Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ A Grim's Promise ❯ Chapter Eleven ( Chapter 12 )

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

A/N: If you're ever curious about any of the Harry Potter stuff in the story you can almost always find something about it at the hp lexicon, which I have a link to in my bio. Unless it's something of my own creation, like the new candies the twins came out with, or directly from the books, it should be there. If you're having trouble finding it, leave a review with your question and your email address and I'll send you directions to the info or explain. I don't mind the questions; in fact I love it when people ask questions about something. It means they're thinking about my story which, to me, is darn good complement. It also helps me improve my writing by letting me know what people think about.

A Grim's Promise

Chapter Eleven

July 6th

Harry fidgeted as he and Kurama waited to be shown to the office of the goblin in charge of the Black family assets in Japan and China. Well, Potter family assets now. Harry still wasn't sure how he felt about that. Even though Hagrid's arrival five, almost six years ago now, had proven to him that the impossible could happen, he was still the same little boy who used to sleep in a cupboard and wore his cousin's hand me down clothes and a pair taped up glasses. The fact that his godfather had left him a fortune hadn't quite sunk in yet. He didn't think it ever would. Harry starred at the file folder in his lap, wishing he had something else to do. Unshrinking the file hadn't taken up enough time and he really didn't want to start talking to Liam to cure his boredom. He wasn't quite sure how the redhead next to him would react if he suddenly started hissing to the snake he had hidden under his sleeve. Besides, he didn't want to even think about Yusuke's reaction when he found out Harry had managed to sneak the small snake past Genkai.

He glanced at Kurama out of the corner of his eye. Why had Yusuke insisted that Kurama be the one to come with him? He played with the corner of the file thinking about the scene in the bank a few minutes earlier. Yusuke had marched right up to a goblin teller and had informed him that Harry was there to see Eldersmit and then he handed him a small, brown bag. But the goblin had refused to take the bag and instead had starred at Yusuke in disbelief and shock. Whatever he had seen in Yusuke had been enough to scare him, badly. Harry had never seen a goblin react like that before. The other bank patrons were shocked when the small goblin had hopped off his stool and had guided the four teens to an elegant waiting room. Not even a minute later the head of the goblin clan came into the room and invited Yusuke into his office for a talk about Raizen's investments.

That had been an even bigger shock to Harry than the previous goblin's actions. It must have been a shock to Yusuke as well because he had immediately pulled Kurama to a corner of the room where they had a brief talk. When they came back to the group it had been decided that Keiko was going with Yusuke and that Kurama was to go with Harry. Yusuke told him that Kurama had loads of experience dealing with this kind of thing because he had been helping him since Raizen died and would be a lot more helpful than he would. Harry hadn't protested at the time but now he was wishing he had. He glanced at the other teen again. Why couldn't Keiko have come with him? She reminded him of Hermione so much that it was easy for him to relate to her. But Kurama didn't remind him of anyone he had met before. Even though he seemed nice enough and he was going to help him prank Yusuke, Harry wasn't quite sure how to start a conversation with him let alone ask him for help with his inheritance. He sighed softly, trying to think of something to say.

Kurama looked at the young wizard when he heard the sigh. He had been waiting for him to ask for help for the past five minutes. Yusuke had made it very clear the boy had no idea what he was doing. He was more then willing to help but he didn't want to force the younger man to accept his assistance if didn't want it. He rolled his eyes when he saw the boy glance at him again, blushing when he was caught. "Give me the file," Kurama said, holding his hand out.

Kurama raised an eyebrow when he handed him the file with his right hand. That was odd. Considering the way they were sitting it would have been much easier if Harry had used his left hand to hand it to him. He shrugged it off and began leafing though the parchments. He should have been surprised when he scanned through the lists of businesses, vaults, and buildings the boy now owned, but he wasn't really. The news articles he had read about Black's will had mentioned he was the last male of an old wizarding line and those tended to have numerous investments in many countries. What was odd was the fact that all of it seemed to go to one person. His eyes widened as he finished leafing through the parchment and found the computer print outs. How much money could one family possibly have? While this was no where near what Yusuke had received from Raizen, it was still enough to shock him. He looked up from the files at the wizard.

"Have you looked through this before?" Kurama asked.

Harry shook his head. "Just briefly in London with Genkai. Why?"

"Curious. So you didn't know that you now own a wizarding college?" Kurama asked, smiling when the boy's eyes widened. "Or that you have a controlling interest in an electronics company? I find it odd that Gripple didn't ask to see you along with Yusuke," he mused as he looked back down at the file.

"You're joking, right?" Harry groaned when Kurama shook his head, still flipping through the papers. He buried his head in his hands with another groan. He really didn't need all of this. Why couldn't Sirius have given more of it to Remus or maybe even Malfoy? His mother had been a Black before she got married. "When I die, I'm so kicking your ass Siri," he muttered softly. He smiled when his snake sarcastically told him he'd be more than happy to help him out with that. When he raised his head he saw Kurama was starring at him or more specifically his left sleeve. He winced. "Busted."

"You have a snake?" Kurama asked, starring at this arm.

"Yes."

"Why?"

Harry shrugged and gave him a sheepish smile. "Liam was bored at the temple."

Kurama opened his mouth to ask another question but the door to the sitting room opened. The small goblin informed them that Eldersmit was ready to see them. As he followed the goblin and Harry down the hall Kurama made a mental note to find out more about the snake later.

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Yusuke glared at the goblin sitting across from him, waiting for him to tell him the real reason why he was here. He wasn't exactly the happiest person at the moment. He was also seriously regretting those smart ass jokes he had made about his demon inheritance. He didn't mind the power, actually he really enjoyed having the ability to protect his friends and family, but he really hated the other side of it. What was a street punk like him supposed to do with the financial empire Raizen had built over the past who knows how many years? His two hour long rant about all the crap he now had to deal with had amused Kurama and Hiei immensely. When he had calmed down the kitsune had patiently told him that most demons in his position enjoyed having in power in all forms, including financial. He had also pointed out that, even in Makai politics, fists weren't the only solution to a problem. But Yusuke's main objection to accepting it was that it didn't feel like it was his. He didn't feel comfortable spending the money from it because he felt that he had done nothing to earn it. Which is why he normally tried to keep a job along with being a Spirit Detective. At least he knew the money he got from that was something he had earned himself. Yusuke did a mental shake to get his thoughts back on track. No matter what that little goblin said, he knew this didn't have anything to do with Raizen.

Gripple hated dealing with teenagers, human, demon, goblin or whatever. They never took anything seriously in his opinion. But now he had to deal with two extremely powerful teenagers. In one part of his bank he had the savior of the wizards and right in his office he had a demon more than capable of destroying his entire clan if he was upset. The old goblin was a little disturbed that the two had come in together. He was even more disturbed that the demon in front of him appeared to not only be protective of the young wizard but the powerless human girl with him. He needed to know what kind of situation he and his clan had been thrust in to. And if possible, find out who was responsible to extract revenge. He was not happy about dealing with people who he thought of as a threat to his clan.

"Mr. Urameshi," Gripple said, glancing at Keiko as he shuffled through the papers on his desk, "your ancestor Raizen had a number of investments…"

"Bullshit," Yusuke snapped. "Kurama and I spent two weeks going through all the stuff the old man left me. He didn't have anything to do with this bank. Tell me the real reason I'm in here." He rolled his eyes when he saw the goblin glance at Keiko again. "Just spit it out already, she knows I'm a demon."

Keiko snorted softly; trying not to laugh at the goblin's shocked face. "Of course I know. I dated you, remember?"

"How could I forget?" Yusuke asked, smirking at her. "By the way, nice skirt Keiko." She rolled her eyes at him before he looked back at the goblin. "Why did you really want to see me?"

The old goblin repressed the urge to sigh as he adjusted his glasses. "As you wish Mr. Urameshi, I'll be blunt. Are the three humans with you under your protection?" Both Yusuke and Keiko started coughing in a poor attempt to cover up their laughter. "Is there a problem?"

"There's not a problem," Yusuke said, looking at the goblin with hostile curiosity. "All of my friends are under my protection if that's what you're asking. But I don't see why it would matter to you. You mind telling me?"

"I only wished to know who I'm doing business with."

Yusuke snorted as he stood up from his chair. "You just wanted to know if I'll kick your ass if you screw me or Harry over. Don't worry. I don't go around starting fights with people who are weaker then me." He held his hand out to Keiko and helped her up from her chair. "Come on Keiko, let's go get the guys. We've got more important things to do then get involved with some political bullshit."

Gripple growled to himself as he watched to two teenagers walk out of his office. That had answered none of his questions. He grabbed a piece of parchment and quickly wrote a memo to Eldersmit to treat Potter with the utmost respect. Then he wrote a letter to the other clans, informing them of the situation. Urameshi hadn't specifically named the Potter boy as a friend but it wasn't worth the risk to find out if he was or not. The goblin clans were having enough problems because of Voldemort. They really didn't need to add an angry demon to the mix.

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Thirty minutes later Yusuke and Keiko were waiting at the bottom of the bank stairs when the other two teens came out of the bank. Yusuke raised an eyebrow when he saw that Kurama was dragging Harry over to where he and Keiko were waiting. Behind them was a very excited goblin. Well, Yusuke assumed he was excited. The young goblin was almost bouncing as he walked back into the bank. As the two teens got closer he saw that Harry was looking a little freaked. Kurama, however, looked amused. He and Keiko traded glances. Now what?

"Is something wrong?" Keiko asked them when they got to the bottom of the steps.

Kurama shook his head, still smiling. "Not really. We'll explain over lunch."

Yusuke and Keiko glanced at each other again. "If you say so man," Yusuke said as he pulled some papers from his pocket. He handed half of them to Harry. He became a little worried when he accepted them with out saying anything. "Why don't we split up? Keiko and I'll go to the Apothecary and caldron shop and you guys can get the books and other stuff. That sound good to everyone?"

Kurama nodded. "That's fine. Let's meet at the entrance to the Alley in an hour," he said before grabbing Harry's hand and pulling him off down the street.

Yusuke looked at Keiko, confusion written all over his face. "What did I miss?"

Keiko shrugged as she watched the two disappear into the crowd. "I don't know. But the sooner we get done, the sooner we can find out." She grabbed the lists from his hand and looked them over. "So where's this Apothecary? And what is bubotuber pus?"

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Kurama sighed as he looked around the bookstore. While Harry was looking around in the charms section, he was attempting to find a book about wizarding cultures and traditions for Keiko. He knew now that the girl had been introduced to Harry and had seen the wizarding world she was going to be as curious as a kitten. To spare himself and Harry a slew of questions he was hoping he could find something but so far he wasn't having much luck. It didn't help that after seeing his muggle clothing the sales clerks had been avoiding him like he had the plague. He shook his head as he grabbed another book off the shelf and began leafing through it. The stupidity of some people never ceased to amaze him.

A few aisles over Harry had acquired a small stack of books. While there were books on charms, hexes, and potions that he and Yusuke had spotted in Sirius's book, there were also some books on advanced transfiguration, potion theory, herbology, dueling tactics and a few blank journals. He had also picked up a few beginner books on Arithamncy and Ancient Runes. When he had been reading through the books he had bought at Horntail Avenue he had realized just how big a part those two courses had in magic. He couldn't go back and change his course selections but he could at least attempt to get a basic understanding of them. At the moment he was looking at the books on divination. Yusuke had described his intuition and hunches as spiritual awareness and he was hoping he could find something on it.

As reached out to grab a book that looked promising he heard a voice to his right mutter something softly. He turned to see a short, well dressed, black haired wizard and a young girl looking at him disdainfully. "Is something wrong?" he asked as he pulled the book down.

"Nothing mudblood," the man said coldly before turning to walk away. "Come Kameko, you don't need to be around trash like this."

Harry blinked. He had been called plenty of things in his life but he had never been called that before. Even Lucius Malfoy, a man who hated his very existence, didn't call him that. "Half blood," he said softly.

"Excuse me?" the man asked, turning back around to look at him.

"I'm a half blood. My mother was muggle born. If you're going to try to insult me, at least get it right." Harry put the book back on the shelf. "By the way, never insult my mother like that again. She was a better person then you'll ever be." He picked up his basket and turned around to find Kurama standing at the end of the aisle looking at him.

"Did you find everything Harry?" Kurama asked quietly. Harry nodded and Kurama gave him a gentle smile. "Good. It's almost time to meet the others and we don't want to be late." The kitsune gave the old wizard and his daughter a slight glare before guiding the teenager to the front of the store. It was definitely time to leave.

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Keiko blinked when the clerk told Yusuke the total. That couldn't be right. Even though Yusuke had just explained the money system to her a few minutes ago she knew that wasn't right. It was at least seven Galleons more than she thought it would be. Okay, Yusuke had gotten a lot and there might be some tax, but still. "Excuse me, but that doesn't sound right," Keiko said to the store clerk.

The rat faced man glared at her. "What did you just say? Are you accusing me of cheating my customers?" he asked in an offended tone.

Yusuke tossed the money on the counter, not caring when some of the coins rolled off and on to the floor. "Just let it go Keiko. It's not worth getting upset over," he said as he grabbed the bags. He started for the door, scowling.

"But…" Keiko looked back at the man as she followed Yusuke.

Yusuke grimaced as he held the door open for her. "Morons like that aren't worth it. Besides, we're already late and I'm hungry."

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An hour later the four teens were sitting in the back of a Chinese restaurant finishing off a large lunch. Yusuke put his chop sticks down and looked at the two boys across from him. "Are you two ready to explain what went on back at the bank?"

Kurama sat back in his seat, glancing at the quiet wizard beside him. "I suppose. It appears that Harry is now the proud owner of a wizarding college, a few hotels, at least six restaurants and a number of wizarding apartment buildings."

"What?" Yusuke turned to Harry. "How rich was your godfather?"

Harry shrugged as he poked at his rice with his fork. "Technically, it wasn't his. It belonged to the entire Black family." He looked up to glare at Yusuke. "But that wasn't the problem."

Kurama sighed when he realized that it was up to him to finish explaining. "Whatever you said to Gripple caused quite a stir Yusuke. One minute Eldersmit was being extremely rude and the next he was sucking up to us. He actually smiled." He smirked when Harry shivered slightly. "Harry found it to be extremely disturbing."

Harry made a yuck face at his plate. "Goblins don't do that. They're rude, mean and greedy. They're not nice and they never smile at people." He sneaked a little bit of beef off of his plate and gave it to the small snake in his sleeve.

"Oops," Yusuke said, not sounding at all sorry. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the black snake darting back up Harry's arm. "Please tell me you didn't bring that slithering death trap with you?" he asked as he starred at Harry's arm with wide eyes.

Harry smirked slightly as he looked up through his bangs. "Maybe."

"What are you talking about?" Keiko asked, confused. She looked at Harry and Kurama when Yusuke didn't answer. "What is he talking about?"

"My snake, Liam."

Keiko blinked. "You have a snake?" Harry nodded. "And you named it Liam?" she asked incredulously.

Harry shrugged. "It was the only name I could come up with that he liked."

"He liked! How did you know he liked it?" Keiko asked, starring at the small snake now sticking its head out of his sleeve.

Kurama raised an eyebrow when Harry started snickering when the snake hissed something before crawling back up his arm. "You're a Parselmouth," he stated. He turned to face Keiko. "He can speak to snakes."

"Oh, that's wonderful. I'm being left out of the loop again," Keiko said sarcastically before she turned to Yusuke. "Am I the only person you know who can't do something," she waved her hand, trying to think of the right word to describe everything she had seen over the past few years. "Something strange?"

Yusuke snickered. "There's my mom. She's normal. What I want to know is why Harry took him from the temple." He looked at the wizard pointedly.

"Huh?" Harry asked, having missed Yusuke's comment. He had been starring at Keiko and Kurama, slightly shocked by their easy acceptance of his ability. "What did you say?"

Kurama chuckled. "I asked him the same thing earlier Yusuke. He said it was bored." He tried not to laugh when the boy scowled at him. It still looked like a pout in his opinion.

"He's a he, not an it. And he's name is Liam," Harry said, glaring slightly at the kitsune. He was backed up by an annoyed hiss coming from his sleeve. Now that the other teens knew he was there the snake felt he could freely give his opinion.

"If you say so," Kurama said with a small nod. He was trying hard not to laugh at the small wizard. Even Harry's glares looked like pouts. He briefly considered the idea of asking Hiei to give him glaring lessons. The wizard could use them.

"Whatever," Yusuke muttered as he pulled out his wallet. "Let's get going. We still need to go clothes shopping."

"Don't tell me you've already worn out your clothes from last month's shopping trip," Keiko said as she stood up from the table.

Yusuke smirked. "No, mine are just fine. It's Harry that needs new clothes."

Harry paled when Kurama and Keiko turned to look at him. He really didn't like that look. It was the same one Hermione wore when she was given a research project or new book. He had a feeling the next few hours were not going to be fun. He began praying for the ability to apparate when he saw Yusuke's smirk. That confirmed it. This definitely wasn't going to be fun.

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Yusuke snickered as he watched Keiko and Kurama pile clothes by the dressing room door. He knew Harry had never been shopping for his own clothes before. It had painfully obvious by the boy's complete lack of fashion sense. Then there was the fact that the only decent clothes he had were given to him by Lupin and those were a little too nice for everyday use. Kurama, being who he was, had an excellent sense of taste and Keiko was a stereotypical girl when it came to shopping. So the only solution in Yusuke's mind was to turn Harry over to them.

Yusuke's snickers got worse when Harry came out of the dressing room, glaring at him as the other two began discussing what colors worked best with his complexion and holding up various clothes. Judging by that look he was in for some payback later but it was worth it.

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"What are we doing here?" Keiko asked Kurama as he parked the van in front of a grocery store. "I thought you were going to drop me off at home."

"Harry and I need to pick a few things up first. It won't take long," Kurama said as he turned the van off. "Come on Harry." They quickly undid their seat belts and climbed out of the van.

Keiko watched the two boys run towards the store before turning around in her seat to look at Yusuke. "What in the world are they getting here?"

"I don't know," Yusuke said, watching them go into the store. "But I don't like that smirk Harry was wearing."

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While Harry was putting away his new clothes and books, Yusuke and Kurama were in an old storage room Genkai was allowing them use to brew potions and store their ingredients. They had been unloading the bags for a few minutes before Kurama decided to ask about something that had been bugging him.

"I was wondering," Kurama said as he reached for a bag of dried herbs, "what did you use last night on Kuwabara and Harry?"

Yusuke smirked as he opened a small box. "Jelly beans," he said as he pulled the packaging off the small jars and looked them over. He started putting them on the shelves after making sure they weren't broken.

Kurama stopped what he was doing and turned to glare at Yusuke. "I know they were jelly beans. I figured that out after nothing more happened to Harry when he finished his ice cream. I wanted to know what kind of jelly beans."

Yusuke snickered as he put the last of the jars on the shelf. He pulled a small box out of his pocket and tossed it to the red head. "Here, look for your self."

"Where did you get these?"

"Harry. He has a whole set of trick candies." Yusuke reached for another bag, this one full cheesecloth wrapped bundles. "They're pretty cool for something so simple, huh?"

"Yes," Kurama said as he read the side of the box. "I have one question though. According to the box it says the changes are random so how did you match them up like you did?"

Yusuke smirked at him. "Simple, smell."

"Smell?" Kurama raised an eyebrow skeptically.

"My sense of smell may not be as good as yours, Kurama but I can still smell the differences in those. It took me a few minutes to figure it out, but underneath the smell of the flavor there's another scent. It's kinda rank but it tells you what does what. All I had to do was match up the smells. And the changes aren't completely random. Certain flavors go with certain animals." Yusuke balled the bag up and tossed it into a nearby trash can before turning to his friend. "What's that look for?" he asked Kurama.

"Don't you think it's a little unfair to use your demon senses against a human?"

Yusuke rolled his eyes as he reached for another bag. "Kurama there are no rules in a prank war." He paused for a second. "Well, minus the rules Genkai laid down and the no killing or physical harm rule. Besides why shouldn't I use every advantage I have? It's not like Harry's going to hold back and he's been practicing magic a lot longer than I have."

Kurama smiled as he put the small box down. "I do hope you realize that the lack of rules means there are also no permanent allies," he said as he stood up.

Yusuke snickered. "I know. Have fun helping Harry with whatever he's planning. Just remember I will be coming after you for it."

Kurama snorted derisively as he opened the door to the hallway. "You can try Demon Lord. But I've been alive a lot longer than you have. You're going to need more than luck to get me."

Yusuke smirked as the door shut. "I love a good challenge."

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Later that night after Kurama had left and everyone else had gone to sleep, Harry was still awake. It wasn't his scar, even though it was a bit itchy. Something else was bothering him. Maybe bother wasn't the right word, more like he was curious about something. He had seen and heard a bunch of little things of the past few days that were driving him nuts. Yusuke had mentioned something called a Baldok was living in Genkai's forest but when he looked it up in his Care of Magical Creatures book, it wasn't there. Then this morning, Yukina and Botan had freaked when he had asked about Koenma. No matter how odd it was Harry had pretty much accepted that Yusuke and Genkai knew some fairly odd people. It was kind of hard not too when the grim reaper herself joins you for breakfast but the girls' reaction had been strange. Harry was also curious about the goblins at the bank. Goblins never acted like that. They only respected two things, money and power. And even though he had plenty of money now the goblins had never treated him like that before. Now that Harry thought about it, the goblins at the London branch of Gringotts had acted a little strange too, but only when Yusuke had gone in with him.

Harry sighed as he sat up, shoving his blankets off of him. He wasn't going to get to sleep anytime soon. He climbed out of bed and went to his trunk. He pulled out a pen and one of the blank journals he had bought earlier. Normally he would break out his invisibility cloak and go hunt down the answers but he had a feeling that wasn't going to be too helpful in this case. Instead he decided to write down all of the odd things he had seen and hoped it made a little more sense on paper. As he climbed back into bed with the small green journal he couldn't help but think that Hermione would be proud of him. For once he wasn't rushing off to go do something crazy to find the answers.

Review Responses:

Donamarine: Harry's memories of Ron's were sitting right next to his memories of Hermione. He grabbed Hermione's album because it was brighter and the colors caught his eye. He looked at his parents pictures because he was curious about them. The only clear memory he has of them is the one he sees around a Dementor. I also wanted to give him a chance to get to know them.

Alisin Kheldarson: Even though I sent you an email I'm sure someone else is wondering about this too. I never did give a reason for why Yusuke and Keiko broke up. I just can't see their relationship lasting too long if Yusuke were to continue working for Koenma like he does here. The impression I get from Keiko in the show is that she would eventually like to settle down and have a normal life and Yusuke's job would prevent that. There's also the fact that Yusuke's a demon now. He's going to live a lot longer then most people, especially normal humans. This and a bunch of other little things led to the break up. They're still friends; they're just not dating anymore. It's also just a personal preference. I think I've read too many Inuyasha/YYH crossovers with a Kagome/Yusuke pairing. They just seem to fit together better then Keiko/Yusuke to me now.

MarinaofLemuria: That sent me into a laughing fit. Hiei as a squirrel. He he. Thank You! Now if only I could find a way to use it with out getting anyone killed.

Oblivious Dreamer: Ooo, those are tricky questions. I really don't want to give away any of the story but…I can say Harry will pick up a few tricks from the boys and Genkai but what kind I can't say. And for the animagus question, wait and see. Even though I'm going to shorten the time it takes to become one, it won't happen in this story but during Harry's sixth year.

Okaasan-7: Sorry, but it seemed like a good place to stop.

Thank you to everyone who reviewed. It makes my day when I see those review alerts in my email box. Hope you enjoyed the chapter.

Kel