Unbound Love
Nero was walking back to Kyrie's after a patrol. The patrol wasn't anything major just a couple of Mephisto hanging around near the opera house. Nero had tried to convince The Order to just do it themselves. They insisted the demons were ungodly and they didn't want any person, be they knight or civilian to be tainted by their touch. Nero thought that The Order, despite the fancy name and the false bravado were a bunch of spineless wimps.
I'd like to see them try and take Dante on. Oh, wait they already did. Dante mopped the floor with 'em.
Nero had his headphones on listening to Kamelot, He would have kept on walking if he hadn't seen a bolt of lightning. Though, it was a cloudless night, Nero instantly knew what it was and he cursed.
"You gotta be kiddin' me."
A second later the Blitz flashed right in front of Nero. Lightning crawled across the demon's skin, it gave Nero a glance and howled.
Nero stood with his arms crossed. "If I wanted a flashlight I would have brought one." Nero said, retrieving Blue Rose from it's holster.
The demon cocked it's head at Nero, confused.
"Never mind." Nero said, firing a few rounds at the demon.
In response to the bullets imbedding themselves in it's skin, the demon lunged at Nero. It's claw missed Nero's neck, hitting the headphones instead. The headphones hit the ground, lightning crawled all over them until they shorted out.
"Man, do you know how much those cost? It's hard enough to convince Kyrie to let me get a pair without her nagging about it." Nero said. It was true, although Kyrie didn't mind the headphones themselves it was the music he listened to. Nero knew Kyrie disapproved of it so he only listened to it when she wasn't in his presence. He would do anything for her.
"Alright, I've had it with this game of tag." Nero devil-triggered, firing round after round into the demon, only stopping to reload. The electrical field came down and Nero took his chance. He materialized Yamato, and released an energy slash that cut the demon clean in two.
With one last pained growl, the demon faded.
"Your it." Nero said, chuckling to himself before continuing to walk. He reached the house and slipped in quietly to avoid waking Kyrie.
"Nero? You were out a long time." Kyrie said from the bedroom.
"Sorry. I was on my way back from a patrol and had to kill a stray demon that followed me." He said, walking into the bedroom.
"Oh, your not hurt are you?" She said, looking at him from the edge of the bed in a nightgown.
"Nope." He said, giving her a peck on the cheek.
She smiled. "It's late I think we should be getting off to bed." She gestured toward the bed.
"I couldn't agree more." Nero said, as he crawled onto the bed and settled down next to her. His hand found it's way around her waist.
Her hand found it's way to his. "I love you, Nero."
"You too, Kyrie." He said, falling asleep the happiest man alive.
BANG!
What the hell! Nero eased his way from Kyrie, earning a moan of disapproval at the absence of Nero's hand.
"Nero..." She whispered in her sleep.
"Sorry Kyrie. I'll be right back." He said, tiptoeing his way out of the room and down stairs.
Nero looked around the living area. Everything seemed to be in order, except for the broken sliding door at the back of the room.
Okay, now I know somethings in here...
He was hit over the head, a knight standing over him.
How the hell could I let a demon get in here?
"His Holiness wants you dead." The knight stated.
"His Holiness? I killed him, dumb ass." Nero said, confused.
"Watch your tongue, boy!" He stabbed the ornate blade he held into Nero's Bringer.
Nero cried out in pain.
"What are you doing?" Nero heard Kyrie's voice say.
"His Holiness wants him dead." The knight stated again, getting annoyed.
"His Holiness is-"
"He is not dead, he is very much alive." The knight said, cutting her off.
"I have no time to converse. I have to complete the duty I have been given."
He made a signal with his hand, several knights entered through the hole in the sliding door.
"Restrain her." The knight said, pointing to Kyrie.
"Hands off!" Nero said in an attempt to stop them, but to no avail.
"I'll take care of this one myself." The knight said, referring to Nero.
The kicks and punches flew. A couple nailing him in the face, some in the ribs, and other places. The steel armor only made it worse. Through the spots in his vision he saw Kyrie struggling to get to him. One of the knights slapped her. Nero tried to get to her as she was but the beating was too intense.
"Nero!" He heard Kyrie scream before the world faded to black.
When Nero awoke he was face down from what he could tell. When he inhaled he got liquid not air. Then he realized he was in water. He flipped himself over and floated to the water's surface. Looking around, much to his dismay he found Kyrie floating a few feet from him.
Okay me, maybe but Kyrie should have never got caught up in this. He swam over to her, holding her in his arms before deciding to get on dry land.
Once on dry land, he figured out they were actually still inside city limits in Port Caerula. He set Kyrie down and checked her pulse, It was faint and her breathing was shallow.
"Damn it, Kyrie. Hold on, don't kick the bucket yet." He muttered to himself. She was turning blue now, Nero tried to remain composed. He pressed his lips to hers and started CPR, No response. He then pumped her chest, No response. That was when he lost it.
"Damn it, I just got you back a little over a year ago and now we're tangled up in this shit again." Nero said, as tears rolled down his cheeks. "I'm sorry, Kyrie." He then heard some coughing noises from Kyrie's form. She sat up and started throwing up large amounts of water, Nero was by her side instantly. Once she finished throwing up, she pulled Nero into an embrace.
"Kyrie after this I don't think-"
She silenced him with a finger to her lips. "Sorry, Nero we aren't going to break up over something like this. That's not happening"
He gave her a kiss on the lips. "Alright, fine but we need to call Dante. We can't stay here."
She nodded in agreement. "Nero? Where are your weapons?"
This was the first time Nero noticed the absence of his two favorite battle companions. He was so focused on helping Kyrie that he forgot about them. He cursed under his breath. "The knights probably took them while I was unconcious."
"Well, it can't be helped I suppose. Those knights have no damn respect anyway." She said, starting to walk back to their place.
Nero looked at her with a surprised expression on his face. "Kyrie, did you just..."
She blushed.
He started laughing, catching up with her. "Rubbing off on you am I?"
She chuckled."I guess so."
The rest of the trek back to the house was silent. When they came upon the house they slipped inside, what greeted them was shocking.
"Boy, they sure made a mess didn't they?" Nero said, looking at the mess. He looked at the downed picture frames, the broken vases, the overturned coffee table, he even saw specks of blood where he guessed they had beat him.
Nero walked into the kitchen. The mess was the same as in the other room, but the phone sat miraculously untouched.
"I'll call Dante, you get our stuff together" He told Kyrie.
"Okay." She answered, making her way upstairs.
Nero dialed Dante's number. It was a few moments before the phone was answered.
"Devil May Cry" Said, an annoyed Dante.
"Hey, Dante I need a favor from you."
"Kid, do you know what time it is?"
"Oh, quit your bitchin' and here me out." Nero said, getting annoyed himself.
"Okay, kid you got my attention." Said a chuckling Dante.
"Me and Kyrie need a place to crash for a while."
"Yeah, sure. But what happened?" Dante asked, actually sounding serious.
"Well, somehow that croc Sanctus is back and wants me dead. So I can't stay here, it's too dangerous."
"You've struck a chord in my kind soul." Dante said. "I'll come and get ya. Sit tight, I should be there by tommorrow mornin'."
"Thanks, Dante. And quit callin' me kid."
"Welcome, kid."
And he hung up the phone.
"Who the hell was that, Dante?" Trish asked from her sitting position on the desk.
"And it better have been someone who can help you pay off your debt." Lady said from the beat up couch.
"One, it was the kid. Two, go to hell." Dante replied.
"Excuse me?" Lady said. "Say something like that again and I'll shoot your balls off." Lady threatened.
"I'm sorry, did you not get that? Go to hell." Was Dante's smartass reply, he'd soon regret it.
Lady walked over to the desk picked up Ebony and shot Dante in the balls.
Dante fell out of the chair holding himself. "Ow..."
"If you would have shut up I would have let you keep the ability to have children." Lady said, walking out the door.
"So what did Nero want?" Trish asked, helping him up and into his chair.
"He said Sanctus is back, it's not safe and he needs a place to crash." Dante said.
"So are you gonna go get 'im?" Trish asked sitting on the desk again.
"Of course."
"Well, you know he isn't gonna get away scotch-free sittin' on his ass all day, Dante." Trish stated.
"I know, I know. I'll put him to work after a couple of days. With the kid around, I may even get enough money to keep Lady from shootin' me in the balls again." Dante said.
"Not likely." said, a less than amused Trish.
"Aww, come on Trish have a little faith will ya? All these put-downs really hurt my self-esteem." Said, a joking Dante.
"And yet the smartass comment flow from your mouth, like water flows from a river."
"What...?" Dante said, clearly having no idea as to what she just said.
"Never mind." She said as she walked out the door.
Why don't I ever meet any nice girls? Dante though. Putting that aside, Dante strapped on Rebellion and put Ebony and Ivory in their holsters. Walking out the door, Dante grabbed the keys to his Lambo. Dante took or more like stole the Lambo from a demon that he had killed. The demon pretended to be a magician, showing his demonic powers to the public and calling them magic tricks. Dante thought the plan was genius, but he was a demon hunter so business beckoned. Starting the Lambo, hearing the engine give a mechanical purr, he was off.
The drive was slow, despite Dante going 30 over the speed limit. After driving about two hours, Dante saw an overturned semi-truck and some clown demons. He pulled over along the road. "This is where the fun begins."
The demons gave him a look and ignored him.
Dante Stingered over to one demon killing it instantly. "I don't like bein' ignored, and it's a bit rude to give someone the cold shoulder so soon. Don't cha think?"
The demons began their hysterical laughter and lunged at Dante. One demon attempted a overhead attack, Dante cut it in half right at the seams. Another tried to cut at Dante's legs. Dante jumped up, dodging the blade only to land on it. The blade careened into another demon due to Dante's weight.
"Man, killing your own teammate? That's low." Dante joked, jumping off the blade only to cut the wielder in half. Dante slew several demons in the next half-hour. He was getting annoyed. "Man, where the hell are you guys comin' from?" He looked over a hill on one side of the highway and saw a demon gate. How the hell did I miss that? He devil-triggered and flew over to a large clearing where the gate was. Suddenly, the sky turned a reddish sort of color, the gate lit up, and a demon that looked like Berial stepped out.
"Man the only difference between you and the one the kid took out is, your blue." Said Dante, chuckling.
"HA! Berial was weak and powerless." The demon bellowed.
"Obviously, if a punk kid no older than twenty-three was able to take him out." Dante jested.
"But I, Ignis am different."
"How so?" Dante said, taking off his trench and shirt.
"I- What are you doing!" Ignis asked, looking bewildered.
"What? I could get a better tan from you than I could tanning on the beach all summer. Besides, Lady says if she put a bedsheet over my head I would be invisible." Dante said, innocently.
"I am not here to be used as an object for human endeavours!"
"Yo! Didn't anyone tell ya? I'm a Son of Sparda." Dante interjected.
"Then I must kill you!" Ignis said, instantly enraged. He stabbed his sword-like appendage toward Dante.
Dante blocked it with ease. In one swift movement, Dante cut the sword-like appendage off.
Ignis cried out. "You son of a bit-"
Dante interrupted him, cutting him in half. "Sorry, I was startin' to get a sunburn." Dante said.
"Man you demons with size and a big ego are all show and no go." Dante commented, putting his trench back on and heading to the car.
When Dante got to Fortuna via the ferry, he got a bunch of weird stares. "Man you guys need some time at Love Planet." He said, under his breathe. He followed what Nero told Dante was his address and in ten minutes he was at a brightly painted white house. He gave the door a solid knock, there was the sound of heavy footsteps and then Nero answered the door.
"Man, what the hell took you so long?" Nero said, welcoming Dante into the now clean house.
Even though it was clean, Dante could still see some bloodspatter. " I had an encounter with Berial's cousin, What did they do to you, kid?"
"Well, they came in the middle of the night last night, jumped me, threw me and Kyrie in the Port, and here we are." Nero finished.
"Wow." Dante couldn't help but feel a little pissed off about what happened.
"Kyrie, get our stuff. We're outta here." Nero said.
They loaded up in Dante's Lambo.
"How the hell did you get this, old man?" Nero asked, wondering how a man in debt could have such a car.
"Long story." Dante said.
The drive to Dante's place was uneventful and Nero wished he could listen to his headphones.
"Looking for these? Kyrie said, handing him a pair of headphones from under the back seat.
"Yeah. But I know you don't like the music I listen to so I can do without." Nero said.
"Oh, here. I don't really mind it now that we're out of that forsaken place." She said, referring to Fortuna.
"Thanks, Kyrie" He said, giving her a peck on the cheek.
"Get a room." Dante said.
They arrived to Dante's about twenty minutes later.
Dante walked into the shop. "Bathroom upstairs, first door on the left, bedroom is second door to the right."
"Dante, I think we need a shower." Nero said, looking at Kyrie mischeiviously. He and Kyrie rushed off to the bathroom.
"I know you both are above eighteen but don't get any ideas! You guys are still a bit young for that. " Dante called after them.
"We know." Came Kyrie's reply.
At least there's one person here that's honest. Dante though.
And it was true, they did.
"Dante's really nice" Said Kyrie, caressing Nero's chest.
"Yeah, he is. And I'll have to help him on missions too. I can't just sit on my ass." Nero said.
"We'll have to get you some new clothes, Kyrie. All you have are those songstress gowns." Nero said, while washing the sweet-smelling body wash off of him.
"You too, Nero. That jacket is all you ever wear." Kyrie said, giggling.
"Well, excuse me if it's comfortable." Nero said, turning the water off and tossing Kyrie her towel.
They both dried off, and headed to their bedroom.
"Nero!" Dante called from his desk.
At the use of his first name, Nero looked down from the landing.
"We got a mission tommorrow mornin' so get your beauty sleep." Dante told him.
"Sure, old man." Nero said, going to bed, Kyrie close behind him.
Hey, guys hope you liked Dante gettin' some action killing a demon. The shirt and trench being taken off was for the lady readers. Hehe.
Reviews are needed, will update as soon as possible.
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