Christmas Pie
Thanks for all your reviews and I hope everyone had a great Christmas! I wanted to finish this story BEFORE Christmas but time was against me. Always busy on Christmas eve, Christmas, and boxing day ne? Anyway hope ya enjoy this chapter! Oh, and happy new year too!
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"Christmas if tomorrow! Tomorrow is Christmas! I cannot wait! For Christmas to come!" Souta and Kagome sang in union while making up the lyrics of a very retarded song. "Christmas if almost here. Christmas will come. Christmas will eat the burgers. Of your chilly bum…" Yeah….
Inuyasha was huddled to a corner, rocking slightly with his hands on top of his ears. "Please make them stop…" he whimpered. "They've been at this for several hours…" he shivered. "And I don't think I can take much more of this before I go insane."
There was a tap on his shoulder and he almost screamed in shock. He turned around and found Kagome staring at him oddly. 'When did they stop singing?' he thought to himself. "What do you want wench?" he asked a little warily. If she was going to sing right in front of him then he'd commit suicide by jumping out of an airplane.
Kagome gave him a worried look that made him even more confused. What did he do? She reached out and started to pick at his hair. Inuyasha stared at her in a very, very confused expression. "Inuyasha…" she started, her breath on his face. He blushed suddenly, realized their closeness. He could smell her so strongly now… so nice and warm… Inuyasha began to relax as she began to stroke his hair for some random reason. He began to fantasize but it broke when she spoke. "Is that a tick in your hair?"
Inuyasha's eyes widened as he pulled back, glaring at her. "WHAT?! A tick?! I'll have you know that I shampoo every single day! How else do you think I get this long piece of crap to be so shiny and manageable?!" he yelled. Saying he had a tick was like insulting the king! Which, to Inuyasha, it was.
Kagome pulled back, waving her hands in front of her with the most innocent expression on her face. "Sorry, sorry! Sheesh! I thought I saw something black and yucky in your hair is all!"
She was just pushing and pushing ne? Inuyasha growled at her, grabbing a lock of his hair he pushed it in front of her face. "Does this look like a home for lice?" he growled.
Kagome looked at him skeptically. "Do you really want to know what I think?" she asked hesitantly.
He growled louder and threw his hair back. "Feh. It's not like a human like you would understand the specialty of my hair." he said proudly.
'ARG! Don't say that! Kagome might think you're some sappy girl! Oh wait… you ARE.' His conscience said sarcastically.
The miko rolled her eyes. "What are you still doing here, anyway?" Kagome asked. "I thought you came here just to drag me to the past again. You know I won't so why other staying?" she asked. 'In fact.' She thought. 'He hasn't bothered me for five hours… he stopped when Souta and me began to sing louder. Humph.'
Inuyasha crossed his arms. "Feh. I'm not leaving until you get your butt back into the well." He said rudely. "I can't leave you alone! You're practically a sitting duck all by yourself! If I wasn't there in the so-called 'shops' with you then you wouldn't have your presents under the freaking tree."
A hit to the head was what happened next. He glared at Kagome who glared back just as fiercely. "Don't diss the tree…" she said threateningly. "Unless you want your precious shiny hair shaved off your head and hanged onto it, I suggest you don't ever speak about the tree like that again." she said seriously.
Inuyasha's glare faltered as he gulped loudly. "F-Feh." He stuttered as he looked away.
Kagome gave him a disapproving glare before she turned around and joined Souta. They began to sing, again, as if nothing ever occurred. Inuyasha whimpered pitifully in the corner in his earlier position. "If Naraku can't kill me, these guys can…" he said pathetically.
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"Sango, my dear, would you bare me the honor of-"
"Can it Miroku." Sango growled.
Shippo sighed. It was the same old routine without the two main characters around. "Hey, I wonder why Inuyasha hasn't come back yet with Kagome." he brought up.
The two lover-birds-who-won't-admit-they-are stopped their argument and stared at him. "Probably because Kagome-sama has won once again," Miroku said. "It wouldn't be the first time."
"Yeah." Sango agreed although it really wasn't needed. The author just wanted her to speak at least once.
"Do you think that this 'Cris-miss' thing Kagome was talking about is over?" Shippo asked. "Because it did seem like a pretty neat thing to do. Giving out presents and stuff."
"Hmm…" Miroku hummed. "I have no idea." He said truthfully.
"But we can act as if it's today as well." Sango helped in. "As long as Kagome-chan isn't here, that's got to mean that it's still Christmas right?"
"Yeah!" Shippo yelled enthusiastically. "I want to get you guys presents!" then he jumped up and ran out the door. "Don't follow me!" Shippo's voice was heard before it disappeared totally.
Miroku and Sango stared after as Kirara mewed in tiredness. Miroku took hold of Sango's hands and stared seriously into her chestnut eyes. "Well, it does seem to be a season of giving, don't you think my dear?" he asked lowly. "Perhaps, for a present, you can give me a little-"
SLAP. "No, Miroku." Sango hissed through clenched teeth, although her cheeks were slightly flushed. Maybe she could get Miroku a present. 'No, no, no!' she thought as she shook her head in shock. 'Miroku would probably tease me about it.'
She glared at Miroku and turned the other direction. "I've got other things to do, Miroku." she lied. "I'll be seeing you." And she left the hut, the thoughts of actually giving him something still skimming in her mind.
Miroku was left all alone with Kirara. He stared at her for a long, long time. Finally getting a little creeped out by the long, long stare, Kirara looked up at him and gave him a questioning look. But Miroku kept on staring and she sweat-dropped. "Is there something you want?" she hissed out in neko language.
Of course, Miroku didn't understand and kept on staring. Kirara stared to get a little bit annoyed. "If you don't stop right now I'm going to scratch your face." She warned. "And we'll see if my master will be attracted to you then." she mewed threateningly.
It was as if Miroku got the message as he turned away. "No harsh thoughts, dear Kirara." Miroku coughed. "I was just thinking what I could give to Sango. You're her long-time friend and you've known her longer than I have. What would she like?" he asked.
"For you to stop groping and flirting with other women." Kirara growled softly.
Miroku turned to her. "What was that Kirara?" he asked.
Kirara rolled her eyes and started to trot away, in the direction of her mistress. "You're hopeless you perverted human." She mewed. To Miroku's ears her words were like this: "Mew, mew, mew, meow, meow, mew, mew, meow." And he believed he understood her perfectly.
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Mrs. Higurashi entered the living room and the sight she saw made her stand still. Souta and Kagome were singing something about mushrooms getting eaten by giant elves while Inuyasha was huddled in a corner muttering, "I need to kill Christmas…." And, "Why the hell would elves eat mushrooms? They're disgusting…"
She coughed once, trying to get their attention but it didn't work. She coughed again, this time louder and it still didn't work. And then she coughed multiple times, really loudly that her throat started to ache. Everyone stopped and stared at her, Kagome stared at her worriedly. "Mum, are you all right? Do you need cough-drops?" she asked.
Her mum stopped coughing and shook her head. She coughed once to get her voice back. "I was just thinking that you should show Inuyasha the Christmas lights tonight. Right after dinner. It could be a little fun since it's Christmas eve."
Kagome pondered on the thought. She hasn't seen the lights around Tokyo yet… maybe it could be a little fun. IF Inuyasha behaved and was actually WILLING to come along. She turned to Inuyasha with a sweet, sweet smile. "Well, Inuyasha? Would you like to see some Christmas lights?"
Inuyasha stood up, snapping out of his momentary insanity. "Why would I want to go see lights, wench? There's already enough in this house." he said gruffly. 'And plus, I don't think I want to do anything that's related to 'Christmas'.' He thought. 'All it's given me is a headache and unending songs.' He shivered. 'And why did Kagome want to celebrate it anyway?'
'Because she's a weirdo and that's why you love her.'
'What?! I don't love her!'
'Denial is the first sign.'
'… What? Have you been reading Kagome's books?'
'No. I just have common sense. You should get one. In fact, I haven't seen common sense around lately. He's such a lazy bastard. Leaving me with all the freaking work…'
'Hey man, don't go saying bad stuff about him! I actually like that guy! He's not as pushy as you are and he doesn't bug me as much!'
'Um, hello! Is there any piece of a brain in here? Common sense is supposed to bug you! He's just not doing his job right. I'll have to get the brain to fire him and hire a new one…'
"HELLO?? INUYASHA??" Kagome said loudly in front of his face. He seemed to have zoned out for a minute… Did he need any physiological help?
Snapping out of his thoughts, he glared at Kagome. "WHAT?!" he yelled.
Kagome threw up her hands in defeat with an impatient groan. "That's it. You're coming with us whether you like it or not!" she decided finally.
"Oi! Where am I going?" he asked in confusion.
Again Kagome groaned. "Pay more attention, Inuyasha. It might make you a little more attractive." The last bit, Kagome mumbled so that the hanyou couldn't hear.
But he did hear it, loud and clear. "Hey! What the hell do you mean by that?" he asked a little bit seriously. Didn't Kagome find him attractive or something?
'Why would you care?' his conscience said smugly. 'You don't love her, remember?'
'Oh just shut up.' Inuyasha sneered. Really, this guy was getting on his nerves… "Oh fine. I'll go to the light thingy with you guys! Happy now?" Inuyasha growled.
Kagome turned around with a surprised face. And then it turned into a very happy one. "Yay!" she said cheerfully as she pecked Inuyasha on the cheek. "Thank you so much, Inuyasha!" she said truthfully. She seemed to have noticed what she did because her face turned as red as a sun-burnt tomato. Much was the same with Inuyasha too except a little bit redder. "O-OH! S-Sorry about that!" she stuttered. "I, um, I need to go take a shower." She said hurriedly as she ran towards the bathroom.
Souta stood there with his tongue poking out in disgust while Mrs. Higurashi stood there with a satisfied smile. Inuyasha continued to stand like an idiot with his mouth slightly pouted. Kagome's mum knew that this was the man who kept breaking her daughter's heart but… just maybe, her daughter might be able to move on… right after this special holiday…
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"Come on, Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled down the stairs. "Hurry up and let's go!"
Mumbling, Inuyasha hopped down the stairs in one leap. "Damn it." he cursed quietly. "I was finally able to teach that cat of yours how to bark…" he grumbled.
Kagome sweat-dropped. "Inuyasha… cats are not supposed to bark."
But he wasn't listening. It was like he was in his own world. It sure seemed like that with his very 'concentrated expression'. Kagome should have been relieved since it was rare to see one of these but it ended up with her being slightly freaked out. "I believe I've met that cat somewhere in the past…" he muttered mostly to himself but Kagome overheard. "I think I killed his reincarnation when the cat tried to take away my fish… Maybe that's why he doesn't like me all that much…"
Sighing, Kagome began to walk away. "If you're done creeping me out let's go." She glanced back at Inuyasha with a serious expression. "And if Bouyo really did hate you, Inuyasha, he would have killed you already. Believe me, my cat is not someone you should mess with." She shivered with past memories. "And I should now."
As she walked out the door Inuyasha stood there with a blank expression. 'I wonder what she was thinking about…' he thought to himself.
'Pah! That cat couldn't kill us! If we killed it once then we can kill it again, ne?'
'But I just taught it how to bark!'
'Forcing his jaws open and making it fart does not make it bark.'
'Feh. Says you.'
And he followed Kagome out the door before she could lock him in with her mum. It turned out that she didn't want to come, too much Christmas cooking uncompleted. Seriously, Christmas is a big thing ne?
Once he was outside he was met by two impatient siblings. "Took you long enough." Kagome snapped. When he reached down the shrine steps they began to walk down the path.
"Oi, Kagome, where are we going?" he asked.
"To see the lights." Kagome said simply.
Inuyasha glared at her. "But look all around you!" he reasoned. "There's plenty of lights! A little too much lights if you ask me." he grumbled.
Kagome turned around and waited for him to catch up. He was wearing his usual fire-rat robe and a Christmas cap she found under her bed. Since his clothing was red she thought it would be okay for him to wear it. I mean, it was Christmas right? He couldn't stand out that much in Christmas. Lots of people wear red and green.
She controlled her temper and wrapped her arm around his. "Just be patient, all right." She requested softly. "This is a very special time for everyone here. It doesn't physically make things special, you just feel it inside, you know." She smiled. "Everyone's happier and everyone's more thoughtful. It's just a great time to be alive. In the future, we don't have much times like this." Her face saddened momentarily before it lit up again. "But when those times do come, we have to make a most of it. We can't just sit by and watch it go in front of us."
Something in her voice, something about the comfortable warmth she was radiating when she talked, it calmed him. Maybe he was a little bit rash. It was just that they were acting so weirdly that he thought that Christmas was just a little fling where humans get to receive presents from everyone they knew.
Without another complaint Inuyasha followed Kagome through the city streets, their arms still linked and Souta merrily hopping in front. Suddenly, they stopped in front of a house and to say Inuyasha was awe-stricken was a complete lie. Inuyasha just stood there, his mouth gaping as if he wanted to speak but couldn't.
It was beautiful. This house (that came in first place) was so alight with, well, lights. There were yellow lights, green lights, red lights, so many lights. "Come on." Kagome tugged with growing anticipation. She led him into the house gates where some other people were inspecting the marvelous place.
There were lights of reindeer and Santa, and people had built wonderful snowmen with the snow in the front lawn. There was a star at the top of the house that shone brighter than all the lights. Since it was night, the stars were out and it seemed to add to the cool atmosphere in the air. Many people were laughing while taking pictures with their friends and family, others were just admiring the scene with a few drinks.
Souta was checking out the mini-village of the North Pole made out of wood. Some of the Santa's started to sing nice Christmas carols and some people would even sing along. It was beautiful. Inuyasha had never seen anything like it.
Beside him, Kagome just admired the scenery, a gentle smile on her angelic face. "So?" she asked softly. "What do you think of these lights now, Inuyasha?" she asked.
But Inuyasha couldn't respond to that. Since he came from the past where no electricity was, this was a pretty big step for him. He'd never seen so much lights in one place before and have it made into distinguishable shapes and pictures. He leaned into Kagome's touch unconsciously. "It's beautiful." Inuyasha admitted quietly.
Kagome also leaned in, leaning her head on his shoulder while his head leaned on her head. Souta was about to talk to them but seeing their current position he stayed quiet. It disgusted him, yes, but he was old enough to know what was going on. He quietly walked away with a small smile as he inspected one of the singing Santas.
A few minutes ticked by in silence, the only noises were songs and other people laughing and talking to each other. As Inuyasha inspected the house his eyes fell on something plastic. It was being held by another plastic figurine, Mrs. Clause was it? He had no clue but she was old. Anyway, she was wearing an apron and in her hands held a freshly made pie.
Inuyasha had no idea what the hell a pie was. He just knew it was a pie because it said 'pie' at the paper bottom of it. He has heard Kagome talking about pie once. She said she adored it and loved the warm taste it brought. Inuyasha was thoughtful. For once, he was thoughtful. 'So that's what a pie is…' he thought.
'Baka! I think I know what to get Kagome for this Christmas thing.'
'Yeah…' Inuyasha said dreamily. 'We should get her a stuffed demon carrot…'
His conscience groaned. 'Inuyasha no baka! Don't you get it? She said she LOVED pie. And from what I gather, pie is a type food… I think.'
Tick tock. Cricket, cricket. Scream, shriek, mourns. A random person whistling. Cricket, cricket. "AH!" Inuyasha exclaimed loudly. "I get it!" he yelled out in victory.
Beside him, Kagome looked at him in pure confusion as people started to stare. Well, stare even more anyway. "Inuyasha?" Kagome asked warily. "Are you feeling all right?" she asked.
Finally having to realize that he shouted out randomly, Inuyasha blushed and stared at the ground, just hoping that he'd turn invisible. "Oh, yeah, um, why wouldn't I?" he asked quietly, feeling his cheeks heat up.
A cool hand was placed on his cheek and he closed his eyes and leaned into the touch. "Are you sure, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked worriedly. "You seem to be heating up." She informed him with a frown.
Inuyasha jumped away as if her touch suddenly turned electric. A deeper blush was on his cheeks and he didn't like it one bit. Of course, naturally for him, he turned his embarrassment into anger. "Demons don't get sick, wench!" he growled at her. "Stop fussing over me will you?" he snapped.
Kagome had a shocked expression at first before it turned sour. Other couples around them gave Inuyasha a disapproving look with accusing eyes. Kagome looked away from him angrily and retorted. "Why would I need to fuss over you? You're a big boy and I know that." she said coldly.
In his mind, Inuyasha's conscience screamed: 'YOOOUUU IIIDIIIOOOT!!'
He started to think frantically how to make it better. Damn him and his mouth! (I bet all you guys think that ne?) "L-Listen, Kagome, I didn't mean it like that, all right?" he tried. Swallowing up his pride, he apologized. A little lamely if I might add. "I-I'm sorry all right?" he said angrily. "I-It's just, um, all these people and the different smells are giving me a headache." He lied. "Can we please go back?" he asked. "T-That is, if you want to." He added quickly.
Kagome turned back to him and there was amusement in her chocolate eyes. Inuyasha almost snapped again but then Kagome started to laugh. 'He's so cute when he acts like that!' Kagome giggled. "Fine, we'll go back home." she said warmly, not the cold tone she had before. "Souta, come on! We're going back!"
Reluctantly, Souta came back and the headed towards their home. As they walked, Inuyasha thought: I wonder how I'll make Kagome a pie… I don't even know what the hell a pie is made of…
Meanwhile…
"Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, I wish I could take over Japan…" Naraku sang sincerely as he stared up at his completed Christmas tree with all the decorations. Bloodied children's dolls, stars made out of coconut shells and heads of generals. It was simply… beautiful…
Kanna stood there as expressionless as ever but she still managed to sing. "You better not pout, you better not cry, you better not shout I'm telling you why, Nara-ku is com-ing to town…" she said softly, and also flatly, missing all the right tones of the song.
From the side Kagura snorted. 'Of course you shouldn't.' she sneered. 'If you so much as made a sound the bastard would kill you.' She thought.
"Kagura, dear, come sing with your elder sister!" Naraku said brightly but a hint of threat in his voice.
Kagura sighed as she stood up. "Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer." She started reluctantly. 'Hakudoushi is so lucky that he won a trip to Mexico… I hope he gets eaten by a taco demon.' she thought cursedly.
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Well? How was it? It was less funny than the other ones and for that I'm sorry! I'll try to make it funnier. And sorry again for the late update! I'll try to update faster. Next chapter will be the last chapter people and I'd like to thank all who reviewed my story! Greatly appreciated. Anyway, got to go! Happy new year folks!
