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I Quit!
by Rhapsody Moonschild and Tat Claire Kokoro

|~*Inu-yasha belongs to someone who's not us. Love Hina is also not ours.*~|


CHAPTER ELEVEN (by Rhapsody)

"This is Kaede's village," Inuyasha realized as he stared at the poster. 'MISSING,' it
read. 'ONE HOT-SPRINGS TURTLE. ANSWERS TO THE NAME TAMA-CHAN. PLEASE
CONTACT…' And that was Kaede's address.

Darkly Inuyasha thought a cuss word. He wasn't going to go back there yet!

"Why do you want to know?" he asked Sesshomaru coldly.

"Well… you see…"

Sesshomaru was having difficulty explaining. Finally he turned around and called,
"Tama-chan!"

A--was that a turtle?--flew into the clearing and settled itself on Sesshomaru's
shoulder. It rubbed on him like a cat. Inuyasha snickered. Sesshomaru gave him an
annoyed glare.

"It won't stop following me!" he explained, irritated, as Tama-chan said, "Myuh!"
happily.

Inuyasha wasn't really listening. He was looking at the scar on Sesshomaru's nose.
It was small and barely visible, but he did have good eyes. He didn't remember it
being there before.

Sesshomaru noticed the stare and a light flush of embarrassment rose to his cheeks.

"It bit me, okay?!" he admitted angrily. "And apparently it likes my taste, 'cause it
won't leave me alone! It's worse than Jaken!!!" Roughly he grabbed the turtle around
the middle and threw it towards the ground. It easily pulled out of the steep dive and
perched itself on Sesshomaru's head.

"Is it around here or not?!" he asked Inuyasha, who was thinking about something… or
rather someone, more specifically the opportunity to see a certain someone…
He started out of his daydream and replied.

"Yeah, I've been there."

"Take me there!" Sesshomaru said desperately. His expression, combined with the
turtle resting on his head, was so comical that it made Inuyasha laugh. When he could
speak again, he considered long and hard. It would be nice to see Kagome
again… Er, well… he didn't mean it that way, of course… Of course…

He shook his head, banishing the thoughts, and Sesshomaru's face fell. He thought
that Inuyasha had refused, and turned dejectedly to go, but Inuyasha called him back.

"All right, I'll take ya. As a favor to my brother, no other reason at all… None at all.
You owe me."

And they darted off in the direction of Kaede's village.