In Dumbledore's office, everyone, except Sesshomaru of course, explained how and why they arrived in such an untimely manner. Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, and all the other teachers, even Umbridge, who wormed her way in, were sitting in unbelieved silence at what they were told.
"So, if I am clear on this story, you're a team made up of a modern priestess, a half dog demon, a full dog demon, a wolf demon, and a mercenary brought back from the dead, sent from Feudal Japan to stop our evil that's allied itself with a powerful, power hungry half demon known as Naraku, in order to become all powerful and potentially destroy human life as we know it." Dumbledore summarizes.
"Yeah. Basically." InuYasha nods from his perch on the ground.
"What a load of rubbish!" Umbridge shrieks, causing all the occupants of the room with sensitive hearing to flinch. "You-know-who is already dead, and therefore, there's no reason for you to be here. You dangerous, monstrous, beasts have no place here. Especially disgusting half-breeds like you." She sneers at InuYasha, who snarls at her.
"Oi, Kouga, you smell that?" He asks, keeping his eyes narrowed on the teacher.
"Smell what, mutt face?"
"She smells like a really salty bitch." InuYasha snaps, earning a bark of laughter from Bankotsu and even a smirk from Kouga. Umbridge's face contorts to that of a red toad's.
"On a separate note, how are you all able to speak English?" Dumbledore asks with a pleasant twinkle in his eye.
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"How the hell are we supposed to know?" Bankotsu answers.
"I learned a little at my school, but didn't really get good grades in it." Kagome confesses sheepishly and the half demon scoffs.
"Keh. If you couldn't get good grades in it, what's the point of going back and forth to that school of yours?" InuYasha mutters, earning a glare from the girl.
"Why do you think I missed so much school in the first place?!" She yells at him, causing him to pull back with his ears flat against his skull.
"I think she could answer that." Sesshomaru speaks up for the first time. Everyone turns and sees the still glowing Wanderer watching them with an easy smile.
"Hi everyone! I see you all got acquainted and friendly." She smiles innocently.
"Heh. If you call this 'friendly', I'm almost tempted to see what you would say when their heads are on the floor." Bankotsu says off handedly, earning a smack on the back of the head from Kagome. He glares at her, which she responds with her own, mouthing 'no killing, so play nice'.
"Back to your question, the answer is simple. I used my abilities to place knowledge of the English language in your pretty little heads. Makes the job easier, don't you think? If they couldn't understand you, imagine the bloodshed that might've happen! It would've been a pity. But don't worry, you can easily switch back to Japanese like that." She snaps her almost transparent fingers.
"I still don't see any reason why I should work with them." Sesshomaru say coldly.
"Oh, Sesshomaru. As flawlessly pretty as you are, you can't do it all yourself. This is the strongest team imaginable. If you guys work together, you'll be back at your castle with your annoying toad butler before you know it."
"Excuse me?" Umbridge says with a voice as sweet a bile. "Who are you to bring such filthy creatures on school grounds?"
"I would watch who you're referring to, scum." Sesshomaru warns. "For I would gladly rip your tongue from your throat." To prove his point, he uses his poison claws to decimate an annoying ticking device on the shelf beside him.
"Anyway… back to business. Our enemies have joined forces and these guys are gonna take them out, and all you have to do, is feed them and put a roof over their heads. What's the quote, Kagome? Easy, peezy, lemon squeezy?" Wanderer smiles. "Come on, it'll be fun!"
"I refuse to let such monstrosities wander around this castle! The Minister will be here first thing in the morning to pass judgement on these monsters and stomp those violent lies about You-know-who returning!" With that, she storms out like a stuffed goose.
"Are you sure I can't kill her too? She really pisses me off." Bankotsu asks, lightly rubbing the flat of his Banryuu.
Wanderer shakes her head. "You have to behave if you want to keep the chance of a full resurrection. So, you can't kill innocents, no matter how wretched they are. Now, I gotta go. Tatty bye!" She waggles her fingers and disappears like a ghost.
"Well, this is certainly enlightening." Dumbledore says with a chuckle. "We can let you stay here of course. Would you also like to participate in the classes?"
"No." They all say at once. Kagome is tired of school and none of the others have an actual education, aside from Sesshomaru, even though his needs to be updated from the Feudal Era education. Also, there's no way he'll willingly sit in a classroom with a bunch of whiny teens.
"Very well." McGonagall nods. "And seeing how they can't exactly risk being separated, I say we give them their own living space for the time being."
"What a splendiferous idea, Minevra." Dumbledore smiles. "I have no doubt the house elves already have something prepared. Severus, if you would show them to their quarters?"
The potions master scowls, but says nothing. "This way." He drawls and leads the almost- team of misfits to their temporary residence.
Okay, first off, thanks for the reading and support! You've all been too kind!
And it may star off kind of fast and rocky, but I'm getting warmed up! And please review! Helps to know if I'm doing it right or if I need to change some things. FYI, in case anyone asks, I won't make a harem. That is all.
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