AN: I'm back and ready to roll. I really apologize for not updating sooner and I promise I'll make this chappie a much longer chapter than the rest to make up for the months in which I didn't update! Also, keep on checking my user look-up please because I am trying to update all my stories! Well, I'll stop babbling now and let you guys read the rest of this story. (I'll also have some of these notes in the middle about twice here, you'll see why). (Oh, and there's gonna be a bit of mush in here, nothin' wrong with some mush).

Time Turning

Kagome turned the page of her book listlessly, looking at it without interest. She had many things on her mind lately.

One of the many effects that a priestess and a witch mixed together is that.

.I wish I could go back home...

.their Strengthening Potion would have a peculiar side-effect.

.Then I could try out that new gunk removing spell on Buyo's teeth.

.The side-effect would cause the drinker's (if it was not the brewer) enemy to suddenly have a.

.I miss Souta so much.

.pair of kumquats instead of ears. Witches and Wizards have.

.And I miss Dad so much too.

Without warning, a tear slid from her hazel eyes and landed on the word 'kumquats'.

.I wish I knew what even happened to him.

And Kagome burst into tears. She remembered his face so clearly.

Bursting from the dark of her mind, he smiled and waved... Kagome sobbed even harder.

It was the anniversary of his disappearance and supposed death.
'Why him?' She asked God silently.

"Why him?" She said aloud. It was early and most students were in class except those who had used a certain 'candy' called Skiving Snackboxs to get them out of class. Skiving Snackboxes were a 'range of sweets to make you ill. Chew the orange have and you'll get sick. As soon as you get out the door, chew the purple half which enables you to health, letting you leisurely enjoy what time would have been used for unprofitable boredom' according to the wrapper. The few students out jumped in alarm as they saw Kagome burst into tears. The irritable librarian made way to get to the noisy tear-jerker but a student held her back.

"Dad!" Kagome cried happily. A chubby girl around the age of 6 leapt towards her father.

He laughed merrily and waved at his wife who was coming out the door of their house.

"Hi dear, how was your day?" Mrs. Higurashi asked, kissing her husband on the cheek. He hugged both girls.

"Perfect." He said with a wide smile. Kagome bobbed around his feet, eager for attention.

"Daddy! Daddy! I made a jack-o-lantern cookie!" She said proudly, waving her arms around.

"Pumpkin cookie." Mrs. Higurashi corrected her.

"Bun, that's wonderful!" Mr. Higurashi picked his daughter up and swung her around. Kagome shrieked with delight.

Kagome's lower lip trembled. Life was so good to us then, so perfect, she thought lovingly.

Tears still streamed down her face like clear ribbons. She hiccupped a little and burrowed her face in her arms.

'I wish you were here Daddy. You would tell me what to do. You always did.before you disappeared.' Kagome thought. Then, she felt a presence behind her. Knowing it was Sesshoumaru, she sobbed on, feeling nothing in particular about having an audience.

Sesshoumaru patted her on the back.

'Is that really Sesshoumaru?' Kagome thought.

"It's alright." He said in his deep calm voice. Kagome didn't know why but she felt a little different. A little.less frightened. Of something. But what? She also felt warmer in the cold dungeon. She looked up. He was staring away from her, out the window where cloudless blue skies could be found.

"My mother died today as well." Sesshoumaru said. Kagome was shocked. Then she felt something even more different. Then, Kagome realized she was feeling sorry for him.

"That's terrible." She murmured. Sesshoumaru was a little bit surprised by her words. 'Most people say 'I'm sorry'' Sesshoumaru thought. 'Even if they don't give a damn.'

Kagome looked away.

"Why are you here anyways?" She asked him.

"Because I work here." He answered.

"No, why did you come into the future?"

Sesshoumaru stayed silent, as though wondering if it was ok to tell her. He relented. She would know the truth soon anyways.

"Because I am from the future." Kagome covered her mouth with her right hand.

"What?" She asked dumbly.

"Me, InuYasha, and my parents were all born in the future. Well, not my idiot half brother." He amended.

"My mother was pregnant when she found a black hole. It was just a swirling vortex in their backyard. She told my father and he brought out a rope. He threw the rope in the vortex and when it came out intact, he let my mother climb into the vortex. She discovered the past.
She climbed out and told my father about it. They loved the place and soon after they had me, we lived in the past. We never told InuYasha though." Sesshoumaru explained. Kagome was shocked by the truth-and about how many words he just said.

"I never knew." She said quietly, looking at her hands. Then she realized the time.

"I'm sorry." She told him. "We have to teach now." Sesshoumaru nodded. They walked together in silence. For some reason, Kagome felt like singing with happiness. After her talk with Sesshoumaru, she felt lighter than air.

"Race ya!" She said, bursting into speed. Sesshoumaru, stopped and hesitated but nodded. They were side by side. Kagome nearly laughed out loud. He obviously wasn't holding back like how most men did. Kagome liked him for it.

Unfortunately, when you race, it's best you have a clear path-

Too bad Kagome didn't have a clear path. Kagome sprinted and tripped over what looked like a small hourglass. She grabbed onto Sesshoumaru's arm for support. Sesshoumaru, who wasn't prepared for the extra weight, toppled over. Both of them fell to the ground. And a swirling, colorful vortex surrounded them. It was over in what seemed a second and they fell on the- grass?

"What.just happened?" Kagome asked slowly.

"It seems that you tripped over a time turner. Stupid wench." He spat at her. Kagome glared at him.

"So we're back to stupid wench are we?" She snarled. He looked ready to kill but he stopped and looked behind her shoulder.

"What?" Kagome turned. A tall girl with shoulder-length red wavy hair and almond-shaped startlingly green eyes stared at them.

They looked like Harry Potter's eyes.

"Who're you?" Kagome asked stupidly.

"Actually, who're you?" The redhead asked. Kagome stood up.

"I'm Kagome Higurashi." It was then when she noticed a crowd was surrounding them. In the middle, a boy was being levitated upside down, showing gray underpants. Kagome leaned closer.

"Severus Snape?" She said uncertainly. He glared at her.

"Who're you, freak?" He said angrily. Kagome narrowed her eyes.

"What's going on?" Kagome asked, looking around. A boy with untidy black hair nudged another handsome boy and whispered something in his ear.

That hair looked a lot like Harry Potter's as well.

Suddenly realization struck her and she gasped. She was looking at Harry's parents!

"I need to see Professor Dumbledore." She said.

"Um, Professor Dumbledore is the headmaster, right?" Kagome asked.

"'Course." Said one boy and Kagome nodded.

"Thanks." She nudged Sesshoumaru.

"C'mon, let's get out of here," She said out of the corner of her mouth. They walked in silence to Dumbledore's office.

"Lemon drops." Kagome said and the ugly gargoyle jumped off to the side.

When they reached the door, Kagome knocked gently and heard that calm voice say:

"Come in." His voice made the knots in her intestines loosen a bit. Kagome opened the door. Professor Dumbledore looked the same as ever, his eyes wide and alert.

"Hello." He inclined his head towards each of them.

"And you are?" He asked politely.

"I'm Kagome Higurashi and this is Sesshy Maru." Kagome said. Sesshoumaru growled but only so she could hear. Kagome ignored him.

"Well sir, me and Sesshy were running in the dungeon in the future." Kagome told her story and Professor Dumbledore listened quietly. When she was finished, Professor Dumbledore stood.

"It seems that, since the time turner broke, you two are stuck here." Professor Dumbledore said, smiling at the flabbergasted two.

"_Stuck_ here?" Kagome asked, disbelievingly. Sesshoumaru merely stood there with a look as though saying 'I knew that.'

"Why yes, of course. There may, perhaps, be another way but in the meantime, I suppose I have to announce you as my two new students who are transfers from Durmstrang!" Dumbledore said as happily as though they were discussing plans for a surprise birthday for a friend.

"Um.ok." Kagome said, not knowing what else to say except that she really hated time.

Sesshoumaru still remained silent.

"Well then, off you go and you shall be sorted tonight!" Dumbledore said cheerfully. The two left in silence.

"I hate time." Kagome said flatly after a moment's silence. Sesshoumaru still remained silent.

"Hey, are you alright? You've been kinda quiet there." Kagome said. He turned to her, fury on every feature of his face.

"Sesshy Maru?" He fumed. Kagome shrugged.

"I had to think of a last name." She replied.

"_Sesshy_ Maru?"

"Gosh it isn't that big of a deal." Kagome said.

"SESSHY MARU?" He said in his loudest voice yet.

"Gosh, aren't you getting a bit overemotional?" Kagome asked.

"Sesshy Maru?"

"Has your vocabulary erased to that one name?" Kagome asked snidely.

"SESSHY MARU?"

"Guess so."

"Well. This is just great. We're stuck here until the well-the well!" Kagome said excitedly.

"What?" Sesshoumaru asked, turning to her.

"The well!" She repeated.

"The well?"

"The well!"

"The WELL!"

"Now, who's had their vocabulary erased?"

"THE WELL!"

"What about the well?"

"THE WELL!"

AN: Hey, Demeter here. Ok, terrible place to end but I'm very tired. I'll sign off for now and update soon.

Demeter.