Atobe x Kagome

Title: A Christmas wish

Atobe sighed while nursing a glass of egg nog. It was an hour till Christmas and the party has been going for nearly six hours now. Glancing at the crowd he saw several people dressed in red and white and some went with green and white. Shaking his head, a small smirk graced his lips before he turned away to look out the window. Watching as the snow fell gently outside.

He had decided to throw the party for three reasons.

The first reason was it was Christmas Eve, the birthday of the famed prince of tennis. It was his sixteenth birthday after all. So after celebrating his birthday with his family and friends, being the Seigaku team. Ryoma and the rest of the Seigaku regulars headed towards the Atobe mansion for the christmas party.

The Second reason was because he wanted to spend the beginning of the holidays with his closer friends/teammates, rival/friends and the other group of tennis players. It was Christmas anyways, the time for giving and what better way than to have the plebians be in awe at his prowess and generosity.

The last reason was because he wanted to introduce the love of his young life to everyone. Since this will be her first time in Japan since she was eight. And the only other person beside him that would know her was Kabaji, and the Oshitari cousins.

But even they didn't know that the young girl that they use to tease and hang out with had become his girlfriend. No one that knew them suspected anything regardless of the fact that they spent so much time together whenever they could. Nope, they all thought that the two were just best friends.

So naive.

A sigh escaped his mouth as he rose the glass cup to his lips and took a sip of liquid inside. A while ago, he had gotten a call saying that his girlfriend could not make it before Christmas because of flights being delayed for storm alerts.

He was really upset that he wouldn't be able to spend the holiday with her. It would be the first since they became a couple. He usually went to America but this year she wanted to come to Japan to celebrate it and reunite with the Oshitari cousins, Kabaji and meet everyone that he was associated (read: friends, though if asked, it would be denyed) with.

A group huddled near the refreshment table, staring at the host of the party and talking amongest themselves.

"I wonder why Atobe-buchou is so down, today. It is Christmas eve, and in an hour it would be Christmas day." a red headed boy said.

"Saa...I am inclined to agree with Gakuto." called Fuji as he turned his head to a blue haired teen. "Oshitari, you knew Atobe the longest. What do you suspect to be wrong with him?"

Oshitari adjusted his glasses and shrugged his shoulder,"Keigo is hardly ever this way and the only time he is..."Oshitari trailed off, understanding shone in his eyes,

"Is.." prodded everyone

"Hm, Atobe is probably all depressed because he won't be able to visit Kagome, this year, ne Yuushi?" called Kenya taking a sip from his cup.

Atobe might think that he was clever but he could not fool the three people who was closest to him. They knew the young heir always went to New York to visit Kagome during Christmas' that was why he was never present during the Christmas feast that were thrown on the evenings of December 25, by Atobe Keisuke.

Not even his parents knew the real reason why he always dissapeared a day before Christmas and would stay gone until after the New Years celebration. They just thought he went off to one of their cottages or something.

Oshitari Yuushi nodded his head at what his cousin said. "That is right, Kenya."

"Whose Kagome?" Asked Ohtori tilting his head to the side.

"A childhood friend of ours. She was the heiress to a multi million dollar corporation much like Atobe himself which would attest to how much the two had in common and why they became such close friends. Of course before the friendship, they had never gotten along. Atobe use to make fun and tease Kagome constantly. Kagome would retaliate by calling him a over grown monkey and how he should return to the zoo from which he came from" Yuushi and Kenya chuckled at that as did the rest of the group.

A soft sounding 'uisu' were heard

Ryoma smirked. "Mada mada dane. Someone else called the monkey king a monkey."

Yuushi nodded while adjusting his glasses, "Yes, and that could be a reason why Keigo was annoyed by you at first. You reminded him of Kagome a lot, now that I think about it. And with you taking to calling him a monkey whenever you were given an opportunity, only worsened his annoyance but at the same time, your personality could also be the reason why Keigo seems fond of you."

Ryoma snorted at that.

"Kagome always came over to the Atobe's mansion to spend Christmas eve with the Atobe's. It has been like since they became friends. But when she moved to America several years back, Keigo took it upon himself to see her. He never made the effort to hide what he did, but no one paid too much attention to take into account that a boy about eleven was going to New York, by himself."

"Heh, that sounds like something that monkey will do." commented Ryoma.

"Yeah. Earlier in the week, I over heard Keigo saying that Kagome was suppose to come to Japan this year, for a change. Said that she wanted to meet his friends, and that she missed Japan." Yuusji shook his head.

Kenya placed his cup on the table, "So her not being here must have meant that the storm was so bad that her flight is being delayed till further notice." Kenya shook his head. "And now Atobe is depressed. At his own party."

"A female friend...Maa, ne..." Fuji smiled, while he rubbed his chin. 'interesting. it sounds like Atobe and this 'firend' are more than just 'friends.'

~..~..

Midnight struck and as it did a knock was heard on the door causing everyone to turn and face the door wondering who it was that could be here, so late. The butler opened the door and seeing who was standing there, he quickly stepped aside and allowed the cloak figure passage.

Atobe walked over to see what was going on, while everyone else crowded around. A hand escaped the confines of the cloak pulling it open and stripping it off. Holding it out, the butler took it and stepped away.

The males gaped at the person that was revealed. Dressed in a mid thigh length red dress with white marabou trim, and a white laced bodice. On her hands were white gloves that stopped at her elbows. On her feet here red knee length boots with white trimmed around the top and white laces. On her head tilted sideways was the traditional Santa hat. Black hair tinged dark blue trailed past her shoulder and rested against her waist. Her eyes was a beautiful shade of blue that looked to be dusted in silver.

The girl was quite beautiful and she made one very sexy looking Santa baby.

A smile graced her lips as she spotted the person she was looking for. Walking forward, the boys parted a way for her.

"Keigo" came a soft purring voice as Kagome neared the Atobe heir.

Snapping out of his shock Atobe handed his drink towards Kabaji who was beside him and closed the distance between them.

"Kagome" he whispered wrapping his arms around the petit girl. "Your here!"

"Of course I am. I told you I would be. Besides I predicted the storm and had taken a flight to Japan yesterday. I spent most of the day resting at home. I had one of the workers tell you that I would be delayed to better surprise you. After all, what fun would it be if you had been expecting me." Kagome grinned.

"Kagome!" called Kenya as he broke free of the crowd and hugged the younger girl.

WIth a small smile Kagome returned the hug. "Hello Ken-kun"

Kenya chuckled pulling away allowing Yuushi to embrace her next. "How have you been, Kagome?"

"I have been quite fine, Yuushi. And you?" she asked returning the hug. "Fine, as well." he whispered letting go.

Nodding her head, Kagome turned and grinned when she saw Kabaji. "Hey Kabaji" she waved walking over towards his and hugging the taller male, who nodded and returned the hug.

Kagome was than introduced to the rest of the Hyotei regulars, and than towards the Shitenhouji ones before meeting Seigaku, Rikkaidai, Yamabuki, St. Rudolf and the other teams present.

Atobe watched as Kagome seemed to get along quite well with the Seigaku regulars. She was smiing and laughing along with Eiji and Momoshiro well they talked about whatever it was that they were talking about. He saw that even Ryoma and Tezuka were engaging in the conversation that the group was having.

A little after one the group began leaving and soon the only people that remained in the room was the Hyotei regulars who were going to spend the night at the Atobe mansion and Kagome.

Walking towards the window, Kagome wrapped her arms around Atobe's waist, lying her head in the middle of his back.

Turning around, Atobe wapped his arms around her shoulder and placed a gentle kiss upon her head. "Merry Christmas, Kagome."

Kagome closed her eyes, "Merry Christmas, Keigo"

The end.

Hope you like it...

This is dedicated to Ani-chan, I hope she has fun on her vacation.

xKagi-chanx