HIII! Another update! This one is half the potions lesson, cuz its longer
than I expected, and I hafta go pack for my japan trip tomorrow...im going to
buy a LOT of YYH stuff! =D one reviewer asked me why I use /this/ so
much...and I took at look at the chapter (s)he reviewed (#6), and realized
that I did use /that/ a lot. Starting a few chapters ago, /this/ became
Kurama's way of speaking telepathically to Hiei. Before, it was just to
emphasize certain words or phrases. I've switched to using *this* when I
want emphasis or THIS. Just for your info~ =)
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Snape glared, watching as his students took out their ingredients. Once the majority of the preparation was finished, he waved his wand and the chalk started to write the instructions on the chalkboard as he spoke.
"No doubt you have forgotten what I have attempted to cram into your tiny brains these past years over the summer. To those of you joining us, "His gaze settled on the sixth years, who gulped, "let me remind you that this is a NEWT class. There will be no leniency given and I expect no slacking. Today, we will be working on a potion to prepare you for the Animagus Potion you will be brewing for the seventh years in Transfiguration. If you are not in that particular class, you will be brewing another potion next class. Today, however all of you will be brewing the Age Reducer potion. This is a potion often used by older witches, and sometimes wizards," here, a cough was heard that sounded suspiciously like 'Lockhart' and Snape's lips twisted in what might be considered a malicious smile, "to return to their younger form. Temporarily. Too much use, however, may damage the brain and possibly your physical form, causing it to age faster." That shut the girls up.
"Partners are..." He narrowed his eyes and peered around the room. "Mosathor, Parkinson." Pansy shot an annoyed look over at the sixth year who was looking pleased to be paired with a seventh year. "Finnegan, Thomas. Malfoy, Zambini. Bones, Finch-Fletchely. Baddock, Bole. Lovegood, Turpin." On and on the names were paired, suprisingly, Snape paired them with people from their own house until there were only two left. Snape sneered delightfully, "Potter...Longbottom."
Neville sent an apologetic look over to Kurama, who sent back a reassuring glance. Kurama was quickly thinking ahead...one of the ingredients for today's potion was the juice from the Zense no Mi, even if it wasn't known as that in the Ningenkai. Here it was known as Fruit of the Past. Much vaguer, but safer, as they didn't know it could bring out your past life...well, Kurama amended in his mind, most people probably didn't really have another soul so they probably just disappeared. Also, the Zense no Mi in the Ningenkai was much less potent than the ones found in the Makai.
With Neville, he could prevent disaster by pretending Neville made the mistake when he changed the potion. He looked up to the blackboard as Neville moved next to him and placed the cauldron on the fire. Two drops to take back a year. Snape had wanted them to make the potion so they would look like their eleven year old selves- when they first entered Hogwarts. For any sixth year/ seventh year pairings, they would time it to the first year of the seventh years. At the end of class, Snape will choose one person from each pair to test the Potion on. Knowing the Slytherin Head, he will definitely choose Potter to experiment on, knowing that Neville probably messed up the potion.
If Kurama takes the potion that was brewed to return to Harry's eleven-year- old form, he could very well accidentally revert completely to Shuuichi's, because the dominant soul in the body was Shuiichi. Still, with a bit of his powers, Kurama will be able to affect the potency so he could take more without harming the fragile ningen body. Kurama did a quick mental calculation, and then slid a guilty look over at Neville. He didn't want to, but the potion will most likely be ruined...and he will still have to compensate for the mistakes Neville were sure to make. Kurama let out a silent sigh. No matter how well the quiet boy did on the OWLS, with Snape looming over his shoulder, he was just as bad as before.
~ "Hiei,"~ Kurama hissed quietly, too soft for human ears. A black shape pulled out of the shadow behind them and solidified into the demon that the Potion's Master had forgotten. Neville squeaked in surprise, and then quailed under the force of Hiei's glare. Kurama placed a restraining hand on the fire demon's shoulder and leaned down. He saturated a finger in youki and wrote quickly, positive that Hiei's eyes could keep up: Ward. Youki. AN: Also from Mission X.Red eyes narrowed in thought, before a slight displacement of hair indicated that Hiei had nodded. Kurama smiled thankfully. The black cloaked demon slid back into the shadows, before loosening the ward on his Jagan to wrap a shield around Kurama.
"Neville, I'll go get the ingredients, ok?" Neville nodded, placing the cauldron onto the fire. /Hiei. Control the fire. And be careful around the boy. / \Hn.\ Kurama reached the front and took the piece of fruit that had been carefully sliced by the potions master to give just barely the amount of juice needed for the potion. Sliding it into his pocket, he infused the plant with sealed youki- he will release the seal and flood youki into the fruit as soon as Neville's back was turned and change the amount of drops the fruit held. As he passed Morsathor's cauldron, he dropped a small, seemingly harmless seed in- but when was anything that Kurama carried *really* harmless? "Arigato" was said softly when he reached his station, and Kurama heard a faint grunt of acknowledgement from the corner as he felt the youki shield around him dissipate.
A bright smile was all it took to convince Neville that nothing was wrong and the two Gryphindors started on their task of preparing the Potion. Many times, Kurama had to add other ingredients to the potion to prevent it from blowing up too early, or to stop Neville before he added something Kurama won't be able to fix without making it obvious. The kitsune glanced from the corner of his eye at the cauldron where Pansy was chopping the wormwood and Mosathor was stirring. He muttered under his breath, "Warn her." Hiei understood the cryptic message and left his corner, and as he breezed past the work station, said into Pansy's ear in a low tone,
"Move back."
Pansy glanced around, confused, but Kurama met her eyes and nodded slightly. The Slytherin girl's lips curled in an understanding smile, and moved to her textbook, a few feet away. She flipped it open to the correct page, and under the pretense of reading, gently nudged Blaise's leg. The dark haired boy glanced over, and Pansy passed over a quickly jotted note. The dark-haired Slytherin gave her a strange look, but palmed the note anyways. Hiei, back in his shadow behind Kurama, looked over, his sharp eyes able to see the writing on the parchment. He read 'aloud,' in the sense that he was sending the images to Kurama through their link:
Potter-Mosathor. Prank? Watch. =)
Kurama stifled a laugh at the sight of the little happy face Pansy drew at the end of the cryptic note. It seemed that the Slytherins who were allied with him didn't approve of Mosathor. Draco and Blaise glanced over, questioning, and Kurama gave a feral grin that was more suited to his Youko form...not that they knew. Hiei sniggered softly. \You look strange with that look on Potter's face.\ /Oh shush, you./ Kurama replied, good-naturedly.
Kurama closed his eyes for a second, mimicking the actions of a headache, and reched out the room with the small amount of youki he could access in the human form. Where was it....there! He gleefully twisted the strands of power that were sealing the youki in the seed he had tossed into Mosathor's cauldron earlier. Unseen under the opaque potion, a small plant bloomed, melting quickly as it came into contact with the hot potion, into a sticky paste at the bottom.
The paste quickly dissolved into the potion, turning the dark red potion a bright blue. Kurama caught Pansy's eyes and smiled apologetically. He had just ruined their potion. Pansy smirked and shook her head, showing she wanted Mosathor to be pranked just as much as Kurama wanted to prank him.
The potion started to bubble, and Mosathor looked at it uncertaintly. He glanced over at Pansy, who quickly ducked her head and continued reading her textbook. He shrugged and continued to stir.
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Explanations for hard to understand stuff:
Zense no Mi (fruit of past life) - what Kurama used to intentionally transform into Youko during the Ankoku Bujutsukai (Dark Tournament)
The reason for the ward- when Kurama's in Harry's body, he has access to a very small amount of youki- even less so than when he's in Shuuichi's body. When he needs more youki than Harry usually has, the magical folk around him will notice, and that may create problems, especially in the Potions room where the youki might affect some of the plant. Hiei's ward effectively cut off the flow of youki from Kurama to the rest of the room, so he could "stuff" youki into the seed. Because the youki was sealed, he can release the seal with a small amount of youki- the youki he can access as Harry.
Why the two don't always 'talk' telepathically- technically, speaking mind to mind requires a small amount of youki to connect. Besides, its like they're qua-lingual (Japanese, common Makai-nese, English, and telepathic)...another language will pop up later...sorry about making so many languages...it seems to be necessary for this story...=S. They use whatever language comes to mind first, or is the most convenient at the moment, for example, because 'common makai-nese' is their native language, they slip into it when they lose control, like when Kurama killeda buncha Mukuro's sentries earlier. Hiei isn't a very chatty person, so he usually only likes to tease Kurama through their special link...awww~ When they speak telepathically, they aren't really using a certain language...I suppose if you're bi/tri/whatever-lingual, you know what I mean...I'm bilingual, and my thoughts just sort of run on...and on...and on...in no particular language. More often than not, I think in a mix of both. The thing is, they understand each other and that's all that matters.
Should I put Harry Potter into the story later? As in, let Shuuichi and Harry split into two bodies for a while? Cause I have a story idea that would work if it happened, as well as one that would work if it didn't. Please vote, readers, in a review! REviws make me HAPPY!
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Snape glared, watching as his students took out their ingredients. Once the majority of the preparation was finished, he waved his wand and the chalk started to write the instructions on the chalkboard as he spoke.
"No doubt you have forgotten what I have attempted to cram into your tiny brains these past years over the summer. To those of you joining us, "His gaze settled on the sixth years, who gulped, "let me remind you that this is a NEWT class. There will be no leniency given and I expect no slacking. Today, we will be working on a potion to prepare you for the Animagus Potion you will be brewing for the seventh years in Transfiguration. If you are not in that particular class, you will be brewing another potion next class. Today, however all of you will be brewing the Age Reducer potion. This is a potion often used by older witches, and sometimes wizards," here, a cough was heard that sounded suspiciously like 'Lockhart' and Snape's lips twisted in what might be considered a malicious smile, "to return to their younger form. Temporarily. Too much use, however, may damage the brain and possibly your physical form, causing it to age faster." That shut the girls up.
"Partners are..." He narrowed his eyes and peered around the room. "Mosathor, Parkinson." Pansy shot an annoyed look over at the sixth year who was looking pleased to be paired with a seventh year. "Finnegan, Thomas. Malfoy, Zambini. Bones, Finch-Fletchely. Baddock, Bole. Lovegood, Turpin." On and on the names were paired, suprisingly, Snape paired them with people from their own house until there were only two left. Snape sneered delightfully, "Potter...Longbottom."
Neville sent an apologetic look over to Kurama, who sent back a reassuring glance. Kurama was quickly thinking ahead...one of the ingredients for today's potion was the juice from the Zense no Mi, even if it wasn't known as that in the Ningenkai. Here it was known as Fruit of the Past. Much vaguer, but safer, as they didn't know it could bring out your past life...well, Kurama amended in his mind, most people probably didn't really have another soul so they probably just disappeared. Also, the Zense no Mi in the Ningenkai was much less potent than the ones found in the Makai.
With Neville, he could prevent disaster by pretending Neville made the mistake when he changed the potion. He looked up to the blackboard as Neville moved next to him and placed the cauldron on the fire. Two drops to take back a year. Snape had wanted them to make the potion so they would look like their eleven year old selves- when they first entered Hogwarts. For any sixth year/ seventh year pairings, they would time it to the first year of the seventh years. At the end of class, Snape will choose one person from each pair to test the Potion on. Knowing the Slytherin Head, he will definitely choose Potter to experiment on, knowing that Neville probably messed up the potion.
If Kurama takes the potion that was brewed to return to Harry's eleven-year- old form, he could very well accidentally revert completely to Shuuichi's, because the dominant soul in the body was Shuiichi. Still, with a bit of his powers, Kurama will be able to affect the potency so he could take more without harming the fragile ningen body. Kurama did a quick mental calculation, and then slid a guilty look over at Neville. He didn't want to, but the potion will most likely be ruined...and he will still have to compensate for the mistakes Neville were sure to make. Kurama let out a silent sigh. No matter how well the quiet boy did on the OWLS, with Snape looming over his shoulder, he was just as bad as before.
~ "Hiei,"~ Kurama hissed quietly, too soft for human ears. A black shape pulled out of the shadow behind them and solidified into the demon that the Potion's Master had forgotten. Neville squeaked in surprise, and then quailed under the force of Hiei's glare. Kurama placed a restraining hand on the fire demon's shoulder and leaned down. He saturated a finger in youki and wrote quickly, positive that Hiei's eyes could keep up: Ward. Youki. AN: Also from Mission X.Red eyes narrowed in thought, before a slight displacement of hair indicated that Hiei had nodded. Kurama smiled thankfully. The black cloaked demon slid back into the shadows, before loosening the ward on his Jagan to wrap a shield around Kurama.
"Neville, I'll go get the ingredients, ok?" Neville nodded, placing the cauldron onto the fire. /Hiei. Control the fire. And be careful around the boy. / \Hn.\ Kurama reached the front and took the piece of fruit that had been carefully sliced by the potions master to give just barely the amount of juice needed for the potion. Sliding it into his pocket, he infused the plant with sealed youki- he will release the seal and flood youki into the fruit as soon as Neville's back was turned and change the amount of drops the fruit held. As he passed Morsathor's cauldron, he dropped a small, seemingly harmless seed in- but when was anything that Kurama carried *really* harmless? "Arigato" was said softly when he reached his station, and Kurama heard a faint grunt of acknowledgement from the corner as he felt the youki shield around him dissipate.
A bright smile was all it took to convince Neville that nothing was wrong and the two Gryphindors started on their task of preparing the Potion. Many times, Kurama had to add other ingredients to the potion to prevent it from blowing up too early, or to stop Neville before he added something Kurama won't be able to fix without making it obvious. The kitsune glanced from the corner of his eye at the cauldron where Pansy was chopping the wormwood and Mosathor was stirring. He muttered under his breath, "Warn her." Hiei understood the cryptic message and left his corner, and as he breezed past the work station, said into Pansy's ear in a low tone,
"Move back."
Pansy glanced around, confused, but Kurama met her eyes and nodded slightly. The Slytherin girl's lips curled in an understanding smile, and moved to her textbook, a few feet away. She flipped it open to the correct page, and under the pretense of reading, gently nudged Blaise's leg. The dark haired boy glanced over, and Pansy passed over a quickly jotted note. The dark-haired Slytherin gave her a strange look, but palmed the note anyways. Hiei, back in his shadow behind Kurama, looked over, his sharp eyes able to see the writing on the parchment. He read 'aloud,' in the sense that he was sending the images to Kurama through their link:
Potter-Mosathor. Prank? Watch. =)
Kurama stifled a laugh at the sight of the little happy face Pansy drew at the end of the cryptic note. It seemed that the Slytherins who were allied with him didn't approve of Mosathor. Draco and Blaise glanced over, questioning, and Kurama gave a feral grin that was more suited to his Youko form...not that they knew. Hiei sniggered softly. \You look strange with that look on Potter's face.\ /Oh shush, you./ Kurama replied, good-naturedly.
Kurama closed his eyes for a second, mimicking the actions of a headache, and reched out the room with the small amount of youki he could access in the human form. Where was it....there! He gleefully twisted the strands of power that were sealing the youki in the seed he had tossed into Mosathor's cauldron earlier. Unseen under the opaque potion, a small plant bloomed, melting quickly as it came into contact with the hot potion, into a sticky paste at the bottom.
The paste quickly dissolved into the potion, turning the dark red potion a bright blue. Kurama caught Pansy's eyes and smiled apologetically. He had just ruined their potion. Pansy smirked and shook her head, showing she wanted Mosathor to be pranked just as much as Kurama wanted to prank him.
The potion started to bubble, and Mosathor looked at it uncertaintly. He glanced over at Pansy, who quickly ducked her head and continued reading her textbook. He shrugged and continued to stir.
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Explanations for hard to understand stuff:
Zense no Mi (fruit of past life) - what Kurama used to intentionally transform into Youko during the Ankoku Bujutsukai (Dark Tournament)
The reason for the ward- when Kurama's in Harry's body, he has access to a very small amount of youki- even less so than when he's in Shuuichi's body. When he needs more youki than Harry usually has, the magical folk around him will notice, and that may create problems, especially in the Potions room where the youki might affect some of the plant. Hiei's ward effectively cut off the flow of youki from Kurama to the rest of the room, so he could "stuff" youki into the seed. Because the youki was sealed, he can release the seal with a small amount of youki- the youki he can access as Harry.
Why the two don't always 'talk' telepathically- technically, speaking mind to mind requires a small amount of youki to connect. Besides, its like they're qua-lingual (Japanese, common Makai-nese, English, and telepathic)...another language will pop up later...sorry about making so many languages...it seems to be necessary for this story...=S. They use whatever language comes to mind first, or is the most convenient at the moment, for example, because 'common makai-nese' is their native language, they slip into it when they lose control, like when Kurama killeda buncha Mukuro's sentries earlier. Hiei isn't a very chatty person, so he usually only likes to tease Kurama through their special link...awww~ When they speak telepathically, they aren't really using a certain language...I suppose if you're bi/tri/whatever-lingual, you know what I mean...I'm bilingual, and my thoughts just sort of run on...and on...and on...in no particular language. More often than not, I think in a mix of both. The thing is, they understand each other and that's all that matters.
Should I put Harry Potter into the story later? As in, let Shuuichi and Harry split into two bodies for a while? Cause I have a story idea that would work if it happened, as well as one that would work if it didn't. Please vote, readers, in a review! REviws make me HAPPY!