A Promise Written in Blood 4

a/n: thank you all for your wonderful reviews. It was awesome to come home to six good reviews after being away at deer camp all weekend. Well here's the next installment.

About the chapters being short. The simple reason is because this story is something I'm working on till I can get my head back around 'Shadowed Fury' a Naruto story I'm working on.

Sixteen Years Have Passed

Seras sighed softly as she rose from her bed. She'd be leaving for college soon. It'd be over five years before she'd be able to come back home. A flash of red caught the corner of her eye. Every time she thought she saw the red cloaked man, he'd vanish into thin air. Her father had mentioned there was a vampire that lived in the manor but she'd never seen him. Though, the man in red was probably him. He never answered when she called to him nor did he speak to her. It was a bit unnerving that he didn't speak to her, but she shrugged it off.

"Mistress Seras," their retainer said softly. "You shouldn't go chasing Master Alucard."

"Is that his name?" she asked.

"Yes."

The man ushered her away from where she'd been trying to trail the man who'd watched her from a distance. She noticed people shied away from him when he did appear in the hallways. Something about him always felt familiar to her. Like, she should know who he is and that he meant something to her. Shaking the thoughts off she threw her bag over her shoulder as the car was loaded up with her things. Looking up at a window she saw him standing there. Everything slowed down when their eyes met. Haunting crimson met soulful blues. The word 'Master' kept reverberating through her mind when she looked at him.

"Master?" she asked herself in confusion.

Her gaze drifted from the window for a second before returning not surprised that he was gone. Something inside twisted at the empty window.

Alucard watched her from the shadows. He'd been doing that her entire life since the incident with the Freak so long ago. She did small things that reminded him of his Police Girl. When he heard her laughing he couldn't help but look suddenly. Her mannerisms were starting to mimic hers. He shook it off though because it couldn't be her. His Seras was long since gone, her ashes scattered to the four winds. To this family she was only a footnote until now when this new Master understood his loss and heartbreak. Though on the inside he was dead and his heart shattered to pieces. A heart he assumed he didn't have but that little bundle of energy walking into his life and made it beat again only to have her die at his own hand. The small light flickered out when she died.

"She'll be back Alucard."

He looked over at his master then back out the window. Turning his head away he went to vanish. "I wish I could afford to let you go with her but Crimson Night is still a problem and we're stretched too thin as is. I think being away from here might get her away from this and be protected."

"I'd strike at you through her no matter the distance."

"That worries me, but she knows to call you."

"Call me?"

The older man smiled softly to himself. The vampire maybe older than him but things were so much simpler. "My daughter has a charm around her neck as it were. If she ever needs you it'll activate."

He looked at his master in confusion. The man was smiling which confused the vampire even more.

"Why me?"

"She trusts you does she not?"

His mind drifted back to the night he'd saved her from that Freak. She'd curled up against so trustingly. He reeked of blood and of darkness but she had some connection to him. It was unnerving now that he thought about it the connection that seemed to be there. He never allowed her to see him more than a few minutes at a time and yet she was at ease when she saw him. Most ran in fear when they looked at him and felt his darkness, but she looked him brazenly in the eyes without flinching.

"She's foolish to do so."

"I don't think it is Alucard. You did swear an oath to me to protect her."

He tilted his head to the side.

"I did."

"Then Do Not Fail my daughter Alucard that's all I ask of you. Do what you have to, to protect her. Even if it means my downfall or the downfall of this organization."

His crimson eyes glittered at him.

"Even the downfall of this organization?"

"Even that."

"Is she that precious?"

The man even smiled at him.

"More than you'll ever know Alucard. More than you'll ever know."

Alucard snorted at the man's words before vanishing into the shadows. The Hellsing Patriarch smiled again to himself. Seras would be something precious to Alucard for a long time to come. It might've been a bad trick to make him promise to protect his daughter, but it had to be done. Dangerous times were coming he could feel it. There were those that would seek to harm her for the sake of getting to him and maybe one day to Alucard, but if the King of All Vampires was willing to protect her then the past wouldn't repeat itself. Sighing softly, he looked skyward. Seras would return and maybe one day would stand beside Alucard like she'd always been meant to stand beside him.

"You're foolish to believe in reincarnation," a dark voice growled.

"Are you here to kill me?" he asked softly without turning around.

"Not quite yet."

He turned his head to the side to see the wanna be vampire. "However it's interesting information for us about your daughter."

"You touch her and he'll rip you to shreds."

"Oh, what makes you think he will?"

He just smirked at him. The vampire frowned. He turned his attention back to the window.

"Because Alucard has a duty to this family and he will destroy you for thinking you remotely stand a chance against someone of his caliber."

"He can't protect this family forever."

"Don't be too sure on that matter, now if you'd be so kind as to get out of my house."

The vampire snorted before walking away. "He's not a true vampire like you are."

He heard a dark chuckle from the shadows.

"They are foolish."

"Protect her well Alucard."

He could feel the hum of agreement through their bond before it ceased and he was allowed to return to his office to do paperwork. He hoped those vampires prayed to whomever they served that their death's would be swift. He believed in reincarnation in only certain instances even if it was against his Faith because of the uncanny bond between the aged Vampire and his daughter. Even if protecting her was an order there had been a gleam in Alucard's eyes telling him he would've protected Seras fiercely. That also gave him hope for Alucard's future. Shaking his head he returned to his work.