FD: here's chapter 4. hope you all enjoy. Read and Review. Happy New Year to all. hope this past year was wonderful for all and i hope next year is wonderful as well.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or the idea of the Nutcraker Prince. The only thing I own is my OC aka Izumi and the twists that I made to make this story what it is.

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FD: any author notes (A/N) are the voices in my head. basically w/e they think to interject into the stories, that wouldn't quite fit or background info, or commentary or just something that would be funny if a character said it.

The Second Night

With the sunlight filtering in the window, Kagome woke up rubbing her eyes. 'Huh?'She looked around noticing that she was in her room. She felt something on her head and looked towards her mirror to see that she had a bandage wrapped around it. She then looked to her clock noting that it was a little after lunch time. She was about to get up, when Souta came through the door. He appeared to be carrying something.

"Hey sis, how are you feeling? Mom said you must have really banged your head. What were you doing downstairs last night anyway? Oh, here's some chocolate for you." (A/N: reminds me of my sister. doesn't give you any break to speak.)

"Thanks, but Souta, you should have been down there last night, there was this…"

"Souta!"

"Oops, gotta go. I'm not supposed to be in here." With that Souta ran out of the room.

Kagome looked to the chocolates and decided that she didn't want any, so she put them in the drawer of her bedside table. She then hears a noise at the door and spies the nutcracker.

"Nutcracker."

"I fixed him. His arm is as good as new." said Toga.

Taking the nutcracker from him she said, "Toga that was you on the clock last night right? The nutcracker is your son, so why didn't you help him?"

"It's not my place to help him. I'm not the one who can." (A/N: go back to chapter 1. the whole 'the one' thing. didn't really realize it til this chapter, but it's apart of the whole scheme of things.)

Before Kagome could respond her mother came into the room. "Toga! I thought it was Souta who was in here." She looked towards her daughter and saw the nutcracker in her hands. "So, this is why you were downstairs last night. I'll put him back into the case. You need to rest. Come Toga, the tea is ready downstairs."

After they left Kagome settled down into her bed, her thoughts taking her to what happened last night. She wondered if Naraku had survived or not. 'Hm, Nutcracker. He was dashing as he led the army. I'm glad his arm is back, he didn't seem complete without it.' She then fell asleep dreaming of the nutcracker. (A/N: *singing* I know you I walked with you once upon a dream...)

Hours later when night had fallen and everyone was asleep, Kagome awoke to a gnawing sound. She looked down and nearly screamed when she saw Naraku.

"You," she said.

"Yes me. Look at what you did two of my legs," he said while pointing to two that were burned."

"I didn't mean to, but you were trying to hurt Nutcracker."

"Hurt him? Hurt him? I wasn't trying to hurt him; I was trying to turn him into a pile of splinters."

Kagome had to think fast. She had to stop him from going after Naraku. 'The chocolates.'

"Here, how about some chocolates," she said as she opened the drawer.

He looked at her then the chocolates and he jumped in. After she was sure he was distracted she slammed the drawer shut, catching one of his legs. She quickly threw off her covers, put on her slippers and ran downstairs, all the while ignoring his cries of pain. When she got to the living room, she quickly ran to the case and grabbed Nutcracker.

"Nutcracker. Oh, I've got to get you somewhere safe." As she was about to leave the living room, the door closed. She suddenly looked down and there was Naraku.

"Look at what you did. My leg is all bent," he said.

"Uh…"

"Give me the nutcracker."

"No. You can't have him," she said while clutching said nutcracker to her.

"No? No?" he said. He then started to chuckle, "Then I'll take your cat." He started moving towards the corner of the room where Buyo slept.

"No, stop."

"Hm?"

"Oh Nutcracker what do I do?"

Out of nowhere gold dust sprouted down onto the case, Kagome and Nutcracker.

"Sword, I need a sword," Nutcracker said.

"A sword? Totosai," She quickly made her way to the case, took Totosai's sword and gave it to Nutcracker.

Nutcracker jumped off her and turned back towards her. "Don't worry Kagome, I'll be fine."

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Nutcracker walked until he was a few feet from Naraku. "You will not harm anyone here."

"Oh really? It will be easy to defeat you then move onto the others," he replied.

Naraku pulled out his sword and ran at Nutcracker. They traded blows until Naraku was able to deflect Nutcracker's sword into the trunk of the Christmas tree. While Naraku was distracted as he laughed, Nutcracker headed towards the tree to get his sword. When Naraku realized he was gone he headed towards him, but was stopped by Totosai.

"Get off, you senile old demon," said Naraku as he threw Totosai into the leg of the couch breaking the winding key in his back.

Meanwhile Nutcracker, who was unable to get his sword, started to climb the tree. Of course, the Spider King wasn't far behind.

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Kagome looked on scared at all the events. She watched as Izumi and Kaede checked on Totosai, who was spouting off nonsense. All of them then heard a shout of pain and heard a body thump on the ground. Kagome quickly looked towards the tree just as Nutcracker jumped down from it. She fell to her knees in relief. 'Oh good, he's all right.'

"Kagome," Nutcracker said.

Before Kagome could respond, Kaede interjected. "We need to get Totosai to the Land of the Dolls."

"There is such a place?" Nutcracker asked.

"Yes."

"Well how do you get there?" asked Kagome.

"Why through the castle of course. Don't you know anything?" Izumi replied.

"Well let's go. Kagome come with us," said Nutcracker.

End Chapter

FD: I'm evil. I ended there. I was actually planning on going a little further, but with how things were going if i added that part to this chapter the last chapter would have been extremely short. oh well. Review Please. check out my other story Because of Rin. look forward to the new year, there is a new story or stories in the making.