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Ravyn woke up early the next morning. She quickly got ready and started the impossible task of waking Yusuke up. She tried a multiple of things before grabbing a glass of water and pouring it onto his head. He woke up in shock and immediately shot out of bed and tackled Ravyn to the ground.
"Oof, get offa me you fat ass!" Ravyn struggled to say as he sat on her.
"You wake me up like that and you're expected to take the consequences for your actions for waking me up." He stated matter-o-factly. After his sentence the two heard clapping.
"That would have almost sounded smart if it weren't for you repeating yourself" Hiei stated from the door way. There stood Kurama and Kuwabara next to him.
"Har har." Yusuke muttered getting off of Ravyn and quickly got dressed. "okay I'm dressed let's go get some grub." He said walking past the three blocking the door way.
Before he could take more then two steps out the door Kurama grabbed a hold of his shirt and pulled him back. "Not yet Yusuke, we still need to get the money from Koenma's vault."
Yusuke moaned as his stomach growled loudly in protest. "But Kurama!" Yusuke whined defeatedly. He sighed and crossed his arms. "Fine, let's hurry before I die of hunger."
"You're not going to die of hunger brother dear." Ravyn said laughing. She was excited to go see the shopping area of the wizarding world. "Let's go!" She yelled happily and trotted down the hallway and down the stairs back into the bar that rest under the sleeping accommodations. They followed her soon after.
Ravyn met up with the owner of the Leaky Cauldron, Tom, and he showed the group the way into Diagon Alley. They thanked him and walked into the busy alley. Ravyn, along with Kuwabara, was looking through the stores with excited eyes. They hurried the others along so that they could reach the bank faster. Once at the bank Ravyn shrunk back slightly and shoved the others ahead, telling them to go on ahead with out her. They argued for a moment before they agreed on leaving her with Hiei to watch over her. They disappeared inside and Ravyn was left alone with Hiei. Ravyn leaned against one of the great pillars as she waited for the others return. Hiei had decided to lean against the building's wall, his eyes closed and his arms crossed, a few yards away from Ravyn. Ravyn sighed and kicked a loose pebble over the stairs of the bank. Because it was so early not many people were passing by her. She was happy for it. She was able to think as she waited.
About five minutes into her thinking process she was interrupted by a snobby sounding voice. She looked up and saw a male about her age with platinum blonde hair and blue eyes. She looked at him somewhat confused. "What?" She asked.
Apparently not used to repeating himself he shook his head angrily and walked off. Ravyn shrugged and pushed herself off the wall as the three boys came back out. They had several bags of what sounded like coins.
"Man you should have been there Rave. Mounds and mounds of gold and sliver and bronze coins. Koenma is stacked!" Yusuke stated happily as he threw her one of the bags of coins. She caught it and it was pretty heavy.
"Remember guys, the gold ones are galleons, the silver ones are sickles and the bronze ones are knuts. 27 knuts a sickle and 17 sickles a galleon." Kurama stated repeating the goblin that had led them to the vault. He threw a bag towards Hiei who caught it with one hand and tied it to his belt next to his katana.
Everyone nodded at Kurama's words and they headed back to the Leaky Cauldron to get some food and talk about their plans for the day. While they ate they all decided to get their wands first. Kuwabara stated about seeing a sign that had said wands when they had first entered the alley. Ravyn had already made extras of the list of items they needed and handed them to Kuwabara and Yusuke. The three would go shopping and meet the other two back at the doorway when they were finished. Meanwhile Kurama would go into Diagon alley with them and head to a book store he saw to start getting things for the class he was going to each along with Hiei. Hiei however would look for the fastest way to get to the train station and look for the barrier for platform nine and three quarters.
After they finished eating they walked to the back and into Diagon Alley. And headed for the wand shop Kuwabara had described. They found it quickly and they headed inside the small dusty store. A bell rang as they opened and closed the door.
"Uh..hello?" Kuwabara called with a shaky voice. When no one answered he calmed slightly. "Guess no ones here.-AHH" He yelled when a snaky old man appeared from what seemed like thin air. "Don't do that!" Kuwabara yelled as he hid behind Kurama.
"Don't be such a baby you fool" Hiei growled as he stood strong with his arms crossed.
The man merely laughed and walked around the counter. "Well what do we have here. Here for your wands are you. Well if course you are. Now, who's first?" He asked looking at the ground with his hands clasped in front of him. Everyone looked at him strangely before he nodded over to Yusuke. "You my young man. Come, come now. I don't bite." Yusuke stepped forward and looked at him. "Hold out your wand hand." He stated as he pulled out a tape measurer. Yusuke held out his right arm and sighed as the strange man started measuring his arm in every which way. Clearly not paying attention Yusuke didn't notice him walk towards the back and the tape measure still measuring. When he did notice he jumped slightly. The man came back with a long box and opened it revealing a wand. The tape stopped measuring and hung loosely in the air above him. "Try this, red wood with essence of a merman 7 inches. Go on, give it a flick."
Yusuke looked at him strangely before doing as he was told. For a second nothing happened, then suddenly a pot nearby exploded. Yusuke jumped and the man took the wand out of his hand. He went back to the shelves and came back with another wand. "Try this one, ebony with a single ice phoenix feather 9 inches, very powerful." Yusuke took the wand and a warm blueish glow enveloped him. "Yes that's the one. Who's next?"
Kuwabara stepped up. After 20 minutes of going through multiple wands, Kuwabara ended up with an 11 inch red wood with a single male gryphon hair. Kurama was next receiving a Rose Wood with white fox hair 10 inches. Hiei got a Black Maple dragon scale dust 9 1/2 inches. Lastly Ravyn got a Dead Wood with a falcon feather 8 inches.
"Thank you, Mr…" Ravyn stopped realizing she didn't know his name.
"Ollivanders dear." He said caringly. "That will be 7 galleons each." He stated as he walked back behind the counter. They paid him and left the store. They made sure to place their wands in a safe place before separating. Kuwabara, Yusuke and Ravyn quickly went through the list of things they needed.
A set of Robes, Casual and Dress.- which ended in Ravyn being dragged out of the store before she killed anyone.
Numerous books and writing supplies. - Completely boring, though a stack of books collapsed on Yusuke.
A cauldron and dragon scale gloves. – Not much trouble here, though Kuwabara somehow got his head stuck in one of the smaller cauldrons.
Various ingredients for potions.- Yusuke and Kuwabara had to stay outside in case they threw up from all the different body parts of different creatures that surrounded the store.
And last a pet.
They walked into the pet store and their ears were filled with many, many different sounds.
"The list says a cat a toad or an owl, but Koenma said to get whatever we might think is helpful so-" Ravyn stopped as she looked around. Neither of the two boys were with her. Kuwabara had immediately gone to the kittens picking up every which one he could get a hold of. Yusuke went to the various birds and decided on whether or not to get an owl or a phoenix egg. Ravyn however went to where they held the canines.
She looked through them and spotted something interesting. It looked like a black wolf cub but had the wings of a falcon. She took it out of its cage and held it up. "You're cute." Ravyn stated as she cradled it in her arms. It was a female. "I think you're the one." She said and started walking away when she saw a white flash. Looking back and into a cage she saw a snow white fox. Ravyn thought of Kurama and decided that he needed a friend as well. She set the flying wolf on her shoulders where is stayed and picked up the cage for the fox. She went up to the counter and went to purchase the animals when she felt something bump against her leg. Looking down she saw a small black and white kitten. She couldn't resist the little animal as it mewed and picked it up placing it with the rest of her purchases. Over all she paid 25 galleons, it included the animals and the various supplies they would need. After she finished she waited for the other two to finish outside the store petting her new friend.
Kuwabara came out soon after with various scratches on his face and a small mewing kitten in his hands. He smiled stupidly and showed Ravyn who smiled and pet the little kitten on its head. Yusuke came out holding an egg in one hand and a cage in the other that was housing a beautiful gray owl. "Heh, couldn't decide." He stated when he caught the look on Ravyn and Kuwabara's confused faces. He looked down at all the animals Ravyn bought and smirked. "Looks like I'm not the only one."
"They aren't all for me dumb ass. The fox is for Kurama and this little guy," she said holding up the small kitten, "Is for Hiei, as an apology gift. And don't laugh, this thing may look cute and cuddly but it has a good pair of jaws and claws." Ravyn said petting the kitten a little more.
They got up with all of their things and headed back to the entry way. There they met up with Kurama and Hiei. Ravyn gave Kurama the fox which he gladly took and Hiei the kitten. Hiei had looked at the kitten strangely before the little creature jumped from his grip and clawed its way to his shoulder and into his scarf. There is curled up happily and slept, its little head sticking out on to Hiei's shoulder. They had their laugh before they headed inside and into their rooms.
"Thank you for the fox Ravyn, but you really didn't have to get it." Kurama said as they all filed into Ravyn and Yusuke's room.
"Its no problem Kurama, the owner said that the fox had been there for a while and she desperately wanted to get rid of it. Besides, he reminds me of you." Ravyn said and smiled as she scratched the stomach of her own wolf-falcon breed. "What did you name him anyways?"
"Kuronue, after my partner." Kurama stated looking down at the small fox in his lap. "What about yours?"
"Nightshadow. I think is fits her." Ravyn said picking up the small pup and tossing her into the air.
"Careful sis, you don't want to break your new found toy." Yusuke said before getting hit in the face with a pillow.
"Ha Urameshi, that's what you get!" Kuwabara yelled and high-fived Ravyn.
Ravyn looked at Kuwabara and smiled. "What did you name your kitten Kuwa-kun?"
"Eriko." Kuwabara stated proudly. The kitten was curled up on his head and sleeping quietly. "What about you Urameshi?"
Yusuke sat up and pointed to the barn owl in the corner. "That's for all of us. So we can send Messages back and forth seeing as that's what these people do. I haven't decided the name of it. And this," Yusuke said tossing the phoenix egg into the air, "is going to be named when ever it hatches."
"Don't toss that thing around Yusuke, it might break. I think we should call the owl Yakima." Ravyn suggested as she got up and cooed gently to the little owl. Ravyn turned back around and glanced at Hiei. "What about you Hiei?"
"Yes Hiei, what have you called your kitten?" Kurama asked holding back his own snickers. The thought of Hiei with a kitten just tickled his brain.
"Hn." Hiei responded and glared at the kitsune.
"What kind of name is that?" Yusuke blurted out, looking at Hiei with suspicion.
Hiei glared at the detective and looked back out the window. Kurama chuckled and looked back at Ravyn who was sitting on her bed with a down cast look. He decided to leave it be for now and got up. "Its getting late, we still have many things to do before we leave for Hogwarts. I suggest we go to bed now."
"Yes mother." Yusuke groaned earning a glare from the fox. "Yea yea Kurama, we have two weeks, plenty of time. Don't worry so much. Sheesh."
"Night guys, I'll see you in the morning." Ravyn said waving them out. They left and Ravyn closed the door. "Shut up Yusuke." Ravyn said catching the look on her brother's face.
"What did I do?" He said in his most faux innocent voice he could muster. Yusuke jumped up and started running around the room as Ravyn chased him, ready to beat the crap out of him.
"You're going to die Yusuke! Again!" Ravyn yelled as the two laughed and play fought each other the way only siblings can.
For the next two weeks they talked and prepared themselves. They learned a few basic spells and planned out any responses they would need if they were asked something about their past. For the first week Hiei went out daily to the train station to see if he could find the barrier, but they gave up and decided that it was open on the day they headed for Hogwarts.
