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"Camping?" Kagome asked to her friend Sango, whom she had been talking to on the phone for hours. This particular Saturday, Kagome didn't feel like getting up out of bed. It felt nice not having to do anything and just surf through channels. With the events that happened yesterday, who wouldn't be tired?
"Yes. My family's inviting all our friends. It's just for the weekend. It'll be so much fun!"
"I don't know...I'm pretty tired."
"Would you go if I made InuYasha share a tent with you?"
"InuYasha's going?...Yeah, sure I'll go."
Sango's laughter could be heard from a distance on the other line. What was so funny?
"Why are you laughing?"
"Because, if InuYasha's involved I can get you to do anything.."
"..."
"I'm inviting the Taisho's, Miroku, and obviously the Higurashi's."
Kagome yawned loudly into the phone and sniffled. "When are we leaving?"
"Two hours. You were going, regardless of your answer. My mom already talked to your mom. If you're lucky she has everything packed for you."
"And she couldn't be nice enough to wake me up! How lovely..." Kagome took a pause to gaze at her Akita inu plushie on her bed and pet it's fur. "Hey Sango..."
"Yes?"
"I...have to tell you something..."
"Oh Kagome!" Sango gasped into the phone. It almost sounded a little too dramatic but she was dead serious. "You're pregnant aren't you?"
"W-what? Wait Sango that's-"
"It's going to be okay Kagome! These things happen when we least expect them to. Breathe in! Breathe out! Breathe in! Breathe out! You told the father right?"
"Sango, no I'm not-"
"Or were you too scared and just told Sango, your loyal friend. Aw Kagome I'm honored...Anyways what was I saying? …. Oh yeah! Breathe in! Breathe out! I'm here for you."
"I'm not pregnant Sango! Jeez would you just shut up!" Kagome yelled into the phone, probably waking up her grandfather and little brother. She was sure to get in trouble after that...
"...Oh. Then what else could you possibly need to tell me?"
"It's kinda a long story but I'll try to make it quick..."
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"You're leaving in a few hours?" Jakotsu questioned with a tilted head as he reached up onto a top shelf in a small office. InuYasha had just got finished telling Jakotsu of his camping trip.
"Yeah, that's why I came to pick up my paycheck a little earlier." InuYasha responded with a huge grin on his face. Normally he would go to Yura to get his paycheck, her being his boss, but she was out.
"You seem awfully excited." Jakotsu smirked, grabbing the envelopes on the shelf.
"It's embarrassing really...But I've always loved being outside. Running around in an open field and taking naps up in the tallest trees I could find were my types of fun when I was little."
"I took a friend camping with me one time...Yeah we got lost. And...um, he kinda almost got his arm chopped off...Let's just say he'll never go anywhere with me anymore without fearing for his life."
Jakotsu skimmed through the thin stack of envelopes and flung the one that had InuYasha's name on it at him.
"By the way...How was Prom?" He said with a slow lick of his lips. Nothing sensual, the guy just had dry lips at the moment.
"It was fun. I managed to hang out with Kikyo and Kagome without either getting angry because I was spending too much time with the other."
"You know Kagome would never actually come out and say that to you even if it actually was bothering her. Kikyo on the other hand..." Jakotsu let his sentence lag on and turned his gaze to the floor.
"You're probably right. I'm glad she didn't throw a huge tantrum from not getting prom queen."
"Aw she didn't get it? Poor thing..." Jakotsu sympathized though honestly he already knew, he watched the whole thing!
InuYasha opened up the envelope, pulling out the check and tossing the remains in a nearby trash bin. "I should probably be heading over to Kikyo's right now to say goodbye before they leave without me."
"You're leaving her behind?"
"My friend Sango was hosting the entire event and Kikyo wasn't necessarily invited."
"Ah...Well have a nice trip. Say hello to Kagome for me! I miss her."
"Alright." InuYasha chuckled. "See you Monday."
"I'll be counting the minutes until we meet again!" Jakotsu whispered with his hand placed over his heart.
'Why do I even talk to him...'
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"And he knew all along!" Sango cried in surprise. It was like she was watching a Soap opera play right in front of her. Where was popcorn when you needed it!
Kagome finished tying her sneakers and nodded. "I was just as shocked as you are now."
"That's...h-how would he have known!" Sango asked in complete shock. She found Kagome's selfish skeem pretty amusing and found it hilarious InuYasha fell for it all that time; but then once Kagome told her about the text message she got that night before she slept, she flipped off the couch...choking on the soda she was drinking.
"Maybe his scent is better than we thought it was and he could easy smell Kagome's stinky-ness..." Kagome wondered.
"Aw Kagome...You don't stink. How'd you try covering your scent anyway? Kikyo's perfume?"
"Thanks...and Jakotsu was able to figure out what perfume she used and picked some up before coming to the school. Don't ask me how the heck he figured that out. Maybe Kikyo visits the salon a lot to see InuYasha and Jakotsu got whiffs of her nonchalantly walking by every thirty seconds." Kagome laughed beginning to question how InuYasha really had known it was her.
"Did you remember to take off your necklace last night? Maybe he saw that."
"I...I hope Jakotsu remembered because I certainly don't." Kagome reached down her shirt for her necklace but her fingers never made contact with the chain. "My necklace...it's gone!"
"Well that's good." Sango smiled with a tilt of her head.
"How is that good!"
Sango shrugged, running her hands through her hair. "You told me countless times that you hardly ever take it off. Also, I don't think you would forget to put it back on after getting out of the shower if you took one today. So logically, that could only prove that you took it off last night and perhaps Jakotsu forgot to give it back to you."
"Wow Sango! You're a genius."
"Or you're a block head and totally didn't think it through."
"Feeling the love Sango; I'm really feeling it."
"Glad to hear."
"I'm going to see if Jakotsu has my necklace. Tell my mom where I'm at once she gets out of the shower." Kagome announced in a hurry of getting back her precious necklace. She hoped he had it.
"When you say 'once she gets out of the shower' does that mean immediately after her second foot steps out of the tub? Cause I kinda don't wanna see all that from your mom; no offense."
"I think Miroku's stupidity is washing off on you Sango." Kagome sighed. "I hope for your recovery in my prayers."
With a swift shut of the front door ringing in Sango's ears she picked up the remote and continued surfing through the 300 channels the Higurashi's had.
'Course I'm not that stupid. I was only trying to keep your mind off the fact that your necklace wasn't with you and have you burst into tears...'
"Sango?"
Newcomer : Kohaku
Age: 12
Related to: Sango
Height: 5'4
Favorite ice cream: The cold kind.
"Holy crap Sango, did you hear that?" Kohaku said looking around. "Where'd that voice come from? It's like my whole life is being narrated..." he whispered in fear, holding himself around his torso.
Sango shrugged, too engrossed in watching an Australian man getting hit with a variety of fruit thrown by orangutans.
"See there? They love me!"
"Uh huh. Keep telling yourself that." Sango scoffed; clearly talking to the Tv.
Kohaku took a seat on the floor, next to his sister's feet and yawned. This is pretty much all his sister did when she wasn't at school. He considered buying her a flat screen for her birthday. The perfect gift for a Tv lover, no?
Sango's mother burst through the door holding up a box with a brand new tent in it.
"Kohaku, be a dear and help mommy with getting the box in."
"..." Kohaku gave his mother a look, eventually getting up to help his...'mommy'. Three questions swirled around in Kohaku's head. Number one: Why does his mother still use the term 'mommy' when he was now twelve years old. The correct term is mom or mother when boys reach the age of ten, thank you. Number two: What's the point of putting the tent in the house when they were just going to have to put it back in the car...? Number three: Seriously, who just called him a newcomer in a masculine voice that made the hairs on the back of his neck stick up? And oh, why didn't it say anything when his mom came in the house! HM?
"Oh Ukyomi! You're here!" Mrs. Higurashi called out from the top of the steps drying her hair with a towel.
" Akira! I got the last tent. I think after this we just need to wait for the Taishos." (An:/ HELL YEAH. I finally got sick of calling her Mrs. Higurashi! It only took 29 chapters...anyways...continue reading.)
Newcomer : Akira Higurashi
Age: 3- oh wait, she's not new.
Info: Has a name; It's Akira. Surprising no?
"GAH!" Kohaku cried out with his hands on his head. "There it is again!"
"Kohaku dear? What's wrong?" Ukyomi asked with confusion written all over her face.
'I must be going crazy...'
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"Welcome!" Yura greeted as Kagome made her way through the glass doors into Yura's salon. "What'll it be today? Highlights? Streaks? Feel like going bald today?"
"Um...no. I'm here to see Jakotsu...I have a question for him."
Yura looked up from her drawer filled with hair and frowned. "Oh. He's at his station. Go ahead." She waved Kagome off, allowing her access to go look for him.
"Thanks."
Kagome's vision was invaded with nothing but...tossed hair. Seriously where was it all coming from? Kagome followed the long trail ending at Jakotsu's station. Jakotsu stood on a ladder, expertly cutting a hanyou's majorly long flowing hair. It's hair surrounded the very ground she was stepping on.
Jakotsu's laughter brought a smile to her face as she slyly kicked away the massive strands of hair she was stepping on.
"That's why it just keeps growing back." The half demon chuckled in a deep voice. "I'm sorry with the huge mess I'm making..."
"Oh don't worry about it." Jakotsu assured while combing the long mane and grooming it to perfection. "I'm just going to make one of the newbies clean it up as soon as they get here."
"Boy do I feel bad for them."
"Well, it's what they get for showing up late for work three times in a row."
Kagome cleared her throat softly to aware them of her presence. Jakotsu averted his eyes to the ground and spotted just the person he wanted to see.
"Kagome!" Jakotsu squealed. "It's been a day but I've missed you."
"I've missed you too." Kagome giggled.
"If you're here for InuYasha, it's his day off...so-"
" Yes, I know. I was actually here to see you."
"I'm flattered." He winked, stepping down from the ladder. "Jinenji? This will only take a second alright?"
"Sure thing."
Jakotsu pulled off his black latex gloves and motioned for Kagome to follow him.
"I have something for you." He grinned.
Leading her inside Yura's office, Jakotsu swayed over to her desk and tugged up a red and green chain, wrapping it around two fingers in the process. "I figured you want me to keep this safe. I'm sorry I forgot to give it back to you. It slipped my mind."
"Oh thank you!" Kagome sighed in relief. "I was praying you had it. I thought I accidentally lost it."
"This is the reason you came to see me right?"
"Yes. I can't believe taking off the necklace slipped my mind. How did you remember?"
"Before you walked out of the storage closet and made a fool of yourself, my hired ninja removed it from your neck without you noticing." He casually answered, folding his arms and leaning on the wall.
Kagome laughed as she clipped on the necklace. "Good one Jakotsu..."
Jakotsu's smile dipped into a frown, his butt helped push him off the wall allowing him to walk up to her, bursting her invisible bubble of personal space.
"I was serious." He whispered seductively in her ear. Regardless if that's how he was trying to sound, Jakotsu's voice was just naturally like that. "So, now that that's taken care of...I heard you're going on a camping trip." He commented, jumping out of her personal space bubble with his hands placed on his hips.
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Jinenji whistled as he sat comfortably in the custom made salon chair built specifically for demons his size. He could have sworn his hair stylist said it would take just a second...
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"I hope you all have fun." Jakotsu said leading Kagome to the door. "Oh! And tell InuYasha I said I'm still counting."
"I'm still counting?" Kagome asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Just do it." he rolled his eyes and gently pushed her out the door. "I have to get back to my client before he panics and thinks you killed me."
"Uh...okay. Bye Jakotsu!"
"Bye bye!" He waved hastily walking back to his station.
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"So nice of you to finally join us Kagome." InuYasha sarcastically commented on as Kagome made her way inside her home. Izayoi, InuTaisho, Rin, Sesshomaru, Kohaku, Sango, Sota, Gramps, Ukyomi, Akira, InuYasha, Miroku, and even Buyo all glanced up at Kagome, sitting in the large living room.
'Well this is embarrassing.'
"I'm sorry you guys had to wait on me." Kagome frowned just wanting to punch herself hard in the face. How dare she make all these people wait on her!
"InuYasha's just being an insensitive whelp Kagome. We just got here merely three and a half minutes ago." Sesshomaru told her in order to wipe off the expression of guilt from her face. She did absolutely nothing wrong. Sota, Sango, Kohaku and Miroku could not stop staring at Sesshomaru's badly burned tanned skin. Rin was also tanned but it wasn't nearly as shocking as Sesshomaru.
Kagome glared at InuYasha causing him to sink into the couch so he wasn't burned by her death stare.
"I'm surprised everyone was able to make it today." Ukyomi announced gratefully breaking the weird tension. "It's good to get away from the city every now and then."
"I'm surprised I was able to convince Sesshy to come. He's not one for nature..." Rin giggled.
"I bet it didn't take much." Miroku whispered to nobody in particular wiggling his eyebrows.
Sango slapped him hard oh the cheek grumbling something under her breath about him being a pervert.
"Well I'm glad he decided to join us." Ukyomi smiled.
"How the hell is a camp site going to fit all twelve of us?" InuYasha blurted out of no where.
InuTaisho slapped his son on the back of the head and glared at him. "InuYasha...Watch the language. There's children present."
"Excuse me, but I'm twelve." Kohaku laughed. "Certainly not a child."
"Yeah you are." Sota glared. "You lieeee."
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After all the gawking at Sesshomaru, the lectures and glares to InuYasha, the convincing to Kohaku that he was still a child, the praise from Ukyomi, the silent passing of gas from Gramps, the giggles from Rin, the perverted jokes from Miroku, the slapping sessions from Sango, and the strange silence from Izayoi, Akira was able to load everyone and everything into their rented bus and hit the road.
InuTaisho so kindly offered to drive everyone to the green grounds lacking the presence of society, filled with green trees of all kinds where they would be camping. Ukyomi couldn't have been more grateful. She would rather have small talk with Akira and Izayoi than drive for miles.
Sota sat next to Kohaku, still wanting to be friends with him even if he was a couple years older than he was. Sango and Miroku sat together in the back, sneaking in secret kisses every once in a while. Gramps and Akira sat together closer to the front with Ukyomi sitting right across from them by herself. Rin sat next to Sesshomaru...more like lied against as she instantly fell asleep due to the motion of the car just like a small child. Sesshomaru rested his arm around her shoulders, holding her close as she slept. You all saw this one coming, InuYasha and Kagome sat next to each other; real big surprise...
InuYasha pulled out his 3Ds from his backpack and pressed the power button with his clawed pinky. Kagome leaned a little to watch him play. InuYasha had the settings on his 3Ds changed so that when he turned it on he would be put directly to the games main menu instead of the home page.
The screen's displayed image of the game had InuYasha's and Kagome's eyes bugging out of their heads. An animated voluptuous girl sat tied to a bed in a very revealing school girl outfit on the main menu screen. Before Kagome could comment on as to why InuYasha had a hentai game, InuYasha took out the game and threw it roughly at Miroku's head.
"Kami Miroku! The next time you wanna freaking use my 3Ds to play one of your hentai games, take it out of the damn slot!" InuYasha shuddered at the image he just saw and took a deep breath. It wasn't long before they heard another one of Sango's famous slaps and a continuous quote, 'Pervert!'
Kagome sighed in relief. Good to hear it wasn't InuYasha's. InuYasha watched as Sango snatched the tiny game chip from his hands and tossed it out the open window.
"Shango why!" Miroku cried, no really...tears were actually threatening to fall from his eyes.
Sango got up from her seat and sat a few seats up next to Rin and Sesshomaru.
Sense InuYasha was positive he was going to get yelled at if someone heard him curse at Miroku, he pulled out a sharpie from his bag and wrote on his hand, 'You're a dumbass' and showed it to Miroku. The adults would have only suspected he was waving to his good friend. Kagome giggled at his childish antics.
Miroku had a sour face on, watching his girlfriend change seats in anger. He flipped off InuYasha and rested his head on the glass window. Why couldn't InuYasha just softly hand him the game and say "Here buddy, you accidentally left this in my 3Ds." but no, he had to scream to the world, "Miroku has a hentai game!" right in front of his girlfriend who would surely break up with him after that.
Kagome stole the sharpie out of InuYasha's hand and began writing her own message.
"Psst!" Kagome called out to get Miroku's attention. Not at all in a hurry, Miroku turned his head and looked at Kagome's hand which read: 'Don't look so glum. She'll get over it. ;) '
~With Rin and Sesshomaru~
"What's caused you to look so agitated?" Sesshomaru asked Sango, Rolling his head against the seat to look at her.
"That stupid, perverted idiot back there." Sango mumbled as she hugged her knees.
Sesshomaru would have made a smart comment about Sango's position not being a safe one while she was in a moving vehicle; but the girl seemed much too ticked off to mess with.
"Would you like to elaborate? I would be willing to listen."
"What are you a therapist? No thanks."
" No I am not. I just thought you wanted someone to talk to is all." Sesshomaru concluded and focused back on his drowsy wife.
Sesshomaru looked down at his tanned skin and groaned. It was only going to get worse on this little weekend trip and he was already tanner than InuYasha; who was naturally tanned. He almost wanted to pout on the ground. He didn't need this bull -
"Sheeeeeeeeet!" Sota sang in a high voice, his head tilted to the side, his teeth visible, his eyes staring up, and his hands balled up into fists.
"Pardon me?" Sesshomaru asked. Did that boy just finish his thoughts? And cursed nonetheless.
"Oh, I was asking Kohaku if he had a piece of paper." Sota replied innocently.
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Kagome twiddled her thumbs nervously after a half hour of just sitting there next to InuYasha, trying to figure out how to ask him about the text message.
' I can't just say, so you knew I was disguised as your girlfriend? Cause, I don't know about you but that sounds a little strange.'
No matter what Kagome thought of things she could say they all just sounded too weird.
"I-InuYasha...?"
InuYasha snored in his slumber as his right ear twitched.
' Oh nuh uh!' Kagome grumbled, 'You did not just fall asleep on me when I was about to confront you on the one thing that could get me out of the friend zone!'
That concludes this chapter! :) …..Just kidding, that would be totally mean of me to make you wait a whole 'nother chapter for Kagome to get an answer.
Keep reading ;p
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Kagome picked up the hanyou's arm and pinched it really hard, making InuYasha jump out of his power nap.
"Oww..." He whined, pulling his arm out of her reach. "What was that for?"
" I was going to ask you something and then I turn my head a little less than forty degrees and find you sleeping!"
"Well sorry...I didn't know." InuYasha moved his body out of the comfortable slouching position and sat up right looking at Kagome. "Kay you have my attention."
"Um...about the text you sent me last night..." Kagome slowly said, a tint of blush forming on her cheeks as she poked her two index fingers together.
"What text?" InuYasha asked.
"W-what do you mean 'what text'? The one you sent me after prom..."
"What did it say?"
Kagome rolled her eyes and pulled out her phone. "Don't tell me you don't remember sending me this!"
Puppy: I knew it was you ;)
"You have my name down as 'Puppy' in your phone?" InuYasha asked, giving her a look.
"Stop ignoring the question!"
"I'm not!" InuYasha read the text messaged and scoffed, wanting to laugh. "Ohh...Yes, I remember sending that text message. But it looks like I accidentally sent it to you rather than Kikyo."
"Wh...What?" She wanted to jump in front of a train and be run over right now.
"I found a gift on my table last night and the note said 'your secret admirer.' so I 'tried' but I guess failed sending her a text saying I knew it was her. Playful flirting is all. Not like that matters...Anyways, your guys' names are right beside each other in my contact list so I see how I accidentally clicked on your name instead. Sorry about that; did I wake you up last night?"
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Kagome could not believe it. For a total of sixteen hours she had understood that InuYasha discovered she had been playing dress up as his girlfriend and was completely okay with it! Now all of sudden he says, "Blah blah blah...accidentally sent it to you...blah blah blah." Those were actually the only five words she understood in his whole explanation. The rest she must have fallen into shock, her brain not being able to register words for the time being...
'It's time to be a big girl Kagome...and let it go.' Kagome took a deep breath. InuYasha could sense the disappointment in her sigh but was too dense to ask her what the matter was.
Kagome shook her head and gave a fake smile, "No, I was about to though..."
InuTaisho stopped the bus suddenly and clapped his hands twice.
"We made it everybody!"
Sesshomaru sniffed the air after standing up to stretch. Forty-five minute rides could really damage one's back. The smell of distress and disappointment surrounded him. He glanced over at Kagome frowning and raised an eyebrow.
'First Sango's upset...Now Kagome?'
Don't forget you too mister! Over your tanned skin remember?
"GAH!" Kohaku shouted on the top of his lungs. "The narrator followed me onto the bus!" He quickly pushed the molasses moving adults out of the way and ran off of the bus.
'Everyone's getting upset but yet they want to go camping with the family. This is going to be one hell of a weekend...' Sesshomaru sighed, about ready to poke his eyes out. 'Why did I agree to come again?'
Rin shifted in her sleep and yawned. "Are we there yet?" She gurgled.
"Yes Koishii."
'Ah...I've seemed to remember. She'll be the death of me one day..'
okay...now it's done. For real this time ;) I have a feeling I'm going to get a handful of reviews saying, "Are you sheeeeeeeeeting me! How dare you!" It's a twist, within a twist. I suppose I enjoy that and cliff hangers. This chapter didn't have one :DD Although some of you will think so.. o.O
I honestly thought this chapter wouldn't be completed until a week from now. But I got bored so I decided to type away...
I noticed, when editing, that I have a lot of run on sentences. :/ I'm sorry but I stayed up til sunrise writing this and brains usually shut down when it's late.
**Gets shield ready for upset reviewers**
