This, and its prequel, has been great so far. :D Please don't ruin it for your many readers by not continuing it soon.

:) Thanks.

This is such a fun story to read! I do hope it isn't completely abandoned, but it has been quite a while. I've been really enjoying it, and I wanted to let you know.

You really have a good way of mixing the HP and YYH universes. I like how you've reimagined magic so that it fits both worlds. I also like the way you're writing most of the characters and their interactions -- fitting the House divide in, as well as the cultural divide, is working really well. Also, I know I said this in my review at foreverfandom, but I really love the way you're writing Draco. He's perfectly bratty, spoiled, and arrogant, and he's petty and nasty without being really evil. It's a hard balance to strike, and you've done it really well.

I also really liked the whole scenario with Yukina and Hiei and the boggart. I thought that was a tremendously clever way to handle that whole thing. Using a boggart was quite smart and unpredictable, and it's something that would be pretty hard for the characters to see coming. I also like that you brought in Bill Weasley. That seemed like a good, realistic way to resolve things.

I will say, though, that you have a few problems with explaining things clearly. Like the whole situation with Harry and Kurama being a demon -- it was really hard to figure out what Harry was thinking, as opposed to what was really happening. Situations like that, with unreliable narrators thinking things that aren't necessarily what the readers should be thinking, are difficult to manage. It would help if you tried to be a bit more explicit at times, instead of assuming that of course your readers can follow your train of thought.

Really, this is an excellent story! I hope you decide to pick it up again.

Ahahaha! Fun. I'd forgotten how much I like YYH fanfiction until someone pointed me at this. I really like the Hiei and Yukina setup; the phrasing on the curse was a great idea. Bill was fun. Your Draco bugs the heck out of me, but that's mainly because he's an annoying git and in character, so take it as a compliment. The core magic is an interesting concept; I'm really really curious as to what exactly Harry's is. I'm betting it involves the dreamscape. Speaking of, I find both the dreamscape and the mindscape scenes somewhat confusing in a I'm-not-entirely-sure-who's-where-and-what's-going-on way. I'm not sure what would fix that, though. Possibly more description for the dreamscape and more explanation than the mindscape, but go figure. Overall, I really like your fic. It's interesting and I'm curious as to where you'll go with it.

Im really loving this story and the one before it
Very well written and excellent plot.
Keep it up
Although I am a little disappointing that there was no Halloween bond fluff like in the last one.

Truly excellent fic. I can't wait untill the next chapter. Oh and the movie!

I really enjoyed the characterization of Shizuru, although her being a wizard felt like it coming out a left field at first, for me for some reason. But you explained it beautifully. Oh and the scenes from Hiei's point of view, they make me ache for him. Personally I would like a little more Yukina/Kuwabara stuff, but that's just cause I'm a sucker for those two.

Truly excellent.

Just finished reading the story and I might say that I like it.

Altough I only have sketchy knowledge of HP I really liked the style of the story. The revelation Yukina being Hiei's sister was very good described and I really like their connection.

Good grammar, good style!

Keep on writing!

Erm. So, here I am, several years after reading the first part of this story, wondering why neither one of them is in my favorites. And why you aren't, either. (Maybe Best Defense was before it was deleted? That would explain it...)

Ah, I have... really... nothing to say, other than several paragraphs of gushing how wonderful this story is. I had an epiphany with one of my stories the other day and thought, "This is what it must be like to be Jo and to plan things ahead of time, rather than just making it up as you go along." That sounds kind of creepy, now that I think about it... but it happened.

I do find it amusing, though, that Botan is complaining about how horrible wizarding maps are. One would think that the society that created the Marauders' Map would be somewhat adept at mapmaking- then again, students have regularly proven themselves more competent than the government in Rowling's world, so maybe not.

I love your stories, I read the first one, and it was amazing. I was so annoyed when I had to go on holiday half way through though. Keep updating (even if it takes forever, its still better than no updates at all). This is brilliant, :)

Dwen

Amazing story. Just finished reading BD, BD sidefics and GO.
I really like the plot. ( I read to the middle of the night^^)

I wonder what's gonna happen, keep it up.<3

I feel sorry for Harry. He won't get to spend Christmas with Snuffles. Other then that, this is an amazing story and I hope to read more soon. GOOD JOB!

wow, that's all I can say, this is a fantastic story! I love how you set everything up!

Thank you for this awesome story!

Update when you can.

Inu-Ice-Dragon

This series is amazing. It took me about three days to get through 'The Best Defense' and what you've written for 'A Good Offense' but so far, I love it. Please update soon. Poor Harry, he finally has a place to go to for the school holidays and he's going to be stuck there by a blizzard, how sad.

I'd like to see more interaction between Kurama, Draco and Harry, maybe with Hermione as well. I would bet Hermione would start to question about the blizzard in connection to Hiei and Kurama being demons. I'm sure she's also realized about Yukina and would piece that information together easily enough.

Harry and Kurama are going to need a good chat with one another about the whole demon thing. Though Harry has finally accepted that the death of that demon was self-defense, and that killing for such an act is justifiable to a point, Harry still will need some answers at least. He's a very curious person and meddlesome, so of course he's going to start bugging him again eventually.

Please update soon, I can't wait to read more.

--Gothic Lust

Doesn't Botan have healing powers too? I thought she used them to keep keiko's "eye" closed when Hiei was trying to turn her into a demon. Oh, and I love your stories, well done. Truely well done and quite enjoyable to read.

I love this story. BD/GD has easily taken the cake as the best HP/YYH I've read so far. Kudos. I (semi-)patiently await your next update. :)

Holy **, I just finished "The Best Defense" on Forever Fandom and was pretty sad when I saw that the sequel wasn't completed. Then, I Googled this and saw that there are a ton of other chapters on here!

This is seriously one of the best fanfics I've ever read (and I'm super picky about what I read). Awesome job! <3 I look forward to reading this. :)