A/N: -edges in slowly- Hehehe, hi everyone. –dodges various fruits and vegetables- I know I haven't updated in about 2 months and for that I'm sooo sorry! I've been really busy with school and I only have time to write for about 45 minutes three times a week. I know this chapter is a long time coming but it's done and I hope you enjoy it. Please read the author's note at the end because it will have some important information in it! Now, on to Chapter 4!
Disclaimer: I still don't own them so don't sue me. I'm but a poor college student so you won't get much anyways.
"speaking"
'thoughts'
Hellsing-Part 2
Kagome was sitting on the floor of her hotel room meditating. She was wearing a pair of white hakama with a pale blue haori. She sat with her back strait and her eyes closed, with her legs folded in the lotus position. Her hands rested palm up on her knees as she breathed deeply. Suddenly her eyes opened. She had felt the same strange aura she had felt upon her arrival to this world. Kagome had kept her senses open for the aura but hadn't encountered it at all in the past few weeks. Now her it was, moving throughout the city. Kagome let her mind drift back to her conversation with Midoriko a few nights ago.
---Flashback---
"So now I destroy them every night," Kagome said, finishing her explanation of what she had done since leaving. She once again sat across from her sensei in the familiar field of flowers.
Midoriko sat silently, contemplating what Kagome had told her.
"It is indeed a strange world. Even so, you must remember that there is a reason you are there. You must remain aware for things that will point you in the right direction." Midoriko said.
"Yes sensei," Kagome said, bowing her head. She hesitated for a moment before continuing.
"Sensei, what of my family and friends?"
Midoriko smiled. When the well had refused to let Kagome return home after the wish had been made on the Shikon, Midoriko had decided to keep an eye on her family in the future.
"Your family is going on with their lives. Souta continues his educational studies. Your mother and ojiisan still care for the shrine. They all still miss you, but the separation grows easier as time passes. Miroku, Sango, and Kohaku continue their work on repairing the taijiya village. Inuyasha and Kikyo are expecting their first child and everyone in Kaede's village eagerly awaits the child's arrival. Rin and Shippo continue to be well cared for by Sesshomaru-sama."
Kagome smiled warmly.
"Thank you Midoriko. I will remember your words."
---End of Flashback---
'Perhaps this is the correct path.' Kagome mused. Giving a short sigh, she slowly proceeded to unmask her presence. However, she continued to keep her aura hidden. Moments later Kagome felt the aura change direction to move towards her. It wrapped around her to confirm that it was the right person before receding to a single point across town where it pulsed lightly in invitation.
Kagome stood up and got Seijun from where it lay on top of the bed. Slinging her quiver across her back she grabbed her bow and left the Creighton Hotel.
'This seems to be the source.' Kagome thought, looking through the cold metal bars of a large iron fence. On the other side of the fence sat a large building. The moonlight reflected softly off the many windows. The gates didn't make a sound as she pushed them open just enough to slip through. As Kagome made her way up the long path to the building she felt the strange aura disappear.
Upon reaching the large dark doors, she raised her hand to knock. However, before her hand could reach the door it opened to reveal a man who was well along in his years. He was dressed in a uniform that consisted of pants and a long sleeved white shirt under a black button up vest. His black hair was pulled into a short ponytail at the nape of his neck, and he wore a glass monocle over his left eye. He stepped back to let Kagome enter.
"Welcome Miss. We've been expecting you."
Kagome didn't let anything escape her blank mask as she entered the building. As the man closed the door behind her Kagome made sure to keep her aura completely hidden. It wouldn't do any good to let these people know any more about her than was necessary.
Standing in front of the oddly dressed women once more he eyed her weapons.
"I'm sorry Miss, but I'm afraid I cannot let you continue on so armed." He told her apologetically. The young woman raised an eyebrow.
'She cannot do anything as long as I am present. Allow her to pass Walter.' Alucard told him telepathically.
"Please follow me Miss." Walter said.
Kagome followed the older gentleman up a staircase and down a long hallway to a large set of wooden doors. He knocked on the doors and stepped back.
"Come in," called a woman from inside the room.
The man pushed the huge doors open before stepping aside to let Kagome enter. As she walked towards the large desk, Kagome took the time to quickly survey the room, as well as the blonde haired woman with ice blue eyes sitting behind the desk.
Integra took in the strangely dressed woman and her weapons.
"My name is Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing," she said.
"Kagome," the woman said in monotone, inclining her head slightly.
"You are the one destroying the FREAKS." Integra stated.
"Indeed," Kagome conceded.
Integra's eyes narrowed. She sat back in her chair, studying Kagome intensely.
"Why?" she asked. Kagome calmly met Integra's piercing gaze.
"I have the abilities to do so." Kagome said.
Integra sat silently, contemplating what to do.
"Would you join with us? To become a member of our organization and fight against the FREAKS?" Integra asked.
Kagome studied this woman name Integra. Perhaps this was what Midoriko spoke of.
"Very well," Kagome agreed.
"We are the Hellsing Organization." Integra began. "A Protestant group employed by Her Majesty to eliminate supernatural threats to our country. The creatures you have been destroying are artificially created vampires called FREAKS. They are killed by shots to the head or the heart. The other creatures are ghouls. They are the result of a non-virgin being drained, and they die when the FREAK that created them is killed."
"Now," Integra continued, "if you are going to become a member of our organization there are some things you must understand. Orders are given by me and expected to be followed. You will be up and prepared for possible missions before sundown. Once you become a member of Hellsing you will be dead to the public. There will be no record that you were even born."
"That will not be of any consequence." Kagome said.
Integra nodded. "Very well, welcome to Hellsing."
"I must return to the hotel and collect my possessions, but I will return within the hour." Kagome told Integra.
"You can go for the night." Integra said, dismissing her.
Integra waited until she could no longer hear Kagome's footsteps before speaking.
"Well?" she asked. Alucard stepped out of the shadows behind Integra's desk.
"Interesting," he said, looking at where Kagome had been standing, his eyes glowing brightly. Integra fixed him with a cold glare.
"Her mind is protected by strong barriers." He said, his eyes glinting with curiosity.
"She is unpredictable. Her motives are unknown for now. Watch her Alucard." Integra ordered him.
"Yes, my Master."
Kagome walked back up to the Hellsing Manor, her bag in hand. Before she could knock the door opened. Standing there was the gentleman from earlier.
"Welcome back Miss Kagome. My name is Walter C. Dornez, family butler and former trash man of Hellsing." He said. Shutting the door behind the young woman, he returned to her side.
"I will show you to your room, if you would please follow me?" Walter requested.
Kagome followed him down a long carpeted hallway to a door on the left side at the very end of the hallway. Walter opened the door and stepped back to let her enter.
"Good evening, Miss Kagome." Walter said, shutting the wooden door behind her.
Kagome examined her new room. A brown dresser made of wood sat to the right of the door, while a fair sized closet was on the left side. Across from the dresser and tucked into the corner was a neatly made bed. On the left of the bed, under the room's only window, were a sturdy wooden table and a single chair. A large, circular brown rug sat on the floor in the middle of the room.
Kagome walked over to the door next to the table and opened it to reveal a medium sized bathroom. There was a vanity, a toilet, and a tub with a small rug in front of it.
Putting her bag on the bed, Kagome opened it and began to put away her clothing. She carefully folded the hakama, yukata, haori, and tabi, before placing them carefully in the dresser's top two drawers. Pulling several small packages of herbs wrapped in cloth out of the bag, she put them in the last dresser drawer. Lastly, Kagome put her kimonos, geta and slippers into the closet. Her eyes flickered to the door suddenly. Kagome shifted her stance ever so slightly. A vampire was standing outside her door.
Seras was a bit uncertain as she walked down the hallway. Her Master had appeared in the training grounds with new orders. The person who had been killing FREAKS was now a member of Hellsing, and she was supposed to "acquaint her with Hellsing." Seras stopped in front of the new member's door. Knocking quickly, she waited for a response.
"Come in," an emotionless female voice said from within the room. Seras opened the wooden door and stepped into the room. Standing there was a woman with black hair and blue eyes. She was wearing strange clothes, and she carried old fashioned weapons. Seras smiled at the newest member of Hellsing.
"My name is Seras," the young vampire said.
"Kagome," the woman said tonelessly.
"I was chosen to show you around Hellsing," Seras said.
Kagome laid her bow and arrows carefully on the bed before proceeding to follow Seras out of the room.
Seras and Kagome were walking back to the Manor's entry way. It had taken a little over an hour for Seras to show Kagome around the house, including the kitchen, dining room, and library. As they walked past yet another door, Kagome felt a darkness emanating from behind it. Despite this, nothing in her demeanor or actions gave away that she had noticed something strange.
'That will be examined more thoroughly later on.' Kagome thought.
"The last place is the training area," Seras said as they left the Manor. Seras lead her past a line of trees that hid the training area from anyone who might pass by.
On the other side of the trees was a large clearing that consisted of six long buildings and another large building.
"Those are the soldier's sleeping quarters," Seras said, gesturing to the six buildings.
"That," she said, pointing to the last building, "is the indoor firing range."
Kagome didn't say anything but followed Seras into the building. Inside, dozens of uniformed soldiers stood in booths firing at paper human cutouts from various distances.
"Seras!" called a soldier, walking over to the two women.
Kagome quickly took in his appearance as he made his way over to them. He was mid-sized with long, sandy brown hair tied into a braid. A black eye patch covered his left eye but his other one was dark brown. A bandage crossed the bridge of his nose, while a lit cigarette dangled from the side of his mouth.
"Who's this?" he asked, looking the new woman up and down.
"Pip, this is Kagome. She's just joined Hellsing." The vampire explained.
"Kagome, this is Pip, Captain of the Wild Geese soldiers."
"Well," Pip said, "since you're new here, allow me to show you the ropes."
Seras glared at Pip, more than aware of what he meant. Kagome, however, could take care of herself.
"Your help is not needed." She told him coolly.
Laughter surrounded the three as Alucard stepped through the wall, dressed in his usual outfit.
"The mind of the human male is so predictable." He sneered.
Without looking at him, Kagome examined his aura and quickly identified him as the strange person she had felt soon after her arrival into this world.
"Kagome, this is my Master, Alucard." Seras introduced. Kagome didn't utter a word as she continued to watch the soldiers practice. Alucard stared at the back of her head, quite amused that she was ignoreing him. With a slight smirk he delved into her mind, trying again to read her thoughts. But yet again he was repelled by a strong mental barrier.
Kagome spun around and caught Alucard's gaze with her own.
"Such attempts are futile." She told him before turning and leaving the building.
Seras looked between her Master and the door Kagome had just left through. She had the strangest feeling she had missed something.
Kagome made her way back to her room for the day. Setting her weapons within reach from the bed, Kagome slipped out of her clothes. Putting on a pale blue sleeping yakata, Kagome crawled under the covers and fell asleep.
A/N: Ok, Chapter 4 is done, woo hoo! Now I need everyone's help. I have the next two chapters somewhat planned out, but I am running out of ideas. I would like you, my faithful readers, to send me some ideas in your reviews. If I decide to use it, I will credit you at the start of the chapter. Please help me to keep this awesome story going. As always, please review. Flames are welcome but I'll use them to grill hot dogs.
-Koori Youkai Hime
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