Disclaimer: Hi again…. I'm now trying to see if I can borrow them longer…BUT I STILL DON'T OWN THEM! If I could make a wish, I would own them…. ponders
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If you see this: before and after a sentence, it is spoken in Japanese.
Chapter two: The shops, the friends, and the train
"So…. Inuyasha is a half-demon?" Hermionie confirmed.
"Yep. But his sword, that he never loses sight of," They glanced down to his waist. And, there was his sword, his hand on the sheath, "His father used one of his fangs to make it. But it only works for a half-demon who wants to protect humans."
"Feh." They ignored him for being impolite.
"I see…." Hermionie pondered once more. Then, she looked to Sango's shoulder, to see the two-tailed cat, Kirara, "So, then Kirara is a cat demon?"
"Uh, huh." Kagome replied while Kirara leapt to her shoulder, and meowed. They headed for a small shop called Olivanders.
"You can get your wands here." Hermionie pointed out. So they opened the door and walked inside. There, they saw isles and isles of thin, long boxes on shelves. A man walked out of one, and greeted them,
"You're here to pick out wands, are you?"
"Yes." Sango nodded politely. The man chuckled,
"I'll start with you, young lady." She blushed. He came back a few minutes later with one of the many boxes, "Here," he gave the wand to Sango, "give it a wave." When she did, a blue light came streaming from the tip of it. Kagome, Miroku, Inuyasha, and Shippou were amazed at the sight, "Well, bamboo and fire cat fur, twelve inches. Nice choice." Sango stepped back towards Kagome,
"Your turn…." She giggled. Kagome sighed and stepped forward. The man left and came back with another box. He handed the wand to her and motioned her to wave it. When she did, all of the vases in the room burst.
"No, not that one…." So, he went back and found a really dusty box, "Try this one."
"Sure…." When she raised it, the wand acted just as Sango's.
"Strange one that wand…. Rosewood, thirteen inches, with a touch of a priestess." Kagome looked closely at her wand, when she did, she saw a blue—pink aura surrounding it, then smiled.
"Inuyasha…." Kagome gestured. He walked forward grumbling. The man, again, went in search for another box. He came back with a very old, and torn up box. Inuyasha took it, without saying a word, and it glowed.
"Oak, ten inches, with a silver dog spirit hair." The group seemed a bit surprised, and Inuyasha's ears perked up. Miroku sighed, and stepped up to the plate. Yet again, the man came back with another box. Miroku gladly took out the wand, when he did, it also glowed with a brilliant light, "Another bamboo, twelve inches, but with air cat fur. All of you seem to have the strangest wands…." The man mumbled under his breath. Kagome paid for the wands before they all left.
"Thank you." Hermionie said, with the group (except Inuyasha) in unison. Then they left. While they were walking, two boys ran up to them. One had very bright red hair, and the other, dark brown.
"Hermionie…." Said the brunette, "We've been looking all over for you!"
"Sorry Harry." Hermionie said, trying not to giggle, "I was showing some new students around." The boys looked at the awkward group.
"Hi." Kagome said, as usual, kindly, "I'm Kagome. And these are my friends: Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku."
"Uh…. hi…." said a dazed Ron. Who was looking oddly at Sango. Hermionie shook her head,
"Everyone, these are my friends, Harry and Ron."
"Hi!" Shippou cheered as he jumped out from underneath Kagome's hair, which made Harry and Ron jump in surprisement, and Hermionie laugh.
"W-W-Who's that?" Harry asked, unknowingly. Sango smiled,
"That's Shippou. He's a kitsune pup."
"A whatta, whatta?" Ron was now almost falling to the ground in confusement.
"What Sango-chan means is he is a fox demon. Kirara, Sango's pet, is also a demon," Kagome said, "and Inuyasha, there, is half dog-demon."
"I thought demons were only fairy tales…." Harry pondered.
"Well…. You see, I kinda unsealed Inuyasha from a tree. Then, after a while, we met up with Sango, Miroku, and Shippou, here." Inuyasha smirked at the sight of the two, very confused boys, showing his teeth. A few people walking by glanced over and quickly walked away.
"So, what you are saying is that there are demons where you come from?" Ron asked. Miroku nodded,
"Pretty much—oof!" Sango had elbowed him in the chest. Knocking out the air in him.
"Hermionie," Kagome said. She turned towards her friend. "I think we can take it from here. We'll meet you on the train, alright?"
"Sure. But don't get lost…. Hey, howabout we meet you outside the Prancing Pony?"
"Sure!" they smiled, and their groups went their separate ways.
"Her friends seem nice." Shippou commented.
"And I'm surprised that houshi-sama didn't ask the 'question' too." Sango continued.
"Sango…." Miroku said, pretending to be hurt, "How can you speak so ill of me?"
"Well….it 'is' you." He pretended to be hurt again, but failed miserably and started laughing; the same with Sango. The others ended up with the same reaction. Even Inuyasha. After a while, Kagome looked at the map Hagrid had given her earlier,
"I guess we should go and get our broomsticks, then…." So, they headed into a shop filled with broomsticks. The whole group found a liking to the newest brooms, Nimbus 2002s. After they bought hem, they wandered around buying their other essential items. Miroku glanced at his list, and saw one thing that they could get,
"Kagome, it says that we can get either a cat, an owl, or a toad. How about we all get one."
"I already have mine." Sango said while scratching Kirara behind the ear, making her purr. The two girls giggled.
"Sure…. And it's right over there too! I'll race ya!" and so, they raced each other to the shop. Without even trying, Inuyasha won, like usual. Then, they went inside, and everyone separated to find a pet to their liking. When they all met back with each other, Kagome was holding a small white owl with a blue-ish, gray oval on its forehead. Inuyasha had found another small owl, but the colors were opposite. Shippou had found a kitten, a tabby to be more exact, while Miroku found an ice cat, the exact opposite of Kirara. But his fur was a dark gray color with a silver diamond on his forehead and stripes on his paws and his two tails. Once everyone met up, Kirara and the ice cat started sniffing each other, and purred.
"Sango," Miroku faced her now.
"Huh?"
"Would you name him for me?" She started blushing madly. He smiled.
"I don't know what to name him now…." She mumbled, "Can I name him later?"
"Sure." So, the two cats, one fire and one ice, leapt onto their owner's shoulders.
"Kind of a good idea huh, Inuyasha?" Kagome whispered to him.
"Feh." was his reply. She smiled at him as they started walking. Shippou was playing with his new beloved friend, (the tabby) Chototsu. They all started walking the way back to the pub, when Malfoy returned,
"You will never get away with embarrassing me, girls!" he screamed. Kirara and the ice cat jumped off Sango and Miroku's shoulders, hissed, and transformed. This made Malfoy shriek and jump backwards. Sango, Kagome, and Shippou got onto Kirara's back, (including Chototsu) while Miroku and Inuyasha sat on the ice cats'. Then, they rose up into the sky, other witches and wizards watching in wonder of how they can make cats fly by using fire and ice. Malfoy was astonished. All he could do was stutter. He quickly shook off the bad feeling he had, grabbed his broom, and flew up towards them. He came up right next to them when,
He never gives up, does he? Kagome asked, sighing. Sango then laughed,
Kagome, Malfoy had no idea what was going on. He just floated there, trying to figure out the strange language, you have your bow and arrows with you, don't you?
Hai. She replied. Kagome suddenly understood, and nodded once more. So, Kagome searched for her items.
Are you doing what I think your doing, Kagome? Inuyasha grumbled excitedly.
Hai, again. The whole group was smiling to the unexpecting Malfoy now. Kagome raised her bow and arrow, and shot, missing on purpose, but made him almost fall off of his broom.
"W-W-W-What was-s t-t-that?" he shrieked.
"Oh…. Sorry…." Smirked Kagome.
"What do you mean, Sorry?" he screamed, "That almost killed me!" Kagome's smirk turned into a some-what frown.
"I mean sorry that I didn't even use half of my power, BAKA!" Malfoy, who was still freaked out, flew back down to the ground, and ran, leaving a group of smiling girls and boys up in the air.
"That did it." Miroku said, while patting the ice cat.
"Hey, Miroku?" Sango asked.
"Yes, Sango?"
"Would Takkun be ok?"
"For this guy?" Miroku pointed to his purring friend, "Sure." They smiled as the two cats landed near the pub.
"They should be here by now…." Hermionie said, tapping her foot.
"Maybe they got lost." Ron suggested.
"No," she replied, "Inuyasha, Shippou, and Kirara know my scent. They could trace my footsteps." They were sitting on a bench just outside the Prancing Pony. Harry was left in a trail in his own thoughts, while Hermionie and Ron pondered. Soon after, the door to the pub opened. And out came Kagome and her friends. Inuyasha, to hide his ears, wore a baseball cap that Souta had given him before they left; they walked over to them,
"Shall we go?" Miroku asked, looking at Ron, who was staring oddly at Sango again, but chose finally to ignore it.
"The train's gonna be leaving in about fifteen minutes. That's just enough walking time from here." Harry suggested. The rest nodded.
"Did you get everything you need from there?" Hermionie stepped in. The nodding confirmed it, "Ok…. let's go!"
Man, why does everyone have to stare at me like that? Inuyasha screamed once they reached the door to the train station.
Well, your claws and nails might prove as a hint. Shippou said. He used a cap to cover his ears, and a hallow backpack for his tail. Inuyasha growled, but was stopped by Kagome,
Inuyasha, I can say 'it' in English too, but it might hurt even more. She seemed so calm saying this, that he stayed quiet for about five more minutes. Once they reached a brick sign that said on one side "Platform 9" and the other side "Platform 10"
"Hermionie," Sango mumbled, "How are we supposed to go to Platform 9 3/4 if there is none?"
"Don't worry about it." Harry said casually, "You just walk into it, and it will transfer you to the platform." Both Ron and Hermionie nodded.
"Ok…." Miroku wondered what type of spell was being used to seal the platform they were going to.
"I'll go first, then." Hermionie stated. They watched her walk into the bricks, and disappeared. The group, except Harry and Ron, were astonished.
"Kagome, your turn. Hermionie is waiting on the other side." Harry said, being extremely calm. She slowly nodded and was about to start, when Harry spoke, "It's best to start out in a run." She nodded once more, ran, and disappeared. After Kagome went, everyone else did.
"Wow…." Shippou said, "This is a big train!"
"Shippou, I'm glad you remembered this from your picture books!" praised Kagome, which made him very proud of himself.
"Sango," Miroku said while looking at the train.
"Huh?"
"I wonder what they did with your Hiraikotsu and with my staff…."
"We will get them when we reach Hogwarts."
"If your sure…."
"Very." She gave him a very kind smile, and started heading towards the train. The rest of the group decided to follow. Once they got inside, Hermionie and Ron said their goodbyes after telling them that they were prefects. Harry had to meet someone, so the group was on their own. While they were looking for an empty compartment, a girl bumped Inuyasha. She was their age. The girl looked up. She had long black hair, just above the ground. And her eyes were the brightest blue you could imagine and eye being. But in her left eye, there were four small amber flakes. And in her right eye, there were seven,
"Gomen-ne…." she said, "Gomen…." And then she ran off.
"She just spoke in Japanese, didn't she?" Miroku asked a bit dazed by her beauty.
"Yeah…. Yeah, she did…." Kagome wondered about the girl. She seemed to be just as powerful as she was, maybe even more.
"Let's just find a compartment before they are all filled." Inuyasha grunted. They started laughing as they walked down the narrow halls in the train. Once they found one, they picked seats. Inuyasha, Kagome, Shippou and Chototsu in one row, just because Shippou insisted to have his own seat. This caused Sango and Miroku to sit next to each other. This made Sango feel a bit uneasy because of his usual 'habits'.
(Ten minutes later)
"BAKA! HOUSHI! ECCHI!"
WHAP
THWUMP
WHAP, WHAP, WHAP He had made his 'move' on her, and she hit him with her bag.
"Kagome, can I please sit next to you NOW?" Inuyasha did his "Feh" thing, and jumped up, to land in the seat next to Miroku.
"Thanks, Inuyasha." Sango said a bit relieved. Everyone noticed that she was blushing madly once again, but this time she did not notice it. Her blushing stopped when the door opened. They all turned to face the person entering. It was Hermionie.
"You should get into your robes now, guys." They nodded and headed out. On their way over, they passed Malfoy. This time, he chose to ignore them.
"These are a bit strange, don't you think?" Sango asked after they were in their robes. They looked at them a bit, and walked out of the changing room, only to meet up with Harry and Ron, who were talking a few feet outside the boy's dressing room. Harry turned to them,
"Hey! Uh… if you are looking for your friends, they are still in there." He pointed to the room. They laughed, but stopped when a silvery-white haired boy and a black haired boy with his hair pulled back, unlike the first, his was very short.
"M-M-Miroku?" Sango said, admiring him. The same happened with Kagome and Inuyasha.
"Do you like it, Sango?" Miroku smiled. Sango turned around and started to run, blushing madly,
"I need to ask Hermionie something! I'll see you back in the compartment!" and so, she disappeared into the train.
"D-Did I say something I shouldn't have?" he asked, a bit confused.
"No," Inuyasha replied, "you just embarrassed her. You should know that she does like you too, you know…."
"Inuyasha," Kagome said, hugging him, "I'm surprised that you would say something like that!"
"Do you want a room?" Ron said, making them realize what she was doing. She blushed and let go of Inuyasha. Inuyasha was in a state of total shock. So, Miroku poked him to see if he was ok.
THUMP
"Oh…. I'm so sorry…." Sango said while helping a girl pick up here books. The girl looked up. She was the girl from before,
"It's no problem, really."
"Um…." Sango questioned, "Why did you say "Sorry" in Japanese?"
"Well, I originally live in the far northern part of Tokyo."
"Really?" Sango smiled, "I live in Japan too…. Just like my friends."
"You know…." The girl commented, "You are actually the first person I've had a conversation with."
"Why?"
"I didn't think I would fit in very well here…. But when this blonde kid started hitting on me, I decided I wouldn't really talk to anybody, except in Japanese." She slightly started laughing, "But I've kinda failed at that, huh?" Now, they both laughed.
"Say, what's your name?" Sango asked in between breaths.
"Kotoko. Yours?"
"I'm Sango. Nice to meet you."
"Um…." Kotoko wondered, "Would you mind if I could stay in your compartment for the duration of the ride. The blonde boy and his friends took over mine,"
"Sure. I'm sure my friends would love to meet you." They smiled at each other, when, a mew came from down the hall. It was Kirara, "Kirara, come here." She motioned. And Kirara obeyed.
"Hey…." Kotoko said, admiring the beautiful coat of the fire cat, "Isn't she a demon?"
"H-How did you k-know?" Sango asked, slightly surprised.
"Uh……." Kotoko mumbled, "I live at a very small shrine, a type of demon shrine, if you will…." Sango nodded, "And I guess I learned about demons from there."
"Oh…." Sango replied, "So then you would be a miko?" Kotoko nodded,
"Uh, huh." And so, they dropped the subject, and started walking back to Inuyasha and the group, when, they ran into, again, Malfoy.
"Malfoy, what do you want?" Sango growled, with Kirara helping. Kotoko walked up gracefully to him, turned, which made her hair slightly flip, and slapped him. So hard, that his cheek was a bit swollen.
"That's what you get for hitting on me, pervert." Now, the area was silent.
"Kotoko, he was the one?" Sango said, trying not to laugh at Malfoy's face.
"Yep." She nodded, "And if he does it again…." She made what looked like a lightning bolt spark out of her right hand. Malfoy turned back and ran into his compartment. And so, they headed to the group, once more.
"Hey, Kotoko," Sango wondered, "how can you make lightning come from your finger?" Kotoko looked slightly down to the ground,
"Well, I grew up learning how to control elements. And now, I can control all of them. But please don't tell anyone!"
"I promise." And then, Sango opened the door to one of the compartments. The room was filled with the smell of candy. Inuyasha, Shippou, Miroku, and Ron were gorging themselves of it, while Kagome and Hermionie talked, and Harry looked out of the window.
"Guys." She said to get their attention, "This is Kotoko. She's gonna stay in our room until we get to Hogwarts."
"Sure." Kagome replied kindly, "I'm Kagome, and these are Inuyasha," Kotoko slightly bowed, "Miroku, Harry, Ron, Hermionie, and Shippou."
"I'm very pleased to meet all of you." She replied. Kagome motioned her to come and sit down. So, when she did, Shippou jumped to her shoulder and smiled. She kindly smiled back.
About ten minutes later they saw a small peek at the castle. When the train stopped, the doors opened, and the swarm of students and students-to-be crowded around Hagrid, who seemed to be giving instructions to the first years. Harry pointed to the carriages,
"Let's get into one before they start getting crowded." Harry, Ron, and Hermionie started walking towards them, but the rest of the group stayed put. The three turned,
"What's the matter?" Hermionie asked.
"W-What a-are th-those?" Kagome shrieked.
Sorry if I'm not that good at cliffies, but I had to put one there or the chapter WOULD NEVER STOP!
ahem….
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