AN: Hey everyone, Edward the Pure here. Welcome back for another installment of The Secret of the Moon Hidden by the Sky. In the last chapter you read about Ken-sensei and met 2 mysterious people, one of which killed members of Vindice. In this part we actually go to the Rain Guardian. But I thought of a nice little twist. This would probably have shown up sooner, but I've actually been doing a little project on a certain video site I'm sure everyone knows about. And that took longer to explain that it should have, but oh well. And another reason will be revealed after the chapter. But for now how about we start our next chapter for now?

Chapter 1 pt. 5

*Roxanne POV, Memory, 1 year ago*

I ran out of the house and leaned against the wall. My parents hadn't texted me, but I wanted some excuse to get out of there. What did Kira think she was doing? She just suddenly kissed me out of nowhere. I put my left hand to the area where she had kissed me, feeling my lips quiver. I couldn't understand what exactly had made her do that, but I guess that it was a bit flattering. She had the nerve to confess to me, but that was the only reason. There was no way I could have feelings for her, could I?

I moved my hand to my chest and felt my heart racing. It's just from surprise, that's all, Roxanne told herself as she began her walk home. While she walked, the image of Kira's kiss was stuck in her mind and didn't leave. It haunted her, even as she slept.

*Roxanne POV*

I groggily got up out of bead, my black hair covering my light brown eyes. I looked at my arm and saw that my slightly tanned skin was a bit paler and was a little bit sweaty. Must have had that dream again, I though as I got out of my bed. I straightened up the light blue t- shirt and black pants that I wore when I slept. I went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. I was completely disheveled. I didn't much care at the time, looking over the clock and seeing that the time was a whole 2 hours before I was supposed to get up.

I walked out of the bathroom and towards the kitchen, greeted by a more pleasant smell. I looked over and saw that my roommate was in the kitchen, making waffles. She had dark brown, shoulder-length hair with a stray bang (or as I like to call it an "Emo Bang") covering her right eye, blue-grey eyes and pale-ish skin. She had on a black blazer over a white hoodie, a mid-thigh length, brown, pleated skirt, white, thigh-high socks, and a pair of black, knee-high boots. On her left arm she had on a prefect arm band. "You're up a little early," she said, not lifting her eyes from the waffle mix she was beating. She looked up and eyed me suspiciously.

I just sighed and brought my right hand up to my forehead and started rubbing my temples. "Yes, I couldn't sleep so I decided to just get dressed." She looked back at what she was doing and saw that it was liquid-y.

"Had that dream again huh? You really should talk to her about that. What is the full story anyway?" She asked as she began pouring the mix into a waffle maker. She closed it and we both began to wait for the waffle to finish. "You didn't do anything to, you know." I felt blood rush to my entire face at the mere thought of what she was mentioning.

"K-Koyuki-chan! Stop right there. How could you even consider that?" I yelled quietly, not wanting our neighbors to be abruptly awoken. She laughed a little bit.

"Alright, but it's just fun teasing you like that." If my face wasn't as red as a tomato then, it probably was then. "So, what all did happen besides that little kiss?" She said as she pulled out a stool and sat down on it.

I decided to just cave in and answer. I didn't want to, but once she learned a little about something, she'd try her best to get you to spill all of the beans. "Nothing happened. I just got scared and left." I said, remembering that day, or rather night. "I probably caused her so much grief after that."

"Why? Haven't you seen her to apologize?" She asked with curiosity evident in her voice.

"No, after that day I haven't even seen her." After saying that I realized how much I was probably killing her. I felt like a bitch after that.

"Well, I can see why you'd think that." I looked at her surprised. How could she know I was thinking that? "But if you haven't seen her that means she must think the same thing about you." I looked at her confused. "If you haven't seen her, then that means that neither of you have attempted to fix your friendship. So you both feel like total bitches after that." There was a beep and she walked over to the waffle maker to see that her waffle was done. "What caused, you know?" She said, trying not to save me from embarrassment, but failing a little.

"Today's the first day of school. We're both going to the same one," I said, realization hitting. I know how kind she can be, but she does have a tendency to be pissed easily. She'd probably use her full force Maximum Cannon on me for what happened and not even apologizing properly.

"Then today's a perfect opportunity to start stitching." Koyuki-chan said as she poured a little syrup onto her waffles. I gave her another confused look, but she looked at me like I was an idiot as she explained. "You can try to fix the relationship as well as, well. You know what I mean." She said as the blush from before returned and was even larger, if possible.

"N-no. I don't feel about her that way. She's a friend nothing more," I said, trying not to trip on any words. I saw a mischievous smile cross my roommate's face as she took a bite of her waffle.

"That may be, but I think you should at least try your hand as a 'scientist', to see if you'd go through with it or not." I tried not to understand what she said, but it was obvious what she meant. "Everyone tries it at one point. At least everyone who goes down the mainstream does." I looked at her suspiciously.

"Are you trying to play matchmaker?" I asked her, but only got a laugh for a response.

"No, but it is obvious that you should at least try. You did have that dream after all." She took another bite of waffle, quickly chewed and swallowed. "Besides, despite how cold it in here you're glistening with sweat." She pointed her fork at me.

I tried to hide the blush that was growing on top of the one I already had. "S-so?" I asked, not sure what else to add to the sentence.

"So, all I'm saying is she confessed to you and gave you a move. What would the Roxanne-chan I know do in this situation?" She finished up her waffle and stood up to do her dishes. "I've got to get to my school early, so you're on your own getting to your school." She grabbed a bag that was lying next to the sink and headed towards the door. "I'll see you after school." She opened the door and left.

I stood there, slightly dazed. Her words did make a bit of sense. This wasn't much like me to be so flustered. Kira-chan is like my sister, so I'd want her to be happy. If that meant I'd have to do something I'd be uncomfortable with, then so be it. I'd rather her be happy then be mad at me the rest of our lives.

I looked at the clock and saw that I had been sitting there thinking it over for a good 30 minutes. Even though I had another hour before I had to get ready, I decided to get dressed. A shower might be nice as well. *Skipping the shower, since there was nothing important and I don't want to have some sort of shower scene*

I stepped out of the bathroom with a beige towel wrapped around me. I opened my closet and grabbed the uniform for school. It consisted of a white, button down, short sleeved shirt, a khaki skirt, and a pair of pure black flats. I also grabbed a black scrunchy so I could put my hair up into a high pony-tail. I quickly changed into my uniform and inspected myself in the mirror. I wasn't a fan of it, but it worked for me.

I didn't have any time for eating, but I wasn't hungry to begin with. I grabbed my bag, slung it over my shoulder and began my trek to school. I thought my bag was a little heavy so I looked inside it. I saw that there was a box in it as well as a note. It read, "Thought you'd leave and forget money so here's a lunch for you. -Koyuki." I nearly stopped as I looked at the letter. She was too good a friend for someone like me to have.

I remembered the day I had first moved in. My parents had been called away to Italy because of my dad's job one whole week ago. They said I'd have to come with them if I couldn't find anyone who would let me live with them. I had originally intended to go to Kira-chan and Anthony-kun's house, but remembered my last incident with Kira-chan. The only other friend I had that would let me stay with them was Koyuki-chan, but I had lost contact with her when I met Kira-chan and Anthony-kun. She let me stay none-the-less when I had contacted her on the matter.

I looked at the note again, gaining a little confidence. If someone like her, who I had lost contact with and didn't know very well anymore, was being kind to me, then maybe I should follow her example.

I looked ahead of me and saw Kira-chan and Anthony-kun walking together, probably on their way to school. I decided to catch up to them, hopefully have a nice talk with Kira-chan. It looked like they were about to get into a fight, but I thought I'd stop them before they started. "Hey Anthony-kun, Kira-chan!" I yelled at the top of my lungs, diverting their attention away from each other.

"'Sup Roxanne-chan," Anthony-kun said when I was about a foot away. They both relaxed at the sight of me. I saw Kira-chan shift nervously as I came closer. It was the first time we'd seen each other in almost a year. "Sorry we didn't visit over the summer like we promised." Kira-chan scratched the back of my head nervously.

"It's alright, I wasn't home most of the time anyway. So how have you guys been?" I decided it might be best to act like nothing had happened a year ago for now.

"We've been good," He said as a thought seemed to strike him. Kira-chan seemed to get a little uncomfortable when she saw Anthony-kun's glint. "I'd like to chat more with you, but I promised a friend that I'd help out with his summer homework. I don't want to be late so I better move along. See you in class!" He said as he ran away. I stood in shock for a few seconds before screaming at the top of my lungs.

"Anthony Vermilion Sawada, get back here this instant!" He just continued to run away and we both just stood there.

"Well, he had to go help someone, so let him go." I said as I stood next to her, not too close that we were touching, but relatively close. "How about we just walk to school together," I said with a smile. Kira-chan just seemed to stand there, staring at me for a bit. She soon snapped back to reality though.

"Sure," she answered shyly. She just stared down at the ground as I began to walk forward. I just giggled a bit. I decided to grab her hand and began pulling her along.

"Come on, we're going to be late if you just keep standing there." We both walked next to each other in an uncomfortable silence.

I decided to initiate the conversation. "Look, we have to get this out of the way Kira-chan. I know what you said, and I am glad. I'm flattered definitely, but." I cut myself off there.

"Look I know what I said as well, Anthony told me everything," she said, a little too quickly. I just stared at her, confusion written on my face. "Anthony said he put something in the glass of water I had before we got back to my house that made me act drunk and crazy." It was obvious that she was fighting back a blush.

"Oh, so then you aren't-" I cut myself off there. Guess that prep I was doing before was for nothing. I shook my head, trying to get rid of the unease and the thoughts that had plagued my head this last year. "I'm glad, that could have made things awkward." I gave her a smile that was even brighter than my first one, if even possible.

She smiled as well. "Yeah, me to." We began to catch up more on what had happened over the time we'd been separated. I told her about Koyuki-chan, my parents and what all I'd been doing. But what surprised me even despite what she said, we didn't separate our hands until we got to the school grounds.

We got to class after a few minutes of walking and took our allotted seats. They were right next each other. I smiled a little at that. Anthony rushed into class just as the bell rang. He took his seat and we all waited for the teacher.

The door opened soon after and our teacher walked in. He had has messy black hair that covered his brown eyes slightly, light skin and was 6 feet tall. He wore a dark blue shirt with long sleeves, blue jeans and black shoes. He picked up a clip board and took a quick glance at it. "Alright students, welcome to your first day of class. I'll be your teacher for the year," he said as he looked over the list and began to write on the chalk board. "You may call me Hayashi-sensei if you want, but I'd prefer to just be called Ken-sensei." He said as he turned around, a serious look on his face. "It seems everyone's in their assigned seats, so I'll begin class now."

After the bell for lunch had rung, both me and Kira-chan walked over to join Anthony. After the bell for lunch had rung, it looked like he was making sure that all the notes he'd taken were stored in his desk securely. "You really need to fix that," Kira-chan we approached him.

"If you mean my obsession of security, then no we don't. And sorry for ditching you guys back there," He said without allowing Kira-chan anytime to speak.

"It's OK, don't worry. You had something else to do," I said as I set my lunch down on the desk behind him. "So what all did you do since we last talked?" She interlaced her fingers, put her elbows on the table and put her chin on her fingers.

"Well, we went to Italy to visit our grandfather, Reborn-san, and Gokudera-san. I was hoping to see Takeshi-san, but they said he was away training a new pupil. They said that she showed excellent talent in swordsmanship." I heard what he said, slightly hesitated, and pretended like it was news to me. "You wouldn't happen to know anyone like that right?" He asked sarcastically. Guess the cat's out of the bag.

"Only the one and only," I said. "And to answer your next question, yes it was me. Yamamoto-sensei was teaching me the Shigure Soen Ryu style. It was actually pretty fun." A smile passed my lips as I took a bite out of the sandwich Koyuki-chan had packed for me in my lunch.

"I'm pretty jealous. I've been begging him to teach me for years. So anything else? Or did he just train you all 2 of those months?"

"He taught me in only a few days, but the rest of time I was doing something else." I didn't go any further than that. Anthony-kun looked like he wanted to continue prying, but stopped himself.

We spent the rest of lunch in silence, only occasionally bringing up some random topics, such as the disappearances that had been happening around the school, the mystery of Kia and Lyulf (well mostly it was Kira-chan and Anthony-kun, since I didn't know Kia and Lyulf too well), and discussing topics over what it could have been in Ken-sensei's sleeves, which I hadn't noticed at the time.

Lunch ended and class began. I stole a few quick glances at Kira-chan and saw that she was writing "Kira x Roxanne forever." She seemed shocked at it and began erasing it as quickly as she could. This kept going on in class, but it seemed she was trying her best to make sure I didn't notice. I put on a bored expression whenever I got caught and mouthed, 'boring' every time. She answered by mouthing 'I know right?'

Class soon ended and I packed up everything. I watched Kira-chan try to pack quickly, probably hoping to get out of class as soon as possible, but I didn't let that happen. "So what are your plans for after school?" I asked as she finished up packing everything and slinging it over her shoulder.

"Well, I have a boxing club qualifier I need to go to," she said, trying not stutter. I looked her curiously.

"Really? You still box?" She nodded, embarrassed. Probably she thought that I found it a little weird. But she didn't know how wrong she was. "Mind if I watch?" I asked sincerely and excitedly, which actually caught her off guard. She just responded with another nod and walked up to Anthony-kun.

I just stood back and watched. It was obvious that she was mad at him for leaving us alone, but it wasn't a big deal in the end. They seemed to end their little fight and grabbed each other's hands.

"Make them go home black and bruised." He held out his left hand for Kira-chan to grab, which she did with her own left hand.

They both pulled towards each other. "But if you can't make them snooze." They pulled away and he grabbed his stuff. "You'll be there right?" She asked, actual wanting him to be there. That was the first time I'd seen them get along in a year.

"Of course. I may hate you, but when it comes to boxing it's the only time I actually do like you as a sister." They both left the class room. I decided to follow Kira-chan to find where they'd be practicing.

I soon found it and took a seat at the front and near the stairs in case I was called away. I began waiting for her match to begin as there were multiple people boxing. I thought about what approach would be best, but let those thoughts go when I heard a bell ring and saw that Kira-chan was up.

She waited for him to make the first move, which he did after a few moments of looking around. He threw a single right jab that she easily moved out of the way for, but he got her with a left uppercut right into her abdomen right as she was dodging his jab. He didn't stop there and delivered a right hook to her face. The blonde boxer took a few steps backwards, tipsy from his sudden onslaught.

I just stared at her, seeing the rookie mistake she had made. She accidentally got back into a corner and he then made a big move. He ran up and delivered a flurry of jabs into her face, probably breaking her nose and knocking the guard out of her mouth. He finished it up with a slow but powerful barrage of upper cuts to her gut, slowly moving upwards with each one, ending it with an uppercut to her jaw, probably dislocating it. I wasn't a boxer but I could tell that hits like those were probably bone breaking. It lifted her into the air and sent her back a bit. He took the opportunity that was wide open and delivered a powerful right jab to her abdomen, forcing her to hit the corner post.

She fell to the ground, not even moving. I just stared at where she had landed. She was going to lose? How could she lose? What could have been holding her back? She tried to get up, but couldn't.

"ONE!" The referee yelled, giving the 10 count to get back up. I watched as she still tried to move but her body didn't seem like it would respond. I couldn't see too well, but I saw her eyes scanning the crowd over me. She was probably looking for Anthony-kun.

"TWO!" She looked disappointed and just closed her eyes. I saw a stray tear fall from her right eye.

"THREE!" She tried again, but still couldn't move. She just went limp after that, waiting for the ref to finish the count.

"FOUR!" He yelled, as she still just lay there, waiting for the end.

"FIVE!" I stood up, not wanting her to give up that easily.

"SIX!" He looked at her, then continued the count.

"SEVEN!" I forced myself through the security and ran up to the ring, right next to Kira-chan.

"EIGHT!"

"DON'T GIVE UP!" I yelled. Her eyes flew open to see me standing at the base of the ring. Time seemed to stand still at that instant. "Don't just give up Kira." Tears started to roll down my face. "Not after all this." I said a bit more softly then the first. The security guards came up to me and told me to get away from the ring I didn't even bother not complying and walked away towards me seat, but saying one last thing before getting to far. "Win it for me."

"NINE!" The ref was getting ready to say 10 when I she began to get up, which most people found astonishing. I knew she'd get up quickly. I sat down in my seat, preparing to watch as Kira-chan let a smile cross her face as she got up and got into a boxing stance.

"Just who the hell do you think I am?" I said. "I'm not going to lose here. No way." She moved at a speed astonished me as she got right in front of the kid. "Don't mess with me," he said as she delivered a left uppercut with all her strength, sending him flying into the air and almost making him hit the ceiling, which was only 3 feet above me.

Before he could land to recover though, she pulled back her right fist and focused all her power into this one last attack. He fell right in front of her and I delivered the final blow. This was Ryohei-san's ultimate attack. He only taught it to a few people, but he never taught them the full version. Kira-chan was the only one he did teach the full version. I yelling the name in my head and watched as she launched the attack that shattered even iron. MAXIMUM CANNON! The force of the attack sent him flying into the corner post, and even bent it a bit before he slumped down, unconscious.

The ref just stared in astonishment at what Kira-chan had just done, but dawned her the winner no less by KO. At that I just went over to the door to the changing room and sat down on the ground next to it. When I saw Kira-chan walking over, I stood up and walked over to her, embracing her tightly.

"That was an amazing ender," I said, not yet letting go. I let go and let my smile beam more than it ever had before. "I'm glad your alright though." She nodded, but it seemed like something was bothering her.

"Thanks. I'm sorry the first half was so bad though," she said, trying not to get to early off the subject. I just shook my head. She probably was going to tell me.

"You had something on your mind, I'm sure." We stood there in silence, waiting for the other to initiate the next topic.

"But," I began. "I'm sure that I'm part of the reason." She stared at me confused. "I saw what you wrote on your papers." She seemed to stiff up at that part. "It seems you were lying to me. But why?" I tried not to sound hurt, but I failed. My best friend had lied to me, how could I not be?

She looked at the ground, probably wanting to just disappear. "Because I didn't want to ruin our friendship." I was about to tell it wouldn't have, but she just continued. "I know that I am straight, but I just can't help but be in love with you." I just shook my head. I had learned to deal with it, thanks to Koyuki-chan

"That may be, but I," I cut myself off, a nervous look on my face. It's for Kira-chan, I can deal with it if it's her, I thought to myself as I gathered up my nerves. "I could at least give it a try." She just smiled at me.

"I guessed you would. Which is part of why I lied." She soon changed her expression to a frown. "I don't want you to give up your life to me just because I'm in love and you won't be." I stared at her, shocked, as she began to walk past me. "How could I accept such a forbidden rose, when I can't even accept myself?" With those words, I just stood there. So, she was angry with herself. I wanted to go after her, but thought better of it. If that's how she felt, I don't know how I could help.

I just left after that and headed back home. I saw that Koyuki-chan wasn't there and just started working on homework. The stuff that he had given us wasn't hard, but it was taking a long time.

I had finished all the work when I got a text. I flipped my phone open and looked at what it said. "Thank you for everything. And goodbye." It cut off there. I looked at who it was from and saw that it was Kira-chan's number. What could she have planned? It probably wasn't good, so I ran out of my house and ran to their house, not caring that it was somewhere in the 60s and I was in a skirt and a short-sleeved shirt. It sounded like she was going to kill herself. I ran and just kept running, trying to get there before she did something stupid.

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AN: And that was it. I apologize if any OCs shown were out of character a bit, but this was sort of rushed. I am a keeper of promises, and I had made a promise to update around this time. Now for that other reason I said that this wasn't up sooner. I actually found a new anime that's got the whole enchilada of suspense, action, the tiniest bit of romance, mystery, and kickass music. It's called Shakugan no Shana. It's unlike anything I've seen before and the plot of it makes it even better. I've only seen the first 6 episodes, but it is so good that it's addicting. It's hard to find the English dub of it, but there is one on a website known as JustDubs. Also, the anime is split up into three segments. The first is just Shakugan no Shana. Then the sequel Shakugan no Shana II or Shakugan no Shana Second. And finally the ender is called Shakugan no Shana III Final. I really recommend watching it. If not because I recommend it, but because it is probably the best anime I've seen that doesn't have any form of blood in it. If you like Soul Eater, Digimon, or Fairy Tail, you will like this. Plus, there's a pair that in the Japanese dub talk using improvisation in their speech whenever they cast magic/spell whatevers. Then never really talk about what those are exactly. They do this when it's the most serious situations so it is kind of like a defuser. If you want to see the best one, look up Cool Shakugan no Shana scene on YouTube. Now, I'm going to end the chapter off here now that I've done free advertising for that. Please remember to review, favorite and follow me. I will update as soon as I can. Until next time, ciaossu.