Thoughts

"Telepathic communications"

Spell words

Flash backs

[Author's notes]

"So there auras are different than normal?" Eclipse asked Cody as they all went to the living room.

Cody nodded, sitting on the couch. "Sam's aura was red and gray, which for him is curious and thoughtful. Dean's was blue for relaxed yet there was brown in it for preparedness."

"I thought red meant angry?" Sarah asked confused, as she sat in the old rocking chair across from the couch.

"Sakura, did you ever listen to my lessons?" Eclipse asked her.

Sarah blushed, and opened her mouth to answer but Cody cut in.

"I bet she did, you just didn't make any sense." He said, receiving a glare from Eclipse. He ignored it and continued. "Anyways, their auras would be normal if they weren't tinged by black. Dean's aura is black right over his heart and Sam's outlines his whole aura. It's kina like a second skin."

"But it's not shadows right?" Eclipse asked him, seeming worried.

"No." Cod y shook his head. "By the way, did you bring your math notes Sarah?"

"Yeah." She pulled them out of her pocket. As she handed it to him, his cell phone started to ring.

"Yes?" Cody answered it. The person on the other end spoke briefly as he listened. "Sure, I'll check." Cody got up and mouthing "excuse me" he left the room just as Carry, his Dad's secretary came in.

"The Mayor would like to see you now Eclipse." She turned and left without waiting for her.

"Look at the blueprints of the theater; I know there's a secret passage there somewhere." Eclipse whispered, smiling mischievously. "Free movies here we come."

Sarah shook her head in disappointment but got up and kneeled next to the table and began flipping through the piles of blue prints. She picked up one pile Eclipse had already sorted and moved it to one side. As she did so one slipped off the bottom and fluttered to the floor. Picking it up, she looked at it. "Kuromitsukai…" She muttered, "Isn't that's Eclipse's last name?"

She was so absorbed in her thoughts that when the door shut she jumped. Looking up she saw Cody. "Geez, you scared me."

"Sorry." He said, "By the way that was Brandon."

"Really? What did he want?"

"He wanted me to email the rules for the scavenger hunt next week. Oh, and he wanted to ask Eclipse about something." Then seeing the shocked look on her face added, "Don't worry, I positive that he's not asking her to the dance."

Sarah sighed, still not reassured. "By the way, isn't this Eclipse's last name?"

"Yeah, it is…" Cody paused in thought. "Did you find that in the pile?"

"Yeah, the one Eclipse had already gone through. Do you think she knows about it?"

"Probably. My Dad once told me that Eclipse had ancestors that had lived here at one point. I thought he meant like one from a decade or two ago but it says here it was given to the mayor about twenty years ago."

"We can always ask her about it later." Sarah pushed it aside. "Let's just find the movie theater one."

Cody nodded and reached for a pile of the blueprints. "The passage was said to be near the right curtain or the right exit. It'll lead both outside as well as behind the screen."

Sarah nodded and went started looking through her pile of blueprints.

∞Ω∞

Eclipse smiled politely to the Winchesters, even though her heart was racing again. How did they find us? Not letting her anxiety show she said, "Hello again."

The taller one couldn't hide his shock behind a smile fast enough so she saw it. This must be Sam; hmmm…he has a cute smile- oh shut up me, they're hunters.

"Eclipse, this is Sam and Dean Winchester." Mayor Jacob said pointing to one than the other. "They're here to-" He was cut off by the phone beeping as Carry came over the intercom.

"Sir, the police chief is here for you." Her nasal voice was amplified by the volume of the speaker.

"Could you excuse me for a moment? There was a debate going on at the mall and it's probably started a spat. No, no you stay here. I should be back soon but if I'm not could you take them to their hotel Eclipse? It's the Hollow Pine."

Eclipse nodded as the mayor grabbed his coat. "I'm sorry about this, boys."

"It's ok sir." Sam said, "It'll be fine."

As soon as the door closed behind the Mayor Eclipse spoke up. "I take it this is about the vampire dude, right?"

"Uh, yeah." Sam said a little taken back by her brisk attitude. "We just wanted to-"

"Ask me a few questions, I know." She went and sat in the mayor's chair, placing her feet on his desk. "Well the vampire was tall, either 6'4" or 6'7". His hair was bleach blonde with black highlights and he was really pale as far as I could tell. He was wearing like a trench coat jacket, which was all black. He had fangs, two of them not a million before you ask." Eclipse added that as Sam had opened his mouth to double check that fact.

"Ok." Dean jumped in, glad things were moving along. "Now where did you see him?"

"In the forest near my mom's old house. I was exploring and he suddenly appeared.

"Did he try to attack you?" Sam asked.

"No, he just bared his fangs than ran off…" Eclipse glanced around the room. What was that sound?

"The other victims, the dead ones, were they out there when they were attacked?" Sam asked, as Dean took another drink of his beer.

"No, they were in different alleys of town, don't ask me exactly where, I wouldn't know."

"Well, did you know any of the other victims?" Dean spoke up again.

"It's a small town, but no I didn't. I've only been here a few months." She glanced out the window absent mindedly playing with a pen.

"Is there anywhere we can reach you in case we need to talk to you again?" Sam asked, handing her a slip of paper. "If you need us, call us here."

"Ok." Eclipses answered him, "And if you need to reach me just call the mayor. Cody knows how to get a hold of me."

Dean opened his mouth to comment when suddenly Eclipse jumped up, tensing.

"Damn it." Her fists clenched at her sides.

"What?" Dean asked, also rising to his feet, Sam following him.

"Trouble." Eclipse rushed out the door. The Winchesters following.

∞Ω∞

Cody yawned as he set the blueprints of the theater down. After Sarah had found them, they immediately started looking for abnormalities from the newer set of blueprints. At first glance they seemed exactly the same but looking closer things weren't exactly lined up. So far they had only found some pillars that had been moved with the addition of new seats.

"This is nuts. I don't know how Eclipse thinks that there is a secret passage. I've lived here longer and I've never heard of it." Sarah complained as she wearily rubbed her eyes.

"It's old legend that Miss Maria told her." Cody explained, referring to the owner of Maygik Remedies Emporium. "My Dad knew about it too. He said he never told me because he didn't want me to get in trouble for trying to find it."

"Well he is right. You're going to get in trouble doing this. You and Eclipse always get into trouble."

Cody laughed, "Of course, her plans are all dangerous to good reputations. Anyways, my curiosity has always been a little extravagant."

"Yeah it-" Sarah began, but was cut off by a thump out in the hall. "What was that?"

Cody shrugged and got up. Slowly he got up and proceeded to the door, Sarah following him. He opened the door, to see a tall man in a black cloak, coat thing. His hair was blonde with black highlights.

"Well hello there." He said turning and looking right into her eyes. Sarah gasped, his eyes were red, red like blood.

"Who are you?" Cody bravely asked, moving to stand in front of her.

The man laughed, suddenly appearing in front of them. He smashed Cody down the hall where he remained unconscious.

"Crap, this is not good." A female voice sounded. Sarah looked around for the owner but didn't find it.

"You smell good, delicious in fact."

"Run Sarah." The voice came again. When she didn't move the voice continued, "I'd better get Max."

In a moment of pure chance it hit Sarah. The voice wasn't speaking out loud, it was in her head.

"Finally. My name's Ruby. We have time for questions though. Start running now, Max is on her way."

What? Sarah thought, but Ruby just continued to prompt her to run. Sarah took a step back, freezing when the man's hand shot out and grabbed her by the throat.

"I'll choke you if you struggle, now don't move, we're about to receive a guest I'd like to bargain with." He smirked.

∞Ω∞

Eclipse ran down the hall, pausing only slightly by the door before racing up the stairs. Dean followed her, at the last second pulling out his gun. Behind him Sam slipped on a book he had knocked off the shelves that lined the staircase.

"Hey." Dean called to Eclipse who ignored him and continued running. She was pulling ahead of him despite his longer stride. She disappeared around the corner. Seconds later he turned the corner, stopping immediately so he didn't smack into Eclipse who had stopped and was looking down the hall at something.

As Sam finally caught up he saw the vampire down the hall, holding Sarah by the throat and Cody prone on the floor.

"Ah hello again little witch." The vampire spoke up, reviling his fangs. Eclipse just glared back. "Don't tell me you're not happy to see me."

Eclipse took in the situation quickly and started to rush forward but Dean grabbed the hood of her sweatshirt and yanked her back. "Let me and Sam deal with this. This is what we do."

"It's Sam and I dimwit." Eclipse grumbled, slipping out of her sweatshirt and running down the hall. She swung her fist out, causing the vampire to laugh. He stopped suddenly as the knife that she had concealed in her palm connected with his side.

Angrily he swung for her head, but she dodged it and darted just to the limit of his reach. He pulled the knife out and scowled even more. Holding Sarah father away from him, he swung at Eclipse with her knife. She ducked, dodging it again, causing an opening in the vampire's guard. Dean noticed the opening and took the chance to shoot the vampire once.

In retaliation the vampire threw Sarah at Dean, who dropped his gun to catch and in the process crashed into Sam. As they untangled themselves, the vampire reached out for Eclipse who was checking on Cody. He grabbed her by her arm and swung her into the wall and trapped her there with his forearm.

"Once again you choose to be hostile little witch." He took a closer look at the knife in his hand. The blade flashed red as the light hit his blood on it. "Though this time you're efforts disappoint me. A silver knife, did you honestly think that it would work on me?" He wiped it off as Eclipse glared at him.

"Put her down." Sam shouted, pointing his gun at the vampire. Dean followed suit after gently propping Sarah against the wall.

The vampire looked at them with a mixture of scorn and amusement. "Keeping company with hunters? What would your brother think?"

Eclipse struggling came to an abrupt halt, pain filtering across her face briefly, before cold fury replaced it. Her struggling renewed. "Itachi you bastard."

"Well it looks like we'll have to continue our little conversation another time." Itachi purred. He threw her a little ways down the hall where she smashed into the wall.

Sam and Dean aimed to fire but stopped when they saw that Itachi had picked up Cody and was using him as a shield.

"How about I'll return after this little snack." Itachi gently shook Cody while he licked his lips for emphasis.

"Cody." Eclipse coughed out angrily, slowly rising to her feet.

Itachi laughed as he stepped back towards the window. A look of dark, twisted amusement was on his face as he met Eclipse's eyes. He was so intent on causing her anguish that he failed to notice the figure in the shadows behind him in the shadows. As he took another step towards the window the figure moved to stand behind him.

"Hey Itachi, aren't you forgetting something." Eclipse spoke up.

"And what's that?" Itachi asked, taking the bait.

"Ruby." Eclipse said so quietly the Winchesters had to strain to hear her.

"Hey." The figure answered her, stepping into the light. She looked to be about twenty-two, twenty-four. Her hair was blonde and fell past her shoulders. She was of medium height, although the way she stood made her seem taller. She swung her fist into Itachi's side, making him lose his grip on Cody. Quicker than possible she moved to Eclipse side and gently laid Cody down.

Eclipse looked up at her, her emotions of joy and shock visible for a moment before disappearing behind a mask. She nodded, "Thanks Ruby."

Ruby nodded, smiling. Out of the corner of her eye she glanced at Sam and Dean who were watching both them and Itachi as he crept to the window. Turning to him she spoke up, "I'd leave faster bloodsucker. You're time will come to an end soon."

Itachi bared his fangs angrily as he jumped out the window. Eclipse dashed to the window, Sam and Dean following her. "Damn…" She muttered.

"Eclipse?" A quite voice grabbed their attention.

"Sarah?" Eclipse dashed back to her friend. "Are you ok?"

Sarah nodded, rubbing her head. "I'm going to have a bad head ache though? What happened?"

"A v-" Sam started but Eclipse cut him off.

"A nut job dressed as a vampire came in and decided to attack you guys." She answered, glaring at Sam, daring him to disagree. ""When he saw these two he split real quickly."

Sarah smiled gratefully at the Winchesters. "Thanks." She said, smiling embarrassedly. Then her face fell, "What about Cody?"

"He's fine." Cody said appearing over Eclipse's shoulder. "I'm going to have a wicked bruise on my side but that's it."

Eclipse smiled relieved. "Well that was interesting." She commented, helping Sarah to her feet. "I wanted life to get more interesting and look what I get."

"Could we get back to our discussion from earlier?" Sam asked, just as the grandfather clock in the hall started to chime one.

"Shit." Eclipse muttered, "I'm going to be late for work, later." She ran down the stairs in a rush.

"Well, that was…" Dean muttered.

"Eclipse." Cody put in. "That's Eclipse."

Sarah smiled at the joke. "She'll be working until four or five. If you want I can tell you where she'll be."

"Is it ok to talk to her while she's working?" Sam asked, looking at her in confusion for a moment. He shook his head to clear it.

"Of course." She answered, oblivious to what he had just done. "It's the Maygik Remedies Emporium. It's on Spice road, the building with the ivy surrounding the door."

"Spice road is the main road in town." Cody supplied, not nearly as trusting as Sarah. "Would you like me to show you?"

"No thanks we'll be fine. Thank you for offering though." Sam said, turning to go.

"Thank you again!" Sarah called to the Winchesters as they walked down the stairs. The shorter one was kind of cute.

"He's too old for you. Good choice though. That's exactly who I would have chosen." Ruby commented, causing Sarah to jump. "By the way they really didn't do much."

Liar. Eclipse wouldn't have lied about what happened. Sarah thought back, following Cody back into the living room. Seeing the mess of blue prints scattered across the floor she groaned.

"Let's just clean them up." Cody suggested and the nearest blueprints and stacking them on them table. "Eclipse can help us resort them later."

Sarah smiled half-heartedly. "It just sucks that all the work we did was for nothing."

"Not nothing, we found out that Eclipse is hiding something that has to do with those two guys."

"I don't know. They seem like cops, not some shady cult members, which I know was what you were thinking about." Cody blushed guiltily. "You just don't like them."

"Duh." He paused, still holding a pile of blueprints. "That Sam one and her kept glancing at each other when the other wasn't looking."

"So you're jealous?" Sarah joked, "I don't think Eclipse knows them very well. They sure didn't know anything about her."

"Not that we know that much either." Cody muttered too quietly for her to hear. "You seemed different too for a second."

"What did you say Cody?" Sarah asked.

"That boy's smart. Hmmm I wonder." Ruby butted in.

Shut up. Sarah shot back, missing the look of surprise that flashed across Cody's face. She placed the last blueprints on the table. "All done."

"Good. I'd better let you go." Cody commented, "You've probably got some stuff to do to get ready for the dance tomorrow."

Sarah nodded than distractedly, "Oh my gosh, I forgot to grab that stuff for my dress." She shrieked suddenly as what he had said registered.

"Be careful!" Cody called after her as she dashed out of the room. Now alone with his thoughts he grabbed the blueprints of the Kuromitsukai place and went to his room. Looking them over he searched for the hint that Ruby had told him existed on it.

∞Ω∞

"Eclipse, you're late." Miss Maria sang out as Eclipse crashed through the back door of Maygik Remedies Emporium into the green house of the shop.

Eclipse smiled embarrassedly. "Sorry Naő. I was having some boy trouble." Her face darkened, "Itachi showed up at Cody's."

[a/n: Naő is pronounced Nay-oh.]

"That young man is disappointing." Maria commented as she stepped out from behind the plants she had been trimming. Her wild gray hair was restrained in a braid that fell to her waist. Behind her glasses her gray eyes flashed angrily. "First he dabbles in the black arts and then he continues to chase after you." She motioned for Eclipse to take the basket of leaves she was holding.

"Well, he's not really that bad. I mean I'd take care of him, but it would cause trouble." She shrugged indifferently.

"With who? You mean there are more boys, right?" Maria looked at her expectantly.

"You know me too well Naő." She smiled in defeat. "Yeah there are. Winchesters."

"Max, no." Maria gasped. "Does that mean you and Ruby will be leaving soon?"

Eclipse nodded. "Sorry Naő."

"No, no it's Max. Relax. If's it's anyone's fault it's that weasel Itachi's for forcing you into this predicament."

"Naő, I'm not up to full strength." She looked at her feet. "The rites may.."

Maria looked at her in shock. " No, Maxine Kuro-"

"Naő!" Eclipse scolded her. "Eclipse." She stressed. Motioning for silence she cocked her head, hearing something. Stepping lightly to the window she glanced outside. "Never mind." She took a half step away and then pivoted back, swing the widow open in a quick move.

A muffled thump followed by the sound of metal hitting something. Maria followed Eclipse to the door and arrived just as Eclipse wrestled someone through the door way.

"Brandon." She angrily muttered, letting him go. "What are you doing sneaking around?"

"I was on my way over here to talk to you about something when Cody called. He wanted to know if you were up to anything suspicious."

"Cody?" Eclipse sighed, then muttered quietly. "Ruby."

"Well, now that I'm here," He shifted nervously from foot to foot, "Can I talk to you?"

"Sure." Maria spoke up. "She has to finish cleaning up first though."

"But Naő, I have to work today. I promised I would help out today!"

"Eclipse, it's fine. Come back later though, ok? I have something to discuss with you."

"Yes Naő." She answered Maria, then turned to Brandon. "I'll meet you outside in fifteen minutes, okay?"

Brandon nodded. "Sorry for sneaking around."

"That's fine." Eclipse said accepting his apology as she started sweeping the floor. "Just use the front entrance so you don't bump into any other eavesdroppers.

Brandon left, confused. Maria followed him, shaking her head. Eclipse continued sweeping, ignoring the two almost inaudible thumps that indicated Sam and Dean's exit.

"Idiots." Eclipse mumbled, grabbing the dustpan. Moving more gracefully than humanly possible, she swept the dirt and leaves into the dustpan in one smooth move. Emptying in into the trash can, she paused and looked over her shoulder at the window. Seeing nothing she flicked off the light and left.

∞Ω∞

Sam and Dean sat comfortably in the Impala as they waited for Eclipse to come out of Maygick Remedies Emporium. The boy, Brandon was sitting outside on a bench, looking at his phone.

"Do you really think she knew we were there?" Sam asked Dean, leafing through their dad's journal. So far he could find no mention of a vampire with two fangs.

"No she didn't Sam. You couldn't be human if you heard us." Dean turned the radio up as a Metallica song came on the radio. "Relax."

"Dean." Sam glanced at him, and Dean turned the volume back down with a sigh."

"What Sammy?"

"Are you sure you don't want to be looking for a way out of your deal?"

"No." Dean's face hardened. "Sam, I told you. If I try to get out of my deal, you die."
They fell into a tense silence, Sam once again flipping through the pages of their dad's journal. When Eclipse came out of the shop they snapped to attention. Sam opened the window as Dean turned the music off so they could hear what was said.

"Ok Brandon, what's up?" She asked, leaning against the wall.

"Well...I was…" He shyly stuttered, then gathering his courage. "Well one does Sarah have a date to homecoming yet?"

"No." Eclipse answered emotionless.

"Then is it ok if I ask her?" He rushed over the words.

Eclipse laughed. "Of course! Did you really think I'd care?" Her smile grew mischievous. "Do I scare you?"

Brandon blushed. "No …I'm not… I'm not afraid of anything."

She looked at him steadily, her face serious. "You know you should."

"Is that a threat?" Brandon asked, more shocked than angry.

"No. Sorry just some nonsense. Forget it." She assured him, seeming to snap out of a trance.

"Oh." He shifted uncomfortably from foot to foot. "Ok."

"Well, come on. Let's go find Sarah so you can ask." She smiled encouragingly. "Don't worry. She'll definitely say yes, so don't panic."

"I'm not panicking." He mumbled, but Eclipse had already turned away. Quickly he caught up with her. Together they walked down the street to the bus stop at the corner.

Sam turned to Dean, who nodded getting what he was suggesting. Dean drove over to the bus stop.

"Hey Eclipse!" Sam called out as Dean pulled up to the curb. "Is that you?"

Eclipse noticed them, and smiled. "Hey Sam, Dean. What's up?'

"We were attempting to find our hotel-"

"Oh shit, that's right. I was supposed to take you guys there. Sorry." Sorrow crossed her face before it brightened. "Well I can show you now if you'd like."

"That'd be nice; in return we could give you a ride." Dean spoke up, "Get in, and no complaining about the music."

Eclipse smiled gratefully. "That won't be a problem. Thanks."

Sam climbed out of the care and moved the seat forward. Brandon climbed in first, trying not to stare at Dean. As Eclipse moved to follow him, someone passing behind them bumped, into her, knocking her off balance. Sam reached out and grabbed her arm and pulled her into to him so she wouldn't fall. Like when their hands had brushed earlier, he felt a continuous shockwave up and down his arm.

"You ok?"He asked her, letting go of her. The shockwave stopped, leaving his arm feeling numb.

"I'm fine." She answered. "Thank you." Gosh… he's strong. She felt the blood rise to her cheeks. "Sorry, usually my balance is better." What was that feeling? Twice now it's happened…well at least I accomplished my goal.

"It's ok." Sam told her as she climbed into the back of the Impala. He placed the seat back and sat down. He mind was trying to figure out what had happened. What that feeling had been.

Dean carefully looked at his brother's face. He could tell that Sam was grappling with something that wouldn't fit together. Catching his eyes, he frowned. Sam, understanding that he wanted to know later, nodded.

Satisfied Dean pulled away from the curb, listening to Eclipse directions. After about fifteen to twenty minutes, she told him to take a right and they saw the hotel.

"Would you be willing to drop us off at the library next to it? A friend's there we'd like to talk to." Eclipse politely asked.

"Sure." Dean answered, turning into the library parking lot. "Thank you for showing us where it was."

"You're welcome. Well, enjoy your stay there. It's a nice hotel." She told them, as her and Brandon climbed out of the Impala and headed into the library.

Dean looked around as Sam climbed back into the car. "Hey." He motioned a shadowy figure in an alley, one wearing a black trench coat. "Colt."

Sam nodded and reached into his belt. "Ummmm."

"What? Don't tell me you never grabbed it." Dean angrily looked at his brother.

"I put it in my pocket as soon as we left the Mayor's house. I remember last checking if it was there after we got back in the car from spying on Ecl- Damn it! When she bumped into me she must have grabbed it."

"Damn her! I'm going to kill her!" Dean roared, clenching his fists. "I knew there was something odd about the way she acted when we questioned her." He climbed out of the car, Sam following.

"Dean, calm down." Sam looked at him carefully. "She's just a kid."

"Not a normal kid! Come on Sam tell how that's normal? A kid attacking a freaking vampire with a silver knife?" Dean was pacing now. "And that ghost, apparition thing, Ruby. She didn't freak out at that. No, instead she was just hunky-dory with her."

"Dean calm down. We'll talk to her tomorrow, okay? Let's go to the hotel for a bit." Sam steered Dean to the car.

Once they reached to hotel room Sam remembered the figure. Glancing out of the widow he could just see the alley where it had been. The figure was no longer there. Suddenly his phone rang, making him jump.

"Hello?" He answered it. Dean walked out of the bathroom, heading over to him.

"Sam, tomorrow Sarah is going to homecoming. Eclipse should be there and I think you should talk to her."

"Cody?" Sam's eyes widened. Dean looked shocked as well.

"Yeah. I know this is weird but I think Eclipse is-" Static cut him off.

"Cody?" Sam called, hearing the static fade. Dean grabbed the phone out his hand.

"Hey handsome." A female voice was on the phone now. "Cody's fine, sorry for cutting him off." You could hear the smirk in her voice. "I just wanted to give you a bit of friendly advice, leave us alone. Max and I don't appreciate the nuisance you've caused us."

The static disappeared and Cody's voice came back through. "Sam? Dean?"

"This is Dean." Dean commented, looking at Sam. "What?"

"Well, I'll just meet you outside the school gym at eight tomorrow. Please be there, it's important." He hung up hurriedly.

"What was that about" Dean asked Sam, who shrugged.

"I don't know, why would Cody want to meet us? And what's so important?"

"Tomorrow at eight we'll figure it out." Dean said, "For now let's get some sleep."

∞Ω∞

I ran, my footsteps echoing across the bare floor. "Brother!" My voice quaked with fear. "Brother!" A deep pain in my shoulder sent me crashing to my knees. My vision narrowed to a stripe. It grew larger if I tried to focus, but barely.

"Little witch." His voice came from next to my ear. "Shall I-"

"Max!" Brother's voice came from a few steps away. "Back off Itachi!" He was angry now. Without being able to see him I knew his ice blue eyes had darkened with gray fury.

I forced myself to climb to my feet. Going through the wards that guarded Ruby's room I grabbed her hand and dragged her out into the hall. Itachi and Leon were fighting, Itachi with a sword, Leon his trusty knife. I lead Ruby down the hall.

"Max?" She questioned me, trying to keep the free out of her voice. "Where are we going?"

"To Naő, she's just outside with a car. She's gonna get you out of here." Her voice was steady and comforting although she didn't know it. Immediately assured by her tone, Ruby relaxed a bit. We ran out the back door and on to a long paved driveway.

"Over here girls." Naő called us over to a car. "Hurry up you two."

"Thanks Naő. Can you take her to your house for a bit?" I asked, turning back towards the house.

"Where are you going Max?" Naő called after me.

"Leon's still inside. I'm not leaving him." I ran into the house, ignoring her shouts.

Quickly I made it back to the hall where Leon was still fighting Itachi. So far Leon as doing well, having hit Itachi a few times while sustaining no hits himself. As I watched Leon dodged another hit, and danced down the hall. Along his arms I could see black marks moving and shifting.

"Oh look." Itachi spoke up, having noticed me. "The little witch."

Leon whirled around, looking shocked. "Max, get out of here!" He commanded me.

"Not without you! Come on let's go." I shouted back, my stubborn nature taking over.

"Max!" He shouted, and shoved me. I fell and rolled to absorb the shock. Rising quickly to my feet I looked at Leon.

"Leon!" I screamed staring at the sword sticking out of his chest. A red circle started to blossom around it. Over his shoulder I saw Itachi's grinning face. I glared at him in repulsion and anger.

"Max." I heard a soft plea coming from Leon. Whether it was spoken out loud or in my mind I couldn't tell. "Run." I heard it again. I turned and ran, my mind still seeing the shocked look of fear on Leon's face. And the hidden look of blame.

"No!" Eclipse gasped sitting up in bed. Looking around she glanced at the moon out the window. Ugh. The one night I actually needed to sleep and I can't.

"You never needed to sleep before." Ruby commented. Eclipse could hear the smirk in her voice.

"So nice of you to speak up." Eclipse shot back. "How come you never told me you could manifest like that?"

"I didn't know. I tried it again but it didn't work. So don't think I lied."

"I never said you did. It just shocked me." Eclipse's got up, and looked at the clock. "Only midnight? Well that'll give me enough time to go pop over for a visit."

"You know going back is only going to make you feel worse?" Ruby said, her voice full of pity. "Please don't. "

"If you really don't want me too, then fine." Eclipse walked down the hall to the study. "Well since I can't sleep I have to say something. Why the heck did you appear in front of the Winchesters? They were already suspicious of me, now I bet I'm a prime suspect in their damn case."

"Well Cody was in trouble, I can't let him pay for our mistakes." Ruby's voice was full of pain. "I know you feel the same way."

"I know. It's just that we're going to have to leave again."

"Not that you care. It'll make you happy to be back on the road hunting."

"You'll like it too." Eclipse blushed. "Tomorrow's going to be our last night here, so be ready."

"I am, and you'd better be too." Ruby's voice slowly faded away.

Eclipse sighed deeply, guilt flooding her heart. Pushing it back she raised her head. "Finally I'll get to be Max again."

∞Ω∞

Sarah pulled gently at her hair, freeing one of the curls that had become entangled with her earring. "Why won't it stay?" She whined, "Brandon's going to hate me!" She smoothed down the skirt of her pale pink dress. It fell to her knees and fluffed out at the end.

"Would you relax?" Eclipse told her, shaking her head. Her hair was straightened, falling to just above her shoulders. She was wearing a black dress that fell to just above her knees in a loose fashion. "He asked you out without seeing you in the dress, so what makes you think he actually cares what you wear?"

"Could you be any less girly? Of course not looking perfect can ruin a date!" Sarah yelled back, slipping on her three inch high heels.

"Nut job!" Eclipse sang out, putting on her own sensible half inch heels.

"I am not a nut-" The door bell rang cutting her off.

"Hey Brandon." Eclipse answered the door. "Sarah!" She called up the stairs. "Sasuke's here!"

"Who?" Brandon asked her, nervously fidgeting with the corsage box he was holding.

"You stupid. You've got a million girls who want you and haven't paid them any mind." Eclipse explained matter-of-factly.

He glared at her, and she smirked back. Sticking out her tongue she quickly scaled the stairs, coming back down seconds later with Sarah in tow. "Ahh, Sakura and Sasuke. Such a sweet couple."

Both glared at her as she grabbed her sweatshirt. Slipping it on she skipped out the door. Brandon and Sarah followed after he put the corsage on her wrist and helped her into her coat. The followed Eclipse down the block to they're school.

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Dean looked around for Cody as he pulled into the back parking lot of the school gym. He saw him leaning on the building, looking at something in his hands. When he looked up and saw them he walked over to the Impala.

"I found this when I was looking at some old blueprints." He showed them a picture of a signature on the blue prints. It said donated by: Max Eclipse Kuromitsukai.

"That's Eclipse's mom correct?" Sam spoke up, wondering where this was going.

"That's what I thought till I recognized something." He pulled out a sheet of notebook paper. "This is Eclipse's signature." He turned the paper around to show them a short note. Eclipse had signed her name: Eclipse Maxine Kuromitsukai.

"Ok, what is the connection?" Dean jumped in, confused.

While Sam shot him annoyed glare, Cody answered him. "Well, as you can see both signatures arm written extremely similar as well as having a twist on the order of words. I checked all over on the web for anyone named Max Kuromitsukai and her daughter. I found a few entries on Max. It said she was wanted at one point for digging up graves and arsonist, among other things. I found nothing, not even a birth record for an Eclipse Kuromitsukai.

"Oh. So you think they're the same person. Doesn't the age difference come into play?" Dean asked what was also on Sam's mind.

"Not if she's not entirely human. As I was searching online I found this legend of a family of "dark angels". It said they could appear younger if they used some of their "magic." Whether or not they were referring to herb magic or magic-magic, I have no idea."

"Where'd you find this? On what site?" Sam questioned, curious.

"On Miss Maria's shop website. There is a legends link there for this area. "

"How'd you make the connection Cody?" Sam asked.

"Well, Kuromitsukai means "dark angel" in japanese." He explained, glancing over his shoulder. "I'm going to find Eclipse. Could you guys try and get the truth out of her when I bring her out? "

"Sure." Sam answered, still puzzeling over all this new information. As Cody left he turned to Dean. "Remember the conversation Eclipse had with that Naő person? Miss Maria I guess. Well, it looks like there was only her and Eclipse in the room, not a third person like we thought."

"It does make more sense they way Eclipse reacted then. But still it's a stretch. There is nothing in Dad's journal about a shape changer that's still partially human beside a skin walker. Not that they're really human though." Dean added, pulling the car around the corner of the gym. He climbed out and walked to the trunk.

"A gun?" Sam questioned his choice. "Do we even need weapons?"

"Sammy, grab something now."

Sam gave in and grabbed a knife with a curved blade, called the Klaww of Death. "Better?" He asked, slipping it into the waistband of his jeans. Next he grabbed some rope

Dean chose not to dignify that with an answer. Instead he crept to the corner of the building and looked around it. Sam followed him, also peering around the corner. They waited like this for a few more seconds till they heard Cody.

"Come on Eclipse, I just want to talk ok?" His voice was persuading as he stepped out the door.

"Privately evidently. Extremely privately based on the location." Eclipse followed him out the door, a backpack on her shoulders. Cody maneuvered her so that her back was to the Winchesters.

Cody started to mumble to her as Dean and Sam moved up behind Eclipse. As soon as they drew near enough to grab her she spun around, her backpack falling to the ground.

"Hey!" She cried as Dean grabbed her, "What the hell?"

He dragged her over to the Impala. "Who are you?" He asked, trying to keep his voice down so he didn't alert the people in the gym.

"You know who I am you son of a bitch!" She cried out angrily. "Would you let me go?"

"No, who are you really?" Sam asked, his tone encouraging. "We know your names not really Eclipse so what is it?"

"What?" Eclipse asked confused. "I have no idea wh-"

She was cut off by another voice as it broke into their conversation. "They know the truth you might as well tell them."

"Ruby?" Eclipse sounded shock. She wiggled out of Dean's grasp and turned to see the apparition of her friend there. "Let me guess, you already knew."

"Yep, and they can help you, so tell them what to do." She looked at the Winchesters. "One of you can speak Latin pretty well right?"

Sam nodded in his shock.

"Well then why not take out that little piece of paper Cody snuck to you and start reading it." Ruby smirked at Dean, "You just sit there handsome."

Dean opened his mouth to argue but froze as he saw Eclipse's shape blur. It grew longer and solidified. Where Eclipse had been standing, there was a girl that looked to be in her twenties. Her hair was a light, coppery brown with barely noticeable blonde highlights. It was straight and fell to just above her shoulders. She seemed to be around 5'11". She stood tall, on the balls of her fight in the stance of a natural or well-learned fighter.

"Much better." She muttered, rolling her shoulders. "You agree Ruby?"

"Max, don't try and change the subject." Ruby scolded her, looking at her steadily.

Max ignored her for a bit, then suddenly began to shuffle her feet. "Fine, fine, fine!" She exclaimed after a bit, sending an answering glare to Ruby's smirk. Slowly she began to chant in Latin, her voice steady and clear.

Sam looked at the paper in his hand and found where Max was. He started to chant with her, intently looking at the words on the page. Behind him Cody was staring in shock at Ruby, who had started glowing.

Max finished her chanting, and looked at Ruby who was still glowing. After a bit the glow faded and in its place was a girl also around her twenties. Her hair was blonde, falling past her shoulders. She was wearing jeans with a magenta tank top. Sewed along the bottom of the tank top was a design of black flowers and vines.

Dean stared at her in shock. While she had been apparition like she had been covered in shadows that had made it hard to see her clearly. Now that she wasn't covered in the shadows she looked…hot. He couldn't help but think.

"Look, Mr. Tough guy is speechless." Max smirked as Dean's mouth snapped shut. She smiled at Ruby who blushed.

He glared at her, having remembered something. "Give back the colt."

Max looked at him innocently. "Colt? What are you talking about?"

Sam looked at her levelly. "The gun you stole from my pocket. The one can kill anything."

"Hold on." Ruby cut in, "Max, is it?"

"Yep." Max answered, ignoring the boys' confused expressions.

"So you do have it." Dean angrily growled, "Give it back or so help me I'll shoot you."

"Ruby, now?" Max sighed in defeat, Ruby picked up her backpack. Looking at Dean Max smiled evilly. "How about no." She took off running, Ruby right next to her.

"Bye handsome!" Ruby called back, running.

Dean, cursing chased after them with Sam. Cody stayed behind, and walked back into the dance.

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Max and Ruby raced down an alley as behind them, Sam and Dean where slowing gaining. As the boys drew closer, Max gave Ruby a nudge with her hand, and turned around in attack position. Ruby raced up the stairs to the door of a house and ran inside.

As the boys arrived, Sam moved to follow Ruby but was cut off by Max. She glared at him as he tried to sneak around her. He shifted into an attack stance.

"Why don't you just give us the colt back. Then we'll leave peacefully and no one gets hurt." Sam tried top persuaded her.

"No." Max answered sharply. She dodged Sam's swing easily and sent a kick his way. He blocked it, catching her arm as she threw a punch at him. He twisted her arm and forced her to her knees.

As he moved to grab her other arm, Max twisted and kicked his shin. In one smooth, practiced movement she pulled the klaww of death out of his pocket and swung it up to his throat. "Don't move or I'll kill you." She whispered, breathing hard from the running and fighting. "And I really will."

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Dean easily found the back door of the house Ruby had gone into. Picking the lock in record time he quietly crept up the stairs where he bumped into Ruby. Grabbing her wrist when she tried to hit him he twisted the colt out of her hands. "So your friend did steal it." He commented, still holding on to her wrist.

"Let go." She angrily tried to twist out of his grasp. "Let go…" Her voice softened as she slowly collapsed to the floor.

Carefully Dean scooped her up in his arms and carried her outside to see Max holding a knife to Sam's throat. Setting Ruby gently down on the grass he pulled back the hammer of the colt. "Move and you're dead."

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Max heard the click of a gun being cocked. "Move and you're dead." Dean's voice came from behind her.

"I see you found the colt." She commented, allowing Sam to take back the klaww of death.

"Yeah, I did. Your friend Ruby here found it for me." He responded, still pointing the colt at her.

"What?" Max asked. She spun around and felt a sharp pain as Dean hit her with the butt of the gun. Everything faded to black.

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[a/n: sorry but this is going to be a long one. I have a few issues that I feel need to be addressed.

I do not own supernatural or any of the characters

The Japanese translations come from a free English to Japanese dictionary on line so for Kuromitsukai I used the words "kuro" meaning dark and "mitsukai" meaning angel. This may not actually mean that in Japanese so don't take it too literal.

The" klaww of death" (or "alien claw") is the curved blade we see Sam holding on the cover of the season one DVDs. I learned its name on the website: .. So I'm not sure if it's the real name or not, but since I couldn't find any other I went with that.

The Ruby here, though looking similar to the demon Ruby in season 3, is not the same person. From now on when writing the demon Ruby's name I'll write it as such: RUBY. (not very creative I know but it works.

Ok that's it. Hope you enjoyed the second chapter. The third will be coming as soon as I finish it. ]