Now that the footie match had been declared in the last chapter, Theseus and Leman stood opposite one another at a smallish football yard, one which had been located close to the racing track. Leman had a football in his hand, spinning it on one index finger while squatting down in front of Theseus. Said male was also squatting down while putting his hand on the ground.
Leman glared forth with hatred, beginning to speak to Thesus with fury laced within his tone. "You think your tough and cooler than me you fucking bastard? This yard is my domain and I have control over it! I'll show everyone how weak you are!" Leman declared with his bravado on an all-time high thanks to being in his prime sport.
Meanwhile, Theseus was still unfazed at his threat. "Hmmmm if it's your domain, then why aren't you controlling it? Are you a god or have you said this to many people that they foolishly believed in?" Theseus questioned Lemun with mockery, utterly nonplussed by the claims made here.
Of course, his responses placed red hot fury all over Leman's face. "That's it! I'll wipe the floor with your teeth! No more mister nice guy!" Leman yelled, some spit flying from his lips.
"Since when have you been a nice guy?" After wiping the spit from his face onto the ground beneath them, Theseus countered Leman who looked like he was literally about to explode like a volcano. Especially at the fact that he wasn't even wrong at that since, throughout the whole PE session, Leman had been trying to upstart Theseus to 'teach him his place' but only got wrecked every time. At this point, Lemun looked like he was about to jump at Theseus had the coach not approached the two players. His appearance forced Leman to rein his emotions in and hold onto his anger for the time being, though it was a fact regardless that he had a plan to break his legs and make it look like an accident.
Only then would his pride be finally repaired and his ego nursed.
Unaware of these thoughts running through the student's mind, the coach stood between them and spoke after glancing at them individually. "Alright, you two. I want a nice clean game, no illegal hits. No cheating! And absolutely no foul tricks, understood?" Theseus and Leman nodded at the coach as he continued to explain. "Now for this game, we will be playing a fair one." Karasuma gave both of them a cold stare, making Theseus and Leman tensed up but mostly on Leman. "I will be keeping an eye on both of you as a referee. If one player scores a goal then he wins, but if one gets tackled by the other, they get the football, got it?" Both of them nod their head in agreement. "... Now, let's get started!"
The other students looked at the two boys with excitement on who would win and who would lose, and as one might expect there was a divide between them. Most placed their bets on Theseus because of his displayed strength, but some were still adamant that Leman's experience with football would help him win the game.
Off to the side, Mio looked on nervously at this because of the current situation they are in right now, had Theseus not triggered that student then they wouldn't be in this mess as she is trying to live most of her life as a normal university student.
"Hey, don't worry about Theseus Mio." A voice suddenly said behind her as she looked at her back before a normal university student dressed in the same school uniform. He had green hair that appears to be a little slick in the back with strands of his hair showing off his forehead and purple-colored eyes. He smiled at her with the intention of assuring Mio. "Despite Leman's experience with football, he won't stand a chance against that Theseus guy."
Mio did not look convinced at this proclamation however, as she looked at Takigawa with narrowed eyes. "What makes you think that he would beat an experienced player? And who are you?" she asked Takigawa as he widened his eyes before greeting himself.
"Sorry about that, my name is Yahiro Takigawa, pleasure to meet you Mio. Hope we can get along." he held his hand out for a handshake as Mio stared at it for a while before shaking his hand. From what she could tell, he seemed to not have the same intentions as those other boys. Yahiro took his hand out and began to explain. "You see, we all know that Theseus is a prodigy in everything right? So he'll quickly learn how to beat the game, easy enough!"
Mio could think of the reason why Theseus seemed so good in everything: he was likely using his supernatural strength and power, it still wouldn't be enough in her eyes, but she could see Yahiro's point of view of how he can beat Leman.
"And I'm actually hoping to see if that Theseus guy can actually wipe the floor with Leman." Yahiro said as he looked at the two boys which made Mio confused about what he was going on about.
That is before she glanced at those who had bet on Theseus and saw how some had sadistic auras around them. Her eyes widened in recognition before getting what he meant. "Leman… isn't actually well-liked is he?" Mio questioned Yahiro in a manner that pretty much made her question be more like a statement.
A statement which he confirmed with a nod of his head. "You see, Leman is not only a star player of the school's team, but also a playboy. Whenever he sees a hot girl, he would play nice, act like a cool guy and then once they hit the stage... you know." he made a circle with his index finger and thumb before pushing and pulling the other index finger back and forth through the circle he had made to show an example. Mio quickly figured out his meaning before turning a bit red. "Yeah, but once he gets bored with them then he leaves them which broke many women's hearts."
Okay now that made Mio lose all shred of nervousness and develop a red aura around her, feminine fury taking its rightful place within her. She glared hatefully at Leman as she hoped Theseus would teach a VERY painful lesson to this playboy. She began to speak. "Then I am very certain that Theseus will win this match. Leman won't expect what's coming to him."
Yahiro hummed at Mio's declaration, momentarily surprised at her abrupt change in emotions, as he looked at Theseus with interest before letting out a small smirk on his face with a hint of energy flowing through his eyes. "Indeed."
The coach began to speak. "23, 25, 38, 59, HIKE!" He said, starting the game.
Immediately, Leman commenced his motions, running past Theseus with the finesse of someone who had trained in football for a long time. He didn't waste any time nor did he glance behind him to see if his opponent was giving chase since that would have been a foolish question to ask at this point. Plus, there was the fact that he could hear Theseus's footsteps behind him which pretty much told him everything he needed to know. 'Tch, the guy's fast from what I'm hearing! But that's to be expected…' The memories of the running session that had happened today played themselves in his mind, reaffirming Theseus as a difficult obstacle in Leman's latest conquest.
Yet as a playboy who had many victims under his belt, some of them likely even having STDs from all the frolicking about he had done, Leman had his pride and once he set his mind on a target nobody would stop him from plowing them till he was bored. Thus, he needed to deal with this obstacle like he had done to many others who had tried to get in his way, only to wind up crippled with their futures pathetically robbed from them.
With those thoughts in mind, as soon as he predicted Theseus's position using both his hearing and his shadow rapidly closing in on him while they were about ¾ away from the goal, a small smirk formed on his face before Lemun started his plan.
'Let's see you humiliated in front of the whole school!'
Once Theseus got closer to Leman, he quickly used his leg to hit Theseus's own leg hard, thinking that would break anyone's leg. Sadly for him, one fact hadn't registered in his mind this whole period: those 'people' weren't Theseus who simply put his leg up in time as Leman faked a trip.
"Woah!" He rolled at the field as he lay there, thinking that he was victorious before seeing Theseus grabbing the football, looking unharmed and thus began running to Leman's side of the goal. Leman's eyes widened in shock. "What the-?!" he said before getting up and hurrying up to catch Theseus. "No no no no no no!" he said in despair as he saw Theseus put his leg back in preparation for a kick before kicking the football towards the goal. It flew a while before it reached the goal.
"*WHISTLE* Goal!" Karasuma yelled as he raised his hand up, signifying that the game was finished. All at once, thunderous cheers erupted from the crowd at the victory, one which may have been rather short compared to the standard game, but that just went to further illustrate the differences between the competitors. In the end, it had become a no-brainer who the NEW star of sports would be by the end of the day, plus considering the way Theseus had conducted himself his popularity at Uni would be all but assured.
Behind the cheering crowd, Mio happily beamed at the sight with satisfaction clear in her eyes. While she would have liked it if the match dragged on so Theseus could have humiliated the guy more (especially after that move Leman had tried to pull), seeing this as well as remembering just how much Theseus had owned the bastard throughout PE had been more than enough. Something which many of the girls who had been victimised by Leman shared her opinion on despite their envy over her breast size.
Even Yahiro seemed to be satisfied, judging by the grin he sported as his eyes shone with the pride of someone seeing a close comrade dishing out some well-earned payback. But there seemed to be more than that, unbeknownst to the crowd or Mio.
While the students all cheered (well, the ones who bet on Theseus anyways), the coach walked to Theseus as he stoically glanced at his student. "Nice footwork you have there. You've paid attention to my instructions. If you continue focusing, you'll only improve from here." Karasuma praised Theseus for paying attention to his instruction in class. Seemed that he was a bit impressed by Requin's performance in class.
"Hey coach! That wasn't a point, he didn't score a goal!" Leman denied as he walked to the coach with anger on his face, it couldn't be possible that Theseus could kick that far from his side of the field.
The coach looked at him briefly before refuting his claim. "If you weren't looking clearly Leman, I was at the sidelines monitoring the game and I saw with my own two eyes that he scored a goal from the far quarterback. Thus making no foul at his play." The coach narrowed his eyes at Leman. "And you earned yourself a ticket to negative grades."
Leman's anger soon got replaced by shock at the declaration that the coach had given him, mixed with sheer disbelief. Of course, he made a protest against a decision which would ruin his image at the university. "What?! But I didn't do anything wrong in the field!" he still denied, growing increasingly nervous by the second.
Nevertheless, the coach pointed his finger at Leman with a stone-cold gaze. "I SAW you attempting to hit Theseus and fake it like an accident, don't think I'd be so naive to this when I saw your face Leman, you're suspended from the football practice and match for two seasons."
Now THIS caused Leman's face to turn pale grey with shock and horror, his gut feeling like lead at the punishment handed down to him. A punishment that he hurriedly tried to convince the coach to not dish out on him with the following protest. "Oh, come on coach! If you let me off the team, then who will play for the school?" Leman queried as he tried to convince Karasuma thinking he had the upper hand, but instead he saw the coach shake his head.
"Do not try to avoid the subject Leman. You are suspended from football practice and that's final." Karasuma declared with a hard tone, making Leman pale in fear. "There are others who can play well in football, Leman, now be quiet and leave my class. It's already finished." the coach coldly ordered, gesturing around them.
Lemun looked around and saw how some of the other students had already left, including Theseus with Mio who had been followed by a group of fangirls formed from the various exploits he had conducted. As for how he reacted to them, he ignored their advance.
Now that there was no way to dispose of the upstart and that his title had been taken from him, Leman looked like he was having a stroke before he yelled to Theseus. "This isn't over, you hear me, Requin?! NOT OVER!" he shouted to Theseus who did not even look at Leman, much to his fury. Instead he just left Leman to his shame, a one-time star athlete having been brought low due to his own hubris and arrogance.
However, unbeknownst to Leman, Theseus had formed a small, evil smirk stretching his face as if saying 'we'll see who comes out the top'.
Somewhere in the academy
Deep within the school's faculty sector, a young woman sat on her chair within what seemed to be an advanced-looking infirmary. The infirmary itself had about 6 beds with their own curtains and other medical appliances, positioned along the room in two rows of three, with a small desk and a computer on top of it located at the rear right corner. That corner also had a bunch of draws beneath the desk, with some being currently open to showcase the amount of files stored within.
However, as of current times the woman had moved her chair towards the closest bed to tend to a student who had been put there previously, her gaze that of a proper medical professional as she tended to that student who had done something that she felt foolish in her mind. Although, she had long since grown used to such things during her years as this school's nurse. "Here you go, that should help for a while." The woman said, her voice smooth yet with an underlying softness to it that would make anyone want to fall asleep to it.
One could CLEARLY see that she was a stunningly attractive woman, probably in her mid to late 20's with sexy hip-length black hair that had bangs hanging on the right side of her face, with two ahoges atop her head. She sported a pair of green eyes under a pair of round red glasses, a mole under her left eye, one earring on her left ear and a voluptuous figure that any woman would have killed for. Her current outfit consisted of a green knitted turtleneck underneath a white lab coat, a tight black mini-skirt around her waist which showed the cross garter motif stockings adorning her legs, and finally some purple-colored high heels.
Right now she had just finished wrapping a bandage around a student's injured leg, the said student having gotten into a football accident earlier this morning. The student winced at the brief pang of pain that erupted from the injury before it was wrapped around his leg and the woman looked at him with a bit of frown on her face. "You need to be careful with the equipment in the PE storage room. The amount of bruising on your body will no doubt worry your family."
The student gulped a bit before nodding. "I know Ms Chisato but it was an accident! I didn't even mean to spill the equipment, I was just trying to do an errand for the Gym coach!" the student explained as the woman named Chisato.
As for Chisato herself, she reached for her clipboard and put it on her lap. Taking a pen out of her coat, she went and wrote something before facing the student. "Try not to do anything reckless again and instead take safety precautions. I'll have a talk with the coach afterwards, but you cannot be too cautious in such cluttered areas. Understood?" she asked him as the student nodded his head. Chisato put down her clipboard and pen before smiling at the student. "Then, you're free to go now."
With permission to finally leave the bed, the student got up and smiled at Chisato before doing a slight bow to her. "Thank you Ms Chisato, I promise to be careful in the future." He vowed to her, earning a nod from the older woman. He then walked to the door as he opened it before leaving, just as he was about to leave, the student saw the coach walking to the infirmary as he went past him.
Back inside the infirmary, Chisato had moved her chair back to her desk where she currently sat, writing something down on some paper there so she did not pay any attention to the door opening up again. It was only once she heard it close did she realize that someone had entered the room, so she turned on her chair and saw the coach who smiled at her. "Ms. Chisato." Karasuma curtly greeted the school nurse, walking into her office before standing a few feets away from her.
In response she greeted the coach too. "Hello coach Karasuma. How was your first day teaching?"
Karasuma nodded his head at her, hands in his pockets as he glanced to the side. "Sufficient. There's room to improve for each of the students, but they're within my initial predictions. My future plans should be uncompromised by their performance." He replied, going over what he had seen from the class. Apart from that whole squabble with Theseus and Leman, the rest of the class performed at levels which he had anticipated which made predicting their courses much easier in the long run. Considering that this was his first time actually teaching a class like this however, he would say that the performance was satisfactory.
According to his instructor, in class the teacher was also someone who learned lessons alongside the students.
Hearing this, Chisato nodded her head with a small smile spreading across her lips. "That's good. I see the principal wasn't wrong about hiring you for that exchange program. Keep this up, and you'll be a full fledged teacher in a couple years." she complimented, referring to the exchange program set up between the Japanese and British Government which saw the transfer of people who had heritage connected to the two countries. As a British national who had heritage from Japan, making him a British-Japanese man, Karasuma had been eligible for the program.
Though it did surprise her that someone with his background would become a school teacher of all things.
"That depends on my performance during this time as well, Mrs Chisato." Karasuma added on, remembering the specifics in the contract he had signed. The man had made sure to read it all thoroughly, including the fine print in adherence to his policy of being both efficient and prepared. It wouldn't do for someone in his position to be caught slacking even if that meant looking up the details of every student under his charge like he had done today.
On this, the woman couldn't help but agree with him. She remembered what the initial reaction the other staff members had when Karasuma first transferred here under the program, the university having chosen to take part in it themselves due to having staff shortages. Most of the staff were rather excited at having new coworkers, whereas some had fears that the teaching environment would be disrupted by people who potentially didn't even know japanese hence creating the problem of a Language Barrier.
Though she bet those who thought that hadn't read the part of the program stating that Japanese and English were required languages for applicants, not to mention that training in them was readily available for those who didn't.
"Indeed. Hopefully they'll come to accept you the more they see your work ethic. I'm pretty sure you've made a decent impression from what you have told me."
"Perhaps. Speaking of impressions, what about you? Word amongst the staff members is that you're one of the most workaholic members in the entire roster. From my observations, you allow the job to dominate every aspect of your life, some wondering if you take any breaks at all."
A second or two later, the pen abruptly stopped moving which signalled Chisato's ceasing of her writing. As for the woman herself, she froze a bit with her eyes briefly enlarging and her mouth opening a bit, which made the coach worry that he might've stepped on a landmine. After all, inquiring into a woman's life (or anyone's life for that matter) wasn't something viewed highly since it could be seen as intrusive and offensive.
Luckily for the Coach, this proved to not be one of those cases as Chisato took off her glasses and wiped her eyes (which he had seen to have been mildly watery) before she began to speak. "It's something to do with my past, I've lost some people who I cared about. I'm still trying to deal with the pain I have. It's the reason why I don't accept any gathering offers." she replied simply, yet there was the tone of a grieving woman buried deep behind the calm facade.
Something which the Coach quickly detected if the expression on his face was any indication. "Oh." The coach muttered before going silent. Obviously he didn't know about this until now due to probably being the first to ask, but she had said she lost some people like did she lose them or something happened to them. The coach put his hand up as if stopping something. "Sorry about bringing that up." he responded with an apologetic tone slipping through his professional demeanor.
Hearing this caused a sad smile to form on Chisato's lips. "It's alright coach, it's not your fault." she said to him as the coach looked at the clock before realizing that it might be late for the gathering as he got up the bed. "Its time for me to go, I need to prepare for the next lessons for my students. Need to think of a routine for what I am going to have them do." taking a pause just when he had reached for the infirmary's entrance the Coach looked back at her with concern. "Ms. Chisato, normally I wouldn't interfere with your life but you need to take some breaks off. You're also a human being, not a robot." he said that to her before leaving the infirmary.
Chisato stayed there for a while before looking at a photo that was on her desk, one which had gone unnoticed by the Coach due to her position shielding it from view. The photo itself showed Michael, Sally, and herself behind a little Kaito, each of them looking happy in the photo. The sight of it made her sadly smile, remembering the past she had with them.
If only she stayed behind…..then the whole island wouldn't be destroyed and slaughtered, she would have made sure of that to hell with the consequences. The island had been her home away from home, a place of safety and solitude for her so she could have gotten away from her regular duties… and her creepy stalker. Despite the flaws that place had, Chisato saw it as more of a home to her than the one she had been born in… something which had initially confused her till she had heard someone say offhandedly that 'home was where the heart was', and in her eyes Chisato had seen that island as the place her heart had called home.
That tragedy shouldn't have happened in her eyes, but it did, and that was the reason why she had to devote everything outside her work to finding Kaito, the son of two of her best friends, friends she had met and spent a large portion of her life with. She wondered how he was doing now, he HAD to be still alive even after all this time, he just had to be. The thought of him surviving and persisting till this day had sometimes been the only thing that still kept her going, especially after the nightmares she would have on occasion of that moment she had discovered that island's ultimate fate.
Breaking away from such thoughts of what could have been, Chisato gave a sad, wistful sigh as she got up from her seat. The clicking of her heels tapped against the infirmary's floor tiles while she made her way to the infirmary door, intending to see if she could get some fresh air. she was about to open the infirmary door, before hearing two girls talking to each other on the other side.
"Hey have you heard about the new student Susan?"
"Yeah, I did! He's not only good looking but very strong as well!"
Chisato furrowed her brows when she heard two girls doing their daily gossiping about the new student. She had heard that there had been a bunch of transfers early into the year with the specifics being kept mostly vague, so she didn't know much. Not like she had cared initially so Chisato didn't pay much attention back then. However, from the gossip she had just accidentally overheard it would seem that they were making a bigger buzz than she would have thought compared to previous ones, therefore Chisato continued to listen carefully.
"Have you heard that he threw a locker away with minimal effort?"
"Of course I do, the whole school knows about that! But it's not only that, he dominated the PE class like it was nothing!"
"True that, he lifted an entire bench while the others were still sitting on it, held the ground for one hour and even the cheerleaders did their stunts as he still held as long as possible!"
"Hmmmm, interesting." Chisato muttered under her breath, feeling slightly intrigued about this new student. She knew for a FACT that this new student had to be a supernatural being, because no one can be that tough and show off their strength so easily. Plus, even though these girls seemed to be talking about one of the students, Chisato WAS aware that there were MULTIPLE transfers, so she had a few thoughts about the implications around them.
"Ohhh, I can already imagine feeling those muscles when I'm in those arms~. That silky blond hair, blue eyes and has a build of a bodybuilder!"
Silky blond hair? Blue eyes? Chisato sharply turned her head and looked back at the photo of Kaito back on her desk, mentally trying to compare him to what she had heard. From what was said, the child in the photo seemed to have had those appearance traits. "Could it be...?" she whispered under her breath, hope shining within her eyes for the first time in years. If this was true, then this could potentially be another lead to Kaito's whereabouts like the many others she had tried to chase with zero results. If this was truly the person she was seeking, then it would seem that he might be in the school. But there were some people who almost looked exactly like each other, so whether it's a rumor or not she would try to find this student nonetheless, if only to see if that student was Kaito or not.
Later
In the afternoon of the school day, Theseus could be found sitting on top of a bench while he waited for Mio and Maria to come out of the university. The other classes he had taken had been a bit hard because he hadn't in school for a while, but did try his best to pay attention to the class.
Thankfully his efforts paid off, and before he knew it the first day was over, the male mused mentally with relief in his system. However, that relief soon got replaced by annoyance since now began another 6 months of boredom. While he HAD went to school in the past, back when he had been a kid, he had gotten way too used to hunting vampires as a daily routine with Alucard in Hellsing, so he pretty much CRAVED the excitement of combat in the supernatural world. He felt much more at home there than he did in the normal world, something which had not been the case in the past so that opinion had a bit of irony to it.
Speaking of hellsing, he put his hand on his pocket and took out his phone to see a text from Walter. Upon opening the text and reading it, Theseus saw that it said that the order was almost ready and that he would ship it to their location soon, seeing as the last phase would be the testing one.
He looked at his phone screen for a while before noticing that someone was sitting next to him out of the corner of his eye, but he paid it no mind, ignoring the person next to him. For a moment he was minding his own business, that is before he heard the following words which FINALLY forced him to acknowledge the presence.
"I know who you are, agent of Hellsing, Shark king." A feminene voice spoke as Theseus briefly tensed up. Nobody here should know of his affiliation with the Hellsing Organisation save for the board of directors, and this voice sounded way too young for it to belong to any of them. Thus, in the interest of finding out who this voice belonged to Theseus stopped what he was doing before facing the person next to him.
Said person looked to be a beautiful young woman of similar age to Mio, with a slim yet endowed build that he QUICKLY noticed had signs of battle experience. She had light blue, shoulder-length hair that had a longer portion of her hair put into a braid on the left side of her face tied into a single braid, as well as a single long strand of hair, and yellow eyes. She was wearing the school uniform.
Now, any NORMAL teenage male with raging hormones would have admired these traits she had, but Theseus just ignored her beauty and narrowed his eyes at her. "So, it appears that my reputation has spread throughout the world huh? Guess I wouldn't be surprised at this." Theseus remarked thoughtfully, a fake-sounding happiness in his equally fake jovial tone, before he set about looking at the woman with slitted shark eyes. To the woman's credit she didn't flinch from his gaze, to his slight surprise and caution, as she instead faced him head on. From the side one might think they were about to kiss with how intently the two were staring one another down "You know who I am, but I don't you girl." he stated with a scowl on his features, a hostile yet cautious aura surrounding him.
Despite these things, the blue haired woman remained unfazed by Theseus glare before introducing herself. "Then this might jog your memories: my name is Nonaka Yuki, a member of the Hero Clan." she introduced herself, placing a hand on her chest.
"?!" When he heard that name, Theseus briefly widened his eyes in shock, having not expected something like that. His mouth opened a bit as well, but these traits vanished just as quickly as they had appeared, the male remembering the hero clan. "Hero clan huh, been a while since I heard that." Theseus said in slight interest, leaning backwards a bit while he began to reflect on what he knew of the said force.
According to Hellsing's knowledge of them, the hero tribe were an organization founded by a group of gods, their duty being to safeguard humanity, much like what Hellsing did only they answered to the British Queen whereas the Hero Clan answered to a bunch of actual deities. However, besides their shared purpose the two organisations couldn't be any more different in their practices. It was known throughout history that the hero clan were responsible for creating many heroes in the past, such as many norse and greek heroes among many others, hence the supernatural world was WELL aware of them, including the Hellsing organisation.
Once while taking a break from their training, Alucard had told him that he had once fought against the hero clan a long time ago, the male having briefly heard about them from some of their fellow Agents who had encountered a couple of them on one of their missions. Back then, the no-life king had remarked about how they were powerful opponents that gave him a good fight, even though they fell to him in the end due to there being a great difference between them and him. Alucard had even once humorously capped them a bunch of 'caped children' to refer to their uniforms being similar to medieval knights, with the children part referring to the difference in experience between them and himself.
After breaking away from these musings, Theseus began to speak. "And what is a member of the Hero Clan doing here at the academy?" Theseus asked Yuki, who narrowed her eyes at him with a slight edge to her gaze.
"I'm here to tell you one thing Shark king, don't involve yourself with Naruse Mio any further." she said with strong conviction.
At this, flashes of Mio's face went through his mind, both happy and sad ones, before he returned to reality. However, the indignation within him gave birth to feral anger as Theseus hardened his glare at her. "What makes you think I would do that 'hero'? As far as I'm concerned nobody tells me what to do, girl." he questioned in a low, threatening and dangerous tone while he began to leak out some of his power into the atmosphere.
"If you don't, then you will start a war between the hero clan and hellsing. Do not get involved with the descendent of Satan." she said to him as she began to leak out some of her magic in retaliation.
Theseus narrowed his eyes at her when she said the 'descendent of Satan'. How the fuck did they even know about Mio's demonic heritige? Wasn't that information highly classified by Meredith? He found it hard to believe she would allow such intel to leak to the outside world, but in the end there is one fact that she was wrong about and that she is HIS daughter, not the current Satan. Theseus began to now question their organization of how they know of her. "Well guess what girl, you might be a bit too late on that because we already have orders on how to handle Naruse Mio, so how can I even start a war when instead you're the ones who started it?" he let out a victory smirk at her which she grit her teeth at his explanation as he got her there.
Still, she did not give up on her resolve, especially since she had noticed the lack of students around them meaning that their supernatural alignment wouldn't be observed. "Even so, if you continue to delve further to the descendent of Satan, I have orders to strike you down." She declared, and in the following moment she stood up from the bench and brought out a katana to intimidate Theseus…
Only for her intimidation ploy to backfire horribly as he simply let out an amused snort. "You're bolder than I thought you would be 'Hero' I'll admit that I've been out of fighting for a bit of time, and I'm starting to feel it. Perhaps I might as well indulge you, if only to shake off the rust." He declared, grinning like his namesake while he got up as well and brought out his Trident. Twirling it above his head like helicopter blades in one hand, he slammed the weapon's pommel into the ground, creating cracks around it.
Two energies proceeded to fight one another for dominance, neither relenting against the force of the other. On one side, Theseus aura took the form of a great white shark while Yuki's took the form of a samurai girl who had her sword out and her body in a combat stance. Both parties glared at one another, looking like they would be about to rumble at any moment or even the SLIGHTEST sign of provocation.
Then, just when things were about to get dicey, Theseus pulled back his aura and made his Trident disappear, pocketing his hands inside his trousers. "Unfortunately, our battle will eventually get the attention of the normal people, as much as I would love to break your bones and feed your flesh to my sharks, My boss will not go easy on me if we involve bystanders." Theseus said as he waved his hand, making the cracks on the ground mend before the floor was fixed. He wished they COULD have fought since all this time away from the battlefield wasn't something he enjoyed, hence he sought something to vent this bloodlust he had. Part of him even wished to relive his days training in the Catachan Forest under Sigismund… especially considering that he had a LOT of fun fighting some of his rivals there, one in particular.
He turned around and walked away, not before Yuki had something to say. "If you don't know how dangerous Mio is then it won't be the last time we see each other, and if that happens then only one will stand." she declared sternly, dismissing her Katana.
Theseus faced her as his eyes glow in power before he let out a bloodthirsty smile. "We'll see who comes out on top, Yuki Nonaka."
As soon as he left her alone, he was reunited with Mio and Maria as they were walking towards him. They had finished their classes and were going to where Theseus had said he would be, but as soon as they saw him he had a serious face on him which worried a bit in both of them. He faced them before saying. "We might have a problem."
Later
"Tch, seems off we're not the only ones who know about Mio's heritage." Meredith muttered under her breath, biting her thumb. She currently sat cross legged on a chair in Theseus' room underground with Mio and Maria looking worried that someone might know of Mio's heritage. Well, partially anyways considering that the word 'descendant' was used instead of 'daughter'.
An annoyed exhale escaped his nose while Theseus leaned back on his single couch. "True, but luckily they only said that she's a descendent not a direct daughter." Theseus reminded, something which made Mio flinch every time she heard about her being Satan's daughter. It seemed that she still wasn't used to being called that despite it being a while since the revelation.
Right now, it was just the four of them inside his room at the moment. Theseus hadn't gathered the whole gang because it's not like they have to be together for every meeting, which was why he only told Meredith and not the rest of them. Additionally, there was the fact that Vali and Kuroh were much better at more combat oriented roles than this, though he wasn't that much different. Plus, out of their group Meredith was the smart one as well as having been trained by Sir Integra herself.
His words did soothe some of the auburn haired woman's worries yet not completely. "But the question is how did they even get that piece of information?" Meredith questioned as she put her hand on her chin in thought. She had made the necessary precautions so that nobody would be aware of Mio's heritage even if they were of supernatural inclination. This little incident showed her that they would likely have to go through some more extreme measures if they wanted to stay on top of things.
Meanwhile, Theseus came up with one such possibility. "Maybe it's because their information network is a bit better than ours, either that or they received some intel from the people who were after her."
This answer made Meredith's facial expression turn to anger and a bit of fury, similar to that of her mentor's. "Then it might become a bit more difficult because secrets cannot stay hidden and rarely anyone can get away from it, it seems that we might be facing the first option." After briefly pausing, Meredith looked at Theseus with seriousness, placing both hands on her lap. "If that's the case then we need to take more precaution, Theseus made two new rooms for the both of them in your underground base. An extra measure of security might be needed for this operation."
Theseus grunted a bit to showcase his annoyance, before accepting her orders. "Fine, I'll get started but YOU need to buy furniture for the rooms, I'm not wasting my money on useless pieces of junk."
"That useless piece of junk is what YOU'RE sitting on idiot." Meredith rebuked Theseus' claim, though he didn't look convinced.
The male even aimed slightly teasing smirk as he gestured to the ground beside him, forming a new chair out of earth. "You DO realize I can just make my own, right?" he retorted smugly, chuckling.
In response, Meredith clicked her tongue in annoyance with the urge to smack the boy before her. Though her rational side told her just how much of a bad idea trying that on the shark king really was, ESPECIALLY reminding her of how she had her backside whooped by him and Alucard at their first meeting. "Fine, but just to be sure of this you owe me for wasting my money Theseus."
"Um, no I don't. YOU'RE the leader here, this should be part of your responsibilities." Theseus retorted. He then smirked in a victorious manner when he watched Meredith put her hand on her face before getting up.
"Just make the room already Theseus, in the meantime I'll report this to Sir Integra AND buy furniture. Don't mess this up." Meredith told him before she turned on her black high heels and left the room, leaving an amused Theseus and Maria alone.
Once the door shut, Mio looked a bit interested at the conversation that had just taken place hence why she glanced over to the sole male occupant. Of course, the male easily picked up on the look and glanced at her through the corner of his eye while closing the other. "Do you understand the situation now?" he asked her, to which she stood silent for a moment, not answering.
That is, before Maria spoke for her. "I understand the situation." Maria said as she closed her eyes. Theseus was about to get off his seat but Maria continued to speak. "But in this situation if you're out this late on a lovers rendezvous, then it might cause some slight concern."
Theseus narrowed his eyes at Maria. "What the hell do you mean by 'lovers rendezvous'? I barely even know that chick and it wasn't rendezvous, she just approached me like a stranger."
"Ah-HA!" she snaps her finger at Theseus who looked annoyed at this as evident by how he narrowed his eyes at her. "See? You called her a chick and said she approached you like a stranger but in fact it's like a boyfriend and girlfriend meeting!"
"How the fuck is that even a thing? And do I need to repeat myself succubus? Oh wait a minute, I don't need to because I already said to you once."
"We thought the Hellsing might be working together with the hero clan due to how you guys know so much about them. Right Mio-sama?" she asked Mio.
The said redhead looked surprised at first, before wilting under their combined gazes. "Eh? Yeah, we did…...kinda." Mio admitted, chuckling nervously while sweating bullets. In their defence, she wasn't even sure if they were really working together to try and do anything bad, plus even then she had her doubts thanks to the whole talk that she and Theseus had. That talk showed her that he wasn't as simple as he looked, the same being said for the majority of Hellsing's agents.
Speaking of said male, Theseus put his hand on his nose in humiliation, it seemed to him that this succubus was all about this 'relationship' stuff again. "(GROAN) ok, first off I was just one second away from beating her up like mash potatoes." he retorted, raising his right hand's index finger. Then, he raised the middle finger so it looked like he was making the peace symbol. "Second, all we know about them essentially boils down to a basic definition of them and that there were many heroes created by them." Theseus pointed out the things just so he can be clear of what he meant by. "This just makes me wonder how much faith the two of you have in us, especially since we haven't really done anything negative to you." He then added, narrowing his eyes slightly which caused the two girls to tense up.
Of course, comprehending the implications he was referring to, Maria quickly made reassure him of their trust. "Of course we have faith in you. We trust you, we do. It's just, we hardly know anything about you bunch and that just made us a bit uncomfortable and a little paranoid. As those who are going to be fighting together with you from now on, we'd like to deepen our bond of trust. That's all, right Mio-Sama?" again she asked Mio as she looked at Theseus' annoyed face before looking away with a bit of blush, since that talk she did wanted to bond Theseus a bit after that motivational speech.
"Yeah…. Hopefully." she admitted, nodding her head. Briefly, her eyes flashed with something that was too quick to accurately pinpoint, something which Theseus nonetheless noticed but couldn't identify in time. Not only that, but the way she spoke with all the slow uncertainty implied things that… well, he didn't like the sound of.
Seeing little else that would have worked, Theseus groaned again since this was getting nowhere, thus he might as well comply. They were going to be working together so might as well forge some bonds. Sometimes women were so much more difficult to handle, to the point where he missed his fellow dudes. "Ugh fine." He relented.
Maria got up from her seat and happily walked to Theseus with wide arms spread each other. "That's our Theseus-chan!" Maria happily said as she was looking forward to this.
Yet despite her zeal, Theseus got a feeling as it might be…..what's the word? Not end well, complicated or both at the same time. He looked at Maria with a wary look born from this instinctual sensation. "What do you propose?" he asked her before her face began to have a perverted expression.
"By taking a bath together!"
Just like that Theseus grabbed Maria's head, his hand crackling with electricity, before he went and electrified her.
"GAHAHAHAHAHAHUHUHUHUHUH!" Bright flashes filled the room as Maria's form stretched out like a star, her skeleton briefly becoming visible during this whole thing.
All the while, Theseus continued to do this for a while before he stopped moments later, dropping the now utterly COOKED Maria to the ground. The girl's form flopped down like a used pillow, looking charcoaled and puffing out a black smoke with comedical eyes before falling to the floor. Mio blushed heavily at that thought as she had smoke coming out of her eyes.
"Yeah no, not happening now or ever succubus. If you even try to do that I'll make sure you'll swim with my sharks." Theseus spat, his tone NOT one of someone bluffing nor hesitating to follow through with the threats being launched, if the angry face he had on wasn't enough of an indicator.
Managing to recover from the electric shock to her system (which didn't have its full power, just enough for flashy effects, otherwise she would have been butchered), Maria then grabbed a hold of the chair and attempted to stand up. Her legs trembled as they struggled to hold her weight up despite the support from the chair. "Ah come on Th-Theseus! H-how e-else can w-we d-deepen o-our bond? And w-why did you'd d-do that to a-a woman like me?!" she stuttered, shaking like a vibrator with a few sparks flying from her form.
"There are other ways to make trust grow between us instead of that perverted idea of yours. Taking a bath together, really? For your information, I'm not a kid who is too naive to not know why there is such a thing called privacy. And second of all I am an advocate of gender equality, I wouldn't hesitate to slap a woman or punch her on the face." Theseus declared the first part with not a hint of shame, but pride instead.
He further displayed it by grabbing her by the collar around her neck, walking to his bedroom's door and opening it. He then stretched his leg back after plopping Maria in front of him, before kicking her ass out of the room and slammed the door on her, locking the door so she couldn't get back inside.
(Hunter: Question, darklord: what would you do in this situation?)
(Darklord: I would slap her face with a fish and do a dropkick at her. What about you Hunter?)
(Hmmm… probably bring out a shotgun then start shooting at her feet till she flees the room, then give chase with a Shovel to get all 'death korps of Krieg' on her ass.)
(Nice! :-))
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Within the room again, Theseus gave a hard stare at the door for a while with silence dominating the room before turning to Mio with a deadpan look in his eyes. "Let's pretend that didn't happen, agreed?" Theseus asked Mio.
Said girl also deadpanned before nodding in agreement with Theseus' actions. "No complaints here." She stated bluntly, getting a nod from him.
That conversation over, Theseus turned and went to his desk, grabbed a book, notebook and a pencil as he started writing. "Now that fiasco is over, you might as well work on the homework the professor has assigned us, I'll work on your and that succubus's room soon, Mio."
Mio's eyes widened as she was reminded about the homework Theseus mentioned before getting up and did a slight bow towards him. "Thanks for reminding me Theseus, I'll get straight to it."
"Sure you would." With that said Mio walked to the bedroom door and saw Maria was laying on the ground with her ass up and head down. She didn't seem very conscious either if the swirl marks replacing her eyes was any indication, but Mio ignored the pose and dragged Maria by her foot, letting her face be dragged across the floor.
Back in his room, Theseus idly glanced at the closing door for a few minutes before turning back to his homework.
Later
"Finally, some shut eye would be sorely needed now." An exhausted Thesues mumbled under his breath as he walked through the underground hall, intending on going to bed after accomplishing what he was ordered by the slave driver known as Meredith (something he refused to say out loud for fear of retribution, as bad as she could be Meredith had NOTHING on sir integra) for their guests.
He had finished his homework in about two hours and had gone straight to making rooms for Mio and Maria. He had created a room similar to his but with some difference, they don't have the dance studio, pool, or dojo.
It had taken him a while to make the structure of two rooms before being finally finished and went straight to the pool to exercise a bit on his muscles, since he did enjoy swimming since he would be swimming with the shark which is one of his favorite activity(Figuratively none of the sharks ever harmed him because he had strong bonds with those deadly predators). Then he checked the time and saw it was midnight as he got off the pool, dried himself and walked to his room which is where he was headed to now.
Though as one might expect, all that stuff had drained him of much of his strength, this feeling of fatigue reminding him somewhat of his time in the Catachan Forest when he felt this way on MANY occasions, due to constantly fighting the forests' horrors. Especially one in particular which had been both a major pain in the ass and also a great form of training for him… as well as itself, too.
Not too long later, Theseus entered his room and bedroom before taking off some of his clothes, leaving his underwear on since he had a habit of sleeping shirtless, something that a lot of guys his age tended to do. Even older ones. Now appropriately dressed for sleep, Theseus went to his bed and clicked his fingers to dispel the light, promptly getting under the covers. His head now resting on the soft warmth of his pillow, the blonde males' eyes flickered for a bit before finally closing, allowing him to try and go to sleep, entering the world of dreams.
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That is, if he didn't feel something hugging him closely from behind, causing his eyes to shoot wide open. 'What the fuck? Whose grabbing me?' he wondered, his instinctual desire to electrocute the one responsible dulled by the lacking bloodlust in the air, so it wasn't someone with malicious intent.
However, that did NOT mean he wasn't pissed off about it as one might understandably assume. He actually felt livid which, combined with his exhaustion from his previous work, made for one cranky Theseus.
Determined to identify the offender and give them a piece of his mind, he opened his eyes and glared back at the person who was holding him... before his eyes widened and shock replaced his anger.
Why?
Simple, because he just so happened to see that it was MIO who currently held him from behind, her sizable bosom pressing into his back with her arms wrapping around to let her hands settle on his chest. Not to mention that their legs had been tangled together into some helpless mess, leaving the male wondering how the fuck someone like her managed to get so close to him undetected.
He must be MUCH more exhausted than he realized, Theseus rationalized.
Regardless, this wasn't a situation he found particularly favorable unlike what any NORMAL guy would assume. After all, with this scenario if someone such as that damn Succubus Maria were to discover them it could lead to all kinds of headaches… plus, he was pretty sure that Vali and Kuroh wouldn't let him hear the end of it if they found out. They could and would be dicks in that respect. 'This may end up being used by Vali for his revenge against me for that one time I pranked him by whisking him into Meredith's bed chambers.' he thought, a mild sense of amusement at the memory he drudged up. 'Meredith had been SO livid with him, with even KUROKA helping dish out punishment. Vali never realized it was me, either.'
His amusement quickly faded when he remembered his current predicament however, prompting Theseus to narrow his eyes to her. This was NOT something he felt too fond of... for the first few seconds, before he noticed something else about the red haired woman: she was clutching onto him for dear life and whimpering at something, as if she was experiencing a nightmare.
A few moments later, Mio began to wake up as her eyes flickered a bit as she wiped them before noticing that she was holding on to something as she froze a bit before slowly looking at Theseus slitted eyes which caused her to freak out and jump back. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to wake you up or something! I'm so-"
"Oi, (SNAP) get a hold of yourself, woman." he stated, clicking his fingers in front of Mio's face and putting his other hand on her shoulder to reassure her which caused her to calm down. Once that was done, he put his hand away and looked at her uneasy face. He asked her a question which he already knew why she was here. "How long have you been having this nightmare for?"
Mio looked away from Theseus' gaze as she looked uneasy and afraid for a few minutes before looking at Theseus as she answered. "Since…...my parents died, I've been having this same dream every time I sleep and everytime I would I would see my parents' bodies. I haven't been able to get a good sleep for a long time." her eyes began to leak out some tears. "The closet thing I could ever get to a good night's sleep seems to be next you, I'm sorry to bother you Theseus."
Theseus stayed silent as Mio sobbed for a bit, processing this information about why she was in his room. He wiped Mio's tear off her face as she looked at him with a sad gaze, prompting him to sigh. "(SIGH) it's not your fault and I'm not blaming you Mio." he told her, leaning back on the back of his bed. "Let me guess… ever since you lost them, you have dreams of their deaths. You feel hollow inside, you feel worthless, you feel weak and helpless. You wonder what could have been done differently, why they had to be taken away from you so early on. They were your crutch, they were your gods, essentially they were your pillars…" Theseus ranted on, strong initially before gradually softening his tone and becoming sombre. He gazed up at the ceiling with a blank gaze in his eyes.
Yet that blank, empty gaze he had caused something to click inside the stunned Mio's chest, the girl feeling like she had been exposed completely. After all, what he had just described fit her years of running from those who sought her for her lineage to a T. Yet, the way that he described it… "... you know, don't you? What it's like…" She mumbled under her breath, yet thanks to the lack of sound in the air and the fact that they were right next to one another, Theseus heard her still. Yet his silence on the matter pretty much confirmed her words to be true in her mind, hence Mio spoke the following words. "You don't have to tell me anything… Like you guessed, I know how tough it can be and you've just met me… you don't nearly trust me enough for that…" she muttered, glancing to the side. "But, even so…"
While she trailed off, Theseus himself had enough perception to pick up on her meaning. He raised his right leg and curled it so he could hang his elbow on his kneecap. "True, it's not like I do since we just met, I'm not those fools who would instantly trust a person they just met. It would take time until we can fully trust each other, even yourself. As for the dreams….. You need to stop blaming yourself for the incident."
"Huh?" Mio blinked owlishly, confused about what Theseus meant as the male put his right leg down and looked back at her. "I'm not an expert in dreams, but I know some things about why they appear. You blame yourself for the death of your adoptive family because of your heritage." he pointed his finger at Mio's chest, making sure to avoid poking at her breasts. "If you learn how to stop believing it was your fault then slowly the nightmare will disappear."
Mio widened her eyes at Theseus' lecture as she began to realize that everytime she thought about it, she would think it was all her fault her parents were dead because of her precious powers, her heritage of her being the daughter of Satan. For a moment, silence dominated the room until Mio gazed down at her lap. "...It won't be that easy. It's a fact that because of my powers being what they are, they were killed." She remarked, something which Theseus agreed with. It was never easy to move on, especially after losing them at a young age. Even so, her lips slowly widened as she put her hand within Theseus' own, holding it gently as she raised her head and smiled prettily at him. "But it's a start at least. Thank you Theseus."
Theseus' eyes softened a bit at Mio before pulling his arm back and layed down at his bed as he covered himself with the blankets. Mio looked at Theseus, thinking that she would have to leave for her own room so she made to get up off the bed. That is, until Theseus said something to her that made her eyes become dinner plates. "If you want, you can sleep in my room if you want so the nightmares would go away soon, just make sure to not bother me while I'm sleeping."
Mio looked at Theseus for a moment, disbelief written over her face at his request and the sheer hypocrisy that it added to his previous narratives, before accepting the offer readily. She then slowly got down into the bed and covered herself with the blanket. It was quiet for a few minutes before she smiled. "Thank you… for understanding Theseus." she said to him.
If she were able to look on Theseus' side she would've seen a slight smirk on his face before returning to normal as they both began to sleep.
And this time, there weren't any nightmares, they had a pleasant sleep for the first time in a while.
AN:
Howdy, Hunter here, and welcome to the newest chapter. Not much happening on this one but that will change in the near future. We do have a lot in store, so hope you stay tuned.
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Oh yeah! Just one step further until he gets a realistic harem!...My name is Darklord bringing you another chapter of the series! There isn't much to say other than Theseus giving a little inspiring speech to Mio, he isn't much of a great talker but he can be like Saitama as he who can deal things with action instead of words. That is how you can convince other people and give them a great example of it. Alright thanks for reading our story, be sure to leave a review if you want and I'll see you next time!
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