Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Harry Potter and The King of Thieves ❯ Chapter Twenty-Two ( Chapter 22 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
Ah, I have to say, a week off does wonders. Now, I wont say I only wrote one chapter all week, I will say I wrote three. Yup, three wonderful chapters. Now, I hope you enjoy the fruits of my boredom.
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Youko sat up in surprise and cried out in fright. The nightmare of just a few days ago still haunted his dreams. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes to try to calm his nerves down, but it did not seem to work. The pale face of his former partner appeared in the darkness of his closed eyelids and the smell of his blood still lingered in his nose.
Before long, he found himself letting lose heart aching sobs and curling into a ball, hugging his knees. If only they had not been so careless, if only the stupid pendant did not break. He uncurled and lay down, resting his head on the pillow, soaking it with the tears that ran down his face.
“Kuronue…” He closed his eyes and his sobs soon became less and less. He let out a shaky sigh and listened to the eerie silence of the room. The only thing that made a sound was the soft pitter-patter of the rain on the glass of the window. He opened his eyes and looked up to the large window on the other side of the room and watched the ripples of water cascade down its smooth surface. He got up slowly and walked over to it and peered out into a large front yard facing a small run down town.
“Where am I?”

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Youko woke up in surprise as a clash of thunder roared and shook the house. He sat up quickly and looked around the room frantically.
What happened? I don’t remember falling unconscious…” He got out of the bed and listened to the ringing of the rain on the window. This drew Youko’s attention and he got up and went over to the large window. The room was dark, but the faded colors of red, silver and black shone through the darkness. Old wooden chairs that may have been quite elegant and expensive at some point, stood broken and chipped from age and neglect. He went over to the window and looked out into a grassy and untidy front yard facing a small town.
“Like it? I made sure you got the same room you had the last time you were with us.” Kurama turned around and faced Lucius and three other cloaked figures.
“Demon, come with us,” one ordered rudely and pointed his wand at him threateningly. Youko only laughed and went walked past them to their surprise.
“I don’t have the strength to put up a fight…” Lucius frowned but followed Youko and behind him the other three.
‘Whatever Lucius did to me, he left me with less than half of my energy. I hope it isn’t permanent and I’m a bit afraid to know what has happened to my ability to manipulate my plants.’ Youko could not risk putting up a fight with wizards who, at this time, were stronger than he was. The only other worry that crossed his mind was what Voldemort would do if he found out. Youko kept his cool though and thought of any excuse or defensive maneuvers that he could use if needed.
“In here,” Lucius said and opened the door for the fox, who looked at him with cold eyes and walked into the familiar fire lit room with the large red chair and its occupant, Lord Voldemort. The dark lord smiled at Youko and stood up.
“So good of you to finally join us, Youko Kurama. We’ve missed you.” The man walked up to Kurama and smiled at him, his red eyes glaring straight into his mind almost. Youko was far from being afraid of this human, of course, he was not scared. Youko knew he was like any other human who were easily manipulated and fragile. If he had all his strength, he could have ripped him apart.
“I had hoped you’d be the first one to respond to my call when I came back one year ago. You have disappointed me, Youko Kurama. Do you forget that you belong to me?” At that, he pulled out his wand from his robes and knocked Youko to the ground. He rolled him over and placed the tip of his wand on the hidden dark mark just above his tail. Pain surged through his body and he let out an ear-splitting cry. He wanted to run or crawl away, but his muscles would not obey him. He tried to claw at the human but more waves of agony stopped him and he wrapped his arms around his head out of reflex and whimpered in pain. Voldemort pulled away from Kurama, stood up and spat at him.
“I hope you have learned your lesson. Now, return to my side, King of Thieves. Become one of us, and you can have as much treasure and pleasurable company as you could ever dream.” The lumpy form of Wormtail went to Voldemort’s side and he looked down at Kurama nervously.
“I’ll take that as a yes. You may leave for now, Youko Kurama, but remember your place… Underneath me.” At that, the three death eaters who accompanied Lucius grabbed Youko and dragged him out of the room and into the hallway.
“Be gone demon, until our master calls you. I would respond immediately if I were you,” one sneered and they left him, walking down the hall way and into another room. Lucius kneeled down beside Kurama and rubbed behind his ears, making him leaned into his touch.
“I told you, you shouldn’t resist.” Just then, Wormtail waddled out of the door and looked at the two. Lucius sneered at the dirty little man who just whimpered in fear.
“The Dark Lord has something for the demon to do to redeem himself.” Lucius’ sneered turned to a smirk and he looked at the fox.
“Hear that? Just do this, and you’ll be fine.” Kurama only nodded his head slightly and looked up to the rat-like man.
“W-What does he want?”

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“What do you mean something is wrong,” Harry asked Hiei who was surveying Kurama. They had taken him up to the hospital wing and the only ones there were Botan, Hiei, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Dumbledore, Snape and McGonagall. Kurama was lying down on one of the beds and was still unconscious.
“His energy level has changed. Dramatically,” Hiei said, looking over to Botan.
“It has increased to almost his true forms readings.” Botan tapped her finger on her chin and held her hand out.
“I’ll be right back,” she said, summoning her oar and disappeared with a poof. Harry, Hermione and Ron had their mouth open in astonishment until she came back a few minutes later. In her hand, she held a metal suitcase.
“What’s in it?” Botan lightly floated down to the ground and placed the case on a table. She opened it to reveal different gadgets and gizmos.
“Detective devices. Yusuke never wants to use these because he says they are for idiots.” She pulled out what looked like a hand held gamer. She held it over Kurama and pressed the large red button.
“This will tell us his energy level,” she explained as it made beeping sounds and digital numbers appeared on the mini screen.
“Oh my… His energy level is… 12,307. That is only a few pints away from his demon side’s reading.” Hiei undid his bandana to reveal his Jagan eye. It radiated a green light as he placed a hand on Kurama’s head. Hiei growled and wrapped his third eye back up.
“I still can’t use it.” He looked down at the red head and tapped his foot impatiently. He then picked up an empty goblet next to his bed and went over to the sink across the room.
“We need to wake him up, now.” Hiei returned and splashed (probably cold) water on his friend who gasped and sat up in alarm. He wiped the water out of his face and looked around at the faces looking at him. He noticed he was back in the hospital wing and once he looked at the teachers, he felt like a bug in their soup.
“What happened,” Hiei asked immediately and Kurama smiled at him.
“I should be asking you that. How did you find me?” Botan explained that they did a little bit of detective work, that Yusuke and Kuwabara were in London, looking for more clues about Voldemort, and his men and that they were glad they had gotten to him before neither the ministry nor Voldemort got to him. Kurama paled at the news and looked at them all sadly.
“You’re too late though. They have Youko already.” Botan looked dumbfounded and Hiei remained expressionless. Harry, Ron and Hermione held the same expression as Botan.
“What do you mean? You’re right here,” Ron exclaimed. His confusion was shared with Botan and Hiei as well.
“But how?” Botan asked, “is there such a spell?” Kurama nodded and crossed his arms.
“Well, as you know, or don’t know… Youko Kurama, got shot by bounty hunters on one of his heists. Injured and dying, his soul escaped into the human world and possessed a human boy, my body, still in my mother’s womb. My body is home to two souls. My human one and Youko Kurama’s. Lucius separated us, and took Youko back to Voldemort. Now, don‘t mistaken me. Even though we are separate souls, we are still the same. I am Youko Kurama, and he is Shuichi Minamino. ”
“Come, Minerva. We need to alert the ministry. Youko Kurama has rejoined Lord Voldemort.” Dumbledore ushered the teachers out with a grim look on his face, leaving the others.

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Yeah! Chapter 22 is done! WOOT! I would like to thank the ‘High School Musical’ soundtrack for helping me write this and to those BBQ chips that gave me the energy to write it. Anyway, I made Lucius such a sweet heart! AWW! I lurve Lucius Malfoy with all my heart. If I was fifteen years older and he was not married, I would make lots of mini Lucius’ and Michelle’s with him.

Do not flame me for making Lucius so nice to Kurama. They have a history, and they are friends. If you were a sour puss and your bestest friend got hurt, would you not try to comfort them? Thought so. Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter.