Kagome made no indication that she remembered my presence while interacting with her group. It was a bit insulting and made me almost doubt that the event even happened. It was most probably a little over a week later when events had settled down out in the physical world and the girl made a trip through the portal to her hometown. After rushing off to school in her disheveled state to take (more likely fail) a quiz, she cruised through the rest of the school day with half a mind. Now she was traveling home by train and staring out the window while hugging her rucksack.

The scenery flickered by too quickly to register, so the lack of entertainment from the outside world made me throw my mind back into the past. I was taking the train back from Hogwarts to spend my summer at the orphanage. The worst part of the year. Mostly because I was forbidden from hexing the other children now that the Ministry knew of my existence.

Fields, forests, and rolling hills were speckled with the occasional animal and dotting of cottages. It was a stark difference from the bustling city of London. I gave a silent sigh before focusing my attention back to my companions.

"What are you going to do this summer Tom?" Alpina had asked me. "My parents are treating me to a cruise. You're welcome to come if you don't have any plans. Marcus, Elizabeth, and Katherine might be joining me." We had broken up just before the end of the school year, but remained "friends". Alpina failed at properly balancing her social life and her studies so I generously decided to help her out to benefit her education. It had nothing to do with the fact that she was a little too clingy and had an unhealthy obsession with a certain obnoxious tea room. I mentally rolled my eyes at her question. To Alpina's credit, she wasn't TOO whiny about the breakup but she had been making occasional attempts to rekindle the fake flames that we had.

She made a tempting offer though. A cruise with my classmates versus stuck doing nothing at the orphanage? My eyes darted to the aforementioned other friends who were possibly going to attend, searching their posture for indications of truth. Though, if Alpina was trying to get us alone together and behave unfavorably, she could always end up in an unfortunate accident.

Our attention and discussion was interrupted when another student entered the car. "Just passing through," the nervous Hufflepuff said as he was greeted with sharp eyes and silence. Ming Chen was his name if I remembered correctly. I worked with him once in potions in some previous year. He was an unobtrusive but proficient pureblood. Half Scottish and half Chinese. The boy ran his hands through his black hair as he shuffled by and for some reason, that reminded me of another Asian that I would come to recognize but wasn't quite acquainted with. Maybe it was the dark hair that reflected almost indigo in the light.

It was when my thoughts of the present blended with my memory that something irregular caught my attention. Something that I do not recall being in the train car at the time. A glimpse of raven hair that didn't belong to any bird or Ming Chen. My classmates froze and blurred away as a new figure came into focus sitting on the table in front of me but facing the opposite window.

Hmm….I thought about Kagome a lot but never had her form materialized in my consciousness. Which, now that I think about it, was odd since I had memories stage themselves in my mind all the time. Did that sound a bit mad? Well, I have solitary confinement as a good excuse for my insanity.

Back to the foreign figure my mind seemed to conjure up. "Really. I don't know why I didn't imagine you in my space before."

This startled the Asian female into standing and she spun around to face me. Her eyes were just as wide and blue as when I first saw them in person. "And to imagine you being surprised to see me. I guess I'm imagining what it would be like if I ever did physically introduce myself to you."

Kagome looked around her before bringing her eyes back to me and then pointed to herself as if asking, 'Me?'

I lifted a brow curiously. "Yes, I am speaking of you."

She shook her head. "Sumimasen. Eigo amari wakarimasen...I...don't understand English."

Even more curious. Only if I was REALLY bored would I pass the time imagining Kagome not understanding me. It was only fairly recently any hopes of actually talking to her surfaced so I never really mentally practiced conversations between us with the language barrier. Hmm...maybe I should keep an open mind about what was in front of me.

"My name is Higurashi Kagome. Nice to meet you. And you?" She asked me awkwardly.

"My name is Tom Riddle." I spoke slowly but not too slowly as to insult her intelligence. I threw in a little bow too.

"Rii-do-ru-san?"

"Riddle." I enunciated.

"Ri-do-ru?"

"Riddle."

"Ritoru? Like 'little'? 'Big' and "Little'?" Her hands moved with her speech.

"No. Riddle. Like a puzzling question that makes you think," I explained. Her facial expression became more confused.

"R-Ri-rid-doru...san." I could tell she was trying her best to form the sounds but it didn't keep my eye from twitching.

"How about you just call me Tom."

The look of relief on her face told me she was much more comfortable with that even if her culture dictated she call me by my family name. "Tomu-san."

"Hmm…" Close enough. I'll work on it. "So Higurashi….san." I pronounced carefully. She gave a small smile so I think I didn't destroy her name.

"You can call me Kagome."

"Kagome-san it is then. I would say it is a pleasure to meet you, but I think we've met before," I said carefully. Does she remember our brief exchange out in the physical world?

She mumbled something to herself in Japanese but I saw recognition in her eyes. "I think it was a dream."

"You thought it was a dream? I'm not offended. I am actually wondering if you really are here in front of me right now also."

"This," she gestured to the empty space around her. "is dream, no? A dream. I sure that I'm dreaming."

"And what makes you sure that this is a dream?"

"Because when I sleep, I see you. Sometimes in a big castle. But this is the first time we talking." She made a thinking pose. "This first time I talk to anyone when I dream of people talking in English. People don't see me."

"Is that so? Maybe this is a dream. But I assure you, it is the truth that I am real." She looked skeptical. "I can prove it. When you awake, go-"

The Japanese girl disappeared in an instant and I stood there frozen. What the...Seeing as she wasn't in my consciousness, I turned my senses outwards to observe that the train had announced Kagome's station. Her body automatically awoke with a start and rushed to get off at her stop.

Two things could have just occurred. Either I had a vast imagination, or the girl's consciousness had entered my diary while she had dozed off. And apparently, this was not the first time. If it was the former, well, then I should take up meditation to start clearing my mind. If was the latter, then that changed everything.

A/n: I've been researching a little bit (because Wikipedia is such a good source, of course...) and found out that the diary was given to Lucius some time before Voldemort's first defeat. Well, ignore that obviously _ Also, I realize that Kagome's timeline is probably supposed to occur later than the Harry Potter timeline. Something I realized when I wanted Kagome to wake up to a cell phone ringing which prompted me to wonder if the modern cell phone was even invented at the time. Then I realized that when the Chamber of Secrets was reopened in 1992, the trusty flip phone wasn't around. So...just throw the Inuyasha timeline back a few years to be semi consistent with the Harry Potter timeline. Or, just read on without even caring about that which is way easier. This is probably just something that bothers me personally. We'll see how long I last. I'll probably end up giving up part way through and throwing in Ipads and President Obama into the story or some other anachronism. I'm so fickle :P
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