Chapter 4-Our Little Secret?
Noon approached the day as the girls stepped out of their cabin, immediately shielding their eyes from the blazing sun and the angry rays that seemed to attack the campsite. Once they got used to the bright scene around them and their eyes focused, both girls looked around the area. The surroundings that once seemed so strange and unknown were slowly becoming easier to remember. Camp seemed more comfortable for the girls, though they would need more time to completely relax.
They weren't used to such a spread area like the one that lay before them. Though the little town that they came from was not a city, it wasn't completely blocked away from civilization either. It was more like a suburb, and they just seemed more in touch with the area around them. It was much calmer there then in the city, not that Kagome or Sango was complaining. It wasn't too much, but it was home to them, and they didn't want to think of it as anything else.
Kikyo, who considered their town a farmland, was from the city. She was in the same school as the two girls, since the city and town had one giant high school. It was right in-between, and it was huge. More than 1,000 kids attended the school, the grades ranking from 9th to 12th. Kikyo was going into her senior year, where as Sango and Kagome were only going into their junior. Since she was older and from the city, Kikyo had always seemed to think she was better then the two girls.
As they let their gazes wander, the sun hid behind grey clouds, their eyes needing the shade. Sango sighed as she looked behind her towards the woods that lay behind their and the boy's cabin. Though it seemed like a normal forest, Sango couldn't help but feel as if something in the forest was slowly pulling her towards it, pleading with her to follow the mischievous breeze that now pushed her brunette hair past her shoulders and into the wind.
"So where do you want to go check out first?" Kagome asked.
"How about the woods? I mean, who knows what's in there." Sango replied, turning completely towards the forest in question.
"Great, now we're going to go into some woodland that we have no clue about. And to make matters even better, we have nothing to protect us from the animals that might be in there, waiting for their next meal. Plus, the sun might set by the time we get in there, and then we might get stuck in there for the night." Kagome crossed her arms and stared at the woods, an unsure yet determined flicker in her brown eyes. Sango held doubt at her friend's dark words, realizing how stupid the suggestion was. But the wind kept calling as if it knew of the upcoming events that the girls needed to be in, and then she finally noticed the small smile float towards Kagome's lips. "Let's do it."
"Not without us you aren't." Both girls jumped at the sudden voice echoing behind them. Sango turned around to see Inuyasha and Miroku.
"I see you were following us." Kagome didn't bother twisting to face the boys, since she knew exactly who was there. Instead she kept her eyes on the secretive forest, now starting to feel the same as Sango was before.
"We weren't spying! Who would spy on someone like you?" Inuyasha replied, though Sango changed the subject before the conversation turned into something ugly. She wasn't in the mood to listen to Kagome and Inuyasha bicker over something worthless.
"So what were you two doing out here then?"
"Well Inuyasha was about to beat the living hell out of Kouga if I didn't get him away from Kouga. So I dragged him out of the cabin before we only had two people living in there. I decided that the fresh air might calm Inuyasha down. That's when we saw you and Kagome out here and we decided to come and see what you two were up to. After all, Shessomaru told us we 'had to look out for our fellow campmates.'" Sango stopped him quickly.
"Who's Shessomaru?" She asked.
"Remember, Rin had to go meet him to talk about something? I bet it's their counselor." Kagome said, and Miroku nodded in agreement.
"That's right, he's like twenty-one, or so that's what his little paper said on the side of the cabin."
"Hey Sango, does that me-"Sango cut her off before she could ask the obvious question.
"Rin did leave us a paper about herself. It was on my bed, remember? It said that she was around 20 or so, I think her birthday was in Rin too."
"Hey can I continue my story now?" Miroku asked, and Sango and Kagome, who was now facing the group, nodded. "Oka, so when I realized that you were planning to go out into the woods, I had to say something." Miroku finished, Inuyasha nodding in the end.
"Yes, he likes to play the 'Knight-in-shining-armor' role by making sure that you two don't get yourself swallowed by a bear or anything. Sadly, it's either hang out with prince pervert-" Miroku cut him off.
"I'm not prince pervert!" Just as he said that, his mischievous right hand slowly crept on Sango's butt, making her jump and smack him into the ground.
"You are such a damn lecher, keep you hands to yourself and I won't have to kill you!" Sango said, watching Miroku slowly sit up.
"But I can't help it, your beauty makes me forget about my hand." Sango blushed slightly before she kicked him in the side, making him fall over.
"You can keep going with your story now, Sango is done killing him." Kagome said, making Inuyasha nod.
"As I was saying, I had to hang out with Prince Charming, or go back with Kouga." Miroku only looked up from the ground at Inuyasha, his eyebrow arching.
"So you want them to go out into the woods alone?"
"No! But why do we have to be the ones to make sure they don't get hurt?" Kagome glared at the stubborn boy, walking until she was practically nose to nose with him.
"Look, nobody is making you come with us. Don't bother following if you really hate me that much." There Inuyasha stood, slightly stunned as he looked down into the violent brown orbs that now boar into his soul. He remained silent, though his lips screamed at him to move them, create any words to comfort the angered girl that now stood in front of him.
He couldn't help it, no matter how mad she looked; he could only see sadness of a broken hearted girl. He had seen it when he had made fun of her. He saw it when he pinned her to the floor, and even saw it when he first commented about her drooling. Even now, when the anger churned through her raging storms, a slight sliver of hurt clouded her stare. He slowly shook his head, and now another emotion, confusion, entered her auburn depths.
"I don't hate you oka?" He finally managed to speak, tearing his gaze from hers. It was him who felt like he was under the spell this time, something he never had experienced before. No girl, none the less at a time when she wanted to tear his head off, made him feel so defenseless. But he just met her less than a couple hours ago, why did he feel like this?
"Bu yo-" She got cut off when a new irritating voice entered the air.
"Oh Kagome, you never introduced me to your gorgeous friend!" Kikyo eagerly shoved Kagome away from Inuyasha and clutched to his arm, her once poisonous voice turned to a phony sweet. Sango stared, curious as to how Kikyo had snuck up without anyone knowing. Inuyasha was twice as surprised as Sango, almost always able to tell when someone was coming.
"Um Kikyo, where did you come from?" Sango finally asked. The snake's venom had returned as she snorted.
"Does it really matter San?" The fire that Miroku had started before spiraled in Sango's body. Miroku stepped back from her, both in surprise and slight intimidation.
"Don't call me that!" Her voice was loud and clear, leaving no chance of misinterpreting her. Kikyo only rolled her eyes.
"Oka, don't get your undies in a bunch."
"Um, can you get off me!" Inuyasha asked, pulling his arm away from Kikyo. She looked over at him, a smile back on her face. She giggled like a school girl as she looked Inuyasha over.
"Hey, my name's Kikyo." Seduction was in the air as Kikyo held her hand out. Inuyasha only looked down at it, and then simply ignored it.
"Inuyasha." Melancholy was the only thing that filled Inuyasha's voice.
"Cute name." She said, causing Kagome to roll her eyes.
"Don't make me puke. Look, I'm going to the forest like we had planned until little miss suck-up came." She looked over at Kikyo, who only stuck her tongue out at her. "If you want to come with us, make sure to duck tape your mouth shut first. There is no way that the animals in there will like that shrill you call a voice."
Kagome didn't even bother to look twice at Kikyo's shocked face as she walked towards the forest. The scene that had played before her words sickened her to the point of wanted to just slap Kikyo. She couldn't stand two-faced people, and Kikyo was the queen that she always wanted to be when it came to that. Other than that, being the best bitch was the next best thing that Kikyo was good at.
Sango looked over to Miroku, almost questioning to follow her enraged friend. He stole a glance at her before standing up and walking after Kagome. Sango then looked at the two remaining.
"Where is she going?" Kikyo asked.
"The forest. We want to go check it out." Sango replied, slightly irritated with Kikyo. "You going to come?"
"Why would I want to go in the woods? I bet there are vicious animals in there." Sango couldn't help the sarcastic remark she knew Kagome would make if she was there.
"Oh yes, because those squirrels are crazy when they can't find nuts."
"I'm not going."
"Good, I wouldn't want you to. Now excuse me, I have to make sure that pervert doesn't go near Kagome." Sango replied, slowly walking away from the girl. Kikyo just crossed her arms, a frown scaring her smile away.
"Inuyasha will you stay with me out here? I don't want to get hurt." When Kikyo heard no response, she looked to see nothing but air surrounding her. "He just left me here!" With anger blazing in Kikyo's eyes, she quickly stormed away back to the girl's cabin.
It had been hours since the group of four had disappeared into the forest. In an attempt to check out every part of the forest, and in order to make sure that Sango didn't kill Miroku, they all decided to spread out and check out separate parts of the woods. Though each one was away from the other three, all knew that if anyone whistled, they had either been hurt, lost, or they had found something. When they heard the whistle, the remaining three immediately had to find their way back to the opening of the forest, and then they would have to deal with the problem from there.
Sango was now standing in the middle of an opening that she had found on the western trail. They all chose different trails, Kagome was north, Inuyasha was east, Miroku was south, and she was west. As she looked around the open space, a jackrabbit caught her interest as it scurried across the breach from the rest of the forest. It was very peaceful, or so Sango thought. The opening had no trees to block her view or the sun, which was slowly making its way to rest on the horizon. She could tell that small animals lived there, though nothing to be worried about. She could see the small burrows and dens that only tiny animals could fit in, which she thankful of.
A wave of serenity wavered over the path, making Sango want to rest. The grass felt good against her hot skin as she dropped to the patted ground. She let her back fall against the soft blades of green as she lay down. Sango sighed as the final rays of sun shone down on her. Her eyes closed as nothing but the wind moved around her. The relaxation that she had been begging for since the beginning of the day was slowly claming her. Life had finally given her some thinking time.
"Well this day has changed so much, I barley have any idea on what's going on. It seemed like every time I have finally figured something out what's going on, another problem comes up." Sango was so deep in thought; she couldn't hear the slight movement behind her. "It seems like I attract problems."
"So now I'm a problem?" Sango shrieked as she shot up, quickly stumbling to her feet in less than five seconds. Her breaths seemed to quicken as if she was in a race. She looked towards where she was resting, spotting a pair of black shoes. She let her eyesight slowly go up, meeting Miroku's smirk.
"What are you doing! You scared me out my mind!" Miroku smiled at Sango's anger, making the fire burn out slowly.
"I didn't mean to scare you. I just saw you come over here when I was checking out the scenery and I wanted to see how this part was. Then I realized that you were talking to yourself and you said something about attracting problems and I had to say something." Miroku explained. Sango paused slightly.
"Wait, why would that bother you?" She asked, causing him to pause before he changed the subject.
"Do you like it here?"
"Well I do like it around here. It's different from the camp, not as hectic." Sango replied. Miroku just shrugged.
"It's probably because it's the first day."
"Speaking of firsts, we're having our first meeting with out consoler tonight. I should go find Kagome."
"Well then go find her." Sango nodded and turned away from Miroku, walking towards where Kagome said to meet. "Sango, you never answered my question."
"Your question?" She repeated, stopping. Though she still faced the other way, she could still see Miroku from the corner of her eye.
"Do you consider me a problem?"
"What? Why would you ask that?"
"Well…well that's not the point. Just do you consider me a problem?" She smiled. Miroku couldn't see it.
"No, you're not a problem. Maybe your hands and your perverted ways, but not you." It was Miroku's turn to smile.
"I bet you will think differently by the end of summer camp." This caught Sango's curiosity, but before she could ask, Miroku was already gone.
"I'm going to have to ask him about that later." She said before she continued towards her meeting spot with Kagome.
Kagome wasn't lost; she just didn't know where she was. The trees were starting to look the same, which was making it hard to tell if she was there before. The stetting sun behind her wasn't helping her search for the meeting spot. She could only sigh as she stopped at the end of the path she had been following, only seeing more trees. Kagome's hands flew in the air as she screamed out in frustration.
Before Kagome gave up completely, something in one of the threes caught her eye. It was a golden pin, shoved into the middle of the bark of the tree. She slowly walked up to it, letting her fingers move over it slightly, feeling the smoothness of the pin. She looked behind the tree to see an old path, camouflaged by a couple of bushes. Once again, Kagome's curiosity got the better of her.
She let her old plan of meeting Sango and finding the gathering spot drift from her mind as she followed the dusky path. Her steps were slow, looking at the barley used path in front of her. Each step seemed to echo through the now silent forest, causing her to walk faster. She could tell the sunset was now approaching, making the forest seem almost magical. But nothing in the mystical woods could stun Kagome as much as the end of the ancient trail.
The before her stood a magnificent scene. The sun's calm rays reflected from the crystal clear water of the small lake. The sand around the lake was smooth, no sharp rocks or annoying pebbles. The sand soon turned to grass, softer than the clouds above. And to make the scenery complete, a tree lay next to the small stream that Kagome assumed led to another lake or ocean.
She slowly walked forwards, slipping both her shoes and socks off while walking towards the serene water that was still like time, which seemed to stop for Kagome. She moved towards the lake, leaving small footprints in the sand. She stopped at the water's edge, letting the water touch her toes. Kagome shuttered at the cold water, though it relaxed her. She sighed as she stared out, watching night fight the sun for the right to cover the sky.
"Well I see you found my secret spot." Kagome tensed again as she looked around, though she saw nothing. "Up here." Her gaze now looked up towards the tree, Inuyasha sitting on one of the high branches. She wondered how he got up there, but shook the thought out of her head as she remembered his words.
"Secret spot?" She asked, walking on the borderline of the water, right where the water touched the land. She slowly stopped under the tree, looking straight up at the tree climber.
"Yea, my secret spot. I come here when I don't feel like listening to people. I found it when I was 8, the last time I came to this camp." Her eyes widened slightly as she remembered the golden badge in the tree that led her here.
"So it was your pin in that tree?"
"Yup, I put it there so I knew where the path was." The soft grass that Kagome was now standing on caught her interest as she looked down. She felt guilt for disrupting him, making her unconsciously take a step towards the path. She didn't notice, though he did. "Now what are you doing?"
"I'm sorry I intruded. I won't come back, I swear." Inuyasha shook his head as he looked down at the girl below the tree, watching the sun's final light dance across her face.
"It's Oka, I don't mind if you do."
"But I know this place is probably special to you."
"It's not like I mind sharing it with you." The words that flew from him mouth went by too fast for him to stop. Kagome looked back up at him, her eyes filled with surprised and something he couldn't describe. He almost wanted to call it hope, though he couldn't tell why she would be hopeful about anything he just said. "Just don't go telling the others about this place."
"Oh of course! This will be our little secret." She said, making a small smile fall on his lips. He liked the sound of that, something they shared. He couldn't push down the foolish smile that was now stuck on his face, so he shook his head and jumped down. He landed right in front of the girl, landing with perfect posture. Kagome was, to say the least, impressed.
"Our little secret." He repeated, gazing down at her.
"Well yea I mean it's…um…" Kagome's brain was starting to shut down as she caught his violet stare, and she could tell she was going to get lost in it. She knew that she would be embarrassed again, so she adverted her eyes to the ground. He slightly frowned at this, and before he could stop himself, placed his fingers beneath her chin and pushed her face up until he could see her eyes again.
"You promise to keep this a secret?"
"Y-yes." Kagome forced out, slightly blushing as he leaned closer to her. A small memory popped into her mind, making her snap her head away from Inuyasha's grasp before taking a couple steps back from him. "I have to go meet Sango!" And with that, she ran over to where the path was, running out of the magical scenery and down the trail. Inuyasha was slightly confused at Kagome's reaction, though he only shrugged. He noticed that she had left her foot essentials, making him roll his eyes.
"This is going to be a long summer keeping track of this girl." He said to himself, walking towards the path that Kagome had just escaped by, grabbing her belongings on the way.
Well there's a little sparks for you peoples. If you can't tell by now, I'm not a big fan of Kikyo or Kouga, but I guess they are Oka. Anyways, what would have happened if Kagome did leave? What did Miroku mean before he walked away? What the hell is Inuyasha going to do with Kagome's shoes? Review and you'll find out lata!
Inuyasha-doggirl –Thank you for the spelling correction, I just did a replace thing so if I messed up on one of his names, I messed them all up. I'll try and fix that.
Yellowstarbutterfly- Yea I know that it's hard, but if you want you can just make him go back to his normal clothes. But thank you for the compliment!
Punk-CSI-Girl – Doesn't everyone want to know Kagome's secret? But only I know, so HA! Mwhaha….ha…don't worry, it will come soon.
Leo of the stars- I'm not sure what Kouga's hiding…I didn't know he was hiding anything yet, and I seem to be the authoress! Um o well, he's going to have a secret soon enough! Thanx for giving me a compliment about my story.
SamSam-aka-Sam- I'm happy that you reviewed again, it makes me feel like people want to actually read this thing. And thank you for the email address, I'm sure if I need help you will be one of the firsts I'll email you.
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Uber-pissed –I made them friends because I figured it'd be easier for them to become friends if they were already friends with one of the other people. Of course, not all of them are friends…cough cough Kikyo cough cough
Angelmaiden- Well here is that chapter that you have been waiting for, I hope I didn't let you down.
Pistachio564- Oh, you want to punch him too? That makes two people! And the power struggle is kind of what they do in the real series since they always seem to fight. Thanx for the compliment, I'll keep trying my best for everyone.
Lonely Youkai- I'll let you in on a little secret…I'm actually a real writer in real life. I'm only 14 but I've already written a book called Jade's Eyes, so I have some experience. I'm glad that you like my work, and if I need help I'll be sure to email you.
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Chapter 5- Buddies are Always Fun
