White Christmas

Note- MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Disclaimer- I do not own Inuyasha, or any songs used in this fiction. And any similarities this story has with any other work is completely coincidence. Thank you.

Summary- Inuyasha has grown accustomed to getting lots of extravagant gifts from his many admirers. However, after going to a Christmas party with his friend Miroku, will he finally find someone who isn't an admirer, and end up becoming the devotee himself?

Four

It had been two days since the party and Kagome was awoken by a loud and violent beating on her door. Groaning, she pulled herself out of bed and draped a robe around her cold body before answering the door. Sango stood there, smiling, and holding a present in her hand.

"Sango? What do you want?" Kagome asked, rubbing her tired eyes. She moved to give Sango entrance to her room, and closed the door behind her.

"To talk," Sango said.

"What's that?" Kagome asked, pointing to the present.

"I don't know…" Sango said. "Open it."

"Are you messing with me?" Kagome wanted to know, placing her hands on her hips. "And you know I don't like to open presents until Christmas day."

"I know…but it's not from me. I found it in your mailbox downstairs. There's no name with it or anything. So open it!" Sango said excitedly.

Kagome took the package from her and gave it a gentle shake. There was a light rattling inside and she felt the curiosity overwhelm her. It wasn't every day that she received presents with no name on them.

She sat on her bed and began to tear at the dark wrapping paper until it was all gone to reveal a white, elegant box with a red ribbon tied around it. She noticed Sango's eye light up with awe and she knew that if she didn't open it, then Sango would end up doing it herself.

She quickly untied to ribbon and opened the box to reveal a set of diamond earrings and a matching necklace. They were a pale green and sparkled in the dim lighting from her shades. She gasped in surprise and sat them on the bed beside of her. Sango also looked astonished.

"Who--?" She asked.

Kagome only shrugged.

"Who do you think could have…would have…?" Sango wanted to know. She came closer to examine the jewels. Kagome realized that they were more beautiful than Koga's.

"I think you should throw Koga's jeweled necklace and earrings away, Kagome." Sango said suddenly.

Kagome went into her bathroom and took the jewelry out to do just that, but stopped. She looked at the items, examining them thoroughly, and found that she bring herself to trash such beautiful diamonds. They had been expensive, she knew, and they were much too beautiful to toss away as if they were nothing.

Instead, she placed them in a safe location, along with the earrings, and put them in a jewelry box beneath her sink.

When she emerged from her bathroom, Sango asked, "Did you?"

Kagome nodded. "Yep, sure did."

Sango smiled. "Good girl." She lifted the necklace out of the box and held it up for Kagome to look at it. "It's gorgeous."

"Yeah, it is." Kagome agreed, reaching out to take them. They were cool and smooth in her hands and she found herself slipping them around her neck. Sango held the earrings out to her and she put them in her ears also.

"You look beautiful in them!" Sango gushed. "Even more beautiful than last night!"

Kagome rolled her eyes.

"I know! Let's go shopping!" Sango suddenly cried out.

"Shopping?" Kagome questioned. "For who?"

"Us!"

"Us?"

"Yeah, why not?"

"It's December…Christmas isn't too far off." Kagome reminded her friend. "Shouldn't we buy things for people other than ourselves?"

Sango frowned. "All right…but we can still buy for us!"

Kagome laughed and said, "Fine, I'll go change."

"I'll go warm the car up, I know it's cold." Sango offered, walking out the door.

Kagome sighed and slipped on a random outfit -- jeans with a dark turtle neck sweater -- and grabbed her black boots and put them on. She grabbed her keys, a beige jacket, and raced out the door.

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Inuyasha was driving down the street, his radio turned up loud, causing the entire truck to vibrate from the force of the bass. He wasn't listening to Christmas music -- he wasn't that kind of guy. In fact, he was listening to a hard rock song. "Animals," by Nickelback. He was leaning back into the seat, one arm extended toward the steering wheel, the other bent against the door, propping his head up. The traffic was slow going and it was infuriating. However, he was determined to keep his cool.

After sitting in non-moving traffic for what seemed to be forever -- it had only been fifteen minutes -- he decided to park on the side of the street and walk to the store. Groaning, he did just that, cursing Christmas time beneath his breath.

'All this for a couple stupid presents?' He asked himself.

He wouldn't have even been outside today if he hadn't decided to go ahead and buy his brother and Rin presents. Better to get them now and attempt to wrap them later instead of waiting until the last minute.

He climbed out of his Dodge Ram and locked it, stuffing the keys into his pants pocket before heading down the street. Snow was falling gently upon the world, blanketing everything that was untouched in pure white. He liked snow, especially when he could go snowboarding. He hadn't found the time in the past two years, however, what, with Miroku, Rin, and Sesshomaru, not to mention his job and all his admirers.

Just as he was enjoying the snowfall, he took notice of someone on the opposite side of the street. Pausing to take a second, more thorough glance, he noticed that it was the girl from the party. Kagome. And who was that with her? Wasn't that that Sango girl Miroku couldn't stop talking about?

Wow, Kagome was still just as stunning in her beige jacket and jeans, with her turtle neck sweater and boots. Looking meticulously, he became aware of the fact that she was wearing diamond earrings and a diamond necklace. They weren't the ones from the previous night, either. He smirked. They were the pale green diamonds he had bought for her.

He jogged across the street -- not afraid of getting hit by a car going two miles an hour -- and trailed along behind them. He didn't want to be seen by the two human girls in front of him.

They were laughing about something, and he didn't even try to find out what. He wasn't too interested. He was only curious if they mentioned anything about him.

"You know, Kagome, you really do look beautiful in those diamonds." Sango commented.

Boy, was she right on that one. Inuyasha had to agree.

"All right, cut it out, already." Kagome said, her face tinged with pink.

"Well, you do! If you ever find out who bough those diamonds, you need to thank them a hundred times." Sango said.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. She wouldn't have had to thank him a hundred times. Heck, she'd only have to say a simple "thanks."

They finally turned and went into a nearby store -- probably only because they were cold -- and he followed suit. There were all kinds of things in this store, and he decided to stray away from the girls and look at something interesting, instead of getting stuck watching them look at girlie things. He wandered away toward the movies and decided to pick out a movie for later. There were so many choices, so he finally settled on "The Marine." (A/N: This is an AWESOME movie!)

He was walking out of the movie section when he crashed into Kagome. She looked up, her russet eyes startled at having collided with someone. When she noticed it was him, her chocolate eyes relaxed. "Oh, Inuyasha, sorry. What are you doing here?"

"Christmas shopping." He said truthfully.

She examined the contents in his hand. "The Marine?" She questioned. "Seems like something you'd want to see. Are you sure you're shopping for someone else or just yourself?" She quirked an eyebrow incredulously.

"Well, I was getting to everyone else." He said sheepishly, feeling awkward at having been caught buying for himself. He didn't have as much holiday spirit as everyone else. He was not a Grinch by any means. He just wasn't as happy about the holidays.

Kagome laughed at him. "Well, don't feel bad. We're kind of out to buy for us. It was Sango's idea." She glanced away before bringing her eyes up to meet his. "You know, I've been wanting to see that movie, too."

"Wanna come over?" He suddenly asked.

Kagome looked flustered and confused at the same time.

"To watch the movie," he added.

Kagome smiled. "Sure, why not?"

"Tonight at seven?" He asked.

"Sure. Remember where I live?"

"Duh."

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Fine. Pick me up then."

"Kagome! Come on!" Sango waved at her friend from across the store.

Kagome giggled. "I gotta go. I'll see you at seven." She began to walk away, but paused. She veered around and said, "By the way, thanks for everything last night. I owe ya one." She waved at him and ran away toward Sango.

Watching her leave, Inuyasha couldn't help but realize that he was fond of Kagome.

Why? He had no idea.

Note- There you have it! I hope you enjoyed it. Kagome has to go to his house later on. Oh man. Stay tuned to find out what happens.

Thanks so much for reading and reviewing. I hope you all have a Merry Christmas! I hope you get good presents! XD