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Eight Red Eyes: Two
Seras giggled as the dog watched her rise, and she sighed. "So, dog, we meet again." she had a much more formal air about her, but she was soon in a fit of giggles. Hitting the tree must have knocked her senseless. She looked around, reminded by the thought of 'tree'. She stepped around the ruin of the once-noble oak tree. She patted it in a mock sorrow, whispered, "You shall be remembered…" then burst into yet another fit of almost-insane giggles. Seras glanced at the dog, who, she was sure if he had been human would have been raising an eyebrow at her. That brought her back to her senses, and she sighed, "What a powerful kick," she breathed, looking over the large black gun. She briefly wondered how her master could handle it every mission, and then remembered he was a very powerful vampire. She shook her head, and then gasped as Alucard's beautiful Jackal was snatched away from her hand.
She glared at the dog, who seemed very pleased with his prize. He had it in his mouth, holding it almost delicately between his large, sharp canines. "Now, give that back, dog. I need to return that to my mas--HEY!" the dog suddenly galloped off with it, running away from her at full tilt. She snarled loudly and started to chase him, knowing that Alucard would be very angry if she lost his gun, very angry indeed. She sped up, starting to panic as the dog didn't slow down. She was just about to scream her frustration when the dog slowed to a trot, then stopped altogether. He turned as she skidded, tripped, and landed on her face. The dog barked, dropping the gun, and grinned at her savagely as she got up. His large tail was whipping the ground, and she dimly realised she had chased him to the edge of a forest. She grabbed the gun, putting it in her belt as the dog yipped.
"Well, dog, you've been trouble." she sighed, sitting beside him and absently scratching behind his ears. The dog barked again, almost as if he understood, and was very pleased about that fact. "It's nothing to be proud of, dog." she muttered, then giggled again, her senselessness returning for a spell. "I don't believe we've been probably introduced. I am Seras Victoria, but you may call me Seras. My master calls me "Police Girl", though I'm not sure I like it. And you're dog." she frowned, "But I can't keep calling you that…" Rubbing her hands together, she looked him over before smiling wide.
"Alucard. I'll call you Alucard." the dog seemed, if only for a flash, slightly taken aback as he stopped panting and his tail froze. He then yipped joyfully, and she laughed. "Alucard is my master, if you want to know. You and he are very alike…you both have red eyes, though he only has two. He has black hair, you have black fur…though your personalities are very different." she frowned, and shook her head. The dog nudged her arm, almost like he was telling her to -keep going-. "My master is very sarcastic, possibly insane, he likes to mock and tease people, he's very powerful…you're very pleased with everything, aren't you?" the dog yipped in reply, and she laughed. Her smile turned into a pout, and she whispered, "Though for all the power he has, he's blind when it comes to other peo-vampire's emotions."
The dog-Alucard whined, looking at her with all eight, big red puppy eyes. Those eyes filled up with something alike to questioning, so near-humanoid that she just had to explain. "My master…is beautiful. Every time I see him I just feel so /awed/ by him. He's terrifying, yes, but…" she sighed wistfully, a small smile on her face as she leaned back on her arms. "There's something to him that I can't explain." her smile faded as she added; "I think he's in love with Integra, though."
A sudden growl from beside her made her jump, and she whipped her head around to look at dog-Alucard. He was snarling violently, his hackles rising as he glared at her. She blinked, edging away, suddenly afraid. Yes, she had some more strength since she had fed the last night (she winced at the memory), but this was a very big, suddenly very angry dog.
Dog-Alucard's face softened when he smelt or saw her fear, and he whined, almost in apology. She smiled, relief flooding her as she scratched his ears again, and wondered what the hell that had been about.
"Well, Alucard, I'd better go back to the manor." she touched the gun at her waist, "And return this to master. Goodbye, Alucard!" she patted him on the head, and started to walk towards the manor, not looking back once.
It was fortunate for the dog that she didn't turn back, as his form took the ever-moving shape of shadows, and then of a very tall humanoid, who was smirking at the young woman heading for their home.
Seras' fist hesitated in front of the large door, whilst her teeth were chewing on her bottom lip. She dearly hoped this was his room, if it wasn't, it would be very embarrassing. She had only been in his chambers a few times, and often forgot where they were. She gathered up her courage and knocked.
The door opened suddenly, but it wasn't Alucard who opened it. An older man blinked in surprise, and exclaimed, "Ms. Victoria, what are you doing here?"
"Hello, Walter." she smiled at the gentleman in a tuxedo-like outfit, his monocle shining in the dim light, "I found master's gun at the shooting range, and I wanted to return it…why are you here?"
He motioned to the table nearby him, and she saw a bucket with a blood pack inside. "I was delivering Alucard's meal. He's not in at the moment, I believe he's talking with Sir Integra."
"I see." said a very bitter voice, and Seras dimly realised it was her own that was dripping with venom. "I'll just leave this here, then." she placed it on the table, said a quick, "Good night, Walter." and left.
He's always with Sir Integra, she mumbled internally, not noticing as she walked by Pip, who was holding a very bloody nose, I wonder what it is about Sir Integra that everyone likes so much. Is it because she's cold, one of those "Forbidden Fruit" things, or because she's strong? A crimson tear spilt from her eye without her noticing, and I'm just a weak little pissant of a vampire… she walked into her room, seeing the blood resting on her table, inside a bucket of ice. She stared at it, before ignoring the medical bag for a small, black notebook. She sat inside the confines of her coffin, opening the book, flipping through until she found a blank page. Staring at it for a while, she fished a pencil out from underneath her pillow, and wrote:
It sucks at my soul
The way you sucked my blood
My heart's never whole
As long as you're away
To me it's clear as mud
Why do you never stay?
Glaring at it, she cursed and was about to rip out the stupid bit of rhyming when she hesitated. It was bad, yes, but…she felt a bit better after writing even that little bit. She sighed, unknowingly doodling at the sides of the page. She looked at the small drawing of a dog with eight eyes without really seeing it, thinking of Alucard. She sighed again, before muttering, "I don't get any of this. He calls me a weak vampire, yet…he has never taught me anything! The only thing I know about being a vampire is sucking blood…" she shuddered, "and that's bad enough." running her fingers through her hair, she threw the book onto the floor and sunk into the confines of her coffin. "I need to sleep on this," she yawned, worn out from her chase of the dog-Alucard. With another small yawn and sigh, the lid closed on Seras'
A large dog trotted into the room, and upon seeing the coffin closed, his eyes glinted with evil mischief. He nudged the door shut with his paws, and whined, scratching at the coffin. Seras immediately opened the coffin lid, and gaped as the dog-Alucard grinned up at her. He jumped into the coffin, and settled himself in right beside her. She stared at him for a moment, before laughing. "Oh, Alucard, did you follow me inside?" The dog yipped, and then seemed to promptly fall asleep. Her jaw slacked open, before her mind decided to let him sleep with her in the dark area. She sighed, once again pressing the button to descend the coffin lid as she fell into a deep sleep.
Eight Red Eyes: Two End
Authoress: -is dancing about, then notices you're reading this- Oh, you've finished this chapter…SO REVIEW! Tell me what you think! Flamers can get hit by a pebble. -waves a pebble around menacingly- Well, that's all until next chapter. It may just be the last one…I don't know yet. I must watch Tim Burton's "The Nightmare before Christmas" a few more times so I can get inspiration.