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Chapter 5-Buddies are Always Fun

Kagome ran as fast as her legs let her, passing the pin that started it all. She wished she could blame the small brooch for everything that had transpired between Inuyasha and her, but she knew that it wasn't anyone but her fault. She wanted to blame Inuyasha for being the way he was, though again, she knew it wasn't his fault. There was nothing that she could blame, so she was left with the slight pain that she felt.

Though she hated to admit it, she knew a weakness shone in her eyes only minutes before. She knew that she was almost given her first kiss, though honestly, she couldn't say she would mind. Just the thought of that made her flush with emotion, and she had identified it was noticeable. She could practically feel her blush burning her cheeks, and she hadn't blushed this much since she was with Naraku.

She slowed her pace as the path came to a halt, as did her thoughts. How many times did she get embarrassed because of him? How many times did he do something completely inappropriate in the middle of a busy street, or in the mall? How many times did he make her want to run out of a room crying because of all the rude things he said? She had lost count by the end of their relationship, and yet she still stayed with him.

Her mind now drifted from her ex boyfriend to her new acquaintance, Inuyasha. She couldn't say that they were complete opposites, though Inuyasha seemed to have very different features about him. Their appearances were different, but it went deeper than just looks. Inuyasha seemed to get her to angry at times, and at others, so joyful. Naraku always seemed to make her feel like hell, and she always seemed to just suck it in. When Inuyasha called her a bitch, she flipped out. When Naraku called her anything, she backed down and agreed. She wasn't submissive with Inuyasha, though there weren't any consequences if she did stand up for herself with him, unlike Naraku.

She had finally made it to her destination by the time she had caught her breath, though her heart was still pounding. She had finally found the spot that she and Sango were planned to go to when they were done exploring. Of course, Kagome wouldn't tell anyone on what she had found out about the spot, like she had promised Inuyasha. Before her thoughts drifted again, she heard a rustle behind her and she jumped in fright.

"Jesus calm down Kags, it's just me." Sango said softly, making Kagome frown.

"Well when you sneak up on me…"Kagome let her voice trail, getting a shrug from Sango.

"I didn't mean to sneak. I just figured you would assume it was me." Kagome crossed her arms, giving Sango a look.

"So now I'm a fortune teller?"

"I never said that! Why are you flipping out on me? Are you in a bad mood or something?" Kagome's arms fell slightly limp across her chest as she sighed.

"No, I met up with Inuyasha in the forest." Sango's eyes lightened with excitement.

"Well what happened?" She asked. Without Kagome knowing it, Sango had decided that Inuyasha and Kagome would make the cutest couple, and planned to find out how they felt about each other. She knew that Kagome liked him, and had a feeling that Inuyasha had feelings for her. The only two problems that stopped them from being together were Kikyo and Kouga. If Kikyo or Kouga even heard about one liking the other, they would blow a gasket.

"Nothing." Kagome hated lying to Sango, though she was very good with it. Sango's eyes dimmed at the news, though she still held some hope.

"Them why are you so pissed off if nothing happened?"

"I've already told you, whenever me and him get together, my mood changes. He just sets something off in my mind." Sango could only smile at her friend's confusion.

"Maybe it's just because he can go head on with you and live to tell about it?" As soon as she let the words pass through her mouth, she ran towards the cabins.

"You little coward! Get back here!" Kagome screamed, chasing after her friend. Since Sango had her quick start, she got into the campus quicker. Sango's mind raced as she looked behind her before she finally slowed down.

"She's either given up, or I got faster in the past four days." Sango said out loud, looking around once again. She relaxed slightly as she continued to walk, the cabins coming into view. But as she got closer to her home away from home, the hairs on the back of her neck stood up, signifying that danger that lay up ahead. She simply brushed the feeling away as she passed through the passage that that four adventurers had started from. She stopped suddenly when brown eyes stared at her.

"Kagome!" Sango asked, almost not believing she was the real thing.

"In the flesh. You do know that there are other ways to get back to the camp right?" She asked, slowly walking over to her friend. She smiled as her friend's shocked face slowly returned to normal.

"Well I've only been here a day, I haven't mastered the art of sneaking around and spying." Sango replied, her humor back into play.

"You should, makes tricking your friends easier." Kagome let the mischievous wind tangle in her hair as she walked towards the cabin, a content smile on her lips. Dazzling oranges and marvelous reds sparkled through the sky that god had painted. She heard a sound of annoyance from her friend, making her smile grow.

"Kagome, I seriously wonder why I hang out with you." Sango followed the girl in front of her, getting a shrug in response. "I some how knew you were going to do that."

"Saves me time. If I gave you some stupid reason, it'd be a waste of my breath. That way, I don't confuse you and I save my time."

"Oh you have time to explain that, yet you can't just say I don't know?" Sango's statement was followed by a short silence before Kagome gave her an answer.

"If I gave you some stupid explanation for your first question, I couldn't explain why I shrugged. So I used my saved time." Sango only sighed at her friend's crazy logic. Both girls stopped at their new home, Kagome pushing the door open. It was empty, though neither expected other wise. Sango led her tired body to her new bed, falling onto the soft mattress.

"You know, these things are pretty comfortable. For a camp I mean." Sango turned to face Kagome, who propped her back against the headboard.

"You're just used to the genre that the campsite had horrendous beds and disgusting food." Kagome replied, watching Sango roll her eyes.

"There you go again, being all scientific. Can't you just talk normal for once?"

"This is normal for me." Kagome replied.

"Fine, but just try to speak human when we're around other people." Kagome sighed at Sango's remark, though she nodded.

"Oka, I won't use big words. After all, I don't want to confuse people like Kikyo when I'm asking her something like the time." Sango laughed at this looking around their cabin.

"It figures that we come rushing here, expecting a pissed consoler, and she's not even here. She said she'd be here by eight, yet she isn't." Sango said, glancing at the clock above the cabin door. She looked back at her friend, who only shrugged.

"It's not like we had anything better to do." Kagome said. Sango nodded as the cabin door opened. "Well look who decided to join the party. It's little Miss Princess."

"Oh shut up Kagome." Kikyo said, walking over to her bed and sitting down.

"Like I'd listen to you." Kagome muttered under her breath. The icy breeze of winter flowed into the cabin, which surprised Kagome since it was summer. Yet again, the cabin door was opened. There stood Rin, slightly panting as if she had just run there.

"I'm sorry I'm so late. The meeting went longer than expected." Rin breathed in deeply, her short ponytail swinging with each breath. Sango only smiled.

"It's Oka, we didn't wait long." Rin slowly stood up, showing the three girls a folded piece of paper. Kagome was starting to see just how much of a snoop she was when her curiosity was spiked as she watched Rin place the now big piece of paper onto one of the cabin walls.

"What is that?" Kagome finally asked.

"This is a schedule for what we will be doing each day. For example, in tomorrow's box, you see a shopping bag. This means that we will be going into the town. It's basically a free day for you guys, but you must stay in the town and can only go off on your own if you tell me exactly where you are going. Otherwise, you must, at all times, stay with your buddy." Sango interrupted Rin.

"Wait, our buddy?" Sango asked, watching Rin look at her for a moment before her eyes widened.

"I forgot to tell you who your buddy was! I'm so sorry; I'm doing so badly for my first day." Rin's fingers fumbled with another piece of paper, but this one was much smaller than the first one and was pink, unlike the first one which was blue.

"It's Oka, but what are buddies?" Kagome asked.

"Buddies are people from the other cabin that you must stay with. Here they are! Oka, Sango, your buddy is Miroku."

"Well that's not bad. Oka, I can deal with that.I'll just have to make sure that his hands don't try to touch me." Sango said.

"That's…good. Now, Kikyo, you're paired up with-" Before Rin could finish her sentence, Kikyo started to talk as if she knew who her buddy was, even though Rin hadn't said anything yet.

"I'm sure that Inuyasha and I will be the best buddies for each other! We'll go everywhere and maybe I can even snag a kiss from him." Rin looked at her weirdly before she spoke.

"That might have been possible if your buddy wasn't Kouga." The shine in Kikyo's eyes burned out faster than her dreams as she stared at Rin.

"My partner isn't Inuyasha!" She squeaked out, getting a nod from Rin. "This isn't right, are you sure they didn't make a mistake?" Rin shook her head.

"That's impossible, because the boys were the ones who picked their buddy." Kagome was slightly shocked as she stood up, snatching the paper from Rin's hands. "Hey, that's mine!"

"So I'm with Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, reading the paper again.

"Yea, he got first pick." Her statement was confirmed when she saw her own name next to Inuyasha's. "He said he wanted to have you as a partner."

"When was Miroku's pick?" Sango asked.

"Right after Inuyasha." Rin replied. Sango sighed in relief, glad that he didn't pick last.

"So Inuyasha picked that cow milker over me?" Kagome's eye twitched slightly as she resisted the urge to tell Kikyo exactly what she thought of her as.

"I'm not a cow milker!" She said, glaring at Kikyo.

"Whatever Kagome, that's not the point."

"Yea, the point is you're with Kouga." Rin said, watching disgust wash over Kikyo's face.

"This isn't fair!" Kikyo shrieked, watching Rin roll her eyes. The older teen walked to the door, talking as she walked.

"Actually it is fair. The boys chose because I lost a coin toss. Then they played rock, paper, scissors to see who picked first. I'm guessing that you are smart enough to figure out the rest." Rin opened the cabin door, being greeted with a black sky.

"There must be a way to change your buddy." Kikyo said. Rin sighed in annoyance.

"Only if one of the other two wants to switch. I know that neither of them do, so I guess the answer is no. Now I'm going back to the consoler's cabin until curfew, goodnight girls."

"Goodnight!" Sango called out as Rin shut the door. Kagome couldn't contain the smile as she walked back over to her bed.

"Well someone seems happy." Sango said.

"I'm happy because I get to piss Kikyo off." Kagome replied, tossing her head back into the pillow on her bed.

"Or is it because you know Inuyasha wanted to be with you?" Sango asked, watching the color on Kagome's face change dramatically. Kagome shook her head, pulling the pillow over her face.

"It's not that! I just…I mean it's um…" Kagome's excuses were as bad as her blush that was now cowering behind her dark blue pillow. Quickly, she sat up, throwing her pillow back onto her bed. "Why don't we go pay the guys a visit?"

"Why, it's not like they want to see you." Kikyo said, combing her hair with her fingers.

"Obviously they do if they picked us over you." Sango said, watching the anger flow over Kikyo.

"I bet Inuyasha wanted to have me as a buddy but was too shy to admit it."

"To shy! Why couldn't he just want to be my buddy? Is it a crime or something?" Kagome asked. Kikyo looked over at her with an almost comical look in her eyes, mocking the questions that Kagome just asked.

"You're just kidding right? You really think that he wanted to pick you?" Kikyo asked, making Kagome nod.

"If he didn't, he would have picked Sango or you." Kikyo only snorted at Kagome's remark.

"I bet he just picked you as a bet or something."

"Why do you think that?"

"Because he doesn't like you!"

"You don't know that!"

"Oka you two, knock it off. Look, I and Kagome are going over to see the boys. We'll be back before curfew." Kikyo only waved Sango off, not bothering to listen.

"Let's go before I kill her." Kagome whispered to Sango as both crawled off of their beds. Sango rolled her eyes at the empty threat, walking over to the cabin door. The cool breeze of night greeted the two girls as they stepped out of the cabin.

"You would think that the breeze would be warm from today." Sango said, looking around the camp. Kagome stopped, thinking about what her close friend had just said.

"You're right. The temperature today should have made it warm, which would probably make it humid as well."

"Maybe it's just us?" Sango started walking towards the boy's cabin, yet stopped when she didn't hear her friend footsteps. "Kags?"

"Something's up. I just don't get what's going on."

"Give that brain of yours a rest and let's go." Kagome was hesitant but started walking towards their destination. Why do I feel like I'm missing something? It's like I'd understand why the weather is so messed up if I just had the last piece of the puzzle. God, I feel like Harry in those Rita Mae Brown murder mysteries when it gets spooky and then something happens. Great, now I'm all paranoid, good job Kagome. Kagome's thoughts came crashing as well as her body when she smacked into Sango.

"Hey, watch where you're going!" Sango said, knocking on the door. Kagome muttered a quick apology.

"Who's there?" Sango was taken by surprise at Miroku's voice. It was slightly strained, though she shook the thought from her head.

"It's Sango and Kagome." Sango called back.

"Um, hold on a minute!" Kagome pushed ahead of Sango, pushing the door open as she talked.

"I'm not in the mood to wait." Kagome said, walking into the cabin. She stood in the middle, looking around. "Now where are you two?"

"Right here!" Inuyasha quickly ran out of the living room, his breathing harsh. Kagome placed her hands on her hips, staring at the boy.

"So what were you doing? Why are you out of breath?" She asked.

"Me? What was I doing?" He asked, playing the dummy act. Kagome was not in the mood to deal with it.

"No, I meant the kid next to you. Of course you!"

"Well I was just in the other room um…fixing the window!" Inuyasha'svoice wavered as he let out a deep breath, calming his panting.

"Then why are so out of breath?" Sango asked, now jumping into the conversation. Inuyasha's eyes traveled from the girls to the floor, letting silence creep around them like a cat circling its prey. He opened his mouth to give a reply, but all that came out was air.

"Because it's hard work changing a window." Miroku said, entering the room. Sango's eyes widened as she saw the paleness of Miroku's face.

"Are you feeling oka Miroku?" Sango asked. Miroku smiled weakly and nodded, though Sango's concern wasn't leaving.

"So why were you putting up a new window? In fact, why was it even broken?" Kagome asked.

"Oh we were just acting up, it's no big deal." Kagome wasn't buying Inuyasha's pathetic alibi, though she only smiled.

"Well we just wanted to know about your choices for the buddy system." Both boys tensed at this, which only made the girls start to laugh. "So tell us, why did you pick us?"

"Why do you want to know?" Miroku asked, causing both of the smiles on the girl's faces to fade. They looked at each other before Kagome spoke.

"We were just curious is all."

"Well doesn't that suck?" Sango could tell Kagome's blood pressure was heating, so she quickly stepped in.

"Why did you pick her Inuyasha?" Inuyasha's face was slightly pink as he crossed his arms.

"Why should I tell you?"

"Because if you don't, I'll tell them." Inuyasha's eyes widened as he glanced over at Miroku, whose smile widened. "So spill."

"You backstabbing little-"Kagome could only laugh at the fear that seeped into Inuyasha's eyes as she Miroku opened his mouth. "Oka Oka, I'll say it!"

"Good, I was about to spill too." Sango giggled at the look Inuyasha sent Miroku, who took a step back.

"Yea, but I need to talk to you Miroku, so let's leave them alone while I talk to you!" She grabbed Miroku's hand and before he could say one word of protest, had pulled him out of the room. And the two were left alone.

And that's where I end it! Mwhaha, I'm so evil…What's going to happen with Inuyasha and Kagome? Why did Sango want to talk to Miroku? How hard is it to put in a window, I mean seriously? Review and I'll give you all the next chapter and I hope I get a lot of reviews!

Leo of the Stars- Well Kouga IS kind of suspicious…but he's also an idiot. And it's no problem to give the inu/kag moment, since they are my favorite pairing! There will be some San/Mir coming up, and as you could see, Rin/Shess were getting cozy in the seat.

Chii576- I'm glad that you like my story, and here is that update that you wanted Sorry that I took so long to give it to you all, I need to give myself time to type and write the other chapters.

SamSam-aka-Sam – You are one of my most persistent reviewers, thank you so much! I'll admit now that Kagome DID remember something, but the real question is, what did she remember? I know that they didn't kiss like some people wanted, but you're just going to have to keep reading and see what happens with them.

Vegeta-Loves-Bulma – No I haven't read it yet, but I promise if I can find some time to read it I will! And I will review too! I thank you for the review, and I hope that you like this chapter as much as you liked the story.

Lonely Youkai- I'm glad that you liked it again. Yes there are some sparks, and they will have more too, I promise that. I thought that the cupping of the cheek would add a slightly sweeter touch to it, of course you know if she had asked him about it he would have just snapped at her. But anyways, I've never seen Friday the 13th, but I guess it could be like it. Thanks for the review.

The Myth Keeper- I'm very happy that you still like my story, and I hope I can only make it more interesting as it goes. Here's that update that you wanted, and I tried to cram a lot into this chapter so I'm sorry if it's confusing or anything.

Chapter 6- The Secret Within