Chapter 4: The Train and the Sorting

"Hn. You cannot fool me, show us your true face, if you have the guts, that is!" Hiei shouted, surprising everyone.

"HIEI!" Yusuke, Kurama, Kuwabara, and Botan shouted.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Inuyasha asked, confused.

"Foolish hanyou. Do you think I am so stupid that I can't smell you?" Hiei said in a menacing tone.

Inuyasha looked confused for a moment, then started sniffing the air.

"Oh, so you aren't human either?" Hiei looked furious.

"Hn" He looked murderous. He aimed for a punch to the stomach, but Harry ran in front of Inuyasha.

"What are you doing, ningen?" Hiei asked, pondering the boy's stupidity.

"Don't hurt him. He's my friend." Kagome tried to hide a laugh behind a cough, but nobody was fooled.

"What?" Harry asked.

"Oh, nothing." She replied melodramatically. Inuyasha and Kagome sat down and Harry closed the compartment door.

"So, what are two youkai and a hanyou in a ningen's body doing on the Hogwarts express?" Inuyasha asked.

"We're exchange students here." That was Kurama.

"Exchange students? Why do you say that, Kurama? We're not here to learn, we're really here to…" Kuwabara was cut short as a vine shot up out of nowhere and covered his mouth.

"Learn western techniques." Kurama finished for him. Inuyasha looked at him suspiciously, but didn't say anything. He looked out the window and remembered when Harry took them to get their stuff for the school year.

Flashback:

Harry, Kagome, and Inuyasha walked into Ollivander's, ready to get their wands. "You, girl, you go first." Ollivander said as he appeared out of a pile of wands lying near the door. He measured her and then dove among his pile of wands, finally finding what he was looking for. "Here, try this." He said. She took the wand from him, waved it around a little, and abruptly dropped it as it covered the room in ice.

"Hm, try this one." She took the wand from him and nervously waved it. Almost automatically, the wand caught fire. She screamed as she threw it as far away from her as possible. Harry and Inuyasha backed away after seeing the destruction she could do. After a few more tries, which resulted in 13 monkeys, a phoenix, and a dragon coming out of the wands (Inuyasha slew the dragon immediately), she found one which emitted a few small sparks (Silver Kitsune hair, 13 inches) and bought it.

"Mr. Potter, would you please take the monkeys to the pet store for me? I think the phoenix wishes to stay with the girl" It was true, the phoenix had landed on Kagome's shoulder and glared at anyone who tried to come near her. Harry nodded and ran out, the monkeys and phoenix with him. After fixing the store, Inuyasha stepped forward. He was measured and set up with a wand. It knocked all of the shelves over. The second wand called the Tetsusaiga, which nearly sliced him in half. The third one made a wind tunnel a lot like Miroku's in midair. (Inuyasha stuck the Tetsusaiga into the ground and held on for dear life while Kagome hung on to him while Ollivander tried to get rid of it.) After trying all of the wands in the store, Ollivander brought one more out. Inuyasha accidentally blew up the whole store with it.

"I have one left, but it is VERY dangerous. The hair belongs to the half dog-demon, Inuyasha. My ancestor 500 years in the past was able to grab one of his hairs while he was pinned to a tree. Do you want to try it?" Ollivander asked. Inuyasha growled at the fact that his hair had been taken without his knowledge or approval, but he nodded his head in consent. As it was his hair, it worked perfectly for him, and Inuyasha muttered something under his breath about paying for his own hair as he left the shop.

End Flashback…

Inuyasha took out his wand and toyed with it, looking at the 16 inch piece of wood and wondering if Ollivander had known who he was.

"Feh. That weakling human couldn't tell the difference between ningen and hanyou if the hanyou was in demon form." Kagome looked over at him.

"Still annoyed at the wand maker, huh?" At that Kurama looked over at him.

"Why would you be annoyed at the wand maker?" He asked curiously.

"He stole my HAIR! HANYOU HAIR CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS, YOU KNOW!" Inuyasha fumed.

"Your hair? Why would someone steal your hair?" Kurama asked.

"Because his father was Inutaisho, the great demon whose sword, which Inuyasha now owns, could destroy a hundred with just one strike."

"Inuyasha? Inuyasha son of Inutaisho and half-brother to Sesshomaru?" Kurama asked, in shock. "Last time I saw you was when your mother died. Don't you remember me? I'm Kurama."

Inuyasha gaped, "Kurama the fox demon that was friends with my brother?"

Kagome gasped, "Sesshy had friends!"

Inuyasha nodded, "Kurama was Sesshy's closest friend."

Kurama nodded, "He did care about you more, though. It's good to see that you're well, and you look so mature, well, it has been 550 something years."

Kagome gasped again, "Could you stop doing that Kagome! It sounds like you're dying!"

She glared at him. "Sesshy CARED ABOUT YOU!" Kagome screamed at the top of her lungs. "HE WANTS TO KILL YOU!"

Inuyasha turned away. "Feh."

…Several very long hours later, Hogwarts…

The seven exchange students, Botan Kurama Kagome Inuyasha Hiei Yusuke and Kuwabara, walked into the Great Hall with the first years. Everyone became silent as the headmaster started talking.

"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts, I hope you all are well. I am pleased to announce that this year we have some very special students joining us. These 7 students study magic in Japan and will go through the year as 6th years, although I might change the year according to what they get on the OWL exams they will be taking next week. Their exams will be based on different eastern magics, but they will be graded like the normal tests. Anyhow, these students will be sorted first, so, here it goes!"

"Urameshi, Yusuke!" Yusuke walked up to the hat and jammed it on his head. Hmm… where to put you, where to put you. Yusuke jumped as the hat started to speak. I see that in some of your life you have been cruel, which is a trait for Slytherin, but I also see that you have been heroic the last year or so. I see that you have changed, and therefore I shall put you in………………………………… "GRYFFINDOR!" Everyone clapped as Yusuke sat down next to Harry.

"Jaganshi, Hiei!" Hiei walked up to the hat and jammed it on his head, glaring at anyone who looked at him. What the? I've never seen a mind so evil, but……… you seem to have some human emotion…where should I PUT YOU! Well, I'll just put you with your friend. "GRYFFINDOR!" The hat shouted. There was complete silence. Everyone had thought that the mean tempered boy would be put in Slytherin, not Gryffindor.

"Minamino, Shuuichi!" Kurama stepped up to the stool and sat down, gently putting the hat on his head. Youko Kurama. Only once have I sorted one such like you, and I see that you would do well in………… "Wait! Who is this person you speak of?" Kurama spoke to the hat in his mind. His name was Sirius Black………… or should I say, Kuronue? "KURONUE WAS HERE! TELL ME WHERE HE IS!" Kurama screamed in his mind at the prospect that his old partner might still be alive. Alas, he died just a few months ago. Anyhow as I was saying, you would do well in ……………… "GRYFFINDOR!" Kurama sat down next to Hiei, and murmured to him "Meet me in the forest after dinner."

"Kuwabara, Kazuma" Kuwabara walked up. You aren't very smart, are you? Not smart, but I do see that you would risk your life for your friends. I now put you in……… "GRYFFINDOR!" Kuwabara ran over to them, smiling like a puppy-dog.

"Reikai, Botan!" (5 seconds later) "HUFFLEPUFF!" She waved to her friends, than ran over to the table.

"Higurashi, Kagome!" Interesting. I know just where you belong. "GRYFFINDOR!" Kagome walked over to the Gryffindor table and sat down on Harry's other side.

"And last, Taisho , Inuyahsa!" A silence filled the room. "I mean, Inuyasha!" Inuyasha walked forward. Yes, you would have fit quite well in Slytherin before you met Kagome, however, now you would fit better in Gryffindor. What do you think? "Do whatever you want, ya demon." …………How… How did you know that I was a demon? "I smell it all over ya." Oh well. Anyway, your new house is …………………………………… …………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… "GRYFFINDOR!"

Soon all the other students were sorted, and they feasted late into the night. After the banquet was over, two demons snuck outside, unseen by all.