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Oh My Alucard	By : Fish_and_Chips Category: Hellsing > Het - Male/Female Views: 5648 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: No profit is being made with this story and I do not own Hellsing, it belongs to Kouta Hirano

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The Fourth Bride

Ruby woke up with a start, gasping heavily for breath.

She had that dream again.

The red eyes. The red eyes that kept following her, and at one point, she believed it was Alucard, since the dreams halted when she met him, until now. Maybe there was something wrong. The dream was more vivid and this time...she heard it whispering something incoherently.

…Maybe I should tell someone?

But they were just dreams. Nothing else, really. Besides...dreams didn't have to make sense. She groaned and collapsed over the mattress, burying her face into the pillow. She felt a little better compared to last night and glanced over to her bedside where she spotted a note by her bed, handwritten by Walter. Brunch would be served at twelve, the note said.Come to the dining hall on the second floor. She was remotely surprised to see that Alucard wasn't to be seen anywhere in her room; she expected him to make unannounced appearances now and then but she had thought wrong. She sighed and then looked around groggily. Now that she was feeling much better, she was ravenous - and feeling slightly warmer than usual, she pulled the nightshirt off her and left herself in her vest when she felt a presence and turned to her right where she saw Alucard, sitting by her bedside, watching her intently.

"EEEEK!" She shrieked, before she calmed down and covered herself with the shirt. Glaring at him as he stood up whilst grinning, she stuttered out, "What the – when did you – what? Oh, never mind. I should've expected this."

He chuckled, "These are for you, on behalf of my master." As he protruded out a Hellsing uniform, she quickly draped the shirt over her but didn't bother to slot her arms through the sleeves and took the uniform off him.

"Really? This…uh…jumpsuit?"

"Yes. This isn't a clothes store, my bride. You take what you are given."

She knew that already, but gave him a look and said nothing. She unfurled the uniform. It was the same one Seras wore – it was mustard yellow, consisting of a button-up t-shirt and short skirt and belt. Even a pair of white knee-over stockings were provided. Ruby sighed a little. "I'll get weird looks on the bus if I wear this." She had an odd image of herself, standing in the middle of a busy bus, cringing in the Hellsing jumpsuit, holding onto one of the circular handles that dangled from the ceiling while everyone stared and pointed at her.

"You won't need to fetch public transport. You will be staying here for a few days. My master thinks it would be best you stayed here to recuperate."

"…Then… when I go home – "

"I will be escorting you back home." His lips drew upwards into a smirk. "Due to your… uncanny ability to draw bad luck, my master also thought it might be wise if you had some form of protection. Should you happen to be captured by… for example, a vampire motorcycle gang."

She gasped. "Don't say that."

He smirked in response. "If there is nothing else you require, I will take my leave." Alucard dissolved back with the shadows, leaving Ruby alone - to her surprise. He had been surprising her a lot. He had left her alone – and he hadn't been difficult about it. It didn't need screaming or kicking or having to sacrifice self-dignity. It was the same thing yesterday, too. She told him to back off and he did. What gives? Nevertheless, Ruby took this fruitful time to dive under the covers to get changed. As soon as Ruby got changed, she brushed her hair and tied it into a high ponytail, then stepped out of her room in the Hellsing uniform, with the stockings and the military-style black boots and gloves given. This feels so weird, she thought, pulling and tugging at the skirt. As she stalked down the corridor, she heard a door opening from down the corridor and -

"Good afternoon, Miss Ashcroft."

She looked up. "M-Mr Dornez!" She didn't even see him, but there he was, suddenly standing in front of her with a wicker basket of ironed shirts and suits and cravats.

"Did you receive my note?" He enquired, "Sir Integra wishes to provide the utmost care for any guests we have in the mansion. To help you get your strength back, we have prepared some brunch for you."

Ruby held her gloved hands up and shook them, smiling awkwardly back at the old man, "O-Oh, that's very kind of you, but…I've used up quite a lot of your time, and I don't want to be a burden…"

"Nonsense. You are my guest." It was Integra. She strolled into the hallway with a cigar in hand. As soon as she saw Ruby in the Hellsing uniform, her lips tugged upwards into a thin smile. She said, "Come along, Miss Ashcroft, we still have much to discuss."

"We do?"

Integra nodded, and Ruby nodded back in response, accompanied with a nervous response of 'okay'. The trio continued down the corridor until Walter opened a set of random doors and allowed Ruby to step in first. Integra followed, and Walter then entered, shutting the door behind him.

The room was very bright and large, with a large rectangular table in the middle and five seats. Ruby's eyes sparkled by the amount of food displayed on the table, until she caught sight of Alucard already seated at the far end. Her appetite disappeared immediately. Oh great, what's he doing here? I heard he doesn't even eat. Nope, all he had was an empty plate in front of him, clean cutlery and a wine glass with a bottle of red wine standing stiffly by its lonesome.

Integra moved to sit at the only seat at the top of the table. "Help yourself."

Ruby swallowed down and nodded meekly before waddling to find a seat. The table was huge. Integra looked a bit like a dot in Ruby's vision. She would probably have a hard time hearing her, too. Ruby then caught sight of Seras sitting close to where Integra was, but far from Alucard. Seras waved at her and she took a step forwards to the draculina who was sipping at a pouch of blood that was attached with a straw.

Meanwhile, Alucard glanced over at Ruby, eyeing her from head to toe. Then, he got out of his seat and went to the one beside him, before lifting out the chair. Ruby stopped and blinked at his gesture.

He wanted her to sit there.

Beside him.

All hairs rose up at the back of her neck once more at this point. She gulped, having the instinct to decline and sit somewhere far, but she felt as though she would come across as rude and obnoxious if she refused his rather gentlemanly offer. Besides, Integra was here. So was Walter. And Seras. She had the strong urge to impress them and not make herself come across as bad-mannered.

Thus, she walked over stiffly and plopped down on the seat as he tucked the chair in. "…Thank you." She said, and he smirked. It was how her parents raised her. Always say 'thank you' and 'you're welcome'.

"The uniform suits you very well. I am pleased." He murmured in her ear. Pleased? Pleased with what?

She tugged and pulled at the skirt. When she sat down, it seemed to ride up even higher! "…It's a bit on the short side…" She mumbled, pulling and tugged at the sleeves and collar.Whoa. Stop. Why am I moaning to a MAN about clothes? The first person she should've went to was Seras who seemed to wear this 24/7 and didn't seem to have any problems.

Alucard returned to his seat and slinked close to her. Walter's voice brought her attention away from Alucard, however, "And would you like coffee or tea, Miss Ashcroft?" He was holding a teapot in one hand, and a thermal flask in another.

"Um, tea, please." Ruby said, smiling up at Walter as he poured her out a cup. "Thank you, Walter."

"You are very welcome, Miss Ashcroft."

Just as Walter returned towards Integra's side, Ruby lamented how awesome it would be to have a talented and courteous butler by your side. Without waiting any longer, Ruby began to make up an extravagant breakfast for herself as soon as she saw Integra beginning to make a start on her own plate. Ruby grabbed a bowl of freshly peeled assorted fruit, a few slices of triangular-sliced white toast and buttered them, then reached over for a jug of orange juice and poured herself a cup.

"My, my, you certainly do eat a lot." He commented, watching her pile pieces of toast up on her plate.

"I'm a nurse. I need lots of energy to keep going. It's also very stressful."

"Indeed."

Under the table, Alucard's hand mischievously landed on her thigh and she jumped back in her seat upon sensing the contact, a blush spreading over her cheeks in seconds. She also dropped her buttering knife in process, earning herself a look from Integra, Walter and Seras as it clattered loudly over the table.

"…S-Sorry." She quickly scooped it up, flushing.

Seeing her so surprised and flustered from his actions amused him, and he let his fingertips slide under the fabric of the rim of her stocking, caressing in long, languid strokes. "Enjoying yourself, my bride?"

"Hands off!" She hissed, but he wasn't looking at her, concentrating on Integra who had wanted to discuss some things during breakfast. She tried to shove his hand away but it didn't help.

"Is something wrong, Miss Ashcroft?" Integra asked, just as she gracefully sliced at a piece of egg on her plate with a knife and fork. How could anyone look so cool whilst eating an egg? And it was JUST an egg, too.

"N…Nuthin'…" Ruby mumbled out, while Alucard merely smirked. With Alucard stroking her thigh under the table, it was hard to keep a straight face while Integra was talking. Ruby didn't hear it all. It something about how she would like Ruby to co-operate with them a little more regarding the vampire bar incident. Ruby just nodded, her face hot and flushed as Alucard began to trace little lazy circles near her inner thigh with his finger.

"Ruby?"

It was Seras. A drip of sweat dribbled down Ruby's forehead as she turned to her. With Alucard's hand now creeping under her skirt and reaching towards the rim of her panties, she squeaked out, "Yeah?"

"…Are you sure you are alright?"

"Yes, I-I'm fine."

Seras gave them a weird look while Integra threw Alucard a frown but said nothing when he merely returned another well-aimed smirk to her direction. Finally, he withdrew his hand out from under Ruby's skirt and replaced it back on the table.

"Are you done?(!)" Ruby barked at him angrily, but not too loudly in case Integra or Seras heard from all the way from their seats. But he merely grinned at her smugly and gave her a brief nod of his head, before reaching for his wine glass. "Urgh. I knew sitting beside you was a big mistake."

He laughed. "You can deny it all you want but I know you enjoyed it. The look on your face betrayed your words, my bride."

She cursed him under her breath as she quickly emptied some cereal flakes into her bowl while Alucard merely watched her with intrigue. "…Why are you even here if you don't eat?" She enquired, silently wishing he wouldn't stare at her as she ate.

"I like to observe. All humans have interesting eating habits. Vampires do not."

"Hm." She snorted at the thought of vampires being messy eaters as she rammed a piece of buttered toast into her mouth, crunching noisily. "So what's my eating habit?"

"You like to chew using the left side of your mouth." He said, "But you should eat with your mouth closed."

She raised an eyebrow, and shrugged inwardly, comprehending that she would never understand the mechanics of Alucard, before reaching over for her glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. He lifted his wine glass and drunk a few long sips before replacing it back on the table. She had been watching him secretly from the corner of his eye, making sure he wasn't up to no good. Ruby then looked at the wine brand briefly. She had never heard of it before. "…Hey, Alucard?"

"Yes, Ruby?"

She pointed meekly at the wine bottle. "…What kind of wine is that?"

"It's from Nuit-St-Georges."

"Uh… where's that?"

"France. Do you know where that is?" He said, with a teasing grin.

She frowned sourly at him. "Yes. For a matter of fact, I do." She barked, but then her attention averted to the bottle. "…Can I try some?"

Alucard looked at her in slight surprise. "If you wish."

She brought the bottle over to her side, emptied some into an empty glass and sniffed it although it didn't help because of her blocked nose. Her parents often drank wine during their days off and when Ruby was of age, they'd made her enjoy a glass of red wine occasionally.

She took a curious sip before – "PPPPFFFFTTTTTT!" Coughing and spluttering, Ruby spat it out, realising it was blood. Still coughing and snorting like no other, she blinked at herself stupidly, wondering how she could not even think twice that the chances of it being blood and not actually wine was 99.9 per cent likely. She sat in her seat, feeling extremely foolish and ashamed of herself. Wiping at her mouth, she looked up to see Integra watching her stoically, Seras was blinking at her numbly, while Walter merely chuckled. And Alucard let out a roar of insane laughter and she cringed once more, the glass shaking in her grip.

Ruby felt sick, and as if it couldn't get any worse, Alucard gripped her chin with his fingers before licking off the rest of the blood on her cheek.

"That's quite enough!" Integra slammed both her palms on the table and Seras jolted up, startled. So did Ruby, who stopped trying to strangle Alucard for the moment, yet Alucard continued licking teasingly at her cheek. However, he swerved his gaze to Integra from the corner of his eye. Even Walter looked slightly surprised. "Miss Ashcroft, we'll have a talk about yesterday's events in greater detail later on in the evening. I apologise for my subordinate's…behaviour."

Integra shot Alucard a look. And if looks could kill, that would've been one of them.

…

After the most eventful and luxurious brunch she'd ever had in her entire life, Ruby offered to help Walter and Seras clean up. Integra left to investigate more about Sloan. Alucard went with her. Ruby was left to enjoy the cleaning-up session; the butler had a little silver trolley to cart off all the plates and dishes and cutlery from the dining room to the pantry where a dumbwaiter was linked to the kitchen downstairs and the one above. It took a few consecutive trips to get everything off the table but nevertheless, an exciting experience for Ruby.

"The hot wash is in the kitchen upstairs," said Walter, as he carefully instructed Ruby and Seras how to use the dumbwaiter. Not that Ruby was planning to stay here for the rest of her life, but she found the dumbwaiter intriguing. She had never seen something like it before. "You lift up the shutter here, place the dishes in, and close the shutter, then pull this lever – and up it goes."

"Oooooh." Seras and Ruby cooed in unison before they turned to each other and began conversing animatedly.

"So that's how it works."

"It's so strange!"

"Why's it called a dumbwaiter?"

"Good question, but I don't know."

"Well, that was the last of the dishes to be sent upstairs." Walter turned back to the two with a gentle smile on his old face, "Thank you very much for your generous co-operation today; Miss Seras, Miss Ruby." He turned to the blonde girl next, "Miss Seras, if I may suggest, why don't you give Miss Ruby a grand tour of the manor?"

"Yessir." Seras said, with a wide grin. "C'mon, Ruby, follow me."

"O-Okay." Ruby did as she was told, as Walter excused himself and went to attend to his other butler duties. She followed the blonde girl back out of the pantry and down the corridor. Her skirt kept riding up. She had to keep pulling it down. Occasionally, she gave a sideways glance to Seras as she began telling Ruby what rooms to go into and what rooms she could. They were roughly the same height. Seras was slightly taller. And she wore the Hellsing uniform nicer than Ruby, too.

Feeling slightly awkward, she looked around and tugged on one of Seras' puffy sleeves. "…Seras?"

"Yes, Ruby?"

"When can I get my normal clothes back? This feels so weird."

"It looks really good on you!" Seras exclaimed, "Even Master thinks so."

"Master? You mean Alucard, right?"

"Yep."

She 'ughed' and scratched at her arm, "You know, I'll never take what that guy says to heart. He says things so freely. I can't take him seriously."

"But Master is always serious, Ruby."

"Well…besides grinning all the time, has Alucard ever shown any other facial expression? If he has, then perhaps I may take him a tad more seriously than I do now."

The blonde pondered for a moment. "Hmm. I'm not sure about that." Seras replied with a light shrug, "But I'm certain he gets angry when I mess up. He just doesn't show it. I don't think he likes to show emotion. But sometimes, I think, when he's alone in the basement, he – "

She was interrupted by a voice: "What are you two up to?"

"EEK!" Ruby and Seras shrieked at the same time and leapt slightly upon hearing the voice behind them. They turned round to see Alucard who was standing behind them.

"W-We weren't talking about you!" was the first thing Ruby blurted out before she slapped a hand over her mouth.

Alucard raised an eyebrow. This was typical. Question: what happens when you put two girls together who were roughly the same age? Answer: Gossip. He narrowed his eyes behind his sunglasses and took Ruby's hand. She stared numbly at his large hand clamping over hers. "Come along, my bride." He began, "You too, Police Girl."

"Yes, master."

Ruby was surprised Seras did so without questioning his motive. "Where are we going?" She asked.

"To the archives. You two will be my loyal assistants this afternoon."

While Ruby went "Eh?", Seras uttered, "Are we going to look for more information about the Var?"

"The Var?" Ruby squeaked.

She twiddled her fingers together, "Um… vampire bar. Var, get it?" With that, Seras let out an awkward chuckle.

"Oh!"

Seras turned to Alucard, "Are we also going to research up on that dagger Sloan was using too?"

"Very good, Police Girl." Alucard said, without looking at either of them as he continued to drag Ruby down with him, with Seras at their heels. Ruby glanced up at Alucard again for answers. He said, "The archive is large, you see."

"Very large." Seras piped up.

"And we need as much as help as possible." Alucard finished.

Perhaps finishing each other sentences was something that could be only shared between a draculina and her master? Ruby felt a little jealous for more unknown reasons she herself didn't comprehend. Seras and Alucard seemed comfortable with each other enough. She wondered if she could have this relaxed and perhaps friendly affiliation with Alucard. "Oh. Um. Okay."

Two floors up, they entered the archives; it was a large room with windows that stretched from the floor to the ceiling. There were bookshelves that were also straining all the way from the floor to the ceiling. A spiralling staircase in the middle of the library displayed that there was another floor with more bookshelves. Ruby went slightly dizzy as they stepped in. She sniffed the air and shuddered. "Old book smell," She grunted, as Alucard stalked past her. She didn't want to get a rash. She took note of a velvet, four-seater sofa in one corner facing a fireplace, with a matching armchair beside it. A mahogany table with a brass lamp and green lampshade stood proudly next it.

"Wow." Ruby breathed, as Alucard and Seras walked past her and further into the archive storage. They seemed to know what they were doing.

Standing beside the armchair was Walter, who bowed upon their entrance. "Master Alucard, Miss Seras, Miss Ruby. Sir Integra has requested I assist you in your investigation." Walter said, smiling as he checked his fob watch that was attached to a golden chain linked to his breastpocket of his waistcoat. "Unfortunately, I only have until 4pm. Sir Integra expects her afternoon tea roughly that hour."

"That's fine." Alucard said, grinning. "Did you remember to bring your reading monocle with you, old man?"

"Of course." Walter replied, as he swapped his monocle for the said reading monocle. It looked exactly the same as his other, usual monocle, but with a thicker, metallic frame, like a magnifying glass. "Shall we begin our search now?"

Together, they gathered at the table and Alucard unsheathed the dagger he had been carrying with him the entire journey that had been concealed under his coat, and placed it on the table. Following the dagger were three photocopies of the symbol in larger print, which he also placed down on the table. "This insignia here," he said, "This is what we are looking for."

Seras scratched at her chin, "It looks like a family heirloom. A coat of arms. It must belong to the ones who persuaded Sloan to start the bar."

Alucard added, "It should be in one of these tomes."

Ruby glanced around. There were at least fifty bookshelves here. Maybe more. Her eye twitched furiously. "You're kidding, right?" She said, sweating slightly, "We're supposed to go through ALL these books, just to look for this symbol? It'll take us…."

"Days? Years?" Alucard said, "Police Girl and I have all the time in the world. But an extra pair of hands wouldn't hurt."

Walter gave an amused chuckle while Ruby whimpered. The butler said, "We shall split ourselves into two groups. Miss Seras and I will look upstairs; Master Alucard and Miss Ruby will look downstairs."

Immediately, Seras and Walter began making their way up the stairs with their photocopies of the symbol whilst Ruby was left a stammering wreck. "W-Wait, why am I stuck with…oh never mind. Let's just get this over with..."

Alucard stalked past her, and he strode further into the library. "Let's go, Ruby."

Ruby rolled her imaginary sleeves up and trailed after him, "Alright..." We're going to be down here. Alone. He better be on his best behaviour. She slowly swerved her eyes to him as he strolled to a random bookshelf. Look at his swagger. He's so tall and proud and he has such broad shoulders. I've never met someone who gives off such an arrogant vibe. It's not bad or anything… It's as if he doesn't care what people think of him. I guess this is what living for centuries does to you.

"What is it, my bride?"

She snapped out of her thoughts. He had caught her staring at him. She blushed and quickly looked away. "N-Nothing…but…I…I remembered I didn't say thanks. Thanks for saving me back there. Y-You know, back at the bar and the van, when I was….well, if it wasn't for you, I'd be… I don't know what would've happened to me if you hadn't come."

He stopped, and she blinked up at him, but then, he turned and took a step towards her. She swallowed down and stepped backwards in response. Eventually, he cornered her against one of the bookshelves, and she looked up at him nervously as soon as her back hit the shelf, making a few books drop off and flop on the floor. "W-What?"

"You probably would have become a vampire." Alucard murmured, as he leaned into her. She gulped and backed further against the shelf, as he pressed into her. He took a strand of her hair and lifted it to his lips, playing around with it with his fingers, "But I could not let that happen. I want first bite, that's why. I will be the one who will suck that delicious virgin blood from your neck…"

Ruby swallowed down, going slightly cross-eyed with him. "First bite?" She squeaked, "… And who was your first bite?"

He gazed at her; then he said, "…My first bride. She was my first victim."

She contemplated his carefully chosen word. Victim. He had called his bride a victim. It was then she realised Alucard hadn't actually drawn her blood whenever he bit her. And he had bit her about…twice? "…Why haven't you turned me yet, Alucard? I'll...I'll be the fourth bride, right?"

"Yes. However..." He then lowered his voice to a quiet, hushed tone, "Do you wish to live forever, Ruby?"

She returned his stern gaze but then she quickly turned away from him. "N-No! I don't want to... I-I don't want to become a vampire! And why do you want my blood so badly anyway? If I'm…If I am your…er… mate, isn't that… enough?"

"It is a passage of rite." He merely replied, "The Passage of the Blood."

"And what does that mean?"

"We share blood. If you are to become my bride, you must drink from me as well."

She swallowed in a breath. And who made up that rule? I haven't even thought twice if Alucard has been making this stuff up. I don't want Alucard biting my neck and sucking my blood and I don't want to drink blood either...

He teased mercilessly at her, as if revelling in delight at the fact that her face seemed to have drained of colour, "Have I frightened you?"

"Oh please." She replied, a taut frown working its way on her face. As if she'd let him know he'd successfully terrified her. "Working in a hospital… putting up with Gwen… getting attacked by ghouls and being kidnapped to sell blood in a vampire bar…Nothing scares me now. Let's start looking through these books..."

5 hours later.

"I found it!"

It was Seras.

"Master! Mr Walter! Ruby! I found ittttt! And it didn't take years! That was quicker than I thought!" And Seras came bouncing down the stairs with Walter following suit, waving a dusty old tome in the air. Alucard nudged Ruby awake; she stopped snoring and drooling over a tome in her hands and wiped at her mouth before scrambling up to stand. They re-grouped at the table in the middle of the library, and Seras handed it to Alucard.

The girls had to stand up on tiptoe just to get a glimpse of the book as they stood on each of Alucard's side while Walter waited patiently. Ruby recognised the English words but didn't understand the symbols. The page also featured a black and white illustration of a circular symbol with a dragon it. The dragon only had one wing and a spitting tongue, surrounded by black flames.

"May 19th. I have come across a peculiar tale like no other. During my travels across the First Ascent of the Riddora Vale, a valley adjacent of the Carpathian mountains, I heard from the locals about a village that live amongst a group of vampires who have attempted to co-exist peacefully with humans. The reason so is because they have dedicated the rest of their condemned lives to cultivating and harvesting blood and sharing it among their vampire peers rather than drinking the blood from their prey directly. The villagers told me, by utilising this 'bartering' approach…in exchange for the villager's supply of blood… these vampires have sworn to protect them from aggressive vampires that live in the Moldovian mountains. I have yet to prove the existence of such a tale."

Almost at once, Alucard glanced away from the book to throw his head back and laugh hysterically. Ruby raised an eyebrow while Walter took the book off Alucard and inspected the text curiously himself, "What's so funny?" She asked.

"Vampires? Community? 'Harvesting' blood? Protecting?" He was still laughing raucously, clutching at his chest as he doubled over. Ruby merely continued to stare at him.

Walter adjusted his monocle as he carefully read the tome. "…I see. This dagger contains a seal that belongs to a group of vampires who do not drink directly from humans… That makes sense why this was in a vampire bar."

Seras blinked as Alucard's laughing fit increased whilst Ruby pondered. Can vampires co-exist with humans? Is it… possible?
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