InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Learning to Love Again ❯ Chapter One ( Chapter 1 )

Learning to Love Again

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Disclaimer: Inuyasha is a product of Takahashi Rumiko-sama.

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Kagome's groggy blue-gray eyes fluttered open as light slowly seeped into her bedroom window. She groaned and rolled over onto her side so that she was facing the wall. Minutes passed and as the sun rose further into the sky, bit by bit, the girl forcibly slammed the pillow over her head to keep the nuisance at bay.

When it became apparent that the sun wasn't going to sink back over the horizon any time soon as it filled her pink bedroom with the morning rays of sun, Kagome grunted in frustration. Suddenly, the air was filled with a shrill sound. It pierced through the atmosphere like an arrow through butter.

Kagome started. She leapt out of the covers, tripping over her feet, and fell face down onto the carpet.

That sound, that horrible ear-shattering, nerve-grating, screechy sound…

…It could only belong to one thing…

…The alarm clock…

After regaining enough balance to sit up, Kagome slowly turned her head with barely contained rage, eyes narrowed at the source of her ire. With one wave of her hand, the contraption was glowing blue and flying out the now-open window. The girl listened in satisfaction as metal hit concrete with a loud crash.

Somewhat content with the vengeance of her sleep, Kagome set off through her morning routine of showering, dressing, and finally brushing her teeth. When she finally made her say down to the living room, three people were waiting patiently downstairs.

One was an old man with odd looking half-moon glasses and a long, silky white beard. There was a strict-looking woman sitting on the sofa. She had brown and gray hair pulled up into a tight bun and a pair of kind hazel eyes framed with glasses. And lastly was her mother, serving the visitors green tea.

"Um… hello," Kagome began hesitantly, not sure at all what to say, let alone who they were.

"Hello. You must be Miss Higurashi Kagome. I am Albus Dumbledore and this is Minerva McGonagall," Professor Dumbledore greeter her kindly, shaking her hand.

"Yes," Professor McGonagall began before Kagome could even get a word in, "we've come because we need a new teacher at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry and we believe you're just the woman for the job, Kagome."

"Teacher… witchcraft… what?" The girl asked, very confused.

"I am the headmaster of Hogwarts. It is a school that children with magical gifts, not unlike yourself Miss Kagome, go to learn about their special abilities."

"Such a place exists?"

"Most certainly," Dumbledore replied.

Well, there goes everything I thought I knew about the world, Kagome thought.

"B-but even still, I don't think that I could be a teacher. I mean, I'm only seventeen."

"Yes, well, that may be, but you have the experience of an adult and we think you're perfect for the job."

"So will you do it?" asked McGonagall.

"I guess so, it sounds fun."

"Wonderful!"

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Kagome walked through the forest at a brisk pace. She was going to tell her friends about going to Hogwarts and then she would have to leave, because the Professors were waiting for her back at her house.

The girl suddenly heard murmuring to her left and turned. She ducked behind a tree before poking her head out to see Kikyo standing with Inuyasha. A second later, the hanyou rushed forward to encircle the dead miko in his arms.

Tears stung at Kagome's eyes but she held them back as she ran the rest of the way to the village where her friends would be waiting.

She didn't need them worrying about her.

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"Oh, Kagome-haha, you can't leave us!" wailed Shippo as he clung to her shirt and looked up at her with big, dewy eyes.

"Shippo-chan, I have to. But I promise I'll bring you back something really neat, okay?"

Kagome hugged Sango and managed to get one from Miroku without any… accidents.

"Kagome-chan, if you have to go, than I insist you take Kirara-chan with you. I just won't feel assured if I don't know you're safe." Sango scooped up the little fire-cat demon into her arms and gingerly kissed her forehead before handing her over to Kagome.

"Don't worry, Sango-chan," Kagome reassured her sisterly figure, "we'll have lots of fun, won't we, Kirara-chan?" She looked down at the little demon who nodded and 'mewed' in response.

"Okay, I'll be back on Christmas. Don't kill Miroku while I'm gone!" Kagome yelled over her shoulder as she began her walk back to the well.

"Be safe, Kagome-sama!"

After watching the teenager disappear into the forest line, Miroku turned to his female companion. "Sango-san, what is Christmas?"

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