The Switch: Chapter 6

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.

Not much fluff but lots of laughs (I hope).

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In case you forgot: When I say Miroku, I mean Miroku in Inuyasha's body.

When I say Inuyasha, I mean Inuyasha in Miroku's body.

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"Wha-what did you say, Miroku?" Did he just say 'damn monk?' Kagome thought she must be going crazy. Inuyasha kissing Sango… Miroku swearing and talking in the third person… what's going on?

"Feh. Never mind."

"What's wrong with you? You sound like Inuyasha." Kagome scrambled out of Inuyasha's lap and stood in front of him.

Damn. I hate lying to her. I had to have that idiot's body now. "I-I'm sorry, Kagome. I don't want to talk about it." Inuyasha took off to the campsite, not wanting to deal with this right now.

I think Sango and I need to talk, Kagome thought as Inuyasha sped away.

After a very quiet dinner involving much glaring, Kagome asked "Sango, I know you already took a bath today but will you come with me to the hot springs?"

"Sure," Sango answered, happy to get away from the strange men they shared the campsite with.

"Shippo, make sure both of them stay here. Actually, Inuyasha and Miroku, you guys should play a game with Shippo," Kagome said sweetly.

Miroku and Inuyasha looked at each other and nodded. "Okay," they said reluctantly.

"Alright, Sango, what's going on?" Kagome asked, her tone suddenly serious once they were far enough away to talk without any half-demon ears hearing them.

"I don't know, but those two are acting pretty strangely." She sounds upset. Maybe she found out…

"I'll be honest with you, Sango. When I was looking for firewood, I saw you and Inuyasha." Sango could hear the hurt in her friend's voice.

Before they could talk more, the girls heard shouting coming from the campsite.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch –er campsite, Shippo had been deciding what game to play. He finally chose a game Kagome had taught him, hide and seek. So Miroku and Inuyasha hid, waiting for Shippo to either get lost while counting to 50 or find them, whichever came sooner.

With his hands over his eyes, Shippo hadn't gotten past 21 when he smelled something that distracted him. "Twenty, twenty one, twenty… one." I don't wanna cheat but I know that scent, the little kitsune thought, mad that someone would interrupt his game.

Opening his eyes, Shippo recognized the little girl with black hair. "Rin, you made me lose count," he said, sounding frustrated. "What are you doing here?" Then it dawned on Shippo.

"Inuyasha, Miroku, you should probably come out. I think that demon guy… oh what's his name… uhhh… he has silver hair, he's your brother, Inuyasha… well, I think he's here now."

"Lord Sesshomaru?" Rin asked helpfully.

"Yeah, that's it." Shippo nodded, glad someone knew who he was talking about.

The aforementioned demon with silver hair who was Inuyasha's brother stepped gracefully into the clearing. "Where is that brat?"

"I'm right here," announced Shippo.

"Not you. My half brother."

"Oh. We were playing hide and seek. Hey! You could play too, Ses- Shesh- Seshm-"

"Sesshomaru," Rin said, finishing Shippo's mangled word.

"That's what I said," Shippo said disappointedly. "It's not my fault he has such a weird name."

"Can we please, Lord Sesshomaru?" Rin asked, looking up at her friend innocently.

"Rin, you go play with- him, the one who was making fun of my name." Sesshomaru pointed at the kitsune.

"Shippo." Again, Rin filled in the name.

"Right. Go play until I'm done talking to Inuyasha."

"Shippo, I know a fun game."

"What?"

"It's called 'Rin teaches Shippo words.'"

"Okay, how do you play?"

"I say a word and you say it after me. Sesshomaru."

"Seh-Shes-Sesh-" he tried.

"Seh-show-muh-roo."

Rolling his eyes, Seh-show-muh-roo called "Oh dear little brother, come out, come out where ever you are" in a sing-songy voice.

Reluctantly, Miroku appeared from amongst the trees with a slight limp, Inuyasha not far behind. "What do you want?" he asked, doing his best impression of Inuyasha's scowl.

"Your sword."

"It's not a sword, it's a fang."

He always has to make things difficult. "Give me Tessaiga."

"Make me."

"If that's the way you want to do it," Sesshomaru (Shippo had finally managed to say "Sesho" without lisping or mixing up the letters) said, taking out his own sword.

Miroku was glad Inuyasha had given him a crash course in using Tessaiga while they were hiding in case anything happened. Trying to remember everything he learned, Miroku took a deep breath.

---Approximately 3 minutes ago----

"Okay, take it out of the scabbard." Jerkily, Miroku managed to pull the sword out. It remained rusty and dull.

"Now you gotta think about protecting a mortal."

Miroku imagined demons attacking Sango. He was about defend her in his thoughts but then they started tearing the demon slayers clothes off and for some reason, it was hard for him to make them leave. After a few seconds, Inuyasha saw the perverted smile on Miroku's face and the still-rusted sword. "Miroku. Miroku. That's not what you're supposed to be thinking about."

"Oh, right." Miroku focused on more morbid things and dropped the sword on his foot when it transformed. "Ow," he moaned, picking up Tessaiga again.

"Okay, you're making progress," Inuyasha decided, not sounding very pleased. "Now hold it like this. This is how you block."

Miroku imitated Inuyasha's pose. With a sigh, Inuyasha repositioned Miroku's arms so he was holding the sword correctly and had it in the right position. After practicing his block, Inuyasha decided Miroku was ready to learn to attack.

"Here, you swing it like this," he said, picking up a tree branch and demonstrated. "Attack me," he said, holding the branch defensively.

Swinging wildly, Miroku nearly chopped off Inuyasha's hand.

"I guess that'll have to do," Inuyasha muttered as he heard Sesshomaru calling his name.

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Amazed that he could think so clearly when he was this scared, Miroku managed to imagine protecting Sango while he drew the sword. When Kagome saw him, she nearly laughed. To her, it looked like Miroku was playing baseball, using Tessaiga as a bat. Inuyasha just groaned.

Sesshomaru swung his sword and Miroku barely blocked the blow. By the time he got his sword into a defensive position again, Sesshomaru slashed the back of his left arm, drawing blood nearly from his wrist to his elbow. Almost dropping the sword again, he swung wildly. But the demon just laughed, he was already behind Miroku and easily knocked Tessaiga out of his hands. Inuyasha covered his face with his hands, too disgusted to watch.

"It seems you weren't meant to wield that sword, Inuyasha. Perhaps you should just give it to me."

What the heck is he doing? Sango wondered. Inuyasha looks scared. I'd be scared too if I was fighting Sesshomaru but it's not like he hasn't done this a thousand times.

Surprisingly, the demon lord allowed Miroku to pick up Tessaiga before suddenly thrusting his sword at him. Dodging out of the way, Miroku saw something that only Inuyasha had seen before. That place. It's where Sesshomaru's energy and my energy mix. It has something to do with the wind… I wish I could remember what it was called…oh, right. "Kaze-no-kizu" (scar of the wind) he said carefully, aiming Tessaiga at the place he saw. Hearing that, Inuyasha started watching again but groaned again when he saw the result.

The ground burst up beneath Sesshomaru's feet and he laughed evilly. Standing on the small mound of dirt Miroku had just created, he said "This is pathetic. I will be back once you know how to use your weapon."

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Shippo and Rin were too busy playing to notice that the two were even fighting. After teaching Shippo to say 'Sesshomaru,' 'Tessaiga,' and 'Tensaiga,' they moved on to a new game called 'Shippo teaches Rin new words.'

"Oh, I know a good word," Shippo announced proudly.

"What is it?" Rin asked, her eyes wide in excitement.

Shippo whispered something in her ear and she repeated it back to him, giggling. "What does it mean?"

"It's what you say to a boy when they make you mad. I would say it to a girl since I'm a boy. Sometimes they get really mad, it's so funny. I learned it 'cuz Sango says it all the time to Miroku."

Rin giggled again. "Teach me another one."

Again, Shippo whispered in her ear. "You say that word before someone's name. Like if you broke my favorite top, I would say 'the-word' you, Rin. But you can say it to anybody. Or with the first word I taught you."

Rin practiced her new word a few times to Shippo's delight. "Inuyasha says it all the time, especially when he's fighting something." But he hasn't said it much recently. Maybe he's just getting nicer. It's probably cuz he knows I would beat him if he said it to me.

Done fighting with Miroku, Sesshomaru called "It's time to go, Rin."

"Awww…"

"Say it," Shippo whispered, grinning at his friend.

Rin shouted back as loudly as she could "Damn you, hentai Lord Sesshomaru!"

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That's all for today, folks. Thanks for reading and tune in next time for The Switch: Chapter 7!

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