Hello. I know you may be a little upset with me right now, but...oh read and find out. Thank you to those who reviewed. On a different note the end of the story is getting much closer. But anyway...ENJOY

Disclaimer: I do not owe Inuyasha, if I did I would make Kaede go to my English class, and my teacher would fix her grammar...heheh

Chapter Eleven: The Battle in the Moonlight: Part Two

Inuyasha's heart stopped watching in horror at the destruction of his Wind Scar. The dust was still settling they could make out Naraku flat on his back in a pool of blood. Kagome dropped down next to him and grabbed a fistful of Inuyasha's red haori, her knuckles white. Gently he laid a clawed hand over hers. Sango and Kohaku were white, Miroku and Shippo were in disbelief. Even Sesshomaru showed some anxiety. He went to grip the Tenseiga, praying he wouldn't have to use it.

They heard Naraku moan in pain. He was pretty severly injuried. Cursing his weaker body thanks to Katsuo, who had been too afraid to resurface. He twitched and felt the tension in the air. He was disorientated and tried to remember what happened. Another moan drew his attention. Turning his head with great difficulty he gasped, but he wasn't the only one who did.

He saw a purple and black heap nearby. It was Kai hunched over, but she wasn't moving. There were cuts up and down her back staining her uniform with blood. The air was clear for all the dust. Threads of violet and pink light formed a net around the young woman. The Shikon Jewel had saved her life!

Kai flinched and muttered something. Clutched against her chest was the Jewel. She stared at in wonder. But how? The Jewel had been sealed so NOBODY could use it. She turned her head to look at everyone. They greeted her with puzzled expressions. Kai held up the Jewel and smirked. The pink light faded and then the purple light followed.

Inuyasha and Kagome were at a loss for words. Sango managed to studder. "But how?"

Kai was wondering the same thing. And what was with the purple light? That wasn't from the Jewel. She held up the jewel to her face and examined it closely. She could sworn she said a face of a priestess wink back at her. "Midoriko..." Kai whispered in awe.

"How the hell?" Naraku gasped. He sat up and was shot with a blue arrow. Kagome's purifying arrow pierced a hole in Naraku's right ear. Desparate Naraku shot out ten tentacles that grew and trapped everyone. Miroku unsealed his wind tunnel but no matter how much of it he sucked in the tentacle still got bigger. Soon he could no longer see everyone around him. Cursing his blindness he fought the tenacle with all his might. It was no use.

Inuyasha and Kagome had the same problem. Inuyasha's claws couldn't make an escape and the room was too small for Kagome to draw her bow. "Inuyasha!" She cried as the tentacles growth was pushing the two apart. "Kagome!" He shouted in response. He reached out his hand and she grabbed it. Despite the pull forcing them apart Kagome hung on.

"Don't let go!" Kagome cried. She could no longer see her husband but his hand never left hers. "I won't." She heard Inuyasha reply softly.

Shippo was transforming into smaller forms but no matter what he turned into he was still trapped. Rin and Sesshomaru were being crushed together. The demon lord was trying to free himself but like everyone else was useless. Rin had never been so close to her demon lord and under other circumstances she might have been thrilled. But now wasn't the time for such thoughts.

Kai felt a tentacle snake up her leg almost lustfully. It split in two at the base and the second one went around her other leg. The top off them then combined and wrapped around her narrow waist and up to her shoulders. She struggled but they just tightened. Anger boiled in Kai was she realized the tentacles were touching too much of her skin to be considered deccent. She growled, yeah, Katsuo is still in Naraku.

Naraku walked through the mass of tentacles, ignoring the cries of protest of the rest of the gang. The Shikon Jewel was still in Kai's left hand. Naraku stood in front of Kai. Blood was still dripping from his wounds "Dear Kai," he said. Kai barred her fangs at him. "Give me the Jewel." His objective changed. As fate would have it Kai could use it, when he couldn't.

"Rot in hell!" Kai snapped and spit on Naraku's face. He snarled and put his hand around her throat. He grinned as his grip tightened. But suddenly it stopped. To both of their surprises Naraku couldn't close his hand. Kai smirked when his scent shifted subtly. Katsuo was protecting her from being killed. When Naraku realized this he grew angrier.

"Damn you, Katsuo!" he shouted. His eyes widened in fear as Katsuo fought to gain control in his body.

"Katsuo," Kai called calmly hoping it would reach the weaker side of Naraku. He went rigid and stared at her with brown eyes. Katsuo's eyes. "Let me go."

"I-I can't Kaiaya." He said. Suddenly he stopped as if in thought and added. "Give me the Jewel!"

Kai was taken back and shook her head. "I can't."

"I need the Jewel to free myself from Naraku!" he explained. Kai rolled her eyes. Katsuo was the worst liar in the world. No doubt Naraku was working though him.

"I will not give you Jewel," Kai said with a iron control in her voice. His eyes flashed back to Naraku's red ones. He reached out and grabbed Kai's left hand. He crushed and the Jewel fell out.

"No," Kai breathed. How could she just let the Jewel slip from her fingers?

Naraku chuckled. Raising his voice so he could be heard by everyone who was still struggling against the tentacles. "I HAVE THE JEWEL!"

"Naraku!" Kai growled as her anger rose boil in her chest. Never had she been so full hatred. Not when Ryo beat up her friends, not when Katsuo had been checking her out, not even when Naraku insulted her heritage. This was far beyond words. She felt her blood boiling and rushing through her body. If it wasn't the full moon, she would have became a full demon despite the fact she only had quarter demon blood. Her flesh began to burn with a bright violet light. Melting away the tentacles, the light grew brighter as hot as the sun. It was clinging to Kai's body until she forced it to attack the tentacles.

Then like a sun exploding the waves of light filled the room. Behind her hatred, Kai silently wished that her friends would survive this power emitting for herself. She didn't fully understand where this power was from, but in her mind flashbacks from every supressed emotion surfaced. She had snapped and it had a drastic effect.

Never did she know she had such power, but the answer came to her as she heard the whisper of Midoriko. "This is the power of the priestess you inherited from your mother...It had been surpressed by your demon blood, all these years..."

Kai thought aloud. "So this is my miko power. But why couldn't I use it before?" Suddenly exhustion slammed her hard and she fell unconscience.

When the light cleared away, everyone was freed. Rin had fallen under Sesshomaru's weight. Shippo fell flat onto the floor and transformed back to his normal form. Inuyasha and Kagome landed on their feet, still hand in hand. Miroku gasped for breath and Sango and Kohaku collected their discarded weapons.

Naraku was gone. And so was the Jewel.

"How did this happen?" Kagome wondered. She had reconized the light of a priestess but who could have conjuered it. It was far too powerful to have been anyone save Midoriko, who was trapped in the Jewel. Seeing Kai passed out she began to think. Could her daughter have such power?

"Did Kaiaya do this?" Rin asked as Sesshomaru got off of her. The akwardness of the moment was fading along with the blush on Rin's face. Everyone wondered the same thing.

"Naraku escaped, with the Jewel," Inuyasha growled. He went to Kai's side and checked for a pulse. She was definetly alive but completely exhusted. Beams of sunlight cut through the walls of the lair. A cloud of purple light ungulfed Kai was faded nearly as fast as it came. Even her transformation was weak, Inuyasha thought. He picked his daughter and put her on his back.

"Let's go home." Everyone was feeling depressed. They let Naraku get away and the Jewel was still gone. Kai was wounded and they hadn't gotten much farther in the fight against Naraku. Their moods were completely low.

"Naraku won this battle," Sesshomaru said. "But I will damned if he wins again!" Inuyasha added. Everyone agreed.

Please don't be pissed at me for making Naraku win this round, rest assured there will be more battles, but not in this story. (hint,hint) As for the weird plot twist with giving Kai miko powers making her as powerful as god, thankmy friend for the idea not me. Next chapter I will explainhow that happened.

forgive me for the crummy ending to theconfrontation butI suck at writingfighting scenes. I feel kinda bad ending it this way butif this is going to connect with the idea I have for the sequel...plz,plz, review.