Ohayo Minnasan! This is the next chapter beckoning for you to eagerly read. Now that were back to the Christmas part of the story, I'm sure everyone would enjoy what Sesshomaru will think of sweet little Rin, I sure do.

Anyway here is the next chapter!

Some of the characters are probably going to be OOC, as of now, the rating is back to T just to tell you.

The DogDemon Who Stole Christmas

Previously on The DogDemon Who Stole Christmas: However…what they both didn't know that Kagura and Kanna were thankfully, rescued from a tribe of fox demons who stumbled upon their scent doing their escape from the hellish destruction of their homes. Therefore, the girls were raised by the fox demons until the ripen age of adulthood, when they moved back to Edo with families of their very own.

Chapter seven: Sesshomaru's new guest, Bitter Reunion

The night sky had eventually succumbed to the soft diffused lights of twilight. A yellowish-orange blaze peered slightly over the mountain peaks, slowly rising towards the pale blue sky. Birds awoke from their nocturnal slumber, flying in separate directions to sing their morning music of chirps and bring the early worm for the infant babies awaiting to be feed.

Other than the noise of nature, everything was otherwise quiet. A swishing noise of a lone sleigh on freshly packed snow, disturbed the serenity of a beautiful snowed covered morning. Who at this hour of day would be racing their vehicle?

A plain old wooden sleigh, compacted with one body, an imp in a deer costume, and a large bulky sag, looked innocent to the eye, but nay. If your eyes happened to venture more and really focused on the continents in the sag, you would feast your eyes on Christmas joy and goodies. Now why possibly would a young lad have possessed so much holiday cheer for himself?

Onward the man mushed the little green imp with a crack of a whip at butt upward towards the cliff top where a glorious castle overlooked a small quaint town from the valley below. The more they inched closer to the manorial, the more exhausted the mushing creature felt. Panting and wheezing, he neither increase or decrease his speed as his master whipped his butt with relentless force not once needing to pause to take a break. Impatient was his master each second that rolled into minutes as they climbed up the mountain.

By the time the orange ball of flames and gases rose into the now blue sky, they successfully accomplished the arrival to the castle before anyone in town suspected a thing. Halting the sleigh near the edge of the cliff, he released his hold of the reins, jumping down from the cramped vehicle, he let out a cheer of victory.

"It seems my plan was complete without much delay." Sesshomaru smirked to himself, something that was surely rare and a wonderful sight to see. Taking a few steps towards the crater where his servant laid buried in white snow, Jaken was awoken by a rough kick by Sesshomaru's boot to the youkai's stomach hurling him back over the very same cliff the toad had experienced the morning before.

The smile that the inu demon wore remained surprisingly plastered on his visage. However…it wasn't the misplaced grin the was creepy, it was the how the smirk was displayed itself. Normally whenever someone feels the feeling of glee, they would wore a smirk, a smile arched downward. Though Sesshomaru not accustomed to bearing a grin or twitch from his mouth whenever he found something utterly amusing, had one that resembled a person who was demented and on the verge of committing a heinous felony. Teeth bared, revealing his sharp pearly white fangs, Sesshomaru contemplated on keeping this new look for him.

A rustling that resembled wrapping paper brought the lord's gaze transfixed to the sag at the very top of the stack of Christmas decorations. On impulse, Sesshomaru's hand gripped tightly on the handle of his sword, "Tokijin," expecting someone that would dare intrude with his plans. Venomous yellow eyes stared at the animated sag with a piercing glare. Unsheathing his sword, he swung it out with a swoosh demanding to see who was there. Silence soon fell upon the sack and an eerie suspicion lingered in the air. Then brown hair produced out of the sack, followed by a pair of jubilated brown eyes, and finally the grinning round face of the six year old Rin. Sighing at the discovery it was only Rin, he returned his sword to his sheath.

"What are doing here Rin?" Sesshomaru's monotone voice softened by the white beard, made it nearly inaudible.

Rin stood on top of the mountain of Christmas cheer, giving Sesshomaru a toothy smile. "Rin came to Lord Sesshomaru. But Rin didn't not expect Sesshomaru-sama to be Santa Kuroosu." Shrouding her mouth, she suppressed a seeable giggle.

An eyebrow rose in confusion to her answer. Amber eyes slowly went downcast, expecting to see his normal attire, though instead in its place, was a red suit with white trim, black shiny bottoms that glistened in the sunlight, and on his feet were the boots he'd usually wear. 'Kuso.' Sesshomaru cursed in his head for making such a error to have but a mere child foil it all. Turning back to the kid, he once again had to catch his breath at the almost canny appearance and spirit the girl had undoubtedly obtained from Kagura.

Snarling at his plan being found out, he tired to keep his cool demeanor all the while on the inside, he was cursing for his mistake.

"So I've been found out, so what will you plan to do about it? Inform the villagers of my bad deeds?" Emotionless golden eyes stared at the child, patiently awaiting for the response he felt he would hear.

Rin paused from descending to the snow packed snow and looked at Sesshomaru as if she had gone mad. She knew the inu youkai wasn't a terrible monster everyone let him out to be, demo…she couldn't quite comprehend his reasoning for all the Christmas stuff in his sack. Ignoring the feeling of betrayal she oddly felt, she told him exactly what actions she would do.

"Sesshomaru sama, Rin wouldn't tattle on my lord. I'm sure your reason for taking everyone's Christmas joy is because you are doing something special for them. Lord Sesshomaru isn't bad, he's just lonely. Am I right?" She tilted her head to the side half expecting a retort from the silver haired demon.

Yanking the white beard from his handsome face, he turned his head the opposite direction of the girl. A tinge of an unusual pink, colored on his cheekbones of his complexion that was hardly noticeable from the little view received from above.

It was true that the gloomy lord of the western lands, never showed or displayed his emotions, but today was a different. Today was December twenty fifth, the day known as Christmas. The day out of the entire year when all miracles were possible to grasp and not seem so impossible to achieve. Yes, and this marvelous day too took control of Sesshomaru as well.

Gazing downcast at white snow, his lips curled up slightly. It's been a awhile since someone cared about his well being, ever since that day Kagura was taken away from him. He never believed he would smile at anything again, but he was smirking at the foolish question from a child. Though, not any kid, Kagura's little girl. "Kagura." A chill ran through his bones just calling her name to the winds. Tangle free moonlight colored hair, swayed along with the morning's cool breeze. An enchanting yet beautiful sight to behold.

"Lord Sesshomaru." The squeaky, pestering voice of the toad demon broke Sesshomaru's thoughts of Kagura. A limp was in his walk, as he approached the sleigh. His staff of two skulls supporting his weight to one side, he cocked his head to the very top of the sleigh and fumed with anger at what he saw.

"Nana ga…a brat ningen doing here?" Raising his staff towards the urchin who's smile turned instantly into a frown.

Automatically, without fully meeting the toad youkai personally, already had Rin grown to resent the little imp about the same height as her.

"Get down from there wrench. Don't you know who's sleigh that is your on? Why the mighty and all powerful Lord Sesshomaru of the Western Lands. I suggest you get off before you will face the wrath of my mast-AHH!" For the second time that morning, Jaken's body was buried beneath snow. This time however, was due to the fact that a certain girl jumped onto top of his back using it to cushion her fall from the vehicle. Muttered grunts and mumbles went unheard from the person sitting firmly on top of the toad.

A laugh blocked out Jaken's complaints. Rin averted her dark eyes from the imp to the lord she praised. She smiled brightly at the chuckling demon holding his sides. Rin checked a mental list to do in her mind, satisfied with the job well done. 'Now if only he could smile and laugh all the time,' Rin thought sighing in little disappointment.

Another laugh soon joined Sesshomaru who, still laughing, craned his to see who on earth was laughing too. Abruptly, his laughs halted at the new arrival of the guest. At that time, they too stopped to stare at him, mesmerized by his unique beauty. Sesshomaru as well was caught in the crimson eyes staring into his golden hues.

Life seemed to alter into silence for the two. The giddy Rin smiling at their attraction for the other, and the now muffled noises of the imp who was turning blue from the extra weight. No, the world seemed to pause and had gone mute just for the two adults infatuated by each other's appearances. Neither dared to divert their eyes or even blink, fearing that this may perhaps be a dream. But the longer they stared, they both come to consider they weren't hallucinating and truly had the chance to meet once more.

Absentmindedly, their feet had a mind of their own leading them straight to the other. In a swift moment, they embraced. Not fully had their thoughts recovered from their reunion, their faces inched closer. Lips puckered out ready to feel the warm wetness of a pair lips pressed to theirs, a shriek interrupted their passionate paradise. Shifting their bodies in the direction where Rin was sitting on Jaken, they were shocked when they saw the girl tottered towards the edge of the cliff.

It appeared that the tiny imp managed to get out from underneath the child and tried to burn her to a crisp with his staff of two skulls, but missed when she dodged it thus, the reason she was tottering.

"Rin!"

Motherly instincts took it's effect on Kagura, who pushed Sesshomaru out of the way, to get to her daughter. Grabbing her daughter's hand, she too stumbled over the cliff, grasping the front of the sleigh to stop their fall. However, the snow that was packed below it broke loose sliding both the sleigh and the girl's down to the cliff to their doom.

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I hope that's good enough drama to get some people interested in this story, but I wonder what will happen in the next chapter. Will Kagura and Rin fall to their deaths or will they be saved by Sesshy?

Come on, I know you want to read the next exciting chapter, don't you.

Please review and you won't regret it!

Ja'ne!

P.S. I think of the next chapter, we will have Kagura's prospective up to the point where they fail. Sorry but I want to make this have at least ten chapters, so this is going to end pretty soon, so sorry for those who really enjoyed this story. Gomen!