Illness

by: Alucard's Bane

Disclaimer- I don own anything except meh doggie

Hi there all youse! I'm glad that you all chose to review and stick with me. Here's Chapter Six. This was written while listening to Trail of Blood from FF7, among other things.

Chapter Six

Alucard opened his eyes and pushed the lid from the coffin, filling the dark space with the dim light from the bare light bulb in the ceiling. He looked over at Integral, who was still in a deep sleep, and sighed. I guess I took too much. He got up out of the coffin and began to stretch. It's not my fault she hasn't been feeding me. He took a couple of steps forward and began to crack his knuckles. He hadn't had a good sleep in several days, and was actually feeling quite good to be as ill as he really was.

He turned back to look at his sleeping beauty. I wonder how much longer I should wait to tell her. He really did like the way that she looked when he burst into office that evening. Worried. That was the look on her face. No, not worried, concerned. He knelt down beside his coffin and stroked her face with his finger. Her skin was clammy. Integral actually gets concerned about her precious pet. How nice. He chuckled. He would wait a little longer before telling her, just a little longer, though.

"M-Master!"

Alucard whipped his head around to the doorway, where Seras was standing looking shocked. "Well, hello there, Seras." he smiled at her and stood up. "And how are you and the," his smile faded a bit as he sensed that she was still keeping Pip as a companion. "Captain?"

"Are you feeling better, Master?" her eyes lit up at the sight of seeing her master up and about. She was getting worried there for a little while. "Pip and I are fine,"

"Yes, somewhat, Seras." he grinned and walked back to his coffin, revealing moonbeam blonde hair. He heard Seras gasp.

"What did you do to her!" she ran over to the coffin and knelt down beside it. She gently looked over Integral's throat for bite marks, the elder Hellsing letting out a slight moan.

"Nothing, she was merely feeding me, that's all." he pulled Seras' hands away from the sleeping Hellsing. "Leave her alone . . . let her sleep. She needs to sleep for a little while." he led Seras to the other side of the room and placed a finger on her lips. "Shh . . . don't tell Walter . . . or he'll string me up again." she could have sworn she saw a childish smirk playing on his face.

"A-Alright . . . "

"I'm going to take Integral up to her bed . . . " he let go of Seras's hands and walked over to the coffin, and gently lifted Integral from it. Another moan escaped Integral's lips as the blonde's eyebrows furrowed and relaxed. Seras just nodded and watched Alucard ascend the stairs.

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Alucard stood on the balcony, letting the cool breeze waft across his fevered face. How quickly it had come back. He sighed and looked up at the moon, it was a Harvest moon, its big yellow face was looking down upon him. "Such a nice night tonight." his ears perked at the sound of footsteps coming in his direction.

"Yes," a feminine voice answered. "It seems to be," the footsteps stopped beside Alucard and he wrinkled his nose as cigar smoke drifted into his nostrils. "How are you feeling?" Integral turned her gaze upon Alucard's haggard face.

"Better," he continued to stare at the moon, so she returned to watching the breeze blow the leaves about in the trees.

"What do you find so interesting about the moon, Alucard?" she asked quietly. "I never understood."

"It never changes." he stated simply. Integral snuffed her cigar out on the railing and flicked the remains on the ground below. They both stood there in comfortable silence. She took in a deep breath, drawing in the cool night air, as Alucard's gaze shifted from the yellow orb to Integral. "Is that all you came to ask, Master? About my stargazing habits?"

"No," she let a small smile creep onto her face. "I came to ask you if you would like to go on a walk..." she looked at Alucard's startled expression. "...if you feel up to it,"

"As my Master wishes." he stood up on the balcony rail and held out his hand for Integral to take.

"Oh, taking the shortcut are we?" she smirked as she took Alucard's hand. He lifted her onto the balcony and wrapped his arms around her stomach.

"Are you ready?" he grinned as he felt her stiffen under his grip, no matter how many times they had done this in the past, he always had managed to make her heart skip a beat.

"I suppose,"

"All right then," and with that, Alucard leaned over to the side and let himself fall. He grinned as Integral's pulse started to quicken. Just as he was about to hit the ground, he pulled himself out of his nose dive, he then righted himself and placed both feet on the ground. He laughed as he released Integral from his death grip.

"Every time," she gasped, trying to get air into her lungs. "We do that..." she took in another deep breath as the adrenaline rush subsided. "You...wait...even...longer...to...land." she straightened herself and smoothed her suit jacket.

"You know that you like that, Master." Alucard smirked at her, his red eyes glowing like embers in the dark. "Some would even say you are an adrenaline junkie."

"Perhaps," she gave him a half smile and turned towards the path that led into the gardens. "Come on, we don't have all evening."

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Integral sighed as she sat down upon the stone bench that sat in amongst all of the roses and tulips that Walter had planted earlier that year. It was amazing that they had survived the war, along with her house, which was still being repaired. Alucard stood beside her. "What's the matter?" she asked in a teasing tone. "Afraid I'll bite?"

Alucard smirked and sat down beside his master, the small garden was absolutely flourishing. Walter had certainly been doing his job. "What is it that my Master wanted to speak about?"

"I wanted to ask you about that journal," she shifted a bit in her seat. She could feel Alucard growing uncomfortable. "It was my Great Great Grandfather's, wasn't it?"

"Yes," he also shifted in his seat.

"I see," was all she said. They continued to sit there in silence until Integral scooted closer to Alucard and wrapped her arm around his, resting her head on his shoulder. "...if it wasn't for Abraham I truly wonder if any of us would be sitting here today," and with that, she drifted off into a comfortable slumber.

TBC...

OKAY! There was chapter six everybody! YAY! Now my butt hurts from sitting here typing for three hours trying to get this just right...so I'm leaving you now. Thanks to everyone that reviewed, and I'm glad that you all like it. Bye-bye, till next chapter. And the closing midi was the overworld from FF7...thank you and good day!

-Bane