A/n Woot! I updated. Yeah I know I took my sweet time but I have a reason, and it's a good one too. My boyfriend spilled tea on my laptop…gasp…I know. I was asleep at the time, which is a good thing 'cause I would have had a stroke or something. But he had already cleaned it and somewhat cleaned the keys by the time I got up. But the keys were (and still are) sticky. And that made typing very annoying. So I lost about a week of writing while we fixed it. Still M'sorry for making ya'll wait.

Anyways! Thank you to my reviewers. :) I had some great questions and suggestions. As well as some great encouragement. You know I love ya'll. I won't make you wait anymore.

Disclaimer, I don't own Kenshin or the work of Feehan.

I give this chapter a PG rating.

Chapter 4

Her scream of fear cut through him; but it didn't stop him from taking what he desperately needed to keep her safe. Sanosuke had always imagined what the blood of his lifemate would taste like, would do to his body. Never in his wildest imagination had he thought it would be this intense. Megumi's blood was like molten gold; hot, painful and beautiful.

Sanosuke's starved body absorbed her blood before it could make it to his stomach. Power hit him hard and the sudden rush of energy caused him to stagger. Dying, shriveled cells soaked up the nutrients.

'Megumi, I'm sorry if I frightened you. I need your blood, forgive me.' He felt ashamed that he was using his life mate in such a way. Her needs were suppose to come before his. Yet here he was taking Megumi's lifeblood for himself.

Megumi clutched at him, her nails biting into his skin. 'I'm…I'm not afraid anymore. Please don't be upset. I wanted to do something, anything to help you…'

Her voice was just a soft whisper in his mind, like a touch across his cheek. She thought he was going to kill her and she was accepting her fate. She thought she deserved to die. Sano wasn't going to allow that. Nothing would ever harm Megumi and live. If she died, he would follow her. He would have to. He would be far too dangerous to those around him if he lost his lifemate. He felt such a sudden flood of protectiveness, Sanosuke thought he was going to lose his mind. His body burned with need.

Then something amazing happened. He felt Megumi grow warm in his arms. Sanosuke opened his eyes to find that Megumi was glowing. As if a soft white light was burning just under her skin. She was starting to fade. Becoming translucent. It startled Sanosuke; was something wrong? What was happening.

'Megumi?' He called to her. He had to reach far for her.

'It's Amazing.' She replied, her voice was far away, as if she couldn't be bothered talking to him. 'I can see your body, every cell as it comes back to life. I'm trying to help.'

She was attempting to heal him. But how was this possible. She wasn't a Carpathian; she hadn't had a drop of his blood yet. Was it possible that she was a healer? Sanosuke had heard of female healers, but they were too rare to even contemplate. Yet he could feel her spirit inside him even as he fed from her. She directed the nutrients from her blood to the shriveled cells that needed help the most. Sanosuke was in awe at the skill she had. But suddenly she stopped and she rushed back into her slightly transparent body

Megumi's heart faltered. Sanosuke instantly dragged his tongue across the bite, closing the two small wounds. The woman was pale, and unconscious. Sanosuke cursed in two languages; he had taken too much blood. He had let her spread herself too thin.

Without thinking, Sanosuke nipped his wrist and pressed the small wound to Megumi's lips. He pushed at her mind, forcing her body to comply with his orders to take his blood. Sanosuke looked up at the lab door as he held Megumi tightly to his body. The human men were already banging at the door. Megumi had jammed it when she slammed it so hard. It bought him a few precious seconds. Pleasure made his weak body tremble and he struggled with new and much stronger emotions. But he pushed all of it out of his mind, concentrating at the task at hand.

Sanosuke pulled his wrist from Megumi's lips and licked the wound to close it. It wasn't much blood, but it was all his starving body could afford. Clutching his unconscious lifemate too his thin body, Sanosuke calmly looked for a way out. It was in the middle of the day; he could feel the sun pushing down on him, clouding his mind and slowing him down. He would have to stay in the building until night fell. He was far too weak to make an emergency bolt into the sunlight. He had no idea where he was and who knew when he would find a place to safely stay out of the sun. They had to be far underground, or else the sun would suck all the energy out of him almost as fast as he could obtain it.

The men slammed into the door, shouting at Megumi as they attempted to knock it in. Sanosuke didn't have the strength to fight so many at one time. The violent bastards that they were.

He had to hide, cowardly as it seemed. He did it for Megumi's sake. Sanosuke looked around and spotted the covering to the ventilation system.

'Way too cliché, not to mention obvious.' But it was all he had to work with. The man swung Megumi in his arms and held her as if she were a child. He was only going to have enough strength for one try.

Instantly Sanosuke and Megumi vanished.

… . .

With one last shove, the door flew open and six men crashed to the floor of the doorway. Everyone scrambled to their feet and looked about the room with weapons in hand. They had heard the doctor scream on their way to the room. The sound made everyone's blood freeze. There was only one reason for a woman as composed as Dr. Takani to scream like that.

"The god-damned vampire is loose!" Jouta roared as he shoved past the soldiers. He fetched the men just after leaving the enraged woman. He had only been gone for a few minutes and look what happened. What where the odds? It didn't seem right. The little man knew something was up. Still, that didn't stop the fear from gripping his heart, threatening to stop it. The vampire was free to roam the building.

"It attacked Dr. Takani, that's why she was screaming." One of the soldiers said as he signaled two others to search the room. "They were just in here; there is no way out of this room."

"What the Hell is going on in here!? Where is Megumi!" Dai Hisao forced his way past the crowd that had gathered and almost knocked Jouta to the floor. "That neck sucking monster has Megumi!" he stalked about the room, searching, and praying that the men had foolishly looked over her body. Where he found nothing, he cursed violently. His beautiful Megumi. She was gonna be his Baby, he knew he had worn down her defenses. The most beautiful and clever woman in the whole building, and then that devil had to take it away from him. Hisao burned with anger.

The people in the hall got word that the vampire was running loose in the building. People ran for the exits, women cried out in fear. People ran in all directions, creating havoc in the halls. Someone had pulled an alarm and a deafening whoop and flashing red lights only further added to the growing hysteria.

Back in the lab, Jouta's cell phone rang. The man snapped it free of its holder, plugged one ear with a finger and raised the phone to the other.

"Hello!?...oh! Mr. Takeda." Jouta looked startled and the whole room froze upon hearing Kanryuu's name. "Yes I know the alarm is going off…No sir, don't know who pulled it….It seems the vampire has escaped sir….yes sir….It's just not here anymore sir…Dr. Takani is missing at the moment, her screaming alerted us…Yes Sir, I know the alarm will only cause panic." Jouta's face turned from white, to red, to purple. "Yes sir, we'll find him….Yes sir… I understand."

And with that Jouta flipped the phone closed with a slap.

"All right you Bastards! We need to find the thing and we need to find it now!" Jouta shouted, sweat beaded on his forehead and his glasses nearly slipped all the way down his nose.

"Yes Sir!" the men all cried out in unison over the whoop of the alarm.

"Kanryuu Takeda is not at all very pleased. Someone's ass is going to be grass if this creature isn't found right now! And it sure as Hell isn't going to be mine. So get out there and find it!"

"Mr. Jouta sir. What about Megumi? She's still missing." Hisao protested as a few of the solders bolted from the room.

"She's not important right now. That vampire is a huge threat to this facility. We must find him first. Until then, we will presume that Dr. Takani is dead!"

… . .

The alarm was finally shut off but panic had already set in. Half the building occupants were gone, the rest were trying desperately to maneuver through cramped stairwells and crowded elevators to make their way out.

Sanosuke stretched out on his back in the dusty, cobwebbed covered thin steel sheets of the ventilation system. He had both arms wrapped around Megumi, almost like he was afraid someone would try and pull her away from him. He knew the humans would cause such massive commotion and confusion. It was the perfect time to hunt his prey. But he found it difficult to leave Megumi. What if she woke in the small metal tunnel and panic? Their bond was weak and he wouldn't be able to comfort her. What if someone found her and tried to harm her? Sanosuke growled at the thought. That person would die right then and there if they hurt his mate. The man placed a kiss on the top of her head and cursed softly to himself. He didn't have a choice. He had to regain his strength if he planed on escaping with Megumi safely.

Sanosuke petted Megumi's dark hair once more before sliding down to the next grate covering. He looked through the wire to find that he was over the maintenance room. Save for a few mops and buckets, the small room was empty. Silently, Sanosuke pushed open the cover and let it swing on its hinges. Once inside the room, Sanosuke had to get his bearings. If he wasn't careful, he would be caught too weak to fight. And the one thing he hated most was loosing a fight.

Sanosuke clenched his hands into fists, stood by the door, and waited until someone walked by. Almost at once there was the sound of running footsteps. Sanosuke cracked the door open in time to see a young soldier run into his line of sight.

'Wait!' Sanosuke demanded. The human stopped in his tracks. 'Come here.' Sanosuke added and watched calmly as the man turned and slowly walked over to him, oblivious to the danger he was headed to. Sanosuke grabbed him by the shoulder and dragged him into the little room so that they wouldn't be seen.

Sanosuke fed as much as he could from the man without killing him. Again his starved body pulled the blood from his stomach almost as soon as it got there. The Carpathian could feel power coming back to him. Memories flooded back, as did the anger. These were the people who attacked his friends…family. They tried to kill little Itsuko, and Kaoru who was so close to the birth of her first baby.

Sanosuke let the man fall at his feet, unconscious from the blood loss. He didn't bother to change his memories, it would all seem like a blurry dream to him anyways. A wolfish grin spread across Sanosuke's face and he jerked his head from one side to the other; making it pop in several places. He rolled his shoulders, producing the same popping sound. He reached out with his mind to Megumi to find that she was still asleep, her heart beating slowly, but steadily.

Sanosuke ventured further out of the janitor room, making little noise as he stalked his next prey. This time it was a man in a white lab coat, much like the one his Megumi was wearing. He could only guess that he was a doctor or a scientist of some sort. At the moment, he didn't really care. All he needed from him was his blood. The human had his back to him, waiting for the elevator doors to open.

Sano reached out casually and took the man by the neck, giving him the order to sleep. The man fell limp, only Sanosuke held him up. The Carpathian searched his mind and found that he had a family, and that this job paid the best. He didn't really approve of some of what they did here. Sanosuke thought about letting the human go. But again, the call for nutrients and the over powering need to feed his lifemate forced him to claim his prize.

He fed from the man; not as deeply as the first, but enough to state his immediate need. He closed the wounds when the elevator doors slid open with a soft "Ding." It wasn't empty. Inside was another soldier and a woman in blue scrubs. Sanosuke gave them the order to be still and calm before they could have any sort of reaction to him. He placed the man in the white coat in the elevator floor and turned to the soldier. This human had tainted blood; he had drugs in his system not long ago. It wouldn't bother Sanosuke; his body would rid the blood of all toxins before absorbing it.

The soldier fell in a heap next to the white coat man. Sanosuke had his fill. His body finally stopped crying out in pain, and his strength had all but returned to him.

He turned his calm, yet cold eyes to the woman as she stood there passively, waiting for his order. The man in the white lab coat was her husband; she came with the soldier because she had feared for his life. He let other people escape by elevator before him, until he was the last one waiting. Sanosuke stepped away from the elevator door, allowing then to close. Once they opened again on the ground level, they would awake from their stupor.

Sanosuke quickly made his way back to the small maintenance room. He removed the unconscious soldier and carried him to the elevator and left him on the floor for someone to find.

… . .

Sanosuke wasn't at ease again until he returned to Megumi's side. He cut his wrist and fed her once again. He commanded her sleeping body to take in what he offered until he was sure she was alright. He could hear her heart beat stronger, and the flow of blood in her veins. Only then did he close up his wound and allow himself to rest.

Damn. Sanosuke ran his hand though his mop of hair that was now too long to be held at bay by the head band. How could he let something like this happen? He never thought that he would wake up amongst the human vampire hunters. And how the hell did he manage to survive here for two years? His chocolate brown eyes swung down to Megumi's sleeping form. It was a miracle it seemed, that he had been watched over by his lifemate.

Gods, she was so beautiful. Sanosuke couldn't help himself; he wrapped his finger around a loose lock of her ebony hair. It was so dark against her milky pale skin. He had never seen a more beautiful woman in all his years of being. His heart swelled with pride. She was his lifemate, his…for the rest of time.

Sanosuke was shocked to find his vision blurry as tears welled up in his eyes. He was damn lucky to still be alive amongst these devils. But he was far luckier to of found his lifemate amongst them. He let his tears fall as he clutched the sleeping woman against him.

'Don't worry.' He whispered gently into her mind. 'It's my turn to take care of you.'

… . .

Megumi didn't have to open her eyes to know he was there. Wicked…Sanosuke. She could feel the heat of his body against hers. And she could smell him.

He smelled of trees and leather and of dangerous things.

A potent musk that had her breathing deeply, trying to draw in this scent forever. He shifted then, moving his body to hover over her just slightly. His scent intensified and she felt his lips on hers. She let herself relish the feel of her blood running hot in her veins before pushing him away.

"Hey!" she scolded, snapping her eyes open, meeting his heated dark ones.

'Hush Kitsune' he placed a finger on her lips. 'Your voice carries in here, it isn't smart to alert them of where we are.' Sanosuke moved his finger and bent to place another kiss, but Megumi moved away.

'Don't hush me, I'm a grown woman. What the Hell were you doing kissing me in my sleep? And where are we?' Her eyes flashed accusingly as she looked him up and down, noticing for the first time how filled out he was. He was wearing black pants and a black jacket, both were trimmed in white. The jacket was wide open and Megumi spotted white cloth bindings that weaved their way from his chest down past the pants. Yet his chest was uncovered, as was his impossibly broad shoulders. His shoulders were so wide, it looked like he was having trouble fitting in the little space they had.

It only further helped the feeling of him trying to smother her. Megumi could feel him all around her, and even inside her; running in her veins, her mind, and pooling in low areas of her body. It was driving her insane.

She deliberately changed the subject, looking around the tiny ventilation duct. 'How did we get here anyways.' She added in a softer tone. 'I don't remember leaving the room at all-oh!' her hand went to her neck. 'You bit me! I remember!' Megumi ignored his soft smile as she franticly searched for the wound, but found none, not even a sore spot. She also remembered being within the creature, strange as that sounded. Megumi could recall trying to revive Sanosuke's starved body, but recourses had been low, and she was so weak, she didn't last long.

'You must know everything, don't you…Megumi?' He shifted, bringing their bodies closer. Her name sounded like sin the way he said it. It made Megumi blush wildly.

'No, I don't have to know everything, only whenever I'm involved.' Megumi snapped, turning her eyes away. 'Please just answer me.' She added softly.

'Yes, I bit you. I needed blood and was far too weak to control someone else long enough to feed from them. Please forgive me for using you in such a way. I hope to never have to do it again.' He didn't mention that he would take her blood again, but never for food. Not unless it was an emergency.

Megumi turned back to him, trying to shift away from him in the cramp metal tunnel. 'You're forgiven. I understand that you had a limited choice.'

Sanosuke smiled slowly. How quick she was to forgive, even though she was very angry at him. 'I brought us here because I didn't have enough strength to fight off the men that were sent here to throw me in the incinerator.' He admitted. 'You tried the heal me, but you weren't strong enough, I wasn't strong enough for you.'

Megumi chose to ignore the strange phenomenon for the moment and looked him up and down once more. 'You look just fine now.' Hell he looked more than just fine; his ki was so strong it seemed he filled their tiny space. She bet he could run through walls if he wanted to. She thought he had such strength before. This was nothing compared to before, this was a strength Megumi could never hope to fathom. This was moving at the speed of sound, playing catch with a van kind of strength.

'I'm fine now. I've been able to feed and gain much of my strength back. Don't worry, I'll get us out of here with no problems.' Sanosuke reached out and petted her hair, pushing back a few stray strands. She closed her eyes and leaned closer. Sanosuke felt his heart jump; Megumi must have heard it too, for she opened her eyes and slammed her back against the side of the duct.

'You never answered my question from before. What did you do when you said those words. I know something happened so there is no use denying it.' She felt like a firebomb went off in her body and mind. Like suddenly having her memories back after a lifetime of amnesia. Suddenly she was feeling things she never felt before; sense things she shouldn't have a clue about. The whole thing was exhilarating and terrifying.

'The bonding words of Carpathian lifemates.' Sanosuke said matter-of-fact. He watched her closely for her reaction.

Megumi shook her head. 'First thing first, what is a Carpathian?'

'A Carpathian is a race of people. We are immortal to a point, you might say. We drink blood to sustain ourselves, but we never kill those we take blood from. Unless they deserve death. We live to protect the women and children of our race, as well as the human race.'

'Protect from what?' Megumi wasn't sure she even wanted to know what else might be out there. Had they mistaken these Carpathians for vampires all this time? Why should she believe someone like him anyways? She shouldn't believe him, but something inside said he was not lying. Almost as if he was telling her things she already knew.

'Mostly from vampires.' Sanosuke said casually, 'And from other humans.'

'So, there really is such a thing as vampires. Are they a different race like you?' Why was she asking questions? Shouldn't she try and get away from this non-human? Megumi's appetite for knowledge kept her rooted to his side. It frustrated her that no matter how ridiculous as it seemed she couldn't make herself pull away from such fascinating knowledge. Sanosuke looked sad for the first time. Truly sad. The sight made Megumi's chest ache.

'No, vampires are Carpathians who've giving up the light. They lost their soul and became truly evil for the illusion of power and emotion.'

'Emotion? Why for emotion?' Megumi noticed for the first time that even though they were in a dust, cobweb filled air duct that was blowing cold air, she didn't fill cold. The rush of air didn't even move a strand of hair; it was like they weren't even there.

'Carpathians loose the ability to feel emotion and see in color once they age from fledgling to adult. We live in a drab world empty of feelings. Every time we must kill something evil, part of our soul is ripped away, damaged.' Now that Sanosuke could feel again, he could feel every rip and tear in his soul. They were like open wounds that stung and pained him. But there was Megumi. Already just being close to her and talking to her at such an intimate level was like a soothing salve for his wounded soul. Soon she would have the power to heal him completely.

'After hundreds of years, the Carpathian has a soul so corrupted that he must kill himself, or he will become a vampire. The only thing that can save him from such a fate is finding his lifemate.'

Megumi waved her hand for him to stop before covering her eyes with said hand. 'Enough, I don't want to hear anymore right now. It's all too much to take in at once. Alright?'

'Alright.' Sanosuke agreed at once. Such a barrage of this amazing information must be hard for someone like Megumi to take in at once. Not that it mattered. They will have more than enough time to discover each other. He took her hand from her face and held it gently. 'The sun is setting, it's time to get outta this place. But before we go I have to know were you keep the information you gathered about me.' It was very important that he not leave anything behind that could be used to fight his people.

Megumi looked startled. 'We? We are not going anywhere, I'm staying here, you can go.' Sanosuke smiled patiently, the kind of smile that grated on Megumi's nerves, she was not a child. She would hate that smile, only the sight of it warmed her so deeply, it was hard to think of life without that smile.

'I can't do that, Kitsune. Lifemates can't ever be apart from each other for long periods of time without feeling…' He searched for the right word that would frighten her. 'Uncomfortable.'

'I said enough of that talk!' Megumi snapped. 'Fine I'll go with you. But only for a little while.' She added softly. 'All information gathered is sent to a main computer, It's on the third floor aboveground. But you won't be able to get at it!' She said quickly. 'I'm sure such information is guarded, not to mention the computer has to have some sort of protection to keep from being used willy-nilly.'

Sanosuke gave her another smile. A chilly, coy smile that had the woman shivering. He looked deadly with such a smile.

'Have better faith in your mate, Lady Doctor.' He took her hand before she could protest. 'Do you trust me?'

Megumi pressed her lips so hard together that they formed a thin line. 'Last time you said that, you mauled my neck.'

'There will be no mauling of necks.' Sanosuke promised…not yet anyways. He brought her hand to his lips and placed a kiss on each knuckle. 'Do you trust me?'

Megumi squirmed. 'Yes I trust you.' Anything to get him to stop driving her crazy.

The man smiled a totally different smile. One that made him appear six years old. 'Great, let's get out of this place.' He pulled Megumi to him and wrapped his arms tightly around her. She had just enough time to make a sound of surprise when the pair vanished.

… . .

Megumi felt like she was being pulled along at an incredible speed. Unfortunately, her stomach felt like it had been left behind, making the experience less than comfortable. When they finally stopped, Megumi felt like she was going to vomit. But a soothing touch to her mind quelled her turning stomach.

'What was that!' Megumi looked around and even though they were still in the air ducts, She could tell that they had moved somewhere else.

'Speed traveling' Sanosule answered with a mental chuckle as he slid past Megumi on his belly to a vent cover. He turned his dark eyes to her. 'I hope you didn't mind.'

Megumi opened her mouth to snap that no it wasn't alright; when Sanosuke silently popped open the vent. 'What are you doing!' she gasped softly as she watched Sanosuke slip head first through the vent. Megumi scrambled across the smooth metal and looked down the vent to see that Sanosuke had already taken care of the one guard posted in the room. He was feeding from the guard and Megumi wanted to turn away in disgust and fear. Yet she didn't move. Her eyes were glued to him as he fed from the calm man and gently set the human down on the floor when he was done.

'Are you coming down or are you just going to watch me from there?' He waggled his eyebrows at her and blinked in surprise when she cursed at him.

'You'll have to catch me or I'll fall on my face.' She dared him to crack a joke. But the man nodded and smiled and moved just under the vent.

'Alright, whenever you're ready.'

Megumi took a deep breath and closed her eyes before letting her body slip out of the vent. Right away she knew she just made a big mistake. She wasn't falling, she was floating down and Sanosuke reached up and plucked her from the air and held her tightly in his arms like she was a child

"Caught you." He breathed out gently; his breath was a warm whisper against her cheek.

The shock of hearing his real voice was almost enough to override the shock of how strong his body was. Megumi was no lithe creature yet he held her like she was a soft feather light pillow. Instantly his grip tightened, crushing her against the wall of his chest. Megumi knew it would be useless to struggle; his arms were like iron beams, his chest like stone. She let him crush her to him but when he dipped his head to find her lips; he found a scathing look instead.

'My ribs are cracking.' Megumi's voice burned with sarcasm.

Sanosuke threw his head back, his face matching the sound of his mental laughter. 'Very well then.' He let her go slowly so that her body had to slide against his before her feet touched the ground. Her face was burning by the time she stepped away from him.

'Jerk.' She whispered.

Sanosuke only chuckled as he looked about the small room. Finding the computer was easy, as it was the only one on the large, expensive looking desk. He calmly sat in the leather chair and immediately started tying.

Megumi walked over in amazement. Sanosuke's fingers moved almost in a blur as he typed. She tried to follow what was on the screen, but they changed just as soon as she was able to focus on them. 'How can you do that?' She said softly to herself.

'Ha!' Sanosuke said, sitting back in the chair and looking at a bright blue screen 'Just as I thought.'

'What?' Megumi gave up reading the code on the computer screen.

'The information is encrypted. It's gonna take me hours to try and break it.'

Both turned to the door as voices grew and then faded away. 'We don't have time to break it, Sanosuke.' Megumi warned.

'Sano.' He replied.

Megumi blinked. 'I beg your pardon?'

'Please, call me Sano.' He smiled up at her as he twisted back and fourth in the swivel chair.

Megumi slammed both hands flat on the desk. 'We don't have time for this. We've got to get out now!' She clenched her teeth at how calm the man was acting. 'If this information is so important to you, then we need to get it and get out.'

'No problem.' Sanosuke sighed slipping out of the chair and ducking under the desk.

'What are you doing?' Megumi was confused. She jumped back a step when Sanosuke emerged with the computer tower, wires and all and set it on the desk.

'I'll just take the whole thing.' The spiky-haired man chuckled to himself as he waved his hand over the metal of the tower.

'That massive thing? You've got to be kidding.'

'Not all this.' Sanosuke flashed her a smile as a dozen tiny screws fell on the desk. He removed the metal cover, exposing the delicate computer components. He took hold of another metal box about the size of a thick paperback book and it easily fell free of its connection. He held it up to her. 'Just this.' Sanosuke quickly reassembled the tower and set it back under the desk.

'How….how did you…' Megumi was still gapping in wonder as the man tucked the hard drive into the fold of his shirt. He took Megumi by the hand and led her too the window and slid it open. 'Wait, we're three stories up.' She was sure that he could make it, but she wasn't Carpathian, or whatever it was he called himself.

The voices grew again and stopped just outside the door. Megumi gasped, her heart leaping. 'Do you have a plan?' She asked quickly as she watched the shadows of the people under the crack of the bottom of the door.

'Of course. Just trust me Kitsune. I'll take care of you.' He said with a cocky grin and stepped out the window. Megumi wasn't very surprised to see him hovering in the air. But that didn't stop her from staring at him in wonder.

'What in the world are you people?' She said to herself as she slowly stepped up to the window. Just behind her the door unlocked and slowly opened. Light and voices spilled into the room.

'Megumi, jump now!' Sanosuke demanded, willing the woman to obey him. He didn't have to push hard. Megumi panicked and scrambled out the window none too gracefully. Sanosuke masked the noise she made as she bumped her head on the window before making it all the way out and falling into his arms.

'Go! Go now!!' Megumi screamed as she saw the people turning their eyes to the window. Megumi squeezed her eyes shut, preparing to hear them yell out. Yet there was no call, only the nauseating feeling that she left her stomach behind yet again.

'Speed traveling?' She asked, the wind moved past her face so fast it felt like it was ripping the breath right out of her.

'Yes ma'am.' Sanosuke's laughter rang out as he bolted up high in the sky and aimed himself for his home where he would be safe.

A/n Hey everybody.. I forgot to say in the start of the chapter…but….It's my Birthday today! Woot! Yeah, but everyone knows this day as the day Elvis died. Oh poo… but now you a'll know it's my birthday too lol. I'm 23 Eek,..kinda old.

As always… thanks for reading and please review.