"So how did you meet Mirokou, Inuyasha?" asked Kagome. She and Inuyasha were exploring the forest that was in back of their cabins. Sango and Mirokou had started talking about their old school memories, so Inuyasha and Kagome decided to leave them to it.
"One day, he groped another guy's girl and he and his gang were going to beat him up, but I helped fend them off. That was about 3 years ago, and we've been best friends ever since."
"That seems like an interesting way to meet." she giggled. Kagome was walking beside him when her shoe caught in a hole. She hurtled forward and squeezed her eyes shut insinuating that she was going to come in contact with the ground, but then a pair of arms swung around her waist, catching her just in time.
"Feh, clumsy wench" he smirked, helping her stand upright.
"Excuse me? Did you just call me a wench?" she almost shouted."Yeah, got a problem?" he said turning to face her.
She shook her head and said, "Do you call every girl that?"
"Yeah," he kept on walking. "Whatever," she said following him. "But why?" Kagome asked confused. "Do you enjoy disrespecting women?"
He didn't answer. He just kept on walking. Kagome almost thought that he hadn't heard her, but she dismissed it and asked, "So where do you live?"
"Over in Diego Heights, right by Savvy Sason High." he replied.
"Really? I think that's near my school. Ever heard of Shikon High?" said Kagome. They continued their casual conversation like this for over an hour, until they decided to head back to the cabins.
And that's how the soon to be friends met.
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The 4 cabin mates were lounging in the girls' room when the counselor came in.
"Ok every one, I'm Rin, and I'll be the girls' counselor for your time here. The boys' counselor will be here in a minute," she said. She had a flowing curtain of red hair down to her mid back with dark gray eyes that reflected a cheery characteristic in their depths. Kagome guessed that she was maybe 20 years old.
"I'm putting up the schedule of the next few days' activities. While we're waiting for the other counselor, do you have any questions?" Rin asked.
"Yeah, what are we going to be doing?" said Sango.
"Well the schedule goes as follows. Tomorrow, we are going on a nature walk, just to show you some of the plants and herbs that are good or bad for you, and then we will come back here for lunch. After that you have the rest of the day to do what ever you want."
"Whatever we want?" Mirokou asked in that very perverted voice of his, while looking dreamily in Sango's direction. That earned him a smack on the face, provided by Sango herself, and the henti-teen was sent to dreamland.
"Sorry, Ms. Rin," said Sango.
"He didn't get anything he didn't deserve," she said, and continued with the list of activities. "The next day, we go on a hike to a lake in the forest. I hope you brought your bathing suits! Then, we'll teach you how to make camp and we are going spend the night out there. On Tuesday, go rock climbing on a cliff near the campsite. After that we'll head back to the camp and get ready for the dance. That's all we have planned so far." Just as she finished, the cabin door opened again and in came the other counselor. He had black hair that went to his butt, and gorgeous hazel eyes.
"Did I miss anything?" he asked.
"I just told them the schedule for the next three days," replied Rin. "Everyone, this is Sesshomarou, he's the boy's counselor."
"Hello," he said.
"Hello, Sesshomarou," they all replied in monotone voices, just like 2nd graders.
"They sound enthusiastic," he chuckled.
When the 'happy' campers finished with dinner, they all decided to go to bed because of the long day they had had.
As soon as Kagome hopped into bed she said, "I told you so,"
"What?" Sango replied.
"I told you there was going to be cute guys," came Kagome's smug reply.
"Yeah, I saw you drooling over Inuyasha," Sango retorted.
"The same way I saw you staring at Mirokou," said Kagome.
"But Sesshomarou was hot," said Sango.
"You just don't want to admit that you like Mirokou," Kagome said in a playful voice.
It was evident that Sango was blushing, Kagome could even see it in the dark.
"Why would I like that prev? You won't admit that you like Inuyasha," Sango smirked, but she didn't expect Kagome's answer.
"I never denied it," she replied, trying to hide her own blush by turning to face the window.
That kept her friend quiet for a long time, long enough that Kagome thought she had fallen asleep. And soon, Kagome was asleep.
But Sango hadn't fallen asleep.
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Once she had heard Kagome's breathing even out, she silently dashed out of the cabin and into the forest. She was thirsty.
Maybe I can find a rabbit or something, she thought, running swiftly. But then, she heard something.
She stopped dead in her tracks, and listened carefully, know that what ever had made that sound, was human.
I can't get caught, she thought, and she heard more footsteps. She started to follow the sound, quietly. There are two of them, she thought, sniffing the air and she heard them stop.
She slowly walked towards them, careful not to make a sound. When she entered the clearing, what Sango saw was astounding.
There was Inuyasha and Miroku, each grasping a small rodent, and they both were biting into their necks. Sango gasped in spite of herself. She was planning on doing the same thing, but she had never expected Miroku and Inuyasha to be vampires too.
They looked up at her, their eyes widening. They were about to run, but then Sango said incredulously,
"You guys are vamps too?"
They both unhooked their fangs from their meal, and Miroku said, "Yeah," in a wary voice. "There are others? I thought I was the only one." Sango almost fainted from the mere idea. There was a tone of sadness in her voice that broke Mirokou's heart.
"Is the wench one?" asked Inuyasha, which took Sango by surprise.
Then Sango smirked when she realized that Inuyasha liked Kagome. She said, "No, she doesn't even know that I'm one. Do you know who you were bitten by?"
"I was bitten by a girl named Kikyo, and Miroku was bitten by a girl named Nyeme." He answered.
"I wish I knew who I was bitten by," said Sango, "whoever bit me was like hit and run."
"How long have you been one?" asked Miroku.
"I think a year and a half. And you?" she responded.
"2 years ago," said Miroku.
"I can't remember when I was bitten, but it must have been over 500 years ago, because I can remember when people were still fighting with swords and arrows," answered Inuyasha, ruefully. That statement made Sango's eyes bug out so far they were almost falling out of her head. "You can remember that? You must know a ton of stuff about vampires then. Wait, can I ask you a question?" she said.
"Shoot," Inuyasha was now resting up against a tree.
"Where did you get those? I'm starving," Sango said, putting a hand to her stomach to emphasize her point.
"We found them in a cave over there," Miroku pointed.
After Sango had retrieved and finished her meal, she said, "We should get some sleep, otherwise we might collapse tomorrow. And I want to make sure I get back before Kagome wakes up, her curiosity is not a good thing to rouse on this subject, I did that once, and I almost didn't get away with my secret,"
Sango slowly slipped into the sheets of her camp bed, but not before taking one last wary glance in Kagome's direction. The 16 year-old human slept soundly, and the returning immortal relaxed a great deal while she lay her head on her pillow, and slept soundly also.