Chapter nineteen- The Powerful and Deadly Karasu!!!
Hiei's POV
My head was killing. It felt as though I dropped ten stories off a building. Wait, I did! I fell out of the window in the Great Hall! Cause of the portal Kurama made... WHO CAME THREW!? It better not be Karasu! Slowly I opened my eyes. All I could see was the outside of Hogwarts. It seemed as though I had landed on my back. Why hasn't anyone come out to get me? I am positive I passed by a few Gryffindors as I flew backward to the window... Shacking the thought out of my head I went to sit up. Pain racked my body as I forced it to sit. That was when I saw it. Demons running around everywhere. They were beating the Hogwarts kids with whips and their own bare hands. Rushing to my feet I ran over to one of the demons and slammed him into the wall. He was picking on one of the Gryffindors. I didn't get to see who as I slammed into the demon.
"What do you think your doing?" I growled sharply at him. The demon began to whimper.
"I was doing what Lord Karasu asked me to do!" the demon answered.
"And what was that?" I snapped as I thought of what different things could have gone wrong while I was out cold on the ground.
"He told me to get all female students and bring them to him so he could have pleasure with them!" the demon cringed. I growled in a deep angry tone and watched as the demon whimpered as though in pain.
"Get the hell out of my sight!" I muttered as I let the demon go. He nodded and took off down the corridor. I turned to see the girl as Hermione Granger. I sighed in relief. "Hermione, tell what has happened since the portal was opened!"
"Well after the portal closed everyone was thrown against walls and stuff. Most of us passed out while others tolerated the pain. Kurama was the first one to his feet. In the center of the Great Hall stood Karasu. He was thinner, he seemed to have lost all the fat we had seen him in before. Kurama seemed afraid of him when he took a step over in his direction. Once everyone was awake, Karasu called upon a portal to what he called the Makai. He mostly speaks in Japanese..." Hermione explained.
"Fine, how long ago was the portal opened?" I asked, wanting to know how long I was out.
"About a week!" Hermione squeaked.
"A WEEK!" I roared. Hermione squeaked again and backed away. "Sorry... Where is Kurama?"
"Karasu is using him as a play toy. He found out Kurama could withstand a lot of pain and has been using different attacks on him to test his power. Some of us also think that Karasu is using him as another type of play toy," Hermione said. I nodded knowing what she meant.
"Karasu wouldn't kill Kurama unless he had done that at least twice," I muttered. "Who else is alive that you know of?"
"Well, Harry, Ron, myself, Draco Malfoy, Crab, Goyal, about thirteen Hufflepuffs, eleven other Slytherans, twelve other Gryffindors, and about ten Ravenclaws are left. Everyone else is either killed or in a cage ready to be killed," Hermione said with a small sigh.
"What about the teachers?" I asked.
"Sirius, Remus, Dumbledore, and Snape are still alive but held in a cage in Karasu's main chamber," Hermione said. I frowned deeply.
"What about Hagrid?"
"Killed in the first battle against the demons. We fought back as much as we could but the demons beat most of us to death," Hermione said as she shuddered at different images she had seen ever since Karasu had come to Hogwarts. I sighed when my Jagan eye showed me every single one.
"Has Karasu gotten out of Hogwarts?"
"No! The Forbidden Forest creatures all banded together to create almost like a holding cell for Karasu. He has been stuck here the entire time. And Koenma has put all Spirit World resistance into holding as many portals from Hogwarts closed. He has mostly considered this area a dead zone and no one can leave or come in. Even the Forbidden Forest creatures won't let us wizards threw. They killed McGonagall for trying to get threw."
"Where are all of you guys hiding?" I finally asked.
"The Gryffindors and Ravenclaws are in the Gryffindor common room and everyone else is in the Slytheran common room. The Fat Lady had ran from her painting so no one can get in. So didn't the Slytheran painting. And I made both paintings invincible to attack. Also they only allow humans in," Hermione explained.
"Great, that means I am out in the open for attack," I muttered.
"What do you... Oh, never mind," Hermione said as she remembered I am demon. "Sorry, I thought you where killed or captured."
"No.. I have been unconscious this whole time. I had fallen out one of the windows in the Great Hall," I growled. Hermione nodded.
"Listen, I have to get back to the Gryffindor common room and inform everyone that you are ok and that we have some hope," Hermione called as she got up to take off.
"How do you get into the Slytheran common room?"
"We made it that every human can enter either no matter what their house is," Hermione explained. I sighed and followed her all the way down to the Gryffindor common room. "I'll try to change the spell so that you can come in but I am not sure if it will work. But then again, it doesn't hurt to try!"
"Right," I muttered as she jumped threw the portrait of nothing. I sighed as I placed a hand on the painting and when it didn't go threw. At least she got the spell right.
"You there! What are you doing?" called a voice. I turned and spotted a demon.
"None of your damn business," I growled back at him.
"It is since I am Lord Karasu's right hand man!" called the demon. I sighed.
"Wow, good for you. Do you really think I care?" I snapped as he walked over to me. The demon laughed.
"I don't know. But I think Lord Karasu will love to know that you aren't doing anything of importance here. Lord Karasu may kill you for this!" the demon snarled. I laughed.
"Do you know where the kids are hiding?" I asked praying that he didn't.
"No... No one does. They always lose the kid in the hallways before they find the hiding place," the demon stated. I smiled. Perfect.
"Well I do. I gain trust to one of the kids. She is trying to fix the curse on this painting to allow me into their hide out," I said. The demon smiled.
"Lord Karasu will love to hear this," the demon said as he turned to walk away. "What is you name, so that I may give you credit?"
"Hie.. Uh, Joe," I lied. Figured it might be best if Karasu doesn't know my real name. The demon nodded and took off to tell Karasu of my discovery. I turned around to look at the painting again but instead spotted Hermione. "Hermione?!"
"We heard everything! You lying traitor!" Hermione snapped as she slapped my face. I was surprised at her anger.
"Hermione let me explain!" I cried as she slapped me again.
"YOUR JUST A BE JERK LIKE THE REST OF THESE DEMONS!" Hermione yelled.
"I WAS GOING TO GAIN KARASU'S TRUST SO THAT WAY I CAN HELP EVERYONE ESCAPE! THAT DEMON JUST HAPPENED TO WALK BY AT THE WRONG TIME!!!!!!!" I yelled back at her as I grabbed her wrist to stop her from hitting my a third time. She gasped.
"Your lying," Hermione growled. I frowned.
"No... I am in as much danger as you are. Karasu knows me, and if he finds out that I am alive, then he will kill me. If I can change my look and get the fool to trust me then I can get everyone free. I was going to explain that to you once you got me inside, the demon just happened to come over here first. It is also why I gave him the name Joe instead of Hiei," I growled at her. She looked at me with anger and rage but stopped when she noticed my gaze back at her. I could tell my eyes had gone from its usual 'don't give a crap' to 'trust me.'
"But..." Hermione whispered.
"Please, do you really think I would give any of you up to Karasu? I hate the dude, I wanted to kill him from the moment I saw him. But I can't do this without your help," I muttered. Hermione nodded.
"I changed the portal. You can come in, I think," Hermione whispered as she backed into the portal. I still held onto her wrist and felt her drag me threw. It worked, I was in. But when I followed Hermione into the actual common room I found at least sixty wands pointed at my face. "STOP! He is working with us! I made sure of it!" Hermione cried. The wands fell.
"How are you so sure Granger? I mean, he is a demon after all," Draco slurred from one corner of the room. I frowned at the wizard.
"I trust him. And I already changed the portal to allow him in, and I am the only one who knows how to change it so deal! He promised to help us save everyone," Hermione called back. I looked around the room and found that mostly Hermione and two Slytherans where the only girls left.
"What happened to all the females?" I asked.
"Karasu had them killed at first site," Harry called out from the back of the room. He and Ron stepped forward.
"Why would he do that?" I muttered to myself.
"Who knows what the twisted bastard thought of," called one of the Hufflepuffs. I laughed slightly. These where some brave kids.
"How many dare to go out there again?" I asked. Hermione, Draco, Crab, Goyal, Harry, and Ron all raised their hands. They where the only ones. I frowned. Looking to the others I spoke again. "Then how do most of you get here?"
"Marauders Map!" Harry called. "Just before Sirius and Remus where captured they made a map for everyone. They wanted to make sure everyone could move about the school without meting a demon."
"Let me see one," I growled. Harry handed one over after saying the passwords on it. I laughed at the password but looked at the map. Karasu, Kurama and almost every other human where in the Great Hall while certain demons walked around the school. I growled in distaste.
"What is wrong?" Hermione asked as she looked at me. I looked over to her.
"Nothing is wrong. Just the fact that Karasu is so near Kurama. I still remember what that ass did to Kurama in the Dark Tournament. Kurama could barely move without pain for weeks. His mother was constantly hovering over him," I muttered as an image of Kurama appeared in my head. Harry sighed.
"Well... Just wait to you see him now. It most likely looks a hell of a lot worse. He has been beaten so bad..." Harry muttered. "Ron and I went to check on everyone while Karasu was outside trying to get the Forbidden Forest creatures away. Kurama was chained to the wall. Couldn't tell the difference between his body and hair cause his body was covered in blood. It looked horrible."
"I still have nightmares about it," Ron shuddered. Sighing, I looked to the floor. I could see the image well of what had happened to Kurama.
"I can see... Listen, we have to get Kurama out of Karasu's grasp first thing. After that we can plan on what to do with everyone else," I called.
"Why Kurama first? Why not Remus, Sirius, Dumbledore and Snape? And the others caged up?" yelled one of the Ravenclaws. I frowned.
"Fine... We can get them... I guess the more fire power the better," I muttered. I had wanted to get Kurama first cause he was the strongest out of everyone Karasu had in the cage, but if they where going to be little... Kids about it then fine.
"How are we going to do it?" asked a Slytheran.
"I bring one of you to Karasu after someone changes my look, since I don't know the spell," I growled. Everyone looked to Hermione. The girl cased a spell and next thing I knew was that my black hair had turned bright blond and had fallen down to my waist. My red eyes had also changed to silver. I smiled at the new look and stole some of Kurama's clothes to complete my look. I just prayed that the right hand demon wouldn't remember my look.
"Why to you want to take one of us to Karasu?" called Draco.
"To give me a reason to go up to Karasu. If I don't come up with something, Karasu may take his anger out on me or someone in the cage," I responded. The students nodded. "So who is going?"
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All done for now... Next chapter is Kurama's POV. Please don't kill me for this chapter!
Kurama: Oh! I will kill you!
NO! Kurama BE NICE!
Hiei: Oh, get her Kurama! KILL HER!
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