Integra stepped out of the car, giving no thought to letting Walter open her door. A shot rang out so loud she thought it was of Seras' cannon, but she knew the young vampire hadn't been sent on this mission. She had to step carefully to keep her shoes from squishing on the larger chunks of the remains of ghouls. Catching sight of two figures, she went to call out, but something stopped her. Both turned at the same time, two pairs of glowing inhuman red eyes focused. She found herself swallowing the call as they looked at her; finally the smaller of the two looked away, the red leaving his eyes as he walked toward her.
"The target has been silenced, Sir Integra," he stated to the ground as he passed her.
"Yes, well... Good job," she spoke over her shoulder, Zero had already past her by. Clearing her throat, she looked at her smiling servant. "So how goes the lessons?"
"Just fine Master. The boy is taking quite well to my teaching methods. Now, whatever will I do for our next lesson?"
Integra was stunned when Alucard scratched at his chin and walked past her, appearing to be truly lost in thought. "Hm... Perhaps..." A soft chuckle sounded behind her.
"It would seem they're getting along just fine..." Walter (she hadn't realized he'd come to stand beside her) spoke in something of a relieved tone.
"Yes, well you know how hot-headed they both can be. You never know which of them will blow their top first, and then all there'll be is gunfire as retaliation."
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Once they returned to the mansion, Zero snuck away to rest beneath the moon. The grass felt soft under him, the gentle rays of light coming from the pale mass seemed nearly as warm as the sun's at that moment. When was the last time he'd seen the sun? The last time he'd fallen asleep beneath its rays? He couldn't remember...
Wait, that first night….
Yes the first night at the place he'd gone out to escape Alucard. It hadn't even been a week and all his ideas toward everything had changed. His peace wasn't meant to last, or so he thought when he felt a presents behind him.
"I thought the old saying was 'speak of the devil,' not think of him..."
"One and the same and besides, not even I would make such a boast."
"Hmm... I believe I should return this to you." Holding out the large gun he'd heard Alucard call Casull. "Thank you for letting me borrow it."
Chuckling Alucard took the gun, automatically placing it in its holder. "I'm surprised you'd give it back. You were having so much fun; I thought you'd keep it. You handle it well for an untrained child."
"Hmm... And you can actually speak without every other word pissing me off... Who knew?"
They sat there and looked at each other; it seemed to turn into a stare off. Zero somehow found himself smirking. He turned away to hide the expression. "The sun will be up soon, shouldn't you be cowering in your coffin?"
"Hmm, it is near dawn... Did the battle really last so long? Oh well, you should turn in as well. After all, a mere human needs all the sleep it can get."
"Shut up vampire. You're pissing me off." Zero muttered as he turned away.
Though Alucard couldn't see his face, he heard the humor in the tone.
"Go run off before the sun turns you to charcoal." Laughing, Alucard melded into the ground leaving the child to his sunrise.
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With days passing without incident, Zero was starting to get annoyed with Alucard's absence. He was supposed to be learning from him and he hadn't been seen in near three nights. Even Sir Integra was starting to wonder where he'd disappeared to. Night one he'd relaxed, mainly recovering from the bruising his arm took from using the large caliber gun.
The next, boredom had started in. But unable to hold his arm steady for long with his muscles still recovering, Zero couldn't take up his favorite pass time of target practice, so he sat and watched the Geese run their drills. When he spotted Police Girl he lifted an eyebrow at her, she furrowed hers before shaking her head and shrugging her shoulders.
She didn't know either...
The third night went for the most part without incident. That was until as Alucard had predicted, one of the newbies had indeed shot himself in the foot. The men all started laughing until they caught Police Girl's eyes.
"Get him to the medic..." Zero stated, barely able to keep himself from going to the scent. No one must've heard him, they were laughing. Police Girl had stepped away, no doubt to get away from the blood. "GET HIM TO THE MEDIC!"
Silence, Zero could've sworn he'd heard the tendons in their necks as everyone turned toward the outburst.
"NOW!"
The word pulled his lips back, he could feel them brush across fangs. The men were quick to comply then, either scattering to find one or shuffle the wounded man away.
"You alright kid?" Zero was startled that any of the men would come near him, but he wasn't surprised by who did.
"Get away from me Pip. You have blood on you..."
"Damn, but I washed it off." Glaring at the man, Zero was surprised to see him smile. The only one that was able to feel the weight of that look and smile had always been Alucard. The effectiveness must be wearing off. "All right, you want to be alone. It's understandable. With that kind of reaction, when was the last time you ate?"
Zero thought back. When was the last time he'd actually eaten? "The day before I came here... No wonder I'm so jumpy. Maybe I can ask Walter for some real food. That tends to help...."
"I meant drank. You must be really young to still think about food. Seras wines every now and then when we eat around her, but she's never really says anything about it."
"You mean they can't eat? Hah, I know a few that would die if they couldn't have their sweets. Their breed must be really odd..."
"'Their'? Kid, you're the one that's odd. We've been fighting and hunting for a long time, you're the first one we've met that seems to go against all the rules. Hell, if I hadn't seen your fangs I'd swear you were a normal human."
"I was-am... I mean I was born human, why wouldn't I appear human?"
"Kid, all vampires were once human here."
"You said something about that the last time we trained together. That only a certain kind of human can be turned. The ones I've dealt with, only a certain type of vampire can turn others."
"ALUCARD!!"
They both turned to look up at the row of windows that Integra's voice had come from. Zero knew it had to been abnormally loud for Pip to have heard it.
"Ooooh, someone's in trouble..."
"Good luck to her, he isn't here..." Zero didn't know how, but he knew the old vampire wasn't anywhere near.
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"Alucard!" Integra, finally fed up with her servant not coming when called stormed through the house. Walter had informed her that Alucard hadn't been seen in several days and due to their unspoken pact, hadn't bothered with his coffin. She stomped down the stairs to the dungeons. She had no qualm against forcibly removing the great nuisance from his 'bed,' though she may need some help with the act.
"ALUCARD!"
She cringed against the echoes, even if she knew she didn't speak that loud but its answering ring was even louder. "There had better be a damn good reason why you haven't answered my..." The door was shoved open, she blinked against the darkness. Empty as she feared, and the black coffin laid beside the wall. Lip open, resting between the coffin and wall. No occupant, no Alucard.
"Where the bloody hell could he be?!"
Walter, who had been quietly trailing after an enraged Integra calmly moved from her path. She hadn't even acknowledged the butler's presence as she rushed by, no doubt heading back up to her office for her cigars. He stilled, blinking when she didn't head up toward her office but out toward the training grounds. Silently he followed.
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"KIRYU!"
"You're turn kid, you're on your own." Zero blinked as Pip disappeared at nearly inhuman speed. The voice got closer.
"Zero!"
"No need to shout! I'm over here! And why are you yelling for ME, I'm not your servant."
"He's your teacher! Have you seen him?"
"Nope." Stated plain as day and just as calmly, he fell back to lay on the grass; clearly dismissing the fuming Integra.
"SERAS!"
"No need to yell for her either, I already asked; he's nowhere she knows of."
"That... that..."
"Vampire?" Zero offered, it just made her even angrier. With a growl she stormed off. "Hmm, state a fact and she gets pissed, no wonder he ran. Must be that time..."
"For the record, she's always like that."
He didn't so much as flinch when a form emerged from a growing shadow. After taking on a red tint, Alucard stepped from it. "Well, take a 'vacation' and everything goes to hell in a handbag. Did I miss anything fun?"
"Guy shot himself... in the foot."
"I told you it would happen. Gah, that incessant woman! Always ringing in my ears." He rubbed at his earlobe as if to dislodge something.
"That's what happens when a servant doesn't answer its master."
Zero suddenly shook his head; an odd ringing started but quickly faded. "Stop projecting your thoughts at me!"
Chuckling, Alucard smiled. "Who says I was? Oh, and I have a surprise for you tomorrow."
"Surprise... I don't like the sound of that. What is it?"
"It wouldn't be a surprise if I told you! You'll have to wait, but there is a small price for it." Alucard smirked at Zero's now narrow eyes. "You have to drink tonight. I don't care how much or how little, but you must drink or else you will not earn it."
"Tablets make me sick... And I've got no one here that would feed me."
Alucard was confused, he didn't like that. Taking a small peek into Zero's mind told him what was confusing him. He thought the medical blood was a synthetic blood, created from a 'blood tablet' vampires normally used to keep their thirst sated. His body couldn't tolerate the concoction it produced. "No worries boy. The blood is true blood, not some imitation water. It won't make you sick. Do you happen to have any of those blood tablets with you? I think we may have solved one another's problem."
Zero blinked at the vampire, finally pulling a small slide top tin from his pocket. He honestly didn't know why he carried them with him but he handed it over. "Why do you want them?"
"Never mind that, don't forget our deal." Chuckling, Alucard faded into the shadows again disappearing.
"Zero."
Zero shook his head. Damn that vampire! Wait, that hadn't been Alucard's voice... He listened, when it didn't sound again, he shrugged it off, heading back inside.
Author's Corner:
The plot thickens...
Do shut up! And WHAT plot? WERE THE FCK DID YOU RUN OFF TO?
I'm not tellin' LA la la
Obviously it involved drugs of some kind... Oh kay, moving on. Don't mind my somewhat stoned assistant...
I AM NOT STONED!!
YEAH... right... whatever you say Ally.
I'm going to ignore that. It's none of your business where I went.
THE HELL IT AINT! How am I suppose to do a Hellsing fic without Hellsing's number one vamp?!
Not my concern. Besides, I needed some time away from the kids. Oh, thanks for putting the blood tablet idea into my head... It's not going to work you know, but thanks...
SHUT UP! (smacks Alucard in the back of the head) You'll ruin it! Gah!! No one will let me in the loop!! How am I suppose to write a fic when NO ONE will tell my WTF is going on?!
"Oh, stop your screeching. Women," Zero walking into room with bowl.
You're drinking? I'm so... WHAT is THAT SMELL?
"Ramen, I got hungry," tips bowl towards cowering vampire. "Want some?" Smirking at Alucard's discomfort.
Get it away! How can you EAT that?!
"Like this," continues happily eating.
That's just gross...
Yay ramen!! (author rushes to kitchen to get some)
If you two are eating that VIAL substance, I'm leaving (walks through wall)
(author returns) Whaddi iss? (Spoken through mouthful of ramen)
"The ramen scared him off"
Oh well, RAMEN!! I really should tell Integra about this...
"Oh yeah... I'm making a full report when I get back."
(Sorry the chapter is a bit shorter than I first intended... yeah, right, like I have any control of these two dunderheads... Anyway, I got hit majorly with plot idea for my trinity blood fic and I'm warning it may be a couple of days before I get the next chapter started... BLAME ABEL!! "Wah... What'd I do?!" GO BACK TO YOUR FIC ABEL!! "Eep! Yes ma'am!" Yeesh, Crusniks... Good think Alucard didn't see him... gtg Tootles Pootles 'sees hellhound' THAT'S NO POODLE!! 'Runs for Trinity Blood' Down boy, heel, sit stay!! ALUCARD!! Call it off!!)
Beta Comment
(The Beta Reader wakes up tied to a chair) Crap, it was another one of those nights again. (Sees a local mob boss.) Or maybe not. Who are you and why am I here?
Mob Boss: You aren't doing your job boy. 'Miss Knives' doesn't like it when people don't review, including people like you. It was a problem that needed to be fixed (Punches the Beta's face).
I didn't do anything wrong!
Mob Boss: Maybe, but it's fun and she doesn't get back her deposit. (Punches more and faster) Own own-own-own-own-own-owned. (And at that moment Zero bursts through the door, shoots the men, and unties the Beta)
Zero: Sorry about that. When you didn't review she became upset and all of this was a spur of the moment thing. Now how many fingers am I holding up?
…Elevendy-four….
Zero: …Close enough. Come on, your coming with me.
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-author giggles and makes note to drug Zero before the next kidnapping-
Alucard: I told you so
-author smacks the back of his head- Shadup…
(and for other authors I FOUND HIM FIRST!) XD
