Taming the Beast { @eighteyedmutt }
In the basement of the castle within Hellsing's compounds was where the organization held their darkest of secrets. Alucard, formerly known as Dracula the Vampire King, and his proteges were kept down in the darkness below. His newest fledgling, was not yet of his blood. It was the dhampir, Izaya Orihara of Shinjuku.
He was on exchange from Tokyo, Japan to London to prove himself to become a true dracula. That included taming familiars. Since he couldn't summon one himself yet, his master gave him a new task: gain the loyalty and trust of his favorite hound.
Now the only problem Izaya had with Baskerville was this: he was a canine. And Izaya did not like dogs. In his opinion, they were smelly and slobbery and just all around filthy creatures. But he had no choice. He had to please Alucard-senpai.
He stood in front of the multi-ocular beast and pursed his lips. Swallowing a hard lump in his throat, he squatted down so that he was staring him in the eyes. "Umm... Hello. I'm Izaya. You're... Baskerville, right? Like the Sherlock Holmes story? I do enjoy that story, Sherlock Holmes is my favorite fictional character." Why in the hell was he striking up a conversation with a dog!?