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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The school was abuzz with the happenings of the night before, and with the Darkest of the schools house's being the center of suspicion, it left Kagome a little more than upset as she was left with no chances at seeing Draco or Blaise as the day progressed, and not from lack of trying.
" ─ay to get close to you and hurt Harry!"
Kagome rolled her eyes. "Your boyfriend's safe, Ron! Now back off! Draco wasn't even aware of my being related to you to begin with; why would it matter now!"
Hermione smiled and turned to read more, trying for the past thirty minutes or so to block out Ron's incessant quarrelling with his niece, who, judging by the outcome of the argument thus far, was well versed in disarming her challengers and leaving them speechless. However, she would be the first to say that it wasn't unheard of for the ginger haired boy to be left bowled over.
"If you are so worried about him hurting Harry, than I'll give you an idea, just a little nudge in the right direction...in my opinion at least..."
Ron scoffed, tucking his hands away in his pockets and turning away; a familiar gesture to those who knew him.
Yep, there it was ladies and gentleman! The 'I-don't-care-what-you-say-if-it's-not-my-way-I-don't-like-it' look; Hermione hated that look, he used it when he knew he was about to be proven wrong or told something he didn't want to hear. "Let's just hear her out, Ron."
"..."
Kagome sighed, "Clearly there is some bad history between you three and Draco, I'm not going to lie, I don't really care. It's in the past; leave it there...move on. Draco is a genuinely nice guy, and I only wish you would all just try to get and know him...it takes one person to make a kind gesture or reach out to another...but if no one steps up...then things will never change. Slytherin's and Gryffindor's don't have to hate each other; you just do because you were told to, or saw that others do...when you leave Hogwarts, won't they just be another person you have to work alongside?" Kagome walked out of the Library in which she'd been dragged to, leaving behind a very flushed and upset Ronald Weasley, a curious Harry Potter, and a doubtful Hermione Granger.
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Sitting outside by the lake, Kagome felt something brush up behind her and turned to see the familiar ball of white fluff. "Hey kitty creature, you are looking especially beautiful today, if I do say so myself."
The animal purred and pressed its head up against her arm, trying to get her to pet her, which she was more than happy to do.
~SNAP~
Both the cat and Kagome jumped at the flash and the sound of a picture being taken. She didn't need to turn, she knew who it was. "Care to join me, Colin?"
"Éllo Kagome!" Colin sat beside her, smiling ever so infectiously as he did so.
"Colin, how have you been?"
"Wonderful, I have sent dozen's of pictures home to mother and father, as well as my younger brother Dennis."
Kagome smiled, "Is that so, and how old is Dennis?"
"Nine, I can't wait till he comes to Hogwarts!"
"If he's anything like you, Colin, he must be just as excited...he'll be attending during your third year."
Colin glanced funnily at Kagome, "Our third year, we are in the same year, yes?"
"Yes...but after this year...I really don't know if I will want to return. It's fun and all...but it severely lacks the excitement and danger that I'm used to at home."
"You won't be returning?"
Kagome looked towards Colin who sounded sad at hearing this. She smiled, "I said I don't know...Colin, I'm one person out of hundreds which attend this school, why should it matter."
Colin looked down at his camera and smiled; turning, he held his camera up and took another picture, just as the wind swept her hair gently to the side. "I'll make sure you have pictures to take with you then, of you and your friends; that way, if you don't return, you can still remember all of us."
Kagome smiled, "Thanks Colin."
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Pansy glared at a passing girl from Ravenclaw; she held similar features to the Gryffindor, Kagome, but her name was Cho Chang. It was strange that seeing this girl who clearly was not Kagome, but held similar looks, upset her so much. The girl was now sniveling after Pansy had not only insulted her looks, but her family, her clothes, her skill, as well as slapped her. The poor girl now surrounded by Pansy's little group of followers, coward back against the wall.
"...let's go," Pansy said, calling her faction off.
Blaise and Draco who'd been talking as they made their way down the hall to their next class, turned at the sound of weeping. And, normally, they would just continue on their way, but Draco, having been going through some strange emotional changes over the past few weeks, had followed the sound to the abandoned girls' restroom.
"..." Blaise shook his head, "Nah, I'm not goin' in there..."
Draco raised a brow, "Why?"
"It's the girls' bathroom!" Blaise hissed.
Laughing a little, "Vacant hallway...vacant bathroom..." Draco said, nudging the door gently.
Blaise listened to the whimpering and frowned, "Not exactly vacant..."
Sighing, Draco entered the bathroom and looked to a corner where a student ghost hovered before a bathroom stall.
"Mmm, oooow..." She moaned pitifully before she turned, "Oh...hullo...what do you want?" She glanced at the stall where the crying ceased, "Are you the one who made her cry?" She gave him a look of reprimanding.
"Made who cry?"
"...Well, if you have to ask, that obviously means no, leave then."
"No, we'll leave once we know if their okay,"
Draco turned and smiled at Blaise who was leaning back against the wall of the girls' bathroom.
The stall could be heard opening and the two stared in surprise at the tearstained face of the Ravenclaw beauty, Cho Chang.
"What happened?" Blaise walked up a little, not to close though.
"..." She looked away, her hands unconsciously took her hair and stroked it in a way a mother might do to her daughter, were her head nestled on her lap.
"...was it a Slytherin?" Draco asked, knowing the cause of her distress most likely was, in fact, a Slytherin.
She gave a hesitant nod.
"Who was it?"
This time it was Blaise who asked.
Cho glanced up in surprise, not thinking that they would car this much. In fact, she half expected them to leave upon realizing that one of their own had caused her to cry. "...Parkinson..."
Draco nodded, "I'm not surprised..."
Blaise sighed, "She's bloody mental that one." Looking her up and down, he saw a mark across her face and held his hand up to see it better, turning her face a bit so that the light would have better access to her cheek. "Honey was right; we both need to watch her better...especially if it's Kagome she'll be going after."
Cho pulled back, "The Gryffindor girl?"
They both shook their head yes.
"Slytherin's hate Gryffindor's...I thought."
Blaise smirked, pulling Draco in front of him as he pinched the platinum blonde's cheek. "Not this one, he's got a Slytherin crush."
Cho gave a small smile, "...you should be careful then...if she did this to me because I resembled Kagome...I worry what might come of Kagome and Parkinson in the same room together."
"Well, they haven't any classes together to worry about."
"..." Cho chanced a curious frown, "Lunch? What of break?"
"Well, yes...I suppose so..."
The two looked down at Draco's watch, "Lunch is in another thirty minutes, and we are late for class." Blaise commented. "You too," He said, looking at Cho.
The three left the bathroom, the female ghost was left to moan about in her silent confines as they raced to their next class, splitting at the halls.
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Lunch time rolled around and Kagome, being mad at her Uncle Ron, was sitting beside Colin and Ginny. Chatting it up, neither she nor Ginny had brought up the previous nights spat, instead, both ate and talked of the latest game that was soon to be played. As well, Christmas was coming up and Kagome was looking forward to seeing her Grandmother and Grandfather for the first time.
"Kagome,"
Turning, Kagome smiled at the sight of Percy standing beside her and Ginny, a serious look on his face as he stood bearing his prefect badge. "A letter arrived late last night, but being that you had detention and couldn't make it to dinner..." he left that sentence hanging, but she could see that he was clearly disappointed in his niece.
"Wow...you haven't heard, have you...?"
He held his head a bit in interest, "Heard what?"
"Snape has given me detention for the rest of the year." She smiled, taking the letter in hand and turning from the shell-shocked Prefect that she called Uncle. "...It's from daddy!" She opened the letter and read the contents quietly to herself.
Dearest Little Dragon Tamer,
I have to apologize for the late letter, I first had to retrieve a new bird seeing as the one I'd sent my first letter through met an untimely end with a Norwegian Ridgeback.
First, I'd like to say that I'm very proud to hear you've made it into Gryffindor, though...a little stunned that you could hold a civil conversation with a Malfoy, this of course is assuming that the 'Draco' you mentioned in your letter is in fact, Draco Malfoy. I would hope I don't need to bring up the Fwoopers and Billywigs speech, especially with Draco as the recipient of such feelings, no insult intended, of course.
As for Professor Snape, I'm shocked, to say the least. I never would have pegged you for a potions girl. I would have thought Madam Hooch would have been your favorite, or even Professor Sprout, being that you're always outside or flying about.
As for detention, I hope that this isn't something that becomes a habit, but...I know my little girl, and I know you'll probably be in detention throughout most of your school year. Is it sad that I wasn't surprised to hear that you received a detention on your first day of classes?
Seth and his wife had their baby; her name is Eileen. Thought I'd let you know, and the three will be moving to a cozier spot in England. Don't worry; they'll pay visits during Christmas. Speaking of which, I won't be going to see mum this year, which means, neither will you. Bill sent them tickets, not knowing of their plans of meeting you, and not wanting to waste the tickets, so they'll be staying in Egypt for Christmas. On another note, Fáfnir misses you greatly, and upon me telling Drako of his rival with your affections, he too misses you equally so, if not more. He has already tried to escape to Hogwarts four times since you've been gone, and is now on double watch and isn't allowed to roam without a tamer nearby like before.
Sorry, I seem to have gone off in nonsense. I will be sure you have a ticket home, and I look forward to hearing more about your time at Hogwarts.
Love Forever
Daddy
P.S – Will you really not tell me what it was you asked Snape?
Kagome laughed, then a small frown formed as an after thought. "Juniper and Seth are moving; that's sad..." Kagome sighed. "And it doesn't look like I'll be meeting my grandparents anytime soon."
Ginny nodded, "I got a letter last night from Mum and Dad saying that they'd be off in Egypt during the holiday."
"I was really looking forward to meeting them too..." Kagome placed the letter down, "Looks like I'll have to find something else to do that's productive and fun..." Looking up as the doors opened, letting in a new batch of students, she watched as one of them made her way straight to her.
"Gryffindor!"
Most of the table that Kagome was sitting at turned to see Pansy Parkinson glaring down at Kagome, who, ever so curiously, stared right back at her.
"..." Kagome glanced to her left and right, then back up at Pansy, "Which one?"
Pansy glared, "You, obviously."
Kagome felt Ginny's sleeve brush her as she stood up so that she was now between Pansy and Kagome. Immediately sensing trouble, Kagome laughed and pulled Ginny to the side before standing. "Come Pansy, lets take this to a less public arena." Her eyes moved to the Slytherin table across the room, "Where my house is ready to act on any sign of aggression shown to a fellow Gryffindor, yours is just a little too far away to care about intervening, they don't strike me as the type to go table hopping." Turning her eyes back to Pansy, she grinned, a dark and malicious smile. This was the first time she'd ever shown any Slytherin like qualities, and it actually caused the twins to grin at each other as they took up stances beside her. "I wager, by the time they got here, you'd already be sporting a black eye and a few bruises all about your body. Of course...I could be wrong..."
"...Quidditch pitch,"
Kagome nodded, grabbing her letter, she folded it neatly before placing it in the confines of her robe, following silently after Pansy. The door opened a couple minutes after the two left and Draco walked in laughing, Blaise had a smile on his face too, but both were quickly placed on edge at the utter silence that filtered the room. Ginny walked up nervously to the two, and Blaise held his hands up in surrender, only to be elbowed in the ribs by Draco.
"What, I didn't want her thinking we'd pull our wands on her!" Blaise sighed, "Whatever..."
"Kagome and Pansy just left to the Quidditch pitch. The Professors followed and told the Prefects and Head Boy and Head Girl to keep us in check until they got back. I was going to go with her, but─"
"Ginny, sit down!" Percy walked up from behind her, "And you, get to your seats, Kagome and Parkinson will be brought back and dealt with accordingly, you can all wait patiently with the others."
Draco frowned, watching as he walked Ginny back to the Gryffindor table, he stepped back ever so quietly. Percy made to turn around when Ron suddenly shouted, "Bloody hell, Percy, there's a toad on your boater!"
Draco turned as Percy practically slapped his wizards cap to the ground. Ron ushered him out with his hands, both Hermione and Harry stared up at him in shock as he began laughing while Draco left through the doors.
"Sorry bout that Percy, that was just a trick of the light..." He sat back down, Fred and George laughing at the flushed face of their eldest brother, even Ginny had to duck her head so that Percy didn't catch her grinning at his humiliation too.
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Pansy was furious! Utterly so, and for reasons more than understandable. Kagome sighed, "I'm really sorry...I don't know what I've done to upset you Pansy, honestly, I don't. I can't very well let you go, you'll hex me! Or hit me...which sounds equally horrible, if I do say so myself."
Neither was aware of the many teachers heading their way.
"I'm sure you have your reasons, however illogical they may be, but I've decided that no matter what, I won't get into anymore trouble. Beside's, I've already got detention with Snape for the rest of the year, if I do anything else to get in trouble, I might as well pack my bags early." Kagome laughed. "It's sad really, I got detention because I didn't tell him what was wrong with a friend, but in reality, I didn't know what was wrong with her, so I couldn't have told him if I'd wanted to."
"Miss. Higurashi, if you would...release Miss. Parkinson from the Body Binding spell that you've entrapped her in."
Kagome turned to see McGonagall, Snape, Dumbledore and the other staff members standing behind her.
"Yes Ma'am," Kagome released the spell she'd learned a little while ago during class.
"Miss. Parkinson, follow me." McGonagall said, walking off with an annoyed and disappointed Pansy following behind her. She hadn't even gotten the chance to insult her, much less cause her bodily harm.
"Miss. Higurashi, if you would follow me." Snape called out. Kagome sighed, once more, following the Professor to possibly further her detention into her next term.
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Kagome walked into. Not the Potions room, but Snape's personal study. "Am I in trouble?" She asked dejectedly.
"...No, I do believe I owe you an apology."
Kagome's head shot up, "Apology?"
"Yes, Miss. Higurashi," Snape sat down in a chair nearby, "You clearly haven't the slightest idea what was wrong Miss. Weasley, in which case, I owe you an apology. You still have detention tonight, for skipping class...but, no longer do I have to see you everyday after classes."
"Oh yay! I was about to tell daddy that I had detention for the remainder of the school year," Skipping up to where Professor Snape sat, she leaned forward with a smile, "Do you have a quill and a piece of parchment that I may be able to borrow?"
"..." Waving his wand, a roll of parchment and a quill with ink appeared.
Smiling, she took the provided materials, "Do you mind?" She pointed at a desk nearby a bookshelf.
Waving his hand, he watched her smile again before sitting down. Taking the quill and dipping the tip into the jar of ink.
Dear Daddy,
I'm happy to hear from you, though, a little bit sad about not getting to see Grandmother and Grandfather, and the fact that Seth and his family are moving...well, I can't say I blame them. Having a baby with those kind of surroundings...it can be dangerous. I mean, look at how I turned out.
Also, for some reason, everyone is all anti-Draco. You were right by the way; it is Draco Malfoy that I had mentioned in my previous letter. He's kind, and sweet, really. He took me flying a little while ago, and he's never been anything more than cordial towards me. Though, I won't lie; Harry, Hermione and Uncle Ron are still a little tense about me hanging out with a 'Slytherin'.
On another note, I won't tell you what I asked Snape, I will however as a favor...of you. Would it be alright, if maybe...I brought Draco home for the Christmas holiday? I will of course request permission from his mother, after I write this, and after I ask Snape for her name...oh, and good news! I did have detention for the rest of the year, but Snape decided that, since I couldn't give the answer he wanted, even if I had wanted to, I couldn't.
I miss Fáfnir too, and can't wait to see Drako! Please tell them I love them and will be back soon.
Love Always
Kagome
P.S – Please send a reply soon about whether I can bring Draco!
"...Professor Snape...what is Draco's mother's name...or his fathers."
"Narcissa, his mother. Whatever you are doing, do it through her. Do not mention his father, do not ask his father, or talk to his father. Take this as the advice that it is, Miss. Higurashi. Be careful with what you say. Draco is, as you say, a good kid; however, his parents are pureblooded Slytherin's, and hate blood traitors, Gryffindor's and Muggle Born's. This means do not mention your fathers last name, do not mention your house, and do not mention your friends."
"...I understand." She placed her quill to the paper once more.
Dear
"...how do you spell her name?"
"N...A...R...C...I...S...S...A."
Dear Mrs. Narcissa Malfoy,
First, I'd like to introduce myself; my name is Kagome Higurashi, and I'm a friend of Draco's. My reason for writing you is simply to ask for your permission in bringing Draco with me to Romania when I go to visit my father and help out with the dragons. I do hope you consider this; that of course is unless you have plans already. I was just hoping he'd be able to see the dragons at home. I hope that you are having a wonderful day thus far, and wish you a happy Christmas holiday.
Kagome
"..." Kagome frowned, handing the parchment to Snape who raised a brow before taking it and reading it over. She watched him close his eyes before taking a quill of his own and running a line over certain parts, then, taking his wand and waving it over the parchment before handing it back.
Dear Mrs. Narcissa Malfoy,
My name is Kagome Higurashi, a friend of Draco's. My reason for writing you is simply to ask for your permission in bringing Draco to Romania with me when I go down for the holiday. I do hope you consider this.
Kagome
"Hm," Kagome looked up at Snape, "You sure it isn't too much?" She asked sarcastically.
He gave a small, cheeky grin. "I had considered taking out your name too...didn't want her looking you up, but figured, she would hardly agree unless she had your name at the least."
Kagome sighed, taking both letters, she bade farewell to her Professor, "Sleep well toni─"
"Detention...Miss. Higurashi."
Kagome grimaced, sighing, she smiled, "Yeah, I'll be here for detention tonight...Professor." Shutting the door behind her, she started down the hall and turned only to be knocked down by an oncoming force. "Ouch!"
"Kagome!"
"Draco!" She smiled as she looked up and saw the very person to which she'd been writing about. "Lovely, care to join me? I'm heading up to the Owlery."
Draco looked up at her and shrugged, "Why not, I've been trying to catch up with you since lunch, might as well follow you up to the Central West tower to."
Kagome took his hand in hers and pulled him up to his feet. 'I do so hope she accepts...' Kagome thought, a little nervous with how Draco's mother may take the letter, and if perhaps, she should reconsider sending it in the first place.
"No! I'm sending it, no matter what!" Kagome said out loud, determination filling her words.
Draco glanced to Kagome and frowned, "Sending what?"
Kagome blushed, "...uh...nothing, sorry." Walking to the Owlery, she smiled, 'Yes, I'm going to send it, I can't have and restrictions when it comes to Draco, it has to be all or nothing, or I may end up losing him as a friend...and I can't do that.'
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Me: Chapter nine everyone! Hope to get more reviews and I'll update again real soon!