I wish I did, but I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or Harry Potter.

"You're serious?" Hermione squeeled with delight. Kurama, along with Harry and Ron, were forced to clamp their hands over their ears to block out the noise.

"Yes," Kurama confirmed, "Hagrid told me that the dog transformer had taken a liking to me and that I should visit him every day to socialize with him. He's hoping that I'll be able to train him to speak the human dialogue."

"You are so lucky Kurama!" Hermione stated. "The little creature is so cute, and you'll be allowed to care for it every day! Hey, maybe Hagrid will give our house points depending on how much it learns! The entire house could benefit from this, Kurama!"

"Perhaps," Kurama said lightly. "Hagrid also assured me that I'll recieve extra credit in his class for taking care of it."

"Hm, great," Ron said, not bothering to hide his sarcasm. "So, Kurama, Quidditch tryouts are after school Friday. You gonna go out for the chaser position? I'm hopin' I make a better beater than a keeper. And I get to smack the balls around the air."

"I plan to try out I suppose, but I can't guarantee that I'll make the team-"

"Look out!" Neville cried. Kurama jerked his head and caught a round object right before it came in contact with Harry's face. It turned out, when Kurama looked at what he caught, that it was a Bludger, and a fair sized one too.

Kurama handed the boy the Bludger. "I'm sorry," he gasped, "I was practicing for the Quidditch tryouts, and it sort of went in the wrong direction." Neville apologized about a dozen more times before finally leaving.

"Good catch," Harry said breathlessly. "Aren't those things supposed to be, you know, heavy? I mean, Neville's having trouble walking with that thing in two hands; didn't catch it with one?"

Kurama wasn't sure how to respond. "I... I must have had an adrenaline rush," he lied. The Bludger felt like a simple ball of yarn compared to most of the things he'd held, but he surely wasn't about to tell the trio something like that.

Ron shrugged. "Cool," he said. Kurama thanked him silently, but then the Weasley squinted into the sky. "Hey, isn't that Malfoy's owl?"

Yep, it was. The bird ws larger than Hedwig with well-groomed, gray feathers. Kurama offered it an arm that the owl gratefully excepted. It nipped at Kurama's hair while Harry casually untied the letter fastened to its leg.

"It's for you," Harry said, handing the brown envelope over to Kurama. He opened it and scanned the paper:

Kurama,

From what I've heard, I don't think I'm supposed to be liking your house. I'm guessing it's the same was over there. You know, those two guys and that girl you're with a lot aren't very popular in Slytherin. Dunno why, but I'll have to lay low and say that I hate you too. Sorry in advance. But I'm serious, Slytherin seems to hate you guys, it's almost insane.

I've written to Kuwabara and Hiei already. From now on, we're just going to communicate with eachother through owls.

Oh yeah, the school here's awesome and all, but all the homework sucks.

Yusuke

P.S.- You should know this- I don't like writing with a stupid feather.

"So... what's it say?" Ron interrupted. Harry and Hermione looked up expectantly; they too wanted to know what "Malfoy" had written.

"It says that I'm making the wrong choice in choosing my friends," Kurama lied yet again.

"Figures," Ron said, unsurprised. "That creep thinks he's the best thing since Chocolate Frogs; what's he know?"

Fweeeeeeeeet! Professor McGonagall blew into her whistle, bringing an immediate halt to any chatter or conversation that had been present at the time. "Everyone, this is the day of the Quidditch tryouts. I'd like each of you to be seperated into your houses before we begin." There was some rustling, the she went on.

"Griffindor, you will go first. Now please step forward," she called. "I am sure that you know that all positions will be up for grabs this year. You will be judged on your accuracy, speed, control, and talent. Certain spots will also be given an alternate in case someone is unable to make it to a match." She pulled out a quill and a clipboard. "Mr. Potter, what will you be trying out for?"

"Seeker," Harry answerd smoothly.

"Mr. Long bottom?"

"Um... b-beater, ma'am," Neville said warily.

"Mr. Weasley?"

"Beater too," Ron piped.

"Ms. Taylor?"

"Keeper," replied a blonde in her fourth year.

"Mr. Thomas?"

"Chaser," Dean replied.

"Beater," Seamus answered before Professor McGonagall even called his name. She gave him a stern look, but said nothing else.

"Mr. Minamino," she called, not looking up from her clipboard.

"Chaser," Kurama told her. She did three other Griffindor students, then continued onto the next house. It turned out that the rest of the Urameshi team had decided to try out as well. Kuwabara was going to try being a beater, Yusuke a chaser, and Hiei a seeker.

"Keepers, please form a line, and have your brooms in hand," McGonagall informed. When the students lifted off the ground, she had them run a series of drills of drills involving blocking balls from reaching the practice goals set up by the Hogwarts staff. They finished their tryouts and Professor McGonagall announced all of the chasers to line up.

Kurama glanced over in Yusuke's direction and gave him a reasuring smile. The spirit detective caught this and secretly returned the favor.

"Mount your brooms," McGonagall explained, "and go up to about ten feet in the air. The person to your left will be your partner, and you will all take turns passing the Quaffle while a Bludger is in the area. Please try to get the Quaffle in the goal and not the Whomping Willow this time."

To Kurama's pleasure, flying a broom was incredibly simple. It took little effort to perfectly and gracefully fly around, passing the Quaffle to Dean Thomaswhile dodging the Bludger zooming throughout the students. He soon found that his turn was over, and Professor McGonagall went on with the Beaters.

"Kurama, that was absolutely fantastic!" Hermione complimented whenKurama hopped off his broom. "You'll make the team for sure, or by Merlin's Beard I'll have Ron write my Potions essay!"

"Thanks Hermion, that's, er, good to know," Kurama laughed, "but we'll find that out tomorrow morning, when the results are posted. Will you come with Harry, Ron, and I when we check McGonagall's board?"

"Wouldn't miss it," Hermione told him.

AN: Well, that's all for this chapter! Think I could use more Hiei in the story, though. I'll need to find somewhere to put him in... I'll figure it out soon enough! Hope you liked this chapter okay! Oh yeah, and a big thanks to Mizuki hikari for writing a review on this story so far! Thank you Mizuki hikari!