A/n: Sorry this took so long. I wrote two Yugioh stories entitled "Liar Liar", and " High Priest in Slave's Clothing". They were hits! I've got 131 reviews on the slave one and 92 on the Liar one. So I just got swamped, not mention school. So here you go. And 'Kuroi Tenshi' is not dead. Just on hiatus as well as 'Pawn'.   

End transmission…….

When Moonbay regain consciousness, she could hear things. There was a fire burning next to her. And the sound of metal shuffling. She couldn't tell exactly what was going on. She didn't even remember who she was at the moment.

Something warm was brought to her mouth. She tried to sit up and take it in, but her body wouldn't cooperate. A strong arm came around the small of her back and lifted her up. She muffled a cry of pain as her rib cage began to sting fiercely. Smooth, gloved fingers brushed ice and strands of hair out of her face. Her eyelids fluttered when ice was swept away. She tried to open them, but she didn't even have the energy to do that.

Once again, the warm liquid was brought up to her lips, her mouth opened just a little and the tepid fluid entered her mouth. It tasted really good, but then again, being as cold as she was, she would have drunken motor oil if it were warm enough.

It felt great going down her dry and cold throat. It was a soup of some kind. It was really good and she drank acquisitively. She started to drink too much and coughed. The same hand on her back patted it softly until she stopped. She didn't know who was helping her; maybe it was Van or Irvine. Whoever they were, they were very gentle.

It was then she realized she was wrapped in something warm. Something hard was next to her and it seemed to be purring. There was another presence in the place where she was too.

" Who is that?" She was surprised at the weak and painful tone of her voice. She didn't remember sounding like that for a long time.

She received no answer. Only a smooth, leather-clad finger pressed over her dry, cracked lips. Whoever they were didn't want her to speak. Her throat hurt a lot too, so she had no complaints.

Again, the hot soup was given to her. She drank all of it, albeit more slowly than before. When she had finished, she had dared to open her eyes and see her savior. 

Unfortunately, Moonbay could only stand the light from the fire dancing off the walls for a few seconds. All she saw of her savior was his outline in the light. His hair was a little on the long side, but not too long. He had somewhat of a muscular tone; though not bulging with muscles. She could not see his face, but she thought he gave her a small smile. Then he turned to leave.

" W-Wait," She numbly reached out to him," D-D-Don't g-g-go."

Just as her hand was falling, he caught hold of it. Moonbay shivered at the difference in the temperature between her hand and the gloved-have holding hers.

" Fine," He placed her hand back down," I won't go."

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Raven sat idly by the woman that Shadow had brought in. He wasn't sure why he was bothering with her at all. It wasn't his job to take care of every Jane, Mary and Dawn. He was just taking care of himself, Shadow and business. Besides, he wasn't completely sure, but he knew he had seen her somewhere before.

 But Shadow had come in with her inside of him. He wouldn't go get any firewood until he heard Raven promise he wouldn't kill her and he would take care of her until he came back with the wood and the food. They were bad off as it was; being in a bad snowstorm and having everything stored in the Geno Breaker outside.

Nevertheless, he kept his word to the black organoid and when he returned, the girl was still alive and wrapped in his blanket. He kept one of the emergency blankets for himself and finished bundling up the girl with the others.

Raven then made himself something to eat. He intended to sleep after that, but Shadow whined about giving the girl food, so he fixed her something too. He honestly didn't know why his organoid had become attached to this person all of a sudden. He even went so far to threaten him when he pulled out his knife to slit her throat when he first brought her in. Why she meant so much to him, he didn't know.

While he sat there, waiting for the girl to get to sleep, he looked her over. Brown cocoa skin and black hair in a long braid covered in ice in some places. Even though she was still covered with ice in a few other places, she looked like she was really pretty.

Raven shook his head furiously. He didn't mean that. That wasn't what he meant to think. She didn't mean anything to him. He would just have Shadow take her back to wherever she came from when she got better.

She was not his responsibility.

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Later on that night, Moonbay was having a dream. It seemed to be a bad one for she was tossing and turning a lot. Every time she rolled the wrong way, her ribs screamed in pain. She whimpered; both from the pain and for the dream.

Moonbay dreamed she was a bird. A lark to be exact. She was perched on a branch in a sakura tree in a sakura grove. The sun was high in the sky on a cloudless day. It was so pretty. Her friends were there too. Fiona was a cardinal. Irvine was a mocking bird. Van was a blue jay. And Thomas was a peacock on the ground.     

She began to sing her song. All the others stopped to listen to her tweet and chirp happily bopping to her music. Moonbay enjoyed herself as she sang out for them.

But then, clouds moved in. They blocked out the sun and the sky became overcast. It looked like it was going to rain. The wind blew hard and howled like a banshee. Moonbay had to hang onto the tree tightly. Thomas blew away. Irvine, Van and Fiona flew for cover.

Moonbay flew off her tree to go after them, but six shadows appeared in the sky. She looked up to see if they were some small planes or something. But they were big, very big hawks. Six big hawks and they were coming after her. She had to turn around and fly in another direction; preferable away from them.

Unluckily, they were much faster than she was. Poor Moonbay could barely stay ahead of them and she was beginning to get tired. The wind didn't seem to hinder them at all. She had to land on a cliff to rest. She couldn't fly another inch.

The six hawks landed on the ground in front of her; her back to the cliff. If they attacked and she fell off the edge, she would not be able to save herself.

They advanced on her. Razor sharp beaks and talons glinted with a flash of lightening. They seemed to be smiling like they enjoyed her cowering under them. She backed up a little; still panting from her flight to the cliff.

*Swoosh*

A black flash swooshed in front of Moonbay. It hit one of the hawks. They squawked as they were hit hard and fell to the ground dead. Then the others were dealt with in the same manner. Moonbay watched in wonder as this happened. As the last hawk fell, her savoir was revealed.

It was a raven.

Moonbay sat up in a cold sweat and immediately regretted it. Her ribs were still broken and they still hurt. She placed her hand over her ribs and moaned in pain. It really hurt.

" What now?"

She turned to see the outline of her savior again. The fire was out and it was too dark to see anymore. He was lying next to her, but at the moment was sitting up.

" Did you have a bad dream? You were making a lot of noise."

She tried to speak, but it hurt too much. She couldn't tell him her ribs hurt too much. But then she realized. That voice. Moonbay knew that voice. Where she knew it from she couldn't place but she knew it.

" You're injured."

Moonbay turned at the shifting. He was moving next to her. He moved her hand from where she was holding her rib cage and felt it himself. Moonbay winced as he checked her.

" You have 3 broken ribs."

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Raven sat behind the nameless female; working in candlelight to tape her ribs. The light went up to his nose and his hair and darkness hid his face. He didn't know she was injured. She was going to need someone to take care of her. Knowing Shadow that was probably going to be him.

" What's your name girl?" He continued to tape her midsection.

" Moon….Moonbay."

He grunted in response. Raven couldn't begin to imagine why he cared what happened to this girl and why he let her stay this long. He could get rid of her right now if he wanted too. But he couldn't. Something was telling him not to do it. So he just settled for her silence and continued to bind her abdomen.