AN: Once again, thank your for all of your reviews! I apologize for the delay, my boss went out of town for a week and I had to work everyday (almost all day) for 8 days straight, leaving me just a tad bit tired.

Disclaimer: I do not own the story line or characters from the Inuyasha or Harry Potter series. They belong to their owners Rumiko Takahashi and JK Rowling.

Chapter 11

Once again Harry found himself staring dreadfully at the door to the safe house. This time he was arriving wound free, but he was worried about obtaining new ones as soon as he walked in the door. Taking a deep breath, he opened the door to reveal a very angry Hermione Weasley.

"What happened to 'I'll be right back'?" Hermione asked glaring at him. Ron observed from the kitchen while munching on some chips. "I told you I was making dinner. You've been gone for three hours."

Harry looked away from Hermione, ashamed of making her worry so much, especially since she was pregnant. "I'm sorry. I went to see Kagome."

Hermione groaned in frustration. "How many years is it going to take you to understand that we need to do these things together? Stop trying to act alone."

He looked down at his feet in shame. Hermione sighed and stepped away from the entrance to the house, ushering him inside. As she walked to her bedroom, Ron walked up to his best friend and nudged him in the side. "Three hours, huh? What was that like?"

"Oh, shut up Won-Won," Harry said causing Ron to turn red in embarrassment from his old nickname bestowed upon him by Lavender Brown. "Nothing happened."

Ron stared at him in disbelief. "Nothing?" He raised an eyebrow, daring him to deny it again.

Harry rolled his eyes and started walking towards his bedroom. "I had another lovely encounter with that Sesshoumaru fellow, where he kindly handed my arse to me on a silver platter. Luckily, Kagome was able to step in and heal me again. Happy?"

He stepped into his room and shut the door before Ron could say anything else. Sighing he walked over to his bed and sat down. These constant encounters with this Sesshoumaru fellow really had him realizing just how weak he was. After defeating Voldemort and dozens of Death Eaters, Harry believed himself to be one of the most powerful guys in the world. Hell, some people thought he might be the next big dark wizard.

But in reality, while he was a strong wizard, he was an extremely weak person. Even Kagome, a girl who doesn't know any spells or about witches and wizards was stronger than he was. She had to step in and save him from the sword of a demon. Ruffling his hair in frustration he fell backwards on the bed.

Harry didn't remember falling asleep that evening. But Hermione violently shaking him quickly woke him up. "Wake up! You're going to be late!"

Groaning, he rolled over and out of his pregnant friend's grasp. "Leave me alone," he mumbled, still depressed from last night.

"Harry James Potter, if you don't get out of bed and get to school this instant, I will hex you," she said glaring at him.

"We already found Snape's daughter. I think I deserve a day off after yesterday," he grumbled.

She placed her hands on her hips and glared down at him, "Don't tell me you forgot that this mission had multiple parts. We still have to figure out this artifact of hers and protect her."

Sighing, Harry slowly got out of bed and got himself ready for school. He skipped over his hair knowing that not even magic would make it look presentable. As he walked towards the door, Hermione stopped him, and once again buttoned up his jacket for him.

"I know you don't want to do this," she whispered as she put the small buttons through the holes. "But if this object is as powerful as McGonagall says, then we need her on our side. Besides, I have a few questions I'd like to ask her."

"You're right…" he said as he walked toward the door. As he walked out he called back to her: "But if you want to brew up a poly juice potion, I will be more than happy to switch with you for a bit." Hermione rolled her eyes and shut the door behind him.

When he arrived in the classroom very few people were there, but Kagome once again took up her position staring out of the classroom window. Harry frowned and sat in his desk. "So is this daydreaming a hobby of yours, or are you that bored with school?"

She didn't even turn around.

Harry was confused. After everything that happened yesterday, he assumed that perhaps they had become a bit closer to one another. But instead she was completely ignoring him, as if nothing happened. Slumping his head down on his desk in frustration, he let out a sigh.

A hard slap on the back caused Harry to quickly sit back up and turn around. Hojo smiled down at him as the classmate sat in the desk in front of him. "Don't take it personally. She's been that way since returning to school from being sick for the past few years."

Harry thought he heard a snort come from his current mission at the boy's comment, but once again she chose not to say anything. He didn't try and talk to her again until lunchtime, where she once again was quick to leave the classroom. After waiting a few moments, he grabbed his bag and took off after her towards the roof.

As he opened the door and stepped toward the seemingly bare rooftop, his left ankle collided with something causing him to fall flat on his face. Turning around his eyes met angry sapphires glaring down at him. Kagome was standing right beside the entrance to the roof with her arms crossed. "What in the hell do you think you're doing?"

Scrambling to his feet, he quickly returned the glare. "What am I doing? What are you doing? Do you always ignore people and then trip them?"

"Just idiotic people," she retorted. Quickly, she stomped over bringing herself closer to the boy-who-lived. "You can't just come to school and start acting like we're best friends," she seethed out quietly, trying to not to be too loud in case anyone could be listening in. "For someone who was hired to discreetly protect me, you're doing a bad job."

Harry didn't really know how to respond, she was absolutely right and he knew it. But as usual he let his temper get the best of him, so he responded defensively. "I never once said I was supposed to be discreet. My mission is to protect you and I am to do it in whatever way is necessary."

"Says the wizard trying to blend into a normal society," Kagome yelled, throwing her hands into the air in frustration. "If my father was so smart, then why did he entrust my safety to the likes of you?"

"Because I won't let you down," he responded angrily, yet confidently. She pulled back, surprised by his answer. "Snape and I might not have always gotten along, but in the end we trusted one another."

The two locked eyes and glared at one another in silence. Harry never imagined Snape's daughter would be quite as stubborn as her father. While at first he didn't see any comparisons between the father and the daughter, but the more time he spent with her, the more he could see just how similar they are.

Kagome broke the silence first. "How am I supposed to have faith in a man who couldn't even bother spending even a second of his time with me, his own daughter?"

"There is a lot you don't know about our world, Kagome." Harry wouldn't stand for anyone to talk negatively about Severus Snape, even if it was his own daughter.

"Because I've been kept in the dark!" Her eyes shined, as if on the verge of tears. "He didn't let me into his life thinking that something might have happened to me. I am so tired of people doing things for my own good, thinking I'm some defenseless child. You don't know anything about me!"

Kagome was panting, taking in the air she missed out on during her rant from the heat of their argument. Harry sighed in defeat and ran his fingers through his hair. He knew she was strong. The girl had been able to protect him from Sesshoumaru as well as healed him twice.

She continued to stare at him, waiting for him to make the next move. She was right, he really didn't know anything about her, and it's time he took the time to learn. "Because I've been kept in the dark," he replied, using her own words to his advantage.

She rolled her eyes at his response and playfully nudged him. "You can try and be as cute as you'd like, but I still don't trust you."

The bell rang, signaling that they had but a few minutes to return to the classroom. Harry clutched his bag and made his way toward the door, turning around he asked, "Are you coming back to class this time?"

Kagome turned her nose to the air and stomped past him. He waited a few moments before following after her, knowing that she would probably yell at him if they entered the classroom at the same time.

They needed to talk and it needed to be soon. Without complete trust in one another, he wasn't going to be able to continue this mission. Taking out a piece of notebook paper, he scribbled a quick note requesting that she come over and talk with him, Ron and Hermione. They can put everything out in the open and he would answer any questions she might have.

Hopefully, she can answer a few questions he had for her.

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AN: I know I said he would probably be in this chapter, but our buddy Shippou will be in the next chapter for sure!

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