Hi sorry it took so long really hectic life at the moment, here it is anything you don't understand anything tell me!
Thank you! to the reviewer who pointed out that kimono's aren't exclusively for girls!
Disclaimer: no own 'cause that would be wired no?
On his way back to the common room Harry's thoughts were reeling.
…Kurama is engaged to Yomi…
He rushed towards the common room, desperate to tell Ron and Hermione of this new revelation. He turned the corner sharply and collided with something.
Touya had rounded the corner looking for Kurama, he had wanted some advice as Kurama was a close friend almost, almost like a Anuue but before he could process this sudden epiphany he was knocked over by a very flustered looking Gryffindor.
"Are you alright?" the Gryffindor asked, green eyes immediately concerned, even though Touya was probably the least likely to be damaged by their collision
Touya recognised the Gryffindor, sooty black hair and eyes similar to Kurama's, with a name like a pot?
"I'm fine Potter, are you alright?" Touya asked familiar expression of icy indifference, that few could read and fewer to fluster, Jin being the only one.
The boy grinned sheepishly and said "Yeah thanks Touya!"
"Why were you running around the castle at this hour? Surely you should be with your friends?" Touya asked with a raised brow.
The boy blushed, remembering the scene he had just trespassed upon and stammered, "I was trying to get back to the common room but, I think I'll take a different root."
Touya looked at him then looked behind Harry and saw the couple and realised what had mad the poor boy so flustered, the couple embracing just out of hearing, and snorted, muttering.
"God damn Nue, can't let him anywhere near that god damned fox, if Hiei new!"
Harry felt the air chill as the petit boy muttered ominously and decided it would be a good time to disappear.
oOoOoOo
The days flew by as spring began to take over the castle grounds and it was late January when a large crash and mild cursing disturbed Harry's pleasant Saturday lunch as Hiei burst through the doors shouting
"Detective! Get your ass out side! God damn it! Kurama accepted that damned Nue's challenge!"
Yusuke promptly chocked, "What the hell he challenged him here?! Gahh that old goat, he always was impatient!" before running out.
The golden trio looked at each other, be fore running out.
Out side, amongst the carnage, stood two figures. On the far side towards the forest surrounded by red gnarled vines as thick as trees each equipped with vicious looking mouths and knife like teeth hissing an snarling at the opposing, contrasting with the almost serine looking figure, with swirling silver hair and a focused look in his golden eyes.
Opposing him, a tall figure surrounded by glowing green light, long ebony hair marred only by two sets of curling, horns now longer one set curling close to his head the other curling upwards razor sharp, reminding you of a stag's, arms tensed claws lengthened, glinting ominously, eyes still closed.
Everything was silent all the birds had already fled, the air was crisp and cold, nothing moved.
Then they vanished.
Claw met vines,
They darted and fought; endless grass blades slashed at Yomi, claws came down and slashed through curling branches. Emotions swirled between them as they fought, a battle for dominance.
Yusuke spoke quietly from behind Harry, "It's the courtship, for demon's I mean, the Alpha has to prove his strength or the Beta will never accept his suit, the Alpha has to be able to fight to protect any young and to dispute all other claims, cause any Beta worth it, has more than one suitor"
McGonagall shrieked "Courtship?! As in to Mate?! It's so bestial! What if the beta doesn't want to mate? What if the Alpha wasn't strong enough to defeat the Beta?"
Yusuke snorted, "The Alpha challenging the Beta has got to be stronger, otherwise the Beta will often kill the inadequate Alpha without question."
McGonagall looked horror stricken and looked back at the fighting demons, realising just how much hung on this one fight for the two personally.
"You said that Yomi is a Demon Lord, that by definition means that he is that strongest in his territory, does that not mean he is an S-class? The could quite easily destroy the school, let alone the country with this fight." McGonagall said tentatively.
"Don't worry, in courtship the two have their power limited so the just have enough to use their final form, this is so the alpha doesn't hurt the Beta in his demonic bloodlust"
Rita Skeeter's eyes glinted with something akin to malice; "So these two are a couple?" she said slyly, Yusuke winces already regretting he hadn't noticed her
Touya was standing on the other side of Yusuke looking agitated, soon drew their attention when he murmured quietly
"It looks like they're dancing"
The two exchanged vicious blows of varying martial arts forming an intercut dance of offence and defence, Yomi struck out with his palm, Kurama blocked effortlessly and countered with a sweeping kick, which Yomi gracefully step sided, they were now close as Kurama swung his whip of thorns and it and Yomi's glowing claws clashed.
The stayed still momentarily, before Jumping back.
Slowly the telltale mist began to form at Kurama's ankles as it swirled upwards, Yomi smirked and began to glow, and the fog around Kurama revealed his final form large, powerful paws placed threateningly, muscles tensed and rippled along powerful flanks the great jaws snapped and snarled slightly, in challenge against the Alpha, silvered fir gleamed, eyes, ruby rimmed gold fixed solely on the glowing form of its challenger.
Yusuke murmured, "This'd be the first time I've seen goat face's final form" He grinned at placed his hands behind his head "This'll be fun!"
The glow began to brighten forcing Harry to look away to shield his eyes, when it reseeded, the sight left Harry in awe.
The beast had the muscle and torso of a lion, the back legs were that of a goat and a long flicking tail of a lion, great curling horns protruded from the ebony and gold laced mane. Three sets of ears twitched slightly as the forelimbs flexed revealing, knife like claws that looked primed to tear through flesh, that gleamed.
They both began to circle each other Yomi's slightly larger form, circling Kurama's graceful one, long tail flicking behind him, growling almost playfully he pounced.
The two beasts wrestled and fought, the fox kicked upwards, and tackled the larger form and the finally the larger form of Yomi pinned down the smaller form and snarled, slowly lowering his snarling muzzle to Kurama's neck, Kurama snarled but after the warning growl from Yomi finally bared his throat, the great Nue grinned down at the Youko before getting off and helping the silvered fox up. Nuzzling the fox slightly before glowing and returning to his first form followed by Kurama.
The two demons stood there facing each other with gentle smiles. Before Yomi offered his hand and Kurama accepted.
oOoOoOo
The castle buzzed, and especially since Rita Skeeter's article, it was Valentine's Day before Harry had realised, Harry stumbled to the Gryffindor table, sleepily rubbing the remains of slumber from his eyes when the post arrived, or rather a swarm of read and pink envelopes with wings arrive caring chocolates, Kurama paled considerably.
Thus the swarm made its way to Gryffindor table, swarming the toast and marmalade Harry had on his plate, Kurama spotted one from his mother and on from his brother as usual amongst the mass of confectionary, and then tensed in fear and agitation as the black crow descended.
The crow landed atop the pile of letters, it's gnarled feet clawing the soft paper, it's red eyes turned to Kurama and let a single black rose with bloody thorns fall from its beak,
…You're my obsession…
Kurama stilled as he realised the meaning of the flower, then snarled slightly in disgust at the flower before producing a seed, it grew quickly to a white rose but then withered and aged, he then gave the dried white rose to the bird, which flew off.
…Death is preferable to the loss of virtue….
Kurama then sniffed dismissively and turned back to his conversation.
That evening Yomi came to Gryffindor tower, and excused himself and Kurama.
As they walked across the grounds the cold clear night having no effect on the two, Kurama asked, "Where are we going Yomi?"
Yomi smiled and turned to him slightly, taking the ruby headed boy's hand he said, "You will see, but close your eyes."
Kurama stayed silent but his eyes, closed as his mind burned with curiosity as his intended led him towards the lake.
When they reached the lake Yomi turned Kurama in his desired direction and wrapped his arms around him, he whispered, "Open your eyes"
The sight that greeted Kurama took his breath away, a moon lit shore lined with blooming cherry blossom trees, petals floated gently in the wind, brushing the picnic set out before the largest cherry blossom tree, beautiful, but it was not this romantic venue bathed in moonlight that took his breath away,
Yomi was looking at him, with his eyes open,
Seeing him.
Electric blue lined with vibrant purple, stared at him, smiling and filled with warm affection, so contrasting for the stoic warlord.
"Yomi…" Kurama breathed, spellbound to the gaze that he had never thought he would see again.
Crystalline tears rolled down his cheeks as he gazed at his intended, meeting the mesmerizing gaze he though he had ruined when he had punished Yomi for his recklessness, by blinding him.
The Nue gentle touched Kurama's wet cheek, embraced him and murmured softly,
"Happy Valentines day…."
oOoOoOo
The week soon slipped by, and it turned out Kurama wasn't the only one to receive a Valentines Day present, Jin had Challenged Touya and was now courting him, with vibrant displays of affection, much to the embarrassed Ice Masters displeasure.
Soon the Second task loomed and Harry when Hermione this she had shrieked,
"You told me you had figured the clue out weeks ago Harry!"
He had replied with guilty apology and asked her for her help.
"Fine! Go get the egg, I'll get Ron and we will go to the library."
Harry had nodded and fetched the golden egg, in the library; the librarian had stepped out for a moment and glared at them suspicious, before leaving.
"Open the egg Harry." Hermione commanded
Harry protested not wanting to hear the garish shrieking, but obeyed under the stern glare, and remorsefully opened the egg.
At once the cacophonous shrieking filled the room prompting the few students to leave or wince visibly.
Harry quickly shut the egg, and whirled around as he herd Kurama's amused voice.
"Please don't open that egg again in here, Meremish songs are grating at best above water"
Harry's eyes widened at the revelation "Mermish?! Hang on above water?" his eyebrows furrowed in thought.
Kurama merely smiled and walked away waving slightly
The golden trio immediately ran to the abandoned girls bathroom on the second floor and filled the sink with water, Myrtle floated over head gloomily and pointed out that Cedric Diggory had done the same thing and that there was a bit of Polly juice floating around in the U-bends. When the trio couldn't here the song she told Harry to put his ear under the water, as he did so beautiful music floated to his ears:
'Come seek us where our voices sound,
We cannot sing above the ground,
And while your searching ponder this:
We've taken what you'll sourly miss,
An hour long you'll have to look,
And recover what we took,
But past an hour – the prospect's black,
Too late, it's gone, it won't come back.'
He relayed the song to Hermione who frantically wrote it down, and frog marched them back to the library to do research, myrtle left forgotten.
oOoOoOo
Harry was woken by dobby, from a night mare on the mourning of the task Hermione and Ron had disappeared earlier, his stomach froze as he realised it was the day of the tournament and he had no way to breath underwater, when the green elf squeaked that he had a solution, ha realised that he had said his thoughts out load and he was desperate enough to believe a house elf.
Dobby thrust the slimy green seaweed like leaves into his hands, and told him "Glillly weed will give Harry Potter sir 1 hour under the water. Because Harry Potter must do the task to get back his Wheezy-"
"My what?" Harry asked confused but grateful nonetheless,
"Your Wheezy sir, the Wheezy that gave Dobby his jumper!"
"Wait they've got Ron?" Harry asked disbelievingly
"Yes sir so Harry Potter sir must eat this and save his Wheezy"
Harry looked at the slimy coils in his hand despairingly and decided he didn't have a choose he then raced out of the library and down to the lake but not before shouting "THANKS DOBBY!"
He arrived at the Lake just in time and stood next to Kurama, who now already in hi swimming trunks and t-shirt, looking rather cold, and Harry noticed as they lined up on the shore he had a sort of tattoo on his collar bone that hi caught a glimpse of as Kurama swallowed a seed, it was some sort of crest, but it was quickly dismissed as Kurama's throat began to bleed suddenly.
A red and maroon flower burst from the open wound, green leaves and vines grew almost instantaneously and wound its way around the wincing boys throat to form a sort of intercut collar.
When the med witch who had been as startled as Harry appeared he smiled and tried to Makai Water Lilly, it replaces the respiratory system by photosynthesis, the fox would never do anything to harm his health, nor would His mate Yomi or I let him"
Harry's mind was soon distracted when the starting cannon was fired and he swallowed the rubbery plant, cringing and shivering he dived into the freezing dark waters.
He swam down through the dark depths, a new world revealed to him, the kelp shivered as he swam past the ripples disturbing there sleep, the silvered fish shoaled unafraid, as he swam.
Soon he came upon the Mermaid settlement and there in the centre was tied 5 forms, he then spotted the first mermaid he had ever seen, they were fish-like and almost skeletal, they screamed of the mysteries of the deep, at the same time they were beautiful but terrifying and at the moment cooing over the flower around (or in) Kurama's neck, he was speaking in the same voice as them, it sounded almost like bubbles or the crash of waves, he was patiently trying to tell them that he had to go, his red hair spilling out of the loose plat which only served to attract more of the mermaids, attention as the played with it.
In the end it was Harry's presence that served enough distraction for him to escape their grasp, he swam over to Yomi who was bound and appeared to be sleeping as all the hostages were, Harry recognised Cho Chang, Ron, Hermione and Yomi but did not recognise the young girl with silver hair.
Kurama produced a wicked looking knife from a sheath attached to his leg, and mouthed "from Hiei", Harry shivered in thought of what the vertically challenged male would have done with that knife but smiled in thanks when Kurama offered the knife to him gripping Yomi's robes tightly, he Mouthed "keep it" as he swam upwards, with Yomi but not before Being intercepted by some mermaid children, who stole Yomi and swam off laughing, Kurama swam after them, and retrieved Yomi, and reassured the children's mother that he was alright then proceeded to sweat drop as the two children were scolded by their mother, before swimming off to the surface.
Whilst this strange scene happened Krum had swam past grabbed Hermione, by biting through the cord tethering her to the lake bed, with his strange half transfiguration of a shark.
Cedric had also appeared and swam off with Cho, but no Fleur, harry looked around, the merefolk had been scared off, so with resolution he cut through the cord tethering the girl and swam with her and Ron towards the surface.
As he swam he suddenly felt a Gryndilow grab his ankle he couldn't reach his wand, so he released Ron and the girl and let them float towards the surface and reached for his wand, he could feel the Gillyweed wearing off as he fired a spell at the Gryndilow and desperately swam to the surface.
Cold clean air soothed the burn in his lungs as he gasped and floundered, before a strong hand helped him out, it was Kurama wrapped in a towel, and bandages round his neck. The flower had been removed Harry thought dimly.
Soon as his foot brushed solid ground, he was whisked away by madam Pomfrey, wrapped in a towel and forced a steaming cup of pepper-up potion. Dimly aware as the judges deliberated the scores, he was soon tackled by a teary Fleur who was speaking in a sort of hurried cross of French, English and hysterical sobs:
"Merci! Merci beaucoup! Ze Gryndilow's …zey… I thought oh Gabrielle I thought!"
She then broke down hugging her little sister tightly.
Hermione then congratulated him saying, "Well done Harry! Though I must say did you see Kurama's solution? They just took the flower out madam Pomfrey went spare! He was about to just rip it out! It was a beautiful flower though!"
She quieted after the speakers crackled; the voice announced the scores With Cedric coming in first, Kurama and Harry coming in second, Krum third and fleur last.
Sorry its kinda short!
i' am now off to slave over a sewing machine to make plushies for my friends Christmas presents T__T
Ta~teacups