Author's Note: Here's da next chapter of my never-ending boring DRAMATIC story...You ppl actually thought the last chapter was funny? INTERESTING...-.-;; cuz I didnt. Heeeheeee. My story wasn't supposed to be funny..but thx? XD

Chapter: Revealed


"WHAT!" Kagome screamed. "I'm not going to stand in there!"

"But you have to, you dummy." Inuyasha snickered.

"There is absolutely no way I'm going to stand in there for 5 hours you ballistic freak!"

"Now, now, children.." Miroku stepped in. "Please, let's act our ages."

"SO WHY DON'T YOU!" Both Kagome and Inuyasha whipped around to face him and said this.

"Uh, well. Kagome, if you think it's really dirty, that river, you can always swim in that muddy river over there. Just for 1 hour." said Miroku grinning.

Miroku pointed to another river. Or is that really a river, was what Kagome thought. It was just plain old mud...flowing LIKE a stream.

"Ah!" Kagome sweated. "Thanks, but no thanks. Um, I think I'll keep the other---"

"WAIT!" Kouga suddenly interrupted.

"Essh," Kagome thought. "Thank the lords...maybe he can step in to say something. That river is ONLY MUD DAMMIT. Not even a glimmer of water."

"It's no fair," Kouga said. "Kikyo hit Kagome also."

"Kouga..you're my bestest friend you know that!" Kagome thought with her sparkly eyes.

"So why not lower the hours to uh..let's say..3?" Kouga finished.

"..." Silence.

"NO." Inuyasha stated.

"Huh?"Kagome thought. She turned to face him.

"And why not?" said an annoyed Kagome.

"BECAUSE, there's no way YOU'RE worming outta this one so easily." he smirked.

Inuyasha motioned his lips slowly without talking only towards Kagome so she could make it out.

'..I...WANT...TO...SEE...YOU...SUFFER...'

"WHAT!" Kagome thought.

—1 hour later—

Kagome is standing in the dirty and muddy river.

"Hey, at least this one isn't so bad as the one Miroku suggested.." Kagome thought.

"OMG, poor Kagome.." Sango told Kouga.

They were both the only ones sitting there talking to Kagome. Kagome was still standing in the muddy river, the dirty water only up to her waist. She couldn't get out though, no matter how badly she might've wanted to.

"Sure..like you would understand if you stood here for an hour already.." Kagome muttered.

"Aren't you tired..?" Sango suddenly asked.

"COURSE I AM!" Kagome cried. "Im HUNGRY, IM TIRED, AND IM MAD!"

"Sorry.."

"It's not your fault.." Kagome mumbled.

"And I can't even sit down in this water, damn." Kagome thought.

Then, suddenly Kouga stood up and stepped into the muddy river.

"H-hey, what're you doing?" Kagome asked. "The water's dirty, get out!"

"Well, if you're in here, that's no problem then is it?" Kouga grinned at her.

Kagome simply turned away with a hint of pink on her cheeks.

—4 hours later----

"Ugh! Finally!" Kagome and Kouga got out of the river and went over to Sango.

They were both covered with mud and soaked to the bone. The consequences wasn't as bad as they thought it'd be. The mud didn't even really stick on them.

"Wait here," Sango said. "I'll go get you guys a clean towel..."

"Thanks." they both said.

While Sango went away, both Kouga and Kagome sat down on the grassy ground and rested.

"Damn..it's dark now." Kouga told her.

"So?" Kagome asked.

"It's time for the next task tomorrow. Only 6 more tasks left..."

"Oh yeah. Damn.." Kagome said.

"Yeah. But then again, the competition isn't really that harsh."

"WHAT!"

"Yeah, I thought it was going to be harder."

"Chehh...if you don't think this is hard, then why don't YOU do it?"

"Sure. But there's nothing you can't do." Kouga grinned at her.

Kagome looked away so he wouldn't see her flush and turned up to stare at the night sky.

"Oh. Wow.." Kagome exclaimed.

"What?"

"The night sky's amazing.." Kagome said in awe.

Surely it is. It was now nightfall and probably at 12 noon. The little stars twinkled in the darkness, and the crescent moon was clearly seen. It glowed, illuminating white, pure and distant light.

"Kagome." Kouga said as he got up.

"Yeah?"

"I need to tell you something." he said seriously. "This is important. I've been wanting to tell you when you were in the river. But Sango was there. So now...WE'RE ALONE."

Th-thump. Kagome's heart skipped a beat.

"IS HE GONNA CONFESS!" Kagome wondered. "CUZ I DON'T LIKE HIM!"

"Y-yes?" Kagome stuttered.

"Well...I..."

"Come on, SANGO! WHERE ARE YOU!"Kagome screamed in her mind.

—Over to Sango—

"Lalalalaa.." Sango whistled to herself.

"I gotta get these dry towels to them quick!" Sango thought. "Or else they're gonna get sick..."

Sango ran back after getting the towels from Miroku and hurried in the WRONG DIRECTION.

"Whoopps." Sango said aloud to herself. "DID I GO THE WRONG WAY?"

"..." Owls hooting.

"AHH! NOO! I WAS NEVER GOOD IN MY SENSE OF DIRECTIONS!" Sango screamed in her mind. "Come on, girl..you know you can do it."

Sango looked around and around, lost in the mist of the darkness from the night.

"Right...HERE!" Sango came to a halt and ran towards that direction.

"NOOO!" Sango screamed when she went back to the camp.

"Shit, I went back.. Oh well, now I can get a flashlight.."

Sango looked back into the darkness and turned back to face the camp of classmates.

"AUGH!" Sango jumped back. She was face-to-face with Miroku.

"Quiet down, Sango dear. Everyone is SLEEEEEPPPINNNNGGG.." Miroku said as he tried to touch Sango's ass.

Sango just slapped him in the face and stomped on him before going to the tent and getting a flashlight.

"Ow." he said. Miroku's face was in the dirt.

Sango got the flashlight and went back into the forest.

"Now then, where to go..."

—Back to Kagome—

"Well...I..." Kouga pulled Kagome to him and whispered something softly in her ears.

Kagome's eyes widened.

Her lips formed a smile no one had ever seen before. Her eyes changed, and she loosened up. She felt somehow, WARM, let's say.

Sango then came running to them.

"AH! HERE YOU ARE! I thought I got..." Sango trailed off when she saw Kagome and Kouga so close to each other, Kouga leaning to Kagome's other cheek.

But the most weirdest thing was, Kagome was smiling. And Kouga was holding her hand.

TIGHT.