Important Author's Note: Hey everyone, normally I don't like these things on top of my stories but there have been some major updates to this story. The last two chapters have been changed entirely and if you don't go back and read I think you'll be a little lost unless you did that last time. Other chapters besides the last one have been updated or combined to make a few of the chapters longer, but they've been rather small changes here and there, nothing drastic. Now that I think I've cleared that up enjoy the new installment of~

Demon to Demon

Chapter Ten

Raven knocked timidly on the door in front of her. She leaned in closely, almost enough to rest her head against the door as she strained to hear something on the other side.

"InuYasha?" she called after a moment of silence. There was no rustling or any noise on the other side of the door to indicate that there was anyone in there. She knocked again before calling out to her friend. After several tense moments she sighed before using her powers to slip through the door.

"Would it kill you to knock first?" he growled at her. He was sprawled out on his bed, hands tucked behind his head, staring blankly at the ceiling above.

"I did knock," she snapped. "You were too busy ignoring me," she huffed. She realized after she said it how utterly childish this was and her face started to flush. He propped himself on his elbows to give her a skeptical look. His head rolled lazily to his side.

"And that offends you?" he asked.

What she should have done was wonder why he was having such a sudden mood swing and then calmly assess the situation. She should have walked out, closed the door between them, and waited for him down in the lobby like they had agreed the day before. She should just drop the issue, drop the emotions that were running so high right now, but she couldn't. Yesterday's events were still spinning wildly around in her head.

"I should apologize…" she whispered, dropping her gaze to the floor as her face flooded even more. She clutched her cloak tighter to her body, for security.

He sighed letting his head fall back to the pillow behind him, his gaze pointedly avoiding hers and remained firmly locked on the ceiling.

"There is nothing to apologize for," he said after another tense moment filled the room. He smiled weakly at the ceiling. "After all I know how you feel now—"

"I didn't mean it!" she yelled. Angrily she fought the blush against her cheeks but knew she was failing miserably. The heat in her cheeks frustrated her and to her further infuriation tears sprung to her eyes.

"You tried to reject our bond," he growled and rolled over to face the wall. She sucked in a deep breath; her body quaked with the emotions in the room. His anger seemed to seep into her bones; it filled her to the brim, but for once all she could feel was her own grief. The window cracked. She let out the breath, feeling a flutter of nervousness exit with it.

"I had to… you still love her," she whispered. Silence greeted her and she realized she had been holding her breath waiting for his response. She let another breath go. "I'll be downstairs waiting for you in an hour. Until then I'm going to meditate," she told him lowly letting her powers consume her and transport her back to her room.

'You can decide if you want me there or not this time,' she told him quietly through their bond letting him feel all her inner turmoil as she was whisked from his room in her soul form.

FLASH back- The day before. ()()()()

After the long shower Raven felt immensely better. The hot steam felt like it had washed away all her worries. She was here, with another half demon, in a country that she had an enormous amount of respect for, and she was searching for something that could help him come to terms with staying with her. The more she thought about it, the more it came into a positive light. With an older half demon around, she might finally be able to calm her demon blood. Since she had long ago beaten the prophecy, she had no real worry of her father returning. Although there had been a few alarming signs that he could, like how her powers would still lash out at times. She hoped that maybe with InuYasha at her side she could control it better. There was something soothing about his presence. He was completely different from her, a total opposite, yet somehow his anger seemed to calm hers down. It was like she could recognize that it was a silly emotion when she saw it through him, and her anger was slower to come to the surface. That was broadly speaking though. Sometimes he just pissed her off and she would lash out before anyone could even blink. The past few months had been interesting to say the least and she had a feeling that this trip would be difficult too.

She dressed, taking time to let her thoughts wander as she did so.

"You ready to go?" he called through her door, his knock loudly echoing through her once peaceful room. She sighed, slipping on her boats quickly before cracking open her door to glare at him.

"Yes," she hissed, but first she thought it would be better to make him wait. He was wearing strange traditional feudal era clothing, and he looked a bit too charming for her. She needed a moment to collect herself. Without explaining she quickly shut the door in his face, and slowly counted to 30. She restarted counting every time he banged on the door.

And although this is a bit childish, and she is a bit embarrassed to admit this, it took a full hour before they calmly left the hotel together.

"So where do we start?" she asked as they strolled down the street. The older half demon shrugged, before pointing to his nose.

"It might take me a while to pick up the scent, and a few streets have changed. We might just need to walk around for a bit," he told her.

With that they walked in silence for several hours. Raven enjoyed the scenery and occasionally asked InuYasha questions about certain landmarks, but the half demon was relatively useless unless it was an ancient building. And then it happened. He caught the girl's scent, a wild goose chase ensued and in a matter of minutes they stood before the raven haired girl.

It was painfully obvious that InuYasha was uncomfortable as the girl squealed and hugged her long lost friend, and it was even more obvious that she wasn't thrilled to see Raven and kept giving her sharp and pointed looks. It was hard to follow their rapid Japanese and conversation but it became clear fast that the girl knew where the sword was.

"Ask her to tell us where it is," she urged InuYasha.

This is where Raven grew upset. Because the other two were quickly talking and InuYasha waved her off. Like she had been an annoying fly hovering around him for a little bit too long. She understood that she had been interrupting him… but… the way he was looking at her. The way she was eyeing him. It was like they were long lost lovers finally reconnecting. She felt a pang in her heart, and instantly tried to quell it. She shouldn't be this attached to him anyways. She needed to leave… now, and meditate.

Without much to say afterwards she stomped off back towards the hotel, clearly irritated. When she had returned to her room she tried to severe the one thing that was causing her this pain and rejection. Her growing bond with the demon in question…

End Flash Back

Her heart still throbbed at the memory. The physical pain she had caused both of them by her rash decision had been nearly unbearable for her, and nearly deathly for him. She had been unsuccessful of course, but the strain in the air remained between the two when she tried to talk to him about it. He had come running, thinking that she was in some type of danger, and was furious to find out what she had tried to do. He had been rather distant with her since yesterday… and she could understand why.

She sighed, letting herself fall into a squishy lobby chair as she pulled out a book to read. She would wait for him… and hope that she hadn't crossed the line this time.

A/N: I know this chapter kind of sucks. But I promise the next one will be better hahaha. Just a few more chapters and this bad boy will be wrapped up.