The revenge would come today.

Inuyasha was careful to plan out what he would do to Kagome for teasing him so, and he made sure to make it as horrible (for her) as possible. And there was no other chance to make his plan come true other than today.

Ever since the event where she had stroked his ears and he had left her in a hot state with a smirk on his face, Kagome didn't know how to act towards Inuyasha. Dare she be bold again and make more casual touches, or should she act like normal? It was all confusing and made her feel like it was life or death situation. That she was going to walk the plank if she made the wrong choice. So when she and Inuyasha had been assigned to look for the jewel shard alone, just the two of them, Kagome wanted to bite off Miroku's head.

He had a good reason—Naraku was getting faster and smarter, and it wouldn't take long until he had all of the shards besides the few they had been left with when Kikyo gave their chunk to the evil half-demon. So it only made sense to split up for the day. Kagome sighed, kicking a pebble on the forest trail she walked on with Inuyasha. Both of them hadn't said a thing—only a few exchanged glances and an accidental touch once. It only made the priestess more nervous.

He could smell how on guard she was, and Inuyasha didn't know if this made matters better or worse. He supposed both, if he did his plan just right with no slips—but he didn't know if he was capable of that. He'd have to figure it out as he went along.

"Hey, Kagome" He called, seeing in his peripheral vision how her shoulders tensed, which kind of made his heart sink. Did she really think he was that upset about it? "You look tense—maybe you should go to the hot spring up ahead and relax?" Inuyasha suggested, and it actually was the truth. He wanted her to at least be comfortable. If she wasn't, what was the point? She needed to calm down.

Kagome thought about it for a moment, trying to think of any tricks he could play off with her going to the hot springs. There was actually quite a few, but none that Inuyasha would actually do. Giving in, she nodded. "That actually sounds really nice. I should be less paranoid if we're going to fight any demons."

Inuyasha gave off a small grunt, his signal for the O.K when he couldn't smell any demons nearby. They had reached the springs in a short amount of time, and surprisingly, she took her rinse shortly as well. And just like he predicted, she didn't dry her hair. He smirked on the inside, but only released a scoff when he saw her to cover his cackle.

"You didn't dry your hair again, idiot. You'll get sick if you continue to do that."

Sitting down on a log, claiming it as her seat, Kagome took a strand of her hair into her fingers, noticing that he was indeed right. She reached out for her towel, before his hand stopped her. Surprised, she looked up to see he was already behind her with her towel on the top of her head.

"You obviously can't do it right. You think I'm just going to sit and watch while you catch a cold?" He smiled, knowing she couldn't see, and started to lightly massage her head with the towel.

Kagome could only let a small 'oh' slip her lips in reply as her cheeks burned. Why was he being so nice to her today? It was strange, but she was too relaxed by his touches to fully dig into investigation at the moment. Her shoulders dropped, and her head tilted to the side with content. She did not know this only encouraged him.

Inuyasha's hands dropped down to her back, letting his skilled hands release the stress in the muscles. Not hearing a complaint, he lowered his head to her ear.

"You're really stressed Kagome… I wonder what it's about?" His breath tickled her ear, making her squirm in the slightest bit. "Is it from that test you told me about?" Inuyasha's hands moved to her arms, rubbing up and down lightly. "Or could it be something else…?" Lightly, the half-demon blew in her ear. A moan finally escaped her lips, the sound filling him up with encouragement.

It took a lot of balls on his part, but he got his right hand to latch onto her waist, the other trailing up her shirt and making circles around her belly-button. Kagome gasped at his actions, her head drawing back onto his shoulder, and that surprised her more. When did he get so close?

"Kagome, what do you want?" He whispered, the hand under her shirt slowly going upward. Inuyasha could hear, even feel from under his hand, her heart rate increasing at his action. He knew she didn't deny his actions, hell, by the way she arched her back to force him to cup her breast, she encouraged his idea. But, as much as he wanted to continue, his hand lowered back to her stomach, making her glare at him—as much as she could, anyway. His head was tucked into her neck, slowly inhaling her sweet scent. "What do you want me to do?" Inuyasha's other hand continued to rub against her sides, occasionally letting his hand graze her ass.

Kagome couldn't believe it. Was this really the Inuyasha she knew? This man, hotly breathing against her neck, stroking her hips, and teasing her in such a menacing way, was Inuyasha? She supposed this was her payback for the ear incident, but she wasn't hating a second of it. Maybe it was thanks, instead? She laughed at the idea, he would never thank her, especially this way. He had something hidden here, something that would make her furious in his sweet, lovely touches.

He growled, waiting for her answer, being anything but patient. She was so lost in her thoughts by trying to figure out the bad side, she completely forgot about the good side. His hand was so deliciously close to her breast. She decided to fuck it and enjoy it while she could.

"Up." Kagome panted, hoping he would get what she meant.

"Up where?" Inuyasha chuckled, nibbling her ear lobe like he had done before, making her shiver in all the right places.

"Grope it."

"Do you mean this?" His right hand squeezed the skin of her waist, knowing that the move made her furious.

Indeed it did, and on more levels than he thought. Kagome grabbed his left hand with force, shoving it up her shirt and making him cup her breast that was protected by her bra. It made his eyes go wide, realizing one thing:

Never make Kagome sexually frustrated.

He licked her neck all the way to her collar bone, biting the skin lightly as he squeezed the covered mound (surprisingly bigger than he thought). Kagome moaned with delight, arching her back as her arm reached behind her on his clothing, tugging on it for support. She expected him to do the same thing again,

But he didn't live to expectations.

His fingers grabbed the cup of her bra, avoiding her breast as much as possible and she gasped with anger, glaring at him. She was covered in his silky hair, and she just wanted to scream.

"What's so special about this? Why did you lead me to it, Kagome?" When she thought that all was over and she was finally about to give in, her gaze found something. Something spectacular.

"You want to know why?"

"Indeed." Inuyasha nuzzled her neck, making her smile.

"Because, Inuyasha…" Her hand stroked his silver hair, massaging his scalp lightly. "I like to play games."

His eyes widened again when her hand latched onto her ear, rubbing it with her light touches yet another time. The half demon froze, and she took it as a surrender.

Glad she had won, Kagome grinned and stood up, fixing her clothes and dusting off imaginary dirt. A few seconds past before she looked back at Inuyasha, in the same position she had left him, his face covered with shock as he stared at her. Kagome winked at him, before turning back around.

"Thanks for drying my hair, Inuyasha."