Me: Alrighty, to start this right off... hmm.. Blood moon... that is something that will pop up more so in the next chapter... though I must warn you all of this chapter... I am a bit hyper from much sugar in my blood,thus (shrugs weakly) Yes... you kind of get the idea...
Integra: (eye twitches)
Zuranna: Should we be scared?
Seras: ...
Me: Meh! In any case... You have been warned, but it isn't just all goofing off... a bit of info is in there... so yeah... enjoy!
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"This... is going to be... a problem..."
Seras blinking, glanced over to Yuki as it was he who had spoken. Standing there right by the shut front doors inside the grand hallway filled with candles, nearby Thom and Kitanne in their human like forms were bust shaking off the drenching waters as best they could from their bodies. Nearby as well, there stood the earlier molten black and brown griffin that had been the deliverer of Haku's location and couldn't speak or understand a single word of English unless through a mental link. Utterly drenched and dripping water everywhere, the griffin just stood there tall like a soldier awaiting orders from his commander.
To the far left of Seras and Yuki; laughing with pure amusement as all worries were banished. Alexial stood there grinning happily down at a very frightened wide sapphire eyes resting upon a five year girl who wrung her hands tightly within her now drenched red shirt as her common wet jeans were slumped over her bare pale feet due to the cold rains and winds. With water dripping off her small mop of shoulder length straight blond hair, the child was a near duplicate of Integra when she had been that age.
"A problem you say?" Seras questioned as her sapphire eyes watched Alexial coo and talk softly to the child causing the pure terror within the girl's heart fade slowly, but surly into fear. Yuki sighing, nodded as he ruffled his dusty wings, gaining both gold and silver eyes of the two rouge griffins including the feline set of the other griffin that continued to sit there as a statue. "yes my Lady... if that child is indeed the last human of the Hellsing bloodline, then it will be a given Maxwell will come here... many humans will die." The servant murmured as the girl giving a loud mix between scream and cry, ran hard right behind Seras as Alexial laughing stood there from scaring the child by sneaking up behind the poor kid. It was only out of good fun, but to the young girl, it was terrifying in her current situation. Feeling the tiny hands grab onto her black slacks, Seras blinking, peered down gaining the wide fearful eyes of the child who gave a small whimper as a failed attempt to speak to the one she clung onto.
Smiling softly, Seras kneeling gently beside the child watched her as seeing the woman's motion. Her tiny hands releasing the clothing, stumbled back hard as she weakly looked all around. "Hey... you're safe... you have no need to be afraid..." blinking her big innocent eyes, the girl looked fully at Seras as the queen smiling, kneeled there upon her left knee that rested on the blood red carpet. With a few tendrils of blond hair sliding over her face, Seras giving a faint grumble rose her hand up to brush the hair away yet froze as she heard the small giggle. Making her hand stop midway of brushing the hair from her eyes, Seras just looked at the kid as Thom smiling, drew over with Kitanne following behind. Clearly not enjoying being in this place that was dominated by the king of all undead. "She's been awake in the past, but no one could get her to talk or get even close to laughing, what's your secret Lady Seras?"
With a deep sigh, Seras rising her head, cocked it ever so slight as she eyed Thom. "Please... Call me Seras... and as for my secret..." looking fully back to the child who watched Seras still with uneasy eyes, the queen giving a timid smile gained back a ever so small grin on the girl's very worried face as she continued to stare at Seras like a lost kitten. "It's... probably... because I'm more human then any of you combined... so... do you have a name little one?" Seras murmured softly as she finally succeeding in brushing the hair away from her eyes, watched the little girl as her smiling growing ever so slight, continued to wring her hands within her slowly drying out red torn shirt. "S... Sarina..." the girl's voice was still shaking as the fear the small child held was still very deep inside her soul.
"Sarina... alright... where did you come from?" Thom spoke as he silently made his way beside the kneeling young queen of Dracula. Weakly looking to the man she had seen a few minuets ago as a winged bird thing, Sarina fell closer to Seras with a small whimper leaving her tiny mouth. Seras chuckling gained Sarina's stare as the queen watched her exchanging glances with both sets of sapphire eyes. "Calm down... everyone here are good friends... so please... where do you belong?" Seras spoke softly as the girl just stared at her.
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Standing within the massive courtyard cloaked in foot deep fog and shimmering of moist foliage due to the rains having ended a half hour ago, standing by the fountain of blood and skeleton dragon were two figures cloaked in shadows. Far off within the castle, Sarina and both griffin and Yuki had gone off as the child no longer afraid, ran off to apparently play hide and seek. Thom and Kitanne had taken residence within one of many guest rooms. The two slept deeply in the darkness so to recoup from their weary flight past vast distances.
A faint white swirl of lazy smoke drifting into the cool brisk air as the rains having stopped, curled idly around its master's head. With the dull orange glow caused from a lit cigarette between pale soft lips, red eyes watched the red liquid spill forth all over the skeleton black metal dragon. As she stood there, the form beside her no less then half an inch shorter with vivid sapphire eyes, also watched the fountain. With a deep breath passing her lips allowing a huge plume of smoke to rise into the chilly night air, Alexial rising her left head withdrew the cigarette and brought her eyes up to the now semi cloudy sky.
"So... Japan eh..."
"Huh?"
Seras blinking, glanced over to Zuranna's daughter as she brought the half used cigarette once more to her lips as she looking back from the sky, continued to watch the fountain. With a small sigh, Seras also brought her gaze to the blood lathered statue before them. with her sapphire eyes holding uneasiness and concern, Seras held a face of a neutral composure, but inside her mind was racing. "Yeah... Japan... but... what bothers me... is both… how did another Hellsing survive when it was known that only Integras was the last… and… the city Sarina had said she was from..." Seras murmured as a solitary winged servant flew high over head giving a haunting call that sounded much like a owl's midnight song. The servants when not hunting actually acted and looked like peaceful beast of darkness, or rather, all servants of Dracula's looked peaceful, that is... as long as they weren't hunting of tearing apart a screaming victim.
Alexial sighing deeply once more, looked sideways to Seras as the cloud of soft white smoke flew past her head. "Possibly Sarina and her family… was Hellsing but didn't know it. No one can fully track down the entire bloodline could they? And the city… what was it? Um… Osaka... was it not... did it not get destroyed recently?" Alexial spoke in a neutral tone as Seras nodding ever so slight, brought her soft left hand to her eyes and gave them a weary rub. "Yeah... a few weeks back. When the humans there tried to rebel... a hidden weapons base was destroyed thus..." Seras sliding her hand from her eyes, gave Alexial a very worn out smile as the fatigue from the so many wars and battles shimmered deep in the sapphire pools of Seras's eyes. Alexial understanding that look all to well from her own father and mother, smiled sadly to Seras. "Thus... the entire city was destroyed... but there were survivors, yes?" asked Alexial. Seras's eyes showed a old sadness fully reminding Alexial that Seras herself was human with a mere immortal bond to Lord Dracula.
"No... they all died... every one..." the queen murmured as she looked timidly to the sky at the still pretty full moon that hung above giving off its haunting glow. Alexial withdrawing her cigarette once more, eyed it in her soft pale right hand as it glowed softly in the moons glow. "So... that would mean... Sarina's family was killed..." Alexial spoke in a faint whisper, her words traveling on a simple breeze causing a few blades of wild grass and weeds shimmer from the moons touch on their moist forms. Seras nodding, gave a deep sigh that came not just from deep within her chest, but from within her very soul. "What concerns me the most is... Japan has become the new domain for Deborah... Kunisaku's sister... I do hope they were alright..." Blinking, an idea began to form within the young queen's mind.
Seeing the odd glimmer grow in the sapphire eyes to her mother's old friend, Alexial narrowing her red eyes, looked at Seras. "Seras?" with a small smile growing upon her soft lips, Seras looked right into Alexial's red eyes. "Everyone of the darkness and light had heard of Osaka's destruction... including Maxwell... so the safest place to send that child would be?" the young queen's grin began to grow into a small smirk as Alexial, blinking... put two and two together making her fully look at Seras with widening eyes. "Japan... how the hell would we get there? The airport isn't going to let us just waltz in there with that king of yours being the way he is!" Alexial spoke as she rubbing out the cigarette into the heel of her boot, stuffed the dead gathering of crushed cotton and paper into her coat pocket. Seras sighing looked at the fountain once more as her mind was racing with new ideas and ways of pulling off her idea.
Seeing the young queen deep in thought, Alexial recalling Dracula's attitude and looks, the vampire sighed deeply as she rubbed her suddenly weary eyes within her left hand. "so what will we do? Dress Dracula within 'normal' clothing? Make him go into a child like you did twenty years ago..." Seras blinking, looked right at Alexial as she had brought up a memory near forgotten by the young queen. Seeing this look of curiosity, Alexial giving a odd laugh, ran her left hand through her tied back black blue tinted hair. "My... mother told me... and actually showed me through a mental link..." with a short sharp laugh, Alexial eyed her left hand as she flexed her fingers giving a few bones within a good crack. "also... it's one of the few vamperic tricks my mother taught me..." the woman spoke with laughter ringing in her very tone.
Seras smiling, sighed as she looked back to the fountain as she remembered the single day and night Alucard was turned from a sadistic cruel man to a small child who was afraid of the dark!
Seras rose her hands up and moved to slip out of her coffin, yet... Seras's eyes went wide as her head began to throbbed violently as it had made very rough contact to the coffin lid as it hadn't budged to her hands commands. 'Wha!' pressing harder, she gritting her teeth narrowed her eyes. But the coffin lid just would not budge for her. Panic began to rise yet as swiftly as it fell upon her. Seras feeling the darkness, collapsed back down onto the coffin bottom as she eyed the lid. Lifting her hands up, her middle fingers were drawn. "Not funny master!" She yelled.
Hearing his muffled laughter from above, Seras groaning laid her arms limply on either side as she continued to eye the coffin lid. How could she move him, he was a lot more powerful then she was. Recalling the battle, the coil of darkness, Seras's eyes narrowed as she slowly rested her flat palms onto the wooden lid above. Alucard could call up his powers anytime he sought, so couldn't she? Feeling deep within herself, Seras felt the darkness once more uncoil at a much smoother pace then last time. She drawing out her own power, felt his. Seras's eyes went wide as she felt him, he had no opening, no chance of a true surprise attack. He was aware of all around him.. except. Seras saw and took the opening with very little thought. The girl cried out as she hearing a muffled boys cry; the lid gave and flying open Seras swiftly sat up and froze at the sight. Standing there by the edge of her coffin was a bundle of adult clothing as within them wriggled a small boy no older then five with shoulder length black hair.
Pushing the to large hat from his head. Small child yet harsh red eyes drew upon Seras's bewildered ones as he bared his fangs in a dark growl that seemed more of a comedy scene. Seras with a weak sound leaving her throat looked over to see Walter hiding his mouth behind his hand as his eyes were wide. Integra was just rigid with a lost look as Tyson was rolling on the floor cackling. Zuranna smirking bore a cocked eyebrow as she stood nearby with arms crossed over her front and Demon on her shoulder. "You... you... meany!" Seras blinking looked back down to the child and paled as she felt dread rise in her chest realizing who that child was. "M... Master?" she whispered as he was weakly wrapping his five year old body in his white shirt from the pile of clothing.
Zuranna gave in to her mirth and joined with the wolf. Demon sighing fluttered over to Seras who watched her midget master clothe himself as best he could. "you... pulled off a very weird stunt on him." The servant spoke gaining Seras's bewildered eyes. "I... I didn't mean to... he just... he wouldn't let me out... I had no idea what was going to happen!" she cried. "Relax Seras..." hearing the words filled with laughter, Seras looked over at Zuranna as she drawing over kneeled and eyed the glaring child Alucard who clearly was crossed as hell. "it can't last more then an hour to two... but no doubt a mere hour since his ranking level is higher then your own... but good job, I couldn't have done any better." The American undead chuckled. Seras blushing, looked at her former master with both regret and dread of thinking what was to come when he returned to his normal status. The small Alucard turning, glared at Seras outright and taking a loud breath. Seras cringed ready for a tongue lashing but, one never came. Blinking she looking at the mini man saw him with his face scrunched up and his tongue sticking out at her.
Alexial stared at Seras as the young queen sliding her right flat palm over her mouth, muffled her glee filled laughter as her sapphire eyes danced with memories flooding her mind. "Seras?" Seras looking at Alexial, laughed as she removing her hand from her lips, waved it side to side as she couldn't seem to stop laugh. "Sorry... it's just... I had near forgotten what had happened that day... but... yes..." clearing her throat in aiding of silencing the best she could of her laughter, Seras looked fully at Alexial as she could not hide her smile. "... we cannot make Alucard go child... or put him in normal clothing... he would... truly kill me." Chuckled Seras as she sighing, looked to the fountain once more as her dancing eyes held pure amusement deep within.
Alexial sighing, also looked to the fountain as she cocking her head ever so slight to the side, gave a deep crack from within her neck. With more haunting calls of demonic owl cries, a flock of five winged servants flew over head as dawn was approaching soon. The night sky having lost much of its cloud cover, stares all around flickered with the moons touch making the still moist courtyard lathered in fog to shimmer with a elegant and soft glow. "So... what will we do..." Alexial murmured as she leisurely rising her face ever so slight to the sky, proceeded to itch underneath her chin with a look of content upon her young face as her nails eradicated the annoying itch. Seras drawing in a slow breath, smirked ever so slight... "Alucard sleeps like a true dead man during the day... why don't we-" Both Seras and Alexial stood there with dumbstruck expressions towards the fountain still as with a loud shriek of childish laughter rang right behind them. With a blur of red and blue streaking past the two women's backs... both a griffin's cry and agitated yell followed suit as both a molten black brown blur and grey black blur raced after Sarina.
Glistening blades of beheaded moist grass flew into the air as the fog swirled around with a violent agitated bellow from dusty wings and sharp claws. Even with all the racket behind them, the two woman merely traded sideways uneasy glances with each other.
"Was that?"
"I... think it was..."
"Did she have..."
"yeah... but..." Seras turning sharply, stared in the direction the three had ran off in and yet oddly, were no where in sight. Narrowing her eyes as Alexial joined her side, Seras gave a weak sigh. "but?" asked Alexial gaining a ever so slight crooked grin on the young queen's soft lips as she chuckling lightly, looked towards two mahogany doors that hung slightly ajar past the ivy covered pillars of black marble. "But... I wonder how the little child got hold of Alucard's hat." Seras murmured as a small laugh passed her lips. Blinking, Alexial chuckled slightly "well... it's a start of making him look normal..." Alexial laughed gaining Seras's odd stare as the queen's left eyebrow slightly lifted above her blue eye.
The two women trading glances of amusing inner laughter. Within mere seconds of the child and two figures streaking past, both women began to chuckle and slowly escalade... leaning shoulder to shoulder heavily, both, Queen of Dracula and Daughter of Donovan had tears be it both clear and bloody slip down their faces as laughter shook their bodies heavily. Just in general, this entire night had been one amusement right into another, and it was time for the two to finally let loose the once concealed mirth that was bottled up within their very souls. Neither of the two were aware of a tall form cloaked in darkness take shape behind them on the far side by the marble pillars and flickering dim candle flames. As the women continued to laugh though within the soft cool darkness of the waning night oblivious to the figure behind them far off in the dew covered courtyard. High above in the star filled sky, the setting moon began to give off a faint red glow; blood moon was coming.
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Me: Are you all just staring blankly at the screen, or laughing your asses off?
ty: I think... they all want to kill you now...
Me: (blinks) ... could you blame me? I mean come on! Sugar!
Everyone: ...
Me: (shrugs) In any case... again, thank you all for the reviews, I feel so happy that no one hates me! Or at least my fic (grins) so yes, as always promised, keep up the reviews and more shall come! Ja Na for now!