When Yusuke heard about vampires in England, he immediately knew two things. First, he wanted Kieko no where near the place. Second, he was so there! If he told Hiei about it, then the short – and short tempered – fire demon would probably be interested in going as well, which meant they'd also be able to get Kurama to tag along. This could be an awesome fight. Demons versus vampires? Yeah, this was going to rock.

"No."

Yusuke pulled up short in his fantasy land, hit hard by someone very real denying him, in this case, Botan.

"What do you mean 'no'?" he yelled, on the verge of pouting at the same time.

"I mean that the toughest of the vampires in England won't stop fighting until you're not only dead but also disassembled. That's not something you're going to come back from Yusuke!" Botan informed him, shaking him slightly by his jacket front.

"How do you know I won't win?" he groused, sticking out his lip and glaring at the blue-haired reaper.

"Only one person ever has, Yusuke, and that was several hundred years ago, when he was a great deal more ... human I suppose. He was more refined and less insane at any rate," Koenma said, sticking in his two cents worth for the conversation.

"I swear, I've fought every other kind of demon there is out there, let me have a go with these vampires! Come on!" as long as he was still scowling and sounding angry, the mazoku wasn't above words that sounded a great deal like begging to get what he wanted. "It's a demon/spirit world matter, right? It's people who should be dead not staying that way and then getting very powerful. Right up my alley."

"There are two separate organisations in the area already dedicated to the eradication of these vampires. Spirit world has no need to interfere, and demon world keeps out of it because vampires are still more human than they are demon," Koenma snapped, rubbing his fingers against his temples now in an attempt to stave off the headache the punk demon lord was determined to give him these days.

"So assign me to one of these organisations for a while," Yusuke suggested, attempting to be reasonable. "I really want a chance to go at these vampires. I want to see what they can do, see if I can do better -"

"Fine!" Koenma agreed, just wanting the brat to shut up. "You're lucky things are so quiet here now, what with the new demon lord being of the same mind-set as Enki, and all the demons getting used to the way things are now."

"Well, it was another one of Raizen's old buddies that took over," Yusuke pointed out, smiling and showing a couple of his fangs.

"Why are you going to Europe?" Keiko asked, voice flat and clearly pissed as she watched him packing his bag.

"First off, England specifically, and second, I'm going because they breed a different type of bad-ass and I want to try my hand at pummelling them," Yusuke answered, calmly, as he put the last of his gear into his bag and tied off the drawstring. "And third," he continued, turning to face the girl he loved more than anything, "I'll be back in a year, max. I'm going to work for a human organisation as well, which means I'll be getting paid, so I'll be able to afford all the stuff that comes with me wanting to marry you."

Gently, Yusuke slipped his arms around Keiko's waist and drew her close for a kiss, which she allowed and returned.

"Is anybody else going with you?" she asked when they parted. "I know you can take care of yourself, I just feel better when you're not on your own."

"Yeah, I talked to Hiei about it, and he's curious enough about these vampires as well that he and Kurama are going with me. Kuwabara will keep an eye on you here, since he's got to keep up with his studies as well. Hey, you'd better hang onto this. I want all the news with you, and Hiei will want to know about how Yukina is doing even if he won't say anything, and Genkai and Kuwabara. I'll get Kurama to remind me to call regularly, tell you how we're going, okay?" Yusuke said, placing a communication mirror in her hand and folding her fingers over it. He had another one, of course.

Keiko nodded and let her fiance kiss her again.

"What sort of monster extermination organisation calls itself Hellsing?" Hiei asked, grumbling as Kurama pushed him into the car that had been sent by the company to collect them from the airport. Since two out of the three of them were used to human travel methods, and they would be dealing primarily with humans, they had taken human transport, rather than demon or spirit world portals. Hiei had been unhappy about from the moment he was told, so it had been a few days of grumbling.

"Apparently it's the family name," Kurama answered, tired from the flight. He just couldn't sleep on planes, and it was almost noon when they landed at Heathrow, so he had a while to wait before he would be allowed to sleep.

Yusuke just stared out the window for most of the trip. London looked dirtier than home, and more sprawling, less organised, then when they got out into the country side, it was a lot flatter than just about anywhere in Japan.

At last the car turned up a long drive that took them past carefully cut hedges and stopped in front of a comparatively small amount of stairs that lead to the really quite large front door of a, to their minds, excessive looking mansion.

They were met by a monocled older gentleman in the entryway.

"Greetings. I am Walter C. Dolnez, the Hellsing butler," he said, bowing slightly to them.

"Hi," Yusuke answered, a little unsure about all the high brow stuff these English people all seemed to do. "I'm Yusuke, that's Hiei, and this is Kurama."

Hiei grunted, but Kurama added a "pleased to meed you," and his own little return bow to the older man. He felt better for having gotten at least a short nap in the car, thanks largely to Hiei being hospitable enough to let Kurama lean on his shoulder, even going so far as to stroke his hair while he slept, a very comforting gesture between the couple.

"Did you sleep on the flight?" asked the butler politely.

"No," answered the three apparently young men simultaneously.

"I am sorry to hear that. It must have been a long flight for you then. Sir Hellsing will see you before I show you to your rooms," Walter said, indicating for them to follow him through the halls. He stopped after two flights of stairs and a great many corners, knocking on a door and opening it once whoever was inside called him in.

The three boys stopped once they were through the door, though Walter continued further in, drawing a lighter from his pocket as he approached the figure seated behind the desk and lighting their cigar. The 'Sir Hellsing' who they had expected to see was not what they had expected to see.

"I confess I was initially confused when I received word from someone in Japan called Koenma about three fighters interested in testing their skills against vampires, and for a term no longer than a year. Now that I see you, I'm beginning to question the wisdom of permitting you to fight against vampires. I am honestly doubting, from looking at you, that you would live longer than a few minutes against a Freak, let alone a Nosferatu, without a great deal of training." Sir Hellsing said around the cigar hanging from her mouth.

"And when I heard 'Sir Hellsing' I expected a guy. Life's full of surprises," Yusuke answered. "As for the vampires, I don't know how I'll go against them either. I'm here to find out."

"Please don't mind Yusuke," Kurama said, noticing the way Sir Hellsing's expression narrowed at his friend's words. "He has a long history of having a general problem with authority. As for our skills, I'm sure you have a training area for your regular anti-vampire contingent. Perhaps you would like a small demonstration?"

"Hn, even the oaf we left back in Japan is competent in a fight," Hiei grunted. "I want to see what methods you use before anything else."

The blond woman nodded but did not move. "Perhaps after you have had a chance to rest though. Due to the nature of our work, residents of Hellsing Organisation are largely inclined to sleep quite late," she suggested.

The three agreed readily, not having had any decent sleep for some time.

Walter had shown them to a hallway which had rooms made up for each of them, but Hiei and Kurama had instantly gone into the same room and shut the door, leaving Yusuke with the older man.

"Oh, I say..." Walter started, surprised at the simultaneous motions of the tall red head and the shortest member of the trio.

"Don't, please. They become less pleasant if anyone starts asking about it. Hiei doesn't really like anybody to begin with, but getting nastiness from Kurama is really, really unpleasant. He just about becomes a totally different person, and much worse than Hiei," Yusuke said, rubbing his eyes. Kuwabara claimed to still have nightmares from the day he'd asked Kurama what the deal was between him and Hiei. He hadn't gotten an answer either.

"I'll be in the furthest one. I don't need or want to hear what they get up to," Yusuke added, hefting his bag up on his shoulder again and waving to Walter before heading into the third room available, rather than the one next to the one his friends had chosen. "See you in a couple of hours, yeah?"

"Yes," Walter confirmed. "Rest well."

"No problem there," Yusuke chuckled before turning from the butler and going into his temporary residence. Kuwabara and Kieko told him that he frequently talked in his sleep – very coherently and usually with greater insight than he had when awake – and had even once fought off an attacker in his sleep.

"Walter," Integra said when he returned to her office after seeing the foreigners to their rooms.

"They are certainly more than they appear, Sir Integra," Walter said, giving a report she didn't even need to ask for. "I think it might be wise to reserve judgement until we have seen how they perform in a controlled environment, and perhaps even how they react to Alucard."

Integra nodded. "Perhaps, but I think I'll start with how they react to the police girl. If they can't stay focused around her, then they're a risk to an operation."

"I doubt it will be a problem, if I may Sir Integra. The three of them are only using two of the rooms made ready for them."

Integra was silent a moment as she contemplated that. "That still leaves one of them to be distracted. Nevertheless, both vampires shall meet our guests this evening. Depending on how that goes, they may prove helpful in regards to our current difficulties."

"Are you referring to the Vatican or to Millenium, ma'am?"

"Both."