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Chapter 1: The Plan

Sesshoumaru was not happy. He did not like to be forced into a corner. But he knew the monk had a point. He turned to watch Rin run around the field in the late afternoon sun, collecting flowers and decorating Jaken. Jaken mumbled something after she ran off again, completely forgetting Sesshoumaru could hear him perfectly. Sesshoumaru smirked.

"Jaken."

Jaken trembled and looked at his lord. "Ha-hai, Lord Sesshoumaru?"

His master had his usual bored mask on. "We are leaving. Bring Rin to me."

Jaken nodded, relieved that his master had not punished him for his mumbled comment.

Jaken shook his staff at the little girl. "Rin! We're leaving! Come here now!"

Rin giggled and ran away from Jaken. Straight into the woods.

Jaken mumbled something again and stalked off after her.

Sesshoumaru waited until Rin tugged on his kimono. He turned to her and accepted the bouquet of flowers, twigs, leaves and weeds she gave him. "You must stop torturing Jaken, Rin."

The little girl giggled and nodded. Jaken came out of the woods opposite of them, huffing and puffing. He leaned on his two-headed staff. "Lord Sesshoumaru! She is gone! I cannot find her—" Jaken looked at the little girl waiting next to his master. His eyes narrowed. He would deal with the human girl later…

"Jaken, take Rin to the castle. Pack her a bag. I shall be back tonight."

Rin paled. Jaken brightened up. "About time we got rid of her, Lord—"

Sesshoumaru bonked Jaken on the back of the head. "Make sure she is packed." The demon lord looked at the little girl. She was crying again. "Rin, stop crying." The girl sniffled and nodded. She wiped her face on the sleeves of her blue kimono. Damn, that needs to be washed…again…

The youkai lord vanished into the trees. Jaken smirked. "Well, come on… Lord Sesshoumaru wants you packed… He will probably leave you in a human village…" Jaken babbled on as he walked towards their campsite. Rin looked back at where Sesshoumaru-sama had gone, then grinned and skipped after the toad youkai. Sesshoumaru-sama would be back for her. She knew it. She wasn't scared.

*****

"Miroku-sama, are you all right?" Sango looked at the monk strangely.

"I am fine, my fair Sango, though my heart sings because you are worried about me…" Oh, boy, he was pushing it again…

Sango glared at the monk. He had been acting strange all day, and she was worried, but from his latest comment… "Never mind. I was just curious. Kagome, may I have a word…?" Sango turned to the younger girl and ignored the monk.

Kagome had been watching Shippou trying to transform into Inuyasha, much to the hanyou's chagrin. The fox kit was successful, except for the huge tail he chose to add to Inuyasha's copy. It was an ugly thing, really—emerald green with red stripes—but Kagome was laughing, and he would do anything to make her happy. Inuyasha's growls, however…

Kagome nodded at Sango, got up and hugged 'Inuyasha', petted his red-and-green tail, waved at the growling Inuyasha, and headed off into the woods with the demon exterminator still giggling. Shippou changed back to his cute self and ran towards Kagome's bag. "There must be some candy in here…" He pulled out her schoolbooks, her Hello Kitty pencil case, and some other books with strange people in the front, holding each other. Shippou grinned. Miroku would like these—

Wait a sec. "What is this?" Shippou grabbed a larger book and blanched. A demon! "Miroku, what does this say?"

Miroku waited for Shippou to bring him the heavy book. On the cover, a boy and a girl were riding a white winged demon. The demon looked like a cross between a horse and a bird. Both children were smiling, though. "Hmmm… It says, 'Harry Potter and the Pri-Prisoner of Ak-no, wait… A-z-k-a-b-a-n. Azkaban? Wonder where that is." He turned the book over and around. "I thought Lady Kagome said there were no demons in her time. Inuyasha, take a look at this. Do you recognize this demon?"

Inuyasha grumbled and turned away from the pair. He was hungry, and it was getting late. Where was Kagome?

© 6/10/03, M.A.R.

Aphiopsyduck: Seemed like a short chapter, didn't it? I think the next one's longer, so I hope it balances out. :o)   Let me know if they're getting OOC. I AM trying to keep them in character as much as possible… And special thanks to Akai-chan and to Lady Mayu, my first 2 official reviewers! Thanks a million! :o)

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, just the video game and the two posters I just bought… :o)  And even if I don't own Harry Potter, I DO own a copy of the Harry Potter book mentioned here, along with an assortment of HP items-- mostly Slytherin, of course. *grin*

(More or less) Permanent A/N: *sweatdrops…*  Ehehe…  First fanfic… If nothing else, it's a test run, since this will be my first real fanfic posted anywhere. I don' really know where it's going though, so please bear with me. Reviews are welcome, and flames will be used on undead mikos who refuse to leave our heroes alone. :o)