Here is the next chapter for you, please enjoy, and I know I know too many cliff hangers, but it keeps you coming back =p

Gone

Muta and the others chased after Baron.

"Why does Baron think this is his fault, Lune what happened?" questioned Yuki looking to he love, Lune opened his mouth to answer but was cut off by the voice of Muta.

"Lock Jack that's what, he smelt a scent on Haru, and well.....We didn't really let Haru explain......" trailed of Muta.

"How can fat friend run and talk at the same time, without losing breath?" Natoru thought to himself.

"What? You thought that Haru would.............But Haru would never...........HARU!!!!" cried Yuki running towards the forest as fast as she could, the others tried to keep up but were falling behind.

Baron heard Yuki's desperate cry. He figured that she must have found out what he had foolishly done. He only hoped Haru could forgive him, he knew he couldn't.

"HARU!!!!" he called as he continued looking throughout the forest, weaving through the trees.

"HARU!!!" Haru turned around as she heard her name echoing through the forest.

"Baron?" she whispered, her heart wrenched, were they ok?

"Come Miss Haru, we need to prepare for the ceremony," said Zaru as he walked over to the girl.

"Ceremony?" Haru asked in a whisper, her throat soar from crying.

"Yes, on the night of the full moon, you must be sacrificed.............."

"Full moon?" asked Haru, though her mind was far from listening to what was actually being said.

"Yes Miss Haru, every 10,000 years, the Cat Realm descends into night, it is the time that all magic is at it's most powerful," replied the female cat. Zaru looked to Haru, hiding the annoyance he felt at this hold up. He would have thought Lock Jack would have told her this before, seeing as it also the only time the gates to the power he wants is revealed, under the light of the full moon, but then again he supposed Lock Jack was an arrogant fool, and they had only just found out that this human was the key.

Zaru looked at Haru and could see that she was having an inner battle about her decision to go with them.

"It is for the best Miss Haru, this way they will get to live the rest of their lives without fear of death," said Zaru, putting a paw on her shoulder and making her look at him. Haru nodded and Zaru gave the order to open the portal, the surrounding members held their palms together and called upon the portal that would take them back to their shrine.

Baron felt a chill go up his spine, "Haru, if anything has happened to you I will never forgive myself," he thought as he continued running. He knew she was near, he could smell her, looking forward he could se a blue light in the clearing.

As he came closer to the clearing Baron could tell that the blue light was a portal of some sort. He saw cats enter the portal, adrenalin kicked in forcing him to run faster, he saw that the portal was closing.

"NO!!! HARU!!" he cried he entered the clearing and jumped to the portal, only to fall to the ground, the portal had closed.

Muta and the others ran into a clearing only to see Baron pounding the floor with his fists. Tears of frustration were falling off of his face.

"Baron?" asked Lune quietly.

"She's gone, she's gone and it's all my fault!" cried Baron, he knew he looked pathetic, but he didn't care. He had just lost the one loved because of his pride. He didn't think that there was a simple explanation to the scent being on her, he was too busy listening to Lock Jack to listen to her.

Yuki had had enough, she walked over to Baron and crouched in front of him, after a while Baron lifted his head only to have Yuki give him a slap.

The others gasped in surprise as the sounding slap echoed throughout the forest.

"Baron, enough, pull yourself together you made a mistake. We all make mistakes but we don't have time for you to mope about this, we need to save Haru," said Yuki calmly looking Baron in the eye.

"But what if she's already......" trailed of Baron, not wanting to think about it.

"She won't be," said Natori from behind them, gaining all of their attention.

"That's right, if they want to kill her now, it would have to be on the night of the full moon," said Natoru as he figured out what Natori was saying.

"The night of the full moon? But that's only in a couple of days," said Lune worriedly.

"Then there is no time to waste!" claimed Yuki turning to the others who nodded in agreement, she then turned back to Baron.

"Well Baron, are you with us?" she asked hopefully.

"It's my fault that this happened to Miss Haru, I have done to much damage," said Baron shaking his head.

"But Baron..." said Toto before Baron interrupted.

"No.....I..I didn't even help her when Lock Jack......No I will just hold you back," said Baron before he began walking away from the group.

"What!! Baron I thought the same as you, heck even birdbrain wouldn't look at her," Muta said pointing at Toto, "but she needs us," said Muta looking seriously at Baron, who hadn't turned to face the group.

"What would Haru need with a useless pathetic old doll like me?" Baron asked coldly, mostly to himself. Muta lost it, he ran at Baron and picked him up by the scruff of his vest.

"Pathetic? Haru needs us now! If we don't save her she'll die! I've seen you solve thousands of cases, fought many men and now you're backing out because you made a mistake!!" yelled Muta to Baron while the others tried to pull the large cat off of Baron.

"Muta enough," said Yuki, once they had separated the pair. Lune, Natori, Toto and Natoru standing in front of Muta to make sure he didn't charge at Baron again. Yuki stood in front of Baron giving him a choice, it was as if a line had been drawn between the group, Muta, Yuki and the others on one side and Baron on the other. They stood waiting for Baron to cross the line, to join them in the rescue. When he didn't the others turned to leave, Yuki stopped she had something to say to Baron.

"Baron, when I first met you, I was impressed. I knew you were the only one who could save Haru, But now.....Now you're not the Baron from before, you're not the Baron who became a member of our family, and you're most certainly not the Baron that Haru fell in love with, when he comes out again, come and find us, but for now............ See you around Mr Von Gikkingen."