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"M-Master!" Shippou squeaked, in astonishment. "You do not truly intend on helping them, do you?!" His question was returned by a harsh glare from Naraku. "Yes, I do." He stated, making it obvious that he did not wish to dwell on the subject. Kanna smiled, yet Shippou could not get that surprised look off of his face. Naraku ignored him, and turned to Kohaku. "How do you plan to return us to our normal forms, little brother?"

Kohaku hesitated. "Naraku is going to help us." He remained silent, but Shippou shrieked. "NARAKU?! That fiend! You cannot trust him! Lord Sesshomaru, you *know* he tried to kill you before!" Naraku glared down at him. "Silence, Jaken." Miroku twitched at Shippou's outburst. "You can't think that we actually *want* to help that bastard and his minions!" Kikyou nodded. "We all hate Naraku, and Sesshomaru may be able to figure out how to reverse this.." "So we could change it back ourselves and kill Naraku!" Miroku announced, confidently. Naraku frowned.

"And tell me... Kouga, isn't it? Tell me Kouga... What exactly do you take me for?" Naraku asked, speaking sternly. Miroku blinked, with a clueless expression on his face. "Don't you think that there may even be a slight chance that I've tried to fix this before?" Miroku blinked again. "Hm... didn't think of that." Naraku glared at him. "It would seem that you didn't." Kagura's eyes widened. "So you've tried it already?" "Of course I have." Kagura sighed. "Then we'll have to return to the castle." Kouga said, stating the thoughts of all of them. "For now, at least."

"What are you suggesting?" Kikyou asked, with a blink. "As much as I hate to admit it, Naraku isn't an idiot. Don't you think he'd expect an attack the second after all of this ends?" Kouga nodded. "Hai, he would. We need to devise a plan..."

"In case you forgot.." Kohaku began, with anger in his voice. "We don't have the time to plan ahead! It was in the middle of the night when I caused this to happen, and it's almost sunset now!" Naraku raised his eyebrow. "Oh, so you are to blame for this aren't you, little brother?" Miroku nodded. "Does it really surprise you that much?" He asked, as both he and Naraku glared at Kohaku. "Not at all." Naraku stated, in a way that seemed very insulting. Kohaku twitched. "You two had better start writing up your last wills!" He swatted at them with his hand, but as soon as his hand hit Naraku's arm it felt like he broke a bone. "Itai!!" He yelled, and began rubbing his hand as Naraku and Miroku laughed. Kohaku was muttering angrily about nothing in particular, but words such as 'stupid' and 'human' and 'weak' could be made out.

"You didn't hurt yourself, did you inu-koro?" Miroku taunted, and Kohaku held up the blade of the kusarikama. "I'm gonna make you regret that, you-!" Before he managed to say what he was, Kagura spread out her arms in between them. "Guys! We've got to work together, at least for now!" Kohaku crossed his arms. "Feh, they're not worth it anyway." It looked as though he was going to say more, but was halted by a harsh glare from Kagome. "Now then!" She clapped her hands together and smiled. "I want all of you guys to apologize to each other!" ~I've got to keep things positive, at least for now. After all, *someone* has to keep things peaceful in this group.~

Neither of the three, Naraku, Miroku, or Kohaku, said anything. They were just staring at Kagura as though she were some kind of freak at the circus who little kids threw tomatoes at. She sighed. "Fine then, Don't apologize! Just stop fighting, all right?" There was another pause. She made a small 'ahem' noise. "ALL RIGHT?!" Kohaku put away the kusarikama. "Feh, whatever." Kagome smiled again. "Okay then, It's settled! We're going to work together, go to the castle, and change everything to the way it used to be! Who's with me?" There were small murmurs amongst the group, forming words such as 'yeah' or 'sure' or 'fine' or 'whatever'.

Kagura sighed, but apparently that was good enough for her. "Okay~! Since all of you couldn't possibly fit on one of my feathers, we're going to walk! Come on guys, follow me! We're going to go get our bodies back!" She lead the way. ~You can't get along with anybody, can you Inuyasha? You're so stubborn...~ She thought. Jaken was following her closely. ~There's no way I could survive being this ugly! I hope we don't get there too late!~ Alongside Jaken was Kohaku. ~Those jerks... I'll have them cowering in fear once i get my claws back!~ Behind them were Kikyou ~I can't live by stealing the souls of young women... I just can't!~ and Kouga ~Damn you, Naraku! What is it that you're planning?~

Then following behind them were Miroku ~What if we don't succeed? Damnit, Kagome's my woman! Not Kagura!~ and Naraku ~Litlle brother has some very... odd... companions.~ and Kanna, walking next to Naraku. ~Sesshomaru-sama's brothers' friend is weird!~ In the very back of the group was Shippou, who was frequently glancing up at Naraku. ~Lord Sesshomaru, how can you work with this half breed scum?! This is an outrage I tell you! AN OUTRAGE!~