-The Next Morning-
It was 6am, the sun had yet to rise in England, but Mana was already dressed and ready to do her daily duties around the Hellsing Manor. Mana and Walter were in the kitchen having breakfast and discussing the events for the day.
"Sir Integra is having a meeting this afternoon, be on your best behavior," Walter said in a teasing manner.
"Yes of course. I'll be like a shadow in the darkness," Mana replied with a small nod.
"Make sure you are on stand by in case if you are needed,"
"Of course," Mana replied.
"Also before we begin this morning," Walter started, Mana looked at him as she took a sip of her cinnamon tea.
"Your mother sent your sword was it?" Walter said as he began to think if he was correct or not. Mana's eyes instantly lit up with excitement.
"S-She actually sent it?" Mana squeaked. Walter chuckled at her sudden burst of excitement.
"Yes. I think she has come to terms that you will eventually need it," Walter stated as he sipped his coffee.
"It should be arriving at the manor at 8am sharp, I'm assuming you will want to pick it yourself?" Walter asked as he smirked at Mana.
"*Mochiron! Uh…I mean yes!" Mana squeaked again.
"Alright then. Finish your tea and let's get started, oh one more thing. I would like to show you the projects I have been working on for Miss Seras and Alucard," Walter said as he sat his empty coffee cup in the sink.
"Alright. What time should I meet you and where should I meet you?" Mana asked.
"When you are done with your duties meet me in the lab,"
Mana nodded profusely as she gulped down her tea, excited to begin the day.
After finishing their breakfast Walter and Mana began to prepare for Integra's meeting later that day. Mana wiped down the large circular table in the Hellsing manor's conference room on the top floor. After wiping down the large table Mana pushed in a small cart with refreshments into the room closing the door behind her, a few moments later the door opened. Mana glanced at the door, but quickly straightened up as she saw Integra enter.
"Sir Integra," Mana said as she bowed.
"Mana," Integra replied as she walked over to the circular table, Mana looked at Integra waiting for to give an order.
"Have you found any information on that sodding bullet?" Integra asked, irritation in her voice.
"Unfortunately..."Mana started as she quickly raked over the information she acquired from the bullet's components.
"There wasn't anything special about the bullet it had hints of holy water on it but it is just a regular round," Mana replied.
"Alright and…" Integra trailed off waiting for Mana to continue.
"There was an inscription on the round, some of it was destroyed from the impact of the roof…" Mana trailed off, remembering the inscription on the bullet. Integra crossed her arms impatiently.
"Momento Mori,"
"Latin…" Integra stated as she leaned on the table.
"Do you know the meaning?"
"Remember you are only human," Mana replied.
"Sounds like a threat to me," Integra scoffed.
"I didn't want to assume before I got more information," Mana trailed off once again, becoming uncertain if she was able to mention information from Integra's meeting the day before. Integra glanced at Mana before sitting down in one of the chairs surrounding the circular table.
"*Ano…" Mana said quietly.
"Continue…,"
"*H-hai…I assumed the bullet was from the illuminati," Mana stated.
"You're saying that they targeted me?" Integra asked as she clasped her hands together showing no emotion.
"That isn't something I would like assume," Mana replied carefully feeling that she was somehow treading on thin ice.
Integra remained silent for a few moments as she studied Mana, and Mana continued to have a stoic expression as Integra scrutinized her.
"Latin huh…," Integra said breaking the silence. Mana replied with a curt nod.
"Could it be Iscriot?" Integra said thinking out loud.
"You think they would try something like this?" Mana asked curiously.
"They could be desperate…but they would try anything to rid the world of us 'heathens' as they call us," Integra replied.
"*Souka…," Mana replied quietly and made a mental note to not only discover the origin of the bullet but also information regarding Iscriot.
"What a sodding pain in the arse," Integra mumbled her accent present in her words. Mana was caught by surprise at her accent.
"I am assigning this to you. Find out all you can about this Illuminati group and the bloody bullet," Integra said as she exited the conference room.
"Yes Sir Integra," Mana said and bowed.
As Integra closed the door behind her, a smirk appeared on Mana's lips.
Hours Later Mana returned to her room with her package in her arms, her fingers twitched with excitement as she quickly sat on the floor.
"*Okaasan! Aishiteru!" Mana squealed as she began to open the box.
The box contained three wrapped objects, two smaller ones and one large one. Mana took the two smaller wrapped objects out and reached for the large wrapped object. The larger wrapped object was wrapped in a vibrant blue cloth; Mana sat the object carefully on the floor and began to ponder what it could be.
"*Nani Kore…," she whispered, she then hastily unwrapped the object and laughed.
" I think you want me to get into trouble mother…" Mana smiled.
The wrapped object contained a medium sized box that had the Mitsurugi crest on the top of it, a white raven with black eyes that was in flight.
"My mixing kit…" Mana said as she traced the raven.
Mana's mixing kit contained various chemicals for customizing bullets; from corroding acids to flesh eating bacteria were located in her kit. Mana wondered how her mother was able to ship this from Japan and make it though customs; Mana turned her attention to the unwrapped packages on the floor, instantly forgetting about it .
"And finally…," Mana said as she unwrapped the other packages.
The two packages contained two small arm bands that had pearly white blades attached to them, and the blades were attached to a small triggering mechanism. Mana smirked as she unbuttoned her cuffs and slid the armbands on to her arms, she tightened them and re-buttoned her cuffs.
Knock! Knock!
Mana glanced at her door then at her alarm clock sitting on her nightstand. It was 8:30am, she still had plenty of time to do her tasks.
"Coming!" Mana approached the door straightening out her uniform. She opened her door to reveal Walter.
"Is there something wrong Uncle?" Mana asked confused.
"No, just being curious is all," Walter replied with a small smile, Mana smiled in return.
"Of course come in," Mana welcomed him in. Walter nodded and stepped into her room, Mana closed the door behind him.
"I thought you would have asked to redecorate the room by now," Walter commenting on how plain the room was.
"I suppose you talked to my mother?" Mana asked as she began to pick up the wrapping paper.
"Yes. She wanted to make sure that you received your package and told me a few stories about my little niece," Walter chuckled. Mana felt her face warm up a bit.
"You were a wild delinquent back in Tokyo, causing trouble, fights, in a gang…my my my," Walter tsked.
"…hahahaha?" Mana laughed nervously.
Mana was not always the well mannered young woman everyone thought she was. Back in Japan Mana was considered a delinquent because of the gang fights and her friends she made during high school. It was true she was apart of the gang, the silent one, the one to cause the most damage when provoked. Before going to England her father trained her before she left, becoming a trained Dornez.
"No wonder you're so well mannered now…," Walter smirked.
"*Masaka…I wasn't the one actually causing it…just…helping a little," Mana replied nervously.
"It's quite alright. You wouldn't be a Dornez if you didn't cause some type of mischief. Now let me see those blades that Hoko told me a great deal about," Walter said chuckling.
"Oh right," Mana replied as she held out her arms. In less than a second a blade dangerously slid from her sleeves.
"Oh? Retractable knives? What type of material is that?" Walter asked noticing the color of the blades.
"It's ceramic," Mana replied as she looked at the blades.
"Ah. The unbreakable material….and what is that?" Walter said as he noticed the black lacquer box on the floor.
"Oh that? That's my mixing kit…or at least some of it…," Mana grinned sheepishly. Walter chuckled and nodded.
"Of course. Perhaps we can create a bigger kit for you here," Walter said as he started towards the door.
"That would be wonderful," Mana smiled. Walter turned to look at Mana from the door.
"Don't forget what I told you earlier today,"
"Mochiron," Mana replied. Walter nodded and exited the room. Mana grinned as she continued to clean up.
Hours later, Mana had her mixing kit and was headed to the lab in the basement.
"Are you really going to do this?"
"Of course I wanna see her,"
Mana looked towards the front entrance of the Hellsing Manor to see two young men dressed in the Hellsing uniform.
"How come you couldn't of waited til tomorrow?"
"Look Dimitri we're gonna get a quick look at then go to the pub. Relax,"
Mana approached the two men and realized that one of the young men was the one with the golden eyes.
"Why do I let myself get pulled into your mischief ideas?" the soldier with the golden eyes, Dimitri asked bitterly.
"Relax…,"
The two men looked to be 6'2 with an athletic builds, the one called Dimitri had caramel tan skin, with ebony black hair. The other soldier had strawberry blond hair, creamy white skin with bright blue eyes. Mana continued to watch the two men squabble before making herself present, by clearing her throat, the two men turned their attention to her.
"Are you looking for someone?" Mana asked.
"Ah," the blond haired soldier started.
"Cain…," Dimitri sighed irritated.
"You must be the lovely lady that everyone is talking about," the blond haired soldier, named Cain said as he took her hand and placed a small kiss on the top of her hand.
"My name is Cain Alexandros…nice to meet you miss…,"
"Mana…and is that how you meet everyone?" Mana asked sarcastically.
"Only certain people that catch my eye," Cain smirked, Dimitri shook his head in disappointment. Mana looked at Cain then at Dimitri then once more at Cain.
"Do you need something besides trying to flirt?" Mana asked.
"You wound me Miss," Cain replied with feigned hurt.
"Cain. Let's go," Dimitri demanded. Cain glanced at Dimitri then again at Mana.
"Fine Fine, My friend Dimitri De'Medici over there is a shy one…he's trying to hide that he's nervous." Cain whispered loud enough for Dimitri to hear, Mana glanced at him, Dimitri looked away.
"Perhaps we can see each other again?" Cain asked.
"How about a very big maybe? " Mana replied.
"I'll just have to make sure it happens then," Cain smirked and walked away.
Mana sighed as she watched the two soldiers walk out the front door of the Manor. Taking a mental image of the two soldiers, and planning ways to avoid Cain feeling that he was going to become a nuisance. Mana continued her way to the basement.
*Mochiron = Of course
*Souka = I see
*ano = Um…
*Hai = Yes
*Masaka = No way
Hellsing & crew belongs to Hirano Kohta, Mana, Cain and Dimitri belongs to me
A/N : Sigh so I was planning on having this done before I went to Japan but that didn't happen and not to mention all the school work that was plied on before I left. I felt like I was dying for a while even in the one of the coolest places in the world. I'm kinda alive but not for long because I have more exams when I get back to America...sigh! Hopefully in June I'll be alive...maybe.