"This is fine," said Miroku as he paced furiously along the side of the road. "Your dad can afford it easy, but dear god he's gonna blame me and he's gonna kill me and your dad works out a LOT…" Sesshomaru stared numbly at the bill in his hands and listened to the sounds of Miroku rambling and the tow trucking pulling Tessaiga out of the ditch. Somewhere inside his brain something very tiny and sensible was afraid. Sesshomaru's father was a powerful man; the things he could do to punish his son complied an endless list.

"SESSHOMARU!" cried Miroku desperately as he grabbed his friend's shirt. "We gotta get jobs or something and pay for this, quick! We can't let your dad find out. We can…uh…we can start a prostitution ring! Yeah, prostitutes make a shitload of cash."

"All right." Miroku froze in mid-plead.

"What?"

"All right," Sesshomaru repeated. "We will start a prostitution ring and pay for the repairs ourselves." Miroku stepped back.

"But…but…are you insane! HOW THE HELL ARE WE GONNA START A PROSTITUTION RING!"

Sesshomaru pressed the stapler into the side of the building. Miroku gaped.

'"Prostitutes wanted'?" he read. Sesshomaru walked away to post up another sign and Miroku ran after him. "You can't seriously believe that this is going to work!" Sesshomaru stapled up another sign.

"Why not?"

"Because prostitutes don't just show up, they have corners and stuff!"

"Scuse me?" Miroku and Sesshomaru turned away from the telephone pole. Miroku gaped. A woman as tall as Sesshomaru wearing a skirt that left little to the imagination and a shirt that said "for sale" over the chest waved one of Sesshomaru's signs. "You serious?" She blinked at them unbelievingly with big, bright blue eyes and pouted with full cherry-red lips.

"Yes," stated Sesshomaru, "but it is a temporary investment. The ring will only last for three weeks."

"And the pay?" asked the woman. "You seriously only want that much?"

"The cash is for repairs to my father's car, the Tessaiga. If I have the amount of prostitutes listed on the poster I should be able to pay it and you will make a considerable profit." The woman grinned and shook Sesshomaru's hand.

"You're a smart one, ain'tcha? I'm Candy and me an' my girls will be at your place tomorrow. Ciao!" Candy winked and walked off as Miroku wiped away the drool.

"It worked…oh God IT WORKED! I gotta go to the bathroom, man, see ya in a few."