Help: Was it ever mentioned in Inuyasha that the Tenseiga can only be wielded by a full youkai? And if it was mentioned, do you happen to remember which manga chapter/volume it was covered in?

After some deliberation, I had decided to revive my Cycles of Destiny fanfic *gasp* from the dead even though it's been almost 4 years since I updated. And since I'm sorely behind in the series, I'm so not equipped to counter anyone's questions about certain aspects of the fic because...well, because I'm clueless. -_-;; So I'm on the process of revising and reposting the original 6 chapters...and this was one of the questions I got for my 2nd chapter:

I don't understand how he can use the sword of healing, I thought only a full youkai could, and that's why Inuyasha couldn't.

Anyone out there that's keeping up with Inuyasha- can you tell me if that's true?

My personal beliefs on the two swords in regards to their "barriers" have always been that it's not really blood/race specific...but rather an essence and the swords will then choose/accept its master accordingly. For example, the Tenseiga...didn't Toutousai always say that you must have compassion and the desire to save in order for the sword to accept its master? Same with the Tessaiga...I never really thought the barrier was about hanyou or full youkai blood, but rather about the will/desire/need to protect. If it's about blood, how would Inutaisho wield it- seeing that he's full youkai and all?

Note that I said my personal "beliefs"...that's because I had these beliefs long ago back when a whole lot wasn't yet mentioned about the swords, so they were more my theories than anything. But since I haven't kept up, these theories could've been shot to hell by Takahashi for all I know. :p Geh, I came back to this fic, telling myself that I would just write it according to how I had it planned without consideration to what's been covered later on...but I'm beginning to wonder if that's a good idea or not. T_T

Lately, I've taken to writing drabbles and fanfic snippets in an old battered notebook to kill time while commuting to/from work (that is, when I'm not falling asleep on the bus). It's kind of nice to get back into writing random stuff again- I miss having to write without really worrying about much. I wish PotW isn't currently giving me so much headache though...because it'd be nice to finish off that last 5% of chapter 19 so that I can update without waiting another year or something. >_>; I'm thinking of doing a cookie/drabble series project for PotW too, but I'll see. ^^;

But anyhow- my point (yes, I actually had one) is if any of you feel like chucking out unrefined ideas or some kind of fic challenge that I can tackle? I've been wanting to try my hand at different kinds of writing for different characters than the ones I've written before. Or something. I guess I just want something to mull over and daydream about while I'm commuting. All I've been writing is ShikaTema drabbles (some of which are posted at inkcanvas)...but I also want to write other stuff. I don't really know which of you are still reading fanfics or are interested in it enough to chuck out challenges at me, but I thought I'd ask anyway. ^^; Any pairing is fine, with the exception of yaoi/slash...just because I can't write those even if my life depended on it. -_-;; And obviously, it'd have to be from a fandom I'm familiar with though...like Naruto, Hana Yori Dango, NANA, or something like that. Or even for PotW. Whatever goes, I just want something to get my brain rolling. ^_^

On a completely irrelevant note, I just wanted to thank you for the responses you left for the last post. I didn't reply to them...because I couldn't formulate a reply to convey my thoughts in a proper way- but I wanted to let you know that the comments that were left brought a lot of peace for me. It calmed me down and made me step back a little to berate myself for being stupid again. *hugs you*

Okay...help. >_> Is anyone on my FL still keeping up with Inuyasha? I've lost track on the manga some time ago so I really don't know what's been happening to the story (or the fandom) lately. (Yes, bad webmistress) So can someone tell me what is the deal with Sesshoumaru's mother coming from the moon? Where did that come from?! Yesterday, I got another email about it- which is about the 10th one these past few months. Normally, I get so many crap emails every single day about some weirdo "fact" about Sesshoumaru that I barely pay any attention to them. But this one seems persistent. It's making me wonder if it has an ounce of incredulous truth (in a cringing way). =_=

Here's a paste of the part about his mother:

"When i looked around.. i was surprised to find out that sesshomaru's mother remained mystery. I knew about sesshomaru's mother about a year ago..i'll attach a file of image of sesshomaru's mother. Her name is Luna and i am not sure if she is a demon. She is referred to more like.. godess. Anyways.. she is godess of the moon. Inuyasha's father met her when he was trying to find a good place to hide the sword of destruction (the sword that came out in the 3rd movie) Inuyasha's father long heard about the moon where it is far away from the Westen lands. However, when he found the entry to the moon a godess comes to him(sess's mother) and informs him that non of the living from the mortal realm could enter the place. Of course the godess refused to place such disastrous sword in her realm. I am not sure how they came to be.... but sess was born from her. There is rumor that the 5th movie will be based on the birth secrets of sess."

Eh. And just so you know, the picture she attached was a fairly poor fanart. :p I'm convinced that this whole thing came from a fanfiction or something. But I've been getting these types of emails a lot that I'm beginning to wonder if there's some truth to it. Kill me if it is.