Sometime after dinner, the adults were gathered in the living room, getting their butts kicked by Sayuri at Bullshit, while Rin and Lili were taking care of the kids by watching Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer with them.

"Sorry we're late!" a woman's voice called out.

Chiyo and her husband Aaron came in, with their daughters Michiru and Haruka in tow.

"Oh my god! They got so big!" Sayuri said, picking up one of her nieces.

Haruka cooed with delights as she settled into her aunt's arms.

"But so ill behaved in airports…" Chiyo said solemnly, holding onto Michiru.

"Come on Chi. Haruka was the handful. Michiru was asleep most of the time…" Aaron said, placing bags down.

"Now I know how dad felt dealing with us…" Chiyo said with a smirk.

"At last she gets it…" Nobu said sarcastically.

"Now, now you two…" Inutashio said. "How about dropping the twins off with Lil and Rin and come join us for a game or two?"

"Take it easy, Inu- papa!" Kagome said, playing around with the diamond necklace Inuyasha got her for Christmas. "They just got here!"

"Uncle! Give it back!"

All attention turned to the other side of the room. Inuyasha had Rin's phone high in the air, while Rin was jumping up and down trying to get it.

"You're supposed to be spending time with family, not talking on your phone…" Inuyasha said.

"I was spending time with family!"

"Let me see…" Sayuri said, getting up to settle the debate.

"Hey Sessh. Can I talk to you for a moment?" Chiyo asked.

Meanwhile, Sayuri managed to get the phone from Inuyasha.

"Who might this be?" Sayuri asked into the phone.

"Oh! Hi Aunt Sayuri!" a familiar voice said.

"Oh! It's you Kaulani!" Sayuri said.

"Sorry! Was I interrupting something?"

"Just getting Rin into trouble…"

"Tell Rin I'm sorry! I just wanted to call to say Merry Christmas! We weren't even on for five minutes and…"

"Lani, calm down! It's ok!" Sayuri said, placing the phone a little away from her ear because Kaulani was shouting.

Inuyasha and Rin looked on amused.

"Ok… I'll put Rin back on. Don't be on here too long…kay? Super… Merry Christmas Lani…"

Sayuri handed the phone back to Rin.

"You got lucky kid…" Sayuri mumbled.

Rin playfully stuck her tongue out and continued on talking with Kaulani.

"It sure wasn't easy…" Chiyo said to Sesshomaru, while digging around in her duffle bag.

"But luckily, I knew a few people in accessories that knew a few people that did these sorts of things…"

She handed Sesshomaru a small box.

"She's gonna love it!" Chiyo said with a smile.

"I know. Considering how much metal torture she been going through all day."

"Be sure to do it right, or else she's gonna get pissed."

"That's the last thing on my mind…" Sesshomaru said, taking the gift and snuck it back out to the car.

A little past 11:30, a light snow started to fall and cover the ground. Karei was asleep in Sayuri's lap.

"Mom, I'll take her…" Rin said, picking up Karei and carried her to the bedroom where she usually slept when spending the night with her grandparents.

Inuyasha followed behind with his sleeping kids.

"Sae…"

"Hm?"

Sayuri looked up at her mate. He was wearing his jacket and had hers in his arms.

"Want to go take a drive?"

Sayuri shrugged.

"Might as well while the kids are busy…"

"You two be careful now…" Kagome said.

"The roads are a little icy…" Inutashio said.

"We'll be fine…" Sesshomaru said.

"Sesshomaru… where are we?" Sayuri asked, looking around. There was nothing but darkness when she looked out the window.

"It's a surprise…" Sesshomaru said.

"I don't think I like surprises anymore…" Sayuri said teasingly, moving along with the turns that Sesshomaru was taking so she wouldn't get carsick.

When she looked ahead when the car came to a stop, she gasped.

"Wow!"

At the bottom of the hill, Tokyo glittered with all its brilliance. The light snow falling only added more to the effect.

"What is this place?" Sayuri asked again, facing her smirking husband.

"Just a little spot I found during high school…" he said.

"I use to come here a lot to clear my head…"

"So is that why I can never find you lately?" Sayuri asked.

"Yes. Because I had to figure out someway to give you this…"

Sesshomaru place the gift from Chiyo earlier on Sayuri's lap.

"Oh boy… another gift…" Sayuri said almost sarcastically.

"Will you just open it…?" Sesshomaru said.

Sayuri shrugged and unwrapped it. She opened the small box to pull out a snow globe. When she first felt it, she expected it to be the usual Christmas themed ones you'd find in all the department stores. But instead, there were small palm trees inside the small world and instead of snow, silvery bits of confetti frosted around the watery 'air'. Sitting next to the palm tree, was a small crystal very much in a similar shape of her wedding ring.

It a small version… of the day when Sesshomaru proposed to her.

Sayuri was about to start crying.

Sesshomaru took it for a moment to twist the knob.

BoA's song, Meri Kuri, Sayuri's favorite Christmas song, softly rang back.

Sesshomaru pulled Sayuri close.

"Happy Anniversary…" he said softly.

Sayuri cried.

"Oh god… you are a romantic aren't you?" she asked playfully.

"I just like making things more interesting…" Sesshomaru replied.

"Oh yeah… that reminds me…" Sayuri said, reaching into her coat pocket.

"I didn't know exactly what to give you for Christmas, as you never left any hints. It seems a little lame now compared to the gifts from today…"

Sayuri handed her small gift to Sesshomaru.

He opened it.

It was a gold pocket watch. When he opened it, the clock face sparkled back, but, much like Sayuri's locket, there was also a picture of their family inside.

'We Love you!' was engraved at the bottom of the picture.

"You know I love you because you're not overly glamorous, right…?" he asked.

"Because we both know you have a gift to make simple things amazing…"

Sayuri wasn't paying attention to a word he was saying. He had yet to notice the mistletoe she hung over his head while he was inspecting the watch and the engraving.

"Will you just shut up and kiss me?" Sayuri asked, directing her gaze upwards at the plant in her hands.

Sesshomaru took the hint and the two kissed.

"I'm really glad I met you…" Sayuri whispered, as they pulled apart.

"Me too…" Sesshomaru replied.

They just snuggled together, watching the snow fall and the city glow below.

Hikaru: Nothing's sadder than spending a Christmas alone. Or at least in my opinion. But yay! My first Holiday based story! I just did it out of the blue and a recent chapter of a story called Inspired Passions by Priestress Skye, inspired me to write this.

So please review and tell me what you think!