Last time: Kay got hit by lightning, but now she seems to know where Kagome is being held! How could that be?

Chapter 14: Keeper of the Keys

"What the hell!" Michelle finally said after a long pause. She looked at Kay's soft expression, not one of anger or happiness. What is with her?

As if reading her mind (which she probably was), Kay said, "The lightning gave me new power. I hold the power to see the truth, and only the truth... But I can only tell the truth now... Which sucks." Kay's voice stayed calm and smooth as she spoke, always at an even tone. Not changing even when she said her last line.

"You can't tell a lie? Well, what do you think of me?" Michelle asked, smirking.

"I think that you get annoying sometimes, don't appreciate people as much as you should, and could be nicer to people. But you are my friend and I will stay loyal to you, and I love your sense of humor," Kay said, blinking once when she finished.

"How do you know where Kagome is?" InuYasha asked.

"I already told you. She's in that direction. We should be able to get there by nightfall, and when we get there, the rain will still be pouring, though none of us will acquire a cold," Kay said, gazing off in the distance.

"Now that's just scary," said Michelle as everyone got ready to leave. They set off, heading in the direction that Kay said to go in, all of them hoping, except for Kay, that she was right.

A few hours passed and they saw a castle in the distance. The creatures landed and InuYasha started to run towards the castle.

"InuYasha! Watch out for that-- Ah! Oh... Barrier..." Kay said, holding her hand out and sighing. Though, she winced when he hit the barrier, she sighed and looked so bored again.

"What the hell! Why didn't you laugh? That was actually sorta funny!" Michelle said, glaring at Kay.

"I guess truth does that to you," Kay said, walking over to the barrier and watching InuYasha change his Tetsusaiga into the red Tetsusaiga. He broke the barrier and Kay walked in, nearing the castle. Though Michelle wanted to run, they walked in, preserving their strength for the battle they knew was going to come.

Dammit! I hate not being able to lie! If someone asks me what I think of them, I'll have to tell the truth. And I can't hide things from people... This sucks, Kay thought, growling inside her head and trying to make the maddest face possible, but only managing to frown a little bit. I can't even express my feelings properly without yelling them in my head,

Charlie could sense Kay's distress and he stood by her, letting her pet him on the head. Soon the castle was within a short walk, but the group was getting more and more antsy. Silence filled the air and soon they stood in front of the castle, looking up at it.

"Well, let's go in, shall we?" Kay stated, walking up to the door and then going inside. She was followed and she abruptly turned, heading towards where she knew Kagome was. The others followed her without question.

- - -

Kagome sat, huddled in a corner of the room, looking at Rin sadly. How was she supposed to get out of here? She didn't even know where she was.

Rin had fallen asleep after a while, having been scared out of her mind. She desperately wanted Sesshomaru to come save them.

Kagome looked up. There was the sound of footsteps. Some muffled voices could be heard behind the door, and then the door fell to the floor in pieces. Kagome got up, and Rin woke from the noise. Standing in the door was InuYasha, Kay standing at his side.

"Nice job, Yasha," Kay said, taking a step into the room. She walked over to the center of the room and felt something small hit her leg. Kay looked down, seeing Rin, holding Kay's legs tightly like it was her last lifeline.

Kay knelt down and hugged Rin. "Hello, Rin-chan. I'm happy to see you," Kay said, patting Rin's head lightly.

"Kay-chan! Rin was so scared! I'm glad that you came," Rin said, snuggling into Kay's shoulder. Since Kay had been training, she had become stronger, and could easily lift Rin up.

"Let's go... Kagome, you coming?" Kay asked, looking over to Kagome where everyone else was at. They were all making sure she was OK. Kagome nodded and got up from her spot on the floor. The group exited the room and they went back the way they came, trying to locate the exit.

"How come you can't find the exit, Kay?" Shippo asked.

"I can only locate people," Kay said, looking around and holding Rin tightly. Kay stopped and looked on the floor. There was a rat just standing there, watching them.

"EEK!" Kagome screeched, jumping over to InuYasha and cowering in his kimono. "A mouse!"

"How did it get in here? The barrier wouldn't allow it to get inside here," Miroku said, looking at the mouse with a curious expression.

"That's because it isn't a mouse. That is Katakoutai," Kay said, holding onto Rin tighter.

"What?" Sango said, looking at the mouse.

"Katakoutai is a shape shifter," Kay said, watching the mouse. Suddenly it transformed into Katakoutai, slutty clothes and all.

"What a smart little girl! I'm just wondering how you could figure that out!" Katakoutai said as she jumped up and brought her claws out. She went after Kay and she dodged it, holding Rin tight to her chest. Rin gasped as Katakoutai went after Kay, holding out her claws. Knowing what was coming, Kay dodged it again and put her hand in Katakoutai's arm, digging her nails deep in her arm.

Katakoutai let out a shrill scream as she felt a horrible sensation that felt like her arm was being burned with the heat of the sun. She looked down at it and saw it disintegrating before her eyes. She took her arm away, her arm only being bone for most of the arm.

"Holy crap!" Michelle said, her eyes widened.

"Can someone fill me in here?" Kagome asked, making Katakoutai pay attention to the group farther away from her. She turned and started to run towards them, but she hit a barrier.

"Dammit! Not again!" Katakoutai said as she got up.

Kay was at the wall, digging her nails into it, slowly melting the wood and making a hole big enough for InuYasha to fit through comfortably.

"Let's get out of here," Kay said, running out of the hole with Rin in her arms. The group ran out, and Miroku ran with Kagome, telling her everything that had happened while she was being held captive.

"Kay-chan, do you know where Sesshomaru-sama is?" Rin asked Kay, holding onto her neck tightly.

Kay nodded. "I can find him."

- - -

Sesshomaru stood in the forest, the trees rustling in the wind and Jaken sanding next to him, looking around. Ah-Un stood behind him and was eating grass, oblivious to the demon lord's expression.

i That scent... She is with Rin. She protected Rin. Why/i Sesshomaru said, glaring into the forest. According to his calculations he was about two day's travel away from where Rin was, but the scents were moving closer to him, so maybe it would be one and a half day's travel.

He started walking, his posture straight and stiff.

"Sesshomaru-sama! Where are you going?" Jaken asked, watching his lord with large eyes.

Surprisingly, Sesshomaru stopped and turned. "We are going to find Rin," he said, his voice flat and quiet.

Jaken nodded and he started to walk after Sesshomaru. Ah-Un toed behind them, keeping up with the slow pace of Sesshomaru. It was strange that Sesshomaru wasn't going faster, but maybe it was because he knew Rin was in good hands.

Yeah right.

- - -

"AAAAAAH! DOGGY MEAN!" Rin screamed, hugging Kay's leg tightly.

"Charlie! Don't bark at Rin!" Kay growled, flames coming from her eyes.

Maybe I wouldn't bark at her if she didn't pull my tail! It hurts, dammit! Charlie yelled at them, forgetting not to shout it so everyone could hear.

Kay sighed and said, "Rin-chan, don't pull Charlie's tail. Charlie, don't bark at Rin. Rin-chan, if you don't pull Charlie's tail, he won't bark at you."

Rin nodded slowly, still hugging Kay's leg tightly. She still hadn't changed out of her modern clothes. She had started to miss the kimonos a little bit. She'd have to wear some later.

"O-okay..." Rin managed to say between sniffing and tears. Kay picked Rin up and they continued to walk, following Kay's directions. She had a feeling that she had to go see Kaede after this. Of course, she did have those weird super senses, so it could be that telling her this too.

"When will we find him?" Shippo asked, watching Kay carefully.

"Around a day or two," Kay said, walking calmly down the path.

"I don't see why we have to go find Sesshomaru. Usually he finds us," InuYasha said, growling.

"Just shut up, Yasha," Kay said, continuing to walk down the long path.

"I told you not to call me Yasha!"

- - -

They walked all through the night, taking turns sleeping on Charlie or Kirara. Even Kirara and Charlie slept on each other. Though, everyone but Kay had gone to sleep three times or more. She just went to sleep once, though she did sleep for a while. The only one who didn't sleep on one of the animals was Rin, who slept while being carried by Kay.

Kay just couldn't sleep any more. She wouldn't be able to. Her thoughts were somewhere else. She was actually thinking about what would happen when they met Sesshomaru... or what he would say. What would he do? Would he start to attack InuYasha? Or... or... Or something! Or super duper embarrassment for Kay! Gasp! Ultra gasp!

InuYasha was anxious for their meeting with Sesshomaru. He was told not to fight with him, so he had to suppress his urge to get in a fight.

It had already been a day, and all of them were hungry, but they didn't complain. They were sort of afraid of Kay.

InuYasha smelt the air and growled. "Well, I smell him. He's near by. We'll have to travel a little bit until we reach him, though," InuYasha said.

"Only about fifteen minutes," Kay said, pressing onward. "He's headed our way also."

"That really annoys me..." Michelle said. "You're much to serious now. You can't even smile, hardly."

"Just shut up. Sesshomaru is up ahead. He started to move faster, so it'll only be a little bit before we see him..." Kay said, sighing slightly.

The tension in the air grew and grew, until they turned on the trail and was almost face to face with Sesshomaru. Both groups stopped and Kay swallowed hard. She took a few steps forward and shook Rin a little bit, who was sleeping in her arms.

Rin yawned and opened her eyes, sleepiness flowing from her. She looked around and saw Sesshomaru. "Sesshomaru-sama?" she asked quietly.

Kay knelt down and put Rin down on the ground, holding her up so she could stand. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes and then ran over to Sesshomaru, hugging him tightly around the legs.

Kay stood up and looked at Sesshomaru, who was looking down at her with his normal cold stare.

"Thank you," he said, before turning sharply and bringing Rin with him. They walked off, soon disappearing through the forest.

"Did he just thank us?" InuYasha asked.

"No, he thanked Kay," Miroku said, pointing to the girl standing in front of them all.

Kay lifted a hand to her mouth and yawned, and then walked over to her dog, her eyes half closed. Getting on Charlie's back and laying down, she said before falling asleep, "Let's go to Kaede's village."

Next time: The group heads to Kaede's village, but why does Kay want to go there? What secret is she hiding? Wait a minute! Is Kay acting normal? Or maybe it's weird... Well, is she acting weird, so is she acting like herself again?

Michelle: You're so boring now.

Kay: OK, then.

Michelle: You're not funny any more!

Kay: OK, then.

InuYasha: Hey, Kay, did you gain some weight?

Kay: -twitch- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! -attacks InuYasha-

InuYasha: AHH! My ears! Ahh! My feet! Ah! My internal organs!

Michelle: While Kay beats InuYasha up, we travel to Kaede's village in InuYasha's Necklace and Dragon Fire!