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Chapter 4

The Robe, His Robe


Kagome wondered around the school grounds, finding the garden and where a few of her classes will be. She made a mental map of how to get back to her house, and she quickly ran up the stairs to the girl's dormitory. She pulled her schedule out of the robe she had recieved from yesterday from Sesshoumaru. She glanced at the robe, looking at it in wonder before throwing it on the ground and walking back to the door. She reached the door and heaved a sigh. It would be rude of her not to return it to it's owner. She carefully picked it up and tucked it in with her books. She looked down at her schedule and noticed that her first class would be potions.

'So I finally get to use magic? I can't wait.' Kagome smiled and walked out of the room.


Kagome walked through the door of her first class, that happened to be in the dungeons, and looked around. A tall greasy man stood at his desk and was talking to the blonde-headed boy she had met last night. There were only a few students that occupied the room, all of them being from her house. She chose to sit at the second table near the front and pulled out her Potions book. A shadow covered what little light that she had been reading with, and when she looked up, the man she acknowlegded earlier stood before her.

"Miss Higurashi I presume," Kagome nodded and he continued, "Welcome to Hogwarts and congratulations on your house. I am Severus, Snape. I will only accept the best from those under my house." He replied in a bored tone, but his attention was distracted as his three favorite screw-ups walked through the door. However they managed to have his class at the same time every year, was still a mystery.

"Ah, Granger, Potter, and Weasley. Nice of you three to make it." Snape sneered.

Kagome turned around to see the hateful looks they shot Snape. Harry noticed her and waved, making his way towards her, his smile quickly turned into a frown. Kagome heard someone plunk down next to her, and looked in said direction. Draco smiled with delight as Potter frowned at him. He then turned to Kagome.

"How are you liking Hogwarts so far?"

"The people here seem awfully rude." Kagome responded as she closed her book.

She gave Harry a questioning look to which he responded by making a face at her, causing her to laugh. He had chosen to sit at the table behind her, just to keep tabs on Draco.

Snape tapped his wand against his desk, calling the class to attention. "This year I have-" Snape stopped in mid-sentence and glared toward the back of the class where snickers could be heard.

"Taisho, Houshi." Snape barked, "Ten points from Griffindor. Put that away this instant."

Kagome turned around to smirk at the idiot but her eyes caught someone else's and her heart sped up. It seemed Sesshoumaru also had potions in the mornings. He sat to the far right of Inuyasha and Miroku, and was glaring right at her.

'Why on earth would he be mad at me?' Kagome turned back around, and fingered the robe between her books. Now was defenitly not the time to return it.

The rest of potions class was a tad bit stressing considering they had to partner up and make some 'Eygreagus' potion. It was difficult indeed, but with Draco guiding her through it, it wasn't so bad. Harry glared as he watched Draco pressed himself to Kagome's back, and holding her hand when stirring their cauldron while whispering directions in her ear. He didn't hear Hermione screaming at him to pay attention until an ugly green fuzz began boiling over his cauldron. That was defenitely not a good sign.

Even Sesshoumaru was having a hard time paying attention. He watched the two out of the corner of his eye in disgust and then turned back to his annoying half-brother. Why had he chosen to sit with his idiotic brother? He looked around the room in the disgust at the other students. Because he'd probably kill anyone else.

After everyone had finished their potion, and put away thier materials, they were to identify them and place them on Professor Snape's desk. Draco turned and gave Kagome a charming smile and shook her hand.

"Thanks a lot." Kagome turned to gather her stuff.

"My pleasure. Perhaps we should partner up more often."

Kagome looked over her shoulder and found a seething Pansy, "We'll see."

"What class do you have next." Draco stole her schedule from her hands and scanned over it.

Kagome reached over and tried to grab it back out of his hands but he only responded by raising it far over his head.

"Care of Magical Creatures." Draco face looked disgusted before he smiled at Kagome, "Great, me too. I'll walk you there."

Kagome snatched her schedule back and placed it in her robe. "Perfect," she mutted as he walked her out of the door, Pansy following close behind.

"Dracooo," Pansy whined, flinging herself between Kagome and Draco, kissing him anywhere she could.

"Get off." Draco growled and threw Pansy away from him.

"But Draco honey-"

"I. Am. Not. Your. Honey. Your Poo-bear, sweetie or any other absurd name." Draco whispered under his breath and glared at her.

Pansy turned around giving Kagome a death glare, and stormed off to her class as Kagome and Draco walked out the front hall doors to the lawn.

Kagome remained silent and let Draco lead her to a small hut, where she had seen a few other students speaking to an over-grown man with a friendly face.

Draco stalked over to some slytherins and they began scheming their day. Kagome looked around and spotted Harry waving her over. After glancing back at Draco she slowly approached Harry.

"Hey guys." Kagome smiled.

"Hey, I'm sorry about this morning."

"Yes, Inuyasha can be quite a git sometimes." Hermione broke in.

"We got off to a bad start. What can I say?" Kagome shook Hermione's hand.

"Hey, this is Hagrid." He turned and faced the teacher, "Hagrid this is Kagome, she's new in the third year."

"Ya don' say? 'Ello missy" Hagrid stuck his over-sized hand out in greeting and Kagome happily took it.

'Finally some friendly people.' Kagome thought.

"Okay class. Got a real treat for yeh today! Great lesson comin' up! Everyone here? Right, follow me!"

Hagrid led the class near the forbidden forest and stopped outside a kind of paddock. There was nothing inside.

"Everyone gather 'round the fence here!" he called. "That's it- make sure yeh can see- now, firs' thing yeh'll want ter do is open yer books--"

"How?" Kagome turned around and seen that the cold drawling voice belonged to Draco.

"Eh?" said Hagrid.

"How do we open our books?" Malfoy repeated. He took out his copy of 'The Monster book of Monsters', which he had bound shut with a length of rope. Other people took theirs out too; some, like Harry, had belted their book shut; others had crammed them inside tight bags or clamped them together with binder clips.

"Hasn'- hasn' anyone bin able ter open thier books?"

Kagome pulled hers out unbound. And it lay dead in her hand. "Maybe mines a dud." Kagome ran a hand down the cover in wonder.

Hagrid smiled, "See, Kagome has the righ' idea. Yeh've got to stroke em."

"Oh, how silly we've all been!" Malfoy sneered. "We should have 'stroked' them. Why didn't we guess?"

Kagome glared at Malfoy wondering why he was being such a pain.

"I -- I thought they were funny." Hagrid said uncertainly to Hermione.

"Oh, tremendously funny!" said Malfoy. "Really witty, giving us books that try and rip our hands off!"

"Shut up, Malfoy," Harry said quietly. Hagrid was looking down cast and Harry wanted Hagrid's first lesson to be a success.

"Righ' then," said Hagrid, who seemed to have lost his thread, "so- so yeh've got yer books an' - an'- now yeh need the Magical Creatures. Yeah. So I'll go an' get 'em. Hang on..."

He strode away from them, into the forest, and out of sight.

"Blimey, this place is going to the dogs," said Malfoy loudly. "That oaf teaching classes, my father'll have a fit when I tell him-"

"Shut up, Malfoy," Harry repeated.

"I like to see you make me, Potter." Malfoy challenged.

'Obviously those two have issues to work out.' Kagome watched the argument, until she heard noises toward the forest.

Trotting toward them were a dozen of the most bizarre creatures Kagome had ever seen. They had the bodies, hind legs, and tails of horses, but the front legs, wings, and heads of what seemed to be giant eagles, with cruel, steel-colored beaks and large, brilliantly orange eyes. The talons on their front legs were half a foot long and deadly looking. Each of the beasts had a thick leather collar around its neck, which was attached to a long chain, and the ends of all these were held in the vast hands of Hagrid, who came jogging into view behind them.

"Hippogriffs!" Hagrid roared happily, waving a hand at them. "Beau'iful, aren' they?"

"So," said Hagrid, rubbing his hands together and beaming around, "if yeh wan' ter come a bit nearer-"

No one seemed to want to. Harry, Ron, and Hermione however cautiously approached, Kagome edged forward entranced by their beautiful coats.

"Now, firs' thing yeh gotta know abou' hippogriffs is, they're proud," said Hagrid. "Easily offended, hippogriffs are. Don't never insult one, 'cause it might be the last thing yeh do."

Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle weren't listening; they were talking in an undertone and Kagome had a nasty feeling they were plotting how to disrupt the lesson, by the looks on their faces.

"Yeh always wait fer the hippogriff ter make the firs' move. It's polite, see? Yeh walk towards him, and yeh bow, an' yeh wait. If he bows back, yeh're allowed to touch him. If he doesn' bow, then get away from him sharpish, 'cause those talons hurt." Hagrid beamed, "Right- who wants to go first?"

Most of the class back further away in answer. The hippogriffs were tossing their feirce heads and flexing their powerful wings; they didn't seem to like being tethered up.

"No one?" said Hagrid, with a pleading look.

"I'll do it," Harry climed over the paddock fence.

"Good man, Harry! Right then- let's see how yeh get on with Buckbeak."

He untied one of the chains, pulled the gray hippogriff away from its fellows, and slipped off his leather collar. Malfoy's eyes were narrowed maliciously.

"Easy now, Harry." Hagrid whispered, "Yeh've got eye contact, now try not ter blink... Hippogriffs don't trust yeh if yeh blink too much..."

Kagome watched with anticipation as Harry slowly bowed to the creature. He was about to back away until Buckbeak had bent his scaly knees. Kagome mentally cheered for Harry.

"Well done, Harry," Hagrid was ecstatic, "Yeh can touch him! Pat his beak- go on!"

Kagome watched Harry as he hesitantly patted the hippogriff.

"Good work, Harry." The class applauded, except for Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle.

"Okay, who else wants ter go?" Hagrid untied the rest of the creatures and soon everyone was bowing nervously.

Kagome stood and watched the class until she heard loud footstep behind her, she turned and was frightened when she seen a hippogriff to her left. She tried not to make any sudden moves, but the hippogriff nudged her arm and bowed deeply. Amazed Kagome bowed back and brought her hand to it's feathered neck and ran her hands down it smooth surface. The hippogriff cooed and leaned into her hand.

"Very good, Kagome." Hagrid yelled across the paddock.

Kagome picked up Draco voice as it boomed eight feet away from her. He was patting Buckbeak's beak and was looking disdainfully at it.

"This is easy," Malfoy drawled, loud enough for Harry to hear him. "I knew it must have been, if Potter could do it... I bet you're not even dangerous at all, are you?" He said to the hippogriff. "Are you, you great ugly brute?"

Kagome eyes widened and in a flash Malfoy let out a high-pitched scream, and in the next moment Hagrid was wrestling Buckbeak back into his collar as he strained to get at Malfoy, who lay curled in the grass, blood spouting over his robes.

"I'm dying!" Malfoy yelled as the class panicked. "I'm dying, look at me! It's killed me!"

"Yer not dyin'!" Hagrid's face had turned pale, as he picked Draco up with ease and ran across the lawn to the school's hospital.

"They should fire him straight away!" One of the slytherins had yelled.

"It was Malfoy's fault!" snapped Dean Thomas. Crabbe and Goyle flexed their muscles threateningly.

Kagome stared disblievingly at at wounded man being carried across the grounds. 'What a jerk!'

She ran up to Harry, who was seething out of his mind. "I'm sorry about Draco."

Harry sighed and looked at Kagome, "Its not your fault. Malfoy has always been a pain in the arse."

She couldn't agree or disagree, she hadn't really spent enough time to understand him.

"I was wondering if you could tell me where the Herbology class is."

"Yeah, Its behind the school. Far left of the Quidditch stadium."

"Thanks, I'll see you at lunch?"

"Sure thing." Harry waved goodbye as Kagome ran across the field to the herbology lab.

Kagome lungs were waging war against her rib cage by the time she reached the door to the green house. She gripped door handle but her hand was suddenly smacked away. In her way stood Pansy.

"I told you to stay away from my Draco." She sneered.

"Well, to my notice. It seems he made it quite clear he wasn't yours." Kagome stated politely and reached for the door only to be smacked away again.

"Look, I have a class to go to. And if you don't get out of my way-"

"Is that a challenge?" Pansy pulled her wand out.

"Knock it off, Parkinson. You know full well that girl hasn't learned any spells yet."

Kagome gaze flowed from Pansy to Kouga whose face was contorted boredom. Much like Sesshoumaru's. Kagome glared at him for a second at how he made it sound as if he never met her before. But then the glare weakened and finally dropped. Putting her face in neutral she pushed the door open and slipped inside.

Kagome sat near the teacher and Pansy sat directly behind her. Poking her in the back with her wand threateningly, whispering what she planned to do with her.

Having enough of Pansy, Kagome abrubtly turned around and growled under her breath, "Look you pig-nosed little crack-attic. I'm not even thinking about 'your man', much less do I think he would ever want someone so unceasingly annoying!" Kagome huffed and stood up out of her chair and moved across the room.

Pansy sat shocked, until her face turned blood red with anger.

Kouga who had sensitive ears, heard Pansy's threat, but held him back from saying anything. He didn't need to stand up for a slytherin. His concern was over-ruled with his hatred for the whole lot. It shocked him when the gorgeous woman turned around and gave Pansy what-for. He felt like cheering, but settled for a smirk instead, and took his seat as Herboloby began.

Kagome's eyes droop ever so slightly, another minute of this boring class, she was sure she'd fall into a coma. The hour seemed to be a bloody decade. Finally, the teacher had anounced the end of class and hurried out the door, muttering something about a meeting. Kagome stood ever so slowly and picked up her books, dropping Sesshoumaru's robe in the process. As she bent to pick it up it was stomped on by none other than Pansy, who sneered in her face. Kagome watched as Perkinson picked the robe up and glared at it.

She could tell it was a Griffindor from the house emble, and that it belong to Sesshoumaru's from the expensive material. She saw the panic in Higurashi's eyes and smirked, just before ripping the the robe to pieces. Kagome eyes grew big as she lunged at the slightly heavyset girl.

Kagome was quickly thrown back onto a table and Pansy jumped on her, pulling her wand out and then throwing it aside.

She spat at Kagome, "I don't need my damn wand to beat you to a bloody pulp."


A/N

Poor Kagome, its only her first day... How many people get beat up on thier first day of school! Review plz