Interlude

The kitchen table was littered with homework, as the young Gryffindor bit her lip. There was no end to her summer work, it seemed, and she knew that her mother was not going to be happy if she did not finish it. But, how in the world could she focus on homework when her mother was fluttering around in an attempt to lift each and every protection charm she could think of in order to protect them?

"Now, Kagome," her mother noticed her look once more. Her smile was warm and comforting, despite her worry brought on by the reappearance of the Dark Lord. "You know that you need to finish that school work before your term begins."

"I can help," she sighed.

"Oh," her mother sighed back at her. "There's really nothing to be worried about, darling. You should know that more than anyone, Kagome. You've been given a very special gift, after all, and I'm certain that you'd know long before if something were going to happen. It was in your father's blood, and I know that he's watching over us."

Higurashi Kagome frowned a little, as she looked beyond her mother toward the window being pelted with a thick coat of rainwater. The familiar sensation of the future began to wash over her beneath her mother's watch, but she quickly shook it away before it could truly take hold. "I don't know."

"You will know."

Her mother's certainty did little to comfort her, however.

The older woman gave her daughter a knowing look. There was very little that managed to pass her by when it came to her children, and she knew that there was something that her daughter had seen that bothered her. "You just need to focus on your homework for now, Kagome. Souta and I will be fine while you're away at Hogwarts, so there's no reason for you to worry so much."

"Mom…?"

"Yes?"

"What if—" Kagome swallowed, "—the future I see is always the same? But it's so ridiculous that it can't be true? Professor Trelawney told me that foresight is the most absolute truth we have in this world, and the more constant the vision, the more likely the outcome. But—!"

"Kagome," her mother laughed lightly, "I'm sure that whatever you saw is not nearly as ridiculous as you believe it is. What is it that you were gifted with in your vision?"

Her face flushing with color, she said, "Its ridiculous, mom!"

Her mother gave her a very wise look, as she stated, "There are times when you try to run so far away from your future that you actually end up running straight into it. Your father told me that a long time ago when we were attending Hogwarts together."

The Gryffindor girl huffed, saying, "As if!"

Patting her stubborn daughter's head, she told her, "Finish your homework."

"Fine!" Her grip tightened on her quill, as she huffed underneath her breath at the stupidity of the entire situation. Her mother was right, of course. But, honestly, she was not running from anything in the first place!

There was absolutely no way she was going to spend her future with that git.