Series: Inuyasha/Hellsing
Pairing: Kagome/Alucard
Prompt: Creepy courtships


As soon as her alarm went off and she began to wake up, Kagome knew that something wasn't quite right. But when she tried to stretch out a knot in her back, she realized exactly what it was.

Deep in the manor's lower basement, Alucard knew the moment Kagome was awake from the way her power pulsed angrily through the halls. Humming in pleasure and just a bit of amusement, he decided to casually make his way upstairs to wish his eventual (he was sure) bride-to-be a good morning.

"Alucard!" Integra could hear Kagome's voice echoing through the manor well before the younger woman made it to the dining room and could only imagine what the old vampire had done this time. She had to admit that things might be getting out of hand at this point.

Even with Alucard taking a much deeper interest in Kagome than any of them had ever imagined, it had come as a shock when he'd announced his intentions of courtship and eventual marriage to the Japanese priestess. At first they'd thought that it was a joke, but that had been put to rest fairly early. The protective and near possessive behavior over what he saw as "his" had only been the beginning.

Kagome constantly ranted in Integra's office about the courtship "gifts" that she'd received. It had been entertaining when it started with flowers, because everyone thought the idea of Alucard choosing a bouquet was interesting to say the least. But it had quickly escalated to an incident involving spiders in Kagome's clothes (Alucard's twisted version of a Romanian wedding good luck omen) and even the gifting of a literal heart. After she explained that it's actually the brain that's responsible for the feeling of love, it had taken a lot of threatening on Kagome's part that she was not waking up to anymore organs on her nightstand.

Integra could hear Kagome's hurried footsteps coming from the hall and tried to prep herself for whatever was about to happen.

"Alucard!" Kagome yelled again as she marched into the dining room. "Come out here right now!"

"Kagome," Integra sighed as she rubbed her one good eye, "regardless of what he's done this time, I ask that you lower your to–oh my heavens."

"Yeah. I know," Kagome ground out as Integra openly stared at her. She'd woken up dressed in a full antique wedding dress of silk, lace, and embroidery. Her face was pale with foundation and perfectly applied makeup while a delicate golden crown sat atop her immaculately curled hair.

"Ah, good morning, my darling," Alucard greeted as he swept into the room. Kagome was nearly shaking in her anger as he reached out to touch one perfect curl only for his fingers to be singed on contact. "Oh my," he chuckled darkly. "Did you not sleep well?"

"I slept fine," Kagome bit out. "And I have a sneaking suspicion that you had a hand in it." Glaring up at his all-too-smug face, Kagome gestured to her entire being as she asked, "What is all of this?!"

"A wedding gown," Alucard answered simply. "It's from the old country. I thought perhaps if you saw what a beautiful bride you'll be, you would stop fighting me so stubbornly. Since you've yet to remove it, could it be that I was correct?"

The air around Kagome was practically sparking as she said, "I can't reach the laces in the back."

"What a shame," Alucard grinned.

Sighing, Integra stood and moved to help Kagome free herself of the gown's bodice. "I must say, Alucard," she observed as she began to steadily loosen the laces keeping things in place. "I knew you had a great many talents, but I didn't take cosmetics as one of them."

Humming, Alucard admitted, "I may have had some help."

Kagome's gaze immediately cut over to where Seras was doing a very pointed job of ignoring all of them and their conversation.

It appeared that two vampires would be getting some form of payback very soon.