I decided to write this story so that every chapter is another week at the camp (I apologize if that's disorienting, but I wanted to give the heads up). So, if you do your math, you can expect at least eight chapters in this story (maybe I'll throw in an after camp epilogue, but I can't say for sure).

Anyway, I decided to give the second chapter now because it's hard to tell if you'll truly like something from just reading one chapter. But I'm still working on three right now, so I can't promise that right away.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, any of the characters, or anything that anyone finds familiar with this plot. All I did was take these elements and try to make them my own.

Week Two

The camp only mixed boys with the girls when it came to meals, training and hikes. Occasionally the camp would schedules trips into the nearby town, or dances on campus, which would be coed, but that was about it. Everything else was strictly separated. If girls were having basketball, boys were somewhere else and vice-versa. That went for all sports, no matter what. Sango wasn't even allowed her exempt from other sports if boys were in the pool. Even the dorms were separated, location-wise: the boys' and girls' dorms were separated by the cafeteria and gymnasium. But the most annoying part of it all was that the coaches were same-sex as well, making it nearly impossible for Kagome to get close to Inuyasha. Her first two days had consisted of quick glances similar to that of the first time she'd seen him: sitting with the other peer leaders at lunch, walking his team to the gymnasium, coaching basketball. The closest encounter she had had with him so far was when he was talking to Kikyo – bitch – and she was simply close enough to witness it. The two smiled with each other a lot; he had such an excellent smile – brilliantly white teeth, adorably long canines.

Finally she managed to find Inuyasha on his own, standing in the cafeteria, contemplating the vending machines. He was wearing his peer leader shirt, but his hair covered his name. His golden eyes were narrowed thoughtfully as they darted between the selections of chips and sodas.

"Hi." Kagome said brightly, once she was close enough.

He glanced down at her – god, he was tall – and asked: "Shouldn't you be with you be with your group, Bumblebee?"

Kagome scowled over the 'Bumblebee' thing. "Why did they put my name on the back of the shirt if you were going to end up calling me Bumblebee?" She was really tired of the Bumblebee motif.

Inuyasha looked at her again, eyed her shirt carefully, then said: "After what you've done to your shirt, I don't blame people for calling you Bumblebee."

Kagome smiled, feeling flirtatious. "You don't like what I've done with my shirt?" she asked innocently, slightly lifting her already accented bust due to the cut. "I think it's cute."

He had gone back to deciding what to buy, but he gave her another look. Kagome noticed him lingering longer on her than he had the first two times, notably at her chest. She smiled; at least she was starting to really get his attention.

He turned back to the vending machine, stuck a dollar in the slot and bought bottled water. "Do you want something?" he asked.

"There's something I want." She replied suggestively. Then, feeling bold, she asked: "Do you wanna take a walk with me?"

He raised an eyebrow. "Sure if I'm walking you back to your peer leader."

She giggled. "No, just a regular walk. Are those things not allowed in this place? Does everything here have to be a hike?"

He frowned at her. "You expect me as a male peer leader to walk around with one of the female campers? Alone?"

"Why do they do this sex separation thing? Don't they know that the days of sexism are done?"

"It's not sexist, it's just cautious." Inuyasha explained. "It's a long camp, longer than most. Two months. They just don't want there to be inappropriate relationships between campers."

"But they haven't said anything about relationships between campers and peer leaders."

"Because they don't have to Bumblebee."

Kagome frowned. "My name is Kagome."

He smiled, which melted Kagome's frown away. "Kagome then. And you and I know that it doesn't have to be said that there can't be any inappropriate relationships between peer leaders and campers."

"I didn't say an inappropriate relationship. I just said a relationship. Friendship if you will. Are we not allowed to be friends?"

Inuyasha gave her a long look. Kagome tried her best to seem sincere. It clearly wasn't enough, because he went: "Let's go find Kikyo."

She frowned. "No, let's not. How come you and Kikyo can have a relationship but you and I can't?"

He looked perplexed at her comment. "Kikyo and I don't have a relationship."

She scoffed. "Oh please. I've seen her, the way she acts around you. She's crazy about you; she fawns for god's sake. It's actually pretty disgusting."

"How does that make her and I have a relationship? You're fawning; we don't have a relationship."

She blushed with embarrassment. "I'm not fawning. I'm asking you to take a walk with me."

"I'm sure Bumblebee."

"Kagome!" she yelled.

Inuyasha smiled again, which made her blush further. "I know. I just enjoy the frustration on your face."

Kagome smiled shyly. She was fishing for something else – coy or clever – to say, but then a shrill call rang out through the cafeteria. The two of them looked around to find Kikyo running down to them, face red with rage.

"Where have you been Kagome?" she bellowed. "You're supposed to be in the weight room, and I find you here, goofing off. Do you know what the penalty is for being where you're not supposed to be?"

Sure Kagome knew: it was drilled regularly per day into every camper's mind. The Outhouse was a broken down wooden cabin located in the forest. It wasn't in the best of shape. They only kept it restored enough that it still looked foreboding, but was livable for a night. The place soon became the place to send naughty campers for a night.

"I should report you to Mr. Myoga." Kikyo said warningly.

"Calm down Kikyo." Inuyasha said soothingly. "Kagome just got here, she asked me to buy her water."

And suddenly, the water bottle Inuyasha had just purchased for himself was in Kagome's palm. There was a moment when his fingers touched her skin, and she tingled at the meeting. His hand lingered a second longer than necessary, but Kagome didn't mind, enjoying the contact.

"Well she's been missing for over twenty minutes." Kikyo hissed. "It shouldn't take her that long to come here and buy a damn water."

Inuyasha looked at her surprisingly. Kagome looked down, not about to admit to having searched the entire campus for him while cutting class. It took Inuyasha only a second to recover though: "I questioned her a bit: what class was she in right now, what she was doing here. I didn't realize I had held her up so much. My fault."

Suddenly Kikyo smiled widely, resting her hand on his shoulder. "That's okay, nothing is your fault. This one is a little troublemaker. Did I tell you? I was pretty sure I smelt cigarette smoke in her room on the first day."

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Are you done?"

More rage. "Who do you think you're talking to like that!"

"Kikyo." Inuyasha's somber voice took her down a notch. "Don't be like that. It's not that serious, I promise. Kagome was just leaving."

Kagome glanced up at Inuyasha, frowning. The last thing she wanted to do right now was leave with this miserable witch. But Inuyasha looked down at her with a hard expression, and she realized that defying him might put her in even more trouble. He was a peer leader after all.

Reluctantly, Kagome walked behind Kikyo, who was giving her a sermon on the appreciation of time and honesty and whatever else her dumb ass could come up with. Kagome held onto her bottled water, then realized almost instantly that this wasn't truly her water. Kikyo was so caught up in herself, she wouldn't notice if Kagome ran back to the cafeteria to give Inuyasha back her water. But when she turned around, she could see Inuyasha coming out of the building already, holding a new bottle. They met eyes for a second – Inuyasha smiled, and Kagome could have sworn she saw him wink at her. She watched him as he walked towards the male dormitories.

"Kagome, let's go shall we. You still have thirty minutes of muscle training left."

Kagome followed Kikyo, but her mind was still on Inuyasha.

"He likes me." Kagome announced.

The three girls were on their way to the swimming pool, walking behind the rest of the group.

"Who like you?" Sango asked.

"Inuyasha."

Ayame snorted. "And where did you get that nonsense from?"

Kagome scowled at her. "It's not nonsense. It's true. He does."

Kagome briefly told them the story of her cutting weight classes earlier in the week – no, she hadn't just gone to the bathroom, as she had told them when she left – and how Inuyasha covered for her when Kikyo was ready to bring down the wave of hate.

"That doesn't mean he likes you." Sango said. "He was just trying to keep you out of trouble."

"And why would he try to keep me out of trouble if he didn't like me. I mean, what would be his motive?"

"I don't know." Sango said. "But don't get too wrapped up in this 'like' thing."

"First off, he was completely flirting with me. And then secondly, he winked at me while I was walking away. I saw the wink. Tell me if those aren't signs."

"Maybe they'd be signs if he was our age. But he's way older than us I'm sure. You have to be at least eighteen to be a peer leader, which puts at least a two year gap between you two."

"Yeah, but he can't be older than twenty-two, which closes the gap at six years. Which isn't so bad when you think about it.

"He's a peer leader here. You probably look like all the other campers here to him." Ayame pointed out.

"Excuse me, I do not look like the other campers here." Kagome said, mildly insulted. The other girls here were babies, ages ranging between eleven and sixteen, with her being the only sixteen year old so far. Even Ayame and Sango were only fifteen years old, and Ayame had just recently turned fifteen.

"Relax Kagome, don't be so sensitive." Ayame said. "We're not trying to insult you. We're just telling you not to jump to conclusions."

Kagome rolled her eyes. "You just don't understand what it's like when a man flirts with you."

The two girls went quiet. "You didn't need to take it there, Kagome." Sango said after a while.

Kagome only sighed in response. She knew she felt something – if only for a second – between them. Whether it was when he placed the water bottle in her hand, his checking her out unashamedly, or the wink. He winked at her for god's sake. Men don't just go around winking at people they aren't attracted to.

"Sorry guys," Kagome said, deciding to drop the subject with them. They just wouldn't get it. "I wasn't trying to be mean."

"It's alright." Sango replied, and Ayame nodded.

A group of boys were climbing out the pool and getting ready to hit the showers once their Bumblebee group arrived. The three girls checked out the opposite sex as they toweled down their athletic figures. Kagome wasn't going to lie – some of the boys were extremely hot. And this was the fifteen to sixteen group, with more of them being sixteen already. Then again, she had her eye on one guy in particular already.

The fifteen to sixteen group of boys were called the Bears, and were led by Inuyasha, so it came as no surprise to see him lounging in a pool chair while his group got themselves together. Kikyo ditched her own group almost immediately to rush to his side. Kagome felt like gagging.

"She's such a parasite." She muttered.

The girls looked over at Kikyo. "She may be a parasite, but they are closer in age." Ayame pointed out.

"I doubt he's even that into her. He made it a point to tell me they weren't in a relationship." And why would he tell me that if he wasn't interested in me? In the next second, Kagome had an idea. "Can I borrow a dollar?"

"Sure." Sango reached into her pocket and pulled out a crumpled one.

"Thanks." Kagome smiled. "You guys put my stuff down for me, I need to go do something."

Ayame and Sango exchanged looks. "Why do I get the feeling that this is Inuyasha-related?" Ayame pondered out loud.

"Because it probably is." Kagome said knowingly. She hadn't seen much of him since their encounter in the cafeteria, and she was about to make the most of right now.

She glanced over at him. Kikyo was still yapping off his ear, but he didn't seem that into whatever she was saying. He had shades over his eyes, so she couldn't tell where he was looking, but it was worth the chance to believe he had seen her. She turned her back to him and pulled off her top – a plain white tee, since her Bumblebee shirt was in the wash – then stepped out of her shorts. Her swimsuit was a one-piece – only because it was mandatory when it came to swim classes – but had a haltered top, but deeply enough in the front to make a point, and completely backless. Besides, she knew her figure was nice regardless of what swim gear she had on.

Kagome turned around and looked back in Inuyasha's direction. A small smile was playing on her lips, but she couldn't say for sure if it was because of her little performance. Kikyo was smiling too. The sunglasses were throwing her off. So instead of continuing to play the guessing game, she took a deep breath and walked over to his side of the pool, dollar in hand. Ayame and Sango looked at her with concern, but she brushed it off, adrenaline pushing her forward.

Kikyo frowned at her arrival. "Don't you have to get ready for swimming?" she asked snappishly.

"Clearly I'm ready for swimming." Kagome replied coolly, gesturing to her swimsuit. Then she turned to Inuyasha. "I owe you a dollar from last week. I've been meaning to pay you back from before, but I couldn't find you."

"Keep it." He said simply.

She shook her head, letting her dark hair float softly from side to side. "Just let me pay you back."

Inuyasha stood up, smiled at her. "Keep it Bumblebee. It's okay, I promise."

"What did I say about calling me Bumblebee?" Kagome said in a mildly annoyed tone.

He shrugged, his smiled becoming playful. "Guess I just can't shake it."

She smiled up at him, hypnotized by his. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Like how."

She made her voice sound sultry as she said: "As if you see something you like."

Kikyo stood up too, angrily. "You should be getting in the pool Kagome."

Kagome cut her eyes at Kikyo, but shrugged with content. "Fine." She pulled her hands through her hair to pin it up, which simultaneously lifted her breasts slightly. She watched for Inuyasha's reaction. His smile remained. "See you around Inuyasha."

Kagome turned away, walking slowly to emphasize her natural hip sway. This time she didn't need to look behind her to know Inuyasha was watching her; hiding behind the comfort of his shades. Without a doubt, he saw something in her that he liked.

Kagome was sitting with a bunch of boys for dinner that evening, namely because her two friends had found boys that piqued their own interest. Miroku was sixteen with dark hair and violet eyes – Sango's dreamboat – and Koga with long dark hair and sharp blue eyes – Ayame's sweetheart. A couple of guys at the table were talking her up, trying to see what could happen between them, and Kagome was mildly interested in some of the offers. But her main goal had become Inuyasha. He wasn't going to be as easy as the guys surrounding her were, and she liked challenges.

"Kagome."

The voice was hard and angry. Kagome looked up to see Kikyo lurking over her, brows knitted in irritation. "Can I talk to you for a second?" She was trying to sound polite, but Kagome could detect the deeper anger. "It's important."

"I'm listening."

"I need you to come with me."

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Fuck that."

Kikyo's face went red. "Are you purposely trying to push my buttons? Because it's working, and you're pushing yourself right into a night in the Outhouse. Now come with me."

Kagome sighed and stood up; only because she was far from interested in a night at the Outhouse. She walked behind Kikyo until the two of them were outside of the cafeteria, standing in the dark of the night.

"Just what the fuck are you trying to pull, Ms. Thing?"

Kagome was surprised at Kikyo's language. "You sure you're allowed to talk to a camper like that Ms. Peer Leader?"

"Don't try to twist things you little cunt. I don't know what you're up to, but don't you dare try to wreak any havoc around here. If you were a Butterfly or a Flower, I wouldn't give a shit about you. But you're in my house, and therefore, you better start abiding by my rules. So cut your crap and keep away from Inuyasha."

Finally: the true purpose of this meeting. "What about that last part?" Kagome asked innocently.

"Don't play coy with me. I can see your intentions all over you damn face. And I'm here to tell you that it's not going to happen like that. Not only would you damage his reputation, but you'd be damaging mine in the process. And neither he nor I want that."

"And who are you to speak on his behalf?"

Kagome was calling her out, daring her to use the word 'girlfriend'. She wouldn't let Kikyo live it down if she did.

But Kikyo didn't take the bait, just exhaled in frustration. "Just cut your shit out. That way we don't have any more problems between us."

"Didn't realize we had problems Kikyo." Kagome said sarcastically.

Kikyo just scoffed and walked away back to the cafeteria. Kagome lingered for a second, tempted to light one up. Sango had given her a couple of cigarettes to hold onto, and she had one in the back pocket of her jeans right now. But it was dinner time: the place was teeming with other campers and peer leaders, and maybe even Mr. Myoga. It would be a risk: too easy to get caught. But the temptation was still there.

She walked away from the cafeteria, and out to the playing field. Once she felt she had covered enough distance, she took out her lighter and stuck a cig in her mouth. She lit up and took a couple of calming drags, smiling to herself.

"I hope you're going to put that out soon."

Kagome almost jumped out of her skin at the sound of the male voice behind. The cigarette dropped out of her mouth and to the ground, wasted. She turned around to find Inuyasha standing there, eyes gleaming in the moonlight.

She scoffed. "You made me drop my cigarette."

"You're not supposed to be smoking the first place." He said, stepping on the lightened end to out it. Then he picked up the offending evidence and pocketed it. "Kikyo was right, you were smoking in your dorm."

Kagome shrugged. "I don't care. I want to get out of the god forsaken place. If that means getting in trouble, then I'll cause as much fucking trouble as possible."

Inuyasha shook his head. "That would be a shame. You're a great basketball player, and this place would help you hone your skills."

She glanced over at him. "You've seen me play?"

He nodded. "Only once or twice. In passing. But you have some talent."

Kagome saw opportunity and seized it. She stepped closer to him. "You know, you could give me some pointers." She reached out and slid a finger down Inuyasha's right arm. "You're the assistant basketball coach right?"

He stepped back. "For the boys' team."

She rolled her eyes, but she didn't know if he saw. The moon was the only light on them, and it wasn't much. Inuyasha was nothing more than a silhouette at this point. But those eyes oh his were able to cut through all darkness.

"All that sex separation talk can walk Inuyasha. The girls' coach sucks."

"Kira is a talented basketball player."

"But she's not as good as you." Kagome stepped closer to him again, taking a bigger step so that she was a mere few centimeters away from him. She reached for his jeans, finding his belt loops and slipping her fingers through them. "I want you." She said firmly. Then added playfully: "to teach me basketball."

Inuyasha pulled himself from her grasp forcefully. "That's not funny Kagome."

"I was being serious."

"Well stop it." His voice had gotten hard with anger. "We better get back. People will start to wonder."

"Who cares?"

"I care Bumblebee."

"Kagome."

"Whatever."

She frowned at his dismissal of her advance. But she wasn't quick to give up. She reached for his hand, holding it with both of hers. "Inuyasha–"

Inuyasha snatched his hand back, so fast that he almost hit her face. "Move it Bumblebee: it's almost curfew. I'm not about to have my ass on the line because of some little girl." He was angry alright, that much she could tell. But his tone carried something else in it too: a hint. Like there were more to his words than the face value of them. He emphasized 'little girl' way too much.

Her frown deepened. She couldn't understand why he was being so difficult. They were out in the dark, with no one around. Perfect opportunity, and he was rejecting her. Her pride was hurting and she stomped passed Inuyasha, purposely knocking his shoulder. "I told you to stop calling me Bumblebee." She yelled over her shoulder.

"Wait a minute. Let me walk you back."

"I can walk my damn self!" She screamed at him. She didn't want him near her. She didn't want him to see her pain.

Hope this will give a better grasp on the story. Realize that I put it under the drama category, so expect some more of this..."dramatic behavior"

If you liked it, review and let me know. If you didn't, at least tell me constructively (no flames). I want to thank my very first reviewer - gigglez30 - for: one, giving my first review; and two, prompting me to put up this second chapter.

Until my next update: keep the peace.

--Brin--