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Chapter two
After telling Seras what was going on, Alucard had transported us both to a secluded spot in some mountain range. I was walking around, seeing what there was to see, when Seras piped up.
"Master, there's nowhere to sleep! And there's no food for Scott!" Alucard chuckled.
"I know. The purpose of bringing you both here is to make you stronger, not molly coddle you." Seras looked nervous. I thought for a second, then voiced an opinion.
"So, I have to hunt for myself, Seras has to find a way to not burn in the sun, and your gonna watch and laugh at our poor attempts." He grinned. I nodded.
"Ok, lets get to it. I still have my bow; I'll bet I can bag something for dinner. See you all in an hour." As I walked off, I heard Seras whining at her Master, saying that it wasn't fair. I shook my head. Some vampire she was. I only hopped that this could work out for her, to get stronger, maybe gain control over some of her vampire abilities. I stalked through the bushes for the better part of half an hour before I caught sight of something. I leveled my bow and pulled the string back. Just before I loosed, I heard Seras cry,
"Don't shoot! It's me!" I quickly pointed at the ground.
"Geeze, Seras, I almost let go! What are you doing out here, I thought you were with Alucard?" she nodded meekly.
"Master sent me out to hunt just like you. He also said to tell you not to waste too much energy, because of a training exercise he wants to put us through." I was walking towards her when an owl hooted right behind her, making us both jump.
"That was loud." She complained. I agreed whole-heartedly. In the woods, the wild noises sometimes sounded louder, more un-tamed, than in the city or a small town. She shivered.
"You didn't drink anything before we left, did you?" she shook her head.
"No, but that's not why I'm cold. I have a really bad feeling. These woods are spooky, lets walk together." I said sure, and we went off. About ten minutes more of walking, and I saw a large rabbit to my left. Seras snapped her head to the right. We looked at each other for a brief moment, then dove off in opposite directions. I managed to bag the bunny, and Seras came back bearing a sizable black bird. We both beamed with pride. When I inspected Seras' catch, I found it to actually be a rather runty raven. She flopped it over, suddenly perturbed.
"What's wrong?" I asked. She sighed.
"Well, it's just that, I've never actually drank living blood before. At least, not straight from the source. And I wouldn't even begin to know where to bite." She sighed again. Then, she brightened.
"Heck, why don't I just wing it?" she blinked, then giggled at her un intended pun. I shook my head.
"Well, I like ravens, so I'm just gonna walk away while you figure that out." She nodded as I walked off. Along the walk, I had left marks on the trees, ago that I would know my way back. It still took me ten minutes to walk back. When got there, Alucard was up a tree, slouched in its branches, almost looking dead. I shook my head. He is dead, you dolt. I sighed. I was getting romantic notions again. I had to stop that. Alucard was the type to only love him self. I didn't have a chance. He opened his eyes and rolled his head to look at me.
"Nice bow work." He said. I blushed. He had been using his shadows to spy on me! What if he had been doing this a lot, like say, when I was changing? Again, had to get those thoughts out of my head. I got to work on the rabbit. Using the tip of an arrow, I slashed it open. It then occurred to me that I would need a fire. I discarded the rabbit for the time being, an went off for some tinder and firewood. When the faire was made, I got the meet from the bunny cooked up, and had myself a nice meal. By that time Seras had come back, slightly more flushed, and was looking at the stars. When I finished, Alucard jumped down from the tree.
"It's time you two did something useful." He said. Seras looked up at him in confusion.
"Master, you sound mad. Did we do something wrong?" she looked worried. Frankly, if I was somewhat immortal and Alucard sounded angry at me, I'd be running for the hills. I would have to re think my won views about Seras. She was stronger than she looked. Maybe being able to hold on to your humanity as strongly as she did after death was what truly showed strength. To shed your conscience and kill is easy. To drink blood and worry about who died to give it to you is quite another. I was jolted out of my thoughts by a large black dog landing on me.
"It is not like you to daydream, Scott." He said, in a mocking tone of voice.
"Just thinking about inner strength." I replied. Alucard grinned.
"This exercise is on hunting your prey, when that prey is humanoid, and able to think like one." Seras stood quickly.
"Your not going to pit us against each other, are you?" she asked. He looked up at the moon for a moment, then back down at her.
"No, Police Girl, I am pitting you against me. And I expect you to do better, since you already have the senses to find me." He turned slowly, and walked off into the night. the hound on me dissipated. I stood up. Seras and I looked at each other.
"Do we start now?" I asked. She closed her eyes, waiting for a telepathic message.
"We started two minutes ago." She said. We both looked up, then around, then back at each other.
"Well, good hunting!" I ran into the woods where Alucard had. I could see Seras standing there, trying to choose witch direction to go. Then I realized she had her eyes closed. The sneaky devil was trying to sense where he was. I couldn't do that. He was to far away. But I could pick up on the uneasy feeling he left behind. It was a stripe of great power, indicating that something of the sort had passed recently. I don't know how to explain it. It was like, walking into a cold air current. And I knew witch way it was flowing to. Now I had a trail to follow. And follow it I did, until I ran into a three way split in the energy three minutes later. Witch one? I thought. Then it hit me.
"Follow the strongest, for it's most likely the freshest." I stated out loud. Casting about, I found the strongest one, and was back on the trail. I feel like a psychic bloodhound… I kept thinking. I emerged in a clearing to see Seras and Alucard circling one another. Seras had a war gleam in her eye, and Alucard looked amused. The blond leaped at the red clad nosferotu, trying to knock him over. He slammed her into a tree. I winced. But I now saw that were Seras had the advantage while hunting, I had the advantage now. Alucard would have to be gentile with me if he didn't wish to kill me on the spot. Yes, this could definitely work to my advantage. As I held back at the edge of the clearing, Seras re-gathered herself to attack again. But once more she was easily brushed aside.
"Come on, fledgling! All you have to do is get you fangs at my throat and you win this! Try!" I smiled.
"Fangs at your throat, huh?" I called. He turned and grinned.
"For you, a kiss will have to do." He laughed maniacally as Seras stood to try once more. But I beat her to it, darting in, and leaping past him. He stepped back calling 'you missed' softly as I flew by.
"Think again." I said as I landed in a tree, and pushed off to come in from above. I caught him slightly off guard, but he was ready nonetheless. He caught me and held me, stopping all movement. All movement that is, except that of my head. I darted my face towards his throat, and placed a gentile kiss on his skin. He looked down at me.
"I win." I said. He dropped me. I stood up rubbing my back.
"That wasn't very nice…" I said, making sure nothing was broken. I looked around for Alucard, but found him to have vanished. Then I saw that he was up a tree once again. He was looking up at the stars, seemingly deep in thought. Seras came over.
"Great maneuver, there!" she congratulated me. I nodded.
"That wasn't to shabby yourself, there Seras." She blushed. Our impromptu party was cut short by a rustling in the bushes. It was too big to be a rabbit, but far to small to be a bear. I was getting my bow ready when a figure popped out of the underbrush. I felt my jaw hit the ground. It was a human! And a child at that! As a matter of fact, she looked to be only a few years older than me. She had shoulder length lightish brown hair, blue eyes, and wore a navy blue polar fleece hoody with blue jeans. She looked left at the empty clearing, and then she looked right at Seras and me. Then she looked up, and spotted Alucard. She exploded.
A/N: I know, evil, evil cliff hanger. And it won't make much sense till I get the next chapter done. That might take a while. If it does, I'm sorry. As always, till next chapter!