No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

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AN: Thanks for the reviews! Your reactions to the last chapter made me laugh.

... Unpunished

It wasn't the loud, piercing 'clap' as it was in the prison, true, but the solid crunch of gravel under her boots gave the same sense of finality. It was over, she was going home.

Kagome ran a rough hand through her hair as she made her way to the small jet waiting for her. She brought that hand down to her face and rubbed at her temples. It wasn't even noon and already she felt drained. Physically and mentally tired. The chill of the dementor still lingered in her veins and the crowd's cheers still haunted her ears. Thank goodness the minister wasn't accompanying her to her jet. She would not have been able to handle it.

She gave the bridge of her nose one last pinch and let out a full body sigh before letting her hand drop away and looked up. The harsh sun glared off the bright white paint of the jet, blinding her of the crowded scenery. But there was a splash of red and a hint of green within the light that made her give a slight smile. Shippo was waiting for her at the foot of the stairs, unillusioned. She hurried her steps a bit and got out of the glare of the sun, allowing her to take in the firm image of her adopted son. He was not the little boy she used to carry around in the feudal era anymore. No, he grew up into a strong, handsome man. A powerful fox demon, content with his life and confident in his own remarkable power, she was so proud. He was now taller than her, though with her own short height almost everyone was. Still, he stood 6 foot, two of long lean muscle. His vibrant red hair was worn long and in a high ponytail, still tied in a teal ribbon. Sharp forest green eyes full of knowledge and understanding, still kept that old playful, mischievous gleam she knew all too well from the days of his youth.

Her smile grew a little bigger as she approached the figure but when he didn't flash her that cocky smile of his, she began to feel concerned. Did something happen? She came to a stop beside him and waited for him to tell her what was bothering him. From the corner of her eyes she saw him clench his fist before releasing it and bringing it up to rub at his temples. The same unconsciousness motion she had just made.

"Shippo?" She called softly.

He mumbled something into him palm which she wasn't able to make out. Kagome slowly reached up and pulled his hand away from his face. He turned bright angry eyes towards her. "Shippo," She said again, "are you all right?"

Shippo pulled his hand away from her gentle hold and crossed his arms. Usually the position would be taken as a defensive motion but Kagome could easily read the tension in his flexed muscles. This wasn't to defend himself but to hold himself back from attacking and potentially hurting someone else.

"They burn them alive." His whispered voice shook with outrage.

"Huh?" Kagome asked confused. Burn them, burn who? What was Shippo talking about?

Shippo turned back to look at her, his eyes held some deep, hard emotion she was unable to describe then after a moment he gave a deep sigh. He lowered his arms and set one firm hand on her lower back, motioning for them to make their way up the stairs and into the plane. As they climbed he continued his explanation. "After someone receives the Dementor's Kiss, the ministry cremates them. We knew that, planned for that. But we thought the victim of the kiss would be killed before being thrown in the fire."

Kagome stopped walking and slowly turned towards her son, her eyes widening with dread. "What?" Kagome asked softly, praying she had misunderstood. Please, please say she heard wrong.

Shippo didn't make eye contact. He spoke roughly. "The Dementor's Kiss doesn't actually kill the recipient it just removes their soul. The person is still alive. After the execution we thought the soulless body would be painlessly killed then the body cremated. But they don't. They just chuck the still alive person right into the fire."

Kagome turned away and leaned over the railing of the stairs. She closed her eyes, trying to take in what Shippo had just told her. She felt sick but it didn't really surprise her. All she knew was that she didn't want to spend any more time in the place. A place where people cheered when they see a young boy suffer a fate worse than death. She just had to leave. She stood back up straight and hurried up the stairs.

"At least it made your job easier." She said to Shippo, still following behind her. "The only part of the plan that could have gone wrong was if you were not able to stop the guards from killing Mr. Potter and illusion a fake death instead. Them not killing Harry at least made it safer for us. We wanted him to go into the fire still alive. With your powers over fire he wouldn't have gotten hurt and you could recover the unharmed body with no one the wiser." They reached to top of the stairs and walked into the plane, Shippo's tall frame forcing him to duck.

No more words were said about the matter. Kagome's sad attempt at finding the silver lining didn't settle their hearts any but there was nothing more they could do about it.

They entered the front room to find Kagura and Kanna already seated and belted into their chairs waiting for lift off. They were as eager to leave as she was. After a quick nod of hello, the two found their own seats and strapped themselves in. Kagome gave a flick of her wand, the stair folded up and the plane started down the run way.

The plane wasn't a muggle jet. And while the outside looked just like a learjet 45 the inside was completely different. There was no cockpit as there was no need for a pilot. The plane flew with a navigation system run by magic. Instead the front was an observation room with large windows looking out to the sky. The plane was a lot larger than it should be as well, containing the same space enlargement charms found in wizarding trunks and tents. Behind the observation room was the main cabin. It contained a full kitchen with dining area and a living area with the latest entertainment center. Japan was a technology forward country and the wizard population was no different, unlike their English counterparts the wizards embraced muggle innovations. The room even had a working fire place, though it wasn't hooked up to the flew system. Each of the four occupants had their own room, complete with their own large bathrooms. Two rooms on the left and two on the right of a single hall way running down the center on the plane leading from the main room to the back. The back housed a smaller room with a state-of-the-art medical bay.

After the jet had left the ground and had stabled at flying altitude, Kagome and the rest unstrapped themselves and walked through the plane to the med center. They didn't say a word as they traveled down the hallway. Kagome eyed the three demons, giving each a sad smile and opened the door.

There on the single bed laid the black haired figure of Harry Potter, lying comatose. He was missing his black robes, Shippo must have dressed him in the hospital gown when he had brought him here. But the light blue of the dress just showed how injured the poor boy was. Filth and dried blood stained his pale skin and matted his hair. They would have to take him to a hospital as soon as they landed. While Kagome could heal the small lacerations on his body and clean him of the dirt clinging to his skin, she worried she would not be able to heal any infections that he gotten from the damp prison. Not to mention her priestess powers didn't work the same way on wizards and she didn't know enough magic to attempt any healing by witchcraft. No, it was best to leave his healing to the professionals. But there was something they could do.

"Kanna." Kagome nodded to the white child, keeping her voice soft and low. Not that it mattered, Harry Potter would not have noticed in his present condition.

Kanna nodded in return and moved to stand at Harry's head. The others in the room unconsciously moved closer to get a better look. She held her mirror a little higher and closed her eyes. Her small body took a noticeable breath, as she let it out the frame of her mirror started to glow. A faint white radiance that got brighter with every passing second. Then slowly, ever so slowly to the other three observers holding their breaths, an image in the mirror appeared. A wisp of cloud, then another and another, circling the outer rim of the mirror then merging tightly in the middle. More appeared each longer, sharper, dancing on the edge before joining the tiny dense sphere at the center. The small orb glowed brighter and brighter, becoming denser and denser, flickers of colours started to appear within it. Blue, green, yellow all becoming more pronounced before fading away into the minute ball. The orb continued to grow with each fragment of mist, growing brighter still.

All this took no more than a minute. Though to the onlookers it seem like both forever and no time at all had passed before no more swirls emerged. All that was in the mirror was that tiny brilliantly glowing orb. Kanna took another deep breath and opened her blank eyes. The frame of the mirror stopped glowing leaving just the flickers of colour and the orb itself casting light.

Then the shimmering dot began to move. Coming right out of the mirror making in ripple like water. It flouted slowly over Harry's head and stopped to hover right over his open mouth. Then in sank, steadily falling into Harry's mouth until they weren't able to see it or the light it gave off anymore. There was a single drum beat, a pulse radiating from the prone boy before the tortured body gasped hard for air. So hard in fact that the boy was lifted off the bed before sinking back into its warm confines. He didn't make any father movements.

Kagome took a step closer, reaching her hand out to make sure the boy was okay. She rested two fingers to the side of his neck and rested her other hand on his chest. She lowered her face to his mouth and listened to his breathing. The sound was gargled and a bit too shallow, she suspected an infection in his lungs but his pulse was strong. He would survive the two hour flight to Japan. Thank goodness they flew with magic or it would take them far longer. They would keep him sleeping though, he needed it to recover.

Kagome lean back and nodded to the three demons. Shippo flashed her a cocky relief filled grin and Kagura had a small smile on her face. Kanna of course remain emotionless but Kagome thought there was less tension in her shoulders now though they sagged with fatigue. Shippo bounced over to a cabinet and pulled out a thick yellow blanket which he draped over Harry. They stayed for a moment just watching the man breath in silence before turning around and headed back down the hall. Shippo softly closing the door behind him.

Kanna retired to her room, she must have been tired from releasing Harry's soul. It did go against the true purpose of the mirror after all. Kagura headed back towards the observation deck leaving Kagome and Shippo alone in the main room.

Kagome sank into the leather couch in front of the fireplace, which immediately sprang to life, red and yellow flickered on her face. She felt weird, heavy yet at the same time she felt as if she was floating. The sight in the small med room took her breath away. And it wasn't just from the beauty of the soul. The glow, the light, the colours dance on the back of her closed eye lids. A wondrous picture she would never be able to forget but it was the emotions she felt radiating from the tiny spark that turned her heart.

Fear, anger, pain and a deep sense of sadness. He boy had lost so much in his short life. But there was one small glimmer of peace. Like Pandora's Box there was an ember of hope hidden among all the dark emotions.

A rich laugh shook Kagome from her reflections. She turned on the couch to look over her shoulder at Shippo. All that could be seen of the fox was his backside and sleek red tail. He was hunched over, rooting through the fridge. Still chuckling under his breath, he pulled back clenching a can of beer in his hand. He shook his head as if to chase away an amusing thought and looked over at her. He smiled and walked to join her on the couch. He plopped down hard making her bounce slightly with his weight and suck deep within the cushions.

"What's so funny?" Kagome asked stealing away Shippo's beer. She ignored his outcry and took the first gulp. Eww, why did she do that? She hated beer.

"Nothing really just thinking about how Kanna stole that poor dementor's lunch." Shippo snatched back his can and held in protectively against his chest.

Kagome rolled her eyes at his antics, and said sarcastically. "Ya, poor dementor."

Shippo just shrugged.

They sat there watching the fire for a time before Shippo shifted deeper into the couch to get more comfortable and turned towards her.

"So 'Gome, what do we do now?" He asked.

Kagome turned to look towards the hallway were Harry still slept then back at red head. "Well, we have to give the minister our report and get Harry to a wizarding hospital. After that I'll ask some friends of mine to make him a new identity. Then it's up to him."

Shippo nodded absentmindedly and sipped his beer. His next question was quieter, "Why did we even help him. I mean we aren't the regular envoys. We really went out of our way to save the boy. I mean sure, he didn't deserve what was happening to him but do you have another reason for saving him?"

Kagome looked at him confused. "Do I need another reason?"

"Na, I guess not." He flashed her a cocky grin. "If you did, you wouldn't be you." He swung his head back and gulped down the rest of the can, crushing it after with his demon strength. He shot her a smile before his eyes bugged and he let out a huge burp. He looked shocked then sheepish, trying to hold back a laugh. Kagome scoffed and rolled her eyes. And that would be the reason why she didn't have any grandchildren.

~ OoOo ~

Four Years Later

"Mail!" A happy cry came from down the hall.

Kagome dropped her head onto her desk with a loud thump, ignoring the paperclip stabbing her in the cheek. How could Shippo be so damn cheerful so early in the morning? Kagome groaned and looked over at the Mickey Mouse clock hanging on her wall that Shippo had bought for her last year, insisting it would brighten up her office. Twenty past nine, she hadn't even been in work for half an hour and she was already picturing herself strangling the fox. Really, the only reason he was even working in her department was because the minister thought she would be less likely to kill him. Something about a mother's love for her child. Kagome snorted, the fox was just lucky he made a good cup of coffee, love or not.

"Kago~ome!" He literally sang her name as the red hair annoyance bounced into her office. Skipping to her desk and flinging all of his 6'2, 150 pounds on top of it making it shake and groan. Kagome quickly raised her head and scooted back away from her desk in case the thing collapsed, it wouldn't have been the first time.

Shippo, the damn morning person that he is, didn't seem to remember he wasn't a little kid anymore and happily continued to bounce up and down on it, swinging his long legs, all the while sporting a shit eating grin on his handsome face.

"Kago~ome, we got a letter!" He waved the normal looking muggle envelope in front of her face so fast she wasn't able to make out the words written on it. When she moved to reach for it he pulled it away fast and held it up to his own face. "Hey! It's from Evan Knight!"

Kagome looked up from where she was rubbing her eyes and sat up straighter in her leather chair. "Evan Knight, you sure? I haven't heard from him in almost three years."

"Yup! I'm sure." Shippo hopped off her desk and danced over to her. He handed her the letter, this time without any tricks. He then walked behind her chair and rested his arms on top of her head, leaning to read over her shoulder. Kagome shook her head to try to get the forest eyed irritation off but the 500 year old brat was a stubborn one. Finally she just sighed and stopped fighting what she knew from experience would be a losing battle and opened the envelope. Not bothering to check for charms or spells, trusting Shippo had already cleared it before he launched himself into her office.

Kagome pulled out a pale blue card and looked at the picture of two people smiling and holding hands on the front. Her eyes widened in surprise, "It's a wedding invitation. Evan is getting married."

"Really?" Shippo lifted his arms off her head and spun her chair around fast. He ripped the invite out of Kagome's hands in the confusion, much to her displeasure. He gave an obligatory wolf whistle to the future bride and opened the card. Kagome rolled her eyes and waited tolerantly for him to give the invite back.

"Well, what'd ya know?" Shippo looked towards her with that shit eating grin of his and waggled his eye brows. Kagome couldn't help but give a snort and smile back.

"Looks like Harry Potter got his 'Happily Ever After' after all."

~ OoOo ~

THE END

(In case you're confused, Evan Knight and Harry Potter are the same person.)

~ OoOo ~

AN:

Yay, I finished the story, hope you liked it. I know it wasn't very long but I don't really have the drive to write long stories, besides, I've always been a fan of cameos. Though I do admit writing the last bit with Shippo was so much fun. I modeled the soul after the third Harry Potter movie, I've never actually seen Kanna use her mirror in the anime.

So to recap, this was the plan. Kanna removed Harry's soul the day before the execution so when the dementor kissed the Real Harry the next morning nothing happened, however everyone else thought Harry Potter was 'killed'. Shippo imitated one of the guards, his job was to stop the other guards from actually killing Harry and use his illusions to make it look like they did. This part however did not happen as they just chucked the still alive Harry into the fire to be cremated. Then Shippo's job was to use his power over fire and his illusions again to rescue Harry and bring him back to the plane which would immediately leave with Kagome. On the plane Kanna then returned the soul. Once they got to Japan they created a new identity for Harry, Evan Knight. Four years later Evan Knight gets married. As to whom, it doesn't matter to me. Complicated yes, but this way no one knows Harry Potter is still alive.

A question I got a couple of times in reviews was 'Who is the Japanese minister?' To that I say; The Japanese minister is whoever you want it to be. I didn't give him a name for that very purpose. Most people suggest Sesshomaru though. I'm more of a fan of some wizard being minister and Kagome and the demons only work in a special demon related department, not truly a part of the wizarding world.

Another question I got was if there is a back story to the Inuyasha gang. Ummm, not really. I know Kagura dies so this would be considered an AU but as for anything specific... Naraku is dead. Anything else I leave to your imagination.

Hope you liked the story!

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~ADN