InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Demon Hunter ❯ India ( Chapter 10 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Chapter 10

Harry casually walked away from grocery store, looking for a good place that was hidden from the eyes of Surrey residents. As he walked along the cracked sidewalk he notice only one pair of foot steps—his. Strangely there was no Order member following him. Well this made things considerably easier. He let a tuneless whistle blow threw his lips and abruptly made a ninety-degree turn into an alleyway between a dentist building and a bank. He placed his bags on the ground and walked a bit further down so that he could be better concealed in the darkness.

“Alright, I know you're there, you can attack me now,” Harry said in a bored tone as he leaned against the brick wall.

And it did, for no demon in its right mind would pass up such a request from a human. Unless, of course, that human happened to be a demon hunter.

The beast flew down from the top of the building with a loud screech. The large black wings and sharp beak were a dead giveaway that it was a bird demon. It set its abnormally large talons ahead of it as it swooped down in anticipation of grabbing Harry for an afternoon snack. Harry had made no such plans for the day.

Smirking, Harry jumped to the side, a good five feet in the air, and quickly kicked his leg behind him. His foot crashed into the demons head and sent it sprawling across the thin strip of ground between the buildings. The demon shook its feathered head and picked itself up off the ground. Harry flicked a dagger he kept strapped to his wrist into his hand. In one fluid motion he drew the dagger down the length of his index finger and swiped in across the middle of a trash can lid. The lid instantly snapped in half. He picked up one of the pieces just as the demon spread its wings for another attack. Before the demon could so much as snap it's beak at him Harry had launched the lid at it like a Frisbee. The sharp edge of the bin lid shot through the air and successfully beheaded the demon. The head rolled away from the body and was stopped by Harry's booted foot.

“Too easy,” Harry snorted. He coated his index and middle finger in blood and waved them in the air in a complex design. The blood stayed suspended in the air so the drawing was visible. Harry pressed his palm against it and quickly muttered, “Attero”

The body of the demon burst into flames which quickly became a pile of ashes. Clapping off his hands and brushing off his clothes, Harry picked up the grocery bags and strode back onto the sidewalk, whistling the same tuneless whistle.

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“What happened to your hand?” His aunt asked when he dropped the bags on the kitchen counter. Harry looked down at his blood covered hand for a moment before schooling an innocent expression on his face.

“I tripped,” he said offhandedly.

His aunt pursed her lips and sniffed, “Well get that cleaned up. And you better not have broken the eggs.”

Harry rolled his eyes and started up the stairs.

“Like you were concerned in the first place, bitch,” he muttered. After washing off his hands he went to go see Inu Yasha at the gate.

“Take your damn time why don't ya?” Inu Yasha said when Harry arrived.

“Hey! I'll have you know I've been buying ramen and fighting demons,” Harry retorted indignantly.

Inu Yasha's ears reflexively perked at the mention of ramen, “well that's alright then.”

Harry sighed tiredly and put a cigarette in his mouth, before taking out his Zippo and lighting it. Not three hours after he got beck to the Dursleys he went strait to Dudley's bedroom and nicked some. He soon found that with every drag he could feel a bit of his stress flow out of him. Although he was doing much better with coping with his problems since he met Inu Yasha, he still found a fag every now and then could help him relax.

“Well this looks like a charming habit,” came a dry voice to his left. Harry blow smoke through his lips and grinned sheepishly.

“Do you mind?”

Inu Yasha smiled and shook his head, “somehow, I don't think it will be smoking that will kill you.”

“Well I'm glad to see you're confident in my abilities,” Harry laughed, “you don't think this will affect my stamina or anything?” he asked, suddenly worried.

“Nah,” Inu Yasha said waving it off, “in fact it shouldn't even make a spot on your lungs.”

“Really?” Harry asked perplexed.

“Mmmhmm. Think about it—a child who goes for weeks locked in a cupboard with no food would be much more severely malnourished than you appear to be.”

Harry didn't see where this was going and asked a bit defensively, “What? You think I lied about that?”

“Not at all, I'm saying your magic sustained your body,” at Harry's blank look he continued, “Your body unknowingly conjured nutrients for you to survive and remain relatively healthy.”

“And you think it would do the same with my lungs if I smoked?”

“Right on.”

“Oh...Do you smoke?”

“Not so much anymore—I'm an old man.”

Harry snorted. He doubted if Inu Yasha would ever be an old man.

“Oh yeah, I almost forgot. I got something for you,” Inu Yasha walked over to Harry and handed him a small, silver object.

“A cell phone?” Harry asked, looked at him questionably.

“That's what they're called,” Inu Yasha said cheerfully, “you found a demon around your neighborhood didn't you?”

“Um, yeah...”

“Well you'll be seeing much more of that. Once you start sensing them it never stops. In fact you'll start seeing them everywhere. It will be up to you to decide whether their hostile or not.”

Harry nodded, “And the cell phone is for...”

“So I can let you know of any demons that need to be taken care of or to call me if anything happens. My number is in there, so is Tai's and Shiva's, and so is my daughter's,” Inu Yasha gave him a scrutinizing look, “She insisted.”

Harry threw up his hands, “I swear I have nothing to do with that.”

“Mmmhmm,” Inu Yasha smirked, “any way, the most important feature...it makes videos!”

“Videos?” Harry repeated, looking at Inu Yasha as though he was mad, “and this will help me...how?”

Inu Yasha shrugged, “I dunno. I just think it's cool.”

Harry just nodded in agreement. It was cool.

“Up for a little fresh air?” Inu Yasha suggest

Harry grinned. Just as he promised himself, he was getting a tan. He wasn't about to pass up a chance while being in India was he? On many occasions he and Inu Yasha went up a long set of stairs hidden behind a fake wall. One could pass through it much like the gate at platform nine and three-quarters. Of course knowing Inu Yasha they had to walk up the stairs the “fun way”—meaning Harry had to jump as many steps as possible. All the way up the 400-step spiral stone staircase. Wonderful.

He soon forgot about it when he reached the warm out doors. India was truly beautiful—or at least the part above his gate. A long range of white, rock-strewn mountains could be seen in the distance and the area was surrounded by grassy fields and limber trees. There was a small village in the west with many skillfully carved palaces and temples in golden-yellow sandstone.

So among all the work and fighting he was doing that summer, Harry had the time of his life. He liked to spend time playing games with some of the kids his age, swimming in the river, and fruitlessly trying to flirt with the girls. He even rode a camel once.

The locals were nice enough as well—even if they didn't seem to speak a word of English (that was what made the flirting so hard). But that didn't prove to be a problem. In fact Harry was quite surprised to find that Inu Yasha could speak fluent Swahili. In fact he could speak many languages. Surprise, surprise.

With all the excitement over the month, Harry had forgotten about his impending birthday.