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The Switch

Chapter Twenty-Three: New Moon

Tessa woke up, and immediately noticed she wasn't in her sleeping bag against the ground. Instead, she was leaning against a tree and she was covered in a black cloak, a rather familiar black cloak.

"Onna, I know you're awake." Hiei said and Tessa stood up.

"You're right. Umm, thanks Hiei." Tessa smiled briefly and through Hiei's cloak up to him, and he caught it with ease. "You have breakfast yet?" Tessa asked, waiting patiently for Hiei to answer.

"Hn."

"All righty then." Tessa shrugged her shoulders and started to head towards where she smelt the food from her camp.

"Hn."

With the Camp

Kagome, Keiko, and Yukina had finished making breakfast and were serving it to everybody. When Souten got her food, she made sure to get it from either Keiko or Yukina, especially after what happened this morning. The wolves didn't seem tense at all; of course, they never did in the mornings. It was too early for them to register where they were...and where they were going to be around mid-afternoon today. After serving everybody, Kagome went to go sit next to Yusuke.

"Sorry about this morning..." Yusuke mumbled and yawned. Kagome shrugged and started eating, a smile on her face. "What kind of dream did I interrupt?" Kagome smiled even more as she took another bite of her oden. 'Either she really likes today's breakfast, or she had a really good dream...' Yusuke thought.

"Hmm, you really want to know?" Kagome asked and Yusuke shrugged.

"It would give us something to talk." Kagome had a sly look in her eye, though Yusuke missed it.

"Oh, it went something like this..." Kagome came close to kissing Yusuke but pulled away. Yusuke's eye twitched.

"Don't tell me Souten dumped the water right before..." Yusuke asked and Kagome nodded.

"Why do you think I was angry this morning?" Kagome asked and Yusuke shrugged again.

"I thought you weren't a morning person." Kagome sweat-dropped. Since when wasn't she a morning person?

Flashback

"Kagome, wake up!" Yusuke shouted in Kagome's ear and Kagome balled her hand into a fist and punched him.

"DON'T DO THAT!"

Another Flashback

"Wakey Wakey Eggs and Bakey!" Yusuke laughing in Kagome's ear and Kagome slapped him.

"AARGH!"

Flashback

"Umm...Kagome..." Yusuke lightly tapped Kagome's shoulder and dodged her fist.

End flashbacks

Kagome sweat-dropped. Now she remembered...she hadn't been a morning person ever since Yusuke started waking her up...

Shaking her head, Kagome finished her breakfast and rolled up her sleeping bag, and used a scroll to make it small enough to fit in a small pencil holder in her bag, courtesy of Kikyou. After putting it in its 'proper' place, Kagome walked over to Souta and helped him his bag.

"What about me Kagome?" Kagome giggled at Yusuke as he had trouble even rolling up his sleeping bag. Laughing, Kagome finished helping Souta and walked over to Yusuke. "What are you laughing at? Yusuke playfully glared at Kagome and Kagome looked innocent.

"Laughing? I was laughing? If I was laughing it most definitely wasn't from the fact that you can't handle a sleeping bag!" Kagome mocked Yusuke, who's eyes narrowed and Kagome just laughed once more. "What? It was funny!"

"You wouldn't be laughing if it was you being strangled by a sleeping bag." Yusuke grumbled and Kagome shook her head, grabbing the sleeping bag and rolling it up, then applying the scroll and handing it to Yusuke. "Thanks." Yusuke muttered and Kagome gave him a soft peck on the lips.

"GET A ROOM!" Inuyasha yelled and both of them sighed.

"I can't wait to get home." Yusuke grumbled. "There were less interruptions."

"Tell me about it." Kagome groaned and went to help some more people with their sleeping bags.

Later

Kagome and Yusuke walked together, hand in hand because that was the only they could do anymore without getting yelled at. 'Mom never had to worry.' Kagome thought sarcastically. 'She probably told them to keep an eye on me and Yusuke.' Kagome's eye twitched. 'On second thought...she did. I would bet my cat on it.' Up ahead, she saw Inuyasha looking uneasier than even the wolves. 'I think I'm supposed to remember something...'

"Kagome..." Sango jogged up to Kagome. "Isn't tonight the first night of the full moon?" Kagome stopped for a slit second before continuing to walk. Yusuke frowned, Kagome had told him about Inuyasha's human night.

'That's what I was supposed to remember!' Kagome thought. "What should we do?" Sango bit her lip slightly and shook her head.

"We'll stop before we reach the northern territory. We don't want to risk Naraku, or the wolf youkai pack of the northern lands to find about his human nights." Sango grimaced. "Our only problem is convincing Inuyasha to stop."

"He's stubborn...that's for sure. Have Kikyou talk to him." Kagome instructed and Sango nodded before jogging up to Kikyou. Yusuke's hand tightened on Kagome's.

"Inuyasha's not the strongest human in the world, is he?" Yusuke muttered and Kagome shook her head.

"He isn't. That's why were going to convince him to stop. If that doesn't work...I still hold a threat over him." Kagome sighed. "Haven't used it in a while, now that I think about it." 'Good thing I didn't take them off in the Sengoku Jidai...'

They watched as Kikyou nodded at Sango and jogged up to Inuyasha. The two talked and Inuyasha didn't look like a happy camper...

"We DON'T need to stop just because of my human night!" Inuyasha growled loud enough for everyone to hear. Sesshoumaru frowned and ran up to his little brother.

"We are going to stop. The territory up ahead is too dangerous for you to be human." Sesshoumaru growled. The wolves suddenly looked pissed at Inuyasha and everyone else was looking at Inuyasha like he was nuts.

"If the mutt is going to be on his human night there is no way I'm letting my pack enter the northern territory." Kouga growled. Even Ayame didn't look happy.

"What's the big deal? The wolf pack in the northern territory normally won't attack humans, so I will attract less attention." Inuyasha growled.

"Exactly, they 'normally' don't attack humans, but with Sesshoumaru, Kouga, and the rest of the wolf pack there is more of a chance than not of us getting attacked." Yusuke growled right back at Inuyasha.

"He's right, Inuyasha." Kagome said. "It would be safer if we stopped before we got into the northern territory." Inuyasha growled. Kikyou put a hand on his shoulder.

"It's just one night, we probably could use the extra rest before we enter the northern territory." Kikyou smiled. "I know I need it." Inuyasha looked at Kikyou and sighed in defeat.

"Fine, we'll stop at lunch."

Hours later

"Wow, Inuyasha, you look different." Quite a few people commented, and most of the girls were disappointed his ears were gone. They were so soft...and tweakable...

"Now lets just hope any youkai that live around here don't attack us." Kurama stated. "I would hate to be in that predicament." Yusuke nodded in agreement.

"We can take them. They can't be as bad as those wolves are going to be."

"Any youkai staying this close to the northern territory would have to be fairly strong, and brave. Other than that, there shouldn't be too many youkai here."

"You forgot to mention stupid. Who in their right minds would stay so close to the northern territory?" Yusuke asked and everyone sweat-dropped.

"Umm, Yusuke..." Kagome tapped him on the shoulder. "I sure hope you're not calling us stupid..." Yusuke looked confused and then it him.

"Oh...right..." Yusuke laughed nervously, scratching the back of his head. "Well...forget what I just said then." Kagome rolled her eyes and sat next to Yusuke, once again snuggling into him.

"So tomorrow we're definitely going to be in the northern territory. Damn..." Kouga grimaced. Ayame held his hand encouragingly. "It's going to be hard to even get to Naraku if we have to deal with that wolf clan."

"Don't worry Kouga, we'll do that enough tomorrow." Ayame said softly, and everyone agreed. "Besides..." Ayame whispered in Kouga's ear. "Tessa's scared enough as it is, Ginta and Hakkaku aren't faring much better." Kouga nodded and tried his best to relax.

'Tomorrow is going to be a nightmare.'

End of Chappie

TYN: All right, NEXT chapter will FINALLY have some action in it. In fact, I plan on making it mostly action from here on outward.

Yusuke: But...what about...

TYN: You and Kagome? Don't worry! Or maybe you should...

Yusuke: WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT!


TYN: Ehe...umm...NOTHING! In fact, I will say 'the line'! Read and Review!

Yusuke: THAT'S MY LINE!

TYN: Your point?

Yusuke: I WANTED TO SAY IT!


TYN: TOO BAD!


Yusuke: THAT'S IT! Tries to punch TYN but fist collides with barrier

TYN: You can't hurt me! I'm the authoress!

Yusuke: Damn.