Chapter 32

The next few months would pass with a flurry of activity among the demon clan. Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru went back to their positions and worked as if nothing had ever happened. As promised, none of Sesshoumaru's family got involved. He sent his wife and pups back to their compund in Japan for protection. Inuyasha's clan, however, were deep in involvement. As Kagome presented each of her offspring with new normalcy jewely, that pup took his or her post.

To keep an eye on Kagura and the ghost house, 10 pups, led by Kowaro, the water sprite hanyou, went back to live in the tiny vacation town of Harington where it had all started. 15 pups, led by Shaoran, went up to live in Wellington, where Naraku was spending time when not in Jamesville. 5 male pups took jobs as fishermen in the tiny village of Jamesville and 2 female pups started working in the Jamesville fish market as fish mongers. 2 other female pups took jobs in the local Jamesville tavern. Their arrivals were carefully planned so that it didn't seem unusual. By the time the end of October was nearing, all the pups were in their assigned spots and had their new "identities".

As the crab fishing season drew near, men hoping for easy money, started pouring into the tiny village. This was the cue for more pups to go into Jamesville, posing as wanna be fishermen. Yasha, Shirrow and Bunza made regular trips to Jamesville using their cabin cruisers and posing as day fishermen.

As various pups made sightings of their prey, they would report in to Inuyasha or Sesshoumaru using cell phone walkie talkies set to a never used frequency. Kentaro, the science and computer whiz, set up a monitoring system so that he could tell if anyone was picking up the signal. Lizzie stayed with Izayoi, Kouga and Mashai in the compound and helped monitor activities. As the weeks had gone by, all suspects had been accounted for except one. Naraku. He had not made his appearance yet. Trying to entice him out, Satoshi went to the insurance office run by "Walters" to buy insurance. His paperwork was handled by simple office girls. He even insisted on meeting the owner, because, as he told them, he liked to know who he did business with. They girls merely informed him that their boss was "away on business."

"They weren't even demon girls.", he radioed in to Kentaro.

"Were they pretty?", Kentaro called back.

"Nope. Nothing to write home about."

Sesshoumaru wondered if this would even be the year that Naraku would plan the disaster.

"I guess it depends on how many policies he has written.", said Inuyasha.

"And how much longer his borrowed body can hold out.", Sesshoumaru acknowledged.

"That too.", Inuyasha agreed.

Kagome had been keeping herself busy looking for the spell that Adimara was using. It was such an evil spell, and very outdated, that Kagome found herself looking in ancient spellbooks and scrolls. By the beginning of October, she stumbled upon the scroll that had the spell. So old was it, that it nearly disintegrated in her hands and she had to look at it with a flashlight in a darkened room. Finding the information she wanted, she hurried to the room where Kentaro was monitoring the cell calls.

Picking up the cell, she radioed to Inuyasha,

"I have the information about the spell.", she told him.

"Which information?", he asked.

"How many souls needed for a completely destroyed body."

"How many?"

"20,000."

There was dead silence on the other side, then,

"Did you say, TWENTY THOUSAND?"

"Yes, I did."

"Christ, how many people have they murdered so far, do you know?"

"From what Lizzie and I have been able to come up with so far, including the deaths this summer, about 18,000."

"He's close. He's probably gonna strike soon then."

"Kagome.", Sesshoumaru's voice came on the line, "If he doesn't succeed what happens when the soul destroys the borrowed body?"

"It disintegrates."

"What happens to the soul?"

"Adimara would have about a year to find another body. Then the horror would be able to start again."

"And if Adimara was gone ... there would be no body to perform the spell, correct?", said Inuyasha.

"Correct. If nobody performs the spell after 12 moons the soul goes to where it was destined to go when it died.", said Kagome.

"So we must make sure Adimara is taken down.", said Sesshoumaru.

"Ok, Kagome. Call me back if you get any other news. Love you. Bye. ", said Inuyasha.

"I think we should be glad that Adimara had nothing to do with any major events like the Holocaust. I'd hate to think what Naraku could be doing to the world.", Kentaro commented after Kagome hung up.

"We haven't destoyed them yet. If we don't soon, you will see what Naraku plans to do with the world.", said Kagome, as she walked out of the room.

Kentaro thought for a moment and contacted Kieran in Wellington. When Kieran answered, Kentaro said,

"Hey, little brother, I need a favor."