A/N: Hey there! Friendwriter here! I have another fun fic for y'all! It's a crossover for the anime series, InuYasha, and the Harry Potter series. Some special note is that we have the "normal" cast of InuYasha (mostly centered around Sesshomaru). But we have another character who will get more into later - as they are an original character of mine ;) But, before we can begin - the disclaimer! Dun, dun, dun! LOL XD

DISCLAIMER: I, the ever friendly friendwriter, do NOT own any of the characters from InuYasha. Nor do I own ANY of the Harry Potter series. (Bummer, I know. LOL)

Now, on to the story! Hope you enjoy, and please R/R? :)

Chapter 1 – Smoke, Blood, and A Woman

It was another one of those annoyingly sunny afternoons as Sesshomaru, along with his travel companions Jaken and Ah-Un, walked the narrow road that would take them to the village where Rin lived. For the past 3 years now, the human girl lived with Kaede so she could live and grow as a normal young woman, rather than travel with him all the time. It would be another 3 or 4 days time before they would reach the village. Ah-Un, who was carrying the bundle of kimonos Sesshomaru had custom made for Rin, was walking beside him, and Jaken was on the other. They made sure to visit at least a couple times in a month, usually with more kimonos for the girl so that she would have something more to wear instead of the same thing every day.

Sesshomaru knew that it was a good idea to leave Rin with the elderly woman. There was no longer the threat of Naraku or his followers. The Shikon Jewel had been destroyed so it was no longer sought after by power-hungry demons. The priestess could take care of Rin, maybe not as good as he, but close enough. According to Rin, she was training to become a priestess herself, so that she could one day rejoin him and defend herself from any demons that tried to harm her.

The thought of returning back to the village made Sesshomaru a bit irritated however. His idiotic half-brother, InuYasha, lived there, along with the hanyou's human mate, Kagome. Last he visited, Sesshomaru was informed that Kagome was expecting pups. He knew even without asking that it was InuYasha's.

"You're gonna be an Uncle, m'lord!" Rin had been smiling at the time when Sesshomaru sat down with her as she unbundled her last gifts.

He knew that she only meant well. Rin only wished for him and his brother to get along, be real brothers now that InuYasha and Kagome's own family was growing. But, the fact was that Sesshomaru didn't care. Except for Rin, he didn't care for humans. They were weak and easily killed. He didn't have time for them, nor the patience. And that was that, and no more. Nothing was going to change that.

A disgruntled noise came from Ah-Un, making Sesshomaru look over at the demon. It was looking straight ahead, and was sniffing the air. Jaken, was also looking ahead, his gaze intent as if focusing on something that Sesshomaru couldn't see. Silently cursing himself for not being more alert, he too focused his senses to their surroundings. One of the things he smelled was smoke and ash, as if something was either burning or was just finishing and was now lingering in the air. That could be accounted for why Jaken and Ah-Un were acting they were. But, as they continued on walking forward, Sesshomaru could sense the faint smell of blood.

As they came closer to the next village, the sight of a body laid in the middle of the road. Upon further inspection it was a woman. She couldn't have been more than in her mid-twenties, possibly younger. Her long auburn hair was splayed across her face, her eyes tightly closed and a small trail of blood lingered from her lips, going down her chin. Her arms were draped over her body, but Sesshomaru could see that there was a patch of blood on her kimono.

"What do you think happened to her, Lord Sesshomaru?" Jaken asked him as he, too, gazed down at the body.

"Who knows? She may have just been attacked." As he finished his statement, demons from the underworld appeared on the woman's body.

'She must have not been dead long. They're just coming for her soul now-'

His thoughts however were interrupted as the demons suddenly burst into flame, turning to ash as their bodies burned. This shocked Sesshomaru, having never seen such a thing happen before. To even more of a surprise, the woman began to stir and, eventually, sat up. His Tenseiga wasn't glowing so he knew it wasn't the healing sword doing what it was known best to do. However, he, along with Jaken and Ah-Un, continued to watch the woman slowly stand up, brushing her kimono as she looked quickly around her, not noticing the three demons in front of her. It was only when Ah-Un made another disgruntled sound, when she looked up.

Sesshomaru couldn't explain what came over him next. But when she looked up at them, her gaze sweeping over them and falling on him last, he couldn't help but stare at her eyes. They were a light shade of a grey, silver-ish color, and right now contrasting between confusion and fear as she stared back at him.

"U-uhm, please. Don't hurt me." Her tone depicted fear, and why wouldn't she? Three demons, two of some enormous height, were standing right in front of her. The poor girl was probably remembering getting attacked by one before she…died? No, she wasn't dead. Or had she?

Jaken looked from him to the woman before speaking. "We mean you of no harm, miss. Just passing through when we came upon your body-"

"Jaken, shush."

But it was too late. As Jaken's words absorbed into her mind, her fear only rose as she looked at Jaken.

"B-body? Then…I-I...I really…died?"

Assuming that she would surely faint before them, Sesshomaru stepped forward, only for the woman to hastily step back and away from him. He sighed and tried to give her a smile, his hand going up and in front of him, palm out towards her.

"You must be utterly confused right now, right?" He waited as she nodded slowly. "You did indeed look and appeared to be dead, but as we stood here, you seemed to come back alive. Do you remember anything from before you fell?"

She seemed to hesitate at first, thinking and trying to recall anything relatively important. And then, after a couple minutes, spoke.

"My name. I remember my name..."

Sesshomaru smiled wider this time, trying to urge her to speak. "Go on. What's your name, miss?"

"K-Katelyn."

Jaken was the one to speak next. "Sounds like a human's name, for sure. My name's Jaken, and this here is my Lord Sesshomaru." Ah-Un grunted at him. "Oh, and the two-headed dragon is Ah-Un."

Katelyn relaxed a bit, having known who she was speaking with. "Nice to meet you."

"Do you remember anything else, Katelyn?" Jaken asked her as nice as he could. The time that they had spent with Rin clearly influenced him to be nicer to humans.

She shook her head, a frown appearing on her face. "I'm afraid not. Just…" Her eyes widened, as if remembering something.

"A-a demon, it was chasing me from the village I was living in. It was trying to kill me- Oh no! It wasn't alone! There were others but they…they stayed behind with the villagers!" Without another word, Katelyn turned and ran towards the nearest village.

They quickened their pace, following her as she led them to the village. Arriving at the gates leading into the village, however, they slowed down. Past the gates, was sure to be a devastating sight as the earlier smell of smoke and ash came back. All of the buildings were in ruins, burned down from what was an attack on the village. Ash was all that was left of bundled hay and what had once been crates of supplies that the villagers had gathered. Katelyn, who was in shock, stood in the middle of the village, facing what was left of a home.

"This was…my home. What…what happened here? Why would anyone do something like this?" She was mumbling to herself when Sesshomaru and the others reached her.

Ah-Un nudged her hand closest to it with one of its heads, making her look at it. Tears were streaming down her face Sesshomaru noted, as he placed his hand on her shoulder. He saw in the corner of his eye, what was a pile of burned bodies. The smell was overwhelming and, if she didn't see them, then soon she would and he felt he needed to protect her from that pain. He didn't know why, or maybe it was spending so much time with Rin, but the thought of her in even more pain hurt him.

"I'm sorry for what has been done to your home. I think, and I don't usually offer this to a human as yourself…but I believe you need to come with us. It's unsafe for you here and we could make sure nothing happened to you."

Then, an idea struck Sesshomaru. "There is a village. It will take a few days time but it's safe there. There is an elderly priestess by the name of Kaede that lives there. We can take you there and you will be safe with her. Would you be okay with that?"

He placed his hand on her shoulder. Under it, he could feel the girl shaking. He let out a deep sigh.

"If you don't want to, we can't make you-"

"No. I want to go." Katelyn, to his surprise, smiled at him, patting his hand with one of her own. "I want to go to that village, if you don't mind taking me."

Sesshomaru recovered quickly and nodded. "Good. You will need to walk-" Ah-Un grunted at him, then. "But, if you need to rest, Ah-Un will give you a ride until you are fit to continue."

"Thank you, Lord Sesshomaru." She stepped forward to pet both of the dragon heads. "Thank you, Ah-Un."

Sesshomaru cleared his throat loudly enough for everyone to hear. "I suggest we go then. We're wasting valuable light and we shouldn't travel at night. That's when the more nocturnal demons come out to prey and feast."

Sesshomaru led the group out of the ruined village, but made sure to block the view of the burned bodies of her former friends from her with his body. He wasn't sure if she saw them, but if she did, Katelyn didn't let it on, or was pretending that she hadn't. They soon came upon the road again and continued walking in the direction they had been going before meeting Katelyn. Like Rin had done before, Katelyn walked alongside him. Ah-Un didn't seem to mind the slight distance between its master, her right hand was resting on the dragon demon. It was an interesting sight, to say the least, but Ah-Un seemed content and so did Katelyn.

Sesshomaru and the group, however, would have never had guessed how much an impact their new travel companion would make on their journey.

To be continued….

A/N: Yay! Another member to the group! But...does she happen to have a past that would surprise even the great and powerful Sesshomaru? What and where just does their future lie? You gotta read on to find out! :)

-friendwriter