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"Well", Harry mused, on the way to break fast, it had been an interesting morning
xXx Flash back xXx
As light filtered through the windows, the first thing harry noticed was that it was cold, very cold.
It was the kind of cold that makes you sluggish, so much so you can't even be bothered to put on a jumper to stop you from being cold.
There also seemed to be a commotion (if the raised voices were anything to go by)
This got his attention
The next thing Harry noticed was, there were snowflakes falling softly on his eyelids.
He wondered vaguely if he had gone to sleep outside, then remembered that September was to early for snow.
And so his curiosity got the better off him (as it had been proven to do in the past) and he got up, pushing back the curtains around his four-poster bed, he saw something odd.
It was snowing inside.
Apparently Hiei didn't appreciate snow, judging from the numerous death threat's being posed onto Touya who appeared responsible.
Harry watched as the argument progressed.
Touya evidently angered by something Hiei said (though Harry couldn't be sure as the were speaking in a guttural language that sounded vaguely oriental) made the first move.
Touya's hand began to glow faintly and the snowflakes began to flurry and swirl around it to slowly revealed what appeared to be a blade made of ice.
Hiei rising to the challenge reached to his own hip and grasped onto the handle of a sword that rested there.
The Gryffindor boys alarmed (and somewhat bemused as to how Hiei had even snuck the sword in) attempted to intervene.
They never had the chance.
As soon as Hiei, and Touya had lunged for each other. Kurama had appeared.
Lightning fast Kurama had caught Touya's blade (the freezing ice seemingly had no affect on his hand) and had stilled Hiei's hand on his sword by restraining his wrist.
The tension was thick.
Slowly and meaningfully he released them. Touya's sword shattering harmlessly.
The two boy's released looked like little children that had been caught one hand in the biscuit tin or as close too as these two stoic boys could manage, they winced as though expecting some form of grievous punishment.
Kurama advanced bringing his arm's up…….
And flicked them on the fore head .
The tension broke.
Every one laughed
Kurama chuckled amused at there expressions. Then smiled sweetly
"you will spare with me later, won't you Hiei, Touya?
The said boy's paled considerably.
xXx End Flashback xXx
By the time they sat down (the goblet looming over them all from its place at the teachers table) Harry was dragged from his daydream by Yusuke and Jin's ear-splitting laughter. Harry mused silently on how comfortable he felt around these mysterious student's after only one night.
"Hiei your doomed what 'cha think Kurama will do to 'em!? Think he'll make their deaths quick and merciful? "
They looked at each other , then burst out laughing
"Nahhh"
"It can't be that bad. He wouldn't kill them , would he?"
"err.. no, probably not, I don't think so…."
They looked at each other nervously.
"Err maybe…"
The conversation was dropped awkwardly as Kurama arrived with the twin's and Lee Jordan ( who he was sharing a dorm with) and sat down elegantly.
The conversation quickly turned to prank's.
"Nahh Filch's expression was still best!"
"No way ! McGonagall's was-"
"-better when you-"
"-bewitched her specks!"
Yusuke interrupted loudly
" Nahh when Kurama dyed old goat face's hair pink ruled!"
Kurama smirked roguishly when all eye's turned to the demure red head with questioning eyes.
"I was board" he said simply, with a shrug. "Besides , you really shouldn't refer to Yomi as 'old goat face' he a Lord of Makai don't forget Yusuke. "
"So.. the reason you died his hair pink?"
Kurama pouted slightly earning swoons from half the female population.
" Keep in mind that Yomi and I have been friends for longer than you could speak Yusuke. That and he replaced all my Yukata with Kimono!"
Kurama smiled serenely
"what was worse is that we had a gala that evening and he would not give them back."
"Yoo- kah-taa? Kee-mee- no? what are they?" asked Hermione (who had been once again reading a great tomb of Arithmancy) she struggled with the pronunciations.
"Kimono and Yukata and they are Japanese traditional clothing."
Kurama smiled effortlessly correcting the English pronunciation.
"The Yukata is worn by males to festival's and events whereas the kimono's are-"
Kurama blushed demurely .
"-worn by females ! " Yusuke grinned slyly "You looked very pretty Kurama." He battered his eyelashes at him.
Kurama glared . Hiei chuckled evilly "You shouldn't do that detective, our dear Lord Yomi wouldn't be too happy if you courted his beloved fox."
Yusuke snickered and Kurama exclaimed indignantly blushing furiously.
"Oh" said Jin mock wide eyed "so that's why he always whisks you away to his palace" (Harry noticed that for a Japanese student that he had an Irish accent)
"JIN!" Kurama looked mortified. Whilst the table chorused with laughter at poor Kurama's expense.
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As the twin's, lee Jordan and Kurama sat down to Defence Against The Dark Arts, they noticed that the old projector had been set up.
Soon Professor Moody burst in his electric blue eye pinpointing Kurama.
"So you're the boy master Genkai said would help me in my lesson's 'ay?"
He said gruffly and stood as if sizing Kurama up for some life threatening test.
"I suppose you'll do, but you'd expect someone with experience with demon's to be a bit less scrawny," he scowled darkly as Kurama replied.
"I can assure you, that I am quite capable, but if you still have doubts then you are more than welcome to watch a spar between me and Hiei some time, we'll make sure to put on a good show. "
Kurama smiled pleasantly his tone of voice calm and subdued.
Moody grinned lopsidedly, which only served to make his knarred face all the more terrifying.
" oh I'm sure, you will my boy. Oh I'm sure you will!"
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As the evening came to choose the champions, (as everyone eligible had already put there name's in and those who tried to bend the age limit (such as the Weesly twins) had already received a fine old beard and were confined to the hospital wing until madam Pomfry saw to them).
"Ooh look it's them." Whispered Hermione
The Durmstrang party were walking up towards the castle from the lake (As that's were they were staying, as the Beauxbatons were staying in there carriage, though they had already entered the castle).
Victor Krum was walking side by side with Karkaroff, and the other Durmstrang students were straggling along behind them. Ron watched Krum excitedly, but Krum did not look around as he reached the front doors a little ahead of Hermione, Ron and Harry, and proceeded through them.
When they entered the candlelit Great Hall it was almost full. The goblet of fire had been moved; it was now standing in front of Dumbledore's empty chair at the teachers' table.
Everyone was sitting in the great hall, Durmstrang at Slytherin, Beauxbatons at Ravenclaw and the strange Asian students at Gryffindor.
Fred and George – clean shaven-seemed to have taken their disappointment fairly well.
"Hope its Angelina," said Fred, as Harry, Ron and Hermione sat down.
"So do I!" said Hermione breathlessly. "Well we'll soon know!"
The feast seemed to take longer, than usual, and judging from the craning of neck's (and a curse or two muttered by Yusuke) and the impatient face's of everyone as well as the fidgeting and the standing up to see if Dumbledore had finished was proof that everyone only had one thing on their mind's.
"Well the Goblet is almost ready to make its decision," said Dumbledore. "I estimate that it requires one more minuet. Now when the champions' names are called, I would ask them please, to come up to the top of the Hall, walk along the staff table, and go through into the next chamber" –he indicated the door behind the staff table- "where they will be receiving their first instructions."
Most of the candle's were extinguished by a wave of Dumbledore's wand, plunging them into semi-darkness. The goblet now sparkling brighter than anything else began to spark violently.
"Any second now," Jin mumbled two seats away from Harry.
The flames inside the goblet turned red suddenly, a tongue of flam emerged and brought with it a piece of charred paper.
Dumbledore read out loud " The Champion for Durmstrang, will be Viktor Krum!"
"No surprise there!" Yelled Ron over the deafening applause, as Krum swept past the teachers table and out the door.
The flames of the Goblet began to spark and turn red again.
Once again a piece of paper emerged.
"The champion for Beauxbatons, will be – Fleur Delacour!"
"Its her, Ron!" Harry exclaimed as the Veela like girl swept up between the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff tables.
The goblet glowed again.
"Our champion, for our resident Youkai will be- Kurama of the Kitsune!"
Yusuke and the other's cheered loudly as did the female populace, as Kurama swept gracefully up the Hall ,smiling slightly and out the door.
"And the final champion, the champion of Hogwarts will be…. Cedric Diggory!"
Cedric made his way past grinning broadly.
"Excellent! Well now that we have our four champion's off to bed! I expect all of you to be cheering your peers on with all the gusto you can mus-"
His speech was interrupted as the goblet glowed again.
He read the parchment and read out .
"Harry Potter"
"I didn't put my name in," he said blankly eyes wide in shock.
McGonagall called his name again.
"Go on" encouraged Hermione, giving Harry a slight push.
Harry felt his ears burn in shame, as he was summoned to the front of the Hall. All eyes on him, as he trudged past the teachers table, jealous murmurings following him.
As he entered the room for champions, eyes turned to him questioningly
Cedric and Kurama sat in chairs by the fire, as did Fleur, whilst Krum was standing imperiously.
"What is it?" Fleur said "do zey want us back in ze 'all?"
She thought he had come to deliver a message Harry though dumbly
Kurama razed an eyebrow at him knowingly.
Suddenly the Judges and the heads of the schools burst in and a fierce argument broke out between them.
Eventually Genkai put and end to it.
"There is no way, potter could 'ave put his name in that Goblet and he's not exactly someone who could have persuaded an older student-"
Harry blushed embarrassed
"- That mean's that someone with a lot of power, enough to bewitch that Goblet, put potters name in and unluckily for you potter that mean's your our fifth champion!"
Harry exclaimed "but I don't-"
Kurama interrupted him gently " I'm afraid Harry that there's no going back for you, its not a matter of wanting to continue, you must. "
Harry deflated.
Kurama addressed the adults
"I'm sure must have lot's to discuss, we shall be off to bed as we are all exhausted after a long day, please excuse us."
Kurama smiled politely and keeping one hand on Harry's shoulder steering him as they left.
Madam looked distinctly ruffled by the fact a student had made her seem like a fool, whilst Karkaroff turned a vibrant shade of mauve in his anger. They both turned and left their champions following.
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on the way up to the dorm Harry managed to get his wit's in order enough to say:
"I didn't put may name in, I don't want this-"
Kurama smiled comfortingly and said:
"I know I would have been able to tell if you were lying, but Harry keep your wits about you, I have a feeling that someone made you a champion on purpose but their motives, are as yet, unclear."
Harry nodded seriously
"Don't worry." Kurama said encouragingly "I will be here as will the others, you won't be alone"
All in all i had writers block all throughout this chapter sooo i'm not to happy with it1
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