Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ A Grim's Promise ❯ Chapter Eight ( Chapter 9 )

Disclaimer: I don't own the Harry Potter books or Yu Yu Hakusho

Summary: Two years before his death a powerful psychic made Sirius a promise. Now Genkai and Yusuke travel to London to keep it and throw the British magical community for a loop.

Warnings: Swearing and a squick warning for Harry's vision and the conversation after it. It put me off my breakfast when I wrote it but that might be because I had to picture it to write it.

A/N: This chapter goes from light fluffy funny stuff to squickness and back again. You have been warned.

A Grim's Promise

Chapter Eight

July 5th

Harry hated portkeys for two simple reasons. One; they tended to take him to or out of very bad situations and two; because the pulling sensation they caused in his stomach always caused him to lose his balance. International portkeys turned out to be even worse. So it wasn't too big of a surprise to him that the exact second they landed in Japan he fell right off his trunk and landed face first on the ground, dropping Hedwig's cage. However, it was a surprise when he pulled Yusuke down with him.

"Yusuke, get off! You're going to squish me!" Harry yelled, sighing in relief when Yusuke grunted and rolled off him. He was heavy. The relief disappeared when he saw a flash of light and heard a whirring sound from a camera. Four years of avoiding Colin Creevey kicked in as he shot up into a sitting position, looking around frantically for the source. He relaxed when he saw it was just a small teenaged girl with blue-green hair. She was giggling at him and Yusuke as she spoke with Genkai. Harry quickly let Hedwig out of her cage and started laughing when Hedwig flew over to Yusuke and pecked his hand before flying off to sleep on the temple roof.

"Yeah, yeah, laugh it up while you can. I'll just add that to my pay back for the tail." Yusuke said as he stood up, yawning. He held his hand out to help Harry up.

Harry grabbed Yusuke's hand and let him pull him up. He quickly let go when his snake shot his head out and started hissing threats of revenge at the other teen. He pulled the snake off his arm and held it up to his face.

"If you even think about doing anything that you just said I will lock you in a room with Hana and let her nuzzle you to death, got it?" Harry said in Parseltongue. The snake quickly hissed his apologies and Harry let it slither up to curl around his arm again. He looked back at Yusuke and blinked at the look on his face. "What?"

Yusuke grinned. "That snake is the best investment I've ever made. It is so going to freak Kuwabara out! Come on, I want to introduce you to Yukina before we pass out. Grab Hana for me." Ignoring the other teen's protests, he picked up Harry's trunk and began walking up the steps towards the living area of the temple. He slid the door open. "Go on, short people first." He said with a smirk.

"Which way I'm I supposed to go?" Harry asked, glaring at him. He was only four inches shorter than Yusuke.

"Turn right then keep heading down the hall. I'm pretty sure Yukina and Genkai are standing outside your room."

"Fine," Harry muttered and carried Hana, Hedwig's cage and the snake inside.

As soon as Harry was in the hall and out of sight Yusuke turned around to look at a certain tree. He waved at Hiei and silently mouthed a question. He smirked when Hiei nodded and darted out of the tree, heading towards the college. Tonight was going to be fun.

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Kurama was staring at his history professor, doing his best to stay awake. But he was quickly losing the battle. The woman's monotone voice could make the most exciting wars sound more boring than watching paint dry. He looked at Kuwabara and Keiko, who were a few rows down, and tried not to laugh. Keiko had turned on her tape recorder and the two were asleep, leaning against each other so they didn't fall out of their chairs. Kurama looked at the professor then back at Keiko's tape recorder. Hoping Kuwabara's snoring didn't drown out the taped lecture Kurama rested his head on his arms, facing the window. As soon as he closed his eyes he heard Hiei's voice in his head.

"Before I left the detective wanted me to tell you he's back."

Keeping his head down, Kurama opened his eyes slightly and looked out the small window. He found the fire demon sitting in a tree not to far away. "You're leaving already?"

"I was only here because you and the idiot let Yukina leave the temple with out an escort. Shizuru doesn't count, even if she is strong for a human female."

Kurama sighed softly, feigning disappointment. "I'll tell Yukina you won't be there for dinner then. It's too bad though. She had Kuwabara and I pick up an ice cream cake yesterday for dessert tonight." Hiei's sweet tooth made this almost too easy.

Hiei was silent for a minute. "What flavor?"

"The outside is vanilla and the inside has chocolate. I believe the bottom is made of cookie crumbs." Kurama smiled, being careful to hide it from the fire demon.

"Fine, I'll stay until tonight." Hiei said grumpily. Kurama was almost asleep before Hiei spoke again. "I believe you're going to like this boy."

Kurama blinked sleepily, trying to process what his friend had just said. "Why do you say that?"

Hiei's mental voice was smug. "You'll understand when you meet him fox." He cut the connection to Kurama's mind and began heading back to the temple.

"Hiei?" When he didn't respond Kurama sat up and looked out the window, scanning the trees. But he was too late; the small demon was long gone.

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Harry put his hand over his mouth and tried not to throw up when two masked Death Eaters dragged in Bellatrix Lestrange. He backed up against the wall in a futile attempt to get away from the smell and sight of the insane woman. Both her arms were broken in numerous places as were her legs. Between that and the burns and knife wounds Harry was pretty sure she would never walk again. But the worst part in Harry's opinion was her face. There were shallow cuts in odd geometric patterns surrounding her eyes. He gagged when the smell of feces, urine and infection spread through out the room. He looked away from the woman and wondered how she had survived so far.

Voldemort stood up from his chair and walked over to the woman. "I did warn you my dear Bella. I told you after your horrible performance at the ministry that I would tolerate no more disobedience or failures." He lifted her chin to look at her face, gently brushing her hair away from her face. He chuckled when she opened her mouth to whimper in pain. "My poor, poor Bella. I should have known Azkaban had broken you." Voldemort let go of her chin and stepped back. He raised his wand and pointed it at the woman. The Death Eaters who had been holding her up until now dropped her on the floor and stepped back. "I've always wondered how long it would take someone to die just using the Cruciatus curse. Shall we find out? Crucio!"

Harry's screams started the exact second the curse hit Bellatrix.

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Yusuke shot up and tossed his blankets aside when he heard the screams coming from the room next to his. Seconds later he was racing out of his room to see Harry running into the small bathroom across the hall. He went in after him to find him kneeling over the toilet throwing up what looked like dinner and lunch from the day before. Not knowing what else to do, he grabbed a wash cloth and soaked it in some cool water from the sink. He wrung it out and knelt down next to the other teen. Yusuke pulled Harry's hair off his neck and put the wash cloth there. "Are you alright?" Yusuke asked as he rubbed the boy's back.

"No." Harry groaned as he reached up to flush the toilet.

Yusuke looked up when he heard footsteps and shook his head at the girl at the door, letting Yukina know he'd handle this. He had a feeling this wasn't something she should hear. She looked worriedly at the sick boy but turned to leave. Yusuke turned his attention back at Harry. "Are you going to be alright?"

Harry nodded weakly as he sat back from the toilet. He pulled the wash cloth off his neck and used it to wipe off his face. He stared at it in shock when he saw the blood on it. Yusuke reached out to turn Harry's face towards him when he saw the blood but Harry slapped his hand away and scooted back against the wall. "Don't!" Harry closed his eyes and leaned against the wall, trying to block out the image of Voldemort's hand reaching out for Bellatrix in the exact same way.

"Okay." Yusuke dropped his hand and sighed, looking at the blood smeared around the pale pink scar. It didn't appear to be bleeding anymore. He scooted over next to Harry and slowly put his arm around him, pulling him into a half hug. "I know this is going to sound lame, but do you want to talk about it?"

Harry snorted a weak laugh as he leaned against Yusuke. "Besides Dumbledore, you're the first person to ask me that and sound like you mean it. Most people don't want to know."

"I've seen some pretty freaky shit. I figure I can take it." Yusuke shrugged. "Besides it might help if you talk about it."

"Just remember, you asked." Harry stared at the floor. "Voldemort was having a meeting or something when he had Bellatrix brought in. She had burns and knife wounds everywhere. Her legs were broken in at least six different places that I could see. And her arms were just as bad. I think I saw a bone sticking out of one. There was pus and blood clotted around it so I couldn't really tell." He pushed down the bile that rose in his throat when he remembered the smell. "She was covered in shit. I think they had actually rubbed it into her wounds. Some of the wounds on her legs were already swollen from infection and leaking pus. And her face was absolutely the worst thing I've ever seen." Yusuke waited quietly until he started speaking again. "It…it wasn't really a face anymore. He had done something to her eyes; she couldn't open them. And coming out from her eyes were these really, really freaky patterns that someone had carved with a knife. The cuts were leaking pus everywhere."

When Harry stopped talking again Yusuke waited a while before speaking. "There's more isn't there?"

"Yeah." Harry took a deep breath and sighed. "Voldemort told her that he had warned her not to fail him again. Then he said something about wanting to know how long it took for someone to die under the Cruciatus curse. He cast it on her and didn't stop. That's when I woke up." He shuttered in remembered pain. "I've been on the receiving end of that curse; it hurts like hell but it doesn't actually wound you if you're under it for a short period of time. But it will eventually fry your nervous system if you're left under it too long. She isn't going to die anytime soon."

"Damn." Yusuke whispered softly.

"You know what the worst part is? In a round about way it's my fault she's going to die like that. If I hadn't fallen for Voldemort's fake visions then she never would have lost her position as his favorite and gone after Dean like she did." Harry reached up and rubbed at his scar to wipe off the blood. He didn't notice that it no longer hurt when he touched it. "I wanted her to hurt for killing Siri but I didn't want this. I never wanted something like this."

Yusuke pulled him into a full hug when he started to cry. He quietly rubbed his back and let him cry himself out. When Harry finally calmed down Yusuke pulled back and ran a hand through his hair, sighing. "Well, I don't think we're going to be getting more sleep anytime soon so why don't you take a shower and get dressed. I think I have a good way to take you're mind off that dream. Okay?" When Harry nodded he got up off the floor and started for the door.

"Hey Yusuke."

Yusuke looked back into the bathroom. "Yeah?"

"Thanks for listening."

"No problem. Just hurry up and get ready, they open in twenty minutes. I am so going to kick your ass at Mortal Kombat." He grinned at Harry before he walked off down the hall. His smile faded as he walked past his room and took a right at the end of the hall and walked down another short hall into the kitchen. He knocked lightly on the wall to get Yukina's attention. She closed the freezer door and put something down on the counter before turning to look at him. Yusuke mentally winced when he saw the pale green tinge her skin had taken.

"You stayed." It wasn't a question but she nodded anyways. "Damn it Yukina! Why?" He leaned against the wall and crossed his arms, waiting for an explanation.

Yukina sat down at the small table resting her head in her hands. "I could feel it while he was dreaming Yusuke. I couldn't tell where it was coming from but I could feel the pain. I…I just wanted to make sure he was okay." She sighed softly before lifting her head up to look at him. "You don't mind having chicken tonight do you? I don't think I can deal with steak after hearing that."

"No, I think that would be a good idea actually." Yusuke shook his head, smiling slightly at the way she changed subjects. Sometimes he forgot that she was stronger than she looked. He looked at the clock by the window. "Genkai still up on the mountain meditating?"

Yukina nodded. "Yes, but I believe she'll be back in time for dinner. Why?"

"I just wanted to ask her something." He looked at her seriously. "Are you going to be alright here by yourself? I think he needs to get out of here and go do something for a while. And I know I'm not getting back to sleep."

Yukina nodded to the window, looking at the trees. "Hiei's outside so I'm not alone. Go on, get out of here." She stood up and shooed him from the kitchen. "Be back by seven, dinner should be ready by then."

"Gotcha, dinner at seven." Yusuke said as he left. He stuck his head back in a second later. "Hey, if the guys get here before we do…"

"I'll let them know you're at the arcade."

"Thanks Yukina." He heard the shower stop running and took off down the hall to go get dressed.

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"Why are you two so curious about this kid?" Keiko asked as they crossed the street. They had just left her parents shop so she could drop off her things and were now walking down the street towards the bus stop to catch a ride to the temple.

Kuwabara shrugged. "Ask Kurama. He can explain it better."

"Alright Kurama, why are you two so curious about this kid?"

"I know you can't tell, but Genkai raised the wards significantly and she asked me to add a few things. She was also dropping hints left and right and no one else would tell us anything. It was annoying." Kurama frowned as he stepped to the side, letting some grade school kids pass. "Besides, how often do you get told a dog is the reason for something?"

Kuwabara nodded his agreement, looking into the arcade as they passed. He blinked. Maybe he was seeing things? He walked up to the window to get a better look. He blinked again. No, still there. "Um guys? Come here a second." He pointed at two people at the pinball machines. "Is it me or does that guy have a blue kitten sitting on his head?"

"Awww, how cute. It's like when Puu was still small and used to do that to Yusuke." Keiko said, smiling at the scene. She looked a little closer. "Wait, I think that is Yusuke. When did he get a kitten?" She asked, turning around to look at Kurama but he and Kuwabara were already walking into the arcade. "Hey guys, wait for me."

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"What is it with small animals and my hair?" Yusuke asked, pulling Hana off his head for the umpteenth time and handing her to Harry. He pulled some tokens from his pocket and put two in the machine.

Harry smirked, sitting down on the stool by the game. "Maybe they like the smell of all that hair gel you put in it." He put Hana in his lap and kept a tight hold on her in case she tried to jump onto Yusuke's head again. "You know, you might as well give up. You're not going to beat my score."

"That was beginner's luck," Yusuke replied, letting go of the plunger. "Besides if you can beat that Souta kid's score, so can I." He bent over the machine, slapping the buttons on the side.

"You wish." Bored, Harry looked away from the frustrated teen and towards the entrance. He raised an eyebrow at the tall orange haired teen heading their way. His expression was a mix of happy, curious, and angry. Following him were two other people, a guy with long red hair and a girl with short dark brown hair. All three of them were shooting him and Hana curious looks, though the red head's look turned slightly sympathetic when he caught a glimpse of Harry's braid. In attempt to get Yusuke's attention Harry tapped his leg gently with his foot. "Um, Yusuke?"

Yusuke's eyebrow twitched when Harry's kick caused him to miss the ball. "Not now." He didn't even look up from the game as he pulled the plunger back again.

Seeing the tall guy opening his mouth Harry quickly let go of Hana and put his fingers in his ears. He recognized that look from Ron. Someone was about to start screaming.

"Urameshi! Where the hell have you been?" The boy yelled. He got Yusuke into a headlock and pulled him away from the game.

At the shout Hana jumped on to Harry's shoulder, hiding under his braid. At the same time Harry quickly jumped off the stool and moved out of the way. He really didn't want to get caught in the middle of what looked to be fight. He looked on wide eyed as Yusuke flipped the guy onto the ground and put him in a headlock.

"I was in London stupid. And you just made me loose my game!" Yusuke shouted as he ground his fist into the tall boy's hair. The two started rolling around on floor.

Harry watched the fight with disbelief. He winced when they knocked into a couple of machines. His jaw dropped slightly when he looked at the two other teens. The red head was smiling fondly at the fight like this was a normal occurrence and the girl just rolled her eyes. Harry shook his head, wondering how long it would take for them to get kicked out. Judging by the look the manger was wearing, who was trying to push his way through the crowd of on lookers, not too long. Harry groaned. This would make it two places in one day that they had been kicked out of, though the first one was Hana's fault.

Keiko saw the awed and shocked look the boy was wearing as he watched the fight. As difficult as it was to believe, Yusuke had apparently behaved in London. She calmly walked past the fight and smiled warmly at him. "Hello. My name is Keiko Yukimura and this is Shuichi Minamino," she gestured to the red head. "The boy fighting with Yusuke is Kazuma Kuwabara."

Harry smiled back at her. "It's very nice to meet both of you. I'm Harry Potter." He jumped back when Yusuke and Kuwabara rolled past him. "Um, shouldn't we stop them? I really don't want to get kicked out again."

"Again?" Kurama raised an eyebrow at that. He looked at Keiko. "If you take Yusuke, I'll grab Kuwabara."

Keiko nodded and dove in between the two boys. She grabbed Yusuke's ear and dragged him backwards while Kurama snagged the back of Kuwabara's shirt, stopping him from going after Yusuke. Keiko began dragging Yusuke out of the arcade by his ear, yelling at him the whole way. Yusuke was yelling back saying that Kuwabara had started it. Kuwabara followed them out snickering at the other boy's misfortune. Kurama started to follow until he realized Harry wasn't behind him. He turned back to see him still watching the scene in shock.

"Aren't you coming?" Kurama asked.

Harry blinked a few times. Was this normal? "Um, sure."

Kurama calmly led him past the irate manager and out the doors. Once they got outside they saw Keiko was still lecturing Yusuke about his behavior. She was telling Yusuke he should be setting a better example for his young friend and Yusuke was trying his best not to start laughing. Kurama looked at Harry curiously when he scowled. Actually, Kurama thought it was more of a pout than a scowl. But he had to give the boy points for trying.

"I am fifteen, not thirteen!" Harry snapped interrupting Keiko's rant, causing her to blush. Yusuke snickered.

"I hate to break this to you kid. But you're short, you have a braid and with that kitten on your shoulder like that you don't look older than thirteen, fourteen if you're lucky," Kuwabara said. Harry's eyes narrowed in anger.

"Excuse me, but I need to leave. I'll be in the bookstore." Before he did something he knew he'd regret later, Harry pulled Hana off his shoulder and handed her to a stunned Kurama. She immediately started meowing and tried to get away to go back to him. Ignoring her cries, Harry walked off down the sidewalk and away from the group.

Kurama watched the young wizard walk off then looked back at Yusuke. Yusuke raised an eyebrow, silently asking if he had felt the flare of power the boy had sent off. Kurama nodded back at him. Sighing, he looked at Kuwabara and Keiko. They both looked extremely confused.

"Okay, what did I say?" Kuwabara asked no one in particular.

"While I'm sure the short comment didn't help matters, I believe it was the dig about his braid that upset him. Braids like the one he's wearing are a sign of mourning in the wizarding world Kuwabara," Kurama said softly.

"I better go get him." Yusuke started to walk towards the store but Kurama grabbed his arm. "Let me go Kurama."

Kurama shook his head. "No, I'll handle him. You deal with the kitten." He quickly let go of his arm and handed him the upset kitten. He didn't notice the confused and curious looks the three teens exchanged behind him as he walked off.

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Kurama looked around the bookstore. He was going to try the English section until he remembered that the boy had spoken perfect Japanese. He had barely even had an English accent. Most likely he was wearing a translation charm of some sort which meant he could be anywhere in the store. Sighing softly, he began wandering around the store aimlessly. He could find the boy by looking for his energy signature but he figured the longer he had to calm down the better. Besides, he was thinking about what Hiei had said to him this morning. What about this boy had peaked Hiei's interest enough to mention him out of the blue like he had?

Kurama turned down the fantasy isle and found Harry sitting on the floor flipping through a book. He sat down next to him and looked at the cover of the novel. "It's amazing how wrong muggles depict magical creatures isn't?" Kurama asked, looking at the dragon on the cover.

Harry closed the book and looked at the cover. "I thought it looked a bit like a Hungarian Horntail."

"When did you get a chance to see one of those?" Kurama asked skeptically.

"I saw one up close and personal in the Triwizard Tournament." Harry looked at him quietly for a minute. "You're not a wizard are you?" he asked softly.

"No, I'm not." Kurama said shaking his head slightly. "Why, does it bother you?"

"No." Harry looked at him, tilting his head to the side as he studied him. "Are you a fighter like Yusuke?"

"Something like that." Kurama leaned against the bookcase. "Why do you ask?"

"Just curious. You sort of feel like him, but not. And I know you're not a wizard because you didn't know about the dragon."

Kurama couldn't help but smile. Harry had just identified him as a demon but didn't know it. All wizards had a small amount of spiritual awareness, they had too to see the spells, but it looked like he had a little more than most. "My energy is very similar to Yusuke's in some ways. But the way I use mine is much different. But unlike Yusuke, I do know some magic I just prefer not to use it."

"Oh." Harry picked up another book then looked up confused. "But Genkai's training him too. Use magic, I mean."

"Really?" Kurama asked. "Well, that explains where he was before he left for London. I can't believe he didn't tell us." He looked down at his watch. "Are you ready to go back now? The bus will be getting here soon."

Harry nodded and grabbed a small pile of books before he stood up. "Yeah, I guess. I need to apologize to Miss. Yukimura anyways. I shouldn't have snapped at her like I did."

Kurama laughed quietly as he followed Harry to the front of the store. "You're going to apologize to Keiko but not Kuwabara?"

"Yes. I left before I did anything to him."

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Author's Notes and Review Responses:

1) According to several sites I checked Yusuke was around 5'8" by the end of the series so I'm guessing he would have grown at least another inch or two by the time he turned seventeen so let's say he's 5'10". That would make Harry 5'6". Which is a little short for a guy but that's how he's described in the books and at the hp lexicon.

2) If you were expecting Yusuke to tell Harry that it wasn't his fault sorry, but he can't do that. One; he doesn't know all of the circumstances that led up to Bellatrix's death and two; Harry's right, in a way it his partially his fault. He didn't make the final choice but he, Voldemort, Dumbledore and Snape all had a hand in creating the circumstances that led up to Bellatrix making the decision to go after Dean. Yusuke is hiding his demon heritage to protect himself, Yukina and Kurama but he's not going to flat out lie to him, even if it would be nice to hear. The most he can do is be there to listen then try to take his mind off it.

3) While to someone like Kuwabara, who has a large spiritual awareness, Yusuke and Kurama's energy signatures would be completely different but to someone like Harry they're very similar. He has enough to spot demons just not enough to tell what type they are. He can vaguely sense that Yusuke was once human and that Kurama is a demon in a human body but he doesn't know what he's sensing. That's why he's saying their energies feel alike.

I got some reviews sent to my email that I didn't before I posted the last chapter so if I missed your question last time look down. It should be here.

Silvane: That's a tricky question. This story covers the summer break and takes place for the most part in Japan with the YYH characters but I don't think the universes are going to ever completely separate. Harry's going to continue having visions and sometimes have to owl Dumbledore about them, Yusuke and the others are going to have to get used to having a wizard around and everything that entails and Harry's going to have to get used to living with demons and everything that goes with that. But Yusuke and the others will not be attending Hogwarts as students nor will they try to take on Voldemort head on. I hope that answers your question.

samuraiduck27: Yeah, Kurama did get his ego bruised but Kuwabara got his chance to shine so it balances out. I'll update as fast as I can but my mom is coming for Christmas and she's allergic to my cat so…time for major house cleaning.

She-Who-Snogs-Weasly-Boys: It's not that I don't like Ron; it's just between that him and Hermione, he's the most likely to do something like that. In the books he's a good friend to Harry but I had to choose one. As for pairings, I really don't know.

Asilin Kheldarnson: I'm glad you got my email. Considering my other email problems I wasn't sure if yahoo sent it or not. If anyone else is curious about the essay you can go to my profile page and there should be a link to the hp lexicon there now. Once you enter the site click on the essays link and scroll all the way down. At the bottom there should be one called Harry's Things. That's the one I was referring to in the last chapter.

Aura Black Chan: Yes! Someone liked my revenge plan. Okay, now that that's out of my system, did you like the first meeting?

trunksgirl85: I'm glad you think I've mixed the universes well and got the characters right. The one I'm having the most trouble with is Genkai. It's a royal pain trying to make her be nice to Harry without losing her Genkai-ness. Please tell me if I get her wrong.

Tony: Thank you for all the compliments. As for Dumbledore, like I told some people last time, he's a minor character, so don't look for that anytime soon.