Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ A Grim's Promise ❯ Chapter Twenty ( Chapter 21 )

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 (These apply to the whole story): Swearing, fluff, angst, my weird sense of humor, and the occasional gross scene if Moldywarts is in the mood.

 

A/N: Finals are coming up, so I've been studying almost non stop and I had a research paper due Friday for my World Civilizations II class so this got put on the back burner. (Am I the only one who gets crappy busywork from their professors when their class is two weeks ahead of schedule?) I meant to have this up Saturday but ::shrugs:: life happened again. The only reason I'm able to post this today is because my morning class was canceled. Oh, one last thing, I know I promised all of the pranks in this chapter but some of them got moved to the next chapter. (Yes, they did more than one.)

 

 

A Grim's Promise

 

Chapter Twenty

 

July 14th, Japan

 

 

“Are you sure this is a good idea?” Kuwabara asked, reluctantly taking the small cone of incense from Hiei.

 

“Yes,” Hiei said shortly. “Not only will it make a wonderful prank on the detective and Kurama, it will let us know if the boy is completely human.”

 

“I knew you had another reason for agreeing to help me,” Kuwabara grumbled, opening the door to Yusuke's room.

 

When do I not, Hiei thought as he opened the door to the wizard's room. He went inside and knelt down by Kurama. He put the incense on a small plate and placed it near the kitsune's head. After lighting the incense, he stepped out of the room and shut the door. He raced back to the guest room and sat down to wait. Just three more hours before he had to go back.

 

 

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When Harry walked into the kitchen later that morning he found Hiei eating a large stack of French toast drowning in syrup and powdered sugar. Harry didn't bother to hide his disgusted face as he sat down and grabbed a muffin. “Do you think you have enough syrup on there?”

 

Hiei looked at his plate critically and grabbed the syrup container. “You're right. It needs more.”

 

Harry's nose crinkled up in disgust as Hiei poured more Maple syrup on his already soaked French toast. When the fire demon began eating again Harry put his muffin down and looked away. Suddenly he didn't feel hungry anymore. “Um Hiei,” Harry said, turning back to watch Hiei happily, or as happy as Hiei ever got, eat his breakfast, “Can I ask you a question?”

 

“Hn.” Harry took that as a yes.

 

“Does Shuichi's hair ever change colors?”

 

Hiei swallowed and sent the wizard an annoyed look. “Your hair was that shade of green yesterday?” Harry nodded. “Then you have nothing to worry about. It's just an allergic reaction. It won't affect you.” Hiei immediately went back to his food.

 

“What caused it?” Harry asked.

 

Hiei glared at the wizard briefly before cutting into his French toast. “It's something that's used to identify demons with human ancestors and humans with demon ancestors. The reaction differs for each type of demon.”

 

“Shuichi's hair changed because he's a kitsune in a human body?” Harry asked, trying to make sense of what the demon was telling him.

 

“Hn,” Hiei grunted as he ate his breakfast. Couldn't the boy go ask someone else questions? He only had twenty minutes before Botan showed up to open a portal for him and it would be another week before he'd get to eat his sister's cooking again.

 

“So, it can't be blamed on me?”

 

“No, the active ingredient is only found in the Makai. Like I said, you have nothing to worry about.”

 

“Okay, thank you Hiei.” Harry smiled at the demon before he stood up, carrying his muffin in the hopes that he would be hungry later. He was walking towards the kitchen door when he remembered his other question. He turned back around. “One last thing, do you know what Yusuke's boxers were doing in my closet?”

 

“Ask Kuwabara.”

 

“He already left.”

 

“Hn.” Hiei swallowed and glared at the curious wizard. “Kuwabara decided to leave those alone,” he said, turning back to his breakfast.

 

“Oh,” Harry said, not really understanding what the demon meant. He walked out of the kitchen and down the halls towards his room, trying to think of something Kuwabara could have done to Yusuke that involved sparing his boxers. His mouth dropped open in shock when he saw Yusuke with an oddly patterned red rash running down the hall to the bathroom. Maybe he was better off not knowing.

 

 

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Kurama reluctantly woke up when he heard two people shouting in the hallway. Pulling down his blanket he stared at the ceiling and listened to the argument as he tried to get his brain working.

 

“First someone short sheets my bed, and then I find my boxers sitting in the middle of the hall, and now this!” Yusuke shouted.

 

“I'm telling you I had absolutely nothing to do with it. Well, I moved your boxers when I found them in my closet but I didn't do this. I didn't have time to do anything yesterday,” Harry shouted. Kurama heard Yusuke snort disbelievingly.

 

“If you didn't then who did?” There was a loud crashing sound before Harry spoke again.

 

“The same person who messed up Shuichi's hair maybe?” Kurama's face went white as he set up and pulled some of his hair forward to get a look at it. Pink? His hair was pink?!

 

“What happened to Kurama's hair?”

 

“I don't know what happened to it, but it's this really weird pink and silver color. When I asked Hiei he said it was an allergic reaction to something because he's part human.” Kurama barely heard what Harry had said as he stared at his hair. It couldn't all be this color, could it?

 

Kurama threw off his blankets and went running out of the bedroom. Too worried to be polite, he pushed Yusuke out of his way, jumped over the open first aid kit, and looked into the mirror. His hair was pink; every single strand of his hair, including his eyebrows and eyelashes, was a strange silvery pink color. It looked like someone had taken the colors of his youko form's hair color and had mixed it with his human form's hair color. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath to calm down. Once he felt like he wouldn't rip out the heart of the person who had caused this, he opened his eyes and turned towards the other two teenagers, causing Harry to take a step back when the kitsune's green-flecked golden eyes focused on him.

 

“What exactly did Hiei tell you?” Kurama asked. He finally noticed the smell of the itching cream Yusuke was rubbing into his red skin and turned to look at his friend. He almost missed the wizard's answer as he stared at the red patches on Yusuke's skin, red patches that were exactly where Yusuke's markings would be if he was in his demon form.

 

“Not much really,” Harry said, unconsciously playing with the end of his braid. “When I asked about what happened to your hair he said I shouldn't worry because it only caused demons with human blood to have reactions like yours and, I'm guessing here, Yusuke's.” He quickly glanced at the boy next to him who was switching between scratching and rubbing ointment onto his red skin.

 

Kurama sighed, pushing his bangs out of his eyes. “Where is Hiei now?”

 

Harry shrugged, looking totally clueless and Yusuke tilted his head to the side, searching the temple for Hiei's energy signature or a void that meant Hiei was using his Jagan to hide. “I don't feel him anywhere nearby. I'm not picking up a blank spot either.”

 

“Wonderful, I knew he was up to something but this is ridiculous. I have exams to study for, papers to write, books to pick up! Hell, I have a student I need to teach! I can't believe he would do this to me! Do you know what's my mother going to do when I go home tonight? I do, she's going to take one look at my hair and faint! That doesn't even go into what my brother and step father are going to do…” Kurama continued to rant as he walked past them and back into the bedroom to get dressed.

 

“Okay, maybe I should stay out of my room until he calms down,” Harry whispered as he listened to Kurama rant, occasionally slipping into other languages.

 

“Nah, Kurama's just in rant mode,” Yusuke said as squeezed more of the cream onto his hand before he started rubbing it on his shoulders. “Sorry about blaming this on you,” he said, motioning at his red, itchy skin.

 

“It's okay,” Harry said, looking at Yusuke, just a little worried. This day was not starting off good.

 

“Does Yukina have breakfast ready?” Harry nodded slowly. “Good, I have a feeling we're going to need the coffee,” Yusuke said as he turned around.

 

Harry watched as Yusuke picked up his boxers and went back into his room to get ready for the day. Shaking his head, he put the first aid kit back together and placed it in its spot under the sink. He had a really bad feeling about today. Maybe he could go flying for a while.

 

 

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Genkai looked up from the notebook she was sketching the wards in when she heard the door to the library open. She snorted when she saw Harry making his way around the stacks. She had given Yusuke the day off so she could finalize her plans for the wards and now the other one was tracking her down? She put her pencil down as the wizard sat in the chair across from her, putting his broom on the table.

 

“Are you going to show Yusuke how to fly to day?” Genkai asked, glancing at the Firebolt.

 

Harry shook his head. “No way, someone pranked him and Shuichi last night so I'm staying as far away as possible.”

 

Genkai made a thoughtful sound as she picked her pencil back up and began sketching the patterns the wards would take. A few minutes passed before she spoke again, “If you plan on getting any flying done before lunch you might want to ask me your question.” She briefly looked up from the diagram. “Sometime before I die old age would be good.”

 

“I'm not really sure how to explain but,” Harry played with the end of his braid as he thought about what had happened with his scar the day before. “Yesterday Shuichi did this thing that made my magic—“

 

“Spirit energy,” Genkai said absently, still sketching the wards.

 

“Yeah, that.” Harry started twisting his braid in his hands. “He made it flair up somehow by using his spirit energy.”

 

Genkai nodded. “It's a basic defense mechanism; your energy felt a threat and it responded. It's similar to the accidental magic children do when they're young. It's nothing to worry about,” she said, grabbing an eraser to correct one of the lines. When Harry didn't move she sighed and put down the pencil and eraser, giving the boy her full attention. “Did something else happen?”

 

Harry nodded. “Yeah, my scar reacted.”

 

“How?” Genkai asked sharply. Whatever happened couldn't have been bad or she would've heard about it yesterday but the fact that his scar reacted at all was alarming.

 

“His energy blocked the link to Voldemort.”

 

Genkai stared at him a minute then yanked the pages she had been working on out of the notebook and crumbled them into a little ball. “Well, that was a week's work wasted,” she muttered, tossing the ball at the trash can.

 

She stood up and picked up her notebook. “Your flying trip's just been canceled. Where are the fox and the Dimwit?”

 

“The kitchen, I think.”

 

Genkai nodded to herself, already planning the new changes in the wards. “Get them and meet me outside. I want to test this.”

 

 

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“Can you cast a decent glamour yet?” Kurama asked, pulling a large mug out of the cabinets. This is definitely going to be a three pot day, he thought as he picked up the coffee pot.

 

Yusuke shook his head as he sat down at the table. “I'm only up to second year spells in charms and I'm still on first in Transfiguration.” He glared down at his coffee. “Genkai said I wouldn't be ready for glamours for another two weeks minimum.”

 

“I'll have to borrow Harry's wand then,” Kurama said, pouring his coffee. He sighed as he put the coffee pot back down. “It'll take at least ten hours to make a hair growth potion strong enough and there is no way I'm risking Botan seeing this.”

 

Yusuke snorted. “Glamours don't work on cameras. And you know Yukina is going to take a picture of you sometime today.”

 

“Botan seeing a picture is better than her actually seeing this,” Kurama groused, running a hand through his silvery-pink hair. “She's still teasing me about Harry touching my ears.”

 

Yusuke choked on his coffee. “Even you got to admit that was funny.” He smirked at his friend. “The greatest and most feared thief of the Makai got an ear rub. And the kid wasn't even afraid; he just thought you looked cool.”

 

Kurama glared at the other boy as he sipped at his coffee. The ear incident wasn't funny. It was one of the most embarrassing things that had happened to him since he had become human. Well, partly human. He scowled at that thought. That would be the one thing Hiei would take advantage of in a prank war. He did love reminding him that his human side was a weakness.

 

Kurama and Yusuke turned towards the door when someone started slowly pushing it open. Kurama raised an eyebrow in amusement when Harry peeked in, looking like he would bolt at the first sign of trouble. “Yes?” Kurama asked.

 

“Genkai wants to see us outside,” Harry said, pushing the door open a little more when it appeared to be safe. He stayed by the door though, just in case.

 

Harry wasn't too surprised to find both of the older boys still in their night clothes but already on what looked like their second cups of coffee. In London he had learned that Yusuke did not like starting out the day without coffee and he had a feeling that any problem that didn't involve the world ending was solved with coffee, or at least involved a lot of coffee drinking. He wrinkled his nose in disgust. How anyone could drink that much black coffee was beyond him. It was absolutely horrible if it didn't have loads of cream and sugar in it.

 

“About what?” Yusuke asked before drinking the last of his coffee. He glared pitifully at the empty mug and stood up. He needed more coffee before the itching cream wore off.

 

Harry shook his head, watching Yusuke walk over to the coffee pot. It was things like this that made it hard to believe that Yusuke was the most powerful Spirit Detective in existence. “She said she wanted to test something,” He said, still watching Yusuke as he poured even more coffee into his mug. How much coffee were they going to drink?

 

“And that something was…” Kurama said, trying to get more information out of the wizard.

 

Harry shrugged. “I told her about what you did with my magic—“

 

“Spirit energy,” Kurama corrected.

 

“Whatever. Anyway, I told her about that and that your energy cut of my link to Voldemort. Now she wants to test it,” Harry said. He took a step back into the hall when Kurama put his mug down and glared at him.

 

“This happened yesterday,” Kurama said, slowly walking towards Harry, his eyes flashing with suppressed anger. “And you didn't tell me?”

 

Harry shrugged and smiled sheepishly, taking another step back into the hall. “I sort of got distracted when I started glowing.”

 

Kurama stopped in front of the shorter boy and frowned down at him. He opened his mouth to reprimand him then shut it, mentally chastising himself. It wasn't completely Harry's fault. He sighed and made a mental note to have an in depth talk with him later. He needed to find out exactly what Harry knew about spirit energy.

 

Kurama sighed and walked past the boy, saying, “After Genkai's done testing this, we need talk.”

 

“Okay,” Harry said softly.

 

“Oh, and I need to borrow your wand,” Kurama said before he turned the corner.

 

Harry blinked in confusion. “I thought he was going to yell at me.”

 

Yusuke finished his coffee and grabbed the itching cream off the table. “I think you got spared because he messed up too.”

 

 

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“Yukina?” Keiko said disbelief, staring at the girl. She quickly looked around the store, trying to spot Yusuke or Kuwabara. When she didn't see any of the guys she looked back at the other girl in confusion. When did they start letting her walk around town without on escort?

 

“Hello Keiko.” Yukina gave her friend a gentle smile as she dropped two large tubes of itching cream into the basket she was carrying. “What are you doing out so early?”

 

“Just running a few errands before my study group meets,” Keiko said.

 

“Oh, Kazuma said something about that when he left this morning. Excuse me,” Yukina said, walking towards the checkout. “I would like to talk but,” she lifted the small basket, showing the other girl the film inside, “I really do need to get back to the temple. I don't want to miss anything. It would be horrible if I didn't get a picture of Kurama's pink hair.”

 

“His what?!” Keiko gasped.

 

 

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Genkai tapped her foot impatiently while Kurama used Harry's wand to cast a glamour charm. “Done yet?” she asked testily when the pale violet glow started to fade.

 

“Yes.” Kurama smiled when the glow completely faded. He lifted a lock of his hair and examined the color. It wasn't exactly the same shade as his natural color but it was loads better than the horrible pink color it had been. “Here,” he said, still smiling as he handed Harry his wand back. “Thank you.”

 

“You're welcome.” Harry took his wand then stepped back, using Yusuke as a partial shield. He wasn't sure what had stopped Kurama from yelling at him before but he was sure he wanted someone between them in case he changed his mind.

 

“Alright boys, lets get this done. Harry, you sit here,” Genkai said pointing at one of the flagstones. She pointed at the stone across from him. “Kurama, you sit there, and Yusuke, you stay by the temple.”

 

When the boys were where she wanted them Genkai walked over to stand beside Harry. “I need to ask you a few questions before we start.”

 

“Okay.”

 

“How long was the connection cut off?”

 

Harry thought for a moment. “Not long. When Shuichi stopped using his energy on me the link opened back up. It took about five minutes before it was completely open though.”

 

Genkai frowned thoughtfully, looking at Harry's scar then to look at Kurama. “Kurama, how long did you do this little exercise for?”

 

He shrugged. “Twenty minutes at most.” He sighed softly, looking in the direction of the small potions room longingly. He really wanted to get his hair back to normal. “Genkai, not that I complaining, but how long is this going to take?”

 

Genkai and Yusuke snorted in amusement. “Wanting to get started on that hair potion, Kurama?” Yusuke asked jokingly.

 

Kurama rolled his eyes and smirked back at him. “No, I was just wondering if we would be done before Yukina got back with more itching cream or if we'll need to stop to make some. That little tube you're holding might not be enough if she doesn't get back soon.”

 

“At least my problem is semi serious, Pinky; yours is just wound pride,” Yusuke said with a smirk as he carefully tucked the small tube he was holding in his pajama pants pocket. “You've got a point though,” he said, turning to look at Genkai. “How long is this going to take, Grandma? Kurama and I still need to get dressed,” he said, waving a hand at his Tee shirt and pajama bottoms and Kurama's shorts and Tee shirt.

 

“I don't know, but the sooner you two quit griping and taking shots at each other, the sooner we can get started,” Genkai snapped at Yusuke and Kurama. They smirked at each other before turning to Genkai with mock apologetic faces. She mentally groaned when Kurama's eyes twinkled at her and they went back to trading insults and barbs. No matter how old they were; her boys would always be boys.

 

 

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An hour later Yusuke was still in his nightclothes and leaning against the wall outside Harry's room, glaring at everything as he rubbed fresh ointment on his red markings and waited for Yukina and Genkai to come out. After Kurama had shown Genkai how he had made Harry's spirit energy react she had questioned Harry. When the wizard had told her that the link had been temporarily blocked again she had asked Yusuke if he could do the same thing. And he could, for a while anyway.

 

Kurama had over a thousand years of experience with controlling his energy and most of his attacks and defenses required small steady streams of his energy to perform, so he could easily summon up a small amount of power and make sure it would stay small. Yusuke, on the other hand, had almost no experience keeping his attacks small. Almost every case or serious fight he had been in required that his attacks be better, stronger, and even bigger than they were the last time. Because of this his energy pathways were much larger and had far fewer barriers than Kurama's. He was slowly building more of the barriers and controls he needed during his magic lessons with Genkai and he could, for a short period of time, send out small, sometimes tiny, energy bursts but…

 

He had been sending small energy pulses, something roughly the size of what he used during his Transfiguration exercises, to Harry for two minutes when he felt his energy begin to rush forward. Yusuke had immediately let go of the other boy and thrown a mental off switch, forcing his energy back, but by then Harry had already gotten a good shock to his system. The smaller boy had briefly glowed a yellow-green as his energy fought with Yusuke's before flashing its natural butter yellow. When the energy had faded back into Harry's body his eyes had rolled back into his head and he had passed out. The only reason the wizard hadn't cracked his skull on the flagstones was because Genkai had been standing right behind him, ready to intervene if something had gone wrong. Yusuke growled softly; something had definitely gone wrong.

 

Yusuke's glare went up a notch when Kurama came out of the bathroom, fully dressed for the day and carrying his old nightclothes, his face blank and composed. That meant one of two things; either he was worried about Yusuke or he was worried about Harry.

 

“He'll be alright, Yusuke,” Kurama said softly. It was the first one. He was worried about Yusuke feeling guilty.

 

Yusuke grunted and looked away from the kitsune.

 

Kurama leaned against the bathroom door, staring at the closed door across from him, occasionally glancing at Yusuke. If it had been Kuwabara standing there Kurama would have bluntly offered to help him and if it had been Hiei he would have pointed out the advantages of learning a new control technique and he would have politely bragged that he had perfected years ago. But it was Yusuke, so that meant he just had to let him know the opportunity was available and let him do the rest. “I was planning on teaching Harry some control techniques next weekend. Just some little things he could do during his morning sessions with you and Genkai.”

 

Yusuke looked at his friend and nodded. Kurama smiled mentally, guessing it would be two hours at most before Yusuke asked if he could sit in on his lessons with Harry.

 

The door next to Yusuke opened and Genkai walked out. She quietly shut the door and looked at the two boys. “The boy is fine. He woke up briefly and we had a little chat.” She glanced up at Yusuke and repressed a small smile when she saw how much Yusuke had relaxed when he heard the wizard was alright. Rough exterior aside, Yusuke was an absolute mother hen when it came to those he decided to protect. “That little energy show didn't hurt him but it did travel through the link and hurt Voldemort. That's why Harry passed out; he felt it hit him.”

 

“Aw, shit,” Yusuke groaned softly, running a hand over his face. “Do I need to go see Koenma?”

 

“Hmm, you probably should. That energy burst wasn't strong enough to kill Voldemort or do any lasting damage to him but it could still be seen as an attack on a human,” Genkai said thoughtfully. She shook her head, getting her thoughts back on track. “But there is a good side to this.”

 

Yusuke scowled at the old woman. “Where? Because I'm not seeing one Grandma. I not only knocked the kid out but I attacked another human as well.”

 

“Let me finish Dimwit,” Genkai said, sending her student a small glare. “The energy you sent towards Harry wasn't harmful. From what I can tell it was doing exactly what I asked you to do, cut off the link with Voldemort. When it couldn't do that, it went after the source of the problem, namely, Voldemort. However, some of your energy stayed with Harry. It's not much but it's staying on his scar and not interacting with his energy. But it is blocking the link.”

 

“How long will it last?” Kurama asked.

 

Genkai shrugged. “It might last week; it might last a day; I don't know. If Voldemort attacks it, it could fall but that depends on how badly that energy burst hurt him. He might not be strong enough to attempt it right now. It also depends on how fast Harry's energy expels Yusuke's energy or absorbs it, or if he absorbs it at all. His energy might just let it stay there until it fades away naturally. To top it off, it's a curse scar. Normal curse scars are, at best, unpredictable and his was caused by the Avada Kedavra, something that should be impossible since that curse is meant to make a body unable to contain a soul. Anything involving that scar will be next to impossible to predict.” She frowned at that thought then shrugged.

 

“What matters right now, though, is that Spirit World knows that Yusuke didn't intend to attack Voldemort,” Genkai said, turning to give Yusuke a serious look. “I suggest you call Botan and have her escort you to Koenma's office. I know you have permission to use the portal here but it will probably look better if you have her take you.”

 

Yusuke nodded and started heading for his room. He was opening his door when Genkai added, “Don't bother changing clothes, just get her here and go. We know you didn't mean to and Koenma will know you didn't mean it but it will give King Enma the impression that you're worried about the boy if you show up as you are now.”

 

Yusuke nodded again. “I know,” he said tersely as he walked into his room to find his communicator.

 

 

 

Spirit World

 

 

Koenma jumped when the door to his office slammed open and George ran in, yelling something about Voldemort, Yusuke, and Potter. Koenma's jaw dropped and he stared at the babbling Ogre. He knew George was excitable and prone to panicking but this was at a whole new level. “Stop and repeat that slow enough that I can understand.”

 

George took a deep breath and started again. “Genkai had Yusuke and Kurama attempt something that was supposed to block off the Potter boy's link to Voldemort. But Yusuke kind of lost control of his energy and gave him a bit too much. The Potter boy passed out and most of Yusuke's energy traveled down the link and hit Voldemort,” he said, handing Koenma a hastily written report.

 

Koenma scanned through the report and frowned. “Does my father know about this?”

 

“No sir.”

 

“Good, don't tell him, I will later. For now, bring Yusuke in here immediately and find Ayame,” Koenma ordered, grabbing his remote. He ignored George's frantic `yes, sir' and exit as he played with the remote's channel buttons, trying to get the view screen to focus on Voldemort's life energy. Because of the prophecy that woman had made, it was impossible for anyone other than the Potter boy to kill or permanently harm the insane man, so Yusuke couldn't get in trouble for that. But he could get in trouble if this accident somehow increased Voldemort's power and he became to powerful for Potter to stop.

 

Koenma sighed in relief when the view screen finally settled on Voldemort. The snake-like man wasn't doing some horrible villain laugh to celebrate his new power, but was passed out in his bed, occasionally twitching when little blue and orange sparks ran across his body as his energy fought off the foreign demon energy. It wasn't a complete reassurance, but it did mean that he had time to stop any power transformations that could possibly take place as a result.

 

He looked away from his view screen when he heard footsteps and saw a very somber Yusuke walk into the room. He raised an eyebrow at Yusuke's spiky neon blue and black hair. “Black?”

 

“Yeah,” Yusuke said, running a hand through his hair. “He said it would wear off in an hour or two,” he said, shutting the door.

 

“Hmm, you're lucky. That man has a protective streak a mile wide when it comes to Potter. I've had to confiscate my remote twice because he insists on using it to torment the Dursleys,” Koenma said, holding up the remote. He put it down and his expression turned serious. “As of right now, you aren't in trouble for attacking Voldemort...”

 

“Why do I sense a `but' coming?” Yusuke muttered, crossing his arms and leaning against the doors.

 

“But, if this accident somehow increases Voldemort's power level it could be a problem,” Koenma said.

 

Yusuke nodded. “Alright, what about the energy stuck in Harry?”

 

“Hmm.” Koenma sucked on his pacifier. “Is it hurting the boy?”

 

Yusuke shook his head. “Not that Genkai can tell but it's not going away.”

 

“But it's blocking the link right?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

Koenma shrugged. “Then I don't see a problem.” He sat back in his chair and chewed on his pacifier. “In fact, this little accident could be a good thing.”

 

 

 

TBC…

 

 

Author's Notes:

 

1) I know someone is going to freak when they see me describe Yusuke as a mother hen but think about it a second. He worried about Kuwabara when Rando shrunk him and tortured him; he almost fired his Spirit Gun on Bakken when the man continued to beat the tar out of a half dead Kurama, he didn't care that it was braking the rules and could mean his death; and in the beginning of the series he helps Kuwabara study for his test and gives up what he thinks is his only chance to live again to save Keiko. I won't say that Yusuke is the type to volunteer to take chicken noodle soup to a sick friend or to empty puke buckets but he does care deeply about those close to him. And he shows it by trying to protect them.

 

Review Responses:

 

Time and Fate: Sorry about that, sometimes I miss questions when I'm looking through the reviews. The Hana and Liam adventures will appear through out this story but I don't think there will be enough of them to rate their own separate little story. But I am playing around with the idea of a chapter from Liam's POV. I don't know if it will work out but I'm playing with it.

 

Aura Black Chan: Oh God, Fred and George and a phone. I just pictured Hermione getting a prank call from them. Hmm, I wonder where I could work it in.

 

Shigatsu87: The plants aren't done with him yet. They were too exhausted from lack of food (spirit energy) to do anything but bond with Harry. I can't say much more but Kurama's going to do a more in depth explanation in a later chapter.

 

Shinigami: Nope, nothing to due with radishes but I did consider using grapefruit. Ron is the only person Remus and Snape locked out. Ginny's not allowed to visit because Mrs. Weasley is trying to stop any jealous feelings Ron might have towards Ginny if she is allowed to go. Nope, Harry had nothing to do with their prank but he is going to take advantage of it. (hint: what's going to happen to all that hair Kurama's going to have to cut off?)

 

Arano Honou: Sorry I didn't email you but RL has been a major pain. But I'm honored that you put me in your C2.

 

Rouge Mage: Hmm, the roses in Harry's soul room represent humility but the ones he grew were Makai roses, ones that Kurama chose from his own personal stock. Makai roses have their own separate meanings from roses found in the human realm.

 

Kyeda-Anna-May: Kuwabara knows he has a snake and he doesn't know that Harry can speak Parseltongue.

 

CEED: As funny as it would be, in this Universe Hiei can't leave Japan. Right now he works with Mukuro and he helps guard the barrier between the Makai and the Human Realm. If he left then someone would have to take his place. And the only two who could live in the Makai for a long period of time are Kurama and Yusuke. Yusuke can't take his place or leave Japan for an extended period because he guards the barrier in the Human Realm and I really can't picture Kurama completely giving up his life as Shuichi for nine months nor can I picture Hiei asking him to just so he could teach a bunch of human children. Then there's the fact that I finally decided on a teacher and if I replaced him now all of those scenes I've written will become useless. And there are a lot of them. (If anyone's curious, I asked my mom to flip a coin for me the last time she was here. I just couldn't decide.)

 

Shebythedogdemoness: Actually, I think I have read that and it is a good story. I haven't checked on it in a while though if it's the one I'm thinking of. About the Japanese references; I can't and won't do that. A big reason is that I don't speak the language and I refuse to throw around random words in a language I'm not fluent in. Plus, there's the fact that Harry is using a translator and he hears everything in English. If he started hearing random Japanese words that would mean that his translator wasn't working. The only time Japanese words will be used is with place names, people names, and other things like that that don't have a proper English translation or if someone without a translator is listening in to a conversation in Japanese. As it is, I'm using online translators, Latin to English dictionaries, baby name sites, and baby name books as I need them for spells and names but even then I double check using another source and ask my beta to double check them as well. Yusuke being a demon is one of those things that is debatable. I personally believe he's either a full out demon or a demon-man. In my mind he has the best of both worlds and only some of the draw backs. (I've seen people argue for and back up that he's a Hanyou, a full demon, or possibly only a quarter demon. It all comes back to what version of the show you've seen or manga you've read.) Raizen is actually his ancestor, not his father. Raizen fell in love and had sex with a human woman five hundred years ago. She got pregnant and that child carried Raizen's genes. Those genes eventually got passed down to Yusuke and when he died the second time they were activated. (Just a little extra note: that woman is the reason Raizen stopped eating humans.)

 

ultrasoul: Thanks for pointing those out. When my beta got her computer back she smacked me with the idiot stick for missing the starring mistake but she missed the then than ones. I really don't know how many chapters this story will be. As of this chapter Harry's only been in Japan for nine days and I have another month and a half to go and then there's the sequel so…Nope, still don't know.

 

Alana Hikari-Chan: I didn't know that. All of the sites and books I've looked at dealt with fresh flowers but I've never seen about that meaning before. Although I did see something about white flowers in general meaning death. `Dried flower symbols' is now on my list of stuff to check when I hit the library later.

 

Kitsuneluvuh: Uh, no, he was talking to Yukina. Kurama's voice always sounds masculine to me (which is kind of weird since his Japanese voice was done by a woman). If you meant the getting to Hogwarts part that Shakeval mentioned, that will come when the story gets there. If I rushed it I would end up skipping over things that will be needed when he actually gets to Hogwarts or I'll skip over things that involve the developing family relationship thing that's going on. But if you were referring to the super power Harry idea or the pain and violence to Malfoy bit, well…that's not going to happen. Yes, Harry is powerful, for a wizard, but people expect that of him so that idea's out. They might be surprised by the way his power shows itself but they won't be surprised by the power. The pain and violence to his enemies bit is out because, outside of Voldemort, Harry doesn't go looking for a fight. Malfoy comes to him and he has no choice but to go to Snape's class. I know in the fifth book Harry got a chance to channel his inner b*tch but a lot of the problems that caused that don't really apply here, either because of what happened in the book or the fact that by the time he gets back to Hogwarts Harry will have a support system that doesn't just include his two friends and a godfather on the run.. But if you're looking for that kind of fic I believe there are a couple of Super Power Harry C2's on ffnet.

 

RabidFangirl101: Never thought of those two hooking up. It was just a random thing.

 

Calikocat: You're welcome. A Hiei/Kuwa fic? You are one brave writer.

 

General Questions:

Pairings in general: Life has romance in it, it will be there. Background, but it will be there. Maybe not with Harry, but there.

 

Kurama/Harry: This falls back on the teacher thing and I'm not telling yet.

 

Teacher?: I had my mom flip a coin, so I know who it is but not telling yet. You'll have to wait and see.

 

Roses: There have been two times white roses have been in this fic. The first time was in Harry's soul room. These use meanings of roses found naturally in the human realm. They stand for humility and secrecy. The second time was when Kurama had Harry bond to a Makai rose plant, one naturally only found in the Makai. Those roses are called the Rose of Sacrifice. (A little thing about the soul rooms, anytime we see them we only see anything that Yusuke or Harry have seen and/or experienced in their lives up to that point and what they are in general.)

 

Thank you to everyone who reviewed. And I am sorry that I took so long to update but RL will always come first and it has been a royal pain for the past two months. I won't bore you guys by telling you all of the crud that's happened but I just didn't have the time to sit down and type this out. And while I have still been working on this story in my trust little notebook, updates might not pick up again until after exams. Anyway, thank you again to everyone who reviewed and I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

 

Kel