HAVE A MERRY MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! Chapter 4 is a go! Oh ya! And, I'd like to dedicate the part about Inu in the Santa hat to my good friend Lauren, whose username is not mentioned because she refuses to give it to me! So, Lauren, you don't get any credit cause u didn't give me yr username! OH! But Thankz anyway.

Disclaimer; I don't own any of the Inuyasha characters. But I have total control of them! In my story, they are under MY command! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!

Ch4; At the movies

"Look, Inuyasha. I'm just saying that you should try and get less ice cream next time. I mean, you are burning a hole in my wallet! Not to mention your head! I mean, who spends over $100 on ice cream?" Kagome said to him as kindly as she could, while still trying to yell at him. Trust me, it wasn't easy.

"Shut up, wench!" Inuyasha mumbled, while stars were dancing around his head. Ah… brain-freeze…

"Well, It serves you right, Inuyasha!" Kagome said crossly. "That'll show you not to buy $100 worth of ice cream!" They were both sitting on next to each other on the table with the gang, and Inuyasha was on the verge of falling over. He settled for resting his head on the table, while everyone was staring at him. They didn't blame him for lying on the table; it's just that he had finished 32 scoops of ice cream in about 2 minutes! They had barely made a dent in their own.

"So…cold…" Inuyasha said, rubbing his sore head while shivering.

"Well, you deserve it!" Kagome said. "After making me buy all that ice cream, I'd be mad if you didn't have something!" Personally, she didn't blame him that much. I mean, he had no idea how much it would be, or what would happen if he ate that much. But, hopefully his brain freeze would end soon; he was a half demon after all!

"Poor Inuyasha!" Eri said sympathetically. All of her friends nodded in agreement.

They went on, just licking their ice creams, before Kagome asked them "What movie do you guys want to see?"

Eri, Yuka and Ayumi started shooting out ideas, while Kagome's feudal friends listened politely, not having a clue what to say. They began an argument about what movie they wanted to see. They were trying to pick a movie that the guys would want too, since Kagome told them that the guys didn't really want to see chick-flicks. When they finally picked a movie, Inuyasha was sitting back up, his brain freeze gone.

"So, are we agreed on Narnia?" Kagome asked them all, and they nodded.

"What's it about?" Sango asked Kagome.

"It's from a long time ago during a war, and some kids had to leave their home, and they get to a magical world through a wardrobe. There's all kinds of Animals and villains and the kids are trying to protect the world." Kagome said, trying to explain it without giving too much away.

Miroku thought for a minute. "So, It sort of works like the well, then?" he asked her.

Kagome had to do some quick thinking to come up with a story for her friends. "Uh, ya. Just like that!" She turned to her future friends, "It's a movie from where they used to live." She said quickly.

"Oh," Yuka said, buying it instantly. "So, when do we want to go?" she asked them.

"Any time's good." Eri said, and Ayumi nodded in agreement.

"Well, I want to take them home and get them settled in before we do anything. Maybe in an hour or so?" Kagome proclaimed.

"Sure!" They said. "We can see the 5:30 show. That's in an hour and a half. Is that enough time?"

"No problem. That'll be great!" Kagome said happily. "So we'll meet you at the theater?" they all nodded. "Cool! Come on, guys. We should go." Kagome said.

"But I'm not finished my ice cream!" Shippo complained.

Kagome sighed. "Alright. We'll go in a minute."

"Well, we have to go anyways." Eri said. "See you later, guys! By Inuyasha!" they called as the three girls headed for the mall doors.

"Bye!" they all called back, except for Inuyasha, who merely grunted.

Kagome turned to Inuyasha. "Oh, ya! Inuyasha, I have something for you." She said. Inuyasha turned to her, wondering what else she could have gotten for them today. He was disappointed to find that it was only another hat.

"Um…Kagome," he said, confused. "I'm already wearing a hat! Besides, that one looks weird." He said, looking it over. It was tall and red, and had white fluff along the bottom and at the top. That's right! It's a Santa hat!

Kagome laughed. "Of course it looks different. It's a Christmas hat! And, I had a feeling that it would be a lot more comfortable for your ears."

"I'm not wearing something as ridiculous as that!" He said, insulted. Then he twitched his ears, which were cramped and sore from the baseball cap he was wearing. He gave Kagome a long stare. "Gimmi that!" He said, taking the hat from her and putting it in the place of his baseball hat.

Everyone was giggling slightly, but Kagome was absolutely beaming. Inuyasha was a little startled, but he knew the hat couldn't be that bad if it made Kagome so happy. And his ears did have a lot more room. Oh, ya. He loved this hat!

"Oh, that is so cute!" she said gleefully. He looks like a Santa with no beard! considering he was now wearing a red sweater.

"I'm done, Kagome!" Shippo said, licking his lips in delight, savoring the taste.

"Alright, then lets get back home!" Kagome said. This day just kept getting better.

Everyone stood up, and began to head to the door, when all of a sudden, a little boy about 7 years old ran up to them. Or, more like to Inuyasha. "HEY! It's Santa! Mommy said you wouldn't be here!" he said gleefully. "What will you give me for Christmas, Santa?"

Inuyasha took a step back from the little boy who was tugging on his Haori. "Who the Hell is Santa."

The boys eyes widened in shock. "SANTA SWORE! SANTA SWORE!" he began running in circles, yelling at the top of his lungs "SANTA SWORE! SANTA SWORE!"

Inuyasha was watching him in total confusion. "What's his problem?"

Kagome sighed, a sweat-drop on her forehead. "Lets get out of here. We've already attracted too much attention." Maybe I should have waited until we got home to give him the hat. They walked out of the mall, and Kagome grabbed her cell phone, calling her mom to pick them up. And she did notice the little boy open the mall doors, and yell, "SANTA! COME BACK, SANTA!" only to be pulled back in by his mother.

Kagome pulled her moms car into the theater parking lot. She was so happy when her mom handed her the keys, and said she could drive to the movies! She was old enough to get her liscence, since she turned 16 the past summer, but her mom had never let her drive before.

Her friends we now in the clothes she had bought them, but they weren't visible under the winter jackets that they were huddled under. It was snowing lightly, and was starting to get dark, so they hurried toward the theater doors, where Eri, Yuka and Ayumi were already waiting for them.

They waved when they saw them. "Hi guys! Ready to get the tickets?" Yuka asked, smiling cheerfully.

"Sure!" They all said eagerly. Kagome had told them about the theaters, and they couldn't wait to see one for themselves. From here, all they could tell was that it was a big building.

They walked through the doors, and Inuyasha had to cover his ears slightly. It was so loud! But really interesting. To the left there were all sorts of games, and all the kids were over there making a lot of noise. Strait out in front of them was the snack bar, which was in a circle in the center of the room. To the right was a flashing board, telling the movie times, and a table to buy the tickets. And there were all kinds of shining Christmas decorations all over the place, everything from tinsel to garlands to mistletoe. It was quite a sight.

"Ok, it's 5:15." Kagome said. "Eri, how about you any Yuka get the tickets, while the rest of us head to the snack bar…or should some of us get seats?" she asked.

"Yuka, Ayumi and I can get tickets. You guys get the snacks, and we'll grab seats together. Ok?" Eri looked at them all, and they nodded and went their separate ways.

Inuyasha and co. got to the snack bar, and they started picking snacks.

"Kagome, can I get some candy?" Shippo asked her.

"Sure! We'll all get a popcorn, Inuyasha can have a large…um…a pop for each of us, and that'll be good!" She smiled.

"Kagome, are we going to have butter on the popcorn?" Miroku asked.

"I guess so. And there are some flavours over there, too; but I'm not sure how good they are." Kagome told them. She ordered the food, and had everyone help her carry it. They went over to where the girls were, and together they headed to their theater.

"What theater are we in?" Sango asked.

Kagome looked at her ticket. "We're in theater number 6." She looked up, and they headed towards that theater. Kagome was walking at the edge of the group, and accidentally bumped into a man who was ordering food. "Oops, sorry." She said.

The man turned around and looked at her. "Kagome? I thought you were sick."

"Oh, Hojo!" Kagome said, surprised. Why me? Why me? "My friends came in from out of town, and I was showing them around."

"Oh, do I know them?" Hojo asked smiling at her warmly, and causing Inuyasha to growl.

"No, I don't think you do." Kagome said. "This is Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and of course Inuyasha."

Hojo smiled at them all. "Hi there!" he looked at Inuyasha searchingly. "Wait…I do... I think I've seen you before. Is this your first time here?"

Inuyasha glared at him. "I've been here before. And I've seen you with Kagome, too." He growled again, and Hojo looked at him weird.

"What movie are you seeing?" Hojo asked them.

"We're seeing Narnia." Ayumi said, noteing the tension in the room.

"Wow! Theater 6?" Hojo said, and Kagome nodded. Hojo smile happily. "Me too! We can sit together!"

Kagome was a little hesitant, "Um…well…"

"Sure, Hojo!" Yuka said, smiling back at him. "Let's go. It'll be hard to find seats for this many."

So, together they went into the theater, and found a completely free row near the middle. The seating orders went like this: Eri, Yuka, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Ayumi, Hojo, Kagome, Inuyasha. The movie wasn't going to start for a few minutes yet, and Kagome was trying to get Inuyasha to stop wolfing down his popcorn.

"Come on, Inuyasha! If you eat it all now, you won't have any for the rest of the movie. I'm not buying any more for you!" Reluctantly, Inuyasha slowed his pace.

"So Kagome, how've you been? I'd heard you broke your ribcage, but it must be healed since you're not wearing a cast."

Kagome shrugged. "Ya, it healed a while ago. But it's ok, I always seem to have something or another."

Hojo's face went to one of pity and apology. "Oh, Kagome. I'm so sorry! If I had known you'd be here, I would have brought you something. Maybe you could drop by my house sometime?"

Inuyasha was going to go over there and hit him, but he resisted, wanting to hear what she was going to say. "Sorry, but I kind have my hands full right now. With everyone staying at my house, and I promised I'd spend a lot of time with them."

Hojo's eyes widened. "You mean, they're staying at your house?" He asked her.

"Yep. Where did you think they were staying?" Kagome asked him.

"And he's staying at your house too?" He asked, indicating Inuyasha.

Kagome laughed cheerfully. "You bet!" she said happily, making Inuyasha, dare I say it, smile! Kagome saw him, and was a little surprised. She had never seen him smile like that! Was it because of how she answered Hojo? She really hoped it was.

"Kagome, the lights are turning off!" Inuyasha said, looking around the room was getting quieter. "What does that mean?"

Kagome smiled at his innocent remark "That means the movies about to start. Oh…this is gonna be great!"

After about ten minutes of commercials, the actual movie started. Kagome noticed Hojo's arm wandering. Her eyes widened. He was going to try and put his arm around her! What was she going to do?

Just at the right moment, she shifted her position so she was leaning towards Inuyasha, her head almost on his shoulder. Hojo saw that she was now to far away from him, and reluctantly put his arm on his lap. Inuyasha glanced at him with a look of triumph, smirking at him. Hojo saw this but didn't react to it. One thing was on Hojo's mind; He had some competition!

In a few minutes, when Lucy was looking for somewhere to hide, there was a resounding slap throughout the theater, and everyone who knew what it was ignored it with a smile. Everyone else looked around in confusion.

Hojo looked over at Miroku, saw a handprint on his face, and whispered, "Does he always do this?"

"Mmm…" Was his reply from Kagome, who now had Inuyasha's arm around her waist, and was resting her head on his shoulder. Inuyasha looked really pleased with himself, and was concentrating more on Kagome then the movie. If Hojo could growl, now would be the time.

"Does he...do it to you?" He asked slowly, his expression slightly angered.

"No. A little in the begging but not anymore." She whispered, hoping he would drop it. Lucky for her, he did, and that was all they spoke for the rest of the movie.

Haha! GO INUYASHA! Now, if only that was me… drool. (sigh) anyway, back to reality. SANTA SWORE! SANTA SWORE! AHHHHH! Bad Santa! lol! BRAIN FREEZE!