InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Life She Chose ❯ Falling Christmas Trees ( Chapter 7 )

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The Life She Chose

 

Chapter 7

 

Kagome was standing in her kitchen, making InuYasha's ramen, when she heard tiny feet pad across the linoleum floor. She turned around to find a small red haired child walking up to her, rubbing his electric blue eyes with his tiny fists.

 

“Hey Taru, what are you doing up so early?” She asked, bending down and picking up the two-year-old wolf demon. No one else in the house was up yet, as far as she knew, and she had expected them all to sleep in this morning, after driving all day yesterday to get here.

 

“Aun'ie Kag, I'm hungey!” He whined in his small squeaky voice, making Kagome smile. (A/N: I know I spelled it wrong, I meant to. That's how my little brother use to talk.)

 

“What do you want to eat?” Kagome asked the child softly. She really wasn't the best with kids. They were so small, she had always been afraid of hurting them. When Rin had her kids Kagome had been in her partying craze, so she hadn't bothered much with them, and when Sango and Ayame started having their kids she was busy working on songs and trying to settle down a bit.

 

“I no know.” Taru shrugged, giving Kagome a cute look of confusion. “Wa's that?” He asked, pointing to the ramen Kagome was making for InuYasha.

 

“It's InuYasha's ramen. Would you like some?” She asked, and Taru nodded his head. “You can just have InuYasha's I'll just make more for him.” Kagome said, taking the ramen off the stove, and letting it cool before setting Taru at the bar in the kitchen, and giving it to the small child. As she started up another pot for InuYasha she kept a close eye on Taru, and stayed close to him, so she could catch him if he fell off the stool.

 

“Hey! That's mine!” InuYasha shouted stomping into the kitchen, and pointing at the bowl of ramen that Taru was enjoying. Taru glanced up at him, stuck out his tongue, and then went back to eating. Uncle Yasha was always so grumpy, and he didn't like him all

that much. And he always yelled to much, and it hurt Taru's little ears.

 

“Oh don't have a cow. I'm making some more.” Kagome gestured to the ramen she was currently stirring. InuYasha huffed, and collapsed on a stool across from Taru, muttering under his breath. He glared at the kid in front of him, who was enjoying his bowl of ramen, but a little itty bitty part of InuYasha was proud. Years ago, when they had been together, Kagome would have given the ramen to InuYasha, and would have let the little kid wait on more, and starve while she made it. This showed that she had grown up, at least a little bit. And that maybe she would want to start a family one day?? InuYasha shook his head, no that was impossible. They were over. Forever. He wouldn't go back with Kagome, he had already made up his mind on that.

 

“Here.” Kagome said, setting the bowl of ramen in front of InuYasha a while later. She picked Taru up, who had just finished eating, and carried him to the play room, where he would be ok alone for a little bit. Kagome came back, put Taru's bowl in the sink, and poured herself some cereal. She hesitated, before deciding to stand over the sink to eat her cereal instead of risking a confrontation by sitting across from InuYasha at the bar.

 

“Morning.” Rin said cheerfully, as she and Sesshomaru entered the kitchen together. Sesshomaru walked over and poured two cups of coffee, and gave one to Rin, while she dug her hand in the cereal box, and shoved a handful of Luck Charms in her mouth.

 

“What are you guys doing up so early?” Kagome asked them.

 

“Oh. We have to pick up the kids from school today. And the busses won't drop them off out here, since this isn't their actual house. They are only allowed to drop them off at their real stop, so we have to get `em.” Rin explained. “What are you two doing up?”

 

“Guess that's my cue to get back to work. If you guys didn't notice the Christmas decorations, then I must get more.” Kagome said, setting her bowl in the sink, and walking away. “I want this damn house to look merry for once.”

 

Once she was gone, both Sesshomaru and Rin turned to InuYasha, who hadn't said a word yet to them. He was eating his ramen in a stony silence, with his normal I-hate-the-world-attitude. He quickly finished his bowl, and placed it in the sink too.

 

“What are you doing up so early?” Sesshomaru asked, skeptically.

 

“The stupid bitch was making all kinds of noise this morning.” InuYasha complained, slipping in the word `bitch' for the second time that morning, without realizing it. Rin and Sesshomaru shared a quick, knowing, glance, but pretended like they hadn't noticed it. “It's a wonder you didn't hear her. She was on the damn roof, stumbling around. Then her clumsy ass managed to fall off the roof, and I had to save her.” He walked out of the kitchen also.

 

“So what are you going to do now?” Sesshomaru asked him, suppressing the strong urge to smirk.

 

“Help Kagome with some more decorations.”

 

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“Are you fucking serious?” InuYasha demanded, as he rubbed his gloved hands together, to keep them warm. They had been at it for the past three hours, and he was ready to head back to the house.

 

They had begun stringing Christmas lights in the playroom, so they could watch Taru at the same time, when she realized that she hadn't picked a Christmas tree out yet. And the decorating would have to wait because the tree was the most important part. You couldn't have Christmas without a Christmas tree.

 

“Yes. I want that one. Now either cut it down, or give me the chainsaw.” Kagome demanded.

 

“But you already have three others, and they are already jammed in the bed of the truck.” InuYasha growled, pointing to one of Kagome's many vehicles, a four by four pick up. Laying, crammed together in the bed, were already three, plump, real Christmas trees that Kagome had insisted on cutting down. And now she wanted another one. Only, this one wasn't short, cute, and plump, like the others she had chosen. Oh no. This one was huge. It was at least six foot tall, and it was pretty damn full.

 

“Yes, but one is for the dining room, another is for the kids playroom, and the other is for hallway. I want this one for the living room! It will look so good! Plus the kids like it.” Kagome said pouting as she pointed to the two little kids standing beside her. She had wanted to bring Taru, since he had never went Christmas tree hunting before, plus there was no one awake in the house to watch him, and they couldn't leave him alone. So then, they had to take Takara, with Sango and Miroku's permission of course, because it wouldn't be fair if she was left out.

 

The two children were standing next to Kagome holding hands. Kagome had put so many layers on the kids so they wouldn't get cold that they could barely move. They looked fat enough to be hung on the trees as Christmas balls themselves. Both the kids gave InuYasha a big smile, and nodded their little heads vigorously. In that moment, he hated them. Why did he have to have a weakness for little kids who wanted something? Every time he went to the store with Rin and Sesshomaru's kids, he could not resist buying them whatever they wanted. Little kids were evil or something.

 

“Fine. Here.” Kagome said, making a move to grab the chainsaw that was laying at InuYasha's feet.

 

“I'll do it. God only knows what you would end up accidentally sawing off if you got a hold of this.” He muttered as he began to saw at the trunk of the pine tree. Kagome herded the two little kids to the truck, so they wouldn't get hit with any flying pieces of bark, or the entire tree(so far, every time InuYasha had tried to cut down one of the trees, it hadn't exactly fell where he intended…)

 

“InuYasha!” Kagome shouted, for the fourth time that morning in warning. It was happening again.

 

“Shut up Kagome! I'm getting the biggest tree in the whole damn Christmas tree farm for you, so just shut up!” InuYasha yelled at her, as he continued to saw quickly through the trunk.

 

“But InuYasha!” Kagome began, but it was too late. Before she could get out another word, the tree was falling over, and onto InuYasha.

 

“Ah, Fuck.” InuYasha muttered, just as the tree collapsed on top of him.

 

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“We're back!” Kagome called, as the group of four walked through the door, and into the warm house. She took off the kids coats, and her own.

 

“Mommy!” Takara shouted as she ran down the hall towards the kitchen, where she figured her mom was making them lunch. Taru followed close on her heels. “Guess what?”

 

“What?” Sango asked, picking up her daughter and setting her at the table. Koga, Ayame, and Miroku were already at the dinning room table, eating. Ayame grabbed Taru and set him next to Takara.

 

“We got four trees! And the last one is really really really big. And guess what? It fell over on Uncle Yasha!” She squealed, delighted, as Taru and her erupted into giggles over the situation again.

 

“What?” The adults at the table asked simultaneously.

 

At that moment, Kagome and InuYasha walked into the dinning room. InuYasha was scowling, and still pulling twigs and pine needles out of his silver mane. His face was adorned with scratches and he looked ready to kill.

 

“Are you ok?” Ayame asked, quickly.

 

“Oh he's fine.” Kagome answered grinning. “But he did cut out a big hole in the tree with the chainsaw.”

 

“It was either cut a hole out of the tree, or a hole out of me.” InuYasha snapped. Kagome reached up and pulled another twig out of InuYasha's hair.

 

“Well…I did really like the tree.” Kagome teased, and InuYasha scowled at her. “I'm just kidding!”

 

“Auntie Kagome!” a little voice screamed, as footsteps came pounding down the hall. A little girl with black hair, and silver streaks came flying into the dinning room and flung herself at Kagome, she still had her winter coat on.

 

“Shizuka, I missed you!” Kagome exclaimed as she swept Rin's daughter up in a hug.

 

“Missed you too Aunt Kagome!” She said cutely, giving Kagome a kiss on the cheek. “Uncle Yash!” She screamed, when she saw him standing next to Kagome. Shizuka reached for InuYasha next, and he gladly took her, happy to have something to talk about, other then the tree falling on him this morning.

 

Yuudai came running in next. His long silver hair was flying out behind him as he latched on to InuYasha's leg and hugged him, and then Kagome. Both Rin and Sesshomaru's children were half demons, but Yuudai looked more like a full demon then Shizuka, taking after his father in looks.

 

“What happened to you, get attacked by a tree?” Sesshomaru asked when Rin and him came into the room.

 

“Literally.” Kagome said grinning, as she let go of Yuudai.

 

“Ohhhhhh!” Rin Squealed and clasped her hands over her mouth. “InuYasha! You have to kiss Kagome! You're standing under mistletoe!” She said pointing. All eyes flickered up to the archway Kagome and InuYasha were standing other, and sure enough, mistletoe was taped up to the wooden doorframe.

 

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