Mana and Cain quietly walked through the library of Rio De Janeiro. The walls were lined with thousands of books from very old to very new. Slowly turning to view all the walls in the lobby, Mana smiled to herself. She felt relaxed and calm surrounded by the books.
"Sugoi…" Mana whispered as she looked up at the walls.
"This place is old…you can smell it…" Cain mentioned as he too looked up at the walls.
Mana glanced at the man and slightly inhaled curious to see if she too could smell the old scent that he spoke of. Inhaling and exhaling she noticed a different scent floating throughout the library, rosemary, sandalwood, and patchouli. Glancing around she noticed that the library was fairly empty and the librarian could be seen checking books in.
Taking out her cell phone she looked at the message she had received the day before. It was a time, date, and location. After figuring out the location it had brought Cain and herself to the Central Library in Rio.
"The World War II room…" Mana thought to herself as she looked at the foreign signs.
"You can go look around if you want…I'm going will go to the World War II exhibit." Mana began as she glanced at the male librarian again then to Cain. The blond haired man had a small smirk on his face.
"Is there a problem?" Mana asked.
"No…No…are you sure you'll find it?" Cain asked his smirk spreading.
"Why are you making that face?" Mana asked as she crossed her arms.
"Well…everything is in Portuguese…and you know only Japanese…sooo" Cain trailed off.
"If I felt the need to have a translator I have my phone." Mana said and walked away.
"Ouch...blunt rejection." Cain sighed
Cain watched the young woman walk away in a hurry, chuckling as she almost bumped into someone coming around a corner.
"Cute." Cain muttered as he sighed. Without a plan Cain started to walk aimlessly around hoping she would return soon.
Mana looked at the large sign written in Portuguese unable to understand it. Tilting her head to the side she tried to decipher the message, after a few seconds she sighed frustrated. The scent of rosemary, sandalwood, and patchouli floated from the closed room in front of her.
"That smell again…" Mana thought to herself. Preparing herself she reached for the door knob and entered the room.
The room was empty, except for the tables, there were books scattered across them, a soft breeze flew in the room giving it an airy feeling. Looking around before she stepped forward. Feeling that it was alright to move forward Mana took a few steps towards the table, but stopped suddenly. She noticed something sparkle to the left of her eye.
"Who are you?" Mana asked firmly.
"I didn't think you were going to see me…good eye." A male voice replied.
Mana remained silent, and listened for movement by the unknown man behind her. The man chuckled as he began to walk pass Mana.
"Relax…you're the one I need to see." The man replied.
"How do you know?" Mana asked.
"A woman dressed in red, Japanese." The man replied.
Mana quickly looked at her clothes, she indeed was wearing red. She wore a thin red sun dress with black strap sandals, and a red headband.
"I see…I suppose I do stand out…" Mana said quietly feeling embarrassed that she stood out.
"No worries. You can call me Irvine." Irvine replied with a small bow.
"Mana-" Mana started.
"I know who you are…you're an interesting topic now days." Irvine replied as he sat on one of the tables.
"An interesting topic?" Mana asked confused.
"We'll get to that later…the info…" Irvine trailed off as if he was thinking of words to say.
Mana looked at the man and waited for him to speak, the bit of info he mentioned picked at her mind. Pushing back the nagging feeling she placed her hands on her hips. She didn't know much about this man called Irvine, but he was a contact for Hellsing on various information. His demeanor seemed normal, but also off at the same time she couldn't put her finger on the part of him that put her off.
"You know…you're kinda cute." Irvine blurted out suddenly. Mana tensed up and began blushing.
"Excuse me?" Mana started.
Irvine smirked as he looked her up and down, Mana stepped back in embarrassment.
"Forgive me. I tend to get distracted when there is a beautiful woman in front of me." Irvine smirked.
Mana blushed at the comment and picked up an accent in his voice. She placed a piece of her hair behind her ear and cleared her throat.
"Can we please focus on the topic at hand?" Mana asked hiding her nervousness.
"Heheh…but of course." Irvine said as he stood.
"An old organization has appeared again…it's quite funny…they disappeared right after World War Two…but they have returned. The others are not excited about this..." Irvine began.
"What other organizations?…Is this something that Hellsing should be worried about?" Mana quickly asked.
"Perhaps…" Irvine simply replied.
"That does not answer my question." Mana stated.
"You are correct. It doesn't." Irvine replied.
"Why?" Mana asked.
Irvine turned to look at her for a moment, then turned away. Mana watched the man curious to know why he was so hesitant on the information.
"The motives of this group are unknown…time will only tell if this is something that Hellsing should be worried about…on the other hand…The Illuminati…" Irvine started.
"Speak." Mana demanded.
"Demanding aren't we? I thought the Japanese were supposed to be polite." Irvine sneered.
"I am only part. This is information that is required for the well-being of Hellsing." Mana replied.
"My My My…you are very determined." Irvine commented.
"I have to be." Mana replied.
In seconds Irvine was in front of her, her hand quickly moved to the back of her dress gripping the small blade behind her as Irvine cupped her chin.
"If you waver for just a second…I will devour you whole" Alucard's voice echoed through her head as she gripped the small blade.
"You're too willing to die for Hellsing…and yet you don't know a thing...Interesting no?" Irvine whispered as he looked into Mana's eyes.
"Your concern should be elsewhere." Mana replied.
"She's right." Irvine realized a gun was pointed at his forehead.
"Alucard…long time no see." Irvine chuckled as he stepped away from Mana.
"Indeed." Alucard replied as he stood straight placing a hand on gloved hand on her shoulder. Mana stiffened from his touch.
"Alucard." Mana commented as she shrugged his hand from her shoulder.
"You're just in time…I'm sure you're familiar with the Illuminati." Irvine began.
"To some extent…they've been active…targeting my master…it'll be wise for you to tell all that you know instead of teasing her...I do that." Alucard said as he looked down at Mana.
Mana had glanced at the man from the corner of her eye, only to quickly turn away when he looked at her. Letting her hands fall to her side, Irvine glanced at the dagger in her hand and smirked.
"Of course…I wouldn't hold back any information from you." Irvine replied.
"Of course." Alucard replied sarcastically.
Irritation picking at the back of her mind Mana kept her mouth closed. She wondered what credentials this man had and if his information was as important as Sir Integra thought it would be. How was Irvine able to move so quickly, and how did Alucard found her she didn't mention anything to him or the others. Pushing the irritation and other thoughts aside Mana focused on what the man started to say.
"The Illuminati has set its sights on the Hellsing Organization due to two possible reasons. The first…" Irvine started.
"They are working with that Organization…and they have their sights set on taking out Hellsing because they feel threatened by it."
Alucard scoffed as he looked at the tan man in front of him. Mana continued to listen interested in the second option he had for the Illuminati targeting Hellsing.
"They want her." Irvine said as he glanced at Mana.
"N-nani?" Mana stuttered. Alucard narrowed his eyes at the man sitting on the table in front of him.
"What do you mean?" Alucard asked.
"I have heard through the grapevine…lots of interesting talk about her from someone…I'm curious. I can't say exactly what they are planning, but it is something big." Irvine said as he looked at Mana.
Mana noticed a change in the man in front of them, his eyes had dilated there was something different about him trying to surface. Alucard snapped his fingers bringing Irvine's attention to himself.
"You can't have her. Eyes up here." Alucard said a smirk plastered on his lips. Irvine scoffed, a smirk appearing on his lips.
"Why not? You haven't claimed her…or marked her for that matter." Irvine replied smugly.
"I've claimed her in more ways than one Irvine…you're not looking hard enough." Alucard chuckled deeply.
Mana's face turned a bright red as she looked a gape at the man standing next to her.
"N-Nani kore!" She yelled, Alucard laughed. She stepped away from him, her face bright red
"You do not have claim over me!" Mana yelled as she pointed the dagger in her hand at Alucard. Alucard looked at Mana smugly noticing that Irvine was standing behind her.
"See there Alucard…no claim…" Irvine whispered as his hand began to trail down Mana's exposed shoulder.
Mana froze feeling Irvine behind her, a cold feeling surrounded her freezing her completely as his arms wrapped around her body. Mana looked silently at Alucard standing in front of her.
"She's so full of mixed energies and emotions…hate…distrust…anger…fear…and my favorite…sexual frustration…" Irvine chuckled.
"Is that so? My…oh my…" Alucard said sarcastically and chuckled.
"Why are you hiding these feelings hmm?" Irvine whispered in her ear as he looked at Alucard.
Mana felt herself beginning to tremble. Prickling feelings willing her to speak pressed at the back of her mind and permeated through her body. A small squeak escaped her lips as she tried fighting against what was willing her to speak.
"T-This isn't Alucard…" Mana thought as her body still pointed the dagger at him.
Alucard smirked as he watched the young woman tremble in front of him, he knew what Irvine could do to her in fact he was slowly sucking her energy away from her as he watched. Her cobalt blue eyes frantically looked at the man slowly moving his hand over her waist she turned her attention to Alucard who silently looked at her a smirk on his face. Unbeknownst to her, her eyes showed Alucard more than what she wanted them to.
"Begging…" Alucard thought to himself as he continued to look at the woman. Alucard watched as Irvine's hands trailed from her arms, shoulders, down to her waist and slowly moved towards her breasts.
"That's enough." Alucard snarled suddenly stopping the other man instantly. Irvine's eyes flashed yellow and turned back to normal. Mana collapsed to her knees heavily panting. Irvine crossed his arms, annoyed and stepped away from the trembling woman.
"Always ruining my fun…" Irvine sighed as Alucard stepped over to her.
"You'll have your time...just not with her." Alucard commented.
"I'm not sure with what they want from her…that's all the info I have for you." Irvine stated as he leaned on the table once again. Alucard reached down and pulled up Mana into his embrace.
"ah—" she squeaked.
"You can tell Sir Integra I'll be in contact with her for my payment." Irvine added.
"Yes, I'm sure she knows." Alucard said bluntly as held the shivering young woman.
"O-Oni…desuka…" Mana muttered.
"In the meantime…watch yourself Alucard…whatever Milo is planning it has caught the interest of others." Irvine warned Alucard.
"Let them come. I'll deal with them if they pose a threat." Alucard grinned as he scooped Mana up and headed for the door.
A/N: It's been such a long time~! I'm on summer break so I have lots of time besides work. I hope this chapter renewed your interests in The Girl From Japan, man it's just been such a long time since I updated. Alright getting to the good stuff.
First off I want to say I've never been to the library in Rio, nor do I know Portuguese, my resources were pictures, and the google translated Rio Library's web page. So of course there isn't a WWII room.
As for Mana's clothes, I tried keeping her clothing somewhat Hellsing related with the red and black. I used Alucard's colors along with the Hellsing colors in general.
As for Irvine, my initial thought of him was completely different, I just started typing and the Irvine you see there appeared. Irvine is an Incubus that provides various organizations with information in exchange for sexual energy from women. For his payment I'm sure you can assume it is sexual energy from a woman, I'll let Integra handle the rest on that part.
Nani: What
Nani Kore: What is this
Sugoi: Cool, awesome
Oni desuka?: Is that a demon?