Chapter 19

Kings Cross

I opened my eyes to the mist again…

I would not comprehend what I saw,

In my eyes I saw my man.

And a child flayed and raw.

This could not be Harry I thought,

As I lay here between life and death,

But Harry was here, and he was brought.

And it filled me with sorrow and stress.

I scanned his new body,

And couldn't help smile as hard as I tried

And though I was disembodied

I laughed at myself and then with a sigh.

I thought the thought that made write this stupid poem,

I was such a teenager.

I snorted. Wow, death must make you crazy, because I would never be insane enough in life to do such a thing. But it was true, the body was defiantly hot.

Well hot in two ways. I touched his hand and it was warm against mine. He had done what I said.

Harry never opened his eyes but his heart raced and his breathing picked up at my touch. A tiny smile pulled at his plump lips and he moved his hand under me and curled his hand under my curved side. And pulled me in one quick movement on top of him.

'You know,' I giggled as my black hair flowed around his head like curtain protecting the most beautiful artefact. 'This isn't as fun when we're on equal footing.'

He laughed curling his palm around my jaw using his thumb to stroke my cheek. 'Who are you now love?' He whispered in a whisper as soft as silk to my ears.

I thought about that one for a second not really knowing. Looking into his new blue eyes, feeling slightly sad. 'Yours.'

His tiny smile turned into the real thing, he rolled us as he looked down at me. 'I missed you.'

My lips pushed out again, and I looked at his unfamiliar eyes with sorrow. 'Yes.'

He rolled his eyes and kissed my pouting lips. He gasped through his own, and I understood why.

Demon's feel stronger emotions and physical touch. Well more like the could actually feel now. Humans have so weak senses. They barely feel at all.

He could really feel my hands roaming his new body now with it so sensitive to him now.

And my skin was so sensitive under his fingertips…

This was better from the times before, there was a certain edge. But maybe that's because without saying it to each other we knew this would be the last time.

To soon we lay there breathing heavily.

'So where do you think we are?' Harry asked looking around.

I shrugged. 'I was hoping you knew.'

'It looks like… Kings Cross.'

My eyes searched the room. 'Indeed.'

Harry went to open his mouth but he heard foot steps coming. Ana I knew whatever my grandfather had to take care of was finished.

I looked around for my dress but it was no where to be seen. Instead where I thought Harry had dropped it, but in it's place was white skinny jeans, a ivory t-shirt, and white high top converses. Along with socks and underwear of course.

I smiled at Harry for clothing had showed up at his side. These had colour unlike mine. 'You wanna race?'

Harry's eye brows raised. ' One your mark…'

Neither waited for "go", I beat him this time.

Harry only beamed and wrapped his arms around me, embanking me once more.

Out of the mist Dumbledore wrote. ' Harry, you wonderful boy, you brave, brave man.

Harry's face lit up as he saw Dumbledore emerge from the mist. There was an angry undertone but I pretended not to notice.

Harry's face went blank suddenly then and blankly said, as if he just realized. ' Your both dead.'

Dumbledore smirked as I rolled my eyes at Captain Obvious. 'Oh yes. Quite dead.'

Harry's eyebrows caved in. 'So… I'm dead too?'

Dumbledore straightened. ' On the whole my dear boy… I think not.'

Harry smiled. ' Not?'

'Not.'

We began to drift towards three chairs that formed suddenly. The two sat down. I did not. 'I'll be back.' I said to them.

Harry's face was shocked. And his silent "No" was louder then if he had screamed it.

I smiled. 'Don't worry darling. I'll be back in a moment. I just have someone else to speak to quickly.'

He nodded but did not relax, I spun quickly before he could express his fears and walked towards where I could smell Voldemort.

Harry and Dumbledore were out of sight when I found him, they were out of ear shot as well. That was good, so only Voldemort could hear my sound of disgust at him. The flayed bloody child on the floor.

'Hello Tom Riddle.'

The child moaned and growled at the same time. This what was left of Voldemort's soul.

I squatted down to the child and touched it's skin with my finger tips. It moaned loudly in pain, I understood.

I was innocent, He could not feel innocence.

'It hurts doesn't it Voldemort.' watched him shudder under the kindness of my voice, and the sadness to see a creature in this world in pain.

' You and Harry could have chosen either paths. To follow the goodness or the darkness. Tom you chose wrong, power is not everything. It takes kindness and tenderness to truly understand real people. I see that now. You see I came to Hogwarts on the edge of a blade. I too could have chosen either path. I may be dead, but at least I lived my life! You will live for a short time but you will die like the rest of us.'

I heard Harry and Dumbledore stand up. It was almost time.

'See you soon Riddle.'

I tuned my back on the disgusting child of Voldemort.

'There you are!' Harry exasperated, relieved I wasn't gone permanently.

I smiled saying nothing. Harry looked at Dumbledore in the distance. ' Voldemort's got the Elder wand?'

'False.' I shot in. ' I hid it before I died, he never defeated me either. The wand is still mine. Or yours, I'm not sure.'

Harry looked off in the distance and then to me, then to Dumbledore. 'I never understood something.'

Dumbledore waited in silence.

' How did InuYasha and I fall in love. Isn't there supposed to be a hero and a damsel in distress? We're both heroes.'

Dumbledore's joyous laugh bounced off the walls. 'Harry my dear boy. Love is understanding each other. Who better to love then another hero? You two are your others equal. A beautiful thing, a hero and hero, finally.'

This made Harry beam at me, but it broke my heart. The moment was coming.

Harry nodded and turned to leave. ' One more thing,' Harry said. 'Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?'

Dumbledore beamed at him. 'Of course this is happening inside your head Harry, but why on earth would that mean that it's not real?'

Harry smiled and turned to leave. I didn't move, half hoping he would leave without noticing.

He got ten steps before he did.

He turned to me with a surprised look holding his hand out form mine. 'Aren't you coming InuYasha? We've got a battle to finish.'

I felt my eyes get wetter and I whispered a broken whisper. 'I can't.'

I had known that the moment he showed up.

This was Goodbye.

Harry dropped his arm and I saw the pain spread to his blue eyes and his face. 'I don't understand.'

Dumbledore placed his hand on my shoulder. 'InuYasha's body is ruined Harry. She's lived over two centuries. She's fulfilled her duty.'

Harry's eyes flickered from blue to the green I loved, which made looking at him even harder. "No" he mouthed.

I shook off Dumbledore's shoulder and walked to him slowly the first tear hitting the ground with a tiny sound, like rain. I brought my hand up and cradled his cheek.

Harry:

InuYasha's cradled his cheek, electricity flowing from her fingertips into his cheek down to his heart. A tear rolled down her face.

'I love you.' InuYasha whispered. It wasn't what he knew she was trying to say. But it hurt more the if she had said it.

'I won't go, I'll stay and we'll go together.' It was a beg, he couldn't let her go. Not now.

' But you have to.' Her voice shook and she smiled through the apparent agony in her eyes. ' You have to go and win, and be with Ginny and have red head babies and-'

'I'd prefer the one you were with now.' Harry looked in her eyes and he knew she knew that he figured out she was pregnant.

'It… it doesn't matter Harry!' She drew him close, pressing his head into her neck. ' Harry, I know you saw how life was supposed to be for you, your story is written in a different way-'

'Supposed and Life are two different things!' He pressed his palms to her face his thumbs on her cheeks placing his forehead against hers. ' I will never ever want anyone other then you InuYasha. I just can't.'

'You have to try! Please, please.' She broke down tears running over his hands.

The mist began to swirl around him. And it was trying to force him away from her. 'I need you in my heart, with me. I'll miss you darling. I need you in my arms.'

'I wish I could be, and lay right beside you. But I know that I'll be in your dreams tonight. And you'll close your eyes, and I'll kiss you lips. And touch you with my finger tips.' He traced across his lips as she said this in a broken voice as tears fell into tiny pools on the floor.

Harry's tears fell in the same pools. ' I need you with me forever.'

She stroked his face, and smiled a sad smile. ' I'm already there. Listen.'

Silence came to them as the mist tried to push him away from her. Nothing. That's when she placed her free hand on his chest. 'I'm the beat in you heart. I'll be there till the end. I'll be the moon shinning through the night. I'll be your shadow, always at arms length, but never touchable. I'll whisper to you in the wind. I'll always.. I will always watch you Harry.'

The mist had only their fingers holding each others as there arms stretched as far as they could. In the distance Harry heard a chain whistle.

He sobbed, knowing it was going to bring her home.

The fog left only her face in view. Her eyes black and tear filled, she whispered. 'Tell my family I'm sorry and that I love them okay?'

He nodded understanding that he had to leave, it was himself pushing him away from her.

Her face got fuzzy and he knew she wouldn't be able to hear him anymore so he mouthed the last thing he could ever say to her.

" I Love You."

She smiled and mouthed back, "I Love You Too."

And her face went out of view as he fell, an empty shell back to earth.

InuYasha:

My train rolled up as I stood their sobbing letting Harry go. It stopped and the door opened.

I walked through the empty Hogwarts Express and sat down in the compartment that I sat on the way to my life last year.

The train whistled, and I looked out the window and panicked.

I forgot to say something.

The train moved but I ran through the compartments with lighting speed. As soon as I hot the caboose I hung off the railing and looked at the place where Harry disappeared and sobbed to the nothingness.

' I found a reason for me! To discover who I really was! I learned how to smile and love without all of the emptiness inside, Harry! It was you!'

I was surrounded by mist. And I moved on.