Hello, hello, my loyal readers! ::Looks around, sees one or two people:: Who am I kidding? What loyal readers? Except for Chavi West-Wind; thank you very much, Chavi-chan! But enough griping and raging and yelling about how little people read my stories. On with the show! Or. . .on y va, in French!

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The group flew as quickly as they could. Due to the need for speed, Sango hadn't even objected when Miroku leaped onto Kirara behind her. Of course, if she felt his hand on her butt at all during the flight, she'd have Kirara dump him quickly. Shippo hung onto Inu-Yasha's sleeve, squished between the demon's back and Kagome's arm. Myoga rode on Kirara's head.

"Can't you sense the sword anywhere?" Inu-Yasha snarled up at Kagome for the fifth time.

"No!" she yelled. "Anyway, it's your sword, why can't you sense it?!"

He growled again. "Why should I? You're the one who's a reincarnated priestess! You're supposed to do those things. Kikyo could!"

Kagome couldn't believe it. Here they were, in grave danger if Sesshomaru ever got his striped hand on the sword, and he was fighting with her. And, of all times, mentioning Kikyo. That jerk! Fine then. He could die. "SIT!" she shrieked.

WHAM.

"Kagome!" shouted Sango, leaping lightly of Kirara in midair. "What was that for? Come on, we have to find the sword."

Miroku went over and slapped Inu-Yasha on the head with his staff. "You shouldn't fight with women like that! It isn't right."

"Oh, yeah?" Inu-Yasha sneered in reply. "And I suppose that patting their asses is?"

He got smacked again as Kagome yelled, "Kikyo could do it, but so what? Kikyo's dead now. She isn't even around here. You want her to go find your stupid sword, then go find her yourself!" And she stormed off to a rock a little ways away and sat down in a sulk.

Predictably, everyone began yelling at the same time.

"Kagome!" shouted Inu-Yasha, "get your ass back over here!"

"You demon!" Miroku snapped at him, banging him once again with his staff. "That is no way to treat a woman! You don't yell at them like that!"

Ssango tried, "Please guys, just stop arguing so we can find the sword."

"She can't! The useless bitch."

"How dare you say that to Kagome-sama!"

"I can say whatever the hell I want to her!"

"Stop it!" cried Shippo desperately. "You're making her unhappy!"

"Kagome-sama!"

"Who gives a damn?!"

"Come on guys, just shut up and search!"

"Kagome-sama, you're the only one who can do this. Please, try."

"And what are you, monk, chopped liver? You can sense things too. Give it a shot and forget about her."

"I can't do it as well as Kagome-sama."

"Enough with the Kagome-samas!"

"SHUT UP!"

Everyone, including Kagome and Shippo, turned to stare at Sango. The demon hunter was breathing hard, her face red with anger. Kirara, still big, glowered behind her. Sango drew her sword and pointed it at Inu-Yasha's face. He took a step backwards, in spite of himself.

"You," said Sango levelly, "will shut up now. And you," she pointed the sword at Kagome, who gulped, "will stop pouting. Now come on, everyone," she continued, sheathing her sword (and hearing the collective sighs of relief), "let's settle this with the one who deserves it."

"What do you mean?" asked Inu-Yasha suspiciously

Sango pointed her hand at a pair of certain cat-demons who were fighting to the death just fifty yards away from them.

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A/N: Bear with me, peoples! ::Voice echoes in empty room:: A-hem, if anyone has questions, comments, or corrections, please e-mail me at dragongirl453@yahoo.com. Thank you!