A/N- So you guys are the greatest bunch of reviewers ever! Story is almost at 100 reviews! That makes me so happy I might update right away after I post this. *grin* Oh yeah and I don't own Inuyasha, that is owned by Rumiko Takahashi -A/N
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Seras pressed herself further into the ground, one hand trying to push the paw holding her down, the other scrambling for purchase to try to heave herself away. The snarling muzzle that hung above her face suddenly came closer, and a tongue snaked out and licked her cheek. Seras forgot about trying to get away.
"UGH! Really!" A whuffing sound let her know that Hans was laughing at her.
Black eyes stared down at her as the large nose sniffed her neck. Seras stiffened and closed her eyes. Suddenly the weight on her chest disappeared and when she opened her eyes Hans loomed over her in his regular body.
Hands on either side of his head, legs straddling her, he gazed at her with a triumphant light in his maroon eyes. Seras breathed a sigh of relief, but it was marred by a nervous flutter that was beginning to grow in her stomach. Hans leaned forward and captured her mouth in his own, kissing her gently.
'Thank you,' he said as he pulled away. Seras just nodded. She couldn't trust her voice right now, and she wasn't sure exactly what he was thanking her for. Hans ran a thumb over her bottom lip and then stood, helping her stand.
'Your first time ist not going to be in the voods on the cold ground', was all Seras heard before he turned away and began putting his uniform shirt on.
"Oh really? You're so certain it's going to be with you then?" Hans turned, in the process of buttoning his shirt and a strange look crossed his face before he looked away, deeper into the woods.
'Nein I suppose I am not. But you deserve better than that.' Then he picked up his greatcoat, swung it around his shoulders, and slapping his cap onto his head, he disappeared. Seras stood in the woods with her mouth hanging open.
Slashing at a bush with an irritable hand, she decided she was going to walk back to the mansion SLOWLY. She had a lot to think about.
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Hans winged his way back to the manor with a small smile quirking his mouth up. The girl was going to give in one of these days, but he had already scared her away when the pull of the moon overtook his senses, so he was trying to take it slowly. She drove him mad in those form-fitting uniforms. Honestly he didn't see how they were allowed what with how uptight these English were.
Entering the mansion, he went straight to his room. 'More like cell' he grumbled to himself as he flung his coat and hat onto a table. At least they had seen fit to give him a decent bed and some furniture. Collapsing onto his bed, he crossed his arms and put them behind his head before he lay down.
Being able to change into his wolf form had been exhilarating. Honestly it was one of the things he had been most afraid had been lost when the girl changed him. A frown marred his stoic features as he quickly pushed that incident out of his mind. To be honest he didn't hold it against her. Maybe he had at first, he allowed, but not anymore. As an animal, something he had been called growing up, he understood that one would do whatever was necessary to escape an attack in those few panicked seconds between life and death. Her biting him had been just that. It was his fault that her blood had managed to get into his mouth. He should have been more careful.
Suddenly he smiled, thinking of her again. Seras was a beautiful girl, caught in her early twenties in the bloom of youth. Any man who didn't find her attractive was either stupid or Alucard. Another frown creased his forehead as he wondered about the older vampire's relationship with the younger. True, he had originally had no intention of chasing after the girl, but it was something to do and there was something about her that drew him to her. He couldn't deny that. He had kissed her enough to sense it.
But Alucard...he sort of understood the idea of sires and fledglings, but he was under the impression that Seras had become her own master vampire. He knew that he was not considered his own 'man' yet and he didn't think he ever would be. He had drank her blood on multiple occasions and nothing had happened. She was still there, tucked away in a corner of his mind, both irritating and comforting at the same time.
Noticing a bowl with some bags of blood chilling in ice on his table, he shook his head and rose. 'Enough thinking about that for now', he thought warily. Tearing a bag open, he turned on a television and found the History Channel. 'Hnh...Vikings. I think I vill vatch it'. Hans let the show absorb the rest of his mind.
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"Alucard and the wolf have been back for hours, why are you just not getting in, Seras Victoria?" Seras stood in front of Sir Integra, her head down, studying her boots. They needed polishing. Again.
"I was overwhelmed, I needed to get away." Sir Integra's mouth actually hung open as she looked Seras up and down. Sir Integra sat down and placed her cigar into an ashtray and crossed her arms. Seras looked away as icy blue eyes pierced through her.
"I'm failing to understand your actions. Would you care to explain yourself?" This time it was Seras who stood with her mouth open, no words coming out. A pleading look entered her own blue eyes and she clasped her hands in front of her.
"Uhm...Can we talk?"
"We are talking, Seras." Seras cast a nervous glance towards Alucard who was lounging on a settee, a brandy snifter filled with red blood that he swirled lazily. A wolfish smile appeared as he turned his head slightly to regard the women.
"Don't mind me," he drawled. Seras flushed furiously, something she was able to accomplish because of the blood she had eaten once she returned to the mansion.
Sir Integra watched Seras for a few minutes, her face unreadable. Then she took up her cigar, puffed on it thoughtfully, and looked at Alucard. Alucard didn't even wait for the verbal dismissal, he just drained his glass, set it down on the antique table next to him, and vanished in a cloud of black smokey tendrils.
"Now Police Girl, you will tell me what's going on. I have to admit you have sparked my curiosity. Seras wrung her hands and then sat in a chair close to a wooden table with beautifully carved legs. Sir Integra rang a silver bell and Phillip came, a tray made out of yet more silver with porcelain cups and a teapot on it. Setting the tray down, he disappeared. Seras noticed that she had been provided with some blood bags.
She sat for awhile, watching Sir Integra go about pouring her tea, getting sugar, and adding a tiny bit of milk. It was something she found that missed doing. Maybe she should quit this and become a butler. That was it, a female, vampire butler. Who would hire her? A giggle rose unbidden in her throat and almost escaped before she pressed fingers firmly over her mouth.
"Is something funny?" Sir Integra was gazing steadily at her over the rim of her tea cup, pale eyebrows raised. Seras flushed and frantically tried to come up with something but failed.
"There's a problem with Hans," she finally said, "I have no one to talk to about it. I was hoping that maybe you could help." Sir Integra raised an eyebrow and frowned. Putting down her cup so delicately there was barely any noise when it encountered the saucer, she crossed her arms.
"I'm fully aware of this 'infatuation' the two of you have for each other. The only advice I can give you is that it will not end well and to not pursue it. Hellsing has far more important matters to deal with, what with helping to finish eradicating rogue cells of Millennium, and now these damn wolves. This is your JOB!" Seras winced at the last bit, but stiffened her spine and lifted her chin.
"Just because I'm dead and he's an ex-Nazi doesn't mean we can't be attracted to each other. We're adults." The snort Sir Integra gave sounded like sharply ripped cloth.
"You are BARELY going to be an adult for the rest of your life!. I'd also say that being undead creatures would be another reason to dissuade you from this. You'll be alive forever to annoy the piss out of each other." Sir Integra looked surprised at the last part, but she just gave Seras a grim smile.
"Besides you have two other people you need to talk to as well if you are going to continue on this foolish venture." Seras turned green at the thought of talking to Alucard, and her heart gave a painful squeeze when it came to Pip. Running her fingers over a twining strand of ivy that had been carved onto the table leg closest to her, she ruminated.
"I'm sorry you think its foolish. I think that it scares the hell out of me, but that if something bright comes into what has been a dismal bloody few months, I'm going to grab it with both hands. If he's using me, well I'll have to be careful. As for the other two, I'll talk to them. I'm not going to stop having this...infatuation with Hans as you call it anytime soon." Seras was taken aback by her sharp words to Sir Integra and she held her breath.
"Well then," Sir Integra said calmly, as she clipped the tip off of a cigar and lit it. Bracing her elbows on the tabletop, she laced her gloved fingers together. It seemed that they were just going to stare at each other until Sir Integra gave a slight smile.
"So you do have some rock underneath that fluff. I've seen you kill men with your bare hands, but I haven't seen you get gooey over a man. This will be...illuminating. But I still don't approve," Sir Integra jabbed her cigar at Seras, making her point.
"If this blows up in your face, you will take full responsibility, and the job ALWAYS comes first." Seras found herself nodding rapidly. Then Sir Integra was dismissing her, and she walked in a daze towards the doors, then down the hall to the library.
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The library was empty, and filled with long shadows from the aisles of books. Seras collapsed into an old leather chair that was musty and cracked, but nonetheless the most comfortable chair in the whole room. Rising once more, Seras walked aimlessly around the room, lighting candles. She could have just turned on the lights, but she wasn't really in the mood for harsh illumination.
Flopping back into the chair, she picked up a book that she had been reading awhile back. It really wasn't a book per-say...more like a Japanese cartoon book. Getting lost in the fictional world of 'Inuyasha'. Swinging a leg idly, she decided that she liked Inuyasha the best. He was uncouth, but humorous, and he never gave up.
"My dear Police Girl, why DO you read that trash?" Seras leapt out of the seat with a yelp that probably woke the whole mansion. Standing on shaking legs, she whirled around to where Alucard stood behind her, his arms crossed, head tilted to one side.
He didn't wear his hat, or his yellow glasses. He did wear his normal double-breasted red suit, with his black cravat at his neck. His hair was on the shorter side, but still wild, some of it sticking up and out to the side as if someone had ruffled it with their hand. Scarlet eyes held her gaze as she placed a bookmark into the book and shut it.
"Well we can't all be obsessed with the classics now can we?" Alucard smiled faintly and inclined his head. Seras crossed her arms underneath her breasts and waited. Alucard had materialized for a reason, and he'd let her know soon enough.
Walking gracefully around her chair, he headed to a bookcase and selected a thick tome. Blowing dust off of it, he settled himself into a nicer looking chair across from her own. Balancing the book on his knees, Alucard began to flip through the pages.
"Sit Police Girl. I believe my Master wants me to talk to you about something." Seras felt like she was going to sick up right then and there. Alucard finally looked up, one of his black eyebrows arched sardonically.
"Really Police Girl, this won't take long. I tire being reminded of such...tedious emotions." Seras' knees gave way and she sat down hard in the leather chair. Alucard used a long finger as a way to mark his place and gazed at her.
"I don't approve either you know," he finally said in his dark voice that never failed to soothe her. It wasn't working right now that was for sure. Seras took a deep breath.
"I didn't think you would." Alucard gave her a dangerously soft smile and Seras shivered.
"It certainly isn't for the reason that you're thinking. Well, maybe you are. But I will tell you a few things. One, vampires don't usually get involved with others that have the same continuous lifespan. Things tend to get...messy. Also, you're particular beau is half-werewolf. That makes it even worse." Alucard's lean face showed distaste in his features.
"Things will also get...odd between us. I am your sire, I could make you not want to have anything to do with him." Seras considered his words with a tilt of her own head.
"But you won't, will you?"
"No Police Girl," Alucard sighed. Standing, he put the book away where it belonged and stood with his back to her. From the tense set to his posture, Seras knew he was going to say something he didn't want to.
"I was once...in love. There was a human woman whom I tried to turn and well...needless to say it ended up with my being taken as the Hellsing's slave. Their dog to clean up their messes. I was luckily locked up in the dungeons long enough for the woman to die of natural means. I don't think I could have...I didn't want to see her again. I don't hold it against my Master, but you have to understand Police Girl! Love is a folly, it ends badly."
Seras stood and put a hand on his tense arm. She could feel the muscles contract and then relax. Giving him a winning smile, she tucked a strand of her hair behind an ear.
"I'm a big girl Master and I can take care of myself. Please just give me this chance to see if anything comes of it. If not, I will be a true professional, I promise." Alucard looked down at her serious face then, and cupped her cheek with a gloved hand.
"Ah Seras if I but had a heart, I would make you mine in more ways than one. But it was taken a long time ago and hidden in some dark recess where I shall never find it. Go then, have your wolfman, but we will be watching and waiting." Seras felt tears welling up in the corners of her eyes, but Alucard chose that moment to vanish. After he left, she let out a huge sigh and looked around the room. Permission granted from both masters, now it was time to talk to Pip.
SHOUT OUTS!
Merp - I enjoy that you enjoy this fic. Oh there will be a lemon. Possibly next chapter. And I feel better now, thank you! :)
Alucard-Nightroad89 - I have a feeling that Alucard and Hans will spar at some point. And no worries, wolfy didn't hurt Seras! :)
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