Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ A Grim's Promise ❯ Chapter Twelve ( Chapter 13 )

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: This chapter is kind of Harry centric. There are also a lot, and I do mean a lot, of italics. It starts out with Harry in his soul room and later there's a letter. Both are in italics. Sorry if they don't show up on mediaminer, I'm still having problems with that.

A Grim's Promise

Chapter Twelve

July 7th

Harry walked around the edge of the room as he tried to figure out a way to start organizing the things around him. It wasn't as simple as Genkai had made it sound in her lecture earlier this morning. `Figure out what's most important and put that closest to the center' wasn't much of a guide. These were his memories, his life. Everything in this room helped shape who he was. Even his worst memories of the Dursleys had a hand in shaping his personality. How could he decide what is the most important part of his life?

Groaning, he sat down in front of a small bookcase and stared unseeingly at the contents as he tried to figure out what Genkai had meant. She couldn't have meant just what was emotionally important. That left out too many things he needed to know. He played with the end of his braid as he tried to solve his latest mini mystery. It was times like this he wished Hermione was around; she was wonderful with mental puzzles. Eventually, Harry came out of his trance and saw what he was staring at. Harry blinked at the contents then looked around at the area he was sitting in and realized he hadn't been here yesterday. He turned back to the shelves in disbelief. Since when did he have toys?

He scooted forward to get a closer look at the collection. These weren't like the wizarding stuffed animals and dolls that moved and talked, but regular muggle ones. On the top shelf there was a small brown teddy bear sitting between a white tiger and a pale brown stag. To the left of the stag was a large, shaggy black dog and to the right of the tiger was a large grey wolf. It took Harry a minute before it hit him that these animals were his mind's way of representing his parents and their friends. Curious, he looked down at the shelf below the first and started laughing. Right in the center was a large baby whale sitting between a hippopotamus and a thin, long-necked giraffe and sitting next to the giraffe was a large bull dog. The laughter died when he saw a small, cracked porcelain doll sitting behind the baby whale. It was a small, fragile looking thing with black hair and shadowed green eyes. His eyes flew up to look back at the teddy bear and saw it also had green eyes.

He frowned when he looked back at the doll behind Dudley's whale. Was that really how he saw himself when he lived with the Dursleys? Harry knew he didn't have the best childhood but he had survived it. He felt a little better but not by much when he saw the small grey and white stripped cat that represented Mrs. Figg sitting next to the doll. He decided to think about it later but his eyes were a little darker as he looked at the shelves below the Dursley shelf. The first thing he saw was a large white and gray owl with bright blue eyes sitting next to a tabby cat that he recognized as Professor McGonagall's animagus form. While those two animals dominated the shelf they were surrounded by smaller stuffed animals that represented the other teachers, including the numerous DADA teachers he had had over the past five years. Even Voldemort had a spot here as a small red eyed basilisk. He snort-laughed at the half plucked peacock that was there for Lockhart before looking down.

This shelf was the most crowded one. In the center was the lion from the paintings on the wall. It was a warm golden color with serious green eyes and it still had that same small green and black snake wrapped around its right paw. But while the lion in the paintings looked fierce, this one was almost cuddly. At least in looked that way until Harry focused on the small snake. Now it looked dangerous, which was kind of odd in Harry's opinion. He didn't understand how a one inch long stuffed snake could mean the difference between cuddly and dangerous but it did. Sighing, he decided his mind was a messed up place and continued to look at the other animals.

To the left of the lion was a smaller gray and brown lion and to the right was a small brown and white owl with intelligent brown eyes. Those two were obviously Ron and Hermione but the other animals on the shelf weren't as easy to connect to other people. He easily figured out that the fuzzy, stuffed red, gold, black, and yellow soccer ball on the right was Dean but the green Bludger took a minute. He smacked his forehead when he realized it was meant to be Seamus. On the other side of the trio were Neville and Ginny, shown as a gryphon and a lioness. Surrounding the group were animals Harry thought represented the other Gryffindors and the DA, even if the only one he could identify was Luna's animal. It was a pure slivery white colored unicorn with a Thestral's wings.

As he looked at the shelf he realized someone was missing. Malfoy wasn't there. He began poking at the animals gently, moving them to the side as he looked for the Slytherin. Even though he'd never admit it out loud, the blond prat had been a major part of his life at Hogwarts. It was kind of disturbing to him that the mini bastard wasn't there. Harry blew up his bangs in frustration when he couldn't find an animal for the Slytherin or his two goons. Suddenly the obvious occurred to him and he picked up the small lion and snake. Right behind where his lion had been there was a small white ferret in Slytherin green robes. Flanking the small animal were two gorillas in black robes. Harry snickered when he saw the expression the ferret's face had. It was the same sneaky, sly look his real life counterpart would wear when he tried to get the trio in trouble.

Reassured that everyone was there, he put the lion back and looked down at the last shelf. Like the top two shelves this one had fewer animals but the animals here were bigger. In the center was a large black wolf with thin dark blue stripes near its paws. Next to the wolf was a small pink and gray dragon that made Harry snort. Between the wolf and the dragon was a small gray, brown and white cat whose eyes shined with intelligence and curiosity. Behind the cat were two small dolls dressed in beautiful silk kimonos. One of the dolls had bright blue hair and held an oar while the other had sea green hair and had a small crystal snowflake cupped in her hands. Sitting on the other side of the wolf was a Kneazle and a small black wingless dragon with red eyes. Harry tilted his head to the side as he studied the Kneazle and dragon. The way they were placed it looked like they were about to start fighting yet looked friendly at the same time. He blinked at few times at that thought. His mind was definitely a messed up place. The last animal on the shelf was a multi tailed silver fox with bright mischievous gold eyes. It was laying in front of the wolf and had its tails curled around the dragon and Kneazle.

Confused, Harry sat back and stared at the last shelf of toys. All the other groups had something that represented him in the center but not this one. In fact, he didn't see a toy for him anywhere. Scowling, he leaned towards the shelf and checked again. Wolf, cat, dolls, pink dragon, black dragon, silver fox, Kneazle and nothing else. He played with the end of his braid as he tried to figure this out. Maybe he wasn't here because this was supposed to represent his life now and since he was living it he didn't have a form yet. Harry shook his head. That couldn't be it. It was his life, he should be here. He sighed as he stood up and took one last look at the shelf to memorize it. He could figure this out later, right now he needed to follow Genkai's directions to move the shelf to the center.

As Harry made his way back to the center of the room, he didn't notice the fox and wolf shift slightly to reveal a small black animal with large playful green eyes. The two larger animals smirked at each other before becoming stationary once more.

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Harry yawned as he opened his eyes and looked around the training room. He blinked in surprise when he saw both Genkai and Yusuke were gone. How long was he in there? He got up and stretched a bit before walking to the door. Right as he was reaching for the door it was yanked open. He blanched when he saw a very wet, very angry and very colorful Yusuke on the other side. Then he started laughing.

"I…I love…those…co-colors on…you," Harry said, as he fell backwards on to the floor laughing. He grinned and slapped a hand over his eyes when the furious pink teen reached out to grab him. "I wouldn't do that. Your towel's slipping."

Yusuke yanked his towel back up, glaring all the while. "How long?" he growled.

Harry peeked through his fingers and lowered his hand when he saw it was safe. "Um, you know I'm not really sure." Harry gave him is best innocent smile as he stood up and walked past the orange teen. "I think about twelve hours. In case you want to finish your shower Shuichi put your normal soap under the sink." He grinned at Yusuke one last time before taking off at a run for the kitchen.

Yusuke growled softly as his skin started to change colors again. Twelve hours! He had to spend the next twelve hours as a demon rainbow?! He looked down at his pale lavender skin and smiled. The fox and wizard were going to regret doing this. He retied his towel as he started the long walk to his bedroom. But first, he needed clothes.

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Harry was bored out of his mind. He was laying on his bed and starring at the ceiling as he tried to think of something to do. After Yusuke's second shower the Japanese teen had been dragged off by Genkai for training so bugging him was out. He briefly debated asking Yukina if he could do anything for her, but then he remembered how his offer of help had been taken when he asked after breakfast. The small girl had almost passed out from shock. From what he could gather Yusuke hardly, if ever, volunteered to do chores so his offer had practically scared the poor girl out of her mind. After she recovered she had given him a very polite, but very weak, no thank you. Kurama and the others weren't coming to the temple today so even that form of entertainment was lost. Well, Kuwabara was coming by to take Yukina out to dinner, but that wasn't going to happen for hours yet. Harry groaned as he rolled over and buried his head into a pillow. Why, oh why, did he pull a Hermione and finish his homework at the beginning of summer?

Harry sat up and looked around his room, trying to find something to do. His eyes rested on the bookcase for a second before he tossed that idea. Even if some of the books there were solely for pranks, he was a little tired of reading non stop. He had considered writing his friends but Hedwig was sleeping and he really didn't want to wake the owl up just yet. That left him with three options; go watch Yusuke practice first year spells, plan another prank in advance or dig around in his trunk. The first idea was boring, the second required reading but the third had actual boredom relief value, especially when he remembered he still hadn't opened the three shrunken trunks Sirius had left him. And bonus, no one would be around to see him if he started crying all over his parents stuff.

Sighing, He knelt in front of his trunk and began digging around inside for the three small trunks and the key ring. After finding the trunks he dropped them on the floor and starred at them. Which one should he enlarge and open? His room was too small to do all of them at once and the trunks were way too small for him to see the initials on the top. The colors of the tiny house badges weren't much help either since both of his parents and Sirius had been Gryffindors. After starring at them for a minute, he randomly grabbed two of the trunks and put them away. Picking up the other trunk, Harry made his way to the center of the room and sat back down. He twisted his wrist and grabbed his wand as it popped out of the holster on his arm. He muttered a spell under his breath as he pointed his wand at the small leather box. He tucked his wand back in holster and looked at the large trunk.

Harry winced when he saw his father's initials next to the Gryffindor badge, suddenly remembering why he had put this off. His little trip into Snape's Pensieve had shown him a side of his father he had never known about and he wasn't too eager to find out how big of a prat his father had been. At the same time he wanted to find out more about the man that everyone from Dumbledore to Voldemort spoke of. He reluctantly took the gold key with his father's initials and Potter crest on it and unlocked the trunk. When he lifted the lid he saw a lot of books, some old black robes, and a photo album. Laying in the center on top of one of the robes was an envelope addressed to him.

Harry picked up the envelope and pulled out the folded parchment. He leaned against his bed as he unfolded the letter and began to read.

Harry, (it read)

If you're reading this then I'm more than likely dead. Either that or I didn't get to burn it before you started Hogwarts. In both cases, I'm so sorry, I never wanted to have to write something like this but Lily and I agreed we would do something in case Voldemort finds us. We're planning on tucking these letters inside our trunks and giving them to Sirius to give to you when you turn sixteen so…Happy Birthday Harry. And if you're reading this before your birthday, you're grounded. Padfoot is too. Tell him Prongs said he needs to put his toys away and to go to his room. And no, he may not take Moony with him.

I need to quit stalling. Lily just told me we only have another thirty minutes before Padfoot and Wormtail get here. I want to tell you that your mother and I love you very much. God, you look so much like her. Sirius says you look like me but you don't. You may have my hair and nose but you have her eyes and mouth. Even as small as you are now I can tell you're going to look like her when you grow up. I can only hope you get my height, Merlin knows your mother is short. If you got her height, sorry.

Oh God, there were so many things I wanted to say and now I can't think of even one. I really hope I'm there to see you grow up, see you fly for the first time, help you plan your first prank, be with you when you buy your wand, show you the map…

Sorry about that. I needed a minute. There are some things in the trunk that I want you to have. Underneath all my old school stuff there is a false bottom. Just put your thumb on the small gold and silver button and the fake bottom will disappear. All of my old marauder stuff is in there along with some things of your grandparents. Pa'foo is in there too. You screamed like crazy when I took him away from you earlier but if everything goes to plan you should have him back soon so hopefully you won't stay mad at me too long. You've got great aim and that chocolate pudding stain is never coming out. But if things don't go to the way we're planning Sirius can dig him out of here for you.

Sirius is here so I've got to go. Remember Harry, no matter what happens, your mother and I love you very much and will always be proud of you, no matter where your life takes you.

Love,

Your Father

Blinking back tears, Harry folded the letter up and tucked it into the envelope. After placing it to the side he immediately began pulling out the trunks contents. In the bottom of the trunk was something he had wanted to know about all of his life, something that he barely had a glimpse of in the Mirror of Erised, his family.

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Yusuke covered his eyes with his arm when the blue light shot out of his wand causing the orange in front of him to explode, covering him with even more pulp and juice. In the past five hours he had blown up twenty seven oranges, fourteen bananas, nineteen cucumbers, two dozen eggs and six apples. If he kept this up Yukina wasn't going to have anything to cook for breakfast in the morning. Groaning, he sat down on the floor and looked at Genkai. "Can we take a break?"

Genkai's lips twitched as she looked over her student. He was covered in pulp, juice, dried egg yoke and egg shells. Combined with the dark green color his skin had turned a few minutes earlier he looked like a piece of modern art gone horribly wrong. "A short one," she said as she waved her wand causing some of the mess covering him to disappear.

Yusuke twirled his wand around in his hand as Genkai sat down on the floor nearby but away from the mess surrounding him. "Why isn't it working? That spell is meant to make things float so why am I still getting blasted with gunk?"

Genkai was quiet as she watched the teen spin his wand around. "When wizards start their education they have a very small pool of energy. Their wands help them pull it to the surface so they can cast a spell. In your case you have been using your energy for years without a wand, creating a pathway for your energy that is much larger than a child wizard would have." She smirked when an idea occurred to her.

"Knowing that helps me how?" Yusuke asked sarcastically as he scowled at the old woman.

Genkai rolled her eyes as she stood up. "It means we're going to start over tomorrow. Go take a shower, you stink."

tbc…

1) A Kneazle is a magical cat like creature. It has spotted fur, large ears and a lion like tail.

2) Correct me if I'm wrong but if I understand the Fidelius Charm correctly, at some point Sirius, Dumbledore and maybe others were told where the Potters were hiding and temporarily forgot when Peter became the secret keeper then remembered after the Potters were killed. It's the only thing that makes sense to me since Hagrid then Sirius showed up at Godric's Hollow after Voldemort's attack.

3) Pa'foo was baby Harry's way of saying Padfoot.