Kagome Riddle

Disclaimer: Inuyasha is owned by Rumiko Takahashi and Harry Potter belongs to J K Rowling while I own this plot and a few others.

Summary: Kagome’s past is revealed. She is a descendant of the Riddle house. She hears of her father’s mysterious death. Now she’s out for revenge. No one knows what she is after and dangerous deals are about and what new adventures is the 6th year of Hogwarts bringing for the Golden trio?

Italics: Japanese

Normal: English

Chapter 8: The Transfer Student

All the students sat in the great hall eating breakfast. Harry had told Ron and Hermione what happened in the detention last night.

Well, it got better. Apparently Peeves had seen him running last night and decided to play a prank on him, a big one. He scared Malfoy in the morning, who ran into a puddle of pudding, of course set up by Peeves. Then, got chased by house elves because they thought he had stolen the pudding until he ran into Snape who helped him escape from the elves, gave him detention for running in the hallways dripping in pudding and falling on him. All in all, poor Malfoy was embarrassed, drenched and fuming.

And then Harry went up to him and told him that what happened yesterday was the professor practicing an illusion and that she was not dead. Oh what a sight it was!

Well skipping all that, let’s get to the present…..

Everyone sat in the great hall eating, chatting, etc. The owls entered the great hall in a great swarm. They dropped off letter, packages and gifts in front of their owners’ tables or into their hands. One of the owls swooped down towards the teachers’ table and waited in front of the Headmaster. It carried two letters, one tied to each leg.

Dumbledore put his hand forward to reach one of the letters. The owl pulled back the leg. Deducing that the other letter was for him, he took it. As soon as he did so, the owl slightly fluttered its wings slightly and landed in front of Kagome.

Kagome was startled as she didn’t expect to get a letter, but took it anyway. She carefully read through the letter. But as she read it, shock and surprise was evident on her face.

Kagome’s POV~~~~~

I read through the letter again. It was from the last person I expected, Shippo. How had he known that I was here??

Still doubtful, I re-read the letter. It said that Shippo was coming to Hogwarts. Yes, I was happy getting to meet my son all grown up. Yes, I long to see my old friends and be held in my mate’s arms and stay with them forever……but-

It wasn’t time yet. I had a lot to do and the others, well, they can’t find out just yet. They would only get in my way, stop me, telling me that it was for my own protection.

Did they find out already? Had they gone to the shrine? What all had her mother told them? Had they already found out? But I couldn’t help but wonder.

Sighing, I leaned back in my seat. I thought of how Shippo might look. Would Inuyasha come too? A soft smile played on the previously frowning lips. Hmmm maybe it wouldn’t be so bad.

I got up from my seat and left to the class room.

A’s POV~~~~~

Hermione had watched Kagome’s reactions to the letter and wondered what it might have been about. Kagome had always been a confusing character. She knew something about Kagome was just not right. Aside from all the mysteries that she witnessed herself, Harry had told her about the fact that she was not a witch, but had the ability to practice witchcraft. So, what was she?

There was just something more to her that she couldn’t place. She couldn’t help but feel something important was going to happen and happen very soon. She just hoped that they had enough strength and will to stand up to the trials ahead.

A few days passed by without many events……

Hagrid walked up the platform of Hogsmeade railway station. It seemed quite deserted compared to the large crowds on students seen on the first and last day of the term, and such other days.

A young teenager wearing Hogwarts uniform sat on a bench next to his luggage. Hagrid assumed that he was the new transfer student. As Hagrid went closer to him, the boy turned to face him, probably alerted by his heavy footsteps. The kid had dark chocolate colored hair tied as a low ponytail, lean face, high cheek bones and bright hazel eyes.

“Are ya’ the new student?” Hagrid inquired. “Hai(Yes)” the boy answered. “Don’t ya’ know English?” Hagrid asked, hoping that he did.

“Oh! gomen, ne.(sorry) I mean sorry. I do speak English. I’m Hiroki Ishimoto” he introduced himself with a slight bow. “Umm, nice to meet ya. I’m Rubeus Hagrid.” Hagrid said feeling a bit awkward. “Likewise” he said fluently.

“Come on then, let’s get you to the headmaster’s office” Hagrid said. “What about the luggage?” Hiroki asked. “Don’t worry, the house elves ‘ill take ‘hem to your room by the time we’re done.” Hiroki reluctantly followed Hagrid.

Soon they came to a visible distance of the castle. The castle stood proud. An excited smile made its way to Hiroki’s face. The castle held warmth that no place could ever achieve. It was a true home where many destinies intertwined, and the place where he would meet his mother again

(AN: The identity of Hiroki must have been clear to everyone for quite a while. So I’m not hiding or keeping it in suspense.)

They soon reached the castle and Hagrid spoke proudly of it. They moved past the many moving portraits. The halls were empty as most of the students were in class. Hagrid told the password, “Jam tarts”.

The gargoyle in front of them began moving and revealed a staircase. Both of them stepped onto it to enter the headmaster’s office.

Dumbledore sat at the head of his table. The room was filled with many inventions, bubbling instruments. There were portraits of all the previous headmasters lining the walls. But, what stood out the most was the beautiful phoenix. He wanted to go to the bird and pet it, but since, he wasn’t supposed to, he held back.

“You can pet Fawks (sp?) if you want to” Dumbledore’s voice said as he saw the desire to do so in Hiroki’s eyes. With a smile, he went to Fawks and began petting it. Dumbledore rose from his seat and went over to him.

“It seems my phoenix adores you” Dumbledore said as he watched the bird which was now nibbling gently on Hiroki’s ear.

“People did say I had a flaming spirit” Hiroki chuckled lightly.

“Oh! I’m sure you do. Please sit here so that we can you can be sorted into your house. Do you know about the houses?”

“Yes, sir” Hiroki replied as he sat down. Dumbledore placed the hat on his head.

So many secrets in one person’s head. Where do I start? the hat’s voice echoed in his head.

‘Hey long time, no see’ Hiroki thought.

Nice to see you too Shippo. I’m putting you in the same house. Why are you here again by the way? Didn’t you finish your training 4 centuries ago? The hat asked in his mind.

‘I tell you on one condition, you don’t tell my secret to anyone.’ Hiroki slyly pointed out.

Alright, I’m too curious. No one’s gonna find out about you, k? The hat answered

‘My mother is here and I’m here to meet her after 500 years; 502 actually’ Hiroki pointed out.

Whoa! The Shikon miko? I’m gonna faint! But not before… “GRYFFINDOR” the hat shouted.

“An excellent choice for you Mr. Ishimoto.” Dumbledore complemented as he took the hat off Hiroki’s head. “I’m sure your luggage has already reached your dormitory. But you might want to get to your classes. Meet up with your house prefects, Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley. I’m sure they will be happy to help you. I believe you have Potions now. It’s down in the dungeons”

“Thank you sir” Hiroki bowed and left the office.

Hiroki walked through the castle until he reached the dungeons. He stood at the doorway of the classroom and asked for permission to enter. Snape came up to him.

“Who are you?” he inquired.

The whole class’s attention was now there.

“I’m Hiroki Ishimoto, a new student, sir. I arrived today and I was told to attend this class.” Hiroki answered. The class was whispering among themselves.

Snape nodded telling him that he could enter. “Where is your equipment?”

“My luggage is in the dormitory. I haven’t been there yet. Even though my actual classes start from tomorrow, I was asked to attend today too”

“Which house are you in?” “Gryffindor!” answered Hiroki promptly.

Snape narrowed his eyes in distaste. “I won’t go easy on you just because you are a new student. How can you be accepted into this year without passing your OWLs?”

“I’ve already taken up the OWLs sir” He showed a certificate.

Transfiguration- O

Defense against Dark Arts- O

Potions- O

History of Magic- O

Herbology- O

Divination- E

Care of Magical Creatures- O

AN: Suits his kitsune personality right?? (How many subjects are there supposed to be anyway?)

“Well, seems we have quite another child genius here” Snape said not at all pleased. “Where did you study?”

“Dumstrang” Hiroki lied with a grim tone.

“Dumstrang, eh? Hn! You may take a seat on the Gryffindor side of the class.”

Hiroki promptly went and sat next to Hermione. Everyone’s eyes were on Hiroki, including Hermione as he was quite a looker. Hiroki smiled at her gently while she was flushed.

“I’m Hiroki Ishimoto” He introduced himself.

“I’m Hermione Granger” She introduced herself as she continued stirring her potion.

“Ah! I was asked to find a Hermione and Ron to help me. I’m glad I sat here.”

“Uh, I’m sure we can help you.” Hermione flushed a deep color of red.

The class ended quite quickly, thankfully without many disasters. Hiroki and Hermione went up to Harry and Ron.

“This is Harry Potter and this is Ronald Weasley.” Hermione introduced them to Hiroki.

“Hey! I’m Hiroki Ishimoto.” He introduced himself.

“Nice to meet you.” Harry said but Ron muttered something humanly incoherent. Harry nudged him.

“So why did you transfer to Hogwarts?” Ron asked.

“Ron, you shouldn’t pry into others’ business.” Hermione scolded.

“That’s alright. I really don’t have a big reason to change schools. I just wasn’t comfortable there. Not my kind of magic.” Hiroki answered quite truthfully. He had studied there under a different name a no of years back and he had no intention of ever going back.

“Yeah, I can understand.” Harry said softly.

“So what is Hogwarts like?” Hiroki asked.

“Well, it’s quite nice here. I don’t really know how to describe it but I’m sure you’ll like it here” Hermione said.

“Yeah, you’ll love it here” Ron said with the barest hint of sarcasm.

“I’m sure there will be more than one reason for me to like this school. What do we have next by the way?” Hiroki asked.

“We have Defense against Dark Arts. It’s taught by Professor Kagome Taisho.” Harry said.

By the time the conversation ended, they were in the classroom.

Hiroki sat next to Harry. There were still a few more minutes for the class to start and the professor was not there yet

Harry’s POV~~~~~

Kagome soon entered the class. She noticed Hiroki right away. “It seems we have a new student”, she said with smile.

Hiroki stood up, bowed slightly and introduced himself. “I’m Hiroki Ishimoto” She just nodded and soon started the lesson.

As the class went on, I noticed that Kagome wasn’t as cheerful as usual…

Was it something that happened that day before she came to class? Or…was it something to do with the new student in class? I turned to my side to look at Hiroki. He smirked at me for a moment and then continued to listen to the lecture. His face was glowing with happiness. I shifted my attention back to the professor.

Maybe, I was wrong…She was definitely not cheerful, true, but cheerfulness could have been a mask she wore. But today she was happy, a deeper contentment that could not be expressed through mere expressions.

The class soon ended and the students began clearing out to go to the great hall for Lunch. As we came out of the class, Hiroki stopped. “Hey, I’ll catch with you guys later. I want to have a word with the professor.”

He went into the class and greeted Kagome. She smiled and waved her wand. The door closed.

“What’s going on?” Ron inquired

“I’m not sure.” I replied.

The hallway was pretty empty as most of the students were eating their lunch in the great hall. I looked at Hermione, silently telling her to use a spell by which they could see what was happening behind the wall.

She reluctantly nodded, not liking the fact that she was breaking school rules. But she knew that sometimes breaking rules were necessary. They had saved a lot of lives through that in their past adventures.

She motioned all of us to come closer, “Xravizio” (=>X ray vision (cool huh?)) A red light surrounded us. As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw a skeleton and it began to speak in Ron’s voice. My own hands were made of bones. Then, I realized that it was the work of the spell. I was shocked and so was Ron. But, as I turned towards the wall, a greater shock hit me.

I could see right through the wall and see Kagome and Hiroki in each others’ arms. Ron and Hermione also saw and gasped. Time stopped for I don’t know how long but, then I saw it. A lone glistening tear fell from Kagome’s eyes.

“You’re crying/She’s crying” Shippo and I both exclaimed. Ron had snuck in an extendable ear and we were listening through that but they were speaking in another language, most probably Japanese. We watched dumbfounded as Hiroki wiped her tears his thumb gently caressing her cheeks.

“Why are you crying, okaa-san? Are you not happy to see me?” Hiroki asked gently but hesitantly.

“Of course not Shippo. These are tears of happiness. It’s so long since and you’ve grown up so much since the last time I saw you” Kagome said ruffling his hair.

Confusion marred our faces as we did not understand what was going on. Our thoughts were interrupted by a soft squeal from Kagome.

“I can still touch your ears.” She spoke like a child who just got candy. “How is it possible? I thought it was hidden under a spell” She was stroking something as he rested his head on her hand.

Hiroki chuckled softly. “I don’t think any youkai magic can stand against your mikoki (holy energy). So, only you can touch it.”

She clapped her hands together in glee. “Can you take out your illusion? I wanna see how you look.” She almost pleaded.

“Why not? I’ll do that as soon as you put your barrier. We don’t want to reveal my identity, right?”  She nodded and closed her eyes to chant a spell softly.

“Hey Hermione, can you put a language spell on us so that we can understand what they’re saying?” I asked Hermione. But no sooner than I said that, than a bright pink light blinded us until all we could see was a solid wall. A sizzling sound brought our attention to the extendable ears. They were burnt to chars.

“What happened?” Ron asked indignantly.

“My spell is still working” observed Hermione looking at another wall and back at us. “There must be something blocking the spell.”

“Do you think it is a shield charm?” I asked her.

“No, I haven’t heard of any shield charm that can block charms that are not harmful.” She answered. “Well, since the spells are being blocked. There is no use of it now. Norvisio (=> Normal vision)”

A white light surrounded us and next thing I could see was Hermione in flesh and not only bones.

“I want to go down and have lunch. I’m hungry” Ron claimed.

I nodded to him and we walked down to the great hall.

Inside the room~~~~~

Shippo’s POV~~~~~

I wanted to laugh! Hey, I don’t mean an evil laugh like Naraku, but laugh in amusement. Harry, Ron and Hermione were just outside the wall trying to see what was happening between Kagome and me. Of course I didn’t expect any less curiosity from them and I’m sure Kagome knew about them too.

Well, I was willing to enjoy the drama for sometime, i.e. until it became as serious as showing my true self. So, I asked Kagome to put the barrier that was suspiciously absent. Yeah, she was enjoying the ‘mysterious’ game. She put one up and I could immediately sense her mikoki surround me that made my youkai flinch for a fraction of a second.

The outside world seemed to vanish and my senses were dulled inside the barrier. But I could still feel shock felt by the trio waiting outside and their fading auras as they moved away. I had already willed my illusion to drop.

My demonic features began to show. The once hazel eyes of Hiroki turned into my forest green and my hair a reddish orange from the original chocolate brown hue. Two large, fur tipped kitsune ears sprouted on my head and I now had a long silky tail, the same color as my hair and ears.

My hair was a little longer but still tied in a low pony. I could feel canines grow into sharp fangs that grazed my tongue and deadly claws growing in place of humane limbs and I was a good 6ft tall.

My arms had flowing kanji from shoulder to wrist showing my status as a nine tailed and a burst of red flames on the back of my right hand showing that I was a fire elementalist. I was now wearing a blue and green silk kimono much like the one I wore when I was young.

“Kawaii (cute)!! You’ve grown so much and your ears are so cute.” She squealed as she stepped forward.

I took a step back warily with my hands in front of my chest. Kagome pouted “You’re not gonna let me pet it?”

“Well okaa-san. I’d love you to. But if you start now, I won’t be able to leave the rest of the day.” I told the truth. I wanted her to pet my ears just like she did when I was but a kid. But if she worked that magic of hers, I knew I would end up asleep. That was the trick she used to use to get me to sleep.

“Spoil sport!” Kagome muttered under her breath. Both of us knew that I heard it. Chuckling softly, I pulled out a letter that I brought.

“Okaa-san, Inuyasha gave this letter to you.” I gave her the letter.

Kagome’s POV~~~~~

I was surprised that Inuyasha sent me a letter. Hell, I was shocked that he could actually write! But then again he had all the time in the world to learn.

“Since when did Inuyasha learn to write?”

Shippo shrugged, “Times changed and without knowing how to write, it was difficult. But, mostly it was to prove Sesshoumaru wrong. Inuyasha was completely manipulated.”

I accepted the answer. I held the letter such that both could see it. I knew Shippo was curious to know what he would write and there were no secrets between us. At least concerning Inuyasha.

The letter:

Oi Wench! What the hell do you think you are doing half way across the world in a magic school? You were supposed to be at the shrine! Not that I miss you or anything. I know sure as hell that that runt is reading the letter. So, there is no way I’m writing how much I miss you and all ‘cause I don’t, k?

You get yourself to place Hogshead in Hogsmeade during the very first trip from Hogwarts. What is with these people and hogs anyway? Do they hog on hogs or what? Anyway, just come, it’s important!

Ryuuki Taisho

“He misses you/me” Both of us chorused. A few tears fell on the paper as I cried. “That guy is such a baka (idiot)!” “You should have seen him moping around in Sengoku Jidai after you left.” Shippo laughed.

“Why is it signed Ryuuki?” I noticed the name.

“Duh! That’s ‘cause- Oh1 wait you don’t know right? Sesshoumaru owns this company where humans and demons work together. We have to frequently change our names so that no one finds out. Sesshoumaru is Seiran, Inuyasha is Ryuuki, Kouga is Kenji Hatake, Ayame is Kaoru Hatake and Hiroki Taisho, my present name after my father. You know, the one who was killed by Hiten and Manten.”

I hugged him to show comfort and understanding. “It’s a beautiful name.” I gently said. “You could always be in a secret community like the wizards, you know.”

“Oh! It’s a secret community alright! Even wizards don’t know of our existence. Very few of them know that we still exist and not just myths. The wizard magic doesn’t affect us. Actually, I’m one of the few youkai who learnt wizardry. Well, I gotta head back now.”

I stood on my tiptoes and kissed his forehead. “Goodbye, my little kit.” “Goodbye okaa-san” and in place of Shippo stood Hiroki. He bowed slightly and turned to leave.

“One last question Shippo” I called out in an amused tone. “How come you’re bowing to me?”

“Well, there was only two options, learn to be well mannered or get your guts ripped out by Sesshoumaru’s hands.” He left with a cheshire grin, “And we all know too well to not heed to it.” I just shook my head.

Harry’s POV~~~~~

Hiroki came back by the time we finished lunch where he met and befriended Ginny, Seamus, Neville, Luna and others present there.

We soon went to the Gryffindor tower. After showing Hiroki around, we found that even he shared a room with us. Finally, we settled in the common room.

As we were conversing, Ron asked, “Why did you meet Prof Kagome?” Hiroki was petting his cat, which he called Kirara. She was a cream colored cat with a black collar of fur, black ears and black tipped limbs and tail. But the most curious feature of the cat was that it had 2 tails and the red tinted eyes.

Hiroki was surprised by the question but answered anyway. “Well, Kagome and I have always been good friends.”

“You’re friends?” we chorused.

“Yup! I’ve known her since I was 4 or something!” Hiroki said.

“Seriously?” Ron exclaimed. Hiroki nodded his complete agreement.

“So, you came to Hogwarts because of her, didn’t you?” Hermione deduced.

“Well, my previous answer stands true but, yeah, I guess the main reason I’ m here is ‘cause of Kags. At least now I know why everyone calls you the smartest witch.” Hiroki chuckled.

“You seem to be quite the genius yourself” Hermione quietly commented. Ron snorted. I cleared my throat. Hiroki laughed.

“But, you know what? You’ll always be the better genius Hermione” ‘because at your age I was but a baby’ He thought amusedly.

‘I wonder what he meant by she’ll always be the better genius.’ I thought as Hiroki stood up.

“I got to go and unpack my belongings. I’ll meet you guys later.” Hiroki said going into the boys’ dormitory

AN: Phew!! That was long! But I finally got Shippo into the Picture. I’m sure you can all guess the Inuyasha is gonna show up in the next chap. But what could be so important as to make Inuyasha say so? Hang on to the ride and get to know.

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