InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Project Hope ❯ Blue-jays and the Ocean ( Chapter 11 )

I'm not really sure yet but this story is most likely going to be anywhere from 16-20 chapters long…it may be less and it may be more. I'd originally planned this to be about 17 chapters but now I don't have a clue. I'm going to try to keep it moving along as well as I can. But no promises got that?

Chapter 11

Blue Jays and the Ocean

This chapter is dedicated to my three top reviewers.

Slywolf9, InusDemoness and InuKitsuneMiko

Thank you guys ^^ I hope that you'll enjoy this fic `till the very end~

"So when are you getting married?"

"How many kids are you going to have?"

"Have you even been on a date yet?"

"Did you even kiss?"

Kagome growled in objection to the torment as Miroku, Sango and Rin continued to bombard her and Inuyasha with question about their non-existent relationship. Sesshomaru was sitting on a couch observing. After all this was his half brother they were annoying. She was about ready to take glue and shove it down her ears. Rin crawled up to her and nagged, "Ah come on, Kagome! Tell us the details."

Inuyasha jumped up and roared, "SHUT UP!!!"

Obediently all three attackers shut their mouths and stared at Inuyasha as he yelled, "What does it take to get you three idiots to shut the hell up?!" There is nothing. I repeat nothing going on between that little wench and me! Now drop the fucking subject!"

Kagome protested, "I'm not wench! What are you calling me names for you jerk?"

Inuyasha snarled, "You're a hypocritical bitch!"

Jumping up Kagome yelled right back, "And you're six-feet of inconsiderate, foul-mouth, rash fat that can otherwise be known as an overactive madman suffering from a disorder of mind!"

Inuyasha fumed. "Big words aren't scaring me! And if I'm not a madman, you're a psychopath. I mean it! You have a personality disorder!"

Kagome marched up to him and shouted. "Me? You're overly aggressive, you don't think about anyone else than yourself, you have horrible table manners and you couldn't cook to save your precious ego!"

Baring his fangs, Inuyasha growled, "You're an idiot!"

Miroku informed, "If you want to sound smart you could say that she's a mentally deficient person with intelligence in the lowest measurable range, being unable to guard against common dangers and incapable of learning connected speech."

Kagome and Inuyasha turned to Miroku and screamed, "SHUT UP!"

Inuyasha spun and stormed out the door. Kagome marched upstairs leaving Sesshomaru, Rin, Sango and Miroku sitting in silence.

Rin grinned cheerfully and piped, "They love each other."

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Inuyasha stomped out to the porch and sat down on the swinging bench. That little tick…thinking that she could scare him with big words! Well it would take a lot more then that! He pushed his feet off the porch, setting the "swing" in motion. As he swung and continued to growl about Kagome and her big words, the warm summer air and the view from the porch began to calm him. Over the white railing the 8 acre property stretched out in front of his eyes. A 20 foot fence surrounded the perimeter and it's contents.

Inuyasha gazed at the green field with its lush apple tree lining the fence and a few scattered here and there. Snowball flower bushes seemed to crowd and decorate the lawn, standing out in the sunshine. Tiny white buds bunched together to create the illusion of a fist sized flower. Birds could be seen hopping along the ground looking for unfortunate bugs and slippery worms.

Bright blue-jays perched in a large tree and twittered and whistled. Blue-jays…he had heard that they were supposed to bring a day's worth of tranquility and happiness. Inuyasha scoffed. So far the day had been anything but tranquil. Squirrels engaging in a game of tag. All the life and playful calm seemed to bask and flourish in the warmth and youth of a September day. Fluffy clouds drifted along on the endless stretch of blue skies.

Inuyasha closed his eyes as the warmth started to sink in and make him feel dozy. He could get used to this. Away from that stupid Kagome. At the thought of her name he went right back into a flurry grumbling and name-calling.

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Sesshomaru glanced out the window and watched Inuyasha swing on the porch. He shook his head as his keen ears picked up things like, "Stupid little wench." "Old fart." And "Useless little hag."

Sesshomaru wasn't stupid. He wasn't blind either. If he had really been angered by that Kagome he wouldn't have let her go without a scratch. Sesshomaru glanced up as he heard skipping coming his way. Rin hurried over and sat down next to Sesshomaru.

Smiling ear-to-ear she clapped her hands and exclaimed, "I have an idea! Let's all go to the beach! It's not cold and I think we could use some relaxation."

Sesshomaru tilted his head the tiniest bit. "Girl. How do you smile non-stop without your muscles freezing up like that?"

Rin smile widened even more and she laughed, "It's all in the technique!"

This girl made absolutely no sense. But that was ok. Sesshomaru almost liked listening to her babbling on. He frowned and asked, "The beach?"

Rin nodded. "Yup! Sango went upstairs to get Kagome. No matter how mad Kagome may be, she'll never pass up an opportunity to go to the ocean." Rin got a dreamy look in her eyes. "The ocean is so beautiful."

Sesshomaru stood up. "I'll go get Inuyasha. I'm afraid that if you try he may attempt to bite off your head."

Sesshomaru pushed the door open and silently walked out to the porch. Inuyasha was still sitting on the swinging bench (why can't I remember what those things are called?) Sesshomaru went over and looked out at the scene that Inuyasha was still staring at.

Sesshomaru didn't look at Inuyasha and stated, "It seems that we're going to the ocean."

Inuyasha glanced over at Sesshomaru. The only ocean that he'd seen was the one by the H.E.P. and he could have never thought of that view as beautiful.

Inuyasha shrugged. "Humph. Whatever."

Sesshomaru gave a tight nod and went back into the house. (I was writing this and I'm not a pervert or anything…but I suddenly got an image of Sesshomaru and Inuyasha in Speedos…0_0;; )

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Kagome forcefully pushed a towel into her beach bag. Stupid, stupid Inuyasha! He had the worst attitude and was always being such a jerk! Kagome packed the towel in and sat down on her bed with a loud sigh. She fell back and stared up at the ceiling. The ocean was always a peacemaker. And she hadn't been there since the day that she found Inuyasha and Sesshomaru washed up on the beach. But you can't exactly call that relaxing, now can you?

She could really use a nice quiet day by the beach. Something small and warm jumped unto her back. "Hey Shippou. Are you excited about going to the beach?"

Shippou hung unto her shoulder. "You bet! But what if Inuyasha tried to drown me?"

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Don't worry. I'll probably drown him first." She reached her arms over head and to the back of her neck. She gently pulled Shippou off and said, "Why don't you go and get some snacks for the beach?"

Shippou went bounding off to the kitchen, leaving Kagome to get her bathing suit on. Quickly changing, she put on an old dark purple kimono that she didn't mind getting sandy. She hurriedly tied the ribbon around her waist and knotting it behind her back, she picked up her beach bag and went downstairs.

Only Sesshomaru was in the living room. Kagome was reminded of the guards she had seen in a book about England. Their expressions hardly ever changed and gods forbid that they should smile once in a while. Kagome went over to the couch and sat down next to him.

Kagome stretched and said, "Do you like the ocean?"

Sesshomaru's expression was as expressionless as demonly possible. (I was going to write humanly possible…but hey. He's not human.) He shrugged the tiniest bit. Kagome set her beach bag on the floor and kicked up her feet to rest on it. She glanced out the window and frowned when she saw Inuyasha still out on the porch.

She turned away and grumbled in irritation. "Stupid jerk."

Sesshomaru's ears easily picked up the grumble. His eyebrow cocked about a millimeter in amusement. "I should hope that you aren't talking about me."

Kagome snapped in surprise. "Oh of course not! Just that stupid Inuyasha. Was he born without a drop of consideration for others?" Kagome suddenly bit her lip in guilt. Even if he had been born with a sour attitude, who could blame him for being like that. Born and growing up in the hell.

Sesshomaru glanced out the window and gave a small sigh. "My little brother doesn't mean any harm. He just doesn't have enough brain in him to register emotion correctly."

Kagome released her lip. This was the first real conversation that she had with Sesshomaru. "Hey, Sesshomaru? I was wondering, you aren't hanyou…and Inuyasha is…"

Sesshomaru's eyes flashed for a second before he coldly said, "I believe that you are being to nosy." Kagome flushed and was about to apologize but to her surprise Sesshomaru continued.

"We share the same father. Inutaishio (I'm sry I forgot how to spell that) He was the dog demon lord. The most powerful dog demon there was. My mother was a dog demon as well. But they were captured after they mated."

Kagome couldn't help but feel strange with the way that Sesshomaru said mated like...well it just felt strange.

"My father met and mated with a human. Inuyasha's mother."

It was obvious just by the venomous coating to his voice that Sesshomaru was exactly honored to have a human and hanyou in his family.

Kagome cautiously asked, "Should I take it that you're…" She searched for the right word. "…ashamed to have a human and hanyou in your family tree?"

Sesshomaru glared at her and but Kagome was used to it. "You wouldn't understand the shame. Since before your kind even walked this accursed plant, we demons prided ourselves for our strength, pure blood and being true demons." Sesshomaru spat at her.

"But then you came along. And demon hearts succumbed to…love."

Kagome smiled gently. "But that doesn't mean you don't love your brother."

Sesshomaru didn't reply so Kagome decided to go outside. She opened the door and slowly stepped out. Inuyasha ignored her presence so she cheerfully said, "I'm here to make peace! Can I sit next to you?"

Inuyasha continued to stare straight ahead so Kagome took the liberty of sitting down. "Promise not to bite me?"

Once again there was only silence. Kagome cleared her throat and continued, "Well I just want to say sorry for yelling at you and calling you names. You were right to call me a hypocrite." She glanced over and caught Inuyasha's glance for a millisecond. "Let's have a good day at the beach and call it truths?"

She heard Inuyasha grumble something like, "Whatever."

Satisfied that her mission was a success, Kagome leaned back and rocked back and forth. As Inuyasha an Kagome appreciated the view, two Blue-Jays flew over to the porch and landed on the railing. Kagome smiled as the settled their gorgeous deep blue wings and puffed out their faded sky blue chests.

Their curious eyes examined Kagome and Inuyasha as they tilted their heads first one way, then the other. Inuyasha hadn't been this close to a bird without them flying away. He was startled when Kagome got up and walked over to the railing.

Inuyasha liked the birds…"Come back, girl! You're going to scare them…"

His words trailed off when Kagome held her hand out and the two blue birds hopped unto her arm, one on her shoulder, and the other on her index finger. She smiled at them and nuzzled one's head. "Hello, sweeties! Have you come to meet my new friend?"

Inuyasha was still startled. Obviously these birds...weren't afraid of her…

"Are they your pets?"

Kagome rubbed her finger on the top of one bird's head as it chirped happily. "No. They're my friends. They're very easy to talk to once they get to trust you."

Inuyasha scoffed, "Talk to them?"

Kagome smiled, "Yeah, it's a little something I learned from my mom."

Inuyasha fell silent. Kagome smiled gently, "It's okay. It's not really that you talk to them. It's more that they make it easier to understand and they listen with no questions."

The two birds chirped and whistled as Kagome tickled and smoothed their feathers. Inuyasha couldn't help it. "It's really kinda amazing how creatures like birds are so understanding. They can listen without once criticizing, they can tell if people are kind. Like you. They trust you because they know that you're pure and sweet." Inuyasha couldn't believe he had just said that. But…it felt right.

Kagome's eyes widened. He had just given her a compliment. It was a sincere and genuine compliment. Inuyasha said, "They wouldn't trust me. They know I'm a big tough demon." Inuyasha grinned.

The bird on Kagome's hand looked at Kagome with its head tilted and looked up at Kagome with the most adorable expression that could be thought of as surprise. Kagome smiled and said to the bird, "Did he surprise you too little one? He sure surprised me."

The bird gave a low whistle and flapped its wings. To Kagome's delight and Inuyasha's surprise, it glided over to him. It circled his head twice then plopped down in the nest of silver hair.

Kagome giggled as Inuyasha tried to look up at it. "She likes you."

Inuyasha wasn't really sure what to do considering that he had a bird nestled on the top of his head. He looked over at Kagome and said awkwardly, "Can you ask it…her…to come down? I want to hold her."

Kagome was really shocked at how innocent he could be sometimes. It was like a five-year-old except much strong, bigger, had a worse attitude and could change that attitude in a blink of an eye. "I told you, it's not that I really talk to them in words."

Inuyasha glared at her for a moment. Then he felt the tiny weight on his head disappear. Then the bird appeared on his shoulder. It chirped and playfully pecked at his hair. Apparently, the little bird found his hair very amusing. Letting go of the hair, it buried under the curtain of hair on one side of Inuyasha's neck and peeked its head from behind the other side. When it finished its journey around Inuyasha's neck, it whistled in satisfaction and settled down on his shoulder.

Kagome laughed from the bird's antics. "Or maybe it's your hair that she likes.

Then the door flung open and all four -birds and human and hanyou- jumped in surprise when Sesshomaru, Rin, Sango, Miroku, Shippou dragging a huge basket of goodies and Kirara came marching out the door. -Not all at once…-

Kagome searched her arm out toward the trees and the bird with a last chirp flew off toward its nest. The bird on Inuyasha shoulder also gave a fare-well whistle, then went to join its buddy.

Rin breathed in deeply as if she could actually smell the ocean. "Beach, here we come!"

Miroku smiled and said in a very houshi like manner, "Ah the ocean is a wonderful place to meditate."

Sango's eyebrow twitched, "I'm warning you houshi, you come within five feet of me while I'm a bathing suit and I'll blast a hole through your stomach!"

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. Would they ever stop? Nope. Never. Shippou huffed in exhaustion as he set the stuffed basket on the floor.

Inuyasha stared at the picnic basket and snorted. "What did you put in there? Diapers?"

Shippou stuck his tongue out at Inuyasha and yelled, "No! It's food for everyone to eat when we go to the beach! But there's none for you because you're just a big jerk1"

Inuyasha growled, "Come here you little runt!"

Kagome grabbed the back of Inuyasha's shirt as he ran to get Shippou and pulled him back in annoyance. Inuyasha could gave swatted her aside easily but gave up and settled for a glaring contest with the kitsune. (You know…these guys really need to get to that beach soon but this conversation isn't helping my cause.)

Impatient to get to the ocean, Inuyasha bent down and picked up the heavy snack basket and walked down the stone path to the gate. "Well are you idiots going to stand there all day or what?"

Grinning -except for Sesshomaru- they quickly got on Kirara and bound off after Inuyasha.

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Kirara bounded through the trees on her powerful legs toward the beach. As Kirara propelled forward Inuyasha could smell the salty water become stronger and stronger. Suddenly the tree line evaporated and as far as the eye could see, there was water. Beautiful, clear and sparkling water. Kirara's paws padded on the warm, rough sand as she happily trotted to stretch of sand. Everyone jumped off.

Sango and Rin sighed happily and shouted, "It's beautiful!"

The high sun shone down on the blue green water and sent splashes of yellow dancing across the surface of the ocean. The waves rhythmically rolled in and out and bubbling foam could be seen were the waves lazily splashed against the caves to their left. Seashells were scattered here and there and up above, seagulls glided on the warm air rising from the sand.

Kagome smiled. The shoreline water was so clear that you could see small fish and crabs swimming about. From miniature swordfish to the hermit crabs life swarmed in the ocean.

Inuyasha dug his feet into the sand and let it seep through his toes. It was a nice feeling. He'd been leaning against Kirara and when she went running to the water, he fell flat on his back. "Hey!"

Kirara yipped with glee as she jumped into the water and splashed around with Shippou still attached to her back.

Rin dropped her bag and pulling her kimono off she shouted, "That's the spirit, Kirara!"

Sango laughed and stripping down to her bathing suit ran into the water with Rin. Sesshomaru was caught off guard when Rin grabbed his arm and pulled him into the water. Sesshomaru coughed and splashed water at her, the good mood rubbing off on even him.

Kagome took off her kimono too and took Inuyasha's arm, pulling him toward the water. Inuyasha had no complaints and ran with her, snatching the unwary Miroku on his way. (It's like a big chain, ain't it?)

Kagome dove into the water and resurfaced, laughing. Inuyasha sputtered and dove underwater. Kagome floated and looked madly around for him. Suddenly, a hand grabbed her ankle and pulled her under. When she broke the surface, Inuyasha was grinning madly at her. She coughed up water and splashed a handful of water at him, good naturely.

The whole group continued to laugh and splash, their worries swept away by the waves, if only for a day. Inuyasha mentally thanked the blue-jays as he received a splash from Sango and Miroku.

Kirara swam around with Sesshomaru drying off on her back as everyone plopped on the sand in exhaustion. Kagome breathed out, "You guys got water up my nose!"

Inuyasha snorted. "Same goes for you!"

Miroku grinned and said, "I'm tired…but it's nice to see all these lovely ladies in bathing suits."

"Miroku!" all three girls yelled. But they were all in the highest of good moods. Even when Sango suddenly felt Miroku's hand run down her thigh.

SLAPP!

Sango yelled, "Pervert!
Kagome and Rin giggled as Sango crept away from Miroku and sandwiched

herself between the two. Inuyasha rolled his eyes and irritably snapped, "Can't you keep that hand of yours under control for just one day?"

Miroku grinned sheepishly. "But they are so tempting. Come on Inuyasha. You know you want to feel Kagome."

Inuyasha promptly jumped on Miroku and shoved his head into the sand. Kirara came out of the water and shook herself. Sesshomaru sat near the group. He hissed in a warning voice, "I get a strange feeling that this beach is inhabited underground."

Everyone stared at him in confusion. He contained, "When Kirara first stepped on the sand I heard the smallest groaning noise."

Miroku interrupted, ":I didn't hear anything."

"Only demon and hanyou ears are sensitive enough to hear that sort of noise. I think the ground is hollow."

Kagome frowned and said, "Well there are underwater demons here. It's probably just their nest."

The subject was dismissed. But everyone felt a little on the edge. But either way…the day went on.

A/N Hope you liked it ^^ I have a fanfic for this story but I can't get it up for some reason but I'll keep trying…Thanks Druihd for letting me use the picture. That picture was not drawn by me!!! Druihd is being kind enough to let me use it for the fic. I just want to make that clear…