Somewhere

SNAP!

"(PANT)!(PANT)!(PANT)!(PANT)!"

Heavy pants and gasps burned the lungs of a lone person, faint puffs of smoke escaping his mouth while he ran like hell through a vast, lush and thick forest. His forehead created puddles of sweat from the dense exertion of stamina, a couple of trails running down the side of his head and dripping down towards the ground rapidly passing beneath his feet. His chest, his legs, his arms, practically every cell in his body burned as if he were standing naked next to a massive volcano's tip.

The person did not look like a normal human, though, instead he somewhat resembled a demonic wolf with canine teeth, a gray mane of hair that surrounded his head and fell down his back, accompanying the black fur around his skin. What remeined of his clothes looked to have been reduced to rags with his shirt barely covering his pecks and forearms, exposing everything else to the elements around him. The man's dres pants only covered his thighs and waist, with these clothes sporting countless claw-shaped gashes across them which drew varying amounts of blood from his body. The amount depended on how deep the wounds were… of which many of them had significant depth to them.

One could call him a human mannequin without the flesh given how red in blood his form had been stained.

"(PANT)!" Even as he frantically ran like he were atop a crumbling bridge, the man-wolf hybrid glanced behind him to see if that… THING was still there, still looming over him and breathing down his neck with enough bloodlust to send orca's running. He did this… just in time to hear a terrifying, bellowing roar.

ROOOOAAARR!

"Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh fuck! Oh fuck!" he frantically exclaimed to himself, panic coursing uncontrollably like a raging river torrent through his body as he tried to increase his speed through the forest. That roar almost made the wolfman nearly shit himself if he hadn't focused on the one goal running through his mind: to get the fuck as far away from the cause of that roar as possible.

He didn't have time to wonder how the heck he'd gotten into this mess, only his primitive instinctual desire to survive fuelled his actions at the current time.

He passed through some trees while trying to avoid hitting any of them, knowing that doing so ran the risk of not only making his injuries worse but also leave traces of his blood for that… thing to find. Something that he DESPERATELY strove to prevent, memories of what happened in the imminent past running through his mind and adding fuell to the panic-fuelled fire blazing in his chest. Unfortunately, this task proved itself quite hard due to the overwhelming paranoia and the sense of dread overloading his mind.

No matter how far he ran, no matter where he tried to hide, he kept getting this sensation that… thing was right there, RIGHT THERE! Right behind him, seconds away from sending him to his eternal doom.

When he was about to turn his head again, the wolf-man hybrid stopped paying attention to where he'd placed his feet. As a result and a mockery of him for this beginner's mistake, the hybrid tripped on a tree stump all of a sudden.

"WHOA!"

BAM!

A shrill gasp and howl escaped his maw when the wolfman slammed himself into the ground face-first, sliding across it till his body halted leaving a long gash across the soil-covered ground.

"(GROAN)."

He groaned for a while, attempting to get rid of the painful sensation that stung every cell in his body like thousands of tiny daggers. Slamming his right, clawed hand onto the ground, the wolf-man struggled to push himself into an upright sitting position, his arm trembling visibly from the strain as every nerve within it screamed in protest against these actions. In that moment, he forgot about his previous dilemma and neary succumbed to the urge to lay down there and rest for the moment.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

"?!"

Widening his eyes, that moment instantly passed when he instantly remembered why he had been running harder than he'd ever had since 'straying' from his so-called proper path. He remembered this reason right when he heard loud footsteps echoing in the distance, rapidly closing in on his position. The loud footsteps echoed throughout the trees from seemingly all around him, as if they all were being violently uprooted and tossed aside like mere obstacles for the owner of those footsteps.

Rolling himself onto his back, the wolf man struggled to glance towards where he'd been running from. To his dread and horror, he instantly wished he didn't upon seeing trees being actually PULLED out from the ground in the distance, being tossed high into the air towards who knows where.

That thing… that thing! It's still on his tail! Even after these weeks of running! What the fuck was this monster from hell?!

"No-no! NONONONONONO!"

Now completely ignoring his previous injuries and state, he quickly scrambled onto all fours before promptly skedaddling as fast as he could in a manner resembling the creature he had similarities to.

He ran as fast as he can despite his rapid heart rate potentially exposing him to a heart attack as well as amplified the pain his body had been under by aggravating the various injuries to his person.

It wasn't long, before he spotted something in the distance. Getting closer by the second, he soon found that it was a building in front of him… although he couldn't properly make it out due to the foliage obstructing his vision somewhat.

Nonetheless, it instantly highlighted a positive change to his circumstances and brought a wide, fanged smile onto his maw.

"YES!"

That building may as well be the best lifeline he had so far! He could find somewhere to hide in there till whatever that THING was lost track of him! He'd then hightail it as fast as he could when the coast was clear like a Hyena hiding in an elephant corpse from a pack of lions!

Quickly using his demonic power to increase his acceleration, it wasn't long before the wolf-man managed to get to the front door and quickly opened it, closing it shut behind him. Jumping himself into a nearby dark corner, the wolf-man then curled himself into a ball to try and make himself as small as possible.

He shook for a while, making sure he doesn't do any heavy breathing. His heart was beating so loud, he could've sworn it echoed across the abandoned building around him

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Big footsteps reached his ears, each one twitching as quick as his heartbeat with their source being just by the building's corner. Immediately the wolf-man knew what that meant: IT was just outside of the building, seemingly walking by it. The wolfman widened his eyes but kept still, covering his maw with his clawed hand to avoid making too loud a noise knowing that this would be a crucial moment. Just like in those movies where the characters are hiding from twisted monsters trying to kill them, those intense moments where they were just inches apart… he never thought he'd be experiencing one himself after straying.

GROOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWL!

Dark and scary growling noises could be heard from outside the building, their owner's footsteps sounding more like loud explosions given how close they were. He could have sworn that they gave off miniature earthquakes, with the stench of blood filling the wolf-man's nostrils that caused a new wave of dread to assault his senses. He'd already anticipated that his companions that he'd traveled to Kuoh town with to cause some destruction when they'd heard of the weakness of the town's governors, had been slaughtered, but this just confirmed it for him.

One creature… one that had one of the ugliest appearances he'd ever seen (and that said a lot), had went and slaughtered an entire band of 30 Stray Devils. All under one night too!

He had never seen ANYTHING like that creature before! It could have been something similar to a Cerberus, but even HE knew that those dogs from the Underworld looked nothing like that thing. That thing trumped those pooches EASILY in terms of the fear factor! It resembled the stuff of nightmares, and the way it butchered his brothers and sisters in arms without mercy, not giving any room to fight back, haunted his nightmares.

He stayed like this for a while, not moving a muscle for fear of doing something to alert the beast to his presence. Nevertheless to him, it felt like an eternity where even the SLIGHTEST error would most certainty result in a gruesome, brutal end.

After a while, everything all became silent with no more footsteps, and no more growls. Initially not believing this since he had seen this thing to have significant intelligence, as time passed his guard gradually began to relax. As a result, the wolf-man slowly uncurled himself and slumped down against the wall.

'Oh thank god, that thing's not after my ass no more…' he thought in himself, breathing a quiet sigh of relief.

All of this explained why the wolf-man had begun thinking he had lost that thing that was chasing him and his now dead buddies.

Slowly rising to his feet, the wolfman used the walls as support with the intention of escaping this place and finding somewhere far away from this cursed town to make his next move. When he got up, he looked in front of him and saw that there was no one there which made him sigh in relief. Just when he was about to take a step and call it for a day, he suddenly felt his main stand on its end when a heat made itself known to him from the right side. He slowly turned his maw towards that direction hoping that he was just being paranoid… only to see a set of 9 crimson eyes open up in the shadows there.

In that moment, the previous dread, terror and despair he'd felt before came back to him with a vengeance, ripping his throat tightly and robbing him of the ability to breathe. Even as the THING in front of him grew closer and closer, none of this terror left him even when he held his hands up in some futile attempt to save himself.

"No, no no please no! No I beg you!"

ROOOOOAAAARR!

As one might have guessed, this THING didn't respond to the stray devil's plea. Instead, it opened its canine mouths to roar at the stray devil, and then pounced.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!

Back to Hellsing

In the living room of Hellsing, on the northern couch sat Kuroh, one foot on his opposite thigh whilst the man completed his task of polishing his new blade. On the east couch sat Vali who was currently reading some kind of book (something which almost seemed alien for someone like him, not like he cared) and as for the west couch, Theseus could be seen literally laying down across it with his new black mask covering his face.

It was quiet for quite sometime, no one said anything at all. They were doing their own thing, no longer fazed by the fact Theseus has a new addtion to his face, having had time to get used to it by now. Basically, everything about the silent atmosphere resembled an everyday life for the trio.

Though it wasn't long before finally Theseus broke the silence by starting a conversation. "What do you think is next?" he asked the duo without looking up from his current lazy position.

Upon hearing this question from out of nowhere, Kuroh stopped polishing his blade and directed his attention towards Vali. He didn't say anything at the moment, but the glint in his eyes showed that he'd heard the question.

At this the sliver haired boy stopped reading his book and closed it, shifting his attention from the book to Theseus' form.

After a few seconds, Kuroh raised his single eyebrow in confusion. "Excuse me?" he questioned slowly, confused on what Theseus was saying.

"Oh don't act like you know Kuroh. I'm asking now that all the shit with Asmodeus and night lords are done." Rubbing his face with his hand, feeling the scrapping sensation. "What do you think is going to happen next?"

Theseus had been thinking this entire morning about what their next move would be. Now that they had quelled both Mio's pursuers like Zogear and Lars had fucked off to somewhere he didn't know or care to, there was little actually keeping them in Kuoh at this point. The Hellsing branch had been established and their reputation reasonably solid for the most part, so since they'd done what they'd came here to do they could return to their proper home in her majesty's London.

Seconds later, Kuroh gave his answer. Apparently the blonde hadn't been the only one considering this topic of conversation, it seemed. "It depends, whether or not what would happen next. We need to rest up after all that shit that went down. With us having wiped out two major threats that were under our nose-"

"I didn't ask for a lecture Kuroh." Theseus interrupted Kuroh, not wanting to know the mission details. Theseus has no interest in the mission now, especially since they'd completed what was required of them. "I'm asking for your opinions, you two. What should be our next move be?"

"..."

Kuroh just stayed silent for a few seconds, not responding back to Theseus. He wasn't all that annoyed or offended when Theseus had interupted his spiel about the mission details, having grown used to his antics. Plus, with the way Theseus stared out through one of his masks' sockets, he could tell that the male wasn't in the mood for BS.

After a few seconds of contemplating, the butler finally spoke. "It all depends on Sir Integra's apprentice. She has the final say on this." After saying his piece, he glanced down at his blade although his gaze showed a mild sense of discomfort. Like he wasn't totally sure about th question himself either

Vali narrowed his eyes and leaned forward. "If she has the last say, then why the fuck are we still here? As a matter of fact when did boss Integra give the order to come back to london?" As far as Vali could tell, after what had happened with the fallout between the Shinto, Meredith and Theseus, dealing with a lot of fucked up shit in Kuoh that the Devils never even properly dealt with, their leader should have given them at least something to go off on. Add in the fact that they had both a living Satan's Daughter and a saint with them, one could imagine the amount ot 'interest' they had accumulated from observing eyes.

It wasn't a coincidence or any shounen plot that these things had happened when they arrived in Kuoh just a few months ago, or any BS logic revolving around important figures.

Hearing Vali's hypothesis, Kuroh hung his head down and sighed audibly whilst a Tasmanian devil jumped onto the couch and curled into a ball on Kuroh's lap. The creature's presence acted like a softener for the soul for the man, prompting him to start patting the animal's fur. "(SIGH) its probably due to the fact that she likely hasn't yet reported to Sir Integra about the recent events. Doesn't help that Meredith has to prepare for a meeting with the leaders of the Shinto trinity that was called shortly after that… time."

Theseus narrowed his eyes in frustration and anger, remembering a diplomatic that happend with the ferret Youkai. There were still a LOT of questions he had about that incident like how it had happened and who those ambushers had been. He'd just never gotten around to asking for permission to investigate that stuff due to the emotional turmoil he'd been in at the time, although it was likely too late to attempt anything now since the trail would have gone cold by now.

Nevertheless, memories of having to take part in that meeting birthed a feeling of sickness in his stomach. "Well I'm not going to be there. I'm never good with those political shits or any of those high-class people." he spat, eyes flashing green as his power briefly flared. Both Vali and Kuroh rolled their eyes at the sight, although their looks of agreement betrayed their true feelings about his words. "If Meredith even THINKS for one moment that I would go through all those etiquette classes again, I swear to God I will throw her into the deepest abyss of the ocean, leave her there until she sufficates and the pressure will crush her until the sharks will devour her corpse, because I'm done with that shit." Theseus promised to himself if he is forced to go through that routine again.

Again, neither boys argued against the male on those words he spouted, even if they believed that if he really DID do that (and they 100% believed he would) then Hellsing would be on his ass faster than one could say Vampire.

Now wrapped within his own tirade, Theseus continued. "I don't want to ever deal with those people ever again. They are selfish, greedy bastards who have no regards towards anyone's life and all they care about is two things: politics and money. Don't even try to deny it you two, I know its true and don't make any comebacks. And don't say if there are any honorable or any good nobles in the world. There are barely any descent ones in the world." Theseus stopped for a moment to catch his breath, any talk about politicians and how pathetic they were acted like a switch to set him off on a tangent. Closing his eyes, the male reluctantly began naming a few that were still somewhat decent in his eyes. "Sir Integra, and the queen I can tolerate but for the others..." Theseus opened his eyes, showing them to have become sitted and shark-like. "They have a special place in Hell's domain."

Theseus then returned to his tired self, dispelling his slitted eyes before the male gazed upwards towards the ceiling, placing his hands behind the back of his head atop the couch's armrest. "Do we even need to stay here? We can count this as our first failure and Sir Integra can overlook this. Face it you guys, Kuoh is not where we belong, London is more to our lifestyle."

As much as Kuroh wanted to try to deny this, those words refused to leave his mouth heck they couldn't even form within his throat. No matter how much he tried to deny it, those words were true. Ever since they came here, things had progressed way beyond their expectations. Handling this amount of fair share of trouble and dealing with so many issues they lost count, this was more suited for the better operatives or Sir Integra to deal with. These things were way beyond their capacity to handle, it would be better if they had people specialized in running cities in this place.

Meanwhile, their group were just a bunch of greenhorn rookies, people who were all about hunting down and killing threats against the public. They were simply like monster hunters, Hellsing's attack dogs. None of this was part of their expertise, practically way above their pay grade.

However, those thoughts weren't shared with Vali.

"Oh? Is the little itty bity shark scared of the outcome? Looks like you're all bark but no teeth." Vali taunted Theseus.

In response the scarred boy narrowed his eyes in a second after hearing the taunt from the silver haired boy. Getting up from the seat and and looking towards the white dragon emperor , the blonde quietly proceeded to question him. "What the fuck... did you say to me?" One could IMMEDIATELY sense the danger that filled every word leaving Theseus' mouth, his gaze bearing down on Vali with a look of bloody murder as he shifted into a sitting position.

However, Vali remained unaffected by this look thanks to having long since gotten used to it after all this time. "You heard exactly what I said, sharkie." Vali sneered with a toothy grin that fit better on Theseus than himself. Exactly why he had sported it. "What, little shark boy's scared of a little hardship? Guess we can't call you a Shark King but a little 'guppy' instead."

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"...Who the fuck are you calling a little guppy?" Theseus repeated with a volume barely above a whisper, his teeth grinding against each other while his muscles twitched in response. "You better watch what that mouth of yours says because I think its dried up with all that hoarse crap! Like you're some kinda small lizard or something!" He bellowed, several tick marks atop his head like this were some anime BS.

NOW Vali had a similar expression to the blonde male's when he got called a 'lizard' instead of the dragon that he truly was. "How about you say that in front of my face dipshit!" Vali got up from his couch, to which Theseus mimicked the silver haired boy action. "Your just worried you can't finish one simple mission!"

"A mission that turned almost into a fullblown wreck!" Theseus shouted at Vali.

"If its a wreck how much we're still standing here on our own two feet!"

"We are even lucky to be still alive!"

"ALIVE?! You fucking bastard!" Vali shouted in surprise, initially in stunned disbelief, before angrily swinging his hand and pointing it at Theseus' face. "You almost freaking died and you lost your face! Literally! All beacuse of your recklessness! You're even lucky to even be alive!"

At the mention of Zest who currently still resided within their dungeon, Theseus' brow twitched in irritation. "Its only a mishap that bitch threw at me! Perhaps that thick skull of yours doesn't have that much memory from all the hits you got! Maybe even a good punch can help with that!"

"Who are you calling an idiot, you slippery dick wrasse!"

"Dragon fart!"

"Teethless shark!"

"Lizard lips!"

"Blobbery fish!"

"Fake wannabe dragon!"

"Oh, thats it!" Now utterly done with this shit, Vali's lid got flipped. The silver haired male then promptly jumped on Theseus knocked themselves down to the ground. As a result, a dustball forming into existence between him and Vali, throwing in punches and kicks.

Kuroh deadpanned at this daily brawl before he decided not to join the brawl since its immature and unlike for a proper man like to-

"Hah! Even Kuroh's punches are better than your's when all he does is jerk off at pictures of maidens!"

….On second thought, nevermind.

All the previous thoughts left his mind upon hearing one of the worst insults to his gentlemanly pride. Dropping his blade onto the side of him on the couch, Kuroh stood up before he joined in the brawl as well.

Such was the daily life of Hellsing boys.

Upstairs, Mio groaned for a while as she got up from her bed, rubbing her eyes to try and clear her vision. Clad in her pajamas, she left her bedroom to then proceed downstairs.

Once down at the bottom, the redhead found herself being greeted at the sight of the three boys fighting each other in a scuffle and in a dustball where she can see punches and kicks.

Seeing this, the redhead could only sigh while massaging her temples in slight annoyance. She had gotten used to this kind of antic since they've been doing this almost everyday ever since she'd first met these people. One could call this chaotic madhouse she lived in hectic, but in the end she'd came to accept that this was a part of being Hellsing.

Stoically walking to the boys, Mio threw out a greeting once she stood before the bubble. "Good morning Kuroh." she drawled, cupping her mouth to stifle another yawn.

"Good morning Ms Mio." Kuroh greeted her back, currently sitting on Theseus back whilst having twisted his legs, making the blond hair repeatedly slam his hand on the floor in pain. Before it formed into a dustball again.

Seconds later, Mio yawned again whilst covering her mouth with her hand. "Good morning Vali." she greeted through another yawn.

"About time you woke up." Vali greeted her as well, locking Kuroh in a headlock under his arms while punching Kuroh on the face. The next thing one knew, Kuroh attempted to get out of the lock before dustball was formed again.

"Good morning…..Theseus."

"Morning Mio." The said blonde greeted her casually… all while locking both Kuroh and Vali's heads under his arms. He also had apparently activated his [Iron Arms] ability to harden his said bodyparts, making it harder for the duo to get out of the headlock. Then there was a side effect called 'lack of breathing', but that wasn't too important to the male right now.

Before long, the fighting resumed after Vali pulled a last resort move by briefly manifesting his Divine Dividing and halving Theseus' power, catching the male off guard long enough for the boys to escape their chokehold. At this, the whole thing resumed once more prompting the tired redhead to take a few steps back.

'Really, these two…' said redhead thought as she held her forehead in mild exasperation, mostly because she hadn't had breakfast yet nor her morning tea. She once used coffee for waking herself up but stopped after noticing the… visible reactions the Hellsing members had, each of them having looked repulsed at the word 'coffee' alone. At that point she'd remembered that these guys grew up in Britain, meaning they had MUCH more love for tea than American coffee. At least tea did the job it was supposed to.

Though one time when walking past her mentor's bedroom she had sworn she'd heard the song 'rule britannia' being played.

"Those three never change, do they…?" Mio glanced towards the approaching Maria, the succubus giggling at the sight of the fighting boys with clear mirth visible in her eyes. The succubus looked to still in her own pyjamas too, though she didn't look like she had as much fatigue as Mio meaning she likely had woken up a bit more.

The redhead rolled her eyes. "Boys will be boys. Anyways, morning Maria."

"Morning! Now how was the lovely lady's beauty sleep?" the succubus questioned, leaning forwards with her smile becoming slightly mischievous which immediately rang alarm bells in Mio's mind. "What, did you have any lewd pervy fantasies I should know about? Should I video you having your intense passionate or-"

POW!

"Ouchies!"

An irritated, flushed Mio quickly put a stop to the perverted succubus's ramblings with a jolly ol' fist to the noggin. "Okay, settle down girl." she stated firmly, arms crossed as she surveyed her handiwork. She did this for a few moments, before moving towards the kitchen section with the intent of pouring herself some tea to help wake her up before breakfast. "Save that shit for when I wake up, then I can punch you."

"But you just did, you know…" Maria whined pathetically, teardrops in her eyes as she glanced at her charge. Even as her lump pulsed red every second, the succubus still had to marvel at something she'd noticed, that being the sharp increase in the heires to Satan's strength. 'Her awakening's done wonders for her physical strength, I see. Mio's Satanic bloodline's amped up her magical aura too now that I look at it…' she thought, slightly narrowing her eyes and envisioning Mio's aura. If it had been like a small bonfire before when they had first met Hellsing, now it resembled a human sized housefire, blazing brightly to illuminate the surroundings and devour every spec of light.

Though they'd already seen some improvements to her capacity back at Zolgear's castle, there could be more beneath the surface which made the prospect of training to uncover them sound all the more appealing.

"Anyways, whats the plan for the day?" Mio suddenly questioned from within the kitchen, catching Maria's attention as the half Devil walked out carrying her cup of tea. She'd evidently had drunk some since her gaze looked increasingly alert compared to the slouchy one she'd had before. "Is there going to be training, university classes, or…?"

Briefly pulling out a diary from seemingly out of nowhere, Maria begun flipping through the pages. "Hmmm… nope, looks like we have a day to ourselves. Seems like our schedules were cleared recently so we could recover from everything that went down." Maria explained, though when she didn't hear a sound come from her charge in response she looked towards the redhead with an arched brow only to notice her staring at something in the distance. She followed her gaze, and a coy grin spread across her lips. "Ohohoho… how interesting…" the succubus mumbled.

Ignoring or perhaps being unaware of the silver haired girl's demeanor, Mio stared at the boys fighting again or to be more specific a certain shark king, memories now coming back to her of their final moments in Zolgear's castle. A surge of warmth filled her chest at the words she remembered him saying to her, the way he'd shown his support to her at her lowest moments as well as highlighted it all being down to HER. This warmth brought a warm smile onto her lips, especially when she remembered the way he looked at her like she was one of the most important people to him at that time… which was sorta true and she knew it likely wasn't the way she thought it was, but it still felt special all the same.

Apparently their spatial awareness wasn't completely ignored as Theseus became the first to notice the girl staring at him with that expression of hers. 'Huh? What the hell's Mio thinking about, looking at me like that…?' the male wondered in confused irritation, standing up from their brawl and kicking Vali's head to knock him out, having done something similar with Kuroh. He knew they'd get up soon, those two would be up and running again in about 6 minutes or so he figured.

Nevertheless, the way Theseus saw Mio staring at him brought a bunch of things up his chest that caused him an increasing level of confusion. Most notable of these was the warmth that he go in response to seeing that smile of hers, especially when the thought that HE was the reason she was smiling like that came to his mind. For some reason he felt… somewhat happy at that thought even though the male didn't know the reason for it…

But then the two blushed crimson when they both remembered one specific moment in question…

Mio's confession.

'I love you…'

That thought rung through their minds alongside the associated moments.

This moment was ruined however by a certain half-devil who had awoken faster than Theseus had anticipated, and had been about to grapple the masked boy if he hadn't noticed the expression his comrade had. "Ohohohohohohoho! Whats this? It seems the big bad shark does have a heart after all." the male questioned with a snigger, pulling off a cheshire smile aimed at Theseus.

The scarred man widened his eyes before instantly twirling around and pointed at Vali. "Shut up!" he bellowed, surprised at how fast he'd recovered. Maybe he didn't thwack the bastard long enough.

Vali still continued, ignoring Theseus' threatening looks as well as his clear malice. "Whats the matter? Can't handle a simple crush? It seems you're shyer than I thought you would be."

"SHUT UP!" The blush on Theseus' face grew exponentially to cover about the entire middle portion of his face, a portion which his mask failed to hide sadly for him… though not so much for the silver haired hybrid.

"Oh? Are you afraid you can't handle a simple crush or-wait a minute, could it be?" Vali remarked with a toothy smile, already guessing on what had happened between him and Mio. He wasn't an idiot or dense to figure it out.

"You got confessed to by her instea-"

"I SAID SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

Being the type of guy who doesn't listen when he was on a roll, Vali still didn't comply. In fact, his grin resembled something Maria would sport (coincidentally the said silverette was currently holding in her laughter in the room's corner, metaphysical horns and a tail protruding from her) "Instead of you! Congrats dude! You acquired one hot lady for yourself! Hahahahahahaha!" At the end, Vali lost it and erupted into maniacal laughter. The more he laughed the more pissed off the King of Sharks became (His face had turned atomic red and his body was steaming, matching his emotions).

The last nail to the coffin came when Vali made another comment while making to pull out his phone. "Wait until I tell this to Alucar-"

"RRRAAAAAAHHHHHH!"

WHOOSH!

Instantly he used his [Warp Speed] and started to strangle Vali, who was still laughing at Theseus despite it.

"Stop laughing you fucking idiot! I'm not in love with her! I'm not in love with her!" He yelled up in the other male's face, shaking him like a ragdoll fast enough that his arms (and Vali's laughing self) were like blurs.

All the while, the flushed Theseus' mind rapidly spiraled further and further out of control, his mentality and sanity slowly leaving him behind like a wife cheating on her husband. Thoughts of Mio filled his mind, images of her smiling, laughing, pouting amongst other expressions he'd seen her make invoking a flurry of heat-based emotions.

In the end…

"GRRRAAHHH!" screaming out loud in frustration and denial towards the ceiling above like a dragon breathing fire, Theseus threw the passed out Vali(Who finally passed out due to the lack of breathing) to the ground and grabbed the sides of his head. "I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!"

Walking to the wall, he puts his hand on the wall, arching his head backward before….

BAM!

Slamming his head into a nearby wall…

BAM!BAM!BAM!BAM!BAM!BAM!BAM!BAM!BAM!BAM!BAM!

Repeatedly.

"No!"

BAM!

"No!"

BAM!

"No!"

BAM!

"NO!"

He banged his head multiple times in frustration, each hit expanding cracks that formed upon his head's impact that then gradually expanded outwards. It didn't help that the fact that his remembrance of Mio's love confession was spinning his emotions out of wack. The only thing he could do to regain control was channel his emotions into actions towards violence. AKA slamming his head against the wall to try and forget this painful memory.

'O-Oh…'

Mio could've sworn that she heard glass breaking around her when she heard Theseus that he wasn't in love with, or even interested, in her. Her heart felt like it had shattered into a thousand pieces, literally like being heartbroken with her expression saying everything about her current feelings.

"Mio…"

Beside her, Maria gave her a worried and concerned look, feeling sorry for her charge. Sympathy and anger swelled inside of her towards the two of them, sympathy for Mio since this may as well be the first time Mio had ever been rejected, and anger towards Theseus for shutting her down so cruelly. What the hell was wrong with that boy, doesn't he appreciate the pair of sexy legs that are Mio's?! Doesn't he dream of pushing them against his face like any young adult single straight male? Was he straight in the first place?!

"Ah, don't worry about it, Mio."

"Huh?"

All of a sudden, Mio got broken from her thoughts when she hears an older, mature-sounding yet distinctly unfamiliar soothing voice call out to her. She turned to the source, and found a woman wearing a lab coat approaching them from the door to the hallway. The woman looked quite familiar to her, but Mio couldn't put her finger on exactly where. Especially when she made a startled exclamation revolving around the fact that some stranger just showed up from practically thin air. "Wha-who are-how did-?!"

"Ah, you may call me Chisato." the woman, Chisato, declared with a small smile of understanding, looking back down at a clipboard she held in her hands. "Its natural you haven't seen me before, but I know a lot about you my dear. I DID work at the university you were attending before I was hired by your doctor as an assistant. The paperwork got filed in quite quickly" she told her, perking Mio's interest.

'Huh, now that I think about it I DID remember hearing someone mention that the Nurse's name was Chisato…' the redhead thought, briefly torn away from her previous dismay before it eventually returned with a vengeance, her eyes darkening in sadness. "I see… but still, guess he really doesn't…" she whispered sadly.

"Like I said, I don't think you need to worry. My Nephew… he may say one thing but his actions tend to say something else. I'm sure you've learned that by now." Chisato declared.

Off to the side, Maria gasped at the revelation that this woman just dropped. The fact that she'd shown up rather randomly and in a bizarre way too didn't really faze her all that much. Compared to everything she and the others had gone through, this wasn't anything major and she also trusted Hellsing's judgement. As fast as she had been hired, Maria could sympathesize with Michael who likely did it as a way of helping him cope and learn how to be a better doctor for the treatments he'll need to perform in the future.

As for the revelation itself, Mio thought back to everything she knew about the blonde male. She didn't know what his life was like before Hellsing, although she could guess it wasn't pretty judging from his demeanor whenever someone hinted at it, but she DID notice that Theseus' words and actions often contradicted each other whenever it came to being honest with how he felt. For example, whenever he shows his true feelings he often tried to hide it behind behaviors akin to 80's machoism like silently walking away from someone after doing a good deed, or hiding his own involvement in another person's happiness.

All of these things started to ignite small sparks of hope in her chest. "You mean that…" she began to say, trailing off to glance back towards the Shark King who was still banging his head against the wall while raving about 'not being in love'.

Knowing what was on the younger girl's mind, Chisato gave a supportive nod. "I can definitely say that he see's you as more than just a friend at the moment, you can trust his aunt on that one." Chisato explained, a small yet slightly sly smile on her lips. "He's just in denial at this point, he would have reacted with much more composure if he wasn't. This is just a way for boys to deal with their embarrassment, you may be the first to have ever confessed to him you know." she told her, much to Mio's shock.

"Eh?! Seriously?!" she exclaimed in stunned dismay, thinking about Theseus and his popularity with the girls back at the University. The dude had a noticeably significant fanclub amongst the girls, with some guys even joining in who idolized the male and wanted to be like him. It hadn't been as large as her OWN fanclub (of which Mio still despaired about having even till this day), but it was enough for people to take notice.

Still, the fact that she had been the FIRST girl to ever confess to Theseus still threw her for a loop. Mio had anticipated that several attempts had been made to the male by now, given his prior mentioned popularity. So to hear that wasn't the case… filled her with a sense of accomplishment, pride and connection that wiped off the majority of her previous heartbreak.

Chisato looked at the scarred boy before glancing back to the relieved duo. Duo, as in both Maria AND Mio with the former likely being grateful for a number of things like her charge (and maybe even herself) still having a chance with the male. "Why don't you girls and my nephew go on a shopping trip? We could do with some medical supplies, as I noticed when inventorying the infirmary." she suggested.

Kuroh widened his eye when Chisato said shopping trip, alarm bells flaring in his mind as he processed those two cursed words for any male. "Uh oh!" Acting quickly to save his manly pride, he grabbed Vali by his neck and pulled him under his arms before he dragged him through the floor. "You are SO going to thank me for this later, Vali!" he whispered under his breath. He would've gotten Theseus out as well, but right now Kuroh had lamented the fact that he was already trapped. So the only thing he could do is give him a look of pity. "You're on your own Theseus." He said in response to Theseus, still slamming his head in the wall so he remained ignorant.

"And there he goes…" Maria whispered with herself and Mio sweat dropping at the sight of Kuroh bailing out of the living room and into the upstairs floor while taking the unconscious Vali with him. Sometimes boys could be so dramatic, what was wrong with a little shopping trip? She couldn't ever understand boys, perhaps that was something every girl had thought at some point in their life.

Whilst she deliberated on this matter, Mio herself wondered how the heck they were going to convince Theseus to come along with them. She saw him as one of the most stubborn men she had ever met and she knew FINE well that the guy hated shopping with a passion ESPECIALLY when it was a girl's shopping trip. She had to assure him that it wouldn't turn out that way that time they went out and got ambushed by those Heroes from the Hero Clan. So with these worries in mind, she brought them to the older woman's attention. "But, how will we convince him? Theseus is as stubborn as a mule after all."

Chisato shifted her attention to her nephew before again at the girls. "Oh, that's easy. Watch this." She said before she shift her attention to Theseus.

She took a deep breath before. "KAI-uhh!" She almost said his real name and stopped herself, remembering his promise to him. Fortunately Mio didn't hear that last part and neither did Maria who had jumped at her loud voice. Shaking her head, once again Chisato made the following shout with a voice akin to a drill sergeant. "THESEUS! If you don't come here right now I'll trap you in a room, tie you to a chair and force you to watch magical girl anime for the entire day! Including my little pony! So get your ass over here right now!"

"YES, AUNT CHISATO!" In an instant, Theseus had ceased his head banging, repaired the wall with his Sacred Gear, shot over to the trio of females and stopped right on the spot. Even had his arm raised in a military salute. His actions actually resembled a certain road runner whenever it stopped it's high speed running.

Mio and Maria widened their eyes in amazement on how this woman, who now they FIRMLY believed her claim as being his aunt, had rounded the boy up like a sheep dog with cattle.

"Wow…!" Maria exclaimed in amazement.

Chisato turned around and looked at the girls with a victorious grin. "And that girls, is how you can bend even the most stubborn men to your whims."

Theseus got out of his auto-pilot, shaking his head and narrowed his eyes. "Wait, stubborn? What's going on?"

Not avoiding this chance, Mio and Maria grabbed his arms just before he could realizes. "Come on Theseus, let's go shopping!"

The moment he heard the word shopping, the scarred boy widened his eyes in horror. "Oh hell the fuck no!" Just when he was going to sprint away faster than a manwhore would when hearing his side chick had gotten pregnant, he paled when he saw from the corner of his eye how Chisato had taken out a chair, rope and dvds containing both shows he deeply despised. Where she'd gotten those he didn't know, but she'd obviously prepared for his initial reaction, much to his dismay.

Soon both Mio and Maria began to drag him towards the main entrance, the male not bothering to resist in the slightest. Well, he could resist but the repercussions were too much for him to handle. Even Alucard couldn't stand when he had to watch those shows, it drove him mad.

Yet when they near the entrance some spark of rebellion ignited within his chest. "I know my rights! I want to call my lawyer!" Theseus began to protest. "I have my rights! I am a human being! I'm not a slavedriver! I'd rather go to jail or kiss a man! I'll do anything except for shopping! I hate shopping! Hate it! HATE IT!"

Standing atop the staircase but stopped after having heard Theseus' rant, Kuroh looked down at Theseus' vanishing figure like someone being pulled into a beast's belly, before putting a hand over his heart and closing his eyes. "Godspeed Theseus. I shall forever remember your noble sacrifice. Where no man can survive." he said like he were in mourning.

Down below, Theseus grit his fanged teeth and glance at the butler boy atop the stairs, noticing that he currently held the unconscious Vali still. He threw an arm up and pointed a shaking index finger towards them. "YOU MOTHERFUCKERS! WHEN I GET OUT OF THIS ALIVE I SWEAR TO GOD IT WILL BE TEN TIMES WORS-"

Kuroh instead saluted while ignoring the threats Theseus spewed. "May God rest upon your soul." he prayed, releasing a single manly tear.

"Oh shut up will you?" Chisato said to Kuroh in annoyance as Theseus finally got pulled out into he- I mean, out of the house for the shopping trip.

Godspeed, you bastard. God speed.