Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ A Grim's Promise ❯ Chapter Seventeen ( Chapter 18 )

Disclaimer: I don't own the Harry Potter books or Yu Yu Hakusho. I don't own any characters from Inuyasha either.

 

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: I noticed a couple of people were worried about me adding another series to this. Don't worry, if you know who the characters are great, if you don't, it won't matter in the long run. The only things you need to know is that the well is sealed, Inuyasha and Kagome parted on good terms, and if my muse is a pain, Shippo, Fluffy and Kouga are still alive out there somewhere. That's it. The Jewel will not play a part in this story at all. I only borrowed Kagome and Souta because I needed characters and they fit the bill. I used Souta because I couldn't remember the Game Masters name and I didn't have access to the DVD player to find out and I used Kagome because I needed a classmate for Kuwabara and Kagome seemed like someone who would be in Pre-Vet Med, the major I chose for Kuwabara.

 

 

A Grim's Promise

 

Chapter Seventeen

 

July 12th

 

Yusuke slowly slid the door open and snuck into the dark bedroom. He left the door open; giving him a little light as he quietly walked over to the sleeping wizard and raised his wand. A whispered incantation was followed by a few muffled curses as he dodged a cranky Liam and two camera flashes. Yusuke tucked his wand into his holster and left the room, shutting the door behind him.

 

“Thanks Yukina,” Yusuke whispered softly. He had an evil grin on his face as he handed her the small camera.

 

Yukina grinned mischievously at him. “My pleasure Yusuke. I hope these new pictures come out as well as the last set.”

 

 

July 13th

 

 

Shizuru sipped at her coffee as she walked into the living room. She wasn't too surprised when she found her brother passed out on the floor using a book as a pillow. He ended up like this every weekend before a big test and with final exams at the end of the month it was almost expected. However, she was surprised when she saw Keiko and another girl asleep on the couch with books in their laps. She only raised an eyebrow before turning around and going back into the kitchen. It looked like they were going to need a bigger pot of coffee.

 

Kagome slowly came awake when she smelled the coffee. She tried to turn over and go back to sleep but realized she couldn't because she was sitting up and not in her bed like she first thought. Her eyes shot open when she remembered where she was. She grabbed her book bag and began digging around for her cell phone with one thought running through her head. Her mother was going to scream.

 

“Ohh, not good,” Kagome whined when her phone wouldn't turn on. The battery had to be dead. Her mother was definitely going to have something to say about this. She had promised her after the well had sealed that she would never pull a disappearing stunt again and here she was camping out in Kazuma's living room. Even if he did have a girlfriend and his honor code prevented him from hitting on other girls, even though they had a huge project due in two weeks, Kagome's mother would not be happy. She looked up from her dead cell phone when a cordless phone appeared in front of her.

 

Shizuru smiled at the girl. “Take the phone. Call your parents. When you're done you can come get some breakfast.”

 

“Thank you,” Kagome chirped quietly but happily as she took the phone. She would have jumped up to hug the woman but that would have woken Keiko up. Instead she settled for giving her a big smile. “You are an absolute life saver.”

 

“Nah, just good at saving teenagers from wrathful parents,” she said shaking her head as she walked back to the kitchen. “Leave it on the table when you're done. Keiko should probably call her parents too.”

 

 

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Kurama was puzzled by Yusuke and Harry's behavior. All through breakfast the two had been acting…odd. While Yusuke was stuffing his face like he normally did, he kept making comments about pillows, feathers and semi-evil foxes which had instantly resulted in Harry glaring at the two of them for all he was worth. At least it had until Yusuke had told him he looked like a cartoon chipmunk with his green hair. Harry had swallowed his pancakes and had threatened to sic his snake on Yusuke. After about five minutes of the two trading playful insults and threats Genkai had come in and dragged Yusuke off for his daily torture, leaving Kurama alone with a very quiet wizard. They had sat in silence for almost ten minutes now and he couldn't take it anymore.

 

“Why did you dye your hair?” Kurama asked, staring at the other boy's loose dark green hair. It matched the wizard's eyes exactly and was actually very good for a dye job. Maybe it was a spell of some sort.

 

“I didn't,” Harry said scowling. He put his fork down before wiping his hands on a napkin and tucking his hair behind his ears. “Yusuke charmed it sometime last night.”

 

“Ah, I see,” Kurama said slowly. “Color charms aren't meant for hair are they?” He took a sip of his coffee as he observed the boy.

 

“Not the one he used.” Harry leaned back in his seat and crossed his arms over his chest. He stared back, waiting for the kitsune to finish.

 

Kurama was mildly surprised by the anger in the other boy's eyes, which he had a feeling had nothing to do with the boy's hair and everything to do with him. “What's wrong?” he asked as he put his coffee cup down.

 

“Those plants you gave me won't let me get to my clothes and they almost didn't let me leave my room this morning. I had to sacrifice another pillow to get out.” Harry scowl-pouted, still managing to glare at the red head across from him. “Even then, the roses grabbed my braid and tried to pull me back in. They ripped the tie out. All of my extras are in my room and the only things left in the bathroom are those ribbons Yukina uses on her hair. I am not putting one of those in mine!” Harry's glare went up a notch when Kurama smiled. It wasn't a nice smile. It was Snape smile number seven; the `you are an absolute idiot and I'm going to thoroughly enjoy making you realize it' smile.

 

“Did you ask?”

 

Harry blinked a few times, confusion replacing the anger. “Ask? Ask what?”

 

“Did you ask if you could leave?”

 

“What?” Harry had the urge to clean his ears. He did not just say that. “Shuichi, they're plants. Why would I ask them if I could leave?” When Kurama's smile turned into a smirk Harry knew he was going to hate the next five minutes of his life.

 

“They may be plants Harry but they are plants from the Makai. Just like your school they're sentient. And just like your school will do everything in its power to protect its students, these plants will do everything in their power to protect their food source. You're their food source.” Kurama stood up, pushing his chair back from the table. “Come on; time to begin your lessons.”

 

Harry's eyes almost popped out of his head when he realized what Kurama had implied. It wasn't enough that there was a dark wizard trying to kill him, that jerk had given him plants that wanted to eat him. He was still trying to process that thought five minutes later when Kurama came back to drag him to his room.

 

 

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“I'm not going in there,” Harry said, holding on to the bathroom door with one hand while Kurama tried to drag him to his room. “You can pull all you want but I am not going in there to be eaten!”

 

“They won't eat you Harry,” Kurama said patiently, still pulling on the wizard's arm, “just your energy.”

 

“You've said that twice now, but I'm still not going.”

 

Kurama dropped Harry's arm and leaned against the wall next to the bathroom. “Don't you want to get some clothes and take a shower?” he asked, looking at the shorter boy from the corner of his eye.

 

“Not that badly. I can borrow some from Yusuke or live in my pajamas for the rest of my life.” Harry shrugged, which looked a little odd since he still refused to let go of the door. “It's not that big of a deal.”

 

“I thought you said the Gryffindor house was known for its bravery. Aren't you one?”

 

“I may be a Gryffindor, but I'm not stupid.”

 

Kurama's eyes narrowed as he stared down the smaller boy. “You do know that I can pick you up and carry you in there, right?”

 

Harry glared right back. “Every time I try to leave they almost kill me to stop me and now you tell me they want to eat me. Even if they don't want to eat me, they still want to drain me of my energy and that will kill me! I don't have an extra pillow to use as a distraction to get out again. You try to carry me in there I'm going to hurt you.” He gripped the door with both hands when Kurama smirked playfully and lifted a hand to his hair.

 

“You can go in willingly or I'm tying you up and carrying you in there.” Kurama lowered his hand and showed Harry the seed. With a small touch of his energy, tiny vines began growing from it, reaching towards the wizard. He smiled when Harry let go of the door and began inching towards the bedroom. “If it helps the plants won't attack you as long as I'm in the room,” he said as the vines in his hand pulled back into the seed. He tucked the seed into his hair and walked into the room.

 

“You could have told me that before,” Harry muttered as he followed Kurama into his room.

 

 

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Kurama looked up from the book he was reading when the plants by the door started moving. He raised an eyebrow when the Devil's Snare slide the door open and a small blue kitten came in followed by a black snake. He looked up at the plants with a small smile on his face.

 

“You won't listen to Harry but you'll listen to the animals?” he asked them incredulously. The plants sent him a feeling of extreme cold and danger. “That may be true but Harry has the ability to heal you if she,” he pointed to the kitten, “attacks. You might have been better off if you were nice to him instead of her.” He went back to his book, pretending to ignore the outraged hiss and snaky snicker coming from the floor below him. That didn't stop him from lifting his legs on to the bed, causing Hana to miss his ankles and go sliding under the bed. He leaned over the edge and looked under the bed at the kitten. “Better luck next time.” He jerked his head back up when she started running for him again. He looked at the door when he heard Harry laughing.

 

“He's at least a thousand years old Hana, you aren't going to win,” Harry said, picking up the dusty kitten and Liam. “He has years of experience on you.” He dropped the kitten on the bed while the snake crawled up his arm to his neck, hissing at him. Sitting down, he hissed back and smiled when the kitten crawled on to his lap pouting. He looked up from Hana and saw Kurama looking at him strangely. “Is something wrong?” he asked, petting the kitten.

 

“Where did you get the idea that I was a thousand years old?” Kurama asked softly. He knew Harry had a slight spiritual awareness and from the conversation he and Genkai had the other day he knew Harry was a minor Seer but it was confined to things directly concerning his life, mainly Voldemort. Neither gift was strong enough or accurate enough for the boy to be able to make a guess at his age, never mind that it was short by a good five hundred years.

 

“Genkai's library. There's this book on legends and myths and you're in it,” Harry said. He rolled his eyes when Kurama continued to give him that strange assessing look. “If it bothers you I won't tell anyone, okay?”

 

“I would appreciate it if you never mentioned my age again. Not that many people are aware of it and the less that are the better off I am,” Kurama said. His tone was completely flat but Harry could definitely tell that he was angry; he just couldn't tell if he was angry at him or at Genkai for having the book.

 

“Fine,” Harry agreed with a shrug. He could worry about Kurama's trust issues later; he had more important things to deal with. “So now that you know I'll keep my mouth shut, how do I deal with the plants? I'd like to be able to get in and out of my room with out being killed or buying more pillows.”

 

Kurama sighed, a miniature Yusuke, just what any teacher needed. “I'm not here to teach you that. I'm here to teach you how to control your spirit energy without your wand.”

 

Harry nodded. “Which includes dealing with the insane vegetables,” he said slowly, almost like he was talking to a small child. “What's first?”

 

If he didn't have so much control, Kurama's eye would have twitched at Harry's nickname for the plants. “First, don't call them that. Because of your energy, they are aware of what you say and they can and will take offense. Second, quit petting the kitten and give me your hands. I'm going to show you something.”

 

Harry put his hands in Kurama's, gasping when he felt a strange, warm energy come from the other teens hands. It crawled up his arms and quickly covered the rest of his body. Harry bit his lip when it got to his scar. It hurt but it was that good kind of hurt, like when you went in to a really warm house after being outside in the snow without a coat. He could feel the link to Voldemort being temporarily cut off. He briefly wondered if any demon energy could do this or if it was just kitsune energy. That thought got pushed to the back of his mind when he felt his own energy respond and flood to the surface, making him glow a soft, warm butter yellow. He blinked a few times, trying to see if it would fade but it didn't. “Brilliant,” he whispered, looking at the energy.

 

Kurama didn't show it, but he was a little surprised that the wizard had that much energy to call. While it was no where near wear it should be for Harry's age and potential, if he took into account what had happened to him as a baby it was a bit more than he had expected. Instead of being a high D class or low C class, the wizard was a middle C class. Perhaps being around demons or his constant connection to Voldemort was forcing the energy to repair itself faster he mused as he examined the yellow glow. Kurama did a mental shake. The reasons didn't matter. The only thing that mattered was that it made it easier to teach the boy. Besides, if the boy took this seriously his energy would increase even faster.

 

Kurama released one of Harry's hands, making sure to keep a tight grip on the other one to keep the connection open, and began tracing the air above a vein of energy in his arm. “See this here?”

 

“Yeah, what about it?” Harry asked, looking at the thin dark yellow line in his arm. It continued down to his hand and branched out to his fingers.

 

“This is a pathway for your energy. Everyone has them. Yours are larger than someone like Keiko but much, much smaller than someone like Yusuke. You need to increase the size of the pathways but at the same time be able to control the amount of energy you send out.” Kurama forced his energy to the surface, making his body glow like Harry's. The only difference was that his energy was violet with dark purple veins. He pointed out the small slivery lines in the veins in his energy. “Do you see these?”

 

Harry's nose scrunched up in disgust as he looked at the tiny silver barriers that seemed to slice the veins into separate pieces. “Yes, but those look like they're blocking your energy. That's got to hurt when you use it.”

 

Kurama shook his head, smiling. “They're not barriers. They're more like doors. I open and close them when I need to call on large amounts of energy. It's not a conscious act, it just happens.”

 

Harry rolled that around in his mind for a minute before speaking. “So it's an exercise in control?”

 

“Exactly,” Kurama said. “If I went around with out those in place every plant around me would grow uncontrollably and no one would be able to stop it, not even me.” He let his energy fall back and released the other teen's hand, causing Harry's energy to fade back as well. “You need to learn this for a lot of reasons. The main ones being that you don't need that much energy to call on or control the plants I've given you and you don't need to have any spells you cast turn on you.”

 

Harry grimaced. “You mean I don't want to blow up Hogwarts like Yusuke like did the couch.”

 

Kurama raised an eyebrow in disbelief. “I saw the couch, its fine.”

 

“Genkai cast a reparo on it,” Harry said with a shrug. “He still has to buy a new one though. That one's kind of wobbly now.”

 

“Wonderful,” Kurama said sarcastically, looking at the clock. Between Harry's refusal to enter his room, long shower and now this it was almost time for lunch. “Why don't we take a break for now? We should have enough time for you to show me that book you mentioned before Yukina gets finished with lunch.”

 

“You're not destroying that book! I'm not done reading it yet.” Harry scowled at him.

 

“You want me to leave you alone in here without showing you how to control your plants?” Kurama asked smirking.

 

“Well, no. But do you want Genkai mad at you? And maybe Yusuke since it's going to be his one day.” Harry smirked back at him. If he had learned one thing in the past few weeks, it was that everyone with half a brain feared a ticked off Genkai. That and Yukina's puppy dog eyes. Kurama's eyes seemed to glow yellow for a second, reminding Harry of his demon form's eyes, before fading.

 

“I won't destroy it,” Kurama held a hand up when Harry smiled triumphantly, “but you have to promise me you won't tell anyone what you read in it. A lot of those legends are based in fact. If the demons they're about find out that a human has knowledge of them, they might come after you.”

 

Harry nodded. By Kurama's tone he could tell the other boy was absolutely serious. “Okay, I promise not to tell anyone but you. I really don't need anyone else out there who wants me dead so that's not a big deal. But I have one question; were you really a thief?”

 

“Yes,” Kurama said grudgingly.

 

“Great,” Harry said. He started to bounce on the bed, grinning. “Can you teach me how to pick a lock? With my luck I have a feeling I'll need to know how.”

 

Kurama's eyebrows shot up in surprise before he smiled slyly. Maybe Genkai had found him a student for all of his skills. Wouldn't she be pleased.

 

 

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Yusuke's oh shit alarm was going off and he wasn't sure what had caused it. If Genkai hadn't told him that they were starting hexes and curses after lunch he would have thought she was the cause. That grin of hers ranked as a mostly evil on Harry's evil scale. It wasn't Harry and Kurama either. Yeah, okay they were talking about lock picks and how Harry could hide a basic set in his braid. But the kid had a history of getting into trouble; he could use that skill. It wasn't Yukina. She wasn't the type to cause his alarm to go off. Yusuke looked around the room, trying to figure out what it was. He dropped his sandwich when he realized who was missing. Oh Shit! This could mean death, destruction, little kids screaming in terror but, most importantly, the end of his vacation!

 

“Has anyone seen Hiei?”

 

 

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Hiei jumped out of the tree and walked up to the door. He didn't like this idea one bit but the fool had a point. No one would ever suspect the two of them to pair up for something like this. Hell, no one would ever suspect him of doing this period. But he was the only one among them who could move fast enough to pull this off and quite frankly he thought it would be funny to see the detective and fox get pranked, especially if he was the one doing it. He just wasn't sure if he should partner up with… The door opened, cutting of Hiei's train of thought.

 

“Hey shorty. You gonna come inside or do you want to stare at the door all day?”

 

tbc…

 

 

A/N: Ack! I am sooo sorry it's been this long. I didn't have access to my computer and I couldn't type this up and then when I did get my computer a couple of reviews sparked a plot bunny so I was a little busy working on that. I also chopped this chapter in half. The second half should be out this weekend though. Since there were so many reviews I'm just going to cover the major questions here.

 

Who's the teacher?: Still not sure. There are a lot of reasons for both. About the open position, it's not a new one that I made up. My OC can fit in either the defense post or the other open slot so that doesn't play a part in the choice. The possible pairings for this story also don't play into my choice. They are completely in the background. No matter how much I might like to see if I could do a plausible Kurama/Harry pairing I'm not going to base my choice on that. Although the arguments based on that were really interesting.

 

Why a slash pairing? Can't Harry hook up with a girl/Japanese witch?: Oi, you would not believe the number of emails I got on this. I can't picture Harry hooking up with a Japanese witch for a number of reasons. If you can see it please go back and read the chapters where the gang went shopping. I'm a little worried if I did create a Japanese witch for Harry to date she would end up being a Mary Sue simply because she would have to completely have to contradict every image I've given you about the Japanese wizarding society so far. Yes, there are girls out there that Harry could date but I honestly can't see him hooking up with any of them. I mean, how would he meet her, where would he meet her? Genkai doesn't live or interact with in the Japanese wizarding world unless she absolutely has too. It's the same for the guys; they don't need or want to go down to Fireball Alley unless they have no other choice. Please don't ask me to hook him up with Ginny. I can barely read that pairing. I don't think I can bring my self to write it. Hermione is out too. In my world Harry views her as an older sister. It's one of my favorite het pairings for Harry but it won't work in this story. If you do have a problem reading slash let me remind you that any and all pairings that end up in this story will be in background. They will not take center stage and you shouldn't have too much trouble ignoring them or skipping scenes. If you still don't want to read it, I'm sorry to see you go and I'll miss you but everyone has things they don't want to read and I understand.

 

Yusuke/Harry pairing: Thanks for the plot bunny guys. I started fleshing out a rough outline and worked on it a bit but this story takes precedence.

 

Harry's other form: It's not a demon, and oh god people are going to hate me, and it's not a fox either. I know it fits how Harry's acting, all playful and curious but those aren't core parts of his personality. His playful attitude and latest stream of pranks are his way of dealing with Sirius's death and fulfilling one of the man's last wishes. Sirius wanted Harry to loosen up a bit and play a few pranks and Harry's doing that. I know that Harry is shown as a very curious guy in the books but all of that relates to his on going battle with Moldywarts. Remember this; all young animals are naturally curious. It's how they learn about the world around them. Harry's curiosity still lives up to his animal form just not in the way you guys were thinking. Fox was on my original list of ideas for his form but I realized it fit someone else so much better. P.S. The lion isn't a dumb idea but that's not it either. And Liam will be able to curl around the animagus's leg like the snake did.

 

Hana and Liam adventures: That one was completely spur the moment. I didn't know I was going to write it until I did so I'm not to sure if there will be more scenes from their perspective or not. That doesn't mean they won't get into mess and scrapes I'm just not sure if I'll do it from their view point.

 

Thank you to everyone who reviewed. I'm hoping to get the rest of this chapter out by Saturday. I'm just waiting for my beta to send it back my way so we can begin bickering about things. As soon as Nora gets to it and we finish debating stuff, I'll post it. Thanks again. I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

 

Kel