A/N : Sorry for the long wait. Please enjoy!
(Disclaimer – I do not own Inuyasha.)
-
Chapter Thirteen: War
At the far end of the wooden table marked "Counselors," three girls sat intentionally isolated from their chattering peers. The dark-haired ones were whispering furiously to one another. The other, a redhead, sat quietly eating her dinner, bored or frustrated with the other two.
"I know! How about we take their underpants and—"
"No, Sango, we've already thought of that. Too much like theirs. And what underwear does a guy have that he doesn't want to show off already? I doubt that Inuyasha or Miroku are crossdressers."
"Damn, you two!" Ayame set down her spoon. "Revenge for revenge? Are you both really that shallow?"
"Yeah, so," they both said flatly. Ayame sweatdropped and rolled her eyes. "Fine, fine."
Sango drank some from her cup. "Okay, so it doesn't have to be major, right? It could be a small prank just to let them know you're still mad."
"That we're still mad. No, it has to be something big, so to let them know that we're serious."
"Hey my home girls, what's crackalackin!" Kuri plopped beside Sango. She had apparently finished her meal early.
"Crackalackin...?" Ayame ticked an eyebrow and chuckled.
"Oh, just trying to think of ways to get back at Inuyasha and Miroku." Kagome sighed at their failure and leaned on her palm. With her other hand she swirled some dripped juice on her plate with a fork.
A spark flashed across Kuri's eyes, though no one seemed to notice. She leaned forward. "Fun. What kinds of ways?"
"Well,
we obviously thought of hanging their underwear on the
flagpole," Kagome started, ticking off one finger.
Kuri
nodded. "Obviously, obviously."
"But that would be too similar and unoriginal. We also got putting saran wrap over the toilet seat..." She ticked off a second finger.
"Ooh, that would be good!"
"Yeah, I thought so too, but it is a restroom for all the guys here, we don't wanna punish some innocent, self-conscious 10-year-old kid, yennoe?"
Kuri nodded again and continued to listen, waiting for the opportune moment to fit in her suggestion. Kagome continued to name ways of revenge, which included placing a bucket of water over their door so that whoever opened it would be soaking wet (too easy, and who knew who else besides Inuyasha or Miroku would walk through that door?), pushing them into the lake (way too easy), toilet papering their room (not public enough and not clever enough), spray painting embarrassing graffiti everywhere (but where would they get spray paint in the middle of a forest?), putting shaving cream in their hands while they slept and tickling their nose with a feather (what are they, 3rd graders?), and the use of a whoopee cushion (that's just plain immature). They were all plans doomed to failure, not because they wouldn't work, but because they would obviously not get the desired effect.
"Yeah, you need something original, effective, and public," Kuri agreed. "How about give them some of their own medicine?"
"Please, Kuri, don't you think we've thought of that? And didn't you say 'original?'" Sango shook her head.
"Well, yes, but that doesn't mean you can't use the same...concept," said Kuri with fake innocence.
Ayame scoffed and continued to stay out of their scheming. Both ignoring her, Kagome and Sango leaned closer, raising their eyebrows. "What were you thinking?"
Kuri smirked devilishly and whispered...
-
The three girls quietly snuck out of their rooms and tiptoed to the shower rooms trying to stay out of sight. When they finally arrived, Sango and Kagome took a right to the boys' showers while Kuri stayed to keep watch.
They could hear the showers running, and steam fogged the entire room. Both the girls' and boys' bathrooms were perfectly square, a line of sinks on one wall, a stall of toilets on the adjacent, the doorway, and three shower stalls against the last wall. It was late, and only two showers were running; the girls' plan was running along quite smoothly.
They did their preparation carefully before taking action, making sure that Inuyasha and Miroku would be the last to the showers. They checked with Hojo and Ayame to make sure that all the campers had already bathed, and even got Sesshomaru's cooperation to stall Inuyasha and Miroku until then. They would have gotten Ayame or Kouga to do it, but the pair refused to have any part in their "childish games."
And so here they were. They spotted the boys' clothing and towels over by the sinks and mirrors and made a dash for them as quietly as possible, which wasn't too hard since their footsteps were covered by Miroku's loud singing.
"...that thong, th-th-tho-thong..."
They both smirked and quickly, stealthily did what they came to do, and then exiting to meet Kuri and head back to their rooms for the night, as if nothing had ever happened.
Yet.
-
"Quit that moronic singing, for the last time!" Inuyasha shouted, turning off the shower head. He soon heard Miroku's shower stop as well, but the singing did not.
"...Thighs like what, what, what. Baby, move your butt, butt, butt..."
The two headed to where they had previously placed their clothing and towels and stopped in their tracks. They looked at one another, then back to the empty sink area. Well, not completely empty.
Then, they screamed.
"WHERE'D OUR CLOTHES GO! OUR TOWELS!"
"THEY COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN UP AND JUST WALKED AWAY! SOMEONE MUST'VE TAKEN THEM!"
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS! SOME KIND OF SICK JOKE!"
"DAMMIT! I BET IT WAS KAGOME AND SANGO'S DOING!"
"What? No, Inuyasha, the girls couldn't be this cruel—"
"Oh? Oh? I think they could, and would. Girls are vicious beings, my friends, not the sort to be trifled with."
"You were the one, if I recall correctly, that suggested the brilliant plan in the first place."
Inuyasha glared at him. "Okay, okay, so it's my fault, whatever! What are we gonna do about this!"
Miroku slapped him on the shoulder. "I am afraid," he paused, "that we'll have to make do with what we have."
"I was hoping you wouldn't say that..." Inuyasha whimpered.
-
Kagome sat on her bed, humming and brushing her hair, when an angry, wet, almost-naked Inuyasha stormed it. She unsuccessfully held back her laughter.
"My, my, Inuyasha, what happened to you?" she managed between giggles. "I never thought you to be the kind to wear—"
"This is your doing, wench, and you know it!"
Kagome's face went blank. "Watch your tongue. If I were you, I'd be looking for my clothes, not spouting nonsense."
The hanyou huffed and glanced to the side wall where his bag was, or rather, should be. His eyes widened in disbelief and outrage. "What did you do to my bag, woman!"
Kagome sighed and looked at the ceiling as if in deep thought. "I believe," she said, "it has lost its way somewhere outside. You should go look for it."
"You—I—my—how—ARRGH!" Inuyasha sputtered, running out the door.
He saw Miroku standing there, also in similar attire, staring at him incredulously. "Can you believe they did that!"
Miroku sighed and said, "They never gave us a confession, we have no proof that it's—"
"Oh come on, man! Who else would do this but them!" he sighed. "Whatever, let's just try to find out stuff." Miroku put his hand up. "I believe I've already found them," he said, pointing straight up with his index finger. Inuyasha looked up to see the flag, and beside it, two large duffle bags.
He cursed loudly, apparently loud enough to cause everyone else from all four cabins to emerge. He and Miroku both flushed insanely as the crowd erupted in laughter. He glanced around to find Kagome, behind him, and Sango and Kuri all smirking.
The pair put their hands over between their legs, but it did no help. This was probably worse than being completely naked, Inuyasha thought, as one of his long claws caught on the frill of the pink lace panties he was basically forced to wear.
-
"Dammit, Miroku, hurry it up!"
"You know, you're not being much of a help, Inuyasha!" Miroku shouted back down over his shoulder. He was climbing the flagpole in nothing but black silk panties in front of the entire camp (by now, the staff had even come out) and his only consolation was knowing that they were Sango's. He tried to climb up a bit farther, almost to the top, when he lost grip and slid back down a few feet. He cursed under his breath as the crowd below him exploded in laughter yet again. The administrators were trying to calm them down and get them back into their cabins for the night, but first of all, they were outnumbered, and second of all, they were — Miroku could tell even at his distance — also amused by the two boys' pathetically embarrassing situation. Even Sesshomaru, when he arrived, was fairly amused.
"Houshi! I don't think this is appropriate for a children's camp!" Sango taunted.
Deciding to have some fun in the worst of situations instead of retaliating, Miroku yelled back, "Why, Sango, you see something you like?"
Instantly, Sango silenced.
-
By the time Miroku had thrown down both Inuyasha's and his bags, the crowd had dispersed into their cabins, save for Sesshomaru, Kuri, Kagome, and Sango. A reluctant Kikyo had been dragged off by Hojo after she started to list out reasons why "that bleep should be punished for heinous acts against an innocent hanyou." The pair quickly put on some pants, and since Sango and Kagome refused to take back "tainted" undergarments, they kept them as "fun souvenirs," much to Miroku's delight.
"Okay, now all of you get to bed," Sesshomaru said plainly.
"Wh-what!" Inuyasha stomped up to his brother. "You're not gonna do anything about this? This isn't what I signed up for! You think this is my idea of hanging out! How would you like it if it were YOU in those panties, huh, Sesshomaru!" Kuri smirked.
The demon sighed in annoyance and replied, "I don't remember the girls demanding justice when you and your friend had your little fun a while ago."
("Yeah!"
Kuri said.
"Why are you even here?"
"I wanna see
what happens...")
Inuyasha opened his mouth to disagree, but couldn't think of a reasonable argument. It was true, when he and Miroku hung the girls' lingerie from the flagpole they didn't go tattling to Sesshomaru for their punishment. All Kagome said...
'SHIT! I should've known this was coming. 'I'll forgive you, but don't think you're off the hook!" Ugh! That little—'
"Bye bye, boys!" Kuri singsonged, as she and Sesshomaru headed off to the staff cabin.
Inuyasha glowered as Miroku pulled him away from the scene back to Cabin B, Kagome stuck out her tongue in return, and he screamed, "You went too far, Kagome! This is war!"
-
A/N: Ugh, not the best ending/cliffhanger, but whatever, I wanted to finish. Kinda short, but it's an okay length, methinks. I realized I hate when chapters are too long, so I figure this is average. Uuh, R&R.
