Alucard never realized the changes his former master Arthur went through when he had a daughter... until Alucard had one of his own. The intial shock when Integra told him, Walter, and Seras that she was pregnant had been rather unpleasant - as well as the bump on his head from passing out and hitting the floor - and the nine months had been excruciating. Coming up with a name that both he and Integra agreed on had been both amusing and frustrating. Not to mention the delivery had revealed to Alucard as to how deep his connection with his master really ran - he finally knew what women meant when they said that delivery was equalivelent to pulling your bottom lip over your head. But when he saw Wilhelmina Fairbrook Alric Hellsing for the first time, he understood why Arthur had sobered up so quickly, why fathers were more protective of their daughters than their sons.

All the reasons for those little but important changes became more and more clear to him, as the last five years had flew by. He had became no exception to treating Mina as his little princess. And a princess she was. Her father use to be the king of Wallachia, now the No-Life King, and her mother, Sir Integra, was not only a knight of the Round Table but born from a family whose ancestery revealed an almost royal line of vampire hunters. The fact that practically everyone in the Hellsing estate doted on her only proved further of her nobility.

She was the perfect representative of both her mother and her father. She was sharp-witted for her age, with the Hellsing blue eyes with tiny flecks of the tawny color his own eyes had once been centuries ago, her father's ebony locks as well as his deviant grin and... well, his sadistic tendencies. She had inheirted her mother's stubborn will, fierce anger, plus the same willowy frame and a reflection of her face. To top it off, she was quickly learning to carry an air of authority that only her bloodline could pull off, and the sense of pride and duty that came with being a Hellsing. It was uncertain whether her subtley manipulative nature towards Alucard came from watching the tiny cues of Integra, or if she naturally had a gift of wrapping her father around her little finger. Nonetheless, it was amazing the things she could make the noble vampire do.

Alucard shook his head at how easily manipulated he was by such a small individual. ' I shouldn't have brought her along,' he thought, firing down a few more ghouls as Mina prodded the remains of one behind him with a finger. He looked back long enough to giver her a glance and a grin. " Don't pole it too much or it'll ooze all over you." She blinked at him then poked the object of interest again. He just chuckled.

Most recently, Integra had been swamped with paperwork, making it difficult to spend time with her little girl. So she ordered Alucard to take her along on a mission to decimate few ghouls and a weak Freak, bringing her back without any bodily harm of course. It was pretty safe... and therefore boring for the maniacal vampire. He sighed and was about to put the Casull away... when he heard a certain voice.

" Well if it isn't Alucard, the Hellsing family dog."

' Yes! Something to liven up the evening!,' Alucard thought, grinning at Anderson at the other end of the hall. " Long time since we saw each other last, Anderson," he drawled. He tightened his grip on the Casull and drew out the Jackal as well. " Don't tell me - you already took out the trash."

" Aye.. except for you!," Anderson crowed, quickly drawing out two ling bayonets as Alucard aimed for his head. For a breif second they grinned maniacally at each other. The vampire was about to pull the trigger when Anderson's grin faltered. Alucard scowled. Anderson blinked, eyebrows knit and looked down, left, right, then lifted his arm to look a little behind him. Alucard almost slapped his forehead - Mina was tugging on the priests coat.

She looked up at the towering and confused paladin, her eyes wide with curiosity. Anderson's scowl was replaced with a confused look and a small sweatdrop. She gave him a tiny smile, playing with the hem of the cream-colored blouse she wore. " Hi," she said.

Anderson raised an eyebrow. " Uuuuhhh... Hello..."

"Are you the Judas Daddy talks about"

Alucard shook his head with one hand before his eyes, and the guns stowed away. "Mina...," he muttered. Anderson's sweatdrop grew. He gave Alucard a glance then back at the little girl at his side, peering up at him from under his arm. She didn't even seem to notice the bayonets. Anderson scratched his head, then flipped hte bayonets. This drew the vampires attention, who instantly tensed, letting out a snarl that the girl didn't catch.' Judas,' he growled menacingly in the paladin's head.

' Aye ain't gonna harm her,' the palading thought back, locking eyes with him as he stabbed the blades into the wall away from Mina. The paladin finally broke eye contact and kneeled down in front of Mina, giving her a smile reserved for the children back at the orphanage. " Aye might be," he answered her. "My names Alexander. And yours" Alucard, still a bit edgy, watched the scene with a keen eye, leaning against the wall. Just close enough to pounce if nedd be...

Mina stood up tall as her height would allow, pulling her shoulders back with as much seriousness as her cuteness would allow. " Miss Wilhelmina Fairbrook Alric Hellsing," she claimed in a tone similar to her mother's - just no where near as intimidating. Anderson chuckled, seeing the girl's influence immediately. " Can I call you Alex," she asked giving up the mask of a grown-up. "You can call me Mina."

" Aye don't mind. Nice to meet you, Lil' Mina." Making sure the vampire looming about him permitted it, he carefully gaver her hand a little shake.

' Tread lightly, Judas.'

' I'm not that cruel!!,' Anderson barked back in his head. ' Aye don't harm children.'

" Miss Mina," she pressed with a pout. She slugged the paladin on the shoulder unexpectedly, making him jump in surprise. " And don't forget it," she huffed, folding her arms over her chest.

"Oy, you've got a hardy swing for you size," he mumbled, rubbing the spot where her fist had been. Alucard couldn't help but chuckle.

"Yes, she does. Our butler learned the hard way just last week. His monocle hasn't quiet been straight since," Alucard drawled amusedly.

" Are you really a priest"

" Aye.'

" So do you really fight Daddy" The paladin nodded. "Why"

Alexander rubbed the back of his head. " Cuz - we tend to - disagree on things."

"Like what"

" Like whether my head can grow back faster than his," her father chimed in. Alexander quirked an eyebrow at the vampire, at which Alucard just smirked back.

" So you can heal like Daddy does"

" Uuuuhhh... Sort of ..."

" Oh." She played with the hem of her blouse again, an innocent and even more curious look dawning on her face. " What about turning shapes" Her eyes got all big and wide.

" Huh"

"Can you turn into a big, giant, black, cuddly, teddy bear, too Like Daddy," she asked, holding up her arms to the sky to demonstrate the 'teddy bear's' size. Alucard suddenly went rigid, and looked as if her was struck by lightening.

" A teddy bear, eh," Anderson leered, turning a sly and mischeivious look at the No-Life King, who was trying to keep a humongous sweatdrop from flooding the hall.

"I think you need to get to bed," Alucard said very quickly, swooping up the naive girl into his arms and onto his shoulders.

"But I'm not - "

" You're going to bed," Alucard said firmly but softly. He passed the paladin with a nod. " Another time, Judas." And he walked down the hall.

" Another time..." A pause. "... Teddy bear." Alucard stiffened, growled, then mumbled quiet curses under his breath in every language he knew, as Anderson began to laugh his ass off.

" Let's hurry and get home," the embarassed vampire mumbled.