A/n Wow thanks for all the amazing reviews for the last chapter. They were so great. I'm sorry I'm a bit late in updating. I had some issues last week. I won't go into details, lets just say it involved a 6 hours on the road, a hospital, and a day off from work. It took me all week to get back into the swing of things. I didn't get this chapter proof-read by anyone else but myself, so I'm sure there's a few stupid errors floating around. I won't keep you any longer…on to the story!

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

I give this chapter a PG rating.

Chapter 10

Megumi felt like she was being sucked though a small tunnel. A tunnel lined with flashes of images, memories. Snippets of sounds could be heard. Voices, male and female, young and old. There were screams, both evil and afraid. Megumi felt dull pain, knowing it was an only a memory from Sano. Sano must be taking her way back, back to his earliest memories. She should have been afraid, but Sano was always there in the back of her mind.

Suddenly Megumi stopped. It felt as if she landed on her feet with a thud, even though she was not in her body. Where was she? Megumi was standing next to a dirt road lined with people. Dozens of people, both well dressed and beautiful as well as people dressed in rags, and fearful. Humans and Carpathians, Megumi realized. This must be a memory from hundreds of years ago, maybe even a thousand. Megumi tried to look around to see what was going on, but she couldn't.

'You are seeing though my eyes, Kitsune. When I was just a kid. Maybe two years old. We are in the home country, Romania. Near the Carpathian mountains.' Sano's voice whispered to her.

Megumi watched as her vision swung upwards. She was surprised to find herself looking and a much younger Kenshin. He was holding her hand. Well, he was holding Sano's hand, but Megumi was in Sano's body. Kenshin looked very much the same. His hair was a bit shorter, and it was braided. His eyes were clear and bright, even though there was sadness there. In his other arm he held a bundle. A baby Megumi realized. Not a few months old.

'Kenshin just came of age. Still a child in the eyes of most. His parents were killed in battle, leaving him to care for his infant sister. My parents were killed in the same battle. Kenshin took me in to protect me, like a brother. He still has his emotions, it was always a wonder to me how he held it together so well. I wonder how Tomoe and I held out so well. Even though I was a toddler, and Tomoe a few months old, we both knew our parents were gone.'

'That's so sad.' She felt Sano shake his head.

'Don't be sad Kitsune, It happened a very long time ago. Oh, watch this.'

'Are you going to narrate through all this?' Megumi smiled. 'Makes it feel like story time.'

She felt Sano smile. 'I will inform you now and again. Just relax, watch and listen.'

Megumi watched in Sano's toddler body as he moved his eyes to the group of people walking in the dirt road. Men, powerful men. Mostly Carpathians. They walked with heads high, weapons strapped to their belts.

'They are the last to head out into battle. A last ditch effort to save our race and our human friends and family.' Megumi was saddened as she watched the men. She had a feeling not many of them returned. How many of the people along the road were watching their father, or brother, best friend, or husband going off to war?

Suddenly there was a commotion among the people. A murmur of hushed conversation that suddenly fell silent. Everyone was silent. Megumi watched as the progression passed by, and the object of everyone's surprise came into view. Near the end of the line of warriors were two Carpathians. A Male, and a Female. They weren't dressed for battle. The male was tall, painfully beautiful and cruel looking. He had long black hair that hung freely. He wore black leather and had a single long sword at his belt. A green and black cape hung from his shoulders to snap silently at his heels. The female was dressed in white. Her gown was made of a thin flowy material that made her look surreal. She glowed under the moonlight, making the dress glitter. Her hair was light brown and her eyes large and gentle.

'Who are they?' Megumi asked in a hushed whisper, as if the people would hear her.

'The Twins.' Sano replied, equally in awe. 'The last known male-female set of twins born to Carpathians.' The twins past by Sano, Megumi felt terror; the male was dangerous, murderous. And she felt reassurance, motherly love, and safety, from the female.

'They were ancients, two of the oldest Carpathians. No one really knew just how old they were. Not even their little brother…Aoshi, whose parents died a few years after he was born.' Sano narrated reverently. 'Both were without mates, which was unheard of for their age. The male should have turned vampire long ago. The female should have been mated with a male to produce children until her real mate could be found. It was rumored that they were actually lifemates. That the only reason he was not vampire was because of her, and why another male didn't clam the female was because of him.'

'What are their names?'

'Most call them Lord Amakusa and Lady Magdaria. But the elders called them simply Shougo and Sayo Muto. Sometimes the humans called them Son of God and Holy Mother.'

Sounded important, Megumi thought as she watched with Sano's eyes as Lady Magdaria glanced over at Sano and smiled gently at him. All fear, all worry was washed away and Megumi felt herself wrapped in a warm blanket of love. The air hummed and smelled of flowers. It brought tears to her eyes. Then, as the woman looked away, it was gone.

'What happened to them?' Megumi almost didn't want to know.

'No one knows. They did help turn around the war. Many of the main enemies, human and vampire were killed by Amakusa. Magdaria saved many humans and Carpathians with her powers. But they vanished just as the wars were ending. Some thought they died, others figured they walked into the sunrise. There are rumors that they are still around. Somewhere. '

Megumi was relived. She didn't want to hear the fate of such amazing people turned out to end terribly.

The memory swirled, and again Megumi felt herself floating. When her feet touched the ground she found it to be very unsteady. They were on a small boat close to land. The sun had set long ago but the sky was still orange. Again Megumi wanted to look around but she was at the mercy of Sano's memory. She felt herself being lifted up from behind and Megumi was shocked to find Saitou take young Sano tightly in his arms and transfer him from the boat and onto land.

Just like Kenshin, Saitou looked pretty much the same. His hair was far longer and his face was gentle and impassive. Nothing like the scowl and wrinkled bows he had today.

'Saitou is just a bit older than Kenshin, but already very experienced in battle. He was already suffering the lost of most of his emotions by this time. A very bad sign for a male.' Sano said thoughtfully as his boy self turned out to the sea.

Now Megumi saw Kenshin in travel clothing handing over the bundle of blankets that held his sister to Saitou. Behind them, she spotted a large ship with three masts. 'How long were you on that ship?'

'Almost three months. A quick trip, considering the Carpathians kept a constant breeze in the sails to cut down travel time.'

'Still, that's a very long time. I can't believe Kenshin's baby sister survived, how hard it is to keep them healthy and all.' She couldn't imagine the worry Kenshin must have felt.

'Kenshin was clever, plus he had Aoshi to help him along the trip.' Sano reassured. 'But it was taxing on the older ones. They had to keep as much soil with them as possible to help them rejuvenate every day.'

Again the memory faded. Megumi whirled around in the vortex or visions. She caught snippets of Sano's memories. One where a teenage Sano had transformed into a bird for the first time and was attempting to make his first landing. Sano gracefully glided down to a tree, talons stretched out to catch a branch. But he missed the branch completely and ended up flying into the trunk of the tree. Megumi recognized Kenshin's voice as he roared with laughter somewhere in the tree. Megumi laughed out loud as Sano quickly ushered her past such embarrassing memories of his fledgling years.

But he did show her one Memory from his youth. He was perhaps twenty years old. He stood cocky and arrogant yet protective over a young woman who sat in a dark field. She had beautiful black hair and the kindest eyes Megumi had ever seen. 'This is Tomoe, Kenshin's baby sister. She just turned of age, and I made it my personal mission to keep an eye out for rouge males and vampires.' Sano sounded amused at himself. Megumi wondered if Sano could have held his own against a vampire at such a young age.

Tomoe held an acorn in her hand. She talked to it like it was a pet. Megumi watched in fascination as the acorn began to sprout. A tiny stalk and two leaves burst from its hard shell. Small white roots weaved between her delicate fingers.

'Tomoe has a gift with her voice. She could talk a fish into thinking it was a bird, or a tree to bear fruit in the dead of winter.'

Megumi continued to watch in amazement at the sapling grew more and more. The leaves growing larger and new leaves curling open. Tomoe then dug at the earth with her free hand and set the tangle of roots upon the soil. Instantly the roots dove into the dark earth and the foot tall sapling shot up until it was almost as tall as Sano. Its soft green trunk was now covered in grey-brown bark. Branches full of leaves reached out and half a dozen tiny blooms sprouted. It seemed a miracle.

'It is a miracle, Kitsune. All females are miracles. They give life to everything they touch.' Sano spoke with such tenderness; Megumi couldn't help feel an ache deep in her heart. 'You have this power within you too Megumi. Every female has different skills, you happen to have tremendous healing powers.' Slowly the memory of the beautiful young woman faded.

It must have been hundreds of years later, for Megumi whirled around in visions for a few long moments. Once again her feet touched solid ground and her vision cleared and focused. Sano was no longer a child, but a full grown male Carpathian. He held a weeping woman in his arms. Off in the distance, a small ship was setting sail. Megumi could feel Sano's seething, uncontrollable anger.

'What's going on?' Megumi didn't know who this woman was, she couldn't see her face. Was she Kenshin's sister?

'No, she is Yaso…Saitou's human wife.' Remorse filled his voice and Megumi could feel his grief. She felt him take a deep breath. 'Saitou had known Yaso from when she was just a child. We all did. He grew close to her; she was a bit of a psychic, but not a true one, like you. Her gift was very limited.'

'Why would he marry someone who was not his lifemate?' Megumi wondered as she watched with Sano's eyes. Kenshin was there as well as Aoshi.

'While no one can take the place of your true lifemate, there can be substitutes. Because Saitou lost his emotions far sooner than normal, there was a good chance he was gonna turn vampire. Yaso made him feel emotions again, colors. Though I was told later that his emotions were dull and the colors flat. But it was something; it must have given Saitou hope.' He paused, unsure if he was ready to share such a horrible memory of himself.

'Sanosuke, if you can accept me after all that I did to you for two years and potentially coming up with a poison to help hunt your people; I can certainly accept a memory of what you did a hundred years ago.' She sent him the feeling of smile.

Sano wrapped himself in her love. It was warm, soothing, nothing he had ever felt before. She accepted him no matter what, just as he accepted her. He was truly blessed. 'Alright.' Again he took a breath. 'Yaso was a sickly child, always falling ill and never in good health. Soon after Saitou and Yaso were married, Saitou started wandering off to battles. A rumor of a vampire or rouge shape shifter had him packing up and hunting. He was never home with the poor woman. She became so depressed. It angered me that he would treat such a fragile gift in such a way. Then, Yaso became pregnant, and Saitou left for yet another battle, far away this time. He would be gone for months. Yaso fell to pieces.'

Megumi watched as Aoshi stepped forward and take the woman from Sano. He spoke to her softly and she instantly calmed, her sobs eased. She looked terribly pale, a sickly blue pale and had limp, short brown hair. And she was very delicate, thin as a whip like Saitou, but half his size. She was shorter than even Kaoru. Yaso looked like a small child tucked under Aoshi's arm.

The image swirled for a moment and focused again. It was early evening; the sun was still peaking over the mountains. They were in the garden in the center of someone's home.

'This is Saitou's home. Yaso secluded herself here most of the time.' Sano walked around the edge of the garden, keeping out of direct sunlight as he watched the woman. She was far along in her pregnancy now. Megumi saw the mound of her stomach, it looked out of place on her rail thin body. 'She had been sick some time after Saitou left. We knew the birth would be hard for her. To make matters worse, Aoshi was needed in the home lands. Leaving Kenshin, Prince Hiko and I to care and protect the woman. We had sent word to Saitou to come home for weeks, he said he was on his way. Yet there was no sign of him.'

The woman coughed, it was a rough hacking cough that had Megumi wincing in sympathy. Suddenly, Yaso sucked in her breath, one hand clutching her belly. Yet the coughing prevented her from calling for help. Sano was instantly at her side. The memory faded.

All was dark and silent.

'Her body was giving out; she went into labor a month early. Hiko had the power to hold off her labor for almost a week. Keeping her in a coma like state, slowing her body down. But it was harmful for the baby, and it didn't last long.' Megumi felt as if she was shoved forward. She fell to her knees…no Sano's knees. He was kneeling on the ground chanting the soothing words of the Carpathian healing chant. Across from him was Kenshin doing the same. Between them on a bed roll was Yaso, screaming.

'We tried to take the pain from her, but her body was too far gone.' Sano's voice caught as he tried not to let a sob escaped. He never knew just how upset he was. Only now that he had emotions, did the memory tear at his heart. Megumi had no choice but to watch. Sano and Kenshin held her hands and a large man with dark hair was delivering the baby. He was covered in blood and was kneeling in a slowly growing puddle of blood.

The woman was exhausted. Her body had been weak to begin with, now with the blood loss and so much pain, she couldn't push anymore.

'Help her Sansuke.' Boomed a clearly authoritative voice in her head. Sano instantly leaned forward, pressing hard on Yaso's swollen belly as she struggled to push. Her screams acting like needles to his body. Sano's breath was ragged, he urged the child to move, to let itself be born. Then in a gush of blood and birth fluids, Sano felt the baby slip. The baby was only partway free but Hiko wrenched the baby from its trap.

"A girl!" The prince shouted to the mother as she instantly burst into tears. Hiko cut the child free and carefully placed her in her mother's trembling arms. Sano had to help her hold the slippery baby. Hiko immediately worked on Yaso, trying to stem the flow of blood.

"Lord Saitou will be proud, wont he?" Yaso said in a small childish voice. Her dull, unfocused eyes found Sano's face.

"Yes, you have blessed him with the most wonderful thing in the world Yaso." Sano felt that Saitou had better be happy, or he would kill him with his two bare hands.

Everything went blurry for a faction of a second and Megumi found herself crying as she realized what she was looking at. Yaso was dead.

'She died an hour later, even though Hiko healed much of her wounds and replaced her blood. Her body was just too far gone.' Sano used his mind to touch Megumi, embrace her with his warm love. The event had traumatized Sano, of this she was sure.

'I was so angry, I had never been so pissed off in my life. I accused Saitou. It was his fault the poor woman suffered and died. I felt he used her just to get a child out of her. She never seemed happy. Saitou flew into a rage at my accusation. His mind had just been torn in half. Now that I look back. I can understand why Saitou wanted to rip a piece of my chest out.'

'My God, what happened?' Megumi felt Sano gently separating their minds and she was flowing back into her body.

'There was a fight. Saitou almost killed his daughter.'

"What?!" Megumi shouted as she retuned to her body. Was Saitou the kind of person who would do such a thing?

"It was an accident; I saved the child just as Saitou returned to his senses. He was horrified." Sano smiled ruefully "I guess hearing such words from me and then almost proving my point was too much for him. He never forgave me… ever."

He realized he was crushing Megumi in an embrace. Yet he didn't let her go. There is so much more he wanted to show her. He wanted to share parts of his life that he kept to himself. He knew all about her, now he wanted her to know all about him.

'In time Sano. The more I meld my mind with yours the more I will learn.' Megumi paused. Did she just agree to all this crazy stuff? Megumi smiled, knowing the answer. Yes, yes she did. And she wanted to know more, she wanted to learn everything and what she wanted most of all as Sano.

'I want you too, Kitsune.' Sano set two fingers under Megumi's chin and tipped her face up to his.

'You'll get that in time too, Rooster head.' Megumi laughed.

Sano smiled brightly. Her laugh was like music, like cool rain in summer. 'You have the most beautiful laugh. You should do it more often.' He leaned forward, placing a kiss on her cheek.

'I haven't had much to laugh about in a while.' Megumi confessed. Being with Sano, she wanted to smile and laugh all the time…she just kept fighting it. She wanted things to stay the same. A normal, calm, completely boring life. Now she was tired of all that. She couldn't imagine a life without Sano now. The male kissed her on her other cheek.

'You know I'm going to kiss you now?' Sano's shark-like smile glittered in the moonlight.

"Yes." Megumi's voice was a strangled whisper. Sano's breath danced across her lips for a few agonizing moments before he closed the distance between them. Megumi felt the earth under her shift, the wind kick up, but all her heart and soul went into this kiss. Sano turned Megumi in his arms and crushed her against his chest as he rose into the air. Her heart was loud in her ears, as was Sano's heart. She could hear their blood flowing, the air moving in and out of her lungs.

Higher and higher Sano lifted her into the sky, his hands slowly stroking the fire within her. They didn't stop until they were high above the clouds and the moonlight spilled down on them. Megumi was intoxicating, like an addicting drug that Sano couldn't pull away from. He was so happy that she finally embraced him and his people. He told her things that would have upset her yesterday, but today, she accepted it. Better still, she wanted to be a part of it. He pulled away from her luscious lips and trailed kisses down her throat. Her head fell back as she clutched at his clothing. Sano couldn't help but place his lips over her pulse. His fangs lengthened and he pressed them against her skin, needing, aching for her lifeblood.

He wanted to finish this change, needed it. His body and soul cried out for completeness. Sano forced himself to pull away from her milky pale skin. He struggled for breath and he knew his eyes had melted into a deep black color. "I'm taking you home, and then your mine."

Megumi shivered at the deep rumbling of Sano's voice. As he carried her back across the miles she felt like a giddy teenager again, one being taken for a ride to make-out road. Only they were going to be doing something far more serious than making-out. Megumi clutched at his solid frame, hiding her face against his neck. She was a grown woman, but he made her feel like a pure, untouched school girl.

Sano rushed back home, not wanting to delay any longer than needed. He could have just jumped the distance at once and speed traveled. But he knew Megumi didn't tolerate it well, and the last thing he wanted right now was to make her uncomfortable. His feet touched the roof of his house only for a moment before the pair shimmered into mist. He took her not to his bedroom, or even his underground lair. This transformation was a serious thing, he wanted to make sure Megumi knew what it meant before she jumped up and regretted it later. Whatever she picked, to stay human or to change, he would support her decision, he would stay with her always.

Megumi found herself sitting back on the sofa in the front room. She found she was shaking, her hand, legs, her whole body trembled. Sano caressed her mind, soothing her nerves, commanding her body to relax. She let him take control of her body, wanting him to be there, to do what his body was born to do, to care for his other half. She understood that now that she had been in his mind.

Sano felt pride swell inside him. His lifemate was a true healer. "Megumi, once you become one of us, there is no going back. No sun until your powers grow. You'll have to keep away from everyone with any connection to the Organization."

"I know, I figured as much." She started to tremble. "You'll be with me, right." She suddenly felt foolish. Why was she so afraid? She knew Sano would never let anything bad happen.

"Of course, Kitsune." Sano pulled her back against him. "I can not lie to you Megumi. The transformation is unpleasant. I'm not sure of everything that happens, I know there is pain. Yet I can keep you from feeling most of it." he didn't tell her about the risk of her losing her mind like other females in the past. Megumi was a true psychic like Kaoru and the change should happen without problems. But it was still new and Sano was a fool if he didn't think about what could happen. If she went insane, he would have to take her life and free her soul. Then he would follow her into the afterlife. It was his right as her mate.

"Alright, I want to do this." Was she trying to convince him or herself? Megumi wasn't going to try and fool herself anymore. She wanted Sano, she wanted to be with him. If that meant becoming whatever he was…then so be it. "What do I have to do?"

"There must be three blood exchanges to complete the transformation. We have exchanged blood twice. With this third one, your body will change, organs will shift and transform. Your body will expel all toxins." He held her tightly. There would be such pain, Kenshin had told him.

"I trust you Sano." She whispered against his neck. "I'm not afraid."

Sano wanted to cry, weep for her. She was being so brave, putting all her faith in him to take care of her. Before he could change his mind, he tipped her head to the side and exposed her neck. Hunger slammed into him even though he had just finished feeding. This hunger ran deeper, an ancient, primal hunger. His fangs lengthened and Sano scraped them against the pulse in her neck. His hands drifted over her back, massaging away the stress and anxiety, making her relax. The soft sounds she made as he teased her with his fangs tempted him, made his blood hot, but he held himself back.

He bit down and let her blood flow. His pulse pounded in his head, drowning out all other sounds. Megumi's body froze in his arms for a moment then melted, her soft body forming against his. The beast in him was in ecstasy wanting more, demanding more. He wanted his mate now and nothing would hold him back. Instantly the clothes between them vanished and the pair sat naked on the sofa.

When he was sure he had enough, he ran his tongue to heal the marks and forced himself away. She did not have enough blood for him to feed deeply. Megumi watched him though heavy eyelids as he used his fingernail to cut a line across his chest, just over his heart.

"You have to be sure, Megumi." He growled, his voice more animal than human. His eyes glowed taking in every inch of his mate.

Was this what she wanted? Megumi had never felt the way Sano had made her feel. There was nothing for her back home except an empty apartment. She could help others, live as long as she needed to find answers for the children. And there would be Sano, he would be there for her always.

Megumi felt herself fall forward, her tongue catching the blood that welled up in the wound and pressed her lips against his skin. Her hunger demanded that she feed from him. Almost as soon as it hit her stomach, she felt different. Her stomach warmed and the heat spread in waves across her body. Sano set his large hand on the back of her head to keep her feeding. Megumi tried to ignore the heat as it grew and grew until it was a painful burn in the pit of her stomach that slowly spread to her limbs.

Finally Sano pulled her away and Megumi found herself, not in the living room sofa, but on a bed in a dark room. A dozen candles sputtered to life, giving enough soft light for her to see by. The room was large, but nearly empty with just the bed she sat on, a desk and a punching bag swinging from the ceiling. It seemed to be Sano's room.

"We are underground." Sano explained with a deep, throaty voice. "We sleep better when we are close to the healing earth." But his mind was not on his words. Rather, his eyes devoured his mate as he gently pushed her to lay back on the bed. His need for her was obvious now that he was unclothed, but he didn't let the beast in him free just yet. Already he could see Megumi labor in her breathing, her body slowly growing tighter. The pain had already started.

He said there would be pain, but Megumi didn't know just what kind of pain Sano meant. It was as if her blood had turned to acid. It burned her from the inside out. Hot waves of fire radiated from her chest outward to the tips of her fingers and toes. Something terrible was growing inside her. Megumi could feel it. Her torso felt strange as her organs started to shift, reshape and form themselves.

Sano watched helplessly as his mate's body convulsed in pain. Spasm after spasm ripped cries of pain from Megumi. Sano instantly went inside her mind to block the pain, but found it nearly impossible. As if her mind shut down. Alarmed, Sano held her in his arms. He could feel the pain ripple though her body, feel it grow. She twisted in his arms, jerked from spasms and was instantly drenched in sweat. It had started; her body was rejecting everything it did not need, as Kenshin had explained. The sweat on her skin was really oils and toxins that her body was trying to rid itself of.

Megumi couldn't think, couldn't breath. She didn't know she was screaming with every wave of stabbing pain. She wasn't aware of her body twisting and arching violently from the force of the change. She was only aware of the pain, and of Sano whispering softly in the back of her mind. His voice was like cool water for her overheating body, but the pain kept her from connecting with him. She felt her stomach twist and reform, instantly whatever dinner she had left in her stomach started to come up. She wanted to run to the bathroom before she was sick, but all she was able to do was turn her head away and be sick all over the bed.

Sano held her tightly. Watching that she didn't chock as she coughed up the food that her body no longer needed or desired. Kenshin had explained that anything unnecessary would be rejected by her body. It wouldn't be pleasant as she lost control of her stomach and bowls.

Megumi didn't think things would get worse than this, but she was wrong. Very wrong. Violent, painful spasms nearly ripped her from Sano's grip. And to her shame, felt herself lose control of her body. She felt such pressure, as if a large hands was squeezing her like a tube of toothpaste. Crushing her.

Sano swore in many languages, settling on ancient Carpathian swears as he struggled to hold on to Megumi. Blood dripped from his forehead and into his eyes but he ignored it. He finally ripped apart the block in Megumi's mind, giving him the ability to block the pain. And it was such pain. Sano himself jerked in spasm as pain rippled though him. He struggled to control it and tuck it away in the corner of his mind. He couldn't take all her pain, he could only remove the sharp edge of it. He rocked Megumi back and forth, ignoring her cries, forgetting his own pain. He sung to her softly using ancient Carpathian words to soothe her.

Sano was unsure just how much time had past, but suddenly he felt the sun start to rise. He looked down at Megumi. She was unconscious. Her pain shrank down to just small twinges. Her exhausted body limp in his arms. Sano too was drained of energy for the second time that night. But he used his power to clean the filth from Megumi and the bed. He extinguished the candles with a single thought and brought sweet smelling herbal candles to life in their place, filling the room with their healing powers. He dressed Megumi in a white nightgown of silk and he placed her under the covers of his bed. Sano stood for the first time in what felt like hours and stumbled over to a framed mirror by the door. He was pale, his eyes red, his brown hair speckled with white. Hunger beat at him for he used so much energy helping his mate along.

He turned and looked back at the sleeping wonder in his bed. Would her mind be whole we he woke her that night? Sano thought he would be too tired to feel fear. But this was a primal deep fear. The fear of losing his mate, and there would be nothing he could do. The fear of being helpless, out of all control. He set the command deep in her mind; she would sleep until he commanded her to wake. He tore himself away from the room. He had just enough time to feed before he would have to take shelter from the sun.

And then...Megumi would rise.

A/n I hope no one was really confused about the memories. If you have a question feel free to ask me. I answer most all questions. So…next chapter we have hot new Carpathian Megumi! Woot, can't wait. Please review and as always, thanks for reading!