Finally got it up! So happy! Huyen, don't kill me, but I just got back from seeing The Island, and my parents made me go to bed. But I posted it first thing the next morning...!
It had grown late and the entire company of Inuyasha's gang, plus Sesshoumaru and Rin, had fallen asleep, lying around in a sort of circle.
Kagome was in her sleeping bag, her head the only thing sticking out, and Shippou lay on top of her. Sango was lying several meters away from Miroku, but had been drifting slowly closer as the night went on. Inuyasha lay beside Kagome, and one piece of his white hair lay on her face. She sneezed, and the hair blew away.
Sesshoumaru lay regally with his head propped up on his tail, directly across from Kagome. Rin lay curled in a tiny ball beside him.
Kirara, still flat, lay forgotten in the center of the circle.
The watching person was asleep, at least, one was. The other was half-asleep, kept up by the other's snoring.
A light breeze drifted through the clearing, lifting Sesshoumaru's hair and depositing it on Kagome's face. She stirred and grabbed at the hair, toying with it gently.
"Mm…" she murmured, partially asleep, "hair is… softer than mine… unfairness…"
The hair got stuck in the Velcro and zipper of the sleeping bag, and when Sesshoumaru shifted, it pulled.
"Argh!" he yelled, sitting up and waking everyone. "Who the hell is pulling my hair?"
"Eep!" shrieked Kagome, sitting up and throwing Shippou off. Her sudden movement jerked more on Sesshoumaru's hair, making him shout again.
"Miko!" he shouted.
"What?" she asked innocently, not realizing that his hair was caught in the sleeping bag.
"My hair is caught in your bedding."
"Oh!" she exclaimed, and quickly yanked the soft locks out of the zipper and Velcro.
The awake watching person poked the other, "Get up, you oaf, something's happening."
"Hm…? …wha…" the other took one last snoring breath and opened his eyes. He sat up and peered through the bushes at the clearing.
"Well," said Sango, yawning, "since we're all awake, could we play some more of that game, Kagome?"
"I don't see why not," Kagome looked around at her friends. "But Shippou and Rin have to go to sleep."
"That's not fair!" squealed an outraged Shippou. Rin crossed her arms and sniffed indignantly.
"It is," said Inuyasha, "now sleep."
"But—" Shippou protested, puffing up and trying to look imposing.
"Sleep!" yelled Inuyasha. Shippou cowered down behind Kagome and closed his eyes, while Rin lay down near Sesshoumaru, who was still rubbing his head.
"Should we join?" pondered the first watcher.
"Huh?" the second looked stupidly at the first.
"Should…" the first spoke very slowly and clearly. "we… join… their…game…?"
"I dunno," the second slurred lazily.
"Hopeless." The first sighed.
"Who?"
"Who's starting?" asked Inuyasha, looking around impatiently.
"Oh oh oh!" Miroku put his hand up. "I will, I will!"
"Oookaaay…" Inuyasha's eyebrows soared.
"Yes!" the monk rubbed his hands together gleefully and turned to Sango. "Truth or dare?"
"Me?" asked Sango, suppressing a yawn. "Dare."
"Kiss me," Miroku said simply. Sango's face turned ash grey and she froze.
"Hey!" she yelled as her colour returned with a vengeance. "He can't do that! Can he, Kagome?"
"Um," Kagome thought for a moment. "I think he can, actually. I mean, it doesn't say anywhere in the book that he can't…" she thumbed through a small book that was clearly labeled, "How to Play Truth or Dare".
"But—" Sango protested, her cheeks beginning to flush crimson. "But—"
"Oh," Miroku smiled charmingly (ahemNOTahem). "come now, dear Sango. Am I really that repulsive?"
"YES!"
"Oh."
"Get on with it!" shouted Inuyasha.
"Eeew…" Sango wrinkled her nose and leaned toward Miroku. "Just a peck on the cheek, ok?" she whispered.
Miroku smirked and pulled her to him, planted his mouth firmly over hers. Sango's eyes widened and jerked back, wiping her mouth.
"I SAID A PECK ON THE CHEEK!" she screeched. Miroku cringed away from the demon slayer, looking absolutely terrified.
"This game looks like fun," said the second watcher.
"Then let's join," said the first.
"But," said the second, "weren't we supposed to be killing them?"
"After," the first smiled evilly, "but you could always swallow some poison so when you kiss of the females they get poisoned."
"Oh yeah!" comprehension dawned on the ugly features of the second watcher, not really getting the fact that he would get poisoned, not the female, leaving the first to have his fun with the others.
"Let's go," said the first.
All in Inuyasha's group turned as they heard some twigs snapping from the direction of the woods, and saw…
Yes, yes, I'm leaving it there. You'll get to see who the watchers are next chapter, I promise. Now, for review responses…
Aquariel59: thank you, thank you. I do try.
AnimeFan007: I'm glad you found that funny! When I first saw how long your review was, I thought, oh god, it's gonna be a flame. But I was pleasantly surprised. Thank you.
Inuyasha-Hottie-101: thanks for all your reviews, it's appreciated, reviews kick ass! Woot!
Inuyasha's hun: yeah, now that you point that out, I see how that's kinda funny. I mean, some of the stuff they're saying here, they would never say in reality. Thanks for pointing that out, I hadn't seen it myself!