Deserved
Inuyasha walked down the near-empty corridor to his new quarters. Against his superiors'—and this was thought with severe sarcasm—orders, he had decided to get a job at Hogwarts to keep and eye on Harry as well as Dumbledore. The elders believed he was interfering too much, to which he told them to shut the hell up. He was mad enough that they stopped him from protecting Harry.
In reality, he was looking forward to the job. Maintaining a human appearance was a piece of cake for him at this age and he happened it find it quite refreshing to be in a position that deals with the molding (and corrupting) of vulnerable, young minds. What he hadn't counted on was her showing up, the woman who now stood before him with a loathsome expression on her face.
"Morgana," he greeted cheerfully to the undead beauty as she approached. "Never thought I'd see you among the living again."
A sharp slap to the face was the response he received, which he accepted admirably, feeling that it was justly deserved.
"Well, you do know how I like to surprise," she said lowly, seeming satisfied after her small vent.
"Of course," he said rubbing his sore cheek in good-humor. "So what brings you to Hogwarts?"
"I was planning on asking you the same thing."
"Were you? Before or after you assaulted me?"
"Well, you deserved it—"
"I agree."
"—After leaving me for some human bitch."
"If it's any consolation we're divorced."
Morgana froze for a moment, keeping her expression neutral and making it impossible for Inuyasha to determine her feelings on the matter. Then again she never showed much emotion to begin with.
"Well, I bet you wish you stuck with me now," she said haughtily and turned, walking back to her chambers in the dungeons. Inuyasha grinned at her retreating form, pleased that she hadn't changed at all since he had last seen her.
"Perhaps."
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Harry blinked as the first rays of true sunlight in about a month shone down on him; he welcomed the heat that radiated into his skin. He looked around to find he was back in Surrey, in the same exact spot where he left, only now he found himself surrounded by machinery, bulldozers and the like, which were obviously there to tear down the rest of the house. Fortunately, the workers must have been on their lunch break because he could not sense anyone nearby who may have witnessed his return.
Harry did a quick check to make sure no one was watching before jumping up into what almost resembled his old bedroom. Only half the room was left intact, and, thankfully, his trunk and personal belongings were relatively undamaged.
Taking care of the most important matter at hand first, Harry pulled out his cell phone and called Inuyasha.
"Yeah?" came the short reply on the other line.
"Hey," Harry said. It was all he needed to say. After a sharp intake of breath the line went dead and Harry knew that Inuyasha would be there soon. In the meantime, he had to see what he looked like. He climbed over piles of rubble to the dresser where there was a cracked mirror on the inside door.
He started, goggling at the stranger who goggled back at him. He was easy to recognize as himself and yet it was so strange seeing something that was obviously not human looking back at him.
His eyes were what caught his attention first. They glowed an, ironically, avada kedavra green and had the same cat-slit pupils Inuyasha's had, except silver instead of the usual black. His ears were now pointed at the tips, though the earrings still fit nicely on them. And, of course, his fangs were there, very similar to Inuyasha's, thicker than the rest of his teeth and poking out from beneath his top lip unless he consciously tried to cover them. His claws were also like an Inu's, in both length and might. He had silver markings on his face: two thin strips on each corner of his jaw that peaked at the curve of his cheekbone.
His hair was still black and messy, but now had several sparse streaks of silver. Not the kind that came with age; a sparkling, youthful sliver that glistered with the right light.
He gave a small sniff to the air and could smell Inuyasha's familiar and comforting spiced scent. He turned away from the mirror at the sound of crunching rubble under boots. Inuyasha caught his eye and froze.
"Oh-oh God. Aw shit...Fuck!" Inuyasha swore, looking at Harry with faint despondency.
"I missed you so Harry, I'm so glad you're alive," Harry supplied for him.
"You—you—"
"I know, I shouldn't have, and I'm sorry, but I had no choice! I was going to die!" Harry tried to justify as Inuyasha started to pace in front of him.
Inuyasha continued to stare at him as he moved, eyebrows curved in disbelief, his head shaking and jaw twitching as if trying to find the right words.
"Die," Harry repeated once more, just to get his point across. "As in dead."
"I know, I know," Inuyasha said calmingly, more to himself. He stopped his pacing and leaned in to sniff Harry. A month ago this would have freaked the boy out, but now, after experiencing just how much a demon relied on his nose, he didn't mind so much.
"How badly did I fuck it up?" Harry asked with a slight grimace. Inuyasha leaned back with a thoughtful look on his face.
"Do me a favor and cast a concealment spell on yourself, will ya?" he asked.
"What?"
"A glamour charm—something to make you look human."
"Ok..." Harry said as he pulled out his wand and twirled it at himself, whispering the incantation and picturing what he thought he used to look like. He felt his skin tingle as the spell took effect and saw Inuyasha relax visibly out of the corner of his eye.
"Why?" Harry asked, glancing at himself in the mirror to make sure he looked right. "What's going on?"
Inuyasha gave a relieved laughed, "Fortunately for you, you're not even half demon. In fact, judging from your scent, you're just a few ounces of blood off from being one. Talk about luck."
Harry didn't share his enthusiasm.
"And why is that a good thing? Aren't I weaker now?"
"Because...you were a few drops away from losing your ability to perform magic."
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Morgana is not Kagome—she is just an old flame of Inu Yasha's. We will not be seeing Kags for a while.
