Alright, first of all, thank you to Kimpatsu no Hoseki, strangeanimefreak, Incendire, SilverYouko300, oOforeverobsessedOo, Spellcaster Hikaru, sugar high water uma, LoversPastForgotten, and Makurayami Ookami. Thank you all. Now to explain my not updating for several months. I apologize profusely. If you want to know why I did not update for so long, the explanation is somewhere on my profile. I don't exactly remember where. I hope you all enjoy this chapter. I'm trying my hardest. BY THE WAY, THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO VOTE: MALFOY OR NO MALFOY. I NEED TO KNOW BEFORE THE NEXT CHAPTER. THIS CHAPTER HAS BEEN EDITED.

Disclaimer: I don't own YYH or HP. Maybe someday I'll be able to buy them and continue them, but I certainly don't own them now! Otherwise YYH wouldn't have ended so abruptly. (sniff) (sob)

Chapter 5: Examples and Testing

Harry, Ron, and Hermione watched in awe at the training Yusuke, Kurama, Hiei, and Kuwabara were being put through, but at the same time, had sudden questions they were just itching to ask.

Yusuke, who was balancing on a spike with his left index finger that was glowing blue, seemed to be having no trouble at all. He was watching the three as their eyes snapped in amazement between Kurama, Hiei, Kuwabara, and himself. "You three look like you have some questions," Yusuke stated slowly.

Each head simultaneously snapped back to look at him. "Yeah," Ron said slowly. "Ask away. I'm only doing reflexive training," Yusuke said as he pointed his other index finger to the side. A blue blast flew from his finger and hit a clay disc that had been thrown at him. Strange thing was, he was still watching them.

"Bloody hell! How did you do that?" Ron yelled. Yusuke shrugged his shoulders—or, gave the impression of him shrugging his shoulders, seeing as he was upside-down and his head was right-side-up and facing them.

"It's my Spirit Gun. I channel my spirit energy through my finger to create a blast that's something like a bullet. You could probably do something like this too, only yours would be different from mine because your spirit energy takes form differently for each person. It all depends on what you're like," he answered nonchalantly.

"Cool," Harry said, not really understanding and just saying something to be saying something, "What was with you earlier, anyways?" Yusuke looked to be in deep thought for a moment before replying, "Well, I had just eaten a bunch of Keiko's sugar cookies, so I was hyper, and tonight's the crescent moon, so me and Kurama are a bit out of it. By the way, our tempers and patience are pretty short-cut on days of the crescent and full moon. If you want an explanation on that, I suggest you ask Genkai."

The trio thought about this for a moment before accepting his answer. "How can you do wandless magic?" Hermione asked imperatively, "My books say that no wizard is capable of doing magic without a wand. It's only in fairytales." Yusuke looked at her for a minute.

"Magic? I'm not doing magic. I'm limited to certain things ya know. I mean, I can't turn chickens into TVs, as much as I wish I could. S-Class should be able to do that. I'll have to find something on being able to do that. Then I could get free cable," Yusuke said, the last part to himself.

The trio stared at him, dumbfounded. "Well, then what is it that you're doing, if it's not magic?" Ron demanded.

"I really don't know that one. You should ask the old hag, she knows that stuff. After all, she's probably been around almost as long as Kurama. Any more questions?" Yusuke said thoughtfully.

"What do you mean, almost as long as Kurama? Genkai looks much older than him," Harry inquired, confused. Yusuke suddenly looked very nervous. Secret. Secret. Secret, his mind repeated.

"Eh, heh heh. Don't worry about that. We'll explain later," Yusuke said with a nervous laugh. He shot another clay disc that flew at him.

"Um, okay. Hey, we aren't going to be put through the training you're doing now, are we?" Harry asked, slightly fearful of having to do so much work. Yusuke took a quick look at his comrades before turning back to the trio.

"Probably not. This is daily exercise for us, if you were watching our real training; you wouldn't want to be here at all. We're A and S-Class, you're only C-Class. Your training won't be nearly as hard as ours. To be honest, I was kinda surprised that you were actually in the Middle C-Class. That old guy that was with you, the one with the silver beard, he was only Middle B-Class. You're training will be hard to you, considering your level, but it'll be well worth the struggle. Trust me. I know."

"Oh. Ok. I'm not sure if that's supposed to be reassuring, but ok," Harry said timidly. "Don't worry. The hag won't kill you. Just wear you out." Yusuke nodded his head wisely.

"Baka toushin, you're not scaring the ningen children, are you?" a voice said from behind him. "No Hiei. I'm reassuring them that granny won't kill them," Yusuke replied with a hint of annoyance.

"You shouldn't lie to them Yusuke, it makes them unprepared for what is ahead. I remember you saying that you would rather die, than go to the hell known as G.E.B.C. or even training with Genkai for a month. I also remember you telling me to throw you off of the top of the highest tower in Gandara if you even considered it," Kurama added in a silky voice from behind Yusuke.

"Yes, and I'm holding you to that," Yusuke said seriously, "I want you to tie me up in some of those unbreakable talismans of yours and throw me off."

Kurama chuckled and Hiei snickered, while Kuwabara guffawed as he joined into the conversation. "I'm serious you guys! Throw me off if I consider it! Go to a priest or something and get them to tie me up in those talismans, and then you throw me off of that damn tower! Not even Yomi or Mukuro or anyone else could survive a fall like that when they're tied up or not prepared to land!" Yusuke yelled then he muttered, "Which makes me wonder why he built something so tall in the first place."

The trio raised their eyebrows at the four before them. This was very strange. "So, uh, what now?" Ron asked uncertainly. "Uhhhhhhhhh……….Oh, right! We need to test you guys!" Kuwabara yelled enthusiastically. He marched through the training room and out into the hallway, apparently leading them somewhere.

"Test us?" Hermione asked questioningly as they followed Kuwabara's march down the maze of halls. "Yeah," Yusuke answered simply, "You just got to play a few games that measure your spirit energy and we can see where we need to start in your training."

"Games?" Ron wondered aloud, but it went unheard. The trio followed the tantei down a maze of halls, until they reached a large set of sliding doors. As Yusuke slid the doors aside, Harry saw what must have been an entire arcade.

The tantei led them inside, and Kurama closed the doors behind them. "Welcome to grandma's personal arcade. Now I'd like to point out that only 3 of these games are going to test you, the rest are just for fun," Yusuke said, then he pointed to one game, "That is the nishiogi punching game, grandma had it specially designed to test the spiritual power behind your punch. Judging by how you look, I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't get very high of a score on this one, but I'm not going to judge you just by how ya look. 'Cause if you're anything like Kurama, then you just really don't look it."

Yusuke pointed to another machine in one of the corners. "That," he said, "is Janken. Known to you as the paper-rock-scissors game. That game is supposed to tell your spirit sense, or intuition. I hate that game with a passion. So, next game."

Yusuke walked to the other side of the room, moving between random games. "Lastly, is karaoke. This one is supposed to measure your life energy, and test your ability to learn and adapt to different situations." Yusuke snickered slightly as he remembered this being the finishing match between the contest he and Kuwabara had during Genkai's tournament. Kuwabara grumbled as he remembered the exact same thing.

"Hn. Let's just get this over with," Hiei said abruptly. The small black man walked over to the punching game. "We'll start with this. Kurama, do you have the board?" Kurama held up a clipboard and pen. "Alright, who's first?" He looked around expectantly.

Harry gulped and stepped forward. Hiei smirked. "Hn. Let's see what you can do." Yusuke threw a boxing glove to Harry, which he put on. "You just gotta hit that round, red circle-thing as hard as you can," Yusuke said calmly. Harry gulped and nervously walked up to the machine.

He drew his hand back and concentrated on the red circle. He thrust his hand forward with as much force as he could muster, then he blinked and looked up at the score it showed. There was a loud ringing sound as it flickered onto the screen.

"87. Not too bad," Yusuke remarked thoughtfully. Harry smiled and walked back over to his friends. Kurama copied the score onto the clipboard. Ron walked up next.

He did the same as Harry did, then looked up to see his score. "85. Hn. Not bad for ningens," Hiei commented with raised eyebrows. Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara turned to look at Hiei with wide eyes. "Shorty someone….oh my god, I think the world is ending," Kuwabara said quietly.

Hiei glared at them all. They quickly looked away and started whistling. Kurama copied down the score and motioned for Hermione to go next. She quickly walked up and hit the circle.

"84. Awesome. The girl hits as hard as the guys," Yusuke said goofily. He gave Hermione a high-five, then started walking to the Janken machine.

"Okay, over here, on the top it shows the hand signs for paper, rock, and scissors. The bottom row shows the same thing. You hit the bottom row to try to beat the top row. The rules are still the same here: paper beats rock, rock beats scissors, and scissors beats paper. Any questions?" Kuwabara announced.

Harry walked up to be first. He randomly hit the buttons, hearing the blaring and ringing when he got it wrong and right. Though, he heard the blaring more often. "Hm. 7 out of 15. Better than Urameshi, but still not that great," Kuwabara mumbled. "I mean, he did only get 2," he added smugly. Yusuke seethed behind him.

Ron walked up next. He, too, seemed to be pressing random buttons. But it was obvious that he wasn't when you looked at his score. "9 out of 15!" he exclaimed, astounded that he had beat Harry. "Not too bad," Kuwabara praised. Kurama recorded the scores again.

Hermione walked up nervously. She found it ridiculous that they were being tested with rock-paper-scissors; she also thought it was weird that they called it paper-rock-scissors. It sounded somewhat unnatural to her. She had never studied anything like this in her books, and she thought it would be embarrassing if Ron beat her.

She began to play the game. She decided to rely on what her mother had called 'women's intuition'. Whatever. It helped. "12 out of 15. Pretty darn good, if I do say so myself," Yusuke said. Kurama smiled slightly and copied down the score.

"Ok! Onwards to karaoke!" Yusuke said gallantly. This was the part that worried the trio. They really didn't want to sing.

MA: Alright, end of the chapter. Now tell me what you think of it by pressing that nice little review button down at the bottom.

Kurama: Why am I tied up again?

MA: Because you look cute when you're tied up.

Kurama: (confused) Really?

MA: Yes, now hush.

Kurama: ...Why?

MA: Why what?

Kurama: Why do I look cute when I'm tied up?

MA: ...I don't know. Maybe because it looks dramatic. I'm not sure. You just do.

Yusuke: What about me?

MA: In my opinion, you look funny and act funny when you're tied up. In your fangirls opinion, you look hot.

Yusuke: Well, my fangirls scare me, though I like their opinion more.

Kurama: My fangirls scare me, too. MA, you're sure they can't get us here?

MA: Positive. Fact is, they don't know where I am. So it's completely safe. Also because I don't know anyone who is a Yusuke fangirl. I know a lot of Hiei ones though. You know what, to add to the security against Yusuke fangirls, I have decided to invite Keiko to a sleep over.

Yusuke: WHAT!

MA: Don't worry. I won't tell her any of the secrets I've gotten out of you. (mumbles 'unless it will improve your relationship')

Yusuke: What was that?

MA: Nothing!

Kurama: What about me?

MA: I think I can handle Kurama fangirls. And those blasted Mary-Sues. I hate them. So flawless. They're always stronger, and there are always demons after them. I hope I haven't made any Mary-Sues in my other stories (unless it was on purpose).

Kurama: Okay.

MA: Well, REVIEW!

MA: And one more thing, I MAY BE MOVING THIS STORY TO THE YU YU HAKUSHO SECTION. I THINK IT MAY GET MORE REVIEWERS THERE.