InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Falling For the Baby Sitter ❯ Home For The Holidays ( Chapter 72 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

A/n: Hey everyone I just got back from an extended vacation … actually I was pissed off at the co-author of this story and I was being selfish and decided not to finish… He wrote this chapter and the next…so everyone send him all of your praise. I humbly apologize and hope this makes some people happy—I loved the chapters, but maybe that's just because I consider this one of my babies…

A familiar click of a door opening reached the young man's ears who was sitting on the bed. Inu Yasha didn't move he kept his eyes locked on the window of his room watching the sky as it began to snow again.
Kouga opened the door and stepped into the room reluctantly .His blue eyes instantly landed on a familiar figure and his body froze as he spoke quietly "Inu Yasha....oh God is that you?"
"Who else would it be?" Inu Yasha's rough voice asked "Mother Theresa maybe?" Kouga was afraid to move afraid that this was yet another cruel and unforgiving dream that he was always having .After a few moments a cautious step forward was taken by Kouga "Inu Yasha is that really you?" He asked as he reached out and touched the young man on the shoulder. Inu turned and his dark eyes locked onto Kouga's blue ones "Yeah its me. "With that Kouga lunged forward and wrapped his arms around Inu in a fierce hug "Thank God your back!" He yelled.

Everyone that was in the living room looked down the hall towards the sound of the yelling .Sango cast her eyes over to Kagome as she asked "Kagome what did you get him? Or do I want to know?" Kagome smiled sadly "I got him something that he has bee wanting for the past six months.” All the kids covered their mouths and giggled because they knew why Kouga was so happy. Miroku raised a brow as he looked at the giggling group questioningly "And may I ask what's wrong with you little ones , hmmmm?" He asked as he bent down on one knee to look them in the eyes.

All the kids shook their heads trying to act like little innocent angels .Sango smiled as she tilted her head to look at the little group of sneaks "Miroku I think they are hiding something from us." The lech reached out quickly and snagged the smallest kid in front of him "Ok Shippou spill it or get the torso tickler." Shippou squirmed and tried to get away "No no I cant tell!!"

Mayu and Souta jumped onto Miroku's back trying to help Shippou get away "No Shippou don't tell it will ruin the surprise!" Souta cried out as he yanked on Miroku's ponytail. "Yeah no telling about daddy being home!" Mayu chimed in. Miroku froze and looked over at Kagome "Inu Yasha's home?" He asked stunned. Mayu looked at her mother and said "Uh oh...I'm sorry mommy I didn't mean to tell." Kagome smiled "It's ok Mayu they were going to find out soon anyway."

Sango walked over to Kagome and bopped her arm lightly "And you didn't tell us why?" The younger girl laughed lightly "Because it was a surprise...Merry Christmas..."Sango scowled at Kagome "And here I thought you told me everything."

Kouga squeezed Inu Yasha for all that he was worth and that's when the younger man began to hit his shoulder "Let go it's getting kinda hard to breath..."Inu coughed out as he tried to break free from Kouga's bear hug of doom. The older man reluctantly let go as he looked Inu Yasha over .Blue eyes scanned the young mans face taking in every feature "I see you made some changes Inu." Kouga said as he touched the younger man's now black and silver hair. Inu Yasha nodded slowly "Yeah I decided it was time for a change." he mumbled.

Kouga laughed "I see that and the earrings ."He said as he pointed to Inu's metal studs in his ear "What's next a tattoo?" Kouga asked jokingly. Inu smirked "Funny you should say that." He said as he began to roll up the sleeve of his red dress shirt "I got one about three months ago." Kouga blinked as he watched Inu roll up his sleeve to reveal a tattoo of blood red and black kanji. "I figured I would just get one for the hell of it." Inu said "And just in case I forgot who I was I had my name tattooed on my arm." He said with a slight laugh.

Kouga reached out and touched it slightly "That color red... it almost looks like its bleeding." Inu smiled "Yeah I like that color." Soon the pair heard foot steps come down the hall and they watched as the door opened to reveal Miroku and Sango staring in awe at Inu. A frown was etched on Miroku's face but was slowly being replaced by a smile "I should drop kick you , you mother fucker." The pervert said as he pointed a finger at Inu Yasha. Inu huffed " I wouldn't advise it pervert unless you have been keeping up practice on your kick boxing." Miroku blinked and took a real good look at his friend and noticed that he was leaner and that he had put on a few inches of muscle 'No way .' he thought 'He didn't get into that again.' Miroku shook his head and smiled "Maybe we will have to go to the gym and find out." Inu smiled and got to his feet and grabbed his friend's hand and gave it a shake "You got a deal man." Dark eyes moved over to Sango "Has he been treating you good Sango?" Inu Yasha asked in all seriousness. Sango smiled "He is a pervert what do you expect?" Miroku's jaw dropped as he let go of Inu's hand "Sango!" He exclaimed. Inu sighed "Want me to beat him up for you ?"He asked Sango with a wink. The woman laughed as Miroku rubbed his face "No she does fine on her own Inu Yasha." The group laughed as Kagome yelled down the hall "Time for dinner!" The kids rushed to set the table knowing that as soon as dinner was over they got to open their presents.

Kagome rushed around the room to make sure everything was perfect even though she felt like she was going to fall a part at any second because she knew Inu Yasha was going to go back to his love Kouga. She sighed as she lit the red candles that she decorated the table with "Now its perfect." Mayu was in awe as she looked around the room "Oh mommy, its pretty, daddy will like the candles." She said as she took her seat next to the boys. Kagome nodded "I know he will I know." She took her seat next to Mayu as the group made their way into the dining room. Everyone stopped and looked around the room. Sango clapped her hands together "Kagome the room is gorgeous.'' the room was decorated in silver and red decorations and lit by candle light. Inu Yasha felt a hand touch him on the shoulder and despite the romantic setting he inwardly cringed because he knew it was Kouga. This feeling confused him because he never felt it before whenever Kouga had touched him , maybe it was just the nervous tension of being home he didn't know .Inu Yasha placed a smile on his face "Dinner smells good I cant wait to dig in." He said as he pulled away from Kouga and took a seat next to Kagome. Everyone else took their seats and started eating and talking about what had went on in the past few months that Inu was gone. Inu Yasha quickly glanced over at Kagome and saw that she was looking kinda down so he slipped his hand under the table cloth and grabbed hers giving it a squeeze. Her eyes widened a bit as she looked at him as he continued talking and locked his fingers with hers. The young girl smiled and joined in for now everything seemed half way normal and it made everyone happy she would ask him why later. Just for now she was content to have this moment and prayed it would never end.