My apologies for the late report so to speak, but I had a Hellsing wave of inspiration and started out a new story on that. Hi again! I finally got a deviantart account, and I posted some of the pictures from my trip to England on there. Eventually I'll actually finish posting them, but for now I'm just so busy with everything else that it's gonna have to wait. Same name, same profile pic. Look me up n' stuff.

January 19, 2014

Those with ears, listen! Those with eyes, look! Those with mouths, howl! All will be told! The King is come! The King is come! The journey to the destruction of the world has begun! ALL POWER TO THE BLACK KING!

-Drifters Volume 1

Kid's POV:

"Hey, it's a message from Kage and Akuma." I said in surprise and slight glee, opening my phone. Liz looked up from Patty's hair, several chopsticks stuck through both their blonde locks. After taking care of the Kishin plaguing a shopping mall, Liz and Patty had both gone nuts, buying dozens of new Japanese outfits from the startled store clerks, the language barrier seemingly ineffectual to my crazed weapons. "I thought they were somewhere in France looking for a partner for DK?" Liz asked in confusion, and Patty giggled, clapping her hands excitedly. "I BET KAGE MISSES YOU!" she shrilled as I blushed faintly, quickly getting up from my chair at a small desk in the hotel room and walking to the balcony to take the call.

"Hey Kid, must've caught you at a bad time, so I suppose I better make this quick. We managed to find some kids that'd work well enough, and DK got a nice enough weapon partner, her name's Hazel and get this, a panzerfaust. But anyway, on from that nice chitchat, I called to tell you Kage's gotten herself kidnapped by this strange kid with black hair and dark clothing, and before you yell, I know it's a bad description. Give us a break, only our level of informant network would manage to even get a person, never mind gender. As far as we know, she' somewhere in the area, so you might wanna come back to the DWMA. We're going to try and pick her up now, and you better be here when we come back, because I don't think anyone else could calm her down. Akuma, over and out."

Beep.

"You have a new message. Will you take this call?"

I shakily pressed the "answer" button.

"Kid?" I tightened my fist on the thin metal railing as I heard the weary tone in Akuma's voice. "Where's Kage?!" He swallowed hard, and I heard a muffled groaning in the background. "I'm sorry, we did everything we could. But that creep is way too strong; DK's nearly dead and Hazel's in shock. I managed to get away with only a scratch, but that's just about it. His name's Arro, a fragment of the Black Mass. It's another Great Old One like us, but last I heard it died around the same time Asura bought it. He can change himself to some kind of intangible black substance that cuts like our shadows, but absorbs what I throw into it like some kind of…I don't even know. He's fast too, as much as it pains me to say, faster than us. We barely managed to get out with our skins intact, and he still has Kage." he reported tonelessly, increasing the pace of my shaking body.

"But…but…is she alright?!" I managed to stammer, and he gave a raspy sigh. "To put it bluntly, no. She couldn't use any of her powers, and even when I was in the same room, her soul was so well tampered down that I could barely sense her presence. I think it's a spell he put on her, and what's even worse, he seems to be able to control Kishin. She was roughed up pretty bad, bleeding, when we found her. She'd been bitten and attacked by some kind of blood-sucking little nasty. She looked like it had poisoned her too, eyes all fuzzy and breathing ragged. She needs us bad." he explained, and I slid a hand down my face, feeling a strong urge to summon Beelzebub and rocket out in search of her. "I can take Liz and Patty and be there in two hours. Where should I met you?" I asked quietly, and he made a soft sound of amusement. "Our house should do. DK's in no condition to be moved another inch, and we have enough protection spells n' stuff it should at least slow Arro down if he decides to come looking for us." he said with no small amount of morbid humor, and I nodded before ending the call. "Liz, Patty, start packing. We need to get back home now."

Hazel's POV:

DK lay on the couch, moaning softly as I yanked the cotton bandages up, unrolling the small ball as I tucked it under his side again, pushing it under to his other side. "YATTE! BE GENTLE WOULD YOU!" he yelped, and I gave him a sheepish look, starting to obey as Akuma cut in from the other room. "No, let him suffer. He needs to learn not to be a reckless Great Old One. So suck it up and deal DK, it's not like it hurts that much." he snapped over to us, and DK gave the kitchen wall a withering look. "How 'bout we change places and then you tell me to suck it up…" he muttered angrily, folding his arms over his bloody shirt as I looked from the kitchen to the couch, trying to decide which to listen to. I finally shrugged and continued wrapping up the gory wound the same way I had been as DK occasionally made soft hisses of pain, baring his sharp teeth as his frame shook and twitched, nails digging into the couch.

I finished just as the door slammed open, yelping as DK immediately whipped upright, his shadows ricocheting towards the door as his arm wrapped tightly around my neck to keep him upright, nearly strangling me as I clawed at his wrist, gasping. "C-can't breathe!" I croaked at the same time he said dismissively "Oh, it's just you Kid." His arm relaxed from around my neck as the shadows vanished, flopping wearily back onto the couch as a guy with a black suit and white-striped hair walked in, his bright yellow eyes inspecting me curiously. "Is this Hazel?" I nodded nervously, feeling shy as he attempted a slight smile. "My name's Death the Kid, I'm the Grim Reaper's son and Kage's boyfriend. Pleased to meet you." he said politely, shaking my hand as something suddenly whipped around my waist and yanked me back as I landed on DK's lap with a squeak.

"Mitts off buddy, this is my partner. Akuma, get in here before Reaper-boy seduces another of our womenfolk!" he called loudly as I blushed beet red, Kid flushing slightly as well as Akuma snorted from the kitchen, walking in with an apple lodged in his mouth and a plate of crackers in his hand. He yanked it out, kicking DK's legs off the couch and dislodging me from his lap at the same time as he collapsed beside us, between me and my partner as I gave the latter a withering glare. DK beamed at me innocently, but I caught the deeper gleam of wicked mirth in his demonic eyes as I huffed and turned away, folding my arms. "Uh…do I get a place to sit?" Kid asked with a raised eyebrow, and as one both males raised their hands and made a shooing motion. "Nope, couch's full, you have to sit outside on the roof." DK snickered as Akuma soundlessly pointed to the couch across from us, rolling his eyes and giving DK a hefty elbow to the gut.

Kid sat across from us, folding his legs neatly as he interlocked his hands and rested his chin on them. "Now, what is this about Kage being kidnapped? I thought you two and dad were the last few Old Ones left?" he asked worriedly, and DK put both hands behind his head, kicking up his feet on the coffee table. "It would be nice if that were true, but sadly it ain't. It's entirely possible the Black Mass is still out and about, and last we heard of Eibon he was sucked into that key. Nobody on our side of things is going to waste our one single time with it, so he's a dead end, and besides, this is a different Great Old One. Vajra was consumed by Asura, Asura is dead, Lord Death can't move the school, so that leaves us with one option if we want to know what happened with the Black Mass." Akuma paled suddenly as Kid blinked, looking from demon to Nightstalker in bewilderment. "Did I miss something?" he asked in confusion, and I stared at them both, in the same frame of mind.

DK raised a finger ominously as he slapped his hand over his eyes, slowly extending his finger it so it pointed to Kid. "Take a guess…FOOL." Kid went white too at the last word, and I looked from male to male, trying desperately to figure out what they were talking about. "Uh…guys? What's going on…" I whimpered as I raised my hand and waved it, and DK raised an eyebrow. "Oh yeah, I forgot, you don't know the guy. Well, prepare yourself Hazel, you're going to meet the most annoying creature on the face of the earth!" he said brightly, leaning over Akuma and giving me a noogie as his arm wrapped around my neck, and I growled, shoving him off. "I already have genius, and I'm looking right at him." I snapped, and he faked a look of hurt, collapsing back against the arm of the couch. "Fatal blow! Fatal blow! My ego has been irreparably shattered!" he wailed, and I sweatdropped with Kid and Akuma as DK grinned under the arm he had thrown across his face.

7.35 PM, USA Central Time

Ooh, do YOU know who it is? If you don't…I must've missed something, because I'm pretty sure we all know who it is. I'm sorry, but I just had the funniest image concerning them meeting, and I had to implement it. Yay, Kid's back! I bet you were all wondering where he was…in case it wasn't clear, shortly after Kage and Akuma got the surgery he was called out for a mission, and being halfway around the world, was a little busy taking care of things. Not to mention the huge time zone difference. Um…that's all from me really. Review Request Rcomment Auf Wedersien!