Harry Potter - Series Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ You Have GOT To Be Kidding! ❯ In Which a Week Zooms Past ( Chapter 3 )

 

You Have GOT to be Kidding

 

A randomly inspired work of fiction by Aviarianna O' Lorien

 

Chapter 3: In Which a Week Zooms Past

 

Note: Before anyone even thinks about asking, Avaria is basically the comic relief for a good portion of this work of fiction.

 

(((((((((Day One, which you've read about over the past two chapters.))))))))

 

On day one the three detectives had a talk with their headmaster, Albus Dumbledore and Avaria discovered just how sneaky Severus Snape could be. Avaria was still clueless as to just what she'd said to set ol' Severus off but no one had yet to explain it to her and she was not really apt to ask. Dorms and a tour of the school had been given, although it was Avaria who'd given the tour and shown the boys where the dorms were. All in all it had been a rather uneventful day save for the poor girl losing her appendages and turning out to be quite the clumsy thing when missing her tail.

 

Easily distracted as well.

 

So far the count was as follows: she'd run into a dozen walls, tripped over her own feet 34 times and knocked over about 27 coats of armor. Safe to say she went to bed just a tad bit sore.

 

((((((Day Two)))))))))))))

 

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

 

Upon hearing the scream of their female counterpart, both Kurama and Yusuke rushed off to the bathroom located on the landing where the staircases split. The scream had been something of incredible anguish and sadness and both boys were incredibly afraid something was terribly wrong with Avaria.

 

“Avaria? Imouto open the door! Are you all right?” Kurama couldn't help but refer to his little sister as such, in Japanese as he knocked on the door repeatedly.

 

“What's going on in there?” Yusuke queried, adding his own fists as they heard her try to stifle several sobs.

 

“Imouto?”(1)

 

“Waga hea!”(2)

 

“Nani??”(3) Both boys questioned through the door.

 

“WAGA HEA!”(2 again.) Came the incredibly loud sob.

 

“Is she…crying about her…?” Yusuke was stunned as Kurama nodded.

 

“Her hair, yes.” He sighed deeply and knocked on the door again. “Imouto, you need to come out now or you'll miss that breakfast you were so excited about last night.” He heard her sniffle as the lock clicked open.

 

“Do I have to come out?”

 

“Yes!” both boys answered her, wanting to get to breakfast themselves.

 

“Fine…” Avaria grumbled, slowly opening the door to reveal herself. “Go ahead…laugh it up.”

 

“GOOD GODS GIRL!” Yusuke laughed shamelessly, falling to the floor and rolling back down the stairs all the way to the common room. Kurama was a bit more polite, snickering a little bit behind his hand before straightening back up; Avaria looked as though she was going to cry again. He gently fingered a lock of her hair, which was now the same blood red as his own as well as the same length which made it a good 3 inches longer than previously. However, her hair was still damp and her eyes were still brown but now they held a want for revenge.

 

She had finally managed to get all her hair back to brown and now this!

 

“You…woke up like this?”

 

“No…I took a shower, wrapped my hair in the towel before stepping out and when I took it out of the towel it was like this. Severus will pay!”

 

“And you're sure it was him?”

 

“Completely.”

 

Later, once Albus had returned from the Order's head quarters, he explained the true reason behind Avi's hair. She and Kurama were under the guise of twins; Severus had convinced Albus that they should be nearly identical twins. Well…that certainly was the point now, both had blood red hair, pale skin, deep eyes albeit Avaria's were a deep brown and Kurama's a green but other than the eyes and height difference they looked the same. Avaria was now a brown eyed female version of Kurama.

 

“I guessed he'd just present you with the potion, so sorry for the shock.” Is what Albus said as Severus Snape smirked at her over his bowl of soup.

 

After lunch however, Severus found himself suddenly pushed into the lake by a very angry Avaria. Actually, kicked into the lake by means of Avaria's foot slamming into his arse unexpectedly is a bit more accurate. Sometimes it's nice to be able to poof in and out of existence.

 

Dinner was tense and Avaria didn't plan on sleeping much tonight.

 

((((((((((Day 3))))))))))))

 

“AVARIA LAUREN MINAMINO!” Severus had screamed so incredibly loud that the staff and three students wouldn't have been surprised if all of Hogsmeade had heard him! (Brownie Points to whoever can guess WHY she chose Lauren as her middle name!)

 

“Avaria…” Kurama whispered as the irate potions master swiftly made his way towards the girl located between himself and Yusuke.

 

“Hai nii-san?”(4) It was such an innocently toned reply too.

 

“Nani kakariau?”(5) It certainly was a valid question…

 

“Nani-mo.(6)” Her answer was a bit more hesitant than she would have liked.

 

“Momoiro!”(7) Yusuke snorted into his eggs.

 

The whispered conversation died when Severus Snape, as irate as he can get stopped behind the young woman soon to be one of his students. Poor Severus had woken up to quite a shock that morning and the memory of verbally declaring war with that annoying little twit of a girl as he liked to call her was brought full circle. Severus Snape was now sporting hair that was the same hue of pink as the potion he'd tricked her into drinking two days ago, a horrendously bright, neon pink.

 

The man was not mad, he was downright pissed.

 

“Avaria…” His tone was low and calm and anyone in her position would have run for the hills several continents away.

 

“Yes?” Avaria however wasn't just anybody and so she responded politely and with an air of innocence only she could possibly produce while trying incredibly hard to burst into laughter in the same manner Yusuke had the morning before.

 

Actually, EVERYONE was trying incredibly hard not to burst out laughing.

 

“You audacious little chit of a girl, how dare you invade my private chambers, much less my private bathroom to poison my bathing supplies with this horrendous color!” The fact that Avaria looked quite taken a back by the accusation merely irked the man more.

 

“Why sir…I am deeply offended! I had not so much as an ounce of involvement with whatever triggered such a change in your hair color!” The innocent act was only making him more irate but Avaria knew that he knew he had no proof she'd been the one to do it.

 

“This is not over Miss Minamino.” The way he'd said the name had made it clear the game was on but also that she was in for it.

 

Then again Severus Snape had never truly faced off with the girl infamous in several worlds for pulling pranks on everyone from Legolas Greenleaf to Jareth King of the Goblins.

 

((((((((((((((Day Four))))))))))))))))))))

 

Avaria and Yusuke managed to sleep in until about noon, even though Kurama tried to rouse them many, many times. When they all got to the hall for another lunch with most of the staff Avaria became very suspicious. The way Severus was looking her way made certain she would not touch the food or the drinks and she quickly excused herself to go for a walk.

 

This time, Avaria found herself being pushed into the lake and when she came back up she saw the retreating form of Snape. That hair was hard to miss, after all, it was still pink.

 

Not much else happened today though, besides getting lectured on the troubles of sleeping late by her brother.

 

“I'm a cat nii-san.” She said in retaliation. “I am nocturnal, not diurnal.” And then she walked off to go take a shower.

 

“I'm just lazy.” Yusuke shrugged, heading out to get a walk in before bed.

 

The newest count for Avaria's clumsiness is as follows: She has now run into 4 dozen walls, knocked over a suit of armor 68 times and tripped over her own feet 143 times. Yes her brother and friend, as Yusuke was slowly beginning to become, felt rather sorry for her.

 

They even discussed perhaps giving her back her tail just so she'd stop tripping over things.

 

((((((((((((((((((((Day Five)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

 

After waking Yusuke and Avaria with Pepper Up potions graciously proved by Severus himself, Kurama dragged the scowling pair down to the Great Hall for breakfast. Avaria still refused to trust the food on the tables thanks to Severus however and only ate what Dobby personally handed her. She and the little house elf had become friends some time before when she'd helped Harry out of a tough situation.

 

Spending the lovely summer day outside this afternoon, the under cover trio spread themselves out on the shore of the lake. The sun was high, the breeze was lovely and the boys were…trying to enjoy the clothing Avaria had bought for them. Mainly she'd been in charge of wizarding clothing which now that they thought about it, may not have the best idea in the world.

 

Yusuke was sporting emerald green robes, Kurama was wearing robes an even darker red than his hair and Avaria was lounging in royal blue ones. She was happy in her robes, the boys however weren't too sure about theirs.

 

“So…” Yusuke began in complete boredom. “If you two are supposed to be twins and all how about you change your eye color too?” He suggested, pointing at the only female among them.

 

“You know Yusuke; I think that may have been one of the most intelligent things you have ever said.” Kurama teased the younger boy.

 

“But I like my eyes!” Avaria complained, pouting cutely.

 

“Yes, but we are supposed to be twins Avaria. It would only be for the school year…” He was trying to persuade her, and it was working even though he wasn't even trying that hard.

 

“I…I don't know.” The indecisiveness, oh how she hated it!

 

“Please?” Both boys pleaded with her.

 

“Well…I guess I could…I've always wanted green eyes.” She mused to herself, ignoring them completely.

 

“Great! I'll go ask Sev-“ Avaria placed a finger to Kurama's lips for a moment and shook her head.

 

“No need to nii-san, I can do it myself!” At the questioning eyebrows she giggled. “It's called Glamour Magick, it's one of the oldest tricks in the book! Here, I'll show you.” She closed her eyes and concentrated, visualizing Kurama's eyes in her mind before allowing them replace the color of her own. When she opened her eyes they were the same intense jade green of Kurama's.

 

“Holy hell! If it weren't for your boobs you could BE Kurama!” Yusuke exclaimed, earning a glare from both kitsune and neko.

 

That evening, when Kurama and Avaria walked into the hall for supper side by side there was a collective widening of eyes all around with Yusuke snickering behind them. Not only did they act like twins but now they looked like it more than ever. Avaria was entertaining the idea of having something in common with the Weasely twins other than a mischievous streak a mile long. Kurama was wondering how many teachers were going to mix up who was who, which was a rather amusing idea.

 

(((((((((Day 6)))))))))))))))

 

Kurama would no longer allow Avaria or Yusuke to sleep in beyond eight in the morning. If anyone is wondering how he managed this, the answer is simple. Being that they had the common room all to themselves they decided to spend the week sleeping in there instead of in the big empty dorms. Be that as it were, it was now 8:15 and a much disheveled Avaria along with a very groggy Yusuke who hadn't even bothered to gel up his hair were being dragged, again, to breakfast.

 

Avaria was the first to exit the hall after breakfast and the first to head down there for lunch. The trio had been spending several hours a day practicing spells since they needed to be up to par with the sixth years come the start of the term. Avaria was rather good at it actually, as was her dear `twin' brother. Years of swordplay, fighting with staffs and of course Kurama's excellent skills with a whip had given them ample experience in wrist and arm movements. The Latin wasn't too hard to learn either and it was fun to see Yusuke become frustrated. He wasn't as good, mainly because he kept messing up the Latin pronunciations of the spells.

 

Entering the entrance way that led to the Great Hall she noticed a rather peculiar sight. There was a man there, he was tall and rather pale and wore a hat but had a long ponytail of jet black hair spurting out it almost like a geyser. She recognized the hat, taking in the somewhat slim brim and the buckle around the front that she had so many times as a kitten mistaken for a golden flower. But…this was beyond belief for the half-breed cat because he simply could not be who she thought he was.

 

It was impossible….wasn't it?

 

“K…Kur…Kuronue nii-san? (8)” She sputtered out, coming to stand in front of him. His wings could be easily hidden under the black robes and as she caught sight of those sharp violet-blue eyes she knew instantly it WAS him. He however had very little idea who this strange girl that had suddenly referred to him as her big brother was. She smelled familiar…but he had accepted the fact long ago that the kitten was long gone and most likely dead.

 

“Sazo ainiku, dochirasama?”(9)

 

“O-Onushi bakerazu shi mechiru?”(10)

 

Kuronue gave her a sincere, slightly pitying look as she stuttered out her question. She sounded incredibly hurt by the fact that he didn't know who she was and she looked ready to cry over it. He was about to answer her back apologetically but an aged yet strong voice broke in before he could speak.

 

“You are no longer in Japan Mr. Kuronue, so speaking Japanese is not necessary.” The light laugh added to the end of the sentence lightened the fact that it was indeed a reprimand. “Miss. Minamino that goes for you as well, please pass the message onto your brother and your friend though do feel free to use the language when discussing certain things.” He smiled at her before walking into the Great Hall for the noon meal.

 

“Uh…okay then. Kuronue, you really don't remember me?” She asked him, nearly pleading with his recently resuscitated mind.

 

“I'm sorry miss. Minamino was it? I truly do not remember anyone with hair and eyes like yours.” He replied, beginning to head towards the hall as well until a hand on his arm stopped him.

 

Why hadn't she figured this out before hand? Of course he didn't recognize her! The Avaria he knew was shorter and had cat appendages. Not to mention the fact that the girl he had known had bright orange eyes and dark brown hair. She felt like a complete idiot right about now.

 

“Look…I know I look completely different and not to mention older but I assure you that you do know me, very well in fact. My name is Avaria, Albus referred to me as Miss. Minamino because he's for one, an old coot who likes to make mischief on occasion and secondly, because here in this school Kurama and I are masquerading as Twins so I have to look at least somewhat like him though I do admit that playing identical twins wasn't exactly my idea.” She explained, though she didn't need to go beyond her name.

 

“Avaria? I thought you died!” he suddenly exclaimed, crushing the girl in a hug that even a wizard couldn't escape from.

 

“I…can't…breathe…” Avaria wheezed out before a yell got both there attention.

 

“Hey! Let her go!” It was Yusuke, quite unaware that the male hugging her wasn't dangerous in the least.

 

Well, he wasn't dangerous to HER in any case.

 

“Yusuke! What are you-!” Kurama was quickly following the running boy before stopping dead in his tracks. “Kuronue? I thought you had died!”

 

“Who're- OH!” the fact that he looked exactly like the girl he was bear hugging brought to mind Avaria had just said she and Kurama were playing twins. “Youko? Youko Kurama? Is that possibly you?”

 

“Kuro…nue…I can't breathe!” Avaria wheezed once more.

 

“Oh shit! Sorry!” he quickly let go allowing the girl to gulp in several lungful of precious oxygen.

 

Kuronue stepped closer to the redheaded male and gave him a truly scrutinizing look. He took in the green eyes and noted the specks of gold in them as well as the streaks of silver adorning the red hair. He took several small sniffs taking in the scent of roses and the musk only a very particular fox could ever have produced before stepping back with amusement in those sharp eyes.

 

“Well I'll be…it really is you.” He spoke, adding a chuckle to the end before tackling Kurama in a hug.

 

Avaria and Yusuke proceeded to then laugh like hyenas at the sight of Kurama sprawled out on the floor in shock with a smiling Kuronue hugging him. (Sorry my dear shippers…Youko and Kuronue are not a couple; they were as close as brothers though.)

 

“OW!” the laughing hyenas were then smacked on the head and dragged into the hall.

 

((((((((((((((((((((Day 7)))))))))))))))

 

Today was a very hectic day. Today every teacher was hurrying about getting schedules together and making sure that ever last detail of their lesson plans were perfect. In the library Madame Pince had Kurama working hard taking inventory and making sure every book was where it needed to be. Avaria was first taking inventory for Madame Pompfrey so she could give Severus a list of potions that she needed and then Severus had her inventory HIS supplies.

 

Yusuke was put to the task of finishing with the rest of the fifth year schooling since he'd been slacking.

 

After supper the trio of Japanese speaking young adults collapsed onto the lawn near the front steps, enjoying the nice breeze.

 

“So…tomorrow we meet our new classmates.” Yusuke mused out loud.

 

“Tomorrow we meet our assignment.” Kurama slightly corrected him.

 

“Tomorrow you boys get to meet the Boy Who Lived, aka Harry James Potter and his friends Ron Weasely and Hermione Granger.” Avaria commented on top of both of the boys.

 

“So...everything changes tomorrow then?” Kurama asked quietly.

 

“Yeah…” was the trailing mutter that followed the question from all three mouths.

 

((((((((((((((((((((((((Chapter Fin))))))))))))))))))))))))

 

Translations:

1: Little sister?

 

2: MY HAIR!

 

3: What??

 

2 again: My hair!

 

4: Yes, brother?

 

5: What hand did you have in this?

 

6: Nothing.

 

7: Pink!

 

8: Big brother Kuronue?

 

9: I'm sorry, who are you?

 

10: Y-you do not remember me?

 

 

 

Well…I did promise it would be longer now didn't I? Yes I did…I know that at least 6 people have put saved this story to there Author or Story alerts which is great but I'd appreciate if you guys would give me feedback okies? Thanks!

 

~Aviarianna O' Lorien~