Episode 6

"Hellsing Organization? What's that?" Ami asked.

"It's something from another world," Yui said, "So you're from another world too, then?"

Seras starred at them. Ami wondered, for a second, why she wasn't responding. She repeated Yui's statement for her. Once again, she just stared at them, as though she didn't understand what they were saying.

"I see…stupid!" Yui said, hitting herself on the head, "She's a foreigner! She can't understand a word we're saying!"

Everyone fell over in exasperation. Ami couldn't believe how stupid she was. How could she not realize that, although she knew a bit of English, this Seras didn't. And, truthfully, she wasn't fluent in English.

"We need a translator! And fast!" Usagi said, "I don't understand a word she's saying!"

"Same here," Miaka said.

"It's freaky how similar they are, huh?" Ami said, looking at the two of them.

"You don't know the half of it…" Yui said, starring at the two of them just as Ami did.

"Alright…where the hell are we going to find a translator anyway?!" Kyo asked, annoyed.

"Well…what we need is a cheap but efficient one…" Yuki said, considering the matter, "But translators aren't inexpensive…"

"Blackmail?" Sanosuke asked, offhandedly.

"B-blackmail!?" Tohru stammered, shocked, "Uh…I don't think that's a good—"

"No…it isn't a bad idea…" Kurama said, thinking, "That way, they would be more desperate to get the job done. The worse the problem is the better…"

"Maybe we should get someone who doesn't have a good credibility either…" Yui said, "That way, if she went to report us, who'd believe her?"

"That's a good idea, Miss Hongo," Yuki said, smiling. Yui blushed deep red.

"Well…uh…yeah…" Usagi said, trying to think of something intelligent.

"Why bother?" Rei said, "They seem to have everything handled fine…"

"I think I know of something that might work!" Ami said. Everyone turned to face her. She gulped deeply. She hadn't actually considered anyone would take her so seriously. She felt goose bumps rise up over her skin. She sighed, and continued, "Well…um…what about an English teacher?"

For a moment, there was silence. Ami knew it. She had said something stupid. Why did she think of an English teacher anyway? What was the point in doing so? It made no sense. She closed her eyes in embarrassment, and felt her face grow warm. Her tense muscles relaxed when Makoto said, "Don't worry, it was a good idea."

"Was?" Kurama said, grinning slightly, "It is a perfect idea. Mainly because I know of someone who fits that criteria perfectly."

"Then why the hell didn't you say it before hand?!" Kyo snarled.

"It didn't occur to me that it would work…but it would be easy to recruit her…very easy…"

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"So…here we are…" Excel said, seriously, as she pushed open the gates of the school the woman named Yukari had entered.

The school seemed quaint and innocent. The sun formed a shadow of the building over the fields and trees that encircled it. Cars drove students and teachers alike to the doors, and they flooded into the main hallway to arrive at their classes. How typical of the ignorant masses to unite in such a way.

"Look at them, Hyat-chan…the ignorant masses uniting for the sake of education…" Excel muttered, seriously. She waited for Hyatt to respond. Nothing. "Hyat-chan?"

"Senior…"

Excel turned her head around at a 180-degree turn. Lying on the floor, too weak to move, was Hyatt. Her skin was pale, and her body made one or two weak shudders of life. Excel rushed to her side. She really needed to stop dying so often. It was getting on her nerves!

"C'mon! Don't die on me, Hyat-chan!" Excel cried, "C'mon!"

"Go…save yourself…" Hyatt moaned.

"What are you talking about?! You're only going to come back to life in a few minutes!"

Hyatt blinked a few times, and sat up directly straight. "You always know best, Senior…"

"Wohoo!!! Now…time to find this Miss—"

"Are you the members of ACROSS?"

Excel and Hyatt turned around. How could anyone know of the top secret society of ACROSS? That was a secret held so dear! Unless this deep voiced person saw the seventy-plus HELP WANTED adds in the paper, he should have no clue about their existence! The man standing behind them, Excel realized quickly, had long blonde hair and sad blue eyes. The eyes matched his armor perfectly, or perhaps it was the other way around. He was beautiful, and Excel felt her heart pound harder. She shook the emotion out of her head. She didn't want to be disloyal to Lord Illpallazzo, after all.

"Yes, sir, we—"

"What do you want?! You aren't trying to keep us from accomplishing Lord Illpallazzo's words, are you!? You selfish little bastar—"

"I have no desire to obstruct your no doubt noble objections…on the contrary, I am here to lend you aid…and advice…"

"What?" Excel stammered. Was this man some agent of ACROSS like they were?

"My name is Nakago. I can get you exactly what you want, if so you desire."

"What?! Excel won't let you stop me from my objection of capturing Tetsuo!!!" How dare this man offering help ruin her chances of salvation! It was her only way from avoiding a rather deep, wet pit!

"I am not talking about that objective. I am speaking of your over all goals of global domination…that I can offer you, and make it appear that you did it all…"

Excel's mouth hung open. For once, she had absolutely nothing to say. She couldn't believe it. Letting Illpallazzo have complete control over the planet would be the greatest thing for everything in existence! And not only that, but if Excel gave it to him on a silver platter…

"Alright!!!" Excel cheered, grinning, "Tell me what to do!"

"Senior…are you sure we should listen?"

"Of course we should, Hyat-chan! In occasions like this—"

"My time is very limited…so I only have a short time to state what you must do…"

"You mean you aren't actually helping us?" Hyatt asked.

"If I did that, wouldn't it be obvious I was involved?" Nakago asked, bluntly.

"Eh, point taken."

"There will be a girl with blonde hair coming through that door. Shoulder-length hair. A sapphire earing like the one I am wearing on her. A single one."

"So what?" Excel asked, bluntly.

Nakago didn't take notice of her comment. Rather, he continued in his deep, dark voice, "Capture her."

"Why?"

Nakago, for the first time, grinned at this comment. Excel felt her mind fizzle. She could almost hear her brains fry. "Her hidden power far surpasses that of Tetsuo…FAR surpasses. And, if you play your cards correctly…she will be all powerful!"

"Thanks for the tip!" Excel said, grinning. Her mind was working feverishly now. All she needed to do was simply unlock the power, and the world would be theirs!

"How do we unlock her hidden power, Mr. Nakago?" Hyatt asked.

The only roadblock.

"You will give her to me. I will unlock her powers for you. Once I do, I will give her back to you."

"And Excel should trust you why…?" It wasn't that Excel was suspicious, because she wasn't. She just suspected that she could get more out of the situation this way.

"Why shouldn't you?" Nakago asked.

"Well, that's reason enough for Excel!" Excel realized it was hopeless to bribe him into more money. Oh well. It mattered very little.

"This Miss Yukari is meaningless compared to Lady Yui…"

"Who?"

"That's her name."

"Oh…should have said that before…"

"Do you recognize it?"

"Nope!"

"Alright…the rest is up to you…do not fail me…" With that, Nakago dissolved into the shadows. Excel felt a surge of confidence emerge. She could capture Yukari, and get Tetsuo, but this Yui person seemed much stronger. Why not do both?

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"Alright…this is the school…" Kurama said, walking through the side entrance.

"Who are we looking for, anyway?" asked Rei.

"We are looking for a person named Yukari Tanizaki," Kurama said, "She is an English teacher who is even less mature than her students."

"Hmmm…any chance she'll listen to us?"

"Very little…but I have something on her…" Kurama said, grinning.

"What do you have?" asked Chibiusa.

Kurama had a little grin spread across his face. Tohru felt a chill surge through her body at this. She couldn't explain why. But something about that smile made her feel something was very wrong with this thing he had on her.

"Say…shouldn't we have brought Seras?" asked Kyo.

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Sanosuke sighed. Why was it that he had to get all the psychos on his day? A few of the Sailor Senshi were with him, granted, but why did he have to cater to all of Seras's strange friends, too? One weird creepy guy with a red hat and cloak named Alucard, one old prune named Walter, another freak with spiky hair named Vash, and a moron priest named Abel. Oh, his day just kept on getting better and better…

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"I'm sure Sanosuke will enjoy himself…" Kurama said, grinning.

"Hey! Chiyo-chan!"

A girl walked down the hallway slowly. Her hair fell over her back, just as dark as her dull, out of focus eyes. She moved at a somewhat sluggish pace, but arrived much faster than Tohru would expect of someone moving so slowly. Tohru felt a good feeling around this girl. Something about her was soothing. Too soothing, actually. She spoke in an Osakan dialect.

"Chiyo-chan! Come on, Chiyo-chan…" the girl grabbed Chibiusa by her wrist, "What happened to your hair?"

"Hey! What the hell?!" Usagi snarled, grabbing the girl's arm.

"What are you doing?! Do you have a thing for little girls?" she asked, slowly.

"What the hell!?"

Everyone stopped what they were doing, and turned around to see a pair of girls. One was about the first girl's height, but with a slightly different hair style that flared out on the bottom. The other, who had spoken, was tall, wearing a pair of glasses that reflected the light emerging from the lights overhead in the corridor. She was starring at the sight before her, shaking her head.

"What are you doing, Osaka?"

"Osaka? So she isn't just from Osaka but her name is Osaka…oh boy…" Tohru didn't get it. Why would anyone name their daughter Osaka? She guessed anyone could name someone that, but still it wasn't a common name and all, so—

"Yomi! Look what they did to Chiyo-chan!" Osaka replied, frightened now.

"What are you talking about!?" the girl with the glasses, Yomi, yelled back, "Who the hell is that?!"

"It's Chiyo-chan!" Osaka had let go of Chibiusa's wrist, and she tore it from her grasp. She darted down the hallway. Osaka didn't move for about three seconds. Finally, she said, "Hey…where did Chiyo-chan go?"

"Are you freakin' retarded or something!?" Kyo yelled at her, mad.

"You know…sometimes I wonder the exact same thing…" Yomi said, sighing.

"So…where is Chiyo-chan?" the other girl asked.

"She's in class, remember?" Yomi sighed, exasperated, "Tomo, I don't need—"

"Tomo…?" Yui's eyes widened in shock. Tohru looked at her for a moment. Sweat had developed all over her brow. She was trembling from head to toe in alarm. She was tense now. Why, Tohru had no idea. Perhaps it was part of the mystery behind this girl. She didn't want to probe it if caused her that much alarm.

"Uh…yeah…that's my name…" the girl addressed as Tomo said. She was confused, as almost all of them were.

"So…there she is!"

Tohru was snapped out of her concern all of a sudden. She turned around, bewildered. Where did the voices come from? It had been female, that was for certain. And very high pitched.

"Is that the person he called 'Lady Yui'?"

"Lady Yui?" Tama muttered, swirling around, "What the hell?!"

"YEAH!!! Now time for the ignorant masses to finally accept the ruling of Illpallazzo and the secret ideological society of—"

"What the hell?!" Tomo snarled, "Doth my ears deceive me?! Does someone have even more energy then I do?!"

"I would hate to see that day…" Yomi muttered, agitated.

"Hey! What the hell?! Who's the pink haired girl!?"

"Chibiusa!" Usagi gasped, frightened.

"Hey! What the hell?! Shut up and sit down!"

A loud smashing sound echoed throughout the hallway. Tohru felt her stomach twist. She heard a child scream through the air, and a body collapse to the floor. Chibiusa was still on the ground, for Tohru heard no more sound after that.

"Senior…I don't think that was Lady Yui…"

"Ah! Who cares! More the merrier!"

"Alright! Hand over this Yui girl and someone named Yukari, and we'll be on our merry way!"

"What?! You've got to be kidding…" Yui snarled.

"I say we make a stand!" Usagi said, rushing forward. Kurama grabbed her by her arm, and pulled her to the floor without difficulty. Tohru felt nervous. This wasn't going to be another fight, was it?

"We don't know their powers…let's observe what they do…Yui, go to her," Kurama said, calmly.

"What?!" Yui gasped, starring, like the rest, at Kurama.

"You can't let Yui go with them!" Miaka snarled, rushing forward, "What if they hurt her or something!?"

"I see…alright…I'll go…" Yui said, "See what they can do, and play on that, huh? I see…"

Yui walked forward, and moved toward the end of the hallway. She walked passed Yomi and Tomo, and toward the shadows. She turned a corner, and they could hear, "Oh geez…you have to be joking…" Before a thud echoed through the hallway, and she too hit the floor.

"YUI!!!!!" Miaka cried, sobbing into her arm.

Tohru couldn't believe it. Chibiusa and Yui could be dead for all they knew. They could be hurt, or in danger, but they had to let them go or else all of them would be threatened! She couldn't endure the tension. She felt as though her mind was being fried as Miaka sobbed at her side.

"It's not like either of them are dead, you know…they're just unconscious…they don't plan on killing either of them…or Miss Yukari, for that matter…" Kurama said, "So don't worry…"

"Don't worry!?" Usagi snarled, "That's my kid your talking about!"

"Your kid…?" Yomi starred at Usagi with a horrified expression.

"Heh! Have you been busy or what?" Tomo laughed.

"SHUT UP!!!" Usagi punched Tomo into the floor. Tohru thought, although she was still shaking in shock from what just happened, muttered, "I deserved that…"

"Now…where is Miss Yukari!?"

"Oh…take her! Please…really…" Tomo shouted back.

"That easy?"

"Take her!" Tomo shouted, "That way we don't need to come!!!"

"Oh…okay! C'mon, Hyat-chan!"

"Senior…"

"Remember! Class 3!" Yomi shouted. Then, she turned to her partner, and sighed, "That takes care of one problem…"

"YOU IDIOTS!!!!" Kyo snarled, angrily, "Now how the hell are we going to have an English translator!?"

"Chiyo-chan!" Tohru had forgotten Osaka was even in the room. All eyes were on her as she replied, "She'd help!"

"Wow…that's uncharacteristically quick for you…" Yomi muttered, impressed.

"Yomi! There's a really weird girl with a big sword walking around!"

Tohru noticed a child running down the hallway. She sighed. She was so adorable and sweet looking. Tohru wanted to give her a hug. What she was doing in a high school, though, was beyond her.

"Chiyo-chan!" Osaka shouted.

"THAT'S Chiyo-chan?!" Miaka gasped.

"What's she doing in a high school?!" Tama gasped.

"Chiyo-chan's a prodigy…" Yomi said, "She's only ten years old, but is doing better than the majority of the school. Hell, she's doing better than the entire school and the teachers!"

Tohru's brain was scattered again. How could she possible move her up to this level? It must have been hard to make all new friends and everything. Not to mention having such different work to do.

"So…do you know how to speak English fluently?" Ami asked.

"Yes."

"That's good enough for me!" Usagi said, "Let's go!"

"But…we have no idea whether or not she's smart enough, or—" began Tama.

"She's in freakin' High School and she's only ten!" Kyo said, shaking her head, "She's gotta be doing something right!"

"C'mon, Chiyo-chan!"

"Everything is moving so fast…" Tohru muttered, shocked.

"What about class…?" Yomi asked, nervously.

"Screw class!" Tomo snarled, "This is the fate of the world we are talking about!"

"Where did you get that idea…?" Yomi muttered.

"She is, however, accurate," Kurama said, "This world is in danger from being overrun, and eradicated. Are you in, or are you out? The choice is entirely yours, but the world will disappear if we fail…"

"Disappear?! What are you?! On drugs?!" Yomi gasped.

"Alright! I'm in!" Tomo shouted.

"ARE you on drugs too? No wait, don't answer that."

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"Excellent…" Nakago muttered to himself, grinning, "Everything is going according to plan…"