~Luna
I walked up to the leader, Sky I think, after saying goodbye to all my friends. I would really miss them, but I couldn't leave Moon now. I just found him again after so many years...
She was looking a lion who was carrying a girl on his back as I walked up to her.
"I'm Luna," I introduced myself shyly. It was kind of awkward since I just left my group. "And... Well since I found my brother, I was hoping to stay with him and come with you.. If that's fine, I mean," I told her with a smile and she smiled back at me with a nod.
"Of course that's fine! Oh yeah, and I'm Sky by the way. Nice to meet you. I also really appreciated your group lending us a hand," Sky told me and I nodded with a smile back to her and she continued. "But if you would excuse me, I need to go and see how much time until we leave. It can't be good from some of them to be out in the cold this long." She then looked around at the group and I noticed with her that some people had transformed into their animal forms.
"Oh, right." I gave a laugh of my own to kill the tension. "Talk to you later than!" I told her, figuring I should go back to Moon so I hurried over to Moon, who was taking care of Rika's hand, since it was sort of sliced open but that's when I really caught her scent, especially from the blood.
She had something in her from the hunter's, and with that comment I heard earlier from Kai, and the way she fought.... She wasn't normally with this group, was she? I bet she was with the hunters before this... And if she was spying for them, what would become of Moon? His heart would be broken... and I had to bring this up now since I was looking at her and she finally caught my eye.
"Something wrong?" Rika asked and I couldn't help but look away. She would break my brother's heart.
"I saw you fighting... I heard what that octopus halfer had to say about you... And I can smell the hunters chemicals on you.." I growled at her as I looked down at the snow as we walked and it made her look down and Moon try to scold me.
Even though he may be the oldest in the family, I've been alone for the past few years since he left. He didn't take me with him.
"Luna," Moon began, "You don't understand-" I cut him off with a warning growl, "I understand fully, Moon."
I just continued to stare at Rika until I could come up with something to say. I was so mad at Moon for falling in love with her. It was so obvious in his eyes.
"What, are you going to make sure to hurt my brother? You just have the whole smell about you that you used to be a hunter! It's really obvious too, with the way you fight! It's like it's professional!" I laughed and she continued to look down and Moon brought her into his arms and then glared at me.
"You don't know what the hell you're talking about, Luna. You don't know what's happened with Rika, and you don't know how much she's changed," Moon growled at me and I stared at him. He's never growled at me before.
"Yeah, and it's obvious you love her to pieces and her being a hunter doesn't bother you? That she probably betrayed you and is going to reveal where we are? She's probably working with that Vana girl!" And Moon stared at me with cold eyes and I just gave them to him back.
"How about she isn't a hunter anymore and it's none of your freaking business about her! Stuff's already happened to me, Luna, that you know nothing about. Why should this be any different? She's my girlfriend and none of your business unless you want to get along with her, got it?" His voice scared me.
I had forgotten that he always used that tone with me whenever I was mad at him and when I was trying to get involved in his life, but I deserved to be in it! I mean, even if what he was saying was true, how could I trust this girl? She had some sort of drug in her system... and it could probably hurt Moon. I was scared for him. So what if I was only two years younger than he was?
"Fine. Have it your way," I huffed and we just continued to walk until we got to a small town.
I had seen this town earlier, but I didn't really bother to visit it. It wasn't really small but it wasn't really big either. Why was Moon acting like this? I had never seen him act like this except after he killed Dad. He was so strict now, but I saw him smiling with Rika as he tried to make her feel better. She was smiling too. Whatever the secret was, he was probably confessing that he loved Rika. That made me smile just a little.
"Rika-" She looked up at me and then averted my eyes a bit. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have made that accusation about you. I should probably hear the whole story first before I assume things," I said nervously and that made Moon smile and Rika smile a bit.
"It's okay," Rika told me and then she went back to Moon and hugged him as we walked into town and looked around.
"Alright, everybody!" Sky called out to everyone as a dragon was already laying on the stone with helping a few people off her. I didn't think dragon genes even could exist with a human's....
"We're in town so everybody can either take a break or check into the hotel! For those who are injured, come to the hotel first so you can rest, and for those who are well, you can take a look around but I want everybody back at the hotel at 3 o'clock in this afternoon, okay?" Sky called out.
There were murmurs and everything about the group and some went off to go look for food and some of the injured went into the hotel, including a cow halfer and that lion and raven halfer and the few others that were in that house.
"Can I stay with you guys, or do you want to be alone?" I turned to Rika and Moon and they cast glances at each other.
"How about you just go and meet everybody? I'm sure there's somebody here," Moon told me with a smile, and I knew he wanted to be with Rika. They probably hadn't gotten that much time together since I came along.
"Okay," I said with a small smile and I went off to find somebody and found Kai with the cow halfer, I think his name was Pierce, and just went to say hi.
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~Moon
I had been comforting Rika with some words after Luna had said those things, but I was able to convince her to meet some other people so that Rika could get out what she needed. I had to probably confess a few things to her too, especially with what Luna said if Rika asked....
I held Rika to me as she cried a little and I comforted her in the middle of the street. I could see her hand still bandaged up and bleeding a little. Either way, I didn't want her hurting anymore.
"You want to go somewhere?" I asked Rika as she stopped crying and she looked up at me with a small smile.
"Sure," Rika told me with a smile.
"You pick," I told her with a smile as we started to travel down the way of the streets of the town, finding candy shops and whatnot.
Rika picked a flower shop, which made me smile.
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Hope that's okay with you, Poochy :D
Featured in post: Rika, Sky, Luna, Moon, Pierce, Kai, and mentions of Jake and Vana
~Anime-chan
