Spirit Magic

Author's note: This chapter is more like an informational chapter. There will be a lot of information on how spirit energy and magic work. A lot of stuff is from the show and Harry Potter books, but some of it is my own theories. So stay with me, and enjoy your first history of magic lesson.

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 Nine: Shiori.

"Good evening students, my name is Shiori Minamino."

The class gazed from their new professor to Kurama, trying to figure out if there really was a relationship between the two of them. Kurama's reaction was a definite answer. Kurama's emerald green eyes were wide open in shock, while the rest of him was tense.

"Mom?" Kurama mouthed as Shiori gave him a pleasant smile and nodded.

For a moment mother and son stared at each other. While Kurama's reaction was of shock and confusion, his mother wore a look of amusement. It was a rare thing to catch her son off guard.

"Well, now that you know my name, I believe we should get on with the lesson," Shiori announced after the class had finally stopped their whispering. "As most of you know, this year we will be studying different magical theories," Professor Minamino explained heading toward the front of the class, where she casually leaned against her desk.

"Great, things just couldn't get any worse. Now my mom is going to be teaching the whole class about magical theories," Kurama thought thinking about what Harry had told him about ancient magic earlier. The whole theory was way too close to spirit energy for comfort. But the thing that bothered Kurama even more, was how his mother even got the teaching job, was she really a witch? Well, at least his mother being there explained some things. Like why Dumbledore was willing to give him a second chance. Kurama sat down looking at his mother respectfully. Again she had helped him out, just like when he was a child.

"It is believed that there are two types of magic…" Shiori's voice lectured, breaking into her son's deep thoughts, and forcing him to pay closer attention. He was interested in knowing just how much the wizarding world really knew about spirit energy. "The first type of magic resides in all living creatures, but the strength and amount varies between each person and creature…" Shiori explained stopping when Malfoy's hand flew up into the air. "Umm, yes Mr. …" Shiori said stopping to look at the blonde boy.

"Malfoy. Professor, are you trying to tell me that muggles have magic in them too?" Malfoy demanded starring at the new Professor with a cold sneer. As far as the young Slytherin was concerned, Muggles were inferior, and there was no way that they could possess any magical energy.

"Why yes Mr. Malfoy. But non-magic folks, or 'muggles', as you call them, have a considerable less amount of this energy," Shiori explained seemingly unfazed by the boy's glare. She may not be the bravest person in the world, but after meeting some of her son's friends, especially that one that always seemed to hang outside in a tree, Malfoy wasn't all that intimidating. "Now as I was saying…this magical energy, which is the source behind all of our spells and incantations, has a different level for each person and creature. In order to be accepted as a wizard, a person must possess at least twice the amount of magical energy then that of non-magic folk. With some training, the amount of magical energy will grow and become stronger. The same thing is true for other creatures. Dragons and other creatures you have learned about also possess magical energy, but their energy is raw, and uncontrolled. It is also known that the more rare the animal is, the more magical energy it possesses. Phoenix's for example, have about three times more magical energy then a normal wizard…" Shiori continued to explain.

Kurama listened to his mother's lecture half in pride, and the other part in shock. She couldn't be more correct about the theory of magic, except for the fact that magical energy was in fact spirit energy. But the power levels that she was talking about were relatively the same.

"The closest magical creatures that have come the closest to controlling their magical energy besides wizards, are demons," Shiori stated.

Kurama almost fell out of his chair at that piece of information. Demons? The wizarding world knew about demons? Kurama's eyes widened as he carefully studied his mother. It had to be a joke. It just had to be. But Shiori continued unaware of her son's strange behavior.

"Demon's do not use wands like wizards, instead they are able to concentrate their magical energy into a very disruptive raw energy explosion. These are among some of the most dangerous creatures that an Auror have to fight, but fortunately, demons do not have the control over their magical energy like fully trained wizards do. It is estimated that most demons possess about an equal amount of magical energy as a fully trained wizard…" Shiori explained, turning to look over at her son, only to notice just how pale he was looking.

She had arrived shortly after the plant incident, and had immediately demanded to see her son, but Professor McGonagall had told her that Dumbledore didn't want anybody to see the boy until he could determine if he was a threat. Shiori nearly had a fit at that information, and had done everything she could to convince McGonagall that her dear Shuuichi was perfectly harmless. Finally, the deputy Headmistress agreed to tell Dumbledore.

After Dumbledore left the hospital wing, he escorted her to his office, where he explained the whole situation out in full. He explained how Shuuichi had used some form of magic that was more powerful then anything he had ever seen before, but he assured the frantic mother that her son was only suffering from energy loss, and should be back to full health shortly. After that, Shiori spent the rest of the night trying to prepare a lesson, which proved to be a harder task, since she couldn't take her mind off of her son.

When she had first entered the classroom, her son seemed perfectly normal, except for the evident shock, but healthy. Now, as Shiori concentrated on her son, she could see just how pale he was looking. Surely he would have gotten over the shock by now.

Motherly instinct kicked in, and it took all of Shiori's self control not to rush over to her baby, and try to shelter him like she had when he was younger. She couldn't embarrass him like that, she knew just how much it meant to fit in at his age. And she was defiantly not going to be the one that would make him even more of an outsider then he already was being the new kid and the recent events that have occurred. So instead, Shiori forced her gaze back to the class, and tried to get back into the lesson.

Kurama noticed his mother's concern, and knew that she was struggling to continue the lesson. In actuality, Kurama felt perfectly fine, he was about back to full health, and was recovering nicely from his energy loss. Being in a magical environment like Hogwarts, did wonders for his spiritual energy. But the recent information that his mother had just given out, disturbed him greatly. Apparently wizards thought they were superior to demons, which would put them at a disadvantage if they ever had to face off against one of the more stronger demons.

The demons with power levels that his mother mentioned, were more like the demons that had come to watch the dark tournament, instead of the ones that actually participated. They were weak, and could get through to the human world just because they were undetectable by the wards that protected the portals between worlds. It was because of this flaw, that Koenma needed Yusuke to be a spirit detective. By being a human, Yusuke was able to hunt down these stray demons, and destroy them before they could make contact with the human race. Unfortunately, every once in awhile, a rather strong demon could find a way to get through the portal. But the majority of the strong demons were restricted to the Makai.

The fact that wizards believed they were superior was an arrogant flaw. Kurama knew that he could probably destroy everyone in this castle in his demon form, and he wasn't the strongest demon out there.

"The second type of magic that everything possesses, is the energy that keeps them alive. This energy cannot be accessed, but in a way, it is more powerful then a person's magical energy. Their 'life' energy is what sustains them, and if it is absent, then the person or creature will die," Shiori lectured.

Kurama stared thoughtfully at his mother. It was true that all living things possess both spirit, magical, and life energy, but contrary to the wizarding belief, life energy can be accessed in the most dire of situations. Yusuke had done it during his battle against the last saint beast, and he would have died if Kuwabara hadn't donated some of his own life energy into Yusuke. Life energy is hard to access and control, but it is possible to exist without it for very short periods of time. Amusement shined brightly in Kurama's eyes as he thought about how he had performed that task. When he had been killed by that hunter, he used his last remaining spirit energy to merge with the unborn Shuuichi. But for a moment, he had no life energy, and he would have perished if he couldn't find a suitable host. Ghosts were also another example of performing only off of spirit magic. Since a ghost is dead, they possess no life energy.

"Next time in class, I will be performing a task to see just how much magical energy each of you possess…" Shiori announced watching as the students around her gave silent cheers. The class had never had a practical history of magic lesson. It would be a fun experience for everybody, except Kurama.

To Kurama, the next class would be sure disaster unless he could find some way to alter the result. If the spell was performed, then he would rank above what would be normal, and more questions would be brought up. Kurama silently cursed Koenma for getting him into such a situation. This case was turning out to be way too challenging for even him, and he was supposed to be the most intelligent fighter on the Urameshi team. But there was very little Kurama could do when so many people were so content on making him expose his secret. "You owe me big time Koenma," Kurama mentally noted, even though he knew the young ruler wouldn't have heard him.

"Class dismissed," Shiori announced watching as the students began to shuffle out of her classroom. Ron immediately left the class room, but Harry and Hermione decided they wanted to meet Kurama's mother before they headed off to their next class.

Hermione was absolutely beaming as she and Shiori talked about the lesson, while Harry and Kurama decided to wait.

"So what's your opinion on demon's Shuuichi?" Kurama's mother asked sweetly.

"I think that there are more powerful demons out there," Kurama announced getting a questioning gaze from his mother. "It seems to me that all magical creatures obtain different levels of magical energy off of their bodies ability to withstand such power. So naturally, depending on the demon, the more magical energy they possess," Kurama clarified trying not to give too much away, but also give an adequate warning at the same time.

Shiori only smiled at her son proudly. Shuuichi had always been an intelligent child, a prodigy, but never had she heard one of her son's theories. She wasn't sure how true his hypothesis is, but it made her think. She promised herself to research into the matter further. Especially since the rest of her students seemed to be fascinated with demons.

"Shuuichi, when you get some time, I'd like to talk to you. You probably have a lot of questions," Shiori said watching her son nod an affirmative. "Good, well you three better be going to your next class," Shiori said giving the three children a sweet motherly smile, before she scooted them out of the room.

"Well, what's next on the agenda?" Harry asked shuffling through his bag in an attempt to find his schedule.

"We have defense next," Hermione stated.

"How do you know, I thought that you didn't have to take that class?" Harry demanded looking up from his present task.

"I don't have to take it. It's not a requirement. I just want to. There is nothing wrong with taking extra classes as long as you don't fall behind in the classes you have to take," Hermione pointed out.

Harry shook his head in disbelief. There was no way he would ever understand Hermione, the girl was just crazy. Who in their right mind would willingly take extra classes.

"Alright, defense it is. Lets see who gets to be this years lucky professor?" Harry said trying to mock one of those game show people. Hermione gave him an annoyed stare, while Kurama wore a small look of amusement. He knew the so called 'curse' about the position, and he couldn't wait to see who the unlucky person was going to be.

TBC.

Author's endnote: Next time the DADA teacher will be revealed, and all I can say is the new professor will be a shock to Kurama. Well, how was this chapter. I know it was boring, but did it at least make sense? As for the contest, I'm determining the winners, and should have the results by the next chapter. The new Kurama picture will be sent to the winners, and for all who want another chance, don't forget I give it to the longest reviewer per chapter, and I'll also give it to my 250th, 288th, and 300th reviewer. Good luck. For everybody else who wants to see my other Kurama picture, or haven't received it yet, please e-mail me at FireBird9900@aol.com.