Hey everyone! It's Thunder-Phoenix! Okay I realize this story is WAY too late but I've just been having a lot of stuff happen at once and I haven't had time to sort it all out! I have finally finished this story and I think I can write the next one soon!

So this is going to be new for me because it isn't a Cardcaptors Sakura story! This is from Demon Diary and it has the pairing Raenef V with Eclipse because I think that SOMETHING should have happened in the manga! T_T

I also have a request of all you Yaoi lovers! I'm thinking of entering one of my stories into a contest at an anime convention I'm attending and I wanted to ask you guys if you think I should and if so which story should I enter? Thanks for your help!

Well I hope you enjoy this and happy reading! ^_^

Disclaimer: I don't own Demon Diary or any of the characters... because Eclipse and Raenef the fifth would have been married a long time ago if I did!!! XP

"Blah"- talking

'Blah'- thoughts

Leeche returns

Chapter 1: The name of this feeling and guess who!

Once again Raenef V found himself staring at his handsome mentor Eclipse for what seemed like the 100th time in a single hour. He quickly looked back down at the book of attributes he was currently reading, face bright red and head full of confusing thoughts

It had been about ten years since Raenef IV had taken over Raenef V's body and despite all the studying they had done during that time, Raenef was still having slight difficulties in becoming a proper Demon Lord. However, even Eclipse had said that Raenef had improved quite a lot since he first came here.

At the thought his mentor, Raenef looked up again and stared at the dark-haired demon, sighing slightly and feeling the beating of his heart quicken.

They were currently in the study of the large castle they called home since Eclipse found Raenef all those years ago. Raenef was currently doing (or supposed to be doing) the theory part of his lesson for the day. Eclipse had given him a book that explained, in agonizingly detailed paragraphs, all the attributes one can have, how they influenced a person, how one can use them beneficially (well beneficially in demon terms) and the different forms they could take. While Raenef read his book, Eclipse had been reading his own. The great demon had been quietly sitting in a large, old, comfy chair, book open in one hand with his eyes staring intensely at the pages ever since they started the lesson. Raenef had glimpsed at the cover a little while ago but all he could make out was that the book was old, had no title and looked extremely sinister, so he intelligently didn't ask about it. Occasionally, Eclipse would move his hand to turn the page or to move himself into a more comfortable position, but other than that he remained absolutely still and silent. Raenef joking called it Eclipse's "study-self."

Raenef, himself, was still his usual bubbly cheerful self as he was when he first started training. The only things that really changed about him was the fact that he was much taller, but a still good head shorter than his mentor. He was also much more skilled with magic and was able to perform much more difficult spells than he was before.

The biggest thing that changed, however, was his feeling for his mentor. Ten years ago he would get all flustered just by being close to him, but now those feelings have intensified to the point where Raenef could barely meet the demon's eyes sometimes. He would constantly think about the dark-haired demon and stare at him whenever he thought he wouldn't notice.

Despite feeling this way for so long, Raenef was still unable to put a name to the feeling and at times he would lie awake at night trying to figure out what compelled him to want to be beside his mentor every second of his life forever. These thoughts were running through Raenef's head at the moment as he stared at the demon.

Suddenly Eclipse closed his eyes and sighed then looked up at the demon lord. The second their gazes met, Raenef tried desperately to break the connection, embarrassed he had been caught staring. However, he couldn't move his eyes away as Eclipse said in his usual deep, patient voice, "Master Raenef, is there a question you have for me?"

Raenef finally snapped out of his fascination of Eclipse's garnet eyes long enough to look away. Surprised at the question and his own behaviour, he stared hard down at the book in his hand while stuttering out, "Why would you think that?" His face was a bright red color.

"Well," His mentor answered in his calm voice, "you have been staring at me for the past three hours now but have said nothing... may I ask why?"

Raenef blushed harder and lifted the book to cover his face, knowing how undemon-lord-like he was acting, "N-no reason... I'm just having s-some problems understanding s-some of the concepts..."

He was expecting Eclipse to criticize him for stuttering like an idiot but instead he heard the scrap of a chair as his mentor stood up. Before Raenef could lower his book to see what he was doing the demon was behind him, staring over his shoulder at the book in the demon lord's hands. Raenef froze, his body tingling as a result of the feeling of Eclipse's warm presence behind him; his heart started beating like mad as well.

Eclipse frowned, "Master Raenef is that really how far you have gotten? We have been working for a couple of hours now."

Raenef glanced at the page number in the bottom corner, '10', "um... w-well... you see... I..."

"Were you having that much trouble with the topic? Here, allow me to explain..." Eclipse proceeded to explain the differences between a dark being and a fire being, while Raenef just listened happily, enjoying the soothing voice of his mentor.

He had discovered a long time ago that if he listened carefully to what Eclipse was saying and tried his hardest to learn the concepts, the dark-haired demon would be much more pleased with him and Raenef really liked it when Eclipse was happy.

"-As symbolized here by these ruins" Eclipse was saying, he leaned forward to point out the diagram over Raenef's shoulder. The demon lord was overpowered by the demon's presence, his heart beating wildly in his chest and his cheeks turned an even brighter shade of red.

Eclipse saw him visibly tense and concerned, he asked, "Master Raenef, are you alright?"

Raenef was about to answer until Eclipse moved in closer to look into his face, at which point he became too nervous to speak let alone answer. After a short pause Eclipse spoke again, but his tone surprised Raenef; it was although he was speaking almost... lovingly to him, "Raenef..." he whispered and moved closer to the demon lord, placing a hand on the younger demon's shoulder.

At that moment, Raenef's nerves jumped to high alert and he leapt up from his chair suddenly, startling Eclipse.

"Master Raenef?" He asked in concern.

"S-sorry... t-too much studying... need f-fresh air..." Raenef then bolted from the room, not daring to look back to his mentor.

Once he was safely outside the room he closed the door and slumped against the cold stone wall. He reached up and touched his cheek; they were extremely hot under his fingers. He sighed, 'why was I so jumpy? But, oh, when he said my name... without any formalities... and when he touched my shoulder I....' he laid his free hand on the shoulder in question and recalled how Eclipse's hand felt, sending his heart pounding anew.

With a sigh he closed his eyes and slowly slid down the wall to the hard tiled floor. He put his head in one of his hands, the other one still resting on his shoulder.

He opened his eyes again, he whispered quietly to himself, "What is this feeling? ... What is it called?"

Meanwhile, back in the study, Eclipse allowed the blush that had been building for the past few hours to finally color his face. He too cradled his head in his hand and cursed himself, "Why do I insist on provoking such things like that on him?"

The entire time they had been studying, Eclipse had been unable to concentrate. Raenef's frequent staring kept him on edge and made his heart pound. Which was a wonder feeling but at the same time quite uncomfortable. The usually stoic demon had been forced to shift constantly in his seat to try to loosen the knots that were forming in his stomach as a result of being stared at by the one he loved.

Eclipse sighed heavily and sat down in the chair Raenef had been previously occupying. Eclipse vividly remembered when he realized he was in love with his lord. It was when Raenef had asked him if he would stay with him forever. The intense happiness he felt at such a simple request was astounding and in that moment he had realized that he had completely fallen for the boy.

The demon lifted his head and stared down at the book Raenef had been reading, still opened to page 10. Raenef had been doing really well with his studies for the past few years, he was improving everyday in fact, and Eclipse was thoroughly impressed, he had not expected such an improvement.

Though Raenef did seem to have trouble concentrating... but was it only when Eclipse was around? The young demon lord would randomly start staring at the demon when he should be reading, just as he did today. Eclipse could usually ignore it, all the while secretly loving his lord's eyes on him. Today, however, the stares seemed more intense and Eclipse couldn't stop his heart beat from quickening. He had stood up and offered his help when he could no longer stand it anymore. Eclipse had purposely stood behind him so he could stare at Raenef without him noticing as he explained.

However, when he leaned in to point out the diagram, he caught the scent of Raenef's hair and his head started to spin. When he noticed Raenef tense up, he had shook himself to get out of it. As he asked if his lord was okay another wave of Raenef's smell hit him and he could no longer hold back his love for the demon lord, which caused him to lean forward and call his name. By that time his heart had complete control over all of his actions and it was telling every cell in his body to kiss the blonde boy.

When Raenef jumped after he touched his shoulder it brought Eclipse harshly back to reality. Now all he could do was sit in the chair and stay mad at himself for pushing his feelings on his demon lord, what reason would he have to ever accept Eclipse's love, let alone return it?

Eclipse sighed again and put his head on the desk in front of him in exasperation. Why did he have to love Raenef so much that he couldn't stand it?

Suddenly the portal in the middle of the room that connected Raenef's castle to the rest of the world started glowing a brilliant blood red; Eclipse lifted his head and abruptly stood up, to present himself properly to whomever it was coming through. A demon messenger slowly started to materialize.

"Yes?" Eclipse tried at act the way a noble demon would, which proved difficult in his current state of confusion.

"I have a message for your lord" Eclipse looked at him curiously and nodded for him to proceed.

Raenef walked slowly across the grounds of the castle, he couldn't bring himself to go back into the study again after running out without any real explanation.

"What's wrong with me?!" he asked himself angrily and roughly messed up his hair in confusion.

"Everything" he heard a male voice answer him from behind.

Raenef turned around to look over at the large gate where the voice came from and a large smile instantly covered his features, "Erutis! Chris!" He called excitedly and ran to them giving them both hugs, "I haven't seen you for so long!"

The cleric and warrior had fallen in love and moved out of the castle a few years after Raenef was possessed. They decided to live in a village that was about a two days walk from the castle, got married there and built a house together. They both came to visit the two demons for a week or two but only once every year or so. Erutis had taken up the position of defender of the village and Chris became the new head Cleric; so they were both required to stay in the village for most of the year and had minimal time to visit. This made their visits that much more special to Raenef.

"Yeah we had a large hoard of demons from out of the country attack the village and it took a while for us to fend them all off" Erutis explained.

"I still think it wasn't a good decision to help them and you should have at least rested up a bit before coming here!" Chris pouted. They were both now into their late twenties, early thirties so it was always amusing to watch Chris be his usual pouty, whiny self.

"Are you sick?" Raenef asked, concerned.

"No, actually it's something exciting and I had to come and tell you myself" Erutis said with a wide grin.

"What is it?! What is it?!" Raenef jumped up and down.

"We... are going to have a baby!" Erutis said as Chris put his arm around her, proudly.

"OH! Wow! That's amazing! Congratulations, guys!" Raenef practically shouted out.

"Thank you, we are very excited" Chris was practically glowing with pride.

"Are you sure it was okay to come, though? You don't want to strain yourself, right?" Raenef said in concern.

Erutis playfully punched his arm, "You and Chris both! I'll be fine, I'm not as weak as you seem to think I am!"

Raenef rubbed his arm, "Okay, Okay, I know." He laughed.

"Well should we go see Eclipse and tell him the news as well?" Erutis offered innocently, all the while watching Raenef's reaction carefully.

The demon lord instantly reddened and looked away awkwardly, nervously playing with the hem of his shirt, "u-um, I-I... uh... s-sure..."

Erutis' smile instantly brightened and she giggled knowingly, while Chris just stared at her in confusion.

The warrior grabbed Raenef's arm and dragged him over to a different part of the garden, out of Chris' hearing range, shouting over her shoulder as she did so, "we will be right back!"

The Cleric stared after them, dumbfounded, and Raenef was just as confused so that all he could do was stutter out the beginnings of protests.

Once they were far enough away Erutis turned around and faced Raenef, "Okay spill, what's going on between you and Eclipse?"

Raenef didn't know what she was talking about, but for some reason what she said made him blush brightly and back away, "N-nothing! I-I... I don't know w-what you are talking a-about!"

The warrior just stared at him with a "I don't believe you at all" look on her face while advancing on him.

The demon lord looked away and sighed, deciding to tell her everything, "Everything is the way it usually is... b-but recently I-I... I've been..."

"You've been what?" Erutis pushed.

"I-I... I don't know what's g-going on with me... whenever I-I am around him... I feel like I-I can't breathe... m-my heart starts pounding s-so hard that it hurts... and my face f-feels hot... I j-just don't understand what's going on!" Raenef confessed, obviously extremely flustered.

Erutis jumped up and punched the air victoriously, "Yes! Development!" She cried out excitedly, "There may be hope for you yet, Eclipse!"

"Eh?!" Raenef said in confusion.

The warrior just grabbed his hands and, with sparkling eyes, said, "I think I know what the feeling is!"

Raenef's eyes widened in relief, "You do?" Erutis nodded, "Please tell me! What is it? I don't like being confused like this!" He said pleadingly.

"You are in love with Eclipse!" Erutis told him like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Raenef went redder than her had even gone, "W-what?! N-no! I-I... what?! He stuttered out, but as he thought about it he realized it was true.

"Oh come on! It's so obvious! You feel like you want to be around him every second of everyday, right?" Erutis questioned.

"Yeah" Raenef confessed, staring down at the ground.

"But whenever you're around him, you get all flustered and can't seem to think of a single logical thing to say, right?" Erutis continued.

"Y-yes" Raenef confirmed, getting even more embarrassed.

"And even if you do manage to grab a hold of a coherent thought, it usually only manages to come out in stutters and mumbles, right?"

"...Yes" he confessed quietly.

"All that plus what you just told me before, definitely concludes that you are in love with him!" Erutis finished.

The demon lord shifted his feet awkwardly, but as the warrior's words pierced through his uneasiness a bright smile began to slowly show itself on Raenef's face, "I... I am in love with Eclipse... Oh god! H-how...? Oh wow... I... I'm so happy...! This is great! I don't know what to do!" He lifted his gaze up to Erutis, his eyes sparkling. He felt like jumping for joy.

Erutis smiled at him, "I'm so happy for you! Now you and Eclipse can be like Chris and I!" She clapped her hands excitedly.

Raenef began to think about what it would be like if he were together with his mentor as lovers, getting happier and happier by the second. Suddenly another thought came upon him that immediately changed his joy to sadness and anxiety, "Oh no! This is terrible!" He exclaimed.

Erutis was taken aback, "What is?"

"I'm in love with him!" He said as though that explained everything.

"That's a good thing" She said, still confused.

"No! It's terrible!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Well for starters I'm a man and he's a man, it's not natural!"

"Raenef-"

"Secondly, I'm not worthy of being with him, he should have some powerful and amazing demon lord, like Krayon, by his side, instead of a weak, pitiful demon lord like me!"

"Raenef-!"

"And most importantly, what about his feelings?! There is no way he would feel the same way for someone like me! I couldn't force my feelings on him!"

"RAENEF!" Erutis shouted, she had been getting more angry the more he talked, "Is that all?" She tried to say calmly.

The demon lord nodded, "Then you're fine" When Raenef looked at her in confusion she continued, "it doesn't matter about genders; if you are in love with someone that should be the only thing that matters, not whether they are female or male! Love is a great gift! All that matters is that you are in deep, true love with someone, with Eclipse. Isn't that right?"

Raenef smiled slightly at her "That is true..." he said quietly.

"Also it doesn't matter about 'power' or rank or anything when you are in love. Once again only the actual loving of someone matters! Look at Romeo and Juliet."

"But... they died" Raenef pointed out hesitantly, it wasn't helping him at all.

"Oh, right, right, bad example" Erutis waved her arms then crossed them in the thinking poise, "Hmm... then think about... us! Chris and I, we are of different ranks, both elite but in entirely different positions, yet we are still together and are in love; rank should make no difference in matters of love."

Raenef, feeling more confident nodded at her in agreement.

"and besides Krayon isn't worth a penny! Eclipse would never choose him over you!" Erutis pouted, still sore over the time Krayon tried to put the moves on her all those years ago.

Raenef laughed despite himself, then he went quiet for a moment, "What about Eclipse's feelings? There is no way I can forget about those" he said quietly.

"I'm sure you'd be surprised at what that demon can hide from you, besides you will never know how things could progress unless you try, right? Why don't you just go and tell him how you feel?" Erutis said comfortingly.

"But what if he doesn't feel the same?" Raenef asked.

"Then he will just tell you that he accepts your feelings but doesn't return them, he isn't as mean as he pretends to be, right?" Erutis winked.

Raenef couldn't deny that, even though Eclipse was quick to anger at times, particularly around Chris and Erutis, he was actually a gentle person, especially to the demon lord, "but wouldn't it be awkward?" Raenef offered, still a little hesitant.

"He wouldn't make it awkward, you should know that" Erutis countered.

Raenef became lost in his own thoughts, 'should I really tell him? If he doesn't feel the same way, he would accept it anyway and try to not make it awkward for either of us... if he does feel the same way, then I...' he had made up his mind, "Okay, I'll tell him how I feel."

"Yes!" Erutis punched the air again, "well, what are we waiting for?! Let's go see him right now! Chris! Come over here, we are going to see Eclipse!" She called over to her husband.

"Coming, Erutis!" Chris answered from far away.

"W-wait! You mean tell him right now, like right this moment?!" Raenef panicked.

"Of course! Don't you want to know how he feels about you?" Erutis dragged the demon lord by his arm in the direction of the castle as Chris joined them.

"Y-yes but... now?! I'm not ready to tell him!" Raenef's eyes were becoming swirly as he panicked even more.

"Rae, if you wait too long it might become too late, do you want to miss your chance? Maybe your only chance?" Erutis asked.

Raenef looked at her and nodded, still nervous but accepting, "no, I don't want to miss my chance... alright I will tell him."

"Yay!" Erutis hugged a very confused Chris then grabbed both of the boys hands and waited for Raenef to get them to Eclipse.

The demon lord thought of the hallway outside the study and whispered "Go!" under his breath. The trio was transported to the very spot he imagined, the doors still closed. Raenef glanced at the doors the blocked Eclipse from him then glanced at Erutis who nodded reassuringly to him. He opened the doors and walked in, with the couple walking behind him.

"Eclipse! Look who came to visit! Raenef called out as cheerfully as he could, his heart pounding in his chest apprehensively.

The dark-haired demon looked up from his conversation with a messenger demon, who, startled but the sudden intrusion, ruffled his large, black, folded wings.

"Good evening Chris, Erutis, nice to see you again, you're looking well and I see Erutis is expecting" Eclipse said, being his usual formal self around people outside the four of them.

Erutis smiled, "I should have guessed you would have realized it right away" then she glanced at Raenef and raised her eyebrows, urging him to talk to his mentor.

"Um... that's amazing that you knew even before she told you, Eclipse!" He could feel his resolve start to waver under the garnet eyes of the dark-haired demon.

"Thank you, master Raenef" Eclipse answered.

"I... um... have s-something I... w-want to... talk to you a-about" Raenef said, self-consciously but trying to hold Eclipse's eyes.

"As do I" Eclipse said, nodding to the demon beside him to indicate that the matter involved him as well, "What is it you wish to talk to me about first?"

"Um, I-I..." Raenef looked around, blushing; he didn't exactly want his love confession to be in front of a room full of people listening, especially a messenger demon he didn't know.

Eclipse noted his hesitation and waved his hand to a corner of the room, silently asking if his lord would like to talk there. The younger demon nodded quickly and Eclipse turned to the messenger demon, "would you excuse us for a moment?" The demon nodded politely.

Eclipse and Raenef went to the corner of the study and the older demon turned to face the demon lord, "what do you want to speak to me about?"

As a result of having his demon's garnet eyes on him, Raenef once again felt himself lose his nerve. He glanced at Erutis, who was watching him will distracting the rest of the room, for support. She nodded in encouragement and mouthed, "It's alright, you can do this!" Raenef nodded back and forced himself to meet his mentor's patient gaze.

Blushing hard, he cleared his throat softly and started to speak, "Eclipse, I-I... um... there is s-something I have to t-tell you, and... I-I know it will be a little bit of a shock but... please don't worry, okay?" Raenef began, pleadingly.

Eclipse, curious to know why his lord was acting so flustered, could feel his heart beat quicken as he nodded for the younger demon to continue, 'He's so cute...' he thought to himself before becoming embarrassed about thinking that and quickly pushing it aside and paying full attention to Raenef.

The blonde demon took a deep breath, "Alright... what I need to tell you is that I... I-I..." he couldn't get the words to come out so he closed his eyes and steeled his resolve, "I lov-!"

Suddenly the room was bathed in a deep red color cutting off Raenef's confession. Everyone looked around the room, trying to find the source of the light. All eyes landed on the portal in the middle of the room; it had been activated and someone was about to come through it!

Raenef glanced at Eclipse with a questioning look; the older demon shook his head, indicating he wasn't expecting anyone. The dark-haired demon looked at the messenger demon, who was just outside the portal's circle, but he look just as confused as the rest of the people in the room.

The two demons walk back toward the group and stood beside Chris and Erutis; Eclipse was ready for trouble and Raenef was just plain curious.

The figure slowly materialized in the middle of the circle and the group make out that it was a beautiful young woman with an excess amount of curly blonde hair tied back in a ponytail. Her outfit revealed her to be of very high class and flowed to hug her curves perfectly.

Finally, she fully entered the room and just stood in one spot silently, carefully scanning the faces of the people in the room as they stared back at her in confusion.

The second her eyes landed on Raenef, a huge smile broke out over her features and she cried out, "Rae!"

The young demon lord yelled out in surprise when she leapt at him, tightly hugging him as though they were long lost friends.

Eclipse's gut told him that this girl was trouble, and he always trusted his instincts, "Who are you?" He demanded almost too harshly.

"You're always Rae's protector, huh?" She said in a bored voice and glared at him; Eclipse flushed a bit and she turned her attention back to Raenef, "Maybe this will help you remember..." She grabbed his chin and brought his face forward roughly, giving him a short kiss.

Raenef's eyes widened and he was too shocked to move. Eclipse, however, feeling jealousy rise up inside him savagely, grabbed his demon lord and pulled him away from the stranger, glaring at the woman fiercely.

At this the woman pouted, "Maybe you don't remember me after all..."

Suddenly it hit Raenef, he knew who she was, the pouting face brought back memories, "L-Leeche?!" He asked in surprise.

The girl smiled widely and nodded enthusiastically, grabbing onto Raenef again. The young demon was in shock and couldn't think of anything to say.

Eclipse groaned inwardly, he knew he could always trust his instincts!

To be continued...

Yay I finally finished typing this, *dies*, and it's... 4:30 in the morning... T_T!

But anywho, at least I can finally put this up! I've been away a lot during the summer so sorry for this being so late! And I know this first chapter is really long but I think all the other chapters are shorter... this one just required more detail ^_^''! So there will be six chapters total and I REALLY hope that I get them up faster then I got this chapter up! *Crosses fingers*! I have the entire story written I just don't have it typed up... which is the long part ^_^''

I'm just surprised no one else has thought of writing a story on this... or at least none of the stories I've read have anything to do with this ^_^''

Well I'm starting on a new story now and once again I'm going away from my usual Cardcaptor Sakura stuff ^_^ It's going to be a Junjou Egotist fanfic (which is part of the manga Junjou Romantica) I hope I give it justice! ^_^

Well enough of my blabbing, you know the drill, please review this and tell me what you think, and also tell me if I should enter one of my stories into the contest!

Thanks for reading!

Thunder-Phoenix