Chapter 29: Source of Power

Ai couldn't believe what her father just told her. After all these years, her own husband Hige keep this dire secret from her. But she knew that he had his reasons from it all. And for that, she has to respect his wishes. "So what are we going to do about the two men outside of the barrier?" She asks her father with a worried expression." Grandpa looks outside to look at the Barrier carefully. "I think it'll hold up until the sun goes down." He answers the question. He looks up to the sky to see where the sun is right now. So far the sun just raised in the east which means there's plenty of time for the barrier to stay up.

Ai keeps her expression. "What about Kagome?" She asks him as he comes back in. "I actually don't know where she is." He honestly replies as he puts the scroll away. Ai nods. "I see. But that's to be expected that she hasn't come home for the last few days. For a daughter to be gone for that long can really get her mother worried. The first thing she'd do is call 911 to see if the police could relocate her and bring her home safely. But not Kagome. She's a hanyou and therefore she can find her way back home with her keen scent of smell. "I just hope of she's okay. Wherever she is." Ai said with hope in her voice. Grandpa smiles with reassurance. "I promise that she is okay." Ai nods as she and her father head back to their house, despite being watched by Naraku and Menomary.

Inutaishou and Sesshomaru made sure they has clothes that disperse their presence. "So what are we going to do?" Inutaishou asks his son. Sesshomaru's expression exposed unexpected. His cold stoic face has been replace by fury like no tomorrow. "I just want to kill Menomaru bastard." He simply answers him as he studies the guys' every move. Inutaishou had no idea that his own demon son would have this much fury in his eyes. "Just what was it that made you this angry?" Inutaishou boldly asks him. Sesshomaru turns to him. "I found out that Menomaru was the one who killed my mother." He answers his father's obvious question.

When Sesshomaru gave his answer, Inutaishou is down right surprised that he found out the murderer. "And how was it that you found out about that?" He asks him again. Sesshomaru is getting annoyed about his father's curiosity. "I thought you would know the guy who killed her. But you never wanted to tell me at all. So I had to go through the family archives to find out." He answers codly. Inutaishou now knows that it's best they discuss about this later. For now they need to be on alert about Naraku and Menomaru's plan on how to break the barrier.

Meanwhile, Inuyasha gets himself into a traffic jam. "This is just ridiculous." He growls through the helmet. Despite the size of his bike, he could've maneuver the streets. But the street he's on it way too narrow to do so. He looks down in distraught. "At this rate, I won't be able to help dad and Sesshomaru protect the shrine." He spoke to himself. A car honks from behind him. Inuyasha revs the bike and moves on forward.

On the sidewalk, Sango, Miroku, Koga and Ayame are walking somewhere. "So this restaurant just opened this week?" Sango asks the two wolves. Ayame smiles brightly. "Yep and their food is down right amazing. Trust me, you're going to love it." She answers Sango. Kirara meows as she jumps off Sango's shoulder. "What is it Kirara?" Sango asks her feline compainion. Kirara meows and leads her across the street. "Wait up." Sango runs after her. Miroku, Koga, and Ayame all looked at each other and follow Sango and Kirara.

Kirara stops at the next blocks and jumps onto Sango's shoulder and gestures her head to look at something. Sango looks in the direction and couldn't believe what she was seeing. "Sango what is it that Kirara led you to?" Miroku asks her as he stops by her. Sango points up the hill of the street of Kagome's shrine. "Look at that!" Sango exclaims with a gasp. Miroku does the same as well. Koga and Ayame came shortly after. "What is it?" Ayame asks Sango. Sango turns to her as Miroku does to Koga. "Look up there!" Sango tells them. Ayame and Koga widen their eyes. "Is that a barrier?" Ayame asks her. "I'm afraid so. And the worst part of it is that it's at the Higurashi Shrine. Kagome's home." Sango answers as they run in that direction. "Who would do such a thing in the first place?" Koga asks Sango this time. Sango shrugs her shoulders. "I'm not really sure. There's only one way to find out and that's to go there." She suggests as they all run in the direction of the shrine.

Inuyasha finally gets out of the traffic jam. "Damn, and I thought I was gonna be stuck in that damn thing for the rest of my life." He comments dryly and turns to the street where Kagome's shrine is. He makes it to the front enterance of the shrine stairs. "So far so good." He said to him as he made sure he had his cloak clothes on so that Naraku wouldn't detect his presence. "Inuyasha?" Miroku gets his attention. "What are you guys doing here?" Inuyasha asks them after he takes off his helmet. "Kirara sensed something coming from the Shrine. We have to see what's going on. Do you have an idea what's going on there?" Sango asks him as they stop by him. "I'm afraid so. I'll explain it on the way. He leads them to the particular spot where his brother and father are. "So what's the protection for? An apocalypse?" Koga asks as he broke the creepy silence. Inuyasha furrows his eyes. "That barrier, Koga is to protect the Higurashi Family from a man named Naraku." Inuyasha answers him with a growl.

He then leads them to where his dad and brother are. "Dad." Inuyasha calls out to him. Inutaishou and Sesshomaru turn to him. "What are you doing here? You are to stay home and protect Kagome." Inutaishou said angrily at his son. Inuyasha shows a scold looks. "I know that dad. I came to make sure that the Higurashis are safe. There's not telling when the barrier will dissolve." Inuyasha replies as he looks up to the sky to see where the sun is. "We have until sunset. We have to get them to the mansion." He adds.

Sango, Miroku, Koga, and Ayame look at the barrier. "Who was that created this barrier in the first place?" Miroku asks the dogs. Inutaishou looks up to the barrier. "Hige Higurashi was the one who created this barrier. But his demonic powers wouldn't be enough to hold up for awhile. Ai's father helps out with the plan. The only problem is that Ai wasn't aware of this at all." Inutaishou answers Miroku question. "And why was is it that Ai wasn't supposed to know any of this?" Ayame asks him this. Before Inutaishou spoke, a new voice takes over. "It's because her father had to sacrifice his own spiritual powers to protect hers."