DISCLAIMER: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or Harry Potter (though owning Oliver Wood and Kurama sounds pretty nice.)
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Chapter 7: Hiei's Complaints and a Talk
Days passed without very much difference. The key words being 'very' and 'much'. On Friday, after Slytherin had lost a total of 75 points due to his absence, Genkai dragged Hiei into the Great Hall, the latter carrying on even worse than Yusuke had in the same situation.
"LET GO OF ME, YOU HAG! I NEVER WANTED TO BE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE!" rang out across the hall. It was quite unnerving to see Hiei this, well, freaked out.
"FINE!" Genkai let go of his ear. They glared at each other.
"Hiei, calm down. Think this over carefully," Kurama quietly advised, putting a hand on his friend's shoulder. "Don't do anything foolish."
"I'm sick of following that fool's orders. I'm not his lackey," Hiei poisonously retorted, not loud enough for anyone but Kurama to hear. The red-head only sighed, knowing full well that Hiei had Koenma in mind.
"Mr. Urameshi and Mr. Kuwabara, please follow me. Headmaster Dumbledore would like to see you in his office," Professor McGonagall told the two students as they tried to concentrate on doing homework. They, like Ron and Harry, had only succeeded in titling their pieces of parchment and were currently staring at Hermione expectantly. It was almost unsettling how similar the two groups of boys were from the back. Carrot-colored locks and raven-colored locks. One tall and one shorter. One was the hero and the other was his trusted sidekick. And in both pairs, one was a Boy Who Lived.
The two new boys barely even flickered an eyelid, but the other three exchanged glances as if to say, What could they have done in a week? They waited until Yusuke and Kuwabara had gone out of the door before they began to converse.
"Don't you think it's a bit odd?" Hermione asked.
"What? Oh, odd, yeah. Real odd." Ron nodded furiously, tapping the end of his quill on the sheet of parchment.
"You don't even know what I'm taking about. What I meant was, if the boys are from Japan and the girl is from America, how could Genkai have been their master? I doubt that she'd want to fly that often. And I don't think that she's the type of person who Apparates very often."
"I think you're just being too nit-picky," Ron declared. Hermione shot him a death glare.
"No, I think Hermione's onto something, Ron. Their friend, Hiei. Isn't it weird that he got into Slytherin?"
"Oh yeah..."
"And when Harry asked Yusuke about it, he changed the subject, remember?"
"Oh yeah... But still, it doesn't mean that they're all bad, does it? Genkai's in the you-know-what, so her students can't all be bad, can they? Maybe that Hiei fellow's got a hidden agenda or something."
"Well, anyway, we've just got to keep a close eye on them. You never know..."
"Thank you very much for coming," Albus Dumbledore said when Koenma's team had arrived.
"It's not like we had a choice, now was it?" Hiei asked in his usual belligerent manner. Dumbledore only chuckled.
"What is the reason for this meeting? We know what our mission is and it would be ill-advised to call any attention to us." Thianadel's tone was as unemotional as when they Spirit Detective and his group had heard it in Koenma's office. "And forgive my saying so, sir, but that's exactly what your sending has done."
Dumbledore became serious at once. "You need not ask for pardon, Miss Sherwood. I am quite aware of the risks that summoning you could have. However, I am also aware that each of you is especially equipped to handle any of the dangers that might result. My reasoning for calling you all here is simply that I want you to be on high alert. It is unfortunate that at least one of you was not Sorted into each house, and so Hufflepuff is left without a guardian. And though you may be prepared for terrible occurrences, I highly doubt that you know the exact danger of this situation. For the past five years, things have gone from bad to worse and beyond. Two years ago, a student died, and I will admit it to you, I am terrified of what another death might bring. And since Voldemort has been recruiting a large amount different races and beings to his cause, the risk of losing another student has increased greatly. Dementors, wizards, and other beings have been flocking to the Dark Lord to assist him. The alliance of the demons to Voldemort's cause is only the latest news, but certainly not the last news. My only consolation is that he only knows a portion of the prophecy regarding him and Harry Potter."
"That was such a waste of time."
"You said it, Kuwabara," Yusuke grumbled. At least this gave him an excuse not to do his homework.
"What a pathetic human," was Hiei's remark.
"But yet they say he's the only one Voldemort ever feared." Kurama shook his head as though to clear his head.
"That's what it is," Thia whispered.
"Excuse me?" came the sharp rejoinder from the short fire demon.
"There's something wrong with the picture that he gave to us. I'm fairly sure you'll see what it is. He said 'The alliance of the demons to Voldemort's cause...' That's not all that accurate, is it?"
Something clicked in Hiei's brain. "We demons ally ourselves with no one..."
"...unless we are receiving something in return," finished Kurama.
"So this Voldy-guy is buying off demons to work for him. All that's missing is what the bribe is."
"Why can't we ever have a mission that's cut and dry, plain and simple?"
"I hear ya, Kuwabara," Yusuke sighed, and the group split, all heading towards their separate houses.
Author's Notes: As you can see, I'm going by the books' description of Ron and Harry rather than the movies'. Isn't it ironic how Ron and Kuwabara, Harry and Yusuke, and Hermione and Kayko are all so alike? And as you can see, I'm referring to Yusuke as the other Boy Who Lived, though technically he's the Boy-Who-Died-and-Was-Returned-to-Life. Confusing. Aaaaaaanyway... Review, please! Flames are welcomed as well. I store them up to use on a cold winter's day.