Hellsing (Chapter 1) ~The Past~

A young girl clutched on to her jacket tightly running as fast as her little legs could carry her. What the hell did they want!? Was the first thought that came to mind. Shivering frantically she ducked behind a tree into a hole big enough to fit her abnormally small body. Panting slightly she waited…Footsteps by passed her hiding spot and seemed to stop in front of it.

"Where the fuck did she go?!" One of the men asked angrily.

"How should I know!? She ran this way so she's around here somewhere!?" The other barked angrily.

The two vampire's continued their search for the small girl. The girl let out a breath of relief but stayed put. No chances could be taken just yet. Suddenly there was more yelling followed by two swift gun shots.

Blood seeped through the snow and into her hiding spot. Letting out a scream the small girl jumped out of her spot only to be met with a tall man wearing all red. "Hi there!" He said a bit creepily.

The small girl's eyes widened at the sight of the heavily loading gun in his hand. He extended his unoccupied hand out to her. Shakily she took it looking up at him…

"Wh're y'u?" She asked puzzled. At first Alucard couldn't understand her finally clicking when he noticed she couldn't pronounce o's he grinned.

"Alucard" He said kneeling to her height. "How about you little one?" He chuckled quite darkly.

"I'm Asu-Chan…S-Sh'rt f'r Asuka!" The tiny girl smiled holding his –obviously much larger than hers- hand. Alucard actually pitied this small child. After Integra read off the mission he couldn't help but feel bad. She was a vampire with no parents or any memory of what she actually was.

"You're going to catch a cold out here come on" Alucard mumbled scooping her up in his arms. Putting his gun away first of course after noticing her keen interest in the heavily loaded device. Thus began the beginning of something truly "wonderful" you could say…..

Asuka grimaced as she stared down at the paper. Sure she didn't go to school like normal kids but that was because shit was array all around! She grumbled and laid her head on the desk.

"This is lame!" She mumbled into the hard-wood surface.

'What's so lame?' A voice rang through her head with keen interest. She was used to this by now. Alucard was always invading her thoughts when she was frustrated ever since she was little…well littler.

"This paper! These books! For Gehenna's sake I can't do this stuff!" She screamed throwing her head back down on the desk. Alucard's deep chuckle rang through her ears as he fazed through her wall.

He had a cocky grin that left Asuka feeling a tad bit worried. "You can't give up just yet."

"I can damn sure try" She mumbled. Alucard laughed and laid his head on her shoulder. She was much smaller than him but nonetheless she was sort of strong. "Why can't I focus on something else other than tending wounds and stuff as lame as that?"

Alucard raised and eye-brow curiously at the young child. "Like what?"

"Target practice, I want to learn how to shoot" Asuka's eye's brightened when she said this. Ever since she had been saved by Alucard she couldn't help but want to learn how to protect herself. Or even protect more people like herself. Her memory came back in bits in pieces but still wasn't all there. She now remembered her parent's, her twin, and what she was….A Vampire.

Thinking it was only a myth as a child she sort of couldn't believe Walter or Integra. Alucard was the one to make her believe being that he was a vampire himself.

"I like your attitude towards this, fine then I'll talk to Integra about this change but don't get yourself down if she doesn't agree" Alucard spoke as he fazed through the wall once more. Asuka let a wide grin spread across her face.

"I hope Integra says yes…." She mumbled clutching her necklace. Integra had agreed on letting Asuka learn how to defend and protect herself against lowly vampire's unlike herself and Alucard. Little did she know she would build something stronger from the intense training sessions. Asuka didn't complain not once about Alucard's harsh demeanor when training nor did she complain about training for so many hours straight….