A/N: "I'm aliveee!" I'm really REALLY sorry for the long wait. Hopefully this next installment will make it up to you guys. Oh! And thanks to all of you who reviewed!

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Chapter Three: "You Owe Me Five Bucks!"

"Walter run!" yelled Seras as she held back a furious Alucard. "Get a hold of yourself!" she urged. "Only if you change out of that ridiculous uniform!" Alucard calmed down some when he felt Integra call him. But didn't answer her call until he made sure Seras was properly dressed.

When Seras and Alucard got to Integra's office, they saw Walter flipping through the pictures in the digital camera. Alucard wasn't even mad since he was too shocked at the sight of Integra laughing.

"You called?" interrupted Alucard a bit annoyed. "Yes. I have good news and bad news." "Good news is, we have a new ID photo of you. Bad news, a spell was cast on you and Seras," informed Walter. "Where's the good news?" asked Alucard irritably. "Is it permanent?" inquired Seras who was now interested in the conversation. "No. It will only last for a month," answered Integra. "Aww. I don't want to be in my Master's body for Christmas!" complained Seras. "Sorry but you will have to deal with it," said Walter. "Now that that's settled we have a more urgent problem on our hands," informed Integra. "And what pray tell can be more urgent than switched bodies?" asked Alucard. "We don't have a Santa Clause," she answered gravely.

"What do you mean no Santa Clause?" asked Seras. "Every year I host a picnic for the soldiers and their families. I always hire a Santa to give out toys to the children. The one I hired cancelled on me," explained Integra. "Hire another one," suggested Alucard. "I tried. Everyone is booked and the picnic is two weeks away," Seras jumped up out of her seat with a sudden idea. "I can be Santa Clause!" she screamed. "Hmm… I could host a dinner party instead and I'm sure we can find a Santa suite to fit you," considered Integra. "I will not be any Santa!" contradicted Alucard. "Seras is going to be the Santa not you. In fact she will need help. You can be Santa's little helper," she ordered. "Heck No!" he rebelled. "No? It's either that or these pictures of you will turn into the Christmas invitations," threatened Integra. "Grr… Santa's helper," he decided. "Now leave. I'm extremely busy," ordered Integra before turning to the stacks of paper on her desk.

"What do you want to do now?" asked Seras as they walked. "Kill you," answered Alucard. "Hello Seras!" yelled Pip when he spotted them. "Hi Pip. How are you doing?" she greeted back. Pip looked bewildered. Since when did Alucard tell him hi? Seras realized her mistake and looked at her Master for help. "What are you doing here…Pip?" Alucard was going to say human, since he thought it was better than Pip, but noticed his fledgling's warning look. He never did like that name…Pip. It sounded so…fruity. "I need to talk to Sir Integra," he answered, still weary of the elder vampire's behavior. "She's not in right now, but I'll be glad to take a message," replied Alucard innocently. "Really? Oh well. Do you want to come with me and practice our shooting?" asked Pip. Seras looked positively delighted. When Alucard saw the look on her face he felt a strange tightening feeling in his stomach. It was with this feeling did he answer. "No, me and Alucard have to go plan for a party." Seras looked crestfallen, but then totally shocked when Alucard grabbed her arm and wrapped around it around his waist as they walked off. Pip on the other hand was just confused. What was up with Alucard and Seras? Since when did she call Alucard by his name?

"Why couldn't you just go shooting with him?" asked Seras angrily. "I have better things to do than try to play match maker for you," answered Alucard equally angry. "You didn't have to play matchmaker! All you had to do was pose as me! That wasn't so hard!" "I don't want to waste my time! We have to go find a costume for me!" retorted Alucard. "Fine. But can you at least tell me why you're so angry? I don't know why you even care that Pip asked me," asked Seras. Alucard's anger immediately disappeared. He wasn't one to beat around the bush but for some strange reason he couldn't give her an answer. Truth be told, even he wasn't sure why he got so angry. Sure Seras was his fledgling, but he's had other ones and he never felt the way he did when Pip asked Seras out. Maybe he was feeling… what did the humans call it? Jealousy. Well whatever it was he wasn't going to tell Seras. "I just wanted to get the planning over with," he answered. "I guess you're right. I'm sorry for wasting you're time," apologized Seras.

"I know a great costume place and I'm sure it's still open," Seras told Alucard. "You won't need to get a costume…I already have one," he answered quietly. "What? Since when did you own a Santa suit?" "Since 12 years ago," he replied.

Flashback

"Alucard you know the procedure. Search and Destroy. While you do that you need to wear a costume, and since you didn't have any I took the liberty of getting you one," said Integra as she handed him the bag. "Why do I need the costume?" asked Alucard. "Every Halloween there are vampire attacks. These attacks occur at certain houses, so I need you to go trick or treating to prevent this from happening again," she informed him. "But come on! A Santa suit, surely you could've found something better!" "It was a last minute buy that's all there was, so deal with it. You are dismissed." ordered Integra. "Last minute buy my butt!" He thought as he set out to complete his mission.

He found all the houses easy. He just needed to hear, "That house always gives the best candy!" and that would lead him to the houses where all the FREAKS were. It was hard to look intimidating when wearing a Santa suit. But the most trying thing was that kids and even this one creepy guy wanted to sit in Alucard's lap to ask for presents.

"Um… Santa?" asked an adorable strawberry blond five year old.

"Crap! What do I do? I don't want to scare her," sweat dropped Alucard.

"Ho Ho Ho! Please tell me what do you want?"

The child turned from smiling Angel, to a grining Devil.

"I know what you really are. And for only a small deposit of 20 bucks, I'll keep it a secret," she said sweetly.

"Damn It! I should have remembered sooner! Some how little kids almost always manage to really see for what I truly am! And this little freak of nature knows it too. And she's using it to her advantage, I'll give her points for cunning."

"I'll give you five bucks."

"Done."

"And just for the record, what's your name?" he asked.

"Seras," she answered.

"Ah… such a pretty name for a pretty girl. But remember (he was dangerously close to her neck by now) should our paths cross again I won't let you off so easy," he smirked.

She just smiled before saying, "I won't either." She turned around and started screaming.

"Look everyone, it's Santa and he's giving out presents!"

Before he knew it, Alucard was instantly bombarded by kids from all sides. The last image he saw before getting tackled, was Seras skipping happily as she sang "I got a Five. I got a Five. I got a Five. Hey Hey Hey!"

End Flashback

"I see our paths have crossed yet again little Seras."

"You owe me five bucks!"

A/N: Crappy excuse for a chapter I know, but I hope you guys liked it.