Hello Tl01 I have not much to say today, so here is the next chapter.
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Alucard was in the last place he ever wanted to be in all his lives and that place is an official meeting between influential people. He was very grateful that Integra took care of that for him. She didn't even take him to any of those meeting where she had to explain the collateral damage, even if she did, it was so he didn't scare them. She was a wonderful master indeed, but she had one major flaw. She was naïve, this little flaw made her lose all her men during the attack by the Valentine brothers, she didn't think that someone would attack the mansion and even then Alucard would kill before they could do any harm. Well she was wrong. The second consequence of her flaw had effect on him, more specifically his fledgling. His police girl , no his Seras Victoria, she deserved the right of a name when she gained her first familiar and slaughtered the assault force that attacked the Hellsing mansion. Contrarily to popular belief, Alucard was very proud of his fledgling, not that he would ever tell anyone, he did have a reputation to uphold. He also knew that he was harsh on the petite vampire, but he had to do it with the uprising war and Hellsing didn't help her growth. On the contrary they systematically tried to stunt her growth as a vampire in favor of saving what little humanity she had left.
'What a foolish notion. Her humanity was lost from the moment I bit her in the neck. Integra, you let your emotions got the better on this one. Even worse you tried to take what's mine. ' He then remembered the conversation she had with him about his fledgling.
/flashback/
Alucard stood in Integra's office, his usual smirk still in place. Integra sat at her desk, reading Alucard's report of the situation while smoking a cigar. She then sighed and said:
"You did create a mess this time, you even killed a human and turned her into a vampire. Now I've read your report, now tell me why did you shoot both of them? You're stronger than that." Alucard scowled a bit and said:
"You're forgetting what these gloves that your family made do, they restrict my powers until a certain set of conditions are fulfilled and none of the conditions were fulfilled, so I couldn't release any of them and it's not my fault that they didn't cover this situation." Now was it Integra's turn to scowl.
"Well you could have killed him first, but no you had to play with him first ."
"Well excuse me if I want to enjoy the few the times I get out of my room in the dungeon." Integra flinched, she knew that she couldn't blame him for that. She gave him the express order to never leave the dungeon, which was filled with nothing but junk, unless he is called. No wonder that he wants to enjoy the few times he gets out. She sighed a second time and said something that she probably would regret.
"Fine, Alucard from now on you have the permission to wander freely through the mansion and the grounds around them but you will stay away the private quarters of the people living here. Any problems?" Alucard gained a predatory grin that made Integra regret her decision already.
"Everything is clear, my master. Now what am I going to teach the police girl first?" When Integra heard those words, she stiffened a bit. She had read her file and she could see the resemblances between herself and Seras. She then got a mental image of a blond vampire in a tight red outfit with a small Carmen Sandiego hat. The image was completed with red eyes and an insane grin that promised pain and lots of it. She couldn't determine if it was an image generated by her own mind or Alucard's. Either way she had to stop Alucard from corrupting the poor girl.
"Oh no you don't. You won't do such thing. As your master I command you to stay away from Seras Victoria, unless she comes to you, you will not train her in any of her vampire abilities and even then you will have to ask for my permission." The room started to cool down several degrees and the air became so heavy that she had problems breathing, Alucard then spoke but it sounded more like a growl.
"What did you just say?" Alucard turned around, with his red eyes shining, giving him a menacing appearance.
"She's mine. Nothing will change that. Not yours, not anyone else's, she's mine." The possessiveness was clearly audible in his voice. Integra was so surprised that she feel backwards. Alucard suddenly stopped and his eyes turned back to orange. He then bowed and said:
"I'm sorry master, I was out of line." She regained her bearings, got up and tried to stop trembling.
"And what was that?" The fear was clearly audible in her voice, she had never seen this side of Alucard.
"You would classify it as …" Alucard then started to disappear but the last words were still heard clearly.
"Parental instincts."
The days afterwards were a bit stressed between the two, Alucard was still angry that Integra stood between him and his fledgling. Integra still didn't want to see a second Alucard. In the end Integra allowed Alucard to teach Seras in weaponry and the way to kill monsters but the rest was off limits. That didn't mean that Alucard didn't found any loopholes. He just decided to change tactics, instead of teaching her directly, he pushed her in situations that made her grow as vampire. This methods had surprisingly good results, but he had to give her fledgling some credit as well, she had an incredible instinctual understanding of being a vampire. The way she fought in the Badrick hospital was a clear example of said understanding. When Integra caught wind of Seras' outburst, she ordered Walter to give her a weapon that would guarantee that she would be far away from her enemies. Hence he made the Harkonen, a giant cannon that can hold only one bullet at a time but held such a punch that could destroy almost everything . The fact that it could hold only one bullet made it useless unless she caught a vampire of guard or she was far away, making the project a success but useless against a true vampire. Any vampire worth his salt could dodge a single bullet and even if she could catch him of guard, the vampire could dodge in such a way making the hit at least non-lethal. The time she would need to reload would give him the time to regenerate making it futile. She couldn't even defeat that pitiful vampire that attacked the manor with it. But even with the smothering of Hellsing she became a vampire worthy of being a direct descendant of Dracula.
/end flashback/
'Integra, in the end you couldn't stop her from becoming a true vampire.' He was shot out of his musings by a loud voice.
"No, I will not make a trade agreement with your nation. Not after what your village did to our hero." Said voice belonged to Koyuki Kazahana, daimyo of the Land of Spring. The person she was arguing with was none other than the fire Daimyo. The female of the two is furious, while the male was more calm but his face showed a hint of disappointment.
"Are you sure? Both our countries would benefit from this agreement . You shouldn't let your personal beliefs get the better of you." The female got even more fed up.
"In exchange for what? We would lose our honor, our values and beliefs in other words we would lose ourselves. If we could only gain prosperity without those things, then we won't need that prosperity. So I will not accept this, so go pester someone else." The fire daimyo was about to respond but Alucard beat him to it.
"You shouldn't raise your voice, it sounds bad that way and everyone is watching ." The two daimyo looked around and saw that indeed everyone was watching, they then both looked at Alucard who wore the same outfit that he wore when he walked through Kiri. Koyuki then addressed him:
"So you're the count of Wave? I should thank you for preventing a village that has a trade agreement with us from being conquered by Konoha." Alucard gave her a charming smile and said:
"The pleasure was all mine." The fire daimyo then butted in.
"Alucard-san, I just wanted to talk to you." Alucard rose an eyebrow, he couldn't think a single thing that they would need to talk about.
"So what do you want to discuss with me?" The fire daimyo then said:
"You see, The last years the relationship between our country have been tense, so I decided to remedy, so I offer you a chance to make an alliance with us."
"So you want to make an alliance with us, while Konoha who is under your protection, killed my people's hero and afterwards tried to conquer us? They even killed our previous daimyo. So why would I want to have an alliance with you?" Said Alucard with a cold fury.
"We all will have to forget the past at one moment and there's prosperity for both our countries with this."
"I see, I don't mind the idea, but I have one condition that is nonnegotiable ."
"What is that condition?" The fire daimyo was very happy that his little scheme was working, the alliance was nothing more than a façade with him pulling the strings. Koyuki wasn't happy that Alucard would sell out his country to Konoha. The others in the room were surprised by this, they all thought that Alucard wouldn't accept the alliance but he surprised them all. Gaara just furrowed his brows thinking about what Alucard had planned. The words that came out of Alucard's mouth shocked everyone.
"I want Konoha and every citizen in it, being judged by Wave's law for their crimes against our country and it's hero." The fire daimyo was surprised by both the demand and the audacity of Alucard, while everyone else had their mouths open in shock.
"You can't be serious!?"
"I'm very serious and don't forget this is nonnegotiable." Said Alucard without a hint of humor.
"I can't accept this."
"Then there will be no alliance between our counties, I can't be in alliance where our interests aren't defended."
"Why are you both so attached to the boy, he was just one man that was sacrificed for the greater good of our country." Alucard smirked knowing that he had his verbal opponent where he wanted him.
"So you would do the same?" The daimyo was caught by surprise by the question but still answered quickly.
"Yes."
"In the same way?" When he heard that he stiffened and didn't know what to answer. The Kazahana was confused by the question.
"What do you mean in the same way?" Now it was Alucard's turn to be confused.
"Don't you know ?" he asked? The Kazekage then decided to help out his friend.
"It was a cover-up of Konoha." It was Konoha's biggest cover-up in history, Jiraiya, the Hyuuga's and the Yamanaka's had to work overtime, to make sure that this information didn't left the village.
"Why didn't you tell anyone?"
"They wouldn't believe it due to my past." Explained Gaara. Alucard just nodded.
"What are you talking about?" came from the Spring daimyo.
"Naruto Uzumaki was tortured before his execution."
"Tortured?" she asked with a hint of fear.
"Yes, Gaara could you show them by hengeing yourself? It's far easier then to tell the entire tale and I know that you saw the execution with your eye. If that's okay with you, Mizukage-sama?" The Mizukage thought about it, but she had to admit that she was quite curious as well. So she consented.
"That would be fine, Kazekage-san, don't try to use too much chakra, the guards are already very tense."
Gaara then gathered a little bit of chakra and used it to henge himself in a replica of Naruto on the day of his execution. When the smoke cleared they saw a boy with bloodied blond hair. His body was littered with scars, bruises and other wounds. He lost several teeth. He only wore a set of tattered, red pants due to the blood. The things that horrified the crowd the most were the words 'demon' and 'Kyuubi' that were carved in his chest and the fact that he had two holes in his head were his eyes were supposed to be. Most of the people threw up when they saw the boy, Koyuki on the other hand broke down. She was on her knees sobbing about how much he did have to suffer and that it wasn't fair. Gaara unhenged himself and then did something that surprised both his siblings: he hugged Koyuki in an effort to soothe the female. They both knew that he made good progress but he had never had such physical contact with a stranger. Among the crowd was the daimyo of Tea together with the head of the supreme clan of his country: Jirōchō Wasabi. Said clan head was addressed by his feudal lord.
"I think this revelation convinced me to follow your vision on our alliances with Konoha. This is just barbaric. I thought that we were better than this." The other daimyos were considering to stop their trade alliances with Konoha as well. Executing one of your own for the greater good is one thing, but torturing him as well, that was a big no-no for them. The Kages had each different reactions: the Tsuchikage looked at it with apathy thinking that this was the life of a jinchuuriki and that nothing could be done about it. The Raikage on the other hand imagined his little brother in the same position and then decided that he would do anything to stop this from happening to his little brother and Yugito. The Mizukage was appalled that such hate still existed in this world, she then was reminded that the fate of jinchuuriki was the same as the bloodline holders in their civil war. She then decided that she would fight just as she fought in the civil war. The Hokage and most of her entourage had other thoughts.
'How does he know? We made sure that this little piece information never left Konoha.' Shikaku Nara had an inkling about how he knew that, he even had a theory about the mystery known as Alucard, but he had to verify it first with his son. There's no need to cause unnecessary panic. Alucard looked around, the reactions were just as he expected. His eyes then fell on a female Hyuuga which he decided to avoid in order to keep his identity a secret a little longer. He then noticed what was wrong with her. She was wearing a mask similar to his own when he still was Naruto.
'Not on my watch.' Thought the count.
