THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Kagome. These characters belong solely to Rumiko Takahashi and Viz.

Oh,and the SVU characters belong to Dick Wolf's company!

I do however own my own creations.

Chapter 14

Kohana stared at the old woman in disbelief. Finally, she spoke,

"And how exactly are we supposed to get to Feudal Japan?", Kohana spoke sarcastically.

The old woman now stared at Kohana,

"You should know, if anybody, about the old well on your parents' property in Tokyo."

'The shrine! Of course! But, the well hadn't been used for a very long time.', she thought.

Lucita broke through her thoughts,

"I suggest you have your mama and papa come down to talk with me. There are some things they will need to prepare for the trip."

"My parents will not leave New York when two of their children are lost somewhere there.", Kohana protested.

"CHILD! Do you not understand my words? Your siblings are not in New York. Nor are they in any place in this realm. They are caught between realms and the only way to rescue them is to get to that realm!", the old woman announced.

Kohana stood and allowed the words to sink in. Her parents hadn't used the well in years. Would it work?

"Does it have to be that well, Lucita? I had read somewhere in demonology that, like the Bermuda Triangle having sister triangles around the world, time traveling portals exist in other places. Maybe there's one closer?", her voice raised in hope that her parents wouldn't have to fly all the way to Tokyo.

The elderly Voodoo priestess shook her head in disbelief,

"That is a fallacy, child. And even if it were true - what would you suggest they do - hop down every dry well that exists?"

The idiocy of her idea became clear to Kohana. She's have to call her parents and inform them of the old woman's words.

Back in New York,

Kentaro and Olivia walked down the city street briskly. The cool evening air felt good upon Kentaro's face. He felt Olivia's hand take his. He squeezed her hand tightly. She stopped and he turned to face her. The street lamp lit up her face,

'Damn! She's beautiful!', he thought.

Before he knew it, Olivia's lips were on his, pressing into him. His heart raced as he took her in his arms. If it weren't for his sensitive ears, he wasn't sure he would have heard her clearly, when she whispered,

"Let's go back to my place."

He didn't need to be prodded. Holding her close, they walked quickly back to her place, bounded up the steps and disappeared behind the door.

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The phone in the apartment rang. Inuyasha picked it up,

"Kateitenma."

"Dad!"

"Kohana! Where are you?"

"In Haiti, dad. Is Mama there?"

"Yea, she's right here, why?"

"Put me on speakerphone, please.", she requested.

Inuyasha complied and then asked,

"What's up?"

Kohana quickly began relating what Lucita had told her as her parents listened. Kohana could here her father's audible inpatient sighs. She knew was what coming,

"So this crackpot thinks that Juliet is in the border between this world and the afterworld? And that's where we can find this entity?"

Kagome admonished, "Inuyasha!"

"WHAT? You expect me to fly to Haiti to listen to some Voodoo mumbo-jumbo about us going back to Tokyo, jumping back into a well to time travel BACK to Feudal Japan - where, I might add, we may very well run into ourselves throwing off that ... that ... whaddya call it ... space - time continuum thingy hubbub you talk about ..."

"Inuyasha ...take a breath and calm down.", Kagome advised.

"I AM CALM!"

"Inuyasha!"

Her mate looked at her through woefully bale eyes - the sad eyes of a dog being admonished for peeing on the rug,

"I will not leave when Juliet is so close.", he said.

"Inuyasha ... is she?", Kagome looked at him - bearing deep into his eyes, "Is she?"

Inuyasha stared deep into Kagome's eyes. He could read in them what words could not say. Although he, himself, was a supernatural being, he still scoffed at the occult, especially when he didn't understand. Kagome spoke,

"Would you be this adamant if the priestess was Kaede?", she asked.

Inuyasha's mind quickly flittered back to the old miko. He had always scoffed at her, but took her advice anyway. He accepted the Shinto religion because of Kikyo's powers. He eventually accepted the power of Buddhism because of Miroku. And, of course, he had accepted and adopted the Mystic religion because of Kagome. Humans had their ways of dealing with life through faith and magic. This was their power like the way demons had their demonic power. Maybe he was being too hasty judging the old voodoo witch. He hung his head, his silver bangs covering his eyes. As always in the pack, the alpha female had triumphed over the alpha male. Kagome recognized the sign of submission and spoke into the air for Kohana to hear,

"We'll be on our jet to Haiti. Meet us at the airport."

Kohana closed her phone. She knew her parents. When the air had become dead silent, she knew her parents were discussing this as only her parents could. She smiled. She was fascinated by her parents. When there was a crisis, she would see the two of them stare at each other, talking with a sort of telepathy that can only come about when two people had been together as long as they had been and had been through what only they had been through. It amazed her to no end their devotion to each other. Her father would only give in when he knew his wife understood things better than him. If she was self- assured that it was the right thing to do, then he gave in. Her parents were amazing,

"I hope to find a love and understanding just half as strong as that in my lifetime. Then I know I will truly be blessed."

The Next Day,

By the time Inuyasha and Kagome informed Yasha of what was happening and had the jet readied, it was early the next morning when they touched down in Haiti. As promised, Kohana was waiting for them at the airport and the three of them took a taxi to the old woman's hovel. Kagome and Kohana confidently walked over to the hovel while Inuyasha hung back, searching the area with his eyes and nose. He let out a low growl,

"Inuyasha?", Kagome queried.

"A demonic presence.", he softly commented, then looked at the entrance to the hovel, when the demonic scent was emanating from. There stood the old woman,

"I welcome you.", spoke the elderly priestess.

"You're the voodoo priestess?", Inuyasha questioned.

"Yes, I am called Lucita. You must be Inuyasha."

Inuyasha again emitted a low growl,

"Kohana, why did you not inform us she was a demon?"

Kohana stared at her father, then at her mother and finally at the priestess,

"You're a demon? But ... but why didn't I pick up your demon scent?", Kohana said, then thought back, as the thought dawned on her, "The incense. You used the incense to make my nose worthless."

The old woman cackled at Kohana's realization,

"Yes, child. You are correct."

At this admission, Inuyasha grabbed Tessaiga's hilt and unsheathed his mighty sword,

"THIS WAS ALL A TRICK TO GET US HERE, YOU NASTY, CONNIVING WITCH!!!", he screamed.