Kagome reached the potions room which was currently empty and she shuddered there was a bucket of foul smelling substance in a wooden barrel in the center of the room. A hand fell upon her shoulder and she shrieked her miko powers flaring in response to the perceived threat. She heard a thud behind her and she turned, "Oh shimatta, I attacked the professor, I am so busted. Snape-sensei, are you alright, I'm so sorry. You…I was startled."

The dining room was flooded with the girl's flared powers. A blood jewel around Kouga's and Jaken's necks lit up protecting them from the purification energy while Kagome's blood flowing through Shippo protected him. The youkai all stood and ran towards the source. Dumbledore stood and told all the students to remain sitting as he followed the running demons his robes billowing behind him.

Hermione bit her lower lip after the static-y feeling passed over them, "Do you think Kagome's fine?"

Ron nodded, "Course, all of the demons went off and do you think they would let anything happen to her." He then returned to the food on his plate.

Harry turned towards the doors wondering if all was really well when the doors were opened and Dumbledore stepped in, "Potions classes have been suspended for the week."

The potion comment had all two hundred eyes stray towards where Snape normally sat to notice that the seat, the hooked nose man normally sat in, was conspicuously bare.

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Kagome bit her lip it went better then she expected, considering she was expecting expulsion at the very least if not some sort of criminal action. Shippo eyes stared at a still smoking mark on the man's forearm, "So that's what one looks like. Good to know that your miko-ki can force those carrying Voldemort's mark back."

The miko worried her lip some more, replaying the information Dumbledore imparted over the mark and its uses.

Shippo freed the girl's lower lip, "Don't do that it'll give you chapped lips then nobody will want to mate you then I'll never get that brother or sister I've been pining for.

The miko laughed and shook her head at her exasperating son, "It's sad, you still want that sibling."

Shippo pouted and gave her his 'I'm so adorable that you can't help but agree with me' look, "You promised."

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Sesshomaru glared at the Lords of the North and South, "I placed the care of three ningens in your hands and you managed to allow those wizards to get to them and kill them. Give me one reason why I should kill both of you right now."

The Lord of the North shuddered, her red hair covering her face, "Sire, wouldn't eliminating us delay your efforts of naming the Lord of the West."

Sesshomaru paused, "I see that you have found a reason. Leave before I decide the time wasted would be worth it."

The kitsune of the North and the tiger of the South quickly left the room. "I'm surrounded by fools."

He growled, "If only the other lords hadn't insisted that the Minister could not be a regional Lord. My life would be less complex."

At the last meeting with the Minister and the four Lords under him and the Vice-minister; the cocky tiger insisted that Sesshomaru follow the council regulations and appoint the next Western Lord. Kouga the Eastern lord managed to put the tiger in his place but they knew that he had a point to maintain the impartiality the Minister was to have in case of regional disputes he couldn't reign over a quadrant of the land.

Sesshomaru looked at a photo he had of Kagome and the others of the Sengoku Jidai, "I only have one member of the family left; it looks to be the next Western Lord shall be female."

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Harry and Ron sat together playing a round of Wizard's chess while Hermione worked on the Potions essay. "Boys, shouldn't you use this time to complete the potions essay before other professors assign work."

They snorted, "We have all week to do it…wait where are you going?"

Hermione looked up from her packing, "Kagome invited me to sleepover with herself and Shippo; said something about not wanting to be the only female; said she would meet me there."

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Kagome sneezed in Shippo's room, "I think that someone was talking about me."

Shippo laughed and shook his head, "Superstitious, at this day and age?"

She pouted from her position on a quilt in green silk pajamas while looking at her schedule, "My first class tomorrow is…History of magic then after that I have Kouga's class then I have Ancient Runes. Wednesday is the same as Monday except for Astronomy at midnight…classes at midnight what are these people thinking?"

Shippo looked at her wryly, "Perhaps so that you can see the stars."

Kagome return his glance, "Really, I never would have guessed. You are so wise beyond your years. Souta would be proud that his nephew doesn't have his mother's brains."

She paused from her teasing, she had a feeling that Shippo knew what Jaken was distracting her from. She was sure while she spoke that she caught a flash of pity. 'What are you hiding from me Shippo?'

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Ron and Harry merely gaped at each other before Ron sputtered, "Dad's told me all about fox demon gathering and how they use some sort of seduction to have orgies."

Hermione wrinkled her nose in disgust, "I doubt they would do anything like that with his mother there. Besides I hope to find out more about Kagome."

The two just watched as she heading towards the girls dorm and they were still staring at the entrance when she returned dressed in a nightgown and robe carrying two bags."

"Jeez where are you going, Germany? Why do you need so much luggage?"

Hermione rolled her eyes, "It's our school books for tomorrow since Kagome left hers in her bag and a school uniform for me."

The portrait opened and Kagome stepped in, "Hey, Hermione-chan, I was getting worried, you were taking a while so I thought you had gotten lost. Ah Harry and Ron-kun, I hope you guys enjoy yourselves."

With a quick wave she took the bags from Hermione carrying them with ease and the two girls left the common room together.

Ron and Harry looked at each other, "Well she did say that she was going to lessen the study time with Hermione."

Ron looked back to the board, "Knight to E5, check."

Harry scrambled trying to find a way to get his king out of the check while listening to the advice the pieces were shouting at him, when Neville walked down from the boys dorm, "Hey, have you guys seen Kagome, I was hoping she could help me with my potions' essay."

Harry ground his teeth at the obvious ploy to get the miko alone. "She and Hermione went to spend the night with Shippo."

Neville nodded and sighed sadly before returning to the dorm to retire for the night. Ron whistled slightly after Harry made his move, "Jealous are we. Bishop to G7; checkmate.'

Harry growled and tugged on his hair, "Can't I just get a break."

Ron picked up the chess pieces and chuckled, "Sorry mate; that's the way the cookie crumbles. If you're freaking out why don't you use the Marauder's Map to see where the girls are at and use the invisibility cloak to spy on them."

Harry stood up suddenly and went up to his trunk leaving Ron to follow him shouting that he was joking.

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Shippo opened the painting and let the two girls in, "Hurry up, Hideki said he wanted to meet my ofukuro properly."

Kagome smiled, "I'm sure he wants stories from when you were younger."

The blond kitsune from before appeared and wrapped his arms around the red headed kitsune and rested his head on top the shorter kitsune's head, "Of course I do. Now who is this lovely lady with you?"

Hermione turned to them, "I'm Hermione; I was wondering who is seme and who was uke in your relationship?"

Kagome gasped, "Not even five minutes in kitsune's presence and she's corrupted. But that's an interesting question."

Shippo blinked, "You aren't much better; a miko wondering such thoughts."

She held her most pious expression, "I'm hurt you think so lowly of me. All holy people are perverts you should have heard some of the stories Kaede told me and Sango and look at Miroku. We are perverts to degrees."

Hermione blushed, "Ah sorry it was rude of me to ask."

Shippo shook his head, "Hideki's usually the bottom and I'm top."

Kagome nodded, "That makes sense, if I'm correct our anal retentive friend raised you while I was gone and he passed it on to you."

Hermione laughed slightly feeling more comfortable with the group. Hideki pouted slightly at being ignored, "Koi let's go to bed. The girls will be fine and I'm sure they can entertain themselves."

"Heeyyyy, okay fine, you two run off to some corner where I can't hear you, I'd rather not hear Shippo getting more action them me."

Hermione blushed once again as she figured out what the one fox said due to all of the others' reactions the most telling Shippo leading Hideki away to another room. Kagome turned to the other side where Shippo had showed her a hot spring he had custom designed maintained through what he called, 'Faith, Hope, and Pixie dust' or in other words magic. The miko turned to Hermione and invited her to bathe saying there were spare towels and it would give them something to do. Hermione blushed but before she could say anything Kagome hit the top of her head, "Oh right, you aren't used to public baths like we have in Japan. Well what do you want to do?"

Hermione pulled out a stack of notes, "I thought that we could review some history notes so that you can keep up for tomorrow and maybe we could look at some Ancient Runes, I feel like we will have a quiz on the first day and I would hate for your grades to suffer because you are new."

Kagome nodded and thanked her pulling out a notebook and her history book ready to learn about the History of Magic.

An hour later she regretted wanting to learn this stuff, "There's so much stuff, I may love history but it's too much for my poor brain to handle in one night."

Hermione nodded, "You do have five years to catch up with. Let's start on Ancient Runes…"

Kagome closed the notebook and book with a relieved sigh as she pulled out the Ancient Runes textbook. Hermione opened her notes, "The first rune is…"

Kagome interrupted, "This is Ancient Runes? It's the official language of demon documents, Fluff-butt made me learn this when I was adopted."

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Ron and Harry stood in front a painting of a woman in a Japanese style outfit of white and red with a large fox at her feet, "Well this is new."

Harry shushed him, "We need to find an opportunity to sneak in there."

They leaned against the wall and listened to the girls cover Runes before the conversation shifted to something that interested Harry, boys. "So Kagome you have this down, any men in your life."

Kagome laughed, "Men, no…demons yes."

Hermione leaned forward, "Really, you have a boyfriend?"

The miko shushed her, "No I don't but if Shippo hears that word he'd hound me again about kids."

"He probably wants to have a sibling…"

"Exactly, wait how did you know, Harry tell you? Never mind, it was obvious with the way he was calling me, 'mama' in Japanese."

Hermione blinked storing that in her mental databases, "I thought it was a nickname a shorten form of Kagome. But speaking of Harry; what do you think of him?"

Kagome tilted her head towards the doorway covered by the portrait she was sure that she had heard something out there. "He's a decent guy, most guys here are nice, some more so then others."

"Just decent? Nothing more?"

"I met him less then a week ago, and you know what, I'm hungry…"

"You should be, you missed lunch and dinner. You want to run by the kitchens to nip some food?"

Kagome shook her head, "No, I wouldn't want to get in trouble."

Hermione had already pulled on her robe and retrieved Kagome's, "Come now it will be fine and you know the password for the door, right?"

Kagome nodded and slipped on the sleeping robe, they then headed out the door.

Harry and Ron stayed under the invisibility cloak and followed the two as they listened to the girls talk to one another. "Kagome, you see the picture of the bowl of fruit?"

Kagome nodded, "Let me guess we have to tickle the pear till it laughs."

Hermione's mouth dropped open, "How'd you know?"

She shrugged, "That's what I would have done to hide a way to the kitchen."

The witch shook her head, "You are one very weird person."

Kagome cocked her head to the side, "You aren't the first to say that, but lets go I hear someone coming and I'm sure we aren't suppose to get caught out of our dorms."

The girls quickly entered the kitchen allowing the painting to swing shut behind them.

The boys were left out in the hall as they caught Malfoy with Crabbe and Goyle walking by under the pretense of checking for rule-breakers. The two listened in as Malfoy walked past talking about how the Minister of Magic in Japan was coming to Hogwarts and it was probably to eliminate the muggle running around because the Minister was known to be intolerant of any couplings between the species.

Ron turned to Harry, "Do you think Kagome would be safe because they say the Minister's immune to holy powers and that he's practically unstoppable."

Harry nodded, "Yeah, they know each other from way back."

The red head turned to him, "She tell you this?"

He shook his head, "I just know, how don't ask me. He was in one of my dreams. Something tells me that the reason he's here isn't completely good though."

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Kagome and Hermione returned to the room and Kagome turned she could hear two other heart beats other then herself and Hermione and those in the other room, "Hey, Hermione, is there anyway for people to become invisible?"

Hermione gasped, "They wouldn't use it."

Kagome reached for the heart beats and felt a silky fabric which she tugged on thus revealing the heads of Ron and Harry. "Mind telling us what you two boys are doing here? If you wanted to join us you could have asked, we have room here if you wanted to hang out especially since Shippo's busy with Hideki."

Oh andthe episode of IYof the weekof June 15you see blue flowers when he sees Kikyou's shikigami destroyed and he's holding her robes (after Kagura left) those are kikyou's or Chinese Bell flowers, neat eh…I'm on vacation updates are rare if any I happen to ask my aunt to use her's which is faster then the one I normally use AND I remebered to bring my jump drive.