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And if you see this: before and after a sentence, it is spoken in Japanese…
Chapter One: The arrival of the letters…
"Osuwari!" Kagome yelled. Inuyasha was now three feet under the ground.
"What did you do that for, wench?" Sango, Miroku, and Shippou were watching, yet another fight. This one, however, lasted only for a few seconds.
"I'm going home!" She started for the well,
"Kagome…" Sango started kind-of sheepishly, "Do you think we can go with you? I am pretty sure if we all hold hands…or something like that…we can get to your time…" Kagome turned to her friends and smiled kindly,
"Sure. But, let's just hope it works…." They laughed a bit, until Inuyasha finally stood up.
"Even if they make it, Kagome, your mother and grandfather would definitely think of this as nothing more than strange."
"Inuyasha," Kagome shook her head and grabbed his hand, "Don't worry so much! I'm sure my mom will think it's ok!" he then nodded. So the group headed towards the enchanted well. When they got there, they held hands, except Inuyasha, who didn't need to, and jumped in. A dark blue light surrounded them. Sango and Miroku were amazed at the type of time travel. Once they arrived to their destination, the demon slayer and monk were dumbfounded.
"I-I-is that w-what you d-do to g-get to y-your t-t-t-time?" Miroku asked, rubbing his head. Sango held tight to her Hiraikotsu when she heard a noise coming from the well house.
"Kagome? Is that you?" a young boy's voice called out.
"Souta!" Kagome cried out. When she did, he looked down the well to see more than just his older sister.
"K-Kagome…" he stuttered, "W-w-w-who are t-they?"
"I will tell you once we get out." And so, obviously, they climbed out of the well.
"So… tell…"
"Fine…" she looked over to her friends. They nodded, "They are my friends from the Sengoku Jidai, Sango, the demon slayer, also one of my close friends," she smiled," Miroku, the perverted monk," he looked hurt at the remark, but smiled, " and Kirara, the cat demon, Sango's pet and friend." Kirara meowed, "You already know Shippou and Dog-boy, there." Inuyasha frowned as the group laughed.
"So, if I am correct, you are Souta?" Sango asked kindly.
"Uh, huh."
"Souta," Kagome stated, "Can you go tell mom that my friends are here?" he nodded and headed for the house.
"What a nice little brother you have, Lady Kagome." Miroku said. She blushed a bit.
'How about we go inside." Shippou said.
"Yeah…." Inuyasha agreed, "But I'm in the mood for some ramen…" They laughed once more, and headed for the kitchen. Miroku and Sango were looking around at the many different things that were there. They saw, and recognized the Go Shinboku tree and smiled.
'So many things are different. Yet the same…' Miroku thought. Once they reached inside, Kagome's grandfather came up to them, and examined them.
"So," he said, "These are the ones who she has been telling us about." He glanced at Miroku's right hand to see prayer beads, "Hmm…. So you are the cursed one, aren't you?"
"Gramps…" an annoyed Kagome said. Suddenly, they smelled something sweet from the kitchen. A woman came out of that room with a pot with the sweet smelling stew in it,
"Oh…" she said, and smiled, "Kagome, your home. And you brought your friends from there, too. Please, come in and have something to eat. I'm sure you all must be at least a little tired."
"Guys," Kagome said, "this is my mom." They said their hellos and went into the dining room. While Miroku examined the so-called "television" which showed many strange people doing strange tricks, while Sango was looking at the flat, paper forms of Kagome and her family.
"Those are photos. We can take a picture of all of us for you, if you want." Kagome said quietly to Sango.
"That would be nice." She replied.
"Dinner is served!" Kagome's mom called out. The group headed back into the kitchen. When they did, they were surprised at the hoard of delicious looking food on the table. They were amazed.
"Mrs. Higurashi…" Miroku said, dazzled by the wonderful meal placed before them, "You overdid yourself."
"It was no problem at all…really." She laughed. So, they ate. When they finished, they decided to go clean up and get some rest.
"It's a good thing you have a guest bedroom, Kagome." Sango said as she dried her hair.
"Well," Kagome laughed, "then Miroku would either be sleeping on the couch or my floor!" They looked at each other and laughed once more.
"At least you have a place to stay, Miroku." Inuyasha grumbled.
"Well, this room has two beds. You can always stay in here. But you would prefer to sleep in a tree, wouldn't you?"
"Feh."
"I thought so."
"Kagome… Kagome… Kagome, wake up." Her mother said, shaking her to wake up.
"Wh-what?" she awoke to see all of her friends surrounding her with, oddly enough, owls on their shoulders, on Inuyasha's, two, "What are those?"
"Owls." Shippou said happily to help out.
"I know that. But, what are they doing here?"
"Each of them had a letter tied to their leg." Sango stated.
"And the person who sent this, seems to know we are here. Even which room we are in!" Miroku added.
"Seriously?"
"Yup." Inuyasha said. He took one of the owls off of his shoulder, and handed it to Kagome, "Here, this one was addressed to you." She took the owl, untied the letter, opened the letter, and read it…
"WHAT?" She screamed, causing Inuyasha and Shippou to cover their ears and Kirara to flinch, "YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS?" The others decided to open their letters. They reacted in the same way…except quieter.
"Why do they need us to go?" Miroku asked.
"I don't know." Sango replied.
"I guess we need to go shopping for regular clothes then…" Kagome said. They nodded.
"Sango," Mrs. Higurashi said, "you can use a pair of Kagome's clothes to wear while you are out. And Inuyasha and Miroku can use some of your father's old clothes. You know, you don't want to direct attention to yourself." They all nodded, except Inuyasha.
"Feh."
"Do you think they will actually come, Prof. Dumbledore?" another professor asked.
"I'm sure they will, Prof. McGonagall. I'm very sure…"
"If you're sure…" she mumbled. She started to leave the room with a few books in hand. Right before she left, she turned around, "But what about the other girl?"
"I am really not sure…" And so, she left.
"Don't you think this shows a little too much?" Sango asked after she put on one of Kagome's dresses.
"You look good in it, Sango. Believe me, in my time, this is what most all of the girls wear."
"If you're sure…" The two girls walked outside of Kagome's bedroom to see an almost modern day Miroku and Inuyasha. Miroku was wearing a black tee shirt and jeans, while Inuyasha wore a red shirt with a leather jacket and jeans.
"Wow…" Kagome said, "Inuyasha, you look like you were born here! You too, Miroku!"
"Thank you, Lady Kagome." Miroku replied.
"First thing's first, Miroku. No asking your 'question' and stop with the 'Lady' thing. No one says that anymore. Inuyasha, you're fine." Sango giggled at Miroku's expression.
"My, Sango, don't you look just beautiful." She turned bright red at the statement.
"Come on, guys, let's go. Shippou and Kirara are gonna stay here and entertain Souta."
"Feh."
"Osuwari."
THWUMP
"Let's go." And so they left.
After they finished shopping, they each bought a suitcase for their long trip.
"I guess that's all of the normal stuff we need…" Kagome muttered, but everyone heard.
"Now all we have to do is go to this London place and go to the shopping center there, and go to this place."
"Since we are only staying one day here, we should get back to your house, Kagome." Miroku said.
"Kagome?" a familiar voice said.
"Hojo? What are you doing here?" Kagome asked.
"I was just around and I saw you with these people. By the way…who are they?" Kagome started blushing so badly that she couldn't talk, so Sango stepped in,
"My brother and I," she grabbed Miroku by the arm, "are here with our friend," she pointed to Inuyasha, "to visit our cousin, Kagome." Kagome sighed in relief of how clever Sango's plan was.
"Oh…so that's it." Hojo said, "Where are you guys going?" Kagome realized that her friends were still holding onto the suitcases they bought. She still couldn't speak and now, the same for Sango. Inuyasha just won't talk to a human1ike Hojo; so, it was Miroku's turn to talk,
"Well, we are all going to a private school in London. So… we decided to come with Kagome shopping, because of her constant illnesses." He got a nice, hard hit on the back of the head from Sango.
"Kagome, are you really going to London?" Hojo asked, not quite believing Miroku's statement.
"Yeah, I am…"
"Then your cousins should take very good care of you."
"I'm sure they will."
"Well…" a now blushing Hojo said, "Do you know when you're coming back?"
"I'm really not sure, Hojo." Kagome managed to speak, "But I know we are coming back for holidays and for summer."
"Great!" Hojo spoke, "So, I'll see you this summer!"
"Yep."
"Ok. Bye!" he waved to them and ran off into the crowd around them.
"So, that was the boy named Hojo, who you told us he has a crush on you." Sango whispered into Kagome's ear. She blushed, and nodded.
"Wench, let's just go to this 'airport' place after we finish packing." Inuyasha grumbled, "I just want to get this done as soon as possible, so I can get home and fight some demons."
"And be with Kikyou?" Kagome was getting more and more angry by the minute with Inuyasha. So, Sango held Kagome back, and soon after they were headed back to the shrine. Once they arrived, Kagome and Sango rushed into their room, and started packing. Miroku and Inuyasha did the same, but in their room. After they were finished, they brought their luggage down to the front door. Kagome's mother helped getting them ready.
"Is this all that you need?" she asked, while writing directions to the train station and the shopping center.
"Yes mom…" Kagome said sarcastically. She couldn't wait to leave the next day.
"Well, here we go…" her mom handed her the sheet of paper, "That should do it."
"Thank you for letting us stay here last night." Sango bowed gracefully.
"No problem at all, Sango." She laughed, "We haven't had guests here for a while. And you should probably put your boomerang and Miroku's staff in a large box so people won't get suspicious."
"Good idea." Miroku agreed, "And we will get them back once we get to this school." The others nodded in agreement.
Kagome yawned, "Let's turn in for tonight. We are going to spend almost all day tomorrow on a plane."
"What is a plane, exactly?" Shippou asked after he ran into Kagome's arms.
"Well…" she thought, "Just think of it as riding on Kirara, but inside her and you can see outside." The group laughed at the thought.
"Bye mom! Bye Gramps! Bye Souta! We'll see you in the summer!" Kagome called out as they boarded the plane. Everyone except Kagome was amazed at the size of the plane. Inuyasha had a baseball cap over his ears, while Shippou had to have a hollow backpack with a whole in the back for him to hide his tail in.
"Is this what we are going to London in?" Inuyasha asked sheepishly.
"For the millionth time, YES." Kagome said, very annoyed.
"I wonder how Kirara is doing?" Shippou asked as the plane started.
"I'm sure she is fine, Shippou." Miroku replied.
After they landed, they started heading towards the shopping center was.
"Let's see…" Kagome muttered as she read the sheet, "We are supposed to go through this place called The Prancing Pony, go to the back and touch a few bricks in order to get there…"
"That sign has a picture of a horse prancing on it, would that be it?" Shippou asked.
"I guess so…" Kagome replied.
"Kagome," Sango said a bit nervously, "don't people here speak English?"
"That's why I used to take an English class at my old school." Kagome said cheerfully. That brought encouragement to the group. So, they entered the pub. They saw many different people here, but the strangest looking one looked like a type of small giant. He stood up, and started walking towards them,
"Are you kids goin' to Hogwarts?" Inuyasha started growling at him being called a kid.
Yes. But could you direct us to Diagon Alley? Sango said gracefully, but in Japanese.
"Huh?" the man said, very confused, "Oh… you must be some of the Japanese students, huh?"
"Yes," Kagome said in English, which made the man very confused, "My friends and I are going to Hogwarts, but we don't know where to go to get to Diagon Alley."
"So…are you the only one who can speak English in your group?"
"Unfortunately, yes."
"Well, I guess we need' a put a translatin' spell on 'em."
"A what?" she asked politely.
"A translatin' spell. It'll allow them to speak both, English an' Japanese." He said gruffly, "It's very useful these days."
"Oh, ok…let me just tell them first…By the way, what is your name?"
"Hagrid. I'm the game-keeper and the care for magical creatures 'eacher at Hogwarts."
"Thank you, Hagrid."
"No problem. Now, tell your friends before they get angry." She nodded her head.
What was that about, wench? Inuyasha asked.
His name is Hagrid, and he works at Hogwarts. He's gonna put a spell on you guys, so you can speak English and Japanese. So, we can talk to each other privately in public. Kagome replied.
Well, if we can understand English… said a pondering Sango, who continued into her own thoughts.
So, what you are saying, Kagome, is that we need to be able to speak English at Hogwarts? Miroku asked. He was still confused about the whole thing.
No duh, Miroku! Inuyasha screamed. He wasn't too happy about coming, after all. Hagrid just watched them curiously, wanting to understand what the group in front of him was talking about.
Inuyasha, I will say 'it' until you reach you own time, if you don't cooperate! Kagome screamed. She turned to Hagrid, "They all agree. So how does this spell go?"
"I'll do it." Hagrid said kindly, "But how 'bout we go outside to it."
"Sure." She replied. So, everyone walked out the back door. He waved his umbrella at Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and Kirara.
"Did it work?" Sango asked, oddly enough in English.
"Yep." Replied a laughing Kagome.
"Do you also need 'elp openen the wall?" Hagrid asked.
"Wall?" Miroku just kept getting more confused by the minute.
"Miroku, just watch." Kagome sighed.
"Now…let's see…" Hagrid tapped about five different bricks on the wall. Once he finished, the bricks started separating. When they stopped, the bricks became an entryway into a large shopping center. The group was amazed. They saw many different shops, one which Kagome and Sango giggled. It was a broomstick shop with many small children admiring the few in the window.
"Do you want me to show you the way 'round?" Hagrid wondered.
"That would be fun!" Shippou cried out in joy. He hopped onto Hagrid's shoulder, which made the whole group, except Inuyasha laugh. He just wanted to keep quiet.
"First, we need' a go to Gringotts." He said.
"Gringotts is…?" Sango asked as she patted Kirara.
"The wizarding bank. You can switch your money for wizarding money."
"Oh…ok…" So, they started heading for the bank. On the way, they saw a blonde- haired boy who was making fun of a curly, dirty- blonde- haired girl. The boy seemed to be smirking the whole time. While the girl looked like she was going to cry any second. Kagome and Sango glanced at each other and ran over to stop the boy.
"Stop making fun of her!" Kagome yelled as she stepped right in front of the boy's face.
"What did she do to you?" Sango stepped in. The boy smirked once more,
"Well, who might you lovely girls be?" he asked. Kagome and Sango were caught short of words, when Inuyasha stepped in,
"They are none of your business." He said, staying very calm. The boy turned to him,
"Are you friends with Granger?" he seemed to get angry very easily.
"Wh-" Kagome started to say,
"Me." The girl said. Now the anger in her heart came up and was showed in her eyes, "Malfoy, just leave me ALONE!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. This caught Hagrid's attention,
"Malfoy," he said, hovering over the boy, "leave Hermionie alone. You know what happened last time." Malfoy lowered his head, but when it rose again, there was a slight grin on his face. He turned to Hermionie,
"I'll be seeing you in Hogwarts, Granger. As for you," he glared at Kagome, Sango, Inuyasha, and now Miroku and Shippou, "If you are going to Hogwarts, you'll regret it." He turned around and started leaving when Kagome called out,
"Regret what? We've fought demons WAY bigger and stronger than you will ever be! I know…I can see you aura. And it is very small compared to Hermionie, here!" Malfoy slowly turned around,
"Wh-what do y-you m-m-mean?" he said, about to explode with anger.
"She's right you know…" Miroku stated, with Sango slightly nodding, and Inuyasha smirking.
"Kagome is a miko… But you wouldn't know about anything of the sort. Just like how you probably know nothing about demons." Hermionie turned to face her,
"W-what do you mean by demons?" she asked, a bit frightened. Kagome shook her head,
"We'll tell you later if you are going to Hogwarts…" Hermionie nodded. By now, Malfoy was far away, whimpering in fear.
"Umm…Hermionie?" Sango asked, blushing, "Would it be alright if you showed us around here?"
"Cause, this is our first time here…" Kagome continued. Hermionie smiled,
"Sure…Harry and Ron aren't going to be here for a while…"
"Who are they?" Shippou asked, surprising Hermionie a lot.
"W-w-what are you?" she asked in an adoring voice. She thought he was so cute.
"He's a demon…" Inuyasha grumbled with annoyance to the kit on his shoulder. Hermionie suddenly discovered his soft, fuzzy ears,
"C-can I pet them?" Hermionie blushed.
"Feh."
"He means 'yes,' Hermionie." They giggled. Inuyasha was purring madly while his ears were being rubbed. Miroku and Shippou just stood there, being confused.
"Well, let's go!" Shippou chanted happily. So, they headed towards the closest shop.
Yay! The first chapter is done! Well…stay tuned for the next chapter:
The shops, the friends, the train
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