Disclaimer: the kitty is mine! and ima change his name…hmmm, any suggestions?

"Mreow?" it called out into the room where the strange sound came from.

It was dark, not even the kitten's feline eye sight could see through it but it caught a glimpse of something…

"zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz………………."

Following the sound, the kitten hesitantly walked inside and towards the large box. By common cat laws, boxes are used to jump in and play with and if it's small enough, sleep in.

"zzzzzzz………"

Obviously this box was about 10 times its size so….why not use it for its purpose and play?

The Kitten was finally within range to extend its neck to sniff it, the large box smelled of old clothes and copper. Thick copper.

"zzzzzzz………………….."

Realizing that the box was open, all it had to do was jump in.

…..

And that's exactly what it did.

"Oh dear…." Walter mumbled into his handkerchief, he stopped in front of the stairs that led to the underground.

Soon Integra and Seras caught up, also stopping.

There was silence…or at least for the moment.

"WHAT THE HELL!"

Looks like Alucard found the kitten.

Seras fought the urge to cry just thinking about what her Master would do to the poor defenseless kitten.

"Well…" Walter started;" I wish the chap good luck" he saluted then walked off.

Integra's eye twitched. No way in hell Alucard was killing anything tonight.

"Let's go Police girl!" with that she ran down stairs with Seras close behind.

The two girls ran down the stairs and into the hall, following the small light that came from Alucard's room. One of his candles was on, that only confirmed that he was awake.

Integra practically kicked the already opened door and screamed at the top of her lungs.

"ALUCARD! PUT THE KITTY DOWN NOW!"

And there stood Alucard, frozen still, looking at his Master, with the kitten in his grasp, holding it by the scruff of its neck.

He blinked a few times before finally dropped the kitten in pure shock but kept his eyes and expression on her; did HIS Master just say "Kitty"?

The poor kitten, luckily landed on his feet, quickly ran from Alucard and jumped into Integra's arms and burying it's face in her chest to hide from the big tall scary vampire.

Alucard blinked again, suddenly feeling a pang of jealousy.

"Master…" he said calmly, trying to stop his eye twitching" Why is there a cat in here?"

There was silence. How was she supposed to answer? Wait…why is there a cat in here?

"I found it outside…and I'm keeping him so…"

"WHHAAATTTT?" he screamed, Integra didn't flinch but only glared at him for scaring the kitten.

Seras finally caught up and quickly hid behind Integra from her Master's voice.

"ALUCARD! STOP IT! You're scaring him…"

And then there was silence. Dead silence (no pun intended)

……………………….

"You….can't be serious….."Alucard slapped his forehead in disbelief. Did Walter put something in her tea or something?

"I'm very serious, this kitten will be staying with us from now on" she looked over her shoulder where Seras was hiding.

"Miss Victoria will be helping me taking care of him. You AND Walter will not try anything. UNDERSTOOD?" she barked.

Alucard still couldn't believe it, there was a kitten living in the Hellsing mansion. Not just any mansion, oh no, the world's top vampire hunting organization's mascot was now a tiny kitten.

"Y-yes…Master…" he managed to force out with as much venom as possible. Integra shot him another glare before turning around and taking the kitten back up stairs, leaving her two vampires behind.

The older vampire looked to the ground and scratched his head, Seras watched him with confusion.

"Master?" she asked," What are you doing?"

"I'm checking…"

"Checking what?"

"To see if hell froze over yet…"

Integra slowly walked up the stairs with her new kitten still hiding in her chest until they came up from the dungeon. She smiled a bit, now that she had the power, she could keep any pet she wanted too…but a kitten would do for now…

"Don't get into trouble with anyone alright?" she said to it.

The kitten looked up from her chest and mewed softly. The tall blonde's eye twitched again. It's. Too. Damn. Cute….

Finally reaching her bedroom, looking around to make sure Walter wasn't going to surprise her again; she opened the door and closed it behind her. Sighing a bit to herself she gently placed the kitten on the floor and let him explore.

The first thing the small kitten did was jump on her bed, Integra looked at the clock. It was really late; she should've been asleep by now.

"I guess you're right…" she said and head towards her bathroom to get ready for bed.

Several minutes later, Integra came out of her bathroom in her nightgown only to find the Kitten already curled up into a small fluff ball, asleep, on top of some pillows.

"Why…are…you...so….damn…." she threw her arms in the air in defeat and walked over to the bed. Gently she dragged the pillow he was asleep on and gave herself room to climb in.

A few seconds later, with Integra buried in the huge blankets and pillows and the kitten right next to her, the two were sound asleep. Unaware of the pair of red eyes looking down at them from the ceiling.

'Whatever makes you happy my Master…'

Next time:

Kitten's name please! And….now what to do in a big mansion….?

SWD