Chapter 31
When Hermione was able to unclasp her waist from Koga's grip they went up to Ron and Harry's room to finish their conversation.
"Harry, I know you think Voldemort is going to make more Horcruxses, but you have to think of it from his point. The only soul he has to work with is one seventh of a whole soul, its hard enough breaking a whole soul in half, but breaking one seventh?" Harry agreed, wishing he had thought of that himself.
They decided to leave in five days, and when Harry got to the door he turned back and saw Hermione grabbing a hold of Ron's hand.
Harry grinned and closed the door, he would let the two have some privacy before he went to get Koga.
"What are you smiling about?" A familiar voice questioned, as a familiar face glance at him from across the hall.
"Progress," Harry could have laughed at the sight on Kagome's face if he could have made a noise, but he wanted to give the couple behind the door as much time alone as he could.
"What do you mean by that?" Kagome said, her eyes narrowing.
"Escaped from the dangerous clutches of Inuyasha, have you? Or are you just jealous his new love is cuter than you?" He teased drawing closer to Kagome.
"Oh, are you thinking I'm jealous, I'll show you how jealous I am." Kagome said loving the game, "or perhaps I just haven't seen the light and it took you to show it to me. This I thank you from the bottom of my heart Mr. Potter." She stepped closer their noses almost brushing.
"And what light would that be Miss. Higurashi?" Said Harry, wishing he could lean in even closer.
"That it takes a real man to-" Kagome was cut off by the sound of someone climbing the stairs, Harry reluctantly pulled away and allowed Kagome to fix her hair.
Koga stared at the two in the hallway, it wasn't hard to tell they had certain feelings for one another, not that Koga cared, and they could go with his blessing. He only had eyes for one girl now.
Before Harry could stop Koga, the demon opened the door to his and Ron's room and went inside. Harry groaned and turned back to Kagome.
"You might want to fix that blush, just there." He said leaning in, his nose now touching hers and poked her cheek, she blushed even harder; Harry just smiled and walked off.
When he walked into the room the sight he saw seemed to be in freeze frame. Trying his hardest not to laugh, turn red, and look at the couple on one of the beds he grabbed Koga and pulled him out the door.
It seemed that when Harry said make out with Ron, Hermione took it one step further. The two were lying on one of the beds, seemingly halfway through an amazing snogging session. Thankfully they were both fully clothed, but they were fully embarrassed as well.
All in all it had been a very eventful day, and when evening came Koga went to sleep in Inuyasha and Shippo's room and Harry decided to not give his friend a hard time about what was witnessed a few hours prior.
After four days the last night approached before they were to board the bus that would get them to the Riddle house. The plan was they were going to be posing as a group of muggles on holiday taking a sightseeing tour of historical places in Britain. They also decided for safety reasons they wouldn't go as a huge group but in twos and threes. Ron and Koga would be in one group, and Hermione, Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, and Jaken would be in another. On a different bus, provided by the same tour group would be Harry, Kagome and Shippo all in one group.
Hermione was able to shrink all the demons' ears and make them look more human. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha's hair provide a problem; neither demon would allow Hermione to change it, so much to their displeasure they were put in the same group.
Hermione also thought it would be a good idea to have all the demons have at least one human companion and British citizen, so they would know the lay of the land better than if the demons were on their own. This is why Harry was on a different bus, and Ron was stuck without Hermione and with Hermione's ex-admirer. Another person not to happy with the surroundings was Inuyasha, he tried to trust Kagome but when he couldn't see her on his bus it made him anxious.
The truth was nothing really happened, both Harry and Kagome stared out the window listening to the tour guide drone on and on with Shippo sound asleep on Kagome's lap. Kagome found the tour fascinating, and although Harry wouldn't admit it, he found it dull. He feigned interest for the girl sitting across from him but mentally he was fighting dragons, or playing Quidditch.
The best part of the tour for all of the groups was when the busses rested in a small village and they all stopped for lunch. The three collections of demons and humans made their way to different areas of the village for lunch. None of them could blow their cover by speaking to one another, but Inuyasha tried as hard as he could to get to Kagome. It wasn't until Sesshomaru 'accidentally' kicked him did the hanyou stop.
"They're fine," Sesshomaru muttered under his breath, "Shippo is with them."
It really didn't make a difference whether Shippo was with the two or not. The Kitsune preferred Harry to Inuyasha and even started making comments about Kagome dumping the hanyou and taking Harry instead.
"I mean, come on, Kagome. Harry doesn't pick on me, that means he's good with children. I also think that if Harry were to discipline a kid instead of yelling and hitting, like someone else, he would give them candy." Shippo seemed to make up his mind here and there, so he ran out to chase a butterfly.
"He has a very good point, you know." Harry said, turning to tease Kagome some more.
"Oh well, he just knows if I start hanging out with you then he won't be hit as much," Kagome said with a wave of her hand, "I don't think he takes into account my personal feelings."
"Oh and what would those personal feelings be, Miss. Higurashi?" Harry said leaning in even closer and watching her squirm.
They both waited for Kagome to come up with a good answer, but before she could say anything the tour bus sounded its horn.
"I guess we better get going." Kagome said she was reluctant to leave the comfort of that sunny slope, sitting so near to the one she… stop! the voice yelled you have to make a decision, one or the other. With that in mind Kagome stopped paying attention to the tour bus and started thinking about her problem.
Kagome sat and thought so long she didn't realize when Harry was shaking her shoulder.
"Come on time to go." Kagome got up, grabbed her bag and started following Harry. Shippo had decided the best place to sleep was in Harry's lap, so the boy who lived had the awkward responsibility of carrying the kit to their hotel. The stop was conveniently located in the town which was the place of the Riddle house, the entire group would take a tour of the house the next day, but Harry, Ron and to his displeasure Sesshomaru would leave the village that night and try and be back at daybreak.
When they reached the hotel room Harry carefully lay Shippo on one of the pillows and set his bag at the end of the bed. Kagome followed him and stood at the doorway looking over as Harry unloaded his pack.
"You know, he's right, you really are good with kids." She commented as she fell onto the other bed.
"Nah, I know a house-elf who's just like, no wait Dobby's nothing like Shippo, but they both know how to cause trouble. So I guess I know how to deal with Dobby and Shippo is a lot easier," Harry said running his hands over the back of his head. He looked down sheepishly at the floor and then up at Kagome. He then had a sudden urge to ask her something. "Kagome," why was he nervous? "Kagome, would you wait up for me? I mean, it would be nice to come home to someone and tell them about my day, and well, um I guess I've never had that. I know this really isn't a place to call home, but will you wait up for me?" Harry felt he had never been more nervous in his life.
"Sure." Harry glanced up at the girl sitting on the bed, and for some reason he couldn't understand she had turned beat red.
"Come on love birds, we don't have all night." Ron said as he walked through the door.
"How'd you get in here?" Harry questioned as Sesshomaru followed Ron through the doorway.
"Fred and George," Ron said as he held up a paperclip, "Well come on lets have ourselves an adventure."
A note from your Author: One thing I really hate is in the Harry Potter movies Ron is portrayed as this scared little kid who wimpers and almost wets his pants. ENOUGH! Thank you.