An explosive morning continues on! XDDDD

Kate's eyes fluttered open to the sight of sunlight streaming in.

"Boo." A voice resounded next to her left ear. She stiffly turned her head over to her left and sure enough, was Alucard lying right next to her staring at the ceiling (and probably having 'Drop Dead Sexy' written on him XDDD)…

"NANI!? HOLY MOTHER FUCKING SHIT GODDAMN WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!"

Yup…such a great way to start the day, with the world-killing vampire right next to you when you wake up. The punch…wasn't a great day. A silver bullet sliced his head off. And the Count spent about half the day without a head. Happy do da.

Kate shivered and flinched after the wake-up call. Alucard's voice echoed in her head.

"Sorry."

"URUSAI CHIKAN!" Kate smacked the stump of his neck hard. REALLY hard. The body winced.

"Ow." She could visibly imagine Alucard in her head just grinning like a moronic perverted boy.

"I SAID URUSAI ERO-SENNIN!!" The shaken but billowing girl practically stabbed the stump. Yes, she learned that from the anime 'Naruto'. Alucard was at the time twitching his eyebrow.

'Perverted…' His eyebrow twitched (just imagine…). 'Hermit…!?' Kate glared at the body.

"I can hear you…" His body jerked. That insane light of the harbor of doom was in her eyes. All the more fun that Alucard couldn't see it. "And since it's the prom, we seniors don't have to go to school…muahaha…" Kate was doing this for fun, and she was enjoying it. Terror…yup.

It wasn't long—more like until 4 in the afternoon—that Alucard got his head back. They glared at one another and Kate stuck her tongue out.

"You deserved it, ero-sennin!" She pulled her eye. "BAH!" A sudden distortion of the room snapped throughout her vision. Kate blinked and on the outside, there was no sign of what happened. With a sigh, she announced, "I'll go change now" and ambled to her deceased guardian's room, but first to her room. Putting on a strapless bra, she then put on the showy dress. The kyuuketsuki soon figured she would need Alucard's help… unfortunately, with the zipper in the back that was so carefully concealed when the dress was actually on.

'Ne…baka-chan…' She mentally called out to Alucard.

"What?" He was suddenly in front of her. Kate would have jumped out of the unzipped dress if it weren't a boy.

"Uh…" A blush appeared on her face. "Can you help me with my zipper?" A cocked eyebrow went unseen and with deft hands, the Dracula/Alucard/Baka-chan/Ero-sennin/Assassin was soon done with the task and inside, marveled at how lovely she was. Ahem…he then left the room to dress up in his own outfit. He would just wear a tuxedo, borrowed from Walter's special handmade…coughcoughcoughsorrywaltercoughcough.

Kate began doing her hair in Naomi-san's room, her bangs to the right in a diagonal line as she had always worn it, but in the back, a large but tidy bun. Then a white moonstone necklace varying shapes from a wide oval to a circle would be draped around the neck, at the middle a pear shaped rainbow moonstone pendant. The earrings would also be white moonstone, perfect ovals, one dangling and on top, another attached to the pin. She checked herself in the mirror, satisfied. By then, it was 5 o'clock, and with Walter appearing out of nowhere with a limousine, Alucard was AMAZINGLY waiting patiently and Kate walked out of the house with her set complete with the high heels. Walter and Alucard were just about ready to explode with a series of swoons…-.-'''''''

-Prom Location School-

When they arrived at the prom location at about 6:30, other lagging seniors were arriving. It normally didn't take an hour and a half just to get to the school, but today was traffic. Nicole was prancing around in front of the boys, trying to get any of the boys to go out with her. Kate simply ignored her when "Miss Prance Head" shot a smug look at her. The gates were now open to enter and at the entrance were teachers to check for names and if they had a guardian. While the two vampires were in line, the pair heard whisperings about them.

"…weird…"

"…who's that?"

"Yea…"

"…That monster…" Kate felt a twinge at her heart. She managed to play cool on the outside though. Alucard couldn't help but listen to the comments about Kate. He knew she was a hard worker, and nothing like they said. A new soft spot formed in Alucard's "dead" heart. The two were among the last to enter, and when Kate tread on the red carpet leading into the room, at least a five feet radius opened between her and the crowd.

"…Tch…"

"…Who does she…"

"Think…"

Alucard thought he saw a small sigh escape from her, and Kate turned to him. He hadn't noticed he was following her to a garden outside. The party went on, but still with that five-foot space.

"I'll go outside with you." Alucard said. Kate shook her head.

"It's okay." She glanced at the guardians in a corner separate from the partying seniors. "You can go and talk with them." The reluctant "gentleman" agreed with hesitation and with a last concerned glance (Oh my god, the world's about to end XD) he sauntered over to the group. Kate stepped out to the garden, taking a few more steps, away from the heat of the glares she received once a while and acquiring the fresh night air. The lonely young woman looked at the full moon, bigger and brighter than she had really thought. Behind her back, she held her left elbow with her right hand—and she had someone also looking out.

Chris watched Kate step out into the garden. She already looked pale when he first saw her enter the room, but now she seemed even paler in the moonlight. From the window, even ten to twenty feet away, he felt isolation. A nudge from his friend on the right drew him out of his thoughts. He had a retarded smile on his face.

"Checkin' her out Chris?" Chris scoffed.

"Shut up Reuben." On his left, a brown haired Alvin stared at her with disdain in his voice.

"She deserves it." He averted his head, facing the party. "It's true that she's a monster, right?" Mentally, Chris had the thought he would soon murder him.

"No. At least, I don't think so." Now, a flood of girls was bothering his conversation with his friends, all asking whether or not he would dance with them. To each asker, Chris said a polite "No". When the line was finally done in no more than three minutes, he silently walked outside to the garden.

I dreamed I was missing, you were so scared.

"Why aren't you inside with the rest having fun?" A voice drew Kate out from her trance at staring at the moon. She turned to her right, and saw Chris standing about nine feet behind her. "Too afraid that the boys are going to kiss you?" He teased. Her eyes avoided his eyes and stared back at the moon. Chris approached her and stood on her right. A silence lasted for some time before he asked another question.

But no one would listen, 'cause no one else cared
After my dreaming, I woke with this fear
What am I leaving when I'm done here?

"It's a nice moon, isn't it?" Kate's facial expression was surprise at the question. Then a smile spread, and replied:

"Yeah, it's pretty." The moon reflected off of her dark colored-eyes, and a glow seemed to come from her instead of the moon.

So if you're asking me, I want you to know

"So tell me," Chris said. "Are you not inside just because of the boys in a rush to claim you," Once again, Chris teased. "Or for a different reason?" A tensioned silence overcame them.

When my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done

"Why aren't you with them?" Kate asked in an unconfident voice. "I'll just cause trouble for you." She skimmed a glance behind them, and already a bunch of girls looking about as good as steamed poo were now behind them, noses just about pressed into the windows. "Like the ones behind us." The distortion came again, this time lasting longer and a throbbing came to her head. Kate winced slightly and luckily Chris didn't notice. One of the fangirls stomped out to the two in "anger".

Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed
Don't resent me, and when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory, leave out all the rest

"Explain this, you weird monster!" Chris visibly twitched at her denouncing Kate like that. For heaven's sake, he had affection for her. Kate didn't reply and still looked at the moon. "HEY!" The fangirl slapped Kate's right cheek. Kate's head turned over to the left from the force, and another slap was about to come to the left when Kate caught her hand. With a weak stare into her assailant's eyes, the fangirl was obviously disgusted. But what the ignorant "lover" missed was the empty look in Kate's eyes.

Leave out all the rest, don't be afraid
I've taken my beating, I've shared what I made
I'm strong on the surface, not all the way through

"Eww!" The fangirl made a pathetic attempt to wrestle her wrist out of Kate's grip. Then a punch came from Kate, on the left to the fangirl, clouted again on the other side, and with that momentum, ripped the fangirl's necklace to wire and beads, then with a last move, chopped her at the neck, sending her skidding across the floor away from her. Kate managed to say a single word softly but loud enough for the crowd.

I've never been perfect, but neither have you

"Bitches." Then a move from a boy, Alvin, suddenly had his hand at her throat. He sent a growl from the deepest hatred for her.

"You're the monster." Kate didn't even try to pry his hands away. She just stood there with no emotion. Alvin started a motion to throw her to the side, but Chris interrupted and walloped Alvin in the face, and managed to catch Kate from the back. Alucard unfortunately…saw that. He was about to seriously have Alvin with a broken neck when Chris intervened. The only thing he felt was a relief, not envy…ahem…yet. At the time when Alvin was about to throw her, Kate thought she was going to have about twenty broken bones. Zamochit. Oh giddy. The art of breaking bones.

(A/N My brother told me that… It's from 'London Bridges' by James Patterson, so disclaimer right there.)

Chris let Kate steady herself on her feet and she muttered a muffled "Thank You". All the girls were in resentment for Kate, and Kate looked away with sadness, and started to walk away when Chris suddenly grabbed Kate's wrist and led her away in haste, away from the hatred. Kate tried to yank away, but he kept a firm grip. When they were finally secluded in the garden, he spun her to face him. He stared into her avoiding eyes.

"Kate." She still didn't look at him. "Kate, what's wrong?" Chris tried eye contact.

So if you're asking me, I want you to know

"Kate." Kate suddenly started running. "Kate!" She entered a different part of the garden, and Chris first lost sight of her. Then he noticed a slip of white turn at a corner. Chris followed quickly, but when he turned the corner again, she was gone. Yet this place was a dead end, with the fountain in the middle, still quietly spurting.

In the middle was an artistic flowing of ribbons and a dolphin at the top, in a spray of graceful waves and in a playful position. Usually, he had thought it was mischievous and always happy, yet today it seemed sad. He ran along the circle, looking at the bush, and he noticed there was a gap, hardly noticeable probably even in daylight. Only an observant eye could have seen the gap.

When my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done

Chris gently pushed the brush apart, and behind after a foot was a clear path. The path seemed long, but he soon reached the end, and the sight he saw was exquisite. This explained the area where he couldn't find in the garden, the part that seemed had no entrance.

Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed

It was a large, still pond, with a Japanese-styled bridge over. Specially carved rocks rose up on the side, with another miniature pool filled with koi and another statue like the one outside in a smaller form next to the pool, the dolphin spouting water at its mouth like the larger version.

Stationed all around were cherry blossoms in full bloom, and due to the odd weather, they were at the peak of their beauty, and the swirling, glowing petals flowed out in the current of the wind. They swiveled and twisted with each other, almost like minute dolphins playing in the rough seas, entangled with one another and playing with Kate's hair, braiding the long strands and once done, leaving to soar up to heaven.

Kate was in the middle of the bridge, still looking at the full moon now high in the sky.

Don't resent me, and when you're feeling empty

One of her pale hands extended out and touched the flying petals, smiling sadly as she did so. The petal leaped in her hand, showing off its talents, then with like a final kiss, did a bow and cartwheeled out. Another petal jumped into her hand, whirling like it was alive and dancing with an elegance. More exchanges came, like men challenging one another to have a date with her. Her eyes, for sometime, were more lively than he saw before, and still tracing the glowing pale pink petals as they rose into the sky. A gust of wind carried them higher, tickling her long hair and slightly lifting her dress. A small smile formed on her pallid lips, the line of petals lithely and lively.

Keep me in your memory, leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest

An hour had already passed as Chris continued watching the splendor unravel in Kate's presence. They were like little men just never ending, waiting for their chance. Like she was a princess that was always in constant attention. Now if he could just get up to kiss her…

'Wait.' Chris shook his head and literally punched himself. 'What the hell am I thinking?' Then he noticed Kate looking around as the bell tolled in the distance.

Forgetting all the hurt inside you've learned to hide so well

The petals' line then dispersed, as if it had never happened. Fragments of the dazzling flowers now floated randomly around, without order, floating up high and low, in chaos. Chris had the feeling this was how Kate felt.

Pretending someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are

Kate turned away from the chaotic sight of the flowers and ran down the bridge, in the opposite direction from Chris, tears running down her face. He stepped out from the bush hiding him from her sight and started after her.

When my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done

"Kate!" Her name ripped out from his mouth as he chased after her. The girl looked back for a second, but when she noticed Chris following, she continued running away. Eventually Chris caught up to Kate, grabbing her right wrist firmly. Kate struggled to get away as her natural instinct would have it but she was instead in a bear hug. "Kate," Chris murmured to her. "What's wrong?" He knew it was only half an hour left till the Prom was over.

"Can't—BREATHE!" Was what she sounded out. Chris released his bear grip on her, but still holding her wrist.

"Well, since you're so down," He did a gentleman's bow. "Would you like to dance?" Kate wasn't sure whether he was serious or just teasing.

"…" She didn't reply even as he dragged her back to the dance floor. Girls shot her deadly looks as they noticed her coming back with the love of the school. Alucard wasn't with the other guardians in social time, but sitting in one of the comfy chairs with his legs crossed. Then he noticed Chris and Kate coming back. Holding hands. He played it cool though.


Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed
Don't resent me, and when you're feeling empty

This would be the last song of the day, a slow song about love from an artist she didn't know, but it sounded nice.

"Chris…" The teasing boy looked at her.

"Yeah?"

"I can't—don't know how to dance…" He laughed softly.

"Why?" His teasing came back. "Afraid of showing off?" A smile cracked her face, but it didn't reach her eyes. "It's okay. I bet it's only the adults who know how to dance." Other pairs began walking on the dance floor, "dancing" to the song. "See?" Kate nodded once.

Keep me in your memory, leave out all the rest

Their dance resumed, and Chris saw that for a first-timer, Kate wasn't all that bad. She was unsure of her steps, but still graceful in terms. Then the song ended three minutes later, and the prom ended. Chris gave his "gentleman" bow, and gave a knowing wink that was rather scary.

Leave out all the rest

Alucard sat by, watching Kate with cautious eyes. He had enough to deal with once she was home. Especially the fight, and Kate sauntered over, still in that "dead" state. Walter was once again patiently waiting outside next to the limousine for God knows how long. Yet he informed us of talking to other drivers and extracting information that would be useful. They all sat in the comfy limo, Kate's hair undone already. Alucard sat next to her, and ruffled the end of her hair absently. She wasn't even paying attention, until she coughed. But it had blood, and he sensed it as soon as it was out of her mouth. Seizing her right hand, the imprint of the blood was there.


Forgetting all the hurt inside you've learned to hide so well

Alucard glared at her.

"Explain." He released the hand and crossed his arms. "Now." She scoffed lightly.

"And what? Now you're my dad?" She glared at him with equal force. "Ha. Ha. Not ha ha funny. Tch." She looked away and stared at the road ahead from the side windows. "I've been sick since the beginning of this year."

"You expect me to notice?" He hissed.

"Yes I do, goddamn it." Kate didn't even face him.

"Then why not telling Naomi-san?" Now she whirled around to face him.

"Oh so NOW you think about her??" She rolled her eyes and whirled back around. Alucard was frustrated.

"ARGH!" He rubbed his temples. "WHY are you so…so…!" The no-life-king for once was lost for words. Walter was glancing in the rearview mirror every once in a while, checking on the two vampires. They soon reached Kate's home, and when Kate and Alucard were unloaded, she said words of gratitude to Walter. The old butler merely dismissed it, saying it was from his master's orders.

"JUST EXPLAIN." Alucard was pissed off by the time they were inside, after Kate's shower.

"NO." She glared back. Alucard grabbed her shoulder and dragged her to the living room. Kate escaped back into her room and slammed onto her bed under the covers with one swift movement. Outside, Alucard sighed. "What do you want, DAD?" Kate said from inside. She swore that she felt Alucard blush as he stomped off, aware that nothing would change her mind.

Pretending someone else can come and save me from myself

I can't be who you are

Kate awoke a few times during the night, and it only turned out to be and hour's worth of sleep, always by her coughing of blood. There were two voices hushed in the hallway, and she slid the door open.

"If you're going to have late night conferences, Alucard, just do it elsewhere." She said while coughing. Turned out to be Chris standing in the doorway entrance to her home.

"Chris?" Kate approached them slowly, still coughing, and the smell of (ahem) virgin blood filled Alucard's nose. "What are you doing here?" She glared at Alucard.

"Explain, Alu-pyu." A smug smile was across his face, clearly saying "No".

"I…" Chris couldn't explain. "How do I say this?"

"Hunch?"

"Yeah." Teasing was consistent for him. "Too many thoughts about you." His smile shone, but he looked sheepish when he said the next sentence. "Can I stay for the night?"

"Uh…Why?"

"Please?" Kate shrugged.

"Sure…" She started walking to Naomi-san's room. "We only have two rooms, mine and Naomi-san's…" She looked at Chris. "And my room's off limit, so do you mind not sleeping on Naomi-san's bed though?" Chris shook his head.

"Then what about him?" He cocked a finger at Alucard. His look said "Not with him". An evil thought was now in her mind.

"He'll stay with you." Alucard shot a death glare. "Just don't kill each other." From the closet, she drew out the guest futon, and unrolled it along the extra space. Then she took out another for Alucard. "So what's the hurry?"

"…" Chris couldn't explain.

"Never mind." Two blankets came into her hands, and she set them out on the futons. Then two pillows followed.

"Thanks." Chris said.

"…No problem." Alucard was still in his usual dress outfit when she left the room.

"So what's with the outfit?" Chris asked Alucard, who was dressed in his usual vibrant red costume.

"Ignore it." His steely eyes where still focused on where Kate had exited and Chris shrugged, settling in the bed.

Back in Kate's room, she was hoping no deaths would occur from Alucard while lying in her bed. Sleep soon came.

I can't be who you are

(Linkin Park's Leave Out All The Rest from their latest album Minutes to Midnight)

The vampire rose up from his "bed" after he was certain Chris was asleep. Heck, who's ever heard of a vampire sleeping at night? Phasing through the front door, a stray black cat yowled and scurried away.

"Alucard." A voice said behind him. "What are you doing?" His trademark smirk came on.

"Is it not okay to admire the moon?" Kate sighed exasperatedly and didn't reply, turning back to the house. After Alucard was sure he heard the shouji door slide open and close, he waited a few more minutes and into the house once again. Picking up the phone…

"ALUCARD WHY THE HECK ARE YOU CALLING ME AT MIDNIGHT!?" Integra's voice roared out from the phone.

Kate, meanwhile in the other room, sat up straight in her bed with an "EH!!" Slamming the shouji door open, she stomped up to Alucard and smacked him. After smacking her "master", she picked up the phone and with a gentle tone:

"Sorry, Integra-sama. I'm going to see that the midget doesn't call at this time." Shooting death glares at one another and luckily Chris was still asleep like a pig. Then the phone was grabbed out from Kate's hands and back into Alucard's.

"My master, I am simply going to acknowledge the fact to you that Kate is sick." Kate grasped the phone back and with a "Sorry, ignore the porkbun", the phone was back in it's cradle. She glared at Alucard but the effect was ruined when she had to cough again.

"You are driving me to the edge to bite you." He growled out through the steam of smoke erupting from his ears. If only Integra and Seras were there.

"Rapist." Kate replied with a flat tone. She rubbed her head… "Alucard, just IGNORE THE GODDAMN SICKNESS." and started bapping it against the wall.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" The girl replied without stopping her bruising.

"Killing myself even more." This time it was Alucard to sigh. Unexpected to Kate, his two hands suddenly sandwiched her head and stopped the movement. "Let me go."

"N. O."

"You make it sound like K.O. DAD."

"Stop with the "dada" thing."

"And are you going to give me something in return?" Kate clenched his two wrists and pried them from her head. Turning around, a smile was on her face, but yet again, her eyes showing nothing. "Dad?"

"I told you to stop with that."

"And you sound like a dad, Dad." His head was in his hand after slapping his forehead. Then he ripped it off.

"NANI!?" She smacked the stump for about the fifth time inconsecutively. "BAKA!" The head was back in no time.

"I felt like doing that." He was amused at Kate's reaction. Kate sighed again, frustrated.

"Ohayo or whatever you say." She tramped to her room and once again, the shouji door closed. Sad life for a door.

"Ah, and one more thing." Alucard said outside.

"What?" Came the muffled reply.

"Integra would like you to go back for tomorrow."

"…Fine." Alucard smirked and went along doing his own stuff.

Kate was the first to wake at seven, and keeping her word, stayed instead of working. She put on a long black swishy skirt—once again barely skimming the ground—and a plain white T-shirt with a black trenchcoat outside, despite the weather. Opening the cupboard, she grabbed her bowl and spoon and Honeycombs. The Honeycombs tinkled into the ceramic bowl, and she splashed some soymilk over it. Simple and fast, and with the classical "Dracula" in her hand, the perfect breakfast anyone could have. Chris came in, and took a peek, taking no heed of the outfit.

"Nice house."

"…Tell Naomi-san that."

"Uh…Thanks for letting me stay the night."

"No problem." Kate was still focused on the book. An awkward silence prevailed as Chris left without another word. Alucard was in the shadows, away from the sunlight. "I'm almost done." The girl said while continuing to read and eat.

"Is it the book?" A glance at him told her "Yes". Sighing, she threw it to the middle of the table. "It's nothing of true. Except for the vampire part and that you had a castle." She dumped the two items into the sink and rinsed them, then placing them in a drying rack. "Let me just clean up Naomi-san's room."

In the room, the two futons, blankets, and pillows—although when Chris woke up, Alucard made the bed seem like it was slept in—were out of their sheets and in the washing machine. The altar Kate had made was dusted, and the window was opened to the fresh air.

"Ja, Naomi-san." Kate said as she exited the room.

Alucard was once again outside.

"Hey, we could just run there." Kate said. "It's faster." A cocky grin was on her face. "Race you." Within a jiffy, she was gone and racing toward Hellsing HQ. Alucard sighed and followed.

Kate was already inside talking to Integra when Alucard arrived.

"You're late by a minute." His master said.

"It's daylight, and I hate it."

"Well, you'll bring Kate and introduce her to Wild Geese." His eyebrow cocked.

"The ones I scared the crap out of?"

"Yes, Alucard. Now move it." Kate was led away by Alucard toward a group of rowdy looking men. The men immediately straightened themselves up when they took heed of Alucard walking toward them.

"Did you try killing them, Alu-pyu?" Kate asked. "or should I say DAD?"

"Shut up with that." A vein pop was hidden but it was still a vein pop nonetheless.

"A migonette?" A man with a long braid and an eye patch said.

(A/N I have no idea if that's how it's spelled.)

"A migonette as another recruit, Pip?" The other men laughed. Kate, with devil eyes and a SCCCARRRRRYYY smirk, formed two GAU-8/A avenger guns, each twenty-two feet long, just reaching the doorway and enough room to shoot EVERY SINGLE man in that room.

"DIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE…"

"AYYYYAAAIIAIIIHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" The men reacted to the two guns. Alucard was smirking the whole way, and put restraining hands on the two artillery machines. Vertical lines were concealing the all of the crew's face. They flattened themselves against the walls, trembling. The two gatling guns dissipated into the air.

"You are cowards." Alucard sneered at them from the side.

"So what's your name?" The man Pip said.

"…I have no need to mention mine." Kate replied, sticking her left hand into her skirt's concealed pocket.

"Kate." Alucard answered for her. With fire in her eyes, Kate was strangling the taller man with only her right hand and shaking him back and forth and thudding him against the ceiling and floor, causing a mini earthquake. Integra burst through the doors exclaiming:

"WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING!?" Then she noticed Kate effortlessly banging Alucard. Her arms were still pumping and she turned her head stiffly to face Integra with flames. She and all the others took back a step, sweatdropping, from one…to two…to twenty…to a googolplex…to infinity…But in fact, less than thirty seconds was the duration when Kate was strangling/causing earthquakes with Alucard. Alucard was on the floor in a tangle that no bone could do. The puppet rose back, cracking his neck.

"Wasn't that fun, DAD?" Kate said from the sideline. Integra cast a puzzled look at both vampires, while a dagger match was going on between the two.

"Dad?" Integra questioned with amusement. Alucard was on the verge of strangling Kate back and killing the rest. The "DAD" would stick to him. "I expect explanations, Alucard." Kate was smirking without the light in her eyes as she faced the Wild Geese.

"Well, as you know my name from Alu-pyu," Kate tilted her thumb at Alucard. "don't make me mad, one, and two, you can think that for yourself." At the Alu-pyu, Alucard was already drawing Jackal out. A smaller version of the gatling was back in Kate's hand, this time filled with exploding silver bullets loaded with cyanide.

"SHUT…UP…" Venom spat out from Alucard.

"Oh?" Kate had that insane smile of doom again. "This is new, Alu-pyu." She smirked and her eyes slid to the corners to make eye contact. "Getting angry and not controlling yourself."

"Alucard!" Integra's voice cut into the air. "Your fight is today, and I will NOT have it in a room with men vulnerable!"

"Tch." Kate still had her right arm outstretched and the GAU touching Alucard's cranium. She let her hand drop to her side and the GAU went back to the Earth in reverse process. The almost graduating girl still didn't face Integra. "Where?"

"Walter and I will show you." The master shot a look at Pip. "Your men are welcome, but be warned." The happy troopers followed Integra and the butler to a remote part of the headquarters, a special room with a kekkai.

"Kekkai, huh?" Kate glanced at the hidden spell paper on the wall. "But also keeping in the evil spirits who want to leave." Integra and the rest were dumbfounded. "Isn't that right?" Kate, to the others, was fondling air next to her about dog height. Yet to her, she was petting an Alaskan malamute. She continued talking while petting the dog. "They can get in, but not out. The kekkai is different than most I've seen…so far." She squatted next to the dog. "You want to get out, right?" The furry dog nodded and wagged its tail.

"Migonette, what are you speaking to?" Pip asked. Kate didn't hear. He took a step forward when Integra held up her hand.

"But this ward is only for the evil spirits to come in." Kate tilted her head. "So how did you get in here? Before the ward?" The dog was "talking" to her, in a way she knew she understood. The reason why the dog had come to her was before, he had met her. In a different soul and body. "I don't know how to do reversal though. Gomen…" The dog nudged her and brushed against Pip. The Frenchman jumped from the touch.

"What is zat!?" At that, Kate looked up and replied without any emotion.

"A dog spirit that knew me…the old me." She pointed at the wall where the spirits would enter. "There is where evil spirits come in, and they can't come out. Kekkai is a spiritual barrier. I never thought I would see spirits here…" Her eyes returned to the cold steel. "So let's get on, shall we?" Alucard was desperately trying not to kill her as she said it.

"Walter." Integra allowed.

"One. No weapons." Alucard twitched.

'Damn.' He thought.

"Two. You can't kill."

'Double damn.'

"Three. Don't kill the audience and the spirits, according to Kate-san."

'TRIPLE DAMN IT.'

"Arigato, Walter-san." Kate replied.

"Four. You can release your complete ability." His monocle glinted and his other eye glanced at the two.

'YYYYYEEEESSSSS.'

"Start."

So the battle begins!