"Well Noriko, I don't feel that way about Kikyo, i just don't like Malfoy."
"I wasn't referring to you, why must you think everything is about you?" Noriko questions
"What Adrian and Draco, Draco will get his butt whipped." Harry answers
"Think about it, Adrian is Inuyasha's grandson, however many times removed, and Draco was clearly in here looking for Kikyo. So my guess is that in the coming years, there will be a triangle of sorts." Noriko replies, "Now if you excuse me, I'm gonna take a nap."
"Yes ma'am." That all say and continue to talk quietly finally Hermione asked about Flammel and the stone.
Harry related the tale of his brother's meltdown.
"Oh my goodness but why is Dumbledore trying to do ?"
Harry raised an eyebrow. "If I wasn't adopted by my parents, and raised by say my birth-mother's family, I would be willing to go blindly into anything because it was for Dumbledore?"
"You don't think he's setting you up for something worst.
"wouldn't surprise me any." Noriko states, as she cracked one eye open. "Which is why I am here to ensure nothing bad happens as a favor to my cousin."
"Noriko your scary sometimes you know that "
"So?" Noriko replies, she turned toward the window and laughed "Well, I knew he would follow me." Racing along side the train was Fire Heart.
I think he's upset you not riding him to school.
"Nah, I told him to stay with Sara but like a horse, he didn't listen." Noriko replies
"Well its not like the school can't stable him, Hagrid would be thrilled at the chance.
"Remind me to take you all out and see if anyone else could touch Fire Heart." Noriko states.
"Really we can try but didn't you say he only chooses one rider?"
"Yes, he only chooses one rider, but he's been raised in the Slayer's village since he was a colt, he's used to humans..but he's very selective about who he lets near him." Noriko replies
"Well that neat, i would love to get to see Fire Heart up close" Hermione eyes gleamed with excitement.
The rest of the ride was normal as can be, once at the station. Noriko went up to Fire Heart, who blew into her shirt. "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. You silly demon." she scratched behind the stallion's ears, "Got more energy?"
He nods his head and snorts out a jet of flames."
Noriko nods back and grabbed a fist full of mane and swung up onto her partner's back. "Well then, you great beast, Up to the Castle." He rears up and then takes off to the school.
In the great hall, Harry waited for any sign of Kikyo, who was supposed to arrive at dinner.
Sakura got up from her table, went up to Harry. "Where's Kikyo?"
Soul collectors flew in circling around each other.
"There is your answer, fox" Harry points to the soul collectors.
Kikyo was gently sat down on the floor. She looked around before exiting the hall. She went and leans against the pillar, staring out into the courtyard. Her entire core is shaken by what had transpired at the Temple.
Harry glared at every one then ran out to see her and find out what happened. "Kikyo, are you okay? What happened at the temple?"
"Its none of your concern." Kikyo bit out, trying to remind calm.
"Okay Kikyo i understand but just know i'm here for you." He offers as he stands and walks back to the great hall.
Kikyo closed her eyes. 'He's just a child, he would never understand.'
Harry just went back and sat down, his face lost in thought.
Kikyo went up to Gryffindor and entered the house after giving the password, she headed straight for the girls' dorm, she went to her bed and lay down on it.
Some time later, she heard the door open and the girls begin to come into the room.
"Be quiet, I think Kikyo is sleeping." Hermione warns
They all stopped talking and quietly all get ready for bed.
Hermione woke sometime during the night as she heard someone trying to muffle sobbing. Hermione looks around the room to see where the noise is coming from.
Kikyo tried to muffle her sobs as the memories came again. And the news at the Temple, was to much for her to bare, how could she tell anyone what she knew and not be looked at like a crazed person?
Hermione came closer "Kikyo, are you okay did something happen."
"Take the jewel." Kikyo whispers, her voice sounded different like she was barely keeping her strength left to talk. "Take the jewel and burn it with my body, I will take the Shikon No Tama with me into the afterlife."
Hermione listens wanting to her more and afraid to wake the sleeping priestess.
Kikyo kept babbling about her previous life, either switching from Midoriko to the first Lady Kikyo.
Finally Hermione reached out to wale the girl worried something is truly wrong. "Kikyo, wake up please."
Kikyo turned silent as her memories stopped and she resumed normal sleeping patterns.
The following day, Kikyo was kneeling on a cushion in Shippo's class, waiting on the students to show up after lunch. Which she didn't go to the great hall.
As usual Harry was the first to arrive followed by Hermione.
"I trust your holiday was alright, Hermione?" Kikyo questions, noticing the expression on Hermione's face.
"Oh yes Kikyo but i do wish i could have seen the ball and Yasha's coronation." The young witch's face was still troubled by what she heard last night but she learned better than to ask Kikyo.
"It was alright." Shippo states, entering the room, followed by Noriko, who was carrying stacks of papers. "But very boring, as royal coronations go."
"Still professor, a coronation is something you see once a lifetime."
"Nah it was more fun seeing Malfoy dressed down by aunt Ayame not that was worth the clothes." Harry said laughing.
"I gave the blessing and thankfully fled the Estate." Kikyo states, as she still waited
"I still wish you could have stayed for the ball, Kikyo, it was nice." Harry said just as the class was about to start.
Shippo called the class to order. "Now since we have two people teaching their required sections of Demonic History, we have decided that they were teach in unison, every day you're here it will be one or the other adding to their areas of expertise." he started to pass out quiz papers, "Now this is just a review to see what you remember from before the break."
Noriko went to setting up her slayer gear on a dress maker's dummy, Shippo somehow acquired for her.
The class all groan save Hermione and Harry but he was watching Noriko set up and in his mind he was naming off all the pieces, he could.
One the review was finished, "Some of you may remember me wearing this...each piece had a function to protect my body." Noriko began.
Most of the student nod and Harry just waits.
"Each Demon Slayer outfit is basically the same in design, the colors vary in personal taste to the person slaying demons." She pointed out what each piece and addictive was used.
Harry raised his hand to ask a question.
"Yes, Taisho?" Noriko replies
"Miss Noriko, aren't most slayer's armor also coated with a mild poison to make most demons sick as well?"
"No, who in blazes told you that piece of nonsense?" Noriko questions
Harry looks down "well thought so since i remember one time i accidentally tasted Sara's armor."
Noriko titled her head. "You tasted her armor? Its true that slayers use poison to confuse the senses of demons. But we don't coat our armor in it. Sara might have returned from a battle and didn't clean her uniform."
Harry blushes and just nods. The class chuckles at him
Noriko blinked but shook her head, "That is something, I didn't want to know..." she reached for something on the table and threw it into the back wall. It was a throwing star, "Now, I wouldn't laugh if I were you, I'm sure you all have done something stupid when you were younger?"
"I set fire to my robes once..." Kikyo states "Nearly burned the Cloisters down."
"I once breathed in a sleep potion, mum made for my father." A Slytherin boy said.
"Well you want to take over, I'm out of topics for now...until I get to show off various weapons outdoors." Noriko replies "See everyone does stupid stuff once in awhile."
Kikyo nods, she stands "As I last left off is with the Tragic Priestess dying...now fifty years passed and demon stole her ashes and soil from her grave and thus used those to recreate her body."
"But why did she do that?"
"The demon wanted a priestess that could sense the Shikon No Tama." Kikyo replied
"But wasn't her soul already in lady Kagome."
"Yes, and the demon kidnapped Kagome and drew out her soul with a special potion." Kikyo answers. "The part of the soul that was Kikyo, was trying convey a message to anyone who would listen"
"What was the message?"
"Do not call out my name."
The class all looked confused even Harry.
Shippo groaned "what does that idiotic Inuyasha do...said Kikyo's name."
"That sounds like him from all the stories father told us." Harry chuckles.
"The Priestess' soul went into the clay body and fully brought her back to life." Kikyo states
"Kikyo, how is it that you know so much about all of this." A Slytherin girl asked.
Harry just shakes his head wondering why no one put 2+2 together yet.
Hermione gasped as she remember the night before.. "You're her, the Tragic Priestess Kikyo?"
"I am also the creator of the Shikon No Tama, Midoriko. But my dominant personality is my namesake." Kikyo replies
"Figures Hermione would get it." Harry mutters as a small buzzes begins in the classroom.
"But how can that be your just a kid like us?"
"Let me make one thing perfectly clear to you, I am not nor have ever been like you. This body may be young but I have never been a child, That stopped the day I was left on the Order of the Four Souls' doorstep. I do not have the time to be a child, when I have more power then anyone in this room." Kikyo states "My fellows and I have felt a surge in demonic auras lately and I will have to be at my best to combat whatever may come."
"I never thought that Kikyo." Harry says. "Fine, so you have a few memories that don't mean you have more power that us." Pansy said a sneer on her face.
Shippo stood up, "Ten points from Slytherin. Everyone get your cloaks, we're taking a little trip to the Pitch."
"What ever for we haven't done anything wrong." Pansy complained as they made there way to the pitch.
"For your bad attitude." Shippo snapped "I was going to wait for a warm day for Noriko and Kikyo to demonstrate their abilities. But since Ms Parkinson has decided to act like a spoiled brat, you have no one to blame but her if you catch a cold."
Most of the students grumble as they gathered their cloaks and marched their way out to the pitch Harry didn't say a word.
Kikyo's soul collectors arrived with her bow and arrow. She took them. "There are two different arrows that the priestesses use, one is the purification arrow and the other is known as the Sealing Arrow." Shippo states
The class all watch. "Doesn't look any different than the arrows, i use" one muggle born said.
"That's because you don't have the kind of power, Kikyo does." Draco of all people reply
Harry just stare at the boy "Professor, please tell me that was a bit of fox magic." Hermione looked shocked and Ron just laughed.
Kikyo knocked an arrow. "Shippo, I need something with demonic energy, that you don't mind not getting back."
"Well i was saving them for a later, but oh well." And toss out his weeping mushrooms.
Kikyo fired the arrow and the arrow in flight turned a brilliant blue of purifying light. Striking the mushroom dead on destroying it.
The two half demons in the class flinched at the light.
"Can you preform such a feat?" Noriko questions, looking directly at Pansy Parkinson.
Most of the students shake their heads 'no' "If i even tried that i would burn myself." Richard said.
Kikyo knocked another arrow. "This one is another form of the scared arrow only it can seal demonic power." she loosed the arrow and it hit the basic of the stands, with only a moderate amount of power. "I sealed Inuyasha to the scared tree before I took the Shikon No Tama with me to the afterlife." she went and collected the two arrows.
"Fine, so you can shoot some fancy arrows and have a few memories, i still don't see the big huff."
"Oh you don't?" Shippo states, "Magic can not stop a demon." the bell rang then.
Everyone left save Harry, who waited for Kikyo, he went over to Shippo. "Professor, are the new mask in and didn't mother say she was going to be here?"
"You're know it, when Lady Maria comes...she does in style." Shippo replies "Yes, the masks are in, they are in my office."
Harry smiles "Mother never was one to be plain about anything especially when she was upset." The boy runs off to get his mask before potions a smile on his face when Snape gets to his homework.
Kikyo also turned into two sheets of parchment, with the different versions of the potion. She looked blank at Snape.
"Ms. Kikyo, what is the point of this since you really don't take my class." He look at it and frowns "And you seemed to have copied potters work."
"Actually, I didn't copy, I have the same book that Harry did his report on, so therefore, if you take the time to read it, our versions are different because I am knowledgeable in potions too." Kikyo replies, "Plus, I might be not really learning in this class, but you might come up with something, I haven't learned yet. We shall see."
"That will remain to be seen as for this i already fail it because was not what the assignment was about."
"So you would rather kill someone." a voice from the doorway states, there with her arms crossed was the woman, who gave little care toward Snape. "Hello, Severus."