AN: This chapter on, all Japanese will be written as ="blah"=, or with the
translation after it - tired of translating everything and running too much
risk of wrong or bad translation =P. English is normal, "blah." A Makai-
nese (introduced in this chapter) will be ~"blah"~
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Draco's jaw dropped, and he struggled to pull it up off the ground, staring at them. Ron and Hermione looked confused at the reaction Draco had, then turned to Dumbledore for a translation. What they didn't expect to see, was that Dumbledore looked floored as well. Draco opened his mouth and stammered out, "K-KOIBITO?!?"
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Kurama smiled, amused. ="Hai. Hiei was watashi no koibito."= [Yes. Hiei is my lover.]
Draco blinked. Then blinked again, before yelling, "SAY WHAT?!" Ron looked between them, just as lost as Hermione. He begged Dumbledore with his eyes to translate. Instead, the old man's eyes' were twinkling harder than ever. The headmaster spoke, voice laden with barely hidden glee,
"Ah. I see I see." He turned to Hiei and bowed slightly.= "Hajimemashite, Hiei-san. Boku wa Dumbledore, Albus desu. Douzo yoroshiku."= [Nice to meet you (for the first time), Hiei. I am Albus Dumbledore. Please treat me well. *AN: this is a rough translation*] He turned slightly towards the rest of the group, gesturing towards each of the students as he named them. ="Sore wa Weasley, Ron to Granger, Hermione to-"= [This is Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger and-] Draco cut in before Dumbledore could name him.
="Hajimemashite. Boku wa Malu-fwoy Du-ra-co desu. Dozo yoroshiku,"= Draco introduced himself in fluent Japanese, even pronouncing his name as Japanese. He bowed slightly, and straightened up, looking down at the shorter demon with a softer version of the Malfoy glare. He switched to English, "If you hurt Harry at all, and I find out, I will torture you so bad that you will wish you were dead by the time I'm done with you."
Kurama broke into a coughing fit that sounded suspiciously like laughter. Hiei snorted. ="Hiei desu. Ma-lu-fwoy, 'ka?"= [Hiei. Malfoy, huh?] The fire koorime switched to English as well, "Draco Malfoy. I have heard of the Malfoy family. . ." his eyes narrowed dangerously, "/and/ what they have done."
"Draco's different. Shuuichi trusts him." Kurama offered.
"Not Youko?"
"Does Youko trust?" Hiei raised an eyebrow.
"Besides you and Yuusuke, I mean," Kurama amended. At Hiei's glare he rolled his eyes, "and Yukina."
"Hn." Hiei smirked in satisfaction, and then turned to Draco, "Rest assured, if I were ever to hurt Ku-" Hiei stopped short, after being elbowed by an irate fox demon. "Harry," Hiei amended, "He would probably kill me himself. Besides," Red eyes laughed silently, "By the time I'll stop loving him, if ever, you will most definitely be dead."
"L-love?" Ron choked out. Hermione just stood there staring in shock. Dumbledore chuckled in amusement and leaned down slightly to tell them what had transpired in Japanese. Draco's eyes were narrowed in annoyance and he spoke up sweetly, voice like a honey coated sword,
"Is that a threat, Hiei?"
"No."
"Then why would I be dead, if you weren't going to kill me?"
"Old age. It would be at least another couple hun-"
"Hiei. Urusai," Kurama said quietly, dangerously. Hiei looked up, confused at the sudden change in demeanor. His eyes widened in shock at the glint of gold in the emerald orbs. He tilted up his head and saw the moon come out from behind the clouds: a sickle moon. Kurama shifted slightly and said irritably, "Youko is restless tonight." He shivered slightly, and wrapped his arms around himself. "And I have too much extra youki. I need to let it out." He shivered again and said, ="Koi, I'm"= before shooting a suspicious glance at Dumbledore and Draco. He started again, this time in a strange language that unsettled the humans. It was lyrical, sensual, yet it felt as if it shouldn't be spoken. ~"Hiei, I'm going to go to Makai. There's a portal to Reikai not far from here. I should be able to get in and to the portal to Makai there without setting off the wards. I won't take too long."~ Kurama licked his lips and smiled uneasily, "This language wasn't meant to be spoken by . . . Harry." He glanced up at the moonlit sky, "I will be back before morning, here."
Hiei glared at him, and spoke ~"Fine. Stay AWAY from Yomi's and Mukuro's lands. Stay in the kitsune forests, neutral lands, and if you must, go pay a visit to Yuusuke. I'm sure he'd be happy to help you work off that extra energy."~ The human children exchanged a glance. Hiei's reply was evidently of the same language, but it sounded so much harsher, colder and yet, burning at the same time. They didn't like it.
Kurama shook his head, ~"I wish I could, Hiei, but I must pay a visit to Yomi, at least. He knows that I am still in Ningenkai. Mukuro-" Here he gave a teasing grin, "she'll kill me if she finds out that I'm, Harry at least, the reason her only heir has disappeared. I'll go inform her of your latest mission, since I'm sure Koenma won't. Don't worry, koi, I'll avoid major fights."~
~"But not minor ones, huh?"~ Hiei smiled sardonically, "I'll go file a status report with the toddler. Stay alive, fox."
"I will."
With that, Kurama turned and headed directly for the Forbidden Forest. Hiei spoke, not taking his eyes of his partner's retreating back, "Don't." Four pairs of eyes shot to his in surprise. Hermione had just opened her mouth to call Harry back. "Don't tell him to return. He needs this. You heard him. He will be back by morning. He never breaks his promises." As if confirming this, Harry raised an arm and with a flick of his wrist, his wand shot a small sheet of parchment to them, hovering right in front of Dumbledore and a crease spoke,
"I keep my word."
Hiei nodded in acknowledgement to the humans, and without further ado, blurred and disappeared. By the time they had realized that he was really and truly gone, he had fallen in step with Harry and the two walked into the forest and had melted into the shadows.
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THE END. . .sorta
AN: FINALLY! It's the end. . .of the day =P I'm not that weird. . .no really, I'm not! Still. . .I am weird in the sense that it took me so many chapters to finish the first day. Now that I got the explanations over with . . . the story /should/ move faster. I have ideas that are coming out! Some stories I read said that Youko must be released on full and sickle moons, but I don't recall that from the manga or anime, so to me, Youko is restless of those days more so on full that sickle, but because Kurama had a large pent up supply of youki, Youko is more restless than normal. the language will be slightly diff for each type of youkai, it belays some characteristics of the youkai when they speak. Youkos are sensual creatures and, to me, really graceful. Hiei is a koorime fire demon mix, and much more straight-to-the-point. Y'see what I mean?
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Draco's jaw dropped, and he struggled to pull it up off the ground, staring at them. Ron and Hermione looked confused at the reaction Draco had, then turned to Dumbledore for a translation. What they didn't expect to see, was that Dumbledore looked floored as well. Draco opened his mouth and stammered out, "K-KOIBITO?!?"
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Kurama smiled, amused. ="Hai. Hiei was watashi no koibito."= [Yes. Hiei is my lover.]
Draco blinked. Then blinked again, before yelling, "SAY WHAT?!" Ron looked between them, just as lost as Hermione. He begged Dumbledore with his eyes to translate. Instead, the old man's eyes' were twinkling harder than ever. The headmaster spoke, voice laden with barely hidden glee,
"Ah. I see I see." He turned to Hiei and bowed slightly.= "Hajimemashite, Hiei-san. Boku wa Dumbledore, Albus desu. Douzo yoroshiku."= [Nice to meet you (for the first time), Hiei. I am Albus Dumbledore. Please treat me well. *AN: this is a rough translation*] He turned slightly towards the rest of the group, gesturing towards each of the students as he named them. ="Sore wa Weasley, Ron to Granger, Hermione to-"= [This is Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger and-] Draco cut in before Dumbledore could name him.
="Hajimemashite. Boku wa Malu-fwoy Du-ra-co desu. Dozo yoroshiku,"= Draco introduced himself in fluent Japanese, even pronouncing his name as Japanese. He bowed slightly, and straightened up, looking down at the shorter demon with a softer version of the Malfoy glare. He switched to English, "If you hurt Harry at all, and I find out, I will torture you so bad that you will wish you were dead by the time I'm done with you."
Kurama broke into a coughing fit that sounded suspiciously like laughter. Hiei snorted. ="Hiei desu. Ma-lu-fwoy, 'ka?"= [Hiei. Malfoy, huh?] The fire koorime switched to English as well, "Draco Malfoy. I have heard of the Malfoy family. . ." his eyes narrowed dangerously, "/and/ what they have done."
"Draco's different. Shuuichi trusts him." Kurama offered.
"Not Youko?"
"Does Youko trust?" Hiei raised an eyebrow.
"Besides you and Yuusuke, I mean," Kurama amended. At Hiei's glare he rolled his eyes, "and Yukina."
"Hn." Hiei smirked in satisfaction, and then turned to Draco, "Rest assured, if I were ever to hurt Ku-" Hiei stopped short, after being elbowed by an irate fox demon. "Harry," Hiei amended, "He would probably kill me himself. Besides," Red eyes laughed silently, "By the time I'll stop loving him, if ever, you will most definitely be dead."
"L-love?" Ron choked out. Hermione just stood there staring in shock. Dumbledore chuckled in amusement and leaned down slightly to tell them what had transpired in Japanese. Draco's eyes were narrowed in annoyance and he spoke up sweetly, voice like a honey coated sword,
"Is that a threat, Hiei?"
"No."
"Then why would I be dead, if you weren't going to kill me?"
"Old age. It would be at least another couple hun-"
"Hiei. Urusai," Kurama said quietly, dangerously. Hiei looked up, confused at the sudden change in demeanor. His eyes widened in shock at the glint of gold in the emerald orbs. He tilted up his head and saw the moon come out from behind the clouds: a sickle moon. Kurama shifted slightly and said irritably, "Youko is restless tonight." He shivered slightly, and wrapped his arms around himself. "And I have too much extra youki. I need to let it out." He shivered again and said, ="Koi, I'm"= before shooting a suspicious glance at Dumbledore and Draco. He started again, this time in a strange language that unsettled the humans. It was lyrical, sensual, yet it felt as if it shouldn't be spoken. ~"Hiei, I'm going to go to Makai. There's a portal to Reikai not far from here. I should be able to get in and to the portal to Makai there without setting off the wards. I won't take too long."~ Kurama licked his lips and smiled uneasily, "This language wasn't meant to be spoken by . . . Harry." He glanced up at the moonlit sky, "I will be back before morning, here."
Hiei glared at him, and spoke ~"Fine. Stay AWAY from Yomi's and Mukuro's lands. Stay in the kitsune forests, neutral lands, and if you must, go pay a visit to Yuusuke. I'm sure he'd be happy to help you work off that extra energy."~ The human children exchanged a glance. Hiei's reply was evidently of the same language, but it sounded so much harsher, colder and yet, burning at the same time. They didn't like it.
Kurama shook his head, ~"I wish I could, Hiei, but I must pay a visit to Yomi, at least. He knows that I am still in Ningenkai. Mukuro-" Here he gave a teasing grin, "she'll kill me if she finds out that I'm, Harry at least, the reason her only heir has disappeared. I'll go inform her of your latest mission, since I'm sure Koenma won't. Don't worry, koi, I'll avoid major fights."~
~"But not minor ones, huh?"~ Hiei smiled sardonically, "I'll go file a status report with the toddler. Stay alive, fox."
"I will."
With that, Kurama turned and headed directly for the Forbidden Forest. Hiei spoke, not taking his eyes of his partner's retreating back, "Don't." Four pairs of eyes shot to his in surprise. Hermione had just opened her mouth to call Harry back. "Don't tell him to return. He needs this. You heard him. He will be back by morning. He never breaks his promises." As if confirming this, Harry raised an arm and with a flick of his wrist, his wand shot a small sheet of parchment to them, hovering right in front of Dumbledore and a crease spoke,
"I keep my word."
Hiei nodded in acknowledgement to the humans, and without further ado, blurred and disappeared. By the time they had realized that he was really and truly gone, he had fallen in step with Harry and the two walked into the forest and had melted into the shadows.
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THE END. . .sorta
AN: FINALLY! It's the end. . .of the day =P I'm not that weird. . .no really, I'm not! Still. . .I am weird in the sense that it took me so many chapters to finish the first day. Now that I got the explanations over with . . . the story /should/ move faster. I have ideas that are coming out! Some stories I read said that Youko must be released on full and sickle moons, but I don't recall that from the manga or anime, so to me, Youko is restless of those days more so on full that sickle, but because Kurama had a large pent up supply of youki, Youko is more restless than normal. the language will be slightly diff for each type of youkai, it belays some characteristics of the youkai when they speak. Youkos are sensual creatures and, to me, really graceful. Hiei is a koorime fire demon mix, and much more straight-to-the-point. Y'see what I mean?