A few weeks had passed since the attack, and Luna was no longer wrapped in gauze. Still, she seemed rather distant, as if lost in her memories. She would barely speak. If she did speak, it was only a word or two, silently. Sesshomaru often stood in the doorway, watching over her, wishing there was something he could do. Luna never seemed to notice anyone's presence except for his. Holding the tray with her breakfast in his hand, he decided to interrupt her stroll down memory lane. "Luna? I have breakfast..." He set the tray on her lap and sat next to her. "You need to eat."

"Ok..." The girl picked at her roasted pigeon. Sesshomaru knew she was a picky-eater, but this was getting too severe. She was becoming thinner and weaker.

"Luna, if there's something wrong, you can tell me..."

"Maybe I can't..."

Sesshomaru blinked. In this one sentence, she said more than she had since Lloyd attacked. "Of course you can... I'm your mate, remember?"

Luna sighed. 'Sometimes, I wish I couldn't remember much of anything... but my luck, I forget everything that was good...' Her memories flashed back to her days with Lloyd. She remembered following him around like a servant, obeying every command she could, being beaten to a pulp when she couldn't. He had seemed so invincible, and she had felt weaker, unable to take control of her life. She felt like that now, so weak and insecure. Only this time it was worse. Instead of having one little girl to protect, she had this group. All depending on her, and she wasn't certain she could protect them. She could barely protect herself. She was certain she had killed him before, but now, having fought him again, she knew he was alive. His death had brought her confidence, but with him alive, that foundation had been ripped from under her. "It feels hopeless..." she muttered, having forgotten that Sesshomaru was next to her.

"Nothing is hopeless, Luna." He kissed her gently. "I need you to train me. Make me able to fight him." There was no need for either of them to clarify which "him" they were refering to. "Then I could help you... but you have to help me to help you." He pulled her into a hug carefully.

To his surprise, Luna hugged him back. "I would like that." Slowly, she sat up and glanced at the food on the tray. "I should probably be eating that..."

"You should."

Luna picked at the pigeon again, this time getting more of the food with each bite.

Right at this moment, Rose showed up again, holding a small bottle with a green liquid in it. "Oh, you got rid of it before I got back... How? Normally it takes a bottle of mind purifier to get rid of dispiriting..."

"Dispiriting? I thought she was just depressed... So I talked to her."

"Well, I'm still going to leave this here. You never know when it's going to happen again..." Rose set the bottle down and quietly left, leaving Luna to stare after her for a moment.

"Something wrong?"

"She didn't even say hi to me!" Luna took a big bite of pigeon. "How dare she!" Another big bite followed.

"Do you eat when you're angry?"

"Sometimes..." Another large bite followed. "What the hell does that have to do with mom not even saying hi?" Two more bites disappeared.

"Nothing... I was just curious." Sesshomaru watched as Luna finished devouring the pigeon and turned to the candy bar. Ripping the pack open,it was obvious why the shopkeepers had thrown it out. It was completely melted, oozing out of the wrapper the second it was open. Luna didn't mind, however. She took the pack and drained it, leaving a flat piece of foil. Putting it down, she glanced at her tray again, looking for more food. Nothing else edible was there. Sighing, Luna layed back, leaving Sesshomaru to stare at the empty tray. "Would you like me to take that for you?"

"Sure. You don't have to come back in here if you don't want to though... I'll be busy planning your training."