InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Infinite Possibilities ❯ Speculations, Comfort and Shocking Surprises ( Chapter 5 )

Author's Note: I just want to clarify for the last time. This is an Inuyasha and Harry Potter crossover story. More than one person was asking if this story would end up being a YYH crossover because the name for Sesshoumaru's granddaughter is Keiko. That is not the case at all. I just happen to like the name Keiko; plus she's only six years old and this story takes place in Scotland! Furthermore, I don't even really like YYH. But, I digress and will say one more time: If the pairings in this story are making you sick or you do not like them; and even more, if you don't like the names of the characters I've made up, SHOVE OFF AND WRITE YOUR OWN STORY.

Jade: Dang, WL… you're pretty mean.

WL1031: Nope, that was just for the people that weren't paying attention. I hate having to repeat myself when it clearly says what this story is about in the main summary. I'm going to take a break. *she walks off*

Jade: *turns to the audience* Okay people, just read the chapter. WL's pretty pissed off, but then it is that time of the month-I'm sure the female readers all know how a girl's mood changes when that comes around.

On to chapter five! Enjoy!


Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter Universe. It is the fabulous brainchild of J.K. Rowling. Nor do I own the Inu Yasha Universe, which is the baby of Rumiko Takahashi. So don't sue!





Infinite Possibilities
Chapter Five: Speculations, Comfort and Shocking Surprises


Over the next few weeks, the whole school was speculating on just who the guests of the school could be. The pictures gossiped amongst themselves, trying to figure out who had taken up occupancy in the East Tower and were mad because there were no portraits in those rooms. The ghosts, after trying to hover into that area of the school became irritated because wards were set to keep them out. Even Peeves was seen skulking around after his own unsuccessful attempt to break into the tower. The students were no better, starting and trading rumors after their appearance of the new guests in the Great Hall. It was especially daunting, particularly for the girls of the school because they wanted to throw themselves at the feet of the tall beautiful man who was seen around the grounds of the castle.

Occasionally, they would see him walking with the small child, talking in a language they did not understand. He would be moving slowly, as the flower-picking child behind him had much shorter legs, and would stop for her to catch up or accept the bunches of plants she raised up to him. And later on, when the child became tired, he would carry her in his arms to his rooms and out of their sight. As the days wore on, everyone began to wonder about the mysterious man. Where did he come from? Who was that child and was she really his granddaughter? What about that girl, how did she get here? And what was that little fox-like boy that was always with her?

Either way, everybody had their own speculations about who they were. Many answers and possible reasons for their appearance came about and circled the school to the point that the professors had to take points from the curious and nosy students who asked too many questions.

Funny how nobody just thought to ask the parties involved.



Kagome watched as Shippou and Keiko played in the green lawn in front of the lake. She sat underneath one of the trees dotting the seemingly endless expanse of green, smiling as the children let off some energy before their afternoon nap. Letting her mind wander for just a moment, Kagome let out a sigh as thoughts of her family floated into her mind. She could hear her mom talking, her soft voice encouraging her to always be herself in any situation; the memories of her grandpa giving her weird gifts for her birthdays and the weird illnesses that he would come up with when she was away in the Feudal Era. She even thought of Buyo as he lazed around the house and on her bed. But most of all, she thought of her brother, Souta, with his video games and sweet face when he laughed or teased her. She loved and missed her family, wishing for the world that she could have them back. Quickly brushing away her tears, she felt a presence nearby and looked up to see Sesshoumaru coming closer. The children scampered around his legs as he walked, laughing and dancing next to him. He patted them on their heads with a clawed hand and then wordlessly sat down next to her in the shade.

Kagome turned to look at his profile as he watched the children playing again. The wind brushed his hair against his face and she felt the urge to brush it back. She wanted to touch his skin to see if it really was as smooth as it looked and trace the markings on his face with her fingertips. She blushed at her thoughts and ducked her head down to avoid his eyes when he turned to look at her.

"Did you see something that you liked?" He spoke in his emotionless voice as he always did. Kagome kept her head down, trying to will away the warmth in her cheeks.

"Um… I was just… nothing." She looked down at her hands for a moment until she felt his finger under her chin.

"You do not have to be shy with me," he said as he lifted her face up to his, "We are friends, are we not?"

Kagome mumbled a response as her cheeks heated again. "Yes, we are friends." She bit her lip when his fingers began to caress her cheek. "Sesshoumaru?"

He said nothing and watched her intensely, his eyes moving over her face. Then he reached over and pulled her onto his lap. Kagome gasped in shock before settling down as he nudged her head onto his shoulder. She waited for sometime, wondering what his reasoning was for acting in such a manner towards her.

Finally, after a few minutes he spoke quietly. "I have watched you for weeks try to deal with your losses. You try to put on a happy face, but you are still suffering, even as you try to take care of everyone else."

"But…"

He put a finger over her lips to quiet her. "You need to take care of you for once, Kagome. I will watch over you because you have no one to do so."

Kagome could not believe what she was hearing. Tears came to her eyes as the words he spoke finally sunk into her mind. She raised her head from his shoulder to look into his eyes. "How did…what…why?"

His response was to push her head back onto his shoulder again. "Friends give each other comfort, do they not? This Sesshoumaru is your friend, Kagome."

Kagome could not the words to express what she was feeling. The only thing she could do was turn her face into his shoulder and cry.




Pansy Parkinson and a few girls from her house watched as the man walked with the girl in his arms. She saw the children playing around him; the little girl and boy with a tail skipped along in front of the man as he moved towards the castle. For days, she had wanted to get close enough to the man to talk to him. He was beautiful, even more so than Draco, with his long flowing hair and smooth skin. She wanted to climb all over him and she'd be damned if she lost another man that was of the same caliber as Draco Malfoy. Pansy still fumed over just how she had lost Draco to that Parvati bitch. He came back from the summer holiday and rejected her, saying that he'd met somebody who was worthy of his attention. Somebody who wasn't as loose as he claimed and knew that she was…



Flashback


Draco walked away from Pansy, tired of her clingy and bitchy ways. He didn't want to deal with her anymore and he absolutely refused to have sex with her. She was a slut and had been passed around all of the upper year guys in the Slytherin House. To put it bluntly, she disgusted him. Yes, he had sex before-he was no virgin-but it just bugged him at how she would just jump into bed with someone at the crook of a finger or a heated glance. He was more selective than that, choosing who wanted in his bed for a night wisely and after some consideration. Contrary to popular belief, he didn't shag every girl who'd thrown herself at him. His mother, for all her outward coldness to his father, was a very sensible and caring person to him in private. She told him that if he did decide to "bump around" as she called it, to just choose whomever he deemed worthy. She had also told him that when he might the right one, that he wait to do everything according to her and not to what he wanted.

"When you meet the right one, you really will know that it's her, son." He could still hear her voice speaking those words in his mind. `And when you find her, you'll want to know everything about her…just wait…you'll meet her and then you will understand what I am saying.'

Turning around, he faced Pansy as she tried to play at seduction with him-he could hardly contain his revulsion as her hands rubbed up his chest and onto his shoulders.

He looked at her coldly, his silver eyes glinting frostily.

"Remove your hands from me."

"Oh Draco, you only play at trying to avoid me," she said in a husky voice, "but you can no longer deny that you want me." She pushed him back into the chair behind him and straddled his lap. Her hands wound their way into his hair, the fingers delving into the soft platinum blond strands.

Draco was not moved by her attempt at seduction. He grabbed her wrists and brought them down to her sides. "I will tell you one more time, Pansy: I do not want you and I never have. Stay away from me and mine." He shoved her off of his lap and stood over her as she crumpled on the floor, the shock on her face.

"You can not say that! There's no way that-"

"Oh yes I can. I meant it, every single word. You say that you love me, yet you run around our dorms like some bitch in heat, eager for the next cock to bounce on. Oh yes, I know all about your little extracurricular activities-the guy's Quidditch lockers have your name all over the walls and where to find you for a little fun. I'm surprised that you're not naming prices for your services, my dear."

The rage glinted in Pansy's eyes. "You fucking bastard! All this time I've done everything I could think of to get your attention and when I finally do, you give me a bloody lecture! Oh, so who is she? Who's the little whore that you've met? Are you hot to get into her skirts like all the other skanks you've fucked? What's her name? Is she-"

"Shut your mouth, you fucking dirty bitch! All you need to know is that she will get more of me than other girl I've been with. That includes you with all of your bloody pawing and stalking behavior."

"Oh, so you're going to say you love the silly cow now? Is that it? Drop her and I will give you all of the love that you-"

Draco waved his hand, causing her mouth to seal shut. He almost laughed at the comical actions of her trying to pry her lips open with her fingers. He leaned down and looked her in the eyes.

"Any love that you will give me would only be a small fraction of what she can give me. We may not be in love now, but nothing you can do or say is going to stop us in the future." He stood up and walked towards the portrait door of the Slytherin Common Room. Not looking over his shoulder, his voice carried to the now silently enraged Pansy Parkinson. "You might want to go the Infirmary, dear. It'd be such a shame to disappoint your customers with only a half service job."



A few hours later, as she was returning from the Infirmary, Pansy saw Draco hugging and softly kissing Parvati Patil in the school courtyard. Her fingers dug into her skin until they were near to breaking the flesh of her palms as she watched the scene.


End Flashback


Since that day, Pansy had been going over numerous plans to break the little lovey-dovey couple apart. It irritated her that everything she'd thought of wouldn't work. There really was no way for her to get to them and it enraged her to think that he had slipped from her grasp.

But, that all changed when he came to Hogwarts. That man-that beautiful celestial being that appeared on the grounds of the school that night when the dementors attacked. Oh, when she saw him in the Great Hall the next morning, she wanted him. All of the girls around the school talked about him, wondering what he was like and where he came from. None of them were able to get close to him; however Pansy decided that she would be the first.

`I will catch him when he's alone and seduce him. Then he will be mine…' Pansy smiled to herself at her devious little thoughts. She was soon pulled of her mind when one of the girls sitting in the group made a comment about him.

"I just want to play with his hair," one girl said with a dreamy smile. "It looks so smooth and silky that I just want to be wrapped up in it."

"I know what you mean," another girl said with a sly smile. "He definitely looks like the type who knows what to do with a woman in his bed. I wouldn't mind getting into one with him."

Pansy had to agree with that comment. She licked her lips as she looked at him. "He is definitely a man and not a boy. All the more better for the experience, I say."

The girls broke out into laughter at the comment. They soon became quiet as the man's eyes turned in their direction. He shook his head and smirked, his fangs glistening in the mid-day sunlight. He looked at them for a moment and then continued on into the castle.

"Did he hear us?"

"There's no way that he heard us, he was too far off to hear what we said! Nobody could have that good of hearing. But, at least he smiled at us…"

"I'm not sure what I saw, but did he have fangs?" Pansy questioned, "Because if he did, that just makes him all the better."

The group smiled at each other and then began thinking of ways to get his attention. The game was on-may the best girl win.




Crookshanks, Hermione's cat, was wandering around the hallways of the school. He was just walking along minding his own business when he heard a soft meow. He rolled his eyes, hoping that it wasn't that nasty Mrs. Norris trying to chase him into some dark corner. His whiskers twitched at the thought of being next to that one and thought about turning away before he found out if it was her. Just as he was about to turn around, the soft meow sounded again. Making a decision that he would go and investigate the sound, the ginger cat sauntered around the corner and was met with the red eyes of a cream colored cat. The cat was smaller than him with black strips on her feet and tails. Tails?! Now, he was interested and concluded that a conversation was in order.

Who are you? What's your name?

My name is Kirara. I am looking for a human named Kagome.

Why do you have two tails? What kind of cat are you? My name is Crookshanks by the way.

I am a hi neko youkai, a fire cat demon. I am not the same kind of cat as you, but then you are not a normal cat either. So Crookshanks, do you know where to find the human I am looking for?

Of course. If you come with me, I will take you to my human; you will find the human Kagome there with her.

Well, lead the way and tell me about this place on the way there.

The two cats trotted off in the direction of the Head Student dorms, Crookshanks telling the newcomer about the place called Hogwarts.



The group of girls laughed as they say around the red and gold common room. They were in Hermione's rooms just winding down for the evening, trading beauty secrets and rituals as well as talking about the latest happenings around the school. Kagome was listening avidly as the events of the school were revealed amongst the little group. She patted Shippou who was sleeping after a long day and ran her hand through Keiko's soft hair. Sesshoumaru brought the child earlier saying that she wanted to spend time with "the pretty lady". Coming back to the conversation, Kagome was startled to see everyone's eyes turned in her direction. They all had sly looks on their faces-she had a feeling that whatever they were talking about involved her.

"So Kagome, what's going on with you and Sesshoumaru?" Ginny spoke up first as she nudged Hermione in the side. Lavender and Parvati giggled at the blush that stole over her cheeks.

"Oh you guys, we're just friends." Kagome's eyes widened at the grins on their faces. "Honestly, we're just friends." Now her face was flushed with embarrassment.

"That's not what we heard, rumors travel fast around here, you know." Lavender said, wagging a finger in her direction. "We heard from a few girls that he carried you inside. Another valuable source said that he pulled you onto his lap when you sat under one of the trees outside."

Kagome gasped in shock. "How did you all find out about that? I didn't know that there was anybody outside besides us." The girls laughed at her flustered actions. "Oh, this is so embarrassing."

"Don't worry, Kagome it just means that his treatment of you shows that he cares about you." Parvati said. "It was the same for Draco and I. He used to be so cold and unemotional, a real jerk, but he began to show more of himself after we became friends over the summer. One time when he snuck to visit me, I slipped on a bit of mud and twisted my ankle. He carried me all the way back to my house and calmly summoned a mediwitch while my mum and sister were screaming their heads off. He stayed with me the whole time-that's when I knew that he cared about me."

Hermione, Ginny and Lavender sat there with their mouths wide open. They all had wondered how the couple got together and now they knew. Kagome smiled and said, "Well that certainly reminds me of Sesshoumaru. He was just the same, I think he always will be in control of his emotions, but I am beginning to see something else inside of him. Still, he's my friend."

The group shared knowing glances and then laughed. "Sure he is, Kagome. Just keep thinking that: we're just friends. It will get you every time, just you wait!" Hermione said with a laugh.

Just as the girls were recovering from their laughter, the portrait door swung open. Crookshanks jumped inside and sat down before another cat jumped in to land next to him. An unusual cream colored cat was stood next to the ginger cat, looking around the room for something or somebody. When it settled its red eyes on Kagome, it let out a soft call.

Kagome gasped. "Kirara!" The cat ran and jumped up into her lap, purring and butting its head against her stomach before settling down. Crookshanks sauntered over and leaped up next to Hermione to watch the seen.

"Wow, what an unusual cat. Where did it come from?" Hermione asked with a puzzled look.

"This is Kirara, my friend from Japan. She must have been waiting a long time to find me again." Kagome had tears in her eyes, but smiled as Kirara's twin tails swished back and forth in happiness. "Thank you so much for finding me again, I didn't think that any of you were left."

The group sat wondering what was going on and Kagome finally let them in on what had happened to her. She told them about how she had met Sesshoumaru, his half-brother Inuyasha and her friends Sango and Miroku, as well as how Shippou came to be her son. She told them about the Jewel and how she ended up getting back home. Even more, she revealed how she had come to their world on the other side of the planet. When she was finished, they all had tears in their eyes.

"No wonder you were so sad when we first met you," Ginny said. "You just lost your family and barely escaped with your own lives. Well, I am glad that you told us."

"And we are certainly glad that you came here because now you've got friends to depend on." Lavender said with a teary smile.

Soon tissues were passed around and tears were dried. "Come on, let's get out of this mopey mood and have some fun." Parvati said. "Who's up for a round of palm reading and snacks? It's time for some chocolate!"

The group laughed and had a fun filled evening, trading pictures of Kagome's friends and days in the Feudal Era and bowls of ramen that Shippou dug out of her yellow bag. Later on, the guys came from Draco's rooms to see what all the fuss was about. They soon joined in on the fun.