Disclaimer: don't own Inuyasha or any of its characters.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Pairings: Inu/kag

*Note* yeah, sorry I didn't say what she gave them…lol, I didn't know what to put for Miroku, and it'd be mean to leave him out!

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Mistletoe kisses

With Christmas right around the corner, Kagome wanted to go home, to spend the holiday with her family instead of with her friends, who didn't even know what christmas was. This irritated Inuyasha. Of course he wasn't going to let her go with out a fight. Not that he'd ever admit it to anyone, but he hated it when she left.

"Kagome!" the slightly irritated henyou yelled, at the young miko, walking away from him.

"Inuyasha, I'll only be gone for a few days!" she retorted in a calm, voice, hoping he'd agree. Unfortunately, she had no such luck.

"Don't tell me its another one of those tests?" he said, putting his hand on her shoulder, spinning her around, to look at him.

"No, Inuyasha, it's a holiday; Christmas."

His ears twitched, ever so slightly. "…Chris-miss?" he asked questioningly, "What's that?"

"Look, I really don't have time to explain Christmas, to you--"

"Well, your not going anywhere, until I know." he said, stubbornly.

She sighed, "Fine. But I'll only explain this once, so go get the others, and I'll tell you all."

He did as he was told, and eventually, they were all sitting outside, in a circular shape, in front of the bone-eaters well. She explained everything, as simply as she could, to the four of them. She explained Santa Clause, present giving, mistletoe, christmas trees, decorations, everything. She even answered the stupid questions, such as, "So this 'Santa' guy, like, breaks into your house, at midnight?!" and put up with the looks Miroku shot at Sango, when she was explaining the mistletoe.

"Alright, so now that you know, can I please go? please?" kagome asked, giving him the best puppy face she could muster up.

Of course being who he was, he wouldn't let her have it her way. "Fine. But I'm coming with you." he said, stubbornly.

She raised an eyebrow. "uh…no…why do you want to come, anyways?"

He went on, ignoring her question. "Oh? And just why cant I?"

"Trust me. You wouldn't like it. Its more of a… family holiday." she said, hoping he'd back off.

Why did she even hope, with him? "If I cant go, then you cant go." he said, as his final answer.

Suddenly Shippo added, "Inuyasha just wants some time with Kagome under the mistletoe…" he cooed with a devilish smirk on his face.

The other two, just 'Oooo'ed.' Both kagome, and Inuyasha, turned a bit pink, when he said this, but Inuyasha hid his, not-so-cleverly, but knocking him on the top of his head, like in whack-a-mole.

"Feh, as if!" he said, turning his head, the other direction, and crossing his arms. "But if I don't go, she wont be back for a week!" 'Lie.'

"I will not!" she replied. "And plus, I'd have to ask my mom, if you could stay for the holiday, anyway!"

"Oh? Why?" he said, in an I-almost-care kind of tone.

"Uh, what part of family. Holiday. did you miss?" she said, back, sassy.

"Feh. Whatever. You'll just have to ask them, then. Wont you?"

She sighed, in defeat. "Fine, Inuyasha. You can come."

He smirked, proud, that for once, he had won the argument. "Alright, well, I'll be right back." she said.

"Huh? Where are you going?" he asked, a little confused, now.

"Well, I was going, to give you all your presents at the same time, when I got back, but now that your coming, I'll just give you them, now." she said, simply, leaving the group, standing there, as she jumped into the well, leaving her bag.

"So…" Miroku started, getting up, sliding over to Inuyasha. "Now that she's gone, tell us…why do you really want to go with her, hmm?" He finished, with a perverted grin on, wiggling his eyebrows. The other two, stood by his side, waiting for the answer, also grinning.

"W-what the hell do you mean, 'why do I really wanna go'?!" he said, blushing, a little.

"Oh, you know what I mean." he said, nudging his arm.

"No. I have absolutely no Idea what you mean, pervert! Now, I suggest you shut up, before I hurt you!" he growled back at him.

With Kagome…

Kagome just grabbed the last of the gifts, and was about to head out the door, when she realized it would be much easier to ask about Inuyasha staying, now, then if he were here. She ran into the kitchen, to find her mother washing the dishes.

"Hey, mom?"

"Mm? what is it, dear?" her mother replied sweetly, turning off the water, and wiping her hands on a dish towel.

"do you thing it be okay, if Inuyasha stayed for christmas?" she asked, half expecting she would say no.

She smiled, at her daughter, and replied, "Of course, he can, Hun. He's always welcome, in our home."

She forced a smile. "Thanks, mom…" she said.

In the Feudal era…

"Wow. What a sight to see…" kagome muttered to Sango, as she climbed out of the well. In the background, Inuyasha was chasing around Miroku, and Shippo, yelling all kinds of ridiculous threats. Sango nodded, in agreement.

"Inuyasha!" said hanyou stopped, knowing the consequences if he didn't, and the boys all came over.

"Why are you always picking fights?"

"Feh. They started it. With they're stupid, perverted comments…"

Shippo and Miroku smiled, innocently.

She shook her head. "Of course, Inuyasha." she said, and handed everyone their gifts, and a candy cane. After they all opened them, and said their thank you's, Kagome, started to get anxious. "Alright, now. C'mon, Inuyasha, time to go!" she said grabbing his hand, pulling him towards the well, with her bag already on her back.

"So your mom said yes?"

"Yeah, she said your 'always welcome in our home'…"

He smirked, and they jumped into the well. "So, why are you so anxious all of a sudden to go?" he asked, once they arrived.

"Because, we get to decorate the tree!" she replied, running towards the house, still gripping his hand. When they walked inside, they were greeted by Sota, kagome's kid brother. Kagome blushed a little, realizing she was still holding his hand, and released it, right away.

"Hey, sis, hey Inuyasha!" the little boy said, embracing each of the two. They both responded with a 'Hey, Sota.'

"So, are you gonna help decorate the tree, sis?" Sota asked, his older sister, kagome.

"Of course I am! Do you wanna help too, Inuyasha?" she turned to look at her half demon, friend.

"Uh…sure…" he said, unsurely.

Well, they put a christmas CD in their radio, and attempted to explain to Inuyasha how to put the lights and ornaments on the tree, carefully. Although, it hadn't worked, as well, as they planned. For he dropped about seven of their glass bulb ornaments. However, they did get a few laughs when he got tangled in the Christmas lights, and accused it of, 'attacking him'. When they finally got Inuyasha untangled, and got them on the tree, and hung all the ornaments, all that was left, was the star, to put on top. And since Sota, was to small to reach it, kagome had to put it up there. So she carefully took out the star, and walked over to the tree. However, even standing on her tip toes, she was just a little too short. Inuyasha noticed this, walked over to her, chuckling, and lifted her up, by the waste, so that she could put the star up, then put her back down, and released her.

She turned around, smiling, and slightly blushing, "Thanks." she said, giggling.

The dog eared Hanyou, blushed, a little, too, and teased, "Shorty."

Playfully, she punched his arm, then walked back, to get a good look at the tree. "Hey, it doesn't look even look that bad!" she said, grinning.

"What'd ya, think I was gonna ruin it?" he said, walking back, next to her.

"well…" she said teasingly, smiling up at him.

"We still need to finish up outside, too, so lets go, sis!" Sota said, approaching the two.

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Alright, Chapter one, re-posted! Please review and tell me if this was any better, or just a million times worse. Thanks to whoever read, and so you all know, I WILL be finishing the story!

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Ja ne!