Okay people here is the new chapter, but before I write the next one I want your opinoun on one thing. Do you folks think I should have Meg come to Hellsing before or after the raid by the Valintine brothers? I have good senerios for each so I want to see what you folks want. Also this is not a crossover with Rurouni Kenshin. I needed a powerful sword style for Meg to use and a reason to be proud of her skills, and what speaks power and pride mor than the Hinten-Mitserugi Ryu style. I may throw in a charchter very similar (meaning identical to) Saito because I love him so much. Do you folks think I should?

London Airport

10:00 pm

The airport parking lot was practically deserted as we stepped outside into the chilly night air. I glanced at Meg, worried she might be cold considering what she was wearing, but instead she seemed perfectly content. Her face held a serene smile as she gazed at the stars, seemingly entranced by their startling brightness. To my left Alucard grinned, obvously aproving of the delight she took in the night sky. She looked directly at me and smiled again. Then, without warning, she started to laugh. It was a light tinkiling soung, much like a brook winding down its path. Like a brook it also seemed to hold a certian quality of mystery, until she explained what had sparked her humor.

"Alucard-san is about to give you a weggie Ojii-san" she said between giggles. I turned just in time to see the shocked look on Alucard's face as tried to look completely innocent. I wasn't impressed. Behind me Meg was still laughing, and had even managed to draw Sir Hellsing and Miss Victoria into her good humor. After Sir Hellsing threatened Alucard with no missions again he decided to behave. Meg decided to turn her attention back to the stars while Sir Hellsing led the way to the car. Meg loaded her things in the trunk and climbed into the back seat with the other ladies. That left Alucerd to sit in front with me. Damn. I put on my best poker face and hoped that Alucard would take the hint and let me attempt to carry on a conversation with my granddaughter. To my luck he did.

"Meg" I began hesitantly. I could only hope she was inteligant enough to accept some of the things I was about to tell her. "there are a couple of things you are going to need to know about the Hellsing Organization since you are going to be living at headquaters"-

"Such as the vampires thing" She interjected nonchantly. Now that had myself, and everybody else in the vehicle for that matter, looking at her, stunned. She glanced arond her in an almost amused manner. "Oh come on people" she exclaimed in an exasperated tone. "Do you really think I'm an idiot. There have been rumors of what you guys, and gals, have really been doing circulating in the U.S. since World War II. It also helps that I knew a piolet who remembered Alucard and Ojii-san from the war. I am completely okay with it."

Her words stunned me. Here I was, worried about how to tell her vampires truely exhisted, while she knew the whole time. Well if that didn't make me feel like an idiot. I glanced in the rearview mirror to see what Sir Hellsings reaction had been. She sat there with a speculative look on her face, and seemed to be thiking someting over quite seriously. Alucard in the mean time was grinning wildly, like a cat with cteam to be exact. Just at that moment his voice echoed through the vaults of my mind.

"Oh Walter, what a stunning piece of work she is. I may decide to extend my offer to her as well. Wouldn't that be nice. then you two would have all the time in the world to get to know one another, hmmm?"

That statement nearly sent the car off the road. Sir Hellsing took one look at me and than said.

"Alucard stay out of Walter's head, and that is no request, it's an order." he looked quite a bit surrly after that, much to Meg's obvous amusement. The conversation after that comsisted of mostly Sir Hellsing explaining on the various means to kills vampires and gouls, as well as how to rell a freak vampire from a real one. She also explainded how Hellsing was run and Aucard and Miss Victoria's particularities Meg absorbed the information quite calmly but did warn Alucard that if he pranked her he would be meeting the bussiness end of her sword. Alucard just laughed until Meg pulled out a piece of paper withe japanese writing on it.

"Well damn, it would seem we have a shinto priestess in our midst" he stated, quite surprised it seemed. I tuned to look at Alucard, trying to figure out how that could be a problem. "Shinto magic is at least three times stronger than christian magic. She could actually injure me." I alowed myself a smile at Alucard's expence. It was so good to see him irked. Just seemed to make my whole day brighter for some reason. While Alucard decided to sulk, Meg turned back to Sir Hellsing.

"I undersand that the Hellsing Organization works for the church, but I hopefully that my not being christian won't be a problem for you folks. I mean, it's not like I'm trying to convert the entire of Britian, and it also allows me the luxury of being impartial in christian affairs. Meaning the tensions between the Anglican and Catholic churches." Her tone was sincere and insecure, as though she was afraid she would be rejected due to her reglion. Well, I suppose she did have a point, but she was my granddaughter and had no reason to worry because of that fact. Alucard's previous statement also helped Sir Hellsing to see the benifits of having a non-christian in her household.

After being assured that her religion was no problem Meg and the ladies moved on to more common subjects that no man alive truely wishes to overhear. Therefor I was pressed into conversation by Alucard yet again. This time I actually welcomed it.

"So Shinigami, are you going to teack her how to weild the wires?" He asked quietly. I had to pondr that on a moment. It was definately a useful weapon but she seemed to be quite capable with a sword and spells. And from experience I could tell you that until you got the hand of how to use them you were going to be injured quite often.

"I supose it couldn't hurt to offer to teach her" I replied after a moment. Alucard nodded his head in approval of my decision. I chuckled after a moment of silent observation of the ladies. It seemed that Meg had just introduced them to her taste in music. Miss Victoria was grinning and Sir Hellsing looked like she had just swollowed a whole rotten tomato. Ah well, so much for my hopes of her having a good taste in music. I suppose we all have our faults though. When we came into view of the Hellsing Manor Meg could't contain her gasp of surprise.

"Damn that place better have more than one bathoom or else I'm so screwed" she said after a moment, earning a chuckle from everybody in the car.

"There're all in the basement" Alucard told her with a grin, which earned him a sharp slap upside the back of the head from Sir Hellsing.

"That's okay Alucard" Meg said, her tone honeyed "I can always seal your coffin shut while you're in it one of there days."

Alrighty people, that is the new chapter. And now for a thanks to my reviewers, all three of them.

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