Chapter 23

2 days later, Downtown Tokyo

The young Japanese man behind the desk, looked down his nose at the impish-looking man in front of the desk.

"What is the status, Jaken?"

"From what our surveillance crew can tell us, it appears that Inuyasha and his wife are heading back to through the well today with the young child, My Lord."

"It's about damn time this saga is over with. I have better things to do than keep a constant eye on my nephew and his mother. She has a destiny to fulfill in the past."

"What destiny is that, My Lord?"

"Jaken? Are you that stupid? She must complete her training. Also, if she's not in the past, my wife will not survive to the age when we marry and she drinks the potion. If it wasn't for Inuyasha and Kagome, my wife would have died with her parents during the bandit attack on their village."

"Yes, she is so much like her mother.", mused Jaken, "Just as stubborn and headstrong and bossy as young ..." Jaken stopped as his master peered dangerously at him.

SMACK!

The impish-looking man walked out with 4 lumps on his head.

"Oh why haven't I learned to keep my mouth shut?", he questioned himself.

Back at the Well

The family gathered all the supplies, as Kagome's family hugged and kissed little Yasha goodbye.

"Do you know when you'll be back, Kagome?", her mother asked, as Inuyasha made trip after trip with the supplies, while Yasha watched in shock as his father disappeared and the reappeared over and over again.

"WOW!", He cooed, "Magic, mama!"

Kagome smiled and said, "Yup, magic, and pretty soon you and I will jump in there too."

"Will we disappear too, Mama?"

"Yes, but then we will come out in a new place. Our new home. Our true home.", turning to her mom, she said, "I'm not sure, but we will be back. I promise.", she said as she kissed her mother, brother and grandfather goodbye.

While they were chatting, they didn't realize a police car had pulled up in front of the shrine stairs. As the officer climbed the stairs, he saw the family standing out in front of the old building. As he started to walk over to them, Inuyasha appeared out of the building. Quietly pulling his gun, he sped up his walking and yelled,

"Hey you! Freeze! Police! Put your hands in the air now!", Officer Sato yelled, confident he had his man.

As Kagome's heart started to race, Souta told them,

"Quick guys, down the well!"

Inuyasha picked up Yasha and grabbed Kagome's hand as they turned and headed into the well house. The cop started running towards them as Kagome's family simply moved out of the way.

"STOP I SAID OR I'LL SHOOT!", he yelled again, as he burst into the dark well house. Pulling out his flashlight, he shined it all over the room and then went down the steps and shined it down the well. Nothing. He went around, feeling the walls for another exit. Nothing. Angrily, he stomped outside to check the outside and he still came up empty. Coming back to the family, he demanded,

"Where did they go?"

"Where did who go, officer?", the old man asked, innocently.

"Don't play coy with me. Where did the girl, child and that freaky guy disappear to?"

"Well, if you want to know the truth, officer,", the old man continued, "They went back in time to the 1500's."

Staring at the old man like he had lost all his marbles, he replied, 'Huh uh. Sure. Now where did they go?"

Her mother spoke next, "As you can tell, there are no other exits to this building. Search all you want. You have my permission."

"I will do that,", the cop said as he called for backup. When his backup arrived, they searched the building and surrounding areas for secret or trap doors. After 4 hours of searching and coming up empty, the officers left, with Officer Sato lagging behind. Looking back at the shrine, he muttered,

"I still plan to keep my eye on you people.", as he walked down the stairs to his vehicle.