A Very Inuyasha Christmas

AN: Heh, I actually had the idea for this last year, but didn't get around to writing it until now!!! Kudos to my friend Rachel (who's been inspirations for several of Candyland's fics) for spawning this idea. ...What does that mean, anyway? Oh well, I don't know Inuyasha! Enjoy!

Part 1

Kagome pulled herself out of the well. After having spent several months with Inuyasha and the others tracking down the jewel shards, the weather had finally turned cold, and she had to go back to her time to get some warmer things. After a few minutes and several "Osuwari!"s, she had finally gotten home and back again.

As usual, she was carrying her backpack with her, stuffed to the brim with her school work and food for her friends, including some ramen so Inuyasha would keep his big mouth shut. She began walking toward Kaede's cottage, however, halfway there she was met by an angry hanyou.

"Where've you been?" he growled, glaring at her.

"I told you I was going home for a day!" she replied, getting an expression equal to his.

"You left yesterday morning! It's almost night now! What took ya so long?!"

"There are things that I need to do, Inuyasha!" she said, feeling a shouting match coming on, even though she really didn't want to have one. "Anyway, it's winter now, and I need warmer things to wear!"

"Feh, why do you bother with things like that? None of us are complaining about the weather..."

Kagome couldn't take it anymore. Inuyasha recognized her expression and started backing away slowly. "Oh, come on, Kagome! What'd I...?"

"OSUWARI!!!"

She stormed off toward where the others were, Inuyasha following a few moments later once he was able to get himself off the ground, looking just as angry as his companion.

"All right," Kagome said, surrounded by Shippo, Miroku, Sango, Kilala, and a still very angry Inuyasha, while opening her backpack. "I've got things for all of you, as usual!" She dug around through her clothes trying to find the food stuffs, which she really shouldn't be bringing with her because she could totally mess up the fabric of space and time more than it all ready is and were someone to find the litter in an archeological dig they would be really freaked out, although it would be a good way to rid our time of all of it's trash. Anyway, she finally found what she was looking for and proudly pulled out her gifts.

"Here you go, Inuyasha," she said, handing the fuming hanyou a few containers of ramen and some potato chips.

"Thanks," he muttered, still not looking at her because of their earlier conversation.

"Get over it," she grumbled, fishing out her next items. "This is for Miroku, this one's for Sango, and this is for Shippo!" She handed them a can of soda, a chocolate bar, and a candy cane respectively.

"What's this?" Shippo asked, looking at the red and white stick. "This isn't the usual candy that you give me."

"That's a candy cane!" Kagome said with a laugh. "I just figured that since it's time for Christmas, that would be more appropriate!"

"What's a Christmas?" Inuyasha asked, pulling himself away from his chips momentarily.

"Uh..." Kagome said, looking confused. "What do you mean? You know, Christmas!!! That holiday we celebrate every winter!"

The others looked at her, seeming very confused. "I've never heard of it," Miroku finally said, taking a swig from the can.

Kagome thought for a minute. "Wait, that's right! You guys haven't heard about Christmas during this period of time, have you? Well, uh, it's a holiday were we decorate with red and green and put lights and ornaments on big trees and give each other gifts!"

"That sounds like a pretty stupid holiday," Inuyasha commented.

"Yeah, don't they usually have some religious background or something?" Sango added.

"Well, I think it does, but nobody ever focuses on that!" Kagome replied. (AN: siiiiigh) "It's mostly about the food and the presents!"

Shippo had finally managed to unwrap the candy cane and took a few licks. "Wow!!! What other kinds of food are there? And what kind of presents do you give? More food?!"

"Well," she began, trying to figure out the best way to explain this, "there's also different kinds of chocolate, peppermints, which are sort of like candy canes, and a drink called egg nog. For presents... well, it mostly just anything nice that the person you give it to would like."

"That sounds like fun!" he answered, still seeming just as hyper. "We should do this Christmas thing!"

"Well..." Kagome began.

"Why not?" Sango added, not noticing Kagome beginning to speak. "It could be an interesting experience. There are so many fascinating things from your era, anyway."

"I'm not sure..."

"I am also interested in finding out more about this 'Christmas' that you're talking about," Miroku said.

"W-well, I guess I could get us through a very simple one," Kagome replied, wondering what would be appropriate to use in the Feudal times. "But I'd have to go back home to get a lot of the decorations and stuff."

"Then don't bother!" Inuyasha growled, still not seeming happy. "You just came back! We've got jewel shards to find and Narakus to defeat! I don't want to waste time with some stupid celebration about that candy stuff!"

Kagome frowned. "Come on, Inuyasha! Naraku is still probably recovering from our last battle and it would be nice to have something fun going on!"

"Well this whole thing sounds dumb to me."

Kagome scowled some more and stood up. "I'm going to run back home and see if I can get a few things to help us get ready. Inuyasha, if you follow me, you'll just end up having to help me get everything." She walked quickly out of the cabin.

"That was strange," Miroku commented. "I wonder what all is necessary for this Christmas festival?"

"Who cares?" Shippo replied, still sucking on his candy cane with gusto. "As long as she brings back more of these things, I don't care about the other stuff!"

A few hours later, Kagome took her second trip back through the well to the Sengoku Period. She had many large boxes and bags with her and was trying as well as she could to toss the ones with unbreakable items over the edge before she came out.

"What are you doing?" she suddenly heard Inuyasha say.

She left the rest of her items and peered her head over the well. Sure enough, there stood Inuyasha and Shippo, looking at her with a lot of confusion. "What's all this crap for?" he asked, lightly kicking one of the bags.

"That's the stuff we need for Christmas!" Kagome replied, pulling herself out of the well. "And since you're here, you can bring up the rest of the things!" She grabbed a few of the bags and started walking toward the village.

"Why do you need to much stuff anyway?"

"I want you guys to get the most authentic feeling for the season as possible," she replied with a smile.

Just then, a few white flakes began floating down from the heavens, gradually becoming heavier and heavier.

"It's snowing!" Shippo exclaimed.

"Ah, man! Why'd this have to start?" Inuyasha complained.

"It's good ambiance!" Kagome replied, walking away with a huff.

AN: A strange place to stop? Probably. But hey, I have my reasons. 1) In the over all scheme of the story, this is the best place to take a break. 2) This more or less finalizes that I am indeed having this fic up for the holidays. 3) It gives you guys more time to enjoy it during the season. And 4) It pushes me to finish this and my other three current chapter fics. I have probably about two more, most likely longer, parts left to my little tale, so keep your eyes open, won't ya? And review so I know I should bother with it!