Chapter 10

With Christmas in a week the stress level in the house was rising. Kagome was stressed because her family would finally meat Inu-Yasha, not to mention she had 20 years of great Christmas's from her mom to compete with. And Inu-Yasha was stressed because she was stressed.

She wanted this to be the perfect Christmas ever! The house was decorated with Ornaments while the outside was decorated with so many lights it would make the sun jelous. The Christmas tree that Inu-Yasha had cut down for them was placed by the bay window in their frontroom. It was decorated with tons of tiny white lights and silver garland with a couple ornaments that had special meaning from past Christmas's.

The couple gazed at the house while sitting on the couch, his arm around her. She eyed up a small present under the tree from Inu-Yasha to her. She wondered what he could have gotten her, little did she know that that one item could change her very life forever. Then she looked at the huge one beside it. It was poorly wrapped with a few tares in the sides probebly from him getting frustrated.

She looked up into his golden liquid pools as he stared back. "Will this impress the family?"

"The house...or you?" she smiled.

He gazed off for a second then smiled back and said, "Both."

She made a face as if she were thinking before replying, "The house will... "then she looked up at him and said, "And they'd be crazy for you to not."

He tried not to smile at her remark but it was seeping through as he absent mindedly played with her silky raven hair. Kagome relaxed into his body and it took several moments for him to realize she had fallen asleep. Then she spoke, "Inu-Yasha," she said it very quietly. She was dreaming..about him!

"Yes?" he asked.

"Silly puppy, take off that pink dress."

His face flushed and his mouth gaped open. He had no idea how to react to a comment like that, he was just about to jostle her up when she spoke yet once again, "Take off the lipstick baby, your getting it all over my body." That time he just about fainted. What kind of vivid imagination did this girl have exactly? "No, I told you I didnt want to have a tea party with you...but we can do something else that's a little more fun."

He was so tempted to try to see if he could get his voice into her dream ...and what did she mean by something else? He moved in closer, about an inch from her face when she suddenly screamed, "JUST KIDDING!" It scared him so much he actually flew off the couch and landed head first onto the carpet while Kagome laughed uncontrollably.

A wimper supressed from his mouth as his head made contact. "Are you okay?" she asked.

"Keh, fine." he replied while fixing his long silver hair.

"your ear is twitching.." she told him. "You sure your fine?"

"Yes..." he said before looking at her and saying, "but I will get you back for that." he got off the floor and headed to the kitchen.

She gulped. What could he possibly have in mind?

She got up off of the couch when she heard a voice, "Kagome." she looked around but saw no one yet the voice had sounded so close. "Kagome." she heard the voice again, it was that of a man...or was it? There wasnt anybody there.

"Inu-Yasha...quit fooling around," she said with uncertainty (spelling?). She waited a few seconds but there was no reply. 'This has to be a joke.' Kagome thought hopefully.

All of the sudden she felt this strange feeling like there was a bug on her neck but she thought she was just imagining it...she was totally freaking herself out.

"KAGOME!" the voice came again.

"Who-who's there?" fear tainted her voice. Finally she had had enough of the crawly feeling on her neck but to her suprise there was something actually there when she went to touch her neck. Her whole body jumped with fear, so there had been something there. Damn bugs. She looked at her hand, "A flea?" she asked as she looked at the bug she had just squished, luckily she was never very squeemish of bugs. She looked in closer and saw, "Clothes?" was this flea really wearing clothes? Now she knew she was going insane.

She jumped as the flea practically inflated itself from its squished state. "Holy shit..." it was alive.

"Kagome." the flea said to her.

"I'm dreaming..." she pinched herself, "Ow...I'm insane..." she was seeing talking bugs.

"Where is master Inu-Yasha?" the flea asked.

She stared at it with wide eyes before saying, "The kitchen..."

The bug hopped off of her hand and bounded off towards the kitchen. She looked around the room, she wasnt seeing and pretty colours or anything...just...taking bugs.

She started to walk to the kitchen to tell Inu-Yasha she was going to go see a doctor when she heard him talking so she listened through the door.

"Myouga! What are you doing here?"

"I'm sorry Master Inu-Yasha."

"keh, what if Kagome saw you?"

There was a pause before the other man replied, "She did, i asked her where you were."

Kagome sat there and let out a relieved sigh. It was real after all...but she preferred that it wasnt. What could this mean...a talking flea? Nothing ever made sence when she met Inu-Yasha.

"MYOUGA YOU IDIOT!" there was a smaking sound and seconds later Inu-Yasha walked out of the kitchen.

Kagoem stared at him for a second, "Who is Myouga?"

Inu-Yasha froze, "Damn old man," he muttered. He grabbed her hand and said, "Come with me," while pulling her into the kitchen.

She looked around the kitchen but saw no one.

"Old man, show yourself." Inu-Yasha grumbled.

A small flea jumped onto Inu-Yasha's nose. He let out an irritated growl before slapping the bug off. The flea seemed to fall like a sheet of paper. Seconds later the flea re appeared onto Inu-Yasha's shoulder.

"This," Inu-Yasha told her, "Is Myouga."

"Please to meet you again Kagome," Myouga said to her while slightly bowing.

"Uhhhh...Hi." Kagome gave Inu-Yasha a confused look.

"Myouga is a flea demon." he added.

Kagome gave one of those 'OOOOO' looks, now understanding completely. There was an awkward silence before Myouga said, "I was just checking up on things."

"Like you did when Kikyo was in town?" Inu-Yasha asked sarcastically.

"I Had business to do," replied the old flea.

"Keh, like hell you did. What other business do you have? You were hired by my father to watch over US...not leave when you sence danger."

"I can explain." Myouga said in defense but it was to late. Inu-Yasha grabbed him between his 2 fingers and escorted him out of the house.

"Coward," he said quietly as he slammed the door shut.

I am so sorry it took so long to update and for that much! I have had so much to do. I had to go to the dentists and the optomentrists then i had to go to the dentists again and get a tooth pulled and a cavity filled and then i had to get my glasses. I had started this chapter and it somehow got deleted and i couldnt remember half of what i wrote so i had to restart and all this other stuff...plus i got myself stuck to a point where i didnt know wut to write so i had to delete half of it. and sorry about mis spellings cus i reformatted my computer so i lost the program with spell check and i dont know where the cd is. But yah...ill try harder next chapter.