yay, next chapter! thanx to everyone who had been reviewing this! on a suggestion from Irish Girl, i am gonna

speed it up a bit. today is the day when they find out how to change back. can Inu-chan and Kagome handle it?

disclaimer~i don't own Inyuyasha.

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The Switch chapter nine, Inu's fear of spiders and a five day deadline.

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The little group of a miko in a hanyou's body, a monk, a hanyou in a miko's body, a demon exterminator, and

the kawaiiest little kitsue to ever walk the planet continued on through the forest on that never-ending hunt

for the Shikon no Tama. Inuyasha was still trying to scout ahead (didn't he learn his lesson last time? Oh

well, i guess i'll just have to teach it to him again.....) when they came across an old, and quite obviously

abandoned hut. Thinking it would be a good place to stay the night, (five) Inuyasha marched purposely forward

(four) raised his leg high (three) kicked the door open with a bang (two) and stepped inside (one!)

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH," and came barreling out as fast as he could wearing a

skirt.

"What's wrong Inuyasha," Kagome asked worriedly.

"S-s-s-spiders," cried the terrified half-demon.

Sango made a disgusted 'hmp' noise and walked in the doorway. She came out looking even more disgusted.

"That's not all that's in there," she reported. "There's two humans. Dead." (insert spooky music)

"Well, c'mon then," said Miroku. "We must give them a proper burial. Kagome, sango, let's get to work. Shippo,

stay with Inuyasha."

Kagome flattened her silver ears as she took in the sight inside the hut. 'It looks like they went insane

and attacked each other," she mused.

"It certainly does," Sango agreed. She and Miroku each took a body, they appeared to be village me who had

been out on a hunt,outside to be buried, while Kagome stayed to search the cabin for clues to the mens' names

or what had caused them to kill each other.

Laying under a fallen shelf, she found a journal. Kagome smiled in satisfaction, and took the journal out into

the sunlight to read. "I found something," she called. Inuyasha, Shippo, sango, and Miroku came over as she

read aloud the chilling tale of the hunters.

'My companion and I have been banished from our village for the crime of stealing, so we now roam the land in

search of a suitible place to live. It is here in this hut, built with our own hands, that we reside.'

"Well that's helpful," Inuyasha muttered sarcastically, earning a smack from Sango. Kagome skimmed the next

few pages until she found something interesting.

'As my companion and I were working our garden this dawn, we were attacked by a vapor-like demon, who went

down our throats and rendered us unconcoius. When we awakened, we discovered that our souls had switched

bodies.'

"Inuyasha, that's exactly what happened to us," squealed Kagome. Flipping ahead, she added,"Maybe they found a

cure!"

'My companion and I have been in each other's body for twelve days now.'

Kagome stopped for a moment, realizing that the man's handwriting had become shaky and almost illedgilbe.

'We have started to become paranoid, suspicious, and violent. We see visions, here voices calling us. I fear

that the demon that attacked us has caused us to loose our minds. My companion is even now holding a knife. I

must fight now for my life. Beware the smoke de'

"That's where it ends. They must have attacked each other then," Kagome said.

Sango flinched a little. "Twelve days and they murdered each other. We must go to Kaede, she must have some

ritual that with remove this demon from you and save you!"

"It has already been seven days," Inuyasha squeaked. "We have five days to switch back before we go crazy."

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dun-dun-dun! five days! can they make it in time, or will they go insane first?

Ja'ne!