Chapter 12

Harry wondered what happened when the couple left, but he didn't have to think long because both Ron and Hermione started wondering the same thing, out loud.

"Guys, not helping," he said over his shoulder, looking back at them. They didn't have to wait long, after a few minutes Kagome came out of the shadows holding the hanyo's hand.

To forget the embarrassing situation everyone ignored the momentary leave of absence of Kagome and Inuyasha. They went on talking about their adventure and decided the best time was to leave within the next few days. Ron pointed out that they should at least wait a few hours before telling his mother and family they were leaving. They agreed to meet at the same place in two days and at that time they would all be ready to leave.

As Harry, Hermione and Ron were walking away, Harry turned back to see Kagome waving at them with a very disgruntled Inuyasha at her side (A.N. everyone at the Burrow believes that Kagome left so they figured it would be better for her to stay away to keep the confusion at a minimum).

When the day of their departure arrived Harry was glad to be leaving, he hated the fact that he would leave all of his friends, who had become more than a family to him, but he also hated the way Mrs. Weasly followed them around. She kept telling them they didn't have to go, but when it finally sank in she started telling them everything they would need. She followed Harry around for a full twenty minutes telling him the importance of taking enough socks.

The thing they most looked forward to was the fact they would be leaving to make a difference, or so they thought. When Harry reached the camp where they were meeting Inuyasha and Kagome, he thought that may not be the case, or at least not right away. He knew in the back of his head there might be some fighting between his other four companions, so before he left he asked Fred and George if they had anything for sound proofing. As it turned out they did because of the nocturnal activities that had been happening in the adjacent room.

The first thing that happened when they got to the camp was to find out Kagome hadn't packed up and Inuyasha was pressuring her to finish. She got angry and then he got into an even worse mood. Hermione went over and helped Kagome with a quick spell that seemed to fit everything and more into the small pack that Kagome was holding. Kagome thanked her and Inuyasha muttered about her not needing all of that "crap." Ron let out a snigger before he could stop himself and he was too late into trying to turn it into a cough. Hermione rounded on him as Kagome was going at Inuyasha, Harry rolled his eyes and stuck the bright red ear pieces into his ear and thought about the long trip ahead.

The ear pieces worked very well, Harry congratulated the twins in his head. They were able to block anything that was annoying the wearer but they didn't block anything else. Harry was able to enjoy the surrounding sounds without worrying when a fight would break out. Unfortunately he wasn't able to enjoy it as much as he would have liked. Other than the fighting there was a heavy weight on the group. Harry realized that a week from the day that they had left, they would have left for Hogwarts. He resolved for the billionth time he would stop Voldemort and then maybe go and try and reopen Hogwarts.

This went on for days, them following Kagome's lead. Sometimes they would follow a scent Inuyasha would find, or a direction Hermione's wand pointed them. Kagome said she could defiantly feel an evil aura north of where they were.

"If only we had a map." Hermione wondered out loud, as they were walking one sunny morning. There had been little fighting and Harry was hopeful he wouldn't have to pull out the ear pieces.

"Oh, I almost forgot!" Kagome stopped the group and set her bag down to fight with the contents until she pulled out a crumpled piece of paper. "Sorry there's writing all over it but, here I think it should make do."

She and Hermione knelt down on the ground and the boys just sat and waited. When the map was laid down on the ground Hermione let out a squeal.

"How do you know ancient runes?" She said getting excited. "Are they something a miko has to know? Oooh is it part of your countries history?" She was getting more and more eager with every question. It wasn't until she sat and read what Kagome had written did her face fall. "Do you know what this means?" She said, the tempo of her voice changed completely.

"You're the only one who knows Ancient Runes, Hermione." Ron said, and thankfully Hermione didn't seem to notice the sarcasm in his voice.

"Right, yeah, well it says 'They who are equal will never face until all is done. As two become one, another is whole, another is gone, and a new world has begun.'" There was silence that followed what Hermione said. Everyone standing didn't know what to say or how to react. They stood there for a while until someone mentioned they should go, silence stayed with them until it set with the sun.

They camped out as they had for the past days but the only sounds they made were few and far apart. At least we're talking thought Harry and no one is treating me like a time bomb. It was true almost everyone was thinking of Harry, Hermione and Ron were wondering if Kagome's message was correct and if it had anything to do with Harry. Kagome was wondering who the two were, and Inuyasha was busy counting.

"I have to leave." He stood up quickly, but not fast enough. Just as the sun set a change came over Inuyasha. His ears shrank down to the side of his face, claws that were long and sharp at his sides were shortened to a normal length, and the most surprising of all was his hair changed from white to a shade that mirrored Kagome and Harry's. His eyes stopped turning from a golden shade to a deep blue. Harry finally realized that this was a time that Kagome had mentioned, Inuyasha had been turned into a human.

Seeing no reason to go into hiding, Inuyasha sat back down grunting. He ignored Ron's questions and just seemed to go into a trance where he forgot everything. Kagome, however, was staring up at the clouded sky. I had completely forgotten that tonight was the new moon, Inuyasha will probably be mad at me for not reminding him, but then again how could he forget? She sat there in her musings for a while until they all started hearing a tinny sort of whistle. They all looked around and Kagome was thankful that Inuyasha was human, because in his dog form the noise would have driven him mad.

"What the hell is that noise?!" I guess he hates the sound even in his human form Kagome giggled. They all watched as Harry pulled out a colorful top out of his pack. Everyone gathered around the toy as it spun in his hand. "What the hell is that?" His mood seemed even worse now that the noise was out in the open and even louder.

"Shut up all of you!" Kagome said in a fierce whisper, Hermione silenced the top with her wand and all noise ceased in their camp. Silence and darkness surrounded them like blankets. Every muscle in Kagome's body was tuned into listening for any sound. She relaxed when she heard nothing. But then ……

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