A/N: Kyaaa!!! This is my first actually 'serious' fic! My other two are
just random and about cheese.... Also my first fic with actual chapters!!!
Yay!!! I only have this planned out to a certain point but I'll make it up
as I go along ^_^;;; Anyways, enjoy and review if you are my friend! I'm
not really expecting anything, but I have dreams... Oh, and this is a
Inuyasha/Harry Potter crossover if you missed it the first time... =P
Oh! Inuyasha and Harry Potter don't belong to me! I would be rolling in money and laughing maniacally if they did!!! But someday I will own a monocle!!! I can laugh maniacally then, too.... So many dreams... *sigh*
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A Japanese Miko in London
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Chapter 1: Welcome to London, baby!
Eyes... blood red orbs pierced the back of her neck as she slowly and fearfully turned around. She felt her legs go numb with fear as claws, horribly sharp claws, glinted in the dark that was surrounding her, suffocating her. There was a resounding scream filling the blackness as the claws were brought down with a quick slash.
"No....don't...don't.....Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!"
Kagome woke with a start, the scream still echoing in her mind. The dream was slowly fading away, being muffled with the coming of consciousness. "Just a dream, huh... Ah!" She looked at the calendar on her desk, the trail of large red X's leading to September 1st. "September...? That means-- " Realization hit her as she rubbed the weariness out of her eyes. "I'm going to be late!!! Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!"
Kagome jumped out of the pink sheets of her bed and into the bathroom, slamming the door behind her as she quickly began to undress. She turned the shower on full power, grabbing shampoo and soap as steam began to fill the small room. "Ack! Hot hot hot!!!" She turned the knob more to the right. "Eek! Cold cold cold!!!" More to the left. "Ack! Hot hot hot!!!" More to the right...
After her shower (a rather short one) a frustrated Kagome quickly brushed her teeth, putting the toothbrush into a little plastic bag left on the counter from the night before. She wiped the steam from the mirror as she began to try to untangle her mass of black and now sopping hair. "Itetetetetete--"
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"Maaamaaaa~!!! Have you seen my school robes???" Kagome ran into the kitchen, still wrapped in a towel.
"Kagome?" Her mother looked up from prodding the malfunctioning coffeemaker with her now smoking wand.
"I've looked everywhere for them!!! They're not in my closet or my room or my trunk--"
"I was going to wash them after I had my coffee. Can't start the day without a cup!" She smiled at her daughter, who was now making a puddle on the floor, and turned back to the coffee machine, which was starting to hiss and emit large green bubbles.
"Eeeeeh??? You haven't washed them yet???" Kagome screeched as a bulbous green bubble popped in her face. "But I have to go soon--"
"It's only 6 o' clock, honey. Did your alarm go off early? Your train leaves at 11, doesn't it? Which reminds me... I have plenty of time to try this new spell I saw in Witch Weekly! When you wash the clothes they smell like lilac and...Kagome? Kagome, you shouldn't be lying on the floor like that... Kagome? Kagome?"
---Later---
"...And when you use the Floo Powder you'll be in The Leaky Cauldron. Got that? I already sent an owl telling them you were coming. Then you'll need to get a cab to King's Cross.... Oh, I'm not sure I trust Muggle transportation...."
"It's alright, Mama! We went over this before! I'll be fine!!! Finally, a chance to go to Hogwarts! I'm so happy!!!"
"Don't forget your Japanese when you're over in England, sweetie. And you're sure about transferring to Hogwarts? You were the top in your class at Tomoeda..."
"I'll be fine, stop worrying." Kagome took a pinch full of green powder from a mug in her mother's hands. "Bye, Souta! Bye, jii-chan! Bye, Mama! I'll write owls every day! I promise!"
"Bye bye, nee-chan!!! Get an autograph from Harry Potter for me!!!"
"Now, Souta!!! Kagome, if you see that boy don't even think about something so rude! I mean, really--"
"Mama, I know, I know!!! One last hug and I'm off!!! Bye bye, everyone!" She hugged her mother, brother, and grandfather before tossing the glittering powder into the fireplace. The green flames whipped at her face as she coughed out "The Leaky Cauldron!"
Kagome's family watched as her retreating form was eaten away by the raging flames.
"My little girl is growing up to be a beautiful witch..."
"Mama, don't cry!!! She gets to see Harry Potter and probably go on lots and lots of adventures!!!"
All three walked out of the living room, the green flames finally having burned down to ashes.
---At the Leaky Cauldron---
"Ite!!!" Kagome landed, not very gracefully, on her knees as she stumbled out of the fireplace in a musky tavern. "So this is the Leaky Cauldron, huh..."
"You must be Kagome Higurashi! Welcome to England! Your mother already sent your things earlier this morning. She wanted to make sure you had something to eat before you left, though." A middle-aged man helped her to her feet, dusting the ash onto a long black apron tied around his waist.
"I'm Kagome, thank you." She switched to English easily, the words rolling off her tongue as if it had been her native language. "Ah, that's Mama for you..."
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"Excuse me! Could you take me to King's Cross Station, please? Thank you very much!"
Kagome sat back in the seat of the cab as it began to move. She looked out the window between bites of a large sandwich, enjoying the sites and busy streets. It was only a quarter after 10, all of her belongings had traveled safely to England and then into the back of the cab, and besides from a few curious glances the cab driver was giving her, everything was perfect.
"We're here. King's Cross." The cab driver shifted in his seat to stare at the young girl in the back of his car. She had to be fifteen, sixteen at most. He held out his hand to her expectantly.
"Ah! Here you go! Thank you very much!" Kagome handed him a few paper notes from her pocket, hurriedly finished her sandwich, and dragged her trunk from the back of the cab.
"Now where to go from here..." She pushed her trunk along on a trolley in front of her, sucking on the tips of her fingers in hopes of finding remnants of her sandwich clinging there. "Platform 9 and 3/4, huh?" She continued to mutter to herself as she stopped in front of platform 9 and then 10. "Uh oh."
Kagome looked around desperately among the crowd of Muggles for any sign of the apparently non-existent platform. Until she saw a large group of people, most pushing large trunks ahead of them, stop right next to her. She was about to ask the apparent leader of the group, a rather plump but kind looking red-headed woman, if she knew where the platform was when one of the kids interrupted her thoughts.
"Shut up, Pig! Stop screeching like that! This is the same as last year! Now shut up!!!"
"Ron, he's just excited! Stop yelling like that! You're bringing more attention to us than he is!" A girl with bushy hair shushed the boy, who was tall and had hair the same color as the plump woman's. "Let's just go and then both of you can quiet down on the platform."
The two continued to bicker for a moment but then began to walk towards a barrier dividing platform 9 and 10. Their argument could still be heard when... they just disappeared. Kagome was too stunned to speak. Did they just...?
"Fred, George, you two next."
Two twins with bright red hair approached the barrier at a run. When they were about to hit it they suddenly vanished, just as the girl and boy before them had done.
"Okay, Ginny you go with Harry and--"
"Ummm... ummm... pardon me..."
"What is it dear?" The woman looked down at Kagome, a calmness and sense of warmth about her that made Kagome think of her own mother.
"Ummm... Do you know how to get to Platform 9 and 3/4...? I'm not from around here and this is my first year at Hogwarts..."
"Oh! An exchange student then! Where are you from?"
"Japan, actually. Is that barrier the way to the platform...?" Kagome skeptically looked at the sturdy barrier. "How do you...?"
"Right, right! You speak splendid English! Just go through the barrier, it leads to the platform. Run, walk, however you want to. Just go with Harry here, and I'll go with Ginny. Is that alright, Harry?" The woman looked over at a boy with dark hair and black glasses.
"It's fine, Mrs. Weasley. But we better hurry, though..." The boy responded politely and nodded at Kagome. She walked over to him, pushing her trolley along, still cautiously looking at the barrier. The clock mounted above platform 10 said that she had 10 minutes to get onto the train on time.
"Is this really safe...?" Kagome turned to the boy, who looked like he was trying to laugh. "Hey! I've never done this before! Don't you laugh at me!"
"Sorry, sorry! This reminds me of my first year at Hogwarts. Here, let's just walk through the barrier, okay?" He grabbed her free hand and led her towards the sturdy structure.
'I'm going to run into it... I'm going to run into it...' Kagome winced as they began to jog towards the barrier, the trolleys creaking on their wheels. She squeezed the boy's hand tighter as they began to run, the barrier getting closer every second. "Kyaaa--" She let out a small scream as she ran through it, expecting to see concrete pressed against her face. Instead she saw a large train with purple smoke billowing from the top stationed at platform 9 and 3/4.
"You can let go of my hand now..." The boy began to laugh, unable to hold it back any longer, as Kagome quickly let go of his hand.
"Sorry..." She sheepishly looked away and followed Harry into the crowd of witches and wizards alike.
"Forget it! Hey, Ron! Did you find an empty compartment yet?" Harry yelled at the head of the red headed boy from earlier protruding out of a window of the train.
"Yeah! The last one! Fred and George are sitting with Lee Jordan in another one, though... Is she coming, too?" The bushy haired girl joined the boy at the window and turned their attention to Kagome.
"Yeah, we'll be up in a second! Ginny and your mom are coming soon!" Harry answered back, ignoring the confused glances they were giving him. "C'mon... what's your name?"
"Kagome. Kagome Higurashi." She continued to follow him as they put their trunks away, then into the empty compartment where the boy and girl were.
"Nice to meet you, Kagome! This is Hermione," he motioned to the girl with the bushy hair at this. "and this is Ron." The red headed boy smiled and did a mock bow. "And I'm Harry. Harry Potter."
'Eeeeeeehhhh???' Kagome just stood there, trying not to look as surprised as she felt. Then she remembered her mother's advice and regained her composure. "Nice to meet you Hermione, Ron, Harry." She smiled at them and began thinking to herself. 'Wait until Souta hears about this....'
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A/N: How was the first chapter? Was everything actually right? I didn't want to look through my books again ^_^;;; And Inuyasha is going to be introduced in the next chapter! Yaya! Malfoy too, I think... Tell me whatcha think!!! (I still don't know what I'm doing @.@)
Oh! Inuyasha and Harry Potter don't belong to me! I would be rolling in money and laughing maniacally if they did!!! But someday I will own a monocle!!! I can laugh maniacally then, too.... So many dreams... *sigh*
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A Japanese Miko in London
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Chapter 1: Welcome to London, baby!
Eyes... blood red orbs pierced the back of her neck as she slowly and fearfully turned around. She felt her legs go numb with fear as claws, horribly sharp claws, glinted in the dark that was surrounding her, suffocating her. There was a resounding scream filling the blackness as the claws were brought down with a quick slash.
"No....don't...don't.....Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!"
Kagome woke with a start, the scream still echoing in her mind. The dream was slowly fading away, being muffled with the coming of consciousness. "Just a dream, huh... Ah!" She looked at the calendar on her desk, the trail of large red X's leading to September 1st. "September...? That means-- " Realization hit her as she rubbed the weariness out of her eyes. "I'm going to be late!!! Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!"
Kagome jumped out of the pink sheets of her bed and into the bathroom, slamming the door behind her as she quickly began to undress. She turned the shower on full power, grabbing shampoo and soap as steam began to fill the small room. "Ack! Hot hot hot!!!" She turned the knob more to the right. "Eek! Cold cold cold!!!" More to the left. "Ack! Hot hot hot!!!" More to the right...
After her shower (a rather short one) a frustrated Kagome quickly brushed her teeth, putting the toothbrush into a little plastic bag left on the counter from the night before. She wiped the steam from the mirror as she began to try to untangle her mass of black and now sopping hair. "Itetetetetete--"
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"Maaamaaaa~!!! Have you seen my school robes???" Kagome ran into the kitchen, still wrapped in a towel.
"Kagome?" Her mother looked up from prodding the malfunctioning coffeemaker with her now smoking wand.
"I've looked everywhere for them!!! They're not in my closet or my room or my trunk--"
"I was going to wash them after I had my coffee. Can't start the day without a cup!" She smiled at her daughter, who was now making a puddle on the floor, and turned back to the coffee machine, which was starting to hiss and emit large green bubbles.
"Eeeeeh??? You haven't washed them yet???" Kagome screeched as a bulbous green bubble popped in her face. "But I have to go soon--"
"It's only 6 o' clock, honey. Did your alarm go off early? Your train leaves at 11, doesn't it? Which reminds me... I have plenty of time to try this new spell I saw in Witch Weekly! When you wash the clothes they smell like lilac and...Kagome? Kagome, you shouldn't be lying on the floor like that... Kagome? Kagome?"
---Later---
"...And when you use the Floo Powder you'll be in The Leaky Cauldron. Got that? I already sent an owl telling them you were coming. Then you'll need to get a cab to King's Cross.... Oh, I'm not sure I trust Muggle transportation...."
"It's alright, Mama! We went over this before! I'll be fine!!! Finally, a chance to go to Hogwarts! I'm so happy!!!"
"Don't forget your Japanese when you're over in England, sweetie. And you're sure about transferring to Hogwarts? You were the top in your class at Tomoeda..."
"I'll be fine, stop worrying." Kagome took a pinch full of green powder from a mug in her mother's hands. "Bye, Souta! Bye, jii-chan! Bye, Mama! I'll write owls every day! I promise!"
"Bye bye, nee-chan!!! Get an autograph from Harry Potter for me!!!"
"Now, Souta!!! Kagome, if you see that boy don't even think about something so rude! I mean, really--"
"Mama, I know, I know!!! One last hug and I'm off!!! Bye bye, everyone!" She hugged her mother, brother, and grandfather before tossing the glittering powder into the fireplace. The green flames whipped at her face as she coughed out "The Leaky Cauldron!"
Kagome's family watched as her retreating form was eaten away by the raging flames.
"My little girl is growing up to be a beautiful witch..."
"Mama, don't cry!!! She gets to see Harry Potter and probably go on lots and lots of adventures!!!"
All three walked out of the living room, the green flames finally having burned down to ashes.
---At the Leaky Cauldron---
"Ite!!!" Kagome landed, not very gracefully, on her knees as she stumbled out of the fireplace in a musky tavern. "So this is the Leaky Cauldron, huh..."
"You must be Kagome Higurashi! Welcome to England! Your mother already sent your things earlier this morning. She wanted to make sure you had something to eat before you left, though." A middle-aged man helped her to her feet, dusting the ash onto a long black apron tied around his waist.
"I'm Kagome, thank you." She switched to English easily, the words rolling off her tongue as if it had been her native language. "Ah, that's Mama for you..."
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"Excuse me! Could you take me to King's Cross Station, please? Thank you very much!"
Kagome sat back in the seat of the cab as it began to move. She looked out the window between bites of a large sandwich, enjoying the sites and busy streets. It was only a quarter after 10, all of her belongings had traveled safely to England and then into the back of the cab, and besides from a few curious glances the cab driver was giving her, everything was perfect.
"We're here. King's Cross." The cab driver shifted in his seat to stare at the young girl in the back of his car. She had to be fifteen, sixteen at most. He held out his hand to her expectantly.
"Ah! Here you go! Thank you very much!" Kagome handed him a few paper notes from her pocket, hurriedly finished her sandwich, and dragged her trunk from the back of the cab.
"Now where to go from here..." She pushed her trunk along on a trolley in front of her, sucking on the tips of her fingers in hopes of finding remnants of her sandwich clinging there. "Platform 9 and 3/4, huh?" She continued to mutter to herself as she stopped in front of platform 9 and then 10. "Uh oh."
Kagome looked around desperately among the crowd of Muggles for any sign of the apparently non-existent platform. Until she saw a large group of people, most pushing large trunks ahead of them, stop right next to her. She was about to ask the apparent leader of the group, a rather plump but kind looking red-headed woman, if she knew where the platform was when one of the kids interrupted her thoughts.
"Shut up, Pig! Stop screeching like that! This is the same as last year! Now shut up!!!"
"Ron, he's just excited! Stop yelling like that! You're bringing more attention to us than he is!" A girl with bushy hair shushed the boy, who was tall and had hair the same color as the plump woman's. "Let's just go and then both of you can quiet down on the platform."
The two continued to bicker for a moment but then began to walk towards a barrier dividing platform 9 and 10. Their argument could still be heard when... they just disappeared. Kagome was too stunned to speak. Did they just...?
"Fred, George, you two next."
Two twins with bright red hair approached the barrier at a run. When they were about to hit it they suddenly vanished, just as the girl and boy before them had done.
"Okay, Ginny you go with Harry and--"
"Ummm... ummm... pardon me..."
"What is it dear?" The woman looked down at Kagome, a calmness and sense of warmth about her that made Kagome think of her own mother.
"Ummm... Do you know how to get to Platform 9 and 3/4...? I'm not from around here and this is my first year at Hogwarts..."
"Oh! An exchange student then! Where are you from?"
"Japan, actually. Is that barrier the way to the platform...?" Kagome skeptically looked at the sturdy barrier. "How do you...?"
"Right, right! You speak splendid English! Just go through the barrier, it leads to the platform. Run, walk, however you want to. Just go with Harry here, and I'll go with Ginny. Is that alright, Harry?" The woman looked over at a boy with dark hair and black glasses.
"It's fine, Mrs. Weasley. But we better hurry, though..." The boy responded politely and nodded at Kagome. She walked over to him, pushing her trolley along, still cautiously looking at the barrier. The clock mounted above platform 10 said that she had 10 minutes to get onto the train on time.
"Is this really safe...?" Kagome turned to the boy, who looked like he was trying to laugh. "Hey! I've never done this before! Don't you laugh at me!"
"Sorry, sorry! This reminds me of my first year at Hogwarts. Here, let's just walk through the barrier, okay?" He grabbed her free hand and led her towards the sturdy structure.
'I'm going to run into it... I'm going to run into it...' Kagome winced as they began to jog towards the barrier, the trolleys creaking on their wheels. She squeezed the boy's hand tighter as they began to run, the barrier getting closer every second. "Kyaaa--" She let out a small scream as she ran through it, expecting to see concrete pressed against her face. Instead she saw a large train with purple smoke billowing from the top stationed at platform 9 and 3/4.
"You can let go of my hand now..." The boy began to laugh, unable to hold it back any longer, as Kagome quickly let go of his hand.
"Sorry..." She sheepishly looked away and followed Harry into the crowd of witches and wizards alike.
"Forget it! Hey, Ron! Did you find an empty compartment yet?" Harry yelled at the head of the red headed boy from earlier protruding out of a window of the train.
"Yeah! The last one! Fred and George are sitting with Lee Jordan in another one, though... Is she coming, too?" The bushy haired girl joined the boy at the window and turned their attention to Kagome.
"Yeah, we'll be up in a second! Ginny and your mom are coming soon!" Harry answered back, ignoring the confused glances they were giving him. "C'mon... what's your name?"
"Kagome. Kagome Higurashi." She continued to follow him as they put their trunks away, then into the empty compartment where the boy and girl were.
"Nice to meet you, Kagome! This is Hermione," he motioned to the girl with the bushy hair at this. "and this is Ron." The red headed boy smiled and did a mock bow. "And I'm Harry. Harry Potter."
'Eeeeeeehhhh???' Kagome just stood there, trying not to look as surprised as she felt. Then she remembered her mother's advice and regained her composure. "Nice to meet you Hermione, Ron, Harry." She smiled at them and began thinking to herself. 'Wait until Souta hears about this....'
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A/N: How was the first chapter? Was everything actually right? I didn't want to look through my books again ^_^;;; And Inuyasha is going to be introduced in the next chapter! Yaya! Malfoy too, I think... Tell me whatcha think!!! (I still don't know what I'm doing @.@)
