I wish I did, but I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or Harry Potter.
"First will be Charms," the Transfiguration teacher announced. Kurama, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Yusuke, Hiei, Kuwabara, and many other sixth years got up from their desks and lined up behind eachother at the door.
When they entered into the testing room, there were small tables set out for every student taking the exam. On top of each table, however, were three animals: a tabby cat, a grey owl, and a white mouse; each were seperated by fitted cages.
"Welcome, welcome," began an old wizard of tall stature. "Do take a table, each of you." Once everyone was situated, he continued on with introductions. "I am Professor Rummel, and I will be in charge of grading your Charms exams today.
"As you can see before you," he went on, "there are a few animals placed in front of you. Each creature has a distortion or infection within itself, and I will be grading you on how well you choose your methods for curing them." Then he walked over to the left side of the room to begin grading. Hiei did well -he fixed a bird's broken wing, took it out of its cage, set it on his finger, and let it fly out the window. Kuwabara, Yusuke, and Ron didn't do so well, Harry did average, and Hermione did superior work as usual. Kurama cured each creature easily and professionally. The Charms professor seemed impressed with the two Griffindor students.
Next was Herbology. Harry and Ron returned to the Great Hall to wait while Kurama and Hermione went for testing. Yusuke and Hiei did as well; Kuwabara chose Muggle History instead. They were instructed to feed three dozen plants within a time limit, mixing the correct ingrediants or else the plant would reject the care. Each plant required a completely different mixture, but the kitsune was so comfortable around plants from past experience that this too was simply review. It was obvious that Yusuke hadn't a clue what he was doing, but, although he wasn't as knowledgable in the plant area as the fox demon, Hiei was able to remember over half of the formulas. Hermione again, although rushed on time, was able to accomplish O-worthy material.
The other exams came and went, until the sixth years were left with only one subject: Defense Against the Dark Arts.
Three old wizards -two around the same age as Dumbledore, by the looks of it- were introduced as the judges.
"There will only be one task to complete for your judgement in this class," said one of the judges. He was the younger of the three, perhaps in his mid-fourties. He had black trimmed hair, and his gaze was by far the stronger of the trio. "You will be graded on skill, logic, performance, and your knowledge of spells taught during this class."
The gray-haired judge stepped forward. "Your test this year," he explained, pausing for tension to build, "will be dueling." Murmers went around the room.
The other old judge, having long, white hair and a well-combed beard, also informed the students, "Your dueling partner has already been chosen. Albus Dumbledore will now read you the pairings."
With that the school's headmaster came forward. He cleared his throat and began listing the dueling couples.
"Goyle versus Chang. Taylor versus Crabber. Lizor versus Patil. Kuwabara versus Granger."
"I can't do that!" Kuwabara hissed frantically. "My code-"
"-is worth rubbish at this school," Hermione finished, half-smirking. "I do wish you best of luck, of course, Kazuma." He frowned and turned away, griping quietly in reply.
"Jaganshi versus Malfoy."
"What kind of bloody name is Jaganshi?" Draco sneered. "He's a Ravenclaw git. I could beat that nerd with my eyes closed."
"Welp, he'd dead," Yusuke muttered to Kurama, trying not to laugh out loud on the condition that he was still a Slytherin student. The fox demon smiled and shook his head. He couldn't have put it better himself.
"Weasley versus Urameshi."
Ron gulped. "Me?" he moaned. "Why me?"
"Don't worry, Ron," Kurama assured his friend. "I don't expect that Yusuke knows many spells; he's never been one to study and memorize them. This is a duel of wands, not brute strength. I would say there's a possibility that you will do quite well."
"...Lovegood versus Longbottom. Cruze versus EnLaur. And finally, Potter versus Minamino."
The kitsune felt like the headmaster of Hogwarts had just slapped him. What was he supposed to do?
"Hey, I don't want you holding back on me, you got that?" Harry Potter told his friend, looking at him straightforward. "You may be good at controlling energy and all, but I've known how to use magic longer than you have, and frankly, dueling is one of my strong suits."
Kurama nodded. "Of course," he promised, "as long as you promise me you will give it all you have as well."
"Swear."
"And don't complain when I show you what I can be capable of."
"I won't."
"May the best duelist win," Kurama said, stretching out his hand. Harry took it. "Same goes for you," he said.
The duels began, each one at a time. Those being tested first stepped onto a long, rectangular platform. Each student would begin at one end of the platform while the judges would deliberate off to the side. The rest of the students were to stand back and wait their turn, observing the fights as the came along.
Cho Chang and Nicole Taylor easily beat Malfoy's pals, and Ashlee Lizor won her fight against Pavarti with a bit of effort. Kuwabara was no match against Hermione's infinite knowledge of spells. He was able to catch the ends of her hair on fire, but the witch quickly stopped it from spreading and disarmed Kuwabara of his wand.
For Ron and Yusuke's battle, they were both evenly matched. Yusuke couldn't use any of his normal fighting tricks without the chance of hurting his opponent more than necessary, so he relied on the few spells he remembered from class. Finally, he -either bored of fighting or annoyed- went right up to the Weasley and jabbed the boy in the gut with his wand. Ron doubled over and groaned a forfeit.
"Sorry 'bout that, pal," Yusuke said afterwards, helping Ron off the platform. "Don't take it personal."
"Yeah, alright," Ron coughed, clutching his stomach. "Maybe next time you could aim for the knees, or my skull. Those would probably be less painful."
Malfoy and Hiei stepped on to the platform. Both leered at the other, bowed, and began.
Malfoy wasn't capable of touching Hiei at all. The fire demon hardly gave effort, casually dodging anything that came at him.
"And I thought that Potter kid was worthless,"Hiei stated smuggly. "Hn. This is pathetic." He shot a fire spell at Draco, who had to lay belly down on the floor to not receive the spell's full blow: his clothes were fringed at the tips. Every Ravenclaw girl, and some from other houses, cheered.
"I'll get you for this, you git!" the boy swore. "Just you wait! You'll beg for my mercy when I get through with you!"
"Hardly," Hiei stared coldly. At the same instant, both boys brought up their wands, aimed, and shouted, "Expelliarmus!" A jet of green lightning errupted from the wands. The spells hittheir target head on, and both the fire demon and Malfoy found themselves without a wand.
"What're you going to do to me now, Ravenclaw boy?" Malfoy asked. "I can use spells with and without a wand."
"So can I," the demon remarked. He stuck his arm straight into the air and shouted, "Accio katana!" The fire demon's favorite choice of weapon was now in his possession. Malfoy, caught off guard from the object, uneasily to two steps backwards.
"L-L-Levicorpus!" Draco tried desperately. The spell came, but Hiei simply stepped out of its path and it zoomed by. Then the demon charged for the blonde Slytherin, who fell to his knees and snapped his eyes shut, shouting, "Don't kill me! I don't want to die!" Hiei stopped the blade right at the flesh of the boy's shoulder. A small trickle of blood ran down the Slytherin's arm.
"I think we can see the victor in this situation," the judge stuttered. "Hiei Jaganshi, Draco Malfoy, your time is up."
"Nicely done, Hiei," Kurama complimented happily, watching Malfoy storm out of the room furiously.
"Malfoy's a spoiled git," Harry added. "You should him, Hiei."
"That was hilarious,Hiei!" Yusuke bursted out laughing. A few Slytherins frowned, but he didn't even notice. "Did you hear him begging you not to kill him? Pure gold!"
"Hn," Hiei retorted.
"Attention," the younger judge called out. "Next duel will be Harry Potter versus Shuichi Minamino. Please get onto the dueling platform."
AN: I didn't think I could have as much stuff to do as I did, but I did. I've been so busy it's insane. Course, I've been busy with both boring and fun stuff, so it wasn't all bad. I'm ready for a short break.
Jessica, FreeMoment, Kyla of the Moon Wolf Clan, kahuffstix, Everqueen, Makurayami Ookami, Maeleana, Annoying Little Twit (awesome name), Krazy Kitsune13, and Supreme Admiral Of The Web (thanks for reading it all so fast), thank you for reading Chapter 33. I think this chapter was more interesting than the last, but it's up to you, I guess.
I really hope you liked this chapter. Another two or three and I think I'll be done. See you in Chapter 35!