A month later Brom, Eragon, and Jeod snuck into the keep and looked at the records of sales and saw that the oil transport was centralized in Dras-Leona near the center of the Empire. This led them to believe that Ra'zac was also there as they would be near a readily available food source, and then there was Helgrind.

"I forgotten Helgrind," Jeod said.

Eragon looked up from the map and asked, "What is Helgrind?"

Brom answered cryptically, "You will see," and dropped the subject.

Next door Angela packed all of her shop with the help of the ninjas. Looking around to see if she missed anything, and seeing that she did not she walked to the storage area under the shop.

"We are leaving in one hour so we need to seal this area from the public. I would hate for one of the empire's soldiers to find and take control of it," Lucian said to her as she stepped off of the ladder.

Angela nodded as she looked around her "store room" as she came to call it. She saw Naruto and Neji taking down a list of herbs and their effect on the human body. Looking to the right she saw Hitomi and Hinata storing her pastel and mortars collection as well as the vials that were empty. She then saw Tsunade and Cynder handling vials that still had some of its contents and organizing them by effect of the mixture inside. Angela walked over to Gaara who was sitting down with Kira sealing the items into various scrolls for easier transport. "Could you show me how to do that? Lessa taught me how to use chakra but did not teach me how to use the sealing arts the last time we met." Angela asked Kira, who raised an eyebrow.

"I guess I could," Kira answered unsteadily. She pulled out a scroll, brush, and ink pot and signaled Angela to sit down next to them. Kira then showed Angela the basics storage seals ranging from needle and thread to one for holding a house.

To say that Angela was impressed by the capability of seals would be an understatement. "Wow, and this is only the basic seals you said?" she asked Kira who nodded. Kira then told Angela of some of what the more powerful seals could contain, such as her aunt Hitomi, to what they could hide from the senses.

Over with Kiba and Haku the two were talking about how they would train on the move. "So Kiba what do you thing about Eragon and Saphira traveling with us?" Haku asked her boyfriend.

Kiba looked at the ladder that led to the shop. "Well I think that they are good people, but Saphira could use lessons on aerial combat and Eragon is lacking in the magic department. All in all they even each other out," he told her.

Hana walked over to Lucian and asked him to walk with her around the city to get supplies for the trip to Dras-Leona. "So when do we meet Vince?" asked Hana as they walked to the market.

Lucian then thought about it and answered, "If I called him to meet us, then we should see him by the time we get to Dras-Leona. The last I heard from him; he was near Furnost."

This surprised Hana as Furnost was on the southern half of the Empire. "How could he travel so fast?" she asked.

Lessa then spoke up from the mind link that they formed, 'I don't look for weak mates. Plus he is a werewolf.'

'Well that explains how Jacob is a werefox. What does that make him to me?' Hana asked Lessa wondering about their relationship.

Lessa was silent for a moment before she replied, 'He is the eldest heir to the pack he is in so, I guess you're his mate as well.' This shocked Hana as she knew how the Inuzuka clan organized the family into branches based on abilities, with the head family having the most raw power in the clan. Lucian cut into the conversation saying, 'Any way he nearly beat Lessa in a fight when we met and she could not except that he was single so she tricked him into following her to where we were living. Damn new moon was out that night and Lessa's heat started as well so you can guess the rest.'

Lessa formed a clone to move in and slapped Lucian across the left cheek with her right hand saying, "I will get you back with Vince's help you ass."

This caused Hana to chuckle at how Lessa slapped her brother already knowing the meaning behind it. Looking around the large room she saw that everyone was done packing and walked over to Kira's group. Kira looked up to see Hana coming over and looked behind her to see and "aunt" making out in the corner.

"Good idea to come over here. They won't stop for an hour when they get started," Kira said as she led Hana to the rest of their group.

When everything was packed and the group gathered Hitomi snapped her siblings out of their trance and they met up with Brom and Eragon.

Lucian addressed the group, "When we get to Dras-Leona we will stay at my family's estate. After we find out about the Ra'zac we shall head to Gil'ead to rescue the elf Arya. I owe her a debt for keeping Saphira's egg safe. Günter, Gwendal if you wish you may leave for Du Weldenvarden when we arrive in Gil'ead."

Günter and Gwendal decided not to leave Tsunade, whom they found was starting to grow on them. Hearing this made Tsunade and Cynder smile form the emotion in the elves' voices. "So now that that is decided we shall leave for Dras-Leona as soon as Brom is ready to leave. On the way there we shall do individual training if possible," Lucian said as everyone heard a knocking at the front door. Looking at each other Angela and Lucian went up the ladder to see who was knocking. When they reached the door Angela opened it to revile Eragon and Brom with their packs ready to head out. Brom spoke first, "We are ready to head to Dras-Leona. Are you ready to leave?"

Lucian called the group up and sealed the door leading to the underground. After giving a signal to leave the groups merged and headed to the gate that led back the way they had came. On the read they fanned out and after a mile Saphira joined them. Walking up to her brother Saphira was about to ask him to give her a human form when he signaled everyone to stop. Turning to look at his sister Lucian asked, "So how do you want to look sis?" This surprised her thinking that he was reading her thoughts.

'Well I was thinking that you could help me a little. I'm not so sure how I should look,' Saphira told him alone because she was slightly embarrassed.

Continuing in the privacy of their minds Lucian approached her with an idea, 'You remember ho Lessa looks? How about using that as a model, blue eyes instead of red, dark bluish black hair, and maybe a little taller.'

Thinking it over Saphira nodded her consent. Concerned with his partners wellbeing Eragon asked, "Will the transformation hurt her Lucian?"

Shaking his head Lucian replied, "The transformation itself will not hurt, however getting used to the new body will be interesting and will probably take a while." Turning to Saphira he said, "When you are ready Lessa and I will perform the spell and jutsu needed for the change. You will be able to change back whenever you wish, and while in human form you will be able to use magic willingly."

Brom heard this and it shocked him as dragons could not use magic at will. Thinking about it he had heard Lucian was Saphira's half-brother so that made him a dragon, but he used magic in Teirm before the snuck into the keep to check the shipment records. As these thoughts went through his mind he walked over to Naruto who was walking with Hinata and Hitomi near the back of the group. "Do you need something Brom?" asked Naruto seeing said man walking toward him.

"I was wondering how Lucian is able to use magic if he is truly a dragon, and why he looks human if he is a dragon," the old man said.

Lucian heard this however and walked back to them and said to Brom, "I'm hurt, don't tell me that you have forgotten me or do I need to 'knock' some sense into you. How do think our master would feel?"

Brom's eyes widened as he heard that and looked at Lucian closely for the first time sense meeting him again and said softly, "Lucifer? Is that really you?"

Lucian nodded. "I see that you have a son now. How does it feel to be a father?"

Brom sighed and looked down. "He does not know who I really am. I could not raise him so his mother had her brother do it."

"So what is stopping you from telling him now? I think he deserves to know who his father is, if not for him then for Selena," said Lucian much to Brom's surprise.

"Why do you think that? And how did you know that I am Eragon's father?" Brom asked.

Lucian thought it over and answered, "Selena is Kira's mother, she thought you had died and fled Morzan after Eragon's birth. I found her near the Hardac Desert ill and weak, so I took her to where I was living in the Beor Mountains and, nursed her as well as I could. We later fell for each other, but I never marked her so when she was with child again it was very hard on her and she passed in childbirth."

Brom nodded at that and walked to Eragon to tell him the truth of his heritage. Seeing this Lucian walked up to Kira and told her about her half-brothers and told her to talk to Eragon and try to get along with him for their mother's sake.

Seeing her walk back to him Eragon talked about his life until he found Saphira's egg. Hearing about her aunt Kira asked what it was like to see a dragon hatch from its shell. "What do you mean?" Eragon asked in confusion.

"Well, how did you feel when Saphira hatched? What did you think was going to happen, did you help her out of the shell?" Kira explained her question.

Eragon explained what had happened from the time Saphira hatched until they left with Brom to hunt down the Ra'zac and get revenge for Garrow. Hearing the name Ra'zac Kira growled startling Eragon. "The Ra'zac killed my grandmother," she said with barely contained rage. Saphira heard her niece tell her partner of mind and heart of how her mother died and it nearly broke her heart.

'Tell me little one how will we kill those egg-breaking murders,' Saphira said with such venom in her voice that Eragon was chocked.

Kira smiled at hearing the question form her aunt and answered, "Well we could crack open their chests, rip out their stomachs, liver, lungs, and hearts or we could rip off their lower jaws and pull their insides out from that, or finally we could see how long they can survive underwater." She then added, "If not then just let everyone use them for training dummies."

With that discussed they walked on talking about the days to come. Lucian started singing:

"Would you mind if I hurt you?

Understand that I need to

Wish I had other choices

That to hurt the one I love

What have you done now?

I know I'd better stop trying

You know that there's no denying

I won't show mercy on you now

I know I should stop believing

I know that there's no retrieving

It's over now

What have you done?

What have you done now?

I, I've been waiting for someone like you

But now you are slipping away…oh

What have you done now?

Why? Why does Fate make us suffer?

There's a curse between us

Between me and you

What have you done?

What have you done?

What have you done?

What have you done?

What have you done now?

What have you done?

What have you done?

What have you done?

What have you done?

What have you done now?

Would you mind if I killed you?

Would you mind if I tried to cause you have

Turned into my worst enemy

You carry hate that I don't feel

It's over now

What have you done?

What have you done now?

I, I've been waiting for someone like you

But now you are slipping away…oh

What have you done now?

Why? Why does Fate make us suffer?

There's a curse between us

Between me and you

What have you done?

What have you done?

What have you done?

What have you done?

What have you done now?

What have you done?

What have you done?

What have you done?

What have you done?

What have you done now?

I will not fall

Won't let it go

We will be free

When it ends

I, I've been waiting for someone like you

But now you are slipping away…oh

What have you done now?

Why? Why does Fate make us suffer?

There's a curse between us

Between me and you

I, I've been waiting for someone like you

But now you are slipping away…oh

What have you done now?

Why? Why does Fate make us suffer?

There's a curse between us

Between me and you"

As they came upon the river leading to Leona Lake night was falling and the decided to make camp. After the camp was made Lucian went hunting for supper while Hauk gathered water to use and refill the water skins. Hana and her hounds along with Kiba and Akamaru set up a perimeter just in case travelers were coming. Half an hour latter Lucian appeared from the forest with two large bucks and some fish which he caught to be safe. "So who wants deer and fish?"

Hitomi and Naruto's eyes widened at seeing the fish as they had a craving for ramen. Hinata shook her head at their reaction to the fish. "No ramen tonight," she said much to the amusement of everyone else as Naruto and Hitomi looked as if they were slapped in the face while Hinata had to control her laughter.

"Why not Hinata? I've been a good boy for the last two months," Naruto pleaded to her.

"For one we don't have the ingredients and second Lucian has already started to cook the fish," Tsunade said making Naruto look over at Lucian in shock. Angela was next to Lucian with herbs to season the deer and bread crumbs to coat the fish as well as mushrooms and other edibles to cook for dinner.

"Angela do you have any cooking wine I could use? It would make the stew more flavorful and cheer up Yugito. I have to get more wine before I can do much else and it will be worth the loss of a drink to see someone get drunk," Lucian told her what he planned to do and Angela thought it would be funny to get the girl wasted on fish. Hitomi walked over to where Saphira was laying and asked if it would be okay to lay on her side.

'Would you see if you can get that tick from between by scales please?' asked Saphira when Hitomi sat down against her side. Looking for said tick proved to be easy as Hitomi could smell it just behind Saphira's foreleg. 'Thank you, it has been annoying me since we left Terim. So, how long will the transformation take to prepare?'

Hitomi looked into space for a moment before answering, "It can be done tonight if you want. Have you decided on a look for your human form?"

Saphira sent her a mental picture of who she wanted to look. Saphira looked like Lessa with blue eyes, long dark blue hair, and standing around five foot eight. 'What do you think?' asked Saphira nervously. Hitomi thought about any changes that would look good but could not think of any.

"It looks good. After we eat we can do the first transformation and start training you to use jutsu so you can fight easier in human form. You might as well be an elf though, with your strength and speed. So how do you feel about this?" Hitomi spoke her thoughts.

Before Saphira could answer Lucian yelled, "Foods done, come and get it!" Getting up the two walked over to see what he cooked when the smell hit them like a ton of bricks.

"Oh, imoto I fixed you a deer if you were hungry. I think that you will like it," Lucian said. Looking over he yelled, "Naruto leave Yugito's fish alone or you'll be in kitsune stew! So what do you think of the fish Yugito?"

Yugito looked to be in extreme pleasure just from her first bite. "This…is…the BEST fish I have had in years," she said with tears running from her eyes. She then dove into her food with gusto making Naruto eating ramen look slow.

Brom thought she was going to choke and told her to slow down. "I think I would like to try some of that fish Lucian," he said picking up a piece of the fish. He took one bite and his eyes widened from the taste. "What did you do to make this taste so good?"

Lucian chuckled and told Brom what spices he used to season the fish and the bread of the fish that had eaten.

After eating they started sparing with swords to improve their swordsmanship. Naruto started against Brom while Eragon spared against Tsunade and Kira fought Kamai. Lucian helped Angela with her potions as Saphira sat with Hitomi watching the small group train. 'So when will we do the transformation?' Saphira asked the two foxes wondering when she will gain a human form.

Lucian thought about it for a moment and answered, "We can do it whenever you are ready. Just to let you know the first shift is uncomfortable."

Saphira's mental voice sounded excited as she said, 'I think we should do it now. The sooner this is done the more time I can spend with my family.' Hearing that Lucian and Hitomi walked over to an open area and made a circle on the ground after the circle was complete Lucian had Hitomi remove the cross from around his neck; which released his full power creating a shockwave that threw everyone back. "Now step into the circle little sister and let us begin," he said but his voice sounded different, it was lower and regal.

Saphira stepped in and both of the foxes started to chant in a language unknown to Brom as a light surrounded Saphira blinding everyone. As the chanting continued the light shrank in size until it was just less than six foot in height. The light flashed blue and despaired to reveal a woman standing where Saphira was standing.

The woman looked similar to Lessa but taller and had bluish hair. She also had dragon wings covering her so nothing would show. She looked up and opened her eyes revealing sapphire orbs with silted pupils. Seeing Eragon she tried to run over to him but tripped over her own feet making Lucian catch her before she hit the ground face first.

Lucian chuckled, "I forgot to tell you, you will need to get used to walking on two legs. Try to say something to check if it was successful." His voice changed half way through his little speech as the cross was placed back on him.

"You could have told me about the walking jack ass," Saphira said the gasped to hear herself speak verbally.

Eragon moved over to help Saphira up and to get a better look at her. "So how you feel Saphira?" he asked after he got a good look at her.

"I feel weird standing on two legs. Other than that I am good. How do I look, Eragon?" she asked with a blush at how close they were.

"You look amazing as always," Eragon answered and started to realize how close he was to her and backed away blushing as well.

Cynder giggled at the show and said, "How cute they're blushing." Gunter and Gwendal looked at her shaking their heads at how childish she was acting, but the thought is was cute.

Lucian as if sensing their predicament said, "If you two want I could give you a room for the night. It will cost you though." The look on their faces had him on the ground laughing his ass off. "I'm just joking. But tomorrow we need to start training Saphira in the ninja arts, so let's hit the hay."