I do not own Devil May Cry or its characters; they belong to Capcom.
Pairings (eventually): Dante x Lady, ??? x ??? (surprise)
Contains spoilers if you haven't played any of the games (mainly 3 and 4).
There was no doubt something was brewing within the depths of the demon world; he could feel it. While his hand usually held a firm grip on those lower than himself, it seemed as though some were being influenced by another power. It angered him that the source of this power was blind to his eyes, hiding somewhere just outside of his grasp. Of course it would not be long, he supposed, until the little snake slithered its way into the open.
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"This place is more of a dump than yours," Lady commented, brushing the sand and dust from herself once they finally emerged from the passage created by the demon. "Something I didn't think I would ever see."
The room was still somewhat intact, most of the statues that were toppled over being barely unrecognizable. Only a small portion of the floor was in its original form, angled in a downwards slant before it transformed to a pile of rubble. While the door was mostly covered by the mess a space had been cleared, most likely done so by the demon they had seen emerging earlier. Lady kneeled down by this opening, gazing down through the hole to get a better glimpse at what was beyond that room.
"Ouch, that hurt," said Dante, mocking a hurt expression that was soon replaced by a smirk as he eyed the other demon hunter, getting a nice shot from behind. The son of Sparda would let out a whistle, responded to with a glare shot over Lady's shoulder. "You know what's funny…" Dante began, changing the subject to something of slight more importance, "…that these demons aren't the brightest of the bunch, so how it managed to clear a path on its own and get out is beyond me." He would kneel on the opposite side of Lady, gazing downward.
"You think they could be following orders?" she asked, looking to Dante before directing her eyes into the darkness.
"Who knows, but I'm sure there's more where that came from," he said, rising to his feet. "Are you ready?"
"Ready as I'll ever be," Lady replied, standing and giving a smile to Dante.
"Ladies first," he said, stepping back and giving a small bow, motioning his hand toward the opening. Though before the woman had a chance to reply they were both greeted by a sudden rush of blood-goyles, the crimson demons shrieking as they circled overhead.
The two drew their guns simultaneously, firing upon the demonic avians and dodging quickly as those that were shot transformed to stone, falling to the floor. Dante would holster his two guns, pulling Rebellion from his back and swinging the great sword to shatter the blood-goyles to pieces. The few that he did not reach were disposed of by the blade upon Kalina-Ann, Lady handling the heavy firearm with ease. A larger blood-goyle would soon emerge from the opening in the floor, flying sporadically through the air before it would be accompanied by a secondary demon of the same size. Before either of the demon hunters had time to fire the creatures split themselves, bringing their numbers to four instead of two. They were smaller, of course, though were now able to move about faster.
Two of the blood-goyles would dive toward Dante, the other two targeting his female counterpart. While the son of Sparda fired upon one of the oncoming demons, the other suddenly changed direction, latching on to Lady from behind as she was concentrating on those in front of her. The blood-goyle pulled back, causing the woman to fire directly upwards at one of the rising avians. Her bullet struck home, and dual toned eyes widened as the stone form fell from above. Unable to retrieve her weapon from her back due to the attached demon, Lady felt the heavy weight come into contact with her body, and soon both her and the two blood-goyles fell downwards into the hole.
Lady managed to fire behind her back at the demon during the fall, its hardened body breaking through a couple layers of rubble before shattering itself. She shoved the blood-goyle atop her aside, but not before shoving an active grenade into its mouth. The woman shielded her face, turning away as bits of stone exploded in every direction.
"Decide to take the express down?" came Dante's voice, the half-demon soon jumping from above and landing beside Lady.
"Oh thanks Dante," she said, taking his hand once he had offered it to her.
"Guess we better be on our toes, eh?" he commented, pulling Lady closer and gazing into those eyes that he found so captivating yet…
His train of thought was interrupted by a rising knee to his groin, an irritated Lady prying herself from his grasp. And while she turned away quickly, Dante could have sworn he spotted a tint to her cheeks.
"Strike one, hot-shot," she said, moving toward the gap opened by the grenade's explosion.
The son of Sparda winced, bending over slightly. While he was accustomed to pain and not much affected him, it still hurt getting hit in the balls.