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Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Chapter 4

A Thoughtful Puppy

Kagome woke to a hard shove.

"Get off, wench," Inuyasha growled, "you're too warm."

She gaped at him in disbelief.

'What is he?! Schizophrenic?! One moment he's an immature teenager, then he's all rough and gruff, the next he acts like he has a soft spot, and now he's back to rough and gruff! It doesn't make sense!" Kagome thought bitterly, scooting away from him as far as she possible could.

"Why are you looking at me that way?" growled Inuyasha, looking highly annoyed.

"Are you just stupid?!" Kagome spat, her upper lip curled back. "One moment you're all 'LET'S CUDDLE!' and now you just shove me away like that?!"

"What? Are you getting attached?" Inuyasha teased.

Kagome threw up her arms and growled loudly in frustration.

"That's it! I'm going to go sit with Sango!" Kagome screeched at Inuyasha.

Sango, hearing this, panicked in that last, few precious seconds, knowing what would happen if Kagome tried this.

There was no time to stop the peeved Kagome as she hopped across the seats, squishing against Sango who was now pressed up against Miroku.

"Er, Kagome!" Sango yelped as she felt Miroku pull her into his lap (there wasn't enough room to retaliate).

"See here Sango, now there's of room for the three of us," Miroku chirped happily, cupping one arm around her waist. Using his free arm, he put an arm around Kagome, pulling her closer.

"Now isn't this fun? I must be the luckiest guy on this bus, getting to sit with two lovely young ladies like yourselves," Miroku said, smiling handsomely at them both.

Despite how handsome Miroku was, Sango looked ready to kill.

Kagome could tell there was a countdown going on in Sango's head. She knew of this all too well already. She knew she had to vacate as soon as possible, not just because Sango was going to blow up though; the arm on her shoulder had begun to wander downward.

Shaking off Miroku's arm, she got up, stooping over to go back to her seat but was stopped by a hand blocking her.

Inuyasha held an arm an arm out in front of her, "Wait just a second here," Inuyasha said, a smirk on his tanned face, "What if I don't want you to come back?"

Kagome felt a hand caressing her bottom, forgetting that in her bent over position, her rear was facing Miroku.

Inuyasha's arm faltered and Kagome immediately latched onto it, a look of disturbed surprise on her face.

Growling, Inuyasha pulled his arm back with Kagome still attached to it. Inuyasha made sure to sit her beside the window this time.

"Fucking lecher!" he yelled and was going to thoroughly bitch him out and maybe smack him up a little but stopped suddenly. Inuyasha stared as Sango proceeded to beat the shit out of Miroku.

Inuyasha turned away and looked at Kagome, who was slouched down in the bus seat, her knees up against the back of the seat in front of them. He scowled when he noticed how she wasn't able to meet his eyes.

"Thanks," Kagome mumbled embarrassedly.

His face softened slightly but scoffed, "Whatever," Inuyasha muttered but blushed when he noticed how her skirt had bunched up, showing more of her thighs than normal. He betted that if he leaned forward any, he would be able to see more than just her thighs. Now wanting any perverts sitting nearby to see that, Inuyasha mimicked Kagome's position, bringing his knees against the seat in front of them, blocking her thighs from view to anybody else.

O.o...

Everybody up! We have finally arrived at Camp Feudal!" Kaede's voice boomed out through a megaphone, echoing off of the metal bus walls, waking the few passengers that had managed to find sleep on the bus, excluding Kagome.

Inuyasha gawked at her and gave her arm a nudge--still didn't wake.

"Kagome!" he yelled--still didn't wake.

"Hmm, did she die?" Inuyasha leaned towards her and sniffed her face. "Nope, still breathing."

Kagome's eyes snapped open at that moment, waking up nose-to-nose with Inuyasha.

A loud whack was heard throughout the bus.

Inuyasha held his cheek, sulking angrily.

"I was checking to see if you were dead!" Inuyasha spat.

Kagome cocked her head but decided not to think too far into it, her mind still blurred with sleep. "Ohh, sorry about the slap then, you startled me. We're finally here?" she questioned, not thinking much of the slap she gave Inuyasha.

"Finally is the key word," said Inuyasha, a definite tone in his voice.

"Oh stop pouting," Kagome said, waving a hand at him, and then taking him by surprise by leaning forward and kissing him on the cheek she had slapped.

"A kiss for your booboo," she said, rolling her eyes.

Inuyasha cocked an eyebrow and fought off a blush.

"Kagome!" Sango called.

Leaning forward, they caught eye contact and exchanged grins, both happy to finally be able to get off of the bus.

"Now we need all of you to stay in order and file out of the bus," Kaede instructed. "After getting off of the bus, line up against it. Remember! Do. Not. Lose. Your. Order!"

Inuyasha slid out of his seat and Kagome followed. Both stood up and were waiting for the people ahead of Sango and Miroku to start moving forward when somebody bumped hard into Kagome, causing her to blue into Inuyasha. They turned to see who it was.

"Gah! Watch it assholes!" a young man with long, black hair pulled into a high ponytail and the brightest blue eyes Kagome had ever seen called back at his snickering friends behind him.

"Sorry, Kouga," they both replied.

The man turned around and wasn't planning on apoligizing to whomever he had bumped into (he wanted to keep his bully reputation!) but was put off when he saw that it was a pretty girl about his age.

"Well what do we have here?" Kouga asked with a smile on his face. "Sorry about the bump, my friends are a bit thick."

Kagome wondered if it was a bit rich of him to be saying that about his friends but shrugged it off, "It's all right, I'm fine."

Kouga flashed her a handsome smile.

"Glad to hear it. By the way, I'm Kouga Wolfgang," he said, shaking her hand and giving it a slight squeeze.

Kagome opened her mouth to introduce herself but was interrupted by Inuyasha pulling her forward by her upper arm.

"Hurry up, wench! You're holding up the line!"

Kagome tried to smack his hand away, but it was no good.

"So now you're all thoughtful for the people behind us?" Kagome said icily.

"Yes, except for Kouga," spat Inuyasha as they made their way towards the front of the bus.

"Hey dog face! You shouldn't talk to a lady like that!" Kouga called, beckoning Inuyasha for a fight.

Inuyasha turned but Kagome put her hands on his chest and pushed him backwards. He stumbled a bit and reached out for something to grab onto--which happened to be Kagome's shirt.

Kagome squawked and was taken down the steps with Inuyasha, landing outside of the bus on the dirt ground in a heap on, Kagome safely on top of his chest.

Kaede stared. So did the rest of the campers that had made their way off of the bus.

"It looks like we have our first volunteers," Kaede announced.

"Um, oops?" Kagome said nervously from atop of Inuyasha who had swirly eyes.

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Muawahaha! What does Kaede have in store for Inuyasha and Kagome? And for everybody else? What's the deal with their cabins? And who else is staying at the camp?..You'll just have to read the next chapter. n.n Which..*cough* might be out *cough* soon. Remember to review--the chapter might actually be posted sooner then!^_^

Rejoicing because she finally got the chapter wrote,

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