Hello! I'm baaack! Okay, so I meant to update yesterday but I kinda forgot... lol so here's my story! Thanks to you all who reviewed! Much love! You are the reason I'm continuing this story! Anyway, on to the chapter:
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-Chapter 3- The Bus Ride- Part 2
DISCLAIMER: See previous chapter's disclaimer
"Camp Chupacabra- 5 miles," Kagome announced enthusiastically as she read the sign they had just passed. "Great; we're almost there!"
"Yea, great!" Sango said less enthusiastically.
Her spirit had disappeared after driving so long on the boring bus. It had been about 5 hours or so and now she felt totally drained and tired and groggy. And the thing is; they were driving to the campsite from Tokyo. Tokyo was the closest city in Japan to Camp Chupacabra, which was situated in one of the many abandoned forests in Japan (Sango had read the brochure). If she thought their ride was too long, imagine those coming from Kyoto and Hiroshima and Yokohama and all the other cities in Japan that was much farther than . Just then, the bus lurched to a stop to pick up yet another kid, and a groan arose from all of the campers. This had to be the tenth stop for that bus yet. Or it could have been more. She'd lost count after the seventh stop. Every time the bus stopped someone was thrown forward out of their seat, because apparently the bus driver (whose name was Myouga as he had told them) didn't know anything about warnings or how to stop a bus gently. Sure enough, some kid yelled "Ow!" as they were thrown out their seat by Myouga's sudden stop, but by now no one laughed because everyone had been thrown out of their seats at least once on the way and it just wasn't funny anymore. Just painful.
"C'mon! Let's play another game to pass the time!" Kagome said, bouncing in her seat excitedly. Where was she getting all of this energy from??
Sango sighed heavily. "Fine," she said uninterestedly. "I spy with my little eyes something... Hot!" She immediately perked up as her eyes suddenly came to life.
"Hmmm... Hot? Ooohh, I know; the sun!"
"Nope."
Sango grinned mischievously as her gaze traveled to the front of the bus to the people boarding the bus. Kagome followed Sango's gaze to a tall boy who had just boarded the bus and was nowstanding at the front of the bus. He had long, dark brown hair pulled into a ponytail and a muscular body. He wore a sleeveless brown sweatshirt to purposely show off his muscles, and tan cargo pants. He was standing up at the front of the bus asking Nikky a question. Suddenly, he stopped talking and slowly shifted his eyes to Kagome's face. Kagome froze as he smiled and winked at her seductively. Then he turned his head and continued his conversation. Sango sat beside Kagome, watching the girl's reactions.
"Looks like he's taken a fancy to you Kagome," she said enviously.
Kagome just gulped and nodded her head. She was used to having boys admire her, so why was she all nervous now? Inuyasha, sitting in the back of her, had observed all of this. Finally he leaned over in the space between Kagome and Sango's seat and in an annoyed voice said, "You might wanna close your mouth before you make the hole in the ozone layer even worse with your pollution."
Kagome snapped out of her thought and glared at Inuyasha as she said, "What's it to you anyway?"
A rosy glint was evident in Inuyasha's cheeks as he turned his head and said, "Feh, nothing. It's just; I don't like you gawking over him like that."
"It's none of your business who I choose to gawk over," Kagome said fiercely.
"Fine, have it your way."
Inuyasha sat back in his seat and crossed his arms over his chest pouting angrily.
Sango leaned over to Kagome, who was now fuming in her seat and whispered in her ear, "I think somebody's jealous!"
"Who? Not me!"
Sango rolled her eyes. "Not you! Inuyasha!"
"What? No way! He just likes intimidating me."
"Ooooo..kaaayyy..."
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"Okay campers, we're here!" Nikky announced to the sleepy and bored bus full of children. "Please everyone quickly grab your luggages and belongings and leave the bus in an orderly fashion. No running. We don't want any injuries on the first day."
Everyone murmured sleepily as they slowly got up to gather their belongings.
"Hey Kags, wake up!" Sango nudged the raven-haired girl waking her up from her slumber. "We're here!"
"Oh, great," Kagome said lifelessly. She had totally crashed after her and Sango had played their 'game'. Looks like all that energy she had had earlier had just been from her tiredness. Her eyes were still half closed from sleep and she covered her mouth as she stifled a yawn. The last thing on her mind was her appearance until Inuyasha brought it up. While he was passing her as she started to get up off of the bus, he casually whispered sarcastically in her ear, "That's a nice look for you toots," followed by him giving her his signature smirk. Kagome's ears turned red as she grabbed her pocket mirror and frantically looked in it. Yuck! He was right; she looked awful! Her hair was all over the place, her skin looked pale and pasty and she had a tiny drop of drool on the corner of her mouth. Quickly, she snatched her bags and rushed off of the bus with Sango following close at her heels. The two finally stopped when they reached the sheets that assigned each camper to a cabin.
"Hey Kags, what was that all about?" Sango asked all out of breath.
"Why didn't you tell me that I looked so awful?"
"Because I thought it wasn't that important."
"Yea, well Inuyasha did!"
Sango gave her friend a curious look.
"Since when do you care what Inuyasha thinks?"
"Err...I don't!" Kagome insisted. "Oh look! We're in the same cabin!"
"Don't try to change the subject."
"I'm not! We really are: look!"
Sango skimmed over the list then squealed in delight when she saw her and her best friend's name in the same cabin. Then she peered closer at the list.
"Hey, who's Rin? She looks like our other roommate."
Kagome shrugged. "Dunno. Hope she's nice."
"Do you think she was on our bus?"
"Maybe, maybe not."
There were numerous buses coming and leaving the camp. Each bus had picked up campers from each part of Japan so you can imagine just how busy and full the camp was. There was a bus from Hiroshima right now dropping off campers, most of them being 14 year olds (and looking mighty scared). Kagome rolled her eyes. Good thing she came on her bus and not the others.
The two best friends walked off together to find their cabin. Kagome was busy looking down at the cabin sheets while Sango was looking up at the sky. They were both deep in thought about this camp, so none were paying attention to where they were walking. Only when they felt a hard bump into somebody, followed by a shriek did they snap back to reality.
"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry!" Kagome exclaimed.
On the ground before her lay a tall girl. She had long ebony hair and soulless, evil dark brown eyes. She wore stilettos with a short purple skirt (a little too short) and a "revealing" lilac tank top. To complete her skanky look, she wore tons of makeup on her face and bright pink nail polish.
'Doesn't get much sluttier than that!' Kagome thought to herself.
"Ugh! You'd better be!" the girl said rudely.
She sucked her teeth as she struggled to get up. Her suitcases had fallen on the ground strewing her belongings everywhere.
"Here, let me help you with that."
Kagome bent down to help pick up the girl's belongings. She felt so bad for knocking her over. Sango just stood there observing everything and rolling her eyes.
"This is all my fault! I should have been looking where I was going!" Kagome chattered frantically as she tried to help pick up the girl's things.
"Yea, you should have."
The icy remark caused Kagome to stop what she was doing and turn to stare at the girl. That voice... it sounded so familiar... She was just sitting there on the ground checking out her nails. She wasn't even trying to lift a finger to help Kagome, and they were her things! She sat there staring at Kagome coldly as if she had done something wrong. Kagome started to become angry.
"You know, you could at least try to help me."
"Yea, I could, but this is all your fault, so you clean it up!"
Kagome stood up angrily. "Listen...uh..."
"Kikyo."
When Kagome heard the name Kikyo something clicked in her head. She stared at Kikyo in disbelief as she gave a gasp of horror. Oh no!
"You... it's you!" Kagome whispered, eyes wide in horror. She pointed a shaking finger accusingly at the ebony-haired girl. "No! It can't be! What are you doing here?!" Kagome demanded angrily. Kikyo simply smirked as she gave Kagome a teasing look.
"Whatever are you talking about?"
"I thought I'd seen the last of you when he broke up with me!" Kagome winced in pain when she said the word he. Just thinking about him brought a horrible stabbing pain to her heart, as if someone was piercing it with a dagger.
"Oh. So you remember. What a shame huh?" Kikyo smirked again, her evil eyes glittering with malice.
"Why...are...you...here?" Kagome asked between gritted teeth. She clenched her hands tightly into fists, fighting with all her might to not punch this girl out.
"It's a camp. Duh," Kikyo answered smugly, rolling her eyes. This just further angered Kagome.
"I...don't...like...you..." Kagome said, still between gritted teeth. Oh how she wanted to hurt Kikyo so badly! "What happened was all your fault! I don't want to look at your stupid face all summer long!" Now Kagome was shouting. "You had no right to interfere with us and now because of you I lost the first love of my life! You're just a skanky boyfriend-stealer and I hate you!"Now Kagome was screaming to the top of her lungs. Sango quickly rushed over to her friend and pulled her aside, attempting to calm her down. Kagome was fuming mad now, and she looked about ready to kill Kikyo. Sango knew Kagome; if someone got her mad enough she would hurt them, and despite her size, Kagome was one tough fighter.
"Kags, chill! People are staring!" Sango hissed. Kagome looked around and saw that Sango was right. The campers around her had stopped what they were doing and now all heads were turned her way, including Inuyasha's. She flushed in embarrassment.
"Thanks San."
Kagome closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Then, she turned herself around to face Kikyo again, who looked surprised and slightly scared. "Look Kikyo, I don't know who you think you are, but if you ever get in my way this summer, you will regret it. I will personally see to it that your life is a living hell!"
With that, Kagome spun sharply on her heels and walked towards her cabin leaving Sango and Kikyo behind. Sango just smirked at Kikyo before running after Kagome.
"Hey Kags; wait up!" she called, trying to catch up with her best friend. Kikyo just stood there stunned. What had just happened? Surprise held Kikyo for a few moments. Then, slowly anger started to seep in. Who did she think she was?! How dare she talk to her like that?! Kikyo's eyes narrowed dangerously to slits as she stared at the two girls' retreating figures. They would rue the day they ever crossed paths with her. She would make sure of that...
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"We're cabin 103." Kagome informed Sango. They passed a group of cabins searching for their number. Cabin 101, cabin 102, ah! Cabin 103! Before them stood a strong, attractive- looking log cabin with three stone steps outside on the porch. Kagome and Sango entered the lodge. Inside was a living room, kitchen and a big bedroom. The living room was big and pretty. The walls were a soft purple color with small pink butterflies painted over it. Fancy. There was a fuzzy carpet on the floor to match the color of the walls. There were four sofas in the living room. There was a big, soft, cushiony sofa that sat in front of a TV stand. The girls sweat-dropped. Where was the TV? Next to the big cushiony sofa were two smaller sofas on either side of it, facing each other, so that the sofas were all in a sort of square around the empty TV stand. Pushed up in one corner of the room was a small red sofa, a love-seat to be exact. All of the sofas (minus the love seat) were pink with purple polka dots on it, and each of them sported four big, fluffy pillows.
'Perfect for a pillow fight' Kagome thought to herself.
A huge chandelier hung from the ceiling in the middle of the room. In the middle of the sofas was a large coffee table with a glass top. In the middle of it was a pretty plant. What was it called again? In another corner of the room was another pretty potted plant and in another was a tall, brown lamp. Overall the living room was pretty and bad-ass.
Next to the living room there was the kitchen. It looked completely different from the living room. The floor tiles were checker boarded with black and red(ironic huh?) There was a mini fridge in one corner,along with the basic stuff (sink, stove, counters, cupboards etc.) nothing really interesting. But on the plus side, they could cook their own food this summer! After checking out the two rooms the girls finally entered the bedroom.
The room was prettier than the living room. The walls were painted a pretty pink color, along with the ceiling and pretty much everything in the room. There was one bunk bed pushed against the wall in the corner and two single beds in the middle of the room. One of the beds had a baby blue bed sheet on it, the other had a lilac bed sheet and the bunk bed had pink bed sheets. They all had fluffy pillows to match the colors of their sheets. There were three white bureaus next to each bed and a large white dresser pushed up against the wall by the door and a large pink fluffy carpet in the middle of the floor. Also, there was a HUGE walk-in closet next to the bed with a light and everything, by the bathroom. There were small pink lamps on each bureau. Each bureau, plus lamp sported pretty, frilly doilies (yes doilies. You got a problem with that?)There were also two bathrooms in the lodge. One had the walls painted pink with a light pink carpet and the other blue with baby blue carpets. Hmm..not bad...
Kagome and Sango decided to share the bunk bed. Sango got the bottom while Kagome chose the top. They both flung their bags onto the floor and plopped themselves onto the beds exhausted. By now Kagome had had enough time to cool off, so Sango decided to question her.
"Hey Kags, what was that all about back there?"
"You mean with Kikyo?"
"Duh."
Kagome bit her lip. She hesitated for a moment as the painful memories came flooding back to her. Quickly, she shook them away and tried to answer Sango's question.
"Well, you remember when he broke up with me right?" She didn't want to say the name of her ex-boyfriend; it still hurt. Sango nodded her head, a sign for Kagome to continue. "Well, the night when he called me and broke up with me I had run over to his house. When I flung open the door I saw him sitting there with a black-haired girl wrapped up in his arms and they were kissing. When he heard me come in, they both topped kissing and looked at me all surprised. She turned to look at me and she smirked, as if to say, "Ha! I finally got him! I stole him from you!" From that moment I saw her I suddenly knew the truth. He had dumped me for her. He had been cheating on me the whole time, slowly distancing himself from me. While I was giving him my all he was giving her his all! He was horrible!"
"So what's any of this have to do with Kikyo?"
Kagome sighed impatiently. "Easy Sango. The girl in his arms was Kikyo."
Sango abruptly sat up in the bed upon hearing this. Her eyes opened wide in surprise. "No way! Are you sure? How do you know?"
Kagome nodded her head. "Yea, I'm sure alright. Those eyes...one can never forget those eyes...They were dark, evil, soulless...just like now. And that smirk, that stupid smug look on her face. The same as now. Not to mention that long black hair. Oh yea, it's definitely her!"
"Wow."
Sango sat there staring into space in silence for a while, absorbing the information her friend had just given her. She couldn't believe it! Kagome just sat there anxiously watching her best friend. Her eyes were trained on Sango, observing her every movement, jumping at the littlest of sounds that she made. Oh yea, Sango was definitely making her edgy.
"So...what are you gonna do now?" Sango finally asked.
"I dunno. What can I do? I'm sure if I'm in the same room with her for all of five minutes I'll end up hurting her, then get kicked out of camp. Which won't go down too well with my mom..."
"Don't worry. If you get kicked out I'll make sure to get kicked out too. Scouts honor!" Sango promised her best friend earnestly, her hand over her heart as if pledging. Kagome smiled warmly at her friend.
"Thanks San, but you really don't have to."
"Oh yes I do! Camp won't be fun without you! Besides, if we both get kicked out neither of our moms will let us back home. We'll be rebels. We'll have to steal a car, maybe rob a bank. Start a new exciting life full of edge! We'll be wanted! Chased by the cops! Refugees..." Sango's eyes now glittered excitedly as she planned out their whole life of crime. Kagome couldn't help but laugh at Sango's over-active imagination. She always could brighten up a bad situation.
"Okay! That's enough San!" Kagome stopped her best friend from rambling on and on about their life in jail. Sango just grinned impishly at Kagome, like a little child caught stealing a cookie from the forbidden cookie jar. They both burst out laughing.
"Feeling better?" Sango asked between laughs.
"Much. Thanks."
"No problem. Now, maybe we should unpack."
There was silence in the room as the two girls contemplated this. After a few seconds they both looked at each other- Kagome had climbed into Sango's bed during their laughing fit- and simultaneously said, "Nah!" Then, they both collapsed onto the bed, exhausted from their long, tiring morning. Sango pushed Kagome playfully away from her, causing her to veer dangerously close to the edge of the bed.
"Hey, you have your own bed!" Sango complained smiling. Kagome grabbed onto the bed sheets to steady herself from falling.
"Awww, c'mon San! I'm too tired to move!" Kagome whined. They both started laughing again.
"Fine. You can stay. But you owe me a free Snickers bar."
"Deal."
The two girls settled comfortably into the bed and closed their eyes, releasing their exhaustion. The soft, cushiony feeling of the beds almost made them fall asleep when they were interrupted by the door slamming. Both heads snapped to the front door as they watched a small girl enter the cabin and walk into the bedroom. She had medium length raven hair with a small ponytail on the top of her head to the side. Who was she?
"Hi, I'm Rin!" The girl's voice took the two by surprise because even though she was small her voice was loud and she talked fast. "Nice to meet you!" her dark brown eyes glittered excitedly as she introduced herself to her new friends. Kagome and Sango sat up.
"Hi Rin. I'm Kagome."
"And I'm Sango."
"Cool. So are you two best friends?"
The two girls linked arms as they said, "The bestest!" causing everyone to burst out laughing.
"I like you guys. We could all become friends!"
"Sure," the two girls agreed, nodding.
"How old are you Rin?" Kagome asked casually. Rin looked down a little.
"I'm fourteen. And you guys?"
"We're fifteen."
"Oh."
"What's wrong?" Sango asked confused as she saw the look on the small girl's face. Rin looked up.
"Well, it's just; whenever I meet fifteen year-olds they say they don't wanna hang with me 'cause I'm too young. Plus, I'm already small for my age."
"Well we're not like that. We don't really care how old you are. Besides, fourteen is only one year away from fifteen anyway," Kagome said.
"Yea Rin. Those people are just dumb," Sango added. They smiled warmly at Rin and Rin smiled back.
"Thanks, you guys are great friends. So, which bed is mine?"
"Anyone; we're sharing the bunk bed."
"Okay." Rin threw her bag on the bed with the purple bed sheet. "Aren't you guys gonna unpack?"
Sango and Kagome looked at each other. "Nah, maybe later!" they said in unison. Rin laughed.
"Okay, so what should we do then?"
"Uh, how about we check out who our neighbors are?" Kagome suggested. Everyone nodded their heads in agreement.
"Great! But first, I wanna freshen up a bit," Kagome said.
"Why? For Inuyasha?" Sango asked with a snicker.
"Hmph! I could care less about that pompous jerk! Besides, cute guys may live next to us!"
"Sure..." Sango replied rolling her eyes. Disbelief was evident in her voice. Kagome didn't care about 'cute guys'. She didn't particularly care for any guys. "She's mad at the comment Inuyasha gave her on the bus," Sango whispered to Rin causing confusion to cloud the girl's eyes.
"Inu...yasha?"
"Oh, he's some guy who was bothering her on the bus. I'm sure we'll meet up with him sooner or later." Sango replied. She had forgotten that Rin hadn't been with them during the morning's previous activities.
"Oh, okay."
Sango and Rin chatted for a while about that morning while Kagome got herself ready. Rin had actually come on the bus from Yokohama, which had come about half an hour later than their bus. That's why they hadn't seen her, neither she them. After they were finished discussing their busing arrangements and telling each other where they were from Sango proceeded to tell Rin about their morning (the part about Kikyo had made the small girl's pretty face twist into a frown). Then Rin proceeded to tell Sango about her morning and how she had almost missed the bus and had to run to catch it and how she fell in a puddle of dirty water and how she had been chased by dogs and then when she reached at camp some random guy tried to flirt with her. Sango giggled.
"Well guys, let's go!"
A perky Kagome suddenly emerged from the bathroom all dressed up, snapping the girls from their conversation. One look at Kagome's complete transformation caused her to receive knowing smirks from the two girls.
"What?" she asked, completely oblivious to what was going on.
"Nothing, nothing. C'mon."
Sango and Rin headed out the door leaving Kagome standing there confused. Did she just miss something? She quickly shook the thought out of her head as she hurried out of the cabin to catch up with her roommates.
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Kagome closed her eyes as she was greeted by a gust of fresh air. It whipped her across her face and colored her cheeks. She inhaled deeply, breathing in the sweet scent of the campsite air.
"Hey Kags, hurry up!" Sango called. She and Rin were already walking up the steps of their neighbor's cabin. It looked just like theirs from the outside. Kagome ran up to them and the three knocked on the door together. They stood on the steps waiting eagerly for the inhabitants to answer. They heard a little rustling noise come from inside.
"So, who do you think lives here?" asked Rin as they waited.
"I hope three hot guys who like girls with brown and black hair!" Sango answered.
"What's taking them so long?!" Kagome cried, becoming a little agitated.
"Aww, c'mon Kags, you're so impatient."
It was true. The raven-haired girl didn't like to wait for anything. Kagome rattled impatiently on the door again, only to hear loud whispers come from inside.
"Oh come on! We can hear you! We know you're inside there!" she yelled angrily. How rude!
"Calm down Kags!" Sango said, pulling Kagome's hand off of the door.
They heard someone sigh from inside, followed by rapid footsteps advancing towards the door. Good, they were coming out. Maybe now she could teach them some manners! The door creaked open slowly; everyone anticipating who it would be. Then, suddenly everyone gasped as the person at the door came into full view. No! It couldn't be!
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Well, how was that? Please review and tell me! Okay, so Rin's finally in the story! :D Happy? I know I am! ^_^ Who do you think is at the door? Review and find out! Anyway, that's all for now!
~Mata Ne!~