The Potion's Apprentice

Summary: A young Japanese witch has sent a formal letter to one certain Potion's Master requesting an Apprenticeship, and is more than a little surprised to receive an acceptance letter. Hopeful at the chance of furthering her knowledge, she boards the Nippon Express to London, before boarding the Hogwarts Express to her final destination...but will it be as simple as that, or will her age cause problems among the students and teachers?

Anime/Manga/Book: Harry Potter/InuYasha

Pairing: Severus/Kagome

Genre: Romance/Drama

Rated: M for Mature Content

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It got worse, Draco noticed. Directly after Potions, they went to lunch, Kagome left to the common room to get in some study time and have some silence before tonight, which he was glad for, because she had become unbearably impatient during Potions last ten minutes of class. Though, she had given him and his partner, who happened to be none other than Pansy, some insightful help with the potion they were brewing. Where Pansy in the end, still did the exact opposite, for which, Draco found himself suffering the consequences. Draco couldn't stop a sigh of exasperation passing his lips as Pansy tried to apologize. He merely stood and excused himself to the bathroom with Snape's permission while his Professor docked points from their house for not listening. When he returned, most of the students were finished, and his hair was soaking wet from him cleaning out the black of the potion that had splattered all over him.

Sadly, it left his fine platinum blonde hair, a stale grayish color. That was almost an hour ago.

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Hermione glanced to her right from her spot in the library. At the table afar to her right, Draco sat with a determined look of concentration marring his normally mean features as he looked through an encyclopedia of beautifying spells. Smiling, she lifted her wand and pointed it at him before whispering softly under her breath. A sparkle left her wand and fell over the normally rude Slytherin.

Draco jumped and stood, glancing up to see where the sparkle of the spell had come from, a platinum blonde bang fell into his eyes and he stared at it in wonder.

Standing, Hermione left the library swiftly and quickly.

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Draco looked to the door of the library as a black robe rounded the corner. Running to the door he glanced around that same corner and saw the frizzy haired Gryffindor Princess was walking away as quickly as she could, without running.

'...humph...' he fingered a lock of his hair before smirking and leaving the library in the opposite direction. He returned to the Slytherin common room, it was already almost eight o'clock. Kagome was sitting cross-legged on the couch with her black cat in her lap playing with a stray black lock of her hair. She however was too lost in whatever book she was reading. Her hand moved from the page shed been holding and unconsciously she rubbed the arm that had been struck by the Hippogriff only a day ago. He narrowed his eyes before shrugging his satchel from his shoulders and settling beside her. She didn't even glance up. 'Whatever she's reading, she's completely absorbed.'

He leaned forward a bit to catch the title and felt his eyes widen.

"Need a better look?"

He jumped and glanced at Kagome who still hadn't looked away from the book she was reading, yet had still known what he was doing. "What are you doing reading a blacklisted Dark Arts book like that."

She raised a brow at that. "Blacklisted? Is it?" She flipped the book to read the title, "I don't know...it's not blacklisted in Japan. Actually, The Dark Arts and Shadow Rituals is one of our school textbooks."

Shaking his head, he couldn't take his eyes from the book.

She smiled and handed it to him. "It's educational, Draco. You can't very well protect yourself against the Dark Arts if you don't have a complete understanding of the Dark Arts you are protecting yourself from. Oh, I should write to everyone before I go meet Professor Snape later, I only have about an hour before I have to be there." Kagome left Draco with the book and wandered off into her room. He stared at the cover before carefully opening the book up to the first page and reading.

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(One Hour Later)

Severus glanced at the door as it was suddenly thrown open. On his desk was none other than a completed Wolfsbane potion, though still in its weaning process. It was more than a little potent. The potions brewer stood in his classrooms doorway with a flushed face as she tried her best to catch her breath. "You are on time."

"Geeze..." she sighed, regaining some composure as she fixed her clothes from her run. "Don't sound too excited."

He raised a brow at her obvious sarcasm. "I am aware of the respect that is supposed to be endless in Japan, were you born off country?"

Kagome frowned, "I thought you didn't make jokes."

"I was being serious."

She smiled, "I have always been particularly playful towards my instructors, since they were family to me."

"Ah...I forgot. Well, let me point out first and foremost...you are not my daughter, you are not my sister, nor my mother and friend...you are my Apprentice..." he watched the light in her eyes deplete a bit at his words. But she shook her head and fought the hurt away.

"I'm okay with that, sir. For now, at least. But I will be more than just your Apprentice...maybe not this year, and maybe not next, but you'll see...I'll grow on you!"

"..." He turned away from her, not bothering to give any commentary to her, otherwise, suggestive claim. Surely she had not realized it herself, but he had made something else out of those words, and had to put it in his head that she had not meant it in any way that was to be taken like that of an adult. She was still just a child, a student in age, she was most assuredly too naïve to be thinking she'd mean it in any other way than that as being a familiar of hers, or a confidant even...but never...anything more. Never... "Sit, and we will begin by going over the first and foremost basics. I looked your test over a few times and know that you are well versed in Herbology."

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Me: Next chapter, we will delve into his first lesson with Kagome. Keep your eyes open, yes? Anyways, another story updated on the list made by GiggleboxGirlie, one more to go! Review and tell me what you think, nyan~!