I Say Yes
Summary: Kagome Higurashi had only ever wanted to have a normal life. Get married, have kids, go to work, nice friends...normal. Easier said than done...right? Wrong! In fact, it was really simple, well, most of it was. With a newly placed Marriage Law placed between her world and the magical world...what can she do though...life isn't a fairytale, and dreams don't come true...do they?
Anime: InuYasha/Harry Potter
Pairing: Kagome/Lucius – Hermione/Draco
Genre: Romance/Hurt/Comfort
Rated: M
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Ron and Harry both stood in the Minister of Magic's office, neither spoke a word as they both just stared at the name on the scroll which lay before them on the table.
"How do we know she really did this? I mean...signed...this..." Harry pointed to the scroll.
Ron nodded, "Could be a fraud signature!"
Tim rolled his eyes ad he listened to the two saviors go back and forth between one another over how the Golden Trio's only female member couldn't possibly think through a situation on her own without their guidance, and say-so. He had to say, he was thoroughly impressed with the young woman, or, girl...she had kept her head throughout their meeting, and thinking over all the possibilities, she decided that the best course of action was the one that he and Avaline had already come to.
"We will leave you boys with the scroll, and take our lunch break now." Tim said as he stood and extended his hand to his partner.
"..." Avaline took the hand and stood up, standing beside Tim with a cold look directed straight at the younger boys. "Just so you know, we don't need your signatures...Miss. Granger will be playing a larger role than that of one of our supporters, so you are not needed...we merely wished for you to know of where the Magical World stood at this moment...and where it was heading."
With that, the two left with a slightly disappointed Shacklebolt following after them.
Ron watched the door shut behind the three Ministry officials, and sighed, "You can't forge a magical signature, anyone with two cents a mind knows that."
"Someone paid attention to Hermione," Harry laughed, but it didn't reach his eyes as he took the scroll in his hand and fell back on the chair behind him.
"No, I paid attention in charms. A magical signature uses the signers magic seal which can't be replicated due to the fact that the seal is in the magic of the signers wand, mixing the unique core of the wand with the users own magical ability and energy."
Harry frowned, "I didn't know you listened to Professor Flitwick..."
"...only that day..."
Harry frowned before realization hit him, "That was the day you asked Hermione out..."
Ron pocketed his hands and shrugged, "Yeah..."
Harry sighed, "What are you going to do?"
Ron looked at the paper and frowned, "I know what I'm going to do; you can go first..."
Harry nodded, "Right...okay," he pulled out his wand and pointed it at the parchment, "Subnotatio, Harry Potter,"
He turned to Ron and expected him to do the same thing, but when Ron turned and started for the door, he called out to him, "Why are you signing?"
"I had already decided that I wouldn't sign...not for something like this...but I wasn't about to let my decision mess with yours."
Harry looked shocked to say the least, and watched as Ron left the room.
It could definitely be said that Ronald Weasley wasn't the brains of the Golden Trio, but he knew his friends, and well enough at that to make intelligent decisions concerning them.
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(2 Weeks Later)
Japan, Tokyo
Sunset Shrine
Higurashi Family
Souta Higurashi sat with his sister in front of the TV, watching the news as they talked about the large abundance of Owls flying around the globe in every direction imaginable.
"What's up with that?"
Kagome shrugged, "Some type of Global Warming thing, I guess..."
"Ahh~!"
"Mom?!"Both Souta and Kagome stood and ran outside to where their mother could be found lying on the grass, the broom she'd been holding a moment ago lay uselessly to her left as she looked horrorstruck, pointing ahead at what had obviously frightened her.
Kagome followed her mom's finger and frowned, a barn owl was on the grass looking pointedly at them, a tube of some kind was gripped tightly in its talons and as it stood on one leg, and held the other at, Kagome could only think of how weird things had been happening a lot more frequently since her travels down the well stopped. She knew demons existed, but even in the past, owls were never an issue...on another note, she couldn't feel a single demon around her, so while they do exist, she was sure they had learned to blend in so to speak. Walking up to the owl, she heard her mother cry out for her to not get to close, be careful, she said. 'I've fought off hoards of demons five hundred years in the past, why should I be careful? It's an owl...what could it possibly do that a demon or worse hasn't?' Of course, she didn't voice her thoughts; she did however, grab the tube and pull off the top.
"What is it?"
Kagome tilted the tube and a rolled up piece of paper fell from the casing. "Looks like a...letter..."
Souta ran up to her and looked at the owl which was still looking at her, blinking every so often as it looked at his sister. "So people still use this method?"
"...um, I think you are confusing owls with carrier pigeons..." Kagome turned the letter over and noted the red was seal with Two M's halfway overlapping each other. "...candy company?"
Rai walked over to her kids and frowned, "I'm sure it's not from the candy company."
Kagome shrugged, breaking the seal, she rolled out the letter and read out loud the contents:
"Dear, Miss. Higurashi, Kagome
You have been cordially invited to participate in a conception event which will be taking place all around the world. You are among the few Muggles with which the trust of our world has been entrusted. Enclosed, you will find a detailed document of the past proceedings of our world which will appear as nothing more than a blank piece of parchment to anyone whose eyes it was not spelled to be seen by.
It should be mentioned that your secrets are well kept in the Ministry of Magic, like ours...so in our confidence, we are choosing to trust you with our secrets. Let it be known that if you betray our trust, we will make it known to your kind, the secrets that you yourself harbor. Consider this when you reply to the later epistle enclosed.
Sincerely Signed,
Kingsley Shacklebolt
Witnessed By,
Avaline Zabini
Timothy Nott"
Souta frowned, "That sounds like a threat!"
"That sounds...familiar..."
Kagome and Souta turned to their mother, both question silently what it was that she meant.
"Oh, the...the Ministry of Magic, it sounds...familiar. I don't know why, but I can't help but think I've heard of it before..." Rai looked to be in thought, her eyes clouded in concentration as she thought back over the years to when or where she might have over heard the name of such a Ministry, but to no avail.
"I'm sure it'll come back to you,"
Souta scoffed, "Read the other thing!"
"There isn't anything," she shook the letter, "One piece of paper, and there was nothing else in the tube either. See...ah!" She looked in the tube and frowned. A rolled up document, was still inside, and the tube was considerably heavier than previously.
"Must have been magic..." Souta said with a deadpanned look.
Rai sighed, "Let's take this inside..." she ushered her youngest inside with Kagome following close behind. Kagome stopped at the door and turned to the Owl, whistling, she was unsure if it would hear her, or follow at that, but when the Owl gave her a look, she felt as if it were thinking along the line of 'Really? Do I look like a dog?' before it followed her inside.
"Really Souta," Rai started, "after all that your sister has been through, a world of Magic is the least surprising thing I've heard of."
Souta laughed, "Not as surprising as her adopting a fox demon?"
Kagome frowned, "Oh hush, I don't even know where he is, he should be home by now."
Souta looked out the window and frowned, "If you were a fox demon, and still getting used to the city that you would be living in for who knows how long...and you saw a large flock of owls fly over that city...what would you do?"
Kagome felt a headache and turned to her brother, "Can you go find him?"
"Right, right..." he left back through the door, and Kagome and Rai sat down.
"I won't be able to see the words on the document, dear, so maybe you should read it and then you can tell me the roundabout version later. I'll go make some tea..."
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Me: I never seem to have any difficulty writing this story, lol I didn't have my journal, so it didn't go exactly as I'd written in my book, but I'll fit that into the next chapter.
Updates will come out a little faster than previously! I'll be starting lists from now on, posting them at the end of each chapter, so you'll know what has been both updated, and next to be updated.
LIST
Rated M For Manicure – X
A Moment In Time – X
The Last to Know – X
Shine on Me – X
The Girl You Left Behind – X
Accidentally In Love – X
Stay Alive – X
I Am Shades of Life – X
The Shadow Bender – X
I Say Yes – X
My Dirty Little Secret – I'm staring at it...still...
Me: The list will be made by Yuki subsequently, once I finish the last story on the list. Please Review, and let me know what you think. If there is anything specific that you want on the list, talk to YukimuraShuusukeGirl, I have no say in it!