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Well hope you all like. As I mentioned in my other story it would be a lot easier if people just read my author note at the top of each chapter, because then some of your questions might get answered. It sort of pisses me off when I say something than get a question about it. Well in this chapter, there is a major surprise. Also I'm not sure if there really is any physical difference in catching gear, besides the little flap thing that hangs down and protects a guys more sensitive area. But if there is please tell me. Ok read and enjoy.

Disclaimer:

The police would get me if InuYasha I claimed

I'd get thrown in jail, executed and maimed

And although it would be an exciting chase

I own fricking nothing so get out of my face

Summer Camp From Hell

Chapter 5

The first practice

"Ok everybody let's take a practice run" InuYasha announced to his team. The hanyou took off around the field, followed by Miroku and Kouga. Sango followed the two in front of her with a shrug to the two girls. Yumi and Kagome just growled in frustration and began running after them. The girls are small and fast, so they caught up with the group quickly.

In between gasps of breath, Kagome said to Yumi, "Do you think they're still trying to get rid of us?"

Yumi panted back, "No just trying to prove girls are weaker. We can't have any weak moments or they won't let us live it down."

"Yeah I know, alright let's go." Kagome put on a burst of speed, coming head to head with Miroku, Kouga and Sango and without sparing them a glance kept racing until she battled InuYasha for the lead.

InuYasha looked over his shoulder, and with a look of pure confusion watched as Kagome started over taking him. Kagome looked over and grinned saying "Not slowing down right?" She smirked and kept up her break neck pace. Right behind her Yumi came up staying equal with Sango. Kouga, and Miroku just let them pass, it was still a practice run not a race.

InuYasha let out a growl, his leg muscles pumping, and his heart beating quickly, he gained the lost ground between him and Kagome. "What are you doing wench?" He said while trying to breath and run at the same time.

"I'm not doing anything, InuYasha." She smiled and turned back to the front. Her legs were a blur, and InuYasha watched in amazement as once again she began to overtake him.

"Hey wench stop it!" He yelled coming back up to her. "What are you trying to prove! It's just a practice run to warm up you know!" He screamed right in her face. Both of them had left the pack behind, and were running full out.

"We're not weaker than you guys! So stop treating us like we're inferior!" She screamed right back in his face. Both of them had run all the way back to the starting point, and began slowing down. Once each of them were at a complete stop, InuYasha looked over to her and growled.

Kagome just gave him a glare. She turned away from him and sat down to commence her stretching. By now the team had finished running, and all had stopped to catch a breath.

"Hey that was really fast!" Sango said in her low voice. "You guys are amazing, I'm glad we have such fast players!" The last part she had grown excited and said it in her normal voice, which was considerably higher. Nobody had really noticed, except Miroku who was looking at her curiously. Sango bent over to touch her toes, so she could avoid his questioning stare.

Kagome got up and motioned to Yumi, who also stood up and came over to her friend. Both girls sat down facing each other. They spread their legs and reached down the middle, where the clasped each others hands. First Kagome pulled back stretching Yumi out, then Yumi repeated the stretch for Kagome.

The boys watched mesmerized. What limber team mates they had. Was it even physically possible for boys to do what the girls were doing? Could they spread their legs that far and then lie flat on the ground between their legs? Miroku squatted down next to Kagome and asked her, "What muscle does that stretch?"

Kagome looked up and pointed to the inside of her thigh, "Right there and," She moved her hand down the inside of her leg down to her inner knee. "And there. But if you go down all the way you get some pull in your back too."

"Really? Wow! I want to try!" Miroku pulled Sango down next to him. They both assumed the position, Sango pulling Miroku first. Sango pulled the boy slowly toward herself, and could almost hear the strain in his leg muscles.

Miroku groaned, quickly letting go of Sango's hands and flopping backwards in the grass. "Wha- I mean what's wrong? Did I pull too hard?" Sango started to talk in her own voice but corrected herself. Miroku rolled over and curled into a ball.

"Oh my god I never want to do that again." He moaned, prompting giggles from Kagome and Yumi, and a smile from Sango.

"You're such a moron. Did you forget what happens when you stretch yourself too wide?" InuYasha barked at him. The silver haired boy turned away and said in a voice that clearly was laughing but trying not to, "Ok let's break into groups now." InuYasha turned back towards the team with a determined look in his golden eyes. "Yumi and I will pitch, she'll be catching. Kouga you have your equipment don't you?" He faced the boy with wolfish features who nodded to confirm it.

"I have my own equipment though." Yumi quipped up.

"Yeah but your stuff is softball, you need baseball catching gear." InuYasha said slowly like he was explaining something obvious.

"Is there even a difference?" The girl placed her hands on her waist and pouted.

"Well if you don't want to catch we can always get Kouga back there, and get another player for third and..." He smirked trailing off while Yumi panicked and quickly spouted

"No! I want to catch! I'll wear his gear." She looked defeated as Kouga led her off towards the dugout where his catching gear lay.

"Miroku since you're the only outfielder we have for today, you can stand at home and bat balls to the positions. Everyone else should be at their base, throws to first. And Kagome you have first." InuYasha grinned evilly at the girl who blazed in defiance.

"Fine, but I'm also the back up pitcher."

"Whatever you say Ms. Higurashi." InuYasha then turned to Sango. "Tom you'll be second of course, AND KOUGA YOU GOT THIRD!" InuYasha shouted over to Kouga who was still in the dugout with Yumi.

"OK WHATEVER PUPPY!" Kouga shouted back. InuYasha made a face at the insult but basically ignored it.

"Ok, so everyone knows where they're going?" After nods all around, InuYasha sauntered over to the practice pitching yard, which lay right behind the dugout. He grabbed his glove and leaned against the fence waiting for Yumi who was arguing with Kouga.

"How the hell am I supposed to wear this?" She asked her voice a bit high in distress. Yumi was bent over from the waist hooking up her right leg of gear, while Kouga worked on the left. Normal catching baseball gear usually went up the leg and stopped a couple inches up from the knee. When Yumi wore it, who was also shorter, and slimmer than Kouga, the gear went up so it was like plastic armor. It reached to the top of her thigh. Each of the players was hooking up the straps working up Yumi's leg's. Kouga, of course was faster, since he has more experience with his own equipment. When he got to the last strap he hesitated not sure if he was allowed to touch Yumi way up her leg. He ignored the little voice that told him to be a gentleman and let the lady do it herself. Kouga went right ahead and grabbed the strap looping it around her leg, but the trouble came when he had to put the hook through the ring. The rings were on the inside, so it was basically in an area he would get punched for going near. Ignoring the good little boy within, Kouga reached behind Yumi, who wasn't noticing anything the boy was doing, because she was getting frustrated with her own hooks and rings. Apparently softball leg gear hooks on the outside so she was silently cursing the man who had to make them different.

Yumi stared at the little strap, glaring at it with loathing, when she felt a hand on the inside of her thigh. Yumi screamed and swung her arm around smacking Kouga in the head, effectively stopping him from going any further and toppling him over backwards.

"Can you stop messing around so we can practice?" A gruff voice asked. Yumi looked up to see the silver haired hanyou leaning against the fence with a bored look on his face. His arms were crossed and he stared at the ceiling.

"If you're done feeling the girl up wolf, we're going to go practice now." InuYasha grabbed Kouga's catching helmet, while Yumi gathered up the chest protector and her own catching glove.

InuYasha guided Yumi over to the practice pitching yard, where she set her glove down and tried to fit the chest guard on. InuYasha sighed, this girl has got to learn how to do this faster.

Miroku tossed the ball up catching it in his hand. The outfielder waited as the infield got to their positions. Tom looked ready and excited, and Kouga was confident as usual. Kagome looked unsure of herself as she played first base. It wasn't like the only place she could play as was pitcher, but pitching was her comfort zone. Take her out of her comfort zone and she would struggle. And that's exactly what happened.

At first Kagome did fine, but as they picked up the pace, she begin to miss the balls. Sometimes she thought that Sango and Kouga were throwing the ball just out of reach on purpose. Although she dismissed the idea that Sango was doing it purposefully, but that still ruled out Kouga. Also whenever Miroku batted one her way, somehow it would just be out of reach, or the ball would take a nasty hop, sometimes hitting her in the legs. Kagome grew frustrated, at Miroku, at Kouga, even Sango, and especially InuYasha, but mostly at herself. Maybe she hadn't trained hard enough. Maybe she wasn't as good as she thought. But really how hard was it to field a few balls cleanly, and catch them when they were thrown at her. Maybe the size was affecting the way she played. Before she came to Lake Green baseball summer camp, she had never before even held a baseball. Any prior experience from right now was when she and Yumi were batting them. But batting was a whole lot different than actually playing with them.

Kagome let out a discouraged sigh as yet another ball flew past her glove to hit the fence behind her. "Come on Kagome you can do it." Sango cheered her own from her own position. Kagome tried to smile but ended up grimacing at the other girl. The first baseman looked over to the pitching yard to see how that was going.

Kagome watched as InuYasha went into his wind up, then let the ball fly, it zoomed straight into Yumi's glove. Yumi however wasn't doing so hot. The equipment was way too heavy for her, and she constantly was toppling over backwards from her crouch. Kagome saw as InuYasha yelled at her for falling over. Yumi however screamed right back at him. Kagome smiled, that was her friend, Yumi. InuYasha went into his windup again, Kagome studied him. He had a muscular grace, and total control over the ball. He was so strong, and accurate too. Kagome daydreamed a bit thinking about her teammate. She didn't even notice as Miroku hit a ball her way. She hadn't seen the ball flying straight for her and as soon as she turned her head, Kagome gasped as the ball hit her in the shoulder. She doubled over blinking back tears. She was a ball player, there was no way in hell she would cry. Shaking it off, Kagome reassured Sango and Miroku who had run over to her to see if she was hurt. "It's ok I'm fine guys." She shooed then back to their places.

Now Kagome was paying attention, InuYasha would not distract her again! With fierce and apt attentiveness, Kagome scooped up the next ball, tagging her base then whipping the ball over to second, where Sango was waiting.

InuYasha looked over his team, who lay exhausted in the grass. They had been outside for a good six hours practicing. "Good job men, er... players." InuYasha corrected himself as he received a nasty glare from Kagome. "Well um tomorrow we'll pick up where we left off. Although I think by then we'll have our full team together. Mr. Kameyama said the players would arriving today in the evening. Miroku, you take the outfield and practice pops and stuff. Infield, including me and Yumi will be going through drills. Although later," InuYasha looked at Kagome, "We'll be practicing pitching." He then pointed to Kouga and Yumi, "you guys have to come too cuz pitchers need catchers."

"And Kouga you work with Yumi. Sorry Yumi but you need a lot of practice wearing that new gear. You guys do that whenever you have free time. I think that's it. Ok team hit the showers!" InuYasha started to walk off toward the dugout to collect his stuff, then headed towards the showers. Kouga and Miroku followed him, leaving Sango Kagome and Yumi to lie in the grass.

"What am I going to do about the showers!" Sango asked in a worried tone, after the boys were out of hearing distance.

"Don't freak out about it Sango, you can shower at the same time as us. We're going to go after they're finished. It's so late that no other boys should be there now. And if InuYasha or anyone asks you can just say you don't feel comfortable showering around such hot boys." Kagome answered her new friend.

"I still can't believe you told them she's gay!" Yumi laughed. "I mean out of all possible explanations of why she didn't come back last night, that's what you told them? Hahaha..." Yumi still chuckling, stood and brushed the dust off her behind. Kagome and Sango followed suit. The girls trekked to the dugout, grabbed their stuff and made for the showers.

"So ladies, think the boys are finished yet?" Kagome asked with a grin.

"Oh I think they've had plenty of time in there." Sango said back with an identical grin.

Yumi pushed the door open, but before she went in yelled, "COVER UP WHAT YOU DON'T WANT SEEN BOYS!" and she held the door open for Kagome and Sango.

Kagome stepped in the steamy bathroom first, fully expecting to see an eyeful of naked male flesh, she prepared herself by squeezing her brown eyes shut. She walked forward a few steps, before tripping over something and landing on her face. Kagome looked behind her to see whatever offending object had tripped her. An innocent ball bag lay in the middle of the floor. Two other bags were scattered around the room. "Feh"

The fallen girl searched for the person behind the voice. InuYasha stood at one of the sinks, wearing only a towel draped around his hips, with a toothbrush in one hand. His mouth was white and foamy. Kagome suddenly pictured a rabid dog, and couldn't help but giggle. Kouga was slightly more dressed than InuYasha, he had a pair of pants on as he too stood at a sink, running a comb through his dripping wet, long black hair. Miroku had on only a towel also, he had been in the process of dressing, but stopped as the girls came in. So he stood in his towel waiting for them to leave.

"Can I help you?" InuYasha asked eyeing Kagome through the mirror who was still sprawled on the ground on top of his ball bag. He was disappointed when the girl picked herself up, eliminating the lovely view InuYasha was having of her little green shorts clad ass.

"Yes actually we would like to use the showers now, so get out." Kagome pointed to the door hinting for him to go through it.

"Well none of us are still in the showers so go right ahead." Kagome growled at him as he went back to brushing his teeth. She stalked back to Yumi and Sango who waiting for Kagome.

"Well I guess we have no choice." Kagome said, irritation thick in her voice. She stomped over to the showers, grabbing a towel from the pile on the shelf on her way. Yumi and Sango shrugged to each other and went to gather towels.

Sango made her way over to the shower across the aisle from Kagome, and drew her curtain closed. Yumi chose the one next to Kagome. Sango heard the door open and close, the voices in the bathroom disappearing. Thank god the boys left! Slowly she took off her clothes. Her muscles protested every move she made. She turned the hot water on let it flow down her back soothing her poor muscles. A movement caught her eye, Sango turned to see something small and black running under shower stall. She did what any girl who just saw a rat would do. She screamed.

"AHHHHH IT'S A RAT! GET IT AWAY!" The rat started coming closer to the bare naked girl, whose tone rose higher and her pitch louder. The curtain was whipped aside and there stood Miroku with a broom in his hands.

"Is it that rat again! We tried to get it earlier but it ran-" Miroku stopped short as he actually noticed the person in front of him. His teammate, second baseman Tom was not who he had appeared to be. Miroku was definitely sure, after seeing the anatomy of "Tom" that he was not a boy, she was a girl.