The Best Summer Ever
Chapter 4: First Impressions
Disclaimer: please don't make me say it again- why do you think this is called a disclaimer anyways?! I don't own "Change the World" either(song used in chapter)
Kagome's POV:
Miroku offered to show us our rooms, but Sango turned him down, saying she's been coming here for years and can show me our cabin herself.
As we walk, I glance around, observing the camp once again.
There are a lot of cabins, and I see the boys and girls cabins are separated, divided by a trail that leads farther than I can see.
The cabins are arranged so that there are three cabins in a certain area; there are three cabins next to eachother forming half of a rectangle, a space in the middle, and the side that's empty is next to the pathway. Next to those three cabins are three more cabins which are arranged the same way.
Sango takes me to the section of cabins on the far end, which is to the left of the other section of cabins. "I'll be in cabin 1, and you'll be in cabin 2," she says. "I'll show you the inside, and if you need anything I'll be in the cabin next door. Ayame will be on the other side of you, so you can ask her as well."
"Ok..." I say. She unlocks cabin 2 with a key-card(like in hotels) and holds open the door for me. I walk inside and place my bag on the floor. She enters behind me and puts her bag down too, smiling.
I look around the room; there's 6 sets of bunk beds, a bathroom in the far left corner, and shelves for luggage next to each bunk bed. According to the amount of bunk beds, I'd say that... 10 or 11 girls will be in each cabin.
"Well, I'll see you later! After you finish unpacking come to the meeting room again," Sango says, picking up her bag. I follow her outside.
A young girl with long black hair in a loose ponytail and an eye patch walks over to us, smiling. "Hi Sango!" She says to my best friend.
Sango waves to her with a smile.
Then the girl sees me and her mouth forms an 'o'. "You look just like my sister!" She exclaims at me.
"This is Kaede," Sango says to me. "She's Kikyo's younger sister."
"Hi," I say with a smile to Kaede. "I'm Kagome, it's nice to meet you."
"Your names even start with the same letter!"
I laugh a little. "Yeah, they do."
Then Kaede skips off down the pathway the way she came.
"Where are you going?" Sango calls to her.
"To the beach!" Kaede replies.
"Alright, be careful though, there could be glass!" Sango says, then she turns toward me. "Since Kikyo's a counselor, she brings Kaede to camp when she comes so her mom doesn't have to drive her here. They've both been coming here for a few years, and Kaede's free to wander around the camp since there's no actual camp going on right now."
"Oh," I say. "What happened to her eye?"
"That I'm not sure."
"Oh, ok. I'm gonna go unpack," I reply.
"Ok, I'll be doing the same in my cabin if you need me. Oh, and I almost forgot!" She says, reaching into her purse and pulling out a small object. "Here's your keycard for your cabin. If you lose it you can get a new one at the meeting room, they have extras of all the keys."
I accept the keycard and go back into my cabin, then pick up my bag.
It's not really unpacking; I just but my bag into the big compartment on the bottom of the shelf next to a bunk bed. I don't necessarily want the kids to see all of my stuff...
I make sure my phone is still in my pocket, which it is, then stick the keycard in my pocket, and exit the cabin, pulling the door closed behind me.
I don't see Sango around, and her cabin door is closed, so I head to the meeting room.
When I open the door they're having a party.
Seriously!
No offense but these are some weird people...
"Kagome!" Sango says, running up to me. "Every year we have a party the day before the kids come."
"Why?"
"Well because it's fun! Come on, I know you'll have fun! Once you get to know these people you'll love them, I promise." She grabs my arm and starts over to the other counselors.
Reluctantly, I follow her.
"Hold on," she says, letting go of my arm. She slips over to a karaoke machine that has two microphones and grabs one of the microphones, then faces the crowd.
"ATTENTION EVERYONE!" She says loudly. "As you know, my friend Kagome is a new counselor here!" She gestures to me and there's scattered applause among the other counselors. "And you know what that means... INITIATION TIME!" She grins, drops the microphone, and runs over to me.
Miroku runs over holding a box with a slot in the top.
"Put your phone inside," Sango says.
"What? No way!" I protest.
"Yes way! You have to, it's tradition. Everyone has to put their phones in the box, even you, Kagome."
"Fine..." I grumble, reaching into my pocket then proceeding to put my phone in the slot.
Everyone claps.
To be honest I'm kind of glad I won't have my phone- it'll give me an excuse to ignore the messages from some of my other friends. My other friends aren't exactly friends. Yuka and Eri just criticize my taste in boys, Ayumi doesn't but she's not the smartest girl in the world, she's kind of out there, and Hojo is the most annoying; he gives me a bunch of random gifts that I have stuffed in a closet. Hojo is definitely a health-nut, and a klutz. He has absolutely no grace, no poise, and doesn't really think of what I would want, just gives me crap that I'll never use. And he has an annoying crush on me, which only makes it worse, but I'm a nice person so I haven't completely dissed him yet... But I find a way out of every date he or Yuka and Eri sets up, so it's fine.
In other words, I'm really glad I have Sango for a best friend.
No matter how weird this day has been...
After Miroku puts the box away, Sango says I have to go to the karaoke machine and sing a song.
"N-no way!" I protest.
"Kagome!" Sango whines. "You have to, it's the rules!"
"But I didn't even want to come here! You made me!" I reply.
"It doesn't matter, you have to, and you're going to."
"Fine," I mutter. I walk over to the karaoke machine and pick a song.
I sigh and pick up a microphone, then put on "Change the World."
The other counselors gather in front of me, but not too close.
I close my eyes and begin singing; I memorized this song a while ago so I won't need the lyrics.
"I want to change the world
kaze wo kakenukete nanimo osorezu ni
ima yuuki to egao no KAKERA daite
Change my mind
jounetsu tayasazu ni takanaru mirai e
te wo nobaseba kagayakeru hazu sa
It's wonderland
hai-iro no sora no kanata nanika oite kita
kimi wa mayoi nagara
sagashi-tsudzukeru
kimi no kokoro furuete'ta asu no mienai yo
nanimo shinjirarezu mimi wo fusagu
kimi ni deaeta toki hontou no ibasho mitsuketa
nanigenai yasashisa ga koko ni atte
bokura mezameru
I want to change the world
nido to mayowanai kimi to iru mirai
katachi doreba doko made mo toberu sa
Change my mind
jounetsu tayasazu ni shiranai ashita et
subasa hiroge hanabatakeru hazu sa
It's wonderland
bokura wa onaji sekai wo oyogi-tsudzukete'ru
tagai no negai e todoku hi made
minna onaji fuan kakaete sasaeaeru yo
tachidomaru shunkan ni mitsumete'ru
kono basho ni iru
I want to change the world
kono te hanasazu ni mimamoru hitomi wo
uketometara nandatte dekiru hazu
Change my mind
hitori ni sasenai minna koko ni iru
donna koto mo tsukinukete ikou
It's wonderland
I want to change the world
kaze wo kakenukete nanimo osorezu ni
ima yuuki to egao no KAKERA daite
Change my mind
jounetsu tayasazu ni takanaru mirai e
te wo nobaseba kagayakeru hazu sa
It's wonderland..."
Everyone(well it's really only 11 people...) burst out in applause.
I open my eyes and blush, but take a bow and smile.
I think I've made a pretty good impression on everyone...
XDDD I was bored with it and decided to make it like this, so, here ya go! Plz review and tell me what you think, and I promise it will get more exciting when the kids get there! I have some ideas I promise not to let you down! Also I will update my other fanfic(The World Can Be Very Strange) soon, too, but I had this idea randomly...
"Change the World" song by V-6 lyrics copied directly from letssingit .com