Kaida sighed as they yet again set off on Kirara. For the last few days they had just been running. Specifically five days. They had a few close calls, but for the most part were fine.

"That's it next time I kill them." Inuyasha growled. "We're never going to be able to find and collect the jewel shards."

"….is something wrong Kaida?" Shippo asked sitting on her lap.

"Just tired." Kaida said thinking back to two days before when she had caught a flash running thru the trees while they had been flying. ~Sesshomaru ….was that you?...~

"Too hard for you?" Inuyasah taunted.

"No." Kaida hissed.

"Leave her alone Inuyasha. We have to save our strength and get as far as possible by night." Miroku said.

"Why?" Kaida blinked coming out of her bubble.

"Tonight is the night of the new moon." Shippo said looking up at her.

Inuyasha froze. "That's tonight…" He groaned.

"What?" Kaida stared from Inuyasha to Miroku to Kagome to Sango to Shippo.

"….Well you see…." Kagome started "Every Half-Demon has a day of the month where they lose their demonic powers. Inuyasha's day is the night of the New Moon."
"Oh… So he'll be weak tonight."

Inuyasha growled.

"Basically yes. Now we need to make sure that Naraku or any enemy doesn't find out."

"Makes sense." Kaida nodded. "His one weakness needs to stay a secret or he'll die."

"I won't die!" Inuyasha grumbled.

"So we'll travel till the sun is almost down, then stop for the night?"
"Yes." Kagome nodded. "And all night we'll stay hidden."

"Alright. Now that I know what we're doing I can help."

"Heh. I don't need YOUR help." Inuyasha growled.

"Fine. I'll just let you get killed as a human." Kaida said glaring at him.

"This is going to be a long day." Sango sighed.

Sango's words proved true as they traveled. Inuyasha and Kaida both almost fell off Kirara at least once. A few times they had to stop and walk when Kirara needed a break.

Finally it was night though. They had found a small shack where Inuyasha was annoyingly tapping his foot. The rest of the gang was sitting by a small campfire.

"Hey Kaida how are you?" Kagome blinked. Kaida was leaning up against a tree, a little away, looking off into the distance.

"Huh… oh yeah… just tired…" she sighed.

"It has been a long day." Miroku nodded.

"….yeah….." ~But I feel weaker than normal….~

"Maybe we should all head to bed." Sango smiled. Just then Kagome froze. "What is it Kagome?"

"…Koga…"

Kaida looked up as Koga came running up. "Hey." He waved to Kaida while grabbing Kagome's hand. "It's great to see you again Kagome."

"Uh…. Hi Koga..." Kagome blushed.

"What's up Koga?" Kaida smiled.

"Just passing thru and I realized what tonight was, so I decided to come by and say hi."

"Hey!" Ginta yelled running up.

"We'll got ta go. See ya Kagome. Take care Kaida!" He waved, then took off again.

"Koga!" Ginta yelled running up. "Hi Kagome. Hi Kaida." He said while running by.

"Hi." Hakkaku said following.

"….I think I'm going to go to bed." Kaida sighed.

"Night." They all nodded as Kaida got up and headed inside.

Kaida blinked as she woke up early, early in the morning feeling strange. She looked around. Everything was the same, everyone was asleep, even Inuyasha.

Kaida lay back down but paused and looked at herself seeing a long reddish brown cat tail curling up between her pants. She closed her eyes. I'm dreaming! when she opened them again the tail was gone.

She sighed then laid out. It was all a dream. She curled up, falling back asleep.

"YO! Wake up!" Inuyasha yelled later in the morning waking Kaida up. "Let's go before they find us!"

Kaida sighed sitting up.

"Finally!" Inuyasha growled.

"I'm up." She sighed.

Sar sniffed the air. "Hmmm…."

"What's up Sar?" Min asked.

"….. A half-demon has been traveling with them for a while now… but it disappeared…. Now there's another human… and three wolf demons came thru…"

"Huh…" Min paused. "Is that good or bad?"

"I'm not sure." He frowned. "Come on lets go."