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Chapter 7: Round Two; Rubin And The Gang.

Alucard grinned.

"Nice shot." He said, then melted. I stared at the spot were he had been.

"He can do that in reality?" I asked. When I got no answer, I looked up to see Sears staring at me with her mouth open.

"That was amazing! It went fifty meters! Can you teach me how to do that?" Seras paused for breath. Apparently she was rather excitable. Simple, I thought. I'll just have to refrain from doing anything exiting. Wait, did I say that was simple? The truth was, if it wasn't weird, exiting, or dangerous, I wanted no part in it. I looked at the bow, then handed it to Sears. She squeaked at it. I sighed, and offered it again.

"Take the bow, and shoot an arrow. I'll correct anything you do wrong." She took the bow and held it gingerly. I showed her the correct stance. She set an arrow to the string with a little help. Her hands shook as she drew the string back.

"If your hands shake it means your pulling to far." I told her kindly. She smiled shyly. Just at that moment, a voice called out:

"Miss Victoria!" she squeaked again and let the string go in surprise. The arrow flew crooked, and missed the target. Still, it had been close. A fairly good first ever shot, especially considering the circumstances. Seras blushed and handed back the bow. The man from the staircase was back, followed by some friends.

"Uh-oh…" Seras muttered. I coolly went off in search of my arrows. The men surrounded Seras. Picking up both arrows and depositing them in the quiver, I slung the bow over my back, and trotted nonchalantly back to the vampire in distress.

"Hey, sweetling, what's wrong? Not hungry?" snickered one man.

"Maybe we're not enough of a hunt for her. Maybe she just needs a challenge." Suggested another.

"Or maybe," I said, drawing near, "She just doesn't want to get indigestion from you foul lot. Of coarse, you could be right. You don't look like much of a hunt to me either." My, my, grandma, what a sharp tongue you have. The leader sneered.

"Well if it isn't little red riding hood." He said.

"Ready for a re-mach so soon? I thought it would take you at least a year to prepare your argument." I drawled lazily, coming to a stop. He narrowed his eyes.

"Just who do you think you are?" he snarled. I regarded him with contempt.

"As I said before, my name is Scott." I bowed mockingly. His mouth twitched.

"What's your real name?" raising an eyebrow, I put on a smirk.

"Scott is my real name. It's not my first name, but it is my real name." Seras looked at me. The men all had, huh, looks on their faces. I laughed.

"Confused? Let me explain. My first name is a very common name for girls my age. I, however, am not common. I hate my first name being so popular. So I go by my last name, which just so happens to be a boys name. All the better for my appearance of complete and total weirdness, I always thought. Besides, normal is boring." I set another arrow to the string, and aimed for the head of the target. Checking my aim, I loosed, piercing the target just as before. Getting another arrow, I put it to the string, but didn't draw the bow.

"Now Seras, do you want to try again?" she looked at me, and nodded slowly. I gave her the bow.

"Like this?" she asked, assuming the stance I had shown her before.

"Yes, that's perfect. Now, since you are what you are, im going to give you the warning that the bow might now stand up to your full strength. Just try to pull it back about this far." I said, showing her. She drew the bow like an expert.

"How do I aim?" she had her tongue stuck out one corner of her mouth in concentration. Glancing at the men, I saw that they were annoyed at being ignored. I showed Sears how I aimed, but added the way my instructor had taught me, saying that it was easier.

"Why do you do it the hard way?" she asked. I thought about it, and laughed before giving the answer.

"You know, I think it's because my way looks cooler. You should do it the easy way, though, since you're just a beginner." She aimed and fired. The arrow went down the field and stuck through one shoulder of the target. I raised an eyebrow.

"Excellent! That was definitely better than my second shot. You're a natural! Try again." I handed her the last arrow. It went through the head. Sears was beaming with pride, when I noticed the men closing in. I suppose they thought our weaponry was exhausted now.

"Hey little girl, wanna play?" said the man who had suggested Seras wanted a better hunt, "My names Jeremy." I sneered. The leader spoke up.

"Im Rubin, and this is Felix." He pointed to the last member of the group. Felix snickered.

"What's 'a matter? Scared of the big bad soldier?" he said.

"Gag me with a spoon. And what kind of a soldier name is 'Felix' anyway? Sounds like something you name you pet cat." He snarled angrily.

"How dare you?" said Jeremy. I looked at them.

"You think I'm out of weapons, don't you? Well I'll tell you now, you're wrong." The men hesitated. Rubin spat at my feet.

"Little liar. You don't have any hidden weapons, and if you're counting on little miss vampire to save you, I'm afraid you've got a long wait." I smiled and reached behind me, to the hidden rip in the back of my robe. It was the quickest way to my unsharpened katana.

"Oh no, it looks like I've been foiled!" I said in a falsely high voice. Grasping the hilt of the sword, I slid my hand down past my hips. Once the blade was free, I brought my arm back around in front of me, and switched my grip on the sword at the same time. The result was a nice flourish that made the dull blade catch the light, and the sword ending up in a firm ready position in my left hand. The men, and Seras, backed up too fast. Seras just got out of the way as the men all tumbled in a heap together. The vampire and men alike stared at the gleaming metal in my hand.

"If you think I don't know how to use this, think again. I took two years of sword training, and I was at the top of my graduating class." I swung the blade in a complicated pattern, until it rested above my head. I had moved my feet, so that they were farther apart, giving me a sort of crouched position.

"Th-the blades not even sh-sharp…" said Rubin. I cackled.

"That doesn't mean it's not hard enough to break your bones on contact. And if wielded the correct way, even this dull sword can cut flesh. So, at the risk of sounding clichéd, do you feel lucky, punk?" the men got up and ran for the barracks. I placed the sword back in its sheath. Seras was, once again, staring at me with her mouth hanging open.

"You're giving me an inferiority complex!" she stated. I cocked my head to the side for the third time that night.

"How so?" was my question. She glared.

"Gee, I don't know, maybe because you're better at keeping the men off, you're good with multiple weapons, and you never loose your cool! How do you do it? I was freaked out for a week before I started to feel at home here, and I was already a police officer. Also, Master still frightens me, and I'm his fledgling! How can he not scare you in the slightest?" she was breathing heavy.

"Judging by Alucard, you don't have to breath, and boy do you talk a lot. Now, on with the explanations. In the order you said the questions in, here are the answers. First: the men are stupid, and I'm a teenager. That makes me automatically sassy and ill tempered, with a wealth of comebacks fit to throw any one for a loop. Second: I trained with all these weapons just for the sake of having bragging rights. That, and this way no one picks fights with me at school more than once. You wouldn't believe how violent schools are these days. Third: I am weird. I have always been weird, from the odd physical state I was in when I was born, to this very day as I stand before you. I have a death wish, and while I hate change, I adapt to it well. That is why your master does not scare me, and why I am so at home with everything going so utterly weird around me. Alucard found me in an ally on my way home. I was wandering through it hoping some on would find, and kill me. I'm a morbid optimist. I think death is a good thing, and blood is a cheery bright color. Lastly, I read too many vampire stories, and have always wanted to die by the blood being drained slowly from my body. Until today, I thought vampires were a figment of the imagination. Now that I know they are real, I can die in total and unbroken happiness." Seras had remained silent through my speech, and she now looked at me with sad eyes.

"That's not a very good out look on life, if you ask me." She said quietly. I laughed.

"We should trade outlooks then. Yours is perfect for a human teen, and mine is perfect for a newly turned vampire." She was still looking sad.

"Seras, don't worry about me. I know I need mental help. In fact, I've had it. The doctors all say the same thing. 'She's well adjusted and very intelligent, she just seems to have an unhealthy obsession with death'." I turned to get my arrows.

"I still feel sorry for you, having that sort of view on life. It would drive me nuts to always be thinking of death, especially if I was still human."

"That's were we're different, and different is good. If the world were full of people who were all the same, it would get boring, don't cha' think?" I jogged of to get my arrows. Half way down the field, I turned and ran backwards, earning a lopsided grin from Seras.

A/N: Ee he! I love this chapter. The speeches are too long, but its good other wise. The next chapter has more of Alucard, and quite a few things to put that star on top of the 8 on. I hope I'm still captivating every ones attention. As always, keep the reviews coming!