NOTE: For the people who don't know.. the next chapter is the last
one. Thankies much to everyone who reviewed.
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"Kagome.. I wanted to tell you..-" He was cut off by her finger on his
lips.
"No. No more words." She said, cuddling up to him, and kissing his cheek.
"Goodnight, jerk."
"Goodnight, wench."
But, those three little words that Kagome had said, echoed through his
mind.
No more words.
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Soakin' Up The Sun
Session Fourteen
6:00 AM
When the sun is up,
On a clear blue sky,
You will act like a lover.
When the sky is gray,
And the rain comes down,
You will run for cover.
Feel the heat, come out of cold,
And your arm is touching me.
Good morning sunshine,
You're my only light.
Lying with me, by my side,
You keep me warm all day.
Just stay with me.
-Good Morning Sunshine
Aqua
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Inuyasha slid out of bed that morning without waking Kagome, and went
off to the beach with his surfboard. He needed sometime to himself, and
time to think this all over. Did he really want to win that contest so
he could go see Kikyou? Did he want to go to Japan? Did he really mean
all those things he said to Kagome?
Oh, so many questions. So little time.
The contest started around 5:00 PM, and it was only 6:00 AM. He needed
to practice. But why was he practicing? For Kikyou? To prove that boy's
and girl's aren't equal? Who knew. Not him. He just surfed his heart out,
and was doing stunts that even some of the pro's couldn't master. He sighed
and came to shore. He sat down for a second, when a figure stepped out
to the shore also, and started surfing. It was Kagome.
Kagome saw Inuyasha and came up to him. "Hey." She said, weakly. You
could tell she was upset, and Inuyasha couldn't take this for much longer.
Seeing her hurt was tearing him up inside, and he didn't even know why.
"Hey." He replied.
They looked at each other, so many words being needed to be said, but
no one said anything. It was quiet, and the wind blew their hair, as they
walked along the beach, talking.
"So, I was talking to Kikyou this morning.." Inuyasha said, looking
at her. He had meaning behind his conversation, but he wouldn't let up
just yet.
"And?" Kagome asked, trying to sound interested. Him talking about Kikyou
broke her heart. 'Did he talk to Kikyou about me?' She wondered.
"Well, since she lives in Tokyo, I figured she knew Japanese, and I
asked her that question you asked me yesterday.." Inuyasha said, stopping
in his tracks. Kagome stopped also, looking at him with such grief.
"Oh.. so do you have an answer?" She asked, quietly.
"Yeah.. I do.." He walked up to her, and put his mouth to her ear, closing
his eyes. Since she gave him Japanese, he would give it right back to her.
"Anata."
Her breath supply was caught in her throat as he said that simple word,
saying it as if he was talking about the weather. She looked up to him,
and he smiled. She was puzzled at his talk, but simply made it as a memory
she would keep forever. "You know, after all this, your not as bad as I
thought." She finally admitted, looking at him straight in the eye.
"Your not that bad either.." He moved in closer to her, and put his
hand on her cheek. "But.. competition is competition.." He said, sadly
looking at the waves. She nuzzled into his hand.
"Yeah.. so it is.." She hugged him around the waist. "Inuyasha, I wish
you luck." She looked up to him, as he smiled down on her.
"You know, this is kind of weird, we're supposed to be against each
other, not friends... but I wish you luck all the same, Kagome.." He said
her name with such a loving tone. And to top it all off, he kissed her
on the forehead.
"Well, I guess.. it's time for us to separate.. and go back to the hotel
room to warm up and stuff.." Kagome said, still enjoying his embrace.
"Yeah.." Inuyasha had so much going through his mind at the moment it
was incredible. 'I don't want to go to Japan anymore.. I want to stay
here.. with Kagome..' He gasped at his thoughts while he was walking
back towards the hotel with Kagome. 'My feelings are gone for Kikyou
now. I think.. its this girl.. she did it.. Kagome..' He looked down
at her, and saw her putting a warm smile on her face. He couldn't help
but smile with her.
'I'm still unsure of what is going on though. I mean she was getting
close to Kouga lately..' He cringed at that thought and moved on. 'Maybe,
maybe I should just let Kagome win.. but I still have to prove that whole
gender thing.. god damnit!' He swore in his mind on the complications
this all had made out to be.
'I don't know what to do..' He looked down at her once more.
'I'll just do what comes to my heart..' He slid his hand into her's,
and when she looked over at him in surprise, he just looked on ahead, as
serious as ever.
But, little did he know, Kagome was having thoughts of her own.
'I want to win so badly.. but I don't want to see Inuyasha hurt..'
Kagome thought, her insides tearing up. 'Maybe I should let him win..
but I have to show that girl's can be better! Oh.. I don't know what to
do.. life is so complicated..' She thought, sighing.
'Kikyou... Kikyou... Kikyou... you don't deserve someone like him.
You can't hug him, you can't show him affection, nothing. I could give
him my world.. I would give him my life if he asked, I bet you could never
do that.' She smirked. 'I could love him better than you ever could,
and I would love him forever.. if he gave me the chance.' She squeezed
his hand back, and walked in with him on the entrance.
They got to their door's of their rooms, and let go of each other's
hands. "Good luck." They both said, and went into their room's.
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It was about 11:00 AM when everyone had breakfast, got ready for the
day, and did all the necessities. So, everyone decided to just have a laid-back
day, and not get into any trouble. So, they just lay on their towels on
the beach, but Inuyasha was missing. He clamed he had to go back to the
hotel for something, and he would be back.
Kagome was in la-la land, but when Inuyasha shook her, she woke up instantly.
"What..?" She said, tiredly. She rubbed her eye and yawned. Inuyasha pointed
to something, and she gasped. He went to go get her guitar, and got some
plug of some sort so it would be like the guitar would have a microphone
and be as loud as it could. He also stuck a portable head microphone around
her chin and ears, and smiled at her.
"Play." He said, simply. She just stood there, looking at him dumbfounded.
Miroku and Sango looked up to her, nodding and smiling as well, and
she regained her posture and put the electric guitar around her shoulders.
"Alright.. but if I get kicked out for this, its your fault!" Kagome said,
laughing.
"Fine.. fine.. play.." Inuyasha ushered on.
"You asked for it.. but I don't know what to play.. hold on, let me
think for a moment." She thought about what song reflected her life at
the moment, and she suddenly smiled. "I got it.. well, here I go, I dedicate
this to you, Inuyasha." She winked at him, and began to strum notes up
on the guitar.
(AN: Right now, I suggest you download "Why Can't I?" By: Liz Phar)
"Get a load of me, get a load of you, walkin' down the street, and
I hardly know you. It's just like we were meant to be. Holding hands with
you, and we're out at night, got a girlfriend, you say it isn't right.
And I've got someone waiting too. This is, this is just the beginning,
we're already wet, and we're gonna go swimming!" Kagome started singing,
she loved this song, and it fit her and Inuyasha perfectly. Or, at least
how she felt anyway. She was practically declaring her love for him right
then and there, but he didn't notice.
People began to crowd around, cheering her on, as she smiled and played
the guitar, singing wonderfully. "Why can't I breathe whenever I think
about you? Why can't I speak whenever I talk about you? It's inevitable,
it's a fact that we're gonna get down to it, so tell me, why can't I breathe
whenever I think about you?" She looked at Inuyasha during that whole
chorus line, as if asking him those questions. He just looked back at her
with full faith in her to keep her going. It made her smile, and sing louder
and prouder.
By now, the whole entire beaches' crowd, had stopped their boom-boxes,
swimming, and playing any games. They were all listening to the girl singing,
"Isn't this the best part of breakin' up, finding someone else you can't
get enough of? Someone who wants to be with you too. It's an itch we know
we are gonna' scratch, gonna' take a while for this egg to hatch. But wouldn't
it be beautiful?"
Miroku and Sango cheered with the rest of the crowd as did Inuyasha,
except he stayed right by her side the whole entire time, and he wasn't
leaving if it meant the world. She placed herself next to Inuyasha, their
hip's touching, and her head laying on Inuyasha's shoulder from the side.
She stood next to him, and sang. "Here we are, we're at the beginning,
and our heads are spinning! Why can't I breathe whenever I think about
you? Why can't I speak whenever I talk about you? It's inevitable, it's
a fact that we're gonna get down to it, so tell me, why can't I breathe
whenever I think about you?"
Inuyasha smiled at her touch, and put his hands around her waist, bringing
her closer to him. "I'd love for you to make me wonder, where it's goin'.
I'd love for you to pull me under, somethin's growin'. For this that we
can control, baby I am dyin'. Why can't I breathe whenever I think about
you? Why can't I speak whenever I talk about you?"
The crowd was dancing and having a wonderful time listening to her,
and it was like a true beach paradise in Hawaii. They were all smiling,
and laughing. Kagome was proud of herself for making them act like this,
which just made her sing the last verse proudly, "Why can't I breathe
whenever I think about you? Why can't I speak whenever I talk about you?
It's inevitable, it's a fact that we're gonna get down to it.." The
ending came up, and she dropped the guitar in the sand, not caring about
anything but Inuyasha at the moment.
She curled up in his arms, and sang, "So tell me... why can't I breathe
whenever I think about you?"
Everyone applauded, and she smiled and bowed. This was one of the greatest
day's of her life.
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They sat in the ice-cream shop, eating their 'Dippin' Dots' and
laughing. "Oh wow.. that was wonderful! People enjoy my voice, ne?" Kagome
said, looking over at Sango.
"Yeah! Good goin' Kag's!" She said, patting Kagome on the back. Miroku
looked down at his watch, and his smile wavered.
"4:55 PM." He said, simply.
Inuyasha and Kagome looked at each other, and sighed. "Its time." They
both said, in tune.
They both got up and grabbed their boards. "Good luck?" Kagome held
out her hand.
"Good luck." Inuyasha took her hand, and they shook.
They walked out the door, Miroku and Sango following them.
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Everyone was there. That was the truth. Everyone! This was once in three
years thing, and no one would dare to miss it. All the surfers went out
at the same time, and when the announcer called someone's name, they would
take the wave and show off their style. People were sitting in chair's
holding up numbers on how they scored. Inuyasha and Kagome were the last
one's left.
"Inuyasha Taishio!" The announcer called out. Inuyasha winked
at Kagome, and started up on the wave. Basically, he did moved no one has
ever even seen before, and did tricks the pro's couldn't even master. When
he came up to shore, everyone was cheering for him but the contestants.
They were all scowling, for they knew he was going to win.
"Kagome Higurashi!" The announcer called out, Kagome being the
last person out there. She waved to her friends, and started backing out
onto the wave. She climbed it easily, after the lessons Kouga taught her,
and began doing those moves. She did what the pro's did, plus more, and
did one extra trick of her own. What was really surprising, when they thought
she was coming in, she literally flipped herself and the board onto the
next wave, and rode it on her tippy-toes, holding her hands gracefully
up in the air.
Everyone cheered loudly at the move, which earned her a straight ten
from all the judges, making her the automatic winner. She came to shore,
as the announcer held her hand up and said, "WINNER! Kagome Higurashi!"
She stood there proudly, but guilty. She didn't know why, but she felt
terrible for winning even though she had tried so hard to.
She looked over at Inuyasha, and let her eye's become glossy.
She didn't feel like a winner.
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AN: Oh yes. The dreaded little cliff-hanger.