(Author's Notice: Alright, here's my first attempt at a pairing)

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A Story in the "When Worlds Collide" Universe

A Ragna the Bloodedge and Dizzy Pairing

Inhuman Affection

By: Mr. Carl Clover

Chapter 1: The Void In Ones Heart and Body

Within the lovely roses in the courtyard of the Hellsing Manor, a beast and a rabbit sit, having a long conversation of things that never meant anything in the past. The beast would speak to the rabbit, about how the pound had been destroyed and its heart and soul bearing themselves in an embarrassing display of unfamiliarity and feeling almost like a young child. Ragna sat dismally at the steel, wire-frame table brooding upon it with an unusual melancholic aura. Rachel let out a sympathetic sigh as she sipped on her tea, looking over at the calm and depressing "Grim Reaper". Valkenhayn emerged from the shadows, leaving the whole kettle of tea with a larger teacup for Mr. Bloodedge, which seemed a little funny. Valkenhayn poured the tea into it carefully before returning to Rachel's side.

"Madam Rachel, will you be needing anything else?" Valkenhayn asked, his elderly, polite voice drifting in the wind like a backdrop sound in a movie. Rachel shook her head softly and he disappeared into the shadows once again. Ragna's eyes seem rather lifeless as he took a sip of tea, his hostile nature completely shot this evening.

"Ragna, you are usually such the angry fool, what seems to be the matter with you today?" Rachel asked polity, trying to brighten his spirits with an insult, but to no avail. Ragna gazed into the teacup, taking another sip of the grassy water, that's how he saw it anyway. Slowly green and red eyes met with hers, his expression slightly serious, but more along the lines of disgustingly depressed.

"Hey Rabbit...do you think that it's strange that I think there has to be more to this life besides fighting relentlessly day after day for revenge?" he asked. Rachel was taken abroad by his statement, never hearing something like that before in her life. Her eyes blinked once as she slowly reached over the table, holding her hand to his forehead. He slowly moved her hand away from it, continuing to maintain contact.

"Well Ragna, there are many reason why people live their lives. For me, it's because I have to maintain balance in the world, but I still take pleasure in tasting of my tea and sweets, along with watching you, which from time to time I find myself entertained. But seeing you now, like this, I would have to say that you are looking for something a tad more fulfilling," Rachel spoke straight forward, gazing in his eyes with every word. Ragna gave her a subtle nod, giving a soft sigh as he took another sip of the tea, giving that odd face again every time he took a gulp. Rachel found it amusing that Ragna would force himself to drink tea, when normally he'd tell her it was vomit in a cup. Obviously something was seriously wrong with Ragna. Rachel sat back in Nago and thought, taking a soft bite of her cake that Valkenhayn brought to her. She raised her eyes up, as if looking into her very mind, watching Ragna in distress with her thoughts. Then suddenly, something came to her. In that very moment, she finally realized on of the many possibilities that it could in fact be.

"Ragna, I think you should look into the aspect of love," she said. While Ragna took a sip, those words shot into his head, causing him to cough on the tea he was trying to sip down. He had a minor coughing fit before looking at Rachel, like she was out of her damn mind.

"Don't joke around like that! Do you know how stupid that sounds?" Ragna barked quietly. Rachel found herself giggling softly in amusement, finally getting a reaction out of the "grim" Grim Reaper. Her mouth turned into a cocky smile, her eyes watching him like a fox at his reaction. Ragna grunted and glared her down, finding that her words seemed more likely than he wanted to believe. He finally chilled and closed his eyes, expressing his anger on the topic.

"Ragna, seeing your reaction proves my point and you know it. If you really think that I am wrong, why don't you entertain me with a fight and prove to me I'm wrong," Rachel said with a sleek smile, issuing the challenge to the mighty Grim Reaper. Ragna gave a scowl before the idea of a fight for it.

"Well then Rabbit, I guess I'll accept your challenge," Ragna said with a cocky expression, stretching out. Rachel smiled as she slowly moved to her feet, Nago quickly forming into her umbrella. Ragna pulled his odd sword from the ground and slipped it behind him, ready for the fight. He smirked at Rachel while Rachel smirked back, the bet was on.

"At the sound of the bell we will start. Valkenhayn, would you like to do the honors?" she asked. Valkenhayn came out from the shadows with a hand bell that looked like something a Santa clause would use for the salvation army. The two of them stared down at each other waiting for the bell. Rachel decided she would try to amuse herself with this, instead of just having it out. In a matter of second, Valkenhayn moved his hand up and down, causing the bell to ring. Immediately, Ragna charged in, leaping with a jumping kick. She smirked as Nago turned into a chair, Rachel sitting in it and gripping its arms. Ragna forced himself to fall short landing to his feet as the chair let out a surge of electricity, causing Nago to fry itself. Rachel quickly stood up, Nago turning back into the umbrella. Rachel smirked as she pulled the wind towards her, forcing Ragna to move closer. Ragna decided to ride on the wind, flying at her with a fist overhead.

"GAUNTLET HADES!" he shouted, hitting Rachel on the head with his armagus before giving her a stern kick in her stomach with his dark energy from the kick. She flipped back around, catching his foot after the hit, she quickly raised up her hand, forcing a shadowy wing to form from her dress smacking him onto his back. Ragna quickly pushed his hand to the ground, moving himself back to his feet. As he regained himself, Rachel was already shooting at him with her "Nago Cannon". Seeing this trick before, Ragna began dodging side to side, stepping back each time to avoid the lightning rods raising up from each shot. Ragna smirked with a soft growl, genuinely enjoying a battle for once. He watched them carefully as charged straight through them. Rachel smirked twirling around, turning Ii into a fiery bat. Rachel then smirked as she floated back, moving her hand towards Ragna, the force of the wind carrying Gii towards Ragna, Ragna lower his eyes then make a quick dodge, having it miss...just as Rachel wanted.

"SWORD IRIS!" she spoke firmly as she raised her hand up. Ragna growled as he jumped up, trying to avoid the furious strikes of the lightning, however, he mis-calculated the height. The raging bolts of lightning rained from the striking Ragna dead on with electricity. He yelled gruffly, his body being tossed to the ground like a rag doll. Ragna growled and stood back up, wiping the blood from his mouth. It was time to come up with something. Rachel awaited, standing away from him.

"Is that all? How boring...." she provoked. Ragna growled and ran forward again, charging in like a reckless bull. Rachel used the air to raise her up high. Ragna watched carefully as she rose. Rachel looked down upon Ragna, like the superior she was. She then had Nago form into a spike, to which Rachel rode down to the ground viciously, targeting Ragna. She planted firmly into the ground, unfortunately though, Ragna stopped before hand. As Rachel was summoning Nago to turn back, Ragna made his move.

"HELL'S....." he cut off, his punch landing right in her gut, catching her off her footing. He then quickly gave her a punch to her jaw which knocked her into the air. Quickly, he focused the power of his armagus into his blade as he made to vicious strikes, one slicing up, which caught leg with a deep gash, and the other one with a wicked down slash, cutting into her side as she brought her back down to the earth. Rachel used Nago to bounce herself onto her feet, but again was caught off guard...

"CARNAGE SCISSORS!!!" Ragna roared out, as he quickly slid across the ground, catching Rachel in the chest with the initial down slash. Rachel fell on top of Nago, which formed again into a cushion as Ragna reared his blade back, almost causing a shotgun style shot effect of wicked energy, tearing into Rachel and sending her flying back into the wall of her manor, smacking off of it. Ragna charged forward for a nice finishing touch.

"HELL'S FANG!" he shouted as he landed the final blow, smashing her again off the wall, the force throwing her behind him. He quickly turned to see her laying on the ground on top of Nago.

"Entertain Me!" he spoke forcefully, mocking Rachel's expression. Slowly, however, Rachel arose, her appearance appearing to be untouched as Nago turned into a cannon, planting a shot right into Ragna's cocky face, forming into a lightning rod behind him. Rachel glade viciously at Ragna as she rose into the sky.

"BADEN-BADEN LILY!" she shouted loudly, lightening forming all around her, amplifying the force of the lightning behind Ragna. Ragna yelled out in pain as he shocked him viciously keeping him in place. Rachel then charged forward and began to spin around, the sharp shards of metal along the brim of her skirt tearing into him as she rose up with the wind, tearing apart his chest viciously. He found his voice unable to say anything as blood rained to the ground. Rachel then went over top of him, moving Nago into the spike and thrusting Ragna down with it. Ragna saw the world around him fly by like a memory as Rachel retracted the spike, planting Ragna firmly into the ground with Nago, bouncing off of him and landing back on her feet, Nago forming back into her umbrella. Ragna snarled loudly, raising himself back up with his sword. Rachel smirked at him arrogantly, thinking that he was ready to quit. He growled and gripped his wrist tightly, refusing to give up.

"BLOOD KAIN!!!" he roared out viciously, now charging Rachel like a lunatic. Rachel shrugged happily as she began shooting shot after shot into him, each one pushing him back as he continued his charge. As she fired one last one, he batted it aside then proceeded carving his blade repeatedly into Rachel. It seemed that various amounts of blood began flying from the blade, cutting into both arms and legs before smacking her up into the air. His hand quickly turned into a claw as roared out.

"DEVOURED BY DARKNESS!" as the words left his lips, his claw latched around Rachel who appeared to be unconscious. Dozens of black energy shots began pouring into her, riddling her bottom full of holes and slashes. Her let her go, causing her to fall to the ground. He growled loudly stepping back. Slowly, Rachel began to rise like a zombie from beyond the ground, her wounds already healing as she stood. The only indication of her being hurt was a little bit of dirt on her face, which followed with a very angry expression from the incredibly pompous Rachel. Ragna began to breath hard as Rachel charged this time, ready to beat the living hell out of Ragna. Ragna watched in horror as she stuck out a shadowy wing, stabbing into him. He growled he lost his footing, Rachel continuing forward. She used the force of the wind to push her forward, landing several more slashes into Ragna. Rachel then bough Nago in front of her and pushed the umbrella wide open, pushing spikes into Ragna's shoulders. He tried to catch himself but to no avail, his arms were rendered useless for the moment. While on the ground, Rachel pounded a shot from the Nago canon into him quickly moving into her next move.

"SWORD IRIS!" she shouted, catching Ragna with the electricity with ease. She proceeded to strike from there, Ragna's eyes rolling up into his head and his jaw opened roaring in pain a she continued to unleash upon him. She spun around, her dress tearing into him again as she used the wind to forcefully push them forward, she then ducked down and Nago turned into a shield of spikes, which she spun around tearing into Ragna's legs. Ragna started cursing at Rachel as she laughed wickedly, finally able to unleash a little bit. With one more hit of the Nago cannon, he found himself being bounced off the ground.

"SWORD IRIS!!!" she shouted once more, causing him to be held in place with a deafening shock of electricity. Ragna attempted to return to his feet, but the shock held him close. The last thing he saw however was her standing beneath him with her umbrella turned down, her eyes closed as a terrifying red aura surrounded around her. Ragna finally broke free and tried to dash away, only to be sucked in by its vicious power. The red void clawed into his body, showing that he was firmly locked in. Rachel then began to rise, raising her hands up above her hand as high as they could. Ragna shouted out for her to stop, his body trialled with cuts, bruises and scars, not wanting any more pain to endure. In one strong burst of energy, Rachel threw her arms apart, her vampire wings following. A huge crucifixion rose up from the ground behind Ragna, gripping him onto it, holding him against it.

"CLOWNISH CALENDULA!!!" She shrieked as an explosion of energy and roses blew from the cross. Ragna's eyes went blank as a bloody trail followed him as he crashed through the stone wall of the manor, blowing him all the way through its walls and out the other side, rolling along the ground lifelessly until he finally hit a wired fence, stopping his body from flying any further. Ragna laid there, breathing heavily as he wounds slowly healed, after all, he too was part vampire. Rachel lowered herself back down to her feet, breathing in exhaustion as she recomposed herself, looking to her manor, where several holes, broken glass, and destroyed furniture laid in his wake. She smirked to herself as she walked through the utterly destroyed mess, Valkenhayn already cleaning it up, tossing broken things into a dark void. Rachel finally reached Ragna, who laid on the ground, pissed off as a dog beaten to hell with a bat. He growled and slammed his fist on the ground.

"I guess this means I win then?" she spoke pompously. Ragna never did want to admit it, but Rachel was in fact much stronger than he was. What turned into a friendly match, ended up in a vicious, grueling brawl. She signaled for Nago and Gii to help him up. Gii grabbed onto Ragna's arm, flapping for his dear life as he barely rose it up. Nago propped up behind him transforming into a chair to raise him off the ground. Gii then let go of Ragna's arm, forcing it to plop onto the arm rest.

She signaled for her "pets" to stay quiet as she walked over to Ragna, slowly raising his head up. Slowly his eyes opened, to see a somewhat concerned Rachel standing before him.

"It seems I got a bit carried away, I'm rather sorry Ragna," she said, almost apologetically. Ragna smirked, wiping the blood pouring from his mouth and head as if it was nothing. Ragna tried to move but growled in pain.

"I guess I deserved it hah...looks like you win," he said, stating the obvious. She smirked and smiled as she watched dear Ragna slowly recuperate. Rachel smirked and poked his nose in gest, making Ragna snarl a little in defeat.

"Now it's time for you to learn what love is Ragna, I wish you luck in your endeavor," she spoke stalwartly, transporting him elsewhere. She smirked as she looked out to the stars, a genuine smile gracing her face.

"Finally I can teach him some manners, that, and I can also find myself extremely entertained," she giggled to herself, wondering what kind of mischief Ragna would find himself in. She turned and sat on Nago, waving her hands before her, showing her locations of various of the newcomers were located. One in particular captured her eyes. She looked closely at the girl with blue hair and red eyes. She rested her chin on her hand as she watched a conversation going on between her and her crew mates upon the May Ship.

"Dizzy, you are looking rather down today, why such the long face? I'd prefer to see it happy and smiling, since it is very beautiful, just like the rest of you my dear Dizzy," Johnny spoke fourth, caressing her cheek with her hand. Dizzy's eyes followed along the ground then looked over into Johnny's eyes, which were of course blocked by his rocking shades.

"Johnny, I've been reading some of April's books that she lent me...and...I read something she called a romance...I was wondering, do you think I would ever feel that emotion from those books? It seems very strong," she asked. Johnny gave a wide smile and hugged Dizzy close to him, like a father holding his daughter.

"Looks like my dear Dizzy is growing up a little bit, I'm happy for you. Ah I believe there is someone special for you out there Dizzy, because it is a bright blue sky and ocean, and a world oh so large. I'm sure you will be lucky enough to find someone that you can truly call a love. Although, they have to be strong enough to get through me first," he smirked. Dizzy giggled softly, her light blue and green wings flapping happily behind her as her long, black tail with a bright yellow bow at the end of it swayed back and fourth. Rachel watched in fascination at the interesting being, remembering how that man explained to her that she was one of the "gears" he had been talking about. She waved her hands from side to side clearing the viewer as she slowly rose from Nago, turning him into an umbrella once more and walking towards the house, looking happily at the destruction she was able to cause for once.

To Be Continued...