And after a day of serious procrastination I present to you…chapter seven. Got to make this quick, I've only got five minutes. Man it took forever for me to update this chapter, mostly because the server was down…

Disclaimer: Me no own

Chapter Seven

"Wake up everyone!" Nissi yells. "It's morning."

Grumbling and yawning the four unawake Destinies merely roll over and yank the covers further over their heads. Nissi sighs, prodding each of her friends in turn. Only Meagan decides to wake up.

"Gotta straighten my hair…"

She slips into the bathroom with a change of clothes and undresses. Meagan then begins to redress, pulling on some socks, a worn pair of jeans, a bra, and her tie-dye green shirt. Well, she would have pulled on her shirt, had it not been for Jin suddenly appearing in the window.

"Top o' the morning to ya!"

"PERVERT!" She yells, reddening with rage.

"Eh?" Jin blinks, unaware of Meagan's…condition. But as he soon takes a closer look…"Oh."

And so the day begins with Jin flying furiously away from the enraged Meagan who is throwing at him every item in her reach. The occasional item hits, only encouraging Jin to fly even faster.

If this is how hard she throws I don't even want to guess how hard he hits! He thinks to herself as he avoids one particularly sharp looking item.

"Leave him alone Meagan," Olivia ducks as he flies over her, mentally wishing him God-speed.

"Has anyone seen Yusuke's room? It's an absolute mess!" Nissi appears out of nowhere with a trash-bag half full of trash. "I'm going to be cleaning it, if anyone needs me."

"Where are Yusuke and the others?" Vanessa enters also, instantly stepping out of the way as Jin and Meagan come around for the second time. "What's with those two?"

"Mmm…something about a window, Jin, and a bra. I really hate when the thoughts just come. It takes all the fun out of probing one's mind," muses Olivia.

"See you in a while!" Nissi shouts, closing Yusuke's door behind her.

"Olivia, could you try to contact one of the others and see where they went?" Vanessa asks.

"No. We can ask when they come back."

"Meany."

Jin comes flying by once again, Meagan hot on his heels. Slyly, Vanessa sticks her foot out and trips Meagan. She falls face-first to the ground. Jin hovers above Vanessa, praising her like she's a goddess.

"I do it all the time. Where's your friend?"

"Good morning. I hoe Jin hasn't been annoying you this morning," Touya smiles.

"No, no—he's fine," Olivia and Vanessa struggle to hold Meagan down.

"Fine? He's a freaking pervert!"
"Meagan!"

"He was watching me dress!"

"Jin!"
"Aww, Icy I didn't see anything."

"Liar!"

Meanwhile with Nissi:

Nissi stands leaning against Yusuke's door staring at the room before her. To paint a picture for you: scattered across the floor are a collection of mangas, gum wrappers, and dirty socks. The bed sheets are stained with various juices—cranberry juice, soda, orange juice, and something that looks suspiciously like Olivia's missing Bubble Man soda (1)—and other things.

"This room is so dirty…I don't even know where to start!" she moans, rubbing her hair.

With a gleam in her eye, Nissi sets to work picking up the trash littered around Yusuke's room. Wrappers, papers, pictures—it is all gone in under fifteen minutes. Nissi stops to breathe, hands on her hips.

"Now that I can see some of the floor…"

She moves on to his dresser, carefully avoiding touching all the chewed gum stuck on it at random places. Reaching behind her she grabs her squirt bottle and gives the dresser a big squirt. Rubbing furiously she works to scrape off all the gunk.

"This is more of a workout than I do with Kurama!" Nissi laughs, her sore arm throbbing painfully. "But then again it's worth it. If he's going to stay in this house then he's going to be clean!"

"Nissi? What are you doing?" Touya opens the door quietly. "Oh my…"

"I'm on an almost impossible mission to find something called the floor. It's going to be hard and I might not return. If all goes well though, I should be out in half an hour."

"If you're sure," Touya leaves, the door clicking softly shut.

From her cleaning apron Nissi pulls a snorkeling mask and a miniature tank of oxygen. "On to under the bed!"

One Hour Later

"That took twice as long as I thought but I found a whole dust-bunny colonization under his bed."

"Can't wait to see the look on his face when he sees it," Olivia grins.

"Where's Malia?" Nissi moves to the refrigerator and pulls out two sodas. "Catch."

"Thanks. She's in the living room, watching television. Kurama is going to have to tell us what is going on when he gets back, because I'm tired of waiting."

"Mm. Well, looks like they're coming in now. Here's Yusuke. Hi, Yusuke."

"I'm going to bed," he mumbles, not bothering to stop. "Wake me up at four p.m. tomorrow…"

Hiei enters, frowning deeply. His ruby eyes are glazed and unfocused which indicates to Olivia and Nissi that she is concerned about something. He glances at them then moves to off to his room with Olivia right behind him.

"Hiei, wait!"

After Hiei comes Kurama who immediately sits himself down at the kitchen table and buries his face in his hands. Nissi gets up and sits beside him, wrapping her arms around him and pulling him into a hug.

"What's wrong?"

"Hm? Oh…nothing."

"Where's Kuwabara?"

"Outside. He's trying to get his sister on the cell phone and there's no reception in here."

"Kuwabara has a sister?"

"Yes, her name's Shizuru."

"WHO DID IT!" Yusuke screams from his room.

"That's my cue to run. I'll talk to you later, okay?"

"What did you do, Nissi?"

"Nothing. Bye."

Yusuke comes storming down he stairs, furious. His eyes are wide and searching for his prey. His breathing is ragged. Behind the fridge, Nissi tries desperately to conceal her own breathing. No such luck. Yusuke throws himself at her, grabbing her by the neck.

"Nissi, don't go into my room!"

"Just trying to keep it sanitary! There were mutant dust-bunnies under your bed, you know! They were practically breeding an army!"

"I don't freaking care!"

"Not now, Yusuke…"

A scream echoes from the living room, causing everyone (including Kuwabara) to scramble to the source. What they see shocks them. Malia, cowering and covering her head, tries to step away from a figure completely robed in (surprise, surprise) black. The face is hidden and in its hand is a bloody dagger.

Blood drips from Malia's chest onto the floor. "Malia!"

"I'm okay…" she makes a move to step away but her captor merely reaches out and yanks her back by her hair. "Ah!"

Where'd Jin go? Yusuke thinks to himself.

Malia's captor shoots from its hand a stream of yellow light, which hits Yusuke, Kurama, Hiei, and Kuwabara square in the chest. It laughs, until its laugh turns into a blood-curdling scream. It flies throughout the room and the sound of numerous amounts of blood hitting the ground makes everyone cringe.

"Not nice to pull a lady's hair, that it isn't," Jin frowns, pulling his now blood covered hand from the intruder's back.

Moaning, the captor disappears in a puff of smoke. Nobody moves to stop him. Jin picks Malia up and puts her gently on the couch. Then he turns to everyone else.

"I'll take care of her."

The others return to the kitchen, save Touya who goes back to his room. Jin, praying Malia wouldn't hurt him, unbuttons her shirt to take a closer look at the wound. She only blushes, avoiding eye contact. The wound is deep and her blood spills everywhere. She whimpers.

"Don't worry, this won't hurt too much."

"What?"

"Well I can't ever promise that it won't hurt!"

"O-okay…just get it over with."

He applies the rubbing alcohol over the wound, "You're very pretty."

Malia blushes darker, "Thank you…"

In the Kitchen

The present Destinies sit quietly at the table, tears forming in their eyes that they try to push back. Someone trying to hurt their friend…they just can't take the thought. They sit in silence.

Kurama however, becomes a bit sleepy. In fact, all the boys become sleepy, closing their eyes for a moment. When he opens them, he does not like what he sees at all. Before him is…himself? Yes, another Kurama stands right before him, his eyes still closed.

What is going on here? He glances fearfully at his clothing and it is…green. A green school uniform. He cranes his neck, trying to catch a glimpse of his sanguine locks, but to no avail. Reaching a hand up to his head he feels…a lot of grease. I…I've become Yusuke. This cannot be happening…

Hiei opens his eyes next and, feeling the change in height, glances down. Blue…a blue uniform. Instinctively he reaches for his katana but finds it to not be at his side as it usually is. "This is not happening."

Yusuke opens his eyes to see himself standing next to him with his face buried in his hands. Why do I look…taller? He looks down at himself, dressed in black. I'VE BECOME HIEI!

And lastly, Kuwabara opens his eyes to see red bangs. "Uh, what's going on here?"

"We need to talk," Kurama/Yusuke pulls his friends out of the room and into the attic. (A/n: Heh. For this part of the story, while they are…different…I'm going to put who is actually speaking first, then who's body they are occupying. As shown above.)

"What the heck is going on, fox?" Hiei/Kuwabara growls, not at all liking the sound of his new voice.

"Hey! I'm Kuwabara!" Kuwabara/Kurama protests, holding up his hands.

"I'm Kurama," Kurama/Yusuke waves his hands in front of who he believes is Hiei.

"This is Yusuke," Yusuke/Hiei sighs. "Hiei is in Kuwabara's body."

"This is very bad," Kurama/Yusuke shakes his head. "We cannot tell the girls about this—they will only worry. We'll talk to Jin and Touya, and even Master Genkai if we need to, later. Right now, we should go to our charges and get used to speaking to them like we're supposed to. Hiei, that means you can't be yelling at Vanessa when you train. Be gentle."

"The heck I'll be gentle! Get me out of this pathetic body, fox, before I kill it!"

"I would not advise that," Kurama/Yusuke warns.

"Don't you dare kill me, shorty!" Kuwabara/Kurama yells.

"Kuwabara, you cannot call Hiei "shorty" while inhabiting my body," Kurama/Yusuke rubs his head. "For I have never called Hiei that."

"Yeah Kuwabara," Yusuke/Hiei laughs. "Wouldn't want Nissi to worry."

"What is going on in here?" Touya enters, arms folded over his chest.

Kurama/Yusuke turns to him, "Touya we've…switched bodies…"

Ahahahaha! I thank Meagan (I think ) for the switching idea. Yes, I believe it was Meagan. If you guys think that you can remember who is who, I'll just say who is speaking, really. Like if Kurama is speaking I'll put Kurama and leave off the Yusuke part and just assume that you know people think Yusuke is talking, if you want. Give me some feedback on that idea, okay? And thanks to Vanessa for the room cleaning idea.

Here's the switching whatsitcalled list:

Switched To

HieiKuwabara

Kuwabara Kurama

Kurama Yusuke

Yusuke Hiei