Disclaimer: Ok ya I don't own Inuyasha and I never will so let's get on with the story.

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CHAPTER ELEVEN: Kikyo, Snow, and… More Snow

After another month snow had started to fall. It was now December and Kagome and Sango were as moody as ever. They would complain that they were too cold so InuYasha and Miroku would rush to get them blanket after blanket after blanket. Then they would complain that they were to warm so InuYasha and Miroku would eventually take all the blankets off. Then they would complain that they were too cold and they'd have to repeat the cycle over and over and over… In short, it was very tiring for the boys.

InuYasha sleepily rolled over in his sleep. This wasn't good however because he was currently sleeping in a tree. He woke up just in time to land face-first in a pile of snow.

"ughhhh….." InuYasha rolled over and ended up looking straight into the sun. "UGHHHH…" This was just not his day…

He lazily stood up and walked into his home. He was sleeping in the tree so that he wouldn't have to listen to Kagome's whining. Shippo was probably doing his best to keep her happy. He walked up the stairs and down the hallway and opened the door to his and Kagome's bedroom. Kagome and Shippo were both sleeping on the bed.

InuYasha smiled. Guess I should wake her up… She said that she wanted to go for a walk…

InuYasha walked over to Kagome and gently shook her shoulder. "Kagome… Kagome wake up…"

Kagome sleepily opened her eyes and yawned. "Inu… Yasha…:yawn: Waz goin' on? why'dya wake me up?"

"Do ya still wanna go for a walk?"

Kagome nodded her head and InuYasha helped her out of bed. Shippo woke up as Kagome stood up.

"Hey… :yawn: where ya goin'?" he asked sleepily as he rubbed his eyes.

"We're goin' for a walk." Inuyasha explained. "Wanna come with?"

Shippo yawned and fell back asleep.

"Feh… guess I'll take that as a no…"

And so Kagome and InuYasha left a note for Shippo saying they'd be back later and went on their walk. They decided they'd walk over to the village and see if there was anything exciting going on there. Villagers were walking all around busily talking with friends or buying food and supplies. Suddenly, a white light passed by. InuYasha turned and stopped walking.

"InuYasha?" Kagome asked. "What's wrong?"

She stopped walking and looked in the direction that InuYasha was. She gasped when she saw what he was looking at. Five or six of Kikyo's soul collectors were circling around between two houses.

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An hour later, Kagome was pacing in her and InuYasha's bedroom. InuYasha had told her to go home and wait for him while he went to go say his final good bye to Kikyo. She was reluctant to let him leave but eventually he left and she went back home. Shippo was sitting on the bed watching her walk back and forth across the room.

"Don't worry, Kagome. InuYasha'll come back." Shippo said.

"I know… But I'm still worried about him…"

Kagome and Shippo continued waiting for InuYasha to return home. After another fifteen minutes of walking around the room, Kagome got tired and sat down on the bed. She and Shippo fell asleep after another thirty minutes.

InuYasha walked up the steps and onto the porch of his house. He was very tired. It had taken a while to convince Kikyo that he no longer loved her and that he was in love with Kagome. ((A/N: HA! Take that, queen of evil:throws wad of paper at Kikyo: hahaha!)) She eventually understood and they said they're good byes. Then Kikyo started to glow and then vanished in a bunch of sparkles… ((A/N: like how Heten died in ep. 10))

InuYasha walked down the hallway after closing the door behind him. He walked into his room and lay down next to Kagome on the bed. Kagome sleepily rolled over and got a face full of silver hair. She sleepily opened her eyes and moved back so she could see what was in front of her. She smiled when she saw that it was InuYasha. His eyes were closed so she assumed that he was sleeping. She snuggled close to him before falling asleep again. InuYasha sleepily opened his eyes as Kagome fell asleep. He yawned then put his arm around her and fell back asleep. ((A/N: awww….))

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Another month passed and snow was everywhere. Kagome sat on the steps and watched as the snow fell.

I wonder how everyone's doing in the present era… Kagome thought. I hope that they know that I miss them…

"Kagome?"

Kagome turned around to see InuYasha standing in the doorway. She smiled at him and he sat down next to her. His ears twitched form the cold winter air and he sat cross-legged to that his feet were under him and wouldn't be cold. He put his hands in his sleeves and crossed his arms. Kagome turned and continued to watch the snow fall from the sky and land on the snow-covered ground.

"You shouldn't be out here, ya know." InuYasha stated. "It's cold out here…"

"It's winter, what do you expect? And I can't go inside because I'm watching Shippo." Kagome explained.

InuYasha looked to the side to see Shippo playing happily in the snow. He was building a snowman… or at least something that resembled a snowman… Anyway, Shippo had a green scarf on and was placing rocks on the snowman to give it a happy face.

"C'mon Kagome. I don't want you to get sick so go inside. I'll watch the runt…"

"That's ok." Kagome replied. "I'll watch him… You can go back inside if you want…"

"Feh… man you're stubborn…" InuYasha took off his top layer red kimono thing and put it around Kagome to keep her warm. Then went inside and came back out a minute later with a heavy blanket. He wrapped it around himself and sat next to Kagome again.

"Oh so you get a heavy blanket and all I get is your lousy kimono, huh?" Kagome said teasingly.

"Lousy? That 'lousy' kimono's saved your sorry butt thousands of times!"

"Maybe so… but it's not exactly the warmest kimono in the world…"

"Well it keeps ME warm… It's made from the hair of the fire rat after all…" InuYasha stated.

"Ha! Fire rat my butt! More like hair of a duck that's in ice water!" Kagome joked.

InuYasha stared at her confusedly. "But ducks have feathers… not hair…"

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Oh quiet you…"

They were silent for a moment before InuYasha pulled Kagome into his lap and wrapped the blanket around both of them. His ears were still cold so he pulled the blanket over his head to cover his ears. Shippo walked up to them shivering slightly.

"Kagome I'm done playing outside for now. I'm starting to get cold." The small fox demon explained.

"Alright Shippo." With that said Kagome stood up and walked to the door with him. Then she turned around and saw InuYasha stand up and they all went inside.

Shippo took off his scarf and walked into his room to go color. InuYasha and kagome walked into the main room so that InuYasha could get something to eat. Kagome got out some chicken that she had bought in the village earlier that week and began to cook some of it for him. When it was done InuYasha quickly ate it then thanked Kagome. Kagome smiled and took off InuYasha's kimono. She had forgotten that she was wearing it. She gave it back to him and he put it on.

"You know," Kagome said. "Sango's going to be having her baby in another two months…"

"That soon already, huh?"

Kagome nodded her head. "We still have to wait about another five months…"

"Yup…"

"It'll be nice for our baby to have a playmate… Don't you think?"

"Just as long as their kid doesn't act like Miroku…"

Kagome laughed. "Don't worry InuYasha. I told you before that Sango wouldn't let their baby act like that…"

Suddenly there was a knock on the door and before InuYasha could get up to see who it was, Miroku Sango and Kirara came into the main room.

Miroku smiled happily at them. "Hello. How are you two doing?"

"You could at least wait 'til I answer the door, Miroku." InuYasha said.

"What brings you guys here?" Kagome asked happily.

"Well Miroku and I were-"

"Mew!"

Sango looked down at Kirara and smiled. "Miroku, Kirara and I were going for a walk and we decided we'd come to visit you, InuYasha, and Shippo."

"Where is Shippo by the way?" Miroku asked.

"He's in his room, coloring." InuYasha replied.

"No I'm not. I'm right here!" Shippo said happily as he jumped onto Miroku's shoulder.

So the friends all talked about what they had been doing recently and drank some tea. They laughed, talked, ate and drank and had a blast. After about an hour, Miroku, Sango and Kirara left and went back home.