Demon to Demon
Chapter Seven
"Any leads?" he asked as he strolled into the room and sat down next to Raven. She was wearing her normal uniform with her hood down. He looked down at his red shirt and jeans. It didn't seem very professional. He shrugged and tugged his hair up into a lose 'pony tail' and then jammed his hat on. It was a trait he seemed to pick up from Starfire to fidget with his hair when he was nervous.
"No," she sighed and snapped the book before her shut. Japan's Famous Swords was scrawled across the top of it in fancy writing.
"Well I really doubt that it would have been in that book," he grinned. She shrugged and sighed opting to stare at him intently suddenly.
"You seem to rely on this sword as a source of power," she said seriously.
"Yes. It helps control my demon blood."
"There are other ways to do that," she whispered. He paused and studied her for a moment. There seemed to be some sort of catch to this.
"How?" he asked timidly. He had a feeling he wasn't going to like the direction of this conversation. He was wondering if Raven knew that she was able to calm his demon and if she had read up on bonds at all to know how they worked. He barely knew the basics of it, because he had to know. A demon in arrogance about bonding might as well be a dead demon.
"Well for one meditation," she said with a grin irrupting his short panic. She knew he would never have the patience to do that.
"Like hell I would do that," he growled in a joking matter. He grabbed her hand and pulled it to his side. He blushed and looked at the ground, even if he made this move he was still not used to being so forward with her. He swallowed and took a deep breath.
"You shouldn't use your sword as a crutch. That's dangerous here," she said blushing at their locked hands as well. He sighed. How right she was. Raven was a rather dangerous crutch, he wasn't sure if relying on her was the best choice.
"It's not a crutch. I'll just be stronger with it," he said firmly.
"… So it's a crutch," she laughed at him then. He felt anger build inside. He didn't like when she thought he was stupid. He might not be the brightest crayon in the box but he'd be damned if he was the dullest.
"You haven't seen what I can do with it. I am nearly unstoppable."
"Unstoppable?" she asked her voice hinting at how ridiculous she thought it was. "You just need to be able to defeat villains."
"I want to defeat demons," he said quietly. "I don't know if I can stay here forever beating up the same villains and saving the same town. It's … tedious," he finished.
"I find it rewarding," she tugged her hand out of his grip, "I won't follow you if you leave," she said firmly. He felt his heart tug a little painfully in his chest. "Besides, this town offers a lot of … situations. You might even find some demons to fight," she said quietly as she stood up and pulled another book from the shelf.
InuYasha felt a sigh escape his lips and suppressed a growl.
"I highly doubt that your personal library is going to provide answers," he snapped. Four red eyes flashed across her face before Raven took a deep breath. She steadied herself and blinked violet eyes returning back to normal before turning to face him.
"I have more access to information in this 'personal' library than anywhere else in this country," she snapped shoving another book under her arm before stepping down. Using her powers she levitated the three books in front of her and flipped through its pages.
"The thing is I'm not sure what traits to look for. Only a demon can activate its true power and despite what you think there are not a lot of them that survived earth once my father took over," she paused and pulled one book from midair and studied its passage. "The only thing I can think of is to look where you last left it."
"That's all the way in Japan," he moaned. He fell back into the chair and let his head fall roughly against the wall.
"So we'll fly you back to Japan, look where you last saw it, and then return back here. No problem," she said with a dry voice.
"It's not that simple," he started. He paused then and thought over his words. "It's not like we know it'll be there. It could have been moved or someone could have stolen it," he felt a frustrated growl escape his throat. "This is pointless. It's gone. It's lost to me."
"You can always try," Raven said. She strode forward and put a comforting hand on his shoulder. She squeezed his shoulder gently. "I'll help you with that," she said easily.
"And when that's over. What then?" He was challenging her. He hoped that in some off chance she would have the same goal as him. That she would want to leave and they could travel the world together. What if he was tired of traveling? He had been here for a month. That was the longest he had stayed in one place since he had awoken, but at the same time he felt a fondness for this town. It scared him to be honest. He wasn't sure if he could handle being in one place like this but at the same time he didn't think he could return to his old ways.
"Then you can decide on what you want to do," she said firmly. She removed her hand from her shoulder. "All that indecision you have… you can stay here as long as you like as an honorary Titan. You don't have to become one of us," she finished. She slowly reached up to return the books to their proper resting places with a slowness that screamed something.
She was studying him. How could he forget? He sighed and threw his hands over his head in a relaxed manor and tried to steady his nerves. It was hard to stay calm and collected for him. He had never had to conceal his emotions before. Now that he thought of it he really had no reason to hide his emotions from Raven. Let her feel my confusion, he thought bitterly.
"You did well the other day," she said after a moment, her eyes fluttering up to meet his.
"Thanks. I guess," he said shrugging. He couldn't help his act of indifference now. This was second nature.
"First things first. Let's focus on finding this sword," she grumbled and strode out of the room. He had no choice but to follow like a lost puppy.
A/N: This style was so close to how I write now that I changed very little within this. I'm going to change a lot in the next chapter and in my update... so I hope you all don't mind that. :p
