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#9 – Role Reversal

"You've got to be shitting me…" His now human hands clenched in exasperation.

"What happened, Inu Yasha?" Shippou asked, his green eyes dark with worry. "Your human night isn't supposed to be for another – ack!"

The irate young man leveled his gaze at the kitsune, giving him a light shake. "You wanna talk a little louder… that way everyone can hear you!"

"Explain this to us, Inu Yasha," Miroku's arms were folded in the sleeves of his robes, his brow furrowed in consternation. "How exactly did this happen?"

"Keh, wish I knew…" he replied, scowling. "All I know is this crazy youkai hag came out of nowhere with some bizarre spells and shit… next thing I know, here we are."

"Bizarre spells and shit…" the monk sighed heavily. "Inu Yasha, that hardly tells us what happened."

"I don't know what happened, okay?" Inu Yasha exclaimed angrily. "I just know that I'm a frickin' human right now and I'm sure as hell ain't s'posed to be."

"Wait a minute… wasn't Kagome with you?"

Inu Yasha's eye twitched.

"What!" Shippou exclaimed. "If you became a human, what happened to Kagome?"

There was a slight rustling sound coming from overhead. Inu Yasha paused at the sound and then froze, rising from his seat as if Naraku himself were on his tail. Before anyone could question his actions however, he rushed over to one of the trees behind them. Extending his arms out he caught a white and green blur that tumbled out of the tree.

Checking his bundle over carefully for any damages he glared down it angrily. "What are you, stupid or something? Just what the HELL do you think you were doing!"

A round face peered up at him from underneath his red haori sleeve, grinning sheepishly. "Well, I'd seen you do it so often, I figured I'd give it a try."

Miroku and Sango blinked, as did Shippou.

"K… Kagome…?"

The figure in Inu Yasha's arms turned towards them, blinking innocently. Well, she looked like Kagome… sort of. Her face was shaped the same, although there were certain differences…

Well, that was putting it bluntly. The Kagome they knew had bushy black hair that framed her round face, accentuated by wide slate-gray eyes. The girl in front of them possessed most of those things, yes; the only thing that set the two apart was the amber flecks present in her eyes as well as…

…the two fuzzy triangular ears on top of her head.

Shippou squeaked. Kirara mewed.

"What the hell is going on here!"

Kagome's 'ear' twitched and she laughed helplessly. "I guess we sorta switched places…"

Silence reigned for a moment.

"So you mean that while he's…"

"Yeah…"

"And now you're…"

"Yup."

"So you've got all of Inu Yasha's powers?" Shippou asked excitedly. Said person scowled. Kagome nodded, and to prove her point she then proceeded to execute a somewhat shaky 'Sankon Tessou'. "Cool!"

"Well, that's interesting…" Miroku pondered.

Inu Yasha's eye twitched slightly. "There's nothing interesting about that, bouzu," he snapped. His expression looked as though he couldn't decide whether to be proud or insulted, but with Inu Yasha you could never really be sure. "Just what are you thinking anyway?"

"Really, Inu Yasha, just think about it," Sango replied. "If Kagome's got your powers, doesn't that stand to reason that you now have hers?"

The hanyou and miko exchanged glances.

"Inu Yasha…" He flinched. "Osuwari!"

Nothing happened. Everyone blinked.

After a few moments of disbelief, Inu Yasha began laughing manically.

"Come on, it's not that funny!"

He kept on laughing.

"Hold on, Inu Yasha," Kagome exclaimed, slightly peeved at his reaction to the sudden turn of events. Hadn't he been pissed just a moment ago…? "If you've got my powers, that means you're the one that's gonna have to sense the jewel shards."

Inu Yasha paused in his laughter, blinking in surprise. She was right. "Don't think that gets you off the hook," he frowned, pointing a finger at her. She gave him a 'huh?' look. "You're not gonna be running off to the well every second—"

He didn't get to finish his sentence because he suddenly found himself face down in the dirt, a brown penny loafer pressing down on the back of his head.

"Honestly…"

"Wait a minute," Everyone turned his or her attention to Miroku. "It suddenly occurred to me… now that Kagome no longer possesses the ability to sense the shards does that mean Kouga has no reason to pursue her…?"

Inu Yasha jumped up. "Yeah?"

The monk frowned, "Although now that she's a hanyou, that might make her more…"

A gust of wind drowned out the rest of his words. Although over the wind a loud expletive could be heard from Inu Yasha.

"Oi, inu kurro, where the hell is…" Kouga paused, blinking at the scene before him. He studied the brunette closely, his brows furrowed in confusion. "K… Kagome…?"

She merely blinked owlishly at him.

Growling as much as his now human body would allow, Inu Yasha strode towards him, fists clenched at his sides. "Oi, yaseookami…"

Kouga ignored him, studying the girl from the future a few moments more before his blue eyes widened in delight. "Wow, Kagome… and I thought you were good looking before… you're gorgeous now!"

"Eh?"

By this Inu Yasha's eye twitching was so severe even Shippou was starting to look concerned.

"You've got to be shitting me…"

End