Title: Help Me Through This

Author: FairyTails

Disclaimer: I own nothing…but the plot.

Rating: M

Summery: After a battle with Naraku Kagome finds herself in the middle of no where, in a strange yet familiar body.

After an encounter with Naraku's wind witch Sesshomaru wakes feeling a bit weird. But first, when did he go to sleep in the first place?!

Warnings: um…..body switch?

Paring(s): Sesshomaru/Kagome (eventually)

Spoilers: hehe, I haven't even seen the whole series....

Key:

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

Between Kagome and Sesshomaru

'Sesshomaru's inner beast'

A/n: Sorry it took so long folks, I've been distracted with my HP fics. I am trying my hardest to finish the next chapter to Kage as well, so keep an eye out.

Now enjoy the 'humor' filled chapter.

Chapter: (4) Learning More

Kagome looked at her body on the other side of the camp fire with tired golden eyes; she had finally been able to get Sesshomaru to go to sleep, though his current human body really helped her on the matter. She had pushed him to lie down, however much he didn't want to; he fell asleep bribing and insulting her, the body just not being able to go on for much longer without sleep.

It has been nearly four days since they were dropped off in this different world, and they haven't gotten any closer to the jewel that is tugging on Sesshomaru's mind. Kagome leaned her heavy head back against the tree she is resting against; she is tired as well, but only mentally. She had meditated earlier in the night, getting the little rest she needed in her current demon body. Fluffy had told her that she will eventually need real sleep, as meditation won't hold Sesshomaru's body for much longer, but she is afraid to go to sleep.

She has considered the idea of breaking her pride to get Sesshomaru to keep watch while she sleeps, but she is sure even he will not like the idea of letting the stronger body sleep and its only protection being a feeble human body. Kagome ignored the fact that he was underestimating her body, but then again, Sesshomaru had not idea what she was capable of like the rest of her group.

With a frustrated sigh she leaned her head back against the tree she was currently using as her rest spot, when she got Sesshomaru's claws on the damn half-breed she is going to greatly regret doing this to the two of them. Kagome was going to see to it that his death was slow and painful, filled with poison and her miko energy. A wicked grin spread its way across her features at the thought.

'I really am rubbing off on you human.'

Golden eyes glared, 'Oh, shush you. Go back to sleep to dreaming of maiming some poor village.'

The beast snorted, 'I have no body human, I need no sleep.' It paused, 'Village? I'm joining you in thoughts of killing Naraku; very pleasant thoughts really.'

Kagome rolled her eyes but none the less smiled, "Very pleasant."

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Sesshomaru woke up feeling very refreshed; he had never really needed sleep like that, and would never admit to the miko just how much he was glad she forced him to rest. Before getting up to look around he sent out his senses and realized he was alone. Startled he jerked up and opened his eyes. He growled to himself, pissed that the damn female would leave him in his current condition.

Not bothering to stretch he stood, looking around for his dagger incase he needed to defend himself and cursed himself for not falling asleep with it in his hand. Before he could locate it however, a presence tickled his senses and a voice alerted him that he was not alone, "Thank Kami! I was starting to think you were never going to wake up."

Sesshomaru turned hard blue eyes to face his body, eyeing the large dear on his shoulder, he calmed a little, remembering that he could keep an eye on Joken and Rin without being anywhere near them when he went out to hunt. He mentally yelled at his self for panicking when he realized the miko was probably doing the same thing. He had never been alone.

Relaxing Sesshomaru looked around their surrounding which looked much different in the daytime than they did in the night. He glanced at the sun's position in the sky and blue eyes widened, jerking them to his body he demanded, "How long was I asleep?"

Kagome glanced at him as she let the dead deer fall to the ground next to a fire pit and a small stack of firewood, "Thirteen hours if I am guessing right. My body seems to have been a lot more tired than you thought."

Sesshomaru panicked again, he had never slept that long since he was pup or he had just transformed. His eyes widened, "And you let me?"

Golden eyes softened at this –he noticed she kept his emotionless mask up at all times- and a slight frown brought silver eye brows together. She cocked his head, worry echoing, "You need to calm down Sesshomaru, my body isn't nearly as week as you seem to think it is."

The demon lord was taken back, some how she was able to get strait to the root of his problem, maybe it was because she has Fluffy there to tell her about him. He paused, 'Did I just mentally call my beast 'Fluffy'?'

Still he frowned, he was having a hell of a time adjusting to him new body unlike the miko, and he is centuries older than her and far better trained, it should be the other way around. Him calm and her in hysterics, though he has to admit, he is glad the miko isn't in hysterics. They would probably be dead already. Slowly Sesshomaru sat down on the miko's sleeping bag, taking deep breathe to calm himself and finally muttered out, "You are in the body of a Demon Lord."

As soon as it was out, something told him he shouldn't have said it, but knew his hearing could have heard it miles away. And angry flare in Kagome's aura told him that she had heard him, "And you're in what Sesshomaru, in the body of a week and feeble human?"

He kept his eyes down cast, feeling like he was a puppy again and being scolded by his father. She took this as a yes and continued, her tone reminding him why he was feared. She had started with a growl, "You are a bloody miko now Sesshomaru! You are anything but defenseless with my holy energy pulsing through your veins you damn dog! I may not be as strong, as fast or a graceful as you but I am far from weak."

Silence fallowed this and Sesshomaru hated how guilty he felt, how stupid he felt. He blames it on being in a human body with human emotions, but knows he is just creating excuses.

"And I thought you were the smarter brother."

Blue eyes widened, somewhere in his mind it registered to him that he was being baited, but he ignored it. A low, animalistic growl formed in his human throat, once again, it isn't nearly as malicious as he wishes it is, but he knows it can't be helped. He glares up at her, eyes shining with hatred, "Don't compare this Sesshomaru with that mutt."

An all too familiar smirk finds its way onto the inu's emotionless face and cold eyes dance with mirth, "Why not, you are reminding me a lot of him. He always underestimated me, called me weak even if he knew I could defeat him." Next she nearly snarled out, "You defiantly aren't acting like the Lord Sesshomaru I know. I may not know you that well but I know you would take anything obstacle life throws at you as a chance to grow and learn from. Where is that train of thinking now?"

He doesn't have an answer. Her truth hits him in the face like a clawed slap and suddenly he draws into himself, looking back to the ground with his emotionless mask in place. He acknowledges now that he is being baited, and why he is being baited. He would never tell her, but he is thankful for her harsh words, "If you are so strong why don't you start training me?"

Even his human ears could hear a sudden intake of breath and he looked up to see golden eyes staring down at him in shock before the miko calmed and smirked again, "That's better." She closed her eyes and cocked her head slightly, "Fluffy says that you already know how to use a dagger, you should only have to practice with it to get the hang of it."

Sesshomaru nodded slightly, just so she could know he wasn't ignoring her, "And your miko energy?"

"A comparison," she started out, "I picked up on your poison so quickly because it can be accessed in a similar way to my miko energy."

He blinked at her thoughtfully before looking down at the hands resting his lap. He lifts one up, and concentrated as if calling on his poison; after a moment his hand started to glow a soft blue. He stared at it, studying its appearance as he turned his hand around ever so slightly and taking note of how it feels. He silently wishes it could feel so relaxing to him in his body.

After a moment a soft voice calls him back to the present, "As you know, it can kill or heal. It comes natural that it purifies evil and heals the already pure, but with enough intent behind your thought you cane heal even a demon. It also helps in claming down dark feelings, as you could probably figure out by just calling on it."

Sesshomaru takes in her words, storing them away to his memory and only listens even more intently when she continues her little speech. Even he has to admit this is the most he had heard his voice in one setting.

"Unlike your poison, you can use the energy anywhere in your body. As miko's were created to kill demons, this ability comes in very nicely. By forcing the energy into your legs you can ran at breakneck speeds or jumping from tree to tree with ease. And it takes some a great amount and luckily I seem to have a very amble amount, but you can even heighten your senses."

Sesshomaru's head jerks up at this but can see the warning in his golden eyes, "I tell you this because I bet you greatly want your senses back. I have never bothered to truly test that out, but I know that it shouldn't be used at all times until my body is used to putting forth the energy needed with out tiring."

Sesshomaru lets this sink is with greedy thoughts, and looks back to his still glowing hands. A small smirk makes its way to his face and he looks back to the miko turned Taiyoukai, "Thank you."

She only nods with a smile in his golden eyes.

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It has been over a week now, and they had given up hope on reaching the shard Sesshomaru can feel on the edge of his mind at all times. After the first few days they realized that they weren't getting any closer and most likely weren't. So for the past five days they had been training each other in one another's abilities.

In this time Sesshomaru stopped fearing his death, or at least that it wouldn't happen without a fight. They could say they trusted each other, and even Sesshomaru admitted to himself that he would not be able to kill her even if he got his body back; to him she had started to fall under the same category as Rin.

As time went on, Sesshomaru could no longer hold back what he had to tell her about the other cardinal Lords; she had long since proven she could handle herself in his body. If it wasn't for the slight glow of emotion in his golden orbs, Sesshomaru could have sworn it was him, that and he is Sesshomaru.

"Miko," He had yet to call her by her name, and she had stopped showing that she cared, "We need to talk about my duties as a lord."

She stopped what she was doing –practicing with eviler of his two blades- and looked at him with slightly widened eyes, "Fluffy wondered when you would bring that up. He has already told me quite a bit about the Cardinal Lords."

'Damn beast.' Sesshomaru nodded, more to himself than her, "What has he told you?"

Sheathing his sword with practiced ease Kagome walked over to him where he is skinning a deer –being better capable with two arms- and sat down gracefully, "Names, alliances, rank, standings, and clans….that kind of stuff."

Sesshomaru pulled the deer's skin from the body with the help of Kagome's dagger, "Did he tell you about the next meeting and where it is going to be held?"

Kagome made a face and held it a second before it disappeared again, and as Sesshomaru wasn't looking at her he didn't notice, "In the south. When ever we were forced to travel there to get a jewel we made sure to leave as soon a possible. His laws are really unjust."

"He's a demon."

"So are you."

Sesshomaru finally looked up at her, "Not at the moment," he reminded her.

Kagome resisted the urge to roll her eyes, 'No shit Sherlock.' Instead she glared at him, "You know what I mean, you may hate humans but at least you don't pick a random village every month and slaughter every new born."

Sesshomaru flinched at this, remembering that law, or custom really, it shouldn't be considered a law. He remembered his mother fighting the Southern Taiyoukai for such an outrageous law and loosing. She had sulked for many a month until his father forced her to not think about it, with the promise of never doing anything like that in the west. Sesshomaru looked back to the deer before him, "Yet I still kill with out thought."

"If you need to kill, Sesshomaru."

Sesshomaru clenched the dagger in his hand, "Why do you defend this Sesshomaru so, Miko?"

He didn't have to look up to feel the smile that flashed across his emotionless face, "Not everyone is heartless."

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As he sat next to his window Naraku stares down into Kanna's mirror, watching his 'guests' as they wandered around the world he had created to imprison them. It irked him how well they seemed to get along. Part of him had hoped they would kill each other with in the first week of being forced together.

But yet again he had underestimated his enemies.

His red eyes glared at them as they trained each other in the other's skills and abilities. He had figured out a while ago that they could sense him watching or at least only Kagome at first, but soon Sesshomaru in the miko's body would tense up when he looked down at them through the mirror. They would fight each other when that happened, this didn't fool him really, just gave him some entertainment.

He had to think of a way to remind them that he is in control, control that was slipping from him once they realized that they weren't going to reach the shards Sesshomaru could feel, the shards now hanging round the half breed's neck. He had decided to stop the water and food supply that would automatically show up when the two needed it. He wanted them alive however, so could only do that for so long.

He could easily send a demon or horde of demons at them, but knew they would take this as a way to practice their newly found skills, and he also didn't want that. His evil mind really wanted a way to torture them during their stay, or at least until his plan for the cardinal lord was put into motion.

He growled to himself, which only grew louder when Kanna didn't react to it, though he knew she wouldn't. The fear would just be nice; with a smirk he summoned the demon slayer's mindless brother.

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By the time two weeks had passed in their odd world Kagome knew their surroundings pretty damn well; she knew every tree they had passed, and knew it when she and Sesshomaru were dragged around in circles. She knew they were alone and had the feeling they were being toyed with. She could only find a deer when they were hungry, only smells water when they were thirsty. It wasn't natural and she knew it was probably Naraku just making sure they lived to be tortured again.

Sesshomaru guessed that Naraku could be watching them in this make believe world through his white haired reincarnation's mirror so it had gotten to a point where they only talked when it is necessary, hiding how well they worked together and started to make it look like they couldn't stand each other and the only thing keeping them from killing each other was the fact of the body situation.

Kagome could tell that Sesshomaru enjoyed their 'little verbal spars', and so did she.

Kagome growled lowly to herself when she felt she was being watched, looking to Sesshomaru who had most likely heard her because he was working hard to get her body used to using energy to heighten her senses all the time. She barely caught onto the nod he gave her before Sesshomaru started the spar.

"Why don't you skin the deer for once Miko." She glared at him and he smirked, "And don't use the excuse of the one arm, I was very capable when I was in my body."

Kagome had to force her eye from twitching at the taunt, even if she knew it was for looks. She secretly believed Sesshomaru stayed up all night thinking of things to 'fight' her about. When she didn't reply Sesshomaru widened her blue eyes, "Don't tell me you don't know how."

Her eye twitched and she held back a growl, "I know how," she smirked, "You just seem to do a better job at it."

He only smirked back, "You wouldn't live a day in the wild on your own. I mean completely alone, without my beast's voice in your head."

She honestly felt like strangling him at that but kept her cool with a snort and a, "Hn."

This only gave Sesshomaru more material she mourned, as his eyes lit up evilly, "Resorting to one word sentences now?"

Kagome had the perfect comeback for that that made Fluffy laugh in the back of her head, "Don't insult the one word comebacks, Sess. I am only imitating you."

Now Sesshomaru's eyes twitched, "What did you call me?"

Kagome couldn't help the evil smirk that plastered it's self to her once emotionless mask, "Sess, or would you prefer Sessho, Sesshy, or I could even call you Lord Fluffy." She chuckled to herself, "I like Sesshy, has a nice ring to it."

The female became incredibly aware of the murderous intent being directed at her from her traveling companion, and she mentally shivered in delight at getting him back, "Well? It's Sesshy until you start calling me by my name."

If looks could kill Sesshomaru would hate his self forever as he became permanently trapped on a female human's body.

Yup, Kagome was thankful looks couldn't kill.

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Shippo silently cried his eyes out in Sango's lap, his sobs had lost their volume long ago, but the tears still came. Kagome could not be found anywhere, and could Sesshomaru, and with the way the demons had disappeared so quickly they all knew it was Naraku behind the attack.

It has been five hours and yet InuYasha had not come back yet. He had gone off to look in the forest, just to make sure. Deep in the kit's belly, he knew his mother figure would not be there.

So he cries, with Kirara lying against him and the demon slayer's hand running through his hair.

TBC

Ending note: God, it's been forever, hasn't it? Please excuse me if I make any gender mistakes…I've been writing onto Kage and get used to calling Kagome a male…

Sorry it is short compared to the last chapters, but at least I am finally updating.

Thanks for reading,

~FT