Don't kill me! Please! I tried to get this out as fast as I could! So, er, heh heh, I guess I will waste your time with but one comment: yesterday was my birthday! Yes, everyone rejoice because I am now 15 and am going to get my permit on Monday (the 5th). I won't bore you with every thing that happened on my special day...I'll leave that to my blog readers...mwahahahaha...*ahem* Anyway, on with the show.
Disclaimer: I was SUPPOSED to get him for my birthday...but I don't know what happened to that plan...
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Ah, Those Summer Nights
Chapter 3: The Rest of Them
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"I can't wait to meet our roommates," Kagome happily chatted to Sango (already over being mad at Inuyasha), "Do you know who any of them might be?"
"Eh, I have an idea," Sango mumbled, casting a quick glance towards Inuyasha. The hanyou felt the magenta eyes on him and turned towards the pair of girls.
"Anything specific that you want?" Inuyasha asked with annoyance, and then enjoying the way Kagome stiffened and glared at him.
"Nothing Inu-chan," Sango said in a sweet, syrupy voice, "I was talking to Kagome about our roommates. Maybe you'd like to give some insight into one of them?"
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes.
"Feh," he said and turned away. Sango smiled happily, Miroku smirked, and Kagome was completely clueless.
"Anyway you tow, have fun unpacking. See you at breakfast tomorrow!" Sango chirped, sharing a quick wink with Miroku before pushing Kagome into Cabin 13.
"Um, Sango? Not to *ahem* pry or anything, but can you tell me exactly what--"
"Hello Kikyo."
Kagome turned in the direction her friend was staring and almost let out a small gasp of surprise. In front of them stood a girl who looked suspiciously similar to Kagome: they had the same dark hair and the same layout of features, but that's where the similarities ended. While Kagome's eyes were a warm azure, Kikyo's were a dark and stormy grey. The look-alike moved gracefully towards them (something Kagome could never master) and offered a kind, yet cold smile to Sango.
"Why, hello Sango. It's nice to see you again," Kikyo calmly said, but when she looked over to Kagome, she seemed a bit startled, her eyes flashing ever so slightly. "And who is your new friend?"
"Oh...this is Kagome Higurashi. Kagome-chan, this is Kikyo Shimoto. Er, I believed I mentioned her before," Sango coughed, sending a meaningful glance towards Kagome, hoping she would catch the subtle hint. Kagome merely nodded, still a little shocked at how much Kikyo looked like her. Yet Sango seems not to be bothered at all. Maybe...maybe it's just me. ... But then again, it's not everyday you meet someone who looks like--
Kagome was roughly shaken out of her thoughts by a hard tap on the head (with what suspiciously felt like a fan), and then a voice:
"Are you three statues gonna move, or I do I have to resort to throwing suitcases next?"
The group turned to look at the owner of the sassy voice. In the doorway stood a tall, thin girl with black hair set into some weird, complicated-looking style and a delicate hand placed on a cocked hip. Her eyes, reflecting the sunlight, seemed to glow a fiery red. The girl sighed.
"I always hate to resort to violence...no, that's not true...at any rate," and here the girl started picking up her suitcase, "I need--"
"Kagura, wait!" Sango abruptly sat on the death-suitcase. "We were just about to go settle in. Besides," the magenta-eyed girl clucked her tongue and narrowed her gaze, "what have we said about violence?"
Kagura returned the glare for a moment before sighing in defeat, plopping on 'her' bed, and saying in a rather dull voice, "Violence hurts people."
"And?"
"And it hurts myself."
"And?"
Kagura again sighed heavily.
"And I shouldn't take pleasure in hurting, maiming, and/or otherwise killing my fellow...beings."
"Excellent! All that boring a hole in your mind really did work."
"So glad you find this amusing."
"I do," Sango stated dryly and stood up, "We've made great progress."
Kagura muttered something that closely resembled 'to hell with progress'.
"What was that?"
A groan.
"I was merely reflecting upon my life now that I've been cleansed of the wicked deeds of darkness."
"That's what I thought."
"Just introduce me to the damn new girl already."
"Ah, yes," Sango pulled the slightly confused-looking Kagome forward. "Kagome, Kagura. Kagura, Kagome. Don't worry, she's not always this grumpy."
"Yea, only if I have to be nice. And then I go beat myself up for doing it."
Kagome lifted an eyebrow in amusement.
"So it's either the grouchy-self or the abusing-self. What an interesting choice," Kagome said, trying to hold back her laughter.
Kagura muttered again, but she was surprised to find herself holding back a little chuckle. Normally, she would have been throwing insults left and right, but there was something about this girl that kept her from doing that. Almost as if she...liked her. Oh, that definitely put a downer on things. She didn't think she could stand another Sango to antagonize her. But then again, she could always pick a fight with...Kikyo. And speak of the devil (literally). Kagura's lightening mood instantly darkened as she noticed the one person she could probably live without seeing again. Should've known she would be here.
"Why, if it isn't the bitchiest, whoreiest little priestess known to man-kind. Or demon-kind, however you want to interpret it."
The miko stiffened.
"How...nice to see you again, too, Kagura-chan," Kikyo shot back, the regular coolness in her voice turning to ice. Kagura merely smiled and shrugged.
"Sorry, but the sentiment isn't returned. In fact, it's quite a disappointment to me that you haven't dropped dead yet."
"After you."
Kagura rose suddenly from the bed.
"How dare you--"
"Ladies, ladies."
The four people in the room all turned towards the doorway for a second time, where there now stood a tall, slim girl with sparkling brown eyes and light-brown hair cut into a short, floating style. She was dressed casually and held a clipboard in her arms.
"C'mon you two," the girl said reprovingly, "it's not even the first day and already your fighting? How on earth are you going to last a whole two-and-a-half weeks?"
"We weren't fighting, Rin, we were just...arguing disagreeably. Really," Kagura laughed nervously.
"Mmmhmm. I'm sure."
"Rin," Sango interrupted the soon-to-be-lecture, "have you met Kagome yet?"
Rin turned to regard the raven-haired girl for a moment.
"Oh, yes. Kagome Higurashi. It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Rin, your camp counselor," the girl smiled kindly and offered her hand, which Kagome took, also smiling.
"So, how about that schedule?" Kagura butted in, peering over the clipboard. Rin rolled her eyes.
"Always right to the point. Well, here you go," she unclipped a piece of paper and handed it to Kagura. She then turned back to Kagome. "The way the schedule works here is you're assigned to a main cabin group of your same gender and then you're assigned to what we call a 'clearing group', which is another cabin of the opposite gender added with your cabin group. Everything that you do, excluding eating and swimming, are done with your 'clearing group'. We have several classes that you take, whether you want to or not," Rin grinned at Kagura, who just muttered something incomprehensible, "And then you have three meals a day and swimming time before dinner with the rest of the camp. After lunch, we have a siesta-type period for about 30 minutes that you spend however you want to. Um, I believe that's everything. I check in with you guys pretty regularly, so if you have any questions, free feel to ask me. I hate to leave so soon, but I do have more schedules to give out. Have fun and welcome to Camp Kumori Kagome!" Rin waved cheerfully and left.
"Over-whelmed at all?"
Kagome jerked her head in surprise at the soft-spoken voice, only to find her look-a-like...Kikyo, was it?...standing almost uncomfortably close to her.
"Er, just a bit, I guess."
Kikyo smiled in a somewhat kind way.
"Don't worry, we'll help you out," Kikyo abruptly turned towards the window, then just as suddenly turned back. "It's going to rain soon. Do you like the rain?"
Kagome shifted slightly.
"Depends..."
"Well, you haven't heard a storm until you're in a cabin, huddled unbearably close to the fire and other people while swearing that you heard an insane axe murderer outside," Kagura pushed Kikyo aside a little as she pulled Kagome to the small couch in the room, "and then having to be brave enough to go out into said storm and fetching big, strong guys from another cabin who turn out to be no help whatsoever," Kagura rolled her crimson-like eyes as the other girls settled in, including a hesitant Kikyo.
"Wait--we have a fireplace? And why is our cabin so...nice-looking?"
"Ah, well," Sango shook her head, "we're kind of a...rich little camp. I mean, compared to any and all other camps, we're extremely--what's the word? Well-provided for."
"Ya, we have great sponsors. As long as we're little angels when they come by--which is for like a half-hour each year, and not even that--we get the nice furnishings," Kagura indicated the cabin with the paper in her hand.
"Hey...isn't that the schedule?" Kagome pointed to the paper.
"Oh," Kagura blinked. "Why, yes it is. Hm, now let's see...what do we have tomorrow? First art, then writing, yoga, and lastly drama. Wow, we have a really artsy schedule..." Kagura trailed off and stared at the paper.
Kagome raised an eyebrow and looked at Sango, who merely shrugged.
"Well, since we have such a...busy...day tomorrow, I'm, er, going to get a bit of shut-eye," Kagome said as she stood up and walked over to where her baggage was.
"That's a good idea. If I have to face perverted monks, I might as well do it with a good night's sleep behind me. Not that it helps..." Sango mumbled as she shuffled to her bed. Kagura snapped her head up, yawned, put the schedule on a small table, and followed suit. Kikyo remained in her seat, staring at the fire.
"Hey, Kikyo, aren't you coming to bed?" Kagome popped her head over the back of the seat.
"Oh," Kikyo seemed startled, then relaxed, smiling slightly up at Kagome. "Yes, I am." She pushed herself up and went over to her own belongings. The four girls quickly changed and settled in for bed.
"Lights going out," Kagura announced as she flipped the switch down. Kagome lay in her bed, listening to the first raindrops start to fall and slowly being calmed into sleep.
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On the other side of the clearing...Miroku yawned.
"How long have they been at it?" the sleepy Hentai King asked moodily.
"About an hour now," Naraku informed him from his cross-legged position atop a bed.
"And...how long do you think they'll continue?"
A pause.
"Forever and ever and ever..." Jakotsu sighed as she flopped down onto his bed.
And so, the infamous Camp Kumori Staring Contest between Inuyasha and Kouga dragged on...
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Whew! Another chapter finished! And I didn't even get mauled by readers. Now that's impressive. So, anyway, I decided, being the nice authoress I am *cough*, that I would thank all my reviewers from the update of the last chapter for each new chapter (if that sounds confusing, don't worry, it was meant to be...), just because I love you reviewers so much! Really! Now, I can't promise to respond to each and every one of them, but I will list your name as a thank-you! So, here it goes.
Thanks to:
kels-chan
Xiaoyu122
Gangsta-girl: I'm so glad you like my fic! Thanks for reviewing again! *hug* And yes, darling Inu-chan can be a bit of a perv sometimes...he hangs out with Miroku too much, ne?
Inuyasha-is-my-life: No! Please don't delete it! I'm sorry I didn't update sooner! *cries* Well, hopefully I wasn't too late...
Misshie (Armadrieclya) & Karla (AriannaidDraig) & Sab (who can't post but who gives me feedback anyway): I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!! And you better post more, 'cause I need the encouragement. Here. *hands out cookies and milk* That always works. And Misshie, I promise I'll read your stories soon. And I would read your BJT one if you would POST it. *grumble* Anyway...*gasp* Typos? No! It can't be true! This is almost as bad as when the president's top secret orange polka-dotted green monkey llama thing was kidnapped (and possibly murdered *glare*)! But keep it hush hush, I don't want to scare away my readers! By the way Sab, once I get my Inuyasha CD, I can only blame you for whatever madness ensues from listening to it too much. And speaking of typos, I need a beta reader. Because I'm bound to miss things now and again, even with my super duper uber beta reader abilities.
Well everyone...until next chapter! Which should be soon! *crosses fingers*
