I still don't own Inuyasha.
One of my main issues with writing this is that I don't know what to call those who've switched with each other. For instance, do I call the one with Inuyasha's conciousness and Sesshoumaru's body Sesshoumaru or Inuyasha? I've decided to go with the bodies (usually), being that it's less likely to confuse the readers as to who looks like who. I hope that I succeeded in not confounding you…
Inuyasha awoke to the
sound of pouring rain.
Drat. It wasn't a dream. He was still
in Sesshoumaru's body.
"I'd always wanted to be a full demon," he muttered to himself, "but I was hoping to have 2 arms when I got here."
This sentiment was replied to with a glare from his former body, and the demon lord currently inhabiting it.
"It's your fault," he was reminded by his brother, who, he noticed, was tied to a post.
"Why are you…?" he inquired, motioning at the post. He promptly got another of the current Inuyasha's cold looks.
"None of your meddling, half-breed."
Kagome stirred and sat up.
"What're you two
mumbling about?" she said, rather sleepily,
"And Inu – um,
Sesshoumaru, you look like you've been hit by a train, why…?
She was greeted with
the third glare in this so-far very short chapter, and said nothing
more.
Yes, he did look like he had been hit by a train – the
sleep-deprivation train.
Just then, the few people who were still asleep in the little hut-thingy were jolted awake by a loud, rather enthusiastic sounding bang on the door.
Kagome stood up, stretched, and tripped over Miroku to get to the door. With a creak, and an "OW!" from Miroku, who had just realised that Kagome had landed on him, she opened the door.
She was greeted by a tall, rather dense-looking wolf demon wearing an interesting assortment of fur.
"Hi Kagome!" he said, shoving his way past the afore-mentioned girl into the hut-thingy that the major characters in this story were all located in.
"Why is Inuyasha tied to a post?"
"Kouga…" Kagome said in a rather cautious manner.
"Ah, I get it!" Kouga said, very enthusiastically. "You've given up on him and now you want to be my mate!"
"It's not what you think it is," Kagome said, putting her arm on his shoulder and wheeling him around and out of the cabin.
The irritable half-demon currently in Sesshoumaru's body jumped up and followed them out.
"You bet it's not what you think it is, you mangy wolf!"
The startled Kouga jumped about 3 feet and twirled around.
"Is that Sesshoumaru?
I was under the impression that you don't like him!"
"Er,
long story…" Kagome said with a sigh. Kouga looked confused for
a moment, then regained his energized smile.
"So, Kouga, why did
you come here?" Kagome inquired, with a glare at Sesshoumaru.
Sesshoumaru agreed.
"Whatcha come here for, idiot?" he said, in a rather irritable and Inuyasha-ish manner.
"Strange, I was under the impression that Sesshoumaru was of a different temperament…" Kouga said, scratching his head. A roll of parchment fell out of his ponytail.
"Oh yeah, that's why I came!" he said, picking it up. "Kagome, would you sign this for me?"
"Er, it's not a marriage license, is it…?" Kagome said dubiously. Kouga shook his head.
"No, it's a petition for the SfMWMS – the Society for Men Wearing Mini-Skirts," he said in an excited manner. "I want to make it official!" (A/n: I once had a dream where this happened, and I've been dying to put it in a story ever since)
A long pause.
"…what?" Kagome said finally.
"SfMWMS", Kouga repeated, trying to pronounce it as a word that sounded like 'sifmwums'. Kagome stared at him.
"Is it just me, or is
everyone going crazy?"
"It's not just you," a sleepy Sango
said, sitting up. "Everyone is going crazy…"
"Okay, Kouga, give that to me and I'll sign it." She grabbed it out of his hands, produced a pen from nowhere in particular, and scribbled a signature on it. "Now please, leave me alone for now, I've got other stuff on my mind."
Kouga obliged, and left the village in a dusty whirlwind.
Kagome spun around to
face Inuyasha and the occupants of the hut-thingy, Sesshoumaru in
particular..
"Seriously, can't you two try to act like
yourselves – er, each other? People are starting to wonder…!"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever you say," Inuyasha said, waving his one hand. Sesshoumaru responded with a cold stare. Kagome sighed as Miroku sat up and immediately put his hand on Sango (who was now standing)'s bottom.
Whack.
"Can't you two quit it for now?" Kagome said irritably. "We have bigger fish to fry!"
"Earlier you said," Sesshoumaru, (who was still lashed to the post) said calmly, "that I look like I'd been hit by a 'train'. What is this nonsense?"
"Er, a train? It's a big…long…thing…Transportation. On wheels."
"And she thinks we're the ones going crazy?" Sesshoumaru mumbled. Kagome sighed.
"Forget that. How
are we going to get you back to yourselves?"
"How would I
know? Untie me from this accursed post."
"Oh yeah!" Sango said, as she stepped on Miroku to get to the post.
"If you dare to do that again…" Inuyasha said as he was untied.
"Well, I didn't trust you!" Sango said. Inuyasha cracked his knuckles.
"…I will personally see that you meet your demise. Now," he said as he looked up, "attend to Jaken."
Everyone else looked up as well. Bound, gagged, and hanging upside-down from the rafters was the weird green toad-man. Sango started to attempt to climb the post that the former demon lord had been tied to.
"On second thought," interrupted Inuyasha, "just leave him there."
"NO!" Jaken tried to yell, but all he succeeded in yelling was "MMF!".
"So…" Kagome said
tentatively. "What happened to you…Inu…Sesshoumaru? Didn't
you get any sleep?
Inuyasha glared at her. "No."
Sesshoumaru laughed in
Inuyasha's typical manner. "What, it's hard to sleep when
you're tied to a post?"
"…No." Inuyasha stood up.
"Then what is it? Why do you look like you've been hit by a big…long…thing…Transportation. On wheels.?" Miroku said, imitating what Kagome had said.
Inuyasha looked away. After a long pause, he said "I don't know how."
"What don't you know how to do?" Kagome inquired. Inuyasha took a few steps toward the door.
"I don't know how…to sleep."
So, that's another chapter in this story. Cleo, sorry for killing you by making you wait.
You see, I'd written most of this chapter in code in my notebook so that people (coughlittlebrothercough) couldn't read it before it was finished, and I had to transliterate the code into Roman letters on the computer, so it took a while. Because for some reason, I can write it faster than I can read it…
If people would please review, I won't have to set Inuyasha – er, Sesshoumaru…I mean Inuyasha – ARGH! On you.
