Jasna-chan Turning the Tables Chapter 6: Crossfire

A/N: Sorry I haven't written in awhile, :-/ I've been pretty busy with tons of projects, exams, tests, etc. not to mention my social life. Keh, whatever I'm typing now that's all that counts. :P

Disclaimer: I'll put it simply this time: Inuyasha is the property of Takahashi-san. There, happy?

Key:

'*This is the mysterious voice in Sango's and Miroku's head*' 'This is someone thinking' (This is me talking)

When there is a * next to Sango or Miroku's name, it means that person is referring to their body. Example: "*Sango(referring to Sango's body, and Miroku is in her body), what were you thinking?!" Kagome yelled. Sango(actual Sango, not her body) stared hopefully at Miroku(actual Miroku, not his body) for him to say something sensible.

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Inuyasha's rosary beads pulsed, and he slammed into the ground. "You." he growled at Kagome.

Kagome snobbishly turned her head away. "Keh!" She suddenly gasped and covered her mouth.

Kaede's, Miroku's, and Sango's eyes all widened.

Miroku gazed at the young priestess. "Kagome-sa-" Sango quickly nudged at Miroku. "Err, Kagome-chan, I see a bit of Inuyasha is starting to rub off." Sango and he both chuckled silently to themselves.

"Yea maybe it's because you two have been hanging around each other a little too much." Sango cleared her throat and smirked.

Kagome and Inuyasha's cheeks blazed a hue of red. The hanyou hastily retorted, "Shut up you-!"

Kagome covered his mouth before he could finish and angrily stared at Miroku, defensively exclaimed, "O yea, then what's with YOU groping *Miroku- sama all of a sudden and," she shifted her gaze onto Sango and pointed her finger accusingly at her, "YOU yelling 'Hentai!' and smacking *her," she pointed back at Miroku, "on the cheek!?"

"Yea it's like you two switched brains or something. Crazy." Inuyasha rubbed at the soreness on his back from the earlier sitting.

Sango bit her lip and side-glanced back at Miroku, who was fidgeting with his fingers nervously. "We. we can't explain." She stuttered in defeat and gazed down at the floor.

"Keh! What a dumbass excuse!" Inuyasha snickered.

Sango's head shot back up. She snarled and gaped dangerously at the laughing hanyou, who abruptly stopped and hastily scrambled behind Kagome. "A.and now you're freaking me out with one of those stares that I thought only pissed-off women can make, *Miroku!"

Miroku was confused. "Wait I didn't do-," Sango, clearing her throat, again cut him off. "I mean-"

Kagome scratched her head. "*Sango-chan, are you feeling alright?" She crawled over to Miroku and studied his face. "You look a little pale," and she turned back to Sango, looking over her face too. "And so do you!" 'What were they doing when they were gone? Did they catch something?'

As if she were saying her thoughts aloud, Kaede finally spoke up from her silence. "Must be from all this bickering you bouzos have been doing." She sighed impatiently.

"Kaede-baba, you've finally actually said something, ne?" Inuyasha rolled his eyes.

Kagome ignored his comment and thought up of a plan, suddenly blurting, "Maybe you two need a bath!" 'Yeah, and now I can finally discover what the hell is going on with *her and *Miroku-sama!' She smiled proudly to herself.

Sango lost her breath and gradually twisted her head over to the houshi. His eyes were sparkling (I wonder why...). 'O Kami no! Do I even want to know what he's thinking?!' Before Miroku could speak up, she cried out, "Bu- but maybe Mi- eh, *Sango shouldn't bathe with you this time, Kagome- ch.-sama, right, *SANGO?" She glanced treacherously at the monk.

Miroku grinned sheepishly at the exterminator. "Eh, yea, I think that's a good idea." He gulped and stole a glance back at Kagome, who looked shot down. "I- I'm not mad at you, Kagome-chan! It's just. for a change once in awhile is all! .And. and I need to reorganize all my thoughts together." He rubbed his head.

Inuyasha sighed. "Or it could be that *Miroku is thinking of bathing with *Sango instead, Kagome. You know how his mind works." He paused, and then wondered, "And for some reason *Sango is agreeing to this?" An eyebrow rose, and he glanced suspiciously at Miroku.

"I never even said that!" Sango exclaimed innocently.

'Mou, *Miroku-sama is really not feeling too well.' Kagome sighed and shook her head. "*Miroku-sama, he said if *Sango was agreeing to this, not you. We all know you'd go bathe with *Sango-chan in a heartbeat if the opportunity should arise." She cleared her throat. "Or, are you actually turning your ways? Or maybe, *Sango-chan DOES agree.or."

Miroku and Sango gasped simultaneously and glanced back at each other. "We have to do something!" Sango whispered frustratingly at Miroku.

The monk gritted his teeth in annoyance. "Yea, how about we get out of here before they figure out the secret!" he murmured back. They both turned back to the miko and hanyou who were gazing skeptically at them.

'O shit they're probably thinking we.' Sango shook her head and quickly exclaimed, "Alright alright! Let's get this straight. Mi- eh, *Sango, and I will bathe by ourselves SEPARATELY, one at a time! *Sango is not holding anything against you, Kagome-sama, she just needs to be alone for awhile, same with me, RIGHT?" She stared back at Miroku, and he nodded in agreement. She scooted over and whispered harshly (and a little too loudly I might add) in his ear, "And I'll be watching you."

Miroku nodded again. "I know, I know. Don't worry, I won't touch anything." He winked at the flushed taijiya. 'Ooh I can't wait!' He smirked evilly. "Well, I best better be going!" He swiftly got up and started out of the hut.

"And I'll . guard you in case danger is in the midst!" Sango uneasily followed behind him, sensing all of the gaping stares pounding on the two. She quickly pushed the houshi forward. "Go faster bouzo!" she murmured impatiently at him.

Miroku quickly considered what the others were probably thinking about them. He tried to reason out something Sango would normally do and abruptly cried, "Uh, *Houshi-sama! Stop following me you hentai!" He quickly turned around and lightly slapped Sango so as not to hurt her so much. He flashed a quick wink at her.

Sango blinked in surprise and shook her head, understanding the situation, and replied, "Eh, I'm not going to spy on you! I'm uh just going to guard the surrounding area!"

'Damnit, Sango wouldn't be that dumb to just believe that crap ass excuse.... if I ever did say that.' Miroku was deep in thought. 'What to say. I know!' He grinned in triumph. "Alright then. Kirara!" The tiny neko youkai sauntered over to her mistress' body, confused. "Keep an eye on that *pervert. If *he tries to come closer to me when I'm bathing, you know what to do." He grinned as Kirara mewed in understanding.

'Excellent thinking Miroku! Damn, he knows me really well, doesn't he?' Sango just barely controlled a blush from showing and continued to shove the monk out of the hut. "Whatever whatever just go!" She could still feel the others staring at them and quivered a bit. 'We have to get out of here!'

Miroku stumbled onto the gravel outside of the hut and quickly proceeded a good distance from the hut so the rest of the group could not hear them. "Yeesh you're a little anxious now aren't you!" He straightened Sango's kimono he was wearing and sighed. "I must say, my pervertedness must've still lingered in my body when we switched, dear Sango."

Sango's eyes twitched in annoyance. "I am not! I just wanna get out of that room! They kept staring at us like we were-" she paused and thought, then added, "like we were kissing or something!" She covered her mouth just as fast as Kagome did previously. 'Did I say that out loud?!' She smacked her head and quickened her pace towards a nearby hot spring, trying to avoid a certain monk.

'She got embarrassed over saying something like that? But. why? Maybe. Gah, in your dreams, Miroku.' He shook his head and caught up with her. "Sango! Sango what's wrong? What did I do?!"

Sango turned around and laughed nervously. "No- nothing! I guess I'm just eager to. get in the spring!" She then abruptly halted in front of a moderately sized spring luminous in the brightening forest while Kirara slowly climbed onto Miroku's shoulder.

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Sango scooted over and whispered harshly in his ear, "And I'll be watching you."

Inuyasha and Kagome just barely heard it and sighed. 'Here we go again. And this time *he's dumb enough to actually tell her that *he's gonna spy on *her.' They both shook their heads. 'Baka.'

(Moving along.) Miroku nodded again. "I know, I know. Don't worry, I won't touch anything." He winked at the flushed taijia and smirked evilly.

Inuyasha's ears twitched (kawaiiness!). 'Did I just hear.what I thought I heard!?'

(Meanwhile.) Kagome was in a similar state of being shocked and appalled. '*She. APPROVED of it?!' Kagome pinched herself. 'Ah! I'm not dreaming!? What the hell!?'

Inuyasha and Kagome stared at each other in bewilderment and turned back to the other two when Miroku blurted out, "Well, I best better be going!" He swiftly got up and started out of the hut.

"Yea! And I'll . guard you in case danger is in the midst!" Sango uneasily followed behind him and quickly pushed the houshi forward. "Go faster bouzo!" She murmured impatiently at him.

"That was gayest excuse he's ever come up with." Inuyasha muttered to Kagome.

Kagome whispered back, "Knock on wood!" The two snickered as they both tapped lightly on the hut's flooring. (Just to clear things up: I dunno if the Japanese know the meaning of that saying, but o well, I'm American, I'm the author, so too bad :P)

Miroku suddenly blurted out, "Uh Houshi-sama! Stop following me you *hentai!" He quickly turned around and lightly slapped Sango, flashing a quick wink at her.

'Hmm, at least *Sango is starting to act normal again. but why did *she only slap *him lightly? And what's with the winking?' Inuyasha and Kagome's minds were both flooding with intriguing questions.

(Continuing.) Sango blinked in surprise, then she swiftly replied, "Eh, I'm not going to spy on you! I'm uh just going to guard the surrounding area!"

Miroku sat there, thinking, then grinned in triumph. "Alright then. Kirara!" Kirara sauntered over to her mistress' body, confused. "Keep an eye on that *pervert. If *he tries to come closer to me when I'm bathing, you know what to do." He grinned as Kirara mewed in understanding.

'*Sango never allowed that before... *she knows Kirara would never hurt *Miroku, so what's the point?' Kagome retorted, "But-"

Sango apparently did not hear Kagome (refresh of memory: maybe she is busy thinking about other things. ^^;) so she quickly interrupted and continued to shove the monk out of the hut. "Whatever whatever just go!"

Inuyasha and Kagome's mouths hung wide open as their eyes trailed the two disappearing figures heading out of the hut.

Inuyasha's eyes twitched as he pointed a shaking finger in the direction the two had gone. "Eh, eh.."

Kagome was also quite speechless. She rubbed her eyes and pinched herself again, trying to convince herself that what actually happened was all just some crazy illusion. She turned to the gaping hanyou and shook his shoulders back and forth. "Tell me I'm going crazy Inuyasha! I thought I just heard-"

Inuyasha managed to stutter out a "The- the world is coming to an end." he moaned and bowed his head as Kagome, feeling a bit lightheaded from the previous scene, collapsed into his lap, trembling and gripping his haori. (awww!) Inuyasha reddened a bit and plopped his arms around her.

Kaede, silent as ever, spoke up. "Maybe they finally confessed to each other last night, ne? But don't worry about them, they'll be fine." She sighed and leaned against the wall.

'How can she be calm about this!' Kagome shuddered. "What if this really is the work of the dark ener-"

Inuyasha wasn't paying attention (what a surprise...) and interrupted. "Wait wait hold on! Kaede-baba, you're saying 'they'll be fine.' doing what?!"

'What am I? A ghost!? That's the second time I was ignored!' Kagome grunted and buried her face more in Inuyasha's haori in annoyance. 'Inuyasha no baka!'

Kaede, not noticing Kagome's pouting, sighed and replied back to the hanyou, "Well, with that furyou *houshi it's not unusual to come about. And seeing how *Sango unusually accepted a thing like.that."

Kagome's head popped out of Inuyasha's haori. "Kaede baa-chan! They wouldn't!" '.Would they.?' She next promptly cried, "Be-besides, *Sango- chan would've told me if anything was up!" She beamed confidently.

"Yea. *Miroku would've done the same to me!" Inuyasha snapped.

Kaede held her hands up. "Alright alright! Think what you want. I'm taking a nap." She got up and walked sluggishly into her bedroom.

"We all just woke up about an hour or two ago." Kagome shrugged.

"Well, old people are lazy like that." Inuyasha smirked.

"Inuyasha!" She lightly punched him in the chest.

The half-dog demon smiled comfortingly at her. 'Kagome.' He shuddered and started to get up, but remembered that she was still resting on his lap. 'Hmm, should I push her off or. I know!' "Hey, Kagome." Before she could respond, she was being tossed up into the air.

"Ah! Inuyasha don't scare me like that!" She shrieked as she landed softly on the floor again.

"I was bored! The other two are getting all the action while we just sit her gaping at them!" Inuyasha replied innocently and stood up. He grinned and grabbed her arm, dragging her out of the hut. "And I still am bored, mind you!"

"Inuyasha!!" Kagome exclaimed as she tried not to stumble. "Where are we going!?"

Inuyasha slowed down. "Well, I dunno. Just somewhere out of that hut, I guess. I wanna do something!" He then grinned slyly. "Hey, why don't we go see how the twisted couple is doing?"

Kagome's eyes enlarged and she gasped. "Inuyasha osuwari!" The ground lightly shook as Inuyasha's face once again met the earth. "Is this pervertedness spreading to your head too?!" she barked.

Inuyasha growled and leisurely stood up again. "No I just want to see if the old lady was right! And. IF she is." he quivered at the thought, "we'll leave ASAP! I promise!"

An eyebrow rose as the miko studied the hanyou standing in front of her. "Alright. I trust you then."

"Heh! Good then!" He speedily swooped Kagome onto his back and dashed into the direction of the nearby hot spring.

"I dunno about this, Inuyasha." Kagome bit her lip as the steaming, sparkly water gradually came into view.

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A/N: You know, I just noticed my fic is a little slow-paced, kind of like the anime. Heh, ironic. Well, I don't like rushing things. But anyways, whatcha think? Chapter 7's comin up!