Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.

Author's Note: I'm sooooooooooo sorry for not updating in forever. School is cutting into so much of my time, so yeah. Hopefully, this chapter will be good enough. It was really hard to find inspiration so that's why it is short. Please review!

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Kagome sighed for the umpteenth time as the bus lazily rolled over the road. Her Ipod was getting a low battery, and she didn't bring anything else to entertain herself. Hachi wouldn't let her get up to talk to Kikyou; Ayame still wouldn't stop talking to Kouga; Rin was taking yet another nap; Sango was reading through something -- Kagome didn't know what; And there was ABSOLUTELY no way she'd talk to Inuyasha.

Now, she was very cautious around him. He was being all nice and sugary sweet to her, just like he did to Kikyou. Any moment now, he could steal her first kiss, then he'll break her heart by two-timing with some other slut!

"Hey, Kagome?"

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!" she screamed from surprise.

Sango stared at her best friend with wide magenta eyes, her hand clenched over her chest. "Dude, I was just going to tell you something about the camp," she breathed.

Kagome let down her guard slowly, unclenching her prepared fists. All of the people in the bus were turned around in their seats, curiously staring at her. She smiled nervously and waved a little. Then, she looked away to hide her blushing face.

Sango watched her friend. "Um, I'm not going to ask," she muttered, shaking her hand to forget what just happened. "But look at this." She held up a colorful, glossy pamphlet for Shikon Camp.

The raven-haired girl pushed some locks of hair out of her face and squinted at the small words and designs. "What?"

Sango pointed to a paragraph under a heading labeled 'Cabins'. "It says that it's four to a cabin," she read.

Kagome quirked an eyebrow. "And . . . ?" she prompted. "There's four of us." She waved her hand towards the snoozing Rin and the talkative Ayame and themselves.

The brunette shook her head. "No, they're co-ed cabins," she whispered.

The chocolate eyes widened a little in surprise. "Wow," she mouthed.

"Hey, guys!"

Kagome and Sango swiveled their heads towards the female wolf demon.

"Oh my goodness," Sango gasped dramatically. "Is Ayame actually talking to us?"

Kagome fanned her face with her hands. "Oh my gosh, I think she is!"

Ayame rolled her eyes, a smile on her face. "Yes, you are the chosen ones," she joked. "But anyways, I heard you say the cabins are co-ed."

"The cabins are co-ed?" Rin, now suddenly awake, abruptly echoed.

"When did you wake up?" Kagome asked.

"Right when I heard co-ed."

Sango rolled her eyes as she folded up the pamphlet in her hand. "Rin, I swear, you're turning into an Ayame."

Rin gasped. "Oh, that's not good!"

Ayame frowned. "Um, hello? I'm still kind of sort of here." She waved her hand around. "And what's wrong with being me anyway?" she demanded.

"Hm . . . Let's see," Rin answered. She started counting the reasons off her fingers. "You're boy crazy, a girly girl, you wear makeup, you brush your teeth after EVERY meal like a nerd, you take tiny bites of food --"

"What does me eating food have to do with anything?!"

"Do you have any idea how tiny your bites are?" Rin measured the approximate size using her fingers. "A normal girl takes like twenty bites to eat one slice of pizza. You take like fifty tiny little ones."

"Forty-two," Kagome piped up. "I kept count from the last time we ate pizza."

Still frowning, Ayame opened her mouth, but closed it again, giving up on interrogating her ridiculous friends.

"That's what I thought," Kagome smugly said, smirking.

"I'm not saying anything because you guys are so retarded."

"Oh, really?" Sango questioned, looking up from the cover of the pamphlet. "Look who got straight C's for the whole year while every one of us got better grades than you."

Ayame huffed and looked out the window. "Are we here?" she asked, changing the subject.

"Are we where?" Rin asked.

"Here."

"Where?"

"Here. As in 'here'!"

"What 'here'?!"

"You two are retarded!" Kagome yelled. Once again, the other passengers turned in their seats and stared at her. The raven-haired girl frowned. "Don't you people have better things to do?"

Suddenly, the bus screeched to a stop. The view was . . . Forest. Nothing but forest.

"Why?" Sango simply said.

Her friends laughed.

"That's all she says," Kagome said between small giggles. "Why?"

"I know," Rin added. "For real, she always does that."

"May I have your attention, please?" Hachi piped up in his annoying little megaphone. "We have just made it to the entrance of the camp. Please exit the bus in an orderly line and grab your suitcases from the bottom compartment. Then wait by the bus so that we could call out the cabins. Thank you for your cooperation, and welcome to Shikon Camp."

The fat bus driver plopped back down in his seat as he popped open a can of soda.

"Stupid fatty," Kagome muttered under her breath. Sango giggled as she stood up. All the passengers in the bus stood up and stretched their muscles out.

"So, Sango?" Rin said, arms over her head. "What's the camp like?"

Sango stretched her arms forward, almost hitting Kagome in the back. "Um, it said something about luxurious cabins for two boys and two girls --"

"Boo-yah!" Ayame cheered. Everyone in the bus ignored her and proceeded with extending their arms and legs.

"AND," Sango continued. "They serve three meals a day. You have to pay extra if you want to eat anything in between meals. There's a lot of recreational activities you could do in your spare time or your counselor might have ideas in mind."

"Oh no," Rin breathed. "We have evil counselors? What if they're like those counselors from the movies who actually turn into werewolves at night to hunt for innocent children while they are slumbering in their cozy little cabins, dreaming about candy and unicorns. And then the malevolent werewolves are proud of their accomplishments with an evil wolfish grin and their hearts are sprouted with more pure immorality --"

"RIN!!" Kagome shouted.

"CALM DOWN!!" Sango and Ayame finished.

"Girl, you've been watching too many movies," Kagome sighed, a hand to her forehead.

"Good description there, Rin," Miroku commented. He was standing up, and Inuyasha was still lounging in his cushioned seat.

"Oh, thanks, Miroku," Rin said with a smile.

"You should write a book or something," Inuyasha yawned out.

"That's what we always say," Sango said, motioning to her and the other two girls.

"I've always thought about it," Rin piped up. "But I can never get inspiration."

"Sesshoumaru here loves to read books," Kouga added, clapping the oldest male in the back. "Maybe he can help you out."

"I prefer not," the dog youkai said with his monotone.

Sango glanced at the silent Kagome. Usually, Kagome would love to participate in conversations and talk all she wanted, but here she was, being soundless.

"Let's go, Kagome!" Rin shouted. Kagome snapped out of her thoughts and looked up. "We got to get our stuff, and not help Ayame with hers!"

"Hey!" Ayame whined. "That's not nice!"

Rin stuck out her tongue and blew out, making a farting noise. Ayame chased Rin off the bus.

Kagome and Sango snorted quietly. Their friends were always so goofy, even in public. They grabbed their carry-on items and climbed off the bus. They lugged their luggage out from the bottom compartment and stood by their arguing friends.

"Okay, as I call out your names, please come up to your counselors so they can show you your cabins," Hachi interrupted the chattering with his megaphone.

"I swear, I'm going to throw that damn megaphone into the ocean so a shark can eat it," Kagome hissed.

True that," Ayame agreed.

"With Counselor Shuran is Souta Higurashi, Kohaku Taijiya, Shippo Kitsune, Satoru Hanon, Souten Thunder, Satsuki Ando, Mayu Hanon, and Koume Kuroro," Hachi read off of a list.

"Souta and Kohaku better not flirt with all of the girls," Sango grumbled.

"For real," Kagome mumbled in agreement.

All of the preteens managed to shove their way to a very buff man with tanned skin and dark hair.

"Damn, he's . . ." Ayame's voice trailed off as she stared at the counselor.

"Buff," the other girls finished.

" . . . With Counselor Myouga is Rin Hoshiko, Sango Taijiya, Kagome Higurashi, Ayame Iris, Kouga Ookami, Inuyasha Takahashi, Miroku Houshi, and Sesshoumaru Takahashi."

"Oh, yay!" Rin cheered. "We're all in the same group!"

The girls squealed and bounced around with joy. They all bounded up to a small man, who looked an awful lot like a flea demon.

"Are you Myouga?" Sango asked.

"Indeed I am!" the short man replied.

The girls exchanged glances with each other. Their counselor's height only reached up to their knees. Was this a joke, or was this really their counselor?

"Oh, greetings, Master Inuyasha!" the little man exclaimed.

"Hey, Myouga," Inuyasha returned in a bored tone. "Of all the counselors here, why am I stuck with you again?"

"Your parents have requested that I'd be your counselor this summer."

"Every summer, I'm stuck with you!" the hanyou shouted.

"Try being stuck with you every summer," Sesshoumaru shot back.

The half demon huffed and crossed his arms in defeat.

"Allow me to escort you to your cabins!" Myouga excitedly said, bouncing away at a rather quick pace. The four boys followed without a word.

The girls raised an eyebrow, but followed the really short flea demon into Shikon Camp.