Chapter 13

(oooo unlucky 13)

It was 2 days before Christmas when a miracle happened, it snowed. The ground was covered in radiant white snow as if fell from the sky, never was there a more beautiful winter day. What a perfect opurtunity to go out and catch some snow rays. It took several minutes for the 2 to find the winter clothing in the disaster area that would be their basement. WOW what a mess, the boxes just seemed to go on forever in a maze of cardboard. And of course, the one thing you are looking for is always at the back somehow... isnt it weird how that happens? I think so...ANYWAYS! Back to the story.

Kagome fished out her green jacket with a purple tuque and matching purple mitts. Not to mention the white wool scarf placed around her neck. Inu-Yasha grabbed a long leather jacket (kinda like on the matrix but not so matrixy and long...and shiny...), a black tuque and a thin pair of dark red gloves. he looked at his fingers, the nails cut through the fabric and stuck out so he detracted them as much as possible (that happens to me...no kidding!...I have long nails and NO they arent fake)

They had also invited Miroku, Sango, Rin and Sesshomaru. Miroku dressed in a blue jacket and he had black mitts. Sango had a thin purple jacket, purple mitts and pink ear muffs. Sesshomaru had a jacket much like Inu-Yasha and thats all (he's not susespital to cold) And once again Rin was the most out of place with her fluffly pink jacket, yellow tuque and orange mitts. She was like the adult child.

The girls ran outside, holding their arms out as they looked at the snow falling from the bright winter sky. The guys calmly walked outside, each one watching their girl in amazement. How could they possibly be so cute all the time? It was a mystery to all.

It was decided that they would go to the park, the park where so much had happened but it was still their favourite park, a park of memories through the ages.

They arrived in a winter wonderland, the tree's seemed to glow with a heavenly vibe and all seemed happy. They walked to the swing set, Miroku sat in a swing. "It's nice here," he commented and everyone nodded.

Inu-Yasha looked toward the tree's in the spot he knew Kikyo had been burried. It's all he could think about at the moment. That is until a big heap of snow fell off of the swing set and onto Miroku's head. "ooof," he exclaimed as he was covered. Everyone began to laugh histerically which...resulted into a snowball fight.

"You think thats funny?" he asked before making a snowball and hurling it an Inu-Yasha.

He stood there in shock for a second before replying, "This means war." And the fight began, snow was hurled all over the place by all.

Each couple was on a team but at first everyone was a little hesitant to hit Rin just incase Sess did something drastic but she seemed to be owning it so they ganged up on them. It was a little scary at first, the 2 demons could whip some pretty fast ones and they could make them 3 times as fast as anybody else. Then there was Miroku and Sango, Sango seemed to be getting the harder shots in, she seemed much stronger then Miroku. They had the team of opposites.

Sesshomaru picked up a snowball and chucked it in Kagome's direction. It seemed almost slow motion, the snow ball of terror slashing through the air and the exact moment that Inu-Yasha lunged himself infront of her. The snow ball hit him in the stomach while he was in mid air. He landed and his hands and flipped himself up right, then summersaulted to the ground while picking up snow. The second he was on his feet again he picked off Sesshomaru in the head. "Teach you to try to hit my woman!" he yelled comically.

Kagome launched herself at him and eveloped him in her arms but she had caught him off guard and they both fell to the ground, laughing. "My Hero." she said in a high voice. "You saved me from the snowball that could have taken my life." she said more dramatically. She giggled and flipped onto her back, looking up at the sky, the snow still falling. She held onto his hand, savouring the moment. He looked over to her, she was smiling brighter then he had seen in a while. She closed her eyes, letting the snow fall onto her face, it melted instantly. She wished she could stay here forever, her and her Inu-Yasha. If they had been alone she would have been kissing him passionatly but they werent alone...and it was dangerous to have physical contact like that with him now. But laying there like she was she didnt care as long as she could be with him, near him. To be able to touch him, look into those golden eyes and his inhumanly beautiful complexion. She never wanted to loose it. If she did...she would die of dispair.

The two lay there in silence while the others continued to rage on in snow battle. The others understood when Kagome and Inu-Yasha wanted to be alone together.

The couple didnt get off of the ground until Kagome began to shiver. She had protested that she was fine but Inu-Yasha wouldnt hear it, he cared to much for her to let her become sick or discomferted in any way.

Kagome and Inu-Yasha announced that they were leaving. They said their goodbyes and left the other 4 people who were still in mortal combat, now girls against boys.

He wrapped an arm around her shoulders, giving her extra warmth, not only in her body but in her heart. He had planned on taking her home but thought of a better idea when they saw a coffee shop on the way home. He ordered the 2 of them hot chocolate and sat in one of the booths.

"Come here," she told him, "Your hair's a mess." he moved to her side of the table and let her groom him. It no longer seemed weird when she decided to fix his hair, at first it did.

"Ive..always wanted to ask you this." she said.

"Hmmm?" he asked.

"With your illusion on, can you feel the ears if you touch where they should be?"

"Why dont you check?"

She reached up at where her beloved doggy ears should be but didnt feel them. She sighed in disapointment. "I'll let you rub them when we get home." he told her and was rewarded with a heart stopping smile.

He groaned, "Dont look now, it's Kouga."

She knew he told her not to look but she did anyways. She saw Kouga enter the coffee shop along with Ayame, who by the looks of it was about 5 months pregnant.

Kouga saw them sitting in the booth and walked up to them, protectivily holding Ayame.

"Hey Kagome, Mutt face." he said which got him a nudge in the shoulder from Ayame who whispered 'be nice' into his ear.

"Hi...Kouga," Kagome replied as nicely as possible. "Your looking well Ayame, congratulations on the baby."

"Thank you." She smiled and continued, "Should we be expecting any small Kagomes or Inu-Yashas anytime soon?"

Inu-Yasha spit out the hot chocolate in his mouth and started to choke, "Inu-Yasha! Are you ok!"

He nodded and cleaned up the mess.

"Well we should get going," Kouga said, "See ya."

A short growl supressed from Inu-Yasha as he watched them leave. The only thing that kept him from punching Kouga out for calling him stuff was the fact that Ayame and Kagome were there.

Kagome returned her attention to her boyfriend who seemed a little more then shaken. "Inu-Yasha?...Something wrong?"

He smiled and shook his head no...but he was lying. He had never even thought about children with Kagome, they werent even married...yet.

sigh DONE!...omg, that took so long i know! I had to reformat my comp 2 times after i started writing this chapter. It was a little hectic...And i kept getting stuck and homework was piling up and other things...yeah...alrighty, so review or w.e... Oh and good news, Christmas eve, next Chapter!...oh and i mighta screwed up cus i wnt the family over for Christmas eve, not Christmas, just so yus all know!