THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE
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I do however own my own creations.
Chapter 16
Lucita looked calmly at Inuyasha as she spoke,
"Inuyasha, the easiest way to accomplish this is to go back to Feudal Japan just before the destruction of Naraku."
"Easiest way? Wench, you make it sound like travelling through the well portal will be a piece of cake. But, we haven't used the well as a portal for years and how do we get the well to deposit us just where we want it to?", Inuyasha asked, irritably.
"It will all depend on the phases of the moon and the electromagnetic field and ...", she started.
"Whoa, Whoa, Whoa ... the electromagnetic field?", Inuyasha asked, confused.
For the first time, Lucita began to show impatience, "Inuyasha, I will handle the time when you will travel through the well. You need to find Sousson-Pannan in Feudal Japan. He will be hiding in the dimension between this world and the next."
"And how to you suppose we get there? The black pearl in my eye is useless, we can't use a giant chicken to get us through and the passageway in the Realm of Fire is not passable unless you are dead.", Inuyasha advised.
Lucita chuckled, "It is passable with the Tenseiga."
"The Tenseiga?", Inuyasha raised his eyebrows, "And do you think that Sesshoumaru is just going to hand over the Tenseiga to me?"
"No, of course not. But, around the time Naraku was finally destroyed, Sesshoumaru threw away the Tenseiga after you proved your worth as successor to Tessaiga. At the time you will be returning, young Rin still carries the Tenseiga waiting for Lord Sesshoumaru to accept it back. You will convince Rin to allow you to use the Tenseiga for a time. Your brother will not notice it missing.", Lucita said.
'Sure he won't', Inuyasha thought, "And, after we find Sousson-Pannan?"
"Actually, it will not be Sousson-Pannan that you will search for. It is one of his young followers, a young woman by the name of Rumi. Through Rumi you will be able to get to Sousson-Pannan."
"And what do we do when we get to this Rumi?", asked Inuyasha, arms crossed.
"You will present her with this.", Lucita said as she opened up her palm.
In her palm was a shiny, blue jewel.
"What is that?", Kohana asked.
"It is a Haitian mystical jewel. Very similar to the Shikon No Tama. Its powers are extraordinary.", said Lucita.
"Is it wise to give an evil deity a powerful jewel?", asked Kagome.
Lucita laughed, "Actually, my child, this is an imitation of the jewel. But, Sousson-Pannan will not be able to tell the difference. But, with this jewel, you will be able to find Sousson-Pannan in this world. While you are in the border between this world and the next, you will also locate the time portal that Sousson-Pannan uses now. The time portal crosses between ancient Japan and the modern world. The other side of the time portal is somewhere underneath New York City."
Inuyasha stared at Lucita, "Why can't we just find the portal in New York? Why do we have to go back to Japan and jump through the well?"
"The location of the portal in ancient Japan is easier to find. After you find that portal - you will be able to travel through and discover the portal in New York City. Only then will you know its location.", said Lucita.
Inuyasha absorbed this information, then asked, "Is there anything else we need to know?"
Lucita responded, "Just get that jewel to Rumi so that you can find Sousson-Pannan in this world. Plus, you will find the portal, which you will be able to utilize if you need to. Other than that, I will give you any other information you need once you return to this world. There is no more right now."
With that, Lucita fell silent and stared at the fire. Inuyasha, Kagome and Kohana took that as a sign to leave. They got up and walked out. To their surprise, there was a cab waiting. They got into the car. Inuyasha flipped open his phone,
"Who are you calling?", asked Kagome.
"Yasha.", said Inuyasha, then, "Yea, son, it's your old man."
Inuyasha proceeded to tell Yasha what had transpired at the old woman's house. Then told his son, "I want you to get all the pups into New York. The younger ones will stay with your wife and Maria. The rest of you I want to go down into the sewers of New York and attempt to find a portal. Stay in contact with each other. You may not find it until your mother and I come through - but I want it marked. Got it?"
After getting an affirmative from his son, Inuyasha hung up the phone and stared out the window. Kagome spoke next,
"It was interesting hearing about your father.", she mused.
"You think so?", Inuyasha said quietly.
Kagome looked at her mate, but Inuyasha just stared out the window, thinking,
'Sesshoumaru. No wonder you hate me so much. You realize you were conceived and born out of duty while I was conceived and born out of love. To this day, you still hold it against me. Now I understand why.'
The cab drove them to the airport where Kohana arranged to fly back to New York and Kagome and Inuyasha arranged to have the jet fly them to Tokyo, all of them wondering what was in store for them next.
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