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"I like eggs." –talking
'I see stupid people.' –thinking
& I love you, you love me…& -singing
(A/N: blah blah blah…) –Authors Note
$ Five hours later…$ -time length
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Chapter 9: Christmas Cheer and an Unexpected Surprise!
$ Two weeks later, on Christmas Eve…$ &Rocking around the Christmas Tree at the Christmas party hop Mistletoe hung where you can see Ev'ry couple tries to stop…& Kagome hummed to the song as it was playing on the radio. She still thought about the kiss she gave Inu Yasha and blushed. Nothing really happened since two weeks ago. 'Inu Yasha had been avoiding me lately, I wonder why.' Kagome thought. DING DONG Kagome looked up from her cleaning. " I wonder who's that." She mumbled to herself. "Kagome! Can you get the door for me please??" Kagome mother shouted from the kitchen. "Oh no my cookies are burning!" "I'll help you mom!" came the shout from her 10-year-old brother, Souta, as he ran past Kagome into the kitchen. Kagome sighed and giggled as she walked towards the front door. She opened the door to see Sango, Kohaku, and Miroku outside. "Merry Christmas Kagome!" the trio said as they handed her gifts. "Merry Christmas to you too." Kagome replied and she closed the door behind them. "Where's Inu Yasha, Kira and Hiroshi?" the miko asked. "They'll be here at 7 or 8 tonight. (A/N: It's only two pm right now.) "Kohaku? Is that you??" came the shout of the overly excited brother. Kohaku ran into the kitchen as the two little boys starting to talk hyperly about how they will stay up all night to see if Santa will come and give them their presents and eat the cookies that they set out for Santa each year. (A/N: Yes, I know that I'm Jewish but Christmas always sounds fun and gets everyone is a great mood! I'm gonna stop talking for now…) Kagome's mother asks the teenagers if they want some hot chocolate before setting up the Christmas tree in the living room. They all replied yes and Mrs. Higurashi comes back with the hot chocolate five minutes later. "Now, let's bring that Christmas cheer in here!" Mrs. Higurashi said happily. Kagome stood up," I'll get the ornaments, Mom." Kagome ran down to the basement and found the box labeled Christmas stuff. She picked it up and ran back to the living room to see Miroku wearing a dark purple turtleneck and black jeans, while Sango is wearing a red shirt and in black writing says, "To be Naughty or to be nice… That is the question…" and black jeans. Kagome on the other hand is wearing a black and red plaid skirt with black leggings underneath and wearing a white long sleeved shirt that says, "Dear Santa, I want it all because I deserve it!" in green. Her hair was braided and had a white pom-pom as the hair-tie. During the next few hours, the group was hanging ornaments, wrapping the popcorn around the tree, and eating cookies and told funny stories about their Christmases from when they were children. Miroku, Souta and Kohaku were trying to eat the pieces of popcorn while they were stringing it. Kagome, Sango and Mrs. Higurashi were slapping their hands away and were telling them if they didn't eat the popcorn, no more cookies for them! (A/N: lol) Before they knew it, it was 7 o'clock and the rest of the gang was going to be at Kagome's at any second. That means…. CHRISTMAS PARTY!!! The trio cheered as they anxiously waited for their other friends to come through the door. DING DONG "They're here!" Kagome shrieked with glee as she ran to the door only to be met by three pairs of golden eyes and a pair of blue eyes. Kagome blinked. 'Three?' Inu Yasha, Kira, Sesshomaru and Hiroshi were standing before her. Inu Yasha was wearing a red knitted sweater with black jeans and a green cap. Kira was wearing a red t-shirt that said in white, "Don't be naughty and get candy. Be naughty and get Santa!" and blue denim jeans and a white cap. Sesshomaru was wearing a pine green knitted sweater and blue denim jeans. She looked down and saw Ciral and Rin looking up at her innocently. Ciral is wearing a green dress with little red ornaments on it. Rin was wearing a red dress with little mistletoe and snowflakes on it. "Merry Christmas Kagome!" The gang said cheerfully. "You too! Come on in!" Kagome said, closing the door behind them. "Wow! Kagome! You done this place beautifully for Christmas!" Kira breathed. Kagome smiled. "Thanks." "Um Kagome?" came the little voice from Ciral. Kagome bent down to her level and asked, "What Ciral?" Ciral pointed up. "You're under the mistletoe with Inu Yasha." Kagome and Inu Yasha looked up at the mistletoe and looked at each other and blushed. Kagome looked over to Miroku and he winked at her. Miroku had put the mistletoe at the doorway when Kagome was getting the ornaments. Kagome looked up at Inu Yasha who is trying to not blush anymore, as she kissed him fully…on the lips. 'Holy crap! I can't believe I'm kissing Inu Yasha! I'm supposed to hate him and he's supposed to hate me!' Kagome thought as she was kissing Inu Yasha. 'Holy shit! Is she kissing me?! She hates me! She's the one who does hate me but is doing this because it's forced! Mmmmmm… She tastes soo good…' Inu Yasha thought as he got out of his shock state and starts kissing her back. 'Ohmygosh! He's kissing me back! I must be in heaven right now…' Kagome almost melted into his arms when she realized that everyone was watching them kiss. Kagome reluctantly broke away from Inu Yasha and stared at the floor blushing. She didn't notice the hurt look in Inu Yasha's eyes when she looked at the floor in interest. "Well, that was very exciting for us all, don't you think?" piped up Miroku. Inu Yasha glared at Miroku. "Get back here monk!" Inu Yasha yelled as he chased Miroku around the living room in circles. "AAAHH!! I don't wanna be chopped up and be made into Miroku stew!" Miroku yelled as he ran even faster to save his life. "It'll be better for all of us." Sango mumbled as she sat down next to Kagome on the couch to watch the two teenager boys run around and around. Kira and Kagome giggle, hearing what Sango had said. Sesshomaru on the other hand, was getting frustrated as he watched the boys fly past him again and again. "STOP!" yelled Sesshomaru. The two boys are still running around the room, obviously not hearing Sesshomaru. Kagome, Kira and Sango all looked taken back and gaped at Sesshomaru. 'Did Sesshomaru just yell??' Kagome thought wondrously to herself. Sesshomaru's eyebrow twitched as the two boys ran around, making Ciral and Rin giggle watching with Souta and Kohaku who were cheering for Miroku from the kitchen. While Inu Yasha was rounding the corner, Sesshomaru stuck his foot out and Inu Yasha fell to the floor hard. Growling Inu Yasha looked up at Sesshomaru and yelled, "WHY'D YOU DO THAT FOR??" Sesshomaru's eyebrow twitched again as he yelled, "YOU WOULDN'T STOP RUNNING AROUND THE GODFORSAKEN ROOM!!" Ciral and Rin giggled even more. To them, watching Sesshomaru getting ticked off was a once in a lifetime chance and they're having a blast watching it. Sango sighed. "Maybe what Sesshomaru did was a good idea." She said calmly as Inu Yasha gaped at her. Kagome shook her head disappointedly. "Maybe you two were just too immature to behave yourselves because my mother hates rowdiness and we won't get any cookies to get hyper off of and we'll be pissed because it was all your faults!" Kagome said eerily calm while glaring at Inu Yasha and Miroku. Everyone sweatdropped at Kagome's "logic". Kira turned to look at the clock while her head was resting on Hiroshi's shoulder. "You guys? It's almost dinnertime. When are we" Kira got interrupted by the sound of "DINNER'S READY!!" Kira sweatdropped as she nervously laughed and said, "Nevermind…" After dinner, it was around eight o'clock and Ciral, Rin and Sesshomaru had to go home. "Bye Kagome and gang! We'll come in the morning tomorrow and open presents!" came the two little voices that were just leaving to go home. "Bye!" everyone called back and Mrs. Higurashi and the two younger boys (Souta and Kohaku) left to go upstairs to watch the movie "How the Grinch stole Christmas" the live action one with Jim Carrey starring as the Grinch. The gang sighed, not knowing what to do until they go to sleep. Inu Yasha gulped slightly and turned to Kagome and whispered into her ear, "I need to talk to you. Alone." His breath on her ear made her shiver, the good kind of shiver. She nodded and said, "Okay. We'll be back soon!" She called out to Sango, Miroku, Hiroshi and Kira while walking out of the room with Inu Yasha. "Just don't do anything that I'd want to do!" Miroku called back pervertedly grinning at Inu Yasha and Kagome. Sango huffed, mumbled, "pervert" and smacked him upside the head and walked into the kitchen. Kagome giggled about the soon-to-be-couple's antics and followed Inu Yasha to her room. Inu Yasha opened the door and as soon as she was inside, he locked it. Kagome sat down on the bed. "Is this about you wearing ur hat?" she asked curiously. Inu Yasha turned around astonished that she had figured out that was exactly what he wanted to talk to Kagome about. "Yea…" Inu Yasha choked out. Kagome looks up at him. "Well it's not like you're a demon or anything…" she says looking at Inu Yasha curiously. Inu Yasha gulped. "Well, you might not believe me, but me, Kira are half demons and Sesshomaru's a full demon." Inu Yasha looked down ashamed. "Sorry that I didn't tell you sooner but-" "So really, what's under your hat then?" Kagome interrupted curiously. Inu Yasha blurted out," Just dog ears is all.." Kagome looked at Inu Yasha. "Can I see them?" Kagome asked pleadingly. Inu Yasha shrugged, not fully answering Kagome's question. Kagome squealed as she took off Inu Yasha's hat and gasped. Inu Yasha's puppy ears twitched back and forth and went to the back of his head. "What? What's wrong?" Inu Yasha asked sorrowfully. Kagome starts to say "They're…so…" Inu Yasha interrupted her. "Disgusting? Mutated? Weird? Abnormal?" Inu Yasha said growling with displeasure to his ears. "No…cute!" Kagome finished with a smile and she started to rub his ears. For a couple of minutes, Kagome and Inu Yasha were silent, just hearing the movie playing across the hall and the gang talking downstairs. Just then, Kagome heard a grumbling sound near her. She stopped the ear rubbing and the grumbling stopped too. She started to rub Inu Yasha's ears again and she heard the grumbling sound again but much louder. She bent down to Inu Yasha's level, which was sitting Indian style on the floor and she leaned into his chest and continues to rub his puppy ears. She heard the noise again, and it was coming from Inu Yasha! She giggled. 'How cute! He's purring!' Kagome thought while giggling to herself. Kagome then stopped rubbing Inu Yasha's ears and he woke up abruptly. Inu Yasha, as if he had just woken up, look around wildly and then resting his eyes on Kagome. He looked down in shame. "So you heard, huh?" He muttered to her. Kagome blinked. "Heard what?" She asked. Inu Yasha growled, "My damn purring that's what! Everyone thought it was weird for a guy to be purring over something so small like that damned ear rubbing! They think I'm a freak of nature just because I'm not one of them!" Inu Yasha stood up annoyed, and ran his fingers through his hair. "Forget this I'm leaving." Inu Yasha said angrily and when he was about to open the door, Kagome stopped him. She stood up and walked right up to him and pulled his arm back so he was facing her. "No. You are just like us, Inu Yasha." She started to say. She moved her hand to Inu Yasha's and hers were palm-to-palm facing the other. She then interlaced them. She looked up at Inu Yasha and smiled. "You have two hands," She then put her hands on his chest. "a heart," She smiles up at Inu Yasha when she says this and her heart fluttered when he smiled an awkward smile at her. She then reached up and rubbed both of Inu Yasha's ears for a moment. "and two ears." She finished with a smile, looking up at him. "You have everything a person has. You're not different Inu Yasha. Just be your lovable, arrogant self and you'll be fine." She looked up and him and smiled. Inu Yasha couldn't help but smile back. To him those words truly made him feel loved and happy. Once Inu Yasha came back out of dreamland, Kagome was already by the door. Before she left the room she said softly, "You are a person, a regular being just like us and I like you for being you. Don't change yourself." She winked and then exited the room. Inu Yasha, for the first time, grinned at Kagome's back when she left the room. Yes, Inu Yasha definitely feels loved now….
Ciral: Ok! Well that's it for this chapter!
Kurama: Didn't you go past your record this time?
Ciral: nods Yup! 7 pages long this time!!
Hiei: flits in You do know that you only update when you're sick?
Ciral: sweatdrops ;; Yea I just noticed that…
Hiei, Kurama and Ciral: Well Read and Review Peoples!!
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Ciral: Until next time… winks