A/N- Well, It's been awhile. I won't bother with excuses, but I have news. I've improved! Chyea. /Me./ Well, considering that it's been about six months; I'm going to need a new beta reader. And I'm thinking about rewriting this story, and just tearing down what I have before, to make it better. What do you think? But unfortunately, I might not be able to get a review up for a bit. I'm moving out on Christmas day, thus it will be a bit hard to juggle this with all the other chaos right now. But I'll find a way. Thank you to all who have stuck with me these already) two years.
On September first, Hiei Kurama, and Yukina were gathered together at the London station. After that hectic day in Diagon Alley, the trio had learned just /who/ Harry Potter was. But, like always, it was take a lot to get Hiei worried about anything. This Voldemort just sounded like a coward, hiding behind stupid men in masks to Hiei. But his opinion, unfortunately, didn't really change the situation, which was the fact that Voldemort was set on killing Harry. Which is why they were here on the first place, to guard that prat.
But there was one other problem at hand: Platform nine and three quarters didn't exist.
There were only a few minutes to eleven o'clock, and Harry, Hermione, Ron, or Nina were nowhere in sight. "Will we miss the train…?" Yukina asked, worry clouding her voice. "No, no, they said they were meet us here, somewhere….Hiei, maybe there is some trick to getting on the platform, can you see anything?
Hiei just shook his head quietly, feeding his new kitten, which he had named Ashi, bits of rice. Her name meaned darkness, hatred, evil, ect. And it seemed to fit the kitten, in an ironic kind of way.
"Kurama! Yukina!" They suddenly turned, hearing their names called out, seeing a short, brown thing racing toward them. It was the girl, Hermione. "So sorry we're late, we all overslept!" She rambled on with her excuses, while Hiei blocked her out again, along with Kurama who was now saying it was alright, they hadn't been waiting for long, as he continued to feed Ashi bits of rice.
The other two boys approached, looked hassled, as if they had just rolled out of bed, along with another girl, younger, and what appeared to be the boy named Ron's mother and father. "Oh, were these the students you mentioned, Ron?" The mother asked, her eyes wide with surprise.
"Yea…" Ron muttered, looking away shamefully. Harry also seemed to be ignoring all of this, Hiei noted, craning his neck, and looking over people's heads. So Hiei wasn't the only looking for Nina, it seemed. "Harry, can't you stop thinking about her for /one second/?" Ron asked, angrily.
Harry nudged him, hard, and settled down, his eyes still darting around though. Hiei smirked. Nina could have that effect on some people.
"Well, come on, come on, we can't miss the train.." The mother muttered under her breath, herding them all toward the solid wall between platforms nine and ten. "Er..There is no platform nine and ten, miss…." Kurama said, confusion masking his normally calm face. "Oh! Dumbledore didn't tell you? Well, just watch. Ginny and Hermione can show you…"
They watched as the two girls ran at the wall, Yukina's hand flying to her mouth in shock. Then, they disappeared. Hiei, of course, knew there was a portal there the whole time. He just wanted to merely stall, and see if Nina would show or not. He could finally sense her, but knew she was hiding, simply to see how to get on the platform.
After thanking the woman, Hiei, Kurama and Yukina ran at the barrier, and got onto the platform, finally. Last minute arrivals were herding their own children onto the train, as Ron, Ginny, Hermione, and Harry all said goodbye to the mother and father. Kurama, Hiei, and Yukina were already loading their things onto the train; having found an empty compartment, by the time the other trio had found them.
Once the six of them were settled, petty talk about Hogwarts, classes, and such started, while Hiei sat quietly next to the window, Ashi mewing quietly in his lap. "Is there room for one more…?" A soft voice asked, opening the compartment door, and before Hiei even looked, he knew it was her. Nina stood there, clutching her small trunk in one hand, and an owl cage in the other, with a purely black owl with blue eyes peered out at them. A white shirt, plain, and the same black jeans hugged her small body tightly, as her cold gaze shifted around the room.
Hiei took in Harry's look of pure delight, Hermione's and Kurama's similar smirk, Ron's eye brow raise, and Yukina's simply smile, but allowed himself to show no emotion as her gaze landed on him, and stayed there, her cold blue eyes locked fiercely with his fiery red ones.
"Of course.", Kurama said, getting up, and sitting next to Hermione instead, leaving her a seat in between Hiei and Harry. Brilliant.
Harry's green eyes excitedly followed Nina as she came and sat down next to him after storing her trunk and owl. Her gave her a small smile, which she returned, in a weary sort of way. Nina had been all he could ever think about lately. He couldn't help it. He was hooked. He didn't love her, they had only met five days previously, but it was far more than lust. This much he knew.
Next thing he saw was something that has taken him quite by surprise was Nina's small form coming up to meet his ear. She spoke so quietly, even Harry could barely hear her, but it was also sort of hard to concentrate, what with the spine tingling sensation she was already giving him.
"Meet me in the empty compartment next to this one in three minutes."
"If you'll excuse me for a moment, I need to use the bathroom…", Nina said, in that soft voice of hers, and without another word, she stood, threw Harry a look over her shoulder and left, sliding the door shut quietly behind her.
A/N- Well, this was a longish chapter. Remember, I need Betas!!!
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