A/N: Happy Holidays! This is my first AU so please don't expect much, I
just decided to follow a whim...^.~ Thanks for reading!
Summary: Inuyasha is the youngest and rebellious son of Inutaisho, the owner of the chain Cosmos Hotels. One fateful Christmas day he mistakes Kagome for Kikyou and gives her Kikyou's present. Kikyou died that day and Kagome was forgotten until Christmas 3 years later when they meet again...Will love bloom between these two who seem to live in such different worlds?
::Words in these are thoughts::
Disclaimer: Same as usual, I don't own anything you recognize!
~*~ Prologue:
"Merry Christmas Kagome!" a raven haired girl said to herself softly while looking out the window. She traced a star in the window while watching the happy families walk by. One such family caught her eye, and she stared at them wistfully until they were gone from her sight. The father had been holding the hand of a little girl about 10 years old, and the mother a little boy about four.
"Nee-chan?" a young boy said sleepily rubbing his eyes. Kagome turned around and smiled at him.
"Merry Christmas Souta!" she exclaimed walking toward him and wrapping him up in a hug. Souta struggled a little muttering something about it being embarrassing before he hugged her back.
"Where's mama?" he asked.
Kagome smiled, "She's working today remember? The restaurant doesn't close on Christmas..But anyways Souta, why don't you look under the tree for your present?"
"When's mama going to be home?" Souta asked.
Kagome pursed her lips, she was trying to patient for it was Christmas but being patient was way too much work. "Souta! If you're not going to go open your present, I'm taking it!"
"Nee-chan act your age!" Souta replied before walking quickly toward the tree with Kagome following.
~*~
"Young Master, I believe-" a servant was saying to the silver-haired youth sitting in front of his computer.
"Did Bedazzle call to say my order's here?" he interrupted impatiently.
"Yes Inuyasha-sama, well they did call, but what I was sent here to say was-"
"Alright! Thanks, well I'm going to pick it up now... I hope Kikyou likes it..." Inuyasha replied quickly getting up, grabbing a red jacket and running out.
The butler ran after him yelling, "Inuyasha-sama, your father requests your presence at a family dinner tonight! And he was asking that you wear some proper clothes instead of those torn up jeans...Inuyasha-sama are you listening?"
~*~
"Ahh! Drat, I'm late!" Kagome muttered to herself when she looked at her watch outside the restaurant. She had come to see how her mother was doing and was taking some food back for dinner. It was snowing. Taking a deep breath she pulled her green jacket tighter and zipped it up, and then pulled her hair out. Standing up again, she picked up her bags, and hurried off into the street. ::Souta's going to never let me hear the end of it if I come home late. It was bad enough that he gets better grades than I do...::
She was speed-walking toward the subway when someone knocked into her and she fell backwards into the sidewalk. "Ahhhhh! Ouch!" Kagome said. "Hey watch where you're going! Owwww....That hurt!"
"Damn it! Wench, why don't you watch where you're going?" came the gruff growl-like reply from in front of her.
"Look here! You ran into me!" Kagome said shrilly. ::Just who does this idiot think he is? I mean he runs into ME and now he's blaming me for it?:: She got up angrily and stalked over two steps towards the idiot. "Look you should thank your lucky stars that today's Christmas or else I'd- "
"Kikyou?! Kikyou what are you doing here?" came the startled reply. Kagome took a closer look at her attacker, he seemed to be a boy around her age with...silver hair! ::Wonder what his parents said when they saw his hair... Who's Kikyou anyways? Yikes he's wearing seven jeans?...::
"Kikyou what are you looking at? Sheesh, Kikyou!" Inuyasha said getting up while wiping snow off his shoulder.
"Look here! Who's Kikyou? My name is Kagome. Ka-go-me-" Kagome snapped.
"Kikyou, stop playing around!" Inuyasha said. He rummaged in his pocket and brought out a small silver box. "Here, Merry Christmas!"
Kagome stared at him, she didn't even know him, and judging by the silver box it was something from Bedazzle..(A/N: ^.~ Tiffany's with an Inuyasha twist...) "Ok, obviously you didn't hear me, but I'm not Kikyou. So I can't accept that gift-" she was saying when she was cut off when Inuyasha hugged her.
"Kikyou, you're usually so calm and proper about everything... Stop joking around about not being you. Although you are certainly dressing different... Anyways Kikyou just hurry up and take the box!" Inuyasha said after he stepped away from the shocked Kagome.
"I...I...Listen I don't-" Kagome tried to get her tongue to work. ::I've never been hugged before by a guy! Get a grip on yourself Kagome he thinks you're this Kikyou girl. Say something!::
"Inuyasha-sama! Inuyasha-sama! If you don't change into this suit now you'll be late for dinner! Inuyasha-sama!" someone in a black suit was yelling and running toward them while carrying an Armani bag. Both Kagome and Inuyasha looked back before Inuyasha scowled.
"Great! He's found me. Kikyou, I've got to go, here take this! I told you I'm not going Myoga! And if I were I sure as hell am not wearing that suit!" Inuyasha tossed Kagome the box, turned and yelled at the manservant before running the way Kagome came from. She just stared at this weird development.
"Inuyasha-sama! You have to wear this! Your father had it specially made for you! Inuyasha-sama! The limo is the other way! Inuyasha-sama! Oh, hello Kikyou-dono. Merry Christmas!" the butler was yelling in exasperation but paused to greet her before running after Inuyasha.
Kagome started to laugh at what seemed to be hilarious scene before she realized she was holding the Bedazzle box. She turned to run after them and give it back but they had already turned a corner, which corner she didn't know but they were gone. Sighing, she picked up her bags hoping that none of the food was ruined. Kagome stuck the box into her jacket pocket and walked to the subway.
~*~
Inuyasha glowered and slumped in his chair glaring at anyone who dared to walk by. Right across from him was what infuriated him the most. That baka Sesshomaru was looking perfect like usual, sitting smugly and drinking his wine. Although only older than him by five years, he always acted like he owned the world or something. Every once in a while they had eye contact like that moment and just glared at each other. If eyes could be daggers two people would be dead that Christmas...
"Oh! Inutaisho-sama! Happy Holidays! Here for a family dinner? Merry Christmas, Sesshomaru, Inuyasha. How's everything?" a man came up and asked cheerily. Inuyasha didn't stop glaring but just changed the object of his glare to this cretin who had the nerve to interrupt. The man took a step back nervously before, Inutaisho could reply.
"Oh don't mind Inuyasha, Kensuke-dono, he's quite harmless right now. Yes, we're having a family dinner, is your family here?" Inutaisho calmy replied after giving Inuyasha a glare which said, 'Inuyasha knock it off! I will speak to you when we're home.'
"Ah, well, yes. They're right over there, I suppose." Kensuke said his eyes nerviously avoiding the steady glare Inuyasha had rewarded him for walking over to the owner of the Sakura restaurant. He had heard rumors of course, of the rebellious younger son of Inutaisho who had seemed to inherit his fathers dirty temper but none of his control. The son, Inuyasha who rumors said that his father couldn't even control sometimes. But for business sake, he had to greet Inutaisho-sama for if for he was such a man in the Japanese business, crossing him or not giving him all respect could be dangerous. Kensuke glanced at Inuyasha and saw that, that kid was still glaring at him. All of a sudden he growled, and Kensuke took a step back.
"Would you like to join us for dinner? Your family is welcome too of course," Sesshomaru added suavely.
Kensuke nodded but declined politely before walking away as quickly as possible for others to believe he wasn't fleeing.
"Inuyasha! That was uncalled for!" Inutaisho reproved. "First of all you're no animal! I don't ever want to hear you growl again! Secondly stop glaring at everyone who stops by in the spirit of Christmas! They'll think I raised a savage."
"Father, it wasn't your fault but my stupid brother there IS a savage." Sesshomaru sneered.
"Sesshomaru, why you little-!" Inuyasha growled about to stand up.
"Inuyasha sit down and shut up! One more impolite word or behavior out of you and your car is revoked, as well as your spending account locked until further notice! Sesshomaru, I expected better from you, why do you let your little brother scrape away your control like that. Honestly eating a meal with you both makes me delusional that I'm with two kindergartners!" Inutaisho snapped quietly but forcefully."Now we will finish our meal in peace! And I MEAN it. Stop glaring at each other both of you! You both are making the waiters nervous!"
"Not like I'm here of my free will," Inuyasha grumbled before taking out his anger on his steak.
~*~
Kagome fell on her bed with a sigh of contentment. Souta was out in the livingroom watching T.V and waiting up for their mom. That Christmas had certainly been an interesting one. ::Well, a white Christmas and my first hug... But he was such a idiot! If you think about it how dare he hug me? I don't even know him! Ugh! Oh my god I almost forgot that present!::
She got up and walked over to her green jacket which she had draped over her chair. Getting the small silver box out from the pocket she went back to her bed and sat down looking at the box with gold ribbon. ::What should I do? I mean it's not mine...But he did give it to me...I did try to tell him I'm not Kikyou...Well it doesn't hurt if I just take a peek...:: She carefully undid the ribbon, and opened the lid before she gasped.
Inside the box on a white silk base was the most beautiful necklace she had ever seen. The thin gold chain looked delicate enough to snap if touch and from it hung a glimmering iridescent pendant that looked like a pearl, but wasn't exactly a pearl. The colors shifted shimmering and moving, always different. She carefully picked it up afraid the chain might break but it didn't and she tried it on. Sighing she looked in the mirror wondering how some people could live in a world so different. She took off the necklace and put it lovingly back into its box, tied the ribbon and hid it in a corner of her closet. ::If I ever see that boy again, I'll give it back. Whoever Kikyou is, she sure is lucky. I wonder what it's like to get Christmas gifts like that instead of one or two shirts from your mother...::
Laughing at her own foolishness, she fell back into bed and went to sleep, thinking to herself it'll only be a small nap and she'd be awake by the time her mom comes back.
~*~
"Inuyasha must you be so insufferable?" Sesshomaru hissed at Inuyasha.
"I'm not being insufferable you are!" Inuyasha growled back over their table.
"Excuse me, Inutaisho-sama?" a hesitant voice interrupted the tenth fight that might have resulted. The other nine had been obviated by Inutaisho with threats. The three turned toward the new speaker.
"I have a message from Soujiro-sama, he said that his daughter Kikyou- sama is in the hospital right now. She's in critical condition after a car accident and therefore they are unable to attend tonight's Christmas party."
"WHAT?" Inuyasha yelled getting up. "Which hospital? Where is she? SPIT IT OUT MAN, WHERE IS KIKYOU?"
~*~
A/N: Hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful christmas! And maybe some of you lucky people had a white christmas! *Sigh* Well love to hear comments, how was this for an AU idea? God bless! *Edited because of the wonderful reviewers! ^^ Oh and a note, there might just be a tad bit ok well a lot of dialogue till chapter 2 to bring the chapter to the present but from chapter 2 it'll be plot I promise! *
Summary: Inuyasha is the youngest and rebellious son of Inutaisho, the owner of the chain Cosmos Hotels. One fateful Christmas day he mistakes Kagome for Kikyou and gives her Kikyou's present. Kikyou died that day and Kagome was forgotten until Christmas 3 years later when they meet again...Will love bloom between these two who seem to live in such different worlds?
::Words in these are thoughts::
Disclaimer: Same as usual, I don't own anything you recognize!
~*~ Prologue:
"Merry Christmas Kagome!" a raven haired girl said to herself softly while looking out the window. She traced a star in the window while watching the happy families walk by. One such family caught her eye, and she stared at them wistfully until they were gone from her sight. The father had been holding the hand of a little girl about 10 years old, and the mother a little boy about four.
"Nee-chan?" a young boy said sleepily rubbing his eyes. Kagome turned around and smiled at him.
"Merry Christmas Souta!" she exclaimed walking toward him and wrapping him up in a hug. Souta struggled a little muttering something about it being embarrassing before he hugged her back.
"Where's mama?" he asked.
Kagome smiled, "She's working today remember? The restaurant doesn't close on Christmas..But anyways Souta, why don't you look under the tree for your present?"
"When's mama going to be home?" Souta asked.
Kagome pursed her lips, she was trying to patient for it was Christmas but being patient was way too much work. "Souta! If you're not going to go open your present, I'm taking it!"
"Nee-chan act your age!" Souta replied before walking quickly toward the tree with Kagome following.
~*~
"Young Master, I believe-" a servant was saying to the silver-haired youth sitting in front of his computer.
"Did Bedazzle call to say my order's here?" he interrupted impatiently.
"Yes Inuyasha-sama, well they did call, but what I was sent here to say was-"
"Alright! Thanks, well I'm going to pick it up now... I hope Kikyou likes it..." Inuyasha replied quickly getting up, grabbing a red jacket and running out.
The butler ran after him yelling, "Inuyasha-sama, your father requests your presence at a family dinner tonight! And he was asking that you wear some proper clothes instead of those torn up jeans...Inuyasha-sama are you listening?"
~*~
"Ahh! Drat, I'm late!" Kagome muttered to herself when she looked at her watch outside the restaurant. She had come to see how her mother was doing and was taking some food back for dinner. It was snowing. Taking a deep breath she pulled her green jacket tighter and zipped it up, and then pulled her hair out. Standing up again, she picked up her bags, and hurried off into the street. ::Souta's going to never let me hear the end of it if I come home late. It was bad enough that he gets better grades than I do...::
She was speed-walking toward the subway when someone knocked into her and she fell backwards into the sidewalk. "Ahhhhh! Ouch!" Kagome said. "Hey watch where you're going! Owwww....That hurt!"
"Damn it! Wench, why don't you watch where you're going?" came the gruff growl-like reply from in front of her.
"Look here! You ran into me!" Kagome said shrilly. ::Just who does this idiot think he is? I mean he runs into ME and now he's blaming me for it?:: She got up angrily and stalked over two steps towards the idiot. "Look you should thank your lucky stars that today's Christmas or else I'd- "
"Kikyou?! Kikyou what are you doing here?" came the startled reply. Kagome took a closer look at her attacker, he seemed to be a boy around her age with...silver hair! ::Wonder what his parents said when they saw his hair... Who's Kikyou anyways? Yikes he's wearing seven jeans?...::
"Kikyou what are you looking at? Sheesh, Kikyou!" Inuyasha said getting up while wiping snow off his shoulder.
"Look here! Who's Kikyou? My name is Kagome. Ka-go-me-" Kagome snapped.
"Kikyou, stop playing around!" Inuyasha said. He rummaged in his pocket and brought out a small silver box. "Here, Merry Christmas!"
Kagome stared at him, she didn't even know him, and judging by the silver box it was something from Bedazzle..(A/N: ^.~ Tiffany's with an Inuyasha twist...) "Ok, obviously you didn't hear me, but I'm not Kikyou. So I can't accept that gift-" she was saying when she was cut off when Inuyasha hugged her.
"Kikyou, you're usually so calm and proper about everything... Stop joking around about not being you. Although you are certainly dressing different... Anyways Kikyou just hurry up and take the box!" Inuyasha said after he stepped away from the shocked Kagome.
"I...I...Listen I don't-" Kagome tried to get her tongue to work. ::I've never been hugged before by a guy! Get a grip on yourself Kagome he thinks you're this Kikyou girl. Say something!::
"Inuyasha-sama! Inuyasha-sama! If you don't change into this suit now you'll be late for dinner! Inuyasha-sama!" someone in a black suit was yelling and running toward them while carrying an Armani bag. Both Kagome and Inuyasha looked back before Inuyasha scowled.
"Great! He's found me. Kikyou, I've got to go, here take this! I told you I'm not going Myoga! And if I were I sure as hell am not wearing that suit!" Inuyasha tossed Kagome the box, turned and yelled at the manservant before running the way Kagome came from. She just stared at this weird development.
"Inuyasha-sama! You have to wear this! Your father had it specially made for you! Inuyasha-sama! The limo is the other way! Inuyasha-sama! Oh, hello Kikyou-dono. Merry Christmas!" the butler was yelling in exasperation but paused to greet her before running after Inuyasha.
Kagome started to laugh at what seemed to be hilarious scene before she realized she was holding the Bedazzle box. She turned to run after them and give it back but they had already turned a corner, which corner she didn't know but they were gone. Sighing, she picked up her bags hoping that none of the food was ruined. Kagome stuck the box into her jacket pocket and walked to the subway.
~*~
Inuyasha glowered and slumped in his chair glaring at anyone who dared to walk by. Right across from him was what infuriated him the most. That baka Sesshomaru was looking perfect like usual, sitting smugly and drinking his wine. Although only older than him by five years, he always acted like he owned the world or something. Every once in a while they had eye contact like that moment and just glared at each other. If eyes could be daggers two people would be dead that Christmas...
"Oh! Inutaisho-sama! Happy Holidays! Here for a family dinner? Merry Christmas, Sesshomaru, Inuyasha. How's everything?" a man came up and asked cheerily. Inuyasha didn't stop glaring but just changed the object of his glare to this cretin who had the nerve to interrupt. The man took a step back nervously before, Inutaisho could reply.
"Oh don't mind Inuyasha, Kensuke-dono, he's quite harmless right now. Yes, we're having a family dinner, is your family here?" Inutaisho calmy replied after giving Inuyasha a glare which said, 'Inuyasha knock it off! I will speak to you when we're home.'
"Ah, well, yes. They're right over there, I suppose." Kensuke said his eyes nerviously avoiding the steady glare Inuyasha had rewarded him for walking over to the owner of the Sakura restaurant. He had heard rumors of course, of the rebellious younger son of Inutaisho who had seemed to inherit his fathers dirty temper but none of his control. The son, Inuyasha who rumors said that his father couldn't even control sometimes. But for business sake, he had to greet Inutaisho-sama for if for he was such a man in the Japanese business, crossing him or not giving him all respect could be dangerous. Kensuke glanced at Inuyasha and saw that, that kid was still glaring at him. All of a sudden he growled, and Kensuke took a step back.
"Would you like to join us for dinner? Your family is welcome too of course," Sesshomaru added suavely.
Kensuke nodded but declined politely before walking away as quickly as possible for others to believe he wasn't fleeing.
"Inuyasha! That was uncalled for!" Inutaisho reproved. "First of all you're no animal! I don't ever want to hear you growl again! Secondly stop glaring at everyone who stops by in the spirit of Christmas! They'll think I raised a savage."
"Father, it wasn't your fault but my stupid brother there IS a savage." Sesshomaru sneered.
"Sesshomaru, why you little-!" Inuyasha growled about to stand up.
"Inuyasha sit down and shut up! One more impolite word or behavior out of you and your car is revoked, as well as your spending account locked until further notice! Sesshomaru, I expected better from you, why do you let your little brother scrape away your control like that. Honestly eating a meal with you both makes me delusional that I'm with two kindergartners!" Inutaisho snapped quietly but forcefully."Now we will finish our meal in peace! And I MEAN it. Stop glaring at each other both of you! You both are making the waiters nervous!"
"Not like I'm here of my free will," Inuyasha grumbled before taking out his anger on his steak.
~*~
Kagome fell on her bed with a sigh of contentment. Souta was out in the livingroom watching T.V and waiting up for their mom. That Christmas had certainly been an interesting one. ::Well, a white Christmas and my first hug... But he was such a idiot! If you think about it how dare he hug me? I don't even know him! Ugh! Oh my god I almost forgot that present!::
She got up and walked over to her green jacket which she had draped over her chair. Getting the small silver box out from the pocket she went back to her bed and sat down looking at the box with gold ribbon. ::What should I do? I mean it's not mine...But he did give it to me...I did try to tell him I'm not Kikyou...Well it doesn't hurt if I just take a peek...:: She carefully undid the ribbon, and opened the lid before she gasped.
Inside the box on a white silk base was the most beautiful necklace she had ever seen. The thin gold chain looked delicate enough to snap if touch and from it hung a glimmering iridescent pendant that looked like a pearl, but wasn't exactly a pearl. The colors shifted shimmering and moving, always different. She carefully picked it up afraid the chain might break but it didn't and she tried it on. Sighing she looked in the mirror wondering how some people could live in a world so different. She took off the necklace and put it lovingly back into its box, tied the ribbon and hid it in a corner of her closet. ::If I ever see that boy again, I'll give it back. Whoever Kikyou is, she sure is lucky. I wonder what it's like to get Christmas gifts like that instead of one or two shirts from your mother...::
Laughing at her own foolishness, she fell back into bed and went to sleep, thinking to herself it'll only be a small nap and she'd be awake by the time her mom comes back.
~*~
"Inuyasha must you be so insufferable?" Sesshomaru hissed at Inuyasha.
"I'm not being insufferable you are!" Inuyasha growled back over their table.
"Excuse me, Inutaisho-sama?" a hesitant voice interrupted the tenth fight that might have resulted. The other nine had been obviated by Inutaisho with threats. The three turned toward the new speaker.
"I have a message from Soujiro-sama, he said that his daughter Kikyou- sama is in the hospital right now. She's in critical condition after a car accident and therefore they are unable to attend tonight's Christmas party."
"WHAT?" Inuyasha yelled getting up. "Which hospital? Where is she? SPIT IT OUT MAN, WHERE IS KIKYOU?"
~*~
A/N: Hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful christmas! And maybe some of you lucky people had a white christmas! *Sigh* Well love to hear comments, how was this for an AU idea? God bless! *Edited because of the wonderful reviewers! ^^ Oh and a note, there might just be a tad bit ok well a lot of dialogue till chapter 2 to bring the chapter to the present but from chapter 2 it'll be plot I promise! *