Chapter 15: Disturbance During Midnight

Everybody was in Yusuke's room, discussing on how to prepare themselves for tomorrow's battle. Though, Ame and Luna were having their own conversation on the balcony.

"Why did he come back?" Luna asked. "I tried to save him, but.." She faded out as she though back to that day; the day that the fire broke out.

"Luna, it wasn't your fault." Ame assured her. "Kotuku just couldn't get out in time. You can't blame yourself for something that you didn't do. You didn't start the fire, it was an accident."

Luna was staring up at that sky that was now a deep purple and orange color. 'But why is he after me? Why me?' she asked herself. "I suppose your right, but I can't help think that I could've saved him. But why has he come back to hurt me?" She looked at Ame.

"I don't know. But something tells me that this isn't Kotuku." Ame said. Luna's eyes grew wide. "It has to be someone who's trying to impose him. Kotuku wouldn't hurt you, I know he wouldn't."

"Well, we'll find out tomorrow if it's Kotuku or not." Luna said. She went back to staring at the sky. 'But, what if it is...' she thought. 'I don't want to kill him, I couldn't.' She turned around went back inside, Ame followed her.

The talk was normal. Yusuke and the others decided to just forget about the planning and went about talking to the girls. Hiei was talking to Ame, Kurama was talking with Luna, and Yusuke was talking to Silver.

The sky became darker with each passing minute. Finally, around 10, everybody decided that it was time for bed. They said their goodnights and went to their rooms.

Luna, along with the rest of the girls, were sleeping peacefully. Though outside, someone was watching. In midst of the forest, a dark figure was lingering, watching and making sure that all of the girls were sleeping before he made his move. He jumped up onto the balcony wall and peered inside. All of the girls were sound asleep. He quietly slid the door open and walked in. He shut up the door and searched the room. He spotted Luna and crept over to her.

Luna felt something hot on her neck. She slowly opened her eyes only to see Kotuku. She jumped up and he jumped on the other side of her.

"Why are you here?" she whispered. She wasn't going to alarm anyone unless he tried to hurt her.

"Why, only to come and see my old friend." He answered. He gave her a smirk. She made a slight growl so as to give him a warning to stay back. He ignored her and knelt down beside her. The only thing that came to her mind was to scream for help.

"I'm not hear to hurt you." He said. "Just to rough you up." He picked her up and rammed her against the wall. He covered her mouth with his free hand to avoid her from screaming.

Luna struggled to get free from Kotuku grip, though it was useless. She kicked him in his thigh but it didn't seem to affect him. "You can struggle all you want, but I assure you, you won't get free." He smirked at her. She tried to remove his hand from her mouth but she couldn't. His grip was just too tight! She still didn't give up she squirmed and tried to wiggle loose of his grip, though he attempts were useless.

Kotuku smirked at Luna. "If I let your mouth loose, will you promise not to scream?" he asked. She shook her head. He let his hand up and began to slap her across her face. "That's for trying to get away." He sneered. He slapped her a few more times and then released her. She fell to the ground and made a loud bump, but no one woke up. She was breathing in gasps. She checked to make sure that her throat didn't have any cuts on it. Kotuku knelt down beside her. "No one can hear you for I have casted a spell on all of them to remove their hearing." He scoffed. ((A/N: everybody in the room))

Kurama sat up in his bed very fast, with the thought of his dream still lingering in his mind. 'It was so life like. Could it be an omen of some kind?' he asked himself. He looked out the window and saw the light from the moon shining into his room. 'I'd better check just to make sure.' Kurama crawled out of bed and walked to the door. He opened it and began to walk down to the girl's room.

He slowly opened the door and peered inside. He saw on figure that was leaning over something. He cracked the door a little more and saw that it was Kotuku standing over Luna. He slid into the room and looked down at Kotuku. 'I knew it.' he thought to himself.

He was becoming angry and wanted to jump on Kotuku. He walked up behind Kotuku and kicked him, just causing him to fall onto the side of Luna.

Luna was thankful that Kurama had come when he did. She leapt up and ran to him into his secure arms. He held her tight.

Kotuku got up and saw Kurama with Luna. He growled in a low tone. He began to walk over them.

Luna was holding onto Kurama tightly. She didn't want to let go. For if she did, she was afraid that Kotuku might get her again.

Kurama looked at Kotuku and shot him a glare. Kotuku walked across the room and walked back out onto the balcony. He jumped off the balcony and landed on the ground. Then he disappeared into the forest.

Kurama lowered his head and began to whisper in Luna's ear. "He's gone. It's alright now." She loosed her grip and looked up at Kurama.

"I don't want to go back to sleep." She told him. "What if he comes back? Then what?" She began to hug him tighter again.

Kurama looked outside. Then an idea hit him. "Come on, you can spend the night in my room." He told her.

"Okay." She said. She let go of Kurama and then they walked out of her room and down that hallway to Kurama's room. She opened his door and switched on the light. She crawled into the right side of the bed and waited her Kurama. He came into the room, shut the light off, and closed the door. The only light in the room was from the moon shining into the room. He got into bed and lay sideways so he faced Luna. Luna crawled next to him and he held her. She knew she was safe now. Nothing would get her now. The last thing Luna remembered was Kurama whispering in her ear. "I love you.." Then she drifted to sleep, Kurama's arms around her.

End Of Chapter.

((A/N: Ok, it wasn't my best chapter but it was still good. R/R please ^.^))