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London Calling

Chapter 1;

Kagome sighed as the `please fasten your seatbelt' sign lit up & an all too cheery flight attendant walked up to the front of the curtain that separated the coach seats from 1st class & began demonstrating how to buckle the seatbelts.

God, how stupid do they think we are? Kagome asked herself silently as she watched the attendant buckle & unbuckle the belt that anyone who had ever rode in a car would know how to use. She took the CD player from her raggedy old messenger bag that she had made herself in the 7th grade, slipped the headphones over her ears & hit play just as an even peppier steward, who's smile was so giant & so obviously fake that it looked like it had been botocksed on, joined the peppy stewardess & they began to go on an extremely long & boring safety lecture.

She stared solemnly out the window as her favorite song, `Zombie' by the Cranberries blasted through her headphones. She knew all the words by heart & any other day she would've been singing them at the top of her lungs, who cares what other people think.

I love this song kagome thought sadly so why do I feel like crying every time they say `zombie'? She knew damn well why, it was because her best friend, Tayme had burned the cd, just for this plane ride, because they all knew it was one way.

She glanced over at the man who was causing her all this grief, her father, the man who had fought so hard to gain custody of her in the divorce, the man who had promised everything would be the same afterward & the man, who just two weeks ago had told her that he'd gotten an amazing job offer in England, that he'd accepted it without even telling her, `the company's providing a house, car, beds, dishes…everything…. isn't it wonderful!' he'd said. She couldn't even say anything she had been so angry, he just didn't get it…he never got it, anything that was important to her he just didn't understand. Even in the divorce, it was obvious that Souta was the one who wanted to go live with him, but he wanted her, why she'd never know, they didn't have much in common…. besides photography, that was the one thing that they could never disagree on, she didn't know much about her dad to tell the truth, he'd never offered anything & she'd never really asked… or cared.

He smiled at her & she was hit with a swift pang of sadness, this was the best thing that'd ever happened to him… & the worst thing to ever happen to her.

She glanced down at her messenger bag & silent tears started falling down her face, there they were, all her friends signatures, all in sharpie…even Killean, who always insisted on signing `sergeant rusty' on all his papers had signed his real name. She picked up the bag & hugged it to her chest, her head bent down so her father wouldn't see her tears.

~*~

Earlier that day:

Kagome sat emotionless in a circle of her friends, they were getting blazed, but she didn't feel like it…not today. One of her friends shoved the bong & a lighter in her face & said "here, kagome, you'll feel better" she just smiled sadly at the short, pudgy, round faced boy offering the bong & lighter & said "no thanks, baccon, I don't think even the most chronic shit could make me happy today" baccon just shrugged & passed it down the line.

Two of her best friends, Tayme & Bianka came up to her with their hands behind their backs, smiling mysteriously. She looked up at them & before she could say anything they shoved her old messenger bag in her face & said "here, open" she did as she was told & what she saw shocked her, bracelets, wristbands, patches, 2 t-shirts…even a few CD's, all obviously stolen but she didn't care all the same, what she was wondering was why? She looked up at them questioningly & again, before she could ask, they replied, "it's a going away present from all of us, we went shoplifting at that new mall in Everett, ya know, the new stores that don't even know to look at us…not even Josh." Bianka finished smiling.

Kagome knew this was something special, they never did stuff like this, not for birthdays, not for Christmas…they hadn't even done this when that bitch kikyo had moved away, not that that surprised her much, nobody had really liked kikyo but she was always sleeping with one or two of the guys that they hung out with so they had learned to live with her. Not that she had liked them much either, sooner or later the guy she was sleeping with, usually Josh, would dump her & move on to one of the other girls in the group, she had been half in love with Josh, so when he got together with kagome or one of her friends she would be furious. & As for the guys, not even Josh really liked her that much, but she was slutty & easy so they didn't complain.

"Wow! You guys, I don't know what to say" kagome said

"Well you can say you like it" said Jeff, wrapping his arms around Bianka's waist

"Yeah, I mean we'd kind of like some reassurance that we didn't waste a whole Saturday shoplifting in Everett when we could've been roaming around here, causing untold misjeif" said Scotty, sitting down in the sand in front of her.

Kagome just laughed & said "first of all the gifts are amazing, thanks guys, second, stop your fucking whining Scotty!" they all started laughing & someone shouted "ooo burn!"

~*~

Now:

Kagome smiled at the memory from earlier today as she looked out the window, staring at the wispy white clouds as the plane passed them at what seemed like at least 100mph. She had been so happy, she had friends, a life…sure the cops knew them all by name & had given the girls in the group the nickname of the `little island prostitots' but it wasn't all that bad. & Know she'd never see her little brother, or her mom…not that she'd miss her mother much, they'd never gotten along that well & the distance between them had just increased when she turned into a teenager.

Her thoughts were interrupted as yet another peppy stewardess came by with their food. She handed them two identical saulsberry steak TV dinners & was about to walk away when "excuse me miss, but we called in special orders…vegetarian" Mr. higarashi stated looking disdainfully at the slab of meat floating in an unidentifiable grayish brown sauce. That was another thing kagome & her father agreed upon, meat is disgusting.

"Oh, I'm sorry, are you Mr. & Miss Higarashi?" the stewardess asked.

"Yes, do you have our meals?" asked kagome for the both of them.

"I'm so sorry but this airline doesn't serve vegetarian meals, I was told to apologize for the airport's mistake & to tell you that your regular meals will be free of charge," the stewardess said, perkiness never wavering

Mr. Higarashi just picked up the so called `meals' & handed them back to the stewardess "I don't care what the hell you were told to say, all I know is that my daughter & I are NOT eating these disgusting slabs of dead animal & I will be taking this up with the airline." Kagome just glared at the all too fake stewardess as her father echoed her thoughts. The nerve of these people! All I wanted was a nice salad, or maybe some tofu…but no, we get stuck on a stupid redneck airline, which only serves non-vegetarian meals! The ranting in her head went on like that for another four hours, she didn't even notice the sky turning black or her father falling asleep, but just as she was about to fall asleep she put in the other mix CD her friends had made for her & instead of the mind numbing death metal that had always coaxed her into sleep she was met by the familiar voices of her best friends screaming at her through her headphones `KAGOME!!!!' they all screamed in unison `WE KNOW YOUR TRYING TO GET TO SLEEP RIGHT NOW, WHY THE HELL ELSE WOULD WE BE SCREAMING?!?' she let out a small laugh at this & thought same old assholes as they stopped screaming & bacon's half voice came tumbling through the headphones `well, now that we've got your attention, we just wanted to let you know that, where ever you are, whoever you become, we will always be your friends….& now, without any further delays, we leave you to the dark depths of sleep & your favorite Guns `n Roses song…' his voice trailed off there blending perfectly into the opening chords of `sweet child o mine'

Kagome let her tears fall freely now that no one else was awake & thought what am I going to do without them! She cried herself to sleep that night, listening to the old death metal songs that she knew so well & as the first rays of sunshine fell through her window, waking her from a fitful sleep she knew that nothing would ever be the same.

A/N: ok peoples, just to let you all know, this IS a Harry Potter tie in, but all the inuyasha characters WILL be present & playing major roles in the story, in the next chappie the higarashi family will meet the dursleys (+ one mister potter) & sparks will fly! Because, well, lets just say the Higarashi's have a very different outlook on life from the dursleys & while kagome is able to charm them, Mr. Higarashi doesn't do so well.