A/N: Hey all! I'm so so so so sorry for not updating on Christmas like I meant to...but due to uncalled for circumstances (hem hem, sister, father, and over-bearing relatives and their rambunctuous parties.blame the alcohol) Anyway, here's the last chapter, I hope it didn't come too late for you! I apologize again...

Chapter Five: Home Again

D/C: sigh I still don't own any of this, except for the plot of my fic...

Inuyasha had been the first to awaken. He looked around and took in his surroundings.

Kaede's hut.

That's where he was. He peered around again to see his friends still sleeping. A strange touch pulled at his body and he gazed down to find himself still in Modern day clothes. Blue jeans, and a black turtle neck sweater...they made him itch like crazy. Beside him lay his haori and hakama set, in a rush he ran out of the hut and into the forest so he could change.

Inuyasha soon returned to his friends who had just woken up, also in their Modern era clothing. One-by-one, except for Kagome, they left the hut and went to redress in their usual outfits.

The morning went by quietly, the friends only lightly discussing the events of the past few 'days'. Incidently, snow had yet to dust the ground of that, the Feudal, era. The ground still stood brown, and dull as the air was still dry, and somewhat warm.

The day was passing treacherously slow, and the friends had no idea how to beat the bore. A dip in the river proved too cold, a walk in the forest seemed too casual...Kagome sighed at the fact that though she adored the Warring States, that didn't stop the fact that it wasn't as intriguing and enticing as her own era. She decided to leave to get some things from the Modern times so that they had at least one thing to occupy their time a little bit.

Inuyasha decided to go with her. Apparently just a quaint look and listen to the hustle and bustle of Modern life would give him a kick.

Sango, Miroku, and Shippo followed, but alas, they could only go as far as the well. But no matter, anything was better than just lounging around lazily in Kaede's hut.

Though when they reached the well, the friends just decided to sit on the ground for some reason. Kagome leaned her back up against the well and let out a deep breath. The rest of the group followed suit and sat down in a circle.

They had no idea how long they had been sitting there when the sky began to turn a bluish-grey. Kagome shot her eyes upward as if to find an answer to the sudden change of color in the sky. Nothing. She cast her eyes back down to the ground, but was soon greeted by a wet and cold tingling on her nose. She held her hand out, palm up, and soon had a snowflake fall upon it.

The others looked up and saw that it had begun to snow. Their moods lifted and they stood up, to properly welcome the first snowfall. They twirled, and walked through the light flurries, and soon came to hug their respective partner.

Soon snow covered the ground in at least an inch. Inuyasha picked Kagome up by the waist and spun her around. Lovingly they stared into each other's eyes. What the previous 'days' had brought hadn't been what they were expecting to be, but no matter, they were together now, and that was all that mattered...

Sure, a wish can come true if you wish on the right entity, but it might not come true in the way you expect it to...more likely it'll become reality in the way you least expect it...but no matter, a wish will come true as it may, and you might never be completely aware of what is to happen next...

A/N: Well, there you have it...I'm sorry if it seems so short, but mind you, it's four in the morning and I'm just typing this up as it comes...no dialogue in this chapter...nor a Christmas carol but oh well...I hope you enjoyed this story as much as I enjoyed writing it...I'll be back for a Valentine's day one-shot, and possibly a set of one-shots for other holidays as well...well until we 'meet' again!

Claire