Part 2-School Anxiety

"Alucard, you being the stronger of you both, I'd like you to watch over Stephen."

"How?"

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Alucard wished he hadn't asked that question. Integral had made him sit in on all of Stephen's lessons, pretending to be a teacher from a 'prestigious secondary school of literature'. She had even made him wear a suit, much to his extreme discomfort.

He spent the hours contemplating why Integral enjoyed torturing him so, and why Seras had been allowed to watch over Victoria, he could have passed for a college student. Besides, Stephen was more attached to Seras.

Not only was all of that annoying him, but the sunlight also, it was irritating and he had no idea how humans put up with it, he had managed to stay out of it directly, despite Stephen's constant requests of, 'let's play football Mr Alucard!'

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"Ohayo, Vicky!" Seras walked over to Victoria who greeted her with a warm smile

"Good morning Seras." Victoria walked over and gestured at her friends, "These are my friends, Elizabeth." She pointed to an African girl, "Maria," She pointed to a slightly lighter African girl, "Sandra and Jo," She pointed to a pair of English twins, "and finally, Aisha." She pointed to a mixed-race girl at the end of the group

"It's nice to meet you all, as you've probably guessed my name is Seras," She bowed her head and tapped Vicky on the shoulder, "Umm, can I talk to you for a second?"

"Yeah, sure." She walked across the room with Seras; once they were sure that her friends couldn't hear them Seras started talking

"What lessons do you have today? I'm supposed to be in all of them for the duration of that Judas priest's visit."

"I have International diplomacy, Mythological history, philosophy, psychology, English literature, double biology and self-defence."

"Wow…" Seras sweat-dropped at the realisation that she was going to have to sit in all of these lessons, "ever the life of a Hellsing eh?" She smiled weakly, "This sunlight is really bothering me, what time will you be finishing today?"

"Probably around… 7pm…"

"7PM!!!" Seras exclaimed, "I'm not sue if I'll be able to survive…" She whined

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Integral circled the 18 year old like a vulture, closing in on its next meal. She stopped in front of him, "hands." He put out his hands for her which she examined closely, "hmm, good bones, nice muscle structure…" She looked down at the boy and smirked, she then began to circle him again, "you have what it takes to be a 'butler' here at the Hellsing mansion… All but one thing…" She stopped again, "your attitude," She began to circle him once more, "I've been told that you refuse to listen to orders. I'm not going to tell you that you must be completely subservient. I frown on people who live their lives in servitude with no independence of their own; in fact, I find it quite useful to disobey sometimes… But," She stopped and stared at him, only to begin circling him again immediately, "one must know when these times are, and not disobey for the sheer thrill of it, does one understand?" She stopped behind him and folded her arms.

He nodded and finally spoke, "Ms Hellsing, if I may ask, could you please stay in one place, what you say is hard to follow if you're constantly moving."

"So he speaks, and he does so ever politely," She spoke in a sarcastic tone, "follow me," She led him to her desk, she sat in her armchair, put her feet up on the desk, lit up a cigar and gestured to him that he may take a seat. "So, what makes you think you can work for the Hellsing family?"

"Well honestly, I'm more interested in the military side of things, I'm not good at serving other people." He looked up at his soon-to-be boss

"I'll make a compromise. Until Walter passes on his position to you, you may work with the military section, but," She looked at the boy, he was indeed an interesting one, "Once you are to assume his position, you will do so without any protests. Thankfully for us all, he's in such great health that he may be able to work for another 50 years, despite his age." She stood up and he followed suit. "Thank you for coming to see me today, I'll send for you later when your new captain gets back."

"Where is he at the moment?"

"… 'He' is out on a 'mission' at the moment…" A small smile crept across the side of Integral's face

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Seras walked along the hallway with Victoria, she couldn't understand how she had made it this far without dying of boredom and frustration, she barely understood anything that was going on but she had somehow managed to pass all of the teachers' 'pop quizzes' that had been sprung on her out of nowhere. Thankfully for her, Victoria's last lesson was self-defence, something that Seras knew all about.

"Seras, I need to ask a favour…" Victoria looked around, being careful to make sure that no one overheard

"What is it?"

"I need you to be inconspicuous, I don't want anyone to know about your… y'know, condition," she looked around to make sure no one was looking and tapped the cross on her choker

"Oh that. I understand, although I can't promise anything if someone tries anything." She walked down the corridor and entered the gym that was being used for the self-defence class. Victoria sweat-dropped and followed soon after.

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A/N-Yes I know I write short chapters… GET OVER IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now that we cleared that up, please review, Please and thank you