'I wonder how any children they have will look like?'

At the last comment Shippo lost control and just started to laugh out loud startling everyone. Kagome just looked faintly green at the thought of herself and the taiyoukai getting together like that. Sesshoumaru turned his attention to the students, growling a warning for them to cease and desist.

All students shut their mouths in an audible snap that left Kagome rolling her eyes at the testosterone driven display of power.

Once everyone sat down, Kagome allowed herself to fully relax knowing that her remaining family was nearby. Hermione leaned towards the miko, "So that's the older brother you talked about yesterday."

Kagome nodded and blew a wisp of hair from her face, her mind covering all sorts of possible 'how this can go to hell' scenarios each bleaker then the last. Shippo placed an arm around Kagome, "Relax, 'kaa-chan, Sesshoumaru promised you that he would not kill any humans unless absolute necessary. You're his favorite sister…"

The miko smiled at the kitsune, "Thanks, I'm his only sister but still…thanks."

The group began to silently eat their food with comments spattered throughout the meal, mostly on explaining Quidditch. Hermione grinned at the girl as she cleared the food off her plate, "Kagome, what do you want to do later on tonight? I have notes for Astronomy we can review before class tomorrow."

Kagome was about to agree when she heard Sesshoumaru appear behind her and speak smoothly, "She regrets that she is going to have to decline your invitation as she has a previous engagement with this Sesshoumaru."

The miko winced slightly as she felt his claws pierce her outfit but she smiled apologetically at the girl, "Sorry, Hermione, when Big Dog barks I jump."

Dumbledore finished a conversation with the school nurse and stood up, "Professor Snape wishes to inform his classes that the homework he assigned is still due at the original time. He expects it to be on his desk by the end of your assigned class period."

Kagome giggled when she caught the look of panic blossoming on the students who procrastinated on writing the essay. Sesshoumaru leaned towards her ear spoke, "Before you become comfortable, this Sesshoumaru has decided the punishment for you affront to my character. Training shall commence shortly in the way of the whip. I trust you have the appropriate seeds."

(I am now going to steal Kurama's moves from YuYu Hakusho; come on we all knew it was coming)

Kagome muttered a few choice words as she rose up, her hand going into a small satchel of seeds at her side fingering them finding the one that was a rose. Shippo groaned and rose after the brother and sister pair left, "Great, well, I'm off to get a first-aid kit."

He left the group staring after him surprise written on their features. Kouga winced sympathetically, he had never seen the ice prince train Kagome but if how he trained the members of his army was any indication she was going to be in a world of hurt.

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Kagome held a rose in her hand waiting for the word to begin the katas she was to use for that sparring session. Sesshoumaru arched an eyebrow when she snapped the rose calling forth, "ROSE WHIP"

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Shippo snickered from his position at the window from the Gryffindor common room. Hermione looked up from her position of helping Neville, Ron and Harry with their Potions essay. "'Kaa-chan's a very big Youko Kurama fan from the comic Yu Yu Hakusho."

Harry looked up, Dudley owned the television series, "Isn't that the guy who controls flowers?"

Shippo nodded, "Yes… ouch, she's going to feel that one in the morning." He leaned outside and shouted, "Come on 'Kaa-chan, gambate!"

The group watched the kitsune's facial expressions go from anxious to impressed, the cycle repeating itself several times before Shippo went to stand in front of the doorway, first aid kit in hand.

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Kagome pressed her left hand onto her right forearm, where Sesshoumaru's poison whip wrapped her arm when she couldn't bring the rose whip up quick enough. She had a small laceration on her cheek; tightening her grip to staunch the bleeding she smirked as she recalled the injuries she managed to give to Sesshoumaru. One injury, she recalled with a sense of pride, was the X-shaped cut on his chest.

She blinked as the Fat Lady 'tutt-ed' and began to lecture the miko on being careful when Kagome sighed and muttered, "Canary Cream"

The portrait swung open and she blinked as Shippo pounced and dragged her to the sofa where he tried to remove her haori in front of the others, but she whacked the hand away, "I only have the cut on my cheek, the one around my arm and random bruising."

Shippo pulled up the sleeve and winced at the spiral gash, "This could have lopped your arm off if you weren't wearing the armor. Damn it, Sesshoumaru seems to forget you're only human."

"Shippo, can you can the commentary, please. Besides Neville and the others are looking rather pale."

Shippo took a glance up and indeed the wizards and witch were look rather pale at the sight of blood dripping to the floor. Shippo set to begin to wrap the wound but Kagome stopped him, "The anti-venom."

Shippo looked at mischievously but Kagome frowned, "No, its way too loud as it is and I don't want to be molested."

The kitsune laughed as he recalled the first time Kagome was exposed to a minute amount of Sesshoumaru's venom; after he adopted her. It had forced her human blood back and during the night she had gained a fox's tail and a pair of fox ears that rivaled InuYasha's as well as green eyes that everyone told her appeared to glow slightly. They had lasted a week and were subject to being yanked on by all the children of the village and even Sango had yanked on the tail once.

Shippo came out of the reverie and pulled out a vial of green liquid. Taking the colored disinfectant he poured it onto gauze and wrapped the arm again, hiding the smirk threatening to bloom on his face. He wanted to see his mother as a demon again, she'd forgive him eventually. Kagome winced slightly at the tightness of the bandages. Shippo then slapped a band-aid onto her cheek earning a hiss from the miko. He then used his kitsune bi to burn away the blood on the ground and stood up, "Well, see ya later, Kaa-chan, I'm off to talk to the bastard."

Kagome nodded and turned her attention to the guys but not before giving her son a peck on the cheek. Hermione winced, "Are you okay?"

The miko nodded, "I'm fine; I promise it's not as bad as it looked. But how are you guys doing on the essay?"

Neville stood up and moved to sit next to the miko, his essay in hand. Kagome smiled at the boy and asked him what he had written thus far.

Hermione sent a brief look at Harry who had tightened his grip on his quill but said nothing. Ron merely rolled his eyes, it was obvious that Harry was smitten but the emerald eyed youth was doing nothing about it and was in effect handing her off to Neville.

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Shippo opened the portrait to his room that he had the misfortune of sharing with Sesshoumaru while the minister was there. The inu youkai looked up from the chair he was sitting in; a first aid kit littered the table he was at. Shippo snickered for a moment before he sobered up, "So what were you doing; have you forgotten 'kaa-chan is only human…"

"You did not give her the anti-venom did you? The trials begin soon and it is best the lords not know of her humanity."

"You sly dog, you knew I would treat her and not want to give her the antidote."

"Who am I to assume the oddities that go through the mind of a kitsune?"

After that parting shot Sesshoumaru stood up and retired to his room for the night, his dignified exit slightly marred by the slight limp in his step.

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Neville thanked the miko and went up to the boys' dorm and Kagome turned over to a silently fuming Harry. Sitting on the arm of the sofa, she leaned over Harry's shoulder as he played chess with Ron, their completed essays drying off to the side. Kagome watched the game with avid interest; it was a lot like Shogi which Sesshoumaru had spent the better part of the last year teaching her, something about her learning to become a better tactician.

She whispered into his ear to move his queen to F6. Harry listened and he blinked as he managed to corner Ron's King forcing a Checkmate for the first time since he met the red-headed wizard.

Kagome fell back as Harry jumped up with a shout. Hermione rushed over at the miko's yelp of surprise and helped the miko up off the ground. The witch scanned Kagome for injuries but the miko motioned that she wasn't hurt and turned to look at a still celebrating Harry, "I'm fine, I'm just glad I could see Harry looking as if he doesn't have the weight of the world on his shoulders for once."

Hermione smiled as she watched the foreign exchange student smile at the antics of their wizard friends. 'I might be able to see a love blossom right before my eyes!'

Kagome yawned suddenly, "Well, I'm off to sleep. I'll see you guys tomorrow." Heading to her bed she collapsed into it as soon as she reached it, startling the house elf that was about to place a bed warmer in between her sheets. As she was falling asleep, she managed to tug on the curtain, shutting it. Then she went on to dream about fighting the Jabberwocky with InuYasha, Miroku and Sango. After InuYasha's vorpal blade went snicker-snack he left it dead. Sheathing the Tetsusaiga, the hanyou snorted, "Damn, wench, even in your dreams you need saving."

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Harry blinked when Hermione broke his celebrating up with uncharacteristic giggles+.

Ron stared, "What's wrong with you?"

Their green-eyed friend shook his head, "I think it is just one of those girl things, speaking of girls; where's Kagome?"

Hermione shook her head, "Took you this long to tell she was gone, but she went to bed around twenty minutes ago."

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Kagome huffed, "It's my dream, what if I was going to make friends with it? Jeez, InuYasha can you think things through sometimes. Besides what are you guys doing here? Not that I'm not glad and all I was pretty sure I would have a dream about…"

Miroku interrupted, a sage look on his face, "Our apologies Kagome-sama, we were not aware you were planning to have dreams of that nature…"

Kagome and Sango both whacked him upside the head, "Hentai no houshi…but Kagome-chan, we came by to see how you are, well Miroku and I did."

Kagome blinked, "What do you mean, I'm fine, I doubt a Louis Carroll character could honestly harm me."

InuYasha grunted, "Who gives a fuck about that but Kagome seriously I need to tell you something, consider this my last message or whatever… keep an eye out. Okay, I know you tend to be too trusting but remember not everyone at this school is to be trusted."

Kagome nodded, "Yeah I know but how do you?"

InuYasha stuck his hands into his sleeves, "Keh that's what I've gathered from that reincarnation of mine. Seriously we all need to get going and this time only I'm telling you to not give the runt a bop on the head when you wake up."

Kagome blinked at the uncharacteristic remark on InuYasha's part before InuYasha swept her in a hug and he smelt her hair one last time before he shoved her away and the three disappeared leaving her alone with the creature's headless body. "What did Shippo do?"

The scene shifted and Kagome found herself at home, "What am I doing here?"

She stiffened when the door was blasted open and cloaked figures came each holding a wand. Jii-chan was the first one to enter the kitchen area and was struck by a familiar bolt of green light. The elderly man just dropped to the floor dead and Kagome screamed and ran to him, hoping that she was wrong and he was fine. The cloaked figures…wizards, continued through the house when they heard a scream and Kagome could hear her mother shout to Souta to run and hide as she tried to hold them off. Kagome ran up the stairs behind the wizards when she noticed that they had split up, searching all the rooms. Kagome went towards her room because she knew that when he's scared he runs to her room. The door opened behind her and Kagome stood in front of the door to her closet where she had caught the sounds of Souta's muffled sobs coming from within.

Kagome cried out as one of the wizard's arms went right through her to open the closet as if she wasn't there. The sensation burned and she was pushed aside by the open door. Souta flinched as the masked figures pushed aside the clothes he was hiding behind and one lifted a stick and muttered a word, crucio, and her brother screamed. When the wizards let up on the spell Souta sobbed, "Nee-chan, help please. I need you"

The wizard then raised his wand a second time but Kagome woke up before she could hear the killing curse.

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Hermione woke up to the sound of the shower running and straining her ears she could hear the sound of muffled sobbing. Glancing around the room she noted that Kagome's bed was empty. She stood up and headed to see if she could comfort the girl.

Kagome shuddered as she forced down the bile from rising in her throat at the thought that her brother was calling for her help and she didn't do anything about it. Her ears twitched at the irritation that was the running water but she knew it would continue to disguise any sounds she made. She stiffened and attempted to wash away all evidence of her tears once she heard Hermione ask if she was fine. Composing herself she replied that she was and she told the younger witch to get some rest.

Hermione was about to turn to leave before she straightened her resolve and pulled out her wand to unlock the door in order to force the miko to speak with her.

"Alohamora"

The door swung open exposing a sight that had Hermione backing away nervously, "What happened to you?!"

I'm just thought of something, the name Kagome is in a children's song about being Spirited Away or taken away by demons, and that's kinda the premise behind InuYasha…I think odd thoughts.

+Giggle: you fangirls know the sort when you see your favorite pairings, like Daisuke-Satoshi, Kurama-Hiei, Riki-Iason, Ryo-Dee, Ed-Roy etc…yes I mean the yaoi/hentai fan-girl giggle but in this case it's Kagome-Harry

Comment on Kagome's eyes, If you've seen the 'Miyazaki' film, Whisper of the Heart you know the Baron's eyes? They are like that.

Okay a little more then four pages, I thought to update before Momocon…

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