Tears of Blood 8- Guess Who's Back ( a Sesshomaru story)

Sesshomaru P.O.V>>> "Kikyo." your brother whispers. Amaya's lips twist into a horrible parody of a smile. "You are not living are you? You are also dead- I cannot smell any blood in you. Are you one of us?"
"What do you mean also dead? One of what exactly?" your brother asks, fear finally beginning to creep into his voice.
She turns back to him, teeth bared in a smirk. "One of the living dead, the only known natural predator of the three races- human, youkai and hanyou alike- the feared vampire. And you, my dear..." she says, stroking the line of his neck. "Are my next meal." she continues lightly.

"I won't let her do this. I have no idea why and it is most vexing, but I can't stand her touching him like that!* you think, swooping in and grabbing her, carrying her up into the air.
She is pounding your chest, until she looks down. She clings to you, eyes a vivid electric blue once more.
"I'm so sorry." she whispers. "I couldn't help it- I couldn't stop! Just like the villagers..." she says, voice filled with anguish. "Let me down, I need to apologize and deal with that upstart zombie of grave dirt and bone."
You give a slight smile that she can't see, face pressed to you as it is.
"Very well, just behave yourself." you say, landing and putting her down.

Amaya P.O.V>>> "I must apologize for my earlier behaviour, I usually control it much better, but since I've been resisting his scent for a week now, I couldn't resist when your blood which is so similar to his was spilt." you say, pointing at Sesshomaru when you say his.
"Go near him again and the next one goes through your heart." the upstart says, drawing her bow.
"What, like this thing?" you say disdainfully, pulling her first arrow out of your shoulder.
"It doesn't even hurt me. The only way to kill a vampire- well the only sure way is to tear us apart, scatter the pieces and burn them to ash. Steel doesn't hurt us, swords just snap off." you add, noticing the hanyou eyeing his sword.
"I'll take my chances, girl!" she says, releasing the arrow. It goes directly through your chest.

"Amaya!" Sesshomaru calls. "The arrow's not broken is it ?" he continues, smirking.
Looking at him, you smile. "I don't think so." Pulling the arrow out, you snap it. "But it is now."
The dead woman stares at you. "Why didn't it work? My holy powers should have..."
You sigh. "Okay, news for you here, pay attention. When you become one of the lesser undead, you no longer have the power to exorcise anything (Quizmaster: And yes, I know she can exorcise things in the story, just go with it for now!)- much less one of the Greater undead, like the vampire. And you can't exactly have 'holy power' when you are an undead zombie. The only powers you should have would only be powerful enough maybe to heal, if you were powerful in your past life and possibly the removal of demons. But basically, not a whole lot." you inform her patronizingly, giving her a 'what-are-you-stupid-or-something' look at the same time. (QM: And yes, in case you hadn't guessed, I DO NOT LIKE KIKYO!!)

Inuyasha and his odd little band have a look on their faces similar to O_O; at your little tirade.
Then a young woman who looks almost exactly like the undead priestess enters the clearing.
"You gave Kikyo what for!!" she says fiercely.
She then comes over to you. "Good job!!" she says, patting you on the back.
You raise an eyebrow at Sesshomaru before responding. "Well, I'd best remove this undead woman from the world of the living then, before she gets away." you say, raising your hands in a prayer-like gesture.

"Wait, I thought... Didn't you say that the undead couldn't exorcise things?" Inuyasha says confusedly.
"Yes, I'm curious to hear this too, Amaya." Sesshomaru says, raising his eyebrows.
"When you become... what I am, your strongest human characteristic/trait is amplified, made stronger. In my case, it's a bit of an irony, but I was a powerful priestess before I was...changed."
You turn back to see that the creature had disappeared. "Damn. Oh well, the next time I see her, I'll send her back where she belongs."
"You can't do that! Please don't!" Inuyasha pleads angrily.
You round on him. "Boy, the dead are dead."
"But..."
"And should stay so, so don't you dare tell someone older than your mother how to do things!" you finish.
"Like you can talk, you're dead too!" he counters.

Sesshomaru P.O.V>>> Amaya's face changes, falls into an ancient mask of unspeakable sadness.
"I had no choice in becoming what I was. Kikyo can go back when she chooses, her will is plenty strong enough from what I've heard. I on the other hand don't have that particular luxury." she whispers, swinging around and walking away.
"Very good brother, you made her cry. And all because you can't get over some dead human wench." you say in a deadly quiet, cold voice.
Inuyasha turns to you, a slightly guilty look on his face. "Well, I'm not the only one in love with a dead person am I?"

CRACK!!!

Before you could even move, Kagome had slapped him right across the face, whipping his head back and leaving a bright red mark.
"You'd be dead where you stand for that slight against me- and Amaya if she wasn't within blood scenting distance." you say quietly. "Be assured, the next time you do it, you won't escape." you finish before gliding from the clearing...