Thank you those who reviewed. Sorry for the short chapter but there isn'tmuch more that I need to say, I guess. If It isn't covered in this story expect some answers later. Gee, I'm evil making you wait huh? Overall I am a little surprised at the sucess of this story. Maybe I am not the horrible author I thought I was...anyways.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha,...you pretty much know the drill by now right?

Chapter Twelve: The End of the New Begininng

It had been three days since the last battle with Naraku and Kai had awoken earlier in the morning. She sat at the base of the God Tree thinking. She was wearing a pair of ripped jeans and a plain purple halter top. The Tree's aura wasn't enough to soothe her. She sat with her legs pulled close to her chest as she was deep in thought.

Everyone was avoiding her in fear of the power she released a couple days of ago. Kai still was haunted by it. Never did she even think her bottled up emotions could cause her priestess powers to react so fiercely. She was shaken by the little control she had over it. If she hadn't wished for her friends to survive, would they have been absorbed in the light as well?

Kai shook her head to clear her thoughts. She stood up and walked to the village. She wasn't going to spend the whole day brooding on an empty stomach.

"Well that's interesting, my lord." Myoga said. Inuyasha and Kagome had told the old flea everything hoping he could shed some light on the subject. "Young Kaiaya is the daughter of a powerful miko." Kagome blushed. "She gets her power from you Kagome."

"But how come she never showed signs of her power before?" Kagome asked.

"As I recall you never showed your power until you came in contact with jewel. It could be the same with Kai. Or when she was in a desparate situation."

"The first time I used my power was in the well," Kagome said remembering that fateful day. "But that was the jewel's power not my own."

"What I don't get is, Kaiaya is part demon. How can demon blood and miko blood be together, if priestesses purify demons?"

Inuyasha sighed. "But she was a human when she did this Myoga!" He was losing his patience with the old flea.

"Then the only way for her to use her power is when she in human form?"

"We don't know!" Kagome and Inuyasha shouted at the flea. Myoga sweatdropped and muttered something rude. Inuyasha squashed him without thinking. Realization filled him, as he knew what was going to happen next. Looking at Kagome, he braced himself for the dreaded word. But Kagome burst out laughing.

"You know me too well," she said. When Inuyasha relaxed a little, it came. "SIT BOY!"

"Feh." Kagome was rolling around in laughter.

Sango and Miroku returned to find Kaede on the ground with four brats jumping around. They felt guilty for putting their old friend through this pain. "Ye are back?" Kaede said, the relief was so evident in her voice even the kids noticed it.

"I'm so sorry Kaede!" Sango said and helped the old woman up. "The children must have been horrible." The old priestess laughed.

"They aren't as bad as Kai was." Three adults smiled at the memory of Kai's childhood. She was a wild child.

Sayuri was sitting on Kohaku's knee and listened to her older brother tell her the story of what happened. A thought crossed Sango's mind. "Miroku, how long until the wind tunnel will appears on them?" She asked sadly. Miroku put an arm around Sango's shoulder.

"I don't know. Hopefully never."

Rin and Sesshomaru went their separate way, but told Kagome to call upon them if they were needed. They wanted to kill Naraku too, but Sesshomaru had to see that the Western Lands was being taken care of. He didn't trust he regent, but he didn't want to kill him if he didn't need to.

"So this is the end... Wait, who are I kidding? This is only the beginning. With Naraku back, my life will be consumed as my parents before me were. I have found my place in this world, to stand between Naraku and the Shikon Jewel. I will help my parents in the fight against this reborn horror. Naraku must pay for everything he had done.

In that frightening moment, I heard Midoriko calling me. She had told me that the cycle of the Shikon Jewel was once more in motion. So before I am stripped of eveything I have, I will fight to the end. I will break the chain, when my mother couldn't. I will put an end to all the lives lost because of the jewel. Because I am now the next priestess..." -Kaiaya Izayoi Higurashi.

Kai looked back at her diary and grinned. "p.s. I don't ask for you to understand this, but it is what I know I must do..."She yawned and thought about something. "Oh damnit, I still have homework!"

THIS ISN'T THE LAST CHAPTER! I will be adding an 'epilogue' (technially this was the epilogue) My friends are gonna help me write a bonus chapter with all kinds of random stuff, if you like that stuff then thats good. If not you are welcome to skip it but keep an eye out for "Shattered Nightmare", look for it some time next week...

-SMR