AN: I wanted to get this updated for this story's one month anniversary...but sadly it's not. Let's pretend it is, though, shall we? not one flame in an entire month! hehe, don't get any ideas now! hehe...why do you have an evil glint in your eyes? AND HOW'D YOU GET MS. FLAMETHROWER!!! Wh-what are you doing!? STAY BACK!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!! ::kyuuka runs from angry reviewers::

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kyuuka: but you wanted to do the disclaimer!!
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NOTE: No cheesecakes were harmed in this disclaimer.

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"Okay, I'm going to pass each of you a piece of paper with your group of kids and schedule," said Myouga, standing up with a number of papers in his hand. He began passing out the papers. When Okibi got hers, she examined it. Eat, scavenger hunt, swim, nature hike, eat, head for home. She then looked below the schedule to the list of kids. She had 6 kids. She looked at all the names. Kaboku, Amai, Reiu, Shippo, Kijo, Karuson...Hey, she got Shippo! At least she would know one kid from the group. She studied the names, most had a meaning. Kaboku meant beautiful tree. 'Beautiful tree? What kinda name is that?' She shrugged and continued her translations. Amai meant sweet, Reiu meant chilly rain, Kijo meant demoness, and Karuson meant boy. She idly wondered what these kids would be like when she was interrupted yet again.

"The kids are in the cafeteria. They're all wearing name stickers, so just find the ones on your list and explain to them that you will be their guide and to ask you if they have any questions. Be friendly and interact with them. Now, go on, there's a schedule to adhere to," he said, ushering them out the door. They silently made their way to the cafeteria, all nervous. Would their kids be sweet and adorable? Or would they be evil brats?

Stealing Four Souls and a Few Hearts

Chapter 11: Scavenger Searching

When they reached the cafeteria, they broke up and looked for their kids. They each had six kids, some youkai, and some human. Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Okibi, and even Kouga seemed to have good kids. Inuyasha, however, was not as lucky. He didn't know any of the kids. He had four good ones, but the other two he swore were pure evil. One was a little hanyou kitsune. He looked to be about 9 years old. He had long orange hair and orange ears like Inuyasha's. Despite the fact he was hanyou, he had a tail, much like Shippo's. He looked at Inuyasha with silver eyes that had a mischievous glint to them. His nametag said 'Kanrakuchou'. Inuyasha had to stifle his laughter at the meaning. 'Kanraku' meant 'cheese' and 'chou' meant 'cake'...so his name meant 'cheesecake'.

The other kid was also ­­­­kitsune, but she was full youkai. She looked to be about 10 years old. Her long dark brown hair had red and blue highlights. Her violet eyes also had an evil glint to them. Her nametag read Ashi, which scared Inuyasha. It meant 'evil'. The two kids were conversing with hushed voices and glancing at him when he walked over with 4 other kids following him.

"Oi, kids, I'm your leader. I'm gonna make sure you do what you're supposed to," he said greeting the kids like he had the others. They only stared back at him evil smiles.

"Ok," they said in unison before emitting soft evil laughs. Inuyasha felt a chill go down his spine. They were scarier than Naraku in a Speedo (AN: This idea is Super Ceech's in her story King of the Hill. It's hilarious, read it after you finish reading and reviewing this chappie! ). The kids followed him as he walked over to a table with a sign saying "Group 4". He motioned for the kids to sit down before sitting down himself. He had no idea how to deal with kids. He looked around seeing everyone else talking and laughing with their group of kids while eating the food that was previously set at the tables.

"Ok...before we eat, I guess I gotta take role call," he said sounding rather irritated. "Let's see...Mitsukai?" he questioned.

"Here," said a shy voice. Inuyasha crossed her name off with his pencil before repeating the procedure.

"Hana?"

"Present!"

"Raikou?"

"Yeah."

"Shinzui?"

"Here!"

"Kanrakuchou?"

The kitsune boy from earlier smirked and replied, "Glad to be here." A shiver ran up Inuyasha's spine, knowing that held a hidden meaning. He shook it off and crossed off the boy's name.

"K-"

Immediately after saying that name, he was tackled by a 10-year-old kitsune, and boy was she angry. "Do not call me by my real name!! You may call me Dark Princess, Doom Bringer, Devil Incarnate, Oh Mighty One, Your Majesty, Queen of All Evil, or Powerful Immortal of All Evil Acts," she cited, still sitting on his stomach from when she tackled him.

"How...How about I just call you...A-Ashi?" he managed.

She grinned evilly, "That works!" She got off him and returned to her place at the table near Kanrakuchou. Upon reaching him, they both chuckled lightly. Inuyasha stared blankly at the two before getting up and brushing himself off. He returned to his former seat at the table and looked at the food.

"Well, eat up," he said, shoveling some eggs onto his plate followed by bacon and some pancakes. Who knew camps had such good food? The four good kids filled up their plates and started eating. But the 2 evil kids at the far end of the table pulled out brown paper bags. They reached in and pulled out their food. Kanrakuchou pulled out a slice of cheesecake in a Tupperware box and a plastic fork. Ashi pulled out a bag of pixie stix. Inuyasha looked on confusion before they very slowly turned their heads toward him, giving an evil glare. Inuyasha nearly yelped and stared down at his plate. He wasn't scared of anything...but these kids were downright evil!! After he had finished eating, he looked at the schedule. Eat, scavenger hunt, swim, nature hike, eat, head for home. He pulled out the pencil and checked off the first 'eat'. 'Ok, next is scavenger hunt,' he thought, 'The instructions say to meet at the clearing by Myouga's office. Feh, he's probably gonna make us introduce ourselves and stuff.' He stood up, not bothering to push his chair back in.

"Okay, kids, let's go," he said walking to the door. When he arrived, he looked behind him to make sure they were all following. All 6 of them were there so he continued to the clearing where Kagome's and Sango's groups were already waiting. They were deep in conversation.

"Hey!" he shouted to get their attention. They turned to look at him. Sango had an evil grin and Kagome was blushing. This made him wonder just what they were talking about.

"Hey!" Sango said. "Well, uh...I'm gonna go over here," she said walking a little ways with her group, winking at Kagome before leaving. Kagome glared at her, wishing she would spontaneously combust.

"What was that about?" he asked innocently. Kagome jerked her head up.

"Oh, nothing. So how are your kids? Mine are pretty good," she said, talking rather fast.

"Most of them are good, but I'm a little scared of those two," he said, jerking his head at Kanrakuchou and Ashi who were again immersed in 'evil' conversation.

Kagome looked over at the two kids and smiled. "They don't look scary," she said walking over to them. "Hi, I'm Kagome," she introduced. The two kids looked at her and grinned evilly. Kagome now regretted talking to the kids.

"Kanrakuchou," introduced the young hanyou, smiling even bigger.

"Ashi," said the older youkai, mimicking Kanrakuchou's smile. Why were these kids so creepy!? She shook her head to rid it of its thoughts.

"Well it was nice to meet you," she said nervously, backing away, getting only the evil smiles in response. Upon reaching Inuyasha, she chanced a glance back at the two conspirators.

"You're right, those two ARE scary," she said, giving an involuntary shiver.

"Feh," was his only response as they turned this attention back to the clearing, finally noticing that everyone had arrived, including Myouga and the man from earlier, Toutousai.

"Okay, everyone, please settle down," instructed Myouga in an authoritative tone. They obeyed and most of the kids even sat down on the ground or logs. He cleared his throat before going on. "As you leaders should know, we're going to go on a scavenger hunt soon, but before we do, we have to go over the whole schedule. After the scavenger hunt, we're going to go swimming. This includes swimming, canoeing, kayaking, tubing, wakeboarding, water-skiing, and etcetera. After swimming, we're going on a nature hike. I advise you to wear comfortable boots, long pants and wear insect repellent. After the nature hike, we eat again as a supper since we just had brunch. And after that, we return to our cabins and get some sleep," he finished.

"But on the schedule it says 'head for home'," argued Kouga. Myouga nodded.

"Yes, I know. I figured you should get used to calling the cabins home. The kids will only go to their real homes on the weekends," he explained.

'Great, just lovely,' thought Inuyasha bitterly. He would've continued his thoughts had Myouga not interrupted.

"Now that you all know the schedule, it's time to get your lists," he said, turning to Toutousai. Toutousai took the hint and stood up, passing out scavenger hunt lists to all the leaders. "Your leaders will tell you what's needed and guide you through the forest, but they can not tell you where you may find these items," he said, more to the leaders than to the kids. "The first group to return back to the clearing with all the items wins this," he said, holding up a bag full of candy. Inuyasha could see out of the corner of his eye that Kanrakuchou and Ashi were staring wide-eyed at the massive bag full of goodies. "You may go," were Myouga's final words as he ushered the groups away from the clearing.

Inuyasha looked at the new piece of paper in his hand.

Scavenger Hunt List

Group 4-Red Group

[ ]-Red flag

[ ]-Red marker

[ ]-Red key

[ ]-Red string

[ ]-Red stick

[ ]-Red treasure chest

[ ]-Red microphone

[ ]-Red twisty-ties

[ ]-Red headphones

[ ]-Red construction paper

[ ]-Red goggles

[ ]-Red paint

[ ]-Red helmet

[ ]-Red squirt gun

[ ]-Red marble

NOTE: You must collect ALL items on list before returning to campsite. There you will receive further instructions.

RUNFELLBURNDUEL

Inuyasha finished reading the note on the page and looked over the items again. He guessed they all had to collect the same items, but in a different color. He was curious about why those types of items were to be collected, but disregarded it. What confused him the most was the letters at the bottom of the page. One of the kids interrupted his thoughts.

"What do we have to get first?" asked the human girl Inuyasha recognized as Mitsukai.

"A red flag," he answered. "I'm not allowed to tell you where the items are," he said. 'Like I even know where they are,' he thought, sarcastically. "But I can lead you on trails and stuff in the forest, so tell me which way you wanna go," he demanded. The children looked at each other, wondering which way they should go first when Kanrakuchou and Ashi started walking off to the right without a word. The rest of the kids hurried after them, thinking they knew what they were doing. Inuyasha rolled his eyes and followed as well. 'I doubt those 2 know which way to go.' After walking for about 5 minutes, the group of 4 clueless children and Inuyasha stopped, leaving Kanrakuchou and Ashi to go ahead the few feet and pick up the red flag. Ashi picked it up and smirked before nodding to Kanrakuchou. He smirked as well and climbed up the tree that the flag was under.

"What are you doing? Get down from there!" commanded Inuyasha, fearing that if they got hurt, he would be the one to blame. Kanrakuchou only stuck out his tongue and climbed higher. "Why you!!" yelled Inuyasha, intent on climbing the tree. Unfortunately, Ashi stepped in front of him before calling up to Kanrakuchou.

"Did you find it yet?" she asked.

It took a few moments for Kanrakuchou to respond. "...Yeah, here it is," he shouted down to them before jumping out of the tree. He high-fived Ashi with his left hand since his right hand carried the red marker.

"Check these off," Ashi ordered Inuyasha before walking with Kanrakuchou to the north. Inuyasha only stared dumbly before registering what happened. Grumbling, he marked off the first 2 items on the list before following the kids to the next item. They walked a little further before they came across the red key. Before picking it up, Kanrakuchou shouted back to the group.

"Be ready to run," he ordered. The kids nodded their heads at their new leaders while Inuyasha Feh'd. Kanrakuchou and Ashi cautiously approached the key and snatched it. As soon as it was out of place, a giant mechanical bear youkai ran after them.

"Run now!" shouted Ashi as she and Kanrakuchou ran forward, past the bear. They started to run after them, but the 2 human kids couldn't keep up with the 4 youkai kids, so Inuyasha snatched them up before they fell too far behind. As soon as they lost the robot youkai, they stopped for breath.

"How did you know to run?" questioned Inuyasha, his voice laced with suspicion.

"This could take a while, so you might want to sit," suggested Ashi. The kids sat, but Inuyasha leaned back against the tree. "You know the letters at the bottom of the list?" she asked him. He nodded and looked at said letters. He didn't know what they were for.

"Well, those letters are directions," explained Kanrakuchou. "The first one, R, is 'Right'."

"The second one, U, is 'Up'," continued Ashi.

"The third one, N, is 'North'," finished Kanrakuchou.

"R-U-N, that spells run, so after you complete a set of directions, you do what they say...run," Ashi explained. Inuyasha stared blankly while registering this new information.

"How'd you know that, though?" he pondered aloud. His response was the 2 demons turning around and walking forward. "Where are you going?" he shouted.

Kanrakuchou spoke without turning around, "Next one's F, for 'Forward'," he shouted. Inuyasha rolled his eyes and followed the rest of the kids who had already started walking after the 2 'leaders'. It wasn't long before they came to a red string balled up on the ground. Ashi picked it up and tossed it back to Inuyasha who pocketed it and marked off the item on the list.

"What's the E stand for?" asked Inuyasha, noticing that's where they were supposed to go next.

Ashi turned around and stared at him as if he was the stupidest person alive. "East," she said before turning back around and heading in said direction. They came to the next item, a red stick. Inuyasha marked it off and the group turned L, for 'Left'.

"Are you sure L doesn't stand for 'Lost'?" asked a weary Inuyasha. They had been walking for over 20 minutes and they still hadn't found the red treasure chest. The two only glared back at him and walked faster. It wasn't much longer until the found the mini treasure chest. They sent a victorious smirk at him as he walked over and picked up the palm sized treasure chest. They took another left and soon found the red microphone, but didn't pick it up.

"F-E-L-L...fell? How are we supposed to 'fell'?" asked Inuyasha as the two looked at each other in amusement.

"Fell is another way of saying 'duck'," replied a bored Kanrakuchou. He went over and picked up the microphone, triggering a log to come swinging into them. Everyone ducked before it came at them. The log reminded Inuyasha of people using a log to break through castle doors or something. It took the log 5 minutes to stop swinging and when it did, the group got up and brushed themselves off.

"What next?" asked Inuyasha while checking off the red microphone.

"B for 'Backwards'," responded Ashi as they went back the way they came. Inuyasha grumbled as he brought up the rear of the group. They soon reached a bag of red twisty-ties. Inuyasha wondered how they had missed it, but figured someone had just put it there, possibly Myouga or Toutousai. He checked it off as Ashi climbed the tree they were under.

"Another 'Up'?" questioned Inuyasha with a raised eyebrow.

"Yep," she responded, jumping down and holding the red headphones.

"This way," pointed Kanrakuchou as they headed to the right. Soon they came upon red construction paper underneath a fist-sized rock to keep it from blowing away.

"Almost done," said Ashi as they headed to the north. They spotted the red goggles, but again, didn't pick them up.

"B-U-R-N...burn? What are we supposed to burn?" asked Inuyasha as the 2 got evil glints in their eyes again. They soon started to laugh evilly.

"You might want to stay back," advised Kanrakuchou as Ashi picked up the goggles. Another robotic bear youkai came at them, but instead of running away, Kanrakuchou and Ashi used their foxfire to set it on fire, all the while laughing evilly. The bear soon stopped moving and collapsed. Kanrakuchou went over and pulled a shovel attached to the bear's back.

"D for 'Down'," explained Ashi as Kanrakuchou began to dig. It wasn't long before he found a can of red paint. He tossed it to Inuyasha who caught it and checked it off while Ashi climbed up another tree. She jumped down, tossing a red helmet to him which he also checked off.

"Now E for 'East'," said Kanrakuchou as they headed toward the east. They soon found a red squirt gun which Inuyasha checked off as well.

"Last one!" said Ashi excitedly. They headed off to their left and encountered the small red marble without picking it up.

"D-U-E-L...duel!? Who's gonna duel what!?" shouted Inuyasha. The two evil children looked at him with equal evil expression.

"You're gonna duel..." started Ashi as Kanrakuchou picked up the marble.

"That," Kanrakuchou finished, pointing to a HUGE mole youkai (AN: you know the little blind things that crawl underground? Those things!). Inuyasha looked at the youkai and began laughing.

"This'll be easy!" he said, noticing it was blind. He jumped in the air and bared his claws. "Iron Reaver, Soul Stealer!" he shouted, swiping at it. But the mole dodged the attack and faced him. "What!? He's blind, how can he know where I am!?"

"First of all, he's a full youkai which means his senses are heightened," explained Ashi.

"Second of all, since he's also blind, it gives his other senses an extra boost," continued Kanrakuchou.

"Third of all, you practically screamed in his ear so I would think he can tell where you are."

"And finally, he can sense your demonic aura since he's a youkai," finished Kanrakuchou.

Inuyasha growled. It would be harder than he thought to beat this thing. Suddenly the mole went underground. 'Where'd it go!?' thought Inuyasha looking wildly around. The ground from under suddenly shot up and he was flying through the air. He righted himself in the air and landed on his feet, staring at the mole that was now in his former spot. Inuyasha steadied his breathing, making it as quiet as possible and stopped moving. He hid his demonic aura, which was easy since he was only half youkai. He steadied his heartbeat until it was calm. The mole suddenly looked around, seemingly confused. It began sniffing the air but there were too many kids and he couldn't distinguish the scents. Inuyasha slowly and silently smirked. He then very slowly picked his foot off the ground and slowly and silently stepped forward. He repeated the process with his other foot and continued until he was within five feet of the youkai. He inched his arm back, baring his claws again. The suddenly, as if put in fast forward, Inuyasha swung his arm forward and slashed at the mole, effectively knocking it out cold. He smirked more and looked at the kids who were in awe...except for two.

"Come on, if we don't hurry we won't get back first," complained Ashi.

"Yeah, you took too long knocking out the youkai," agreed Kanrakuchou as the two began running back to the area they were told to meet at. The others ran after them and they reached it in no time. Myouga and Toutousai were already there, but other than that, they were the first group to arrive.

"I see you completed your quest," noticed Myouga as the group piled up their items in the middle. "We must wait for the other groups to arrive...then the real fun will begin," he said.

Inuyasha looked at him nervously. If the scavenger hunt wasn't the real 'fun', he was scared to think what was.

AN: Whew, finally! That took longer than I thought it would!! Four days longer to be exact!!! Anyway, it's longer than the other ones too. Geez, 10 pages. You better feel special people!!! I was kinda sad coz I only got one review for my last chapter. ::sigh:: oh well. PLEASE REVIEW!!!! I'd say I had a pretty good plot in this chapter. You're gonna have to wait till next one to find out what Myouga's talking about. Hehe, trust me though, it'll be fun! And the 2 evil kids...hehe, they have a pretty cool part in the next couple chapters too!! If you're wondering, yes, Kanrakuchou is based off my friend Cheesecake and Ashi is kit. They're sorta OOC in this one, but they'll get back into it, now that the quest is over...for now! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Hehe, anyway, I guess bribing didn't make people review...so I've resorted to threatening!!! IF YOU DON'T REVIEW, I SHALL USE MR. CHAINSAW ON YOUR PUNY MORTAL BODIES!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! there! Reviewer Response time!

Xessive- Yes, I mentioned cheesecake. ::rolls eyes and gives you cheesecake:: and yeah, that was probly the longest review I've ever gotten! AND QUIT MAKING UR DUST MITES ATTACK MY COMPUTER!!!! GAH!!! I put you in the story and I can control you! ::evil grin:: so be nice! And I don't think I mentioned Okibi too much in this one. I told you, there's gonna be twist to her story and such later on, so just be patient. I'll probly reveal it in about 4 or 5 chapters, if not sooner. REVIEW AGAIN!!!

There, that's all done. Like I said, you review with a suggestion or something and I'll do it! I did it with my other story. someone had an idea for something and I put it in. and I've done it a lot in here! With disclaimers mostly, though! Anyway, again if you want to be notified when I update, here's the link:

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