AN: Hey everyone! Yeah, my updating is getting sloppy. But how can you wait to update something just because you hafta update something else first? Did that make any sense? I hope it did. Anyway, I started a new story called The Hospital so check it out.

Disclaimer: Ok, this might be the last time I say this...I don't own Inu and crew.

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Inuyasha's door slowly creaked open and two figures silently crept into the cabin. One was carrying a bottle of something. The figures laughed evilly as they neared Inuyasha's bed. The first one opened the bottle while the other propped Inuyasha's head off the pillow, praying he was a heavy sleeper. The first figure poured the contents of the bottle onto Inuyasha's head and lathered it to cover every inch of his hair. The other figure helped where they could, but they couldn't do much since they were holding up Inuyasha's head. When they were done they waited about 10 minutes before rinsing it with water. When they had finished their task, they threw the bottle through the door and went back to Inuyasha. They pulled the blanket off him and with much difficulty dragged him out of bed without waking him. They then proceeded to drag him outside of the cabin and dropped him unceremoniously on the ground (AN: another of kit's bright ideas! ::insert smilie here::). They then happily went back inside the cabin and locked the door and happily went to sleep.

----Next morning----

Kagome had gotten up bright and early and decided to take a walk. She always woke up early when camping...she didn't know, she just did. As she was walking by Inuyasha's cabin she saw something strange. When she realized just what it was, she screamed.

Stealing Four Souls and a Few Hearts

Chapter 13: Competitive Competitions

Inuyasha slowly opened his eyes, trying to shield them from the sunlight filtering through his window. He saw a figure standing over him. It took a while for his eyes to adjust to the light. When he did, there were more figures above him, all talking in whispers. He saw Kagome first; she must have been the first figure. But what was she doing in his room? He also started recognizing the multiple figures standing over him. He saw Miroku, Sango, Okibi, Kouga, and multiple kids. But what were they all doing in his room!? He started to catch little phrases from the whispering above him.

"...that's just wrong..."

"...more perverted than Miroku..."

"I am not perverted, Sango!"

"Maybe Mutt-face got beat up...wouldn't surprise me."

As he started to regain consciousness, he began to familiarize the phrases with their owners.

"Look, he's waking up!" Okibi's voice said.

"He's been awake, Okibi," retorted Kagome.

"Then why is he still lying there in just his underwear?" questioned Sango.

"They're boxers, not underwear," said the ever intelligent Miroku.

"Who cares, doesn't he know that little children can see him? They'll be scarred for life!" Kouga interrupted.

Inuyasha groaned. What the heck were they talking about? He was in his room, little kids couldn't see him. And...why were there trees in his room? And where did the roof go? And where was his bed!? Inuyasha quickly glanced around and saw that he was outside, surrounded by practically all the campers.

"Look, he's really awake now!" Okibi exclaimed.

"Hey...why is his hair black?" questioned Kagome, bending down and examining his hair. Inuyasha quickly sat up, startling Kagome and took a lock of hair in his hand. He eyed it carefully before shock flooded his face. His hair was black! He quickly stood up and ran to his cabin a few feet away. Turning the knob, he found that it was locked. In desperation he started ramming it with his shoulder but to no avail. Looking around wildly and ignoring the questioning looks from the innocent bystanders, he found a window and quickly broke it, not realizing that it was unlocked. He jumped inside and found none other than Ashi and Kanrakuchou in his bed. He growled and picked the two up by their tails.

Yawning, Ashi saw the pissed look on Inuyasha's face. "Look who woke up! I was wondering how long you would sleep in. Why is your hair black?" she asked the last part innocently.

"You mean...you didn't dye my hair?" Inuyasha asked, terrified of the answer.

"Nope, we just took your cabin. Why are you so scared of black hair?" asked Kanrakuchou with a believable innocence. Inuyasha dropped the two kids in shock and they scampered out the door with evil grins on their faces. Inuyasha made his way to the mirror, afraid of what he might see. He sighed in relief as he saw his ears still perched on top of his head, though they were now black as well. His fangs and claws were still there too. And his eyes were still amber. So why was his hair black? Inuyasha shook his head to rid it of its evil thoughts. He quickly got dressed and peeked out his window to make sure the coast was clear. The crowd had apparently gotten bored and went to do more productive things. He sighed and quickly left his cabin in search of his group of children. First he headed to their cabin, but they weren't there. He decided the next best bet was the cafeteria so he quickly ran over there. They weren't there either. 'Where are they!?' he thought. Then he mentally slapped himself.

"I'm a hanyou, I can smell them out," he muttered to himself before sniffing the air. He stopped before realizing he couldn't smell them. His eyes widened and he tried even harder to sniff them out...but he couldn't! He looked at his fingers and ran his tongue over his teeth to make sure they were still sharp. They were, so what the hell was going on!? He shook it off and decided to search the good old fashioned way. He thought and decided that they were probably at the lake so he made his way there. Sure enough, all 4 of them were there...wait...he had 6 kids, not 4! He counted again and saw only 4. He did a name check to see who the missing 2 were. Ashi and Kanrakuchou! He shrugged. They were very capable of handling themselves so they shouldn't be a problem.

He sighed and jumped into a nearby tree. Lazily looking out over the lake he slowly drifted off into the land of dreams, unaware of the 2 pairs of evil eyes staring at him from higher in the tree. Evil laughter was heard as the 2 figures jumped down to his tree branch.

----an hour later----

Inuyasha yawned and stretched. Awaking from his nap, he was more refreshed than when he had woken up that morning to find his hair black. Scowling, he double-checked his claws and fangs before his eyes widened. His sharp claws were now regular human fingernails! Running his tongue over his fangs, he found that those too were dull. Panicking and in a state of shock, he fell out of the tree and landed flat on his back.

"Owwww!!" he groaned, turning over and slowly standing. He brushed himself off and looked out at the lake. None of the kids were there. Sighing, he decided it must be lunch time so he miserably walked to the cafeteria. Upon entering he found everyone sitting and enjoying lunch. He made his way over to his table and sat down to think. 'How could this have happened? Am I still a hanyou or am I a human? Why the hell is this happening!?' he thought desperately, feeling for his hanyou ears. They were still there, so he couldn't be he? His thoughts were interrupted when Kagome sat down next to him with a blush on her face.

"Hey Inuyasha, um...why were you sleeping outside this morning?" she asked hurriedly. Inuyasha immediately growled and glared at the 2 kids at the other end of the table, innocently eating their cheesecake and pixie stix.

"Those two kids decided they liked my cabin better than theirs," he said, indicating the 2 evil children. Kagome looked over and immediately shuddered in fear.

"Yeah, those 2 are pure evil," she whispered. As soon as the words finished coming out of her mouth, Ashi and Kanrakuchou quickly looked over at her and smiled equal evil smiles. Kagome's eyes widened and she tried to duck under the table.

"Relax, they won't kill you, just torture you," Inuyasha said. Kagome rose in her seat and sighed.

"Ok, well all the leaders are going to have a contest," Kagome started.

"What kind of contest?" he questioned.

"It'll be a series of contests. First we'll have a race around the lake in the canoes, then we'll bike the trails, and then we'll have a rock climbing contest. And just for kicks, we'll have a jell-o eating contest." she added. Inuyasha smirked.

"You guys are going to lose," he said confidently as he stood up. Kagome stood up as well and led him to where the other leaders were waiting.

----15 minutes later----

The leaders were lined up behind 6 canoes waiting just off shore. Myouga agreed to referee their events and some of the kids came to watch and root their leader on. Myouga blew the whistle, signaling the racers to go. They all ran forward and quickly pushed their canoes in the water before jumping in themselves. The lake wasn't that big, so it wouldn't be too strenuous to row around the buoys placed as checkmarks. Inuyasha and Kouga quickly tied for 1st and were far ahead of the rest of the leaders. Kouga pushed his arms to their limit as he rowed even faster. Inuyasha smirked and kept his pace, falling just a few feet behind. Soon Kouga's arms were exhausted and he was having a hard time rowing. That's when Inuyasha rowed even faster and surpassed Kouga. He rowed steadily on the last stretch and easily beat all the leaders. Nearing shore, he jumped out of the canoe and waded to land.

"Don't strain yourself, Kouga!" Inuyasha called to him. He saw his rival scowl and he chuckled at his easy victory. Cheers from the crowd of children were heard as Inuyasha raised a fist in the air and laughed at his weak opponents. Soon everyone pulled their canoes to shore and collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath.

After about 10 minutes they had all gotten up and were feeling much better. They headed over to the trails with some bikes Myouga happened to own for such occasions. They all lined up on their bikes and prepared for the next race. Myouga stood at the side, whistle in mouth. Seeing that everyone was ready, he blew the whistle. They all immediately took off but Kagome took the lead. Leaning low against the handlebars, she pedaled faster and picked up speed. Soon the others were left far behind and she passed the finish line no problem.

Smirking, Kagome hopped off the bike and put up the kickstand. Then she waited for the losers to arrive. As soon as the others came into sight, weary and out of breath, she flat-out laughed at their loss, receiving only scowls in response. The group then headed over to the large rock-climbing wall. This one was large enough to let 10 people comfortably climb the wall so the 6 leaders wouldn't have a problem. They lined up, at the ready and waited for the whistle. It came soon enough and they took off up the wall. The 3 girls fell behind quickly, and Kouga was leading the boys. He soon reached the top of the wall and pulled himself up to sit on it, crossing his arms like a king over his kingdom.

"Seems like I won this one, Mutt-face," he said smugly.

"Feh," was all Inuyasha said as he jumped down to the bottom of the wall. After everyone had safely made it down the wall, it was time for their last competition-the jell-o eating contest. Six batches of cherry jell-o were made and the contestants weren't allowed to use their hands during this contest. To ensure that no one cheated, their hands were tied behind their back. Crouching over the desert, the final whistle was blown and the contestants dug in. Inuyasha was sure he had this one in the bag so he wasn't counting on losing. Finishing quickly, he raised his head only to see Okibi already done with hers. Her dish was empty and her face had bits of jell-o all over it, but through all the jell-o anyone could see the victorious smile she wore. Myouga blew the whistle again to signal that there was a winner and they all were surprised to see Okibi. They all thought Inuyasha would win that one as well, what with his big appetite and all. Shrugging, they all cheered for her win. After the games, it had gotten pretty late and they were instructed to spend some time with their kids.

Inuyasha headed over to his group, wary of Ashi and Kanrakuchou. He hadn't seen them since lunch, so he was sure they had some diabolical scheme cooked up by now. He reached the group and they stared up at him expectantly.

"Well we have an hour before we have to report to our cabins, so what do you want to do?" he questioned, crossing over his arms over his chest.

"Man Hunt!" Ashi and Kanrakuchou immediately answered. Inuyasha was taken aback at the suggestion. He thought they would say Duck, Duck, Goose or Froggy in the Middle or something. But Man Hunt was a cool game, so it was fine.

"Alright, but there's 7 of us so we'll have an odd number. Who wants to be team captains?" he questioned. Ashi and Kanrakuchou immediately raised their hands. Realizing they would be playing against each other, they went into win mode. Inuyasha lined up the other kids on the wall, including himself and let the 2 other kids pick their teams.

"Who picks first?" asked Kanrakuchou. They glared at each other and both put out fists. They then proceeded to play Rock, Paper, Scissors to determine who would pick first. The first round, Kanrakuchou beat Ashi when his scissors cut her paper. Ashi tied the next round when her paper wrapped his rock. It was the last round and whoever won would be able to pick first. With their game faces on, they played the last round. Kanrakuchou let out a cheer of victory when his rock crushed her scissors. His cheerfulness was smothered, though, when Ashi pushed him to the ground with one hand. Whistling when he got up, she shot him an innocent look. He growled and studied the kids and Inuyasha in a line before him.

"Hmmmm...Shinzui," he picked, pointing to Shinzui. Shinzui smirked and walked around Kanrakuchou to stand behind him. Ashi then carefully studied the group of people and smirked.

"Hana," she called, her arms crossed over her chest.

"Raikou," Kanrakuchou called, not missing a beat.

"Mitsukai," Ashi called, "And that means you have to have Inuyasha," she said, smirking. Kanrakuchou glared at her and crossed his arms over his own chest.

"Neh. Fine, Inuyasha, you're in our group. But I'm not gonna help you when Ashi catches you," he said, turning his head away.

Inuyasha only growled in response. "Which team hides first?" questioned Raikou. Ashi and Kanrakuchou stared at each other before speaking at the same time.

"Mine," they both said at the same time. Ashi growled at Kanrakuchou and he immediately backed down.

"Hers," he said, jerking his thumb in her direction.

"Count to 50," she instructed, waiting for the boys to cover their eyes.

"But where's Jail?" asked Hana.

"The Cafeteria," responded Kanrakuchou before closing his eyes.

"Uh...How do you play this game?" asked Mitsukai.

"One team hides while the other one seeks. If the seeking team tags a member of the hiding team, they have to go to Jail and can't leave until another member of the hiding team tags them. Once the whole hiding team is tagged, the round ends and the teams switch positions," explained Ashi. Hana nodded in understanding and the boys covered their eyes.

"1...2...3..." they began and the girls scattered around the camp.

----44 numbers later----

"48...49...50!" the boys finished as they opened their eyes. Raikou and Shinzui teamed up and went one way and Inuyasha went another way. Kanrakuchou looked around and sniffed the air. There was no rule against using your demonic powers and the other team could use their powers too, so it was fair. He caught Ashi's scent and ran in that direction. He saw some movement up in a nearby tree and he quietly jumped into it. He caught a flash of brown mixed with red and blue and he recognized it as Ashi's hair. He jumped into the branch she was formerly inhabiting and was surprised to find she wasn't there. Looking around, he felt two hands push him out of the tree.

"AHHHHHHH!!!" he screamed as fell from the tree. He managed to not land on his head and he sat up as he evil laughter from above him. He looked up and saw Ashi laughing in the tree branch. Quickly standing up, he tried to follow her as she jumped from treetop to treetop, but she was full youkai and he was only hanyou so he wasn't as fast as her. Slowing to a stop since he lost her, he looked at his surroundings. He recognized this as one of the trails and saw that the sun would set at any minute, meaning if they didn't win this round soon, Ashi's team would win. Determination set in as he sniffed the air again to find that Ashi was extremely close. Taking off at a run, he soon tripped on a rock and fell to the ground. He felt himself being pulled up and saw that he was caught in a net and dangling from a tree. Ashi stepped out of the shadows and grinned at him before cackling evilly. She quickly ran away when she saw Kanrakuchou start swiping at the multiple ropes with his claws.

Taking one more swipe, Kanrakuchou felt himself falling again. He hit the ground and immediately got up. He ran in the direction of her scent and quickly saw her. Only she was surrounded by the rest of the group.

"Kanrakuchou, Ashi's team won. It's time to go back to the cabins," Inuyasha called. Kanrakuchou growled and followed a giggling Ashi. She quickly turned to him and whispered something in his ear that Inuyasha didn't catch and they both developed equal evil grins directed at Inuyasha. Gulping, Inuyasha sped up a little and the cabins soon came into sight. The kids rushed forward to their own cabin as Inuyasha retreated to his cabin. He opened the door and turned on the light. After repeating his nightly procedures he quickly stripped to his boxers and climbed into bed, but not before remembering to lock his door. Quickly falling asleep, he began snoring.

After Inuyasha had fallen asleep, his doorknob began to rattle. It stopped after about 30 seconds and all was silent for a little while. Then suddenly, the doorknob began clicking and soon the door swung open. Two dark figures entered and stood to either side of Inuyasha's bed. One of the figures cautiously opened one of Inuyasha's eyes and the other inserted a small item in it. Repeating the procedure with the other eye, they silently chuckled and quickly left the room, making sure to lock it as they closed the door behind their dirty deed.

AN: Well now that THAT'S done! I don't know how good this one is, but I enjoyed writing it. Be sure to check out my other stories and REVIEW! Reviewer Response time!

crazy-kitsune­- You were my only reviewer for that last chapter!! Yeah, I'm sorry you didn't get to strangle Fluffy, but you get to be evil to Inu and Kanrakuchou! Sorry you almost got grounded the WHOLE summer...just don't...don't do what you did to get grounded again...lol! See ya later!

Well...kit was my only reviewer! ::sniff, sniff:: I feel so unloved! Review, please!?