A/N: Thanks to those who reviewed. Ima reply to them 'ere:

H1pp0: Haha, yeah, this chapter starts the camp. (I feel like I'll be saying that a lot in this chapter's A/N…) That penny thing was fun. Did we actually tip him it, or did Kuri chicken out? ¬¬

Lady-Sango77: Lol, yeah. Baby Got Back is a bit overused on IY fics for Miroku, but it's just SO appropriate! Anyhoo, I was actually thinking of putting on 19 tracks of said overused song, and one of The Thong Song by Sysco or however you spell his name, but I thought it'd be a bit much.

Water-Goddess-Inu-Luver1/Tsuriai: Thanks. Sorry for not updating sooner. I just never have time! And when I do, I'm obsessing over my new scanner. Yeah… Sowwy!

Babystigmata/Kuri: Yuh HUH it was your fault. Nah just kidding. Plus, we didn't have any pixie sticks then… ..:sighs in disappointment:.. But remember when we wanted to play really loud foreign (aka Japanese) music to freak him out? But H1pp0's speakers wouldn't go that loud! Hmph. Oh well.

You're at SCHOOL reviewing? You crazy girl.

Sesshies Lova: Gasp! You really think my story is that good? ..:High-pitched squeal:.. Yay! I did GOOD! Hear that bro ( -- my ultra-criticism-filled brother)? I DID GOOOOOOD! G-U-D! AHAHAH! XD

Silent Tears: Yay! Domo arigatou! Eeee! Uh oh, my brother's about to kill me for squealing so loud. ;3

Flaming Red Fox: Yeah, chapter nine was just for laughs, no meaning, just like it says with the message below this. I actually didn't plan out this story that well when I first started, and it was meant to only have one or two chapters before the actual camp, but someone reminded me about the prom and all that, so I decided to add that in. But since it's been so many chapters since the camp (this chapter will start it), I changed the summary around chapter five to make a bit more sense for why the 'prolonging' occurs. I'm glad you told me what you thought, that the last chapter was dull, and I sort of thought so too. I had the ideas in my head; I just couldn't get them out in writing that well. I'm glad I got my first 'criticism' review. Oh, I also read your bio. I love you already. Not in that way! I mean, one of my favorite animes is Inuyasha (well, duh, why else would I be writing a fic for it?), my favorite show is Friends (you can ask h1pp0 and babystigmata, they'll tell you how obsessed I am), Kagura is my idol even though I plan to take her fans for myself, SanMir is in my top 5 fave couples, I hate Kikyo, Kuranosuke, that fing Koharu, and Hobo –Hojo! I'll get that right, one day… And I think everyone is crazy in their own special way. Okay, so you may think I'm friggishly annoying, but hey, who doesn't? Wow, I'm rambling, aren't I…?

BTW, chapter nine had barely any real meaning to the story. Just a part that I wanted to add in for more… Humor… Dummit, I really should get more into that romance stuff, eh? Ah well, hopefully in the later chapters I can put that in… Hm. ANYHOO, on with chapter ten. Bam.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. Oh, you don't? Nope, it's not mine. It isn't? NO. Seriously? DUH.

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Chapter Ten: Welcome to Camp Shikon

Sango groaned as she sat up from her nest of pillow and blanket. She rubbed her eyes with one hand and noticed that she was holding an empty glass with the other. She looked around her.

There was Kagome sleeping in a ball with a thin blanket covering all but her head. Then next to Kagome was Ayame sprawled inside of the tangled sheet, mouth wide open. Then in the middle of herself and the sleeping redhead was their host, Kuri. Kuri's limbs were flung here and there on top of her pile of blanket, lying on her stomach mumbling something about cheese.

Sango blinked twice to clear her vision and sat straight up.

'Ooooh! Ah, shit, that aches! My heeeead…!' She groaned again. She looked at the glass she had set on the floor and groaned yet again. She put her hands around her aching head. 'I don't remember a thing from last night. What happened?'

All of a sudden a flash of margaritas, laughing, and Kouga and Miroku came into her head.

She blinked. 'What did I do…? Did something happen…?'

Her breathing was hard now, trying to remember what events occurred the night before.

Kuri awoke from the sound of Sango's breath and sat up.

"Woah, head rush… 'Ope, no. Aaaah! Hangover, hangover, hangover!" Kuri held her stomach.

"Kuri…?" Sango started, noticing the awoken girl, "What… What happened last night?"

"Oh ho, so you don't remember?"

"Remember what, exactly?" Sango said suspiciously, now, also, holding her stomach.

Kuri gagged. "Oh, nothing… Flirty McFlirty…-son."

"What are you talking about?"

"Will you keep it down? Some people are trying to slee-eep…" Ayame threw a pillow at Sango's direction.

"Kuriii, tell me…" Sango whined.

"You know, the pizza, the—"

"Kuri. You aren't ready yet? We should be going in a couple of hours." Sesshomaru walked into the kitchen filling a mug with coffee.

"Going? To wha— KUSO!" Kuri jumped up then suddenly collapsed down back onto the floor.

"You didn't drink any last night, did you?" Sesshomaru cocked an eyebrow.

Kuri was silent.

"Naooow… No, no, no, err…—YES! Fine! I admit it! I did! Are you happy! I drank. Hmph!" Kuri finally admitted.

"You should know better. You know how you get when you go on the road with a hangover."

"Well it's not my fault that I forgot it was today! Okay, maybe it was, but still!"

"What are you guys talking about?" Ayame asked, apparently awoken from all the talking.

"Camp starts today," Sesshomaru said coolly.

"WHAT!" Kagome shot up, then immediately fell back down with a hard bang. They all gave the temporarily unconscious girl odd glances when she suddenly sprung back up. "I'VE GOTTA PACK!"

"Hey, I guess I wasn't the only one who forgot," Kuri said.

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Kagome, Ayame and Sango all called home immediately after taking some pills and headed off to their separate houses to pack. After checking off their lists – clothes, toothbrush, hairbrush, teddy bear, et cetera – the three met at Ayame's house.

"Okay, so it says on this letter we got last week to meet at the corner of… Oh! Right by Kuri's building," Ayame read, "at 1 o' clock. Ooh, ten minutes till, we should get going," she continued, checking her watch.

"Alright, so shall we head over now?" Kagome suggested.

"Okay, but—Sango? Sango. Sango! Sango!" Ayame poked at her sleeping friend.

Shooting up, wide awake, Sango mumbled a little, "What? What!" rubbing her eyes.

Her two friends rolled their eyes and headed out the door while she followed behind, half sleeping. When they got to their destination, dozens of kids and their parents were there, not to mention Sango and Kagome's younger brothers.

"Hey, look! It's the guys!" Ayame waved over at Kouga, Inuyasha, and Miroku who were coming around the corner in the opposite direction they were.

Sango waved slightly as well, which for some reason made Kouga stop and then continue on in a paranoid sort of manner as Miroku huffed in anger.

Noticing this, Sango whispered, "What's gotten into them?" to Kagome, who shrugged.

Minutes after they reached the corner filled of people, Sesshomaru, Kuri, Rin, and Haru the dog walked out of their building's entrance just as a charter bus pulled up.

The bus pulled up with the doors in front of the mass of people, now including Sesshomaru and Kuri. Sesshomaru was instructing everyone to go inside as the narrow doors opened to reveal a driver with long black, green-tipped hair. She wore a camouflage-patterned cabbie hat, matching baggy pants and a plain black T-shirt. Some of those who stood at the scene were already familiar with the girl called Mai.

All of the kiddos waved good-bye to their parents as they stepped onto the bus along with the counselors and such.

"We ready? A'ight, let's go," Mai said, starting up the vehicle as a slight drizzle began.

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"Heeey, is she asleep already?" Kuri asked the redhead to her right while motioning to Sango at her far left. Kagome turned to see her friend sleeping against the window.

"Yeah, she was pretty beat this morning too," Kagome replied, smiling at the brunette. "Well, I'm going to go use the restroom." Kagome stood up from her seat and walked towards the back of the bus.

"What's the matter with you, Miroku? It seems like you've been mad at me all day," Kouga said.

"'Seems like', huh?" Miroku responded.

"What? What'd I do?" Kouga said as if he didn't have a clue at all.

"The real question is what didn't you do. Wait…" Miroky blinked at his own failed attempt of cleverness.

"So, what, is it because Sango was all flirty with me and didn't even take any notice of you at all last night?"

One of Miroku's veins popped.

"Oh, so it is." Kouga smirked.

"Am I missing something, or what--" Inuyasha tried to squeeze himself into the conversation.

Totally ignoring Inuyasha's remark, Miroku nearly exploded from yelling, "You had no right to go and do that!"

"Dude, I didn't do anything, so don't be getting all mad at me. She was coming on to me. I mean, I can't blame her, but—" Kouga said with a tone that was meant to try to calm Miroku down.

"But she's my woman!" Miroku stood from his seat, cutting Kouga off. Everyone, including Mai who looked from the mirror above her head, turned to stare at Miroku for his outburst. All except the sleeping Sango.

Miroku, realizing his situation, slowly slid back down into his seat as Inuyasha coughed and thought to himself, 'Woah, did he just pull a Kouga just now?'

"Miroku, calm down," Kouga said.

"Okay, okay, you're right," Miroku responded, taking in a deep breath.

"Dammit! I said calm down, man!" Kouga shook Miroku's shoulders exaggeratedly.

"Um, I already did. But, but… You… Sango… She… The shirt, the money, the whole 'call me' thing…" Miroku muttered to himself.

"Dudes, what the hell happened last night?" Inuyasha demanded.

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"Okay, first stop, Camp Shikon!" Mai shouted, pulling up to an arch with the large words 'Welcome to Camp Shikon' on it.

"Um, this is the only stop, Mai," Kuri called back.

"So what's your point?" Mai blinked once.

"Uh, what I just… said…" Kuri replied.

"Right…" Mai blinked again. "Okay! Let's go," she said, opening the doors as a few final drops of rain started to fall lightly onto the earthy ground.

"Sango, wake up," Kagome whispered, poking at the brunette's side. Said girl groaned and brushed off her friend's jabbing with the arm not getting bruised. "Sango. Sango. Sango! Sango! Sango!" she whispered.

"Sango… She's off… The ribbon… breaks… She wi-i-i-ins…!" Sango mumbled at the Kagome's 'cheer'.

Kagome sighed in frustration as she stood up to retrieve her bags. Then, after basically everyone was off the bus, Kagome set down her luggage in the seat next to where she stood and took off her left shoe.

Thwap!

"Ow! What was that for, Kagome!" Sango shouted, rubbing her pained shoulder.

"To get you up, obviously," Kagome replied, slinging the long strap over her own shoulder and walked down the wide aisle towards the still-opened doors. Sango followed groggily behind, avoiding the small mud puddles on the way.

"Oh, wow! This place is huge! Look at the trees! There's so many! And they're all so big!" Ayame squealed with awe.

"Ayame, have you always been so fascinated with nature?" Kagome said with slight sarcasm.

"Alright, everybody gather around," Sesshomaru told all who had come from the bus. All of the little campers with their too-big-for-their-size bags waddled around the tall youkai. "Since there are not too many of you, only about five will be in each cabin excluding your counselors," he explained, "Two counselors will be assigned to each cabin. When you hear your names, counselors, stand beside your 'partner' with each pair forming a straight line in front here," Sesshomaru continued, motioning to the just-graduated seniors.

"Ajire, Uindo, you two are in Cabin A," he read from his clipboard. Ayame and Kouga looked at each other and moved to the 'start' of the line to stand next to each other. "Houshi, Taisho, you're in Cabin B." Inuyasha shrugged and started towards a spot a meter or two from where the two wolves stood. Miroku sighed and mumbled, "Aw, I wanted to share a cabin with a girl, not Inuyasha…" and dragged himself after the hanyou. Sesshomaru continured, "Higurashi, Taijiya, you're in Cabin C." Kagome and Sango smiled at one another and did a small high-five as they trotted to their spot in line. "Now where's Hoj—"

"No need to get worried over me, all! I'm right here!" Kikyo said over Sesshomaru's voice, stepping out of a long black limousine. She wore her usual mini-skirt, red today, and a tight white tube top. She was apparently braless. She strutted over towards the huddled group, matching red purse in hand. She stopped in front of Sesshomaru and put her non-purse-holding hand on her hip. "And I'll be sharing a cabin with Inuyasha," she said with a smirk, trying to hide it the best she could with a fake innocent smile.

"No," Sesshomaru said sternly, clearly annoyed at being interrupted, "you will be sharing a cabin with no one as your assigned, co-worker, if you will has not showed up—"

"Sorry I'm late!" Hojo shouted, putting the breaks on his bike. He parked it on the spot and took the luggage bag that hung from the handlebars. "What'd I miss?"

Sesshomaru sighed in annoyance and continued on with his instructions. "Hojo, Souresusu, you two will be in Cabin D, together." Kikyo huffed and stomped towards the line of counselors. She stopped about three meters away from Kagome and leaned her weight on her right foot, and crossed her arms. She glared at a nearby tree as if she were to melt it with her eyes. Hojo shrugged at walked towards whom he assumed to be 'Souresusu'.

"When'd she sign up to be a counselor?" Sango asked the raven-haired girl standing next to her.

"I don't know, probably when she somehow found out about Inuyasha being one. Always following him around, can't she see that he doesn't like her anymore?" Kagome responded.

"If you ask me, I think someone's jealo-o-ous," Sango smirked and look at cloud overhead, innocently.

Kagome sharply exhaled in denial. "W-what, you mean me?"

Sango coughed. "Mebbe…" Kagome blushed and looked in the other direction. But then there he was. The hanyou was just standing there as she was, whispering something to Miroku.

"When'd she sign up?" Inuyasha whispered to the human boy.

"Most likely when she found out that you did, whenever that was," he whispered back.

"Ah, shit. Why does this happen to me? 'This'll be a Kikyo-free summer,' I though. Feh," Inuyasha muttered to himself.

Sesshomaru started to call the kids' names and what cabin they were in. When the kiddos heard their names, they walked nervously towards their line and behind their counselors.

"And Momiji and... Botan…?" he read, looking up at the remaining children. The two girls, one with short brown hair and the other with longer black hair, nodded at the mention of their names. "You two will be in Cabin A," Sesshomaru finished.

"Wow, he sure does keep things all orderly here, huh?" Sango whispered to Kuri who was standing next to her. Kikyo was complaining (quite loudly, I might add) about her new Gucci shoes (A/N: Nope, don't own Gucci. If I did, why would I be writing a fic instead of spending all of my money on summer homes, eh? Well, I'll just put this little 'disclaimer' in anyhow…) getting mud all over them.

Kuri didn't like Kikyo, and she never did, even when Kikyo and Inuyasha were going out. Kuri had only been the girlfriend-of-the-brother's-that-spent-most-of-her-time-at-the-apartment then, but she had seen enough of Kikyo so that they didn't exactly get along. Kuri kept glancing at Kikyo with aggravation. 'Ugh, that whiny brat. Don't come to a camp with high-heels. It's called logic. Sheesh.'

Kurisutaru looked around and spotted Mai sleeping in a tree. Not how you'd expect someone to sleep in a tree – that is if you expect anyone to at all – but she bent her knees over the branch and hung upside down, arms crossed. She held the loop to Haru's leash that was connected to his black collar with one hand. Haru was jumping and struggling to break free of the sleeping girl's surprisingly strop grip. Kuri grinned as a plan formed in her mind. She slinked around the tree and behind Mai so she faced her back.

Kuri coughed as if she was preparing to sing the final note of a grand opera and cupped her hands around her mouth. She bent down so her hands were right by Mai's ear. Kuri took a deep breath and yelled, "WAAAAAAAAKE UUUUUUUUUUUP, MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIII!" The girl being addressed shot up and swung up to sit on the branch instead of hanging from it. She jerked around frantically repeating the words, "Who's there! What do you want from me!" But, as Kuri planned, Mai had let go of the anxious puppy's leash when she shot up. And, also as Kuri had planned, Haru went to 'play' with the closest person he could find. Kikyo.

Haru the puppy-dog romped across the dirt and sprang onto, no, tackled Kikyo to the ground. No, not ground, mud. He stood with his muddy paws on Kikyo's stomach and licked at her face, which she was attempting to shield with her hands. All of the kids, including the ones in Kikyo's own cabin, were laughing. It wasn't certain whether they were laughing at or with Kikyo. Even Sesshomaru chuckled slightly, but Inuyasha and Kuri were probably the two that were guffawing the hardest, almost falling to the ground to join Kikyo in the mud-fall.

Kikyo spat disgustedly trying to shake and brush off the puppy and finally succeeded after a couple dozen more licks. She sat up, all huffy, mud-caked hair covering her face. The girl blew so that some strands of hair uncovered on side of her face, the side facing everyone. She glared at the smiling puppy that romped back to its caretaker, Mai, then to Kuri, who grinned and waved 'innocently', and then to Kagome. Kagome still let a small giggle and bent down.

Offering a hand to Kikyo, Kagome said, "Here, give me your hand."

"I don't need your help, girl," Kikyo scowled, slapping Kagome's hand away from her. Kagome retracted her now mud-speckled hand. Kikyo slammed both hands into the puddle, getting even more splotches of mud around, and lifted herself up. She stood, cross-armed; leaning on her right leg, shoe strapped only to her heel and sprawled on the ground. She huffed and turned her head to the side as the laughter finally died down.

"All right then, everybody, make your way to your cabin, following your counselors," Sesshomaru continued to instruct the campers, and counselors sort of along the way, "Your counselors have been given more instructions and will tell you inside your accommodations." (A/N: Haha, big word… X3)

The eight counselors started towards their assigned labeled cabins in the front of their lines. Hojo nervously followed Kikyo. They both eyed the raven-and-silver-haired couple and sighed loudly and obviously. They glanced at each other suspiciously and awkwardly as they arrived at the door. A mixture of nervous laughter and icebreaker attempts of "Okay! So, uh, yeah!"s and "Um, okay, so uh, bye…!"s echoed through the empty cabin as the two led their little campers inside.

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A/N: Waaaaaah, I can't write that good anymore. Just kidding. But seriously. XD I don't like the way I wrote some parts. I had them in my head, yennoe, but it's hard to put down into narrative words… Damn, I wish I could make a doujinshi or something… Damn. Anyhoo, I'm so sorry for not updating sooner! I just never got a chance to write! Okay, so I did, but whenever I did I forgot or did something else… Or… Yes! I'M LAZY! I'M SO SORRY! AAAAH! GOMEN! TT I feel bad now. I also intended this chapter to be longer but I wanted to post something soon, so here… Ahahah, I just realized now how bad the last names are. Ahahahahah. Ajire, Uindo, Souresusu or whatever? Ahahaha... Anyhoo, hope you like it. Please R&R!

Also, I dunno if I should have Miroku cursed with the Kazaana in this fic or not. Review and tell me what you think. --