Broken Angel: Rising Demon

by I LIKE FEAR 1-2

The Age of Man, is over. The Age of Magic, is about to begin. A Demon stands upon the Earth. A beast, named goddess by right of passing. Darkness settles upon the Earth, will this goddess usher in a golden age for humanity? Or will she cast them aside to drown in their own sins? Behold the rise of the demon, and the Kingdom of Albion. (Sequel to Broken Angel)

17. 17: Fall of the Old World

Alright, time for the next chapter, hope you all are ready, gonna really get into it. This one is gonna be a long one.

And Deathchill asked an interesting question as to why none of Riley's children have the Sharingan or the Rinnegan, the answer is that their dojutsu are tied to their demonic halves, so until they embrace them, they have little chance of awakening said powers. Due to Riley not being human at all, all of the abilities she passes onto her children are tied into their demonic powers, and the more they embrace said powers, the more they gain access to abilities they inherited from Riley.

By now only Zabuza, Eleanor, Alma, and Wesker, have fully embraced their demonic sides, meaning the four of them have the ability to awaken their dojutsu if pushed hard enough, but due to them being half-demons, their limits are much higher than normal people, so getting them to the point of physical and mental exertion necessary to awaken their eyes, is difficult.

Broken Angel: Rising Demon

Chapter 17: The Fall of the Old World.

-Florence, Italy. June 13th 1999-

Never in her life, had Fleur felt happier. After so long together, she was finally married to her beloved mate. She could finally call Riley her wife. Her wedding had been perfect, her wedding night, even more so. The past two weeks had been everything she had dreamed of, when it came to a life with Riley. Romantic, passionate, filled with love, and affection. The two spent their honeymoon exploring the locations within the city, enjoying the history, and the arts, as well as just taking in the pleasantries of the foreign culture.

The opportunity to just spend time alone with Riley, was what made it so wonderful. While she loved her fellow mates, the chance to just spend time with Riley and enjoy their time together was so very wonderful.

The two spent every waking moment of their honeymoon together, having fun, talking about their future, having sex. In Fleur's opinion, it was quite possibly the best vacation she'd ever had. No worries, no outside distractions, just her and Riley, and their love.

Their honeymoon seemingly just flew by, whole days just vanishing into thin air, as they spent their time indulging themselves in their personal desires. By the end of it, Fleur could do nothing but wish it would go on and on forever.

"Ready to go home tomorrow?" Riley inquired, as the two lay in bed, cuddling up to one another.

"Yes. I have missed everyone." Fleur responded, with a bit less enthusiasm than she intended. She was happy to finally return home, but she wasn't excited for her honeymoon to end.

Riley smiled at that, and kissed her. "We could extend this trip a bit longer, if you want to." Riley offered with a smirk.

"I would love zat. But… I know if we indulge in such zings, we will never go back." Fleur responded with a sigh.

"It was a wonderful time though. I'll never forget it." Riley stated.

Fleur smiled at that, as she nuzzled closer to Riley. "Yes, it was wonderful. Zank you Riley. Zank you for such a wonderful time."

Riley's smile grew at that, as she watched Fleur slowly sink into slumber. Once she knew her wife was out, Riley turned her mind towards the events of the following day. If Walter was correct than Hellsing Manor would face an assault. This would be a delicate operation, Riley knew.

While enjoying her honeymoon, Riley had Loki keep an eye on how her friends were handling the situation back home.

It had been decided that they would keep the Legion's presence as a secret and instead, they chose to sure up Hellsing's defenses by hiring a mercenary company commanded by a muggleborn wizard. This wizard had left the magical world after his education, like so many muggleborns had in the past. He was french, his name was Pip Bernadotte. Being muggleborn, meant that he was aware of the existence of magic, and of creatures such as vampires, so when he was approached about the proposition of fighting alongside Hellsing against such a threat, he simply asked how much they were willing to pay him and his soldiers.

With the fall of the Statute on the horizon, Daphne didn't much care about hiding the existence of magic from people any longer, she was more so concerned about dealing with Millennium and their attacks, so she offered quite the handsome fee for the 'Wild Geese' to come and work for Hellsing.

The presence of such mercenaries also allowed them to keep the existence of the Legion a secret for a bit longer, at least until Millennium made it's move, and while Daphne didn't tell Itachi or Artoria about what she knew of Millennium's ultimate plan, she was able to convince them, that she suspected something major was coming, and that it would be better if they had secrecy on their side.

So with the addition of the Wild Geese, and the with Shikamaru and Shikaku coming up with a plan for the defense of the manor, everything was well in place to deal with the coming threat.

While Riley kept an eye on the situation, she was happy enough to allow her comrades to deal with the vampire menace.

-Hellsing Manor, England. June 14th 1999-

"These transceivers have been discovered within the bodies of the vampires we've killed. It's quite obvious that someone has been watching them, using them to gather information from these attacks." Daphne informed the Round Table, displaying one of the small transceivers so that the rest of her fellows could view it as well.

This discovery had only been made recently, within the last few days, though it did make sense, as the enemy would need a way to gather information from these attacks, otherwise all they would have really been doing, was causing an annoyance.

The rest of the Round Table busied themselves with chatter, discussing this latest change while Daphne and Artoria locked eyes with one another from opposite ends of the table. They knew the attack had to be coming soon. This was the perfect time for it, after all. Right in the midst of their meeting, where everyone was focused on discussions.

Right then, a buzz went off in both of their ears.

"My fellows, an unidentified attacker has just breached the perimeter of the manor." Daphne stated, quite suddenly drawing surprised and confused gazes towards her.

A moment later and the building shook, something on the roof had just exploded, most likely the helicopter that belonged to the Hellsing organization.

The explosion rocked the building, and caused most of the surrounding members of the Round Table to rise to their feet, concern filling their gazes.

Daphne maintained her composure, counting down the seconds, while Artoria did the same.

"Sir Daphne, what is happening?" Came the demand for Sir Penwood, a long time ally of Arthur Hellsing, and friend of the organization before Richard Hellsing took over.

"Vampiric forces have launched an attack on the facility. We've gained information that indicated our enemies may plan to attack the Round Table, here today. We've taken steps to ensure that their attempt will fail. I ask you all to please remain calm, they will be dealt with shortly." Daphne responded, formally, earning confused looks from the surrounding knights who then turned their gazes towards Artoria, who nodded in agreement, her gaze hard, cold, and filled with focus. It was obvious that she was also aware of this threat, yet it seemed that none of them had been made aware.

"Why were we nod informed of such a threat to our lives?" Sir Hugh Irons inquired, calmly returning to his seat, accepting that Daphne and Artoria had the situation well in hand.

"There exists the possibility that these attacks are being orchestrated by a higher power, and that power most likely will have agents within our respective organizations. Information must be kept strictly 'need-to-know' until this threat is dealt with, to avoid any leaks. As Sir Daphne has said, the situation will be rectified shortly." Artoria responded with authority, showing them all that the leader of the Round Table, was well aware of this situation, even if the whole order, was not.

On the first floor of the Hellsing manor, two vampires, brothers Luke and Jan Valentine were leading an army of heavily armed and armored ghouls in through the front doors. The few guards they'd killed so far were actually water clones, made from blood with special seals put on them, so that their forms wouldn't dissipate until a few minutes after their deaths.

The two brothers had already made it into the facility and were already in the main hall of the manor.

"Alright, you lead the ghouls to go overrun the rest of the manor, I'm going to go find Alucard." Luke Valentine ordered his younger brother.

"Fine by me bro." Jan responded with a vicious grin.

"You know… perhaps you dipshits should have checked to see if their were cameras around the facility before you came busting in here, cocks swinging like a bunch of horny frat boys." Came a voice with a distinctive french accent, over a set of loud speakers.

Both brothers shared a look with one another, as two sets of doors burst open at the far end of the chamber, and in strolled Alucard, a vicious grin on his face.

"Oh now would you look at that, a bunch of dead men come walking in, uninvited. I'll have to teach them some manners." Alucard hummed with a chuckle.

"The name of ze game is who can kill ze most dead men before the vampire-in-chief murders these two dipshits. Whoever wins ze game will get to enjoy a wonderful night of drinking and partying at a local club of his choosing courtesy of yours truly. Do please have some fun, and watch out for ze wall paintings, zey are quite expensive." The same voice came over the loud speakers as dozens of men came bursting into the room, on the floor above, armed with AK-74s and grenades, they quickly came to the railing overlooking the horde of ghouls below and trained their weapons on them.

"Well shit..." Jan muttered as he glanced around.

"Don't just stand there, kill them!" Luke ordered pulling his weapon as Alucard did the same. The two began their battle as the Wild Geese began to rain fire down on the ghouls.

The battle itself was quick and decisive as the Wild Geese lobbed grenades into the crowd, while Alucard had fun fighting the two main vampires.'

"Go! Kill their leaders! I'll deal with Alucard!" Luke ordered.

"Fine by me." Jan replied dashing past Alucard and through the door he'd come through. He ran right into Seras and Walter.

Walter smirked cruelly as he lashed out with his micro-filament wires, which quickly wrapped around Jan's legs and began to slice through them.

Jan let out a scream of pain as the wires sliced through flesh, and then bones, severing his legs below the knees. Seras then quickly apprehended him, pinning his arms behind his back and keeping him from moving.

Out in the hall, Alucard released some of the restraints on his powers and let loose his familiar, the Hound of Baskerville.

The demonic dog tore into the crowd of ghouls devouring them wholesale and sending Luke Valentine fleeing in terror. The Wild Geese above quickly retreated back from the railing, tearing their eyes away from the carnage below. Despite all of them being muggles, they'd spent enough time with their commander to know that strange things existed in this world, and they had been briefed about the foe they were facing. So instead of watching the horror unfold they took that as their cue to pull back, while Alucard finished off the rest of the ghouls and then turned his attention to Luke Valentine.

"What the hell are you!" Luke screamed as he fired his gun at the dog.

"I am a nightmare, and you… you're nothing more than dog shit." Alucard responded before sending the hound forward to devour Luke, leaving nothing left of the vampire.

Back outside of the room, Walter stood over the bleeding Jan, while Seras held him in place.

"Police girl, you can release him." Walter stated as he brought his foot down on one of Jan's hands, breaking the bones in it, in the process.

"Fuck… you fucking bastards! How the fuck did you know we were coming?" Jan demanded with a growl as Seras removed herself from him.

"Weren't you listening? We saw you arrive. You want to attack a secure paramilitary compound, perhaps next time you shouldn't just kick down the front door and storm in like a bunch of imbeciles." Walter responded, glaring down at him.

"Well… you might as well kill me, because if you think for a moment I'm gonna tell you anything, your fucking dumber than you look." Jan responded.

"Fine by me." Cave the dark and gleeful responce from Alucard as he exited the main hall.

"Oh fuck..." Jan muttered as he heard the voice.

A moment later and the hound was on him, devouring the younger brother as well.

Walter offered a nod of approval while Seras kept herself from flinching at the violence of it all. She also did her best to avoid looking past her master, and into the main hall where dozens of shredded corpses now remained.

"Well… that went precisely as planned." Walter hummed, earning a smirk from Alucard.

"You thought it wouldn't?" The vampire inquired.

"Such well laid plans go awry, in my experience. Still… all is well that ends well." Walter responded.

Alucard simply chuckled in response while moving past them.

Up in the meeting room, a call came through from Pip, informing Daphne that the attackers had been dealt with.

"The threat has been ended, you can all rest easy now." Daphne informed her fellows.

"Quite brazen for this foe to attack us so openly, and during the day of all things. Do please, tell us what you know, sir Daphne." Hugh Irons inquired.

Daphne kept a bit to herself but she did inform them that she knew that name of their attackers, 'Millennium.'

From there, discussions turned towards what they could do to continue preparing for future attacks. Daphne sat silently, offering input whenever she thought it necessary. On the inside, her mind wandered, turning towards thoughts of the future, and what would happen once that Statute of Secrecy fell.

That night, Daphne and Artoria were having a discussion of their own, when Riley appeared, seemingly out of nowhere.

"Hello babes, I heard everything went swimmingly, today." Riley greeted the two.

"It did, how was your honeymoon?" Daphne inquired in response.

"It was great, plenty of fun and enjoyment. So… any new bits of information gathered from the recent attack?" Riley asked.

"Only that our enemy is monitoring their soldiers through transceivers hidden in their bodies. Beyond that, nothing more." Artoria answered.

"I see. Well I guess we'll have to wait and see what new developments occur in the future. If they were monitoring this attack than they'll know we dealt with them quite handily, and their goals ultimately failed." Riley stated to the two, earning nods of agreement.

"We'll simply have to wait and see, and hope for the best." Daphne offered, knowing full well that the best was far from what was going to happen.

-London, England. June 16th 1999-

Riley sat across from Yugito, enjoying a nice meal and having pleasant conversations with the woman.

The two had been slowly growing closer as the day went by, Yugito had accepted Riley's offer for some joint training exercises, which the Two-Tails Jinchuriki found to be quite informative, and even enjoyable. Riley was incredibly skilled, and perceptive, and after a few training matches between the two, Riley was able to note the flaws in Yugito's combat style and offer her partner a few tips to correct them.

Now knowing that Riley was a lot older than she appeared, Yugito had no reason not to take Riley's words to heart and use her criticism to refine her style.

The training was enjoyable, to say the least, as was the dinner dates that usually followed afterwards. Riley found Yugito to be pleasant conversation when she was willing to open up. The Two-Tails Jinchuriki was quite playful and demure, when she wasn't acting so guarded.

Riley enjoyed her time with her, and more and more, Riley began to picture the two of them together.

As the two spent more time together, Riley's attitude changed from being playful and laid back, to more flirtatious and alluring, and it was obvious that Yugito was picking up on it.

Their recent dates had all ended in long make-out sessions between the two, which Riley was a big fan of. Despite Yugito's lack of experience, she seemed to really enjoy kissing, and was quite good at it.

Today was no different, as their dinner ended and they walked the streets of London, Riley was quick to pull Yugito into an alleyway and out of sight from anyone else, where the two could lock lips, and enjoy some passionate tongue wrestling.

As they kissed, Riley's hands found their way to Yugito's hips, where Yugito shuddered at the touch.

To Yugito, it felt like there was no cloth between Riley's hands and her skin. She could feel the soft flesh of Riley's hands, as if her dress wasn't even there.

It was same when Riley slid her hands around to grasp the firm flesh of Yugito's butt, earning a playful and excited chuckle from the Kumo ninja.

"Adventurous today?" Yugito hummed, while blushing.

"Well that's what happens when you date a tease. You keep leading me on like this, and who knows what'll happen." Riley replied as she kissed at Yugito's neck.

"Leading you on? What gave that impression?" Yugito inquired, her hand finding it's way into Riley's hair as the demoness continued to kiss her neck.

"Well this dress you're wearing certainly shows off a bit more leg then usual." Riley responded.

Yugito sighed pleasurably, but did not respond.

"You should know, I'm a big fan of a woman's legs, and where they lead." Riley whispered into Yugito's ear, giving her butt another playful squeeze before pulling away and locking eyes with her future mate.

Yugito stared back, her dark eyes meeting with Riley's Rinne Sharingan.

"Fun night?" Riley inquired.

"Very. We should do it again real soon." Yugito responded, initiating another kiss with Riley.

The two remained lip-locked for a few moments before separating.

"It's almost time for you to transfer back to Kumo. You've been here longer than anticipated." Riley noted.

"Yeah. I wont be gone for long though. I think I'm starting to enjoy our time together." Yugito offered, earning a smirk from Riley.

"Well if you want, I'll definitely come to visit you while you're back at Kumo, and you'll definitely see me when you transfer back to Suna." Riley said to her, causing Yugito to smile, and blush a bit.

"I think I'd like that." She said, as the two separated from their embrace. Riley was quick to take her hand, leading her back out onto the street, as they continue their walk.

Slowly but surely, Riley found herself falling for her companion, and she was certain that Yugito felt the same way.

All in all, another successful date.

-Hellsing Manor, England. June 18th 1999-

"Enrico Maxwell?" Daphne muttered, staring down at the letter, handed to her by Walter.

"Yes ma'am. The head of the Iscariot Organization. Alexander Anderson's commander." Walter informed her.

Daphne silently read the contents of the letter, if was a request to meet with Maxwell to discuss an information exchange that may be a benefit to Hellsing in dealing with their current situation.

"Do you think it's a trap?" Daphne inquired, offering the letter to Walter for him to read and develop his own opinion.

"I doubt Iscariot would be so bold as to invite you into an ambush, and in our territory, nonetheless. I suspect this is probably a genuine offer, the question is why?" Walter responded, returning the letter to her.

"Yes, 'why'. Inform Seras and Alucard, we'll travel to this meeting, but I intend to be prepared." Daphne ordered, earning a nod from her faithful servant.

As Walter turned to go and do his duties, Daphne focused her thoughts onto what Iscariot could possibly be planning. The Vatican's special forces had made their agenda quite clear by their brazen attack in Northern Ireland, so why offer to exchange information. The only answer was that they'd heard Hellsing was attacked. Perhaps they hoped to use this exchange to gather information on just how much damage was done to the organization. Regardless, Daphne intended to go prepared. Seras, Alucard, Walter, and someone the Iscariots would not anticipate.

-London, England. June 20th 1999-

"They're late." Daphne hummed.

"Yes, it would appear so." Walter agreed.

Next to the two of them, Artoria stood silently, her eyes dancing from one piece of artwork, to another. Iscariot had asked for this meeting to be held in a museum, a place of delicacy and fine arts, somewhere neither side would seemingly be interested in causing a ruckus. Of course now the Iscariots were running late, leaving Daphne, Walter, and Artoria to stand around, admiring the art, and awaiting their arrival.

"They've kept them in such wonderful condition, as to be expected." The three heard a voice with a distinctive Italian accent.

Daphne's first impression of her rival, was that there was a certain viciousness to him. The violet hue of his eyes, and his long white hair, made him appear so very regal, and yet, behind the veneer, she could see violence. Her time with shinobi and death eaters, had made her accustomed to seeing underneath the underneath.

"You're late." Daphne noted aloud, her gaze, heavy and piercing.

Enrico Maxwell, and his compatriot shared a look with one another, before Enrico smiled and offered her a polite greeting.

"Ah, Sir Daphne Greengrass Slytherin Hellsing. It is so very nice to make your acquaintance. I am Bishop Enrico Maxwell, head of the Vatican's Special Section XIII." Enrico greeted, his charming smile, doing nothing to hide the malice in his eyes.

"Enough with the pleasantries. You have a lot of nerve coming here, after what you did. Don't think I've forgotten what your pet pulled in Northern Ireland. I don't take kindly to assaults on my person." Daphne responded, making it clear that she had no intentions of pretending that Maxwell and herself were anything other than rivals.

"Do please cease with your whining. Had it been possible, I would have ordered you and your entire organization butchered, and burned to the ground. I am here on orders from his holiness, so you will shut up, and listen you satanic sow." Enrico responded, releasing his grasp on the mask of pleasantry he wore, and unleashing his vile contempt for her.

Daphne's gaze hardened even further at that, as she felt her shadow writhe, rage building within the wraith, as it channeled Riley's fury at such an insult. Were Riley here, she would have immediately killed the man for calling her such a thing, though his words did offer her a bit of insight into his mind. He knew she was a witch, by inferring that she had ties to satanism. Which meant that in case of a fight, he was probably prepared for magic.

Luckily, Daphne had come prepared, and had a gun sealed away into a seal on her wrist, just in case. While nowhere near the best shot in the Legion, her training under Riley meant that she was a better shot than most muggle soldiers in the world.

"Such insults… a thousand years of Christian rhetoric has left very little to change." Came the voice of Alucard as he stepped through a wall behind Daphne, a cool grin on his face.

"Ah, the monster, Alucard. I don't believe we've had the pleasure." Enrico noted, offering the count and courteous bow.

"Not so much of a pleasure, seeing as how I've now got to put a bullet in you. No one calls my masters a sow, and walks away unpunished." Alucard hummed drawing his silver gun, and leveling it at Enrico's head.

The head of the Iscariot Organization did not flinch at the sight of the weapon, and maintained his composure, even stepping forward a few paces while smiling. "And how is one to react with a gun pointed at their head? I guess the only reasonable answer, is to say that turnabout is fair play."

He then snapped his fingers and called for his subordinate Alexander Anderson. At the far end of the hall behind Maxwell, Anderson seemingly appeared from nowhere, drawing his bayonets.

He began to recite a biblical verse as he crossed the hall towards them.

Enrico seemed to sense that Anderson had no intention of just posturing, as Alucard drew his newest weapon, gifted to him by Walter, an all black handgun that fired anti-monster ammunition, code-named the Jackal.

Both warriors began to laugh to one another, as they prepared to fight, only for a golden flash of light to momentarily blind both of them, causing them both to cringe and turn away.

Standing between them was Artoria, Excalibur sheathed in Invisible Air held firmly in threat towards the Vatican's agents.

"You will not fight here. Not in our lands. Your previous attack has made your position clear. This is a peaceful parlay, nothing more. Speak your reasons for coming, and then leave. Upon completion of this meeting, you will return to being our foes." Artoria commanded, her gaze piercing into the hearts of all three Iscariot agents.

Anderson slowly lowered his weapons, his sight quickly returning to him. Confusion filled his gaze as he analyzed the small feminine figure that carried an almost otherworldly aura of command and focus. Despite being the smallest person present, she held herself far taller than even the vampire lord himself.

The shimmering air, she held like a blade, and her powerful stance, indicated a skilled warrior, yet she couldn't be more than a teenager. Her size and youthful appearance, put her at her mid teens at the oldest.

She was dressed similarly to Daphne, and Walter, in a formal black suit, with black tie, and black gloves.

"And who might you be?" Alexander inquired curiously, his question earned a chuckle of amusement from Alucard who had already put his guns away, bowing to the will of the young woman.

"I am Sir Artoria Pendragon. Head of the Knights of the Round Table, and the Convention of Twelve. And you would be Alexander Anderson, Paladin of the Iscariot Organization, Judas' Priest." Artoria responded, causing Enrico Maxwell to curse internally, as he realized that any attempt to further posture would be met with failure, Artoria had proven that her strength and presence far outweighed the bickering of their two organizations.

"Pendragon?" Alexander hummed as his eyes fell to the shimmering air that she held like a sword.

"Could that be… is it possible she carries the Holy Sword of Promise Victory?" Alexander wondered, having only caught a glimpse of the blade from within that burst of golden light.

"The King of Knights does have a point. It would be rude to engage in such violence during parlay." Alucard offered with a smirk.

Alexander was silent for a moment as he pondered the vampire's words, his eyes suddenly went wide, understanding dawning in his gaze as a smirk touched at his lips.

"Aye, it would be very rude indeed. We'll have to continue this later you wretched vampire." Anderson offered, turning and marching away, chuckling to himself as he did.

"If there's nothing else my master, I'm going back to sleep. Getting up in the middle of the day is exhausting." Alucard also quickly departed, leaving Daphne and Enrico staring at one another.

"Shall we take this to one of the cafes so that we can discuss things in private?" Daphne asked.

"Yes, I do believe that would be best." Enrico agreed, the two heading off together, leaving Walter, Artoria, and Enrico's comrade alone.

Walter let out a sigh of relief turning his gaze over to where Seras was standing by, dressed up as a tour guide, ready to lead a collection of withered old tourists right past the standoff, just in case things started to escalate.

He offered her a thumbs up which she returned, happy that a fight didn't break out.

Artoria watched the two depart as she returned Excalibur to her side and let out a sigh. So far, further fighting had been averted, now it was time to wait and see what Daphne would gather from the Iscariots.

-Hellsing Manor, England. That night-

"Brazil?" Alucard hummed.

"Yes… it would seem so." Walter agreed.

"So, it was as I suspected. The Nazis have returned, Millennium." Alucard openly stated, his eyes locked onto the moon, hung high in the night sky.

"What gave you the idea that it would be them?" Walter inquired curiously.

"There are only a handful of organizations or groups that willfully command the undead with such ferocity. Myself, Hellsing, and Millennium are a few I can quickly list off." Alucard responded.

"I see. Hard to imagine that they'd be back. We destroyed them once before, didn't we?" Walter asked, earning a chuckle from the old count.

"Your memory is starting to slip. One of the curses of getting old. I'm happy to not have to experience such things." Alucard said with a smirk.

"To be young again, with a mind so clear and focused. Though growing old does have it's benefits. If I could take the things I know now and place them into the body I had in my prime, well..." Walter trailed off with a smirk.

"A return of the Angel of Death, unlike anything seen before. Now that would be interesting indeed." Alucard grinned in response as the door opened into the room they were in.

Both turned their gazes to find Daphne standing there.

"Walter had already informed you, I assume?" Daphne inquired.

"That he has my master." Alucard responded.

"Than your orders are simple. Search and Destroy. Find Millennium, and kill them all." Daphne ordered, earning a vicious grin from Alucard.

He offered her a bow, his grin growing more vicious as he did. "It will be done, my beloved master."

-Hellsing Manor, England. June 22nd 1999-

Daphne stared into the television monitors, watching the scene unfold from the opposite end of the world.

In Rio De Janeiro, Alucard, Pip Bernadotte, and Seras had been deployed to seek out information on Millennium, only to be immediately attacked by BOPE units.

The attack occurred on local city networks, and heavily redacted versions were broadcast across the country. It was obvious to Daphne, that immediately following the attack, the local magical government went into overdrive to try and suppress the incident, as Alucard had displayed some of his vampiric powers as he dealt with his attackers.

At the end of the police attack, Alucard was confronted by an agent of Millennium, a vampire that wielded special playing cards as weapons. The two fought, causing chaos and destruction, but the Millennium agent was eventually put down with help from Seras.

Pip was also able to assassinate the corrupted officers who were working for Millennium, by placing a bomb in their command tent.

Before his body could be destroyed, Alucard was able to drink the enemy vampire's blood, and gain access to a bit of information that the vampire lord deemed valuable enough to warrant a return home.

Alucard, Pip, and Seras were forced into hiding for a few hours as a plan was formed to smuggle them out of the country, only for Anderson to arrive at their hideout with news that they were being offered a way out by the Vatican. In exchange for immediately leaving the country, the Vatican offered a private jet to get them back to England.

It was obvious that not even Iscariot was prepared for the chaos Alucard and his foe unleashed during their battle.

The incident in Rio was enough to spark an outcry throughout the magical world, as now the Queen herself was calling for a summit meeting between her forces and the Vatican's to discuss how to deal with Millennium in a way that didn't shatter the Statute of Secrecy.

Just like with the attack on Dover by Iwa and Oto, the Statute of Secrecy had been pushed to it's limits.

A third incident was unlikely to be as easily hidden. The time was coming, Daphne could feel it. The Summit was scheduled for August fifth, giving them a little over a month to prepare for this meeting, and gather their data.

Until then, Daphne would find herself buried in meetings with the Round Table, to discuss their own plan of action, and be ready to present it to the queen when the time was right. One could only hope that Millennium stayed quiet until then.

-Kumogakure no Sato, Elemental Nations. June 25th 1999-

"Happy to be home?" Mabui inquired to Yugito.

"It is nice to finally be back. I was starting to get homesick." Yugito responded.

The two were currently walking towards the council chambers, where the Kumo council, along with the Raikage were waiting for a meeting with her.

"I don't really know what they're looking for, everything I did during my time in Suna and Britain is written down in my report." Yugito wondered aloud.

"Yes, the Raikage and council probably just was to discuss a few details with you, this shouldn't take more than an hour." Mabui assured her with a kind smile, earning one in response as they made it to their destination.

"Yugito, welcome back." The Raikage greeted her upon entrance.

"Thank you, my lord. It's good to be back home." Yugito responded with a bow.

"We've asked you here today to discuss some of the details of your report, or perhaps it's better to say, the lack of details." The Jonin commander explained to her, earning a curious look from Yugito.

"I'm sure I noted anything of interest that caught my ear, councilor. I wasn't under orders to spy on them, so I made no attempts to actively seek out anything. Anything that was offered to me, I assumed was offered in full compliance with our alliance, beyond that, I'm not sure what you could be insinuating." Yugito responded with confusion.

"This has nothing to do with that, Yugito. You weren't under any orders to spy on them, and none of us were expecting you to return with stolen secrets. What we're more curious about is your time spent with the Hero of the Burning Leaf, the Nine and Ten tails' Jinchuriki. How goes your relationship, are you making any headway towards furthering our alliance, is there any new information about her you can share that wont explicitly harm our alliance with her?" The Raikage explained, earning a nod of understanding from Yugito.

She did her best to hide the fact that she was nervous, but unfortunately they seemed to catch on, and even worse, they seemed to note that it wasn't a shameful kind of embarrassment, like she had failed, more so something akin to unwanted exposure.

"Well… she and I have been getting close… my lord. We've gone on several dates. We've trained together. We've talked… I'd say I'm making plenty of headway." Yugito responded, doing her best to remain professional, despite her embarrassment.

"Has the relationship turned physical? Such bonds are instrumental in securing our alliance. A marriage will be the first step, but eventually a child will be what fully unites our peoples." The ANBU commander inquired, her gaze heavy, and calculating, making Yugito feel small and vulnerable.

She was silent for a moment, as she tried not to blush, and compose herself. "I'm… making headway. Things are proceeding naturally. She was recently married to her second wife, Fleur Delacour, and they've started to have a family together. So while her interest has turned towards marriage and children, her focus hasn't entirely been on just our relationship, and she has also been courting another, while we've been dating. With that being said though, I cannot complain. If you would like an official timeline, I can say with certainty that by the time I cycle back to Britain we will more than likely be an official couple. By that point in time, we can begin setting up a date for our wedding."

The councilmen nodded at that, accepting her answer, and even sharing several whispers amongst each other, curious to learn that Riley was having a child with her second wife already.

"I see. Continue on, as you have been, and use your judgment. I know it's embarrassing but this alliance is crucial for out prosperity in the future. If there are any issues we need to know about them, so please, continue." A ordered, earning a nod of understanding from Yugito.

She would definitely need to spend some time with Karui with this was all said and done, though she suspected her young friend was going to give her crap for it, still after the embarrassment of this meeting, she was definitely going to need to relax.

With that in mind, she started from the beginning, explaining everything she'd learned about Riley that she didn't think was meant to be a secret. The next time she saw Riley, she'd have to ask her for clarification on certain things, she she'd know what was alright to reveal and what Riley didn't want shared.

-Riley's home, London, England. July 15th 1999-

"Wow Fleur, you're really starting to get big." Katie noted, as Fleur stepped into the bath. In the darkness of their nighttime activities she hadn't really noticed just how pregnant Fleur was looking. It almost seemed like she had gone from a baby bump, to full on big belly, overnight.

Fleur glanced down at her belly, and ran her hands over it. "I know. Seems like I am heavier every day."

"Well it's doing wonders for your breasts." Katie offered, earning a giggle from Fleur, as her hands raised up to hold her growing breasts in her hands.

"That is a nice benefit. I know Riley enjoys it." Fleur responded with another giggle, before stepping into the bath, and joining Katie in the relaxing waters.

Both of them proceeded to help each other wash off before turning their gaze over to where Daphne was sitting alone, quietly relaxing.

Over the past couple of weeks, Daphne had spent the majority of her time in meetings with the Round Table. She had an audience with the Queen at the start of next month, and thus, was very busy preparing. This left her quite exhausted most of the time, and meant that she was a bit irritable these last few days, as she tried to remain calm and keep her stress down.

Almost as if on cue, Riley entered with Kaede, and Luna, all three naked, with Riley's arms draped around them. Both women were focused on Riley, and seemed to have tunnel vision in regards to her, a sure sign that Riley had just had sex with both of them, and they were still coming down from the high.

The three entered the bath, and relaxed, both cuddling up with Riley, enjoying the pleasant feeling of the water.

Katie and Fleur shared a look with one another, smirking knowingly.

It was so often the case that Riley managed to invoke such tunnel vision in her mates. Only those outside seemed to notice it when it happened. Watching Luna and Kaede cuddle with her, touch her, whisper to her, playfully giggle as she whispered back, it was almost as if neither noticed the other, and only saw themselves, and Riley.

It was a unique facet of their relationship with the demoness, her ability to make each of her mates feel like they were the sole recipient of her attention. It was definitely an acquired trait, something she had developed over years of multi-tasking and splitting her focus between various aspects of her life. At nearing two hundred years old, Riley had definitely mastered the art of multi-tasking.

It was probably the reason why their relationship worked so well. Riley had no concept of time bearing down on her. There was no end in sight for her. She never really felt rushed, and never really seemed to be crunched for time. If she wanted to, she could enter Kamui, and turn a single day into many years. If she wanted to train, or even if she just needed time to think, plan, organize her mind, meditate, or even analyze a situation, she had all the time she wanted. Which meant that when she was with her mates, if she sensed that one of them was in need of her full attention, she would take them away into her pocket dimension and spend time with them. Hours, days, however long they needed to feel satisfied, and then she would return them, no more than a few seconds from the moment of their departure, where she would repeat the process with another mate if needed.

It was actually something that both Katie and Fleur wondered about. Despite all of the time Riley spent with her mates as a whole, she actually spent far more time with them individually, almost always in Kamui.

In fact, many of them had spent so much time with Riley in Kamui they were probably almost two years older than they should have been.

It didn't hurt their relationship that due to Riley's magic they could feel her emotions through it, and because of that, never doubted her affections for them, or just how much she loved them. In fact, Riley often held herself in check, keeping her feeling under control so as no to overwhelm her lovers. This was as true for her anger, as it was for her love.

An enjoyable thing, to be sure. One that made their relationship so much more intimate.

Though outside of the musings on their relationships, and Fleur's pregnancy, there was an air of discontent surrounding them. Daphne was on edge, which was understandable, but Riley was also a bit to care free about it. Normally she'd be all over a problem her mates were having, but here she seemed more focused on enjoying her time with them, rather than dealing with whatever issue Daphne was dealing with.

This left both Fleur and Katie to wonder if perhaps the two had been fighting, or if Daphne had told Riley to back-off and leave the situation in her hands? The two didn't seem at odds with one another, so it was unlikely they had fought. Maybe Daphne had asked that this be left in her hands, so Riley was keeping her distance, or at least making it look like she was keeping her distance.

Regardless, it was apparent to the two, that Riley and Daphne were in on something major, and were keeping it to themselves. For now, they could only hope the two worked it out, and they'd make themselves available if Riley or Daphne needed them.

-London, England. August 5th 1999-

The meeting with the queen had finally arrived. In attendance was Hellsing, the Legion, the Round Table, and even the Iscariot organization. Millennium was deemed a threat to everyone's interests, and the Queen had decided they were all going to work together to deal with it.

Despite their rivalry with one another, Iscariot seemed almost to eager to assist. Maxwell was in attendance, along with a few other agents, despite the fact that he'd make it clear what he thinks of Daphne and Hellsing.

Even Riley was present for the meeting, standing with Itachi and Shikaku Nara.

Hellsing quickly brought everyone up to speed on what they knew about their enemy and they even gained a bit of backstory from Alucard who explained to them that during World War II, he and Walter were dispatched by the Hellsing Organization to hunt down and destroy a group of Nazi scientists, calling themselves Millennium. They'd succeeded and thought they had wiped out the group, but apparently some members had survived and were continuing with their mission.

The mandate of Millennium was to create an army of enhanced vampires, and use them to trigger a thousand year war. Millennium was a group set on anarchy, they cared nothing for the Statute of Secrecy, if they even knew it existed. It was unclear how much Millennium knew about the magical world, or if they even knew about it at all. Regardless of whether they knew, their organization was well on it's way to forcing the unveiling of the entirety of magical culture and that was something that simply could not be allowed to pass.

They had to be stopped.

Riley stood quietly listening as they council discussed what they planned to do, when she suddenly felt a powerful demonic presence enter the room. It was so sudden and from out of nowhere that it surprised her. There was no arrival for this presence, it just appeared, like it just spontaneously burst into existence, right in this very room.

She turned her gaze away from the chatter, almost in unison with Alucard, both landing on a teenage blonde haired boy, sporting cat ears on top of his head, and a furry tail, waving behind him. He was pale white, and dressed in the uniform of a Hitler Youth.

When their eyes fell upon him, he smiled.

"Hello!" He greeted, just loud enough for everyone to hear.

All eyes quickly turned towards the boy as he strolled forward. The guards in the room quickly had their weapons drawn on his as he approached, while Alucard let out a chuckle.

Riley eyed the boy intently, he radiated with unnatural magics, that were highly corrupted. He was most definitely a half-demon, and definitely one that had embraced his demonic heritage if cat ears and tail were any indication.

"Please, please. Do not shoot ze messenger. I am simply here to deliver a greeting from our vonderful organization." The boy offered, setting a small mobile television on the table and turning it on.

Upon the screen appeared a stout, round man, with pale skin, bright blonde hair and startling yellow eyes. He wore a cruel grin that spread from ear to ear.

"Good day." He spoke in German, his words earning cackling laughter from Alucard.

"So the little bastard yet lives… I truly am going to enjoy this." Alucard laughed to himself, indicating that he'd met the man before.

"Ah, dearest Alucard, it has been far to long. I am happy to see you again. Ah and if it isn't the newest head of ze Hellsing Organization, Sir Daphne Greengrass Slytherin Hellsing. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Who else is in attendance I vonder, I see ze mighty round table, our dear friends from ze vatican, and even her majesty ze queen. Oh how marvelous!" The man stated cheerfully.

With everyone's attention on him, no one noticed the cat-eared boy staring intently at Riley, a smile forming on his face.

Riley stared back, with far greater intensity.

The boy fished something out of his pocket and held it in his hand, he then winked at her, earning surprise and confusion from Riley.

It was in that moment, that Riley felt an intrusion into her mind. She felt the Gravemind react, as well as Alma.

Quickly Riley retreated into her head space, to find the boy suspended by his ankle held aloft by the Gravemind.

"How in the fuck did he get in here so easily?" Kurama demanded, making his presence known.

The Cat boy seemed unbothered by his predicament and simply let out a cheerful laugh as he swung back and forth from the Gravemind's tentacle.

"Why are you in my head?" Riley demanded, as she stood before the boy.

"I figured we could talk easier, whiz no one to hear us." The boy responded with a smile holding out his closed fist. He then opened it revealing a pitch black feather held between his fingers to keep it from falling.

Riley's eyes went wide at the sight of it, as did Kurama's.

"Hello Mozer." The boy greeted cheerfully, never losing his smile.

"You're… mine..." Riley muttered as the Gravemind lowered the boy to the ground and released him.

"Yes. Hello brozer, sister." He sent greeting towards the shadow of The Darkness, as well as towards Alma, who was watching the stranger from a distance.

"Wait… you know who I am? You know about your siblings?" Riley asked, confused, as it finally settled in that one of her children had literally just walked into her life.

"Yes. My older brozer told me about you. Said zat I would meet you one day." The boy responded, never losing his smile.

"Your older brother?" Riley parroted back.

"Yes. A piece of his essence is wiz all of us." The boy explained, holding up the feather again.

"In the feathers?" Riley muttered, eyeing the feather curiously.

"Yes. He and I have similar powers, so I could actually speak to him ven I vas younger. He taught me how to control my abilities. He left to go and look out for some of ze ozers. But I occasionally feel his presence." The boy explained to her.

"So… one of my children is actually tied into the feathers I gave you. Is that the reason the feathers never leave their respective owner? This, older brother?" Riley inquired.

"Yes. He keeps ze fezers nearby, I can still feel him, but I know he is not here right now. He exists wiz each piece of you, left wiz us. All at once. He and I share in zis metaphysical ability. Zough our powers do share certain differences." The boy explained to her.

"So one of my children has bound himself to each of my feathers, and is keeping them with his siblings so I can find them. He's, in a way, existing in multiple places at the same time. Yet his consciousness is able to transfer between the points that he's connected. Which is why you can feel him, but he's not here." Riley reiterated his explanation to her, voicing her understanding.

"Ja!" The boy responded happily.

"And you can do something similar?" Riley asked.

"Ja. I was able to speak wiz my brozer do to my abilities. He taught me how to hone zem. My abilities can best be described as, 'I zink, zerefore I am." The boy offered to her, earning a confused look. He chuckled at her look of confusion and decided to elaborate. "My name is Schrödinger. Ze head doctor of Millennium named me zat, when he learned of my abilities. I can exist in any state I so choose, so long as I am my own observer. I was able to get into you meeting because I believed I was zere. I was able to get into your head because I believed I here."

Understanding dawned on Riley, as she took in his explanation and the relevance of his name. 'Schrödinger'.

"So he can just appear wherever? How the hell does that work." Kurama asked.

"His name is based on a thought experiment conducted by a scientist of the same name. He put forth the idea that if you place a cat in a box, with a vial of poison that could be spilled at any moment, and them close the box so as to remove any observer, than according to the laws of quantum mechanics, the cat is, at that moment, technically alive and dead. Only the cat would know of it's state of existence, to the rest of us, it exists in a state of limbo because we do not know what has happened within the box. Either possibility exists, that the cat is either dead or alive, and thus, both possibilities are technically true, and it remains that way, so long as the cat is unobserved in the box." Riley explained, earning a slow nod of understanding from Kurama as he caught on to what she was saying.

"How the hell did you know that?" He asked, curiously.

"From some people I absorbed. I actually learned in recently and killing and absorbing the souls of the scientists in Fairport, the ones working for Armacham. It's a thought experiment tied into quantum mechanics, but given his abilities, it sounds like it was a fitting name to give him." Riley answered, earning a smile from the Cat-boy.

"Indeed. I exist of my own volition because I recognize my own existence. Zis is a concept shared my all demons, as they are sentient magic, and if zat magic stopped recognizing itself, zen it would dissipate into nozingness and zee demon would technically die. I am only a half-demon, but given who one of my mozers is, it comes at no surprise zat I can do zese zings. My older brozer has ze same power, but he is a full demon, and zus, can exist in many places at once. I am in full control over my reality, and I exist because I believe I exist. If I suddenly believed I existed in your head, zen I will appear zere, just like zis!" The boy offered to her, earning a further nod of understanding from both Kurama and Riley.

By now, Alma had approached and was curiously eyeing the Schrödinger and his animalistic features.

"Hello sister." Schrödinger offered cheerfully, frightening Alma away from his with his bubbly personality.

"Your hair is an olive blonde, just like a certain Jinchuriki I know, that has an affinity for cats." Riley noted, smirking to herself.

So this boy belonged to her and Yugito, meaning Yugito was definitely the right choice for a mate, and Riley they were meant to be. And there was another son. A full demon with the power to exist across space and time. Such power would mark his as at least a greater level entity, but such control meant that he was at least a fiend, possibly even a devil, like the Darkness.

"What is this other brother's name?" Riley asked.

The boy looked thoughtful for a moment before smiling, he then wrote three letters in air.

'W.D.G'

Riley stared at the boy for several long moments before nodding. Looking at those three letters made her feel strange. Her magic was twisting in the presence of those initials, almost as if the force behind it was an aspect of some sort, able to manipulate time and space by it's mere existence. Even with his control this child was still monstrously powerful. Possibly stronger than a tailed beast if merely writing his initials within Riley's mind could cause her magic to shift in unnatural ways.

The effect could have been resisted, if Riley chose to but instead she allowed herself to memorize the feeling, hoping it would help her when the time came to finally meet this child.

"So… why hasn't he revealed himself to me, if he exists with all of the feathers? And why haven't you sought me out if you knew who I was?" Riley asked the boy.

"Well… he cannot truly manifest until all of our fezers are togezer. And as for me, I did not know where you were or what you looked like until I saw you just now." The boy answered.

"I see. So… Millennium took you in, gave you a name, I'm guessing that means they raised you?" Riley noted.

"Eh… not really. I was already a boy by the time ze doctor took me in. I couldn't really remember my name and he did not care to help me. He gave me a new one after he learned of my abilities. It was mostly my brother and myself who raised me." Schrödinger explained to her.

"So you're not allied with Millennium?" Riley asked.

"No, not really. I am a demon, and they do let me have a bit of mischievous fun, but outside of zeir ability to allow me to sate my desires, I only really hang around because I have nowhere else to go. Now zat we have met, I can stay wiz you!" Schrödinger responded, earning a soft smile from Riley as she nodded.

"I think I would like that." Riley said, when suddenly Schrödinger flinched and the loud bang of a gun going off brought Riley out of her mind and back into the present.

She saw Schrödinger fly back as his head was a taken off by a bullet from Alucard, while Seras took out the tv that he had brought in.

For only the briefest moment, Riley was stunned, when she heard the familiar voice of the cat-boy speak in her head.

"Ow. That jerk! That really hurt!" He spoke in German.

Riley stood confused for a moment, when she blinked. The moment her eyes left the bloody body of her son, it vanished. Quite literally in the space between seconds, his body, all of the blood, and bits from his grisly death, simply disappeared from the floor, as if they were never there to begin with.

"I think, therefore I am." The boy repeated in her mind, causing a smirk to form across Riley's face.

Despite being a half-demon, he possessed the same immortality as a full demon. In fact, his resistance was probably greater than that of a normal demon, due to his powers. So long as he believed he was alive, than he would be alive. So even a mortal injury like getting his head blown off, would not kill him.

"So mother, what should we do now?" Schrödinger inquired from within her mind.

"How would you like to help me turn the tables on your former employers?" Riley inquired. She felt the boy smirk in her mind, in response to her question.

From there Riley began to conspire with her newly discovered son, learning about Millennium's true plan, and what it's leader, The Major, truly desired.

Around her, the Round Table continued it's discussion, after having received a threat from The Major, and a promise that their would be war.

Riley went relatively unnoticed as she half payed attention to her surroundings and instead focused on formulating an exact plan of action for the coming attack. With the aid of Schrödinger, she now knew exactly what her enemy intended to do next.

Quickly a full plan came together, and she sent her newest child to go and spy on his former employers.

The meeting continued on, well into the night, as those present discussed Millennium's threat, and the possibility that if they failed to stop them, the Statute of Secrecy could shatter.

-London, England. August 9th 1999-

Riley sat atop the tower of London, staring out across the city. Earlier that night, news had reached the British military that one of their aircraft carriers had been attacked and capture by Millennium forces. A strike team of the SAS was sent to recapture the carrier only to be taken out by some sort of long range attack.

The round table was forced to turn to Hellsing to try and retake the carrier.

Riley was present, for the meeting, and while Daphne, Artoria, and Walter were discussing a plan of action, Riley, using the knowledge provided to her by her son, pointed out that this seemed like a convenient way to get Alucard away from the mainland and out to a point where it would be difficult for him to return.

To her this not only seemed like a trap, but a trap meant to set the stage for their main assault.

Daphne, Artoria, and Walter took in her assessment, and agreed with it.

They were quick to fine-tune their idea to account for this possibility, and decided that they would arm Alucard with a portkey so that he could quickly return upon completion of his mission. They also sent word to Itachi about their suspicions and asked him to prepare the Legion so that it was ready to react at a moments notice.

Then, armed with a plan from Walter, Hellsing appropriated a decommissioned stealth jet, to use to get close to the enemy without their knowledge.

Riley could have offered to do it herself, or just take the vampire there to handle it, but it didn't really matter in the end. Shit was about to hit the fan.

Riley knew the attack was coming soon, most likely this very same night.

So with that in mind, Riley pulled Walter aside once his meeting with Daphne and Artoria was completed and she made him an offer that he couldn't refuse. Come the dawn, the Angel of Death would return, more powerful then ever.

Afterwords, she quickly sent word to her mates, that she was going into Kamui to train for a little while. If anything out of the ordinary occurred, she asked them to call her back immediately. Most of them treated it as no big deal, not knowing anything major was going to happen that night.

Daphne understood that Riley was using this as an excuse to be unaware of the earliest moments of the attack. By being in Kamui training, Riley could realistically lie and say she wasn't around for the start of the attack, and thus didn't sense the enemy coming into her perceptive field. She also only intended to be gone for an hour or two, so no one was really overly worried.

In reality Riley sat waiting in the real world, her senses keyed into her surroundings. Even now she could feel that Alucard had been successful in dealing with the enemy, and had already returned. His return to the mainland was kept a secret to prevent Millennium from altering their plans, as far anyone was concerned, he was not stuck on an aircraft carrier three hundred kilometers off the coast.

A whisper from Schrödinger quickly touched her mind, informing her that the attack had begun.

Riley listened to the sounds of the city, as she felt death and bloodshed fill her other senses. It started quiet, no doubt with infiltrators at British military bases across the country. These infiltrators sabotaged military equipment and vehicles preventing a rapid response to the attack that was coming.

Major political figures were quietly assassinated in their homes, out of sight, and out of mind, ensuring that most of the capable leaders would be dead, and thus, unable to organize any sort of retaliation. This included members of the Royal Family.

Riley offered them barely a second thought, knowing deep down that despite the peace and order they provided, what came next would be far more beneficial to her and her allies. The needs of her friends and family, outweighed the needs of the many.

So Riley remained silent, feeling as painful death and betrayal echoed out from all corners of the country. From Northern Ireland to the heart of London, come the dawn, ninety percent of the muggle government would be gone.

This continued for many hours as Riley waited for Daphne to call out to her, slowly a sight came into view. Three large zeppelins came cruising in over the city. Riley felt the terrible force of magic onboard.

Nearly a thousand SS soldiers turned into vampires.

Riley rose to her feet as the attack began. From the zeppelins, a barrage of missiles was launched. These rockets didn't seem to be targeting anything in specific, instead they detonated across the city, setting fire to buildings and burning a massive swastika into the earth.

"Charming." Riley noted with annoyance.

"Riley… I think it's happening. Everything just started to shake, and our communications here with the round table have been down now for several hours. Maybe it's time for you to 'come back'." Riley heard Daphne call out to her.

"Will do." Riley responded with a smirk.

She made her way towards Daphne's position, arriving just in time to find a number of British guards and even a member of the Round Table dead. Walter was busy flexing his wrists and smirking, while Daphne sat annoyed and Artoria looked deeply upset.

"What the hell happened here?" Riley inquired.

"Traitor." Daphne muttered in response.

"Ah." Riley responded, stepping over one of the bodies and up to her wife, checking to make sure she was unharmed, and offering Walter a nod of approval.

"Communications are back up! We've got reports coming in, attacks on our bases, the city is on fire!" Came a shout from one of the nearby military personnel.

"Shit!" Daphne hissed, shooting to her feet.

"Yeah, fuckers burned a giant ass swastika into the city. I think it's about time we go and do something about that." Riley noted, earning a nod of agreement from Daphne and Artoria.

"She is right. All of you, retreat to safety. Hellsing and the Legion will deal with these aggressors. We will drive them out and hunt them to the last." Artoria commanded, her battle dress and armor materializing around her as she rose to her feet.

"I agree. I will… remain here to try and coordinate our defenses." Sir Penwood offered, though he was obviously unnerved and not as confident as he wanted to be.

"You'll do fine, Sir Penwood. I'll see to it that several Legionaries make their way here to guard our command center." Artoria offered, earning a nod from the man.

"Well if that's settled, then lets go. We've got a city to protect." Daphne stated, turning to head out.

"London is under attack. Kaede, Luna, keep and eye on Fleur and stay in the house. Katie, if Itachi isn't aware yet, let him know and stay safe, my love. I'm with Daphne, we're going to deal with this threat." Riley sent to her nearest five mates, knowing that Katie was probably still at work with the Legion while the others could see the attack from Riley's home.

She received a chorus of replies telling her and Daphne to stay safe, and to look out for one another.

Riley was quick to join Artoria, Walter, and Daphne as they departed the building and exited out into the war zone.

"Where's Alucard?" Riley inquired.

"Around. Best to keep him hidden until we get close to our enemy. I wont have them run away before we can corner them and kill them." Daphne responded, earning a nod of agreement from Riley and Artoria.

"Well then. I guess we'll have to do until then." Riley responded with a smirk.

She offered Walter a look and nodded her head, releasing a Glamour she had placed on him. Daphne and Artoria both looked surprised as Walter's elderly features faded, and he seemingly reverted in age to his late twenties, early thirties, the prime of his life.

"Wh-What…?" Daphne began, confused.

"I gave Walter here the Elixir of Life, as payment for his loyalty to you. Tonight, the legendary Angel of Death, shall return to destroy his old foes." Riley explained, as Walter took in a breath and ran his hands over the smooth flesh of his face. He then smirked and cracked his neck, straightening up his posture and loosing the look of an elderly man.

"Shall we go, Sir Daphne?" Walter inquired, earning a smile from her.

"Yes, we shall. You look good." She offered to him, causing his smirk to turn into a gentle smile.

"Thank you ma'am."

"I'll leave you three to your own devices. I'm gonna go put a halt to these attacks. Let's see how long these vampire pricks last against me." Riley offered to the three, vanishing in a burst of speed.

"We should make for the headquarters, rally our forces there and join the Legion in a counter attack." Artoria ordered.

"I agree." Daphne responded, with Walter nodding as well.

"Well then. Shall we go? Or would you rather we deal with them first?" Walter asked, gesturing towards a swarm of reanimated ghouls that was marching down the road towards them.

"Damn them all." Daphne snarled, while Artoria shot forward without any hesitation and began to cut down the undead abominations.

"Let's deal with them." Daphne ordered, rushing to join with Artoria, along with Walter.

Elsewhere in the city, Riley landed amongst a horde of ghouls. She was quick to draw her Zanpakutō.

"Bare witness to this wicked world. Unleash chaos, Ralael!" Riley roared, causing the blade to change shape, taking on it's gunblade appearance.

Shifting it into gun form, Riley fired a barrage of energy bolts into the horde of ghouls, cutting through them like a knife through air.

This night, the Statute would fall, now it was time to secure their position as saviors.

Riley launched herself into the fray, focusing her senses on tracking down clusters of survivors near and around the advancing enemy. He goal now was to save who she could, cementing the heroism of magicals in this battle.

Within a half hour, the Cysgodol Legion had arrived in force. Every single active member appeared within the city and poured out of Diagon Alley, along with the Aurors. With vampires actively using their abilities in the streets, there was no longer any point in hiding. Itachi unleashed the full might of the Legion, including the aid of Hashirama, Madara, Izuna, and Tobirama.

It didn't take long for the Legion to turn the tide of the battle, especially with the Shikaku and Shikamaru Nara offering their insight and strategic genius.

Legion forces and Aurors quickly spread across the city, aiding civilians and pushing back the large army of ghouls that had been formed during the opening stage of the attack.

The vampires themselves were unready for such retaliation. As was expected, they were unaware of the magical army that Britain had, and thus did not come prepared to face such an elite force. The worst they thought they had to fear was the round table and Hellsing. Their miscalculation would be their undoing as the magicals quickly secured a battle line around the advancing vampire and ghoul army, and held them at bay, while civilians were quickly evacuated.

Those close to outskirts of the city were moved on foot or escorted in their vehicles, while those close to the chaos were either moved to the leaky cauldron and sent into Diagon Alley to avoid the attack, or they were literally carried away by the Legionaries or the aurors.

The biggest problem with dealing with the attackers was their use of ghouls and firearms. The shinobi trained soldiers of the Legion could match the vampire for speed and strength, and with their own firearm training, they were able to handle themselves easily in melee. It was the gunfights that became interesting as not all legionnaires were fast enough to easily dodge bullets. Jonin level ones, could with a bit of effort, but those without had to rely on their speed to avoid ending up in the enemy's crosshairs.

They had all also been informed to not allow the enemy to drink their blood. Riley had indeed tested her ability to bring the dead back to life, on victims of vampire attacks, and she learned that when a vampire drank a person's blood, they were indeed drinking in their soul. If you lost your soul to a vampire, than Riley couldn't bring you back.

At least not without bringing back the vampire that killed you, and then ripping your soul free from his, and that would only truly work if your soul hadn't begun to break down within the vampire.

So needless to say, the Legion was acting with far more caution than usual to avoid permanent death.

-London, England. August 10th 1999-

Past midnight now, and the battle raged on. Slowly but surely the Legion was throwing Millennium back towards their landing position, near the center of the city. They had the army of former Nazi soldiers surrounded.

Nearly two hours ago, one of the zeppelins had broken off to launch an attack on Hellsing Headquarters. As of right now, no one knew of the status of the headquarters or Seras Victoria. Daphne had inquired to Alucard, during a moment of silence if he knew about his sireling and how she was doing. He simply smirked in reply and said that she seemed to have the situation well in hand.

Artoria had moved on to join with the Legion and lead an assault alongside Madara and Tobirama into the enemy's battle line, breaking through it.

Daphne meanwhile held back, working on mopping up left over ghouls, and surviving vampires that were hiding out of sight.

Her, Walter, and her wraith made quick work of them, with Walter showing the results of his return to Youth, as he easily cut down swaths of enemies wherever they appeared. He seemed to be enjoying himself, and Daphne quickly understood why he had been named the Angel of Death by those that knew of his abilities.

They were definitely making headway. Daphne's target was to move close to where the largest of the Millennium zeppelins was hovering. Her intention was to board it and have Alucard kill the Major, and end this as soon as possible.

Elsewhere in the city, Riley spun through crowds of ghouls and vampires, cutting them to shreds. Their screams and cries of desperation went unheeded as Riley cut them down.

She came to halt as she felt a familiar holy aura nearby. Slowly she turned her gaze out to a nearby structure where she felt eyes on her.

In a burst of speed she shot through one of the windows, landing in a large office floor, filled to the brim with Iscariot agents. Nearly a hundred of them, clustered within, watching and documenting the carnage outside.

"Hello, boys and girls." Riley greeted viciously as many drew their weapons and leveled them at her.

"Stand down! We're not here to fight." Came the voice of Alexander Anderson. Riley turned her gaze to the man, eyeing him curiously. She had heard about him from Daphne's recent encounters, and a part of her yearned to settle the score for his earliest attack on her wife.

She held herself in check though as he approached, by his side, was another face, Riley recognized but had never met before.

Enrico Maxwell.

"So… you're the vessel of the Tree of Life. I was hoping we'd get the chance to meet." Anderson greeted her.

"Alexander Anderson. Your reputation precedes you. What are you doing here?" Riley demanded, leveling her blade at them.

"We are here to observe the attack and gather information on Hellsing and it's allies. Word has spread about this Cysgodol Legion and we wanted to see it's abilities with out own eyes." Maxwell responded, eyeing her with cool contempt.

"I see. Not here to try and capture me again? I'm surprised, people with your affliction often don't learn their lesson the first time." Riley responded cruelly.

"And what affliction would that be?" Maxwell replied.

"A sense of religious superiority." Riley responded with a smirk, earning enraged glares from the surrounding Vatican agents.

"Oh… do not worry. We will claim the Tree of Life one day. For now though, we are tentative allies. We wish to see Millennium destroyed as much as you do. And considering the destruction that is already been wrought, I'd say the Statute of Secrecy has been reduced to ash. No longer can your cults of witches and devil worshipers hide in the shadows. Even if you win this battle, come the dawn, the world will know of your existence." Maxwell stated, smirking cruelly as he did.

"I hope so. Would be a shame for all these people to die, and something good not come of it. I look forward to the day where I no longer need to hide what I am. You think the world will stand against us? I think you're right. And I'm ready to deal with them, when that time comes." Riley responded, causing Maxwell's smile to fall, and Anderson to grit his teeth at the implication she was making.

"Come at me all you like, boys and girls. I will happily meet you in battle. I live for war, and destruction. If the world seeks to stand against me, then I'll set it on fire, and build a golden kingdom from the ashes." Riley finished, unleashing a burst of her power that sent everyone stumbling back, away from her.

Before they could recover, she was gone.

"I told you, Maxwell… The vessel was not to be underestimated." Anderson noted, pulling himself to his feet.

"Yes, you are right. We'll continue to observe. For now, we bide our time." Maxwell replied, approaching the shattered windows and gazing out over the ruins of London, in his eyes, a burning rage and hatred focused on all that lay before him.

Outside Daphne, Walter, and her wraith entered into a street where a large horde of ghouls were busy devouring their recent kills.

The three approached them, only for a red blur to fall into the crowd of ghouls and cause a fountain of blood to erupt from within.

The three watched as blood and limbs exploded through the air as this red blur moved throughout the crowd, cutting down all one hundred ghouls in less than thirty seconds.

The blur vanished as the last of the ghoul fell, only to reappear as the front of a nearby building erupted in a shower of glass and wood. They saw the blur carry out a figure, what looked to be one of the vampires which was quickly shredded as it was dragged across the pavement.

The corpse of the vampire was tossed past them as the blur came to rest in front of Daphne, kneeling before her.

It took only a moment for Daphne to recognize the face of Seras Victoria. She was different from when last Daphne has seen her. Her outfit was now died red and one of her arms had been transformed into an elongate mass of shadowy red, black, and orange matter. Her demonic presence was almost overwhelming, as there was no restraints on her power, and she had been sired by Alucard, and was thus possessed a strong percentage of the vampire lord's full power. Making her at least as strong as a devil.

"Seras… what happened to you?" Daphne asked, her jaw hanging open in dumbfounded amazement.

"The enemy attacked our headquarters. We managed to kill them all, but Mr. Bernadotte, he is dead ma'am." Seras replied, her voice sounding eerie, almost otherworldly.

"I see… you drank his blood, didn't you?" Daphne asked.

"Yes. I did." She replied, as clapping filled the air.

From the shadows, Alucard emerged, wearing a smile as he approached the group.

"Master!" Seras addressed him, smiling as he approached.

"Oh how much you've grown, my dearest Seras Victoria." Alucard responded with what could only be described as a warm smile.

Seras beamed at him, happy to finally receive acknowledgment from her master.

Walter also smiled at her, as well as Daphne.

"Well now, don't you think it's time to put an end to this?" Alucard inquired, turning his gaze towards Daphne.

"I do. Riley." Daphne responded, causing Riley to appear by her side, stepping out of her shadow.

"What do you need babe?" Riley inquired.

"It's time we ended this." Daphne responded.

"Can do." Riley replied, lifting her gunblade and pointing it towards the smallest of the two zeppelins remaining.

She activated her Byakugan, and charged up a shot.

With a focused and condensed blast of magic, she took out the zeppelins generators, causing it to begin falling out of the sky.

She then allowed her blade to return to it's sealed state and she sheathed it and offered her hand to Daphne.

Daphne took it, and in unison, all five of them, rose up into the air. Riley used her magic to levitate them all up to the remaining zeppelin where the major and Schrödinger awaited.

They arrived in one of the halls of the interior where they proceeded to kill everyone that got in their way.

It was as they advanced that a voice came over a loud speaker, addressing them. It carried the same cheer and carefree nature that it had the last time it had spoken to them. The Major addressed them, most likely having spotted them on security cameras.

"Ah… so ze vampire knows how to keep himself hidden? I must say I was not expecting zis. And you are looking quite youthful as well dearest butler. Zis almost seems like a repeat of our last meeting. Well… if I have been outplayed, zen so be it. Come… let us end zis." He addressed them, calling them to his location.

"Let's finish this." Daphne stated, as Riley led them through the interior towards the Major's location.

On their way they were confronted by one of his top enforcers. A pure werewolf, simply referred to as, 'The Captain."

"I'll handle him ma'am. You all go on and finish this." Seras offered.

"Be careful Seras. His powers are vast." Walter warned her, having faced this werewolf before.

"I'll be fine, and thank you." She offered to him, earning a smile in response.

The Captain allowed them to pass, as he and Seras fought.

The remaining four quickly made it to the main headquarters of Millennium, where the Major sat alone behind a large glass barrier.

"Hello." He greeted them, as Alucard drew his twin pistols.

"And goodbye." Alucard replied, firing bullets from his silver gun at the glass barrier. It cracked from the impacts but showed no signs of breaking, while the Major smiled at them.

Alucard them fired a round from his black gun, which caused the barrier to begin shattering.

"Oh how I have waited for this for a long time. Come, my count. Let us have an end to this." The Major responded as Alucard passed through the broken remains of the barrier.

The Major drew a pistol and fired several shots at Alucard all of them missing, despite the fact that the vampire wasn't dodging them. Alucard put his black gun to the Major's head, who never lost his smile, and he pulled the trigger.

To everyone's surprise, no blood came out, nor was there any brains or bones. Black oil, and mechanical pieces erupted from the 'man's' head, pouring out across the room as he fell back, never losing his smile.

Alucard stood in confusion for several long moments, not really comprehending what had just happened, while Daphne and the others approached.

"He was a robot..." Daphne muttered, dumbfounded.

"I think, technically, he was a cyborg." Riley offered, causing her wife to shoot her a death glare.

"I'm gonna just go and kill the rest of them." Riley offered, as an explosion rocked the zeppelin. "And maybe we should leave."

"Wasn't expecting that. But I guess we can't all get what we want." Alucard muttered as he placed his guns away and turned towards Daphne.

"Let us leave this place, and be done with it." Daphne ordered, earning a nod from Alucard, and Walter.

"Before we go, there is something I need to collect first." Riley replied as she turned over to a shadow in the room, where Schrödinger sat waiting. "It's time to go now."

"Yes mozer!" The boy replied cheerfully, earning confusion from Daphne, Walter, and Alucard.

"What did that cat-boy just call you?" Walter inquired, as Daphne quickly realized what was going on. This boy was one of Riley's kids, in her mind, that explained how Riley knew about this whole situation. Her son had been the spy, on the inside that had fed her information. It all made sense now.

"This is my son, Schrödinger. He's going to show us to the Doctor's laboratory real quick so we can capture him and give him to Ibiki. And also, there is something here I think you may want, Alucard." Riley informed the vampire lord, earning a curious look from him.

The group quickly made it through the zeppelin as it slowly lost power. They arrived at the laboratory where the last of Millennium was busy gathering his research. This vampire was named 'The Doctor'. In his possession was the corpse of Mina Harker, the only vampire that Alucard had sired, that he had in-turn allowed to drink his blood.

It was from her corpse that this vampire army had been made, and it was quickly recovered and the The Doctor taken into custody.

Seras rejoined them soon after, having killed the Werewolf, with help of her newest familiar. The spirit of Pip Bernadotte, who had given his blood willingly to Seras, no lived within her and could aid her in battle as a willing familiar.

From there, the five escaped the zeppelin as it crashed into an abandoned part of the city.

Riley quickly rejoined the battle, using shadow clones to finish off the remainder of the enemy, quite quickly.

By dawn's light, it was done. The battle for London was over.

Riley sat amongst the ashes, alongside, Daphne, Artoria, and Itachi.

"So… this nightmare has finally ended." Itachi mused.

"And a new one takes its place." Artoria muttered.

"We'll never be able to spin this. Tens of thousands died in the attack. Cameras broadcast the event all over the country and even in the rest of Europe. We won, but the Statute has no doubt fallen. People saw us use magic, they saw the vampires. We have to decide where we go from here. We can bottle up, hide, pretend we don't exist. Or we can step out into the light." Riley stated, staring out over the city.

"The Ministry will be calling for a meeting with the Wizengamot. We should finish what we can and get ready, I have a feeling that conversation is gonna be a long and brutal one." Artoria said to her companions, earning nods in unison from them.

While Riley kept her face and emotions in check, on the inside, she smirked.

Soon they would meet with the magical lords and ladies of Britain and there, Riley would play her hand. She would unite the magicals under the rule of Artoria, as their new monarch, and from there, they would bring the chaos that had just been unleashed upon Britain to heel. Today marked the rise of a new power, one that would surge ahead to stand atop the peak of the world.

The Age of Man was over, the Age of Magic had now begun.

-To Be Continued-

Alrighty, everyone's thoughts and feelings in regards to the battle will be seen next chapter, and now we can finally get to the part where we see the worlds reaction to magic, and to Riley.

Pip and his connection to magic will play a larger role going forward, so it wasn't just a one off, in case anyone was wondering why I added that.

Not everything was the same as it was in Hellsing, I kept Iscariot around, because I didn't want to lose them yet, and I think they'd make good villains going forward. Hope everyone is staying safe during the craziness out there, and I hope you all have a good day. Until next time, Ja Ne!