The Dragon Tamer

Summary: Charlie has a secret; his family doesn't know, his friends don't know, only he knows...he and the beautiful Rai Higurashi...who was now dead. His secret? He had a daughter...her name, keeping his beautiful Rai's last name, Kagome Higurashi. He has raised her with all the love and care that a Dragon Tamer can, now...it's time she goes and lives her own life, but, can he let her go...or will his need to protect her keep him from letting her go?

Anime/Book/Movie: InuYasha/Harry Potter

Pairing: (Slight Harry/Kagome) – Draco/Kagome

Genre: Romance/Adventure

Rated: M for Mature Content

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RESPONSE

Martyna: When did I write that he was in his fifties? I don't recall ever saying how old Charlie was or is.

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Clearly there was a way to make a cauldron so dirty, that it could actually take hours to clean them. The guck that stuck to the bottom of one of the cauldrons was so thick that she actually had to ask for something to scoop it out with. He'd ended up calling a house elf and getting her a metal spoon. Then, another cauldron had a film of something sticky, that when she brought the scrub brush to it, the scrub brush got stuck. She heard the clock above the Professor's head ticking, mocking her in a fashion she didn't enjoy. After about four hours, Kagome had finished cleaning, buffing and polishing, which is funny, considering...he'd only asked her to clean the cauldrons. Standing, and stretching, she'd made her way in front of Professor Snape's desk and watched him grade papers. Getting on her knees, she crossed her arms over his desk and placed her head on them. "Professor, do you mind if I ask you a question?"

Without glancing up, he answered, "You just did, Miss. Higurashi."

"...sorry..." She smiled, "I was just wondering, Professor...why do Slytherin's and Gryffindor's not talk to one another?"

"They do talk to one another,"

She laughed, "In snide, yes...in kind...no. I wondered why it's so hard for them to befriend each other. Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Gryffindor all get along. Ravenclaw and Slytherin get along...but Gryffindor and Slytherin...it's like a taboo interface between us and them."

He placed his quill down and looked Kagome in the eyes. She was serious in her question, the first student in fact, that he'd ever had, to be so curious and serious about the strained relationship between the two houses. "It has always been a rocky bond between the Gryffindor house and the Slytherin house. Even when I attended Hogwarts, I only ever associated with one Gryffindor."

"You were a Slytherin?"

He nodded, "Was...am..."

"Was the Gryffindor a friend?"

"...she was..."

Kagome smiled at the faraway look in his eyes.

"The only thing that keeps both Slytherin's and Gryffindor's at each others throats is that both houses are generally very competitive. Neither likes to lose, both want to win. Oddly enough, you have it backwards. Slytherin's don't always get along well with Ravenclaw's."

"...It seemed like they did," Kagome frowned.

"You must remember that things are not always as they seem. Ravenclaw's can get along with Slytherin's...but the two can also go horrible together. Ravenclaw's like figuring out Slytherin's. They enjoy poking and prodding through the minds of others and some Slytherin's interpret that as a threat to their control. Slytherin's are very controlling, if you've not yet noticed."

"So Ravenclaw's are nosey?"

"Summing them up into one word, yes."

"What of Ravenclaw and Gryffindor?"

"Ah, the two are brilliant together. I do believe that Ravenclaw's show a lot of affection towards Gryffindor's, Now mind you, Ravenclaw can and will be quite critical about Gryffindor's if they are behaving undesirably, which I believe hurts their pride, but other than that, they mesh well together."

Kagome nodded, "That makes sense, what about Hufflepuff?"

"Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff shouldn't even be in the same classrooms together...we'll leave it at that."

Kagome scoffed, "You can't just leave it at that. Why shouldn't they be around one another?"

"The depth of Ravenclaw clashes too much with Hufflepuff's carefree nature."

"Oh..."

"Then of course, Hufflepuff an Slytherin are great together. Oddly enough, with Slytherin's, Hufflepuff's feel no pressure in acting a certain way. As well, Slytherin's negativity contrasts with Hufflepuff's positivity in a good way. Slytherin's, a house who is normally distrustful of anyone, trust Hufflepuff's, while Hufflepuff's trust Slytherin's. They like being controlled by the Slytherin's."

Kagome hid a smirk behind her hands, 'Tells you what kinds of people are in Hufflepuff...'

"Hufflepuff's and Gryffindor's...like the Ravenclaw's, Hufflepuff's give affection and Gryffindor's want affection...so the two go well together. Though, I have observed a few fights with the two houses, I would say that it isn't anything that should be troubled over."

"So...what of Slytherin and Gryffindor?" Kagome was most curious of these two houses, being that she was a Gryffindor, and the annoyance that kept trying to flitter out of her reach was a Slytherin.

"The two houses are both competitive and can both be a little rough around the edges...Dumbledore once, long ago, explained to me that Gryffindor's want love. That is something that they encourage among their house. Slytherin's, well, they might think it as the Gryffindor's trying to control them, and as such, they would throw the kindness shown by a Gryffindor back at them in distaste. I've seen friendships destroyed...by a few wrongly placed words."

"What kind of words?"

"..." Snape looked at her for a moment, and almost told her that it wasn't important, but the sad look of curiosity that was lying in her blue eyes called out his reply before he could think on it. "Mudblood..."

She gasped, she knew the word, but she herself had never used it before. "...that is a nasty word, and I'm sure that it was hurtful...to both parties involved." Kagome watched his eyes drop down to the papers before him on his desk, not saying anything to her comment, Kagome frowned. "Sir, was it you who used that word."

Again, he gave no reply, and in a sense, Kagome guessed that was as good a reply as any.

"Did your friend forgive you?"

"...I wonder...I guess she did..."

"...but...you never forgave yourself..."

"It wasn't something I was proud of. I could never take back that awful name I called her, and I lost something that day...I lost a profound trust that only she'd ever given me."

The heartbreaking look in his eyes tore at Kagome. It told her all that she'd needed to know of the relationship he had at one time hoped to acquire from the Gryffindor girl... "You loved her..."

"...Miss. Higurashi...you may leave now. You have served your detention."

Kagome stood sadly and gave a small smile to her Potions Professor, "Sir, I have one more question..."

He had a tired look in his eyes, but he held his hand out for her to continue nevertheless.

"...how do you attract a Slytherin?"

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George and Fred lay asleep on the couch in the Gryffindor common room. Ginny was sitting at a desk, asleep with her head on an opened journal, absolutely nothing was written in the book from what Kagome could see, so she assumed Ginny had just fallen asleep before she'd been able to write anything.

Sitting on the chair across from the couch, she let her head rest on her arms before sleep took her to a black abyss like world of dreams.

So tired, she never heard the soft whispers or the shuffle of feet, but she did feel the warmth of a blanket draping over her shoulders and a pair of arms lifting her and setting her back down on something a little longer than the chair she'd been in.

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Kagome smiled at Ginny who was lying on the other couch across from the one she was on, the twins were both talking in a corner of the room in whispers, writing on parchment and snickering to themselves about one thing or another.

Sitting up, the warm black robe fell a bit, pooling around her waist, Another robe was draped over Ginny, the twins were without their robes however, only in their pants, long sleeve's and jumpers, shoe's discarded beside them as they watched over their family. Not being allowed entry into the girls' dormitory left them with few options.

Fred pulled something from his robe and Kagome stood up, walking up to the two as they waved a wand and whispered softly to a piece of parchment. She stared in amazement as names and feet appeared, moving across the parchment that looked to be more than just a few years old. "My goodness!"

Fred and George turned abruptly, hiding the map behind their backs, a laugh escaped Kagome's lips as she handed back the robe, unsure as to which the robe belonged.

"Thanks,"

"No," Kagome shook her head, "Thank you." She walked up to the girls dormitory to change, but before getting to the stairs, she called to Ginny, stirring the girl from her sleep.

"Hm?"

"It's time to get up Ginny, let's go get dressed."

Ginny tiredly stood and departed from the common room, the robe was left askew on the couch as the two made their way to their beds where their trunks were.

Kagome was quick to dress before lying on her bed with a hard book, a quill, ink and a piece of parchment. She dipped her quill in the ink while her Aunt finished dressing before placing it on the parchment.

Dear Daddy,

Hope you are faring well without me there. I miss you more than I thought imaginable, but I've come to enjoy it here, even if only a little. I haven't been here but two day's, so I guess I won't know how I really feel until a few weeks have passed me by.

When I first arrived, I wanted to write to you immediately, but forgot to, then the next day, after classes, I had detention and didn't get back till well past midnight, so I was much too tired to write down any thoughts, much less anything legible.

I wanted so badly to tell you of a boy I met on the way to Hogwarts, and before you go spouting off nonsense, such as, "do I like him" or "remember that talk we had about the Fwoopers and the Billywigs", no I don't like him in that way. He reminds me of Drako, in fact, his name is Draco! Cool huh~!

Anyways, I talked the other night with Professor Snape, who...I think...is my favorite Professor. He told me a lot about the houses and why they do or don't get along, and even answered another question of mine, but I won't tell you what that is!

I got a shout out from 'Grandma' in Ron's Howler yesterday, that was funny. Tell her I look forward to attending Christmas with everyone too! I love you Daddy, and I hope to hear from you soon!

Love,

Kagome

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Me: So this is chapter five, hope everyone liked it! Next chapter gets a little more Draco and Kagome interaction, but is it in a good way or a badway.

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