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Gomen! I skipped a chapter! This chapter used to be # 3, and number 3 was #4, and number... (you get the point) sorry if it was confusing when you read it before! though I sorta lost chapter the real chapter two, so I'll just update this chapter two to fill in a few things, okay? So instead of getting the real chapter two in, I'm going to give you two chapters in this one being the lazy bum I am. Even though it'll count as one chapter.
But would this be chapter 2, or chapter 3? or both of them in chapter two? or just one long chapter? Or...
Wow, confusing.
Baka - Stupid/Idiot
Sumimasen - Excuse me
Ai shiteru - I love you
Arigatou - Thank you
Gomen nasi - I'm sorry
ookami - wolf
youkai - demon
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They each exchanged confused stares. "Kohaku? I't me! Sango!" Sango exclaimed. "Who the hell are you calling Kohaku?" Inuyasha asked. Sango blinked. Kohaku would never say anything in that kind of attitude. "..Inuyasha?" She asked, hardly believing it was true. "Who else could I be, Kikyou?" He asked, staring at her. "Look at yourself!" Sango replied. "You look exactly like my brother!" Inuyasha looked down at his body, and gasped.
He no longer had his own body; he was Kohaku. "Your brother..." He paused. "Wait a minute -- Sango?!" Sango nodded. "Somethings wrong with you, Inuyasha!" "Something's wrong with me? What the hell are you doing in Kikyou's body?" "What are you --" Sango paused, and observed herself just as Inuyasha had done. She wasn't Sango, and he was'nt Inuyasha. She was Kikyou, and he was Kohaku. Kikyou looked up at Kohaku. "Inuyasha..." She began, shakily. "What happened since you entered his cave?"
Kohaku hesitated, and then explained to her exactly what happened. The only part he failed to mention was that he took the item afterwards. "...and then I saw you." He finished. "Baka! What the hell did you think you were doing?! This was your fault!" Kikyou yelled, shortening Kohaku's temper. "Well what would the almighty demon exterminator have done?" "The almighty demon exterminator would have observed it first, to make sure it was safe! Did you forget that you were in the Cave of Onigumo?! BAKA!"
"It doesn't matter if it's my fault or not, because we've got to leave this cave! Forget how it happened, let's just concentrate on getting us back again!" Kohaku shouted, and Kikyou had to admit that he had a point. "I guess you're right..." "Of course I'm right! Now let's go!"
The two walked out of the cave, but those who greeted them on the outside put a frown on their faces. There was an ookami youkai with black hair, a kaze sorceress with a white fan, and an ugly little toad. Kohaku glared at the three of them. "So, you guys think that if you work together you'll stand a chance against me?" He asked, "Well think again!" He reached for the -- wait a minute, where was his Tetsusaiga?! ~SOMEONE STOLE MY-- Oh yeah, I'm in Kohaku's body now. DAMNIT!~ He instead held up the kusarikama. Kohaku held the chain and the blade. Kikyou had a bow and an arrow. These weapons couldn't be too hard to use, could they?
There was only one way to find out.
The answer? They were. Kohaku tried to throw the blade, but it fell to the ground less than 6 feet in front of him. Kikyou actually managed to fire the sacred arrow, but her aim wasn't exactly the best. It landed to the far right of the rightmost of the three, and stopped glowing with sacredyness(yes, sacredyness.) when it hit the ground. They were about to begin their secnd attempts, but
"Wait!" Kagura yelled. "It may look like it, but we're not your enemies! Don't attack us!" She said, in an almost pleading voice. "She's telling the truth! Don't shoot us!" Jaken squeaked. Kouga nodded, and stepped foreward. "We speak the truth. I am Miroku, Kagura is Kagome, and Jaken is Shippou. We figured that the same happened to you Inuyasha, and you as well Sango." He said calmly, as Kohaku crossed his arms. ~He thinks he's so smart...~ He thought, and Kikyou blushed in embarrasment. "Sorry for attacking you; we weren't too sure what happened ourselves. Inuyasha caused it, though."
Kouga couldn't help but chuckle a bit. "Ah, so it was Inuyasha's fault now was it?" "Shut up!" Kohaku yelled. He explained what happened for a second time, but this time making it sound like he didn't do anything and it was the sphere's fault. Kikyou rolled her eyes.
"We'll fix this tomorrow." Kagura stated, with a yawn. Her yawn caused Kohaku and Kikyou to yawn as well. "Right now we could all use some rest. Tomorrow morning, we'll go find Naraku and ask him how to reverse it." The other four of them looked at Kagura with an expression that reads 'Are you out of your mind?!'. "Kagome... what makes you think he will help us?" Kouga asked. "Oh, that's simple!" She said, with confidence. "It probably happened to him as well, and he'll want his own body back as much as we want ours!" "But what if it didn't happen to him?" Kikyou asked.
"Well, then we'll just have to wing it." Kagura shrugged. Kohaku sighed. "Fine. First thing in the morning, we seek out Naraku. Sound good?" The rest of them nodded, and with that, they all got some shut eye.
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Kohaku awakened early that morning, and got to his feet. Truth was, he barely slept at all that night. He stood up, and looked down at his comrades. Then he looked up into the sky, and saw the sun was almost directly above their heads. Thinking that they should find away to reverse what had happened to them, he needed to wake the others. Finding the easiest and fastest way he could, Kohaku took a deep breath.
"GET UP!!!" He yelled, at nearly the top of his lungs. Sure enough, they all sprung awake. "Why did you have to do that?" Kikyou asked, sitting up and rubbing one of her eyes. "That's because he's a stubborn jerk!" Kagura replied, standing up. "Osuwari!" Kohaku winced, waiting for her words to take action. Nothing happened. Kohaku blinked, and looked down at his chest.
"Ha! I'm in Kohaku's body, baka! That won't work!" Kohaku stated, proudly. At least this human body wasn't too pathetic. "And since Kagome is in Kagura's body, she can't do it even if you were Inuyasha." Jaken said, reaching his feet. Kagura looked a bit disappointed. ~Oh well, I'll get him back for everything when we're out of this mess. Let me see here... One for making this happen in the first place, and one for waking us early. That's two.~ She plotted in her head, and from now on keeping track of how many times she is to say 'osuwari'. ~Oh, and one more for calling me an idiot.~ Kagura's thoughts seemed to cheer her up.
Kouga stood up, and the others who were still on the ground did the same. "How shall we go about returning to our normal states?" Kouga pondered aloud. Kohaku had been thinking about that almost all night, therefor had an answer. "We're going to seek out Naraku, or whoever his body was switched with. That sphere was in his cave, so he should know how to fix it." Kagura hesitated slightly, not sure if this plan of his would work or not.
"What makes you think that Naraku will aid us?" Kikyou asked, doubtfully. "How do we even know that this happened to Naraku as well, for that matter?" Kouga added. If the sphere was indeed crafted by Naraku, then wouldn't he block the effects from happening to himself in some magical way?
"At lease two of his minions were affected. Probably Kanna as well." Kohaku said, simply. "Sumimasen?" Kikyou cut in, looking angered. "Kohaku is not a minion of Naraku!" She yelled, and Kohaku glared at her. "Naraku has taken control of your little brother, and that makes him as good as a minion!" "That's a lie!" Kikyou spat, even though she knew that Kohaku was pretty accurate in his statement.
"Feh, whatever you say. You know that he is, you just won't accept it." Kohaku murmured quietly, crossing his arms. Kikyou took a step towards him. "Say that to my face, baka!" She reached over her shoulder and placed her hand on the bow. "You guys!" Came the voice of Jaken. "Stop fighting! We're supposed to be working together!" Kagura nodded in agreement. "Ja- I mean Shippou -- is right."
Glancing at the other four, Kouga spoke. "Well then, shouldn't we be off now?" Kohaku nodded. "Right. Let's go find Naraku." Kohaku lead the way as they began to make there way towards the forest.
After a few hours of aimless wandering, Kagura pointed out a very familiar looking branch. Insisting that he knew where he was going and not traveling in circles, Kohaku continued to lead them. After Kikyou spotted that same branch for a second time and Kouga noticing the group's tracks on the ground, Kagura replaced Inuyasha in taking the lead.
They didn't have to go very far until they heard voices, and very well known voices at that. One of them spoke. "You may find it hard to believe, but I am not who I appear!" Gaining interest in what this mysterious person said, Kagura lead them closer. When near enough, they hid behind a few bushes and trees so they could not be seen. Kagura struggled to not let out a gasp when she saw that Miroku was the one who spoke, and Kagome was facing him.
~So that means that those two must be..~ Kagura began, but Kohaku finished her though in words. "Kouga and Kagura." He whispered, keeping his voice low so they could eavesdrop. "I see. Then who are you?" Kagome asked. "I'm Kouga. Last night I saw some sort of green light, and it went through me. Before I knew it, my appearance was changed. You must believe me, Kagome!" Miroku said, in a pleading sort of way.
Kagome smiled, and walked towards Miroku. She them embraced him. "Oh Kouga, of course I believe you." She then spoftly spoke the words "Ai shiteru." This shocked him, as well as Kohaku and Kagura. Miroku told Kagome that he felt the same way. Kohaku shot a glare at Kagura, as though suspecting that those words were how Kagome actually felt for Kouga. Kagura didn't seem to notice this, though. She clenched her fist. ~Yeah, right! What does Kagura think she's doing? Posing as me! Hmph!~
Miroku returned the embrace, but then Kagome backed out of it. "Kouga, since you're in Miroku's body, then you must have his three jewel shards with you, right?" Miroku paused for a moment, then found that he did indeed have three jewel shards at the time. "Yes, I do. Why?" Kagome smiled. "Kouga, you must give them to me." Miroku paused at this. "You're going to give them to that *inu-koro, aren't you?" His voice raised suspicion.
Kagome looked as though she were going to burst into tears at any given moment. "I have never liked Inuyasha! He just uses me as a jewel detector! Do you not trust me? Am I not your woman anymore?" Kagura had to admit that she sure did know what it was like to be Kagome. ~Maybe she's right... Maybe Inuyasha does use me for nothing save a jewel detector...~
Miroku looked relieved. "Of course I trust you. You may have them." He placed three jewel shards into Kagome's hand. "Arigatou." She said, and then began to walk away. "Kagome, wait!" Miroku called, outstretching his hand. "You're not just going to leave, are you?" Kagome stopped, and turned around to face Miroku. "Oh, gomen nasi. How could I have ever forgotten?" A smirk stretched across Kagome's face as she brought her arms behind her shoulders and placed them around her bow and an arrow. She held up the bow and readied the arrow for fire. She was still facing Miroku.
His eyes widened. "What are you doing, Kagome?!" He asked in shock, and Kagome's smirk widened. "It is time..." She placed the arrow on the string, and pulled back. The arrow was pointed at his heart. "...For you to die." Kagome released the arrow.
