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AUTHORS NOTE UPDATE 2012:

Lalalala...Well…this is a self explanatory chapter title of what to expect.

This is it.

The lemon. Yes, it's FINALLY the lemon. Ummm…this is my first actual lemon, like full-on lemon. I only have one word for it which is - AWKWARD!

Remember that author's note in a previous chapter where I said they won't be at like bunnies and it'll at least be classy? Well, I can't really guarantee that anymore... er, another thing is I've not gone into details too much but it still might be dirty/cringe-y for your taste.

If you don't wanna read the lemon, which happens somewhere in the middle, that's fine, but this chapter is actually lemon-centric. You'll know when they are, um...starting and you can skip to the next chapter!

Yeah, so, WARNING WARNING WARNING: LEMON ALERT!

Mating

Ruby Ashcroft was dead.

In fact, she had been dead for a few hours now, just lying there, unmoving and cold to touch, eyes closed, mouth half-open. No pulse. No breath. No heartbeat. She didn't look any different to someone who was merely taking a quick nap. The only exception was that her throat was crushed and she was covered in blood.

Alucard carried her up to the mountains. He did not trust the humans of Bal'allan and if they saw him carrying a dead girl in his arms back to the harbour, things would probably go a lot worse than they already were. It was getting dark but the sun was still strong, and the humans were preoccupied in putting out the flames of a mysterious fire that suddenly stemmed from Anthony Rosenthal's clinic…

Back in the basement, when he finally tore himself off her with his last ounce of self-control, he pulled out his fangs from her throat to find he'd bitten through her throat and crushed it, and she was nearly drained of blood. She didn't respond when he called her name. He sat back and gazed at her body then, staring at the blood splashed all over her front, and then wiped the blood off himself, a macabre scene which showed him thoroughly that he'd lost control and the outcome was…violent. He called her name but she did not respond. He shook her slightly but she didn't respond to that either.

She was dead.

After leaving the basement, he threw a lit match on Mordecai's sweetcorn-patterned curtains and exited the clinic. He cleaned her of blood with a strip of his shirt dipped into clean water from the local watering hole and settled her into his arms, mentally commenting on how pretty she looked despite being…well, dead, and spooned her into his arms.

Although the mountains were not his first choice of a retreat, it would have to do, even though he knew he would have to put up with…

"Och, are me poor eyes deceiving me? Is that you, Mr No-Life King? Back with another wee draculina? Ooh, this wan doesnae look too good, sir. She's a bit unresponsive."

Herbert…no, Thade, as he called himself.

Thade Nuvos.

Alucard was relatively surprised he'd even remembered the name of that ridiculous excuse for a vampire.

Thade looked slightly healthier the last time he'd seen him. He was not so grey and not so balding, with longer blonde hair that reached to the base of his neck. His improved physical appearance still didn't masquerade the stench he emitted though, however. "Well, ye can stay in this wee cave if ye like, give ye and yer deid bird a bit of privacy." Thade said, dumping a blanket over the ground. "This is the cleanest wan I got. Oh please doon kill me."

Alucard dismissed him as Thade began grovelling at his feet again. "Leave us."

"O-Oh, of course sir, treat this as your own hame, sir. If ye ever need anything, like room service, per se, ye can just yell for me to come back oop. Ah'm doon that cave over there – " Thade pointed to the cave slightly lower down a ledge, "That's mine right there."

He gave him an acknowledging nod and Thade scurried out after constructing a small fire in the middle of the cave which took a few minutes, before leaving the two alone.

Alucard glanced around. The fire did not provide much warmth, not that he needed it, but he lowered Ruby's body over the blanket and then sat down beside her, watching her. He could not bring a dead Ruby back to his master; who knows what kind of reaction that would elicit?

He brushed a few hairs from her eyes and then withdrew his hand to watch her again. Now, he would have to wait patiently for her to come back to life.

Police Girl took some time when he turned her. Hell, she took all night until she woke up the next morning, and even then, she woke up screaming, or at least, a little distressed. Who'd know how Ruby would act when she woke up? It'd be the same for her possibly, depending on the wounds and the amount of blood drained and whatever she may be dreaming of.

What do the dead dream of anyway?

….

She woke up with a rough jerk, bolting upright.

Had everything been a dream?

Her eyes darted back and forth frantically, and she realised she was alone and in a cave.

At first, she noticed that she could hear the faint rush of water flowing from somewhere outside, and inside, she could hear the loud drip-drip of water falling from stalactites onto the cavern floor. Her eyesight appeared to be sharp and focused, much, much better than before (she often required reading glasses for her textbooks). Confused, she glanced down at herself and let her hands roam over the wound on her neck. To her astonishment, the area where Rosenthal had slit her throat, the cut, had completely vanished from her neck. With a gasp, she placed a hand to the side of her neck where Alucard had allegedly bitten her, her fingertips brushing against two little puncture dots on her skin.

It was real.

She was now a…

Vampire?

She didn't exactly feel like one.
What now?

What should she, as a vampire, as a child of the darkness, do now?

First of all, she checked if she had fangs. With a shaking hand, her fingers made contact with two pointed tips that were once her canines. Her teeth felt longer and sharper, deadlier and far more foreboding than before. No longer were they used for biting through meat but to bite into flesh and pierce the jugular. She shivered somewhat. Her fangs were not as pronounced as Alucard's teeth were, but the realisation she did have fangs made her a little uncomfortable.

She got up clumsily from the blanket she had been lying on and scoured the cave for her walking stick, only to find it was not there. Despite that, she realised her leg felt fine and she no longer appeared to limp. She walked towards the mouth of the cave where light from outside could be seen, her hand stretching forwards.

As soon as the light touched her hand, her skin began eroding away, and she quickly retreated from the light, clutching her sizzling hand.

She was mortified to see that the skin was burnt.

Did that mean she could no longer go in the light? No, that was not true. Alucard could. She'd seen Seras go out before, too. Joshua was also occasionally skateboarding in the Hellsing garden during the day. And Caelum held the tournament in broad daylight; she was sure there were plenty of vampires there. But Joshua has been a dracul for thirty years…and god knows how old Caelum really was. Seras was a draculina at least a few months old. It must be an age thing.

I probably won't be able to go out for some time…

"Leanne."

She spun round upon hearing the familiar voice.

Alucard.

The No-Life King was watching her from his spot, watching how confused she appeared. "…I did not hear you wake." He said and she noticed he was looking at her strangely; his crimson eyes inspected her from head to toe before he levelled his head to meet her gaze… even then it felt as though he was stripping away at her clothes with his eyes only…

She clutched at the sleeve of her bloodstained clothes. At first, a silence spawned between the two as they merely gazed at each other, before she lowered her gaze. "…You can call me Ruby." She murmured quietly, and the silence came again following her remark.

To her relief, he spoke again, breaking the monotony: "Come." He beckoned her, and she followed him into the cave away from the entrance. They returned to the clearing with the blanket that was spread over the ground and the fire that was slowly crackling away at dead, dry weeds and twigs. He sat down on the ground before patting his lap. "Sit."

She gawped at him, contemplating his one-word commands and stood for a short while before slowly approaching him and plopping herself down. She tried to remember what had exactly happened but found that she was missing a few gaps in her memory. He brought her closer to him so she was sitting comfortably and encircled his arms around her waist respectively; she sat perched over his crossed legs before glancing up at him expectantly.

"Look at me." He murmured.

"I am looking at you."

He smirked at her in response, patting her head before moving on to brush away a few strands of her hair from her face again, then he clamped his hands on her cheeks and turned her face left and right in deep inspection.

"What are you doing?" She asked, when Alucard did not say anything except continue to caress her before he let go to envelop his long arms around her once more. He delved his face into her neck, burying his nose against her nape affectionately, his lips brushing over her skin. He wanted to drink from her again even though he had drunk from her previously and in a period of less than twenty fours; she had also just woken up so he believed it was not such a good idea. She seemed oblivious to his growing hunger and wrapped her arms around him in return.

"It's okay," She said, "...I know what you did, and I know why you did it."

He seemed glad she'd said such a thing, and again, they stared at one another for what seemed to be an eternity until he finally spoke: "Ruby, I want you. Do you understand?"

She opened her mouth to speak, but then nodded. Letting go of her, Alucard removed the bloodstained shirt off her shoulders; her mouth fell open in shock by his sudden action, but she did not stop him. A nagging thought in the back of her mind was that whatever that would happen next following this action, was not going be very gentle and even if she voiced her opinion, he would not really care. She stared as his hands began to slip her shirt down to her waist and she was brought to lie down on the blanket.

Ruby blinked as he hovered above her, her breaths beginning to shorten with…anticipation? She didn't understand what was going on with her precisely but she felt needy for him too…hot and wanting. When he leant in for a kiss, she responded to him eagerly. The blanket was forgotten. The fact that they were in a cave was forgotten. The fact that it was cold and a little damp was forgotten. They kissed each other hungrily and frantically as though they'd been separated for centuries, kissing each other with all the intensity and passion accumulated within them. He'd pried off his jacket and shirt and tossed it to the side, leaving himself in his slacks and cravat which he let her untie with trembling fingers, the flimsy ribbon falling to the side, forgotten.

He lifted her off the ground and into his lap again, just as she began kissing his face and neck, her soft lips trailing over his nose and eyelids. He smirked and let her nibble on his flesh as he stroked the arch of her back; a sense of triumph overtook him as he felt the tips of her new fangs digging into his skin now and then with each lingering kiss. He took one of her hands that was now clutching him and kissed her knuckles, before unbuttoning her jeans quickly and once they were halfway-down her thighs, he focused on her panties, ripping them off her.

She pulled away, breathless and flushed, then her eyebrows furrowed calculatingly at her almost-nakedness before she turned to him and realising he was still not-naked; her hands then found the rim of his slacks. As much as he did not like females to be all over him since he had always believed himself to be the dominant one, watching Ruby and her little hands attempting to remove his pants made him amused and aroused at the same time. With another grin, he put his own hands over hers and guided them to pull down his pants.

Her eyes widening, she swallowed when he stood up and pulled down his slacks; she embarrassedly turned away as he came into full view and she quickly pulled away; he moved beside her and hauled her into his lap. "Do you want my blood, Ruby?" He questioned her, with a notable teasing lilt in his voice as a smirk graced his handsome face, and she blushed.

"…Blood?" She squeaked out, whipping her head up to him in confusion.

With a nod, he turned his head to the side for her, and she stared at his exposed neck. "Drink my blood; you need it." He murmured, and she wished he wouldn't speak to her with such a sultry tenor; it sent tingly chills down her spine and her throat became dry. Her eyes glued onto the thick, porcelain column that was his neck, and she could hear the faint rush of his blood in his veins. She needed it. She needed blood, since he drained her to almost-empty back then. Shakily, she swallowed a growing lump in her throat, before gradually reaching forwards to him.

Alucard seemed to enjoy dangling himself in front of her; he watched her in mental debate, watched her cerulean blue eyes flicker from scarlet and back to clear azure, and back to cherry-red, betraying her outward reluctance.

Still, Ruby managed to shake her head.

"No?"

"No."

It may take some time before she would want to drink; for now, he pushed her down to lie on the blanket again and spread her legs while she seemed to be preoccupied with thoughts; his fingers found their way inside her while she was distracted, disappearing into her soft, wet core and she gasped slightly, trembling around him. She glanced up at him with her mouth open but then her eyes fluttered closed and she moaned in bliss as he stroked her mischievously; she clawed at him at first before wrapping her arms around his shoulders and when he withdrew, he licked the juice off and smirked. At least she was wet for him already, but maybe not enough.

Sucking in a shaky gasp, she threw a nervous glance at him, "Alucard, not here – "

He silenced her with a kiss, as his hand pressed on her back and she was made to lean forwards into him. He wanted it now and nothing was going to stop him. He loomed above her, deciding to let go to stroke the curve of her back, his fingers raking over the sinewy arch and she shivered when his hands then latched onto her waist, curling around her sides before gliding to a stop underneath her bra where he pushed it up over her breasts before ripping the garment completely off her. He gathered her flesh together with his hands, feeling her breasts in his palms before he began to knead them, tweaking her nipples with his fingers, giving them a rough squeeze. She blushed and clamped her eyes shut but it was not enough to stop her from moaning from his actions and she instantly felt a flood of wetness in between her legs. As he continued to fondle, his tongue flicked out and she gasped when he licked one nipple enticingly before his lips closed to suckle at the tightening bud.

She gasped again and her hand fisted his hair; soon, he pulled back to concentrate on her other breast, earning more delicious moans from her as he used his tongue to tease her other nipple too.

When he let go of her, she was panting and gasping for breath, although he hadn't done anything to her yet. "Beg for me, my love. Beg for me to be inside you." He murmured, with a wicked grin as he palmed her breasts again.

She was consenting to be as intimate with him as intimate as a man and woman together could be, but she didn't realise he would say something like that. She shook her head again, refusing to be part of his games although she honestly should've known any intimate moment with Alucard would be like this. In seconds, he spread her legs and she began to get nervous; he took a firm hold on her trembling hips, and eagerly situated himself between her thighs; she looked at him before he locked eyes with her, as if seeking consent…

She nodded.

…then he thrust himself inside her.

Ruby cried out, her eyes clamping shut at the somewhat painful intrusion of his length; although he'd penetrated her before but that was only with his fingers. However, it wasn't as painful as she thought, perhaps because pleasure was beginning to overcome the discomfort. Gwen had been plaguing her with her stories of her 'many' experiences with numerous men and the girl terrified Ruby at some point during their sleepover parties, but now the real thing was happening, it didn't feel as scary or sore as she had always believed.

"…So tight." Alucard was rasping; obviously he perceived the circumstance differently than her since he was partially buried into her. "You're so tight."

She inhaled a shaky breath when he began to shower her with kisses to calm her down, and she stopped holding in her breath as her gut came undone as though it had been a tight knot. After what seemed an eternity, he managed to ease himself deeper within her all the way to the hilt and they were joined fully. She made another strangled noise again…it was such an odd sensation, for a man to be inside her in such an unfamiliar manner, but also to be so deeply and tightly, so intimately… They stayed in that position for a while, as though savouring the fact that they were finally allowed to be joined as so. However, all that came to a stop when he looped his arms under her knees and made her wrap her legs around his waist all she could do was groan at the new sensation it created when doing so allowed him to grind in deeper within her.

"…Put your arms around my neck."

She looked up; his beautiful face was heavy with lust, with desire. She did as she was told and lifted her arms from his shoulders to his neck to bring him closer; he buried his face into her hair and let out a low groan from the back of his throat. They stayed locked in that position, to get comfortable, and then he began to rock against her. She thought she would be terrible at this… terrible, like the inexperienced and naïve virgin she was, as she tried to meet his rhythmic thrusts with her own. She felt clumsy and awkward, yet Alucard's breathy moans and grunts told her otherwise; his arms on her went taut, as he thrust into her in a surprisingly gentle and controlled manner.

Her blood was boiling; maybe it was a vampire thing or maybe it was a mate thing, or both, to feel such an intense sensation and connection as their bodies moved together in increasing ecstasy. She felt his shaft sliding in and out of her…in and out… very slowly…it was undeniably tormenting…With each deep thrust, their hips rocked together in unison, their bodies gliding against each other in heated passion.

He began to increase his pace; pushing her legs to hike them up even higher above his waist and she gasped; she had already gotten used to the slow pace, as torturous and frustrating as it was. Now he was moving up one step without her. He watched her the entire time, watching her body undulate beneath him and her flushed face that was filled with invisible pleasure and turmoil from the quickened rate he was subjecting her to. It goaded him on, spurned him to drive harder, listening to her moan his name out relentlessly; and he arched himself over her again to kiss the side of her neck, pumping into her quickly whilst whispering words to her in Romanian. She belonged to him… she was his forever…that was all he cared about.

Ruby was his.

"Not…Not so fast…" She whimpered breathlessly, closing her eyes and throwing her head back with her mouth agape in a silent gasp as she realised he was withdrawing quickly only to slam back inside her with reckless abandon, forcing out wrangled moans.

"Ruby, I…need…need to be deeper inside you." He grunted as his eyes slid to a close, and his eyebrows knitted together, as though he was relishing the feel as their hips continued to move together in blissful accord. He couldn't help himself, even if he was going too fast. He was losing himself in the intense pleasure that was building up as she clenched around him like a vice, and he was desperate to seek release. Everything that happened between them previously, every little touch or sensual kiss, and he'd always felt it was a cruel teaser of what was being denied to him when Ruby was still human. He despised it, it felt as though he was chained and held down by an invisible pressure, but now that he was allowed to get what he wanted, he was helplessly unsympathetic that he simply did not care anymore.

Even if it was her first time.

"Mine." He was growling raggedly; his instincts were taking over as the pleasure continued to pile up inside him and his shaft grew heavy, aching and throbbing as he plunged into her with his increased pace. "Mine."

As he began to lose himself into her, he found his hand clawing into her hair, drawing her head back as he continued to shove himself into her hot, moist core harder and deeper, releasing all his passion into his mate and drawing in the pleasure she was giving him. His fangs extended and he bit down, her sweet blood filling into him. Ruby whimpered again as a rush of ecstasy shot into her; she did not think his bite would inflict this effect on her. She was powerless…his grip on her was too strong and it didn't seem he was intent on letting go; her legs had released from his waist when she found herself unable to keep up with his pace and she was now merely accommodating to him as he subjected her to his crazed thrusting.

"You're mine, Ruby." He was growling into her ear hauntingly again and again when he retracted his fangs from her neck; he licked her neck clean before his arms tightened around her possessively as he pumped into her, "Say it."

"I'm yours." She whimpered helplessly as she tried to meet him thrust for thrust desperately, for she should have known he would not be gentle, and that his roughness and harsh pace should have been expected, "I'm yours..."

With that, he moved faster, slamming deeper, and she was moaning helplessly with each rough thrust that she did think it was not possible he could bury himself into her as far as this; she felt his tip reaching that peak over and over again so sensitively that it made her cry weakly, which only caused him to groan louder. He pounded into her with all his strength.

His mind was turning hazy as her blood and lust-filled groans continued to fuel him on, but he wanted more. He wanted to draw more exasperated, helpless little moans from his mate, he wanted to see her thrash under him and whimper, he wanted to make her toes curl and her throat sore from screaming his name out; with his last shred of self-control he loosened his grip on her to find that she appeared to be dazed and was now only moving semi-consciously.

He continued to grind in and out of her, snarling against her flesh like a beast and her fingers clamped into his hair, digging into his tousled locks as she moaned and moaned. He was maddened with desire for her, the need for release was so strong, and he gave a few more angry thrusts, his hips bucking violently against her until she screamed.

"Alucard!" Ruby cried out breathlessly as her own pleasure came, her walls squeezing him, milking him intensely. With his muscles tensing, he threw his head back with a brutal yell as he reached his pleasure moments after her and she gasped when she felt something spill inside her, filling her warmly.

Gradually, the tension that had been growing and growing in her lower stomach finally came to an end with a much appreciated sense of release…Panting helplessly underneath him as she trembled, her arms slid from his neck and she flopped against the blanket with a sigh although he was clutching her hips with an iron grip. He opened his eyes and swerved his glance down to where their bodies were joined; her body was also slightly bruised and he wanted to groan upon the fact that he'd hurt her. He glanced down again to see her eyes were closed and she was breathing heavily, thoroughly exhausted. She was so beautiful, and as a draculina she was even more beautiful than she had been before…

And now, he had claimed her.

They were finally mated.

Notes:

1. Ruby is officially a draculina! I know this has now raised more things especially with her memory regain and that it should have been covered in this chapter here, about what exactly happened to Ruby while she was at the island - but the lemon needed to happen now and then I'll work again on The Truth; since we're nearing the end, I'm going to start wrapping up loose ends.

2. Alucard's pants. I didn't write about his boxers because that was awkward. All I can say is, he is so badass, he goes commando in this story!

3. Ruby's real name is Leanne but she will just be known as Ruby because she's been Ruby for over 20 chapters, I'm not going to change anything. Since we are nearing the end, I'm expecting this story to be finished around Chapter 30-something; I'm actually finding it hard to accept that this story is almost finished -sniffs-