InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fallen ❯ Chapter 8 ( Chapter 8 )
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Yo ho ho this is a long chapter. ENJOY! P.S.- sorry if ends don't meet. It's currently 2:20 and I haven't had any coffee.
Ch. 8
School had gone ok. The rekai tentai and Inu gumi all met up for lunch, and had a nice time.
Both Yusuke and Kagome had both succeeded in not killing Inuyasha, with the help of Sango and Kurama.
The whole week flew by, and soon, it was time for the party.
It was only Christmas Eve, but they had everything ready. Kagome stepped down from the latter, and admired her work. She had just finished placing the last mistle toe on the doorways. Looking around, she glanced to make sure everything was ok.
Snacks were set on the table, along with refreshments. The tree was fully decorated, thanks to the help of Yusuke and Atsuko, and there were presents underneath.
Glancing around, she looked for Yusuke. `Hm, I wonder where he is?' Shrugging, she continued to make sure everything was in order around the apartment.
-Yusuke's room-
Yusuke fiddled with the bow on the present. During the week, he had managed to get out from Kagome's radar and went Christmas shopping.
~Flashback~
While wandering downtown, he spotted a weapon store. Walking inside, he glanced around the poorly lighted room. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a bow and arrows. He remembered Kagome telling him about one of her adventures, and he scarcely recalled her saying she fought with bow and arrows.
He stared at the bow. It was a nice dark brown color, and was smooth to the touch. It had a nice handle and strong string. The arrows were also the same color brown, and had beautiful crafted metal tips. The feathers were a mix of white and tan.
`Would she like it?' Shaking his head. He was about to leave, when he suddenly turned around and grabbed them. Using the money he had managed to `convince' Koenma to give him, he paid for it and walked out the door.
The hard part was getting home past Kagome. Carefully unlocking the door, he managed to quietly creep in without making much noise. Looking around, he noticed the TV was on. Cautiously walking closer, he saw Kagome sprawled out on the couch asleep.
He couldn't help the smile that spread across his face. Grabbing a blanket, he carefully draped it over her body.
Tip toeing to his room, he closed the door, and let out a relieved sigh. Now the next challenge was to wrap the present.
~End Flashback~
He was still nervous about giving it to her. He didn't even know if he had the guts to give it to her, and it didn't help that everyone else was coming over.
Sighing, he leaned the huge box inside his closet and closed it. Opening the door he stepped out into the living room.
Yusuke drooled as he looked at Kagome. She was in a Mrs. Clause's outfit. She had a Santa's hat, with matching boots. The dress she wore was also fuzzy and red and white. It was a long-sleeved dress, which hung off her shoulders and stopped a little above her knees. The outfit hugged her body perfectly.
He turned his head as she bent down to retrieve some cookies out of the oven. Just as she was about to lean forward, his mom's face appeared in front of him.
His eyes widened as he fell on his butt out of surprise. “What the heck?!”
Atsuko just smirked down at him. “Now didn't I tell you to be a nice gentlemen? I don't want people thinking I raised my son to be a hentai!”
He glared at her. “Oh be quiet. Hey, where you going?” he asked, noticing her formal attire.
“Well, I've been invited to a Christmas party by a co worker. Kagome.”
Looking up from the cookies, she looked at Atsuko. “Yes?”
“I'll be coming home late from the party, so I want you kids to behave okay?” she said while eying both Yusuke and Kagome.
Kagome saluted Atsuko with an oven mitt on her hand. “Yes ma'am. I'll make sure this party doesn't go out of control.” She said with an innocent smile on her face.
Atsuko just nodded and looked at her watch. “Well, I have to go now. I'll see you guys later! And have fun ok?” She didn't wait for a reply as she quickly disappeared out the front door.
Yusuke rolled his eyes at his mom. She would buy almost anything coming from Kagome. She somehow missed the mischievous glint in Kagome's eyes.
Setting the plate of cookies down on the table. Kagome grabbed a bag and pulled out
4 bottles of sake. “Well, this should get the party started eh?” she said with a wink.
“You drink?” Yusuke asked a little bit surprised. Even he didn't drink, but that was because his mother was always drunk.
She shrugged. “Eh, I've tried some, thankfully I don't get drunk that fast.”
Inwardly, Yusuke groaned. He didn't want to see Kuwabara drunk, last time; he came onto him thinking he was some girl on the street. Shuddering at the memory, he eyed how much she had. “Is that suppose to last us the whole night?”
“I was going to serve it out later. So yes, I suppose.”
Just then the doorbell rang. Kagome merrily skipped over to the door and answered it. “Hey guys!”
Botan, Hiei, Kuwabara, and another girl were the first to come.
Kagome invited them in and observed the new girl. She was pretty short, and had light blue hair like botans. She had red eyes that were similar to another short youkai she knew.
She looked over to Hiei, who was once again ignoring everyone and was currently sitting on the window seal. `They have got to be related.'
Turning to the new girl she decided to break the ice. “Hello, my name is Kagome. And you are?”
The girl smiled cutely. “My name is Yukina. I'm a friend of Kazuma and the rekai tentai. I hope you don't mind me coming uninvited.” She added with a small blush.
Kagome couldn't help but smile back. She was so cute! “Aww, it's alright! The more the merrier eh?”
Yukina nodded. “So I hear you're one of the newest members of the rekai tentai?”
“Hai! The others are coming later, so you'll get to meet them soon!”
“Yukina darling, would you like a drink?” Kuwabara asked interrupting their conversation.
“Oh, ok.”
Like a lovesick puppy, he happily walked to the table to get her a drink.
Kagome rose an eyebrow. “Are you two going out?”
Yukina blushed at the accusation, while Hiei who had been listening to their conversation, softly growled. “Oh no! Kazuma and I are just friends!”
“Ah, I see.” `So she's kind of on the dense side eh?' Kagome mused to herself.
Kuwabara quickly returned with the drink and a plate of cookies as well. “Here you go Yukina.”
“Thank you Kazuma!”
Kuwabara beamed as he grinned at Yukina.
Shaking her head, Kagome decided to go talk to Botan. “Hey Botan!”
The blue ferry girl swallowed her mouthful of cookies before talking. “Hey Kagome! The place looks nice!”
“Thanks! Yusuke helped to. Speaking of which, where is he?”
Pointing to the TV, she looked over and saw Yusuke playing video games.
Sighing, Kagome shook her head. “Go figures. So, how do you like Miroku?”
Botan blushed a pretty pink. “Erm, what do you mean?”
Kagome gave her a pointed look. “Don't play dumb with me missy. Do ya like him or not?”
“Uh, yeah kinda.” She replied meekly while blushing an even darker color shade of pink.
Kagome smiled at her. “Well I think he likes you.”
Botan made a sound something akin to a snort. “He likes any thing that's a female and moves.” She said bitterly.
“No, he may act flirtatious, but he didn't grope you the first time he met you. Now that was a first. He may be serious about you.” Looking over at the loner youkai, she decided to move on. “Well I'll leave you to your thoughts.”
She approached Hiei in a subtle matter. “Yo.”
He said nothing, and didn't even acknowledge that he heard her.
Gritting her teeth, she clenched her hands into fists to keep from hitting him in the head. “Well your full of holiday cheer.”
“I don't celebrate your ningen traditions.”
She gave him a skeptical look. “Then why are you here?”
He turned from the window to glare at her. “That is none of your business.” He stated in a cold voice.
Thinking back to Yukina and his dislike of Kuwabara, she made ends meet. She smirked at him. “Ah, you want to keep an eye on your sister huh?”
“You don't know what you're talking about onna.”
She rose an eyebrow. “Oh I don't now do I? What, does she not even know you're her brother?”
He turned away and went back to looking out the window.
“Oh. Well don't worry, I didn't say anything to her. It was just kinda easy to see the relation between you two.”
When he didn't answer, she just sighed and left. She walked over to the TV and sat down by Yusuke.
“What cha playin?”
“Ugh.”
Kagome rolled her eyes at his primitive answer. No wonder why he has such bad grades. Leaning over, she cupped her hands over his eyes.
“HEY! What are you doing?!” he yelled in frustration.
When he got his sight back, the TV blinked with the words `Game Over'.
Growling, he looked over at the innocent looking Kagome, who was looking everywhere but him. “What did you do that for?”
She looked at him with big innocent eyes. “Do what?”
He narrowed his eyes at her. “You covered my eyes.”
“Oh boo hoo. It's just some stupid game. Go and help me entertain the guests!” she commanded.
“What am I suppose to do?”
As soon as he said that, the bell rang. Kagome smiled at him. “You could answer the door…”
Grunting, he got up from the couch muttering about `stupid girls'. Unlocking the door, Yusuke opened the door to reveal Kurama, Sango, Miroku, and Keiko? His face was written with shock.
“Uh, may we come in?” Sango asked while rubbing her hands together. It was cold outside, and she forgot to wear a jacket. But on their way to the party, Kurama politely gave her his jacket. She felt bad and didn't want him getting a cold because of her.
Snapping out of his stupor, he moved out of the way with a mumbled `sorry'.
After everyone was settled in, he walked over to Keiko. “Hey.”
She looked up at him from her drink and smiled softly. “Hi. I hope you don't mind me coming. Kurama invited me so…”
Yusuke shrugged. “Naw, you're always welcomed here.”
An awkward silence was followed, which left both speakers shifting uncomfortably. Kagome, who was watching from afar, was very curious to know who the mysterious girl was.
Walking over, she put an arm on Yusuke's shoulder. “Yo, what's up guys? You look like someone died.”
Both blushed and avoided looking at each other's faces. Keiko turned to Kagome. “Hello, I'm Keiko. And who are you?” she said while looking at Kagome's outfit.
“I'm Kagome! Nice to meet you!” she said with a bow. “So how do you know Yusuke?”
Keiko smiled slightly. “We're good friends.”
“Yeah.” Was all Yusuke said.
The silence was bugging Kagome. “Well, why don't I introduce you to some other people?”
Linking arms with Keiko, she started walking towards the crowd. But not before throwing a wink at Yusuke over her shoulder.
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After introductions were made, everyone (including Hiei) sat down to eat dinner. Kagome had made a roast with various side dishes.
Somewhere between dinnertime, Inuyasha and Kikyo appeared. Their clothes and hair were slightly ruffled up, giving only the observant ones an idea of what they were doing.
After dinner was over, Yusuke had helped clear up the plates while everyone talked. “So tell me Yusuke.” Kagome started. “What was Keiko to you?”
Yusuke's head snapped up from the dishes as he eyed Kagome. She just kept scrubbing the dishes. “What do you mean?”
Sighing, she put down the dishes and looked at him straight in they eye. “Oh come on, with your awkward silences, you can not tell me that something went on between you two.”
He gaped at her. `How does she manage to find these things out? Then again, I guess it was pretty obvious. Eh, I guess I can trust her.' “Well, we are good friends but I wanted to be something more, and she just wanted to stay friends.”
Kagome winced. “Ouch. Is that why everything was so uncomfortable between you two?”
Yusuke nodded. “Yeah, and what's even better is she likes someone else.”
She frowned and laid her head on his shoulder. “It's okay Yu-chan. You'll find someone else.”
He looked down at her and murmured softly, “I already have…”
“What did you say?”
“Uh-“
Suddenly a pop and cups clanking together was heard. Kagome's mouth opened. “Aw, they opened the sake without me. How mean!”
Drying her hands, she pulled on Yusuke's shirt. “Come one! Don't wanna miss all the fun now do we?”
Before he could protest, she dragged him to the table. Miroku was currently pouring out the drinks with a smile on his face. Grabbing two glasses, he handed them to Yusuke and Kagome. “Enjoy!” he said with a wink.
Using a fork, Botan tapped it lightly against the glass. “A toast!” she said while holding up her cup. “To a merry merry Christmas!”
“To a merry merry Christmas!” everyone repeated in unison, as they clanked cups together before downing some.
Looking around, Kagome noticed that once again, the short youkai was missing. Walking over the window seal, she handed him a drink. “Want some?”
He looked at the cup with a bored look on his face. “I don't drink your ningen drinks.”
She frowned at him. But a sudden idea had her smiling deviously. “What? Can't take a little bit of alcohol?” she taunted.
He glared at her. “Of course I can. Probably more then you can.”
She rose her eyebrows. “Is that a challenge?”
He narrowed his eyes. “Hn.”
Grinning, she nodded her head towards the table. “Alrighty then. It's a drinking challenge!”
Walking to the table, with Hiei trailing behind her, she cleared her throat. “Hiei has challenged me to a drinking contest! You can all be witnesses when I beat his butt!”
Everyone cheered except for Inuyasha and Kikyo, who were currently making out on the couch.
Miroku put on his dazzling smile, and grabbed a fork. Using it as a microphone, he started talking into hit. “Hello ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the drinking competition. On one side of the table, is the sexy Kagome Higurashi!” The guys rooted as she gave a sexy wink to everyone. “And on the other side is the short and serious Hiei!” All the girls made cat sounds to him.
“The first one to fall over drunk is the loser! Now, without further delay, BEGIN!”
They both picked up the 1st drink and downed it. Neither looked fazed. Soon the 2nd one was gone, and the 3rd, and the 4th.
Soon, there was only enough sake for one drink left. Hiei looked perfectly fine, though inside, he was a little bit drunk (let's just say in this fic hiei is vulnerable to human alcohol). Kagome was fine though; she was actually looking bored. After the 5th and final drink was gone, it was declared a tie.
“You two can hold your alcohol!” exclaimed Kuwabara.
Kagome smirked while Hiei got up from the table and went back to the window seal. Keiko, Kuwabara, and Yukina went to the living room to talk, Kurama disappeared along with Yusuke, and Sango stayed at the table, and Inuyasha and Kikyo were still on the couch.
Being polite, Botan started collecting the cups. Miroku started helping her. She blushed when their hands landed on the same one. “I'm sorry.”
Miroku smiled at her charmingly. “It's alright.”
As they were both walking through the doorway to the kitchen Kagome stopped them. “Hey guys! Look up!”
Both looked up, and sure enough, there was mistle toe. Miroku smiled at her while Botan blushed. He leaned his head over, as their faces drew nearer. Botan closed her eyes instinctively and when their lips touched, shivers ran down her spine.
Opening her eyes, she blushed at the monk. Kagome was rooting them on from the table as she watched a new couple form. Inside his head, Miroku silently thanked Kagome.
Sango shook her head at the monk with a smile on her face. Getting up from the table, she went to go look for Kurama. She found him outside on the balcony. She rubbed her arms as the cool breeze hit her bare skin.
Kurama turned around to greet the newcomer. “Good evening. What brings you out here Sango?” he asked with a smile on his face.
She blushed. `kami he's so hot.' She shook her head. `Yarg! I don't want to be like those crazy girls in his fan club!' “Just seeing what you were up to.” She said nonchalantly.
He nodded before looking back at the stars. Walking towards the railing, Sango walked over next to him. Both silently gazed at the stars as they enjoyed each other's company.
A sudden breeze picked up, and made Sango sneeze. Kurama, noticing her lack of clothing, put his arms around her. She looked at him in surprise at his actions. He just shrugged. “You looked like you were cold.”
Blinking, she looked at him before smiling appreciatively. “Thank you Kurama.” He just smiled back. As they both looked at the stars, they saw a shooting star.
“Oh a shooting star! Quick! Make a wish!” Sango said.
They both closed their eyes as they made a wish. Kurama looked down at Sango. “So what did you wish for?”
She grinned at him. “Now if I told you, it wouldn't come true now would it?” Walking out of his embrace, she walked towards the door.
Kurama just smirked as he watched her go. Looking one last time at the sky, he followed her inside. He ran into Sango on his way in.
“Uh, I just wanted to thank you for letting me borrow your jacket.” She said while she blushed slightly.
“It's no problem.” Looking up, he spotted mistle toe. “I guess we're suppose to kiss huh?”
Sango's eyes widened as she suddenly found soft lips on hers. Kurama's eyes flashed gold for a few moments before they turned back to green. “I guess my wish came true.” He whispered in her ear.
Blushing, she whispered back, “mine too.” Smiling, he tipped her chin for another kiss.
-With Kikyo and Inuyasha-
Inuyasha released Kikyo's mouth from the lip lock the were currently in. “Wanna go back to my place?” he asked with a twinkle is his eye.
Kikyo just nodded. Grabbing her hand, he grabbed their things and headed towards the door.
“Thanks for everything.” Kikyo said quietly.
“Keh, yeah, later.”
And with that, the couple left much to everyone's pleasure.
Getting up from the table, Kagome briefly stretched before going to her room. She was looking for make up when someone softly knocked on the door. “Come in.” she said distractedly.
Yusuke peered in through the doorway. Walking in, he closed the door while hiding her present behind his back.
Kagome was too busy searching her room to notice him.
“Ahem.”
Turning around, she saw a blushing Yusuke who wasn't looking at her. She rose an eyebrow. “Yes?”
“Uh, I got this for you.” He shoved the present on her lap while he turned around so his back was facing her. “I know it's a day early, but what the heck.”
She looked at him surprised. “You got me something? How sweet!” As she unwrapped the gift, she gasped as she saw the bow and arrows.
Grabbing the bow, she ran her hand over the smooth wood. She looked at the arrows and cooed over those too.
“Do you like them?”
She took out the bow and started playing with it. “Yes! I do!” Putting everything back in its box, she walked up behind him and hugged him. “Thank you so much!”
He blushed. “Well, we better get back out there.” Just as they were passing through her door, Miroku called out. “OooH! Look who's under the mistle toe!”
Kagome rolled her eyes at Miroku's antics. But looked up to reconfirm what Miroku said. `Hey wait a second, when did I put mistle toe above my room?' She looked at Miroku suspiciously. In return, he just whistled and looked away.
Shaking her head, she looked over to see a still blushing Yusuke. Putting her hands on his shoulders, she went on her tippy toes and pecked him on the lips.
“Oh come on! You can do better than that!” Miroku criticized with his arms crossed.
Growling slightly at Miroku, she grabbed Yusuke's cheeks with her hands and kissed him passionately. Yusuke's eyes widened before he responded and wrapped his arms around her lower back.
They were starting to enjoy the kiss when someone coughed. “Okay, that's enough you guys.”
Both let go and blushed cherry red. Miroku smirked at Kurama and held out his hand. “I believe I just won that bet.”
Kurama sighed before pulling out his wallet and handing him some bills. “It was nice doing business with you.” Miroku said as he put the money away.
Yusuke looked at Kagome out of the corner of his eye. `I think I'm beginning to think Christmas is my favorite holiday!'
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!