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Chapter 6
'Are you sure that it is Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, Master?' Kenshin asked for
what must have been the tenth time that day.
'Yes, apprentice,' Hiko answered for what probably was the tenth time that day.
The two people from Japan were currently standing in between Platform Nine and Ten of the King's Cross train station at exactly 9:15 A.M. London time. The duo had arrived fifteen minutes earlier and had drawn fifteen minutes' worth of stares. They had walked from Platform Nine to Platform Ten without seeing a single fraction. Their inconspicuousness was not helped at all by Hitmit hooting in annoyance. They had decided to stop pacing and stand in front of the dividing barrier between Platforms 9 and 10 until they could decide on their next course of action.
'Do you know how we're supposed to get onto Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, Master?' Kenshin asked Hiko.
'No, apprentice,' Hiko replied exasperatedly. 'If I did, we would most likely be on the platform by now.'
'Of course, Master,' Kenshin said. 'I am just worried that I'll miss my train.'
'We have an hour and forty-five minutes, give or take a few seconds, until you're train leaves, apprentice,' Hiko reassured Kesnhin. 'If we can not find a way to get onto the platform, we can always start tapping on bricks with your magic twig.'
'Wand,' corrected Kenshin.
'It's made out of wood and it's not long enough to be a branch,' said Hiko. 'It's a twig.'
'Yes, Master,' Kenshin relented. 'Do you think that tapping bricks would help, Master? Wouldn't that be a little bit obvious?'
'What do you mean, Apprentice?'
'Well, all these people -these muggles- would notice us, wouldn't they?' Kenshin pointed out, using a term that Hiko taught Kenshin in his lessons on the wizarding world.
'That's just a risk we'll have to take, apprentice,' Hiko said. 'Besides, nobody saw us walk into that invisible inn too.'
'Oh yeah,' Kenshin said, remembering how neither his master nor any of the muggles could see the Leaky Cauldron.
Hiko looked at Kenshin. 'Well,' he said. 'What are you waiting for?'
'Oro?' Kenshin said. 'I should start tapping now?'
' "Now or never"is what they say, apprentice,' Hiko said, gesturing at the nearest wall, the barrier that divided Platforms 9 and 10.
Kenshin sighed. As discreetly as he could, Kenshin pulled his wand out of his sword sash. He was still wearing his training clothes -robes, both of them agreed, would be even stranger than what he had on now- though he had left his sword with his master for safe keeping; he didn't want to be even stranger-looking than he already was.
Kenshin tentatively tapped the brick right in front of him. To his immense surprise, his wand met nothing to tap. It seemed as if the wall was not made of bricks but of air.
'M-Master?' Kenshin said.
'Hmmm,' Hiko mused. 'It's either a trap, in which case we would be better off not sticking any body part through, or it's the entrance to our platform.'
'Who'd want to lay a trap for us?' Kenshin asked with an eyebrow raised.
'Good point,' Hiko said. He then shoved Kenshin through. Grabbing the luggage that Kenshin had left behind in his hasty entrance, Hiko followed.
Kenshin stumbled a bit out of surprise but managed to keep his balance. When he looked up, he saw a scarlet steam engine in front of him. The sign above it named it the Hogwarts Express.
'See? Nothing to worry about,' said Hiko who came up right beside him.
'You are very mean, Master,' Kenshin said under his breath. Hiko smiled a little.
The train didn't leave for an hour and a half but already the platform was filled with witches and wizards. Kenshin could see that a few of the cars in front were already packed full. Not wanting to be left without a seat, Kenshin said 'goodbye' toward his master and then set out for the train.
'Hold on, apprentice,' Hiko said, grabbing Kenshin by the back of his shirt. 'Don't forget your luggage and katana.'
'Oh ye- my katana!' Kenshin exclaimed. 'Why do I need it?'
'I can't have you going rusty, can I,' Hiko said. 'I don't want to have to retrain you when you come back.'
'But it's a murderous weapon; I'm going to SCHOOL. It. Is. Not. Allowed!'
'Just take it, apprentice.'
'No.'
'Why not?'
'I told you why not!' Kenshin yelled.
'Keep your voice down, idiot apprentice. You'll attract stares.'
Kenshin looked around. Indeed, a few of the people near them were already turning their heads to stare at the two of them.
'Just take it.'
'I don't want it while I'm at school.'
'You won't have to kill anyone with it, just practice.'
'It's too dangerous. What if someone walks in on me while I'm training and I accidentally take off their head?'
'His or her head,' Hiko corrected. 'And I taught you how to sense Ki. Just run away when you sense someone.'
'I don't want a weapon like that near me while I'm, around people my own age.'
'Fine.'
'It'll kill peo... fine?' Kenshin asked incredulously.
'Yes, fine,' Hiko said. 'You won't have to take this with you.'
'Thank you, Master,' Kenshin sighed relieved.
'I'm not giving up. You'll practice your swordsmanship,' Hiko went on. 'Just not with a Katana.'
'Oro?' Kenshin said. 'Am I going to be using a bamboo shinai?'
'No, you'd break that,' Hiko said.
'Then, ho-' Kenshin was cut off as Hiko said 'You'd better find a compartment.'
Kenshin had his luggage pushed into his hands and then was pushed toward a compartment near the back of the train.
'Here, this one's empty,' Hiko told Kenshin. 'Go on.'
Kenshin climbed through the train door and heaved his trunk in after him. After managing to get his stuff and Hitmit in, Kenshin turned back toward Hiko and asked, 'How will I practice if I don't have a katana?'
'Don't worry about that now; let me worry about that,' Hiko said with a unconcerned wave of his hand. 'Just don't forget to write.' And then Hiko was striding through the growing crowds and was gone.
Kenshin decided to do what he always did: follow Hiko's instructions. Putting sword matters in the back of his mind, he started changing into his new wizard robes. Kenshin decided that he looked even more like a girl than he used to after he had gotten into his robes. At least my hair is as short as a boy's,' Kenshin thought dully.
To help pass the time, Kenshin let Hitmit out of his cage, but not without first instructing him to stay inside the compartment. Kenshin didn't want to go out of the compartment without it being absolutely necessary, especially since he was now in something that looked very much like a dress. It was while Kenshin was watching Hitmit fly around happily that he had his first visitor.
'Excuse me, may I sit in your compartment, please?'
Please review (I think that's the first time I've said that so please review for the other chapters too). Thanks and sorry this chapter's so short for such a long wait.I wish schooldidn't start until all the kids wanted to go back but i haven't thiought it all out so there's probably some kind of downside.
