Forever Darkness, Forever Lonely
I don't have a lot to say for this one. I guess the only reason I wrote this was because it seems to be quite popular, these kinds of fics, so I'm trying it out myself. I've decided to maybe not have Hermione bashing any more. She's okay in my book at the moment, but Ginny is well not anymore... And it's not that I like Harry 'cause it's quite the opposite, so I might start bashing Ginny... There will also be nearly no romance once again. Only the beginning, because I can't seem to go with the plot with too much of those, so yeah! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or Harry Potter.
Warnings: OOC, Violence, mild swearing, wrong info, bashing, yaoi
"I- I'm sorry! I... er... bye!" Kurama stared as Hermione ran back to the castle. The fox turned his head, but accidentally moved his head a bit higher than intended. His and HIei's lips touched. They both felt a warm sensation fill their bodies. Without another moment to waste, they both deepened the kiss, loving the feeling of each other's touch. Soon, they were having a tongue war and it seemed that Hiei was winning. A soft moan made its way out of Kurama's mouth. After what seemed like an eternity, they both broke away for air.
"Hiei..." Kurama breathed out, his hands in the fire demon's spiky, yet soft hair. "Love you..." Hiei froze when he heard this, but then relaxed, fully giving into his feelings.
"I love you too, fox," Hiei smirked, and then dove for another passion- filled kiss.
Chapter Fourteen: Back
As Hiei was about to break the kiss to say something, someone cleared their throat beside them. The fire demon and his lover broke apart, quite flushed in the face. They turned and saw Professor Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, and Flitwick were staring at them. The headmaster had his usual twinkle in his eyes while the Transfigure and Charms professors looked at them with mixed emotions in their eyes. Snape, being his usual self, gave the two a disgusted look. "I'm glad you're safe and seemed to be enjoying yourself. I apologize for interrupting, but next time we would like you to tell us where you're going, or at least when you're gone," Dumbledore stated.
Kurama's face was still a bit flushed when he spoke. "I apologize also for not telling you before hand. We will do it next time, please forgive us." Dumbledore nodded at him, then told everyone to get inside. When Hiei and Kurama arrived inside the castle and into the Great Hall, they saw many students were still eating dinner. They sat themselves near the end of the table, near Harry and his friends. Kurama and Hiei couldn't help but notice the looks of distrust from Harry's friends while an angry one from the Boy Who Lived himself. "I guess Dumbledore talked to him about what I've said about how Voldemort is controlling and seeing through his eyes," Kurama said softy to Hiei.
The fire demon looked at Kurama. "Hn. Don't worry your pretty head over it. When you told them, it was for their own good. If they've still going to fuss over it, it's only mutual to kill them." Kurama gave a small chuckle at the fire demon's logic, and then gave him an appreciative smile before returning back to him eating. After dinner, the two demons left the Great Hall, but didn't go to the Gryffindor common room. They went to the Room of Requirement to check on Yusuke. Kurama opened the door and gestured for Hiei to go in first before going tin himself. He closed the door lightly after him, and then went to where Yusuke was trying to slash Hiei with his claw like hands, but was restrained by the chains. "So this is what the Spirit Detective have become. From being a hero to a low class demon. Hn, how disgusting. Are you sure you don't know the antidote for this kind of situation? I don't know how long I can tolerate his pitiful state."
Kurama sighed. "Actually, I'm not quite sure. I might be able to look something up." Right after he said this, a bookshelf appeared beside him, pressed against one of the walls. He looked at the shelf, deciding whether or not to look through it. Soon, his curiosity took over. Kurama silently searched through the books while Hiei stared at him with a bored expression.
After about fifteen minutes of searching, Kurama seemed to have found something important or interesting because be told Hiei to look at it. On the page they were looking at was a demon that had extremely pale skin and crimson snake- like eyes. On the bottom of the page, it read 'Troddam Melovoir'. Kurama flipped to the next page and read what the paragraph said. "Troddam Melovoir was the very first demon to go against the law of no killing or harming humans. He gathered a large group of demons that agreed with his point of view completely. On here, it said he thought demons shouldn't be forced to eat only animals and plants, but humans as well. It caused a huge war between humans and demons, nearly wiping both races out. King Enma thought enough was enough, so he sent all the demons to Makai and left the humans in Ningenkai." Kurama stopped and stared at the page. "You should know the rest."
Hiei nodded. "A barrier was created between the two worlds in attempt to create peace between humans and demons Hn, it was nearly a pointless thing to do in some cases. Sensui and Sakyo decided to create a tunnel or portal to Makai while Toguro actually became a demon. Humans just couldn't mind their own business." Kurama stared at the fire demon, then looked at Yusuke who was still struggling against the chains. "Go look at another boo, I won't be able to stand this annoying clanking noise any longer," said Hiei. Kurama nodded, then took out another book that appealed him, but not before taking a mental note about Troddam and his ambitions. Something about that demon seemed familiar. The fox demon flipped through books after books. After hours of searching, Kurama found something about an ability that turns a demon or human into a different form of demon that can be manipulated by the one who used it. Kurama walked over to Hiei who had fallen asleep from boredom, and tried to wake him up with a gentle shake. The fire demon ignored it and turned on his side. Kurama shook him again, but it was to no avail. The fox demon sighed and turned away to leave, but two arms pulled him down. Hiei had his face buried in Kurama's soft silky hair.
"Hiei, get up. I'm sure you want Yusuke to be reverted back to his old self," Kurama said, but the fire demon just snuggled closer to the fox. "Hiei! I know you're awake, so come on. If you want to sleep, we can go back to the common room." Hiei opened one of his eyes, staring at Kurama for a moment before sighing in defeat.
"Fine. Hn, so are you going to make the antidote tomorrow?" the fire demon inquired. Kurama nodded in reply. With a last glance at Yusuke, they quietly head off to the common room, careful not to bump in to Filch, Ms. Norris, or Peeves. When they went in, they saw only Harry, Ron, and Hermione there, sitting near the fireplace.
The trio was currently sitting on the armchairs near the fire. They were discussing about Kurama and Hiei, whether they can be trusted or not. "Well, he must've told him for your own good," Hermione reasoned. Ron gave her a look of disbelief.
"Oh, shut it, 'Mione. You only agree with him because of your little crush," Ron retorted. He was quite jealous that Hermione was always defending Kurama and never him.
"No! I would've-"
"Be quiet!" Harry shouted loud enough to make them shut their mouth, but not enough to wake up the people in the dormitories. "The thing is, he betrayed my trust! He should've at least asked or told me before hand." They Boy Who Lived looked angrily at the fire. "I really thought I could've trusted him."
"Harry, Kurama doesn't seem like the person to do something like that unless he thinks it's necessary," Hermione continued to try reasoning with Harry.
"I quite agree with Hermione. I believed he only wanted the best for Harry," a sudden voice from one of the dark corners said. The three of them turned and saw Kurama with a tired Hiei walk out of the shadows. The fox had his usual pleasant smile while Hiei glared at everything he saw except for Kurama. "I apologize for eavesdropping, but I couldn't help but hear what people are talking about me."
"Kurama, why did you tell Dumbledore about Voldemort and me? I couldn't handled it myself!" Harry half shouted, standing up to fully face the two demons. "You could've asked or told me first!"
"I apologize once again, but like Hermione said, I thought it was necessary to tell him then. It could be a matter of life or death," Kurama said. "One of my- our-" Kurama gestured to Hiei. "Is currently being held hostage by Voldemort. I had a feeling that telling him would be useful in the future." The trio looked at each other in thought. Harry looked at the two demons after a moment of silence.
"Sorry. I guess I just wanted to see if I can defeat Voldemort with my own knowledge and strength," Harry apologized. Kurama gave Harry an understanding smile, while Hiei glared daggers at him for causing all that trouble.
"I believe me..." Kurama searched for a word he could call Hiei, "My koi is tired." Hiei gave Kurama a quick shocked look before his features turned stoic once more.
"Koi?" Ron repeated weirdly. "What does that mean?"
"Never mind that. Hiei and I are going to have our rest now," the fox demon politely said. "Good night." A chorus of soft replies came their way before the two demons left to the boys' dormitory.
"So are we friends with them?" Rom asked, looking from Hermione to Harry, and then repeating that until someone answered him.
"Maybe," Hermione answered.
"Oh. What does 'koi' mean?" Ron asked another question.
"Um... I don't know," she answered, but she had a rather big idea on what it meant. She had after all just seen them together quite close several hours ago. "Come on. We should get some sleep as well, it's really late."
Unbeknownst to the trio, a certain Jaganshi was listening to their conversation and even had a peek of what they were thinking about. "They still don't trust us enough," the fire demon stated.
"I know," Kurama was staring at the window with Hiei beside him. "Come on, let's sleep. We- or rather you- have a lot of catching up to do." Hiei grunted in annoyance at the thought of homework, then went to his own bed. "Good night, Hiei."
"Night, baka fox," came the reply.
Three weeks had gone by since Kurama had told Dumbledore and the other professors the truth. He had taken Occlumency with Snape with little trouble because of his calm personality. Nothing bad had happened, no dreams from Voldemort. There were no demon attacks as well, but Kurama and Hiei knew better than to let their guards down. The fox had also managed to finish the antidote, that was suppose to take a month, for Yusuke, but it required an additional few days before giving it to the user. In those few weeks, the brilliant fox demon had somehow gain Hermione's complete trust. Hiei, however, had made at least a hundred times more enemies than he had friends. The fire demon had gotten himself a week's worth of detention and thirty house point's deduction from Snape for bad mouthing the Slytherin Head. Harry, Hermione, and Ron had found some interesting facts on the legendary fox thief, Youko Kurama. They noticed many common traits and strange powers he and Shuichi Minamino had. The trio was now nearly positive that the Kurama they knew was really the great thief, Youko Kurama, but who was Hiei really? They tried looking up books on him as well, but found nothing. Madam Pince had strictly told them to never go into the restricted section without a note from one of the professors. They tried asking a few, but all has refused to give them access.
"Oi, Kurama!" the fox demon turned around and looked at who was calling his name. Ron was running toward him with Hermione right behind the English red head. Kurama stopped from his quiet walk near the forest. He had told Hiei to check on Yusuke and see if the potion was done, if so, to give it to him. Since it was a Saturday, they didn't have to worry about classes. "Hey, mate. Why are you alone near the forest?"
"I was just trying to relax myself from all the homework," Kurama skillfully lied. Truth be told, he had sensed something inside the Forbidden Forest and wanted to check it out. "Ron?" the other red head looked at him. "Can you and Hermione, along with Harry meet me in the library an hour before dinner?"
"Err..."
"Sure!" Hermione said, lightly whacking her friend's head. "Maybe we can get some answers from him." Hermione only meant for Ron to hear it, but Kurama had heart it as well from his sharp hearing. The fox acted as though he hadn't heard anything he wasn't suppose to and gave the two a smile and nod before walking away.
"Blimey, he's always so secretive," said Ron.
"Come on, let's go tell Harry about the meeting at the library. I'm sure Quidditch practice is almost done..." Hermione stopped to think for a moment. "Hey, wait! Aren't Hiei and Kurama suppose to be in the team!" Hermione and Ron raced down to the Quidditch pitch to see if Hiei was at practice. They looked around in the sky, but then Hermione stopped again. "Aren't you suppose to be at practice as well?"
"Yes, well. You see, I ate something wrong today and my stomach felt like something was flying in it, so I told Harry I was going to skip practice today," Ron said, rubbing the back of his head while Hermione have him a look of disbelief.
"Madam Pomfrey could've cured that in a minute!" the Gryffindor Perfect shouted at the other Perfect.
"Yeah well, you made it sound so interesting when you said you were going to see what Kurama and Hiei have been doing lately!" Ron countered pathetically. Hermione let out a frustrated sigh and shook her head, stomping off. "Oi!" Ron went after her. They went into the castle and made their way to the common room, but Hermione accidentally bumped into Hiei.
"Hn, what are you two doing here?" the fire demon asked Harry's best friends with narrowed eyes. When they didn't answer, he became impatient. "Well?"
"We were just heading to the common room," Hermione answered quickly with a hint of fear in her voice. She didn't like being alone with Hiei, or close to being alone since Ron seemed to be in a lost for words and froze in place. "Why were you in the Room of Requirement?" Hermione inquired, finding a bit of courage, while looking at the door Hiei had just came out of. The fire demon gave the girl a glare that made her cringe slightly.
"Is it any of your business, woman?" the fire demon sneered at her. "Mind your own business and you won't get hurt, go it?" Hermione nodded in fright, unable to speak. "Now go." Without being told twice, they ran off, getting away from the demon. "Hn, nosy human brats." Hiei then walked off to find Kurama.
"Bloody Hell! He's scary!" Ron said, slightly out of breath from their sprint. "I hope I don't have to talk to him again."
"You didn't talk to him just a minute ago!" Hermione angrily said to Ron. "You looked so scared that I didn't think you would be able to move!"
"S- sorry, 'Mione," Ron said. Hermione sighed at him.
"It's alright, but I'm pretty sure you'll have to talk to him again sometime," Hermione said, looking out the window to the now empty Quidditch field. "Harry should be coming up here soon." Just as she said that, a group of Gryffindors, with Harry among them, came in looking extremely tired. Ron and Hermione went to their exhausted friend and dragged him to where they were sure no one can here them. They told them about the meeting with Kurama and how Hiei came out of the Room of Requirement. Harry frowned when he heard the part about Hiei.
"Come on, let's go to the library now. We would be only fifteen minutes early," said Hermione. And so, the two made their way to the library where thy were greeted by two very familiar faces and another one with slick black hair and honey brown eyes.
"Good evening. I thought you wanted to meet my friend Yusuke Urameshi," Kurama introduced pleasantly.
"Yo!" Yusuke said with a small wave and cocky smile.
"Umm... hello," Hermione said uncertainly. An echo from Ron and Harry were also audible. "I'm Hermione Granger."
"Harry Potter."
"Ron Weasley."
"I'm sure the three of you are curious on why I told you to be here," Kurama pleasantly said. "Well, I've discuss this with Hiei and Yusuke, and we think the three of you deserve to know the truth," as Kurama said this, the trio felt light headed, but it disappeared as soon as it appeared. "That was a barrier to cut anyone we find unwanted from out conversation. Though for the most parts, we just have to worry about students coming to the library, which Dumbledore had taken care of for us. He had announced that students other than us will not be allowed to come into the library and the librarian will not disturb us, well not like she could."
"Kurama, what about Voldemort?" Harry asked, afraid that the Dark Lord will over hear them.
"Hn, you don't have to worry about such minor things. Kurama's plant's fume will clear your minds completely. No one will be able to get into your empty heads as long as it is here," Hiei answered for the fox. For the first time since they felt light headed, they saw vines with lavender- coloured flowers surrounding them. Quite visible pink fume filled the air around them.
"What is that?" Ron asked, pointing to the unknown plant.
"It's called Fallisha Barrico," Kurama said, but before any of them questioned again, he continued. "Don't bother asking Professor Sprout about it, I doubt she even heard of this plant, let along know anything about it. We will explain everything like we've said before." The trio nodded at him.
"Hey, Kurama. They're not the only one who's confused and lost here," Yusuke said, scratching his head. "What happened in the past whatever- day I've been err... taken." He didn't want to say 'kidnap' it would hurt his ego too much.
"I'm sure Koenma will know how long you've been away and all the other details," Kurama said.
"Koenma! How are we going to contact Pacifier Breath?" Yusuke said. "I think I've lost my compact mirror when we went fighting the Four Saint Beasts." Kurama just smiled at him and took out the communication mirror that Koenma had given to him. "They had extras?" Kurama nodded, then opened it. He pressed a button and the face of the son of King Enma in toddler form greeted them casually.
"Yo!" Koenma said. "Nice timing. We just recently found the file for Tom Marvolo Riddle, but there's hardly anything interesting you haven't known already or want to know." Koenma suddenly stopped, noticing Harry, Ron, and Hermione for the first time. "Why are they here?" Kurama sighed when the infant- like prince inquired.
"Hiei and I have discuss this over already and we thought it would be more comfortable for us to explore this place if they know what was going on," Kurama stated. Koenma sighed, but before he could say anything, Ron decided he wanted to ask another question.
"Is... Is that baby talking!" Ron shouted, pointing at the mirror. Koenma gave a huff and turned into his teen form. The trio gave a jump and looked at Koenma with wide eyes. The prince of Reikai sighed.
"Well this baby is no longer a baby. My name is Koenma and I am the prince of the underworld," the said prince's voice was lined with pride. Kurama cleared his throat and Koenma continued. "Anyways, from what I've heard from Hiei and Kurama, the three of you have been trying to find information on them?" The trio nodded, too afraid to lie. And so, the truth about Kurama, Hiei, and Yusuke was revealed to them. By the time Koenma finished, with Kurama, Hiei, and Yusuke adding things in, the trio felt light headed once again, but not from the plants this time. It was from all the information they had just received from the prince. Then, Koenma began with the information for the Spirit Detective and two demons. "It seems that Tom Riddle, or Voldemort as most of you called him, is a reincarnation of a very dangerous demon. The information of his demon form is yet to be known."
'Troddam Melovoir,' Kurama repeated the name from the cook for Defense Against the Dark Arts and the Room in his head. 'Why do I think that he has something to do with all this? His name...' "Koenma, do you think you can look up the name Troddam Melovoir?" Kurama asked the prince.
"What am I? A search engine?" Koenma shouted, but one look at Kurama's serious face made his anger seep away. "Oh very well. If it is what you think is important." Kurama nodded at him in appreciation. "Anything else while I'm at it?"
"No. Not at the moment," Kurama said. Koenma's face soon disappeared after a quick good- bye.
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Errmm... Thanks for everyone who reviewed! I'm not sure if I'm going to answer any reviews... "shifty eyes" er... yeah... I'm having a huge writer's block so this chapter is not very good. Though, I am quite relief that this story is not as bad as my other ones... My writing style seemed to change in less than a year... Well anyways! Thank you again for reviewing, though... I was expecting a little more reviews... Oh and... I might not update for a while. I have my piano lessons again since my teacher came back from her trip, so yeah... : ( I hope she goes on another trip soon.
