InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Reality Of Life ❯ Kisses and Christmas Gifts ( Chapter 10 )

Chapter 10: Kisses and Christmas Gifts
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After Kagome and the other three had picked up Shippo they tore down the hallway toward the cafeteria. It looked as if they were flying because of how fast they were going. They didn't really have any reason to be running but it just seemed like a good idea. Kagome laughed.

"I feel like I'm flying!" Sango laughed with her friend.

"Don't be silly Kagome you're just running really, really fast." Kagome stuck her tongue out at Sango. "Honestly Kags you are such a nut bar at times." Sango said jokingly.

"Well at least I'm passing math." The two laughed and Sango stuck her tongue out at her friend.

"Oh well." The laughed again and returned their focus on running. Miroku, who was at the front of the line looked up to see the principal standing at the end of the hall. He screeched to a halt.


"Stop." Said Miroku, the other four collided with him and he fell forward a little. InuYasha opened his mouth to start screaming at Miroku when he too noticed the principal.

"Hello Mr. Principal sir! We were just leaving...." InuYasha said in an overly cheery voice. He was once again red in the face. Running in the halls was another rule he hated to have broken.

"All of you in my..." The principal began to yell but was interrupted by the bell that called the students back to class.

"Got to fly." Kagome shouted before he could call them into his office and they promptly turned themselves around to get back to their class.

They reached their class, having dropped off Shippo, with three seconds to spare. Sango, Kagome, Miroku, and InuYasha took their seats just as the second bell rang.

"Now, class..." The whole class fell asleep within three seconds, with the exception of Kagome. The teacher blabbed on in his boring monotone voice, making Kagome drowsy. She fought off the sleep but only just barely.

"Stay awake! Must stay awake!" Kagome said aloud quietly. "Need Notes! Need NOTES!" InuYasha woke up behind her. He rubbed his eyes slightly trying to wake up.

"Are you ok Kagome?" he said with a hint of worry in his voice that Kagome didn't catch.

"Oh, ya I'm fine. Just dandy." InuYasha fell asleep again. "Need Notes. Need Notes." The bell finally rang, it seemed like Kagome had been chanting "need notes, need notes" for all of eternity and was more then relieved to hear the signal for freedom. The three sleeping people woke up almost instantly when the bell rang and Kagome laughed walking out of the classroom and heading to get Shippo. They reached his classroom quickly and then left the building.

"Uh, where are we going exactly?" asked Shippo on their way out to the car.

"We're going Christmas shopping. Want to come?" Kagome asked him, she had forgotten to mention it at break.

"I can't." Shippo looked down and sounded a little disappointed. "I have to go shopping with my mom. Sorry."

"That's too bad. But we'll give you a ride home anyway." Kagome nodded understandingly and smiled only acutely upset that he was not able to come.

"Thanks Kagome." He smiled widely at her and she laughed a little. InuYasha looked up feeling a slight jealousy. Twice in that day Shippo had made her laugh. It quickly vanished as he remembered her whispering that she loved him.

"No problem." Once they reached Kagome's car she drove Shippo home, which was only a few blocks out of their way. When he had gone inside she sped off to the mall. It was snowing fairly hard outside so Kagome parked as close to the mall as she could and the four friends ran to the doors to get out of the wind and cold.

"So what are you gonna get for me everybody?" Miroku stated once they entered the mall and gave them a perverted grin. Sango and Kagome promptly slapped him.

"We're not telling you." Sango chirped as Miroku rubbed his cheek, not fully understanding why he deserved to be hit.

"I was just..." Miroku looked around the mall and saw that the group was leaving him. "Hey you jerks! Wait for me!" He called running to catch up.
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Kagome, InuYasha, Sango and Miroku had been wandering around for just over an hour without finding anything. None of them really went into any shops they just looked at the titles and the stuff on display. Nothing seemed to be catching their eye. Kagome was first concentrating on getting something for Sango when she thought she saw it in a shop.

"I'll be back!" She said running off so they wouldn't try and follow. "I'll meet you at the water fountain at the center of the mall!" InuYasha looked troubled as he watched her get lost in the crowd of milling people he started toward him and Sango grabbed his wrist.

"No....." Sango put her hand over his mouth. Sango talked to him in a low voice just to be absolutely sure Kagome couldn't hear her.

"Don't say anything. We don't want her to feel like we're just here to baby sit her." InuYasha spun around, clearly angry at him silencing her. He looked into her eyes and realized she was telling the truth. His anger settled slightly and he shook her hand from his arm.

"Fine. Anyway I have to go get some stuff." InuYasha walked away and Sango sighed.

"How about you and I just go our own ways and meet the others at the fountain?" Miroku asked.

"Ok." Sango walked away and Miroku walked into a store that was called "Books for Those Perverted"
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Kagome walked in the store where she had seen something earlier. It was called "The Beach Store" Kagome didn't really care how corny the name of the store was as long as it had good quality clothes. Kagome looked around for a sales clerk. She wanted to buy the wrap around that was in the window. Sango had been drooling over it for forever; it was orange with a red flower print and fairly long. A store clerk came bustling out of the back and Kagome called him over.

"Um, mister?" She said spotting a sales clerk. "Can I buy that wrap around skirt?" He nodded and rushed forward to get it for her. When Kagome walked out of "the Beach Store" she had had one HUGE bag and a couple small ones. In the huge bag was Sango's present. There was an orange wrap around skirt and a red tank top to match. She had got this out fit for Sango for two
reasons. Reason number one being that there was a Hawaiian dance coming up and Sango didn't have an outfit to wear. Reason number two was that Sango had wanted this outfit so much that she had come to look at it for weeks. She didn't buy it because she was saving up money to get her friend's presents.

Next Kagome went into a bookstore. On the shelf was a copy of "Math Help Weekly". Also inside the store was a basket filled to the brim with necklaces. Most of them were cheap looking and ugly but Kagome looked through them and pulled out two very nice silver chains that had charms hanging from them. These were 'best friends forever' necklaces. The pair looked stunning and Kagome could not understand how they got into the basket but she shrugged it off and bought them for Sango. She deserved it after all; she was with Kagome through the good times and the bad.

Kagome realized how easy it had been shopping for Sango and hoped that it would be the same for Miroku and InuYasha. She found Shippo's present easily and knew instantly that she must get it for him when she walked by the candy store. She backtracked and remembered how eagerly he asked about candy.
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"Kagome, do you have any candy?" Shippo asked just shortly after all the introductions had been made.

"No, Shippo I don't. Sorry."

"Its ok." Shippo frowned slightly but smiled again. "Don't worry about it!"

"Ok," said Kagome smiling.
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Kagome bought a few bags of gummy candies and then a few of hard candy. She also scooped up bits of chocolate to give the boy.
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"What should I get for Kagome?'" Sango mumbled to herself. She wanted to get her something extra special so that Kagome knew she was her best friend. She already had Miroku's present and had just purchased something for both InuYasha and Shippo. She stood in the store looking at a few items when the sales clerk looked up at his customer.

"Can I help you with something?" Sango shook herself from her thoughts and smiled.

"Yes, actually you can. I was wondering if you had any journals and wrap around skirts..."
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Miroku looked around the store he was in. It was called "The Beach Store." He surveyed the swimsuit wall.

"I wonder what size the girls take." He said to himself with a dreamy expression on his face as he was obviously imagining the two dressed in one of the bikinis. A sudden flash of InuYasha looking about ready to hit Miroku for eyeing up Kagome flew into his mind. "Maybe I'll just get one of these for Sango."
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InuYasha looked around the jewellery store. He was in here to get something for Kagome. He was looking around when he spotted something in a corner. It was a ring set that had a necklace and a pair of earrings. The earrings and the necklace were made of silver gold and each held a black crystal and two amethysts. He picked up the box and went to pay when he spotted a ring. The ring was made out of sliver gold as well, but had in the band those crystals but in the center an orange jewel. A note beside it said that on the inside it read 'I'll love you always'. "I'll take it!" InuYasha said looking admiringly at it. The clerk pulled it out and rung his purchases through the till. InuYasha paid the man and wandered out of the store. "I shouldn't have bought this ring, its too much Kagome will think I'm an idiot. At least the earrings and necklace can go to her." He sighed pocketing the ring separate from the other gifts.
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Kagome sat on a bench near the fountain. She was depressed. It seemed to happen to her allot these days but there was nothing she could really do about it. She was depressed because she still hadn't found something for InuYasha. Miroku's gift was easy enough to find, when she saw it she could just see her friend putting it to use. She looked around and noticed a 1.00$ camera booth, an idea slowly started to form in her mind until she smiled happily. She knew for sure what to get him now.
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InuYasha, Kagome and Miroku were all at the fountain. They were waiting for Sango who showed up five minutes later than everyone else.

"Sorry about that. There was a huge line where I was shopping."

"Its ok Sango. It was busy where I went too." Kagome looked at her three friends after comforting Sango. "How about we go get some pictures? There is a booth just over there." She said pointing to it and standing up.
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"I'm going to have pictures with InuYasha first." Kagome was putting a dollar in the machine. InuYasha looked up a huge grin on his face.

"Really?" He said but then not wanting her to change her mind stood up. "Ok." His answer was quick and he sounded excited. He fell relaxed so he didn't look too happy and Kagome dragged InuYasha into the booth. They took three funny pictures first; these consisted of making bunny ears and making faces. On the fourth picture Kagome looked at InuYasha.

"InuYasha..." He turned and looked at her feeling slightly concerned that she would feel the need to talk to him.

"Yes..." He asked nervously and Kagome kissed InuYasha on the lips he looked at the camera trying to see of it was going to take a picture. It did, with Kagome's lips still on his. Kagome grabbed InuYasha's arm pulling out of the kiss.

"Lets go get our pictures." Kagome and InuYasha grabbed them as Sango and Miroku went in. She ripped the fourth one off and handed him the other three. "Here you can have the first three i want the fourth."

"Okay? Thank you." He said a little confused and Kagome laughed.

"No thank you!"
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InuYasha and Miroku were walking behind the girls who were laughing and giggling. They were headed for the car and InuYasha sighed mentally slapping himself.

"I can't believe it! Why did I look at the camera?!" Miroku shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't know. Why did you?" InuYasha growled at him out of frustration.

"If I knew I wouldn't be asking you now would I?" InuYasha sighed lowering his voice so that Kagome wouldn't hear him. "See this same thing happened when we were little. Exactly the same thing. I hate it when that happens! I made the same damn mistake twice!" InuYasha scowled clearly pissed off at himself. "If I had been looking at her I could've returned the kiss."

"Its ok InuYasha. I kissed Sango." Miroku offered slipping into a sort of dreamy state.

"How does you kissing Sango make anything better for me?" Miroku shrugged his shoulders again.

"I don't know."
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Kagome had just finished dropping off her friends and went home. The frustration she felt because she didn't know what she was going to get InuYasha had vanished. When she saw that camera booth she knew exactly what she was going to give him.

"I hope you like your present InuYasha." Kagome went to the attic and pulled out a dusty box. On the cover it read "letters" she pulled out another box. It was labelled "Kagome growing up, and other pics." Kagome smiled. Her present for InuYasha would be great. "InuYasha I hope that wherever you are you're having a good time. I just know you will love my present!" She said to herself completely shaken of any doubt that he would hate her gift.
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InuYasha turned in his sleep. He had gone to bed early, the day wore him out. But all he could think of was Kagome and the ring he had bought for her. He had changed his mind a million times about giving it to her but he soon decided that he was for sure, not going to

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