Hey, guys. Anywa, hope you like the chapter. I've been thinking of this
plot all day long. Even before I went to slepp last night. Enjoy, kids.
Black Lace - Chapter 3: Sesshoumaru
Kagome waited patiently for an answer as Ron started to studder. "I didn't I tell you that studdering shows automaticly that you're scared? Another words, I know you kids are down here just for kicks. Now, why?" Kagome said with no emotion.
"We just wanted to see if we could change into animals..." Hermione started. "...so we could be just like the orginial Marauders. Harry's dad was one and so were his friends."
"And please explain to me, Ronny, what exactly a Marauder is?" Kagome asked finally looking up to them. She showed no look of interest or scarcasum, but she did want the truth.
"Well, you see, it's--" Harry was about to say, when Kagome caught him of with a wave of her hand. When she did, he then fell tot he ground with a loud crash.
"Not you, Harry, Ron."
"Well... Err... They were some people that use to go hear a couple of years ago. Two are dead, one if in aline with You-Know-Know, and the other is a werewolf that use to be a teacher here. They use to be...big troublemakers and were the best pranksters in all the history of Howarts." Ron said surely, and slowly.
Kagome started started to gave a sad look to Harry. "And the one's that were dead were so close to you. I'm sorry for you; I truely am. For I know what it's like to loose someone close to me. In fact, he would be 500 years old to this day, but Inuyasha killed him. Wanna know something else?" A lone teardrop slithered itself down Kagome cheek. "I use to be in love with Inuyasha... But that damn bastard just loved the taste power and blood so much, it got to him to much..." Kagome then started to walk out of the door ignoring the shivering the students stares that pelting into her back.
"Dog demon..." Hermione mumbled after Kagome left the room.
"Come again?" Ron asked.
"Inuyasha means 'dog demon' in Japanese. Now that I'm thinking about it, Sango, the friend she takled about, means coral... Who knows what that means..." Hermione said began to walk to the room where Kagome clothes were and dug through her robes. She found Kagome's jewel in it and a kind of dead flower. She looked at the flower weiredly and put them back in.
Hermione walked to where Kagome leaned and saw she dropped her wand. When she touched it, it gave her a shock and she jumped back with fear. "Ouch! That wand hurt me!" Hermione rubbed her hand and saw there were white blotches appearing on her hand. "What the...? White blotches?" She mumbled to herself.
"What is it Hermione?" Ron walked over to her and looked at her hand. It was already turning a pale green.
"Oh, god! It burns!" Hermione shook her head with pain and bit her lip as it her lips began to bleed.
"What did you do!?" Harry yelled at her hand grabbed her arm. Hermione yelped with pain.
"I only touched her fricken wand! If this happens with anyone else, it's got to be because of what kind it is. Either totally evil or to pure for even someone with a heart of gold could touch. That thing's got to be a one- of-a-kind!" Hermione gripped onto her arm and suddenly stood. "I need to get Kagome. She's the only one that's up that can help me!"
"Wait, Hermione!" But she was already out the door, running for help.
Hermione ran around the halls, heading for the Defense Against the Dark Arts room. She suddenly shrugged when she remembered it was about three floors down. She gave a fustrated sigh and ran down the hall. Seconds later, she ran over someone and looked to her capture.
"Professor Dumbledore!?" Hermione almost yelled outloud.
"Yes, it is I. Now, may I ask what you are doing running around the halls at this time of the morning?" Dumbledore asked, dusting off his robes and helping Hermione stand up.
"Well, you see... I touched Professor Higurashi's wand, and it made my arm..." Hermione then looked to her hand and saw it was turning a pale green, emitting pain through-out half of her body. "Oww..."
"Lets get you to the Hospitial Wing. Then we can see Professor Higurashi." Dumbledore then lead hermione to the Hospitial Wing. When he stepped in, no one could be seen. When he openned a closed curtain, he saw Kagome laying there.
Kagome openned her eyes and stared at Dumbledore. "Is something wrong, Professor. I was just doing something..." Her eyes wandered to Hermione arm. "Hermione, what happened?"
"Aw, well, she tells me that she touched your wand. I've never seen anything like this happen before." Dumbledore stated as he watched Hermione advance towards Kagome.
"I just touched your wand. I was going to pick it up and bring it to you, but it just shocked me, and then my arms started to hurt more and more." Hermione winced as Kagome pulled up her sleeve.
"Stupid wand. Stupid life. Stupid everything." Kagome said, rolling her eyes. She placed her hands on Hermione's arm and closed her eyes. She began to look into her soul, and outside her mind, a glow could be seen by Hermione and Dumbledore. Minutes later, Kagome unhooked her hands from Hermione's arm and layed back down. "Now, if you don't mind, I have to see about some ancient artifacts I want and need." Kagome let out a deep amount of air as her body glowed.
Hermione stared at her in shock. It didn't hurt anymore and it looked as if nothing had ever even touched it. "Good work, Kagome. We'll let you go to sleep." Dumbledore stated.
"I'm not sleeping! I'm just looking to find out where that stuff is..." Kagome hummed and suddenly jumped out of the bed. "Excuss me. I have to go in my room where everything is supposudly safe and from watchers view." Kagome than slowly walked out of the Hospitial Wing.
"Professor Dunblefore, how did you ever find that strange, strange woman?" Hermione asked, looking to the entrance while rubbing her arm. Yes, she thought, there is something really strange and unusual about this Kagome Higurashi.
"Some secrets cannoy be revieled, Hermione. But I can tell you this: history can be very memorable to her. So try not to bring it up much unless she does." Dumbledore winked at her and walked out of the Hospitial Wing. Hermione stood there for what seemed like an eternity, and slowly, but surely, walked to the Gryffinfor tower to prepare for the next class.
~*~Potions Class~*~
All of the students and waited patiently for the class to start. Everyone was content with the teacher not being there--but you know? Speak of the devil! As he burst through the doors with a grim look. Everyone immediatly went quiet as he took his place in front of the whole class. He was about to speak when he gave a weird look.
"What are you doing up there!?" He yelled as everyone looked to the ceiling. As eyes scanned the ceiling, they saw what Snape was gawking at. Professor Higurashi was floating in the air!
"I just wanded to view how you did your class. After all, I'm an expert in herbal healing. I should at least know a couple of properties of the potions you make in here. Most of them were based on the ones from herbal healings in the Fuedal Age. And you know about that little conversation a couple of days before." Kagome still smiled and changed her position in the air. "Man, I don't know how that woman could have been up here so long! I always make myself bleed from slicing myself."
"Professor Higurashi, if you don't come down from there, I'm going to have to get the headmaster to do it!" Snape yelled. Kagome gave him a hurt look and gripped her hands tightly. She pulled her hands downward and then fell to the ground with backflip. She then sat in the corner of the room playing with her hands.
"Go on with your lesson, then. I'll just be playing with my fingers. The worst I'll be doing is being my old self. And you don't want to know my old self, Snappy." Kagome stated while sitting cross legged on the chair and putting her hands in her sleeves in her miko garbs. (A/N: She's still wearing them.)
Snape just rolled his eyes and looked to the class. "Today, we will make a love potion. And, on the downside, if you do not make it incorrectly, don't expect to come out with good vision." Snape said a smirk.
"Or come out with extremly bad luck." Kagome added.
Snape shot her a glare, but Kagome just kept smiling. "Or with bad luck, as Kagome--"
"Miss Higurashi, to you, Severus." Kagome said huffing.
"Miss Higurashi said." Snape kept glaring at Kagome while she did the same. "As I was saying, we will be making a love potion. Make sure that you do not--" He stopped when they heard a loud growl. Kagome's eyes widened and sat up quickly.
"So, so, sorry! But I have to go and take care of him. If he's not happy, no one else will be!" Kagome gave a nervous laugh and dashed out the door. Everyone stared out at the door. Few were laughing, others were staring with confussion.
"Malfoy, go and see what she up to." Snape said cautiously.
"Yes, sir." Malfoy said with a smile. He ran out of the door and through the hall until he came into the Defense Against the Dark Arts Room. Just as he was about to touch the door handle, ir repeled him. He knocked on the door, but it bounced back before it hit the door. "A barrier..." He said quietly.
"Sesshoumaru! Calm down! I only brought you and the stuff here because I needed it!" He heard a feminine voice say. He figured it was Higurashi and raced back to Potions class.
"Professor Snape, sir," Malfoy started as he ran back in. "I think she's got someone...or something in there. And there's a barrier around the door so I couldn't bet in." Malfoy said proudly. He took his seat and awaited for what the professor would say next.
"Stupid girl..." He muttered as all eyes were on him. "Do the potion!" He yelled as the directions fluttered onto the board.
~*~Transfiguration Class~*~
Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs filled into the Transfiguration room with minimum smiles on faces. Some people thinking about what to have for lunch and others on a certain person... Professor Kagome Higurashi.
"Now students, please sit down in your approiate places and be quiet." Each of the students slowly went into silence.
Harry's hand shot up with a surprise to everyone. He waited waited for patiently for Professor McGonagall to acknowledge his question. When she did point to him, he asked his question hesitantly.
"Professor McGonagall, could you please tell us about the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher?"
Professor McGonagall looked taken back sighed deepfully. "As you all know, her name is Professor Kagome Higurashi. She has not been in any kind of magical school. In Japan, for she had problems. Also, she...fell down a dry well when she was 15 years old." She stopped and began to pace slowly. "Instead of hitting the bottom of the dry well and being covered in dirt, she was transported to the Fuedal Age of Japan and shattered a sacred jewel that was inside of her body. For a little under a decade, she traveled all over the Japan to try and find the shards of her jewel.
"During that time, old enimies awakened, dead priestesses were brought back to life, and a half demon named Inuyasha helped Kagome to find the shards. It is said that one day, from legend only, that the girl Kagome suddenly disappeared from existance." Professor McGonagall sighed and looked to the doors to see an almost crying Kagome.
"Which was only a few weeks ago for me. Inuyasha became so obssessed with finding that stupid jewel, he began to abuse me when I wanted to go home. It was all to much, that one day, I quit it all. I'm sure all of my friends are dead, the little demon I cared for was killed by Inuyasha as a threat to stay, and I've got Inuyasha's half brother in my room trying to break threw a barrier. Life just can't get any better, can it, Minerva?" Kagome slowly turned around and closed the doors. All was silent for an eternity until one spoke. One gentle feminine voice.
"How sad..." Hermione said and all went quiet once more...
~*~Defense Against the Dark Arts Class~*~
Kagome sat on her desk staring at Sesshoumaru in his barrier. "You know, this is almost as fun as watching Inuyasha kiss his good, old friend: the dirt."
"Get me out of here, bitch." Sesshoumaru stated as his hit the barrier again.
"You know, if you call me that to many times, I'm going to call you Fluffy. You wanna know how I got that name? Because of what you use to wear in Fuedal Japan. The fluffy tail that you use to wear was so...fluffy! You must have been popular in Japan." Kagome said smiling.
"And tell me again, why am I here?" He asked as students started to file in.
"Well, Fluffykins, I needed the ancient weapons and accessories of my friends of enemies. And can you remember who has Sango's giant 6 foot boomerang? You. Can you guess who has Tetsusaiga? You. Can you guess--" Kagome started.
"I get the point, wench. Now will you just shut it?" Sesshoumaru snapped.
"That reminds me. Why did you put a spell on yourself to hide your demon traits? I thought you looked cute and sexy with the loony sign on your forehead." Half the class laughed then. "Oh shit! I never realized people were listening to our incredibly stupid, yet old rivalried conversation." Kagome smiled and jumped off her desk to walk to Sesshoumaru barrier.
"What I have in here is a demon hiding his traits. His name is Sesshoumaru, and his use to be the Lord of the Western Lands in Fuedal Japan. I remember in Fuedal Japan that a little toad--" Kagome started and smiled
"Thank you, but I already know my life's story, wench. I lived it, unfortunatly." Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes and banged on the barrier once more. It flashed pink and sent him backwards.
"By the way, when did Inuyasha die? I really, really wanna know!!!" Kagome yelled as everyone in the classroom started to have their own conversations.
"Maybe you should deal with your class. You never know what they could be talking about." Sesshoumaru stated with a slight smirk.
"Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. That's all I'm hearing from you!" Kagome said as she turned to the class. "Alright, I need everyone's attention! Please now, I want you to read what's on the board." Kagome pointed to the board, which had only a couple of questions on it:
What is a spell you know?
What does the movement for the wand look like?
What is the phrase?
Kagome skimmed to classroom to see if everyone was reading the board. When she reached Malfoy, she smirked. "Malfoy!" She shouted. Everyone jumped at her voice. "What was I just talking about?" There was no answer. "That's what I thought. Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to have to give you detention with Trelawney. I have some work to do tonight, so you cannot serve it with myself. My services are needed with helping others." She then glared at Sesshoumaru. "I have to teach a dog to play sit."
Sesshoumaru then growled and banged on the barrier. "Don't growl at me!" Kagome yelled. She then smirked and licked her finger. She put her hand through the barrier and swipped her hand across his cheeks and forehead. When she retreated to her seat, his markings had returned. "That's the Fluffy who tried to kill me! You look almost...normal. Like old times."
Kagome huffed and faced the class. She sat back onto her desk and looked around the class. "Who's the smartest person in here! Answer truthfully!" Hermione's hand automatically shot up, with some other students. Kagome motioned over for Hermione to walk over to her. "Hermione, I saw you claim in front of everyone that you think you are the smartest person in the room, correct?"
Hermione nodded. She looked at the Kagome curiously. "I am..."
"Okay then, now I need a volunteer. Anyone who's brave enough. Anyone at all!?" No one raised their hands. "It's one of you, or it's Fluffy over there, and I don't want anyone of you kids to get hurt when he drips poison into your bloodstream. So, again I ask, VOLUNTEERS!?" Heads started to turn to see if anyone would some up. Kagome shrugged and shook her head. She looked to Hermione and smiled. "Pick someone. Anyone."
Hermione turned to the class and smiled. "Neville Longbottom." She spoke clearly. Neville slowly walked up to there. When he got to Kagome's desk, the three of them spoke privatly.
Moments later, Neville walked to the side of the room, nervousness riding in his veins. "Alright, Hermione. I want you to read the questions on the board silently. Nod when you're read them all carefully." In a matter of seconds, Hermione nodded. "Alright then, what is a spell you know?"
"It's a spell to make a body float in the air." Hermione said, looking at Neville with wry eyes.
"What does the movement for the wand look like?" Kagome asked, beginning to walk off of her desk to the back of Hermione.
Hermione lifted her hand and fastly flicked it to the right. Kagome nodded. "Since you are a right hander, I want to mirror what you do in your right hand onto your left. Now, let me see." Hermione lifted bother her hands and did the movement. "Last question: what is the phrase?"
"Mobiliarbus."
"Alright, everyone, pay attention." Kagome looked to the class and smirked. "I'm going help Hermione, using the spell of her choise, to cast it without a wand. Since most cannot even do some spell, I'm going to help Hermione with a little energy boost. And, of course, if I think to hard, I might accidently purify Hermione and kill her. But no worries there." Kagome winks to a shaking Hermione. "That should enable her to cast this certain spell without her wand." Kagome put her hands on Hermione's shoulders and sighed.
"Hermione, I want you to put your hands right out. Close your eyes and relax. Clear your mind and soul, try not to think of anything but your magical powers that enable you to come to this wonderful school. That's it, clear everything but magic." Kagome felt Hermione's shoulders slightly give away. "Now, focus all magic into your hands. If you feel a burning, don't tense up or it'll grow even more until it cuts the cerculation like it did when you touched my wand." Kagome smirked and shook her head.
Hermione nodded, and focused her powers into the palms of her hands. In moments, she heard several gasps from the classroom. "Class, as you are seeing, Hermione's hands are glowing. If I open my eyes, I might as well kill her now. Will someone please tell me the color in which glows around her arms?"
"White!" Kagome heard a voice like Ron's call out.
"See, in Divination, white in someone's aura can stand for many things. Such as the blankliness of death, the pure of heart, which can also be pink, and some other things. And of of don't this, please transfer into Divination. Trelawney might be a loon, but I've got to admit, she at least knows the art." Kagome shook her head and shrugged. "Back to class. Now, Hermione, I'm guessing around now your hands must be burning--"
"They are..." Hermione mumbled impatiently.
Kagome laughed. "Alright, I'll get on with it. Now, say the spell as clearly as can be, and open your eyes when you say it. When you do, Neville should be levitating in the air."
"Mobiliarbus." Hermione stated, with no fears. She openned her eyes and saw Neville with a look of terror on his face.
"Braco, for Hermione Granger! You have just performed a spell without a wand." Kagome smiled and walked over towards Neville. She put her hand upward and Neville began to attract downward. "And I'll give you the prize later, Longbottom." Kagome whispered into his ear. "Come by the room on the fifth floor. You'll find it. It's the tenth door in the left hall."
Soon, Neville sat down followed by Hermione. Kagome smiled at her class. And went to lean against Sesshoumaru's barrier. "What you just witnessed was an underage witch show off her magic abilities at a level that Voldemort does. And don't shiver at his name. Every single time someone does, I read your mind and tell everyone your deepest, darkest secret. And maybe I should tell Draco's to start out with if he doesn't stop thinking like that." Kagome shot Draco a glare. "Malfoy, you've already got detention with Trelawney! Want anything more!?" Draco just smirked. "I'm just wondering Draco, but what color is the blanket in your room? I can't seem to find out if it's pink or magenta. Or maybe it's just ordinary silver and green, the Slytherin colors?" Draco's smirk dropped and his eyes twitched. Kagome smiled and walked to his desk. "Good, Draco. Just know I know where Mr. Binky's hiding. Don't worry; none of us around you and me with ever tell where Mr. Binky is." Kagome winked and leaned back onto Sesshoumaru's barrier. "Free talk for the rest of the class time."
Hermione looked to Harry and blew on her hand. She gave a hurtful expression and waved her hand up and down. "Damn it, that burned like hell's fires! I doubt she ever went through this pain..."
"Clam down, Hermione. It can't be that bad...can it?" Ron asked.
"You go ask! I'm going to Kagome to ask if she can heal me..." Hermione mumbled as she walked up to the front where Kagome was argueing with Sesshoumaru.
"You are a jackass, Sesshoumaru! I'd never--" Kagome shouted while pointing a fist at the pink bubble.
"Excuss me, Kagome? Could you please help me? These burns are really hurting...?" Hermione said with a slight tremble.
"Of course. Excuss me Sesshoumaru, I have a student with a need of help. Now, stay, dog! That's a good boy!" Kagome laughed while Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes.
Kagome pulled Hermione's hand to her face and looked carefully. "I think I might have put to much power into your body. No need for it, though." Kagome smiled at Hermione and lightly rubbed her hand. Out from her fingers was a gentle pink color. Soon, Hermione's hand tingled from an icey feel. Kagome let Hermione's go and smiled. "All done. And if you wand to work on your powers tonight, you know where to find me." Kagome winked and turned back to Sesshoumaru. "Another thing, Sesshoumaru, when did Inuyasha die!? I really want to know! You never told me if he's still alive or if the dead clay pot still roams the Earth!"
Hermione shook her head and returned to her seat. There, she looked to Harry and Ron who were argueing about Quidditch. "Harry, Ron, there's something about that woman that scares me."
"You and the rest of us." Ron commented.
"Just look what she does to Malfoy! That's enough to make a person quiver to the bone!" Harry stated while packing up his things. He walked out fo the room and into the hallways. "Just think of what she's doing in there..."
"If you ask me, I think she's brilliant. On the homesick, not wanting to go back, kind; but I still think what she said about being incredibly powerful is true: she burned my hands from just tring to help me with a simple levitating spell!" Hermione exclaimed.
"I don't care what she's doing. She's freaking me out beyond relief! I mean, come one, talking to a poweful demon like he's a lab rat!" Ron complained. He sat down into the Gryffindor Common Room and looked into the fire place. "If you ask me, the woman's a loon..."
"If you ask me, she's got good at bribes." Neville muttered as he sat down onto a couch. "She's giving me something for being her guinea pig."
"You mean my guinea pig. I'm the one who made you lift up into the air, thank you very much!" Hermione stated crossing her arms. Ron rolled his eyes and looked to Neville.
"But Higurashi's the one who gave you all the power; you even said so." Harry pointed out to her.
"Well Kagome's very nice, if you ask me. She's probably the best teacher we've ever had in our term; maybe even before then, too!" Neville said. He looked into his pocket and brought out a wrapper. He rubbed it and sighed. 'Do you know why you always forget thing, Neville?' A voice said in his head. 'It's a painful reason, but I know why. I'm almost dread as much as you be things like that happen, and to me, too. Do you want to know what happened to me? If you want to, ask me tonight...' Neville looked around and shook his head.
"Is Kagome talking in your head, Neville?" Hermione asked.
"She's been doing it to all of us; reading our minds and such." Harry said, shaking as he began to write a paper for Potions class.
"Not me! I'm glad about that, too!" Ron said, almost yelling. 'And speak of the devil, it's me!!!' "What do you know, I jinxed it..." Ron muttered. 'Sure did, Ronnie Boy. Another thing, are your brothers still running their joke shop? Tell them if they are, I know their secret...' "Great, now she wants me to be her messanger boy!"
Everyone laughed. "So, how does it feel to have a voice in your head, Ronnie Boy?" Hermione asked, still laughing
"Don't call me Ronnie Boy! That's the name Higurashi calls me!" Ron retorted back to her.
"Alright, alright. We won't call you anything besides things that ryme with Ron." Hermione stated with a smirk.
~*~A couple of hours later in the extra room~*~
Kagome's sword clinked to Sesshoumaru's as they fought. Kagome smirked. "So, the guy over 500 still hasn't gotton any rusty!? I'm amazed!" Kagome yelled with a smirked. "I would thought about around 300 years or so you'd not be able to pick up even a damn sword!" Kagome laughed while taking a step back and swinging her sword to her left.
"You really think I'm that weak?" Sesshoumaru asked simply.
"Uhhh... Depends on what I get when I answer. If I say 'yes,' what will happen to me?" Kagome asked cautiously.
"Depends on what mood I'm in." Sesshoumaru stated with a small smirk. Kagome gasped and nearly dropped her sword.
"Wait! Hold that picture! It's Sesshoumaru...with some other expression other than a frown!" Kagome smirked and laughed. Sesshoumaru, however, just frowned. He ran foward and swung his sword with the blade cutting to her right hip. Kagome took a counter step to the right and blocked it. "So, am I just swinging my sword around like some club like a certain you know who?"
"If I say 'yes,' what will you do?" Sesshoumaru questioned.
"Depeneds on what mood I'm in." Kagome then smirked and lifted her sword.
"Are you mocking me? You know, it's impolite to mock a Lord." Sesshoumaru stated with a smirk. Kagome frowned and rolled her eyes.
"Oh, please. That is so 500 years ago..." Kagome muttered. She shook her head and set her blade point into the ground. "Hey, Sesshoumaru--"
"Someone's coming." He stated as he started to put down Toukijin.
"Don't worry. It's probably only Neville or Hermione and Harry and Ron. They sometimes come in here for who knows what." Kagome shook her head and picked her sword back up. "Right now, it's time for that fight I wanted!" Kagome swung her sword to Sesshpoumaru left arm and it missed. Kagome lookes around the room for him and didn't find him anywhere. "Damn it, come back! Stop using your damn demon powers and fight me like you would anyone else, but not like in Fuedal Japan!" No one came out from anywhere. "SESSHOUMARU!!!"
Then, a light knock came from the door. Kagome looked to it and waved her hand. The door openned to show Neville in the door. Kagome motioned for him to come in. "Neville, what do you want? I can give you anything you want? Maybe some candy, or little bit of gold coins, or maybe, if you like, I can help you with some homework skills?"
"Some candy would be alright. And, if you don't mind, could you help me with homework? I'm positivly terrible in everything but herbology..." Neville said.
"Sure, just let me go and get my wand and we can get out of here." Kagome walked into the room and found Sesshoumaru there, looking through her clothes. "Sesshoumaru, you pervert! You were looking through my clothes!"
"I was only trying to find where the strange energies were coming from." Kagome smirked. She walked over to her robes, picked them up, and only put her robes over her miko garbs. She let her clothes lean over her arm. She walked to the Gryffindor tower and looked to the painting of the fat lady.
"Password?" She questioned.
"Godric Gryffindor." Kagome stated, and the painting swung open. She smiled as she found Hermione and Ron and Harry half asleep over their homework. She smirked and walked to the center of the room. "Harry! Harry!" She shook him until he was finally awake. "I need the map."
Harry was stunned. How did she find out? "The what?"
"Don't play stupid; I got no points for that in Fuedal Japan and you're not getting any here. So, where is the damn map!?" Harry shrugged. He went to the dormitory and walked out with his map, the spell already spoken.
"Here. Bring it back soon." Kagome smiled and turned back to Neville who was at the door. "What are you going to need it for?"
"I'm going to Hogsmeade to buy Neville some things he wants. If anyone feels like coming, they can buy a mound of chocolate for all I care." Harry nods. He wakes Hermione and Ron up tell them. They say yes, and they all started to walk out of the Common Room.
"Wait! Go get dressed." Kagome orders them.
"Why?" Ron asks.
"Because if Filtch catches us, I at least want him to believe me when I say I'm taking all of you to detention; but I'm not taking kids to detention in their pajamas." Kagome said with a light smile. So, they were all changed and ready to go.
Kagome looked around when they were at the front gate. No one was there, and no teacher was there on duty. Kagome smirked as they walked down the road to Hogsmeade. "Hey, kids, whatchya'll wanna talk about?"
"How about why you always wear gloves?" Ron suggested.
Kagome froze and a tear rolled down her face. All of the others looked back to her and she shook her head. "Sorry; lost my head there for a moment. But, I'd rather not say. If I did show you why, It'd probably bring back old and not so welcome memories of the unwanted past. Besides, at the moment all I have to remind myself of the memories are bruises, claw marks, scars, Sesshoumaru and weapons from Feudal Times, and then there's my never ending tears." Kagome froze at her thought and looked up. "So, still Ron, do you want to see what's under my gloves? Because, just to tell you, Inuyasha just broke my hand a few months before. He always does that. Wanna know how many times? Wanna know how many times I've broken a bone anywhere else? Wanna know how many times I've cryed because the man I thought I loved hit me time after time?"
And then, for the rest fo the time, no one said a single thing. Ron never remarked on how much he actually did want to see her scars and bruises. Harry never said anything about feeling how sorry he was. Hermione never shed a tear for how much she much have went through. And Neville, poor Neville, he's had to many memory charms placed on his mind to remember how much pain he went through, as well.
"Sorry, Kagome. Never knew." Ron muttered. Kagome turned to him with a bright smile.
"You know, I haven't heard 'sorry' from someone in over 6 months?" Kagome said with a short laugh. Her smiled grew even wider as they reached Hogsmeade. "Alright, all you of you can get anything you want. Just remember to keep it under a price limit." They all smiled at her and immediatly ran for Hogsmeade. Harry didn't move, but kept walking forward, beside Kagome. "Don't you wanna go and buy something, Harry? It's all on me."
"I was just wondering... Do you wanna go into the Shrieking Shack?" Harry asked in a quiet voice. Kagome looked at him curious while raising an eyebrow. "Well, you see... It's rummored to be the most haunted building in all of London. One of the previous Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher, Professor Lupin, he once knew my dad, too, he's a werewolf. When he was younger, he went there on full moons."
"I wish I could meet him. I haven't met werewolfs in almost what seems forever. There were even wolf demons in Fuedal Japan. Did I tell you about the one who claimed he loved me?" Kagome asked, following Harry to a building.
"Ya, you said Draco acted a lot like him." Harry stated. "Lets go and get a butterbeer at the Three Broomsticks. They're really good." Kagome smiled and openned the door The Three Broomsticks. She found no one in sight and knocked on the door. "Hello? Anyone here?"
Soon, a plump woman with rosey colored cheeks stepped out from behind the door. She shook her head and smiled at them. "Hello, Harry. And who is this...?"
"Kagome Higurashi. New professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts." Kagome sat down on the bar. She put her head into her arms and sighed.
"Could me and Professor Higurashi have a butterbeer?" Harry asked, sitting right next to Kagome.
"Well, Kagome, my name is Madam Rosmerta. And yes, Harry, you and Miss Kagome may have a butterbeer." Madam Rosmerta said with a smile as she turned around to fetch the drinks. "So, Miss Kagome, where are you from? How did Dumbledore come across you?"
"No clue how he found me, that's for sure. For all I know, I've never gone to any kind of magical school whatsoever. I was struggling with regular school because I was traveling through time on a daily basis. Well, I would stay there for about a month and then go back home for a day, then back there; ah, you get the point!" Kagome said shaking her head. "And to think, I was going back in time for about a decade." Kagome looked up to Madam Rosmerta. "Oh, and for your secend question, I'm from Japan."
"Are you really? Where did you travel to?" Madam Rosmerta asked.
"Fuedal Times in Japan. When demons ran loose and magical beings were as holy as can be. Priestesses and monks... I was the reincarnation of a very powerful priestess. She burned a jewel with her body and it was reborn inside of me. The jewel was the way I traveled through time." Kagome took out her hand and stuffed into her pocket. "Here's the damn jewel I shattered, too..."
Madam Rosmerta almost dropped her glass. "You're her...? You're the one...?"
Harry looked to Madam Rosmerta with a weird expression. "Who's the one?"
"Everything is on the house! Anything you want! It's all on the house..." Madam Rosmerta said quickly. Kagome glanced at Harry and game him, yet another, curious look. He shrugged it off and looked back to the owner.
"Thanks, Madam Rosmerta..." Harry said in a quiet tone. In minutes, the woman came back with two glasses of butterbeer. Kagome took the glass and smiled. "Cheers." Harry stated before taking a sip. Kagome took a sip as well and and smiled, once more.
"Haven't had anything this good in years." She took another sip and soon finished it. "Are you sure you don't want me to pay for it? I have enough money..." Kagome said taking out a few golden coins.
"No! I won't expect anything!" Madam Rosmerta stated.
"Well, we're done here then. Come on, Harry. Time to go and find the rest. Then maybe we can go and explore the Shrieking Shack." Kagome stated, puting her hands into her sleeves. Harry followed her and they began walking to Honeydukes.
"So, Kagome." Harry started. "Why do you really wear gloves?"
"You heard me." Kagome stat simpley and began to put her hands to her waist. "What? Do I need to prove my statements true to 'The Great Harry Potter'?"
"What's with you?" Harry asked coldly. Kagome was changing moods so weirdly and fast. It was even starting to scare him.
"Sorry; once again. It's just that at times Inuyasha would wonder why I would wear gloves. I'd tell him and he'd call me a liar. It's complicated, but deep down, he still had a special kind of love for me. Me, myself, and my reflection." Kagome shook her head as she entered Honeydukes. "Hey, Neville, found any good things to eat?"
"Nah, nothing so far..." Neville muttered as he looked at the kinds of candies.
"Well, I've heard that the chocolate here can help the chilling effects of dementors. Really good chocolate, too. I asked Madam Promfrey to give me a piece once. It was delicous." Kagome said as she looked at the chocolate. "Just get what you want, Neville. I'm paying for it all."
"I think I'll get some Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, chocolate, chocoballs, and licorice wands. Those are the only safe ones I'll probably be able to live through." Kagome laughed and nodded. She paid for them and they walked out with a bag full of candy.
"Say, Harry, where do you think where Hermione and Ron are?" Kagome asked as they exited Honeydukes.
"Ron might be at Zonko's Joke Shop. Who knows where Hermioen is..." Harry muttered as he began to walk to Zonko's. As soon as they wre in front of Zonko's, Ron came out.
"Hello, Harry, Professor Higurashi, Neville." Ron said with a smile. Harry and Neville nodded.
"Ron, do you know where Hermione went?" Harry asked as Kagome started to walk in another direction. "Hey, Kagome!"
"Shhh!! I sence something... Something almost wrong..." Kagome said as she started walking to center of the street. "Hermione's aura... It's totally disappeared from the area. Almost like it's... No! That's totally impossible."
"What is?" Harry asked uncomfortably.
"When a certain person's aura disppears, it either means that their extremly far away, like in another country, or... Or, it means that they've gone somewhere else." Kagome said almost scared.
"What do you ean somewhere else?" Ron asked, dropping his bag. All of the items in the bag spilled out, Ron seeming not to even care to take a glance.
"Like, to another time... Like I use to do. The dry well I used to go to my time was right near a village. The village priestess could tell Inuyasha when I went home because she would sence my aura. But... that's just plain impossible!" Kagome started to run towards where she felt the energy surge. Ron and Harry followed her to an empty house near Madam Paddifoot's tea house.
When Kagome got there, she shivered to the bone. She ran inside of the house and looked around. "Yes, this must have been a bookstore, seeing has how there are plenty of old books here..." She looked into a mirror and immediatly took her hand back. "Dark magic... Who would done this...?" Kagome looked at it with confusion as Ron and Harry came in. She looked all over the mirror and when she cam to the back, she shrugged, once more, at the writing: "Made possible to travel through time thanks to the Marauders: Moony, Prongs, Padfoot, and Wormtale. Have a good time traveling good folk!"
"Those idiots!" Kagome shouted as she slammed down the mirror, thankfully not breaking it. "Don't they know wht they've done!? They've made Hermione travel through time, for god's sake!"
"Who?" Harry asked.
"The same people you kids want to be like. The Marauders." Kagome gave a fustrated sighed and shoved the book to Harry for everyone to see. "Looks like your father and a couple of his friends just sent your friend back in time."
"Hermione..." Ron chocked out as he read what was written on there.
Kagome grabbed the mirror from them and stared into her reflection. She put up a barrier for no one could get to the book at the same time. As soon as she stared into more carfully and put up the barrier, she was gone.
A blue light surrounded her world as Kagome's ebony hair tosselled in every which way. She looked at the now white light at the bottom with a kind of disbelief and screamed when she was sucked in. In what seamed like seconds, the light had died down and Kagome was sitting right next to Hermione in a new looking bookstore. "Herm--" But Kagome was cut short by a slep on the mouth by Hermione's hand. Hermione put her finger up to her mouth to signal to be quiet. Kagone nodded and looked behind the bookcase.
It was nearly day time and four people were just walking out of the bookstore.
"I don't know... I feel like someone is wathing us." A boy with light brown stated doubtfully.
"Oh, come on, Moony! Who would even be here!? It's almost 4 a.m. Who would be in Hogsmeade at 4 a.m. Much less a bookstore?" Another boy asked. Kagome gasped. The boy who just spoke looked like Harry's identical twin! Kagome looked to Hermione with a curious look. Hermione almost read her mind and mouthed the word "Harry's father" to Kagome. Kagome looked back to them with a scared look.
"I have to agree with Mr. Prongs, Moony. Who likes books that much?" Another with black hair asked. He openned the door for them while the lst, who had spoken, stayed behind with him.
"Do you think Moony really did sence someone, Padfoot? After all, the thing." The boy made his hands look like claws and he gave a grin.
"I doubt it, Wormtail. I seriously doubt it." Padfoot stated as he walked out with Wormtail. When Hermione and Kagome saw that they disappeared, they stood up and stretched.
"Prongs is Harry's father, and I'm guessing Moony is a werewolf?" Kagome asked.
"Ya. Prongs is James Potter, soon to be dead, Moony is Remus Lupin, once was Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor, Padfoot is Sirius Black, who once was in Azkaban prison and also dead, and Wormtail is Peter Pettigrew, soon to be servent of Lord Voldemort. I almost want to kill Peter for what he hasn't done yet." Hermione fisted her hands and shook them.
"Well, we better leave, Hermione. We need to get back into the school so we can see Dumbledore. I think he was the Professor Dumbledore is the headmaster at rhe time, anyway." Hermione said thinking it out.
"Well, if I'm going to fit in, I'm going to turn into my fifteen year old self, then." Kagome stated, slightly smiling. She closed her eyes and her body was covered with a pink light. After about a minute, the light disappeared and there stood Kagome in her younger self.
Hermione gasped. She was beautiful! Her ebony black hair came to her waist and her stormy gray-blue eyes shined with a hint light blue. Kagome's cheeks were rosey and her body was fit. "And to think; I caught the eyes of 3 guys with this small, scrawny body." Kagome stated. She shook her head and looked to Hermione. "If we're going to get to Hogwarts, we better go now, Hermione." Kagome then walked to the door while Hermione behind her. As they walked out, they noticed a couple of boys right beside them, right next to the door.
~*~End of Chapter~*~
Wow, that was surely long! My computer said it is about 18 pages! Wow! Anyway, stay tunned for next time.
Black Lace - Chapter 3: Sesshoumaru
Kagome waited patiently for an answer as Ron started to studder. "I didn't I tell you that studdering shows automaticly that you're scared? Another words, I know you kids are down here just for kicks. Now, why?" Kagome said with no emotion.
"We just wanted to see if we could change into animals..." Hermione started. "...so we could be just like the orginial Marauders. Harry's dad was one and so were his friends."
"And please explain to me, Ronny, what exactly a Marauder is?" Kagome asked finally looking up to them. She showed no look of interest or scarcasum, but she did want the truth.
"Well, you see, it's--" Harry was about to say, when Kagome caught him of with a wave of her hand. When she did, he then fell tot he ground with a loud crash.
"Not you, Harry, Ron."
"Well... Err... They were some people that use to go hear a couple of years ago. Two are dead, one if in aline with You-Know-Know, and the other is a werewolf that use to be a teacher here. They use to be...big troublemakers and were the best pranksters in all the history of Howarts." Ron said surely, and slowly.
Kagome started started to gave a sad look to Harry. "And the one's that were dead were so close to you. I'm sorry for you; I truely am. For I know what it's like to loose someone close to me. In fact, he would be 500 years old to this day, but Inuyasha killed him. Wanna know something else?" A lone teardrop slithered itself down Kagome cheek. "I use to be in love with Inuyasha... But that damn bastard just loved the taste power and blood so much, it got to him to much..." Kagome then started to walk out of the door ignoring the shivering the students stares that pelting into her back.
"Dog demon..." Hermione mumbled after Kagome left the room.
"Come again?" Ron asked.
"Inuyasha means 'dog demon' in Japanese. Now that I'm thinking about it, Sango, the friend she takled about, means coral... Who knows what that means..." Hermione said began to walk to the room where Kagome clothes were and dug through her robes. She found Kagome's jewel in it and a kind of dead flower. She looked at the flower weiredly and put them back in.
Hermione walked to where Kagome leaned and saw she dropped her wand. When she touched it, it gave her a shock and she jumped back with fear. "Ouch! That wand hurt me!" Hermione rubbed her hand and saw there were white blotches appearing on her hand. "What the...? White blotches?" She mumbled to herself.
"What is it Hermione?" Ron walked over to her and looked at her hand. It was already turning a pale green.
"Oh, god! It burns!" Hermione shook her head with pain and bit her lip as it her lips began to bleed.
"What did you do!?" Harry yelled at her hand grabbed her arm. Hermione yelped with pain.
"I only touched her fricken wand! If this happens with anyone else, it's got to be because of what kind it is. Either totally evil or to pure for even someone with a heart of gold could touch. That thing's got to be a one- of-a-kind!" Hermione gripped onto her arm and suddenly stood. "I need to get Kagome. She's the only one that's up that can help me!"
"Wait, Hermione!" But she was already out the door, running for help.
Hermione ran around the halls, heading for the Defense Against the Dark Arts room. She suddenly shrugged when she remembered it was about three floors down. She gave a fustrated sigh and ran down the hall. Seconds later, she ran over someone and looked to her capture.
"Professor Dumbledore!?" Hermione almost yelled outloud.
"Yes, it is I. Now, may I ask what you are doing running around the halls at this time of the morning?" Dumbledore asked, dusting off his robes and helping Hermione stand up.
"Well, you see... I touched Professor Higurashi's wand, and it made my arm..." Hermione then looked to her hand and saw it was turning a pale green, emitting pain through-out half of her body. "Oww..."
"Lets get you to the Hospitial Wing. Then we can see Professor Higurashi." Dumbledore then lead hermione to the Hospitial Wing. When he stepped in, no one could be seen. When he openned a closed curtain, he saw Kagome laying there.
Kagome openned her eyes and stared at Dumbledore. "Is something wrong, Professor. I was just doing something..." Her eyes wandered to Hermione arm. "Hermione, what happened?"
"Aw, well, she tells me that she touched your wand. I've never seen anything like this happen before." Dumbledore stated as he watched Hermione advance towards Kagome.
"I just touched your wand. I was going to pick it up and bring it to you, but it just shocked me, and then my arms started to hurt more and more." Hermione winced as Kagome pulled up her sleeve.
"Stupid wand. Stupid life. Stupid everything." Kagome said, rolling her eyes. She placed her hands on Hermione's arm and closed her eyes. She began to look into her soul, and outside her mind, a glow could be seen by Hermione and Dumbledore. Minutes later, Kagome unhooked her hands from Hermione's arm and layed back down. "Now, if you don't mind, I have to see about some ancient artifacts I want and need." Kagome let out a deep amount of air as her body glowed.
Hermione stared at her in shock. It didn't hurt anymore and it looked as if nothing had ever even touched it. "Good work, Kagome. We'll let you go to sleep." Dumbledore stated.
"I'm not sleeping! I'm just looking to find out where that stuff is..." Kagome hummed and suddenly jumped out of the bed. "Excuss me. I have to go in my room where everything is supposudly safe and from watchers view." Kagome than slowly walked out of the Hospitial Wing.
"Professor Dunblefore, how did you ever find that strange, strange woman?" Hermione asked, looking to the entrance while rubbing her arm. Yes, she thought, there is something really strange and unusual about this Kagome Higurashi.
"Some secrets cannoy be revieled, Hermione. But I can tell you this: history can be very memorable to her. So try not to bring it up much unless she does." Dumbledore winked at her and walked out of the Hospitial Wing. Hermione stood there for what seemed like an eternity, and slowly, but surely, walked to the Gryffinfor tower to prepare for the next class.
~*~Potions Class~*~
All of the students and waited patiently for the class to start. Everyone was content with the teacher not being there--but you know? Speak of the devil! As he burst through the doors with a grim look. Everyone immediatly went quiet as he took his place in front of the whole class. He was about to speak when he gave a weird look.
"What are you doing up there!?" He yelled as everyone looked to the ceiling. As eyes scanned the ceiling, they saw what Snape was gawking at. Professor Higurashi was floating in the air!
"I just wanded to view how you did your class. After all, I'm an expert in herbal healing. I should at least know a couple of properties of the potions you make in here. Most of them were based on the ones from herbal healings in the Fuedal Age. And you know about that little conversation a couple of days before." Kagome still smiled and changed her position in the air. "Man, I don't know how that woman could have been up here so long! I always make myself bleed from slicing myself."
"Professor Higurashi, if you don't come down from there, I'm going to have to get the headmaster to do it!" Snape yelled. Kagome gave him a hurt look and gripped her hands tightly. She pulled her hands downward and then fell to the ground with backflip. She then sat in the corner of the room playing with her hands.
"Go on with your lesson, then. I'll just be playing with my fingers. The worst I'll be doing is being my old self. And you don't want to know my old self, Snappy." Kagome stated while sitting cross legged on the chair and putting her hands in her sleeves in her miko garbs. (A/N: She's still wearing them.)
Snape just rolled his eyes and looked to the class. "Today, we will make a love potion. And, on the downside, if you do not make it incorrectly, don't expect to come out with good vision." Snape said a smirk.
"Or come out with extremly bad luck." Kagome added.
Snape shot her a glare, but Kagome just kept smiling. "Or with bad luck, as Kagome--"
"Miss Higurashi, to you, Severus." Kagome said huffing.
"Miss Higurashi said." Snape kept glaring at Kagome while she did the same. "As I was saying, we will be making a love potion. Make sure that you do not--" He stopped when they heard a loud growl. Kagome's eyes widened and sat up quickly.
"So, so, sorry! But I have to go and take care of him. If he's not happy, no one else will be!" Kagome gave a nervous laugh and dashed out the door. Everyone stared out at the door. Few were laughing, others were staring with confussion.
"Malfoy, go and see what she up to." Snape said cautiously.
"Yes, sir." Malfoy said with a smile. He ran out of the door and through the hall until he came into the Defense Against the Dark Arts Room. Just as he was about to touch the door handle, ir repeled him. He knocked on the door, but it bounced back before it hit the door. "A barrier..." He said quietly.
"Sesshoumaru! Calm down! I only brought you and the stuff here because I needed it!" He heard a feminine voice say. He figured it was Higurashi and raced back to Potions class.
"Professor Snape, sir," Malfoy started as he ran back in. "I think she's got someone...or something in there. And there's a barrier around the door so I couldn't bet in." Malfoy said proudly. He took his seat and awaited for what the professor would say next.
"Stupid girl..." He muttered as all eyes were on him. "Do the potion!" He yelled as the directions fluttered onto the board.
~*~Transfiguration Class~*~
Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs filled into the Transfiguration room with minimum smiles on faces. Some people thinking about what to have for lunch and others on a certain person... Professor Kagome Higurashi.
"Now students, please sit down in your approiate places and be quiet." Each of the students slowly went into silence.
Harry's hand shot up with a surprise to everyone. He waited waited for patiently for Professor McGonagall to acknowledge his question. When she did point to him, he asked his question hesitantly.
"Professor McGonagall, could you please tell us about the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher?"
Professor McGonagall looked taken back sighed deepfully. "As you all know, her name is Professor Kagome Higurashi. She has not been in any kind of magical school. In Japan, for she had problems. Also, she...fell down a dry well when she was 15 years old." She stopped and began to pace slowly. "Instead of hitting the bottom of the dry well and being covered in dirt, she was transported to the Fuedal Age of Japan and shattered a sacred jewel that was inside of her body. For a little under a decade, she traveled all over the Japan to try and find the shards of her jewel.
"During that time, old enimies awakened, dead priestesses were brought back to life, and a half demon named Inuyasha helped Kagome to find the shards. It is said that one day, from legend only, that the girl Kagome suddenly disappeared from existance." Professor McGonagall sighed and looked to the doors to see an almost crying Kagome.
"Which was only a few weeks ago for me. Inuyasha became so obssessed with finding that stupid jewel, he began to abuse me when I wanted to go home. It was all to much, that one day, I quit it all. I'm sure all of my friends are dead, the little demon I cared for was killed by Inuyasha as a threat to stay, and I've got Inuyasha's half brother in my room trying to break threw a barrier. Life just can't get any better, can it, Minerva?" Kagome slowly turned around and closed the doors. All was silent for an eternity until one spoke. One gentle feminine voice.
"How sad..." Hermione said and all went quiet once more...
~*~Defense Against the Dark Arts Class~*~
Kagome sat on her desk staring at Sesshoumaru in his barrier. "You know, this is almost as fun as watching Inuyasha kiss his good, old friend: the dirt."
"Get me out of here, bitch." Sesshoumaru stated as his hit the barrier again.
"You know, if you call me that to many times, I'm going to call you Fluffy. You wanna know how I got that name? Because of what you use to wear in Fuedal Japan. The fluffy tail that you use to wear was so...fluffy! You must have been popular in Japan." Kagome said smiling.
"And tell me again, why am I here?" He asked as students started to file in.
"Well, Fluffykins, I needed the ancient weapons and accessories of my friends of enemies. And can you remember who has Sango's giant 6 foot boomerang? You. Can you guess who has Tetsusaiga? You. Can you guess--" Kagome started.
"I get the point, wench. Now will you just shut it?" Sesshoumaru snapped.
"That reminds me. Why did you put a spell on yourself to hide your demon traits? I thought you looked cute and sexy with the loony sign on your forehead." Half the class laughed then. "Oh shit! I never realized people were listening to our incredibly stupid, yet old rivalried conversation." Kagome smiled and jumped off her desk to walk to Sesshoumaru barrier.
"What I have in here is a demon hiding his traits. His name is Sesshoumaru, and his use to be the Lord of the Western Lands in Fuedal Japan. I remember in Fuedal Japan that a little toad--" Kagome started and smiled
"Thank you, but I already know my life's story, wench. I lived it, unfortunatly." Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes and banged on the barrier once more. It flashed pink and sent him backwards.
"By the way, when did Inuyasha die? I really, really wanna know!!!" Kagome yelled as everyone in the classroom started to have their own conversations.
"Maybe you should deal with your class. You never know what they could be talking about." Sesshoumaru stated with a slight smirk.
"Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. That's all I'm hearing from you!" Kagome said as she turned to the class. "Alright, I need everyone's attention! Please now, I want you to read what's on the board." Kagome pointed to the board, which had only a couple of questions on it:
What is a spell you know?
What does the movement for the wand look like?
What is the phrase?
Kagome skimmed to classroom to see if everyone was reading the board. When she reached Malfoy, she smirked. "Malfoy!" She shouted. Everyone jumped at her voice. "What was I just talking about?" There was no answer. "That's what I thought. Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to have to give you detention with Trelawney. I have some work to do tonight, so you cannot serve it with myself. My services are needed with helping others." She then glared at Sesshoumaru. "I have to teach a dog to play sit."
Sesshoumaru then growled and banged on the barrier. "Don't growl at me!" Kagome yelled. She then smirked and licked her finger. She put her hand through the barrier and swipped her hand across his cheeks and forehead. When she retreated to her seat, his markings had returned. "That's the Fluffy who tried to kill me! You look almost...normal. Like old times."
Kagome huffed and faced the class. She sat back onto her desk and looked around the class. "Who's the smartest person in here! Answer truthfully!" Hermione's hand automatically shot up, with some other students. Kagome motioned over for Hermione to walk over to her. "Hermione, I saw you claim in front of everyone that you think you are the smartest person in the room, correct?"
Hermione nodded. She looked at the Kagome curiously. "I am..."
"Okay then, now I need a volunteer. Anyone who's brave enough. Anyone at all!?" No one raised their hands. "It's one of you, or it's Fluffy over there, and I don't want anyone of you kids to get hurt when he drips poison into your bloodstream. So, again I ask, VOLUNTEERS!?" Heads started to turn to see if anyone would some up. Kagome shrugged and shook her head. She looked to Hermione and smiled. "Pick someone. Anyone."
Hermione turned to the class and smiled. "Neville Longbottom." She spoke clearly. Neville slowly walked up to there. When he got to Kagome's desk, the three of them spoke privatly.
Moments later, Neville walked to the side of the room, nervousness riding in his veins. "Alright, Hermione. I want you to read the questions on the board silently. Nod when you're read them all carefully." In a matter of seconds, Hermione nodded. "Alright then, what is a spell you know?"
"It's a spell to make a body float in the air." Hermione said, looking at Neville with wry eyes.
"What does the movement for the wand look like?" Kagome asked, beginning to walk off of her desk to the back of Hermione.
Hermione lifted her hand and fastly flicked it to the right. Kagome nodded. "Since you are a right hander, I want to mirror what you do in your right hand onto your left. Now, let me see." Hermione lifted bother her hands and did the movement. "Last question: what is the phrase?"
"Mobiliarbus."
"Alright, everyone, pay attention." Kagome looked to the class and smirked. "I'm going help Hermione, using the spell of her choise, to cast it without a wand. Since most cannot even do some spell, I'm going to help Hermione with a little energy boost. And, of course, if I think to hard, I might accidently purify Hermione and kill her. But no worries there." Kagome winks to a shaking Hermione. "That should enable her to cast this certain spell without her wand." Kagome put her hands on Hermione's shoulders and sighed.
"Hermione, I want you to put your hands right out. Close your eyes and relax. Clear your mind and soul, try not to think of anything but your magical powers that enable you to come to this wonderful school. That's it, clear everything but magic." Kagome felt Hermione's shoulders slightly give away. "Now, focus all magic into your hands. If you feel a burning, don't tense up or it'll grow even more until it cuts the cerculation like it did when you touched my wand." Kagome smirked and shook her head.
Hermione nodded, and focused her powers into the palms of her hands. In moments, she heard several gasps from the classroom. "Class, as you are seeing, Hermione's hands are glowing. If I open my eyes, I might as well kill her now. Will someone please tell me the color in which glows around her arms?"
"White!" Kagome heard a voice like Ron's call out.
"See, in Divination, white in someone's aura can stand for many things. Such as the blankliness of death, the pure of heart, which can also be pink, and some other things. And of of don't this, please transfer into Divination. Trelawney might be a loon, but I've got to admit, she at least knows the art." Kagome shook her head and shrugged. "Back to class. Now, Hermione, I'm guessing around now your hands must be burning--"
"They are..." Hermione mumbled impatiently.
Kagome laughed. "Alright, I'll get on with it. Now, say the spell as clearly as can be, and open your eyes when you say it. When you do, Neville should be levitating in the air."
"Mobiliarbus." Hermione stated, with no fears. She openned her eyes and saw Neville with a look of terror on his face.
"Braco, for Hermione Granger! You have just performed a spell without a wand." Kagome smiled and walked over towards Neville. She put her hand upward and Neville began to attract downward. "And I'll give you the prize later, Longbottom." Kagome whispered into his ear. "Come by the room on the fifth floor. You'll find it. It's the tenth door in the left hall."
Soon, Neville sat down followed by Hermione. Kagome smiled at her class. And went to lean against Sesshoumaru's barrier. "What you just witnessed was an underage witch show off her magic abilities at a level that Voldemort does. And don't shiver at his name. Every single time someone does, I read your mind and tell everyone your deepest, darkest secret. And maybe I should tell Draco's to start out with if he doesn't stop thinking like that." Kagome shot Draco a glare. "Malfoy, you've already got detention with Trelawney! Want anything more!?" Draco just smirked. "I'm just wondering Draco, but what color is the blanket in your room? I can't seem to find out if it's pink or magenta. Or maybe it's just ordinary silver and green, the Slytherin colors?" Draco's smirk dropped and his eyes twitched. Kagome smiled and walked to his desk. "Good, Draco. Just know I know where Mr. Binky's hiding. Don't worry; none of us around you and me with ever tell where Mr. Binky is." Kagome winked and leaned back onto Sesshoumaru's barrier. "Free talk for the rest of the class time."
Hermione looked to Harry and blew on her hand. She gave a hurtful expression and waved her hand up and down. "Damn it, that burned like hell's fires! I doubt she ever went through this pain..."
"Clam down, Hermione. It can't be that bad...can it?" Ron asked.
"You go ask! I'm going to Kagome to ask if she can heal me..." Hermione mumbled as she walked up to the front where Kagome was argueing with Sesshoumaru.
"You are a jackass, Sesshoumaru! I'd never--" Kagome shouted while pointing a fist at the pink bubble.
"Excuss me, Kagome? Could you please help me? These burns are really hurting...?" Hermione said with a slight tremble.
"Of course. Excuss me Sesshoumaru, I have a student with a need of help. Now, stay, dog! That's a good boy!" Kagome laughed while Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes.
Kagome pulled Hermione's hand to her face and looked carefully. "I think I might have put to much power into your body. No need for it, though." Kagome smiled at Hermione and lightly rubbed her hand. Out from her fingers was a gentle pink color. Soon, Hermione's hand tingled from an icey feel. Kagome let Hermione's go and smiled. "All done. And if you wand to work on your powers tonight, you know where to find me." Kagome winked and turned back to Sesshoumaru. "Another thing, Sesshoumaru, when did Inuyasha die!? I really want to know! You never told me if he's still alive or if the dead clay pot still roams the Earth!"
Hermione shook her head and returned to her seat. There, she looked to Harry and Ron who were argueing about Quidditch. "Harry, Ron, there's something about that woman that scares me."
"You and the rest of us." Ron commented.
"Just look what she does to Malfoy! That's enough to make a person quiver to the bone!" Harry stated while packing up his things. He walked out fo the room and into the hallways. "Just think of what she's doing in there..."
"If you ask me, I think she's brilliant. On the homesick, not wanting to go back, kind; but I still think what she said about being incredibly powerful is true: she burned my hands from just tring to help me with a simple levitating spell!" Hermione exclaimed.
"I don't care what she's doing. She's freaking me out beyond relief! I mean, come one, talking to a poweful demon like he's a lab rat!" Ron complained. He sat down into the Gryffindor Common Room and looked into the fire place. "If you ask me, the woman's a loon..."
"If you ask me, she's got good at bribes." Neville muttered as he sat down onto a couch. "She's giving me something for being her guinea pig."
"You mean my guinea pig. I'm the one who made you lift up into the air, thank you very much!" Hermione stated crossing her arms. Ron rolled his eyes and looked to Neville.
"But Higurashi's the one who gave you all the power; you even said so." Harry pointed out to her.
"Well Kagome's very nice, if you ask me. She's probably the best teacher we've ever had in our term; maybe even before then, too!" Neville said. He looked into his pocket and brought out a wrapper. He rubbed it and sighed. 'Do you know why you always forget thing, Neville?' A voice said in his head. 'It's a painful reason, but I know why. I'm almost dread as much as you be things like that happen, and to me, too. Do you want to know what happened to me? If you want to, ask me tonight...' Neville looked around and shook his head.
"Is Kagome talking in your head, Neville?" Hermione asked.
"She's been doing it to all of us; reading our minds and such." Harry said, shaking as he began to write a paper for Potions class.
"Not me! I'm glad about that, too!" Ron said, almost yelling. 'And speak of the devil, it's me!!!' "What do you know, I jinxed it..." Ron muttered. 'Sure did, Ronnie Boy. Another thing, are your brothers still running their joke shop? Tell them if they are, I know their secret...' "Great, now she wants me to be her messanger boy!"
Everyone laughed. "So, how does it feel to have a voice in your head, Ronnie Boy?" Hermione asked, still laughing
"Don't call me Ronnie Boy! That's the name Higurashi calls me!" Ron retorted back to her.
"Alright, alright. We won't call you anything besides things that ryme with Ron." Hermione stated with a smirk.
~*~A couple of hours later in the extra room~*~
Kagome's sword clinked to Sesshoumaru's as they fought. Kagome smirked. "So, the guy over 500 still hasn't gotton any rusty!? I'm amazed!" Kagome yelled with a smirked. "I would thought about around 300 years or so you'd not be able to pick up even a damn sword!" Kagome laughed while taking a step back and swinging her sword to her left.
"You really think I'm that weak?" Sesshoumaru asked simply.
"Uhhh... Depends on what I get when I answer. If I say 'yes,' what will happen to me?" Kagome asked cautiously.
"Depends on what mood I'm in." Sesshoumaru stated with a small smirk. Kagome gasped and nearly dropped her sword.
"Wait! Hold that picture! It's Sesshoumaru...with some other expression other than a frown!" Kagome smirked and laughed. Sesshoumaru, however, just frowned. He ran foward and swung his sword with the blade cutting to her right hip. Kagome took a counter step to the right and blocked it. "So, am I just swinging my sword around like some club like a certain you know who?"
"If I say 'yes,' what will you do?" Sesshoumaru questioned.
"Depeneds on what mood I'm in." Kagome then smirked and lifted her sword.
"Are you mocking me? You know, it's impolite to mock a Lord." Sesshoumaru stated with a smirk. Kagome frowned and rolled her eyes.
"Oh, please. That is so 500 years ago..." Kagome muttered. She shook her head and set her blade point into the ground. "Hey, Sesshoumaru--"
"Someone's coming." He stated as he started to put down Toukijin.
"Don't worry. It's probably only Neville or Hermione and Harry and Ron. They sometimes come in here for who knows what." Kagome shook her head and picked her sword back up. "Right now, it's time for that fight I wanted!" Kagome swung her sword to Sesshpoumaru left arm and it missed. Kagome lookes around the room for him and didn't find him anywhere. "Damn it, come back! Stop using your damn demon powers and fight me like you would anyone else, but not like in Fuedal Japan!" No one came out from anywhere. "SESSHOUMARU!!!"
Then, a light knock came from the door. Kagome looked to it and waved her hand. The door openned to show Neville in the door. Kagome motioned for him to come in. "Neville, what do you want? I can give you anything you want? Maybe some candy, or little bit of gold coins, or maybe, if you like, I can help you with some homework skills?"
"Some candy would be alright. And, if you don't mind, could you help me with homework? I'm positivly terrible in everything but herbology..." Neville said.
"Sure, just let me go and get my wand and we can get out of here." Kagome walked into the room and found Sesshoumaru there, looking through her clothes. "Sesshoumaru, you pervert! You were looking through my clothes!"
"I was only trying to find where the strange energies were coming from." Kagome smirked. She walked over to her robes, picked them up, and only put her robes over her miko garbs. She let her clothes lean over her arm. She walked to the Gryffindor tower and looked to the painting of the fat lady.
"Password?" She questioned.
"Godric Gryffindor." Kagome stated, and the painting swung open. She smiled as she found Hermione and Ron and Harry half asleep over their homework. She smirked and walked to the center of the room. "Harry! Harry!" She shook him until he was finally awake. "I need the map."
Harry was stunned. How did she find out? "The what?"
"Don't play stupid; I got no points for that in Fuedal Japan and you're not getting any here. So, where is the damn map!?" Harry shrugged. He went to the dormitory and walked out with his map, the spell already spoken.
"Here. Bring it back soon." Kagome smiled and turned back to Neville who was at the door. "What are you going to need it for?"
"I'm going to Hogsmeade to buy Neville some things he wants. If anyone feels like coming, they can buy a mound of chocolate for all I care." Harry nods. He wakes Hermione and Ron up tell them. They say yes, and they all started to walk out of the Common Room.
"Wait! Go get dressed." Kagome orders them.
"Why?" Ron asks.
"Because if Filtch catches us, I at least want him to believe me when I say I'm taking all of you to detention; but I'm not taking kids to detention in their pajamas." Kagome said with a light smile. So, they were all changed and ready to go.
Kagome looked around when they were at the front gate. No one was there, and no teacher was there on duty. Kagome smirked as they walked down the road to Hogsmeade. "Hey, kids, whatchya'll wanna talk about?"
"How about why you always wear gloves?" Ron suggested.
Kagome froze and a tear rolled down her face. All of the others looked back to her and she shook her head. "Sorry; lost my head there for a moment. But, I'd rather not say. If I did show you why, It'd probably bring back old and not so welcome memories of the unwanted past. Besides, at the moment all I have to remind myself of the memories are bruises, claw marks, scars, Sesshoumaru and weapons from Feudal Times, and then there's my never ending tears." Kagome froze at her thought and looked up. "So, still Ron, do you want to see what's under my gloves? Because, just to tell you, Inuyasha just broke my hand a few months before. He always does that. Wanna know how many times? Wanna know how many times I've broken a bone anywhere else? Wanna know how many times I've cryed because the man I thought I loved hit me time after time?"
And then, for the rest fo the time, no one said a single thing. Ron never remarked on how much he actually did want to see her scars and bruises. Harry never said anything about feeling how sorry he was. Hermione never shed a tear for how much she much have went through. And Neville, poor Neville, he's had to many memory charms placed on his mind to remember how much pain he went through, as well.
"Sorry, Kagome. Never knew." Ron muttered. Kagome turned to him with a bright smile.
"You know, I haven't heard 'sorry' from someone in over 6 months?" Kagome said with a short laugh. Her smiled grew even wider as they reached Hogsmeade. "Alright, all you of you can get anything you want. Just remember to keep it under a price limit." They all smiled at her and immediatly ran for Hogsmeade. Harry didn't move, but kept walking forward, beside Kagome. "Don't you wanna go and buy something, Harry? It's all on me."
"I was just wondering... Do you wanna go into the Shrieking Shack?" Harry asked in a quiet voice. Kagome looked at him curious while raising an eyebrow. "Well, you see... It's rummored to be the most haunted building in all of London. One of the previous Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher, Professor Lupin, he once knew my dad, too, he's a werewolf. When he was younger, he went there on full moons."
"I wish I could meet him. I haven't met werewolfs in almost what seems forever. There were even wolf demons in Fuedal Japan. Did I tell you about the one who claimed he loved me?" Kagome asked, following Harry to a building.
"Ya, you said Draco acted a lot like him." Harry stated. "Lets go and get a butterbeer at the Three Broomsticks. They're really good." Kagome smiled and openned the door The Three Broomsticks. She found no one in sight and knocked on the door. "Hello? Anyone here?"
Soon, a plump woman with rosey colored cheeks stepped out from behind the door. She shook her head and smiled at them. "Hello, Harry. And who is this...?"
"Kagome Higurashi. New professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts." Kagome sat down on the bar. She put her head into her arms and sighed.
"Could me and Professor Higurashi have a butterbeer?" Harry asked, sitting right next to Kagome.
"Well, Kagome, my name is Madam Rosmerta. And yes, Harry, you and Miss Kagome may have a butterbeer." Madam Rosmerta said with a smile as she turned around to fetch the drinks. "So, Miss Kagome, where are you from? How did Dumbledore come across you?"
"No clue how he found me, that's for sure. For all I know, I've never gone to any kind of magical school whatsoever. I was struggling with regular school because I was traveling through time on a daily basis. Well, I would stay there for about a month and then go back home for a day, then back there; ah, you get the point!" Kagome said shaking her head. "And to think, I was going back in time for about a decade." Kagome looked up to Madam Rosmerta. "Oh, and for your secend question, I'm from Japan."
"Are you really? Where did you travel to?" Madam Rosmerta asked.
"Fuedal Times in Japan. When demons ran loose and magical beings were as holy as can be. Priestesses and monks... I was the reincarnation of a very powerful priestess. She burned a jewel with her body and it was reborn inside of me. The jewel was the way I traveled through time." Kagome took out her hand and stuffed into her pocket. "Here's the damn jewel I shattered, too..."
Madam Rosmerta almost dropped her glass. "You're her...? You're the one...?"
Harry looked to Madam Rosmerta with a weird expression. "Who's the one?"
"Everything is on the house! Anything you want! It's all on the house..." Madam Rosmerta said quickly. Kagome glanced at Harry and game him, yet another, curious look. He shrugged it off and looked back to the owner.
"Thanks, Madam Rosmerta..." Harry said in a quiet tone. In minutes, the woman came back with two glasses of butterbeer. Kagome took the glass and smiled. "Cheers." Harry stated before taking a sip. Kagome took a sip as well and and smiled, once more.
"Haven't had anything this good in years." She took another sip and soon finished it. "Are you sure you don't want me to pay for it? I have enough money..." Kagome said taking out a few golden coins.
"No! I won't expect anything!" Madam Rosmerta stated.
"Well, we're done here then. Come on, Harry. Time to go and find the rest. Then maybe we can go and explore the Shrieking Shack." Kagome stated, puting her hands into her sleeves. Harry followed her and they began walking to Honeydukes.
"So, Kagome." Harry started. "Why do you really wear gloves?"
"You heard me." Kagome stat simpley and began to put her hands to her waist. "What? Do I need to prove my statements true to 'The Great Harry Potter'?"
"What's with you?" Harry asked coldly. Kagome was changing moods so weirdly and fast. It was even starting to scare him.
"Sorry; once again. It's just that at times Inuyasha would wonder why I would wear gloves. I'd tell him and he'd call me a liar. It's complicated, but deep down, he still had a special kind of love for me. Me, myself, and my reflection." Kagome shook her head as she entered Honeydukes. "Hey, Neville, found any good things to eat?"
"Nah, nothing so far..." Neville muttered as he looked at the kinds of candies.
"Well, I've heard that the chocolate here can help the chilling effects of dementors. Really good chocolate, too. I asked Madam Promfrey to give me a piece once. It was delicous." Kagome said as she looked at the chocolate. "Just get what you want, Neville. I'm paying for it all."
"I think I'll get some Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, chocolate, chocoballs, and licorice wands. Those are the only safe ones I'll probably be able to live through." Kagome laughed and nodded. She paid for them and they walked out with a bag full of candy.
"Say, Harry, where do you think where Hermione and Ron are?" Kagome asked as they exited Honeydukes.
"Ron might be at Zonko's Joke Shop. Who knows where Hermioen is..." Harry muttered as he began to walk to Zonko's. As soon as they wre in front of Zonko's, Ron came out.
"Hello, Harry, Professor Higurashi, Neville." Ron said with a smile. Harry and Neville nodded.
"Ron, do you know where Hermione went?" Harry asked as Kagome started to walk in another direction. "Hey, Kagome!"
"Shhh!! I sence something... Something almost wrong..." Kagome said as she started walking to center of the street. "Hermione's aura... It's totally disappeared from the area. Almost like it's... No! That's totally impossible."
"What is?" Harry asked uncomfortably.
"When a certain person's aura disppears, it either means that their extremly far away, like in another country, or... Or, it means that they've gone somewhere else." Kagome said almost scared.
"What do you ean somewhere else?" Ron asked, dropping his bag. All of the items in the bag spilled out, Ron seeming not to even care to take a glance.
"Like, to another time... Like I use to do. The dry well I used to go to my time was right near a village. The village priestess could tell Inuyasha when I went home because she would sence my aura. But... that's just plain impossible!" Kagome started to run towards where she felt the energy surge. Ron and Harry followed her to an empty house near Madam Paddifoot's tea house.
When Kagome got there, she shivered to the bone. She ran inside of the house and looked around. "Yes, this must have been a bookstore, seeing has how there are plenty of old books here..." She looked into a mirror and immediatly took her hand back. "Dark magic... Who would done this...?" Kagome looked at it with confusion as Ron and Harry came in. She looked all over the mirror and when she cam to the back, she shrugged, once more, at the writing: "Made possible to travel through time thanks to the Marauders: Moony, Prongs, Padfoot, and Wormtale. Have a good time traveling good folk!"
"Those idiots!" Kagome shouted as she slammed down the mirror, thankfully not breaking it. "Don't they know wht they've done!? They've made Hermione travel through time, for god's sake!"
"Who?" Harry asked.
"The same people you kids want to be like. The Marauders." Kagome gave a fustrated sighed and shoved the book to Harry for everyone to see. "Looks like your father and a couple of his friends just sent your friend back in time."
"Hermione..." Ron chocked out as he read what was written on there.
Kagome grabbed the mirror from them and stared into her reflection. She put up a barrier for no one could get to the book at the same time. As soon as she stared into more carfully and put up the barrier, she was gone.
A blue light surrounded her world as Kagome's ebony hair tosselled in every which way. She looked at the now white light at the bottom with a kind of disbelief and screamed when she was sucked in. In what seamed like seconds, the light had died down and Kagome was sitting right next to Hermione in a new looking bookstore. "Herm--" But Kagome was cut short by a slep on the mouth by Hermione's hand. Hermione put her finger up to her mouth to signal to be quiet. Kagone nodded and looked behind the bookcase.
It was nearly day time and four people were just walking out of the bookstore.
"I don't know... I feel like someone is wathing us." A boy with light brown stated doubtfully.
"Oh, come on, Moony! Who would even be here!? It's almost 4 a.m. Who would be in Hogsmeade at 4 a.m. Much less a bookstore?" Another boy asked. Kagome gasped. The boy who just spoke looked like Harry's identical twin! Kagome looked to Hermione with a curious look. Hermione almost read her mind and mouthed the word "Harry's father" to Kagome. Kagome looked back to them with a scared look.
"I have to agree with Mr. Prongs, Moony. Who likes books that much?" Another with black hair asked. He openned the door for them while the lst, who had spoken, stayed behind with him.
"Do you think Moony really did sence someone, Padfoot? After all, the thing." The boy made his hands look like claws and he gave a grin.
"I doubt it, Wormtail. I seriously doubt it." Padfoot stated as he walked out with Wormtail. When Hermione and Kagome saw that they disappeared, they stood up and stretched.
"Prongs is Harry's father, and I'm guessing Moony is a werewolf?" Kagome asked.
"Ya. Prongs is James Potter, soon to be dead, Moony is Remus Lupin, once was Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor, Padfoot is Sirius Black, who once was in Azkaban prison and also dead, and Wormtail is Peter Pettigrew, soon to be servent of Lord Voldemort. I almost want to kill Peter for what he hasn't done yet." Hermione fisted her hands and shook them.
"Well, we better leave, Hermione. We need to get back into the school so we can see Dumbledore. I think he was the Professor Dumbledore is the headmaster at rhe time, anyway." Hermione said thinking it out.
"Well, if I'm going to fit in, I'm going to turn into my fifteen year old self, then." Kagome stated, slightly smiling. She closed her eyes and her body was covered with a pink light. After about a minute, the light disappeared and there stood Kagome in her younger self.
Hermione gasped. She was beautiful! Her ebony black hair came to her waist and her stormy gray-blue eyes shined with a hint light blue. Kagome's cheeks were rosey and her body was fit. "And to think; I caught the eyes of 3 guys with this small, scrawny body." Kagome stated. She shook her head and looked to Hermione. "If we're going to get to Hogwarts, we better go now, Hermione." Kagome then walked to the door while Hermione behind her. As they walked out, they noticed a couple of boys right beside them, right next to the door.
~*~End of Chapter~*~
Wow, that was surely long! My computer said it is about 18 pages! Wow! Anyway, stay tunned for next time.