Whatever it Takes
Summary: Draco wasn't sure why she was there or why his father 'insisted' that he watch over her, when he so clearly didn't want to be associated with her. There is a dangerous and dark secret within her...hidden within the cold heart of the Slytherin Dungeons...is something only she can control.
Anime/Manga/Book: Harry Potter/InuYasha
Couple: Draco/Kagome – Draco/Sango – Draco/Ayame
Kagome/Draco/Sango/Ayame
Genre: Romance/Adventure/Angst/Hurt & Comfort
Rated: M (For Mature Content) Pathetic Attempt at Seduction/Attempted Rape/Pain/Torture/Sexual Scenes
Based Off Of: Random comments and ideas thought up by I, KibaSin and o0KittyBlue0o while all three together in one place. Found out that the mix is very sleep depriving. Also, I work in 1 hour, 4:00 and I have to get up at 5:00...don't ask, I'll get my hour of sleep...I'm TIRED! Hope you all enjoy!
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Chapter Two: Back to the World I Came
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Year – 1994
Japan, Tokyo
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'I am sitting in a tree outside of my bedroom window, where my mother has obviously not thought to look in, because she's apparently too overtaken with grief and heartbreak. Oh, cry me a river!' Kagome would sneak back into her house occasionally to get food or other necessities, but she was really waiting for that person to respond to her letter, her answer, by coming to pick her up. It was two day's ago, she sent her reply back, using the return address, as well, keeping the other letter close to her, actually, it was in her bag that was in the tree with her. Kagome snuck in earlier to take a quick shower, changing into a warm black sweater and a pair of blue jeans with wool socks to keep her feet warm at night and white sneakers to complete the outfit. It wasn't cold, cold tonight...rather, a lukewarm, a tepid feeling that kept her from freezing at night.
She glanced up at the sound of flapping wings and stared at an Owl that sat across from her on the branch next to her, a letter tied carefully around its foot. "Is that...for me?" It flapped its wings a few times before hopping forward a few inches. Kagome moved forward carefully and with gentle fingers, she took the string and untied it from around the birds' leg which immediately shook its foot and ruffled it feathers in a way that made it poof for a few moments. She opened the letter and read it over.
Dearest Kagome,
I was so pleased to hear such a quick response, and also, I'm happy to hear that you received your Admittance letter to Hogwarts. We will take care of that when I come to pick you up. I will arrive around the eighteenth of August, sometime during the night, please be ready to leave. Have your clothes packed, and anything of importance or sentimental value with you when I arrive.
Sincerely,
Narcissa Malfoy
'Anything of importance or sentimental value?' She looked into her room from the branch she sat on; ball joint dolls sat contently on her bookcase. She was a collector, and in truth, she had always cared more for those dolls than she had ever cared for anyone. She heard the engine of her mothers car roar to life as it pulled out of the driveway only a few moments later. She was going out to do her daily runs around the city to see if she could find her. She wouldn't find her though...Kagome would make sure that she...would never...find her again. Kagome jumped through her window once the car was out of sight. Running down stairs, she made her way to the storage room where she grabbed a few duffle bags and one suitcase for her dolls.
Moving up the stairs with the baggage, she started packing her clothes and shoes in the two duffle bags and then began carefully wrapping her dolls in a thin soft blanket before placing them inside the hard suitcase, feeling confident that they would be safe within the confines of cotton and hard rounded leather. She looked to her bed where one doll was left, dressed in a black laced dress that she'd found in the garage once while in London, it was her favorite doll, with acrylic dark green eyes and soft ceramic ivory skin, long, thick black lashes and black in an Odree Wave hair style that went past the dolls hips. This was her favorite doll, since this was not only her first, but the one who she felt closest to. She supposed it was the dress, but she didn't dare dress any of her other dolls in the dress. There was, also...the mark that she had drawn on the back of the beautiful doll, the dress keeping it hidden. It was the mark that she could only see when looking in the mirror...or trying to, she should say. She'd had it for as long as she could remember. A skull with a snake slithering through the opened mouth and coiling a little at the base was on her shoulder blade.
She placed her stuff in her closet and looked at the time. Her mother would stay out till late in the night looking for her like usual, so she'd be able to stay inside for a while, and she'd here her pull up in time to get out.
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Kagome was listening, sitting near her window it was now somewhere around nine-thirty, ten at night, it was the eighteenth, so she hoped the woman would come soon. That woman..., who had deceived her, her entire childhood, would be home soon no doubt, and she wanted to leave before that. "Lumous," She heard whispered, "What a quaint little dwelling..." Kagome stood up at the soft spoken voice, it came from downstairs and she knew it was not her mother. Taking off silently down the hall to the steps, she peeked around the corner and saw a woman, dressed in a beautiful emerald green cloak with silver lining and along the left sleeve, a silver snake, similar to that of the one on her back, minus the skull. This was her, the woman who had written her, had told her of her mother and of the woman who had raised her, and of course had informed her of the lies told to her by her mother. "Hello? Mrs. Narcissa...right?" She asked softly, so not to surprise the woman. Stepping out from behind the wall, she watched the woman smile gently in her direction.
"Kagome, look at you. So stunning in the years of your youth. What..." She made her way over to Kagome and placed her hand over the bruise on Kagome's cheek, "Darling child, who did this to you? You mother─"
"No! That woman has never harmed me; however, I must ask that you never refer to her as my mother. My mother, if I'm right, my mother is dead."
Narcissa crouched down a little so that she was looking the young girl in the eyes, "Her name was Yang Chang, and she was an amazingly talented witch. I will tell you more, but first, let us go. Lucius and Draco are awaiting our arrival."
"Who are they?"
"Lucius is my husband, and Draco, he is my son. He is the same age as yourself, although, a little older by a few months, but the same age none the less." Standing straight, she held her hand out to Kagome, "Where can I find your bags?"
"Upstairs, they're in my room."
"Wonderful, let us make haste."
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Kagome watched curiously as the woman shrunk her bags and suitcase down to a fraction of there size before placing them within a velveteen bag before handing it to Kagome. She saw lights from outside and glanced out the window in time to see her mother pulling up and exiting her vehicle. She ran up to the steps, no doubt after seeing Kagome's light on in her room. "Can we go now?" She asked Narcissa who smiled, "We will go by floo. I had my husband open up a network from our home to yours, let us go to your fireplace."
Kagome took her hand and pulled her past Rai who was on the stairs as they passed by.
"Kagome?! Kagome, where are you going? Who is this?"
"I'm leaving, that's all that matters." Kagome responded.
"No! You need to give me more than that!"
"No, I don't think I do!"
Rai made to grab Kagome only for Narcissa to step between the two of them, "You will not touch her, it was my mistake to leave her with a Muggle such as yourself."
Rai's face scrunched up in confusion, "What are you talking about?"
"That night, all those years ago, it was desperate times and Kagome wasn't safe in our world, my sister was taken by the Ministry and left me to care for Kagome, but she wouldn't have been safe with us either, so with only one option left, we found you crying over a child, I preformed a levitation spell and had Kagome hover over you, and in your daze, I preformed a vanishing charm on your own child."
Rai's face paled as she lost her balance and tumbled against the staircase. "No..."
"Yes, Kagome wasn't a gift from Merlin, bestowed upon you because you lost your first child, she was bestowed upon you for no more a reason than for protection. You needed only to watch her grow until I could come back for her."
"That's not fair!"
"Life isn't fair, Muggle."
"STOP CALLING ME THAT! Whatever that is, I'm not!"
Narcissa sneered, "A Muggle is a non magical person. You have no magic in you, henceforth...a Muggle...now," she turned to Kagome and took the girls hand, moving her to the fireplace, she pulled out a velvet bag and held it out for Kagome. "Take a handful, and when you step inside the fireplace, speak clearly, and say, Malfoy Manor, then throw the powder done at the ground of the fireplace."
Kagome looked hesitantly at the velvet bag, but nodded all the same, standing straight as she took a small handful of the powdery substance, she stepped inside the large fireplace, and called out clearly, Malfoy Manor, then through down the powder as instructed...and she felt suddenly dizzy as she lost her balance and fell from her fireplace. Or so she thought, "Where...?"
"Miss. Lestrange, or is it Miss. Higurashi?"
Kagome looked up and saw a man standing tall with long platinum blonde hair, dressed in a black pair of pants and a long sleeve black shirt with a cane in hand, though, it didn't look like he had trouble walking, he just used the cane for show. "You must be...Mr. Malfoy...Lucius Malfoy..."
Lucius smiled, though a little sardonic in her opinion, but none the less a smile. "Yes, you would be correct; Cissy should be on her way."
Not a second later, there was a poof from behind her and Narcissa walked out with an almost heavenly grace, she preformed another spell which Kagome felt drawn to watching as she became clean of dust and soot from the fireplace.
"Where is Draco? I told him to be sure he was down here to greet Kagome when we got back,"
"I'm here,"
The three turned to the large staircase to the left of them, on the top, staring down at Kagome with his arms crossed on the staircase with his head on his arms.
Kagome stared at him, 'Narcissa said he was my age...he looks a little older then me...'Kagome sighed, 'that however might just be because I'm short.'
"I don't see what is so special about her,"
Kagome smiled, "I'm nothing special, but thankful, yes..."
Narcissa smirked, "That woman hasn't any recollection of you, I erased her memories of you, a simple Obliviate charm. However, you will need to keep her last name until we can have it officially changed back."
"...my mothers name was Chang?"
Narcissa nodded, "Yang Chang, I was never particularly fond of the rhyming name, but she as a person was a true Slytherin, and beautiful beyond comprehension. She did have a cruel and twisted outlook on life though..."
Kagome laughed, "That sounds much more appropriate, I'm nothing like the lady who took care of me, in fact, I never wanted to really be near her, I absolutely hated her. I felt bad that rather than loving her, as a daughter should, I always wanted to...I don't know...make her...disappear."
Narcissa frowned, "I see, it must have been hard to grow up with someone who you felt so detached from," smiling, she held her hands out and took Kagome's, "I want you to become apart of this family, in the Wizarding world, you have a lot to live up to, that even you don't know of yet. Once finalized, your name will be Kagome Chang, is that acceptable?"
Kagome nodded.
"Wonderful, then, Draco will give you a tour of the house, it's to be your home from now on, until you are ready to leave on your own terms, until then, please think of this as your home, and make yourself comfortable. Draco Dear..."
Lucius and Narcissa watched their son and only child descend the steps before giving Kagome a once over and sneering.
"Follow me,"
"..." Kagome gave him a cold look, a dark twinkle in her eyes as she followed after him through one of the doors.
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Narcissa sighed, "Why is he trying so hard to go against what I asked of him,"
"That isn't it."
She turned a curious eye to her husband, "What is it then?"
"I told him that by his sixth year I had every intention of having her married into our family, I'm positive that your earlier request of him being civil and showing her a good time while here is the farthest thing from his mind."
Narcissa laughed, "Why would that be so horrible, she's precious, a little on the twisted side, like her mother, but a nice girl none the less...well...I imagine that is so long that you stay on her good side, and with the way he's acting, it won't be long until he make's it on her bad side. Now I'm worrying myself..."
Lucius wound an arm around Narcissa's waist and pressed his lips to her neck before giving off a dark chuckle, "The boy gets what he give's...now doubt a lesson he needs to learn."
Narcissa nodded in agreement, "True,"
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"Your room is on the right, here is the study room, no one is really allowed to use it but father, unless you are given permission, don't go in there. On the left, you can find a library, it's set up with tables and couches, so you should be comfortable enough, if you ever need anything, call for Dobby,"
"Dobby?"
"Yes, our house elf." He turned to look at her as she paused in her steps, "Let me guess, you don't know what a house elf is. I'm not surprised,"
Kagome glared, "Oh shut it, I've been brought up like those Muggle's, what more would you expect, I wasn't pleased when I found out that my whole life was a lie, right down to my last name!"
Draco shrunk back and stared at her for a moment before sighing, "Sorry," He shook his head, "Dobby!"
A poof sounded behind Kagome and she turned to see a strange looking creature ducking it's head down as it cautiously glanced up at Draco. She actually felt really bad for it, just looking at its clothes and how scared it was.
"Yes, Young Master called?" The elf nervously asked.
"That is a house elf, this one has been in the Malfoy family for generations,"
"...why does he look so scared?"
"Probably because he knows if he should do something wrong, it would mean punishment,"
"How horrible!"
"They punish themselves, Kagome...we don't do anything, we don't need to. They thrive to please people, I've never known a house elf who didn't want to work, take that away and what do they have? Nothing...Dobby, this is Kagome...you will be responsible for caring for her and seeing to it that her stay here is comfortable and that all she needs is accessible."
"Of course, Dobby has already retrieved your bags from the Mistress, and have taken them to your room, if you need anything, please call and Dobby will do all that you require." He bowed respectfully, then poofed away.
"Seems a little demeaning, are you so sure that they enjoy this?"
"Enjoy it or not, this is their lot in life, I don't foresee it changing anytime in the near future,"
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Rolling his eyes, Draco scoffed, "Don't get too emotional over an house elf, they wont appreciate it, I assure you."
"Right, I understand...its just...I'm not used to any of this, I feel like I've stepped into some alternate universe, a world apart from what I grew up in...I..." Kagome shook her head and closed her eyes, the stuff of recent flashing through her head, reminding her that this was really happening. She felt a hand on her shoulder and opened her eyes to see Draco looking at her curiously. "Sorry..."
He shook his head, "Don't be...it's not your fault, after all, nobody asked you if you wanted to be brought back, much less placed in the rancid home of some Muggle."
"I kind of wish they had..." Kagome laughed, "I'm happy though, so very happy...she took me from London...we had lived there for six years, I think that was where I was born...I know...I always felt close to home in London. She made me go to America, it was rather insanitary there, tacky...lackluster...and finally...I was taken to Japan...in this place, I feel safe, and in this place I feel more at home than I have in eleven years."
Draco remained quite as she continued to talk about her life up till that point.
"You know...the lady that took care of me, she was worried often that someone might come take me away, she was always looking around and behind her, as if she were being followed," Kagome laughed, "I think...she got even more worried as I began exhibiting weird abilities...like...talking with snakes and such nonsense...she really got upset though when I would ask to go to the ocean or go swimming...she hated when the mark on my back was visible...she absolutely hated it..."
"...what mark did she not like?" It was probably this moment which changed how he acted around her, or maybe...what made him want to act the way he did after seeing it...
Kagome turned and pulled the shirt she wore up to her shoulders and his eyes widened as he saw the familiar mark that his father and mother both carried, on her back, centered beautifully, a picture of power she didn't yet know of.
"...I see...come on," He grabbed her hand and she dropped the hem of her shirt and let it fall around her waist again. "I'll show you the rest of the house!"
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Me: Hope you guys enjoyed chapter two of Whatever it Takes! I'll go on to one of my other HP/IY fics now!