An Off-White Christmas by UnknownRandomness

Utter Betrayal Leads To Scares

Disclaimer: I do not own 'Cabbage Patch Dolls' nor would I want to.

Prompt: Toys

Word Count: 387

"I don't think he's seen it yet Shippo, but I can't very well tell him to go and look otherwise he would know what's up. What do you suggest?"

"I think you should just wait. I'm sure he'll see it eventually... Of course, he'll definitely see it on the day- that'll be something to look forward to!"

"Hmm, never thought about that! Thanks for all your help, Ship. Gosh, that doll was so ugly!"

"Haha, yep, it sure was! See ya 'Gome."

With a mumbled farewell, Kagome hung up the phone. She didn't think Sesshoumaru had seen his replica on the tree yet, otherwise he would've come storming round yelling his head off, making snarky comments and giving her frosty glares. And since that hadn't happened yet, the young woman was feeling a little bored.

Who would've thought that Sesshoumaru- the demon whom she had loved since the tender age of eight, the male who had literally been her saviour- would become her lover and now, her enemy. It was quite funny once she thought about it. It felt like she was on a reality television show, or that she was living a comedy script. Only this rivalry would have no happy endings, but a crushing defeat. Which would not be hers.

Putting the phone back on the hook, Kagome scratched her head absent-mindedly, unsure of what to do next. A shower was on her agenda for the day- she may as well take it now.

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An ear-splitting scream ricocheted around the apartment, seeming to get louder with every passing second until it cut off abruptly, followed by a quiet thump.

Sesshoumaru grinned.

It seemed his lovely wife had found the 5,307 Cabbage Patch Dolls he'd squeezed into the bathroom when she'd been sleeping.

When thinking of tricks to play on her, Shippo had suggested scaring her- not with something actually terrifying, but with something she found creepy, and the inuyoukai remembered his mate telling him years ago that those (inexplicably) popular children's toys gave her "the creeps". It was rather fitting, that he should retaliate to her doll with many more. 

Judging from the sounds that had just come from the upper level, Kagome had opened the door, been submerged in hundreds of beady-eyed and grinning plastic people and promptly passed out.

Ah, sweet victory.