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Chapter 10: Blood to Viridian City

Midnight. The entire village was in ruins. The center of the village, where most of the battle took place, was swimming in blood. There were body parts everywhere, one can see bones and brains floating upon a sea of red. And in the middle of it all, two figures, one trying to calm the other down.

Ash was wrestling Dawn into the ground, struggling to keep the berserk vampire from escaping.

"Dawn, snap out of it!" yelled Ash, now pinning Dawn by both arms, he was now kneeling on top of Dawn, using his strength to keep her pinned. But despite his efforts, Dawn was putting up a good fight.

"Calm down!" Ash called again, trying to reach his underling. It didn't work, and Dawn was struggling even harder.

"Dawn, please." Ash was at his wit's end. Nothing seemed to work in calming down his fellow vampire. That's when he remembered the events of one year prior, when he went into a similar state and how Miss Seras hugged him to help him settle down.

'Please let this work,' though Ash, and proceeded to lie down, on top of Dawn, and gave her an all-encompassing embrace. Ash intended the hug to be like the one Seras gave, a caring embrace that told the world that an everlasting bond has been created between two persons. Unfortunately, Ash's head landed directly in front of Dawn's, and their lips met for the first time. Ash, too focused on the embrace, did not notice the unplanned kiss.

Minutes passed, and eventually Dawn's struggle became less and less. Finally, she relaxed, and the first thing she saw upon coming back from the land of the mad was Ash's face. The next thing she noticed was that Ash was hugging her….and kissing her.

"Gaaahhh!"

The next moment Ash had a very prominent hand-shaped mark on his cheek, as well a lot broken and disintegrated bones. Dawn, on the other hand, was redder than blood. Suddenly, she started crying.

It took a few seconds before all of Ash's bones were healed enough for him to start moving again, and moved towards Dawn as soon as he could.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

Dawn looked at him with puffy eyes, threatening to spill a flood at any moment.

"Did you, did you see what I just did?" she asked back.

At Ash's silence, Dawn faced him completely. "I completely lost my mind there Ash, I can't control myself. What if something like this happened again? What if I went crazy where there are a lot of people. What if—" she was cut off, because Ash had taken hold of her hand and was looking at her straight in the eyes. Two blood red orbs stared into each other.

The moon decided to show herself, illuminating the destroyed village, and giving a surreal and mysterious effect upon the two figures at the center.

Ash looked at Dawn, and gave her a look of understanding.

"I know what you mean, and I also went out of control. It happened last year, when Miss Seras and I were in her apartment, ready to go to the Hellsing Manor. A vampire had turned a large number of another town's population into ghouls, and was going to do the same on Pallet town. We stopped her, but during the fight I went completely mad, Miss Seras had to hug me to calm me down, and I also became afraid of what I can do," said Ash.

Dawn's face was one of surprise. She did not know Ask had gone through a similar experience as she. She looked at Ash with a solemn expression.

"Ash, you think I can get my powers under control?" the tone of her voice was unsure.

Ash smiled. "Of course you can, I got control over mine, and you can too! Plus you can get stronger!"

He gave Dawn a mischievous grin, something which Dawn replied with a grin of her own.

"Alright, I'll take your word for it."

They stood up; feeling more relieved and relaxed than before, and surveyed the area.

The village was in ruins. And they were standing on a sea of blood, intestines, and torn limbs. It was enough to make Dawn feel sick.

"Ash, how can you look at all this without vomiting?" she asked.

"You get used to it."

Deciding not to ask how Ash can get used to a bloodbath, she changed topics.

"What are we going to do with all this blood? I'm sure the police will go crazy trying to find who did this."

Ash placed a hand on his chin, trying to think of an idea to hide what had transpired. After a few minutes…

"I got it!" he exclaimed, putting a fist up in the air.

"What, what is it?" asked Dawn.

"Any ideas?"

Ash received a broken skull for the pathetic attempt at humor.

"Don't joke at times like this!"

Rubbing his head, Ash looked at a fuming Dawn with slight fear.

"Alright, alright, um…we should burn this place to the ground."

Dawn tilted her head.

"Why should be burn the village?"

"To remove all evidence, the police will not be lured into thinking of vampires when they see a razed community," replied Ash.

Dawn nodded an affirmative. She may be young, but she also knew what would happen in vampires revealed themselves to the public. People would be afraid of them, and in turn her.

"Alright, so how do we do that?" she asked.

Ash paused, he had never thought of how he was going to burn the village. Looking around, he tried to find some dried sticks and some paper when a sudden movement caused him to look back.

Dawn turned around as well, and both saw a red lizard with a fiery tail, looking from behind a tree, waiting to see if the horrifying creature that caused the hair-raising scream earlier was gone.

Ash stared at the Pokémon, when an idea struck him. He pulled out his Poke Dex, identified the lizard as a Charmander, removed a Pokeball from his pocket, and proceeded to hurl the ball towards said lizard. The poor Pokémon never stood a chance, and got knocked out before it was captured. Satisfied with his new Pokémon, Ash took Charmander out of his Pokeball and, using the flaming tail, set the houses ablaze.

Dawn looked at her master's handiwork, stunned because Ash can do that to an innocent Pokémon, and amazed that she hadn't thought of it sooner.

"Well, that's one way," she remarked.

Ash smiled at her. With the burning of the village complete, the two set out for Viridian. When they got to the outskirts of the once peaceful community, Ash paused.

"Dawn, we'll need to hurry. I need to get this information to Hellsing as soon as possible."

"Sure, but why did we stop now?"

"To tell you to run as fast as you can, I'll be right behind you."

"Right." And the two of them took off into the darkness, a burning village behind them.

They passed by a stream, where Ash called for a halt.

"Ash, why are stopping?"

Ash smirked. "Look at yourself and ask if you really want other people to see you like that?"

Dawn gave him a confused look, before directing her gaze to her body, and gave a nod of understanding. Her clothes, even her overlarge bonnet was, a deep crimson in color.

"I see what you mean," she said, a bit embarrassed.

"Don't bother, my clothes are also stained," replied Ash, pointing to his jacket and hat, which were an even deeper shade of crimson than Dawn's clothes. He took off his clothes right then and there, much to Dawn's surprise and embarrassment. When Ash has finally stripped down to his boxers, he looked at a tomato-faced Dawn.

"What's wrong?" he asked, taking a step towards her, which only made Dawn blush even more.

Scandalized, Dawn looked away from Ash, her face red.

"J-just get in the water already!" she screamed, and started moving towards a nearby tree.

Not knowing why Dawn was acting that way, Ash shrugged and dived into the stream. The water felt cool to his skin, and reached up to his chest.

Minutes later, a still red-faced Dawn emerged from behind the tree. She was clad in only her undergarments, a tank top and her panties. [A/N: I don't think female children at the age of nine were wearing bras yet]

Her foot took an experimental dip in the water, and was followed by her entire body slipping under the surface. Ash took this time to also dive under the surface. They met underwater, each mesmerized by the other's appearance.

When both had come up, they were staring into each other, a look of uncertainty in each of their faces. The pale light of the moon illuminated the stream, and the area was bathed in a mysterious glow. Both vampires tore their eyes off one another, and continued on their bathing.

When they finally finished, Ash was putting on fresh clothes while Dawn just sat there, dripping wet. After Ash has finished changing clothing, he threw a set of his own garments to Dawn.

"Use some of my clothes for now, we'll get you new ones at Viridian city," he said.

Dawn nodded, and went behind a tree to change her wet outfit. Once she finished changing, they packed their dirty, wet, and bloodstained clothing and continued on their journey.

Morning came, and Ash and Dawn have reached the outskirts of a town. As they slowed down to avoid being spotted of running at abnormally fast speeds, Dawn noticed a sign depicting where they were.

"Hey Ash, isn't this Cerulean city?" she asked, coming to a halt.

"Yes it is. What about it?" Ash replied, also stopping.

"Isn't this where your next badge will be?"

"Yes, but now isn't the time for that, I'll get the badge once we finish with our Hellsing business. Now come on, we'll stop and rest at the Pokémon center for the day."

They stopped at the Cerulean city Pokémon center. As they entered the lobby, the news can be heard from the television.

("As of today, there have been no reports as to the whereabouts of the famous Pokémon Coordinator Johanna Berlitz and her daughter. Police have begun to suspect kidnapping as the cause of the disappearance, but have yet to find evidence to support the theory," said the news reporter)

Dawn hung her head while Ash looked away. They did not want to hear what had happened to Johanna again.

The reporter on the TV was just about to go off screen when a piece of paper was passed onto him. His eyes widened at what he read.

("T-this just in. As entire village was burned to the ground last evening," he cleared his throat. "Our news crew was on their way to Cerulean city when they stumbled upon the ruins of Oaklore village. Police are already on their way to investigate what had transpired, but have already announced that this may have been the work of the perpetrator of last year's Tellap town massacre. More updates will be given after the break," he said.)

At this point, Ash and Dawn could take it no longer. They practically ran towards Nurse Joy and demanded to be given a room.

"Uh-of course, here's the key. The room number is B-17, it's on the left side of the building," said Nurse Joy.

The two grabbed the key, mouthed a quick thanks, and proceeded to the direction they were given.

'I wonder what's gotten them so upset about', thought the Nurse.

The room where Ash and Dawn were staying at was dark. The bed was double deck, and there was a cabinet for two persons on the side.

The occupants of the room lied in their beds. Their minds filled with grief over everything that happened. It would take a long time before the silence would drift them to sleep.

Evening came, and Ash and Dawn left the Pokémon center feeling less cheerful than when they entered. They walked towards the outskirts of town, as running at full speed will garner unwanted attention. Both were silent along the way.

As they left Cerulean City, Dawn suddenly asked Ash a question.

"Ash?"

Ash who was staring at the ground, looked up.

"Have you ever regretted, regretted becoming a vampire?" asked Dawn.

Ash smiled a sad smile.

"Many times," he replied.

Dawn listened to him, sighed, and then went back to being silent.

"But I felt glad that I become a vampire, many more times."

Dawn looked back at Ash, her face puzzled.

"When I became a vampire, there have been good times and bad times. I've been thrust into fights and massacres that would make an adult cower. I've taken the lives of many creatures, human, vampire, or Pokémon, and I've suffered injuries that would kill a normal human."

Ash paused, and Dawn anxiously waited what he would say next.

"But I've made friends. Friends that would never abandon me whatever the crisis, friends that I will willingly give my life for them, and they for me, and you know what Dawn, I only met those friends because I became a vampire," said Ash, his face smiling.

Dawn looked in awe at Ash. Through all of his hardships, he still managed to keep happy and make new friends. She wished that she could also be like that, until…

"Don't worry Dawn, I'm sure you'll become good friends with the Hellsing members!" Ash suddenly said.

Dawn smiled. "Thanks Ash."

When they reached the edge of Cerulean city, then resumed to running at inhuman speeds towards Viridian City.

They finally reached Viridian City by midnight. When they got to the town, they slowed to a casual pace, and Ash started looking for the Hellsing headquarters.

"Ash, what does the headquarters look like?" Dawn asked suddenly.

"A mansion."

"Do you know where it is?"

"Right here."

Dawn blinked.

"Huh?"

Right in front of her was a magnificent mansion. The grounds of the manor were expansive, and well taken care of. The front of the main building was colored a deep red, with the doors seemingly made of tough wood. There were directly facing an enormous gate, easily five times Dawn's height, and topped with dangerous looking spikes.

Overall, the mansion would not be out of place in a horror movie.

Ash walked beside the gate and opened a panel. Inside was a doorbell. Ash pressed it, and a sound not unlike a sinister church bell was heard.

Both vampires waited for someone to answer, which came just a few seconds later. A figure came out of the door. It had shoulder length straw colored hair, a pair of glasses, and what looked like a black trench coat. [A/N, guessed who this is yet?]

The figure started towards the gate, and Dawn immediately became alert, though she was stopped by Ash, who was looking like he was meeting an old friend. When the figure finally reached the gate, he looked at Ash and Dawn, before returning his gaze again on Ash.

"I'd love to ask what happened, but then it's rude of me not to take you inside, come on in," he said, gesturing for us to enter the gate.

Ash and Dawn followed the man inside the mansion, and Dawn's jaw dropped.

The mansion was magnificent. The lobby itself is enough to fit her entire house; it was decorated with paintings or famous warriors as well as historical figures. A stairway was on one side of the lobby.

Turning the lights on, the man waved for Ash and Dawn to sit down. "I will return with Pip," he said, walking out a door on the side of the lobby. Minutes later, he returned with a man who was wearing an eye patch, a wide-brimmed hat, a cigarette, and an automatic rifle. His hair was even longer than Dawns, and colored brown.

"So Heinkel, you sayin' Ash got himself a girl, what does she look like?" said the man with the eye patch to the other one, now named Heinkel. He looked at Ash and Dawn, who were sitting on the sofa. The former stared at Dawn.

"Bonjour jeune dame, may I ask the name?" he said, in an accent Dawn has never heard before.

"D-Dawn," Dawn said.

"Dawn, Ash what were you thinking bringing such a lovely lady here, and may I ask mademoiselle, as to why you're here?"

Dawn blushed, and started to open her mouth to reply….

Then the man kneeled in front on Dawn and kissed her hand. One embarrassed "eeiiihhh!" and a vicious slap to the face later, and the man was on the other side of the lobby, his face tattooed forever with a red hand print.

Heinkel, who was observing the exchange, looked shocked. When he regained the use of his mouth, he turned to Ash.

"The girl, she is a vampire, right?"

Ash nodded an affirmative.

"I see, and how did she become a vampire?" he asked.

At this, Dawn looked away. She did not want to hear what happened to her mother again.

Ash gave Dawn a glance, before looking again at Heinkel.

"Alright, but can we wait until Pip wakes up? I don't want to repeat myself."

Coincidentally, the man Dawn slapped, Pip, was just beginning to stir, a moment later he finally awoke.

"Ugh, what did I miss?" he asked.

"Ash was about to tell us how Dawn here became a vampire."

Pip snapped his head towards Heinkel.

"Wha' did you say? The girl is a vampire?"

Heinkel nodded. Pip rubbed his face, his new 'tattoo' noticeable even in the dim light.

"So that's why she hits so hard," he groaned.

Dawn heard this, and snapped out of her stupor to giggle.

Ash and Heinkel sighed. Then Heinkel looked at Ash.

"So, what happened?"

Ash again gazed at Dawn, who simply nodded solemnly and looked down. Ash then began telling Heinkel and Pip what had happened during the past few days.

By the time he was finished, Pip and Heinkel were having a conflict of emotions. First, they were furious at the man who killed Johanna and forced Ash to turn dawn into a vampire; surprised at the Captain's sudden appearance; saddened at Dawn's acceptance of her condition; and horrified both at Dawn's berserk transformation, and the fact that someone was using the technology of Millennium.

Dawn was still looking down; though this time she was less depressed than before. Talking to someone about your problems will lessen the guilt and fear you feel.

Ash, Pip and Heinkel were discussing the technology that James to raise the ghouls.

"To think someone would use the technology of Millennium," said Pip.

"There is definitely something when that vampire said 'I guess my rocket didn't blast off today'," remarked Ash.

Heinkel stood up.

"Alright, tomorrow we'll talk about this to Sir Integra and Father Anderson, and get Dawn a new set of clothes," he said to Ash and Pip.

"Sure."

"Why not?" came the replies.

"Ash, you and Dawn may stay on one of the guest rooms prepared for you, Seras, and Alucard, it's on the second floor, just take your pick. Blood bags are on the refrigerator on the kitchens.

Pip and Heinkel went back to bed, leaving Ash and Dawn on the lobby. Ash suddenly walked over to a door on one side of the lobby went inside. Dawn was left on the lobby, looking down.

A few minutes later, Dawn saw a hand handing her a drinking straw and a blood bag. Looking up, she saw Ash sipping another blood bag.

"Here, you'll need to drink this once in a while to keep your strength up," said Ash.

Dawn took the blood bag and punctured it with the straw. She took a sip of blood, and the familiar sensation of raw pleasure running through her tongue returned to her. This time though, she is aware of her surroundings, and so heard Ash when he was talking to her.

"Come on, tomorrow will be a busy day," he said, pulling her up and taking her to her room.

When Ash showed Dawn her room, her jaw dropped again. The room looked like a normal bedroom, with a cabinet for clothes, a personal bathroom and a window with heavy curtains. What set the room apart from the others was the white casket in the middle. It looked like it was built for her. The casket was just her size, if a little wider and taller than she was.

"Um, I'm going to sleep in there?"

Ash grinned. "Welcome to the world of vampires Dawn."

Dawn smiled nervously.

"Ehehe, so where will you sleep?"

"I'll be in the other room, sleep tight," he said, before leaving the room.

Dawn circled the casket, examining every feature of it. It looked like a typical casket used by funeral homes, though she can tell it was much more expensive than it looks.

Easing herself into the inside, she was surprised to find it very comfortable. She lied on the casket, and went to sleep.

Elsewhere, on an unspecified location, a meeting was taking place.

"You say James' was killed?" asked a man in a suit, his face was hidden from view.

"Yes sir, his last known location was on Oaklore village. After that the signal disappeared," said someone, her voice being that of a woman, her body hidden in shadow, only her shocking red hair was shown. [A/N guessed who this is yet?]

The man in a suit leaned back on his chair, then said, "very well, find out what happened, then report back to me."

"As you wish sir," said the figure, before disappearing into the shadows.

Author's note: Finally it's done. And between you and me, this was a surprisingly easy chapter to write, though the next one would be more difficult, so you can expect it to come out this November.

Also, I'm changing the rating of this from T to M, because it features ecchi, a child setting houses on fire, and a sea of blood and body parts.

Finally, a big thank you to my reviewers, especially to Firehedgehog and Defender of the Pen Alexis. Hope this chapter does not disappoint!

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