A/N:

Okay... I'm going to start posting when ever I feel the need to... which is about every 15-20 reveiws...

Also...

"Blah" - English

Blah -Telepathy/Youko/Thoughts

-Blah- Japanese


Chapter 3

Enter: The Fox's Fear…

"So, you guys are going to be in Sixth year too?" Ron asked the next morning. Kurama looked up from his toast.

"Yes. We were tested before we left Japan. Our magical schools are so much… different than yours."

"Really? How so?" Hermione eagerly asked.

"Well, we study outside, and we are more trained to be physically fit in addition to learning magic."

"Wow. That's cool. Hey look. The mail's here!" Several owls flew over head. Hiei and Yusuke each got one from Koenma, reminding them not to screw up. However, in addition to Koenma's letter, Kurama was swamped with more than thirty owls, each from fan girls (or the occasional fan guy). Yusuke choked on his chocolate milk. Hiei muttered a comment of which only Kurama could hear. said comment turn the fox a bright red. The other Gryffindors looked on in wonder.

"Hiei! Yusuke! Help me!" Kurama shouted from somewhere under the mountain of owls.

"No can do, Fox."

"I thought you left all your fan girls behind in Japan, Kurama." Yusuke said, still laughing.

Kurama managed to repel the owls, and was rubbing his temples. "I did too. Though, it looks like you got one from Keiko." He pointed to a letter that had been taped to Koenma's.

"Oh shit." Yusuke muttered. He opened the envelope and read. "Well, thankfully, she isn't chewing my head off…Too much…" He read on. "My mother is as drunk as ever, and Puu is at Grandma's"

"Who's Keiko?" Harry asked. "And why did he call you Kurama?"

Kurama blinked. "Keiko is Yusuke's girlfriend. Kurama is my middle name. Some people call me it, but not often, and I prefer it that way. It's just a nick name, like 'Fox'"

"Why do people call you 'Fox'" Hermione pressed on.

"Yusuke does too, actually. Our old Sensei, or teacher, gave us all nicknames. Yusuke is 'Dimwit,' Hiei was 'Sociopath,' because he is… not all too kind, and I was 'Fox,' because of my hair."

"Oh. We were just wondering."

They ate the rest of their breakfast in silence. Or seemingly.

Hiei, why did your wards on your bandages loosen yesterday?

Stupid fox. This weak youki energy here and there. It is odd, different than the normal spirit energy, though with the same qualities. I've never encountered it before. Hiei spat telepathically.

Yeah. That energy from those stupid sticks are weak. The lowest class of demons could knock the shit out of these people.

Wands Yusuke. They call them wands.

So? In our case, they are regular sticks. What was it that Boton said? 'Our energy is far too powerful to channel through the magical wands' or something like that. So, we have to make it look like we are doing magic.

Our 'wands' are weak. They posses some of the magical qualitys, but just enough so that we can perform spells without blowing the school up, or our cover.

Whatever. Hey Hiei, why is this baka red head obsessed with trying to look at my left arm? Is he hitting on me? I just told him I had a girlfriend...

Hn. No stupid, he is looking for some mark that he thinks you have. A tattoo or whatever.

Hiei, it's called the 'Dark Mark.' Supposivly, Voldemort's followers have it. Yusuke, roll up your sleeves, as if you were getting hot, and he'll leave you alone. Full moon's tonight. Ready to spar? Be sure to kick the shit out of Youko. He's whispering lewd suggestions about every girl we see, and you can only imagine what images he's sending me, especially after seeing Yusuke's 452 Love Making Positions (1) booklet.

Oh? Every girl, Kurama? Hiei allowed an eyebrow to lift.

Like I said. Kick the shit out of him next spar.

...Gladly...

They closed the mind link, snickering at the thought. Yusuke boredly rolled up his sleeves, and Ron left him alone. Though, it was evident he was still suspicious.

"Wow, we all got into the same classes!" Ron said, comparing his and Yusuke's scheduales.

"We still haven't seen the new Defense teacher. I wonder where he is." Harry commented after they all stood up. He remembered the incident with Hiei last night, and hoped he didn't bring it up.

"Yeah. I'm wondering who it is as well. Aren't you, Hiei?"

"Hn."

"I thought so." He laughed. "I'm going to go and look around. This castle is interesting. Though, I can't understand why all the ghosts seem edgy. I heard them talking about some green multi-eyed monster…"

"Do you need a guide Shuichi?" Hermione asked, her eyes pleading.

"Um… No thanks. I think I can find my way around." He gave a small smile and walked out of the Great Hall. As he rounded the corner, he collided with someone, and they both went sprawling. He was helped up, by who he guessed was his new professor.

"I'm sorry Professor. I didn't see you there." He looked at the man, and a strange tingle went through his spine. He recognized the man, and Youko was on edge as well. He just couldn't decide why the man looked so familiar…

"I'm glad you finally see me as your superior." The man lowered his voice, and ran his fingers through Kurama's red locks. "Youko Kurama."

Kurama let out a cry that of a dying animal, and flew back against the wall as he suddenly realized who this man was. "KARASU?" His breathing quickened, and he was pale. "But… But how? I thought I-"

"Oh yes. That nasty little incident at the Tournament. You did, don't worry. But let's just say, Koenma can be bribed, and he had a job offering as well." Karasu smiled toothily, his pale skin glowing.

Kurama was now making incoherent little squeaks. Yusuke, Hiei, the Golden Trio and several others had shown up, and were now staring at the sight of a student up against the wall shaking in cold fear while a Professor was trying to make small talk with him.

"Karasu? What the hell are you doing here?" Yusuke asked. Hiei just glared at him.

"You guys know the new Professor? What's he like?" Some kid they didn't know asked. Neither of them answered. They just stood there, waiting to see how this would turn out.

Karasu ignored Yusuke's question and continued to talk to Kurama who was looking slightly green, had was still squeaking.

"You sound so cute doing that."

Kurama instantly shut his mouth, and tried to back away as Karasu took another step closer to him. He failed because, of course, he was already up against a wall.

-You know, if I can't have you, the sexy beast you are, I could always go after your mother. She is nothing compared to you, but she is still something.- Karasu said in Japanese.

Out of nowhere, Kurama seemed to gather his courage. His eyes became flecked with gold, and his hair got a few not-so-noticable-but-still-there silver streaks.

"YOU SICK BASTARD! YOU BETTER STAY AWAY FROM MY MOTHER, YOU SON OF A BITCH! IF YOU LAY A FINGER ON HER, I WILL SLOWLY FEED YOU TO MY DEATH TREE WHILE KICKING YOUR SORRY ASS BACK TO THE MA-" He was cut off as Yusuke clapped a hand over his mouth, and hissed,

"Japanese, stupid! You were shouting in ENGLISH a threat that could blow our freaking cover!"

Kurama calmed down some, but before he opened his mouth, Kurasu gave a small laugh. "Temper, temper… Honestly. I thought you were more collected. Come out of the box, much?"

"How can you stay alive without your mask? I thought you couldn't live without it." Kurama growled.

"That's for me to know, and you to never find out." Came the reply of a now grinning Karasu.

Meanwhile, standing next to the gaping Golden Trio, Yusuke and Hiei were muttering in Japanese to each other.

-I wonder if it were Youko or Shuichi who was shouting...- Yusuke whispered to Hiei, watching Kurama turn a whole new shade of pale green.

-Both I suppose. If it had been purely Youko, he would have fully transformed, not just the golden eyes, silver streaks thing. I'm surprised he didn't, seeing that it's so close to a full moon…-

-True. I wonder if Karasu will blow our cover. Literally.-

-I doubt it. Koenma would sentence him to a few thousand years to burn in Limbo. And then maybe be a slave in his office…-

-Yeah. Think we should save your fox now?-

Hiei didn't miss the tone, or the emphasis on 'your,' but decided not to comment about it.

-Hn.-

They pushed their way through a crowd that had formed. All the while they listened to the now Japanese conversation.

-Stay away from me you freak. You are lucky I don't have enough mind-wiping plants with me. Other wise…-

-I'm not gay.-

Kurama stared at him, confused.

-What? I never said you were.-

-I'm Bisexual.-

Kurama blanched. -I thought you were about to say that you were a hermaphrodite.-

-Well, then there is that.-

Kurama's eye twitched.-I'm going to assume that reply was meant to be mockfull.-

-Karasu, leave him alone. I just read my letter from Koenma. And it said that I could only kill someone if it is for a sensible reason that Kurama agrees with. And you happen to fall under that category.- Hiei snarled half truthfully. The letter specifically said to leave Karasu alone.

-How cute.- Karasu smirked and turned to leave. -I'll be back, my pet! I promise!-

Kurama, sweat drenched and shivering, felt the need to throw up. -Wh-When do we have classes with him?- He asked Yusuke shaking.

-Tomarrow.-

-Oh no. I'm going to kill Koenma. He slumped down and put his face in his hands. Hiei… Why didn't you take the job? Now that… bisexual bomb obsessed freak has it…- He muttered.

"Is something wrong Shuichi? Do you need to see Madam Pomfrey?" Hermione asked, while they walked the halls.

"Nothing is wrong. I'm fine, Granger-chan." He replied. They heard a snort from Hiei.

"So. You guys know the new DADA teacher? What's he like?" Harry asked. Kurama shuddered.

"He's… Er, well…"

"What's a matter Kurama? Is he bad in bed?" Yusuke teased with a laugh.

A small snarl was heard from the fire demon.

Harry shot him a quizzical look. "'Bad in bed'? Have you… slept with him?"

Kurama gave another shudder.

"No, he hasn't. Karasu is a very odd man, whom is obsessed with him. Last time we met, we thought he had been killed. For good. Che. Someone's going to pay dearly for this." The unexpected reply came from Hiei. All the others glanced at him.

Hermione looked shocked. "Do we need to tell Dumbledore? I mean, if there is a chance that he could…"

"Don't worry. There is very little chance of that happening. Karasu won't rape him… he may want to blow him to smitherines, but he won't rape him… And, Kurama can fight him off. Besides. We have connections with people in the, uh, Japanese Government that he fears…" Yusuke grinned. He took out a cigarette and lit it. He inhaled and a small smile lit his face.

Kurama shot him a quizzical look. "I thought you quit a while back."

"My lifespan says it won't hurt too much."

"It'll still knock a few years off, Yusuke. And need I remind you, you need a hier. Of which you wouldn't want fatherless." A glare. "Would you?"

A twitch told Kurama he had struck a nerve. "... No..."

"This is a school, Yusuke! You can't smoke here!" Hermione screeched.

He looked at her for a moment before shrugging and flicking the cancer stick away. He mumbled some thing that sounded like, "Damn. She's just like Keiko. Kurama ain't much help either. Damn guilt trip..."

"What's our first class?" Kurama decided to change the subject.

Harry looked at his scheduale and grimaced. "Potions. Double potions with the Slytherins." He rubbed his head. "Just what we need on our first day back…"

"What's wrong?"

"Snape, the professor, hates Gryffindors and favors Slytherins. I suspect he'll be harder on your friend, Hiei, there, because he almost ended up in Slytherin, but didn't."

"Hn. I can handle some baka ningen."

"Er… Lets get to class, shall we?" Kurama said.

"I'm going to be…"

"Yusuke, you are NOT skipping the first day of classes!"

Yusuke growled, and the six of them made their way to the dungeons…


A/N:

(1) I went to New York last week. My cousin bought that booklet from some guy on the street selling them for a dollar. X3

Yep. Karasu. Fear him. I like Karasu. Don't ask me why, but I do. Mwah.

I want Genkai to appear in a few of my stories, but I do know that she died in one of the last episodes. Did she come back to life or not? I want to know whether or not I need to rewrite a few things…

Also, thanks guys for telling me about Hiei's mother. Seeing how I've only read the first 7 manga, and have seen 3 episodes, I'm kind of…lost… that's why my charactors may seem to be a bit OOC. Everything I know about them comes from reading other people's fan fictions. XP Blame my family for refusing to buy me anime stuff… Pretty much every anime thing I own I bought (except for a few Wolf's Rain items my mom surprisingly bought me for Christmas.) And, at the moment, I'm broke right now…