Rahul and the BLACK MOON

10:30 P.M. Calcutta North End

It took an hour but they finally made it to the bustling North End of Calcutta: the business center of the city. Kyo thanked the cabby and then gave him forty Ruppees(Indian money). The group headed toward the spice merchant. Ten minutes later they stood in front of a shabby building which read Spice Merchant. And walked inside and as soon as they did, they heard a loud voice. "Kyomora, is that you, dude!" the voice called and Kyo glared at the figure coming out of the darkness of the back.

"Yes, it's me Rahul. And please doesn't call me Kyomora!" Kyo said for the umpteenth time. "Though it's nice to see you, my friend," he grinned holding his hand out.

"Nice to see you again, too," the young tiger spoke. He was, as far as Alex could tell, was 18 and looked like a carbon copy of his father. "So, what brings you to India, Kyo and who is your friend?" he said looking toward Alex confused

"This, my friend, is Alexander Cooper," Kyo stated

"Cooper aye? Well, nice to meet you!" the friendly tiger said shaking Alex's hand.

"What are you doing at the spice merchant?" Alex asked.

"Well, like my father I know a great deal about spices."

"Illegal spices?" asked Alex.

"Bloody no!" exclaimed Rahul, startled.

"Sorry about that, dude… his mom is a cop," he said jerking Alex's ear hard.

"Ow," Alex screeched in pain. "Let go of my ear!"

"Let go of his ear, Kyo," Juli asked kindly.

"Juli, it's nice to see you. Didn't see you there," Rahul said embarrassed.

"No problem, Rahul," she noted honestly with a smile.

"What are you guys doing here though?" Rajain asked.

"I was getting to that but I was interrupted," he said letting go of Alex's ear "Alex's parents have been kidnapped and we needed another on our team, I suppose. I have the feeling that we should hurry or we won't get another chance," Kyo explained.

"That is not good! Who kidnapped them?" Rahul asked.

"Give you two guesses." Kyo replied sarcastically.

"Then allow me to guess… the order, huh?" Rahul stated with obvious dread.

"Yeah," Kyo sighed, "But, what I really want to know is… what do they want with the Coopers?" he asked himself.

"Um... Kyo, have you looked at a lunar calendar lately?" Rahul asked.

"Yeah why...? Damn it… how could I forget the day of Black Moon?" Kyo stated, hitting his hand on his forehead, paling by the second.

"Day of Black what?" asked Alex confused.

"The day of Black Moon; it happens every 5,000 years. It is said that it's the day when the gates of the underworld can be open and release the demons within it," Kyo explained.

"Demons? Yeah, right!" he then stated.

"Oh, but their very real; how do you think Juli's parents died!" he stated angrily.

"D-died?" parroted the shocked raccoon. "I-I didn't know…" he then replied looking at Juli with sorrow.

"Yeah, they are dead… It happened years ago. That's how I know Kyo here. His father killed the demon responsible and sent him to the underworld with some powerful magic. They took me to Pierre, where I was to live at the hotel and work until I was old enough. When I was ten, Pierre told me everything and took me to Kyo's home, where I met him and his little brother, Rovert, who was four at the time." Juli gave a small smile, remembering the good old days, "We made fast friends, I think especially because out age difference was by a year. But when he turned fifteen… he left his family to join the order who contacted him. He then became No. XIII. We still talked but he was usually busy with slaying demons, and nearly getting killed so many times, I've lost count," she told them near tears.

"Well, let me take over for the next two years," he told Juli, trying to have her calm down, putting a warm hand on her shoulder. He gave her a kind smile, and she wiped the mist from her eyes and nodded in agreement. "I worked with them but when that evil wench came along and turned them to her views. I was disgusted and so, I left. And well, you know the rest of the story," he said when his phone beeped. "Huh, a text message?" stated Kyo, confused as he opened his phone.

"Kymr, dnt cm bck. Trp! Rn! Prtct rhl pls!" stated Kyo as he read it out loud.

"Not good. We better get out of the city," he said closing his phone, and putting it back in his pocket. "Hold on to me," he said lifting his arms as they all grabbed onto his person. "Rominare Teleport!" he shouted and the next thing Alex knew was total darkness.

I can't breathe, he thought. But ten seconds later, he found himself somewhere unfamiliar.

"W-where are we?" Alex asked

"New York City… I guess I over did it... I meant to send us back to Paris but this will do for now," Kyo stated being a bit humiliated.

"What about my dad? What will happen to him?" screamed Rahul with anger and sadness.

"Don't worry, they won't kill him. They'll most likely lock him up. After all, we're forbidden to slay a non-demon needlessly." Kyo replied in a cold voice, his eyes glinting evilly it frightened Alex at how little he knew about Kyo.

"Why are you so cold? It's as if you don't care!" Alex lashed out only to receive a look so cold that could freeze the blood in his veins.

"I DID NOT SAY THAT I DID NOT CARE! A major part of the training I did when was a child helped me learn emotional control the reason I sound cold is because I have control over my feelings!" Kyo yelled also enraged.

"Guys, calm down!" Juli begged, standing in between the two. She knew very well that Alex would not stand a chance if they fought.

"Yeah, Juli's right. We need to work as a team," Rahul stated seriously, calming down from his shock to deal with the situation at hand. "How about we retire for the night, alright?" he said as he stifled a yawn.

"So, Kyo, can you conger something to sleep in?" Alex nervously asked the breathing wolf.

"Yeah," he sighed, regaining his calmness. "I can… give me a second," he said as he lifted his hand. A second later two tents appeared out of nowhere.

"Cool! But I am not going to share a tent. Night," Juli stated picking the left tent and zipped it up.

"Well, we have to squeeze in the other tent, I guess," stated Rahul. It will be a little crowded but there was enough room for them to sleep.

"Night you two," Alex said grabbing one of the sleeping bags but then realized that both were already asleep. "Sleepy heads," Alex muttered. He then too fell asleep and went into a dream land, where he had a dream, remembering the good times, before all of this mess. Trying to steal stuff from unsuspecting class mates; getting scolded by his mother, and then a pep talk from his father. And in the end, he would be with both of his parents and having a good time. It was a nice dream… until he heard Kyo scream.

"AHHHH!"


kay Rajain had a name change as well well bye