"Mom?" Kagome called out as she entered the house.

"Kagome, honey! Welcome home dear."

Kagome hugged her mother.

"I certainly hope nothing's wrong..."

"Nope, just came home for Christmas of course."

"That's wonderful, oh and this year, your cousin Kyo will be here." Kagome beemed

"Kyo! He's back from America!"

"Yes, he is. He's looking forward to seeing you after all this time." Kagome smiled. She hadn't seen her cousin Kyo in so long. When they were little they were as thick as thieves. Always together, hardly ever apart. To her it was like having an older brother.

"I'm going to put my things in my room, then I'm heading out to do some shopping."

"Sure thing dear, oh and I bought some more of that ramen stuff you kids like so much, as well as first aid supplies."

"You're the best mom, thanks." Kagome hurried to her room, where she thrust open the door and had to blink twice.

There sitting on her bed, with a crooked grin, was a young man with dark hair. Kagome suddenly squealed.

"KYO!" she exclaimed as she ran to embrace him.

"Hey Kags! Wow, look at you!" Kagome hugged him tighter.

"I missed you so much!"

"I missed you too, cuz...so, mom tells me that you've this really cool boyfriend."

Kagome nearly fell over. Thanks mom! She thought inwardly.

"So? Out with it, what's this guy like?" Kagome sighed as she set her travel bag down.

"Hm...he's very unique."

"What does that mean?"

"Well...he's loyal, trustworthy, a bit of a pain in the neck, but it's just cause of a his attitude. He's really handsome, and has a very sweet side, that he hides from everyone, except me...sometimes."

"I see...is he going to be here for the party?"

Kagome sighed again, as she pulled out a shirt, and skirt from her closet. "I'm not sure. I asked him and he didn't exactly say yes or no..."

"Hm...I'll let you change..."

"K, afterwards, come with me to the mall, please! We have to catch up!"

"Sure, mind if a buddy of mine comes along? I told him about you and he's dying to meet you."

Kagome blushed "What did you say to this buddy!"

"Nothing, except that I have this...drop dead gorgeously hot cousin back home, with a boyfriend who likes to cheat on her. He jumped at the chance to come with me to meet you."

Kagome's cheeks grew 3 new shades of red ad her cousin left the room.

Inuyasha had been sitting in the tree, still thinking about whether he should go with Kagome or not. That's when her scent wafted up to his nostrils. He breathed it in, he'd never admit it but he absolutely loved her scent.

It had this calming effect on him and he liked that. Not to mention it was a unique scent. Not like the other women of his era, but different. It was an intoxicating scent, sort of like an aphrodisiac.

"Hm...She must be going to the well already...what do I do...do I go with her, or not..."

"Ha!" he lept down,

"I'll go, so she won't be hurt at least..." then he thought against it

"I won't be able to go around with my ears out though...and I really don't like the hat or bandana..."

he lept back into the tree. He closed his eyes and attempted to take a nap.

Inuyasha lept from the well house and walked outside, he was just passing the goshinboku, when he spotted Kagome sweeping up the yard. He was amazed at how she looked, as the lightly falling snow fell upon her.

Her hair, her raven hair seemed to shimmer, due to the melting snow in hear hair. A light wind lifted her tresses and allowed them to kind of dance within the breeze. She looked stunning. Was all the hanyou could think of at the moment, among other impure things.

He was walking over to her, when she turned slightly towards him and for a second just stood there, staring at him. He didn't know why she was just staring, but for some reason , just having her eyes on him, made him smile back. Then before he knew it, she was in his arms and hugging him tightly.

"I'm so glad you came!" she said softly, enough for him to hear.

"Ah...yeah, well...you made it sound interesting, so I...mmm!" golden eyes went wide with absolute surprise as the woman's rosy lips pressed against his own.

"Inuyasha..."

"Wha...what was that for?" Kagome just giggled and pointed to the sprig of plant hanging from one of the branches.

"What's that?"

"It's called Mistletoe."

"Okay, so what does that mean?"

"It's a tradition during Christmas, that if two people step under the mistletoe, they have to share a kiss."

Inuyasha blushed "Oh..." Kagome smiled and kissed him again

"Plus...I just wanted to kiss you. As a way to thank you for coming."

She said as she went back to her sweeping. Inuyasha watched her sweep.

"Inuyasha!"

The hanyou groaned as he was rudely awoken from his nice dream.

"What do you want runt!"

"Go see Kagome!"

"Why?"

"I want to know how she's doing, but I can't pass through the well, so you'll have to go instead."

"What! You pull that immature trick on me this morning and now you expect me to do that for you! Forget it!"

"But...but..."

"What goes around comes around brat. Now go and play, I'm tired...OW!"

Inuyasha rubbed his head, where Shippo had been bold enough to chuck a rock at him.

"Meanie! You probably just don't want to see her!"

Inuyasha ignored him.

"Hmph, I don't know why Kagome even bothers with you anymore!"

Still ignoring, Inuyasha was beginning to get ticked off.

"I mean she's a saint for putting up with a two-timing, arrogant, rude, mean, hard headed jerk like you...OWWWWWWWWW!"

Shippo cried as Inuyasha bashed him in the head, then sent him flying.

"Good riddance!" The hanyou shouted, but he hated to admit it, but the runt was right on the mark.

Kagome did seem to put up with a lot from him. She was always there for him, through everything, even whenever he went to see Kikyo, Kagome would still welcome him back with open arms and a sweet, yet fake smile.

He yelled at her whenever she wanted to stop and rest a bit, or whenever she wanted to go home, in fact he yelled at her for practically everything that didn't involve the shards or Naraku.

Was it so bad to let her go see her family once in a while? She hardly even asked to anymore, probably thinking it'd be a waste of breath to ask him.

Then it dawned on him, maybe she wanted him to come with her...to spend this special holiday with him? If so, if that had been what she was trying to hint towards...Inuyasha felt really bad now.

So bad in fact, that within a split second he was at the well and leaping in.