A/N: Okay... So, I know I haven't updated my other stories and there is a damn good reason for that. A couple actually. The first one is that I have been suffering massive amounts of writers block and just get ideas for them, unlike this story which I actually have a few for. The other reason is school and exams are a pain in the ass. So for the next few months, do no expect a lot on those stories. However this story (and another LoK story I have planned with a friend of mine Superior Knight, check him out) will be updated and continue. Now, something about this story you must know is that even though it is in the Legend of Korra section, there is a little crossover in here. That crossover is with the Hellsing manga and Hellsing Ultimate OVA series. Now, I've debated with myself (and Superior Knight) for a while. It was extremely difficult for me to find a way to balance the powers in this story because as we know, Alucard is fucking ridiculous. However, this story will not focus on Alucard but instead his son. Keru. With the help of Jack Cross, who I hope will help me through out this story, I believe I have come to a balance. So I hope you enjoy this first chapter!
1: The Bird of Hermes
Five hundred years... That's how long I have lived for and let me tell you, it's agony. Sure, the first one hundred years are great! You don't age, you don't get sick and you don't die. However, after that, you see all those you love die, pass on... It's horrendous. And what's worse? Well, being a vampire. Not only do I live forever, but I must drink blood and eat flesh to survive. Watching the light leave someone's eyes, their entire lives coming down, all because of my selfish hunger. Horrible.
I was born a vampire in Ba Sing Se, to my vampiric father Vlad and a non-bending human woman named Kyo. My father, the bastard, trained me everyday in sword and bow... To hunt. Not animals but humans. He taught me how it defeat soldiers, benders, non-benders and kings. He taught me how to hone my abilities and how to use them for devastating effect. He took me into battle when I was twelve years old... That's when I killed and ate my first human. However my mother was much different. She was loving, kind, yet stern and strong. My father said that she was the only human he truly respected and that why he loved her. My mother said she loved my father because she saw the good in him... I didn't. He was cruel and evil.
My mother would teach me how to read, write and do numbers. She taught me how to play the harp and she taught me manners. She also made the best pot of tea in the world. I should know, I've travelled. Yet, she couldn't teach me to be human. I wanted nothing more than to be like her, he beautiful black hair and blue eyes... I had inherited her hair, but I also received my fathers crimson eyes. In the end I looked more like him than her.
My mother died when I was sixty years old. I had not aged a day past twenty. When she died I left the city. For the first two hundred years I wondered and travelled to all the four nations and acquiring many different skills. In the Earth Kingdom, I learned how to survive in a desert. In the Fire Nation, I learned to how to be stealthy in my approach to combat. In the Water Tribes, I learned how to adapt to any environment... Especially the cold. And with the Air Nomads, I learned how to relax and meditate. The Nomads tried to help my hunger... But they couldn't. I soon left them before I could harm anyone.
It was around my 300th birthday, or something like that. You lost track after a while, when news of the Fire Nation invasion reached me. I decided to remain neutral, I didn't want to become a weapon for one nation to use. I was neutral for years until I heard of the Air Bender genocide, that's when I decided to become their worst nightmare. I would travel around rural areas and wait for Fire Nation squadrons to pass, when I did I would ambush and slaughter them. For 99 years I ate like a king, the locals in the areas both praised and feared me. I soon became a legend. They called me "Blood King". That title brought me some unexpected visitors. The new Avatar, Aang, and his companions Sokka, Katara and Toph found me. After a short confrontation, Aang asked for my help in taking down the Fire Lord Ozai. I, without question, accepted.
After this adventures, Aang has defeated the Fire Lord. For twenty years we all helped in rebuilding. Aang and Prince Zuko, set up a new nation and city. The United Republic and Republic City. Those were my happiest years, I even found love. Toph Beifong, she grew into a strong woman, even though she was blind, and we began a relationship. I loved her and she loved me. We even had a child together named Lin. I loved my little girl, but hated what had happened... She was like me. A vampire. However she thankfully took more after her mother than me. She was even an Earthbender. However when Lin was six years old and old enemy from my past returned. His name was Incognito and he too was a vampire. He kidnapped my daughter and threatened to kill her.
With the aid of Toph and Aang, we confronted the vampire. Toph managed to get Lin away from him as I battled with my old foe... However, on that night I got what I had wanted for hundreds of years... I died. Myself and Incognito had killed each other and turned to dust. My baby girl had to watch her father die. At least... I thought I had died. I was in fact simply sleeping and thirty years later I awoke once more, but I found a changed world. Aang was gone as was Sokka. There was a new Avatar named Korra, she was in the South Pole.
I am heading there now, as I write in this journal. I will do what I have done for Aang and I will help this young Avatar in her mission to bring balance.
This should be fun.
A/N: Okay I know, an extremely short chapter, the others will be longer. This is merely a prologue that sets up the story and gives a bit of background on Keru. I left out some of his journeys as they will be addressed in flashbacks. Let me know if you enjoyed it by reviewing, sending a PM or following the story. Peace out!