Velvet- :Bursts in to tears: ONE!

Episode 29: Going home sweet home

Kagome picked up her bag humming 'Daddy wasn't there' from the Austin Powers movie that Jeremy had shown her yesterday. It was around 10:00am and everyone had gone down to the beach for one last swim. Ding-a-ling! came the sound of some bells ringing. Kagome walked out to the balcony where the basket, with bells attached was waiting. They had added the bells so it would be easier for Kagome to hear when she had a delivery. There was a croissant on a plate and a note, she took out the croissant and took a bite. Honey flavored. She looked at the note and read, 'Hey Kagome, I saw you're friends go down to the beach earlier they were saying something about being their last swim, are you leaving soon? Come over once you finish the pastry, just leave the plate in the basket, Mike'll pull it up later. Thanks, From Jeremy.' Kagome sighed and broke of a piece of pastry and fed it to a hungry seagull that was watching her. She finished the rest of it and went back inside. She left the hotel room and shut the door behind her. A bellhop entered the elevator with her and asked what floor she would like.

"Ten" she replied quietly. The elevator zoomed up to the 10th floor and Kagome got out and headed to room 102. She knocked on the door.

"Kagome!" said Jeremy brightly answering the door in board shorts "Come on in, did you like the croissant?"

"Yeah, it was great, I shared with a seagull too" she giggled. Jeremy laughed

"Nice… So, is it true? Are you leaving today?" he said concernedly. Kagome nodded sadly.

"Yeah, in… wow, 2 hours" she said checking her watch.

"Oh… well, take this then" Jeremy said handing her a slip of paper "My address in America, write to me okay?"

"I will, as long as you write back" she smiled and put the paper in her pocket.

"Well, how about one last swim at the beach - with me, before you go" asked Jeremy

"Sure! I'd love to" said Kagome "Let's go back to my room and ill grab my swimming gear and a towel okay?"

"Sure" replied Jeremy "We can meet Mike down at the beach, he went down earlier- he's been stalking one of your friends… Sango isn't it?"

"Ha ha ha, Miroku won't like that- you should tell him to beware of her slaps, they can be rather-"

"Powerful?" said Mike walking through the door with a huge red hand print on his face "Yeah, I noticed" Kagome and Jeremy laughed.

"We're heading back down to the beach Mike, I guess you're hanging here?" said Jeremy raising an eyebrow. He nodded. Kagome and Jeremy caught the elevator back down and Kagome got changed. Then they went own to the beach, with Jeremy's surfboard.

"So, are you any good at surfing?" said Kagome walking next to Jeremy in her bathing suit.

"Yeah, I'm alright I guess" he said as they stepped on to the sand and grinned at each other. Wasting no time, Kagome dropped her towel on to the ground and ran ahead.

"Race you to the water!" she shouted over her shoulder as she bolted away at top speed. Jeremy gave chase

"You're on!" he yelled as he ran after her, they tied- exactly.

"You're pretty fast!" said Kagome and she stood there in the shallows, the waves slapping up against her legs.

"Yeah, ready to surf?" he asked her.

"Totally dude!" she said trying to do an American accent and failing dismally. Jeremy killed himself laughing and put his board down on the water, then he got on and started paddling away.

"Come on! catch up with me, you're surfing too!" he said

"I can't surf, you've got to be kidding!" Kagome said following him anyway. He lifted her up on to the board behind him when they got in to deeper water where the waves were breaking.

"Okay… Here comes a big one, when I tell you to, stand up on the board with me" Jeremy said turning around to face the shore. Kagome nodded. "Ready? NOW!"

Kagome squealed as they stood up and were pushed along by the gigantic swell behind them. She clung to Jeremy tightly as they weaved all over the wave. They entered a pipe and Kagome felt like she was about to fall off, so she held on to Jeremy a little tighter. He grinned and took one of her hands in his.

"The worst that can happen is that we'll get a little wet, relax Kagome!" he said rubbing her hand with his thumb.

"You're right" she said and loosened her grip a little as the exited the pipe, it crashed down behind them and people on the beach cheered.

BACK ON THE BEACH

"Hey InuYasha?" said Tina-Chan sitting on her beach towel under her umbrella.

"Yes?" InuYasha replied between kisses he was planting all over her neck and shoulders.

"Stop for a minute and look over there will you?" she said pointing out to the sea. He looked up for a moment then resumed his kissing.

"It's water" he muttered. Tina-Chan put her hand under his chin and brought his face up to eye level with hers.

"Look again- at the waves this time" she said. He gave her a quick kiss and turned around to look.

"It's… Kagome and the guy from the hotel?" he guessed looking at two people surfing on the same board.

"Yes" Tina-Chan said.

"So? What of it?" asked InuYasha.

"I don't know, thought you'd be interested" she replied

"I'm not" he said then pushed her backwards on the towel to pash her.

IN THE HOTEL ROOM

"MEW! Mew mewwy mew mew mew!"

"You're right Kirara" said Shippo "Everyone's lost sight of what's important here, taking the piss out of InuYasha and trying to make him mad"

"Mew!" nodded Kirara.

"We need to do something about it… GOT IT!" said Shippo

"Mew mewwy mew?" asked Kirara

"Bring me the custard from the refrigerator and InuYasha's suitcase and I'll show you exactly what my plan is" snickered Shippo almost evilly.

BACK ON THE SURF

Kagome and Jeremy rode the wave all the way in to the shallows, narrowly avoiding some small children. They both jumped off and Jeremy picked up the board.

"That was really fun!" exclaimed Kagome clapping her hands.

"Glad you enjoyed it" said Jeremy grinning. Kagome leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek. The smile disappeared in a nanosecond

"Sorry…" she muttered blushing and looking away.

"Don't be" said Jeremy lifting up her face and returning the kiss, on the lips. They each went silent and walked up the beach happily. InuYasha and Tina-Chan were rolling around in the sand glued together by their lips it seemed.

"Um… Maybe we'll just go up to the hotel…" said Kagome walking off

"Yeah…" said Jeremy following her

WHEREVER SANGO AND MIROKU GOT TO

"Great hot spring" said Sango leaning back

"Indeed" agreed Miroku. They were relaxing in the spa bath at the hotel after finally tiring of the waves. They had about half an hour to be out and ready, then another hour to be on the plane back to Japan.

"We should get out, Kagome said we'd be leaving 3 hours after we went down to the beach, remember?" said Sango. Miroku nodded.

"You know- we should go back now" he said getting out "I haven't played a single trick on InuYasha the entire time I've been here"

"Wow" said Sango getting out too and passing Miroku a towel.

"I know, it's amazing- so I'm going to…" Miroku trailed off and whispered in Sango's ear. She giggled

"Good idea!" Sango said, and then they walked back up to the hotel room.

ON THE BEACH

"We should really get back up to the hotel room, we'll be leaving soon" Tina-Chan said quietly in to the dozing InuYasha's ear. She was lying on his out stretched arm in the sand

"Probably" said InuYasha opening one eye and looking at her.

"Well, let's go back now, you've packed haven't you?" asked Tina-Chan sitting up slowly and rubbing his bare chest.

"Yeah…"

IN THE HOTEL ROOM

"… Now just put this stick here so it'll go off when he opens the catch" said Shippo fiddling with InuYasha's suitcase, or now, Trifle bowl. It was filled with, Jello, custard and a left over donut. He closed the case carefully and put it back where InuYasha had left it, just as Kagome and Jeremy entered the room.

"Quick! Act natural!" he hissed to Kirara.

"Hey guys, how are you go…ing…" said Kagome faltering at the last few words. Shippo and Kirara were sitting with their feet up on the table. Kirara was whistling a tune between laps of coffee, and Shippo was pretending to read a paper.

"Good day Kagome, Jeremy, How delightful to see you again" said Shippo formally. Kirara bounded over and held out her paw for Jeremy to shake.

"Mew mew mewwy!" she said as Jeremy gently bent down and shook her paw.

"Cute cat…" he said petting her. Kirara purred. Sango, Miroku, InuYasha and Tina-Chan all entered the room.

"Ready to go?" Tina-Chan asked Kagome. Kagome turned around.

"Yup! I just need to…"

"AUGH! MIROKU, I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" yelled InuYasha. Miroku fled to the bathroom and shut the door. InuYasha dashed over and growled while the others laughed. He had- instead of his normal silver glossy coat- purple tips. Miroku had picked up a pen on the way back from the beach and snapped it in two while in the elevator.

"Iron reaper SOUL STEALER!" he shouted then slashed the door in to a thousand pieces. Jeremy looked dumbstruck. Kagome shook her head.

"Sit!" she said simply, his head slammed in to the floor. Miroku bounded over him and in to the kitchen.

"Damn it Kagome… This was almost a good holiday…" he murmured with his face on the floor. Jeremy took a step or two backwards.

"Listen... Kagome, uh, forget about the writing thing okay?" he said then ran out the door and back up to his own room.

"InuYasha…" growled Kagome angrily. You could practically see the fire in her eyes. Then as if water had been thrown on them, they were gone and she said "Don't sit ANYWHERE near me on the plane…"