"You're all going over to Kagome's world?" Kaede looked up at the group with a surprised gaze.
"The only way to find out if this thing is passing through the well," explained Kagome. "Is to go to the other side and see if it's been there too."
"Will you come too, Kaede-san?" Shippo blinked.
"I can't." Kaede shook her head. "Someone needs to stay here and protect the village in case there is trouble."
Inu Yasha was about to say something rude, but he felt Kagome's eyes warning him to keep his mouth shut or he'd kiss the floor.
"This is so exciting!" Sango smiled. "Kagome's world has so many bizarre and interesting things! I wonder what it'll be like!"
"Hey taijiya," [taijiya = exterminator] Inu Yasha gave the demon hunter an annoyed look. "We're not going there to see the sights. We're going to see if whatever's in the well has been to the other side of it."
"May I come along, Inu Yasha-sama?" came a tiny voice.
Inu Yasha winced at a tiny prick on his shoulder. He gave it a hard smack, and a flattened Myouga peeled off and flit to the ground like a leaf.
"Feh!" Inu Yasha muttered. "Why would you want to go, Myouga-jiji?"
"Ah," replied Myouga. "Don't you think this Myouga could lend you his advice should you need it?"
"What good would your advice be in Kagome's weird world?" the dog demon spat.
"For once, Inu Yasha is right." Sango said. "We've all seen what strange things Kagome has brought with her from her world. Who is to say that the customs there aren't just as foreign?"
"Plus," added Shippo. "You'd probably just get squished."
"Nah, he'd probably have run back to the well by then!" Inu Yasha smirked.
"Is my presence not appreciated in this group?" Myouga fumed.
"Myouga-san" Kaede spoke up. "Why not just stay here and keep me company, if nothing else?"
"Very well," the flea demon sighed. "I shall await thee here, Inu Yasha-sama."
"Is everyone prepared to leave?" Miroku jangled the rings on his staff. Everyone nodded. As the rest of the group headed toward the well once again, Kagome picked up Myouga for a word.
"Keep Kaede-bachan safe, Myouga-jiji." Kagome whispered. "You and Kirara are the only friendly demons that are staying behind, after all. I'm counting on you."
Myouga blinked at her as if shocked by her faith in him.
"You have my word, Kagome-sama." Myouga bowed to her in her hand. "If need be, I shall call upon the wolves guarding Inu Yasha-sama's father's shrine as well as Kirara to help."
"Arigatou, Myouga-jiji." Kagome smiled, set the flea demon down, and took off after the others.
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