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."
Shippo and Hideki were leaning against the door listening to the girl; the two kitsune turned to one another and rolled their eyes with how dull the sleepover was thus far.
Kagome sat down quickly her hands running over the material feeling how soft and silky it was, "So this makes you invisible? So pretty... and cool as well. I bet you've snuck into loads of places with this little gadget or is it considered a gizmo?"
The three Brits looked at one another and shared smiles as they recalled their adventures with the cloak James Potter once donned.
Kagome caught the look and laughed, "I'm guessing you guys have done some things if those expressions are an indication."
The group retold some of their adventures including the time they had to travel throughout school during midnight to give a baby dragon to Charlie, who they explained was Ron's brother, so that he could send it to a protective reserve and release it. Which led to the next topic. "Wow you have a brother, is it just you four and your parents?"
Ron turned pink, "Ah no, I have five older brothers and a younger sister you should have met."
Kagome picked up a shoe and threw it against the door she knew Shippo and Hideki were listening against, "Shippo, no ideas."
Returning to Ron she thumped her head slightly, "Wow, I feel stupid know, you both have beautiful red hair AND the same last name, I just thought Weasley was a common name."
Ron blushed darker at the compliment and muttered that everyone in his family had red hair. Hermione quickly went into her prying mode, "How about you and your family, Kagome?"
Kagome smiled as she recalled her family, "I live at my shrine with my Jii-chan, and my mother and my younger brother, Souta. I also have an older brother and there's my son, Shippo."
Hermione leaned forward, "How is it that your son is older then you?"
Kagome turned towards the door behind which Shippo and Hideki were behind for a second, "Ah that was a while ago. It goes back to my fifteenth birthday, I was preparing to go to school and at the breakfast table my grandfather gave me a mummified water demon's hand which I promptly fed to Buyo, our cat. He ate it and ran off. When I was getting ready to leave Souta came up to me saying that he heard a noise in the well house on our property and he thought it was Buyo stuck in there but he was to scared to check. I went in and I saw Buyo and when I turned my back to the well the sealed covers of the well blew open a centipede demon dragged me back…"
Hermione finished for her, "and into the warring states era, wow so she's you."
Kagome blinked, "Nani?"
Hermione shook her head and pulled out a book, "When you told me you were from Japan I checked this book out on the History of Magic from the Orientals and you have ten pages dedicated to you and your companions, but it doesn't give much information on what you guys did or your names; other then the fact that they...you killed that one demon and gathered the pieces of a jewel called the Shee-kon."
Kagome peered at the book, and smiled wryly when she caught how they addressed her in the book, "The reincarnation of Kikyou, of course that is all I am but when I shattered the Shikon no Tama it's the girl from the future."
Harry caught the name Kikyou and took the book from the girls and shut it. Shippo came out afterwards and after sparing a warning glance at Hermione for upsetting his mother unintentionally, transformed into his animal form and curled up against his mother comforting her in all his five tailed glory. Hideki came out afterwards and dismissed himself calling out that he was going to visit with another lover. Shippo lifted his head to signal that he heard and Kagome bowed her head briefly.
Harry watched Kagome run her fingers through the fox's fur, her hand moving slowly back and forth.
Kagome felt his gaze and looked up at him, "Yes?"
Harry blushed at getting caught, "Ah nothing I was lost in thought."
Kagome nodded then turned to Hermione and Ron who was watching them closely, "Did we miss something?"
The miko turned to Shippo hoping to understand what was happening but he yawned and curled up tightly next to the miko's side. Kagome yawned too, "I'm not sure what you missed but I'm tired so I'm going to sleep, knock yourselves out."
Hermione nodded, "That's a good idea, classes start early tomorrow."
Harry stood getting ready to leave but Kagome from her position curled up against Shippo waved to a wall behind them, "Stay, pillows and blankets are against the wall."
He nodded and both guys made there way to grab the supplies, Harry picking up another blanket which he used to drape over Kagome. The miko mumbled a sleepy 'gato and fell asleep with Ron and Hermione following shortly after. Harry stayed awake staring up at the ceiling wishing he could be lying underneath the heavens before he too fell asleep. Shippo placed his head near his mother's enjoying the familiar and comforting scent while his mind wondered to what he and Jaken discussed. 'She is going to kill Sesshomaru; she isn't going to like the fact that the Western Lands are going to be sprung on her.'
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Kagome woke up early with the mindset to go and enjoy the hot spring before the others wake up and awkward questions about the scars littering her body resurfaced. She stepped into the room with the hot spring and carrying her supplies went to the room behind it and proceeded to bathe and cleanse her self before she stepped out wrapped in a towel and slipped into the hot spring to soak and enjoy the heat.
Harry was the next to wake an hour after Kagome did, he yawned and rubbed his eyes when he saw Shippo sitting in front of a doorway. The kitsune looked back, "Hurry up, the others are waking."
Kagome looked at the fox before pulling herself out of the water and wrapping the towel back around her slim figure and she padded her way back into the other room to pour cool water over her body and dressing in her school uniform.
Harry blushed as he caught sight of Kagome walking away, her body dripping from the bath she just got out of. Shippo spoke up smirking, "You could look away you know, 'kaa-chan has never been one to appreciate ogling."
He blushed deeper and adverted his eyes and backed away from the door way.
Kagome came out of the back room her hair still pulled up from when she was in the hot spring her hands fixing the school tie. Shippo hopped up clucking his tongue at the disarray his mother was in, "Come here; let me help you after all you have got to look pretty for your classes."
Kagome obediently went to him and he pulled out a brush and began to work on her hair. He quickly pulled her hair up into a ponytail and placed two ribbons in it, a burgundy one and a golden colored one to match her tie. Kagome turned to Shippo and thanked him when Hermione woke up then the witch went over to the corner where the only sleeping member was snoring his cares away and shook him awake.
--twitch I can't concentrate my mama's snoring too loud--
Ron sat up sputtering, "Wha? Jeez Hermione you'll kill a bloke if you scare him like that."
The witch ignored him, "You and Harry have to get back to the dorm because you didn't bring your school supplies. Meet us at breakfast."
The pair left the girls, hidden under the cloak so that people wouldn't know they hadn't been in their dormitory all night.
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Shippo headed to the Defense Against the Dark Arts office to speak with Kouga on what Jaken had spoken about when Kouga opened the door quickly, "Did you hear the news?"
"Jaken told me."
"He knows? Did he tell Kagome, you know he's a bit callous when it comes to these things?"
"No, he told me so that I could tell her. She's going to be furious about the whole thing."
"Of course she would be furious with herself but she, I think, is going to feel guilty and heart broken."
Shippo looked at him confused, "What are you talking about?"
Kouga blinked, "What were you talking about?"
At the mental count of three the both spoke.
"The fact she's to take the role of Lord of the Western Lands."
"The fact her family was killed last night by Voldemort's men."
They looked at each other, "Oh shit, this is NOT good."
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"Bless you."
Kagome looked up at the girl who was dressing, "Ah, thank you."
Hermione quickly put the finishing touches to her wardrobe and the two went to the dinning room. Dumbledore quickly intercepted the girls and had Kagome follow him. Hermione waved goodbye and sat down at the mostly empty table.
Kagome made to speak with him but he seemed grave and serious so she kept quiet and quicken her stride to match his.
But the mournful cry of wolves from the surrounding area made the miko's stomach twist painfully.
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Hermione jumped in her seat when the howling began. Her attention turned towards the Head Table hoping for some answers from the professors but Kouga was howling as well and the other professors seemed preoccupied with troubled thoughts.
Shippo sat down in Kagome's usual spot and watched Harry and Ron sit down, "The wolves are morning the loss of three pack members."
The fluttering of wings made the group of people look up and the owl that delivered Hermione's paper dropped it in her lap. The witch opened the paper and gasped, "Oh no…"
Harry and Ron both looked over and on the front page in bold type were the words, "You-Know-Who's First Victims" and underneath it was a family picture of Kagome's family with red circles around everyone but her. Surprising enough they managed to find the negative and develop the picture with the proper potions because the people were moving around and Kagome in the photo was teasing the boy. Shippo interrupted their reading of the article, "She doesn't know yet, Dumbledore-kun felt that it probably wasn't the best that she find out in that manner but what's going to worry her the most is the fact the bodies were taken by the wizards."
The trio looked at him for an explanation when they caught Malfoy sighing, "Pity, I was hoping to catch the muggle's face when she hears the news, it would have made my day."
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Kagome refused the seat Dumbledore offered her once they made it to the office (the password was Chocolate frogs), "Is something the matter, Dumbledore-sensei?"
Dumbledore looked up from the packet he had received from Sesshomaru on what he was expecting when he arrived, unable to tell her about her family just yet, "Ah yes, I'm afraid that I was never very proficient in Ancient Runes so I was hoping you could translate the letter your brother sent me."
Kagome nodded relaxing, she had been afraid that it was something worse, and settling into the chair and began on the task of translating the thirty page packet, "Well we can say my brother was never at a loss for words."
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After Shippo was restrained from pouncing on the wizard, breakfast went smoothly. Neville inhaled sharply when he heard the news, "Is she okay?"
The kitsune nodded his gaze traveling to Neville but lingering on Harry, "She will be; she knows the risks of being associated with us."
A bell rang and the students stood up and drifted towards their classes. Hermione loitered a bit hoping to see the miko. But the masses shoved her towards the door and she headed to History class.
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Kagome yawned as she translated the package into broken English, she glanced down at her watch a groaned if she hurried she could catch the last twenty minutes of History. Setting the quill down she stood up bowing to the headmaster who was occupied with a glow emitting from his closet. Dumbledore looked up he was surprised that the translation was completed so quickly. He cursed himself silently he had grown up listening to Shippo about the young woman before him and he couldn't bring himself to watching her cry; Shippo had mentioned that that was one of the worst things he had to endure.
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Her friends (except Hermione who was taking notes so that Kagome could study when they run into her again) spent the class sending glances to the empty seat in the front corner beside where Neville was sitting.
Kagome opened the door slowly and peered into the room, the halls were mostly empty and the students there wouldn't meet her in the eyes and if anything she swore that they looked upset or gleeful. She slid into the only empty seat and pulled out her paper and her ballpoint pen, she refused to use a quill when she didn't need to. She began to take notes, her eyes drooping as the ghostly professor droning was putting her to sleep.
Neville watched her from the corner of his eyes from what he knew of her she seemed the sort to mourn her family's death. 'She must not know then…'
Harry watched with narrow eyes as Neville continued to watch the now sleeping girl openly. Ron rolled his eyes Harry had been acting strangely since the Japanese girl first arrived to Hogwarts and as amusing as it was it was becoming old. "Why don't you just go up to her and talk to her, mate?"
Harry blinked, "I don't know what you are talking about?"
Ron shook his head, "You're fooling no one. If I were you I'd talk to her before Neville wins because everyone can tell he's smitten with the girl besides don't you want to be the one she goes to for comfort."
The wizard that lived doodled on the parchment, "It's complicated…"
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Kouga looked at the kitsune sitting on his desk with narrow eyes, "What the hell do you want, kit?"
Shippo turned to look at him, "Get Kagome out of class before the bell rings she doesn't know about her family would you rather some stranger tell her or for it to be family who tells her."
Kouga ran his hand through his hair he rather that neither option was available, Kagome was a pack mate but Shippo and Sesshoumaru as her closest kin had the responsibility and right to tell her. "Alright fine but you have to tell her soon you know as well as I do she's going to be upset that everyone knew before her."
The wolf stood up and headed towards the class where he knew Kagome would be in.
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Kagome woke up when she felt the familiar youki of Kouga coming her way. She wasn't disappointed when a minute later he walked in and had her excused. Neville watched as she gracefully stood and before leaving the class she looked back and gave a small bow.
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"I---I swear I don't know who wr-wrote the article."
Sesshoumaru tossed the poor wizard into a wall as he continued his way through the Dailey Prophet to exact revenge for disclosing the information on the Higurashi family as well as the one from the previous issue that said his sibling was a person of a loose repute. So far, none of the humans he met were very forthcoming; the only reason bodies hadn't been piling was because he had promised Kagome. He had only to find this Rita woman. He cracked his hand and stalked the next 'informant' only to receive a shrill Hogwarts before the smell of urine filled the room. He wrinkled his nose and walked out after using his dokatsu to melt the equipment in the room. He allowed his youki to materialize and he flew to Hogwarts two days earlier then expected.
There Sesshomaru's arriving, conflict, drama, and loveliness. Neville's so cute! Huggles…I'm watching live action saliormoon and Motoki is weird…he's obsessed w/ turtles.