Chapter 12

Night of the Full Moon

The next few days flew by without warning. The group didn't find anything except a few random demons but there was nothing special about them. Serena discovered new powers that she had.

She had an attack called. "Millennium Reaper Soul Destroyer" which sent out a beam of tremendous energy out of the palm of her hand. Sesshomaru taught her how to use the energy whip and poison claw attacks that he had. Inuyasha taught her how to use the Backlash Wave and Adamant Barrage. She also discovered that she could summon the element of fire which came in handy when a giant spider demon attacked them on her third day in the feudal era. They found a jewel shard from the spider and that was it.

The next day they all headed back to Keade's village. Kagome's birthday was tomorrow and she wanted to be home for her birthday. They all flew back to the village and got there in the mid-afternoon. Serena flew with Sesshomaru on his cloud. They had gotten closer together over the past few days. But Sesshomaru still held back his love for her. He didn't want to show his weakness for a half demon like her.

After saying good bye to Keade; Kagome, Inuyasha, and Serena left for the well. Serena felt kind of lonely without Sesshomaru by her side. But she would see him again tomorrow after the party. Inuyasha carried the girls to the well, and jumped into it.

They stayed at the shrine all night and, on Kagome's birthday, had a huge party for the now seventeen year old girl. Kagome's friends came over and took her to the mall while the rest of the family prepared for her return. Serena had to wear a bandana all day in case they came home early. Mom prepared a delicious cake, Gramps brought in the presents Kagome's friends dropped off the other day, and Souta help Serena and Inuyasha put up the streamers.

Inuyasha dropped a rolled of pink streamers and somehow got tangled up in it while falling off a ladder trying to catch it. Souta took a picture of it before Serena helped him out of the tangled mess.

It was near four o'clock before Kagome and company came home. They had cake and ice cream, Souta showed the picture of Inuyasha in the pink streamers to Kagome, and had a wonderful time. After the party was over, Kagome's friends went home and Kagome went to bed. Inuyasha stayed with her but Serena went back to the feudal era. But the problem was that when she got there, she felt strangely weak. Must have been from decorating the house for the party. She thought.

She climbed out of the well, and when she was out, she felt slightly dizzy. She sat next to the well and waited for her head to stop spinning.

"Serena?" she looked up and saw Sesshomaru coming from behind the trees.

"Oh, hi Sesshomaru." She tried to walk over to him but she was wobbling all over the place. "I feel really dizzy"

Sesshomaru quickly went over to her before she fell down. "We better head back to Lady Keade's place. You look kind of pale."

"Yeah, okay." She put her arms around him and he carried her to the old woman's home. She saw that the sun was setting in the horizon when they were above the trees.

When they finally reached the house, Serena was incredibly weaker then she was at the well. This is not from the decorating. She thought as they walked inside the house. This is something else. What's happening to me?

"Keade." She saw the old woman by the fire. Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Rin and Jaken were also there. Ah Un was sleeping outside. "Something's wrong with me."

"Lord Sesshomaru, put her on the blankets over there." Keade pointed to a small pile of blankets over in the corner. As Sesshomaru walked her over to the blankets, strands of silver hair fell out of her head.

"I was afraid of this." Came Myogas' voice from nowhere.

"Myoga?" Sesshomaru sat Serena down on the blankets. The flea jumped onto Serena's open hand. "You're still here?"

"Yes. I stay here most of the time when Master Inuyasha and the others are out looking for the jewel shards." Myoga sat down on her palm and continued. "Anyway, the reason you feel so weak and you silver hair is molting is because this is the night you turn human. Normally, it's the night of the new moon but it looks like it's the full moon for you."

"What happens during to me during a full moon night?" she lend against the wall to balance herself.

"Well, in short, you lose your powers for the whole night. You can't even use the Tetsusaiga. You are also very vulnerable to being killed." Myoga watched clumps of silver hair fall out and black hair appear on Serena's head. Her eyes turned a light green color and her claws shrunk into regular fingernails. The dog ears disappeared and her human ears appeared. When the sun had completely set, Serena transformed into her old human form.

"Well, at you get to see what I looked like before I became a demon.?" She picked out the torn shred of the sash that she used to tie of her braid out of the pile of silver hair on the floor.

She looked at Sesshomaru and saw there was no change in his expression. He was still looking at her with concerned eyes. Does he still have feelings for me even though I'm a human?

"We'll have to protect her from evil tonight." Miroku said as he helped Keade clean up the mess of silver hair.

"I suspect your cat demon can detect evil oras approaching?" Sesshomaru asked Sango. She nodded as Kilala mewed at him.

"Ah Un can also detect evil." Said Rin. Shippo was with her and they were drawing pictures.

Once the hair was all cleaned up, Serena didn't feel weak anymore but she still knew martial art techniques that she learned a long time ago. "Guys, I'll be fine." she stood up and said, "I may not be a half demon anymore but I can still kick butt."

"Are you sure it be wise to be saying that Lady Serena?" Keade said as she put the broom away.

"Of course." She re-braided her raven hair and said, "I didn't take three years of learning the martial arts for nothing."

"Well alright. But take Kilala with you just in case." The little cat demon jumped off Sangos' lap and in Serenas' open arms. Kilala mewed at her happily as Serena gently scratched behind her ears.

Serena decided to go out for a walk and Kilala sat comfortably on her shoulder. Sesshomaru stayed behind and took care of Rin. But what Serena didn't expect was that she was about to meet someone who wasn't even alive.