The Wolf Miko
Author's Note: Standard disclaimers apply, nothing more to be said so I think I'll try and answer the questions in the last chapter with the next chapter. Oh and I might be having more two part chapters from now on. I'm so evil. Enjoy!
Chapter Nine
The Wolf Miko &
A Reincarnation Revived
Life or Death
Part 1:
"GGGGGAAAAA! She had to tell me I could go to classes WHEN I'M A HALF HOUR LATE!" Nanako was running to a class she didn't even know the location of making everyone whom she passed turn their heads in her direction wondering if she was either insane or mentally crazy. She looked up to find Harry, Draco and Kagome ahead of her, running in the same direction, though Harry and Draco where too busy arguing over something Nanako didn't want to know about. Kagome looked back behind her to see who was following them. "Hey! I didn't expect to see you!" Kagome shouted waving over her shoulder. "Yah Madam Pomfrey said I could go to class; accept SHE TOLD ME A LITTLE LATE!" Nanako added with gritted teeth. A piece of parchment was shoved into Nanako's face by Kagome.
"What's this?" Nanako questioned taking the piece of parchment. "It's your schedule." Kagome said, braking at a run again. "I checked already! You're with us!" Kagome ran outside, following Harry and Draco. Nanako was finally allowed to go to classes, though it had been three weeks since the beginning year feast, and her incident of near death by a wound that she had received from her past lover, or so she said, she still loved Sesshomaru.
"Miss. Higurashi, Aikido-Higurashi, Mr. Malfoy, Potter." A woman's overly sweet voice came to eight ears who where coming to the hut at the border of Forbidden Forest. "Excuse me miss, but I was in the..." Nanako was interrupted by this short pudgy, bulldog looking woman who had an annoying face, so annoying in fact, that Kagome, and Nanako found them restring them from killing her. "I do not wish to know your excuses, detention for all four of you I think." This woman now turned to the entire class and was preparing for another introduction.
"Now for those of you, who do not know, I am Professor Umbridge and I taught at this school last year, I am now teaching Care Of Magical Creatures, only till the current professor is able to return to his post." Umbridge stated in a way that could annoy the hell out of Sesshomaru, or even Naraku for that matter. "Who is this...thing?" Kagome asked leaning over to Harry. "She's this real prat that hates all half-breeds and contradictions." "Don't let Nanako hear you say that, she might end up flying to the moon and back a thousand times." Kagome giggled at her comment, referring to Umbridge. "I don't know what you mean by that but I've got to tell you that you don't want her detentions." Harry showed Kagome the scar of where he last crossed Umbridge. "I won't be complaining, and neither will Nanako we've endured far more than anyone should have to go through in a lifetime." Kagome stated plainly.
"OH. So Mr. Potter's warning doesn't faze you does it? I assure you that you won't be saying that when you go through it." Umbridge was now holding a creepy looking imp like creature. "JAKEN?" Nanako shirked. The imp stopped squirming at the call of his name. "MY LADY! HELP ME!" Jaken shouted as he was being shoved back into his crate. "I've got to find out what happened in Sengoku Jidai." Nanako thought going over to the crate, freeing Jaken.
"Excuse me miss but I put him back in there for a reason." Umbridge stated in a cold velvety voice. "And I took him out for a reason, and I am taking him with me, whether you like it or not." Nanako stated equally cold. "Miss. Akiko-Higurashi I would expect this from a Gryffindor, but a Slitherin?" Umbridge placed a hand to her forehead disappointedly. "Oh so it's that way is it? You obviously don't like half-breeds, of which he isn't, and now you're insulting the house my sister and one of my best friends are in. Don't cross me or you'll regret it!" Nanako shouted.
"I'd say the same thing; I think three months of detention will serve you well." Umbridge stated in a mock sweet voice. "Fine I don't care." Nanako could be seen dragging Jaken out and taking him to the headmaster explaining why she did such a thing and what relationship Jaken and she had.
"So this imp is your companion from when you where younger?" Professor Dumbledore asked intently. "Yes I shall explain more of the situation when the time comes." Still dragging Jaken Nanako left the headmaster's office. "You'll be staying in my room fore the rest of the day; I'll be there later to ask you some questions." Nanako said still fuming.
"Yes." Jaken squeaked. "I'm for once happy to see you. I'd thought you had gone with Sesshomaru to the mainland." Nanako said a little more comforted. Which was a surprise to her, being comforted by the imp? When Nanako walked into her room it was liked she stepped back five hundred years. Everything was just the same as when she lived in the castle of the western lord.
"What is the matter? You've been in here haven't you?" Jaken asked looking up at his mistress. "No...actually...I...was... in... the...hospital...last...night." Nanako stated feeling the tears well up in her eyes. She was in the deepest part of Hogwarts, Slitherin dormitory and still she felt as close to the outdoors as she had when she was in Sengoku Jidai. "I suppose it's for the best, transformations and all. I'll ask when I have that detention and hope it doesn't take up my weekends." Nanako said letting Jaken go through all her books. "I shall do your work for you my lady." Jaken said looking at the History of Magic book. "Why?" Nanako asked stepping out the sliding door. "I've lived through this." Jaken said scribbling away. "I suppose it'll give you something to do." Nanako said finally closing the door.
Umbridge was waiting in her office for Harry and Draco, when Nanako walked in. "I was wondering when those detentions where scheduled." Nanako stated coldly. "Monday through Friday, each day after dinner till curfew." Umbridge stated sweetly. "That sweet voice doesn't fool me; at least Kagome and I can leave for the feudal era and track down Naraku, since Inuyasha and Sesshomaru don't seem to be doing anything." Nanako thought contemplating her situation. "Starting tonight." Umbridge stated as if she had won a great game. "Very well." Nanako said acting as if she where disappointed with her punishment. "Good." was all Umbridge had to say about the subject.
Kagome ran into Nanako in the corridor outside of the Defense against the Dark Arts classroom. "So what's your punishment?" Kagome asked a little sympathetic. "Three months worth of detention, Monday through Friday." Nanako replied with a grin. "Why are you smiling? You got detention for three months!" Kagome yelled trying to keep her temper. "Because, she didn't say anything about weekends, and those where the days we're supposed to go to Sengoku." Nanako whispered. "Really?" Kagome said no longer having the crazed look she always did when she was angry at Inuyasha. "No duh, and don't forget you've got detention too." Was all Nanako said before heading into the great hall.
Nanako found Draco with his foot on her seat and stuffing his face hurriedly. "What are you so in a hurry for?" Nanako asked laughing at the picture in front of her. "MMM?" Draco looked over to see a laughing hyena. "What's so fumy?" Draco asked his mouth full of mashed potato. "YOU!" Nanako managed to breath before going full force at laughing at him again. "Well I'm sorry I caused you to suffocate." Draco said sarcastically. "What's the matter? Niruki got your tongue?" Nanako asked moving his foot so she could sit in its place. "I don't know it's just no one ever has ever stood up to Umbridge like that. She's a death eater." Draco stated quietly. "I'm not afraid, of death eaters or dieing." Nanako stated as if what Draco had just said had no effect on her.
"But what about meeting a painful end? How would you feel then?" Draco asked still quiet. "If you really knew my life, you'd understand, I expect a painful end and nothing can change that." Nanako confided. "Don't you fear meeting a Dementor? They can suck the soul right out of you." Draco stated, just above a whisper. "My soul's too big and too pure to be sucked up by those pathetic excuses for demons, well maybe not pure, that's Sango's department." Nanako stated coldly. "What do you mean?" Draco wondered. "I mean, that my soul has been sucked out of my body before." Nanako said remembering the events she had with Kanna.
"TIKARA!" Nanako turned to see Kagome running to her. "What's up?" Nanako asked wondering what was on her mind. "since you have detention for the next three months. When do you expect to train for the battles in Sengoku?" Kagome asked in Japanese. "Late night training." Nanako replied the same way. "Okay? What time?" Kagome asked. Nanako clicking her tongue thinking. "I'd say midnight. My detention's over at curfew." Nanako stated making plans for that evening. "But you're in the Hospital wing, remember?" Kagome asked reminding her sister. "So?" "I mean how you are going to..." Kagome was interrupted by Nanako's forward reply. "Niruki." Nanako replied putting fried egg in her mouth. "Okay then." Kagome said heading back to her table. "Ah. Life and its amazing quirks." Nanako said blissfully eating her fried eggs and bacon.
Kagome returned to the golden trio and took a deep sigh. "What's the matter Sango?" Harry asked looking up from his notes on the history of feudal Japan. "Nothing really. Say do you need help with that?" Kagome asked cheering up. "Yah, Hermione doesn't know much of this thing and Japanese history in general she admitted she though it wouldn't be useful, but as you can see she's not here and in the library trying to find as many Japanese historical books possible to start reading through." Harry mentioned that Hermione didn't really like Japan and said that the government was too confusing to her, hading his notes off to be looked through by Kagome.
"Too confusing? Our government is just dissimilar to here in England that's all. Well I suppose it's because she isn't too interested in the country as a hole, she doesn't understand." Kagome said biting the tip of the quill and scratching out a few things and rewriting them. "Here." Kagome said handing Harry back his notes. "Thanks." "No prob. Hay Ron, don't you need help too?" Kagome asked looking at the now sleeping Ron. "Sorry he was just studying all night." Harry stated pulling Ron's head from his sleep by pounding, his head just fell right back making the plodding spatter on his face and robes. "Geez not even..." Kagome stopped short of her sentence, thinking of Inuyasha. "So are you ready for DADA?" Harry asked, Ron still trying to pull the pudding out of his hair. "You bet!" Kagome ran ahead of the two, trying to make sure Myoga knew the secret she had already told Totosai.
"So do you have plans for tonight?" Ron asked, trying to get Harry with someone. "Well I do but that's not till much later." Kagome admitted. "Oh, well, ah if you're too busy to ah. Study with me its okay." Harry stuttered trying not to sound too disappointed, but of course it failed miserably." "Of course I'll study with you." Kagome said patting Harry on the back and giving him one of her famous smiles. "Oh, ok." Harry said, his face turning red. "Great I'll see you after dinner!" Kagome said running to her transfiguration lesson. "Why did you have to ask if she was doing anything later?" Harry questioned begging to get ticked off at Ron. "Well I know you like her, so why not studies date? I've got one with Hermione." Ron pointed out trying to defend himself. "Yeah I do but you don't have to set up a date or anything."
"Why do I get the feeling something's going to happen, and I don't mean just our detention. Something bad is going to happen and I don't like this feeling I'm getting." Kagome whispered to her trying to think of what she could be sensing, though later that night there was something going on but something that she wouldn't be expecting. "Where could he be?" Kagome sat at one of the tables in the common room tapping her fingers on the table waiting for Harry, it was now eleven, and way past curfew, she saw Harry after their detention, but he said to wait for her, he said he had to take care of something, but something must have happened to him. "Trainings in an hour." Kagome stated, going upstairs to get her bow and arrows, readying herself to sneak out incase Harry didn't come in ten minutes. Kagome walked up the steps to the girl's dormitories to get to her room and weaponry, when something was thrown at her.
"Hey!" Kagome shouted in as quiet a whisper as she could with out drawing attention to herself this late at night. "Sorry but I get the feeling something happened to Harry and that's his dad's old invisibility cloak, here's the Marauder's map you'll be able to find him on that, just say, 'I solemnly swear I am up to no good,' Then it'll show you the map of the school, when your done, say 'Mischief managed' and the ink will disappear." Ron explained on how to use the cloak and map. "Why can't you go?" Kagome whispered angrily. "Because, he would want to know that you're safe." Ron replied. "That doesn't make sense. If he wants me safe he would want me here." Kagome nearly shouted, pointing to the floor. "I know but whoever is after him will probably go after you, so in order for them not to find you, they must not see you." Ron said, now pushing Kagome out of the portrait hole. "Fine, at least let me take Kirara and a few other things with me." Kagome grumbled. "Why?" "Because...Oh never mind, I'd just would rather take her in a situation like this." Kagome jumped out and put the cloak over her and Kirara. "Ok, I swear I am up to no good." Kagome recited, pointing her wand at the map, then an entire image of the school appeared, and she saw little scrolls with people's names on it. She looked and saw her name, Kagome, Kirara. This wasn't good if her name wasn't Sango on this map than her entire identity would or could be reveled and her old enemies could come back and try and kill her, Harry, and maybe someone who isn't even involved.
"We need to get moving Kirara, now where is Harry?" Kagome was now down a few staircases, just then she saw Harry Potter go across one of the corridors on the map, led and followed by a Lucious Malfoy, and a Peter Pettigrew. "Found him!" Kagome headed towards the direction of where the three where walking and finally spotted them. "Now Potter. Are you prepared to die? Or would you tell me the whereabouts of a Kagome Higurashi." the man that looked almost like an older copy of Draco threatened holding Harry by his collar. "I don't know what you're talking about and even if I did I wouldn't tell scum like you." Harry spat, looking at Malfoy with a death wish on him. "You will tell me whether your willing or not." Malfoy stated in a cold, calm voice, dropping Harry. "Wormtail! The veritcurum." Malfoy hissed. "Yes. Of course," The scrawny looking man, handed a small glass bottle with a hand that was missing a finger.
"Who are these guys?" Kagome whispered, still under the cloak and hiding behind a pillar as not to be heard. Malfoy took it and forced it down Harry's throat. Harry's head went limp, and his body seemed like a rag doll. "Tell me all of your secrets, tell me about a Kagome Higurashi." Malfoy whispered sinisterly. "I...know...nothing." Harry droned. "Tell me your weakness." Malfoy hissed. "I love Sango." Harry droned again. This time Kagome's jaw dropped wide, so this is why Harry wanted her protected, though he had no idea how protected she really was. "Where is Sango?" Malfoy continued. "I don't know." Harry stated in the same dead voice, deprived of all emotion. Malfoy snapped his fingers and Harry was back to normal. "Seems that you truly don't know anything about the girl we're looking for, but we do know your weakness." Malfoy stated, with an evil smile playing on his face. "What are you going to do? You don't know where she is." Harry gritted his teeth his eyes ablaze. "Ah so you do hold love for this girl. Well I'll just send a Dementor after her." Lucius stated turning his back on Harry and relieving the creature from a trunk that he and Wormtail where carrying. The creature flew out, instantly giving off its cold demonic aura. Kagome chose this time to act, or Harry could receive a Dementor's Kiss. "Too bad you won't be able to save her." Malfoy stated, the Dementor getting closer, readying to give its deadly Kiss of death.
Kagome wasn't ready to give up a dear friend up to a pathetic creature, which in her book would be considered a demon. "Now Kirara." Kagome whispered pulling out her bow and notching an arrow. Instantly at her mistress' command Kirara stepped out from under the cloak and transformed. Roaring and chasing down the two death eaters. "What the bloody hell is that thing?" Malfoy yelled in anger, and frustration. The huge cat jumped onto both men rendering their wands useless, Harry was against the wall, drained of nearly all his strength, hope, and happiness. Kagome shot an arrow, destroying the Dementor, hearing the blood curling scream, signaling the thing had been purified.
Kagome went to Harry's side, took him into her arms and jumped on Kirara, the two death eaters now unconscious, and both wants broken, had no choice to stay put till someone alerted the professors. Kagome was listening for any sign of anyone whom she needed to evade, like Umbridge and Snape, she used the Marauder's Map to her great advantage, Kirara of course flying, and right under Snape's nose, or rather over it in this case, stopping and examining the room, continued on his way to his bedchambers. Kagome, an Kirara continued on their way out, to insure that Harry would be okay, it was vital she get to Hagrid's hut, she had learned that the actual professor of Care of Magical creatures had returned that night and suspended there detentions, though now she was extremely late for training.
"S-Sango?" Harry asked looking up, He had been leaning against Kagome's white horai, her least favorite look, she looked more like Kikyou than herself, but it was a good defense against her current opponents. "Yeah Harry?" Kagome replied quietly. Where are the death eaters?" Harry snuggled into Kagoma's horai, riding bridal style on Kirara, and leaning on Kagome for support. "Their knocked out, their wands where broken by Kirara, "How? That tiny cat couldn't hurt a..." Harry was cut off by a responsive growl. "Is this?" Harry asked looking at what he was riding on. "Yep." was Kagome's response. Harry snapped out of his thoughts. "What about...How'd you get away from the Dementor?" Harry rushed his words trying to get them out in the right order. "I killed it." Kagome replied simply. "How?" Harry asked getting Kagome irritated. "No more questions, you need rest." Kagome scolded now nearing the hut. Just then Kagome was shot in the back with an arrow. "Sango!" Harry cried falling with Kagome to the wet grass. Kirara landing in front of the two protectively.
"KIKIYO!" Kagome screamed. "Now you die! GIVE ME BACK MY SOUL!" Kikyou screeched. "Fat chance." Kagome replied smugly. "Don't be too confidant." Kikyou warned. "Oh I wouldn't dream of it." Kagome stated sarcastically. Kikyou shot an arrow aimed at Kagome's heart, a light deflected the arrow. "What's going on?" Kagome asked allowed. When the light dimmed it was revealed to be Tetsusaiga. "What?" Kagome gasped at what lay in front of her. "Inuyasha's sword. How do you expect to use that?" Kikyou stated. "I..." Kagome was short for words. Did Inuyasha want her to have this? Did the sword choose her for pulling it out in the first place? Was Inuyasha dead? Something in Kagome wanted her to unsheathe the sword. Though not yet, Kikyou shot another arrow, wounding Kagome. The wounded Hanyou took no heed of her wound, but used it to her advantage, she dug her claws into her own flesh, and just as she had seen Inuyasha do so many times.
"BLADES OF BLOOD!" Kagome called out her battle cry, letting the red blades strike Kikyou, wounding her, making her bow and arrows useless Kagome then pulled out the ancient sword. Miraculously it transformed. "How is this possible?" Kagome gasped. "As I said how do you expect to use that?" Kikyou repeated. "I can see the wind scar, the demonic coalition between Tetsusaiga and Kikyo's soul collectors. Wait a minute! That's not Tetsusaiga's demonic power! That's mine!" Kagome realized with some hesitation, that she herself was becoming a Hanyou. "I plan to destroy you, Kikyou, for trying to take Inuyasha to hell, after all he wanted was to be with you, but not in hell. If you're going to hell you're going alone!" Kagome spat.
"Pretty words but, have you forgotten. That I was Inuyasha's first love? And you of course, his second or maybe he never cared for you at all; maybe he was just using you. He never cared!" Her soul collectors were now surrounding her as a protective shield they did exactly what Kagome wanted. "You're not human," Kagome stated readying the backlash wave. "Your point?" "My point is that the swords only work for demons with human companions, and you don't have any of that! You wanted Inuyasha to change who he was, from what he was to something you wanted him to be! You never truly accepted him! You used him!" Kagome shouted, tears running down her cheeks.
"BACKLASH WAVE!" Kagome yelled her battle cry again. Finally hearing the satisfying scream of Kikyou's defeat. "Pleasee understand that you held too much bitterness for your own good, I had to do it." Kagome whispered as Kikyou's part of their soul re-entered her body. Kagome looked back at Harry who had a dumbstruck face. "Pleasee Harry understand." Kagome pleaded. Harry came closer, he looked as if he where about to shout at her for who knows what reason, Kagome squeezed her eyes shut, preparing for the wave of insults, words of disappointment, humiliation, both hers, and his mistakes, words of hatred, loathing, and discrimination. Instead of getting what she expected, she was greeted by silent, and...ear tweaking? Kagome opened one of her gold eyes to see Harry, Harry Potter tweaking her new dog ears.
Kagome's appearance was that of what nearly looked like Inuyasha, she had the gold eyes, fangs, claws, and black dog ears, to match her hair. "Harry?" Kagome breathed. "You are so damn cute!" Harry exclaimed, still tweaking. "I sensed a Hanyou, I thought it might be..." Nanako came up carrying her weaponry, and seeing not Inuyasha, but Kagome in Hanyou form. It was the night that the moon cycle began again, just as when Inuyasha was in his demonic form.
"Look I received Tetsusaiga!" Kagome exclaimed. "Do you think we should ask Totosai and Myoga how it could happen?" Nanako suggested, knowing there would be no training tonight. "Doy!" Kagome replied. "Hey that's mine and personally, I think we should count our blessings and be grateful everyone's alive." Nanako scolded, turning back to the castle and leaving Kagome, Harry and Kirara to go the opposite way, were they where greeted very kindly by Hagrid, though Hagrid was especially interested in Kirara. Knowing him he bombarded Kagome with lots of questions as to why she had two tails and such, though the secret and fact that she could transform was kept secret by Harry. By the time Kagome and Harry did get to Hagrid's doorstep, Kagome had willingly transformed human, as to spiciest her Hanyou powers.
Part 2:
It had now been a week since the situation of when Kagome rescued The boy Who lived and things where going pretty well, detention was demolished, tests where going great and Hagrid reminded the two Priestesses the best part of home. Jaken managed to snag Nanako a good grade in her History of Magic class and was actually treating her as his mistress instead of a pest as he did with Rin and herself back in Sengoku, but Harry kept mentioning that Jaken reminded him of a house elf, but of course Hermione had to barge in and say that it was curl and unfair.
"He isn't even a house elf." Harry pointed out, trying to defend Nanako's odd situation. "I don't care it isn't fair to the poor creature to be in a slave situation." Hermione argued. "Come on Hermione. What? Are you going to start something, like SPEW? Only with and an I instead of an E?" Ron joked, but getting backslapped by Hermione. "It's S.P.E.W. Ron and I just might." Hermione turned making all that heard the conversation laugh. Hermione was now heading to the headmaster's table with the intent in getting him involved. "What is the matter Miss. Granger?" Dumbledore asked kindly. "Tikara has an Imp as a servant and I don't think it appropriate." Hermione complained.
"I believe that what you believe to be wrong, is merely a misunderstanding, you see Miss. Granger, what you see as slavery and punishment, is in fact what Jaken wanted, he wanted to be in service of the Lord of the western lands and in doing so, came into service of Lady Tikara, she does not treat him unfairly nor does she treat him as though he where beneath her, she treats him as an equal, for the most part, and doing work for her, even when he is not asked makes him feel worthy and useful, not only that but he helps her with her studies." Dumbledore explained, making Hermione annoyed that no one was siding with her on this. "I believe that you should leave the situation alone Miss. Granger and I am sorry to say, but mind your own business, if you had studied and or paid attention to any of your professors classes, you would have read about Jaken and how he came into service of Lord Sesshomaru and Lady Nanako." McGonagall scolded. "I'm sorry to bother you professor." Hermione walked back to the table defeated and disappointed.
"What's the problem with Granger?" Draco asked, practicing his chopstick skills. "Her name is Hermione, and you need more work on that." Nanako scolded, taking Draco's hand and helping him with his hold. "Well I'm sorry all your friends are loony's." The next thing everyone at the Slitherin table heard was a slapping sound echoing through the Great Hall. "I dare you to say that again and I have a gift for you." Nanako took out of her robes a necklace, though not known to many, it was to be used to discipline Draco and make him stay the human person Nanako knew he could be. "What are these beads for?" Draco tapped the necklace, feeling the smooth surface of the round bead.
"Oh it's just something to show that I care." Nanako made the best innocent face she could before putting the beads around his neck. "Thank you." Draco looked at his cursed gift. Nanako just nodded, still thinking of the word for the beads to activate. Nanako was in deep thought, with her chin in her hands. Come on, something that suits Draco well and so he knows when he's in trouble mmmm...
ha I've got it kishii-ahou! Beloved moron! "Ahou!" Nanako said triumphantly. The next thing that was heard and seen was Draco's face imbedded in his mashed potatoes. "Gomon-ne." Nanako stated innocently "What the bloody hell did you do?" Draco looked at Nanako suspiciously. "I just called you a moron." Nanako looked onand slid over a few inches before another splat was heard. "I forgot to tell you that those are beads of subjugation and I'm the only one who can take them off." Nanako had a smile from ear to ear, and laughing none the less.
"So let me guess, every time I do something you don't approve of you call me a MORON?" Draco shouted looking into Nanako's sparkling eyes. "Yup and not just that. I can say it in Japanese, English, and Spanish and it still works!" Nanako shirked gritty, "kishii-ahou! Beloved moron! Yah that works perfectly for you!" Draco's face was now imbedded into his ice cream sundae, though he had chocolate syrup all over his face and robes, and looking at Nanako with a temporary loathing, and despising look, that soon turned to a grin from ear to ear, and he joined in on Nanako's laughing. "Now that just isn't fair." Draco complained, laughing at the same time. "Well who ever said life was fair, not only that, I think it'll improve your character." Nanako looked at Draco smiling, causing him to flush pink. "You're crude." Draco turned a cold shoulder, making a pouting face.
"I know. Thank you." Nanako looked very pleaseed with herself. "Now give me five bucks for my performance." Nanako stated sarcastically, holding out her hand to Draco who was completely confused. "What?" Draco looked at her questioningly. "Ah nothing I'm just kidding." Nanako quelled her and back and crossed her arms over her chest, Inuyasha style. "You are one odd cookie." Draco shook his head and picked up his bag, after walking a few steps he turned to look at Nanako. "Say. Would you like to join Quidditch? I'm sure Potter won't mind helping you, and of course I'll help too." Draco looked a little timid when Nanako cleared her throat warningly.
"Draco. You MORON! You should call him by his first name you Baka!" Nanako looked down at the person in front of her with a very satisfied look. "W-why do you do this to me???" Draco whined with his voice being muffled by the floor. "I already told you why. Besides I think I will join that sport you where talking about." Nanako helped up the fallen Draco and took off to D.A.D.A. class, though the next thing that happened would have made even Volty laugh out of humor.
"Tikara are you okay?" Draco raced to his friend's side and assessed her. "I'm fine but we're late!" Nanako grabbed her bag and raced off to get to class leaving a dumbstruck Draco behind. By the time Draco finally caught up to Nanako it had been ten minutes since class had begun. "Draco you're late, and lucky our professor isn't here yet." Nanako whispered, handing Draco some notes he would need. "Why do I need these? It's only our first class with the golden trio." Draco whispered, sitting down beside Nanako. "Trust me you'll need them, Totosai isn't someone to cross when he's trying to teach you something." Nanako spoke quietly so Pansy Parkinson couldn't hear their conversation. "So the Professor's name is Totosai?" Draco leaned over to Nanako and keeping an eye on the Professor's desk. The office door in the back of the room opened, to reveal a very old, very bold looking man. He was dressed in a green striped Kimono, and old fashioned sandals or slippers called zori, this old man had a over his shoulder, a long malit looking hammer, that of an old, old sword smith.
"Good morning class I am the assistant of your professor. So you should call me professor Totosai." Totosai scratched his head, walked over to the desk and sat on it, beginning to meditate. "Excuse me professor Totosai, but where's our other Professor? mmm What's his name? And where is he?" Hermione raised her hand, looking intently at Totosai. "He's around here somewhere...probably got stepped on." Totosai casually stated, looking at all the children and concentrating harder on his meditation.
"STEPPED ON!" A girl in the back shrieked and everyone then examined the bottom of their shoe to insure they weren't the ones who killed their professor on the first day, a scream was heard, and everyone looked towards Pansy Parkinson. "A BUG! A BUG! IT'S IN MY HAIR! GET IT OUT GET IT OUT GET IT OUT!!!!!!!!" The poor girl swatted at her hair, making it messier.
A few seconds passed before Pansy was satisfied that the bug was no longer in her oh so beautiful hair, or at least that's what her opinion was, she then walked over to the table that Draco and Nanako where. "Excuse me but you're sitting in my seat." Pansy looked at Nanako coldly, and the look was returned tenfold, but before Nanako could say a word Draco stepped in. "What do you want Parkinson?" Draco didn't look at Pansy; nor looked in her general direction; he just stared at his hands, neatly clasped on the table, leaving Pansy to talk to the back of his head. "OH Dracykins! It was awful! A horrible bug somehow got itself into my hair and nearly terrified me to death! I...I think it was poisonous!" Pansy shirked traumatically.
"So? That just means it wants to make you into a hive for its colony." Draco said emotionlessly and still not looking in Pansy's Direction, though Pansy wasn't done yet, she rounded on Nanako and gave her the death look that of course had no effect on the girl who had faced the worse demon of all time. "YOU! YOU TOOK MY DRACYKINS AWAY FROM ME!" Pansy extracted her wand from her robes and prepared to curse the hell out of Nanako.
"I am waning you. You don't want to mess with me." Nanako warned in an emotionless tone that would have and has made Sesshomaru proud, Nanako saw that Pansy wouldn't let up, Nanako raised her hand and soon in a few seconds time, a spinning Hiraikotsu came to the call of its owner. "I said don't mess with me!" Nanako poised for attack, positioning the Hiraikotsu. Pansy's eyes widened and whined to Draco again. "Oh Draco! That mean girl about to attack me!" Draco looked at Pansy coldly. "I don't care I want you to leave us alone and shut-up!" Draco's temper fumed, he then heard a slurping sound, and looked over to Nanako who just slapped her cheek, and looked into her hand intently.
"You see? She's insane!" Pansy pointed an accusing finger at Nanako, though everyone was now facing in the direction of the three making a commotion. "Is your sister ok?" Harry asked leaning over to Kagome, looking at Nanako, and the huge boomerang. "She's just irritated." Kagome explained, expecting something like this would happen. "When is our professor going to get here?" Ron whined, tapping the table impatiently. "Oh Ronald just wait, he'll be here soon." Hermione scolded, slapping him on the head with a rolled up bit of parchment. "Sango, you really need to keep your sister under control." Hermione stated rudely. "You know what? I can't control her! And she can take care of herself. Not only that, but it's that prat's fault that, Tikara has been through a lot lately and I don't care what you think!" Kagome yelled, standing up and slapping her hands on the desk facing Hermione, making her silent. The next moment everyone's attention was reverted back to Nanako, For some reason was talking to her hand, or more like shouting at it, like she had during the sorting ceremony, making everyone look at her as if she where some sort of one-eyed imp.
"You little monstrosity, you coward! Let me ask you what exactly you are planning to teach us mmm MYOGA!" Nanako yelled, squashing the flea between her index finger and thumb, though the tiny coward managed to escape and hid somewhere near or behind the now sleeping Totosai, when Nanako faced in the general direction of Myoga, the little menace immerged on top of Totosai's head. "I've got you! You little blood sucker!" Nanako brought down the Hiraikotsu on Myoga with the intent to squash him, but instead of the results being Myoga getting his punishment, Nanako ended up producing a large lump on Totosai's head.
"Oh I'm sorry Totosai! I tried to get Myoga. "Nanako explained, letting the Hiraikotsu fall to her side, Totosai looked at his shoulder and flicked Myoga off him. "It's quite fine, but your Hiraikotsu is cracked and it will need repair. Not only that, but I feel that you will be in need of it soon." Totosai held out his hands for Nanako to give up her most trusted weapon. "I suppose it won't do me much good if it brakes in the middle of a heated battle." Nanako stated, reluctantly giving up the Hiraikotsu, and sat back down, next to Draco.
"Now I'm sorry for being late class, there where just a few things I had to attend to." Myoga yelled at the top of his lungs, jumping up and down on the desk that Totosai had left, though instead of getting the proper attention he wanted, he got a large group of students looking all over the room wondering where he was. Nanako and Kagome were laughing silently. "If you haven't figured it out yet I'm a flea and as such can not be seen from a distance." Myoga explained though getting several laughs and giggles in return. "Will someone please assist me here?" Myoga yelled at the door that Totosai had walked into. "Is there a problem professor?" Professor McGonagall came into the room to see what the entire ruckus was about.
"Yes I need something to enlarge me somewhat I need the attention of my class." Myoga explained. "Of course professor." McGonagall waved her wand, surprisingly it worked. A few seconds later Myoga grew to the size of Shippo, making the majority of the girls shriek.
The class was full of interesting things from the feudal era, everyone in the class enjoyed it accept Hermione, surprise surprise.
"It was long ago that the great priestess Midoiko produced the Jewel of Four Souls or Shikon-No-Tama, the evil demons at the time had no idea that there existed another jewel, a jewel that was a fraction embodiment of the soul of another great priestess. Her name was Lady Stusokei, this young woman had the power to rival Lady Midoiko, this jewel was the Stukidi the jewel that was not sot out by demons unless they wanted their enemies to die, but what they did not know was that whom ever possessed this jewel died if their hearts where filled with selfish desires."
Myoga was giving a lecture on the two jewels that to everyone's knowledge had disappeared into nowhere, but in truth where closer to them than they thought, the Shikon-No-Tama in Kagome, where it was first rediscovered, and the Stukidi that somehow bound itself to or more like into Nanako's body using her as it's shield.
"After the jewel was discovered, a priestess by the name of Kikyou protected and purified it till her premature death, and was rediscovered fifty years later and revealed to have been residing in Lady Kikyou's reincarnation, young woman by the name of Kagome, a while after the Shikon-No-Tama was rediscovered, the Stukidi was found to be a part of the soul of the late Priestess Stusokei, the part that was not reincarnated into Lady Nanako, Stusokei's reincarnation."
Myoga just finished his summery of the jewels, who they originated from, the ones who protected them before their deaths, and the reincarnations of the two priestesses, and in general who they where and what they did, no details to know till the next class. The bell rang signaling, time to go to their next lesson. "Um hey...Tikara?" Draco was scratching his head shyly and his face was turning red. "Yes Draco?" Nanako turned and looked at him kindly. "I was wondering if you'd go to the Halloween dance with me." Draco mumbled. "MMM sure." Nanako replied thoughtfully.
The Halloween Dance was only a week away, people talked of what they would be and who thy where going with, it didn't take long for Pansy Parkinson, obviously Nanako's newly found common enemy, aside from Voldemort, Naraku, and the Four War Gods, found out about her so-called Dracykins was going out with the newcomer. "Why are you going with my Dracykins?" Pansy said in a venomous tone, with her nose sticking in the air. "Because he asked me." Nanako replied reassembling her books that had fallen on the floor and placing them neatly in her bag. "You stay the hell away from him! He's mine!" Pansy shouted, alerting all that were in the Library. "Here's a news flash for you. He doesn't belong to anyone, and he's just my friend, nothing more, so quit being jealous, there's nothing to be jealous about." Nanako gave one glance that told Pansy that if she were to take a step closer, Nanako would let hell lose on the school.
It was not yet time for winter, yet an ominous cold struck the school, freezing the lake, killing the plants that were already nearing their seasonal end, forcing students to bring out their winter things early. "Sango? What do you think all this odd weather means?" Harry asked reading one of his favorite books on Quidditch, Kagome looking out her window and doing Snape's essay on the Myosin tree and its purposes. "I don't know." Kagome replied still not thinking this strange weather was right.
I have a bad feeling this is going to be very, very bad; I hope everything comes out okay. Kagome thought still feeling the uneasiness getting stronger with in her. "Sango, there's something I've been meaning to tell you." Harry whispered. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to Harry." Kagome turned the fire light reflecting in her dark brown eyes. "I want to." Harry nearly yelled, as he came closer to Kagome, she looked at him intently, getting the feeling that something was about to unravel. She blinked. "I...I love you, and I want to protect you!" Harry confessed, holding Kagome's hand, she pulled away biting her thumbnail and looking out the window, with the intention of not looking into his eyes.
"You're a good friend too, Harry." Kagome whispered, pretending to take what Harry just said the wrong way, she didn't know how to feel about this, now that he confessed to her, she didn't know how he took her reply, she soon found what he felt. "Is that all I am to you? A friend?" Harry asked a little hurt came through to his voice to Kagome's ears. "I don't know right now Harry." Kagome whispered feeling like she had done something terribly wrong.
On the one side Inuyasha betrayed her, on the other Harry needed her to be by his side, just as Inuyasha had. She was fighting an inner battle. One part of her wanted to return his feelings, on the other, she felt that if she did she would be in a way cheating on Inuyasha, but then, he did disowned her. "I'm sorry if I caused you any trouble." Harry finally said, taking Kagome out of her inner battle, to deal with reality. "How long?" Kagome asked a little surer of her now. "How long what?" Harry didn't turn in the direction of Kagome as he walked slowly up the steps to the boy's dormitory. "How long have you been hiding these feelings for me?" Kagome questioned hopefully, and tears falling down her cheeks, her hand on the now snow covered window. "A month and a half after I met you." Harry relied bitterly.
"I'm sorry, Harry I didn't know!" Kagome cried, running toward Harry embracing him, and crying into his robes. "S…Sango, is everything ok?" Harry returned her hug, full heartedly. "It's just I don't want anyone hurt, I'm scared Harry, I'm terrified!" Kagome sobbed clutching to Harry, not wanting to let him go. "I know." Harry whispered, running his fingers through Kagome's silky black hair. "Please forgive me Harry but, for now till the danger is over I can only be a friend to you. Like you I have enemies of my own and if they knew they would try and kill you." Kagome explained, without giving away anything of her past. "I understand." Harry whipped Kagome's tears and hugged her. "Thank you..." Kagome was cut of by Harry kissing her, she instantly felt all he had over his entire life, the pain sorrow, all the stress he had was let out in the simple action he took. "Please, stay by my side?"
Harry pleaded holding Kagome's trembling shoulders. "I'll understand if you don't want to." Harry looked into Kagome's eyes and was waiting with bated breath. "Of course I'll stay by your side. I thought that after everything I've been through I would never fall in love again." Kagome confided, laying her head on Harry's chest. "Does that mean?" Harry looked down at Kagome wide-eyed. "Yes Harry, I can now say. I love you too." Kagome hugged Harry around the neck and looked into his emerald green eyes. Kirara jumped on his shoulder and started nuzzling him on the cheek. "Apparently Kirara does too." Kagome giggled while Harry laughed, trying to get the cat to stop tickling him. The two teens spent the rest of the night discussing their childhoods, what they would've and could've done to make their lives better.
Kagome never admitting that all her troubles took place five hundred years ago, by midnight the two had fallen asleep in each other's arms, sleeping in one of the big armchairs closest to the crackling fire that reminded Kagome so much of what she used to see when she was camping with Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kirara, it brought back both sweet and painful memories.
Outside, the moon was giving light to that which came out meet it, the lake was frozen and there was a thick layer of snow covering the once dead, colorful ground. the sight that was residing in front of the great structure was that of several men, dressed in cloaks and masks that signified that these where people not to be trifled with, for they were death eaters.
A boy emerged from the Great oak doors, looking at the group intently, ready to fight them if necessary. He was dressed in black, wore dragon skin gloves, his mask covering his pale face from view. "What do you want?" the boy questioned, looking at all but the master of the army of witches and wizards. "We have come to execute you Draco. Tell us why haven't come to your summons?" A man that looked nearly like Draco's double, accept older stepped forth, looking at the boy with extreme hatred. "I no longer carry your mark Voldemort." The boy replied, revealing his arm to be bear of all dark magic. "Tell me Draco. How is it that you managed to destroy a mark that is impossible to remove?" The lord hissed. "My lord do you think we should summon the Dementors?" one of the death eaters stepped forth. "Yes." Voldemort hissed, smirking at what Draco's fat was about to be, the moment the death eaters relieved the Dementors, a weapon came spinning toward the unsuspecting horde of demons, slicing them in half and disintegrated in a flash of white light.
"WHO GOES THERE?" One of the death eaters shouted, pointing their wand at the intruder. "I go." A female voice rang throughout the snow covered courtyard, as the weapon that had destroyed the Dementors came back in its returning journey, to be hidden in shadow, along with its owner. "Expeliarmis!" one of the men tried disarming the newcomer, but nothing happened. "My weapons are immune to your type of magic." the girl replied as if she was having fun with a very good joke.
"Tell us who you are." Wormtail demanded. "I don't follow the orders of The Man who let The Boy Live, Voldy!" The mystery person stated, readjusting the weapon over her shoulder. "I do not know who you are, but I will assure you that your death will be long and painful if you don't follow my orders to kill the boy next to you." A man with Silver hair came into view, cracking his knuckles, ready to sharpen his claw like nails. "Yes I think that a death inflicted by our most trusted death eater will serve you well, you won't even live to regret stepping foot on these grounds." Voldemort taunted confidently.
"I don't know who you are but I can promise you this, you won't live to see the next sunrise." The girl stated emotionlessly, throwing aside the weapon that had managed to kill so many Dementors, and notching an arrow on an ancient looking bow. "If you think you can slay The Great Slayer with that, you are sadly mistaken." Voldemort placed his bony hand on the young man's shoulder. "You should not under estimate your enemy." the man looked at the girl intently, though still unsure of who she was. "What are you trying to find by looking at me?" The girl taunted and took a step forth, letting the moon envelope her in its warmth and pure light. "NO!" the boy's eyes widened.
"I thought you were dead!" The Slayer took a tentative step closer to the girl who was wearing a miko's cloth's and a demon slayer's protective mask. "Do you know who I am?" The girl took off the mask and looked at the demon in front of her. "Leave here now and I won't be forced to kill you." The girl let down her bow. Just in front of the so called Slayer. "Leave!" Nanako looked at the man, they now shown slight recognition, but she dismissed it, thinking that this man could not be her son.
"Kill Draco and the girl, Kikiyokutsu!" Voldemort ordered, Nanako's eyes widened in recognition. "We will speak about this later young man." Nanako spoke kindly but sternly, pulling out a plant from her kimono sleeve, she drew a six pointed star in the snow, deeply inserted the plant into the frost covered ground and clasped her hands together, her two index fingers and thumbs tip to tip, she began to glow along with the plant.
"This is the Myosei, a spiritual plant that has been used for centuries, it draws demons into it's mist and purifies them, it will only work for the demon's it is created to destroy, this one, is for the Dementors that have taken so many souls." Nanako explained as the tree grew. A few moments later all Dementors that where floating behind the death eaters where drawn to the top of the tree, what fell from the canopy was dust and remnants of the Dementors that turned to nothing the second they would have hit the ground. "Now leave before I decide to kill each and every one of you, I don't take pleasure in killing humans." Nanako warned, taking her Hiraikotsu, and throwing it, hitting a few of the death eaters, throwing them into the mud several yards back. "We shall leave, but I assure you that we will return." Voldemort hissed, signaling for his minions to follow after him. Leaving Kikiyokutsu behind.
"Alright explain yourself young man." Nanako crossed her arms and took her role as a mother, Kikiyokutsu looked at his mother like any child would look being caught red handed doing something that he knew his parents wouldn't like. "Um I...it's just..." Kikiyokustu tried to make an excuse but had no progress. "I'm sorry." The man bowed his head in apology; Draco on the other hand was dumbstruck. "Um I don't think it's a good idea to cross him, he's the slayer after all." Draco warned, leaning over to Nanako's ear. "He should know better than to cross me." Nanako scolded. "Ben mister, we'll talk about your punishment later." Nanako pointed in the direction of the castle and ushered him down to the dungeons and into the portrait hole of Slitherin house
"You stay in there till I say you can come out, your grounded by the way." Nanako scolded disappointedly closing her sliding door and waling into the common room. "I don't think you can ground the slayer he could have killed you if he wanted." Draco looked at Nanako intently. "He wouldn't have the nerve, and besides he listens to me. I don't know where I went wrong though." Nanako put her cheek in her hand and stared into the fire.
"So what's his punishment?" Draco joked. "I'm still thinking." Nanako yawned. "Where'll you sleep?" Draco questioned unsure if it would be the best idea for her to share a room with a death eater, unknown to him, that the slayer was her son. "I'll sleep out here; he can stay there till morning, while he thinks over what he did wrong." Nanako curled up in one of the big arm chairs and was about to fall asleep, before Draco spoke again. "Do you care about me?" Draco spoke quietly, looking away. "Yes." Nanako replied sleepily.
"Do you love me?" Draco asked still not looking in the direction of his love interest. "Why do you ask." Nanako questioned, now knowing full well of what Draco had meant. "I love you." Draco confessed his head in his hands. Nanako bit her lip. "Draco..." Nanako didn't know what to say next, she had caught Draco's attention by putting both her hands on Draco's shoulders comfortingly. "Why can't you love me?" Draco whispered, and then looked at Nanako with tears running down his cheeks. "I. it's just that I...you." Nanako was trying to find the right words to explain her current situation without blowing her cover. "I just don't want you hurt. I'm going to check on Kikiyokutsu." Nanako hugged Draco around the neck, catching him off guard. "I've never been in love with anyone before." Draco confessed, looking into Nanako's shocked wide eyes.
"I should tell you that I'm the Black Knight." Draco whispered, caressing Nanako's cheek. Nanako averted he gaze from Draco's intense silver eyes that reminded her of the family she left behind. "I'm going to go check on Kitsu." Nanako rushed standing up and walking into the hallway leading to Nanako's room, she slid the door open to see a sleeping Kikiyokutsu. "Sleeping like a baby." Nanako stated quietly. "My little baby boy." Nanako added mentally, when Nanako was about to return to the common room, she was blocked off by Draco. "MM? What's up?" Nanako blinked. Draco didn't speak, but instead took Nanako gently by the shoulders and kissed her and Nanako's eyes widened in shock. The moment the kiss broke free Nanako leaned against the wall across from Draco, and touched her lips.
Un-noticed by the two, there was someone watching, Kikiyokutsu had been awake since his mother checked on him, he wanted to see if his mother would scold him or talk to him. He quietly opened the door to peek out, just as his little brother would do to see how his mother and father where doing. His eyes widened, seeing the sight in front of him, his mother in the arms of another man, that wasn't his father. "NO!" he whispered closing the door.
Mother promised us she'd never leave u., Father, Ichiro, Kira-kira, and Tikara. 'She promised us she'd love father, always and forever. Why now, what happened to cause mother not to love father, does she love me, or the rest of us? Why is she letting him kiss her? HER LIPS ARE MENT FOR FATHER ALONE!' Kikiyokutsu thought painfully. a moment later, he grabbed Niruki, and ran out of the room in a fit of frustration and pain, as he passed his mother and Draco he pushed the blond haired classmate of his mother and looked at him in a heated loathing for this person who dared to touch his mother behind his father's back. "Don't you EVER touch her again!" Kikiyokutsu bellowed, now giving his mother a look of pain and betrayal, not that of hatred but one of sadness, loneliness, fear, and pain.
It was as if his eyes where asking her why this was happening, why she wasn't near father, why she left five hundred years ago. "YOU! You left me to endure father's merciless training! WHY? Why?" He asked allowed, tears running down his cheeks, not wanting to be near the scene, he took off, leaving his mother with tears as well. A few minutes after Kikiyokutsu left, leaving Nanako to contemplate her current situation and what it looked like to her beloved son, she stood, taking her swords and the Hiraikotsu.
"I'm going to go look for him; I think...I think I did something to hurt him." Nanako whispered. "He'll be ok, besides he's probably going back to Voldemort." Draco turned to Nanako, and put his hands on her shoulders, forcing her to sit down. "Wait for a while if he means that much to you, it's not worth going outside in the cold." Draco sat next to Nanako and tried looking into her glassy eyes that where now filled with tears of realization of what she had just done. "NO! I'm going out look for him. Draco I'm sorry, but if I had to pick your needs over Kikiyokutsu's, I'd have to pick his needs first I'm sorry but that's how it has to be, he means the world to me and I can't ignore that." Nanako followed after her son, just as she was exiting the portrait hole, Draco grabbed her wrist. "Why?" Draco yelled a little bit hurt. "Because I love him." Nanako whispered tenderly.
Draco looked at her unwilling to let her go. "Is he your lover?" Draco asked coldly, tightening his grip on Nanako, She winced. "NO! It's not like that." Nanako attempted to explain but was interrupted. "Go then! I'm sure you'd make a lovely couple!" Draco's voice was cracking, he reluctantly let her go. "It isn't like that, never has and never will be." Nanako yelled over his shoulder, feeling more tears fall down her cheeks, and knowing she had torn another soul apart, and knowing that nearly tore her heart out. Nanako ran the Portrait of the fat lady. "Excuse me?" Nanako nearly crashed into the portrait wit the fat lady. "Do you have any idea what time it is? People are still sleeping." The woman in the pink dress grumbled. "What do you want" The woman waved her handkerchief impatiently. "If you can miss, could you please go get my sister?" Nanako pleaded, using her son's most powerful technique, the puppy dog look, she may not have been perfect at it but it managed to get the portrait to swing open and got her the password, as long as Nanako promised not to disturb her for more than five minutes that night.
The instance Nanako entered, she headed straight for the girls dormitories, waking Harry who had fallen asleep on his transfiguration homework. Harry looked sleepily in the direction of the stone steps and saw Nanako speaking to a very tired looking Kagome. "What's the matter?" Kagome rubbed her eyes. "It's Kikiyokutsu, he took off, and I don't know where he is now." Nanako's voice was cracking as she tried to explain the situation to her sister. Kagome's eyes widened in realization at what her sister just said. "Why? What happened?" Kagome tried to hold her sister steady. "I think I did something to hut him. Please help me find him." Nanako begged, clutching onto Kagome's night gown. "Of course, just let me grab a few things." Kagome ran upstairs to change into her slayer's uniform, grab what remedies, weapons, and Kirara. All she would need in case he went into the Forbidden Forest.
Kagome returned in just a few short minutes. "Ok let's go." Kagome stopped at the last step, only then realizing that Harry was there, and ready for a battle. "What are you doing here?" Kagome asked nervously, edging towards the portrait hole. "I'm going with you." Harry stated, as though it were obvious. "But you see we're not really going..." Kagome was cut of by Harry's urgent response. "We need to find that person, your sister didn't come barging in her this early in the morning just to say hello." Harry pointed out, taking out his invisibility cloak and Marauder's map. "What's his name?" Harry opened the map, after of course saying the spell to reveal what it had to hide. "It's Kikiyokutsu."
Nanako looked at the map, to see Tikara and Sango next to a Harry Potter, Nanako took in a deep breath, grateful her sister had done something to it, as to hide their identity. "Here." Harry pointed out a name that was headed in the direction of the Forbidden forest. "We have to hurry." Kagome opened the passage to leave, waiting impatiently for her sister and Harry.
Flashback
A young boy about the age of eleven, with silver hair, elf-like ears, and demon marks like his father, stood the doorway to his parent's room, watching two people, a man and a woman, laughing talking, and kissing. He had sat watching his parents for the past few hours. "Kutsu what are you doing?" a small voice was heard. "I wanna see if mom really loves dad, Ichiro." The little Kikiyokutsu whispered, looking intently on his parents. "Do mean you don't think mama and papa are going to stay together forever?" The younger child of about four held tight to his stuffed animal, a teddy bear, and started to whimper, his wolf ears pressed flat on his head in fear, looking at what his brother was seeing and unsure of why his brother would spy on their mom and dad.
"If she doesn't love dad, I'm not sure she loves us Ichiro. I'm not exactly sure mom and dad will stay together forever." Kikiyokutsu looked down at his little brother and smiled kindly. "Why?" Ichiro looked up at his brother, and started to cry harder his ears twitched up, hearing something coming. "What are you two doing up at this hour?" A woman's voice came down in on the boys and they both looked up to see their mother, and their father standing behind her. "We wanted to know if you and papa loved each other, because kutsu said if you don't love daddy, you don't love us either." Ichiro cried climbing on his mother's leg.
"Oh honey, I love your father, and even if I didn't there's nothing that could ever stop me from loving you." Nanako kneeled down to pick up her youngest child. "I love your mother." Sesshomaru added, pacing a hand around Nanako's shoulder, while Nanako held Ichiro in her arms. "Do you promise you won't leave us?" Kikiyokutsu looked at his parents, getting ready to cry. "I wouldn't dream of it, and I promise you that I wouldn't leave you for anything." Nanako stated in a voice that in itself said how could you ever think of such a thing? "So you love us?" Ichiro squeaked. "More than life itself." Nanako replied comfortingly.
"Now time to go to bed." Sesshomaru ordered. "Sesshomaru be nice." Nanako scolded. "Mommy will you tuck us in?" Ichiro begged, giving his famous puppy dog look. "Yes." Nanako said sweetly. "Go ahead and I'll be there in a minute." Nanako gently pushed Ichiro to go with his older brother and wait for her to come. Kikiyokutsu turned the corner, but peeked to see what was holding up their mother. "I'll be back." Nanako laughed, letting go of the hand she was holding, though the owner of the hand, Sesshomaru, didn't want to let her go quite yet. "I don't want you to leave." Sesshomaru stated, giving a very funny and fake pouty face.
"Oh don't be such a baby." Nanako laughed. "What did you say?" Sesshomaru took Nanako in his arms and started tickling her. "STOP I NEED TO GO TUCK IN THE KIDS!" Nanako laughed, now on his floor, trying to catch her breath. "Can't it wait a minute?" Sesshomaru begged. "No, and since you can't keep your grubby paws off me, why not go together?" Nanako suggested, pulling Sesshomaru with her to Ichiro and Kikiyokutsu's room. "That my dear, is an excellent idea." Sesshomaru let himself get dragged by a very happy Nanako. By the time Sesshomaru and Nanako rounded the corner that Kikyokutsu had hid by, he had already scurried off to his room and waited to here the laughs of his mother and father, happy that they loved each other, and that their mother loved them. Ichiro, Kira-kira, Tikara, Father, and himself. He was soon asleep after his mother and father left, thinking of the promise his mother mad to him and his sleeping brother.
End Flashback & chapter
Author's note: Soooo how many questions should I have here? Nah I'll leave those to the readers