Alucard glanced at where she would be standing; his face, jacket, and arms drenched in blood that was not his own. He looked amused briefly before switching back to his normal, semi-insane self.
The soaked earth was a big puddle of blood, some on trees and dripping off of low leaves; but mostly on the ground.
"Hmmm...Always next time, Seras...And there will be a next time, you can count on that...Mwahahaha..."
Seras made a noise in her throat again, afterwards turning silent.
"Master...How do I...become visible?" She asked slowly, as if she were afraid to task because it might have been obvious. He indeed looked at her in amusement and realized that she still hadn't mastered the entire transformation.
"That's the easy part, just concentrate on something sold; a tree for instance, and try to imagine yourself as you are normally...in vampire form..."
Her voice was light, a little tipsy. "Ah...Alright, then..." She immediately thought of herself, remembering the feeling of her body, as gravity would sometimes hold her down heavily to the ground. Alucard watched the process as he had before and knew that she would manage it; it was the easiest step to complete in transformations. That is, unless you lost track of yourself in the thrill of being something else.
He started to make out a darkening in the area and a slightly blackened outline.
"Hmm...Not bad, concentrate a little harder on the feeling of the body in general.….It is a shell, used only momentarily to hold the soul...Vulnerable, but legible...Concentrate on it..."
She steadied her mind for a few seconds, concentrating on her task as hard as she could; having good progress, Alucard noticed as he watched her more readily.
He remembered the first time doing what she was doing; it was very draining of energy. He walked closer to her as she almost fully materialized in front of him. He outstretched his arms from the side to suspend in midair behind her, incase she were to stumble or fall when she was completed.
"Just a little more, Seras...and you will be you again."
She thought of how she used to be, and what she used to be like, and everything like that; her eyes hazing cloudy as she concentrated. She started to feel herself come back. Alucard watched, and saw her weakness that she just emitted from her features; he thought she might collapse from using her powers in excess in one sitting
He moved closer with his arms out and steadied her as they wound around her.
"Nicely done, Seras...How do you feel?" Her brain frizzled out a little.
"Just a little...unsteady...I guess..." She shook her head to clear it. Alucard looked her over, noticing she had not a trace of blood on her.
She was weaker, as he thought, but not so much as he would have suspected. He continued to steady her in his gentle hug.
"...I am proud of you, Seras, that is a hard technique to master...Of course, you will have to do it quicker in the future, but for your first time, even managing it is extraordinary..." He cared not if Integra was watching them as he held onto her. He glanced up quickly and noticed the moon returning to its normal colors; the night was over.
Seras grinned, her eyelids drooping. "I'm tired, though..." He admitted, her knees wobbly. He unwrapped his arms from Seras to allow her extra 'resting room,' but still held on with one hand around her back for support.
His red eyes filled with unnatural pride and concern for her. "Hmmm...Well, I think we have cleaned up the zombies for one night...You need to rest..." He started to walk her back to the castle, who nodded halfway wearily, weaving a little as she walked back to the castle; wanting nothing more than to just go to sleep and recharge herself.
"Hai..."
In the back of his mind he remembered that Integra wanted him to report to her; he had doubts that anything good would come from it, but he had to obey to his master's orders.
Alucard led her to her room and helped her lie down.
"Hmmm...You still did well out there..." He grinned. "But I'm the one who's allowed to go insane..."
She smiled meekly up at him as her head hit the pillow, and she shifted herself to get comfortable.
"Hmm? Says who, now?" She laughed a little tipsy-like. "I can't get control of myself that easily anymore...hmm...oh well..." She didn't seem to care that much about that at the moment, though. He smiled down at her as he made her comfortable, while sitting on the edge of the bed. His red eyes darkened with her reflection in them.
"Hmmm..." He moved his arm over her to pull up a light blanket. No matter how much she liked it, Master sure acted strangely sometimes.
"Says me...It's not easy to keep being sane, but you have to try and keep control...When I do not keep control, I run the risk of turning black, as do you..."
Her face drew a blank as she thought.
"I think I would have to be at least 10 times as bad as I was to get completely out of control...I think as my body grows weary I just switch off, which helps controlling myself in a way..." She yawned. "But I'll try harder, I will."
He peered down at her, taking off his glasses in the process and let his eyes see Seras as they would without the red tint of his glasses.
"Well, every time you go insane, Seras, you run the risk of reaching new levels of insanity...soon your body will adapt to acting on it, it will no longer shut itself off."
She sighed and covered her face as if it would stop her, and then took them away slowly. "I'll have to cut down, then."
He smiled as she was understanding, and yet still quite pleased that she was able to master the technique taught. He moved his arm around her suddenly, and half-fell on her; his face landing right below her head. As she was still sitting, it was a slightly odd position, especially for him.
He lifted his head up to look at her, his hat off now too; mysteriously disappearing only for him to find later.
"I was similar as a new vampire...Except I would go completely insane every time...It was fun..."
Her eyebrows rose at his strange seating position. "Hmmm...I have to agree with you on that, it was fun."
"...The problem is Seras, I only found out later; the effects...Staying insane and then going evil from it...Now it is odd for me to talk regularly..." He was expressionless at his own analysis of himself. Seras was silent, as she had no idea what to say; but she remembered something, though.
"...I hope Lady Integra isn't too mad, though..." She said in a quiet voice.
He looked at her, his eyes flickering again with malice…his master...He growled low in his throat, insanely.
"We should do something deliberately to bother her..." He said lower, as if trying to sound normal and slightly sulky. "...I still have to report to her..."
"You really want to provoke her wrath, master?" She couldn't help but snigger. He hid his face into her chest, as if to suppress the idea. Though he knew, he would have to face it.
When he looked back up at Seras, the light of her made him feel a little better, but not much so. His face grew darker in appearance.
"She is not hard to provoke..." He looked aside shortly. "There is only so much I can do as she does still own me...She could do anything and it wouldn't make a difference..." He looked back at Seras. "...As long as she doesn't hurt you, I wouldn't have a problem...hehe...I have handled her 'wrath' before, and it may not be pretty, but I have had worse..."
She made a noise in her throat. "Hmmm...Maybe you should go and report to her, and get it over with..." She didn't sound like she was happy with the idea, but she knew he had to go eventually and soon. Alucard ran along the same line of thoughts; resting in his position for another extra minute, his head against her chest and one arm slung around her. He sat up and removed his arm, looking solemnly at her.
"Yeah, you're right...I have to go there eventually, and sooner is better than later when it comes to her..." He stooped up and donned his hat and glasses once again, and turned to face her, still regretting what he must do.
"I will be back soon, Seras..." He bent down and kissed her on the forehead; more of an endearment and congratulations type of thing. He stood up again, Seras smiling as he left; sleep overcoming her and she forgot totally about shutting the coffin top.
"Good luck, ne..." She said drowsily before dozing off.
Coat swaying side to side as he took one step after another down the hallway, he stared through his glasses that made everything a light red tinge. He knew not what would lie in store for him when it had to do with his master.
He knocked on his master's door, waiting to hear her voice; and when he did, he entered. His master was sitting at her usual seat in front of her desk, her hair and glasses were still in their picture-perfect positions...as if she were waiting for him to enter (and indeed, she was.) She was filing through papers on her desk.
"...You wanted to see me, my master..." He bowed slightly as he spoke to her, hoping to keep on her good side. Integra immediately put down her papers and stood up, her chair rolling back from the desk as she walked around it to look at him. She casually leaned against the edge as she eyed him with her pale, cold eyes.
"...What is there to report for the night's events?"
Alucard took a step forward, grinning slightly in and insane and happy way at the same time; his eyes still dark red as his glasses slid to the tip of his nose.
"Hmmm...We went to train...I taught her one of the vital techniques of the nosferatu...the ability to become the wind and move with it..." He smiled at the thought. "She learned quickly; we were attacked by some super FREAK zombies, she fought still in that form...mwahahaha...You would have enjoyed the blood on the ground...Then we came back...And she is now resting." He glared at her to make sure she understood clearly.
However, Integra looked at him skeptically from behind her glasses, smirking.
"...Are you positive that is the only training you were doing?" She said testily. "...She must have been weak after the amount of energy she used on transforming, you must have comforted her in some way or another..." She glared at him right back, trying to divulge some kind of dark secret hidden. Alucard looked at her, still calm and expressionless and unreadable.
He then half-smiled and gleamed at her in an evil way. "Mwahahaha...Why, are you jealous, my master, that I am teaching her the ways of the vampire and not you...?"
Integra looked at him sternly and bit her lip, her eyes cold and vivid with rage. She walked closer to him and raised her right hand, landing it sharply on the side of his face. It was hard and left a momentary imprint on his cheek.
"You are defacing the name of the Hellsing organization with all of your vampire ideas! You may be the only two who are vampires in this organization besides me, but that does not give you the right to fool around..." She turned from him, and took off her glasses as if to fix them.
"...That is all, Alucard...Report back tomorrow."
He glared at her, realizing her thoughts; trying not to upset her more, he spoke calmly.
"Hmmm...Good day, my master." He took a step back and disappeared into thin air, leaving Integra to herself in her study; standing in place and staring out the window.
He reappeared into his room, deciding that bed would be a very good thing for him at the moment.
AN: CONFLICT! It's getting interesting…^_^