Arrankor: Yeah, it irritated me as well, xD.

[[I do not own InuYasha, the character or the series.]]

So, the christmas spirit embodied Kagome once again, even InuYasha seemed to be getting into it- perhaps not all the joy and such, but seemed quite adamant in his will to see it come to life. Kagome's giant bag was quickly diminishing, as the slayer's home became vibrant with color and decoration- there was a tree, too big for the room, bent over at the top a bit- InuYasha's doing, though the size did wedge it in, so there was no need to concern over it's sturdiness at least. Sango couldn't help but notice, though her own mood made it impossible to understand why in the least. "InuYasha-" She said, as she found him by himself for once, rather than with Kagome or out in public. "..Why're you so interested in this thing? Have you heard of it before?" She asked.

"Huh? Yeah- when I lived with Kagome, we always went back to her time during this time of the year. She'd said she wanted to celebrate over here sometime, but she usually couldn't refuse her family's invitation. So we always ended up there- it's really fun, there is a whole bunch of food, and the last year I went- Kagome's mother gave me some kind of shiny token- I guess it was supposed to be from everyone though." He answered simply as he moved a hand into his sleeve, before remembering that he didn't have his robe on, she did. "Oh, yeah- forgot." He said as he reached over and took her arm, reaching into the sleeve to fish out said token. He pulled it out and placed it in her hand. "See? I don't know what it does, but if you look at it in the sunlight it's really shiny." He said.

Sango lifted it up a bit, examining it until she held it by the chain- dangling down was a metal pocketwatch. "..What's... ?" She asked, as she noted it even read on it that it was from the Higurashi family, to InuYasha. Engraved.

"It's not like it's exactly useful, but I like it. Kagome said that the gifts you give don't have to be something the other can use, or even wants, what's important is that the gifts are supposed to make them happy I guess." Explained InuYasha.

"..What do you think would make you happy, InuYasha?" Asked Sango, wondering if perhaps she should consider such a thing, after all- even Kagome's family had done so... and they were close even if she couldn't say it. She should participate...

"I am already happy." He answered simply, a fanged smirk. "Kagome's irritated at me right now because she can't figure out what to get me, and anything she thinks of isn't available out here." He snickered, clearly enjoying his former wife's antics. 'Nevermind the fact that the reason she hadn't gotten him something already, was because she had been setting up this christmas idea ever since one of her visits in the past few months..' Thought InuYasha, though he dare not say why.

"You.. make it a little difficult... if Kagome hasn't found anything either, I don't think I can ask her opinion..." Said Sango with a sigh. "But I agree, I don't really feel there is anything that would make me particularly happier." She said with a small smile, she lied- but unfortunately for her, what would make her happier would be being able to say the thoughts in her head, well, not these thoughts. '...At least this way, even if I can't come up with something, he won't be able to either..' She thought, feeling slightly better at the thought of sharing that failure at least.

"Oh don't worry about me- I may not have gotten a present for someone before, but I'm fairly sure you'll be happy about it at least." Said InuYasha smugly.

'..You.. Why you.. Why're you so damned casual about these things?! Why can't you be at a loss for once!' Sango mentally grumped slightly. "Gee, thanks- now I have to find something, I was kind of hoping you wouldn't be able to find anything either." Said Sango, looking at him like it was his fault.

"'fraid not, I've had mine for months." Said InuYasha with a mocking grin.

"Months? Kagome only explained everything yesterday.." Said Sango, confused for a moment.

"Uh, what I mean is, it's a figure of speech, y'know?" He said, quick to dismiss his previous statement before making a quick excuse to return to his tasks.

"..That.. low-down.. he helped plan this?! What a cheat!" She said, cursing InuYasha's name as she now found herself in the unpleasant position of being in last place in the christmas race. She quickly decided to track down Kagome again. "Hey! Why is it InuYasha gets early notice of this, but you leave me in the dark until the last day?" Asked Sango, mildly miffed at the other as well, though primarily it was backlash from InuYasha's arrogance.

"Hm? Oh- well, if he didn't tell you, I'm not going to spoil it." Said Kagome with an amused chuckle. "Besides, christmas is supposed to be about spending time together, the whole gift part isn't really that important.. sure it's fun to receive a gift, and it's nice when you find a gift that perfectly suits what you want to say to someone- but those are really unlikely even if you spent all year looking. The first Christmas InuYasha and I spent together, I got him socks. He had them torn up within five minutes, cause it felt wierd on his feet. I literally bought him like fifteen presents that year, trying to find one that actually suited him- I got him a hat, but he said wearing hats hurts his ears; oh and there's the time I got the recipe for ramen and tried to make it here, but I burned it... four times, eventually by time I came out, he'd hitched a meal off Kaede. Finally, on one visit, we were late to arrive because it was a cloudy day here, it looked earlier than it was. My mother suggested I wear my watch.. it's like a device that remembers the time of day... anyway, I argued that even if she told him exactly what time it was, that InuYasha would argue right back and point at the sky. My mother suggested we get him a watch as well, but he wasn't about to trust me to put anything else on him after the hat got stuck, claimed it was cursed, like the rosary, so we got him a pocket watch- we were going to put a picture of the Christmas celebration in it, but we couldn't ever get InuYasha into one of the pictures. He tends to take the flash hostily, so the one picture we did get was literally an up-close view of Tetsusaiga as it transformed. Cool, and probably what InuYasha would enjoy, but hardly what we wanted to say- so instead I used a picture of our group, here. I didn't need a flash here, so it was much easier to sneak a photo on InuYasha." Said Kagome with an amused chuckle. "He never did use the watch, he doesn't even question what it is supposed to do even, he just stares at it sometimes and smiles. It is of no use to him, but I consider it a worthy gift, if only because even when we were fighting, if he stumbled across that watch in his pocket, he'd get distracted and smile.. that's ended some of more brutal fights before, y'know?" She said.

"Well, it is very pretty." She noted as she pulled it out again to look at it. She fumbled with it wondering how it worked.

"You press the top, where the chain is attached." Instructed Kagome, pointing at it.

Sango did as she was told and it broke in half! "Oh geez, it fell apart! I'm sorry!" She said.

"No, no, no, it's supposed to- see?" Kagome said, pointing to the fallen cover, the picture of the gang back during their shard hunting days. She examined the picture, she remembered when Kagome made them all stand in a line like that, it was strange. InuYasha ended up refusing, Kagome had to drag him into the formation- Miroku took a little too much advantage of the idea of being in close. Yup, that's how it was alright. Kagome was smiling, but you could see that she was upset with InuYasha despite that. Miroku was nursing a bright red hand print across his face. Sango looked mildly annoyed standing a good arm's length from him, and InuYasha was turned away from Kagome, facing him towards Sango. Their respective desires to avoid their other had placed them in closer proximity than those they'd end up marrying.. kind of amusing really.

"And on the other side is the clock part- though I am afraid that I never could get InuYasha to understand my digital watch, let alone something like this. Miroku might be able to figure it out, but InuYasha wouldn't in a five hundred years." Said Kagome with a sigh.

Sango chuckled slightly. "You know, you two fought so much, it's surprising to hear that you had such time to actually consider these things." Said Sango.

"What's that supposed to mean?! We didn't fight all the time, y'know?" Kagome growled- Sango wandered if that was InuYasha's influence, or if she had just learned to do it to speak to InuYasha's measurements of anger. 'I better be careful, or I'll start doing that too..' She thought to herself.

"I guess you're right.. Um, so this said what exactly?" Asked Sango, referring to the watch again to prevent fighting with Kagome.

"Hm? Oh, yeah- it was just something I had hoped InuYasha would keep with him, something to remind him that we're always with him, even if we're seperated. InuYasha went out with Miroku remember, and I kept wondering if he missed me during those times- you know InuYasha, he'd never admit to it if he did, hell only time I could get to hear him say he loves me was when he thought I was dying, or something." She said with an amused chuckle. "He's so shy-" She commented.

'Shy, huh? Sometimes it seems that way, but others it seems more like he doesn't feel the need to say such things.. even if others need to hear them still..' Sango thought as she interviewed further. "What kind of gift.. would say that, uh.. " Started Sango. 'Come on, it's Kagome, you can say it! Get it out!' She thought.

"You're looking for a gift? Well.. I wouldn't suggest you get one." Said Kagome with a sigh. "I doubt InuYasha ever got the meaning of my watch, though it still serves it's purpose. InuYasha isn't someone who receives gifts well either, he looks at it like he's an alien for a while, and even when he warms up to it, he never does it where you can see- the couple of times I've seen him with the watch were always when he didn't know I was watching." Said Kagome. "He's really the worst type of person to give gifts to, it really demeans whatever effort you put into it."

"Yeah.. he's not good at subtle... maybe you should've tried writing it on the watch?" Asked Sango.

"InuYasha can't read, remember?" Said Kagome with a groan.

"Oh yeah, I remembered Miroku teaching us, but as I recall- InuYasha rarely actually came, let alone paid attention when he did, if for some reason he did, he soon got frustrated and ran off." Said Sango with a smile. "Y'know, it's hard to believe how many times that happened, but only now, thinking back, do I remember how cute he was then." Said Sango.

"It's that way sometimes- I remember thinking early on that there wasn't one good aspect of InuYasha. Then I found one. ONLY one. Before I realized, I found most of his actions appealing. InuYasha is much like a dog from my world, you can meet it on the street, but by time it's followed you home, you find yourself wanting to keep it." Said Kagome. 'Then it wanders off as soon as you open the door.. stupid inuyasha..' She thought with a twinge of her eye.

Sango excused herself as Kagome resumed working, cursing InuYasha's name under her breath. Sango really enjoyed such tales, it didn't help her with her problem really, no gift wasn't an option now, but it did help relieve the stress of it a bit. At least she knew she wasn't having to compete against Kagome for value of gift. 'I always knew he was really very difficult...' thought Sango with a chuckle. She decided she'd give it some thought, and maybe help them kids get into the holiday a bit, surely they wanted to do something as well.

Maybe she wasn't helping like InuYasha or Kagome was to bring Christmas to the village as a whole, but she was helping her children to make their own versions of gifts for people.

InuYasha eventually came in, finding all the children and Sango within Sango's room. "Oh, there you guys are- I was getting worried. Hadn't seen you in a while." Said InuYasha. Sango knew well enough to know he could tell where they were no matter where they were in the house, but the fact that he came to check still meant a good deal. "Hey guys, you kids want to hear about the demon of christmas?" Asked InuYasha.

"Hey now, don't go telling them some scary story!" Said Sango.

"Santa Claws isn't scary!"

"He has Claws in his name, how is that not frightening to children?!"

"I have claws, doesn't mean I'm going to eat them or something!"

"You're not InuClaws, now are you?!"

Sango was eventually outvoted by her own children. 'Traitors...' She thought, but conceded after a bit.

"Alright, so Santa Claws is a very fast demon, but he only shows up on Christmas Eve, and he's so fast you can't catch him- believe me, I tried." Said InuYasha.

"I only saw him once, but he lost me in no time." HE said.

"What's he look like?" Asked Peru. "He's a big demon, with white fur all over, and dressed in red." Said InuYasha.

"Like you?" Asked Ame.

"I'm not furry!" Scolded InuYasha.

"But you always dress in red though, right? Are you InuClaws?" Asked Kuot.

"Feh! It ain't me! He's supposed to be in Kagome's time, not ours- but I think he can pass through the well too, cause I saw him last year in fact!" Said InuYasha.

'..Last year.. that was when InuYasha came here. He must be just trying to get them to believe.' Though Sango with an amused chuckle. "Now, now, if InuYasha says he saw him- I'm sure he did." Said Sango.

"Thanks- anyway. he's so quick he can travel all over the world in one night. He rides these smaller demons and flies through the sky!" Said InuYasha.

"Like Kilala?" Asked Kuot.

"No, these demons have horns, and don't turn into a kitten." Said InuYasha.

"Mew!" Kilala appeared from the window.

"You know I didn't mean it like that, Kilala- I just mean these demons aren't you!" Argued InuYasha, as the kitten bounced around the room before ending up on Sango's shoulder, as if coming to hear the story.

InuYasha continued, explaining that Santa Claws visited everyone in a single night, and if they were good, he'd not only let them live, but he'd then even reward them with some form of gift. But if they were bad, he'd slay them! The kids all paled at the climax of the story.

"InuYasha!" Said Sango, glaring at him evily.

"Fine, fine, he leaves them some really bad present, like some kind of rock or something- better?" Asked InuYasha, glaring at Sango for ruining his story.

"Better." She confirmed with a sigh.

"Geez, how are they going to respect him if he doesn't slay at least some of them.." Sango and InuYasha had continued to subject outside for a bit afterwards.

"It's a nice story, without the slaying part, okay? Thanks for sharing it, I think the kids want the reward though, so maybe they'll behave." Said Sango musingly with a giggle.

"I guess he can't see if you're being good or not until he shows up, unless he has super vision or something too." Said InuYasha.

"There's no one around, stop taking it so seriously." Said Sango with a chuckle.

"What'dya mean? He is real! I saw him I told'ja!" Said InuYasha.

"Really? Last year? Remember if you will, that last year, you were with me- by the lake. I'm fine pretending, but at least don't think I'm stupid." Said Sango with a chuckle.

"I am serious! I was chasing him! He kept following some strange pattern, then he just vanished- when I went to see if I could sniff him out, I caught your scent!" Said InuYasha.

"Very funny- then where was my reward? Huh? I wasn't slayed, so I guess he can't visit everyone." Teased Sango.

"Hey, I didn't get one either! Old bastard flew right over me." Said InuYasha.

"Well you are lucky, we both know you aren't good." Teased Sango further, giggling at InuYasha's expense.

"Who said I wasn't going to track him down, and slay him? I could've taken all his presents!" He said defiantly.

"You sure you aren't InuClaws?" Commented Sango with another entertained laugh.

By the time that nightfall had come, the town was lit up brilliantly. Within it's walls, one might not even realize it was night out at the moment, if not for the beautifully clear sky above- stars shining brightly across the whole of the sky.

Sango was keeping tabs on the children who were amazingly well behaved, even getting ready for bed early tonight. That was likely because InuYasha saying that he skipped people who were awake, judging from his own experience of being passed over. 'I wonder what I'd have got last year if I had gone to bed when I intended to..' She wondered to herself, as she stopped outside of the last child's room, Peru, before noting the sounds of voices from Miroku's room.

"No, I'm telling you- you have to stay here!" Said Kagome.

"Is this another of your Christmas rules?" Asked Miroku, confused.

"No, no, no, I just mean that InuYasha's plan is to sneak off- if you're around, you'll get in the way!" Said Kagome.

'Sneak off? For what?' Wondered Sango, as she eavesdropped quietly.

"What about Sango? How do you know it's what SHE wants, huh?" Said Miroku.

"It's not about what you give someone, so long as your heart is in the right place- whether Sango wants it or not, InuYasha believes it to be the right choice, so I'm going to support him!" Said Kagome, mildly irritated with explaining things to the monk, whom clearly didn't want to be involved with the holiday, something about it's religious background really bothered him presumably.

"Why should I support him? He's trying to steal my wife!" Said Miroku, getting irrational in his argument.

"He is not! Sango does what she wants- you think InuYasha's with Sango because of you? Or Sango chose to let him stay to upset me? I don't buy it Miroku- if you truly want what's best for Sango, then stay out of it! I don't even think InuYasha knows for sure what would happen, which is why I had to go through all the trouble of setting it up!" said Kagome.

"You don't find it a little upsetting that he asked you for help with him and Sango?" Asked Miroku, he just had to hit a nerve.

"Listen you! I ain't helping him to benefit him and Sango's relationship, I'm helping my FRIEND InuYasha, in hopes that my FRIEND Sango is happier for it; I know it isn't easy, but for one moment remember that they are both our friends, long before any of us were married- okay?!" She said, practically prepared to simply beat him into submission at this point.

"...You make a strong point, Kagome.. very well, for tonight, I'll stay here- I will not intervene in your plans at all. I do hope that you won't waste this effort on my part though. Then again, you probably know better than most, how hard it is not to act." Said Miroku.

"..It's even more painful to be the one having to act- but not in the way your heart tells you to." Said Kagome with a sigh.

'...No, keep going!... ' Sango pleaded mentally, she didn't get enough information like that, now she's just apprehensive, and uncertain again. She backed away and slipped back into Peru's room as the door began to rustle. '..Say it! What's this plan?!..' Thought Sango, willing Kagome to bring it up just once more, but instead she walked right on by. '..I don't.. know what.. you all have planned.. but I'm sorry, Kagome... that you have to feel this way, for whatever it is supposed to mean to me..' She felt guilty, losing the spirit briefly before recalling the earlier statement. 'InuYasha is supposed to sneak off? He'll have to tell me where he's supposed to go!' She said, as she waited for Kagome to clear the area before she exited, creeping back in the same direction that Kagome had gone.

"..InuYasha, are you sure about this? I mean.. I got Miroku to agree to stay in his room, the kids are asleep and all, but it's freezing outside- won't you be cold? Knowing you, could be days before you're able to come back if you're not going to come back until it's finished.." Said Kagome.

"Gee, thanks Kagome, why don't you follow me around and remind me how stupid all this is too?" Asked InuYasha with a growl. Sango, for the second time, found herself eavesdropping.

"Oh, don't be so dramatic- I'm just worried you're going to waste all of my effort!" Said Kagome.

"Good thing you're keeping it in perspective.." Mocked InuYasha. "Just go- okay?"

"What'dya mean go?! This is where I'm sleeping, thanks to you!" Said Kagome.

"Oh yeah, guess you can't go back to Miroku's room with him there- fine, you can stay, but make sure you cover up well- I practically froze last night. I'll try to be quiet when I come back, not to wake you." Said InuYaha.

"I remember your quiet- please, do me a favor and just get on through- you have the dexterity of a donkey when it comes to squeaky wood..." Commented Kagome. "Sounded like a parade the way you made the floor play."

SAngo was getting mildly fed up with the cute back and forth banter between the two, she moved out of the hallway and into the living room. "Am I interrupting?" Asked Sango, trying not to let on that she'd been listening in.

"Huh? S-Sango!" Said Kagome, surprised. "Where did you come from?" She asked, she was sure she'd come from Miroku's room just now, and didn't see anyone.

"I was checking in on the children." She explained simply. "What about you two, what're you up to? Not planning on running off together, are you?" She said, disguising her jealous tone to that of teasing.

"Heh, nope- definitely no chance of that." said Kagome, receiving a slight nudge from InuYasha's elbow. "Oh, right! Miroku took his room back, so I better find some blankets to sleep out here!" She said as she excused herself.

"I'll go and get some more wood, so we can keep the fire going tonight." Said InuYasha as he headed for the door. "S-" He didn't even get started before Sango interrupted.

"I'll go with you, I can help you carry it so you can get more in a single trip." Said Sango, not about to let InuYasha out of her sight at the moment.

Kagome looked at her curiosly as she had been about to leave. inuYasha glanced over at Kagome curiosly, she merely shrugged.

"Fine, let's go." He said, unsure of how that worked out. Maybe he just assumed she'd prefer to stay in because of the cold.

As the two left, Kagome looked at the doorway for a moment. "That was.. oddly easy, I thought Sango would resist more.. oh well, I guess it just makes sneaking out easier if she comes along willingly." Said Kagome as she decided to actually find some blankets now.

Sango surely would've opted to stay inside if not for the fact that she suspected InuYasha was planning to run off. No sooner than they'd gotten to the other side of the door, she had InuYasha's robe tightly clutched around her. InuYasha wrapped an arm around her to provide further warmth, though he did not look at her- in fact, he hadn't yet since she'd arrived in the room, nor said very much. It was really off putting.

By the time she noticed the lake, she stopped cold in her tracks. "Alright, InuYasha- I get what you're doing, you brought me out here to tell me you're leaving right?!" She said, finding it oddly suspicious that they just happened by the place they'd met again, one year ago.

InuYasha looked back at her finally with a raised eyebrow. "What're you talking about? I ain't going anywhere!" Said InuYasha.

"Then what is it?! You're keeping secrets from me, making plans for something, what was it?!" She asked.

"I just wanted to tell you that I love you, stupid!" He yelled, the stress of too much build up finally snapping.

"Huh?" She said, making an awkward sound of surprise. "What was that?" Asked Sango, uncertain if she genuinely caught what he said.

"I.. said that I love you... stupid." Said InuYasha, flushing a bit as he looked off to the side and up.

"Y-You could've left out the stupid part..." Said Sango with a chuckle, flushing significantly and finding her feet to be of the utmost interest at this moment.

"Not really, first you make me yell it, then you make me repeat it- I'd call that stupid." He commented.

"Just.. shut up, InuYasha.. you are being difficult.." Said Sango, pouting slightly.

"Hey-"

"Shh!"

Sango found her hand messing with her hair, a nervous habit as the other rubbed her elbow. She bit her lip slightly, her hand moving to adjust the robe a bit before tightening it back up. All of a sudden she felt kind of hot, and cold at the same time.. 'Just.. stay calm.. and say it!.. Calmly.. open your mouth and say it..' She thought. She slapped InuYasha's hand away whenever he reached towards her. "You're distracting me!" She accused before flushing and looking at her feet again.

"No, Sango look! It's Santa Claws again!" Said InuYasha, pointing upwards, as in the sky far above there was something floating up above. All of a sudden, something came from the object above and landed with a crash nearby. InuYasha shielded Sango from the wave of loose snow that rushed over them. "You picked the wrong person to try to slay, bud." Said InuYasha as he reached to his side to draw Tetsusaiga before the snow began to clear and a large, red clad man appeared from where the impact had began.

"Stay your hand, InuYasha- I come bearing gifts, not grudges." Said the human looking giant, with golden eyes- not unlike InuYasha's own.

"Gifts? Yeah, right, I remember last year- I didn't get nothin'!" Said InuYasha, growling slightly.

"You didn't, did you?" Asked Santa.

"Chased you for over an hour, and then you just took off." Said InuYasha.

"So tell me this, InuYasha- why could you chase me for over an hour, if I could lose you in a single moment?" Santa asked.

"How the hell would I know, you weren't getting away from me though, I was catching up slowly- then you just vanished." InuYasha explained.

"The truth is, I was giving a gift, a personal favor for a close friend." Said Santa as he glanced up at his floating carriage, too high to see clearly. "You may want to consider what it is that you were given last year, maybe then you'll see the truth of it for yourself."

"Feh! I ain't buying.." Said InuYasha, Sango stood dumbstruck still- unable to reliably formulate thought, one moment she was fighting with herself, now she was watching InuYasha fight with a fairy tale.

"Perhaps you need something a bit more obvious for you then." He said as he extended his hand and tossed an item forward, a wrapped item- but the note was very familiar.

"This is-.. Sango's gift.. Kagome said it wouldn't be ready until Christmas." Said InuYasha.

Sango peeked at it, it was definitely Kagome's handwriting, the tag merely read "To Sango, from InuYasha." The confounded box and wrapping concealed the gift though, she cursed mentally at the fact that she didn't know what it was.

"And for you Sango, I offer you this." Said Santa as he tossed one more item, a simple card, but as soon as she grasped it, it vanished right before her eyes.

"What's the meaning of this? It's gone.. What was it?" She asked.

"It'll reveal itself to you in time, help you when you truly feel you need it to." Said Santa, as he turned around, waving a hand over his shoulder. "Merry Christmas you two, and perhaps we'll meet again another day!" Said Santa as he leaped up, far beyond InuYasha's capabilities all the way up to the carriage again and was gone in a flash.

"...He really is a demon.." Said Sango.

"..Yeah, I'll say.. " Said InuYasha, mildly irritated by Sango's reward, a vanishing piece of paper? What kind of gift is that? "Let's go back.. You'll freeze to death out here." He said simply.

Sango mouthed to refuse but sighed, merely obliging his wish and returning to the house again, with her hand in his. 'I still couldn't say it... Damn.' She cursed, carefully moving with InuYasha back through the house, moving over a sleeping Kagome.

"She must've wore herself out today getting all of this set up.." Said InuYAsha.

"Remind me to thank her in the morning, okay?" Said Sango, as she lead InuYasha along, and headed for their room- seemed like ages since they slept comfortably together, but it had only been the night before last... but it had been a long couple of days.

"Oh wait, that's right, the present." Said InuYasha. He quickly pulled it back out, and handed it towards Sango.

"..InuYasha.. I couldn't get you anything.. so can we skip this part? If I accept it, I'll only feel guilty for not getting you something in return.." Pleaded Sango, her curiosity over the object warring against her guilt about having nothing to return the gesture.

"..Sango, I don't want anything- I told you earlier, I'm happy as I am." He said with a smirk.

"..." She couldn't argue that, how could she? Convince him that he's unhappy? Make him want something that she still didn't have to give? She sighed and reached out, accepting the package. It could fit in the palm of one's hand, so she knew it wasn't anything large. It didn't rattle though, so what could it be. "...It's a box..." Said Sango, confused at first.

"Wha? Hey, when I saw it, it was open!" Said InuYasha.

Sango recalled what Kagome had shown her about the watch, if she pressed the right spot then.. It popped open. Within the box was a simple pendant, not unlike the pocket watch that inuYasha had been given, though it was noticeably smaller and lighter. She went to pick it up and the chain magically appeared from beneath it, as if it were coming through the box's bottom almost.

"You like it? Kagome suggested that girl's like these sorts of things, and this one kind of reminded me of you." Said InuYasha.

Sango giggled slightly, she could understand why though- the front of the emblem was made from Coral it appeared, her namesake. The emblem was a snowflake, with coral making the shape of the snowflake, embedded in the precious metal body of the pendant. Sango smiled a bit. "I think you made a good choice, InuYasha." Said Sango, she truly wasn't particularly fashion oriented, but that being said, it was shiny- and it was from InuYasha, so she put it on. "I think I'll never take it off." She added, though obviously she didn't want to wear such a thing into battle, or anything.

Sango made her way into bed, with InuYasha following suit. She cuddled up to him for the wamrth, among other reasons. 'He loves me.. huh?' She felt something beneath the blanket- she turned briefly as she lifted it up. The card she had been given. Her curiosity got the better of her as she began to open the folded paper. The written text was hard to read, she started slowly. "I.. love you... InuYasha.." She said aloud, finding herself blushing immediately afterwards. 'It was a trick! Damn you Santa Claws!' She thought, feeling herself shrink to nothing, as InuYasha wrapped an arm around her from behind.

"I love you too, Sango." He assured her, though he did sound a little awkward still saying such things, at least no one was around to listen in.

'..Thank you, Santa Claws...' She thought with a smile, proceeding to read the remaining text on the inside of the folded paper. It was a lot easier to read, as if the first text had been purposefully hard to read just to get her to say it without thinking about it.

'Consider yourself fortunate, young slayer- that there are so many who care for you, not just your well being, but also your happiness. Gifts come in many forms, in the thoughts of others, in the actions of some, and in the words of the occasional one. In that respect, you both received many gifts that brought you to where you are today. Merry Christmas- Santa' As soon as she read it, the card vanished again. '...So the trick was all along, not to think about it..' She giggled slightly before turning back around to cuddle up to InuYasha.