Disclaimer: I do not own Hellsing or Clover, you guys. But of course, you already know that.
By the way, I'm from Argentina, so considering that English is not my mother language, I'd like to ask you to be nice. Corrections, however, will be appreciated. On with the fic!
Integra, as always, was on her study working, almost suffocated on the paper work. Seras was on her room, reading what seemed to be a love novel, which if you think about it, is not really that surprising. Walter was busy, for he always had something to do. And Alucard sat on his room, legs crossed, incredibly bored. Lately there hadn't been missions worthy of his attention, so he hadn't left the mansion in a couple of nights. He was so bored he didn't even have fun bothering Integra. After the first times of appearing through her desk disorganizing her paperwork or whispering in her ears while she tried to concentrate, he had run out of ways of making her angry, only distraction when he was like that. Besides he was tired of healing after getting shot.
He rested his chin on his left hand, thinking about going out. Integra would bring hell to earth, of course, but at least he would have someone to talk to. Police Girl was utterly annoying, refusing to drink her blood.
Alucard reached to the pocket of his jacket and put on his yellow glasses. He smiled, thinking that his Master would be furious to know he had left the mansion without permission; that didn't entirely bother him.
He appeared on the mansion roof, and smelled the cold night air. The wind caressed his jet black hair for a moment and he enjoyed it. He knew of a bar downtown where vampires used to go. Integra didn't know of it yet, which was good. If he didn't like it he could always destroy it. A little destruction always put him in a good mood.
He dematerialized and appeared in front of a metal door. He could hear the calm music inside and smell the blood and the vampires. He could also smell something else he could recognize. He stood there a moment, thoughtful; trying to put the finger on the scent, but it was hopeless.
He could sense there was a spell on the door, probably to keep humans and other creatures away. That was interesting. It meant they had help form a sorcerer. He had no information of a sorcerer within the streets of London. He made a mental note on checking that one out. Sorcerers were always interesting opponents in fights.
He opened the door and walked in a very dark room, pretty big, and full of vampires. He walked straight to the bar and sat on one of the high chairs, leaning forward. He placed his elbows on the bar and looked at the bartender. While he waited for the vampire to ask him, he took a look around. There was a dance floor and vampires dancing in it, slowly. On the other end of the room there were many couches and pillows surrounding low tables, and many medians sat in them, glasses on the tables. The place was better than what he had hoped. Maybe he wouldn't destroy after all.
"What kind of blood would you like, sir?" the barman asked. Alucard took a moment to think.
"Do you have AB-?" he asked, tough he did not expect a yes.
"Of course." The bartender surprisingly answered. Alucard raised his eyebrows while the barman served him a wine glass of the rare blood.
"Expensive tastes?"
Alucard turned his head to the right. A beautiful Asian girl loked at him with her blood red eyes. Her hair was free and fell like a cascade on her shoulders and back, so long it reached her middle back. She was wearing a black skirt, knee long and black panties. She had a black vest over the black blouse, neck open so one could see the supernaturally white skin.
She smiled dimly. Alucard didn't recognize her immediately. She had changed. They stared at each other for a moment. Suddenly they both reached into their clothes and took out big silver guns. Alucard's Casull was centimetres away from her forehead. The canon of her gun, on the other hand, rested between his eyes. She smiled sweetly.
"Mine's longer" she said. Alucard smiled back.
"But I'm faster."
"You seem very sure. Prove it."
"Have something in mind?" She thought a second.
"Sure" she said. "Let's see who kills more and faster, shall we?"
She didn't wait for an answer. She turned around and started shooting at the vampires on the room. Alucard laughed and did the same only a second after. He was already in a better mood.
They stood next to each other, shoulder to shoulder, while the air filled with screams, blood and ashes. They could smell the panic in the room and it made them feel like they were drunk. Minutes later there wasn't a vampire left alive. Alucard put his gun away, still laughing. He turned and finished the glass of wine.
"I think I won." she commented smiling.
"So, how've you been, Niko?" he asked the Japanese girl, his former fledgling, afterwards. She hadn't suited her gun and was looking at him with a smile that he thought wicked.
"Better than we both supposed, Vlad." She looked at him with attention, studying his tall, elegant figure. Then she adopted a thoughtful look. "Have you seen the high of my Stilettos?" Alucard raised his eyebrows, confused.
"Huh?"
"No? Take a closer look!" with that she turned and kick him hard on the face, deliberately hitting him with the sharp heel. Alucard, taken by surprise, fell onto his back before ever thinking of dodging it. Niko sat on his thighs, immobilizing him with her weight and pressed her gun to his throat.
Alucard lay still, surprised but not completely disgusted with the position, and rested his arms at his to the sides, relaxed. He was still smiling.
"That was not polite, Niko. Did I not taught you to be educated and respect your elders?"
"Oh, well, you know me. I like being on in top of things".
"Right. So what now? After I helped you, you're going to shoot me?"
"Can't see why not." Niko smiled again, leaning forward to see into his eyes.
"You do owe ow me your life" he reasoned. Niko straightened back looking at her nails with indifference.
"Don't flatter yourself dear. If it hadn't been for you I wouldn't have died in the first place."
"Anyway you can't kill me" he commented, resting his head in his hands, so he could look at her. Niko looked back and smiled the most wicked smile she was able to. Then she deliberately lowered her gun and put it against his pants, between her legs. Alucard's eyes flashed.
"But I can cause you a big deal of pain"
"I'll regenerate"
"But of course" she agreed raising her black eyebrows, like pointing out the most obvious thing. "But it'll hurt you anyway".
"Go ahead, then" he challenged her.
"A dare! How foolish of you" She smiled, leaning forward to speak right to his face, eyes bright red. "I'd love to. If I didn't know you liked it so much" Then she straightened back and put her gun away, listening to his laugh and smiling herself.
She squeaked when Alucard bend his knees and she slid forward and ended up sitting on his waist. "Maybe you have other reasons?"
"Cool it Vlad" she answered cynically. "I didn't come all the way from form Japan to have sex with you." For a moment she thought that if he expected her to run to his arms after almost two hundred years of not sharing a bed, he was definitely more arrogant than what she remembered.
She rose to her feet and stepped away from form him. Alucard sat down and looked at her from form the floor, elbows on his knees. "What did you come here for?"
"I'm chasing a Japanese vampire called Touya Tsukishiro. We have orders to take him back to Japan and deal with him there. Or destroy him trying. I don't really care which."
"We?"
"We, yes, my two guardians and I".
Alucard stood and rested his back on to the bar.
"So you work for humans too?"
"Yep. But because I want to. I know about Van Hellsing. I'm sorry."
"For knowing? Or for what happened?"
"Both, I guess."
"You should have asked permission to my Master to get in the Hellsing jurisdiction." Alucard commented, moving to formal affairs, for he did not like that subject.
"We asked permission directly from to the Queen." She frowned. "I would have supposed she informed Sir Integra"
"She did not." He replied. Niko blinked. Her Emperor never kept anything from the Secret Colours Battalion. Perhaps a power conflict? She would investigate that later.
"You ought to come with me to the Hellsing manor" Alucard said stepping away from the bar. He was now serious. Niko stared at him.
"Why would you think I would refuse? Either way, you could not force me."
"Then make it easy and just come with me. Unless, of course, you need to ask permission to your handler?"
"No, fortunately for me, I can move around alone. Wish I could say the same about you, my dear Hellsing pet." She regretted that the second she heard herself say it. Vlad flashed at her with anger and disappeared.
Niko thought of Kazuhiko and communicated with him mentally. "I'm going to meet Sir Hellsing with Vlad." She said. "They have not been informed of our visit, Kazuhiko."
"What do you mean? They don't know?"
"No,." the captain sighed, irritated. "Nothing in this these damn country works like it should." Niko chuckled and followed Vlad's presence to the mansion. She turned a to a dim mist and went after his scent. She appeared right next to Vlad.
She appeared in a large study, walls full of portraits, but empty of furniture save for a large desk where a beautiful blonde woman was working. Looking at her, she thought that the portraits on the wall seemed to be of a close relative of hers, probably her father. The room had dark walls and only one lamp, so most of it was in darkness. Niko felt she was standing on a rug and looked at it. It had been walked a lot. She looked back at the desk. There were papers everywhere, most of them still to be checked. Niko frowned. She wouldn't like to be in her position.
Vlad stood by Niko and cleared clear his throat politely.
"Master?"
The woman raised her head and looked at her his servant with ice blue eyes. She then looked at the Japanese girl standing next to him.
"What or who may I ask is these?" she asked with a frown, lighting a small cigar. She leaned back in her chair. Niko made a bow typically Japanese, hands together, and with her head low she spoke politely.
"Sir Hellsing my name is Niko Nagisa,. I came com from Japan on a mission to take back a Japanese vampire. With me came two guardians, Captain Kazuhiko Faye Ryuu and Lieutenant Colonel Gigetsu, Commander of the Secret Colour Battalion, a division of the Japanese army that…"
"Deals with vampires in Japanese grounds, I know" Integra interrupted, coldly. "I, however, did not authorize a mission on Hellsing territories. Go back to your country Niko Nagisa, Alucard can surely handle your vampire."
"Alucard?" Niko looked at his former master a little confused. She then decided that was not important and looked back at Integra. "Sir Hellsing I understand this is irregular and I apologize sincerely, but this vampire is my responsibility and only I can take care of him… Vlad is Romanian, he would not understand what has to be done to…"
"I was not informed of a mission on my grounds. The vampire is in English lands so he is under English jurisdiction. You should have asked."
"We went directly to your Queen. She said we had permission."
"She did?" Integra narrowed her eyes, not amused at all by that fragment of information. The Queen was starting to get on her nerves. There was a knock on the door.
"Sir Integra?" Walter's voice called.
"Not now Walter." she replied coldly.
"There is a Japanese gentleman here that wishes to speak with you."
"Japanese?" Integra said in low voice. "He better speak English." The she said out loud: "Let him in."
The man that walked in did not look Japanese. He was as tall as Alucard, blonde and wore a blue-violet visor that completely hid his eyes. He, however, seemed to be good-looking. His uniform was dark green,; the typical military garb with a long jacket and with a black belt on the waist with and many little golden belts on the chest that kept it closed. On top of it he wore a uniform black cape with shoulders. He wasn't armed.
"Lieutenant Colonel" Niko saluted with a thin smile. "Target was not in place" she added.
"So I've been told." He replied coldly. Alucard immediately had the idea he was unable to feel emotions. He would probably get along with Integra.
"I did find something interesting though" she added smiling and gesturing to Alucard. The military looked at the Victorian dressed vampire without interest.
"Yes, Nagisa, I'm amazed. Particularly after you were specifically ordered to stay away from him."
"We kind of ran run into each other"
"We will discuss that later." Gingetsu walked past them both directly toward Integra without so much of a look to Alucard and stopped right in front of her. He bowed slightly his head and spoke politely.
"Sir Integra Hellsing, I must apologize for our proceeding. We assumed you Queen had informed you immediately and therefore gave it no thought. We were rude and invading."
"Indeed you were" Integra replied roughly. "But I suppose it is not all your fault. Anyway, Alucard can take care of your vampire." She put out her cigar in the ashtray without looking at the military officer.
"No doubt. But I have straight orders to deal with him ourselves. I cannot leave England without either him or his ashes."
"I can collect them for you." Alucard said smiling wickedly. Niko hit him with her elbow.
"Shut it Alucard." Integra barked. "Fine you may proceed with your mission but Alucard will assist you." She would not have foreigners hunting on Hellsing grounds without one of her agents watching them. Gingetsu stayed quiet for a moment, as like if thinking about it.
"Thank you, we may use the extra help." He said at last, slowly. He bowed and turned. Alucard and Niko had to give him way, for he did not round them. Niko bowed to Integra and smiled at Alucard.
"I guess I'll be staying then" she said. The male vampire smiled back, but he was thoughtful.
"Nagisa!" Gingetsu called. Niko waved her hand and followed the Lieutenant Colonel.
"This is going to be fun sir." She told him while they were walking down the corridor with Walter leading them. He was much taller than her and she had to look up at him. Gingetsu didn't even look looked back at her.
To be continued…
Hey! That was hard… but I think is pretty acceptable. This is my first published work so I'll appreciate you to review it and tell me what you think. For the ones that read CLAMP, tell me if Gingetsu is too OOC and I'll read the manga again to correct it. I think he is a little too sarcastic. Oh well.
Namariel out!