Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ A Grim's Promise ❯ Chapter Nineteen ( Chapter 20 )

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: Remember that mini plot bunny that Aura Black Chan's review gave me? Well, here's the rest of it. Enjoy!

 

A Grim's Promise

 

Chapter Nineteen

 

Britain

The Burrow, July 14th

 

 

Ginny put her potions book down when Hedwig flew threw her open window. “Hey girl,” she said as the owl landed on her desk. She stroked the owls feathers saying, “Don't tell me Harry made you fly all the way from Japan?”

 

Hedwig hooted proudly and stuck out her leg. After Ginny untied the large bundle she flew out the open door, barely missing George's head, and down to the kitchen where Errol was. Unlike the Dursleys, the Weasleys didn't care if she flew around the house. And if she was lucky Mrs. Weasley would have something cooking and would give her a bit.

 

“Hey, are those from Harry?” George asked as he walked into his sister's room, sneaking a peak at the names on the envelope Ginny was ripping open.

 

Ginny nodded as she read through her letter. “Yep. There's a letter for me and one for you and Fred.” She held up the other letter and George snatched it from her hands.

 

“Nothing for Hermione or Remus?” George asked as he opened the envelope and pulled out the parchment inside. He began scanning it, looking for news of their littlest brother's latest exploits.

 

“No, he said he sent Hermione hers and Remus's letters the muggle way so it might get here faster than ours but,” Ginny looked puzzled as she looked at the date on her letter, “it's only been four days. How did Hedwig get here so fast? I know it takes a lot longer than four days for an owl to fly from Japan to England.”

 

George snorted when he found Harry's request for help with a prank next to a phone number. “Anything Hedwig does falls under that list of stuff that only happens to Harry. You can't explain it so don't bother trying.” He looked up from the letter and gave his sister a sneaky smile. “Wanna go out to lunch with me?”

 

“We just had breakfast…” Ginny stopped when she saw the twinkle in George's eyes. “You know ever since Ron got kicked out that I'm not allowed there,” she hissed, glancing at her open door to see if anyone was there. “Mum doesn't want to make him feel worse.”

 

George rolled his eyes. “But you want to talk to Hermione right?”

 

Well, yes but…”

 

“And I can Apparate you there so you can say you didn't know we were going anywhere until we got there.” George folded his letter back up and stuck it in one of his pants pockets. He grinned mischievously at his worried sister. “Don't worry Gin; Mum can't blame you for something you didn't know about.”

 

“Fine,” Ginny said with a sigh as George grabbed her arm. “But if Mum comes after me for this I'm telling her it was all your idea.”

 

A few seconds later Hermione jumped, knocking over the box of books she had been digging through, when the two red-heads appeared less than a foot away. “Don't do that,” she gasped, holding a hand to her heart. She dropped her hand and frowned at Ginny. “If your Mum finds out you're here…” She waved a hand at the Black library.

 

“I'm blaming it all on George,” Ginny finished as she knelt down to start picking up the scattered books. She smirked as she handed Hermione a small stack of books. “That way Mum can yell at him instead of me.”

 

“Good idea,” Hermione said, ignoring George's mock offended cries. She carefully placed the books Ginny handed her back into the box. Even after Moody and Professor Lupin had both been through the library with a fine tooth comb she was still careful with the books. Some of the hexes they had removed had only attacked when a muggle-born or half-blood touched a book. She had found that out the hard way when she had tried to read a book on blood curses. After spending a night in St. Mungo's to get rid of the fish scales and gills she had asked Moody to teach her a spell to scan the temperamental books for curses. It didn't catch everything but it helped. “You know you're not supposed to be here without a legitimate reason. And I know you don't want to help me go through all of these so what are you two doing here?” She put her hands on her hips and glared at them.

 

“You wound me Hermione,” George said, putting his arm around her. “For all you know we planned this trip just so we could help you go through this very large library of very dull…,” he said as he picked up a book from the box. His mouth dropped open when he read the title. “What in Salazar's name did Sirius give you? This is a book on illegal curses!”

 

“I know that,” Hermione said as she took the book from him. “At least half of these books are on illegal spells and most of them had illegal hexes on them.” She sighed as she stepped out from under the older wizard's arm, putting the book back into the box. “I got hexed twice before Moody and Professor Lupin began checking for curses directed at muggle borns. And even now they don't catch everything.”

 

Ginny winced. “Sorry `Mione, but we have some good news that might cheer you up.” She held out her letter. “Heard from Harry and he hasn't gotten himself killed yet.”

 

“Really? Can I…” Ginny shoved the letter into Hermione's hands.

 

Hermione read the letter, absently reaching out to smack George's hands away from one of the nearby boxes. It was bad enough that she had to go through the books once; she did not want to go through them twice because George messed up her and Professor Lupin's system. She frowned as she looked up at the date on the letter. “This doesn't make any sense. It's dated the tenth.” She looked up and gave Ginny a very confused look. “How on Earth did Hedwig get here so fast?” she asked as she handed the letter back.

 

George shrugged, pulling another book from one of the other boxes. “Don't know. Maybe she hitched a ride; she's smart enough to do something like that.” He made a face when he read the title. “This is bloody disgusting. Why would anyone read trash like this?” he asked as he showed the girls the cover which read `Five Hundred Ways to Skin a Werewolf and Other Dark Creatures'.

 

Ginny made a gagging sound as Hermione snatched the book from George's hands and tossed it into a nearby rubbish bin. “There. Now no one will ever be able to read it,” she said smiling grimly as the book caught on fire. She missed seeing George and Ginny jump when the flames shot up. “I was wondering why Professor Lupin decided to go after he dropped me off earlier.”

 

“Do you know where he went?” Ginny asked hopefully, purposely ignoring the ash filled rubbish bin. She was sure she didn't want to know what had originally upset her friend enough to charm the bin to burn books to ashes in seconds. Getting rid of books, especially ones that she hadn't read yet, just wasn't a typical Hermione thing.

 

“He's in Hogsmeade. He's been fixing up the house Sirius left him there,” Hermione said as she began looking at the other books for ones she needed to get rid of. There are just some things that no one should ever read, let alone write, she thought as she set two books inside a box of maybes she would read through later. They didn't look too bad. She was so caught up in looking through the books she didn't see the twinkle in George's eyes.

 

“George, no!” Ginny whispered when her brother gently grabbed the back of Hermione's shirt, being very careful not to tug on it.

 

George just grinned and linked his other arm with hers. With a wave of his wand and the trio disappeared from the library with a loud pop.

 

 

Hogsmeade, July 14th

 

 

Rosmerta dropped her cleaning rag when a young man and two teenage girls popped into her empty tavern and fell onto the floor. She watched dumbfounded as one of the Weasley twins and the youngest Weasley quickly stood up, apologized, and ran outside; the wizard picking up and dragging the girl with bushy brown hair with them. Shaking her head, she picked up her rag and went back to the tables, muttering about insane, rude red-heads as she wiped away the dust. If they were going to pop in like that the least they could do was stay for a butterbeer and talk to her for a minute. It was so dull during the summer months.

 

“George Weasley, I am going to kick your arse!” Hermione yelled when the door to the Three Broomsticks closed. She yanked her arm from his grip and pushed her hair back from her face. Both George and Ginny took a couple steps back in a futile attempt to escape her anger.

 

Hermione stalked over to where George was standing and poked him in the chest. “I can't believe you did that! You could have killed us!” She poked him again, glaring up at him. “You just wait till I'm finished going through those books. I am going to hex you within an inch of your life, let Madam Pomfrey heal you, then hex you again.” She poked him once more before pushing past him and walking down the street.

 

Ginny was snickering at George's shocked face as she ran to catch up with her friend. It wasn't often one got to hear Hermione swear.

 

George rubbed the spot where the angry witch had poked him before tearing off after the other two with a smile. He owed Fred and Ron five Galleons each. Hermione was cute when she was angry.

 

 

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Remus was outside weeding the small garden when Hermione slammed open the gate, muttering about insane Weasleys. He smiled when she was followed by a snickering Ginny and a sheepish George. “I'm guessing it's you she's upset with,” he said looking at George with laughing golden brown eyes.

 

Smiling innocently, George shrugged and put his hands in his pockets. “How was I to know she didn't want to come with us for a quick visit?”

 

“You could have asked that's how!” she snapped as she sat down on steps to the house. She blushed, realizing what she had said and looked at Remus apologetically. “It's not that I didn't want to visit. I just wish that a certain someone had asked before he brought me.” She glared at George before turning her glare on Ginny. “Or that my friend had warned me about what her brother was going to do.”

 

Grinning, Ginny shrugged off the other girls complaints and sat down on the steps next to her. “I tried to stop him.”

 

“You should know by now, dear sister, that telling me `no' is not going to stop me. Fred and I don't understand the word, as Mum knows very well,” George said plopping down on the grass next to Remus. He gave the small house and gardens a quick look over before smiling at Remus. “Nice place Moony. Great little vegetable garden, close to the woods, and within walking distance to the only local supplier of your favorite potion,” he said, waving a hand in the general direction of Hogwarts.

 

“Thank you George,” Remus said aiming his wand at the basket. With a little swish the basket was floating over to the compost heap and Remus took off his gloves and stood up. “Why don't you go ahead inside ladies? Help yourselves to anything in the kitchen.” He grabbed the back of the other wizard's shirt when he tried to follow the girls inside. “You can help me clean up.”

 

 

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“So,” Remus said, handing the letters back to Ginny. “He's alive, having fun, in need of help on a prank, and Hermione should be getting her and my letters shortly. While I appreciate you coming by to tell me this, I don't see why you couldn't have sent Errol with a note or told me tonight at the Order meeting.” He picked up his tea and gave George a reproving look.

 

“It's quite simple my fellow prankster,” George said grinning like a loon. “Fred and I had a phone installed so we can take orders from the muggle born students without owls and Harry,” he held up his letter, “included a phone number so we could call him up and give him our prank ideas. I, being the generous, loveable person that I am, would like to invite all you to our shop to call the boy who lived and bug him.”

 

“You do realize there is a time difference right?” Ginny asked. “He could be in bed asleep for all we know.”

 

“Actually that might not be a problem,” Hermione said looking at her watch. “It's almost eleven here so it should be…around eight at night there.” She smiled at George. “I'll forgive you for almost killing me with your stunt if you let me talk right after Professor Lupin.”

 

Remus opened his mouth to once again tell Hermione that she could call him Remus or Lupin before closing it and shaking his head resignedly. That girl couldn't forget that he had once been her teacher and nothing he said or did would change that. She still called Moody Professor at times and he had even been the one teaching.

 

“See, no problem Ginny.” George stood up and walked over to the fireplace. “Who's coming?”

 

 

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Remus snatched the phone from Fred's hands and dialed the number. None of their group spoke Japanese and he wasn't about to risk the one of the twins attempting to. Merlin only knew what they'd end up saying. He was distracted from the horror of that thought when he heard a soft, feminine voice say something that he assumed was `Hello' or `Good Evening'.

 

“Hello, this is Remus Lupin. I was wondering if I could speak to Harry,” he said, crossing his fingers that they didn't need to send someone off to go get a translation charm. The cheapest ones cost five Galleons but the good ones could cost as much as twenty and he didn't have his Gringotts key. He blinked when he heard the girl say something in Japanese before the phone went silent. The only things he had understood were Lupin-san and Harry-kun. And he wasn't really sure he had gotten that right.

 

“Well?” Ginny said impatiently. She scowled and sat down on the counter pouting when he waved his hand at her.

 

“Hello? Remus?” Remus smiled when he heard his godson's voice.

 

“Hey, Harry. The twins told me you needed help with something...”

 

 

Japan, July 14th

 

 

Rubbing the itching cream on to his arm, Yusuke watched as Harry ditched his lessons with Kurama and ran off with the cordless phone. That grin meant bad things of the prank variety, he was sure of it. And after today he wasn't sure if he could deal with more bad things. He looked at Kurama, who still had a glamour charm on to hide his silvery pink hair as he waited for the hair growth potion to cool, and jerked his head in the direction Harry had gone. Kurama nodded and stood up.

 

The two demons quietly walked down the hall and sat down outside the wizard's bedroom to listen to the call. It didn't matter that Harry wasn't behind today's prank spree or that it could just be an innocent phone call, they weren't taking any chances. Yusuke twisted his translation ring on and put his ear to the door.

 

 

Tbc…

 

Review Responses:

Anasazi Darkmoon: I can't really answer that. The roses are a wait and see kind of thing.

 

Hitomi: The roses in Harry's soul room are the ones based on human realm definitions but instead the typical purity or innocence they stand for the lesser used humility and secrecy. I can't answer your question about Voldemort. That's another wait and see thing.

 

Shinigami: Well, Moony made an appearance here and Neville will show up briefly later. Luna and Tonks I'm not so sure about. Tonks might make an appearance at any Order meetings that I write about.

 

Ariyah-Chan: That was a mix of Harry being tired and just a general dislike of people staring at him. If Shizuru had tried to talk to him at dinner instead of staring he would have talked to her.

 

Shakeval: He'll go back to Hogwarts at the end of this story which might be a bit because there are still a number of things that need to happen before he leaves. So it will be a little longer before Malfoy even makes an appearance but even then Harry won't go kick his butt. He has bigger things to worry about.

 

Calikocat: Over active imaginations can suck but I promise to work on the Y/H story since they won't leave you alone.

 

RabidFangirl101: You'll find out why Botan was late in the next few chapters. She normally is a guest for temple dinners but work made her run late.

 

I know you guys were looking forward to seeing what Kuwabara and Hiei got up to but you guys got a little peak. Next time you will find out all of what they did. I really hope you guys enjoyed this short look at what Remus and the others are up to.

 

Kel