Two Years Later

Hizashi had finally gotten permission to go to the bookstore, despite it being almost midnight. She was 18 now, and still had not changed in the past 2 years. She and Alucard were still dating, and Pain had finally decided to try to get along with Alucard about a year ago. Hizashi had heard that the book in the Percy Jackson series had come out and had been dying to get she got to the store and bought the book, she headed home. She noticed that at this time of night there were few people on the streets. She turned onto the side road that she normally used to get home and ran into someone, forcing her to drop her new book on the dirty ground. Naturally, she was pissed.

"Watch it, you jerk!" she shouted as she hit the person. When her punch landed, though, she flinched. It felt like hitting a brick wall. She pulled back and stared at him for a bit. He was average height, only about 6 feet tall, had brown hair, pale skin, red eyes, dressed in a black three piece suit, and was, she had to face it, extremely hot. He was also standing right under a street light which could explain why she could see all of this detail. She continued staring at him and, after brushing off his suit where her punch had landed, he stared at her. His eyes scanned her from the bottom of her feet to her face. When he noticed her eyes though, he seemed to stop, a flash of recognition crossing his face.

"Might you be related to Faust and Amania?" asked the man as he leaned closer to her, trying to get a better look.

"How do you know my parents?" she asked as she stood her ground." Who are you?"

"I was an old friend of Faust's." he said with a grin. He saw the look of disbelief in her eyes and sighed." Of course, i do not expect you to believe me. Who in their right mind would believe some strange person who just walks up and says that they know someone's deceased parents?"

"How did you know they were dead?"

"Here," he replied as he handed her a card." Come to that address tomorrow night and I will willingly explain everything that I know." He turned around and started walking away.

"Who are you?" she asked as she looked over the card.

"Call me Casanova." he said as he kept walking, leaving Hizashi alone on the street to wonder about what just happened.

The Next Morning

"I'm telling you, Pain, this guy was weird." said Hizashi as she walked out the door. She had relayed very little about the scene last night to the Akatsuki as she prepared to go meet Alucard. She had left out most of the main details, such as the fact that he knew her parents, his name, and even that he volunteered to explain it to her. Everyone believed her, especially since her last wild story had turned out to be true.

She ran all the way to meet Alucard. When she saw him, she almost burst with excitement. She walked up to him and immediately told him what happened. She told him almost everything, leaving out her parent's names and the man's name, unlike with the Akatsuki. He agreed that it was worth checking out, he even volunteered to go with her. Nothing was going to stop her from seeing this guy.

That Night

Hizashi and Alucard met not far from the designated address. Hizashi had told the Akatsuki that she was going on a date with Alucard, which was not exactly a lie but not completely true either. As they walked to the designated house, Alucard noticed the look of determination in Hizashi's eyes. She was dead set on finding out more about her parents. She had been for the past two years. He had even helped, but every lead they found always lead to a dead end. They could not even find her own birth records, much less her parents. As far as he knew, they did not even have any names to go by. They had arrived at the address to find that it was an abandoned mansion. It was in relatively good condition, but still looked like no one had lived in it for a year or so. Without any hesitation, Hizashi walked in, Alucard close behind. She did not hesitate one bit, even when she got to the wooden door. She just opened it and walked right in. There were candles lit in the grand hall area where they were standing. Alucard shut the door behind him as he entered and surveyed he scene.

"So you have arrived?" said a voice. Hizashi recognized the voice as Casanova's, and Alucard recognized the voice as well, as that of an old enemy.

Thanks to powerdown, whose idea was this chapter. Thank you to anyone reading, as well.