All Black
Ch 1:Look at my life...
I was floating, in a place souly made of darkness, an infinite expanse of cold blackness all around me. My long ebony hair was even lighter than the blackness that surrounded it, floating as if in water or some other liquid. I felt completely numb, my entire body felt cold and empty, as if I no longer had a soul. But I knew better…didn't I? I was no longer sure, how or when I had gotten into this place, but I did know I wanted nothing more than to escape. `Would you like to leave this place?` A strong male voice asked, seemingly from everywhere and nowhere. My crimson eyes scaned the darkness around me, but no speaker could be found. 'My imagination?' I wondered, closing my eyes once more, trying to shield myself from the harsh black world. `I am not you imagination.` The voice chuckled slightly. "Then what are you? A demon? An angel of death, perhaps?" I asked, my voice sounding hollow to my ears. The voice chuckled again, `Perhaps a bit of both…But I'm not here to kill you.` I raised an ebony brow, opening my eyes again to gaze at the abyss in front of me, "Then what are you here for?" I asked, more afraid than truly curious.
`I want you help.` This time I laughed, the sound was hollow and devoid of real humor, "I can't help anyone…I can't even help myself." `Oh but you can.` I could almost imagine the smug face of the speaker in my mind. "Ok, say I could help you…what would I get out of it." I asked cautiously, looking around again. `I will give your freedom and a second chance at life, a chance to start over.` I stopped breathing, my eyes widened, "What do I have to do?" I inquired, a light started forming in front of me. `Save them…save my sons…`
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Dante sat at his desk, feet resting one over the other on the dark mahogany surface with his hand crossed behind his head, his still wet hair dripping slightly from a recent shower. Suddenly the half-devil was blinded by a white light coming from the middle of the room in front of him, he stood of suddenly, Ebony and Ivory already in his hands and pointed at the blinding orb.
The light slowly faded away and in its place was a girl, laying there on the floor as if she had been there all along. Her long black hair splayed out around her pale skinny frame, one arm rested across her middle the other at her side, she was wearing a dark gray tank, that wasn't quite long enough and showed a sliver of the perfect milky skin of her stomach, as well as a pair of dark blue camo cargo pants and black boots.
Dante whistled, already liking his new company, he moved closer and knelt down next to the girl admiring her for a moment longer before speaking. "Hey Babe? You alive or what?" He asked, tilting his head slightly to the right, his white hair falling over his eyes slightly. She stirred, a deep frown forming on her pink lips as she turned her head away and back as if trying to rose herself, a soft groan escaped her. "Heh, Hellooo? Wakey wakey babe!" Dante crooned loudly, reaching out and poking the girl in the shoulder. "Mmm…Hm? What?" She groaned again, this time however she opened her eyes, revealing their deep red color. She sat up slowly, the hand from her middle coming up to rest on her forhead, slightly covering that side of her face from Dante's view. "Your in my shop, Devil May Cry, Babe." Dante said proudly.
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I turned my head slightly and gazed in shock at the man before me or rather at his shockingly bright white hair and stunning blue eyes, he was well built and shirtless to boot! 'Holy crap…' I thought and swiftly turned away, realizing that I had been staring. "So who are you Babe?" He asked, obviously not noticing that the girl before him had been staring, that or he ignored it. "S-Scarlet…My names Scarlet." I said, clearing my voice of the stutter that had over taken it. "And you are?" I asked, as politely as possible, looking over at him again. "Names Dante." He smirked, standing he held a hand out to me that I took gratefully, he helped me to my feet.