Sorry its a short chapter but i wanted to get it out for all you waiters. Hope you like it. And if you havent noticed Ive been going back through the earlier chapters and revised them to a better content. So enjoy all the changes and new chapters to come.

Momiji woke to the shrill ring of the telephone, it wasn't near her but it was loud enough to where it could be hear throughout the whole house. She sat up in the bed and saw the Kusanagi wasn't in his seat. The last several nights he had taken a liking to sitting and watching her. When she slept, when she read, when she watched the television, when she ate, the only time she got her privacy was when she was changing, going to the rest room, or showering. It wasn't an uncomfortable feeling when he watched her but she would rather he interact with her while she was held in the prison.

The ringing stopped and she heard Kusanagi's muffled voice in the next room. Momiji threw the covers off of her and slipped into a pair of his slippers that he was letting her borrow. She saw that the door to her room was open and that's why she could hear him. She tiptoed over to the door and poked her head out. She looked down the hallway and saw a dim light coming from the room next to her own.

She pressed herself against the wall and slowly made her way towards the room. As she grew closer she heard his voice clearer.

"When did it happen?" he asked the person on the other line. There was a silence and then he spoke again, "Did he really expect her to stay put? I mean she's just like her sister there was no way she was going to give in so easy." Again another pause. "Who is looking for her?"

There was a longer silence, "Tell Darien too keep Christopher here in Los Angeles." There was a pause and then he continued, "Because the other day he was attacking Momiji and had no problem killing her even though the order had been issued that she was to be unharmed. If Darien calls him in there's no telling what he will do with the slayer."

Momiji smiled as she realized what had happened, Serena had successfully escaped from Endymion and the other vampires. 'Good girl Ren I knew you would do it,' she thought with a bright smile.

"When did they leave?" came Kusanagi's voice. There was a pause, "They'll be here soon then. Tell Darien that I will come as soon as I find a fitting time." A pause, "Yes that's fine goodnight." Momiji heard him set the phone onto the receiver. She tiptoed quickly back to her room and jumped onto the bed. She lay back down and waited for him to return to the room.

She waited for several minutes for him to return and when he didn't she became slightly, and only slightly concerned. She turned over to look at the door, but instead turned right into Kusanagi. He had silently slipped in and without her noticing had lay down next to her.

Momiji yelled and then threw herself backwards, she landed with a thud on the ground. She heard a deep chuckle from her place, she turned herself up right and popped her head over the edge of the bed. "Didn't anyone ever teach you about personal space?"

"Didn't anyone ever teach you that eavesdropping isn't polite," he asked.

She glared at him, "I'm sure they did, they also taught me that keeping someone prisoner in a strange house is rude as well."

"You are not a prisoner Momiji you are a guest," he told her leaning on his arm and looking at her from under his green bangs.

"Yeah well if I was a guest I would be allowed out of the house," she said.

"I never said you weren't."

"What are you talking about you've been bringing me food here, bringing me books , television, clothes, baths, you've been taking care of everything and not allowing me to do anything! How is that not being a prisoner?"

"I call it being a good host not a warden," he said to her.

Momiji tried to come back with a response but had none, "So then I can leave whenever I want?"

"I wouldn't dare try to stop you," he said. "However I do enjoy your company would you consider staying a while longer?"

Momiji looked at him stunned, "No you just gave me my freedom I'm not about to squander it."

"I cannot give something that I never took in the first place, if you realize something there are no locked doors or windows. The only thing that is around this house is a cloaking spell, but once you step off of the property your sisters will be able to sense you," he told her.

"So why didn't you tell me that before?" she asked.

"You never asked you assumed you were a prisoner and I had no reason to tell you otherwise until you asked," he responded.

Momiji stood and placed her hands on her hips, "You are one sneaky SOB."

"I have no reason to be sneaky you just were not observant," he said with a mocking smile.

"I'm gonna wipe that smile right off your face," she said dangerously.

"Please try I would love to see by what means you will accomplish this," he said.

She threw her hands up in the air in frustration, "why are you so annoying?"

"Why are you so stubborn?" he asked.

"Because I have no other way to be! And because I lived with two sisters I had to be stubborn," she told him. At the mention of her sisters she stopped and thought about what he had said a few days before.

"Are you going to keep secret?" she asked. He stared at her for a while and said nothing. "You won't tell them who we are will you, I know that Darien will be looking for Serena but you won't tell him where she is will you?"

When he didn't respond she climbed onto the bed and sat next to him. "Kusanagi please, please don't tell them who we are it would put us all at risk," she said. "All the girls at the house and my family they would all be potential targets." Again he said nothing to her request and she began to get worried. "Please Kusanagi keep this secret to yourself for me?"

"And what do I get in return?" he asked her.

She was taken aback by this question. "I….I…."

"Surely you do not expect me to honor such a request without receiving some form of compensation," he said.

"What do you want?" she asked narrowing her eyes.

Suddenly she was grabbed around the waist and turned so that she was pinned under him. Her hands grabbed his forearms; he ran the back of his hand down her cheek. "I want you," he whispered, "I want to see you."

"I can't" she said without a breath.

"You can," he whispered into her ear. He felt her body shiver as he spoke to her.

"Don't ask me to do this," she said her voice shaking.

"I only want you for a night," he whispered. "One night every week you come here, come and stay with me. Do that and I will keep you and your family safe."

Momiji stared at him for a few minutes, she knew that she had few other options and she knew that if she agreed Kusanagi would keep her family safe. That was one thing that she beginning to see in him, once he gave his word he kept it. She searched his face for a point of weakness hoping that there was something else she could do, but after searching and seeing none she knew there was no other way.

"Once a week I stay with you until four am," she said.

"An hour before sunrise and no sooner," he said.

She again hesitated but knew that she had no other choice. "Fine, but I come two hours after sunset."

"Agreed," he said with a smile.

"Are you going to let me go home now?" she asked of him.

He shook his head, "Your sisters won't be back for a few hours and you should get some more rest you're not completely healed."

Momiji stared at him and then lay down next to him but far enough away that she wasn't touching him. But he wasn't about to let her get away, he moved his body up behind her and firmly lay his arm at her waist. He buried his face into her hair and inhaled the scent. "You can go at dawn but until then I want you right here," he said.

Momiji didn't protest even though her brain was screaming for her to get as far away as possible. 'I shouldn't have agreed to this I should have just killed him when his defenses were down,' she told herself. But a small voice in the back of her mind spoke to her as well, 'Even if you really wanted to kill him you couldn't he's too strong you wouldn't even be able to get a weapon before he stopped you.'

'But it would be better than succumbing to him,' her brain argued.

'I don't think so it's better being snuggled in his strong arms,' the little voice said.

'It makes me sick,' said her brain.

'It makes you feel safe,' said the little voice.

'I don't have those feelings I'm just doing this so that he will keep my family safe,' her brain said.

'Keep telling yourself that,' said the little voice.

'I will.'

It was almost four when Serena and Hermione pulled into the driveway. Serena jumped out of the car as fast as possible and ran into the house. She stopped in the hallway and took in a deep breath. "Home," she said softly. To her it felt like it had been years since she had been here. "I missed everything so much," she said as Hermione walked in behind her.

"We all missed you," Hermione told her she stared at Serena a second longer and then took her into another hug. "Sere I never thought I was going to see you again," she said.

Serena squeezed her tightly, "I know Herm I know, but you don't have to worry anymore I'm not going anywhere and we're going to go and get Momiji and then the all of us are going to be back together and we'll be strong than ever too."

"I hope your right," Hermione said.

Suddenly the lights in the hall flicked on, Hermione and Serena looked and saw Blake and Sarah standing opposite of the at the other end of the hall. Sarah gasped when she saw Serena and ran to her. She too engulfed Serena into a hug, "Serena we were so worried about you! Are you alright? Did they hurt you?" she asked her almost in tears.

Serena stared at the woman who was hugging her. Sarah was known for her composure, she wasn't one who easily showed emotions so to see her almost in tears was a shock to both Hermione and Serena.

"I'm fine Sarah, I'm not hurt just a little tired I didn't really get any sleep in the car," she said trying to calm her friend down. "You don't have to worry anymore I'm fine."

"Actually we do have to worry," said Blake, "Though it's wonderful to have you back Serena we can't ignore that our other sister is still missing."

"On that subject," said Serena. "I know who has Momiji, I found out when I was being held captive."

"Who?" asked Hermione shocked that the vampire coven would allow Serena to have discovered this information.

"Its Kusanagi, Endymion's younger brother from New York," she said. "He took her captive because he is convinced that she's his mate."

"Impossible vampires can't have human mates," said Sarah.

"That's what I thought as well but while I was there they told me that even though this was the first case of its kind they believed that it was completely possible if the mate was inevitably supposed to be turned," Serena told them.

"So is he planning on turning Momiji?" asked Hermione.

"If he is than that means we need to find her and get her outta there as fast as we can," Sarah said.

"I don't think he plans to turn her just yet," interjected Serena. "I mean we all know Momiji the last thing in the world she would want would to be turned, if he were to turn her now I think it would backfire on him and he would lose her. If anything he's probably planning on keeping her as long as he can to convince her that she is his mate and that she should be turned."

"Then we still need to get her out of there," said Sarah.

"I'll make a few calls and gather a team as soon as we find her we'll go in and take her back," Blake told them.

"That actually won't be necessary," said a voice from the door. The group turned to see Momiji standing there unharmed and dressed stylishly.