InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Harry Potter with Inuyasha and the Lost Kingdom ❯ And the Couples Begin ( Chapter 15 )

And the Couples Begin

 

Everyone had come down to the field to congratulate the Gryffindor Team. Once everyone had cleared up Fred announce there would be a party tonight in the Gryffindor Common Room. They all cheered as they walked across the field. “Hey, so what did you do with Sesshy while I was in the Great Hall finding the news about Malfoy?” Jhanie asked Lyra. “Yeah, what were you doing?” asked Aease. Lyra was blushing, “Well uh” “Well?” asked Hermione “He uh, asked me to the…” Lyra replied. “To the…?” Sango repeated. “To the…ball” Lyra said surrendering. “Whoa, my god!!!!! My bro and my BFFL??? What were the odds!?” Jhanie said. “Oh shut up!” replied Lyra. “She's just joking” Kags said. “Well, we've got Lyra and Sesshy, Fred and Angelina. Whose next?” asked Hermione. “You” replied Jhanie. “Ha ha, very funny” Hermione said. “So, we've never partied here at Hogwarts before, should we wear anything special?” asked Lyra. “I don't know about you guys, but I'm wearing jeans, and a T-shirt, okay” Jhanie said. “I heard that,” replied Sango. “Yea, normally its nothing fancy, all we do is eat and put some music” Hermione said. “Well now that we're here,” Kags said opening the door to the Gryffindor Common Room, “lets get decorating!”.

By the time they were done the Gryffindor Common Room looked amazing. There was a huge banner up by the fire place that said, “Go Gryffindor Quidditch Team!” in red and gold. They were lions everywhere and Gryffindor Flags on the walls. All the team members' names and their positions were in random places in the room. Apparently Hermione forgot to mention that the Quidditch Team normally wore their uniforms to the party. Luckily Ron gave them all the details.

Lyra, Jhanie, and Angelina were waiting for Aease to tell them when to come out. Apparently they were also obliged to come out as a team. “You guys, come out, everyone's waiting for you” Aease said. Jhanie, Lyra, and Angelina got out of the girls' dormitory just as the boys were coming out of the boys' dormitory. Everyone shouted and cheered, Miroku came up acting like a news reporter, “Harry Potter, you have just won the Quidditch match against Slytherin, how does that make you feel?” he asked. “Well, it feels great, but I couldn't have done it without my team” Harry replied. “Well, let's meet the team,” Miroku said. “So, what are your names?” he asked the twins. “Well I'm Fred,” said Fred, “And I'm George,” George replied. “And what are you're positions?” he asked. “We're both Beaters” George said. “Yeah, and amazing ones too,” Jhanie added, “And what's your name and position?” asked Miroku. “I'm Jhanie, and I'm a Chaser” Jhanie replied. “and if it wasn't for George I would be having a grade A concussion right about now.” “Is this true?” he asked the crowd. Kagome raised her hand and Miroku walked over to her, “What's your name?” he asked. “Hi, I'm Kagome and I saw it, he totally save Jhanie” she said.

This whole news report thing went on for a while. “Well, now that we know everyone. Let's party!” Miroku said. All the girls went by all the snacks and food. As people passed by they all said, “Good job,” to Jhanie and Lyra. “Quite popular aren't you” Hermione said. “Well, you know how we do” Lyra said. “Uh, Hermione” Jhanie said pointing behind her. “Oh, hey Ron,” she said. “Hey Hermione, can I talk to you for a minute” he asked sounding extremely nervous. “Sure” said Hermione. “What?” Jhanie asked Aease who was staring at her. “You have that smile on your face” she said. “What smile?” asked Jhanie, “I have no idea what your talking about.” “What's going on?” Lyra asked. “Let's just say…Hermione and Ron's friendship is going to take a huge U Turn” Jhanie replied.

(Meanwhile, with Ron and Hermione). “Hey Hermione?” asked Ron. They were sitting over by the fire place eating some Cauldron Cakes. Hermione looked up, “Yes?” she asked.

“I was wondering…”

“about?”

“if…”

“if?”

“maybe you might want to…”

“oh Ron just spit it out”

Ron took a huge breath in, “Hermione, I was wondering if you might want to go to the ball with me” he said quickly.

Hermione could feel the heat and red coming all the way up to her hairline. “Um, yeah, well, I uh, I guess, w-w-w-w-e, c-c-c-c-ould, g-g-g-o, to-to-to-gether”

“So, uhh, is that a yes?”

“Uh, yeah, its definitely, a yes.”

“Okay, then,” said Ron getting up.

“Yeah,”

“I'll see you later”

“Uh, yeah”

Hermione came walking very quickly towards the girls who were still begging Jhanie to tell them what happened. “…here she comes, now ask her yourself” she said. “Well????” asked Lyra. “Well what?” asked Hermione. “Oh don't play dumb” Aease said. “What happened to you and Ron's friendship?” asked Kagome. “Well Ron- how'd you know about our friendship?” she asked. “Oh, Jhanie told us, but she won't tell us anymore than that” Sango said. “Well, Ron asked me to the ball” Hermione replied sheepishly. “He did not!” Sango said in surprise. Hermione nodded her head, “He did” Kags said. The three of them started jumping up and down. “Its amazing how they go crazy like this for boys” Aease replied in disgust. “One day Aease” Lyra said. “Okay stop, you guys are making a scene” Jhanie said. “Well, what do you expect, Hermione's supposed to be really happy isn't she?” asked Sango. “Yeah, but you don't want them to know that do you?” asked Jhanie as she nodded her head toward the fireplace. “What do you mean?” asked Hermione. “Well, if you just show Ron that your so happy he's going to think that you're so easy and all over him and try to have complete power over you. Ron's not going to have any respect for you” Jhanie explained. “And what do I do about that?” asked Hermione. “You have to make him work for you, its great that you said yes and all, but ignore him for a while, stay away from him, and that will get him coming to you” Jhanie said. “Don't worry, I'll help you.” “One question” Hermione said, “How do you know all of this?” “Experience Hermione, experience” Jhanie replied.

“Hey Kagome,” George said. “Yo, sup?” she replied. “Do you really think I did a good job at today's Quidditch Match?” he asked. “Yeah, totally, I could never do that” she replied. “I could teach you sometime” George said hopefully. “Uh, yeah, sure” Kags said realizing all the girls looking at her. “Cool” said George. “Cool” replied Kags. “What?” she asked Aease. “Nothing, nothing” replied Aease walking back to where Lyra was standing. “Oh great,” Lyra said. “What?” asked Aease, “Well, Kags is going to be preoccupied with George, we already KNOW Miroku and Sango are like literally a couple, and Jhanie's going to be helping Hermione, who's going to be helping me?” Lyra asked. “Don't worry Ly, Sesshy's already on his knees begging for you” Aease said.

* * *

It was Sunday, the party last night had gone on forever and finally ended when Neville Longbottom past out on the floor from eating to much. Jhanie got up and saw that Aease's bed was empty. Lyra, Sango, Kags, and Hermione were all sound asleep in their bed. Jhanie decided that they had gone to sleep really late that night so she wouldn't bother waking them up. She brushed her teeth and hair and set off to go find Aease. She opened the door and right in front of her, was Aease and InuYasha. Jhanie couldn't believe her eyes. They didn't even notice that she was right in front of their “love scene”. When Aease had finally pulled away from InuYasha, she saw Jhanie there still in shock. “Oh, uh, hey Jhanie” she said blushing. “Um, hey, uh, am I, uh, interrupting something?” Jhanie asked dumbly “Never mind, I'll just go back into the room.” She went inside and let the door close loudly behind her. Whoa, she thought, both my BFFLs and my brothers. What do my friends see in them anyway? Just then Lyra woke up. “Hey Jhanie, what time is it?” she asked looking at the clock. “Oh, my , god!” Lyra sprung up from her bed. “I am so behind on work and stuff” she said hurrying in to the bathroom to brush her teeth. Soon after she finished changing she rushed to the door. “You don't wanna go out there” Jhanie said hastily. “Why?” asked Lyra suspiciously. “What you do?” “I didn't do anything” said Jhanie putting much emphasis on the I. “Well than” said Lyra looking around the room, “What Aease do?” she asked thinking this was some practical joke. “Its not what she did, its what she's doing” Jhanie said. “Well what is she doing?” asked Lyra impatiently. “hurry up and get to the point I've got stuff to do.” “Like what? Hang around with Sesshy?” Jhanie teased. “Fine then, if you're not going to tell me. Then I'm just going to leave” Lyra snapped making her way to the door. “Fine then, but I tried to warn you.” Jhanie replied. Lyra opened the door and about five seconds later she slammed it in InuYasha and Aeases' faces. She opened the door and peaked once more, then she slammed it. “Why is everyone doing that?!” they heard InuYasha say angrily on the other side. “Holy crap” Lyra said. “Yeah I know-” Jhanie started. “Whoa, its like we're both dating your brothers” Lyra said in space. “Its like, hello, get a room!” Jhanie said ignoring Lyra. “Huh, oh yeah right. Anyways, I've got stuff to do, so I'm going to go out there and break it up” Lyra said. Just then, Aease came in. “Hey guys, what's up?” she asked. “You tell us” said Lyra, with her arms crossed on her chest and tapping her foot. She looked like a mother waiting for her child to explain what she had done wrong. Aease looked at Jhanie, “You told her!” she said as if she was blaming her. “No,” said Jhanie calmly, “I simply warned her not to go out there. But she wasn't listening and she saw it for herself.” At this point, Jhanie had moved next to Lyra and had also crossed her arms over her chest. They began to look like they were about to gang up on Aease. “Yes, and it was quite a disturbing shock” Lyra said. “Does, it matter really? I came in here telling you that InuYasha just asked me to the ball” Aease reported. “He did!” said Jhanie. “Yep!” Aease said jumping up and down. Jhanie went over to Aease and hugged her, at the same time they were both jumping up and down. “I knew he would!” Jhanie said. Aease slapped her on the shoulder, “Ow, what was that for?” she asked rubbing her shoulder. “He was going to ask me and you didn't tell me!” Aease yelled. “Would you really want to hear that coming from me?” Jhanie asked Aease. “Hmmm… no, you're right” Aease decided. “Hey, you guys, what's all the noise about?” asked Kagome. “And why are you all jumping?” asked Hermione. “InuYasha just asked Aease to the ball” Lyra said. “Oh, yeah, and you complain about us when we get excited for some one” Kagome said. “At least we do it while you're awake” said Hermione irritated. “Yeah, you guys woke us up” Sango said. “Sorry!” Jhanie, Lyra, and Aease all said together.

Days past and in the end Kagome and Jhanie were the only ones left without dates for the ball. “Well, we're hopeless romantics” Kagome said hopelessly. They were on their way to potions and were slugging along. They weren't very happy to see Snape after the huge essay that he gave them a few days before.“Don't give up hope” Lyra encouraged. “Ah, who cares?” Jhanie said enthusiastically, “I'm single and proud!” They had entered the classroom. “Everyone! Sit down, now!” Snape snapped. Apparently Snape was in a worse mood then usual today. “You need to work on your essays more” he said, “especially Gryffindor” he added, looking at Harry and Ron. “Perhaps you should spend more time on your school work, rather than Quidditch” Snape told Harry as he handed him his paper. “Nice work” he said as he passed by Jhanie. “Looks like you're Snape's favorite,” Ron whispered in Jhanie's ear. Jhanie rolled her eyes, “Oh no,” she said. The lesson today was nothing interesting, all they did was finally learn about polyjuice potion. Hermione, Ron, and Harry all new about it well. “Hey Hermione, you okay?” Jhanie asked. Jhanie noticed that instead of taking notes - which was typical Hermione - she was drawing hearts on her books. “Yeah, why?” asked Hermione. “Well, I noticed you weren't taking any notes” Jhanie replied. “Well, in our second year, Harry, Ron, and I, had to make polyjuice potion on our own. So we basically know everything Snape's saying right now” Hermione explained. “Oh, I see, and uh, what's with the hearts?” Jhanie asked eyeing Hermione suspiciously. “Oh, uh, nothing” Hermione said quickly, and opened her book to pretend to be taking notes. Jhanie turned her attention to Snape. “I expect a five hundred word essay about how to make polujuice potion, its good uses, its bad uses, and how it could help you in real life” Snape said, “You are dismissed.” They took their books and left for dinner.

Before the food had appeared on the table, Dumbledore announced that tomorrow would the first Hogsmeade trip this year. “You guys know what Hogsmeade is, right?” asked Ron. “Yeah, we know,” replied InuYasha. “Will you guys be able to go?” asked Harry. “I will,” they all said except Jhanie. “Jhanie?” asked InuYasha. “Well the school signed all your papers, including the Hogsmeade right?” Jhanie asked hopefully. “Yeah,” said Sesshy. “Well, then it should be somewhere, I'll check in my bags.” “We'll do it after we finish eating” Lyra said. “Yeah, bring your bags down to the common room and we'll help check” Miroku suggested. “Okay,” Jhanie replied. Once they had all finished their food, they rushed upstairs to help Jhanie.

“Hey, its pretty early” InuYasha said “you guys wanna go walk around the grounds after we find Jhanie's permission form and give it McGonagall?” he asked. They were now in the Gryffindor Common room searching through Jhanie's bags, looking for her Hogsmeade permission slip. Jhanie , Lyra, and Aease were by the fireplace looking through one huge bag. That was put on one of the red comfy chairs facing towards the fireplace. Kags, Hermione, and Sango were looking through another bag in the middle of the room. InuYasha, Sesshy, and Miroku were looking in a small bag somewhere in a corner. And Ron and Harry were searching hastily through a tiny bag. “That sounds good, if we ever find it” said Aease. After that, there was silence for fifteen minutes. Harry, surprisingly, was the first one to break the silence. “I found it!” he yelled. “You did!” screamed Jhanie. “Thank you, thank you so, much!” Jhanie said. “Its no problem, I'm just glad we found it” Harry said happily. Jhanie was fighting an extreme urge not to hug Harry right at this point. “Well you seem extremely happy,” Hermione told Harry suspiciously as they headed out to give Professor McGonagall Jhanie's permission slip. “Very funny Hermione,” Harry said looking straight ahead.

They strolled around the grounds. It was dark and chilly that night, and the grass was wet due to the rain that had fallen. But Jhanie was happy she was out at this time. She liked walking around at night better than in the day. She felt that it was more relaxed and free then. Jhanie also found it better to think about stuff. She thought of how she wouldn't get a date to the ball. Was Kags right? She thought to herself. Well if Kags was right, at least Jhanie wouldn't be alone. Wrong. George was going to ask Kags out after he showed Kags some of his tricks about being a Beater. So Jhanie was going to the ball alone. No problem, she thought, I'm still going to have a good time. Maybe I'll find someone dateless there too. Oh who was she kidding, it was hopeless. The only person left who would ask her was - “Hey Weasly” said a voice from behind them interrupting Jhanie' s thoughts. Oh no, Jhanie thought, what now? “So I hear you guys are officially a couple now” it was Malfoy with Crabbe and Goyle at his sides. “Well, well, if it isn't Malfoy and his loyal posse” Aease said. “And you are?” Malfoy asked, obviously forgetting the time on the Hogwarts Express when he hit on her, Jhanie, and Lyra. “Oh, I'm sorry” said Aease sweetly, “I guess we haven't met.” Aease was walking towards Malfoy with her hand stuck out. “Hi, I'm Draco” he smirked, “and I don't talk to Gryffindors.” Aease kicked him right in the shins. Malfoy staggered back, his face became red. After a few minutes he stood up normally again. “Anyway” he said, turning his face to Jhanie. Uh oh, Jhanie thought, “I was wondering, if you would go to the ball with me” Malfoy said confidently. Oh shit, Jhanie wondered, she couldn't tell him that she was going with someone, and if she just straight out said that Jhanie didn't like him , then they wouldn't have her to get important stuff out of Malfoy when they needed her to. “I thought you didn't talk to Gryffindors” Lyra said, trying to save Jhanie from the awkward position she was in. “Well, she was once a Slytherin. And if it wasn't for Dumbledore, she would have stayed there” Malfoy said. “So Jhanie, you haven't answered my question. Will you go to the ball with me?” That was the second time, Jhanie knew Malfoy was serious. Jhanie could feel everyone's eyes pounding on her. InuYasha wanted to change into his demon form so badly and beat Malfoy up right at this point. But he had to stay calm, he couldn't reveal his demon powers, and he had to let Jhanie fight this battle on her own, how else would she survive in the real world? Harry thought differently of this however; “She's going with me,” Harry said quickly. Jhanie thought that this was a sweet thing for Harry to do although; Jhanie still wasn't out of that awkward place and now Harry's going to be in a worse place with InuYasha. “Potter? You're going with Potter” he asked in surprise. Jhanie wasn't sure whether to answer, but she didn't have to, Lyra answered for her. “That's right Malfoy, she's going with Harry, so leave her alone” she snapped. “Fine then, but you'll be sorry you ever agreed to go out with this Potter” Malfoy spat out as he walked off. “Uh, maybe we should go back to the common room?” George suggested. They all agreed silently.

For the next few minutes they all walked in silence, none of them said a word. Finally they had reached the Gryffindor Common Room. Jhanie watched as all the couples said good night to each other. She watched Kagome and George carefully, they were soon going to be the next couple. Then Jhanie would be all alone (*sigh*). The girls went to their dormitory and changed into their pajamas. “OoOoOoOoOoOoOoO…” Kags said. “What now?” Jhanie asked. “Harry likes you” Sango said. “Oh shut up” Jhanie replied as she got up. “Where are you going?” asked Aease. “Its only like eight thirty, I'm going to get my book from the common room.” Jhanie replied. “Oh, can you get mine to?” asked Lyra. “And mine” Aease called out, “And mine?” asked Sango, “Please” she added. “Oh what am I your book delivery person?” Jhanie asked. “Yep,” Aease said. Jhanie threw her pillow at Aease. “Hey!” Aease said as she threw it back. “Anyone else need anything?” Jhanie asked. “Nope, we're good” Hermione said. “Okay” Jhanie said as she closed the door behind her. In the common room she saw a shadow moving. “Who's that?” she asked. “Its just me” replied Harry. “Oh” Jhanie said, she swore she could feel her heart beating two times faster than it was a second ago. “Uh, thanks, for…uh… saving me back there” Jhanie said shyly. “Oh… right… well, I know you didn't have an excuse for telling him no. And I would feel guilty if I hadn't done something about it” Harry said. “And why is that?” asked Jhanie. “Oh, well, just knowing I could have done something. And poor you having to go with Draco Malfoy.” Harry said. “I could have just said no. Although you would have lost your only ally” Jhanie replied. Harry laughed, “that's true” he said. “Well, I got to go,” Jhanie said. She took her books and went back to the dormitory. Leaving Harry with the same strange feelings she gave him on the first day they met.

* * *

It was the next day and they were all changing into warmer clothes before they set off to Hogsmeade. “Guess what?” Kags said as she entered the dormitory. “What?” Aease asked. “George asked me to the dance!” she said. “Ha! I knew he would” Jhanie said, “Why didn't you tell me?” asked Kagome. “Not literally' Jhanie replied. “Oh, right” Kagome said. “I pity the girl that goes to the ball with Malfoy” Jhanie said in disgust. “That was random” Lyra pointed out. “Usually, its Pansy Parkinson, that's what happened last year” Hermione said. “Poor girl” Jhanie replied as they walked out. “Hey guys,” Fred said. “Hey” all the girls said. “Ready to go?” asked Sesshy. “I guess so” Sango replied. “So where are we going first?” asked Lyra. “First, we go to Honeydukes” Ron said. “Oh Ron, don't you think we should give them a tour of Hogsmeade first?” Hermione suggested. Jhanie smiled, she had told Hermione most of what she knew and Hermione was taking her advice really well. “You know, just incase they want to split up or something?” “No, its okay,” Kags said. “I have a great memory.” “And we could lend them the Marauder's Map” Harry added. “So then Honeydukes?” asked Ron hopefully. “Honeydukes it is” George said. “Yes, thank god, I'm dying for some Butterbeer” Ron said.

Soon after they made it to Honeydukes. “Is the coast clear?” Sesshy asked InuYasha. “Clear of what?” asked Jhanie. “of Malfoy” InuYasha replied. “Oh my god, you guys, I can take care of myself” Jhanie said as she squeezed her way in between the two of them. Sesshy and InuYasha looked at each other and shook their heads. Honeydukes wasn't too crowded although the tables that could fit all of them were taken. “Okay, Harry, let me make this clear to you. The ball is in exactly a week. I asked Hermione out, you and Jhanie are the only ones left. So you better ask her, TODAY!” Ron said. “Relax Ron, I will, when the time is right” Harry said. “Oh, Mr. Romantic are you now, I see you're finally admitting that you're falling for her. “When the time is right”” Ron said grinning widely. “Harry opened his mouth to say something, but just then a curvy sort of woman with a pretty face came. “Oh hi Madame Rosmerta” Ron said. He could feel Hermione's eyes on him. Madame Rosmerta looked at the big group, “Oh, sorry dear,” she said “I only have enough tables to fit all of you if you sit in pairs.” “That's okay,” Ron said. “Before you go, can I take your orders?” she asked. They all decided they would all have Butterbeer. “Thirteen Butterbeers coming up” she said. Hermione dragged Ron to a table far away from the counter.

It was like entering a movie where there's only one girl, and one guy left out. And everyone else are paired up. Aease sat with InuYasha, Fred saw Angelina and sat with her. Kags and George, Miroku and Sango, and Lyra and Sesshy. In the end, all that was left was Jhanie and Harry. They took a table across from Ron and Hermione. “ASK” Ron mouthed. “I WILL” Harry mouthed back. Although he was not so sure he would. “Thanks again for helping me last night with Malfoy” Jhanie said, “I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't said what you told him.” “Like I said, its no problem” Harry said. The Butterbeers had arrived at their table. They drank their Butterbeers in silence. “Jhanie?” asked Harry. “Yeah” Jhanie replied. “Are you going to the ball?” he asked. “Of course” Jhanie said. “Are you going…with anyone?” Harry asked. “Harry, if I was going with someone I would have told Malfoy that last night” Jhanie said as if it was obvious. “So what about you?” she asked, “You going with anyone?” “Uh…no” Harry said, “That's why I was kind of wondering… if … maybe… you'd like to go with me?” he said hopefully. Jhanie bit her lower lip, she felt like her stomach did a flip. Like when she went on a rollercoaster at Six Flags in America and her stomach just dropped. “Um, yeah, okay, sure” she said. “Great!” said Harry, he seemed as excited as a puppy.

They were getting up and putting on their jackets. They had finished their Butterbeer and were heading out with the rest of the group. InuYasha insisted that he paid for the Butterbeers. After a long discussion at the counter Madame Rosmerta decided she would settle it once and for all. So she gave it to them for free. As soon as they got out Ron went over to Harry, “So?” Ron asked. “Yes Ron, I asked” Harry replied. “And?” asked Ron, “And what? She said yes” Harry replied. “See, I told you she would” Ron said.