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

Kurama entered the Great Hall just as hundereds of owls flew in, delivering packages and letters to various students throughout the room. To Kurama's surprise, three different owls flew to his side. He untied their letters and sat down at the Griffindor House table.

'It's from the others,' Kurama noticed. Each of the letters were marked with a seal from Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. Checking to make sure that no one was watching him, Kurama read the letters, beginning with Kuwabara-

Hey Kurama,

It sucks we can't talk to eachother in person, huh? Yeah, I'd miss me too if I were in your shoes. You must be missing the sound of my voice! Hufflepuff sounded really wussy at first, but that hat thingy totally picked out the right place for me! I fit in great, and the people here are awesome!
Not as buff as me of course, but that's fine. What new with you?

-Kuwabara

Kurama figured Kuwabara'd enjoy the Hufflepuff house. He truly was a kind and loyal friend when he wanted to be. He just was a bit hot-headed at times.

Next was Yusuke Urameshi-

Yo, Kurama, what's up?

Yeah know, I've looked at this place, but I don't see anything too great or suspicious. (besides the whole ghosts-and-moving-pictures-and-stairs-everywhere thing) Wish I knew why pacifer breath wants us here. Maybe he just wants to get rid of us. Any ideas?

-Yusuke

'He's got a point,' Kurama thought quietly. 'Now that he mentions it, I'm not sure what Koenma wants us to protect. He didn't give us anything to go on. Is it that he doesn't even know? Or are we supposed to figure it out on our own?'

On a small scratch of parchment was a scrawled note from the Ravenclaw house-

We're wasting our time here.

'That's Hiei,' Kurama chuckled. 'You don't even need to see a signature to tell that.' But he wondered, if Hiei, Yusuke, and himself couldn't find anything to protect in the school, was there really something to protect? 'He'll get used to Ravenclaw. It may be more difficult than if he were put in to Slytherin, but I think he'll make it. I was surprised that he even tried out for the Quidditch team.'

"Kurama, how's your morning coming along?" The fox demon turned to find his new trio of friends taking a seat beside him.

"Mum sent me another letter telling me not to quit school," Ron groaned. "She keeps expecting that I'm going to fly out of school like my brothers. Who does she think I am?" He mimicked a girl tone-" 'If you decide that you're better without a school education, fine by me! But I won't be the one to take care of you, because you'll have to find someplace else to live and get your meals from!' I wouldn't be surprised if she sends me a howler soon."

Harry and Hermione laughed. "Well, my parents don't bother worrying about me," Hermione told them, "they know that I want to do well in the future, so they trust me completely."

Harry changed the topic, probably because he had nothing to contribute about his "family". "We're having Defense Against the Dark Arts first thing today."

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that!" Ron exclaimed. "I heard from Luna Lovegood that whoever's teaching this year, it's their first time. Who knows? The person could last longer than a year this time."

"Doubt it," Hermione smiled. "There are already students betting on how long he or she'll last."

"Really?" Ron shouted blissfully. "I'm going to bet on the beginning of the third semester! No, fourth! Maybe if I put a word word with Peeves I could..." He kept talking as he walked off down the table. Hermione rolled her eyes while Harry and Kurama laughed at their friend.

"Oh, Nearly Headless Nick," Harry said suddenly, "how are you this morning?"

"Very, erm, lively in fact!" the ghost responded, laughing heartily as his own joke. "No, really, I feel stupendous! I have a good feeling about this year, I do." His gaze fell on Kurama, and his eyes widened in shock. "W-Who's this?"

'This isn't good,' Kurama thought anxiously. 'That ghost must be able to smell the stench of death on me.'

"I am Shuuichi Minamino," Kurama answered calmly. He stood up and bowed respectfully to the ghost. "I transferred here recently from Japan."

"Oh, um... I see," Nicholas said, raising one eyebrow curiously at the demon. "Well then, good day all of you." Then he quickly floated off and through the nearest wall.

"That's rather strange," Hermione observed. "Sir Nick is normally so outgoing when meeting new students, I wonder why he acted so differently."

"Attention students," Dumbledore's voice boomed throughout the Great Hall. "I am sure you are all excited to meet our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher." Now, almost every student had switched there attention over to the Headmaster. "Without further adue, please welcome your new teacher, Professor Genkai!"

AN: Thank you booklover9 and Marikalay again for writing reviews on my last chapter! People telling you that they like your work sure helps a person write more. Anyway, it took me a while to decide on who should teach Defense Against the Dark Arts. I finally got down to choosing between Snape, Koenma, or Genkai, and I thought Genkai seemed like the kind of person to teach the class. Tune it next chapter to see what she teaches! Bye!