The Dragon Tamer
Summary: Charlie has a secret; his family doesn't know, his friends don't know, only he knows...he and the beautiful Rai Higurashi...who was now dead. His secret? He had a daughter...her name, keeping his beautiful Rai's last name, Kagome Higurashi. He has raised her with all the love and care that a Dragon Tamer can, now...it's time she goes and lives her own life, but, can he let her go...or will his need to protect her keep him from letting her go?
Anime/Book/Movie: InuYasha/Harry Potter
Pairing: (Slight Harry/Kagome) – Draco/Kagome
Genre: Romance/Adventure
Rated: M for Mature Content
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The days seemed rather pointless, and as a week had passed without any real crisis, no one was really worrying over much of anything. Well...no one accept for Kagome. She was fidgeting, fumbling, twitching, and all around annoying.
"Kagome, what are you waiting for?" Ginny asked, slightly paler than normal; she sat down across from Kagome who was in the Library with Draco next to her writing up an essay on something the two had yet to learn.
"Waiting? You think I'm waiting? Do I look like I'm waiting!" Kagome looked up from the book that she had read, re-read, and re-re-read, the first line of. That's it. The first line...and that's all. She couldn't concentrate on anything! It was eating away at her, and for every passing day, she swore she lost a year of her life to the panic of just...waiting.
"...no?" Ginny glanced to Draco who looked up and gave a small smile.
"She's been like this for the last past two days." He glanced at Kagome as she looked away with a pout. "Earlier, she was muttering something about how it shouldn't take this long to respond to a letter, and how it should take three days at most to respond. Not a clue who she wrote to, or for that matter, what it was about...but it must be important."
Kagome sighed. "I...might have...oh! NEVER MIND!"
"Shhh~"
The group turned to Madam Pince, the ever so strict, and irritable woman, who so audaciously guarded the books within the library.
Kagome stood exasperatedly, "Draco, you should be off getting ready for Quidditch, it's in an hour; your essay on Veela's can wait. Beside's, I have a better book for you that's in my room, I can get it for you. It has more information on Veela's, in the original Slavic spelling, V-I-L-A."
"..." Draco pulled from his pocket his wand and muttered something beneath his breath. Kagome just vaguely made out tempus temporis.
Above the table appeared in green glowing numbers, 11:37:44, and counting.
"Bloody hell! I hadn't even realized how long I'd been here. Oh, Wease─uh, Ginny..." He looked at the red head and watched her eyes widen, doing all that he could not to roll his eyes. "You came here for a reason?"
Ginny frowned in thought, trying to remember her reason for being present, she nodded. "Yes, your father and mother are here. I heard you telling Crabbe and Goyle that your father would be coming to see your game, but...well, the thing is, your mother was asking around Slytherin..." She glanced at Kagome and gave a worried smile, "For Kagome."
Draco stood suddenly and looked to Kagome, it made sense now. Why she was jumpy, and waiting for a correspondence to come to whatever letter she'd sent out. "Tell me you didn't write a letter to my parents!"
"Shhhh~!"
Ginny jumped at both the sudden shushing from Madam Pince, and the pungent coating of urgency that he'd practically dipped his words into.
Kagome looked down; then, she smiled and looked back up at Draco. "I didn't write a letter to your parents."
He stared for a moment, the sighed in relief. "Thank Merlin,"
Kagome laughed, "I did write to your mother though." Standing, she watched his face go paler than it's normal pale, and grabbed her bag and book before making a mad dash to the door.
Ginny watched Kagome grow farther and shouted, "She's awaiting you in front of the Gryffindor Common room!"
"SHHHHHHHHH~!"
Ginny smiled uneasily as the glare she was receiving from the librarian, "S-sorry..."
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Kagome smiled, rushing up the steps to the Gryffindor Common room, she brushed past students that were heading down towards the game and smiled at the nerve-wrecked sight of Harry, Ron and Hermione, the latter of which looked more self-conscious than she did nervous. "What Bogart climbed up your robes?" She joked, but ceased her laughing once she noticed they weren't doing the same. "Seriously you three, you are all acting weird. It's bad enough that Ginny is feeling utterly boorish, judging by the way her skin keeps growing paler, now you three are acting as if a bloody Grimm is waiting round the corner for you." She walked around the corner and Harry grabbed her hand, not thinking on it, he pulled her close to him. "...Harry?" She frowned.
"Don't, Draco is different than his family, I'm sure of that now, but his mother and father are...dark!"
"...you know this for sure?" Kagome asked in wonder, prying his hands off of her wrists.
"Well, no, I guess not, but, his family is know to dabble in the dark arts."
"All wizards and witches dabble, it's curiosity which plays a part in such things, now...if you don't mind. I had a word I wished to speak of with Mrs. Narcissa. I think it was very convivial of her to come all this way because of the letter I sent her."
Once more, the three grew pale. "You sent her a letter?" Hermione quaked.
Kagome sighed, walking the rest of the way, she smiled at the beautiful woman standing before her Common room. "Oh, you look positively lovely!"
The woman turned, a mysterious smile resting upon her lips. Her hair was of two colors, platinum blonde, and black, both of which were set in gorgeous waves with a black fur hat latent upon her head which she kept held high. Her robes were gorgeous, in style and color, a very elegant manner of dress, in a vibrant shade of emerald green and silver embellishment, black fur at the neck line, from the looks of it the fur was also full body on the inside, and then, hemming the bottom and around her sleeves. Her black boots appeared only when she turned Kagome's way, and the young girl was staggered with the beauty, elegance and power that this woman honed.
Having never had a mother, this was really the first one she'd seen, and she was magnificent. "Please, we can speak in Snape's office, I'm sure he won't mind." Kagome held her hand out kindly, smiling brightly.
The woman stared curiously at the hand, and for a moment, Kagome didn't think she'd take it. However, a few moments later, when Kagome was about to place her hand down...a black, soft leather clad hand, took hers.
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Snape was missing the Quidditch match. Why? Because a bloody damn Gryffindor sent a letter to a Slytherin Queen; mother of the young, current, Slytherin Prince, Draco Malfoy. Hell be it if he called him the true Slytherin Prince, he was, and always would be, the Prince of Slytherin...or so he liked to think.
Walking towards his study, he stopped to see his door closing, without him closing it. In fact, from what he remembered, the door should already be shut, not shutting. 'What else do I need to worry about!' He silently and stealthily made his way towards the door to his study, but paused with his hand hovering above the handle of his door at a soft voice, familiar to his ears.
"Kagome Higurashi, you do look beautiful, for your age." A pause from the other side of the door, and the soft clacking of healed boots on a hard floor, told him that she was sitting in his seat. It was his office, but it was in his favorite spot, the only spot in his study that had hard wood floor, that had a small side table with a reading lamp, and a very comfortable chair for him to let the day fade away, the rest of his study's floor was done in a dark burgundy carpet.
"Thank you, I can only hope, when I grow into a woman, I might hold a candle to your radiance. I can see where Draco get's his charming features."
A laugh, a genuine laugh, escaped the lips of a long-term friend from many years ago. A friend, Snape believed, had lost the ability to laugh with the uprising of Voldemort, as well as his downfall. He hadn't heard this laugh since he himself had attended Hogwarts, with her, his underclassman, following Lucius and himself about in Slytherin.
"You truly are precious. Tell me, this letter you sent me...I had to know, were you serious?"
"I wouldn't have let Professor Snape read it over first had I not been serious."
Snape frowned, not sure if the girl should throw her sarcasm or sense of humor around so openly.
"I talked to Dumbledore about you, just a little while ago. My husband doesn't know of this, just knows that I came to see Severus...and...in a way, I did. I want his opinion of you as well."
"Oh no, that won't be good! I just know I drive him bonkers! He give's me a detention almost every other day, and I'm certain it's not because he enjoys listening to me talk about my daily trivial activities."
Another laugh escaped the lips of the woman, whom he was now positive of being, one, Narcissa Malfoy. Placing his hand on the door knob, he pressed it downward and pushed open the door. Both Kagome and Narcissa turned; one knowingly, and the other in surprise.
"Cissy, how have you been since I last saw you?"
"Darling Severus, I am as I always have been, and always will remain. It is enough that I have Draco, and such is all I need."
"What of Lucius? Draco has told me some rather..." He side glanced at Kagome, before looking back to Narcissa, "disturbing things..."
"As I said, as long as I have my son...I need nothing else."
Kagome frowned, the sound of defeat in such a strong woman's voice, it was tragic, and she hated it. "Draco...he is indeed wonderful, in many aspects of the word...however, there is more to the world than one's son or friend. I love my father, and sure, I would be happy to only have him...but it would be settling...not pure happiness, which is something I know everyone deserves; you as well, Mrs. Malfoy."
"...so kind." Narcissa sighed. "You truly are a Gryffindor." She looked up to Snape and smiled, "In all honesty, Severus, what would you tell me about this girl? Your opinion of her..."
"...she is...contemporary, in her beliefs. The world is not as black and white as we've made most of the younger generation believe. She isn't interested in Good and Evil, or Slytherin and Gryffindor. She has been trying to, and has succeeded in, befriending your son, since the day she met him on the Hogwarts Express."
Kagome interrupted him with a grin, "I only recently became good friends with him,"
Narcissa smiled, taking in the girl, she glanced at the tie, and seemingly, she only just noticed it. Her hand moved before her mind could even think of the action, and her fingers gently lifted the green and silver tie from Kagome's chest, her eyes captured the younger girl's, and clearly questioning the tie around her neck, she said nothing, incapable of forming words.
Snape chuckled. "She bellowed about on the Quidditch Pitch to Draco, something about him being himself, and not Slytherin. She went on about how he was Draco Malfoy, not Salazar Slytherin, and how, the colors he wore, and the tie around his neck didn't make the person in the robe. Took her tie off, placed it around his neck, snuck into the changing room for the Slytherin's Quidditch team, and took his tie."
Kagome blushed and glared at Snape. "Thanks for the recap..."
Snape shrugged, "If you'd let me continue,"
Kagome nodded and looked down at her fingers, suddenly interested in them, more than the conversation.
Narcissa let the silk tie slip through her fingers and smiled as Snape continued.
"She's a trouble maker, but with your son, the two level the each other out, and rather than fight...I believe, they study, race on brooms, and just hang out in general. I could do without the late night girl talk, but...I don't foresee that stopping anytime soon. She seems to have dubbed me her counselor. All in all, she is definitely one of my brightest first years...even up there with the second years."
Kagome laughed, "Professor, you aren't my Counselor, you are another dear friend!"
Narcissa raised a brow and smiled, "I think I've decided..." She turned to Kagome and stood, removing the glove from her left hand, she held it out for Kagome.
Kagome, of course, stared in confusion at the hand before a bright smile spread widely across her lips as she took the older woman's hand in hers.
"Join me in the spectators' seats?" Narcissa asked.
Nodding, the two left with Snape following after, sealing his door with a snap, informing him it was shut all the way, and a spell, so he'd know if it was opened without his say...again.
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Draco was so distracted; he could hardly pay attention to his surroundings. Harry flew up beside his and knocked his Nimbus 2000 lightly against Draco's Nimbus 2001, catching his attention.
"She's in the stands with your mum!" Harry yelled out over the cheering, so that Draco could hear him. "Kagome will be fine, so pull yourself together or you'll be letting her and me down!"
Draco gave a hesitant grin then nodded. "Let's play!" Catching sight of the snitch, he shot past Harry, who was quick to follow, a smile of his own in place.
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Kagome was sitting on Narcissa's right, Lucius on her left, Snape in front of her.
"Who is this?" Lucius asked cordially, though, Kagome did not feel the same security that she felt around her Professor, Draco or Narcissa.
"A dear Slytherin friend of Draco's, she's precious!"
Kagome listened to Narcissa with a smile on her lips, not denying the claims of her association with their son, for, this woman knew him better than she did, and if she wasn't speaking of her true house, than that meant, in Kagome's mind, that he couldn't be so easily trusted.
"Her name is Kagome! Kagome Higurashi and she is a favorite of dear Severus. I asked her to join me up here."
Lucius placed his can to his side for a moment to hold his hand out for her to take.
She did, and he brought his lips to her knuckles in a soft kiss, smiling charmingly as he did so, he sat up straight and looked at her, "Charmed, it's a pleasure to meet you, Kagome."
Kagome laughed softly and a little nervously, but calmed at the feel of Narcissa's hand on her other, free, hand. "I'm pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr. Malfoy, truly, an honor indeed."
Narcissa smiled, "Draco has been invited by Kagome to spend the holiday in Romania with a few friends. They planned to visit a nearby Dragon Training ground and get a close up of them."
"As well as ride them. I've been promised by a tamer there that we will be able to ride the trained Dragons if we want." Kagome added, getting a little more comfortable with the lie, but still, trying to keep it in the lines of the truth.
Lucius smiled, "Lovely, I'm sure that Draco would love that."
Narcissa nodded, "I thought so too."
"I assume Blaise will be going too?"
Kagome frowned, but then she realized what he was doing and smiled at the trap, "Yes! Blaise, Draco, and..." She cringed, trying to remember the other boy who was always hanging out with Blaise, "Theo...they are all invited. None of the girls wanted to go, afraid of the dragons...such nonsense."
Narcissa looked as if a heavy weight had just been relieved from her shoulders and smiled when Lucius nodded his approval.
"Then I do hope he has fun."
Lucius turned his attention back to the game and Kagome and Narcissa shared a moment of relief before turning back to the game in time to see both Draco and Harry reach out for the Snitch~
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