AN: *looks at all the reviews they got for the last chapter and whistles*
It makes Em and I pretty darn special to read all your kind words! ^_^
But, you know what? I can't even remember in this chapter, so I'm gonna
have to read it too. (I have the memory span of a goldfish!) I can't
believe how many of you wanted us to let poor Shippo in on the switch! ^_^
Which is good! Very good.. Hey! I'm writing it at 5:30 in the (school!)
morning, I'm allowed to be a little weird. Keimiko, this one's going up
early. Does that help your beauty sleep? Fairies Hope, of course you feel
bad for Kagome! Inuyasha can be soooo cruel! But those ears make you
forgive him right away! Rosie Gamgee, it's our esteemed joy in life to
make people crack up. But really, the comedy, it's all Emmie. I can't
write humor. To the seven hells and back? Ah.. The seven layers of hell..
*shakes head* Anywho! Enjoy chapter six, which at 5:30 in the morning,
you'll know more of it than I do at this point!
And if you want another fluffy fic, check out the other stories we've
written together, because Em and I really do do good stuff together! Ja ne!
Chapter 6!
Kagome climbed out of the well and couldn't help the happy smile and giggle the escaped her lips. Sounding all too weird from Inuyasha's deep voiced throat. "It was so much easier climbing out this time!" She said cheerfully and then looked around. Ah, it was good to be home! "Hey, Inuyasha, do you need help?" Kagome asked looking into the well.
He was glad to be in the rear, because if was in the front he was sure Kagome would have to say something about him and the thing he called "underwear". It wasn't like Kagome hadn't seen them before, so why should she get so pissed off when he accidentally flashed them in her direction? He pulled himself out of the well, using his legs to push himself up. He was nearly panting when he finally managed to sit on the edge of the well. "You're very out of shape, and you have no upper body strength. For an archer... I mean...."
Kagome narrowed her eyes at him. If she was in her old body, a death ray look would be shot in his direction. "Inuyasha, I am perfectly in shape!" Kagome protested. "And I DO have upper body strength, that's not flab on my arms you know!" Kagome said then leaned very close, 'hmpf'ing in his face his fangs showing. "You just don't know how to use my body."
Rather shocked by her directness, he soon realized that she probably didn't know what she'd just said. He 'humphed' back and bit his lip. "So, we just say we fell into the pool with all our clothes on, right?" He asked, wanting to make sure he had the story right. But if she asked, it was so that he would know Kagome wouldn't screw up!
Kagome sat beside him on the well and peered at him, looking quite sneaky. "You're embarrassed."
"I am not!" he quickly retorted, pointing a finger at her accusingly. "You're the one who didn't want your parents knowing you were naked at the time, I just don't want your crazy mother beating me with a ladle!" He crossed his arms, still not used to the feeling of having something there to squish when he did so.
Kagome arched her brow. "Oi, Inuyasha... You fold your arms over the, um," Okay, now this was embarrassing, "chest, not.. Place your arms on top like they were a shelf." Kagome said then huffed and tossed her long, now also flowers fresh scented silver hair, over her shoulder. "You are the one who didn't want mama finding out you were spying on me naked! Which reminds me... Why were you spying on me?" Kagome asked with narrowed eyes.
"Well duh!" he answered without first thinking. "I wanted to make sure you weren't going to get hurt!" Then he realized what he said. He answered before, hopefully, anyway, Kagome could get the wrong idea. Or in this case, the right one. "I mean, it's not like I was trying to spy on you, or anything! Who'd want to see a stick like you naked when this skirt shows off most of it anyway?"
Kagome looked hurt, even through Inuyasha's usually expressionless face. "Come on, we better get going." Kagome said getting off of the well and walked up the few steps leading away from the Bone Eater well and onto the Shrine grounds. "Oh, and Inuyasha?" Kagome asked turning to look at him. "It doesn't show anything off unless you look. You must've been looking." Kagome pointed out, chin stuck up high. "Hei! You are just as bad -if not worse- the Miroku!"
"That's so stupid, I'm not even going to dignify it with an answer!" He let Kagome walk ahead of him, and then he snuck a glance down at his legs. Or, her legs. He guessed they were kind of nice looking, for being the legs of some human girl. He ran to catch up with Kagome, and put on the best imitation of what he imagined she'd sound like at home. "We're home!" Yeah, plain and simple. That was it. Nothing could get him into trouble if he used short and simple sentences.
Kagome glanced at Inuyasha. She opened her mouth but no sound came out. "You know..." She finally said after getting her thoughts back together, recollecting them from her wondering thoughts about her 'stick like figure', does that mean he didn't think she was fat? Because when he really wanted to annoy her, he'd comment about her weight... Oh was he confusing. Sometimes, Kagome just wondered. "We should tell them..."
"Should tell them about us? Yeah, that's the plan. But don't you think that we should be a little bit less blunt then we were.... then I was, or whatever, with Kikyo?" His eyes seemed to mist over, almost as if he was jealous of Kagome's happy little family. He turned away so she wouldn't see. "They're your family after all. Your grandfather would probably try to exorcise me out of your body before we had a chance to explain."
Kagome thought about it and shook her head. "No, Grandpa likes you. So does mom, Souta especially. They'd understand." Kagome said warmly, feeling an odd little buzz in her stomach. 'tell them about us'? she thought to herself, wondering if he meant anything else then just body switching. Silly Kagome! She scolded herself. 'No, forget it. It's nothing like that. Just friends.' she thought then looked down at her old body. "We keep to the plan. We fell into a spring. Nothing lost nothing gained." Kagome said with a deceive nod. "You know," Kagome said after some thought. "You aren't that much taller then me." Kagome noticed.
"And that means what?" he asked, referring to the statement about his height. His brain then processed the rest of her statement, and his jaw fell open, just enough so that he felt stupid. "Your family likes me?" Inuyasha hoped it wasn't a lie or an exaggeration.
"No, Mom! They really are back!" Souta appeared at the door, his eyes kind of bright. His mom was only two steps behind him. "See? She brought Inuyasha with her!"
Kagome turned to look at Inuyasha with a smile and nodded. "Actions speak for themselves, right?" Kagome asked then was startled by a 'war cry' like sound as her grandfather came bursting forward with wards and throwing the paper slips at her. "Ok. Ignore him. He's old." Kagome muttered watching the pieces of paper land on the ground powerless. "What do you think you are doing?" Kagome demanded of her grandfather, forgetting whose body exactly she was in.
He nudged her and waist and bowed respectfully. Lifting his head, he smiled at Kagome's family and gave them a smile that made his cheeks almost hurt. "Hello, everyone. I'm sorry to do this to you, but do you mind if Inuyasha spends the night?" He was about to explain why, but Inuyasha didn't want people -even people from the future- knowing his weakness. Still, he had to explain the changes that would happen to his body. Why not just leave it at that? "He's... he's undergoing some changes right now. We'll leave again tomorrow morning."
Kagome's mother gave them both an odd look. She had guessed in the past about her daughter's feelings for Inuyasha... And undergoing changes? She didn't mind him staying over. He had done it before, and Souta seemed to like him but they seemed kind of odd and not very comfortable in their skins. "Changes?" She asked softly, not wanting to hear that they took things to the... 'Changes' level.
Souta blinked and rushed over to Inuyasha, grabbing his hand. "You want to go play?"
Kagome blinked down at her brother and then up at her mother, before looking down at Souta again. "S-Souta!" Kagome stuttered and then looked over at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and decided to bite the bullet. "Actually, Lady Higurashi," he began, trying to be as polite as he could so he didn't get smacked by Kagome and her uncontrollable demonic strength. "Actually, I am Inuyasha. She's Kagome. We fell into a spring that somehow made us switch bodies. Kaede is trying to find a way out of this curse, but it puts us at a disadvantage in the past. The present is much safer for us right now."
"AH HA! I knew it! And I know just the thing!" Kagome's grandfather shouted before rushing into the house.
Kagome felt a groan escape her lips. "This. Won't be good." She muttered under her breath.
Souta, looking confused pulled on Inuyasha's fire rat robe again. "Kagome?"
"Yep!" She said trying not to look creepy as she smiled using Inuyasha's form.
"Eh..." Souta muttered and rushed over to Kagome's body. "Inuyasha? Puppy?"
Kagome's mother looked less then calm, but still kept a calming air about her. "At least I understand the sleeping arrangements, and it's fine!" She said looking over at Inuyasha. "Kagome, I'm sorry..." And in a rush of movement, Kagome's mom was feeling up her daughter's puppy ears. "I couldn't help myself! They are so soft!"
At this point, grandpa came back and rushed over to Kagome's body emptying a whole pot of dirt on her and throwing a ward and sea shell on her. "Be gone!"
He nodded at Souta, bending down to look the little boy in the eyes. "Yup. I'm Inuyasha, Chibi." He tried to run when Kagome's grandpa dumped dirt on him, but forgot how fast the old man was. He dusted dirt off her school uniform, spitting it out from his mouth. Screw being polite! "That's not going to work, old man. Let's not try that again, okay? You're getting Kagome's uniform dirty."
Kagome giggled and looked over at her grandfather. "Grandpa, I don't think that'll h-" Before she could finish a fist full of dust was thrown at her. Half of it into her mouth. "Aw god that smell..." Kagome muttered, her heightened senses being extra sensitive.. Kagome fell to her feet on the floor.
Offering her a hand to help her up, Inuyasha gave Kagome's mom a grateful smile. "You know, Lady Higurashi, Kagome said that you would understand. I'm sorry that I ever doubted you." Then his eyes slid over to Kagome's Grandfather. He tried to control his anger, just barely managing to. "Thank you for your help, old man, but I don't think we need it." He looked at Kagome, absently wondering if it his help could really be qualified as such. "Now that you know how it feels to have your ears pulled on, I hope you won't do it so much. Or talk to your Mom about doing it to me when I come to visit."
"It wasn't that. It actually felt kind of nice." Kagome confessed a blush touching her cheeks when he helped her up, she stepped aside one the world stopped spinning. "I actually felt a little rumble in my chest, like purring?" Kagome said then glared at her Grandpa. "It was the smell of that awful stuff!" Kagome said grumbled then grabbed a hold of Inuyasha's hand. "Come on, I'm gonna blind fold and wash you. You're all filthy with. What is this stuff anyway??" Kagome demanded of her grandfather.
"Oni ashes." The old man said proudly. Because, after all they were the best kind around, passed down their family for generations, scrapped right out of the bone eating well and all, perfectly preserved in the shrines keep. Oni ashes could really perform miracles! "Ground up with some lizard teeth too, just to add potency to it." He explained, his chest puffed up proudly.
"Oni ashes." Kagome said feeling her upchuck reflex begging to kick in. Turning to Inuyasha, Kagome's upper lip curled in disgust at the sight of her ash covered body, her beautiful hair! Her clothes! Her skin! "Oh, we are so washing you." She murmured under her breath.
Souta stood there confused, "Why blind fold?"
"Because your sister doesn't want me to see what she looks like," Inuyasha explained, hoping the kid might tag along. Then maybe they could gang up on Kagome. 'Damn!' he thought. 'Here's her Mom, pulling my ears, and she actually likes it? She actually started purring? Kagome must be crazier than I'd ever thought.' He let her drag him; not that he could stop her given the fact that she was a demon. "Would it annoy you more if I blinded folded you to wash you, or if I made you wash my body yourself?" he asked her, wanting to piss her off. Kagome knew how he felt about the idea of blindfolding himself and letting her do whatever she wanted to his body! To anybody!
Kagome blinked and whirled around. "You are not touching me!" Kagome protested. Loudly. Her cheeks turning as red as the robes. She knew it. "No. Not touching. Back! Back! Get back!!"
Chapter 6!
Kagome climbed out of the well and couldn't help the happy smile and giggle the escaped her lips. Sounding all too weird from Inuyasha's deep voiced throat. "It was so much easier climbing out this time!" She said cheerfully and then looked around. Ah, it was good to be home! "Hey, Inuyasha, do you need help?" Kagome asked looking into the well.
He was glad to be in the rear, because if was in the front he was sure Kagome would have to say something about him and the thing he called "underwear". It wasn't like Kagome hadn't seen them before, so why should she get so pissed off when he accidentally flashed them in her direction? He pulled himself out of the well, using his legs to push himself up. He was nearly panting when he finally managed to sit on the edge of the well. "You're very out of shape, and you have no upper body strength. For an archer... I mean...."
Kagome narrowed her eyes at him. If she was in her old body, a death ray look would be shot in his direction. "Inuyasha, I am perfectly in shape!" Kagome protested. "And I DO have upper body strength, that's not flab on my arms you know!" Kagome said then leaned very close, 'hmpf'ing in his face his fangs showing. "You just don't know how to use my body."
Rather shocked by her directness, he soon realized that she probably didn't know what she'd just said. He 'humphed' back and bit his lip. "So, we just say we fell into the pool with all our clothes on, right?" He asked, wanting to make sure he had the story right. But if she asked, it was so that he would know Kagome wouldn't screw up!
Kagome sat beside him on the well and peered at him, looking quite sneaky. "You're embarrassed."
"I am not!" he quickly retorted, pointing a finger at her accusingly. "You're the one who didn't want your parents knowing you were naked at the time, I just don't want your crazy mother beating me with a ladle!" He crossed his arms, still not used to the feeling of having something there to squish when he did so.
Kagome arched her brow. "Oi, Inuyasha... You fold your arms over the, um," Okay, now this was embarrassing, "chest, not.. Place your arms on top like they were a shelf." Kagome said then huffed and tossed her long, now also flowers fresh scented silver hair, over her shoulder. "You are the one who didn't want mama finding out you were spying on me naked! Which reminds me... Why were you spying on me?" Kagome asked with narrowed eyes.
"Well duh!" he answered without first thinking. "I wanted to make sure you weren't going to get hurt!" Then he realized what he said. He answered before, hopefully, anyway, Kagome could get the wrong idea. Or in this case, the right one. "I mean, it's not like I was trying to spy on you, or anything! Who'd want to see a stick like you naked when this skirt shows off most of it anyway?"
Kagome looked hurt, even through Inuyasha's usually expressionless face. "Come on, we better get going." Kagome said getting off of the well and walked up the few steps leading away from the Bone Eater well and onto the Shrine grounds. "Oh, and Inuyasha?" Kagome asked turning to look at him. "It doesn't show anything off unless you look. You must've been looking." Kagome pointed out, chin stuck up high. "Hei! You are just as bad -if not worse- the Miroku!"
"That's so stupid, I'm not even going to dignify it with an answer!" He let Kagome walk ahead of him, and then he snuck a glance down at his legs. Or, her legs. He guessed they were kind of nice looking, for being the legs of some human girl. He ran to catch up with Kagome, and put on the best imitation of what he imagined she'd sound like at home. "We're home!" Yeah, plain and simple. That was it. Nothing could get him into trouble if he used short and simple sentences.
Kagome glanced at Inuyasha. She opened her mouth but no sound came out. "You know..." She finally said after getting her thoughts back together, recollecting them from her wondering thoughts about her 'stick like figure', does that mean he didn't think she was fat? Because when he really wanted to annoy her, he'd comment about her weight... Oh was he confusing. Sometimes, Kagome just wondered. "We should tell them..."
"Should tell them about us? Yeah, that's the plan. But don't you think that we should be a little bit less blunt then we were.... then I was, or whatever, with Kikyo?" His eyes seemed to mist over, almost as if he was jealous of Kagome's happy little family. He turned away so she wouldn't see. "They're your family after all. Your grandfather would probably try to exorcise me out of your body before we had a chance to explain."
Kagome thought about it and shook her head. "No, Grandpa likes you. So does mom, Souta especially. They'd understand." Kagome said warmly, feeling an odd little buzz in her stomach. 'tell them about us'? she thought to herself, wondering if he meant anything else then just body switching. Silly Kagome! She scolded herself. 'No, forget it. It's nothing like that. Just friends.' she thought then looked down at her old body. "We keep to the plan. We fell into a spring. Nothing lost nothing gained." Kagome said with a deceive nod. "You know," Kagome said after some thought. "You aren't that much taller then me." Kagome noticed.
"And that means what?" he asked, referring to the statement about his height. His brain then processed the rest of her statement, and his jaw fell open, just enough so that he felt stupid. "Your family likes me?" Inuyasha hoped it wasn't a lie or an exaggeration.
"No, Mom! They really are back!" Souta appeared at the door, his eyes kind of bright. His mom was only two steps behind him. "See? She brought Inuyasha with her!"
Kagome turned to look at Inuyasha with a smile and nodded. "Actions speak for themselves, right?" Kagome asked then was startled by a 'war cry' like sound as her grandfather came bursting forward with wards and throwing the paper slips at her. "Ok. Ignore him. He's old." Kagome muttered watching the pieces of paper land on the ground powerless. "What do you think you are doing?" Kagome demanded of her grandfather, forgetting whose body exactly she was in.
He nudged her and waist and bowed respectfully. Lifting his head, he smiled at Kagome's family and gave them a smile that made his cheeks almost hurt. "Hello, everyone. I'm sorry to do this to you, but do you mind if Inuyasha spends the night?" He was about to explain why, but Inuyasha didn't want people -even people from the future- knowing his weakness. Still, he had to explain the changes that would happen to his body. Why not just leave it at that? "He's... he's undergoing some changes right now. We'll leave again tomorrow morning."
Kagome's mother gave them both an odd look. She had guessed in the past about her daughter's feelings for Inuyasha... And undergoing changes? She didn't mind him staying over. He had done it before, and Souta seemed to like him but they seemed kind of odd and not very comfortable in their skins. "Changes?" She asked softly, not wanting to hear that they took things to the... 'Changes' level.
Souta blinked and rushed over to Inuyasha, grabbing his hand. "You want to go play?"
Kagome blinked down at her brother and then up at her mother, before looking down at Souta again. "S-Souta!" Kagome stuttered and then looked over at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and decided to bite the bullet. "Actually, Lady Higurashi," he began, trying to be as polite as he could so he didn't get smacked by Kagome and her uncontrollable demonic strength. "Actually, I am Inuyasha. She's Kagome. We fell into a spring that somehow made us switch bodies. Kaede is trying to find a way out of this curse, but it puts us at a disadvantage in the past. The present is much safer for us right now."
"AH HA! I knew it! And I know just the thing!" Kagome's grandfather shouted before rushing into the house.
Kagome felt a groan escape her lips. "This. Won't be good." She muttered under her breath.
Souta, looking confused pulled on Inuyasha's fire rat robe again. "Kagome?"
"Yep!" She said trying not to look creepy as she smiled using Inuyasha's form.
"Eh..." Souta muttered and rushed over to Kagome's body. "Inuyasha? Puppy?"
Kagome's mother looked less then calm, but still kept a calming air about her. "At least I understand the sleeping arrangements, and it's fine!" She said looking over at Inuyasha. "Kagome, I'm sorry..." And in a rush of movement, Kagome's mom was feeling up her daughter's puppy ears. "I couldn't help myself! They are so soft!"
At this point, grandpa came back and rushed over to Kagome's body emptying a whole pot of dirt on her and throwing a ward and sea shell on her. "Be gone!"
He nodded at Souta, bending down to look the little boy in the eyes. "Yup. I'm Inuyasha, Chibi." He tried to run when Kagome's grandpa dumped dirt on him, but forgot how fast the old man was. He dusted dirt off her school uniform, spitting it out from his mouth. Screw being polite! "That's not going to work, old man. Let's not try that again, okay? You're getting Kagome's uniform dirty."
Kagome giggled and looked over at her grandfather. "Grandpa, I don't think that'll h-" Before she could finish a fist full of dust was thrown at her. Half of it into her mouth. "Aw god that smell..." Kagome muttered, her heightened senses being extra sensitive.. Kagome fell to her feet on the floor.
Offering her a hand to help her up, Inuyasha gave Kagome's mom a grateful smile. "You know, Lady Higurashi, Kagome said that you would understand. I'm sorry that I ever doubted you." Then his eyes slid over to Kagome's Grandfather. He tried to control his anger, just barely managing to. "Thank you for your help, old man, but I don't think we need it." He looked at Kagome, absently wondering if it his help could really be qualified as such. "Now that you know how it feels to have your ears pulled on, I hope you won't do it so much. Or talk to your Mom about doing it to me when I come to visit."
"It wasn't that. It actually felt kind of nice." Kagome confessed a blush touching her cheeks when he helped her up, she stepped aside one the world stopped spinning. "I actually felt a little rumble in my chest, like purring?" Kagome said then glared at her Grandpa. "It was the smell of that awful stuff!" Kagome said grumbled then grabbed a hold of Inuyasha's hand. "Come on, I'm gonna blind fold and wash you. You're all filthy with. What is this stuff anyway??" Kagome demanded of her grandfather.
"Oni ashes." The old man said proudly. Because, after all they were the best kind around, passed down their family for generations, scrapped right out of the bone eating well and all, perfectly preserved in the shrines keep. Oni ashes could really perform miracles! "Ground up with some lizard teeth too, just to add potency to it." He explained, his chest puffed up proudly.
"Oni ashes." Kagome said feeling her upchuck reflex begging to kick in. Turning to Inuyasha, Kagome's upper lip curled in disgust at the sight of her ash covered body, her beautiful hair! Her clothes! Her skin! "Oh, we are so washing you." She murmured under her breath.
Souta stood there confused, "Why blind fold?"
"Because your sister doesn't want me to see what she looks like," Inuyasha explained, hoping the kid might tag along. Then maybe they could gang up on Kagome. 'Damn!' he thought. 'Here's her Mom, pulling my ears, and she actually likes it? She actually started purring? Kagome must be crazier than I'd ever thought.' He let her drag him; not that he could stop her given the fact that she was a demon. "Would it annoy you more if I blinded folded you to wash you, or if I made you wash my body yourself?" he asked her, wanting to piss her off. Kagome knew how he felt about the idea of blindfolding himself and letting her do whatever she wanted to his body! To anybody!
Kagome blinked and whirled around. "You are not touching me!" Kagome protested. Loudly. Her cheeks turning as red as the robes. She knew it. "No. Not touching. Back! Back! Get back!!"