Full Moon Rises
By: ShadowQueenGalactica
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Author's Notes: I am currently working on three different fan fiction, I will update as soon as I can, please stay patient with me!
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:::Prologue:::
"Please! Somebody help me!" A young woman desperately screamed out. Running down the dark path of the park, the full moon's soft glow was her only source of light. Her body was riddled with deep scratches and bite marks where she and her boyfriend had been attacked by three monstrous creatures. She had narrowly escaped the creature's tight grip on her, her calf burning and aching with pain where the flesh had been torn by the creature's razor-sharp teeth.
Her boyfriend had been ambushed by two of the large wolf-like creatures, as he desperately tried to help her get free from the third creature's vice-like grasp on her leg. Before he could react, he was suddenly knocked down by one of the oversized canines. Another had aggressively joined in, as the two large creatures fought over its prey. His horrified and pain-filled shouts and pleads had pierced the quiet night, forcing her to fight harder to break free. Soon managing to rip her leg free from the creature's tight grip on her, she ran, ran as fast as she ever had in her entire life. Her lungs burned, but she ignored the pain and the exhaustion plaguing her. Hearing their piercing howls sound from the distance as they hunted her, she felt a new sense of fear and dread overwhelm her. "I don't want to die." She whimpered, then screamed out in shock realizing too late she had deviated from the sidewalk. Crying out with pain as she roughly collapsed onto the hard ground, she felt tears streak her cheeks as a new explosion of pain riddled her injured leg.
Abruptly looking up when hearing the snap of a twig sound to her left, she tightly closed her eyes, seeing the glow of eyes, as she bitterly began to weep with fear. "Please…" She begged. "I don't want to die." Tensing as she heard a low snarl growing closer to her right from the shrubs, she froze with fear feeling the familiar hot breath against her leg behind her. 'I can't outrun them, not this time!' She thought a soft whimper escaping her lips. Screaming out in pain as the creature's sharp teeth sunk into her leg once more, she never noticed the one to the left of her take its opportunity sinking its sharp teeth into the back of her neck.
With a sharp jerk, the creature heard the sickening crack of its prey's neck being broken. Feeling the woman instantly grow limp, the creature looked towards the other two, it's blood-red eyes looking up towards the full moon in the night's sky. Releasing a piercing howl into the night, the other two shortly creatures followed suit, their echoes piercing the night air along with their alpha's howls.
Tiredly rubbing his face, Mamoru stifled another yawn as he motioned for another cup of coffee from his best friend Motoki.
"Late night, Mamoru-chan?" Motoki curiously asked, seeing how exhausted his best friend looked.
"Yes Motoki-chan, I had a long night." Mamoru muttered, as he tiredly looked down at the newspaper that was sitting on the counter. Unfolding it, he frowned looking at the morning's headline, 'Couple Discovered Slain By Recent Attacks' Abruptly folding the newspaper back shut, he turned his head at the sound of the door opening.
"Morning Motoki-chan!" Usagi happily stated as she walked towards the counter. "Mamoru-baka." She said, cutting her gaze towards her dark haired nemesis.
"Morning Usagi-chan." Motoki said as he wiped down the counter where a patron had just left from the counter. "What can I get you? Your usual, the chocolate shake?"
"Yes please." Usagi said, smiling at the older blonde she had a major crush on.
"Isn't it a little early for sweets, Odango?" Mamoru scoffed, watching the blonde immediately get defensive.
"Not that it's any of your business, but no, it's not." Usagi said, sitting in the stool next to Mamoru. "You look awful." She said, then blushed. "I mean, you look tired." She said, quickly correcting her comment while looking at Mamoru with concern.
"Thanks, Odango, I will remember to return the favor the next time you don't look your best." Mamoru dryly stated, before lifting his coffee to his lips once more.
"That's impossible, I never look awful." Usagi said, gritting her teeth in aggravation when Mamoru scoffed before chuckling.
"If you say so, Odango." Mamoru said, chuckling before bringing the cup back to his lips. Taking a drink of the bitter hot liquid, he tiredly sighed, sitting the cup down onto the counter once more before glancing at the newspaper once more.
"Hmph...baka." Usagi muttered. Crossing her arms across her chest, she abruptly turned her attention towards the television mounted high on the wall behind the counter. Seeing the news was on, she watched as they showed the bloody scene, police tape stretched out as officers tried to divert the camera from the scene of the latest attack. "Do they know what is hurting these people?" She worriedly asked, her gaze not leaving the horrific scene on the television.
"They're not hurting them, they're killing them, Odango-baka." Mamoru snapped with annoyance, glaring over at the oblivious blonde.
"What's your problem, Mamoru-baka?" Usagi snapped back with irritation. "I wasn't even talking to you." Sticking her tongue out at him, she abruptly turned her attention forward, ignoring the older dark haired teen seated next to her before retorting once more. "Jeez, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed." She grumbled.
Noticing the hurt shining in her eyes, Mamoru sighed before tossing some cash on the counter as he stood. "Whatever you say, Odango." He grumpily muttered, before he quietly walked from the counter leaving the arcade. "Later Motoki-chan." He called out with a quick wave to his best friend.
Watching Mamoru leave the arcade from the corner of her eye, Usagi glanced where he had been sitting quickly noticing a gold star-shaped pocket watch lying on the counter. "I'll be right back Motoki-chan." She said, grabbing the small pocket watch before quickly running out of the arcade in search of Mamoru. Glancing left then right as she stepped out into the warm summer day, she spotted Mamoru already at the corner waiting to cross the street. Quickly running down the sidewalk, she called out to him so he wouldn't cross the street, hoping to avoid putting more distance between them. "Mamoru-baka!" She quickly called out. Watching him turn and look at her with surprise, she slowed her steps as she finally reached him. Tiredly releasing a sigh, she heard his soft chuckle before he spoke, greeting her with another one of his usual insults.
"Are you that badly out of shape, Odango-atama? Perhaps you should skip the milkshake next time." Mamoru said, watching her turn red with anger before she angrily screeched at him.
"You ungrateful baka, I went out of my way to bring you this!" Usagi screeched, abruptly holding her hand out revealing the star-shaped pocket watch.
"I didn't realize I left it there." Mamoru said with surprise. Taking the pocket watch from her hand, he felt a tingling sensation shoot through him as his fingers brushed ever so lightly against the palm of her hand. 'What was that?' He thought with alarm, as an overwhelming sensation to pull the blonde into his embrace and keep her close to him overloaded his senses. Taking a nervous step back from her, he noticed her look up at him with concern in response to his action.
"Are you alright Mamoru-san?" Usagi asked with worry, noticing how nervous he was suddenly acting around her.
"I'm fine, Odango." Mamoru snapped, noticing the hurt expression quickly replacing her concern. Taking a deep breath to calm the rush of unexplained emotions, he smiled at her before speaking. "Thank you again, Odango." He said, smiling for a brief moment.
"What is that?" Usagi abruptly asked with curiosity. "I've never seen one of those before."
"It's an orgel, it shows the phases of the moon." Mamoru said, placing the small pocket watch back into the safety of his pocket once more. "Thank you again, Usagi-san." He said, then abruptly turned forward crossing the street as the signal changed for pedestrians to safely cross.
'That was odd, even for him.' Usagi thought, perplexed by his sudden odd behavior as she watched Mamoru quickly cross the street. Turning to go back to the arcade, she gently smiled to herself, knowing she'd never seen Mamoru genuinely smile at her before. Too sidetracked with her thoughts, she gasped as she roughly crashed into someone. Grunting out in pain and surprise as she landed roughly back on the sidewalk, she quickly muttered an apology and looked up in surprise seeing the person offer their hand. Looking into intense blue eyes, she blushed at how handsome the young man was.
"Are you alright?" The young man asked, tucking his shoulder-length white hair back behind his ear before offering his hand to the blonde-haired beauty in front of him.
"I'm fine." Usagi said, blushing more as she placed her hand into his, as she stood. Smoothing her skirt down after she stood, she watched him smile at her as he looked her over with his intense blue eyes. "Sorry again." She said, nervously taking a step back from him, growing uneasy from his lustful gaze. "I should be going." She said, as she quickly walked past him walking the direction of the arcade once more.
Gently chuckling with amusement, the young man turned sensing movement from the alleyway next to him. "Brother." He said watching a younger man with dark blue hair step forwards. "Where's-"
"He's around somewhere, I think he found a young lady to occupy himself with." The younger brother stated, chuckling with amusement. Noticing him watching a younger blonde enter an arcade, he raised his brow with curiosity. "Isn't she a little young?"
"No, I think she will do fine." The older brother said, smiling lustfully towards the blonde.
"Brother, I know you want to imprint, but that kid isn't suitable to be a mate." The younger brother snapped, irritation shining in his dark blue eyes. "Find someone more-"
"I want her Saphir-san." The older brother angrily snapped.
Knowing better than to argue with his alpha, Saphir silently nodded as he glanced back towards the arcade. "How soon Demande-san?"
"By the next full moon." Demande sternly stated as he and his brother walked through the alleyway once more. 'She will be mine.' He thought with determination.
(One Week Later)
"Please papa-san!" Usagi begged as tears shone in her eyes, her bottom lip quivering slightly.
"I'm sorry Usagi-san, the answer is still no." Kenji sternly stated, lowering the newspaper he was reading.
"You know your father and I do not want you or Shingo-san out after dark." Ikuko stated as she placed a plate of toast and scrambled eggs in front of her husband. "Not with all these recent wild dog attacks, that's been happening the past month."
"There's only been three attacks." Usagi stubbornly stated while crossing her arms across her chest as she pouted. "The attacks all happened at the park. The park would be nowhere near the fairgrounds."
"No." Kenji sternly stated once more before taking a bite of his toast.
"But Papa-san!" Usagi whined before she groaned out with frustration. "Everyone's going, I don't want to miss this. The fair is here only once during summer break!"
"Are you really that dense Odango-atama?" Shingo asked as he lowered his glass of juice. Lifting his toast from his plate, he smugly raised his eyebrow as his sister angered at his insult.
"Stop calling me that, Shingo-baka! It's bad enough I have to deal with Mamoru-baka calling me that, I don't need to hear it from you either!" Usagi angrily screeched.
"Usagi-san." Ikuko snapped, looking at her daughter with frustration. "There is no need for yelling at your brother."
"Yeah." Shingo chided in, snickering with amusement. "Try acting your age for once Odango-atama."
"Shingo-san that is enough." Kenji warned, watching his son quickly resume eating as if nothing had happened.
"When is this fair?" Ikuko curiously asked, watching her daughter lookup with hope. "You're still not going, I was only curious." She said, watching her daughter pout slightly before she answered.
"Tomorrow night and Saturday night." Usagi muttered, lifting her toast and taking a bite.
"You said everyone is going, who all is going?" Ikuko curiously asked.
Swallowing her bite of toast, Usagi released a deep sigh before answering her mother. "Yumiko-chan and Kuri-chan are going. Naru-chan is getting permission from her mom to go and Umino-chan is going to be studying for one of his cram school assignments, so he's not going."
"I'm sorry Usagi-san if they caught these wild dogs or whatever it is that's attacking, your father and I would allow you to go." Ikuko said, noticing tears of disappointment shining in her daughter's eyes. "Perhaps you and Naru-san can have a sleepover if her mother doesn't allow her to go." She suggested watching her daughter grudgingly nod her head.
"I guess." Usagi muttered as she poked the eggs on her plate with her fork. "Can I be excused, I was supposed to meet them at the arcade later this morning."
"That's fine." Kenji said, before taking a drink of his coffee. Watching his daughter scoot back her chair, he watched her quietly leave the dining room. "I wish these animals would be caught and dealt with." He sighed, wishing he could have been able to allow his daughter permission to go to the fair. "I can't imagine what these other parents are thinking, allowing their children to go out at night, it's not safe right now."
"I agree." Ikuko softly stated, knowing their daughter had been disappointed with their decision.
"What do you mean you can't go?" Yumiko asked, disappointment shining in her brown eyes as she flipped her long black hair back from her shoulder. "Why can you not go?"
"They think it's not safe because of all these wild dog attacks." Usagi muttered, looking down at her melting milkshake.
"My mom won't let me go either." Naru softly stated, leaning back in her seat looking as frustrated as Usagi over their circumstances.
"It's not going to be any fun if we don't all go." Kuri stated as she ran a hand through her short brown hair. "There has to be something we can do, to get you both to go with us Saturday night." She said, determination shining in her brown eyes.
"I've got it, I know what we can do." Yumiko excitedly stated, watching Naru and Usagi abruptly look at her with hope shining in their eyes.
"What is it?" Naru asked with hope.
"Yes, tell us Yumiko-chan." Usagi stated, the suspense of the moment becoming too much to bear.
"Naru-chan, you will tell your mom that you're staying the night with Usagi-chan." Yumiko said, watching Naru smile and excitedly nod her head. "Usagi-chan, you will tell your mom that you're staying with Naru-chan." She said, watching Usagi nod her head. "We will meet here and go straight to the fair."
"What about our bags?" Naru asked. "We can't take them onto the fairgrounds with us."
"What about your friend Motoki-chan?" Kuri suggested, looking over at Usagi. "Would he let you keep them here?"
"I can ask him." Usagi nervously said while glancing towards Motoki who was casually talking with Mamoru at the counter. Looking back at her friends, she watched Yumiko and Kuri excitedly nod their heads as they encouraged her to go forward.
"Yes, go ask him." Kuri encouraged.
"Yes, now hurry up so we can figure out the rest of the plan if he agrees." Yumiko said, excitedly giggling at the plans they were forming.
"Alright." Usagi stated before sighing as she scooted her chair back. Nervously walking to the counter, she noticed Motoki and Mamoru were quietly talking with one another.. 'Alright, stay calm, you can do this.' She thought with determination. Taking a deep nervous breath, she smiled before approaching the blonde. "Hi, Motoki-chan." She greeted, as she walked up to the counter sitting on the stool.
"Have you been working late again?" Motoki worriedly asked, watching his best friend silently nod before he took a drink of his coffee. "Any luck?"
"No, I can't find-" Mamoru quietly said, then turned his head watching Usagi approach the counter. "Odango, already back for another milkshake?" He teased, chuckling when she glared at him.
"No, I'm not Mamoru-baka." Usagi snapped, noticing the dark-haired teen smirk at her reply.
Wanting to avoid another habitual spat between the two, Motoki quickly cleared his throat, getting Usagi's attention once more. "What can I do for you, Usagi-chan?"
"I have a favor to ask, Motoki-chan." Usagi said, nervously looking at the older blonde haired teen.
"What kind of favor, Usagi-chan?" Motoki asked, noticing her grow nervous.
"My friends and I are meeting here Saturday evening to go to the fair. Naru-chan and I are staying the night with Kuri-chan, so we're going to have our bags with us. We can't take them to the fair, so I was wondering if we could keep them here? We'll be back before the arcade closes, I promise."
"Sure, I won't be here though. I'll tell my dad that you'll be dropping off your bags, my sister should be here as well." Motoki said, motioning to the storage room door behind him. "Just place them in there whenever you're ready, and get them when you're back from the fair."
"Thanks so much, Motoki-chan!" Usagi excitedly stated.
"You're welcome Usagi-chan." Motoki said, chuckling at the younger teens' excitement. Watching her turn and walk towards the table where her three friends were sitting, he noticed them excitedly talking amongst one another once more as soon as Usagi sat in her seat. "They're going to be in so much trouble if they're caught." He said chuckling.
"You were eavesdropping too?" Mamoru asked, chuckling with amusement.
"Of course, how do you think I occupy my time." Motoki said, watching his friend smile at his comment. "You should tell her." He said, watching his best friend abruptly look up at him. "Perhaps she can feel it too?"
"Have you lost your mind?" Mamoru asked, looking at his friend with surprise. "I'm seventeen, she's still so young."
"She's fourteen, you're only three years older." Motoki said, chuckling at his best friend's sudden nervousness. "I'm younger than Reika-san, we don't let that bother us."
"I'm not discussing this right now." Mamoru said, nervously chuckling. Glancing up at the clock on the wall, he sighed as he stood. "I need to get to work, I'll be back during my lunch break."
"Alright, I'll see you later my friend." Motoki said, watching his best friend stand and quietly leave the arcade. Glancing towards Usagi who was sitting with her friends, Motoki smiled with amusement, wondering how long it would take his best friend to reveal his feelings for Usagi.
To Be Continued...
I hope you enjoyed the Prologue, keep an eye out for Chapter 1! Please leave a review!
-ShadowQueenGalactica