KoorimeHiei here! Oh, yeah! Another chapter!
Hiei: BOO!!!! This story stinks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KH: Thank you reviewers! This is the most I have ever had in this many chapters. I am putting up a goal of at least one hundred reviews before halfway! Please let me reach this goal! Or at least up to over fifty. Either one will make me happy! Well on with the story!
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Chapter Four-The Sorting
Kurama's POV
"So what is going on?" Hiei asked after McGonagall left. I frowned as I realized Hiei didn't pay attention.
"We wait here for her to call us. Then we walk in and get sorted into our houses. Have a problem with paying attention here?" I asked the demon. He looked up to me and grunted. That was when the door opened. The other first years began to walk in and we followed. I seemed way out of place for I was taller then these kids, while Hiei was just their height. With my fox ears I could hear whispers about us.
"WOW that one there is a hottie!"
"Are you gay? That is a guy!" (A/N: I HATE YAOI! SO, THERE IS NONE HERE. Don't worry; I just wanted some people to think that on first impression.)
"What? He is to tall to be a first year."
"I think he is gay."
"Yeah right."
"Look at the other first year next to him! The two look inseparable!"
"Your right!"
I laughed slightly at the kids and then looked forward again. Hiei glanced up once in awhile to look at my reaction to all this but I gave out no emotion. Hiei would snort and look forward again and I would giggle slightly but stop when he looked over to me.
"Adams, Aaron!" Professor McGonagall called. A small boy walked up and sat on the seat to have an old hat placed on his head.
"HUFFLEPUFF!!!" Shouted the hat. The hall busted with applause as the boy stepped down and headed to the Hufflepuff table. The Sorting continued like this till it was only Hiei and myself left standing. People began to whisper as Dumbledore, I heard, stood up and looked around. The hall silenced when Dumbledore held a hand up.
"As you can all see, the sorting is not over! But I must tell you all now; these two gentlemen are not first years at all. Though it is their first year here, they are to be considered sixth years as of now. Since they haven't been sorted, lets gets this done with then more announcements," Dumbledore said as he turned and sat down handing the floor back to McGonagall.
"Jaganshi, Hiei," McGonagall called. Hiei frowned and walked up. He sat down under the hat and waited.
HIEI'S POV (A/N: This will be the only times I think I will switch POV in a chapter.)
"Ah, all mighty one here. But vicious," I heard someone or thing say. I flicked my eyes around trying to find out who was in my head then noticed a prodding feeling.
'Who are you?' I thought. Something chuckled but it was in my head and not through my ears. I frowned as I noticed it was the hat.
"I am the sorting hat and I am here to sort you. You happen to have many talents of each house. You will do great in both Slitheran and Gryffindor. But, which to put you in? NON WIZARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!" the hat shouted in my head. At least I thought alone in my head. But then I noticed the eyes in the hall open wide. "I have only sorted about one or two of your kind. No wonder the ghosts went missing."
I blushed at the thought of ghosts fearing Kurama and myself. I hoped he wouldn't reveal anything else.
"Don't worry. One of the professors would have erased that memory from all unless they have seen your demon form or you told them flat out. So no one remembers. I must say, I can't choose between Gryffindor and Slitheran!" the hat cried in frustration.
'I don't care. How about Gryffindor?' I asked the hat.
"GRYFFINDOR!!!!!!!!!" Shouted the hat. I frowned as I looked over to the Slitheran table. Why did I say Gryffindor instead of Slitheran? I walked down past Kurama and next to Harry. Harry looked at me and smiled. I wondered if he remembered. I hoped not. But then I remembered I told him and Harry about me being a demon. 'Dame game.'
KURAMA'S POV
"Minamino, Shuuichi," called McGonagall. I slowly walked up as I remembered Hiei's incident with the hat-shouting non-wizard. I sat on the stool and prayed in my head for no similar incident.
"Don't worry. No one remembers Fox. So another demon in the same ye... Not another!" called a voice.
'Not another what?' I thought.
"Demon, what is it with you? The two of you have traits meant for all houses...."
'JUST PUT ME IN SLYTHERAN!' I said firmly.
"Why?"
'Because that house fits me more than anything else. I have been a demon for thousands of years.'
"So, what does that have to do with now?"
'Uh............'
"GRYFFINDOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The hat screamed. I almost feel over backward at the sound and surprise. Lucky for me, I didn't and slowly walked over to Harry and Hiei. Once seated Dumbledore stood back up and began a speech.
"My dear Witches and Wizards. It is another year here at Hogwarts and we are glad to have you back. If you haven't noticed already there are no ghosts around. They have fled for they fear two to three demons have entered this school. I believe they are wrong and had to replace not only Defense Against Dark Arts but History also. I would like you all to welcome back Professor Lupin who shall be teaching History with his friend Professor Black!" Dumbledore cried as the hall erupted into more applause and whispers about the three demons. Dumbledore put his hands up and the hall was silent. "Now we have a new member to our teaching team all together. Please give him a warm Hogwarts welcome: Professor Kuroune! (A/N: Thank you for the spelling change! Sorry couldn't get into reviews last time. I will be sure to go back and fix my old chapters later to make this a finale story.) He shall be teaching Defense Against Dark Arts with possible help from a few students. Though he hasn't released the names yet."
I listened in a little longer on Dumbledore's speech then sort of searched around the hall looking at different things. Mostly I noticed about three hundred different cracks that were large enough to put a vine through and let it grow big. Just one lone vine could destroy the entire castle. I best make sure to have the vines, that fit through every crack, only work/or be handled by me.
"Food," I heard someone whisper. I looked down and saw Hiei looking up at me. I smiled and began to eat. Hiei grabbed and assortment of food and I watched as Harry went to try some very gross meat.
"Harry, have you ever had cat meat?" I asked. Harry looked up to me and I continued to eat.
"WHAT?" Harry said as he dropped the meat. Then I noticed Ron spit out something. Hiei smirked and turned to grab some more cat meat. Both Harry and Ron stuck their tongues out in disgust and watched as Hiei ate the rest. I simply laughed. After dinner Hermione and Ron showed the first years, Hiei and myself to the Gryffindor common room. Once there Harry and Ron brought Hiei and myself up to the sixth year rooms.
"So, everything going good?" Ron asked us. I looked around and noticed a fifth guy was supposed to be in the room with us.
"Who is the fifth guy?" Hiei asked pointing to the last bed.
"Oh, it's just us. No one else," Harry said. Good, I thought to myself. With that I dug through my hair and found a rose seed. With that I grew it and brought it over to the window. I began to grow it into a vine. Before I lost conciseness from around me I heard Hiei tell Harry and Ron to leave me alone. With that I concentrated on getting this one vine to grow all around the school and fit in every crack. It took me about an hour or two before I was finally done. I came out to notice Harry and Ron were sleeping and Hiei was nowhere to be found.
"I check out the security with Kuroune. WE found many problems and also found your plants laying around," Hiei said scaring me half to death.
"DON'T DO THAT HIEI!" I snapped at the small demon. He smiled and looked at the red rose growing out of the window. "By the way, that was one plant around the entire school. While doing it I checked everywhere and also found loads of problems with the security."
"Hn," was Hiei's response. I smiled and flopped down on my bed and thought of Nikki. 'I have got to send her a letter.' I thought.
"So what now?" I asked myself quietly as I fell asleep for the night. As I did so, I could feel Hiei hovering over me, smiling. It wasn't till early morning that I woke and sat up. I turned and found Hiei looking out the window. I smiled and got out of bed. I walked up to Hiei's side. There we both watched as the sun rose and send an eerie glow on the clouds. I smiled at my small thought and looked over to Hiei. His eyes looked bloodshot. I looked to the ground and swore I saw black gems before I felt a small wind. "Don't want your secret out?"
"Hn, baka fox," was the small koorime's answer. I laughed and walked to the bathroom to get ready for the day. I washed up and soon was ready to go. Hiei on the other hand... Well, must I comment? He looked like a small house elf. I laughed slightly at the thought. "What are you laughing at fox?"
"A thought I had. Now go wash up," I stated simply and shoved him into the bathroom. About five minutes later Hiei walked out. "Good, lets go eat!"
With that Hiei and I walked out of the room and into the common room where kids were talking and entering and/or leaving. Hiei waved to Yara and she joined us. I looked at her closely and saw Kiki was draped over her shoulders. I smiled and looked around for Kuraro. I smiled for, if on cue, the small sliver fox walked over to me. I help Kuraro onto my shoulders and turned to Hiei. Hiei turned to me and his scarf bulged slightly as Yakima moved underneath it. The three... I mean six, of us headed out to the Great Hall. Once there we meet up with Harry, Ron and Hermione.
"So, do you have your schedule?" Ron asked us as we sat down.
"Not yet..." I began but was stopped when slips of papers appeared in front of Hiei, Yara and myself. I picked it up and looked at it.
Potions- Professor Snape
Potions- Professor Snape
Transfiguration- Professor McGonagall
History- Professor Lupin and Professor Black
Defense Against Dark Arts- Professor Kuroune, Professor Minamino, and Professor Jaganshi
Defense Against Dark Arts- Professor Kuroune, Professor Minamino, and Professor Jaganshi
Herbology- Professor Sprout
"Oh, 'Potions' with Professor Snape twice. WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!" I screeched as I saw my name with Kuroune's. I turned and looked up to the Professor's table. There was Kuroune watching Hiei and myself. I growled lightly at him and looked back down to my schedule.
"Oh, yeah. I was going to ask you about that," Hermione said as she looked down at her schedule. I frowned and looked back up to Kuroune. I turned around the Great Hall and saw that we were just about the only people there. I stood and stormed over to Kuroune with Hiei at my side.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS FOR!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?" I roared. Kuroune smiled in response. Hiei growled and went to lunge forward when I stopped him.
"I can choose who I want to be my helpers in each class. You two happen to be two I choose. I am sorry but... I need you to help. I will explain later. Now, I think you should head to your first class," Kuroune said as Snape got up from the table. I frowned and turned to Hiei. Hiei frowned back and the two of us headed out. Harry, Hermione and Ron were right behind us.
"So what are you guys doing?" Ron asked.
"Going to class," Hiei mumbled. It ended up that we all went to class together and sat next to each other. First thing we had to do was make a potion correctly. The potion was called Shade's Fury. The ingredients were as following:
1 dragons belly scale
2 werewolf teeth
1 quart of melted yeti's breathe frost
1/3 cup vampires wasted blood
4 devil's snare leaves
The order to do everything was up on the board. I read it and looked down at my ingredients. So I first soak leaves in the blood until soggy. Then stick the leaves onto the scale, and pour frost onto the items; within one hour's time the scale and leaves should have disintegrated into a fine powder. Melt powder into liquid, and pour into vials. After I finished reading I wondered what the werewolf teeth were for. SO I raised my hand to ask Professor Snape.
"Yes Mr. Minamino?" Snape growled to me.
"What are the werewolf teeth for when they aren't included in the potion?" I asked. Snape glared at me. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Harry, Ron and Hermione shaking their heads as if I did something wrong.
"Did you not do your summer homework?" Snape growled/
"No sir, because this is my first year here," I explained. Snape's eyes narrowed as he glared harder at me. At this point I was beginning to not like Professor Snape very much and felt the feeling was mutual.
"Oh, well can someone who DID the homework explain it to Mr. Minamino here?" Snape asked as his eyes scanned the room. Hermione's hand shot up in a second. I smiled and waited for Snape to call on her but he didn't. "Mr. Jaganshi. Why don't you tell him?"
"I can't sir. For I also am in my first year here," Hiei said as politely as he could muster. I looked to the koorime in shock. He was never that nice to anyone. Well maybe Yara and me, but anyone else, no.
"Ah. MRS. GRANGER PUT YOUR HAND DOWN! I WILL NOT CALL ON YOU!" Snape roared. Hermione slowly dropped her hand. "The three of you are Gryffindors correct?" We shook our heads yes. "Then thirty points from Gryffindor."
"WHAT?" cried Harry, Hermione and myself.
"T-H-I-R-T-Y P-O-I-N-T-S F-R-O-M G-R-Y-F-F-I-N-D-E-R!" Snape roared.
"You can't do that sir!" I cried. Snape turned on me.
"Five more points for back talk!" Snape said with an evil smile. That was when I got his game. If I argued more points would be taken away. But if I agreed with his demands. Then non might be added.
"Yes sir," I said and looked down. Snape stared at the top of my head in horror. 'From what Hiei whispered.' Slowly I looked back up and watched as Snape tried to gain his composure back. I smirked at it and began my assignment. Hiei continued as did everyone else and soon I heard an explosion from next to me. I looked over and saw Hiei sitting there with his hair plastered backward and black char sitting on his face and hair. Suddenly his hair popped back up and forced the black powered forward right at Snape. I laughed slightly at the look and went to help.
"FIFTY POINTS FROM GRYFFINDER!" Snape roared. I turned and saw that the ash had hit Snape's face and now his looked like Hiei's. I smiled and added a little something to Hiei's potion and fixed the dark pink color. Hiei mumbled a thanks to me and we continued on with our potion.
"Twenty more potions from Gryffindor for the explosion!" Snape cried. I knew he was trying to get on Hiei's and my nerves but we ignored it. Other Gryffindors on the other hand became extremely upset. Making our house lose about twenty more potions. Once done everyone's potion had a forest green look to it. Well all but some Slytherans. By the end of class the Gryffindors had lost one hundred and five points. Sadly Snape asked Hiei and myself to stay after class. We waited.
"WHY DID YOU NOT ARGUE BACK?" Snape roared.
"IF we did, you would only take more points away," I said. Snape turned and glared at me.
"Oh. You may go now. Don't do it again!" Snape said. Hiei and I got up and rushed out of the room. There we almost ran over Yara, Harry, Ron and Hermione.
"Uh... W... We were uh..." Hermione stammered.
"Waiting for you guys!" Harry finished for her. Hermione sighed and gave Harry a look of thanks.
"We have to go to Transfiguration next," I said. They all looked on their schudale. It ended up that once compaired with each other it was found we were all in the same classes.
"What a coincidence. All the same classes," Hermione said. She then looked down at a watch she held on her wrist. "WE'RE GONNA BE LATE!"
After Hermione's outburst, we ran as fast as we could up to the Transfiguration class room. We made it just in time. I looked around for a teacher but found no one. On the teachers desk was a cat. I frowned and took a seat next to Hiei and behind Harry and Ron. Hermione and Yara sat behind us. I looked up and watched in shock as slowly the cat changed to a human female.
"Wow," I heard Hiei whisper next to me.
"Hello, class," The female said.
"Hello Professor McGonagall," The class chorused. McGonagall smiled and turned to her board. Suddenly notes appeared on it and everyone began to take out notebooks and pens. I joined them and watched as Hiei glared at the board. "Once you finish taking notes put your pens down."
It took about five minutes before everyone was done. McGonagall then walked over to the board and changed the notes. But when the kids went to write she stopped them.
"Today, we are going to try and change your pens into a young fox," McGonagall said. I frowned as I remembered that most young foxes would choose the first thing they see as a parent. Once that happens., nothing can get them away or change them. Like if a kid tries to change it back. It won't work till it is older. I was hoping then that McGonagall would know that. "I must warn you though. If you do succeed then make sure the young fox sees nothing and change it back. For some young foxes choose a parent on sight and if it chooses you... Well your next assignment would be to take care of it because they will be immune to magic till they are older. So be quick!"
McGonagall signaled for everyone to start and soon the classroom was filled with different voices. I smiled as I looked at my pen. 'I wanted to take care of a fox. Yet I sort of didn't. Should I make the fox then destroy it? No, I'll keep it. I'll make sure it sees me first. I can't destroy an animal.' I thought to myself as I transformed my pen. The fox turned out to be sliver with a mix of red in it. I frowned slightly and waited for it to look up. Once it did the eyes stopped on me. They stared at me with emotion covering each end. That was when McGonagall came up.
"Class, we have our first Fox father," she said. The entire class looked at me and my new fox. At this point it was leaning up against me and barking slightly. The class watched as the fox kit puckered up to me. "So will you take good care of it Mr. Minamino?"
"Yes, I will Professor McGonagall," I said as I reached over and pet my new fox-kit. McGonagall laughed and walked over to her desk. I looked up to see her bringing back a large pile of papers.
"This explains how to take care of a fox. Read it and follow the directions carefully or you will get a zero on this project," McGonagall told me as the class went back to transforming their pens. About ten minutes later the class was over. I looked down to my schedule. 'History. Good.'
"On to History! With Lupin and Sirius! Yeah!" Ron cried as he rushed out the door. Harry was extremely close behind. Soon we all made it to History and got the first row, right near the two teachers. Sirius walked right up to Harry and the two hugged for a second.
"Hey, how's it going?" Sirius asked us.
"Ok, till now! This is great!" Harry cried with excitement. Sirius laughed. It wasn't long before class started and once it did. It was fun. Lupin and Sirius had kids act out scenes from the past. The class stayed wide awake and was really good with cooperation. If Lupin asked for a volunteer. Every hand was raised. According to Harry, it is the first time in years that everyone in the class stayed awake through the entire period. At about ten minutes left of class, Lupin handed out a quiz. Everyone moaned but took it. We all finished it in at least five minutes and waited for the two to correct it. Once done Lupin had Sirius tell the class the grade.
"This is easy. There is only one grade for the entire class. Meaning either you all failed or all passed. Well, everyone got one hundreds!" Sirius said then the room busted with applause. Chatter ran through the class like a wildfire on dry wood. We waited for about three more minutes before on to the next class. I looked down to my schedule and groaned. I have to teach with Kuroune.
"Hey, now you guys get to be the teachers!" Yara said as we walked up to the Defense Against Dark Arts room. We entered to find a thin cloud of mist laid around the room. It was encased in black. "Eerie."
'You could say that again.' I thought as I studied the room. No exits other than the door. 'If there was a fire no one would be able to get out!' I thought when I heard a voice beckon us in.
"Come in. I don't bite," called the voice. We looked at each other and reluctantly walked into the room. Once in we took a seat. Others soon wandered in an also sat. Once every chair was full the mist died down and reviled Kuroune. I shook my head at his grand entrance.
"Show off," I muttered.
"Minamino, Jaganshi! In my office!" Kuroune snapped reeling me out of my thoughts. I got up along with Hiei and walked over to Kuroune's new office. We waited for a minute. Through the door I could just hear Kuroune tell the class what to do in our absence. Then he walked in.
"Why are we here?" Hiei growled deeply. Kuroune looked up to Hiei.
"I want to teach these kids how to use their Spirit Energy," Kuroune said. I shifted in my seat.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"I want you to do some of your attacks. They will call it wand-less magic and not believe. But I want you to show it is real then help me teach them how to make a Spirit Shield," Kuroune explained.
"And we want to do that because?" Hiei asked.
"When in a battle, if anyone is around we won't have to worry about them. No one can fight to their true potential if they are worried about others. If they had the ability to produce a Spirit Shield then it is one less thing we have to worry about," Kuroune said. I frowned.
"So what if they die?" Hiei grumbled. Kuroune's head dropped to the floor.
"My life is on the line," he whispered. Hiei's and my head shot up like lightning.
"NANI?" we asked. Kuroune looked up to us.
"If this mission fails then I die and never get the chance to come back to life. But if we succeed then I get to live as long as any other youkai. So I want to make this as easy for us as possible. Youko, Hiei please help me!" Kuroune said. I shuddered when he said Youko and looked to Hiei.
"So all we have to do is show off?" I asked as I noticed Hiei might have insulted Kuroune. Hiei turned and glared at me as Kuroune answered.
"Yes, exactly!" Kuroune said. He was really eager.
"Fine," Hiei and I said in unison.
"GREAT! Oh and Dumbledore will be watching. If the class learns how to do this then we have to teach the entire school. And if we can do that Dumbledore will think about making an after school class were the students and teachers can learn more," Kuroune said as he headed for the door. That was when a thought hit me.
"Why isn't Youka involved?" I asked. Kuroune turned and looked at me.
"What? Youka is here?" Kuroune asked. I shook my head yes.
"She is Yara," I said. Kuroune looked at me harder then turned back to the door and opened it. I watched as he stared in the direction of Yara. He then popped his head back in and I swore I saw lust for her fill his eyes. That was when I remembered Kuroune's confession. It was just before the last theft we ever did with each other. I turned to Hiei to see his reaction.
"She's mine," Hiei growled lightly. I then knew Hiei saw the lust also. I frowned at his reply though. Kuroune's eyes slowly locked onto Hiei's and both narrowed.
"What did you say?" Kuroune asked lightly yet deadly.
"Yara is mine," Hiei stated simply. I frowned and watched the two. Hiei glared at the half dead demon. I frowned as I noticed where the conversation was leading to.
"I have known her longer!"
"She has loved me ever since she first saw me!"
"She loved me before she even saw me!"
"How is that possible?"
"Youko told her all about me. That is how she fell in love with me."
"Then why isn't she hanging all over you?"
"........."
"Ha!"
"Why isn't she all over you?"
"... She doesn't want these kids to know about us!"
"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr."
"What?"
"I growled at you!"
"Jerk."
"Loser!"
"Asshole!"
"Dead demon!"
"STOP!" I shouted. The two turned to me. "I think we should just go out there and teach these kids about Spirit magic."
The two agreed and soon we were off. Out side of the office was the chatter of students. They were talking about how stupid the book was for saying that there was such a thing as 'Spirit magic.'
"QUIET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kuroune shouted. The class stopped talking and turned to Kuroune. "Now you have all read that passage I assigned right?"
"Yes, Professor," The class echoed. Kuroune smiled.
"Any questions?" he asked. About every hand raised. Kuroune frowned and asked Hermione first.
"I must ask, do you really believe in this wand-less magic?" she asked.
"Yes, in fact I do some myself," Kuroune answered. Hands went back up. Kuroune pointed over to a young blond haired boy.
"How does this wand-less magic work?" the boy asked. Kuroune frowned again and turned to look at Dumbledore.
"If you read the reading then you would know. The reading tells you everything. Now if that is all I suggest we get started with some demonstrations. Kurama, Hiei," Kuroune said as he backed away. Hiei had agreed to go first by mostly filling the room with his ki and then creating the Sword of the Darkness Flame. I watched as Hiei calmly explained what he was going to do. After a few seconds I felt Hiei's ki rise and then the room began to get hotter with each passing second. Soon it felt like a sauna.
"Hiei," I muttered out silently. Hiei turned and then understood that he should stop. He did and brought his ki back. The room cooled down right away. Hiei then took out his katana and began to create the Sword of the Darkness Flame. Once Hiei chopped a desk in half some kids began to believe in wand-less magic. Hiei walked next to me and slowly began to talk.
"Don't mess this up kitsune. We need this," he told me. I smiled sweetly and walked up in front of the class. I quickly scanned a reading placed open on Yara's desk and began my demonstration.
"As you all read, people have spirit energy. No matter what race they are. Anyone can use this energy but it takes a lot of control. It needs perfect concentration. If you lose the concentration, you might have the energy attack you or disappear all together. No matter what happens anyone can get in control of their energy. Each person also has a different element for their energy. Hiei's happens to be fire. Mine is plants, Kuroune's is dark energy, and Yara's is also plants. But then some never find their element. For example, two of my friends. They use their energy as weapons. But your spirit energy can also form a shield, let others know where you are, keep you dry in the rain, make a plant like shelter, and more. I will be showing you what I can do with my energy. First I will show one of my weapons then I will hand a surprise to every girl in the class room. Well let me get started," I said. I dug my hand into my red hair and felt around for a rose. Once I found one I took it out. Some people laughed while others began asking how that simple rose could turn into a weapon. I smiled. "ROSE WHIP!"
The rose grew into a simple long green whip. Thorns stuck out everywhere at different angles and made the whip a perfect cutting tool. I heard oohs and aahs from the crowd and smiled. I swung the whip around a little and brought it around for people to see that it was not a illusion. Just with that I had half the class believing. Kuroune smiled at my progress and waited for e to continue. That was when I walked up to Hermione.
"Mrs. What is your favorite flower or plant?" I asked her. Hermione smiled.
"Jasmine," she said simply. I frowned at her tough chouse but reached for a jasmine seed which I always kept in my shirt pockets. I took the seed out and let her examine it. Once she was done I grew it into a white jasmine and watched carefully as it bloomed for jasmines were the toughest plants to grow. They usually bloom at a certain time and die if they bloom to fast or stay in a blooming stat for to long. Lucky for me, I got it right on the first try. I walked up to the next girl.
"I like the yellow roses!" she told me. I smiled and grabbed a rose seed. I grew it and we watched as it began to bloom red. I frowned slightly and began to think yellow. Everyone watched in surprise as the red changed to a bright yellow and still bloom at the same time. I carefully handed it to her but stopped when I saw the thorns.
"Do you want thorns on it?" I asked her. She shook her head no so I sat and forced the thorns back into the plant. Everyone gasped lightly as I got up. "This is the only way to get a thorn less rose. Pretty neat huh?"
I walked up to the next girl who asked for a daisy. I smiled and grew her a big white daisy with pink lining. She smiled and gladly accepted the flower. I then turned to see the next girl was Yara. I smiled and walked over to her while growing a huge bouquet of flowers. Mostly they were red roses but it didn't matter to her. She gladly accepted the bouquet and kissed me lightly on the cheek. I smiled and walked onto the next girl.
"I want Promise flowers," she said. I began to think. I didn't ever remember such a plant. But then it hit me. I reached into a different short pocket and took out a seed. I grew the seed and watched a small little purple flower buds appeared and bloomed. The girl smiled and I handed her the flower. She thanked me and I moved on to the next girl.
"Can I have a yellow tulip?" she asked. I smiled and got the tulip. In a matter of moments she held a yellow tulip. The next girl asked for a Daffodil. I made one and later found I had to make a Iris, Calla Lily, Lady Slipper, Petunia, and a few Violets. Once done Kuroune took over.
"Ok, today we will learn how to make a shield. Can anyone make one? With out using a wand?" Kuroune asked. Hiei, Yara and myself raised our hands yet Kuroune ignored them. "Not a lot of you I see. Well the few who do will help me teach the class. I will spilt you up into about four groups. Now everyone in the right row go with Yara, second row go with Hiei, third row with Kurama and last row with me. Now go with your leader."
I waited as the third row of kids walked up to me and waited. I looked around and saw Kuroune start teaching the kids. 'Well, I guess I should start.' I thought and turned to look at my kids. Harry, Ron and Hermione happened to be part of my group. I frowned and began to think of what to say first.
"Ok well, do all of you believe in the Spirit energy?" I asked. Most said yes but two didn't. Ron and Hermione were the two. "Why do you not believe?"
"It is impossible. It can't be true," Hermione said. I frowned and looked at the Jasmines she held.
"Then how are you holding them?" I asked. I had pointed to the Jasmines and waited for her answer.
"It's an extremely good illusion?" she said uncertain. I frowned. Suddenly I got an idea.
"How long does it take for you to heat up the palm of your hand?" I asked her. She turned her hand into a fist. "No not in a fist."
"No one can do that. There isn't even a spell for that," Hermione cried. 'Good.' I thought to myself. I opened my palm and waited a few seconds. My energy filled my palm and made it warmer. I then brought my palm up to Hermione. She felt it and looked up at my eyes in horror.
"Now I want all of you to focus everything you can to the palm of your hand. Focus everything. Energy, mind blood, soul. Everything. After a few minutes you will feel you hand heat up and soon it will be like mine. That is the first step," I told the kids. We waited for a few minutes and finally all of them did it. Once done I told the second step and everyone created a shield. I smiled and soon turned to see how the others were doing. It seemed to be going well with everyone but Hiei's group. I told my group we should help and we went over. I stood and talked to Hiei as my group taught Hiei's group how to make the shield. (A/N: Ok, before anyone asks I must tell you. This really works. You can move all your spirit energy into your hand. Try it. It works. Then after review and tell me how it felt, like if it was draining, hard, or easy. Things like that. I don't mind if you don't believe me but please don't stop reading because you don't believe me. Well back to the story.) Just before the end of class Dumbledore stood up to make an announcement.
"So have you all learn to make a Spirit Shield?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes," the class answered.
"Good, tomorrow you will help Kuroune, Kurama, Hiei and Yara teach the school how to make the shields. Later I'll make a class that you can sin up for and learn more things to defend your self while using your spirit energy. Be ready. I suggest that now you go to your next class. Goodbye," Dumbledore said as the students got up and left. I looked to my schedule and saw that Herbology was next. I smiled and walked with Hiei and Yara to Herbology.
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KH: So? Long chapter I know. And long wait, I am so sorry! Well at least this chapter is up.
Hiei: Baka.
KH: Oh shut up! Ok, I know that right now this seems to be going slowly but next chapter I will get it faster. I will have to skip forward in time just so that it is not slow. Well please review!
KoorimeHiei out.
Hiei: BOO!!!! This story stinks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KH: Thank you reviewers! This is the most I have ever had in this many chapters. I am putting up a goal of at least one hundred reviews before halfway! Please let me reach this goal! Or at least up to over fifty. Either one will make me happy! Well on with the story!
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Chapter Four-The Sorting
Kurama's POV
"So what is going on?" Hiei asked after McGonagall left. I frowned as I realized Hiei didn't pay attention.
"We wait here for her to call us. Then we walk in and get sorted into our houses. Have a problem with paying attention here?" I asked the demon. He looked up to me and grunted. That was when the door opened. The other first years began to walk in and we followed. I seemed way out of place for I was taller then these kids, while Hiei was just their height. With my fox ears I could hear whispers about us.
"WOW that one there is a hottie!"
"Are you gay? That is a guy!" (A/N: I HATE YAOI! SO, THERE IS NONE HERE. Don't worry; I just wanted some people to think that on first impression.)
"What? He is to tall to be a first year."
"I think he is gay."
"Yeah right."
"Look at the other first year next to him! The two look inseparable!"
"Your right!"
I laughed slightly at the kids and then looked forward again. Hiei glanced up once in awhile to look at my reaction to all this but I gave out no emotion. Hiei would snort and look forward again and I would giggle slightly but stop when he looked over to me.
"Adams, Aaron!" Professor McGonagall called. A small boy walked up and sat on the seat to have an old hat placed on his head.
"HUFFLEPUFF!!!" Shouted the hat. The hall busted with applause as the boy stepped down and headed to the Hufflepuff table. The Sorting continued like this till it was only Hiei and myself left standing. People began to whisper as Dumbledore, I heard, stood up and looked around. The hall silenced when Dumbledore held a hand up.
"As you can all see, the sorting is not over! But I must tell you all now; these two gentlemen are not first years at all. Though it is their first year here, they are to be considered sixth years as of now. Since they haven't been sorted, lets gets this done with then more announcements," Dumbledore said as he turned and sat down handing the floor back to McGonagall.
"Jaganshi, Hiei," McGonagall called. Hiei frowned and walked up. He sat down under the hat and waited.
HIEI'S POV (A/N: This will be the only times I think I will switch POV in a chapter.)
"Ah, all mighty one here. But vicious," I heard someone or thing say. I flicked my eyes around trying to find out who was in my head then noticed a prodding feeling.
'Who are you?' I thought. Something chuckled but it was in my head and not through my ears. I frowned as I noticed it was the hat.
"I am the sorting hat and I am here to sort you. You happen to have many talents of each house. You will do great in both Slitheran and Gryffindor. But, which to put you in? NON WIZARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!" the hat shouted in my head. At least I thought alone in my head. But then I noticed the eyes in the hall open wide. "I have only sorted about one or two of your kind. No wonder the ghosts went missing."
I blushed at the thought of ghosts fearing Kurama and myself. I hoped he wouldn't reveal anything else.
"Don't worry. One of the professors would have erased that memory from all unless they have seen your demon form or you told them flat out. So no one remembers. I must say, I can't choose between Gryffindor and Slitheran!" the hat cried in frustration.
'I don't care. How about Gryffindor?' I asked the hat.
"GRYFFINDOR!!!!!!!!!" Shouted the hat. I frowned as I looked over to the Slitheran table. Why did I say Gryffindor instead of Slitheran? I walked down past Kurama and next to Harry. Harry looked at me and smiled. I wondered if he remembered. I hoped not. But then I remembered I told him and Harry about me being a demon. 'Dame game.'
KURAMA'S POV
"Minamino, Shuuichi," called McGonagall. I slowly walked up as I remembered Hiei's incident with the hat-shouting non-wizard. I sat on the stool and prayed in my head for no similar incident.
"Don't worry. No one remembers Fox. So another demon in the same ye... Not another!" called a voice.
'Not another what?' I thought.
"Demon, what is it with you? The two of you have traits meant for all houses...."
'JUST PUT ME IN SLYTHERAN!' I said firmly.
"Why?"
'Because that house fits me more than anything else. I have been a demon for thousands of years.'
"So, what does that have to do with now?"
'Uh............'
"GRYFFINDOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The hat screamed. I almost feel over backward at the sound and surprise. Lucky for me, I didn't and slowly walked over to Harry and Hiei. Once seated Dumbledore stood back up and began a speech.
"My dear Witches and Wizards. It is another year here at Hogwarts and we are glad to have you back. If you haven't noticed already there are no ghosts around. They have fled for they fear two to three demons have entered this school. I believe they are wrong and had to replace not only Defense Against Dark Arts but History also. I would like you all to welcome back Professor Lupin who shall be teaching History with his friend Professor Black!" Dumbledore cried as the hall erupted into more applause and whispers about the three demons. Dumbledore put his hands up and the hall was silent. "Now we have a new member to our teaching team all together. Please give him a warm Hogwarts welcome: Professor Kuroune! (A/N: Thank you for the spelling change! Sorry couldn't get into reviews last time. I will be sure to go back and fix my old chapters later to make this a finale story.) He shall be teaching Defense Against Dark Arts with possible help from a few students. Though he hasn't released the names yet."
I listened in a little longer on Dumbledore's speech then sort of searched around the hall looking at different things. Mostly I noticed about three hundred different cracks that were large enough to put a vine through and let it grow big. Just one lone vine could destroy the entire castle. I best make sure to have the vines, that fit through every crack, only work/or be handled by me.
"Food," I heard someone whisper. I looked down and saw Hiei looking up at me. I smiled and began to eat. Hiei grabbed and assortment of food and I watched as Harry went to try some very gross meat.
"Harry, have you ever had cat meat?" I asked. Harry looked up to me and I continued to eat.
"WHAT?" Harry said as he dropped the meat. Then I noticed Ron spit out something. Hiei smirked and turned to grab some more cat meat. Both Harry and Ron stuck their tongues out in disgust and watched as Hiei ate the rest. I simply laughed. After dinner Hermione and Ron showed the first years, Hiei and myself to the Gryffindor common room. Once there Harry and Ron brought Hiei and myself up to the sixth year rooms.
"So, everything going good?" Ron asked us. I looked around and noticed a fifth guy was supposed to be in the room with us.
"Who is the fifth guy?" Hiei asked pointing to the last bed.
"Oh, it's just us. No one else," Harry said. Good, I thought to myself. With that I dug through my hair and found a rose seed. With that I grew it and brought it over to the window. I began to grow it into a vine. Before I lost conciseness from around me I heard Hiei tell Harry and Ron to leave me alone. With that I concentrated on getting this one vine to grow all around the school and fit in every crack. It took me about an hour or two before I was finally done. I came out to notice Harry and Ron were sleeping and Hiei was nowhere to be found.
"I check out the security with Kuroune. WE found many problems and also found your plants laying around," Hiei said scaring me half to death.
"DON'T DO THAT HIEI!" I snapped at the small demon. He smiled and looked at the red rose growing out of the window. "By the way, that was one plant around the entire school. While doing it I checked everywhere and also found loads of problems with the security."
"Hn," was Hiei's response. I smiled and flopped down on my bed and thought of Nikki. 'I have got to send her a letter.' I thought.
"So what now?" I asked myself quietly as I fell asleep for the night. As I did so, I could feel Hiei hovering over me, smiling. It wasn't till early morning that I woke and sat up. I turned and found Hiei looking out the window. I smiled and got out of bed. I walked up to Hiei's side. There we both watched as the sun rose and send an eerie glow on the clouds. I smiled at my small thought and looked over to Hiei. His eyes looked bloodshot. I looked to the ground and swore I saw black gems before I felt a small wind. "Don't want your secret out?"
"Hn, baka fox," was the small koorime's answer. I laughed and walked to the bathroom to get ready for the day. I washed up and soon was ready to go. Hiei on the other hand... Well, must I comment? He looked like a small house elf. I laughed slightly at the thought. "What are you laughing at fox?"
"A thought I had. Now go wash up," I stated simply and shoved him into the bathroom. About five minutes later Hiei walked out. "Good, lets go eat!"
With that Hiei and I walked out of the room and into the common room where kids were talking and entering and/or leaving. Hiei waved to Yara and she joined us. I looked at her closely and saw Kiki was draped over her shoulders. I smiled and looked around for Kuraro. I smiled for, if on cue, the small sliver fox walked over to me. I help Kuraro onto my shoulders and turned to Hiei. Hiei turned to me and his scarf bulged slightly as Yakima moved underneath it. The three... I mean six, of us headed out to the Great Hall. Once there we meet up with Harry, Ron and Hermione.
"So, do you have your schedule?" Ron asked us as we sat down.
"Not yet..." I began but was stopped when slips of papers appeared in front of Hiei, Yara and myself. I picked it up and looked at it.
Potions- Professor Snape
Potions- Professor Snape
Transfiguration- Professor McGonagall
History- Professor Lupin and Professor Black
Defense Against Dark Arts- Professor Kuroune, Professor Minamino, and Professor Jaganshi
Defense Against Dark Arts- Professor Kuroune, Professor Minamino, and Professor Jaganshi
Herbology- Professor Sprout
"Oh, 'Potions' with Professor Snape twice. WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!" I screeched as I saw my name with Kuroune's. I turned and looked up to the Professor's table. There was Kuroune watching Hiei and myself. I growled lightly at him and looked back down to my schedule.
"Oh, yeah. I was going to ask you about that," Hermione said as she looked down at her schedule. I frowned and looked back up to Kuroune. I turned around the Great Hall and saw that we were just about the only people there. I stood and stormed over to Kuroune with Hiei at my side.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS FOR!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?" I roared. Kuroune smiled in response. Hiei growled and went to lunge forward when I stopped him.
"I can choose who I want to be my helpers in each class. You two happen to be two I choose. I am sorry but... I need you to help. I will explain later. Now, I think you should head to your first class," Kuroune said as Snape got up from the table. I frowned and turned to Hiei. Hiei frowned back and the two of us headed out. Harry, Hermione and Ron were right behind us.
"So what are you guys doing?" Ron asked.
"Going to class," Hiei mumbled. It ended up that we all went to class together and sat next to each other. First thing we had to do was make a potion correctly. The potion was called Shade's Fury. The ingredients were as following:
1 dragons belly scale
2 werewolf teeth
1 quart of melted yeti's breathe frost
1/3 cup vampires wasted blood
4 devil's snare leaves
The order to do everything was up on the board. I read it and looked down at my ingredients. So I first soak leaves in the blood until soggy. Then stick the leaves onto the scale, and pour frost onto the items; within one hour's time the scale and leaves should have disintegrated into a fine powder. Melt powder into liquid, and pour into vials. After I finished reading I wondered what the werewolf teeth were for. SO I raised my hand to ask Professor Snape.
"Yes Mr. Minamino?" Snape growled to me.
"What are the werewolf teeth for when they aren't included in the potion?" I asked. Snape glared at me. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Harry, Ron and Hermione shaking their heads as if I did something wrong.
"Did you not do your summer homework?" Snape growled/
"No sir, because this is my first year here," I explained. Snape's eyes narrowed as he glared harder at me. At this point I was beginning to not like Professor Snape very much and felt the feeling was mutual.
"Oh, well can someone who DID the homework explain it to Mr. Minamino here?" Snape asked as his eyes scanned the room. Hermione's hand shot up in a second. I smiled and waited for Snape to call on her but he didn't. "Mr. Jaganshi. Why don't you tell him?"
"I can't sir. For I also am in my first year here," Hiei said as politely as he could muster. I looked to the koorime in shock. He was never that nice to anyone. Well maybe Yara and me, but anyone else, no.
"Ah. MRS. GRANGER PUT YOUR HAND DOWN! I WILL NOT CALL ON YOU!" Snape roared. Hermione slowly dropped her hand. "The three of you are Gryffindors correct?" We shook our heads yes. "Then thirty points from Gryffindor."
"WHAT?" cried Harry, Hermione and myself.
"T-H-I-R-T-Y P-O-I-N-T-S F-R-O-M G-R-Y-F-F-I-N-D-E-R!" Snape roared.
"You can't do that sir!" I cried. Snape turned on me.
"Five more points for back talk!" Snape said with an evil smile. That was when I got his game. If I argued more points would be taken away. But if I agreed with his demands. Then non might be added.
"Yes sir," I said and looked down. Snape stared at the top of my head in horror. 'From what Hiei whispered.' Slowly I looked back up and watched as Snape tried to gain his composure back. I smirked at it and began my assignment. Hiei continued as did everyone else and soon I heard an explosion from next to me. I looked over and saw Hiei sitting there with his hair plastered backward and black char sitting on his face and hair. Suddenly his hair popped back up and forced the black powered forward right at Snape. I laughed slightly at the look and went to help.
"FIFTY POINTS FROM GRYFFINDER!" Snape roared. I turned and saw that the ash had hit Snape's face and now his looked like Hiei's. I smiled and added a little something to Hiei's potion and fixed the dark pink color. Hiei mumbled a thanks to me and we continued on with our potion.
"Twenty more potions from Gryffindor for the explosion!" Snape cried. I knew he was trying to get on Hiei's and my nerves but we ignored it. Other Gryffindors on the other hand became extremely upset. Making our house lose about twenty more potions. Once done everyone's potion had a forest green look to it. Well all but some Slytherans. By the end of class the Gryffindors had lost one hundred and five points. Sadly Snape asked Hiei and myself to stay after class. We waited.
"WHY DID YOU NOT ARGUE BACK?" Snape roared.
"IF we did, you would only take more points away," I said. Snape turned and glared at me.
"Oh. You may go now. Don't do it again!" Snape said. Hiei and I got up and rushed out of the room. There we almost ran over Yara, Harry, Ron and Hermione.
"Uh... W... We were uh..." Hermione stammered.
"Waiting for you guys!" Harry finished for her. Hermione sighed and gave Harry a look of thanks.
"We have to go to Transfiguration next," I said. They all looked on their schudale. It ended up that once compaired with each other it was found we were all in the same classes.
"What a coincidence. All the same classes," Hermione said. She then looked down at a watch she held on her wrist. "WE'RE GONNA BE LATE!"
After Hermione's outburst, we ran as fast as we could up to the Transfiguration class room. We made it just in time. I looked around for a teacher but found no one. On the teachers desk was a cat. I frowned and took a seat next to Hiei and behind Harry and Ron. Hermione and Yara sat behind us. I looked up and watched in shock as slowly the cat changed to a human female.
"Wow," I heard Hiei whisper next to me.
"Hello, class," The female said.
"Hello Professor McGonagall," The class chorused. McGonagall smiled and turned to her board. Suddenly notes appeared on it and everyone began to take out notebooks and pens. I joined them and watched as Hiei glared at the board. "Once you finish taking notes put your pens down."
It took about five minutes before everyone was done. McGonagall then walked over to the board and changed the notes. But when the kids went to write she stopped them.
"Today, we are going to try and change your pens into a young fox," McGonagall said. I frowned as I remembered that most young foxes would choose the first thing they see as a parent. Once that happens., nothing can get them away or change them. Like if a kid tries to change it back. It won't work till it is older. I was hoping then that McGonagall would know that. "I must warn you though. If you do succeed then make sure the young fox sees nothing and change it back. For some young foxes choose a parent on sight and if it chooses you... Well your next assignment would be to take care of it because they will be immune to magic till they are older. So be quick!"
McGonagall signaled for everyone to start and soon the classroom was filled with different voices. I smiled as I looked at my pen. 'I wanted to take care of a fox. Yet I sort of didn't. Should I make the fox then destroy it? No, I'll keep it. I'll make sure it sees me first. I can't destroy an animal.' I thought to myself as I transformed my pen. The fox turned out to be sliver with a mix of red in it. I frowned slightly and waited for it to look up. Once it did the eyes stopped on me. They stared at me with emotion covering each end. That was when McGonagall came up.
"Class, we have our first Fox father," she said. The entire class looked at me and my new fox. At this point it was leaning up against me and barking slightly. The class watched as the fox kit puckered up to me. "So will you take good care of it Mr. Minamino?"
"Yes, I will Professor McGonagall," I said as I reached over and pet my new fox-kit. McGonagall laughed and walked over to her desk. I looked up to see her bringing back a large pile of papers.
"This explains how to take care of a fox. Read it and follow the directions carefully or you will get a zero on this project," McGonagall told me as the class went back to transforming their pens. About ten minutes later the class was over. I looked down to my schedule. 'History. Good.'
"On to History! With Lupin and Sirius! Yeah!" Ron cried as he rushed out the door. Harry was extremely close behind. Soon we all made it to History and got the first row, right near the two teachers. Sirius walked right up to Harry and the two hugged for a second.
"Hey, how's it going?" Sirius asked us.
"Ok, till now! This is great!" Harry cried with excitement. Sirius laughed. It wasn't long before class started and once it did. It was fun. Lupin and Sirius had kids act out scenes from the past. The class stayed wide awake and was really good with cooperation. If Lupin asked for a volunteer. Every hand was raised. According to Harry, it is the first time in years that everyone in the class stayed awake through the entire period. At about ten minutes left of class, Lupin handed out a quiz. Everyone moaned but took it. We all finished it in at least five minutes and waited for the two to correct it. Once done Lupin had Sirius tell the class the grade.
"This is easy. There is only one grade for the entire class. Meaning either you all failed or all passed. Well, everyone got one hundreds!" Sirius said then the room busted with applause. Chatter ran through the class like a wildfire on dry wood. We waited for about three more minutes before on to the next class. I looked down to my schedule and groaned. I have to teach with Kuroune.
"Hey, now you guys get to be the teachers!" Yara said as we walked up to the Defense Against Dark Arts room. We entered to find a thin cloud of mist laid around the room. It was encased in black. "Eerie."
'You could say that again.' I thought as I studied the room. No exits other than the door. 'If there was a fire no one would be able to get out!' I thought when I heard a voice beckon us in.
"Come in. I don't bite," called the voice. We looked at each other and reluctantly walked into the room. Once in we took a seat. Others soon wandered in an also sat. Once every chair was full the mist died down and reviled Kuroune. I shook my head at his grand entrance.
"Show off," I muttered.
"Minamino, Jaganshi! In my office!" Kuroune snapped reeling me out of my thoughts. I got up along with Hiei and walked over to Kuroune's new office. We waited for a minute. Through the door I could just hear Kuroune tell the class what to do in our absence. Then he walked in.
"Why are we here?" Hiei growled deeply. Kuroune looked up to Hiei.
"I want to teach these kids how to use their Spirit Energy," Kuroune said. I shifted in my seat.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"I want you to do some of your attacks. They will call it wand-less magic and not believe. But I want you to show it is real then help me teach them how to make a Spirit Shield," Kuroune explained.
"And we want to do that because?" Hiei asked.
"When in a battle, if anyone is around we won't have to worry about them. No one can fight to their true potential if they are worried about others. If they had the ability to produce a Spirit Shield then it is one less thing we have to worry about," Kuroune said. I frowned.
"So what if they die?" Hiei grumbled. Kuroune's head dropped to the floor.
"My life is on the line," he whispered. Hiei's and my head shot up like lightning.
"NANI?" we asked. Kuroune looked up to us.
"If this mission fails then I die and never get the chance to come back to life. But if we succeed then I get to live as long as any other youkai. So I want to make this as easy for us as possible. Youko, Hiei please help me!" Kuroune said. I shuddered when he said Youko and looked to Hiei.
"So all we have to do is show off?" I asked as I noticed Hiei might have insulted Kuroune. Hiei turned and glared at me as Kuroune answered.
"Yes, exactly!" Kuroune said. He was really eager.
"Fine," Hiei and I said in unison.
"GREAT! Oh and Dumbledore will be watching. If the class learns how to do this then we have to teach the entire school. And if we can do that Dumbledore will think about making an after school class were the students and teachers can learn more," Kuroune said as he headed for the door. That was when a thought hit me.
"Why isn't Youka involved?" I asked. Kuroune turned and looked at me.
"What? Youka is here?" Kuroune asked. I shook my head yes.
"She is Yara," I said. Kuroune looked at me harder then turned back to the door and opened it. I watched as he stared in the direction of Yara. He then popped his head back in and I swore I saw lust for her fill his eyes. That was when I remembered Kuroune's confession. It was just before the last theft we ever did with each other. I turned to Hiei to see his reaction.
"She's mine," Hiei growled lightly. I then knew Hiei saw the lust also. I frowned at his reply though. Kuroune's eyes slowly locked onto Hiei's and both narrowed.
"What did you say?" Kuroune asked lightly yet deadly.
"Yara is mine," Hiei stated simply. I frowned and watched the two. Hiei glared at the half dead demon. I frowned as I noticed where the conversation was leading to.
"I have known her longer!"
"She has loved me ever since she first saw me!"
"She loved me before she even saw me!"
"How is that possible?"
"Youko told her all about me. That is how she fell in love with me."
"Then why isn't she hanging all over you?"
"........."
"Ha!"
"Why isn't she all over you?"
"... She doesn't want these kids to know about us!"
"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr."
"What?"
"I growled at you!"
"Jerk."
"Loser!"
"Asshole!"
"Dead demon!"
"STOP!" I shouted. The two turned to me. "I think we should just go out there and teach these kids about Spirit magic."
The two agreed and soon we were off. Out side of the office was the chatter of students. They were talking about how stupid the book was for saying that there was such a thing as 'Spirit magic.'
"QUIET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kuroune shouted. The class stopped talking and turned to Kuroune. "Now you have all read that passage I assigned right?"
"Yes, Professor," The class echoed. Kuroune smiled.
"Any questions?" he asked. About every hand raised. Kuroune frowned and asked Hermione first.
"I must ask, do you really believe in this wand-less magic?" she asked.
"Yes, in fact I do some myself," Kuroune answered. Hands went back up. Kuroune pointed over to a young blond haired boy.
"How does this wand-less magic work?" the boy asked. Kuroune frowned again and turned to look at Dumbledore.
"If you read the reading then you would know. The reading tells you everything. Now if that is all I suggest we get started with some demonstrations. Kurama, Hiei," Kuroune said as he backed away. Hiei had agreed to go first by mostly filling the room with his ki and then creating the Sword of the Darkness Flame. I watched as Hiei calmly explained what he was going to do. After a few seconds I felt Hiei's ki rise and then the room began to get hotter with each passing second. Soon it felt like a sauna.
"Hiei," I muttered out silently. Hiei turned and then understood that he should stop. He did and brought his ki back. The room cooled down right away. Hiei then took out his katana and began to create the Sword of the Darkness Flame. Once Hiei chopped a desk in half some kids began to believe in wand-less magic. Hiei walked next to me and slowly began to talk.
"Don't mess this up kitsune. We need this," he told me. I smiled sweetly and walked up in front of the class. I quickly scanned a reading placed open on Yara's desk and began my demonstration.
"As you all read, people have spirit energy. No matter what race they are. Anyone can use this energy but it takes a lot of control. It needs perfect concentration. If you lose the concentration, you might have the energy attack you or disappear all together. No matter what happens anyone can get in control of their energy. Each person also has a different element for their energy. Hiei's happens to be fire. Mine is plants, Kuroune's is dark energy, and Yara's is also plants. But then some never find their element. For example, two of my friends. They use their energy as weapons. But your spirit energy can also form a shield, let others know where you are, keep you dry in the rain, make a plant like shelter, and more. I will be showing you what I can do with my energy. First I will show one of my weapons then I will hand a surprise to every girl in the class room. Well let me get started," I said. I dug my hand into my red hair and felt around for a rose. Once I found one I took it out. Some people laughed while others began asking how that simple rose could turn into a weapon. I smiled. "ROSE WHIP!"
The rose grew into a simple long green whip. Thorns stuck out everywhere at different angles and made the whip a perfect cutting tool. I heard oohs and aahs from the crowd and smiled. I swung the whip around a little and brought it around for people to see that it was not a illusion. Just with that I had half the class believing. Kuroune smiled at my progress and waited for e to continue. That was when I walked up to Hermione.
"Mrs. What is your favorite flower or plant?" I asked her. Hermione smiled.
"Jasmine," she said simply. I frowned at her tough chouse but reached for a jasmine seed which I always kept in my shirt pockets. I took the seed out and let her examine it. Once she was done I grew it into a white jasmine and watched carefully as it bloomed for jasmines were the toughest plants to grow. They usually bloom at a certain time and die if they bloom to fast or stay in a blooming stat for to long. Lucky for me, I got it right on the first try. I walked up to the next girl.
"I like the yellow roses!" she told me. I smiled and grabbed a rose seed. I grew it and we watched as it began to bloom red. I frowned slightly and began to think yellow. Everyone watched in surprise as the red changed to a bright yellow and still bloom at the same time. I carefully handed it to her but stopped when I saw the thorns.
"Do you want thorns on it?" I asked her. She shook her head no so I sat and forced the thorns back into the plant. Everyone gasped lightly as I got up. "This is the only way to get a thorn less rose. Pretty neat huh?"
I walked up to the next girl who asked for a daisy. I smiled and grew her a big white daisy with pink lining. She smiled and gladly accepted the flower. I then turned to see the next girl was Yara. I smiled and walked over to her while growing a huge bouquet of flowers. Mostly they were red roses but it didn't matter to her. She gladly accepted the bouquet and kissed me lightly on the cheek. I smiled and walked onto the next girl.
"I want Promise flowers," she said. I began to think. I didn't ever remember such a plant. But then it hit me. I reached into a different short pocket and took out a seed. I grew the seed and watched a small little purple flower buds appeared and bloomed. The girl smiled and I handed her the flower. She thanked me and I moved on to the next girl.
"Can I have a yellow tulip?" she asked. I smiled and got the tulip. In a matter of moments she held a yellow tulip. The next girl asked for a Daffodil. I made one and later found I had to make a Iris, Calla Lily, Lady Slipper, Petunia, and a few Violets. Once done Kuroune took over.
"Ok, today we will learn how to make a shield. Can anyone make one? With out using a wand?" Kuroune asked. Hiei, Yara and myself raised our hands yet Kuroune ignored them. "Not a lot of you I see. Well the few who do will help me teach the class. I will spilt you up into about four groups. Now everyone in the right row go with Yara, second row go with Hiei, third row with Kurama and last row with me. Now go with your leader."
I waited as the third row of kids walked up to me and waited. I looked around and saw Kuroune start teaching the kids. 'Well, I guess I should start.' I thought and turned to look at my kids. Harry, Ron and Hermione happened to be part of my group. I frowned and began to think of what to say first.
"Ok well, do all of you believe in the Spirit energy?" I asked. Most said yes but two didn't. Ron and Hermione were the two. "Why do you not believe?"
"It is impossible. It can't be true," Hermione said. I frowned and looked at the Jasmines she held.
"Then how are you holding them?" I asked. I had pointed to the Jasmines and waited for her answer.
"It's an extremely good illusion?" she said uncertain. I frowned. Suddenly I got an idea.
"How long does it take for you to heat up the palm of your hand?" I asked her. She turned her hand into a fist. "No not in a fist."
"No one can do that. There isn't even a spell for that," Hermione cried. 'Good.' I thought to myself. I opened my palm and waited a few seconds. My energy filled my palm and made it warmer. I then brought my palm up to Hermione. She felt it and looked up at my eyes in horror.
"Now I want all of you to focus everything you can to the palm of your hand. Focus everything. Energy, mind blood, soul. Everything. After a few minutes you will feel you hand heat up and soon it will be like mine. That is the first step," I told the kids. We waited for a few minutes and finally all of them did it. Once done I told the second step and everyone created a shield. I smiled and soon turned to see how the others were doing. It seemed to be going well with everyone but Hiei's group. I told my group we should help and we went over. I stood and talked to Hiei as my group taught Hiei's group how to make the shield. (A/N: Ok, before anyone asks I must tell you. This really works. You can move all your spirit energy into your hand. Try it. It works. Then after review and tell me how it felt, like if it was draining, hard, or easy. Things like that. I don't mind if you don't believe me but please don't stop reading because you don't believe me. Well back to the story.) Just before the end of class Dumbledore stood up to make an announcement.
"So have you all learn to make a Spirit Shield?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes," the class answered.
"Good, tomorrow you will help Kuroune, Kurama, Hiei and Yara teach the school how to make the shields. Later I'll make a class that you can sin up for and learn more things to defend your self while using your spirit energy. Be ready. I suggest that now you go to your next class. Goodbye," Dumbledore said as the students got up and left. I looked to my schedule and saw that Herbology was next. I smiled and walked with Hiei and Yara to Herbology.
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KH: So? Long chapter I know. And long wait, I am so sorry! Well at least this chapter is up.
Hiei: Baka.
KH: Oh shut up! Ok, I know that right now this seems to be going slowly but next chapter I will get it faster. I will have to skip forward in time just so that it is not slow. Well please review!
KoorimeHiei out.