Disclaimer: All characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi. This is purely for my own amusement.

A/N: Happy Holidays everyone!

Christmas

Kagome was with her son and heading over to the Taisho's. Her brothers had decided that the two of them were going to take Souta to a friend's house and do Christmas there. She summed it up that she got ditched but she was okay with it.

She and Shippo already had a ton of gifts… well Shippo didn't really. He only had the ones that he wanted to give Rin. Kagome had everything else for everyone. His mother had everything covered, like she always did.

When she wasn't being insane.

She watched as Shippo ran up the door, knocking rapidly as she pulled the wagon of goodies behind her. Kagome shook her head happily; Shippo was adorable. Or high on sugar; same thing to her.

Touga answered the door with a smile at seeing the excited Shippo. He motioned the kid inside, who bolted in squealing in enthusiasm for seeing his friend. "Hello there Kagome," he greeted with another smile as he opened the door more to allow the wagon and Kagome into the manor.

"Good morning! Hope we're not too early… or late," she replied with a ponder at the end. She wasn't all that sure at what time she was pushed herself out the house, now that she thought about it.

"Nonsense," he said. "You could never be either." Kagome gave him a look that said that she doubted him a hundred percent. Touga chucked at her lightly. "You know where the living room is. You can unpack the gifts there while I go find my boys…"

x

Touga found his boys playing a fighting game upstairs in Inuyasha's room. Shippo already made a nest near Rin as they, together, watched the brothers try to outdo the other. "Boys, Kagome's here," he told but neither even so much as twitched that they heard him.

Rin and Shippo shared a glance at each other, giggling to themselves about something only they understood. Touga walked around the room, looking for the outlet that connected to the tv. Video games weren't allowed anymore.

His face lit up when he found it. The second the tv turned off, cries of, "Shit! I was so close to beating this guy!"

"Kagome is here. Sesshomaru, be a good boyfriend and go help her. Inuyasha, you are coming with me to deal with food," Touga ordered, leaving no room to argue. Inuyasha bowed his head in defeat.

x

Kagome had mostly piled her gifts under the tree when she felt arms grab her from behind. Giggling, she glanced up and said, "Hey Sess."

His head was resting on her head while he peered down to the things that she brought with her. "You know… you didn't have to get us anything." The look she gave made him chuckle. "Then again, I suppose, it would be odd if you didn't."

"Hush," she giggled. "When do we get to open everything?"

"After breakfast. Dad has been working all morning for this. We'll have to be patient," he answered with a huff. It was clear that he wanted to open them now. In the end, everyone was a child when it came to opening presents.

She smiled at that. "Is it just your family plus Shippo and I for today?"

He nodded to her. "Yes. I can't imagine your brothers being here… not that they couldn't be here but Inuyasha thought it would be better with more immediate family and you're my girlfriend, so you count into that."

"That's strangely nice of him to think of us…"

"He voiced it to dad as well and even he thought that it would be a good idea. I didn't question it much. Why, did you want your brothers here?"

Kagome shook her head terribly fast. "Goodness no! As luck would have it though, they all got to spend time with mom. Of course mom wasn't all that happy that I didn't come but I told her the situation. However, she wants to have you for dinner tonight so there's that…"

The look of horror that appeared on his face would have her laughing for days to come. That was too priceless.

x

Once breakfast had been eaten and everyone was full, they all made their way into the living room to open gifts. All were excited and eager, and Kagome decided that she was going to be that started off a chain of events.

Kagome handed two gifts to Rin from her, who was thrilled that the woman thought about her. "I hope you enjoy that. I figured it would be useful some time to time," she told with a smile.

Rin ripped into the wrapping paper with gusto. Her eyes lit up at seeing beautifully designed fancy white dresses, complete with glitter and rhinestones. She gasped in awe. "Miss Kagome, it's so pretty! Thank you so much!" She grabbed the other gift that came with the dresses. It was a stuffed elephant; it was adorable! "Oh cute! Thank you! I love all of them!"

"Oh, I'm so glad. I had fun picking them all out." Rin bear hugged Kagome before going back to admire her new set of clothes. Kagome handed Touga his two gifts as well once Rin was thoroughly distracted.

"You didn't have to get me anything," he began as he stared at the presents on his lap now. He heard her chuckle before he calmly opened both of the gifts. There were a set I limited edition cookbooks from his favorite chefs and a new red sweater, something of which he immediately noted was extremely warm. "Kagome, these are amazing. Where did you find these?"

"Honestly, I believe I found them in a thrift store. It was really surprising that someone would just leave those there since they should be cherished but I'm glad you like them." She smiled towards him. "And the sweater, I made that."

"I love the intricate work and it's super warm," he chirped with a grin. He watched her beam with appreciation as she handed her gifts to his son.

Kagome glanced on to her boyfriend as the book she found brought onto the floor. Sesshomaru picked it up and said, "Pranks to do to your Brother…" He flipped through a couple of pages as a smirk slowly appeared on his face while his brother frowned at this. "Well little brother, looks like we're going to have fun this coming year."

"I'm not going to enjoy this new year," Inuyasha mumbled.

Holding the book in his hand, he turned to Kagome. "You know me well."

"I figured it work be fun especially if I can join in on the fun." She pointed to the other present. "Before you open that one, I just want you to know that the craving on it was hundred percent designed by me. Hopefully it meets your approval."

He took a moment to let that sink in as he grabbed the longer box. Using a knife to open the box, he lifted the top and his jaw dropped a little. The box contained a wooden sword with detailed cravings of cranes with clouds. "This is beautiful." He looked up to her and locked eyes with her. "Thank you for this."

"You're welcome!" Inuyasha grabbed the gift that said his name in Kagome's haul without her handing it to him. She gave him a playful glare and a pout. "I'm not all that sure if you read… but maybe at least one of them will catch your interest."

"Hey! I'm not dumb!"

Kagome blinked in confusion. "I didn't imply that… I just didn't know if you read or not. Um… enjoy?"

His present were books, of course, and the first one read, How to Cook With Less Ingredients. He raised an eyebrow then chuckled. That actually makes a lot of sense now that he thought about it. The other book definitely got his attention; Tired of Pranks? Here's How to Get Them Back! "Wait… you encourage pranks to Sess but you also are trying to stop them through me? Or encourage them to happen as well."

"Yep! I figured since I wasn't here for the all out dare war, I might as well be there for the prank war," she giggled as Inuyasha clearly seemed to be interested. She would also swear, she saw a weird glint in her boyfriend's eyes. Kagome handed her son the rest of the gifts.

Shippo proceeded to receive a completely derpy fox stuffed animal, of which he hugged its life out, and a whole new wardrobe. He was stunned at seeing all the things that he would be able to wear either today or at a later date. He hugged his mother with all his might and mumbling out thank you to her.

She patted his head in a loving manner as Touga addressed her, "Time for your gifts from me." She glanced up to him and grabbed the gift that he was holding out to her. "Enjoy."

Kagome gently opened the wrapping to reveal a beautiful sweater trench coat. Immediately, she placed the coat on herself. Truth be told, she was freezing. In a much small box with a bow, presented her a thin silver bracelet. It was simple yet oh so pretty. "Oh they're lovely. I love them, thank you so much!" She stood up to hug the older male, who chuckled and hugged back.

"And this is for Shippo. Let me know if you want help building that," Touga smirked. The look on his face was filled with mischief; a look that made Kagome worry a little.

Shippo looked up to Touga before diving into unwrapping his present. He gasped when the box showed that it was How to Build Your Own Train Set and then had a moment of just admiring the toy. Rin too joined into looking over everything. The two of them started whispering to one another on what they planned on doing. But not before Shippo exclaimed happily, "Thank you sir! This was awesome!"

Touga laughed at him, amused. He threw the next gift at his youngest son's head but was annoyed when Inuyasha merely caught it mid air. "Cheater."

"You tried to kill me."

"I did not."

Inuyasha stuck his tongue out at his father while opening the gift. The newest game that he had been saving up for, dropped into his lap. His eyes widened in a mix of stunned horror; happy horror but horror nonetheless. "How did you manage to pull a fast one on me?! I didn't even notice that you were listening to me when I was talking about the game."

"I have my ways. You're welcome by the way." Touga looked far too smug after saying that.

His son couldn't help but gape at him. Inuyasha then open the other half of the presents. Normally he was irritated when people got him clothes, but he wasn't about to complain with pajama pants; he silently admitted to himself that he needed them… He received two sets of pants; one had a series of different breeds of puppies on them, while the other was plaid of white, black, and red. This time, he merely nodded his thanks as his father rolled his eyes.

Touga had to get up and go into another room to bring out his gift for his other son. Sesshomaru watched in wary for a moment before noticing that was his father was holding was a suitcase and an envelope. He set the suitcase in front of Sesshomaru, then handed him the white envelope.

Sesshomaru opened it and picked out the slips of paper. His eyes widened at seeing what was in his hand. There were two round trip tickets to England set for next year's Valentine's Day. He sat in silence for a moment before handing the tickets over to his girlfriend, who gaped at the sight. Sesshomaru stood up to side hug his father. "Thanks."

"Anytime. I hope you two use them." He smiled widely, almost like he knew something they didn't. It really wouldn't surprise him if he did to be honest.

Rin got a cute kimono; it's colors were orange and cream squares with green circles in the pattern; one all blue sundress, and six sets of coloring books with colored pencils. "I'm going to be so pretty!"

"But you're already pretty," Kagome pointed out with a grin.

"More pretty then!" Everyone laughed at her starry eyes. She was twirling around with the dresses. "Thank you grandpa!"

"Somehow dad and I were on the same wave length," Inuyasha started, gaining an odd look from his father. He handed Kagome a card. Now he was getting weirder looks from everyone in the room. Did he not think through his gift? Why a card?

However, what fell out of the card, bewildered Kagome. "Wait… is this what I think it is?" she asked as her eyes scanned the papers. In her hands were tickets to Majestic Resort and Spa. The card read, I'm not good with gifts but I figured this was a win-win. I normally don't encourage whatever it is that you do with my brother, but you can use this at anytime for some 'couple time' whenever you want. Have fun?

"Yeah…" Inuyasha was completely uncomfortable and thought that his present was entirely underrated. He knew it wasn't anything big but he supposed it was good when Kagome wrapped her arms around him.

"Oh thank you Inu! I love it!" Heck, even his brother, once he saw what was given, gave him a nod of appreciation. It was such an odd feeling for Inuyasha.

Feeling the need to get the attention off for him, he told Shippo to go over to behind the tree. The tyke listened and walked over to the tree, then he squealed. "Oh my gosh! Mama, he got me a motorbike!" It was for kids… but still!

Kagome's eyes narrowed on her friend, who whistled and pretended that he did no such thing. She doesn't know what to think at seeing that.

Touga facepalmed; Rin looked on in awe and Sesshomaru didn't know whether or not to hurt his brother… he was leaning towards throttling him. "Inu! Why?!" Kagome protested for a second.

"Hey! In my defense, I thought it was good idea! Dad gave me one when I was young so I didn't see any harm in giving your kid one. Plus! Look how happy he is," Inuyasha countered. He thought it was good gift. He had to do something after thinking that his gift to Kagome was bad…

Kagome didn't know how to feel about this and Inuyasha was right. Shippo was ecstatic.

Inuyasha got his brother a prosthetic arm. Sesshomaru held it in his hand with an odd look on his face. Turning his attention onto the weird spawn that was his brother, he cautioned, "What the actual fu—" A throat cleared next to him and he changed his words by saying instead, "What the actual hell?"

Inuyasha shrugged with a laugh. "For shitte and giggles?" At the with that word, it didn't sound like the actual curse word. Kagome let it slide… for now. "I thought it was funny."

"There's no back story for this?" he wondered.

"Nope! I just thought it would be funny to see your reaction. Nice reaction by the way."

"I hate you."

"Likewise."

"Boys," Touga sighed as Inuyasha moved to another room. Sometimes he wished he didn't have such dumb sons.

The male returned shortly after with a pick Audi car, kids version edition. All the adults sighed in defeat as Inuyasha smirked, knowing that he was the awesome uncle and or friend that gave out cool things.

Sesshomaru shook his head at his brother's idiotic tendencies. He always wonders how that idiot was born into this family. He grabbed his gifts and started with his girlfriend, setting the ones for her in front of her body.

There was an oddly shaped one and softly tearing the wrapping away, she saw that it was a mug of a panda with a Santa hat on it. It was adorable! The next present was of a photo album and as she flipped through it, she noted that it only consisted on photos of the two of them having fun and getting into trouble. She just had to question how in the hell he managed all of this; she didn't even know that they were being taken! But she still loved it all the same.

The last box was small. She popped the top off to see a beautiful silver chained necklace with a crescent moon and dangling stars. She handed the necklace to him and presented her neck to him so he could put it on her. It was evident that Sesshomaru was glad that she liked it before helping her put it on. She then turned around fast and hugged him tightly. "It's beautiful, I love it!"

He merely smiled at her and slid a decently sized box over to Shippo, who tore into it with enthusiasm. It was a remote controlled monster trunk, complete with lights and loud noises.

Just so he could annoy Kagome from a distance had been his thought process when buying the toy. And judging by her look she was aiming at him, she knew exactly what he had been thinking. "You suck," she deadpanned as he laughed quietly.

"You're welcome. Now, even if you weren't already, can think of me when you hear all those sounds."

"I'll never sleep again," she sighed dramatically but all the while, playful as well. He nudged her in response. She poked him back with a giggle.

Shippo laughed at their inactions before giving his mother his gift. Kagome beamed down to him and opened it. It was pillow that read, I love that you're my mom. Her eyes teared up a little at reading that and scooped up her munchkin in a hug. It was clear that she wasn't about to let him go anytime soon now. "It's wonderful Ship. Thank you."

"You're the best!" He grinned at her and then pointed to something near Rin and said, "That's for you~"

The girl in question blinked in wonder then smiled. She grabbed the thing that he had pointed to and unwrapped the present. There was a set of accessories that she could design her hair with that she oohed at. "Pretty! Thanks!"

Shippo cuddled further into his mother's arms after she said that.

Rin had been watching her father react to his girlfriend with a smile. She loved that he was happy and relaxed enough to be social… or an extent of course. She plopped herself next to her father after she handed something… or attempted to—she had to get help from her uncle—and give it to her best friend.

"Whoa, cool!" he shouted and Kagome let him go just to watch him dive into his present. It was a big blue bean bag; it was clear that it was big enough to hold the two of them, especially since Rin joined after she set aside the gift for her dad in front of him.

Sesshomaru unwrapped the horribly deformed package and read it. It was a sign that said, If dad can't fix it, we're screwed. It got him to laugh so it was worth it.

Heck, it got everyone to laugh once it was shown to them as well.

It was a happy Christmas indeed.

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