DISCLAIMER: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or Harry Potter. However, when I take over the world, I will immediately sieze the rights to both of these. Oh, and I don't own Linkin Park's Crawling. Like I said, that's Linkin Park, dude.

Chapter 15: Pansy's Revenge, Bets, and Broken Noses

Ron, Hermione, and Harry dragged themselves into the dormitory. Literally. They were so worn out that they could no longer lift their feet up properly, and so had to pull their feet along.

Who knew concentrating could be this tiring?

That's basically what it was. Genkai had told them to concentrate on gathering their energy to one particular place. She had decided that Yusuke would be a good example for them to follow (what an odd thought! Yusuke- a good example?) and had told him to create a Spirit Gun blast just small enough to give them an idea of what they were supposed to be doing. Surprisingly enough, he had complied, almost eagerly. The effortless demonstration that he had provided caused the three others to grow only more enthusiastic about what they were about to learn.

Effortless. Yeah. They should've figured that since Yusuke had been doing this for a longer time than they, it would be effortless for him. For them... not so. Extreme concentration had been needed for them to even feel out the energy that ran throughout them. And then they had had to gather it up and summon it to the palm of their hands. It took an hour and a half for them to even get a faint shimmer of energy to appear, and that was only Hermione, who undoubtedly had the best concentration of the three. And that shimmer disappeared the instant that Kuwabara snored and yelled out, "Another beer for the kitty, Sis," scaring the three Hogwarts students out of their socks.

"I don't want to know," Yusuke said, shaking his head.

"All right then, I suppose we'll continue this another time. Practice this, but only when you're alone, got it?" was Genkai's warning right before they trudged out of the Room of the Requirement.

Presently, Harry, who was seated in one of the couches in the common room (which was not fully devoid of students) asked, "What time is it?"

To which Ron wearily responded, "Late," and promptly dropped off.

"Where have you guys been?" asked Ginny Weasley, noting her sleeping brother as she finished off her homework.

"Detention. Genkai." It was close enough to the truth, Harry decided. She had brought them in for "detention" and even though she had excused them from it, they had stayed for it. Sort of.

"She's an okay one. At least she does practical stuff along with all of the lectures. She's better than Umbridge. Though, I hear her detentions are a horror. All physical work." Ginny turned expectantly to Harry. Sleeping.

"Boys," she muttered to Hermione. Who, she realized, was also asleep, her head resting on Ron's shoulder. Ginny rolled her eyes and went up to her dorm.

The next day, a particularly loud crash of thunder brought Thia back to reality with a jump and a bang. A bang into Pansy Parkinson, that is.

"Oh, sorry," Thia murmured, and was about to drift back into Daydream Land when Pansy decided that she wasn't going to let this one slide. And as she was taller and a bit thicker than the youner girl, Pansy easily determined that she had the advantage. Well, that and the fact that Millicent Bulstrode was about as eager as she was for the revenge that had been inevitably coming for Thianadel Sherwood ever since Christmas. The mistletoe incident had certainly not been forgotten.

"Sorry-" here Pansy shoved at Thia's shoulder, making the girl stumble back a step or two, "-just isn't enough, Sherwood."

'...There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface/ Consuming... confusing...'

"It damn well is," was the quiet reply from the victim.

'...This lack of self-control I fear is neverending/ Controlling... I can't seem...'

"It's not-" another shove, "-if I say it's not, all right?" The bully sneered at Thia, whose eyes lost their dreamy touch and became cold.

'...To find myself again/ My walls are closing in...'

"Don't you dare touch me again," she said, her voice imparting all of the disgust that she felt towards Pansy.

'...I've felt this way before/ So insecure...'

The said individual didn't get the point and instead flew into a rage.

"How dare you say that to me, you filthy Mudblood!" she shrieked, and flew at Thia.

'...Crawling in my skin/ These wounds they will not heal...'

"Cat fight!" someone in the hall yelled at the top of his lungs, and like moths to a flame the people gathered to the skirmish. Including, naturally, Yusuke and Kuwabara, both disgruntled that there weren't any real fights going on.

"Hey Urameshi, isn't that Thia?"

"Uh, yeah, Kuwabara."

"Well, I mean, she just got out of the hospital wing, dontcha think we should break them up or somethin'?"

Yusuke shrugged, saying, "She can handle herself. I mean, she got Hiei to smirk and she beat you up, that's gotta be worth something. Hey, I'll bet you five Galleons that Thia wins."

"Ten and you've got yourself a bet," a Hufflepuff said from behind them. "Let's face it here, Sherwood's too skinny and girly."

"You're on!" Yusuke crowed.

"Fifteen that the friend joins in, Thia still wins, and Suichi blames us for not stepping in when he hears about this."

"Hiei?! You actually have fifteen Galleons?!"

Meanwhile, in the actual fight, Pansy kept on lunging at Thia, who kept on slipping to the side at the very last minute. And then Pansy gave the Sign- a stamp of her foot onto the marble floor- and Millicent came up behind her victim.

'...Fear is how I fall/ Confusing what is real...'

Hiei held out his palm to both Yusuke and the Hufflepuff.

Somehow, Thia managed to disentangle herself from one of her attackers, though not after receiving a bruise on her cheekbone.

'...Discomfort endlessly has pulled itself upon me/ Distracting... reacting...'

And then she found an opening to trip Pansy, and took that opportunity, sending the girl flying into the crowd, who, in turn, parted, so that she fell flat on her face with a nasty-sounding crack.

'...Against my will I stand beside my own reflection/ It's haunting/ How I can't seem...'

Millicent, confident that Pansy's defeat was simply a fluke, rounded upon the younger girl.

"You stole Suichi from us!" was the pronouncement that she made, and attacked. Thia made a sound of disbelief in her throat.

'...To find myself again/ My walls are closing in...'

A right hook was heading towards Thia, but she knocked it aside easily and slammed her own fist into Millicent's stomach with all of the strength she had, causing the other girl to double over onto her knees.

'...I've felt this way before/ So insecure...'

The Hufflepuff reluctantly handed both Yusuke and Hiei 'I-O-U' notes reading, I O U 10 G. -Owen Cauldwell

"What is going on?" Professor Snape asked coldly, and scattered the crowd. It was then that he received a rather large shock- two of the burliest and surliest girls from the Slytherin house were on the ground, clutching at various parts of their anatomy, beaten by a smaller and thinner Ravenclaw.

"That is what I would like to know," McGonagall said from his right, looking oggle-eyed at the three girls.

Kurama sighed heavily as he, Thia, Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Hiei sat at a table in the library. The area beneath the girl's eye was starting to turn a purple color. Outside it was pouring rain, lightning flashing across the sky every so often and thunder booming.

"Mr. Hiei, take your feet off of the table!" Madam Pince scolded as she walked by them. When he bared his teeth at her, he was given a glare or two from his own table.

"Why did you not step in, Yusuke and Kuwabara?" asked Kurama quietly.

"Erm..." Beneath the table, Yusuke handed Hiei the other five coins. " 'Cause."

Thia clapped heartily and said, "Good answer! Good answer, Yusuke!" Madam Pince glared in their direction once more.

"Hey, why don't you go to Madam Pomfrey or something?" was the retort.

"Uh... because Pansy broke her nose in that fall."

The others wore completely confused looks on their faces.

"And therefore she might still be in the infirmary," she continued slowly.

The looks of confusion quickly became looks of disbelief.

"You're not afraid of Pansy, are you?!" Kuwabara sputtered incredulously.

"What?! No! I just don't want to have to break her nose again. Too much work for Madam Pomfrey," the girl said, and smiled widely.

Author's Notes: Anyone who's familiar with 'Crawling' will notice that I didn't include the part where that other guy says something about 'something-sense and confidence...' Ah well. Review, please!!!

Responses:

YYH-Yu-Yu-Hakusho-Fan Yay! Fave Story list is great!!! Thank you!! On yaoi: shrugs I really don't have a fixed opinion on it. Sometimes I find it as sweet as any "regular" pairing, but sometimes it's just not to my taste. That's probably a little vague, but it's what I feel. another shrug

Lobs-StAcEy-Ters No, no, don't worry! After all, Genkai only said that they had "pretty high quantaties" of Spirit Energy. The HP gang aren't quite up to the standard of the YYH crew.

Falcon-Sama More revenge on Malfoy? cackles menacingly I'll toy with the idea of it.

EverKitsune Well, I sincerely hope that you survive vacation, whenever you have to go!

Meghann [xKitsunex] slaps head Thanks for pointing that out! I completely missed that mistake... Wow, my head's been in the clouds lately! I get confused about how to spell Kurama's human first name, too. There are about six different spellings that I've seen. And about Mr. Monkey: If my mother hadn't been using it, I would've certainly chased him around with a knife.

Fleetgoddess14, shadowkitsune, Slave2anime, and Mike the Great Thanks for reviewing!

Rose Hmm, for me the Room of Requirement would have... lots and lots of fantasy books, manga, and anime, CDs, a crazy amount of sugar and caffeine, and stuff to write with/on! ...evil laughter Revenge upon Mr. Monkey... My favorite X-Men comic sequence-storyline thingies are New X-Men and the newer Uncanny X-Men.