Catching A Wave
Chapter 12

They had arrived at the beach. Inuyasha was carrying surf boards. They all walked on to the beach. He saw Kagome set down the bags with the towels and other things. Inuyasha walked over, taking off his sunglasses and setting them in the bag. Inuyasha set down Kagome's board in the water. Kagome followed Inuyasha.

"Okay for starters, you have to lay on your board." Inuyasha demonstrated what to do himself and the she followed in suit.

"Okay, next you have to paddle out somewhere not too far off of the coast." Kagome followed his steps, swimming not far off of the coast.

"Now you have to wait for a wave to come. Then, whenever it's near you, stand up of the board. When you want to turn, lean in the direction you want to go."

Inuyasha saw a wave coming.

"You ready?" Kagome nodded.

She waited to see Inuyasha stand before she tried. She pushed herself up on the board. Once she got to her feet, she lost her balance and fell in. Inuyasha shook his head, swimming out to her.

"Don't worry. Everyone does that on their first try standing."

"That would have been nice to know before I fell."

"Sorry. If at first you don't secede, try, try again."

"Have you ever hear my version of that? If at first you don't secede, don't try again. No use in making yourself feel like a hopeless klutz."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "You can be such a pessimist."

"Look who's talking."

"Try again."

Kagome sighed. She tried to get back on top of her board, but to no avail.

"Here." Inuyasha held the board under a little bit. Kagome was on the other side of the board. Jumping to get on, she almost completely missed the board. Her face was right next to Inuyasha's. Inuyasha looked into her eyes. She stared at his. A smile appeared on his face. He moved forward towards her to kiss her.

"Did she fall?" Miroku yelled by the shore.

Inuyasha cursed under his breath. "Yeah."

Kagome got onto his board. Inuyasha smiled back at her as he swam over to his board which had been washed to shore. 'Was he about to kiss me?' Kagome thought. She watched Inuyasha swim to shore. Once he got there, Miroku went over to ask him something. She began to swim back as well. By the time she got back, Inuyasha had disappeared and Miroku and Sango were watching her.

"You fell?" Sango asked.

She nodded.

"Everyone does on their first try. I know I did." Miroku said.

"Did you Sango?"

"Yeah."

"Do you want to give it one more try?"

Inuyasha's words rang through her head. 'If at first you don't secede, try, try again.'

She nodded. Sango grabbed a board and went out with Kagome.


With Inuyasha:

"Damn monk. Why did he stop me?" he said to no one as he walked down the sidewalk, quickly. He left speed walking to get out his frustration. He sighed sitting down on a park bench.

"Why do I care if Miroku stopped me? She obviously doesn't feel the same way about me."

Inuyasha first realized he liked her and that he would do anything for her whenever the whole 'fiancee' ordeal came up. He was jealous over a delivery boy who thought that she had a fiancee and wasn't doing anything to her.

Then, when she was scared in the movie, he couldn't help, but to set things straight and hold her close.

When he heard her screaming that night, he was probably more scared than Kagome was about the dream. I anything happened to her, he would have killed whoever was involved even if it was Sesshomaru.

He sat on the bench, pondering. Suddenly from behind, a girl's arm slipped around his neck. He looked back to see Kikyo. He turned back around, not wanting to look at her. She disgusted him. He stood up.

"Where are you going?"

"Back to my friends."

"Do you want some company?"

Inuyasha shuddered. "Hell no, you disgust me more than anything. Why don't you just go back to the whore house you came from?"

Kikyo stared at him. "Fine." She stomped off. He shuddered at the thought of her arm being around him. "Nasty." He began to walk back to the beach, where he came from.


"Okay, Kag. A wave's coming, are you ready?"

Kagome nodded. She saw the wave not far away. She pushed herself up on the board. She almost fell again, but she managed to stay up, but the wave hit her board sooner than she thought. She fell over into the water face first, doing a belly flop. 'Ouch.'

She swam up towards the surface, when she got up she was holding her stomach.

"I heard the flop. That one had to hurt."

"Like hell. I don't want to try again today."

"I wouldn't either."

Kagome laid on top of her board, slightly swimming back to the shore. Her stomach was all cramped up, not wanting to do anything. She got to the shore, laying on the beach.

"Belly flopped?"

She looked up to see Inuyasha standing over her. She nodded. "Hurts, doen't it?"

She nodded again. "I've made a complete fool of myself."

He sat down next to her. "No, you didn't. To tell you the truth, I belly flopped to when I first tried to surf. Just don't tell the monk."

Kagome laughed. "Really?"

He nodded. "I was trying to be cool and decided to dive off of my board. It didn't work too well."

"I have black mail on you now, you know that?"

"You wouldnt."

"I would."

Kagome got up and began running over to Sango and Miroku.

"Oh no, you don't." Inuyasha said, tackling her from behind. Somehow, he managed to turn as he tackled her to where he'd take the impact on the ground.

Kagome looked down into his eyes. She was on top of him. She was staring into his eyes. Then, she snapped her head away.

"Sorry." she said, getting off of him. She couldn't even remember why he wanted to tackle her. He smiled.

"It's okay."

Just then, Miroku and Sango came around the corner. "Are you guys ready to go? I think the guys owe us dinner."

Inuyasha groaned. "I forgot all about that."