Rhapsody-We do not own Inuyasha, once again. . .it belongs to the evil genius, Rumiko Takahashi.

**sweatdrop** 'Evil Genius'. . .?

**shakes her head and shrugs** By the way. . .where's Tat? **looks around for the co-author**

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CHAPTER TWO (by Rhapsody)

"He… quit?"

Kagome turned a puzzled frown to her companions. Sango shrugged, Miroku nodded, and Shippo shared her puzzled look.

"Apparently he's tired of being the muscle all the time," Miroku said wisely.

"But… We need him!" Kagome said. "How dare he—!"

Sango said, "Are you sure we need him, or you need him?" She gave Miroku a knowing glance.

"I—you—we—!" Kagome sputtered, her face turning red. She turned away and regained her composure, then turned back with fire in her eyes.

"Come on, we've gotta find him!"

She grabbed her bike and stomped off in the direction Inuyasha had gone. Shippo followed, calling, "Wait for me!" and after a moment Miroku made to follow them too. Sango caught his sleeve.

"What are you doing? We can handle it by ourselves!" she insisted.

"Kagome is the only one who can sense the jewel shards," he reminded her as he continued walking. "And she can't exactly take care of herself, you know."

Sango sighed, resigned, and followed him.

In an entirely different universe Keitaro Urashima was busy about his normal activities. In other words, he was innocently about to walk into the girls' bath when all of the Hinata House females were within.

His reason this time was that he was following Tama-chan. The hot-springs turtle had tired of his company and was ready to relax in its normal environment with Naru and the group. Keitaro, idiot that he is sometimes, didn't realize what he had done until he saw… everything.

He gaped in amazement, absently grabbing Tama-chan for support, and so did the girls for a moment. But they recovered quickly (he does this often enough, after all) and with a bloodthirsty battle cry they advanced on their landlord angrily…

Sometime during the ensuing fight he was flung, dazed, up through the roof and above the city, suspending the laws of physics to land exactly on the roof of a temple and fall through into a well, and then into another world.

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Tat-Please review, thankies. **hides behind a couch and eats all the cookies** Hope Rhap-chan doesn't find me. . .**worried look**