A/N: Whew, this chapter took more time to finish than expected; it's also longer than intended…yeah. Well, anyways, I hope you enjoy it. I'll hopefully have the next chapter up a lot sooner than this one, but I make no guarantees. Now on to the disclaimer, and all that good stuff.

Disclaimer: Yeah, I don't own Harry Potter, Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, or Lord of the Rings, although that would be cool if I did, but alas…what was I saying? Oh yeah, all the different stories are trademarks of their actual creators, yeah, and stuff, so please don't attack me with blunt objects and the like for using them for my own sorted purposes of making people suffer though my writing…K, what was that…I think I'm going crazy. Well, whatever, read on.

Strange Behavior

When Sakura and the other Gryffindors, arrived at the common room, there was a lot of commotion and everyone seemed to be chasing something.

"Quick, grab it!" yelled one of the prefects. Harry tried to stop someone long enough to find out what was going on. He was finally able to catch Neville as he cowered behind a sofa.

"What's happened?" questioned Harry.

"Oh, it's awful, this creature somehow got in the tower-I think it's possessed." Neville seemed quite scared that the creature would come after him if he even dared to move an inch from his hiding spot. The group tried to see what the creature was, but it was moving incredibly too fast, just then Kero flew over to them, wearing a very satisfied smile.

Sakura just gave him a disappointed look, "Kero, what did you do to Spinel Sun?"

"I didn't do anything, I just offered him some of my cookies, which he gladly accepted," he said gleefully, with a suspicious gleam in his eye. Sakura just shook her head. Hermione then stepped up with a brilliant plan.

"Petrificus Totalus," said Hermione as she pointed her wand in the general direction of Spinel. The flying cat thing suddenly froze in mid-flight and dropped to the floor. Tomoyo quickly ran to scoop him up just in time, as the whole group of Gryffindors nearly trampled him.

The prefect then restored his composure, and thanked Hermione, saying that he had the same idea, but was merely testing the other's to see if they would think of it as well, so he wouldn't look like a showoff. 'Sheah, right.' Hermione was a prefect as well, but didn't feel it necessary to make a big deal about it, she figured she'd let the boy take care of introductory duties and the like, as he did seem to like the spotlight. 'Boys, sheesh, they're all so full of themselves.'

While Hermione was distracting the prefect, Tomoyo had snuck out of the tower with the frozen 'Suppie', closely followed by the others. Hermione was to catch up after calming down some of the startled Gryffindors. Within minutes Sakura, Tomoyo, Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Kero had made their way down to Hagrid's cabin, where they had planned to meet. Syaoran and Hotaru were waiting with Hagrid to see what was up.

Tomoyo set Spinel on the table, "How long should we keep him this way-I mean, how long do you suppose he'll be…hyper?"

"We probably can unfreeze him a couple of minutes or so. He should have calmed down by then…I hope," replied Sakura.

"So, Kero, is it? Um, what exactly did this other 'travel-sized' guy want, and why was he all crazy like that?" asked Hermione.

"Well…" started Kero. "Why he was 'all crazy like that' as you put it is because he gets a little drunk when he eats sweets, but it's not something we like to talk about. I guess I sort of forgot about his little problem."

"Okay, but what did he need to talk to you about?" asked Syaoran.

"It's nothing that concerns you," Kero replied.

"Aw, come on Kero-chan. Can't you tell us?" Sakura pleaded, with puppy-dog eyes.

"It's not my news to tell," he said while glancing at Hotaru. She noticed the look and had a feeling that this Eriol guy knew something about the new creature as well. 'But how did they figure out that I knew something about it?' she thought. No one else even noticed the glance so they went on pestering Kero.

"I'm sorry guys, but when the time is right you'll find out, now's just not the time."

"That's cruel, Kero-chan, keeping secrets," whined Tomoyo.

"Trying to guilt me won't work, Tomoyo. I'm not at liberty to say."

Tomoyo snapped her fingers in mock disappointment, "Drats. Well, I tried."

"Hey, should we unfreeze this other little guy now?" asked Hermione, as she prodded him with her wand.

"Yeah, said Sakura. "I'm sure he's calmed down some by now." Hermione then performed the counter charm and Spinel was back to his normal demeanor, just with slightly red cheeks.

"I would really appreciate it if you would never do that again, Cerberus," he said calmly.

"I didn't do anything," said Kero, feigning innocence. Spinel just gave Kero a disgruntled look.

"Well, in any case, I have to be leaving now. Eriol wants me back A.S.A.P. Good-bye."

"Bye," the group chorused, and with that Spinel exited through an open window and was gone.

"Well, his visit was almost pointless," said Hermione. "Since all he gave us was just some information that we, or at least that I, already knew about the school."

"I don't know, the map might come in handy," said Sakura.

"Actually, we already have a map," said Harry.

"Oh," said Sakura. "Well, nevermind." But Kero knew better than to think that 'Suppie's' trip was for nothing.

"Well it's getting kinda late, I guess, and I need to get started on my homework," said Hermione.

"Actually," said Tomoyo. "I should probably get started as well."

"Oh, yeah, I should start too," chimed Sakura. "How about we all just do our homework in the library together?"

"That sounds great," replied Syaoran.

"Yeah, I'll go too," said Harry.

"Count me in," added Ron.

Sakura then looked at Hotaru, "How about you?"

"Oh, um, I kinda tired, so I was just going to take a rest for awhile." She gave Kero a look. "But I'll meet you all for dinner."

"Okay," said Sakura. "C'ya then." They all said their good-byes and everyone but Hotaru made their way to the library. She instead headed towards the Slytherin common room, but ducked into an empty classroom to talk to Kero.

"Okay, so what do you know," she demanded of Kero.

"I only know what Spinel told me, and it wasn't much. But that Eriol's found out that somehow you've gotten yourself involved."

"But how-I mean, does he talk to elves as well, or by chance does he know any death-eaters?"

"Actually, I'm not sure how he found out but he's usually right on about these things. But what I want to know is how you found out about this new creature? As far as I know, the sailor soldiers only seem to know the goings on in or just around Tokyo."

"Well, I haven't informed the sailor soldiers of this, just yet, or anyone really. I found out from a fellow Slytherin and most of the other information I've picked up was received from my elven teacher."

"Elves, huh?" Kero thought for a moment. "I should probably speak with this teacher of yours."

"I'm sure she'll be at dinner tonight, and then we could just pull her aside afterwards," offered Hotaru.

"Yeah, and bring the one who informed you about this as well, I want to see if there's more to this than 'Suppie' was letting on."

"Okay," said Hotaru. "You're not going to tell Sakura or the others about this are you?"

"Well, someone will eventually have to tell them, once the creature becomes more of a threat, then we'll need all the help we can get," said Kero. "Until I find out more about this creature, it'll just be on a need to know bases between the ones that already know, I guess. Hopefully it won't come to needing to involve too many more people, as the more people find out, the more people will start to panic. Sure it might be better if people are well informed about possible harm to them, but we don't know yet how strong this thing is and if people decide to confront it on their own, it could be disastrous. So until we know if the threat is really serious, we'll just keep things on the down low."

"Good-I mean, I would like Sakura and the others to know, but I don't want to lose the trust of my friend, so I was just going to wait until he's found that the problem is bigger than he's letting on. But I will tell them before too long, I mean, I want us to be prepared if this creature ever does find us."

"Okay, well, it's almost time for dinner, I'll meet you afterward in your teacher's classroom," said Kero.

"Do you know where the classroom is?" asked Hotaru.

"Of course, I did get a chance to study that map, not for very long, but I know the way well enough."

"Alright, I'll see you later then."

After dinner Kero, Hotaru, Draco, and Gladriel were all discussing (what else) the creature (of course) and any updates on its whereabouts-or just anything about it really.

Draco, Hotaru, and Gladriel recapped the situation for Kero, who then added his two-cents. "From what I hear, the creature is on the move. Eriol's been keeping track of an enormous energy emitting from the highland area in Scotland. He decided to check it out and discovered that when he was getting close, the source of the energy seemed to be moving. Eriol had thought the energy source was something stationary, perhaps like a shrine of some sort, and was surprised to find a strange creature instead. The creature was obviously just as surprised to see that someone had found him that he panicked and attacked Eriol. Once Ruby Moon and Spinel Sun appeared, the creature fled, but not without taking a little of Eriol's power. As far as anyone could tell, the creature absorbed the ability to hide his power, so finding him again has proven to be quite a chore. They had him tracked until the creature started heading towards England, and they're sure he'll eventually end up here, but he didn't seem to be in any hurry. They assume that he's also got shape-shifting abilities, which is probably how they lost him. I mean tracking a monster like that wasn't too hard, which surprised Eriol that the creature had evaded them."

"Okay, but just one thing…" said Hotaru. "How did this Eriol guy find out that I was somehow involved, or even knew about?"

"Well, I was told to see if anyone knew about it, and you were the only one to react, so I just figured that you might know something," said Kero.

"So you didn't even have a clue that I would know, oh, I feel so used," she said in a mock disgusted voice.

"Well it was for a good reason; at least we're all now up to date with information. And now with me on the case we'll actually be able to solve this little problem," said an over confident Kero. Hotaru just rolled her eyes and Draco just seemed amused at the sight of the talking 'plush toy' thinking it could be of any help.

Gladriel then took this time to speak, "Perhaps it will, Cerberus." Everyone then turned to look at the elf. Kero was just awe struck. "When the time comes I'm sure you will be a great asset to our forces. I hope that it won't have to come to a battle. However, this news of yours might be why it's been terribly difficult to track the creature. Fortunately, we have our best out there and they have ways of getting around such magic. As of yet, there is no news from my people of the creature's whereabouts. As there are patrols all around the hour in the halls and the surrounding areas, there's no chance of the creature will be able to plan any sort of ambush."

"Well that's good to know, that there are precautions being taken about this," said Kero. "But I wonder something. Why is it that Dumbledore guy hasn't announced it the world? As I've heard from several people, it seems that he jumps at the chance to share with others information regarding, well, evil, I guess."

"That's my doing, I'm afraid. As much as I want people to be able to defend themselves by knowing what lies ahead, it would seem fool hearty to just announce to everyone that a creature possessing Voldemort's power has appeared. As no one even believed that he was back in the first place, really, and then they're now celebrating his demise, this little information might discredit Dumbledore and we'll need everyone still looking up to him in the future. I really don't want anyone to be a disbeliever this soon in the game, as of now there's no solid proof of the creature's existence, but once there is, Dumbledore has my word that he can then inform the populous."

Kero and Hotaru didn't quite know what to say to this new information, as they'd never personally met Dumbledore. However, Draco was practically disgusted from hearing Dumbledore's name spoken so frequently, and sneered at the thought of having to look to him for anything. Hotaru saw this look, and decided to try to lower his defenses. "So what are your thoughts on our Headmaster?" she asked.

Draco was quite shocked to hear this question. Did he dare tell her what he truly thought, or lie. He decided a mix of the two might work. "Well I was surprised to hear that he might be discredited," he said, and thought with a smirk, 'Yeah, surprised he even has any credit left to his name.' Hotaru could tell he was avoiding tell her what he really was thinking, but as he decided to take the high road and not blurt it out, she would let the question drop.

"As our conversation has ended, I suggest you two get to work on your homework. As I'm sure you know the O.W.L.s are coming at the end of the year, you don't want to get too far behind this early in the school year," said Gladriel.

"Yeah, I guess so, I'll see you later then," Hotaru said to Kero and Gladriel. She and Draco then started to make their way to the Slytherin common room.

"Oh, wait, I was going to finish my homework in the library," she said. "Did you want to join me?" Could his ears have deceived him or was Hotaru actually willing to spend time with him? "Well?"

"Oh, yeah, sure," said Draco, trying to sound uninterested.

"I wonder where Hotaru-chan is," said Sakura. "She did say that she was going to meet us after dinner?"

"Yeah, but she said she had to grab her school supplies first," said Hermione. "But she is taking a rather long time."

"I saw her walking towards the dungeons with Malfoy-san," said Tomoyo. "Their conversation's probably just taking longer than expected."

"Well if she doesn't hurry, it'll be 9 o'clock already and she'll have to do all the work without Hermione's help," said Ron.

"And what's that supposed to mean?" Hermione asked indignantly.

"I only meant that you'd be able to check our answers to insure that they're accurate, is all," Ron replied, feigning innocence.

"Sure…"

"Oh, there she is," said Sakura, pointing to the dark hair girl.

"Yeah, and she's with Malfoy?" said Harry.

"See, I knew they were talking," said Tomoyo.

Draco was in slight state of shock upon seeing whom they were to study with. "Um, actually I think that there's-uh-" Hotaru stopped him in mid-excuse as he headed towards the door.

"Aww, come on, Draco-kun, they're not that bad. I mean being in a study group with them for half an hour isn't going to kill you," she said while dragging him to the group's table.

'No, it's worse than death,' he thought. He then sat leering at the far end of the table next to Hotaru. Harry, Hermione, and Ron wore a look of utter disgust. Sakura and Tomoyo smiled kindly, while Syaoran just (what else) scowled.

"Okay…" said Hotaru, not really knowing what to do about the silence. "Which class work are you doing now?"

"Oh, we're on our Defense Against the Dark Arts," replied Tomoyo.

"Good, I've been having trouble with that shield thing," said Hotaru. "Which is odd, as it's usually my best defense." Everyone but Harry's group thought this was amusing, Saturn not being able to produce a shield? Ha…ha…oh…

Without noticing the irony, Hermione ploughed on through to the lessons; "Well it could be how you hold your wand while you perform the shield. See what you do is a sort of swish and jab motion."

"Oh, that explains a lot, I've been holding it all wrong," said Hotaru, thinking of her normal stance used for her own shield. "Thank you, Hermione-chan."

"Why, how have you been holding your wand?" Hermione inquired.

"Oh-uh, just wrong," said Hotaru blushing. Sakura and Tomoyo silently giggled.

"Hey has anyone else started their work for potions?" asked Ron. "I'm having trouble finding things to write 12in. on for the uses of black spores."

"I've already finished that long ago," said Draco smugly.

"Yeah, with Snape feeding you the answers," Harry whispered to Ron.

"Then you needn't be here," said Hermione impulsively. Draco was a little taken aback.

"Perhaps I should just leave then," said Draco as he made an attempt to leave. Hotaru caught him by the arm before he could stand. She then glanced at an already ashamed Hermione in warning, then turned to Draco.

"No, please stay," she pleaded, then addressed the group, "It's not going to do us any good if no one even puts any effort into getting along. So please try for at least these last minutes of studying to act civil towards each other. Just give it a go for 5 minutes, that's all I ask. Just to see if you can stomach it. After that, then just…whatever, okay?"

"Fine," the group grumbled.

"Good. Okay…" she started. "I guess to make this easier, I suppose you could at least give us some sources that gave information on the black spores."

"Well, I suppose that's not too bad. As long as none of you think for one minute that you could ever copy mine-" he stopped when he caught the look on Hotaru's face. He then just went to listing the books he used.

"Now we're making progress," said Hotaru cheerfully. "What's next?"

"Well, there's that paper for History of Magic, on the Giant wars. I'm having trouble finding information on it," said Draco.

"Most of the information could be found in the books you were supposed to get for the class," said Hermione. "Other than that, the rest should have been taken in notes."

"Well, no wonder," said Harry. "I couldn't find anything either."

"That's because you're always asleep in that class," said Hermione.

"Am not," said Harry indignantly. "I was just snoozing. There is a difference." Hermione just rolled her eyes.

"Well if it's of any help, I took some notes that you could look at, Malfoy-san," offered Tomoyo. Draco raised a questioning brow. "Oh, don't worry. I've found a charm to translate my writing into English."

"Thanks," said Draco, taking the notes.

"Tomoyo-chan, do you think you could teach me that charm?" asked Hotaru.

"Of course," she replied.

"Thank you so much. It'll make the work go so much faster, as I won't have to look up practically every other word to translate. It's so frustrating," said Hotaru.

"Tell me about it," said Syaoran, remembering his early days at Tomoeda Elementary. "Chinese to Japanese was pretty tough, even though the two are quite similar, nothing like Japanese to English. Not really, anyway."

Hermione just took a moment to look at the exchange students. "There's something I've been wondering," she said. "How is it that you all speak perfect English, but know almost nothing of the written English?"

"Oh, that's because we never had a chance to learn English really; as it wasn't a required class, at least not for our year," said Sakura. "Anyway, when we were told we were to attend Hogwarts there was no where near enough time to learn an entire language before the start of the school year, so they sent us these pins," she then showed the others her winged pin. "Cute, ne? But anyway, they put a charm on the pins so we could speak and understand any language spoken to us."

"That's useful, but didn't they think to give you a charm for the written parts as well?" asked Hermione. Sakura just shrugged.

"Apparently not," Syaoran retorted. "But I suppose they just figured we could cope, or perhaps make a charm on our own. Although, throwing someone in a situation where it might have been useful to warn them ahead of time of what would be expected of them, was kind of negligent for our government, or just anyone really. I wonder why they didn't think things through."

"Maybe they didn't have time to think everything though," said Hotaru. Everyone just looked at her. She just shrugged and looked away.

"Perhaps," said Hermione. "But why wouldn't they have time to think things through?"

"Well, the dark lord's capture hadn't been widely known before school started," said Draco, trying to sound convincing. "They might have thought there wasn't anytime to act before he emerged to make himself known."

"Very astute, Malfoy," said Hermione. "I think that's the best and perhaps the only logical reason for this, I suppose."

'Or just the only reason that you know of,' thought Draco, who had no intention of telling anyone the actual possibility before it was necessary. Hotaru just glanced around nervously, but no one seemed to notice.

"I think it's time that we called it a night," said Harry, noticing the time. The group agreed, packed up their things and parted ways at the door.

"You know what," said Hermione. "I didn't find Malfoy quite as annoying as usual."

"That's because he wasn't talking that much," said Ron.

"But even so," started Hermione. "It's usually just his mere presence that annoys."

"Too true," said Ron. "I'd actually almost forgotten that it was someone that I pretty much despise at the table with us."

"If you don't mind my asking," said Tomoyo. "Why do you find it so hard to get along with Malfoy-san, other then that his attitude can be rather off putting?"

"Well, other than that," started Harry. "I suppose it would be his lack of, oh, I don't know," he gestured his hands dramatically, as if he was trying to extract the right word. "Soul," he finished almost seriously.

Tomoyo had an odd look on her face. "Well, I suppose that's a bit harsh," Harry amended. "I guess given everything that's happened in the past we've just never bothered to find an excuse not to dislike him."

"And it doesn't help that he never makes any effort to be anything but cruel to us," said Hermione.

"Maybe," said Sakura. "But it never seems that you guys try to make an effort either." The trio just had identical looks of guilt on their faces. "I know it's not just your fault, but it couldn't just be his. Perhaps if you all took just a little effort and met each other half way, then it wouldn't be so bad."

"I guess," said Harry, and the other two just nodded their understanding. "As long as Malfoy puts his fair share in," he added, the two just nodded again.

Hotaru was getting tired of the silence as she, Syaoran, and Draco made their way to the Slytherin common room. "So, it wasn't that bad, was it, Draco-kun?" she asked.

Draco shrugged, "I guess not. I mean, it could have been worse."

"Yeah, you could have just kept on running your mouth, and gotten yourself pelted with jinxes," said Syaoran.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Draco huffed.

"I didn't mean for it to come out that rude, but I just meant that you're getting better at holding your tongue," Syaoran replied.

"It seems you need some help in that department," Draco said under his breath.

"You two are more alike then I'm sure you'll ever let on," said Hotaru. The boys just turned to look at her and exchanged identical looks of disbelief.

Syaoran sighed, "She's right." Draco wore a look of confusion. "I'd never admit to ever being remotely like you."

All three teens couldn't help but laugh at this, but the laughter died as they noticed a small cat disappearing around a corner. "It's Mrs. Norris," said Draco. "We'd better hurry before she lets Filch know we're out of our house." They then made a mad dash for the common room and didn't stop for breath until they were safely inside.

Since it was still somewhat early, the three figured they try to finish their homework before turning in, so they found three empty chairs in a quiet corner.

While they were huddled in the corner of the common room, the three were being eyed wearily by several suspicious characters.

"Hey, Draco." Draco recognized the voice and hoped that if he ignored it, it would go away. "Draco," said the voice again (guess it didn't work) as the person perched herself on the corner of his armrest.

"Hi, Pansy," he said dryly. Pansy Parkinson and her friends, a very large girl, Hermione had complications with, Millicent Bulstrode, and some other unsightly looking, well I'm guessing they're females, made their way to the semi secluded corner.

"Where've you been," she asked as sweetly as possibly. Although, seeing as it was Pansy, it sounded more like nails on a chalkboard. "I've been looking everywhere for you."

"Well, you've found me…What?" he asked rather impatiently.

"It's just been awhile since we've really hung out," she said. "I mean, we haven't gotten to talk as much and I was just wondering when we would finalize our plans for the winter dance," she said, and gave sharp look in Hotaru's direction, who just smiled sweetly (no really, Hotaru is able to pull off the sweet thing).

"Are you mad? It's only, what, the second week of school, the dance is months away," said Draco. "And besides, we never made any plans, so how could we 'finalize' them?"

"Well, I was sure that since we had such a wonderful time last year I was sure you'd be asking me again," she replied. "After all, who else is there possibly worth while to bring to a dance than myself?" She looked in Hotaru's direction at this and gave a little sneer; perhaps believed to be a mischievous smile.

Draco was finding it hard not to just blow up at this crazy girl as, despite appearances, he'd had a horrible time with her the year before. It's the voice, shudder, oh, it's just awful, poor girl. To his surprise he made up his mind to try and tell her off nicely, tried being the key word here; Hotaru might have had something to do with the attempt. "Well it's not as if things can't wait, what if something comes up. I mean, we don't want to finalize anything this early on."

Pansy, not recognizing rejection, which is surprising as it probably happens to her a lot, took this as a beacon of hope. "Okay, so we'll just talk about this a little later on then? Good," she said without waiting for conformation. "So, I'll see you tomorrow then. However, there's just something that's been bothering me." Draco was really starting to lose what little patience he had left.

"What?"

"I don't really know what's going on but I don't like that you're spending so much time with that girl," she said harshly, without trying to lower her voice.

"Well, I really don't see any reason why you would think you have any control over who he spends time with," uttered Hotaru without thinking.

"What did you say," Pansy's falsely sweet voice turned ice cold.

"I only meant that he's fully capable of choosing his company wisely," she replied.

"Obviously he's not if he's hanging out with the likes of you."

"I suggest you redirect that phrase, as I'm not one that could be mistaken as the bad seed. I honestly think you should reconsider your definition of bad company and realize that only a deaf person could truly stand to be in your presence, as he would have the perfect defense against your hideously evil, banshee shrill you would call a voice." As if a strange shadow has passed over her, Hotaru was quickly jolted out of her stupor and realized what she must sound like. "I am so sorry," she said with genuine sincerity. "I shouldn't have said that, especially since I don't even know you. Perhaps we could start over. I'm-" Pansy held up her hand to silence her.

"I can assure you that the next time we meet won't be pleasant, I'd stay out of my way if I were you."

"I guess I-" Pansy stopped Hotaru again.

"You do realize that we share the same dorm. I suggest you sleep with one eye open. See ya." Pansy then stormed off.

"Empty threats," said Hotaru. "Although her larger friend might actually be willing to go through with what ever she plans." Hotaru shook her head. "I think being in this house is making me lose myself. I thought that after that Mistress 9 incident my Saturn side was more balanced with my actual self. I'll just have to make sure keep it under control. I just really don't want a repeat of my last life."

The two boys just didn't know how to react to this. Luckily, Luna came trotting over, now they wouldn't have to fail horribly at comforting Hotaru.

Luna cast a weary look in Draco's direction. "It's okay, he already knows, well…sort of."

The cat gave a small sigh, "I could tell that being away from all the other soldiers was going to cause problems, especially being so far away from Usagi." Hotaru just looked at her questioningly. "Well, without the constant presence of the silver crystal, it would be just a matter of time before your Saturn side would start to show though."

"But I thought that I was healed?"

"We thought so too, at first, but we could sense something hiding just beneath the surface of your countenance. This was why I jumped at the chance to accompany you to this school, so I could keep a close watch, in case something tried to emerge. But I know that it'll all be alright, you just have to keep tabs on your temper, you'll be alright," Luna assured her.

"Thanks, Luna," said Hotaru, almost despairingly. The two boys, meanwhile, just sat not knowing how to react to Hotaru's predicament, merely sat and fidgeted nervously. Draco was getting tired of staying quiet.

"I'm sure it'll be alright," he practically blurted. Hotaru turned to look at him. "I mean, if you weren't able to hold your temper, and keep yourself, there's no doubt that I'd already be dead."

"I guess," she said, the smiled. "That means a lot, coming from you. Thanks, Draco-kun." Draco could barely hold back a smile, and blushed like mad. Syaoran getting tired of feeling awkward decided that it was time to go to bed; the others agreed, and they set off to their respective dorms. But not before Syaoran gave Hotaru a charm to ward off evil, in other wards a very effective shield against burly girls, just in case.