AN: Of Memories Past: Well, Shippo won't be able to complain about no
stories to tell his grandchildren, now will he? He will have stories galore
thanks to those two!
Lei Xang: Like I said. Shippo'll have stories to tell the world.. Besides, what's so bad about a twisted mind? ^_^ I like it personally!
Ghoul King: Oh. My. God. Ghoul King. Left speechless. This. Is a first! Quickly! Someone get a doctor! Are you feeling well? Do you need anything? Are you alright? A glass of water? A kiss from Shippo? Talk dammit! Talk! Live!
dinkydaelf: The only person not to complain about Shippo's emotional scarring! Yay! Isn't he just adorable though?
kris-chan: Just one night? I was laughing for a whole day and a half. hehehe. thinking about. I'm still giggling!
The-Real-Rosie-Gamgee: ROSIE!! What'd we do without you? Great Good Goodness, hopefully you'll think the same of this chapter!
jschu25: Baaah. I'm still shuddering over the aunt flo thing. See? Kouga and Inuyasha kissing I can handle.. The other. It would be too scarring and tormenting for Inuyasha's fragile psyche. ::thinks about it:: Won't it? Hmm. Oh no. See, now you got my cruel vibe going. Must restrain. Think. Care.About. Inuyasha's mental. Health!
All the rest of you WONDERFUL people! I just got too tired to reply to each one. Gomen. ::lowers eyes in shame:: But we do appreciate and absolutely adore you for your amazing reviews and are deliriously happy that you are enjoying the story so much!!! We are glad it's such a hit and hopefully you'll all enjoy this new chapter! Please read and review.But most of all. Laugh and enjoy!!!
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He stared between them, feeling confused, and huffed himself. "No! I want to know what the hell you two are talking about!! What do you mean she talks about me in her dreams? And what do you mean there's nothing impressive to look at? I. I can be impressive! And you just said you sometimes found me attractive yesterday!" He felt his face burn red both from the topic and from anger. "You had your hand down my pants!"
There was a tentative silence before Shippo finally explained. He pulled on his own ears. "She talks about these."
"What is it with the ears?" he grumbled, feeling stupid and utterly miffed. He watched them on his own head, and reached out and pulled them. Then he giggled. It was kind of fun..
Kagome glared at him. "Leggo of the ears." Kagome muttered the jumped back and gasped, her hand covering her mouth. "Inuyasha, we're starting to fit our bodies..." Kagome whispered and shook her head, as though that could get herself back to herself and be alien with the body. "We've got to switch back before... Ooo... Scratch... Right... There..." Kagome said as his fingers scratched the base of her ears, and suddenly she snapped her yellow eyes to attention, easily making him forget about the whole 'attractive' conversation. "I didn't know you could purr."
"Damn it! How come everybody calls it purring? It's manlier than purring! Besides, I'm a dog demon. It's.. manlier than purring. It's rumbling. Yeah, that'll work." Inuyasha rolled his eyes. 'Or something.' Please, he'd just giggled! He knew full well that he was starting to fit into Kagome's body more than. He got the strangest urge to lean over and kiss Kagome. Well, hell, it wasn't like he hadn't thought of doing that before! He just didn't know anymore of the thought was from his mind or her form. "If you tell anybody that actually like having my ears scratched." he warned. "Then. then." He found himself at a loss for a suitable threat. Instead, he heard himself speak and couldn't control himself.
"I want to kiss you."
Shippo glanced between them and felt his face go red. Okay, sure, so it looked like a really good scene from a play, the Princess protecting the Prince for a change, but still.. "Ahh! Inuyasha's trying to seduce Kagome!" He hopped up and shook a finger at Inuyasha. "You're worse than Miroku!"
His own face went red. "How is telling her I want to kiss her worse than suddenly groping her?!" he demanded, neglecting to mention that he hadn't meant to mention his comment.
Kagome felt heat. She felt warm and she realized she wasn't breathing, forcing herself to do so she stared at Inuyasha. "Wh-What do you mean?!" Kagome demanded, still feeling the blood pumping through her. He wanted to kiss her? Really? He actually wanted to kiss her? But what about Kikyo? Did this mean he loved her too? He wanted to kiss her? How long did he want to kill her? Was he just saying this because of his new XX chromosomes?
Shippo stared, he was going redder then red and his shrieking was louder then anything any living creature could produce. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! You are trying to seduce him- err her!!!! After kissing her you'll grope her!!! You're going to break her!!!! MEANIE!!! You still are hooked up with Kikyo and are seducing Kagome!!! WAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Shippo started screaming running around the two in feverish circles. "This isn't suitable conversation for such a poor young innocent like myself to hear!! AHHHHHHHH!!!!" Shippo screamed loud enough to alert the whole village, before leaping into the air and throwing his famous crying mushroom attack at Inuyasha. "YOU'RE TRYING TO CURROPT ME TOO!"
Inuyasha grabbed him and covered his mouth with his hand, not noticing as he accidentally mashed the little demon into the breasts of Kagome's body. Inuyasha's face was about as red as Shippo's. The damn brat was going to alert the whole village and then come in here and drag him off and beat him. And since only Kaede knew that they had switched bodies, they would end up dragging away the wrong body and Kagome would be the one feeling all the pain of a stoning, which (let's face it) just plain old wouldn't be good for their relationship. Or lack thereof.
Nodding, he repeated himself, and felt his heart beat quicken. "I want to kiss you, Kagome. I've wanted to. for a while. Remember? I almost kissed you once, but you freaked out and." His face plummeted. "And Shippo's in your breasts, isn't he? That's why you're glaring at me, aren't you?"
Kagome nodded slowly. "You're suffocating him in my chest." Kagome said moving forward and grabbing Shippo out of her cleavage, holding him before her protectively. Kagome didn't notice that he just forced the poor, obviously tormented and obviously scarred for the rest of his life demon kid, into the seam of Inuyasha's pants. "You did?" She asked softly, her mouth falling into a small 'o' shape. "Really?" Kagome whispered in awe, which with Inuyasha's vocal cords came out as dumbstruck. Inuyasha just didn't handle 'awe' very well, as it seemed. "Well, I freaked out because... because..." Kagome turned her eyes away. 'I wasn't ready! And... You just told me about Kikyo... and... I didn't realize I love you!' Kagome heart finished the sentence for her, while her mouth felt dry. "What are you glaring at me for?"
"Mmmfffphhh..." Shippo groaned out from behind Kagome's clamped-on-his- mouth-and-nose hand.
Letting go of Shippo, Inuyasha told the kid to run. Shippo did so. Then he turned all his attention back to Kagome, his blush having tied down, but only slightly. "Well? Are you actually going to say something or just stammer?" he demanded, but his voice was weak and his face fell a moment later. "Sorry," he said with his eyes down to the ground. "For snapping. And for suffocating Shippo." He was trying to be nice, recalling that she said she liked him best when he was being nice, but it was just so hard!!
"Shippo deserved to be suffocated." Kagome said, covering her ears from the kids incessant shouts. "You know Kaede, Sango and Miroku are going to be here in three shakes of Kirara's tail, right?" Kagome asked. Regaining some of her composure, Kagome shook her head, fanning silver hair everywhere and stumping her bare foot on the floor. "Say something?! Say what?! Next you're going to tell me to do something and YOU are the boy! You need to do it!"
"Fine then!" he retaliated, as if that was an argument. Grabbing her, he darted forward and pressed his lips against hers, pausing when his brain finally caught up to his body and realized that he was kissing her. Or kissing himself while he was in her body. Sometimes his life was just too weird.
Kagome stared at him, then finally closed her eyes. It was nice... Kissing him.. and... Kagome yelped and jumped back. "I just kissed myself!" She yelled flushed. Cracking one eye open, Kagome hoped to find herself in her own body. Like with all of the good ol' Disney movies, everything is righted by true loves kiss.... And oh, how she did love Inuyasha, and he just proved that he loved her back. But no.
Of course not.
Why should life be so easy?
"I.. Um. Thank you?" Kagome really didn't know what to say. Kiss me again, was too wanton. I liked that, was too silly, she doubted 'ewwwwwwwwww I felt myself kissing' was the right comment. "We. Um. Should. Uh. Try... that... again. Sometime. You know, when.. Uh.. we're ourselves??"
"Really?" he asked hopefully. He wiped his mouth, still tasting himself on his lips, which was kind of freaky. But his eyes shone. "You mean it, Kagome?" And then he hugged her, burying his face in his old red jacket. He didn't need to be a demon to hear the approaching footsteps of people as Shippo continued to tell them that Inuyasha was seducing Kagome. Damn it! Why couldn't the kiss have worked? It could have fit Ryoga's damn riddle!
"I'm telling you Sango," Shippo said as he rode on Sango's shoulder. "He was leaning over Kagome and feeling her up and then he said that he wanted to kiss her! He was going to seduce her with me right there in the room with her!"
Sango glanced over to the monk, ignoring the villagers behind them. Oh, she wouldn't kill Inuyasha, maybe just maim him a bit. Her glance turned into a glare. "You and Inuyasha have been spending far too much time together!"
Miroku paled as a sweat drop collected at his temple. "Sango! That is unfair!" Miroku protested, walking indignantly with his staff by his side. 'Inuyasha, after all of your yelling at me for my being a lecherous monk... To seduce a Priestess? Kagome at that!' Miroku couldn't quite hide his satisfied grin, as his hand tightened around his staff. He was going to kick Inu-boy's ass.
Shippo ran beside them, ranting and raving now. "And he's eyes grew HUGE! I mean... ENORMOUS! Drool collected at his mouth! He began running his hands over her possessively! He even tried to seduce MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Shippo whined, still trying to get over his disgust and shock. "He shoved me into Kagome's chest! When I fought bravely trying to protect her, he tried to suffocate me in her yabows!" Shippo told them, "And poor Kagome coward in fear! I fought him! I bit him and he fought me, yelling he wanted her and he would seduce her with kisses!"
Miroku glanced at Sango. "Lady, for all I am, you know I am not that awful." He said then turned his questioning look while his hand, unyielding to his wants and attempts of control sneaked out to squeeze one of Lady Sango's perfectly rounded-
SMACK!
Miroku walked on proudly, the red hand mark on his cheek burning.
'Is it sad that I think he likes that?' Sango asked herself, feeling the sweat drop sense the perfect opportunity to land on her own head. She didn't even bother to swat it away, just to collapse under its weight. When Shippo still continued, Sango looked down at him. "That's all right, Shippo," she said understandingly. "I think we get the picture now."
But what a picture it was! When they opened the door to Kaede's hut, they expected to find (in Sango's worst versions) clothes strewn about the room belonging to both sexes, moans filling the air, and enough nudity to make Miroku start to call her perverted. Meaning, of course, that Inuyasha was wearing swimming trunks brought from Kagome's time and Kagome was in her bra and panties. Incidentally, in the better versions. actually, there were no better versions.
Instead, she found Inuyasha and Kagome sitting feet apart, both of them looking disgusted and embarrassed all at the same time. She glared at Shippo, who now meekly bore the floating drop of sweat. "This is the man who was already starting to 'make babies', as you put it, when you left the room?"
Shippo scratched his head nervously. "I may have gotten a little carried away.."
Kagome looked up at them. Feeling even more embarrassed, Kagome steeled herself. What did she have to feel embarrassed for? Nothing! They didn't walk... in... on anything.
Instead, Kagome smiled brightly. "Hi!" She said a little too brightly to fit into Inuyasha's body and still seem sane. Kagome then pinned Shippo with her yellow eyes. "Shippo? Babies?" Kagome inquired, she couldn't look at Inuyasha, she knew that she was on the verge of a full tomato imitation again.
"What he been telling you?" She demanded instead, noticing a red mark on Miroku's cheek and sighing. All men were perverts, she thought then snapped to attention. Being in a male body... did that turn her into one too?? Noooooooooo!!!!!
"He said that you were trying to seduce Kagome," Sango answered, glaring at Inuyasha's body, unaware of the predicament.
The real Inuyasha, however, immediately jumped to his defense. "I didn't try and seduce Kagome!" he protested, stomping his foot like a little child. Then he realized that he had done that and the sweat drop attacked its newest victim. Inuyasha swatted it away and it promptly died, having met with the most unlikely person in the series to ever sweat drop. "I mean. I need out!"
The monk and the demon exterminator were going to make a comment about this odd behavior when the not-so unthinkable happened. A villager came running up, and told them that a demon was attacking the village. Sango looked bored, and wished she could crawl back into bed. "That's what? The fourth demon this morning alone?"
Kagome leapt up. "What's a demon doing attacking here?" She asked worriedly, unaware that they were expecting her to wield Inuyasha's sword. "Eh? What? What are you looking like that at me for?" Kagome demanded backing up slowly.
Running to Kagome, Shippo climbed over the red robes and hung on her sleeve. "Hey, Kagome," He whispered, eyes narrowed. "Did Inuyasha manage to seduce you?" He asked but at the sound of a demon attacking, he froze, unclenched his hands, and fell to the ground. With a thump. Flat on his back, hands and feet springing straight up from his body, his eyes huge and unblinking, while his teeth were chattering like mad.
"You do the play dead thing really well, Shippo," Inuyasha grumbled as he took the sword, drawing it from its scabbard, that still hung off his belt, from his old body. He smiled when it transformed. "I don't know what it's doing here but it's got a date to meet it's maker!"
And then he fell over from the weight of the sword. Inuyasha cursed wildly and tried to pick it up, to no avail. "Great! I can't wield my own sword and Kagome can't make it transform! This is just f." And the second string of expletives rolled out of his mouth.
Sango stared at them. Then she looked over at Miroku, and saw that he wasn't even watching what was going on his eyes were focused down and behind her. She groaned, giving him a light slap on his already stinging cheek. "Great. I'm the only sane one here."
Kagome shook her head. "No! I'm also sane! I can help too! I just need a bow and arrows." Kagome said having faith, that since she still possessed her Priestess soul, she could still shoot energy arrows. A villager still not quite clear on what was going on, but knowing Inuyasha asked for a bow and arrows handed it to him. "Is the Priestess well?" He asked at last, looking over at the temper tantrum Kagome's figure was fighting with the heavy sword.
"Eh..." Kagome began then shook her head. Why start telling him the whole story now? "She's not quite herself." She answered instead and ran past him to Sango. "Ready, Sango-chan?" She asked sweetly, though she did glance at Miroku through the side of her eye. "How many slaps would it be today?"
Shippo, lay on the ground. He's eyes still swirling. "D-don't worry... K- Kagome... I'll protect you from the d-d-demon..."
Gripping her boomerang, Sango nodded. Inuyasha still labored to lift the sword, swearing at it like a sailor. When he realized that swearing wouldn't work, he tried to coax it out, pleading to it, and then he went back to struggling. "Damn you, move!!"
Staring at her, or at least Kagome's body, Miroku felt his nose start to itch, and then he realized that the warm feeling on his upper lip was from blood. Well. Kagome was giving him a really good view of her panties when she bent over to lift that sword, after all...
Kagome noticed Miroku's odd look and followed his gaze. "INUYASHA!!!!" Kagome roared, right before she smacked Miroku. "Stop looking!!!" Kagome shouted.
"That one would be number fifteen," Sango dryly remarked, already walking away to fight the boar demon headed their way.
Inuyasha merely looked at Kagome. "What?" He felt his face scrunch up from frustration. "I want my sword back!" he complained. And then he realized that he didn't even know how to swing a sword. Which was crazy! Inuyasha knew perfectly well how to use a weapon! Suddenly, he felt very, very defenseless.
And Miroku knew just what to do in said situation.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome cried out. "Leave the sword! Find something else or go stay safe!" Kagome shouted at him, before blinking and wondering when she got so gutsy and brave. Sure, they were always protective of Inuyasha when he was in his human state that one time a month, but right now, she found herself damn near growling.
'Oh shit. A male's protective instinct. And there I thought it was all just a saying!' Kagome thought and then shuddered doing an odd little disgusted dance. "I want my old body back!" She hissed at last and turned a glare at Shippo. "Get Inuyasha away! Shippo! You are now in charge of Inuyasha's safety!" Kagome ordered but pounced, literally, over to Inuyasha, lifting the sword with ease before it transformed to a plain old Katana. "Here." She said then looked sheepish, as she urgently rubbed her toes through the grass. "Wanna show me the claw trick again? You know, in case, I, uh, run out of arrows."
He spread his old fingers wide. "Like this, and swing. You really can't screw it up, as long as you aim." Shippo climbed on his shoulder, and he huffed. He didn't need protection. Still.. He handed her the sheath. "Take this. It. eek!"
Swatting away Miroku's hand, he glared at the monk, who was whistling innocently. Being a female was annoying!!! He looked at Sango's retreating figure. No wonder she slapped him so much! Shippo tugged at his shirt. "Okay, okay, I'm coming."
Sango muttered to herself, drawing her boomerang. "No, please, everybody send Sango out to deal with the demon. I mean, I'm a demon exterminator and all, so what should I care if all of you sit around talking and groping each other, as long as the demon dies? Right?"
She faced the demon. It was large. Damn large demons. "And why should I care as long as I kill something?" she demanded, even though the demon wouldn't answer.
Kagome's ears twitched and she turned to look towards Sango.
Hearing the slap, Kagome whirled around and slapped Miroku for good measure. "That's MY ass you're touching!" Kagome yelled in Inuyasha's deep voice, looking somewhat territorial. Shuddering at the thought, Kagome grabbed Miroku's ear and pulled him. "Come on and help before Sango gets-" Kagome stopped mid-sentence, her jaw dropping to the floor.
"Oh. Wow. She's angry with you." Kagome commented watching Sango beat the crap out of the demon. Narrowing her eyes, Kagome turned a suspicious look at Miroku. "Say, Miroku... I know what happened in my world since last night... What happened here?" She asked, perhaps sounding a little too much like Shippo. But well, Shippo did hang around her a lot and slept in her sleeping bag with her. It was just an amount of time before she became as gossipy as he could.
Noticing Miroku wasn't replying right away, her curiosity perked and she focused even more of her attention on Miroku. Her golden eyes narrowing, as her voice dropped to be coaxing and sweet. "Miroku..? What happened here.?" She asked then jotted back. "Miroku. What did you do.?"
Lei Xang: Like I said. Shippo'll have stories to tell the world.. Besides, what's so bad about a twisted mind? ^_^ I like it personally!
Ghoul King: Oh. My. God. Ghoul King. Left speechless. This. Is a first! Quickly! Someone get a doctor! Are you feeling well? Do you need anything? Are you alright? A glass of water? A kiss from Shippo? Talk dammit! Talk! Live!
dinkydaelf: The only person not to complain about Shippo's emotional scarring! Yay! Isn't he just adorable though?
kris-chan: Just one night? I was laughing for a whole day and a half. hehehe. thinking about. I'm still giggling!
The-Real-Rosie-Gamgee: ROSIE!! What'd we do without you? Great Good Goodness, hopefully you'll think the same of this chapter!
jschu25: Baaah. I'm still shuddering over the aunt flo thing. See? Kouga and Inuyasha kissing I can handle.. The other. It would be too scarring and tormenting for Inuyasha's fragile psyche. ::thinks about it:: Won't it? Hmm. Oh no. See, now you got my cruel vibe going. Must restrain. Think. Care.About. Inuyasha's mental. Health!
All the rest of you WONDERFUL people! I just got too tired to reply to each one. Gomen. ::lowers eyes in shame:: But we do appreciate and absolutely adore you for your amazing reviews and are deliriously happy that you are enjoying the story so much!!! We are glad it's such a hit and hopefully you'll all enjoy this new chapter! Please read and review.But most of all. Laugh and enjoy!!!
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He stared between them, feeling confused, and huffed himself. "No! I want to know what the hell you two are talking about!! What do you mean she talks about me in her dreams? And what do you mean there's nothing impressive to look at? I. I can be impressive! And you just said you sometimes found me attractive yesterday!" He felt his face burn red both from the topic and from anger. "You had your hand down my pants!"
There was a tentative silence before Shippo finally explained. He pulled on his own ears. "She talks about these."
"What is it with the ears?" he grumbled, feeling stupid and utterly miffed. He watched them on his own head, and reached out and pulled them. Then he giggled. It was kind of fun..
Kagome glared at him. "Leggo of the ears." Kagome muttered the jumped back and gasped, her hand covering her mouth. "Inuyasha, we're starting to fit our bodies..." Kagome whispered and shook her head, as though that could get herself back to herself and be alien with the body. "We've got to switch back before... Ooo... Scratch... Right... There..." Kagome said as his fingers scratched the base of her ears, and suddenly she snapped her yellow eyes to attention, easily making him forget about the whole 'attractive' conversation. "I didn't know you could purr."
"Damn it! How come everybody calls it purring? It's manlier than purring! Besides, I'm a dog demon. It's.. manlier than purring. It's rumbling. Yeah, that'll work." Inuyasha rolled his eyes. 'Or something.' Please, he'd just giggled! He knew full well that he was starting to fit into Kagome's body more than. He got the strangest urge to lean over and kiss Kagome. Well, hell, it wasn't like he hadn't thought of doing that before! He just didn't know anymore of the thought was from his mind or her form. "If you tell anybody that actually like having my ears scratched." he warned. "Then. then." He found himself at a loss for a suitable threat. Instead, he heard himself speak and couldn't control himself.
"I want to kiss you."
Shippo glanced between them and felt his face go red. Okay, sure, so it looked like a really good scene from a play, the Princess protecting the Prince for a change, but still.. "Ahh! Inuyasha's trying to seduce Kagome!" He hopped up and shook a finger at Inuyasha. "You're worse than Miroku!"
His own face went red. "How is telling her I want to kiss her worse than suddenly groping her?!" he demanded, neglecting to mention that he hadn't meant to mention his comment.
Kagome felt heat. She felt warm and she realized she wasn't breathing, forcing herself to do so she stared at Inuyasha. "Wh-What do you mean?!" Kagome demanded, still feeling the blood pumping through her. He wanted to kiss her? Really? He actually wanted to kiss her? But what about Kikyo? Did this mean he loved her too? He wanted to kiss her? How long did he want to kill her? Was he just saying this because of his new XX chromosomes?
Shippo stared, he was going redder then red and his shrieking was louder then anything any living creature could produce. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! You are trying to seduce him- err her!!!! After kissing her you'll grope her!!! You're going to break her!!!! MEANIE!!! You still are hooked up with Kikyo and are seducing Kagome!!! WAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Shippo started screaming running around the two in feverish circles. "This isn't suitable conversation for such a poor young innocent like myself to hear!! AHHHHHHHH!!!!" Shippo screamed loud enough to alert the whole village, before leaping into the air and throwing his famous crying mushroom attack at Inuyasha. "YOU'RE TRYING TO CURROPT ME TOO!"
Inuyasha grabbed him and covered his mouth with his hand, not noticing as he accidentally mashed the little demon into the breasts of Kagome's body. Inuyasha's face was about as red as Shippo's. The damn brat was going to alert the whole village and then come in here and drag him off and beat him. And since only Kaede knew that they had switched bodies, they would end up dragging away the wrong body and Kagome would be the one feeling all the pain of a stoning, which (let's face it) just plain old wouldn't be good for their relationship. Or lack thereof.
Nodding, he repeated himself, and felt his heart beat quicken. "I want to kiss you, Kagome. I've wanted to. for a while. Remember? I almost kissed you once, but you freaked out and." His face plummeted. "And Shippo's in your breasts, isn't he? That's why you're glaring at me, aren't you?"
Kagome nodded slowly. "You're suffocating him in my chest." Kagome said moving forward and grabbing Shippo out of her cleavage, holding him before her protectively. Kagome didn't notice that he just forced the poor, obviously tormented and obviously scarred for the rest of his life demon kid, into the seam of Inuyasha's pants. "You did?" She asked softly, her mouth falling into a small 'o' shape. "Really?" Kagome whispered in awe, which with Inuyasha's vocal cords came out as dumbstruck. Inuyasha just didn't handle 'awe' very well, as it seemed. "Well, I freaked out because... because..." Kagome turned her eyes away. 'I wasn't ready! And... You just told me about Kikyo... and... I didn't realize I love you!' Kagome heart finished the sentence for her, while her mouth felt dry. "What are you glaring at me for?"
"Mmmfffphhh..." Shippo groaned out from behind Kagome's clamped-on-his- mouth-and-nose hand.
Letting go of Shippo, Inuyasha told the kid to run. Shippo did so. Then he turned all his attention back to Kagome, his blush having tied down, but only slightly. "Well? Are you actually going to say something or just stammer?" he demanded, but his voice was weak and his face fell a moment later. "Sorry," he said with his eyes down to the ground. "For snapping. And for suffocating Shippo." He was trying to be nice, recalling that she said she liked him best when he was being nice, but it was just so hard!!
"Shippo deserved to be suffocated." Kagome said, covering her ears from the kids incessant shouts. "You know Kaede, Sango and Miroku are going to be here in three shakes of Kirara's tail, right?" Kagome asked. Regaining some of her composure, Kagome shook her head, fanning silver hair everywhere and stumping her bare foot on the floor. "Say something?! Say what?! Next you're going to tell me to do something and YOU are the boy! You need to do it!"
"Fine then!" he retaliated, as if that was an argument. Grabbing her, he darted forward and pressed his lips against hers, pausing when his brain finally caught up to his body and realized that he was kissing her. Or kissing himself while he was in her body. Sometimes his life was just too weird.
Kagome stared at him, then finally closed her eyes. It was nice... Kissing him.. and... Kagome yelped and jumped back. "I just kissed myself!" She yelled flushed. Cracking one eye open, Kagome hoped to find herself in her own body. Like with all of the good ol' Disney movies, everything is righted by true loves kiss.... And oh, how she did love Inuyasha, and he just proved that he loved her back. But no.
Of course not.
Why should life be so easy?
"I.. Um. Thank you?" Kagome really didn't know what to say. Kiss me again, was too wanton. I liked that, was too silly, she doubted 'ewwwwwwwwww I felt myself kissing' was the right comment. "We. Um. Should. Uh. Try... that... again. Sometime. You know, when.. Uh.. we're ourselves??"
"Really?" he asked hopefully. He wiped his mouth, still tasting himself on his lips, which was kind of freaky. But his eyes shone. "You mean it, Kagome?" And then he hugged her, burying his face in his old red jacket. He didn't need to be a demon to hear the approaching footsteps of people as Shippo continued to tell them that Inuyasha was seducing Kagome. Damn it! Why couldn't the kiss have worked? It could have fit Ryoga's damn riddle!
"I'm telling you Sango," Shippo said as he rode on Sango's shoulder. "He was leaning over Kagome and feeling her up and then he said that he wanted to kiss her! He was going to seduce her with me right there in the room with her!"
Sango glanced over to the monk, ignoring the villagers behind them. Oh, she wouldn't kill Inuyasha, maybe just maim him a bit. Her glance turned into a glare. "You and Inuyasha have been spending far too much time together!"
Miroku paled as a sweat drop collected at his temple. "Sango! That is unfair!" Miroku protested, walking indignantly with his staff by his side. 'Inuyasha, after all of your yelling at me for my being a lecherous monk... To seduce a Priestess? Kagome at that!' Miroku couldn't quite hide his satisfied grin, as his hand tightened around his staff. He was going to kick Inu-boy's ass.
Shippo ran beside them, ranting and raving now. "And he's eyes grew HUGE! I mean... ENORMOUS! Drool collected at his mouth! He began running his hands over her possessively! He even tried to seduce MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Shippo whined, still trying to get over his disgust and shock. "He shoved me into Kagome's chest! When I fought bravely trying to protect her, he tried to suffocate me in her yabows!" Shippo told them, "And poor Kagome coward in fear! I fought him! I bit him and he fought me, yelling he wanted her and he would seduce her with kisses!"
Miroku glanced at Sango. "Lady, for all I am, you know I am not that awful." He said then turned his questioning look while his hand, unyielding to his wants and attempts of control sneaked out to squeeze one of Lady Sango's perfectly rounded-
SMACK!
Miroku walked on proudly, the red hand mark on his cheek burning.
'Is it sad that I think he likes that?' Sango asked herself, feeling the sweat drop sense the perfect opportunity to land on her own head. She didn't even bother to swat it away, just to collapse under its weight. When Shippo still continued, Sango looked down at him. "That's all right, Shippo," she said understandingly. "I think we get the picture now."
But what a picture it was! When they opened the door to Kaede's hut, they expected to find (in Sango's worst versions) clothes strewn about the room belonging to both sexes, moans filling the air, and enough nudity to make Miroku start to call her perverted. Meaning, of course, that Inuyasha was wearing swimming trunks brought from Kagome's time and Kagome was in her bra and panties. Incidentally, in the better versions. actually, there were no better versions.
Instead, she found Inuyasha and Kagome sitting feet apart, both of them looking disgusted and embarrassed all at the same time. She glared at Shippo, who now meekly bore the floating drop of sweat. "This is the man who was already starting to 'make babies', as you put it, when you left the room?"
Shippo scratched his head nervously. "I may have gotten a little carried away.."
Kagome looked up at them. Feeling even more embarrassed, Kagome steeled herself. What did she have to feel embarrassed for? Nothing! They didn't walk... in... on anything.
Instead, Kagome smiled brightly. "Hi!" She said a little too brightly to fit into Inuyasha's body and still seem sane. Kagome then pinned Shippo with her yellow eyes. "Shippo? Babies?" Kagome inquired, she couldn't look at Inuyasha, she knew that she was on the verge of a full tomato imitation again.
"What he been telling you?" She demanded instead, noticing a red mark on Miroku's cheek and sighing. All men were perverts, she thought then snapped to attention. Being in a male body... did that turn her into one too?? Noooooooooo!!!!!
"He said that you were trying to seduce Kagome," Sango answered, glaring at Inuyasha's body, unaware of the predicament.
The real Inuyasha, however, immediately jumped to his defense. "I didn't try and seduce Kagome!" he protested, stomping his foot like a little child. Then he realized that he had done that and the sweat drop attacked its newest victim. Inuyasha swatted it away and it promptly died, having met with the most unlikely person in the series to ever sweat drop. "I mean. I need out!"
The monk and the demon exterminator were going to make a comment about this odd behavior when the not-so unthinkable happened. A villager came running up, and told them that a demon was attacking the village. Sango looked bored, and wished she could crawl back into bed. "That's what? The fourth demon this morning alone?"
Kagome leapt up. "What's a demon doing attacking here?" She asked worriedly, unaware that they were expecting her to wield Inuyasha's sword. "Eh? What? What are you looking like that at me for?" Kagome demanded backing up slowly.
Running to Kagome, Shippo climbed over the red robes and hung on her sleeve. "Hey, Kagome," He whispered, eyes narrowed. "Did Inuyasha manage to seduce you?" He asked but at the sound of a demon attacking, he froze, unclenched his hands, and fell to the ground. With a thump. Flat on his back, hands and feet springing straight up from his body, his eyes huge and unblinking, while his teeth were chattering like mad.
"You do the play dead thing really well, Shippo," Inuyasha grumbled as he took the sword, drawing it from its scabbard, that still hung off his belt, from his old body. He smiled when it transformed. "I don't know what it's doing here but it's got a date to meet it's maker!"
And then he fell over from the weight of the sword. Inuyasha cursed wildly and tried to pick it up, to no avail. "Great! I can't wield my own sword and Kagome can't make it transform! This is just f." And the second string of expletives rolled out of his mouth.
Sango stared at them. Then she looked over at Miroku, and saw that he wasn't even watching what was going on his eyes were focused down and behind her. She groaned, giving him a light slap on his already stinging cheek. "Great. I'm the only sane one here."
Kagome shook her head. "No! I'm also sane! I can help too! I just need a bow and arrows." Kagome said having faith, that since she still possessed her Priestess soul, she could still shoot energy arrows. A villager still not quite clear on what was going on, but knowing Inuyasha asked for a bow and arrows handed it to him. "Is the Priestess well?" He asked at last, looking over at the temper tantrum Kagome's figure was fighting with the heavy sword.
"Eh..." Kagome began then shook her head. Why start telling him the whole story now? "She's not quite herself." She answered instead and ran past him to Sango. "Ready, Sango-chan?" She asked sweetly, though she did glance at Miroku through the side of her eye. "How many slaps would it be today?"
Shippo, lay on the ground. He's eyes still swirling. "D-don't worry... K- Kagome... I'll protect you from the d-d-demon..."
Gripping her boomerang, Sango nodded. Inuyasha still labored to lift the sword, swearing at it like a sailor. When he realized that swearing wouldn't work, he tried to coax it out, pleading to it, and then he went back to struggling. "Damn you, move!!"
Staring at her, or at least Kagome's body, Miroku felt his nose start to itch, and then he realized that the warm feeling on his upper lip was from blood. Well. Kagome was giving him a really good view of her panties when she bent over to lift that sword, after all...
Kagome noticed Miroku's odd look and followed his gaze. "INUYASHA!!!!" Kagome roared, right before she smacked Miroku. "Stop looking!!!" Kagome shouted.
"That one would be number fifteen," Sango dryly remarked, already walking away to fight the boar demon headed their way.
Inuyasha merely looked at Kagome. "What?" He felt his face scrunch up from frustration. "I want my sword back!" he complained. And then he realized that he didn't even know how to swing a sword. Which was crazy! Inuyasha knew perfectly well how to use a weapon! Suddenly, he felt very, very defenseless.
And Miroku knew just what to do in said situation.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome cried out. "Leave the sword! Find something else or go stay safe!" Kagome shouted at him, before blinking and wondering when she got so gutsy and brave. Sure, they were always protective of Inuyasha when he was in his human state that one time a month, but right now, she found herself damn near growling.
'Oh shit. A male's protective instinct. And there I thought it was all just a saying!' Kagome thought and then shuddered doing an odd little disgusted dance. "I want my old body back!" She hissed at last and turned a glare at Shippo. "Get Inuyasha away! Shippo! You are now in charge of Inuyasha's safety!" Kagome ordered but pounced, literally, over to Inuyasha, lifting the sword with ease before it transformed to a plain old Katana. "Here." She said then looked sheepish, as she urgently rubbed her toes through the grass. "Wanna show me the claw trick again? You know, in case, I, uh, run out of arrows."
He spread his old fingers wide. "Like this, and swing. You really can't screw it up, as long as you aim." Shippo climbed on his shoulder, and he huffed. He didn't need protection. Still.. He handed her the sheath. "Take this. It. eek!"
Swatting away Miroku's hand, he glared at the monk, who was whistling innocently. Being a female was annoying!!! He looked at Sango's retreating figure. No wonder she slapped him so much! Shippo tugged at his shirt. "Okay, okay, I'm coming."
Sango muttered to herself, drawing her boomerang. "No, please, everybody send Sango out to deal with the demon. I mean, I'm a demon exterminator and all, so what should I care if all of you sit around talking and groping each other, as long as the demon dies? Right?"
She faced the demon. It was large. Damn large demons. "And why should I care as long as I kill something?" she demanded, even though the demon wouldn't answer.
Kagome's ears twitched and she turned to look towards Sango.
Hearing the slap, Kagome whirled around and slapped Miroku for good measure. "That's MY ass you're touching!" Kagome yelled in Inuyasha's deep voice, looking somewhat territorial. Shuddering at the thought, Kagome grabbed Miroku's ear and pulled him. "Come on and help before Sango gets-" Kagome stopped mid-sentence, her jaw dropping to the floor.
"Oh. Wow. She's angry with you." Kagome commented watching Sango beat the crap out of the demon. Narrowing her eyes, Kagome turned a suspicious look at Miroku. "Say, Miroku... I know what happened in my world since last night... What happened here?" She asked, perhaps sounding a little too much like Shippo. But well, Shippo did hang around her a lot and slept in her sleeping bag with her. It was just an amount of time before she became as gossipy as he could.
Noticing Miroku wasn't replying right away, her curiosity perked and she focused even more of her attention on Miroku. Her golden eyes narrowing, as her voice dropped to be coaxing and sweet. "Miroku..? What happened here.?" She asked then jotted back. "Miroku. What did you do.?"