Interlude – Valentine's Special

February 13th

Kurama sighed as he glanced at the calendar… It was that time of year again. With tomorrow would come a flurry of hearts, chocolates, and frilly pink cards. Girls would step up their 'fangirl-craze' to an even more terrifying level.

Yes, tomorrow was Valentine's Day. It was possibly Kurama's – like any sane bishounen's – least favorite day of the year. The fact that he was currently at Hogwarts was unlikely to change anything. In fact, he wouldn't be surprised if it made the situation wore. He had already acquired quite a fan base at the school, and it wouldn't surprise him to discover that his fan club back at Meiou Academy had managed to get their love letters forwarded to Hogwarts. And even worse…! His mother made him give all the girls who got him something White Day presents.

'My pocket money will be depleted for months!' Kurama groaned mentally. It was a rather daunting prospect.

The morning of February the fourteenth dawned exceptionally bright and beautiful, although the glory of it was lost upon the Slytherin boys, since their dorms were located underground. Kurama had already risen an hour earlier and was just about to head down to breakfast. Blaise was only just waking up, and Crabbe and Goyle were still slumbering soundly.

Kurama quietly left the dorms, making his way to the Great Hall. He would eat quickly before escaping off to his first class of the day.

This plan had started to go wrong even before he had started to scoop eggs and sausages onto his plate. Someone (Kurama suspected Yusuke, who would think it a fine joke) had informed what appeared to be all the girls in the school that 'Shuichi' tended to rise extra-early on Valentine's Day. Girls swamped him as soon as he sat down at his usual place in the Great Hall.

Yusuke, Kurama thought viciously, you are so dead at training today.

Once he had managed to shake of the hoard of early risers, the breaking of his fast was once again interrupted by the coming of the mail. Owls poured in through the rafters, more than half of them directed towards the poor kitsune. Birds swarmed around Kurama, knocking over pitchers, upsetting dishes, scattering food.

Kurama was buried under a flurry of heats, chocolates, and frilly pink cards, just as he had predicted. Some other Slytherin boys who had come down to breakfast early as well, were looking at him with a mixture of jealousy and adoration, as were a large number of those from other houses. Yusuke, seated over at the Gryffindor table, seemed to be struggling horribly to hold in a terrible fit of giggles. All the more reason to suspect him, Kurama decided.

The 'plan' went even more wrong when Kurama remembered that his first period happened to be a free one, meaning that he could not seek refuge in class from the gaggles of girls who roamed the halls in alarming numbers.

Retreating to the library in hopes that the stern Madame Pince would scare away any stalkers, Kurama decided to sort out his mountain of cards, chocolates, and other Valentine's-paraphernalia. Maybe he could write the White Day gifts of as mission expenses and make Koenma-sama pay…?

"Hmm…Card, card, chocolate, card, card, homemade fudge, lollipop, money, love-potion spiked candy, firewhiskey…? But I'm underage… Card, card, this one's addressed to Hiei, candy, chocolate, Hiei, love-potion, Hiei…"

The list continued on and on, the pile of unread ones never seeming to shrink. A reasonable percentage were addressed to Hiei, seemingly because the girls were to frightened to give them to the hiyoukai outright. As he sorted, Kurama carefully made a list of all the senders and attempted to think of a generic, cheap, but heart-felt gift he could give out for White Day. Maybe a necklace or earrings…? But not all girls liked jewelry…

Yet another Valentine's Day ended with the setting sun, and Kurama relaxed into bed with a relieved sigh. One more year to go until the next day of torture… Well, there was the one month till White Day. Perhaps he would charge Koenma for the return gifts. After all, if his calculations were correct, he had 2,345 to purchase.

Disclaimer: YuYu Hakusho belongs to Yoshihiro Togashi and all related industries. Harry Potter belongs to JK Rowling and all related industries. I make no profit off this work of fiction.

Notes:

-White Day is celebrated mainly in Japan on March 14th, one month after Valentine's Day. On Valentine's Day, girls give out presents, while on White Day, boys hand out gifts. For more information, check Wikipedia.

-This is set sometime later in the story, all though it reveals no plot spoilers.

A/N: I had intended to get this out earlier, but better late than never shall have to suffice. Sorry about that. Chapter Six should be out soon. Hope this will satisfy you until then. Please ignore any mistakes. There was minimal time to edit.