I wish I did, but I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or Harry Potter.
'This is impossible,' Kurama told himself, gaping at the solid wall. 'Hiei's right there; so is everyone else.'
"Do you... think it was a mistake?" Harry asked. He let his weapon disappear.
The kitsune didn't answer, but chose toremain silent, staring at the stone wall. He lifted his hand up,runninghis fingertips over and along its surface. 'I found it,' he smiled. 'I can't believe I didn't see this in the first place.'
"They're right here," Kurama concluded. "I'm sure of it. Hiei, Kuwabara, Yusuke, all of them."
"Forgive me if I don't see where you're coming from," the young wizard commented sarcastically.
"This is a wall, but there's a room behind it," he explained, "only it's well-hidden, meaning you can't normally locate it. See, when you push on the bricks, you can tell there aren't more behind it, which means there has to be something back there. We found them, Harry. We did it."
"If there's a magic shield on this castle, how do we get into that room? Dig?"
"No need," Kurama continued to smile. "Simply concentrate as much of your demon energy comfortably into a round sphere; I will do the same."
Their hands began to turn blue, then two blue spheres formed between their palms. "Then what?" Harry asked.
"If there isn't a door, we'lljusthave to make one ourselves," the fox demon smirked. "Now go!"
There was a loud explosion from the collision of magic and stone against pure demonic energy. Fortunately, the results of the explosion were just as huge- a fair-sized hole gave the two easy access into the dark, stony room before them.
"They're here!" Kurama ran into the room, then quickly got down on his knees besides the fire demon, who was collapsed on the floor. Harry took a small glance at him, then ran over to check on the other two unconsious bodies.
"They're alright, by the looks of it," Harry reported. "I think these two are in a coma. Most likely this was caused by all of the magic used on their bodies, so they just shut down. Professor Dumbledore and Madam Profery should be able to fix them up in no time at all. We just need to get them to Hogwarts, fast."
"Good," Kurama replied, and, realizing that he had been holding his breath, took in a big breath of air. He was mildy surprised -and impressed- that Harry had so much medical experience, but now was not the time to consider such things. He was finding it difficult to speak; he was at a loss of words from what he had found. He shifted his attention back to Hiei.
"Hiei," the fox demon chocked out, "Hiei, it's me. Can you hear me?" Unlike Yusuke and Kuwabara, the fire demon wasn't showing signs of a coma. Dehydration and deprivation of food perhaps, but nothing too serious. "Hiei, if you can hear me, try to say something. Please." Pause. "Come on, Hiei!" Kurama urged desperatly, shaking his limp friend.
"Mmmm..." A small groan escaped from the fire demon's throat.
"Oh, thank goodness," Kurama stared, more than relieved.
Hiei eyes slowly opened, right about half way. "Heh," he murmered, his eyes glazing over. "It... took you... long enough." Hiei lurched forward, hands spread out across the floor, began coughing uncontrollably.
"Kurama, he needs water!" Harry exclaimed. He pointed his wand at a pile of stone that had crumbled, transforming it into a small basin. Then he cast another spell, adding water to the cup."Quick, have him drink some of this," he said, handing the fox demon the bowl. Kurama took it gratefully and made sure his friend emptied the entire thing. Granted, he was still weak, but at least he was now aware of what was going on around him.
"Levicorpus," the kistune said, aiming the spell at Yusuke and Kuwabara. Their bodies lifted and floated limply in midair. "I'll take these two. Harry, I'll need you to help Hiei." Harry nodded, beding down to help the fire demon.
"I have two legs, I think I can get up on my own," Hiei protested bitterly, wacking the boy's hand away. He stood himself up slowly, took a step, then stumbled forward, falling back to the ground.
"How about you use me as help," Harry tried. "I won't help you any more than you need, I swear." He had Hiei wrap his arm over his shoulder, then they worked together to get Hiei moving. The fire demon looked so tired, though, that it seemed like he was about to pass out from fatigue. Lucky for them, this was Hiei, and he refused to be carried if he was still consicious to choose.
"We need to get out of here," the fox demon said, stepping in front of the group to look out at the hallway, "before-"
"Before what, exactly?"
Kurama jerked himself around and his eyes widened in surprise. Hiei had a blade pressed gently against Harry Potter's neck.
"Hiei..." Kurama responded, unsure of what to make of this. "What do you think you're doing? Lord Voldemort could be coming any second now-"
"I thought you would be one of the smart ones," the fire demon smirked. The kitsune looked at Harry- he was scared to death. His body was beginning to tremble with freight. The possibility of death was less than an inch away. "Your friend Hiei isn't with us anymore, and you and Harry Potter will be joining him soon."
"You're him," Kurama gasped, "you're Lord Voldemort."
"Like your friend said: it took you long enough," Voldemort's voice rang out of Hiei's throat and made the demon's skin crawl. "Strangely enough, this fool's mind refused to subcome to a memory change, so I figured an Unforgivable Curse would do just as well."
"The Imperius Curse," Harry managed to get out.
"Careful, now. I wouldn't speak too much if I were you," the dark wizard warned, his grip on the weapon now firmer. "You wouldn't want to die just yet, now would you?"
"You were the one that made Hiei stay away from me," the kitsune shouted, "you had Hiei try to kill Harry that night!"
"Yes, and he would have been dead right now if this sould hadn't tried resisting. He even had the nerve to try and warn you about me: once in a letter, another during class."
"I should've known," Kurama muttered, disgusted with himself.
"Ah, and you suspected this very situation at one point, did you not?" Lord Voldemort pointed out. "You considered this possibility, but you figured your partners were stronger than that. Stronger than me. Too bad you didn't come to that realization earlier."
"Why did you attack them? Why didn't you come at me?"
"I had originally intended you to be in my plan, but by then you had already met Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter here. I couldn't change your mind without the two suspecting something. They payed more attention to you than they did anybody else. But it didn't matter. My plan is working now."
"What do you want from us?"
"Power. Spiritual, demonic, and life. I want it from you and every one of your friends. You can already see that I've increased my abilities by sucking your teammates of most of their energy. It's a much easier method of extending life than my plans I've had in the past." His eyes widened in surprised. The grip on his blade faultered, but a moment later he was back to normal.
"Apparently you friend still has some fight left in him," he added. "Humans, demons, creatures... completely stupid. Even when they obviously cannot win, they always insist on trying. Too bad your friend is more dead now than he is alive. I would say he's having difficulty staying conscious by now."
The fox demon was about to make a remark, when the blade broke through Harry Potter's skin. Voldemort pulled back and gabbed him in his side; the boy collapsed to the ground.
"I know what you were thinking. After all, all things like you think the same," Voldemort went on superiorly. He looked down and kicked Harry harshly in the side. "Even while I was giving my little speech, you were trying to find a way to save Potter, get your fire friend back and in control of his movements, and return everyone to Hogwarts safely. I'm not your average villian, boy. I'm worse, much much worse. You'll never get away from me alive."
The demon replied by transforming his rose intohis famousRose Whip."Then you won't mind if I still try," Kurama answered.
AN: Just so you know for future reference, after I finish this whole story I'm going to go back and edit the chapters of any mistakes cuz, well, I know I've made a lot. ''
I'm trying to make the chapters longer as it goes on. I'm thinking the last chapter is going to be one of the longest, unless I come to a part in the story where I can't end it. cough cough like the next chapter cough cough
Wow, Chapter 30. The big 3-0. It's been forever since I've first started, and I'm really thankful for those of you who have been reading this from the beginning. Chikage-chan, lionheart555, Makurayami Ookami, neko142001, Everqueen, kenmeishouri, kahuffstix, and Time and Fate reviewed last chapter, and they were really nice comments. Thank you!
Until next chapter! See ya!
