I wish I did, but I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or Harry Potter.
"Attention," the younger judge called out. "Next duel will be Harry Potter versus Shuichi Minamino. Please get onto the dueling platform." Kurama and Harry Potter pulled out their wands and stepped onto the platform.
"On our call," an aged judge announced. Kurama and Harry bowed to eachother. "And..." -they gripped their wands- "begin!"
"Impedimenta!" shouted Harry. Not even a second afterwards, the fox demon shouted, "Diffindo!" The spell that had been set for the demon split straight down the middle, leaving both halves of the spell flying past Kurama's sides.
"Expelliarmus!" the young wizard yelled. His friend dodged the attack by flipping his body into mid-air. He landed on the palms of his hands and pushed himself elegantly back to his feet. The Griffindor girls squeeled in delight.
Harry continued firing spells at Kurama, but, even though they were fast, the fox demon was faster than them every time. Kurama jumped and dodged his way up to Harry Potter, pointed the tip of his wand at the boy, and fired a small spell. The boy's entirebody went numb; hiswand was completely useless.
"Sorry, Harry," the kitsune apologized. He began to turn to lower himself from the dueling platform when his demon senses irked him. He jerked around, wand out-
-to meet Harry's. Because of the boy's demon powers, part of his body was able to stay moble. Both characters had their wands aimed at the other. If one of the two attempted to cast a spell, the other would simply do the same. They had reached a stalemate.
The three Defense judges stood up and began clapping.
"Excellant!" one praised.
"Outstanding work!" said another.
"I haven't seen this much effort put in to both sides of a N.E.W.T.-level duel in decades!" said the third. "We will write this as a stalemate duel, but that will have no affect on your overall grading. Good work, the both of you."
Kurama and Harry slowly lowered their wands. "Oh," the fox demon remembered. He undid the spell he'd cast on his friend. "There you go. You are alright?"
Harry nodded. "Yeah, thanks," the boy smiled. They hopped off the platform. "You know, we should really do that sort of stuff more often."
"Agreed," Kurama nodded, then frowned.
"What's wrong, Kurama?" his friend asked, curious.
"Sadly, my team and myself will need to leave soon," he explained grimly. "It took a good while of persuation to convince Koenma to allow us to stay even to take the exams. The longest I'll be able to stay here will be a week at the most."
Harry thought about what he'd just heard, then looked straight at the demon. "Then I guess we'll just have to make this a bloody good week for all of us, won't we?" he pointed out.
Now it was Kurama's turn to smiled. "Yes," he said. "We'll make the best of this."
Kurama was right- Koenma decided to give Team Urameshi one week to say good bye to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Genkai and Whitney EnLaur were to remain at the wizarding school to watch for any attacks in the future, but they were the only exceptions made.
It was winter this time of year, so everyone spent most of their time indoors. Kurama, Harry, Hermione, and Ron talked for hours on end about everything and anything they could, but many subjects were about the events that had taken place over the year. No one tried to mention the days that were left, but they were all too aware.
Somehow word got out about Yusuke, Hiei, Kuwabara, and Kurama leaving Hogwarts. Each day the kitsune would receive almost three dozen names and addresses from fellow students -most of them girls- and was made to promise to write each and every one of them. Hermione "hadn't gotten around to" giving the demon her's, but no one really pushed the matter, even after Harry and Ron had handed their friend theirs.
Professor Dumbledore personally invited the Urameshi Team to come back and visit Hogwarts School any time they wanted. Almost all of the school's staff told him the same. They assured them that they would and thanked them for the kind offer.
Before anyone knew it, the day the spirit detectives were to leave had come, but everyone felt that it was much too soon.
Harry, Ron, Whitney EnLaur, Genkai, Koenma, Albus Dumbledore, Yusuke Urameshi, Hiei, Kazuma Kuwabara, and Kurama stood in silence at the front of the school building. The Hogwarts Express was going to take them back to Platform Nine and Three Quarters, back where it all began.
"Blimey, where's Hermione?" Ron wondered aloud, brushing snow off of his winter coat. "She can't not say g'bye, you know. She wouldn't."
"I'm sure she has her reasons," the fox demon told the young Weasley, but he only half believed it himself.
"Koenma, do continue selecting fine detectives for my school," Professor Dumbledore said.
"You can count on it," the prince of demon world agreed.
"Yeah, and now we've got out own mini animals to remember the place by!" Kuwabara added blissfully. He had hatched a three-tailed cat and had become absolutely in love with it. Hiei was given a black dragon, and Yusuke a small thestral. The whole team could see it, of course.
"The train should be here..." Genkai commented, glancing down at her wristwatch, "right... about..." She looked up and saw the Hogwarts Express steaming to a stop in front of them. "-now."
The Urameshi Team gathered up their belongings and began filing into the train.
"I'm sorry, Kurama," Harry apologized sincerely. "I guess Hermione isn't coming."
"No," the kitsune replied sadly, "I suppose n-"
"WAIT!"
Everyone turned around. Hermione Granger was sprinting towards the group, stopping only when she was face to face with Kurama. Her eyes sparkled with tears.
"I'm sorry..." she panted. "I wanted to come so badly... but... I was afraid..."
"It's alright," Kurama smiled. "You're here now."
"Why do you have to go?" Hermione asked. A tear rolled down her cheek. "You're a great student, and you have so many friends here. We care about you, Kurama. We really do."
"I..." he couldn't find his words. "I would stay, but there are other things like Voldemort out there, and it's my duty to take care of them. There aren't many in my position that can help."
"Have EnLaur switch with you, then!" she cried, then lowered her voice. "Please..."
"Hermione, I would, I really would," -he knew really did mean it- "But I just... can't. At least not now. You need to understand..." He wrapped his arms around hers, and he pulled her close. More tears fell from the girl; and they stayed that way for what seemed like a long while.
Finally, Hermione looked up. She reached into her bag and pulled out a book.
"Here," she said, "take this." Kurama did so and opened it. There were pages filled with moving picture of he, Harry, Ron, and Hermione all together. There were pictures of the Halloween Dance, of a quidditch match, and even one of when they were outside in the snow at the Burrow.
"My addresss is on the back," she added, sniffing softly. She wiped her tears. "Promise me you'll write to me, and try to visit me and Harry and Ron every so often."
"I promise," the kitsune swore. He tucked the book under his arm and reached into his pocket. He took out a beautiful red rose and handed it to the young witch. "I won't forget you, Hermione," she told her, "never."
Hermione took the flower silently, holding it carefully as if it would break if she weren't careful. "So this is really goodbye," she whispered softly. The fox demon touched her cheek and she looked up at him.
"Not forever," he stated.
Hermione nodded. "I'm so glad I was able to meet such a great guy like you," she told him. "I'll miss you, Kurama."
"Me too," said Harry.
"Me three," piped Ron.
Kurama nodded, then turned towards the train. Koenma and the others had went on before him. He picked up his stuff began to board.
"Kurama, one more thing!" Harry shouted.
"What?"
"Sirius, my mum, my dad... tell Botan to tell them I said hi!"
"I'll be sure to do that."
As the train rolled away, both groups -the demons and the wizards- waved goodbye to the other. EnLaur, Harry, Ron, and Hermione would have to go back to their classes soon. As for the Urameshi Team, they were already planning their next trip to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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AN: Note to all of my readers: To be quite honest, this is one of the first stories that I've ever written and finished, and I've enjoyed every second of it. It was great getting feedback from people who had been reading A Journey to Hogwarts while I was writing it because that way I was able to come up with a lot of new ideas.
When I started writing this fanfic, I had no idea who the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher was going to be, what Team Urameshi member was going to be in what house, or how I was going to somehow tie everything up in the end. I found many new ideas from reviewers' comments, and for that, I thank you. I also thank everyone who put up with my many cliffhangers and kept reading until the very end. I know how annoying they can get, so thanks a million.
Now to think about future writing. clicks tongue I know I've made like a billion grammer errors on my chapters, so after this I'm going to try to go thru and edit my mistakes. I am also going to make more stories on this account. I hope to become a novelist someday, so I should be creating more stories soon. I think I'm planning on either a) writing a sequal to this, b) writing a story about when Albus Dumbledore was a student at the time Genkai and Botan were on duty at Hogwarts, c) finish up my other fanfic: One Week Romance, or d) writing something new. Hey, maybe I'll do a bit of everything. I guess I'll just have to see how it turns out.
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"The world is more like it is now then it ever has before." When you think about that, it makes a lot of sense. You only have today once. Once you wake up you'll never have another one of those days again. Appreciate every day you've got, and live like you mean it
Hope to write more soon,
Sincerely,
Kino Fox