Ok here we go chapter four. I know this will be better than my last chapter...it has what I'm hoping will be a start to the truly interesting stuff. Hey does anyone know if I have to add the disclaimer more than once?

Well anyways on with the chapter.

Chapter Four: Trickery.

Seras smirked as she held the red dress up against against her body in the full length mirror in her room. For any normal man seeing her in that dress would know their socks off. It was a deep crimson red almost like blood that reached down to just above her knees with slitted sides. It's back was merely cris-crossed strings to show the smooth flawless skin on her back. Hopefully this would make him notice her more.

She sighed a little more. She should probably ask Alucard to teach her to mend clothing while in battle like he did. This dress sure as hell wouldn't last long in training let alone battle. She set it aside and grabbed what she would use the first night.

It was a black dress much like the other but it was made of fabric less easy to tear apart. It had long sleeves where the other had none but the neck of it was low showing some of her cleavage. It also hugged her figure quite well. She smiled looking at herself in the mirror again. After learning how to mend clothes she might just wear this as her battle outfit as Alucard did with his suit.

Well after looking for a moment more at her self Seras walked out of the room and out into the field outside her master waiting for her smirking.

"That is an interesting outfit, Police girl", he said his smirk only growing wider fully showing his fangs. She just smiled. Atleast he noticed it. She was a little afraid he would take no heed in the changing of her clothes. But even so it was not her only way to try and get him to say what he thought of her . She would also use this time to master the art of flirting with her master.

"Thanks", she said not really sure if it was a compliment or an insult. She looked around a little anxiously," what will you teach me tonight master?"

"How to heal", his smirk was wide as he pulled the jackal from his coat," this will also involve regeneration of clothing and body parts." Seras' eyes widened seeing the jackal and almost wanted to run but knew that if her master shot her he would do it I a place he knew she would survive from.

"O-okay", she readied herself to be shot. She closed her eyes waiting until...

BANG!

She fell backwards hissing in tremendous pain. In an instant Alucard was over her. He shot her where he had when they first met in the chapel in Cheddar.

"Now, imagine the wound closing", he said his voice soft yet demanding. She tried to do as he said but it seemed as if her body would not listen. There was just too much pain.

"I...I can't, master. The pain is too much. I can't focus", she said weakly knowing he was giving her a disapproving glare.

" you must learn to ignore the pain , Seras. If you do not concentrate you will die", he said it to her in a serious voice . She could have sworn she heard the tiniest hint of fear...but that couldn't be right alucard feared nothing. Nothing could kill him. Why would he be afraid now.

Wait. Could it be? Was he afraid for her? Afraid that she would die?

With these thoughts to spur her on Seras began to concentrate through the pain to close the wound. It stopped bleeding and the muscles around it tightened and began to close in on each other.

Alucard smiled seeing his fledgling beginning to heal herself. The lost muscle tissue and blood regenerated the skin quickly growing over not even leaving a scar.

Alucard grinned wide at her giving her a hand up.

"Very good, Seras. Now for the clothing it's basically the same deal. Just imagine the threads reforming and becoming complete again."

Seras beamed happily at her master's compliment to her and closed her eyes trying to repair her dress. She felt it mending into it's original state and opened her eyes clapped her hands happily.

"What next, master?", she asked excitedly wanting to learn more and make her master proud.

He chuckled slightly at her eagerness to learn but shook his head grinning.

"You'll learn more tomorrow. As for now I think you've earned some free time. Maybe a little R&R. I have business to attend to so I will be away till morning," he said grinning and just before disappearing said,"there are blood packets in the fridge, Seras. And by the way...I like your dress." she blushed as he vanished chuckling.

That wasn't enough proof. Anyone with enough testosterone to be male would like the dress she was wearing but even if that was the case any compliment coming from her master made her feel chipper.

She happily walked back into the house to get a blood packet ad decide what to wear tomorrow night.

Elsewhere in the world alucard stared into the shadows.

"An' wut makes ye think I would help a filthy hell demon like ye", said a deep voice with an Irish accent. Alucard just smirked.

"What makes you think you have a choice", he said grinning maniacally," but if it will help win you over I promise not to attack anyone who does not come too close."

He could practically see the gears turning in the mans head as he thought it over.

"Fine. But if ye don't hold true to ye're word I will come to destroy ye, demon," paladin Alexander Anderson stepped out of the shadows and shook Alucard's hand in agreement.

AN: truthfully how many of you expected Anderson to even be in this? Anyways I know my chapters are short but I can't help it if I try to write them longer they will be of low quality and you really wouldn't like it. Well bye for now.