AN: That last chapter was surprisingly short and I updated this unbelievably late… I'm sorry.

Juicy: For once she's not acting all superior

HnA: Why don't you ever shut up and enjoy the moment?

Juicy: Because then our conversations would never be interesting

HnA: …wow. You're right

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Payment
By Hentai no Ai
Playing With Fire

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"What are you talking about?" Kagome watched Inuyasha as he continued to sniff around her.

"I'm talking about Miroku's scent bein' all over you." He stood up straight and glared at Miroku.

"What does it matter to you?" Shippo mumbled, still glaring daggers at the trees.

"What's that supposed to mean, you little runt?" Inuyasha turned to him.

Shippo turned to him with a scowl, "I mean-"

Kagome cut him off, "He means it doesn't really matter. The inn we stayed at didn't have any blankets so we had to sleep next to each other."

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes, suspiciously. He opened his mouth but before the words came out a demon with blonde, spikey hair and bright blues eyes came running up to them, laughing maniacally.

"Do any of you have shards of the Shikon no Tama by any chance?" He said as he stopped a few feet in front of them.

"Yeah," Inuyasha said putting his hand on the Tetsuaiga, ready for a fight. "What of it?"

"Can I have them? Please?" The demon said, with a bright smile on his face.

"Uh, let me think about that… No."

"Come on, I said please!"

"What's your point exactly? Do you seriously think we'd hand over our shards just because you said please?" Inuyasha's hand moved from his sword so he could crack his knuckles loudly. "You're not gettin' these shards unless you fight us and win." He laughed at the thought of a loss after so many victories over demons who thought they could overpower him just because he was half human. "And that aint happenin."

"I ask politely, and you just laugh and tell me no." His eyes began to take on a red color as he bent slightly into a fighting stance, his fists clenched tightly. He put his hands up, gripping an imaginary sword.

"What're you gonna do? Cut me with the air?" Inuyasha laughed and advanced towards him, a grin on his face at the thought of this easy conquest. His eyes soon widened in surprise as flames burst throught his enemy's hands and built into a burning sword, its size parallel to the Tetsuaiga's.

"Ha! I finally got it ri-!" The blonde demon's sentence was cut short when a large boomerang came flying towards him, causing him to duck.

"Sango!" Kagome turned to the demon slayer who was quickly approaching on a transformed Kirara, her face set in a scowl as she watched the demon who was quickly gathering his wits.

"What was that for!" He yelled as she hopped off the cat demon. He stood glaring at her pointing to her weapon.

"Shut up, Kaji." Sango walked past them all to pick up the boomerang. She looked at it closely, then turned towards the demon and swung it on his head, knocking him out.

The rest of the group watched the event confused, feeling more so as Sangodragged the unconcious fire youkai and pulled him up on Kirara's back. She looked at them all as she situated herself near the cat's shoulders and said, "Are we going back to the village or not?"

They followed the implied command, Kagome getting on Inuyasha's back, Shippo throwing himself in her bag. Miroku got on Kirara, pushing Kaji further up to make space for himself.

When they all got back to the village, there were going to be a lot of explanations going on.

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AN: Another short ass chapter... I'm so sorry!

J-Boi: No you're not

HnA: Did anyone ask the opinion of the ass hole!

anime-lover-forever2007: Whoa... Not to diss your obssesion with Sesshy-sama but... MIROKU LOOKS BETTER! And with the lemon, that's not happening til the last chapter so you're gonna have to be a lil patient

HazlEyed Freak: Thank you! I will update IWF as soon as possible, its almost done and I'm kind of trying to stall that... I'm gonna miss it! sniffle sniffle

regretfully-yours-Cassy-chan: Well, I'm going to try to do that anyway, but I haven't been doing a very good at that, have I?

Fainus: Maybe! Most definately! Of course Inuyasha doesn't know, he's an idiot. And I thought I was being kind of obvious with what Inuyasha and Kikyo were doing...

Fire Chakra: It loves you, too. And I'll try to...

kogas-mate: Oh that's mean! But maybe that's what he needs. Inuyasha will never do anything unless he wants to be sucked into a deep dark abyss.

Sakag26: I think he's an ass but I also think those dog ears are cute as hell. But I'm not gonna let him go uninsulted for the entire story, so there will be a little.

punkgoddess: I'm sorry I keep taking so long to update but over the summer I had a serious writer's block. And thank you!

Chidarake No Bara: I WILL!

Taint3dR0s3: Arigato and gomen!

Roswellfanatic91: It really likes you, so don't worry, your affections are reciprocated.

Inu-modoriko: Thank you

sesshy's numba1 gurl: This isn't soon! Sorry!

GreatCheezyPoofGirl: I am not a review whore! I kinda like the Cliffinator, and thank you but I don't really think this chapter is all that amazing...

MeiNyoko: tear Aw thanks! And that lemon will be at the end of the story and don't be mad if it sucks

Only-eyes-for-Riddick: Um, thanks.

LynGreenTea: I did...

dragonboy37: Oh thank you for including me into your special selection of stories, THATS SO NICE!

I got a lot of reviews and now I feel like crap cause I think this chapter is way too short and not even all that good. Dammit...

Juicy: rolls eyes Review