Holiday Gifts; Chapter 2
"Hey everybody!" Kagome shouted out as she entered the village, Inu Yasha at her side. Shippo ran over and leapt into her arms while Sango and Miroku strolled over, grinning.
"Lady Kagome, how wonderful to see you," Miroku said, flashing Inu Yasha a grin while Sango game the girl a hug. "We feared you'd left for good."
"Of course I was coming back!" Kagome replied with shock, "I just had some setting up to do for Christmas. Which reminds me, I got you all presents!"
"Ooh, presents! Presents! Wha'chya get me Kagome?" Shippo clamored, climbing all over her.
Laughing, she put him down. "Once we get to Kaede's, Shippo!" The excited kit ran ahead to the priestess's hut, dancing in the snow with eagerness.
~~*~~*~~
"What's the occasion, Kagome?" Sango asked as Kagome handed out lumpy packages to the company.
"It's Christmas! It's a holiday in my time when you spend time with those you care for and give everybody presents!" Kagome chirped happily, giving the last package and sitting to face her friends. "Open them!"
"But Lady Kagome, we didn't get you any gifts," Miroku protested distractedly as he tore the paper off his gift. Kagome merely laughed and watched happily.
"Oh, whoa, Kagome!" Shippo exclaimed, pulling a paddleball from the paper. "What does it do?" Smiling, Kagome demonstrated to the fox-demon how to bounce the ball off the wood, and soon all they heard from Shippo was the boings of the bouncing ball.
"Kagome, it's lovely!" Sango gasped, pulling a fancy, flowery fan from the package. Miroku was staring at his little contraption. It was a multi- colored block of some sort.
"It's a Rubik's cube," Kagome explained, "You're supposed to move the layers until you get all the sides one color." She watched with amusement as Miroku focused on his gift and attempted to solve the cube.
"It's impossible to get" Kagome whispered to Sango, "I thought it might interest the monk in him and get rid of the pervert for a while." They shared a giggle that went unnoticed by Miroku.
Happily, Kagome turned to Inu Yasha, who was gripping a scroll in his clawed hand.
"Unroll it," Kagome said quietly, eyes never leaving the hanyou's face. Slowly, he unrolled the scroll and nearly gasped. 'I-it's . . ."
"I saw a picture near identical in an art shop. I asked the artist if he could paint me another one with a few changes, and he did," Kagome explained quietly.
'Mother . . ." Inu Yasha thought wonderingly, gazing at the portrait. It was a near replica of his mother, from her high cheekbones to the glint in her eye. As if he was seeing her again.
"I hope you like it," Kagome said nervously, wringing her scarf. "I couldn't think of anything, and. . ." She trailed of when Inu Yasha looked up at her very oddly. He looked so innocent, so childish.
"Thank you."
Kagome blushed slightly, and turned to Shippo who was tangled in the string from his paddleball. Inu Yasha watched her wonderingly. 'Kagome . . ."
~~*~~*~~
Kagome climbed out of the well four days ahead of schedule. She was still in shock as she entered the house, much to the joy of her family. It was still fresh in her mind, Inu Yasha coming up to her, saying - what was it? - Oh yes, that she should spend this special time with her family.
"You've been done from them too often," Inu Yasha said gruffly, "And since the snow keeps away news of the Shikon Shards, your not of any real use."
"That was almost like he was trying to be considerate," Kagome thought to herself as she sat in the bath later, "What's wrong with Inu Yasha?"
~~*~~*~~
Back in the Feudal Era, Inu Yasha was rushing through the woods as fast and he possibly could.
"Only a few days, I've got to go faster!" he grunted, and sped off towards the west, to his father's former lands.
~~*~~*~~
Christmas was a happy day for Kagome. Up early with a large, warm breakfast, her family now sat in the living room, exchanging gifts. After unwrapping a new woolen scarf, Kagome heard a knock on the door and opened it to see Inu Yasha before her. Her face brightened before realizing he probably was there to drag her back to the Feudal Age.
"Umm, Inu Yasha, I can't go back today. It's Christmas. I told you."
Inu Yasha nodded. "I know. I came because - uh - I - well - I - I got you something."
Kagome watched as he blushed pink and her jaw nearly dropped. 'He-he got me a gift?'
"Here." He shoved something into her hands. Looking down, Kagome saw a beautiful jade pendant on a gold chain glimmering in her hands. Gasping with joy, she threw her arms around Inu Yasha, clutching the necklace.
"It's beautiful," she sighed, releasing him, and clasping it rounder her neck. She looked down at it, swelling with happiness.
"It was my mother's," Inu Yasha muttered, still slightly red but looking very pleased. Kagome's jaw did drop this time, as she gazed at the lovely pendant. 'His mom's?'
"Inu Yasha, would you like to come in?" Kagome asked gently, holding the door open. Surprised, he nodded and followed her into the house and started towards the living room.
"Stop!" Sota commanded when he saw Kagome and Inu Yasha in the doorway.
"What?"
"You're under the mistletoe Sis!" Sota exclaimed gleefully.
"Sota!" Kagome yelled, ready to hit her little brother. Inu Yasha merely looked confused.
"What's mistletoe?"
"When two people are caught in a doorway under the mistletoe together, they got to kiss!" Sota giggled, pointing to the plant hanging in the doorway. Inu Yasha looked up, than looked down to a blushing Kagome.
"You mortals and your silly customs," he scoffed, before leaning down and kissing Kagome.
Kagome's eyes opened in shock as she felt Inu Yasha's lips against her own. 'He - he kissed - he kissed me!'
Grinning, Inu Yasha pulled away and sat next to Sota who was laughing wildly. Kagome stood in the doorway for a moment, before joining her brother and Inu Yasha on the floor.
'Thank you Inu Yasha,' she thought happily, joining the demon in playing with her brother.
'Thank you.'
~~*~~*~~
Fin
So, wha'dyall think? The idea came to mommy_tomoyo one night in the shower . . .best thinking place it is. A nice, short little fluff. Tell her what you think, ne?
"Hey everybody!" Kagome shouted out as she entered the village, Inu Yasha at her side. Shippo ran over and leapt into her arms while Sango and Miroku strolled over, grinning.
"Lady Kagome, how wonderful to see you," Miroku said, flashing Inu Yasha a grin while Sango game the girl a hug. "We feared you'd left for good."
"Of course I was coming back!" Kagome replied with shock, "I just had some setting up to do for Christmas. Which reminds me, I got you all presents!"
"Ooh, presents! Presents! Wha'chya get me Kagome?" Shippo clamored, climbing all over her.
Laughing, she put him down. "Once we get to Kaede's, Shippo!" The excited kit ran ahead to the priestess's hut, dancing in the snow with eagerness.
~~*~~*~~
"What's the occasion, Kagome?" Sango asked as Kagome handed out lumpy packages to the company.
"It's Christmas! It's a holiday in my time when you spend time with those you care for and give everybody presents!" Kagome chirped happily, giving the last package and sitting to face her friends. "Open them!"
"But Lady Kagome, we didn't get you any gifts," Miroku protested distractedly as he tore the paper off his gift. Kagome merely laughed and watched happily.
"Oh, whoa, Kagome!" Shippo exclaimed, pulling a paddleball from the paper. "What does it do?" Smiling, Kagome demonstrated to the fox-demon how to bounce the ball off the wood, and soon all they heard from Shippo was the boings of the bouncing ball.
"Kagome, it's lovely!" Sango gasped, pulling a fancy, flowery fan from the package. Miroku was staring at his little contraption. It was a multi- colored block of some sort.
"It's a Rubik's cube," Kagome explained, "You're supposed to move the layers until you get all the sides one color." She watched with amusement as Miroku focused on his gift and attempted to solve the cube.
"It's impossible to get" Kagome whispered to Sango, "I thought it might interest the monk in him and get rid of the pervert for a while." They shared a giggle that went unnoticed by Miroku.
Happily, Kagome turned to Inu Yasha, who was gripping a scroll in his clawed hand.
"Unroll it," Kagome said quietly, eyes never leaving the hanyou's face. Slowly, he unrolled the scroll and nearly gasped. 'I-it's . . ."
"I saw a picture near identical in an art shop. I asked the artist if he could paint me another one with a few changes, and he did," Kagome explained quietly.
'Mother . . ." Inu Yasha thought wonderingly, gazing at the portrait. It was a near replica of his mother, from her high cheekbones to the glint in her eye. As if he was seeing her again.
"I hope you like it," Kagome said nervously, wringing her scarf. "I couldn't think of anything, and. . ." She trailed of when Inu Yasha looked up at her very oddly. He looked so innocent, so childish.
"Thank you."
Kagome blushed slightly, and turned to Shippo who was tangled in the string from his paddleball. Inu Yasha watched her wonderingly. 'Kagome . . ."
~~*~~*~~
Kagome climbed out of the well four days ahead of schedule. She was still in shock as she entered the house, much to the joy of her family. It was still fresh in her mind, Inu Yasha coming up to her, saying - what was it? - Oh yes, that she should spend this special time with her family.
"You've been done from them too often," Inu Yasha said gruffly, "And since the snow keeps away news of the Shikon Shards, your not of any real use."
"That was almost like he was trying to be considerate," Kagome thought to herself as she sat in the bath later, "What's wrong with Inu Yasha?"
~~*~~*~~
Back in the Feudal Era, Inu Yasha was rushing through the woods as fast and he possibly could.
"Only a few days, I've got to go faster!" he grunted, and sped off towards the west, to his father's former lands.
~~*~~*~~
Christmas was a happy day for Kagome. Up early with a large, warm breakfast, her family now sat in the living room, exchanging gifts. After unwrapping a new woolen scarf, Kagome heard a knock on the door and opened it to see Inu Yasha before her. Her face brightened before realizing he probably was there to drag her back to the Feudal Age.
"Umm, Inu Yasha, I can't go back today. It's Christmas. I told you."
Inu Yasha nodded. "I know. I came because - uh - I - well - I - I got you something."
Kagome watched as he blushed pink and her jaw nearly dropped. 'He-he got me a gift?'
"Here." He shoved something into her hands. Looking down, Kagome saw a beautiful jade pendant on a gold chain glimmering in her hands. Gasping with joy, she threw her arms around Inu Yasha, clutching the necklace.
"It's beautiful," she sighed, releasing him, and clasping it rounder her neck. She looked down at it, swelling with happiness.
"It was my mother's," Inu Yasha muttered, still slightly red but looking very pleased. Kagome's jaw did drop this time, as she gazed at the lovely pendant. 'His mom's?'
"Inu Yasha, would you like to come in?" Kagome asked gently, holding the door open. Surprised, he nodded and followed her into the house and started towards the living room.
"Stop!" Sota commanded when he saw Kagome and Inu Yasha in the doorway.
"What?"
"You're under the mistletoe Sis!" Sota exclaimed gleefully.
"Sota!" Kagome yelled, ready to hit her little brother. Inu Yasha merely looked confused.
"What's mistletoe?"
"When two people are caught in a doorway under the mistletoe together, they got to kiss!" Sota giggled, pointing to the plant hanging in the doorway. Inu Yasha looked up, than looked down to a blushing Kagome.
"You mortals and your silly customs," he scoffed, before leaning down and kissing Kagome.
Kagome's eyes opened in shock as she felt Inu Yasha's lips against her own. 'He - he kissed - he kissed me!'
Grinning, Inu Yasha pulled away and sat next to Sota who was laughing wildly. Kagome stood in the doorway for a moment, before joining her brother and Inu Yasha on the floor.
'Thank you Inu Yasha,' she thought happily, joining the demon in playing with her brother.
'Thank you.'
~~*~~*~~
Fin
So, wha'dyall think? The idea came to mommy_tomoyo one night in the shower . . .best thinking place it is. A nice, short little fluff. Tell her what you think, ne?