"Then we can go."

And he can superjump her to Kaede! After all, she twisted her ankle recently, and it would really waste time for him not to.

She's not an invalid.

...she's not going to stop him, either, though. She will maybe be faintly confused about what the hell his deal is. Maybe later she can think of a more diplomatic way of asking that. Right now she should focus on loading stuff onto her bike.

Actually, Inuyasha has a visitor! A tiny visitor who wants to drink his blood!

SWAT.

"Myoga. Been a while, hasn't it. What are you doing here."

"Ah, Master Inuyasha!" says the flea. "I am so glad to see you safe again! I came to tell you about your father's tomb!"

"...who's this?" asks Kagome, who can hear the voice, but is actually kind of unclear on where it's coming from.

"Myoga the Flea," says Inuyasha, shaking his hand off. "He was one of my father's hanger-ons. What's this about his tomb?"

"Someone came to disturb it! He killed most of the wolf pack that was guarding it, and I came to alert you at once!"

"Without bothering to look at who it was, I assume?"

"Well, it was dark, and I reasoned that if I got closer and failed to escape, then no one would be able to tell you..."

"So you abandoned my father's grave to come running here."

"Well, Master Inuyasha, the grave I was guarding is not your father's true resting place. His remains are elsewhere, and I fear that those who seek his grave will continue to look for it until they find it."

"Can't say I ever knew the man enough to care."

He'll glance over at Kagome. "You coming?"

"...Sure."

"He's a.... flea.... demon?" she asks, now that she's figured out where the voice is coming from. She's really hoping that the past doesn't just have a ton of actual talking fleas wearing tiny flea clothes. She's been willing to accept a whole lot of stuff, here, but if it turns out every flea can learn to talk and wear clothes she is really gonna have to stop and rethink some things.

"... Duh?"

"Just checking."

"Ah, a mortal girl! Are you a friend of Master Inuyasha's?"

Heck of a loaded question, Mr. Flea.

"I guess so."

And, simultaneously, "Like I'd have a mortal as a friend!"

"I'm just using her to find the Shikon Jewel shards!"

"We're working together on an important mission," amends Kagome, and then pauses to see if he's going to take issue with this.

Nope, not with that phrasing.

"I see, I see," says Myoga, and jumps onto the handlebars of Kagome's bicycle.

"I'm Kagome. Is there something you want him to do about the grave?"

"I want him to be on his guard! The grave most likely contains powerful artifacts that are Master Inuyasha's by right. I would not want to disappoint his father by allowing them to fall into the hands of common grave robbers."