An Unexpected Encounter Chapter 1 - The Beginning
Authors Note:
I do not own Hellsing or Berserk in any way, shape or form. I just thought these two awesome characters needed to meet, it was meant as a one off, i did it in 45 minutes with some minor tinkering after i was done. Also i had very little sleep, tell me if it sucks, if people want me to i can write more. If i screwed up anywhere, again, no sleep late at night and wrote it in under an hour, cut me some slack lol. This story was written out of a need to get it off my mind more then anything, i had been thinking for days how a fight would go between Guts and Alucard, and kept playing it out. Alucard would win every time, but still, the fight was what i cared about, not the victory.
The scene was that of something you'd expect from a nightmare, there was about 150 soldiers all wearing armor and brandishing halberds, swords, crossbows, and flails. They all centered around one man in the middle, a massive human being wearing jet black full body armor, and wielding a massive sword. The man known as The Black Swordsman to the locals, was fighting a slew of castle guards, and winning without much effort.
All over the ground were the remains of cleaved soldiers, the armor completely obliterated by the massive sword and its furiously powerful strikes. Every time that man swung his sword, at the very least they lost 2 men, they all were terrified of this "man" if you could even call him that. He wore a sick grin on his face looking around at all of them left, 150 out of 300 men, at this rate it would take him until nightfall to kill them all.
The Black Swordsman then set about slaughtering each and every one of them, bodies flew into the air with the sickly sweet smell of freshly spilled blood filling the air. Limbs that had been sliced off littered the ground with blood pouring out of them staining the grass crimson and creating pools of blood from all the bodies. As he carved his way through one after the other of soldiers, he felt something nagging at him, something that was watching him as he slaughtered his way through the guards. He pushed that thought aside and continued to fight not knowing how right he was.
Alone in the midst of a blood red battle field stood one soldier, his armor coated thick with blood. The soldier had short black spiked hair, with only one working eye and an eye patch over the other. The soldier stood victorious enemies everywhere at his feet, slaughtered like the sheep that they were. The one thing they never saw coming, and hardly ever do, was the size of his sword he carried, as the swordsman Guts, dressed all in black and missing one eye, put his massive weapon away sheathing it on his sword was over 7 feet tall and weighed over 300lbs, something no normal human could wield, and something no normal human could swing with ease. The scent of blood was thick in the air and couldn't be missed by anyone who walked by, and this was not missed especially by one person in the area who had seen the entire fight.
Alone among the tree line far in the distance, a red coated man stood, his towering 6'7" frame, tall and lanky, yet power oozed from his very being. The man had horrid frightening red eyes that seemed to shine through to the pits of hell. He sported a smirk or grin of sorts, which bore his incredibly sharp-looking fangs, almost all the time and gave a simple chuckle as he watched the fight before him. Though he was slightly confused about how he ended up so far back in time, this was no time to worry of such things. If he was right then he at the very least found a human capable of giving him, him the No-Life King, the ancient and powerful vampire Alucard, this human could at the very least entertain him for a few fleeting moments.
Alucard made his way across the battlefield, adopting the look of his Count Vlad III appearance, seeing as this would most likely be a sword fight, which he had craved for so long. Don't misunderstand, Alucard loved his guns, the Casull and the Jackyl, but he never enjoyed anything more than a sword fight with an exceptionally gifted swordsman. The prospect of feeling his blood boil in anticipation of the fight was driving him mad with joy.
Guts did not miss the presence of the red cloaked figure who walked towards him, battle armour on, sword at his side and a crooked eerie smirk or grin of sorts on his face.
What kind of person willingly walks that slowly into a battlefield, unless he is looking for death, Guts thought to himself watching the man approached his position slowly.
No sword drawn and no threatening moves made, but Guts had fought for a long time and against things that shouldn't exist so he waited to see what this stranger wanted. Night had just arrived the sun just going down and Guts looked on as he felt a sort of dark feeling, something nagging at him to not fight this man approaching him, but Guts never listened to those thoughts, for if he had, he would be dead already. That was a choice that he would regret very much in the next few minutes.
Alucard looked upon the human who stood about 3-4 inches shorter than his own frame, and he smiled down at the boy, because to him, he was a boy, a mere child compared to Alucard's many centuries of unlife.
Alucard gave a slight bow to Guts, which Guts only saw as odd considering one only did such things in the presence of royalty or nobility.
Alucard then said in a deep dark and somehow terrifying voice, "You are most impressive human, i would like to test myself against you in battle, you seem quite able with a sword, and i do so miss a good sword fight."
Guts simply looked at the man, and thought to himself Alright, one he called me human, implying that he is not human, so if he isn't human, what is he? One of the God Hand? Some demon they've sent after me to finally collect my soul and my flesh.
Then Guts replied to the man with an equally unsettling look on his face as he drew his massive sword and levelled it one handed at the man in front of him, "Who am i to refuse such a formal request for battle, but know this i will show no mercy once we have begun, and take this as a duel to the death, do you agree to these terms?"
Alucard grinned wide as ever fangs bared to his new opponent he spoke flatly "I would have it no other way, what is your name human?"
Guts cocked his head to the side again, and spoke plainly to the man in front of him, if he was a man at all anyway. "Guts, and yours?"
Alucard nodded in acceptance of the name and had a smirk "Guts...how very fitting seeing as your guts will be spilled on this ground tonight, My name is Alucard, and I must thank you human, I've not had a proper sword fight in many many years."
Guts simply blinked at this creature before him, he knew this thing whatever it was, was not a human, the last time he went down this road, he ended up facing a giant demon behemoth known as Nosferatu Zodd. "Enough talk, are we going to do this or what?" said Guts with rage in his eyes as he poised himself for attack.
Alucard laughed a maniacal evil laugh and smiled at Guts "Oh yes human, i will not keep you waiting any longer, prepare yourself, and die well human!"
Alucard drew his sword, which was a very ornate looking Claymore style sword and gave a smirk to Guts before lunging forward to strike.
Guts deftly evaded the strike, seeing it coming he had a chance to react before the man had landed the attack, an attack that which if it had landed would have nearly killed Guts outright. He then raised his sword and ran straight at his opponent, growling and snarling in rage as he swung his massive sword at mind blowing speed.
Alucard saw the strikes coming, reading the humans mind, but for some reason some of the attacks were pure chaos, he was simply swinging that massive sword of his in Alucard's general direction. Alucard frowned slightly, evading the strikes and thought he chose poorly when all of a sudden he looked to the human and saw him about to attack again and decided to have some fun with the human before he devoured him.
Guts grinned with a malicious grin of pure rage as he swung his massive sword faster then human eyes could see, but this man was evading every single attack, and was unnaturally fast.
Then Guts thought he had won, he landed a hit as all of a sudden the man stopped evading and got half his torso cut off and blood was spraying everywhere as his sword landed on the ground with a large thud.
Guts stood there smiling down at the dying man, "Why did you stop evading my strikes, that would have been child's play for you to evade, so why die like this?"
Alucard laughed an insane evil laugh as his body began to melt away into a pool of blood and insects, and slowly started to reform in front of Guts. As he reformed Guts heard clapping as the man came back to form.
Alucard smiled at him "WONDERFUL! I haven't been this excited in ages! You sir are truly gifted to be able to wield such a massive sword with such ease!"
Guts then looked up at the monster he was facing, realizing this thing wouldn't go down so easy he deduced that the monster wanted to see what would happen letting the sword hit him...
Guts readied another attack and then stopped short about to attack, and looked at the man and said simply. "I've fought all manor of demons and devils, but i have never faced one such as you, what are you monster?"
Alucard balked at the name of monster putting a mock expression of hurt on his face as he grinned after saying "Monster? Oh human, if you only knew the hell at which you were facing you'd roll over and die, I'm not only a monster, but I'm much worse then anything you've ever faced boy."
Guts then rushed the man again, determined to find out the extent of that reforming ability the monster had. As Guts approached Alucard, he simply stopped not attacking and instead jumped back a few feet, looking at Alucard, the man never made a single move to stop the attack, not one, not a block or parry initiated, and no dodge or anything.
Guts stepped back a few steps and thought, How do you kill something that cannot be physically damaged...
Alucard had been reading the boys mind, and was remarkably surprised at how well the boy was handling his powers being displayed. Alucard then started laughing evilly and spoke slowly and evenly to the human "Human, you cannot kill that which cannot be harmed, i'm untouchable as far as a human is concerned."
Guts grinned and slumped his shoulders, hoping he'd not have to use the powers of his armour but he sighed in exasperation and willed the powers of the armour to come forth.
Alucard felt something happen to the boy before him, he saw the armour he wore come to life and wrap around the boy's head and he could only see the boy's eyes, now in a state of rage and hatred that rivalled Alucard's.
He wondered what the boy had done, until the boy moved to attack, the attack was about 20 times more powerful, and Alucard put his sword up to block the attack. His sword was well and truly obliterated from the sheer force of impact from Guts' massive sword.
Alucard blinked looking at the sword handle he dropped the sword and evaded an incoming strike but only by a fraction of an inch, the attacks were getting faster, and he could no longer read the boys mind, something which disturbed the vampire lord greatly, being that nothing, save for another vampire, has ever stopped his mental probings.
Alucard watched awed at the performance this mere human was giving him, and the human was giving his all too.
Guts, now completely lost to the berserker rage that had consumed his mind, all he saw was an outline of a man, and all he knew was that man needed to be cut into tiny pieces and served for dinner later on.
Alucard was stunned that a human could first wield such an immense sword so ably, with one hand. Not only that but that the boy's armour seemed to be letting him ignore his normal human limits, and decided he would test the boy.
Alucard then rushed forward in a burst of speed almost unseen by Guts, he did see it, but only too late and was hit with a massive unarmed strike that caused him to stop dead in his tracks as his armour buckled and his ribs broke in multiple places as Alucard's hand slammed into the Berserker Armour, the armour still intact but dented started morphing and fixing itself and it's user.
Guts literally howled in pain as the armour did its job, metal spikes now pierced Guts' flesh to keep his bones together and the armour put a numbing agent into the user so that he would feel no pain.
Alucard heard the screams of pain and smelled the fresh blood being spilled but not by his own hands, instead the armour the human was wearing, was actually hurting him more to help him.
Alucard laughed hysterically at this realization and clapped even more his eyes ablaze with joy and sheer excitement. "You are willing use such a cursed and evil item to fight demons and devils? Human, no, i shall no longer call you Human, you have proven yourself worthy to be called by your rightful name by me, Guts."
Guts heard the laughter but not really, in his current state, all he saw was a man laughing at him, and it enraged him further fuelling his inhuman strength and the armour bolstering his body. He launched himself at the monster he was doing battle with, swinging his sword in a downward angle to the monster and as the sword connected he completely severed the man in two, and that was not good enough for Guts.
He then proceeded to use his immense strength and started slicing up the monster as fast as he could, blood spraying everywhere as pieces of flesh and bones flew all over the place. Then Guts lowered his fake arm, pulled the string, and fired his canon, blowing the pile of flesh to smithereens.
He breathed heavily and leaned on his sword, the armour relinquishing its hold over him as no other people were around, so he went to sit and rest on a rock, and then heard it again, that maniacal laughter, only this time it came from everywhere, all around him as the area was swept forth in darkness.
Guts wasn't impressed, even when all the red eye's started to open around him, he knew that this monster was out of his league, and he knew he couldn't kill it, not without help of course.
Alucard's voice came from everywhere "Guts, you do not seem afraid of what you see, do you not care that i am still here? Do you still want to strike me down with that sword of yours?"
Guts just smiled and put his sword across his shoulders resting it there and looked around not sure where to address the creature. "Alucard, i think we both know you are way beyond my skills to defeat, i simply do not care, if you wish to kill me, then do so quickly, Hell and I have a date you see, and i don't want to be late, it would be rude, so if you could please finish this."
Guts then added an afterthought, "Seeing as we fought as swordsman, for the most part anyway, i only ask that you give me an honourable death, i would fight you until the end, but i'm not one for pointless displays of heroism."
Alucard listened to the human, and then formed in front of him, he looked at the human thoughtfully, and Guts looked back at him. "Well, what are you waiting for?! Finish me off so i can finally be at peace and will no longer be plagued by this damn mark!" he said as he pointed to the Brand on his neck, currently bleeding slightly.
Alucard looked at the Brand, and felt an incredibly strong curse from the Brand, and he wondered about that mark, then said. "Guts, as much as i would love to destroy you and consume your being into my own, i have another idea, one that i must admit i find myself unwilling to believe i would offer it to you."
Guts looked at him and wondered what he was going to do, maybe turn him in to the God Hand? that'd be great, damn monsters...
Alucard grinned at the boy, about to offer him something he'd never offered anyone before, "Guts, you have proven yourself to be an excellent swordsman and tactician, the only thing you lack as a human, is the power to be able to stop stronger forces. You rely plainly on your sword in the hope that being able to rend your opponent in two will kill them. I can offer you power, strength and the means to take your revenge, the revenge you so clearly desire, it's so plain to see without reading your mind, you want revenge, i love revenge as i am a being born of revenge."
Guts looked around and then up to Alucard, and simply asked "By what, turning me into one of your own kind?"
Alucard laughed again smirking at the boy's uneducated mind. "No no no boy, you would be human still, but not human at the same time, mortal, but not mortal. You will gain enhanced senses, strength, dexterity, you will also be free from any disease as well, that Brand on your neck would lose it's hold on you due to becoming something more than human. So what do you say Guts, do you wish to live on in this world, or would you rather be defeated and forgotten tonight, choose."
Guts sat there, not even bothering to get up for the man, he didn't care about people remembering him, but he knew if he didn't take the deal, he'd be dead, he was no match for this creature, and he knew it. With that Guts stood up walked over to the man and slammed his sword into the ground.
Alucard looked at him sure of the boy's answer, he was one who wanted to survive not die, he could see the boy weighing it all in his mind.
Guts then looked up and then looked into those red eyes of his for the first time, and noticed how truly terrifying they were, but at the same time, Guts found solace in them, because it meant that there was at the very least, one being on this earth that was more blood-thirsty then he was.
Guts replied to Alucard's deal with a simple "I Accept." which made Alucard smile a sick evil smile and made Guts wonder what he was in store for.
Alucard held his arm out slashing it with his bare fingers aside from the white gloves he wore. Blood poured from the wound and he held it out to Guts and Guts looked at him like he was insane, and quite possibly he was. "You want me to drink your blood? Won't that just turn me into whatever the hell you are?"
Alucard got annoyed by this and smacked the boy in the head causing him to reel back with pain but then looked up. "Boy, you are a male i cannot turn you into my kind, only a female Draculina can sire a male, drinking my blood will give you incredible abilities and you'll be faster stronger and heal much quicker, now DRINK!"
Guts jumped at the scream that seemed to come from everywhere and he drank, more than he should of probably, but oh well, when in rome. The blood felt like lava pouring down his neck he gagged and coughed but swallowed it anyway, feeling something inside him change, the blood making his wounds heal instantly and his muscles suddenly not so tired and fully rejuvenated.
Alucard forced him off after he took more than he should have and Alucard looked down at him. "Guts, you took more than i expected, especially when drinking my blood for a human is like drinking liquid fire, you'll be incredibly strong now. You should also gain some mental abilities as well, and the ability to sniff out prey as if you were an animal hunting by scent."
Alucard then saw Guts double over in pain as he gripped his fake arm ripping it off and screamed in brutal terrible agony as his severed arm had begun to regrow, although this process was incredibly painful. Alucard looked on not expecting that his limbs would grow back at all, let alone almost within 30 seconds. "Guts, you indeed took much more than you should have, you now have the ability to regrow severed limbs, but seeing as you are still alive, the down side of this being that you still have nerves, and regrowing nerves hurts, as you just found out."
Guts looked on as his arm grew back, and then once it was fully grown back, the pain was gone completely, and the mark on his neck, the Brand from that night during the eclipse, it was gone, and he looked up at Alucard, "Alright, so first things first, Why?"
Alucard looked at him like a parent would a child who just asked him an incredibly stupid question "You must ask? really? I would have thought that would be obvious, you are a most talented swordsman and fighter but more then that you have unlimited potential, and now that your human body has been strengthened by pure elder vampire blood, you will be much stronger."
Guts then looked at him with deviousness in his eyes "Now that i have these abilities...there is a certain someone i must pay a visit to, damn demon kicked my ass when i was a regular human, and now, now i'm going to rip off his fucking head and feed it to the dogs!"
Alucard grinned wide in anticipation, "Guts, this demon, do you think he could best me in combat, based on what you have seen me capable of?"
Guts looked back at him, "Hmm...he could definitely entertain you for a bit, but i don't think he'd be able to beat you, not if you can just reform a bunch of times like you did with me."
Alucard grinned and smiled all at the same time, while laughing in a ridiculously evil tone. "Oh spending time in history is going to be fun! What is this demons name Guts, i shall accompany you, as i wish to see these demons."
Guts simply shrugged and nodded not inclined to deny the man what he wanted, after all he spared him from death. "His name is Zodd, and then the one he reports to, the one who must die at all costs, is Griffith." Alucard then read Guts' mind, finding the images of the two people, one a monstrously huge demon with horns, and a man with white hair that looked like a fairy, and not the good kind either. Alucard shrugged, hoping they would give him some sort of challenge.
Alucard started to walk after Guts as he had started off in a direction and Alucard simply followed, he was looking forward to meeting this Zodd, and his master Griffith.