"So.. you're telling me that Kikyou snapped her fingers and
Shippou and Miroku switched places?" Kaede said this all slowly,
pronouncing each word carefully as she watched the 3.
"That's correct." Miroku said crossing his arms and nodding his little head regally.
"Hmmmm." Kaede stood. "My sister gained many strange powers from death but I don't believe that this could be one of them." She paced. "You say she spoke?"
Sango nodded. "Yes. She told us to stay out of it."
"Did she happen to sound..strange?"
"Not that you mention it she did sound a lot brighter and more alive than Kikyou." Shippou piped from his place in the corner.
Kaede nodded. "I thought as much. It's Spirit."
"What!?" Sango, Miroku, and Shippou chorused.
Kaede nodded. "A powerful being. For some reason my sister is allowing it to control her. It wants revenge on Inuyasha."
"That's why he was taken." Sango frowned.
"Can't you do anything to reverse us Kaede?" Miroku asked.
"Not for a week at least, Miroku."
"A WEEK!" This time only Shippou and Miroku chimed. "Why a week?"
"I need the moon blossom in half bud. And it only starts its blooms when the moon with waxing. In a week." Kaede said pointing to the sky.
"So I'm stuck in HIS body for a week!?" Shippou cried in dismay.
"Again. At least I'm taller than you are." Miroku chimed annoyed.
"Well I'm cuter." Shippou retorted. "Girls all love me."
"HA! Your midget body couldn't get a woman if you paid her."
"I certainly could! Even if a lecher like you was in my body! You're body on the other hand wouldn't attract an old woman." Shippou said.
"I attract flocks of females."
"Then scare them of! You should try being nice." Shippou snapped.
"Woman don't want nice! They want brute truth!" Miroku said.
"I think-" Kaede started
"WHAT DO YOU KNOW!?" Shippou and Miroku snapped.
"Alright then!" Miroku challenged. "I bet I can get more women than you can by the end of the week."
"You're on!" Shippou said. "And with my golden personality I'm sure to win."
"I believe-" Sango began.
"NO ONE ASKED YOU!" Miroku and Shippou snapped again.
"Fine then!" Miroku said.
"FINE!" Shippou snapped. "I'll race you to the village." And took of running.
"Ack! GET BACK HERE SHIPPOU!" Miroku went stumbling after.
Both Sango and Kaede sat sweat dropping. "You'd think WE were women." Kaede commented.
"I think they're both to hot panted to notice." Sango replied tartly.
"Are we going down to watch them make fools of themselves?"
"Lets." And Sango and Kaede stood to follow.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Kagome sighed as she landed neatly on the other side of the well and climbed out into the early morning sunlight. It had been nearly dawn when she left. Kagome looked around. Which direction? She turned around in a complete circle then stopped. Something tugged her towards the east. Kagome sighed, shifted the belt of bells and gripped the sword tighter as she started walking. The scenery did look familiar, she admitted. But then, she'd been tronked all over these forests and every tree looked just like the other so maybe she was lost.
"Inuyasha." She murmured softly. "Is this really all my fault?" She wondered to herself and tears brimmed in her eyes again. "Inuyasha. If you're hurt, I'm to blame. I'm sorry. I'll find you. I'll find you and make things right."
She wasn't paying attention to where she was walking now. Her attention was focused on the guilt that gnawed holes into her heart. She was standing in the middle of a wide open field before she even noticed she'd stopped walking. Her mind was hazy and clouded and her sight spun for a moment then settled. And at the same time it started to itch and burn. Kagome rubbed furiously at her eyes before blinking through the irritation at the crackling blue window before her. The portal brimmed with dark black shadowing the edges of blue like a sickness, and to her spelled eyes she say the air around it tainted as if the window had once been large but was now shrinking.
Kagome reached out to touch the portal and a crystalline ringing filled her ears and the crackling stopped and the window's color turned to a soft, friendly violet, the black tint gone from the air and the edges. Kagome readjusted her weapons a last time before hefting herself up and through the portal. She fell............and landed on her back in the middle of a dark cave.
Kagome looked up. Nothing but shadows looked back down at her. The chamber was small and led into a narrow archway of stone that fed out into a larger corridor of the cave. Kagome walked out into this. Whispers and the sound of feet came from all which directions. There were other people here. Kagome fingers tingled for her bow but she had left it. Taisrika has told her that her arrows would be of no use here and that it was the sword that would help her.
Kagome kept close to the walls as she moved along the corridor. Most of the entrances were sealed over but hug boulders but ever so often and open one appeared and she had to slip past. This wasn't going to work. How was SHE supposed to save Inuyasha? He was the one who always saved HER wasn't he. She wasn't a hero. She was a teenage girl who was in trouble. So much trouble.
Kagome checked around a corner before turning it. Inuyasha was nearer she knew he was but she had been walking for a while though her awareness had lapsed her body hadn't and her muscles were crying and her stomach was rumbling loud enough to hear. The next chamber she came to was empty and she slipped inside and slid back into one of the shadowed corner. A large nook provided the perfect space she could slip into to hide. She tugged a back of food out of her pack and opened it. And at the same time she heard someone enter the chamber...
"That's correct." Miroku said crossing his arms and nodding his little head regally.
"Hmmmm." Kaede stood. "My sister gained many strange powers from death but I don't believe that this could be one of them." She paced. "You say she spoke?"
Sango nodded. "Yes. She told us to stay out of it."
"Did she happen to sound..strange?"
"Not that you mention it she did sound a lot brighter and more alive than Kikyou." Shippou piped from his place in the corner.
Kaede nodded. "I thought as much. It's Spirit."
"What!?" Sango, Miroku, and Shippou chorused.
Kaede nodded. "A powerful being. For some reason my sister is allowing it to control her. It wants revenge on Inuyasha."
"That's why he was taken." Sango frowned.
"Can't you do anything to reverse us Kaede?" Miroku asked.
"Not for a week at least, Miroku."
"A WEEK!" This time only Shippou and Miroku chimed. "Why a week?"
"I need the moon blossom in half bud. And it only starts its blooms when the moon with waxing. In a week." Kaede said pointing to the sky.
"So I'm stuck in HIS body for a week!?" Shippou cried in dismay.
"Again. At least I'm taller than you are." Miroku chimed annoyed.
"Well I'm cuter." Shippou retorted. "Girls all love me."
"HA! Your midget body couldn't get a woman if you paid her."
"I certainly could! Even if a lecher like you was in my body! You're body on the other hand wouldn't attract an old woman." Shippou said.
"I attract flocks of females."
"Then scare them of! You should try being nice." Shippou snapped.
"Woman don't want nice! They want brute truth!" Miroku said.
"I think-" Kaede started
"WHAT DO YOU KNOW!?" Shippou and Miroku snapped.
"Alright then!" Miroku challenged. "I bet I can get more women than you can by the end of the week."
"You're on!" Shippou said. "And with my golden personality I'm sure to win."
"I believe-" Sango began.
"NO ONE ASKED YOU!" Miroku and Shippou snapped again.
"Fine then!" Miroku said.
"FINE!" Shippou snapped. "I'll race you to the village." And took of running.
"Ack! GET BACK HERE SHIPPOU!" Miroku went stumbling after.
Both Sango and Kaede sat sweat dropping. "You'd think WE were women." Kaede commented.
"I think they're both to hot panted to notice." Sango replied tartly.
"Are we going down to watch them make fools of themselves?"
"Lets." And Sango and Kaede stood to follow.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Kagome sighed as she landed neatly on the other side of the well and climbed out into the early morning sunlight. It had been nearly dawn when she left. Kagome looked around. Which direction? She turned around in a complete circle then stopped. Something tugged her towards the east. Kagome sighed, shifted the belt of bells and gripped the sword tighter as she started walking. The scenery did look familiar, she admitted. But then, she'd been tronked all over these forests and every tree looked just like the other so maybe she was lost.
"Inuyasha." She murmured softly. "Is this really all my fault?" She wondered to herself and tears brimmed in her eyes again. "Inuyasha. If you're hurt, I'm to blame. I'm sorry. I'll find you. I'll find you and make things right."
She wasn't paying attention to where she was walking now. Her attention was focused on the guilt that gnawed holes into her heart. She was standing in the middle of a wide open field before she even noticed she'd stopped walking. Her mind was hazy and clouded and her sight spun for a moment then settled. And at the same time it started to itch and burn. Kagome rubbed furiously at her eyes before blinking through the irritation at the crackling blue window before her. The portal brimmed with dark black shadowing the edges of blue like a sickness, and to her spelled eyes she say the air around it tainted as if the window had once been large but was now shrinking.
Kagome reached out to touch the portal and a crystalline ringing filled her ears and the crackling stopped and the window's color turned to a soft, friendly violet, the black tint gone from the air and the edges. Kagome readjusted her weapons a last time before hefting herself up and through the portal. She fell............and landed on her back in the middle of a dark cave.
Kagome looked up. Nothing but shadows looked back down at her. The chamber was small and led into a narrow archway of stone that fed out into a larger corridor of the cave. Kagome walked out into this. Whispers and the sound of feet came from all which directions. There were other people here. Kagome fingers tingled for her bow but she had left it. Taisrika has told her that her arrows would be of no use here and that it was the sword that would help her.
Kagome kept close to the walls as she moved along the corridor. Most of the entrances were sealed over but hug boulders but ever so often and open one appeared and she had to slip past. This wasn't going to work. How was SHE supposed to save Inuyasha? He was the one who always saved HER wasn't he. She wasn't a hero. She was a teenage girl who was in trouble. So much trouble.
Kagome checked around a corner before turning it. Inuyasha was nearer she knew he was but she had been walking for a while though her awareness had lapsed her body hadn't and her muscles were crying and her stomach was rumbling loud enough to hear. The next chamber she came to was empty and she slipped inside and slid back into one of the shadowed corner. A large nook provided the perfect space she could slip into to hide. She tugged a back of food out of her pack and opened it. And at the same time she heard someone enter the chamber...