Chapter 23:

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Potter and his strange friends."

"Go away Malfoy." Draco was about to respond when Yusuke snorted.

"You know, you're really starting to get on my nerves. And you shouldn't be commenting on 'strange' friends until you look at the things that follow you around. Well we've wasted enough time over nothing so let's go." Yusuke continued heading outside as if nothing had stopped him. The others followed, shocked at what had transpired. Draco was fuming, he spun on his heels with a face flushed with anger and stormed off.

Dinner was unusually quite. OWLS were coming up and people were studying wishing the horror were over.

Harry and Ron fought to stay awake. Being outside had worn them out. Their tired gazes looked over at Yusuke and Jin then looked back at each other, heads slightly shaking in disbelief that they weren't have dead from exhaustion. Things started out all right then they had decided to play tag.

Touya and Kurama had smartly decieded they didn't want to play and that they would just watch. Hiei just ignored them and sat in a tree.

After forcing themselves to eat a little bit and not fall asleep, they dragged them selves off to the dorm. Yusuke, Hiei, Jin, Touya, and Kurama followed them up about 5 minutes later.

"This is the last week and then we are done with this school. I don't see what everyone is worried about." Yusuke flopped on the couch positioning his body so no one else could get on.

"Yes but we still have that week, still enough time for something to go wrong." Kurama commented calmly, "Besides what about Harry and Ron, you and Jin have seemed to grown fond of them."

"Ok fine, yes I will miss them but my fondness of getting away from this and being home is greater. We can also keep in contact with them." After talking about a few last things they all headed up to bed also.

It was finally Friday! The last day they would spend at Hogwarts before they went home the next day. Everyone was excited that OWLS were over and it was time to go home, but disappointment still lingered that the year was over. With the teachers and students gathered one last time, Dumbledore stood up to make his last announcements of the year. The entire Great Hall went silent waiting for the speech.

"It has been another year at Hogwarts. You will all be leaving for the summer but not all of you will be back with us next year." His eyes flickered over the 5 exchange students before continuing. "Those are the ones that are going on in the Wizarding World to become what they have been working for. Now may we wish the graduating 7th year good luck in their paths."

The Hall broke out into cheers and applauses. Many were wishing their friends good luck and that they had better keep in touch. As the noise started to die down Dumbledore raised his hands and the room was silent again.

"Now what you all have been waiting for, it is time to announce the winner of the house cup. In fourth place…" He was cut off when the great doors were slammed open and everyone's worst nightmare walked through. Fear consumed the eyes of many while anger flared in Dumbledore's.

"What are you doing here Voldemort?" Voldemort smirked as he walked down the center of the tables. About half-way to the front he stopped his voice more like a hiss. "Why to finish off the one who nearly destroyed me." Before any one could react Voldemort's hand shot out and caught Harry by the neck. Yusuke and the others got ready to knock out Voldemort when the doors exploded off their hinges, dust, rock, and dirt flew every where forcing everyone to shield their eyes. There were many screams, the fear of Voldemort gone from those who sat closest to the door, as they ran to the front of the room near the teachers, who had their wands ready to defend against what ever came threw the busted doors.

"Now now put the boy down we can't have you killing him yet now can we?" Everyone was watching the cloud of dust where the voice had come from.

When Voldemort didn't move or release Harry, another explosion rang through the Hall though this time accompanied with a scream of pain followed by a thud. Voldemort was gripping his arm as blood dripped onto the floor.

Many eyes were wide with fright and no one dares to speak, but none of their eyes were as panicked, hateful, or suspicious as Yusuke, Hiei, Jin, Touya, and Karama's. They had all felt the spirit energy but Yusuke, Hiei, and Kurama knew who it was before he even entered the room, the same that gave nightmares to them during the Dark Tournament. It was none other than…

"Karasu."

A tall man dressed in black stepped through the rubble that was once the door and the blanket of dust that filled the air, his long black hair swaying gently behind him, his violet eyes seeming to see right through you.

"You said he was mine!" Voldemort shook with rage of being betrayed.

"Did I, well plans change. Thank you for your help, I now release you from your services." The confusion on Voldemort's face disappeared when a third explosion sounded and he fell to the floor never to get up again.

Harry's eyes were wide as he glanced from the body of the man that was feared more than anything, killed with pleasure, murdered his parents, made him famous, and had been trying to kill him every since he started at Hogwarts, to the man that had just killed Voldemort with not so much a wave of the hand.

Some of the wands in the teacher's hands started to waver as they wondered how they were suppose to protect everyone from someone that didn't use a wand and killed the most feared man in the wizarding world with even touching him.

"Who are you and what do you want?" Dumbledore asked. His gaze not wavering or showing any hint of weakness.

Karasu didn't get a chance to answer as Yusuke jumped up from his seat, anger and hatred in his eyes. "Alright Karasu, care to explain what your doing back."

Kurama stood up, trembling slightly but quickly regained his composer, his gaze becoming ice. "I killed you, you're supposed to be dead." He ignored the small gasps and whispers as he kept his eyes locked on his enemy. Unconsciously he felt the remaining three stand up next to preparing to fight.

Though he didn't show it, Kurama did mentally small when the whispers were cut short, knowing Hiei most likely had something to do with it.

Even with the mask on you could mentally see the smile that played across Karasu's lips. "Kurama haven't you figured it out? I came back to destroy you."

"Not on my watch, besides the odd are against you. There are 5 of us and 1 of you." Harry, Ron, and many others looked at Yusuke funny when he raised his hand and had it in the shape of a gun.

"In case you have forgotten, detective, you don't have your powers anymore." Yusuke dropped his hands to his side feeling like a complete idiot.

Touya looked down and cupped his hand slightly. He smiled a small smile when he saw ice crystals form in his palm.

"Yes dear Touya, you and Kurama still have control over you powers. Now about being alone…" Karasu shrugged his shoulders. Before anyone could react a large boulder flew from the shadows outside the door catching Touya and slamming him into the teachers table.

The students had managed to stay silent and out of trouble but this was getting to be to strange. Several students started to edge their way closer to the wall and as far away from the door as possible. Jin hardly took a step to go help his fallen friend when an all too familiar voice stopped him in his tracks.

"Now now Jin let's just leave our little ice friend to pass on. He was never very useful anyway, all his talk about honor and the code, just nonsense really." Of all the things that you could say this was not it. Telling Jin to let his best friend die was not an option.

"Rishohowdoyouevendaretellmesomethinglikethat?TouyaismybestfriendandI'mnotgoingtolethimDIE!" Jin spoke so fast that no one could understand him but no one really wanted to ask him to repeat it either.

"I would like to know what is going on in my school!" Dumbledore was furious.

"Oh dear, it seems like we forgot to introduce ourselves but the detective and Jin seemed to have already have done that. As of what we are doing here, I guess you could say we have come for revenge. But they didn't tell you why they were here did they, and from the looks of it they didn't tell you that they were here to protect that human Harry Potter from Voldemort, or that 4 out of the 5 are demons themselves. Yoko Kurama, the legendary fox thief, Hiei the fire demon and forbidden child, Touya the Ice Master, and Jin the Wind Master, then you have your human Yusuke Urameshi the Spirit Detective." Karasu watched the expressions on everyone's faces as he revealed what the 5 had been keeping secret till now. "But then again some of them started to figure it out, my, my Kurama you and your friends are losing your touch. I guess it is a good thing that you won't be around much longer to make another mistake."

"Let's finish this outside, Karasu."

"No, no that would give you an advantage and we can't have that, besides we want them to see you destroyed."

"At least let the students out of here."

"You don't want them to get hurt or be scarred for the rest of their lives do you. You have really gotten soft for these creatures. Fine they can leave but those three have to stay."

All the students started leaving not wanting to be any part of what was happening. Harry, Ron, and Hermione stopped in their tracks as Karasu pointed at them. They stood there unsure what to do when they felt a hand on their shoulders.

"Come on you three, this isn't going to be pretty so I wouldn't watch if you could." Yusuke said as he and Jin led them to the teachers table where they still sat. "Look you might want to take cover, as you have seen Karasu can blow things up and Risho can control earth so don't interfere, let us handle this it is out job, Come Jin we have a battle to fight." Jin stood up with a still unconscious Touya in his arms. He laid him back behind the table and looked at the teachers."

"Take care of him please, I know you still probably don't trust us anymore but we are the only one who can stop them. We really didn't mean any harm. Risho doesn't like Touya, only he and Risho know why, but if Risho gets his hands on Touya he will kill him whether Touya is awake or not." Jin walked over to join the other three as the battle began.

Sorry about the long wait, I had a major writers block and then it just came, but anyhow I have the next chapter done and half the last one or two don't know yet. I want to get the story up before the 6th book comes out. Thanks for all the reviews they mean a lot!