Last time: They fought the demon, Katakoutai, and she suddenly got Michelle to the ground, and was about to kill her! With InuYasha out of commission, and everyone else to slow to help her, how will Michelle survive?

Chapter 13: Close to God

"Since you didn't let me kill your little friend, I guess I'll kill you!" Katakoutai yelled, running towards Michelle at a speed so fast that she could hardly be seen. Charlie ran towards Michelle, barking and trying to block the attack, as did Kay.

Miroku ran towards Michelle and Sango threw her boomerang again. Shippo was hiding behind a rock, being the coward that he was, and then gasped. "Michelle!" yelled the young fox demon.

Michelle moved slightly and saw the demon coming at her too fast. She wasn't going to be able to stop it. Michelle also wouldn't be able to dodge it either.

Michelle gasped and closed her eyes, holding up her hand to try and stop the attack.

There was the sound of electricity and then someone screaming and being thrown to the ground. How odd...

Michelle opened her eyes and saw that Katakoutai had been thrown to the ground by a barrier surrounding herself. Michelle closed her hand, balling it into a fist, and the purple barrier surrounding her disappeared. She opened her hand and it reappeared around her.

"What is that?" Shippo asked, jumping on Miroku's shoulder.

"It's a sacred barrier. One that can only be made by priestesses and monks. Though, it is very hard to do. I'm surprised that Michelle could do that, let alone anything spiritual," Miroku said.

"But she hasn't had any training to be a priestess!" Sango said, amazed by the barrier surrounding Michelle.

Kay ran over to Michelle and then put her hand out in front of her, looking at the barrier that Michelle had made. Kay put her hand through it, expecting to be electrocuted or something, but the barrier let her hand go through without pain.

Michelle opened and closed her hand, over and over again. "What are you doing?" Kay asked her friend who was being very stupid.

Michelle opened her hand again and turned to look at Kay, who was holding her hand out inside of the barrier. Kay gasped and remembered.

My name is Michelle, and my name means 'close to God', so I might write a story about dying or an angel," said the teacher, who's name was also Michelle.

Michelle's name means 'close to God', so doesn't that mean that priestess powers are spiritual and maybe having to deal with God? Kay asked herself suddenly, watching Michelle with wide eyes.

"Michelle... Remember what our teacher said? The name Michelle means 'close to God'. You might have priestess powers," Kay said, walking forward and getting inside the barrier completely. Michelle smiled and stood up, though Kay was wondering how either of them could stand after those attacks from Katakoutai.

Michelle unsheathed her sword and held it in front of her. She took the newfound priestess energy that she got (AN: Can you imagine 'rough and tough' Michelle using priestess energy? I can't, and I'm writing this! Maybe it's because I know the real Michelle.) and put the energy into her sword.

Michelle ran forward and then jumped, swinging her sword. "Holy Fire!" Michelle yelled as the priestess energy from her sword went into her attack. A bright, light purple light shone from her strike and struck Katakoutai to the ground, white fire slowly dying down on her body.

With a moan, Katakoutai slowly got up and looked at Michelle angrily.

"What! That strike should have killed her!" Sango said, looking at the incarnation amazed.

"How can she still be alive?" Shippo added.

"Remember, this is Naraku's incarnation we are talking about. Just think how we haven't defeated Kagura, and she was struck head on with the Wind Scar once. I don't think that defeating this incarnation will be any easier, and I'm almost positive that this incarnation isn't done with her surprises," Miroku said, glaring at Katakoutai.

"You aren't going to get away with this, you fool," Katakoutai growled. She got up and ran into the forest, just as InuYasha started to wake.

InuYasha twitched and pushed himself off the ground. He looked around and barked, "Where is Katakoutai?"

"She just left. Michelle taught her a lesson or two," Kay said, smirking.

"I managed to put up a barrier and use Papuruhiken's Holy Fire," Michelle said.

"She put up a sacred barrier," Miroku said as he walked over to InuYasha and the two girls. Charlie, who had went over to Kay for the rest of the battle after he knew Michelle was OK, walked over to the group, as did Kirara, who was sitting on Sango's shoulder the whole time. It makes the two sound like they're cowardly. "She put up a very advanced sacred barrier, that only highly trained priestesses and monks can do," Miroku explained further.

"But she has no training," Sango said again, trying to figure this out.

"Her name means 'close to God'," Kay said again, looking off into the distance. "I think that it gives her her priestess powers. Her name."

"Well, whatever. We're leaving," InuYasha said.

Kay gasped and held onto her stomach tightly. "We're staying RIGHT HERE. Some of us are hurt, and need to rest," Kay argued, glaring at InuYasha out of the corner of her eye.

"Keh."

- - -

The morning brought new light and the group started to travel again. Though, when night came, they stayed in a hut instead of the dirty ground.

"I'm glad that we still have Kagome's First-Aid kit," Kay said as she held her arm out for Miroku to tend to. Sango was tending to Michelle's wounds because she wouldn't let the monk anywhere near her. Kay was a little more trusting.

"Dammit! We've been traveling for two days! We should have been able to find Kagome by now!" InuYasha growled, glaring at the fire in the hut.

"InuYasha, settle down. We will find her soon," Miroku said as he tied off Kay's bandage.

"But what if we can't? What if we can't get there in time?" InuYasha asked.

"InuYasha! Listen to yourself!" Kay said, glaring at the half-demon. "How many times has Kagome been kidnapped before? Did you give up then? Do you think that Kagome would still travel with you if you couldn't pull through for her? I'm positive that we will get there in time."

InuYasha looked at Kay carefully and growled. She glared back.

InuYasha is sure worried about Kagome, Charlie said to Kay.

That's because he loves her, Kay answered, watching InuYasha as he adjusted himself on the floor, holding Tetsusaiga close to his chest. Kay leaned her head against the dog laying on the floor, and Michelle slept next to her, also using Charlie as a pillow.

Sango slept on the floor with Kirara huddled next to her and Shippo next to Kirara, and then Miroku slept alone.

InuYasha opened his eyes and watched as the fire slowly died out and thought, i Kagome might be hurt... And it's all because I wasn't strong enough to protect her. I have to save her. I have to save her before it's to late. /i

"InuYasha... Don't worry. We'll get Kagome back, safe and sound," Kay said, turning her head towards the half-demon sitting in the corner of the room. "I know that you won't allow her to get hurt..."

But I can't help and think that this might be a trap. I mean, Naraku does stuff like this all the time... But we have no choice. We have to save Kagome, Kay thought, closing her eyes and pulling her own sword close to her.

- - -

BOOM! Charlie shook and transformed into his giant form, allowing Kay to get on his back. She got on, as did Michelle and InuYasha, and lightning lit the sky once more. BOOM!

Charlie shook again, but toughed it out. He started to follow Kirara, who was flying with Shippo, Sango, and Miroku on her back. He followed her very closely.

"Isn't it kinda dangerous to fly during a thunder storm?" Kay yelled over the wind and rain. "We could get struck by lightning!"

Sango looked back at Miroku and raised an eyebrow. "Yeah! I guess it would be better if we were on the ground," Sango said.

They landed and started running, Kay complementing everyone on their stupidity in her thoughts. The creatures ran, their speed unimaginable. Charlie jumped a little bit every time the thunder shook the sky, making the ride there bumpy for Michelle, Kay and InuYasha.

For about an hour, they ran through the rain, but soon they came to a cliff. They took a rest and Kay went to the edge of the cliff, looking around and trying to find any hints to where Naraku's castle would be.

It happened in less than a second. Michelle and Charlie went over to Kay, their purpose to ask if they should get ready to go, and the lightning struck.

It hit Kay, making her shake violently and she slowly fell off the cliff. Michelle was standing there, stunned by what just happened, and also surprised that this show would have such a stupid way to get hurt, but Charlie acted quickly

He jumped off the side of the cliff and transformed into a giant dog; he flew underneath Kay, letting her land on his back. He flew back up to the top and went over to the rest of the group quickly.

Michelle followed and said, "Kay just got hit by lightning!"

"What!" Sango said, going over to Charlie to check on Kay.

Miroku did the same and Shippo stood there, stunned. "Well... That's..."

"She's alive," Miroku said, backing away from Kay. "I don't know what will happen to her, though."

InuYasha sniffed the air and said, "She'll be fine. Now let's go find Kagome."

"InuYasha! We can't leave when Kay's unconscious. It would be too hard, and she could get hurt!" Sango said, glaring at the half-demon.

"Shut up! She's fine! Now let's go!" Inuyasha growled.

"You're so stupid, InuYasha," Shippo said, folding his arms and glaring at InuYasha, who hit him hard over the head. "AHH!" cried Shippo. "InuYasha! Don't hit me!"

"Shut up, wimp!"

"Both of you shut up," Kay said... Wait! Huh?

Kay held her head as she sat up and looked over to InuYasha. She then turned towards the cliff and walked over to it again, looking out into the distance. Everyone was shocked when she just got up and walked, though they were even more shocked when she pointed and said, "Kagome is that way. Naraku is there, as is Katakoutai and his other incarnations... Though, there is another one I don't know of," Kay said, turning back towards the group.

The rain continued to pour, but the others didn't notice it as they looked at Kay in awe, their mouths hanging open and their eyes bulging out of the sockets.

Next time: The group go to find Kagome, but it soon turns into a lost and found thing, and they start searching for Sesshomaru! What is with that?

Michelle: I don't get it.

Kay: I wouldn't expect you to.

Michelle: What was that!

Kouga: MY LOVE!

Michelle: I HATE YOU! GET OUT OF HERE! YOU AREN'T IN THE NEXT CHAPTER!

Kay: Ok, Kouga, you can leave now.

Michelle: Grrr! You love doing that, don't you! At least I didn't kiss Sesshomaru.

Kay: I only did that because I wanted all those romantic freaks to read this. I seriously don't like Sesshomaru that much. I think he's a big jerk... and not nearly as hot as InuYasha.

InuYasha: O.O;