- (Normal thought, usually Yori)
(Inuyasha's thoughts, directed to Yori in his head)
Yori woke up later that night, moaning and reaching up to his forehead to feel that an icepack had been placed there. He took it off and looked around, remembering he was in Kagome's bedroom. He rubbed at his sore head and stood up, falling back on the bed after a dizzy spell.
-Man, that thing hurts...
-See how it feels after a couple dozen times...
"AHH!"
Yori leapt out of the bed, whipping his head around in different directions to find the source of the voice. Then he remembered.
"Oh no...I CAN HEAR YOU IN MY HEAD?!"
Inuyasha sighed.
I don't know how, but even though we're the same soul, we've got two different personalities, and somehow we're coexisting...
"You mean now I'm going to have you stuck in my head everywhere I go?"
...I'm not sure...It might be possible for one of us to just let go and give the other total control for a bit...considering before we passed out...but I can interrupt at anytime...hehe...
"Oh man, this is like being possessed..."
Yeah, except technically you used to be the ghost.
Yori grumbled and let out a distinct "feh." He gasped as he quickly covered his mouth and looked around in surprise.
-Great! Now I sound like you!- He thought with his fists clenched.
Yori's eye twitched with irritation as Inuyasha's laughter echoed through his head.
-Man, now everybody at school is going to think I'm nuts!
Not if they see MY eyes when they question you...then they'll just think you're a possessed weirdo.
Yori groaned and fell back on the bed. He yelped and leapt up on the bed as he heard a knock on the door. Kagome opened the door with a bowl in her hand, and Yori released his tension.
"Few...it's just you...-Kagome, this guy won't leave me alone!!! He's bugging me in my own brain!!!"
"Huh? Really?"
His expression was blasé and annoyed as his eyes reverted to yellow, Inuyasha quickly changing it to a smirk.
"Hehe, it's so easy to get under his skin."
Yori became furious.
-YEAH, CONSIDERING YOU'RE ALREADY IN IT!
Inuyasha winced and stuck his fingers in his ears and wiggled them a bit to numb the pain from his yell.
"Not so loud! Mental yelling really hurts!"
Yori spoke with mocking sympathy.
-Aw, really? THEN GIVE ME BACK MY BODY!
Inuyasha nearly fell over from the volume of Yori's shouting.
"Uh, Kagome? I know this is gonna sound crazy, but...would you mind 'sitting' me? It would punish him, and put me out of my misery...!"
Kagome shook her head.
"Oh alright! Have your dumb body back..."
Inuyasha's face was annoyed as the eyes went back to brown and Yori appeared relieved. He sighed and straightened his clothes in a smug gesture, but suddenly fell down to the floor in pain. He grunted and cradled his head in his hands, curling up in a fetal position.
HA! NOW I'M THE ONE WHO CAN YELL! YELLING YELLING YELLING YELLING YELLING YEEEEEELLIIIIIIIING!!!
"OKAY! I'M SORRY!"
Yori became frustrated as he sensed Inuyasha's smug pride at winning.
"Kagome, can't you make him go away?"
Kagome frowned in apology.
"Oh man...this isn't fair..."
"I know...I feel really bad for you..."
"Yeah...this guy's gonna be watching my every move...will I ever be able to use the bathroom again?"
Yori heaved a loud sigh of frustration as Inuyasha roared with enormous laughter in his head.
-Yeah, glad you liked that one demon-boy.
"Oh dear...uh, that's not what I was talking about."
Yori's eyes went wide. If that wasn't all, what else was there? He closed his eyes in anticipation and took a deep breath to ask Kagome what she was actually talking about.
"...Dare I ask...-What?"
"Well, you're going to have to live with Inuyasha...and he's not the friendliest of guys...he's loudmouthed, rude, and stubborn."
AM NOT!
Yori winced at the yelling.
"He says 'am not'"
Kagome rolled her eyes.
"I rest my case."
Yori looked like he was about to break down. His eyes twitched, he was hyperventilating, and he had climbed back onto the bed and begun to whimper. He sensed Inuyasha's suspicion.
Uh, are you okay?
-No, I've got a crazy loudmouthed split personality whose old girlfriend can turn me into road kill by saying sit.
HEY! SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!
He winced from the pain of his yelling, then screamed and ran out of the room, down the stairs and out the door to find home. Tears were streaking down his face as Inuyasha began to speak again.
Hey, where are you going?! Don't make me drag us back there!
-Get out of my head...get out of my head...get out of my head...
Kagome sat there, dumbfounded at Yori's reaction. She frowned deeply as she realized that this was all her fault. She had lured the spider demon; she had woken up Inuyasha; she'd aggravated them both with the subduing spell.
"What will I say tomorrow at school?"
She sighed heavily and packed her homework before going off to get ready for bed. This night had been too hectic.
Yori ran up the stairs in his house, ignoring his mother's comments about his first day of school and being out late. He ran up into his room and shut the door, leaping onto his bed and hugging his pillow. He held his face close to it, praying with all his might for Inuyasha to go away.
...You can wish all you want, but I'm staying.
"GO AWAY!"
I can't. I'm stuck here. I think it's because of that spell.
Yori opened his eyes, forgetting his frustration as his curiosity peaked.
-...Spell? You mean the 'sit' thing?
No, no...after Kagome left, Kikyo – her previous incarnation – cast a spell on me and told me that my soul would never be at ease once she awakened me. Since Kagome, who is basically modern Kikyo, woke me up, I can't "rest in peace" until I do something to break the curse.
-Like what?
I have no idea. She never told me...She just said that when her soul was put at ease, mine would be too.
-...But, if Kagome is Kikyo...then...it means you have to put Kagome at ease?
I don't know! Damn that Kikyo!
-...Are you insulting Kagome?
No...she and Kikyo are two different personalities...a lot like you and me.
-Oh, well I can see your point there...
Hey!
Yori laughed. Then sighed as he made a decision.
"Okay. I tell you what 'Inuyasha' or whatever, we'll share this body for now, but until you get out, I'll help you try to find a way to break this dumb spell."
Thanks...
Yori fell back down onto his bed and prepared to go to sleep. Today had been long and tiresome.
...Yori?
Yori moaned inside his head.
-What is it?
There's something I should tell you...
-...Okay...
There's this one thing I never got to tell Kagome before she went away, and I think it's important that you know...I realized shortly before she left.
-Yeah...?
...I'm in love with her.
Yori shook his head in surprise and muttered a sorry as he sensed Inuyasha's embarrassment.
-But...love? How long did you know her?
A few years...
-Uh...can demons and humans...?
Yori sensed Inuyasha's anger and humiliation.
Feh! Of course they can! I'm half-human!
-Really? Oh, I thought the other half might have been vampire or goblin or something...
Feh!
-So, what kind of demon are you?
Dog demon.
-Hehe...
What?
-Just thought it was funny how you're a dog demon and Kagome can "sit" you...
Feh!
-Well, at least I've always got somebody to talk to...
Well duh, you're the ONLY one I can ever talk to now...unless I possess you.
Yori shivered at the phrase "possess." It was creepy.
Don't worry...Kagome'd just sit me if I took over. She sits me for everything. Calling her names, not letting her go home, sneaking food, stealing snacks from Shippo...
-Wow, she was right; you are a little rude.
Feh!
Yori chuckled and turned over in his bed, letting out a loud yawn.
-Well, I really need to sleep. Good night.
Alright...good night...
Yori felt relief sweep over him as he pulled the blankets over his body and curled up in his bed.
..... ... .
-...Uh, Yori?
Downstairs, Yori's mother spilled her tea cup as she flinched from the loud, angry scream that caused the ceiling lamp to shake.
And now, review responses since the last chapter.
SakuyaSerenity – WOAH, WOAH! EMPHASIZE ON SERENITY! And I don't approve of bad language (thank you for censoring yourself on the big one though). I'm glad you like it so much, but R-E-L-A-X....-Gee, I wish sugar could make me that bouncy...or Gum-Gum fruit...Watches as Chibi-Luffy bounces around the room
NefCanuck – Hehe, roommate...clever. Well, let's see...Inuyasha won't let Yori get any sleep, Yori wants him to leave him alone...Inuyasha keeps bugging him and doing annoying things...hmm...sounds more like siblings...oo nooooow I know what my big sister had to go through!
Sari15 – It's not really so much what Inuyasha has in mind as what Yori has in mind...but yeah, it should be exciting to see...even I'm curious Oo...
LiLfloWerGrl – Ooh, interesting...cool plot...I feel connected to this generation. -...-oo; then again, I AM this generation...-;;;...
And by the way, I'm sorry to tell my reviewers and "fans" this, but I ain't gonna be updating for about a month. So if you're waiting for an update, don't bother checking until around mid-July. Go ahead and review, but please don't whine about me not updating 'cuz I'll probably be somewhere in Fort Payne Alabama or Las Vegas or Yellowstone or something...
O.O THAT REMINDS ME! Runs off to Laura's house to drop off Chibis Okay, now don't forget; you have to put eye drops in Chibi-Hiei's Jagan every night, keep the "you-know-what" away from Chibi-Inuyasha, Chibi- Kouga, Chibi Sesshoumaru and Chibi-Shippo. Don't even SAY the word or it'll scare the other "you-know-what" out of 'em before it's time for their walkies. Don't give Chibi-Ed anything he can use to perform Alchemist Conversion Spells. Watch out for Chibi-Kyo because he'll chew on the furniture...and the dog...and himself... Chibi-Omine No Kyo is sitting in corner, viciously chewing on his own sword, foam coming out of his mouth ;;; Uh, and don't forget his rabies vaccination on Tuesday." Laura: "...Hmm...How about I just put them all in front of teh TV and hope for teh best...?" "O.O...Yeah that's good too..."
Yori woke up later that night, moaning and reaching up to his forehead to feel that an icepack had been placed there. He took it off and looked around, remembering he was in Kagome's bedroom. He rubbed at his sore head and stood up, falling back on the bed after a dizzy spell.
-Man, that thing hurts...
-See how it feels after a couple dozen times...
"AHH!"
Yori leapt out of the bed, whipping his head around in different directions to find the source of the voice. Then he remembered.
"Oh no...I CAN HEAR YOU IN MY HEAD?!"
Inuyasha sighed.
I don't know how, but even though we're the same soul, we've got two different personalities, and somehow we're coexisting...
"You mean now I'm going to have you stuck in my head everywhere I go?"
...I'm not sure...It might be possible for one of us to just let go and give the other total control for a bit...considering before we passed out...but I can interrupt at anytime...hehe...
"Oh man, this is like being possessed..."
Yeah, except technically you used to be the ghost.
Yori grumbled and let out a distinct "feh." He gasped as he quickly covered his mouth and looked around in surprise.
-Great! Now I sound like you!- He thought with his fists clenched.
Yori's eye twitched with irritation as Inuyasha's laughter echoed through his head.
-Man, now everybody at school is going to think I'm nuts!
Not if they see MY eyes when they question you...then they'll just think you're a possessed weirdo.
Yori groaned and fell back on the bed. He yelped and leapt up on the bed as he heard a knock on the door. Kagome opened the door with a bowl in her hand, and Yori released his tension.
"Few...it's just you...-Kagome, this guy won't leave me alone!!! He's bugging me in my own brain!!!"
"Huh? Really?"
His expression was blasé and annoyed as his eyes reverted to yellow, Inuyasha quickly changing it to a smirk.
"Hehe, it's so easy to get under his skin."
Yori became furious.
-YEAH, CONSIDERING YOU'RE ALREADY IN IT!
Inuyasha winced and stuck his fingers in his ears and wiggled them a bit to numb the pain from his yell.
"Not so loud! Mental yelling really hurts!"
Yori spoke with mocking sympathy.
-Aw, really? THEN GIVE ME BACK MY BODY!
Inuyasha nearly fell over from the volume of Yori's shouting.
"Uh, Kagome? I know this is gonna sound crazy, but...would you mind 'sitting' me? It would punish him, and put me out of my misery...!"
Kagome shook her head.
"Oh alright! Have your dumb body back..."
Inuyasha's face was annoyed as the eyes went back to brown and Yori appeared relieved. He sighed and straightened his clothes in a smug gesture, but suddenly fell down to the floor in pain. He grunted and cradled his head in his hands, curling up in a fetal position.
HA! NOW I'M THE ONE WHO CAN YELL! YELLING YELLING YELLING YELLING YELLING YEEEEEELLIIIIIIIING!!!
"OKAY! I'M SORRY!"
Yori became frustrated as he sensed Inuyasha's smug pride at winning.
"Kagome, can't you make him go away?"
Kagome frowned in apology.
"Oh man...this isn't fair..."
"I know...I feel really bad for you..."
"Yeah...this guy's gonna be watching my every move...will I ever be able to use the bathroom again?"
Yori heaved a loud sigh of frustration as Inuyasha roared with enormous laughter in his head.
-Yeah, glad you liked that one demon-boy.
"Oh dear...uh, that's not what I was talking about."
Yori's eyes went wide. If that wasn't all, what else was there? He closed his eyes in anticipation and took a deep breath to ask Kagome what she was actually talking about.
"...Dare I ask...-What?"
"Well, you're going to have to live with Inuyasha...and he's not the friendliest of guys...he's loudmouthed, rude, and stubborn."
AM NOT!
Yori winced at the yelling.
"He says 'am not'"
Kagome rolled her eyes.
"I rest my case."
Yori looked like he was about to break down. His eyes twitched, he was hyperventilating, and he had climbed back onto the bed and begun to whimper. He sensed Inuyasha's suspicion.
Uh, are you okay?
-No, I've got a crazy loudmouthed split personality whose old girlfriend can turn me into road kill by saying sit.
HEY! SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!
He winced from the pain of his yelling, then screamed and ran out of the room, down the stairs and out the door to find home. Tears were streaking down his face as Inuyasha began to speak again.
Hey, where are you going?! Don't make me drag us back there!
-Get out of my head...get out of my head...get out of my head...
Kagome sat there, dumbfounded at Yori's reaction. She frowned deeply as she realized that this was all her fault. She had lured the spider demon; she had woken up Inuyasha; she'd aggravated them both with the subduing spell.
"What will I say tomorrow at school?"
She sighed heavily and packed her homework before going off to get ready for bed. This night had been too hectic.
Yori ran up the stairs in his house, ignoring his mother's comments about his first day of school and being out late. He ran up into his room and shut the door, leaping onto his bed and hugging his pillow. He held his face close to it, praying with all his might for Inuyasha to go away.
...You can wish all you want, but I'm staying.
"GO AWAY!"
I can't. I'm stuck here. I think it's because of that spell.
Yori opened his eyes, forgetting his frustration as his curiosity peaked.
-...Spell? You mean the 'sit' thing?
No, no...after Kagome left, Kikyo – her previous incarnation – cast a spell on me and told me that my soul would never be at ease once she awakened me. Since Kagome, who is basically modern Kikyo, woke me up, I can't "rest in peace" until I do something to break the curse.
-Like what?
I have no idea. She never told me...She just said that when her soul was put at ease, mine would be too.
-...But, if Kagome is Kikyo...then...it means you have to put Kagome at ease?
I don't know! Damn that Kikyo!
-...Are you insulting Kagome?
No...she and Kikyo are two different personalities...a lot like you and me.
-Oh, well I can see your point there...
Hey!
Yori laughed. Then sighed as he made a decision.
"Okay. I tell you what 'Inuyasha' or whatever, we'll share this body for now, but until you get out, I'll help you try to find a way to break this dumb spell."
Thanks...
Yori fell back down onto his bed and prepared to go to sleep. Today had been long and tiresome.
...Yori?
Yori moaned inside his head.
-What is it?
There's something I should tell you...
-...Okay...
There's this one thing I never got to tell Kagome before she went away, and I think it's important that you know...I realized shortly before she left.
-Yeah...?
...I'm in love with her.
Yori shook his head in surprise and muttered a sorry as he sensed Inuyasha's embarrassment.
-But...love? How long did you know her?
A few years...
-Uh...can demons and humans...?
Yori sensed Inuyasha's anger and humiliation.
Feh! Of course they can! I'm half-human!
-Really? Oh, I thought the other half might have been vampire or goblin or something...
Feh!
-So, what kind of demon are you?
Dog demon.
-Hehe...
What?
-Just thought it was funny how you're a dog demon and Kagome can "sit" you...
Feh!
-Well, at least I've always got somebody to talk to...
Well duh, you're the ONLY one I can ever talk to now...unless I possess you.
Yori shivered at the phrase "possess." It was creepy.
Don't worry...Kagome'd just sit me if I took over. She sits me for everything. Calling her names, not letting her go home, sneaking food, stealing snacks from Shippo...
-Wow, she was right; you are a little rude.
Feh!
Yori chuckled and turned over in his bed, letting out a loud yawn.
-Well, I really need to sleep. Good night.
Alright...good night...
Yori felt relief sweep over him as he pulled the blankets over his body and curled up in his bed.
..... ... .
-...Uh, Yori?
Downstairs, Yori's mother spilled her tea cup as she flinched from the loud, angry scream that caused the ceiling lamp to shake.
And now, review responses since the last chapter.
SakuyaSerenity – WOAH, WOAH! EMPHASIZE ON SERENITY! And I don't approve of bad language (thank you for censoring yourself on the big one though). I'm glad you like it so much, but R-E-L-A-X....-Gee, I wish sugar could make me that bouncy...or Gum-Gum fruit...Watches as Chibi-Luffy bounces around the room
NefCanuck – Hehe, roommate...clever. Well, let's see...Inuyasha won't let Yori get any sleep, Yori wants him to leave him alone...Inuyasha keeps bugging him and doing annoying things...hmm...sounds more like siblings...oo nooooow I know what my big sister had to go through!
Sari15 – It's not really so much what Inuyasha has in mind as what Yori has in mind...but yeah, it should be exciting to see...even I'm curious Oo...
LiLfloWerGrl – Ooh, interesting...cool plot...I feel connected to this generation. -...-oo; then again, I AM this generation...-;;;...
And by the way, I'm sorry to tell my reviewers and "fans" this, but I ain't gonna be updating for about a month. So if you're waiting for an update, don't bother checking until around mid-July. Go ahead and review, but please don't whine about me not updating 'cuz I'll probably be somewhere in Fort Payne Alabama or Las Vegas or Yellowstone or something...
O.O THAT REMINDS ME! Runs off to Laura's house to drop off Chibis Okay, now don't forget; you have to put eye drops in Chibi-Hiei's Jagan every night, keep the "you-know-what" away from Chibi-Inuyasha, Chibi- Kouga, Chibi Sesshoumaru and Chibi-Shippo. Don't even SAY the word or it'll scare the other "you-know-what" out of 'em before it's time for their walkies. Don't give Chibi-Ed anything he can use to perform Alchemist Conversion Spells. Watch out for Chibi-Kyo because he'll chew on the furniture...and the dog...and himself... Chibi-Omine No Kyo is sitting in corner, viciously chewing on his own sword, foam coming out of his mouth ;;; Uh, and don't forget his rabies vaccination on Tuesday." Laura: "...Hmm...How about I just put them all in front of teh TV and hope for teh best...?" "O.O...Yeah that's good too..."