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Walter went into the library to see if he could locate any information on what Ari was but all he could come up with was information on the Werewolves and that wasn’t what she was. She didn’t seem to be affected by the moon at all. Her shifting seemed to be at will.

In that he wasn’t wrong she could shift at will into whatever form she so choose to take on. She had some magic abilities but they were limited she could only use her abilities like her ability to teleport so many times a day. She had other abilities as well that she had yet to tell the others or to even show them.

Walter spent several hours in the library scouring the books to see if he could any form of information on what Ari might be. Sadly he couldn’t find anything at all in the Hellsing library. This was disappointing to Walter so he knew as time went along he would have to gather information from Ari so they would know more about what she was.

Back down in Alucard’s chamber Ari was still out of it. He was still holding her he figured out there was now a link of some form between them because he felt her mind start to stir. Her mind was still slightly disoriented but it was not fueled with rage.

Her mind was scrambling but it was trying to figure out what had happened and then it seemed to come to a grinding halt as she sensed him in her mind. Alucard just smiled as he felt her body begin to stir in his arms. She was warm to him but then again his temperature ran slightly cold as it were.

He knew she was starting to come around by the way her mind was acting as well as the subtly shifting of her body. He chuckled softly when he hear the unmistakable sound of her low purring.

“Are you comfortable Pisica mica?” He said lowly.

Ari’s eyes snapped open as she looked up to see who was holding her. The purring halted as she tried to scramble away from him as quick as possible but his arms were like vise grips so there was no going anywhere.

”What happened?” She squeaked out.

Now came the dilemma how to explain to her that she had gone nuts and subsequently passed out. Ari’s head tipped looking up to him as if she had just read his thoughts.

“You might as well tell me the truth.” She spoke softly.

Her words caught Alucard by surprise but he figured there was something to the bond he now felt between them.

“Well something seemed to trigger what I know as a blood rage Ari. You went into kill mode.” He spoke evenly to her but he kept her close knowing she had no clothing on.

“Ari I told you before that I have never come across a creature like you before so if there is something special you need to tell me. I had to ward the door to keep Walter out so you wouldn’t attack him.” He continued to her.

She shook her head lightly and buried her face in his chest shivering mostly because she was cold and in part because she was ashamed.

“There is no need to be ashamed we all lose control once in awhile. Even one like myself loses control on the occasion.” He said to her is a soft tone.

She lifted her head up to look to him she knew the bond was there but she also knew how to block it because the bond was still weak and would remain so till they had mated and taken each other's blood in the process and she wasn’t about to divulge that little tid bit of information to him. She let out a soft and low sigh because she knew she was eventually going to have to tell him.

“It was a blood fueled rage that I went into Alucard granted I do not require blood in the same manor that you do, but my body still requires blood and sadly I have not hunted in a while so I had been neglecting myself. Being what I am does come with a slight down side we must hunt and kill ever so often and no we don’t kill humans, like our smaller counterparts we go after big game animals. The thrill of the chase and then the subsequent kill is normally enough to hold us.” She explained softly.

Her body shuddered lightly against his body and he felt that she had not hunted in a long time because she had been following him. He slowly slid his glasses off setting them on the table beside them but never once did he loose his hold on Ari. She wasn’t fighting his hold on her any more but rather seemed to be relaxed in his hold.

Ari had relaxed against Alucard because for once it felt nice to be held by someone. She had been on her own for a long time and had never know the touch of another save her mother when she had been young. So for her it was a change to be held by another and she was enjoying it.

“I suppose that I will need to get permission to go out on a hunt here soon so I do not attack you or anyone else in the Manor.” She said in a matter of fact tone.

“Yes, but I do not see why Master would not allow it being as all you hunt for that is animals.” He replied.

“Did I bite you during my blood rage?” She asked, even though she already knew the answer to that question.

“Yes you did you managed to mangle my arm pretty good Pisica mica.” He replied evenly.

Granted he had already healed the damage she had done to him, so to him it was just a minor detail. Ari just sighed and went limp in his arms. He figured she wasn’t to keen on the idea of what had happened. He shifted her a bit in his arms to get her to sit up a little bit more.

Her long pitch black hair fell over her chest hiding the swell of her breast from his sight. He wanted her to explain the new link between them. She was something that he had never encountered and he wanted to know all that he could about what she was.

“Pisica mica would you explain the link that I now feel between us?” He asked gently.

She lifted her head up as her ocean blue pools widened as if she had forgotten about the new bond between them.

“It is a blood bond, and it is a bond that can not be broken save by death.” She explained

She wasn’t lying in the fact that only death would break the bond she just didn’t tell him that the bond between them was a weak one compared to the bond between a mated pair. A bond allowed each to feel the other and know what they felt as well as know where the other was.

She had seen the power of that bond with her parents, she had seen it kill her mother when her father had been killed. Her mother had felt every bit of his pain and had died slowly after that. She had finished raising the litter she had at side and after that she gave up and died.

Ari was the next in line to take her mother’s place as leader but her few oddities made the others reject her. Mostly it was her eye color hers were an ocean blue color where all the others had a golden coloring. They didn’t know that the eye coloring she had meant something.

It meant that her powers would eventually surpass her mother’s she would in time become stronger than her mother. She was the one who had inherited the powers from both parents not just from one. Her abilities were stronger than even she knew about.

She looked back up to Alucard and then glanced down squeaking at the idea that she was completely naked. She had not summoned up her clothing when she had shifted but then again she had done the shift in an unconscious state, so that was to be expected. She gave a little roll of her shoulders as she summoned up a pair of tight fitting black pants and a comfy black tee shirt.

That was the one color that was easiest for her to deal with because it matched up to her fur. She could put other colors to her clothing she was just partial to black. She hadn’t bothered to try and move out of Alucard’s grasp at all she was finding it rather comfortable.

“Just so you know our bond is considered to be a weak one as I have had your blood but you have not had mine.” She spoke in an easy tone.

“Well that problem can be solved easily.” Alucard chuckled.

Ari wrinkled her nose and debated if she wanted to take him up on that offer to strengthen the bond between them or not. Did she want to allow him to know what she was feeling or to feel her pain.

“You do realize that the stronger our bond is will mean that we will feel not only each others pain but emotions as well?” She asked.

“Even if one of us no longer feels pain?” Alucard asked.

The emotions part he wasn’t as much worried about he hadn’t felt anything for anyone in eons so he didn’t worry about that part of the bond. He wasn’t really looking at the fact that it wouldn’t be his emotions he would be feeling but hers. Not his pain flooding his system if he got hurt but whatever pain she felt if she got hurt.

“If you are asking what I think you which is weather or not I will feel your pain even though you no longer feel it. To be honest on that I really don’t know as my kind have never been blood bound to any one remotely like you.” Ari explained.

Both seemed to go into though for a few minutes contemplating the bond that was now between them. Then Alucard growled lowly and shifted in his chair.

“What is it?” Ari asked.

“My Master is summoning me and has asked for your presence as well.” He replied.

Ari moved to try and get up and it seemed as though Alucard didn’t want to let her go to start but he let her get to her feet. She stood up and brushed herself off and then looked back over to Alucard. She was dressed save for shoes those were the one thing she still had a bit of a problem with summoning up.

“Could you help me with a pair of boots please?” She asked softly.

Alucard chuckled softly as he dark red eyes roamed over her form taking in every fine detail of how she looked. He used his shadows to created a pair of boots much like what he wore on her feet save the fact hers were black unlike his being brown. He rose up out of his chair picking his glasses back up and perching them back on his nose.

He offered her a hand with a smile that would make most run in sheer terror.

“Shall we go Pisica mica?” He asked.

She shook her head a bit fanning out the now long waterfall of black silk against her back as she wrapped her fingers around his white gloved hand. She stepped in close to him knowing he traveled via the shadows. The shadows opened up right behind them and they stepped back into them and came out in Integra's office.

Shadow travel was a little different for her so her stomach did a quick flip and let her know it wasn’t happy. She squeezed Alucard’s hand hard for a moment while she reoriented herself. Alucard spared a glance in her direction when he felt her squeeze his hand.

She quickly straightened herself up as ocean blue eyes looked to Integra. She let go of his hand and stood tall on her own. Now she was curious as to why Integra had wanted her here as well.

“Care to explain what happened earlier?” Integra growled to the both of them.

{Figured that question was gonna be coming.} Ari spoke to Alucard.

{I know just tell her the truth and it should all be fine.} He told her.

Ari had her doubts about that but she figured might as well tell her the truth of what had happened. She gave a slight roll to her shoulders and shifted her weight a little bit. She was dressed in a manner that was comfortable to her but gave her the look of a street kid.

“Well I’m waiting on an explanation here.” Integra growled.

“Do you want all the details or just a general run down?” Ari asked.

“I want the full details of what and why.” Integra shot back.

“Well you have seen my full form but in turn I doubt any of you here know of my race because our race has been kept out of the books since creation or so I was told.” Ari started off blowing out a small breath of air.

“What few of us still survive are called Bastet the stories go that we were created by the Goddess Bast as protectors in ancient days. We were to guard the gates to the underworld but over time our powers were coveted by mages and the like. “ Ari stopped and took a breath remembering the story her mother told her.

“A mage later on learned he could bind us via blood to himself even though the bond already existed between a mated pair. If we take the blood of another and they take our blood a bond is created that can only be severed by death.” Ari went on.

She was just leaving out that to completely lock the bond between two mating was required the blood bond was strong. The bond between mates was stronger though and she knew it. Ari shifted her weight a bit before she started again.

“Our kind have been used as guardian down through time by many most just never knew about our kind because we were kept hidden until recently it seems. My father was killed by a vampire a few years back and that in turn killed my mother. I was to take over as leader when my mother passed but because my eyes are blue and not golden the others rejected me.” Ari explained.

Integra was listening as was Walter as neither had heard much but vague stories here and there about the Bastet. There were the odd stories about them but nothing was ever confirmed or denied when it came to their existence. So this was something that they wanted to know about.

Ari shifted once more because she knew that their story was one that had never been spoken to human and for good reason. Humans coveted the powers they had and though they could steal them. That wasn’t the case though the bond did not allow powers to be shared or not that she knew of any way.

“As for what happened earlier we still have to take in blood, not in the manor that Alucard does but we still have to. For us it is more that we have to hunt and kill every now and then, and before you ask no we don’t kill human but big game animals. The thrill of the hunt and kill is usually enough to sustain us for a while. What you heard earlier was my own blood fueled rage because I had been neglecting myself.” Ari stopped as that was the extent of what she was going to explain.

“Well that is an interesting explanation or story which ever one chooses to call it.” Integra said.

Ari growled softly at the idea that someone though she was telling nothing more than a story. Alucard heard the growl and stepped in closer to her so if he needed to grab her he could. Her head snapped over to him as he saw the color shift in her eyes they were darkening in color telling him she was working on being pissed off.

“Master she tells the truth, what reason would she have to lie to any of us.” Alucard spoke.

Ari had no reason to lie she just left out a few very important details and that was to protect her from real harm. She stood in a defensive posture because she felt like she was being called a liar and that was something she took offense to. Alucard reached out and touched her arm trying to settle her down some.

She was not having any of it she didn’t take to anyone implying that she was a liar.

“Are you saying that what I told you is a lie.” Ari growled out.

“Far from it but you have to understand that little to no information is available dealing with your kind. That information has been hidden well for so long that even organizations like ours know little to nothing about you.” Integra explained.

“The information was hidden for a reason, as to what that reason even I don’t know because it was done long before I was born and there are only a few of my kind left alive and only one could have explained why it had been hidden but sadly she is dead.” Ari said lowly.

The one who could have explained it was her mother and she was now dead. That still struck a chord with Ari because she loved her mother. Ari had not seen her father die but she saw the effect of it on her mother.

Ari shifted her weight once more on booted feet as she shook her head and calmed her nerves down there was no need to attack anyone. Not to mention she would be dead before she ever got a shot in because of Alucard and Walter. She didn’t want to face both of them at the same time and push what abilities she did have.

“There is little more that I can tell you without breaking a few rules that could bring about my own death at the hands of my own people.” Ari spoke evenly.

“Why would the information you have just given cause your death?” Integra asked.

Ari knew Alucard wanted to hear this answer as well because she felt his mental nudge to answer the question.

“What I just told you has never been spoken to a human before I think it was to protect my kind from being killed for our powers much like other creatures throughout history.” Ari explained.

Alucard knew all to well that humans tended to kill and fear what they didn’t understand. That or they killed thinking they could get the powers or abilities another creature had. Granted that was never the case when the creature died so did their powers.

“I am curious as to what abilities you have save you ability to shapeshift?” This time the question came from Alucard.

Tipping her head a bit as she frowned somewhat thinking how best to explain her abilities because he would find out eventually. Did she just bluntly explain what she could do or did she try to downplay her abilities? It was a fine line she was walking talking to everyone present about her abilities.

“Well I am able to travel in a manner similar to yours Alucard just not via the shadows. I was told we did what is called teleporting or something along that line. I am able to summon others of my kind to me or call to my smaller wilder counterparts. Usually I can keep someone out of my mind when I want to.” Ari said.

Alucard chuckled softly as he leaned back against a shadow pillar. She hadn’t kept him out of her mind.

“You are different ya walking corpse.” Ari growled softly.

“How are you able to hear his thoughts?” Integra asked this time.

“He isn’t trying to hide them from me at the moment and it is annoying as hell but I can read them because of the blood bond. When I went into my little fit earlier evidently I mangled his arm pretty good and took in his blood. And like him,” Ari jerked her head towards Alucard.

“I can heal rather quickly unless something is silver. I can heal most wounds that are delivered to me. Granted the more severe the wound the longer it will take me to heal.” Ari explained evenly.

She was explaining all of this as it had been explained to her when she had been young. She was just leaving out her plains walk ability. Then she saw Alucard give her a sideways glance because he had caught her thoughts.

{Don’t say anything please that ability is hard for me to use and I would rather not try and explain it to your Master.} Ari shot to him quickly.

Alucard shot her a very quick nod letting her know he wouldn’t say anything about it but she knew he would be curious about it. She would explain it to him later when she was ready to just not right at this particular moment in time was she going to explain it. Ari never looked away from Integra as she rolled her shoulders lightly.

“Is there some woods on the grounds where I can hunt deer or other big game animals?” Ari asked.

“Yes there is and you have permission to hunt the big game animals that are there just let someone know when you go out to hunt so we can keep the soldiers away.” Integra said.

“If you don’t mind I would like to go and hunt tonight so we don’t have another incident.”

Integra lifted her hand up and waved them both out. Both turned and walked quickly out of her office. Alucard offered his hand to her. She looked up to him a bit confused.

“I can take you directly to the woods here on the grounds till you learn the grounds better.” He said.

She nodded her head and took his hand as he walked her through the shadows to the woods that lay at the back of the mansion.



Translations


pisica mica = little cat