End of a Millennium

The next morning finds you lying beside a beautiful blond haired beauty, the calm and soundly sleeping face of Integra being the first thing you see as your eyes slowly open to the morning gentle light. As if by the grace of destiny and fate the moment your mind becomes unclouded from its typical morning haze Integra herself begins to awaken, her voice grumbling softly as her beautiful ice blue orbs open, “Good morning my lovely Hime.”

A sleepy smile slowly crosses Integra’s face as she holds you tighter, her face slightly burying itself in your chest as she quietly mumbles, “Good morning…”

For several moments the two of you just sit in the comfortable warmth of one another’s embrace, a gentle awakening to what would be a hellish day being appreciated with every last fiber of your beings. Yet, as all things must Integra gently sighs, her body pushing away from yours with obvious reluctance as she speaks, “So…today is the day…”

You nod slightly, your head leaning down and laying a soft kiss upon her brow, “Yes…today ends the life of a mad man and his insane ambitions…”

Integra chuckles bitterly, her head shaking slightly as she mutters, “and if I’m unlucky…the life of the man I love…”

Shaking your head once more one lone finger curls under Integra’s gracefully sculpted chin, her head turning up to face yours as you speak, “Don’t think like that Integra…never give up and never give in, that’s been my motto for a very long time and I promise you that, that will be my motto today. I will never give up on coming back and I will never give in as long as I have your beautiful face to come home to.”

Integra’s eyes water just the slightest bit at your words before she quickly wipes them away with the back of her hand, her head shaking slightly as she gulps down her tears, “O-Of course...after all, you have more than one life to come back to.” A playful glint sparks in Integra’s eye as her one free hand takes hold of your own, bringing it down to her stomach as she gives you a shy and loving smile.

After a good long time of cuddling and whispering sweet nothings to one another Integra and yourself finally rouse from bed, getting dressed and preparing for the day as Integra retreats to her room for her usual morning preparations. A few hours later and your find yourself in a very large room, the entirety of the ‘Wild Geese’ and Pip along with Alucard, Rip, The Valentine sisters, Seras, and Schrodinger all standing at attention and focused upon the head of the room, Integra.

“Everyone, today is the day that we finally strike back at Millennium,” Integra begins, her body standing stock straight and impossibly regal as she looks out into the crowd before her, “With the assistance of the Deadman Shinigami I am confident that we will be able to take down the Major and his insane schemes once and for all.” At that statement you feel a vast amount of eyes fall upon your form, from the tentative to the outright glares of the Wild Geese to the hopeful and loving stares of Seras and Schrodinger, “Some of you might not fully trust him and, given his physical appearance I would not doubt you. However, I can say that beyond a shadow of a doubt he is on our side and we can trust him to finally put an end to this once and for all.”

After some grumbling agreements from some and heartfelt nods from others Integra points to a massive map of Europe at her back, “As John will be assaulting the headquarters of Millennium and the Major the rest of you will be deployed to distract the vestigial parts of the organization. This will give John a greater opportunity to infiltrate the headquarters.”

“The Deadman will be going alone?” A random voice from the ranks of the Wild Geese shouts, “He really WILL be a dead man if he does that!”

Before Integra can say a world you simply chuckle, your fingers easily spinning Kagehime between your gloves fingers as you speak, “Trust me…when I am through with Millennium you will be lucky to see dust from where they once stood.”

The force and power in your voice instantly shuts the soldier up, his eyes growing wide at the grin on your face as well as the slight wave of reiatsu you throw out across the gathered group. As the majority of those present grimace or begin to sweat at the pressure of your power Alucard only seems to grin, her long pointed tongue sliding over her lips and fangs as she speaks, “Don’t worry, I trust you…master~”

The fact that Alucard, the one person out of the entire group who could even come close to matching your power, calls you master sends out a wave of shock throughout the mercenaries present. Wide eyes gaze upon you with wonder and fear, all of them contemplating just how powerful you can be to get Alucard to call you her superior. The spell is broken as Integra calls attention back to her, her sharp voice cutting through the awe as she speaks, “Since that is settled, Alucard. You, Seras, and your familiars will be facing Iscariot and keeping them off John’s trail. Be sure to keep their focus on you so they don’t start going after John.”

“And what of Anderson?” Alucard asks with a small smirk on her lips, a gleam of bloodlust in her gaze as she looks upon Integra with curiosity.

“Terminate her,” Integra says with a nod, “we do not need any more Vatican super beings any more than we need a hole in the head…that goes for approval of release state zero.” Turning away from a happily grinning Alucard to the rest of the group Integra speaks, “You all have your assignments. Is this understood?” With a resounding salute of agreement the room begins to empty, all those present heading off for their individual tasks and assignments leaving you alone in the room with Integra, Alucard, Seras, Schrodinger, Black Star, and Luppi.

Luppi sniffles softly as she gently hugs you leg, “John-sama…please be careful…”

“Y-Yeah,” Star agrees, her beautiful baby blues tearing up as she nervously swallows, “D-Don’t die or anything…or else you know what’ll happen!”

You chuckle a bit as you kneel down, your arms wrapping around your two cute wives as your whisper, “I promise, I’ll be back before you even know it.”

“I love you John-sama,” Luppi and Star whisper in tandem, both of them hugging you tightly so as to express their feelings through touch as well as voice.

Hugging back you smile, “I love you too Luppi-hime, Star-hime.”

A bit more hugging from the two and you are released, something that only results with you being face to face with a smiling but obviously worried cat girl, “M-Mein Heirr…g-gut luck…”

You smile and lean in, a soft kiss laying itself on Schrödinger’s lips which instantly serves to brighten the gleam in the feline femme fatal’s eyes, “Thank you Schro-hime, I promise I’ll come back…with a friend.”

Turning from the cheerful Schrödinger to the two vampiressess you catch a mix of emotions from the two of them. From Seras you can see the obvious fear in her eyes, her experiences and understanding of Millennium fueling her worry for you. Alucard however seems completely calm and collected, a small smirk on her lips as those brilliant crimson orbs of hers gaze upon you with a nonplussed and unworried attitude. Offering up a soft smile to the two of them you walk closer, our body towering over even Alucard as you speak, “Good luck you two, be careful.”

“Y-You too Johnny,” Seras stutters, her crystalline blue orbs gazing at you with hope and love, “come home safe alright?”

You nod and after giving Sera’s a kiss that causes her world to spin you turn to Alucard, the smirking woman nodding her head as she speaks, “I don’t believe I need to wish you luck John…I have a feeling that even without it you will succeed.”

Despite Alucard’s hard and confident words you see, for the briefest of moments, a small inkling of doubt entering her eyes. Worry just barely brushing against the corner of her crimson iris seconds before a wider and more confident grin covers it completely. Nodding silently you lean in, your lips pressing against the vampiressess lips causing her to jump just the slightest bit in shock. With a soft pop you pull away, your eyes brimming with mirth as the barest hint of crimson touches the ageless woman’s cheeks, “I could say the same for you Alucard-hime…but please, be safe.”

After getting a silent nod from Alucard you turn to the last one in the room, the beautiful blond haired Integra and her uncharacteristically nervous stare. A few short steps and you find yourself face to face with the beautiful woman, her whispering voice low enough that only the two of you can hear one another as she speaks, “B-Be careful John…d-don’t fear running away if it gets too dangerous…th-there is nothing to be ashamed about retreating…”

“Don’t worry Integra-Hime,” you whisper, one hands gently combing through her brilliantly blond hair as the other falls upon her trim stomach, “I have a promise to keep don’t I?”

Integra blushes deeply but that doesn’t stop her from nodding quickly, her body leaning up on her tip toes as her arms wrap around the back of your neck and pull you into a deep and loving kiss. For several minutes the kiss lasts, the powerful and uptight leader of the Hellsing organization doing her very best to express whatever emotion she can’t scream to the heavens at that moment. With a sound pop the two of you separate from the kiss, Integra settling back into her normal confident pose but with a soft smile on her lips, “Good luck darling, I…we’ll be waiting.”

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If you were to give Millennium the pleasure of a compliment you would have to say that their security systems are second to none. More than once even your unearthly power and supernatural grace has set off a massive trap or wave of enemies, groups of super powered vampires and legions of ghouls swarming from the shadows of the massive base only to be cut down with ease by your blade. It takes a solid hour for you to go from the entrance of the monolithic headquarters to the center, body after grisly body falling in your wake as you slowly stride through the halls without an ounce of effort showing in your face.

Yet, as you enter the final room before reaching the very center of the Millennium base you come upon a very curious individual. From head to toe the person is covered in a uniform befitting one of the SS from the German side of World War Two. The completely cloaking uniform does little however to hide the persons womanly curves and charms, the obvious outline of a blond haired and blue eyed female held beneath the layers of clothing obvious to your practiced eye. Hanging from the woman’s right and left side is a massive gun, a gargantuan hand cannon creation with obscenely long barrels meant for total and complete annihilation for any on the wrong end.

With a sound clack of metal on stone you settle Kagehime onto the ground by your side, one gloved hand casually holding onto the silver gargoyle atop your blades cane form as you speak, “Hello, may I inquire if you are the Captain?” With a silent nod the woman agrees with your assumption, something that only causes a bright smile to cross your features as you speak, “Ah, good! Perhaps, do you know who I am?”

“Za Deadman Zinigami,” the Captain speaks, her stoic and emotionless tone offering no insight to her mental workings or emotional state of being, “…you also smell of a female…one of my kind…”

“Ah, so you smell Free on me,” you chuckle as you shrug, “well, granted she does jump on me and lick me plenty so I guess it makes sense that some of her scent would stick to me.”

“You are here to kill za Major,” the Captain says as she calmly reaches for one of the guns at her side, “I cannot allow zat.”

“Schrödinger thought you might say that,” you say as casually as one would describe the weather, “but she also asked me to save you so I can’t really fight you, you understand.”

The Captain flinches at the mention of Schrödinger, a slight glare fixing upon her normally unflappable features as she softly growls, “Do not say her name as if you know her…”

“Why not?” You say with a chuckle, “Schro-chan is my familiar after all-“

In the blink of an eye you find yourself on the wrong end of the Captain’s gun, her teeth gritting tightly as she points both of her massive pistols in your face, “Zhut up unt die.”

Just as the Captain begins to put pressure on the triggers of her guns you seem to blink out of existence, your body reappearing behind her as you chuckle, “sorry, but I promised my wife I’d be home by dinner.”

With wide blue eyes the Captain watches as her guns fall to pieces, Kagehime softly clicking back into place in its scabbard as the Captain’s massive pistols become nothing but a collection of metal scraps falling upon the stone floor. You sense the Captain begin to tense, her body preparing to attack with all of her might and do everything in her power to destroy you. This however is put to a stop as you grab the side of her head, your massive palm gripping the side of her face tightly before you slam her into the floor with an earth shattering. All around you the stone floor crumbles, cracks flooding through the toughened grey material as the Captain’s head buries itself in the neigh unbreakable material below. Removing your hand from her head you find that your surprise attack was just enough to catch the Captain off guard, her eyes rolled up into her head as she softly breathes in the realm of unconsciousness.

With a few seconds of arranging you are able to set the Captain upon your shoulder, her unconscious body slung over your back as you enter the last room and the very center of the Millennium forces.

“Ach, it iz gut to see you, Mr. Deadman Zinigami…”

Standing in the center of the room in a man that you would describe as the quintessential definition for rolly-polly; a tubby man with an awkward and errie smile on his lips stares at you from behind a pair of brightly gleaming specticles, “Unt I see zat you haf defeated Mein Captain…gut vork.”

“You are a pretty cocky fellow are you?” You chuckle, stepping into the room and allowing the heavy metal door to slam shut at your back, “I mean, you have to realize what I’m here for right?”

The man nods quickly, that smile of his never leaving his lips as she speaks, “But of course, to kill me unt end zis war.”

You chuckle softly and shake your head, “No, no, no. You’ve got it all wrong.”

“Oh? Unt vhat vould I be vrong about Mr. Deadman Zinigami?” The tubby man questions, his face and body unflinching as you come ever closer.

“You are very narcissistic you know that?” You smirk, your Kagehime idly tapping at your shoulder as you stop a few yards away and gently settle the Captain at your side, “I’m not here to kill just you. I’m here to completely destroy this facility and every one in it.”

The man chuckles deeply, his heavy belly quaking as he laughs, “Ach, you are quite ze card Mr. Zinigami! It is true, I had forgotten zat your goal vould be more…far reaching zan zimply killink me.”

“You certainly aren’t worried, I’ll give you that,” you chuckle as you slowly begin to remove Kagehime from her sheath, “especially considering that you’ve just admitted that you are mere seconds from seeing your operation go to ruin.”

“Vhy vould I? “ The man says with a chuckle, “Vor one, I know zat all Deadman Zinigami are destined to die in very violent vays…vho is to say that zis is not the location of your death?”

“Oh? And why would this place by my grave?” You question, Kagehime’s shimmering silver blade revealed in its fullest form.

“It is quiz zimple,” the Major speaks, “upon my death zere vill be an alarm zat vill sound zroughout ze base…zis vill lock down ze base unt pull all of my auxiliary men into zis room, each one of zem prepared vith guns unt explosive vests at ze ready to kill you. Zen, if you happen to kill zem unt escape zeir combined explosion, zere is an auto-destruct mechanism at ze heart of zis facility zat vill lock down every possible exit makink it impossible for you to escape in time…face it Mr. Zinigami, zis vill be your death.”

Instead of the worried look that the Major expects you can only smile, a brilliant grin crossing your lips as you laugh a deep and hearty belly laugh, “Really? HA, HA, HA! That’s it? A few explosions and a self-destruct mechanism? Really? BWA, HA, HA, HA!”

“V-Vat are you laughink at?” the Major stutters, an oddly out of place look of concern in his eye as he speaks, “Zis vill be your end Deadman Zinigami!”

Slowing your laughter to a light chuckle you shake your head, one hand holding Kagehime pointed directly toward the ground as you speak, “I would agree with you…had I been any other Deadman Shinigami. Kageni Shizumu: Kagehime.”

The Major watches in fear as you allow Kagehime to drop to the ground, her brilliant silver blade turning an inky pitch black seconds before the razor sharp point makes contact with the cold stone floor below…

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“What the bloody hell is going on!” Integra growls as she slams her phone down onto its hook, “First I get reports that Alucard went to Zero Level Limiter against Iscariot and now the Millennium base has disappeared completely off the map!?”

“Madam, perhaps it would be best to relax, like the companions John brought with him who are sleeping in their rooms,” Walter speaks, his placating tone seeming to calm the raging woman just the slightest bit, “After all, John said there would be nothing left of the base when he was done with it.”

“Ja, trust mein Masta fraulein Hellsing,” Schrödinger says as she idly inspects her fingernails, “he vill get zee job done vithout vorries.”

Scoffing a bit Integra grumbles, turning away from the two and facing the window at her back, “I…I should…but still, aren’t you even the slightest bit worried?”

“Of course Madam,” Walter nods, “but as he is the current Deadman Shinigami I find it foolish to doubt John’s power.”

“Ja, unt look at it zis vay fraulein,” Schrödinger says with a playful smile, “if Mein Heirr hast perished, zen how vould I still be here?”

“I know, I know,” Integra mutters, one of her hands unconsciously coming to rest upon her stomach as she softly speaks, “But…”

“I think Schro-hime is right Integra-hime, you really need to calm down, maybe take a vacation or something…”

Integra’s body stiffens to an unnatural degree as she slowly turns, a hopeful look in her ice blue eyes as she comes to face the sudden voice. Sure enough, standing at the entrance of her office is you, your body dusty and slightly bloody but with a bright grin upon your lips. Hanging over your shoulder is the unconscious form of a blond haired and blue eyed werewolf woman while tucked beneath your arm is the finely polished form of Kagehime.

“Mein Heirr!” Schrödinger chirps, her body hopping from her seat only to latch onto your stomach with a happy nuzzling purr, “Unt Ze Captain! Sank you, sank you, sank you Masta!”

You chuckle a bit and softly ruffle Schrödinger’s hair, her ears twitching happily as you speak, “No problem Schro-hime…but I think she’s a little bit more hurt than I had first intended…”

“Allow me John,” Walter suddenly appears by your side, his arms easily taking the Captain as he speaks, “I will take her to the infirmary…perhaps there Schrödinger can inform our guest of her situation.”

After a bit more warm welcomes from the two they depart with the Captain in tow, their exit leaving you free to turn to Integra with a soft and loving smile, “Integra-hime-“

You words are silenced as Integra, moving with a speed you thought near impossible for a normal human, latches onto you, her arms wrapping around your neck and pulling you into the deepest and most powerful kiss you’ve ever received as she softly whispers, “Thank god..."