Hello again. Sorry it took me so long to update. But there's school to go, exam to prepared, homework to do, social life to live, stuff to research on and plot to sort out. Many excuses huh? But they are true. Anyway, I apologized for the draggy chapter, nothing much happen here. The next one should be more interesting but you might have to wait till end of November or maybe a little earlier. I'm going to have a very important exam that decided if I'm studying science or art stream next year. Anyway, thank you for those people who had reviewed, added my story to alert and favorite it.

To KieliGirl: Thanks for the review. I'm sorry, but this chapter is kind of crappy and there's no mentioning about the guy yet. But I promise that the next will. And also, sorry that I'm a horrible writer. I'll try to improve.

To Katniss212: Happy that you like it and thanks for the review. I'm sorry if I had over-exaggerated the characters and they seem OCC. It's been quite a while since I read the manga and being me, a very dramatic and paranoid girl, I couldn't help it but added my traits into the characters as I write. Yeah, that girl is Mit-mit's (ex?)-girlfriend.

To my buddies in school (Sakura, Hana and Chiami): Thx for yours support and complaint. Also for listening to my unsure plot and help me to sort them. An d Hana, thx for the fried chicken idea.(the last phrase of the chapter)

Enjoy reading. There will be grammatical mistakes and all kinds of weird stuff. Also keep in mind, this chap basically just developed the PLOT only and is shorter than the last. The characters will adapt a slightly more serious attitude.

Be warn that you might fall asleep half-way.

The smart-ass kitsune crossed his arms impatiently, waiting for a reaction from the two. However, they remained silent for very long. It seems that the piece of news given by him was really difficult to fully absorb.

'Geez,' he grumbled, running out of patient. He decided to break the silence,' you guys better keep your mouth shut about this.'

'Are you implying that we can't keep a secret as simple as that,' the vampire smiled wryly as he questioned his leader.

'Well, it's rare to see a secret well-kept though,' Misoka glared at the troublesome duo.

'Hey! Do you think they have taken action?' the werewolf asked before the vampire was able to retort the kitsune.

'Hmm? Possible, they are capricious after all,' Misoka settled him comfortably on the couch. Then he suddenly gasped. He was such an idiot. Nozumu raised his eyebrows at the expression but understood it quickly. He got up and grabbed his jacket, wanting to get out of the house as in next to no time as possible.

'Nozumu!' their leader barked,' you shall not act rashly or foolishly. We will plan first. Go and get your bat!'

Akira chewed on the end of his fingernails while waiting for his usual partner-in-crime to comeback. It didn't take long when Nozumu walked down the stairs, without the bat and scratches on his face. The werewolf sighed softly. It looked like they were on their own, like it or not.

About half an hour later…

'We are back!' the princess called out as she set foot into the house. Behind her was a pissed-off tengu, damning on anything in sight. He stomped up the stairs. The doctor informed that Mahiru only had a slight fever, a day rest and she would be fine. No way, he thought crossly, is he going to step out from his room again.

'Slam!' Mahiru winced uncomfortably when she heard Mitsuru slammed the door. From the corner of her eyes, she saw the hermaphrodite walking into the living room.

'Princess,' Mahiru noted that the pianist sounded worry. A frown appeared on the forehead,' where have you been?'

'Umm, didn't Misoka tell you?' Mahiru looked around and noticed that the place was deserted.

'I would, if I know where he is!' Katsura exclaimed,'Akira and Nozumu are not here either. Do you have any the three 'musketeers' are?'

Mahiru shook her head sadly. Katsura sighed,'Ok, but first tell me where you two have been.'

After Mahiru's embarrassing explanation, Katsura fretted over the princess, asking her if she was alright and felt her forehead for a temperature.

'Katsura! There are other things we need to worry,' Mahiru reminded her.

'Right! Is Nozumu's bat with you?' Katsura calmed down. Mahiru nodded and they both rushed into her room. At the end of the bed, a tiny bat hung upside-down, sleeping soundly. She gently nudged the bat to wake but it just blinked a few times tiredly and returned to sleep.

'SNAP' Katsura's vein over-boiled and snapped.

'NOZUMU! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS?!' the pianist yelled at the bat. Mahiru was slightly taken back, for this was her first time seeing Katsura being so, umm, ungentle (?). The bat screeched and fluttered around the room before landing on Katsura's opened palm.

'KATSURA! What is that for! Are you even Katsura?' they could hear him clearly through the bat.

'Loud speaker?' Mahiru asked curiously, staring significantly at it.

'Yup, I had upgraded it. Like it, Ma-' there was a pause for a moment,'MAHIRU?!'

'Umm... y-yes?' she stammered.

'Where are you?' Nozumu inquired, sounded frustrated.

'Back home,' she replied ever so softly.

'So can you answer my question now?' Katsura was panting slightly. The half month was up, she was a he now.

'THE GUY KATSURA!' Nozumu yelped with fear.

'Where the hells are you guys?' Katsura growled.

'S-Somewhere-re in-n t-town,' the usually oh-so-brave vampire whimpered.

'Without my permission?'

'It's Misoka's idea!'

'Then let me talk to him.'

'He's not with me...'

'WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE'S NOT WITH YOU?'

'W-we split out...'

'You mean "split up"?'

'Uh...'

'Did you forget he lost his powers?'

'No...'

'Then?'

'Umm... I-I don't know...'

'BAKA! Didn't you listen to Oboro's order?'

'W-Well...'

'Just look for the other two and come back!' Katsura almost threw the bat if it wasn't Mahiru who stopped him in time. Katsura looked mildly embarrassed,' I am truly sorry, princess, for seeing the bad side of me.'

'Don't worry. There's a side which everybody doesn't want others to see,' Mahiru gave the hermaphrodite an ensuring smile. At least she now knew there was another side of this gentle lady/guy.

'You should rest, princess,' Katsura advised and closed the door behind him as he walked out. Mahiru shrugged and decided that she needed some sleep. Slowly she drifted into the land of dream.

A few hours later...

'Hmm?' the princess rubbed her eyes drowsily. Loud noises were heard from below. She stared at the alarm block that read 14:13. She got off the bed, almost tripping over a towel. Slowly, she paced down the stairs where she could clearly see everybody had gathered at the living room, even Mitsuru who had swear not to step out of his room. From her position, she saw Katsura and Nozumu stood opposite each other in the middle of the room. At a corner, Mitsuru sulked as usual, yelling his opinions from time to time. They were all yelling at each other, except for Akira who was sitting by the staircases staring at them dully. Then it occurred to her that the kitsune was nowhere to be seen.

'Uh, afternoon?' she called out hoping to catch their attentions.

'Ru-ru! You are safe!' Akira pounced onto the unsuspecting girl and hugged her tightly with tears brimming in his eyes.

'Why, you need not to worry about me,' she patted his head as he rubbed off his tears. She looked at the others,' so, where's Misoka?'

Katsura just glared at Nozumu and Mitsuru ignored her. The vampire gulped,' Well-l, we can't find him anywhere. Suspecting he got kidnapped, by not sure who. Though there is a huge possibility that they might be the one.'

'They?' she wanted a clear answer, but she sensed that Nozumu wasn't letting out the full information. He glanced at the others, which both gave him a nod each. A curious look crept onto Mitsuru's face. Mahiru had a guess he didn't know either.

'Our guesses are that the peoples, Oboro was going to meet, had lent a hand. Or that it was their own idea,' Nozumu fumbled a bit while thinking for a suitable reply.

'A damn mundane human?' Mitsuru asked, raising his eyebrow. Mahiru instantly look insulted, he noted but it's not like he cared.

'No,' Katsura glared at the tengu, obviously annoyed with his discrimination towards the humans,' even with his power lost, no simple-minded creature or human could tackle him easily.

'And for your information,' the vampire retorted,' the peoples Oboro is going to meet is much more than you could ever imagine.'

'Exactly! You are insulting Ru-ru too!' Akira said in Mahiru's defense. No way would he tolerate anybody who had hurt his Ru-ru.

Mitsuru opened his mouth but shut it half-way, he was in no mood to argue with the damn peoples. Mahiru looked worried, she gathered all her courage,' so is Oboro, how do you put it? Safe and secure? Did the opposition harm him?'

'Don't worry, princess. He is, as you described, safe and secure. It would sure that harm wouldn't easily reach him, for he is with the Emperor now.' Katsura smiled at the caring girl.

'So what now?' Mahiru tilted her head. Gosh, just when everything was settled, more trouble brewed.

'Well, we will have to look for him,' the werewolf announced.

'We are?' the vampire looked confused.

'Yes. Except we haven't got to that part yet because SOME PEOPLES think it was more important to argue whose fault the whole ordeal occurred,' Akira glared at the "some peoples" while Mahiru rolled her eyes. This was how things operated in the Moonshine: argue first discuss later.

'Ok...' Katsura nodded; there was a glimpse off determination in his eyes. Since the actual planner was missing, he decided he should take the command for now,'3 of us will go around confirming Misoka's whereabouts. The princess is not allow to go due to safety sake, so 1 of us shall stay back to guard her. I must go for I'm going to be in charge. All we have to do is to decide who should stay back.'

'I say, Mitsuru would be a great candidate,' Nozumu smirked, thinking it was one of the perfect times for match-making. He believed that people can find their one true love under a anxiety situation because people tend to show their true color in pressured situation.

'Like hell I would!' the mentioned tengu yelled furiously.

Hearing that, Mahiru smiled bitterly. Why must he always hurt her? Hadn't he done enough for the past few years? But then, even now if she looked into those cold emotionless eyes or those eyes glared at her, her stomach will fluttered and her feeling will be messed with. Geez, she slapped herself mentally, this wasn't a suitable time to sort out her feeling.

'But Mit-mit,' Akira gave him the baby werewolf-eyes (the werewolf's version of puppy-eyes). Mitsuru glared at the werewolf spitefully but couldn't help noticing a particular girl with a hurt expression on the face.

A pang of remorse washed over him. He suddenly regretted his said. The one thing he couldn't bear is the painful expression on her face; it wasn't supposed to be there. But what if, it was fake? Trying to cheat the hell out of him? Like that girl? Hold on, he shook his head, why am I thinking of that girl? Maybe it was just the tension.

'Haiz. Mitsuru, I would have chosen someone else. But due to the circumstances, you are the best for this job now,' the vampire explained, giving his most innocent look so that Mitsuru wouldn't suspect the OTHER reason.

'What circumstances?' Mitsuru eyed suspiciously at Nozumu.

'Hey, isn't it easier if we ask the Dawn Venus for help?' the princess asked out of the blue.

'THE DAWN VENUS?!' the rest cried in unison, disbelieving their ears.

'Yeah. Ok, how about just Keiko? But the Dawn Venus isn't that evil, I think. Who cares? I'll just ask Keiko for help. You know what? Forget it. It's a stupid idea,' Mahiru frowned.

'For once, you are right. That the stupidest idea I ever heard,' Mitsuru scowled.

'Keiko...' Akira mumbled softly, blushing a little. Mahiru and Nozumu noticed it and grinned at each other as plans started forming in their heads.

'Hmm, how about her fiancée' Katsura furrowed his eyebrows showing that he was in deep thoughts.

'Keiko is going to Junko's party, I doubt the others will follow her,' Mahiru said thoughtfully,' maybe she can convince the rests to help too.'

'Can we stop straying away from the damn plan?' Mitsuru was getting fed up and infuriated.

'So where should we start searching?' Akira asked.

'Possible at the west forest of the Abandon Shrine,' Nozumu casted his eyes down.

'Where we believe is the enemy base,' Katsura added,' and that place is a restricted area.'

'This is no game,' the werewolf commented, swaying his tail at the same time.

'Nothing ever was, damn werewolf,' the tengu spat.

'Princess, you are given permission to attend your friend's party. But remember the whole point of going, your plan might help after all,' the hermaphrodite said, paying no attention to the gob-smack expression on their faces whose minds went: WHAT THE FRIED CHICKEN??

Get what I mean? Boring huh? Anyway, doesn't the character seem OCC? Also he you see any grammatical errors, do please tell me. I apologized that I've been dragging the story (like always). I somewhat only remember to described/write Mahiru's and Mitsuru's feelings at the end of the chapter. Hopefully I'll able to bring them closer in the next chapter. Oh, by the way, the guy who Mahiru went out with to the amusement park will have a quite big appearance in the next chapter (at least according to the current plot, and the plot changes every time I write). And don't ask me how in the world is the Dawn Venus is able to help them. I'll get to that later. (Random person: meaning she doesn't know yet.) Anyway, there are a few things I need to clear up:

1) Is there only 3 members in the Dawn Venus?

2) How does the other world look like? (As in the lunar races world) The place in my story is just base on my imagination.

3) Umm, is Misoka's aunt still alive? I don't remember... (The same random person again: she's crazy. She thinks that she can somehow manage to squeeze every character in. HEY, YOU MISSED OUT THE POLICE FORCE!)

Hope you guys enjoyed it. Remember the next chapter wouldn't be out till end of November or later. Sorry that you have to wait.

Review please. And wish me luck in the exam that beholds my future (exaggerating as usual).