Demmie: Sorry you were worried about an AxS fic being done the week I posted chapter 8. I thought I'd make the romantics happy with an extra large dose of sappy stuff to make you all happy. Xander will get his and I'm pleased you liked the chapter. I will try to make this one good as well. :)
Kyra: You wanted an update...so here it is, and I appreciate your review very much! You guys, my reviewers, rock and are awesome too:)
Krafy Kitty: Thanx so much for your comments on the creativity and hard work I put into this! Between work, home and kids, I'm grateful I have any left with which to write! ;) I'll try harder to make this story better for you and everyone else:)
A/N: Sorry I haven't written and posted this chapter sooner... I was suffering from writer's block along with interruptions from real life. Anyway, I hope to get further additions done sooner. :)
Disclaimer: Not doing this again! Check the first chapter for this song and dance. :)
My Blood,Tears and Humanity
Chapter 9: Xander's End
Swiftly flying towards each other at a high speed, the vampire and the freak threw blows as they passed in mid air. Landing on the ground, first Alucard and then Xander, they hurriedly moved back into their attack positions. Pulling out a short sword from who knew where, Xander tested it's weight in his hand. Shifting it from hand to hand, he licked the blade. "I can't wait to get a taste of you, Alucard."
Irritated the vampire king growled low in his throat. The sound carried to his enemy who smirked in return. Whipping out his Casul and Jackal, Alucard fired simultaneously with both weapons emptying the clips into his already dead opponent. Frustrated, Alucard watched as the freak pulled himself back together; healing his wounds, and leaving behind smooth, unmarred skin.
"Alucard, I thought you could do better than that. You are the infamous No Life King", Xander spat sarcastically. The brunette freak wanted Alucard's death so bad that it left a bloody taste in his dry mouth. Stepping forward, Xander attempted to strike a blow with his blade, but his enemy met him halfway, stopping the blade from even coming close to the intended target...his heart!
Without warning, Xander faded into nothingness. No physical presence was emitted or felt. Alucard's veins sang with the song of challenge. Seras, however, listened as the song of fear orchestrated throughout her entire body. Turning her head and using her eyes she surveyed the area to find nothing. Alucard chose that moment to speak to her.
"Seras. Don't use your mortal senses such as your eyes. Your the vampire sense that you've inherited from me. Close your eyes and feel. Nothing else. Just release your mortal bonds and feel. Only then can you learn to accomplish things such as these." Gesturing for her to give it a try, he patiently waited. He already knew where the bastard was and the Hellsing hunter wanted to see if his fledgling could find Xander using only her senses.
Nodding to her master, Seras closed her eyes. Centering herself and becoming calm, she shut everything else out, and slowly she stood. Smelling the wind, it's scents telling her things the human nose would never know; the female draculina picked up a small hint of a malignantly evil presence. Her body twisting slowly like a weather vane, Seras had his trail and was determined to give away his position.
Acting ignorant, she walked around until she violently struck out; wrapping her hands around an invisible opponent. "Peek-a-boo, I see you!", she sang to him. Attacking him as she did forced him out of his cover and made him even angrier that Seras had been able to find him. Holding him steady, Seras kicked out, hitting him and sending him backwards several hundred feet. Her red eyes blazing hungrily, "I still owe you for everything you did to me, you bastard! That was just a taste and I'm getting warmed up for you now!"
Darkly chuckling, Alucard was pleased with her behavior! Muttering lowly, "So the kitten's finally come out to play, has she?" Seeing her this way did things to him that hadn't been felt or seen in years, and Alucard realized with a start that he was ready for his queen. But was she really ready for him?
Watching Seras and Xander play, Alucard winced at some of the blows his intended received. Like a true future No Life Queen she never complained or flinched. She just dished out what she got which was quite a lot.
Xander, who's muscular frame dwarfed Seras's much smaller one, came up behind her. Grabbing her, he swore when she slipped from his grasp. Astonishment took over, she managed to disarm him, taking his knife and flashing him a dark, psychotic smile of her own. Xander pictured an evil, female version of the Cheshire cat and that was Seras's look in a bag.
Quickly, before he could react any faster, Seras rushed him. Xander tried to avoid her, but she'd looked into his thoughts and saw his action, this time, before it could be executed. Thrusting her hands forward, through his block, she stabbed him in the heart; burying it up to the hilt.
Shocked, the enraged freak stumbled backwards. How could a mere female do this to him! Calling on all the powers he had, he dug the serrated blade out with just a thought. Once it flew free, he directed it to Seras's direction. As soon as it had been freed, the knife flew straight and true. Unfortunately to true for Seras. The long, metallic weapon had embedded in her throat! Blood flew, the words attempting to escape her mouth gurgled and bubbled. Falling to the ground, the petite vampire collapsed to the ground.
All the while, she held her own against Xander, Alucard had looked on as would a proud father. The blows she landed reminded him of his younger self when he'd been impetuous and sarcastic. He'd never managed to leave the sarcasm behind yet.
As Xander dealt the fight changing blow, Alucard's face twisted in malevolent fury. The winds picked up, the clouds rolled in and the thunder answered the unrealized call he'd sent to the skies. Alucard's eyes glowed. They looked like glowing crimson dripping from empty spaces. His hair elongated growing a little past his waist, and his every movement spoke of the barely contained fury below the surface. The tight muscles in the arms reaching out for him whispered that he was going to die and nothing would stop it from happening. Nothing. Or no one.
Alucard's dark, long hair shot out grabbing each one of Xander's appendages. Maliciously, the No Life King flashed his infamous smirk, and his hound speared out of his body, beheading Xander and swallowed the freak's head in one gulp. Alucard spoke to the hound, "That was excellent chow wasn't it, Cerberus?" The hound nodded it's head and disappeared back into his owner's taut, strong frame. Still holding on to the leftover's of Xander's body, Alucard called upon a bolt of lightning to incinerate what stood before him.
Hot, blue-white lightning streaked down from the heavens striking the intended target. The heat and speed of the strike ran straight down the middle of the corpse completely incinerating what was left behind. Alucard released the charred remains and before they could hit the ground, they turned to dust and blew in the wind.
With Xander's death, the sudden, freak storm dissipated as fast as it had come. The older vampire's temper had subsided greatly and now concern occupied his mind where rage had once taken center stage. Calm, dark skies revealed theirselves allowing the moon to shine down it's light on the couple left at the battle scene.
Hurrying to Seras's side, her master scooped her up and stepped into the black void. He stared down at her face. She was always pale, but this was really a much more unusual shade of pale. It was enough of a change to alarm him. Stepping out of the puddle which had provided such precipitous transportation, he laid the blond on his bed.
Using the familiar mental channels, he called Walter to them and requested additional blood packets be brought. Getting rid of unnecessary clothing, he threw his hat, coat and vest to the side and sat in the coffin with her. Knowing what he had to do, Alucard was prepared, but was Seras? Would she reject what he was about to offer? He had to do something or she might die!
Unbuttoning his shirt about halfway down his chest, just enough to show his elegantly, well-formed muscles, and he spoke softly to her and gently shook her awake. "Seras. Wake, Seras. Hear me now." No response. This worried him greatly. She'd never not responded to any of his calls before...never. Harsher, he spoke to her again, "Seras, I command you to hear me. Wake and hear my voice." Breathing a small sigh of relief as he watched her thick eyelashes flutter against her pale skin.
"Seras...you're dying. I can save you. Just like that night ago in Cheddar so many years ago, I can save you, still. If you'll let me." Watching her with eager eyes, he felt her trepidation.
"Master, what are you trying to say?" Her voice croaked weakly due to the wound at her neck.
But before another word could be uttered, the No Life King bent down and languidly swept his tongue across and around the wound on her neck. The feel of his tongue on her neck did things to her that she shouldn't feel right now, not while she lay there so wounded and close to the brink of death. Again.
"M-master? What are you doing?" Tremors in her voice aggravated her but made Alucard smile.
"Healing your wound, Seras. I can't allow you to bleed to death, now can I? Especially if you are to be my bride." He watched her face carefully gaging her reaction to his slip. He wasn't disappointed in the least.
Seras's eyes widened. "You want me for your bride? But I'm not worthy enough!" Her eyes frantically flew all around the room looking for some kind of reprieve but being given none, tears welled instantly.
Reaching out to caress her cheek, Alucard said, "Yes, Seras, you are worthy. More worthy of this honor than any other I've ever met in all my long life. I want you to stay with me. If you'd agree...would you become my No Life Queen?"
Shock registered clearly. The tears that had previously welled, now fell. "I can't believe you'd actually want me. Me of all people. Why?" Laying still, the draculina could barely move due to her injuries and her eyes searched her master's for the answers she was seeking.
"Seras, you've managed to become a vampire to be feared, something that I thought would never happening in the beginning when we first met. Your disdain for blood always held you back, but you finally accepted yourself for who you are and not only that...you accepted me. Regardless of what side I've shown you, you never backed down and gave me an ear whether I needed it or not. It's the little things you've done, Seras." Leaning further down, Alucard wrapped his long arms around the hurt female and slowly raised her to be on even terms with him. "You've given me back everything I thought I'd lost and would never see again. For all those things, I, myself, have come to love you in return. So what answer will you give?"
Her expression had grown thoughtful for a moment then changed to something unreadable. A blank slate in other words. Tenderly she smiled at him. "Alucard, I accept. I will go where ever you go and I hope that I live up to the No Life Queen you want me to be for you. Because I must tell you...that I love you and very much."
Seras's admission made the vampire's heart swell with love and pride. "Seras, the final step is for you to drink from me. Will you do this?"
Without refraining, she replied, "I will. I'll do anything for you, Alucard."
He could see her swaying with weariness and blood loss. Bringing his hand to his neck, he deftly sliced it open; a small stream of blood flowing free. "Now, Seras. Take that final step. Be completely mine with nothing to stand in our way."
Leaning over her, Alucard made his the self inflicted wound more accessible to his fledgling, who in her wounded state couldn't reach up enough to drink. Seras found the spot on the bleeding cut and slid her fangs into his already bleeding neck.
She began to suck greedily at the blood so freely offered. His blood was such a potent drug. It felt like fire, ice and sex all at the same time. Seras felt Alucard's pleasure at her drinking without being coerced. Whatever made him happy made her happy also. The two were so wrapped up in the vampiric blood taking orgasm that Alucard almost didn't have the strength to make her stop. If Walter hadn't of entered the room who knows how far it would have gone.
Alucard pried Seras off of him, happy that she'd done this of her own accord. So many times he'd wondered about her survival as a vampire because of her refusal to ingest blood. But she'd proved over and over lately all that was in the past.
Walter sat the packs on the table and was mentally instructed by Alucard to leave soon after that was done. Two of the packs flew into Alucard's hands and he handed them to Seras. She peeled the top off of the first pack and drained it dry in a flat thirty seconds. It was followed by a second and a third. While she was feeding, Alucard did the same thing, replenishing all that had been lost. Not that he'd complain or anything. All's well that end's well he thought.
Disposing of the used packs, the two vampires lay down in Alucard's coffin for a day of uninterrupted sleep. Seras, as usual, fell asleep within a few minutes while Alucard stayed awake to ponder for a while.
Turning, he faced her. Holding her in his arms, he whispered,"I can't believe I almost lost you. Again. I'll make sure it never happens again. I promise you, Seras."
Her faint voice echoed in his mind, "You'll never lose me,Alucard. I'm right here beside you and that's where I'll stay. That I promise you."
The vampire chuckled lightly at her words. They meant more than she'd ever know. Together the two of them would accomplish great things. And who knows, if children ever entered the picture...they'd grown up the most intelligent, beautiful and powerful beings on this earth. He'd see to that!
Closing his eyes, Alucard joined Seras. The two laying quietly, the No Life King and Queen together as they were meant to be.
A/N: This is it for this chap! I haven't decided if this was the last chap or if I'll do one more. I'll like to hear from those reviewing what they think...so now if you guys will just do the r/r. thanx:) L8r