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A/N: I don't own Inuyasha.
"Now fellas, you better watch your step. Don't let them teeny French bikinis
made you lose your breath. Now back to the laides, y'all keep doing y'alls
thing. 'Cause everything about you makes me wanna scream. The sun is getting
low, there it goes. Here we go, here coems the moon, yeah. Things start getting
heated up when it starts getting cool, yeah."-Summer Nights, Rascal Flatts
Inuyasha POV
I can hear the music blasting from the beach and I can see all the bodies
melted together; dancing, drinking beer, laughing, having fun. The sunset is set
low on the horizon, giving off an orange glow on the water. I see and hear all
this from my truck in the parking lot, a few hundred feet from the beach. The
sun is casting shadows on my dashboard and the music from my radio drifts into
my ears. Why did I let Miroku talk me into coming to a stupid graduation party?
I hate parties, much less being around a lot of people at once. I suck in a deep
breath while opening the door. I just graduated high school; I should have some
have some fun! Have a beer, maybe flirt with a girl or two. I don't have to sit
in the corner like I usually do, it won't be bad to have fun before I leave. For
one night I can break out of my loner shell right? I throw my boots in the bed
and run a hand through my short, black hair. The pavement is cool beneath my
feet until I step on the sand. The broken down grains seeps in between my toes
as I walk. I see Miroku waving me down to my right and I steer myself in his
direction. He's wearing his usual perverted grin and purple and black swim
trunks. Sango is laying on a towel with a hands behind her head.
"Hey Inuyasha! What took you so long to get here?" Miroku asks when I reach
them.
"Mom wanted me to eat dinner with them first. Something about it being a
special dinner." I shrug.
"We've been here for two hours," Sango says while standing up and brushing
the sand that blew on her, "I want you to meet someone." She says simply with a
sly smile.
I roll my eyes, "Sango please! I told you: no more dates."
"Who said it's a date?"
"With you, it's always a date, and usually, one that ends badly."
"At least this one is hot this time." Miroku pipes up, clearly thinking his
two cents his worth something.
Sango slaps the back of his head and he yelps in surprise, "And the others
were ugly Miroku?!"
"I didn't say they were ugly...of course no one is a beautiful as you, Sango
dear!"
She rolls her eyes, "I'm going to get a beer. I'll be right back."
Miroku turns to me when his girlfriend is out of hearing range, "I'm serious,
Inuyasha, This girl is hot. She is one of Sango's friends from a private school,
the one that Sesshomaru went to actually."
"I'm not interested. She already sounds like a stuck up princess."
"Not even interested in seeing what she looks like?" Miroku whines.
"Are you setting this poor guy up against his will, Miroku?" A giggling voice
chimes behind us.
We both turn around at the sweet voice. The sight of the girl makes my eyes
widen and my human heart pound against my ribcage painfully. The girl is smiling
while running a white, fluffy towel through her raven dark hair to get out the
extra water from the ocean. Her green, string bikini compliments her lightly
tanned skin, and the slowly sinking sun cats soft shadows over her curves.
Someone let me know now if I'm drooling...kay thanks.
"I don't know if it's against his will anymore...oh Inuyasha, this is Kagome.
She decided to ditch her graduation party and come hang out with us awesome
people." Miroku smiles.
Kagome holds her hand out to me, "Nice to meet you. I'm sorry Miroku is
setting you up. I hope the girl isn't a freak."
I chuckle, "Apparently him and Sango are tag teaming against me."
She smile and opens her mouth to reply, but she is surprised by being lifted
up into the air, ripping her hand out of mine. A pair of arms is encircling her
waist and Kagome has her head thrown back laughing. As the arms put her down, I
see the person that picked her up. Bankostu; the number one trouble maker in
this small town and also a new graduate. He is basically covered in tattoos and
is rumored to have slept with a lot of girls. Of course, in this town you never
know what's rumor and what's fact unless you were involved.
Kagome smack his arm, "I didn't know you were here Banks!"
"Well as soon as I heard that my favorite girl would be here, I had to rush
right over."
I look at Miroku and see a frown on his face and Sango staring at Kagome and
"Banks" with wide eyes. I really hope Kagome isn't the one they want to set me
up with; she looks like she's involved with someone and I don't want any
emotional attachments before I leave, not that I think I'll have any. I have the
flirting ability of a rock.
Sexy, huh?
Kagome blushes, looking embarrassed, and looks away from him, "Bankotsu..."
"Just take a walk with me." He insists.
Kagome gives Sango a helpless and Sango gives her a stern look, clearly
telling her not to do it.
She sighs, "Ok, it won't hurt to take a walk. It was
nice meeting you Inuyasha. Maybe I'll catch you when I come back."
I nod and stare after them as they descend across the sand.
An hour later, after having a couple beers and talking to some people I got
along with through my school years, people eventually started melting away until
it was me and a few other people a few yards away from me down the beach. Miroku
and Sango had left about thirty minutes earlier, so I was enjoying the quite. I
like to be alone and just think about all the decisions I've made, especially
about the big one that will change my life forever. I sighed and closed my eyes;
I breathe in the salty ocean air and listen to waves crashing onto land. I feel
like joining the military is a great idea; I've always been a loner, only having
a few friends, and my grandfather was also in the military, so I can do this for
him.
"What are you thinking about?" A soft voice says beside me and I hear the
sand ruffle against the movement of Kagome sitting down.
I open my eyes and see her peering up at me, a small smile on her face,
"Where's Bankotsu?"
She snorts, "Chasing after a girl who can give him a easy lay. You
didn't answer my question."
"I'm thinking about my decision."
"Decision for what?" She says softly while tracing the pattern of my tattoo
on my right shoulder, "What's this mean?"
I chuckle, "You ask a lot of questions."
"Only because you aren't answering them." Kagome counters.
"It means never give up. And my decision about joining the military."
"My dad was in the military too. It was touch being home without him."
Wasn't your mom there?"
"I don't know my mom." She admits, and I can tell it's something she doesn't
like to talk about.
"How may tours did he go on before he retired?"
"Five. But having my nanny, Kaede, with me helped a lot. She is my mother
figure in a lot of ways."
I nod, "When did he finally retire?"
"Three years ago. It's been nice having him home all the time now. Although
he doesn't know what to do about himself most of the time." Kagome laughs
quietly. I smile and she takes her finger off my skin. She stands up and brushes
the sand off her skin, "I better be getting home; it's getting awfully late. It
was nice talking to you Inuyasha. Maybe we'll see each other again." She smiles
at me one last time, and I can already tell she has one of those smiles that can
make anyone feel like they made her day just by talking to her, and walks
towards the parking lot; her black flip-flops in her hands and the white towel
slung over shoulder.
That image of the moon giving her hair a blue glow and her body walking away
from me would be forever burned into my memory. Little did I know, this would
only be the start of a journey that would lead me to find the most passionate
but also hardest love I have ever known.