A/N: I'm back! How are you people? I will, once again, thank you all for the wonderful reviews. They were so nice! Bawl my eyes out They make me feel all happy! LOL! Anyways, I shall stop babbling and go on with the story! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or Harry Potter, because if I did, believe me when I say things would be verrrrry different.

SPOILERS (maybe)

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"Blah" Talking

Blah Thinking

Blah Telepathic

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Last time: Hiei and Yusuke could only watch as more wounds appeared on Kurama, and his blood decorated the floors beneath him.

Then…Kurama's eyes became more focused, and looked up at them. He blinked, smiled, and winked at Hiei and Yusuke. I'll handle the rest.

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Kurama started to concentrate his energy to one particular seed in his hair, the Rose Whip.

I mustn't move suddenly. Kurama thought. Better not let Kayechi notice that I broke his spell.

Hiei, Yusuke. Kurama informed. Help me distract Kayechi so I can attack.

Got it! Yusuke answered. You just worry about killing the demon and getting outta there.

Kurama smiled slightly and dropped something on the ground before grabbing the whip that was slowly inching down to his hands. (A/N: You tell me how. I have yet to figure out how someone can be both deaf and blind and still fight…..LOL!)

"Hmm?" Kayechi murmured questioningly, noticing the slight movement from Kurama when he grabbed the Rose Whip.

Yusuke took notice of this, panicked, and spoke the first thing that came to his mind. "Why are you working for a human?"

Kayechi, distracted from Kurama, answered. " Human? I'm not working for a ningen, where did you hear such a thing?"

By now, the answer had caught the interest of the other two youkai, and they too paused at whatever they were doing to listen to Kayechi.

"We heard that you are helping a Voldemort dude to protect his soul piece." Yusuke said.

"Well…" Kayechi thought out loud. "Since I'm going to kill you three, it won't do any harm to know a bit about us before you die."

Hiei scoffed inwardly. Kitsune, you had better kill this teme soon. I can't take much more of his arrogance.

Kurama chuckled back. Remind you of anyone? Anyways, don't worry. I'm working on it. Meanwhile, let's just hear what he has to say. It may be useful.

"Hn." (A/N: Hiei's famous reply! How I love it. So easily used to end a conversation! XD!)

"We are a group of four." Kayechi continued, still basking in his 'glow of victory'. "The siblings, Manabe and Monoke, our leader, Sakumaru, and I. Sakumaru has contacted a weak ningen, this Voldemort, and made a deal."

Hiei scrutinized Kayechi carefully. "What kind of deal?"

"Simple." Kayechi smirked. "We help with his plans to kill Harry Potter, and we get the human world after Voldemort takes over."

"Well, too bad you won't accomplish your plans." With that, Kurama turned around and lashed out the Rose Whip at the surprised Kayechi.

The three Tantei watched as the sharp spikes on the Rose Whip came closer to contact with Kayechi's throat…until he smirked and jumped back.

"I knew it." Kayechi gloated. "When I saw that slight movement from your body, I knew that you were awake. Too bad your plan to kill me failed, though it is impressive that you managed to escape from your own fears."

Hiei snarled. "Damn youkai."

Yusuke nodded, agreeing with Hiei. "Just die already, and stop wasting our time!"

"Waste your time?" Kayechi's eyes narrowed. " You are the ones wasting my time. You had a chance to kill me, but you failed!"

Kayechi took another step back. "Here's where your life ends."

"Gotcha." Kurama smirked, and raised his hands.

"Huh?" Kayechi looked at Kurama strangely. "What are you-"

Kayechi stopped in mid-sentence, for beneath his feet, a plant was growing in size. It wrapped it's green tentacle-like vines around Kayechi's body, getting tighter by the minute.

"What! Where did this come from?"

"Why, don't you recall?" Kurama questioned, blinking innocently. "I remember dropping a seed on the ground and waiting for you to step near it."

Smiling, Kurama clenched his fingers and watched as the plant got tighter and tighter. Cracking was heard as ribs snapped like dry twigs in the plant's deadly grasp. The demon's face was paling, and his eyes losing the spark of life. (A/N: ouch….but that sounds really cheesy, no?)

"How- what?" Kayechi wheezed as he felt his life being squeezed away. His head fell, and he struggled to breathe.

Kurama turned away. "The Devil's Anaconda." He said, giving the name of another of his trusted plants. "Literally squeezes the life out of the prey." By the time he finished, the plant slackened and shriveled back into a seed, which was picked up by Kurama. Kayechi's body fell forward to land in a heap on the ground.

"Why are you letting him go, Kurama?" Yusuke called anxiously from the other side of the cavern.

Kurama smiled bitterly. "Go? He's not going anywhere. You've heard his last words. Today was his death day."

Behind the wall of vines, Harry's mouth fell open. "He k-killed him?"

Hermione's eyes were open wide. "How could he do that? Take a life so easily? He was so nice!" By now, she was almost in hysterics.

Harry and Ron managed to pat her on the back awkwardly, despite being in their own states of shock.

Hermione buried her face in her hands. "How could he? How could he?" She mumbled over and over.

The Tantei turned to see the humans clutching the vines, staring at them.

Hiei glanced back at Kurama. What are we going to tell them?

Should we tell them about our mission? Questioned Yusuke.

Not yet. Kurama informed. The time is not right. We will tell part of the truth, only bend it a little.

"That 'person', Kayechi, seems to be an assassin, hired by Voldemort." Kurama bent down and picked out the golden locket stuffed inside Kayechi's coat pocket. He gave the humans a wan smile, but the smile froze as he saw the three backing away.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Kurama asked quietly, smile disappearing completely to be replaced by a look of genuine concern.

"You killed him with a plant and you took something fro a dead person." Harry stated monotonously.

"Yeah! Who kills someone with a plant? And then takes something from them?" Ron said, shock caving into revulsion. (A/N: So they're a bunch of brats….whatever)

Kurama seemed to shrink, stunned by what he was hearing. "He left me with no choice! He tried to kill me, Harry. Besides, I only took it because-" His explanations were cut off by Hermione, her voice shrill.

"You could've tried to keep him alive!" She cried. "And you two, Yusuke, Hiei, you would've killed him too! Is this all natural for you or something? Have we befriended monsters and killing machines?"

Part of Kurama felt like going on a rampage, and killing off all these 'pesky little ningens', but a larger part of him felt that that would not be the best course of action to take. He restrained himself and took a deep breath. Before he could say anything though, there came something very unexpected.

"We're not staying with you anymore." Harry said resolutely, starting to walk away.

"What?" Yusuke asked, completely taken aback.

"You heard me." Harry said. He shared a look with the other two and saw them nod, confirming his decision.

Hiei snorted. "You are a fool. How do expect to find the other S- Horcruxes without us? You will be killed before you can even make it to the next destination."

"We're stronger than you think." Harry said stubbornly.

"Yeah?" Yusuke asked, automatically siding with Hiei and Kurama. "How are you going to know where the next Horcrux is?"

"Uh-" Ron stuttered, trying to think of a reason. "We'll figure something out; we don't need your help."

"If you wish to die," Hiei paused. "Leave and do not return."

Without a word, Harry turned around and headed out the cave, with Ron following close behind. Hermione looked at the Tantei and left with Harry and Ron, occasionally glancing back uncertainly at the three left behind.

"Hiei!" Kurama exclaimed. "Our mission was to protect them, not let them go off on their own and get killed!"

"Don't be a baka." Hiei retorted. "We'll just follow behind the humans and protect them without them knowing."

"Eh? Well, that's a good idea. How come you didn't think of it, Kurama?" Yusuke grinned.

Kurama reddened slightly. "I wasn't thinking. Anyhow, it's a good thing Hiei is here to help out."

"Tch." Hiei turned his head to the side. "Stop talking and get going. We can't lose the scent of the ningens."

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"Harry…" Hermione glanced at the fuming boy-who-lived. "How are we going to survive? Or know where to look for the Horcruxes without the Japanese transfers?"

"It's not hard!" Harry snapped. "We have money to buy food with, and we can ask around for information. If there's trouble, we have our wands!"

Hermione continued timidly. "Was I too…mean? They might have been trying to help!" (A/N: Too late for regrets now!)

"It's fine, Hermione!" Ron comforted. "Stop worrying. I bet they don't even care!"

"Yeah! I'm sure they won't miss us. Besides, if they could kill that guy, a complete stranger, they won't hesitate to kill us." Harry said hotly.

"That reminds me." Hermione said. "How did he kill the guy anyways? It doesn't really make sense."

"Now that you mention it…" Ron replied, turning to Harry, who walked a few more steps, then stopped.

"Yeah, what?"

"Well, what if it wasn't his, Shuichi, I mean, what if it wasn't his fault? How could he tell the plant what to do? What if the seed was just…there?" Hermione asked nervously.

"Yeah, right! He picked it up and everything. Besides, didn't you see him drop it?" Harry barked.

"Sure! And then he made a seed grow into a giant plant." Hermione said sarcastically.

Harry spluttered. "He um… probably used his wand!"

"Well…" Hermione said thoughtfully. "We did only see his back."

"Did you guys see that Yusuke kid lift his finger? Like it was a weapon?" Ron snorted, eager to join in the conversation.

Harry rolled his eyes. "As if that could shoot anything." By now, they had reached the entrance of the cave. Sunlight filtered in, illuminating the mossy walls.

"So…where to?" Hermione ventured, after the awkward silence that fell upon them.

"We should go back to the village. Then, we can find somewhere to stay for the night and ask around for information in the morning." Harry replied, taking full control of their current situation.

"That's a good idea." Ron moaned. "I'm so tired after all the traveling we did today. Plus, seeing someone get killed is not of my list of fun activities."

Hermione spoke once again. "Let's hurry up then. We can probably make it by nightfall."

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"Seems like they are going back to Kanito Village." Kurama communicated, following close behind the three Hogwarts students, who were trampling through the forest to get to their destination. (A/N: He was following closely, but not close enough for them to notice!)

"Well, they better be careful." Hiei growled out. "By the amount of noise they are making, enemies can probably hear them coming miles away."

Yusuke grinned. "Why do you think we are here?"

Hiei rolled his eyes. "I am not a complete fool, unlike you, detective."

"Well, excuse me!" Yusuke yelled.

"Oh, shut up." Hiei breathed out. "I was merely pointing out the carelessness of the ningens, and now you for being so loud."

Yusuke grumbled, after being unable to think of a good comeback.

Kurama chuckled at his friends' behaviour, before delivering his own train of thoughts. "It would be wise of us to stay near Harry, Ron, and Hermione when they are asleep, no?"

Hiei grunted out a reply. "Doesn't matter to me if they get hurt or not. As long as they are not dead, their health is unimportant."

"How nice of you." Yusuke replied back sarcastically. "Anyways, I think it's a good idea." His eyes brightened. "Harry and the others planned to stay at a hotel somewhere, right? If they do, we'll get a good place to sleep and a good meal!"

"What, our cooking wasn't good enough for your tastes?" Teased Kurama, eyes twinkling in amusement.

"No, no, it was good." Yusuke replied. "Just kinda hard to eat something when I have no clue to what it is."

"For all you know, you could have eaten demon flesh." Hiei cut in.

"Ah, gross!" Yusuke shot out to Hiei's smirking face. "You can't feed those to humans, you know!"

"Don't be so gullible, Yusuke." Kurama said. "Hiei was just kidding. Hiei?"

"Hn."

"Anyways," Kurama spoke happily, "Seems like we've all arrived back at Kanito Village!"

"Finally!"

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"Yes! We're finally here!" Ron cried out happily, jumping for joy.

"Oh, thank goodness." Waving a hand in her face to cool herself off, Hermione took in the view of the village just up ahead. "We can finally rest!"

Walking through the quiet little town, Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked for any sign of any kind of hotel or lodging for them to stay in.

"Harry." Ron started. "This town is a wizards' town, right?"

"I dunno." Harry replied. "But they accept our money. I just saw a guy handing a gallon to an old lady that was buying something."

"That's fine, then." Hermione noticed a quiet little building up ahead, with the word HOTEL printed across the top of the entrance. "Oh, there's a hotel! Let's go!" (A/N: Oh jeez….it's that Yusuke with the cave thing all over again. Except this time, it's Hermione with a hotel! …..I'm speechless….)

As the three rushed towards the hotel, none of them noticed the pair of eyes in the alleyway watching them.

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"They went in the hotel." Yusuke cheered. "I knew it!"

"Hold on, Yusuke. Do you sense anything here?" Kurama inquired.

Hiei narrowed his eyes, spotting something. He disappeared and reappeared a moment later, hand clutching the head of a demon. "Hn. Weak D-class demon. It was following the ningens."

"Urgh." Yusuke gagged. "Hiei, did you have to show us?"

"Yes." Hiei said matter-of-factly.

"Looks like they got their room. We'll wait a while, then do the same." Kurama stated patiently, stopping yet another possible fistfight.

Yusuke sank down to it cross-legged against the whitewashed wall of a small house.

"Tired?" Kurama asked, grinning down at Yusuke wolfishly. (A/N: Foxishly?)

Yusuke shrugged. "Meh. Sort of."

Hiei smirked. "Once again, you have proven yourself to be useless."

Kurama turned his head. "Let's go. It's been long enough already." He strode into the hotel, and stopped in front of the unattended counter. Yusuke, followed by Hiei, stepped beside Kurama. Yusuke reached out a hand to ring the bell, and soon, shuffling feet were heard.

"Oh, more guests?" The old man asked. Upon seeing no reaction, he reached out a hand for the money.

Kurama reached into his money pocket and pulled out the appropriate amount of money for one room. "Three beds please. It would be helpful if it is near the last room that was checked into."

"Friends?" The old man asked.

Yusuke grinned. "You could say that." After, the old man handed them the key and directed them to their room for the night.

The three Tantei arrived at an old, worn out door. Yusuke almost yanked the door off its hinges, causing Kurama to wince.

"Be careful, Yusuke." Kurama stopped at the foot of one bed. "Let's have a good night of sleep and wake up early next morning. I think taking shifts will be unnecessary, as Hiei and I will most likely wake if there is a disturbance."

"Kitsune, you know I don't sleep on these." Hiei said, kicking the bed.

"I know, but the man may have become suspicious. After all, people don't usually like sleeping on windowsills and such." Kurama gave Hiei grin. "Now rest, and tomorrow, we will once again, get started."

To BE CONTINUED…

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A/N: If you're wondering why Harry is so suspicious, just pretend that they didn't get a really clear view to the fight. He didn't like seeing the death because it reminded him too much of what happened to Dumbledore, Sirius, Lily, James, etc. Sorry this chapter took so long to update! I'll try to be faster next time! Gomen!

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