The sun was beginning to set and coolness enveloped the quiet land of Gensokyo. Reimu sat peacefully outside her home in the Hakurei Shrine and watched the last rays of light disappear over the Tengu Mountain. She sipped a hot cup of tea and sighed. Ah, she thought to herself, the summer's already coming to a close… and I haven't resolved any incidents yet…

Cirno flew overhead yelling about being the strongest and was obliterated by Aya Shameimaru flying by.

"Ah Crap! Did I just hit something?" Aya asked herself while scratching her head. She looked down and saw Reimu watching half-interestedly. "Hey Reimu! You didn't see anything did you?"

"No."

"Hm, okay then. Well, see you later!" Aya waved and hurriedly blasted off, disappearing from sight in seconds.

Reimu sighed again and continued sipping her tea. A small red card with a P on it floated into her cup. She took it and absorbed it into her hand, feeling slightly stronger. "Ah, that helps a little. I'll be ready for any kind of incident now."

Two visitors were coming up the steps to the Shrine. One was short, while the other was tall.

Reimu could hear their voices getting louder as they approached. She began to walk over to the entrance to greet them.

"… Sakuya, when will the repairs on the mansion be done?"

"The repairs should be done by tomorrow evening m'lady."

"Ahhh, I guess it can't be helped. But that damned thief needs to stop blowing holes through the walls; doesn't she know there's a front door?"

"I'll see what I can do m'lady."

"*sigh*"

Reimu met the two as they walked up to the front of the Shrine. Remilia and Sakuya were holding a few leather sacks that smelled of… blood? Just what were they doing? Wondered Reimu. "What brings you here?"

Remilia replied, "We decided to say hi since we were passing by. The Human village is very lively this time of day you know."

"What does that…"

Sakuya spoke up. "Actually Reimu, Remilia and I wanted to ask you if there have been any incidents as of late."

"Incidents?"

"Yes, in particular about vampires or similar youkai."

Reimu wondered why Remilia and Sakuya were interested but, she couldn't think of anything. "No… I can't really say an incident like that has come up. May I ask why?"

Remilia quickly replied, "N-No, it's quite alright. Just a passing thought is all."

"M'lady, it's getting dark. We should hurry and get back to the mansion."

Remilia nodded and turned to leave. "Reimu, if anything happens, I'll come by and see you." At that, the young vampire and her maid walked down the steps and returned home.

Reimu waved as they left and returned to her cup of tea, pausing to think about what Remilia said. "If anything happens, I'll come by and see you." She couldn't help but wonder what that meant, but let it go and began to prepare for bed. The howls of nighttime youkai could already be heard and the moon was beginning to rise. It was almost a full moon.

Reimu sighed, "Hah, I've got a bad feeling about this." She looked up at the moon and sighed again. I've got a really bad feeling about this.

A month passed.

Fall was already underway and the leaves were turning brown and dropping. The shrine maiden at was busily sweeping them into piles and preparing for the coming winter. Many youkai were about, but many more were getting ready for hibernation. All seemed to be normal.

At that moment, Reimu heard a familiar voice and light footsteps hurrying up the stairs to the shrine.

"Reimu! Help!" Remilia was running frantically towards her with a scared look on her face. "Please, something's happened!"

Reimu held the vampire girl in her arms and stroked her hair. "What's wrong?"

Remilia spoke between sobs, "I-It's Sakuya, s-she's..."

"What?"

Remilia looked into Reimu's face and said, "Sakuya's become a vampire!"

It was a full moon.