Deadly Magic
Chapter 10: Hogwarts Express
"If you are talking about my detested, inferior little brother, I suggest you take a look to your left." The deep cold voice penetrated her ears and left her stunned. The anonymous silver haired male turned around to reveal himself to the girl. His amber eyes pierced straight right to her soul and his silver hair glistened brightly in the sun, despite the fact that the sun was setting. Magenta stripes etched on his cheeks and a blue moon crescent dazzled in the middle of his forehead.
'He's handsome,' Rin thought but then stomped on the thought and silently cursed herself with the childish antics. "I'm so sorry, I thought you were-"
"My brother? You thought wrong wench."
'Way to talk to a girl, idiot.' Rin looked up at him with an almost glare look. How rude. She did say she was sorry after all.
"Sesshomaru-kun! Who is this… girl?" As soon as that terrible screeching voice ended, a girl with the most revealing clothes showed herself behind him; a low cut green tank top and a very short black skirt was all she was wearing. Her gaudy green beaded earrings dangled in the slight breeze as she practically hung herself over the boy known as Sesshomaru. Her eyes were strangely crimson red and her features were as of that of a model. Her ears were pointed indicating she was also a demon as Rin assumed.
The two male behind him was left observing the situation. The one with the dark hair that reminded her of a spider was observing Rin more than she would've liked.
"YO RIN!" A voice bellowed over the still silence that left Rin to thank the gods. She turned abruptly to the familiar voice and could not help but grin with happiness. Sesshomaru noted her face had now changed from embarrassment to a bright smile. He turned with that thought and walked away. He could not stand InuYasha, his younger half brother, and would likely never will. Kakura smirked at the girl and followed Sesshomaru.
"InuYasha!?" Rin ran to embrace him. His arms reciprocated her and then they stood apart after a few seconds.
"What are you doing here?" He smiled affectionately.
"Well funny, I could ask you the same," Rin laughed. "Well this is the place for wizards and witches to get their stuff right?"
"You're a witch?" InuYasha baffled at her. Who would've thought that two best friends would ever be attending the same school for witchcraft and wizardry. Someone must've liked him up there, otherwise he would have to spend everyday with his idiotic step brother and that was a thought he would like to stay far away from. He turned his gaze towards Rin again. She didn't change much when he had last met her. It suddenly hit him that she also had to leave the orphanage, leaving her lovable almost like siblings behind but was it possible she left them with that wicked witch?
"Don't worry about them, they're safe." Rin knew for a fact that InuYasha was thinking about the other orphans. "They're taken to another home, away from her." She smiled innocently. InuYasha's shocked face made her laugh once again.
"So you're a witch eh? How does it feel to be like one of us?"
"It has its perks." Rin turned around as she remembered one of those perks were meeting a new friend. "Hey Sango! I want you to meet my friend!"
Sango turned around at her name being called and sent a grin towards her newfound friend. She looked at the silver haired boy and noticed he had a red hooded sweated and black ripped jeans. She immediately noticed the dog ears and went over to squeeze them.
"Hey, Hey!" He pushed her hands away as she stared in amazement. "Don't touch my ears."
"Sorry Sango, I forgot to tell you, he's a half demon." Rin smiled at her friend's curiosity.
"Dog demon right?" Sango asked as Rin nodded.
"Anyway…" InuYasha glanced at Sango suspiciously before turning his gaze towards Rin. "I see you've met my 'detested' older brother. Sesshomaru Tensai. Sorry you have to witness his ugliness."
"He's hot! I can't believe you'll accuse your brother that he's ugly!" Sango blurted out but kept quiet after because InuYasha growled in an animalistic way.
"Whatever, that pompous idiot and his friends better not mess with me when we 're in school." InuYasha scolded. Rin giggled at his adamant upfront.
"Well, tomorrow is the train arrival, we better get there early to get good seats. You're sitting with us right InuYasha?" Rin asked innocently and hoping he would yes all the same.
"Well duh. You're my only friend I've seen today." He glanced over to Sango. "And as long she doesn't touch my ears…" he trailed off.
"Fine, fine!" Sango pouted and turned her head up-right.
"InuYasha, how many times have I told you not to leave my sight?!" Rin turned her head and a smile spread throughout her face.
"Mrs. Tensai?"
Izayoi turned at the sound of her name uttered by a certain brown haired girl. "Rin! I didn't know you were friends with InuYasha!" She reached over to grab InuYasha and pet him like a dog.
"Mom!" InuYasha's face turned slightly red at the affectionate gesture. Izayoi smiled at her son before turning back towards Rin. "Well we better get going to the hotel; we don't want to miss tomorrow's train."
"Okay…" Rin trailed off as she looked to Sango. Sensing Rin's concern if she was going with her she nodded.
"I'm going too. And don't worry about the time you have to wake up, I'll just come knocking on your door." Rin sent a wide smile then hooked her arm around Sango's and InuYasha's. She practically dragged them to the hotel.
Rin quickly ate her dinner there, which she proudly paid with her own money this time, looked for her hotel room and opened it. It was pretty decent but still a little dirty. A bed was to the side and a cabinet was supplied. A little washroom was off to the opposite side of the room. The dim sun offered a little light before she turned on the switch. She put wardrobe, which she had bought earlier, aside containing all her clothes, and magic items. Her wand laid on top of the wardrobe. Mikomi purred quietly as if saying 'I'm cute why aren't you petting me?' and leapt onto the bed. Rin let out a little laugh before she rubbed her ears. Mikomi meowed in response and curled at the foot of the bed.
"Knock, knock," a female voice rang through the closed door. She knocked twice before Rin answered the door in pajamas, a navy set Sango had chosen for her. "Hey Rin!"
Speak of the devil, it was Sango. "Sango! You're not suppose to yell! Its quiet time!" Rin scowled silently before she peered through the hallway frantically before pulling her in. It was 10 o'clock and, by law, it was way past quiet time. Rin shuddered at the thought when the manager was quite adamant no one should disturb the halls after the time. It was not a memory to remember.
"What are you harping about? There's no one here!"
"Keep your voice down!" With an exasperated sigh, Sango flopped herself onto her bed.
"I can't sleep, I'm so nervous about the whole thing tomorrow! What if I get put into Slytherin? I don't want to turn out evil!" Sango continued her antics leaving Rin clueless.
"What's Slytherin?" Rin inwardly kicked herself for not knowing these things. She was going to their school, and she doesn't even know one thing about it!
"Only the most evil and cruel house there is!" Sango propped herself up using her elbows and looked at Rin's confused face. "All new comers are placed into houses…." Rin's face scrunched up with confusion, "Like categories on how you fit in… like…" Sango rolled her eyes in thought. "If you're smart, you belong to Ravenclaw, if you're friendly and outgoing, you're in Hufflepuff, if you're bold…. I forgot the rest but anyway, you belong in Gryffindor. However, never press your luck into going to Slytherin. That's the worse possible house you can get!"
"Why…?"
"Evil people go there."
"Evil?"
"Dark magic people."
"Why would anyone want to do dark magic?"
"Loads! That's why they're in Slytherin!"
"Someone in Slytherin doesn't have to be evil you know," Rin argued but was wondering why because she never had been into the school before so why is she defending them? Then again, Sango had never been in there so why is she discriminating?
"Uh… You-Know-Who did!"
"Who?"
"You-Know-Who!"
"What?" Rin's face transformed from confusion to the look 'You're insane, I think you need to go to rehab'.
"You don't know HIM!? Fine, let me see who's in there that you know," Sango put her finger to her chin in thought. "That boy with silver hair, the one with that ugly girl to his side… what's his name? Oh yeah! Sesshomaru Tensai!"
"Him!? He's Slytherin!? Well that explains it, he was rude after all," Rin sighed. Maybe Sango was right, maybe Slytherin's house had 'evil' people even if they were cute and hot… Rin blinked. Not those thoughts again!
"Now you get my point?" Sango asked rhetorically before sprawling all over her bed.
"Well you shouldn't worry… I'm pretty sure you'll go to the other ones instead, you're not evil."
"Thanks for the heads up, just remind me that statement when I go into this mode again?" Sango joked as Rin giggled silently. "I better head back, I'm calmed now thanks to you."
"Well you better, I don't want to get in trouble with that manager." Sango smiled slightly and headed for the door. After she was gone, Rin flopped on the bed tiredly. She wanted to close her eyes and drift off to sleep but she forgot to turn off the lights. She groaned. Her legs rebelled at the thought of getting up. She closed her eyes for a second before deciding to turn it off.
She opened her eyes and by magic, she was invited into the darkness. What…? She turned to her side and diverted her eyes where the light switch was. With the dim light the streets were giving off, it provided enough to see that the switch was turned off. Rin smiled. She could get use to this.
"Wake up!!!" A pound on her door made Rin jump from her bed and onto the floor. Mikomi also jumped onto the floor but with her animal instincts, she managed to land on her paws, unlike a certain brown haired girl.
"Leave me alone!" Rin groaned and covered her head with the pillow she grabbed before she fell.
"Rin! We're going to be late for the train!" Sango hollered, much to Rin's annoyance.
In an instant, Rin was up, brushing her teeth, using the bathroom and were changed into black jeans and grey loose hooded sweater in less than five minutes. "Jeez! Are we late?" Rin asked frantically through as she hoisted Mikomi's cage onto the wardrobe while Mikomi watched her mistress with curiosity then strided away, hoping to get some breakfast or a mouse to play with.
"Not really…" Sango said jokingly.
"WHAT!? Why did you wake me up then!?" Rin yelled.
"You have to eat you know." Sango said off handedly. Rin opened the door roughly and the door almost went off its hinges. Sango had a pouted look and the look of 'At least I'm a considerate friend that invites you to eat with me'. Almost immediately, Rin looked apologetically. Sango regained her composure and sent a wide smile. "Let's get your stuff downstairs before we eat." Sending a bright smile towards Rin's expression, she moved swiftly and grabbed Mikomi's cage leaving Rin with the wardrobe and her wand box.
"Oh right..." Rin made her way and grabbed the wardrobe's handle, tucked her wand box in the pocket of the grey sweater she is wearing. They made their way downstairs with Mikomi following silently.
Sango talked throughout the breakfast while Rin was sneaking off a few glances at Sesshomaru and his 'friends'… if he could call them friends. He was the silent one who is always drilling holes in everyone's souls. The girl was dressed in another outfit, one to be a bit less revealing but revealing nonetheless was practically all over Sesshomaru much to Rin's disgust. The boy with the tail, he was the one that mainly talked for the whole group while the spider boy would give some remarks.
"Naraku, if you think I would be defeated by a Mudblood, you're wrong," growled the tailed boy. He showed his fangs and his features would be quite scary for everyone but the spider boy now known as Naraku smirked in amusement.
"And yet you did Kouga." Naraku diverted his eyes from the wolf boy to the girl sitting at a table. Rin noticed quickly that Naraku was looking at her diverted her eyes at Sango who's talking to her about… something. Naraku smirked. 'This is going to be a fun year' he thought before he turned his eyes to the frustrated wolf demon.
Kagura followed Naraku's gaze as it landed on the girl. She had no trouble admitting she detested the little girl, even though she doesn't know her well. Although Rin just said a few sentences, it was enough to send Kagura over the edge in anger that this little girl can just talk to her Sesshomaru like that. She turned her gaze from the witch and inwardly frowned. It would, no doubt, not be a third year in the school to remember. The girl was accepted to Hogwarts as a freshman and that would mean that Ren or Rin or whatever her name was would go talk to him again.
"We better get going Sango, it's nearly 11." Rin smiled at her friend before finishing off her last bite. Sango nodded and she left the remaining food on her plate.
"MOM! I am not a child! I can take care of myself! I don't need an over grown baby sitter!" The girls both turned to InuYasha who was trying so hard to convince his mom about something.
"I don't care, it's your first year and you don't know what the school looks like. Stick with your brother!" Izayoi said calmly yet irritated and her face was slightly red with anger. "I don't want you to get into trouble especially with your attitude around people."
"He can stick with us Mrs. Tensai," Rin said quietly after a moment of silence issued between them.
"Yeah… I went to the school before due an incident there so… he won't get lost," Sango added in.
Izayoi smiled graciously and sighed relief. "Thank you girls." She turned to the eager InuYasha. "Would you like to stay with them then?"
"Hell yeah!" InuYasha exclaimed proudly but faltered a little when his mother gave him a warning glare. "I mean yeah…"
"Good but to be safe, you'll stick with your brother in the train ride," she added quickly and left in a second, leaving InuYasha annoyed and shocked.
"I don't want to be stuck with that idiot!" InuYasha yelled at the empty space where his mother previously occupied. If his mother were still there, she would have scolded InuYasha until he went to school.
"InuYasha, just pretend that he's not even in the compartment…" Rin said cautiously.
"Keh, I can pretend I can't see him but his god awful scent is going to be on me."
"Take a long bath," Sango chided playfully. InuYasha glared at her and clenched his fists. Rin hastily got her out of the room before a fight happened.
After taking their processions and loaded the seemingly small silver civic car, Rin stood aside it in horror as three people went in it with their pets. Mikomi, in her arms, looked up at her Mistress in question.
"What are you waiting for Rin? Get in," Sango ushered.
"It's so small!"
"Oh right… it's not small… just get inside and you'll see!" Sango stepped inside leaving Rin to follow Sango's actions. Rin entered slowly and carefully, expecting to step on people's toes but soon felt nothing was beside her. She turned her head and stared in shock. The inside looked like an extravagant limo. She let Mikomi jump from her arms and settled in a cozy basket near the wide screen TV in the front. "Surprised ne?"
Rin let her mouth open in amazement. "Uh huh…."
"Well come on!" Sango dragged her across the limo sized in the inside, seemingly small car on the outside, and flopped onto a leather couch. "This is life!" Sango claimed as she closed her eyes. The trip to the train station did not take long and before they knew it, they were there in front of a brick divider. "Well… take your suitcase and go through it… or just follow me…"
Sango as she sensed Rin's bewilderment. Sango placed Kirara in her cage for the time and hoisted it up her wardrobe, securing it in place. She then led the wardrobe over the brick wall and ran towards it. Rin almost yelled at her to watch out but she disappeared inside it.
"You go now Rin," Izayoi instructed the girl gently. Rin nodded slightly and put Mikomi inside her cage, just like Sango. She closed her eyes and ran straight towards the wall. She kept running and eventually she opened her eyes to see the other side.
"All aboard!" A man in a uniform called out and the whistle of the train hissed.
Rin peered up to see the sign 9 ¾ and looked over to the train labeled Hogwarts Express. Sango took hold of her arm and led her to get her things put on the train. By the time they got their things loaded, she noticed InuYasha and Sesshomaru were behind them, loading their own things. After they were done, Sesshomaru disappeared inside the crowded train leaving Rin, Sango and InuYasha to say their goodbyes. They're goodbyes were made hastily and they left the crying Izayoi with a few words of comfort.
"Where's that bastard?" InuYasha scowled.
"InuYasha!" Rin scolded back. "He's your brother!"
"Half-brother," InuYasha corrected as he searched compartments for his 'lovable' brother.
"He's still your brother nonetheless!" Rin rebuked clenching on Mikomi's cage momentarily.
"Yeah, yeah…" InuYasha trailed off as he spotted Sesshomaru in a compartment with his friends. "You lot, get out! I'm supposed to stay here with my detested brother…"
Sango smirked slightly when InuYasha twitched with anger. Seeing this half demon fume was just entertaining. Kirara meowed and crouched on her four paws in her cage.
"InuYasha… please be nice…" Rin said quietly, hoping he would heed her words. Sesshomaru glanced at Rin for a moment before turning to his… supposable friends to leave. With a few muttered curses from Kagura and Kouga, they left with Naraku who was smirking at Rin for no apparent reason at all. Rin pushed the thought aside and put a back in the space provided on top, containing the three's uniforms.
InuYasha obviously heeded her words as he sat at the exact opposite side of the seat of Sesshomaru's, near the compartment door. Sesshomaru inwardly glared at the door when InuYasha's friends took their seats. Why he was glaring at the door he did know. Was it because he was forced to sit with the despicable InuYasha and his friends or was it perhaps Naraku was looking at the girl in an uncomfortable way? He blinked. Why did he even care?! Sesshomaru quickly diverted his eyes towards the window. This would be a long trip…
"Some pumpkin pasties please," InuYasha said as he pointed at the food at the cart. Rin reached down her pockets, pulled a few sickles, lined up along with InuYasha, and paid for some chocolate frogs and Bertie Bott's Every Flavored Beans. After they made their purchase, they took their seats. "You better be careful with that chocolate frog."
"Huh?" Rin asked, confused.
"If you open it, the frog might hop on you."
"It's real?!"
"InuYasha! Rin, don't worry. It is just a spell. Here, I'll show you." Sango took one of the chocolate frog boxes. She carefully opened the box and grabbed the frog firmly. Rin's shocked face was evident as Sango took a bite of the struggling frog. She showed the half-eaten frog to her. "See? It's just a spell."
Rin nodded slightly, took one of the boxes, and popped one in. After a few treats, she looked over to Sesshomaru whose eyes were glued to it. She looked at the window and noted it was getting darker, they were getting closer. The nervous thrill trickled down her spine. They were almost there!
"We better get changed into our robes," Sango commented. Rin nodded and stood up to head over to the door with InuYasha at her heels. The three grabbed their uniforms and changed in the washrooms that were provided. Rin was the first to get back to her apartment with half her uniform on, or so she thought. She forgot about the cloak she was suppose to wear. Sesshomaru was already at the compartment, full in uniform and silently watching the scenery pass by. She put her clothes in her bag and reached for her cloak on top.
Out of all the times that her cuts caused her pain, its unfortunate they picked now was the time. Rin hissed as her back cut singed. She reached too far since her back was practically half covered and the wound was clearly evident to the prying eyes of Sesshomaru's.
"Girl, what happened?" Sesshomaru asked coldly. This was not what he wanted to say. He had not even wanted to say anything in the first place! It just slipped from his mouth when he saw the red rope-like wound. Rin noticed that he was looking at her wound and quickly contracted her arms, forgetting about the cloak for the moment.
"Nothing…"
Sesshomaru stood up and looked deeply into her eyes as if daring her to lie again. "I know what I saw… a wound was on your back. What happened?" By this time, both of them wanted to kick themselves. Rin wanted to kick herself for letting the wound appear and Sesshomaru wanted to kick himself for asking.
"I fell, it was some time ago. I guess it opened again." Rin lied as she looked up to match his gaze, neither faltering. She got it from the orphanage but that was one information she would never share with him. Friend or foe, she would never give that information to anyone else except to those who knew it, InuYasha included. It seemed like a contest on who would break the silence.
"You need to get it cleaned. Turn around," he said finally. Unsure of what he would do, she turned around. She felt hands on her shirt and was about to push it away and give him a slap in the face but felt a tingling sensation on the wound. The sensation stopped and Sesshomaru sat down once again.
Rin turned around, confused and reached her back. The wound was not there. No scar, no blood, no scab, nothing. Just skin. Unsure of what to say next, she stuttered a shaky, "T-Thanks." He didn't reply and just when it couldn't get any worse, InuYasha and Sango entered. 'Oh my gosh! You saved my butt! I could kiss you right now!' Rin thought gleefully but didn't voice the exclamation but simply smiled widely.
What came over him to help a girl was way beyond him. This Sesshomaru, the best Quidditch seeker for Slytherin and the best wizard in third year of Hogwarts Witchcraft and Wizardry was helping a girl, a first year! He was beside himself for the action as he peered over to the girl. Whatever he did was surely regretting… He then noticed the large smile … but it was worth it.
TBC...
Such a relief! My friends have been dragging me just to finish this! I'm expecting my next update about a week from now. Enjoy!
Ayame