BewilderedLoca

Alright, the disclaimer I had set for you guys was trampled by... Hakudoshi's army of penguins! Yeah! That's was happened. They destroyed it when I went to get some 12 oz. frosties!

Hakudoshi; You! It's all your fault! You hogged all of the ice cream from the frosty machine!

Ooops! I was hungry...

Hakudoshi; LIES!!! *snaps fingers* Get her!

Enjoy the story, folks! *runs away*

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"How the hell did I get myself in this mess?" Naraku grumbled while keeping his focus on the road.

Renkotsu was sitting next to him, looking out the window, in search for a supermarket.

"Why am I the one, who has to go out and get the sodas, huh? Why me!?" Naraku complained while Renkotsu groaned.

"Maybe it's because you came late," Suikotsu pointed at Renkotsu, "And you brought the girls spoiled cheese danish." He glanced over at Naraku.

"Merry Christmas, Kikyou." Naraku muttered with a smirk as he remembered her reaction to the dish. "Ah, Sweet sweet revenge."

"She could've died!"

"One less person to feed." He grumbled while Suikotsu frowned, "But the innocent one ate some too."

"Kagome isn't innocent." Naraku said as Suikotsu shook his head, "No, not her. The other one."

"Oh..." Naraku blinked, "Well, I help her with her sweet tooth problem."

"You truly are a monster." Renkotsu groaned as he looked over and found the supermarket. Naraku pulled into the parking a lot and parked the car.

"How many sodas they wanted again?" he asked as Renkotsu blinked and looked at Suikotsu, who paused. "Well?"

"Well, the guys are savages when it comes to drinks and food and the kids usually don't get the first servings so, you might wanna buy a life stock." He said.

"What? Bankotsu has three stomachs to digest all those Sunkist bottles?" Naraku joked while both brothers looked at him, seriously. "You can't be serious."

"We're too afraid and cheap to test that theory." Renkotsu told him.

"Something similar to that has happened before." Suikotsu said Naraku gave them both a look and got out the car, walking towards the market.

"And I thought Bankotsu was the weird one…" he muttered to himself.

Meanwhile back at the house, the guys were still watching TV, the girls were playing jump rope outside, the boys were playing video games in Shippou's room and the women working in a tight humid kitchen preparing food for mass, in the house. Everything was tranquil and calmed down for the most part… until the parade finished…

Hiten yawned and stretched on the couch, "So what do you wanna watch now?" He asked.

"How about we go outside and toss the good ole' pigskin?" Kouga suggested while Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes, "Are you insane?" he asked.

"Sorry I forgot who I was talking to." Sesshoumaru held his head, "Don't you idiots remember what happened to you last year?"

Both boys stood quiet. "Were they in the hospital?" InuYasha brought up while Sesshoumaru glanced over at him.

"ALL of us were in the hospital. Due to Miroku's and my broken arm, Hiten's and Kouga's broken legs, Bankotsu's sprained wrist and InuYasha's sprained ankles."

"Sheesh, you always seem to remember the bad times, don't you Sesshoumaru?" he said. "What about the happy times?"

"You mean the times, when you almost killed or drove everyone you know insane."

"Define whom." Bankotsu challenged as Sesshoumaru huffed. "See, you got nothing on me. So I claim the victor." He grinned as Sesshoumaru looked over at him and growled, "I'll maim you."

"Now now, there's no need for violence, is there?" Miroku brought up while sitting up between them two.

Sesshoumaru hissed at one side while Bankotsu made a face. "Forget I ever said anything…"

"We can… watch football." Kouga thought over as InuYasha scoffed, "Wow, how many brain cells collided to come up with that idea?"

"How many teeth do you think you'll lose, once I sock you in the face?" Kouga raised his fist.

"Alright guys!" Hiten pushed them away from eachother. "There are better things to be doing then fighting."

"Like?" InuYasha said.

"Playing Scrabble." Hiten grinned.

"Whoa, I just remembered some thing," Kouga brought up. "I have a life!"

"HEY DO NOT DISS THE ALMIGHTY 'SCRABBLE' GAME!!!" Hiten hissed while pointing an accusing finger on his face. "NEVER!!"

"Ooops! Scrabble sucks. Scrabble sucks." Kouga insulted as Hiten growled.

"No it's doesn't!"

"Yes, it does!"

"No it's doesn't!"

"Yes, it does!"

"No it's doesn't!"

"Yes, it does!"

"Did you even play Scrabble, Kouga?" Miroku asked as Kouga crossed his and closed his eyes. "Nope!"

"Then why are you saying the game sucks?"

"Because I CAN say, it sucks. Why? You wanna play 'God' now, Miroku?" Kouga snorted while Miroku frowned sourly. "Because two can play this game."

Miroku started to stammer at words before deciding to stay shut. Knowing, nothing wise would come out of his mouth then. Kouga got up and walked towards the kitchen, "Hey, where are you going?" Bankotsu asked, out of curiosity as Kouga pouted, "'Yame, Miroku called me a couple of bad names and he hurt my feelings." He whined as Miroku groaned.

"I wonder what Ayame sees in him." He sighed, "She's a bright, young and intelligent girl with a lot of potential and she chooses to spend her life with the-"

"-idiot of a wolf." Both him and Sesshoumaru said in unison as they looked over and saw Ayame kissing her childish fiancé in the cheek before handing him a plate of one of her many exotic dishes for dessert.

"Look at him!" Miroku snarled, "He gets a kiss on the cheek and a big plate of tiramisu while the rest of us get the boiling spoon whipped on our backs!"

"Someone sounds jealous." Bankotsu smirked.

"You smirk at thought of Kagura beating you, if you step one foot into the kitchen." Sesshoumaru stated as Bankotsu rolled his eyes.

"She's likes to play rough. No harm there." Bankotsu grinned, "We play hardball in the bedroom all of the time…"

"Too much info!" InuYasha covered his ears as Bankotsu's grin widened. "And you know what else we like to do?"

"I don't want to know! Don't tell me!" InuYasha groaned as Bankotsu whispered the rest in his ear. "I SAID I DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW!!!"

"More fun to torture you with, my dear." Bankotsu said in a granny-like voice before running away from InuYasha.

"GET BACK HERE AND TAKE IT LIKE A MAN!!"

"YOU HAVE TO COME AND CATCH ME FIRST, YOU LOON!!"

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Abi let out an exhausted sigh, placing down her knife and wiped the thin sheen of sweat on her forehead.

"How many yams are peeled so far?" Sango asked, piling up the brown sugar in a measuring cup. Abi sighed and looked over at the two pots filled with peeled naked yams, "Approximately forty three yams."

"Wow." Kagome drawled, "Don't you think that's enough?"

"Kagome do you honestly know how deep a man's stomach is?" Kagura asked while Kagome stared at her blankly. "It couldn't be that deep..."

"InuYasha must be a starving puppy then." Kagura said as she mixed the ingredients into the bowl for a macaroni salad. "No wonder he's looks forward to this holiday every year."

"Hey! You're trying to make it look as if I don't feed him at all. InuYasha can eat this entire house if he wanted too." Kagome argued.

"My Bankotsu can swallow up two continents and chug the Nile River down his throat with his arms lopped off." Kagura rolled her eyes. "Think you can beat that?" she asked, smirking knowing she successfully crawled in her skin.

Kagome stood quiet and turned her back towards her, "Ha! I knew it was good to be true!" she laughed out loud before Kikyou harshly nudged her. "OWW!!"

"Stop being rude." she said in a clipped tone while Kagura crossed her arms, "She started it!"

"And I'll finish it!" she clipped as Kagura blinked before going back to her macaroni salad, mixing with apathetically. "Now, Ayame. What's the status on the pecan pies and the rest of your baked home made goods?"

"Done! With a couple of minutes to spare!" Ayame saluted before adding the last finishing touches on her pecan pies.

"Kagome, how's the stuffing and mashed potatoes?"

"They're good to go."

"Sango, how's the pork shoulder doing?"

"Great. They're dripping with gravy."

"What about the candy yams?"

"I need more brown sugar." Abi said before Ayame gave her the leftover brown sugar she had left from her pecan pies. "Dinner rolls?"

"Done."

"Kagura?" Kikyou asked as Kagura pointed at the refrigerator, "Both macaroni and potato salads are in there. Ready to go. How's your turkey?" she asked as Kikyou looked over and pulled the silver lid off. "Good to go."

Ayame squealed, "I can't wait to serve the food!"

Kagome sighed before grabbing Ayame with her, "Let's go find the kids and let them get their paws on the food first before those creatures called 'men' come and claim it as theirs." she said.

As she and Ayame could make it through the hall, there was screams heard. Both from outside and inside the house. Then there was the booming laughter in the living where the guys were currently found rolling on the floor in laughter. The kitchen became more crowded as Souten, Rin and Kanna hid behind Abi, Kagura and Kikyou as Naraku came in dressed as in huge morbid looking turkey costume while he dropped the bags of soda down on the floor.

Soon after, the kitchen was also booming with gasps and laughter as Naraku growled, "IT'S NOT FUNNY!!"

"That's embarassing." Abi pointed out, stifling a giggle as Naraku snarled, "They refused to let me by anything unless we dressed up and got more customers!!"

"We?" Kikyou asked in a high-pitched tone, trying to contain her amusement as all hell broke loose once she saw Suikotsu and Renkotsu dressed up in a cuddly sheep costumes.

Kagome snickered and opened her mouth before Renkotsu pointed an accusing finger at her.

"Not one word."

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!