Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Inuyasha, Fullmetal Alchemist, Hellsing, Harry Potter, Gundam, and/or YuYu Hakusho. I do own the Stealth Riders and the Shadow Forces.
Chapter 1
"New Knight, New Leader, New Shadows"
A little noodle house, in Tokyo, Japan
Yukimura Keiko had just returned from school, when her mother called her down from her room. She quickly put away her personal dairy and started down the stairs to the family room.
"Yes mother?" Keiko inquired.
"These two gentlemen and the young lady are here to explain something to you," her mother stated.
"O-k," she said nervously.
"Do not fret, my young lady. We have no grievances against you and are….." a medium height man with nicely combed brown hair and blue eyes in his earlier 40's was cut off by a taller man with dark blond hair, with blue eyes, and a few tattoos running across his face despite the fact he had a thick beard of matching dark blond hair," we are here representing the Hellsing Family, ma'am. You, Yukimura Keiko, are listed as the heir," he said straight to the point.
Keiko was taken back by the taller one of the three. He sounded American, while the other sounded English. The woman, Keiko noticed, did not speak, but was rather near the door, as through guarding it. The tall man noticed this and gave a slight chuckle.
"Vic! You don't have to stand there. I had ground pounded around her before moving to England," he said.
The woman, Vic, moved forward to join the group. She had dark sunglasses on covering her eyes and long clothes on, despite the warm temperatures and she seemed to not be suffering.
'Another Hiei! Great!" Keiko thought sarcastically.
Keiko could tell that she had a deathly pale complexion and yellow blond hair. Her complexion compared to the tall one's tan complexion, indicating he did a lot of outside work and the medium height man's average complexion indicating he often worked indoors, but still got out to see the Sun, the woman's complexion looked as though she never saw the Sun and reminded hair of Yusuke's complexion after he had died. Then something dawned on her.
"HELLSING!" Keiko all, but screamed.
"Yes, Hellsing," the taller one spoke.
"We were given official pardons by Her Majesty, the Queen of the United Kingdom. Our fallen friends and comrades have been recognized as heroes of the people, for we are no more than an internal security force that deals with rogue military commanders and their men. Unfortunately, the time that we ended up on the world wide news networks, we were cast as rebels, but we have since been cleared of that injustice and restored to our duties, though expanded to deal with traitorous government officials and politicians," the smaller man said.
"So, you want our daughter to be the heir, because….." Keiko's father couldn't find the words.
"Sir Integra Hellsing, had taken ill along with her betroth I'm afraid. They are not expected to live. So we began to search for a suitable heir of the Hellsing line and when we spotted young Keiko's name on the list, we decided she would inherit the Hellsing Family property, lands, you name it. As well as the duty of continuing the Hellsing Family's duty to protect the Crown and the Crown's people," said the tall one.
"I'm Ceres Victoria, sir, ma'am, m'lady. I'm one of the few survivors of the Hellsing Security Troops that survived that nightmare. You have my word that while First Sergeant Hal Johnson and I are on duty, nothing will happen to Lady Keiko," the woman had finally spoke.
"We didn't just choose your daughter's name, just because she's the youngest and the actual next heir, but because from what a small file on her stated she was dedicated, strong, and intelligent enough to qualify for the position. I also once held the job that her friend Urameshi Yusuke currently occupies, which is similar to what we do," Sgt. Johnson clearly stated.
To say that Keiko was shocked and surprised would be the biggest understatement in the history of the universe. So, this Hal Johnson, American, had been a Reiki Tantei. Most likely in his younger days, he looked like he was nearly his early 30's. This cleared up the reason for what exactly the Hellsing Organization did. They must hunt demons that threaten the people of the United Kingdom. She also noticed that her parents had missed that part, though very thankful for it. Keiko decided right then and there.
"What do I have to do?" Keiko asked.
Her parents and the medium height man had started to argue over their daughter leading security troops. They had tried unsuccessfully to indicate that they were not even connected to the Hellsing Family Line, but they knew that Mrs. Yukimura is a second generation Japanese/English mix of the Hellsing Line. The man had stated that they knew this and knew that one of them, most likely their daughter, would be called up to lead the Hellsing Troops. Keiko's sudden decision caught her parents off guard. Sgt. Johnson just smiled and Ms. Victoria just nodded, but she too, had a smile that she was unsuccessfully trying to hide. The medium height man stood and cleared his throat.
"Just pack a few precious belongings and we will be off to see Her Majesty, the Queen. You will be tested though, but Johnson strongly believes it to be unnecessary….."
"Damn Right!"
"…… but it is tradition and even Johnson can respect that," he finished.
"You got me there, but introduce yourself already. Geez!" Johnson complained.
"Oh! Yes! Do forgive me My Lady Yukimura. I am Sir Thomas Readmoore of the Readmoore Squires. My family is charged with the direct protection of the Royal Family. The same duties that the Hellsing Troops have, but only to defend the Royal Family itself," Sir Readmoore stated.
"Thank you, sir," Keiko replied.
"Since we're leaving via a military aircraft, you can take your time," 1SGT. Johnson said.
"Okay, I'll get to work, but….."
"We know. What child wants to leave their parents? They are more then welcomed to come as well. In fact, Her Majesty, the Queen requests their presence at the trial," stated Sir Readmoore.
Keiko nodded happily and hugged her parents before bounding up the stairs to gather her personal items and write in her dairy about how she will become Yusuke's equal. She stopped and thought about her friends and Yusuke, but he was on a mission. She would be stronger when she got back and the complaints Yusuke got complaints from some of his advisors about Keiko's family background would cease. They could be together. Keiko was already beginning to dream of how Yusuke would touch her and love her and how she would touch him and love him.
A hand on her shoulder brought Keiko back to reality. She the hand to be female, she followed it up to find it belongs to Ms. Victoria. She now didn't have her glasses on and her eyes were a piecing, bright blood red. Keiko nearly jumped at the sight of them, but she could she the same shine that Yukina has in her similarly colored eyes.
"Am I taking too long?" Keiko inquired.
"No. I could smell though that you could use a change of clothes and a shower before we leave," she said.
Keiko looked down and saw what she had meant. Just thinking about Yusuke had sent her slightly over the edge with lust. She felt embarrassed.
"Yeah, I'd better go do that," Keiko said, Victoria just chuckled.
"Hal's pretty sensitive to smells at close proximity. Saved a whole team their lives. I on the other hand, am neither of demon nor human background," Victoria stated.
"Neither Human nor demon? Are you a half demon then?" Keiko asked.
"No. I was a member of the Undead. A human turned into a Vampire, but unlike most, I'd managed to retain my humanity and thanks to Hal, I can enjoy hamburgers, hot dogs, eggs, bacon, potatoes, you name it again," she said with a smile. Then added," even honey cakes like I was human again!"
Both girls talked as they headed towards the bathroom so Keiko could bathe and clean herself. They had gotten to first name bases and were enjoying each other's company. Ceres was telling Keiko about what the duties of the Hellsing Family and what Sir Integra Hellsing was like. Keiko was surprised when Ceres told her that her master had given up his immortality to be with Sir Integra shocked her. He transferred his powers over to Ceres, making her a fully-fledged Vampire. Keiko was still getting used to the idea that she may come to be known as Sir Keiko. She had always thought that title to be only for men. Now she was on the verge of being made a Sir. She thought about it. Sir was the title that said knight.
"So, if I get this correctly. I would become a knight of the United Kingdom," Keiko asked Ceres.
"Yes, you will become a Knight of Her Majesty's Court," Ceres responded opening the door for Keiko.
"The entire Hellsing Organization is actually a group often called by many as the Protestant Knights of the United Kingdom. Though it is more like Great Britain as we also perform operations in Eire, or as most cultures and even the people of Eire call it, Ireland," Ceres stated.
Keiko just nodded as she undressed and began to shower. She invited Ceres to join her so they both could be clean when they left.
In the United Kingdom, the city of London
Two days later found Keiko, her parents, and their three escorts in a secret room with-in Buckingham Palace. Queen Elizabeth the 2nd promptly went through the ceremony of welcoming the new Hellsing heir. Keiko went through the ceremony and the trial and passed with flying colors. By nightfall, all the soldiers of Hellsing were celebrating their new leader and toasting the name Keiko Yukimura-Hellsing! Keiko was there as well and was embarrassed by the soldiers' readied acceptance of her. Walter, the family butler simply stated that soldiers had lacked a leader to give them guidance and to look to for leadership. He also stated that 1SGT. Johnson had told the men that even demons have been sorry to meet her and it wasn't because of her boyfriend, but her own two hands. Keiko blushed so brightly the troops dumped a bucket of cold water over her head. They laughed and picked up and pronounced her as their new commander, their new leader, their new hope for the future!
At the same time on the other side of London, a man with long silver hair, but the face of a twenty year old, walked up some aged steps and knocked on a door at the end. A slit in the door opened up and two violet eyes appeared. Seeing the golden orbs and long silver hair. The man closed the slit and opened the door.
"What news do you have Inuyasha?" another man with the same eyes and hair color, but far taller and looking like he was in his late-20's.
"A new leader has been chosen by the queen. She's from Japan and is the new leader of the Hellsing troops," the one known as Inuyasha stated.
"My, this is something. What of the original leader, Sir Integra Wingates Hellsing?" asked the previous man.
"She and her lover were moved to a new location to recover, but they don't believe she will ever be strong enough to lead, though she did have a son and daughter," Inuyasha stated.
"Their whereabouts little brother," asked the other.
"Third years of that damn school in Scotland that put Sango and Rin into the state their in andnearly killedKagome! Hogwarts!" Inuyasha replied bitterly to his elder brother.
"Miroku. How are they doing," the elder asked.
"Recovering Sesshomaru, recovering enough that Sango slapped me for changing her bandages," Miroku stated turning his head to show the red mark was still there. The other two just shook their heads.
"If I didn't know you better, I'd say that you were being your normal self, but you don't do that when she's in that kind of shape. In fact, to any woman. Right Ayame," another male spoke.
"Yeah Koga!" Ayame replied excitedly.
"Well get used to the new leader of Hellsing," stated yet one other.
"The Stealth Riders will always be there M'lord Sesshomaru!" stated a second happily at the new challenge.
"What is the Council's take on this situation," Sesshomaru asked.
"Their plan calls for sending some magic folk to Hogwarts and also reinforcing our ranks," stated the third and obvious team leader.
Everyone nodded at this. Things were about to get busy. The leader's eyes sparkled. He hadn't had an interesting fight in years. Not since he left the Reiki Tantei. Just like Hal Johnson, this former Spirit Detective was retired in almost all sense, but he enjoyed fighting as much as peace. So he would have a good fight soon. He began to finger his .45 Colt M1911A1 eagerly. Catching the attention of everyone else and having Sesshomaru place his hand over his, to get him to stop that. Then a thought came to Ayame's mind.
"What of that guy in the armor and the little cyborg blond with him?" Ayame had a thoughtful look on her face.
"Edward and Alfornso Eldric. Born in the late 1890's. Both Alchemist from the days when they had been plentiful. They're practically surviving AlcemyBrothers of me and Hal," stated the leader.
"You know about them and they're that old, but don't look it?" complained Koga.
"Human Alchemy: The Forbidden Alchemy by laws of both Man and Heaven," the leader stated, slapping his right arm and left leg and continued," its also Auto Mail, early attempts at Prostitics that are currently being made in plastic and not metal anymore. I also know because Edward is the Fullmetal Alchemist himself, the most famous of all State Alchemists from the Principality ofGermania. Any Alchemist can tell you that," said the leader.
"Are they a threat to us?" asked Shippo who had just walked in.
"Yes and No. Yes if we fight them, No if we ally with them. They only want the Philosopher Stone to regain what they had lost. Their mortality," the leader said with a tone of respect.
