Last time: Charlie saw Sesshomaru kissing Kay and took it the wrong way. That rhymes. Charlie left to go find Kikyo, and Kay took after him, blaming herself for what happened.

Chapter 18: This Sucks

Charlie ran through the forest, the rain pouring down on him. He didn't care. He didn't care about anything at the moment. He just wanted to forget. He didn't want to feel anything. This pain...

He searched for Kikyo, following what scent he could pick up. His ears flattened on his head and he blinked away the water that started to build up in his eyes. Charlie ignored the water that poured down from the heavens, forgetting everything except for finding the dead priestess.

- - -

Kay rode on top of Kirara as she traveled through the forest, not wishing to fly near the clouds in fear that she might get hit by lightning. The rain continued to fall and Kay wiped away some of the water that was running into her eyes.

Where are you, Charlie? Kay asked herself, clutching onto Kirara's fur. The lightning lit the sky and was soon followed by booming thunder, causing Kay to jump a bit. She shivered, trying to shake the feeling of cold, but it wouldn't go away. Probably because she was stuck in a storm...

Kay looked around and bit her lip, trying to figure out where the demon had gone off to.

- - -

Charlie ran and blinked a couple times before sniffing the air again, realizing he was very close to the priestess. She wasn't too far away now. She was near. Kikyo was near the dog. Charlie was nearing the priestess who he was looking for. The dead priestess was closer than Charlie anticipated. He had almost reached the priestess. Now that I'm done saying that many different ways, Charlie slowed to walk once he saw Kikyo in the distance.

He stopped and breathed in deeply. Realizing that he stopped and he ran towards Kikyo and slowed once he reached her.

"Kikyo... I need your help," Charlie said, walking in front of her a little bit.

"What would you like help with?" Kikyo asked.

Charlie cleared his throat. "I need you to take this spell off of me and return me back to normal."

- - -

Kay sliced through the body of a bird demon. They had started attacking her and Kirara since they came through their territory, though while on Kirara, Kay managed to stop most attacks and suffered from only a few scratches and bruises.

"Hurry Kirara! I know the demons are bothering you, but we need to get to Charlie before he's transformed back!" Kay yelled, fighting off a demon with her sword. She flicked as much blood off of the sword as she could and brought the sword to the other side of Kirara and killing a few more demons.

The rain started to fall faster and thicker and Kirara wasn't able to see a handful of bird demons attacking her legs until it was too late. Kirara had to transform back to her tiny form and Kay had to run herself through the forest.

Kirara jumped on Kay's shoulder and hissed at whatever came after Kay and attacked them as best she could as Kay tried to run faster, though she continued to slow with her heavy clothing. Her teeth clenched and she acted much like InuYasha while fighting, slicing through anything that got in her way.

"Come on, Kirara!" Kay yelled as she got a boost of adrenaline. Her hair flew out behind her and she yelped out in surprise when a bird demon attacked her head. Kay hit it off of her head and sliced through the bird, but was upset when she found out her hair was now hanging loosely and out of it's tie. She picked up the hair tie that landed on the ground and held onto it, making sure not to lose the trinket that Rin gave to her.

This sucks ass.

- - -

"Do you have a person you love?" Kikyo asked, facing Charlie.

He blushed and nodded. "Yes, I do."

"Good. I need to use something of theirs to complete the transformation," Kikyo explained.

"Ah," Charlie said. He looked down to his neck and untied the bandana. Hesitantly he gave it to the priestess and she bowed as she took it. Kikyo held onto the bandana and got something from her kimono. She pulled out a vial of some sort of dirt.

"This is the dirt from Mt. Fuji," Kikyo said. "A sacred part of the mountain, and it is mixed with herbs."

Charlie nodded, not really caring what the mixture was. Kikyo opened the vial and started to pour it in a nice circle around Charlie. She folded the bandana into a triangle and placed it directly in front of Charlie.

Kikyo then stood in front of the bandana and Charlie and put her hand in an elaborate position and started to say a long and confusing incantation.

Suddenly Charlie was knocked to the ground just as Kikyo was finishing the incantation. The circle of dirt glowed and the inside circle became bright. Though, soon the light faded away and Charlie looked down. He had been pushed out of the ring.

Someone sobbed against Charlie's chest and he looked at the brown hair that fell over her face and sides. It curled near the ends and much of it stayed flat to her scalp.

She quickly moved up and hugged Charlie tightly around the neck.

"I don't want you to become a dog again," Kay said, holding onto Charlie.

"Kay?" Charlie asked.

"Who else would it be?" Kay asked, bringing her head up and wiping away some tears that fell down her cheeks unnoticed.

Charlie's soft face suddenly became angry and he glared at her. "What about Sesshomaru?" He asked harshly.

"What about him?" Kay asked, startled by Charlie's sudden change of mood.

Charlie growled slightly. "You know what I mean..." Charlie said. He looked away, almost ashamed. "I saw you two..." he whispered.

Kay smiled slightly. "What you saw was a guy trying to get back together with a girl who didn't like him..."

Charlie raised an eyebrow. "I don't like Sesshomaru..." Kay said, grinning.

Charlie smirked a bit and looked Kay directly in the eyes. Kay stood up and held out her hand for Charlie to take. He took her hand and pulled himself up and looked over to Kikyo. Kay turned and looked at her also, smiling a bit.

Kikyo nodded and started to walk away, smirking slightly as she turned away from the two. The rain still fell down, soaking the two of them and making Kay shiver slightly. Charlie smirked and looked around to see Kirara come out of the bushes and jump up onto his shoulders, nuzzling her head into his cheek.

"Let's go home," Charlie said, picking up Kay and jumping through the forest.

- - -

"I'm going out to look for them!" InuYasha yelled as he stormed off towards the forest.

"No! Kay has to do this herself!" Kagome said to him, putting an arm on his shoulder. InuYasha turned to look at her.

"What if he becomes a dog again?" InuYasha asked.

Kagome looked at InuYasha sadly. "Then he'll be a dog again... but what if he doesn't? Kay is the only one who can stop him," Kagome said to InuYasha.

"Why is Kay the only one who can stop him?" Michelle asked, walking out towards them and overhearing much of their conversation.

Kagome and InuYasha froze. "No reason!" Kagome said quickly.

"Is it because she's the one who knows me best?" Charlie asked, walking towards the group with Kay by his side.

"Sure! That makes sense... CHARLIE?" yelled Kagome and InuYasha together.

... They're so dumb.

Next Chapter: The jewel is complete now, though more and more demons are showing up to try and take the whole jewel. InuYasha and Kagome have decided that they wanted to decide on what to wish for together. What do they have in mind?

Michelle: They're going to make InuYasha's penis bigger!

Kay: ... Um... Wow... That... that's special. Um... Yeah.

Michelle: Sorry, I'm random today.

Kay: ... I couldn't guess.

Michelle: Yeah...

Kay: Do you have a piece of gum?

Michelle: Why?

Kay: I just want some gum...

Michelle: You pervert!

Kay: What the hell?

Michelle: You just leave that to me.

Kay: I'll slowly walk away now.

Michelle: I'm sure that he'll forgive you.

Kay: Run... RUN! RUN, FOREST, RUN! RUN TO THE NEXT CHAPTER, You Taste Like Nachos!