Love in the Alley
A/N: Sincerely sorry for taking so long, reality's really catching up with me! Anyways, I decided to redo the 11th chapter, the last 11th chapter was terrible! I hope people will read this.
Kagome sighed, it was good to be out of the dangers of the woods and back into civilizations. The camping trip had finally ended after 15 days, it was now December already.
She fiddled around with her pencil a bit, "I wonder what Inuyasha would like for Christmas?"
"Ms. Higurashi, would you mind doing your work once in a while, you need to catch up to the classes you've missed," the teacher snapped.
"Oh, sorry," Kagome replied in a absent minded tone.
The teacher gave up with a sigh and went on to give a extremely long lecture on the forces of gravity.
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Kagome looked over her list, it was imperative to get something for Inuyasha, but what?
She flipped over on her bed and listened to the voices of argument going on in the main halls.
"Why should I celebrate Christmas!? I say we stay a traditional, normal, Japanese family!" Kaede yelled.
"Grandma, there's no way we could be a normal, orthodox family," Shippou told the old woman.
"Why not?" Kaede asked.
"In our family, we have 2 mikos (A/N: note that Kagome isn't considered a miko yet), 1 permanent demon, 1 perhaps temporary demon, a priest (grandpa), and a partridge in a pear tree. Besides, some normal Japanese families celebrate Christmas," Shippou replied.
"I think you mean one half-accomplished priest," Kaede said with a sniff.
"Who'd you call half accomplished?!!" Grandpa asked all the way from the back of the house.
"You really shouldn't have said that," Sota said with a sigh.
"I was just trying to make her celebrate Christmas," Shippou said.
"You have absolutely no idea how to convince people, do you?" Sota said, sighing again.
"Let's see you trying to do it!" Shippou said angrily.
"Stand aside," Sota said as he stepped towards Kaede.
"Grandaunt Kaede, you see, celebrating Christmas will be a good thing because it will increase the happiness of the entire household by ten percent, people will give presents to each other, resulting in a economic flow throughout the nation," Sota said, pointing to a chart with a laser pointer.
"Who called me half-accomplished?!" Grandpa said, marching in to the room.
This was going to be a long night.
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Inuyasha laid on the lawn; he had been tired from all the commotion, why did people invent Christmas, what with all the gift buying and planning. It was simpler when he was by himself, no one to care for, but then, there was also no one caring for him back then. He rolled over, maybe it was nicer to be back in society. Maybe he should get something for Kagome for Christmas. Lately he had gotten a part-time job on some nights, because there was nothing better to do, and maybe he could buy her something with that money. He rolled over again, jumped up and walked towards the mansion.
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The weekend passed fast, it was school time again. Inuyasha and Kagome sat, eating lunch with Sango and Miroku.
"Sango, have you done your Christmas shopping yet?" Kagome asked.
"No, I'm going this… Miroku, please stop doing that before I hit you," Sango said in a cold tune, "anyways, I'm going to finish shopping this weekend at the Tokyo mall, want to join me?"
"Sure, why not!" Kagome replied cheerily.
"Inuyasha, are you doing anything this weekend?" Kagome asked.
"Not really," Said Inuyasha as he stared at the window, just then for a moment, he suddenly smelled his brother's scent. His gaze intensified, but the scent had faded away so quickly it was impossible to track where it was from.
Sensing that something was wrong, Kagome softly placed her hand on Inuyasha's, "Something wrong?"
"Not really," Inuyasha said, then, sensing Kagome's hand, he started blushing, "Kagome, your hand… Uh…"
"Oh, right," Kagome said, taking her hand away with a jerk. She then laughed, embarrassed.
"You want to come to the mall with us?" Kagome said.
"Sure, why not," Inuyasha said. This would be the perfect chance to get a present for Kagome.
"I also need to do my shopping," Miroku said as he bowed on one knee before Sango, "Lady Sango, would you do me the honor of allowing me to shop with you?!"
Kagome and Inuyasha sweatdropped.
"Miroku, you pervert, stop touching me!"
Kagome and Inuyasha sweatdropped again.
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"Well, it wasn't easy, but I guess we've finally come to an agreement," Kaede and Grandpa said in unison, each with bandages all over their faces.
"We're going to celebrate Christmas!" They said.
"I can't believe they destroyed 300,000 yen's worth of furniture over whether to celebrate Christmas or not," Shippou said, shaking his head in amazement.
"My beautiful sculptures," Shippou's dad exclaimed, crying.
"For some things in life, you've got to make sacrifices. For everything else, there's MasterCard™," Sota said to Shippou.
"Um… OK… Sota, I think you've been watching too much TV," Shippou said with a bit of unease.
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Time passes quickly before the holidays, it was soon the weekend again, and Kagome, Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sango were strolling in the mall again.
"I wonder what I should buy for Inuyasha," Kagome thought, a minute later, the solution suddenly dawned on her.
"I wonder what I should buy for Kagome," Thought Inuyasha, but he too, soon found the solution.
They soon separated to, where would the fun of peeking at presents be if you knew what the presents were?
Inuyasha strolled through the mall; soon he came upon something that he thought would be good for the present.
"Hey vendor, how much is that necklace?" He asked.
"It was 150,000 yens, but now it's only 123,456 yens since it's on sale," he said with a smile.
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"Where did you go today?" Asked Rin as she walked into Sesshomaru's room.
"I paid a visit to the place my little brother's at, and left him a little present," Sesshomaru replied in an amused tone.
"A present?"
"That's right. Don't look, so surprised, it was nothing bad."
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Christmas Eve at last, and everyone was opening their presents.
"YEAH!!!!!!! NEW SCULPTURES!!!!!" Yelled Shippou's dad as he put the sculptures onto a laser guarded counter.
"Wow, the new video game I've been wanting! Thanks Shippou!" Sota said.
"A guide to not being a complete moron!" Grandpa Yelled out, "Why you!!"
"Look underneath the cover," Kaede said calmly.
"Oh, a place for secretly storing liquor," Grandpa said as he calmed down, "Thanks!"
Inuyasha found another small present under the tree for him, it smelled of Sesshomaru, he quietly got out of the house to open it; he didn't want to take any chances with his brother.
Inside was a small bracelet with a picture of a woman inside it, a note laid beside it.
"Inuyasha, enclosed is one bracelet with a picture of your mother, that's everything of your's out of my house. Merry Christmas, Sesshomaru. P.S. Can't I do something nice once in a while!"
Inuyasha quietly slipped the bracelet into his pocket as Kagome ran out to meet him.
"You haven't opened my present yet, by the way, thanks for the necklace." Kagome said as she handed him a package.
Inuyasha opened the package, enclosed was a note, "Look up," said the note.
Inuyasha looked up, and Kagome gave him a soft kiss.
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A/N: I like this version much better than the other one. How do you like the ending?