Kenshin

Chapter 3: An Average Day in the Life

Hiei frowned as Kenshin again lunged at him. Kenshin had a knack for the sword. Hell, the kid mastered almost everything give or shoved at him. Hiei had only sparred with the kid to keep Kenshin's thoughts from suicidal. Shiori has stopped him from slitting his own wrists twice last two weeks and he had done it while he was asleep.

Kenshin's blade stopped millimeters from his face, startling Hiei out of his thoughts which had only last nanoseconds. Kenshin merely blinked waiting for Hiei to say something or do. Hiei was paralyzed with emotion.

At this point the Spirit Detective and the idiot appeared in the opening leading to his, Kurama's, and Kenshin's practice lot. Kurama had left to fetch lunch. Hiei cursed knowing that the hanyou and the human would take it the wrong way. That they did.

"SPIRIT GUN." Yusuke yelled, sending a sort of warning shot.

Kenshin, with grace and speed, jumped lightly out of the way of the shot. His face was as collected as Kurama was during battle. Hiei knew his reflexes were derived from a game and the murder attempts by a now deceased monster and minions.

Yusuke rushed Kenshin before Hiei could speak. Kuwabara called on his spirit sword as Kenshin pivoted on his heels and brought the sword hilt down on Yusuke's head with enough force to knock him out. Kuwabara managed to blind Kenshin with a burst of spirit energy. Kenshin responded by sending a wave of magic towards Kuwabara. Hiei couldn't see in the flash of energy, but he could smell Kenshin's blood.

Kuwabara was down and stiff as a board. Kenshin gripped his shoulder, blinking his eyes. Hiei, muttering to Kenshin reassurance, approached him cautiously. Kenshin was shaking, not a good sign. Hiei took the sword out of Kenshin's hand. Kenshin's hand found Hiei's shirt and he gripped it. Hiei pried the other hand off Kenshin's shoulder. The cut was pretty deep but already healing as Kenshin's spirit energy and magic swirled.

"Let me out. I don't want to be in the cupboard." Kenshin begged in a strangled voice.

Hiei felt the fox intently worried as he helped Kenshin toward the makeshift bench.

'Hiei, what happened?' Kurama asked as he turned the corner.

'The detective and the idiot assumed I was being overpowered. Kenshin took out Yusuke but Kuwabara blinded and injured him.'

Kurama pulled out a plant to temporarily bandage Kenshin's wound. Kenshin muttered various things.

'He's in shock?' Kurama asked.

'He lost enough blood to.' Hiei replied quietly. 'He's having a panic attack.'

Kurama nodded. Kurama blew some powder into Kenshin's face. Kenshin's mutters left off and his breath even out, he was fast asleep. Hiei made a slight grunt when he realized Kenshin wasn't letting go anytime soon. The fox laughed.

Yusuke Uramenshi had a pounding headache. Oh, yeah. That kid about to kill Hiei did this. Yusuke opened his eyes to see a very upset Shiori and a disapproving Kurama. Kurama's mother left, muttering about certain boys.

Kurama promptly took his ear off figuratively. Yusuke got the sense that he got off lightly. Kuwabara stumbled in, looking like someone beat him senseless. Kurama walked, no stalked off.

"Uramenshi, I think we got shorty and Kurama very angry."

"No shit, Sherlock." Yusuke replied bitterly. "We attacked Kurama's little brother."

"Duh." Came Shuichi's voice. "Kenshin is pretty fragile mentally currently."

"Kenshin?" Yusuke asked.

Shuichi rolled his eyes. "Kenshin is our foster brother. He's just as cool as Shuiichi but currently he's battling depression. You just sent him into a comatose state. Shuiichi is very protective of Kenshin."

Yusuke looked down. He screwed up big time. Kuwabaka looked horrified. Shuiichi sighed and walked away. The sound of Shuichi and Shiori leaving left the house pretty quiet.

About an half hour later, Kuwabara was fast asleep and Yusuke was trying to figure out what had happened. Suddenly movement caught his eye from the doorway. The kid was standing there. Both eyes were blood red. A light smirk light up. Yusuke never felt more scared than staring at this Kenshin.

"Not worth my time, killing demons." Kenshin's voice was unnaturally high pitch but soft. "But I don't need you interfering in my plans for this pathetic shell you call Kenshin. Adstringus."

Yusuke struggled against the invisible bonds which made it difficult to talk or move. The possessed Kenshin started talking again.

"Pity I have to kill him. So much power. Dumbledore would kill to have this much as I would have." Kenshin began walking into the kitchen.

Yusuke manage to twist himself to watch the kid chose a sharp knife. Kenshin took a seat before Yusuke.

'He's teasing me!' Yusuke's eyes widened. "He's going to kill the kid in front of me and make me watch. Kuwabara, wake up!'

As if his plead was somewhat answered…

'Detective?' Hiei's mental voice caused Yusuke to sigh in relief which must have stuck the possessor to look up.

'Kenshin's possessed!' Yusuke managed.

Hiei was suddenly there, knocking the knife out of the kid's hand. The spirit snarled as Hiei had him pinned to the ground. The spirit started to laugh.

"Do you think you can save the poor broken soul, demon?" The spirit chortled. "Potter's not worth the effort."

Hiei snarled at the spirit. The insane crackle annoyed Yusuke even if he didn't understand.

"Kenshin is far more than what you'll ever be, Voldemort." Hiei growled. "Leave the boy alone. You've done enough to him."

"You do think you can save him!" The spirit crowed. "How humorous. A demon trying to save an angel dammed by his own father."

Hiei looked darkly down at the spirit. Yusuke sensed something was going on.

"His own father cursed him." The spirit drawled. "Before he was even born. He's mine, demon. He's always been mine."

Hiei snarled, not daring to choke the kid. Yusuke thought in his opinion it would ended everything. Kurama came up, a book in hand and a necklace.

"He isn't yours to begin with, Tom Riddle and he'll never be yours." Kurama said mildly.

The spirit, Tom, laughed manically but stopped when Kurama began chanting. Yusuke couldn't determine what Kurama was saying. Yet the spirit was screaming bloody. Suddenly the kid's body convulsed and went slack. All was silent. Kuwabara was staring in horror as Yusuke noted he must have woken when Hiei appeared.

Something dark floated out of Kenshin's mouth. Then it dissipated into the air as something like a breeze pulled it to the ceiling. Hiei left go slowly, panting. Kurama bent over, fixing the necklace around his neck.

"What the fuck is going on here?" Yusuke cried after a moment silence as the spell had seemed to disappear.

There was a moan from Kenshin. Dull green eyes opened and landed on Yusuke's face. Yusuke pulled in a sharp breath. They were hollow. The kid looked away and at Hiei and Kurama and fixed them with a sleepy bright smile before falling back to sleep.

Kurama sighed. "Okay, I need to find a better necklace tomorrow."

"Hn." Hiei said as he picked up the boy easily.

"On my bed tonight, Hiei. One of us have to be near him for the next few days." Kurama murmured.

He turned to Yusuke. "Could you inform Koenma that I and Hiei will not be able to attend any mission for about a week."

"May I ask why?" Yusuke asked.

"The spell I did requires some sacrifice of energy from two sources. I and Hiei are currently at half our strength now." Kurama shrugged. "Two, Kenshin needs to be watched over and since my school had to shut down for a month due to some strange explosion, I and Hiei can keep a better eye on him."

Two hours later, Yusuke was twitching as Koenma yelled at him about their teammates. Finally he calmed down.

"Who is it anyway?" Koenma asked grumpily.

"Ah, the spirit called him Potter. Kurama claims he to be Kenshin. The spirit they called V-something or Tom Riddle."

"Kuso, Yusuke!" Koenma gulped. "The kid isn't Kenshin! It's Harry Potter. Danm that explains why Tom Riddle's soul was shredded into pieces when he finally arrived in hell. Kuso."

"What is so special about this kid? He's just some scrawny kid!" Yusuke yelled.

"That kid is someone who saved us from utter darkness! You think Sensui was bad, Voldemort made the Saint Beasts and Togoruro look like minor minions."

"That shorty?" Yusuke asked, his arms slightly uncrossed.

"That shorty happens to be as powerful as any lower A-Class Demons." Koenma said, breathily. "His mother was a powerful witch. His father was no joke either. He defeated Voldemort who is the wizarding equivalent of an S-Class Demon. He's been foiling the Dark Lord's plans since he was age eleven."

"Well, kuso." Yusuke's jaw dropped a bit.

Koenma sighed after Yusuke left. Man, Yusuke had grilled him for all he was worth about Harry Potter. Koenma was shocked to hear that Kurama and Hiei had taken to the boy. But the most worrying thing was what Voldemort had told Kurama.

Koenma flipped through the archive site with a touch of the remote. It brought up the file concerning James Potter. He glanced over it. Finally he sighed and let his head drop. His father, the fool, had indeed curse his only son. However the reasons for it made even Koenma want to cry. Indeed Harry had the right idea when he chose to leave his real name behind.

AN: Yo. I'm sticking this on the bottom now. I don't own anything really beside my own ideas but these characters are not mine. Standard disclaimer.

Everyone will hate me now…one too many questions...ku ku ku. I think it's a nice piece of horror considering I'm lousy at it.

Hasta Luega, Li Cruz