AN: And I'm back with a story update!

Juicy: In how many ways can you be a loser?

HnA: I wouldn't really know since I'm not you, you jealous baboon

Inu-chan: Don't you mean buffoon?

HnA: She's not just stupid, she's a hairy monkey with a red ass, too...

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Payment
by Hentai no Ai
Just Add Water

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"Isn't that a little... dangerous?" Kagome looked up from the unconscious body to watch Sango as she continued to tighten the bonds holding the youkai to the tree.

"In regards to his safety, no." She stepped back to observe her work, she smiled and started to walk away.

Kagome continued to stare at the upside down man with a frown until she realized Sango was furthering their distance by the second. She ran to catch up to her friend, "And what about our safety?"

Sango turned to her to give her an incredulous look, "I hope that wasn't a serious question." She continued walking, a small frown was the only evidence of her annoyance.

Kagome kept a steady stride next to her, wringing her hands nervously, "Well, that sword he made as was big as the Tetsuaiga-"

"That was the first time he ever did that, and I doubt very much that he can control it."

"But..."

"Stop worrying, he's a little on the slow side." Sango gave the younger girl a reassuring smile. Kagome responded with a smile of her own and by the time they reached the little hut they recognized as home, both girls were laughing.

"Oi, what's so funny?" Inuyasha asked as they entered through the matting that served as a door.

"Oh, nothing." Kagome answered him with a smirk, her expression became more mischievous but before she could sit him into oblivion yet again, Miroku interrupted her.

"Are you going to tell us about your friend, Sango-sama?" He was curious about the demon and his relations with the taijya.

"I knew Kaji since I was a child, and he's always been the same. A little..."

"Retarded?" Inuyasha interjected with a smirk.

"Enthusiastic?" Miroku suggested with a raised eyebrow and a smile.

"Weird?" Shippo said with a sarcastic tone.

Kagome shook her head at all three while Sango smiled and nodded slightly, "All of the above. He was orphaned from birth and he would always come to our village, which would make most people question his sanity and intelligence since it was full of demon slayers."

"Why didn't they make him go away?" Kagome asked her curiously.

"He never did anything except help us out sometimes, so no one had a reason to try to send him away. He was always around and we were friends-"

"Why is he here?" Inuyasha interrupted her gruffly.

"When I went back to the village he was there, I'm guessing I wasn't the only one taking care of it. Anyway, when I left he followed me and when he saw all of you and realized you had shards of the jewel, he attacked-"

"Why was he following you?" Miroku interrupted her this time.

"Well..." Sango averted her eyes from all of their questioning stares to stare at a spot on the wall. She looked down as her cheeks began to take on a pink glow.

"Well what?" Kagome questioned her with a raised eyebrow.

"He... he asked me to marry him and I said yes." She answered her quickly in one breath.

"WHAT!" Inuyasha, Shippo, and Miroku exploded and stared at her with incredulous stares.

"YES!" Everyone turned to Kagome who had just jumped up with a grin on her face. She noticed the stares and sat back down with an innocent look. "What?"

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"You like him don't you?" Sango watched as Kagome's face began to take on a red tint. They were at the hot springs and Sango needed to know why her friend had been acting so strangely over the past few weeks.

"Like who?" Kagome inspected an extremely shiny and round rock as she felt her face warm up.

"Miroku." Sango saw Kagome slip on the rock she had been sitting on before quickly regaining her balance.

"No way! Why would I like that pervert? What makes you think I like him?" She toyed with a leaf that had fallen into the water while she rambled on. "Do you see what he does whenever we're in a new village? If there are any girls he has a flock of them following him around like a bunch of sick puppies! What in the world would make me ever think of even finding him slightly attractive?"

Sango studied her with slightly raised eyebrows before she smirked, hearing exactly what she wanted. "So, the fact that you stare at him whenever you think no one is looking has nothing to do with you finding him just a little cute? And the way you seem to brighten up whenever there's a chance that you might be alone with him, or how you drool over every little thing he says, how you laugh at all his jokes, whether or not their funny, and not to mention that when you cook anything, Miroku ends up with more food than anyone, even poor Shippo. None of that means that you like him right?"

"That is not true, Shippo has been getting fat..." Was Kagome's not so intelligent reply.

Sango laughed at Kagome's futile attempts to cover up her crush, "Don't worry, I won't tell him."

Kagome let out a defeated sigh, "Thanks Sango."

"I knew it!" Both women nearly jumped out of their skin at the loud exclamation. The fire demon had jumped out of his hiding spot behind some bushes to yell out that he possessed some kind of intelligence.

"Kaji..." Sango wasn't exactly happy about the discovery or her increased pulse and had jumped out of the water and put on her clothes while he had been doing a weird 'I'm so smart' dance. Her boomerang was poised high in the air as she advanced towards him, "I'm going to kill you."

And so a chase began, Sango threaten him with her boomerang and he ran for his life in a circle around the hot springs. Kagome watched their progress with boredom after the tenth circulation until she heard a loud splash and the water became boiling hot. She let out a scream as she jumped out of the water.

Sango laughed maniacally and Kagome got far away from her, lest she caught whatever taijya had.

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AN: Don't you all love how I lie so much? How I say I'll update soon and then I don't for months and months?

Juicy: I'll answer for everyone. NO!

HnA: I wasn't talking to you!

I'm sorry, really I am. I feel terrible so I'm not going to lie again and say I'll update soon, I'll just say I'll update as soon as possible!

Juicy: Because that's better...

HnA: No, because that's the truth

And the water got so hot because Kaji was scared and started heating up, if it doesn't make sense, oh well...