This chapter took forever, sorry about the lack of updates!

I don't own YYH

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The strange teacher suddenly appeared in front of Kurama and Hiei's desk. He examined their work while pushing his sharp glasses further up once more.

"Excellent craftsmanship . . ." He muttered, looking to Kurama. "I'm afraid I don't know your name." He gave a faint smirk.

Kurama narrowed his eyes slightly, "Thank you, sir."

Hiei growled under his breath and glared at the man. "Let's take him now." Hiei glanced to Kurama.

The kitsune shifted his gaze back to the wood in his hands, the teacher still loomed over them. He suddenly raised his head to look at him again,

"Sir, if I may ask, why is our teacher absent today? He seemed in fine health yesterday and he always tells us when he's going to be in a meeting." He asked cooly.

The substitute flinched, "Yes well I'm sure he'll be back tomorrow."

Kurama nodded, "Yes, I'm sure."

Hiei gritted his teeth, a strange presence seemed to have spread over the room and then suddenly vanish.

"He lowered his guard to your startling comments." Hiei smirked.

Kurama nodded and watched as the sub retreated back to his desk. "Indeed, keep your eyes open, who knows what he's planning."

Hiei scoffed, "As if I need to worr-" He was cut off.

"Hiei?" Kurama looked over to him. He instantly jumped out of his seat, his arm lashing over to where he kept the seed for the rosewhip.

Hiei stumbled over his own chair holding his head. A boy swinging a bat newly fashioned from wood smirked broadly, though his eyes were dull.

Hiei regained his composure and drew his blade quickly. He shook his head and sneered, "Try that again you little-" A block of wood connected with Hiei's head once more causing him to falter.

Kurama narrowed his eyes into a loathsome glare, the students had all been possessed by demonic energy.

"Coward! Do you need humans to fight your battle!" Hiei growled.

'He must be cloaking their movements with his energy,' Kurama thought, 'That's why we can't sense their presence before they attack."

A blow into his back sent Hiei slashing backwards, almost beheading the possessed teen. The sub smirked and came forward,

"Can't do that Hiei!" He laughed, his eyes now shone red and his hair began to grow pale. "Don't want to hurt an innocent student!"

Hiei sneered, "Damn you."

"Using human shields, a foolish tactic." Kurama muttered.

The puppet-master glared at him, "You don't intimidate me fox, and neither do you," He glanced at Hiei and grinned slightly, "He-who-can't-dodge-wood."

Hiei sneered, his eyes gleamed with fury, "I'll flay you, wretched coward!" He dove for the puppeteer but the demon slid away into the body of students.

"That clumsy metal can't harm me." He replied in a bored tone, blowing strands of hair from his face. "Let my puppets deal with you." He flicked his wrist and the students advanced to Hiei in a zombie-like way.

Kurama looked around the room, "Hiei, don't move." He yelled quickly. Hiei turned to glance at Kurama but suddenly the room was swirling in mist. Hiei spat and backed away, "Kurama, you don't plan to fight like a coward do you?"

"Of course not." The kitsune replied, Hiei could not tell his location. "Just distract the puppets, they're still coming for you."

Hiei jumped out of the way of a flying block, "I can see that." He replied, continuing to dodge the flying pieces of wood.

The puppet-master smirked, "This won't take long, the fox's mist is useless." He laughed to himself as he walked backwards away from Hiei and the puppets. He suddenly bumped into someone,

"I would not say that . . ." Kurama whispered to him, his voice harsh with controlled anger.

The demon turned to run away, hoping to escape from the kitsune. He crashed into another, smaller, form,

"Who knew," Hiei smirked, "That mist cleared your puppets minds, you're alone now."

The demon gulped and fell to his back, Kurama and Hiei now towered over him.

"Shall we finish him?" Hiei asked coldly.

"No, let's see what we can learn first." Kurama replied.

Hiei nodded and glared at the puppet-master, "Tell us everything you know . . ."

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Not the best but hopefully there's going to be more chapters coming soon