The Dragon Tamer
Summary: Two years gone, Kagome is entering her third year at Hogwarts, and a few surprises are overdue for telling, when she arrives as the Girlfriend of Draco Malfoy, Slytherin Prince. But that isn't all, she's hiding a secret, and an exciting one at that! Her dragons will be the starting challenge for this years hosted TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT! Obviously none are expecting anything to be quiet this year, quite the opposite, but what dangers, exactly, are lurking in the shadows of Hogwarts...this year?
Anime/Book/Movie: InuYasha/Harry Potter
Pairing: (Slight Harry/Kagome) – Draco/Kagome
A/N: Last time, in The Dragon Tamer...we left off with Harry asking Kagome out, no such luck Harry, sorry dear! Then, with a shockingly not so surprising turn of events, Draco too asked Kagome out. Oh...and gave her a promise ring?! Yeah, that's right...I went there! So, she didn't however...reconcile with her father. We left off on the train...we will pick up...at...the station.
Genre: Romance/Adventure
Rated: M for Mature Content
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Severus walked both students back in, not asking about the hands being held since he was one of the first to hear about the couple, though he'd already expected it would happen sooner or later, he'd thought later though.
"Inside," he held his door open and watched them both enter his office. Of course, he was used to Kagome and him having their late night talks, but Draco had never come to these conferences.
"Professor, I'm going to call it a night, I was just walking Kagome to your office; I can find my own way back to the Slytherin Dungeons."
Severus raised a brow at that, nodding his head as the blonde bid Kagome farewell and kissed her hand sweetly before his cloak billowed behind him as he turned and walked away.
Kagome smiled after him before making her way inside and sitting on the desk. "So have you seen them?!"
"Seen what?"
Kagome shook her head, "If you don't know, I'm not gonna say!"
Sitting in his chair, he looked her over, it was strange, the little eleven year old he'd met two years ago was now thirteen, and she was much taller, looking significantly more different than the first time he saw her. Her hair had grown longer, falling to her hips in elegant waves and her eyes looked like orbs of sapphire glass. She looked like a completely different person. "...this year will be highly stressful."
"Why do you think that?"
"Just something that I foresee."
"Since when were you into Divinations?"
He smirked, "...Lucius sent me a letter..."
"Oh?" Kagome turned her full attention to Severus, "What was it about?"
"I don't know, he sent it to me, but it was addressed to you." He pulled the letter from his cloak and held it out to her.
Kagome looked at the letter cautiously before taking it. Snapping the M wax seal, she unfolded the letter and read it silently to herself.
Dear Kagome,
I do hope that your summer was enjoyable at the estate, I hope I can entice you into coming over after school this coming summer too, as...a Surprise will surely be awaiting you. One which I think you may happily be looking forward to.
I don't want to say too much, but this coming year will hold many...wonderful...changes and surprises, for both my son and yourself. I hope to see a reply in time to my request.
Sincerely,
Lucius
"...hm..." Kagome sighed and held the letter out to Severus who took the parchment in hand and read it over, his eyebrows knitting together as he read the letter two times, then three times over.
"You won't go."
"No..." Kagome corrected him, "I will go. Because that is the role I chose to play, and should I find myself out of character, I will lose Draco..." She jumped off the desk she'd been sitting on, "I won't lose Draco..."
Severus placed the letter on his desk as he watched Kagome step closer to him, "What will you do if something goes wrong, if-"
"If?" Shaking her head, she laughed, though the jovial sound did not reach her eyes, "I don't care about the 'if's' anymore. I will do whatever is necessary, lie as many times as I need to, and if need be...if it comes down to it...whatever darkness I need to accept into my soul to protect the people who I have grown to love and care for...I will let that darkness in. That's what you did...right?"
"...but in the end...I ended up losing the people I cared for."
"Not all of them...right?"
"No...I lost all of them. However, over the years, I attained many other people whom I have come to...care...for. I don't want to lose them...I don't want to lose you...not like her, not like Lily."
Kagome leaned forward and hugged her potions professor, "you won't lose me or anyone else, I promise..."
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'...this coming year will hold many...wonderful...changes and surprises...' Kagome stepped through the Gryffindor Portrait, her eyes closed as she walked with her arms crossed behind her head, thinking curiously over the letter that she'd left with Severus. She would of course respond to it, but before that, she would write to her father. "...though...maybe I shouldn't mention the letter...just let him know the Malfoy's want me to come visit over summer again."
"Is that a good idea?"
Kagome jumped and turned to face Collin, "what are you doing up? It's late, and we have classes early tomorrow!"
Collin smiled, "I wanted to wait up for you. To make sure you made it back after we all split off at the Front Entrance. I spent some time talking to your friends too...before they were ushered off to their own sleeping wings. What you said...made me happy..." Collin glanced down at his hands, a slight blush on his cheeks as he did.
"What I...oh!" Kagome smiled, "I figured you had already realized how important you were to me, Collin."
He shook his head, his hand holding his camera as he stared critically at it, "I had always hoped to be your friend, and felt that way towards you, of course...I just saw how you were always hanging out with Harry and Draco and the others. I wasn't in that circle."
Kagome frowned and stepped close to Collin, sitting down beside him on the couch, she pulled him into a hug, his wavy/curly blonde hair brushing against her cheek as she did. "Collin...is very important to me..."
"Collin?"
Kagome glanced back behind them and her eyes widened as a smaller blonde came walking tiredly down the stairs from the boys' dorm rooms. "Who?"
"That's Dennis, my younger brother!"
He ran forward and in all of his innocence, crawled up onto the couch and laid against his brother. He was smaller than Kagome had been in her first year, and she was already short! Kagome laughed before conjuring up a whole bunch of pillows and blankets, the three drifting to sleep quickly as night embraced them gently.
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Me: Here is the last boring chapter, I hope you all enjoyed the peace while it lasted! Review and let me know what you all think!
