Language Note: Youkai is another word for demons. Hanyou (if you haven't seen Inuyasha is a half demon/half Human. Kyugeshiki (sp?) is the word for vampire.
Chapter 1: The Jackal
There was no word for half demons that was what Yuko learned when she stepped off the plane in England. Her yellow eyes were turned brown, her red hair black and her ears were normal, not that of a dog demon. Yuko no Shirou Hana had become Yuko Mishuda a Japanese exchange student. She walked through the terminal toward baggage claim; there she found her things.
I would do anything for some dongo, she thought digging through a bag and growled when she found that her bag was devoid of candy and in place was a rabbit demon. Damn that little monster ate it! She walked out into the rain and looked around as a scent crossed her nose, she saw the rabbit demon jump up onto her shoulder. "Well, Mikoko what is it?"
"It…ghouls! Four in front, three on right, four on left, none back," it whispered and snarled.
Drawing out a boken from her bag, Yuko felt it transform into a full katana. "You want me come get me," she glared at them and pulled off her ring, the power limits were removed and she was shown in her glory.
A red dog demon appeared and she glared at the ghouls who attempted to attack her, they were soon in pieces and turned to dust. She sighed and looked around, her eyes moved over the alley that she found them in. "Mikoko, smell that?"
The rabbit nodded and looked around. "Yeah, kyugeshiki. I'm clocking about 500 years old tops, I think we better get out of here."
"Couldn't agree more," Yuko put the weapon away, it turned again into a wooden boken and she put her ring back on. She pulled her bag back onto her back and darted from the alley into the main street to find her way to dorm.
Alucard could not believe he saw a Japanese Dog Demon, he never thought he would see one in England. They were elusive and almost impossible to see, they took on human disguises, which confused vampires to think they were ones. I will keep this to myself, at least for now, I doubt she will be a problem unless we have the same prey, he thought putting his guns away, he walked back into the streets.
"The Target was destroyed with little resistance," he reported to his master.
He wondered though if it was fate that he managed to see a demon like that.
Yuko shook her head as she sat inside a private school where much of the students were from the Hellsing Organization. What was To-sama thinking? She wondered what would have happened if they found out she was not entirely human, all her 140 years of being a half demon made her weary of human contact.
She walked into the halls and looked up as the rabbit demon returned from spying around the area. "Well?"
The rabbit looked around as they went to a secluded area to eat. "The vampire from last night is on the Hellsing grounds, and I think he spotted me." That was when she was nearly pulled into a stream and its head was dunked under. "I don't think he could tell the difference between a demon like me and demon like you, Yuko-sama."
"I will drown you if you slip up again, baka!"
The creature struggled in the water and then jumped up. "I know, I know, but remember your father, the dog king said you had to finish up…the mission aren't complete."
"Don't you think I know that!" Yuko stood up and growled turning to glare. "If I don't complete the mission, Kagatou will be sent!"
"Well, that isn't my problem, you have to remember that these demons joined those weirdoes in the country, Germany. If you don't make a deal with Hellsing, you're not going to have the chance to get those Youkai that escaped!" Mikoko whispered and hopped from side to side. "The problem is that the Shrodinger has 'em believin' that fighting the humans is the answer!"
"I can handle the Youkai myself, I am the Jackal after all," she hissed and pushed her hair out of the way. She looked up as a bell rang and her next class was to begin.
Mikoko knew better than to disobey orders, but she had go back to the Hellsing Organization grounds, the black little rabbit ran through the trees. She sniffed the air and looked around, she knew that her regular rabbit form would fool any idiot human. She sniffed around for the basement entrance; she sighed and decided to fade in. It was easy enough to make her way through there when she had an idea of how to get where she wanted.
She found her way toward a cell, it was easy enough to transform into her demon form now, she looked like a little kid with white hair and yellow eyes, she had rabbit ears. Perking the ears, she listened at the door. "Well, here it goes, if Yuko-sama won't obey orders and contact Hellsing, I will!" She appeared in the room and looked around. "Empty? Damn, I missed him! Oh well…Mikoko-chan you tried!" She was about to leave when something caught her up by her shirt and held her over the head of the vampire she was seeking. "Mr. Vampire! Hello…is my English OK? Well…er…I came from…er…demon world, yeah, demon world. Inu-sama, the great dog demon wishes to…"
She was flung against the ground and the vampire glared. "You have five seconds before these kill you." Some black demons appeared at his side.
"WAIT! Er…where the hell is it?" digging around in her bag, Mikoko brought up a scroll handing it over to the vampire. "Can you read Japanese? If not, I could…well, I guess you can read it."
He gazed at the scroll and pointed at her. "So this it?"
"Er…yeah, Yuko-sama is way too stubborn to do this herself, believe me, I work for her and nearly tried to drown me. Listen, there are some demons working for those Nazi people and Yuko-sama will gladly take care of them for you."
The vampire considered this for a moment and then suddenly noticed the red haired demon girl standing at the entrance. She walked up grabbed the rabbit thing and pushed it against the wall. "YOU IDIOT! I can handle this on my own!" She glared at the vampire that quickly minded his own business.
"If you are going to fight, kindly do it outside this cell, I have enough blood thanks," the vampire narrowed his eyes on the girl. "The Youkai are being influenced by a demon from their side?"
"Hai, an idiot demon who thought he could influence the tribes of the Youkai. My father, the great demon king sent me to round them up." She glared at him and crossed her arms. "Demon problems are not vampire problems, I see no reason to have Hellsing aware of my mission! Sayonara!" She growled and the vampire suddenly pulled the girl back into the room. "WHAT?"
The vampire smiled. "You're pretty when you're angry."
Rushing away, Yuko growled pulling her minion behind her.
I never knew demons like her were so pretty, Alucard laughed to himself, and he had teased her to the point of blushing and also made her angry at the same time. He was going to like this far better, demons from Japan were easy to flatter, but he could tell that Yuko was something he was going to have to tread carefully around. His master was not going to know about the arrangement; it would have been inconvenient if Sir Integra was given this news.
"Japanese demons are not ones that back down, do they, Master?" he looked over at Seras who finally spoke.
"Not at all, Yuko knows what she wants and will do what she wants to get it, even if it means her death," Alucard whispered and adjusted his glasses.
Yuko, what a strange girl, what a strange demon, must have a human mother; Alucard thought and smiled again.
"DAMN IT!" Yuko growled when she made it home from school, she flung the rabbit demon against the wall of their apartment. "What the hell, Mikoko!"
"I was following your father's orders, your orders come second to his high command," the little creature reverted to rabbit form and jumped away from her. "You know full well that if we don't ally ourselves, we're not going to make it. Kagatou was sent to reason with the Youkai in Germany, he hasn't even returned."
"What?" She blinked at the demon that shrank a little on the floor. "Ni-san didn't go back to report, is that why I was sent?"
"Hai, hai, Kagatou was supposed to make contact with Alucard-sama, but didn't, your father sent us to make contact."
It was not an easy reality. "So aniki-sama is…is dead?"
Mikoko didn't want to think the possibility and nodded her furry head. "Hai, that is the news that I received from the other under demons. Though the Youkai have reverted to their full forms and removed the limit items. So to be quite honest, even if we were to actually fight them the way we are now, there is still a chance of little success."
"WHAT? Why wasn't I told sooner?" Yuko sat on her bed and growled at her under demon familiar.
"Well, I would have told you sooner, but knowing you, you would have refused the mission and demanded that someone else would take it. Your father gave me orders to make sure that you had to get to England."
It was a simple fact that Yuko hated humans for all they're worth and it was easy enough for her to just avoid it. So when the mission mentioned undercover, she would have refused, but when it mentioned the possibility of Kagatou being sent, she took it. She pulled her eyes up toward her familiar who sat kicking her feet now in human form on the bed. "Listen, if it makes you feel better, this might be good for you, humans can't be all bad, after all, what could be worse?"
"Oh, you have no idea!" Yuko wanted to think.
As far back as she remembered, living in the human world had been painful enough, she had been teased. "You're a freak!" someone threw rocks at her as she ran down the street toward the houses, one was an old abandoned shrine. Being a street orphan, it had taught Yuko many things about humans, some of which she learned when she was four. Humans were never to be trusted for any reason and any chance they would get, they would betray her, and she remembered these lessons.
Rushing out of the apartment, Yuko found herself at a candy store, she stuffed a bag of candy into her pocket and walked back to the apartment, she found Mikoko sitting at the bed. "Are you done sulking?"
"Shut up! For crying out loud!" Yuko's eyes were dark yellow; she had taken off the ring and sat down on the bed. Her yellow eyes gazing at the ceiling thinking still. "What the hell am I supposed to do?"
"You're asking me?" Mikoko sighed. "I think we owe that vampire an apology."
"Shut up, I will never trust anything that trusts a human!"
"Someday you will regret that, Yuko-sama!"