Staring at the vampire in front of her Artemis was at a loss for words. Slowly pulling out of his hold the teenager limped over to a stool to sit down. Surely she couldn't have heard him right. He had to be joking. Now was not the time or the place to ask that question, especially with her mother right beside her. Covering her face she sighed deeply, wondering why her life was so messed up. Not a year ago she was a normal college student trying to find a job and make next month's rent payment. Now she was the unofficial Queen of Vampires with more enemies then she knew about, not only was that strange but Vlad Dracula III had just proposed to her in her own kitchen wearing baby bat lounge pants and a black t-shirt. Smiling she looked up completely not seeing most of what was going on around her. "I need McDonald's." Pausing mid-rant Susan scoffed clearly offended at being ignored. Sliding from her seat the silver eyed female nodded to herself, before moving towards the door to slide on her jacket wincing as her stitches pulled. "Alucard, dear, tact is not one of your strong points." Grinning the Nosferatu followed her out the door phasing into his normal attire.
"I have you for that, my love." Huffing in out-rage the middle aged blond caught her daughter's arm pulling harder than need be. Flinching the girl wrapped a pale hand around her mother's wrist squeezing hard enough to make the older woman cry out before letting go.
"Mom please let me have a few minutes of silence before you start bitching at me." Watching the raven haired girl disappear around the corner followed closely by the towering nightwalker Susan slid to the warm metal staircase of the second story balcony. Her little girl was finally finding her way in the world, and what was killing her was that she hadn't helped at all.
Blinking out of her partial day dream the silver eyed teen squinted up at the sun, then turned her head raising an eye brow at the grinning Vampire beside her. Anyone else would be hot in a trench coat this time of year thankfully vampires were immune to the temperature. Tilting his head so a single crimson eye peeked over the rim of his glasses Alucard wondered when Ari was going to realize she had left her home in her night clothes. Pulling her phone from the pocket of her light jacket the teen frowned at the date and time. "You can go back to sleep Alucard it's still too early for you to be up. I can make it to McDonald's without dying… I think." Patting her head he placed a large hand on the small of her back steering her the right way.
"We are back in the present, many creatures wish for my death in this time. I will not be leaving you alone anytime soon." Groaning she pushed the door to the restaurant open stepping into the air conditioning with a sigh.
"Gee make me feel like a pain why don't cha?" Leaving the nightwalker leaning against the wall by the door she ordered her food planning on enjoying the greasy stuff.
"You never answered my question." Looking up from her computer screen Ari stared at the wall a good two minutes trying to think of the question the blood sucker was talking about. Finally giving up she pushed her glasses to the top of her head before spinning in her chair and rolling over to the side of the king sized bed in her room at the Hellsing manor which Alucard was stretched out on with his hands behind his head.
"What question would that be?" Baring his fangs in a smile the No-Life-King traced a finger over the scars under her eyes.
"Will you become my bride?" Crimson eyes flicking to her left hand he pushed up off the bed seeing the white-gold ring missing from its place. Frowning he growled. "Are you rejecting me? I shall not take no for an answer. You are mine, and mine alone." Pinching the bridge of her nose the raven haired female leaned back.
"I'm not rejecting you, it's just I didn't think you really meant it." Rolling her chair back over to the desk she dug around inside the bottom drawer pulling the ring out a few seconds later. "Of course I'll marry you. But how is this gonna work? Can Vampires even get married without burning in the church?" Flicking her nose the crimson eyed male sighed.
"You of all people should know better." Gently taking the ring from her hold he slid it back onto her finger. "Do you feel any different now that you are soon to be a Dracul?" Shaking her head the girl laughed.
"I just agreed to marry Dracula give it a few minutes to sink in."
Hearing her front door bang open at the ungodly hour of 9 in the morning Ari rolled over pulling her cover back over her messy bed head. Hissing when her sheet was taken from her the hybrid vampire grumbled burying her head under her pillow only for that to be ripped away from her too. "Artemis Alexandria Harker, you agreed to marry that thing?!" Cracking a glowing red tinted silver eye open the girl yawned setting up slowly. Eyeing her mom she scratched her arm.
"Yes I did. How did you find out I thought you left in an hour or so." Yawning fully she felt her canines slide down from her gums. Snapping her mouth shut the teen flicked her tongue over the sharpened teeth.
"You let him bite you too?!" Rubbing a hand down her face the girl groaned, Ari was already not a morning person but with her mother there she really didn't want to roll out from under her covers. "How could you be so irresponsible? Just throwing your life away like that?" Stumbling over to her closet the teen pulled a pair of shorts and a t-shirt free dressing quickly in the bathroom. Limping to the kitchen and ignoring her mother for the most part she checked her blood bag supply before pulling a pop from the fridge. "What's Tim gonna say when he gets here? He's making the trip just for you." Freezing half way through her gulp she sputtered coughing.
"What do you mean when he gets here? Mom, Tim can't come, Alucard will kill him." Ducking into the bottom cabinet the hybrid dumped a cup of food out for Vladimir rubbing his back when the wolf trotted by. "Not only that but where's he gonna stay? Ryan's in my guest room, and I'm sure Tim hasn't thought about that." Narrowing her blue eyes Susan huffed.
"Ryan can sleep on the couch." Shaking her head the raven rolled her eyes. It was just like her mom to ignore the fact that Alucard really would kill the cherry blond if they met.
Scowling and growling to herself the raven haired teenager crossed her arms, it would figure that Ben and her wonderful mother would leave an hour before her ex would get there. Ryan sit next to her messing with his phone and glancing in her direction every few minutes. Finally having enough the redhead locked his cell shoving it into his pocket. "Arz you need to calm down your eyes are starting to glow, and I mean that literally." Taking a deep breath she counted backwards in her head.
"When I see him I'm gonna kill him, never mind Red. I've told him to give up on me." Spotting the awkward boy towering over the crowd Ari clinched her fists stomping over. Grinning like an idiot Tim wrapped his arms around the tiny female crushing her to his chest.
"Ari I missed you!" Sighing she pushed away placing her hands on her hips.
"This is ridiculous. When's your flight home?" Blinking the boy pulled a ticket from his pocket squinting down at it.
"The day after tomorrow, why?" Rubbing her forehead the silver eyed female bit her tongue. Dammit she couldn't keep Alucard away from her apartment for one night let alone two. "I thought you'd be happy to see me."
"Tim, I've told you to get a new girlfriend. Move on, get any plans and ideas for us out of your head it's not gonna happen." Checking the time she flinched. Crap her fanger would be up in less than an hour. Turning to speak to the redhead she jerked her thumb towards the tall boy. "I'm gonna head home and get Alucard out of there when he shows up. Will you please take him somewhere and stay there until I send a message that's its safe?" Nodding Ryan grabbed the strap of Tim's luggage keeping him in place while Ari power walked away. Blinking down at the smaller hazel eyed male Tim frowned.
"Ari didn't seem very happy to see me. Did I do something?" Pulling a much needed cigarette from his pocket Ryan snorted.
"Dude she's getting married next week, of course she doesn't want you here. That may be a bit harsh but it's better you learn like this than walking in on them together. The fanger's a little possessive when it comes to Arz." Paling the cherry blond squeezed his eyes shut.
"But I was planning on asking her while I was here." Hardening his resolve the blue eyed boy nodded to himself. "I'll just have to make her fall in love with me again." Shaking his head Ryan led the way towards a small park a little ways away from the apartment.
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Snarling and cursing at no one in particular Ari cut through an alley way slowing when a weird scent wafted through her nose. It smelled faintly like Vladimir but with a hint of something wild… Man these new senses were really messing with her head. Bumping into something that felt like a wall she looked up to lock eyes with glowing pink. If not for the fact that she hung around Alucard every night she would have been scared shitless, this white haired man had to be the 2nd tallest guy she'd ever met.
"Oh hello." Blinking out of her trance she looked down noticing the boy with cat ears standing beside the silent werewolf.
"…Hi?" Circling her the cat-boy sniffed nodding to himself before grinning.
"You are definitely her." Blushing the teen stepped back wondering why they were getting so close, even the snowy haired man was sniffing in an odd way. Raising a large hand the Captain tapped the blond on the head making a gesture once he had turned. "That's odd zhe Captain haz taken a liking to your scent." Blushing harder the hybrid ducked her head wringing her hands.
"Coming from a Werewolf that's a really big compliment I think…" Glancing around nervously she laughed as she backed into a wall. "What are you two doing in the middle of London?" Cornering her the lycanthrope leaned down sniffed her hair and her cheek. Peeking out from behind the wolf the cat snickered.
"Vatching you. Zhe Major did not say how far to vatch you from." Trying to sneak under the Captain's arm she yelped when a gloved hand wrapped around her wrist. For someone so big she would've never guessed he could hold someone that gently. Sweating she glance over her shoulder smiling sheepishly.
"Excuse me Mister Werewolf but I really must be getting back home." Blinking slowly from under his cap his luminous eyes flicked towards the cat. Laughing the blond nudged the white haired male.
"My name iz Schrodinger and zhe Captain's iz Hans." Wrinkling her nose the teen tried to repeat them back.
"Hans and sku-scho-scr… I can't even get the first syllable out. Can I just call you Kitty? I'd hate to offend you by not saying your name right and I know I will no matter what." A Cheshire grin spread across his face before laughter erupted from his mouth. Growling low Ari muttered until the cat-boy had calmed down.
"You can't zay my name! Zhat'z funny." Leaning back the Captain huffed tugging her along behind him, toward her house if she was correct. Humming Schrodinger followed along asking random questions every so often. Stopping at the tree line in front of her apartment Hans let her arm go nudging her forward and nearly making her face plant with how hard that light shove was. Stumbling up the stairs Ari unlocked her door shutting it quietly behind her. Peeking out the window she sagged to the floor seeing both Were beings had vanished. Alucard was not going to be happy at all when he woke up.
Oh what a life she lived now…
Holy Hell I'm so sorry it's taken me this long to get the sequel out. I had planned on only taking a month but I got on a blue exorcist train and just stayed there. That and getting a full time job and being a full time college student doesn't leave me with very much time now.
I own nothing Hellsing belongs to Kouta Hirano. I only own the OC's.