A New Life

Title: A New Life
By: Spiritraven
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Inuyasha.
Warnings: This is slash/yaoi so if you don't like then don't read.
Pairings: Kouga/Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru/Severus, and more to come.

Chapter Twelve:


Kagome, Sirius, and Severus left their rooms at the same time and were surprised at what they saw on the way down to the dinning room. The palace was in chaos filled with both demons and humans wondering around laughing and talking.

"What in bloody hell is going on?" Sirius' eyes narrowed when a pig looking demon winked at him. He didn't like the look on that thing's face.

"Tonight is the Meeting of the Lands Ball." Konohamaru appeared next to Severus a smirk on his face. He has been up since dawn helping Sesshoumaru sama with his guests and their bodyguards. Everyone arrived last night and he was surprised that the humans were able to sleep through all that noise. "Don't tell me you have forgotten?"

Kagome giggled and scratched the back of her head blushing lightly. "I remember Keade saying something about that before we came here."

"Then I shall return to my room." Severus was not about to put up with a bunch of strangers. He would go up to his room and keep to himself until everyone left or he did whatever came first. Severus was about to do a turn about when Salazar Slytherin himself grabbed his arm.

"Oh no you are not going anywhere my dear boy." Slytherin had a sly grin on his face and his eyes were glittering. "I decided to stay just to see Sesshoumaru woo you and I'm not going to let you ruin that for me." Slytherin had staying for the ball would always leave before hand, but this time he decided to stay just to see the might Sesshoumaru court a simple human wizard. It was bound to be exciting.

Sirius turned to face his childhood rival with a shocked look on his face. The Taiyoukai of the West wanted Severus Snape the one voted most likely to die alone and childless. It boggled the mind. "Surely you're kidding? This is Snape we're talking about here." He flinched when Kagome slapped him in the back of the head.

"You're no jewel either, Sirius." Kagome huffed glaring at the tall wizard for being mean. "Severus is very handsome." And he was once the hair was clean and the guy brushed his teeth. Kagome had a feeling it was a mask Severus wore to protect himself. From what she didn't know.

Sirius took one look at Snape and burst out laughing that was until Snape growled at him sending a curse his way. Sirius yelped when it hit turning his hair green and his skin silver. It was Slytherin's turn to laugh now. "Ah, what beautiful colors."

"Fix this, Snape." Sirius couldn't go into the dinning room looking like this. Severus sighed and undid the spell.

"Fine." Severus placed his wand back into the black robes he was wearing. Konohamaru noticed this and frowned.

"I thought Sesshoumaru sama sent up kimonos for you to wear?" Konohamaru knew his Lord wanted the human wizard dressed in his gifts.

Severus snorted as he thought about the colorful silk kimonos a demon servant brought to him. Each one had the picture of a giant white demon dog with Sesshoumaru's markings on the back. Severus wasn't stupid he knew this was Sesshoumaru's way of laying claim to him. "I prefer my robes." He would not give in to the Taiyoukai. Severus had to serve two masters and he would not bow down to a third.

Konohamaru sighed and lead the way to the dinning room, he knew Sesshoumaru wasn't going to be happy. "Come breakfast will be served soon."

Inuyasha, Kouga, and others were already seated with some other demons they didn't know. Sesshoumaru was sitting at the head of the table glaring at Severus when he noticed what he was wearing.

"Why aren't you wearing one of the kimonos I gave you? Sesshoumaru had his tailors up all night sewing those kimonos. They were specially made from silk demons, they were very hard to find which makes their silk very special. Severus said nothing as he sat at the Taiyoukai's right.

"And who are you?" A female bear demon asked from her place across from Severus. Her voice and eyes were cold as she glared at the human. She was Aiko and she had her eyes on Sesshoumaru for years wanting to have him as a mate. Aiko didn't like the way the Taiyoukai was looking at the human.

"Severus Snape." Severus narrowed his eyes at the female bear demon, he knew she was going to be trouble. Something he didn't need right now. "If it's any of your concern madam."

Aiko growled her claws digging into her palm trying to keep herself from attacking the stupid human. How dare this human talk to her like that, she was a high-class demon and if she had her way the future mate of the Taiyoukai of the West. Aiko forced a grin on her face and turned away from the human male. She make him pay sooner or later.

Konohamaru kept himself from groaning at the look on Sesshoumaru's face as he stared at the bear demon. He knew that look and if she weren't careful Lady Aiko would die a very painful death. The rest of breakfast went by without any trouble still they still had the whole day to go and then the ball.


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Remus was tired and worried about his best friend Sirus and little Harry. They have been missing for so long and people were starting to say that Harry was dead because two Death Eaters kidnapped him and they knew how much Snape hated the Potters. Remus knew Severus was a spy for Dumbledore having been told by Lilly and that Peter was made the Secret Keeper in place of Sirius. Dumbledore is searching for them as is the Ministry and Voldemort's followers. They were in a lot of danger, which was why Remus was here in Japan because this was the last place Severus and Sirius were spotted and he wanted to help them. Still he had no luck at finding them and he had to find them before Dumbledore did. Remus wasn't going to let the Headmaster of Hogwarts destroy his friends and use Harry for his own means. He knew if Dumbledore found them that Sirius and Severus would be sent to Askaban (sp?) prison and Harry to Lilly's muggle sister. Remus couldn't let that happen they had to be warned, but how was he going to find them?

"Remus?" Remus turned to find Sirius standing behind him with a young Japanese woman at his side. "What are you doing here?"

"I can ask you the same thing." Remus smiled at his friend. "You had me worried, Sirius."

Sirius and Kagome had came to modern Japan to do some shopping before the ball that night. He wasn't expecting to run into Remus here in Japan, but he shouldn't have been surprised. "So you don't think I killed James and Lilly." Sirius kept his eyes open in case Aurors decide to appear. He loved Remus like a brother, but he couldn't afford to take chances right now.

"Sirius who is your friend?" Kagome elbowed Sirius in the ribs, she hated to be ignored.

"Oh, sorry." Sirius smiled in apology. "Remus I would like you to meet Kagome Higurashi. Kagome this is my best friend Remus Lupin."

Kagome gave a small bow. "It's an nice to meet you Lupin san."

"Please call me Remus." Remus bowed back wondering where Sirius met this woman.

"Then you must call me Kagome." Kagome turned to look at Sirius. "We need to get back soon."

"Where are Snape and Harry?" Remus was worried about the little boy and Severus. The Slytherin was Lilly's best friend and he wasn't as bad as he made himself to be.

"It's hard to explain I'm going to have to show you." Sirius grabbed Remus by the arm and began pulling him down an alleyway. "Let's just say you're going to be in for quite a surprise old friend."