Chapter: 5

Miu and Atemu headed back to Miu's apartment and talked. They knew how late it was, but it could have been worse. Miu suddenly stopped and stood in silence.

Atemu stopped and turned to her. "What is it Imoto-san?" He asked.

"I smell something." Whispered Miu.

Atemu knew his twin sister was a werecat but he wanted her the way she was before. He missed her playfulness, energetic, carefree, adventurous personality. He loved her the way she was before.

Miu's personality had changed over three thousand years. She matured and she seemed less human. Her hearing, sight, sense of smell, strength, and speed were heightened. Every now and then she would act like her original self, but it never lasted long.

Atemu watched his sister, seeing her nose twitch as she sniffed the air. "What do you smell?" He asked.

"Cherry Blossoms." Miu answered.

"Tara." Breathed Atemu. "Where?"

"An alley a block away." Miu replied. "Smells like she has company."

Atemu ran down the street.

"Nii-san!" Miu shouted. "Don't!" She groaned and hurried after him.

All Atemu could think about was Tara's safety. He couldn't explain it, but he felt like he wouldn't be able to live with himself if Tara was hurt or killed.

Tara stood in a defensive, fighting stance in a dark alley. "Show yourself Yumie!" She shouted. "I know you're here!"

A girl laughed in the shadows. "I guess I should have killed you when I had the chance." She mocked. "Sakura."

Tara's whole body tensed and her eyes darkened. She straightened and stood frozen like a statue.

A girl who looked seventeen stepped out of the shadows. She had long white hair, seductive, crimson eyes, and unnaturally pale skin. She slinked like a lion as she stalked towards the poor, hypnotized brunet girl. "Ever since I discovered your angelic name," she boasted, "something told me that you were still alive." She held her hand out, palm towards herself, and waved the young Nephilim over.

Tara's body moved involuntarily. Her throat was constricted, making her unable to speak.

The flawless stranger gently wrapped her hands around Tara's upper arms. "Would you like to know my real name?" She asked. "My name is Sekhmet." She released one arm, cupped Tara's chin with her forefingers, and tilted it up.

The brunet Nephilim could do was stand in a trance and in total silence.

Sekhmet bent down, opened her mouth, and exposed her fangs. Then she quickly sank her teeth into Tara's neck and slowly drank in the sweet crimson liquid. "Mmm…" She hummed in Tara's mind. "I forgot how sweet your blood tasted. It tastes so exquisite."

Tara's body went limp, but was held up by the female sanguine vampire. Her eyes closed.

Sekhmet released the teen's neck and snarled. "How dare you." She growled. "You have tasted Pharaoh Atemu's blood, you filthy Nephilim wench." She shoved the brunet girl to the ground. "But at least now I know for certain that he is alive again, and with his own body."

"Tara!" A voice shouted, and the Vampire Queen recognized it very well.

Sekhmet looked up and sneered. "Atemu." She cooed. "How good to see you again."

The Pharaoh froze, as his eyes grew wide as saucers. "Sekhmet." He breathed. Then he grew angry and snarled. "What have you done to Tara?"

Sekhmet laughed aloud. "You care about this Nephilim bitch?" She mocked. "I believe you should be more worried about yourself, Pharaoh."

Atemu froze up again and before he had time to react, the Vampire Queen was already on top of him. His throat constricted and it was the first time he felt real fear.

Miu, in her werecat form, pounced Sekhmet and knocked the Vampire Queen off her brother. She leapt back as she morphed back into her human form. "Not this time vampire bitch." She spat.

Sekhmet rose to her feet. "Princess Miu." She retorted. "This certainly is a surprise." She grinned. "Let us play a game, Miu. You're it." She disappeared in the shadows.

Miu growled, "She is doing this to get me away from you."

Atemu finally got to his feet. He was still shook up from Sekhmet attacking him. He hurried to Tara, knelt down, and picked up her motionless body.

Miu turned and jogged over to them, knelt down, held her hand over Tara's wound, closed her eyes, and concentrated.

A green light surrounded the Egyptian Princess's hand. The puncture wounds very slowly mended, which was unusual. The bite mark finally healed and the green light disappeared.

Miu opened her eyes and looked concerned. She looked at her brother and muttered, "She does not have a heartbeat."

Atemu shook his head. "That is impossible." He hissed. "Miu, she is breathing. She cannot…she…she cannot be…" His voice trailed off and was replaced with a quiet sob. He did not want to believe Tara was dead when he could still feel her chest rise and fall.

"Nii-san…" Miu began but broke off. Her eyes grew wide. "What in Ra's name? Her heart! It's beating!"

Tara's eyes fluttered and saw a blurry image of Atemu's face looming over her. She fainted from lack of blood in her body.

What in Ra's name is going on? Thought Miu as she helped get the Nephilim teen onto Atemu's back. I know her heart was not beating. Then her heart was beating again. I know she is not human, but that cannot be possible, even for me. She and her brother hurried back to her apartment.

Hellsing Headquarters; London, England

Alucard sensed something that he hadn't felt in five years. He sneered and muttered, "She has returned. Nephilim has come back to this world after three long years. I wonder if she has changed at all after being trapped in a hellish world." He laughed. "But she's no where near England and I know she's returned to this world. Things just might become interesting." He went to tell Sir Integra that Tara La Moure has returned.

Domino City, Japan

Sekhmet stood looking out a window of her apartment building. She snarled and rammed her fist into a wall, putting a deep hole into it. "Damn them all." She spat. "That little Nephilim whore is still alive." She sneered. "Of course. I keep forgetting. I will eventually succeed in killing her, when I get my powers back."

She had turned a man to show her power. However, she made the mistake of giving him her own blood, and that led to her fall of ruling all vampires. Although she was over thrown, she was still the Vampire Queen and the first vampire.

Not only was Sekhmet the first vampire and the Queen, but she was also a goddess who was stripped of most of her divine powers. Because of the loss of her godly powers she had been seeking revenge on the one who had stripped them from her in the first place. In order for her to succeed in getting her revenge, she needed Pharaoh Atemu's blood.

Obtaining his blood, however, would prove to be a challenge with his twin sister protecting him once again.