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Pen Against Sword: I know you can't apparate on Hogwarts grounds. I didn't realize I'd screwed up until the next day, though. I wrote the last chapter when I was half-asleep…so…yeah! Here's your update commander!
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Chapter Two (aka your Christmahanakwanzaakah present!)
HP CHARACTERS POV…
Harry Potter stared across the aisle at the curiously dressed teens who had just clambered into his, Hermione's, and Ron's compartment on the train. They looked about his age, but he had thought he had at least seen everyone in his year. I mean, you can't exactly spend three-quarters of the year for six years with the same people and not at least become acquainted with them, especially if you were, unfortunately, famous. But he'd never seen these people before. Heck, he'd scarcely even ever seen the types of clothes some of them were wearing.
"Do you know those guys?" murmured Ron into his ear. "They look…odd."
"I was just thinking that…" replied Harry just as quietly.
"Look at those jeans." cut in Hermione. "You know, the ones on the black-haired one? The one with the annoying little hairs in his face? They're so ugly."
"Since when are you a fashion critic-"
"Why does EVERYONE think that my jeans are ugly?!" yelled the one Hermione had made fun of as he jumped from his seat. He had a helmet…no, that was his hair, and wore a white T-shirt and tapered blue jeans.
A brunette stood and pulled the other boy back to his seat. "Please excuse Yusuke here…he can't help himself…" she bowed slightly and said, "Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Keiko Yukimora, and this here, as I said, is Yusuke. Yusuke Urameshi." This one was dressed normally enough. A lime green jumper over a white shirt with brown shoes. Not the nicest color combination, but normal nonetheless.
"Er…I'm Hermione. And the redhead is Ron…and here's Harry." replied Hermione. "But I don't believe we've ever seen you guys at Hogwarts. Who exactly are you?"
"Oh, exchange students from Japan. Tokyo Premier School for Magic. And I'm here to teach Muggle Studies and Foreign Languages, a new class." said Keiko quickly.
"Wait a second!" exclaimed a rather…ugly…orange-haired guy. "How are we speaking English?"
"The spell Dumbledore used, idiot! Shut up before you blow our cover!" hissed Botan in Japanese.
"What was that?" asked Ron. "I heard 'Dumbledore-san' in there. You know Dumbledore?"
"Yes!" replied Keiko nervously. "Hehheh…who doesn't?"
All of a sudden, the train began to pull away from the station.
"Oh! I almost forgot Ron, we have to go the front to the Prefect's car! Let's go!" Hermione and Ron stood, then turned to look at Harry. "We'll be back soon, I promise." With one last look they hurried off, and silence prevailed.
NEXT DOOR… (YYH CHAR. POV.)
Kurama sat silently, staring out the window at the passing mountains and greenery. It seemed the train was taking them out very far into one of the most remote parts of England. It made sense. You can't exactly have a magic school in the middle of London. But this really wasn't what he was thinking of. He was thinking about their mission. It was just…too simple. Protect Harry Potter. Spy on the other students to see if anyone knows about the evil wizard who was breeding demons. Fight demons if need be. Protect school. Too simple. Why would a world that has been completely self-reliant need Reikai now? Unless there was something else. They were keeping some piece of vital information from them, and Kurama didn't like it. Were the wizards' powers somehow useless against demons? Or was it just that there was something larger going on, something that was to be kept from them?
He was so deep in thought, that when Yukina said something, he hardly heard. "This countryside is beautiful." commented the apparition quietly, keeping her face toward the window.
"Yes, it is, isn't it? I think they're taking us way into the heart of England. You know, so it's harder for some unsuspecting passers-by to notice that there are oddly dressed kids everywhere."
"I guess so." she turned her head and looked at him. "It's kind of-"
"This is the last free compartment!" declared a dirty-blonde girl as she entered their compartment. Kurama and Yukina almost instantly shut up. The girl started to try to heave up her trunk to the overhead compartment with little success. Trying to be polite, Kurama stood.
"Need some help?" he asked, with a small smile. The girl looked up.
"No, no, I've got it…" she muttered, pulling her wand from behind her ear, setting down her trunk as though she were giving up. But then, with a swish and flick of her wand she cried, "Wingardium Leviosa!" and the trunk sprang to life, easing itself into the overhead compartment as she guided it along with her wand. "There we are!" she exclaimed triumphantly, sliding into the seat next to Yukina. "All done."
Kurama sat back down with a slight sweatdrop. "So…why are you just now sitting down? The train left a half hour ago."
"Well…Ginny should be coming and we wanted to go someplace quieter. Up by the front it's too crowded and noisy." No sooner had she said those words than a small, redheaded girl entered the compartment, carefully closing the door behind her.
"The people in the next compartment are weird." she declared, dragging her trunk in. Kurama, who just assumed she would use magic like the other, simply stayed seated until she cleared her throat and tapped him on the shoulder. "Would you help me?" she asked. He stood.
"Sure." he lifted her trunk with ease and put in the overhead before sitting once more. Yukina remained silent.
"But, as I was saying," continued the girl, flopping into a seat next to Kurama, "the people next door are weird. They're sitting with Ron, Hermione, and Harry like they know them. And their hair is weird too. This one guy's wearing…like…a helmet or something."
"Oh…Yusuke. No, that's his hair." cut in Kurama.
"Oh? And how do you know?" asked the blonde.
"Because I'm an exchange student like him. Shuichi Minamino, but call me Kurama. And that's Yukina…Yukina."
"Exchange students? From where? We've never had exchange students before…what year are you?" asked the blonde with an arched eyebrow.
"We're from Japan, and there's a new exchange program. The International Magical Foreign Education Exchange. Dumbledore joined this year. And we're sixth years."
"Oh. Well, I'm Luna Lovegood, and that there is Ginny Weasley. My father owns The Quibbler, surely you've heard of it? It's the best magazine in the wizarding world. Only the best, most real and important stories are published."
"Yes, it's a good one." replied Kurama awkwardly. The compartment fell silent for a moment, then Ginny and Luna started to bicker about something or other, and the other two remained quiet, and content to be so.
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The rest of the ride went by relatively well, it was just sort of boring. Kurama and Yukina could only sit there silently and watch the rain that eventually fell splatter on the windows. The other Reikai Tantei, minus Hiei, could only sit and stare absently out the window as Harry sulked in the absence of his friends, who eventually came back, but it still was awkward. Hiei, who had had managed to keep his own compartment by growling at anybody who tried to sit with him, slept most of the way and just sat the rest.
Sometime along the ride, they had to change, but the Reikai Tantei unknowingly just threw the robes Dumbledore had provided on over their normal attire, not noticing that he had given them the rest of the uniform too.
Finally, the train halted and they were allowed to leave. Yusuke was reluctant to leave a rather odd-shaped case behind, saying he needed it.
"I can't live without that Gelmet!" (A/N I made up the Gelmet. Let it be known here and now.) he wailed like a small child. Keiko pulled him away, saying,
"You still have that thing? You got it when we were seven off of an infomercial!"
"Um…they take our bags to our rooms for us…" commented Ron nervously.
But Keiko had already managed to push Yusuke out the door with the help of Botan. The Reikai Tantei assembled outside the train, unsure if they should go with the other sixth years or with the guy who was yelling, "Firs' years o'er 'ere!" Settling on going with the older students, they made their way to a long line of carriages.
"Thestrals." breathed Kurama as they came close.
"What?" asked Yusuke, looking cautiously at the black horses pulling the coaches.
"Thestrals. From Western mythology…you can supposedly only see them if you have seen death. I think all of us have seen enough of that."
"I like horses," murmured Keiko. "But those things are freaky."
"When have you seen death?" questioned Yusuke, eyeing her.
"Gee...I dunno…you slaughtering Toguro and all those other demons ripping each other limb from limb at the Dark Tournament…I wonder when I saw death…" Kuwabara laughed like a deranged monkey.
"Shut up!" growled Yusuke, jumping into an empty carriage. "We're going to have to split again."
The seven split up again, Yusuke, Keiko, Kuwabara, and Yukina in one carriage, Kurama, Botan, and Hiei in another with Luna Lovegood, as Kurama introduced her.
As they approached the school, the view of it from the carriage window was spectacular, all of the tiny light glimmering, reflected off of the lake which shimmered in the moonlight.
"Wow." breathed Yusuke, looking to Keiko. "Isn't it beautiful?"
"I don't see anything." she replied with a frown, squinting out the window.
"Hey, remember Yusuke?" Put in Kuwabara. "Keiko can't see because she isn't a wizard and can't use these devices."
"Oh yeah. She has to hold my hand walking in to see it." he smirked. "Oh, it's so beautiful! A once in a lifetime sight! Too bad Keiko can't see…" he sighed dreamily.
"So beautiful." added Kuwabara smugly. "You'd love it, Keiko."
SLAP x2!
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"And so," began Dumbledore, standing before the students that were all sitting in the Great Hall. The 'exchange students' were standing behind Dumbledore, except Keiko, who was sitting between professors McGonagall and Flitwick. (A/N The main sorting has already taken place.) "I'd like to welcome you all to another year at Hogwarts!" Where there should have been cheers, there was deadly quiet, and the old man looked about expectantly, casting his eyes down after no one did anything. "Well then, seems like everyone is waiting for me to give you any piece of news, but I can't. So, without anymore ado, I'd like to introduce you all to our new foreign exchange students from the Tokyo Premier School for Magic." He stepped aside and made a sweeping gesture with his hands. "They're all sixth years and will be joining us for the entire term. So, let their sorting begin!"
"He can't be serious." mumbled Yusuke. "We have to put on the talking hat?"
But, sure enough, the three-legged stool was brought forth again, and they were ushered up by Dumbledore. One by one, they sat down, but every time, before the hat was on their head, the hat yelled "Gryffindor!" and that person's sorting was over. Not very convincing at all, the hat was obviously proctored.
"Can he embarrass us any more?" asked Kuwabara, a bit too loudly.
"How about the exchange students come up and tell a little bit about themselves?" asked Dumbledore brightly. The Reikai Tantei all moaned. The Great Hall cheered. The students obviously enjoyed other's humiliation, and the mood suddenly changed from tense and expectant to bright and comical.
Dumbledore stepped behind them and pushed Kuwabara up, whispering, "Don't test me." with a twinkle in his eye. Kuwabara stepped up and yelled to the Great Hall,
"My name is Kazuma Kuwabara, champion of love and devotion, and I love you all!"
Crickets sounded throughout the hall, and someone declared, "that's kinda creepy," for everyone to hear. Kuwabaka slunk back to the others and Dumbledore pushed Botan out.
"Er…My name is Botan….um…Boatman? And I'm…really glad to be here? Um…so…so…um…Hey look it's Walt Disney!" she pointed at Dumbledore and ran back. Yusuke was next.
"I'm Yusuke Urameshi, I'm a bad-ass so don't mess with me…my hobbies include martial arts and coming up with corny jokes for my chronic fights. Have a nice day!" he scurried back to the others. Yukina was next.
"I'm…Yukina…um…smokeem'ifyougotem'!" (A/N: so ooc…)
Next was Kurama.
"My name is Shuichi Minamino, but call me Kurama-"
"I'll call you 'Love God!'" yelled a girl from the audience.
Kurama sweat dropped. "Please don't." he walked back. Now for Hiei!
After a dramatic pause, he simply said, "Hn." and walked back, scowling.
Dumbledore walked out. "Those are the new students…so, let's eat!"
Suddenly, the tables became laden with food, and the Reikai Tantei were allowed to go to their new house table and eat.
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That was…..random. Um…I think it kinda sucked…so the next chapter I hope will be better.
Next time: The YYH gang go and meet their new dormitory mates…and the first day of classes! YAY! (Also the end of the feast….big whoop.) Also, Hogwarts is attacked! Unfortunately for the Reikai Tantei…the students are on break! Can they fight without revealing anything…or accidentally showering the crowd with carnage?