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Chapter 11

The Reborn

~Mako's POV~

Word spread around the high school within an hour. Asami had beaten the shit out of Tahno, and everyone was telling the story in her favor. I had to laugh when I heard about it, that dumbass deserved it. Iroh met up with me in gym class, and told me the details. I'd already heard about what supposedly happened, but it seemed some parts of the rumor story got twisted around.

Iroh told me Asami had broken Tahno's arm. Like really broken it bad, but the thing is, his arm seemed to be fine. I have Geometry with him, and his arm wasn't broken in class.

"His arm is fine, and it's not broken. I just saw him in class." I told him. He stared at me like I was nuts.

"That's impossible. The bones were sticking out of his arm. I didn't imagine it." Iroh said.

"Hmm…Alright then." The bell rang for class to start and we were still in the locker room. We both finished changing to our gym uniforms and threw our shoes on. You definitely didn't want to be caught late for gym.

It was too late though.

We ran into the gym and tried to get in the roll call line. Mrs. Beifong stopped us before we could get there.

"You girls are late." She said glaring at us, we both cringed. Mrs. Lin Beifong was the gym teacher, and she was pretty damn scary when you were late for her class. Iroh and I glanced at each other and I opened my mouth to make an excuse but she cut me off.

"Get out on the track! You two are running laps the whole class while the rest of us play dodge ball." We gaped at her. "And you better not stop running, or I'll have you both doing lunges around it."

"The whole time?" Iroh asked weakly.

"Keep talking and I'll be making you run them after school as well." Beifong snapped at him. I grabbed Iroh by the arm and dragged him out of the gym before our punishment could get worse. I didn't think Beifong would come outside and make sure we were doing it, but yet she came out of the gym and blew her whistle.

"Get moving!"

By the time class was over, both me and Iroh were about to die, neither of us had thought twice about stopping, lunges are hell. It was a good thing we were both athletes on the football team, where coach had us running at least half the time class had lasted. I thanked God that it wasn't a long day, meaning the classes were twice as long and there were only four class periods a day, instead of seven, and we were only out there about 40 minutes.

Beifong shouted across the track for us to get to the locker rooms. We both collapsed once we got there, and somehow got ourselves dressed for 7th period. I was glad it was English, and we wouldn't be doing anything that required movement, considering we were watching a movie that we had to write an essay on.

~Asami's POV~

After school I found Iroh at his locker in the hallway. I walked up to him. He looked like he was about to die.

"What happened to you?" I asked. Hoping Tahno hadn't gotten to him after lunch or something. I relaxed when he answered, and I had to hold back the urge to laugh uncontrollably.

"Beifong made me and Mako run laps the whole gym class, because we were late."

I couldn't hide the fact I thought it was funny, I was smiling too much. "You're trying not to laugh." He said, laughing himself. I nodded and couldn't hold it back anymore and I burst out laughing with him.

"I'm so sorry, but that's hilarious." I said.

"I don't deny it, but I am never being late again." I smiled and took his hand. He smiled back and we walked down out of the school together. A few of the other students watched us walk down the hall together hand in hand. I enjoyed the jealous stares of a few of the girls, who obviously liked Iroh. I just smiled back at their glares, amused by the amount of attention we were attracting. Iroh and I ended up having to split once we got outside the school, since he had to go to football practice.

"Today sucks, and now it's gonna suck more." Iroh complained.

"I feel your pain, you'll be okay though. I just know it." I said giving him a peck on the cheek and turning on my heel and walking to my car. I looked back over my shoulder, flipping my hair a bit and saw him smiling to himself. "See you later, Iroh." I said grinning.

~Tahno's POV~

A rumor was now spreading around that Asami kicked my ass. Nobody had apparently seen my arm broken, so at least people weren't asking about that. I didn't want to discuss that, though even if someone did confront me about me now unbroken arm, I could just compel them to forget.

I saw Asami and Iroh outside the school. I thought about going over there and breaking him, but I didn't. I hate to admit it, but I couldn't stop Asami, and I know she would just interfere if I tried to hurt her little boyfriend. I growled and bit my lip.

"Someone looks jealous." Azula said walking up behind me. I turned and resisted the urge to snap at her. I stared at her instead. Anything I said she would just use against me in mockery.

"What, you aren't gonna go get your 'girlfriend' over there. I saw you at lunch, you looked pretty into her." She paused, waiting for a reaction from me. I refused to give her one keeping my face blank. "I saw you start a fight that guy she's with. Oh, but you didn't get to, Asami hurt you before you could." Azula laughed and I turned to walk away. "You're so weak." She said behind me.

I lost my control and turned on her rushing over with my speed and grabbing her by the neck. She grabbed my arm.

"Now now, Tah Tah, you wouldn't want anyone seeing you hurt a girl in public would you?" She said, then grabbed my arm and gripped it, squeezing tighter and tighter, making me let go and pushing me away. I grimaced, gritting my teeth together. Her hold on my arm had hurt, and there was a red mark around my forearm now. She'd grabbed the arm Asami had broken earlier, knowing it would cause me more pain. She also called me by the nickname she liked to tease me by, I hated it. I glared at her.

"I suggest you don't do that again." She said angrily. "By the way, Ozai told me to pick your little crush up later; he wants to have another chat with her." She turned and walked away after that.

~Asami's POV~

I found a note on my bed when I got home. It had the same writing as the other one. It was an invitation.

Come see me at my lair at 7 pm, don't be late. We have much to talk about. – Ozai

I rolled my eyes and crumpled the piece of paper up. I wasn't going, he probably wanted to talk about this "plan" he had for me. I didn't want to know what it was about then, and I certainly wasn't interested in the details of it now. I sat down at my desk and took my books out. I hate homework, but gotta do it. I tried to study some after I finished but couldn't focus. I had a song stuck in my head. I put my school stuff back in my bag and I plugged my IPod into its speaker stand.

I started some music and turned it up loud. I sang along and danced in my room. My mom called me down for dinner, I somehow heard over my music with my new super hearing. I switched it off and walked down the stairs to eat. After dinner was over the doorbell rang, I cringed at the loud high pitch noise it made and answered the door.

~Azula's POV~
I walked up to Asami's house and rang the doorbell. It was seven pm, I had a feeling she would blow off Ozai's invitation. I heard her walking on the other side and she opened the door.

"Hey Asami."

"Hi? Do I know you?" She asked looking at me suspiciously.

"My name's Azula. I'm a friend of Ozai's. I suppose he didn't mention me? Oh well, you should come with me." I said looking her in the eyes. I saw her tense up at Ozai's name.

"Not interested." She said starting to shut the door. I grabbed edge of the door and pushed it back open. She stared at me.

"I'm not giving you a choice. Come with me, or your lovely parents won't be so oblivious to your little secret." She rolled her eyes and said 'whatever.' Pushing the door closed again. I was surprised to see that she had the strength to push it back against my hand. I grabbed her by the shirt and yanked her out of her house. "You think I'm joking with you?" I said quietly. "Come with me." I said lowering my voice. She sighed.

"Fine. Just give me a minute." She muttered. I let her walk back inside her house and she grabbed her purse, and slipped her shoes on. I heard her yell to her parents she'd be back later. She walked back outside.

"Follow me." I said and took off in a flash, she didn't move, so I stopped at the end of her driveway. I rolled my eyes. "Come on. Oh don't tell me you don't know vampires can run at light speed." I whispered, but she could hear me as if I were still standing next to her. She obviously never had tried running since her transition.

Asami crossed the yard in a flash like I had and I took off again, her running after me this time. It took us about a minute to reach the Ozai's lair, my home. I opened the double doors and everyone welcomed me home. Asami walked in after me, and they all stared at her.

"So the girl Ozai wants is here with you." One of the female servants I'd changed commented.

"Yes, let him know she has arrived." I ordered. My servant walked off immediately to do as I asked. I turned to Asami.

"I'm aware you've been here before, but I'm going to tell you anyway. This is Ozai's lair, home to all the vampires in Republic City. You are welcome here with open arms. Feel free to relax and make yourself at home." I said as innocently as I could make my voice sound.

Then I lowered to my voice to a dangerous tone. "I am the second in charge here, don't forget it." I told her.

~Asami's POV~

So I'd met one another one of Ozai's so called 'creations', Azula. She'd pretty much forced me to come with her. She seemed like some sort of leader or whatever and everyone welcomed her when we arrived at the lair. When I walked in the door, everyone went silent and stared at me. I couldn't help but feel uncomfortable under all their eyes.

One of them asked if I was the girl Ozai 'wanted'. I tensed up at that, what did that mean? I let out a breath and realized I was obviously here to find out. I didn't want to talk to Ozai again, I didn't like him. It didn't look like Azula was going to give me a choice in the matter, so I figured I'd better just give in and do as she said. She'd said she is second in charge here, so I'm guessing she has it pretty good under Ozai. The person, or should I say vampire, who Azula had told to let Ozai know that I had 'arrived' came back after a minute.

"Ozai says to bring her to his room." I gritted my teeth, wanting to object but Azula said that I'd be right there. She then turned to me and had me follow her. I walked after her reluctantly and we went down the same hallway I had ventured down trying to find the way out last time I was here. I think it was the same one anyway. The wallpaper was all the same throughout the place and the painting were as well so I guess I wouldn't actually know. After a minute we stopped outside the thick door to Ozai's room, I remembered walking through it. Azula knocked once, and then announced we were entering. She turned the glass doorknob and we walked in.

Ozai was sitting in the same chair he was the first time I had been in this room. He stood up at our entry and welcomed us. He told me to take a seat on one of the expensive looking couches in the huge room. He stared at me like he had last time and I couldn't help but feel violated, like he was staring into my soul. I really didn't like the guy. After about ten seconds I spoke up.

"So what do you want to talk to me about? Is it your diabolical plan that somehow has to do with me?" I said half sarcastically. Ozai smiled. I felt my lips move into a tight line.

"That is exactly what I'd like to discuss with you. Sorry about my rudeness last time, you just looked so eager to know. I like to leave my acquaintances in suspense. I suppose you'll have to excuse me for that." He walked up near me and sat across from me.

I felt rude for saying what I did before, but for some reason I wasn't scared of Ozai anymore. I wanted this to be over, so I could just get on with my life. I let out a deep breath, but didn't say anything.

"You are special, Asami Sato. How about I tell you a story?"

"Does it have to do with why I'm here?" I asked.

"Of course it does."

"Then please do." I said not even trying to hide my irritation at his time wasting.

"About a thousand years ago, a family from this area was cursed by an ancient powerful source. A witch who sought to create a being of extraordinary power, she needed only one thing. The man from the family had what she was looking for, a woman who was willing to give herself up to the existence of vampires, for a special purpose.

"His daughter was this woman. She was called Melora, and she was very beautiful. The witch invited Melora to a ritual. The ritual needed a witch, a vampire, and a strong willed human. Another human was also needed besides Melora to start the transition. Melora was more than just strong willed. She had an essence about her that the witch was drawn to and that was how she had located her.

"The witch's plan was to turn a human half vampire, and half human. A vampire had offered her assist her, liking the idea and making a deal with the witch. Melora had to let herself be bitten, and then the witch cast a spell on her to slow her transitioning. Melora bit and drank the other human's blood and the witch finished the spell as she drank, flowing the life force of the human into her as she drew in their blood. The spell was completed at the moment of the human's death, giving Melora the abilities of a human, as well as letting her transition into a vampire.

"Melora became exactly what the witch had wanted. She became a being with vampire abilities, but also the qualities of a human. Melora was the first vampire-human hybrid, also known as a Dhampir. Unlike other vampires, Melora was able to have children, was stronger than any vampire who dared challenge her, and she had the power to change others with an extension of how long her venom would last in her victim's body. A normal vampire's venom lasts five days, hers lasted seven.

"The witch also put another spell on Melora. This spell insured that only every 200 years another child of Melora's bloodline would be born with the gene to become a dhampir, and they would have the same abilities she had. This child's abilities are triggered by first, being bitten by a vampire. Second, by drinking the blood of human until their death, finishing the transition a normal human would to become a vampire. The only difference being they would change into a dhampir instead."

Ozai finished explaining the story to me. At first I couldn't figure out what it had to do with me at all. I sat there thinking about it, and Ozai watched me creepily. The realization of why he'd told me the story hit me. I knew why he made Tahno change me, why I was here listening to him.

"You think I'm that child." I stated simply.

Ozai walked up to me and looked me in the eyes, like last time I had been sitting in this room. "I don't think you are that child. You are that child."

I stared at him in disbelief. Part of me thought he was just making this up.

"How do you know I am this descendant? I asked.

"I've been following Melora's bloodline throughout the years. You are the child born on the 200th year repeating down through generations since the last dhampir descending from Melora was born."

I refused to believe this. Why me? I remembered that he said he had a plan and I needed to know what he wanted from me. It didn't matter that I wouldn't like the answer or not, it was important.

"If I were this child, what do you want with me? What part do I take in this plan of yours?"

"You are a dhampir. You are stronger and more powerful than any vampire existing, including myself."

I raised my eyebrows and glanced over at Azula. She had been sitting with us the whole time, listening to Ozai's story. When he'd said I was stronger than himself, it meant I was stronger than her. I could see in the expression on her face that she didn't like that fact. I looked back at Ozai.

"So you want me as a weapon?"

"In a way, I do. You will be very useful to me."

"And what If I choose not to help you? You just said that I am stronger than you, and every other vampire there is. How is it that you are going to make me help you?" I dreaded his answer the moment I asked that last question.

"You are going to help me, unless everyone you know and love will be killed. I have many vampires at my disposal to do the task of killing every last person you care about. Not even you can stop several strong, deadly, and lethal beings at the same time. Even dhampirs have their limits." He threatened me.

I stared in horror of what he was saying, I had no choice. It was either do as Ozai said, or risk losing everyone I loved. I couldn't even think it. He was willing to take everything from me.

I didn't know if there was anything I could do about it.

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