Just an idea I had last night while I was trying to sleep.. I'm really trying to focus on Out of the Waves right now.. not that I have time what with school and all.. but I'm planning on making an effort to update as much as possible! (reviews are always encouraging)
*disclaimer* don't own it.
~Blue Heaven~
If anyone had told me when I was little that when I "grew up" I'd be a surfer, I probably would have stomped on their foot and made it clear to them that they were wrong, because I was going to be the biggest, and probably bestest musical artist the world has ever seen. But as I stepped off the plane, onto the shimmering asphalt of the Hawaiian airport, I was perfectly content where I was.
My grandfather, my mother and my little brother Souta followed as we walked into the quaint little building, straight out off the postcards, complete with beautiful Hawaiian women handing out leis. My grandfather, needless to say, was in heaven.
"Eh hey! I just got lei'ed!"
Honestly.
I looked around, trying to take in all the sites at once; the perfect blue sky, the volcanoes in the distance, and I even believed I could hear the crash of the ocean in the distance. If my grandfather found bliss in scantily clad women half his age, I found mine in the crystalline waters of the ocean.
I took up surfing when I was seven, right after my family and I moved to California, more because at the time I wanted to be a dolphin trainer, and I assumed knowing how to surf would bring me closer to the dolphins. Seven year old logic- I think it's the best. Our new house was right on the beach, and I quickly made friends with the local kids who spent more time on their boards than they did in their homes.
I'll always remember the first time I caught a wave, riding it all the way to the shore, my friends cheering in the background.
"Look at Kagome!"
"Awesome, dude."
That's when I first got hooked, though I didn't know it. Surfing became my escape from friends, family and stress in general. By the time I was eleven I was winning competitions, though at the time my future career was one as a starving artist, complete with black beret and sunglasses that never came off. I tried surfing with my beret on one time, but my mom convinced me I would lose it to the ocean. In a choice between a doofy black hat and my beloved ocean, I had no problem deciding.
I won my first serious competition when I was 15, and that's when I knew that it was going to be an important part of my life forever. I'm seventeen now and up for an awesome sponsorship from Billabong, and a possible world title. My family, to whom I will be forever indebted, has supported me all the way, so much that they gave up their own lives back in California to move to Hawaii, though I'm not sure if my making them move was a bad thing, per say.
I looked at Souta, already decked out in designer sunglasses and his coolest "surfer" outfit, checking out girls as we made our way to the taxi. He seemed to be enjoying our new environment.
I sighed. It was great to be in a Hawaii. I had to start training for the Triple Crown right away, but I missed California. I wondered if Zoey, Oz, Tina and the rest of the gang was already out on the ocean, cutting out of school to catch some prime waves. I love surfing, and it is, quite literally, my life, but my friends and my home were a big part of that life, and I wasn't sure if a sponsor and a professional title were worth leaving them behind.
It was nearing the end of September, and the Triple Crown started November 12 and lasted through to December 20, and I needed to restart school here and juggle that with preparing for the Roxy Pro at Haleiwa, the first in the Women's events.
My mother wrapped an arm around my shoulder and kissed the side of my head.
"Cheer up Kags, this is what you've always dreamed of."
I smiled at her and nodded. I had never really wanted to be a pop star, or a dolphin trainer, or a starving artist, teacher, president, senator, bum, astronaut, or housewife. It was just tough leaving friends behind.
That wasn't to say I wouldn't know anyone here. One of my best friends, Sango, was in Hawaii for the Triple Crown too, and we'd been competing against each other for years. She was staying at a hotel with a lot of the other contestants, not too far from the house that we had bought, and I couldn't wait to spend some nights in her hotel room, ordering room service and catching up.
I'd only ever seen pictures of the house, but it was picturesque, with a screened in porch, an outdoor shower, (indoor one too!) and Mom told my there was a path that lead right down to a cove with some nice waves. Dude, Zoey, Oz and Tina could totally come and stay with us for a week or two (or five) in the summer. Mom couldn't say no. I mean, by all rights part of that house was mine, bought with the money I won surfing.
I tied my boards to the top of the taxi as Mom and Grandpa loaded our stuff into the trunk and Souta leaned against the door, trying to look cool.
He waved to some girls walking by and, never one to let cockiness go unchecked; I tickled his ribs and tweaked his nose.
"Gotch 'yer nose, pumpkin!" I cried, and he blushed in embarrassment.
"Kagome!"
I laughed and got into the cab with him, as Mom and Grandpa got into one behind us.
My face was plastered to the window of the cab as we whizzed by gorgeous beaches, some crowded with tourists, others empty except for a few beach combers and surfers. The waves were pristine. I bounced my foot, eager to get into my bathing suit and out onto the beach, and my arms ached to be cutting through the surf, my eyes automatically scanning the ocean, looking for the perfect ride.
Alright, so I missed my friends, but this was awesome.
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It's a short first chapter, but I really didn't have time to write it, and I'm going to be exhausted in school tomorrow @_@ but I had to get the idea down and started.
As much as I wish, I'm not a surfer, and know very little of surfing competitions in Hawaii but I'm sure yall can get the idea. Of course, Inuyasha will be in this and Miroku, but I've got to get her settled in first, right? It's going to be a very light fic, or at least that's what I've got planned thus far. Throw me a few reviews and I'll be eager to start the next chapter!