They lay in the bed, completely worn out and completely naked. It was well into the night when Pip and Sakura finally came and Pip was holding her close to his chest, breathing heavily and listening to Sakura's rapidly beating heart as her chest rose up and down. Her eyes were closed and she was kissing his neck softly, smiling against his skin. He remained inside of her, loving the feel of her around him, not wanting to let her go.
"Do you think Alucard and Saiyuri are getting along all right, Pip," she asked quietly as she took deep breaths, trying to get her heart rate under control again.
"I'm sure they are, love. Why wouldn't they? They might be back from training by now."
"We should get out of here then," she said as she sat up, looking around their little hotel room, the blanket wrapped around her as she swung her legs over the edge of the bed, placing her feet on floor. Pip, however, wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her back to him and she giggled softly, landing back on the bed. He smirked, leaning down and kissing her lips, his fingers tangling in her hair, lying on top of her.
"We really don't have time for another round, Pip. We have to get back soon. We need to shower before we leave."
"All right, we'll compromise then. Shower and sex in the shower," he grinned, kissing and nibbling on her neck, listening to her soft moans purring in his ear, which he knew was a yes.
Back at the loft, Saiyuri and Alucard were both sitting on the futon, an awkward silence between them as the both sipped at their blood bags, the television playing a movie quietly. They both stared at it, not really sure of what to say. They hadn't spoken to one another since they left Central Park and Alucard had blurted out that he liked Saiyuri. That was six hours ago. It was now 3 am and neither of them had said a word. Saiyuri finished her O Negative, setting the empty bag on the coffee table, curling up with her feet under her, laying against a pillow that was on the futon. Alucard watched her for a moment, setting his empty bag on the coffee table as well, crossing his legs, looking absentmindedly at the television.
"Are you not talking to me," he asked, taking his hat and glasses off, getting up and going to shut the curtains so the sunlight wouldn't hurt his eyes and burn Saiyuri to a crisp.
"I really don't know what to say, Alucard," she said, turning her head to look at him as he sat back down on the futon, looking at her. "I mean…I barely know you and I know that it won't take you an entire year to wipe out the gang so why should my Master get to know his slave in a romantic relationship?"
"Saiyuri, I want to get to know you. I honestly don't know how long I'll be here, but I want to know that I'll at least have a memory of this place."
She smiled gently, running her hand through her hair. "When I saw you beside me this evening when I woke up, I had a feeling that you would be there for me, no matter what happens after all of this."
He smiled, taking her hand and pulling her up into a sitting position, kissing her hand softly. "Just so you know, I will be your Master until you drink my blood. After that, you will become your own self and you will walk the night and drink blood of your choosing. I may not be your Master after that, but I will always be there for you."
She smiled softly, looking at him and he smiled as well, continuing to hold her hand. "So, tell me about yourself, Alucard. I want to know everything about you."
He chuckled, moving his thumb over the top of her hand, smiling. "Everything? That might take a while."
"So? We have time."
He chuckled again, nodding. "Well, obviously, you know the story of Dracula, or Vlad III Dracula. Vlad the Impaler and all of that pleasant stuff. It's all true."
"Everything?"
"Everything. I'll skip over the Bram Stoker stuff because I really don't want to get into that."
"Because of Mina?"
He remained silent, but nodded gently, not looking at her as he spoke. "I think she was the only woman that I ever really loved and she was released from my curse and I was staked in the heart and put into my grave. I just didn't die."
He loved her? Wow. Now the question was where that left her and what the deal was with Integra. "Alucard, I…I'm so sorry."
"It's in the past. Now it's time to get onto the present and somewhat past. I awoke in 1944, during World War II and I served under my Master's father, Sir Arthur Hellsing. My friend, Walter Dornez and I, were sent to stop the Nazis from developing the freak vampires and for a while, we thought that we did. The years passed and soon, Arthur imprisoned me in the mansion in which lived and I was kept in the dungeons. I was there for twenty years until 1989. I was sleeping and I heard the door open and there stood Arthur's daughter, Integral Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing. She was being chased by her wretched uncle, who sought out to kill her because while Arthur was on his deathbed, he named her leader of the Hellsing family. A bullet clipped her shoulder and her blood splattered on the floor. I licked it up and I was revived and I protected her from her uncle and killed the men with him. She killed her uncle. Ever since then, she has been my Master."
"Well, that's a complicated history, but it explains who Integra is."
"Who did you think she was?"
"Y…your lover."
He burst out into laughter, looking at her. "You thought that my Master was my lover?"
"Well, I've only known you for a few days. What do you expect?"
"I'm sorry, Saiyuri. I thought you knew. I didn't mean to laugh at your thought. It was rude of me."
"It's fine," she said, smiling gently, playing with his fingers.
"So," he said, looking at her, tucking some of her hair behind her ear, "what about you? What's your story?"
She cleared her throat, sitting Indian style beside him, looking at him. "Well, my parents were both drug addicts. My mother was using while she was pregnant with me and my father was trying to get clean, but it was very hard for him. My mother OD'd and she went into labor. She died giving birth to me. The doctors didn't expect me to live no longer than a day or two, if I was lucky, because the amount of the drug usage that my mother had used until the labor was so great that I wouldn't survive and if I did, it would be a miracle. Well, I did survive and my father got clean and devoted his life to God. I grew up in the church and everything. I met Sakura in high school when she transferred here from London. She and I became really good friends, along with my friend Emi Ward. She was just the sweetest girl that anyone could meet. There was something about her that I couldn't place though. Anyway, the years passed and I was mentoring the teens at the church and everything, then I witnessed my father's murder and blah, blah, blah."
"What happened at the church that night, Saiyuri," he asked her, sensing that she was hiding something.
"I don't really want to talk about it, Alucard."
"If you don't talk about it, it's going to build up and it's going to end up hurting you. Come on, it's time to tell the truth."
She sighed, looking at him, moving her hands to her lap, folding them together. "A week before the murder, my father was walking home from the church and he saw a woman being attacked by a vampire. He went and saved her life and the vampire ran off, escaping and the police couldn't find him. The night of the murder, I was at the church, putting items away from the mass that just ended and I heard a scuffle from out in the church. I went to see what was going on and I saw my father being held up against the altar by two men while others punched and kicked them. There were nine men there and a leader…a woman. She was giving the orders. She finally told them to stop. I stayed behind the door and watched as she moved to him. He was bleeding everywhere. She placed her hand on the back of his neck and licked the blood away that was coming from his mouth and she said, 'Tell your daughter that I said hello.' She moved away from him and sat in the front pew and nodded and the nine men pulled out their guns and they…started shooting him." She took a sharp breath, her voice breaking as hot tears built up in her eyes. "They didn't stop and I stood there, frozen in complete fear. Once they were out of ammo, they went up and grabbed him and began drinking his blood…I didn't stop them. I wanted to, but I couldn't move. I let out a small scream and the leader saw me and a vampire began to chase me, but I outran him, a policeman stopped me and I was in hysterics. By the time they got into the church, they were gone." She stopped, tears streaming down her face, and she began to cry, her cries echoing throughout the empty loft and Alucard sat there, stunned. He took her into his arms, letting her cry on his shoulder, her warm tears leaking onto his jacket as she wrapped her arms around him and he rubbed her back, letting her cry.
"Who was the leader, Saiyuri," he asked quietly into her ear as he continued to rub her back as she cried. "It was someone you knew and she knew you. Tell me her name."
She shook her head, crying harder. "No, Alucard. Don't make me say her name. I don't want to say it."
"You've come this far. It'll help me to find her so I can make sure that she feels more pain than she's ever felt in her life. Please…say her name…"
She sobbed, her nails digging into his back, as she took a breath. "It was Emi," she screamed, sobbing even harder, her head buried in his chest as he looked down at her, not sure of what to say. He figured words weren't best right now so he let her cry, his vest becoming soaked with her tears. An hour slowly passed and her cries finally began to slow. She brought her head up slowly, her face red and blotchy, wiping her eyes, ashamed to look at him.
"I…I'm sorry. I didn't mean to use you as a tissue."
He chuckled softly, placing his hand on her cheek, stroking it gently and softly with his thumb. "I didn't mind. I'm sorry I made you talk about it. I just didn't want you to hurt yourself. Just like in humans, things that are built up inside vampires can have the same affects. Only they find different ways to kill themselves. Sunlight and stuff like that."
She smiled softly at his touch, taking his other hand with her own, entwining their fingers. "Sakura doesn't know that the leader of the gang is Emi. I would appreciate it if you didn't say anything to her."
"You have my word."
"Thank you," she said as there was a knock on the door. She looked at it as she stood up, making her way towards the door, Alucard's hand on his Jackal. She looked through the peephole, seeing Maxwell from the Vatican. She turned to Alucard and mouthed 'Maxwell' and he nodded, turning the safety off, just in case Anderson was outside the door as well. She slowly unlocked the door, leaving the chain hooked, opening the door part of the way, looking at Maxwell.
"It seems that I have awoken you," he said kindly, looking at her.
Not exactly. "Yes, I was asleep on my couch. Why are you here at such a late hour?"
"I want to meet with you and the people from the Hellsing Organization tomorrow evening at your father's church. I think we need to get some things cleared up about the other night…my little Draculina."
Shit. "Uh…I, uh…"
"Don't worry. You're not going to be harmed. You are still Catholic, after all."
"Yes…so what time tomorrow evening?"
"10 pm, if you please."
She nodded. "I'll tell them," she said, shutting the door and locking it, sighing with a small relief as she heard Maxwell's footsteps fading away, looking at Alucard, who turned the safety off on his Jackal.
"What do you think this meeting could be about, Alucard," she asked, making her way back over to the futon.
"They're probably wondering why Pip and I are here," he said as she sat down, taking his hand again, playing with his fingers. "It'll be peaceful, Saiyuri. Don't worry."
"How are you sure? I'm not."
"You'll be there," he said, leaning in close to her face. "As long as you're there in your father's church, they will not do anything."
She nodded softly, continuing to hold his hand as he placed his other hand on her cheek again, smiling softly.
"Do you know how bad I want to kiss you right now?"
"I imagine pretty bad," she replied, looking into his eyes.
"You know I won't hurt you so I won't take you yet, but please Saiyuri, permit me to kiss you."
She smiled softly at his choice of words. He was acting so gentlemanly that it was sweet. She nodded softly at him, giving him permission to kiss her. He leaned in slowly, his fingertips moving to the back of her neck, pulling her in slowly until their lips touched in a soft kiss that ran down Alucard's spine and filled him with a sheer pleasure and ecstasy that he never felt before. Not even with Mina. He held the kiss for a minute or so, then pulled back slowly, letting the kiss linger as he rested his forehead against hers, his eyes closed. Saiyuri's eyes were closed as well, but she moved in, placing her lips softly against his, kissing him back. Alucard, surprised that she even considered kissing him back, didn't hesitate in returning the kiss, stroking her cheek again. This time, she held onto the kiss, her arms making their way slowly around his neck, pulling him closer. His hands made their way down her arms and to her lower back, helping her to lay down on the futon, careful not to press his weight against her. They lay there, kissing and holding her close to him, smiling softly against her lips. She pulled away slowly, looking up at him, her bangs dangling in front of her eyes. He moved somewhat, moving his hand to brush them from her eyes, smiling down at her.
"You're so beautiful, Saiyuri," he said, and she blushed, looking away from him for a moment. "You are and don't try to deny your Master."
She giggled softly. "Now, why would I do something like that?"
"You would. I know you would."
She giggled softly once more, leaning up and kissing his lips, smiling. "I'm tired."
"Me too," he said, getting up and taking her hand, helping her up and leading her to her bedroom. "You're going to be sleeping with me tonight."
"Again? That's something I don't mind," she said, sitting down on her bed, smiling at him. He chuckled somewhat, looking at her.
"No, not in your bed," he said, going over and lifting his coffin's lid, gesturing at her to lay in it.
"What? You want us to sleep in your coffin?"
"Yes. You'll have to learn to like it sometime and I'll be right here beside you."
She swallowed somewhat, getting up and going over to the coffin, laying in it. He got in after her, lying beside her and shutting the coffin lid, the both of them immediately engulfed in darkness. Soon, her eyes adjusted and she saw his face, smiling.
"Feel better about being in a coffin yet?"
"As long as you're next to me, I don't see any problem."
He chuckled somewhat, wrapping his arms around her and burying his head into the curve of her neck, breathing in her luscious scent as he closed his eyes. She closed her eyes as well, curled up to him and they both fell asleep as the sun came up over Manhattan.