Welcome one and all to chapter two of my Demon Diary fic. I do hope you enjoy it. Ankh has calmed down a lot thanks to all the cookies you guys gave her!

ANKH: OOH, I ATE TOO MANY COOKIES

LILLY: Serves you right for trying to take over the world!

Aaanyway, moving on…

Warning: This fiction contains shounen ai – this means it has boy fancying boy, boy kissing boy etc. If you do not like this leave now and don't flame me as you have been warned. This chapter also contains the teensiest hint at girl/girl but its so tiny its barely worth mentioning.

Disclaimer: Lilly would you do the honours?

LILLY: We do not own Demon Diary, if we did this would be in the books. We do own Luna though.

Thanks Lilly, now on with the story.

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Raenef looked at Luna, then Eclipse, and immediately felt very stupid. Now as he looked there was a definite similarity between them. Although Luna was a bit shorter and younger-looking than Eclipse, her features were obviously more feminine, she had the same stance and face shape as her brother. But her eyes – they were the most intense purple Raenef had ever seen. They had a piercing quality – as if Luna were looking straight into him. Raenef felt like she was gazing in to his soul. It was almost . . . unnerving. Raenef had to try twice before he managed to talk to her.

"H-hello. I'm Raenef 5th. Nice to meet you."

He held out his hand, but she didn't take it. Instead, she bowed low to the ground and said, "It is an honour, my lord." She stood up and asked, a little less formally, "I trust my brother is teaching and treating you well?"

"Oh, yes! He's . . . wonderful! You should be proud to be his sister!" he gushed. Under Luna's intense stare, he found it hard to keep his guard up and said things he wouldn't normally say. Luna seemed to give him a strange look, and then turned to her brother.

"Is it alright if I stay for a few days? I know its short notice, but I haven't seen you in decades!"

Decades? So Luna, like Eclipse, was much older than she seemed. Either that or she was exaggerating.

"Of course you can!" Eclipse replied. "Raenef is staying in your old room but the large guestroom is still free. I'll take you there."

But Erutis and Chris had small rooms and the large one supposed to be was for storage! Sure, there hadn't been anything stored in it at the time, and Eclipse didn't like giving luxuries to 'the raccoon and the monkey', as he had so wittingly dubbed them, but still, Raenef didn't think he'd lie to them.

"I did live here for a while, Eclipse. I do know my way around." Luna pointed out.

But Eclipse insisted on taking her to her room. They probably had a lot to catch up on, Raenef thought. Still, as they walked down the long stone corridor away from him, he couldn't help but feel jealous. Since Luna had arrived, Eclipse had barely spared him a glance. Although he and Luna hadn't seen each other for a long time, to be fair.

Something in the way Luna had looked at Raenef had made him think. She really did seem able to look right into him. It was like she couldn't see him on the outside, just looked inside him and saw his true feelings. He thought she must know how he felt about her brother. But she seemed friendly enough. Maybe she wouldn't mention it? Either way there was nothing Raenef could do about it except maybe tell Eclipse before she did, and he didn't really think he had the courage. Sighing, he gave up and went to find Erutis.

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He found her sitting on the balcony talking to Chris. They looked up as he approached. "Hey guys," he called. "Can I practise my fighting with you, Erutis? Eclipse has been training me up."

Erutis grinned. She loved a challenge. "Sure thing. You know the rules: head and chest, two points, arms and legs one point. No magic. First to ten wins. Chris, can you keep score?"

Chris nodded as Erutis tossed Raenef a wooden training sword. She stood, waiting, her own sword by her side. "You get first hit. Go on, try and get me."

Raenef ran up to her, feinted a blow to her head and managed to hit her stomach. "Ha! Got you! Hey, have you guys seen the new girl?" he asked them.

"Nope," Erutis replied, raining blows down on Raenef that he could barely block.

"I did see someone walking down another corridor with Eclipse," Chris said. "Was that her? I didn't get a good look at her, but she had long loose black hair and a long beige dress on. Who is she?"

"She's – ow! – Eclipse's sister," Raenef told him, while Erutis slipped past his defences and hit his arms and legs. "Her name's – ow! – Luna. She's going to be staying here for – ow! – a few days. OW!"

Erutis put down her sword. "I win!" she declared. "You should pay more attention, Raenef. You started off good then just got too easily distracted. Maybe next time."

Raenef pouted at her. "I was talking! My guard slipped."

"So don't talk. I'm going for a wander. Anyone coming with?"

Chris shook his head. "I'll stay out here for a bit."

"Me too," Raenef added. "Maybe later?"

"Suit yourselves," Erutis said, walking off.

As Raenef watched her walk away, he had an idea. Perhaps Chris could help him decide whether he could tell Eclipse his feelings or not. Raenef shuffled a bit then turned to Chris. "Hey, have you, err, that is, can I, um... Chris?"

Chris turned to look blandly at him. "Yeah?"

"Have you, um, ever like, sorta, liked someone you shouldn't?" Raenef's cheeks flushed crimson as he asked the question.

Chris looked at Raenef and completely misunderstood the way he was looking at him and shuffling, and began to slowly edge away. "Um, no…"

Oblivious to Chris' reaction, Raenef continued. "I mean, like, is it ok to tell them? Or should I keep quiet?"

Chris continued subtly moving away from Raenef. "I think you should keep quiet. Chances are they don't feel the same."

Raenef seemed to deflate at that comment. "Oh. Ok then. Thanks Chris," he said, slowly walking off.

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Erutis was strolling around the castle looking for the new girl Raenef had mentioned. It would be good to have another female in the place – even if it was only for a few days. Although, if she was Eclipse's sister, she might not react well to Erutis and Chris staying there.

As Erutis passed one of the storage rooms, she heard a sound that told her someone was inside it. She looked in and saw someone who could only have been Eclipse's sister – her name had already evaded Erutis' memory – folding clothes on a bed that Erutis was sure hadn't been there before. She couldn't tell where the clothes had come from either, as the girl didn't seem to have any bags. Maybe they'd already been here.

As Erutis watched, the girl carefully arranged her clothes beside her bed, stopped, cocked her head, and turned to face her. Erutis couldn't help but gasp at her beauty. "Don't bother sneaking up on me. I know you're there and I could kill you right now if I wanted. Identify yourself."

"No, you don't understand. I'm Erutis, I –"

The girl's face contorted with rage, and Erutis couldn't help but think that she looked even more beautiful when she was angry. "That is a knight's name. You have come to kill the Demon Lord!"

"No! I swear, I didn't –"

Erutis was cut off as the girl began to strangle her. She tried desperately to break free but it was no use – the girls grip was far too strong. As she looked, gasping for breath, into the face of what she now considered her murderer, she saw that even though the girl's features were filled with anger, her eyes were cold and empty. The eyes of a killer.

That was Erutis' last thought as she succumbed to the blackness…

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So what do you think? Is Luna evil? Will she tell Eclipse about Raenef? Please review!

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