1Chapter Twenty One: Blackjack

Seras sighed and eased the coat off her shoulders. How Alucard could wear something like that all the time baffled her to no end. She sat down on her coffin, thinking.

They had made quite an exit. Every soldier in Hellsing was now swearing that they were going to invade American and win it this time. She never quite got the figure on how much money Lui had stolen, but it had been a lot.

"Bloody yank..." She muttered, almost affectionately. Then she looked up at the table, and her eyes widened suddenly.

A rose?

She picked it up and then saw the piece of paper beside it. It was a message, written in pencil and had lots of eraser marks on it.

"A rose for the vampire,

Who reluctantly walks the night,

Doing her duty without question,

Though she'd much rather be in the light."

"To the one who walks the dark,

Sleeping among the rock and stone,

Just remember this dear one,

You'll never be alone."

"This is my one shot,

My one try to win your heart,

I know it's late, but here me out,

Because you've had mine since the start."

"My confession to you,

little shadow dove,

A confession only for you,

Know you have my love."

"You don't have to answer now,

I'll wait till your ready to say,

If you love me back,

Or you want me to stay away."

"Don't worry about me,

I've been through an awful lot,

If you say no I'll keep going still,

Whether you're beside me or not."

" So this is a flower for the person,

Who has my heart and all it's woes,

Hope you like my parting gift,

My beautiful blood rose."

Seras stared at it for a long time, stunned. She didn't need anything to tell her who had left this for her. She could easily see Lui in some corner writing this without trying. She may have seen him doing it and not realized it.

She sat down in her chair. She felt a smile crossing her lips. He was a childish, immature, carefree idiot. Or was he? She had seen him in battle, seen him angry, worried, happy, scared. She had been inside of his mind, though a brief time it was. And deep down, she knew she felt the same way.

"Bloody yank..."

"Is that a yes?"

She whirled, and saw him leaning up against the wall, smiling. She stomped over to him, angry he had tricked her into thinking he had left. He caught the first punch, then the second punch, and deflected her kick.

He held her fist in his hands with an grip of tempered steel. And he hadn't stopped smiling yet.

"So, what do you do I if in reality I actually hate you?" She asked, trying to sound angry but only partially succeeding.

He shrugged, "I sigh, walk away, no hard feelings, and take up a chivalrous habit like sending you a dozen white roses on your birthday."

"And if I do love you?"

He bent down, and gently kissed her, "That was a stupid question Seras."

Lui let her arms go, and embraced her. She embraced him back. Then he began to chuckle.

She took a step back out of his embrace, and asked, "What is it?"

"I fight in the Revolution and now I fall in love with a brit. Can't tell me there's no irony in that."

She began to chuckle to. She walked over and sat down on the coffin/bed, he sat down in the chair.

"So what do we do now Lui?"

"I don't know. Kyle and Johnny are probably freaking out that I'm not at the airport yet. I have to go soon."

"I know." Seras said softly, nodding.

"Technically, I wasn't trying to trick you. My original plan was in fact to leave and come back later. Sadly, some soldiers you know came back a little early," He held up one side of his black coat, revealing half a dozen bullet holes, "And now I'm waiting for them to give up looking for me."

Seras laughed at that one. She wasn't sure if he was being serious about being trapped or being funny. And she didn't care.

"Anyway, I have to go, now. It'll be a close enough call as it is. Not every day you can convince someone to transport a body over the ocean."

Seras nodded, and felt tears begin to form. She tried to fight them, but one slipped down her face. He emmediatly jumped up and wiped it away. He held her to him, saying, "Don't cry. Please."

"When will I see you again?"

"Soon. Very soon. Sooner than you think. Besides, it's not like we're pressed for time. We certainly aren't going to just keel over and die any time soon, so cheer up. Goodbye for now."

He got up, and walked over to the wall. He stopped, and said, "Oh, and keep and eye on Integra and Alucard. Don't be surprised if old ice queen Hellsing starts putting on some weight over the next months."

Seras looked at him, sadness forgotten. What did he mean, "Why?"

"You're Alucard's daughter of the night. You may have a sibling in a few months."

"You mean, Alucard and Integra?"

Lui nodded, "I'm not the only one who's been lucky in love. Until next time."

THREE WEEKS LATER

"Sir Integra, there's something you should see."

The platinum blond haired night looked down at Walter from the top of the stairs, then followed him to the library.

He led her to a computer. It was the only light source on in the library. She looked down at the video that was playing, and stared at it, stunned.

"Walter, is this what I think it is?"

"Yes, I'm afraid it is. This is the video taken during our little 'prank war'."

"How long has it been on the net?"

"I can't say for sure. I would say about twenty four hours."

"I don't have to ask who is responsible for it do I?"

"Only if you wish to be redundant."

Then after a drawn out segment of the vampire concert, the film went blank. Then a light tune started to play.

Suddenly Alucard appeared on the screen, dressed in the pink and purple tie dye clothes. He was dancing and singing, as yellow and pink kaleidoscope pattern went on in the back ground. And he was singing, none other than that song from the deepest pits, "Barbie Girl."

(Just let that image sink in. Alucard in pink and purple swirl clothing, dancing and singing 'Barbie Girl'. Ya, when you get up off the floor keep reading)

Integra and Walter nearly fell to the ground they were laughing so hard. They didn't know how they had done it, and they didn't care. That was funny.

After it ended, Lui's face appeared, laughing, "Alright, that's it. Our trip to England. I never did get to throw food at the Queen's house, but you can't have everything. And Integra, I know you're watching Integra, don't bother trying to keep this off the net. I don't care how good you are, I'm better. And be sure to show this to Seras. Thanks."

Then the film ended. Walter regained his composure and said, "So Sir Integra, should we contact information control?"

"No Walter, don't bother. Who would believe that these were vampires anyway? Oh, and do save this onto a disk. I want to treasure that image of Alucard forever."

"Of course. I must say, Lui has begun to rub off on me. Would you be opposed to it if I sold copies of this to the men?"

"Only if I get half."

"Deal."

END FOR REAL THIS TIME.

UNTIL THE SEQUEL ANYWAY!

Alright, thank you all who supported me while I wrote this. You thought it was really over there for a bit didn't you?

Hardly.

And there is going to be a sequel. I simply can't put this story down. This one won't be as funny, more action oriented, some angst, some... everything. Alright, it'll just be a general story.

Professor Curly, saying thank you to all my loyal fans/readers.

Oh, and what was your favorite prank/moment? I'm curious. Please review and tell me!