Spirit Magic

Author's note: Just to let you guys know, this will not become a trashy romance novel. There will be some hints of Ron/Hermione, and there will be a lot of one sided Kurama romance. (More like, Kurama has his normal girl stalkers, but he doesn't have any feelings for them.) But other then that, the romance part will be very subtle. Also, I need suggestions for who I can use for the DADA teacher. Well, enjoy, and don't forget to review.

WARNING: This story takes place in Harry's sixth year, which means there are spoilers to the fifth book!!!!!!!

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or Harry Potter.

Part Three: Suspicion

Harry allowed a relieved sigh to escape as the hat made its announcement. He had watched Kurama's movements, trying to figure out what the hat might have been telling him, but as the time dragged on, he had become even more anxious. For a moment there, Harry was afraid that Kurama wasn't going to be put into Gryffindor, and he really wanted Kurama to be around. Kurama was like a brother, and even though they had just met, Harry felt safe around him.

"Finally, lets eat," Ron yelled when the cheering had died down. Hermione gave him an annoyed look, but remained silent. Her attention was on the new kid. The kid was still wearing plain robes without a house badge on them yet, and it was quite obvious that English was not his first language, but other then those two minor differences, the new kid acted as though he was just another sixth year. The other thing that caught Hermione's attention was how he seemed so at ease in the castle. Even Hermione had been scared to death when she came to Hogwarts, and she knew more about Hogwarts then all of the other first years. Of course the boy was few years older then she was back then, but Hogwarts could intimidate anybody for the first time.

"Kurama," Harry yelled waving the boy over toward them. Kurama nodded in acknowledgement before he made his way towards them.

Hermione felt her cheeks redden as Kurama slid into the seat next to her.

"I'm so glad you made it into Gryffindor, I was worried that you were going to be put into Ravenclaw," Harry said ignoring Dumbledore's speech.

"Yeah, well Ravenclaw was one of the choices, but I believe the hat had a harder time determining if I was more of a Slytherin then a Gryffindor," Kurama said smiling at the shocked look on Harry's face.

"Slytherin?" Harry stuttered looking at Kurama closely. Kurama smirked evilly before laughing teasingly.

"So, are you going to introduce me to your friends yet?" Kurama asked turning his attention to the red haired boy that was sitting next to Harry.

Ron tried to turn his attention away, but Kurama had already seen him listening to the conversation he was having with Harry.

"Well, this is Ron Weasley," Harry said turning to look at Ron, "and Ron, this is Shuuichi Minamino."

"Shuuichi, but I thought you called him Kurama?" Ron blurted out.

"Shuuichi is my name, but I prefer to be called Kurama," Kurama explained extending his hand across the table. Ron looked at it for a second before he gave it a nervous shake.

"The girl next to you is Hermione," Harry said when Ron and Kurama were done with their hand shake. Kurama turned around and smiled at the girl sitting next to him.

"I'm pleased to meet you," Kurama said extending his hand. Hermione took it, but she couldn't meet his eyes. Blushing furiously, she turned away, and quickly began shoveling the closest food into her plate. Kurama shook his head, but chose not to comment on Hermione's actions, or the sudden appearance of food. Instead, he too started eating.

When the feast ended, Hermione and Ron stood up and said their farewells. "We need to show the first years to the Gryffindor tower," Hermione said heading toward the front of the great hall, and yelling for all first years to follow her. Ron hesitantly followed, turning around to give the new kid an untrusting stare.

As soon as Hermione was finished explaining all of the rules to the first years, Ron pulled her into a corner.

"Hermione, we need to talk," Ron stated causing Hermione to roll her eyes in annoyance.

"What Ron?" Hermione asked eyeing upstairs hopefully, "I want to get a good nights sleep so I'll be ready for all of my classes tomorrow."

"This wont take long, I just want to know what you think about the new kid," Ron said watching as Hermione's face reddened again. Ron gritted his teeth together, but remained silent.

"Well… He seems really nice, polite, and he's so cute," Hermione said turning redder.

"Cute! Hermione, what about Krum?" Ron asked getting a nervous laugh from Hermione.

"Well, Kurama is so much more hotter," Hermione admitted before her expression became serious. "Anyways, why does it matter, I'm allowed to check other guys out," Hermione pointed out.

"I don't like this guy, he seems too perfect to be real. Remember how Lockhart was nothing but a phony?" Ron pointed out defensively.

"Lockhart! What the hell does he have to do with anything?" Hermione demanded.

"It has everything to do with him. If you see a cute guy, you have a tendency to ignore everything else but his looks. I don't like Kurama, he's getting too close to Harry…"Ron tried to explain when Hermione began to laugh at him. "What!" Ron demanded turning bright red.

"I know what's going on, your jealous," Hermione explained.

"I am not!" Ron yelled causing the other people in the common room to stare at him.

"Oh yes you are," Hermione pointed out ignoring the other students. "You're afraid that Kurama might become Harry's best friend," Hermione said turning serious.

"I have no idea what you talking about. I just don't think Harry should trust anybody new. How do we know that Kurama isn't some sort of assassin sent by 'you know who'?" Ron demanded lowering his voice so that only Hermione could here what he was saying, "After all, Kurama did admit that the hat wanted to put him in Slytherin," Ron said smiling triumphantly.

"Yeah, but the hat ended up putting him in Gryffindor, honestly Ron, you're just being paranoid," Hermione said yawning. "If that is all, I'm going to bed," Hermione stated calmly.

"Fine, don't believe me!" Ron said getting angry again. "There is something strange about Kurama, and I'm going to find out what it is with or without your help!" Ron yelled before he stomped off to his room.

Hermione shook her head in annoyance. Ron always got that way when he didn't get all the attention he wanted. He used to worship Victor Krum, but as soon as Hermione started going out with him, well Ron just started acting so mean towards him. He tried to make Krum look like an enemy of Harry's, and he used to bad mouth him all the time. The same was for Lockhart, even though it was a little bit more understandable, the guy was a fraud after all. But so far Kurama hadn't done anything that should cause suspicion. Sure he was a little different, but that was no reason to hate a guy. Sighing in frustration, Hermione headed up toward her dorm room.

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Kurama and Harry stood outside of the portrait of the fat lady. Inside they could hear the raised voice of Ron, and from the little bit they heard, it was obvious that he was talking about Kurama.

Kurama leaned against the wall, listening to the conversation with his sharper hearing. It was obvious that Ron didn't trust him, but from the argument, Kurama was sure that the reason was more out of jealousy then actual fact. It was plainly obvious that the boy was overprotective of his friends, and that he might even have feelings for the girl. In a way Kurama was like a wolf invading another wolf's territory. Ron felt like he was a threat, and all he wanted to do was protect what he felt was his, but that meant that every move Kurama made would be watched closely, one slip up and the mission would fail.

"Come on, I think they're done arguing," Harry said after the noise had died down. Kurama nodded, trying not to notice just how distressed Harry looked about the whole situation.

Disappointment reflected in the boy's face. Harry really wanted Ron to except Kurama, but like always, the boy was being too stubborn for his own good. He would have to talk to him about it later. At the moment though, Harry just didn't want to deal with it. He would give Ron some time to cool down first. In the meanwhile, he would try to pretend that he didn't hear the argument.

TBC.

Author's endnote: So sorry that the story seems to be moving so slow, I'm trying not so miss any details, and I'm trying to set the stage for the other chapters. So how am I doing so far? As for some of the questions that have been asked about this story, I'm going to try to make things more clear. Harry knew Kurama was new because Kurama was wearing school robes with no house on them, like first years. He pretty much assumed that Kurama was new because if he wasn't, he would already be put into a house. (Does that make sense?) Plus, I'm pretty sure that someone like Kurama would stick out no matter what house he was in, which means Harry would have at least recognized him from one of his classes, especially since Kurama would be in the same year as him. Remember that all of the houses have certain classes together. As for the question regarding why Kurama was able to speak English all of a sudden, well, Kurama was going to a very advanced school, and from what I know, many of the schools teach English. (At least in Taiwan the students are taught how to speak some English.) Since Kurama is so old, I find it a little hard that he hasn't tried to learn several different languages, it would give him an advantage when he's fighting an opponent from another country. But, Kurama does have an accent, it's just not so bad that people would comment on it. Well, I believe that that answers all of the questions at the moment, if you have anymore, just put it in the review. I'll answer all of the questions as long as it doesn't ruin the story. Look for an update soon, I'm on a roll. ^_^