Gasps and murmurs were heard all around as the students couldn't believe what they'd heard. The princess had challenged the one person everyone in beacon swore was out for blood.
Weiss' eyes slightly widened, she hadn't had a good first impression of the substitute professor during an earlier visit to the academy to make Ruby's request. She'd been on her way to Ozpin's office when she turned a corner and bumped into the vampiric looking professor.
Weiss leaned over Ruby's shoulder and whispered into her ear, "Ruby I strongly advise against your decision."
Ruby turned to her aide who had thick concern in her eyes.
"Hmm? Whys that?" Ruby asked curiously.
"I'm not sure but I met him last time I was hear and I didn't exactly get a good feeling when I bumped into to someone who looks so," Weiss struggled for the right word.
"Evil?..." Professor Alucard interjected, "vampiric? Positively satanic? Believe me I get that quite a lot Ms. Schnee," he finished widening his devilish grin.
Weiss' eyes narrowed. " you'll have to forgive me if I find that hardly surprising professor." Weiss shot back.
Ruby placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Now Weiss calm down if he was an assassin or demon in disguise I'm sure he'd have done something to the school a long time ago besides while I don't know him personally Ozpin has told me about a new teacher he hired a year and a half ago, this is him." she consoled her.
"I assure you Ms. Schnee although I may look it, I am no demon," Alucard stated his ever present smile not helping his position.
"Well while I'm still uncomfortable with this I suppose you are skilled enough regardless," Weiss conceded. Ruby smiled brightly and hugged Weiss briefly before turning to the ever terrifying professor.
"So you never answered professor." Ruby said waiting patiently for his response. The murmurs of nervous students never ceasing, the professor chuckled briefly before answering.
"Well who am I to deny princess Rose the challenge she so desires?" He said holding his arms out as if for her to give him a hug.(-lel I had to)
"Great! Weiss if you could monitor aura levels please." Ruby asked Weiss as she took a large object wrapped in black silk from her. Weiss nodded in agreement.
Ruby proceeded to unwrap the silk revealing her war scythe 'crescent rose'. this received more sounds of surprise from the spectating students. when Ruby took a battle stance in the formal dress she wore Alucard let the gentleman inside him ask,
"Forgive me princess but would you not prefer to where something more suitable for a sparring match?" He said dropping his own trench coat to the floor.
Ruby gave a smirk much like the professor's.
"Whenever your ready professor..." was all she said.
Alucard's grin reappeared. He then raised his hand up beside his face revealing a pentagram shaped scar on the back side.
"Oh... You are just a treat..." he said as blood exploded out of the back of his hand and hardened into a long scythe of his own which he then grabbed and spun around with one hand to rest upon his shoulder.
Ruby's eyes sparkled in anticipation as she hadn't fought another scythe wielded other than her uncle Qroe before.
Her anticipation getting the better of her Ruby made the first move vanishing from where she stood previously leaving rose pedals behind instantly reappearing behind Alucard and spinning into a horizontal slash aimed at his waist. before making contact she stopped sensing that the professor had no intention of even an attempt to dodge.
"I thought so." Alucard stated before he grabbed crescent rose with his free hand and threw Ruby into the air as more blood oozed out of the now crimson pentagram on his hand extending the length of his scythes shaft significantly. He then proceeded to swing vertically down upon Ruby as to slam her into the ground.
Weiss was ready to jump in and rescue Ruby immediately sensing a killing intent from Alucard, however Ruby had already vanished once more from her spot in mid air reassuring Weiss as the enormous blood scythe made contact only with rose pedals before slamming into the floor and knocking up dust to cover the end of the scythe.
Alucard proceeded to retract the scythe but was surprised when out of the smoke screen came a princess skimming quickly across the shaft towards him. He ran his fingers along the shaft liquefying the blood along the surface of the shaft creating liquid blades that were half Ruby's height that shot down the expanse of the shaft toward Ruby.
Ruby leapt just high enough off the shaft to miss the blades while keeping the speed in which she closed the distance between her self and Alucard. she spun in the air and brought her scythe around for a diagonal slash. This time she wouldn't stop. Ruby was sure she had him there was no way he could retract the scythe in time to block and she had already witnessed his lack of care to dodge and she was right.
However what happened next she doubted that even her mother, Summer Rose would have seen it coming.
The large blood scythe instantly liquified and resolidified in front of Alucard in the form of a dome catching Ruby's blade in it immobilizing the princess. A portion of the dome liquefied and shot out a blood spike piercing aura and cutting just enough across Ruby's face to draw her own blood.
Alucard then reformed the blood into a short sword, dis armed Ruby before she could blink and then reabsorbed his blood. he then outstretched his palm toward Ruby and in less then a second she found herself restrained by her own hardened blood and pressed to the floor. Alucard had drawn out her own blood from the cut.
Ruby couldn't believe what'd just happened but what happened next only made her giggle.
Alucard approached Ruby as if he were about to deliver a killing blow before he felt a point at the back of his neck.
Alucard's smile widened. "Two against one hardly seems fair Ms. Schnee." he said still facing Ruby.
"That's quite enough!... Professor..." she said pressing the tip of her myrtenaster harder into the nape of his neck.
"Let me guess you thought I was going to do more than help her up?" He said not the slightest bit intimidated.
Weiss stared at the professor lost for words but not wavering.
"I said, enough," she reiterated seriously.
"Indeed you did," Alucard said flipping his wrist. Ruby's blood retreated back inside the cut on her cheek giving her a brief queazy feeling. Alucard extendened his hand to help Ruby up who smiled and accepted his offer. Ruby gave Weiss a glance to stand down.
"But princess!" Weiss was quick to protest but Ruby simply said, "Its fine Weiss."
Weiss sighed and withdrew her rapier. Alucard motioned toward the cut on Ruby's face and said, "May I?"
Slightly confused Ruby then turned her face so he could see the small wound he'd inflicted. He then pressed his thumb to it gently. Ruby felt the professors aura flare on the tip of his thumb he proceeded to rub across the expanse of the cut. when he'd finished the cut had vanished without even a scar.
"Thanks!" Ruby said surprised but grateful. Alucard nodded humbly.
"I had fun professor Hellsing that'd be my first ever loss; deffinately an interesting semblance." Ruby thanked him.
"You are quite welcome princess, however I believe had you not held back the out come would've been quite different." Alucard said knowingly. Weiss blushed and turned to Ruby.
"You were holding back?!" She said slightly irritated but more so in embarrassment at realizing her unnecessary action. Ruby simply chuckled sheepishly.
"Well at least next time I know not too!" She giggled.
"I'll be waiting princess." Alucard said as he bowed.
Ruby sparred with a few of the students who were courageous enough to try after that then her and Weiss bode professors Ozpin and Alucard farewell before taking there leave of the academy to meet with Blake and yang at commander Leona's post by the city's gates.
A/N: Alucard Insert complete!