Chapter 4: Why am I You?
***Once again thanks to all reviewers...I wrote this chapter right after I
wrote chapter three...So You all know who you are.***
***warning I promised a long one****
***I do not own Inuyasha...there, I said it, can you let me out of the padded
room now?***
The Hanyou stopped abruptly looking up at the god tree. What would he say to her? 'Kagome I don't love Kikyou, your mine stop whining?' That wouldn't work and he knew it. He took a deep sigh and turned to her. He could see her hot salty tears streaking down her cheeks, making her eyes glitter in the moonlight. She was beautiful. Her mystical black hair fell peacefully over her face as the wind caught it and wisped it in every which way. Her short emerald skirt swayed silently over her perfect pale thighs. 'I'm as bad as Miroku.' He thought as he glanced up and down her body.
"Kagome...Kikyou is..." He didn't know how to even begin. He didn't want her to know that he had these feelings but in so many ways he did. He loved Kikyou didn't he? But he also loved Kagome. Why was this so difficult? "Well...She is..."
"Here." Said a voice from behind the god tree. Inuyasha and Kagome both turned to look at the beautiful dead priestess. Her black hair fell neatly into a ponytail at the back of her head as some loose strands danced around her neck. She held her bow in her right hand while a quiver of arrows hung over her left shoulder.
"Kikyou..." Inuyasha couldn't do anymore but say her name and stare. In his mind played a battle. He loved both the girls very much. He could feel Kagome's hand grip his tighter and her breathing begin to quicken with fear. Kikyou had tried to kill Kagome on more then one occasion so her reaction was only natural.
"Don't worry, I'm not hear to socialize. Nor am I here to take you to hell. The truth is that I'm sick of living Inuyasha." Kikyou's eyes looked at him plainly. No emotion seemed to seep out of their dark depths. "I want to return my soul to its rightful owner. We must seek out my sister." Kagome couldn't believe what she was hearing; Kikyou was actually giving her soul back.
"Kikyou...I can't let you die." Inuyasha's voice trembled.
"Its not me you love Inuyasha. You love the memory of me. I see it in you. The way you look at the other. But it will be up to you to make that decision. As for myself, I have already chosen my path. Naraku is dead. I shall fallow him." Kagome didn't understand. Inuyasha loved another person? Was it her? No it couldn't be. He hated to even look at her, and after Kikyou was gone she was sure he wouldn't even be able to stand being near her. Kagome could see the pain in Inuyasha's face. "If this is what you truly want Kikyou, I will take you to Kaede." Kagome was shocked to hear those words. But she supposed that Inuyasha would want Kikyou to be happy.
Inuyasha let go of Kagome's hand and grabbed his former lovers. He knew Kagome would be upset by this action but at that moment he didn't care. Kikyou needed him more then ever right now. "I can walk by myself Inuyasha." She snapped at him hastily. He sighed and withdrew his hand from hers.
"Fallow me." He said looking at Kikyou. Kagome felt like crying again. She knew that he loved Kikyou but she couldn't help feeling betrayed and Jealous. She fallowed behind Kikyou, back to the village and into Kaede's hut.
"My dear sister, what brings ye here?" Asked an elderly woman dressed in a white kimono with red pants.
"I need you to create a soul escape ritual. I want to die Kaede." She replied.
"I thought that ye would come soon for that reason. So I've already gathered all the necessary ingredients. Kagome, sit on the ground across from Kikyou. Inuyasha have a seat away from them. Ye don't want to get mixed up into the circle that I have to cast." Kagome slowly sat down on the ground across from the serious looking miko. It was like gazing at her own reflection however; Kagome's innocents and love were nowhere to be found in the priestess's eyes. Kaede took out some herbs from a few clay pots on the ground. She sprinkled them around the two girls hastily while singing;
"I cast the circle to keep evil out, To bring about my magical work, To shelter these souls, And Keep them safe from harm."
She sang the verse about five or six times while sprinkling different herbs, water, and salt around them. She then lit a fire off to the side of the circle and began throwing herbs in it mumbling words that no one seemed to understand. Kagome took the time to study her reflection. Kikyou looked exactly like her, it was almost scary. She had so many questions to ask the young miko, she wanted to know more about Inuyasha's past. Suddenly she felt a tingling sensation all over her body and she watched as Kikyou began to cough. Little blue glowing balls seemed to escape her mouth.
"No! Inuyasha!" She heard Kaede scream in the distance. It was too late. Inuyasha had already entered the circle and grasped both girls' shoulders firmly.
"Idiot." He heard Kikyou say hoarsely as he watched her drop to the ground and her body turn to ash. There was an unexpected blinding light and Inuyasha's skull felt like it was going to burst open. Kagome and Inuyasha both fell to the ground.
Inuyasha wasn't quite sure how long he had been sleeping but he felt totally different. 'Kikyou...why?' he asked himself as he rose up off the floor.
"Oh thank goodness Kagome. I wasn't sure what would happen when Inuyasha got involved with that spell, but it looks like nothing went wrong. Finally my sister can rest."
"What are you talking about hag Kagome is still..." He stopped realizing something wasn't right. His voice was way off. He took a sniff of the air. It was exactly like he was human again.
"Oh no." He heard Kaede say wide eyed as she looked over him. "Inuyasha?" She asked questioning.
"What?" He replied angrily.
"Your Kagome....look beside you." Inuyasha glanced beside him, sleeping near the fire curled up in a ball was himself. "What the fuck happened?" He asked angrily.
"Your in Kagome's body...I'm afraid you will have to find a way out. Souls are tricky, each one is different...no spell can correct this I'm afraid."
"So I'm stuck like this?"
"Not only like that, once the transformation has been confirmed ye will start to feel Kagome's feelings. Probably end up acting as if ye were her. I'm not sure exactly what will happen, but when two souls switch its always a disaster." Inuyasha couldn't believe what he was hearing. He walked towards his own unconscious body cursing the shoes that were on his feat. He stared at his own face for a while wondering how they were going to get out of this one when he saw his eyes begin to flutter. '3,2,1' he thought to himself.
"Ahhhhhh!" He heard a scream in his voice ring out. "Kikyou became me!"
"Kikyou did not become you, you became me and I became you wench." Inuyasha replied in a girly tone.
"Oh my god! Inuyasha?"
"Yeah."
"What do we do?"
"I don't know. We go tell the others and I guess I've gotta train you how to fight in my body wench." He was quite angered at hearing his own voice sound so wimpy.
"Now Kagome. Ye will start to feel like Inuyasha, his adrenaline, his strength...everything will start to come to ye...hmm maybe this will be a good thing for the two of ye since ye can't seem to get along. Ye will have a better understanding of each other." With that Kaede shoved them both out of hut to go talk with Miroku, Sango and Shippo about what happened.
Outside the hut the bickering could be heard from miles away. Passers by stopped to stare at the girly hanyou and the mannish miko.
"Your body is so pitiful Kagome."
"Mine? Your is a wreck!"
"I hope that I never start getting your feelings. I hope Kaede was wrong about that part!"
"Do you think I want to be like you!"
"Maybe you do? I don't know. Maybe you like my power, maybe you want to use it to go collect the Jewel shards all on your own and forget me here." 'Those aren't my thoughts.' Inuyasha thought to himself. 'Why the hell would I even think something like that...is that how Kagome thinks...damn girls are weird.'
"Inuyasha Sit!" Kagome screamed.
A smile spread quickly on the body of Kagome. Inuyasha could say sit and sit Kagome now. She would deserve it. "Kagome." He said calmly. "You can't sit me in that body."
BANG
Kagome ended up on the ground with a face full of mud. It hurt. She couldn't believe how much it hurt. Hot tears streaked down her cheeks. "Owwwwwwwww!" She wailed loudly.
"Quit it idiot! I'm not like that. Your making me look like a fool!"
"It hurts!"
"Well now you know how I feel. Congradufuckulations." He said glaring at her. With that he walked off towards the hut leaving Kagome to cry while the spell wore off.
***Once again thanks to all reviewers...I wrote this chapter right after I
wrote chapter three...So You all know who you are.***
***warning I promised a long one****
***I do not own Inuyasha...there, I said it, can you let me out of the padded
room now?***
The Hanyou stopped abruptly looking up at the god tree. What would he say to her? 'Kagome I don't love Kikyou, your mine stop whining?' That wouldn't work and he knew it. He took a deep sigh and turned to her. He could see her hot salty tears streaking down her cheeks, making her eyes glitter in the moonlight. She was beautiful. Her mystical black hair fell peacefully over her face as the wind caught it and wisped it in every which way. Her short emerald skirt swayed silently over her perfect pale thighs. 'I'm as bad as Miroku.' He thought as he glanced up and down her body.
"Kagome...Kikyou is..." He didn't know how to even begin. He didn't want her to know that he had these feelings but in so many ways he did. He loved Kikyou didn't he? But he also loved Kagome. Why was this so difficult? "Well...She is..."
"Here." Said a voice from behind the god tree. Inuyasha and Kagome both turned to look at the beautiful dead priestess. Her black hair fell neatly into a ponytail at the back of her head as some loose strands danced around her neck. She held her bow in her right hand while a quiver of arrows hung over her left shoulder.
"Kikyou..." Inuyasha couldn't do anymore but say her name and stare. In his mind played a battle. He loved both the girls very much. He could feel Kagome's hand grip his tighter and her breathing begin to quicken with fear. Kikyou had tried to kill Kagome on more then one occasion so her reaction was only natural.
"Don't worry, I'm not hear to socialize. Nor am I here to take you to hell. The truth is that I'm sick of living Inuyasha." Kikyou's eyes looked at him plainly. No emotion seemed to seep out of their dark depths. "I want to return my soul to its rightful owner. We must seek out my sister." Kagome couldn't believe what she was hearing; Kikyou was actually giving her soul back.
"Kikyou...I can't let you die." Inuyasha's voice trembled.
"Its not me you love Inuyasha. You love the memory of me. I see it in you. The way you look at the other. But it will be up to you to make that decision. As for myself, I have already chosen my path. Naraku is dead. I shall fallow him." Kagome didn't understand. Inuyasha loved another person? Was it her? No it couldn't be. He hated to even look at her, and after Kikyou was gone she was sure he wouldn't even be able to stand being near her. Kagome could see the pain in Inuyasha's face. "If this is what you truly want Kikyou, I will take you to Kaede." Kagome was shocked to hear those words. But she supposed that Inuyasha would want Kikyou to be happy.
Inuyasha let go of Kagome's hand and grabbed his former lovers. He knew Kagome would be upset by this action but at that moment he didn't care. Kikyou needed him more then ever right now. "I can walk by myself Inuyasha." She snapped at him hastily. He sighed and withdrew his hand from hers.
"Fallow me." He said looking at Kikyou. Kagome felt like crying again. She knew that he loved Kikyou but she couldn't help feeling betrayed and Jealous. She fallowed behind Kikyou, back to the village and into Kaede's hut.
"My dear sister, what brings ye here?" Asked an elderly woman dressed in a white kimono with red pants.
"I need you to create a soul escape ritual. I want to die Kaede." She replied.
"I thought that ye would come soon for that reason. So I've already gathered all the necessary ingredients. Kagome, sit on the ground across from Kikyou. Inuyasha have a seat away from them. Ye don't want to get mixed up into the circle that I have to cast." Kagome slowly sat down on the ground across from the serious looking miko. It was like gazing at her own reflection however; Kagome's innocents and love were nowhere to be found in the priestess's eyes. Kaede took out some herbs from a few clay pots on the ground. She sprinkled them around the two girls hastily while singing;
"I cast the circle to keep evil out, To bring about my magical work, To shelter these souls, And Keep them safe from harm."
She sang the verse about five or six times while sprinkling different herbs, water, and salt around them. She then lit a fire off to the side of the circle and began throwing herbs in it mumbling words that no one seemed to understand. Kagome took the time to study her reflection. Kikyou looked exactly like her, it was almost scary. She had so many questions to ask the young miko, she wanted to know more about Inuyasha's past. Suddenly she felt a tingling sensation all over her body and she watched as Kikyou began to cough. Little blue glowing balls seemed to escape her mouth.
"No! Inuyasha!" She heard Kaede scream in the distance. It was too late. Inuyasha had already entered the circle and grasped both girls' shoulders firmly.
"Idiot." He heard Kikyou say hoarsely as he watched her drop to the ground and her body turn to ash. There was an unexpected blinding light and Inuyasha's skull felt like it was going to burst open. Kagome and Inuyasha both fell to the ground.
Inuyasha wasn't quite sure how long he had been sleeping but he felt totally different. 'Kikyou...why?' he asked himself as he rose up off the floor.
"Oh thank goodness Kagome. I wasn't sure what would happen when Inuyasha got involved with that spell, but it looks like nothing went wrong. Finally my sister can rest."
"What are you talking about hag Kagome is still..." He stopped realizing something wasn't right. His voice was way off. He took a sniff of the air. It was exactly like he was human again.
"Oh no." He heard Kaede say wide eyed as she looked over him. "Inuyasha?" She asked questioning.
"What?" He replied angrily.
"Your Kagome....look beside you." Inuyasha glanced beside him, sleeping near the fire curled up in a ball was himself. "What the fuck happened?" He asked angrily.
"Your in Kagome's body...I'm afraid you will have to find a way out. Souls are tricky, each one is different...no spell can correct this I'm afraid."
"So I'm stuck like this?"
"Not only like that, once the transformation has been confirmed ye will start to feel Kagome's feelings. Probably end up acting as if ye were her. I'm not sure exactly what will happen, but when two souls switch its always a disaster." Inuyasha couldn't believe what he was hearing. He walked towards his own unconscious body cursing the shoes that were on his feat. He stared at his own face for a while wondering how they were going to get out of this one when he saw his eyes begin to flutter. '3,2,1' he thought to himself.
"Ahhhhhh!" He heard a scream in his voice ring out. "Kikyou became me!"
"Kikyou did not become you, you became me and I became you wench." Inuyasha replied in a girly tone.
"Oh my god! Inuyasha?"
"Yeah."
"What do we do?"
"I don't know. We go tell the others and I guess I've gotta train you how to fight in my body wench." He was quite angered at hearing his own voice sound so wimpy.
"Now Kagome. Ye will start to feel like Inuyasha, his adrenaline, his strength...everything will start to come to ye...hmm maybe this will be a good thing for the two of ye since ye can't seem to get along. Ye will have a better understanding of each other." With that Kaede shoved them both out of hut to go talk with Miroku, Sango and Shippo about what happened.
Outside the hut the bickering could be heard from miles away. Passers by stopped to stare at the girly hanyou and the mannish miko.
"Your body is so pitiful Kagome."
"Mine? Your is a wreck!"
"I hope that I never start getting your feelings. I hope Kaede was wrong about that part!"
"Do you think I want to be like you!"
"Maybe you do? I don't know. Maybe you like my power, maybe you want to use it to go collect the Jewel shards all on your own and forget me here." 'Those aren't my thoughts.' Inuyasha thought to himself. 'Why the hell would I even think something like that...is that how Kagome thinks...damn girls are weird.'
"Inuyasha Sit!" Kagome screamed.
A smile spread quickly on the body of Kagome. Inuyasha could say sit and sit Kagome now. She would deserve it. "Kagome." He said calmly. "You can't sit me in that body."
BANG
Kagome ended up on the ground with a face full of mud. It hurt. She couldn't believe how much it hurt. Hot tears streaked down her cheeks. "Owwwwwwwww!" She wailed loudly.
"Quit it idiot! I'm not like that. Your making me look like a fool!"
"It hurts!"
"Well now you know how I feel. Congradufuckulations." He said glaring at her. With that he walked off towards the hut leaving Kagome to cry while the spell wore off.
