Chapter Ten: Alucard's Castle

Kasumi woke up, stretching her back. She looked at the calendar. It had been three days since Tsukune and the others had left for their trip to the Akashiya castle.

"I guess I better head over to Tsu's house." She mused to herself. "Supposed to head to that reunion."

She made herself a quick breakfast of eggs and toast, thankful Moka wasn't there to 'liberate' them. Afterwards, she headed over to her old friend's house, knocking on the door.

"Kasu, you're looking well." She smirked, opening the door, dressed in a sweatshirt that said "Youkai World Academy Fighting Spirits".

"Today's the day." Kasumi smirked back.

"If I see Saizou, I'll kick the shit out of him." Tsurara fist bumped Kasumi. "Now, let's find Nu and get the hell over there."

"Yeah." Kasumi chuckled. "Let's do it."

The two walked over to the bus stop, the familiar bus pulling up to pick them up.

"Morning, ladies." Nurari smirked. "Surprised to see you back at this bus so early. Ready to see the old gang?"

"Yeah." The two said, entering the bus.

"Still smells like it did fifty years ago." Kasumi smiled slightly.

"Jeez, we're old." Tsurara said. "You look thirty."

"Well, I age slow." Kasumi said, sitting next to her old friend. "It's since I spent so much time in the youkai world."

"With a vampire." Tsurara said. "Don't think we didn't notice how you two hung out. So, how close were you?"

"Well, let's just say" Kasumi looked down at her feet. "If we were a little tipsier on prom night, our kids would never have been born."

"Woah." Tsurara said. "Wow. Didn't expect that."

"I'll bet." Kasumi said. "Remember when our kids told us about the Public Safety Commission in their school a couple of days before they left?"

"Yeah." Tsurara nodded.

Flash

"They actually call themselves that?" Kasumi asked the pouting Moka, who was holding a broken skateboard.

"Yeah." Moka said. "I just wanted to skateboard in the school, but nooo! They had to break it! Buncha meanies!"

"Funny, we had one of those in our school when we went there." Kasumi said. "They sucked too."

"Especially that leader, Kuyo." Tsurara sipped her coffee. "Special place in hell for that bastard. God, I loved it when you—"

"I didn't do anything." Kasumi stealthily pinched her hard.

"Ow!" Tsurara shouted. "What was that for!?"

"You know what." Kasumi said.

"Oh." Tsurara said. "Right. My bad. It was still cool when you stood up after you took that big hit because Akasha—"

An elbow found its way into Tsurara's gut, stopping her sentence.

"right, sorry." Tsurara wheezed.

"So, what did you guys do about them?" Moka asked.

"Beat the absolute shit out of them." Tsurara said. "Every last one."

"Felt so good." Kasumi chuckled.

"I'll bet." Moka said. "I wanna do that to those meanies!"

"Well, this one is only human." Kasumi said. "So, don't do anything too rash."

"Yeah yeah." Moka pouted.

Present

"So, what would that make your kid?" Tsurara asked.

"Seventeen." Kasumi said.

"Right." Tsurara said. "Well, when are we gonna get there, Nu?"

"Soon, miladies." Nurari said, looking at them in the mirror. "Just be patient."

"Okay." The two women said.

The bus soon pulled up to a large building that looked more like a haunted mansion than a school. They entered, heading to the gymnasium. Inside, there were tons of monsters conversing and talking with each other.

"There's Ageha!" Tsurara pointed to a large breasted woman in a kimono sipping on punch.

"And Fujiko!" Kasumi pointed to a woman dressed in a witch's costume standing nearby. They walked over, grabbing punch for themselves.

"Well, look who showed up." The large breasted succubus said, grabbing Kasumi's breasts. "You've grown since we last saw each other. Looking good for almost being seventy girls."

"You're one to talk." Kasumi said. "I didn't know there could be such a thing as triple D."

"Well, you'll be happy to know that I am not just talking, but walking the look of beauty." Ageha said, striking an almost vain look… until a large wash bin hit her on the head, knocking her out.

"What?" Fujiko asked, hiding her wand behind her back. "Why do you think it was me?"

"Was it?" Tsurara asked.

"Yes." Fujiko slumped over.

"Well, good job." Tsurara clapped her on the back.

"She didn't change either." Kasumi mused.

"Surprised you did though." Fujiko said. "Was reeeeealy thinkin' you were gonna go for Akasha."

"That's really none of your business." Kasumi said. "Besides, we're not together and we've moved on from any romantic feelings that may or may not have been there."

"Well, she's right behind you." Fujiko nodded behind her.

"Where?" Kasumi turned so fast her punch spilled.

"Made ya look!" Fujiko began to cover her mouth in a giggle fit, Kasumi knocking her over the top of the head, a little irritated.

"Not funny." Kasumi said.

"I thought it was pretty funny." Tsurara muttered.

"Ha ha." Kasumi rolled her eyes. "god, you guys are like children still. Just because ewe were best friends and roommates doesn't mean we had anything romantic going. Or that we'd tell you if we did."

"True." Fujiko muttered, getting up and rubbing her head. "That hurt."

"Well, good." Kasumi said. "I wanted it to."

"Mean." Fujiko pouted.

"Still can't believe you got into this school at twelve." Tsurara said.

"I can't believe you still act like you're twelve." Kasumi chuckled.

"Hey!" Fujiko pouted. "that's not fair."

"All's fair when it comes to love, war, and picking on our witch friend." Kasumi smirked.

"Awww." Fujiko pouted more.

"what'd I miss?" Ageha mumbled, waking up.

"Nothing much." Tsurara said. "Just the usual."

"Good." Ageha said, stretching. "Man, these puppies give me a workout."

"Yeah, that's what gives you a workout." Kasumi chuckled, rolling her eyes.

"Hey, is that—" Fujiko asked as a pale woman in a red dress walked up, her long pink hair flowing down her, masking her red eyes. Everyone turned to stare at her, several moving to take her hand, but she ignored all of them. Her eyes stared straight ahead, meeting Kasumi's.

Kasumi felt her heart rate triple in that instant, almost falling backwards as she gripped the table behind her. She looked at the woman, gulping.

"Sure it's nothing more than friendship?" Fujiko giggled.

"A-A-Akasha?" Kasumi stood up, clearing her throat and looking at the pale woman. Her soft red eyes locked with Kasumi's.

"Kasu-chan." The vampiress smiled, grinning slightly.

"So that's where she gets it." Tsurara muttered. "Your kid does that too."

"I taught her well." Akasha took Kasumi's hands, Kasumi holding tight. "So, how have you been, Kasu-chan?"

"G-good." Kasumi said, chuckling. "How about you?"

"Great." Akasha smiled, Kasumi gulping in response as the vampire turned a bit redder. "How is my Moka?"

"you knew I would see her?" Kasumi asked.

"I sent her to live near you." Akasha said. "In case she should get into trouble you would be nearby."

"Wow." Kasumi said. "Well, our children became great friends and with Tsurara's daughter."

"That's wonderful." Akasha grinned. "I knew she'd find someone who would understand her. You didn't tell her I was alive, did you?"

"No." Kasumi said. "I really didn't know either."

"What?!" Akasha looked almost hurt. "B-but, our bond."

"I felt you everywhere I went." Kasumi pulled her close. "But, I couldn't tell if you were alive or dead."

"Oh." Akasha said. "Well, she doesn't need to know. I'm sorry, but there's stuff I have to do before I can see her again."

"Understood." Kasumi said. "Should we do it together?

"Kasu-chan…" Akasha and Kasumi got even closer, holding each other in an embrace. "You'd do that?"

"In a heartbeat." Kasumi said. "For you."

"Okay!" Akasha said. "Thanks, Kasu-chan!"

She then bit down on Kasumi's neck, Kasumi's breath hitching.

"Get a room, you two." Tsurara rolled her eyes.

"So" Akasha asked as she looked back at Kasumi. "How is my baby doing?"

With Moka, Tsukune, and Mizore

"How much farther until we reach the castle?" Tsukune asked Moka, who held the map.

"It seems like we're close." Moka said, pointing forward. "We just have to go through this forest and we'll be there."

"That sounds good." Tsukune said. Alucard chirped from his position on Mizore's shoulder, flapping his wings in anticipation.

"This forest looks pretty tough to navigate in." Tsukune said as they came upon a dense, foggy forest.

"Well, we have to just walk straight through." Moka said, marching forward.

"Th-this looks scary." Mizore said, sticking closer to Moka.

"Don't worry, Mizore-chan!" Moka pat her. "I'll keep you safe!"

"Th-thank you, Moka-san." Mizore said.

"You're welcome!" Moka grinned.

The three walked into the forest, Moka taking the other two's hands. After about five minutes, they seemed to not be any closer to an outcome.

"I think we're lost." Tsukune said.

"L-lost?" Mizore asked, gripping Moka's arm tighter.

"Nah!" Moka said. "We just gotta go this way!"

She then began walking to the left, almost tripping over a log had Tsukune not caught her. He held her, guiding her around it.

"Thanks, Tsukune-kun!" She grinned.

Alucard took this chance to fly off of Mizore's shoulder, flying off into the fog.

"Alucard, get back here!" Moka took off after him, pulling the other two behind her.

"Moka, slow down!" Tsukune struggled to keep up with her.

"Alucard, get back here!" Moka shouted again, pulling them more.

Suddenly, the bat emerged from the fog, flying towards a castle in the distance.

"Grampa's castle!" Moka exclaimed. "We made it!"

"W-well, we still have to get to it." Mizore said.

"We're on the home stretch!" Moka grinned, taking off, letting go of the other two. They ran to keep up with the pink haired vampire, but to little avail. She made it to the castle in record time, the other two taking a good deal longer to reach the goal.

"We *pant* made it." Tsukune said upon his arrival.

"Y-yeah." Mizore nodded.

"Let's go in, you guys!" Moka exclaimed, pushing the door open. "Alucard, you get back here! I'm gonna teach you a lesson if you don't come back here right now!"

The bat did not respond, however, though a faint squeak of a bat could be heard nearby.

"Let's walk." Moka said. "There's all kinds of secrets and traps in Grampa's castle."

"R-really?" Mizore asked.

"Yeah, but it's fine." Moka grinned. "I know my way around."

"That's not super reassuring." Tsukune chuckled.

"Heey." Moka pouted. "I'm good at my job."

"Job?" Tsukune asked.

"Being an awesome manga vampire girl!" Moka grinned.

"She's lost it." Tsukune chuckled.

"Nu-uh!" Moka said. "I'd make an awesome manga character! Or maybe an awesome anime character!"

"I-I dunno." Mizore said. "Y-you probably wouldn't work well in an anime. I can see you in a manga more."

"Okay, Mizore-chan!" Moka grinned.

"So, where should we look for Alucard or your grandfather?" Tsukune asked.

"Let's just head to his throne room." Moka said.

"Okay." The other two said. Moka began to lead them, walking nonchalantly through the corridors. They carefully walked through the area, being careful not to trigger any traps.

"The throne room is around here in this area." Moka said, pointing.

"Okay." Tsukune said, Mizore nodding as they made it through the corridors.

Suddenly, they came upon a room that was large and had three thrones: one large, one medium and one small. There were Romanian characters above them, which none of the three knew how to translate, though, it could be assumed that one said "Alucard" and the other the name of his bride, the third possibly Akasha.

"Alucard!" Moka shouted, putting her hands on her hips and stomping toward the oversized bat that had landed on the throne. "What do you have to say for yourself running off like that?!"

"I would say that I was leading you to where you would find me." The bat spoke in a deep accent and voice.

"W-wait, what?" Mizore asked, shocked.

"I said" Alucard spoke with a deep voice, his body morphing into a taller, more regal looking form as he emerged from this transformation as a tall, muscular man in a dark blue suit of armor with a blood red sash as a belt. His hair was long and black, his pale face calm, yet hiding great power behind it as he looked at the three with his reddish black eyes. "I was leading you to where you would find me."

"W-what?!" Moka asked, shocked. "G-grampa! You were my pet bat!?"

"I was." Alucard said, chuckling, which revealed his fangs. "You seem to forget that you are capable of doing it as well."

"How come you never told me?!" Moka exclaimed, her voice full of hurt. "My dad told me that I had to learn how to adapt and wouldn't let me come back until I had! I wanted to see you guys!"

"I told you, my little nosferatu" Alucard said, his voice softening. "I would always watch over you. You have the ability to use the great power of the Bloodriver clan if you tap into it. I knew you could succeed, but I wanted to make sure."

"How come you never said anything?!" Moka exclaimed, tears beginning to fall as she walked up to the elder vampire, slumping against his chest. "I wanted to come back! To see you, to go and see dad, but I couldn't! I couldn't even contact you guys! But, you were living in my house and I could have talked to you."

Alucard's arms encircled her as he tilted her chin to look up at him. A casual smirk came to the vampire elder's face.

"My little nosferatu" he said. "I wanted to see if you could learn to adapt to survive on your own. I can see you have succeeded. Though, not without the help of these two."

"Y-yeah." Moka sniffled. "They're my best friends."

"Your blood smells like that Pyress woman." Alucard's gaze landed on Tsukune. "I can tell because it has a hint of something… inhuman to it."

"Wait… I'm not human?" Tsukune asked.

"Not entirely." Alucard mused, his gaze landing on Mizore. "And you are that monster hunter's child. Though, without the confidence."

"I-I am." Mizore pulled her hood up over her head. "I-I'm Mizore."

"I am aware of your names." Alucard said. "You have done well taking care of my granddaughter. Though, she seems like she knew how to take care of herself as well, despite being a terrible pet owner."

"You kept sneaking out." Moka said. "So, of course I'd feed you store rats. You were a bad pet."

"Moka, I'm over fifty times your age." Alucard said. "I don't need your permission for anything."

"But, you still should have said something." Moka said, leaning into his chest. "Written a letter or something."

"I was incapable of communicating with you like that." Alucard said. "I had no way to without you realizing where I was."

"But, still" Moka said. "I had to go to school and get hit on by all these weirdos and this one guy who I had to beat up without my rosary and..."

"You took off your rosary?" Alucard raised an eyebrow. "I hope you understand the consequences of that action."

"I had to protect my friends." Moka said.

"There may be complications later on, Moka." Alucard said. "Be ready to become engaged in battles."

"I'll be ready." Moka said. "I have my friends to support me."

"Good." Alucard said. "Then we shall continue to chat. How has your school been going?"

"It sucks and it's boooring." Moka said. "I just wanna sleep through most of it."

"Well, I'll tell you what I told your mother when she was in high school." Alucard said. "Deal with it."

"That doesn't sound like something to help me get through school." Moka pouted.

"It's not." Alucard said. "But, it is what you're going to do."

"But, I don' wanna." Moka whined.

"Your mother said that too." Alucard said. "And, though I'm not going to put you over my knee, I will prevent you from drinking your friends' blood."

"You wouldn't!" Moka gasped.

"Wouldn't I?" Alucard raised an eyebrow.

"Meanie." Moka pouted. "But, are you gonna stay with me still? Maybe in your human form?"

"I will see what I can do, my little nosferatu." Alucard said. "But, I make no promises."

"Okay." Moka said. "I would understand if you couldn't, but I really want you to."

"I will try." Alucard said. "But, tell me: what did you deal with during that hybrid girl's attack? What did you do to your rosary?"

"I pulled it off." Moka said. "Why? Is that bad?"

"No." Alucard said. "It seems you became capable of doing that. Just… be careful how much you pull out of yourself when you unleash those powers."

"Okay." Moka nodded. Alucard then released her, Moka walking back over to her friends.

"So, where is dad?" Moka asked. "Is he somewhere I can go find him?"

"He is hunting a contract in the human world." Alucard said. "I have no idea where."

"Oh." Moka looked down. "I see."

"He will see you soon, I am sure." Alucard said. "Do not be discouraged, Moka. It doesn't suit you."

"Okay." Moka said. "So, where should we go next?"

"You should rest here before anything else." Alucard said. "Your friends are probably wanting to sit after the journey it took to get here. So you should allow them to sit and rest some at the very least."

"Okay." Moka nodded, putting her arms around Tsukune and Mizore. "Let's go find my room, guys! It's around here somewhere!"

"Moka, slow down!" Tsukune exclaimed, being pulled by the pink haired vampire.

"P-please, Moka-san." Mizore pleaded, also being dragged.

Alucard sat down on his throne thinking. Several thoughts crossed his mind, but most of them were trivial, some involving Moka, some not. Several revolved around a different vampire he knew of.

With Moka, Tsukune, and Mizore

"And, here it is!" Moka pushed open the large door, revealing a very pink room that was furnished with several characters from various anime, similar to Moka's room back home.

"So, she's still a weeb here." Tsukune muttered with a chuckle.

"Heeeeey!" Moka crossed her arms pouting. "I'm not a weeb! I'm an otaku! There's a difference!"

"Moka, there's several figurines on your shelf that seem a little old." Tsukune chuckled.

"Well, I just haven't gotten the latest Dragon Ball ones yet!" Moka said. "Whenever Ultra Instinct Goku comes out, I'm definitely getting it! Same with a sweet battle… ooh!"

"M-me too." Mizore said, blushing as she smiled.

"Well, show us around your room." Tsukune chuckled.

"Alright!" Moka exclaimed, walking them around and pointing to the various things. "There's my Dragon Ball stuff and there's my Naruto stuff and there's my Pokémon stuff and there's my Digimon stuff and there's my Inuyasha stuff and there's my Yu-gi-oh stuff and this is…"

"Man, I can't believe so much anime came out when she lived here." Tsukune said.

"Th-the eighties and nineties were when a lot of today's classic and popular anime came out." Mizore explained.

"I see." Tsukune said. "So, Moka, how long did you live here?"

"Until I was ten and then I went to another human school." Moka said, looking down. "They didn't like me very much there. They all thought I was weird and didn't want to be around me. I guess they were kinda right. I am kinda weird."

"Well, yeah." Tsukune shrugged. "But, that's what makes you Moka."

"Y-yeah." Mizore nodded, smiling. "You are Moka-san."

"Aww, thanks, guys!" Moka grinned, grabbing them in a hug, squeezing them to her as she began to suck both of their bloods, licking her lips.

"It tastes sooo good one right after the other!" She exclaimed, squeezing them again.

"Not too much now." Tsukune said. "We still gotta go home, remember?"

"Oh yeah!" Moka exclaimed. "Well, don't worry! I can get us back!"

"Uh, I think we should let your grandfather guide us." Tsukune said.

"What, do you doubt my excellent navigation skills?!" Moka exclaimed, shocked.

"Yes." Mizore and Tsukune nodded in unison.

"Awww." Moka pouted. "You guys are no fun. Where's your sense of adventure?"

"Back in the human world." Tsukune chuckled.

"Well, let's go get it and make it take us somewhere fun!" Moka grinned.

"Th-the comic book store?" Mizore asked hopefully.

"That too!" Moka grinned. "I wanna get more comics too!"

"Of course you do." Tsukune chuckled.

"Yep!" Moka grinned. "But, I think we should stay here for a bit! I wanna see all the old stuff I used to do as a kid!"

"We have a couple more days until we have to be back." Tsukune said. "So, I guess we can do that."

"Yay!" Moka grinned. "Thanks, Tsukune-kun!"

"I-I'd love to see what you did as a child." Mizore said, smiling a little.

"Okay!" Moka said. "I'll show you where I used to play in the halls and I broke a window!"

"That happened?" Tsukune asked. "How many times?"

"Why would you think that?!" Moka asked, shocked. "It was only five times!"

"Glad we don't play ball at my house." Tsukune laughed. "I still remember what happened when I first met you. You broke the window and that angry gym teacher got mad at us."

"Well, he was a meanie." Moka said, crossing her arms and pouting. "He shouldn't have yelled at you."

"He was also with that douche student council president." Tsukune noted.

"E-even in real life the s-safety commission and the student c-council are mean people." Mizore said.

"Yeah." Moka said. "I guess that's why they're used so much in manga and anime."

"Makes sense." Tsukune shrugged. "So, where should we go see first?"

"My old playroom!" Moka exclaimed. "I might have some old toys in there!"

"Okay." Tsukune said, watching as Moka took off, running toward the aforementioned room at top speed, the other two chuckling as they followed her.

With Hellsing

"So, it seems like the group of Moka Akashiya and her friends has entered the youkai world." The leader said, looking at Kurumu, who looked up at her. "I am tasking you and our newest recruit to observe and engage them."

"Understood, leader." Kurumu and Kyoko nodded, bowing.

"you are dismissed." The leader said, the two exiting the room.

"What would your mother say if she knew you were doing this?" Yukari leaned against the wall as they walked out. "Going against your own kind, against the entire peace of the world."

"I'm not doing this for her." Kurumu said. "She doesn't have to know. You mother doesn't know you're doing what you're doing."

"that's my business." Yukari said, walking out of the door. However, she turned back to look at Kurumu.

"Before you do anything else" she said. "Think about what you're going to lose if you keep going."

"And, where are you going?" Kurumu asked.

"I'm done with this." Yukari said. "I tried to save you, Kurumu, but, I can't… you'll have to save yourself. You too, Kyoko. This place is hell for us. For humans too. But, I'm leaving… going back to Ruby. She's probably worried sick about me… I'll be waiting for you two… you know where to find me."

"Goodbye… friend." Kurumu watched Yukari nod and walk out the exit, disappearing.

"Is what she said… true?" Kyoko asked. "I know youkai in general are evil, but… are we doing the right thing?"

"I ask the same question every day." Kurumu said. "But, Hellsing at its core is a group dedicated to eliminating the evil of both sides."

"But, what are they?" Kyoko asked. "They're not humans or youkai. I can tell from the blood in my veins… I'm not just a youkai hybrid am I?"

"If you can transform, I don't know…" Kurumu sighed. "I guess we should confront Moka Akashiya at the very least. It is our mission."

"Yes…" Kyoko sighed, the two looking once again at the exit which Yukari used.

so, it seems like it's a bit more positive in this chapter. I wonder what's gonna happen next. Find out soon.