complete and utter silence would fill the room. Considering this was Genkai and she had no tolerance whatsoever for impertinence, though, the shouting only got louder (if that was possible).

"DETENTION! AND DON'T THINK YOU CAN GET OUT OF THIS!" Genkai took a breath. "And will Mr. Weasley and Mr. Potter please stop passing notes?"

"Hey, how come you don't yell at them?!"

"SHUT UP, YOU BRAT!"

 "Grandma thinks she can give me detention on the first day... Jeez."

"Wait, Professor Genkai is your grandmother?" Hermione asked, astonished.

"Well, not technically. It's just kinda to make fun of her age, I guess."

"I really don't understand why she let you yell back at her. I mean, all of the other teachers would have taken fifty points from Gryffindor for that type of thing!"

"Ah, whatever. I'm blowing this joint," Yusuke said, before strolling to the nearest staircase.

"Hey, Urameshi, you can't do that! What if Genkai finds out? She'll whip your butt!" Kuwabara called after his friend.

"And who'll tell her? Oh." Yusuke looked around Kuwabara to Hermione. "I hate it when you blow my plans, you know that? Ch. What class do we have next anyway?"

"Uh... I think we have Double Charms with the Ravenclaws. Suichi and Thia."

"Great." Yusuke was just ever so enthusiastic.

 "Very good! That's the lesson for today. Remember to do the homework!" Professor Flitwick said, concluding the lesson for that day. The students got up and walked to the Great Hall for lunch.

"So, how are you finding the first day so far?" Hermione courteously asked.

"Interesting, I suppose."

"Yeah, it's different," Thianadel replied.

"Nah. Not really."

"That's only because you slept through all of the classes, Urameshi," reminded Kuwabara.

"If you think that's boring, you haven't been to History of Magic. Are you taking it this year?" Ron asked. He, like Harry, had thought about becoming an Auror, and therefore didn't have to take the most boring course of all. Taught by a ghost named Professor Binns, History of Magic was such a boring subject that even Hermione sometimes had trouble staying awake.

Consulting their schedules, the four said in unison, "No."

"How about Potions?"

"Yeah."

"That Snape... A poisonous toadstool, I tell you. Even though he's in the O- uh, nevermind," Ron quickly amended. Hermione and Harry, extremely alarmed at the near-slip, looked as if they wanted to murder their carrot-haired friend.

"See ya later, guys," Kuwabara said, waving as Kurama and Thianadel went off in the direction of the Ravenclaw table.

Hiei was nowhere to be seen.

At the Gryffindor table, the four boys gulped down food like air.

"That's just disgusting," Hermione said, turning away from the spectacle to eat with decency.

"Ooshda gnoosta t fter ixyrs!" was Ron's reply. This, translated, meant, 'You should have gotten used to it after six years!'

"It's still disgusting." At least she had gotten used to the secret language that had resulted of the food-cramming.

At the Ravenclaw table, Kurama was ignoring all of the stares he was receiving from various people. Thianadel was trying to concentrate on eating her food, but the pounding in her head was getting too much to bear.

With a slight groan, she put her head on her hand and tried to clear her mind.

"Do you not feel well?" Kurama's query was answered with a slight and painful shake of the girl's head.

"Caffeine withdrawal. Dammit. Where's the SODA?!"

"Ah." Thia raised her head to look suspiciously at Kurama.

"'Ah' what?"

"'Ah' nothing."

"Hmm."

"Does that 'hmm' have a meaning?"

"Yeah. It means that I believe that 'Ah' meant something."

"The 'Ah' meant absolutely nothing, I assure you."

"No, it meant something. Otherwise you wouldn't have said it, now would you?"

"Fine then. The 'Ah' was an exclamation of enlightenment."

"Enlightenment about what, pray tell?"

"Enlightenment on the subject that you are a caffeine addict."

"There you go, I knew that 'Ah' meant something. But it's like pulling teeth with you, Suichi."

"You do realize that we have been talking nonsense for approximately 45 seconds?"

"Yes, quite. And it's really helped."

"Talking nonsense helped the plight of the caffeine withdrawal?"

"You and I know perfectly well that that was all a distraction. If you distract yourself from pain it hardly hurts. Mind over matter. It's very basic and I know that you know it." Thia sat with a satisfied smile on her face and an eyebrow cocked. Kurama laughed.

Responses:

Shadowkitsune I feel so bad for Kurama! I'll admit, the first YYH episode I saw was the one when Kurama helps Yusuke defeat Hiei. I didn't know he was a guy until Botan said, "Settle down now, boys." I'm so ashamed of myself!

Lobs-StAcEy-Ters Thank you-thank you!

xKitsunex 1: ROFL Okay, must stop laughing... That pic's just HILARIOUS! 2:Most of the time when I'm writing about Yusuke and Kuwabara, I just think of what my brothers would do... exasperated sigh and sweat-drop The four of them (Yusuke, Kuwabara, and my bros) are very similar. THANKS!

slave2anime pokes Thia Hey! Didja hear that! You're a "perfect" OC!  Stop poking me! Yes, I noticed the Hufflepuff thing. evil grin

Rose Wow! Lotses 'n lotses of questions! These'll all be answered in good time. Some of them are in this chapter, in fact! And thank you!!!

Author's Notes: Well, I'm a little too giddy for my own good today. (A side-effect of caffeine, sugar, and great reviews.) Yes, I know that this chapter was very irrelevant to the plot... or so it seems. It's really just to show that the Yu Yu gang is really starting to fit in... even if it is just their first day. But what about Hiei? Where in the bloody hell did he run off to??? Thanks to all of my faithful readers!!! If it's not too much trouble, would you drop a line or two in my review box???