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Warnings: This has some mild swearing, if you don't like it, vamoose!

Strange Magic

Chapter 6: The Ministry

By yllom21

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Inuyasha. (Runs off crying her ass off)

He loved the forest.

Moving pictures were sweet at first, but after a while they started to annoy the hell out of you, especially when they keep referring to you as a she. The food was great, but it didn't really matter either way since he really didn't eat it. And then there were the moving staircases, which were awesome, but the vanishing steps totally ruined the effect.

But the forest was awesome.

Almost no humans entered unless they were in the company of Hagrid, so he didn't have to worry about people glimpsing him. The trees were tall and perfect for leaping and the creatures stayed out of his business. The flowers were pretty and the trees were safe. He could have the time of his life just by jumping from branch to branch.

He was just a blur to most, as he jumped from an oak tree and landed in an elm, his midnight black air whipped around him like a shawl and his bare feet barely engraving the branches. He moved without a sound, his kimono billowing like a cloud.

Usually whenever he entered the forest it was to investigate it for clues on traveling back to his home, but sometimes it was just for fun. Running was a great stress releaser, and he hadn't had a chance to run without a true worry since before Naraku, and that was beyond eons ago.

Plus, there was also the fact that he was a demon. After being thrown out of the palace by his brother when he was no more than five, the company of trees was a much safer lodging than that of stone. Sometimes when he was unable to sleep in his bed he would move to a tree, which personally felt safer than any bed.

However the jubilance of the forest quickly faded when he caught scent of Hagrid and some of his students, and being the curious bastard that he was, Inuyasha scurried off to investigate.

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Unlike some of the inhabitants of Hogwarts, Hagrid's class was not happy.

Sure it was Friday afternoon, and they should have been happy that after one class they would be free for an entire two days of untold goodness, but they weren't. Hagrid was known for befriending Dragons and describing poisonous and snarling beasts as cute. So when Hagrid exclaimed in his loud booming voice that he had a present for them in the forest, the class did not share his glee. In fact, more than half of them wanted to hightail out of there. But against there rational and reasonable side of there brain, the class entered the dark and dank Forbidden Forest, wishing for the life of them that the lesson was already over and they were heading out of there instead of in. But no such miracle accrued.

"Watch out for the branches!" Hagrid called out in his uneducated accent, not even comprehending or noticing the fact that they were being followed, "Don't wanna get smacked, do ya?" Muttering under there breathes that that was the last thing they needed to worry about, the class followed suit, wondering exactly what cuddly little creature they were meeting today, hopefully not one that could spit up fire.

"What do you think it is?" Harry muttered to Hermione, the smartest in there gang and the one who was most likely going to know the answer, "What's he suppose to teach us in our NEWT year?"

"Who cares what he's supposed to teach us?" Ron muttered in disdain, growling out his answer before Hermione could think up a reasonable reply, "He's not going to follow it anyway," As much as he hated to admit it, Ron had a point. No one had really wanted to take this NEWT class, but some had to for there career choices and others were friends of Hagrid and they didn't want to hurt his feelings.

"We're here!" Hagrid exclaimed in a jolly mood, almost like the mood Harry had whenever he got ice cream, "Now gather around everybody, does anyone know what it is?" Before Hermione could catch a glance at it and raise her hand in response, there were some muttering from the Slytherin side of the class before a certain Malfoy raised his voice in a yell, "What the hell is that ugly thing? It ought to be dead! Is it drooling?"

Before Hagrid could catch his voice and exclaim how anyone could think the charming little creature was ugly and before the Gryffindors could yell back in rebellion, a voice from above rang down and everybody jumped in shock.

"Personally, I think it's kinda cute,"

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She couldn't believe her ears.

Albus Dumbledore, the most powerful wizard of the centaury, the noble man that found the twelve uses of dragon blood and the current Headmaster of Hogwarts, had just hired the worst possible candidate for the new professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts. She was a much better professor than he could ever be! The stupid little brat had probably just gotten out of school, and with his beautiful face he probably spent more time in front of the mirror than with a book.

Besides she was a lot prettier and a whole lot smarter as well!

After all, she was almost positive than said child was not entirely human but part veela! He may be a male, although personally she didn't think he had the required organ and he was just flat-cheated and embarrassed at the fault. But whatever sex he was, it truly didn't matter, only that Albus fucking Dumbledore had hired another fucking half-breed.

Oh, someone was going to pay, she was sure of it.

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One had to admit that Professor Inuyasha was far from normal.

Normal people weren't as pretty as he was nor were they able to fit into a kimono let alone flaunt in it. Normal people didn't swear in greetings nor were they able to be charming and bad-assed at the same time. And normal people were not able to appear out of nowhere.

But really, what the hell was Professor Inuyasha doing in a tree that was at least fifteen feet off the ground?

"Inuyasha?" Hagrid grunted as he stared up at the brunette, his neck craning in effort. He seemed just as surprise as the rest of the class to find said professor in a tree watching there lesson, after all professors were supposed to be dignified, and besides the tree Inuyasha was in was not climbable. But then again, this was Inuyasha they were pondering about.

"Hiya Hagrid!" Inuyasha called down from his perch, acting as though it was completely sane to sit in trees and watch lessons from fifteen feet of the ground, "Who's fucking?" The professor smirked down at them, his gaze seemly focused on Draco Malfoy. Harry absentmindedly noticed that the professor wasn't wearing any shoes, but before he could ponder over the small and unimportant development, Hagrid spoke up.

"What are you doing in the tree Inuyasha?" Hagrid sighed, as though he was thoroughly used to the professor's abnormality's, but still found them slightly confusing. Harry had had two lessons with the professor so far and while they were educational and eye-widening, Inuyasha truly was weird, or perhaps the proper term was bad-ass? But for such a personality, Inuyasha was well liked.

"I was bored," Inuyasha shrugged as though being bored was a perfect reason for why he was in a tree, "And I wanted to see the pretty Blood Shadow, although I guess that's kind of rude because it's a male right?" Hagrid seemed surprised that Inuyasha knew the name of the species he had started to introduce to the class as well as its sex, but before he could praise Inuyasha appropriately said teen began his conversation again.

"But you never answered my question," Inuyasha snorted from his neck-cranking perch, "Who's fucking?" His gaze swept over them once again and he froze at Malfoy yet again, although the blonde didn't sense the danger. The small rational side of Harry's brain decided that Inuyasha was about to reveal his true bad-assed self and it wasn't going to be pretty, for Malfoy at least. Mentally grinning in anticipation, Harry settled down to watch.

"What'd you mean?" Hagrid absently mindedly stuttered, blushing over the fact that he was even questioning Inuyasha's common swearing ways. He had thought that Inuyasha meant it as a greeting, as the "What's shitting?" Inuyasha had indulged them with at there first meeting, but obviously Inuyasha hadn't meant it as so.

"I mean the blonde," the younger professor snorted, indicating with his right hand towards the general direction of Malfoy. Said blonde just realized he had somehow managed to become the center of attention and smirking, he questioned the older brunette, "What? You just realized who I was, a great Malfoy of the pure pureblood line?"

"I don't really give a rats ass," Inuyasha shook his head, "Although I suppose it will come in handy when I write my biography, I'll need names to put in my chapter labeled, 'Wizards doomed at the very start'," He smirked down at him, not allowing time for a rebellion before he started up again, "No, I was wondering the name of the bastard whose fucking, or at least hopes he was doing so,"

Malfoy turned a bright scarlet, realizing what the brunette was applying but not really understanding what he was driving for, but before he could question the teen, he started up yet again, "I mean it's so obvious you're in need of a laid. The reason why you called the Blood Shadow ugly was because of the fact that you were subconsciously imagining yourself fucking it because you know you can't fall any lower on the shit line before you find yourself cross-breeding. But there was no need to insult the Blood Shadow; he's way out of your league,"

Waving at them with a grin, Inuyasha ignored the scarlet colored teen who was spluttering in an unknown language. Then Inuyasha air-kissed in the direction of the class before disappearing from view, leaving a dumbfounded class behind.

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The entire school knew before dinner.

How the students of Hagrid's class managed to spread the news in five minutes, Inuyasha didn't know, but he truly didn't care. Why should it matter that everybody was staring at him? He now had something to think about whenever something managed to fuck up his life again. And besides, Malfoy's face had been priceless.

And he hadn't lied, he had been bored and what better way to delete boredom than to mess with the brains of mere children?

But even though he was laughing behind his napkin, he was still able to sense the arrival of some latecomers, and seeing how the hall was full and the sound echoing throughout the hall was extremely loud, Inuyasha correctly assumed it were guests, although most likely unexpected as there were no empty seats and he hadn't been forewarned.

Hmm, perhaps something even more amusing was approaching.

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Today had been priceless.

Of course, naturally, plenty of amusing scenes had taken place including the arrogant git, Malfoy. There was a time in the third year when Hermione power-punched him and in there fourth year Mad-Eye Moody had turned him into a bouncing ferret. But today really was the icing on the cake.

Malfoy had never turned such a deep shade of scarlet before and Harry was certain that he never laughed his ass off so badly, but what really made in worth something was its affect on Hagrid. Inuyasha might have seemly done it just for a laugh, but after pondering for a second Harry realized that it was timed way too well, Inuyasha had interfered to help Hagrid. Malfoy had started his normal rant about the ugliness or how dangerous the creatures were, an act that always seemed to melt Hagrid's confidence. But after the incident, Hagrid was as cheerful as ever and the class was eager to learn more about the Blood Shadows, as Inuyasha had seemed interested in them.

Plus, Hagrid called Inuyasha by his name and not his title, and he seemed used to his cussing ways, almost like they were friends. There was obviously more to Professor Inuyasha than met the eye.

But before Harry could voice his thoughts to his friends, the door slammed opened and walking towards them was one of the people on Harry's most hated list…

… Professor Umbridge.

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He had been right, naturally.

The doors slammed open, and Inuyasha's assumption was confirmed when he noticed a glitter of surprise in Headmaster Dumbledore's eyes before it was covered by the normal twinkling that could turn a demon crazy, but that wasn't the point.

Another point on the scoreboard for Inuyasha!

But before he could celebrate getting another point on his mental scoreboard, the leader of the little gang turned his head towards him, and after staring at the women for a few seconds and catching the hideous scent that wafted off of her, Inuyasha suddenly recalled that he had seen her before, but where?

"You!" the toad of a women hissed, her hand surprisingly pointed at the kimono-clad professor instead of the robe-clad headmaster. Inuyasha blinked at her, desperately trying to remember where he had caught sight of someone as ugly as her, but the women started up again before he could remember, "What are you doing as Professor of the Defense Against the Dark Arts? I'm a better teacher than you could ever be! Besides, I know you are part veela, why else would you stand up for that filthy half-breed back at the Ministry! I'm denying you…"

"I remember who you are now!" Inuyasha suddenly interrupted the business-women, his tone suggesting that you hadn't listen to a single word that had issued from the female's mouth, "You're that bitch from the Ministry of Magic!" he sank back in his chair, looking pleased with himself before he noticed the looks on his colleagues' faces, "What? I already used my intelligent moment of the day earlier; I can't be a fucking genius all the time!"

"Bitch?" the ugly lady questioned, her eyes widening in unconcealed anger. A lesser person would have hightailed out of there, but as it was all Inuyasha did was blink, "I am of higher importance," the lady continued, "Use my proper name!"

Mentally wondering if the lady had ever told him her name, Inuyasha guessed with a smirk, "Madame Frog Lady was it?" he questioned, managing to look completely innocent while devious at the same time, "Or was it Madame Toad? I can't really remember,"

"It's Madame Umbridge!" she seethed, "And I was the Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, and I should be so now! You are unable to teach!" It was kind of frightening how a short women with a face like that of a toad wore pink and lace, but all Inuyasha noticed was the wart near her nose, but he just managed to stop himself from mentioning it.

"You call me rude?" He snorted, "Even I know that you should have questioned my name! I'm Inuyasha and I received my job fair and square, so fuck off!" eyes darting from side to side, said Inuyasha flipped her off with both hands before sitting up straight and blinking naively. It was quite obvious that Inuyasha was amused with this, when he should be concerned about his job.

"Well, your name is of little importance to me," she smiled, "You're under arrest!" she nodded towards the men that had currently had no part of the conversation; said men began to slink towards Inuyasha although they looked just as confused as the rest of the hall. Inuyasha was the only one who didn't look confuse, in fact he was still smirking in amusement, not even the least bit worried about the fact that he was heading towards prison.

"Uh, uh, uh," Inuyasha waved his finger at the approaching men, "What did I do? I don't remember do anything illegal, but perhaps I bumped my noggin on something and got temporary amnesia,"

"You lied on your Immigration Form!" she informed the man, "You said you were a pure-blood, but I know you are part veela, why else would you stand up for the other veela?" she nodded the men onward, but not before Inuyasha barked in amusement.

"Those forms are charmed with an Anti-Lying spell! I couldn't lie! You better have a better reason than that to send be to the prison place; I can't be a pure-blood veela cause they are women, and I know it breaks you ugly little heart, but I'm male,"

The men looked towards Umbridge, silently agreeing with the professor. The entire hall was silent, even Dumbledore was eerily quiet, but Umbridge wasn't done, "Who says you are male? You could be a flat-chest female! You're pretty enough,"

"Hmmm," Inuyasha muttered, not looking the least-bit embarrassed that she had called him a lady, in fact Harry got the same feeling of Déjà vu that he had received earlier that afternoon, Inuyasha was up to something, "How about this?" he questioned, "If I prove that I am no veela, you get the fuck out of my life and you stay there, got it?"

Nodding in agreement, the entire hall watched as Inuyasha vaulted over the table and landed within a foot of Umbridge, smirking at her, he bent down and everyone leaned forward, wondering what there professor was up to, only to lean backward in an embarrassed shock, frozen in there seats.

Inuyasha hands were enwrapped around the edge of his purple kimono, pulling it upward as skinny ankles were revealed, and then porcelain knees. It wasn't until Inuyasha was half-way up his thigh that one of the men in Umbridge's gang moved forward and clasped one of Inuyasha's delicate hands, stopping him from flashing the entire room.

"That is unnecessary," the guard muttered, his face a bright scarlet, "Coming here was illegal, but this?" pulling on the teenagers hand, the man tried to force him to drop the edge of the kimono only to hear a loud ripping sound. The entire hall winced as the guard looked at the purpled cloth in his hand, gazing at the younger man with a shocked gaze, watching as the professor grasped the ripped edges of his once expensive kimono. No one in the hall moved.

And then Inuyasha fell to the floor and began to uncontrollably start a laughing fit, "That… was… fucking… hilarious…"

Did anything bring Inuyasha down?

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He hated Inuyasha.

Sure he was probably one in a thousand, but then again Inuyasha had gone out of his way to embarrass him, not anybody else. He was probably another teacher that favored Potter, it didn't matter that Inuyasha had stumbled on his name (Surprising the entire class mind you) and didn't even seem to notice his scar.

That and he was too arrogant to realize that Inuyasha had embarrassed him the way he had because he had been a prick to Hagrid.

But he had a plan.

The scene today proved that Madame Umbridge hated Inuyasha to an even worse degree than he did. Umbridge had been a good teacher, no matter what anyone else said, and she had always given him the special attention that he so rightfully deserved. Granger didn't deserve the attention, she was a filthy mudblood, he was the one who deserved it and Umbridge had given it to him. He had a plan, if he could help prove that Inuyasha was indeed not entirely human than Umbridge could arrest him and kick his skinny little ass into jail and he'd be the top of the school again.

Plus, Inuyasha with bars was always an amusing sight.

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Hmm, so he wasn't the only one who thought Inuyasha wasn't all that he appeared to be.

Sure Umbridge's claim was probably just created with jealousy and greed and had probably had absolutely no truth value to it, but that didn't mean it didn't help him out even the slightest. If what Umbridge had said was true, whatever species Inuyasha was, he was a pureblood. That crossed out werewolf, for they were just partly human and veela, if Inuyasha truly was a male.

Out of all the species out there, vampire seemed to be the best bet. Most vampires had dark hair, either a midnight black, a dark brown or in some rare cases a blood red. Inuyasha was pale, although not nearly as much as a vampire, and he was tiny and had proved to be athletic, Hagrid wasn't the only one who had spotted him up in a tree.

Inuyasha could have used some type of potion to decrease his vampire appearance, giving a bit more color to his skins, shrinking his fangs and turning scarlet red eyes into lavender. Plus, Inuyasha almost never ate during the meals, which made perfect sense with his theory. Vampires could eat mortal food, in fact they enjoyed fruit, but they highly disliked everything else. That could explain Inuyasha's lack of appetite and his obvious absences from the school, he was out getting blood!

All he needed to do now was collect proof.

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Today had been highly unusual.

It had started out good, Harry had even managed to turn his boot into a rabbit in transfiguration and he had managed to produce a partly good fire spell in charms, but it wasn't until Care of Magical Creatures began that the day began to become strange.

Inuyasha had appeared out of nowhere, in a tree no less, and had managed to freeze them all speechless, except for the laughs that had escaped them when he had told Malfoy off and had stuck up for Hagrid. It had been amusing and very much like Professor Inuyasha, heck they were beginning to get use to his cussing ways.

But when dinner began, the devil appeared, or more correctly Madame Umbridge, and had actually accused him of being a veela! But Inuyasha, being Inuyasha, told her off as well. He had told her that he had clearly put down pureblood on his form which proved that he wasn't a half-breed and that pureblood veelas were all female!

But then Umbridge had retorted that Inuyasha could in fact be hiding his true sex, he had to agree with her that he was rather pretty, and then to the surprise of all Inuyasha began to higher the edge of his kimono. He had raised it all the way to his perfectly sculptured legs before a guard stopped him from giving them all heart attacks.

But that wasn't the point. He had never thought about it before, having seriously liked the new professor, but was Inuyasha all he seemed?

Harry wasn't so sure anymore.

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Today had been one of the funniest days of his life

Honestly, the entire school acted as though half of them didn't have one of there own and the other half acted as though they had never seen one. Was he gaining weight, and that made him disgusting to see? But that didn't matter, as he wasn't vain, but rather the expressions on everyone's faces.

He was surprised that he didn't faint from laughing so hard.

"Hey Rorris," Inuyasha snorted, unwinding the sash from around his waist and letting the silk material fall to the floor, "What the fuck is wrong with the humans? They seriously need to lose the hard edge," he looked around the room for his pure white sleeping kimono, letting the purple material fall to the floor after the sash.

"What did you do today?" Rorris sighed, acting like the paternal image Inuyasha had never had. Once realizing that Inuyasha had a serious knack for getting into trouble, Rorris had crossed the boundary of magic teacher and was seriously trying to keep Inuyasha in line. Not that it worked very much, the only way to keep Inuyasha from getting into trouble was to lock him in a room, which was a rather hard task for an enchanted mirror, and sometimes not even that worked. Rorris couldn't help but feel sorry for the other inhabitants of Hogwarts.

Inuyasha gasped in mock surprise, "I didn't do anything!" spotting the white material under the bed, he pulled it over his head, covering his nudity and in one motion jumped onto the bed. He was rather tired and he wanted to fall asleep but some nagging feeling in the back of his head worried him. But before he could ponder over its existence, Inuyasha drifted off.

Only to let loose a blood-curling scream five minutes later.

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