Sakura: Nigella-chan! I'm finally able to repost Dark Moon! See?

Rein: What took you so long?

Sakura: ... I've been busy... and when I got to reread this, I sort of thought I could give it a little make-over...

Rein: Little? *not buying it*

Sakura: ... *sweating bullets*

Die: ... Remind me again, why am I here?

Kuro: You were stupid enough to agree to take it on too. Hiya Rein.

Rein: Hey Kuro! Been awhile!

Sakura: ... Me, Rein, Die-chan and Kuroya don't own anything! Not even the original plot!

Chapter One

Jesse crept down to the river slowly. It was the middle of the night, so no humans would be walking around but he didn't want to risk his life. He glanced around before crouching on the rocks and eventually relaxing with a content smile. He breathed in the fresh breeze and looked down at his reflection.

"What do you see, Jess?" He asked himself, remembering his sweet mother's voice.

Whenever he was feeling hurt, upset, happy, angry or just wanting to play she would take him down to the river. She'd ask him this question all the time and there would always be different answers. But mother was dead now, so it didn't really matter how he answered.

"I see my reflection and the moon watching over me," He sighed, admiring himself in the cold mirror.

He had a rich teal blue colored hair, like the ocean on a clear day, and thick as a rain forest. His eyes were a pale green, almost white, like spring leaves bejeweled by the morning dew. His skin wasn't too pale compared to most other demons, but it still was quite light colored from only coming out at night. And then he had those wings emerging from his back.

Jesse was a rare breed of mythic, the rarest in fact. He had wings like an angel emerging from his back, pristine white and glowing in the moonlight. The feathers felt so soft but are strong and waterproof for wet nights. Embedded in his cheeks and outlining his wings were seven gem stones, each a different color of the rainbow. The gems on his face traveled from the corners of his light eyes a like multi-colored rivulet, the first being rich red rubies with deep amethysts stopping at his jaw. All who saw him knew he was the child of the legendary Rainbow Dragon, a mythic with so pure blood that he is considered to be a god. But this knowledge has been more of a curse to Jesse, especially when his mother was killed when humans tried to capture him for profit.

Sighing, Jesse rolled onto his stomach, hissing as the rocks jutted into his flesh, and began playing with the water by swirling a finger around in it. He put his other hand on his chin as he blankly watched what he was doing. His legs were raised in the air slightly, kicking lightly. He'd come down here to think about his friends Axel, Jim, Zane, Aster, Bastion and Blair. Ever since the humans had found their hideout he hadn't heard from them. They'd scattered into the bushes for survival and he'd taken to the sky, but didn't escape without an injury. His arm still hurt from the bullet that had been shot into it, though it was healing itself fine now.

Axel looked the most human out of them all, but he had a few tricks up his sleeve. Axel is an elemental mythic who could control elements to his desire and change his form to represent those elements. Jesse hadn't been too fond of Axel at first, but when he burnt Jim's shirt as a joke he knew he was alright.

Jim is a crocodile mythic. He could transform himself into a crocodile and he had this strange half-crocodile form. In it he was covered from head to toe in these really tough scales. His mouth would be lined with so many sharp teeth and he'd take on a weird sort of appearance of a crocodile but still look human.

Zane was a real demon among mythic, as he liked to call himself in light humor. He had shoulder length dark teal hair and a serious attitude everyone referred to him for leadership. He could transform his body to suit the sky. At night his body would be made out of this black stuff covered in tiny little stars with a moon on its forehead and blue clouds for hair. In the day it would be pink, yellow and orange with a red sun on its forehead and a pinkish cloud for hair. He was untouchable when he went into that form.

Aster was a pain in the arse, in Jesse opinion. He had short silver hair and bright blue eyes, but he was the most stuck up mythic he'd ever met… and the only one who desired a mansion, a limo and for ladies to be swooning over him every second of the day. He could produce weapons from his cells, all kinds of weapons. Their vehicles were made from Aster, when they needed such things.

Bastion was probably one of the best guys there, Jesse thought. His mythic ability was being able to create voids to other worlds or to another part in this world. It had been their getaway route more than once, but one time they ended up on the moon and almost exploded… That hadn't been pleasant.

Blair was the only girl in their group, who happened to be a vampire-like mythic. She had smoky purple hair and vivid red eyes. The problem with Blair was if she didn't drink for a few days she'd tend to hunt the gang. Jesse would often have to offer himself for a feed just to stop her from hurting anybody and had ended up unconscious and close to death a few times. Afterwards, when Blair was sane again, she'd apologize and care for him as he recovered.

He knew they could take care of themselves and it was almost impossible to believe any of them would have gotten captured. Jesse was most likely the weakest, much to his friends surprise when they found out who his father is, because even though he could hide his wings and jewels on his face the only thing this was good for was keeping him safe. When they were out, he could perform minor wizardry and could shoot colorful beams with different effects depending on their color.

Humming as he mused, he watched as his reflection blurred and mixed together. Giving a sigh he got back up onto his feet, stretching his wings before cloaking them in magic along with the jewels. He hated having to hide them, but it was either that or be captured and most likely killed and/or raped. Jesse gave a frightened shiver at that last option. He began climbing back up toward the ledge he had come down from, careful not to spook anything while he did so. He lost his footing a couple of times along the way, but eventually crawled over the top and sat down on the grass, looking up at the moon with a smile. He was going to go back to visit the place his mother had died, where she was buried, as a guardian of the city he was born in and raised until the demons invaded. Mythics were mistaken for demons by humans at night, but that was understandable when you thought about it…

It was a long way away and flying would have been better, but then the humans living there would attack him before he had a chance to explain who he is. So walking was the only choice really, unless he could hitch a ride with a traveling human but he found that way to dangerous and highly unlikely. His mother never liked him taking chances.

"Nice night tonight, huh demon?" Jesse turned around to see none other than a demon slayer standing there. Jesse gave a silent curse at his misfortune. There was another race that also roamed the night, the demons. The are many differences between mythics and demons with one being demons lived off the souls of humans and made it a game to torture the innocent that fell victim to them. The main difference is demons had auras pulsing with Black Magic and just looking at them without proper training could make you go mad with fear. You could tell who is a demon by a symbol on their bodies, but they could hide it and only experienced demon slayers could tell a demon without finding it.

The slayer was wearing a sleeveless top, a short stripy shirt and very high boots that were made of leather. On one hand she had a glove that contained various spell charms for demon fighting and in the other hand she held a very long looking sword. Jesse swallowed.

"Who are you?" He asked, wondering if she had any comrades.

He would probably be able to fly away if she stepped forward to attack him with others but if it was just her he could quickly put her down and run, hoping she never got back up in time.

"My name's Alexis. Now shut up and let me kill you," She said with a smirk and a gleeful tone to her voice.

Her blonde hair blew around her gracefully as her eyes locked onto Jesse, the golden brown eyes careful not to miss a thing. Jesse moved out of the way of the attack, not so much as a scratch on him. He began concentrating on his surroundings, smelling only the one human. Jesse sighed in relief at that, and made to dodge Alexis' next swing.

"I'm on a tight schedule," Jesse said with a small smile, backing away a little bit. As she took another swing at him, Jesse saw the mark of the royal guard tattooed onto her right shoulder. This confused the young mythic. He didn't know why a warrior of the royal guard was here so far from the castle, there weren't any demons out tonight, from what he could tell, and he was the only thing that could be counted as dangerous. He really didn't understand it.

"Rearrange you plans," The girl said before she launched herself off of the ground.

Jesse dodged one more time before fleeing toward the wood, watching as Alexis buried her sword into the ground before pulling it out and lunging at him again. Jesse really wasn't in the mood to die as he twisted out of the way, ducking and diving and avoiding any contact with the human girl or her strange smelling sword.

"Your sword smells like poison," He hissed as he jumped from tree to tree, skidding across the floor of the clearing and looking back up at Alexis to see her smiling at him from a couple of meters away. Jesse jumped up from his crouch and backed away, not really trusting his own strength at the moment.

"It's a new technique we slayers have come up with just for demons like you," She said smugly before diving to the left. So that's why, Jesse thought, she must have been sent out to test this new poison.

Jesse moved in and narrowly avoided getting his arm slashed off. The girl was quicker than she seemed, as she left a nasty deep cut in his left arm.

Damn! It stung!

Growling slightly he covered it with his hand but already knew the poison was seeping into his blood. Hopefully it wasn't a lot, or able to kill mythics, so he'd live.

He revealed his wings and felt his skin tingle as magic gathered around him. He really, really hated doing this sort of thing. Slowly gems, the size of large fists, began appearing around his body and in a flash he was surrounded by seven different colored gems. Alexis gasped, seeming to look guilty and horrified.

"I need to be somewhere," Jesse said as he let all the magic he had burst out of his gems.

They pounded against Alexis and she gave a pained cry before she hit the floor, a few of the rainbow beams missing their target and heading into other directions.

"So don't hold me back," He added as he made a run for it. The new wound was already beginning to heal.

Jesse smiled as he took off into the sky, not really wanting to stay behind and see her face flush with anger as she screamed and tried to catch him. His arm was killing him now almost as much as the other one but it didn't really matter. Poisons made for killing demons never really killed mythics in the past, just gave them minor illnesses and fevers. The poison would be flushed out of his system soon… well, he hoped it would and then he'd be normal. Since he didn't know how potentate the poison could be to mythics.

He landed gently on some soft grass far from his fight and began looking around for signs or landmarks. His heart squeezed dangerously when he realized what territory he was in and he swallowed a little. This is the kingdom ruled by Jaden Yuki, the crowned prince, no doubt that girl was an assassin of his. Also a fiendish like creature named Yubel ruled with him and roamed about the territory.

Yubel wasn't a demon or mythic, she was a creature with the power to possess people's bodies, deflect attacks thrown at her, alter reality and summon monsters from a strange void. She normally stayed around special humans with hearts flowing with goodness. They were extremely powerful and easy to take control of so it seemed she enjoyed dwelling within their bodies. But thank goodness those were only rumors that got started by Purists-humans who hated anything magical. Yubel, though seemingly dark, was a very good natured creature who only wanted the best for her masters and has served the Yuki family for many generations.

Jesse was so caught up in his thoughts he failed to hear someone come up behind him.

"What business do you have here?" A soft voice-indistinguishable between male and female- asked and Jesse jumped, turning around to see no other than the spirit keeper Yubel.

Her hair was wild. Half was white and half was a dark purple color. Her skin was a purple like tone and she had a giant yellow eye in the middle of her forehead. One of the eyes that were normal looking was amber and the other was blue-green. When Jesse looked into those eyes he suddenly found himself unable to move.

"Yubel! What is it?" A different voice asked and Jesse turned as best as he could to see a human male.

His vision was becoming a little blurry now and his arm was really throbbing. His breathing was becoming uneven and crushing him as he trembled. The poison in Alexis' sword must be starting to flow freely in his blood, which made the young mythic scared. And the slayer should have woken by now and may be looking for him to finish the fight.

"Seems this demon here got into a fight with Alexis," Jesse cracked open one eye to glare at Yubel as he stumbled back a little. Great, seems this night got worse if Yubel believes he's a demon too… Jesse tried to make a run for it, but the poison in his body and that haunting mismatched gazed seemed to not only keep him from escaping again but also collapse onto his knees.

The poison was now too strong for him. Jesse cursed his now ever maddening luck. He should have at least taken the girl's sword for attacking him, not leaving it lying there for her to use. He also should have taken his chance and struck her down but he couldn't, wouldn't kill a human…

"Alexis! Is she all right?" The human asked the spirit before he clenched his teeth and growled at Jesse.

The human standing before him was the crowned prince, Jaden Yuki, and Jesse found himself admiring the human a little despite himself. He had very fine looking brown hair on his head with slightly lighter highlights woven into the top. His eyes were a dark brown too and filled with hatred.

"I didn't kill the damn girl… I put her to sleep with a spell," Jesse spoke as loudly as he could, groaning as his whole body trembled. The poison was spreading too fast for his body to begin repairing itself. "Urgh… she'll be on her way here now. So don't you dare accuse me of hurting her," He snarled before he crashed down onto the ground, "I hope she's happy," He added.

He clutched his chest as he tried to suck in some more air but nothing seemed to come in.

"This demon-no, mythic- is speaking the truth, I can sense her coming this way now," Yubel said, looking down at the demon softly. Jesse closed his eyes and calmed himself down, hoping the girl would show up and stab him through the heart. "He won't last much longer now."

Jesse growled. She didn't say? Oh, he was just gonna get up and walk away singing frigging Praise songs!

"What exactly did you do to enrage Alexis?" Jaden asked. Alexis was normally so nice and hesitated to kill demons and is very hesitant to go for a mythic most of the time. The bluenet must have really ticked her off.

Jesse shivered and had the strangest desire to run into the woods. Instead all he could do was remained doubled over in agony.

"I didn't do anything," Jesse choked out, not even bothering to try anymore. His body was slightly limp now and his breathing was becoming shallow, "I was heading toward Rose City to visit my mother's grave," he whimpered as his body began pulsing with more pain. He could almost hear his skin and cells working to glue themselves back together and flush out the poison, but it was too late.

"Your mother?" The prince questioned.

Jesse nodded. He felt so cold but his forehead was flaring up. Everything was blurry and he felt dizzy. Sweat was caking his figure as he shook and his heart hurt. He couldn't catch a breath and his limbs ached from lack of oxygen.

This was it, he was going to die.

"Oroku, a mythic who protected Rose City from harm. She sacrificed herself for the citizens when I was very young… I haven't been there since, not since she left for the Afterlife," the bluenet explained, feeling his body tremble. At least he was dying telling the truth, no one can find fault in that.

To most of their race his mother was a fool to sacrifice herself for humans… but at least they knew one mythic wasn't bad. And most of the race could screw themselves, his mother did what was right and he would continue to love her.

"Jaden, he's telling the truth once more, he really is Oroku's son. I'm able to see his true form now, he has some really strong defenses, and it looks almost exactly like Oroku-san's," Yubel said and Jaden gave her a nod, bending down to wrap his arms around Jesse. Jesse gave Jaden a weird look and watched the older boy laugh. Jesse simply hung his head as his body began giving out.

"Jaden, get back! He's-" Yubel suddenly said and Jesse felt his whole body give one last shake.

Blood exploded out of his mouth and onto the ground. Jesse blinked at it for awhile before placing his cold, shaking fingers to his lips as more blood continued to trickle down from his mouth. He blinked back tears as he fell into a void of darkness, the prince crying out for him.

Sakura: Noes! Ma baby!

Die: Meh.

Sakura: Buts ma baby! He needs help!

Die: ... Meh.

Sakura: You cruel to ma baby! *cuddles unconcious Jesse*

Die: ... Nah, I just have no real stake in this part of the story.

Jaden: Well, it is the beginning of the story, there isn't supposted to be much going on.

Die: Meh, still don't care. *flails at Jaden*

Jaden: She's right, you are cruel! *glomps Sakura and the sleeping Jesse*

Yubel: ... I'm ending this chapter before the stupidity levels effect Jaden. *uses dark powers to end the chapter*