Ears

They soon found the camp up ahead. The demons were gathered around the campfire, showing off their prizes. Though, they soon turned to another topic, one completely suprising to the group.

"Did you smell the monk and the half-demon?" one asked.

"Yes, the hanyou has a firm behind," another said with a laugh.

"Yes yes, but did you smell their scents on each other? It was as if they were to-" BAM! He was struck with a sutra to the head. He froze and fell backward with a small thud.

Luckily, Miroku had thrown the sutra and kept his and Inu-yasha's little secret. The others didn't care to ask questions at the moment as they all charged in grabbed their weapons. After a little struggle, there were five kappas on the ground, twitching and groaning in pain.

"Naraku must've sent them..." Sango said to everyone, though, they all had to wonder why them.

"So, Inu-yasha, what do you think they were talking about?" Kagome asked him. He just scoffed and jumped up to a tree and sat down on the branch. 'Guess we'll camp here,' Kagome thought, slightly annoyed. She just sighed and started to unpack their things.

"What about you Mir-" Sango asked, but was interrupted when Miroku grabbed her behind. She twitched and slapped him hard, steaming and walking off, muttering about the "damn pervert." Inu-yasha didn't stay in the tree for long as he jumped down and crossed his arms as he started back towards the hot springs they had passed earlier.

After Miroku had regained conciousness, he decided to join the hanyou in the springs, knowing that they should talk about what just almost happened. Inu-yasha was relaxed and just thinking about him and Miroku. When the monk arrived, he didn't notice him behind him as he undressed. Miroku grinned as he approached Inu-yasha from behind, kneeling down and grabbing his ears, rubbing them softly. Inu-yasha's eyes darted open and he jumped with a slight yelp which quickly turned to low purrs as he leaned into Miroku's hands. Miroku leaned down and kissed the tip of it, still grinning.

"Purring? I thought you were a dog..." he teased. Inu-yasha would've growled, but couldn't at the moment and just ignored it for now.

After a few minutes of that, he stopped and slid into the water next to him. Inu-yasha pushed him for taking advantage of him like that, but the monk just laughed.

"That was a close one...You were going to tell them?" Miroku asked, him nodding in reply.

"W-why?" he asked in a soft voice, turning to him and leaning his head on his shoulder. "I..." he started, but stopped, not really knowing the answer. He just sighed and sunk deeper into the water. Miroku looked up at him and planted a light kiss on his cheek, Inu-yasha doing the same.

Miroku boredly continued to rub his ears, Inu-yasha letting out a light moan and pushed him away, growling. Inu-yasha pinned the monk against the edge and leaned in to nip at his neck. Miroku just groaned, letting out small moans to urge him on. This continued back-and-forth for a while before they decided to stop. When they were both dry and dressed they started back towards camp together.

Back at camp, Kagome and Sango had started on dinner. Shippo was already asleep, tired from today and was curled up next to Kirara. The two arrived at the camp after several minutes and Kagome looked up to the both of them.

"Have a seat, dinner's almost ready," she told them as she turned her attention back to dinner. Sango kept silent, not wanting as so much as to even look at Miroku after earlier.

They ate in complete silence, Kagome and Sango thinking about what the kappa was talking about earlier, Inu-yasha and Miroku thinking about each other. After an awkward dinner, Kagome and Sango decided to go to sleep. Miroku and Inu-yasha chose the same, but when the hanyou stood up, Miroku grabbed his behind.

"Wh-what are you doing?" Inu-yasha asked in a whisper.

"Seeing if you do have a firm ass," he replied with a laugh.

Inu-yasha just pulled away and jumped up into the tree and closed his eyes. It didn't take him too long to sleep, he was still relaxed from the bath earlier. Miroku looked up at him for a while before hitting the sack himself.