The door swung open exposing a sight that had Hermione backing away nervously, "What happened to you?!"
Kagome quickly covered her mouth after the first startled shout. "Shh, Hermione, I can explain but first you need to promise not to scream."
She nodded and the miko let her hand drop. "Remember the fact that I was wounded by Sesshoumaru. This is what his poison does to me if I am not given the anti-venom. Shippo knows that but I guess he gave me a placebo instead."
Kagome paused and reached for a towel to wrap around herself before she continued her explanation. Hermione interrupted, "So what are you?"
"At this moment? I'm a fox demon for the most part. Hey can you do me a favor? Can you turn in my Potions Essay…I need to find Shippo and speak with him. I'll try to show up for Herbology. Please don't tell anyone about this. I'd rather not anyone find out."
She turned and picked up her showering supplies to get ready to return to her bed in order to dress.
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Harry woke up to the sound of rustling down in the common room, he peered in the stair way to dimly see a cloaked figure look up at him before tightening their grip on the outfit and running out of the door.
He pulled his wand out from where it was in his pajama pocket and ran out after the person when the fact that they came from the girls room. He reached the doorway and looked around but the person had vanished from sight. When he stepped back into the room Hermione was heading down the stairs from the girls' dormitory. He quickly headed towards the girl and surprising her grasped her arm, "Has anything odd happened up there?"
"No, why do you ask?"
He hesitated before he proceeded; perhaps he made the whole encounter up, "I saw a person run away from up there. I wanted to make sure that everything is okay."
Hermione shook her head, "That was probably Ka…never mind what I said. It was probably nothing."
She winced when the slip came out. She knew Harry probably figured it out the name from the tiny bit she let out. And she was right, "What about Kagome?"
Hermione mentally hashed a story, "Well I woke up to find Kagome crying in a shower stall then she stood up and said she was going to speak with Shippo and to turn in her potions essay for her. Don't tell her I told you, she doesn't want people to know she was crying,"
Taking that moment to peer at the Boy-Who-Lived she frowned, "What are you doing up so early?"
"I heard noises." He replied defensively.
She crossed her arms across her chest, "Well, now that you know; I highly suggest you go back to sleep. Breakfast doesn't start until five hours from now."
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Shippo gulped slightly when he saw Kagome standing in the doorway to his room in full kitsune glory. "I trust you plan on helping me master illusionary magic by breakfast, Shippo."
He whimpered at the cold tone coming from his mother's mouth before he set to the task of teaching her what she wished to know.
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Harry took Hermione's 'suggestion' and went to bed waking up three hours later the confrontation from earlier on a dim memory; he was unaware whether or not he dreamt the whole thing up.
Hermione picked up the miko's essay and stuck both the girl's and her own into her school bag and began the trek to breakfast. She passed by Harry as he too headed for breakfast and hoped to some how receive a sign that Kagome was alright and she did in the form of a rather human looking Kagome already sitting at her normal spot and eating breakfast while Shippo sat beside her talking adamantly to her.
Hermione joined the girl and whispered, "How are you normal?"
Kagome looked at her and paused, a bemused smile on her lips, "A girl could get offended by that question. But, I had Shippo teach me illusionary magic and I'm a quick study."
Hermione smiled as well when she noticed the girl's eyes were still that unique green color. Kagome noticed the glance and lowered her eyes, "Can't seem to get that down yet…oh well, close enough."
Hermione sat in the seat across from her and began to serve herself food. Harry and Ron made it to the table fifteen minutes later as Kagome stood up and excused herself. Harry reached out and grabbed her arm causing the girl to turn and face him, "Are you okay?"
Kagome looked at him her eyes large, "What do you mean?"
He blushed at the gaze before he gestured, "You know last night, I heard you had a nightmare…"
Kagome smiled gently, "I'm fine; I can't do much with visions of the past."
She made to continue when he tugged at her again, "Your eyes…"
Kagome flushed nervously, she didn't want to explain to anyone how she was not human at the moment and stammered, "C-contacts…d-do they not look alright?"
He lifted her chin and peered at her eyes their foreheads touching making the girl blush at the intense scrutiny, "They look fine, but I like the blue better."
Shippo groaned at the obvious flirting between the two. Kagome hearing the noise pulled back and murmured that she need to get something from her trunk and left. Hermione sighed it did look like they were about to kiss, "Do you not like Harry that much?"
Shippo peeked at Hermione while the wizard in question was watching the miko leave, "Its not that…it's complicated."
Ron sat down next to Hermione, "So what was that about?"
Harry sat down next to Ron and sighed. Ron smirked at the dazed expression on his face, "You have it bad, mate."
Harry nodded, he realized that the moment he grasped her chin, if Shippo hadn't distracted them he was sure to have kissed her.
Neville joined the group five minutes later, "Do you know what is wrong with Kagome? I just saw her head back towards the dorm, she didn't greet me and she was red…"
Shippo tilted his head towards Harry, "Thank, Casanova, there. Kaa-chan is shy."
He winced at the look thrown his way. Neville sat in the spot Kagome vacated and waited for an explanation and for the plate to magically clean itself. Before Harry spoke after several minutes of contemplating what to say, Kagome returned her bag in hand a hint of a blush still pleasant on her face if one cared to search for it.
"We can't turn the essay in until 8AM right?"
Hermione nodded and pulled out Kagome's essay, "I'm sure you will want to turn this in yourself."
Kagome nodded and thanked the girl as she slipped the essay into her bag. She sat down in the seat next to Neville and just kept the others company.
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Turning in their essays in the pile of scrolls they went their separate ways for the most part. Kagome went to sit on the grassy field by the lake to doze in the sun and enjoy the warmth.
Hermione dragged Ron aside so that they could review the materials for their Apparition class they would start to take later that night. Neville decided to take that time to make sure that he got the Transfiguration they were shown in class down. Harry, on the other hand, decided to head outside and enjoy watching the squid float around the lake before class started.
Heading towards the lake he paused when he caught sight of Kagome sitting there watching the lake. Once he got closer Kagome turned, "You know this is kinda weird."
Harry sat down in the grass next to her, "What do you mean?"
She turned back to the squid, "Here I am watching a squid doing what looks to be the back-stroke and I can only think 'I've seen stranger.' Then this Merlin thing…did you know he actually existed? And if he did, does that mean Camelot is real? Then while this going on, I'm wondering if this is the Lake where the Lady of the Lake resided."
He sat there for a while thinking when Kagome interrupted, "Ignore the musings; they are but the rantings of an odd person."
"To tell you the truth I haven't thought of those things but then again I've been exposed to this world since I was eleven and you only recently. But I'm sure you can find the answers to your questions in the library. And you shouldn't call yourself odd. I mean what is normal?"
Kagome nodded, "That is true, is normal but an appearance we throw up upon ourselves."
Finally I have updated and yes I have summer semester and I start May 19. I will still update sporadically. When I mention an update it may not necessarily be this story but this one is getting primary focus because it is the only one that has won any votes in my live journal thing…
So if there is a story you want updated vote for it…I will concentrate on the top three stories not excluding any new ideas that may crop up.