One night, when the moon shines halfly bright, deep in the woods, a maiden struggles in running away from the chasing enemies.

Jomin, parked his car near a vending machine. The place was near the woods. He came out of his car and make his way to the vending machine to buy a drink.

"Let's see.... ah this one will do" he said inserting his coin to the vending machine.

"Clank" , soda can cola came out of the machine. He picked it up and opened it. He was about to take a drink of it when he heard a loud cry that pierce the silence of the place.

"Aaaahh!" It came from the woods as he glanced and the voice came from a maiden.

He flinched for a moment, sharping his ears and glued his eyes in observing the woods. He thought that maybe the maiden was chased by a molester and needed help.

When he saw a shadow, he then rushed to help the struggling maiden as soon as possible.

"Squish, squish" the noise of his footsteps as he continues to walk along the path with withered leaves.

"Hello? Anybody here?" He asked as he searched in.

"...who's there?" A tiny voice spoke induring a pain to where it was. Jomin followed the voice and found the maiden.

He was surprised to see a young beautiful maiden, looking so enchanted in the very late night under the bright half moon. It made his heart almost fluttering. But she was wrapped by a thorny vines, he quickly stopped his stupid thoughts then hurriedly help and took off the thorny vines.

"Ow!.." cried the maiden

"uh sorry.. ah.. here you go" he said. "What happened? What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"

The maiden hesitates to answer.

"Are you alright miss? Are you being chased by molesters? Tell me, I can help you" he insisted.

The maiden stared at him straight in the eye. He flinched again and blushed for a few seconds.

"Grrr..." a creature growls from a distance.

Both of them where startled of the growling sounds that are coming close towards them.

"What was that?" He asked with no idea of what's going on around.

"Go and hide" said the maiden as she pushes him away to hide in the bushes.

"Wha--wait a minute!" He said as he was pushed down with no choice, being too late to stop her.

As the maiden moves her way towards the growling sound, to make itself ready, Jomin took a glance of her eyes in which it changed into a completely different eye.

"Her eyes...her eyes looks so different! Who is this being?!" he thought in a surprised manner.

Hiding by the bushes he looked closely towards the maiden. Suddenly, two big cat ears popped up from the head of the maiden.

"!?!" He exclaimed in a silent manner.

It was too impossible to believe it with his two eyes that he almost jumped freaking out!

A group of unknown creatures then arrived trying to surround the maiden trapping her in to avoid escaping. The black cats.

"Who the hell are they!?" He thought.

He kept himself hidden until his help is needed in a right time, because he felt that the consequences which are happening in front of him is not his business, it supposed to be just between them and the maiden.

"Dash--!" Comes the attack of the black cats to the maiden!

She avoided the first attack, then another attacks. She tried to fight back but was to weak to muster a strength.

A sudden attack sneakily coming towards her back! Before it arrives to her, Jomin who was watching by the bushes and ready, hurriedly rushed towards her and then--

"SLASH---!"

Blood spilled down the ground, Jomin protecting the maiden obtained a deep cut behind his back. It happened so fast that the maiden was surprised from his actions.

"Ha! What's a mere human doing here?! Trying to protect you ?! Bah!" Snarled one of the black cats who made the attack.

"There's nothing much to do, now RUN!" He said to her, while feeling the pain behind his back.

"Why did--?!" Shocked as she spoke. She was speechless and felt the concern and pain of the man who tried to protect her from them. Tears fall down from her eyes to her cheecks. She didnt know the reason why her tears came out but she seems to hear a call within that suddenly triggered the power in herself from the moon. She felt a sudden connection.

Slowly before the power fully triggers, she placed Jomin on the ground and stood up glaring very angry to his enemies.

"How dare you hurt him!" She said with anger. "I will not forgive you!"

He was about to close his eyes when something unexpected happens.

From the forehead of the maiden a cresent and full moon mark appeared, and glowed. The wind starts to blow hard.

In the middle of the night, where the half moon shines, the woods which was dark, glowed.

"Gwahhhh!" Screamed the blackcats very painfully.

"Kikikkik kikik" out came the bats flying away from the woods. Then everything was silent.

Jomin who stayed flat on the ground injured can't believe what he have witnessed.

"It's so confusing...I don't know already..." he thought, trying to sit back on his own weakly. Before he could barely stand, the maiden went to him.

"I hope that all of this is just a bad dream"

Then the maiden kissed him on the forehead gently.

"...Thank you..." she whispered.

"I-i.." he tried to say something and completely blushing, but then fell into sleeping.

'I feel so weak, why did I help her in the first place?..'

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To be continued