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(Back in the Feudal Era, out in an area surrounded by trees, a girl was thrown against a tree. Having the breath knocked out of her, she glared at the demon that had afflicted the blow to her.)
Leona: You'll pay for that!
(She emitted flames from her hands and scolded the demon, showing a smirk for her job well done.)
Leona: You have no idea who you're dealing with.
(The demon opened its fiery red eyes and leaped at her. Before it could reach her, the Hiraikotsu altered its path and distracted it. The demon turned around and saw the demon slayer take hold of her Hiraikotsu.)
Sango: Now Miroku!
Miroku: Right! Wind Tunnel!
(Miroku's void consumed the demon and he closed off this accursed void. He then made eye contact with the girl, whose wavy black hair was flowing with body in the wind.)
Leona: Miroku…? That was the cutest thing ever!
(She walked toward him, and he toward her, leaving Sango standing there with an anime anger vein.)
Miroku: Really? You think so?
Leona: I do.
(She gave him an irresistible smile with a charm that he couldn't resist.)
Miroku: I would like to ask you a favor…
Leona: Yes, monk?
(He had the typical lecherous glow in his eyes as he took the young lady's hands.)
Miroku: Will you consider bearing my child?
Sango: Miroku!
(Sango took his ear and pulled him away.)
Sango: This is getting a little old, isn't it pervert!
Miroku: Ow. Ow. Ow…
(While Sango pulled Miroku along, Leona stood there smiling.)
Leona: Oh I'll consider it.
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Now, Christmas time!----
(The morning arrived at Kagome's house. Sota interrupted Mikita and Karasu's sound sleep by jumping on them, thinking that it was Kagome like it always was—although this time it wasn't.)
Sota: It's Christmas! It's Christmas! Wake up sis! It's—
(He stopped bouncing and shouting when he noticed the angry looks on the demons' faces.)
Sota: Oops… sorry.
(He suddenly fell off the bed, stumbling onto Kagome and waking her up.)
Kagome: Ow! Sota! What are you doing?
Sota: It's Christmas!
(A little while later, everyone met in the living room to open presents. The excitement of the family was overwhelming to Mikita, who sat in a chair away from them. She sat in this solitary space and observed the joy that she had always longed for, watching as their laughter and tearing open of gifts filled the room. She looked aside and noticed the playful friendship of Buyo and Rena. The two cats seemed to take a liking to each other as they wrestled in harmony. Mikita appeared in a daze as Inuyasha approached her silently. He observed the unusual calmness and slightly envious expression on her face, and finally she spoke.)
Mikita: They all look so happy… Opening presents and spending time with their family… Must be nice.
Inuyasha: This doesn't sound like you.
(This statement angered Mikita as she directed a glare at him.)
Mikita: Why? Because I'm so mean?
Inuyasha: Well, you're not the nicest person in the world, that's for sure!
Mikita: You think I want to be like this? I'm a demon! What do you expect?
(Her anger settled down as she directed her level of sight to the ground.)
Mikita: I know I may not seem like it, but I try.
(She looked up into his eyes, and she appeared a completely different person as she calmly continued.)
Mikita: I try to do good… to do better, but I… I just don't know how to, I guess.
(There was silence for a moment and Mikita broke eye contact, seeming a little embarrassed of revealing her feelings. Inuyasha remembered what Kagome said to him: "Make her something nice with this bead kit and put it in this box to give to her on Christmas. It would be nice if you did." He tossed a small gift on her lap and she looked at it.)
Inuyasha: There, Merry… uhh, what did she want me to say? Oh yeah, Christmas.
(Mikita looked up at him and he walked away as if paying no attention to the gift-giving moment. Mikita took the gift into her hands and looked at it with a slight expression of joy and surprise. She took hold of the ribbon, and then the scene switched over to Hiei doing the same opening his gift.)
Kuwabara: Come on half-pint! Hurry it up! You sure take your sweet time opening gifts!
Hiei: And you take all your sweet time wasting your time.
(He got the gift open and pulled out a sweater, holding it up with a look of disappointment.)
Hiei: She got me a sweater. A brown sweater! Does Yukina know nothing about my fashion sense?
Kurama: Look at it this way: At least you know you have a sister that cares about you.
Yusuke: Kurama's right. It's the thought that counts.
Hiei: (Sighs) Yeah, I know.
(Karasu ran in with a gift box.)
Karasu: Sexy Shorty! I got you a present!
Hiei: It's not a brown sweater is it?
Karasu: No. A sweater wouldn't fit in this little box… I don't think… What's a sweater?
Hiei: Never mind. Give it here.
(Hiei reached out to take the box, but she pulled it away.)
Karasu: Nuh-uh. Close your eyes.
Hiei: Why?
Karasu: Just close your eyes. It's a surprise.
Hiei: Whatever.
(He closed his eyes, and soon he heard a snap and felt something go on his wrist. When he opened his eyes, he found that he was handcuffed to Karasu.)
Hiei: Karasu! Why!
Karasu: I saw it on the talking box thingy. A girl clipped one end on her wrist and the other end on the boy's wrist. She said it would keep them together forever.
Hiei: Okay. One: It's called a TV. Two: You just handcuffed us together, and three: Where did you get these!
Karasu: These are called handcuffs? I thought they were couple bracelets. Some fat guy dressed in black and shiny things was eating a doughnut and—
Hiei: Wait… Did this guy have a car with red and blue lights on top of it?
Karasu: Yeah. Why?
(Not long after she said that, there was pounding at the door.)
Officer: Open the door!
Karasu: (Happily) Okay!
(Karasu was about to go open the door, but Hiei jerked her back by the handcuffs.)
Hiei: (Loud whisper) No! That's the cops!
Karasu: Huh?
Hiei: Forget it. Please tell me there's a key to these handcuffs.
Karasu: Uhh…
Hiei: You don't know what a key is, do you?
Karasu: I have no clue.
(The cops still banged against the door.)
Hiei: We have to get out of here. Somewhere they won't find us.
Karasu: They wouldn't find us in the Feudal Era.
Hiei: Finally you say something smart.
Karasu: (Dazed out)… Huh? Did you say something?
Hiei: (Sighs) No. (Hears the cops' loud banging) Come on. We're out of here.
Kuwabara: You're just gonna leave us here with them!
Hiei: Here's a little advice… Run.
(Karasu was dazed out again, and Hiei literally jerked her out of it.)
Hiei: Come on! We're leaving! Pay attention!
Karasu: Okay! Let's go get Miki!
Hiei: Miki?
(Karasu ended up dragging him along as they exited through the back door.)
Hiei: How do I always get dragged into these things? I'm handcuffed to an idiot and running from police. Could this Christmas get any worse?
Officer: Hold it right there! (Points to Karasu) You're under arrest!
Karasu: No I'm not! I'm very much awake, thank you!
Hiei: Obviously it can.
Karasu: Who are you and your doughnut to—?
(Hiei picked her up before she could finish her taunt.)
Hiei: Not now.
(He jumped up into the air with her and leaped over the fence. The police started shooting at them.)
Karasu: Hey! I'm the dragon here! I can fly us out of here!
Hiei: Not now!
Karasu: Who made you the boss? I wear the pants in this relationship.
Hiei: Karasu, you and I both know I wear the pants in… Wait a second! What relationship!
Karasu: Hee hee, I almost made you admit it.
Hiei: Karasu!
(Hiei got shot in the back of his left arm close to his shoulder, and Karasu noticed his flinch along with the sound of the gun and his pain.)
Karasu: Hiei!
(Meanwhile at Kagome's house:)
Kagome: Come on Sota! Let's go make a snowman!
Sota: Yeah! I can wear my new coat and gloves!
(Inuyasha was standing by the door waiting for them.)
Kagome: Hey Mikita, do you want to come?
Mikita: Sure!
(Mikita fixed her long sleeve over a bracelet that says, "SPIRIT" on it, which Inuyasha noticed and reacted to. Sota and Kagome ran outside cheerfully. Mikita glanced at Inuyasha and ran out past him, Buyo and Rena following behind her. Inuyasha accompanied them outside, watching, as Mikita appeared to be relishing the moment. Her hair flew in the wind as she gazed up toward the sky, watching every little snowflake that fell toward her. Enjoying the wintertime activities, Kagome and Sota began constructing a snowman, soon turning it into a snowball fight instead. One of the snowballs hit Mikita in the side of the head and caused her to glare at Sota, who backed up slowly in fear until falling back and getting his butt stuck in a bucket.)
Mikita: (Smirks) Priceless.
(She took a deep breath as if preparing to merge into a state of deep thought, but her ear was soon directed toward the sound of a gunshot. They all stopped what they were doing and faced the source of the sound.)
Mikita: What was…?
(Hiei jumped into the yard with Karasu, landing roughly due to slight weakness.)
Kagome: It's Hiei and Karasu!
Mikita: Gee, I never would have guessed.
Hiei: We have to get back to the Feudal Era… now.
Mikita: Why? What's happening?
(Hiei put Karasu down and Mikita noticed the handcuffs.)
Mikita: Well, at least you're not so weird as to seek the Spirit Crystal.
Hiei: What do you mean?
Mikita: You've found other ways to become "one."
(Hiei got a sweat drop and Karasu just smiled.)
Karasu: My point exactly.
Hiei: This was her flaw. Not a charm bracelet.
(Mikita's attention was drawn to the blood in the snow behind Hiei.)
Mikita: You're wounded, you know.
Hiei: (Sarcastically) No. I didn't know that. Now let's go!
(He started to walk, but the dead weight attached to him refused.)
Hiei: Karasu! Stop dazing out and let's go!
Karasu: Oh, sorry.
Mikita: Let's go then. This is obviously Karasu's doing.
(Karasu got a sweat drop, and everyone ran into the shrine except for Sota, who was left standing there with the lonesome Buyo. Buyo meowed toward the shrine where Rena had gone.)
Sota: It's okay Buyo. I don't know what's going on either.
(Suddenly, the police busted through the fence and pointed the gun at Sota.)
Police: Hold it right there! You are…! Just a kid.
(They noticed that it was merely a young boy and his cat, so they took their aims off of Sota, whose mouth was wide open in shock. Sota stared silently at them—Blink. Blink—and the officers glanced at each other.)
Officer: This must be the wrong house. They must have gone to the next house. We can't let them escape!
(The officers ran over to the next house, and Sota remained motionless with a wet stain on his pants.)
Sota: … I think it's… freezing. I really gotta learn to expect the unexpected.
(Suddenly, a man ran from the direction that the police had gone and ran through the Higurashi's yard—not to mention he was butt naked… in the snow.)
Man: It wasn't me! It was those damned NC-17 gay blimps! They threw their pencils at me! I was framed! (Hiccup)
Officer: Sir! You're under arrest!
(Sota just stood there wide-eyed for a moment.)
Sota: Yep. I can see that's not gonna happen.
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Well, this certainly was a crazy chapter. Hiei is having the worst Christmas in history. He got handcuffed to Karasu, is being chased by cops, got shot in the arm, and he's still handcuffed to Karasu! How will this turn out? Well, of course I'm not gonna tell you. Ha. Ha.