Gekko no Senshi (Moonlight Warrior)

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Chapter 8

Another uneventful school day had passed. Rikuo sighed as he closed his books and packed them inside his bag. The students walked out the door, eager to go home; others lingered a little longer, talking to their friends. Just then he hears Kiyotsugu:

"Kiyojuji Paranormal Patrol, attention!"

Natsumi, Saori, Kana, Shima and Rikuo jerked their heads towards him. Tomoe asked, "What is the Kiyojuji Paranormal Patrol?"

"It's the name of our after-school club, the youkai-hunting one," Saori answered.

"Oh."

"So," Kiyotsugu announced, setting down his laptop, "I have received a lot of messages on my chat board about youkai sightings! This only means one thing! We are going tonight!" he laughed a maniacal laugh as he lifted a fist high in the sky. Everyone else sweat dropped heavily.

"Kiyotsugu, seriously…" started Saori, but before she continued, Kiyotsugu interrupted,

"No one is bailing on me today, we don't have homework (which is a miracle) so we will be going!"

Everyone sighed.

He's gonna get himself killed one day, thought Yura as she rubbed her temples. "Ok, fine, I'm going with you," Kiyotsugu cheered, she put a hand on front saying, "but if it gets too dangerous and I tell you to leave, we leave ok?"

Kiyotsugu ran over to her and grab both her hands, "Yes, Master Yura." Yura sweat dropped.

I don't know about this Yura girl but if there's a horde of youkai, I don't know if she'll be able to handle it, Tomoe looked at Yura, she looks so fragile, yet she seems to be very intelligent… I should go, just in case…

"I'll be going too," said Tomoe nodding.

"Me too," said Rikuo.

Kana hurried to accept the invitation too. Not that it was much of an invitation.

Yura narrowed her eyes towards Tomoe. I don't like this girl. She gives me a wrong vibe.

Tomoe looked at Rikuo who was smiling at Kana and the rest of the group, he looks so innocent but he seems to have a secret… I want to know what that is.

"So," Kiyotsugu said, breaking the silence, "let's meet at the park at dusk." And with that he walked away.

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"I don't want to!" whined Rihan.

"Son, is for the good of the future of the clan for you to attend to this meeting," continued Nurarihyon. He had been pleading with his eldest son the whole afternoon and the boy didn't budge.

"Well then let Rikuo attend instead of me, I bet he has nothing better to do than to be behind those boring books," said Rihan, flashing a smirk towards his brother.

Rikuo spat, "As a matter of fact, dear brother, I do have plans…"

"Wait, what are you doing?" Rihan suddenly seemed interested.

"None of your damn business, that's for sure," Rikuo counteracted.

-0-

Shit, I forgot to ask which park we where suppose to meet, thought Tomoe as she walked around the neighborhood. She had already passed 3 parks and she couldn't find any of her classmates.

Maybe if I turn into my demon self I can find them faster, she thought. She did, and indeed she found them a lot faster. She changed into her human self behind a tree.

"Hello, mina," she greeted as she walked to the group. Everyone greeted back. Even Yura, who was a little reluctant, greeted her with a curt nod, which Tomoe returned as well.

I don't want to be rude, even if I don't approve of this girl, Yura thought.

"We're just waiting for Nura," announced Kiyotsugu.

"Sorry, I kept you waiting. My brother was being annoying," heaved Rikuo as he ran over to the group.

"You made it, Nura-san," smiled Tomoe. He returned the smile. Kana saw this and felt a pang of jealousy. Or maybe, I'm just imagining things. Silly me, she thought.

"So now that we are all together, let's go!" commanded Kiyotsugu; everyone followed.

As they where walking towards this abandoned building, Tomoe could feel a strong youki coming out of the building from afar. From the corner of her eye, she saw Kana crowing closer to Rikuo. Yura led side by side with Kiyotsugu while Saori, Natsumi, and a kid called Shima, whom was also in her class, walked behind them.

Kiyotsugu saw Yura halt at the entrance and narrow her eyes.

"Can you feel the youkai's presence, Master Keikain?" asked Kiyotsugu. Yura didn't like the formality but thought that she would worry about that later.

"Yes, I can," she whispered. Kana grabbed the back of Nura's T-shirt.

"You really don't need to be gifted to feel 'their' presence," whispered Saori. She grabbed Natsumi's hand as they entered together.

Seriously, these kids like to be afraid... putting themselves in the line of fire, I think it's absurd… though, it's good research for me, Tomoe thought.

They walked into the buildings foyer, which had a grand staircase at the end of the foyer and an old chandelier, with a lot of missing bulbs. Even though there was no breeze inside, you could see the chandelier swinging.

A cold shiver ran down Kana's spine, which now clung to Rikuo's arm like her life depended on it, which in some sense, it did.

"Ok everyone, let's turn on our flashlights," Kiyotsugu said. After everyone did, he started walking pass the staircase and into a side door.

There better not be anyone of my clan playing around here, or even Rihan, that bastard… pestering like a bunch of flies, Rikuo thought to himself as they walked through the door. Though there's an important meeting at the House, I don't think they'll just leave.

His heart fluttered in excitement as he felt the strong youki. His own youkai was burning inside, begging to come out. Not now… we will later show them who's the boss, but I need to make sure my friends are safe first, he smiled wickedly. Tomoe caught him smiling; she narrowed her eyes and continued looking forward. Nura is definitely hiding something, she thought.

Just then they heard a loud thud and before them appeared a deformed, ape-looking youkai with wings, that came flying towards them. Everyone screamed, Kiyotsugu squealed like a young child, Rikuo stepped forward protectively over Kana. Yura without hesitating took out an 'ofuda,' looking at the thing dead-eyed and called:

"Tanro! Destroy!"

A white wolf with glowing green eyes appeared and roared in front of the group. Tomoe stood in awe as the beast jumped over the youkai and devoured it. Hats off to her, she comes well prepared, Tomoe thought to herself. I think I like her; she smirked.

Yura stepped over to the wolf and patted him on the side. After everyone recovered from the scare, they continued wandering around the building for another half hour. Seeming that their youkai encounter would be the first and last one, they all agreed on leaving.

Just as they where about to head outside, the building's foyer became completely dark. An overwhelming youki surrounded the students. Tomoe felt Saori and Natsumi grab unto her T-shirt. She felt the need to protect them. I can't do anything if I don't turn into a youkai, she thought. But I can't reveal my identity, she suddenly became sad, I don't want them to walk away from me if they know who I am… for the first time I have friends, other than Tora… what should I do?

Suddenly the doors locked, leaving them trapped inside. Kana screamed for Rikuo, Natsumi and Saori held on to Tomoe, Shima ran towards Kiyotsugu. Yura summoned one of her fish type shikigami, Rentei. The thundering sound of the cannon, releasing extraordinary energy, destroyed whatever was in front of them.

I should produce 'fear', not get blinded by it, thought Tomoe.

As a dark energy engulfed them, Tomoe sought this opportunity to release herself from the frightened girls and turn into her youkai form.

-0-

As he protected Kana behind his person, Rikuo felt another great power emerge. His blood immediately started boiling. But before he could even turn into his youkai, he heard a piercing scream that did not come from Kana.

"YURA!"

A/N: Oh I'm getting super excited to where this story is going. It's a little different from what I planned first but it's getting there and for me I think its better. Don't forget to check out my other story The Grandchildren of the two Great Lords, it's a Nuramago/Inuyasha crossover and it's super fun! Check it out! Also, a shout out to Kiera Vincent for being my awesome beta.

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