All characters here belong to the makers and producers of Yu Yu Hakusho and J.K. Rowlings respectively. I only own Raven and the storyline and since I make no money from this, don't sue me. I'm poor anyways. So sit back and enjoy and please review. As always, flames welcome as long as you are polite and give constructive criticism. I can't spell lol.
After leaving Kurama and Raven at the apartment door, so that Kurama could show her around, Hiei had gone straight to Genkai and explained the episode last night from outside his apartment building. Genkai frowned to him. "Sounds like a witch."
He blinked "A what?" Genkai smiled "Witch, wizard. Magical folk. They do exist you know." Hiei frowned a bit as he thought of this. "The raven would be her familiar?" Genkai shook her head "No, probably the wizard himself, or herself. Some can change into animals, if I do recall." Hiei frowned slightly. "We have a woman looking at our house right now, possibly to become our roommate. Her name is Raven." Genkai looked up at him and then calmly sipped her tea. "Hmmmm, interesting." Hiei nodded and walked to the door, looking out. "What else is there about her that is troubling you?" Hiei sighed to himself, the old woman was perceptive. "She is beautiful. And confusing. I am not suppose to be able to desire others now that I am bonded to Kurama, but I desire her."
Genkai thought for awhile "She could be your soulmate, Hiei. No bonding will stop you from desiring your soulmate." Hiei frowned "Kurama is my soulmate. You know that as well as I do. It's been proven. How can she be my soulmate?" Genkai frowned "Maybe you are a triple, the three of you. Is Kurama attracted to her?" Hiei shrugged. "I don't know." Genkai nodded "Find out. Triples are rare, but out there." Hiei nodded and looked at Genkai. "I need to get back, Kurama has been feeling neglected lately I think."
Genkai watched him dart off before walking towards the inner sanctum of the temple and sitting down to meditate.
Hiei arrived on the rooftop of his apartment building and was about to jump onto his windowsill when he heard a funny popping noice and looked down in time to see Raven walk out of the dead end alley into the apartment building. He quickly slipped into his house and sat down across from Kurama at the table before she entered. Seeing Kurama walk towards her bedroom with one of her bags had him curious, she didn't have any bags outside. Very curious.
Kurama came back out into the kitchen and sat back down across from Hiei and looked at him. "what?" Hiei shook his head "There is something about her, like she is not all she appears." Kurama smiled "Tell me one person who is." Hiei sighed to his husband and stood, walked over and sat on his lap. "I know, just something about her." He heard Kurama give a soft breathy "Yeah" and looked at his husband sharply "Kurama?" Kurama looked at Hiei and blushed a little, but tried to sound normal "What?" Hiei sat back and stared at his husband "You like her". With that he jumped up and ran out of the room, Kurama following him.
Hiei ran into their bedroom and then to the window. Kurama's voice stopped him from leaving. "It's not possible though Hiei. We are bonded." Hiei stopped and looked outside the window "Genkai thinks we might be triples." Kurama let out a sharp gasp and sat down across from his husband. "Triples?" Hiei nodded and looked at Kurama. Kurama stared at him "You are attracted to her also." Hiei groaned and sat on the floor, the wall to his back. "When I held her this morning after running into her, all I wanted to do was grab her and kiss her." Kurama grinned "Well, we could ask her to join us in our bedroom." Hiei growled at his mate "No". Kurama sighed, worth a shot. Inwardly Hiei was thinking "oh, I wish."
In her room across the hall, Raven had no idea that a conversation was being held about her as she unpacked. She had transfigured the furniture to more of her liking, the simple bed now a four poster with curtains to close around it. After years at school, and sleeping on such beds, they were her norm now. A small desk had been transfigured into something sturdier and her computer came out of the bag, growing and settled on it. Her books went to a small bookcase, transfigured out of a small box and the dresser magically enlarged to hold all her clothes, muggle style on one side, magical on another. A small cauldron was placed next to the desk and when the magical protections were in place for when a fire was lit, she moved on. Finally a tall bird perch emerged from her bag and she set that next to the window. She then proceeded to put up strong wards on the window before opening it. Now only she and Claw would be able to enter the room through the window, no one else. She put silencing charms along the walls, set up her wards and illusions on the door and then looked around satisfied. She felt a bit tired from all the magic that it had taken to fix her room, she needed to start remembering to use her wand for simple things. Her mage powers were not accustomed to this much use, but she hadn't wanted to pull the wand out right now, just in case.
She sighed and sat in a large comfortable chair, near the book case, exhausted. She fell asleep in the chair.
Later.
Kurama looked at the clock. It was now 5 pm. Hiei had left to check in with Yusuke for the night before returning for supper. He wondered if Raven had falled asleep in her room and knocked on her door softly. "Raven?" Raven's eyes flew open into the darkening room and sat up "Be right there" she called out. Kurama nodded and moved back down the hall. She stood and looked around before walking out of the room, whispering her wards back up as she left the room.
She entered the kitchen to find Kurama digging through cupboards. "Hey, I thought I was cooking tonight.' Kurama turned and just stared. Her cheeks were rosy, still flushed from sleep, her hair was falling in soft waves, pure black. She was also barefoot now. She frowned in his direction "Something on my face?" Kurama blushed and shook his head before sticking it back in the pantry. "It's your first night, I should cook for you." He was pushed out of the way and she looked in, standing on tiptoes before finding something to make. "No it's fine, I'll cook." She pulled noodles out of the top shelf, which she could barely reach and then she had to do a small levitation spell under her breath while Kurama's back was turned to get it into her hand. She pulled out a few cans of tomatoe sauce, skipping the premade stuff and proceeded to make homemade spaghetti. She also found some thawed meat in the fridge and made meatballs to go with it. She stood at the stove, stirring the sauce when Hiei walked in and stopped. The scene before him was so homey it almost made him sick to his stomach. It also made him jealous, wanting to be part of the whole scene.
She was standing at the stove, on her tiptoes looking into the pot. Her hair hung down to her hips, tied back into a braid. Her body was small, but most definately that of a woman's. Kurama sat at the table, which was already set, laughing at something she was saying. Neither had noticed him yet. She turned to look at Kurama and her smile faded when she saw Hiei in the doorway, her laughter dying too. Hiei felt a pain of misery that she didn't like him and walked towards Kurama, pushing the pain aside. Kurama had turned to see Hiei's face and saw his distress, but said nothing. Hiei leaned down and kissed Kurama softly "hello fox." Kurama smiled up at his husband and Raven turned back to the stove, a bit jealous. They had such a good relationship it seemed. When would she find that?
She sighed at the sauce, none of the wizards she knew were interesting. Since finding out she was a mage, it had just seemed that they were acting petty, the ones she dated. She didn't think she could date a wizard. Harry would be about the only one that would, but they were just friends. Both demons were watching her from the table, they saw the way her shoulder's dropped and wondered what was wrong. Hiei shrugged and went to wash for supper and Kurama walked to her "Raven?" She looked up at him and he saw a miriad of emotions there, pain and confusion among them, and longing. He frowned as he thought "this girl has known great pain in her life." She moved past him and grabbed the spaghetti pot, draining the noodles before adding the noodles back to the pan and the sauce with the meatballs to the spaghetti.
Raven had just finished dumping it into a big bowl and putting it on the table when Hiei came back. She dished the plates up and sat down, eating without really thinking about it. Hiei and Kurama were drooling, the sauce was so good. Hiei looked up "Why can't you cook this good, Fox." Kurama smiled "well, I have other things I'm good at." Hiei blushed and Raven pretended to not notice their words.
Kurama wondered over Raven's silence at the dinner table. She had been laughing and joking with him only to close up when Hiei got there. He looked to Hiei who was eating silently, and saw his husband sneak a quick glance at their new roommate. She wasn't even eating now, just pushing her food around on her plate. She looked deep in thought.
In truth, Raven's mind had moved away from the two men at the table with her and back to her current problem at work. Their new potion had promising effects for healing curses if the victim was found in time, but the side effects were almost as bad. Some ingredient in the formula was causing permanent blindness. It was not really productive to cure an unforgivable only to leave the person permanently blind. She had gotten the options of the offending ingredient down to two, but unfortunately they were both top key ingredients.
She sighed and closed her eyes, it felt like the answer, or clue she was missing was just beyond her reach. Kurama's soft voice reached her as she thought about it and she opened her eyes to find them looking at her worriedly. "What?" Kurama asked again "Are you ok?"
Raven nodded and stood, taking her plate with her. "Just thinking on a problem at work. Sorry." She dumped her still full plate in the trash and then moved to the bedroom with a soft "Goodnight" to them. Once in her room, wards back in place she began to pace the floor. Man, if only she could discover that missing bit of information. God.
A loud hoot was heard outside the window and she turned to find Claw there, pecking at the glass. She moved to the window and let her owl in, taking the note from his leg. Still distracted she walked out of the room, back to the kitchen, reading the note. Both men were doing dishes and she glanced up as she entered and then went to the cupboard for a package of crackers. She gave them a smile and left them to it. Walking back in her room, kicking the door with her foot to shut it, she opened the package and gave a cracker to Claw. "I'll pick up your favorite tomorrow, boy." Claw hooted and ate it before hopping onto the perch and tucking his head under a wing.
Raven lowered the letter from Harry, disturbed by the news he had relayed to her. ~Dumbledore came out of the apparate with a long slash mark on his back, as if attacked by a monster.~ Raven closed her eyes, thinking for awhile, something attacked Dumbledore during his travel? Or had he been attacked before he apparated. She looked up as she heard footsteps coming down the hall and before she could move, Hiei threw open the door to her room, catching her standing there, holding Harry's letter.
She blinked and moved towards Hiei before he could step in the room and see past her illusion. Hiei looked around their former guest room, the only thing he saw that had changed since before she moved in was a large bird perch in the corner with an owl sleeping on it. She came to him, and stepped before him, looking up slightly. The desire to kiss him was almost overpowering and she blinked at the feeling, her tongue swiping her lower lip before it was tucked in between her teeth. Hiei groaned softly at the sight of that tongue, his eyes on her lips for a long moment before moving back up to her eyes. He blinked when he saw her green eyes, a swift memory sliding through his mind, disappearing before he could grab it. He growled in frustration.
"Are you well?"
Blinking up at him to clear her thoughts, she nodded. "Yes, and didn't your mama ever teach you to knock?" Hiei blinked at her and then down to the paper in her hand. 'It's written in English' the thought came to him. "You were very pale when you came in to the kitchen just now. Kurama was worried about you. He wants to know if you would like to go down to the cafe on the next street over to get some dessert." There, he had given her the message like the fox had asked, now he could retreat from her. Surely if she was that preoccupied with work as it had appeared over supper she wouldn't be joining them.
"Um, sure, let me get my cloak." Hiei blinked as she reached up next to her on the wall and pulled a long black hooded cloak down. He frowned at the cloak and but said nothing, just turned and walked back towards the living room where Kurama was getting his shoes on. He looked up as she entered and walked towards the front door, grabbing her tiny boots. She had a pair of clean socks in her hand too, having 'accio'd' them to her hand after he walked off. She had replaced the wards on her door quickly before closing it, making sure that the illusion was strengthened, that had been a close one.
She sat down across from them, pulling on her socks and boots. As she leaned over, her v-neck on her shirt fell open just a bit and she didn't realize she was showing them a good amount of cleavage. Hiei hissed softly and stood up, walking to the bedroom "I'll meet you there." Kurama tore his eyes from her cleavage to nod to his husband and then with effort continued to tie his shoes.
Hiei lept from the window and on the way down saw that hers was open. He blinked "stupid woman" and jumped back up to close it, only to be stopped as if by an invisible field around her window. He growled low and tapped on the open air lightly, solid. With a frown he turned and jumped off the building onto the sidewalk and moved swiftly to the cafe, leaning against the wall to wait for them, pondering her inaccessible window.
Kurama and Raven walked slowly towards the cafe, their minds going in two seperate directions. Raven thought on what could have slashed at Professor Dumbledore while Kurama thought of her. He shook his head, trying to get those images out of his mind and she looked to him "Are you ok?" Kurama nodded and looked at Hiei "Yes, just thinking". She nodded and looked at Hiei also. "How did he beat us?" Kurama shrugged "He always manages to arrive ahead of me."
Hiei gave a small smirk in their direction. She groaned as she walked past, great another smirker, bad enough she had to put up with Snape, now this. The three were given a table and placed their orders. Kurama's eyebrows went up when they both ordered the death by chocolate house specialty. Double chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and dark chocolate Godiva ice cream on the side. Dang, two chocolate freaks in the house.
They didn't really talk much as they waited for their dessert, lost in their own thoughts. Even after their dessert arrived, the chocolate for Hiei and Raven and a cheesecake for Kurama, talk was light. They had found out she was born in America, spent 10 years there before going to England. She also said she went to a private bording school in southern Scottland from 11 to 17. She returned to the states to go to college, becoming a chemist. They both looked stunned that this tiny, beautiful woman before them was a scientist. She found out Kurama worked for his family's company, but she couldn't figure out what Hiei did and he didn't say.
They were almost done when an almost lazy voice sounded behind them "Well, well, well. This is a surprise, you are with a woman tonight." All three looked up at Yusuke. Raven studied the young man behind her, he was well built, as if he worked out, and had dark hair. He was grinning lazily at them. Hiei frowned at his partner "What do you need, Yusuke?" Kurama just grinned and kicked out a chair while Yusuke answered "Nothing, was just taking a walk and had to come over when I saw you with this pretty woman." He grinned at Raven who smiled back to him. Hiei growled softly and Yusuke looked up at him, catching the looks in both Kurama's and Hiei's eyes, that was weird. It was almost like they were jealous.
Talk was swift flowing after that, they all ordered cups of coffee and sat for an hour, talking. Raven thought Yusuke was hilarious. He was laughing over a story she told from school, about sneaking out through hidden passages in her school to the neighboring town so they could get some snacks and drinks for one of the many parties her school house held, unplanned. Kurama was snickering behind his hand and Hiei even had a grudging smile.
A dark voice sounded behind them "While you confessions of rule breaking is very interesting and explains alot, Ms. Smith, you might want to leave now." All three turned and looked at the tall, dark man. He had long black hair and a hooked nose. He wore a cloak similar to Raven's and her face had gone pale as she looked up at him. "Severus?" He looked over his shoulder and she followed his gaze "Oh God. Don't they ever give up?" Severus shook his head "No, now move silly girl." Raven stood and the man took off, she turned to her friends "I have to leave, pay the bill and leave this cafe as quickly as possible. I hope they won't come after you if I leave." With that she was off, jumping over the small fence surrounding the cafe courtyard and running swiftly down the street. The five men standing at the far end immediately took off running after her, pulling sticks out of their sleeves as they passed.
Hiei stood just as Kurama said "Hiei, follow her. We'll meet you at the house." Hiei nodded and swiftly moved out of the way of the passerbys on the street and lept onto the nearest lightpole, jumping to the next one, following Raven as she ran. They cornered her into an alley, all five aimed their sticks at her and he saw her close her eyes as bolts shot from their sticks and slammed into her chest, sending her flying backwards into the wall. He watched her slump to the ground and he growled angrily. They heard it and looked up at him as he lept down on them and attacked. He took down 3 before one turned the stick onto him and he felt a blast of energy slam into his chest. He flew back, but was immediately on his feet. The man's eyes widened and he groaned "There are three of you now?" With that the remaining two swished their sticks and disappeared.
Hiei turned to Raven and saw her eyes were open. He moved swiftly too her, kneeling at her side. She was gasping for breathe. He knelt down next to her and looked at her. She had a huge scorch mark on her chest, the blast had burned through her shirt and blackened her chest. She grabbed his hand, her voice weak "Are you ok, Hiei?" He nodded and picked her up, she winced in pain, grabbing his shirt before passing out. He quickly took her home, jumping through his window and swiftly laying her on the bed, calling to Kurama and Yusuke.
Both men were shocked at the sight that greeted them. Raven was unconscience on the bed, her chest burned. Suddenly her eyes opened and she gave a gasping breathe. Hiei grabbed her hand and smoothed a hand over her hair. "Calm Raven. It's ok. You are here now." Raven stared at Hiei before closing her eyes. He heard her softly whisper "Accio Healten Potion." She pulled her hand from his and opened her eyes to see Kurama almost get reamed in the back of the head by a small vial zooming towards her outstretched fingers.
She caught it deftly and Hiei's hands caught hers. She looked up at him and shook her head "I have to take this. It's alright." He frowned and took it from her, opening the vial, a sickenly sweet scent met his nose and he almost gagged. He lifted her up against his chest and she took hold of his hand and pulled the vial to her mouth. Closing her eyes, trying not to smell it she drank it fully. The taste was even worse then the smell and she gagged, turning her face into his chest after it was drunk and coughed.
He looked up at Kurama whose eyes were on her chest. Dropping his gaze he saw that her wounds were healing. She was breathing easier now and all three men sighed with relief as she pushed away from Hiei to look at him. She was scowling at him. "You shouldn't have followed me. Those men are dangerous. What if they had thrown a death curse on you." He blinked "A what?" She touched her now healed chest "A death curse. I got hit by five at the same time. I didn't want you three to get injured." Her eyes were watching him and he smirked down at her "Well, I did get hit. But it tickled." She opened her mouth and stared at him. "How?"
Kurama came forward then "I think you need to rest, Raven, let me take you back to your room." Raven frowned and without thinking, nodded her agreement. Kurama reached down and pulled her into his arms, carrying her down the hall. At her door, which was open, he was about to walk through when she stopped him. "No, I can do it from here." He blinked at her 'It's no problem to get you into bed, Raven." She shook his head "I need to send a message to someone first, before bed, trust me, I'll be fine." Kurama looked like he wanted to argue but set her down on her feet anyways. She leaned over to him and kissed his cheek before entering her room and closing the door.
She instantly reset her wards and then moved to the dresser for a new shirt. After slipping it on, she morphed into a raven and flew out the window .
Hiei was standing at the window, Yusuke and Kurama talking behind him, he blinked "What the...?" as a black raven flew past his window. He quickly opened the window and without a word jumped out after it, following it silently. Kurama saw his husband leave but said nothing just continued to talk to Yusuke, thinking on what to do next.
After leaving Kurama and Raven at the apartment door, so that Kurama could show her around, Hiei had gone straight to Genkai and explained the episode last night from outside his apartment building. Genkai frowned to him. "Sounds like a witch."
He blinked "A what?" Genkai smiled "Witch, wizard. Magical folk. They do exist you know." Hiei frowned a bit as he thought of this. "The raven would be her familiar?" Genkai shook her head "No, probably the wizard himself, or herself. Some can change into animals, if I do recall." Hiei frowned slightly. "We have a woman looking at our house right now, possibly to become our roommate. Her name is Raven." Genkai looked up at him and then calmly sipped her tea. "Hmmmm, interesting." Hiei nodded and walked to the door, looking out. "What else is there about her that is troubling you?" Hiei sighed to himself, the old woman was perceptive. "She is beautiful. And confusing. I am not suppose to be able to desire others now that I am bonded to Kurama, but I desire her."
Genkai thought for awhile "She could be your soulmate, Hiei. No bonding will stop you from desiring your soulmate." Hiei frowned "Kurama is my soulmate. You know that as well as I do. It's been proven. How can she be my soulmate?" Genkai frowned "Maybe you are a triple, the three of you. Is Kurama attracted to her?" Hiei shrugged. "I don't know." Genkai nodded "Find out. Triples are rare, but out there." Hiei nodded and looked at Genkai. "I need to get back, Kurama has been feeling neglected lately I think."
Genkai watched him dart off before walking towards the inner sanctum of the temple and sitting down to meditate.
Hiei arrived on the rooftop of his apartment building and was about to jump onto his windowsill when he heard a funny popping noice and looked down in time to see Raven walk out of the dead end alley into the apartment building. He quickly slipped into his house and sat down across from Kurama at the table before she entered. Seeing Kurama walk towards her bedroom with one of her bags had him curious, she didn't have any bags outside. Very curious.
Kurama came back out into the kitchen and sat back down across from Hiei and looked at him. "what?" Hiei shook his head "There is something about her, like she is not all she appears." Kurama smiled "Tell me one person who is." Hiei sighed to his husband and stood, walked over and sat on his lap. "I know, just something about her." He heard Kurama give a soft breathy "Yeah" and looked at his husband sharply "Kurama?" Kurama looked at Hiei and blushed a little, but tried to sound normal "What?" Hiei sat back and stared at his husband "You like her". With that he jumped up and ran out of the room, Kurama following him.
Hiei ran into their bedroom and then to the window. Kurama's voice stopped him from leaving. "It's not possible though Hiei. We are bonded." Hiei stopped and looked outside the window "Genkai thinks we might be triples." Kurama let out a sharp gasp and sat down across from his husband. "Triples?" Hiei nodded and looked at Kurama. Kurama stared at him "You are attracted to her also." Hiei groaned and sat on the floor, the wall to his back. "When I held her this morning after running into her, all I wanted to do was grab her and kiss her." Kurama grinned "Well, we could ask her to join us in our bedroom." Hiei growled at his mate "No". Kurama sighed, worth a shot. Inwardly Hiei was thinking "oh, I wish."
In her room across the hall, Raven had no idea that a conversation was being held about her as she unpacked. She had transfigured the furniture to more of her liking, the simple bed now a four poster with curtains to close around it. After years at school, and sleeping on such beds, they were her norm now. A small desk had been transfigured into something sturdier and her computer came out of the bag, growing and settled on it. Her books went to a small bookcase, transfigured out of a small box and the dresser magically enlarged to hold all her clothes, muggle style on one side, magical on another. A small cauldron was placed next to the desk and when the magical protections were in place for when a fire was lit, she moved on. Finally a tall bird perch emerged from her bag and she set that next to the window. She then proceeded to put up strong wards on the window before opening it. Now only she and Claw would be able to enter the room through the window, no one else. She put silencing charms along the walls, set up her wards and illusions on the door and then looked around satisfied. She felt a bit tired from all the magic that it had taken to fix her room, she needed to start remembering to use her wand for simple things. Her mage powers were not accustomed to this much use, but she hadn't wanted to pull the wand out right now, just in case.
She sighed and sat in a large comfortable chair, near the book case, exhausted. She fell asleep in the chair.
Later.
Kurama looked at the clock. It was now 5 pm. Hiei had left to check in with Yusuke for the night before returning for supper. He wondered if Raven had falled asleep in her room and knocked on her door softly. "Raven?" Raven's eyes flew open into the darkening room and sat up "Be right there" she called out. Kurama nodded and moved back down the hall. She stood and looked around before walking out of the room, whispering her wards back up as she left the room.
She entered the kitchen to find Kurama digging through cupboards. "Hey, I thought I was cooking tonight.' Kurama turned and just stared. Her cheeks were rosy, still flushed from sleep, her hair was falling in soft waves, pure black. She was also barefoot now. She frowned in his direction "Something on my face?" Kurama blushed and shook his head before sticking it back in the pantry. "It's your first night, I should cook for you." He was pushed out of the way and she looked in, standing on tiptoes before finding something to make. "No it's fine, I'll cook." She pulled noodles out of the top shelf, which she could barely reach and then she had to do a small levitation spell under her breath while Kurama's back was turned to get it into her hand. She pulled out a few cans of tomatoe sauce, skipping the premade stuff and proceeded to make homemade spaghetti. She also found some thawed meat in the fridge and made meatballs to go with it. She stood at the stove, stirring the sauce when Hiei walked in and stopped. The scene before him was so homey it almost made him sick to his stomach. It also made him jealous, wanting to be part of the whole scene.
She was standing at the stove, on her tiptoes looking into the pot. Her hair hung down to her hips, tied back into a braid. Her body was small, but most definately that of a woman's. Kurama sat at the table, which was already set, laughing at something she was saying. Neither had noticed him yet. She turned to look at Kurama and her smile faded when she saw Hiei in the doorway, her laughter dying too. Hiei felt a pain of misery that she didn't like him and walked towards Kurama, pushing the pain aside. Kurama had turned to see Hiei's face and saw his distress, but said nothing. Hiei leaned down and kissed Kurama softly "hello fox." Kurama smiled up at his husband and Raven turned back to the stove, a bit jealous. They had such a good relationship it seemed. When would she find that?
She sighed at the sauce, none of the wizards she knew were interesting. Since finding out she was a mage, it had just seemed that they were acting petty, the ones she dated. She didn't think she could date a wizard. Harry would be about the only one that would, but they were just friends. Both demons were watching her from the table, they saw the way her shoulder's dropped and wondered what was wrong. Hiei shrugged and went to wash for supper and Kurama walked to her "Raven?" She looked up at him and he saw a miriad of emotions there, pain and confusion among them, and longing. He frowned as he thought "this girl has known great pain in her life." She moved past him and grabbed the spaghetti pot, draining the noodles before adding the noodles back to the pan and the sauce with the meatballs to the spaghetti.
Raven had just finished dumping it into a big bowl and putting it on the table when Hiei came back. She dished the plates up and sat down, eating without really thinking about it. Hiei and Kurama were drooling, the sauce was so good. Hiei looked up "Why can't you cook this good, Fox." Kurama smiled "well, I have other things I'm good at." Hiei blushed and Raven pretended to not notice their words.
Kurama wondered over Raven's silence at the dinner table. She had been laughing and joking with him only to close up when Hiei got there. He looked to Hiei who was eating silently, and saw his husband sneak a quick glance at their new roommate. She wasn't even eating now, just pushing her food around on her plate. She looked deep in thought.
In truth, Raven's mind had moved away from the two men at the table with her and back to her current problem at work. Their new potion had promising effects for healing curses if the victim was found in time, but the side effects were almost as bad. Some ingredient in the formula was causing permanent blindness. It was not really productive to cure an unforgivable only to leave the person permanently blind. She had gotten the options of the offending ingredient down to two, but unfortunately they were both top key ingredients.
She sighed and closed her eyes, it felt like the answer, or clue she was missing was just beyond her reach. Kurama's soft voice reached her as she thought about it and she opened her eyes to find them looking at her worriedly. "What?" Kurama asked again "Are you ok?"
Raven nodded and stood, taking her plate with her. "Just thinking on a problem at work. Sorry." She dumped her still full plate in the trash and then moved to the bedroom with a soft "Goodnight" to them. Once in her room, wards back in place she began to pace the floor. Man, if only she could discover that missing bit of information. God.
A loud hoot was heard outside the window and she turned to find Claw there, pecking at the glass. She moved to the window and let her owl in, taking the note from his leg. Still distracted she walked out of the room, back to the kitchen, reading the note. Both men were doing dishes and she glanced up as she entered and then went to the cupboard for a package of crackers. She gave them a smile and left them to it. Walking back in her room, kicking the door with her foot to shut it, she opened the package and gave a cracker to Claw. "I'll pick up your favorite tomorrow, boy." Claw hooted and ate it before hopping onto the perch and tucking his head under a wing.
Raven lowered the letter from Harry, disturbed by the news he had relayed to her. ~Dumbledore came out of the apparate with a long slash mark on his back, as if attacked by a monster.~ Raven closed her eyes, thinking for awhile, something attacked Dumbledore during his travel? Or had he been attacked before he apparated. She looked up as she heard footsteps coming down the hall and before she could move, Hiei threw open the door to her room, catching her standing there, holding Harry's letter.
She blinked and moved towards Hiei before he could step in the room and see past her illusion. Hiei looked around their former guest room, the only thing he saw that had changed since before she moved in was a large bird perch in the corner with an owl sleeping on it. She came to him, and stepped before him, looking up slightly. The desire to kiss him was almost overpowering and she blinked at the feeling, her tongue swiping her lower lip before it was tucked in between her teeth. Hiei groaned softly at the sight of that tongue, his eyes on her lips for a long moment before moving back up to her eyes. He blinked when he saw her green eyes, a swift memory sliding through his mind, disappearing before he could grab it. He growled in frustration.
"Are you well?"
Blinking up at him to clear her thoughts, she nodded. "Yes, and didn't your mama ever teach you to knock?" Hiei blinked at her and then down to the paper in her hand. 'It's written in English' the thought came to him. "You were very pale when you came in to the kitchen just now. Kurama was worried about you. He wants to know if you would like to go down to the cafe on the next street over to get some dessert." There, he had given her the message like the fox had asked, now he could retreat from her. Surely if she was that preoccupied with work as it had appeared over supper she wouldn't be joining them.
"Um, sure, let me get my cloak." Hiei blinked as she reached up next to her on the wall and pulled a long black hooded cloak down. He frowned at the cloak and but said nothing, just turned and walked back towards the living room where Kurama was getting his shoes on. He looked up as she entered and walked towards the front door, grabbing her tiny boots. She had a pair of clean socks in her hand too, having 'accio'd' them to her hand after he walked off. She had replaced the wards on her door quickly before closing it, making sure that the illusion was strengthened, that had been a close one.
She sat down across from them, pulling on her socks and boots. As she leaned over, her v-neck on her shirt fell open just a bit and she didn't realize she was showing them a good amount of cleavage. Hiei hissed softly and stood up, walking to the bedroom "I'll meet you there." Kurama tore his eyes from her cleavage to nod to his husband and then with effort continued to tie his shoes.
Hiei lept from the window and on the way down saw that hers was open. He blinked "stupid woman" and jumped back up to close it, only to be stopped as if by an invisible field around her window. He growled low and tapped on the open air lightly, solid. With a frown he turned and jumped off the building onto the sidewalk and moved swiftly to the cafe, leaning against the wall to wait for them, pondering her inaccessible window.
Kurama and Raven walked slowly towards the cafe, their minds going in two seperate directions. Raven thought on what could have slashed at Professor Dumbledore while Kurama thought of her. He shook his head, trying to get those images out of his mind and she looked to him "Are you ok?" Kurama nodded and looked at Hiei "Yes, just thinking". She nodded and looked at Hiei also. "How did he beat us?" Kurama shrugged "He always manages to arrive ahead of me."
Hiei gave a small smirk in their direction. She groaned as she walked past, great another smirker, bad enough she had to put up with Snape, now this. The three were given a table and placed their orders. Kurama's eyebrows went up when they both ordered the death by chocolate house specialty. Double chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and dark chocolate Godiva ice cream on the side. Dang, two chocolate freaks in the house.
They didn't really talk much as they waited for their dessert, lost in their own thoughts. Even after their dessert arrived, the chocolate for Hiei and Raven and a cheesecake for Kurama, talk was light. They had found out she was born in America, spent 10 years there before going to England. She also said she went to a private bording school in southern Scottland from 11 to 17. She returned to the states to go to college, becoming a chemist. They both looked stunned that this tiny, beautiful woman before them was a scientist. She found out Kurama worked for his family's company, but she couldn't figure out what Hiei did and he didn't say.
They were almost done when an almost lazy voice sounded behind them "Well, well, well. This is a surprise, you are with a woman tonight." All three looked up at Yusuke. Raven studied the young man behind her, he was well built, as if he worked out, and had dark hair. He was grinning lazily at them. Hiei frowned at his partner "What do you need, Yusuke?" Kurama just grinned and kicked out a chair while Yusuke answered "Nothing, was just taking a walk and had to come over when I saw you with this pretty woman." He grinned at Raven who smiled back to him. Hiei growled softly and Yusuke looked up at him, catching the looks in both Kurama's and Hiei's eyes, that was weird. It was almost like they were jealous.
Talk was swift flowing after that, they all ordered cups of coffee and sat for an hour, talking. Raven thought Yusuke was hilarious. He was laughing over a story she told from school, about sneaking out through hidden passages in her school to the neighboring town so they could get some snacks and drinks for one of the many parties her school house held, unplanned. Kurama was snickering behind his hand and Hiei even had a grudging smile.
A dark voice sounded behind them "While you confessions of rule breaking is very interesting and explains alot, Ms. Smith, you might want to leave now." All three turned and looked at the tall, dark man. He had long black hair and a hooked nose. He wore a cloak similar to Raven's and her face had gone pale as she looked up at him. "Severus?" He looked over his shoulder and she followed his gaze "Oh God. Don't they ever give up?" Severus shook his head "No, now move silly girl." Raven stood and the man took off, she turned to her friends "I have to leave, pay the bill and leave this cafe as quickly as possible. I hope they won't come after you if I leave." With that she was off, jumping over the small fence surrounding the cafe courtyard and running swiftly down the street. The five men standing at the far end immediately took off running after her, pulling sticks out of their sleeves as they passed.
Hiei stood just as Kurama said "Hiei, follow her. We'll meet you at the house." Hiei nodded and swiftly moved out of the way of the passerbys on the street and lept onto the nearest lightpole, jumping to the next one, following Raven as she ran. They cornered her into an alley, all five aimed their sticks at her and he saw her close her eyes as bolts shot from their sticks and slammed into her chest, sending her flying backwards into the wall. He watched her slump to the ground and he growled angrily. They heard it and looked up at him as he lept down on them and attacked. He took down 3 before one turned the stick onto him and he felt a blast of energy slam into his chest. He flew back, but was immediately on his feet. The man's eyes widened and he groaned "There are three of you now?" With that the remaining two swished their sticks and disappeared.
Hiei turned to Raven and saw her eyes were open. He moved swiftly too her, kneeling at her side. She was gasping for breathe. He knelt down next to her and looked at her. She had a huge scorch mark on her chest, the blast had burned through her shirt and blackened her chest. She grabbed his hand, her voice weak "Are you ok, Hiei?" He nodded and picked her up, she winced in pain, grabbing his shirt before passing out. He quickly took her home, jumping through his window and swiftly laying her on the bed, calling to Kurama and Yusuke.
Both men were shocked at the sight that greeted them. Raven was unconscience on the bed, her chest burned. Suddenly her eyes opened and she gave a gasping breathe. Hiei grabbed her hand and smoothed a hand over her hair. "Calm Raven. It's ok. You are here now." Raven stared at Hiei before closing her eyes. He heard her softly whisper "Accio Healten Potion." She pulled her hand from his and opened her eyes to see Kurama almost get reamed in the back of the head by a small vial zooming towards her outstretched fingers.
She caught it deftly and Hiei's hands caught hers. She looked up at him and shook her head "I have to take this. It's alright." He frowned and took it from her, opening the vial, a sickenly sweet scent met his nose and he almost gagged. He lifted her up against his chest and she took hold of his hand and pulled the vial to her mouth. Closing her eyes, trying not to smell it she drank it fully. The taste was even worse then the smell and she gagged, turning her face into his chest after it was drunk and coughed.
He looked up at Kurama whose eyes were on her chest. Dropping his gaze he saw that her wounds were healing. She was breathing easier now and all three men sighed with relief as she pushed away from Hiei to look at him. She was scowling at him. "You shouldn't have followed me. Those men are dangerous. What if they had thrown a death curse on you." He blinked "A what?" She touched her now healed chest "A death curse. I got hit by five at the same time. I didn't want you three to get injured." Her eyes were watching him and he smirked down at her "Well, I did get hit. But it tickled." She opened her mouth and stared at him. "How?"
Kurama came forward then "I think you need to rest, Raven, let me take you back to your room." Raven frowned and without thinking, nodded her agreement. Kurama reached down and pulled her into his arms, carrying her down the hall. At her door, which was open, he was about to walk through when she stopped him. "No, I can do it from here." He blinked at her 'It's no problem to get you into bed, Raven." She shook his head "I need to send a message to someone first, before bed, trust me, I'll be fine." Kurama looked like he wanted to argue but set her down on her feet anyways. She leaned over to him and kissed his cheek before entering her room and closing the door.
She instantly reset her wards and then moved to the dresser for a new shirt. After slipping it on, she morphed into a raven and flew out the window .
Hiei was standing at the window, Yusuke and Kurama talking behind him, he blinked "What the...?" as a black raven flew past his window. He quickly opened the window and without a word jumped out after it, following it silently. Kurama saw his husband leave but said nothing just continued to talk to Yusuke, thinking on what to do next.