A note from your Author: I don't own Inuyasha or Harry Potter. On with the story!

Chapter 30

It took a while for things to settle down, but when Harry finally lay his head down to sleep, it only seemed like he just closed his eyes and he was being roughly awoken.

"OH HARRY, you're alive!" Harry had barely any time to see what was going on because he was soon stuck under a crushing hug, he thought even though he had been alive while he was sleeping, the figure who was crushing the air out of his throat would soon kill him.

"Whaddisgoinon?" Ron said as he held his head up, hair sticking in all directions.

"RONALD!" The figure turned on Ron and much to Harry's relief released him and hugged Ron. From a distance Harry could see their attacker was Mrs. Weasley, he figured since they would be staying a while the twins must have contacted their mother.

"Urg, Mum you're crushing me." Ron did seem like he was being crushed, his face was turning purple, which clashed with his hair.

"Wha…." Koga almost finished his sentence before Mrs. Weasley turned on him.

"Oh, I don't know who you are but if you kept these boys safe then thank you, thank you, thank you." She ran over and hugged Koga.

Now the wolf king had seen his share of demons, monsters, and he had even fought along side the others in the final battle against Naraku. When he met Mrs. Weasley that day he was more frightened than all of those times before. She hugged the demon tightly, not knowing exactly what or who he was but thanking him all the same.

As soon as it had come, it was over. When Mrs. Weasley went to the door she turned and saw all three boys clutching their throats and looking feebly at each other. She couldn't help but smile, these two boys were her sons, and she was finally able to be with them for what little time she had.

"Breakfast will be ready whenever you get up, so sleep as long as you can." She only smiled and turned to close the door.

When Harry was finally able to pull himself out of bed and make it down the hall, (A.N. There are a few rooms upstairs which were mostly store rooms which the twins changed into temporary bedrooms, along with a small kitchen.) and found the kitchen was in use but there were no people in it. He made his way down the back staircase, following the sound of voices. The entire company, including a grumbling Sesshomaru, and an irate Inuyasha, the pigmy puff was still attached to him, were all settled in the main area of the shop.

Harry, like Mrs. Weasley before him, had to just stop and watch everyone. They all seemed so happy for the few brief seconds they had. Harry realized he was tired. He wanted to join the festivities but seeing them all happy was something that seemed to zap all the energy out of him. Unfortunately an arm grabbed him from behind and dragged him into the small room where the new prophecy was revealed.

Kagome had been feeling the same as Harry, and when she saw him starting to make his way up to his bedroom she knew the best thing for them was to talk it out.

"Hey, Harry." She said sitting down at the table. Harry followed suit and sat next to her.

"Listen I know we're both feeling the same thing, so it would probably be better if we just talked about it. I mean, um, I'm a very good listener." Kagome didn't want to impose on the person sitting near her, but she could tell he really needed to talk.

"It's like I can't help but wonder, what would the world be like if Voldemort or Naraku never showed up? We would be able to be friends without any consequence, we would be able to relax and have fun without worrying if we would all be killed in a few minutes." Harry threw his head into his hands, "and I would be able to go home after a school year and see my parents." He mumbled into his palms.

"Yes, that's all well and good and all, but if none of this bad stuff had happened then I would have had a very lonely life." Harry looked up in surprise at Kagome. "I wouldn't have gone back to the feudal era, because there would be no Naraku to fight, and then I wouldn't have been drawn to you because Voldemort didn't exist. I found something in myself when I was in the past, I would never change from my normal timid self if I hadn't been forced to…. well to live. We have to move forward, just like I must keep honor in my friends even though they're dead and I have to accept that. It's the same with your parents, they wouldn't want you to just stay there and try to imagine what it would be like with them, they want you to live. The good, the bad, it all comes with the package. I guess that's all I really have to say." Kagome knew the consequences if she stayed, so the next noise in the room was the scraping of her chair and the door closing quietly.

Harry sat there for a while and realized what Kagome said was exactly true. He knew he couldn't forget his past entirely but he also couldn't just sit there and not enjoy the present no matter how bad it was.

In a few seconds after this revelation Harry went out and joined the others, pretending he had just awoken like the rest of them. He had to endure another massive hug from Mrs. Weasley, his arm was almost shaken off when Mr. Weasley took a hold of his hand, and then they all had to suffer the taunting of the two twins who did a very good impression of Mrs. Weasley trying to hug Harry and Harry trying to run away.

It took a few hours, and a few small 'demonstrations' of the twins' magic and Shippo's talent, before everything settled down. Both Fred and George were fascinated with Shippo's, whatever he had, and they instantly broke off to speak to the Kitsune about working with them on a few 'projects.'

When the twins left to speak with Shippo, everyone paired off to spend the day either in London or in the confines of Diagon Alley. Koga tried to get Hermione's attention to try and get her alone but he was sadly disappointed when Ron turned up and Hermione tried to get Harry's attention.

The three old friends left Fred and George's promising they would return before nightfall to a worrying Mrs. Weasley.

"Blimey, she's getting soft," as Ron clutched his throat after his mother bid them a tearful goodbye. "She never let us go out by ourselves before."

"You have to look at if from her perspective, Ron." Said Hermione as she led the way to the main street of Diagon Alley, "she allowed you to go and fight Voldemort, and you came back alive. She's now trying to tell herself she was wrong not to believe in you and is trying to make it up before you leave again. Because as much as she hates it, she still has the nagging feeling you won't come home, and that just makes her feel worse."

"Yeah, because she doesn't want me to die," Ron said trying to take hold of the conversation.

"No, because she feels guilty of not trusting you, Ron she wants to believe you are a great wizard, but she can't get over the feeling that you may die." Ron and Harry exchanged a confused look. Hermione started to go on but Ron stopped her.

"I told you," he said turning to Harry, "at Hogwarts they should have had a class about how girl's minds work." Harry laughed and Hermione just rolled her eyes.

She glanced behind them and then hurriedly guided them into a restaurant.

"Let's eat here." She said as if nothing had happened. The tired wizard at the bar seemed happy just to see some customers, because the entire place was dead. He led them to a table in the back, at Hermione's request and brought them three glasses of water.

"Let's just have a little explanation of what just happened there." Ron said jabbing his thumb at the door.

"What, oh nothing I just felt like sitting down." Hermione said dismissively, Harry, who was facing the window, saw a very confused Koga turning in small circles looking for something.

"Wouldn't have anything to do with a certain demon would it?" He asked teasing Hermione.

She blushed and said, "he won't leave me alone, I have told him no a thousand times but that just makes him even more energized, I honestly don't know what to do with him." She shook her head and looked over at the person sitting next to her (Ron).

"Why don't you just make out with that lump in front of him?" Harry said indicating to Ron who was engrossed in the menu to even listen to the hushed conversation going on next to him.

"Well, um would that, well ah work?" For the first time Harry saw Hermione did not know something. She had no idea what to do to get rid of Koga.

"Yeah." Harry didn't feel like rubbing it into her face that she, the star student, didn't know an answer to something. They put their heads together and plotted when the best time was for Harry to 'accidentally' lead the wolf to Ron and his room, to find the couple. It was only when all was decided did one of the key players in the scheme, Ron, looked up.

"What're you guys talking about?" He said glancing curiously at the two inclined heads.

"Politics." Harry said quickly looking at Hermione, she smiled back at him and they both started to laugh. Ron simply stared at his demented friends (A.N. I don't own Little Miss Sunshine, but I do strongly suggest for all of you to watch it).

"So why did you want to get us out of the house? Apart from trying to get away from my brothers that is."

"Well, I think we should prepare for finding the next Horcrux." After some explaining Harry was able to tell Hermione, mostly what she already knew, and Ron the events of the last night.

"We know where the house is but is the Horcrux there?" Hermione wondered out loud.

"No, I don't think he would have hidden it there, I think it is somewhere else, but near to the Riddle house." Harry concluded, it must be at the Gaunt house, the small shack Harry visited quite a few times with Dumbledore in the pensive.

"Now the next decision is when do we leave?" Hermione seemed to know the best time to say things; she waited long enough for after Harry's speech, and then jumped into another topic.

"As soon as possible, I guess." Harry said shrugging, he knew it would be hard on the twins and Ron's parents but they needed to get all of the Horcruxses before Voldemort noticed they were all gone.

"I think we can afford a few days." Hermione said matter-of-factly.

"But what if, you know more Horcruxses are made?" Harry said leaning in as the waiter passed to fill their glasses.

"I hope the weather is clearing up soon," Ron said turning to the waiter engaging him in conversation. The other two didn't notice this, but Ron could see the wizard edging closer and closer to their conversation, and when he was filling the glasses, he took and abnormally long time.

"Yes, yes, that is my hope as well, sir." The waiter seemed flustered and left to the bar.

"We shouldn't stay long." Ron muttered to the other two. They spoke for a while longer, now about nothing but fake schoolwork, the hope their break was longer, and classes they hated.

After twenty minutes they left the bar paying for the water, and turning on the street. Harry and Ron were about to turn back to the Weasley's when Hermione stated she wanted to look at shops in the other direction.

"He may follow us." She said quietly, this was one time when Harry wished he had a demon with them, they had unnatural hearing abilities and were also a formidable opponent.

As if on command Koga showed up out of nowhere, a frown on his face. He threw his arm around Hermione and started talking loudly.

"Hey babe, I'm sorry I'm late, I was stuck in my advanced fighting class. Yeah my sparring partner had to go to the healers but everything should be fine in a few days." Harry had no idea what was going on, but then Koga bent down and whispered to them, "there's a guy who has been following you ever since you left that bar. Keep walking like nothing is happening." In a louder voice he called out, "Well I better be going, I can't stay away from home forever." With that the demon disappeared.

The three companions kept walking, and suddenly they heard a thump and a groan behind them.

"You trying to hurt my girl buddy?" Koga was holding the bartender's arms behind his back as he threw his threats in his ear. The bartender just uttered incoherent mumblings as Koga tightened his grip. "Lets just go back to your bar and let my girl go on her way, shall we?" Koga seemed not to give the bartender a choice since he simply turned around and started to push the waiter back to the bar.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione walked back to the Weasley's shop and they were soon caught up by Koga.

"Well, that was fun." He said winking at Hermione and put his arm around her waist. Ron looked absolutely livid.