= "Japanese"= | [Japanese (translation)]-stuff that's inserted into
English conversations | ~ "Makai-nese"~ | "English"
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After the two left, chatter climbed in the Hall again. Draco rose and left the Hall with Crabbe and Goyle and, Ron and Hermione exchanged glances before following them out. The four met up at the base of the main stairwell and headed up to Gryphindor Tower together quietly, until Draco shattered the silence. "Vince (Crabbe), Greg (Goyle), keep an eye on the small one. I don't trust him." The two nodded and they kept walking. When they reached the Fat Lady, Hermione sent the three Slytherins out of hearing range before giving the password and stepping in. Despite Ron's protests, Hermione allowed the three Slytherins in as well.
Draco's nose wrinkled at the gaudy colors of the common room, but wisely kept his comments to himself. He walked around, before pausing at the base of the staircase to the dorms. The other two Slytherins traded looks before accepting that this would take a while and decided to find something to do. Vincent pulled his sketchbook out of his bag, and sat down to draw the scene from the Tower window, while Gregory strolled over to inspect the books lining the bookcase and started picking out a few that looked interesting. Hermione absently approved of the classics Greg chose, before realizing that it was /Goyle/ she was approving of. Ron's jaw dropped at the evident display of intelligence from the two he had previously considered 'dumb jocks.' Hermione shook her head, claiming not to be surprised by anything anymore and snapped her fingers in front of her boyfriend's eyes, getting Ron's attention. They met with Draco at the stairs and had just started up when Hiei materialized in front of them, eyes narrowed.
Ron snarled, "Move, shrimp." Hiei looked at him impassively before saying in a low voice, "You should not go up there."
Ron's face reddened in fury. "I know my best friend! I know when he needs company!" Hiei just looked at him. "What would you know anyway? I said /move/!" Ron swung a punch at the shorter youth. To the three gawking humans, it appeared that Ron hit the demon, who then disappeared. The red- head looked around wildly, but to no avail. Hiei had vanished. He shrugged. "Oh well. At least he's gone." The three turned to go back up the stairs, when they realized that Hiei was standing in the exact same place- minus a bruise where Ron's punch should have hit. Ron started forward again, and loomed over Hiei. "I don't know what you did to disappear, but do it again. Move out of my way, or I'll make you move!" Ron drew his wand and Hermione gasped.
Hiei approached Ron and hissed, "Do not try my patience, [ningen (human)]!" Draco's eyes widened at the way the last word was spat. Even if they did not understand Japanese, the other two could tell that Hiei meant that as an insult. Draco moved forward.
= "And what, may I ask, is so bad about being a human? Are you not one yourself?"
Hiei's eyes narrowed even further into crimson slits. The three humans instinctively stepped back slightly in both awe and terror of the waves of power rolling off the diminutive demon. His cloak fluttering, Hiei raised a hand, ready to blast Draco down to the Slytherin dungeons, and would have done so had someone not interfered.
"Hiei," Kurama said sharply. Hiei immediately stopped, recognizing the signs of danger for what they were. Draco, as one who had faced other dangerous people, also knew when to back down, but Ron and Hermione, Gryphindors that they were, however, did not.
"Harry!" Hermione squealed and pushed Hiei to the side as she ran up the stairs. "What happened? Why was there blood? What did he do to you?" She shot question after question as she moved, and pointed to Hiei at the last. The fire demon scowled darkly, and shot a glare at the girl. Ron followed, roughly pushing Hiei to the side deliberately, causing the demon to hit the stone wall. Hiei's youki spiked again. Kurama's eyes met his, causing the fire koorime to back down.
Hermione launched herself at him, as did Ron, and for a split second, Kurama's normally passive face became contorted with anger and gold melted into his eyes. Draco caught the look, as did Hiei, and the former moved back slightly. Hiei caught the move, and approved. The boy knew danger and when to avoid it.
Kurama move to the side to avoid Hermione, and dropped to the floor to avoid Ron. He stood up, face once again passive, but eyes completely gold. Ron and Hermione gasped at the sight. The fox demon spoke in a low tone, conveying danger to those who opposed him, "Don't touch me. Hiei stopped you for a reason." Ron gaped. Suddenly, Kurama dropped to his knees, gasping for breath. Ron and Hermione made to get closer, but Kurama stayed them with a glare. He clutched at his head, grasping large handfuls of black hair in his hands, and his body shuddered. Kurama's eyes shifted back to green, then gold, then green again, the two dominant souls housed in the same body battling for control, and gasped out, "Hiei! Get them /out/!" He staggered to his feet, and disappeared through the door to the dorms.
Ron and Hermione both moved to follow, but in an instant, Hiei had appeared in front of them, blocking their way. His eyes shone with determination and an anger that wasn't there before. Draco didn't move. Ron glared at the shorter youth and made to punch him again, but as soon as the red-head drew back his fist, he froze. Hiei had unsheathed his katana in a single smooth movement and had the blade pressed against the taller boy's throat. Hermione was watching with large, frightened eyes, while Draco watched coolly from his position near the base of the staircase. Hiei growled, "Leave." Ron opened his mouth to protest, but Hiei pressed harder, breaking the skin and drawing a line of blood. "Leave." Ron shut his mouth, and backed away, glaring darkly at the demon and whirled around.
"C'mon Hermione." She glanced warily at Hiei and hurried after Ron down the stairs. He roughly pushed past Malfoy. The blonde's mouth quirked up slightly in a smirk at the insults directed at the demon that were floating up from the Common Room. Draco turned back to face Hiei, who raised a single eyebrow.
"I don't plan on leaving, you know."
"Hn." Hiei turned around and slipped in through the door. Draco heard a conversation in low voices before Hiei appeared again in front of him. The fire demon opened the door slightly to let Draco precede him into the room. "You'll be . . . surprised," Draco was warned. Draco tilted his head in acknowledgement and strode into the dorm . . . and stopped short. The dorm room was a typical boy's dorm, except for the bed shadowed in the corner by the window. The roses had grown over, creating a beautiful web around the tapestry. The tapestry had not changed, but for the line of red that had appeared on the flank of the fox. Draco narrowed his eyes and walked briskly over. Two roses shot out at him, thorns elongating until they resembled tiny daggers on the stem and the wrapped around each other, effectively trapping Draco in a small cage on thorns.
"Don't move, Draco- those thorns can cut through stone. Hiei. I thought told you to tell him to leave." A sharp voice surprised Draco, who turned his head towards the familiar sound and found Kurama reclining against the back of his bed, cloaked in heavy shadows.
Hiei snorted and replied shortly, = "Haven't you noticed? You're getting careless, fox." = Kurama raised a questioning eyebrow. = "Concentrate." = Kurama's eyes narrowed as he let his youki reach out, then widened when he felt something lash out at him. He recoiled back, then tentatively brushed his youki out again at the confused blonde, staring at his friend with large eyes. Kurama turned to look at Hiei, who smirked and 'hn'- ed smugly. Kurama swung his legs over the edge of the bed and moved towards Draco, waving aside the roses. Obediently, the thorns retracted and the blossoms retreated back to the wall, mingling with the other flowers that shifted to make room for them. Draco's mouth dropped open as he watched the flowers, /flowers/, 'listen' to his friend.
As Kurama walked out of the shadow into the light, Draco gasped aloud, "Y- Your hair!" Kurama smiled wryly, and ran a hand through his now blood red locks. Draco cautiously moved forward and reached out. Kurama smiled, albeit sadly, and said,
"You can touch me. I'm sorry about scaring you."
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well? what do you think? Its ironic.if I don't update, I get a lot of reviews, but if I update, I don't. . .i like reviews! They make me happy and give me inspiration. . .'specially those that have ideas in them =D sorry bout making them OOC. . .greg and vince were just. . .convenient, cuz I felt that they weren't doing enough. . .the slyths that I said in the beginning of the story were against voldie. . .will come into play. . .eventually. . .=P review please!!! The story will change title to 'foxes and magic' on the first of Feb. unless I get more people telling me they like the current one! Please let me know in a review and that will decide the outcome. I want to get another chapter out by valentine's day. . .so the more reviews, they longer it'll be =)
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After the two left, chatter climbed in the Hall again. Draco rose and left the Hall with Crabbe and Goyle and, Ron and Hermione exchanged glances before following them out. The four met up at the base of the main stairwell and headed up to Gryphindor Tower together quietly, until Draco shattered the silence. "Vince (Crabbe), Greg (Goyle), keep an eye on the small one. I don't trust him." The two nodded and they kept walking. When they reached the Fat Lady, Hermione sent the three Slytherins out of hearing range before giving the password and stepping in. Despite Ron's protests, Hermione allowed the three Slytherins in as well.
Draco's nose wrinkled at the gaudy colors of the common room, but wisely kept his comments to himself. He walked around, before pausing at the base of the staircase to the dorms. The other two Slytherins traded looks before accepting that this would take a while and decided to find something to do. Vincent pulled his sketchbook out of his bag, and sat down to draw the scene from the Tower window, while Gregory strolled over to inspect the books lining the bookcase and started picking out a few that looked interesting. Hermione absently approved of the classics Greg chose, before realizing that it was /Goyle/ she was approving of. Ron's jaw dropped at the evident display of intelligence from the two he had previously considered 'dumb jocks.' Hermione shook her head, claiming not to be surprised by anything anymore and snapped her fingers in front of her boyfriend's eyes, getting Ron's attention. They met with Draco at the stairs and had just started up when Hiei materialized in front of them, eyes narrowed.
Ron snarled, "Move, shrimp." Hiei looked at him impassively before saying in a low voice, "You should not go up there."
Ron's face reddened in fury. "I know my best friend! I know when he needs company!" Hiei just looked at him. "What would you know anyway? I said /move/!" Ron swung a punch at the shorter youth. To the three gawking humans, it appeared that Ron hit the demon, who then disappeared. The red- head looked around wildly, but to no avail. Hiei had vanished. He shrugged. "Oh well. At least he's gone." The three turned to go back up the stairs, when they realized that Hiei was standing in the exact same place- minus a bruise where Ron's punch should have hit. Ron started forward again, and loomed over Hiei. "I don't know what you did to disappear, but do it again. Move out of my way, or I'll make you move!" Ron drew his wand and Hermione gasped.
Hiei approached Ron and hissed, "Do not try my patience, [ningen (human)]!" Draco's eyes widened at the way the last word was spat. Even if they did not understand Japanese, the other two could tell that Hiei meant that as an insult. Draco moved forward.
= "And what, may I ask, is so bad about being a human? Are you not one yourself?"
Hiei's eyes narrowed even further into crimson slits. The three humans instinctively stepped back slightly in both awe and terror of the waves of power rolling off the diminutive demon. His cloak fluttering, Hiei raised a hand, ready to blast Draco down to the Slytherin dungeons, and would have done so had someone not interfered.
"Hiei," Kurama said sharply. Hiei immediately stopped, recognizing the signs of danger for what they were. Draco, as one who had faced other dangerous people, also knew when to back down, but Ron and Hermione, Gryphindors that they were, however, did not.
"Harry!" Hermione squealed and pushed Hiei to the side as she ran up the stairs. "What happened? Why was there blood? What did he do to you?" She shot question after question as she moved, and pointed to Hiei at the last. The fire demon scowled darkly, and shot a glare at the girl. Ron followed, roughly pushing Hiei to the side deliberately, causing the demon to hit the stone wall. Hiei's youki spiked again. Kurama's eyes met his, causing the fire koorime to back down.
Hermione launched herself at him, as did Ron, and for a split second, Kurama's normally passive face became contorted with anger and gold melted into his eyes. Draco caught the look, as did Hiei, and the former moved back slightly. Hiei caught the move, and approved. The boy knew danger and when to avoid it.
Kurama move to the side to avoid Hermione, and dropped to the floor to avoid Ron. He stood up, face once again passive, but eyes completely gold. Ron and Hermione gasped at the sight. The fox demon spoke in a low tone, conveying danger to those who opposed him, "Don't touch me. Hiei stopped you for a reason." Ron gaped. Suddenly, Kurama dropped to his knees, gasping for breath. Ron and Hermione made to get closer, but Kurama stayed them with a glare. He clutched at his head, grasping large handfuls of black hair in his hands, and his body shuddered. Kurama's eyes shifted back to green, then gold, then green again, the two dominant souls housed in the same body battling for control, and gasped out, "Hiei! Get them /out/!" He staggered to his feet, and disappeared through the door to the dorms.
Ron and Hermione both moved to follow, but in an instant, Hiei had appeared in front of them, blocking their way. His eyes shone with determination and an anger that wasn't there before. Draco didn't move. Ron glared at the shorter youth and made to punch him again, but as soon as the red-head drew back his fist, he froze. Hiei had unsheathed his katana in a single smooth movement and had the blade pressed against the taller boy's throat. Hermione was watching with large, frightened eyes, while Draco watched coolly from his position near the base of the staircase. Hiei growled, "Leave." Ron opened his mouth to protest, but Hiei pressed harder, breaking the skin and drawing a line of blood. "Leave." Ron shut his mouth, and backed away, glaring darkly at the demon and whirled around.
"C'mon Hermione." She glanced warily at Hiei and hurried after Ron down the stairs. He roughly pushed past Malfoy. The blonde's mouth quirked up slightly in a smirk at the insults directed at the demon that were floating up from the Common Room. Draco turned back to face Hiei, who raised a single eyebrow.
"I don't plan on leaving, you know."
"Hn." Hiei turned around and slipped in through the door. Draco heard a conversation in low voices before Hiei appeared again in front of him. The fire demon opened the door slightly to let Draco precede him into the room. "You'll be . . . surprised," Draco was warned. Draco tilted his head in acknowledgement and strode into the dorm . . . and stopped short. The dorm room was a typical boy's dorm, except for the bed shadowed in the corner by the window. The roses had grown over, creating a beautiful web around the tapestry. The tapestry had not changed, but for the line of red that had appeared on the flank of the fox. Draco narrowed his eyes and walked briskly over. Two roses shot out at him, thorns elongating until they resembled tiny daggers on the stem and the wrapped around each other, effectively trapping Draco in a small cage on thorns.
"Don't move, Draco- those thorns can cut through stone. Hiei. I thought told you to tell him to leave." A sharp voice surprised Draco, who turned his head towards the familiar sound and found Kurama reclining against the back of his bed, cloaked in heavy shadows.
Hiei snorted and replied shortly, = "Haven't you noticed? You're getting careless, fox." = Kurama raised a questioning eyebrow. = "Concentrate." = Kurama's eyes narrowed as he let his youki reach out, then widened when he felt something lash out at him. He recoiled back, then tentatively brushed his youki out again at the confused blonde, staring at his friend with large eyes. Kurama turned to look at Hiei, who smirked and 'hn'- ed smugly. Kurama swung his legs over the edge of the bed and moved towards Draco, waving aside the roses. Obediently, the thorns retracted and the blossoms retreated back to the wall, mingling with the other flowers that shifted to make room for them. Draco's mouth dropped open as he watched the flowers, /flowers/, 'listen' to his friend.
As Kurama walked out of the shadow into the light, Draco gasped aloud, "Y- Your hair!" Kurama smiled wryly, and ran a hand through his now blood red locks. Draco cautiously moved forward and reached out. Kurama smiled, albeit sadly, and said,
"You can touch me. I'm sorry about scaring you."
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well? what do you think? Its ironic.if I don't update, I get a lot of reviews, but if I update, I don't. . .i like reviews! They make me happy and give me inspiration. . .'specially those that have ideas in them =D sorry bout making them OOC. . .greg and vince were just. . .convenient, cuz I felt that they weren't doing enough. . .the slyths that I said in the beginning of the story were against voldie. . .will come into play. . .eventually. . .=P review please!!! The story will change title to 'foxes and magic' on the first of Feb. unless I get more people telling me they like the current one! Please let me know in a review and that will decide the outcome. I want to get another chapter out by valentine's day. . .so the more reviews, they longer it'll be =)