---Time of the Three Jewels---
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Chapter 18: Professor Quirrel (Hehehe, doesn't the title just give it all away?)
With Hermionie, Sango, Ron, Kagome, Kurama, Yusuke, and Harry…
"Well, assuming that Professor Minamino did the Devil's Snare, and the chessboard was probably charmed by Professor McGonagall, all that's left is Defense Against the Dark Arts and Potions" Hermionie coughed, wincing when a piece of her shredded, black wizard robes brushed against the injuries on her back.
Kagome shifted Hermionie's weight to one shoulder, "Well, we heard that we were guarding something with this, but we were not sure what since we're now teachers to this school…"
"So, you know how to deactivate your traps?" Sango asked in a scratchy voice, "I don't, they mixed it around a bit so even I wouldn't know how to pass through. I think they charmed it or sorts like that"
"Yes…"
"Well, mine was fairly easy to stop" Kurama admitted, "At the moment, I felt the Sinning tree was too much, so I planted the Devil's Snare instead"
"…Sinning tree…?" Harry asked meekly.
"Yeah…!" Kurama smiled casually as if there was nothing actually wrong with a 'Sinning Tree'.
Kagome rolled her eyes, "Kurama, you said Sinning tree"
Yusuke, who had been quiet all this time, added in, "You really didn't mean that tree did you?"
He blinked, "Oh, did I? I apologize, I meant to say the Death Plant"
Sango sighed, "I think he's lost too much blood"
"So, what did you set up for traps?" Hermionie asked, "It would be nice to know beforehand"
Kagome sucked in a breath, "I…I don't really remember that part…" she smiled sheepishly.
Harry did an anime fall and everyone else stared, bewildered.
"Well then, moving on…"
Harry opened the next door and they all just stared as the group came face-to-face with a shelf of bottles.
"Potions…looks like this is my section…" Sango sighed, gripping a bit tighter onto Yusuke's shoulders.
"I-" Harry was cut off when Kagome started to read a piece of paper on the floor out loud with Hermionie, somehow, strangely getting the light from the purplish-black fire coating the next door.
"Danger lies before you, while safety lies behind,
Two of us will help you, whichever you would find,
One among us seven will let you move ahead,
Another will transport the drinker back instead,
Two among our number hold only nettle wine,
Three of us are killers, waiting hidden in line,
Choose, unless you wish to stay here forever more,
To help you in your choice, we give you these clues four:
First, however slyly the potion tries to hide
You will always find some on nettle wine's left side;
Second, different are those who stand at either end,
But if you would move onwards, neither is your friend;
Third, as you see clearly, all are different size.
Neither dwarf or giant holds death in their insides,
Fourth, the second left and the second on the right,
Are twins once you taste them, though different at first sight"
((Taken right out of the book ))
"It's logical" Hermionie stated immediately.
Kagome scrunched up her face in concentration along with Sango and Harry.
Kurama nodded his head slowly, "Yes, yes it is"
With the help of Kagome, Hermionie sifted cautiously through the shelf with Kurama and they soon pulled out two bottles: one fairly small, and the other even smaller than the first.
Sango asked Yusuke to step forward and then she uncorked the bigger bottle. She took a sniff, "This one's the one to go back…" Sango handed that back to Hermionie and took the tiny vial from Kurama's hand. She coughed at the strong smell, "This one's to get through. I have another one in my pocket…never thought I'd need it"
Yusuke stuffed his hand in her robe pocket for her and took out one of the same size.
"But there's only enough for one of us, professor. And the second bottle will be for only another person" Harry peered into its contents.
"A teacher and a student" Yusuke automatically stated.
Hermionie hesitated, "Harry…you should go. You're the one who's the least injured"
"Hey! But what about me?" Yusuke argued. He coughed up blood.
They all looked pointedly at him. And the hole in his stomach…
He let out a sigh of defeat.
"I agree with Hermionie…Kagome, you should go" Sango smiled weakly.
Kurama seemed reluctant, but with a chaste kiss on Kagome's cheek, he obliged.
Hermionie leaned over and hugged Harry, "You're a great wizard Harry…be careful"
"Hermionie, and Professor Minamino, could one of you go to the owlery and send Hedwig to Dumbledore…"
Kurama nodded and shifted Ron onto his left shoulder, taking Hermionie from Kagome.
One of them took a swig from the other bottle and they huddled together so they were all in contact in some way with the drinker. Harry and Kagome were monitoring them at the sides.
With a couple last 'good luck' calls, they stepped through the flames.
Kagome took a deep breath, "Just a gulp of this…"
At the count of three, Harry and her agreed to take it together. They drank their bottle all down and Kagome coughed when she almost chocked on it.
'My body feels…burning' Kagome thought. Harry was flexing his fingers at this new sensation.
And with that, they anxiously stepped through.
The Next Room…
"Ohh yeah…" Kagome exclaimed in realization.
"What is it?" Harry asked, looking her way. The sensation had faded after they had left the fire.
"My protection was just a simple barrier. If I knew we were actually guarding something more important, I would've upped my security here" Kagome unconsciously fingered her Dragon and Shikon jewel around her neck.
Since Kagome was a miko, she could touch the barrier without getting purified or burnt. She ran her fingers around the edge of the pink sheen and abruptly stopped when she came across a ridge.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked alarmingly when she had stopped.
"There's a crack in my barrier. Someone had entered"
Their eyes widened and they bolted through right after the miko deactivated the barrier.
The Next, Next Room… ((Soo many rooms.. TT))
"P-Professor Quirrel?" Kagome stuttered.
"What?" Harry gasped.
Hey guys! Thanks for waiting for the update, I've seriously gotta update my Book of Paradise story now… Read and review onegai!
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Tenshi-Battosai