DISCLAIMER: I wonder, if I just spontaneously decided not to do these anymore, would someone actually sue me? Ah well. I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho, Harry Potter, or the song Memory. Their respective owners are Yoshihiro Togashi, J. K. Rowling, and Sugarcult.

Location: Anywhere in chapters 10, 11, and 12.

Chapter 08: ...And Satisfaction Brought It Back

Thia was concentrating harder than ever on her schoolwork. In particular, Charms. Her scores in that particular class were all perfect, no matter how hard the work seemed to others in the class.

Kurama had a strange sense of premonition about this. And he was rightfully warned.

"Hey, Suichi, do you have any double A batteries?" she asked one day, eyes wide and innocent.

"No... But what would you need them for?" the red-head asked suspiciously. They wouldn't work in here.

"Oh, nothing, nothing," Thia replied vaguely, and wandered off again.

Several days later, she received an odd-looking parcel via owl, which she quickly stashed in the folds of her robes.

It could be candy or some other thing, her friend tried to reassure himself. He wasn't reassured.

Thia was doing something, a secret project that might bring hope to muggle-born students who were unwilling to relinquish one of the things they had grown to cherish in the muggle realm.

She was trying to charm her CD player. Her new CD player.

So far the results had been disastrous, though thankfully she could always go, "Reparo!" and the confounded thing would fix itself. The real trick had been to find an ideal place to perform this magical endeavor and not get caught by anyone. She'd already attracted the attention of the oh-so-lovely Mrs. Norris and no way was she going to get into trouble with Filch. He seemed like the type of guy that might be a fan of corporal punishment against students. And Thia didn't doubt that the type of corporal punishment that he had in mind by far transcended the punishment outlawed in the United States education system.

Thia managed to find out from Harry and co. about the Room of Requirement. Currently, it was stocked with "How-To..." magic books and an extraordinary amount of tools. Fortunately enough, it also supplied batteries, so that she didn't have to keep asking her Great-Aunt Ceres to send a few packages. The last time, when she'd sent the CD player, Kurama had given her a suspicious look.

The latest results had elicited a frustrated growl from her. She'd almost burned a finger off completely, but had dropped the CD player on the floor at precisely the moment that the acid had eaten through the protective gloves Thia had donned. She was beginning to feel like a mad scientist. Or a mad alchemist. Yes, alchemist sounded much more magic-y.

Thia had been disappearing for the last few days and Kurama wanted to know where she was going. He wasn't being nosy or anything like that. He was just being... concerned. All of the worst-case scenarios had been playing in his head for quite some time and Kurama began to wonder why he was so worried. It wasn't as though there was some kind of underground Satanic cult in Hogwarts... was there? And if there was one and she joined it, then what? What kind of unbelievable rituals would they perform?

And since when did his imagination run away with him?

So the fox thief decided to follow her one day after dinner.

All right, so if I do that... No, it wouldn't work. But maybe if- No, I already did that. Maybe with that charm... Yeah! I think that would be it, 'cause... Ooh, goody!

Thia was so completely absorbed with her musings that she nearly went right past the stretch of wall that was the entranceway to the Room of Requirement. Oh, this brainstorm was going to work!

A tweak here, a tweak there, and then, with trembling fingers, she put on the headphones, adjusted the sound, and (holding her breath) pushed the play button.

"This may never start/ We could fall apart.../ And not be your memory..."

Thianadel Sherwood almost wept with utter joy. She jumped around, laughing at her success and turning up the music until her eardrums threatened to shatter.

So happy was she that she almost didn't see Kurama in the doorway, a neutral look on his face.

"Lost your sense of fear/ Feelings insincere.../ Can I be your memory?"

Almost.

"So this is where you've been," he said quietly as Thia pushed the earphones down to her neck.

"Uh. Yeah. I did it, Kurama! I finally figured out a way to make the CD player work and not go up in a puff of smoke!" The said male couldn't help but smile at his friend's exuberant comments.

"So get back, back, back to where we lasted/ Just like I imagined/ I could never feel this way..."

"How many times have you hurt yourself, though?" Like you did that first time?

"Absolutely none," was her too-fast answer. Since when is he a worrier?

"So get back, back, back to the disaster/ My heart's beating faster/ Holding on to feel the same..."

They were smiling like maniacs, one set of emerald eyes looking into another set of muddy green ones. Thia's grip on the silver disc player intensified as it became increasingly harder for her to remember to breathe.

"This may never start/ I'll tear us apart.../ Can I be your enemy?"

"Would you explain the process to me?" Kurama asked.

Meanwhile, Thia had completely frozen, trying to gather up the scattered disarray that was her mind.

"Losing half a year/ Waiting for you here.../ Can I be your anything?"

"Um. Okay. Weird. I can't remember it anymore," she confessed, though her eyes never left Kurama's.

"It's all right. I'm sure you'll remember it in time."

"Yeah, sure. So, should we go back to the dorms?" Thia asked quietly, when she'd finally been able to wrench her gaze from his.

He nodded, the smile lingering at the corner of his mouth, and together they departed.

Responses:

KuramaIsFine, samuraiduck27, HarmonyHanyou—WHEE! (Ali, if you ever read this, I know you're thinking of squirrels.) Thanks so much for reviewing! (Sorry if I'm getting a little repetitive- can I help it?)

Shadow Fox777—Bobby: Yeah, I'm totally into music, too... And 'normal' is completely boring, isn't it? Thank you for reviewing!

Shessha's Crazy—lol, well, have fun with Yoko!

DarkWarLordofDoomness—Um, okay, from what I understand, a person can subscribe to the C2 or be a part of the staff. To subscribe, you just have to access my profile and then click C2 Communities. It'll show the C2 name ('Of Wands and Spirit Guns'), which you click. There's a description of what it's about, which fanfics are currently stored there, etc. The subscribe option is right next to the C2 ID. But to be a part of the staff, it's a completely different thing that's a little more complicated. Anyway... Thanks for reviewing!

poltergeist report 101—I'm sorry if I'm overdoing the fluff! Bobby: I tell her not to, and I tell her not to use big words, but she NEVER LISTENS! And I hate it when r.i.p. tries to make me act like a girl. She's so creepy and... girly. I am NOT! Don't listen to her. Thanks for reviewing!!!

Author's Note: Ooh, I just love that song. Here's a question that I want to know the answer to: Where is Mr. Norris if the missus is with Filchy-baby? Was it some kind of secret love affair wherein Mrs. Norris left her husband to pursue a janitorial job with Mr. Filch? Or was it that a young Mr. Norris and Miss Filch eloped, and when the newly Mrs. Norris's parents found out, the mother enchanted her into the cat form and her father took her far, far away from her love? Or was it a curse that was placed upon Mr. and Mrs. Norris in which she was turned into a cat and he was forced to flee with her, change his name to Filch, and forevermore torture Hogwarts students with his ridiculous rules? I truly wonder.

And any true Sugarcult fans will notice that Memory is numero tres on the CD, so it wouldn't be the song that starts to play if Thia just only pressed the play button. And I have no explanation for this freakish occurrence. Oh, and I have a feeling that the reparo thing is only for shattered objects, but... ::shrug:: ...Bobby, the evil bitch she is, doesn't feel like looking it up.