InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Unthinkable ❯ A Demon's Mischief ( Chapter 1 )

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Title: The Unthinkable
Author: Flesheater777
Disclaimer: I do not own the Inuyasha franchise. You'd know if I did.
Rating: PG-13/T (Just in case.)
Summary: A response to MonkandMiko's sentence-based challenge. I must use the phrase 'You
don't know how lucky you are. Men have it SO easy...' at least once in this fic.

Author's note: While I try to complete this single challenge, I will include as many of the other
phrases as I can.
Chapter I
A Demon's Mischief
"It can't be THAT hard..." That's what I said before the switch.

Oops! I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me start at the beginning. As some of you may know, my
name is Kagome Higurashi. You may also know about Inuyasha and the gang, especially
Miroku... If ya do, it makes my job a whole lot easier. If ya don't, I hope you can catch up as we
go along. Okay? Good. Then I can start the story. For parts of the story that I wasn't there for, my
new friend Flesheater777 shall take over.

Hey, wait a minute! What kind of a name is that?

Flesheater777: That's just my internet name. Sorry, m'lady.

Ooookayyyyyyyy... back to the story! It all started when we were camping out one night...

I was in the hot spring with Sango and Shippo, who was obviously in the ring floatie I bought for
him. As usual, Sango was prodding me about my feelings for Inuyasha, though this time she went
to far. "... what did you call me?"

So Sango says, "You heard me. You're a boy addict. You can't decide who's your favourite
between Inuyasha, and Koga..."

Then I was stupid enough to say, "...and Hojo..."

Then - get this! - she says, "Do you see what I mean? Why, next you'll be after Miroku, I
suppose?"

I saw the moment for a joke and replied with, "Oh, no, Sango. The pervert's all yours!" As she
blushed, I thought, Hehehe... that shut her up!

There was some rustling in nearby bushes just then, so Sango threw a nearby log into the bushes,
only to find Miroku fall out. "Pervert!" Sango said that, not me.

I just muttered "Oh, brother..." and left the talking to Sango.

"What excuse is it this time, monk?!"

With his hand behind his head in a nervous gesture, he said, "I was just keeping guard of the
area! Honest! I wouldn't want any bandits harming my precious Sango!"

At that moment, something inside me just... I dunno... burst. I started to yell at him. "You
bastard! You couldn't last one day as a woman! How would you like it, to be spied upon, to be
violated, to be groped like some kid's toy? You make me sick!"

He responded with, "In that situation, I'd say, 'I feel loved. Violated, but loved.' As for you, what
makes you think you'd do so well as a man?"

So I said, "It can't be THAT hard... You don't know how lucky you are. Men have it SO easy...
You don't have to worry about how you look, or how you dress, or having your emotions go out
of control. You got it easy!" Miroku had nothing to say to that, so he walked away. I was still
riled up, so I was all like, "Yeah, you better run!"

Sango was surprised. "Kagome, I've never seen you do anything like that before. Is something
wrong?"

You know how it just happened, and that's what I tried to tell Sango. "No, it just... it just
happened. I don't know what came over me..."

Flesheater777: Unbeknownst to Lady Kagome, but knownst to me for some reason, an imp-like
demon in a shroud was lurking in another nearby bush, carrying an ebony lantern which emitted
no light at the moment. "Interesssstingg... perhapsssss I can give those two mortalzzz the
chanssssss to prove their ideasssss. It'ssss been a while since Ozou exercizzzed his power..." His
lantern emitted a faint blue light in response...

Thanks for telling them that. Anyway...

Flesheater777: No need to thank me, Lady Kagome. It's what I do.

Anyway... we were all asleep. Me, Shippo, Sango, and Miroku in the sleeping bags I brought, and
Inuyasha in a tree. That little... demon-thingie... dammit, Flesheater777's a much better writer
than I am... pulled Shippo out of my sleeping bag and dragged me and Miroku away by our...
sleeping bags. Flesheater777, how do you make this crap sound good?

Flesheater777: It just happens. I still find problems in my writing, and I don't have any idea how
to fix that last sentence.

Dammit... anyway, when we were in a remote enough spot... ummm...

Flesheater777: If it helps, I believe the name of the demon was Denchimaru.

Thanks. When we were in a remote enough spot, Denchimaru pulled us out of our sleeping bags
and hit us both across the face. We both woke up with a start, dazed and confused.

Flesheater777: You're getting better at this, Lady Kagome.

Thank you! Anyway, Denchimaru started to speak. "I am Denchimaru, bringer of enlightenment
and alteror of perspective. In the name of Ozou the Illuminator, I switch thine perspectives until
ultimate knowledge is received!"

At that moment, Ozou's blue light shone with an unmatched intensity... like a star, almost. When
the light was gone, so was Denchimaru and Ozou, and my hands weren't mine anymore...

Flesheater777: As soon as Denchimaru was far enough away from them, he smashed Ozou to
the ground and killed himself with a dagger he drew from his robes, knowing full well that both
would be reincarnated at the nearest shrine. As for the phrase 'full well', I believe I read it in a
book somewhere.

How do you know what Denchimaru did, Flesheater777?

Flesheater777: I am one of the authors writing this story, after all. Authors have the gift of
knowing hidden thoughts and simulataneous events and the like. To do so, one must focus their
mind on what they wish to know. You can do that to, Lady Kagome.

In that case, can I write this story by myself?

Flesheater777: Of course. I sense you wish to know why I call you Lady Kagome. I've always
thought of myself as a noble character, a sophisticated person who still enjoys the simpler things
in life.

Wow. Okay, bye!

Flesheater777: Farewell.

Where was I?... Oh, that's right! I lifted up my hands (I use the term 'my' loosely) to find Miroku's
hands instead. "AAGH! I'M NOT ME ANYMORE!" I cried.

Then Miroku, in my body, stepped in front of me. We both felt the weird feeling of looking in a
mirror that wasn't really a mirror, and shivered in unison. "Calm down, Lady Kagome. Perhaps if
we track this Denchimaru down, he can reverse this."

I nodded, and started to follow the three-toed tracks. Miroku was close behind. Then, we both
stopped at the same time, gasping in horror/disbelief at what we saw...

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A/N: Stay tuned for Chapter II: Denchimaru's dead - what now?

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Such an interesting mix of first and third person perspective, don't you think?

Anyway, thanks to Flesheater777 for responding to two sentence challenges in a single story (a
single chapter, even)! The "Men have it SO easy..." challenge is stated, but there's one more
that's hidden within the text...can you find it?

According to the author himself, there will be more sentence-based challenges included in the
future. Sounds like an interesting scavenger hunt, eh?

Thanks again!

Megami