Disclaimer: Neither Inuyasha nor Harry Potter and all characters contained within said works belong to Sessha-chan. It tears me apart to admit it but it is the truth.
AN: Hey! Welcome to Mikos and Magic, an IYHP fic I wrote for pure personal pleasure. If you like it, that's great! If you don't, I'm not forcing you to read it. comments are welcome, especially if they're nice ones! I don't read flames so there's no point in even trying to waste my time. This story has little to do with any sort of plot, it was just an excuse for me to write about Kagome pregnant. So before anyone starts complaining about it lacking in any sort of dynamic plot, you have been warned!
Mikos and Magic
Sessha-chan
AN: once they hit England all Japanese is in italics
Chapter 1Strangers in a Stranger Land
Kagome looked up from the letter she was holding to the skeptical eyes of her husband and mate. Inuyasha looked at her as if she had lost her wits, probably blaming it on jumping down the well for all those years.
"What? That's what it says. If you don't believe me ask my mom to read it to you," she defended, thrusting the letter into his hands and shoving him out of their bedroom door.
"Kagome!" He pounded on the closed and locked door. True, he could, if he really needed to, tear it right off its hinges but... he preferred not sleeping on the couch, in the Goshinboku or with Souta, odd as that may seem.
"What?" Kagome snapped.
"Let me in. I believe you, okay," he relented, giving in to her will.
"No you don't. You just don't want to sleep in the living room," Kagome was unconvinced of his sincerity.
Darnitall, she was getting to know him all too well.
"Well what do you expect? You get this letter delivered by a bird - an owl! In the middle of the day! - Telling you that you've been accepted to a school for magic?"
"Hey! If I can travel back in time five hundred years and marry a half-blood youkai then why can't I go to a school for magic?"
"I don't trust it. Not with you pregnant."
"You don't trust anything in this era, Inuyasha! And nothing is going to happen to the baby,"
"Can you blame me for not trusting this place? It's dangerous living here. Too dangerous to raise a family," he pointed out with conviction.
"It's dangerous in the past too, you know. Or have you forgotten all those times I could have died?" Kagome reminded him bluntly.
"But you didn't," Inuyasha shook his fist at the door.
"And I haven't gotten so much as a broken arm here in my era! Can't say that for your era,"
"I still don't like it,"
"Tough. I'm already packing for all of us," Kagome said triumphantly.
"What! Kagome!" Inuyasha started jiggling the handle.
"Don't even think it, Inuyasha!"
"Kagome, who said we were even going?"
"What? And pass up a good chance for a different education?" Kagome sounded miffed. Inuyasha just did not understand.
"Feh," Oh yes. Here was him not understanding, "What do you need all this 'education' for anyways?"
"I need to go to school to get a good job here Inuyasha. Unless you think you can provide for this family when we stay in the Modern Era,"
"Hey! I can provide just fine,"
"But you can't hold a job, which is what you'd need to do here,"
"Stupid, in my opinion," he muttered, sitting cross-legged, facing the door, "Why should I have to 'hold a job'?"
"Oh, Inuyasha?" Kagome said after a while of packing, "Could you give that letter to my mother? The plane tickets are for Thursday and she'll want to know about this before too long,"
"Whatever,"
Inuyasha did not like the plane very well. Kagome felt ill the entire way and prayed for the trip to be over. Soon.
They landed in an international airport in London, England and Kagome led her husband through baggage claim and out of Departures. She kept her eye out for someone holding a sign with her name on it. She need not have worried.
"Kagome! Look!" Inuyasha pointed to a large, mountainous being of a man who was awkwardly holding a sign with her name written on it in Japanese. "What in the world is he supposed to be?"
"Inuyasha! That's not very polite," She reprimanded, hitting him over the head, almost knocking off his hat. Thankfully, he caught it before it slipped too far.
"So we're supposed to meet up with that guy holding the sign?" he asked, shifting the weight of the luggage he was carrying. Kagome nodded and led the way.
"Hello," she greeted with a smile.
"You Miss Hig'rashi?" he asked. Kagome nodded.
"Yes, My name was Kagome Higurashi. But since my marriage I have been Kagome Taisho," She answered in English and smiled up at the man. He looked shocked her announcement.
"Married? Bu' yur only seventeen,"
"What's he saying to you, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked slowly, eyeing the mountainous man with great distrust.
"It's a long story, sir, excuse me," she switched languages, "Inuyasha, he was only surprised that I'm married at such a young age. And before you say anything thing, sixteen here is a very young age. By all rights and purposes if I had been considering a boy from this era we probably wouldn't have even thought about marriage until after I was past twenty,"
"Feh, whatever. Let's just get going," Inuyasha huffed. Kagome rolled her eyes.
"Please forgive my rudeness," she said, turning back to the man. "I haven't introduced my companion. This is Inuyasha, my husband. I'm afraid that he cannot speak any English,"
"My name is Hagrid. I'm the professor for Care of Magical Creatures and I'm to take you to get your things at Diagon Ally," he said, "And I'm sure professor Dumbledore would be willing to fix 'im up with a Language Charm before the term starts," Kagome nodded he thanks and motioned for him to lead the way.
"What'd he say, Kagome?"
"That he was sent to help up get supplies,"
"Supplies for what?"
"Whatever I need for this school. I don't know. Textbooks or something," she shrugged.
Hagrid led them to a dingy looking pub that had Kagome cringing over how much dirt and dust covered everything. It was not very well lit inside either. Inuyasha stuck close to Kagome, his bright, golden eyes darting around the room on the lookout for any potential danger to his expecting mate. Kagome had forbidden him from carrying his sword and had relegated it to one of the suitcases, but he still had his claws.
Kagome shot him a look, as if she had sensed what he was thinking. Inuyasha just hitched up a silver eyebrow innocently.
Kagome was surprised when Hagrid took them straight through the pub and out the back. All that was past the back entrance was a brick wall and some garbage cans. Hagrid pulled out a pink umbrella, much to their shock and confusion, and started tapping bricks, muttering to himself underneath his breath. Finally the wall started shifting. Kagome was yanked back behind Inuyasha, who had instantly gone on the defensive. But nothing more than an opening appeared, leading to a bustling old-fashioned street lined with shops.
Kagome patted Inuyasha, trying to relax his tense muscles. "It's all right, Inuyasha. We have to go shopping. We shouldn't be surprised by the magic they use here. Let's get this over with quickly so that we can check into a hotel or something and get some rest, okay?"
"Very quickly," Inuyasha conceded after much thought and frowning. Kagome nodded to Hagrid who took that as the go ahead to wade into the crowd.
The shopping trip could have been described as mutually painful. Kagome had spent the better part of the time trying to keep Inuyasha under control. The hanyou was excessively distrustful of everything and it took Kagome crying to extract a promise to wait for her permission before attacking anything.
Poor Hagrid had to put up with Kagome's questions and Inuyasha's demands for an explanation as well as the havoc that the hanyou seemed to carry around in his pocket. The giant man looked well relived when he said his goodbyes and left them to turn in at the pub.
By the time they checked into a room in the dingy pub, the Leaky Cauldron by name, Kagome was ready to collapse. Inuyasha promised to stay in the room with her. So the pregnant little miko crawled under the covers and closed her eyes, confident that her knight in a firerat kimono was there to protect her from evil.
Inuyasha settled himself on the floor with his back resting on the bed beside his mate and watched absently as the foreign sun sunk past the buildings, leaving night to rule the sky.
Kagome blinked sleepy eyes open and halfheartedly covered a yawn. The arm around her growing waistline tightened a little, pulling her just a little closer. With a smile she closed her eyes, reveling in the warmth the hanyou radiated. She tried to get back to sleep but the baby decided to wake up and demand food, reminding her in no uncertain terms that she had not eaten for many hours. Slipping out from under the covers and the clutches of her family Kagome padded over to and started rummaging through her carryon bag for the snacks she had stashed in there for the plane ride. They were gone without even a wrapper to prove they had existed. With a sigh of disappointment and a shrug, she crept out of the room hoping that there might be something to eat downstairs.
The halls were lit only by old-fashioned oil lamps that were trimmed just enough to cast shadows, so Kagome carefully shuffled down the stairs to the common area. Apparently it was not as late, or early, as she had thought since there was still a person or two haunting the tables and bar.
"Is there anything I can get for you Miss?" asked the man tending the bar. Kagome nodded as she slid onto a stool.
"Are you serving anything to eat?" She asked, blushing when her stomach growled. The man smiled and chuckled a little at her embarrassment.
"We have some soup left over. I can heat some up for you if that's all right with you,"
"What kind?"
"Just plain vegetable,"
"Oh, that sounds wonderful," she sighed.
"Then I'll just pop into the kitchens and get you a bowl then," and he disappeared into the back where Kagome assumed the kitchens were. In no time at all he reappeared with a steaming bowl of soup and a spoon in hand. He set both before Kagome. She barely managed to mutter an 'Itadakimasu' before she dove ravenously into the heavenly soup. The man watched her with an amused twinkle in his eye.
"Hungry?" he asked. Kagome giggled and managed to look up for a moment.
"Yes. I'm sorry, I just flew in from Japan and haven't eaten any decent food since before I left. And that was far to long ago," she explained.
"You part of that Japanese family we got checked in? What're your parents doing in London?" he asked.
Kagome sighed. "I am the parent. I've been accepted in to Hogwarts and my husband is accompanying me for the year," she could tell instantly that he did not believe her so she held up her hand and displayed the plain gold band Inuyasha had gotten for her with some help from her mother, "It's a long story. I know I'm young. And this is really good soup by the way,"
"I'll tell the Missus that you like it. So, how'd a kid your age manage to get married?"
Kagome groaned, not wanting to tell her unbelievable story and not wanting to lie. She was saved by someone clattering down the stairs in a frantic rush.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha burst into the common room and was at her side in an instant. "What are you doing down here? Why didn't you wake me up? What if something had happened?" he growled at her, trying to cover up his anxiety with a gruff attitude. Kagome smiled, used to it, and patted the stool next to her.
"Take a seat Inuyasha. I was hungry so I came down to see if I could get anything to eat. They have some wonderful soup here, why don't you try it?" she said, then switched languages and ordered two more bowls of soup.
"Kagome, you haven't answered me,"
"Of course I haven't. You're being silly again. I'm fine, other than being hungry. The baby is fine. Moreover, I can take care of myself so you don't have to worry so much. In a couple more months, then you can worry about me tripping in the shower," she nodded briskly,
"You're not gonna trip in the shower," Inuyasha declared. Kagome nodded.
"Of course I'm not, but with the way you're acting now you'd think that I was planning to,"
"Here you go," and the Innkeeper deposited two more bowls before the couple. Inuyasha eyed the man before he sniffed the soup dubiously.
"It's just soup Inuyasha. Eat. You haven't eaten much since we left either, have you?"
Inuyasha looked at the spoon. He picked up the spoon. He examined the spoon closely. He set the spoon back down.
"I want chopsticks," he grumbled. Kagome tittered.
"Excuse me, sir," she called the Innkeeper back over, "Do you have any chopsticks that my husband could use?"
"Chopsticks? I think we can manage that," and he slipped into the back again.
"Are you sure about this, Kagome?"
"About what?"
"About this whole magic-school thing," he looked down at his bowl, then back up into Kagome's blue eyes. He was worried. Kagome understood why. They were away from any kind of familiar ground, away from all of their friends, family and allies, any kind of aid in a crisis. It also did not help that Inuyasha could not speak a jot of English, relying on Kagome as his only translator and interpreter.
"Everything will work out Inuyasha," She whispered, taking his clawed hand in hers and smiled as reassuringly as she could, "Don't worry too much. If there's a problem with anything we'll just go home to the shrine. And if we can't do that, Sesshoumaru gave me his home phone number a while back and permission to call whenever we needed to,"
"Sesshoumaru?"
"Uh huh, the centuries really have mellowed him out to the point where he's almost likeable. Either that or it's Lady Takiko. Never pictured Sesshoumaru mating a hanyou," she giggled at the incredulous look on his face.
"My brother, Sesshoumaru? Likeable?"
"The one and only!"
"Here you go," the Innkeeper scurried back holding a pair of chopsticks.
"Oh! Thank you," Kagome said. Inuyasha accepted the chopsticks and started picking at the soup. It was not ramen so it managed to last for a few seconds.
"So, when are we supposed to leave for this school place?" he asked around a mouthful of boiled vegetables.
"Hagrid said that someone will be by sometime in the morning to take us to the train. When we get off the train we should be at a village and from there we will go straight to the school,"
"So we should start getting ready then?"
Kagome blinked and looked down at her watch. The hands read just past five A.M. London time.
"Eh? I thought it was still evening,"
"You kidding? You've been sleeping like a rock ever since you got pregnant,"
"And who's fault is that?" She shot at him, a little annoyed. He grinned and winked at her suggestively.
"Mine, like I'd let anyone else be guilty of that,"
His smile melted her and she smiled back at him, blushing a little.
"But it looks like you need some more food," Inuyasha pointed out, glancing at her empty bowls. Kagome blinked down at them, wondering vaguely where the soup had gone.
"You know, I think you might be right," she said.
"Of course I'm right, woman," he tossed in confidently.
"Much more of that and you'll be sleeping on whatever passes for a couch at that school," she shot back. "Excuse me, I have to go to the washroom," and she stomped upstairs with all the grace and dignity she could muster.
"Mood swings," Inuyasha muttered.
"Something wrong with the little lady?" asked the Innkeeper. Of course, Inuyasha could not understand so he just shrugged and twiddled with his chopsticks.
Kagome was packed and ready to go an hour before anyone arrived to pick them up. They waited down in the common room, playing a three-player game of dai hin min with Sesshoumaru, who had arrived three hours ago to check in on them. So far Sesshoumaru was winning. Kagome chalked it up to his ancient (and she meant ancient!) mind. Inuyasha kept grumbling about what a cheater the he was.
Sesshoumaru put down a pair of tens. Kagome looked down at her cards. No pairs.
"Pass,"
Inuyasha put down an ace. Sesshoumaru put down a two. Kagome glared. And put down a joker.
"Pass," said Inuyasha. Sesshoumaru wisely passed as well and set the pile of revealed cards aside, allowing Kagome to start a new pile with a three. Inuyasha put down three fives. Sesshoumaru glanced between his brother hand his sister-in-law and put down two eights. Kagome grinned. She was about to turn the tables on her youkai brother.
"Revolution," she put down four jacks.
Sesshoumaru's eyes widened. That had been entirely unforeseen.
"That's right! Trade off seats. I get the cushion now!" yep, four little cards had changed her position from the 'poor man' to the 'rich man' and she was living it up.
"Budge over," Inuyasha grinned too, "She's got you on this one,"
"Excuse me?"
They all looked up to see a girl with bushy brown hair nervously edging closer to their table.
"Yes?" Kagome asked in English.
"Are you, by chance, Kagome Higurashi?" she asked. Kagome nodded.
"Higurashi is my maiden name. My name is Kagome Taisho now. May I ask your name?"
"I'm Hermione Granger. Ah...maiden name?"
"Oh yes. This is my husband, Inuyasha Taisho," she introduced, "Inuyasha, say 'hi,'"
"Hi," he said, mimicking the foreign word flawlessly.
"And this is my brother-in-law, Lord Sesshoumaru Taisho,"
Sesshoumaru regally inclined his head in their general direction. Hermione blushed.
"I, um, am supposed to take you to Hogwarts," she said nervously. Kagome brightened.
"Wonderful! Inuyasha, pack up the cards, I win. This girl is the one who's going to take us to Hogwarts,"
"About time she got here," Inuyasha grumbled. He expertly gathered up the cards and slipped them into their box, stowing them in his pocket for later use.
"Stop complaining Inuyasha," Sesshoumaru directed with a small frown.
"Bite me,"
"Um... can either of them speak English?" Hermione asked hesitantly. Kagome shook her head.
"Only Sesshoumaru, but he's not coming with us just yet. Inuyasha can only speak Japanese,"
"Oh, well, we'll ask a professor to cast a language charm on him when we get to Hogwarts. Then he can speak both,"
"They can do that?"
"Oh yes. I'd do it myself but students aren't allowed to practice magic outside of school,"
"What's she saying, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked. He had already shouldered their bags and had his hands resting on the suitcases, ready to go.
"She was just telling me that when we get to the school a teacher might be able to help you learn English," Kagome translated.
"They can do that? How?"
"With something they call a 'language charm.' Hagrid mentioned the same thing yesterday,"
"A spell? I don't like the sound of that," he grunted, frowning fiercely at Hermione. The girl shrunk back, eyes wide in a sudden burst of mortal terror. Kagome elbowed him in the side.
"Forgive my husband, Hermione. He's being overprotective," she apologized.
"Such an embarrassment to our father's name," Sesshoumaru taunted quietly. Inuyasha twitched.
"It's all right. Um... are you ready to go? My parents are waiting outside," Hermione said, glancing nervously at Inuyasha every couple of words.
"Oh yes," Kagome nodded, "Come on guys, Hermione's parents are waiting outside for us,"
"Well," sighed Inuyasha hefting the suitcases and striding for the door, "Let's get going,"
"If you are departing now, then this Sesshoumaru bids you a safe journey," Sesshoumaru stood and bowed slightly. "Brother, take care of your mate, she is a singular treasure found only once every millennia,"
"Don't need to tell me what to do," Inuyasha snorted.
"And if you don't then I will be forced to kill you for disgracing our family with such stupidity,"
"Screw you Sesshoumaru,"
"I promise that I'll try to write, Sesshoumaru," Kagome stepped in and gave her brother-in-law a hug, which he hesitantly, oh so hesitantly, returned. "I'll give you a call too when I want you to bring my family. Thank you so much for doing this, it means so much to me," she smiled up at him. Sesshoumaru smiled a little back and nodded.
"I know, Kagome. And if I did not then Takiko would be sure to remind this Sesshoumaru of his failure,"
"And say 'hi' to her and the girls for me, would you?" Sesshoumaru nodded again.
"You had best be on your way," he advised. He nodded to his brother and kissed his sister-in-law on the top of her head, wishing them both well.
Kagome nodded to Hermione and the British girl scuttled forward. She led them straightway to her parent's car. Hermione introduced Kagome to Mr. and Mrs. Granger and Kagome introduced Inuyasha to the adults. Inuyasha just eyed them, sizing up their potential danger. Kagome had to elbow him the side before he let up. Mr. Granger helped Inuyasha fit their suitcases in the trunk and soon everyone, sans the older Grangers, piled in the back.
It did not take long before Kagome had nodded off, her head tipping to rest on Inuyasha's shoulder. Inuyasha silently repositioned himself so that she would be more comfortable. Mrs. Granger smiled at him when she noticed this as she spoke to her daughter. The silver-haired hanyou blushed a little but otherwise did not respond.
When they pulled into the parking lot for the train station Inuyasha shrugged his occupied shoulder, waking his mate.
"We there?" she blinked, sitting up.
"We've stopped, so, yeah, I guess we're here,"
They unloaded themselves and their luggage and soon were winding themselves through the thick crowd of the King's Cross train station. Hermione hugged her parents goodbye and turned to her charges.
"So what do we do now?" asked Inuyasha and Kagome relayed the query.
"This," she pointed at the solid brick barrier between platforms nine and ten, "is the portal to Platform Nine and Three Quarters. We have to go though this, but don't worry, it's not solid, it's only an illusion,"
"That's an illusion? Looks pretty real to me," she poked her finger at the brick, pulling back sharply when it passed through.
"Eh? Kagome? What's wrong?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome stuck her hand into the wall.
"Huh. Inuyasha check this out," she stepped right through.
And entered another train station entirely. People in flowing robes wandered around as if they did not look strange. A brilliantly scarlet train sat waiting with robed people both boarding and disembarking. She had scarcely stepped away from the brick wall behind her than Inuyasha burst after her.
"Kagome!" he cried, a wild look in his golden eyes, "Don't ever do that to me again!" she did feel contrite. Inuyasha had been so protective of her ever since she conceived, as if he did not want to loose the only loving family he had. It was sometimes frustrating but the miko had come to understand the reasons behind it. It had taken some conversations on youkai with the modern Sesshoumaru – one of the reasons why Kagome was thankful that the cold and arrogant Taiyoukai had softened a little – about inuyoukai instincts. And according to Sesshoumaru when it felt like Inuyasha was starting to hover too much or worry about everything she should acquiesce and try to placate him and not be stubborn, since that would only make it worse.
"I'm sorry, Inuyasha," she apologized sincerely, "I didn't mean to make you worry,"
Inuyasha's golden eyes searched her clear blue eyes. She held his gaze steadily until he was satisfied and looked away. Hermione was waiting for them to notice the fact that she was waiting.
"Ready to go?" Hermione asked. Kagome looked between Inuyasha, who was still breathing somewhat erratically.
"Yeah, I think we had better. The sooner I'm seated and still in eyesight, the sooner Inuyasha will calm down," she smiled. Hermione looked a little puzzled but didn't ask questions.
The train was not as crowded as the ones Kagome was used to back home in Tokyo and they had no trouble finding an empty compartment. Kagome and Hermione claimed the window seats. Inuyasha sat next Kagome, between her and the door in an unconscious effort to protect her, not to block her in.
It seemed like the moment Kagome sat down she started nodding off. When her head landed on Inuyasha's shoulder again he nudged her back awake.
"Lie down, Kagome," he advised, "Your neck hurts if you sleep sitting up for too long," Kagome nodded and curled up on the seat, her head resting on her husband's thigh and one hand curled on his knee. Hermione watched with interest and two questions. Question one: why did a sweet girl like Kagome marry such a scary boy, and at such a young age too? And question two: why was she falling asleep so much? Inuyasha did not seem to be worried about her so it must not be serious. Jetlag maybe?
Inuyasha silently buried his fingers in Kagome's hair, allowing her scent to calm his frazzled nerves.
AN: Story begun. Isn't Inuyasha cute! I really don't like him much but he's gotten so much better since he met Kagome. Kikyou isn't in the picture so these two can live happily ever after, providing of course, that they don't end up killing each other!