DISCLAIMER: I Do Not Own InuYasha.

Thank you to all who entered characters. I may have gotten carried away with the length. It's a big two part paintball tournament!

"Today is special. Ricky's Paintballs has offered to supply all kids for one day with guns and ammunition in exchange for shots for their website. You will have a eight person team and the winers get a free outing away from the retreat." That perked my interests.

"Your teams will be announced at lunch. Good luck." some kid in the background shouted "May the odds be ever in your favor" so I responded my slamming my hand on the breakfast table and yelling back.

"That is Mahogany!"

Sesshomaru shook his head and stabbed his omelet. He has kept me under lock and key since the 'Kouga Incident'.

We jogged around the perimeter of the retreat before going to Group. I sprinted past the lobby and crashed into the lunchroom door.

Sesshomaru picked me up off the floor and pulled the door. In my haste I must have thought to push. Stupid me.

The bulletin board was covered in pink swim team flyers and purple book club shin-up sheets. I ripped at the papers till I saw a pristine white sheet with bold type proclaiming it to be the names.

"Mai...Ty Lee...Not me...Not...Me...that's a boy...Oh! ME!" I had a little blue three by my name and I scanned the page for more little threes.

"It seems we are teammates." Sure enough, the number was placed next to his name.

"And we have one...Rena Cantic. Who's that?" I looked up and Sesshomaru shrugged my shoulders. "And Hiroshi No-Last-Name..."

"It's Bangga..." I looked around and a boy looked back. His boxy glasses rested under shaggy brown hair and right over mossy green eyes. He looked cute, in the Clark Kent kinda way but when I told him so he dropped his head and hid in his hair.

A red painted finger plucked the paper from my hands. Kagura let out a squeak before throwing her arms around around Sesshomaru.

"Sessy I'm on your team! And so is Kimiko!" She and her blonde friend jumped and hollered. There unconfined boobs flung everywhere like they had a mind of their own.

Kimiko turned her sharp green eyes on me before spitting out something like "You had better be good".

(A/N: Sorry xXAngel AlliXx I needed another bitch...)

"Hey so what team am I on?" A girl sprinted up and ripped the paper from Kimiko's claws. "Who is Kagome?" I raised my hand and she inspected me. "I like you."

And that was that.

Apparently it's a big deal to win this thing because a day out is like seeing a unicorn at central park. Possible but not likely.

It was Wednesday when I met the other two members of our eight person team. One was a girl named Sango who had a habit of hitting Miroku, the other member of our group. It made for an exiting training time.

The Rehab was going all out with this, training time, gear, and even allowing us to miss Group. It was amazing.

The only down side was spending it with the Soith Squad. Rena had come up with the name, Soith was Irish for hoe and me, Sango, and Hiroshi all liked it. Even Sesshomaru had cracked a smile when I told him that night.

-XD

"I want you to move out of your room." It was the first thing out of Kagrua's mouth on the last day of practice. "Sesshomaru! Your living with a girl, an ugly one, but a girl none the less!"

Her Soith friend snickered but Hiroshi just shook his head and continued to fire at the cut out. Rena had printed a picture off of the girls Facebook page and glued them to the dummies. For a shy guy, Hiroshi had amazing accuracy when aiming for Kagrua's face.

The protective suits had came in yesterday and had cool purple stripes down the side. When I mentioned they looked like Sesshomaru's markings she clung to his side and started making unattractive noises.

That all led up to me walking outside under the trees. Kouga was walking behind me; he had tried to be discreet but had tripped a few times and cursed.

"Kouga are you ok?" I asked after a nasty sounding fall.

"Ya I'm ok...So how are you?" He looked like a puppy, all wide-eyed and happy that I had noticed him.

"Kagura and Kimiko are driving me bonkers." I was still looking up at the trees.

"I could get your mind off...Dog related subject matter." I found it endearing when he tried to sound smart. Then I realized to late what he meant.

His lips were warm and soft. He tasted kinda like honey, sweet and thick. Strong but not unpleasant.

One thing was right though. Sesshomaru was the last thing on my mind. I reached out and my finger tips came into contact with his superheated demon skin.

And for a second, I almost convinced myself i wasn't thinking about another canine demon, that I didn't care. Almost.