Yay, time for me to update again. Sorry it took so long, but I was a bit peeved at the lack of reviews. Though I was willing to update, because of the number of hits my last chapter got! So I'm updating again, be happy!

Also, the story will start moving faster after this chapter, I feel like it's taking too long to reach the point, and I don't want to drag this out.

This story is a bit AU on both sides, things happening that didn't happen, or things happen differently.

The first pairing in this story will be Yusuke/Keiko. Light at that, since they are still young.

Pairings will be announced as they become final. (And as they start showing up.)

Key: "English" "Japanese" Only used if both languages are being used in the same area.

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Chapter 5

"Urameshi Yusuke, you have some explaining to do!" The shrill voice of Keiko rang out when she caught a good view of him.

Yusuke paused in mid-step, looking wildly around for the owner of that voice.

"Did you just hear Keiko?"

"I did." Kuwabara muttered, looking around also.

Keiko stomped up to them, grabbed Yusuke's ear, and pulled him down to her level.

"Explain, before I do something drastic." She said in a deadly tone, making Yusuke and Kuwabara shudder.

"I can't, not with other people around!" Yusuke yelped, giving Keiko a look that said 'its-binkie-breaths-fault-I'm-here.'

Keiko then let go of his ear, sighing. "Then tell me later- oh!" Keiko blushed, realizing that many people were now staring at her.

"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?" Yusuke shouted, making them all turn away.

"Yusuke! Don't be rude!"

"They were rude first, staring like we're in a zoo."

"They were not!"

"Were too."

"Were not."

"Were to-"

"As interesting as this conversation is, I think we should start walking before we're left behind." Kurama interrupted, and they both yelped, and started running to catch up.

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When they reached the front gate, a stern looking old woman was there to take them inside. While giving them a brief lecture, they learned that her name was Professor McGonagall. Then she left.

"So what now? We just sit here?" Yusuke grumbled, and Kurama nodded.

"We're not sitting though," Kuwabara muttered, but the others ignored him.

Soon McGonagall came back, and led them to another set of doors. Leading inside, there were four tables side by side in neat little columns, full of students. There was a table at the front of the room, facing perpendicular to the other tables, which held the staff. In front of the staff table was a stool, with a… hat on it?

"What the hell?" Yusuke muttered, and continued to examine the room. Looking up, the ceiling gave way to night sky, until hearing a rather bossy looking girl say that it was an illusion.

"Impressive," Kurama said under his breath, casting a sidelong glance at the others.

"It's so pretty!" Keiko exclaimed, clapping her hands together.

"It looks real," Kurabara said, only to be hit by Yusuke.

"It's just an illusion." He stated proudly, only to be ignored. He sweatdropped, then glared at them, sulking.

The hall went silent after this, and a tear in the dingy old hat opened, and it started to… sing!

Oh, you may not think I'm pretty

But don't judge on what you see,

I'll eat myself if you can find

A smarter hat than me.

You can keep your bowlers black,

Your top hats sleek and tall,

For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat

And I can cap them all.

There's nothing in your head

The Sorting Hat can't see,

So try me on and I will tell you

Where you ought to be.

You might belong in Gryffindor,

Where dwell the brave at heart,

Their daring, nerve, and chivalry

Set Gryffindors apart;

You night belong in Hufflepuff,

Where they are just and loyal,

Those patient Hufflepuff are true

And unafraid of toil;

Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,

If you a ready mind,

Where those of wit and learning,

Will always find their kind;

Or perhaps in Slytherin

You'll make your real friends,

Those cunning folk use any means

To achieve their ends.

So put me on! Don't be afraid!

And don't get in a flap!

You're in safe hands (though I have none)

For I'm a Thinking Cap!

(I don't own!)

The hall burst into applause, and then McGonagall pulled out a scroll, opeining it, then started to read of names. When reaching "Granger, Hermione," she became a Ravenclaw. Then came Kuwabara.

"Kuwabara, Kazuma."

Kuwabara stumbled nervously to the hat, and put it on. A few minutes of silence ensured, then came the hats reply of "Hufflepuff!"

The list went on, finally coming to "Minamino, Shuichi."

Kurama walked calmly to the stool, picked up the hat, placed it on his head, and sat down.

'Well well, what do we have here? A demon in Hogwarts? Yet I see no deception, though, you are here for a reason? Then I shall place you where you belong. You're smart, which could get you in Ravenclaw, but you have a sense of loyalty to your companions, which is a trait worthy of Hufflepuff, though I sense that you don't belong there. You're remarkably brave, trodding in unwanted territories, what a quality of Gryffindor, but the demon in you screams to me that you should be a…'

"Slytherin!" The hat shouted aloud, and Kurama took the hat off, and walked to the table occupied with them.

The list then went on some more, sorting the students into their houses, where Harry Potter became a Gryffindor. Then it reached the next person on our list, "Urameshi, Yusuke."

"Gryffindor!"

The table cheered, letting Yusuke sit down next to Harry. "Looks like we're housemates." Harry said, and Yusuke nodded.

"Looks that way."

They watched the rest of the sorting. Ron became another Gryffindor, and Keiko became a Ravenclaw.

Dumbledore gave an opening speech, mentioning that the Forbidden Forest was off limits, and that the Third Floor Corridor on the right hand side was out of bounds…

"To those that don't wish to die a painful death?" Yusuke repeated skeptically, and the other Spirit Detectives had the same look.

The feast then began! Mountains of food stretched along the table, and Yusuke's eyes bulged. "Hell yeah! This is more like it!" He stated, grabbing some chicken and taking a bite. He then also got some other food, trying a bit of everything, and also noticing that there was a bit of Japanese food laid out near where he was. He ate his plate, and then got seconds.

"Yusuke?"

"Yeah?"

"Why is your friend in Slytherin?"

"Because, according to that singing hat, it suits him best… He sly, cunning, and I've seen him go off the deep end to get what he wants. It's freaky sometimes. It's the perfect house for him! Other than Ravenclaw, but that ties back in with his 'Slytherin' personality." Yusuke said through a mouthful of food.

Harry and Ron shared a glance, but said nothing more on this.

With Keiko, she was making great friends with Hermione and the other first years, telling them all about Muggle Japan and what it was like to be in England.

Kurabara was also making friends with the other Hufflepuff.

Now Kurama, on the other hand, wasn't doing so well. Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle remembered what Kurama did to them on the train, and wasn't at all happy to be sharing a house with him.

"So, we have the foreigner in our house." Malfoy sneered, and Kurama just ignored him.

"Too good to talk to us, eh?" Malfoy tried again.

"I don't think that way." Kurama responded coolly.

"Then why not talk to us? Did you shit-for-parents teach you to not talk to your superiors?" Kurama flinched, then glared at him.

"Insult me all you want, but leave my parents out of it." He said coldly, and Malfoy shut up. (1)

The rest of the meal went by, and then they all trooped off to bed.

TBC

(1) They probably would. A Slytherin is good for knowing how far to push it and they know the danger signs.

A/N: I hate this chapter… It feels so much like a filler, so go ahead and flame me.

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