Disclaimer: I do not own anything but this idea for a plot and alternate storyline. The characters and places mentioned, except for a few created by me, belong to the creators of either "Yu Yu Hakusho" or "Harry Potter" and any resemblances to people, living or dead, are purely the figment of my, or your imagination. Oh, and please don't sue me; I don't have money, I even have to go to a community college that I can't really afford either.

A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed, I appreciate it all. Oh, and if anybody seems too OOC, well, keep in mind that it's 20 years later, Hiei had to deal with a brat worse than him, it was all that spoiling the parents secretly did and all that. Oh, and if Kurama isn't acting either like Shuuichi or Youko, then please tell me. Also, I need to know if my original characters are believable, inventive, and dynamic, at least the important ones, I'm not sure which ones are important yet, aside from the small stories I've created (in my mind) about a few of them already. Also, if you have any other suggestions for improvement, I'd love CC, or even just "Yay! I like it!" I'm a normal (okay, maybe not 'normal') person, and I thrive on positive reinforcement and feedback. Oh yeah, and I won't be updating for a while once I get this done, not until after the 22nd I think.

Chapter Seven

All the Weirdos Can Ride Together

Shutting his blood red eyes, Hiei relaxes into the soft seats of the train. He appears to be asleep, but the other occupants of the compartment know better. The 'triplets' talk quietly so as not to interrupt the half-Koorime Forbidden Child. He is actually reflecting on the events from earlier that day, when the two new professors and the transfer students were hurrying to the train station.

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Earlier that morning, August 31 to be exact, the nine demonic people had finally reached King's Cross Station and stood between platforms 9 and 10. Keisuke growled in frustration, claiming that nothing was there, but Hiei calmly stood ignoring the young hanyou as he examined the wards and spells surrounding the hidden entryway to platform 9 3/4. They were unimpressive, but there had to be some trick to enter otherwise just anybody could find the hidden wizard entrance by leaning on it.

"Hiro-kun, go run into that wall, purposefully." The boy snapped to attention at his father's orders, and ran full speed smack into a solid wall. None of the ningens seemed to notice this, and Hiroku blushed slightly as he knocked dust off of his crimson shirt.

"Sorry Father, I was afraid that would happen. If that's were the platform is, there must be some spell or something sealing it off." After this one announcement, the young fire demon tried to pretend nothing had gone wrong, though all three Urameshi brats and his twin were laughing at him openly.

"Are you quite finished yet? We do not have all day. Just do not be afraid." Kurama sounded bored, and indeed his tone conveyed a deep sense of contempt before he vanished behind the warded wall. Of course, he had already known how to enter, but part of him must have wondered how long it would take the others.

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'Yes, that was the way things had gone all week,' Hiei contemplates the fox demon's behavior for a second, 'He's been... prissy, snooty, and a real asshole lately. He senses something happening soon, something he doesn't like, something that can upset both sides of him. I'll have to keep a leash and an eye on him for a while.' He cracks one eye open as he senses a trio of wizard children pause and open the door to his compartment.

"Excuse us, we're just looking for an empty, oh, it's you guys." It is that Potter boy, the 16-year-old ningen with the odd scar. Hiei notes the other two, Potter's friends, as they greet his charges.

"Darn it all mates, you don't have room for all three of us, we'll try ano...." The red haired boy, Weasley is interrupted when the fire demon disappears only to reappear sitting on the windowsill. Wait, since when has there been a windowsill wide enough for sitting on the Hogwarts Express? Being Ron Weasley, he soon echoes his own thoughts aloud.

Hermione answers the obvious, "It's magic. Honestly Ron, you're a wizard. The window probably changed because someone wanted to sit at it, otherwise it would have been a normal looking window."

Hiei snorts, it doesn't take a genius to realize that. He completely ignores the children, choosing instead to spy on the compartment next to his own. It's not like the brats would do anything foolish in his presence, they aren't Urameshi's.

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The compartment spied upon by the Jaganshi is inhabited by the said Urameshi kids, Kurama, that annoying little fox girl from the other day, and an older boy with red hair. Kurama sits by the window next to the pink-haired hanyou. Hiei had sensed her hidden demon side easily from the faint reek of youki that is hidden beneath the surface of her body; it is also clearly visible in his jagan.

The children are talking amiably, but an invisible wall seems to have been formed around the fox demon as Kurama studies the pink-haired girl and what appears to be her uncle, judging by her words.

"Uncle Kyle, could you buy me a chocolate frog, pretty please?" She whispers in a fake sweetness with a smile that does not touch her eyes.

"Kit, I already promised to buy you lunch, if you want a sweet, you gotta buy it yerself." The boy has a deep voice and a quick smile, though his blue eyes also hide a sadness in their depths. Hiei can sense the youko's mind examining this boy.

'You are listening, of course.' So Kurama wants to think loudly and rationally, and he wants Hiei to know his thoughts. 'The boy looks familiar.'

'Hn.'

"Mom and Dad didn't leave Andy and me a fortune when they died either, I gotta have enough for this last year and Hogsmeade yah know."

The door slides open abruptly, allowing a blonde boy, the one Hina had almost killed at the Quidditch store, and two large, though obviously stupid judging by the drool, boys into the compartment. Draco Malfoy sneers over at Kurama's side of compartment before advising, "As a Slytherin, you should know better than to associate with a Gryffindor, even if he is your uncle, Kit-son-ee." He purposefully butchers the name.

"Sod off, Malfoy." The girl retorts in a harsh whisper, her green-gold eyes remaining expressionless.

"I warn you, you don't have that filthy friend of yours left to protect you. You're even weaker at magic than...." He pauses as she draws out a sharp knife. Twirling it around, she flashes a menacing glare.

"So I'm not good at magic, but Dumbledore gave me back my knives for the summer." Her evil smirk rivals Hiei's, "As long as I don't threaten to use them on a Prof. again." The two goons laugh as she whirls around to glare at the professor sitting behind her.

The youko has plucked the knife right out of her hand by the blade, and she hadn't even noticed until the boys laughed at her meaningless threat. Kurama's voice drops an octave as he speaks, "Children, behave." He ignores their protests at being called children and passes a gold flecked glare at Keisuke who abruptly stops laughing himself, "If you can't learn how to get along without threats, I will hold onto your little knife set, and all four of you will attend detention with me for three months.

Hiei hears their mental protests loudly, the girl thinking about how Kurama is a bastard, the two mindless brats call him a jerk and visualize Voldemort punishing the teacher. Malfoy though, he is an intriguing one, 'He doesn't realize this is just a show; we do this every year. I hate you, you hate me, and we leave each other alone after we get detention for fighting. He'll learn not to mess with Slytherin.' All three boys leave in a huff of teenage hormones

A few minutes later and Kurama is back to analyzing the situation, and asks a question softly, in his overly feminine voice, "Your parents, they were killed by You-Know-Who, right?"

"Yeah," the boy is hesitant to respond, but quickly regains his voice, "a lot of parents were killed by him. My da was an auror, and the Death Eaters took out nearly our entire village, including my eldest sister, Kit's ma."

"And her name was?"

The boy is reluctant, but at Kurama's silent request, the Jaganshi nudges the boy into answering, "Michelle. We were just babies when our village was nearly wiped out," He pauses to bark a bitter laugh, "I got adopted by a squib aunt along with my older brother, and she was sent to a muggle orphanage. She didn't like it," he is taunting the tiny girl now, "learned all sorts of bad habits, and now she's the second biggest trouble maker in school."

"Whaddaya mean second?" The yipping sounds are odd coming from the formerly quiet Kit, and anger flashes in her eyes.

"Nobody's a bigger trouble maker than Harry Potter, every year there's a new mess and he's always at the heart of it." Hiei suddenly wonders why Kurama's mind was silent. The youko isn't preventing access, it is just like his mind is completely empty, but that bastard hardly never shuts up.

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Hiei stirs slightly as the two wizards, Granger and Weasley, leave the cabin, robes in their arms. Harry explains to him briefly, he must have missed the original explanation, that they have prefect duties to attend to. Good, two less children to baby sit. His jagan powered sight wanders to follow the prefects.

They move to the front of the train, where an adult briefs them on their duties. Malfoy joins them, though without the goons. New prefects are congratulated, and everyone is sent off to greet the first year students, except for the blonde Slytherin. He volunteers to call the new professors up to the front of the train and to greet the transfer students. Just what is that boy up to?

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As the arrogant boy makes his way back down the train, Hiei flits out to meet him. "Ah!" the boy barely looses his composure at seeing the professor appear in front of him, "You're wanted in the main cabin Professor."

With a nod, Hiei speaks, "I trust you are shrewd enough to learn from your mistakes; there won't be any adults down there." He leaves the warning silent, trusting the boy will get the meaning, and then the youkai vanishes.

The boy continues down to the compartment he had just left, informing the red-haired professor of the meeting before politely but distantly welcoming the transfer students to Hogwarts. "Just hope you don't become Gryffindors, or Hufflepuffs." He turns and leaves without a glance at anyone else.

When he reaches the corridor of the train, he sees an unwelcome sight. Draco wonders briefly why he puts up with those two idiots before walking to where Crabbe and Goyle stand outside a compartment. 'If they're trying to intimidate the other transfers....' He leaves the thought unfinished.

"Crabbe, Goyle, back to your seats." He orders moodily as he shoulders his way past the goons. 'Just as I thought.' Inside are the three other transfer students, and Potter.

"Great, now it's the ferret." That dirt poor Weasley speaks.

Draco manages to ignore the taunt, "On behalf of the entire student body, I welcome you to Hogwarts." He speaks to Mina, Hina and Hiroku, then turns away. Before Draco leaves the compartment, he makes one taunt, "And I suggest you stay away from Potter, Weasley, and the mudblood, they're all worthless."

"That's it, run away bloody Malfoy!" Ron calls after him. Harry and Hermione share a glance, Draco is either up to something, or seriously ill.

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The train is almost to Hogsmeade station when Hiei and Kurama are ready to go back to babysitting. The meeting had been pointless, a few simple instructions on how to get to the castle and were to go as well as a warning not to reveal too much to the students. 'As though some students didn't already know what we are.' Hiei thinks to himself before taking a peek into his youko companion's mind.

'No, no, no. Koenma would've told me; Botan can't keep a secret. I would have known. It's impossible, not only that, it's silly, yes, absolutely trivial and, and, and, inconceivable!'

(A/N: Sorry about the Princess Bride reference, which I do not own.)

Before a headache could take him, the fire youkai projects a thought towards Kurama, 'What's inconceivable?'

'Nothing.' A flash of images enter Hiei's mind, gleaned from the fox's memories. Hogwarts, a medium sized castle with multiple towers and no moat. A pretty girl of seventeen with sad blue eyes and red hair to match the two brats, Kitsune and Kyle. A mangled piece of trash, possibly Kurama's cell-phone only broken beyond repair. A fresh grave marked by the name Michelle.

'Great, just great. Kurama, get a hold of yourself for now. You can sort this all out later, now we have to worry about the mission.'

"Just what do you know Hiei?" The green eyed professor says this aloud with a growl before thoroughly shutting his mind out of reach of even the jagan.

'So, both the youko and the ningen are going into denial. Che, not like either should be trusted with a child. I know exactly why nobody would tell you if you had a child. You probably had a whole hoard of illegitimates in Makai, but their mothers wouldn't tell you for fear of your wrath, assuming the brats survived long enough for it to matter.' These thoughts however, the Jaganshi keeps to himself as they part at the children's compartments.

Stepping into the one occupied by the 'triplets,' Potter, and his human friends, Hiei speaks quickly, "Get your robes on, we'll be there soon." He herds the boys into Kurama's cabin as the hanyou children Kit and Yui join the other girls. Within a matter of minutes the train has stopped, and everyone starts exiting the Hogwarts Express.

Outside, the world is dark with dusk, the castle illuminated by lights from nearly every window and the moon casting a white pale light onto the calm lake lying between the fringes of the town and Hogwarts. That hanyou, Hagrid, stands dwarfing the first year students as he leads them down towards the lake. Damn, but his loud voice is almost as irritating as that of Hiei's brother-in-law Kuwabara.

Kurama is still upset, as in pissed off so much he silently glares at everything, but he follows Hiei and a couple more professors to the lead coach in a long line of thestral drawn carriages. Ignoring the conversations started by the other adults, Hiei enters a trance-like state as he makes sure his kids are behaving, the jagan hidden by a white cloth headband glowing a weak pale green color.

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Mina walks towards a carriage with a disappointed look on her face. "Cousins, do the thestrals look a lot like their descriptions?"

"Yeah, only cooler! I want a dead horse like that! Oh, it's baring its teeth at me." Hiroku is examining the beast when Harry Potter and his friends show up behind them.

"You can see them?" Hermione asks, only believing in the beasts after having ridden one for herself.

"Eh, I've seen better steeds than that, Brother." Hiei's lips twitches as he suppresses a smile at Hina's reaction to the demonic creatures.

Harry pipes in softly but insistently, "Who did you see die?" The boy wants to know something different though, namely if they had felt the same losses he had.

Mina giggles a little, "I think the proper question is who haven't they seen die."

To her left, Keisuke is laughing as he stares at the one Hiroku has started petting, "I know they haven't seen me die yet!"

"Let's see, there was that gang of assassins, and then the nursemaid who got killed by another assassin before Daddy killed it, that traitor who tried to poison Mommy, those training accidents with Mommy's guards...." Hina would have continued but she notices the shocked glances she gets from the humans. "Eh, heh heh." She sheepishly starts scratching the back of her head.

Hiroku makes up a convincing lie, only convincing because it is so close to the truth, "My mother is a pretty influential aristocrat in Japan, quite a few people don't like her." Yes, change Japan to Makai, the 'influential aristocrat' to 'ruler of Alaric, a country comprised of one third of the demon world,' and 'don't like' to 'positively despise and utterly fear' and it would no longer be a lie.

"Really?" Judging by that red-haired boy, Ron's reaction, the ningens are absorbing it as the truth.

"Yeah, that's why we had to stay with our cousin for a few years, so we could go to a normal school, though with my brother here being so overprotective it was always hard to make friends." Hina corroborates smoothly as she climbs up into the carriage after her cousin.

"You guys coming?" Hiroku debates smiling as he makes this offer, but it really isn't in his nature.

"Nah, those things only fit about four people an' you've got five already, we'll find another one." Harry says as his friends nod in agreement and Ron goes off to find an empty carriage.

Hiei decides that that particular group would be fine, so he turns his attention towards the Boy-Who-Lived, having been warned by the Toddler King of Hell that the dark-haired, forehead-scarred Harry Potter will face another confrontation with Voldemort sometime this year. The boy finally finds a carriage to share with his two friends and an odd raven-haired girl who reads an upside-down magazine.

"Hello Luna!" Potter greets her. Something strikes Hiei as odd about the boy, maybe it is the overly enthusiastic way he greets people, or the fake smiles, or how he seems to be in as much denial as Kurama. Probably about the death of his godfather a few months ago.

"Hello Harry, have you been reading the news lately? My father's has an interesting article on You-Know-Who that you should read."

"Maybe you could sum it up for me." The boy's voice has gone surprisingly cold, and it is more of a stern request than a question. The girl looks at him oddly and stammers a little before responding.

"Okay, well, they say that He is a demon! And He's after you still of course. Also, there was something about Lucius Malfoy being possessed by a ghost, but that's obvious poppycock." So the girl knows something and she could be an asset, assuming she isn't insane.

"Yeah, like Voldemort's a demon, he's already horrible enough as a human." Harry says and Hermione agrees. "Ron, stop making fun of her, she's just trying to be nice." This forces the redhead to stop making the 'crazy' hand motion, his finger pauses by his ear in mid twirl.

"Sorry Loony."

"I'm used to it Weasel."

The rest of the trip is uneventful, and as the carriage he is in lurches to a halt, Hiei closes his third eye, exits swiftly and was the first to enter Hogwarts, the other three professors and the students hot on his heels. The castle seems larger this close, but the fire demon reflects as he enters through the big wooden doors that he has seen more intimidating and larger castles in his home world. He is mildly surprised at the floating candles in the Great Hall, and so is Kurama who mutters something about the elegance of the castle being surprising.

"Ah, so glad to see you all here," An old white-haired and white-bearded wizard says with a smile. "I'm the headmaster Albus Dumbledore, if you could please take your seats before the students come down from their dorms. Oh and," He pauses to glare inexpertly at the fox demon, "I'll be keeping my eyes on you. The only reason you are allowed to be here, Kurama, is because Koenma personally vouched that you would be better behaved than last time." Then the normal twinkle in his blue eyes returns as he smiles back at Hiei, "If you need anything, feel free to ask the house elves or another professor."

With that, the crazy old man turns and sits down at a long table set on top of a raised platform at the far end of the Great Hall. He has to be crazy to challenge the fox so openly knowing he is a demon. 'Although it did in it's own way prove the girl is his child.' Hiei and Kurama follow the other professors up to the table. Together, they sit down with Hiei placed next to a greasy black-haired man with a deep set scowl. Then they wait impatiently for the students to arrive.

A/N: Next time, the summoning ceremony starts, and everybody learns Hiei's big, err, small secret, err, baby. And something else that I haven't quite thought up yet, but I'll get there. I swear there is a plot in here, it's just going to take a while longer to get there.

Kurama: Hey, where's Kuronue?

Ah, he graduated already. But I'm sure the kids will learn a few things here and there over the next few weeks, and hey, who knows, maybe you'll even stop that whole denial thing.

Kurama: This is why I don't really have kids yet, at least none that I know about.

Yeah.... Okay then....

Hiei: Why does she even bother torturing us by putting us in situations that will never, ever happen to us?

You mean you aren't gonna get Mukuro pregnant sometime in the near future? Or are you gonna just go with the Fox?

Hiei: It is none of your concern who, or what, I wish to have relations with.

Fine then, maybe I'll have to write a 'Yukina finds out' fic! Or just write a flashback of it in this one!

Hiei: Hn. So. She isn't going to read it.

Meanie.... Well anyways, please review, give suggestions, read, pass on to your friends and enemies alike, and all that. Now if only I could remember all the things I had planned for each character... and the plot... oh well, sometimes these characters are interesting enough to write the stories themselves.

Hiei: Hn. If that were true, I'd have killed that Voldemort guy already, kicked Muroku out to live with Yukina, killed Kuwabara for marrying my sister, killed Koenma for being a prick, told that Kit kid who her father was, and would be currently in a lemon fic with my mate.

And who's your mate?

Kurama sniffles a little: It sure isn't me... I know, I've offered once or twice.

Hiei: I thought that was just a joke.

Kurama: She's right, you are a meanie. Maybe I should just return to being Youko for a month to write my own lemon!

Ah, let's not go there guys, well... see yah next time I actually update!