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Chap 4

Kagome's head cleared to an annoying sound that she couldn't quite place.

Groaning, she slid a hand out from under the blankets and brought the hand down on the object with a sound slap.

Kagome slid her other hand under her and pushed herself up and glared at the alarm in her hand. "This should not be tossed aside lightly, it should be thrown, with great force."

She was about to throw it out her window when she saw the bent hands and dented bells.

Bringing it slowly back down in front of her, she looked at the signs of destruction adoringly.

'Those marks were from the time Inuyasha came to get me.' Remembering the moment she sighed sadly and placed it carefully back on her side table.

She reached her arms over her head and stretched.

Hands still in the air her eyes popped open "I'm going to England today!"

She squeaked and looked at her clock.

'12:00! Professor Dumbledore said the staff member would be here by now!'

She jumped up and ran to her dresser, opening the first drawer and pulling out the necessities and then pulling open the second drawer full of shirts.

"Too small, too big, too flimsy, too much skin! Ugly, stupid, TOO PINK!"

She shoved the drawer closed and ran out her door and into the hallway. Turning left she raced off down the stairs and into the laundry room.

Searching through the pile of clothes she found the perfect outfit.

"Perfect!" she exclaimed, holding up a green T-shirt that said 'A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.' with some tight blue jeans. (Ok, tried not to make her look too much like me, the T-shirt is different! Well…I kinda wish I had that shirt –meep-

Racing back upstairs she grabbed all her cloths and ran to the bathroom for a quick shower.

Emerging from the shower 4 minutes later tugging a brush through her not cooperating hair, wincing when it caught on a knot.

A knock came from the door.

"Mom, the doors knocking" came Souta's voice from the living room. It was the weekend and Souta made sure that he wouldn't do anything that wasn't fun or made him waste energy that 'he saved up for school' was his excuse.

"Coming!" her mother called, opening the door to a pale man in a black robe.

The man looked down his hooked nose, glaring at the overly happy woman in front of him.

"Hello! You wouldn't happen to be the nice man who is going to take my Kagome to 'Hogwarts' are you?" she smiled brightly up at the man.

The man glared and his greasy hair mirrored the darkness in his eyes "Yes."

"Great! Come inside wont you? I can make you some tea!" she hurried into the kitchen "And leave your shoes at the door!"

The man looked blankly at the space that had just occupied Mrs. Higurashi then down at his black oxfords that were nearly entirely covered by his robes.

'I'd rather watch Voldemort and Dumbledore dance the waltz in pink tutu's '

"I'm sorry ma'am, but we really must be going now." He glanced around the small entranceway and stepped into the room.

Mrs. Higurashi popped into the room and motioned into the kitchen, smiling brightly.

Snape inwardly cringed at the bright lady "I'm sorry, but we really must go."

Mrs. Higurashi hurried to his side and gently grabbed his arm, tugging him towards the kitchen "Oh but I insist!" dragging the man into her kitchen then putting the teapot on the table.

Kagome leaped down the stairs and bolted into the kitchen "Done!" she puffed as she held her side in pain.

"Good. We should go." Snape turned to walk out the door,

"Wait! I made some cookies earlier, to make up for missing out on tea." She smiled and pushed a package in white with lace around the edges into his hands then turned to her daughter.

"Have fun sweetie!" she hugged her.

"I will!" Kagome hugged her back and turned to walk out the door.

"Now Kagome, don't forget the rules of going to someplace I haven't been to before?" she crossed her arms and tapped her foot expectantly.

Kagome sighed and started checking off her fingers "No breaking the rules, no drinking unless its only enough to get me a little drunk (Snape raised an eyebrow), try not to do drugs, write if there are any problems or if I want to go home, don't hurt the other people unless they really deserve it, listen to the rules set by the people of the place I'm staying, if I need more money or a ride somewhere call, try not to get into trouble unless I have someone I trust around, and…" Kagome blushed and paused.

Mrs. Higurashi smiled and motioned forward "Come on, the most important one…?"

Kagome sighed " and always remember momma wants to be a grandmother." She quickly bolted upstairs to retrieve her bag.

Snape's eyes were wide and his eyebrows had officially disappeared.

Kagome came back downstairs dragging her suitcase 'Man, if Inuyasha thought my backpack was heavy, he should see this!' she smiled sadly then turned to her mom and gave her a kiss.

"Bye momma! Bye Souta!" she slipped on her shoes and rushed out the door after her soon to be professor.

"Bye honey! Have fun!" her mom held a groggy Souta next to her that waved slowly up and down while his mom waved ecstatically.

Kagome smiled and followed the man out onto the street.

He stopped at the bottom of the stairs and turned to her "My name is Professor Snape, I will be your potions teacher this year. I am very busy and will leave you with a new escort as soon as we get to our destination." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a paperclip.

"You use this to get there. You will see a small pub called the 'Leaky Cauldron' go in there and admit yourself into one of the rooms there." He handed her the paperclip and a handful of coins.

She was about to say something when she felt a tug behind her navel and the world swirled and spun out of focus.

Suddenly she landed in the middle of an empty street.

'Well, that was rude!' she furrowed her brows and looked around.

Spotting the pub 'Professor Snape had mentioned, she picked up her suitcase and walked in.

People were at the bar and at small tables, talking to each other and drinking frothy drinks.

Some looked at her but most took no notice.

Kagome walked up to the bar where a small man was cleaning a cup with a rag that looked dirtier than the cup.

The man looked up and smiled "'ello! What can I do for you?"

Kagome tried helplessly to figure out what he was saying, they had only learned English a year before she got pulled into the well, and… well…she didn't have much time for more classes. "Erm, Can…. I…. room?" she pointed upstairs to where she supposed the rooms were then pulled out the money that Professor Snape gave her and showed it to the man.

The man behind the bar nodded his head and took her money without questions, putting it in his pocket he motioned for the stairs.

Kagome smiled brightly and picked up her bags and started for the stairs.

The man stopped her and motioned for her to put her bags down, yelling something to someone that Kagome couldn't even TRY to understand.

"Oh! No. I. WANT. TO. RENT. A. ROOM.!" She exclaimed in Japanese, pointing for the stairs hurriedly but the man just smiled and ignored her.

Another man with a hunched back came from another room and reached out to grab her bags.

Kagome's face broke out into a relieved smile and she handed her bags to the man "Arigato."

The man that was behind the bar fished in his pocket and brought out a ring of old style keys, removing one he placed it in her hand and returned to the bar.

Kagome put it in her pocket and followed the hunched man up to her room.

The man placed the bags in front of the bed, bowed, and left the room.

Kagome looked around her room 'Well, it's a fixer upper, but I can live with that.'

She opened her bag and put on her sailor uniform that she never left home without.

She looked out her window to see the sun slowly going down.

Kagome frowned 'Why is the sun setting already? It didn't take me three hours to get ready. Oh, wait, it's that time change thingy! Ya! England would be about 3 hours ahead of Japan! Ok, so its lunch time.'

Her stomach grumbled 'Good thing too, I forgot to have breakfast!'

Kagome hopped off her bed and out the door, locking it behind her.

She walked down the warped stairs and up to the bar.

The man from before walked up and smiled. Holding out his hand he said "Tom"

Kagome smiled and took his hand in a small shake "Kagome"

She let go and looked around then back at Tom "Eat?"

Tom shook his head and pointed to the barrels behind him.

'Oh, he only serves drinks. Darn.'

Tom grabbed a cup and filled it up from on of the barrels, handing Kagome the frothy drink.

"Oh, no thank you." She politely pushed it back to him, motioning that she doesn't drink alcohol.

Tom shook his head and pointed to a girl younger than her drinking the same beverage then pushed the drink back towards her.

'Oh! Its non-alcoholic'

She put her hand into her pocket to pay him but Tom waved it off and smiled.

Kagome smiled bright "Oh! Thank you so every much!"

Tom turned to help another customer and Kagome took a sip of the drink.

She licked her lips "Mmm…that's good!"

After two of the 'Butterbeers' as Tom called it, Kagome headed up to her room and fell onto her bed with a happy sigh.

'Yay. I start school tomorrow. I wonder if I'll make any friends.' The smile disappeared from her face and she stared hard at the bad cover.

'Do I want anymore friends? Sure, it's nice to have people to talk to, but I don't really want to talk about it. And besides, I'm not supposed to talk about my year in the Feudal Era.'

She brought her legs up to her chin and rested her clasped hands under her chin 'Naraku's gone, he's got to be, they killed him…right? Inuyasha didn't die for nothing?'

She blinked away tears and sighed. 'I don't want to be depressed for my first year at this school, my new start. I've got to wipe the slate clean, start again. I focus on the future now; I leave the past behind me. If I'm ever going to be happy I have to live with what happened. But, now I know, Inuyasha is in a place where he isn't judged for being a hanyou. Where he's looking down on me, wishing for me to be happy.'

She chuckled through the tears running down her face at the though of Inuyasha yelling at her from the clouds. "Oi! Hey, You! Get a hold of yourself!" she mimicked.

"Oh, Inuyasha. I hope you're happy. I hope you are there right now, beside your mother and father that you never had. Just wait for me Inuyasha, wait for me."

Kagome closed her eyes with a sad smile on her face.

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Wow. I got a chapter out, and a rather sad one at that. Yes, I'm still alive. I just can't think of anything for my other stories. The only reason why this one can keep going easy is because I've been working out what happens for a year. It's the first story that I was going to write. The others however, they popped out of nowhere so they are kinda hard to do. Be patient, I know what happens next on Legends, I just cant tie the pieces together yet. And Harry and the Vampires has come to a complete standstill. It's stuck at the moment, and I have a bad feeling it will be for quite a bit.

But I think I made up for it with a 5-page chapter…didn't I?

-Neko-