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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Harry pulled Kagome and Ron to the side and pushed them both back into the shadows of the corner as Percy Weasley stepped out of the common room after no doubt checking the common area for anyone still awake. They watched quietly as he walked off before sneaking into the common room before the door could shut.
Percy turned curiously back, cut only saw the Portrait settling back in it's place. Turning, he walked off to do one more round before he too turned in for bed.
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"What are you two still doing up!"
Kagome turned a glare on the two rabble-rousers, "Me? You two oafs were out and about as well, so don't go bringing me down!"
"Yes, but you are a first year! We are second years!" Ron stated, as if that mattered.
"Ooh, one full year over me, gee Uncle, at least try to come up with a better reason. I was with Snape, you two on the other hand..." She looked over their robewear, "I doubt were with a professor,"
Harry looked down at the green and black robe he wore, "...I can't really come up with anything,"
"Me neither,"
"Well, where is Hermione?" Kagome questioned, crossing her arms over her chest in an imposing pose as she stared the two older boys down. "She's usually the brains behind these little adventures, yes?"
"Adventures?"
"Yes, Martyr's, Draco told me all sort's of interesting things over vacation,"
"Over..." Ron saw red, "What do you mean over vacation?"
Kagome made to answer, but he cut her off.
"Did you go to that prats' house?"
Again, Kagome opened her mouth to answer, but was cut off.
"I don't even want to hear it! You need to stay away from him Kagome! I could tolerate you hanging out at school, under the false pretenses of friendship, but going to that bloody gits' own home is out of the question!"
~SLAP~
"..." Harry stared in surprise at the two relatives, one seething, and the other crying.
"Uncle Ron, he came to my home, and stayed with me over Christmas Vacation, with daddy, and Lance, and Seth, and Juniper, and a whole lot of dragons! Now mind you, Blaise and Theodore joined us there too, but they were nothing but cordial during their stay." Kagome took one of his hands in hers and brought it up to her closed eyes where she placed her forehead to his knuckles as she cried, "I understand you harbor strong and...unpleasant, feelings for anyone in Slytherin house, but I'm begging you, for me," She opened her eyes and looked over his knuckles, "For your niece, please, don't just cast him out. He get's that from all of the rest of the Gryffindor's, can't he have one friend with a gold and red tie? Or are our colors so different, that it's unheard of?"
Ron felt himself at war with his own feelings; he had never trusted Draco, and being thrown into the role of Uncle, to a newly discovered Niece, who was a Gryffindor, and happened to be best friends with Draco, their arch-nemesis in Slytherin...it made him uncomfortable. He didn't like associating himself with Slytherin's, but, he didn't like seeing her cry either...and that won out in the end. He pulled her into a hug and sighed, "I don't have to like him, do I?"
Kagome smiled, "Not immediately...but I'm sure, with time you will."
"Humph,"
Kagome laughed, "Oh," she looked to Harry, as if she recalled something, "you two never did answer. Where is Hermione?"
The boys shared a look before guiding her to the couch and filling her in on their most recent adventure.
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..."YOU TURNED HERMIONE INTO A CAT?"
"SHHHH~!"
A hand was covering her mouth and she was glaring daggers at the owner of the offending hand, she shoved it off and snapped in a hushed voice, "How do you turn someone into a cat?" She wasn't sure why she was even whispering, they had spent the majority of the conversation speaking in a normal voice.
"We didn't turn her into a cat," Ron muttered, "The Polyjuice Potion did,"
"Poly...you made a fifth year potion?"
"...no..."
"...Hermione, made a fifth year potion, you two just took it, and it's for human transformations, yes?"
They nodded.
"She must have taken someone's cats' hair."
"Millicent,"
"Ah, so...did you get what you were looking for?"
"...no, not especially, we saw the gifts you bought the three stooges though,"
Kagome glared at the tasteless joke made by Harry who looked nervously down at his hands.
"Sorry `bout that,"
"...hmm," She stared at him contemplating, the sighed, "Fine, well, what's wrong with me getting them gifts, I got you both gifts too, yes?"
They blushed, both recalling how excited they were to open their gifts from her. Well, Harry wasn't really thrilled, until he actually read what she got him. It had be been a book, a large leather-bound book with an embossed cover of two wands crossing one another in an X shape; Occlumency and Legilimency: How to Use and Detect when Either Is Being Used on You, was the title, and he had stayed up well into the night reading it too. He wasn't sure if it would come in handy, but the fact that it was marked on the back as a Dark Art's topic, made him curious to its contents. Then he'd also gotten a miniature 2000 Magical Model that actually followed him about the room when he walked around, he had to put it in the box it came in to keep it from flying everywhere though.
Ron had only gotten one gift, unlike Harry, who had gotten the book and Magical Model; but he obviously knew how much his gift cost, because he spent the first thirty minutes after opening his gift, just staring flabbergasted at it. Omnioculars, which, according to Ron, did EVERYTHING! They could be set to replay action, zoom, slow down play, and overlay magical words that provide commentary in purple letters during Quidditch Games. He'd been absolutely thrilled, and had even recorded random kids talking, playing them back in slow motion, and then in different languages. To someone who was a real Quidditch fan, they were a great gift, but Ron knew they were expensive, no less than three hundred Galleons.
They couldn't recall what she'd gotten Hermione, some space thing that moved.
Kagome yawned, "I'm off to bed,"
"Wait, you didn't tell us what you were doing out and about," Ron frowned, "Why were you with Snape?"
"He was telling me that they weren't having any luck in locating the Chamber of Secret's. The teachers have been looking all vacation, but to no avail. We spent a while talking, then he gave me his Christmas present to me, which I imagine took a while to make, but it's lovely!" She pointed to the necklace she now wore, "It has three potions on it, I'll look them up later to get a better understanding of what they do, but their so pretty on the necklace, I don't think I'll use them ever! I wonder..." She frowned in thought, "Do you think they'll go bad if I wait too long?"
Shrugging, neither boy knew the answer to that.
"Well, whatever, I'll ask Severus tomorrow! G'night you two~!" She called quietly as she skipped off to the girls dormitory up the stairs and inside, where she stopped in her skipping and quietly walked up to her bed. She stared at the large pile of gifts and grinned, lighting a candle, she placed it on her small bookcase and started to unwrap her gifts, mindful of the girls sleeping peacefully in their own four-poster beds.
She opened a homely wrapped gift first; it was from Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, an emerald green sweater, hand knitted with a K on the front in silver. Kagome gave a silent chuckle at the Slytherin colors, no doubt Mrs. Weasley had asked her father what her favorite colors were, it was coincidence that it happened to be the house colors of Slytherin House. She placed it on her bed to wear tomorrow, then opened the next gift, which was from Fred and George, that was obvious from the gifts name, Magical Prank Kit for the Cunning and Mischievous and then a necklace too with a note attached. 'To our newest family member; finding you a gift that was something you would use was particularly difficult, the kit is more for laughs, but the necklace is your real present, it's charmed for communicating. A set of ear cuffs go with it, and we both have one, so you can talk to us at anytime. If you ever need us, we're just an ear away! ~ Fred & George'
She looked at the necklace, it was a soft blue quartz in color, in the shape of a pendulum. It was connected to a silver chain, and beneath the necklace in the little box, there was a description. "Aqua Aura Quartz Crystals are created by taking natural quartz crystal formations and infusing them with pure Gold creating an immensely powerful protection combination which fuses the white, blue and gold rays into an iridescent display of light. In a secret process which is part alchemy and part science, the two unique substances of quartz crystal and pure gold are commingled in a permanent way, resulting in the striking blue color of Aqua Aura. Ideal for distance spiritual energy healing because of its ability to send energy, this stone enhances communications of all kinds. Use for auric and chakra workings, channeling, meditation, healing and is a good gemstone to calm anxiety and protect from psychic attacks. Aqua Aura is said to attract success and prosperity, even possibly wealth. Speak softly into the stone and your voice will come through the matching earrings. A beautiful stone~" She read out quietly, then smiled and placed it next to the other gift they had gotten her, making sure everything was neat so not to lose anything, she threw the trash away into the trashcan next to her bed which emptied every night at midnight.
Next, a thin box tied with white string and wrapped in brown paper, about six inches by six inches. She pulled on the string and smiled, another necklace, this one was a little different from the pretty crystal, made up entirely of the givers imagination. It was a statement friendship bracelet necklace, a necklace with five friendship bracelets dangling from it in a charming and beautiful way. A note was in the box, and so she placed the beautiful creation down and read it;
Dear Kagome,
I've heard friendship bracelets were wonderful gifts for friends, but thought a necklace would be more fun. The colors each have their own meaning, and so I made this necklace with you in mind.
I made two wish bracelets, one on either end.
Far left (Wish Bracelet)
Light Blue, Indigo, White and Dark Blue:
Blue stands for communication, peace, truth, spirituality and youth, while Indigo represents deep contemplation, meditation and intuition; white stands for revelation, spirituality, cleanliness and purification.
On the far right, (Wish Bracelet)
Red, Pink and Black:
Red stands for vitality, courage, confidence, energy, lust, passion and action...I wasn't too sure about lust, but you are very passionate, and confidant, and as a Gryffindor, you are courageous. Pink is for calmness, self worth, protection, acceptance, beauty and love; I originally thought that red should be love, but I guess this is more subtle and red is more lustful anyways, you are very beautiful, so again, it seemed fitting. Then there is black, I'm sure that it holds no real comparison to you right now, but I am sure it will. Self control, concealment, death, stability and earth. I am not sure I understand what it means by earth, perhaps earthy, which means down-to-earth, and practical, but seeing how you are very much above-the-earth, in the essence, you are much more whimsical than most Gryffindor's I know, I don't see how it really applies to you right now, but maybe one day, it might.
The two bracelets beside these, on either side of the middle bracelet, are friendship bracelets.
Second on the left (Friendship Bracelet)
White and Yellow:
White symbolizes pure friendship, and this is on both bracelets, and yellow means happiness.
The second on the right (Friendship Bracelet)
White and Orange:
As I said above, white is for pure friendship, while orange is for close friends.
The last bracelet is an Evil Eye Bracelet, Evil Eye Bracelets are meant to ward off evil, and there are beads on the evil eye bracelet which have a design of inner eye painted on them.
Red and Blue:
Red symbolizes good fortune and blue symbolizes hope.
The necklace is strung with thestrals hair, which symbolizes deep trust; with Hippogriff claws and Snake Fangs as beads, the venom was removed magically, so there are no worries with the fangs, but I thought it appropriate, since you are a Gryffindor with Slytherin friends. The Hippogriff claws represent bravery, and the Snake Fangs represent Cunning.
I hope you like it.
~Luna
Kagome smiled, taking in the beauty of the necklace, she lifted it and pulled it on, taking the middle bracelet in hand as she admired the colors and the center beads. It really was a well thought out gift, she would have to give many thanks to everyone tomorrow. She pulled the next gift from the large pile and absently wondered how many friends she'd made over the time span of a single school term. She lifted the note on the small package and grinned, 'From Ginny; I was stumped what to get you, and from the way you are always talking about dragons and Slytherin's, I figured you could use some protection. The pendent is hand crafted, a 'Witches Knot' and the necklace is handcrafted with fairies hair, which is perfect for the carefree and mischievous types, which you are. Hope you like it. Ginny~'
Kagome smiled at the stunning silver pendent and placed it with the rest of her jewelry, hoping that someone had thought to buy her a jewelry box for the gifts she'd already received. The next gift was from Draco, judging by the initials on the sterling green package, D.M.
Opening the box, her eyes sparkled at the precious gift inside, picking up the paper with the items description, she couldn't stop grinning. Earrings with dragon teeth shaped and carved into mini dragon claws which held Green swirling orbs, the note read, 'Since ancient times, color has been used in magic, healing, and religion. Some say God, as light, is the source of all color. Each color is a distinct vibrational level of the primordial essence and crystallized energy that is the matter that makes up our universe including ourselves. Every color causes our energy to resonate with its particular vibration, imparting helpful effects to one's personality, emotions, and thoughts. Green: The mystic color. It attracts money, heals growth oriented medical problems. Promotes independence, prosperity, and success; facilitates change, renewal, and resurrection.
Planetary influence: Venus'
Another note was in the box, folded neatly beneath the necklace. Taking it, she recognized the hand writing once more as Draco's. 'This is part of a collection...I'm hoping I'll get the chance to give you the entire assortment, ~Draco'
'...everyone is so kind...' She placed the earrings back in the small box with the two notes and closed it, placing it on the small bookcase next to the still lit candle. The next were books, she could tell. The weights was unmistakable, she loved books, loved reading, loved learning, so she had made a deal a long time ago with Seth, that he buy her books for Christmas and her Birthday, and she'd stay out of life threatening peril. Unwrapping the box from Seth and pulled three large books out, The Peacetime Use of Black Magic by Monica Tessings, An Examination of Novel Abjurations by Boris Yuan, and Remedial Charms of Conjuration and Invocation by Dennis Darwin. Inside the box was another small box which was thin in size, but weighted by whatever was inside. She knew it was Juniper's, since they always put their gifts together in the same box.
Opening it, inside was an anklet, red rubies dangled from the silver links entrapped in a familiar something that Kagome knew to be poisonous. Dragon Heartstring. She picked up the note of description and read it silently, 'Dragon Heartstring strung into a braid and encased in a hard, clear lacquer, with silver links holding blood red rubies to layers of Dragon Heartstrings.' She placed it back inside and maneuvered the anklet for a better look by the candle before placing it in the box again and next to the earrings from Draco. She stood up with the three books and placed them gently on the shelf, so not to make any noise, and sat back down on the bed, looking at the other jewelry lying on the bed; she placed them on the shelf by the candle and made to grab the next book when she realized one of the beds near hers was empty. She knew whose bed it was, Ginny's, but where the girl was made her curious. 'I'll wait up till she get's back,' She thought before grabbing the next gift, this one from Percy, inside was another book, one that made her smile at the irony of his younger twin brothers' gift to her. A Study in Overcoming Magical Temptation: For the Inner Troublemaker by Ruthie Nelda Pierce. Another box with weight told her it was another book, from Neville this time, she opened it and smiled, The Book of Totally Random Spells by Clint Collier. She placed the two books next to the three Seth had got her and continued with her gifts, happy to see that only a few were left.
The next gift made her smile and frown all at the same time, it was from Blaise, a solid gold pendent in the shape of the sun where the flames licked outwards in precious curls and swirls and in the center of the sun were the words, 'Voi siete la luce del sole...sorriso...' She knew it was Italian, but didn't know what it meant; she'd have to ask him tomorrow. Beside it was a thickly wrapped gift, unwrapping it, it too was from Blaise, and her eyes quite possibly, couldn't get any larger. A beautiful Norwegian Sweater Coat with a Medieval Liripipe Hood and Bell Sleeves, the skirt and sleeves featured shades of ruby red, black, burgundy, and some golden yellow accents. Judging by the feel, it was made of cashmere and lambs wool, as well as some soft acrylic blends. She pulled it on and smiled as it fell down to her knees and stopped herself from swirling around to see how wide she could make the coat swirl. She took it off and laid it neatly across her bed with the necklace on top of the pile by the candle.
Three gifts were left, and honestly, she was happy to see that. She had a lot of trash on the floor, and needed to make sure it was all in the bin by twelve o'clock. Opening a small box, she smiled at another set of jewelry, this one from Theodore, a silver Celtic trinity knot pendent with a green emerald in the center, and a set of Celtic trinity knot earrings with green emeralds in the center of them as well. There was no note, but his name on the box it had come in, a silver box with a single green ribbon which had earlier held the lid on it. She placed it on the boxes with Junipers' gift, right beside the gift from Draco. She kept eyeing the large box in front of her bookcase, but had decided to hold off on that, opening the last of the small gifts, a Dragons Breath Fire Opal necklace and earring set, from Lance. Fire Opals were rare in any form, but Dragons Breath Fire Opals were even more so, since a dragon had to breath fire on them. Fire Opals never melted, they were strong enough to withstand Dragons fire and never tarnish, which made them expensive too. She figured it was probably Drako or Fáfnir that had breathed fire on them; the dark blue with bright red swirling in it, like a duel between colors, a clash of energies, waging inside three beautiful jewels.
The last gift, the largest of the gifts, was from her father. She unwrapped it and smiled brightly at the Apothecary Chest which was made from solid elm wood by its looks and had a warm lacquer and was adorned with brass accents. It had a bunch of drawers, and the curious person that she was, decided to count the small doors, one at a time, till she ended, twenty minutes later, at fifty-six drawers and two doors.
She opened the two doors and smiled as she found a rolled up scroll hidden inside. Grabbing it, she opened the scroll and read the neat cursive of her father. 'Dearest Kagome, I thought long and hard about this, and I figured, with you starting school and all, this might be of great use to you, so that we can keep in contact. This scroll is of a unique charmed parchment, which, once written on, will stay on the parchment until the owner of the twin parchment for the set, say's 'Extergeo', which clears it on both your scroll, and mine, which is the twin to the set. It's called a Two-way scroll of Communiqué. What you write, I will see, and what I write, you will see, and nothing will be erased on mine, until you say the spell, and the same can be said for yours until I say the spell, this way, we will know when or if the other party has read it or not. This should also help with the owl problem, and be quicker with responses. Also, I hope you like the chest; it had belonged to your mother, an Oriental Asian Zen Apothecary Chest which she had been very fond of. I left all of the ingredients alone, since Potions was never my forte, more the Charms kind of guy. If memory serves me, she had a paper tab in side each drawer with the name of the ingredients, so not to mix anything up, which hopefully will help you to. I know she would have wanted you to have it, also, if you turn it around, there is another door, very thin; you might find it useful too. ~ Love Dad
Kagome turned the chest, which was about three and a half rulers tall, two rulers wide and one ruler thick in diameter. Her father was right, obviously, a door was on the back, and when she opened it, there were small hooks for necklaces and things. Smiling, she took all the jewelry she'd gotten, and put it on a hook each it's own, placing the earrings Draco had gotten her on the hooks closer to the bottom for what she believed to be bracelets or something similar to. Smiling to herself in content, she used a hover charm and moved it to the foot of her bed on the side, since her trunk was in front of her bed. Placing it down quietly, she opened the trunk and placed her new coat down inside carefully, placing the Italian pendent on the Apothecary Chest, wondering how it got in her, since an owl seemed a little weak and small for something so heavy and big.
The door opened as she cleaned up the trash, smiling as she stuffed the trash into the bin in time for it all to disappear. 'Must be twelve.' Standing, she straightened her clothes and robe before grabbing her candle and walking to a quiet Ginny who was trying to sneak quietly into her bed. "Ginny?" She called quietly, holding the candle out for a better view of her aunt, she frowned at the pale features, the scared look in her eyes, and the tear stained cheeks.
Ginny was in bed, in her covers, and for the first time since Kagome had met her Aunt, she was pushed into the harsh realization that...Ginny was only eleven years old, like she herself was, and something had obviously taken its toll on her. She placed the candle on the bookcase beside Ginny's bed and crawled into the girls' bed next to her, covering up beside her and pulling Ginny in for a hug. Ginnys' robe was damp around the edges of the sleeves and bottom of the robe, which made Kagome even more curious, but she didn't say anything. She didn't ask her aunt questions, she didn't tell her that everything would be alright, she just held her, and in return, Ginny fell into a troubled, safe sleep, where her tears freely fell from her eyes and onto Kagomes' school robe.
'Hopefully, tomorrow will be better, for Ginny...'
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Me: So, this story is coming to a close, I already have the sequel started, so it should be up quickly once this one is over. Tell me what you guys think, and I'll get started on The Potion's Apprentice! Love you guys!