Inuyasha: A Christmas Catastrophe...part one
"Kukuku, you think you've got me, don't you?" Naraku shouted.
"I don't THINK I've got you, I KNOW it!" Inuyasha snarled, bringing up the Tetsusaiga for another attack. He lunged, but the baboon-pelt-clad youkai easily sidestepped him.
"Brave words, but you obviously can't act on them," Naraku taunted. Inuyasha growled again and started to drag himself to his feet when a shout from Miroku distracted him.
"BACK UP, INUYASHA!"
The hanyou glanced back at Miroku, saw that he was unraveling his hand from the prayer beads, and sprang back to stand protectively beside Kagome. Naraku's nerve-grating cackle rang out again.
"KUKUKUKU! Fool! You think turning a curse I put on you will do any good against me? How about I just widen that tunnel a bit... you'll destroy yourself FOR me!"
"NO!" Sango threw herself forward, tossing the beads back around the monk's wrist. "Houshi-sama, don't be stupid..."
Miroku just nodded, sunned, as the annoying laugh sounded yet again. He cringed.
"KUKUKU!! Then why don't you try out an all-new curse, fools?"
"All-new...?!" Kagome started. Oh no! What if he turned Inuyasha against her? She wouldn't be able to take it! But wait... that wouldn't be "all- new"...
Naraku snapped his claws and a black hole opened itself up right in front of them. "Kukukuku....it leads to another dimension..."
"Deh...men...chun...?" Shippou repeated, confused.
Naraku scowled. "Nevermind. All that matters is that it's going to suck ALL of you into OBLIVION! KUKUKU!"
"Goddamnit, knock that stupid laugh off!" Inuyasha snapped. Naraku looked slightly hurt. Their attention was literally torn away when Sango and Kirara suddenly lifted right off of the ground and went right into the black hole. Miroku gave a strangled yowl of rage and sprang at Naraku, who calmly put a barrier around himself and watched passively as the monk struggled to attack him.
"That won't do you any good," the youkai commented dryly. "Oh, there goes another one...kukuku..."
Shippou was shooting towards the black hole, squealing in horror. Even after he vanished, his cries still hung in the air. The next to vanish was Inuyasha, who yelled about as many curse words as there were in exisistance, then Kagome, and lastly, Miroku. The black hole disappeared when Naraku snapped his claws again.
"Ah, that's five less meddlers I'm rid of now..." He paused, knowing that something wasn't right. "Now what'd I forget....?"
Birds and small animals fled the forest as a loud "OH DAMN, THE SHIKON JEWEL!" sounded around them.
*********With Inu-tachi....********
"Oh, man..."
"*wheeze*"
"EEEK! Miroku!"
"Damnit, lech, don't touch her!"
"You're on my TAIL!"
"HOLD IT!"
Everyone froze at Inuyasha's enraged shout. The hanyou was breathing heavily, furious with Miroku, but the fact was that he couldn't reach him. The tangled pile of creatures started at the bottom with Sango, who was wheezing for air, pinned on her stomach to the snowy ground. On her back was Shippou, who was crying from the pain of Inuyasha's weight pinning his tail to Sango's back. Kagome was flopped across Inuyasha's back, trying to keep from blushing-- her face was level with the back of his knees. How awkward... she thought. And, taking full advantage of being on the top of the pile, was Miroku, looking highly pleased with managing to cop a feel from Kagome without being mauled by Inuyasha. It was a good day, indeed.
"Miroku, get your ass OFF of Kagome so I can get up and kill you!"
"Why would I move when you have those intentions?" Miroku asked calmly.
"Because....*gasp*...I'm going to...*wheeze*...die of suffocation...*cough*...if you don't," Sango's voice rasped from the bottom of the pile. Miroku scowled and stood up.
The whole pile unravelled as fast as it had formed. Kagome rolled off of Inuyasha and onto the ground, Inuyasha stood and lifted Miroku up by the front of his robes off the ground, Shippou tore up a tree to escape and nurse his tail, and Sango flopped onto her back, gasping for precious air. Kagome calmly handled the Inuyasha-is-going-to-kill-Miroku-slowly-and- painfully situation with a single word.
You know the drill.
"Sit."
"Shit!" CRASH. CRASH.
First Inuyasha hit the ground face-down, followed immediately by Miroku, who scampered out of the way while he still could. Kagome sighed and looked around, ignoring Inuyasha while he cursed at her skillfully. A gasp caught in her throat when she realized where they were.
"Guys...we're in my time!" she exclaimed. Inuyasha stopped cursing to look around.
"Feh. So it is," he commented, even though he did look a bit surprised. Sango, Miroku, Kirara, and Shippou looked around appreciatively.
"It's rather pretty here..." Miroku complimented.
"So much snow..." breathed Sango, who had finally caught her breath.
"It smells funny!" Shippou complained loudly, still hugging his tail.
"That's pollution, runt," Inuyasha told him.
"Pole-oo-shun...?"
"I'll explain it all to everyone, but let's just go into the house first, ok?" Kagome pleaded. Sitting in the snow was not on her list of favorite things to do.
After a few hours of explaining tons of things about her time, Kagome remembered that Christmas was only a few days off and that she still hadn't bought any presents. Horrified, she scraped together every cent she had and nabbed her heavy winter coat, ready to take a bus up to the mall and make some very spur-of-the-moment gift buying decisions. What she hadn't counted on was a loud growl the second her hand touched the front door.
"Where in the seven hells do you think you're going?"
"Inuyasha..." she groaned, turning around to face the hanyou tiredly. He was leaning against a nearby wall, slurping noodles from a cup of instant ramen loudly. He swallowed, and stepped purposefully towards her.
"If Naraku has a portal to this time, don't you think he'd send some minions after us? I don't want you getting hurt." His ears twitched. He was clearly riled up over this.
"Inuyasha...." she grinned mischieviously. "Are you worried about me?"
He blushed. "No! Of course not! It's just...we're so damn close to getting the whole f***ing jewel, what would I do without you to sense where they we- -"
"Don't make me say it," she said darkly. His eyes widened and he backed up.
"OK, OK! How 'bout we make a deal? You can go, but everyone comes along. Alright?"
"Umn...alright..."
And so it was, that an hour later, everyone was dressed in clothes that would slowly drive them over the edge of sanity. Inuyasha and Miroku both were wearing oversized things of Souta's and old clothes that once had belonged to Kagome's grandfather. Inuyasha had a baseball cap on his head, covering his dog ears, much to his dismay. Sango wore some things of Kagome's, while Shippou....
Shippou was blessed with being dressed in doll clothes. "It's all that will fit!", as Kagome had cried defensively, through laughter. He wore cute little courduroy overalls, a short-sleeved green shirt, and little black shoes that made him shout that his paws hurt.
In other words, nobody was happy. Especially Kagome, since she had to put up with everyone's bitching.
They rode on the bus to the mall ("Inuyasha, if you keep growling, I'm gonna s-word you right through the floor!"), which was easily the longest fifteen minutes in everyone's lives. Nothing, however, compared to the chaos that was about to occur.
Inuyasha was stunned. The huge building before him was filled with SO MANY sounds....SO MANY smells... and SO MANY humans! He pulled the baseball cap closer to his skull, flattening his ears back to block out the deafening noises. And the SCENTS! He couldn't even smell Kagome, who was standing at his shoulder, and the knowledge urked him on such a level that he worried slightly if he'd ever smell her comforting scent again. He stepped backwards, a low whimper in his throat. No. He couldn't chicken out, not in front of KAGOME, of all people! With a "feh", he strode proudly towards the doors...
....and leapt backwards with a yowl of shock when the door swung open on its own.
"Holy shit! Wh--what in the seven hells is going on?!"
Kagome was just laughing hysterically, recieving odd looks from everyone, including her Feudal pals. She calmed down enough to comment to Inuyasha: "It's magic." in a loud whisper. He stared, marvelling the door, stepping back and forth to watch it swing open and closed again. This was kind of fun.
Kagome let her friends play with the automatic door for five minutes before shoving Inuyasha through it ("Hey! Wench! What do you think you're doing!?") and starting the shopping madness.
Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and Inuyasha all stared at the glittering windows ("It's all magic, guys." Kagome told them) of the shops around them, completely stunned at all the lights and cheesy music blaring around them. They didn't even notice where they were going until Sango (who was holding Shippou) walked right into three young girls.
"Oh! I'm sorry! I wasn't paying attention to where I was going..." she stammered, rubbing Shippou's head to calm him down. The girls, however, weren't listening.
"Kagome!"
"EEEK! You must be feeling so much better if you're here shopping!"
"What'd you get me for Christmas?"
"Who ARE these guys?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Slow down!" Kagome cried, trying to ward off her school friends weakly. Inuyasha glared witheringly at the three giggly girls, wishing them pain for startling Kagome so badly. Miroku stared at them appreciatively. "Yeah, I'm feeling a lot better. And these guys..."
"We're some friends of hers that visit the shrine really often," Sango lied quickly. At least it was true for Inuyasha.
"Yeah, yeah, that's it!" Kagome grinned, thankful for Sango's quick thinking. "Umn, this is Sango and her little brother Shippou..."
"Little brother?!" Shippou yelped, Sango covering his mouth immediately.
"Uh...ha-ha... He's... just a brat like that..." she said, and Shippou bit her finger with a vengeance.
"Is that a TAIL?" one girl asked.
"Uh, yeah... he thinks he's a kitsune," Kagome invented.
"What?!" Shippou had struggled free of Sango's grasp. "I AM a kitsune!"
"Heeheehee! That's so cute!" all three squealed. Inuyasha cringed.
"Uh, anyway, this is Miroku..." Kagome continued, trying to calm down Shippou.
"Hello, lovely ladies..." the monk flirted shamelessly. "A pleasure to meet you." The three girls giggled insanely. He grinned. "Would any of you like to b--"
Sango kicked him viciously in the shins, and he quickly shut his mouth, backing away from the trio. She just grinned innocently at them.
"Ignore him, he's got a sick sense of humor," she said. They all just nodded confusedly.
"And this is Inuyasha," Kagome blurted, just wanting to run and hide under a rock at this point.
"Feh," was his greeting. The three girls sweatdropped.
"Well, nice to meet you...." one said uncertainly. Inuyasha just grunted.
"Err... well, I've really gotta go finish my shopping! Gotta get back soon and...uh... take my medicine, y'know!" Kagome forced a couple coughs, and her startled school friends stared in horror.
"Oh, so sorry!"
"Yeah, we'll just let you go."
"Nice meeting your friends!"
And they were off in a whirlwind of chattering.
"Medicine?" Inuyasha repeated suspiciously, rising an eyebrow. Kagome sweatdropped.
"Uh... sometimes, a girl's gotta tell a little white lie to get off...." she mumbled.
"Oooh! Kagome LIED!" Shippou shouted accusingly. Kagome hissed a "shh".
"Quiet, Shippou!"
"What'll you give me if I'm quiet?" the kitsune cub asked, grinning wickedly.
Ten minutes later, Sango was carrying a very happy Shippou, who was carrying a bag filled with chocolate. Inuyasha had whined his way into a huge chocolate bar as well, but wasn't as smug about it as Shippou.
Kagome managed to get in and out of the shops pretty quickly, and was almost done when her friends all took up residence along the railing of the second floor, peering down curiously. She paused, wondering if she should investigate them first, or get her gift for Inuyasha. She chose the latter ('They're probably up to no good anyway.') and bought him a bag of dog biscuits... more or less as a joke. She'd think of something better later. Maybe if he was good, she'd free him from his prayer beads for the day. There... that was a good gift. She walked back out and set her bags down, leaning on the railing next to Inuyasha.
"So....whatcha looking at?" she asked. Inuyasha pointed.
"What IS that down there?" he demanded. She chuckled.
"That's Santa Claus."
"Sandy Claws?*"
"Er... close enough. He goes all around the world, giving presents to kids on Christmas," she answered.
"Ho, ho, ho!" the jolly man cried from below them.
"What're those sticks he's giving the kids down there?" Shippou asked.
"Candy canes..." she immediately regretted saying it, though, when Shippou's eyes lit up gleefully.
"Candy! Oh boy, I'm gonna go get one!" And he jumped over the railing and to the floor below, many people screaming. He ran right out of the circle of women who'd fainted when he landed amongst them (gracefully, of course, on his paws) and up to Santa, holding out his hands.
"Hi, Mr. Sandy Claws, can I have some candy?" he pleaded, giving Santa the biggest sad eyes he could muster. The poor man just held out a candy cane with a trembling hand. Shippou snatched it and thanked him hurriedly, then ran back below where the rest of the gang was staring at him above. "Hey! I can't get up!"
"Stupid runt... I'll go get him," Inuyasha growled, and heaved himself up over the railing as Kagome yowled after him.
"No! Please, no--oh, God..."
He jumped below, snatched up Shippou, and jumped right back up again. People were pointing and talking excitedly.
"What?" Inuyasha asked blankly, at Kagome's horrified look. She snatched up her bags and nabbed his wrist.
"HURRY UP AND RUN!"
Sango, Miroku, and Shippou glanced at each other in shock, then barreled after them, the whole contents of the mall pouring after them, yelling.
It was only the beginning of Kagome's Christmas nightmare.
*I don't mean to imitate Nightmare Before Christmas, but I figured they'd think the same as Jack. ^^;
A/N: Ahh.... this is my first Inu fic, but I've read so many by now, I've got a good feel of how to write em. Hope you liked it! I'll have part two up soon enough. Review, please! ^__^
"Kukuku, you think you've got me, don't you?" Naraku shouted.
"I don't THINK I've got you, I KNOW it!" Inuyasha snarled, bringing up the Tetsusaiga for another attack. He lunged, but the baboon-pelt-clad youkai easily sidestepped him.
"Brave words, but you obviously can't act on them," Naraku taunted. Inuyasha growled again and started to drag himself to his feet when a shout from Miroku distracted him.
"BACK UP, INUYASHA!"
The hanyou glanced back at Miroku, saw that he was unraveling his hand from the prayer beads, and sprang back to stand protectively beside Kagome. Naraku's nerve-grating cackle rang out again.
"KUKUKUKU! Fool! You think turning a curse I put on you will do any good against me? How about I just widen that tunnel a bit... you'll destroy yourself FOR me!"
"NO!" Sango threw herself forward, tossing the beads back around the monk's wrist. "Houshi-sama, don't be stupid..."
Miroku just nodded, sunned, as the annoying laugh sounded yet again. He cringed.
"KUKUKU!! Then why don't you try out an all-new curse, fools?"
"All-new...?!" Kagome started. Oh no! What if he turned Inuyasha against her? She wouldn't be able to take it! But wait... that wouldn't be "all- new"...
Naraku snapped his claws and a black hole opened itself up right in front of them. "Kukukuku....it leads to another dimension..."
"Deh...men...chun...?" Shippou repeated, confused.
Naraku scowled. "Nevermind. All that matters is that it's going to suck ALL of you into OBLIVION! KUKUKU!"
"Goddamnit, knock that stupid laugh off!" Inuyasha snapped. Naraku looked slightly hurt. Their attention was literally torn away when Sango and Kirara suddenly lifted right off of the ground and went right into the black hole. Miroku gave a strangled yowl of rage and sprang at Naraku, who calmly put a barrier around himself and watched passively as the monk struggled to attack him.
"That won't do you any good," the youkai commented dryly. "Oh, there goes another one...kukuku..."
Shippou was shooting towards the black hole, squealing in horror. Even after he vanished, his cries still hung in the air. The next to vanish was Inuyasha, who yelled about as many curse words as there were in exisistance, then Kagome, and lastly, Miroku. The black hole disappeared when Naraku snapped his claws again.
"Ah, that's five less meddlers I'm rid of now..." He paused, knowing that something wasn't right. "Now what'd I forget....?"
Birds and small animals fled the forest as a loud "OH DAMN, THE SHIKON JEWEL!" sounded around them.
*********With Inu-tachi....********
"Oh, man..."
"*wheeze*"
"EEEK! Miroku!"
"Damnit, lech, don't touch her!"
"You're on my TAIL!"
"HOLD IT!"
Everyone froze at Inuyasha's enraged shout. The hanyou was breathing heavily, furious with Miroku, but the fact was that he couldn't reach him. The tangled pile of creatures started at the bottom with Sango, who was wheezing for air, pinned on her stomach to the snowy ground. On her back was Shippou, who was crying from the pain of Inuyasha's weight pinning his tail to Sango's back. Kagome was flopped across Inuyasha's back, trying to keep from blushing-- her face was level with the back of his knees. How awkward... she thought. And, taking full advantage of being on the top of the pile, was Miroku, looking highly pleased with managing to cop a feel from Kagome without being mauled by Inuyasha. It was a good day, indeed.
"Miroku, get your ass OFF of Kagome so I can get up and kill you!"
"Why would I move when you have those intentions?" Miroku asked calmly.
"Because....*gasp*...I'm going to...*wheeze*...die of suffocation...*cough*...if you don't," Sango's voice rasped from the bottom of the pile. Miroku scowled and stood up.
The whole pile unravelled as fast as it had formed. Kagome rolled off of Inuyasha and onto the ground, Inuyasha stood and lifted Miroku up by the front of his robes off the ground, Shippou tore up a tree to escape and nurse his tail, and Sango flopped onto her back, gasping for precious air. Kagome calmly handled the Inuyasha-is-going-to-kill-Miroku-slowly-and- painfully situation with a single word.
You know the drill.
"Sit."
"Shit!" CRASH. CRASH.
First Inuyasha hit the ground face-down, followed immediately by Miroku, who scampered out of the way while he still could. Kagome sighed and looked around, ignoring Inuyasha while he cursed at her skillfully. A gasp caught in her throat when she realized where they were.
"Guys...we're in my time!" she exclaimed. Inuyasha stopped cursing to look around.
"Feh. So it is," he commented, even though he did look a bit surprised. Sango, Miroku, Kirara, and Shippou looked around appreciatively.
"It's rather pretty here..." Miroku complimented.
"So much snow..." breathed Sango, who had finally caught her breath.
"It smells funny!" Shippou complained loudly, still hugging his tail.
"That's pollution, runt," Inuyasha told him.
"Pole-oo-shun...?"
"I'll explain it all to everyone, but let's just go into the house first, ok?" Kagome pleaded. Sitting in the snow was not on her list of favorite things to do.
After a few hours of explaining tons of things about her time, Kagome remembered that Christmas was only a few days off and that she still hadn't bought any presents. Horrified, she scraped together every cent she had and nabbed her heavy winter coat, ready to take a bus up to the mall and make some very spur-of-the-moment gift buying decisions. What she hadn't counted on was a loud growl the second her hand touched the front door.
"Where in the seven hells do you think you're going?"
"Inuyasha..." she groaned, turning around to face the hanyou tiredly. He was leaning against a nearby wall, slurping noodles from a cup of instant ramen loudly. He swallowed, and stepped purposefully towards her.
"If Naraku has a portal to this time, don't you think he'd send some minions after us? I don't want you getting hurt." His ears twitched. He was clearly riled up over this.
"Inuyasha...." she grinned mischieviously. "Are you worried about me?"
He blushed. "No! Of course not! It's just...we're so damn close to getting the whole f***ing jewel, what would I do without you to sense where they we- -"
"Don't make me say it," she said darkly. His eyes widened and he backed up.
"OK, OK! How 'bout we make a deal? You can go, but everyone comes along. Alright?"
"Umn...alright..."
And so it was, that an hour later, everyone was dressed in clothes that would slowly drive them over the edge of sanity. Inuyasha and Miroku both were wearing oversized things of Souta's and old clothes that once had belonged to Kagome's grandfather. Inuyasha had a baseball cap on his head, covering his dog ears, much to his dismay. Sango wore some things of Kagome's, while Shippou....
Shippou was blessed with being dressed in doll clothes. "It's all that will fit!", as Kagome had cried defensively, through laughter. He wore cute little courduroy overalls, a short-sleeved green shirt, and little black shoes that made him shout that his paws hurt.
In other words, nobody was happy. Especially Kagome, since she had to put up with everyone's bitching.
They rode on the bus to the mall ("Inuyasha, if you keep growling, I'm gonna s-word you right through the floor!"), which was easily the longest fifteen minutes in everyone's lives. Nothing, however, compared to the chaos that was about to occur.
Inuyasha was stunned. The huge building before him was filled with SO MANY sounds....SO MANY smells... and SO MANY humans! He pulled the baseball cap closer to his skull, flattening his ears back to block out the deafening noises. And the SCENTS! He couldn't even smell Kagome, who was standing at his shoulder, and the knowledge urked him on such a level that he worried slightly if he'd ever smell her comforting scent again. He stepped backwards, a low whimper in his throat. No. He couldn't chicken out, not in front of KAGOME, of all people! With a "feh", he strode proudly towards the doors...
....and leapt backwards with a yowl of shock when the door swung open on its own.
"Holy shit! Wh--what in the seven hells is going on?!"
Kagome was just laughing hysterically, recieving odd looks from everyone, including her Feudal pals. She calmed down enough to comment to Inuyasha: "It's magic." in a loud whisper. He stared, marvelling the door, stepping back and forth to watch it swing open and closed again. This was kind of fun.
Kagome let her friends play with the automatic door for five minutes before shoving Inuyasha through it ("Hey! Wench! What do you think you're doing!?") and starting the shopping madness.
Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and Inuyasha all stared at the glittering windows ("It's all magic, guys." Kagome told them) of the shops around them, completely stunned at all the lights and cheesy music blaring around them. They didn't even notice where they were going until Sango (who was holding Shippou) walked right into three young girls.
"Oh! I'm sorry! I wasn't paying attention to where I was going..." she stammered, rubbing Shippou's head to calm him down. The girls, however, weren't listening.
"Kagome!"
"EEEK! You must be feeling so much better if you're here shopping!"
"What'd you get me for Christmas?"
"Who ARE these guys?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Slow down!" Kagome cried, trying to ward off her school friends weakly. Inuyasha glared witheringly at the three giggly girls, wishing them pain for startling Kagome so badly. Miroku stared at them appreciatively. "Yeah, I'm feeling a lot better. And these guys..."
"We're some friends of hers that visit the shrine really often," Sango lied quickly. At least it was true for Inuyasha.
"Yeah, yeah, that's it!" Kagome grinned, thankful for Sango's quick thinking. "Umn, this is Sango and her little brother Shippou..."
"Little brother?!" Shippou yelped, Sango covering his mouth immediately.
"Uh...ha-ha... He's... just a brat like that..." she said, and Shippou bit her finger with a vengeance.
"Is that a TAIL?" one girl asked.
"Uh, yeah... he thinks he's a kitsune," Kagome invented.
"What?!" Shippou had struggled free of Sango's grasp. "I AM a kitsune!"
"Heeheehee! That's so cute!" all three squealed. Inuyasha cringed.
"Uh, anyway, this is Miroku..." Kagome continued, trying to calm down Shippou.
"Hello, lovely ladies..." the monk flirted shamelessly. "A pleasure to meet you." The three girls giggled insanely. He grinned. "Would any of you like to b--"
Sango kicked him viciously in the shins, and he quickly shut his mouth, backing away from the trio. She just grinned innocently at them.
"Ignore him, he's got a sick sense of humor," she said. They all just nodded confusedly.
"And this is Inuyasha," Kagome blurted, just wanting to run and hide under a rock at this point.
"Feh," was his greeting. The three girls sweatdropped.
"Well, nice to meet you...." one said uncertainly. Inuyasha just grunted.
"Err... well, I've really gotta go finish my shopping! Gotta get back soon and...uh... take my medicine, y'know!" Kagome forced a couple coughs, and her startled school friends stared in horror.
"Oh, so sorry!"
"Yeah, we'll just let you go."
"Nice meeting your friends!"
And they were off in a whirlwind of chattering.
"Medicine?" Inuyasha repeated suspiciously, rising an eyebrow. Kagome sweatdropped.
"Uh... sometimes, a girl's gotta tell a little white lie to get off...." she mumbled.
"Oooh! Kagome LIED!" Shippou shouted accusingly. Kagome hissed a "shh".
"Quiet, Shippou!"
"What'll you give me if I'm quiet?" the kitsune cub asked, grinning wickedly.
Ten minutes later, Sango was carrying a very happy Shippou, who was carrying a bag filled with chocolate. Inuyasha had whined his way into a huge chocolate bar as well, but wasn't as smug about it as Shippou.
Kagome managed to get in and out of the shops pretty quickly, and was almost done when her friends all took up residence along the railing of the second floor, peering down curiously. She paused, wondering if she should investigate them first, or get her gift for Inuyasha. She chose the latter ('They're probably up to no good anyway.') and bought him a bag of dog biscuits... more or less as a joke. She'd think of something better later. Maybe if he was good, she'd free him from his prayer beads for the day. There... that was a good gift. She walked back out and set her bags down, leaning on the railing next to Inuyasha.
"So....whatcha looking at?" she asked. Inuyasha pointed.
"What IS that down there?" he demanded. She chuckled.
"That's Santa Claus."
"Sandy Claws?*"
"Er... close enough. He goes all around the world, giving presents to kids on Christmas," she answered.
"Ho, ho, ho!" the jolly man cried from below them.
"What're those sticks he's giving the kids down there?" Shippou asked.
"Candy canes..." she immediately regretted saying it, though, when Shippou's eyes lit up gleefully.
"Candy! Oh boy, I'm gonna go get one!" And he jumped over the railing and to the floor below, many people screaming. He ran right out of the circle of women who'd fainted when he landed amongst them (gracefully, of course, on his paws) and up to Santa, holding out his hands.
"Hi, Mr. Sandy Claws, can I have some candy?" he pleaded, giving Santa the biggest sad eyes he could muster. The poor man just held out a candy cane with a trembling hand. Shippou snatched it and thanked him hurriedly, then ran back below where the rest of the gang was staring at him above. "Hey! I can't get up!"
"Stupid runt... I'll go get him," Inuyasha growled, and heaved himself up over the railing as Kagome yowled after him.
"No! Please, no--oh, God..."
He jumped below, snatched up Shippou, and jumped right back up again. People were pointing and talking excitedly.
"What?" Inuyasha asked blankly, at Kagome's horrified look. She snatched up her bags and nabbed his wrist.
"HURRY UP AND RUN!"
Sango, Miroku, and Shippou glanced at each other in shock, then barreled after them, the whole contents of the mall pouring after them, yelling.
It was only the beginning of Kagome's Christmas nightmare.
*I don't mean to imitate Nightmare Before Christmas, but I figured they'd think the same as Jack. ^^;
A/N: Ahh.... this is my first Inu fic, but I've read so many by now, I've got a good feel of how to write em. Hope you liked it! I'll have part two up soon enough. Review, please! ^__^