Spirit Magic

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 Twenty Nine: A Glimpse Into Voldemort's Plans.

Snape gracefully made his way to the darkest cavern in the Leaky Cauldron, where he collapsed into the bench exhausted. It had been a long week. The new students were finally getting on his nerves, and he still hadn't completely recovered from the last time he had come to Diagon Alley. At least Shuuichi had recovered, and had gotten into a normal, pretty eventful schedule for the remaining days of the week.

"Snivellus."

Snape held back a growl as a cloaked figure slid into the seat across from him. He didn't even have to see the face of the speaker, he already knew who it was from the cockiness that radiated from the women's voice. There was only one person that could sound so pitiful, and outright cruel at the same time.

Bellatrix Lestrange.

Anger welled up at the thought of the monster responsible for killing his nephew's father, but the feeling only lasted for a second, before it melted into confusion. When the hell did he care so much about Black? The memory of sad emerald eyes flashed into his mind, filling him with another mixture of emotions completely alien to him.

"What the hell do you want?" Snape demanded crossing his arms across his chest, and glaring coldly at the women.

Bellatrix laughed as though Snape had made a joke, before she removed the hood, revealing her haunted face. It was evident that even after all the months since her freedom from Azkaban, she was just as effected as her cousin, maybe even more so.

"Our Lord has a new plan," Bellatrix exclaimed with so much enthusiasm it made Snape sick. "He has demon slaves that have been doing his bidding," the women continued drawling on in a dreamy daze, "Everyday, those creatures come back to the lair with disembodied humans, and then they feast on their flesh. It's barbaric," Bellatrix said gleaming at the thought of the horrors she had witnessed. For anybody else, it was enough to traumatize them, but the women got some sort of sick thrill out of it.

"Demons?" Snape asked sitting straighter in his seat. It was what Dumbledore had feared, that somehow Voldemort had gained control of some demons, and had mutated them to be stronger and more deadly. Demons were bad enough without magical influences.

"Yes, hundreds of demons," Bellatrix bragged, "Our lord has a whole army of them, and they are all ready to attack the school when our master gives the word."

"Attack the school?" Snape gasped his face paling, and his hands shook slightly in fear.

Bellatrix looked at him oddly for a second, but dismissed his odd reaction for one of excitement.

"Yes, my master wants something," Bellatrix hinted her lips curving into a devious smile.

"Potter?" Snape asked fearing for the boy's life, no matter how much the boy annoyed him.

"No, our lord no longer has a need for the boy. He's after someone far more powerful," Bellatrix said.

"Then Dumbledore," Snape said only to receive an amused laugh from the women.

"Hell no, the old fool is nothing but a nuisance to our lord. No, what our lord is after is the new kid. The exchange student from Japan," Bellatrix said her voice dropping to a whisper.

Snape's hands quickly shot to the three objects in the seat next to him. His finger's tightening around his nephews new wand, and the broomstick he had retrieved from the Goblins; while Bellatrix continued on about Shuuichi.

"I have no idea what is so interesting about the Japanese boy, besides the rumors that he is quit handsome, and our lord has been lonely for so long…" Bellatrix continued, unaware with how angry Snape was looking at the statement. "The demons have been saying something. For some reason they all fear him. They whisper about how the boy is the deadly Kurama, hired by Koenma to destroy demons. And that he has come to Hogwarts to thwart our lord's reign," Bellatrix continued laughing out loud at what she thought was a hilarious fear from such deadly creatures.

"That is ridiculous," Snape agreed, though he was slowly beginning to believe that there was something more about his nephew then he had originally thought.

Bellatrix just laughed some more before lowering her hood over her face. "It was nice talking to you Snivellus, but I must get back," Bellatrix said getting up and leaving a scowling Snape behind.

TBC.

Author's endnote: I know, I know it was a very short chapter. So sue me, (but if you do, I wont write anymore). After all of the responses I got about how long this story was going to be, I figured, I needed to speed things up a little bit. If I keep going at this rate, this story will have over a hundred chapters. 00 Yep, from what my outline says, I am only about a fourth of the way through, if even that… He he. Oops, I didn't even plan on this story lasting more then the first chapter. So I'm very happy with it, and will continue with all of the wonderful length that the Harry Potter stories are known for. LOL. So let me know your responses, and tell me if you like how I'm doing things at the moment, and what I should change. And all you Botan/Kurama haters, give me a break here, it's only really one sided for now. I really don't plan on making this a romance fic, so if there is any romance, it is just for the purposes of the plot only, and probably wont last. Thanks, and review.