Blood. The fresh, sweet taste of the red substance dripped into her mouth, which she found was opened up to receive such a praising gift. The drops were rejuvenating, but only by a small margin. Slowly, the maid’s eyes opened to reveal twin orbs that were still crimson and brimmed with bloodlust. Summoning a knife, she leaped forward and pinned Eiko to the ground, fangs bared out and blade put to her throat.

[color=ed1c24]“Mina!”[/color]

Then she froze, quickly recognizing Eiko before sighing. She rolled off and stood up, placing her knife away and offering the other girl a hand in apology. The fact that Mina Harker even existed was enough to shake the vampire into cold dread. Mina. The vampire that had slain so many of her own kind, consuming both human and vampire blood for her ever blazing thirst. Shiina shivered at these dark thoughts.

[color=ed1c24]“Apologies Mistress Eiko. I wasn’t in the right mind when I woke up. I was…having a nightmare,”[/color] she said before turning to the Oni that had asked a question. As soon as she did, Shiina knew the answer. She could feel Yamato’s presence gone, having left this world with Orihime along with him. Clenching her fists tightly, she pointed to his lying corpse.

[color=ed1c24]“He did,”[/color] she answered solemnly, gripping her side in pain. [color=ed1c24]“And he’s gone. Another Chaser is dead. We’ve lost this battle and we need to recover.”[/color]

Her eyes were still crossed away and so the vampire was essentially blind. It would take quite some time for the Chasers to lick their wounds, her specifically. It was a crushing blow and hopefully one they could recover from. Close by, Lucille had to contain herself with glee at the broken forms of the Chasers. How it filled her with such joy…yes, this was a perfect scene of destruction.

Or rather, it would be if a certain traitor wasn’t making himself perfectly known right now. Digging her nails into Ikkime’s arm, she half-pulled, half-dragged the fox Youkai with surprising strength over to Mizura.

[color=1a7b30]“Ikkime-san? Isn’t that the guy that tried to kill you earlier?”[/color]

She gave Mizura a cool look, as if daring him to explain his now miserable and trashed existence in front of her presence.