Suikoden/Hellsing (Yuber/Alucard)

[laylah.livejournal.com]

Title: Ashes and Sulfur
Author: Laylah
Rating: PG?
Wordcount: 300
Summary: Something has brought him to this city. Yuber seeks it out.



He parts his lips and tastes the air, uncertain at first what brought him here. The night in this -- he pauses -- not countryside, but park, is peaceful, but peace has never drawn him to a world unless it's fragile. The breeze brings him the scent of ashes and sulfur, the sharp stink of fresh death and the subtle rot of old power. Yuber smiles.

Outside the park where he materialized, the city is in full riot, buildings on fire, streets buckling with explosions, soldiers running toward more trouble. This he knows well. Yuber carves a path through the city, cutting down mortals in his wake, drenching his blades in blood. They make it too easy. there must be something else.

The one who called Yuber here is in the eye of the storm, just as he should be, hot fire-winds whipping at his scarlet coat, his laughter showing the bright glint of his fangs. He's one of the most spectacular walking dead that Yuber's ever seen, a cascade of powerful magics woven through his flesh -- and one thread-fine brilliant gold snare wrapped around him, one spell to bind him to a mortal house.

Yuber steps out onto the cracked pavement, and meets the vampire's gaze with both eyes.

"Another challenger?" the vampire asks. He sounds pleased. "You'd better have the skills to make this interesting."

"Now, now," Yuber says. He watches the way the shadows move around the vampire, coming at his call, seething around his feet hungrily. The binding spell is loose, not a tight leash at all. "A good dog attacks only on command."

The vampire laughs, shadows massing around him thick and sinuous as serpents. "I've always been a very bad dog."

Just before the writhing shadows engulf him, Yuber thinks, this battle is going to be wonderful.

Comments

[mithrigil.livejournal.com]

This makes me grin sadistically. A lot. I mean, I'll be grinning all day. Sadistically.

[laylah.livejournal.com]

We aim to please!

I felt sort of bad about cutting this one off so fast, but it was either call it quits early and just imply mass destruction, or let it turn into some epic porno-violence fest where they killed each other repeatedly and caused tremendous property damage. And I just didn't have the time. ^^;

[white_aster]

"some epic porno-violence fest where they killed each other repeatedly and caused tremendous property damage. "

.....:prrrrrrrrrrrrr: Sounds like Yuber's personal heaven.

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

Whee, that was fun (and that is going to be a battle to remember omgyes).

Love the bad dog comment too - that's so perfectly Alucard and bound to intrigue Yuber.

[laylah.livejournal.com]

*grin* Thank you! It seemed like the most likely way Alucard would respond to something like that -- and I'm so glad it rings true; I'd never written Alucard before at all.

[white_aster]

oh my god yes. Just. Yes. And the one binding spell. And the last line. And Alucard calling him JUST TO FIGHT HIM. Yes yes yes. <3!

[laylah.livejournal.com]

*grin* It's a bad day to be mortal, but a good day to be bugfuck crazy with an appetite for destruction, no? ^^

[white_aster]

ttly yes. :rolls:

I swear, Yuber is the little black dress of the crazy set. I could toss him into SO many fandoms and he'll TOTALLY have a blast. :)

he'd make a WONDERFUL Sin omg....

[puella-nerdii.livejournal.com]

I'm not too familiar with Suikoden canon, but Alucard. Oh god yes. The description of his shadows + the very bad dog comment = prr.

Also, much glee over what I'm sure is impending bloodshed. <3

[laylah.livejournal.com]

Yuber is like...chaos incarnate! With a smirky sense of humor. And very likely immortality. He's -- well. He and Alucard could have lots of fun on the playground together at recess, is all I'm saying. ^^

[empty-geas.livejournal.com]

Wonderful Fic! I love the description you paint. The details like Yuber's perception of the binding on Alucard and the fragile almost peace of the park with just the little hint of disaster in the air were glorious. The glee and not quite clash of the first meeting felt do very right and it's an event I doubt anyone is likely to forget. If they survive to see the end that is.

This was one of my prompts. ^-^

[laylah.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm so glad it worked for you. It seemed like such a cool idea, and then I sat there staring at it realizing that I had barely ever written Yuber and I'd never written Alucard at all, and what was I thinking? ^^;

But really, damn. The premise is too much fun to pass up.