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Alright, sorry that took so much space. But now: Onto the new chapter!!

Disclaimer: Do pigs fly? Can walruses sing? Do I own InuYasha? …I didn't think so.

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Chapter 8: Payback Time

InuYasha lay awake, staring at the ceiling as he tried to go to sleep. It had been a few days since he had played his little prank on Kagome, and ever since then he had not had one comfortable night of sleep. She hadn't done anything to get him back, but that was exactly what was bothering InuYasha. In fact, Kagome had been the perfect angel for the past few days. She was kind, smiling, and sweet…TOO sweet. During dinner, she would give him extra helpings, and just smile widely at him whenever he tried to poke fun at her. InuYasha growled and turned over. This bitch was really getting on his nerves. She was up to something…he just knew it.

InuYasha scowled in frustration. This is probably just what she wants! He reasoned with himself. It's just like that wench to find some subtle form of torture like this. She's just trying to make me over think this and watch my back for an attack that will never come. Yeah…that sounded just like Kagome. She would think up some sort of mental torment like that. InuYasha's face hardened with determination. Well, she's NOT going to win this round! I am going to go to sleep, and enjoy every minute of it. Grinning, InuYasha rolled over one more time and found a comfortable position. His breathing slowed and his purple eyes drifted closed, as he fell into the waiting waters of sleep.

Kagome waited for five minutes after InuYasha fell asleep before rolling out from under his bed. She cackled evilly to herself, and set to work. It was payback time.

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InuYasha woke to the sound of birds chirping out of his window, and he knew immediately something was wrong, but when he opened first one eye, then the other, he couldn't see anything out of place. He pulled himself out of bed, and looked around the room. His bed was okay, and his dresser looked fine. Nothing wrong with the floor, nothing wrong with the mirror…wait a second.

InuYasha let out a bloodcurdling scream.

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Kagome eyes flew open to the sound of InuYasha screaming in his room. She giggled. Yep, that was definitely better than any alarm clock. She rolled out of bed as InuYasha came barging into her room.

"When…How…What…"

"My, you certainly are literate in the morning," smirked Kagome, doing a perfect impression of a very satisfied InuYasha.

"You BITCH!" he roared. "You…my face! My hair!" Kagome giggled again. Looking InuYasha up and down, she surveyed her handiwork. During the night, Kagome had bleached InuYasha's hair. Yes, bleached it. Although, for some reason, the bleach did not work quite the way it was supposed to. InuYasha's hair had turned a beautiful white silver color. With a start Kagome realized that silver hair actually suited InuYasha very well. Especially with the puppy face that Kagome had drawn on InuYasha's face, Kagome realized that InuYasha looked positively adorable!

"Wait!" said Kagome, laughing as she got a great idea. She ran over to her dresser, found some white cat ears that she had worn one year for Halloween, and a camera. She ran over to InuYasha, who was still standing there quivering with rage, slipped the ears onto his head, and before he could run away, quickly snapped a picture. Kagome looked him over again, then burst out laughing. "You…look so…cute!" she gasped. InuYasha stood glaring down at her, then spun around with a "Feh!" and stalked away, leaving Kagome laughing on the ground.

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InuYasha sat in the middle of the courtyard surrounded by girls, and completely unhappy.

"Ooh! Let me touch his hair!" a girl squealed. InuYasha frowned.

"It's so silver!" Now InuYasha was growling.

"And so soft! InuYasha, you are just sooooooooooo cu-"

"ENOUGH!" InuYasha roared. He pushed his way hurriedly through the gaggle of girls, followed closely by Miroku whose restraint was wearing thin at being surrounded by so many female bodies for so long.

"Jeez InuYasha," Miroku panted after they rounded a corner. "She really got you good this time." InuYasha glanced away, scowling.

"Yeah, well just wait. She'll pay for this."

"Hmm. InuYasha?" InuYasha turned to look at Miroku. "Well…it's just an idea, but did you ever think about…you know, not trying to get revenge? You know, being the bigger person and all that?" InuYasha looked confused, as if he was trying to comprehend just what Miroku was saying.

"Be the bigger person? Like…give up?"

"No no no. Not give up, just…let it go."

"Ha!" InuYasha chuckled at that thought. "If you think that I am going to just 'let it go' after she did this to my hair, then you don't really know me at all Miroku!" InuYasha smiled a cocky grin and strode off, leaving Miroku standing by himself.

"Ah well…" said Miroku a bit sadly, "It was worth a try"

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"Alright! So are you ready to hear my plan?" Miroku said triumphantly. He had cornered Sango by a drinking fountain. She sighed loudly.

"Alright…although Miroku, you're ideas haven't been very good so far." That was a HUGE exaggeration. Sango and Miroku had been trying to think up ways to get InuYasha and Kagome to stop fighting. So far, Miroku had come up with lock them in a closet and let them fight it out, pay them to be nice to each other, or get them both really, really drunk and have them hook up. Sango sighed again, and rubbed her forehead. If Miroku came up with one more dumb scheme…

"Ok! So my grandparents have this winter cabin up in the mountains. They like to go up there for the weekends, but recently they decided to go to India for a couple of months." Sango nodded. Maybe if she pretended to be sick he would let her go… "And I was thinking that we should all go up there for the big weekend that is coming up. Maybe if they spend more time together, then it might wear them down. Plus, we get a free vacation!" Sango thought for a second. That wasn't all that bad, actually. If Kagome and InuYasha had some time together in a stress-free environment, maybe they would realize the other one wasn't half bad. And then…wait a second.

"You're just doing this so that you can get me up to some cabin alone in the middle of nowhere!" Sango glared accusingly at Miroku.

Damn, thought Miroku, but because he valued his life he said "That's not it at all my dear Sango! I'm genuinely concerned about the welfare of my two friends. And I'm appalled that you think I would ever do that. Plus, we won't be alone. We will have Kagome, InuYasha, and Rin to keep and eye on us." Sango thought it over. He did have a point, and it probably would be worth it if it all worked out.

"Alright! Let's do it."

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Haha, I just love the way that Kagome gets back at InuYasha, although he will eventually dye his hair back to black. And next chapter will be the cabin. Hmm, a small cabin in the middle of nowhere, with Kagome and InuYasha? This could get interesting, eh?