Chapter 15
The Moon against the Shadows
Mitt: Hello ppl! This is yet another fight sequence! Against who, I'm not going to say! It's a surprise!
Alucard: Oh come on! Tell us!
Sesshoumaru: Stop harassing Mitt. –turning to Mitt- didn't you say that you have a major assignment due on tomorrow?
Mitt: -chuckling nervously and avoiding Sesshoumaru's gaze- Well... I do... But...
Sesshoumaru: -tilting Mitt's chin up and forcing her to meet his eyes- But?
Mitt: -blushing- it's boring, and I'd rather spend the time with you guys...
Sesshoumaru: You have done it right?
Mitt: -avoiding Sesshoumaru's eyes- Yes...
Sesshoumaru: Have you edit it?
Mitt: To a certain extent...
Sesshoumaru: Have you practiced it?
Mitt: In my head...
Sesshoumaru: And what will you do if you fail?
Mitt: I'll cry...
Sesshoumaru: Then, practice, so that you won't waste you tears.
Alucard: Next time if you want to do that, warn me, so that
I won't lose my appetite. Get a room, you two, seriously.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, but the plot, to a certain extent.
At Hellsing Quarters...
"Well, Maxwell what are you still doing here? Leave with Anderson before I make Kagome kill the both of you." Said Integra, still annoyed at the fact that the two Vatican priests were still on Hellsing grounds.
"There's no need to hurry Integra, after all, your new little pet has managed to somewhat render Anderson unconscious." Spat Maxwell as he tried to lift up Anderson from the ground with no avail.
"Walter! Kindly help these two gentlemen to their hotel or wherever they are staying at." Integra hissed, lacing her voice with venom.
"Hey! You can't just kick us out like that!"
"I can and I will, leave now before I ask Alucard and Kagome to throw the both of you out."
"Well, well, little princess, care to explain the changes that I can see?" enquired a highly amused No-Life King arching his eyebrows.
"Not really." Kagome answered shrugging.
"Oh? And why would that be?"
"Because I don't really know what happened."
"Oh? Care to tell me who taught you how to fight then?"
"No idea." Said the vampiress cheerfully as her Father kept looking at her sceptically.
"Really, I have no idea! I was just trying to go with the flow, as they say." Whined the vampiress who was still being scrutinized under her Father's curios gaze.
"Oh really, 'go with the flow', as you say?"
"Uh-huh!"
"Well, then lets see how good you can go with the flow when you go against me!" stated the Nosferatu, grinning evilly and getting up from his throne like sofa.
His Daughter could do nothing but gawk at him in panic as he started to release his control art systems down to level one. Shit! Shite! Crap!! Oh God! What the fuck am I gonna do? I can't go against Alucard! He's the ultimate vampire! Oh crap! Oh crap! What the hell am I gonna do?
Sheesh! You're giving me a migraine! Calm down and let your instinct take over!
Ok... Instincts, Instincts, Instincts. ARGH! I can't do it, I'm too panicked!
Then calm down!
So finally after some difficulty Kagome managed to release her instincts, and the effects were simultaneous. Her eyes slitted and her red eyes highlighted with silver and gold started to show swirls of pale and dark blue etched in them, her markings started to glow around the edges with a silvery turquoise light, giving her an eerie look. Her silver tipped wings started to thrum with the light they emitted and her body started to change again. Her claws lengthened to a point, this time her fingertips were covered with a dark shadow, her fangs lengthened to their full length (about 1.5 inches) and her warrior outfit shimmered. Only to be replaced by what looked like to be silver leather with etchings of runes all over them. The leather was actually metal, elemental platinum, the strongest type of metal, which anyone could ever find, flexible, durable and completely indestructible. The metal formed the armour that fitted Kagome and looked after her every need. Her top met at the back of her neck, allowing free movement of her arms and her back was left open, but for a web of platinum ribbons that crisscrossed, missing her wings, to allow for flying. Her tail disappeared due to the hindrance it would have. Her hair was longer, reaching up to her knees, plated in a braid. Her arms were covered in the same platinum with similar runes and covered her forearm and the top of her hand. She was wearing short shorts, also from the same material, loose and fitted for allowing free movement. Her boots were now gone, instead she was standing barefoot, and the platinum covered her shin and the top of her foot.
Alucard was now grinning like a maniac, now that he was faced with a formidable opponent. The fact that his Daughter has evolved once again has also sparked her interest, along with the twin blades that now graced her hands. They were about three-quarters of a meter each, both identical. He was a bit unnerved with the fact the his daughter was in fact thrumming with pure holy energy so much that the air around her was charged by the sheer entity of it, that they started to glow and crackle blue.
Ooooo... This is going to be one hell of a fight!
That was about where Integra and Walter started to notice the two vampires. One emitting a very dark aura, the shadows crawling closer to him, eager to aid their master, and the other vampire emitting a holy aura, so pure that the shadows were crawling away from her and the moon's light gathered around her. A fight between dark and light. That was when they weren't really thinking about the consequences and jumped in between the two Nosferatu, in an attempt to avoid the fight that was about to occur. Not thinking was a right way to put it, because no sooner that they went charging up to them the two leapt at each other with frightening agility.
One wielding twin blades, woven from the moon's very gaze, and the other wielding guns that were shrouded by darkness and bathed in blood. The met in the middle, before jumping back again. They kept on coming at each other, both unable to gain the upper hand. Alucard was trying to get through his Daughter's defences, but they were perfect, he movements were coordinated, sharp and precise. She also wielded her swords as if she's been born with them, both working with each other, both playing defence and offence. This kept Alucard guessing at every turn.
Finally, he thought of using his guns. He fired 4 successive shots aiming for her legs to take away her first advantage over him: speed. His shots were swept away by her blades though, and were followed by 2 arrows that she fired. The 2 arrows were pure purifying energy, so unfortunately for Alucard, he thought that they would affect him as much as silver bullets would, but that was not something that Kagome would just let fly. The arrows hit him in the chest, both purifying a great deal of his shadows. He blinked at his daughter in confusion, in her hand was not the two twin blades that she first held, instead in its place was a magnificent silver bow, with vines of all shade of blue entwining the main wooden frame. Her eyes watched him closely as another spiritual arrow was notched, this time directly at his head.
He growled menacingly at her. She replied with a snarl as vicious as the growl. They circled each other slowly, trying to calculate and time their next move correctly. The wind blew eerily; the mortals that were present were all but entranced in the deadly dance of the two vampires. Alucard, then suddenly sprang at his Daughter, stowing away his guns and fashioning himself with a sword in one hand and a long dagger in the other. Kagome leapt at him, to meet him in the air, transfiguring her bow back into her twin swords. The metals clashed in the middle, black against silver, ruby eyes met ruby eyes. Both of them kept their eyes and faces emotionless, Kagome, taking advantage of her wings, spread them wide and flapped against the wind, causing Alucard to lurch forward, as the force that he was pushing against suddenly jerked back. Kagome somersaulted in the air, causing Alucard to temporarily be above her, swords still locked and still suspended in the air. Kagome flipped her Father backwards to the ground. And quickly transfiguring her swords into throwing knives, and sent them after Alucard who was about to meet the ground.
Alucard managed to catch some of the daggers before the embedded into his head. That apparently wasn't a very good thing, as they started to burn his fingers and dissolve into chains. All of the daggers exploded into a web of chains around Alucard binding him. Not allowing for movement. When he fell onto the ground struggling, he tried to shift into the shadows, but the chains gripped around him tighter, making him rematerialise. When he met the ground he found himself at the tip of the silver sword that was at his daughter's hands.
"Do you yield, Father?" asked Kagome as she watched him warily. Her voice has also somewhat changed. If it was pleasant and beautiful before, now it was entrancing and celestial.
Alucard sighed on the ground, before saying, "No."
Apparently Alucard has thought that his Daughter would probably catch him again and he was ready this time. One of his familiars, before the fight, had slunk away into the shadows, waiting its Master's command. It leapt out of its hiding place and bit her shoulder, digging its long fangs into the bone. Kagome didn't even look at it though, she had felt its presence in the shadows and had blasted it with a shot of purifying shoulder, but not before it bit her shoulder. Apparently, its fangs were poisoned, so now blood was gushing profusely from the wound, dyeing her armour maroon. She tried healing it, without much success, blood was still running freely. She turned to glare at her Father, who had managed to get out of his binds, in her moments of distraction. He was now running up to her with his swords in hand. She grimaced as she also pulled out her own blades, preparing to really fight him this time. When Alucard was in front of her, she swept her swords up and twirled to the side as he tried to get her in the chest. She turned and twisted her swords in an intricate pattern, trying to confuse her Father with the movements. And indeed it did work; the sword movements were immensely distracting for Alucard and his distraction cost him a lot, as Kagome managed to find a hole in his defence and plunged her word into his chest. Alucard staggered back and hissed in pain as he pulled out the sword out of his chest. He tried regenerating himself to no avail.
"Don't even bother trying to regenerate, Father, that thing is practically pure holy energy. Think of it as payback for the shoulder." Said Kagome as she made another sword out of purifying energy.
She twirled them at her sides menacingly, as she zeroed on her Father.
"Enough playing around, Daughter, I know you can do better that this."
"You wouldn't want it if I killed you, now, Father? I'm just fighting you with my physical abilities, just so that you know that I can fight."
"Kill me, Daughter? You cannot kill me."
"I can, Father, with ease, I could just do this."
With that warning, Kagome disappeared on the spot only to reappear behind Alucard, to touch him on the back, sending her purifying energy into him. She put her free hand on his shoulder to place a binding spell on him, stopping him from moving anywhere. Alucard's body jerked with the enormity of spiritual cleansing energy that was flowing into his body. Indeed he was most certainly dying. His previously red eyes, started to crack to show crevasses filled with an ethereal blue light. The cleansing energy was slowly eating away at his shadows. His souls were screaming in agony as they were slowly being purified. Kagome stopped the flow of energy. She took away her hands that were supporting him and moved away. Alucard fell onto his knees panting.
Hello, my loyal fans!
I am updating this week, even though I have a major assignment for tomorrow, but fear not! I have finished my assignment, and which is why I am able to write quite a long chapter this week!
Please pray for me that I won't fail, so that I will update heaps. Hopefully I will also update a lot during my school holidays, which is coming up! XD