Chapter 14
On the day before Christmas Eve Kagome went home because her family spent Christmas Eve together. When she got home she took all her gifts to her room and wrapped them, then she picked up the phone and dialed Sango's number.
S: Hello you've reached the Sakyun residence. We are currently in Hawaii and we will be for the remainder of the winter season celebrating the winter holidays. Please leave a message and we'll get back to you.
Kagome hung up the phone. How could she forget that Sango's family always went to the tropics for Christmas and stayed till Spring? She climbed into bed and fell asleep without shutting off the light.
"Kagome? Wake up darnit! C'mon sis its Christmas!" A hard something collided with Kagome's butt, jolting her awake. Souta had thrown her gift at her and ran away. She p9icked it up and opened it to see he'd bought her the new blue snowboots she'd been wanting for ages. She ran downstairs and hugged him till he licked her arm, making her drop him in disgust.
After they'd opened all the presents and had breakfast, Kagome was free to go. She hopped in the car Sesshomaru had sent for her wearing a soft blue fluffy turtleneck sweater, matching soft blue scarf, a knee length blue jean skirt, and her new boots. When she got to the house she immediately put all the presents down...on the couch! "Oh my gawd!" She screamed. Everyone came out and stared at her, "You didn't put up a tree?" Inuyasha had went back downstairs when he saw who screamed but Shippou had ran into Kagome's arms and Sesshomaru hugged her. "We don't have one yet. I normally go out every Xmas Eve and cut one down then the staff helps Shippo decorate...but I figured you'd want to be here when we got it and put it up and stuff. I figured it was the only right way...it's feel kinda weird without you..." Kagome smiled and ruffled Shippo's hair. "Then let's go!" They left and came back with a ten foot tall white pine tree. Kagome and Shippo decorated with Sesshomaru's help and the staff's by kagome's order, she didn't bother with Inuyasha...she knew he'd say no. When it came time to put the star on Kagome sat on Sesshomaru's shoulders and held up Shippo who put it on top. They turned on the tree lights and put the presents under the new tree the Kagome made Sesh put Xmas music on over the intercom so it played throughout the house. "So Shippo...how about we make some scratch cookies for Santa Claus this year?" He squealed and nodded and they went in the kitchen. Sesh took this time to sneak downstairs and talk to his brother. He found Inuyasha asleep on his couch surrounded in garbage. He punched him and dragged hium into his kitchen, "You neeed to stop lying around and clean up! Kagome is here for the holidays and-" Inuyasha frowned and went to his fridgre, "Yeah I know but she has her own damn room make her sleep in there! I'm tired of her always taking up space in my place! And she probably doesn't want to talk to me anyways after thwe whole ear thing. Besides what makes you think I care about he-" Sesshomaru slammed his fist on the counter. "dammit Inuyash! Stop with the stupid act! I like this girl and I can tell you love her a whole lot so don't you dare go chasing her off with your damned arrogance and pride! She's like a second mother for Shippo because he never really took to Rin or anyone and having her around is good for everyone on the grounds of this estate and you know it! Now get washed, get dressed and come to dinner!" Sessh left without another word but he slammed the upstairs door. Inuyasha cleaned his whole place, washed all his clothes, took a shower, got dressed and went upstairs. By the time he came up Kagome had hid the Santa cookies and started making a huge feast, snapping at the two maids who kept trying to help. Inuyasha told them to go home to their families because it was a holiday and left the kitchen. Shippo was watching Frosty the Snowman and Sessh was busy with a last minute client. An hour later everyone was called to the table to see a feast that looked extravagant even to them! Kagome was putting away the last of her clean dishes, the kitchen was spotless, and the table was set. They all dug in and Sessh chatted with Kagome noticing his borther didn't want to talk. After dinner everyone went to bed and surprisingly Kagome started to follow Inuyasha downstairs. He turned around and pushed her back, "You have your own damned room so sleep there!" With that he slammed the door in her face. She heard his bedroom door shut so she picked up Shippo and hugged him so she wouldn't cry, "Shippo why don't we put out Santa's milk and cookies?" They laid the cookies out and then mKagome tucked Shippo into bed. She then went to her room and crawled under the silky blue comforter.