A.N.: Hello all! I'm not exactly happy with this chapter. I have written the following one and felt it was missing something between it and the 10th chapter. I think it's good as it is, just not my favorite so far.

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Chapter Eleven - A miko's companion

Explaining to Hermione, Ron and Harry wasn't easy. How do you tell a friend about a cursed wish-granting jewel whose is desired by a former human bandit and now half demon with evil intentions that is just waiting for you to finish your adventures five hundred years in the past to probably kill you and install a reign of chaos? Simple, you don't.

Kagome didn't have to tell anything at all. In minutes, Fred and George came with quite a makeup story. And they were so good that if she wasn't responsible for the real events, she would believed their version.

The bell rang, announcing it was time to dinner.

"We better get going, huh? Harry, Fred and George still have their quidditch practice." Kagome changed the subject to not bring any more questions.

As they walked to the Great Hall, Ron saw Fred carrying Kagome's bag while she and George walked so close that they were touching. He then asked about something that's been bugging him for some time. "Why you three hang together all the time?"

"I could ask the same, Ronniekins." Teased Fred. Ron was so dense sometimes.

"That's not-! People talk, you know."

"About what?" Asked George.

"Two guys, one gurl, like a threesome."

They reached Gryffindor's table and took seats.

"And where it does concern you?" Fred narrowed his eyes.

"Or anyone else for that matter?" George was also not liking where his questions were going. He and Fred never cared for others opinions. From young age, his mother expected him and his twin to be like Charlie, Bill and Percy. The wizardry world expected a snob attitude from a pure blood family like his. Even in Hogwarts most teachers expected them to fail. And if there is one thing the Weasley Twins never faltered, it is to not meet others expectations.

Kagome also understood the meaning behind Ron's words. And she did not liked it. She was fucking tired of people judging her. Back in Japan, people bullied her for her blue eyes, so singular among the ocean of brown eyes. Then, she was constantly annoyed for not having a boyfriend and yet rejecting Hojo's advances. And then, Ayumi, Eri and Yuka admonished her relationship with Inuyasha. This time she won't deal with this crap. If the sweet Rin could stand before Sesshoumaru, she, who fought real demons and traveled around Feudal Japan in a miniskirt, would be able to handle simple students. She held George's neck and gave him full mouthed kiss. She then turned and did the same to Fred.

"Ron, I like Fred and George and they like me. If anyone have a problem, shove it."

The students who were paying attention said nothing. A few girls were heartbroken, some boys disappointed, but most were surprised to see the usually calm and centered Higurashi talking so loud and being so blunt.

Under Kagome's jumper, an incomplete sacred jewel shone.

Kagome was reading the diary again. She purposely started all over again the miko training to avoid the part when Kikyou met Inuyasha. Not because she was jealous but for it was too intimate. Kagome decided to focus on reading and detecting auras. She have some previous knowledge on this and it could be done while studying for her classes. The tips Kikyou wrote were really helpful for some subjects, even if she had to use a herbology book to translate herbs names.

The library was almost empty, save for Kagome, Hermione and the librarian. Kagome saw the younger girl struggling with fatigue and remembered the days when she stayed home for two or three days without sleep to catch up with her studies. She was almost in the same situation, the difference is that now she don't have to travel five hundred years in the past, but have to gather almost five years of knowledge in five months. On top of everything was Naraku.

After the Zashiki incident, there were no other clues. If she was growing impatient, then he must de on edge. What was he waiting? He must have already figured out she isn't home, even with Shippou covering her absence. She feared for her family. Her shrine was safe, that she was sure. Back in Kaede's time, youkai attack was a rare occurrence in Edo, probably due the power of Goshinboku. But what about the inhabitants? If he decided to abduct her family to blackmail her?

Her moment of deviation was interrupted when the bell announced it was time for Transfiguration.

In the evening, Fred was walking with his very much frustrated girlfriend. She was having a hard time being placed in one of the hardest years at Hogwarts with no background. It was a surprise that she managed to keep good marks in D.A.D.A and Potions, she may even get O.W.L.s for them.

"Love, don't be so down. Here, have a chocolate frog."

"Thank you." She pecked on his lips. "It's just like a replay from my last nightmare-ish school year, minus a grumpy hanyou dragging me to find shards."

"I'm sure you will do fine. You just need to relax and let your boyfriends give you some fun." Fred said lowering the hand that was on her shoulder to the curve of her back.

Since it was almost time for dinner, the classrooms were empty, so Fred pulled Kagome to one of them and put her to sit on a table with her back to the door, he was standing in front of her seated between her legs.

"Wanna talk about it?"

"No."

"Good." And he cupped her face and kissed her. Not a sweet and soft kiss, but a hungry one. One hand slipped from her cheek to the back of her head to keep it in place while the other searched for skin under her blouse. He missed her, missed their nights at the Burrow. And she seemed to miss it too, for the kiss was responded with equal hunger.

He descended to tease her neck. She moaned when his hot tongue met her skin. "Oh, Fred."

"Shh, love, you don' wanna someone hearing us, do you?" He resumed his ministrations.

Fred heard the door opening and closing. Apparently, Kagome didn't. He saw his twin smirking at him.

Kagome felt someone embracing her from behind and immediately she turned her reddened face to meet George in a kiss.

"Have anyone told how much passion suits you?"

"No."

"No one else shall ever know how beautiful you look flushed like this, then." He smiled in her mouth and kissed her again. Their tongues swinging in an intimate dance.

It was weekend and two Weasleys and one Higurashi were, for once, doing homework. The next quidditch match is close so Oliver improved the number of night practices, leaving little to no time for three young birds to spend together. With them were Harry, Ron and Hermione, the latter two called a truce for the day.

Very ashamed, Kagome had to ask Hermione for help with transfiguration spells, claiming her learning in Mahoutokoro were very different from Hogwarts'.

"You move your wand like this and..." And the teapot transformed into a tortoise.

"Wow, you are really the best of your year!" Kagome said between applauds.

"As if she isn't already sure of herself enough." Whispered Ron to the others.

"Okay, let me try to revert it." Kagome leaned forward. The chain holding the fractured Shikon no Tama was now hanging out of her jumper. As she moved her wand, its tip touched the jewel and then pointed at the tortoise. A bolt of orange light hit the animal and in front of them, instead of a teapot, was a boy with red messy hair and fair freckled skin, wearing jeans and a jumper very similar to the ones Molly gives to her children in Christmas. When he opened his eyes, they were blue, almost the same shade as a certain miko.

"Oh my god, what I did?!"

"Calm down, Kagome." Hermione was no near calm, but two nervous witches would do no good.

"Maybe you confused the transfiguration with a summon spell?" Wondered Harry.

The 'boy' paid no attention to them. Fred and George watched him moving his fingers and feet, as is they were the most amazing thing in the world. 'He' lost balance when tried to get up and Ron immediately went to his side.

"Easy, mate."

The 'boy' eyed the six of them and focused on Kagome. His eyes sparkled and a big smile showed in his young face. He let go of Ron and ran to the priestess, placing a kiss on her mouth. Kagome quickly pushed him away from her, very much angry and embarrassed for the incident. Fred and George stood in front of her to prevent this stranger from doing whatever was on his mind.

"So, this is a kiss… Hm, I don't see what's so special about it." The kid was murmuring to himself.

"Hey! I'm sorry if it was bad to you, but there are others who like my kiss!"

"This person likes your kisses too! And you like to kiss him too."

"What?! I don't even know you!"

"You don't know this face yet? Damn, I'm really missing the track of time." He frowned and his exterior changed. Now, he looked like an older Ginny. "I guess this face is more familiar to you."

"My sister isn't so grown up." Said Ron. 'Ginny' changed to a younger version.

"Better now?"

"Why you changed your looks to Ginny's?" Asked Harry, but he couldn't not notice how pretty a grown up Ginny will be.

"To lessen your animosity towards me. I have little time and so much to talk."

"Who are you?" Asked Kagome. 'Her' aura felt familiar, it felt like an old friend, like the one who you meet at kindergarten and keep to adulthood.

"Kagome, I'm familiar because I have always been with you. Inside you for fifteen years. Right there, close to your heart, under your ribs." Kagome's eyes widened. "Mistress Centipede separated us, but we were never far apart."

"You are the Shikon no Tama?" It wasn't Kagome, but Fred who asked.

"Clever as ever, Fred. My Miko is very fortunate to have you and your brother. And for her, I will keep you around for longer than you should be. For I hated to see my Miko so devastated."

"What you are talking about? Why would Fred make her cry?" Worried George. If it was something concerning Fred and Kagome, it obviously have everything to do with him too.

"You, My Holeyness. You will bring laughter to many, and tears to few. But ultimately what you lose won't be missing for long."

"Man, I don't understand a thing of what this Ginny-wanna-be is saying." Murmured Ron.

"Ronnie, I see the past, the present and the future. Not exactly in this order."

"You know the future? How far in the future?" The other five were also thinking in the same lines as Harry, just for different reasons. Harry wanted to know about Sirius Black; Kagome, Fred and George about the dangers in Kagome's destiny. Hermione and Ron about school.

"Everything, yet nothing. The future is what you make now, nothing is written in stone."

Kagome approached 'Ginny'. The Shikon aura evolving her in a warm embrace. For the first time she felt the missing portion of her soul, that part she gave up to Kikyou, better yet, didn't felt. It was like a black hole inside of her. And she understood that the Shikon no Tama have been filling that void all this time.

"Yes, but soon I will no longer need to play this role. Your soul will be full again very soon and you will be able to locate my missing shard. It won't be easy, but you will be ready when the time come."

Kagome embraced the personified Shikon no Tama. Of all things, she could not but feel thankful for it's existence. Have things been different, she would never met her friends in Sengoku Jidai and in Hogwarts. Her cheeks flushed thinking about the ones she loved and mentally thanked for them too.

"Even after everything, I am happy to know you are not a spiteful existence."

"It's all thanks to you. My previous keeper never accepted the guardianship the same way as you did." Seeing Kagome's frown, 'Ginny' added. "Don't worry about Kikyou, she had a happy life, as happy as her existence permitted. She and her hanyou lived the way they choose."

"I'm glad."

Kagome was still embracing it when the figure started to fade.

"To live, it's always so sad."

"Living is not sad." Stated Kagome.

"It is when it's ending."

"But you will stay with Kagome, right? You are not leaving." Said Fred.

"Yes, but this is the only time in my entire existence that I'm not a jewel. And now even that is coming to an end."

'Ginny' turned to the three who stayed quiet most of the time. "Harry, you won't be alone for long. Ronald, Hermione, there's a long path ahead of you, but the prize is worthy." 'Ginny' was turning into a pink sphere. "Kagome."

"Yes?"

"I am happy to have the chance to talk to you. After the 100th anniversary of my creation, I gained a conscience, but I never truly existed until now. Only now I understand what is to live and to die. Because this few minutes with you all made me want to live."

Kagome was crying hard. She felt the void in her soul being filled with the Shikon's sorrow. George held her close and kissed the top of her head.

"Isn't there anything we can do for you?" asked Fred. He didn't liked to see his little sister fading, it was like seeing the real Ginny dying and his heart clenched inside his chest. Also, his beloved girlfriend was crying and if he could do anything to never see that countenance upon her lovely face again, he would.

"Wesley, you already did. You set me free." Fred's question mark face made Shikon grin. "Don't cry, my dear priestess, for I responded your call knowing of my short 'life'. But there is one last thing I want to say to you."

"Good bye?"

"Hello." Shikon smiled fondly at his priestess. "Hello, my young and beautiful miko of the Shikon."

"And you, Weasley, Weasley and Higurashi-Weasley," A smirk was on 'Ginny's' fading form. "You are fantastic."

And where Ginny's doppleganger was only a teapot with a once again chained and fractured Shikon no Tama. Kagome picked the chain and lifted the jewel to eye level. "I will never see you as a burden again." And put it back in her neck.

"Higurashi-Weasley, I liked the sound of it." Whispered George to his twin.

"Wicked!"

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Next time, a lot of love and tender moments. And the plot thickens!