Disclaimer: I dont own Yu Yu nor do I own Harry Potter. Never have, never will. AN: IM really Sorry this chapter too SOOO long! Im really sorry! I had a Major writers block! Then when I was trying to write this chapter another story, a FB idea, wouldnt leave me alone! so I had to type it! anyways! heres the next chapter and hopefully chapter 7 wont take so long! Thanks! On with the story! OOO yea this chapter is my longest so far! yay reaching around 4,000 some odd words!

Do You See The Winding Road?

By Just Human

Ch. 6: Doubts

"So, aren't you going to answer?" Harry pressed.

Man, am I picking up bad habits, Yusuke thought as he ran his hand through his hair for the fourth time since Harry asked that question. He should have realized that he'd ask this question. But the question was; what was he going to tell him? Well no use sweating about it.

Looking up at Harry, he asked; "What exactly do you want to know?"

"Who are you? Why are you here? Why are you helping us? How much do you really know? What is going on?"

"Whoa buddy, calm down. Let me answer a few of those before you continue, ok?" Harry nodded keeping his green eyes locked on Yusuke's brown ones. "First, as you know I'm Yusuke Urameshi, the leader of the Rekai team, spirit detectives. The others have the mission to help out The Order while I have the mission to basically protect you, among other things. I don't know much as I've said before. You may, and probably do, know more than me on what the heck is really going on."

"I see… But that doesn't answer the reason why are you helping us, the wizarding world."

"Voldemort not only threatens the Wizarding world but everyone, you should know this. He doesn't care who you are, if you don't serve him you're dead. That goes for wizards, muggles, and demons. This isn't a one man show. This threat threatens us all."

As Harry looked at Yusuke he knew he was right. Voldemort didn't just threaten the existence of wizards. How he didn't see that before made him feel guilty. He always thought others, muggles, were lucky they didn't have to worry about Voldemort. They didn't have the burden of knowing that someone very powerful and very deadly was walking among them; and that any second could be their last.

"You're Harry Potter," a voice said startling him from his thoughts. Looking up he saw it was Luna Lovegood that spoke.

"Yeah."

"I don't know who you are," she spoke again looking to Yusuke with pale eyes.

"I'm Yusuke Urameshi. I-er I'm a transfer student." Yusuke added quickly.

She looked at him carefully then nodded. "Yes, yes I could tell because you have a very distinct accent." Yusuke just nodded back, and Luna decided to go back looking at her upside down magazine of The Quibbler.

"Guess what I got for my birthday, Harry!" said Neville.

"Another remembrall?"

"Remembrall?" Kuwabara asked making his presence known once again. (he he I forgot he was there! Opps sorrys Hahahah!)

Harry nodded, "Neville's grandmother sent him one a few years back. It's supposed to turn red if you've forgotten something."

"Yeah but it seems I have lost it long ago… Look at this." Digging inside his school bag Neville brought out a plant that, to Yusuke and Kuwabara looked like some type of mutated cactus. Instead, like a normal cactus though, it didn't have spines it was covered in boils. It wasn't very big either just small enough to be portable. "This is a Mimbulus mimbletonia. It's really, really rare."

"Er- does it do anything?" Yusuke asked looking at the strange plant.

"Oh yes it does loads of stuff. Watch this. Harry could you hold Trevor?"

"Sure." Neville handed his pet frog to Harry so he could pull out his wand. Looking over his plant carefully he found the spot he wanted and gave the plant a sharp prod. Liquid squirted from every boil on the plant. It was this thick, sticky, smelly gack that hit the ceiling, windows, Luna Lovegood's magazine, Ginny, Harry, Yusuke, and Kuwabara. Yusuke was lucky; he had covered his face, though it still didn't shield all his body against that attack. His hair was full of the plants sap. Running a hand through there he felt a huge pile of it stuck in it. Looking around Yusuke checked how the others were fairing.

Harry it seems didn't have time to cover his face since he was holding on to Trevor. The poor guy got it full in the face and in the mouth. He was spitting out lots of sap that made Yusuke wonder if it was poisonous, it would suck if his charge died like this.

"Hello Harry…Oh I'm sorry is this a bad time." A voice startled them all. Looking over they saw a girl with long black hair standing at the doorway looking nervous but nonetheless smiling at Harry.

"Er- Hi." Harry answered.

"Well I just wanted to come and say hi, so bye then." The girl said slightly blushed as she closed the door and left.

"Who was that?" Yusuke asked.

"Cho Chang."

Yusuke looked at Harry and noticed he looked rather bummed. Was this girl his crush, well if it was then he understood. He probably wanted to look cool when she was around instead covered in this gack.

"Hey, does anyone know a spell to get rid of all this stuff?" Kuwabara asked coming out of his shock.

"I do, Scourgify!" Ginny said and all the stuff disappeared.

Ron and Hermione turned up an hour later. Both of them seemed exhausted and grouchy. Something was obviously bothering them.

"There are two fifth year perfects from each House," Hermione started. "A boy and girl from each so that it'd be fair."

"Yeah, and guess who's a Slytherin perfect," Ron replied with disgust.

"Malfoy," Harry replied not at all pleased with this.

Malfoy, ahhh, the well known pure blood wizard family. They were on good terms with the prestigious Black family during Voldemort's rein. It seems that their family was connected; well of course they would be with their beliefs on pure blood. I wonder when I'm going to have to meet them. Sighing Yusuke decided that he needed to stretch out his legs, so he told them he was just going to go out and walk around the train for a while.

"Don't you need to be here?" Harry asked.

"Nah, I'm sure you can handle yourself for a while. Plus, that idiot over there does come in use now and again." Yusuke said pointing to Kuwabara.

"WHAT! Who are you calling an idiot!"

"You."

"Why I outta-" but it was already too late. Yusuke was already out of the door and long gone, enjoying his walk.

Hogsmeade, a very famous wizard town that is always bustling with people and today was no exception. People were walking, bumping, squeezing pass each other looking for either the latest Nimbus broom or just looking for some time away from home. Whatever the reason they were there for doesn't matter just that they were there and it was busy, making it hard for shorter people to walk through the mass, yet giving some people the cover they needed. Kurama and Hiei were just two of those that used the mass as cover. They were there heading towards Honey Dukes, the meeting place for there new mission.

Entering the store they were bombarded with customers. Honey Dukes is like the name implies. It sells anything sweet, making it the most visited place in Hogsmeade. It was packed with very few spaces to even walk; the noise in it was high, with people, some students talking. All in all, this was the perfect meeting place for something important to discuss. For when they talk the other noise in the store would override their voices.

Finding a booth at the corner, Kurama and Hiei walked over and sat down. They were waiting for Mundungus, who had the instructions on their mission. Hiei for one didn't trust the guy they were meeting, but didn't say anything about it. Upon hearing the guys' familiar voice he looked up.

"On time I see. Good. I can get this done fast; I have other matters to attend to." Hiei looked at him suspiciously. "Anyways I need you to find this person called the Jester. Crazy I know but you see we believe he knows the location of Voldemort. Our sources say they have seen him, in more than one occasion, talking to a Death Eater."

"Do any of them know the description of the Jester?" Kurama asked trying to get enough information to go on in finding his whereabouts.

"Oh ya hold on I have a picture somewhere… Ah here it is," Mundungus said taking out a square picture. "This is how he usually looks like, but then again he isn't called the Jester for nothing. Now once you've found him, capture him; if you can't then get as much info as you can out of him."

"Where was he last spotted?"

"Surprisingly, he was just spotted yesterday, here at Hogsmeade. We don't know what he is here for. What business would he have here? We don't know this but I believe it has something to do with… no never mind. It was just a guess. Anyways this is your new mission. Take it seriously, and follow through with it. Hopefully, it'll give us a break."

"Right. Don't worry, well follow it thoroughly. We haven't failed in a mission as of yet."

"And don't plan to start now." Hiei said, uttering his first words since Mundungus arrival.

"I'll keep you to that," Mundungus smirked as he got up and started to leave. Pausing he turned his head to the side and said over his shoulder, "Be weary of the Jester. He likes to confuse people. Loads of rubbish is all he spouts. Don't listen to him." With that he completely disappeared into the crowed.

Kurama looked down to the square picture he held in his hands studding the contents. It showed the image of the Jester. He was wearing the usual clown outfit, with the colors being black and white, and a Jesters hat. On his shoulders he had a checker like pattern running down it till it reached its pure white, stainless gloves. He wore a mask, a theater mask that showed two sides, one happy the other sad. On the sad side there was a small tear falling just below his eye, but strangely enough the tear wasn't blue, but red; like blood. The other side had a splash that smeared over his eye, this time though it was blue.

"I've seen him before," Stated Hiei as he looked over Kurama's shoulder.

"You know him?"

"No. I've only seen him. In the demon world, he was there observing the battle between Yusuke and Sensui."

Kurama's eyes widen. He did feel someone watching, observing that day. But he had just dismissed it. There are many strong demons there, any number of them could have been watching. Just watching didn't make them a threat. Now, now he wasn't too sure. But why would the Jester be observing them that day? It was a while ago, months ago when they had battled Sensui. Could they have been involved with this mess much longer than they thought? If so, then just how much information are they keeping from them?

"Let's go," Hiei said startling Kurama out of his thoughts.

"Right."

With that they walked out of the store, not noticing a strange black shadow that danced on the wall near a plant. The shadow had no physical features the only thing you could see was its outline, which had a very distinct shaped hat on its head. It had three points going down with small bells swinging slightly as he danced.

They've been walking for a few hours and yet they still couldn't find anything. Nothing as if there was no such thing as the Jester. Nobody's seen him, nobody's have heard of him. It was basically a dead end. Sighing Kurama ran a hand through his hair, might as well take a break. But then just as they were walking to an restaurant, Hiei spotted something, a lead.

"Kurama."

"What is it Hiei?"

"By the crowed east of us. Do you see him?"

"East… yea I see him. Looks like he spotted us though, he's moving."

They slowly changed their direction so that they were fallowing the Jester. Without looking back the Jester seemed too caught sent of them fallowing and so started to move quicker through the oncoming crowds. Pushing there way through the crowds, they ended up at the end of Hogmeade. In front of them lay a forest that seemed to go on forever. They saw the Jester heading in that direction so they followed.

It wasn't until about fifteen minutes later that they found an old large cave. Knowing that the Jester was more than likely inside, they entered it. It was nothing fancy, but was still huge and damp. The ceiling was high up littered with lots of uneven stones that looked like it would fall at any time.

"Ah, welcome, guests. Welcome to my humble ho- hmmm… what would one call this place if it's not my home? What should I call this place? Home will not do. NO, no, no it will not do at all. Home, home is something different. It is…" The Jester turned away and started muttering then, slowly moving his lips; his voice seemed as if it were blended together.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Hiei said looking at him clearly irritated.

The Jester looked up as if just realizing they were there again. "Ahhh I see it doesn't matter at the moment. So now lets us just tell ghost stories around this fire place!" With a snap of his fingers at fire started in front of him.

"Let's just capture him." Hiei told Kurama as he rolled his eyes. Kurama nodded to him, thinking what was wrong with the Jester. He just kind of went to a different world for a minute there.

"Tsk, Tsk. You guys are no fun. Well no matter, you guys can't capture me." he told them with a smug smile.

"And why not?"

"Because right now you have more pressing matters."

"Pressing matters? What pressing matters?" Kurama asked. He didn't have to wait long for the answer either. The entrance for the cave seemed to close with a huge block of stone, then water started to come out of no where, slowly filling up. Some of the stones started falling, thanks to the racket the water was causing.

"These pressing matters." The Jester smirked. Oh how Hiei hated him already. He wanted nothing more that to walk over there and- "Now for the start of the game. There are two doors in front of you. It's a fifty-fifty chance that'd you'd get the right one. If I were you I'd split up, one of you should have gotten the right door, but that's just me, of course."

They both new that it was a trap, and splitting them up was just another way of trapping them; but still, what other choice did they have. It was really just a fifty-fifty chance, so one of them would have the chance to confront the real Jester. This one standing just a few meters off wasn't the real one after all. It was just an illusion, a trick to throw them off.

"Hiei, I'm going to take the right door. You take the left." Hiei nodded his understanding. He also new the gravity of there situation, even if it were reckless to split up. Without a word Hiei disappeared through the left door.

Slightly smiling, Kurama disappeared into the right door. I know it's a trap, yet here I am walking right into it. Haha, Yusuke would be proud of me and of this new recklessness.

When the door shut behind him the image of the Jester stayed just a little bit longer in the room. He grinned maliciously and said:

"Let the games begin."

Yusuke had been walking around the train for at least thirty minutes, though he didn't care. He's been thinking about this mission of his. It is said that he had to protect Harry, yet from what he heard of his life, he can take care of himself. Sure its always good to have extra protection as a precaution, but why him. Is there more to it than that, for him being here? They could have easily picked one of the others, or maybe another wizard, but no. Dumbledore and Koenma specifically asked for him to do this mission. There must be a reason why, Koenma for one didn't do things just out of coincidence. So what is he missing? What is the reason for him being there? Why is it necessary for him to stay close to Harry?

"You must be Yusuke Urameshi," a voice said startling him out of his thoughts.

Looking up Yusuke saw three boys standing in front of him. Two of them, those on either side of the one that spoke, were large with chocolate frogs clutched in their hands. The one that spoke had slicked his blonde hair back, which Yusuke didn't like; he was stealing his hair style.

"Malfoy, right?" Yusuke asked.

"That's right. These two here are Crabbe and Goyle." Malfoy said introducing the two beside him. "Hogwarts is different than your normal school. And since your new its best to find out where you belong. I'd suggest that you belong to those that you aren't with; those that you think are your enemy."

"And whys that?" Yusuke said somewhat intrigued.

"Because as they say: Appearances are deceiving, words and lies come out easily when one has something to hide. Or in your case, not give enough information about things, really important things."

Yusuke looked at Malfoy straight in his eyes and felt a strange understanding. It was true they don't tell them, him, anything, nothing of what was going on. But they must have their reasons. Then he scoffed at that thought, Reasons my ass. They just- they just-

"Dumbledore didn't have you properly sorted yet did he? He never had the sorting hat put you in the house you should be, the place where you belong to. I wonder what house you would have been placed? "Malfoy gave a strange smile, "My bet, as well as others, say Slytherin."

Yusuke opened his mouth to argue but hesitated at first. "Wha- No, no. I think I'd still be placed in Gryffindor."

"You think?" He said with that same strange and eerie smile on his lips. "Oh well, it doesn't matter right now, because we'll find out later."

The sound of the train's horn blew, telling all the passengers that soon enough they'd be at Hogwarts.

"Well," Malfoy started, "we'd best go. I am a perfect after all and I must help get the students ready to depart in Hogwarts. Take care Urameshi and think well on what I've just said." With that Malfoy and his cronies disappeared into a different cart.

Yusuke shook his head. That smile on Malfoy's face unnerved him. And what the heck was he talking about? Sure they held many secrets from him but- but what? Shouldn't they tell him? Didn't he have that right? And why the heck did he hesitate with Malfoy? Of course he'd be placed in Gryffindor, right? Grrr this train of thought won't help anyone, he shook his head again. But still… he couldn't help but feel the doubt creeping up in him.

Upon feeling the train start to slow down, Yusuke decided that it'd be best to find the others before he got lost in the crowd of students. When he entered the compartment that held the others he noticed them putting on there school robes. Looking around he spotted his luggage and started to put on his school robes as well. It should be green, Yusuke thought. Just as he finished getting his stuff put together the train made a complete stop, and the ruckus of students making there way in the corridors of the train could be heard. Ron and Hermione being perfects had to supervise the students and help them go where they need to so ended up giving there pets to Harry to look after. Luna carried Pigwidgeon, Ron's pet owl that's extremely loud and crazy.

After they made there way outside, they heard a female voice call out: "First years over here please! First years over here!" It wasn't Hagrid the one that usually says those words.

"Where's Hagrid?" Harry asked.

"I don't know," Ginny said looking around for Hagrid.

"Hey, let's get out of the doorway. We're blocking it and others can't get out." Yusuke said as he stuck his head out.

"Oh right."

Yusuke walked behind Harry looking around at the scattering students. Where could have Kuwabara gone? Damn idiot got lost in the crowed already; then again he was lucky for being able to keep an eye on Harry. He noticed Harry looking at the coaches that were pulled by nothing that were horseless stagecoaches. Then Harry did a double take. What's that about? But as he got near someone in the name of Kuwabara popped out form no where.

"There you are! I was looking everywhere for you Urameshi! Geez I told you to wait a minute and when I come back your gone!" Kuwabara said moving his hands around to show his frustration.

"Well, looks like you found me," Yusuke smirked.

"Wha- Damn it Urameshi! Don't you dare do that again!"

"Che, you'll be fine. Now let's go the others are already getting into the carriages." Walking towards them Kuwabara got on the carriage and Yusuke decided to hang back just a while longer, he wanted to know what Harry saw before.

"…I've been able to see them since my first day here." Yusuke heard Luna say.

"Seen what?"

Luna smiled at him and pointed to the front of the carriages. "Those."

There in front of him was what looked sort of like a horse; well it mostly resembled a horse. Though this horse had no flesh, just a black coat that covered his bones that stuck out very visibly. It had black leather looking bat wings that sprouted out of its back. Vapor was rising out of its nostrils that made him look extremely eerie, like a foreboding creature that said something was going to happen, or maybe that something already did happen.

"What are those?" Yusuke asked looking at the strange horse creature.

"Don't know," Harry said. "But it seems only the three of us can see them."

Yusuke looked at Harry for awhile, as if checking to see if he was joking, but after a minute of staring he knew what he said was true. Deciding it would be best to ask about those strange horses later he told the others it was best they got in the carriages. Harry and Luna nodded and climbed into them, Yusuke climbed in after them, but before he got all the way in he gave one last look at the horses that pulled the carriages, and thought hopefully seeing them didn't bring any harm to them.

"Lord, Lord Voldemort. Is this what you wanted?" Wormtail asked as he handed his master an old piece of parchment. It looked to have been folded numerous times over the years, as well as almost burnt for the edges had gone black.

"Yes. This is exactly what I wanted." Voldemort said as he examined the parchment. "Now bring me Nagini. She's eating."

"Ah, but sir why do you want Nagini?"

"Just go get her, you worthless creature!"

Wormtail stumbled then, almost falling because of his master's shout. When his masters angry, it was not very wise to cross him, well it was not wise to cross him at all, period. Shakily, he left the room to go look for Nagini and bring her back to her master.

Voldemort read and reread the old parchment. It was a spell, a very old spell that used the ancient powers of the old ones. Yet this spell is different than any of the old ones spells, it was half of a spell. Voldemort already had his hands on the first half of the spell long ago, but just recently in the last couple of months performed it. Now he had the last bit, but this half needed more things to happen, more materials for it that he hasn't gotten a hold of just yet. But he was working on getting some of those things he needed, and for that he needed Nagini. It was then that Wormtail decided to come back in, holding a sinister looking snake.

"Ah, my Lord, my Master I have brought-"

"Hurry up and set her down. Then leave."

"Ah, oh yes. Right away." Wormtail delicately set Nagini down and hastily walked out the door.

"Nagini," Voldemort said as he stretched out an arm. The snake made its way towards him and looked him in the eyes as if knowing it was something huge, that this was going to be something important. "This is your mission…" With that Lord Voldemort lent down to whisper a word, a name and an object it wanted him to get.

Nagini nodded, and looked at Voldemort straight in the eyes before leaving to do his bidding.

It would be a couple of weeks before Nagini came back to him, with something very surprising.

Something Lord Voldemort would really need later on.

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